Posted on 01/11/2018 9:01:39 AM PST by Rummyfan
There was almost too much news these last 24 hours:
~As listeners to yesterday's Q&A well know, my view is that mass transformative immigration is an existential threat to western civilization. That's why Trump caught my eye two-and-a-half years ago, and that's why I re-emphasized the point a week-and-a-half ago: his presidency will stand or fall on immigration. There's no market for a Trump who suddenly decides, whaddayaknow, Mexico is sending us its best.
Was yesterday the Humpty-Trumpty Falls Off The Wall moment? The immigration hardliners at VDare are oddly relaxed about it; Ann Coulter (the "lowest day" of Trump's presidency) and Tucker Carlson ("What was the point of running for president?") are not. As an unassimilated foreigner, I'm not sure I'm 100 per cent on top of Tucker's Chicago Cubs/World Series analogy, but, if I get the gist of it, I think it's a sportier version of my immigration-is-all point. That said, I spent much of yesterday talking about the subject in a European context, so I'll save my extended thoughts for later in the week.
Nonetheless, in the scheme of things, President Trump's ability to crush Steve Bannon like a bug and piss all over a three-day teacup-storm like Michael Wolff is less important than whether or not he still has the determination or inclination to crush like a bug the open-borders loons in both parties and extinguish apparently indestructible bipartisan euphemisms like "comprehensive immigration reform". That last evasion leads to the Californication of the entire electoral map. In 2016, a Republican year, the supposed GOP bastion of Orange County voted for the Democrat presidential candidate for the first time since 1936. Why do you think such healthy middle-aged Republican congressmen as Darrell Issa are deciding to "retire"?
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
~Last call for Sir John A Macdonald: The establishment at top right is a small trivial example of a profound sickness. Sir John's Public House is a Scottish pub in Kingston, Ontario located in the building where Canada's first Prime Minister once had his law office. On Tuesday, the publican changed the name and replaced the signs. It is no longer "Sir John's Public House", merely "The Public House":
"Some of our customers and some of the native organizations in the Kingston area said that they could no longer do business with us. They said that it was no longer a safe place for them, and that the name 'Sir John's' just brought back too many unhappy memories for their communities," Fortier said.
It’s gone far beyond the level of weirdness that I can understand.
I absolutely don’t support it, but if someone is triggered by a statue of Robert E. Lee and feels like we are celebrating the institution of slavery, I guess I know what they are trying to say. I disagree, and I would not take down the statue, but I guess I understand the viewpoint, silly as it is.
But a pub named “Sir John”? This is a trigger? This is threatening? Canada can’t tolerate this sort of hatred?
I’m lost.
I guess future productions of Henry IV are out of the question, no more Sir John Falstaff in Canada. Maybe if they changed it to Comrade Falstaff it would pass muster.( What fools these mortals be)
I love the wit, wisdom and ability to turn a phrase that Mark Steyn has. Thanks for this post.
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