Remember back in May when there was a minor uproar when eighth graders were given a ‘critical thinking skills’ test in which they were asked to decide and explain why the Holocaust was or was not a hoax. They were given two anodyne descriptions from the Internet and then a third from a notorious Holocaust denial site.
Well, it turns out it was a bit worse than first reported.
Rebecca Odes opines on Tom Junod and the lust (for 42 year old women) that shall not speak its name.
Rick Santelli, famously in 2009, by one measure launched the “Tea Party” with an epic rant about how big government was crushing capitalism while it was actually in the midst of saving it. Since then he’s been wrong about every economic question worth being asked. One of the CNBCers got tired of his nonsense today and this happened. Watch.
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Todd Akin says Politico didn’t let him say all the stuff he wanted to say about rape.
The Palestinian Envoy to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva tells Palestinian Authority TV that the PA needs to be prudent about appeals to the Human Rights Council because every Hamas rocket – fired indiscriminately and without warning into civilian areas – constitutes a “crime against humanity.” He also notes reports from Gaza about how the IDF is sending advance evacuation warnings before bombing attacks. This candor will and is being seized on by supporters of Israel. But it’s just as much as rebuke to the rejectionist right in Israel who claim there’s no partner for peace among the Palestinians.
There’s a path to end all of this. Not just this flare-up but the whole conflict. It’s there. It just needs to be taken.
When I saw the brouhaha about Tom Junod’s cringeworthy ode to 42 year old women, the image that came to my mind was Junod as God in Michealangelo’s masterpiece, descending from the heights of Mansplainia, reaching his finger out to women at 42 with the divine touch of bonability. Now Rebecca Odes asks: Esquire writer lusts after 42-year old women – Is This Progress?
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Not to put too fine a point on it. But I think we can see a trend here.
This is the latest findings from Gallup in their on-going polling on the percentage of US adults who say they lack health insurance. (Click through to the rest of this post to see a larger version of this image.)