Where do I get my copy of the The Dinesh D'Souza Songbook?
And apparently, I am the last woman in North America to find out that Mark Steyn takes requests?!??!
HELLO?!??! WHAT"S THAT ALL ABOUT?!?
*sobs uncontrollably into keyboard*
Kathy Draidlebaum has a few suggestions for other covers for Steyn...
And I have a few ideas, too. You know, we need to put together a local Vast Right Wing Conspiracy band, I say. We could have the Imam Andrew Lawton on keyboards, I'll play bass and sing. Drums out there? Guitar? Definitely something to consider...
So without further delay, here are a few songs for consideration for the next CD:
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (lovely)
Lyrics-Hal David, Music by Burt Bacharach
My Baby Just Cares for Me (groovy)
Lyrics-Gus Kahn, Music by Walter Donaldson
Missing You
(This is a beautiful, highly underrated song.)
Worlds and Music by John Waits, Charles Sanford and Mark Leonard
Tears on My Pillow (I'm a sucker for the oldies)
Words and Music by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis
(Look at the outfits! Hey, umm....he sort of has the Steynian Jew-fro going on...what's THAT all about??)
Friday, October 31, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
My "Un-Review" of Mark Steyn's [UnDocumented]
Upon serious consideration and contemplation, I decided this morning that I can't really call my thoughts about Mark Steyn's new book a "review". I mean, I have certainly been reviewing every single essay and highlighting many parts, and alternating between laughing and gasping as I flip through the pages ('flip' being entirely figurative because I'm reading it on my phone-way cool) and think about Steyn's prescience on matters of local, national and international importance.
I just can't bring myself to calling my thoughts a 'review' at this point-I mean, who am I to 'review'?
What I can say is that in my view, this book should be considered not just a 'greatest hits' anthology, but a book of political philosophy to actually be seriously studied by anyone with a concern about the future of the Western world.
I said in my Amazon review that it's also a part-blueprint for conservatives and I stand by that.
Actually, I said specifically that it is part self-help, part blueprint, part Conservative Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and that "The [Un]documented Mark Steyn" is a joy to read and a spirited defense of Western culture from the unbeatable, unbowed, and unapologetic Happy Warrior himself.
But moreover, I must stress that Mark Steyn simply has a majestic control of the English language.
His ability to paint and elucidate ideas with words is, I believe, unmatched by any other English language writer alive today.
I have laughed out loud at many points, but more tellingly, I have been moved to tears by several of the essays.
Steyn is a dazzling, and frankly spellbinding weaver of ideas.
While the reader may gasp at the breathtaking way in which his words emote, one never gets the sense of the remarkable effort that inevitably goes into the creation of such 'effortless' prose.
Steyn doesn't just command the English language, he pretty much owns it.
Do buy your own copy, which will not just spread his message and wisdom further afield, but also help him fight yet another round of totalitarianism on all of our behalves.
I just can't bring myself to calling my thoughts a 'review' at this point-I mean, who am I to 'review'?
What I can say is that in my view, this book should be considered not just a 'greatest hits' anthology, but a book of political philosophy to actually be seriously studied by anyone with a concern about the future of the Western world.
I said in my Amazon review that it's also a part-blueprint for conservatives and I stand by that.
Actually, I said specifically that it is part self-help, part blueprint, part Conservative Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and that "The [Un]documented Mark Steyn" is a joy to read and a spirited defense of Western culture from the unbeatable, unbowed, and unapologetic Happy Warrior himself.
But moreover, I must stress that Mark Steyn simply has a majestic control of the English language.
His ability to paint and elucidate ideas with words is, I believe, unmatched by any other English language writer alive today.
I have laughed out loud at many points, but more tellingly, I have been moved to tears by several of the essays.
Steyn is a dazzling, and frankly spellbinding weaver of ideas.
While the reader may gasp at the breathtaking way in which his words emote, one never gets the sense of the remarkable effort that inevitably goes into the creation of such 'effortless' prose.
Steyn doesn't just command the English language, he pretty much owns it.
Do buy your own copy, which will not just spread his message and wisdom further afield, but also help him fight yet another round of totalitarianism on all of our behalves.
"This is What Happens When the Academic Left Runs the Country"
This is an outstanding essay from David French at NRO.
Read the whole thing.
"It should go without saying that this is no way to govern a great nation."
"So far the Obama administration’s legacy is one of bruised friendships and empowered enemies."
"The Islamic State rampages, Hamas restocks (with the help of American humanitarian aid), Boko Haram kidnaps, the Taliban advance, Russia owns new/old ground in Europe. And amidst the ruin of their foreign policy, the intellectual and emotional infants in the Obama administration hashtag away, mustering up their anger and fury to sling schoolyard insults at a close ally. All while doing their best to defer the hardest fighting against emerging enemies to the Oval Office’s next occupant."
Read the whole thing.
"It should go without saying that this is no way to govern a great nation."
"So far the Obama administration’s legacy is one of bruised friendships and empowered enemies."
"The Islamic State rampages, Hamas restocks (with the help of American humanitarian aid), Boko Haram kidnaps, the Taliban advance, Russia owns new/old ground in Europe. And amidst the ruin of their foreign policy, the intellectual and emotional infants in the Obama administration hashtag away, mustering up their anger and fury to sling schoolyard insults at a close ally. All while doing their best to defer the hardest fighting against emerging enemies to the Oval Office’s next occupant."
"Obama's Assault on Israel is A Moral Outrage"
Indeed.
"Yet the anonymous administration official quoted by Goldberg boasted that Netanyahu was essentially suckered by Obama into holding off on an attack that could have prevented Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
“It’s too late for him to do anything,” the official said."
“Two, three years ago, this was a possibility. But ultimately he couldn’t bring himself to pull the trigger. It was a combination of our pressure and his own unwillingness to do anything dramatic. Now it’s too late.”
"This statement has reverberations that go far beyond Israel."
"The administration is signaling to allies, from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and beyond, that they cannot trust U.S. security guarantees. The message being sent is that if allies take Obama at his word and follow his advice, Obama will not only betray them, but they will be mocked and humiliated for actually believing him."
"The policy of trashing a staunch democratic ally committed to fighting Islamic extremism, while fostering closer ties to Iran, a leading state sponsor of terrorism, is a moral outrage."
"If Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, it will hold the entire region at the mercy of its radical agenda, expand its terrorism operations, continue to abuse human rights with impunity and threaten millions of Jews in Israel with annihilation. But even if one puts morality aside and discards idealistic notions about defending U.S. values abroad — even, in other words, from the perspective of realpolitik — it is hard to see Obama’s Middle East strategy as anything but an abysmal failure."
"Yet the anonymous administration official quoted by Goldberg boasted that Netanyahu was essentially suckered by Obama into holding off on an attack that could have prevented Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
“It’s too late for him to do anything,” the official said."
“Two, three years ago, this was a possibility. But ultimately he couldn’t bring himself to pull the trigger. It was a combination of our pressure and his own unwillingness to do anything dramatic. Now it’s too late.”
"This statement has reverberations that go far beyond Israel."
"The administration is signaling to allies, from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and beyond, that they cannot trust U.S. security guarantees. The message being sent is that if allies take Obama at his word and follow his advice, Obama will not only betray them, but they will be mocked and humiliated for actually believing him."
"The policy of trashing a staunch democratic ally committed to fighting Islamic extremism, while fostering closer ties to Iran, a leading state sponsor of terrorism, is a moral outrage."
"If Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, it will hold the entire region at the mercy of its radical agenda, expand its terrorism operations, continue to abuse human rights with impunity and threaten millions of Jews in Israel with annihilation. But even if one puts morality aside and discards idealistic notions about defending U.S. values abroad — even, in other words, from the perspective of realpolitik — it is hard to see Obama’s Middle East strategy as anything but an abysmal failure."
The Intifadah of Jerusalem
There is a regular side of Jerusalem, and I know, because I have lived there. It's the side where people just get up, go to work, go shopping, come home, make dinner, go out, go to movies, etc..
Then there is the mystical, religious, tourist, ephemeral side. Sometimes they meet, but most of the time they are separate.
Last night, a well known Rabbi who is an activist for Jewish prayer rights at the Temple Mount, was shot at point blank range by a Palestinian who was employed at the Begin Heritage Centre.
(I have other thoughts on employing young Palestinians with confirmed criminal/nationalistic crime records...)
Anyway, the world is snoring of course, but do read this piece from Linda Olmert and pray for Rabbi Glick's recovery.
Then there is the mystical, religious, tourist, ephemeral side. Sometimes they meet, but most of the time they are separate.
Last night, a well known Rabbi who is an activist for Jewish prayer rights at the Temple Mount, was shot at point blank range by a Palestinian who was employed at the Begin Heritage Centre.
(I have other thoughts on employing young Palestinians with confirmed criminal/nationalistic crime records...)
Anyway, the world is snoring of course, but do read this piece from Linda Olmert and pray for Rabbi Glick's recovery.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Breaking: Nobody Is Madder Than Obama About #ChickenShit Comments, And He Heard About It From The News, Just Like You
He's really, totally, like SOOO mad about this because it's like soooo inappropriate, you know, between friends.
But, he's not sorry. Just kind of bummed out or something.
I can't imagine the difficulty President Obama is having finding out who made those comments!
It's just impossible to imagine who could have said such a thing about PM Netanyahu?!?!
Things had been going so well!!!
Anyway, I hope the Jews who voted for Obama are really (f&cking) happy with themselves!
But, he's not sorry. Just kind of bummed out or something.
I can't imagine the difficulty President Obama is having finding out who made those comments!
It's just impossible to imagine who could have said such a thing about PM Netanyahu?!?!
Things had been going so well!!!
Anyway, I hope the Jews who voted for Obama are really (f&cking) happy with themselves!
A Little Music for the End of the Day
Lots of memories come to life when I listen to this, but I still love every note. Played a few of these in high school with a beautiful friend on flute (me on bass). My friend passed away from cancer in her early twenties. Always remembered as a joy to be around, so full of life and beautiful, always with a new joke to tell. Rest in peace, Holly.
Dear Malala...
Pity you don't live in Gaza now.
Obviously, one round of bullets in your body via your co-religionists was not enough to create any sense in your brain or make you think any more clearly.
Insanity-doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
So go screw yourself.
Obviously, one round of bullets in your body via your co-religionists was not enough to create any sense in your brain or make you think any more clearly.
Insanity-doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
So go screw yourself.
At 105 "British Schindler" Honoured in Prague
Lovely, G-d bless him.
But this truly magnificent bit is missing from the JTA story, and I saw it on the BBC (of all places) via Pat Condell.
"I knew better than most, and certainly better than the politicians, what was going on in Germany," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme ahead of his visit to Prague"
"We had staying with us people who were refugees from Germany at that time. Some who knew they were in danger of their lives."
"But he said he was not afraid to help: "There was no personal fear involved."
As I have said before the main thing ("haikar" in Hebrew), the main thing is not to be afraid.
So many of our battles could be won if people just stopped being so afraid.
Remember, Rabbi Nachman:
The world is a very narrow bridge.
The main thing is not to be afraid.
But this truly magnificent bit is missing from the JTA story, and I saw it on the BBC (of all places) via Pat Condell.
"I knew better than most, and certainly better than the politicians, what was going on in Germany," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme ahead of his visit to Prague"
"We had staying with us people who were refugees from Germany at that time. Some who knew they were in danger of their lives."
"But he said he was not afraid to help: "There was no personal fear involved."
As I have said before the main thing ("haikar" in Hebrew), the main thing is not to be afraid.
So many of our battles could be won if people just stopped being so afraid.
Remember, Rabbi Nachman:
The world is a very narrow bridge.
The main thing is not to be afraid.
The Shame of Great Britain, Or Rather Formerly "Great" Britain
From the land of the Magna Carta, Churchill and Thatcher to the land where young girls are blamed for being victims of sexual crimes-just like in sharia lands.
I would say 'for shame' but you can't shame the shameless.
"Police in Rotherham dismissed child abuse victims as 'lovesick teenagers' and 'silly girls', shocking new evidence reveals."
"Council officials from the South Yorkshire town resigned earlier this year after a damning report found at least 1,400 children were abused over a 16 year period."
"Further details have now emerged of how police turned a blind eye to the horrific crimes and even blamed the young victims."
"A report by a police family support worker to a girl abused aged just 13, stated: 'Police have told [her]... if we see you in Rotherham with them we'll just think it's that little tart back again."
I would say 'for shame' but you can't shame the shameless.
"Police in Rotherham dismissed child abuse victims as 'lovesick teenagers' and 'silly girls', shocking new evidence reveals."
"Council officials from the South Yorkshire town resigned earlier this year after a damning report found at least 1,400 children were abused over a 16 year period."
"Further details have now emerged of how police turned a blind eye to the horrific crimes and even blamed the young victims."
"A report by a police family support worker to a girl abused aged just 13, stated: 'Police have told [her]... if we see you in Rotherham with them we'll just think it's that little tart back again."
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The Antisemitism of the American Administration Under Obama and Kerry
You have to read this whole article in order to believe it.
While Binyamin Netanyahu was a paratrooper, Obama was sucking back on his bong in the Choom gang. And Kerry? The bravest thing he ever did was marry money.
And seriously, Jeffrey Goldberg-is there not another single, living Jew you could approach for comment other than that squishy, has been "official Jew" Abe Foxman who is incapable of identifying the actual existential threats to Jews in the world today?
While Binyamin Netanyahu was a paratrooper, Obama was sucking back on his bong in the Choom gang. And Kerry? The bravest thing he ever did was marry money.
And seriously, Jeffrey Goldberg-is there not another single, living Jew you could approach for comment other than that squishy, has been "official Jew" Abe Foxman who is incapable of identifying the actual existential threats to Jews in the world today?
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Must Read David Solway: We Have Met the Enemy
Depressing on a Steynmaggedon scale but a must read.
"With few exceptions, one cannot open a newspaper or watch a television newscast or talk show or go to a Hollywood movie or attend a university humanities class without coming across instances of pure apocrypha....we are being indoctrinated to embrace manifest lies, evasions and grotesqueries that render us prey to a destructive ideology of guilt, fear, and self-contempt. We are denizens of a postmodern era in which the distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, noble and ignoble has been generally annulled—or selectively manipulated, chiefly by the left, in the interests of an ideological program."
"To put it bluntly, we in the West are now living in a cognitive pseudo-world of contrafactual beliefs and specious assertions of Orwellian dimensions, prompted by ignorance, the denaturing of language and the marasmus of mind — a world in which everyone is regarded as equal but some are less equal than others. Truth-tellers are less equal than professional liars, white people are less equal than colored people, men are less equal than women, Christians and Jews are less equal than Muslims, capitalists are less equal than socialists, nationals are less equal than immigrants, in particular Muslim immigrants — the list goes on. What is happening is truly astonishing and almost impossible to believe, for what we are experiencing is a cultural pathology on a global scale, a spreading and apparently unstoppable plague of sociopolitical ebola willingly contracted."
"With few exceptions, one cannot open a newspaper or watch a television newscast or talk show or go to a Hollywood movie or attend a university humanities class without coming across instances of pure apocrypha....we are being indoctrinated to embrace manifest lies, evasions and grotesqueries that render us prey to a destructive ideology of guilt, fear, and self-contempt. We are denizens of a postmodern era in which the distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, noble and ignoble has been generally annulled—or selectively manipulated, chiefly by the left, in the interests of an ideological program."
"To put it bluntly, we in the West are now living in a cognitive pseudo-world of contrafactual beliefs and specious assertions of Orwellian dimensions, prompted by ignorance, the denaturing of language and the marasmus of mind — a world in which everyone is regarded as equal but some are less equal than others. Truth-tellers are less equal than professional liars, white people are less equal than colored people, men are less equal than women, Christians and Jews are less equal than Muslims, capitalists are less equal than socialists, nationals are less equal than immigrants, in particular Muslim immigrants — the list goes on. What is happening is truly astonishing and almost impossible to believe, for what we are experiencing is a cultural pathology on a global scale, a spreading and apparently unstoppable plague of sociopolitical ebola willingly contracted."
The Left Eats Its Own (UPDATED-Not a Student, Works for CAIR!)
"Not safe" is the new shut up.
The 'safe space' p&ssies really piss me off.
Even at my gym, there are proclamations about it being a 'safe space'. I just want to go for a run and a schvitz, OK? I've seen "safe space" signs at libraries also. When I go to the library, I want to study, research or take a book out-I don't need any preening proclamations about "safe" space.
At schools, they should teach.
At gyms, you should sweat.
Oddly enough, schools that need (actual) "safe" places are in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the Gaza Strip and Afghanistan for example, where it's actually not "safe" to be a living, breathing human female and want to learn at the same time.
The Canadian soldiers who were murdered last week though they were in a "safe" space-Canada. So did our Prime Minister and Members of Parliament. A majority of Canadians probably think they are "safe" as well.
The baby who was murdered, in her carriage, in Jerusalem, in front of her parents, by a vehicular Palestinian jihadist - her parents thought she was safe. She had 9 "safe" months in her mother's womb, 3 short "safe" months out of the womb and then was mowed down by a barbarian in a car, prowling for Jews to murder.
So, in a nutshell, all the 'safe space' cretins can bite me.
Hey, look at this update:
Not a student, works for CAIR.
IMAGINE THAT
The 'safe space' p&ssies really piss me off.
Even at my gym, there are proclamations about it being a 'safe space'. I just want to go for a run and a schvitz, OK? I've seen "safe space" signs at libraries also. When I go to the library, I want to study, research or take a book out-I don't need any preening proclamations about "safe" space.
At schools, they should teach.
At gyms, you should sweat.
Oddly enough, schools that need (actual) "safe" places are in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the Gaza Strip and Afghanistan for example, where it's actually not "safe" to be a living, breathing human female and want to learn at the same time.
The Canadian soldiers who were murdered last week though they were in a "safe" space-Canada. So did our Prime Minister and Members of Parliament. A majority of Canadians probably think they are "safe" as well.
The baby who was murdered, in her carriage, in Jerusalem, in front of her parents, by a vehicular Palestinian jihadist - her parents thought she was safe. She had 9 "safe" months in her mother's womb, 3 short "safe" months out of the womb and then was mowed down by a barbarian in a car, prowling for Jews to murder.
So, in a nutshell, all the 'safe space' cretins can bite me.
Hey, look at this update:
Not a student, works for CAIR.
IMAGINE THAT
From My Mailbox: A New Zealand Reader Writes In
I received a lovely e-mail from a reader in New Zealand this morning who encouraged me to keep writing and called my blog "essential reading", just like Mark Steyn's web site (!!!!!) and that there is something about us Canadians. I'm honoured, really.
My correspondent asked that I not reply directly, so I shall just post a general note here that I appreciate every single set of eyes that reads my work.
Thank you very much for your support and encouragement. The e-mails mean a great deal to me.
I write primarily because I have to, and because I need to have an answer for my kids, my grandchildren and my Maker when I am asked "what did you do about it".
My correspondent asked that I not reply directly, so I shall just post a general note here that I appreciate every single set of eyes that reads my work.
Thank you very much for your support and encouragement. The e-mails mean a great deal to me.
I write primarily because I have to, and because I need to have an answer for my kids, my grandchildren and my Maker when I am asked "what did you do about it".
Natural Republicans!
Another shout out to the Republican "illegal, Catholic immigrants are a 'natural' fit' Party.
Natural Republicans!
Natural Republicans!
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