Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This history:
“The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time.” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Friday
We say: Um: The American Revolution wasled by some of the richest men of their time.
Jefferson, Madison and Washington would be surprised to hear that the colonists’ revolt against King George III wasn’t seeking liberty and self-government, but . . . higher taxes?
This adversity:
“We pulled New York City back from an existential fiscal brink.” — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Tuesday
We say: No city with rising tax revenues is at a “fiscal brink”: Mamdani just wanted to goose spending to pay for his pet programs.
The state handed him billions and OK’d billions more in “savings” by delaying payments to pension funds; creative accounting helped, too. And it sets up a true crisis a year or two down the line.
This dentistry:
“You can’t succeed without teeth.” — LA Mayor Karen Bass, Monday
We say: Mayor Bass explains the need for free health care by pointing out that homeless meth addicts have destroyed their teeth, so we need to buy them a mouth full of pearly whites to put a smile on their faces.
Why not give new cars to drunk drivers who can’t get to work since they crashed their old ones?
This pseudoscience:
“To those who say that canine rape is impossible, . . . I’d note that at least three different medical journal articles discuss rectal injuries in humans from anal penetration by dogs. Sigh.” — New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Tuesday
We say: Kristof defends his preposterous claim that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinians by pointing to perverts who injured themselves while having sex with their dogs.
Has the Times gone barking mad? “Sigh.”
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
