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Saturday, April 4. 2026

Saturday morning links


Brown’s president agreed to be challenged by a conservative scholar. Here’s how it went.


Heart Association Clashes With RFK Jr. Over Red Meat, Dairy and Beef Tallow. The American Heart Association recommends getting protein from plants—rather than meat—and avoiding full-fat dairy


America takes steps toward a return to the Moon. It's about time.


Microsoft Outlook not good for lunar missions 


Does the Government Own You—or Do You Own Yourself?


Professor Jonathan Turley: It’s ‘Insane’ We Continue to Embrace Birthright Citizenship


Justice Jackson’s ‘Turning Japanese’ Argument Is So Dumb It Stuns


Why the NYT Had to Issue a Monster Correction for This Piece About Trump and NATO


Iran’s Real Motivation - Westerners want to think of the Iran war in geopolitical terms. But there is more to it than that.


The far-left’s dark dream to see Trump lose against deranged regime is vile anti-Americanism


James Carville Reveals the Dems' Revenge Playbook Against Trump in Unhinged Rant

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Regarding the Brown University debate: One question, why do colleges offer the many "hate" studies and "basket weaving" degrees? Is it just the money? Is it the only way to get minorities and women to enroll? I could make an argument for studying music for example but would a conventional college be the right place for that? But I can't make an argument for black studies or women's studies degrees and most certainly these fake degrees dilute and degrade college degrees. It is almost to the point that anyone getting one of these degrees should be required to be a registered college degree offender so that the general public would be aware of their useless credentials and not be tricked into taking them seriously when they speak or act. As an alternative to ending these college programs I could be talked into accepting that they must remove all the false information taught by these departments. I only concede to that alternative because I know they would never do that because THAT is what hate studies is based on... lies!
#1 OneGuy on 2026-04-04 10:58 (Reply)
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Does the Government Own You—or Do You Own Yourself?... Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build, and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money.

Next thing you know, they'll be telling you when you have to stop and when you can go.
#2 Zachriel on 2026-04-04 12:22 (Reply)
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Professor Jonathan Turley: It’s ‘Insane’ We Continue to Embrace Birthright Citizenship

There is strong support for birthright citizenship, as much of America became citizens that way. However, if Turley feels so strongly about it, then he should press for a constitutional amendment, because the current language is quite clear.

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The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 primarily to grant freed slaves and their children citizenship.

And if that was their only intent, they would have worded the Fourteenth Amendment differently. They were quite clear they meant to include all immigrants. Some voted against the Amendment on this basis.

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Justice Jackson’s ‘Turning Japanese’ Argument Is So Dumb It Stuns

The strawman is quite dumb, but strawmen tend to be that way (at least until they earn a Doctorate of Thinkology). Jackson was using the definition of allegiance as " the fidelity owed by a subject, citizen, or noncitizen resident to a sovereign or government". In particular, if you are in Japan, then you are under the jurisdiction of Japanese law, while if you are in the United States, you are under the jurisdiction of United States Law (with exceptions for diplomats and their families).
#3 Zachriel on 2026-04-04 12:53 (Reply)
The current language can be twisted.
What is clear is that the 14th amendment was intended for slaves and children of slaves, period, end of story. Not illegals and not a million potential Chinese saboteurs.

Sooner or later Rome, I mean America will fall. Nothing lasts forever. Given what is going on in the world today it will be replaced by a communist style system. IF the Supremes fail, in this, the single most important case they have ever had, it is likely that America will fall shortly after 1,000,000 tactically trained Chinese birthright citizens return to our country to implement what the CCP trained them for. My go the recent attempt by children of an illegal Chinese couple to bomb a military facility should be warning enough! But... the Supremes have failed us so many times before.
#3.1 OneGuy on 2026-04-04 13:50 (Reply)

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