The need for a better word for anti-Semitism. Commissar Auster is searching for a new term because “anti-semite” isn’t working as well as he would like. Oh, and it seems the facts aren’t good for “the jews” either, so they’ll need to be replaced too. Auster refers, indirectly, to Committing PC’s Most Mortal Sin. After […]
30,000 line up for housing vouchers, some get rowdy: Thirty thousand people showed up to receive Section 8 housing applications in East Point Wednesday, suffering through hours in the hot sun, angry flare-ups in the crowd and lots of frustration and confusion for a chance to receive a government-subsidized apartment. The Housing Choice Voucher Program, […]
Oddly, last night Manchester, Connecticut Shooting.: Several Dead; Omar Thornton Identified As Shooter, at the LA Times, was at the top of a Google news search for Thornton. The fact that Thornton was black was mentioned three or four paragraphs in. On page 4 the significance of the Hollander family was mentioned. Unfortunately I did […]
Newsweek Losses Revealed – The Daily Beast, 3 Aug 2010: Yesterday’s purchase of a 77-year-old magazine, Newsweek, by a 91-year-old audio magnate, Sidney Harman, had all the makings of a feel-good story, even as editor Jon Meacham announced his departure. A venerable media franchise rescued from an uncertain future by someone who loves the printed […]
Today Glenn Beck was talking about the “socialist” agenda of the Weather Underground and SDS. He didn’t point out anybody’s jewishness, of course, but he did make a subtle analogy. I’ll paraphrase: Suppose you’re sitting on the couch, watching TV, and you say to your wife, “Hey, I think I smell smoke. Do you smell […]