This evening at around 8:00 p.m, I finally put my feet up at the end of a very long day and once I finally had a few moments of quiet, I had a minor moment of epiphany. It occurred to me that I no longer want to maintain this blog.
I feel pretty liberated by my decision and I have a number of reasons that I'll share.
I've been running a blog for many years and I"m kind of blogged out. I spend way too much time reading stuff 'for the blog', saving articles, reading articles that people send me, and posting articles and thoughts.
Don't get me wrong, I love writing and feel compelled to write, it's not a choice-there's stuff I just have to get out of my brain and my soul and it has to flow through my keyboard to the world.
I just don't think a blog is the best vehicle for me anymore.
I have met some really amazing people through blogging, and it has been a lot of fun, but it never really took off as a lucrative venture. It was mostly a great place for me to vent my spleen and publish thoughts and pieces of writing that nobody else would publish.
Another consideration is that blog posts don't really accrue to one's professional portfolio or resume (or bank account). I hope to spend more time pitching and writing articles on more substantive topics and also on ventures that may be more lucrative and/or professionally rewarding because time is money and also our time on Earth is finite and I can't spend any more time on this blog. Like many other writers and creative types I have a list of projects and works in progresss I want to get done, and I ain't getting any younger.
One more minor consideration is that I'm pretty tired of having my ideas "liberated" by others. It's pretty easy to rip off an idea from a blogger and very hard to prove or trace. But believe me, I do see where traffic comes from-what country, what companies, what cities and I'm also very tired of feeling creeped out by federal government bureaucrats who pretty much stalk me on a daily basis. It's much harder to steal ideas from published articles (although I've also had plenty of ideas ripped off from pitches as well and that really sucks).
The other thing I worry about is that as I grow older, I have less and less patience for bullshit and belligerence and I'm less inclined to self-censor than I ever was. I don't want a blog post to be a gotcha moment for any random asshole. I have lots to say and will continue to say it but I'm pretty sick of watching the Internet Mob destroy lives. I'll always put my name to my thoughts and always urge others to do the same. The reason these disgusting mobs yield so much power, which is completely disproportionate to their numbers and even more disproportionate to their level of intelligence is because all the anonymous cowards who literally let them get away with it. So nuts to that times eleventy bazillion, million, gazillion.
I have lots of things on my to do list, but I'm getting older and I have a pretty heavy burden to deal with with my disabled child. My first priority is to my family.
I hope you have enjoyed this blog.
I certainly have enjoyed writing for you-wherever and whoever you are. For those readers I know personally through e-mail or otherwise, do stay in touch.
A special thank you to "C" in NYC who actually did send me a real, actual Hermes scarf after I drooled about them on line for so many years. I'll never forget that-thank you so much. Thanks also to everyone who sent a kind word when I shared, or perhaps overshared more personal life reflections and to the new friends that I made near and far.
Hopefully, and if I work hard enough, you'll still see my byline around town, perhaps even on different types of projects and forms of media. The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Shalom friends. See you around.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Monday, July 16, 2018
The U.K Is Dead To Me
British schools are giving out spoons to girls in danger of being married off in sh&thole countries against their will.
This is Britain in 2018.
Absolutely disgusting.
UPDATE: Apparently this is a "Swedish" problem as well.
This is Britain in 2018.
Absolutely disgusting.
UPDATE: Apparently this is a "Swedish" problem as well.
Please, Democrats, Carry On Exactly Like This!
When I put this socialist gobbledegook through my Socialist Airhead to Normal English translator I get "Trump Re-Election Assured".
WEIRD!
WEIRD!
Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacks Israel, calls them the occupiers of Palestine.— Ryan Saavedra 🇺🇸 (@RealSaavedra) July 16, 2018
When pressed on what she meant she struggled to give an answer and then admitted she does not know what she is talking about. pic.twitter.com/e3Uq1eupD3
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Near Death, Seeing Dead People May Be Kind of Chill
Chatting with the dearly departed? Who doesn't?
We asked him who he was talking to and he told us the Moloch Hamoves (the Angel of Death), and he was chuckling because the Angel said it's his time, but he wasn't ready to go. So they would chat about it.
My Zaidy wanted to make it to 100, but obviously his negotiations with the Angel of Death were not successful after he turned 96.
Still a good life, from escaping the shetls of Poland-imagine the fate that would have met him at Jedwabne, his home town, to being a tailor in Canada (Tip Top) and raising a family in Canada. He was a simple man who was very flawed, but pious and I remember him quite fondly.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
We Are Doomed
Canada is run by imbeciles.
Absolute imbeciles with bad policies and sympathies for terrible people.
Absolute imbeciles with bad policies and sympathies for terrible people.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
This Is So Cute: Norfolk Airport Police Take Excellent Care of Little Girl's Lost Stuffed Dog
Honestly, this story made me smile from ear to ear.
Well played, Norfolk Airport Police.
Hoping this little kid gets lucky as well.
If you want a laugh read through the comments. Seems like there's lots of adults still attached to their (grubby) stuffed animals. Very cute and very heartwarming.
Well played, Norfolk Airport Police.
Hoping this little kid gets lucky as well.
If you want a laugh read through the comments. Seems like there's lots of adults still attached to their (grubby) stuffed animals. Very cute and very heartwarming.
We lost our daughter's lifetime favorite toy today in Terminal B of Boston Logan, this adorable pink baby giraffe. Daughter is heartbroken. Name tag sticker says Thacher. If found, pls contact me! @BostonLogan pic.twitter.com/zKUBCJkS9Y— Erica Fletcher (@ericafletcher) July 8, 2018
The Evil Juice
I'm in a charitable mood this evening so I was moved by this humanitarian gesture.
But most times, I feel like this is a wasted effort. Will that mother, or family, or baby really remember the Jews that treated them or saved their life, or will they think we are massive suckers? I don't know.
I do know one thing. Real peace will be when Syrian doctors treat "Zionist" children in need.
Regardless, Jews being kind to Arab or other foreign (foreign to Israel I mean, and non-Jewish) children and saving their lives is not a news story in my view.
It's de rigueur for us.
But most times, I feel like this is a wasted effort. Will that mother, or family, or baby really remember the Jews that treated them or saved their life, or will they think we are massive suckers? I don't know.
I do know one thing. Real peace will be when Syrian doctors treat "Zionist" children in need.
Regardless, Jews being kind to Arab or other foreign (foreign to Israel I mean, and non-Jewish) children and saving their lives is not a news story in my view.
It's de rigueur for us.
Jews: Please Leave Europe
A few random nuggets from the antisemitic hell hole of Europe:
Germany sucks.
More from Germany.
France is awful.
More from France.
No Jewish future in Sweden (duh).
From the UK.
From Turkey.
Germany sucks.
More from Germany.
France is awful.
More from France.
No Jewish future in Sweden (duh).
From the UK.
From Turkey.
Two Good Ones On America
No, America is not a "nation of immigrants". It's a nation of individuals bound by creed.
Also, anti-Trump conservatives are wildly out of touch with the American electorate.
Also, anti-Trump conservatives are wildly out of touch with the American electorate.
Monday, July 9, 2018
Joy Is Illegal in Iran
This is so disgusting.
I'm heartsick over the dancer who has been arrested. Dancing is the body expressing the soul. It's glorious.
This is another reprehensible move by the Iranian regime.
I feel like we are getting closer to its end. I hope my gut feeling is correct.
I'm heartsick over the dancer who has been arrested. Dancing is the body expressing the soul. It's glorious.
This is another reprehensible move by the Iranian regime.
I feel like we are getting closer to its end. I hope my gut feeling is correct.
Listen to #ShaparakShajarizadeh who just heard that she was sentenced to 20 years prison4protesting compulsory hijab in Iran. She is the #WhiteWednesdays activist & the #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet #شاپرک_شجریزاده— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) July 8, 2018
لحظه شنیدن ۲۰ سال زندان#چهارشنبه_های_سفید #دختران_خیابان_انقلاب pic.twitter.com/8Kr3I75L2W
The U.K Is Dead To Me
England: a new case of Female Genital Mutilation happens every two hours in the formerly Great Britain.
I'm Confused...The "L"s Want to Take the "T"s out of LGBQTs, etc...
OK I'm not that confused.
I remember reading several prominent gay bloggers a few years ago urging "G"s to kick the "T"s out of the LGBT movement.
Anyway this is the ultimate result of having a victimhood hierarchy.
I remember reading several prominent gay bloggers a few years ago urging "G"s to kick the "T"s out of the LGBT movement.
Anyway this is the ultimate result of having a victimhood hierarchy.
Via Chabad: The Six-Day War Widow Who Dedicated Her Life to the Families of Fallen Soldiers
This is the story of a magnificent human.
This is a story of human grace and strength, inspired by unwavering faith.
An amazing story, do read the whole thing.
This is a story of human grace and strength, inspired by unwavering faith.
An amazing story, do read the whole thing.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Teenage Iranian Dancer Arrested For Dancing in Iran #FreeMaedeh
This is horrendous.
HI WESTERN FEMINISTS. GOT ANYTHING TO SAY????
HI WESTERN FEMINISTS. GOT ANYTHING TO SAY????
Teenage dancer, Maedeh Hojabri, was arrested in Iran. She used to record dance videos in her bedroom and upload them to her instagram with 600K followers.#مائده_هژبرى pic.twitter.com/3EDVR9veV3— Negar (@NegarMortazavi) July 8, 2018
Great...Just Great
One in every twenty Torontonians CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH OR FRENCH !
My late grandparents were all shtetl Jews from Poland and somehow learned English without any language classes.
My late grandparents were all shtetl Jews from Poland and somehow learned English without any language classes.
Friday, July 6, 2018
Glorious: Monty Python's Pushback-"I'm A Black Lesbian!"
I'M DYING!!!
"I no longer want to be a white male, I don’t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian… My name is Loretta and I’m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition.”
"I no longer want to be a white male, I don’t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian… My name is Loretta and I’m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition.”
Thursday, July 5, 2018
James Delingpole Skewers The Guardian
He wonders if The Guardian isn't "secretly a sinister right-wing plot to make left-wing people look utterly ridiculous".
Excellent Interview!
The very smart Gad Sa'ad with the absolutely fearless Egyptian-German apostate Hamed Abdel-Samad.
Amazing food for thought. Abdel-Samad has balls of steel.
Watch the WHOLE THING.
Amazing food for thought. Abdel-Samad has balls of steel.
Watch the WHOLE THING.
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
An Absolute Must Read: Through the Looking Glass At Concordia University (in Montreal)
Parents-think very carefully about where your children are educated.
"In almost every class, I found myself brushing up against what I had come to think of as the moral gatekeepers of the academy. By acting, or failing to act, by sustaining an arena where students—young, unformed, knowing not what they do—were encouraged to run wild and roughshod over all standards of fairness, openness, and intellectual inquiry, the professors had allowed the institution to transform into something of a madhouse. Select identities, authors, voices, words, and thoughts were permitted at the table; the rest were cast out or barred, without question, as though everything had already been decided. Any pursuit of truth, or dialectic of ideas, was cut off at the knees before it even got started, as the participants expended their energies policing language and asserting their moral virtue. It didn’t even matter if the students making the complaints were in the minority—all it took was one. Instead of a widening of horizons at university, I experienced there a strange sort of thinning, a constriction of the known world and all of reality into a single, narrow, idiosyncratic and firmly imposed set of perceptions and thoughts, an orthodoxy, a faith."
"The academy, it seems to me now, has reverted in some ways to its old role as a religious institute, as in the days before Newton, a place of enforced consensus and theological purity. Percy Shelley was famously expelled from Oxford for atheism, for daring to question the orthodoxy of the University, and I see no evidence that he would fare much better today."
"This is just a call for sanity. I am a left-leaning progressive. I am an ally to progressive causes. But I can certainly tell you this: one does not sway hearts and souls through the policing of language, the policing of thoughts, the silencing of voices, and the dismissal of viewpoints. That way lies madness."
This is a very frightening tale indeed.
Read the whole thing.
"In almost every class, I found myself brushing up against what I had come to think of as the moral gatekeepers of the academy. By acting, or failing to act, by sustaining an arena where students—young, unformed, knowing not what they do—were encouraged to run wild and roughshod over all standards of fairness, openness, and intellectual inquiry, the professors had allowed the institution to transform into something of a madhouse. Select identities, authors, voices, words, and thoughts were permitted at the table; the rest were cast out or barred, without question, as though everything had already been decided. Any pursuit of truth, or dialectic of ideas, was cut off at the knees before it even got started, as the participants expended their energies policing language and asserting their moral virtue. It didn’t even matter if the students making the complaints were in the minority—all it took was one. Instead of a widening of horizons at university, I experienced there a strange sort of thinning, a constriction of the known world and all of reality into a single, narrow, idiosyncratic and firmly imposed set of perceptions and thoughts, an orthodoxy, a faith."
"The academy, it seems to me now, has reverted in some ways to its old role as a religious institute, as in the days before Newton, a place of enforced consensus and theological purity. Percy Shelley was famously expelled from Oxford for atheism, for daring to question the orthodoxy of the University, and I see no evidence that he would fare much better today."
"This is just a call for sanity. I am a left-leaning progressive. I am an ally to progressive causes. But I can certainly tell you this: one does not sway hearts and souls through the policing of language, the policing of thoughts, the silencing of voices, and the dismissal of viewpoints. That way lies madness."
This is a very frightening tale indeed.
Read the whole thing.
The Good News And Bad News About Your Smartphone
The good news is it's not eavesdropping on your audio conversations.
The bad news is that it's eavesdropping by way of video.
The bad news is that it's eavesdropping by way of video.
The Great Col. Richard Kemp: The Bravest and The Best
This is a must read piece from the delightful Col. Richard Kemp.
It's about how disgusting trash humans are attempting to sully the legacy of heroism of Yoni Netanyahu, Z"L.
I listened to a BBC History podcast (from May 10, you can look it up if you want, I don't want to give them any more traffic), in which the historian discussing his book was quite sympathetic to the terrorists and basically described Yoni Netanyahu as a bungler. It was quite obscene.
I'm really happy that Col. Kemp has written this essay.
Good on him.
He is a Brit of tremendous character, an officer and a gentleman indeed, and following in the ever more rare tradition of the great British/Anglo philosemitic gentiles of old.
It's about how disgusting trash humans are attempting to sully the legacy of heroism of Yoni Netanyahu, Z"L.
I listened to a BBC History podcast (from May 10, you can look it up if you want, I don't want to give them any more traffic), in which the historian discussing his book was quite sympathetic to the terrorists and basically described Yoni Netanyahu as a bungler. It was quite obscene.
I'm really happy that Col. Kemp has written this essay.
Good on him.
He is a Brit of tremendous character, an officer and a gentleman indeed, and following in the ever more rare tradition of the great British/Anglo philosemitic gentiles of old.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
The Troubling Rehabilitation of Leni Reifenstahl
"Following Riefenstahl’s post-war rehabilitation—she was never convicted of being a Nazi by the Allies—she made a secret deal with Transit Films and government officials to receive royalties from her Nazi-era projects. Riefenstahl felt no need for “atonement” along the lines of Hitler’s armaments chief, Albert Speer. Well into her golden years, Riefenstahl vigorously sued people who claimed she had been a Nazi."
So This Is Rather Disturbing
But not surprising.
Randy, geriatric, leftist Swedish women and the oooh-oooh-Mahmoud factor.
Sick stuff.
Randy, geriatric, leftist Swedish women and the oooh-oooh-Mahmoud factor.
Sick stuff.
"Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust ('Especially Now')
This story pisses me off.
A pox on the BBC.
The "especially now" is supposed to be a thinly veiled reference not just to 'nationalism' but probably also to Trump or something. But do you know what 'especially now' actually means?
It means ESPECIALLY NOW THAT GERMANY HAS IMPORTED MORE THAN A MILLION ANTISEMITES INTO THE COUNTRY.
Especially now that it's not safe for Jews in Germany because of this specific policy. Especially now because of Angela Merkel. Especially now that German women aren't safe walking down their own streets. Especially now that migrants are raping and murdering their way through Europe.
This is supposed to be a touching, moving piece of journalism.
In fact, this is a very sinister little piece of propaganda.
Germans gotta German.
Monday, July 2, 2018
Balls Spotted in Britain
(Not safe for work, NSFW as the kids say...)
BUT FUNNNNNNNYYYYYY
BUT FUNNNNNNNYYYYYY
Here's some geezer called Jonathan Pie with the sort of material Frankie Boyle would be coming out with if he hadn't had his comedy cojones surgically removed circa 2010 when he sold out to the PC Brigade ponces at the BBC.— Alf Garnett (@MrAlfredGarnett) July 1, 2018
Warning: Contains lots of swearing & common sense. pic.twitter.com/ty4rbk8Orr
No, America Doesn't Run Concentration Camps (You Idiots)
I have never been more proud to be part of telling someone's story.— Benny (@bennyjohnson) July 1, 2018
Holocaust Survivor: No, America Does Not Run Concentration Campshttps://t.co/BpKiRk7t8Y
Sunday, July 1, 2018
"Our Country Is Safe Because We Care About Our Families And Don't Let Terrorists In"
Sounds legit.
WOW! Polish MP shocks British media:— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) July 1, 2018
"Our country is safe because we didn’t accept illegal Muslim migrants - this is the reason why we had not even one terrorist attack"
"We can be called Populists, Nationalists, Racists, I don't care...I care about my family and my country!" pic.twitter.com/lAdIFX2te1
Answer: What Kind of A Bloody "Life" Do These Poor Women Have Anyway
Question :
"Why is female suicide in Afghanistan so high?"
File under: questions so dumb that only the BBC can ask them, and so earnestly to boot.
Read the whole article and see if you can't figure out why so many women decide to end their lives in this sh&thole.
"Why is female suicide in Afghanistan so high?"
File under: questions so dumb that only the BBC can ask them, and so earnestly to boot.
Read the whole article and see if you can't figure out why so many women decide to end their lives in this sh&thole.
The UK Is Screwed
Here is a picture of "Great" Britain in two vignettes.
The decline is irreversible.
Exhibit number one:
"A 79-year-old gay Anglican priest in the U.K. has defended his marriage to a 25-year-old male model from Romania, insisting he is not “a dirty old man” but just wants “to show people we are normal.”
The decline is irreversible.
Exhibit number one:
"A 79-year-old gay Anglican priest in the U.K. has defended his marriage to a 25-year-old male model from Romania, insisting he is not “a dirty old man” but just wants “to show people we are normal.”
Friday, June 29, 2018
Generation P&ssy: Students Complain Op Ed Makes Them Feel Bad
The proper response to this is: who cares.
Ahh, The Glories of Mass Migration From the Third World
Voulez vous des scabies avec votre croissant?
Virtue Signalling More Important Than Reality
Exactly.
Here's the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs pushing back against the media bully.
Nicely played.
Here's the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs pushing back against the media bully.
Nicely played.
Here's the problem: the interviewer is more interested in establishing her virtue and bravery in confronting the Foreign Minister than in politely getting him to explain how his policy would work in practice and thus uncovering its potential flaws. https://t.co/lSp6QWK8TU— John O'Sullivan (@JohnOSullivanNR) June 29, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Sweden Is Doomed
I wonder what the local Imams and "migrants" think of all this.
I wonder why this is not located in Malmö.
I wonder why this is not located in Malmö.
Mark Steyn Receives the Inaugural George Jonas Award: Full Speech Video
So, unfortunately I wasn't able to attend this incredible event honouring the most deserving individual I could possibly imagine-Mark Steyn (the event was on a Friday night so it was impossible for a Jewy Jew like me to attend). It truly pained me not to be able to be there in person, but I'm sure that Mark Steyn and his people and team know that I was with them in spirit and that I am so delighted to finally be able to hear the entire speech plus the wonderful introduction by Lord Conrad Black.
I love this video so much, I'm not through the whole thing but so far, I'm absolutely mesmerized. I love the insight on writing at the beginning that Mark learned from George Jonas (take a vignette from the past, something from the present and something that looks to the future), and I love how he is ribbing Andrew Coyne and Jon Kay (ha!).
I know I joke a lot about being a SteynFrau and spend a little bit more time than is probably normal (but honestly, being 'normal' is highly overrated anyway) talking about Mark Steyn's sartorial flare (PS: LOVELY SUIT, BEAUTIFUL GREEN TIE, love this with the blue plaid pocket square FOR REAL AND NOT FOR JOKING-JUST GREAT!) and his works and himself in general, but there is some very serious thought behind my schtick, it's not all just for laughs.
I'm well aware THANKYOUVERYMUCH that I have no particular authority to recognize prophets, actually zero authority on this except being a legend in my own mind, but I do spend a lot of time thinking about wisdom, human nature, and about modern prophets. I think there's a pretty broad range of humans that could be prophets-politicians, public intellectuals, writers, artists, etc...but there's obviously no Central Prophet Recognition Agency nowadays. People who declare themselves prophets are usually, without fail, kooks.
But I have a short list of formidable humans that I think are prophets for various reasons-and remember, prophets were prophets-they got messages and shared wisdom and insight-they weren't magicians or gods-just regular humans, often incredibly flawed with unique strengths, wisdom and messages for humanity. Some of my list and you can agree or disagree, whatever floats your boat: Theodore Herzl, Jabotinsky, Begin, the Lubavitche Rebbe, Reagan, Thatcher.
Anyway, these are all humans of extraordinary consequence and no human of consequence ever has an easy ride so Mark Steyn easily and breezily goes on my list. Truth be told, I have considered him as such since the first time I read one of his columns, with that crazy Jewfro emoji-photo thingy in the National Post. I got out of the subway, called one of the editors that I knew back then and said WHO AND WHAT IS THAT AND FROM WHERE?????? I was hooked!
Since then, and over the years I've been truly blessed to have been able to make some rather modest contributions to Team Steyn in various ways and I'm so grateful for that opportunity. I feel so lucky indeed.
So congratulations once again to Mark Steyn on this most deserved honour.
I am so very proud to know you!
May G-d bless and keep you and yours, and may you enjoy many healthy, joyful long and productive and successful years.
(If you want to support Mark Steyn in a tangible way, consider joining The Mark Steyn Club, or going on the inaugural Mark Steyn Club Cruise. Regretfully, I shall not be playing the role of Julie McCoy your cruise director, but there are so many awesome people going, I know it's going to be amazing.
Plus, Mark Steyn will be trapped, on a boat! Sorry did I say that out loud? OMG WHOOPS! GAH!)
*waves*
(IS IT HOT IN HERE? JUST ME???? AGAIN???? GADZOOKS!!!)
I love this video so much, I'm not through the whole thing but so far, I'm absolutely mesmerized. I love the insight on writing at the beginning that Mark learned from George Jonas (take a vignette from the past, something from the present and something that looks to the future), and I love how he is ribbing Andrew Coyne and Jon Kay (ha!).
I know I joke a lot about being a SteynFrau and spend a little bit more time than is probably normal (but honestly, being 'normal' is highly overrated anyway) talking about Mark Steyn's sartorial flare (PS: LOVELY SUIT, BEAUTIFUL GREEN TIE, love this with the blue plaid pocket square FOR REAL AND NOT FOR JOKING-JUST GREAT!) and his works and himself in general, but there is some very serious thought behind my schtick, it's not all just for laughs.
I'm well aware THANKYOUVERYMUCH that I have no particular authority to recognize prophets, actually zero authority on this except being a legend in my own mind, but I do spend a lot of time thinking about wisdom, human nature, and about modern prophets. I think there's a pretty broad range of humans that could be prophets-politicians, public intellectuals, writers, artists, etc...but there's obviously no Central Prophet Recognition Agency nowadays. People who declare themselves prophets are usually, without fail, kooks.
But I have a short list of formidable humans that I think are prophets for various reasons-and remember, prophets were prophets-they got messages and shared wisdom and insight-they weren't magicians or gods-just regular humans, often incredibly flawed with unique strengths, wisdom and messages for humanity. Some of my list and you can agree or disagree, whatever floats your boat: Theodore Herzl, Jabotinsky, Begin, the Lubavitche Rebbe, Reagan, Thatcher.
Anyway, these are all humans of extraordinary consequence and no human of consequence ever has an easy ride so Mark Steyn easily and breezily goes on my list. Truth be told, I have considered him as such since the first time I read one of his columns, with that crazy Jewfro emoji-photo thingy in the National Post. I got out of the subway, called one of the editors that I knew back then and said WHO AND WHAT IS THAT AND FROM WHERE?????? I was hooked!
Since then, and over the years I've been truly blessed to have been able to make some rather modest contributions to Team Steyn in various ways and I'm so grateful for that opportunity. I feel so lucky indeed.
So congratulations once again to Mark Steyn on this most deserved honour.
I am so very proud to know you!
May G-d bless and keep you and yours, and may you enjoy many healthy, joyful long and productive and successful years.
(If you want to support Mark Steyn in a tangible way, consider joining The Mark Steyn Club, or going on the inaugural Mark Steyn Club Cruise. Regretfully, I shall not be playing the role of Julie McCoy your cruise director, but there are so many awesome people going, I know it's going to be amazing.
Plus, Mark Steyn will be trapped, on a boat! Sorry did I say that out loud? OMG WHOOPS! GAH!)
*waves*
(IS IT HOT IN HERE? JUST ME???? AGAIN???? GADZOOKS!!!)
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
So. Much. Winning.
I can't even!
This is great.
Ted Cruz would be da bomb.
I would prefer the next retirement to be the "Wise Latina" but RBG is getting pretty old so...
Still, this is more winning for the Trump administration and for conservatives. BIGLY!
This is great.
Ted Cruz would be da bomb.
I would prefer the next retirement to be the "Wise Latina" but RBG is getting pretty old so...
Still, this is more winning for the Trump administration and for conservatives. BIGLY!
Leftist Civility
In America, you can do this and still keep your internship.
In Canada, lefty likes to dish it out, but can't take it.
More mainstream media running interference for their Liberal overlords here.
Follow the parody account here.
The Barbara Streisand effect!
Well done, Gerald Butts.
In Canada, lefty likes to dish it out, but can't take it.
More mainstream media running interference for their Liberal overlords here.
Follow the parody account here.
The Barbara Streisand effect!
Well done, Gerald Butts.
Trudeau's team is shutting down twitter accounts that mock them. Have brought in factcheckers on Facebook to sort out their hurt feelings about the cost of a swingset. Hold the carrot or the stick for media companies looking for a bailout. A censorious government with a thin skin https://t.co/tr7tI8ZFZu— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) June 27, 2018
The Meaning of Friendship
This is truly magnificent.
A Colombian man helps his deaf and blind friend experience the joy of their team's #WorldCup campaign pic.twitter.com/wsZruvjgAR— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 25, 2018
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Watch "Maktub" On Netflix!
The hubby and I watched it and we really liked it.
You need to give it about 15 minutes to get really into it, so stick with it. It's cute.
You need to give it about 15 minutes to get really into it, so stick with it. It's cute.
Monday, June 25, 2018
"There Is Always Tomorrow", Dr. Jordan Peterson-Arguments Against Suicide
This is an incredible article on a very intelligent and giving human.
The reasons are solid, caring and wise.
This kind of frank talk about the human spirit and about the sanctity of life saves lives.
Read the whole thing.
It reminds me of a piece of wisdom regarding suicide that my father once relayed to me.
He was speaking to a young woman during the course of a medical exam a number of years ago and somehow they got onto the topic of suicide. Her English was not great, but she summarized suicide in a very astute way that I've certainly never forgotten.
"Suicide," she said to him.
"It is a permanent solution to a temporary problem."
The reasons are solid, caring and wise.
This kind of frank talk about the human spirit and about the sanctity of life saves lives.
Read the whole thing.
It reminds me of a piece of wisdom regarding suicide that my father once relayed to me.
He was speaking to a young woman during the course of a medical exam a number of years ago and somehow they got onto the topic of suicide. Her English was not great, but she summarized suicide in a very astute way that I've certainly never forgotten.
"Suicide," she said to him.
"It is a permanent solution to a temporary problem."
"Trump's Critics Have Destroyed The Memory of the Holocaust"
Indeed.
Brendan O'Neill on what is essentially Holocaust denial:
‘This is how the Holocaust starts’, they keep saying. In truth, their Holocaust relativism, their Holocaust dilution, is how Holocaust denial starts. As one historical account puts it, ‘Relativising the Holocaust has been one of the classic techniques of some of those engaged in Holocaust denial’. They ‘minimise Nazi atrocities’ by ‘listing them alongside [others]’ (my emphasis). Holocaust relativism is always the beginning of Holocaust denial, one of the ugliest, most racist ideologies of our time."
Brendan O'Neill on what is essentially Holocaust denial:
‘This is how the Holocaust starts’, they keep saying. In truth, their Holocaust relativism, their Holocaust dilution, is how Holocaust denial starts. As one historical account puts it, ‘Relativising the Holocaust has been one of the classic techniques of some of those engaged in Holocaust denial’. They ‘minimise Nazi atrocities’ by ‘listing them alongside [others]’ (my emphasis). Holocaust relativism is always the beginning of Holocaust denial, one of the ugliest, most racist ideologies of our time."
VDH: This Too, Shall Pass
VDH on why this border hysteria will pass.
Spoiler alert: because the next bit of hysteria is already brewing in lefty heads...
Spoiler alert: because the next bit of hysteria is already brewing in lefty heads...
German Dhimmitude
Apparently, covering up women from head to toe with black, full-length, garbage bag-like garments even as they swim is 'helpful' for 'integration' or something.
Today In Batsh&t Crazy Lefties
Former Irish President says baptism violates babies rights or something.
Probably the same type of moron who would ask a baby IF IT'S OK IF I WIPE AWAY YOUR POOPY PANTS.
(P.S: These types of people tend to never YOU KNOW, LIKE ACTUALLY HAVE KIDS.)
Probably the same type of moron who would ask a baby IF IT'S OK IF I WIPE AWAY YOUR POOPY PANTS.
(P.S: These types of people tend to never YOU KNOW, LIKE ACTUALLY HAVE KIDS.)
Today In Signs of the Apocalypse....
OK what the actually heck is going on?
Is Moshiach coming???
Exhibit One:
Iranian protesters take to the street chanting "Death to Palestine".
Israel to begin promoting rail line from Haifa to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian women allowed to drive!
Is Moshiach coming???
Exhibit One:
Iranian protesters take to the street chanting "Death to Palestine".
Israel to begin promoting rail line from Haifa to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian women allowed to drive!
Friday, June 22, 2018
It's Never Too Late to Say Sorry (UPDATED: WITH LINK NOW!!!)
"I wish to be forgiven by the Lord, so I am sorry and truly repentant."
Yes, That's What They Want
Rush: "If the media keeps this up, they're going to get someone killed."
Obviously that's what they want.
Obviously that's what they want.
Socially Accepted Gendercide Alive and Well in Canada
A mess.
"Even though you were born and grew up in Canada and are highly educated, you still can’t get away from the culture. You are surrounded by it. South Asian women carry the honour of the family on their shoulders for their parents and in-laws.."
An outright mess.
"Even though you were born and grew up in Canada and are highly educated, you still can’t get away from the culture. You are surrounded by it. South Asian women carry the honour of the family on their shoulders for their parents and in-laws.."
An outright mess.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
LINK DUMP!
Very busy, etc...but have a bunch of links.
I kind of don't really feel like blogging much because MEH. I have got a lot going on and there's lots of SUCK in the world right now in general and with my own regular stuff.
However, I'll put this stuff "out there" as I'm wont to do. I hope you enjoy/hate it.
The Insane Asylum (Germany)
Marxism Didn't Die, It's Alive and Well And Living Among Us
Privacy settings you should activate on all your social networks (if you have them)
Rest in peace, Sam Pacht.
Good grief: Pentagon covers up fact that female officers nearly sunk a military ship because they were in a fight with one another and not on speaking terms.
Medical journal admits "brain dead" human beings may not really be dead.
I kind of don't really feel like blogging much because MEH. I have got a lot going on and there's lots of SUCK in the world right now in general and with my own regular stuff.
However, I'll put this stuff "out there" as I'm wont to do. I hope you enjoy/hate it.
The Insane Asylum (Germany)
Marxism Didn't Die, It's Alive and Well And Living Among Us
Privacy settings you should activate on all your social networks (if you have them)
Rest in peace, Sam Pacht.
Sam Pacht, Red Army vet, Holocaust survivor, Jewish-Canadian immigrant success story, died June 16th. Had the great good fortune to meet Sam, a few months back, and enjoy a shot of 12-year-old Scotch. Sam was 100. Here's to a life well-lived. https://t.co/aL7JnTqPKV pic.twitter.com/ukcBNsgoIw— Joe O'Connor (@oconnorwrites) June 20, 2018
Good grief: Pentagon covers up fact that female officers nearly sunk a military ship because they were in a fight with one another and not on speaking terms.
Medical journal admits "brain dead" human beings may not really be dead.
From My "DUH" File
Yoga and meditation may make you into a narcissistic arsehole.
HEY DON'T BLAME ME IT'S SCIENCE AND RESEARCH AND STUFF
HEY DON'T BLAME ME IT'S SCIENCE AND RESEARCH AND STUFF
Monday, June 18, 2018
These Disgusting Holocaust Comparisons Are An Insult to Those Murdered.
My ancestors were incinerated by the Nazis. They went up in ash.
This is essentially a perverted form of Holocaust denial. If everything is the Holocaust, then nothing is, and nothing was.
This comparison is repulsive, and an insult to those who were murdered by the Nazis.
This is essentially a perverted form of Holocaust denial. If everything is the Holocaust, then nothing is, and nothing was.
This comparison is repulsive, and an insult to those who were murdered by the Nazis.
The Rebbe's Yahrzeit
I probably should be a Chabadnik.
The Rebbe's writings resonate with me very deeply and I am very inspired by him.
Here's a really nice piece from Tablet magazine.
The Rebbe's writings resonate with me very deeply and I am very inspired by him.
Here's a really nice piece from Tablet magazine.
Families With Children Aging Out of Care Looking For Answers
The answer is that there is no answer.
It's very tough.
It's very tough.
'I can't continue to do this forever': Families with children aging out of care seek answers | CBC Radio https://t.co/Epx1OksOpn Listen to one of the most important shows we’ve ever done.— Dr. Brian Goldman (@NightShiftMD) June 15, 2018
Friday, June 15, 2018
What Is the Smell of Love?
Another day came to its denouement.
"Can you get me a towel," he asked.
"Of course, sweetie," I said, heading over to the linen cupboard.
I picked out a big, fluffy white towel, and stopped for a moment to reflect on how nicely it was folded and walked toward the bathroom. I put my nose into the soft whiteness and inhaled the smell deeply.
"My son," I said.
"If you ever want to know what love smells like, this is the smell. A fresh towel for you."
He smiled and seemed mildly bemused but I could see he understood my point. Because for every fresh towel, laundered and smelling so lovely, stands a parent who got up every morning to go to work, to make the money to buy the things, and buy the food and prepare it, to buy the clothing, to make the lunch, to launder the garments and the linens, to pay for the soap, and the water and the power.
What is the smell of love?
The smell is the banana cake in the oven in the evening, prepared for the holy Sabbath. The smell travels deep into your heart and your soul, and the feeling, the feeling is sunshine when your child walks into the house smiling because the smell of love is everywhere, and your child grins, saying "banana cake?" even before hello. And your heart bursts.
What is the smell of love?
The smell of love is tucking your children into bed and smelling their skin, and knowing that each of them has a different smell. The smell of clean pyjamas and shampoo, and soap against their sheets. It's the summer breeze wafting into an open window into the bedroom of the home you have built.
What is the smell of love?
It's the smell of the coffee in the morning that you make for you and him. The happy smell that takes you back to your childhood home. In your mind, you can still see the yellow and white tiles, picture the telephone on the wall with the long, curly cord. You can still feel how sunny the kitchen was when you bounced down the stairs. The happy smell of love before things fell apart and two houses were made out of one previous home. The house is long gone but the smell of the essence of happy remains when you close your eyes, or before you drift to sleep.
What is the smell of love?
The smell of love stays with you in your mind's eye long after the person or thing or the place is gone. It's the smell of the soup your grandmother made that cannot be recreated, even using the same ingredients. It's the smell of your mother's perfume that is somehow not the same as it was when you smelled on her, as a child, even when it's the same brand, the same package, the same name.
And so it was that evening, on that night, in my house that I taught my child what love smells like.
"Can you get me a towel," he asked.
"Of course, sweetie," I said, heading over to the linen cupboard.
I picked out a big, fluffy white towel, and stopped for a moment to reflect on how nicely it was folded and walked toward the bathroom. I put my nose into the soft whiteness and inhaled the smell deeply.
"My son," I said.
"If you ever want to know what love smells like, this is the smell. A fresh towel for you."
He smiled and seemed mildly bemused but I could see he understood my point. Because for every fresh towel, laundered and smelling so lovely, stands a parent who got up every morning to go to work, to make the money to buy the things, and buy the food and prepare it, to buy the clothing, to make the lunch, to launder the garments and the linens, to pay for the soap, and the water and the power.
What is the smell of love?
The smell is the banana cake in the oven in the evening, prepared for the holy Sabbath. The smell travels deep into your heart and your soul, and the feeling, the feeling is sunshine when your child walks into the house smiling because the smell of love is everywhere, and your child grins, saying "banana cake?" even before hello. And your heart bursts.
What is the smell of love?
The smell of love is tucking your children into bed and smelling their skin, and knowing that each of them has a different smell. The smell of clean pyjamas and shampoo, and soap against their sheets. It's the summer breeze wafting into an open window into the bedroom of the home you have built.
What is the smell of love?
It's the smell of the coffee in the morning that you make for you and him. The happy smell that takes you back to your childhood home. In your mind, you can still see the yellow and white tiles, picture the telephone on the wall with the long, curly cord. You can still feel how sunny the kitchen was when you bounced down the stairs. The happy smell of love before things fell apart and two houses were made out of one previous home. The house is long gone but the smell of the essence of happy remains when you close your eyes, or before you drift to sleep.
What is the smell of love?
The smell of love stays with you in your mind's eye long after the person or thing or the place is gone. It's the smell of the soup your grandmother made that cannot be recreated, even using the same ingredients. It's the smell of your mother's perfume that is somehow not the same as it was when you smelled on her, as a child, even when it's the same brand, the same package, the same name.
And so it was that evening, on that night, in my house that I taught my child what love smells like.
Eurabia is Doomed
Honestly, is there nothing the jihad cannot do?
It's making me root for French 'swingers'. Good Lord.
PUT A FORK IN ME, I'M DONE
It's making me root for French 'swingers'. Good Lord.
PUT A FORK IN ME, I'M DONE
Melanie Philips: "Re-framing The Middle East Narrative"
There are some interesting points in here, but antisemitsm is not a ration thing and antisemites are not reasonable people. Antisemites don't care about facts.
Therefore, trying to reason someone out of their Jew-hatred is a fool's errand. The "proof" that Israel or the Jews are in the right makes no difference to the Jew-hater.
I believe in fighting anti-semites, not antisemitism.
But see what you think about all this.
Therefore, trying to reason someone out of their Jew-hatred is a fool's errand. The "proof" that Israel or the Jews are in the right makes no difference to the Jew-hater.
I believe in fighting anti-semites, not antisemitism.
But see what you think about all this.
Robert Fulford on Antisemitism Misses the Mark
I really like Robert Fulford's writing, but for someone of his intellectual depth and integrity to write a piece about antisemitism in Europe without specifically mentioning Islamic antisemitism is absolutely gutless and frankly inexcusable.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Is Absolutely Outstanding in Hostile, Beligerant Interview With Smarmy Jew-Hater of the BBC
This is amazing.
Absolutely amazing.
Look at how hostile this "journalist" is!
Interrupting, and his sneering Jew-hatred just oozes out of his questions. And Bibi doesn't even flinch at all. Look at his face! OMG!
He is clearly thinking to himself "oh my gawwwd this guy is an utter anti-Israel moron", but stays respectful and cool-headed.
Watch as he calmly dumps mega truth bombs on the BBC guy who is just plain rude, and does not care at all about the disgusting and provocative interruptions and his ridiculously transparent virtue-signalling questions and interruptions.
This smarmy, obnoxious BBC douchebag seems totally devastated by the idea that Jews and Arabs can make peace without the Palestinians. You can just tell how much he hates Bibi and Israel. It's absolutely amazing how much hatred emanates out of his pores. He doesn't want to hear anything good about the Jews or about Israel.
Watch the whole thing.
Netanyahu, among his other many accomplishments, is in a media master class of his own.
Absolutely amazing.
Look at how hostile this "journalist" is!
Interrupting, and his sneering Jew-hatred just oozes out of his questions. And Bibi doesn't even flinch at all. Look at his face! OMG!
He is clearly thinking to himself "oh my gawwwd this guy is an utter anti-Israel moron", but stays respectful and cool-headed.
Watch as he calmly dumps mega truth bombs on the BBC guy who is just plain rude, and does not care at all about the disgusting and provocative interruptions and his ridiculously transparent virtue-signalling questions and interruptions.
This smarmy, obnoxious BBC douchebag seems totally devastated by the idea that Jews and Arabs can make peace without the Palestinians. You can just tell how much he hates Bibi and Israel. It's absolutely amazing how much hatred emanates out of his pores. He doesn't want to hear anything good about the Jews or about Israel.
Watch the whole thing.
Netanyahu, among his other many accomplishments, is in a media master class of his own.
Anne Marie Waters: Our Democracy Is Dead
The U.K is completely screwed.
Read the whole thing.
"Our democracy is dead and left-wing fascism has replaced it."
Read the whole thing.
"Our democracy is dead and left-wing fascism has replaced it."
By the way, apparently Tommy Robinson has just received his sharia death sentence from the British government.
UPDATE: Tommy's human rights are being violated as he was moved to a new UK prison last night, without warning or reason. He is now in a very heavily Muslim populated prison in the Midlands in England. #FreeTommy— Raheem (@RaheemKassam) June 13, 2018
Resisting Robert DeNiro
This is very clever stuff.
Well said.
"This was supposed to be their world – and we snatched it from them. We took Trump. De Niro symbolizes that acrimony."
Kurt Schlichter: The Elites Never Take Your Side
Beauty, eh??
"Donald Trump is a disruptor. He is disrupting the fat, arrogant, and corrupt elite and the web of self-dealing it has spun over the last seven decades. Is Trump putting at risk everything that's been built in the last 70 years? I sure hope so. Because the system that was built over the last 70 years is no longer working for all of us. It's working really well for a few of us, but that's just not enough anymore."
"Donald Trump is a disruptor. He is disrupting the fat, arrogant, and corrupt elite and the web of self-dealing it has spun over the last seven decades. Is Trump putting at risk everything that's been built in the last 70 years? I sure hope so. Because the system that was built over the last 70 years is no longer working for all of us. It's working really well for a few of us, but that's just not enough anymore."
World Famous Chefs Visit Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem and Fall In Love
The shuk, as it's known to people in Jerusalem, is definitely one of my favourite places in Israel.
Acclaimed worldwide chefs visited the Machne Yehuda Market in Jerusalem for the first time, enjoyed the fresh local produce and created some TASTY dishes! 🍽️🍅🥒🌶️🍺 pic.twitter.com/3zOqRgsttn— Israel ישראל (@Israel) June 14, 2018
Cutest Dog Ever?
There's a special place in heaven for people and animals that make difficult lives better, even if just for a few moments.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Daniel Greenfield: Pro-Trump Jews Are the Future of American Zionism
This is SO good.
I'm loathe to excerpt because the whole thing is so amazing.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
But here's a small bit:
"Modern Zionism is split between positive aspirational Zionism and negative respectability Zionism."
"Positive Zionism was the movement of a cultural, religious and national minority to reclaim an independent identity and unleash the potential of the Jewish people. Negative Zionism was a reaction to anti-Semitism. And then, when Zionism became safe, it became a trophy of communal respectability.
"Those American Jews who continue to support Israel will be immune to media shaming. They won’t look for mainstream respectability. Instead they will become more Zionist because it is disreputable."
"Trump’s support for Israel is bad for its respectability. Respectable Jews would rather not have the embassy moved at all if Trump had to be the one to do it. They are critical of everything that Trump does because that’s the respectable thing to do. When they worry about being suspected of dual loyalty, they don’t mean to America and Israel, but to the progressive cause and to the Zionist reality."
"As long as the left controls the cultural high ground, it gets to define respectability. And so respectability invariably becomes an echo of its views. Only those who defy that echo chamber will remain pro-Israel."
"Zionism without chutzpah is unsustainable."
I'm loathe to excerpt because the whole thing is so amazing.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
But here's a small bit:
"Modern Zionism is split between positive aspirational Zionism and negative respectability Zionism."
"Positive Zionism was the movement of a cultural, religious and national minority to reclaim an independent identity and unleash the potential of the Jewish people. Negative Zionism was a reaction to anti-Semitism. And then, when Zionism became safe, it became a trophy of communal respectability.
"Those American Jews who continue to support Israel will be immune to media shaming. They won’t look for mainstream respectability. Instead they will become more Zionist because it is disreputable."
"Trump’s support for Israel is bad for its respectability. Respectable Jews would rather not have the embassy moved at all if Trump had to be the one to do it. They are critical of everything that Trump does because that’s the respectable thing to do. When they worry about being suspected of dual loyalty, they don’t mean to America and Israel, but to the progressive cause and to the Zionist reality."
"As long as the left controls the cultural high ground, it gets to define respectability. And so respectability invariably becomes an echo of its views. Only those who defy that echo chamber will remain pro-Israel."
"Zionism without chutzpah is unsustainable."
"We're America, Bitch."
I'm dying.
Rush calls Goldberg a gasbag which is a very, very moderate insult considering what a pompous, liberal wanker he is-an Obama Court Jew. Blech.
Read the whole gassbaggy, gagtastic article here.
Rush calls Goldberg a gasbag which is a very, very moderate insult considering what a pompous, liberal wanker he is-an Obama Court Jew. Blech.
Read the whole gassbaggy, gagtastic article here.
France Sucks
The municipality of Bezons, near Paris, in a nauseating act, encourages Palestinian terror and positions itself against peace . Not for the first time ( glorification of Palestinian murderers seems to be their hobby). Shameful and ugly 👎 pic.twitter.com/NGIoWbZqIn— Emmanuel Nahshon (@EmmanuelNahshon) June 12, 2018
He Seems Nice!
Speaking about living in heads rent free.
I believe that Da Jooooooooooz occupy premium real estate in this nutcases's small, antisemitic head.
I believe that Da Jooooooooooz occupy premium real estate in this nutcases's small, antisemitic head.
Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tom Holiday Dies at Age 94
Rest in peace, brave warrior.
Yesterday, Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tom Holiday passed away at 94 years old.— U.S. Marines (@USMC) June 12, 2018
Holiday, one of the last surviving Code Talkers from WWII, joined the Corps at 19 and became part of a legendary group of Native Americans who encoded messages in the Navajo language.
Semper Fi pic.twitter.com/Lbl2D3l5Jn
Monday, June 11, 2018
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wears Fake Eyebrows?!?!
What the hell??
And is that eyeliner??
I'm dying!
And is that eyeliner??
I'm dying!
@davidd_dds @fordnation Justin must be hard 2 work with. Just listening 2 him is hard but look his left eye brow has lost its glue. @JustinTrudeau It’s a lot having a full time job isn’t it. Not as many naps or-story times. @OYLorg @liberal_party JT is falling apart, literally. pic.twitter.com/4wUWbjcIqm— DDS (@davidd_dds) June 8, 2018
Friday, June 8, 2018
Saying Goodbye to Bacon
This is excellent.
A lot of people think that rules of Kashrut are for "health" reasons.
They are for the health of the soul.
A lot of people think that rules of Kashrut are for "health" reasons.
They are for the health of the soul.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
In Memory of Isaiah Berlin
Nice essay from Tablet.
"The manner in which Berlin lived his life remains eminently, even achingly, attractive and a stirring example of how to compose one’s being in the world. Perhaps more than any other thinker of the 20th century, Berlin personified the contemplative life with an engagement with the world—an engaged connoisseurship with the arts coupled with a tireless pursuit of pleasure and friendship. Berlin took part in likely every interesting cultural phenomenon of his time, and personally engaged in the cultural politics that involved the occasional bout of espionage—like his assistance in getting the manuscript of Boris Pasternak’s banned novel Doctor Zhivago out of the Soviet Union."
"Berlin’s pluralism was most keenly connected to his thinking about the multiple selves of an individual with multiple contradictory allegiances—a truly British-Russian Jew."
"Haunted by childhood experiences of having to flee the Russian empire in the midst of the carnal violence wrought by the Bolshevik revolution, Berlin was also throughout the course of his long career a keen student of the character, internal processes, aesthetics, ideological structures, and cultural apparatus of totalitarian systems."
"The manner in which Berlin lived his life remains eminently, even achingly, attractive and a stirring example of how to compose one’s being in the world. Perhaps more than any other thinker of the 20th century, Berlin personified the contemplative life with an engagement with the world—an engaged connoisseurship with the arts coupled with a tireless pursuit of pleasure and friendship. Berlin took part in likely every interesting cultural phenomenon of his time, and personally engaged in the cultural politics that involved the occasional bout of espionage—like his assistance in getting the manuscript of Boris Pasternak’s banned novel Doctor Zhivago out of the Soviet Union."
"Berlin’s pluralism was most keenly connected to his thinking about the multiple selves of an individual with multiple contradictory allegiances—a truly British-Russian Jew."
"Haunted by childhood experiences of having to flee the Russian empire in the midst of the carnal violence wrought by the Bolshevik revolution, Berlin was also throughout the course of his long career a keen student of the character, internal processes, aesthetics, ideological structures, and cultural apparatus of totalitarian systems."
WWII Vets Recall Invasion of Normany 74 Years Later
Absolutely amazing.
(For Canadians watching if you can't watch from Canada, try opening an incognito browser in Chrome.)
(For Canadians watching if you can't watch from Canada, try opening an incognito browser in Chrome.)
The Great Kurt Schlichter: There's Nothing "Narrow" About This Culture War Victory
"Bake My Cake" is toast.
"So, this was a win, and not a narrow one. The government can’t target the religious because it hates them, and you can tell from the agonized howling of the liberals that they know this is a huge deal."
His point here is excellent:
"No, Islamphobia Is Not the New Antisemitism"
Thank you.
"...it is wrong, and historically infantile, to speak about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the same breath. This isn’t to say that there is no anti-Muslim prejudice. Of course there is. Some people are deeply suspicious of Muslims and even view them as the despoilers of our apparently hitherto pristine European civilisation. And some Tories – very minor Tories – appear to have shared memes or articles that contain such views. That’s bad. But anti-Semitism is different."
"Anti-Semitism is older. It is far more entrenched in certain European circles. It is far more historically given to mass acts of violence, from pogroms to extermination. And – the really crucial bit – its re-emergence always tells us something important about the destabilisation of society and its descent once again into irrationalism, conspiracism, scapegoating, and fear of modernity. That is why the recent return of anti-Semitism, as a reformulated Socialism of Fools, leading to the casual spread of pseudo-radical conspiracy theories and even to horrific anti-Jewish violence and graffiti in countries like France, Belgium and Sweden, deserves our serious attention. Because this return of the old hatred speaks to an unhinging, a moral disarray, a crisis of reason. And yet if we focus too hard on this, and try to have a reckoning with it, the opinion-forming set will breathe down our necks: ‘And Muslims? What about them? You don’t care?’ It looks increasingly like a tactic of distraction."
"Anti-Muslim prejudice unquestionably exists, but Islamophobia is an invention."
"...it is wrong, and historically infantile, to speak about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the same breath. This isn’t to say that there is no anti-Muslim prejudice. Of course there is. Some people are deeply suspicious of Muslims and even view them as the despoilers of our apparently hitherto pristine European civilisation. And some Tories – very minor Tories – appear to have shared memes or articles that contain such views. That’s bad. But anti-Semitism is different."
"Anti-Semitism is older. It is far more entrenched in certain European circles. It is far more historically given to mass acts of violence, from pogroms to extermination. And – the really crucial bit – its re-emergence always tells us something important about the destabilisation of society and its descent once again into irrationalism, conspiracism, scapegoating, and fear of modernity. That is why the recent return of anti-Semitism, as a reformulated Socialism of Fools, leading to the casual spread of pseudo-radical conspiracy theories and even to horrific anti-Jewish violence and graffiti in countries like France, Belgium and Sweden, deserves our serious attention. Because this return of the old hatred speaks to an unhinging, a moral disarray, a crisis of reason. And yet if we focus too hard on this, and try to have a reckoning with it, the opinion-forming set will breathe down our necks: ‘And Muslims? What about them? You don’t care?’ It looks increasingly like a tactic of distraction."
"Anti-Muslim prejudice unquestionably exists, but Islamophobia is an invention."
"Toward A Judaism of Resistance"
ENDORSED!
"Antisemitism cannot be argued with, it can only be resisted. And we must resist. Not only because no one will do it for us, but because it will heal those wounds we have already suffered and give us the spiritual fortitude to ensure that there will be no further injuries. This far, we must say, it ends here."
"It is true, of course, that action is difficult, but we are a talented people, and capable of an intensity that is one of our most distinctive cultural traits. When we do something, we do it all the way, without equivocation. But time is pressing. As the sage put it, “The day is short, the work multiplies, the workers are lazy, the reward is great, and the master of the house is impatient.”
"What we so desperately require is a new militancy. A muscular Judaism. A Judaism of resistance. By any means necessary."
"Antisemitism cannot be argued with, it can only be resisted. And we must resist. Not only because no one will do it for us, but because it will heal those wounds we have already suffered and give us the spiritual fortitude to ensure that there will be no further injuries. This far, we must say, it ends here."
"It is true, of course, that action is difficult, but we are a talented people, and capable of an intensity that is one of our most distinctive cultural traits. When we do something, we do it all the way, without equivocation. But time is pressing. As the sage put it, “The day is short, the work multiplies, the workers are lazy, the reward is great, and the master of the house is impatient.”
"What we so desperately require is a new militancy. A muscular Judaism. A Judaism of resistance. By any means necessary."
Meet Captain Elgen Long, The Last Living Saviour Of Yemenite Jewry
What a man, what a story.
"With city lights dotting the night behind her, Dr. Dee Gaines, a neuropsychologist, sat for good reason—she’s very pregnant. But when Capt. Elgen Long, the last surviving member of a commercial flight crew that saved nearly 2,000 Jewish refugees stranded in Yemen almost 70 years ago, finished his speech, she felt compelled to stand."
"Her voice shook with emotion behind a microphone handed to her."
"My great-grandmother and my grandmother were on those planes. In Yemen, they couldn’t read. They couldn’t receive an education. Now, here I am, a doctor who has pursued higher education. And, because of you,” she said, rubbing her belly, “a fifth generation lives on.”
"Snow-haired and perpetually misty-eyed, Long, who turns 91 in August, bowed his head graciously in reply from a podium. Nearly 100 guests seated at tables applauded roundly in the backyard of a private home in Beverly Hills, California."
Read the whole thing.
"With city lights dotting the night behind her, Dr. Dee Gaines, a neuropsychologist, sat for good reason—she’s very pregnant. But when Capt. Elgen Long, the last surviving member of a commercial flight crew that saved nearly 2,000 Jewish refugees stranded in Yemen almost 70 years ago, finished his speech, she felt compelled to stand."
"Her voice shook with emotion behind a microphone handed to her."
"My great-grandmother and my grandmother were on those planes. In Yemen, they couldn’t read. They couldn’t receive an education. Now, here I am, a doctor who has pursued higher education. And, because of you,” she said, rubbing her belly, “a fifth generation lives on.”
"Snow-haired and perpetually misty-eyed, Long, who turns 91 in August, bowed his head graciously in reply from a podium. Nearly 100 guests seated at tables applauded roundly in the backyard of a private home in Beverly Hills, California."
Read the whole thing.
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Yes, There's A Class Issue At Play Here
Really good observations from VDH, who pegs the class issue and gets it bang on.
"What drives Trump’s critics nearly crazy is not any evidence that Trump has broken federal laws per se. Instead, their rub is that there are somehow no criminal statutes against a president boorishly acting “unpresidential” in his loud quest to supercharge the economy, while undoing the entire agenda of his predecessor, who was so dearly beloved by the media, universities, Hollywood, and identity-politics groups."
"Certainly, President Obama’s teleprompted speeches were mellifluous. As some sort of postmodern preacher, Obama often sermonized to Americans about the predetermined “arc of history” that purportedly bent all of us inescapably toward his own just moral version of the universe."
"In calm, ministerial tones, the progressive Obama sometimes slapped a puerile America’s wrists, with frequent admonitions to behave and to not act so illiberally. Or he frequently reminded us, with a frown, “that is not who we are.” Recall that Obama came into office promising that he would could lower the seas and cool the planet, with a generation of young like-mind activists who, we were lectured, were the ones we had all been waiting for. Now president emeritus Obama worries that perhaps his messianic appearance came too soon for us to fully appreciate his divinity."
"Despite Obama’s recent projection that his eight-year tenure was “scandal-free,” along with the reality that the media’s biased compliance sought to make such a startling fantasy true, the Obama administration was in many respects lawless. It will eventually rank as the most scandal-ridden administration since Warren G. Harding’s."
"What drives Trump’s critics nearly crazy is not any evidence that Trump has broken federal laws per se. Instead, their rub is that there are somehow no criminal statutes against a president boorishly acting “unpresidential” in his loud quest to supercharge the economy, while undoing the entire agenda of his predecessor, who was so dearly beloved by the media, universities, Hollywood, and identity-politics groups."
"Certainly, President Obama’s teleprompted speeches were mellifluous. As some sort of postmodern preacher, Obama often sermonized to Americans about the predetermined “arc of history” that purportedly bent all of us inescapably toward his own just moral version of the universe."
"In calm, ministerial tones, the progressive Obama sometimes slapped a puerile America’s wrists, with frequent admonitions to behave and to not act so illiberally. Or he frequently reminded us, with a frown, “that is not who we are.” Recall that Obama came into office promising that he would could lower the seas and cool the planet, with a generation of young like-mind activists who, we were lectured, were the ones we had all been waiting for. Now president emeritus Obama worries that perhaps his messianic appearance came too soon for us to fully appreciate his divinity."
"Despite Obama’s recent projection that his eight-year tenure was “scandal-free,” along with the reality that the media’s biased compliance sought to make such a startling fantasy true, the Obama administration was in many respects lawless. It will eventually rank as the most scandal-ridden administration since Warren G. Harding’s."
This Is So Stupid
Look, there are some truths that are just truths.
Men like to look at women. DUH.
And women prefer romance novels to male strippers, etc. DUH.
This is just so stupid.
This is like when you are trying to fix someone up on a blind date and the guy says "what does she look like" and then the matchmaker says OH SHE HAS A WONDERFUL BUBBLY PERSONALITY.
That means fat.
And men don't like fat chicks. Sorry, it's the truth. Yes OF COURSE they are interested in your personality, and OF COURSE they want non-shrewish partners. But visuals are a big, big, big thing for men.
Miss America is an ogling contest. Jiggle jiggle, prance dance, blah blah. DUH.
This is another attack on men. Look, I never watch those pageants and contests, I really couldn't care less about them. But this seems to me another stab at regular, red blooded, heterosexual American men.
There will be ZERO viewers for a personality contest. This is so boring and stupid, and virtue-signally, it's probably a surefire, slow burnging way to bankrupt the competition so it will become obsolete within a few years.
Men like to look at women. DUH.
And women prefer romance novels to male strippers, etc. DUH.
This is just so stupid.
This is like when you are trying to fix someone up on a blind date and the guy says "what does she look like" and then the matchmaker says OH SHE HAS A WONDERFUL BUBBLY PERSONALITY.
That means fat.
And men don't like fat chicks. Sorry, it's the truth. Yes OF COURSE they are interested in your personality, and OF COURSE they want non-shrewish partners. But visuals are a big, big, big thing for men.
Miss America is an ogling contest. Jiggle jiggle, prance dance, blah blah. DUH.
This is another attack on men. Look, I never watch those pageants and contests, I really couldn't care less about them. But this seems to me another stab at regular, red blooded, heterosexual American men.
There will be ZERO viewers for a personality contest. This is so boring and stupid, and virtue-signally, it's probably a surefire, slow burnging way to bankrupt the competition so it will become obsolete within a few years.
Another Must Read From Daniel Greenfield
Another absolutely brilliant essay from Daniel Greenfield, certainly one of the best writers of our time on religion, antisemitism and all things Jewish.
This one, on Islamic antisemitism.
This one, on Islamic antisemitism.
Monday, June 4, 2018
OMG Probably The Best Thing You'll Watch All Day
This could not be any sweeter.
ADORABLE: Watch how Ashley Taylor's kindergarten class starts their day. Each day, they are warmly greeted by a classmate with a handshake and sometimes a hug. On Facebook, the kindergarten teacher wrote that this way to kick off the day "WILL make a difference!" pic.twitter.com/V5Hjd4rV7j— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 4, 2018
Who Are the "Super Seniors" and What's In Their DNA?
Go, granny, go!
Really interesting piece.
Seems to me that the winning combo is having good genes, staying relatively healthy within the perameters that we have control over (food, alcohol, drugs) and having MEANING in one's life (mostly through children, grandchildren, religion and friends).
But what do I know?
Really interesting piece.
Seems to me that the winning combo is having good genes, staying relatively healthy within the perameters that we have control over (food, alcohol, drugs) and having MEANING in one's life (mostly through children, grandchildren, religion and friends).
But what do I know?
The Newest Form of Jihad...
Agricultural jihad.
(First there were forest fires...)
So now we can kites to the potentially unlimited category of "Things That Palestinian Terrorists Weaponize".
Coming soon to a country near you.
(First there were forest fires...)
So now we can kites to the potentially unlimited category of "Things That Palestinian Terrorists Weaponize".
Coming soon to a country near you.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
The "Joy" Of Lefty Apologies: Always Accepted, Never Doubted
But if you're on the right and do something wrong, you're pummelled for life.
Behold: the double standard.
Behold: the double standard.
The U.K Is Dead To Me
Tories urged to finally deal with third world immigration, terrorism, jihad and the totalitarian arrest of Tommy Robinson.
HA HA JUST KIDDING.
HA HA JUST KIDDING.
Let's Make Peace With These People!
Palestinian parents celebrate their terrorist son’s “Martyrdom” as a “wedding”— Pal Media Watch (@palwatch) May 31, 2018
Read more about this here: https://t.co/djZeKGX7bS pic.twitter.com/lSU8GDi1LX
Friday, June 1, 2018
Stop Playing This Game
This is a really sick and douchey thing to do to someone.
However, I believe that this is the ultimate and inevitable result of too many people being anonymous or pseudonymous in their social media posts or internet presence.
I am going to sound like a broken record player, but if you play by their rules, the stakes are higher. If you are scared about having your opinions known, and terrified that someone may "out" you, then the ideological hunters smell blood and you turn into prey.
If more people, as Mark Steyn and Aaayan Hirsi Ali always say "share the risk", then the risks go down for everyone.
If more people just spoke openly even about 1% of the contentious issues of the day, then none of this would be a big deal and things could be the way they ought to be, i.e yes, my neighbour/friend/colleague is a Trump supporter-SO WHAT?
The malevolent political left is not just interested in destroying the one individual with the "wrong" political opinion, they want that person's entire extended circle of care to go down as well. Nobody is immune. It doesn't matter if you are a card-carrying liberal with perfect liberal credentials. If you offend the mob, it's game over for you and yours in every possible way: economically, professionally, socially-the works.
That's why I characterize social media as the left's Manhattan Project.
Social media platforms have an extraordinary power to do good and an extraordinary power to do bad and even evil. Unfortunately, the really bad stories of destruction usually only go from left to right. These platforms can do very interesting and magical things, really remarkable and majestic stuff, but they are certainly very dangerous at the moment for people who have the "wrong" opinions. Why are so many people letting this happen?
This is another reason why individuals have to continually expand the breadth of 'acceptable' discourse in polite society. We need to bring people closer toward an understanding of freedom of speech, and make freedom of speech the default setting.
We need to always push back on the arbitrary, punitive and destructive "rules" that the political left has established and flip the game board right off the coffee table.
I remember when journalism wasn't all about doxxing people with the wrong opinions. https://t.co/TA0gT8N6FZ— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) June 1, 2018
However, I believe that this is the ultimate and inevitable result of too many people being anonymous or pseudonymous in their social media posts or internet presence.
I am going to sound like a broken record player, but if you play by their rules, the stakes are higher. If you are scared about having your opinions known, and terrified that someone may "out" you, then the ideological hunters smell blood and you turn into prey.
If more people, as Mark Steyn and Aaayan Hirsi Ali always say "share the risk", then the risks go down for everyone.
If more people just spoke openly even about 1% of the contentious issues of the day, then none of this would be a big deal and things could be the way they ought to be, i.e yes, my neighbour/friend/colleague is a Trump supporter-SO WHAT?
The malevolent political left is not just interested in destroying the one individual with the "wrong" political opinion, they want that person's entire extended circle of care to go down as well. Nobody is immune. It doesn't matter if you are a card-carrying liberal with perfect liberal credentials. If you offend the mob, it's game over for you and yours in every possible way: economically, professionally, socially-the works.
That's why I characterize social media as the left's Manhattan Project.
Social media platforms have an extraordinary power to do good and an extraordinary power to do bad and even evil. Unfortunately, the really bad stories of destruction usually only go from left to right. These platforms can do very interesting and magical things, really remarkable and majestic stuff, but they are certainly very dangerous at the moment for people who have the "wrong" opinions. Why are so many people letting this happen?
This is another reason why individuals have to continually expand the breadth of 'acceptable' discourse in polite society. We need to bring people closer toward an understanding of freedom of speech, and make freedom of speech the default setting.
We need to always push back on the arbitrary, punitive and destructive "rules" that the political left has established and flip the game board right off the coffee table.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
I. Can't. Stop. Watching. This.
Ben Rhodes reacting to Hillary Clinton's hilarious defeat in 2016 is the funniest part of the new Obama Documentary on HBO.— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 30, 2018
What makes it even better is throughout the documentary he brags how she is going to win. pic.twitter.com/MGBQNE5ATY
I Have No Tears for Belgium
Dear Belgium,
You can have a "diverse" society with lots of murder if you really want it.
You can also have have your pathological, sick Jew-hatred and fetish for the Palestinians if you want it.
I'll also add that the clearly intentional echoes of Holocaust imagery in this disgusting stunt make it even more egregious and sinister. Viewing the Jews as the "new" or "real" Nazis, and the Palestinians as the "real" Jews is morally reprehensible and reveals much more about the believer than ever about the Jews.
But you cannot have those two things and a peaceful, liberal democracy.
Make your choices and then live or die by them.
You can have a "diverse" society with lots of murder if you really want it.
You can also have have your pathological, sick Jew-hatred and fetish for the Palestinians if you want it.
I'll also add that the clearly intentional echoes of Holocaust imagery in this disgusting stunt make it even more egregious and sinister. Viewing the Jews as the "new" or "real" Nazis, and the Palestinians as the "real" Jews is morally reprehensible and reveals much more about the believer than ever about the Jews.
But you cannot have those two things and a peaceful, liberal democracy.
Make your choices and then live or die by them.
"The Safest Country for European Jews"
Hungary.
Why?
"Prime Minister Orban has been a close friend of Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu for twenty years. When Orban first was elected prime minister in 1998 in the thick of an economic crisis, he asked then-Finance Minister Netanyahu for help, and Netanyahu lent him some of his staff to shape Hungary’s economic program. I asked everyone at Keren Or who spoke English what they thought of Orban. In that gathering the prime minister would have polled 100%."
"Orban, in turn, is one of Israel’s few staunch supporters overseas."
Furthermore:
"Whatever residual anti-Semitism remains among Hungarians, it doesn’t interfere with the open embrace of Jewish life. There are no risks to Jews because there are very few Muslim migrants."
Why?
"Prime Minister Orban has been a close friend of Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu for twenty years. When Orban first was elected prime minister in 1998 in the thick of an economic crisis, he asked then-Finance Minister Netanyahu for help, and Netanyahu lent him some of his staff to shape Hungary’s economic program. I asked everyone at Keren Or who spoke English what they thought of Orban. In that gathering the prime minister would have polled 100%."
"Orban, in turn, is one of Israel’s few staunch supporters overseas."
Furthermore:
"Whatever residual anti-Semitism remains among Hungarians, it doesn’t interfere with the open embrace of Jewish life. There are no risks to Jews because there are very few Muslim migrants."
Two Tales of Donald Trump
Yes, thank you I am well aware he is not perfect.
Thanks, I'm well aware of his issues with women but that's Melania's problem, not mine.
Anybody with any knowledge of history knows that individuals of historical consequence have always been and will always be terrifically flawed humans. You can be a great leader and a complex, flawed human. Two things about the same human can be true, at the very same time. Imagine that!
This guy loves his country, and loves his children. He loves children period.
I always said he'd be better than Hillary, better for America and better for Israel and the Jews. Everything about that ==> gravy.
Moving the Embassy to Jerusalem was just gravy.
Jewy gravy! And it's something that is not "just" good for the Jews.
What's good for the Jews is good for the West.
But I digress. So, here are are two vignettes that show, not tell a story about President Trump.
One:
Two:
Grab tissues.
Thanks, I'm well aware of his issues with women but that's Melania's problem, not mine.
Anybody with any knowledge of history knows that individuals of historical consequence have always been and will always be terrifically flawed humans. You can be a great leader and a complex, flawed human. Two things about the same human can be true, at the very same time. Imagine that!
This guy loves his country, and loves his children. He loves children period.
I always said he'd be better than Hillary, better for America and better for Israel and the Jews. Everything about that ==> gravy.
Moving the Embassy to Jerusalem was just gravy.
Jewy gravy! And it's something that is not "just" good for the Jews.
What's good for the Jews is good for the West.
But I digress. So, here are are two vignettes that show, not tell a story about President Trump.
One:
Jordan McLinn, a boy suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy hugs @realDonaldTrump after he signs “Right to Try” Legislation pic.twitter.com/MFzfpAeuHv— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) May 30, 2018
Two:
Grab tissues.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Friday, May 25, 2018
Steyn: Coming Soon, The Tajik Investigation
So, please do have a listen to Mark Steyn on Tucker and his absolutely brilliant observations about what lies in the heart of liberals.
He is referring specifically to the thuggish liberal men who have been swept up in the #MeToo movement, but his salient observations definitely cover the entire gamut of radical leftist activists and activism.
Liberals, according to Mark Steyn:
"They love humanity in general and abuse humans in particular."
He is referring specifically to the thuggish liberal men who have been swept up in the #MeToo movement, but his salient observations definitely cover the entire gamut of radical leftist activists and activism.
Liberals, according to Mark Steyn:
"They love humanity in general and abuse humans in particular."
Heartache: When the Federal Liberals Lose the Toronto Star on Illegal Immigration
You know you're in trouble when you lose The Star.
But the Libranos are so obtuse and so full of themselves they will not heed this warning.
(Good.)
But the Libranos are so obtuse and so full of themselves they will not heed this warning.
(Good.)
An Iraqi Muslim and His Friendship With Israel
A very interesting piece.
Pity so many Arabs and Muslims are raised with so much antisemitism.
Read the whole thing.
Pity so many Arabs and Muslims are raised with so much antisemitism.
Read the whole thing.
Thursday, May 24, 2018
The Forgotten Children
Does anyone remember the murder of innocents?
Does anyone even care?
Wow! A bee tattoo!
That will really show those jihadists who is boss.
More from James Delingpole: "Airbrushed from history."
Perhaps Brits should be encouraged to look back in anger.
(Don't hold your breath...)
Does anyone even care?
Wow! A bee tattoo!
That will really show those jihadists who is boss.
More from James Delingpole: "Airbrushed from history."
Perhaps Brits should be encouraged to look back in anger.
(Don't hold your breath...)
The Oldest Hatred Is Alive and Kicking
So, this happened in Toronto.
And this happened in New York.
Jew-haters seem to have quite a lot of comfortable "safe spaces" nowadays.
And this happened in New York.
Jew-haters seem to have quite a lot of comfortable "safe spaces" nowadays.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Wendy Mesley At CBC Sees Jews in Her Sandwiches
I was off line for the Sabbath and a Jewish holiday and right afterward heard about a set of wildly kooky Jew-obsessed Tweets from Wendy Mesley at Canada's official state broadcaster. Seems that more than a few Jews and gentiles already took a few shots at her insane Tweets, but Ezra's clip (start at minute 56, I'm absolutely dying) takes the cake, of course.
Also, he's completely correct. Not a single Official Jew has Tweeted any kind of reply to Ms. Mesley about her wacko sniff out the Jew mission. By the way, as far as I know, it isn't illegal to be a friend of a Jew in Canada or to have rich American Jewish friends. It's also not illegal for former office holders to have friends or personal opinions or even public opinions. But with PM Hairdo at our helm, who knows what the future hold?
As I said last week to the Official Jews:
But here's Ezra's take!
There's at least six or seven of these, but this one is a corker:
("Those Jewy Jews in their 40,000 square foot Jew houses! I bet they eat Jew-Jubes there!!")
This is absolutely nutty stuff and there's only a few explanations for it. Either she was given express marching orders to post this find-the-Jew stuff, or she thinks she got a scoop, or she is one of those Annex liberals whose best friends are Jews, etc. so she is so full of herself, and actually so intolerant that she can't actually see, as Ezra points out, her kook Tweets are not particularly distinguishable from other noteworthy wackjob, garden variety antisemites on the political extreme of the right.
She's obsessed with Stephen Harper and his love of DA JOOOOOOOOOZ! DA JUICE!!!!! HARPER LOVES DA JUICE!! HE GETTING BEEEG ZOG CHEQUES FROM DA JUICE!!!!! AIYEEEEE!!!!!!!
By the way, it's CAPITAL, not CAPITOL (see Schneer Tweet below). Also, could they have picked a less flattering, less Satanic looking photo of Mr. Schneer? Nah, don't bother answering. I think we all know the answer.
I think we all know how CBC feels about Israel and DA JOOOOOOOOOOZ. I mean it's not every day that a Canadian journalist gets accused by none other than the erudite, moderate, diplomatic and intelligent Michael Oren that he hopes Hamas sends her a thank you note because of the excellent work she is doing on their behalf.
Sheila Gunn Reid has been doing a good job at humiliating Mesley on Twitter, but to be fair, Mesley did that really well on her very own.
Also, he's completely correct. Not a single Official Jew has Tweeted any kind of reply to Ms. Mesley about her wacko sniff out the Jew mission. By the way, as far as I know, it isn't illegal to be a friend of a Jew in Canada or to have rich American Jewish friends. It's also not illegal for former office holders to have friends or personal opinions or even public opinions. But with PM Hairdo at our helm, who knows what the future hold?
As I said last week to the Official Jews:
However you probably all voted for him, so there's that... https://t.co/s49GMRzbpo— Laura Rosen Cohen (@LauraRosenCohen) May 17, 2018
But here's Ezra's take!
There's at least six or seven of these, but this one is a corker:
In 2016 @stephenharper was invited to Adelson's 44-thousand square foot mansion in Las Vegas, where he was the guest of honour at a private gathering for Jewish Republicans @kenvogel says it fits Adelson’s M.O. to recruit foreign leaders who align with his views 6/9 pic.twitter.com/Uds6yKs9kY— Wendy Mesley (@WendyMesleyCBC) May 20, 2018
("Those Jewy Jews in their 40,000 square foot Jew houses! I bet they eat Jew-Jubes there!!")
This is absolutely nutty stuff and there's only a few explanations for it. Either she was given express marching orders to post this find-the-Jew stuff, or she thinks she got a scoop, or she is one of those Annex liberals whose best friends are Jews, etc. so she is so full of herself, and actually so intolerant that she can't actually see, as Ezra points out, her kook Tweets are not particularly distinguishable from other noteworthy wackjob, garden variety antisemites on the political extreme of the right.
She's obsessed with Stephen Harper and his love of DA JOOOOOOOOOZ! DA JUICE!!!!! HARPER LOVES DA JUICE!! HE GETTING BEEEG ZOG CHEQUES FROM DA JUICE!!!!! AIYEEEEE!!!!!!!
#StephenHarper echoed his support for #Israel during a speech at a Quebec Synagogue last week. 7/9https://t.co/lcQt4SP6bl— Wendy Mesley (@WendyMesleyCBC) May 20, 2018
By the way, it's CAPITAL, not CAPITOL (see Schneer Tweet below). Also, could they have picked a less flattering, less Satanic looking photo of Mr. Schneer? Nah, don't bother answering. I think we all know the answer.
I think we all know how CBC feels about Israel and DA JOOOOOOOOOOZ. I mean it's not every day that a Canadian journalist gets accused by none other than the erudite, moderate, diplomatic and intelligent Michael Oren that he hopes Hamas sends her a thank you note because of the excellent work she is doing on their behalf.
Within weeks of @stephenharper taking on his new role at the IDU, his successor Conservative Party leader, @AndrewScheer, said if his party wins the federal elections, expected next year, he’d recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel. 9/9 https://t.co/QIfxOwAMZr— Wendy Mesley (@WendyMesleyCBC) May 20, 2018
Sheila Gunn Reid has been doing a good job at humiliating Mesley on Twitter, but to be fair, Mesley did that really well on her very own.
I can't tell who CBC is currently more deranged about: Stephen Harper or the Jews https://t.co/xO2nnHBAwC— Sheila Gunn Reid 🐀 (@SheilaGunnReid) May 21, 2018
VDH: How Democracies End
An excellent summary of the American Swamp from Victor Davis Hanson.
"...the threat to our civil liberties is coming from supposedly sanctimonious and allegedly judicious career FBI, Justice Department, and intelligence agency officials, progressive and self-described idealistic former members of the Obama national security team, and anti-Trump fervent campaign operatives, all of whom felt that they could break the law—including but not limited to illegally monitoring American citizens, and seeking to warp federal courts and even the presidential election because such unsavory and anti-constitutional means were felt necessary and justified to prevent and then subvert the presidency of Donald J. Trump."
"It is willful blindness for progressives and NeverTrump Republicans to overlook what has happened only to damn what has not happened. The dangers in America are not from transparent right-wing authoritarians (who are easily spotted in their clumsiness), but from mellifluous self-styled constitutionalists, whose facades and professions of legality mask their rank efforts to use any anti-constitutional means necessary to achieve their supposedly noble egalitarian ends."
"This is the way democracies end—not with a loud boisterous bang, but with insidious and self-righteous whimpers."
"...the threat to our civil liberties is coming from supposedly sanctimonious and allegedly judicious career FBI, Justice Department, and intelligence agency officials, progressive and self-described idealistic former members of the Obama national security team, and anti-Trump fervent campaign operatives, all of whom felt that they could break the law—including but not limited to illegally monitoring American citizens, and seeking to warp federal courts and even the presidential election because such unsavory and anti-constitutional means were felt necessary and justified to prevent and then subvert the presidency of Donald J. Trump."
"It is willful blindness for progressives and NeverTrump Republicans to overlook what has happened only to damn what has not happened. The dangers in America are not from transparent right-wing authoritarians (who are easily spotted in their clumsiness), but from mellifluous self-styled constitutionalists, whose facades and professions of legality mask their rank efforts to use any anti-constitutional means necessary to achieve their supposedly noble egalitarian ends."
"This is the way democracies end—not with a loud boisterous bang, but with insidious and self-righteous whimpers."
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