US Natural Gas In A Dominant Position For Decades To Come

The U.S. Energy Information Administration dropped its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook this week, and the numbers clearly demonstrate that America’s shale revolution isn’t slowing down — it’s accelerating, and the world is better off for it.

Marketed natural gas production is projected to jump 3.3% in 2026, adding roughly 3.9 billion cubic feet per day, with another solid 2.5% gain in 2027. Much of that growth comes from associated gas in the prolific Permian Basin, supplemented by the Haynesville Shale feeding Gulf Coast demand.

Dry gas output should hit 111 Bcf/d next year and 113.6 Bcf/d in 2027. That’s a whole lot of reliable, affordable molecules keeping Henry Hub prices reasonable — around $3.34 per MMBtu in 2026 and $3.46 for 2027 — while domestic consumption gets comfortably outpaced and inventories stay healthy.

This good news didn’t just materialize by accident. It’s the direct result of decades of innovation, smart policy in producing states, and the determination of the American oil and gas industry to deliver despite constant headwinds from Washington bureaucrats and green zealots.

This unrivaled abundance lines up perfectly with the explosion in U.S. LNG export capacity. As recent industry reports detailed, three major Gulf Coast projects hit final investment decision in 2026: Venture Global’s CP2 Phase 2, Commonwealth LNG, and Delfin Midstream’s floating LNG project off Louisiana. Add in prior FIDs, and we’re talking nearly 17 Bcf/d of new capacity coming online, pushing total Gulf Coast export potential toward 33 Bcf/d. Delfin’s FLNG setup already has strong offtake agreements lined up with players like Vitol, Expand Energy, Centrica, and Gunvor. It’s an object lesson for how to turn resource abundance into real economic and geopolitical muscle.

The virtuous cycle here is obvious to those not blinded by net-zero fever dreams: Cheap, abundant domestic gas feedstock makes LNG projects more economic, which drives more exports, which incentivizes even more upstream drilling.

Unlike constrained suppliers exposed to geopolitical blackmail, the U.S. offers scale, transparency, and the ability to quickly respond to market signals. It’s energy reality writ large.

Asian buyers get it. Countries like Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, and others facing real energy security challenges are lining up for 20-year supply deals with U.S. exporters. They see American LNG as a strategic hedge – reliable, competitively priced, and backed by vast shale resources that can ramp up when needed. These long-term contracts provide the revenue certainty developers require while shielding buyers from spot market volatility.

But it’s a different story in Europe. Despite the hard lessons of 2022, when Russian pipeline gas got weaponized, many European nations remain stubbornly reluctant to ink similar long-term commitments. Developers come home from meetings with polite interest but few signatures. Germany, now sourcing the vast majority of its LNG from the U.S., talks a big game about diversification while chasing ever-more aggressive decarbonization targets that cast doubt on future gas demand.

The result? Greater reliance on spot cargoes, higher exposure to price spikes, and headaches for U.S. project financing that Asian demand is more than happy to fill.

This transatlantic divergence highlights the difference between one continent which lives in energy reality and another still genuflecting to the energy transition narratives concocted five years ago. Europe’s hesitation reflects a deeper ideological commitment to intermittent renewables – largely driven by heavy-handed regulations out of Brussels – that simply cannot deliver the reliability modern economies demand. America’s shale producers and LNG exporters, by contrast, operate in the real world as it exists along with their increasingly Asian customers.

The bottom line is clear: The U.S. natural gas and LNG industry sits in an enviably dominant global position heading into the future. Production growth fuels export expansion, which secures long-term partnerships in high-growth Asian markets. Domestic consumers and manufacturers benefit from stable, affordable energy that supports jobs and economic competitiveness. Globally, American LNG helps displace coal in Asia, bolstering energy security where it’s welcomed.

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Policymakers in Washington would do well to stay out of the way, and keep working to streamline permitting, remove punitive regulations, and let the industry do what it does best. In a world fraught with energy uncertainties, America’s shale-powered LNG machine isn’t just keeping the lights on. It’s reshaping global markets and strengthening America’s geopolitical leverage for decades to come.

https://www.westernjournal.com/us-natural-gas-dominant-position-decades-come/

Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population Amid Ivy Psychological Meltdown

Young and left-wing are part of 'emerging mental health political identity'

Harvard’s Widener Library is seen in a 2024 file photo. 

The Ivy League is having a mental health crisis.

"Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard, and 13 percent said they were unsure," according to a survey of the Class of 2026 conducted by the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. That’s more than double the rate of the general adult U.S. population, which the federal government’s National Institute of Mental Health estimates at 23.1 percent, noting that "Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe."

At Princeton, a senior survey conducted by the Princetonian student newspaper found 60.1 percent had mental health counseling or therapy during college, with 36.3 percent getting help from the university’s counseling and psychological services and 23.8 percent finding outside assistance. That’s also much higher than the overall population; NPR reported last year on a study that found "the number of American adults getting outpatient talk therapy grew from 6.5% to 8.5%."

Yale faced a 2022 federal lawsuit for failing to accommodate "students with mental health disabilities." Students and alumni, organized in groups such as Mental Health Justice at Yale, the Yale Law School Mental Health Alliance, and Elis for Rachael, are still advocating; a recent Yale Daily News opinion piece, published under the headline "Yalies for mental health," laments the quality of the counseling services on offer at the university, arguing, "many students still wait unacceptably long to see a therapist. For instance, upon returning from summer vacation, students do not automatically continue seeing their therapist from the previous school year. Instead, they must undergo the placement process all over again, unnecessarily lengthening the time it takes to be matched with a therapist. Yale has not met student requests for a more diverse range of therapists. Yale still does not offer an affordable Preferred Provider Organization option for health insurance. And Yale did not agree to implement annual mental health first-aid training for students, faculty, staff and administrators."

Potential causes of the trends are multifarious. As with mild autism and learning disabilities of the sort that generate eligibility for untimed standardized tests, it’s unclear how much of the increase is in incidence and how much is in identification—that is, are today’s students really more depressed, anxious, or panicked than previous generations, or are they and the grownups around them simply more likely to diagnose and label their maladies as mental illness? It could be that both dynamics are operating.

Among the factors are federal legislation—the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 and the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008—that may have helped make students and parents more aware of eligibility for services. Technological advances have made talk therapy readily available on telehealth platforms, so, ironically, students can visit a mental-health provider online in search of a cure for what Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt calls an "epidemic of teen mental illness" created by the replacement of "play-based childhood" with "phone-based childhood." Popular culture is also a factor: Star performing artists such as Noah Kahan and Taylor Swift talk openly about their issues.

And it may just be that students on overwhelmingly politically liberal Ivy League campuses are more likely to identify as mentally ill than other Americans are. An assistant professor of political science at Utah State University, Lauren Van De Hey, wrote a paper, "Just a Little Melancholic, Maybe a Little Blue: Mental Health as an Emerging Political Identity," published in April 2026, describing what she called "an emerging mental health political identity that is most pronounced among younger (Gen Z) and more liberal Americans."

Van De Hey’s paper notes that "some research has found that liberals (Democrats) have worse reported mental health than conservatives (Republicans)." Her paper contains a chart that graphically displays the disparity.

A chart in a paper by Lauren Van De Hey displays what she calls "clear … ideological trends in mental illness self-categorization."

"Those more likely to categorize as having a mental illness are more likely to have a college degree; be a Democrat, liberal, and White; and have slightly lower family income," Van De Hey writes.

The paper includes a discussion of the findings. "Are liberals (Democrats) and conservatives (Republicans) really that different when it comes to mental health prevalence and/or identification? Initial work … has confirmed a gap between the parties, but is this because Republicans (conservatives) do not consider anxiety and depression to be mental illnesses at the same rate as Democrats (liberals)? Is this because of a personal responsibility ethos or other shared Republican predispositions? If so, it could lead Republicans (conservatives) to seek treatment at a lower rate than Democrats (liberals) because Republicans (conservatives) will not seek treatment for something they do not consider a medical condition." She says more work is needed on the topic.

The fact that the student newspaper surveys are even asking questions about the issue is a sign of its salience. The Crimson senior survey also found, "Seniors reported continued support for the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement as Israel’s war in Gaza continues into its third year and after a sharp increase in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. More than 40 percent of respondents view the movement favorably, increasing 5 percentage points from last year’s graduating class." Israel reached a ceasefire in Gaza in October 2025, so the contention that "Israel’s war in Gaza continues into its third year" is itself a kind of delusion, and the support for BDS—a movement to wipe Israel off the map—from the seniors is evidence that Harvard is failing to educate the students. The survey found 65.6 percent of Harvard students identifying as either "progressive" or "very progressive."

One has to be careful in writing about this—the last thing I’d want to do would be to discourage any student who needs help from seeking or getting it. Mental illness is a real thing, and treatment can help, in some cases saving lives. Yet with that crucial caveat, it’s also hard to avoid wondering in some cases whether the politics are a consequence of the illness, or the illness is a consequence of the politics. I watched a lot of anti-Israel protests at Harvard, and even read some of the poetry and journal articles. Without singling out any individual participants or casting any stigma on people seeking or getting needed treatment, it’s hard to avoid noticing the strong likelihood of some overlap in the Venn diagram between the 47 percent who experienced mental illness and the 40 percent who view BDS favorably to the point of setting up tents in a Harvard Yard "encampment" or interrupting classes with megaphones or occupying buildings in protests. I’m not a forensic psychiatrist, but some people are just unmistakably crazy.

It’s not even limited to Israel or Gaza; it extends to the Trump administration. Even the most cheerful among us might get depressed listening to professors and even administrators drone on all day about how the president is destroying democracy. Students are one thing. A poll that would be really telling would be of the reported mental health of the faculty, deans, and administrators.

https://freebeacon.com/campus/harvard-students-are-twice-as-mentally-ill-as-the-general-population-amid-ivy-psychological-meltdown/

HUD Suspends Federal Homeless Funding to Los Angeles in Wake of Fraud Allegations

Los Angeles officials are dismissing the move as political theater. However, the missing tens of millions, unverifiable housing sites, and documented conflicts of interest are not partisan talking points; they are governance failures with real human consequences.

Federal housing officials under President Donald Trump have suspended and moved to cut off federal homelessness funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), citing a pattern of fraud, untraceable or unused funds, and major internal control failures identified in multiple audits and court-ordered reviews since 2023.

The office, led by Vice President JD Vance, said it was part of a wider crackdown on “fraud and corruption” that they have consistently leveled against California.

It also comes amid a wider fight between the White House and the Golden State over the recent elections, with officials claiming they were “rigged” after Spencer Pratt was dumped out.

Thursday’s crackdown was sparked by a 2024 audit of tens of millions in taxpayers’ cash that was sent to LASHA to pass on to homeless agencies.

Out of the $50.79 million it was handed, the agency could only account for $13.78 million, meaning nearly just over $37 million was unaccounted for.

For years American taxpayers have been sending billions to Los Angeles. The result? Fraud and corruption. That ends today. https://t.co/YW8h9w4SC8

— Scott Brady (@ScottBradyPA) June 11, 2026

The move slashes nearly $200 million of LAHSA’s funding.

The agency cited allegations involving conflicts of interest, financial mismanagement, lack of oversight and concerns about how federal homelessness funding was administered.

HUD noted LAHSA has received nearly $1 billion in federal funding since 2021 and argued that the agency’s failures have become too severe to ignore.

The letter reportedly references the resignation of former LAHSA CEO Va Lecia Adams Kellum, who stepped down last year after it was revealed that $2.1 million in federal funds overseen by LAHSA had been directed to a nonprofit organization that employed her husband.

HUD also pointed to findings by a federal judge who concluded LAHSA committed “obvious fraud” after allegedly continuing to seek funding for an 88-bed shelter despite knowing the facility was operating at roughly half capacity. The judge reportedly even considered placing the agency into receivership.

The agency cannot even produce evidence to verify the existence of over 2,000 housing sites it is in charge of.

LAHSA’s inability to verify the existence of nearly 2,300 housing sites for which it was responsible is another recent issue that has plagued the homelessness provider, according to HUD, which said 70% of the contracts for those sites did not disclose any expenses over the prior year.

Public audits of LAHSA, meanwhile, found a pattern of routinely paying service providers late and poor record keeping preventing it from monitoring contracts, including $5 million in cash advances sent to five different service providers, according to The Associated Press.

In November 2024, the City Controller’s Office found that LAHSA failed to spend $513 million in public funds budgeted in fiscal year 2024, blaming a lack of staff and old technology, according to HUD.

Despite the astonishing numbers, the city’s politically connected elites are complaining that the move is a stunt.

L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath called HUD’s suspension of LAHSA a publicity stunt.

“I have been calling for change and accountability at LAHSA, but if this administration desires accountability, too, they should work with LA County,” Horvath said in a statement.

“While they focus on stunts and retribution against Los Angeles — a community that rejects their apocalyptic MAGA agenda — we’re staying focused on results for our most vulnerable,” she continued.

If even a fraction of these findings holds, the real scandal is not that funding was cut, but rather that the spigot stayed open this long while accountability evaporated.

Los Angeles officials can dismiss the move as political theater, but missing tens of millions, unverifiable housing sites, and documented conflicts of interest are not partisan talking points; they are governance failures with real human consequences that are potentially lethal.

At some point, outrage over Washington’s actions has to give way to explaining why nearly a billion dollars produced so little measurable stability for the homeless population it was meant to serve.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/hud-suspends-federal-homeless-funding-to-los-angeles-in-wake-of-fraud-allegations/

THE ESSEX FILES: Ro Khanna Wants a Wealth Tax - Grover Norquist Says, 'You First!'

Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), the Silicon Valley Democrat who has described wealth inequality as “the moral failure of our time,” now faces a straightforward challenge from Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform. In a letter made public this week, Norquist invited Khanna to lead by example: Write a check for about $11.6 million — 5 percent of his reported $232.7 million net worth — and send it to the U.S. Treasury.

Khanna built much of that wealth through his marriage to Ritu Khanna, whose family founded successful manufacturing and investment businesses, including Transtar Industries. Like many in his district, his portfolio reflects investments in the innovation economy that has defined modern California. Yet he advocates policies that would penalize the very wealth creation he has benefited from. 

This episode reveals a deeper tension. Proponents of wealth taxes frame them as simple fairness. In practice, they risk undermining the incentives that drive creativity, investment, and job growth. High marginal taxes on income and assets do not just redistribute existing wealth; they change behavior. Entrepreneurs and innovators weigh risks against potential rewards. 

When government claims a larger share of the upside, some pull back on bold bets, delay expansions, or move operations elsewhere. Economic research consistently shows that higher corporate and personal income taxes correlate with reduced research and development spending, fewer patents, and slower introduction of new products.

Silicon Valley itself offers a case study. The region’s dynamism came from risk-takers who poured capital and long hours into ideas that often failed before one succeeded. Heavy taxation on unrealized gains or accumulated wealth makes those risks less attractive. It can encourage capital flight, as seen in responses to past tax hikes in high-cost states. 

Khanna’s own district has long relied on talent and investment flowing in, not out. The congressman has also engaged in debates over H-1B visas, not acknowledging the need to protect American workers from displacement while attracting high-skilled talent. That conversation points to another reality: When domestic incentives weaken, companies turn more readily to imported labor or automation to control costs. 

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Tax policies that choke investment accelerate both trends. Firms facing higher effective rates may automate faster or expand overseas rather than hire and train locally. The result is not greater opportunity for American workers but substitution that leaves them behind. Norquist’s letter underscores the practical problem with wealth taxes. Valuing private assets, family businesses, artwork, and illiquid holdings invites disputes, audits, and avoidance strategies. 

Enforcement requires intrusive government oversight — exactly the sort of administrative burden critics have long warned about. Voluntary compliance from advocates like Khanna would test the sincerity of the moral claim. Few have rushed to pay more than required.

Conservative thinking on taxes starts from a different premise: Broad-based, lower rates with fewer distortions encourage work, saving, and risk-taking. The post-2017 tax reform experience, despite imperfections, showed stronger investment and wage growth in many sectors before later reversals. 

The goal is not protecting any one wealthy individual but preserving an environment where new wealth can still be created and spread through jobs and opportunity. Khanna is right that economic outcomes matter and that stagnant mobility frustrates many families. But targeting accumulated success through annual wealth levies is unlikely to deliver sustained gains for working Americans. 

It risks slowing the innovation engine that has lifted living standards for decades. A better path lies in tax policies that reward productivity, streamline regulation to favor domestic hiring over alternatives, and focus government effort on skills, infrastructure, and open competition rather than redistribution by asset inventory. 

Norquist offered Khanna a pre-addressed envelope and promised to help publicize the gesture. Whether the congressman follows through is his choice. The larger question is whether policymakers will learn from the pattern: Heavy taxation on capital and success often delivers less revenue, less growth, and fewer opportunities than promised. America’s edge has always been its ability to generate wealth, not merely divide it. Preserving that edge serves far more people than any single tax windfall. Don't hold your breath waiting for that check to clear, though.

https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2026/06/21/the-essex-files-on-my-grovers-glove-norquist-calls-ro-khannas-bluff-on-wealth-tax-hypocrisy-n2203531

Starmer on the Brink as Pressure Builds to Resign and Make Way for Burnham

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a career-defining decision: step down or fight a challenge from Labour Party rival Andy Burnham.

Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in post, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues conclude his time is up. Expectation is growing that he will announce a timetable for his resignation as soon as Monday. That´s the day Burnham will be sworn in as a lawmaker in the House of Commons after winning a special election last week.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said Sunday that Starmer is “making time to reflect on the political realities, challenges and opportunities that he finds himself in.”

“I know he is a prime minister who always puts his country first,” Kyle told the BBC, though he said reports that Starmer will resign are “speculation.”

Starmer is spending the weekend at Chequers, the country mansion used by British prime ministers, with his family. He gave no public hint about his decision, but sent a Father’s Day message on social media.

“Being a dad is my greatest joy. Today, I’m thinking about my dad, and the father I am to my children because of him,” he wrote on X.

If Starmer quits, he will be the sixth prime minister to leave office in the past 10 years, an extraordinary rate of churn for the United Kingdom.

Discontent with the prime minister has been building for months, with Labour lawmakers desperate to reverse the government’s decline in popularity since Starmer led the center-left party to a landslide election victory in July 2024.

He has struggled to deliver promised economic growth, repair tattered public services and ease the cost of living, and has been hamstrung by repeated missteps, including his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson, a scandal-tarnished friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as the U.K. ambassador to the United States.

Labour is losing liberal voters to the growing Green Party and facing a rising Reform UK, the Nigel Farage -led anti-immigration party that consistently leads in nationwide opinion polls.

Burnham, until this week the popular mayor of Greater Manchester, decisively won the seat of Makerfield in northwestern England in a special election held Thursday. He took almost 55% of the 45,510 votes cast, over 9,000 more than the Reform UK runner-up.

Now that he is a lawmaker, he’s in a position to challenge Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party. Burnham’s acceptance speech left no doubt that he wants to lead both the party and the country.

“Everyone knows that politics isn’t working,” he said. “Everyone can feel that the country isn’t where it should be. Tonight could, just could, be the turning point.”

It’s unclear whether Burnham would face a coronation or a challenge if Starmer steps aside. Wes Streeting, who resigned as health secretary last month to protest Starmer’s leadership, has said he will run in a contest if there is one.

Starmer congratulated Burnham on Friday, but insisted he would fight any attempt to oust him.

“I will run, I will stand,” if there is a Labour leadership contest, Starmer said. “I’ve said repeatedly I’m not going to walk away from that.”

But Charlie Falconer, a senior Labour member of the House of Lords, said Saturday that Starmer has “absolutely no authority” left.

“There should be an agreed transition process in which Andy and Keir cooperate as to when the handover should take place,” he told the BBC.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/06/21/starmer-on-the-brink-as-pressure-builds-to-resign-and-make-way-for-burnham/

Happy Father's Day!

Father’s Day is a vital cultural observance dedicated to honoring the essential role fathers and father figures play in the nuclear family, the community, and the nation. 

From a traditionalist and Judeo/Christian worldview, the day serves several key purposes:
1. Honoring Paternal Authority and Responsibility Fatherhood is the bedrock of a stable society. A father provides protection, provision, and consistent moral leadership for his children. Father’s Day is a time to recognize the weight of the responsibility fathers carry—not just to provide material needs, but to be the primary disciplinarian and teacher of virtue, strength, and character.
2. Celebrating the Nucleus of the Family The strength of a nation is built upon the strength of its families. By celebrating fathers, we reinforce the importance of the traditional family structure, which is the most effective institution for raising the next generation. A father offers a perspective of strength and stability that complements the nurturing role of a mother, creating a balanced environment for children to mature into productive, godly adults.
3. Expressing Gratitude for Sacrifice In our era, the role of the father is often unfairly maligned or deemphasized by secular culture. Father’s Day provides a necessary counter-narrative, showing appreciation for the often-unseen sacrifices fathers make. Whether it is working long hours to secure a home, defending the family, or teaching children how to navigate the challenges of the world, these efforts should be held in high esteem.
4. Upholding Cultural Tradition Societies that do not honor their past or their foundations tend to drift into chaos. By observing Father’s Day, we participate in a tradition that highlights the importance of lineage, heritage, and the passing of values from one generation to the next.
In short, the purpose of Father’s Day is to acknowledge that as fathers go, so goes the family—and as the family goes, so goes the country. It is a day to set aside the noise of modern progressivism and affirm that the father is the head of the home and a pillar of civilization.

Soccer Fan Accuses Israel of Killing Palestinian Team, Pathetically Falls Apart After Learning Palestinians Slaughtered Israeli Team in 1972

Players from Israel sing the national anthem prior to the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Italy and Israel at Stadio Friuli on Oct. 14, 2025, in Udine, Italy.

The World Cup is here again, which means it’s time for Americans to care about soccer for a few weeks. This is doubly true since America is one of the host nations.

Most of this has been positive. If you’re on social media, you’ve doubtlessly seen foreigners discovering that the U-S-of-A is actually pretty cool and not at all like what their media tells them it is. However, for some pot-stirrers out there, it’s a chance to bring attention to their pet political causes.

In that vein, I give you a pro-Palestinian X user who managed to go bad-viral with the worst possible take on why Palestine isn’t in the World Cup: Israel apparently killed all of its players while the world wasn’t watching.

It’s too bad history doesn’t exactly comport with the facts, as he was soon reminded of.

Now, first, let’s get one thing out of the way: Palestine is an independent country in the same way that Narnia is, only with one less lion and a lot more terrorists.

However, it’s worth noting that this isn’t really a prerequisite for World Cup participation. In this year’s competition alone, we have the non-independent geographical entities of Scotland and Curaçao, which are part of the United Kingdom and Netherlands, respectively. (There’s also Haiti, which is technically independent, but also failed state run by gangsters with monikers like “Barbecue,” so, I mean, come on.)

That said, here’s what X user @Laddin_ said was the reason the Palestinian team didn’t qualify:
I must have missed this one, which would have been reported on ad nauseam if it had actually happened. But hey, speaking of killing off a country’s athletes, Mr. Laddin was swiftly reminded of who actually kills who:

For those of you who have blocked out this thing called “the news” for more than half a century, during the 1972 Munich Olympics, a terrorist group stormed the athletes’ village and ended up killing 11 athletes, coaches, and referees from Israel.

Granted, these weren’t soccer players — most of them were involved in wrestling, weightlifting, and fencing — but to the extent that one side in the Israel-Palestine conflict is killing top-level athletes from the other side, it ain’t Israel.

“Every accusation is a confession,” indeed.

In case you were wondering why the Palestinians aren’t in the World Cup, it’s because they aren’t very good. The Palestinians have a soccer team that is ranked 95th in the world, according to FIFA’s scoring system. That places them below powerhouses such as Benin and Thailand, and just above Belarus, a country whose best players are more likely to be killed, tortured, or jailed by their own government than the Palestinian players are.

In fact, the Palestine Football Association has been in seven World Cup qualifying tournaments and have made the big show a grand total of zero times. Why? Not because of anyone being killed, but because they keep losing.

This time around, they actually managed to make it to the third round of qualifying, where they finished fifth out of six teams in their group. The first two teams qualified automatically, the second two made it to a fourth round.

But even though no Palestinian players were killed by the Israelis — who, by the way, also didn’t make the tournament — I guess you could make the point that the bloodshed in Gaza could theoretically be responsible for this.

To that argument, I bring up the point again: Haiti made the World Cup. Haiti has been a violent hellhole since the Duvaliers were in power, and has somehow gone downhill since the days of Papa and Baby Doc. Other nations that aren’t particularly stable but still managed to get in include Algeria, Iraq, the Ivory Coast, and Senegal. Plus, remember who started the violence in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. It wasn’t the Israelis.

Also, have I mentioned that freaking Curaçao is in this tournament? Because they are, and if you can show me Curaçao on a map, you’re either from Curaçao or won the National Geographic Bee as a kid.

However, if we want to talk about killing athletes, sure: Let’s have a discussion about 1972 in Munich, Mr. Laddin. My guess is that you’re not terribly interested. Because, to the woke Palestinian supporter hive mind, killing Jews is always justified so long as it advances the cause.

You can’t blame someone for having heard a lie. You can, however, definitely blame someone who refuses to hear the truth because it makes their cause look reprehensible.

https://www.westernjournal.com/soccer-fan-accuses-israel-killing-palestinian-team-pathetically-falls-apart-learning-palestinians-slaughtered-israeli-team-1972/