The new year is young. Are things going to get worse than this?
Photoblogging: Yosemite National Park
I’m continuing to go through the 3,000 photos I captured at Yosemite in early August last year. Here’s an HDR rendering, generated from 3 photos, of Vernal Fall.

All of the water flowing down was in stark contrast to the drought warnings that Californians have faced for years.
Trump’s Truth vs. Obama’s Palace Guards
Related: Trump, Muslim Immigration, and Terrorism:
Muslim failure to control or even criticize Muslim terrorism and to report potential terrorists in their midst justifies taking some action against the entire Muslim community in the U.S. and the rest of the world. As the terrorist actions that have taken place to date confirm, barring Muslim travel to the U.S., with some exceptions, is the least of the actions the U.S. should take. Had we done so under the previous Democratic president, Bill Clinton, we would have avoided thousands of American deaths cause by foreign Muslim terrorists.
Reader Tips
For tonight’s entertainment, we present you Donald Trump’s dream ad about Ted Cruz, eh. Going back a few years, here are two trailers from a movie that Americans arguably consider to be a documentary about Canadians.
As always, your serious and not so serious tips are most appreciated.
The New Germany
Leftists Tearing Themselves to Shreds in the UK
I can’t deny, this is delightful to watch.
Saying that the terrorists who murdered Parisians, calling them pagans and prostitutes, chose to do that and were not forced to do so by the West is disloyal? It is almost incomprehensible. Almost because, after all, Corbyn and his team are drawn from the ultra-Left of politics. They have little interest in domestic politics – an arena in which it is their aim to seek, find and nurture grievances. Not for them the power of government – that involves too much compromise. Protest and opposition are preferred and defeat embraced because victory is the ultimate betrayal. Foreign policy is the arena of choice. A binary world in which the West are wrong and their opponents right. One in which America is the enemy. Understand that and support for the IRA, Putin, jihadism, Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran falls into place. And loyalty is easily defined – thinking the opposite about foreign policy to the average voter. No wonder Pat McFadden was sacked for opposing terrorism, no wonder Labour are in the wilderness under Corbyn.
Elections Have Consequences
More from Rex Murphy:
The current government owes its good fortune to 39.62 per cent of the popular vote in the recent election. Harper’s government, in the election before that, owed its good fortune to 39.47 per cent of the vote. Under the old laws of political logic — those who were so rudely kept out of power during the Harper interregnum — that low percentage was too frequently interpreted as meaning that over 60 per cent of the Canadian people voted against him. And that slippery logic was enhanced by the assertion that, due to this fact, his government was really not “democratic” and thus did not have full legitimacy.
The Pirelli Calendar Goes PC
Five years ago Adam Carolla wrote a book entitled, “In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks“. While he was spot on with his predictions, he openly admits nowadays that his timeline was about 45 years late.
Case in point is the 2016 Pirelli calendar. For the first time in its 50 year history, the calendar is going PC. Instead of erotic photos of exquisitely beautiful women, they’re offering something rather different this time round.
Stemming from the same notion that little boys would play with dolls and little girls would play with trains “if they weren’t socially conditioned otherwise”, the feminist assertion that heterosexual men will be equally interested to see photos of Fran Lebowitz and Yoko Ono as they would Kate Upton and Lily Aldridge is beyond preposterous. While all thoughtful men applaud the achievements of successful women, why would they shell out money to see photos of these women? After an initial flurry of purchases by feminists trying to prop up sales figures to support their world view, expect this experiment to be an abject failure.
Related: Dennis Prager has some thoughts on the subject of male vs. female sexuality, which has garnered nearly 3 million views:
D-list celebrity, Anna Lore, tried to mock Prager’s views, in a video that currently has less than 6,000 views. This from the grand intellectual whose “brilliant” tweets include: “IM ON MY PERIOD AND CRYING BC I MADE GNOCCHI AND THEYRE SO FUCKING CUTE I LOVE THEM”, “i’m not gonna say ‘sad’ but i will say ‘listening to joni mitchell scrolling through a pinterest page of haircuts’, and “I threw a spider in the trash the other day and I feel bad about it.”
The Striking Similarities Between Leftists and Islamists
In a recent article, Marvin Folkertsma carefully examines the many things that Radical “Progressives” and Radical Muslims have in common:
- Both hate Christianity and Judaism
- Both excuse the preaching of hatred towards disfavored ethnic groups
- Both excuse violent attacks by Muslim terrorists, citing “Islamophobia”
- Neither believe in free speech
- Neither are capable of even the tiniest criticism, citing micro-aggressions or Islamophobia
- Both hold America and Israel in contempt
- Both favour rule by an unaccountable elite
- Both have dreams of totalitarian rule with leaders selected by political or religious criteria
- Both shun modernity, such as that provided by the energy from fossil fuels
- Both lie habitually, believing such deception is completely justified
- Both are determined to end, or severely curtail, our constitutional democracies that all stem from Judeo-Christian roots
Well worth passing on to your Left-of-Centre friends and asking them how they feel about having an undeniable kindredship with such folks. Expect to be dismissed as a “right wing hater”, be accused of a micro-aggression that has invaded their safe space, or be brought up on charges by a human rights tribunal. Depending on where you are, they might even call 911.
Millennial Idiocy
Philadelphia lawyer & writer, Christine Flowers, has just penned an hilarious column about the recent idiocy on university campuses in North America:
The day that yoga becomes culturally offensive is the day that Mr. Rogers becomes a metrosexual icon. In other words, anyone who has a problem with Westerners (or rather, 21st century colonialists) teaching yoga classes to disabled students — for free! — is a real pain in the Ashtanga.
This is up there with women on campus carrying around mattresses because they want the world to take their complaints about sexual abuse seriously (right, toting a Serta through the cafeteria line is exactly the way to avoid ridicule). This is up there with complaining about red Starbucks cups at Christmas. This is up there with Ivy League students being told what Halloween costumes they can wear so as not to offend indigenous zombies. This is right up there with a white guy going on a hunger strike until the University of Kansas instituted “mandatory, intense” racial re-education workshops for students (bro, look in the mirror). And yes, this is up there with allowing a same-sex couple to throw a legally-compensated hissy fit because one particular baker out of the hundreds of thousands of millions in the world would not serve up a wedding cake.
In the same vein, you’ll likely enjoy yesterday’s podcast from Adam Carolla & Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Medical Definition of Today’s Leftists?
Rathergate: Hollywood Trying to Rewrite History Again
Hollywood specifically, and the Left generally, have a long & disgraceful history of attempting to rewrite history. Only “Progressives” could so boldy use the word “Truth” to name their new film, which provides a fictional account of the Rathergate scandal in late 2004. For those not familiar with this most embarrassing episode in the history of the mainstream media, Dan Rather and his team at CBS News, put forward a story that was intended to destroy George W. Bush’s chances of reelection. However, a group of bloggers and their readers quickly realized that the “Killian documents”, at the heart of the story, were fake. This eventually lead to Rather resigning in disgrace, along with some key CBS executives.
In a recent podcast of “Need to Know”, Powerlineblog.com cofounder, Scott Johnson, carefully dissects the lies in the film “Truth”. More about the film can be learned here, here, and here. CBS refuses to accept advertisements for the film. This quote from a CBS spokesman explains why:
“It’s astounding how little truth there is in ‘Truth,'” he said. “There are, in fact, too many distortions, evasions and baseless conspiracy theories to enumerate them all. The film tries to turn gross errors of journalism and judgment into acts of heroism and martyrdom. That’s a disservice not just to the public but to journalists across the world who go out every day and do everything within their power, sometimes at great risk to themselves, to get the story right.”
“American higher education: What, exactly, is it higher than?”
When future historians examine just how far American academia has fallen, they may very well cite these two columns as primafacie records of evidence:
- George Will: America’s higher education brought low
- Bret Stephens: Radical Parents, Despotic Children
Here’s one snippet from each:
The University of Tennessee’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, worried that students might be uncomfortable with gender-specific pronouns (“he,” “she,” “him,” “her”), suggests gender-neutral noises (“ze,” “hir,” “xe,” “xem,” “xyr”). The University of California system’s sensitivity auditors stipulated that “hostile” and “derogatory” thoughts include “I believe the most qualified person should get the job” and “America is the land of opportunity.” The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point’s list of racial microaggressions includes “America is a melting pot” and “There is only one race, the human race.”
For almost 50 years universities have adopted racialist policies in the name of equality, repressive speech codes in the name of tolerance, ideological orthodoxy in the name of intellectual freedom. Sooner or later, Orwellian methods will lead to Orwellian outcomes. Those coddled, bullying undergrads shouting their demands for safer spaces, easier classes, and additional racial set-asides are exactly what the campus faculty and administrators deserve.
Obama’s Continuing Efforts to Destroy the American Family
There’s a longstanding adage that one should never discuss religion or politics at work or a family gathering. But such wisdom (actually, ALL wisdom) has never quite sunk into the heads of Devout Leftists. Proof positive is how the Obama Administration and Democrat Party are encouraging their devout cult members sycophants supporters to disrupt all enjoyment by talking politics with their non-brainwashed family members.
The DNC has even created a website entitled Your Republican Uncle. This site is full of mindless talking points that are so pathetically weak. Furthermore, they don’t even trust their own supporters enough to regurgitate such words on their own that they’ve automated the process of spewing them out on Twitter. Totalitarian leaders, past & present, would be envious of how well the leaders of the American Left have automated the process of controlling their mindless drones.
Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
October 23, 2015: Hundreds of Muslims march through Hannover, Germany, some openly waving the ISIS flag.
November 17, 2015: A football match in Hannover, Germany was canceled at the last minute due to a threat of five planned bombings.
Rex Murphy’s Wisdom vs. The Shiny Pony’s Ego
In this editorial, Rex Murphy shares some common sense views that surely the majority of Canadians must share, namely that it is nonsensical to rush forward with the importation of 25,000 immigrants when it’s almost certain that normal security screening would have to be waived to accomplish that. Justin Trudeau and his Liberals have a majority government in Canada so they can do pretty much whatever they want. But is his ego so fragile and more important than taking some reasonable steps to protect Canadians? Sadly, apparently so.
Sadly, Life Doesn’t Always Imitate Art
Considering what has been going on the past 7 years, the following juxtaposition is striking:
The Type of President that Americans Want
From the 1997 action thriller, Air Force One, here’s a speech from ‘President James Marshall’:
The President that Americans are Stuck With
Barack “Lead From Behind” Obama
The Ultimate First World Problem: Knitting on a Train
The first time you visit Singapore, you’ll quickly surmise that it’s a very safe, clean, and orderly place. Most everyone is quiet, respectful, and conforms to the social norms set forth by the government. As such, this Letter to the Editor is not really out of the ordinary. What the woman who wrote it, likely didn’t expect, were the endless comedic comments that followed. Some of them are priceless! Such brilliant mockery will hopefully provide inspiration to SDA regulars of how to treat the outrageous words & actions of the Lieberals & Dippers in the 4 years ahead.
The Fascists are Revealed on American Campuses
In a lively discussion, Adam Carolla and Drew Pinsky dissect all that has gone wrong on U.S. campuses. Directly related, here’s an interview with Allan Dershowitz on the same disturbing issue.
Here’s a POV video from Mark Schierbecker, the videographer who Melissa Click got in the face of. Listen carefully how Leftists persecuted a young man with autism. Undoubtedly they patted themselves on the back after working hard to destroy yet another life.
Full Steam Ahead with #COP21
Climate Change profiteers zealots aren’t going to let the slaughter of hundreds of Parisians get in their way. Case in point is Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change:
Of course #COP21 proceeds as planned. Even more so now. #COP21 = respecting our differences & same time acting together collaboratively.
— Christiana Figueres (@CFigueres) November 15, 2015
As Mark Steyn recently said:
When the Allahu Akbar boys opened fire, Paris was talking about the climate-change conference due to start later this month, when the world’s leaders will fly in to “solve” a “problem” that doesn’t exist rather than to address the one that does. But don’t worry: we already have a hashtag (#PrayForParis) and doubtless there’ll be another candlelight vigil of weepy tilty-headed wankers. Because as long as we all advertise how sad and sorrowful we are, who needs to do anything?
Now is an opportune time for world leaders of Western powers, plus Russia, to get together and collectively wipe out this scourge known as ISIS. Think it’ll happen while Jeremiah Wright’s disciple is running America and the Shiny Pony has a majority government in Kumbaya Canuckistan?!
Thought experiment: Do you think the same Leftists who nowadays fly off the handle at the slightest “microaggression” won’t buy in wholeheartedly to the notion that “Climate Change is Directly Related to the Growth of Terrorism”?

