Friday News Dump - Candace Out, Kate's Cancer Diagnosis, Moscow Attacked and More
What can't we talk about?
Candace Owens out at Daily Wire
The move was predicted by Dave Rubin on Valuetainment just a day ago:
Candace Owens wanted out, and the Daily Wire probably wanted her gone. It was a mutual decision, yet almost everyone's “take” is that she was “canceled” for her anti-Israel opinion. That is not the case. They could have fired her, but they did not. They gave her the choice. She chose to leave.
Here is where I land on a third rail, as told to me by Michael Herman, who writes his own Substack. He is, like many here in the comments, on the anti-Israel side of the war in Gaza. He isn’t the first person to suggest that Candace Owens crossed the EVIL BAD PRO-ISRAEL BEN SHAPIRO (he didn’t say it that way but that’s sort of the idea floating around X).
I don’t see race or abortion as third rails, personally. But Israel most definitely is, except for those on either side who take a hard stance. I don’t discuss it much because I don’t feel educated enough. I hear the screeching activists, but it doesn’t make sense. I listen to Ben Shapiro, and I understand his side of things.
Because there are two very distinct sides to this issue, and I don’t feel comfortable taking either side against the other side, I stick to the known certainties - at least from my perspective. I don’t see what Israel has done as “genocide” or “ethnic cleansing.” If Israel wanted to obliterate Palestine, they could have done it already and done it long ago.
Beyond that, I do not have reliable narrators to tell me the truth about what’s really happening. Until I have understood it completely, I don’t feel comfortable talking about it.
Here is what I do believe: we should not be funding any foreign wars right now, including Israel’s and Ukraine’s, until we get our own house in order. We have so many problems here that need immediate attention.
As for Candace Owens, she has been too big for the Daily Wire and it was clear, at least to me, that she wanted to grow even bigger - she also knows that leaving will give her a boost because she can spin the narrative that she was “canceled.” She never fit in with the Daily Wire. She is too independent-minded and, frankly, too ambitious. There were too many chefs in that kitchen.
The Truth Comes Out
Turns out, Kate Middleton did have surgery, and they found cancer. She is now undergoing preventative treatment. She released this video:
Terrorist Attack in Moscow
Russian news reports said that the assailants threw explosives, triggering a massive blaze at the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow. Video posted on social media showed huge plumes of black smoke rising over the building.
The attack took place as crowds gathered for a concert of Picnic, a famed Russian rock band, at the hall that can accommodate over 6,000 people. Russian news reports said that visitors were being evacuated, but some said that an unspecified number of people could have been trapped by the blaze. Breaking news.
WTF
Is Kamala Harris lying, gaslighting or just not very smart? She says Trump will “weaponize the DOJ against his political enemies.” Come on, man.
Banning Tik Tok Debate
Walter Kirn goes toe to toe with Geoffrey Cain, Michael Moynihan for a debate about the banning of TikTok
Trump says he has the $500 million — but it never should have come to this. They should hang their heads in shame.
The House GOP Continues to Spiral
The ongoing Civil War in the House of Representatives has left them with a slim majority. I know the POV of the populist Right. I also know that if this keeps up, they won’t hold the House in November of 2024. I feel despair when I see how united the Democrats are and how fractured the Republicans are. I understand there is a realignment happening, but who will stop the fanatics on the Left?
Who You Gonna Call?
The new Ghostbusters movies has a massive split between the critics and the audience, which can sometimes mean the movie is actually good.
Some funnies:
I saw a buzzard while out walking
Creatures in my back yard:
That’s all I got for now. I will be posting a second paywalled “story” over the weekend. Otherwise, enjoy yours. And thanks for reading and for commenting. You guys are the best.
I can offer this on the Israel conflict. In 1973 I was preparing to leave England to join my girlfriend who had left for kibbutz five days earlier, (I didn't know she was Jewish). I was celebrating my trip on the final Saturday when I was informed that the Yom Kippur War had broken out that day.
The Kibbutz office rang to ask if I still wanted to go. My girlfriend was already out there and I had given in the keys to my home and finished my work. I said, Yes.
I flew out to a kibbutz just north of Eilat, (my girlfriend was in the north) and began my duties on the kibbutz.
I quickly learned how close my girlfriend came to death. Her kibbutz was close to the Golan Heights. Syrian tanks came within hours of completely overrunning the Israel border. It was only poor Syrian communications that saved the country. Israel came within hours of Syrian troops rolling into Jerusalem. Egyptians destroying Eilat. Lebonon destroying Haifa and, as we know now Iran ruling the whole of the Middle East.
This was the second time in five years that Arab countries had launched surprise attacks on Israel and the murderous UN refusing to condemn the Arab nations, instead calling for an immediate ceasefire (sound familiar).
No, Israel must be allowed to clear Gaza of Hamas fighters, for the sake of Gazan civilians.
I’m with you on Israel/Gaza, Sasha. I’m not sure who to believe, I despair over tge atrocities of October 7, and despair over drone strikes, which I believe are immoral. But I do know we’re broke here in the USA, monetarily and morally. We can’t trust our own government and our SCOTUS seems completely ignorant of that fact.