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The 10 Most Obnoxious, Overrated Alien Cultures in Star Trek
10. The Romulans
What exactly do the Romulans have that justifies their defining quality, their arrogance? They're among the most boring species in all of Trek, the kind of evil twin to the Vulcans, known for their deceitful and warlike nature.
Their only redeeming feature seems to be how cool and genuinely intimidating their warbird ships are:
The 17 Places and Things We'll Miss Most About Living in the San Fernando Valley
17. The ArcLight movie theater at the Galleria.
Where: 15301 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA
Our theater attendance tended to drop the last few years as my wife's graduate school workload increased, but when we really wanted to see something projected well and make a nice date of a movie this was our preferred indulgence.
8 Great Movies and 1 Rotten TV Show You Can't Watch on Netflix Anymore
8. Live And Let Die
Is the first Bond movie with Roger Moore the best one in which he starred? Was it all downhill from here? I tend to think so. Moore took over the series from Sean Connery with this fun 1973 spy thriller set in New Orleans and featuring a blaxploitation and Black Panther-inspired villains. My friend Chris Queen included the theme song on his list of best Bond songs in 2012:
Paul and Linda McCartney banged out a unique title tune for 1973's Live And Let Die. While previous 007 themes fell into more of an easy listening vein, "Live And Let Die" blends bracing rock and intense orchestration by Beatles producer George Martin, who scored the film.
According to The Billboard Book Of Number Two Singles, Wings almost missed out on the chance to record it, and subsequently the producers almost missed out on the song itself. Martin recalled that when he played the Wings track for producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli, they complimented Martin on the song and asked who should record it.
The producers suggested future disco diva Thelma Houston, and otherwise insisted that a black woman perform the song because of the film's New Orleans setting. Martin and McCartney held firm that there would be no song if Wings couldn't perform it. Looking back nearly 40 years later, it's hard to imagine anyone but McCartney belting those immortal words, "Live And Let Die."
Did the Bond films just get too silly with Moore? Are they better when there's more of a balance between tough spy action and the occasional jokes and clever gadgets?
65 Movies & Shows Come to Netflix in July. Here Are 10 You Should Watch
10. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
I suppose in one sense, Netflix serves the same purpose as Facebook: perpetual high school reunion and never-ending nostalgia fests, reminders of a time before adulthood and the weight of responsibilities.
Nowadays when I go back and watch some film that was fun or memorable from childhood or adolescence I tend to see it more from the parents' perspective, relating to those characters, rather than the kids. I wonder how Honey, I Shrunk the Kids will hold up when rewatching it. Rather than experiencing it as a child wandering through the grass and inner-tubing in a cheerio, I'll consider it as the father searching for his lost children…
5 Deep Books For Overcoming Our Addiction to Idol Worship
Over at the PJ Tatler last week I unveiled my newest e-book size, giant list post: "30 Books For Defeating Valerie Jarrett's Cult of Political Criminals."
I organized the list into eight different sections by either theme or author, the second to last being a subject I've been preoccupied with perhaps more than all the others the past few years: "5 on cults, idol worship, and the origins of religion." Here are numbers 21 through 25. I intend to eventually do a much longer, more in depth list devoted specifically to this subject. What other books do you think I should include? I'm now taking suggestions… Also related from earlier this month for those looking for more: "Is God a Noun or a Verb? 6 Great Books Introducing Jewish Mysticism"
21. and 22. Idolatry and Representation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig Reconsidered by Leora Batnitzky and The Star of Redemption by Franz Rosenzweig
From PJ Media columnist David P. Goldman's articles and books I've developed a fascination with Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig. This book provides accessible insight into a core component of his thought very much of relevance to those wanting to better understand and overcome the powerful personality cults dominating America today. Leora Batnitzky focuses the discussion of Rosenzweig on idolatry, the primitive religious practice Judaism evolved against. For Rosenzweig idolatry is not based in the images or in the "foreign" customs of competing religions. It's based in an incorrect apprehension of how to worship. Rosenzweig argues that the postmodernist, Nietzchean, truth-is-relative philosopher engages in the same practice as the ancient idolaters, self-worship, from page 47:
Once I finish reading Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed this year it'll be time to focus on The Star of Redemption. As Goldman's first essay book demonstrates, Rosenzweig's ideas provide piercing analysis of our culture today…
The 10 Most Terrible, Overrated Shows on Netflix Streaming You Must Avoid
10. Amish Mafia
I think it's with Amish Mafia that the "reality TV" trend jumped the shark. It was at this point that premises for shows had to start becoming so outlandish and ridiculous that viewers could no longer be expected to put up with the charade that they're watching something "real." With Amish Mafia the show has to be upfront about the fact that the footage is all actually "reenactments." It's the TV version of non-alcoholic beer.
The show's amusing novelty — hearing the Pennsylvania Dutch spoken by some Amish subtitled and saying thuggish things — wears off quick.
Seth Rogen's 10 Best Movies
When someone is threatened by a murderous dictator it's usually not something to cheer and laugh about. Unless it's my generation's funniest actor-filmmaker being intimidated in response to a satirical film about the tyrant's assassination.
When one of the world's most evil men declares your work "an act of war" you're doing something right. The Verge reported:
The government of North Korea today issued an unsurprisingly harsh statement about Seth Rogen's upcoming film, The Interview, denouncing the action-comedy as an "act of war." In the movie, Rogen and James Franco star as two journalists who, after scoring an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, are ordered by the CIA to assassinate him. In a statement published by the state-run KCNA news agency, a foreign ministry spokesman characterized Rogen as a "gangster filmmaker" and called upon the US to block the film, according to a report from the AFP.
"The act of making and screening such a movie that portrays an attack on our top leadership… is a most wanton act of terror and act of war, and is absolutely intolerable," the spokesman said, adding that the US would face a "resolute and merciless response" if it fails to ban the film, which is slated for release later this year.
Rogen was born in 1982 and is 32 now — making him 2 years older than me and part of my generational cohort of those born 1981-1985, which I argued in this article here should best be understood as stuck between generations, the Millennial-Xer Blend. (Those born 1976-1980 are Millennial-leaning Gen-Xers. Those born 1986-1990 are X-er leaning Millennials. I think it's only those born in '71-'75 and '91-'95 who tend to most embody the peer personality traits associated with the Generation X and Millennial stereotypes.)
So I'm a fan. I think Rogen's consistently funny and now that he's expanded into screenwriting and directing he's shining. He has real potential to be our generation's Woody Allen, minus all the narcissistic and creepy stuff. (Rogen doesn't seem to be particularly self-obsessed and most of his films have a moral core amidst the skillful vulgarity.)
Here's how I'd rank his 10 best so far. We'll have to wait until October 10 to find out where The Interview ranks among them…
The Classic Cartoon Reinvented as Video Game
It appears like I'm not the only one exploring the animated innovations of the 1930s for inspirations today. The Daily Dot featured this fascinating write-up of a new video game coming this year for X-Box:
The devil and hell setting reminds me of this early entry in the Silly Symphony series, "Hell's Bells," animated by Ub Iwerks:
I think where the deepest lasting imprint of the hellfire stuff remains in the Disney cultural consciousness is as the notorious ending of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at DisneyLand, a perpetual mystery to all children who pass through it:
At the end of the ride when you get to hell the room noticeably heats up. I bet it's just a matter of time before home video games get to the point where they're shifting the physical environments the players are in to match with the on-screen action…
The 7 Revolutionary Silly Symphony Cartoons That Won Oscars In the 1930s
From 1929 through 1939 the Walt Disney studio released 75 short cartoons in the Silly Symphony series. Starting in March I began watching and featuring them all at PJ Lifestyle to learn more about the culture, history, and technology of the period. It's really neat to see how the series evolved from beginning to end as Disney utilized it as a kind of experimental laboratory for testing new ideas that would later make it into the feature films. Fantasia – which has become one of my absolute favorite films in recent years, I'll often have it on in the background while writing — can be understood as the ultimate Silly Symphony. So many of the themes and techniques developed over the decade would find their greatest expression there (a subject that I'll write about more soon.)
I've scheduled the last two Silly Symphony cartoons for tomorrow and Friday. Now that I've seen them all I'll be organizing them into a few lists and collections to highlight the good, the bad, the ugly, and the fascinating. And starting on Monday the PJ Lifestyle Cartoon at Noon feature will take a break from Disney and turn to another company and its standard bearer: Fleischer studios and Betty Boop.
But to start, so others can start to see the fascinating pattern of advancement over the decade, here's a collection of the 7 Silly Symphony cartoons that won Oscars, along with some remarks on each.
3 Adorable Photos of Our Beloved Siberian Husky Taking Her Afternoon Nap
Dennis Prager's column of course hit close to home today: "Pope Francis: Pets Can't Replace Children":
Pope Francis said something so important last week that it will either be widely ignored or widely disparaged.
The pope criticized "these marriages, in which the spouses do not want children, in which the spouses want to remain without fertility. This culture of well-being … convinced us: It's better not to have children! It's better! You can go explore the world, go on holiday, you can have a villa in the countryside; you can be carefree. It might be better — more comfortable — to have a dog, two cats, and the love goes to the two cats and the dog."
He is right. More than ever before, young men and women in most affluent Western countries (and Russia) have decided not to have children. Instead, many shower love and attention on dogs and cats. Ask many young women — married or single — if they have any children, and if they do not, you are likely to be told, "I have two cats" or "I have two dogs." There are authors whose book jacket photo shows them with their dog or cat.
In much of the West, animals are the new children.
He's right. Read the whole thing.
My wife and I are of course guilty as charged. But there's another way to look at it too.
Not that pets have to necessarily be a permanent substitute for children, but rather, a kind of kids-training wheels. My friend and colleague Rhonda Robinson suggested this to me years ago when we were first beginning our collaborations. Rhonda's a super-mom with 10 (it's 10, right, Rhonda?) kids and I don't recall how many grand-kids so far and she's just full of wisdom and life observations.
And she very much got it right, here. Our Siberian Husky Maura turned five this year (easy to remember since she's the same age as our marriage.) Over the years Maura has been a strong factor in shifting me from the "kind of maybe want to be a parent" to the "YES. Need to be a dad" mindset.
This Nicolas Cage Trolling Pic Is the Most Hilarious Thing Ever
He's wearing a t-shirt of himself, at a Guns 'n' Roses concert, via Instagram:
Defamer points out that his face is in the pose of the infamous online "troll" image:
I'm just going to pull this up every time I need to laugh out loud. He's trolling the world.
Or is this just a paid publicity stunt and totally inauthentic? (But still entertaining…)
Is God a Noun or a Verb? 6 Great Books Introducing Jewish Mysticism
Hi Myra,
I'll publish your piece on Sunday and provide you with an answer to your question "Why Was Jesus Born Jewish?" Perhaps I'll just reprint this email.
"Now, will someone who practices Judaism PLEASE "have an opinion on this" and answer my question?"
There are different kinds of Judaism. Whether you talk to a reform Jew, a conservative Jew, a progressive Jew, or an orthodox Jew you'll get a different answer. The reason is because all define the word "God" differently.
I generally don't classify myself primarily as a Jew but the fact is I am one of a particularly marginalized, misunderstood variety — a mystical Jew. Kabbalah and mystical practices derived from the Torah are the foundation of my occultism — as they are in all "right hand" mystical and occult practices. (It's only the "left hand" that are engaged in Paganism, earth-worship, demon-worship, sex-worship, and the various practices of the ancient Canaanite fertility cults.)
Your question is a non sequitur for Jews for a number of reasons. Jesus was not "born Jewish" because Jewishness is not a race/ethnicity like being French, American, Spanish, etc. It's a religion and moral value system. When a baby is born they are Jewish only in the sense that their parents plan to raise them in the Jewish value system, not that they are somehow inherently Jewish in their blood. Jesus wasn't "born Jewish," he was raised Jewish. People can become or stop being Jewish whenever they want.
Your questions about why did God do this or that:
Do you believe God made Jesus a Jew just for the heck of it?
Like do you believe God made you a Jew just for the heck of it?
I certainly do not believe God made me a Jew just for the heck of it.
These questions change depending on how one chooses to understand and define God. By this, I mean this question: most of the time when you think about God, is God a noun or a verb? Is God a thing or is God an action? Is God a guy up in the clouds making stuff happen, or Is God a process of change and transformation? I take the position of Exodus 3:14.
Central to Jewish mysticism is the idea that God is transcendent – a verb – and as Maimonides argues in The Guide of the Perplexed, all references to God as a thing or a person or a father in the Torah are just metaphors and parables hinting at a transcendent reality beyond our comprehension. So these questions only make sense within a Christian theology that anthropomorphizes God into a person. Hence why you get "no opinion" from Jews. They don't believe that God operates the way you do.
- David
P.S. Five other book recommendations. These have been some of my biggest influences on why I describe myself as "Pagan Soul, Christian Heart, Jewish Mind, Secular Spirit" and strive to syncretize religious traditions:
1. Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism by Douglas Rushkoff
Page 31: "Maimonides understood that any fixed conception of God must also be a form of idolatry."
10 Recent, Non-Annoying Pop Songs for When You Need the Energy of a Teenager
1. "Right Actions" by Franz Ferdinand
This week at PJ Lifestyle for the daily pop culture debates we started a conversation about music. I sympathized with these sentiments from Don in New Hampshire:
In part my loss of interest in much that is called "pop" came from overexposure and, I suppose, disappointed hopes.
I'd done some interesting work, even post Abstracts, including writing and recording for motion pictures. But even at the time, entering my twenties, so much pop music seemed shallow. In its stead I focused on two things: A return to my early love of classical music, particularly the symphonies of Beethoven and the keyboard works of Bach — these to satisfy the mind — and a turning towards roots music, be it in the form of Delta blues or the more modern Chicago variety — these to satisfy the spirit.
To this day most "pop" music strikes me as very teenagy. So much so that I have trouble understanding how any adult can find it of interest.
Of late I have again started to listen to music once classified as "pop," but it is from the days when such music was aimed, not a teenagers, but at adults. Music of the Gershwins, for instance, and that of Cole Porter.
And this is, I think, the difference. Today everything in the "arts" seems to be aimed at children.
I was never a huge bubblegum pop music consumer — my tastes ran more toward the "despite all my rage/I'm still just a rat in a cage" Smashing Pumpkins school of adolescent angst. But I do think there is a place for upbeat, fun, simpleminded music: when exercising. I've come to appreciate Bach, Mozart, and innovative jazz in recent years but I don't think it was ever meant to accompany running.
These are some of the tracks that are in my regular rotation for when Maura and I do our morning runs at sunrise. (Note: I make a point to turn the music off at 6:07 when The Morning Answer starts on AM 870 here in Los Angeles. Listening to Ben Shapiro and Elisha Krauss fighting against the inane, narcissistic arguments of their so-called liberal co-host Brian Whitman is also good for inspiring the energy of a teenager first thing in the morning…)
How 10 Esoteric Secrets Hidden in Joss Whedon's Best Movie Can Change Your Life
This week Walter Hudson joined the pop culture debate and expressed his concerns about DC's attempt to catch up with Marvel on the movie front, concluding in "DC Vs. Marvel: Why This DC Fanboy Believes Marvel Already Won":
After Man of Steel's 143 minute run time, I'm left with little idea of who any of these people are or why I should care. The project rarely stops for breath, has scant humor, and takes itself far too seriously. The Nolan narrative style, skipping back and forth through time, works better when utilized by Nolan himself than by the frantic and unfocused Zack Snyder.
If that's how we're going to get introduced to all these characters, to Batman and Wonder Woman and Cyborg, than I fear a Justice League adventure will never be as fun as The Avengers. And that's sad. Because it easily could be. DC has a rich history to draw from with decades of stories to mine and refresh. These characters deserve the same focused, nuanced, yet lighthearted treatment that Marvel Studios has given its mightiest heroes.
Hannah Sternberg also joined the discussion, declaring her allegiances in the pop culture debate to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly as superior franchises to Star Trek and Star Wars in her post "The Bible of Buffy":
I'm going to bounce this one back to the committee. Dave, Walter, other PJ Lifestyle and Liberty Island writers, — did Joss Whedon change your life, or simply stunt it?
Perhaps this wasn't the answer that Hannah was anticipating but Whedon's impact on my life is very different from hers. I never "got into" Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, or Serenity. While recognizing their significance to geek culture and respecting the fact that Whedon operates at a level of sophistication well above most creators in the sci-fi/fantasy world, it was another of the writer-director's works that resonated with me.
Back in January of 2013 I published "10 Secret Reasons Why The Avengers Is the Best Superhero Film." In the piece — which I've decided to republish today — I argued that the movie's success came from its ability to reinvent classic mythological themes and archetypes.
What do you think? Is The Avengers as good as I claim it is? Should it stand as a model for those aspiring to make big, bold, profitable, mainstream popular culture infused with good values? Would DC striving for a Justice League film end up just a pale imitation of what Whedon already mastered?
Surely, I'm Not the Only One Who Overdosed on Star Wars and Star Trek
Monday's PJ Lifestyle Pop Culture Debates! writing prompt was: "Star Trek, Star Wars, Both, or Neither?"
I had my list of "7 New Year's Resolutions for 2014 I Invite You to Burgle From Me Bilbo-Style" in mind when starting this discussion. I still appreciate Star Trek and Star Wars, but nowhere near to the level I did as a child and teenager. The all-consuming, quasi-religious experience of fandom in both franchises is what I had in mind when writing my third resolution:
Why is it today if someone goes home after work and spends 2 hours watching TV we think of them as normal but if they spend 2 hours studying the Bible, praying, and meditating we regard them as a kook?
The term that I've come up with for the religion that I used to practice without even knowing it: pop culture polytheism. For so much of my life I devoted myself to the details of TV shows, movies, books, and all manner of pop culture and political celebrities. No more. Today in America fascination with culture isn't just a hobby — it's an all-encompassing obsession. I'm done with it. Our popular culture needs to be mocked and trashed much more and with greater intensity. There's nothing in it that's sacred.
What happened? Why don't I appreciate Star Wars and Star Trek to the degree I once did? And which installment of the franchises now has more respect from me at 30 than it did at 13?
10 Cute Siberian Husky Videos From My Collection
My wife does a better job of translating Huskyese than me but I'll attempt to offer approximations of what Maura seems to be saying in each of the videos…
April 27, 2014:
1. "I love you."
The Normal Way Godless Men Treat Women
From Sunday at PJ Lifestyle, Susan L.M. Goldberg responded to my opening in this series with "Religion, Politics & Screaming at the Internet" and concluded thoughtfully:
Why aren't these women loving these men the way they ought to be loving themselves, with respect and honor?
Perhaps that question is the answer to the many you pose about righteousness in America's religious and political spheres. When we succumb to idols of any kind we become altruistic in our worship, disrespecting ourselves as much as those with whom we interact. Walter and I do agree on the concept that faith is, first and foremost, a relationship with God that is as mutually satisfying as a marriage. When we lose that context to religious, political, or pop culture opinion, we are forced to become ascetics, because no matter how hard you believe, nor how ardently you defend, you will never win the full favor, attention, or love of the idol you worship. It is a thing, an idea, a person so far removed from you that you are forced to be nothing more than its conquered slave. That is the way Ryan the Preacher treated Lisa, and she responded the way any slave would: "…all I wanted was to be wanted."
An excerpt from page 23:
Dear Lisa and Susan,
I think among the many accomplishments of Finding Mr. Righteous is its portrayal of Chris the Atheist. The passage from page 23 above highlights a number of intertwined phenomena – a sadomasochistic sexual nature, atheist theology, an inability to control emotions, substance abuse, idolizing women's bodies, and so often the critical piece at root, the lack of a father figure and the corresponding failure to grow up in a nuclear family. In another passage from the book Chris's destructive tendencies are made more explicit as he discusses the self-inflicted scars on his arms.
Reading these passages reminded me of my own secular dating time during my undergraduate years – a period I don't like to dredge out from the memory banks all that often because it's just still too shameful and embarrassing. The experience from this passage isn't that uncommon and it shouldn't necessarily be understood as exclusively a men's issue. (I certainly don't believe that men are just innately violent.) It goes the other way too. I dated a number of secular, progressive, and feminist women in college who in some ways resembled Chris. Gender isn't the issue — beliefs, ideology, and the experiences underlying them are what make people hurt one another.
Some of the women I dated would shift the foreplay into one disturbing realm or another, either incorporating pain and degradation into how they treated me or requesting I act that way toward them. Never was it just "for fun" or "to be kinky" or to "spice things up"– always behind these outward expressions some inner emotional wounds ached, unhealed by a spiritual practice.
Or rather, as it turns out, the sex and the pain was their substitute for a religion. Throughout the story of Chris we see one attempt after another to find something to distract from the unresolved demons inside him. The twin cocktail of sex and violence at the same time, heated up by alcohol and Dionysian emotion, is among the most effective throughout history for annihilating the pain of being an individual. There's a name for this practice beyond just "atheism" and in my research I think Camille Paglia defines it best in her many books of essays, criticism, and literary analysis, summarized in the lead essay in Vamps and Tramps: A Pagan Theory of Sexuality. From page 45:
"Men who kill the women they love have reverted to Pagan cult. She whom a man cannot live without had become a goddess, an avatar of his half-divinized, half-demonized mother, a magic fountain of cosmic creativity."
So the position I take: Chris was just being a normal, secular teenage boy, the way mother nature created him. This is just how nature operates…
PJ Lifestyle's Top 50 List Articles of 2013
In ranking these articles over the past few months I've blended a number of different factors: popularity, significance of the subject matter, creativity of the arguments, originality of concept, and I've limited myself to only a handful of personal bias.
50. Kyle Smith: 5 Smart Comedies You Haven't Seen on Netflix
49. Becky Graebner: 4 Ways Being a Sorority Girl Prepared Me for the Real World
48. Paula Bolyard: 5 Things Planned Parenthood Doesn't Want You to Know About Pregnancy Resource Centers
47. Kyle Smith: The 6 Most Disgusting Horror Movies On Netflix Streaming That No Sane Person Should Ever Watch
46. Kyle Smith: 10 Amazing Criterion Collection Films On Hulu Every Sane Person Should See
45. John Boot: 5 Actors With Careers That Are Collapsing
44. Charlie Martin: 4 Weight Loss Myths Exposed
43. John Boot: 5 Reasons Zach Galifianakis Is a Hack
42. Megan Fox: 9 Reasons to Abandon the Corporate Gym for a Family Gym
41. John Boot: 4 Ways Star Trek: Into Darkness Shills for Surrender in the War on Terror
40. Leslie Loftis: The 5 Most Under-appreciated Female Heroes
39. Becky Graebner: 4 Reasons Americans Don't Care About Cars Anymore
38. Chris Queen: 5 Underrated Disney World Attractions You Shouldn't Skip
37. John Boot: 5 Reasons Childish Liberals Love Their Hunger Games So Much
36. Bonnie Ramthun: 3 Reasons Why Teens Today Can't Find Jobs
35. Kyle Smith: 5 Ways Democrats Mythologize JFK
34. Megan Fox: 9 Secrets to Keep Your Daughter From Becoming a Slut
33. John Boot: The 4 Big Lies That Ruined The X-Men Movie Franchise
32. Chris Yogerst: 5 Secrets For Thriving In A World When Everything Happens NOW
31. Walter Hudson: 7 Ways to Reboot Star Trek With a New TV Show
30. Kathy Shaidle: Talkin' 'Bout My Generation: 6 Gen-Xers I Can Actually Stand
29. Bonnie Ramthun: The 5 Worst Books for Your Children
28. Kathy Shaidle: Why The 3 Best Monty Python Sketches Aren't Necessarily the Funniest
27. Paula Bolyard: 5 Covert Conservative Lessons in Downton Abbey
26. J. Christian Adams: 7 Times Downton Abbey Has Jumped the Shark
25. Kathy Shaidle: Do These 3 Things To Own Your Name on Google's First Page
24. Kathy Shaidle: How to Go Galt: 5 Controversial Tips For Enjoying America's Coming Collapse
23. Paula Bolyard: 7 Bad Reasons to Send Your Teens to Public Schools
22. Walter Hudson: 6 Ways Activists Sabotage Their Cause
21. Rhonda Robinson: 3 Principles of a Biblical Diet
20. John Boot: 6 Kids Films Filled With Green Propaganda
19. Chris Queen: 10 Books Every Disney Fan Should Read
18. J. Christian Adams: How 7 Crappy Green Products Threaten To Annoy Your Family
17. Paula Bolyard: 5 Reasons To Remain Optimistic That We Haven't Lost America Yet
16. Kathy Shaidle: 6 Classic Songs That Almost Didn't Exist
15. Dave Swindle: Don't Forget These 10 Morally Blind Responses to 4/15/13, the Boston Jihad
14. Robert Spencer: 5 Ways Reza Aslan Lies About Christianity
13. Walter Hudson: How 6 Green Lies Threaten To Starve Your Family
12. John Boot: 5 Destructive Ideas Matt Damon Devotes His Movies To Promoting
11. Bryan Preston: The 10 Most Amazing Eateries in Austin, TX
10. Paula Bolyard: How 10 Troubling Homework Assignments Reveal the Truth About Common Core
9. Walter Hudson: 5 Ideas You Need to Escape Poverty
8. Susan L.M. Goldberg: 5 Uncomfortable Truths HBO's Girls Reveals About American Pop Culture Today
7. Megan Fox: 8 Reasons Homeschooling Is Superior to Public Education
6. Kathy Shaidle: The 8 Most Overrated Musicians
5. Chris Queen: The 10 Things You Must Do At DisneyLand
4. R.J. Moeller: Dostoevsky's 6 Nightmare Prophecies That Came True in the 20th Century
3. Susan L.M. Goldberg: Admiring Ann: 5 Coulterisms for Counterculture Conservatives
2. Walter Hudson: 5 Tips for Coming Out as a Black Conservative
1. Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa: 11 Reasons To Reject JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theories
Kyle Smith, Becky Graebner, Paula Bolyard, John Boot, Charlie Martin, Megan Fox, Leslie Loftis, Chris Queen, Bonnie Ramthun, Walter Hudson, Kathy Shaidle, Susan L.M. Goldberg…
This list offers an introduction to some of these writers' strongest pieces but this is just the tip of the iceberg. They have each thrived in non-list format as well. In the coming weekends at PJ Lifestyle I'll begin unveiling some of the greatest hits collections and themed article compilations of these and PJ's other all-star writers. My hope is that these future collections can showcase clearly what I believe sincerely: the team of writers that I'm blessed to work with every day is the most talented, innovative, and exciting online. I want to see my friends succeed and more people all around the world come to recognize the extraordinary insights their articles provide.
So please check back with us at PJ Lifestyle on the weekends for more surprises…
image courtesy shutterstock / Dirk Ercken
Don't Forget These 10 Morally Blind Responses to 4/15/13, the Boston Jihad
Editor's Note: This article was first published in on April 19 of 2013 as "10 Depressing, Morally Confused Reactions to 4/15/13, the Boston Jihad" It is being reprinted as part of a weekend series at PJ Lifestyle collecting and organizing the top 50 best lists.
Reuters reported at 11:54 AM EST on the ideology inspiring the terrorists who murdered and butchered Americans in Boston on Monday:
His "World view" is listed as "Islam" and his "Personal priority" is "career and money".
He has posted links to videos of fighters in the Syrian civil war and to Islamic web pages with titles like "Salamworld, my religion is Islam" and "There is no God but Allah, let that ring out in our hearts".
He also has links to pages calling for independence for Chechnya, a region of Russia that lost its bid for secession after two wars in the 1990s.
The page also reveals a sense of humor, around his identity as a member of a minority from southern Russia's restive Caucasus, which includes Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and other predominately Muslim regions that have seen two decades of unrest since the fall of the Soviet Union.
"I don't have a single American friend," one caption quotes him as saying. "I don't understand them." [emphasis added]
I will state my position about what has happened this way:
Al Qaeda's Attack on America on September 11, 2001 = the beginning of World War 1
Two NON-ARAB, WHITE, WHOLLY AMERICANIZED Homegrown Millennial Jihadists Take America Hostage And Launch a New Template for How to Wage A DIY, Low Budget-Download-The-Instructions-Off-The-Internet Terror War = the beginning of World War II.
We are now entering a new phase of the Islamic war to replace liberal societies with Sharia law. This is World War IV, a multi-decade conflict that will be for our generation what the war against Nazism and Fascism was for our grandparents. Except it will probably be worse.
As such, I would like to primarily address those who have not yet given up progressivism, moral relativism, and the Democratic party — the three idols I grew up worshiping for the first two decades of my life. (I realize now that the reason I abandoned progressivism is simply that I didn't go to graduate school whereas most of my friends did. My brainwashing gradually wore off after I got out into the real world and had to try and survive.)
This is not an oppressive, Corporate Imperial war waged against harmless Muslims. It is a war that Islam has declared against Enlightenment-based societies. The problem is not the Koran or Islam. The problem is radical (as in going to the root of the idea) Islam or Islamism, or Orthodox Islam, or the traditional Islam of history that requires the marriage of mosque and state accompanied by full implementation of chop-your-hands-off-style Sharia. Muslims who reject Koranic literalism and affirm Enlightenment philosophy are A-OK. (See Robert Spencer's article this morning to see the great Jazz music some of them have made. And note Roger L. Simon today — Islam is not a race.) Muslims who embrace America instead of demanding American submission can enjoy the riches of Liberty just as every immigrant who has come to this land throughout the centuries to worship their God and work hard.
We need to stand with genuine Muslim liberals against both the terrorists and stealth (non-violent) jihadists rebelling against the Modern world.
That requires identifying those in the political and media classes who sabotage these efforts. Here are 10 examples of those whose ideas undermine the safety of Americans and the twin projects to nurture political liberalism in the Muslim mind and Enlightenment values in the Islamic soul.
1. Progressive Filmmaker Michael Moore:
"They know nothing." It's very important for Moore to try and undermine the credentials of anyone who can affirm that Sharia is a real threat. In Moore's world Global Warming is more dangerous and cigarettes and car accidents cause more deaths per year than Islamists. Corporations have killed plenty more people than this "one teenager."
"I guessed correctly. the bombings were not carried out by women."
There will be more Jihad Janes, Mike…
Men Should Read Lisa De Pasquale's Sexy Memoir
Do not be fooled by the innocent cover and former Conservative Political Action Coordinator (CPAC) coordinator Lisa De Pasquale's friendly public persona. Her debut book is actually a time bomb waiting to explode. Hidden within an accessible, page-turner narrative running through the ups and downs of her Washington D.C. dating life are actually some eye-popping revelations and very substantive critiques of a culture in crisis.
Parts of Finding Mr. Righteous reminded me of the Anthony Weiner scandals — older ideological leader uses position of authority, admiration of younger women, and his cell phone to fulfill his teenage boy-level sexual urges. But this is the Right side of the aisle where politics and faith mingle more freely and stories like this one in the Daily Mail this week also came to mind as a parallel: Florida megachurch pastor resigns over accusations. Time and again the charismatic, powerful men preach purity from the pulpit while satisfying their inner pagan in private.
Here's a passage from page 159 in which "Ryan the Preacher" pulls a Carlos Danger move on Lisa, soliciting her for phone sex:
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Thus, I'm not all that impressed with the Mujjo iPhone 5s case that I received last week to review. The black leather case slips on and leaves the phone's screen exposed. It offers limited protection for liquid or direct hits onto the screen. But I understand that perhaps those living less active lifestyles might not need as much protection and prefer the Mujjo's beneficial feature, a space on the back to hold a few credit cards or hotel room keys:
This could work as a vacation case but generally I'm more inclined to lean toward protection over fashion. What do you prefer with your phone case? Is there a sturdier choice than the Otterbox?
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B) IN CASE OF NO BIRTH RECORD: - If both parents are abroad, such an affidavit must be authenticated by the If born after 1950: nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate General. 1) In case of birth certificates with delayed registration, submit - If both parents are abroad, person applying in behalf of the minor must Authenticated BC and supporting documents indicating date, place of submit a Special Power of Attorney authenticated by the nearest birth and citizenship. Philippine Embassy or Consulate General. If born on or before 1950: - Passport and photocopy of the passport of person traveling with the 1) Certificate of Non-availability of Birth Record from the NSO. minor. 2) Joint Birth Affidavit signed and executed by two (2) disinterested (If minor is 8 years & below and traveling unaccompanied by mother, persons. mother's consent is required.) 3) Baptismal Certificate or Certified True Copy of Voter's Affidavit from 4.a. 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New tire questions?
I have BFG T/A rugged terain 275/70/16 and am looking into getting some Toyo open country M/Ts 285/70/16.
In the tire size calculator it doesnt look to much bigger than the size of the BFGs, i am all stock suspension and wanna stuff these M/Ts under my 07 DCSB so i guess my question is will it be rubbing like crazy or will i be able to trim the majority of the plastic in the wheel wells and be chill with out a cab mount chop? Thanks guys! |
They equal out to like 32.6"s right? Without a lift you will def rub and will most likely hit your UCA's without wheel spacers. You will need to lift for those to fit.
do you mean 285/75/16 or 285/70/17? both are around 32.6" to 33" depending on mfg. they will rub without a lift. I run 275/70/17 in a load range C to keep weight down and still be able to run with stock width wheels. typically lose about 1-1.5 mpg with a heavy tire with a load range d and e.
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If your using stock wheels, check the space between the tire and the upper control arm. You'll see there isn't much clearance for a much wider tire on stock wheels. Probably will rub the UCA.
but with the smaller width wouldn't i get away with not rubbing the UCA? and just trimming up the plastic in the wheel well? |
Yes. It's a good idea to get an alignment whenever you get new tires anyway. Caster should be around 2.6-3 degrees with an aggressive tire like that. Camber should be 0 and toe 0.
The reason there is any issue is because the factory wheels have something like 30mm offset, which brings the tire itself closer to the frame of the truck. If you are on wheels that have 0mm or lower, then it pushes the tire away from the frame giving you more clearance.
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Toyo MT's are the best! Not the longest wearing due to a soft compound, but they're pretty quiet for an MT and they look as good as anything. Rotate every 3K and they'll last a bit longer.
Also yeah i heard they wont last as long but im sure they will keep up with my A/T BFG's i had on before, they were practicaly bald after 20,000 miles and dont quote me on this but they were suposed to last 50,000+ with proper rotating but that wasnt the case.. |
I was getting about 30K out of 35x12.50x17 Load Range E, on a HD Ram. They're stout tires. You made a very good decision. Just do your best to rotate often.
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As Purim approaches, thousands of Israeli children and families grapple with poverty
The chief commander of the Expulsion from Gush Katif, Dan Harel, is praising Israel's new Iron Dome air defense system that has, during the latest fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, successfully intercepted most of the rockets headed for Israeli cities and towns. He forgot, however, to remind Israelis of the leading role he played in the operation that created the need for Iron Dome in the first place. The media and reserve generals are lauding the abilities of the system that gives the government the maneuvering space needed to weigh the situation carefully. Without Iron Dome we might, perish the thought, be forced to re-conquer Gaza.
The Iron Dome system does not give us maneuvering space to weigh the situation and its consequences. On the contrary, it is a fig leaf that absolves our leadership of its main role: preserving state security.
The Iron Dome is a tremendous technological accomplishment. But the great technological success is also our great strategic failure.
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All those Iron Dome enthusiasts need to take a short walk down memory lane. Try to remember Israeli mentality before Oslo. Let's say that the year is 1991. Now take this week's news reports on missiles in Beersheba and Ashkelon and broadcast it as it was aired in 1991. How would that news report play with the masses?
We would probably think that it was a practical joke. Remember that missiles in Ashkelon are a casus belli – a reason for an all-out war.
But how is this war defined today? Government and IDF officials, and the media, are simply calling it a "round of fighting."
The Iron Dome reinforces the legitimacy to attack Israel's cities, highlighting the fact that Israel itself is no longer very legitimate.
Defense systems are important, just as tank shields are vital. But that is true only when we are on the offensive and focused on victory. In defensive-defeatist mode, these systems draw the end near. They are like aspirin for cancer.
By the grace of G-d, as I write this column, there have been no serious Israeli injuries. But the nation's leadership must first and foremost weigh its actions in light of national security. Just as with Gilad Shalit our leadership has taken the opposite tack, as it sells our future security for a short-term panacea.
About the Author: Moshe Feiglin is the Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and a member of Israel's Security and Defense Committee. He heads the Manhigut Yehudit ("Jewish Leadership") faction of Israel's governing Likud party. He is the founder of Manhigut Yehudit and Zo Artzeinu and the author of two books: "Where There Are No Men" and "War of Dreams." Feiglin served in the IDF as an officer in Combat Engineering and is a veteran of the Lebanon War. He lives in Ginot Shomron with his family.
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War hungry much?
"Remember that missiles in Ashkelon are a casus belli – a reason for an all-out war."
While in theory you have the right to go to some sort of war, and Israel does sometimes, it doesn't mean every time there is a casus celli that it has to be acted upon.
Also, even in war and response to aggression you don't go to all out. Certainly between individuals you don't shoot someone for punching you and America did not use atomic weapons to fight tin Afghanistan.
Do you really think it is good policy to go to an all out war whenever there is any type of Casus Belli?
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There were no airs about him. Rav Moshe was affectionately known as the Gaon of Normalcy.
Israel's full sovereignty over a united Jerusalem is the only path for true peace in the region.
Just like Moses and Aaron, Mordechai decides to ruin the party…
The president has made clear – I can't state this more firmly – the policy is Iran will not get a nuclear weapon.
Obama has an apparent inability to understand Islam in particular and Mid-East culture in general
Pesach is a Torah-based holiday whose fundamental observances are rooted in Torah law; Purim is a rabbinic holiday whose laws and customs are grounded in the rabbinic tradition.
In honor of Prime Minister Netanyahu's successful speech before Congress.
Mr. Spock conveys a message with painfully stark relevance to our world today, especially in the context of PM Netanyahu's speech to Congress.
Obama created the "partisan politics" by asking Dem. party members to avoid Bibi and his address
Enough is enough. The Jewish community has a big tent, but the NIF should have no place in it.
I vote for the right and get left-wing policy. Every. Frigging. Time.
Any Jew who ties his fate to Israel should be able to vote in Israel's elections-even before aliyah
Just like Moses and Aaron, Mordechai decides to ruin the party…
Zionism's real goal was creating the Israeli nation to replace the Jewish Nation was the real goal
Zionism's current view-"no connection to religion"-is more appropriate to the Left than to the Right
Young, secular Israelis connecting to their Jewish identity, searching for a future with meaning
MK Moshe Feiglin's Likud resignation speech at the Jerusalem Convention Hall Conference
Feiglin: Only true liberty will allow us to genuinely connect to our Jewish identity.
Israel may be a great democracy but it's a long way from the Jewish state of liberty of our dreams.
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The Welcome Email Is Dead!
by Loren McDonald on May 31, 11:21 AM
I can hear you now: "What??? You always say I'm supposed to send a welcome message to new subscribers, and now you tell me it's dead? What gives??"
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Signal-to-Noise Ratio, And The Rise Of Channel-Specific Content
by Mike May on May 30, 10:22 AM
"We have to let everyone know about this." That phrase is common in marketing departments of all sizes, across all verticals, around the world. What "this" is could be a limited-time promotion, the opening of a conference's registration, the receipt of a prestigious award -- you name it. Whatever your brand, there is frequently something pertaining to it that is important enough to share with as many people as possible. Up until recently, the common rejoinder to that phrase was, "OK, let's send an email." Today it is not so simple. Not only do most of us not enjoy 100% ...
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Is There Such a Thing as Over-Integration for Your Email Program?
by Kara Trivunovic on May 24, 1:52 PM
Wednesday was my birthday, and I spent the day on the road traveling for business. When I finally reached my destination, I was determined to celebrate my birthday. Thankfully, I like the folks I am traveling with, so we opted to go to a local bar for a beer and bite to eat. It was late, and I was hungry. We decided that the first "interesting" thing to jump off the menu was going to be dinner. And so it was that this crazy-ass burger found its way to my table.
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Are You Sending Enough Email?
by Morgan Stewart on May 23, 7:40 AM
Email strategy is shaped by the questions we ask. Most companies seem to ask if they are sending too much email. Even worse, they assume they are sending too much email. I can only assume this is based on a slew of reports and research studies that ask questions like, "Why do you unsubscribe from email?" As a researcher, I have asked this exact question in surveys. It's a fair question, and frequency is almost always the most commonly cited reason why people unsubscribe. Similarly, ask people how often they would like to receive email from companies and they are ...
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Engagement-Based Emailing
by Chad White on May 22, 9:30 AM
Last year, when I examined how major retailers handle inactives, I was alarmed that most still emailed subscribers who had not opened or clicked an email in over three years. Since that research was published, smanaging inactives has thankfully become a hot topic. While some are trying to dispel the whole notion that mailing long-term inactives is a danger at all, there's mounting evidence that smart marketers are taking prudent steps to improve their deliverability and email revenue by using engagement metrics.
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New Analytics Or New Decisioning?
by David Baker on May 21, 11:39 AM
We are a product of our own success. The industry has masked scale problems and hidden behind terms like "attribution" or "optimization." The challenge is, we have the same amount of resources we had last year, and while technology has advanced and everyone's in the cloud (or their heads are), decisions have not gotten easier to make. It's not about big data, or the cloud, or even analytics, it's about making decisions faster.
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Do You Still Have Abandonment Issues?
by Loren McDonald on May 17, 10:52 AM
Emails that remind customers to come back and finish checking out their shopping carts are some of the highest-ROI messages a marketer can send. So why aren't you deploying these high-value emails yet?
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Getting Smart About Smartphones
by Jim Ducharme on May 15, 11:55 AM
For years we accessed information via computers much the same way we consumed it via the old tube radios, which took up huge amounts of space and required us to make the time and effort to go to them. Thanks to smartphones and tablets, email marketers now find themselves at the same crossroads radio was at decades ago. Marketers must now adapt their methods and messages to stay relevant, or be left behind by the mobile consumer.
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Email Testing: Test To Impress
by Kara Trivunovic on May 10, 10:05 AM
I know it's tough to plan a test; it takes a lot of work to generate a hypothesis, create assets and content accordingly, structure the test, send it, and measure and analyze the results. But each little insight you make adds up to a better understanding of your subscribers and their preferences. If you're committed to testing (and you should be), there is always something you can test, even in the simplest of campaigns.
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The Future Of Email Is Mobile: Are You Ready?
by George Bilbrey on May 9, 1:00 PM
Mobile open rates are rising faster than expected. If this trend continues, these rates will overtake opens on webmail and desktop email clients by the end of the year, or even as soon as this summer. Here's what I see as the three big implications of the boom in mobile email:
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Nice hotel, good location. Front desk staff was very professional and accomodating. I had an issue getting a hold of room service my first night. There was a period where I called 8 times over a course of an hour and a half with no answer. It was probably more frustrating to me since I had just spent the last 19 hours on an airplane and at 2 airports, I was exhausted. Finally it was after 8pm and I called the front desk asking if I could order room service, they transferred me and I was able to talk to a person and order my food. I had zero issues during the rest of my stay. The room was very clean and comfortable. I like the location, it's very close to the train station and there's plenty to see.
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Very good show but again no photography allowed? Security were quickly over to a man who took photo of empty stage and made him delete the photo there and then.
Amazing performance in a moderately-sized theater! We had mid-mezzanine seats, but I don't think there would be a bad seat in the house! At the end of the show, the cast sings a final song that the audience sings along to! If you don't know anything about the Four Seasons, I suggest NOT looking them up beforehand. I was amazed at how many beloved hits they wrote during their time together!
the best show i and my mates have seen for a long time. brillant cast and music 2 hours flew bye would give it 10 out of 10 got to be the best show in vegas
Like many males, when an invitation to "Musical Theatre" comes up I am not necessarily the 1st to put my hand up. When a good friend of mine invited me to Jersey Boys I was internally reluctant but could see how excited she was about the show she had seen before so I thought there must be something about it and tagged along. WOW. I was blown away. This show is not "Musical Theatre" it's a "Concert With A Story!!" Everyone knows all the hit songs and the storyline is intriguing because its TRUE. Some of the songs I didn't even realise where from the Four Seasons. Thank you to my friend for taking me, I would have gladly gone back the following night. Next time I'm in Vegas I will definitely booking this show again. Oh what a night.
Entertaining and nostalgic for baby boomers
Great show it was very professional and well performed. Highly recommend it .
Awesome, I enjoyed the comedy just as much as the singing. The singers were really good, the show is a must see even if you did not grow up during the time period. Would see it again. The language may be offensive to some but love the accents.
A very engaging show, which impresses the trajectory of the band The Four Seasons and history of each component. With music-ever live performance of high quality, the public is excited about the beautiful music of the boys from Newark. Surely a show with lots of entertainment and good Fever that will leave you longing! Suitable for all who love music!
This show is absolutely one of the best if not the best show that I've seen in a very long time. The cast was really good and the music was fantastic. Would definitely suggest this show to everyone. I have no doubt I will definitely be seeing this show again.
I am not usually a huge fan of musicals, but this show was very entertaining. The story was easy to follow, and the musical performances were very well done. This was a great show overall.
Saw this show with no background on the story and was pleasantly surprised at how many hits Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons actually had! This is one of the best shows on the strip and was executed perfectly. Great voices, dancing and storyline. Oddly suspenseful and the show was just the right length—not too long and not too short. A MUST see in Las Vegas!
The show was fantastic! My only regret is that I cannot give it 6 stars! The high energy and authenticity of the actors brought the story to life and had me on the edge of my seat, combined with the world famous songs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons the show will have you singing along, laughing, and crying. This is a must see for anyone coming to Vegas
I loved every minute of the show!! The actor who played Frankie Valli was phenomenal and had one of the most stunning voices I've ever heard live!! I had a blast and didn't want it to end!! I HIGHLY recommend this show!! "Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You" was transcendent and the definite highlight for me.
Have always wanted to see Jersey Boy's but had never had the opportunity. What an amazing production! I was more than surprised to discover I knew every single song they performed. I just didn't know it was all their music! Would recommend this show to anyone who is a lover of a perfect blend of music, comedy and history.


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