No Need to Apologize for Calling Norwegians 'the Anti-Semites'

Norwegian newspaper apologizes for calling Trump's son-in-law 'the Jew'

Update: Norway's Problem With Anti-Semitism

PC Funny Business No Laughing Matter

It never ceases to amaze me what gets the "progressive" crowd hot and bothered these days.

Things like, say, Jerry Seinfeld tweeting an innocuous play on words:

The tweet was a promotional one that had Seinfeld hyping an upcoming Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee episode that features Lewis Black.  

It seems that once the pun struck Seinfeld, he could not turn away, writing, "New! Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee ... Lewis Black. Black’s life matters."  

Beyond the general groan it elicited, the tweet struck the wrong nerve in critics, particularly given Seinfeld's lack of vocal support for the Black Lives Matter movement itself.

Why must Jerry Seinfeld be vocally supportive of Black Lives Matter? 

It that a requirement for tweeting comedians right now?

Vetting Questions--and the Religious Loophole That Can Nullify Them

Under the current system, foreigners applying for a nonimmigrant U.S. visa must answer this question: “Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization?”

Daniel Greenfield quips: "An actual terrorist is as likely to check the box as he is to finger a rosary while eating a ham sandwich and singing Hava Nagila."

Greenfield has come up with "three simple questions" which he thinks are likely to be far more effective:

1. Have you ever had any associations with the Muslim Brotherhood or any of its front groups?
2. Will you commit to avoiding associations with Brotherhood mosques and other entities in this country? Are you aware that you may be deported if you do not?
3. Do you disavow the following verses of the Koran calling for violence against non-Muslims? 

I, too, think that these are much better questions. However, there's the little matter of taqiyyah--religiously-sanctioned permission to prevaricate if it advances the cause of Islam/jihad/sharia.

How does the person doing the vetting know if someone who has answered "no" to all three questions is in fact a big, fat taqiyyah-practising liar?

Update: By coincidence, a jihadi chick from Ontario--yes, Ontario!--shows how easily officials are bamboozled by taqiyyah (my bolds; h/t: MW):

LOS ANGELES –  The wife of a man accused of aiding the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack pleaded guilty Thursday in an immigration fraud case and admitted that her marriage was a sham, federal prosecutors said. 

Mariyah Chernykh admitted that her marriage to Enrique Marquez Jr., the only person charged in connection with the 2015 terror attack, was a sham designed to enable her to obtain legal status in the U.S. after overstaying a visitor visa in 2009, prosecutors said. Marquez is accused of plotting with Syed Rizwan Farook to carry out attacks and with supplying guns used in the attack that left 14 people dead and 22 injured. 

The 26-year-old woman from Ontario was one of three people charged in the marriage fraud case that was unrelated to the December 2015 shootings but came to light in the investigation that followed it. Earlier this month, Farook's brother, Syed Raheel Farook, pleaded guilty in the immigration fraud case. His wife, Tatiana, was also charged but has denied any wrongdoing and is scheduled for trial in March. 

Chernykh pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy, perjury and other charges. She admitted in court that she paid Marquez for his participation in the scheme and that she lied on immigration documents and to federal agents, prosecutors said. Marquez confessed to the scheme when authorities questioned him about the shootings, and he acknowledged getting $200 a month to marry Chernykh, according to court documents...

Update: It is apparent from this article that the duplicitous chick and her sister, Tatiana, were Russian immigrants who lived in Ontario, California (not the province in Canada).

And here's where the story gets even crazier. It sounds like the two women were Jewish--or, at least, had parents who claimed Jewish ancestry:

Since the sisters' parents lived in Israel, the prospect of living and working together gave the sisters a support system that life in Russia didn't offer, he said.

Pretty freaking bizarre, no? 

How do two sisters whose parents are Russian Jews living in Israel end up becoming embroiled in a plot to wage jihad in America?

Sounds like something that would make a great Netflix mini-series--if Netflix had the cojones to make such a politically incorrect drama.

Blustering Obama Fan Peter Beinart Accuses Israel of Playing the Saucy Vixen, Enticing Aggrieved and Lustful Palestinians Into "Raping" Her

Sounding not unlike a male version of Whoopi Goldberg commenting on Roman Polanski, "progressive" pundit Peter Beinart says that if Israel gets "raped" by Palestinian terrorists, it isn't rape-rape because the Jews under Netanyahu's leadership had it coming.

Take it from there, Ruthie Blum:

To give greater weight to his argument, Beinart first presented the positions of those who ‎favor Israeli settlement construction and the relocation of the US Embassy, and then ‎refuted their logic.  ‎

One such position was that “Israel should never be cowed by the prospect of Palestinian ‎violence.” ‎

‎”To do so,” he said, “would be to imply that Israel deserves some of the blame for that ‎violence, which is like blaming a woman who is raped for wearing a short skirt.” 

‎Indeed.  

‎But here is where Beinart returned his own volley with a mighty whack. Unlike rape, he ‎wrote, which “is purely a product of male pathology, Palestinian violence … is a ‎pathological response to a genuine grievance.” Aha. 

In other words, Israel really is at fault for getting raped — whether it wears dresses or ‎pants; curtsies or bows; begs or pleads; or fights back. It is to blame for the plight of the ‎Palestinians. In fact, if not for the “violence” of Jewish oppression, they would be ‎teaching their children to sing “Kumbaya” and plant flowers, instead of raising them to ‎become martyrs for Allah. ‎

Yes, according to Beinart, “Snuffing out their hopes of ever tasting the basic freedoms ‎that David Friedman and Jared Kushner take for granted is violence.” Kudos for so ‎deftly killing two Jews — the incoming US ambassador to Israel, and Trump’s son-in-‎law/adviser — with one stone. 

‎Beinart wrapped up his piece with a proverbial sigh and characteristic self-justification for ‎attacking the state he always professes to love. “We must say so now, before the sight of ‎dead Jews drives us all mad,” he wrote. ‎

That Beinart has this view of the situation is not the least bit surprising. He is known for ‎his affiliation with the leftist organization J Street, whose “hold Israel responsible” stance ‎jibes perfectly with his own.

Once again, Beinart gets it wrong. We know what leads to e'er more dead Jews. It's when peacemongers, like those who finagled the intifada-fomenting Oslo Accords, are allowed to prevail.

Update: But wait--it seems that Beinart's not the only one who's panting about Israel and rape. This one, which includes a variation on that theme, just turned up in my email inbox:

Rogers TV, which runs community programming throughout Canada, has pulled the plug on an Arabic-language show called AskMirna after B’nai Brith Canada drew its attention to antisemitic messages promoted in the program. 

AskMirna, which describes itself as “presenting an accurate, positive, inspiring and entertaining image of the Arab-Canadian community,” dedicated an entire episode to “Nakba Day,” in which Palestinians annually mourn the establishment of the State of Israel and call for its destruction. This included an interview with Nazih Khatatba, who described Jewish suffering as “fairy tales” and engaged in Holocaust denial. 

Khatatba, a leader of Palestine House in Mississauga, Ont. has a history of inciting violence against Jews. In December, 2014, he lauded the terrorists behind the Har Nof synagogue massacre in Jerusalem that left six dead in his al-Meshwar newspaper. The incident was later investigated by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). 

In other episodes of AskMirna, Palestinian-Canadian children are shown dancing to songs that praise terrorism against Israel, which is labelled “the rapist entity.”

How adorbs! Maybe Pete could get the kiddie dance troupe to perform at the next J Street convention. (BTW, the TV show's Mirna is dressed kind of slutty. Just saying.)

When Hell Freezes Over? When Justin Trudeau Gets a Clue? When Apes and Pigs Learn to Fly?

Farzana Hassan wants to know: When will the women's marchers protest sharia law?

We know the answer to that one: they will never protest it because they wouldn't want to be accused of being bigoted, racist "Islamophobes."

Big Donald Is Watching You?

Mere days after Trump took office, George Orwell's novel 1984 has sold out on Amazon.

Obviously, people are buying it because they see eerie parallels with Trump. They have no idea that that the novel is actually a cautionary tale about the dangers of socialism.

Yes, socialism.

In fact, the tyrannical political party in the book, the one fronted by "Big Brother" (a character who may or may not exist), "seeks power entirely for its own sake. It is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power."

Hmmm. That sounds a lot like the Democrats to me.

Ontario's Incompetent Premier, Kathleen Wynne, the "Victim" of Mean Tweets

Some dumbass called her "a wrinkly dyke." Let's all hang our heads in shame.

Then again, let's not. Let's instead focus on how this ghastly premier continues to squander our money and kite our electricity bills because she thinks that'll stop us from, say, heating our homes and doing our laundry.

HR Report From a UN-Designated "Illegal Settlement"

Did an Islamist Imam Pull a Fast One During Trump's Innauguation Day Prayer Service?

I'd say so. Here's the passage from the Koran that Imam Mohamed Magid, executive director of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, chose to recite to mark the auspicious occasion:

"O humankind, We have created you a single male and female (Adam and Eve) and made you into nations and tribes and communities, that you may know one another. Really, the most honored of you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you, and God has all knowledge..."

Sounds fairly innocuous--if you know nothing about Islamic supremacism and if you don't factor in the imam's membership in AMJA.

What's that?

According to this FrontPage Magzine article, it's an organization of American Muslim "jurists" which has come up with a "multi-generational strategy to promote Islam, and relentlessly integrate (not assimilate) the core principles of Shariah law into mainstream American society."

Oh.

Knowing that Magid belongs to AMJA, it is easy to glean the true meaning of this passage--that Muslims and only Muslims are "the most righteous" of peoples, the ones who are "the most honored" in the sight of an omniscient God.

Funny that no one in the Trump camp was sharp enough to figure that out.

Update: Magid was also the president of ISNA, an organization created by American-based members of the Muslim Brotherhood (a racket with its own long term strategy).

Update: How did a Muslim Brotherhood-tied Imam end up at Trump’s inaugural prayer service? Good question. So glad at least someone (albeit not someone in the mainstream media) is asking it. 

Update: Magid is one of those "interfaith" twinning bamboozlers, but according to this from The Gates of Vienna, his Islamism may have--you should forgive the expression--superseded his "interfaithiness" last fall:

On October 18, 2016, former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Mohamed Magid was scheduled to participate in the “Exhibit & Lecture series: Moving From Indifference to Action,” a two-week program focused on the Holocaust. The program was sponsored by The Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Temple Ohabai Shalom, The Jewish Federation, Vanderbilt University, Family of Abraham and The Faith & Culture Center. 

Magid was supposed to deliver a lecture at 11:00 a.m. at The Temple entitled “Standing Up Against Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial.” And that evening, he was supposed to participate in an interfaith Jewish holiday service with the Temple’s rabbi, Mark Schiftan. 

Magid was billed as the “former President of ISNA,” a named Muslim Brotherhood front group. Magid first served as a regional representative, as Vice-President, and then as President of ISNA from 2010 to 2014. He currently remains on the organization’s Executive Council. 

But Magid never showed up for the lecture or the interfaith service. Was he kept away by ISNA’s support for the new anti-Semitism called the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel?

I definitely wouldn't rule it out.

Update: A few years back, NRO's Andrew C. McCarthy wrote this:

Magid’s organization, ISNA, is the most important Muslim Brotherhood organization in the United States. I have profiled it in these pages a number of times. As detailed in The Grand Jihad, it is the Islamist umbrella organization that traces its origins to the Muslim Students Association, the foundation of the Brotherhood’s American infrastructure.

Update: Magid tells CNN's Don Lemon that the Koranic passage, which was approved by the Trumpers, was all about "diversity." And Lemon, being Lemon, buys it!

Niqab-Wearing German-Moroccan Girl, 16, Convicted of Attempted Murder and Aiding ISIS

Thankfully, she was thrown in the slammer before he could do any harm, but it's unlikely she's the only teenaged "lone wolfette" out there.

That's the "lone wolfette" is in the middle--I think.

Sad News: Mary Tyler Moore Has Died

Moore, who was 80, had a long and varied career--from Happy Hotpoint, to a pair of comely legs on a TV detective show, to a nun in an eminently forgettable Elvis flick, to her eponymous 70s sitcom, to her Oscar-nominated turn as the iceberg of a mom in Ordinary People. But this is the role which made her famous, and it's the one that remains my favorite: