By Debbie Schlussel

Ted Cruz is truly the only Republican with any balls (for the record, it’s a foregone conclusion that no Dems have any) and the only one who deserves the GOP Presidential nomination in the near future. He demonstrates his courage time and again no matter the issue. And this time, he’s doing so by putting a hold on all Obama State Department nominees, until the Obama Administration answers questions regarding why it is sending $47 million in additional funds to HAMAS and why it grounded Israeli flights in a manner that can only have been meant to hurt Israeli tourism.

As you may know, despite HAMAS’ daily rocket barrage on Israel, your tax money is going to fund at least $47 million in aid to HAMAS from the United States. Just like the millions the Bush Administration sent to Hezbollah-controlled South Lebanon (all of which was doled out by Hezbollah) when Hezbollah went to war against Israel in 2006, the Obama Administration insists on showering your money on HAMAS in an identical fashion.

And as for the Obama FAA diversion of all flights to Israel this week, here’s a tip: despite the rockets falling, I’d feel safer landing in Israel at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport than I would at any airport in the United States. Israel, for instance, doesn’t have the laser pointer problems. By the way, have you ever tried landing in Ukraine? Or Nigeria? Or Yemen? Uh-huh, those places are soooooo safe. Right?

Yesterday, my friend Paul Teller, Cruz’s Deputy Chief of Staff, sent me this press release:

UNITED STATES SENATE

Sen. Ted Cruz Press Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Catherine Frazier: 202-228-7561

July 23, 2014

Cruz: I Will Hold All State Department Nominees Until Questions Are Answered About Israeli Flight Ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced that he will hold all State Department nominees until the Obama Administration answers questions about its unprecedented decision to cancel flights to Israel, while at the same time announcing continuing aid that will be funneled to the terrorist organization, Hamas. Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

Forty years ago today, on July 24, 1974, “Death Wish“–one of America’s most controversial and influential movies–was released. Its message–that retribution against criminals works and that armed citizens who fight back, lower the crime rate–is as relevant as ever.

Today, with powerful liberals, including billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and many Hollywood actors, trying to take away our Second Amendment rights, the message of “Death Wish” is evergreen. Detroit Police Chief James Craig gets it, as he has encouraged Detroit citizens to be armed, and the Detroit crime rate has gone down significantly with frequent reports of armed Detroiters fighting back and shooting intruders.

And “Death Wish” is relevant on the international scale, too, as Israel saw what years of doing nothing did to encourage HAMAS to continue its daily barrage of deadly rocket missiles and to ever increase their range and power. The only thing thugs–whether they are violent criminals on the U.S. streets or Islamic terrorists around the world–understand is a show of force in response to their attempted actions. As the trite saying goes, the best defense is a good offense, and the only way to have peace is to gird up and prepare for war. (Israelis get this, so it’s no coincidence that the “Death Wish” sequels were produced by the Israeli producing team Golan-Globus.)

Charles Bronson, one of my favorite actors, was a Polish-American rumored to be descended in part from the Muslim Tatars of Eastern Europe. Throughout his acting career, he had many great and classic roles. But he will forever be known for his “Death Wish” roles, for which Hollywood liberals (a redundant phrase) never forgave him and held a grudge against him. He and Michael Winner–the British Jew who directed “Death Wish” and two of its sequels–were for the rest of their lives held in contempt by Hollywood, mainstream liberal movie critics, and pop culture arbiters. And both of them are gone now. There are few people in the mainstream moviemaking biz willing to go out on a limb and make controversial movies with serious social commentary in favor of citizens fighting back against evil. There have been many “Death Wish” imitations and far too many gratuitously violent movies, but none like “Death Wish.” Not even close.

Five years ago, I wrote about the impact of “Death Wish,” and in honor of the movie’s 40th anniversary today, I’m re-runnning it below, since everything I wrote then applies and bears repeating now. As I noted then, I regard the movie fondly not just because of its message but because it was introduced to me by my dear late father, who was a fan as I am now.

Charles Bronson and Michael Winner, Rest In Peace. “Death Wish” lives on forever. Happy 40th Anniversary.

It was repeatedly panned by the critics. But movie-goers loved it. And thirty-five years later, it remains a cult classic. Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

As you probably know, I used to be a regular on the Howard Stern show (but haven’t been for several years by my choice). Yes, Howard Stern is a complete, unabashed liberal. But on the Middle East, Howard and I see eye to eye, and it’s not new that Howard sees the light on this (he’s been consistent on the issue). When I used to be on the show, he always agreed with me on that topic. And in this video recorded from his SiriusXM radio show, he calls it as it is with anti-Israel idiots, including a caller named Imran Khan (an unemployed, anti-Semitic Pakistani Muslim), celebrities like Eddie Vedder, etc. Nothing we haven’t said here, but nice to hear it. Because of the language, it is not safe for work, FYI.

The only thing I disagree with here is the comparison of Jews with American Indians and with Blacks.

Jews never “took” Israel from so-called Palestinians (a fictional people arbitrarily created by the United Nations and other international powers – they have no distinct culture, language, or anything else from the rest of the Arabs). Israel was always Jewish and there has been a Jewish presence there for thousands of years. The only thing Palestinians have with Indian tribes is that, years ago, the Indians regularly warred with and killed each other, and the Palestinians still do that today because, unlike Indians, they haven’t evolved with the times and become civilized. If anything, the Palestinians were the interlopers, as they were actually from other areas of the Arabian Middle East and came to Jewish Palestine and then Israel for jobs that the Jews mistakenly didn’t do for themselves, hiring these violent Jew-haters to do them. Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

I meant to get to this Sunday, but didn’t. Still, it bears posting now because it is yet another of the gazillion examples that American Muslims are no more “moderate” than Muslims in Riyadh, Tehran, or Gaza City. In fact, they try to impose the most uncivilized of Muslim practices from the old country on America, time and again. And these Muslims are not even “from the old country” but were born and converted to Islam here, demonstrating yet again the poisonous extremism and violence endemic to Islam regardless of borders or location.

“Religion of Peace” . . . & Chopping Off Hands . . .

Two men described as leaders of a Philadelphia mosque were accused of trying to cut off the hand of a suspected thief, whose wrist was sliced so deeply it required hospital treatment, police said on Friday. The 46-year-old victim said two officials in the mosque accused him of stealing jars of money from the house of worship after morning prayers on Monday. The officials, described in police reports as the mosque’s imam and amir, dragged the victim to the rear of the mosque, and attempted to chop off his hand with a machete, according to a police statement. [DS: Amir means "ruler" or "prince."] Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

I’m all for tolerance and I believe in “live and let live” no matter the identity of who you are sleeping with (unless it’s animals or kids). Just keep it out of my face. But I’m getting a little confused by gay people and their lobby. Not only are they usurping a good deal of the alphabet, but I’m not sure which term I’m supposed to use to be, you know, up to snuff on the currently politically correct acronym. I think I need RuPaul and company to give me a tutorial.

I thought they referred to themselves as LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual . . . or maybe Transvestite). But the Wall Street Journal, in a recent story about gay and tranny illegal aliens getting Obama-preferred immigration status, used the acronym LGBTI (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual Intersex). I think Intersex is for someone with both genders’ sexual organs, like Brad Pitt or Sheryl Sandberg’s mangina-endowed “husband”. Or pre-op transsexual or something.

But, then, I saw an article by this politically correct completely phony Christian minister who until recently pandered to extremist Muslims as Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s “civil rights” director. And in a pretentious article, he fawned over LGBTQ. I questioned what this Q was all about and I learned that it means “Questioning.” (Or it can also mean Queer, which I thought was an epithet for gay.) Was this pretentious faux-Christian minister, Steve Spreitzer, dissing the Intersex in favor of the Questioning? Is he prejudiced and a bigot against the Intersex in favor of the much more powerful, but just as ambiguous Questioning? Shouldn’t he be fired for that sort of intolerance and bigotry? And if you are actually inclusive and as obsessed with sexual diversity as our world demands, then do you use the term LGBTQI or LGBTIQ – or is that latter acronym insulting someone’s intelligence by implying you have the IQ or LGBT? These sexual acronymist activists aren’t even sure since they use both LGBTQI and LGBTIQ.

I’m very confused but not Confused. OY, now they’ll take the letter “C” away, too. They’ve already taken A for “Asexual” (but can also be “Androgynous”–how do you know which one is correct?) and U for “Undecided” and call themselves QUILTBAG. Some use A as “Ally” and use LGBTQIA. And I forgot the others who use LGBTQIAPD–with the P for “Pansexual” and D for “Demisexual.” (Not sure what those are OR if I ever wanna find out.) Hmmm . . . the Sexual Political Correctness Acronym Tribunal (that’s SPCAT) needs to meet up to get this straight. Er . . . that doesn’t mean Straight straight by the way, and I’m sure my use of that word was insensitive. All this begs the question, when we will begin hearing the whining about discrimination against Asexual rights or Undecideds? Just askin’. Regardless, they’ve taken on so many letters that, soon, it will be like that Hawaiian lady who sued to get her way-too-long surname on a driver’s license. And Pat Sajak and Vanna won’t have much left to work with. The gay Soup Nazi says, “No Alphabet Soup Left for You!” Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

It’s rare that a Muslim nation is several steps ahead of America. It’s also rare that a Muslim nation gets it and we don’t. But when even Tunisia–the former lair of the P.L.O.–is taking drastic-but-necessary steps to stop jihadists from within, maybe we should take note. Sadly, America will never have the guts to do this, when even Tunisia now has the guts. Maybe we should take a hint.

Tunisian authorities say all mosques and media calling for jihad are to be immediately closed in a bid to end a radical movement they fear will derail the nation’s move to democracy. A statement early Sunday announced the closing of mosques operating outside control of the Religious Affairs Ministry and places of worship that celebrated the killings last week of 15 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border. The government also announced the closing of unlicensed TV and radio stations that call for jihad and declare some people infidels. Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

You know what’s interesting? How we always hear the shrieking whines of America’s Muslims about non-existent “Islamophobia,” while no one says a word about their very real and dangerous Jewphobia (and I should know since I’ve been the recipient of many Muslim Jew-hating death threats, for which only two people have been prosecuted–both of ‘em sent to federal prison). I mean, do you think anyone but Muslims put out these leaflets threatening Chicago Jews? If ya do, I have some land in the Sahara to sell you (and some flattened tunnels in Gaza in a package deal).

That Was Then . . .

This Is Now . . .

Several vehicles were targeted in the Pulaski Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side with anti-Jewish leaflets, police said. Six vehicles were discovered with leaflets on Saturday on the 6300 block of North Monticello Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada. The leaflets were found on the windshields of the vehicles, said Estrada. Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

So, it’s halfway through the summer, and it’s been a really crappy summer at the box office. This weekend is no exception. It’s the rule and includes an incredibly racist, anti-American, anti-Christian movie. Oh, and also yet another anti-Semitic movie by Jews. Fabulouth! It will be interesting to see which tops the list of tickets sold, this weekend–Sex Tape or The Purge: Anarchy. Either way, it says something very bad about the American sheep-populated public and the Hollywood that serves ‘em this dung.

* “The Purge: Anarchy“: This is the most anti-American, racist movie I can remember seeing. It is the sequel to last summer’s hit, “The Purge” (read my review), which was, itself, racist and filled with class warfare (so is this sequel). But this second Purge movie makes the first look like a masterpiece. All of the villains in this movie are rich, old White, Christian men and women who own guns and go hunting. While the lead and hero of the movie–Frank Grillo–is White, he is unable to save everyone, and in the end they are rescued by a group of New Black Panther types. Also, Grillo is rescued by two Black women. Get it?

The movie is also extremely violent and bloody, gratuitously so.

The story: just as in the original Purge, this is set in the future (2022 or 2023, I forget which and don’t care, really). The United States has been taken over by some evil, pasty-faced, old White Christian men who pray. Once a year, “The Purge” is held, during which people can kill whoever they want (or rape, torture, and maim them) without penalty for 12 hours. This gets rid of poor people (who can’t afford expensive systems to protect themselves) and “undesirables” (minorities, in this movie). Because of The Purge, the country is able to control the population, and there is less than five percent unemployment. Plus, most people are above the poverty level. Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

Twenty years ago today, on July 18, 1994, a Hezbollah/Iran operative bombed the Jewish Community Center of Buenos Aires, Argentina, known as AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, or Argentine Israelite Mutual Association). 85 people, most of them Jews, were murdered, and more than 300 were injured. The bomb completely and quickly flattened the large seven-story building.

And so it is ironic that on this day, twenty years later, America is closer and friendlier than ever to Iran–which has never paid or admitted its part in this massacre–and is enabling this nation, which commissioned mass murder of the Jews in South America, to soon have nuclear weapons. Not ironic, just sad and disgusting. And Israel and the Jewish people, today, continue to be plagued by deadly Iran-sponsored HAMAS and Iran-financed Hezbollah, which still target not only Israel, but all Jewish people, including tourists on a bus in Bulgaria, who were blown up by yet another Hezbollah jihadist. Also today, Israel continues to fight a far-too-restrained two-prong war against HAMAS and its ally-in-Jew-hatred, Hezbollah. Some things never change because Islamic terrorists are handled with kid gloves.

Also sad and disgusting that Ibrahim Hussein Berro–the 21-year-old (some reports say he was 29) Shi’ite Muslim suicide bomber who perpetrated the attack at the behest of Iran and Hezbollah–is having another last laugh. In addition to America’s strange new love affair with Iran, Berro’s relatives–including his two brothers, admitted members of Hezbollah–are Americans now. In fact, they live just miles from me in Dearbornistan, Michigan, where they proudly gave photos and blood samples to enable investigators to determine from Berro’s DNA that he was the bomber. The relatives see this “achievement”–the murder of nearly 100 Jews as something to celebrate. And they live in our midst. Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel, “Jewish she-devil”

This evening, I saw the following tweet about me on Twitter, in which Dede Ogbueze threatens to murder me because I’m a Jew and speak my mind. Jews with First Amendment rights? We can’t have that, right? I hope the ghosts of Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman are listening, since they gave their lives for Blacks to have civil rights. And now this Black guy for whom they died wants to take my life so I won’t have civil rights.

By the way, the tweet was up for 15 hours before I saw it. Then I retweeted it so the world could see, and others responded to him, so he deleted it. Anti-Semitic wimp, but I take his threat VERY seriously. One other thing, I researched this jerk, Ogbueze, and he was some kind of track star in high school who was recruited. But he’s now a student at Los Angeles Valley Community College, the Harvard of, well . . . nothing. Clearly, a bright guy, right? Read the rest of this entry »