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Yes, it's me! Mark Steyn of that ilk - and not dead yet, despite the best efforts of both the University of Vermont Medical Center and the District of Columbia Superior Court. I certainly hope those three Palestinians shot in Burlington are getting better treatment from the lousy bastards at UVM than I did.
The Gaza-Vermont war aside, I'll be back for another midweek edition of our Clubland Q&A, taking questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet. The fun starts at 3pm North American Eastern/8pm Greenwich Mean Time. We'll try to pin down a few other time zones below, but do, as they say, check local listings.
Unusually, I'm in quite an optimistic mood today, for reasons I'll explain on today's show. As always, I'm happy to take questions on any of the topics we've covered in recent days, and some of the ones we haven't. If American talk radio accurately reflects the concerns of its audience, most listeners are agog with anticipation over tomorrow's debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom. Rush's successor, Clay Travis, says Newsom will win - although win what remains the question. If you really insist on talking about that, I'll give it a go, although it may dent my newly optimistic mien.
~I'm also happy to take any questions on my trial at the DC Superior Court, which has now been rescheduled for January 16th, the day after Martin Luther King Day. We'll see how that works out. Meanwhile, I thank all of you who have snapped up one of our limited-edition, individually numbered (and signed) SteynOnline Liberty Sticks. The Liberty Stick features both Magna Carta and the US Constitution - so you can now wave that constitution at whomsoe'er you like. And, amazingly enough, our Liberty Stick is not manufactured in China, but in Minnesota, Birthplace of Liberty - or anyway Birthplace of Liberty Stick. You can order one here - or enjoy it together with my book Lights Out at one low price, for the Christmas season only.
~Thank you also for your kind words about our exclusive screen premiere of my video deposition, under oath, in the matter of Mann vs Steyn. You can see Part One here, Part Two here, and the thrilling finale here.
~Anybody can be mired in lawsuits on one side of the Atlantic. But, at my level of the game, a chap expects to be mired on at least two sides. So I'm also happy to take any questions on my pushback against the UK state censor Ofcom in the English High Court over their "rulings" against me for my coverage of the Covid vaccines. I stand on the truth of what I said - which is more than Matt Hancock, Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty et al can do. You can read my second Statement of Claim here.
Many viewers, listeners and readers have asked how they can support this important free-speech case. There are several ways, including:
a) signing up a friend for a Steyn Club Gift Membership;
b) buying a near-and-dear one a SteynOnline gift certificate;
c) ordering a copy of my latest book, The Prisoner of Windsor (you won't regret it);
d) snapping up one of the above-mentioned limited-edition SteynOnline Liberty Sticks; or
e) treating your loved one to a once-in-a-lifetime Mark Steyn Caribbean Cruise.
~Whether or not you're a member of The Mark Steyn Club, you can listen to our Clubland Q&A live as it happens wherever you chance to be on this turbulent earth: Club membership is required only to ask a question. We love to hear from brand new members, so if you've joined this week, either for a full year or a see-how-it-goes experimental quarter, do shoot me a head-scratcher for today's show.
But, if you're not interested in joining, no worries, as they say in Oz: We seek no unwilling members - and as always the show is free to listen to, so we hope you'll want to tune in.
As soon as we go live, members should log-in and submit their queries via our comment form below - and I'll answer them as-it-happens on the audio livestream that should magically appear above (or possibly below - I forget which). And, if you disagree with my response, then let rip in the comments, and I'll endeavour to address a couple of the objections as we go along.
Clubland Q&A is a special production for The Mark Steyn Club. We're not paywalling off SteynOnline or any of that nonsense - and in fact this site now offers more free content than ever before in our twenty-one-year history. But Club membership does confer a few benefits, starting with participation in our weekly Q&As.
So see you back here live this afternoon at 3pm North American Eastern Time. That's 8pm Greenwich Mean Time; 7am in Sydney and Melbourne; 9am in Auckland and even deeper into Thursday in His Majesty's Dominions across the Pacific.
But, whatever hour it is where you are, we do hope you'll be able to join us. To listen to the livestream, simply click the "play" icon on the audio player (in certain browsers, the audio will start auto-playing). And to pose a question simply use the comment form below.