So as I started typing this piece I noticed a piece of news.
Dozens of Duke University’s paralyzingly thick infants got up in the middle of Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech and walked out, chanting “Free Palestine.”
Remember, the campus protests have nothing to do with antisemitism – it’s all about Israel being a bunch of meany-butts.
If they had got up and left while chanting “Unfrosted Sucks!” they may - I understand from the reviews of Seinfeld’s latest movie - have had a point.
But here’s the future thing - about two years ago, I wrote a piece on the murder of comedy by progressive woke humorless douchebags and here, in part, is what it said:
Numerous professional comedians have expressed reservations about doing shows on college campuses out of fear they will say something that will offend the terrible teacup that defines our oh-so-precious future leaders. Even before he could get to his first “did you ever notice?” joke (probably even days before he took the stage), one can be assured that an alarmingly large number of students will think to themselves “Seinfeld? That’s Jewish, right? I wonder how much he has profited off of the enslavement of the Palestinians?” and then take to Twitter to demand he immediately endorse BDS.
So they waited until the event itself, but it just really happened – people walked out of an event because the speaker was Jewish.
And that wasn’t even the funniest bit from the article – this I think was:
Trigger Warning – If you are triggered by anything in this article, including this trigger warning, then you are a humorless cretin.
Here’s the piece – take a read when you get a moment. It’s pretty good.
Speaking of stupid, we have the trial of Donald Trump in New York still going on. It’s complicated and weird and purely political but I think I finally figured out what the charges are…supposed to be?
Though the feds passed on any prosecution, or even a fine, or even demanding a bookkeeping correction (that could easily have been ordered – happens all the time with election filings – trust me, I know) after investigating the payment to Ms. Daniels, the NYC DA AB literally re-raised the idea that that was a potential felony so he could charge a misdemeanor because it was related to the potential felony thereby making everything a felony.
That sounds about right…I think.
It occurred to me that the logic of the case would be similar to pulling over a drive going 4 miles over the speed limit, realizing things like don’t stand up in court, but charging him with felony attempted pedophilia because the road he was driving on passed the entrance to a Boy Scout camp.
Speaking of Boy Scouts, the world was rocked last week when the group decided they wouldn’t be The Boy Scouts of America anymore but Scouting America.
Many individuals and groups spoke pout about the change, deriding it as woke hackery, historically destructive, and terribly disrespectful to all the scouts out there.
A lesser known group also released a statement deploring the move:
“We are appalled by the decision. Traditions matter,” said the spokesman for the National Society for the Preservation of the Circle Jerk.
Speaking of jerks, we come to, um, oh – me.
I am proud to announce that I have been named a Senior Fellow at the California Policy Center so
BOW DOWN BEFORE MY MIGHTY WORKS IN AWE!
Well, not really . The Center is “an educational non-profit working for the prosperity of all Californians by eliminating public-sector barriers to freedom” and here’s a link to the website where you can find a wonderfully out-of-date picture of me.
I did ask if I could be a “Senior Man” or “Guy” or even “Dude” but they balked at the idea.
On a less irredeemably boastful note, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day.
And just remember: only your mother knows with absolute certainty who your father was.
Well, maybe not anymore:
This week’s epigram is “She was imperceptible in scarlet.”
Not really an epigram, but a line from the book “Schindler’s List” and that thought is so amazing that’s why the only color in the movie was the coat of the little girl just wandering away somehow unnoticed during the ghetto round-up.
In the movie the girl dies – in real life, she lived.
I wonder which outcome the Duke University kids would have preferred.
Well, no need to wonder.
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