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2023
Looking around before Yom Kippur: Mordechai Kedar claims Israeli opposition politicians trying to tell Saudi leader to hold out for a better deal under a post-Netanyahu government; Arnold Kling’s field guide to the anti-woke; John Anderson AO interviews Aboriginal activist about strange “The Voice” initiative to effectively create a third chamber of Parliament.original ↗
24 Sept 2023
Shabbat shuva musical delight: two Bach cantatas: J. S. Bach, “Ich Habe Genug”, BWV 82 (Gardiner) and a Glenn Gould rarity, “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”, BWV 52original ↗
23 Sept 2023
UK PM delays most idiotic “net zero” deadlines; a smal legal victory by muzzled musicologist against UNToriginal ↗
21 Sept 2023
“Fahrenheit 451” as a howto manual, Canada edition; Biden wants to work with Xi to “accelerate climate change”original ↗
20 Sept 2023
18 Sept 2023
15 Sept 2023
15 Sept 2023
Mitt Romney retires from politics, calls upon Biden, Trump to do the same; ḤRG on Israel’s constitutional crisis “both sides are at fault”; lost Steely Dan track recreatedoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2023
12 Sept 2023
Looking around, 9/11 anniversary edition: Morocco earthquake; Biden confused in Vietnam; Israeli officials visit Saudi Arabia for UNESCO meetingoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2023
9 Sept 2023
8 Sept 2023
6 Sept 2023
Jordan Peterson on Poutine Castreau: “narcissist who never spoke a truth in his life”; Niall Ferguson on why we learn simple, elegant and wrong lessons from historyoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2023
Neologism of the day: “Greenlash” — about the German electorate’s response to insane, immiserating energy goalsoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2023
Sabbath musical delight: Polina Ositenskaya plays J. S. Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582 [addendum: Igor Zhukov]original ↗
2 Sept 2023
Book by liberal [!] journalist reveals how “Abu Hunter” Biden’s mid-dimwittery begot the Afghanistan debacleoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
Must-hear interview: Steve Koonin on why so much that people “know” about “climate change” is wrongoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2023
20 Aug 2023
19 Aug 2023
Here, there, everywhere: Not quite “lying flat” in Taiwan; a dissenting view on Israel’s judicial “reform”; will Kamala the Klueless be eased out of office as a prelude to replacing “Abu Hunter” Bidenoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023
Israel judicial “reform” update: ultra-Orthodox coalition party rebels, Netanyahu and Levin said weighing 1-year moratoriumoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2023
Maui wildfires: “climate change” or land mismanagement? Expert: “I warned about this years ago”original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Powerline discovers “The Great Realignment”; did an inept local authorities response increase the death toll from the Maui wildfires?original ↗
13 Aug 2023
Looking around: more to the “frozen Arab funding” story than meets the eye; VP of Abu Hunter “explains” democracyoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2023
Looking around: Arnold Kling on the anxiety of the managerial class; rare moment of self-awareness by NYT commentator, who wonders “what if we are baddies?”original ↗
10 Aug 2023
The Kyūjō Conspiracy – How a Group of Japanese Officers Planned to Overthrow the Emperor and Continue WW2original ↗
7 Aug 2023
Israel judicial “reform” update: Kohelet Policy Forum loses largest donor; prominent right-wing commentator comes out AGAINST “half-baked” reform proposal, slams Netanyahu for allowing himself to be “dragged around” by extremistsoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2023
3 Aug 2023
Israel judicial “reform” fallout: coalition slips in polls, credit rating; Michael Oren on “victory selfie”; not two but three Israels #teamSkepticalCenteroriginal ↗
26 Jul 2023
Breaking: “reasonableness” cancellation law vote imminent, row among the coalition. UPDATE: vote passedoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023
Netanyahu had more than a little sun stroke — and no chain of succession has been establishedoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2023
14 Jul 2023
9 Jul 2023
Sabbath musical delight: Heinz Holliger plays J. S. Bach, oboe concerto in F and J.-M. Leclair, oboe concerto in Coriginal ↗
8 Jul 2023
Breaking: US Supreme Court rules 6-3 that reverse racism, er, “affirmative action” in college admissions is unconstitutionaloriginal ↗
29 Jun 2023
All the world’s a stage: what next for Prigozhin; “whiny grifters” Spare & Me-Again; Germany’s soft-authoritarian green push fueling a far-right resurgence; Canadian energy policies less woke than the “Conservative” UK government’s?original ↗
28 Jun 2023
Biden “admits” selling state secrets; What if extreme wokebaggery is actually a… distraction from economic incompetence?original ↗
27 Jun 2023
Telegraph: Prigozhin stood down because of threats to families of himself and associates; Col. Richard Kemp weighs inoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2023
25 Jun 2023
Sabbath musical delight: Beethoven, 1st Symphony (Berlin Philharmonic, 1962; remastered 2023)original ↗
17 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023
Fields of discarded electric cars in China; Bill Gates meets Xi Jinping; 81 million votes my tochesoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2023
Video: how to spot a woke corporation (satire?); Douglas Murray and Julie Bindel on the “alphabet clown car” and why they want no part of itoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2023
“Soros Of Puppets” hands down control of his empire to 37-year old son; Dr. John Campbell on the UK “counter-disinformation unit”original ↗
11 Jun 2023
Sabbath musical delight: The Band Geeks with special guest Jon Anderson, “An Evening of Yes Epics and Classics”original ↗
10 Jun 2023
D-Day memorial post: Iron Maiden, “The Longest Day” and Sabaton, “Primo Victoria” [=firstmost, victory]original ↗
6 Jun 2023
55 years ago, electric guitar magic was released: “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)” by Jimi Hendrixoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2023
Here, there, everywhere: Israel-Egypt border incident; oligopolies beget high cost of living; hand-wringing in Germany over rise of AfD; Israel’s “drone force”original ↗
4 Jun 2023
Must-read: “Banks and you” by Francis Turner — why banks can close you down for “suspicious activity” while real major crooksoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2023
Dispatches from Clown World: Lululemon employees fired for… calling police on looters; Schumer thinks 9-0 ruling is evidence of a “MAGA Supreme Court”; Harvard prof on the ChiCom payroll gets slap on the wristoriginal ↗
30 May 2023
Breaking: Erdogan wins 3rd term in runoff election. Also: Netanyahy shelves several radical proposalsoriginal ↗
29 May 2023
Is the “Democratic” party machine looking to put Biden on an ice floe? [ADDENDUM: how universities operate in the liminal space between public and private sector]original ↗
28 May 2023