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Leftists took over institutions that historically sought truth and made them into intellectually dishonest propaganda mills for leftist agendas.
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Vigilant Penguin
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Vigilant Penguin
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In Christ. MatSci, EE, 182T, B24, TiSi2, ion beams, 4.2K, 26.2k, MR25. Marxism, Islam = evil "Immigration without assimilation is an invasion." - CK
Katılım Mayıs 2012
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New from Confirmation Tales: Revisiting Sonia Sotomayor's Most Infamous Case
Sonia Sotomayor’s most infamous case as a Second Circuit judge intertwined with her nomination to the Supreme Court. Ricci v. DeStefano exposed the ugly underside of Barack Obama’s “empathy” standard for judging: A judge’s empathy for some litigants in interpreting and applying the law entails antipathy against other litigants.
The case likewise revealed the danger of Sotomayor’s belief that a “wise Latina” judge should draw on the “richness of her experiences” to “reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” Sotomayor, a self-regarding “wise Latina,” drew on the richness of her own experiences to trample the rights of whites not to be victimized by racial discrimination.
As it happens, Second Circuit judge José Cabranes, Sotomayor’s onetime mentor and fellow Puerto Rican, would expose Sotomayor’s shenanigans in an extraordinary dissent from denial of rehearing en banc.
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So an interesting side note in this case. The woman who formally ran the Rosemead counseling center at Biola University filed an amicus brief in this case that took the same position as far left Justice Jackson. She didn’t want Christian counselors to be able to tell gender-confused kids that God fearfully and wonderfully made them male and female. She didn’t want Christian counselors to be able to help kids overcome their gender dysphoria and embrace their created identity.
After I reported on this at @realDailyWire, she was removed from her position.
This is the power of real journalism, investigating Christian institutions. It isn’t done to attack them, it’s to preserve them.
Greg Price@greg_price11
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court just ruled 8-1 in Chiles v. Salazar that Colorado's law banning "conversation therapy" for sexual orientation or gender identity is unconstitutional. Jackson was the lone dissent.
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@ratlpolicy Strange idyllic vision of 'universities' combined with naive or disingenuous awareness of Islamic military tactics to leverage western media support for protection against attack.
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It's not barbaric to bomb universities when they're used as military bases & are located above terror tunnels. And it's not barbaric to bomb the sections of universities that engage in military research for offensive ballistic missile & nuclear weapons programs.
Nicholas Kristof@NickKristof
A barbaric aspect of Israel's war on Gaza was its bombing of universities. It's tragic to see the American/Israeli war replicate that with attacks on universities in Iran, with Iran now threatening to also attack American university outposts in the Gulf. nytimes.com/2026/03/30/nyr…
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France provided the base that hosted Khomeini's rise to power. Obama sent cash. Nobody expects France to come to its senses. Or the pathetic Islamized UK.
That the US would come to its senses came down to our President's election, after Elon Musk boosted free speech through X (here we are), and God's providence in all the details, including a bullet's trajectory in the wind.
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If someone had said 30 years ago that countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia would be better allies to Israel and the US than countries like France and the UK, no one would have believed them.
And yet here we are.
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@MCCCANM And, "... major incident" is kind of a contradiction. All just click bait; flying commercially is safer than driving.
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The airplanes are not less safe.
This is the “Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon”. It’s a “frequency illusion”…you noticed something, it becomes prominent in your mind, then you start noticing similar things where you hadn’t before.
The *actual* frequency of these events has not changed at all, but you begin to think it’s suddenly happening a lot more. “Trend Reporting” by the media exacerbates this…like jumping on a bandwagon.
These events do happen around the world. Not often – flying is very safe – but you normally don’t hear about them because only very specialized media covers them & you likely don’t even know that media exists. Social media is kind of a wildcard in that now you can notice things from all over the world, and actually search them out. It’s a bottomless rabbit hole.
We go through this nearly every time there is some mishap in aviation that gets the public’s attention. One iteration of this phenomenon is that it can be airline specific; something happens at Delta, say, and now every incident at Delta is reported, while similar incidents are happening at American & Southwest, but you don’t hear about those. As some of us say, “every airline gets their turn in the spotlight”.
Eventually the public either loses interest, we go a long period with nothing to report or the reports start focusing on trivial things & the public realizes the illusion.
Some people know all this & use it for revenue anyway. It’s not healthy to stoke unreasonable concern in the public, but it can be profitable, and you can always say “I’m just asking questions”.
Wayne DuPree@RealWayneDupree
A Delta flight made an emergency landing in São Paulo after its engine caught fire. All passengers are safe. With this being the second major aviation incident this week, it begs the question: are planes less safe, or are we just more aware? #Delta #Aviation
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Last year, Justice Jackson dissented in the U.S. v. Skremetti case-- in which she argued that states have no right to ban gender transitions on minors.
Today, she was the lone dissent on Chiles v. Salazar, writing that "there is no right to practice medicine which is not subordinate to the power of states."
So, states have no right to pass laws banning children from changing their sex-- but states DO have the right to ban counselors from telling boys they are not girls.
You truly can't make it up.
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One Justice always stands out, on the low side.
DEI vs merit.
In 8-1 decision, court revives counselor’s challenge to Colorado’s ban on therapy aimed at changing a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity wsj.com/us-news/law/su… via @WSJ
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Of course they do.
(It's a secret. Western journalists, keep pretending ...)
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Iran’s security and military forces moved personnel, weapons and equipment into at least 70 civilian sites during the US-Israeli strikes, an Iran International investigation found, exposing a nationwide pattern of using public spaces for military purposes. iranintl.com/en/202603283207
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@RyanSaavedra Seems he thinks heavy water is just water.
Heavy water, or deuterium oxide: The Allies in WW2 famously undertook sabotage missions in German-occupied Norway against heavy water plants, to slow German military research toward an atomic weapon.
Just ignore him.
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The facility that was struck was a heavy water production plant. This is widely reported everywhere and confirmed by international authorities.
Mario says his claim is true, despite the fact that it has only been reported by a couple of click-bait websites that cite Iranian-state media.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
I’m seeing some people trying to community note my post below, claiming the water plant bombed in Iran is used for nuclear research WRONG The facility struck is a 10,000 cubic meter municipal drinking water reservoir in Haftkel, Khuzestan province It was NOT used for nuclear research or for the military. It was for civilians, for the Iranian people we’re all meant to support in overthrowing the evil regime, remember? And as I explained below, I do not know why this plant was struck, something doesn’t add up And I hope Iran does not again retaliate in kind and strike the water infrastructure in the Gulf, as that would be catastrophic I urge ALL sides to focus solely on military targets before this war spirals out of control
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Last week, the Supreme Court of Finland convicted parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen of "hate speech" for a 22-year old Christian pamphlet she wrote.
Her case is a warning: Vaguely worded “hate speech” laws are being used to criminalize peaceful expression.
✍️@LathanWatts for @ChristianPost
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Serious disagreements have emerged between Iran's President Pezeshkian and IRGC chief Ahmad Vahidi over how to manage the war and its damaging impact on people’s livelihoods and the economy, sources with knowledge of the matter told Iran International.
iranintl.com/en/202603288722
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This day (March 30) in 1986, Yasser Arafat’s Fatah bombed TWA Flight 840 from Rome to Athens, killing four Americans who were were sucked out of the plane through a hole blasted in the fuselage.
The bombing was part of a decades-long campaign of Palestinian terrorism that turned commercial airliners into weapons and propaganda tools. It was Arafat, largely trained and funded by the KGB, who pioneered modern aviation terrorism.
Also damning: several European governments (e.g., Italy, France, and Switzerland) quietly cut backroom deals with Palestinian terror groups whereby they agreed to stop carrying out attacks on their soil or airlines, and, in return, the countries would take anti-Israel stances and actions.
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@IAPolls2022 1/3 of polled Democrats lied or are in denial.
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In the war with Iran, is Iran or the U.S. winning right now?
🇺🇸 United States: 76%
🇮🇷 Iran: 24%
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Democrats: US 66-34
Republicans: US 91-9
Independents: US 70-30
Harvard/Harris | 3/25-26 | 2,009 RV
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The Pope and the journalist deliberately misread to insert war-making into Isaiah 1, where God is condemning his rebellious people. God will no longer listen to the hypocritical prayers of the people and leaders of Judah, whose "hands are full of blood" -- defiled by their acts of corrupt worship and injustice.
Their egregious sins will lead to God's bloody destruction of Judah.
As far as righteous war goes ...
"He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand supported me,
and your gentleness made me great.
You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
and did not turn back till they were consumed."
- Psalm 18:34-37
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REPORTER: "Pope Leo said yesterday, and I quote him, 'God does not listen to the prayer of those who waged war.' Can you comment on that?"
KAROLINE LEAVITT: "Our nation was a nation founded 250 years ago, almost, on Judeo-Christian values. And we’ve seen, presidents, we’ve seen, the leaders of the Department of War, and we’ve seen our troops go to prayer, during the most turbulent times in our nation’s history."
"I don’t think there’s anything wrong with our military leaders or with the president calling on the American people to pray for our service members and those who are serving our country overseas. In fact, I think it’s a very noble thing to do."
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@SpencerGuard @welt War is hell.
Terrorism is a crime.
Iran is a terrorist state. Give 'em war.
Reduce Iran-sponsored crime.
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WAR CRIMES!! They say. Attacking Iran's power plants is a War Crime they say...
I want to thank this journalist, listed as Chief Correspondent for @welt , one of Germany’s largest and most influential publications, for highlighting a massive problem: journalists declaring, adjudicating, and issuing verdicts on war crimes while demonstrating little understanding of the law of armed conflict or military history.
This is not a small issue. It is global. And it should concern anyone who cares about journalism, fact-checking, and the integrity of the law of armed conflict.
No, it is not explicitly unlawful or automatically a war crime to attack an enemy’s electricity grid. Under the law of armed conflict, such targets can be lawful if they provide a military advantage and strikes meet proportionality, distinction, and precaution.
Under the law of armed conflict, such targets can be lawful if they provide a military advantage. Every strike must still be judged under proportionality, distinction, and precaution. That is where the real legal debate belongs.
We can argue effectiveness. But history is clear. This has been done repeatedly, each case shaped by its own context:
Korea (1950–1953): U.S. forces attacked hydroelectric facilities in North Korea late in the war to pressure the regime.
1991 Gulf War: Coalition air forces deliberately targeted Iraq’s national electrical grid to disrupt command and control, air defenses, and military logistics. The grid was largely incapacitated within weeks.
Kosovo (1999): NATO struck Serbia’s electrical system, including using graphite bombs to disrupt transmission.
Iraq War (2003): The approach was different from 1991, but the U.S./Coalition was more restrained on the national grid to avoid humanitarian collapse. It still selected and struck electrical and dual use nodes tied to military systems, especially early in the campaign.
Clemens Wergin@clemenswergin
@SpencerGuard Good article apart from the fact that I think you should discuss if an attack on Iran's energy infrastructure would be a war crime
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@MCCCANM Foreshortening telephoto shot aids sensationalism.
Journalists.
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This is not uncommon, nor is it necessarily unsafe. There is almost always someone landing in front of you, or taking off, or crossing the runway.
It’s not usually an issue. I’ve been close to having to go around because the jet landing in front of me hasn’t cleared the runway yet, but it usually works out; when cleared to line up on the runway or takeoff, you move with purpose. It’s not a leisurely stroll.
Now, we *could* reduce the allowed capacity at airports, but it comes with a cost. At some big airports, they have an arrival capacity of say 80 arrivals an hour (DCA, in the video, has an established rate of 36 per hour; nearby IAD a rate of 96). So let’s reduce it 10%, to 72 an hour. 8 per hour during peak times are no longer allowed in.
Overnight is not usually busy, and there are periods during the day that are much less busy, too, so maybe 8 per hour for 12 hours is 96 flights per day that are no longer allowed, just at that one airport. If we say an average of 140 passengers on each, that’s 13,440 passengers who have to be told no, you can’t travel today. Per day, at one airport…and that’s just arrivals, not including departures.
That’s a big number. Maybe you could shift those numbers into the overnight hours to create a steady arrival rate, with arrivals at 03:00, for example, but most people don’t want to do that.
We have examples of how this works…when weather rolls into airports, they reduce the arrival rates & start “Ground Delay Programs” (GDPs). As you know, it is a mess, with delays & cancelations piling up.
All of which is to say that if we want to reduce the “squeeze plays” by restricting the arrival & departure rates, it’s possible…but it comes at a cost, and it probably wouldn’t have prevented the helicopter collision. Those routes should not have been so close to the arrival corridors.
Everything has a cost.
60 Minutes@60Minutes
“A squeeze play is when everything is dependent on an aircraft rolling, an aircraft slowing, and you know it's gonna be a very close operation,” says former Reagan National air traffic controller Emily Hanoka. cbsn.ws/4sAq1qN
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Also, straw man invention and rebuttal:
To Claude: You have a habit of inserting false objections in order to oppose them: "not decorative".
Claude: You're right. "These texts are not decorative" sets up a straw man — implying a reader who might dismiss them as ornamental — and then swats it down. Nobody said that. It's a rhetorical tic that adds words without adding thought, and it weakens the writing by suggesting the argument needs that kind of defensive padding.
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Spotting AI slop writing.
Uses the trope "It isn't just X, it's also Y." Repeated phrases. One sentence paragraphs. Lack of life and personality.
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