Hello again and thank you for joining us here at SteynOnline for another gripping episode of Laura's Links. Thank you also to all those who joined me live yesterday as I muddled through a last minute, but very fun stint guest hosting the Live Q&A/Around the Planet while Mark got a little extra, well-needed rest and tended to his bum ticker, etc. If you missed it live, the replay is right here. I know some of you were probably annoyed or perhaps disappointed about the hostile takeover of the mic by the Sinister In House Jewess, but I hope you enjoyed the show nonetheless. There was hopefully something for everyone! We spent some time on the war, on antisemitism (i.e., the fabulous latest example from the UK, burning "Jewish" ambulances), humming a few bars of the latest dance mix of "Bibi Joon", cooing about babies and generally having a jolly old time on the airwaves. (Insert 'was it as good for you as it was for me' joke here...)
I also spent a little bit of time encouraging people in general to calm down when they click click click at the keyboard and interact with other humans over the Internet in writing. Puhlease, puhlease, take a few deep breaths before you hit "send" or "submit", and also understand that you have no idea what the person on the other end is going through in their real life. It is possible to disagree with Mark on the war without suggesting that he 'throw in the towel' or that he should be put to pasture.
As it happens, Mark has a pretty good track record for being right. I loooooooove being right also. But I'd totally love for Mark to be wrong about his current positions on the war and for me to be right - and I say that with the utmost respect and affection. I would hope we can show each other and Mark a little more grace in our actions and discussions.
*waves to Mark*
*sends virtual chicken soup with matzah balls over the Internet*
Anyway, due to the last-minute nature of guest hosting, and the Passover preparations that are happening, Chez Cohen, my intro is going to be a little brief today. I will wish our Christian readers a Happy Easter a little early but just didn't want to forget. And a Happy and Kosher Passover to our Jewish readers - by next week's column it will already be Passover so I have to take care of that now.
Have a great weekend and I will see you in the comments as much as my currently crazy schedule permits!
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North America:
The Death of the West, as represented by things like this.
Trump is doing things on the homefront. There's just such a mess, the rot is so deep, and there are no quick fixes.
GREAT NEWS. Rest in hell, demon.
They hate you and want to destroy America and the West. You're welcome.
I had to watch this several times to make sure it was real. This is literally Margaret Thatcher's axiom about socialism being a grand party until you run out of other people's money (I paraphrase obviously) in the flesh. I enjoyed this soooooooooo much.
Is this EVER going to be dealt with? Ugh. Don't answer.
THIS rivals THIS. The comments under the article are so funny. I'm dying. One of the best ones was "if you get killed by a torso, you deserve to die". HAHAHAHAHAA!!! So good.
Kathy Shaidle used to say that she refused to believe Bernie Farber was Jewish ("too stupid to be Jewish") and that he had to have been adopted. He just will not go away. I think I need one of those Jewy Jew Jew abracadabra spells that Tucker was talking about to make him go away. Will have to talk to some of the Elders of Zion at the upcoming ZOG meeting. This is the guy who LITERALLY SCHLEPPED AN OVEN DOOR from his ancestral family home in Poland to Canada. I mean that's not absolutely mentally deranged or anything. Perfectly normal, perfectly healthy and so we should definitely listen to him on everything of importance. Most excellent judgement. REMEMBER THE OVEN DOOR!!!!! (PICTURE MY FACE).
We have an epidemic of "smart" stupid people in the West. Soooooper el stupido "smart", credentialed people.
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Israel and Jews:
Better late than never, I suppose.
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The Formerly Great Britain:
Everything is just fine in the UK.
What happened? "Demographics."
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The Great Walkbackening, Accounting and Reckoning:
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Christianity:
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Islam:
Long but good. A very interesting essay if you have the time for it. Very interesting writer as well.
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Europe:
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Kooks 'N' Trans:
"This is a case about swinging dicks. The Christian owners of Olympus Spa - a traditional Korean, women-only, nude spa - understandably don't want them in their spa." Judge VanDyke's thermonuclear dissental. The panel raised eyebrows for mandating a women's spa serve a male patron..." Full court documents here for the legal beagles among you.
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Human Grace:
Sensible, good advice (ignore the obnoxious comments, people are so weird).
"She noticed that the men holding her prayed for death, while she prayed for life. That realisation frightened her, but it also changed her. If they wanted death and she wanted life, then she decided she would choose life every day, even there." Read the whole thing: Noa Argamani and Choosing Life.
"Start scanning for glimmers."
"52 websites worth more than most college degrees".
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