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If you want a good lesson in the depth, breadth and virulence of Muslim antisemitism, Andrew Bostom provides it.  Then think long and hard about the fact that the current administration is siding with these Muslims at the United Nations.  I’m still struggling to come to terms with the appalling nature of the administration’s decision, [...]

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It’s not often I get the pleasure of laughing out loud when I read a “serious” political piece, especially one from an Obama acolyte, but I have to admit that this one completely lifted my mood.  The author, David Kendall, at heart, seems to be an honest soul because he recognizes that there is nothing [...]

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The Indiana legislature is working on a bill to ban gay marriage.  On my “real me” facebook, several of my friends characterized this as an act motivated by hate:  “Stop the hate!”  “Boy, they really hate us.”  “Could they be more hateful?”  I found this formulation interesting, perhaps because semantics has been such a big [...]

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Your matched set for today: Andy McCarthy writes about the elephant in the liberal living room; namely, Islamic attitudes towards rape:  Women are almost always asking for it, especially Western women, and, once having forced an innocent man to give in to his base animal nature, they deserve to be beaten, arguably to death. That [...]

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The Anchoress has a post, one I know you’ll like, about the profound sense of weakness that underlies so many aggressive political and social movements.

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Robert Avrech, at Seraphic Secret, nails the dirty secret underlying all the “democracy” revolutions in the Muslim world.  They’re not about individual freedom.  They’re about Jew hatred.  I saw another link that made precisely the same point and, as soon as (or, rather, if) I track it down, I’ll update this post.

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This morning, I read and enjoyed Jeannie DeAngelis’ post about a potential Herman Cain candidacy.  From everything I’ve heard, including musings from our own Danny Lemieux, Cain is a person one would like to have in the White House.  He may not have a political track record, but he’s still got a lot more under [...]

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For two and a half years, Jack Cahill has been meticulously deconstructing the books published under Obama’s name, showing that it is highly unlikely that Obama wrote them.  I was never surprised.  Off teleprompter, Obama is singularly, not just inarticulate, but ugly in his speech.  That never jived with the narrative lucidity of his first [...]

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I was remarkably silent on Egypt.  The situation was too fluid for me to grab a hold of.  I knew only that Obama’s policy would follow whoever seemed likely to win, since he will always hew to the strong man.  Now that it’s over, I was thinking of writing about the abysmal Obama performance (following, [...]

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I keep getting called away by real life, so let me quickly apprise you of two posts I think you’d enjoy. The first is at Wolf Howling.  WH is inaugurating a series examining 15 battles that were turning points in history.  His first post is about the Battle of Chipyong-ni, Feb. 13-15, 1951. If you [...]

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Let’s think about Israel from the Israeli viewpoint for a minute, shall we?  It is, by any standards, an extremely small country.  Within its own borders, it is a sophisticated Western-style nation that leads the world in scientific innovation.  Its political system is a parliamentary style democratic republic.  Although its system isn’t perfect, no one [...]

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No, I hadn’t forgotten that today was Valentine’s Day.  It’s just that I’m not much of a holiday person, so I often have to push myself towards observance. In honor of this day, I wanted to solicit your ideas about what makes a happy relationship.  I don’t think love is enough.  My sense, from observing [...]

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The narrative has long been in place:  For centuries, the predatory West raped the ancient world — Egypt, Greece, the Fertile Crescent, Persia — of her culture.  Greedy treasure hunters and archeologists stole her mummies, her statuary, her carvings, her jewels and her wall paintings.  Their museums gained world renown because of these ill-gotten gains, [...]

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We have the results, and they are good: Council Winners *First place with 3 1/3 votes! – Rhymes With Right–A Message To The CPAC Boycotters Second place with 2 1/3 votes – Joshuapundit-Is Egypt The Next Iran? Third place with 1 2/3 votes – GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Hyper Puissant Fourth place *t* with 1 [...]

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Pakistan?  No.  Britain!  If the British government, under PM Cameron is serious about cutting down the multiculturalism monster, this is a good place to start.  Old multi-culti pieties prevented British institutions from daring to criticize the Muslims amongst them.  A serious commitment to Western values would mean cracking down on these child abuse factories.

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In response to an excellent suggestion, here is a Sunday morning opening thread for those who want to discuss books they have read, are reading, or hope to read.  Go to it, my friends!  As for me, between chick-lit (my vice, along with chocolate), I’m reading Nick Bunker’s Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims [...]

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Joshua Goldberg’s sudden death, at age 43, has really saddened me.  I feel as if I’ve lost a friend — not a best friend, because we weren’t that close, but a friend nevertheless.  What’s funny, though, is that I never actually met Joshua.  I never talked to him on the phone.  I never even saw [...]

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On an irregular, but steady basis, I’d been corresponding via email with Joshua Goldberg for a couple of years, an email relationship that started before Lucianne launched Blogs Lucianne Loves, to which I contribute.  I always enjoyed his emails.  As you’d expect from someone who is son of Lucianne and brother of Jonah, his writing [...]

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Hat tip:  The Glittering Eye

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As my mom is Dutch by birth (although I don’t speak a word of the language), I find it cool that I got picked up by a Dutch internet site.  It looks solidly conservative too so, unless I’m told otherwise, I’m feeling kind of tickled by the international recognition.  What’s silly is that what  got [...]

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As the younger citizens limit their involvement to videotaping a crime in progress (“Oooh, won’t this look cool when I show it to my friends”), a 71 year old grandmother, Ann Timson, acts with extraordinary — and effective — courage: You can read more about Timson here.

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Hat tip:  Instapundit UPDATE:  Welcome, Het Vrije Volk readers.  Andrew Klavan’s video is wonderful, but I’d also like to invite you to browse around my blog and see the other posts, some of which you might find interesting.

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In honor of Mubarak’s strategic retreat to Sharm El Sheikh, here is the anthem of the 1967 War, which saw Sharm El Sheikh end in Israel’s hands, a situation that lasted up until Egypt got it back in 1982, as part of the peace treaty:

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My book club met last night to discuss Robert Merry’s A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent. As the subtitle says, the book is about the way in which Polk, during his one term presidency, enabled America to stretch from sea to shining sea.  [...]

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I find amusing Oprah’s insistence that Obama is entitled to respect because he’s struggling through a learning curve.  First, while there is always respect for the office, the man has to earn it.  Second, his learning curve is the whole problem. Those of us who opposed Obama did so, not only because we disagreed with [...]

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