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Jonathan Leaf

@WriterJonLeaf

Playwright, Novelist. Wrote THE PRIMATE MYTH, revolutionary book Publishers Weekly calls "Smart, provocative reconsideration of humanity's evolutionary history"

Katılım Temmuz 2013
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Aaron MacLean
Aaron MacLean@AaronBMacLean·
For Memorial Day, I contributed to @TheFP's Things Worth Remembering series with a short essay on Herman Wouk's magnificent Winds of War + War and Remembrance, books that ought to be assigned at every high school in the country. thefp.com/p/war-memory-a…
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Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@carney @MurrayHillGuy1 This is idiotic. I have known beautiful Lindas, Gabbies, Taras, Karens and Meghans. BTW, not that I know them as well, but think of Linda Evans, Gabrielle Anwar, Karen Mulder, Meghann Fahy, et al.
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Murray Hill Guy
Murray Hill Guy@MurrayHillGuy1·
Names of girls who are never hot: Olga Meghan Karen Britney Gertrude Patricia Tara Deborah Linda Renata Bertha Hannah Gabbie Janice
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@bonchieredstate @TGBED8v8 There’s an interesting thing with him in that at times he’s rolling in expensive street wear and at other times a suit and tie.
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Katya Sedgwick
Katya Sedgwick@KatyaSedgwick·
The media keeps promoting this book. They think we are stupid.
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Will Ricciardella
Will Ricciardella@WillRicci·
I had a professor at Cal State Long Beach who constantly trashed America as racist, oppressive, and irredeemable. He mocked the Constitution, capitalism, and virtually every American institution. At the end of the semester, he gave an emotional story about how his mother crawled through sewer pipes to reach America. So I raised my hand and asked: if America is this irredeemable, oppressive country, why did she risk everything to come here? And why are neither of you interested in going back? He didn’t answer the question. Instead he called me disrespectful. That’s because much of this ideology is not rooted in reality testing. It’s institutional theater rewarded by academia, media, and activism. The system incentivizes moral denunciation of America while simultaneously depending on the opportunities America uniquely provides.
New York Post@nypost

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil to appeal to US Supreme Court in last bid to avoid deportation trib.al/aayTnMJ

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ThatBobMadison@ThatBobMadison·
Jane Fonda reminds me of another actress, what's her name...?? Oh, yeah. Tokyo Rose.
Rip Wheeler@WheelerRipWA

Barbara Walters once wrote that many Americans have forgotten — and many others were never taught — how Jane Fonda’s actions during the Vietnam War were viewed by countless POWs and veterans. One of the most widely repeated accounts comes from Air Force pilot Jerry Driscoll, a POW held in the “Hanoi Hilton.” According to the story, he was cleaned up and forced to appear before Jane Fonda during her visit to North Vietnam. When ordered to praise his captors’ “humane treatment,” he instead spat at her. He was reportedly beaten severely afterward, suffering injuries that permanently affected his vision and ended his flying career. Another former POW, Colonel Larry Carrigan, described how prisoners secretly passed Jane Fonda slips of paper containing their Social Security numbers in hopes of proving to the world they were alive. The story claims she later handed those papers over to North Vietnamese officers, resulting in brutal beatings for the men involved. Carrigan survived. Others allegedly did not. Former civilian adviser Michael Benge, who was imprisoned for more than five years, also spoke publicly about his experience. He said he agreed to meet with Fonda because he wanted to tell her the truth about the treatment POWs endured — not the “humane and lenient” image being presented for propaganda purposes. According to Benge, he was severely punished before any meeting could happen. For many veterans and military families, Jane Fonda’s 1972 trip to Hanoi became a symbol of betrayal during a painful chapter in American history. While supporters viewed her as an antiwar activist protesting U.S. policy, critics believed her actions crossed the line into giving aid and comfort to America’s enemy during wartime. Decades later, the anger and controversy surrounding “Hanoi Jane” still remain powerful for many who served, suffered, or lost loved ones during the Vietnam War. Whatever one’s political views may be, the experiences of POWs and veterans deserve to be remembered and treated with respect.

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George Regnery
George Regnery@georgeregnery·
@HalSinger How is this calculated? Pension funds own about 25% at least. One pension fund, the Norwegian pension general fund, owns like 1.5% of equity values.
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Hal Singer
Hal Singer@HalSinger·
Gentle reminder that the wealthiest 10% of American households own approximately 87% to 93% of all U.S. stock market wealth. Hence the booming stock market juxtaposed against plummeting consumer confidence. Riddle solved.
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Timur Kuran
Timur Kuran@timurkuran·
Three days ago, Erdoğan shut down Bilgi University, one of Turkey’s leading private universities, mid-semester. Bilgi’s students have been barred from campus, but they are resisting. Other universities have been mostly silent, doubtless for fear of becoming Erdoğan’s next target.
inan mutlu@inanmutlu1

Bir gece yayımlanan CB Kararı ile kapatılan Bilgi Üniversitesi öğrencileri okullarına sahip çıkıyor. Polis müdahalesine rağmen direnç büyüyor. Geleceksizleştirilen gençlik, kendi kaderine sahip çıktıkça umut var.

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Jonathan Leaf
Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@baseballcrank Ted Williams had a streak of 84 consecutive games in which he got on base at least once. No player since has had a streak of more than 63 games.
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Jonathan Leaf
Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@scatbug1 I like the sneakers. A product of healthy capitalist competition, of course, and unavailable in any of the socialist hellholes that @BernieSanders admires.
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Jonathan Leaf
Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@kathrynlopez Scott wrote a lot of junk to pay off his debts. But he was a fine poet and wrote a few good novels like Rob Roy and Quentin Durward. Cooper was only ever a terrible writer.
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Jonathan Leaf
Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@AStuttaford So idiotic. These are people who pay property taxes (already) but require no services (schools, police, etc.) Why would you be trying to drive them away? Only shameless appeals to envy and demagoguery.
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Jonathan Leaf
Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@garyleff I had some fantastic bagels out there. In fact, there's a wonderful shop almost directly across the street from the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood. I've had more trouble getting good bagels in NYC of late.
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gary leff
gary leff@garyleff·
Imagine eating an LA bagel and deciding the problem with New York is a lack of cashew vegan cream cheese. “I hope Zohran can fix the cashew cream cheese gap” surely signals the true end state of all socialist wishcasting.
Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenz

NYC bagel shops need to get with the times. The bagels in LA suck, but all the LA bagel shops at least use cashew-based vegan cream cheese. NYC bagel shops almost never have vegan cc or they’re using hyper processed Tofutti 🤢. I hope Zohran can remedy this

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Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@frazerrice That he's not good at self-awareness or perceiving irony. His budget was "balanced" by raiding the city's pension funds. He literally is taking other people's money. But I'm sure if you pointed that out to him, he'd get upset and say you don't understand.
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Jonathan Leaf
Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@amsacramone @ptchat Yes, though I don't claim any expertise. Not only am I Jewish and largely ignorant for that reason, but He hasn't spoken to me or shown Himself to me. Not once. Not that I'm complaining.
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@WriterJonLeaf @amsacramone No it doesn't. Not unless you think the vision in Revelation is meant to tell us what the historical earthly Jesus looked like, sword-breathing and all.
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Jonathan Leaf
Jonathan Leaf@WriterJonLeaf·
@davidzweig Most awful of all is his statements that he went to war to kill people. He's a bad guy.
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David Zweig
David Zweig@davidzweig·
The New Yorker describes Graham Platner as having a “complex” backstory. It is unimaginable that they would say the same about a Republican who had a Nazi tattoo (and maligned women, gays, blacks, soldiers, and police). How about “sordid” “despicable” or “disqualifying”?
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