Proverbs 27:17 — Daily Wisdom for Thursday, December 27, 2018
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
— Read on www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/dailywisdom.cgi
My friends keep me on my toes.
Culture
Ruth Bader Ginsburg…Shiksa? – Taki’s Magazine – Taki’s Magazine
Ruth Bader Ginsburg…Shiksa? – Taki’s Magazine – Taki’s Magazine
— Read on www.takimag.com/article/ruth-bader-ginsburg-shiksa/
Cultural appropriation is the new word for all of this.
A League of Democracies: Dusting Off an Old Idea
“Ours are not western values. They are the universal values of the human spirit. Anywhere and anytime, ordinary people when given the choice, the choice is the same: freedom not tyranny, democracy, not dictatorship, the rule of law, not the rule of the
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13474/league-of-democracies
another stealthy globalist scheme
Speaking of Manners – Taki’s Magazine – Taki’s Magazine
Hollywood etiquette is all about reminding others that you are more important than they are.
— Read on www.takimag.com/article/speaking-of-manners/
The Rubber Whip: Extremist Persecution of Christians, October 2018
Following the secession of South Sudan in 2011, Sudan President Omar al-Bashir vowed to adopt a stricter version of sharia (Islamic law) and recognize only Islamic culture and the Arabic language. Church leaders said Sudanese authorities have demolished
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13462/extremist-persecution-christians-october
The extremists in the Muslim religion must be publicly marginalized by good people of all faiths or we will soon be having religious wars. If we aren’t already.
On War: Homer’s Advice to Us ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The years have not changed you, my fellow mortals. Still you rage and go to war. Still you fall upon each other, driven by pride and greed and the desire to conquer the earth… (imaginative letter from Homer by Louis Markos)
— Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/12/on-war-homer-advice-to-us-louis-markos.html
Santa & Socialism | Armstrong Economics
Santa & Socialism | Armstrong Economics
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/opinion/santa-socialism/
Well said.
The Best Possible World and Concrete Living ~ The Imaginative Conservative
When we strip away all the fancy arguments and strong opinions about capitalism, or industrialism if you like, we see a person in the workplace is a commodity, a thing to be used up and discarded. As a result, capitalism creates a thing-oriented society, where machines, profits, and properties are more important than people… (essay by George Stanciu)
— Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/12/best-possible-world-concrete-living-capitalism-george-stanciu.html
2014 CNN Journalist of the Year Admits He Just Made Up Stories | Armstrong Economics
On December 20th, 2018, Claas Relotius was forced to resign after admitting that he routinely just made up stories and invented protagonists in at least 14 out of 60 articles that appeared in Spiegel. He had written for the magazine for seven years and won numerous awards for his investigative journalism, including CNN Journalist of the Year in 2014. This is just another example of the epidemic we have in Fake News of so many subjects – not just about Trump. The greatest danger is that the majority of the people actually believe what they want to believe. The fact that news outlets think they have the right to twist the news and report only what they want to, or in this case, just make up what they want to be news, threatens our very foundation of society. All now seems lost and there is no way to put everything back together again.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/press/2014-cnn-journalist-of-the-year-admits-he-just-made-up-stories/
Fake news again
Thoughts and Prayers – Taki’s Magazine – Taki’s Magazine
Nevertheless, there seems to me to be something faintly coercive about these public demonstrations of emotion, as if those who do not join in are somehow failing in their duty or are lacking in proper feeling.
— Read on www.takimag.com/article/thoughts-and-prayers/
I have often pondered this and have never participated in a public vigil. Grieving is a very personal thing for each of us.
John Barleycorn 
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