An interview with a foremost thought leader about today's pressing social, cultural and political issues.

 

Israel, Immigration & Islam | Douglas Murray  "In this conversation, John sits down with journalist and author Douglas Murray to discuss the war on Western culture in light of the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas.

"Murray argues that Western Civilisation is being eroded by the collapse of history, faith and moral clarity. This cultural decay, Murray suggests, has been caused by a variety of factors including illegal immigration, secularisation, identity politics and the rise of radical Islam. Nonetheless, Murray is encouraged by the growing support for initiatives like the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) and a common sense middle class who reject elitist identity politics. "Douglas Murray is the author of 7 books and a journalist based in Britain. He has been a contributor to The Spectator since 2000 and has been Associate Editor at the magazine since 2012. He has also written regularly for numerous other outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Evening Standard and The New Criterion. He is a regular contributor to National Review and has been a columnist for Standpoint magazine since its founding."

"In his latest books, "The War on the West" and "The Madness of Crowds", Murray examines the twenty-first century’s most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, history and race." Details: ---

00:00 Courage Culture 05:34 Cancel Culture 09:33 Resistance to the Mainstream Narrative 11:38 The Voice to Parliament 15:03 Is the West Good? 18:05 The Politics of History 23:03 The Dangers of Multiculturalism 26:53 Antisemitism and Immigration 28:24 The Hamas Terrorist Attack 33:07 What is a Proportional Response? 35:59 Islam and the West 38:55 Palestine and Hamas 41:49 Terror Attacks in the West 44:20 The Hypocrisy of Rejecting Christianity 48:36 Christianity and Islam 55:18 Christianity and the Wellspring of Civilisation 58:36 The Consequences of Illegal Immigration

Pro-Hamas Actor's Propaganda Videos EXPOSED

 Mister FAFO's Propaganda Videos EXPOSED - YouTube

"Hamas supporters crying as they are attacked by Israel after having celebrated and dancing around corpses they dragged back from Isreal the day before has made me lose all sympathy for the Gaza residents."

J.K. Rowling Says She’d ‘Happily’ Go to Prison to Fight Against Gender Pronoun Speech Control Laws: ‘Bring on the Court Case’

 Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?

Acclaimed author J.K. Rowling has suggested she would “happily” spend two years behind bars for deliberately calling someone by the “wrong” gender pronouns. 

The Harry Potter creator, 58, made her stand after it was revealed calling someone by the “wrong gender” could land British people two years in prison under a proposed Labour Party law, according to Mail on Sunday. 

Vowing to toughen up the sentencing guidelines for abuse and violence targeted at trans people, the left-wing opposition party would make attacks motivated by hatred of the victim’s gender identity into “aggravated offences.” 

According to the Mail report, this would bring transphobic abuse into line with assault and harassment motivated by hatred on the grounds of race or religion, which are punishable by up to two years in prison. 

Rowling refused to have any of it. “I’ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex. Bring on the court case, I say. It’ll be more fun than I’ve ever had on a red carpet,” Rowling said on X – the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Democrats, Hamasites, and the college generation

Standing with Israel and against anti-Semitism and all forms of hatred is the American way. Israel is a democracy and a strong ally of the United States that deserves the support of all Americans. And anti-Semitism is an ancient and toxic prejudice that has no place in our great nation. American Greatness 

The faces of love for Israel

American Progressivism’s Determined Racism – Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com)   "Hamas’ slaughter in Israel has revealed American progressives reveling in racism here.  For racism to be acceptable to them, it need only fit into the ideological justification of self-styled “progressives:” determinism. 

Since October 7, America’s progressives, such as the far-left House Members known as “the Squad,” have proved this repeatedly among our so-called elites — on college campuses, among politicians, and in journalists’ print. They have also implicitly shown that their ultimate target is not just Israel and Jews, but America and its values.

"The latest example of progressives’ regression came from within our own house: the House of Representatives.  On Wednesday, October 25, its eight ultra-left members known as “the Squad” refused to vote to condemn Hamas’ attack on Israel.  Six (Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.; Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.; Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa.; and Cori Bush, D-Mo.) of the eight voted against the legislation, while two Squad members (Rep. Greg Casar, D-Tex., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.) just voted “present.”  For progressives, the Squad’s regression from moral clarity to amoral opacity is mild in comparison to compatriots who have been forthrightly anti-Semitic in their expressions.    

"The aftermath of the Hamas terror attack has proved that today’s self-proclaimed “progressives” of America’s left are, in fact, extremely regressive." . . .  

Ivy League School Shuts Down Anti-Semitic Palestinian Student Groups | The Daily Wire   "Columbia University announced on Friday that it was banning two anti-Semitic student groups on campus for the remainder of the fall term after they repeatedly violated school rules.

"The private New York City school suspended Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as official student groups in light of their recent actions on campus."  . . .

The American Spectator   "When a bunch of animals at Massachusetts Institute of Technology barred entrance to Lobby 7, the main access to the university, illegally trespassing, MIT’s gutless president initially announced she would suspend the criminal trespassers. Then, presumably after consulting with whatever DEI and Black Lives Matter consultants she needs to please, she melted faster than the Wicked Witch of the West during Hurricane Hillary. No suspension. Why the change?  Uh, “visa concerns.' ” Sadly the rest is behind a paywall.

Hamas Terrorist Attack Drove the Left’s Growing Antisemitism Into the Open › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)  . . ."Sadly, these hate crimes get very little press coverage, especially in the national media. This probably is because, in the American Left’s worldview of “intersectionality,” diversity, equity, and inclusion, they refuse to include Jewish Americans as a protected group because of open anti-Semitism, hatred of Israel, and their alliance with radical Islamists, including radical Palestinian activists.

"The recent pro-Hamas and anti-Israel protests in American cities and on college campuses are the result of this leftist-Islamist alliance and their years of work to promote a false narrative of Palestinians as the victims of Israeli oppression. Many of the college students who recently signed letters blaming Israel for the atrocities committed by Hamas are mindless ignoramuses who don’t know where Gaza is and can’t spell the word “Israel.”. . .

Also in 2019, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and supporting the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that seeks to wage economic warfare on the Jewish state. Omar’s resolution was co-sponsored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga). 

With anti-Semitism on the rise again, there are steps everyone can take to counter it (theconversation.com)   . . ."We are professors who teach public administration, a field that prepares students for government and nonprofit jobs. We have all worked in the public and nonprofit sectors, and we also are all Jewish.

"We never hid our religious identity before, but we also did not highlight it in our classrooms – until now.

"All of us believe we have a responsibility to train our students to work with diverse staff and serve diverse communities. After the mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018 - the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history - and other alarming acts, we sought resources to help us address this tragedy. More broadly, we wanted to better equip our students to address anti-Semitism." . . .

Reminder: Israel was obeying the 'ceasefire' on October 7, its enemies were not! UPDATED

 

The blank look of AOC and the angry unsmiling face of Ms. Pressley

Ethel C. Fenig - American Thinker  . . ."In Israel itself, thousands of mostly young Israeli Jews, along with some Christians and Muslims and others from around the world, were joyously attending a music festival in the southern part of the tiny country when Total Evil in the form of citizens from neighboring Apartheid Gaza, which is 99% Muslim, (no Jews allowed) descended, brutally slaughtering over 1,100 unarmed attendees and residents of nearby Israeli small villages.  Several hundred they didn't murder were violently taken captive, including babies and young children.   

"But...but...there was a "ceasefire"!  Oh, that!  Only Israelis, only Jews are supposed to obey mutually signed agreements!  In 99% Muslim Gaza, the ruling Hamas set up military bases in hospitals.  In schools.  In residential apartment buildings.  In office buildings, coexisting with reporters from the AP, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Reuters, who dutifully report the news, i.e., propaganda their Hamas rulers tell them.  Or else.

 

"Initially shocked, the Israelis fought back.  While suffering painful losses they are succeeding in neutralizing Hamas.  As a result, there are now Muslim refugees in 99% Muslim Gaza.  And oh so suddenly there are shrieks calling for an Israeli "temporary ceasefire" so these displaced Gazan citizens, who never complained when their husbands, sons, and brothers joined Hamas in their posts in hospitals and schools and other "neutral" institutions, can safely escape to  safe Gazan enclaves. Incidentally, neighboring Muslim-dominated Egypt doesn't want their Muslim neighbors, either.  

 

"And oh, not so by the way, this "ceasefire" is only applicable to Israel;  apparently Gazans can continue their barbarous assault on unarmed Israelis with impunity." . . .

Israeli-Arab Muslim first responder shares the horrors he witnessed following the atrocities of the Hamas Massacre on Oct. 7th (barenakedislam.com)

Visually shaken, Jamal Vera, a volunteer with ZAKA, Israel’s leading rescue and recovery unit, describes the horrors he witnessed following the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians.

Looking at the hugely successful pro-Israel rally in D.C., AFT’s Randi Weingarten beclowns herself -

[Randi Weingarten is] a very powerful woman who has been using her toxic beliefs to control public education for many years and is a strong and profitable ally of the Democrat party.

Andrea Widburg- American Thinker  "Yesterday, almost 300,000 people were in Washington, D.C., to support Israel in its fight against the unrelieved evil that is Hamas. It was such an overwhelming turnout that the Washington Post had no option but to try to bury the story in its print edition lest it give people ideas. But teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten did notice the rally, and she came out with one of the most strikingly ignorant pronouncements imaginable from a Jewish woman who claims to be “deeply religious.”

"The rally was big. Although some potential attendees did not make it to D.C. because antisemitic bus drivers staged a sick-out to prevent them from traveling there, almost 300,000 people did show up to exercise their First Amendment rights. Unlike the pro-Hamas marches that were filled with covert and overt calls for a new Jewish genocide, the pro-Israel rally was distinguished by civility:

Over 290,000 people attend #MarchForIsrael Rally in Washington.

BBC & NY Times probably: A pro-Israel march in Washington D.C. attracted only 45 marchers, relying on Gaza Health Ministry estimates. pic.twitter.com/Uf35sVHvu9

— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) November 15, 2023

. . ."If you know anything at all about Judaism—and, theoretically, someone Jewish would—there are a lot of giveaways that the men in the video above are Orthodox Jews. It’s not just the kippahs or yarmulkes (i.e., skullcaps) they’re wearing. Even less religious Jewish men, along with feminists and lesbians, wear those." . . .

"All of this gets us to Randi Weingarten, a childless lesbian who has a huge impact on your
children. Since 2008, she has headed the American Federation of Teachers, one of America’s most powerful teachers’ unions and an economic mainstay of the Democrat party. She’s also, in her own words, “deeply religious.” To that end, she’s married to a female rabbi and is “a member of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a New York synagogue that focuses on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews,” where her wife is the “spiritual leader.” . . .

"Incidentally, what is essentially a mockery of Judaism isn’t confined to LGBTQ+ Jews. This is true for all leftist Jews. They are not the People of the Book unless the Book is Marx’s Das Kapital.

"Now that you understand Weingarten’s specific form of “deeply religious” Judaism, you can appreciate the ignorance and stupidity behind her much-derided tweet:"

"Randi Weingarten   Where are the women?"

Cartoonists are Casualties of War Too -

The most outlandish – and unjustified — case of cartoon cancelling happened to the highly respected Steve Bell of the Guardian newspaper in Britain. He was fired after 40 years at the paper, over a cartoon that was never even published. 

 The Cagle Post  "People who like to draw serious political cartoons for a living – people like me – have to be extra careful in these divisive times.

"In just the last month three major newspapers – the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Guardian in Britain – have pulled down or decided not to publish cartoons drawn by the best editorial cartoonists in the world.

"Michael Ramirez, Monte Wolverton and Steve Bell each bravely applied their talents and opinions to the brutal war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas that started Oct. 7.

"For their troubles, they were charged with being Islamophobic, anti-Semitic or racist by readers, their fellow journalists and editorial boards. Bell was even fired." . . .

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GOP Lawmaker Demands Salary Reduction For Karine Jean-Pierre For Telling 'Bold-Faced Lies'

With comments:

"Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) introduced an amendment to the financial services and general government appropriations package to reduce White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's salary to one dollar.

"KJP needs to be fired and maybe jailed for her serial lying. In all honesty, all congressmen, senators, and almost all government employees need a significant pay cut for the corruption, lying, and laziness. "

Karine Jean-Pierre Is A Disaster: Uninformed, Incompetent, And Dishonest (msn.com)

Jean-Pierre’s underwhelming performance has led to concerns about the impact of identity-based hiring and has prompted criticism from various perspectives.

Karine Jean-Pierre says she's "just not gonna comment" on whether the administration will comply with subpoenas related to the classified documents Biden hid in his home, garage, and office for decades. pic.twitter.com/K8Pjt13qwZ

— AnalyzingAmerica (@AnalyzAmerica) November 14, 2023

UPDATED: When Gav the Gov takes charge, this is what you get.

 "It ought to become a campaign issue for Newsom and his Democrats, who can fix any social problem they want to, except that they just don't want to."  Monica Showalter

AF Branco

Gavin Newsom admits that, yeah, they cleaned up San Francisco for Xi Jinping's visit -Monica Showalter   "Texts with a friend about the 180 happening in SF for the APEC conference. "Serious question: why is the government willing to do this for international leaders, but not for the hardworking citizens of San Francisco?"

UPDATE: Newsom Assures Homeless They Can Resume Pooping On Sidewalks Once His Boss Leaves | Babylon Bee

"SAN FRANCISCO, CA — California Governor Gavin Newsom initiated a last-minute cleanup of San Francisco ahead of a visit from China's communist dictator President Xi. He assured all unhoused persons in the area that they may resume their normal practice of sidewalk defecation as soon as his boss has left town.

" 'Please, we need to try and keep the place clean just for a few days while my boss is here," said Newsom in a press conference surrounded by a horde of angry homeless people. "Please don't mess it up for me and President Xi. I really want to impress him. Please hold it in for a couple of days. Just clench or something. After that, you may poop to your heart's content. Thank you."

" 'Please," he added. "If I play my cards right, Xi may even let me become President. This is huge for me.' " . . .

Imagine the United States being turned into one big California! TD

October 7 revealed the new Nazis -9/11 Neo-Cons demand Israel not retaliate

Don Surber (substack.com)

"London has fallen. A Babylon Bee fake headline — “80 Years After Hitler Failed, Nazis Finally Seize London” — lasted only hours on Sunday before it became true as Britain caved to organized anti-Semites.

"The Times of Israel reported, “British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman, days after she accused police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel ‘hate marchers.’

“ 'The government said Braverman left her job as part of a Cabinet shuffle as Sunak shakes up his top government team.

“ 'Braverman said ‘it has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve as home secretary,’ adding that she would ‘have more to say in due course.’”

"London indeed has fallen to a group of Muslim invaders let in by the billionaires who installed Sunak, a Hindu, as PM. They seek to destroy from within and they are quite good at erasing history and love of country. Their latest lie is that black people built Stonehenge.

"Americans may laugh all they want but they live in a country where black history has replaced American history in your schools. The big lie now is that blacks freed themselves on June 19, 1865, after the Civil War — which was a white people problem." . . .

The eclipse of America’s greatness

 Clifford C. Nichols - American Thinker

"Please, if you have a moment, I would appreciate it if you would do your best to convince me that I am wrong.  I, as a once proud American, could use the encouragement."

. . ."For instance, today, all those who may oppose the murder of unborn children or the genital mutilation of our children (whom we have allowed to be born) have been clearly advised that they risk being cancel-cultured as transphobic gender bigots.  Those who voice their opposition to the invasion of our nation by hordes of people with no knowledge of, much less any allegiance to, even the little things many of us like to take for granted — like our Constitution — are likely to be portrayed by the “enlightened” among us as white patriarchal former slave-owning racists who must be silenced and removed from any spheres of influence in this nation.  

"It has now even reached the point that we have a president who feels compelled to admonish the nation to avoid Islamophobia as we are committing to a war that for all practical purposes is to defend our ally — i.e., Israel — against an Islamic brotherhood that is presently calling for a worldwide jihad for the eventual annihilation not only of all Jews around the globe, but also all Christians.  Is this not an example of our insanity today?". . .

Facebook; James Woods

"PSA: ripping down photos of children being held hostage doesn’t make you a social justice activist. It makes you a rapist, kidnapping, butcherer, ISIS fan girl."

NEW: A @USC student is caught on camera laughing and tearing down posters of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas. pic.twitter.com/TpC3rzuq9G

— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) November 8, 2023

Make her famous:    Do you know this person?

What’s her name? Where does she work? Where does she live? Please identify! Here seem taking down victims info who were kidnapped by Hamas. #gaza #Israel

I believe we may assume she votes Democrat and likes the Squad. And considers Grets Thunberg adorable.

Why Can’t They Just Leave The Jewish Hostage Posters Alone? (legalinsurrection.com)

Just When You Thought Hamas’ Savagery Couldn’t Get Any Worse (legalinsurrection.com)   "There is a massive movement online to deny that the massacres happened, or to blame them on Israel for killing their own people. It’s important that we keep documenting these crimes against humanity."

You likely recall one of the first images on October 7 that went viral, an Israeli woman bleeding in the rear end led into a vehicle by terrorist savages. I’ve probably watched that video a dozen or more times. But there’s something in it I didn’t notice, and didn’t get any initial media attention. The woman’s achilles tendon was cleanly lacerated so she couldn’t run.

Republican Fecklessness and Division Is Going to Destroy the Party

 RedState

There's no one across the national Republican Party's vast hierarchy of leadership that shows me competence, discipline, and an ability to unite and lead. Because of that, the results will continue to be predictable. 

"Watching the Republican Party these days is like watching a dog try to attack its own tail. Far from a well-oiled machine, the GOP has devolved into a dysfunctional mess punctuated by moments of fecklessness that push voters further away. 

"The most recent example came as a segment of Republicans joined with Democrats to effectively scuttle an attempt to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. What seemed like an open and shut case over the last few months was punted back to committee because when push comes to shove, the GOP just can't bring itself to take a tough vote and move forward with a unified front. Democrats do that routinely in order to move the ball forward. For Republicans, it's like herding cats strung out on meth. An impossible task. 

"Members of the GOP are scattered, looking after themselves, rarely seeing the forest through the trees. They won't impeach Mayorkas because it might cost a seat in some blue state, but by not impeaching him, they suppress their own voters, leaving to ask what the point of voting Republican even is anymore." . . . 

Yellow-bellied Republicans are killing America - American Thinker   . . ."Time after time they have voted with Democrats against the country’s and the GOP’s best interests.

"This latest death-wish vote was against impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a man who has failed so badly in keeping America safe that it’s hard to imagine what difference it would have made if we hung a huge sign over the border crossings, “Terrorists, drug dealers and sex traffickers - welcome to America! Get your free stuff here. Food and lodging included.”

"Republicans lack the killer instinct to win. Congressional Republicans not only have no fire in the belly, they have no brains in their heads. Why else would they be voting with Democrats? They vote against their own agenda, their own conservative ideology, their own chances to Make America Great Again? Why do they do that? Maybe it is because, as Dan Bongino often notes, “Many Republicans are Democrats, but no Democrats are Republicans.' ” . . .

Donald Trump is the pluperfect representative of Republican conservatism, although he is less political than he is grassroots American. He is sharp, bold, brassy, and above all, courageous. He made some mistakes around COVID but in his place, facing an unknowable existential threat, would anyone else have done differently?

With 'Friends' Like These: Meet The Eight 'Republicans' Who Voted To Kill Mayorkas Impeachment Resolution (Video)  "Republicans supposedly hold the majority here in Congress. That’s something you wouldn’t necessarily know, because we sure don’t act like it. We sure do enable Joe Biden. We enable Mayorkas. We enable an open border. We enable an illegal invasion that’s murdering Americans every single day. But we can’t even move for a vote to impeach Secretary Mayorkas. This should be very frustrating to many people.

It’s frustrating to everyone I talk to and this type of lack of will, lack of courage, lack of I don’t even know what. They’re lacking a lot to actually hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable and impeach him is shameful. It’s absolutely shameful.

We finally have control in the House and we cannot move to impeach him. I think you guys know exactly what to do about this. And I’m sure you’re just as upset as I am. And I’m sure you’re just as outraged at why anybody, any Republican, would vote with the Democrats to refer Articles of Impeachment back to committee, where they go to die, and nothing happens to them."