I am not alone in reflexively minimizing the political and ideological connections of mass murderers when they point to conservative or right wing movements, and, equally reflexively, amplifying them when they point at our foes on the left. And my next step in this process of rationalization is to ascribe psychiatric reasons for those who…
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Rotiserrie Pork Rib Roast…Because There Is More To Life Than Politics!
Chardonnay-brined bone-in pork roast. Brined for two days, then smeared with a nice herb and Dijon mustard mixture I cooked it on a rotiserrie at 400 degrees for about 85 minutes, then let it rest in the cooling grill. A bit too well-done for me, but it was marvelously juicy and flavorful, with a nice…
“You Didn’t Build That” = Marxism’s “Labor Is Theft”
As my dislike for the current occupant of the White House grows and festers, I see more and more of the clandestine socialist in him. His throwaway insult during the 2012 election about those who would claim ownership of, and credit for the businesses they built has a deeper meaning than merely his typical reflexive…
Hitler Youth Meets The Red Guard: American Universities Stoop To New Lows
In America’s newest fascistic movement we have eery echos of the past…specifically the Hitler Youth movement and the lesser known Red Guards of Mao Tse-Tung’s* cultural revolution. Of course the Nazi and Red Chinese youth were much younger than our post-pubescent storm troopers of academia, but the trend in the West has been to delay…
The Problem With Denying Islam’s Role In Terrorist Attacks
This is an excellent point made last night on Twitter, and one that the Mandarins inside the beltway will carefully ignore. @CharlieBrownsDi By denying the Islamic roots of ISIS & other terrorists, we block any opportunity for moderate Muslims to push reform — MWR ن (@nowhere_nh) November 20, 2015 That being said, I am unsure…
The Arab World Can Take The “Refugees”
In just one city in Saudi Arabia there are more than 100,000 air conditioned tents that are used just a few weeks each year for the Hajj, the pilgrimage to mecca that all Muslims are bound to attempt at least once in their lives. There is ample transportation infrastructure to handle this influx, and the…
The Problem Is Not ISIS Or Al Qaeda; It Is Militant Islam
Even the most hawkish of pronouncements from the French have carefully focused on the tactical issue of defeating ISIS. Yes, ISIS is a problem, but the combined might of the West could dispatch it in short order. ISIS has made the elementary and existential mistake of concentrating their forces where we can see them and…
What Does “Limited Government” Actually Mean?
It’s axiomatic (certainly among the august writers of Cut.Jib.Newsletter) that government is too large. Well, for those with functioning higher-order thinking, which excludes our current crop of Democrat presidential candidates (and most of the Republicans too). But ask Americans outside of the Beltway and the Upper West Side, and most will agree, with a bit…
Next Up: Label Jews, As Well As Their Products
In a new low for the European Union’s Jew-haters, they have “recommended member states label the origin of goods imported from West Bank settlements, a move that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned as “hypocritical.” Next up, tasteful badges for Europe’s remaining Jews, so that the post-modern Nazis of the continent can elegantly and subtly…
Thank You NY Times; Global Warming Enthusiasts Are The Real Ideological Crackpots
The NY Times has a sort of amateur hour for pop philosophers whose pontifications can’t be contained by the local Starbucks. They call it “The Opinionator,” with a few categories; one of which is called “The Stone,” for no apparent reason other than I think today’s writer is high. Today we hear from an actual…