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Tuesday assorted links

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1. Greenpeace vs. Golden Rice.  And Michael Magoon essays on Progress Studies.

2. Brutalist churches.

3. Good piece on Derek Parfit.

4. The case for permitting reform is stronger than you think.

5. GPT2 speculation.

6. UK metascience research grant call.

7. Scott Alexander now has a proper response to Robin on health care.  And Robin’s response.

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Oh No! Indoctrinated Woke Extremists Destroy Woke Extremist Indoctrination Center

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NEW YORK, NY — The world watched in horror last night as a large group of indoctrinated woke extremists destroyed a woke extremist indoctrination center.

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Non-inflation is not magic

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"If the state does not spend more than it collects and does not issue [money], there is no inflation. This is not magic."
~ Argentine president Javier Milei announcing his country's first government budget surplus in 16 years [hat tip Simon Cooke)

 NB: As Milton Friedman explains  ...


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Defund the Ivy League--NOW!

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This is a special issue of what regularly appears as “Dumb and Dumber” but with a focus on what’s been happening on America’s college campuses over the course of the last month or so. We should all take this very seriously. This is America’s Weimar moment.

If America’s universities won’t reform themselves, they should be defunded by Congress and state legislatures ASAP. And just so there’s no misunderstanding, The Redneck Intellectual stands foursquare for Israel and the right of Jewish students in America to go to school without threats, intimidation, and violence.

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“KILL THE JEWS”!!!! Pretty sure that’s not protected by the First Amendment: Police Clear Encampment At Major University After Protesters Shout ‘Kill The Jews’ 

AMERICA’S WEIMAR MOMENT: Columbia University Turmoil Recalls the Hitler Youth.

DEFUND THE SO-CALLED “IVY LEAGUE” NOW: Columbia U. Encampment Leader Says ‘Be Grateful That I’m Not Just Going Out and Murdering Zionists’.

THIS YOUNG MAN CLEARLY NEEDS HELP. If Columbia University truly cared for his mental health they would expel him and get him a room at Bellevue Hospital: Columbia U. Encampment Leader Says ‘Be Grateful That I’m Not Just Going Out and Murdering Zionists’.

PUNISH THEM ALL, BUT “YES,” START WITH THE PROFESSORS AND ADMINISTRATORS SUPPORTING THE NEO-NAZI PRO-HAMAS MOVEMENT: Punish Columbia Professors, Not Student Protesters, For The Intellectual Degeneration On Campus.

DEFUND NOW: Columbia University: NYPD Not Permitted To Oust Anti-Israel Illegal Occupiers.

YOU DO REALIZE THIS IS JUST A GAME FOR THE PRECIOUS ONES, RIGHT? The Unreality of Columbia’s ‘Liberated Zone:’ What happens when genuine sympathy for civilian suffering mixes with a fervor that borders on the oppressive?

FIRE THEM: Columbia faculty attempt to block certain students, press from entering encampment until police called

COLUMBIA IS A CESSPOOL. #JustWalkAway. #Defund Columbia: Columbia has ‘made clear’ it ‘does not want NYPD’ on campus as pro-Hamas occupation takes over school.

FRESHMAN ORIENTATION SURE ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE:

I strongly urge you to watch the video on X. Watch here:

I THINK WE SHOULD VIEW WHAT’S HAPPENING AT COLUMBIA AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE NATION AS AN INFLECTION POINT. Nothing can be the same again in American higher education! Anti-Israel Encampments: Columbia Caves, Extends ‘Negotiations’ as Hamas Reportedly Shows Support for Protesters.

ALTERNATIVE HEADLINE: COLUMBIA ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO ENFORCE OWN DEADLINE: Columbia Squatters Ignore 2PM Deadline to Clear Camp.

HEAP LOAD OF TROUBLE: Columbia University locks down campus buildings following overnight mutiny: 'Effective immediately'

SUE AND SUE BIGLY: Jewish Columbia Student Files Lawsuit Accusing School Of Failing To Protect Jewish Students

LET’S ASSUME THE ANSWER IS “YES,” AND IF IT IS THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE RESPONSE: DEFUND COLUMBIA—NOW: Is Columbia Funding Its Own Occupation? 

PATHETIC: PRETTY PLEASE: Columbia asks terrorist-endorsed occupiers to 'please' leave before graduation, promises they can 'continue' afterward

I’LL TAKE DEFUNDING, BUT I’M HIGHLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE IDEA THAT . . . : Columbia Should be Destroyed 

DEFUND AND BOYCOTT COLUMBIA AND YALE AND THE REST OF THE SO-CALLED “IVY LEAGUE”: Putrid Campus Ideological Rot on Display at Columbia, Yale.

DEFUND HARVARD NOW: Harvard Protesters Raise Palestinian Flags On University Building, In Spot Reserved For American Flag: Harvard protesters chanted ‘Shame!’ when university staff removed the flags.

DEFUND AND BOYCOTT UPENN: What I Saw at UPenn’s Pro-Hamas Protest Encampment

DEFUND THE IVY LEAGUE: Passover overshadowed by violence as aggressive anti-Israel agitators unleash rage at Ivy League universities

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YES, IT IS . . . AND MUCH WORSE: IT’S ANTI-CIVILIZATIONAL: “This is an openly anti-American movement, which is using Israel as the scapegoat”

IT’S EVERYWHERE: 44 Signs and Chalk Messages From Pro-Palestine Encampment at DC University

AND LET THE SO-CALLED “IVY LEAGUE” SINK LIKE THE TITANIC: Education Apocalypse Now? The Ivy League Hits An Iceberg.

CONGRESS MUST DEFUND THE SO-CALLED “IVY LEAGUE,” AND QUICKLY: University of Pennsylvania struck by anti-Israel activist encampments, joining growing list of colleges in US

SERIOUSLY, WHO CARES? What the Pro-Palestinian Protesters Actually Want 

VERY GOOD: Patriots Owner Kraft Pulls Funding For Columbia University Over Pro-Palestinian Protests

TIME FOR CONGRESS TO RETHINK THAT WHOLE FUNDING THING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: Pro-Palestinian Protests at Boston’s Emerson College Result in More Than 100 Arrests

COSMETIC. Entire departments should be eliminated: House speaker calls on Columbia president to resign

AS A “TECH” UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA TECH NO DOUBT GETS TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. That should end immediately:  Virginia Tech protesters vow to stay, insist pro-Palestinian rally ‘peaceful’ after 82 arrests

THINGS FALL APART: ‘Hypocrisy projection,’ civil disobedience at Columbia and beyond, and how Texas got it wrong

ROGUES GALLERY: These are the extremist student leaders of the anti-Israel protest camp bringing Columbia to its knees.

TURNS OUT DOING THE RIGHT THING IS JUST NOT THAT HARD: Vanderbilt chancellor takes a firm stance on arresting violent protesters on campus

WELL, GOOD!  THE SO-CALLED “IVY LEAGUE” HAS BECOME A BIT OF A JOKE:   Ivy League grads risk losing prized jobs for schools allowing antisemitic protests to fester: Wall Street honchos.

UH, OH! Columbia President Nemat Shafik Accused of Plagiarism.

SAY IT AFTER ME, KIDS: “HARVARD IS A CLOWN SHOW”: Notes on the Asylum Where I Was Raised: In Which I Visit the Harvard Protests, Among Other Things.

THIS IS JUST THE EFFECT. To find the cause, you must look in the classroom: White Privilege: Leftist Students Start Autonomous Zone At University Of Michigan

THIS IS HILARIOUS! “Call the Philosophy department!!! . . . . For god sake, hurry up and call the Heideggerians! Just don’t bother with the analysts.” Watch here:

THE LONG MARCH THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONS HAS REACHED ITS END POINT: Cops take down Emory professor at anti-Israel protest that turned violent, wild video shows.

IN THE END, THESE SNARLING PROTESTORS REALLY ARE JUST PRECIOUS STRIVERS: Pro-Hamas Protesters Seek Amnesty, Pardons to Protect Careers.

LET’S ALL SAY IT OUT LOUD: HARVARD IS A CLOWN SHOW: Harvard students enrolled in Taylor Swift class pull all-nighter for ‘Tortured Poets Department’ release

WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? George Soros-Connected Groups Paying for Antisemitic Campus Protests, Calling for Revolution.

LIFE AT BROWN UNIVERSITY HASN’T CHANGED MUCH SINCE I WAS THERE.

EXPULSIONS NOW: Jewish students at UT Austin speak out: 'They are chanting for the death of Jews'

WHERE IS RONALD REAGAN WHEN YOU NEED HIM: Humboldt Hamas militants hijack campus, damage estimated 'in the millions'

UNIVERSITIES DON’T OPERATE VERY WELL WHEN THEY’RE UNDER A STATE OF SEIGE: California university reveals 'true cost' of anti-Israel mob that took over academic buildings

TIME TO CALL IN THE NATIONAL GUARD: Violence Breaks Out at UCLA Protests 

DOING IT RIGHT IN FLORIDA: Flagship University Draws Line In The Sand, Threatens Consequences If Protestors Violate Demonstration Rules

AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS: Where Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters Have Been Arrested 

WELL, WELL, WELL. What do we have here folks. Clemson is the new Ivy League: Why students are starting to ditch the Ivy League for southern colleges

THIS IS WHAT REAL EDUCATION LOOKS LIKE: Clemson Great Books program looks to expand as it reaches 10 years

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Columbia Threatens to Expel Students Occupying Building (Plus Maintenance Man Held Hostage)

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Middle School Students Who Refused to Compete Against Trans Student Banned From Sports

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