The Soapbox: Political Discourse

 I plan on tidying up this blog, and moving some posts over to my new blog:  In Defense: Israel and the Jews  (name subject to change). In the meantime, check out my other blog:  Without Excuse: Apologetics Blog .

Republicans are freaking out that Democrats Zohran Mamdani of New York City, Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey won big. Do the Democrats winning these cities and states herald a looming disaster for the Republicans in the 2026 midterms? The Dems and the media will spin it that way, but I don't think it does. These are places Republicans were not likely to win anyway, especially in NYC and Virginia. One of the things that helped Zohran was that it was an off-year election, so fewer people showed up, and I suspect buyer's remorse will settle in quickly. Moreover, they are all places that Trump lost in 2024. The Democrat party was a regional power a year ago, and they remain a regional power today, and one in rapid decline. In a roundabout way, I think Zohran winning will help the Republicans during the midterms. Where does the Dem party go after electing a socialist, Islamic mayor? His politics might fly in deep blue NYC, but not nationwide. By the ...

In the wake of the recent attacks on innocent Israeli civilians by Hamas, radical leftist groups have clamored at the opportunity to support the terrorist act.  Black Lives Matter Grassroots, an organization not affiliated with the BLM national organization, put out a statement saying, “Black Lives Matter Grassroots stands in solidarity with our Palestinian family, who are currently resisting 57 years of settler colonialism and apartheid."  The Democratic Socialists of America of Long Beach echoed a similar statement, affirming they “fully supports and stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle for liberation from military occupation, colonialist oppression, and the brutal apartheid system imposed by the state of Israel.”  The common theme among these leftist organizations is anti-colonialism.  According to leftist ideology, colonialism is one of the great “sins” of the West.  In their view, colonialism was used as a means for the more p...

Viruses are extremely small. The Coronavirus is 0.1 to 0.5 microns in size. In comparison, a human hair is 50 to 180 microns. They are so small that they can go through masks like pollen can go through a chain-link fence. In theory, masks are supposed catch the tiny droplets of moisture that the coronavirus clings to. But for masks to be any effective it has the be the right kind of mask, preferably N95. That automatically rules out cloth masks, which are useless. It has to be fit-tested to be effective. You are not supposed to touch the mask only the loops and nose of the bridge. You are not supposed to reuse the same mask. You shouldn't wear the same mask for too long, otherwise the pores in the mask become blocked by moisture from breathing, and the air stream simply diverts around the mask. Even if you do everything just right there are no guarantees. That's why masks are pretty much useless for the general population. No one ever does any of those things. They are always t...

 For those who don't believe there was fraud in the 2020 election, I want you to consider these questions: 1) How did Trump gain 10 million more votes than in 2016 and still lose? 2) How did Trump win House seats and lose while Biden lost House seats and won? 3) How did Biden win without winning Florida, Ohio, and Texas? These are states typically every presidential candidate needs to win.  4) Why did the media say a water main broke in Georgia that stopped the counting on the night of the election when we now know that wasn't true? 5) Why did several states stop counting in the middle of the night, something that has never happened before, and then there was a sudden spike in Biden votes that put him ahead? 6) What was is in the crates that Ruby Freeman pulled out from under a desk in Georgia while counting was supposed to have stopped? 7) Why were Republican observers shut out on election night? 8) Why were Dominion machines not allowed to be audited? 9) Why was there so muc...

Gender theory postulates that masculine and feminine characteristics and gender roles are merely a social construct of the culture in which we live. The reasoning then is that there is no difference between boys and girls, and we can change genders as easy as changing our clothes. Much of modern gender theory can be traced back to sexologist\psychologist John Money. John Money was a deviant who among other things supported pedophilia. This will become evident in an experiment he conducted that much of gender theory is based upon. John tested his gender theory by essentially using two twin boys as lab rats. The twin’s names were Brian and David Reimer. David had lost his penis as an infant in a botched circumcision attempt, his testicles were also later removed. His parents took him to John Money who convinced them to raise David as a girl. So as an infant David was raised as a girl named Brenda and not told the truth about his identity. During David and Brian’s sessions with John Mo...