Great audio clip from Steyn, nice nuggets on culture particularly.
I don't think he likes this Obama chap much.
Related:
Obama's Perverse Moral Compass
Read the whole thing.
It's not 'new' but well stated.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Who Is Really Silencing Whom in Israel?
Great analysis from Evelyn Gordon at Commentary.
This is an instructive piece to read because it's a universal leftist thing to try to shut down debate and silence critics. This is not just an Israeli thing, but I have to say, Israeli lefties are particularly morose and vicious.
"The first attempt to shutter the paper was an unsubtle bill making it illegal for non-Israelis to own Israeli newspapers–a restriction chosen because it applied to one paper only. Its hypocrisy was underscored by the fact that the left evinced no objection whatsoever when another American tycoon rescued the left-wing Channel 10 television by becoming its majority shareholder."
"The current bill, which aims to destroy Israel Hayom’s business model, is equally unsubtle. It would outlaw freebie papers–but only if they’re successful. Freebies that don’t compete with the mainstream media are fine, but any freebie that becomes one of the four highest-circulation papers would have to start charging at least 70 percent of what the cheapest of the other three charges. Needless to say, only one Israeli freebie makes the top four."
"To be clear, the bill won’t become law. Like other undemocratic bills proposed by irresponsible Knesset members in recent years, it will be quietly killed in committee by wiser heads after having gotten its sponsors the media attention they craved.
"But nobody on the “anti-democratic” right has ever tried to pass legislation shutting down left-wing papers like Haaretz or Yedioth Ahronoth; only on the “democratic” left is silencing newspapers you don’t like considered acceptable behavior."
This is an instructive piece to read because it's a universal leftist thing to try to shut down debate and silence critics. This is not just an Israeli thing, but I have to say, Israeli lefties are particularly morose and vicious.
"The first attempt to shutter the paper was an unsubtle bill making it illegal for non-Israelis to own Israeli newspapers–a restriction chosen because it applied to one paper only. Its hypocrisy was underscored by the fact that the left evinced no objection whatsoever when another American tycoon rescued the left-wing Channel 10 television by becoming its majority shareholder."
"The current bill, which aims to destroy Israel Hayom’s business model, is equally unsubtle. It would outlaw freebie papers–but only if they’re successful. Freebies that don’t compete with the mainstream media are fine, but any freebie that becomes one of the four highest-circulation papers would have to start charging at least 70 percent of what the cheapest of the other three charges. Needless to say, only one Israeli freebie makes the top four."
"To be clear, the bill won’t become law. Like other undemocratic bills proposed by irresponsible Knesset members in recent years, it will be quietly killed in committee by wiser heads after having gotten its sponsors the media attention they craved.
"But nobody on the “anti-democratic” right has ever tried to pass legislation shutting down left-wing papers like Haaretz or Yedioth Ahronoth; only on the “democratic” left is silencing newspapers you don’t like considered acceptable behavior."
Random Israeli Music
I love Shlomo Artzi. And I especially love this song.
It's basically about his role, is wiping away her tears. That it's ok to cry, things hurt but then they relent.
I've listened to it three times already. Also, Shlomo Artzi is really hot.
It's basically about his role, is wiping away her tears. That it's ok to cry, things hurt but then they relent.
I've listened to it three times already. Also, Shlomo Artzi is really hot.
What Roger L. Simon Says...
"Anyone who still believes in “climate change” is likely to be:
a. a profiteer (like the financial wizards who put together those “carbon exchanges” a few years back, making off with billions before they went belly up),
b. a scientist looking for a handout,
c. a bureaucrat or official of a Third World country looking for a handout,
d. an official of the UN (virtually the same as c),
e. a moral narcissist, preferably rich, who thinks he knows better than us idiots, scientific training not required (cf. Tom Steyer, this year’s George Soros wannabe),
f. a true-believing liberal camp follower of the sort that doesn’t care when Nancy Pelosi says you have to pass Obamacare in order to know what’s in it (this is the largest group), or
g. a journalist blinded by panic about losing their job if they dare to tell even part of the truth or wander off the reservation."
Read the whole thing.
a. a profiteer (like the financial wizards who put together those “carbon exchanges” a few years back, making off with billions before they went belly up),
b. a scientist looking for a handout,
c. a bureaucrat or official of a Third World country looking for a handout,
d. an official of the UN (virtually the same as c),
e. a moral narcissist, preferably rich, who thinks he knows better than us idiots, scientific training not required (cf. Tom Steyer, this year’s George Soros wannabe),
f. a true-believing liberal camp follower of the sort that doesn’t care when Nancy Pelosi says you have to pass Obamacare in order to know what’s in it (this is the largest group), or
g. a journalist blinded by panic about losing their job if they dare to tell even part of the truth or wander off the reservation."
Read the whole thing.
Just Put Your Hands Up, And Back Away From The Twitter And Nobody Will Get Hurt...
Lawyer resigns from fancy schmancy NYC bar committee because of racist tweets against black Republicans.
In my experience, liberals have been the among the most racist and chauvinistic people I've ever met. Plus, they have an added special hatred for the disabled, and a special affinity for the Culture of Death, so that puts them pretty much at the top of my sh&t list.
In my experience, liberals have been the among the most racist and chauvinistic people I've ever met. Plus, they have an added special hatred for the disabled, and a special affinity for the Culture of Death, so that puts them pretty much at the top of my sh&t list.
"Safety" Is the New Supine
Safety, my tuchus.
So, safety in this case means: shut up and accommodate these appalling and offensive and non-Canadian demands.
"Safety" for Jewish students who wanted to be at a Remembrance Day ceremony means-we're watching you, Jewish children...Nice children you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to them...
So, safety in this case means: shut up and accommodate these appalling and offensive and non-Canadian demands.
"Safety" for Jewish students who wanted to be at a Remembrance Day ceremony means-we're watching you, Jewish children...Nice children you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to them...
How To Prevent Terror Attacks
Be armed, and shoot to kill:
"Ron, a local resident who was on guard duty near the entrance told Tazpit that two boys were sitting on the curbside, and he was standing near them when they saw an Arab van driving towards them at high speed on the shoulder of the road. The guard pointed his gun at the driver and the terrorist then quickly swerved away back onto the road and drove off in the direction of Bir Zit."
That is the only kind of deterrence that works.
And keep your eyes open.
Always.
"Ron, a local resident who was on guard duty near the entrance told Tazpit that two boys were sitting on the curbside, and he was standing near them when they saw an Arab van driving towards them at high speed on the shoulder of the road. The guard pointed his gun at the driver and the terrorist then quickly swerved away back onto the road and drove off in the direction of Bir Zit."
That is the only kind of deterrence that works.
And keep your eyes open.
Always.
America: Please Elect This Guy
Love this man:
"We must create a system that disincentivizes illegal immigration and upholds the rule of law while providing us with a steady stream of immigrants from other nations who will strengthen our society."
"Let’s solve the problem and stop playing political football."
"We must create a system that disincentivizes illegal immigration and upholds the rule of law while providing us with a steady stream of immigrants from other nations who will strengthen our society."
"Let’s solve the problem and stop playing political football."
Barbarians: "Young Girls Are Lined Up Before Undergoing Genital Mutilation"
They call it "ritual circumcision" here.
But why not just call it what it is?
Barbaric, genital mutilation.
But why not just call it what it is?
Barbaric, genital mutilation.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
It's Art, You Primitive Philistines!
Ontario strip club awarded $100,000 "arts grant".
And what could possibly be wrong with that?
And what could possibly be wrong with that?
"Pam Horvath is the owner of The Blue Moon and in an interview with
This is That, vehemently defended why she is worthy of receiving the
grant."
"What happens in my club is art," said
Horvath
"I've seen some pretty artsy, avant-gardy stuff in Toronto that
has plenty of nudity and they don't catch grief for receiving arts
funding, so you tell me what the difference is!"
When asked what The Blue Moon will do with the money, Ms Horvath insisted it would be put to good use:
"We're gonna get a big time choreographer from Kingston and create new routines that will have folks lining up at the door."
ART!!!!!
Prager University: The World's Most Persecuted Minority
Really well done.
These Prager University videos are excellent.
They are succinct, fact-filled and the graphics are extremely effective and beautiful, everything-including the fonts and colour schemes, are beautiful.
I really enjoy them, and I especially like that he gets experts to distill their wisdom down into very watchable five minute segments. Bravo!
These Prager University videos are excellent.
They are succinct, fact-filled and the graphics are extremely effective and beautiful, everything-including the fonts and colour schemes, are beautiful.
I really enjoy them, and I especially like that he gets experts to distill their wisdom down into very watchable five minute segments. Bravo!
Magnificent: Governor General David Johnston's Remembrance Day Speech
Absolutely magnificent.
Read the whole thing. These are a few of the beautiful sentences from the address.
“One owes respect to the living,” said Voltaire.
“To the dead, one owes only the truth.”
"We vowed never to forget."
"Look upward now, and against the sky see the bronze figures of Peace and Freedom. Their arms are linked. They cannot be separated. Because freedom without peace is agony, and peace without freedom is slavery, and we will tolerate neither. This is the truth we owe our dead."
"And now look down, to the resting place of a Canadian boy who died at Vimy Ridge. We don’t know his name. He is our unknown soldier. In anonymity he honours all Canadians who died and may yet die for their country."
"We will stand on guard for him and for them, as did Nathan Cirillo, who takes his place among them."
"We will strive for peace and for freedom, as did Patrice Vincent, who joins them also."
"As Governor General and commander-in-chief of Canada, I have the solemn privilege to stand with you and them today, just steps away from our houses of Parliament – where we resolve our differences through dialogue and the rule of law."
"We are people of peace. Of respect and tolerance, kindness and honour. These qualities are alive in our national conscience precisely because we hold them as precious.
"We have the luxury to do so because those we remember today believed those qualities to be precious enough to die for."
Added bonus:
In Israel, Sergeant-At-Arms Kevin Vickers given hero's welcome in Israel.
These are good, good men.
Read the whole thing. These are a few of the beautiful sentences from the address.
“One owes respect to the living,” said Voltaire.
“To the dead, one owes only the truth.”
"We vowed never to forget."
"Look upward now, and against the sky see the bronze figures of Peace and Freedom. Their arms are linked. They cannot be separated. Because freedom without peace is agony, and peace without freedom is slavery, and we will tolerate neither. This is the truth we owe our dead."
"And now look down, to the resting place of a Canadian boy who died at Vimy Ridge. We don’t know his name. He is our unknown soldier. In anonymity he honours all Canadians who died and may yet die for their country."
"We will stand on guard for him and for them, as did Nathan Cirillo, who takes his place among them."
"We will strive for peace and for freedom, as did Patrice Vincent, who joins them also."
"As Governor General and commander-in-chief of Canada, I have the solemn privilege to stand with you and them today, just steps away from our houses of Parliament – where we resolve our differences through dialogue and the rule of law."
"We are people of peace. Of respect and tolerance, kindness and honour. These qualities are alive in our national conscience precisely because we hold them as precious.
"We have the luxury to do so because those we remember today believed those qualities to be precious enough to die for."
Added bonus:
In Israel, Sergeant-At-Arms Kevin Vickers given hero's welcome in Israel.
These are good, good men.
Mark Steyn: "This Part of Laura's Report Saddened Me, And Would Have Dismayed Wingate..." (UPDATED WITH AUDIO)
Mark Steyn graciously picks up on my Remembrance Day experience in his post, Lame Ducks, and Lamer Ducking:
"~Laura Rosen Cohen spent the eleventh hour with the General Wingate Branch 256 of the Royal Canadian Legion. If you don't know who Orde Wingate was, you should: he was a brilliant (if personally eccentric) military commander during the Second World War, and a great friend to the Jews. (His website is not terribly user-friendly, but do persevere.) The ceremony in Toronto was as you'd expect - "O Canada", "God Save The Queen", "The Last Post" - but this part of Laura's report saddened me and would have dismayed Wingate:"
Read the whole thing.
As usual, Mark Steyn connects the dots in a way that no other English language writer alive today is capable of doing. Some may have skill but no courage, others courage but no skill.
"~Laura Rosen Cohen spent the eleventh hour with the General Wingate Branch 256 of the Royal Canadian Legion. If you don't know who Orde Wingate was, you should: he was a brilliant (if personally eccentric) military commander during the Second World War, and a great friend to the Jews. (His website is not terribly user-friendly, but do persevere.) The ceremony in Toronto was as you'd expect - "O Canada", "God Save The Queen", "The Last Post" - but this part of Laura's report saddened me and would have dismayed Wingate:"
Read the whole thing.
As usual, Mark Steyn connects the dots in a way that no other English language writer alive today is capable of doing. Some may have skill but no courage, others courage but no skill.
Must Read: The Mild Mannered "Nobody" Exposing the Truth About Obama Care
Must read.
Meet the mild-mannered 'nobody' who is exposing the truth about Obama Care.
Actually, this story shows once again how one person can make a difference and also the incestuous, despicable relationship between the mainstream media and the lying Obama administration.
“When Obama said 'If you like your plan, you can keep your plan, period'—frankly, I believed him,” says Weinstein. “He very often speaks with qualifiers. When he said 'period,' there were no qualifiers. You can understand that when I lost my own plan, and the replacement cost twice as much, I wasn’t happy. So I’m watching the news, and at that time I was thinking: Hey, the administration was not telling people the truth, and the media was doing nothing!”
“These people were showing up on the shows, calling themselves architects of the law,” he recalls. “I saw David Cutler, Zeke Emanuel, Jonathan Gruber, people like that. I wondered if these guys had some type of paper trail. So I looked into what Dr. Cutler had said and written, and it was generally all about cost control. After I finished with Cutler, I went to Dr. Gruber. I assume I went through every video, every radio interview, every podcast. Every everything.”
“It’s terrifying that the guy in his mom’s basement is finding his stuff, and nobody else is,” he says.
“I really do find this disturbing.”
Actually, what's terrifying is the extent to wish the administration lied to Americans, the media complicitity in the lies and how nothing mattered to any of them, not the cost, not the potential loss of life-nothing. No lie or deception was too big to present them from getting to the end that justified the means.
This is terrifyingly tyrannical for a constitutional republic.
Meet the mild-mannered 'nobody' who is exposing the truth about Obama Care.
Actually, this story shows once again how one person can make a difference and also the incestuous, despicable relationship between the mainstream media and the lying Obama administration.
“When Obama said 'If you like your plan, you can keep your plan, period'—frankly, I believed him,” says Weinstein. “He very often speaks with qualifiers. When he said 'period,' there were no qualifiers. You can understand that when I lost my own plan, and the replacement cost twice as much, I wasn’t happy. So I’m watching the news, and at that time I was thinking: Hey, the administration was not telling people the truth, and the media was doing nothing!”
“These people were showing up on the shows, calling themselves architects of the law,” he recalls. “I saw David Cutler, Zeke Emanuel, Jonathan Gruber, people like that. I wondered if these guys had some type of paper trail. So I looked into what Dr. Cutler had said and written, and it was generally all about cost control. After I finished with Cutler, I went to Dr. Gruber. I assume I went through every video, every radio interview, every podcast. Every everything.”
“It’s terrifying that the guy in his mom’s basement is finding his stuff, and nobody else is,” he says.
“I really do find this disturbing.”
Actually, what's terrifying is the extent to wish the administration lied to Americans, the media complicitity in the lies and how nothing mattered to any of them, not the cost, not the potential loss of life-nothing. No lie or deception was too big to present them from getting to the end that justified the means.
This is terrifyingly tyrannical for a constitutional republic.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
"What They Didn't Tell You About Dahlia"
May Hashem avenge her death.
I couldn't read this this earlier today because I knew I wouldn't get through it.
Now I am posting it.
This is a terrible club to belong to-the bereaved due to Palestinian blood-lust and barbarism club.
My family has gone through this with friends of our family and my own brother-in-law.
Sherri Mandell has gone through this-her son Kobi was murdered by Palestinian terrorists as well.
They wish to make bereaved families out of all of us (and when I say 'us' I mean all infidels and not exclusively Jews), and they will continue to add to the number of bereaved families until they are stopped.
G-d give us the strength to never stop fighting evil and never stop living as Jews and to never, ever surrender.
I couldn't read this this earlier today because I knew I wouldn't get through it.
Now I am posting it.
This is a terrible club to belong to-the bereaved due to Palestinian blood-lust and barbarism club.
My family has gone through this with friends of our family and my own brother-in-law.
Sherri Mandell has gone through this-her son Kobi was murdered by Palestinian terrorists as well.
They wish to make bereaved families out of all of us (and when I say 'us' I mean all infidels and not exclusively Jews), and they will continue to add to the number of bereaved families until they are stopped.
G-d give us the strength to never stop fighting evil and never stop living as Jews and to never, ever surrender.
Remembrance Day Ceremony With the Wingates in Toronto
This is the second year in a row that I have had the honour of attending the ceremony at the Jewish community centre in downtown Toronto in the presence of the surviving members of the Generate Wingate Branch 256 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
This year, we were blessed with sunshine and a soft, sort of warm breeze.
The first thing I noticed was there that there were far fewer veterans present this year, and of course that is natural. The second thing that I noticed, particularly in light of my irritation with the 'poppy hijab' story posted below via Mark Steyn, was how seamlessly the Jewish ceremony blended in to regular, Canadian commemoration.
There were Jewish accents, of course, but the ceremony was certainly Canadian.
The small crowd sang Oh Canada and G-d Save the Queen and later Hatikvah, The Last Post was played on trumpet and gave me chills and two minutes of silence were observed. School children read In Flanders Fields, and the Mourner's Prayer was sung in Hebrew, but not before it was explained in English-and all servicemen who served their country were cited.
The cantor explained (or reminded some, as the case may be) that the Mourner's Prayer is not about mourning. The Mourner's Prayer is about exulting the name of G-d, particularly because the dead are not able now to do so. We do it for them and for us. When you think about it, that's a profoundly beautiful, life affirming and very Jewish way of dealing with loss and grief.
There was a little baby in a baby backpack who cooed intermittently when the cantor was singing the Mourner's Prayer. And while his Mom tried to hush him somewhat and with an embarrased smile, I felt it was the most absolutely perfect juxtaposition, his soft baby voice a heavenly reminder of the beauty and renewal of life, even amongst the mourning and the mourners.
The littlest ceremony participant, pictured here with a veteran, was a magnificent force of life among the aging, venerable veterans. His littlest poppy is tucked into his jacket.
And after the ceremony as the veterans headed into the JCC, a spontaneous round of applause broke out. Inside the building, they were thanked for their service and one simply answered "it was an honour to serve my country."
The children at the Jewish day school had just finished their own school ceremony.
Unfortunately, but understandably there were security concerns that prevented them from participating in the outdoor ceremony. Parents were apprehensive. So this makes me angry and sad as well. Jewish schoolchildren in Canada cannot participate in a public, outdoor ceremony to honour veterans because-well, don't we all know because why?
Every single child and every single staff member in that building had a poppy on. Every. Single. One. Not a poppy with a Jewish star. Just a poppy. So there's that.
The children put their artwork up where the veterans gathered, also to say thank you.
It was, all in all, another lovely, meaningful Remembrance Day with the Wingates.
I imagine if any of our departed soldiers were looking at it from down below, they would have been pleased at the mix of young and old, Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and non-religious, with the sunshine and the anthems and the simple fact of remembrance being observed.
A collective and living, breathing memory ensures the eternal life of an idea, of an ideal and indeed, most humbling, of a human soul.
G-d willing, see you next year.
This year, we were blessed with sunshine and a soft, sort of warm breeze.
The first thing I noticed was there that there were far fewer veterans present this year, and of course that is natural. The second thing that I noticed, particularly in light of my irritation with the 'poppy hijab' story posted below via Mark Steyn, was how seamlessly the Jewish ceremony blended in to regular, Canadian commemoration.
There were Jewish accents, of course, but the ceremony was certainly Canadian.
The small crowd sang Oh Canada and G-d Save the Queen and later Hatikvah, The Last Post was played on trumpet and gave me chills and two minutes of silence were observed. School children read In Flanders Fields, and the Mourner's Prayer was sung in Hebrew, but not before it was explained in English-and all servicemen who served their country were cited.
The cantor explained (or reminded some, as the case may be) that the Mourner's Prayer is not about mourning. The Mourner's Prayer is about exulting the name of G-d, particularly because the dead are not able now to do so. We do it for them and for us. When you think about it, that's a profoundly beautiful, life affirming and very Jewish way of dealing with loss and grief.
There was a little baby in a baby backpack who cooed intermittently when the cantor was singing the Mourner's Prayer. And while his Mom tried to hush him somewhat and with an embarrased smile, I felt it was the most absolutely perfect juxtaposition, his soft baby voice a heavenly reminder of the beauty and renewal of life, even amongst the mourning and the mourners.
The littlest ceremony participant, pictured here with a veteran, was a magnificent force of life among the aging, venerable veterans. His littlest poppy is tucked into his jacket.
And after the ceremony as the veterans headed into the JCC, a spontaneous round of applause broke out. Inside the building, they were thanked for their service and one simply answered "it was an honour to serve my country."
The children at the Jewish day school had just finished their own school ceremony.
Unfortunately, but understandably there were security concerns that prevented them from participating in the outdoor ceremony. Parents were apprehensive. So this makes me angry and sad as well. Jewish schoolchildren in Canada cannot participate in a public, outdoor ceremony to honour veterans because-well, don't we all know because why?
Every single child and every single staff member in that building had a poppy on. Every. Single. One. Not a poppy with a Jewish star. Just a poppy. So there's that.
It was, all in all, another lovely, meaningful Remembrance Day with the Wingates.
I imagine if any of our departed soldiers were looking at it from down below, they would have been pleased at the mix of young and old, Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and non-religious, with the sunshine and the anthems and the simple fact of remembrance being observed.
A collective and living, breathing memory ensures the eternal life of an idea, of an ideal and indeed, most humbling, of a human soul.
G-d willing, see you next year.
Mark Steyn: Remembrance, Delusion and Usurpation (UPDATED)
Trying to stay in the mindset of remembrance rather than get pissed. Hard to stay calm when cowardice and dhimmitude is the default setting for remembrance in an allegedly civilized society:
"Well, that's very nice of them, I'm sure, and the ladies look very charming in them. But, if they wished to reject "extremist groups" and support the armed forces, why couldn't they just wear the same poppies that everybody else wears? Why does a communal ritual observed by the Queen's subjects in every corner of the earth - Canadian, Bermudian, Tuvaluan, black, white, Protestant, Hindu - have to be Islamified to accommodate them?"
Why indeed?
"I don't want Muslims wearing poppy hijabs; I want Muslims wearing poppies - like any other Britons or Canadians or Australians forced by fanatics this Remembrance Day to honor their soldiers through a "steel ring" of security."
More Remembrance Day reflections from Kathy Shaidle here.
Spoiler alert: she's pissed-and rightly so.
Jews should be the first ones to recognize and articulate the real problems. Why are Jews obfuscating the identity and ideology of the real murderers? It's enraging. Holocaust-obsessed individuals and organizations look back now at those who escaped the death camps, and at those who tried to warn people and say 'why didn't anyone listen to them'? Why, when the facts were all around them? When the evidence was right in front of their faces?
Pathetically, then-as now, the people telling the truth-Jewish and non-Jewish are mocked and ridiculed. It's a very sick, pathological reaction to existential danger and I reject it completely.
This Remembrance Day, as last, I am going to a service that remembers our soldiers, with the added bonus of having a chance to honour the fighting Jews of the Wingate branch, many of whom are still alive, G-d bless them one and all. I shall report back after.
The Western world needs more fighting Jews, more fighters entirely.
UPDATE via BlazingCatFur
Pull quote that is the most important sentence in the article:
"Let this be a lesson to the world."
"Well, that's very nice of them, I'm sure, and the ladies look very charming in them. But, if they wished to reject "extremist groups" and support the armed forces, why couldn't they just wear the same poppies that everybody else wears? Why does a communal ritual observed by the Queen's subjects in every corner of the earth - Canadian, Bermudian, Tuvaluan, black, white, Protestant, Hindu - have to be Islamified to accommodate them?"
Why indeed?
"I don't want Muslims wearing poppy hijabs; I want Muslims wearing poppies - like any other Britons or Canadians or Australians forced by fanatics this Remembrance Day to honor their soldiers through a "steel ring" of security."
More Remembrance Day reflections from Kathy Shaidle here.
Spoiler alert: she's pissed-and rightly so.
Jews should be the first ones to recognize and articulate the real problems. Why are Jews obfuscating the identity and ideology of the real murderers? It's enraging. Holocaust-obsessed individuals and organizations look back now at those who escaped the death camps, and at those who tried to warn people and say 'why didn't anyone listen to them'? Why, when the facts were all around them? When the evidence was right in front of their faces?
Pathetically, then-as now, the people telling the truth-Jewish and non-Jewish are mocked and ridiculed. It's a very sick, pathological reaction to existential danger and I reject it completely.
This Remembrance Day, as last, I am going to a service that remembers our soldiers, with the added bonus of having a chance to honour the fighting Jews of the Wingate branch, many of whom are still alive, G-d bless them one and all. I shall report back after.
The Western world needs more fighting Jews, more fighters entirely.
UPDATE via BlazingCatFur
Pull quote that is the most important sentence in the article:
"Let this be a lesson to the world."
Monday, November 10, 2014
New Film About the IDF: "Beneath the Helmet"
OK, I cried.
Thinking about all the soldiers, and all those who have lost their lives protecting Israel and the Jewish people-soldiers and civilians alike makes me very emotional. I'm tied to the Jewish people body and soul. Will definitely check this out when it's released.
Thinking about all the soldiers, and all those who have lost their lives protecting Israel and the Jewish people-soldiers and civilians alike makes me very emotional. I'm tied to the Jewish people body and soul. Will definitely check this out when it's released.
Obama Care Architect Admits: We Passed Obama Care Because We Deceived the Public and Americans Are Stupid
“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” says the MIT economist who helped write Obamacare.
"Really critical", to lie to the public.
But, it's all about the ends. They wanted it to pass, so truth be damned.
"Really critical", to lie to the public.
But, it's all about the ends. They wanted it to pass, so truth be damned.
"This Is Dangerous For All Americans"
Indeed.
And it's going to get much, much worse before it ever gets better.
And that's "if" it gets better.
And it's going to get much, much worse before it ever gets better.
And that's "if" it gets better.
Must Read: The Day A Holocaust Survivor Got Revenge on His Tormentor
An incredible story.
Do read the whole thing.
"How could a woman carrying her own child find a walking skeleton saving her pets and have him beaten for nibbling on rotten animal food? I thought."
"In that moment, my numbness to death melted. In its place rose an alien blood lust, a hunger for vengeance unlike any I had ever known. The surge of adrenaline and rush of rage felt good inside my withered frame. Then and there I made a vow to myself: If I survived Buchenwald, I would return and kill the mayor’s wife."
"On April 11, 1945, 3:15 p.m., the Allies liberated Buchenwald."
"Physically, I was free. Emotionally, I was in chains. I’d made a promise to myself. And I intended to keep it."
"Throughout my life I had heard that everything happens for a reason, that God’s ways were mysterious but purposeful. I believed that. But something I read decades after my showdown at the mayor of Weimar’s house proved to me that in the end, in this life or the one after, God ultimately achieves justice."
"That day at the mayor’s home, God pricked my conscience. In so doing, He spared me the guilt and shame of killing the mayor of Weimar’s wife."
"I didn’t need to kill her. She did it for me."
Do read the whole thing.
"How could a woman carrying her own child find a walking skeleton saving her pets and have him beaten for nibbling on rotten animal food? I thought."
"In that moment, my numbness to death melted. In its place rose an alien blood lust, a hunger for vengeance unlike any I had ever known. The surge of adrenaline and rush of rage felt good inside my withered frame. Then and there I made a vow to myself: If I survived Buchenwald, I would return and kill the mayor’s wife."
"On April 11, 1945, 3:15 p.m., the Allies liberated Buchenwald."
"Physically, I was free. Emotionally, I was in chains. I’d made a promise to myself. And I intended to keep it."
"Throughout my life I had heard that everything happens for a reason, that God’s ways were mysterious but purposeful. I believed that. But something I read decades after my showdown at the mayor of Weimar’s house proved to me that in the end, in this life or the one after, God ultimately achieves justice."
"That day at the mayor’s home, God pricked my conscience. In so doing, He spared me the guilt and shame of killing the mayor of Weimar’s wife."
"I didn’t need to kill her. She did it for me."
Mengele Experiment Surivor Finally Tracks Down Family Members After 70 Years
Really quite miraculous.
"About a year and a half ago, Ynet published the story of Menachem Bodner, a twin survivor of the Mengele experiments, who after 70 years, thanks to a persistent genealogy researcher, discovered his real name, his place of birth and the fact that he has distant relatives living in Israel."
"Recently, thanks to a DNA test and a research of his roots in the United States, he also found cousins he never knew he had, and held a video chat with them from California last week"
"In addition, for the first time in his adult life, he received a picture of his parents, who were erased from his scarred memory in Auschwitz and who he had not seen since the family was sent to the camps by the Gestapo"
"The journey in search of his twin brother, Jeno, prisoner No. A7734, is still going on."
"About a year and a half ago, Ynet published the story of Menachem Bodner, a twin survivor of the Mengele experiments, who after 70 years, thanks to a persistent genealogy researcher, discovered his real name, his place of birth and the fact that he has distant relatives living in Israel."
"Recently, thanks to a DNA test and a research of his roots in the United States, he also found cousins he never knew he had, and held a video chat with them from California last week"
"In addition, for the first time in his adult life, he received a picture of his parents, who were erased from his scarred memory in Auschwitz and who he had not seen since the family was sent to the camps by the Gestapo"
"The journey in search of his twin brother, Jeno, prisoner No. A7734, is still going on."
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Steyn Audio: Interview With Jonathon Van Maren
Just had a chance now between laundry and dinner prep and other domestics to listen to this clip.
I'd advise starting at about minute 7 or 8 when Steyn actually comes on, and definitely persist despite the really regrettable audio quality because the content is excellent and vintage Steyn.
He touches on abortion, morality,whether or not he remains an optimist and as much of a "Happy Warrior" as the years plod on and whether or not he has any reason to gloat about his dire predictions coming true (spoiler alert: no, he's not happy about that at all).
Steyn does not want to be right about jihad, decline, our supine and pathetic Western submission.
He says that he wishes that all the 'great pansified eunuch men like Jian Ghomeshi' who say that Islam is just part of the great diversity quilt were right.
Like I said, great nuggets in here.
Do have a listen.
I'd advise starting at about minute 7 or 8 when Steyn actually comes on, and definitely persist despite the really regrettable audio quality because the content is excellent and vintage Steyn.
He touches on abortion, morality,whether or not he remains an optimist and as much of a "Happy Warrior" as the years plod on and whether or not he has any reason to gloat about his dire predictions coming true (spoiler alert: no, he's not happy about that at all).
Steyn does not want to be right about jihad, decline, our supine and pathetic Western submission.
He says that he wishes that all the 'great pansified eunuch men like Jian Ghomeshi' who say that Islam is just part of the great diversity quilt were right.
Like I said, great nuggets in here.
Do have a listen.
Amazing: How Eva Moskowitz Outmuscled the NY Teachers' Union
I love this story for so many reasons, but most of all because it shows how one person CAN make a difference.
A real difference.
It is heartbreaking to see how many students want to get in but can't be accommodated yet. So, I disagree with her assessment that liberals care for 'the little guys' and about 'social justice'.
Most liberals today exhibit a very soft racism of low expectations and unions are interested in the health and financial health of the union-period. Bureaucracies exist only to self-perpetuate, no matter how allegedly noble the cause.
Watch the whole thing.
A real difference.
It is heartbreaking to see how many students want to get in but can't be accommodated yet. So, I disagree with her assessment that liberals care for 'the little guys' and about 'social justice'.
Most liberals today exhibit a very soft racism of low expectations and unions are interested in the health and financial health of the union-period. Bureaucracies exist only to self-perpetuate, no matter how allegedly noble the cause.
Watch the whole thing.
Today in Eurabian Judenhass: Neo Nazis Firebomb Kosher Restaurant in Paris
Scream "dirty Jews".
Eurabia is doomed.
Jews need to get out of France, particularly and particularly now.
Eurabia is doomed.
Jews need to get out of France, particularly and particularly now.
Nothing is Sacred, Everything Is Fair Game For Jokes
I don't want the joke police ruining my life or the world.
The minute people are afraid to tell a joke, is the precise minute that an allegedly free society begins to decline and unravel. People who keep joking and keep laughing and keep mocking are part of the liberty revolution.
Nothing is sacred.
Some background.
The minute people are afraid to tell a joke, is the precise minute that an allegedly free society begins to decline and unravel. People who keep joking and keep laughing and keep mocking are part of the liberty revolution.
Nothing is sacred.
Some background.
Due to his alleged intimacy issues (ahem)....Mr. Ghomeshi recently hired a very sharp criminal lawyer.
She was the emcee at a big, fancy lawyer shindig and was wickedly funny:
“As criminal lawyers, we represent people who have committed heinous acts,” she said on Oct. 29.
“As criminal lawyers, we represent people who have committed heinous acts,” she said on Oct. 29.
“Acts of violence. Acts of depravity. Acts of cruelty.
“Or, as Jian Ghomeshi likes to call it, foreplay.”
Thus, as Christie Blatchford says, and I agree with her completely:
"The world I want to live in is a world where nothing is, and where anyone who can write jokes like that can make them — not just girls."
“Or, as Jian Ghomeshi likes to call it, foreplay.”
Thus, as Christie Blatchford says, and I agree with her completely:
"The world I want to live in is a world where nothing is, and where anyone who can write jokes like that can make them — not just girls."
However, I must make two points here.
First of all, Blatchford is correct about the double standard.
If a man were to have made that joke he would be professionally and socially crucified.
Also, I wonder if Ms. Blatchford has had an evolution of sorts on the free speech issue.
During Ezra Levant's blasphemy trial she wanted him to be a little bit kinder.
At the time, I felt that was remarkably poor judgement.
So I wonder if there has been an intellectual evolution of sorts, or if this Marie Henein is just a better, more politically correct, socially acceptable 'poster person' for free speech?
The Evils of Communism
Via Instapundit:
"Communism was — and is, still — sold as something moral. But it’s a system of slavery, benefiting a few at the top at the expense of the many beneath. It was enforced by death and cruelty, because without death and cruelty it couldn’t work even for a little while. The people who say nice things about communism today either know this and are lying, or are profoundly stupid. Either way, you need neither listen to them, nor afford them even the smallest degree of respect."
"Communism was — and is, still — sold as something moral. But it’s a system of slavery, benefiting a few at the top at the expense of the many beneath. It was enforced by death and cruelty, because without death and cruelty it couldn’t work even for a little while. The people who say nice things about communism today either know this and are lying, or are profoundly stupid. Either way, you need neither listen to them, nor afford them even the smallest degree of respect."
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Why Broken Sleep is A Golden Time For Creativity
Nice piece, but she does note that she can only enjoy broken and the 'second' sleep because she is self-employed and childless.
I found that parenthood changes sleep forever.
I haven't slept properly at night since I was pregnant with my first.
As I always say: sleep is for p*ssies.
(Naps are da bomb though...)
I found that parenthood changes sleep forever.
I haven't slept properly at night since I was pregnant with my first.
As I always say: sleep is for p*ssies.
(Naps are da bomb though...)
Beautiful: "I Have Your Parents' Love Letters"
Oh read the whole thing.
Go on, read it.
It's a box of love letters.
A box of love letters!
Lovely.
OMG HAHAHAHAHA
#TrudeauForeignPolicy #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/A8QoRSq5VC
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 7, 2014My Idiot People: Signs of Hope?!? Hope and Change?
My idiot people are starting to wake up?
A little?
In the UK of all places?
"Prominent Jewish supporters say problems started in the summer with Mr Miliband's aggressive condemnation of Israel's ground incursion into Gaza last August, which he described as "wrong and unjustifiable". He accused David Cameron of being wrong not to have condemned the land operation and claimed that Israel was "losing friends in the international community day by day". This was followed by a decision to whip a vote calling on the Government to unilaterally recognise Palestine – against long-standing British and Labour policy that recognition should only be part of a negotiated two-state settlement. That decision was opposed by a number of senior Labour MPs – including at least two shadow cabinet ministers – who warned it would haemorrhage Jewish support."
A little?
In the UK of all places?
"Prominent Jewish supporters say problems started in the summer with Mr Miliband's aggressive condemnation of Israel's ground incursion into Gaza last August, which he described as "wrong and unjustifiable". He accused David Cameron of being wrong not to have condemned the land operation and claimed that Israel was "losing friends in the international community day by day". This was followed by a decision to whip a vote calling on the Government to unilaterally recognise Palestine – against long-standing British and Labour policy that recognition should only be part of a negotiated two-state settlement. That decision was opposed by a number of senior Labour MPs – including at least two shadow cabinet ministers – who warned it would haemorrhage Jewish support."
And then this delicious little nugget from America!
How delicious?
Now, yes-the overwhelming majority of Jews did vote Democrat, however, you have to be positive about the trend. And if Republican strategists in America had any brains whatsoever, they would not only be using Mark Steyn's new book as their campaign blueprint, but inviting The Honourable Jason Kenney (check him out on Twitter coz he's Stephen Harper's badass) to give them a play by play on how he managed to bring "diversity" to the Canadian PC party. Like actual diversity, from among all of Canada's myriad ethnic communities.
And, then there are the JOOOOOS, my people.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has an immense Jewish following here in Canada because of his principled leadership and his moral fortitude and many Jews left the Liberal fold because of that. The Israel issue is not just about Israel, it's about Western civilization. Prime Minister Harper gets that, Prime Minister Netanyahu gets it also and so do many individuals living in Western countries.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Child Sacrifice Then and Now
This week's Torah portion is Vayeira.
I was thinking yesterday about the stark contrast between the Jewish vision of children and the vision of the nihilistic death cult that seeks to exterminate us. Child sacrifice is still going on around us, in many cultures, on a daily basis. They may call it something else, but that's what it is.
What better contrast than what can be found in this week's Torah portion, which is so clearly articulate by Rabbi Sacks in this outstanding D'var Torah.
"Why then did God say to Abraham about Isaac: “Offer him up as a burnt offering”? So as to make clear to all future generations that the reason Jews condemn child sacrifice is not because they lack the courage to do so. Abraham is the proof that they do not lack the courage. The reason they do not do so is because God is the God of life, not death. In Judaism, as the laws of purity and the rite of the Red Heifer show, death is not sacred. Death defiles."
"The Torah is revolutionary not only in relation to society but also in relation to the family. To be sure, the Torah’s revolution was not fully completed in the course of the biblical age. Slavery had not yet been abolished. The rights of women had not yet been fully actualised. But the birth of the individual – the integrity of each of us as a moral agent in our own right – was one of the great moral revolutions in history. "
Hug your children tight.
I was thinking yesterday about the stark contrast between the Jewish vision of children and the vision of the nihilistic death cult that seeks to exterminate us. Child sacrifice is still going on around us, in many cultures, on a daily basis. They may call it something else, but that's what it is.
What better contrast than what can be found in this week's Torah portion, which is so clearly articulate by Rabbi Sacks in this outstanding D'var Torah.
"Why then did God say to Abraham about Isaac: “Offer him up as a burnt offering”? So as to make clear to all future generations that the reason Jews condemn child sacrifice is not because they lack the courage to do so. Abraham is the proof that they do not lack the courage. The reason they do not do so is because God is the God of life, not death. In Judaism, as the laws of purity and the rite of the Red Heifer show, death is not sacred. Death defiles."
"The Torah is revolutionary not only in relation to society but also in relation to the family. To be sure, the Torah’s revolution was not fully completed in the course of the biblical age. Slavery had not yet been abolished. The rights of women had not yet been fully actualised. But the birth of the individual – the integrity of each of us as a moral agent in our own right – was one of the great moral revolutions in history. "
Hug your children tight.
In Which I Express My Newfound Respect for.....Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa doesn't care if her daughter likes her.
LOVE this.
That is exactly the right attitude.
Good stuff.
My Dad always says 'either they cry now, or you cry later'.
That is all.
LOVE this.
That is exactly the right attitude.
Good stuff.
My Dad always says 'either they cry now, or you cry later'.
That is all.
This is My Favourite Story of the Day: Nobody Should Be Forced To Do Something Against What They Believe
Great stuff.
Very bold, gutsy and brave.
Really principled and impressive women.
"Everyone votes with their dollar."
Absolutely.
“We want everybody to at least get it a little closer. Let us understand each other,” she said.
“I put myself in [Adamson's] place and I hope that some of the Christian right and the people who enjoy your show would do the same for us. Try to understand what our lives are like.”
Beck: "We gotta stop the closets...be who you are."
Very bold, gutsy and brave.
Really principled and impressive women.
"Everyone votes with their dollar."
Absolutely.
“We want everybody to at least get it a little closer. Let us understand each other,” she said.
“I put myself in [Adamson's] place and I hope that some of the Christian right and the people who enjoy your show would do the same for us. Try to understand what our lives are like.”
Beck: "We gotta stop the closets...be who you are."
Greenfield: The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism
Another outstanding essay from Daniel Greenfield.
"A feminist looks like a professional activist wearing a $75 t-shirt made by slave labor while proclaiming that she is a feminist. It isn’t fighting for the rights of women that makes her a feminist. It’s the pricey fashion statement of someone who toots their own horn while exploiting less fortunate women."
"The professional feminist is not there to help women, but to promote the agenda of the institutional left."
"A feminist looks like a professional activist wearing a $75 t-shirt made by slave labor while proclaiming that she is a feminist. It isn’t fighting for the rights of women that makes her a feminist. It’s the pricey fashion statement of someone who toots their own horn while exploiting less fortunate women."
"The professional feminist is not there to help women, but to promote the agenda of the institutional left."
Feminism
is filled with things that it can’t talk about. That’s why it long ago
hit a dead end. It is too afraid of being politically incorrect to be
relevant. - See more at:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-unbearable-lightness-of-feminism.html#sthash.fqAtSutV.dpuf
The
professional feminist is not there to help women, but to promote the
agenda of the institutional left. She will turn campus rape into a
political cause while criticizing every rape prevention measure, from a
rape drug detecting nail polish to self-defense for women, for not
dealing with rape culture. Stopping rape doesn’t interest her.
Exploiting the abuse of women to fight a culture war does. - See more
at:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-unbearable-lightness-of-feminism.html#sthash.fqAtSutV.dpufA feminist looks like a professional activist wearing a $75 t-shirt
made by slave labor while proclaiming that she is a feminist. It isn’t
fighting for the rights of women that makes her a feminist. It’s the
pricey fashion statement of someone who toots their own horn while
exploiting less fortunate women.
The professional feminist is not there to help women, but to promote the agenda of the institutional left.
The professional feminist is not there to help women, but to promote the agenda of the institutional left.
The
professional feminist is not there to help women, but to promote the
agenda of the institutional left. She will turn campus rape into a
political cause while criticizing every rape prevention measure, from a
rape drug detecting nail polish to self-defense for women, for not
dealing with rape culture. Stopping rape doesn’t interest her.
Exploiting the abuse of women to fight a culture war does. - See more
at:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-unbearable-lightness-of-feminism.html#sthash.fqAtSutV.dpuf
The
professional feminist is not there to help women, but to promote the
agenda of the institutional left. She will turn campus rape into a
political cause while criticizing every rape prevention measure, from a
rape drug detecting nail polish to self-defense for women, for not
dealing with rape culture. Stopping rape doesn’t interest her.
Exploiting the abuse of women to fight a culture war does. - See more
at:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-unbearable-lightness-of-feminism.html#sthash.fqAtSutV.dpuf
When You're Too Extreme Even For A Far Left Anti-Israel German Party....
"An anti-Israel event scheduled to be held next week in the German
Parliament by the country’s far left political party was cancelled on
Thursday after party leaders learned that controversial American
anti-Israel activist Max Blumenthal had been invited to attend,
according to German media reports."
"Blumenthal, an anti-Israel activist who has compared the Jewish State to Nazi Germany, had been invited to speak at the event by members of Germany’s Left Party, the East German Communist Party’s successor."
"The event was to focus on Palestinian statehood and was scheduled to take place on Monday, the day after the commemoration of Kristallnacht, in which Nazis murdered Jews and ransacked their businesses."
"However, Gregor Gysi, the Left Party’s leader, put a stop to the event early Thursday, telling Germany-based reporter Benjamin Weinthal that “the event will not take place,” according to a Berlin newspaper report headlined, “Gysi Stops Conference of ‘Israel Haters.’”
"Observers expressed surprise that the far left wing political party—which is often critical of Israel and has been accused of anti-Semitism itself—would find Blumenthal out of bounds."
“Gregor Gysi carved a line in the sand and is going to great efforts now to stem a rising level of Israel hatred not only within the party, but also across Germany,” Weinthal told the Washington Free Beacon.
"Blumenthal, an anti-Israel activist who has compared the Jewish State to Nazi Germany, had been invited to speak at the event by members of Germany’s Left Party, the East German Communist Party’s successor."
"The event was to focus on Palestinian statehood and was scheduled to take place on Monday, the day after the commemoration of Kristallnacht, in which Nazis murdered Jews and ransacked their businesses."
"However, Gregor Gysi, the Left Party’s leader, put a stop to the event early Thursday, telling Germany-based reporter Benjamin Weinthal that “the event will not take place,” according to a Berlin newspaper report headlined, “Gysi Stops Conference of ‘Israel Haters.’”
"Observers expressed surprise that the far left wing political party—which is often critical of Israel and has been accused of anti-Semitism itself—would find Blumenthal out of bounds."
“Gregor Gysi carved a line in the sand and is going to great efforts now to stem a rising level of Israel hatred not only within the party, but also across Germany,” Weinthal told the Washington Free Beacon.
Krauthammer: Hey GOP-Pay Attention And Get It Done
"The defeat — “a massacre,” The Economist called it — marks
the final collapse of Obamaism, a species of left-liberalism so
intrusive, so incompetently executed, and ultimately so unpopular that
it will be seen as a parenthesis in American political history.
Notwithstanding Obama’s awkward denials at his next-day news conference,
he himself defined the election when he insisted just last month that
“these [i.e. his] policies are on the ballot — every single one of
them.”
"They were, and America spoke. But it was a negative judgment, not an endorsement of the GOP."
"They were, and America spoke. But it was a negative judgment, not an endorsement of the GOP."
OMG Mark Steyn Gem (Audio): "The Last Fellow Tried This Was King George the Third"
"And you rebel colonists got all annoyed about that...and you chaps got your knickers in a twist about it and told King George to take a hike..."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Rush/Steyn Reminder: Republicans -Your mandate is to get Imperial President Barack Obama out of Barakhingham Palace.
"The left is serious about power in a way the right isn't."
Absolutely.
And it's because Obama "f&cks up everything".
Republicans-where's your plan?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Rush/Steyn Reminder: Republicans -Your mandate is to get Imperial President Barack Obama out of Barakhingham Palace.
"The left is serious about power in a way the right isn't."
Absolutely.
And it's because Obama "f&cks up everything".
Republicans-where's your plan?
The Bear Is Foraging Before Winter
Probably nothing to get too excited over.
The important thing is that Republicans are going to take away birth control pills from the masses.
The important thing is that Republicans are going to take away birth control pills from the masses.
Celebrate Vaginal Diversity in the UK!
Approximately 400 genetically mutilated women have shown up at ONE British hospital, according to a British news site
"Alison Byrne, a specialist FGM Midwife at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, says she sees six to seven women a week"
The fact that there are "specialist FGM Midwives" at all in Britain, should in itself be enough of a warning. But what do I know?
Doesn't this bother anyone in the UK or the civilized world:
"They revealed 454 women had presented to hospitals with FGM in the last six months – including four girls under the age of 16."
"Alison Byrne, a specialist FGM Midwife at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, says she sees six to seven women a week"
The fact that there are "specialist FGM Midwives" at all in Britain, should in itself be enough of a warning. But what do I know?
Doesn't this bother anyone in the UK or the civilized world:
"They revealed 454 women had presented to hospitals with FGM in the last six months – including four girls under the age of 16."
"FGM survivor Adama Jabbi, who lives in Birmingham said she nearly
died after she was given the procedure in The Gambia as a child.
"Adama believes more education and awareness is needed to help prevent the next generation of girls from being cut."
Really? More education and awareness? Somehow, I don't think that's going to do the trick.
How about less submission, less exquisite deference to barbarism, less cowardice in discussing these matters publicly, more severe punishments, and fewer immigrants whose subscribe to these barbaric practices?
Really? More education and awareness? Somehow, I don't think that's going to do the trick.
How about less submission, less exquisite deference to barbarism, less cowardice in discussing these matters publicly, more severe punishments, and fewer immigrants whose subscribe to these barbaric practices?
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Minor Hockey Coach Fired For Posting Pro-Nazi Content
The beauty of free speech is that you get to put your ideas out there any which way you want.
That can work in your favour, or work against you.
Everyone has to decide for themselves how they wish to be represented in public.
That can work in your favour, or work against you.
Everyone has to decide for themselves how they wish to be represented in public.
The Cake Nazis: Yes, You Will Bake That Gay Ernie and Bert Cake
Dateline-Ireland.
If you don't, you will go to court, or to jail or Diversity Gulag.
"Civilized" society.
Tolerance!
Celebrate diversity, but not diversity of opinion.
Imagine, the struggle for the normalization rights, and for the recognition of all kinds of unprescedented civil rights for gay people has been reduced to a fight about an Ernie and Bert cake. There is something deeply irrational and profoundly unsettling and amoral about this reducto ad abusrdum situation.
This Wedding Cakehad is pathetic.
If you don't, you will go to court, or to jail or Diversity Gulag.
"Civilized" society.
Tolerance!
Celebrate diversity, but not diversity of opinion.
Imagine, the struggle for the normalization rights, and for the recognition of all kinds of unprescedented civil rights for gay people has been reduced to a fight about an Ernie and Bert cake. There is something deeply irrational and profoundly unsettling and amoral about this reducto ad abusrdum situation.
This Wedding Cakehad is pathetic.
Sultan Knish: The Democrats Can't Afford to Lose Israel
Smart, smart Jew.
Read the whole thing.
"Jewish “liberal” support for Israel isn’t fading. The Jewish liberal is becoming less liberal and less Jewish. He is becoming a leftist with a Jewish last name and no amount of Israeli concessions to terrorists will convince Jewish leftists to put their Jewish identity ahead of their leftist politics."
"Israel can’t do anything to reverse that trend. Banning more Jews from living in Jerusalem, the latest demand of Obama and J Street, won’t save them from themselves."
"This isn’t an Israeli crisis. It’s a crisis of American Jews."
"Political extremism aligns with anti-Semitism. As American liberals become leftists, they are more likely to become anti-Semitic. A quick look at Europe shows us that this is true. There is nothing except reason and decency that prevents Jews from being anti-Semites and reason and decency are the first casualties of the political extremism of the left."
Read the whole thing.
"Jewish “liberal” support for Israel isn’t fading. The Jewish liberal is becoming less liberal and less Jewish. He is becoming a leftist with a Jewish last name and no amount of Israeli concessions to terrorists will convince Jewish leftists to put their Jewish identity ahead of their leftist politics."
"Israel can’t do anything to reverse that trend. Banning more Jews from living in Jerusalem, the latest demand of Obama and J Street, won’t save them from themselves."
"This isn’t an Israeli crisis. It’s a crisis of American Jews."
Furthermore:
A Lesson in Obama Grammar
Or ObamaGramma as we might call it.
Grammalamma ding dong!
I noticed yesterday that Obama in the presser that he has this disgusting habit of not only deflecting any responsibility and a complete lack of insight, and not only speaking as the arrogant, narcissist mode little tyrant that he is, but he also tends to fall back a lot on his folksy schtick, with his fake southern accent.
He was not capable of adding a single "g" to any of the verbs he employed yesterday.
He loathes America and Americans. He loathes the American dream and wishes to fundamentally "transform" i.e destroy America as we know it via Executive Order on amnesty.
Anyway, yesterday it was all about workin', tellin', sayin' etc...
FEH!
Quite a sinister character, this post-American socialist.
Grammalamma ding dong!
I noticed yesterday that Obama in the presser that he has this disgusting habit of not only deflecting any responsibility and a complete lack of insight, and not only speaking as the arrogant, narcissist mode little tyrant that he is, but he also tends to fall back a lot on his folksy schtick, with his fake southern accent.
He was not capable of adding a single "g" to any of the verbs he employed yesterday.
He loathes America and Americans. He loathes the American dream and wishes to fundamentally "transform" i.e destroy America as we know it via Executive Order on amnesty.
Anyway, yesterday it was all about workin', tellin', sayin' etc...
FEH!
Quite a sinister character, this post-American socialist.
Limbaugh: Republicans Were Elected To Stop Obama, Not Work With Him
Exactly.
It's a clear message.
By the way, if any of you were unfortunate enough to listen to the Obama presser yesterday, as I did, you would notice that the Imperial President is truly a pathological narcissist-as if that wasn't clear before.
Moreover, if you actually listen to his words, he explicitly threatened the entire American populace with his Executive Order talk on an immigration amnesty. If that happens, I'm not sure that America could recover. He is the threatening America as we know it via Executive Order on amnesty.
That's a pretty big threat.
If the Republicans don't rise to face that fight-as the American people have empowered them-then it's game over.
It's a clear message.
By the way, if any of you were unfortunate enough to listen to the Obama presser yesterday, as I did, you would notice that the Imperial President is truly a pathological narcissist-as if that wasn't clear before.
Moreover, if you actually listen to his words, he explicitly threatened the entire American populace with his Executive Order talk on an immigration amnesty. If that happens, I'm not sure that America could recover. He is the threatening America as we know it via Executive Order on amnesty.
That's a pretty big threat.
If the Republicans don't rise to face that fight-as the American people have empowered them-then it's game over.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Hearbreaking: "My Son Loved Jerusalem"
Absolutely heartbreaking.
Another orphan. Another bereaved family. So awful.
"The father of Chief Inspector Assad said shortly after being informed of his son’s death: “I urge leaders to reach an agreement in order to avoid the bloodshed and avoid more casualties from all sectors – Jews, Arabs and Druze.”
"He further added: “All my sons serve in the security forces; the Border Police was in his blood and soul. He loved the service and he loved Jerusalem.”
Another orphan. Another bereaved family. So awful.
"The father of Chief Inspector Assad said shortly after being informed of his son’s death: “I urge leaders to reach an agreement in order to avoid the bloodshed and avoid more casualties from all sectors – Jews, Arabs and Druze.”
"He further added: “All my sons serve in the security forces; the Border Police was in his blood and soul. He loved the service and he loved Jerusalem.”
Good One From Roger L. Simon: "Hooray For the Wave, Now Forget It"
Sage advice.
"So what should Republicans do? Stand up and lead, obviously. Come up with programs and put them through the House and Senate. Do away with Obamacare, either in one gulp or, if that’s not possible, piecemeal."
"But they all should make a monumental and immediate outreach to African Americans. No group has been so brutally screwed over by the Democratic Party — and I suspect more than a few of them are beginning to realize it. Republicans should take this opportunity to come up with some fresh ideas and communicate with them, and with Latinos, and Asians, and with women, and break the back of our identity politics that is so reactionary and divisive, so hurtful to the very people it pretends to help."
"This victory creates the beginning of an opportunity to end it. It won’t be easy."
"Identity politics is so deeply entrenched in our culture sometimes I think we’re a bunch of Shiite tribesman building IEDs south of Fallujah. But think of this — even a thirty percent inroad by Republicans into the black vote would change the political landscape of our country beyond recognition. And it would do so much for all those minority groups into the bargain."
"Okay, now I’m going to celebrate. But just for a few hours. In the end, it’s just like tennis. The minute you think you’re ahead, you start to lose. Stay hungry."
"So what should Republicans do? Stand up and lead, obviously. Come up with programs and put them through the House and Senate. Do away with Obamacare, either in one gulp or, if that’s not possible, piecemeal."
"But they all should make a monumental and immediate outreach to African Americans. No group has been so brutally screwed over by the Democratic Party — and I suspect more than a few of them are beginning to realize it. Republicans should take this opportunity to come up with some fresh ideas and communicate with them, and with Latinos, and Asians, and with women, and break the back of our identity politics that is so reactionary and divisive, so hurtful to the very people it pretends to help."
"This victory creates the beginning of an opportunity to end it. It won’t be easy."
"Identity politics is so deeply entrenched in our culture sometimes I think we’re a bunch of Shiite tribesman building IEDs south of Fallujah. But think of this — even a thirty percent inroad by Republicans into the black vote would change the political landscape of our country beyond recognition. And it would do so much for all those minority groups into the bargain."
"Okay, now I’m going to celebrate. But just for a few hours. In the end, it’s just like tennis. The minute you think you’re ahead, you start to lose. Stay hungry."
Great Interview With Aayan Hirsi Ali (From 2010)
This is the first episode of "Q" that I have listened to, and I don't plan to listen to any other archived ones.
However, given the allegations against Mr. Ghomeshi, it is certainly interesting to hear his comments about women, violence against women, learning from the Koran and other things.
Aayan is so brilliant and inspiring, do listen to this whole episode when you have a chance.
However, given the allegations against Mr. Ghomeshi, it is certainly interesting to hear his comments about women, violence against women, learning from the Koran and other things.
Aayan is so brilliant and inspiring, do listen to this whole episode when you have a chance.
Too Good (Bad) To Check: The "Good Housekeeping" For ISIS Jihadi Babes
Forget Cosmo, ladies. Forget Good Housekeeping, People-just drop everything and pick up a copy of the latest ISIS Guide To Happy Homemaking.
The keys to having sweet, terrorist dreams are multi-fold and you, my sweet, body bagged young virginal things, you can make it all happen! It's all in your hands (and perhaps other body parts).
"Their slogan is 'preparing for the honour of jihad' and their online accounts - which post only in Arabic - have attracted thousands of followers so far."
"Among the tips given out are some 'quick and simple' recipes, such as one for 'date balls' that are made by mixing dates, flour and butter together."
"The guide says: 'This is a quick recipe that can be served to the mujahedin [IS militants] with coffee or can be eaten at any time with water, especially during breaks in battles. They contain significant calories and will extend the power and strength of the mujahadeen, Allah willing."
WELL I MUST TRY THAT!!!
"ISIS strictly forbid women from taking part in combat, and so the propaganda films instead focus on how to assist jihad through 'feminine manual labour'."
(No details of course, but one can imagine just how labourious on the feminine parts it really is...)
"Among the suitable tasks given to women is producing and editing slideshows and film footage, in an effort to make more propaganda, and participating in 'jihadi science' - which is not explained further."
The keys to having sweet, terrorist dreams are multi-fold and you, my sweet, body bagged young virginal things, you can make it all happen! It's all in your hands (and perhaps other body parts).
"Their slogan is 'preparing for the honour of jihad' and their online accounts - which post only in Arabic - have attracted thousands of followers so far."
"Among the tips given out are some 'quick and simple' recipes, such as one for 'date balls' that are made by mixing dates, flour and butter together."
"The guide says: 'This is a quick recipe that can be served to the mujahedin [IS militants] with coffee or can be eaten at any time with water, especially during breaks in battles. They contain significant calories and will extend the power and strength of the mujahadeen, Allah willing."
WELL I MUST TRY THAT!!!
"ISIS strictly forbid women from taking part in combat, and so the propaganda films instead focus on how to assist jihad through 'feminine manual labour'."
(No details of course, but one can imagine just how labourious on the feminine parts it really is...)
"Among the suitable tasks given to women is producing and editing slideshows and film footage, in an effort to make more propaganda, and participating in 'jihadi science' - which is not explained further."
The Day After the Night Before in America
So there!
While I get this day started, one thought that occured to me early in the morning is that I would seriously pay a billion, gazillion, million shekels to either be IN THE ROOM when Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu's remarks on the American mid-terms were being crafted or to write them for him.
(Seriously, can you imagine how much restraint it will take to write them, and then deliver them without a hint of gloat or smarm, or "seriously, Obama-f&ck you) all the while paying lip service to the amazing, everlasting, non-partistan partnership and special bond between the countries...)
Alas, the day also started with another incident of vehicular jihad in Jerusalem, and a 38 year old Druze police officer was murdered and there are many others in hospital with serious injuries.
The chief of police for Jerusalem should resign. It's disgraceful that the newest intifadah has been left to burn unfettered under his watch. He has blood on his hands.
While I get this day started, one thought that occured to me early in the morning is that I would seriously pay a billion, gazillion, million shekels to either be IN THE ROOM when Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu's remarks on the American mid-terms were being crafted or to write them for him.
(Seriously, can you imagine how much restraint it will take to write them, and then deliver them without a hint of gloat or smarm, or "seriously, Obama-f&ck you) all the while paying lip service to the amazing, everlasting, non-partistan partnership and special bond between the countries...)
Alas, the day also started with another incident of vehicular jihad in Jerusalem, and a 38 year old Druze police officer was murdered and there are many others in hospital with serious injuries.
The chief of police for Jerusalem should resign. It's disgraceful that the newest intifadah has been left to burn unfettered under his watch. He has blood on his hands.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Finally: Prince of Wales Showing Some Backbone on the Plight of Christians
Prince Charles actually saying something I agree with?!?
I know, I can hardly believe it myself. But it is true.
This is good stuff and yes-pretty brave.
It's much safer to stick with wacky eco-concerns, so kudos to him for talking about a real problem, with real lives at stake. That is the honourable thing to do, talking about the massacre of Christians by Muslims in the Middle East is the moral thing to do-such candor befits a member of the Royal family.
Look, it's not quite as forceful as it should and it contains the obligatory softball can't-we-all-get along pap (which did not work out very well for Theo Van Gough of course), but it's a very good start.
If the Prince is speaking more candidly about this, it is a good thing and a show of courage and moral fortitude and that must be commended.
I know, I can hardly believe it myself. But it is true.
This is good stuff and yes-pretty brave.
It's much safer to stick with wacky eco-concerns, so kudos to him for talking about a real problem, with real lives at stake. That is the honourable thing to do, talking about the massacre of Christians by Muslims in the Middle East is the moral thing to do-such candor befits a member of the Royal family.
Look, it's not quite as forceful as it should and it contains the obligatory softball can't-we-all-get along pap (which did not work out very well for Theo Van Gough of course), but it's a very good start.
If the Prince is speaking more candidly about this, it is a good thing and a show of courage and moral fortitude and that must be commended.
The Imam John Kerry: Imbecile
America is being governed by crackpots.
Make that malevolent crackpots.
“We can't prevent a large scale disaster if we don't heed this kind of hard science,” Kerry said.
“The longer we are stuck in a debate over ideology and politics, the more the costs of inaction grow and grow. Those who choose to ignore or dispute the science so clearly laid out in this report do so at great risk for all of us and for our kids and grandkids.”
Did you hear that sound?
That was my IRONY METER EXPLODING.
***PPPPPOOOOOOOF******
This feckless, Jew-hating, West-loathing cretin is endangering actual real people with his and Obama's policies. Typical extremist liberal. No concern about real people and real lives, just obsessed on the minutia of other people's lives and total control.
Make that malevolent crackpots.
“We can't prevent a large scale disaster if we don't heed this kind of hard science,” Kerry said.
“The longer we are stuck in a debate over ideology and politics, the more the costs of inaction grow and grow. Those who choose to ignore or dispute the science so clearly laid out in this report do so at great risk for all of us and for our kids and grandkids.”
Did you hear that sound?
That was my IRONY METER EXPLODING.
***PPPPPOOOOOOOF******
This feckless, Jew-hating, West-loathing cretin is endangering actual real people with his and Obama's policies. Typical extremist liberal. No concern about real people and real lives, just obsessed on the minutia of other people's lives and total control.
I Have No Time for Faux Conservatives
This is infuriating, but predictable.
Behold, the "conservative" party of Britain.
Alternate headline:
"Why Nigel Farage is on the uptick explained in one colossally stupid, disusting, supine and disgracefully tyranical "conservative" policy. "
If you don't believe me, read the whole thing (thanks to "G" for sending this in).
"Anyone who criticises Sharia law or gay marriage could be branded an “extremist” under sweeping new powers planned by the Conservatives to combat terrorism, an alliance of leading atheists and Christians fear."
"Theresa May, the Home Secretary, unveiled plans last month for so-called Extremism Disruption Orders, which would allow judges to ban people deemed extremists from broadcasting, protesting in certain places or even posting messages on Facebook or Twitter without permission."
"Mrs May outlined the proposal in a speech at the Tory party conference in which she spoke about the threat from the so-called Islamic State – also known as Isis and Isil – and the Nigerian Islamist movement Boko Haram."
"But George Osborne, the Chancellor, has made clear in a letter to constituents that the aim of the orders would be to “eliminate extremism in all its forms” and that they would be used to curtail the activities of those who “spread hate but do not break laws”.
"He explained that that the new orders, which will be in the Conservative election manifesto, would extend to any activities that “justify hatred” against people on the grounds of religion, sexual orientation, gender or disability."
Like Kathy Shaidle always says "we need more hate, not less".
We should hate tyranny. We should hate the jihad. We should hate all attempts by government to rescind our personal liberties. We should hate all attempts to nationalize the family and our bodies. We should hate all attempts to destroy the family. We should hate being afraid. We should hate hiding our opinions.
We should hate not being able to have an honest conversation about anything 'contentious' without be deported to Diversity Gulag.
Behold, the "conservative" party of Britain.
Alternate headline:
"Why Nigel Farage is on the uptick explained in one colossally stupid, disusting, supine and disgracefully tyranical "conservative" policy. "
If you don't believe me, read the whole thing (thanks to "G" for sending this in).
"Anyone who criticises Sharia law or gay marriage could be branded an “extremist” under sweeping new powers planned by the Conservatives to combat terrorism, an alliance of leading atheists and Christians fear."
"Theresa May, the Home Secretary, unveiled plans last month for so-called Extremism Disruption Orders, which would allow judges to ban people deemed extremists from broadcasting, protesting in certain places or even posting messages on Facebook or Twitter without permission."
"Mrs May outlined the proposal in a speech at the Tory party conference in which she spoke about the threat from the so-called Islamic State – also known as Isis and Isil – and the Nigerian Islamist movement Boko Haram."
"But George Osborne, the Chancellor, has made clear in a letter to constituents that the aim of the orders would be to “eliminate extremism in all its forms” and that they would be used to curtail the activities of those who “spread hate but do not break laws”.
"He explained that that the new orders, which will be in the Conservative election manifesto, would extend to any activities that “justify hatred” against people on the grounds of religion, sexual orientation, gender or disability."
Like Kathy Shaidle always says "we need more hate, not less".
This is a disgraceful idea and should be fought tooth and nail by all freedom loving Britons-are there any left?
I cannot stand this ridiculously tyrannical idea of "fighting hatred". Fight your enemies to the death-but fighting hate is a useless, band-aid, liberal, utopian idea that needs to be buried once in for all. And yes-of course I include "fighting antisemitism" in that category. Fight the Jew-haters, yes. Fighting "hatred"-a freaking waste of time, money and energy.
In a civilized society, the marketplace of ideas is the best way to 'fight' the unpalatable and uncivil ideas among us. Hate is a normal human emotion. There are things we need to and ought to hate.
Unfortunately, most people nowadays are too terrified to articulate the things that out to be hated, and hated publicly.
We should hate tyranny. We should hate the jihad. We should hate all attempts by government to rescind our personal liberties. We should hate all attempts to nationalize the family and our bodies. We should hate all attempts to destroy the family. We should hate being afraid. We should hate hiding our opinions.
We should hate not being able to have an honest conversation about anything 'contentious' without be deported to Diversity Gulag.
There are many reasons why one should be proud to be a "hater"-as if, in our cushy First World lives-that is the worst thing you can be...a "hater" or "intolerant" or "racist".
The West is in decline because we tolerate the intolerable and there is no end in sight.
Our freedoms, our very young human tradition of democracy is worth fighting for, and it is certainly advisable and honourable to "hate" and fight the forces that are determined to take them away from us.
The saddest thing in all of this of course is the ongoing reality that in many countries, formerly gloriously free countries, there is no need even for a fight, our liberties are just boxed up with a ribbon, sealed with a sigh and decorated with a desperate, supine plea to simply treat us kindly when our new overlords take over.
Ben Stein: Who Is Obama To Insult a Genuine War Hero?
"Barack Obama never saw one instant’s military service. Not even a
second. He never wore a uniform. Never picked up a gun. How this wicked
man can call a genuine hero, a genuine man of supreme courage, a
“chickens--t coward” and get away with it just boggles the mind. It is
evidence of Mr. Obama’s low anti-Semitism.
"The sad truth that this has not become a national furor is testimony to how many people connect with that horrific racism."
"What terrifying times we live in."
"The sad truth that this has not become a national furor is testimony to how many people connect with that horrific racism."
"What terrifying times we live in."
Must Read Geert Wilders: "To Keep the Flame of Liberty Burning"
Outstanding, courageous and of course, marked for death.
"We want to stand firm. We want to preserve our civilization for our children and grandchildren. Because there is nothing more precious than liberty and freedom. But it has a price. And the price can be high. Sometimes a man must give all he can."
"Our political leaders may fail us. But we, my friends, we will not fail."
"There is a path we shall never choose, and that is the path of submission."
"This is why we say: Yes to freedom! No to tyranny!"
"I say it without exaggeration: the future of human civilization depends on us. Now is a time when everyone in the West must do his duty. We are writing history here."
"So, let us do our duty."
"Let us stand with a happy heart and a strong spirit."
"Let us go forth with courage and save freedom!"
"We want to stand firm. We want to preserve our civilization for our children and grandchildren. Because there is nothing more precious than liberty and freedom. But it has a price. And the price can be high. Sometimes a man must give all he can."
"Our political leaders may fail us. But we, my friends, we will not fail."
"There is a path we shall never choose, and that is the path of submission."
"This is why we say: Yes to freedom! No to tyranny!"
"I say it without exaggeration: the future of human civilization depends on us. Now is a time when everyone in the West must do his duty. We are writing history here."
"So, let us do our duty."
"Let us stand with a happy heart and a strong spirit."
"Let us go forth with courage and save freedom!"
Kathy Shaidle's Magnificent Take on "Ghomeshi-quiddick"
Do have a read of Kathy Draidlebaum's excellent TAKI essays on Ghomeshi-quiddick (emphasis on the dick part..)
I mean seriously, leave it to Kathy to find one of the most interesting angles that nobody except her is talking about. Women who "hung out" with Ghomeshi wanted a successful husband-career, not as much. And all the comments about HOW YOUNG his prey was, well all I can add to Kathy's comments is DUH!!!!
The whole thing is great, and I am particularly amused by her vivisection of Canada's incestuous, genetic lottery media families, to wit:
"Finally (if only because I’ve run out of space): if genuine seekers must struggle to break into the media in Canada, one reason is that, unless your surname is Fulford, Richler, Paikin, Frum—or you’re Trudeau spawn, however tangentially—you’re more screwed than one of Jian’s conquests.
As Charles Murray could have guessed, Canada’s elite is as incestuous and fortified as the mutant family in The Hills Have Eyes. “Exotic” immigrant Ghomeshi was the exception that glossed over the rule, helpfully giving liberals another reason to feel smug about Canada’s “diversity” and “multiculturalism.”
"Writing about the scandal in Maclean’s, Emma Teitel name checked “Jesse Brown, one of two reporters who broke the story in the Toronto Star late on Sunday night.”
“Full disclosure,” Teitel added parenthetically: “Brown is my cousin.
In my opinion, Canada's media families are so boring, predictable, incestuous and consanguineous that it's like Our Own Private Pakistan.
I mean seriously, leave it to Kathy to find one of the most interesting angles that nobody except her is talking about. Women who "hung out" with Ghomeshi wanted a successful husband-career, not as much. And all the comments about HOW YOUNG his prey was, well all I can add to Kathy's comments is DUH!!!!
The whole thing is great, and I am particularly amused by her vivisection of Canada's incestuous, genetic lottery media families, to wit:
"Finally (if only because I’ve run out of space): if genuine seekers must struggle to break into the media in Canada, one reason is that, unless your surname is Fulford, Richler, Paikin, Frum—or you’re Trudeau spawn, however tangentially—you’re more screwed than one of Jian’s conquests.
As Charles Murray could have guessed, Canada’s elite is as incestuous and fortified as the mutant family in The Hills Have Eyes. “Exotic” immigrant Ghomeshi was the exception that glossed over the rule, helpfully giving liberals another reason to feel smug about Canada’s “diversity” and “multiculturalism.”
"Writing about the scandal in Maclean’s, Emma Teitel name checked “Jesse Brown, one of two reporters who broke the story in the Toronto Star late on Sunday night.”
“Full disclosure,” Teitel added parenthetically: “Brown is my cousin.
In my opinion, Canada's media families are so boring, predictable, incestuous and consanguineous that it's like Our Own Private Pakistan.
Monday, November 3, 2014
"Hello Everybody! There is No Global Warming!"
Mark Steyn's has an update about Mother Earth, Global Warming and his ongoing issues with Big Climate:
Apparently, climate stress is now classified as a recognizable disorder.
Well, I've thought of it as a mental disorder for quite a long time, so why stop the presses now?!??!
(Read the whole thing...then...)
Must read.
This is really what it's about.
I love the way the CNN interviewer admits that as far as he is concerned, there are no two sides.
That's a pretty candid reveal. In his world, there is no debate, the science "is settled" and there can only be a conversation about to what degree there isweather global warning climate change.
John Coleman tries valiantly to point out that actual science is never "settled", that most people pontificating about 'climate change' are not, in fact, scientists at all (as he is) and that the reason why most governmental position papers reflect the position that "the science is settled" is because in order to get the dough, you have to spout the party line-that would be the Democrat-left-wayyyyy left line of course.
Mr. Coleman got in quite a few good points and he was unfazed by the host's rudeness. He also did not take too kindly to being called a "denier", and that's an important point and lesson.
Nobody should take kindly to being called a "denier" with all of its laden, disgusting Holocaust innuendo.
Simply put, whoever owns the terminology owns the debate.
If the terminology is "settled", like the science (NOT), then one side has already lost (see "abortion" and "pro-choice" and "reproductive rights" as examples).
As with personal liberty that is stolen from us by bureaucracy or surrendered by an anesthetized population in drips and drabs, it is very difficult, if not impossible to win "back" terminology wars.
But, as it is said-you are not obliged to finish the task, i.e take the whole battle upon yourself, nor are you free to idle from it.
Apparently, climate stress is now classified as a recognizable disorder.
Well, I've thought of it as a mental disorder for quite a long time, so why stop the presses now?!??!
(Read the whole thing...then...)
Must read.
This is really what it's about.
I love the way the CNN interviewer admits that as far as he is concerned, there are no two sides.
That's a pretty candid reveal. In his world, there is no debate, the science "is settled" and there can only be a conversation about to what degree there is
John Coleman tries valiantly to point out that actual science is never "settled", that most people pontificating about 'climate change' are not, in fact, scientists at all (as he is) and that the reason why most governmental position papers reflect the position that "the science is settled" is because in order to get the dough, you have to spout the party line-that would be the Democrat-left-wayyyyy left line of course.
Mr. Coleman got in quite a few good points and he was unfazed by the host's rudeness. He also did not take too kindly to being called a "denier", and that's an important point and lesson.
Nobody should take kindly to being called a "denier" with all of its laden, disgusting Holocaust innuendo.
Simply put, whoever owns the terminology owns the debate.
If the terminology is "settled", like the science (NOT), then one side has already lost (see "abortion" and "pro-choice" and "reproductive rights" as examples).
As with personal liberty that is stolen from us by bureaucracy or surrendered by an anesthetized population in drips and drabs, it is very difficult, if not impossible to win "back" terminology wars.
But, as it is said-you are not obliged to finish the task, i.e take the whole battle upon yourself, nor are you free to idle from it.
Lovely: The Story of Fatma Bargouth
In general, I remain very pessimistic about the possibilities for peace, but then I read an article like this and I can't help but keep a very, very small flame of optimism burning.
Do read the whole thing.
Do read the whole thing.
Why Culture Matters
As per Mark Steyn-politics is the here and now. Culture is the long game.
"A Jewish dancer who stars in the controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer, now playing at the Met, said that since starring in the show, he has become “confused” about which side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict he identifies with."
“As someone who’s been raised pro-Israel, who’s a Jew, who grew up in a country that is pro-Israel, I never knew anything about Palestine or Palestinians,” said Jesse Kovarsky, who plays a Palestinian terrorist named Omar, in a recent interview with Heeb magazine. “And to be invited into this opera and encouraged to study that history, I’ve been exposed to a world that I totally… I’m confused by my own upbringing in terms of how I see the conflict, how I see it now.”
"A Jewish dancer who stars in the controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer, now playing at the Met, said that since starring in the show, he has become “confused” about which side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict he identifies with."
“As someone who’s been raised pro-Israel, who’s a Jew, who grew up in a country that is pro-Israel, I never knew anything about Palestine or Palestinians,” said Jesse Kovarsky, who plays a Palestinian terrorist named Omar, in a recent interview with Heeb magazine. “And to be invited into this opera and encouraged to study that history, I’ve been exposed to a world that I totally… I’m confused by my own upbringing in terms of how I see the conflict, how I see it now.”
I'm Glad the Ottawa Police Don't Have Anything More Pressing to Deal With
How many RT can we get for this @OttawaPolice officer sporting a #pinkMANicure with @thetenspot #Ottawa #OttNews pic.twitter.com/ebBa6BMH2f
— Carolyne Beausoleil (@CarolyneBeausol) October 31, 2014Sharon Stone Rocks 56, Completely and Totally
Some dresses are nice, some are slutfests.
Sharon Stone looks fabulous.
Whatever work she has had done-if any, it's working very nicely because you really can't tell if she has or hasn't. No cat face, no trout pout.
Magnificent!
Sharon Stone looks fabulous.
Whatever work she has had done-if any, it's working very nicely because you really can't tell if she has or hasn't. No cat face, no trout pout.
Magnificent!
Today in Eurabian Judenhass: "After Gaza War, Muslim-German Students Threaten to Kill Jewish Spokesman"
Nothing to see here, of course.
"The student spokesman for the city of Offenbach’s school system, Max Moses Bonifer, resigned his post because German Arab and Turkish students attacked him and threatened to kill him."
"The German daily FAZ reported on Wednesday that Bonifer said young Muslims have threatened him over the last few weeks because he wore a kippa with a Star of David and yelled at him: “We spit on your people. We’ll find you and kill you.”
"The student spokesman for the city of Offenbach’s school system, Max Moses Bonifer, resigned his post because German Arab and Turkish students attacked him and threatened to kill him."
"The German daily FAZ reported on Wednesday that Bonifer said young Muslims have threatened him over the last few weeks because he wore a kippa with a Star of David and yelled at him: “We spit on your people. We’ll find you and kill you.”
Sunday, November 2, 2014
As We Approach Remembrance Day...
A 15 year old UK army cadet was attacked with a blow torch.
Detectives are keeping an open mind about motive.
Detectives are keeping an open mind about motive.
Hello Republican Party? Ignore This Man at Your Peril: Black Conservative Shares His Journey From Left to Right
Great man, great story.
Watch the whole thing.
As someone who 'came out' of the conservative closet myself, his words really resonate with me. There is a price, but it's worth it.
I love that it was a combination of "random" conversations, his own common sense, a nagging voice at the back of his head and "randomly" hearing Rush on the radio that set him on this path.
This guy has a lot of courage and I hope a lot of Republican policy makers are listening and paying close attention. This is your guy. This is the model.
Watch the whole thing.
As someone who 'came out' of the conservative closet myself, his words really resonate with me. There is a price, but it's worth it.
I love that it was a combination of "random" conversations, his own common sense, a nagging voice at the back of his head and "randomly" hearing Rush on the radio that set him on this path.
This guy has a lot of courage and I hope a lot of Republican policy makers are listening and paying close attention. This is your guy. This is the model.
Egypt Jails 8 Because of Gay Wedding Video Appearance
Queers Against Israeli Apartheid not available for comment.
Meanwhile in Iran...
What is the common denominator?
Meanwhile in Iran...
What is the common denominator?
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