Harvard, Hard Way, Hard Luck and (Microsoft Owes) How Much?

So much going on that the Schloss-Blog doesn't know where to start. Well, actually, sure we do...

...A bunch of students from varying organizations protested loud and long about that the whole thing going on now between Hamas and Israel is all Israel's fault.

Their protest was a little too loud and a little too long for billionaire Bill Ackman, who demanded the names of the students so they could be blacklisted when they go job-hunting. Ackman claims Harvard, via its corporate shield, is protecting the students from backlash,

Bottom line: want to protest, anything? Use your college, the bastion of free speech, right?

Wrong, says Ackman and others in the corporate world who agree.

And hasn't Harvard stirred up enough controversy lately anyway? Race neutrality. Affirmative action. And Ivy League sister Penn caught flak for hosting a Palestine Writers Conference, which got labeled "antisemitic" because of its attendance and focus.

Makes me feel better about my SUNY degree.

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The Schloss-Blog swears, every golf course in Arizona is closed for overseeding right now, which means I haven't played in three weeks.

I don't want to hear it, Mark.

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Do you wear Birkenstocks? 

The IPO of the fashionable footwear maker, while generating a lot of money, came up disappointingly short though.

There was a time when everyone I know wore Birkenstocks. Now everyone I know can own a piece of Birkenstock.

Although owning a pair might be a better investment than owning their stock.

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In case you were wondering, Apple iPhones are the brand of choice with those in the Gen Z demographic.

They love the camera.

Looks like I'm as ancient as my Android.

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Microsoft, which closed a $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, reportedly still owes the IRS $29 billion in back taxes.

Activision Blizzard makes the ever-popular "Call of Duty." The IRS, meanwhile, comes to your door with AR-15s if you owe back taxes.

Or so said Ted Cruz.

In a release from Cancun.

On vaca.

While Texas was freezing over.

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ACT scores are at their lowest since 1991.

American youth has apparently forgotten how to read.

And add.

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One last note to asshole Republicans: Iran can't touch the $6 billion, not a penny.

Got it?

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.