THEODORE BIKEL: R.I.P.

Theodore Bikel, one of the most remarkable entertainers in history, has passed away at the age of 91. Born in Vienna, Austria, escaped to pre-Israel Palestine in 1939, where he lived on a kibbutz (collective) for years, then eventually, to London where he studied at the Royal Acadamy of Dramatic Arts, and then to the USA (where he became a naturalized citizen in 1961). Among his seemingly...

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DO THESE PEOPLE EVER LISTEN TO THEMSELVES?

Amazing exchange between Morning Joe co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough today. Reacting to Republican Senate Majority leader, Mitch McConnell, who said… “You may recall my election last year. The gender card alone is not enough. I beat my opponent with women in my race because the gender card alone is not enough.” Ms. Brzezinski, informed...

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THE HALF-STAFFED PRESIDENT

My congratulations to President Obama, for ordering the White House flags to half-staff for the five marines – four,initially, and a fifth, days later – who were brutally killed by a radicalized lunatic named mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. It only took five days after the killings… …and just hours after Congress, apparently unhappy that the...

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THE QUOTE OF THE DAY

Today\’s quote comes to us from a man who warns of the danger in making a “deal” with a country like Iran – i.e. an unrepentant enemy, which has absolutely no qualms about killing our people, and which has a crystal-clear record of ignoring treaties and promises, written or verbal. Here is his warning: “…they should know the truth. They...

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FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS THE IRAN DEAL IS NOT A DISASTER…

…we have this, from Yuri Gripas\’s article at Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday vowing to defy American policies in the region despite a deal with world powers over Tehran\’s nuclear programme was “very disturbing”. “I don\’t know how to interpret it at this point in time...

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OLBERMANN RETURNING TO MSNBC?

Hard-left show hosts on cable news are a little like left-handed relievers in baseball.  No matter how badly they screw up, there always seems to be a place for them somewhere. And what better place than a resolutely hard-left venue like Olbermann\’s former employer, MSNBC – where the viewership for some of its shows is roughly the attendance figure for New York Knights games...

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THE NEXT PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEO

Last week I blogged about an undercover video, created by a “pro-life” group called the Center for Medical Progress, in which… anti-abortion activists posing as medical research buyers and released on Tuesday, which apparently shows Dr. Deborah Nucatola, a Senior Director of Medical Services for Planned Parenthood, discussing how body parts of aborted babies are harvested and...

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A QUICK QUESTION FOR ANYONE WHO CONDEMNS THE CONFEDERATE FLAG

If you condemn the confederate flag, and consider it a clearly racist symbol, I have a question: What would you say about a candidate who used the confederate flag during a presidential run?  Would you call that candidate a racist?  Would you ever vote for that candidate? In case you\’re wondering why I ask, here\’s the reason….currently for sale at ebay.com: Hillary...

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OIL PRICES [CONT.)

Ken  Berwitz As I write this, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is trading at slightly below $50 a barrel.  On June 24th oil was over $60 a barrel. Yet, despite the fact that it has now dropped about 17%-18%, gasoline prices remain virtually the same.  Why do you suppose that is?  Why shouldn\’t we be outraged by it?

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A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT BARACK OBAMA\’S RACIAL DATABASE

As you may be aware, President Obama and his people are amassing a racial database, presumably to show that there are inequities between White and Black people (inequities with Asians who, as a group, outshine Whites, are not necessary). I have a question. Are they also measuring Whites in total, versus Whites who have roughly the same educational and economic profile as Blacks? Because, if...

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PAVEL SULYANDZIGA

Pavel Sulyandziga.  Remember the name.  He is a young opera singer from, of all places, Siberia, who has come to the United States to study opera.  We were treated to a private performance by Mr. Sulyandziga today, and were absolutely thrilled by the quality of his voice, his phrasing, and his depth of expression.  Pavel Sulyandziga takes already great music and gives it...

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD & ITS MAINSTREAM MEDIA STAFF

Earlier this week, Planned Parenthood Medical Director, Doctor Deborah Nucatola – as she casusally sipped a glass of wine and munched on a salad, told us in graphic detail about how abortions were conducted carefully so the babies could be dismembered and their parts sold for $30 to $100 an arm,  or liver, or heart, or other body part. So how are our wonderful “neutral”...

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THE LEFT WING “ALL LIVES MATTER” CONTROVERSY

Do all lives matter?  Or just Black lives – actually, Black lives taken by law enforcement? If you are a normal human being, using basic logic, I would think your answer would be that all lives matter. If you are a left wing nutcake, you boo and heckle a fellow left-winger for that answer.  If you are an organized group of left-wing nutcakes, you boo him off the stage...

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TRUMP JUMPS THE SHARK

Donald Trump quickly rose to the top of the polls (“the top” being a very qualified definition, given that he is far and away the most publicized candidate among a group of 14 others splitting the rest), by making comments about Mexican illegals that resonated with a large number of people – and not just Republicans, either.  The comments themselves were way over the...

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