So, you nick round to the local pub for a pint and when you excuse yourself to go to the john to “have a gypsy’s” you come face to face with this; what at first seems like an iconic shot of Lord Kitchener on the public message board is in fact pure unwashed, unreconstructed bigotry. Wow!…
Author: J.J. Sefton
Great Escapee Passes Away at 101
Paul Royle, one of the 76 airmen whose legendary escape is immortalized in “The Great Escape,” passed away on August 23rd at the age of 101. Royle, an Australian serving in the RAF, was shot down during the Battle of France on May 17th, 1940 and initially spent time in Stalag Luft 1 before being transferred…
“…And miles to go before I sleep.”
“Green is the new red.” If you’re of a certain age, you might recall the 1977 spy thriller “Telefon.” The set-up is, just after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets plant several dozen deep-cover spies on our shores, brainwashed to the point that they have no idea they’re agents. In the event of a future conflict,…
No, They’re Not the Stupid Party.
“…You’re neither sold, nor betrayed, nor given up. Come to me with confidence.” Y’know, I have to laugh. Today, Bob Corker is lamenting the fact that the there won’t be enough votes to stop the Iran deal. Now, flash back to just before the summer when these negotiations were announced. Under Article 2 Section 2…
Of Mussed Hair and Legacies
You want us to attack WHO?!” Barring something completely unforeseen (otherwise known as “a miracle”) the Iran deal will most certainly be approved by Congress, as the cynic in me has always believed it to be predestined, thanks to Corker-Menendez. For Iran, this means a green light to accelerate its nuclear program (if it doesn’t already have…
“We protect the American people against terrorists and the instruments of terror.”
“NOW we got some steenkeeng badges!!!” James O’Keefe, a real journalist in the truest sense of the word, created quite a stink when in August of 2014, to illustrate the absurdity of the administration’s claim that our southern border was secure, waded across the Rio Grande dressed up as Osama Bin Laden. Suffice it to…
Life Unworthy of Life. So, Can We Have Your Liver Then?
“Separated at birth. Oh, wait a minute…” Whatever one’s views on abortion, for anyone to be intellectually honest as well as not have a heart made of stone, the recent release of videos by the Center for Medical Progress cannot be viewed without complete revulsion. But, let’s leave that discussion for another time and focus in…
The Wicked Son, or “Give Back Your Bar Mitzvah Money!”
“I’ll take Jenjis Cohen to win in the 5th at Pimlico…” Greater than the mystery of how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, the enigma of the self-hating Jew is one that has boggled the mind, at least since the turn of the 20th Century if…
Well done, Fritz
Brigadier General Frederick Payne USMC ret., better known as “Fritz,” has slipped the surly bonds of earth at 104 and gone on to Eternal Rest. During two and a half weeks in 1942, from behind the guns of his Grumman F4F Wildcat flying over the Pacific near Guadalcanal, Mr. Payne, a major at the time, downed…
Behind Enemy Lines
Well, as some of you might guess, J.J. Sefton’s not my real name, though since November of 2008, I feel more and more as if I’m in a prison. I live in Manhattan, my significant other is a professor at a major institution of higher learning and, though I love her with every fibre of my…