Wake Forest and the National Endowment for the Humanities join together to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre, because that is who they are, that is what they do

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David Bernstein: It’s not surprising at this point that some moral imbeciles at a prominent university would invite a supporter of Palestinian terrorists to speak on the anniversary of the October 7 atrocities. It’s not even surprising that it would happen at a relatively conservative campus like Wake Forest. It is surprising, and outrageous, that the event would be sponsored by several academic departments, giving the event an official university imprimatur. Academic departments are agents of the university administration, and Wake needs to put a stop to this. Note the university’s name on the bottom of the flyer, suggesting official endorsement. And what is the National Endowment for the Humanities doing providing funding for this?

And speaking of affordable housing ....

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Well, perhaps we no longer are. Either way, 25 Lockwood Avenue, Old Greenwich, has hit the market tagged at $5.495 million. The owners bought it new in 2019 for $4.150.

Dutch refugee and Listing Agent Daphne Lamsvelt-Pol, having quickly adapted to her new country’s literary habits, has been careful to remove all bookshelves from the premises, as well as any evidence that a book was ever brought across the threshold; smart girl, that Daphne.

polo field, old greenwich version

Palmer Hill contract

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334 Palmer Hill Road, a 1900 structure with, if desired, an accessory apartment (per zoning, owner must live in one of the two units) has a contract 13 days after opening at $1.095 million. Checking the MLS record, the ground floor unit was rented for $1.995 back in 2019, and the rent has probably increased since. Whether that income will be enough to save this property from a developer is questionable, but from an “affordable” housing perspective, I hope it is.

No, of course I didn't watch the

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There’s a nice round-up of reactions on Twitchy.

If you missed the interview, congratulations. However, if you want to see the kinds of gems that Harris served up, it immediately becomes clear why her campaign won't let her sit down with anybody who will press her on the issues: 

There’s more on Free Beacon.

Kamala Harris sat down last night for her first solo network interview with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle. She "recited familiar talking points and dished out indecipherable word salads," the Free Beacon's Andrew Stiles writes. It was "her second interview this month with a media figure who openly supports her campaign."

If you missed it, we've got the highlights here—and some of the best quotes below: 

  • "Well, if you are hardworking, if you have, uh, the dreams and the ambitions and the aspirations of what I believe you do, um, you're in my plan."

  • "One must be serious, and have a plan, and a real plan that's not just about some talking point ending in an exclamation at a political rally." 

  • "Some of the work is gonna be through what we do in terms of giving benefits and assistance to state and local governments around transit dollars, and looking holistically at the connection between that and housing, and looking holistically at the incentives we in the federal government can create for local and state governments to actually engage in planning in [a] holistic manner that includes prioritizing affordable housing."

  • "I did fries."

Harris had her pick of sympathetic interviewers in the mainstream media, but even by that standard, Ruhle had managed to distinguish herself, Stiles and Thaleigha Rampersad report. 

"Earlier this month, at the MSNBC Live Democracy 2024 gathering in Brooklyn, Ruhle praised the Biden-Harris administration for saving the economy and scolded Americans for failing to appreciate those efforts. 'It has been a great recovery,' she said. 'The problem is when you're at ShopRite buying London Broil and it's $15, you don't think, 'It would be $22 if I was in Portugal.'

"Ruhle scolded the media as well for their unfair coverage of the vice president's policy agenda. '[Harris's] plan is more pro-business, is more centrist than President Biden's, but what's truly twisted is that people aren't taking the time to see that,' she told MSNBC nepo baby Luke Russert. 'And when people say, "Oh, she's super-progressive," what they're really saying is "She's a black woman."' Days earlier, Ruhle went on MSNBC to praise Harris's qualifications, as well as her 'optimism and light' and 'vision for the country,' compared with Trump's 'darkness and fear.'"

They're here to stay — permanently

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The news cycle is focused right now on the newcomers from Venezuela that our Border Czar has invited in, but the real story is that none of the 11 - 33 million illegal aliens that have crossed our border and settled here will ever be deported; our laws might allow it, but our courts and the liberal law groups funded by Soros and every billionaire’s child’s — including his own* — will make sure that these people are ours forever.

Even Tren de Aragua gang members will remain, because their home country won’t accept deportees, and U.S. law forbids deportations of illegals to countries that won’t take them. In fact, a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court decision means that these people can’t even be held for indefinite periods and must be released to roam about the country, to prey upon the rest of us.

If dissolving our borders isn’t being done in order to dissolve our country itself, what other explanation is there?

  • And here’s an irony: despite opposing walls on our borders, the NYT has placed this story behind its own cash wall:

https://www.nytimes.com › 2024 › 09 › 23 › nyregion › a-venezuelan-gang-reaches-new-york.html

A Venezuelan Gang Reaches New York - The New York Times

3 days agoThe Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — a feared criminal organization that concentrates on sex trafficking, human smuggling and drug dealing — has emerged in New York City amid