A Musical Way To End The Week

I was very happy to see this at American Digest today:

"Something Wonderful: The Lady of Shalott – Loreena McKennitt. A stunning video interpretation of Tennyson’s poem as sung by the living angel, Loreena McKennitt. At full screen with speakers turned up this will transport you to the gone world and make your day as it breaks your heart."

Not only did I want to hear more of her songs the first time I saw her on TV, but hearing the songs inspired me to read the famous poems she was singing so beautifully.

Lots 'o Links

Check out the latest editions of Larwyn's Linx, Liz Sheld's Morning Briefing, and Maggie's Farm!

Tiring Topics

I am sick and tired of socialists in our country promising free this and free that for everyone.

You have Bill de Blasio's health care for all, including illegal aliens.

You have Bernie Sanders' Medicare for all, including illegal aliens.

You have Gavin Newsom's sanctuary for all, especially illegal aliens.

It sure sounds like socialism for all, and I never voted for that!

Also, would the Democrats kindly explain to us the benefits to us of the continued arrival of hordes of young illegals with no skills and no English?

On another topic, the American Psychological Association has encouraged the further emasculation of men by declaring that traditional masculinity is harmful.  The only thing harmful is the politically correct atmosphere in this country, where everything normal has been turned upside down.

Poetry in Commotion

I saw this in the New York Times Monday Briefing:  "What we’re reading: This piece from Mental Floss. “I was delighted to learn about ‘The Chaos,’ a 1920s poem that captures the English language in its irregular, infuriating and inspiring beauty,” writes Gina Lamb, a Special Sections editor. “Read the poem out loud, if you dare."

I remember seeing this years ago and was happy to read about it again. You can read the entire poem here.

Lots 'o Links

End the first week of 2019 with these interesting posts at Larwyn's Linx, Liz Sheld's Morning Briefing, and Maggie's Farm!

Trivia

Sometimes when the news and the idiot Democrats become too overwhelming, you just need something light to read. The New York Times offers its favorite facts of 2018, including this one:  "According to one study, people typically touch their phones 2,617 times per day." How do they get any work done?!

Lara Kollab: Just Call Her Dr. Mengele

Now here's someone who should be deported, right back to the Middle East!

"A series of venomous, anti-Semitic tweets have come back to haunt a doctor in Cleveland. As a result of her social media posts — which included threats to prescribe the wrong medication to Jewish patients — the 27-year-old Palestinian woman was fired from the medical center where she had been employed."

 

"When she was not wishing violence and death on Jewish people, Kollab was apparently using Twitter to ridicule them, posting comments like, 'Why is the airport literally full of Jews. I just had an evil staring contest with one bc he was staring. They look like settlers,' and accusing Jews of being the ones who 'unfold and mess up all our clothes, steal things from our suitcases. She brags about her friend kicking someone out of his Arabic restaurant for asking for Israeli hummus, muses about her father screaming and calling Jews 'dogs, and recalls 'walking through the streets of Palestine,' where 'everyone who gets mad says something along the lines of ‘Allah will take them, the Jews,' according to the Canary Mission."

And remember: this is a so-called doctor! 

The Cleveland Clinic's website displayed on Google says, "Every Life Deserves World Class Care". The evil "Doctor" Kollab would disagree and say that every life except those of Jews deserves world class care.

Vile creatures like her prove once again that you can't possibly have peace with antisemites and you can't reason with them. All you can do is fight against them every day.

"They Shall Not Grow Old"

It's remarkable to see how modern these World War I scenes look in color.  This is a great documentary, from all I've read.

Last week I saw the WWI film "Paths of Glory", and previously I've seen "All Quiet on the Western Front", both of which I recommend highly.

Lots 'o Links

Today I came across this wonderful musical group called the New York Classical Players.  See more at this Vimeo page.

It's reading time, courtesy of Maggie's Farm, Liz Sheld's Morning Briefing, and Larwyn's Linx!

Here's a clever comment by Don Surber, in a post titled "Obama made ISI, Trump destroyed it": "In a New York Times op-ed column, Susan Rice called President Donald John Trump the biggest threat to world security. Which means he is bringing peace because Miss Rice is a proliferate prevaricator. She is one of the left's many liars who lie out of habit.

The real threat to global peace was the fellow they gave the Nobel Peace Prize to."

Dave Barry's 2018 in review contains items such as this one, for May:  "…the biggest story by far is the wedding of American ex-actress Meghan Markle to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, who is in the direct line of succession to the British throne behind Prince Louis of Cambridge, who is behind Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, who is behind Prince George of Cambridge, who is behind Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who is behind Charles, Prince of Wales, who is 70 but any year now could get his shot at becoming the anachronistic ceremonial figurehead of one of the world’s most second-rate powers. With the stakes so high, the media giddiness level soars to Defcon 1; the wedding cake alone gets more media coverage than Africa and global climate change combined."

Lots 'o Links

Read all about it at Maggie's Farm, Liz Sheld's Morning Briefing, and Larwyn's Linx!