On May 29, 2024 at 2:59 pm, Raymond Kujawa wrote:
It has seemed that the only way that corrupt courts can be induced to make anything approximating a decision actually respecting people's rights or give proper due process is when a trial is broadly exposed to the court of public opinion, in a manner which would make courts look ridiculous, assuming that is still possible these days. What I'm curious about is whether anyone in the UK are paying attention to your upcoming Ofcom case, and what is the quality of the coverage? What would the consequences for the government be if Ofcom's decision is overturned? No chance of bringing down the government if the 'vaccine' falsehoods are exposed for the complete fantasy they turned out to be with so many people mistrusting the health authorities with their lives and getting burned? Finally, any chance the Tories & Trivia channel, aka GBNews, might be covering the trial, even with their collective tails between their legs? If so, who would even watch them at this point? I certainly haven't been.
On May 29, 2024 at 2:59 pm, JC of Weston-super-Mare wrote:
Hi Mark,
Before I became fully aware of the many benefits of Steyn Club membership I was a regular listener to the London Calling podcast with Messrs Young & Delingpole, especially during the lockdowns. Of course they ended when James became tired of Toby's fence sitting & denialism on key issues (eg the stolen 2020 election) & they ceased to have any meaningful exchanges.
Thereafter I listened for a while to the Weekly Sceptic podcast with Toby & Nick Dixon until I too became fed up of TY's fence sitting & also with ND's constant whining, often directed at his audience.
Last week through the Daily Sceptic website I saw that they were to discuss OfCom's latest judgment against GB News on the Sunak people's forum, so I thought I would give them another listen.
Whilst they think that OfCom's judgment is totally unreasonable they still trot out the feeble line that GBN has to operate within the broadcasting guidelines if it is to retain its licence. It does not appear to occur to them that there are strong grounds for a GBN challenge & scorn was poured on the idea that GBN had previously sacrificed presenters like you & Dan Wotton in an attempt to appease Ofcom. Interestingly TY also revealed that he had had a direct conversation with Ofcom to prep for a piece he was writing. Very cosy don't you think?
TY has done some great things viz the Daily Sceptic & the FSU but he still appears to play it safe on certain issues. Do you think he's just another paid up member of the Establishment?
By the way does he still owe you dinner? :)
Looking forward to seeing you in the Strand in a couple of weeks time.
All the very best
John Creasey
On May 29, 2024 at 2:59 pm, Bideford Jake wrote:
Dear Mark,
I'm wondering if I can ask our local priest to say a mass for you regarding your upcoming case with Ofcom. I might have to disguise it under 'Special Intentions.' Doubtless when you fly in to London and survey again it's metamorphosis you might agree with that crusty old curmudgeon, John Cleese, that once a city loses its parent culture it will never return.
Being a recent convert to your work, I hadn't realised you had made quite so many programmes for the BBC during their late glory years - were you allowed a political view? Looking briefly at the archive I'd have loved to have heard your show on Ring Lardner, a familiar name about whom I know nothing, and also Quote, Unquote with the delightfully gentle and whimsical Arnold Brown. It must have been a kick to work for the Beeb and live in London during the late 80s & early 90s. Sadly now both have gone to seed.
Having listened to a Labour Party candidate say last night that they would clamp down hard on both antisemitism and Islamophobia, my question is, how can an enlightened, tolerant individual NOT be Islamophobic?
A pity there aren't any royalties in being proven right...
On May 29, 2024 at 3:02 pm, Chris Davies wrote:
Mark,
I hope you are well.
What do you think of Rishi Rich's idea of voluntary national service?
I'm sure the over 65s will be delighted at the prospect of their grandkids receiving military training and discipline and absolutely nothing to do with being on the verge of war with Putin of course.
Keep well.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:05 pm, George Pazin wrote:
Hi Mark!
Happily re-upped my membership yesterday! Happy birthday to the club.
Is there anyone you consider a reliable source on the state of Iraq today? I note that virtually every pundit considers the Iraq war to be the biggest foreign policy blunder of the last 40 years, yet it strikes me that since the destruction of ISIS, Iraq seems to be a relatively quiet, peaceful Middle East democracy of sorts.
Feel free to correct me if my observation is wrong, I'd appreciate some advice from you or any listener as to who to listen to regarding Iraq.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:09 pm, Chris Hall wrote:
Hi Mark,
In America Alone, you made the solid case that demographic collapse was physically hard-wired into the advanced societies throughout the world. Recently, I've been seeing references to a fascinating experiment by John Calhoun called Universe 25, where a colony of lab mice were provided with a mouse utopia, where food was provided, living spaces cleaned and everything that could possibly please a mouse was made available. After an initial rise in population that never got close to over crowding, things started to turn south. Gender roles started to disappear, some mice became frenetic narcissists, and interest in reproduction declined dramatically. Before the final terminal collapse, gangs of aggressive mice would terrorize the few remaining normal mice that were just trying to get along. Sound familiar? It's like Zardoz meets Mad Max. Could it be that we mammals all share an automatic neurological reaction to utopia that inevitably turns to dystopia? Can we avoid this without having to learn how to herd goats in Afghanistan?
On May 29, 2024 at 3:12 pm, SabreMike Carroll wrote:
Greetings Mark, saw something on X that sums up how dumb and useless the GOP is: With the opposition candidate being put through a show trial for a crime the moron DA can't even coherently explain Ted Cruz tweeted out about his efforts to push a bill to "Save College Sports". Not only is he wasting valuable time and resources on something absurdly trivial compared to all the important issues he is also doing the bidding of people (the universities) who outright hate us and are our enemies. Leftists punish their enemies by any means necessary while our side rewards them as the wallets of all the useless grifters keep getting fatter and fatter. Just celebrated my 4th year as a MSC member, keep on fighting the good fight Mark!
On May 29, 2024 at 3:12 pm, Saul Good wrote:
Mark,
A local Boston radio host suggested that Trump should read from the diary at the upcoming(?) debate. I thought it a stupid idea and that he needs to stay on inflation and illegal immigration and it's costs.
Regardless of the verdict, this lawfare will take Trump off that message for at least some wasted time as he will undoubtedly need to address it. What is his best strategy in regards to this?
On May 29, 2024 at 3:17 pm, Michelle Dulak wrote:
Hi Mark,
Is it true, as I've just read, that the Trump jury has been instructed that they don't even need to agree on the "underlying crime" alleged to turn these misdemeanors into felonies? That's just . . . bonkers.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:18 pm, Nancy Clausen in PA wrote:
Hi Mark
Yesterday your essay about, among other things, the desecration of the graves at a church now a mosque made me even more depressed than usual. I see in the not so distant future the same barbarity visited upon our gravestones, Jewish, Christian, whatever. I thought my dad was safe at Arlington but I'm not so sure anymore because there's a cross on his headstone. Just at his feet lies a Jewish WWII veteran; to his right up a row was a young Muslim. The Muslim has disappeared, don't know why but I bet his family's imam knows.
Oh well, might as well tend my garden now.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:18 pm, Fran Lavery wrote:
The story about the destruction of headstones at the site of St. John's Church in Hanley-Stoke was very distressing. It seems to me in a civilized society, this is a case of clear criminal behavior that goes beyond disrespecting and inadvertently (not sure "inadvertently" applies though) desecrating gravesites. Do they have no scruples? Will there be any reaction of the citizens to make officials bring justice to bear on the perpetrators here? I was in awe to learn how the Israelis make heroic efforts at identifying all the remains of the victims on October 7th. No job seems too daunting for them. Could the rest of humanity learn something from this and make an extra effort to safeguard our ancestors remains when they get plowed over, or under, by a very disrespectful group of people who have been treated to unending lengths of hospitality in their new countries? Will a forensics team be employed to piece back the headstones, recreate them and using photographs and records put the remains back with their matching markers? Thank you, steady health improvements and best of luck against Ofcom.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:19 pm, Nicola Timmerman wrote:
Thanks for the reminder of the Mulberry articial harbours that were created to help the invasion of Normandy.
Don't know if you heard of the effigy of Netanyahu dressed in garb like a concentration camp prisoner was hung from the main gates of McGill University Sunday for several hours? Anti-semitism gone mainstream.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:19 pm, Elisa Angel wrote:
Would you tell us more about the pier the Biden Camp cheekily placed just outside Gaza so it could "truthfully" state that it hadn't "sent military aid into Gaza"?
On May 29, 2024 at 3:20 pm, David P wrote:
Greetings Mark
Best of luck in your upcoming lawsuit in the soon-to-be Islamic Republic of Great Britain.
Perhaps I missed it but I haven't heard your recent thoughts on what China is up to and the threat they pose to us in the West.
The recent "military exercises" the Peking regime conducted around Taiwan following the Taiwanese electing an opponent of Chinese takeover of Taiwan was barely mentioned in the media.
Do you think they will invade Taiwan for real any time soon?
Best wishes
David
On May 29, 2024 at 3:20 pm, Carl wrote:
I'm surprised the administration hasn't blamed climate change for the pier failure....yet
On May 29, 2024 at 3:20 pm, Pat Smith wrote:
Hi Mark,
Congrats again on the anniversary and good luck on your travails across the pond. How did we come to this? The greatest country in the history of the planet can't run said country without running up annual trillion dollar deficits. Cant defend its border. Can't win a war against goat herders, and when it's time to abandon leaves billions in military hardware to a sworn enemy, and now can't build a pier that can last a fortnight. Clearly we have gone to hell in a fast car. I'm just trying to figure out when we pointed ourselves in that direction.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:22 pm, Josh Passell wrote:
Mark,
To repurpose Joe Young's and Sam Lewis's lyric, how you goin' to keep 5,000 Gazans down in Moose Jaw after they've seen Montreal?
Out of curiosity, I Googled Moose Jaw. Did you know that Moose Jaw's record high temperature was 110F in 1937? And that its record low was -54F in 1907? That's a rise of 164 degrees in 30 years! Where do those data points lie on the pin-striped pipsqueak's hockey stick? Or was he too busy gouging out core samples from a single bristlecone pine on the Gaspé Peninsula? Talk about missing the forest for the trees!
On May 29, 2024 at 3:25 pm, Scot A wrote:
Mark, thanks again for hosting another Q&A. I have always been a fan of the musical interludes. They help remind us there is more to life.
I have an idea that the elites were worried about revolutions spreading across the third world. The elites wanted to release the pressure in those countries so they allowed the migrants to spread across the west. Now those revolutions may take place in the western nations? Will the west ever resist or have the Covid years shown us that the majority of the population are happy being sheeple?
On May 29, 2024 at 3:31 pm, Timothy McDonnell wrote:
Question from the Provisional Wing of the Wegman's Shoppers' Loyalty Program ("Aisle 9 is Devine! Aisle 9 is Devine!"):
I noticed yesterday that your comments on Nigel Farage got some pushback from some of your club members as several members thought you were being too harsh on Farage for bailing out of standing for election as a Reform candidate. However, I see your point that this is a moment to crush the Tories as they govern against the will of their own voters, and thus, deprive the voters of an actual consequential election as they have become Labour Lite.
Coincidentally, Eva Vlaardingerbroek wrote yesterday that, "The new Dutch cabinet just nominated top justice ministry official and former intelligence chief Dick Schoof as the "preferred candidate" for Prime Ministership. And the situation is bad. Real bad. Dick Schoof - or "Mr. Deepstate" as I'd like to call him - is the former head of the Dutch Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) as well as the former national coordinator of the counter-terrorism unit (NCTV) which is known to focus on combatting "anti-government extremism"..... Geert Wilders should have never given up his rightful claim to Prime Ministership."
The UK. The Netherlands. This is becoming another Georgia Meloni moment of lost opportunities. How can the people rise up and put a stop to all this?
On May 29, 2024 at 3:31 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
Hello Mr. Steyn,
There was a little story about Germany handing out citizenships
to a myriad Syrians while also cracking down on the hamas shock
troops in the streets. Would that be medically classified as
schizophrenia or cognitive dissonance?
Thanks ever so & continued prayers for improved health.
OLGA
On May 29, 2024 at 3:33 pm, George Pereira wrote:
Mark,
The first flight of the Boeing Starliner is once again delayed because of a microscopic helium leak
NASA is considering launching anyway because it's not a very big leak.
The first unmanned test launch ran into problems almost immediately.
The Starliner will be launched someday by an Atlas V. The Atlas V's first stage is powered by a Russian engine manufactured by Energomash.
NASA uses Russian engines because although NASA has the plans and the manufacturing rights it's cheaper to buy Russian engines and rework them.
I remember being a tadpole on May 5, 1961, watching the first Mercury launch.
Space is something the USA can't do anymore.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:37 pm, Carolinan wrote:
Just a legal point: In a show trial, the accused will join the prosecution and denounce himself. Trump's case is merely a kangaroo court.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:43 pm, jennifer price wrote:
Hi Mark,
Just a thank you to you for leaving in something about the road to Geneva last week.
Jennie and Terry Price, Littlehampton.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:47 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
P.S. Please do not actually start talking about Mitch McConnell, ever. Life is too short.
Extra-curricular musical interludes are a much more inspired use of one's time.
On May 29, 2024 at 3:56 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
P.P.S. With all the planes falling out of the skies & societal gears in general grinding slower & slower,
we really are living in Atlas Shrugged. I wouldn't want you to read that for TfoT or anything (Lord save
us from that infernal 200-page speech), but I am vaguely surprised more people aren't acknowledging
the obvious.
