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~Yes, it's me! Mark Steyn of that ilk - back off my deathbed for another hour of questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet. We start at 3pm North American Eastern - which, across the Atlantic, is back to its usual hour: 8pm in the British Isles and 9pm in western and central Europe.
As we now know from Elon Musk's decision to turn on the place-of-Tweet function, there are no Americans on the Internet, just larky South Asians and West Africans cosplaying at eaglepatriotminutemanspiritof76 and transfurriesforgaza. Despite its being invented by Al Gore, there appears to be no evidence any American has ever been on the Internet. We hope you'll want to make an exception for this pre-Thanksgiving edition of our Clubland Q&A, but, if not, we're happy to take any questions from Waziristani imams or Bengali sex-fiends willing to play along as Vermont lesbians or Maryland MS-13 members. For the moment you can listen to our show live from almost anywhere you chance to be on this turbulent earth. Starting next week, in compliance with Cruella von der Leyen and the European Commission, Clubland Q&A will be distributed exclusively by fax machine, purportedly headquartered in a barn in the White Mountains but actually run out of a customer-service call-centre in Rajasthan. So install yours today!
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But, if you're not interested in joining, no worries, as they say in Oz: We seek no unwilling members - and as always the show is free to listen to, so we hope you'll want to tune in. So see you back here at 3pm North American Eastern - which is, once again, 8pm in London and Dublin, 9pm in Paris and Berlin, 10pm in Kiev and Jerusalem; 11pm in Moscow and Riyadh; half-past-eleven in Teheran; 1.45am in Kathmandu; 4am in Singapore and Honkers (sorry about that); 7am in Sydney and Melbourne; 9am in Auckland, and an even more civilised hour for the kippers and kedgeree in His Majesty's Dominions eastward across the Pacific, where you're so far ahead Michael E Mann's probably lost his appeal by now...
On November 26, 2025 at 4:14 pm, Raymond Aldred wrote:
Hi Mark
Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving !
Continued recovery Healthwise !
It baffles me as to why so many people are attempting to tear down our democracy . Riots , shootings ,
resisting ICE legitimate activates , arson , theft and many other destructive acts ?
In a recent article , written by a phycologist , defining " narcissistic traits " .
The four traits :
Focus on self
Empathy
Grandiosity
Breaking rules
I believe the article summed it up very well ?
Ray A .
On November 26, 2025 at 4:11 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
Other than my favorite Jewy story of the
week ~ Israel bringing home the entire
Indian Jews community ~ I haven't any
pressing thoughts fitting the spirit of
gratitude, so I simply want to wish
everyone a most joyous & blessed
Thanksgiving.
Even non-Americans. Because they
too have a God-given right to be grateful.
On November 26, 2025 at 4:08 pm, Le Texan wrote:
Hi Mark,
The two Ukrainian teens we have come to know in our kid's school in Switzerland plan to stay, study here and become Swiss. I wonder how widespread that is. Some percentage of Ukrainian girls and young women who've been integrating in EU countries must be thinking that way. If so that would add an additional measure of dearth to the meager births in that wrecked country, while providing a temporary boost to destination country demographics. Their likelihood to produce 2.1 children each is another story...
On November 26, 2025 at 4:05 pm, Jonathan Steeden wrote:
Dear Mark - I hope your health is improving. I was just wondering, with the news this week that David Lammy's second favourite male role model is Bill Cosby, who would be your second favourite male role model? Kind regards, Jonathan
On November 26, 2025 at 4:02 pm, Drew Weber wrote:
Hello Mark,
The remarkable aspect of the immigration crackdowns and federal involvement in crime control in our cities is the large numbers of criminal perpetrators arrested. Had they been free to ply their illegal trade due to lack of police resources or an unwillingness to go after them?
English legal scholar William Blackstone stated "It is better that ten guilty men go free than that one innocent man be convicted." Maybe some validity in this.
However, the notion ignores the subsequent mayhem that the guilty will perpetrate on the citizenry.
Today's social justice types on the Left support letting the guilty go free, not to prevent the hypothetical conviction of an innocent man. Instead, they fully acknowledge the guilt, but release them as they imagine the guilty as victims of one or many facets of the system.
As you have said, common sense only prevails if we as a people have something in common. There is no middle ground with those that enthusiastically support the release of serial offenders and merely shrug when the same perpetrate violence and death on innocent citizens.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:58 pm, Robert Bridges wrote:
Rep. Swalwell (D-Fang Bang) reports that "we" are aligning (recruiting) troops to compromise orders given by the US Commander and Chief President Donald Trump.
Senator Kelly (D-Sinaloa) and others of the Sed-Six (Seditious Six...not to be confused with the Gang of Four or the Fab Four)) have called out the military to disobey "unlawful" orders given by THIS present administration's Commander and Chief President Donald Trump....
What has made this an early priority over a year away from the mid-terms? Will your wish come true?
On November 26, 2025 at 3:55 pm, Patrick Geagan wrote:
Hello Mark, happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Once again the Republicans have done nothing to help Trumps term in office.
Is this on purpose or are they just plain dumb?
Does the GOP think this fun little game of cat and mouse is going to last forever?
We see that with each new generation of democrats they get more radicalized and power hungry.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:54 pm, Fran Lavery wrote:
Are there any updates from the Ofcom apparatchicks as to how they've handled other free speech reporters and journalists in the UK? Have they cancelled anybody else since they came after you and Naomi Wolf? Any chance of early elections to try to oust Queer Starmer? Happy Thanksgiving, Mark and clubbers.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:52 pm, Frank Gallenstein wrote:
Hi Mark,
I just finished sending a pointed email to one of the reporters in Gannett's Cincinnati Enquirer who tried to console readers by stating that less than 2% of people detained by ICE this year committed a violent crime. She also informed us of those who had criminal charges, nearly all of them were minor charges like traffic or drug offenses.
Thank goodness. What a relief. It's good to know I should not be concerned about nonviolent crime, like the theft of my automobile last month that was taken from my driveway in the dark of night and completely destroyed. Or my daughter, who is an administrator at a suburban grade school in Greater Cincinnati, should not be concerned about the large number of Uzbeki parents who drive to school to pick up their children but can't provide a driver's license that is required for identification.
I asked Madam reporter if in the future she would be so kind to list all the nonviolent crimes the ICE detainees have committed.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:52 pm, Michael J. from Colorado wrote:
Hello, Mark! So by my count, it's 10 years and counting since Hillary paid for the Steele dossier. 10 years of crime after crime and still no one but no one on the Left pays a price! Justice only works One-Way in America. I'll spare you and all our listeners reciting the long, long list. When will the day of reckoning come, Mark, and what will that look like? Depressing and Disgusting.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:46 pm, Michael Regan wrote:
Hi Mark,
I was speaking with a friend who works in finance here in the US, and does some work in Europe. I asked him what he and his colleagues think of the immigration problem in Europe and how it affects business. He said it's a non issue and "doesn't move the needle". What are your thoughts on this response?
On November 26, 2025 at 3:42 pm, brian martin wrote:
Hi Mark! I recently rediscovered your website, and promptly subscribed. I didn't know about your health problems and I hope you're doing well.
I was wondering if you were planning on doing a Christmas special this year ?
I used to play the Christmas special with Anthony Kearns on Youtube for my mother. She was of Irish heritage and really enjoyed it.
All the Best,
Brian
On November 26, 2025 at 3:41 pm, Willy Pete wrote:
Any thoughts on Australian Pualine Hanson burqa wearing Catch 22?
On November 26, 2025 at 3:37 pm, Queen of the Jungle wrote:
Dear Mark- I am so grateful for being able to share another Thanks Giving with my favorite writer and bon vivant.
As always, I pray for your health and prosperity
My question today involves another topic in your wheelhouse, namely, the horrors of fake climate change, Net Zero, the Green New Scam et al.
Your past work was prescient in setting out "Climate Change, the Facts;" it seems that with the new Trump administration and guys like Lee Zeldin, forbidden knowledge is now public.
Even that fraud Bill Gates is jumping ship, to wit:
"Although climate change will have serious consequences—particularly for people in the poorest countries—it will not lead to humanity's demise. People will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable future. " The hypocrisy is breathtaking!
Anyway, if you have time after going through the latest "migrant" atrocities like what happened in Italy the other day, you can share your thoughts vis a vis the Climate Catastrophe.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:31 pm, Peter wrote:
Greetings Mark,
As you have been saying for many years, western civilization is sliding off a cliff. Everyone can see it now, except those who choose not to. It's increasingly obvious that, for whatever reasons—and there are many, we cannot vote our way out of this debacle. Do you think we get a Caesar who rises, or simply go quietly into that long Eurabian night?
Prayers for your good health.
Peter
On November 26, 2025 at 3:27 pm, Robert wrote:
For the Clubland Q&A
Mark,
A glimmer of hope regarding the "wrong people being forced to do the right thing":
Rutger Bregman, one of those dime-a-dozen Dutch "intellectuals", gave a Reith Lecture where he claimed that Trump was "the most openly corrupt president in American history", and the BBC cut that part out, to which Bregman expressed surprise.
Does this mean that the BBC realises it can no longer get away with making up undercooked Grauniadofcom rubbish and passing it off as fact (and not just for making up stuff about the Donald, there's always Gaza), in light of Donald's legal action? Do its journothingies just have to take a bit more care?
On November 26, 2025 at 3:24 pm, Elisa Angel wrote:
Have you been following Ursula von de Leyen's speeches about Ukraine and Russia? Do you think she wants peace or continued war? What do you make of it?
On November 26, 2025 at 3:20 pm, Blackbeard wrote:
Mark,
I have read a few recent articles on Germany and NATO as a whole, gearing up for war against Russia. Germany even going so far as saying if they can't get more volunteers, they may resort to conscription. What type of army will they be able to field when the majority of men under 30 are Muslim?
Please say hi to Mark Steyn for me if he swings by. It's always my favorite part of the show.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:18 pm, Odo of Saint Amand wrote:
Dear Mark,
It was on Nov. 25, nearly eight and 1/2 Centuries ago the Knights Templar fought a battle against Saladin's forces in what is now southern Israel, and although it was technically a route, a decade later many of the knights who succeeded during that battle were killed or captured a decade later at the Battle of Hattin in 1187, in which a fragment of the True Cross was captured, and never a Western eye would see it again.
Which takes me to my question: Speaking of one minor victory in an arid plain of defeat, Zelenskyy and von der Leyen and the rest of the "Roman Senate" in Europe who believed they could defeat Emperor Putin with a thousand tiny cuts, are now faced with a dilemma; kick the can down the road and watch Putin gobble up Kiev that rhymes with Steve, or fold up their war tents, swallow their losses and slink home without a slick way to launder trillions of squandered taxes on a gamble by Victoria Nuland that cost Ukraine her best and brightest for decades to come?
Your thoughts. Best of health and Happy Thanksgiving!
On November 26, 2025 at 3:13 pm, R G Paszkiewicz wrote:
Hi Mark,
First time/long time. Apologies for the impertinent question, but should your doctors' attempts to stabilize you eventually lead to you being "too stable" on a permanent basis have you given any thought to creating an A.I. Mark Steyn? Given that Mann vs Steyn has several decades yet to run, it would be comforting to know that a futuristic Mark hologram w/chatbot attached could represent the estate and continue to shower Dr. Mann with the insults and barbs he so richly deserves. Best Wishes,
R. G.
P.S. Would it not be prudent for the Estate of Mark Steyn to maintain the Steyn Club website into the future? The continuing access to the vast content would be worth the price of admission.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:11 pm, The Notorious Mr. J wrote:
Mr. Steyn, as a commentator on popular entertainment, I have a question for you? What is your view on the ever increasing intrusion of AI into the Human creative sphere? Right now we have top hit songs in circulation "performed" by AI generated voices. Will there be any room for the Homo sapiens touch in the Future?
It's true that this mechanoid wave is all just plagiarism of existing Man made creations, but the raw truth is that much of popular entertainment is a stream of knock offs and copy cat trends rather than anything original. A sufficiently sophisticated AI system should be able to spew this stuff out in a flash. Take cinema for instance. Many movie scripts are so banal and formulaic that HAL 9000 could easily do the job.
Maybe hope will lie in a residual yearning for authenticity. Just as we want to see flesh'n'blood people perform in sports rather than robots, the same might apply to the Arts. A new technology is not guaranteed acceptance. Remember how a few years back colourization of old Black and White movies was widely scorned and rejected by the Public. Same goes for the 3D movie craze.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:10 pm, Kelly Walter wrote:
Mark,
I pray daily for your health and stabilization! I appreciate your prescient comments on the well predicted collapse of civilization. Listening again to "America Alone" has been fascinating to see how it has all played out according to your sod-bollocking prediction.
Thanks for the recommendation of the Tales for Our Time "Three Men in a Boat." What a hilarious account!
It has truly helped lighten my mood in this season of despair.
In light of the eminent collapse of Western Civilization, I wonder if you have any comments regarding Julie London's "bear skin rug" version of "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy. I've Got Love in My Tummy." Although, I don't recommend you give it a listen in your current medical state. It almost pushed me over the edge.
On November 26, 2025 at 3:08 pm, Wilson Briggs wrote:
Dear Mark--
I read recently that by 2027 the Department of Transportation will require car makers to use a new dummy called THOR-05F in crash tests. The new dummy apparently mimics female proportions and is packed with sensors and updated biomechanics that reflect female anatomy, posture, muscle distribution, and joint behavior.
But why do we need a separate dummy to represent women? Why can't we just identify the current dummies as women?
On November 26, 2025 at 3:02 pm, Gareth Roberts wrote:
Rachael Reeves thinks she can lift children out of poverty by wrecking the economy. We can expect a major financial crisis while Reform is nowhere near ready for government. Can you recommend a safe and legal route for refugees from Britain?
On November 26, 2025 at 3:02 pm, Chris Davies wrote:
Mark,
I hope you are as well as you can be given your ongoing travails.
I appreciate Rachel Reeves believes she is underestimated.
She is right, even I underestimated her haplessness.
I'm all ears Mark. Please may you share with me anywhere in the world where more tax, more public spending and more government borrowing on rinse and repeat has ever induced economic growth?
The UK is dead. Room for a little one in that New Hampshire Forest? I'll
provide the fax machine.
Keep well Mark.
On November 26, 2025 at 2:59 pm, Fred Jones wrote:
As a larky South Asian of West African decent, I appropriated the most Anglo-centric name. Hoping ChatGPT can now work it's magic to help me sound American in asking my misinformation inquiry, namely:
Because a GOP "controlled" Congress cannot impeach Dead Moose Junction activist Dems cosplaying as Judges, and who are now deciding who the Administration can hire as the Executive Branch prosecutors in an effort to derail Comey's prosecution, shouldn't all those ... err ... I mean all WE Americans just resign ourselves to Deep State governance?
After all, the experts know how best to "save democracy" from this political outsider who ignores all political conventions and eschews the domestic and foreign affairs intelligentsia.
Why should we go through the biennial ruse of Congressional elections? Let's just evolve past this voting nonsense to a more elevated form of democracy.
On November 26, 2025 at 2:58 pm, Toby Pilling wrote:
Lammy wants to scrap jury trials. What about Magna Carta? Did she die in vain?
On November 26, 2025 at 2:57 pm, Johnny Big Fan wrote:
Hey Mark. So, after claiming his undying admiration for convicted rapist Bill Cosby, Calamity Lammy has decided to dispense with over 800 years of trial by jury as its all too time consuming dontcha know. We can just be happy with politically appointed judges. What could possibly go wrong with that? They're all perfectly unbiased and totally objective.
Knowing how good Lammy is with names, perhaps he meant Bing Crosby and not Bill? Perhaps he thinks Magna Carta was the prequel to Get Carter? I'm sure you have some strong views on these matters?
