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Guilty of Being White

April 2, 2020 The Watcher Emeritus 0

Olzhas Yessenbayev isn’t white but gives an interesting defense for those who are when addressing the question, “What sucks about being white?” at Quora, a Google company. Olzhas writes: Quick disclaimer here: I am not White. I am not European. I am Asian, and I come from such a part [Read More]

Hate Israel? Read this

March 30, 2020 JoshuaPundit 0

Think that Israel is strictly a parasite on the American taxpayer? Think we shouldn’t help Israel or be its ally? Hate Israel? Read this. Lots of people, mostly Democrats have no love lost for Israel and attack it every chance they get. They spout the fable that Israel does nothing [Read More]

Guns in the Home: A Detailed Look at the Statistics

March 30, 2020 The Watcher Emeritus 0

Mike Antol, a writer at Quora, has an in-depth look at the gun death statistics often cited by gun control advocates. He writes: There are 32,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. Average U.S. population 324,059,091. Do the math: 0.00987% of the population [Read More]

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WHO’S FUNDING THE CORONAVIRUS TROLLS? [SUCH AS SPIELBERG, FACEBOOK, AND OTHER MONEY MOGULS?]

March 30, 2020 Jeffrey A. Friedberg, A VIEW FROM THE STREET: Quick, impolite, and to the point.... 1

Sunday, March 29, 2020 Who’s Funding the Coronavirus Political Trolls? Posted by Daniel Greenfield: Everyone gave something. Steven Spielberg and his wife gave $100,000. His former partner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, gave another $100,000. The producers of Lost gave over $50,000. Jett actress Carla Gugino also chipped in. Not to relief efforts dealing with [Read More]

Turn the economy back on; even Fauci is confessing… LET’S GO BACK TO WORK

March 30, 2020 Jeffrey A. Friedberg, A VIEW FROM THE STREET: Quick, impolite, and to the point.... 0

Turn the economy back on; even Fauci is confessing…LET’S GO BACK TO WORK BY JON RAPPOPORT, NOMOREFAKENEWS.COM (To read about Jon’s mega-collection, The Matrix Revealed, click here.)If I could reach through my screen and physically shake people with this news, I would. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US front man for managing the [Read More]

THE PRO-SANDERS VEGAN CULT THAT’S UPSTAGING 2020 DEMOCRATS

March 11, 2020 Jeffrey A. Friedberg, A VIEW FROM THE STREET: Quick, impolite, and to the point.... Comments Off

The Pro-Sanders Vegan Cult That’s Upstaging 2020 Democrats Posted by THE GREAT Daniel Greenfield. Like its namesake, the Biden campaign does odd and inexplicable things. Even as a panicked Democrat establishment united to boost him to a win on Super Tuesday, Biden was in the one major state that he lost [Read More]

It’s unsurprising that Ivy League colleges churn out dangerous leftists

February 27, 2020 Bookworm Comments Off

The Ivy League and other institutions of higher ed propagate ideas as destructive to America as the pernicious ivy plant is to a garden or home. I spent several hours today rooting out ivy from the planting bed by my front door. I am exhausted because ivy is a very [Read More]

Bookworm Beat 1/12/20 — the “I don’t have answers, I only have questions edition”

January 12, 2020 Bookworm Comments Off

Reading through the news, I see that most of the news is so crazy, it doesn’t inform me; it just leaves me with questions that I’ll now share with you. I’ve mentioned before a game I play with a friend. He reads me headlines and asks me to guess whether [Read More]

The transgender movement shows that our media, not our government, is Orwellian

January 12, 2020 Bookworm Comments Off

There is a grave danger that, if our media gets us to believe the big lie behind the transgender movement, it can get us to believe anything. Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as “the truth” exists. … The implied objective of this line of thought is a [Read More]

Bernie Sanders by Matt Johnson Medicare for All

Bernie’s embrace of gun control endangers American liberty

December 30, 2019 Bookworm Comments Off

With Bernie rising in the polls, getting closer to controlling our government, note how he has started to demand dangerous, anti-liberty gun control. The website I Like Bernie, But… seeks to address concerns that voters might have about Bernie Sanders, and to assure them that his plans work, that he’s electable, and [Read More]

Hanukkah attack shows Jews must learn self-defense

December 29, 2019 Bookworm Comments Off

The Hanukkah attack didn’t arise in a vacuum: World politics and history reminds us that Jews cannot look to others for help but must defend themselves. Ever since World War II, the mantra has been “Never Again.” I hope you notice how carefully wrote that sentence in passive voice, something [Read More]

An addendum to my previous post about the “transgender” movement

December 24, 2019 Bookworm Comments Off

Candace Owens’ excellent interview with Walt Heyer, reminded me of a few points to add about the evil that is the modern “transgender” movement. Yesterday I put up a post about the so-called transgender movement, which I consider one of the great evils being visited on America today. It’s long, [Read More]

J.K. Rowlings’ fallout with the so-called transgender movement is instructive

December 23, 2019 Bookworm Comments Off

The transgender movement highlights everything that’s wrong with the Left, for Leftists seek societal control un-anchored to reason, science, or sanity. You may have heard that J. K. Rowling recently got called out by the transgender movement for daring to say that men are not women. To her credit, Rowling [Read More]

Words of wisdom from a gun store’s sign board

December 19, 2019 Bookworm 1

A gun store somewhere in America is regularly posting clever, pointed, thought-provoking signs on its store billboard. I wish I knew where this store was. Have you seen this poster floating around the internet? I’ve seen it several times and always assumed it was a Photoshopped image. It’s not. There’s [Read More]

“C’mon, Man…Look, Man…Hey, Man…Can I Smell Your Hair…Man…Suck Your Fingers…MAN?”

December 8, 2019 Jeffrey A. Friedberg, A VIEW FROM THE STREET: Quick, impolite, and to the point.... 1

“Man….” HEY, “COOL” JOE: I don’t think anybody says “man” anymore. I think now they say, “hombre,” or “يا رجل.” JOE BIDEN: BORN IN A LOG CABIN, IN 1733…Oh, wait…. JOE BIDEN: BORN ON THE NEW YORK WATERFRONT IN A ROWBOAT IN 1911…OH, WAIT…. JOE BIDEN: BORN IN A SPEAK [Read More]

“Journalistic Standards” Have ALWAYS Been About Lies, and–In Some Cases–Advancing Causes.

November 9, 2019 Jeffrey A. Friedberg, A VIEW FROM THE STREET: Quick, impolite, and to the point.... Comments Off

So-Called, “Journalistic Standards,” seem to have almost always been concerned with journalism as an “engine” of agendas. How could it not? From the moment that the colonials received word of Britain’s new taxes in 1764 until reports of the peace treaty arrived in 1783, the press constituted the major source [Read More]

Trump Make America Great Again Black Voters

[VIDEO] Why America loves Donald Trump and why he should win in 2020

November 8, 2019 Bookworm Comments Off

The AC/DC soundtrack only makes more powerful this great video contrasting the media’s blind Trump-hatred versus Trump’s virtues and pro-Americanism. Trump Thunderstruck from Mr Smith on Vimeo. (Hat tip: Ace of Spades — and you should go to this Ace of Spades link because today’s content is that good, including [Read More]

A recent WaPo piece exposes the rot behind the impeachment press

November 7, 2019 Bookworm Comments Off

I. Introduction When it comes to Trump and Impeachment, with apologies to Mary McCarthy, every word the Washington Post writes is a lie, including “and” and “the.” As a lawyer, when I receive a brief that argues to the judge that my client is lying about facts central to the [Read More]

When We Knew Who We Were–And What Restroom To Use.”

November 6, 2019 Jeffrey A. Friedberg, A VIEW FROM THE STREET: Quick, impolite, and to the point.... Comments Off

OPINION: By JEFFREY A FRIEDBERG DEMS, 2020 <———> There was a time…. ….Not so long ago, when we knew who we were. And we knew what rest-room to use. America was Good. Communism, drugs, criminals, poo in the street, and perversion were Bad. But, Democrats, in 2019–with thanks to Barry [Read More]

Woke teachers and ethnic studies are toxic

November 5, 2019 Bookworm Comments Off

So-called “woke” teachers — aka socialists — in their ethnic studies classes use a strong foundation of complete ignorance to teach kids to hate America. (This post develops one of the topics I discussed in my No. 31 Bookworm Podcast.) Writing at Minding the Campus, George Leef has an article [Read More]