Our Bad

My favorite line from this article:

Jihad is often stereotyped by Western media as meaning “holy war”.

Happy Passover!

The Ramifications of the 'Bama-Brokered Phone Apology to Turkey's Zion-Loather-in-Chief

Caroline Glick details them here:

By forcing Israel to apologize to Turkey, Obama effectively forced Israel to acknowledge that it is in the wrong for lawful actions by its military taken in defense of international law and of Israel’s national security. That is, Obama sided with the aggressor – Turkey – over the victim – Israel. And in so doing, he signaled, deliberately or inadvertently, to the rest of Israel’s neighbors that the US is no longer siding with Israel in regional disputes. As a consequence, they now feel that it is reasonable for them to press their advantage and demand further Israeli apologies for daring to defend itself from their aggression. 

Whether or not Obama meant to send this message, this is a direct consequence of his visit.

Thanks for nuthin', Barry.

Tourists as Targets

In wake of Bibi's apology to Turkey's Zion-loather-in-Chief, Israeli tourists are expected to flock back to Turkey.

There's a Fine Line Between Insightful Commentary and Zionhass. Thomas L. Friedman is Close to Crossing That Line

The "sage" of the NYT disses Israelis for doing their best to live and thrive despite their crazy, dysfunctional neighbourhood.

Israel’s ability to live as if it were disconnected from the rest of the region is impressive and necessary. It’s also illusory and dangerous.  

It’s impressive and necessary because Israel is the only country in the world today that has nonstate actors, armed with missiles, nested among civilians on four out of five of its borders: the Sinai, Gaza, southern Lebanon and Syria. Beyond them lies a hinterland of states consumed by internal turmoil, and Iran. Yet Israel has managed to juggle bits, bytes and bombs — with high walls that neutralize its enemies and high-tech that nourishes its economy.  

But there is a fine line between keeping danger out and locking fantasy in, between keeping your people alive and keeping crazy dreams alive. Israel is close to crossing that line.

The only "crazy dreams" Israel wants to keep alive is the one which finds it continuing to exist in the face of intractable enemies and their Islam-based crazy dreams of wiping Israel off the map. And TLF, no sage he but ever the quintessence of cluelessness re matters Israeli is, yes, dreaming crazily if he thinks his two cents on the subject are worth even that much.

Stupid Cupid

Stupid Justin Trudeau
Wants to run the whole show.
Great for the Liberals, not thee.
Stupid JT's the guy
Who'll make all the folks sigh:
"He'll like Obama 2, you'll see."

Now I don't mean to worry you
But I'm in distress.
Another Trudeau at the helm
Would cause a huge mess.
The first one had charisma,
Brought "multicult'ralism,"
And it's caused a schism.

Stupid Justin Trudeau,
Looks nice; empty you know.
Got Maggie's looks and also brain.
Stupid Justin Trudeau
He's raised a lot of dough.
Let's hope it all goes down the drain...

Cirque du So Lame: Update

So go figure, the NatPo ended up printing my letter. Here it is (scroll down to "Censorsing Ezra). And here's the one I posted yesterday, which I think you'll agree is better than the edited version:

I think Chris Selley lends far too much credence to Ontario's Attorney General's stated reason for not pursing a "hate speech" complaint against Ezra Levant--i.e. that it would turn into "a bit of a circus." The real reason why the nation's censors are reluctant to try to use state mechanism's to silence the likes of Levant and Mark Steyn (who, not by co-incidence, shoot from the right) is because they are too high-profile, too articulate and too damn mouthy. The censors tried to take them on--Levant by the Alberta "Human Rights" Commission; Steyn by the British Columbia "Human Rights" Tribunal--but learned to their dismay that instead of silencing them, the tables were turned and the human rights bodies themselves were made to look ridiculous.

 

No, censorship in Canada works far better when the people you want to stifle are nobodies from Nowheresville--the Whatcotts et all--who lack the wherewithal, both financial and intellectual, to defend themselves. And like all Star Chambers, it also functions better in the dark, where people cannot see its workings. Like him or loathe him, what Levant (and Steyn) did was shine the light of day on these ludicrous proceedings. Call it "a bit of a circus" if you'd like, but if it is, it is a Cirque du Soleil--a circus of sunshine.

Bibi's 'Bama-Brokered Bargoon

Mark my words, nothing good--and plenty that's bad--will come of this.

Update: Daniel Pipes' take:

Erdogan’s government has mastered the art of provocation and is being rewarded for it. The Israelis should not have apologized but should have demanded an apology from Ankara for its support of the terrorist-connected group that undertook this aggressive act.

"Imam Khameinei: If Israel Do (Sic) Anything Wrong, Iran Raze to the Ground Tel Aviv and Haifa"

Gotta love that kooky Khomeinist syntax! It's da bomb.

Theatre Review in The Telegraph Nails Why There's a "Book of Mormon" but no "Book of Koran"

The reviewer writes:

For a start, mocking the Mormons and their bizarre belief system is the softest of targets. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is unlikely to dispatch suicide bombers into the theatre, and indeed their response to the piece has been remarkably tolerant and good humoured.

Exactly. This "Hakuna Matata" soundalike is kind of catchy, though:

A MEMRI TV Clip You KNOW Obama Didn't Watch Before His Meeting With Abbas

It's this one.