Groucho, Chico and Harpo Were More Famous, But Zeppo Was the Smartest Marx Brother

Who knew that Zeppo was "a prophet in the field of high-tech medicine"?

It's sort of like finding out that Shemp was a pioneer in the field of nanotechnology. (He wasn't, BTW.)

Quel Shockeroo (Not): Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooter Was a Muslim "Revert"

And guess what? He'd "reverted" to Islam before joining the army.
Robert Spencer asks the pertinent--and obviously politically incorrect question--"why was he able to join the army in the first place, since Santiago’s enlistment came after his Muslim alter ego, Aashiq Hammad, had downloaded jihad propaganda?"

Asked and answered:

The obvious answer is that to bar him from the army on those grounds would have been “Islamophobic.” Recall that the Fort Hood jihad mass murderer, army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, had been in repeated contact with jihad mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki. But when the FBI agent who was monitoring Hasan’s communications reported these contacts to his superiors, they told him again and again that they had no interest. After the agent persisted, he was told that the bureau “doesn’t go out and interview every Muslim guy who visits extremist websites.” 

Why not? 

Hasan, in any case, remained on active duty until, screaming “Allahu akbar,” he massacred 13 people at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009. 

Esteban Santiago was likewise not stopped. Nor was he by any means singular in this. After an Islamic jihadist set off bombs in New York City and New Jersey in September 2016, the New York Post reported: “It happened again: The FBI had the future Chelsea bomber on its radar — for a while, anyway — but let him slip through. Just as officials had done with men who became the perps in at least eight other terror attacks.”

Oddly enough, the ripped-from-the-headlines "lone wolf" phenomenon is not on the agenda at today's American Muslim-Jew schmooze-a-thon (timed for Martin Luther King Day so all attendees can feel super-duper virtuous about themselves).

Another non-shockeroo, no?

Update: Currently (9:30 am EST) watching the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt address the schmooze-a-thon.

The phrase that leaps to mind is "useful idiot."

Update: Another phrase that leaps to mind--"court Jew."

Never. Getting. Laid.

NPR's Sweater Man, that's who.

Quote of the Day

It's in reference to Canada's willingness to sacrifice free speech (via a Parliamentary-decreed ban on all "Islamophobic" expression) in hopes of securing a seat on the UN's Security Council:

"Given the current Government's stated goal of obtaining a seat at the United Nations Security Council, pressures from within and outside the country from powerful Islamic lobby groups, and the Canadian Government's demonstrated proclivity to advance the "Islamophobia" initiative with undue haste and in the absence of evidence, there is a real risk that the fundamental right to free speech by all Canadians will be unnecessarily curtailed to accommodate the sensibilities of a special interest group." Major Ret'd Russ Cooper

Suppose They Gave a "Peace In Our Time" In Our Time Conference and Neither Of the Warring Sides Came?

No, really, supposing they did. Wouldn't that be the apex of insanity, the pinnacle of anti-Zionist skullduggery?

Why, yes; yes it would:

US Secretary of State John Kerry, who rebuked Israel recently over its settler activity on Palestinian territory, will join the talks on his farewell tour, along with delegates from the UN, EU and Arab League.

Talk about stacking the deck against the Jews! 



Update: The funniest (in a sick-making, mordant sort of way) thing I've read all day:

The U.S. State Department has said [Kerry] is attending to make sure that "whatever happens in this conference is constructive and balanced," the BBC reports.

I'll be about as "constructive and balanced" as Kerry's most recent anti-Israel peroration (which was as lengthy as it was demented).

Update: The UN powwow "detached from reality"? You betcha!

Barack Obama: Still the POTUS?

Oh, maybe not officially. And certainly not de facto or de jure. But definitely in his own mind and in the minds of his supporters.

Update: A song for the dear undeparted:

Happy trails to you!
We wish you'd go away.
Happy trails to you!
What more is there to say?
Pretending there's no Trump: Why, that's just crazy.
We think you'll stick around because you're lazy.
Happy trails to you.
It's a brand new day!

"Muslim Feminism"? "Shared Texts"? Oy Vey!

Should you have a taste for such nonsense, you can watch the American Muslim-Jew dhimmithon schmooze-a-thon that's happening tomorrow in NYC.

Here's the linky for the thingy (but where's Keith?).

Update: A "pluralistic" Jew goes to bat for Keith.

Justin Trudeau's Preening Moral Narcissism Exposed--and Excoriated--By Single, Disabled Mom

Kathy Katula, a single mom with a disability who puts bread on the table by working a 15 hour day, had some harsh words for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau, a fanatical congregant of the Church of Global Climate Change and a rich guy who hangs out with the likes of that moneybags, the Aga Khan, thinks nothing of foisting an onerous carbon tax on ordinary Canadians like Kathy. For his part, doing so makes him feel all warm inside, as if he's giving himself a great big hug. For her part, Katula is fed up with having to pay the price for Trudeau's self-serving feelgoodism:

In a shaky voice, the 54-year-old from Buckhorn — located 30 kilometres north of Peterborough — emphatically told Trudeau she couldn’t take any more.

You have failed me, and I’m asking you today to fix that,” she said. “I’m asking you, Mr. Trudeau ... how is it justified for you to ask me to pay a carbon tax when I only have $65 left in my paycheque every two weeks to feed my family?” 

A couple weeks ago, after Ontario kicked in carbon tax on New Year’s Day, Katula found an extra $45 on her monthly propane bill to fuel her baseboard heating. It was the last straw.

Trudeau, of course, feigned empathy while mounting his high horse and evading responsibility:

In his response, Trudeau said governments need to ensure people barely making ends meet shouldn’t be penalized for his climate change policy, but he ultimately passed the buck to provinces to dole out the carbon tax however they see fit.

Let 'em eat cake, eh, Justine?

Today's Limerick

A kleptocrat named Mahmoud
Once said to the Pope: "'Twould be rude
To leave Tel Aviv
When Muslims believe
That the Jews must be scourged and subdued."

Caroline Glick: Obama Stayed True to His Cairo Speech, Alas

The POTUS with the leastest who did his worstest laid it all out for us back then, writes Glick (h/t BS):

Obama’s speech at Cairo University was the most important speech of his presidency. In it he laid out both his “aspirational” vision of relations between the West and the Islamic world and his plans for implementing his vision. The fundamentally transformed world he will leave President-elect Donald Trump to contend with next Friday was transformed on the basis of that speech.

Obama’s address that day at Cairo University lasted for nearly an hour. In the first half he set out his framework for understanding the nature of the US’s relations with the Muslim world and the relationship between the Western world and Islam more generally. He also expressed his vision for how that relationship should change.

The US-led West he explained had sinned against the Muslim world through colonialism and racism.

It needed to make amends for its past and make Muslims feel comfortable and respected, particularly female Muslims, covered from head to toe.

As for the Muslims, well, September 11 was wrong but didn’t reflect the truth of Islam, which is extraordinary. Obama thrice praised “the Holy Koran.” He quoted it admiringly. He waxed poetic in his appreciation for all the great contributions Islamic civilization has made to the world – he even made up a few. And he insisted falsely that Islam has always been a significant part of the American experience.

In his dichotomy between two human paths – the West’s and Islam’s – although he faulted the records of both, Obama judged the US and the West more harshly than Islam.

In the second half of his address, Obama detailed his plans for changing the West’s relations with Islam in a manner that reflected the true natures of both.

In hindsight, it is clear that during the seven and a half years of his presidency that followed that speech, all of Obama’s actions involved implementing the policy blueprint he laid out in Cairo.

He never deviated from the course he spelled out...

There's no need to mention the wisdom of hindsight here. The speech was obviously a colossal pile of ordure when he gave it. It remains so to this day.

The View From "Palestine"--In Pictures

Let's just say that from the "Palestine" p.o.v., Israel's a sitting duck.