Bookworm on Dec 07 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized
We are a family of tea drinkers. As dedicated tea drinkers, we like good tea, which usually means loose leaf tea. Loose leaf tea, in turn, means special tea makers. Our favorite is the Adagio Ingenuitea Teapot, which makes one perfect cup of tea at a time. The only downside of the Ingenuitea maker is [...]
Bookworm on Dec 06 2010 | Filed under: National Security
I have been, I suppose, almost remarkably silent about the whole wikileaks fiasco. The data drop is of such enormous proportions, it’s actually difficult for me to process all the implications. I have, however, got a laundry list in mind of some conclusions to be drawn and some of the things it means, which I’ll [...]
Bookworm on Dec 06 2010 | Filed under: Britain, England, Islam, Sex, Women
In past posts, I’ve noted that it isn’t surprising that British women are converting in surprisingly high numbers to Islam. In a secularized, socialized, de-moralized Britain (and, by de-moralized, I mean a place remarkably free of traditional morality), the women are pickled in alcohol, and encouraged to have sex at the drop of a hat [...]
Bookworm on Dec 05 2010 | Filed under: Silly Stuff
I had to laugh (emphasis mine): As the director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment, Melanie Nutter is in charge of implementing some of City Hall’s most controversial ideas, such as mandatory composting.
Bookworm on Dec 05 2010 | Filed under: Christians, Iran, Israel, Jews
I struggled for a few minutes to find a clever title for this post that would convey the volume of information I’m about to download from my brain, but realized I couldn’t. A laundry list description will just have to do. You see, last night, I had the pleasure of attending a Hanukkah party that [...]
Bookworm on Dec 04 2010 | Filed under: Christians, Religion
Liam Neeson, who does the voice of Aslan the Lion in the Narnia movies, has upset people by claiming that Aslan could as easily be Allah or Buddha as he could be Christ: Ahead of the release of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader next Thursday, Neeson said: ‘Aslan symbolises a Christ-like figure but he [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2010 | Filed under: Europe, Islam, Muslim violence, Turkey
An Austrian MP has finally had enough of the way the Turkish government complains about the treatment Turks receive in Austria. I have no idea what kind of treatment Turks receive in Austria, although if it’s like the rest of Europe, they get welfare, and they do not integrate, both because the welfare keeps them [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized
From New York’s Yeshiva University:
Bookworm on Dec 03 2010 | Filed under: Crime and punishment
One of the things I hate about our culture is the way in which it cheapens the notion of heroism. To me, a hero is one who puts his safety, or even his life, on the line, to protect others. It’s that simple. There are people who are altruists, which is also very virtuous, but [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2010 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism
Lately, Mr. Bookworm has been obsessed with Glenn Beck, and he keeps attacking my conservativism by saying that Beck is the “most dangerous man in the world.” The genesis for this theory is a series of Jon Stewart shows that skewered Glenn Beck shows, in which the latter attacked George Soros. Soros, of course, is [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Bookworm on Dec 02 2010 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats
We’re looking at a potential financial meltdown, and the lame duck Congress manages to find the time to send Obama a bill to mute the volume on TV commercials. Is it any surprise that Americans are absolutely and completely disgusted with Washington?
Bookworm on Dec 02 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama
Is it just me, or does Obama sound more upset about losing the chance to host the World Cup than he does about the disastrous (for his administration and, perhaps, world stability) revelations from Wikileak? This is Obama regarding the World Cup: “‘I think it was the wrong decision,’ Obama said at the White House.” [...]
Bookworm on Dec 02 2010 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
I meant to blog lots today but, lacking inspiration, I did other stuff. Since I offered you nothing but a vacuum, I should have done you the favor of linking to the Watcher’s Council submissions earlier today. The stuff here is that good. I mean, really, really good. It’s not too late, though, for you [...]
Bookworm on Dec 02 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Real Hispanic outreach. High time too. I wish them good luck in this endeavor.
Bookworm on Dec 02 2010 | Filed under: Israel
This past summer, I blogged about the fact that the Marin YMCA had created a brand new country called East Jerusalem. That was foolish but, in terms of reach, relatively innocuous. The Marin County Fair, while well attended, is not quite big enough to change the way people think. But what about a company that [...]
Bookworm on Dec 01 2010 | Filed under: GBLT
My younger readers, assuming I have any, don’t remember that, throughout the Cold War, the Communists, especially the East Germans, were reputed to be using feminized men to compete in women’s Olympic events. The benefit, of course, is that, no matter how the feminists try to deny it, men are stronger than women and, in [...]
Bookworm on Dec 01 2010 | Filed under: Climate change
Hat tip: Power Line
Bookworm on Dec 01 2010 | Filed under: Marriage
A long, long time ago, NPR did a series of stories aimed at “documenting” the state of marriage in America. One of those stories stood out strongly in my mind, because the woman the reporter interviewed articulated a view of marriage that I’d never considered before. She said that, in America, secular people view marriage [...]
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