Sturday Miscellany

First, in the matter of Zohran Mamdani, it keeps getting better.

When he was a high school senior applying to college Mamdani lied on his application to Columbia. He claimed to be Black, the better to game the DEI world. After all, if Elizabeth Warren could get away with it, why not try.

Also, Mamdani’s father was a professor of Columbia.

Put them together and the young man could not get into Columbia. He must have been astonishingly stupid.

Second, you remember the Boulder, Colorado fire bomber, by name of Mohamed Sabry Soliman. And you know that one of the victims of his terrorism has now died.

You might not be familiar with the fact that our federal government has chosen to deport Soliman’s family. That is, to deport his wife and children, apparently to Egypt.

Now, in the latest news, the family has lost its appeal and a judge has allowed the deportation to proceed.

Third, it turns out that the Democratic Party has fully embraced anti-Semitism. But, you knew that already.

The news comes from Harry Enten, crack pollster at CNN:

“What are we talking about here? All right, who do Democrats sympathize more with: Israelis or Palestinians? In 2017, the Democratic Party was a pro-Israeli party,” Enten explained. “Look at this. They sympathized with the Israelis by 13 points—more with the Israelis than the Palestinians. But look at this sea change. Now, Democrats sympathize more with the Palestinians by 43 points.”

“Oh my God! That is a change in the margin of 56 points over the course of just eight years. So all of a sudden, it’s the pro-Palestinian position that actually reigns supreme in Democratic politics, not the Israeli position,” he continued. “And that is part of the reason why Mamdani was able to do so well in this primary, because those attacks over Israel, simply put, did not ring true for Democrats. They’re now on the side of the Palestinians, not the Israelis.”

Put that in your hookah and puff on it. Mamdani’s anti-Semitism resonates with today’s Democratic Party. He is a lot less of an outlier than Democrats would have you believe.

If you had not been alarmed before, it’s time to do so.

Fourth, it’s an astonishing divide. In America, 92% of Republicans and  24% of Democrats are proud to be Americans.

Just in case you were wondering why liberals have such poor mental health. If you feel no pride, in your nation or your community, you are more likely to be depressed.

Some people imagine, not without reason, that the cure for despair is hope. The truth is, the cure is pride, especially pride in achievement.

Didn’t a Navy admiral once recommend to a group of college graduates that they begin their day by making their beds. That is, by accomplishing something.

Try it; it works.

Fifth, once upon a time feminists declared “wife” to be a four-letter word. Women across America adopted the aberration and broke the American family. Large numbers of children are now being brought up without fathers. Many women who would want to be married find their prospects diminishing.

At the least, it made feminists feel empowered, and that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?

As for putting the toothpaste back in the tube or putting the genie back in the bottle, recent cultural phenomena show women bucking the feminist current. Nowadays it is becoming more acceptable for women to want to be what are called trad wives, traditional wives who are homemakers and who do not spend half their time harassing their husbands over who is going to do the dishes.

And now we have the advent of the princess treatment, of who are not just tradwives but who want to be treated with a decent amount of courtesy when out on the town.

According to the New York Post, a TikTok post on the subject has garnered millions of hits.

The author is named Courtney Palmer. The Post reports:

“If I am at a restaurant with my husband, I do not talk to the hostess, I do not open any doors, and I do not order my own food,” she said. She also addressed minutiae, like what to do at the coat check, at the valet, and at the host stand when your husband is checking on the reservation.

Amazingly, at a time when Democrats are whining about why men no longer support their candidates, the post suggests that the princess treatment works because it allows a man to be more manly. Who would have thought it?

“You’re just letting your husband lead and be masculine,” she declared.

“He made the reservation, he’s taking you out — let him do the logistics. You’re just being a princess, you’re not being hoity-toity; you’re just letting him take care of it,” she explained.