On November 22, 2023 at 2:59 pm, Chris Davies wrote:
Mark,
I hope this finds you well.
Good to have you back behind the microphone and I wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving.
By the time you broadcast, the polls will be closing in the Netherlands and all being well, Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party will have topped them.
Coming off the back of Javier Milei's resounding victory in Argentina, are we seeing a renaissance of the national populism seen in 2016 with the Brexit and Trump wins or is it simply the last twigs clinging to the tree of hope in the face of a globalist tornado?
Keep well Mark.
On November 22, 2023 at 3:01 pm, Patrick wrote:
Dear Mark,
The presidential election victory of Javier Milei in Argentina feels like the best win since Trump's in 2016, or perhaps more precisely, since Rush guest host Jason Lewis' House win in 2016. Like Lewis, Milei often spoke eloquently as a talk show host on the wisdom of Milton Friedman and the cruelty of socialism and communism.
Yet perhaps even more impressive than the outcome was the form: the results were in on the same day, the presidential debates were carefully structured to allow a limited number of rebuttals from candidates with minimal interference from moderators, and the candidates were all capable of speaking articulately about substantive issues (i.e., no Fettermans or Bidens). Perhaps Americans don't deserve a Milei, given how we've let our structures/culture decay, but does his win give you cause for optimism?
-Patrick in Virginia
On November 22, 2023 at 3:01 pm, The Notorious Mr. J wrote:
Mr. Steyn, what do you make of this recent trend toward elevating TV celebrities to high office? First Trump, then Zelensky and now Milei of Argentina. And Javier Milei is surely that wildest of the bunch. He makes The Donald look tranquilized and neutered. I have my doubts that he'll succeed in any manic Libertarian revolution on the Pampas, though. That Swamp ain't made for drainin', it seems to me. The sclerotic bureaucracy and corruption might be too engrained for easy cure.
Small little aside- the change in the day of the Clubland Q&A give the broadcast a whole new feel. For me the Friday session felt like a trip with the boys to the pub after a week's slog at the office. Put it midweek, and ... well, it has a whole new vibration to it. Not worse, you understand, just different.
On November 22, 2023 at 3:02 pm, Kelly Walter wrote:
Mark,
You often refer to the collapse of Western Civilization. Could you elaborate on what you think that collapse will actually look like?
I love my Steyn Hockey Stick. I have it nestled above my American Gothic print on the wall of my office. I notice that the sticker says This Is Not a Toy, so I wonder if I can use it for self-defense in the coming Apocalypse.
Praying for your health and for "justice" to be done in both of your legal cases.
On November 22, 2023 at 3:02 pm, Jack wrote:
Mark - is the current state of the West really as bad as it seems? Immigrant invasions, stolen elections, political prisoners, raped Jews, rampant money printing, dudes dominating female sports, technological suppression of free speech, and the Republican candidate for President facing life in prison. Seems horrible.
But there are no civil wars. No monarchies collapsing. No wars among the core European countries. No widespread property takings, ala the Bolsheviks. And no widespread mass murder, ala Mao or Hitler or the Bolsheviks. So things can still get a lot worse. Maybe they are going to get worse?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:06 pm, Ted Rathman wrote:
Hi Mark, first time questioner long time listener. I'm thankful your health is prevailing and I'm praying you continue to gain strength daily as your courage and boldness are much needed these days.
I'm reminded, on this eve of Thanksgiving, the great sacrifices that were made by our ancestors in order that we might enjoy the civilization we now take for granted. I believe in this civilizational moment we will need to make great sacrifices as well; sacrifices people are not prepared for. I'm wondering what sacrifices do you believe we will need to make in order to ensure our way of life prevails? What might we need to give up or go without?
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
Rev. Ted Rathman
Schuylkill Haven, PA
On November 22, 2023 at 3:06 pm, Bradford Stephen Kyle wrote:
Thanks for the Liberty Stick. This is my first one!
On November 22, 2023 at 3:07 pm, Keith Farrell wrote:
So, Liberty Stick #138 lands, safe and sound. I hope the same can be said for your goods elf, Mark.
There are a plethora of lawsuits trying to get Trump removed from States' ballots, citing the 14th amendment, your own State of NH included.
With the releasing of the Jan 6 footage are these lawsuits now moot? The evidence of insurrection is surely falling apart quicker than Biden?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:09 pm, Chris wrote:
Hi Mark,
This question comes to you from a cruise ship moored at the island nation of Domenica. We hope to see you again on the next Steyn cruise, DC court schedule permitting. I wondered if you thought that the progressive coalition is coming apart after the massacre on October 7th. For many people, they could pretend that the fiery but peaceful people were deep down well meaning, but the mask has now come off. In a sane world, this would have implications for the upcoming elections in 2024, but I fear that the Babylon Bee will yet again be prescient with their headline "Trump lead in swing states expected to hold until 3AM on election night".
On November 22, 2023 at 3:10 pm, Tony Allwright wrote:
Re your "exclusive screen premiere of [your] three-part video deposition, under oath, in the matter of Mann vs Steyn."
A couple of days ago, I drove 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) from Ireland to Portugal.
Before I left, I converted your three video depositions to MP3 audio files and loaded them onto a USB stick.
So for most of my long solo drive I was transfixed not by the speeding Iberian motorway traffic and spectacular scenery (blighted, btw, by countless rotation-free wind turbines), but by your dulcet if sometimes acerbic tones, as you responded to the questions, many of them absurd or repetitive, of Mr Williams, Michael Mann's lawyer.
I was particularly struck by your ability to instantly recollect so many diverse names, facts and figures, not to mention amusing anecdotes.
Dr Mann must have been squirming at all the insults levelled at him. At least, I hope he was!
So my question is:
When will we view or listen to the sequel, ie Mr Mann' OWN deposition, under oath, where he is grilled for five-odd hours by YOUR lawyer?
I am hoping to enjoy that on my return drive to Dublin.
Best regards and keep up the good fight
Tony Allwright
Founding Week Member
Usually in Dublin, currently in The Algarve
On November 22, 2023 at 3:10 pm, Bill Dekker wrote:
Dear Mark,
I am thankful for having you speak on so many important topics and that you are still well enough to continue the fight in the spirit of Rush and Andrew Breitbart.
Do you feel the climate rhetoric and engagement of government and business was not a big issue before fracking and other advancements in gas and oil technologies made it possible for America to be energy independent and therefore less attached to the Middle East and other oil producing states?
Best wishes to you for improved health in the days ahead.
Warm Regards,
Bill
On November 22, 2023 at 3:13 pm, Kelly Harbeson wrote:
Mark, so good to hear you in person (no disparagement to your hard-working guest hosts). Re: your suit against Offcom. Doesn't the findings on those poor souls' death certificates that they indeed succumbed to side effects of the jab render Offcom's suit against you moot? Or is UK jurisprudence mired as deeply in fantasy and corruption as that in the US?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:14 pm, Alison Castellina wrote:
There is another flaw in Ofcom's argument which is its assumption that the UK health authorities are widely still seen as beneficial for public health. Most of the UK population has now done it own risk/benefit analysis - not because of the 'condemned' Mark Steyn Show but because of their personal experience of friends and family. They have noticed patterns emerging including new illnesses and people who were multiply vaccinated catching Covid more often (and a few being rushed to hospital in ambulances with flashing blue lights). As a result, the majority has voted with its feet in refusing further Covid boosters. We were told that 'low uptake' was the reason that pushing Covid jabs is now restricted to residents in care homes for older adults; adults aged 65 years and over; people aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group; frontline health and social care workers; people aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression; people aged 16 to 64 years who are carers and staff working in care homes for older adults.
So when Ofcom says the UK Goverment is "still recommending" these jabs to the population, this is wrong. The Govt is making it impossible for the majority of people to get one. Do you think Ofcom has not caught up yet?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:14 pm, Frank Gallenstein wrote:
Hi Mark,
Were you surprised with the appointment of David Cameron as the UK Foreign Secretary? Do you suspect he is also owned by the CCP?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:17 pm, Scott Schertzer wrote:
Dear Mark:
As your trial in the DC court continues to be delayed and the next Steyn at Sea cruise is only months away have you considered petitioning the court to conduct the trial at sea? You'll get a fairer jury and have access to character witnesses like Eva Vlaardingerbroek, Leilani Dowding, Michele Bachmann and Bo Snerdley. And if the verdict is not to your liking, you can always instigate a mutiny.
All joking aside, and I'm confident I speak for all club members, please take good care of yourself over the coming holidays. We need you to get us through the darker days to come.
Be well.
Sincerely,
Scott Schertzer
Miami Beach
On November 22, 2023 at 3:18 pm, Charles Morris wrote:
It seems as if you are getting better so I am glad to see that. While I certainly don't want you to risk another law suit, would you be willing to share in greater detail your medical travails , and, specifically, regarding UVM?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:21 pm, Nicola Timmerman wrote:
Trudeau has given hundreds of thousands of dollars on subsidies to companies in Canada that produce cricket snacks and cricket powder to be sprinkled on real food. He has also given millions to another company that has 10% of its product as cricket food. What do you think of this?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:21 pm, Toby Pilling wrote:
If we swapped the Twitter accounts of Justin Trudeau and Gary Lineker, would anyone notice?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:26 pm, George Pereira wrote:
Mark,
One of the uncomfortable facts of life I've come to realize is that when an election is based on anything other than merit or proven results you have a disaster barreling down on you.
Is there any city or state that is run by a glass ceiling breaker (first gay, black, transgender lesbian and so forth) that is not a complete and total bleephole. Anyone? Any city or state?
What seems to me is so clear (minority status does not equal instant competent) seems to be an alien concept to far too many others.
Why do so many vote for people who are either obviously incompetent, mean them harm or both?
Stay safe, stay free, stay out of Vermont!
On November 22, 2023 at 3:28 pm, Robert Stewart wrote:
Mark, Rush Limbaugh posited that liberalism was a mental disorder. I think that "progressive"- or "socialist" thought might be a bit more precise than "liberal" in terms of my current thoughts, since liberalism once meant support of individual rights and not the nanny state. I mention this because recent events have confirmed Rush's thesis. I've been reading various biographies of Winston Churchill, and I was struck by his experiences with socialists in 1923. The UK's Liberal party had allied itself with the Labor/Socialist Party following WW1. Churchill was considered a Liberal, although he had strong connections with the Conservative party. Churchill had spent the last two years writing his history of the war, and decided it was time to get back into politics. He ran in a bye election in Dec. of 1923 in strong Labor/Socialist district. He lost to a socialist, but if the Conservatives had supported him, he could have won. That election was marked with violence aimed at Churchill and his wife. In one case, the mob attacked his car as he was leaving a rally, and one fellow smashed a window in his car. This is akin to modern treatment of conservative speakers on campus. Such behavior was characteristic of socialist/labor at that time. We can see from Antifa and BLM that nothing has changed in a hundred years. One might suspect that this is confirmation of either some genetic linkage between socialist inclinations and thuggery, or perhaps it is related to the child-rearing practices passed down amongst the anointed. Whatever it is, it stands the test of time.
There is also an interesting parallel with today's Democrats and the UK's 1923 Liberals. Present-day elitist Democrats have made a pact with the devil, welcoming Hamas supporters and woke ideology just as the old Liberals thought they could deal with the violent and ugly socialist politicians. This marked the fall of the Liberal party in the UK. In 1924, Churchill, running as a Constitutionalist in Epping with Conservative support, was elected to Parliament in the December General Election, and the Liberal Party collapsed, Conservatives 419 seats, Labor 151, Liberal 40. One can only hope ...
On November 22, 2023 at 3:31 pm, Robert Orr wrote:
There's a horror story waiting to be written (Mark should write it) called The Constitution Of Dorian Gray, in which it is revealed that the original copy of the US Constitution had been stored in a "safe place", which turned out to be not safe at all from the ravages of mould, dampness, insects, rodents, etc., and thus the original has almost ceased to exist, which might explain the current state of the law in the US.
The story could follow two researchers as they discover the above with mounting horror.
I got the idea from p. 59 of Corelli Barnet's The Audit of War
Would you consider writing this, Mark?
On November 22, 2023 at 3:39 pm, Roy Eappen wrote:
Hi Mark. I continue to pray for your health.
It looks like Wilders has the most seats according to the Guardian. Problem now is the other parties will refuse coalition, just like the AfD in Germany. Proportional representation sucks
On November 22, 2023 at 3:40 pm, Rachel Aranoff wrote:
Dear Mark,
Hello from New York where my Congressional representative, Jamaal Bowman, spreads lies claiming there is apartheid in Israel and supports blood-libeler Rashida Tlaib.
I was part of a what's app group working to primary Bowman in the next election. Social media groups are not the greatest medium for a fierce Jewess like me. One click on the "delete/remove" button and I'm gone. In person, the camera loves me :)
This morning on the chat I posted a clip from last night of Bowman on MSNBC slandering Israel and I described him as a "disgusting, low-life, pig, Amalekite liar".
Members of the chat protested that "we can't sink to his level". "Not to dehumanize him."
"We will be called racists". I asked what race a pig is? I asked how I was sinking to the level of someone who supports the slaughter of Jews? They quickly deleted my comments and me from the group.
I believe it is crucial to call out our enemies for the scum that they are and not to be fearful of the slurs they will throw our way.
In fact, the fear that so many "moderates" have of being called "racist" shows me how affective name calling can be.
What are your thoughts?
Yours truly,
Rachel
On November 22, 2023 at 3:51 pm, Allan Gauci wrote:
No one wants to hear anything Mark!! I tried recounting the attack in France at the gym this morning; everyone switched off! God help us!!
On November 22, 2023 at 3:51 pm, Elisa Angel wrote:
In fairness to Trump, he owned those shows and the Miss Universe pageant. He would describe himself as a businessman.
And Reagan ran the SAG, and he's been California's governor. Plus, he managed his ranch.
These other "celebrities" are all show, no substance.
On November 22, 2023 at 3:55 pm, James Driskell wrote:
How about getting the "survival of the fittest" crowd, the Darwin crowd, the non-god crowd, to explain "survival of the fittest" in modern times, when the un-fit, physically, emotionally and spiritually un-fit, are the ones who are surviving? Why have the "fittest" allowed the un-fit to dominate? My answer is "cowardice" and the inability to perceive and confront evil, what's yours? In their true Darwinian world almost none of these people would ever be here.
On November 22, 2023 at 3:55 pm, Elisa Angel wrote:
Breaking: All US-Canada land crossings are now closed for security reasons.
The Canadian truckers didn't do anything that caused that!
On November 22, 2023 at 4:01 pm, Hart Leonard wrote:
I've been away from this forum for a while but in seeing your recent photos, avec hockey stick, I welcome you to the official world of gray-haired geezers...although I wish your new colour could have been gained under less stressful circumstances. I should not be surprised at anything these days, but as a person of age I can't help but notice that, publicly, by far the most vociferous and vulgar vanguards of these horrible causes - from maniacal anti-semitism, to evil support of Hamas, to any-term abortion, to the wicked and unnatural promotion of trans-culture, to an attempt by the female governor of New Mexico to ban guns, to Kathy Hochul's current attempt to indoctrinate children in ways of recognizing "disinformation" - seem to be primarily young-to-middle-aged women. I'm sure there's a plethora of modern pseudo-psychological reasons for this that are impossible for an old white fellow to comprehend. But, let's take the abortion issue for example, which seems most important to them. Women have the pill, a variety of uterine preventive devices, and the archaic and rarely-used ability to keep their knickers on. These apparently aren't enough. It seems the goal is to "proudly poke with impunity." Not so long ago, such women were known as whores. Now, they're lauded, applauded and celebrated as "independent" and "progressive." What has happened to our fairer sex?...Whatever it is, can it be remedied? It certainly gives one pause in thinking about that "suffrage" thing. I hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
On November 22, 2023 at 4:01 pm, Timothy McDonnell wrote:
I asked a similar question of Andrew last week and I enjoyed his answer. In the week's preceding October 7th, Netanyahu moved much of Israel's southern forces into the West Bank area to appease his political coalition as the West Bank settlers vote for Likud. However, this left towns around Gaza unprotected and October 7th highlighted the consequences of doing so. This is why I firmly feel that the cost of controlling the West Bank Arab population far exceeds any benefits. No intelligence gathered from interrogating prisoners will ever lead to significant reductions of major terrorist attacks. Besides, multiple smaller attacks will cost Israel even more as Israel never gets kind words and help from the rest of the world unless a terrorist attack is so completely over the top, like the October 7th attack. So smaller attacks work in Hamas' favor.
What do you think Israel should do with the West Bank settlements? Should they be granted statehood? And what do you think Israel's publicly stated policy should be regarding the consequences of future attacks upon them? Do you think Israel should keep northern Gaza now that they have cleared it out and destroyed most of the buildings there? Strategic ambiguity doesn't seem to be working in Israel's favor.
