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29 Sept 23   “Instead of Gnostics, we have Existentialists and God-is-dead theologians   Instead of Neo-Platonists, devotees to Zen   Instead of desert hermits, heroin addicts.   Instead of mortification of the flesh, sado-masochistic pornography.   As for public entertainment, fare offered on television is still a shade less brutal than that provided by […]

28 Sept 23   “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident, which everybody has decided not to see.”   Ayn Rand   An organized, social-media-communicated, two-pronged attack on private businesses by “flash-mobs,” as well as organized caravans of looters, hit the City of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, and again last night.   There […]

25 Sept 23   “When possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all”   The Apostle Paul’s advice to First Century Christians living in Rome (Romans, 12:18)   My long-time friend and colleague, Mas Ayoob, in a recent article reminded us that, at least within this current civilization, the vast majority […]

20 Sept 23   High Holy Days   In Judaism, Rosh Hashanah, “Jewish New Year,” and Yom Kippur, “Day of Atonement,” and the ten days between them, “Ten Days of Repentance (Aseret Yemei Teshuvah), are know as “High Holy Days” on the Jewish calendar. There are other important Hebrew holidays, such as Passover, but the […]

19 Sept 23   “Most ‘activists’ are just attention-craving hypocrites.”   Abhijit Naskar   In yesterday’s issue of the Washington Post, we see this gratuitous headline:   “Lawmakers are spending way more to keep themselves safe.   Is it enough?”   Enough?   Apparently, there can never be enough of our money spent to protect […]

17 Sept 23   “Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed elites, always rank-closing, mutually self-defending”   Glenn Greenwald   Freedom is suddenly popular, even in NYC, despite the fact that it makes elite liberals nervous!   A NYC Council member from Brooklyn (Ukrainian-born practicing NYC attorney, Inna Vernikov, formally Democrat, but recently switched-over to Republican) is […]

15 Sept 23   Defying Bruen!   In NYS, all gun and ammunition retail sales must now go through an NYS background check.   In other states, FBI NICS System Checks are instant and done at no charge, but NY’s Democrat governor insists that all background checks in NY instead go through the NY State […]

13 Sept 23   “Most see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should be seeing; not what is really there”   Zoe Marriott   The notorious PA illegal alien prison-escapee, Danelo Cavalcante, was recaptured today, in PA, apparently without incident.   Having committed at least two murders (one in Brazil and […]

12 Sept 23   “The little man felt ill at ease. He said, ‘Some bread sir, if you please.’   The waiter hollered from down the hall,   ‘Yuh gets no bread with one meat ball!’”   From “One Meat Ball,” originally written by George Lane in 1855. Most famous rendition was sung by Josh […]

8 Sept 23   “We know that they are lying, and they know that they are lying. They even know that we know they are lying. We also know that they know we know they are lying too. They of course, know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as […]

5 Sept 23 “What exactly is your ‘fair share’ of what someone else has worked for?”   Thomas Sowell   “The Plan”   Open borders, “sanctuary cities” (mayors of which are now having second thoughts!), openly enticing aliens to invade our Country illegally and immediately become non-productive metro denizens, dependants upon our various welfare systems, […]

2 Sept 23   “‘Security’ is a state of mind. At any moment it can be shattered by someone who knows how to breach it.”   Bradley Lilly   “Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn’t change.”   Antonin Scalia Of course, with leftists words also have meaning, but meanings suddenly change, based on corrupt […]

1 Sept 23   “Being armed with a deadly weapon and simultaneously thinking I am doing something ‘routine’ is simply impossible for me”   Frieling   We all need to wake up!   A middle-aged Navy veteran, walking his dog right outside his own home in a “nice part” of Philadelphia, was precipitously attacked and […]

29 Aug 23   When leftist agendas and careers trump public safety   Recent fires in Lahaina on the Hawaiian Island of Maui painfully illustrate the practical effect of liberal/Communist philosophy, currently embraced by Democrats.   The dear religion of environmentalism/collectivism absolutely require that:   1) Plant growth can never be “disturbed.” Plants must grow […]

29 Aug 23   When leftist agendas and careers trump public safety   Recent fires in Lahaina on the Hawaiian Island of Maui painfully illustrate the practical effect of liberal/Communist philosophy, currently embraced by Democrats.   The dear religion of environmentalism/collectivism absolutely require that:   1) Plant growth can never be “disturbed.” Plants must grow […]

25 Aug 23   Violent Crime!   The “deterrent value” of law enforcement is at an all-time low!   Less than half of crimes of violence in the USA are never “solved.” Of the ones that are “solved” or “cleared,” few arrests and successful prosecutions ever result.   Less than twenty percent of property crimes […]

19 Aug 23   “Fasci Italiani di Combattimento,” Benito Mussolini’s version of “CNSF,” 1919   Brownshirts!   Not long ago, BHO proposed the formation of a heavily-armed “Civilian National Security Force,” which was to be under his direct control, and that would “aid” (actually displace) local police.   Remember this BHO quotation from 2008?   […]

18 Aug 23   “They’re all ‘vetted!’”   This from friends in western NY:   “In Niagara County, NY our local politicians have courageously refused to accept illegal aliens that liberals in NYC want ‘relocated’ to our community (instead of being ‘relocated’ back to where they came from).   However, our neighbors directly south of […]

17 Aug 23   “The naive don’t want to hear truth, because they can’t endure seeing their delusional phantasies demolished”   Nietzsche   Lessons from Maui (and host of other disasters)   1) The naive tendency for most people to assume “technology will beat nature” is ultimately fatal!   What happens when high winds meet […]

15 Aug 23   “‘Negotiating’ only works between moral people”   Marshall When disaster strikes, gun-free Hawaii, where state government has smugly declared that Hawaiians are too stupid to own guns, is apparently not the utopia leftists promised!   Looters and armed robbers are running amok in the wake of epic wildfires.   Local residents […]