Our seemingly unending inability to fathom Pyongyangs true objectives, and our attendant proclivity for being taken by surprise over and over again by North Korean actions, is not just a matter of succumbing to Pyongyangs strategic deceptions, assiduous as those efforts may be. The trouble, rather, is that even our top foreign-policy experts and our most sophisticated diplomatists are creatures of our own cultural heritage and intellectual environment. We Americans are, so to speak, children of the Enlightenment, steeped in the precepts of our highly globalized era. Which is to say: We have absolutely no common point of reference with...
To Neutralize the North Korean Threat, America Must First Understand the North Korean Regime
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12 Memes that Sig Sauer Haters would Love
Current events have put the Sig Sauer P320 in the crosshairs. While the drop safety may fail, these memes certainly dont disappoint those who are saying I told you so to their Sig-loving buddies. Anyways, here are the twelve Sig memes: On second thought, better not drop that gun
See potholes in roads can be quite dangerous
if you are carrying a P320
Stand back, there is a Sig in the room
The meeting of the minds
See the rest of the 12 Sig Sauer Memes here.
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Shocker: new movie about Chappaquiddick tells the truth (What did Ted Kennedy do?)
The power of the Kennedy clan seems to be fading, no longer able to prevent the production of an indie film that no only tells the truth, but which has earned the praise of the show business bible, Variety. Steven Hayward of Powerline spotted the anomaly: I paid no attention to the fact that Hollywood was producing a biopic of Ted Kennedyâs famous âaccidentâ at Chappaquiddick in 1969, and would have assumed that it was a typical gauzy pro-Kennedy puff piece if I had known. But Variety magazine, the main trade journal of Hollywood, offers a review that not only says that the...
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How Russia quietly undercuts sanctions intended to stop North Korea’s nuclear program
Russian smugglers are scurrying to the aid of North Korea with shipments of petroleum and other vital supplies that could help that country weather harsh new economic sanctions, U.S. officials say in an assessment that casts further doubt on whether financial measures alone can force dictator Kim Jong Un to abandon his nuclear weapons program. The spike in Russian exports is occurring as China by far North Koreas biggest trading partner is beginning to dramatically ratchet up the economic pressure on its troublesome neighbor in the face of provocative behavior such as last weeks test of a powerful...
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Wanted: Volunteer shooters to thin Grand Canyon bison herd
The National Park Service plans to thin a herd of bison in the Grand Canyon through roundups and by seeking volunteers who are physically fit and proficient with a gun to kill the animals that increasingly are damaging park resources. Some bison would be shipped out of the area and others legally hunted on the adjacent forest. Within the Grand Canyon, shooters would be selected through a lottery to help bring the number of bison roaming the far northern reaches of the park to no more than 200 within three to five years. About 600 of the animals now live...
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Wanted: Volunteer shooters to thin Grand Canyon bison herd
The National Park Service plans to thin a herd of bison in the Grand Canyon through roundups and by seeking volunteers who are physically fit and proficient with a gun to kill the animals that increasingly are damaging park resources. Some bison would be shipped out of the area and others legally hunted on the adjacent forest. Within the Grand Canyon, shooters would be selected through a lottery to help bring the number of bison roaming the far northern reaches of the park to no more than 200 within three to five years. About 600 of the animals now live...
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Democrat's death wish: Backing grows for 'Medicare for All'
Bernie Sanders' government plan to provide "Medicare for All" is getting increasing support from prominent Democrats and appears headed to become an important part of the party platform in the future. The idea to put the entire health care industry under government control for all 320 million Americans is not popular. A Pew survey from last June shows only 33% support the idea of single payer. More importantly, a large percentage of Americans strongly oppose the idea. In short, using Sanders' plan as a catalyst for a takeover by Democrats of the House and Senate would cost more votes than...
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5 More Reasons Ending DACA was the Right Call: Facts you've never heard from the mainstream media.
Following the Trump administration's announcement of the wind-down of the unconstitutional Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, there has been a disappointing lack of information presented by the national news media regarding just how damaging and anti-American the program was. Listed below are some of DACA's worst characteristics and effects, all of which should be common knowledge for patriotic Americans who want enforcement of our immigration laws and security of our borders.1. To Push It Through, Obama Ignored the Mass Victimization of American Children After DACA was announced in June of 2012, the Obama DHS made one crucial mistake: it forgot to promise DACA aliens that the agency wouldnt...
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My Gun Is Empty; Don’t Make Me Pull the Trigger
Following the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise at the hands of a deranged liberal terrorist, Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a bill for national reciprocity. This bill would make it so concealed carry license would be treated like marriage licenses or drivers licenses; a permit in one state would be recognized in every other state.The bill, however, has stalled, and Massie points the finger for this squarely at Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Bearing Arms Second Amendment rights, long considered the Republicans purview, are being kicked down the road by Paul Ryan. As Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit wondered outloud:...
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Considerations in Fraternal Correction
Considerations in Fraternal Correction Msgr. Charles Pope ⢠September 11, 2017 ⢠Fraternal correction is so important to the health of individuals, the family, the Church, and even nations, that some further reflection following SundayÂs Gospel is in order. The correction of a sinner is complex and difficult to accomplish well. Many avoid it entirely, especially due to these hypersensitive times, when some people base their very identity on their sins. Many take correction very personally, even labeling it Âhate speech. Those who dare to correct are often shamed for doing so and accused of Âjudging.ÂDistinguishing between what God...
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North Korea promises ‘ultimate great pain’ following UN’s strongest sanctions yet on its exports
The United Nations Security Council on Monday voted unanimously to pass its strongest sanctions yet on North Korea following its sixth ever successful nuclear missile launch and claims that the country now has a Hydrogen bomb it can place on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The sanctions, while watered down from original drafts, fully ban the countrys textile exports and reduce its oil and petroleum exports. This means about 90 percent of North Koreas exports are now banned, as well as a complete ban on the countrys overseas laborers that provide nearly $500 million in revenue. Additionally, all foreign investment...
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Planned Parenthood Teams up with Satanists to Promote Abortion in Missouri
Missouri has reportedly doubled its abortion capacity this year thanks to the Satanic Temple and Planned Parenthood, who have worked in tandem to fight the states restrictions on abortion. With some of the most clearly defined regulations on abortion in the nation, Missouri had managed to lower the number of abortion facilities to a single clinic, but a second Missouri clinic opened its doors recently and two others plan on following soon. Planned Parenthood has battled against state regulations requiring abortion clinics to meet the same surgical center standards as full hospitals and for their doctors to have hospital privileges,...
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University promises ‘disciplinary action’ for students who engage in ‘hateful demonstrations’
Officials at a public university are promising to discipline students for hateful demonstrations and hate speech but refuse to articulate what they consider might fall under that category. In the wake of controversial protests and demonstrations across the country, administrators at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois have created hate speech and violence contingency plans, according to the schools student newspaper, The Daily Egyptian.
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Shapiro vs. Uygur
See especially at 53:50, et seq., re "southern strategy"; he rips him a new one for Dinesh.
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Secretary DeVos Begins to Rectify the Title IX Mistake
It is very rare for a federal agency to admit having made a mistake and rarer still for the secretary of a cabinet department to announce a U-turn in policy in a heavily publicized speech. But that is exactly what Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos did on September 7. Speaking at George Mason University, Secretary DeVos went straight after the most contentious element of the Obama Administrations higher education policy, namely its interpretation of Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972. The language of the statute was twisted by bureaucratic fiat (a Dear Colleague letter) from prohibiting discrimination...
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Justices allow Trump administration ban on most refugees
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees. The justices on Tuesday agreed to an administration request to block a lower court ruling that would have eased the refugee ban and allowed up to 24,000 refugees to enter the country before the end of October
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The Latest: Ohio high court denies condemned killer appeal (10 AM execution)
LUCASVILLE, Ohio The Latest on the scheduled execution of a contemned Ohio killer (all times local): 8:55 a.m. The Ohio Supreme Court says it won't hear an appeal from a condemned killer who argues he shouldn't be put to death because of his age at the time of the crime. The court declined to halt a scheduled 10 a.m. Wednesday execution in a decision released about two hours before. Lawyers for death row inmate Gary Otte (OH'-tee) wanted the court to apply the ruling of a Kentucky court last month that found the death penalty unconstitutional for people who...
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ESPN lets Jemele Hill's Trump 'white supremacist' comments slide
ESPN host Jemele Hill called President Trump "a white supremacist" in a Twitter rant on Monday, and the network said it "addressed" the incident with Hill -- though it didn't detail how.
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2020: Sanders has big lead, Zuckerberg the dark horse, McAuliffe dead last
The upcoming 2020 Democratic presidential is Sen. Bernie Sanders' to lose, according to a new election poll. Sanders has a huge lead over rivals Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden, both of whom are eyeing a bid. The dark horse appears to be Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a media and Clinton favorite, is dead last with just 1 percent supporting his candidacy in the Zogby Analytics survey of likely Democratic primary voters provided exclusively to Secrets. Sanders, who was edged out by Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016, is her heir apparent. Some 28 percent...
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The Language of Losing
As some of you know, on yesterday's Clubland Q&A I discussed why, for the first time since we launched SteynOnline in 2002, we did not re-post material from September 11th 2001 and the days that followed. As I put it: If this is a war, there's no agreement on what we're up against: Terrorism? Islamic terrorism? Islamic extremism? Islam? Whatever it is, a president who, on the campaign trail, mocked his predecessor's inability to use the words "radical Islam" himself eschewed all mention of the I-word today. September 11th 2001 was supposedly "the day everything changed" - if by "everything...
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