AEI Fellow/ Classical Liberal Inst@NYU Law/WSJ editpage writer/Cricket fan. Father. Fogey.

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Tedious windbaggery
This week, @christopherrufo tackle the Indian Question. Among other things, this episode cuts to the heart of longstanding foundational political disputes that are simply unreconcilable, but which can longer be brushed aside. Namely that some people (perhaps most people) prefer to live in a homogenous society, and as America tips toward a majority-minority country, that fundamental preference is under threat. For a long time, liberals, who have more cosmopolitan preferences, have been able to pathologize the desire for homogeneity and subdue any explicit political effort to maintain a white majority in the country. A great many conservatives are no longer willing to be silent on this question. They are going to actively assert their preferences, and Indians, while relatively small in total number are nonetheless the fasting growing foreign born demographic in the country and the most conspicuous element of the 21st century mass immigration regime, and are therefore the inevitable flashpoint for this debate. *This episode we also took input from our Indian/South Asian friends @balajis, @razibkhan, @Indian_Bronson, and a secret 4th Indian.
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Much scared that he might become PM?
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Cyclists are to pedestrians what grizzly bears are to a camp site.
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Russia has been carrying out attacks against Ukrainian civilians again. Ukraine needs more Patriot interceptors before winter. We are calling on Member States that have them in their stocks to provide them to Ukraine. Member States have also recently agreed how to distribute €6.6 billion in European Peace Facility funds. That means at least €1 billion new funds for joint procurement. This will strengthen cooperation among Member States on defence and support for Ukraine. My press remarks ahead of today’s meeting of EU Defence Ministers ↓
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Airports really need gyms and showers. If I have a 3-hour layover, I’d rather get a workout in, stretch, shower, and walk onto the plane feeling fresh than sit around drinking overpriced airport coffee.
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Russia couldn't find a better candidate in France even if they tried. Melenchon would hand over the keys to Élysée directly to Putin if he could.
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A sweeping Trump administration initiative to create a China-free supply chain for military and industrial inputs is starting to work wsj.com/politics/national-se… via @WSJ
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At a Free Palestine event in Stockholm, marchers carried a prop gate reading "Gaza" designed to look like the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp gate. Why do people insist on turning the horrific fate of the 6 million Jews murdered by Nazis into a prop they bring to protests? Do you seriously not see how offensive this is?
Gaza Behind Scenes
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Horrific scenes out of Kyiv this morning as Russia used a jet-powered drone to blow up Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. People are escaping through windows as the building burns. Just like they target kindergartens and schools, now they are bombing science.
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The fact that these men are British does not rule out the involvement of the Iranian regime. The regime not only uses a gangs-for-hire model for terror ops abroad, but has also radicalised segments of the British Muslim community and, in doing so, created a British Islamist constituency loyal to it and its extremist ideology. Both models provide the regime with “plausible deniability”, giving it room to avoid repercussions.
RAF Fairford suspects are British men in their 20s, police say, as Iran denies involvement
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FT: Nicaragua has handed mining concessions covering more than a tenth of its land to Chinese companies in the past three years, expanding Beijing’s foothold in the gold-rich country as it tussles with Washington for influence. ft.com/content/452648fd-90d6…
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Acc to a 25 Sep report of the Lowy Institute, China’s #Gwadar gamble isn’t paying off. The port is rapidly transforming from a geopolitical asset into a financial and security liability as Beijing’s risk appetite diminishes. Besides, China is growing weary of sacrificing both capital and the lives of its citizens to defend a commercial failure. Thus, Gwadar is rapidly approaching a tipping point. Quite likely, China will stage a quiet retreat by downscaling its operational footprint,reducing Gwadar from a commercial mega-port to a minor, fortified naval refuelling station. Well worth a read. lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…
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Cyclists are a menace
Pedestrian struck by bike in @CentralPark_NYC has died. Rest in peace. Shame on Conservancy + @NYC_DOT for encouraging high-speeds in the Park and the "bike lobby" (@transalt) for continuing to oppose a 15mph bike speed limit. @nyc_evsa @GaleBrewerNYC ourtownny.com/news/central-p…
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As Republicans scramble to cast themselves as the party of sanity against a rising tide of socialism, Trump’s big-government tendencies create another headache for candidates facing an uphill midterm season. My latest: washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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THE MOST DESERVING GOLD MEDALLIST! 🇮🇳🥇 Congrats to Savitha Shri on winning Board 5 gold! 🥳🎉😀 She scored a mind-boggling 9/10 (!!), but it was the importance of each of those points that made her Olympiad so special! 👏👏 📷: M Walusza
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You have no clue of the reality in Xinjiang or Xizang.
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Yesterday, one of the world’s greatest singer songwriters, the undisputed King 👑 of Calypso, & pioneer of Soca, The Mighty Sparrow of Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹, has gone on. Everyone with a Caribbean background knows his name, and many more besides. Rest In Power to the GOAT 🐐.
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RT @b_judah: Another day, another Melenchon tweet rabidly echoing Russian talking points.
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