- ONGOING STUDENT PROTESTS AGAINST ISRAEL HIGHLIGHT TROUBLESOMEGENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES which “may portend a future political distancing with the U.S.” Reality is that most have little if any knowledge of history or true HAMAS terrorist objectives, and are responding to lies & half-truths from social media led by non-student and paid Agitators. But multiple polls of Gen Z show huge percentages believing that “Jews as a class are oppressors, that the 10/7 attack was justified by Muslim grievances, and around a third saying their sympathies lie with Palestinians… Social media is fueled by these voices and their consumption habits – over 116 billion get their news form TikTok, with over 31 billion posts for #freePalestine, versus fewer than 600 million for #StandUpwithIsrael… Beyond social & economic challenges, Gen Z suffer from high levels of depression and anxiety, reacting to limited job prospects and the American Dream being out of reach, along with National Debt exceeding $35 trillion and Social Security approaching insolvency with unfunded obligations of some $66 trillion… When the Zs start running for political office and vote more in force, they may embark on a mission to rejuvenate America by heeding the warning of George Washington and shaking off the ‘passionate attachment to another nation that produces a variety of evils, hazarding America by creating the ‘illusion of a common interest where none exists’.” [RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT – 5/27/24]
- THE TEN MOST MIS-USED ENGLISH WORDS in daily conversation: (1) AFFECT- to influence or alter, vs EFFECT- refers to results or outcome; (2) ASSURE – confirm something is true or should happen, vs ENSURE – guarantee or make sure of something, vs INSURE – acquire an insurance policy; (3) COMPLEMENT – to enhance something, vs COMPLIMENT – expression of kindness or admiration; (4) EMPATHY – relates to feelings or perspective, vs SYMPATHY – compassion for someone’s suffering; (5) LAY / LAID – placing or putting something down, vs LIE – reclining (except past tense is LAY); (6) LOOSE – opposite of tightness or constraint, vs LOSE – misplacing or facing defeat; (7) THAN – comparing things, vs THEN – referencing time or sequence; (8) THEIR – indicates possession, vs THERE indicating location; (9) TO – indicates direction or place, vs TOO – meaning also; (10) WHOSE – indicates ownership, vs WHO’S – contraction of ‘who is.’
- WHILE A MAJORITY OF STATES STILL BAN PRIVATE FUNDING OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION (like the $400 million from Zuckerberg in 2020), the federal government is now working directly with billionaires, Big Tech, and activists to influence complete Federalization of elections. Additionally, a Biden Executive Order to turn out the felon vote for this election, pushing advocacy groups for ‘Social Justice’ to lift restrictions on felons voting (mostly democrats) – including the Federal Bureau of Prisons now partnering with League of Women Voters/ ACLU/ Campaign Legal Center/ Washington Lawyers’ Committee/ and other far-left groups, as well as a long list of celebrities who have invested in the ‘Criminal Caucus.’ [FEDERALIST – 5/30/24]
- AMERICA IS STILL A REPUBLIC, BUT “the dangerous erosion of republican principles, broadly undermined by systemic suppression of free speech from the Left’s mass media propaganda machine, is a serious threat. Propagandists, controlled by politicians, promote ‘democracy’ as dependence on the state, expand statist power through redistribution of wealth and rewarding votes from their subjugated constituencies with benefits from the public treasury… Considering the politics and culture of our nation today, falling rapidly from a state of Abundance/Selfishness to the level of Complacence/Apathy, we’re on target for a state of Dependence/Bondage.” A fascinating article: https://patriotpost.us/alexander/107232-who-spawned-the-current-generation-of-narcissists-2024-05-29
