More info on the Denmark twitter feed about this evolving story. A Jewish owned store is attacked by a gunmen in Odenza.

Meanwhile Israelicool liveblogging from Israel.

Hotair has more details.

CentreRight has details of those behind the violent London protests.

New Year’s Day marks 50 years of communist rule in Cuba. The Castro oligarchy will trumpet its survival and celebrate. But the reality, up close, is that it’s the longest-running failure in the New World.

From a great piece on IDB.

A very good piece, by Fausta, over Real Clear World blog.

Its Tuesday, so I have just done my regular stint PJTV. We managed not to mention Blago on air, which these days is rather tough to do.

What Israel is doing is nothing to do with peace but its own selfish security concerns

from London Daily News

So protecting one’s citizens from death by rocket attack is selfish? What else is a country supposed to be doing for their citizens then? And here was me thinking protecting the citizens is one of the main jobs of any state.

Update: More on so-called proportionality.

Update II: VDH has written a great piece called Surreal Gaza about the bizarre world of reporting on the conflict.

Simple enough for you sceptics?

Culled from this lot of shots.

More on this subject.

Michael Ledeen @ PJM and David Horowitz weight in on the subject as well.

Carol Gould covered the London version in person.

My piece on the licence fee (UK version) over at the White Sepulchre.

Music Review: Maegashira, Plastic Soundwave Group, Psykup, ZZ Top, Within Temptation, and Wino
Some Plastic, Wino and southern Texas blues rock feature in this week’s roundup.

Every year we hear people like O’Reily and others bleating on about the “war on Christmas” across the country. By any rational view its nothing like a war and more like minor local skirmishes. What these people should really be concerned with the is the actual war against their fellow believers in places like Sudan, India, the Middle East and wait for it, Bethlehem itself.

I believe since some of the major Christian organisations are sycophants to Islamists that the reason they ignore these problems is because they might have to confront their view of Muslims and Jews.

Then again when you have supposedly sane Christians saying that the only reason Christians around the world are under attack is because of the US/UK’s support for Israel you wonder if there is any hope at all.

There is a new Britblog collection to enjoy.

Iain Dale’s end of year poll found the following.

Think Tank of the Year

1. Adam Smith Institute 22%
2. Centre for Social Justice 17%
3. Policy Exchange 16%

Famous and much-derided for his book Clash of Civilizations, he will be sorely missed by those wanting to take a realistic view of the threat we all face. Reuters wrote the following.

Good piece on Outside the Beltway about the man.

At least he lived long enough to see his thesis justified in extremis.

Adolf Hitler: “We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions”
(From a May Day speech of May 1, 1927. Quoted by Toland, 1976)

A comment on this post at the Gates of Vienna.

It seems Gazans want war and they now got one, expect the whining to have already begun. It was amazing how many rockets Israel withstood before they replied with gusto.

Or as one wag put it (obviously Israeli): Turn the other cheek ain’t in our Bible.

If this is true boy are Hamas dumb.

NB: Found a new game…Israel does something to defend itself…then watch the anti-semities start rant…if on Twitter, un-follow. Good way of reducing the dross on your Twitter feed.

Some might find the #Gaza feed on Twitter. You can RSS follow it as well. Expect Israel/Jew hatred in plain view on this thread.

Rioting outside Israeli embassy in London because Israel has had the temerity to defend itself.

Update: Israpundit got hacked by Hamas.

Or to put it another way.

Ron Paul is Not the Answer, Unless the Question is “Who Can Destroy the Republican Party for the Rest of My Lifetime?”

Jimmie sets out a clear & concise case why Ron Paul is bad for the Republican Party. Expect a mad rush of enraged Paulians at this throat very soon.

Not all of what Paul says is objectionable, but most of his supporters I have encountered certainly are.

Update: Mike is less charitable in the light of Ron Paul’s recent statements about Israel. And here is Ron Paul on video talking about Israel… his defenders, aka Paulians, declare he is “telling the truth.”

Lately, a lot of the discussion has rightfully centered on policy. Earlier, Jon Henke asked us to consider what policies we should advocate and support. I’ve spent some time outlining a theme for a new set of items we can go forward with: the Agenda of Equal Opportunity. Although I would much rather talk about substance than rhetoric…

Go read the rest of the piece by Matt Moon.

OK, so you’ve made your millions. You’ve decided against going racing with the money, which is probably a good idea, given what these pictures reveal. But nevertheless, you have decided to splash some of that disposable income on something you’re about to dispose of much quicker than you originally anticipated.

Over @ Top Gear naturally.

Poligazette explains the variety of holidays that occur right about now. Have a happy and healthy holiday, whichever one you are celebrating. If you aren’t celebrating anything have a happy and pleasant week.

Its a pointy affair to say the least.

There is a good bunch of links over at Haveil Havalim

Your Christmas Cheer. Yeah, I am not kidding, Channel 4 had Iran’s loon who wants to “wipe Israel off the map” deliver its alternate Christmas message.

Damian Thompson finds it equally appalling.

Channel 4 tried to get Beelzebub but didn’t have his number.

Oh yes and Channel 4 is attempting to get more public money right now.

Good piece on the whole row by Meir Javedanfar.

Damian Thompson makes this point that is just another example of indulging Islam in the UK. And seeing this type of thing I can’t understand why he could think that way.

WMHB is playing the songs on our EP on their country music programs. What a great Christmas Eve present for us.

Irony is I just commissioned the logo for our new band from this guy

Harry Belafonte is still a raging moonbat, but IMO this is one of the prettiest Christmas songs ever recorded. I was curious, so I looked the song up on Wikipedia.

Long time ago in Bethlehem
So the Holy Bible say
Mary’s boy child, Jesus Christ
Was born on Christmas day.

Hark, now hear the angels sing
A new King born today
And man will live forever more
Because of Christmas day.

While shepherds watched their flock by night
And see a bright new shining star
And hear a choir sing
The music seem to come from afar.

Now Joseph and his wife Mary
Come to Bethlehem that night
They found no place to bear her child
Not a single room was in sight.

Hark, now hear the angels sing
A new King born today
And man will live forever more
Because of Christmas day.

By and by they find a little nook
In a stable all forlorn
And in a manger cold and dark
Mary’s little boy was born.

Hark, now hear the angels sing
A new King born today
And man will live forever more
Because of Christmas day.

I’ve got places to go and people to see over the next few days. So I’ll wish you all a Merry Christmas and I’ll see you in the (Happy?) New Year.

the blog québécois

I did the PJTV roundtable today…which was a bit one-sided as there was only one blogger at the table…me. The subject the hosts and I discussed was this year’s round-up of Media Bias for MRC.

Sadly yes…according to this. Can you guess which route I take to get there?

…But data from a recent Pew survey reveals a more complex demographic picture of who is playing games — and what types of consumers are fueling demand.

More on the mostly obvious study from Pew The Standard>

And ten things that won’t survive the recession brutal but right.

Inevitably, Bentsen’s famous put-down of Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice-presidential debate is resurrected, such as by Paul Waugh in the London Evening Standard. “Governor, You’re No Maggie Thatcher,” sneered Mr. Waugh. Jolly, rib-tickling stuff. But, as it happens, I know Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher is a friend of mine.

A refreshing rebuke to those on the right who criticise her.

Well I am probably more of a Monty Python libertarian but this is an interesting piece on the South Park spawned Republicans. Brian Anderson does the sub-set justice in his piece. And after all there is nothing better than mocking your opponents with humor.

Book Review: Blacklisting Myself - Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in the Age of Terror by Roger L. Simon
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter delivers a memoir to warm — and amuse — the cynical political heart.

I was trying to come up with platitudes for this piece of writing that do not come across as twee or sycophantic.

Well this blog did thanks to something called Typealyzer. The personality thing on the bottom got the gist of the blog about right.