Tuesday, 4 January 2011
The big con game..........from Rico
First the MSM told us we were all gonna freeze to death and die because of man-made global cooling and it's all our fault!
Then they said we were all gonna cook to death and die because of man-made global warming and it's all our fault!
Now they are trying to convince us that we're all gonna die from either one or both and it's all out fault!
RUN - PANIC - FOLLOW YOUR LEADERS. BLINDLY.
There are several themes here:
- We know better than you, because we're so smart and you're NOT, so you had better just believe us! [elitism]
- It's caused by eeeevil humans (whatever the problem) destroying Mother Gaia! [anti-humanism]
- The individual must be punished by the GROUP! [communism]
This is what comes of so-called journalists shilling a political agenda instead of reporting facts, and this is exactly why nobody with two brain cells to rub together gets their "news" from newspapers or magazines or TV anymore....the incredibly arrogant stupidity of the MSM.
- Small wonder there is now a move afoot to clamp down on the internet. Tyranny despises competing thought.....
Monday, 3 January 2011
How Are the Jews Doing? by Alan Caruba
A Copy Post
Monday, January 3, 2011
How Are the Jews Doing?
By Alan Caruba
Wondering how the world’s Jews are doing may seem a trivial question, but I have long thought of Jews as the proverbial canary in the coal mine. When events turn nasty in the world, it is the Jews who are most often its first victims.
If there is a rise in anti-Semitism worldwide it is, frankly, hard to detect from the constant, endless background noise from those who hate Jews full-time and would be utterly bereft of any purpose in life if there were no Jews.
Sadly, Christians in the Middle East are suffering attacks that have long been familiar to Jews throughout history and, these days, the Israelis. There is no room for live-and-let-live in that region of the world where the two Islamic sects, Sunni and Shia, do not hesitate to kill one another.
When one considers that the Iranian mullahs, desperately trying to construct their own nuclear weapons, have vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the map, inquiring as to the Jews’ welfare in general and Israelis in particular is not a trivial question. A nuclear attack could easily cascade into a general exchange of such weapons, a goal the mullahs actually want to trigger.
Thomas Cahill, an Irish author, said, "The Jew gave us the Outside and the Inside - our outlook and our inner life. We can hardly get up in the morning or cross the street without being Jewish. We dream Jewish dreams and hope Jewish hopes. Most of our best words, in fact - new, adventure, surprise, unique, individual, person, vocation, time, history, future, freedom, progress, spirit, faith, hope, justice - are the gifts of the Jews."
So, perhaps, in a way, we are all Jews.
In October 2010, my eye was caught by a speech by the press magnate, Rupert Murdoch, to the annual banquet of the Anti-Defamation League in New York. “We live in a world where there is an ongoing war against the Jews,” said Murdoch.
This may be difficult for most Americans to comprehend because perhaps no where else in the world, other than Israel, have Jews not only prospered, but found a level of acceptance that is truly unique. In Israel, being a Jew is the ultimate definition of normality.
Murdoch, however, said that “conventional” anti-Semitism has largely failed, citing the wars against Israel since its founding in 1948. Now, said Murdoch, Jews are the target of a “soft war that seeks to isolate Israel by delegitimizing it.”
This is going to be particularly evident when “Durban III”, a United Nations conference, takes place in September.
Originally called the “World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance” the UN conference name was shortened to the “World Conference Against Racism.” Suffice to say, as with most things involving the UN, the conferences have been the exact opposite of their announced purpose.
The previous Durban conference in Geneva caused European delegates to walk out when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, a keynote speaker, launched into a tirade against Israel and Jews. The Conference is recognized worldwide as a cesspool of anti-Semitism. In both conferences the hatred was directed against America as well as Israel.
Durban III will be held in New York!
It will be instructive to see if the U.S. government will send delegates to this hate fest or will officially and outspokenly protest and reject its message.
As Murdoch noted in October, there is a “curious situation we have today: Israel becomes increasingly ostracized, while Iran—a nation that makes no secret of wishing Israel’s destruction—pursues nuclear weapons loudly, proudly, and without apparent fear of rebuke.”
Murdoch said that anti-Semitism has found “a disturbing new home…in polite society, especially in Europe” and expressed concern that America was “distancing herself from the Jewish state.” He added that “the most virulent strains of anti-Semitism “come from the left”, often dressed up “as legitimate disagreement with Israel.”
He warned that Obama administration policies, generally called an outreach to the Muslim world, “Far from making peace more possible…are making hostilities more certain.”
The Iranian mullahs and their Syrian puppet have been supplying an enormous stash of rockets to Hezbollah, the Iranian's Palestinian entity in Lebanon, just as they fund and direct Hamas in Gaza. 2011 may well be a repeat of the 2006 hostilities and Israel will surely not repeat the mistakes that prolonged the last conflict.
So 2011 is yet another year in which to ask how are the Jews doing around the world.
The U.S. and its allies have been militarily engaging virulent Islamists since 9/11, but Islamist attacks predate that event by many years. The Islamist threat has spread to Europe and England, and remains active against America.
The Holocaust is a symbol and a warning of what happens when Jews or any other group is targeted for extermination. Death to America is chanted daily by some. Afterward, “genocide” entered the lexicon as the practice infected parts of Asia and Africa.
The Jews remain the most useful barometer to determine the advance or retreat of evil in the world.
© Alan Caruba, 2011
Posted by Alan Caruba at 2:10 PM
Labels: Anti-Semitism, Iran, Israel, Jews, united nations
Tempering the Tea Party in 2011?
An interesting piece at LAT, "'Tea Party' Activists Keep Watch on Congress' New Class."
Additional analysis, with links and photos, is here.
Trotskyites Strike Back Over Feminists' Julian Assange Allegations
You know this whole radical progressive schism over the Assange rape allegations has gotten out of control when one of the world's leading revolutionary parties is pushing back against the feminist left's charges against the WikiLeaks frontman. See the Socialist Equality Party's, "The Nation Joins the Campaign Against Julian Assange."
And I've written a full-blown analysis here: "Trotskyite Fourth International Attacks The Nation's 'Right-Wing Campaign' Against Julian Assange."
News........
The LCS is not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment…
The science of consensus
Thousands of dead birds picked up in Ark. town
The Manchurian Candidate
King William's College "Christmas Quiz" 2010
GOP agenda may mean more in 2012 than now
Boredom Enthusiasts Discover the Pleasures of Understimulation
The Last Roll of Kodachrome Film Ever Will Be Developed Today
Have scientists discovered how to create downpours in the desert?
We've shot down West's spy planes, claims Iran: Aircraft 'intercepted in Persian Gulf'
Competing Visions: France and Germany Split over Plans for European Economic Government
Man Robs Store With Tree Branch; Clerk Defends Himself With Hammer
Real estate vs. the fourth estate........from Rico
CRE (commercial real estate) isn't talked about by the Mnistry of Truth a.k.a. the Fourth estate, but it is taking-down banks at an evr-increasing clip.
- Some are forecasting 800 bank failures in 2011, primarily due to CRE.
Less talked about (if THAT'S possible) is housing. Homes. The other 'real estate.'
- I think Case-Shiller are right and housing prices/values will revert to the mean. [Translation for Democrats (C): Drop. Fall in value.] This would mean a further decline of 23%....but, just like values overshot on the upside I suspect they will overshoot to the downside and over-correct, meaning more than a 23% drop.
Just don't hold your breath for any similar decline in property taxes, however.
- Not as Counties go broke and Municipal Bonds tank.
Woman Drowns in Australia Flooding
At New York Times, "Floods Kill Woman in Australia."
A full report from PA Pundits International: "Queensland Australia Flood Disaster Central – Rockhampton."
And from The Australian, "Military sends supplies to Rockhampton." Also, an editorial at the paper, "Resilience in facing catastrophe":
Australia must plan and build for extremes of climateMore at the link.
FOR many city dwellers watching the Queensland floods on plasma screens, the prospect of camping on baking roofs surrounded by putrid floodwaters submerging homes, farms and towns is barely imaginable. So, too, is the stoicism with which outback and regional Australians are facing the crisis, especially after a decade or more of crippling drought.
The rest of Australia, and indeed the world, can only admire the hardiness and resilience of those who have been ravaged by the continent's climatic extremes repeatedly and who have become resigned to them. As one family whose home is on the banks of Rockhampton's Fitzroy River philosophically told The Australian's Graham Lloyd last week: "We've been through it before, we've been through a lot of floods. It's part of living here . . . when they come, they come." And so do the snakes, the debris and billions of dollars damage.
As usual, the response of local government, police and Queensland State Emergency Service staff to the crisis has been outstanding. Driving into floodwaters at night until the vehicle is almost submerged then boating to rescue terrified children clinging to the branches of trees in a crocodile-infested river is not for the faint-hearted. Authorities have done an excellent job notifying local government officials, police and residents in plenty of time about flooded rivers and the need to evacuate.
CROSS-POSTED from AMERICAN POWER.
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Le Monde Names Julian Assange Man of the Year
Jazz Shaw has the story at The Green Room.
Also, a useful roundup from CBS News, "How WikiLeaks Enlightened Us in 2010."
And here's communist Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! year-end review, "Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, War and Resisting Government Crackdown" (transcribed at the link):
PREVIOUSLY: "WikiLeaks — News Story of the Year." Plus, "Progressives and the Julian Assange Rape Allegations." (And WikiLeaks search results at the link.)
RELATED: "White Knights and Rape Culture."
CROSS-POSTED from AMERICAN POWER.
_________________ down!..............from Rico
Divers know the symbols for "diver down" and law enforcement calls "officer down" in extremis, so what do you call a 33% drop in the venerable US Dollar from 2000 to 2010?
- [Hint for Joe Biden and other Obamunistas....it's NOT recovery.]
The Sunday Best.........
Nothing to Tell, But They Asked Me Anyway...
Why Obama Can't Get No Satisfaction in 2011
Next Year's Wars: The 16 brewing conflicts to watch for in 2011.
Bison ranchers struggle to meet consumer demand
Burger King adds Brussels sprouts to Whopper in UK
Spending showdowns will test new Congress leaders
Witchcraft declared legal profession in Romania
Why So Many Animals Evolved to Masturbate
An Egyptian Copt observes the scene, wrapped in a sheet on which a Christian cross has been painted in blood
How an obscure British skit has become Germany's most popular New Year's tradition.
The four inch gadget that helps British soldiers to pinpoint Taliban snipers
Prospect of fuel protests rises
Australia faces 'biblical' floods
Iranian dissidents face a tragic final act at Ashraf
North Korea calls for better ties with South
and finally......
The Ghost of the future by little Jimmy May
Do not wait for global warming: Winter warmth ideas for red-neck Yankees
Back From a Nap
Well. I took most of December off to reflect on why I'm so damn good looking.
Meanwhile, all the other Rebs have been busy bloggin'.
Have you visited the Reb lately? We'd like to show you our Humility!
Carry on.
Dropping the ball....from Rico
This pretty much sums up our 111th Congress.
Yup! The one that made incandescent light bulbs illegal, growing your own food and/or sharing it illegal, and blah-blah-blah
....but somehow just could not find the time to pass a budget for 2010!
- Dropping the ball one last time (sniff!).
I'm sure NOT going to miss them!
- Dumbasses...............
