The chutzpah industry

People with ‘#justice’, ‘#humanrights’ and ‘#TeamHamas’ in their Twitter bios are furious right now. It’s not because of the Israeli doctors who in January saved the life of 12-year-old Palestinian girl Aya Almasal after her heart stopped en route from Gaza to Haifa for (free) treatment for a cardiovascular condition. Nor is it Israel’s newContinueContinue reading “The chutzpah industry”

Tiresome idealism

The Debt John Madden, 2010 Miramax/Marv Films/Pioneer Pictures USA/UK/Hungary/Israel 113 mins Shark Night 3D David R. Ellis, 2011 Incentive Filmed Entertainment/Next Films/Sierra-Affinity/Silverwood Films USA 90 mins Crazy, Stupid, Love. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, 2011 Carousel Productions USA 118 mins ***** The Debt Liberalism is naiveté convinced of its own sophistication and The Debt, directorContinueContinue reading “Tiresome idealism”

Romney wins endorsement, loses credibility

The mood over at Democrat National Committee headquarters might best be characterised as ‘yippeeeeeeeeee!’ First, Mitt Romney volunteered to CNN that ‘I’m not concerned with the very poor’. Now he has accepted the endorsement of Donald Trump, loon, for the Republican nomination for President. Reports that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was spotted doing the macarena atopContinueContinue reading “Romney wins endorsement, loses credibility”

Democrats and selective memory

First we had Bush Derangement Syndrome; now it’s Bush Derangement Amnesia. Democrat National Committee flack Brad Woodhouse appeared on Martin Bashir’s show on MSNBC, where ratings are counted in gender studies graduates, to complain Republicans are mean to President Obama. Not like Democrats. They were inviting President Bush out to dinner and a movie everyContinueContinue reading “Democrats and selective memory”