Yesterday, at a town hall in New Hampshire, someone (probably a Democrat or GOP-establishment plant) asked Donald Trump this question: “We have a problem in this country — it’s called Muslims,” the man said. “We know our current president is one.” To this, Trump responded, “right.” The man continued: “You know he’s not even an…
End The Strife Over The Temple Mount: Move The Mosque And Dome
The First Temple, or “Soloman’s Temple” was built, obviously, during the time of King Soloman, about 950 BCE. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, during the destruction of the city by Nebuchadnezzar. The Second Temple was built soon afterward, and stood for 600 years until it was destroyed by the Romans in…
White House Invites Several Opponents of Catholic Teaching to Greet Pope Francis
the White House will have several people who disagree with the Pope on hand to greet Francis next week. Source: White House Invites Several Opponents of Catholic Teaching to Greet Pope Francis – Breitbart Proof positive that Obama has no sense of propriety whatsoever. The Pope is coming to visit, and instead of being a…
Nobel panel saw Obama peace prize as ‘mistake,’ new book claims – Washington Times
The former director of Norway’s Nobel Institute revealed this week that he regrets the committee’s decision to give the 2009 Nobel Peace award to President Obama. Source: Nobel panel saw Obama peace prize as ‘mistake,’ new book claims – Washington Times Do you think? I have a question: what the hell is wrong with these…
Party Unity My Ass!
I cut the cable about three years ago, so I have no idea how the expected public execution of Donald Trump is going – or if Mr. Trump, true to form, is ripping the arms off of Ben Carson and beating Carly Fiorina and Hugh Hewitt to death with them, rhetorically speaking of course. What is amazing…
“So you burnt down the GOP” or “There is no conservative base.”
I’m seeing a wide variety of reasons for Trump support ranging from CNN’s favorite to broadcast the “I loved him on The Apprentice” (I thought a Kardashian would be our first celebrity president, or Beyoncé) to “I like what he stands for” or “He fights!” or “He has the right people mad.” (These to me…
Why I Don’t Care That Europe Dies (and Why I Hate That That’s Wrong)
About 30 years ago, my mother made a pilgrimage to central Europe to take my dad to Vienna, to see where she worked in the labor brigades clearing bomb damage and then on to Auschwitz. Oddly, my mother was interned at the infamous Mauthausen concentration camp but couldn’t bear the thought of returning to the…
Trump Is Obama with A Different Agenda
Some of what I have heard from Donald Trump is viscerally pleasing. His immigration reform and border control policies are exactly what I want to hear from a candidate. Well…actually….just some of it, if I ignore the really stupid parts like making Mexico pay for the wall, and creating a minimum wage for H1B visa…
Dear Peter Jackson; I Hate You. A Short Review Of “The Hobbit.”
My first memory of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books was during an interminable cross-country trip when I was 10 or 11. We followed the signs to Wall Drug Store (as, I am confident, did much of America), but it was not quite as exciting as I had anticipated in my fervid imagination. As a consolation prize, my…
(Sort of) Happy New Year!
This evening begins the Days of Awe, or the ten days between the start of Rosh Hashanah and the end of Yom Kippur. For an interesting take on it, take a look at The Lid’s explanation. I am not particularly religious, identifying myself as a cultural Jew who is woefully lax in his religious observance….