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@RasmusJarlov @EylonALevy That's why you should do more than support its right to exist and defend itself. But you don't.

@EylonALevy Very funny. Israel is in an existential fight against its neighbours. Denmark is not.

I would not seek to provoke and alienate Europe if I were Israel. Europe has been very tolerant and supportive of Israel. But if Netanyahu wants to have a fight with Europe and be left with only the Trump government as their friends, this kind of rhetoric can surely achieve it.

@persianjewess So much for their aversion to "cultural appropriation. "

Nothing says “Passover Seder” like a meal where they serve croutons in the salads and hire an antisemite as a keynote speaker.

@NoahCRothman I agree but I didn't know that going to war on behalf of an ally is unconscionable. It's beneath Chamberlain.

Absolutely no one who believes America is finally prosecuting in earnest the war Iran has waged against it for 47 years need evidence to believe the mesmeric Jews forced us into it.

@simonmontefiore I'm sorry but the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq were immensely bigger gambles.

This is the great gamble of the greatest gambler of all the commanders in chief in American history. Its stakes are regional if not planetary; its cause is admirable and noble; its opportunity may be unique and providential; its prizes are desirable and constructive; but its risks are colossal; its perils eye-watering, and its consequences uncertain not just in the Middle East but for the world game—and American democracy itself.

@charlescwcooke For us natives, too!

It’s eight years today since I became a U.S. citizen. What an unbelievable honor.

@DavidAFrench Presidents haven't sought public buy-in for 20 years, unfortunately.

To amplify, I'm generally in favor of striking Iran -- there is just cause for war given Iran's decades-long violent campaigns against the U.S. and the immense threat of an Iranian bomb -- but we need achievable goals, competent leadership, and public buy-in. As of right now, I'm worried we're zero for three on that score.

@micah_erfan So clearly annual property taxes = 100% of the property value would have no effect on building supply, renters or consumers.

67% of NYC residents don't own any property in the city. The notion that this is a tax hike primarily on normal working New Yorkers is an absolute joke.

@GilStudent I know. I'm suggesting it.

@SelmanTom That’s not an option on the table. It’s serve or go to jail

I just deleted a thread about Charedim and the Israeli draft. There is no way to discuss this. It is a very sad situation and I mourn over how both sides are behaving. It’s like watching the Churban happen all over again.

@naftalibennett I have never understood why there couldn't be a simple choice: Serve, or no subsidy.

קמה מדינה חרדית בתוך ישראל ** הורים לחיילות מפחדים על החיים של הבנות שלהם, בתוך מדינת ישראל, מפני לינץ' של פורעים יהודים(!). הכי קל זה להגיד "מזעזע" ולהמשיך בחיים, או למלמל גינוי ולחכות לאסון הבא. זה קל, אבל מסוכן. אנחנו חייבים להבין שאם לא נטפל בבעיה הזאת מהשורש ועכשיו היא לא תיעלם לשום מקום. היא תתפוצץ על כולנו. ** הנה העובדות: קמה כאן מדינה חרדית עצמאית שאינה כפופה לחוק הישראלי. כך הוקמה המדינה החרדית העצמאית: הממשלה פוטרת אותם משירות בצה״ל. הממשלה פוטרת אותם מללמוד מתמטיקה ואנגלית. הממשלה פוטרת רבים מהם מיציאה לעבודה. המשטרה קיבלה הוראה שלא לאכוף צווי גיוס. כשיש התפרעויות, המשטרה כועסת על צה״ל (!) שלא תיאם כניסת חיילים, כאילו מדובר בכניסה לרפיח. את כל המדינה העצמאית הזאת, מממנים תושבי המדינה 'השכנה' - שאר אזרחי ישראל. כספי המסים שלכם מממנים את קצבאות ההשתמטות, סבסוד מעונות יום, הנחות בארנונה, ועוד. כל זה קורה כי נתניהו תלוי לחלוטין בחסדי דרעי וגולדקנופף. הוא עייף וחלש ונכנע להם בכל צומת. שרי הממשלה יודעים שחוק הפטור מגיוס לא יגייס ולו חרדי אחד. הם יודעים שכשאתה מממן חינוך ל״נמות ולא נתגייס״, אתה מקבל שנאה לחיילים ואלימות מזעזעת. הם יודעים, אבל הם כנועים וחלשים, ומוכנים לפרק את עם ישראל כדי לא לפרק את "הגוש". ** יש דרך מעשית לפתור את זה: חיבור חדש בישראל על בסיס ״ברית המשרתים״. הפסקת הטירוף הזה של מדינה בתוך מדינה באמצעות הפסקת הכספים הפוליטיים הללו. רק מי שמשרת את המדינה, יוצא לעבודה, משלם מסים ושותף לחזון הציוני, המדינה משרתת אותו בחזרה. רק מי שאיתי בטנק - איתי בהנהגה. וכולם מוזמנים להצטרף אלינו ולשרת את המדינה. אחינו החרדים ירוויחו מהמהפך הזה. בקרוב נחזור לנהל את ישראל.

It's one of the worst pieces of public art in the world.

@jpodhoretz Other than the building itself.

@CliffordAsness As a shareholder I know that's not true! You're full of ugly geniuses.

This is exactly how we run AQR. We do not look for the most talented quants to recruit. We look for the best looking ones subject to being reasonably talented. Let other firms take the geniuses. We are long GMF (the guapo minus feo factor).

@AndrewCMcCarthy What if you declare asylum at the border, are allowed entry, and show up for your immigration check-ins? Are you even "illegal"?

It has never made any sense that we owe illegal aliens a path to legal status. If people choose to come to or stay in our country illegally, why should Americans care that, by their lawbreaking, these aliens are consigned to live “in the shadows”? That’s the choice they made, we didn’t ask them to come. I’m fine with prioritizing criminal aliens for removal and not doing dragnets that drain resources to capture and deport every illegal alien. But that pragmatic indulgence doesn’t mean we owe lawbreakers a legalization process. If you come/stay here illegally, then you willfully run the risk that you could be deported at any time. Your choice. Maybe you’ll slip through the cracks forever, or maybe you’ll run a red light and get caught tomorrow. Your choice, your risk, not our problem. I just don’t understand why we should waste 5 minutes handwringing over a path to legal status. These are people who chose to live here illegally.

@whignewtons A great lawyer is a lawyer who asks questions, who is forever curious about the sciences, human behavior, and world history, and brings what she has learned to the profession.

Y’all! This is the single best letter we have ever received at AO. To my lawyers out there: please pick one of her questions and give me your best answer to read on the pod!

@whignewtons Wonderful haiku!

Ate airport fried rice The bathroom floor is so cold I have some regrets

@RedWave_Press You never saw Ike or Omar talk like this

EPIC: War Secretary Pete Hegseth at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia: “Nicolás Maduro got to meet some great Americans wearing night vision goggles three nights ago. He didn't know they were coming until three minutes before they arrived. In fact, his wife said, ‘I think I hear aircraft outside.’ They didn't know. You know why? Because every single part of that chain did their job, and they did it flawlessly.”

@allenanalysis How unusual: Elected politician claims to represent everyone. We haven't seen this before.

AOC nailed it: Zohran Mamdani just made history, first Muslim mayor, first immigrant mayor in over a century, youngest NYC mayor in generations. But here’s the part that matters most: he’s running to govern for everyone, not just one base. That’s what real representation looks like.

@ColeSandick To see things through the lens of groups and communities is being totalitarianist.

America is really the only country in the world where collectivism is chiefly associated with Stalinism, and I’m glad Zohran is trying to change that. To be a collectivist is to see the world through the lens of groups and communities and believe that we are all interconnected.

@CaitlinPacific The good grammar of civility: "You shall enjoy the warmth of collectivism."

This was once true. But it’s been a long time since I’ve seen anyone put decorum above literally anything in civic life.