On October 1, 2025 at 2:56 pm, Doug Cole wrote:
Hi Mark! What if they had a government shutdown and nobody noticed?
Thank you for your continued voice of reason in dark times.
Doug Cole
On October 1, 2025 at 2:57 pm, George Pereira wrote:
Mark,
I woke up this morning to the joys of hot coffee and only 85%+ of the government still working.
While I anticipate reading and watching the oh so sad news and enjoying the anguish and tears of so-called non-essential government workers finally getting the ax (Hey! I have a great idea. Learn to Code!)
I found my second cup of coffee overflowing with even more joyeuse nouvelle. (A little French lingo for the Canadian censors.)
Michael Mann, the scourge of Kroeger's aisle 9, has resigned from Penn State for his comments about the head of Trump's Hiler Youth.
His comments calling for an armed militia to depose Trump as President (isn't this an Insurrection?) are still waiting to be investigated.
I am also waiting for the IRS to investigate his tax liability for the millions in legal representation he has enjoyed during his reign of climate terror.
On to my third cup of coffee!
Lastly, I understand they have an awful lot of coffee in Brazil. That would make for a great song lyric. It is too bad Frank is no longer with us. Probably be more enjoyable than discussing who is up two points in Iowa.
On October 1, 2025 at 2:57 pm, Chris from Michigan wrote:
Hi Mark,
I'm sure that you are gutted to hear that, according to a post by Anthony Watts, Prof. Michael E. Mann has been forced to resign from the newly created post of Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action at the University of Pennsylvania.
On October 1, 2025 at 2:58 pm, Ross Spence wrote:
I am happy to see Michael Mann getting more public shame.
I don't know what a "Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action" does, but it does not sound like neutrality (Mann's stated excuse for stepping down) is part of the job description.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:00 pm, April L. wrote:
Hi, Mark!
I recently re-read C.S. Lewis's "The Abolition of Man" and I was shocked by how much of the destruction he described has worsened just since my last reading (maybe seven years ago). Is it possible that we are nearing man's final conquest as Lewis observed, the abolition of man himself?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:03 pm, Donald Dianetti wrote:
The young man who murdered Charlie Kirk was incubated in the online world - in whatever form - chat rooms, online gaming channels, forums, it's a world submerged in viciousness and hate and so unlike the real world with its norms and consequences and whatnot. I wonder if, now that he is in isolation and cut off from the internet, his brain will be forced to naturally recalibrate itself to *this* world. Will be shocked by what he did and feel any remorse? Not that it matters, really, but it's an interesting thought, what happens to an online-conditioned brain when its inputs are suddenly severed?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:03 pm, Texas Optimist wrote:
Howdy Mark! I pray that your health is better today.
In America, after a series of church shootings, the large number of "non-political" Christians are now being challenged with the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the most prominent Christian apologist in the political space.
Will middle-of-the-road American Christians finally begin to speak the plain truth that the Democrats and globalists want those who express their faith to be silenced or killed?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:04 pm, Chris Davies wrote:
Mark,
I hope you are well.
I am a simple soul. Please explain to me why Donald Trump thinks the Blair creature, a war criminal, should be allowed anywhere near running Gaza.
He should be in The Hague facing a life of incarceration.
Keep well Mark.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:08 pm, Peter wrote:
Greetings Mark,
For the Steyn Cruise after next, I have a suggestion: we form the Mark Steyn Club Privateer Navy and go sailing around the Mediterranean (or English Channel if you prefer) raiding migrant boats and the ngo ferry boats that assist with the invasion . . . all while listening to your favorite selections from the Andrews Sisters and Glenn Miller.
What say you?
Thanks,
Peter
On October 1, 2025 at 3:11 pm, Elisa Angel wrote:
Mark, Who is your favorite mezzo soprano? I'm making a playlist for the end of the world as we know it. I appreciate your musical recommendations.
P.S. Thanks for reading "America Alone" to us.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:16 pm, The Notorious Mr. J wrote:
Looking ahead, isn't it possible that in one year's time a major quake will occur in American politics, in the form of the Mid-Terms?
Trump is quite unpopular, and the disruptions he has caused will make the Republicans very unpopular. The Democrats will likely score big in Congressional seat gains, which is disturbing since its Looney Left faction is gaining ever more clout. Just as Trump's meddling screwed up Canadian politics, his missteps will sour American politics, maybe to a dangerous degree. Look forward to more pernicious polarization, that's for sure.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:20 pm, Queen of the Jungle wrote:
Hi Mark- hope all is well.
I wanted to get your opinion on President Trump putting wanker Tony Blair in charge or in a position of authority regarding the much heralded Peace Proposal.
Now I love Trump, but for the life of me I can't see giving Blair a job or a say on anything given his history in the UK..
Putting Blair in a Middle East post is like replacing RFKJ with Dr Fauci or like putting Comey or Brennan back in charge of an intelligence agency.
Your thoughts?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:23 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
I rather hope the hamasholes don't respond
in a timely fashion & the Jews can finally go
ahead & properly eliminate this iteration of
Amalek. It's always such a relief when there's
a bit less evil in the world.
Did you hear, Charlie Kirk's assassin's tranny
boyfriend has, supposedly, gone missing?
& after all those glowing stories of him being
ever so cooperative with law enforcement, too!
One's mind goes right to all manner of conspiracy
theories.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:24 pm, Doug Auble wrote:
Hi Mark. Have you heard even one"peep" about where all the money went during the last "transfer of power " November to January. Selective oversight in Congress? Like nothing to see here? It was reported to be unaccounted for by DOGE that moved into the memory hole of half a year ago news. Thanks, (doozington)
On October 1, 2025 at 3:27 pm, Eric Dale wrote:
Are any of Epstein's clients going to be prosecuted?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:30 pm, [email protected] wrote:
What do you have lined up for future Tales for Our Time? Have you ever considered reading something by Stephen Leacock (Nonsense Novels?). I think you would do a great job with Rasselas by Samuel Johnson, by the way.
Herschel Neal
On October 1, 2025 at 3:33 pm, Toby Pilling wrote:
Is David Lammy a spoof character played by Sacha Baron-Cohen?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:35 pm, Willy wrote:
Hi Mark, We are visiting rural Iowa this week. Happened to pop into a supermarket in a small town in the north central part of the state. Of the 20 roundabout folks in lines to check out, two were Anglo while the balance were Somalis, which explained the minaret down the street. Needed something else at the Supercenter where at least half the shoppers were speaking Spanish, most of whom had a kid in the trolley, annother pushing it, and another on the hip. Random, rural, small town Iowa. Destroyed. Gonzo. Property values shot to pieces for long-time residents. Significant drain on public purse.
All of which reminds me: Welcome to a new fiscal year for the once great USA! Day 1 and we are already in the red. Closed the books on the previous year with an eye-watering $37.5 trillion in debt. Most folks, and certainly none of those Somalis at the grocer's, understand what this number looks like written out, much less what it means even in shorthand. The government already spends more on servicing the debt every year than on the military. Eighty percent of the annual budget is spent on mandatory programs. So just about every cent of discretionary spending must be, has to be, from new borrowing. Fort Knox will be turned into a public park in six or seven years because there will be nothing left in it to protect.
When Louis XVI came to the thrown, France was almost as in debt as is the US today. The young king sought to fix this. He appointed a libertarian finance minister, one Jacques Turgot, tasked with slashing spending and balancing the fiscus. Pauvre Jacques lasted 18mo before being thrown through the Versailles windows — because the gravy train sustained far too many courtiers inside the beltway.
Non-integrated Somalis, fecund Latinos, powerful beltway blowhards stuffing taxpayer cash into their pockets...The unstoppable force and the immoveable object. What is your best-case outcome? Buy brass and gold?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:38 pm, chickensoup wrote:
Michael Mann has been asked to step down...not nearly enough
Your thoughts?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:40 pm, LeftCoaster Claudia wrote:
Dear Mark,
I'm confused about news that little fraudster Michael hockey stick Mann has resigned. Has he left UPenn completely or just relinquished an honorific? Has he written that check to you yet?
Thanks for all you do. Wishing you the best.
LeftCoaster
On October 1, 2025 at 3:42 pm, Laurence Jarvik wrote:
Mark, I'm glad Michael Mann's delaying tactics have provided you with a reason to live. May your case drag on as Jarndyce v Jarndyce!
In the meantime, any comments on Ta-Nahesi Coates latest blast at the memory of Charlie Kirk, or Democrats, the Establishment and the Left in general piling on post-mortem to smear the memory of a manifestly color-blind Christian Revivalist who would talk to anyone as a "White Supremacist?"
On October 1, 2025 at 3:45 pm, Nicola Timmerman wrote:
Carney gave a speech for our ridiculous fraud aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Day and talked about how aboriginal culture was whitewashed. But what does he think importing more and more migrants will do to their culture and ours?
On October 1, 2025 at 3:48 pm, Teresa Maupin wrote:
"On a related theme, we are also marking the twentieth anniversary of the Danish Mohammed cartoons." What a horrible anniversary. It is quite sickening that after the slaughter of free speech cartoonists, European politicians accelerated the accommodation of conquering non-remorseful Muslims.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:51 pm, Alan Davis wrote:
Hi Mark!
After all the Munch/Floyd/Trans/GazaHausen by proxy, I need my SteynHausen by Proxy.
De Fraudpants quit as Climate Provost or some such from Penn State.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:55 pm, Queen of the Jungle wrote:
Greetings Mark, hope you are well, abundant and prosperous!
I thought you'd get a kick out of this headline about your arch enemy MM:
"Infamous Climate "Scientist" Michael Mann Resigns Penn Role After Charlie Kirk "Hitler" Posts
Notice that they put the word Scientist in quotes- not my doing.
It seems that Mikey Boy was forced to resign from UPenn after he posted some truly despicable comments following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Apparently Mikey went on a veritable social media spree in the wake of the murder, sarcastically describing the assassination as "white on white violence" and re-posting multiple inflammatory remarks about the conservative leader, including one that referred to Kirk as the "head of Trump's Hitler Youth."
He later deleted several of his posts and attempted to explain himself, saying he "overlooked" the implications.
Whatever TF that means!
Your court case was also mentioned, however obliquely:
"Mann was previously sanctioned by a judge for knowingly providing misleading information to a jury in a defamation case against his conservative critics."
All in all, couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
On October 1, 2025 at 3:59 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
Staying with the musical themes,
is there already ~ or will there be
in the future ~ a Slow Boat to China
Song of the Week episode??
On October 1, 2025 at 4:02 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
I am entirely simpatico with Master
Pereira's opinions about coffee in
Brazil being far more interesting
than points in Iowa.
How does one even grow points?
Are they a seasonal crop? Do they
grow on trees, or are they a root?
