Really Dumb Idea: A Remake of "Lord of the Flies"--With Girls

The whole point of the book/movie is how, left to their own devices on a deserted island, little boys from a civilized society will revert to a primitive, bestial state.

Whereas girls in the same situation would probably--what? Try to tidy the place up? Braid each other's hair?

Me? I'm waiting for the RuPaul version--Lord of the Flies: Island Drag Race.

Linda Sarsour Reaps the Whirlwind (Literally)

The opportunistic activist is using the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Harvey to fundraise--but not for the victims.

"Iran Is Stronger and Bolder Than Ever"

Thanks, Obama!

Feh!

That's the best word I can think of for this sort of thing (h/t: MW).

Unwraveling the Trudopian Approach to UNRWA

The approach? In a nutshell, it's to fund the Hamas-aiders/abettors up the wazoo, and to delude oneself that all is well with this eliminationist body.

Here's how one of Justin's bafflegab-spouting factotums unpacks it:

Responding to CJN queries, Louis Belanger, director of communications for the Minister of International Development, said, “The Government of Canada does not tolerate any misuse or diversion of assistance to support terrorism. Accountability and safeguards are central to the management of Canada’s development and humanitarian assistance in the West Bank and Gaza. 

“Canada is aware that UNRWA has faced criticism and allegations on controversial issues – some are based on fact, while others are unfounded. UNRWA schools use the textbooks of the jurisdiction in which they educate because students in UNRWA schools sit for local exams…UNRWA closely monitors and reviews the curriculum in its schools to ensure consistency with the values of the United Nations and with UNRWA’s expectations. When problematic issues are identified by UNRWA in the local curriculum, they provide enrichment materials and alternatives to give further context and represent UN values.”

UNRWA in sync with "UN values," eh? What say you to that, Mr. N.?:

However, Hillel Neuer, executive-director of UN Watch, a Geneva-based watchdog group, said “UN Watch is gravely concerned that Canada is yet again handing UNRWA millions of taxpayer dollars to fund teachers who endorse Hitler and advocate the murder of Jews. 

“Despite a detailed report that I presented at Parliament in April, identifying 60 more UNRWA employees who preach anti-Semitism and jihadi terrorism, neither the Trudeau government nor UNRWA has informed us of a single UNRWA teacher who has been fired as a result. This calls into question Canada’s claim, when it announced its original $25-million funding in November, that UNRWA has a policy of ‘zero tolerance.’ 

“The government’s new announcement that UNRWA will be hiring a ‘neutrality co-ordinator’ is of little use so long as UNRWA sends the message that preachers of anti-Semitic hate and terror are welcome to teach before classrooms of vulnerable children.”

"Zero tolerance" for the reality and continuation of a Jewish Israel: that's merely one of the sacred "UN values" that our Liberal government (along with Trump's) upholds by continuing to fund UNRWA.

Update: My amiga LRC has some thoughts on the matter.

"Can Europe Be Saved?"

Nope.

Is a Belief In the Primacy of Islamic Law a Mental Illness?

The question that occurred to me upon reading this.

Official Jew Not Yet Up To Speed on the New Normal Re "Hate Speech" In Ontario

Time was when Jews could count on state authorities to crack down on "hate speech" expressed by some pissant Nazi/white supremacist.

That was then. This is now:

A new petition calls on Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi to respond to the Jewish community’s complaints and concerns about hate crime and hate speech. 

The petition, launched Friday by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies (FSWC), says no charges were laid in relation to Al Quds Day held outside Queen’s Park on June 24 where speakers expressed anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, as well as spoke in favour of the annihilation of the Jewish people and Israel. 

FSWC also wanted action against Your Ward News — a publication deemed so “highly offensive” by the federal government that it ordered Canada Post to stop delivering it. 

“Over the last couple of years, FSWC has filed a number of hate crime-related complaints with police and with the Attorney General’s office. We have expressed our concern over hateful rallies at Queens Park like ‘Al Quds Day’ and hateful publications like ‘Your Ward News,’” Avi Benlolo, President and CEO of FSWC, said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the response has been inadequate and this seems to have only emboldened both white supremacist groups and Islamic groups who have both called for our annihilation.”

Silly Avi. Doesn't he know that in today's "diversity"-crazed Trudeaupia, only one sort of "hate speech" is strictly verboten?:

In July, Naqvi gave his consent for police to proceed with a charge of willful promotion of hatred against Kevin Johnston, author of The Freedom Report. 

The charge, unproven in court, was laid after Johnston, according to media reports, posted a YouTube video offering $1,000 for recordings of Muslim students praying in Peel Region schools. 

“This is a responsibility that the Attorney General takes extremely seriously in every case,” Smith said about hate crimes in general. “Where charges are laid, Ontario prosecutes these cases vigorously.”

There's a certain grim irony in all of this. For decades, Jews have counted on "hate speech" provisions (in the Criminal Code and "human rights" legislation) to  protect them from vocal Jew-haters. Sadly, they failed to see where their failure to defend free speech--even the nasty, revolting kind--would ultimately lead: to a time when, not only would state authorities not silence the Jews' enemies, but when only one form of "hate speech" would be deemed worthy of state attention/intervention.

In that sense at least (and only in that sense), Muslims are, yes, the new Jews.

How long will it take Avi Benlolo and the rest to finally figure that out?

Today's Staggeringly Idiotic/Pointless Statement of the Obvious

It can be found here, in an article about Omar Khadr's devout sis (with whom he is keen to reconnect):

The sister was last in the news in 2016 when she was briefly imprisoned in Turkey. According to Omar’s affidavit, the detention was over an expired visa. He says she then moved with her current husband to Malaysia, gave birth in Egypt and now lives in Sudan, a country ruled by a hard-line Islmist government. She is planning to visit Canada in the near future, he said. 

Her last marriage was to Joshua Boyle, the son of a tax-court judge who reportedly shared her anti-abortion sentiments. Boyle remarried after their divorce, went back-packing with his pregnant American wife in Afghanistan, and for the last five years has been held hostage by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, by all accounts a terrifying ordeal.

A terrifying ordeal you say?

Who'd've thunk it?

But then, any Westerner dumb enough to go backpacking in Afghanistan, of all places, is pretty much asking to be terrified by the locals.

Update: Mark Bonokowski thinks it's a good idea to keep Khadr's "bad apple" sister away from him.

Flying Piggy Moment

Shockingly, it has finally happened: I find myself in synch with the thinking of Peter Beinart, whose writings, on the whole, usually disgust/anger/nauseate me.

Jared Kushner's Seinfeldian "Peace" Push

In essence, it's much ado about nuthin'.