Donald Trump And The New Nationalism

[From article]
The crisis in world markets seems related not only to a sinking Chinese economy, but also to what Beijing is saying to the world; i.e., China will save herself first even if it means throwing others out of the life boat.
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Indeed, with Marxism-Leninism dead, nationalism is the Communist Party’s fallback faith.
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On issues from mass migrations from the Third World, to deeper political integration of Europe, to the EU’s paltry contributions to a U.S.-led NATO that defends the continent, nationalistic resistance is rising.
Enter the Donald. If there is a single theme behind his message, it would seem to be a call for a New Nationalism or New Patriotism.
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They took our jobs and factories; now we are going to take them back. And if that Ford plant stays in Mexico, then Ford will have to climb a 35-percent tariff wall to get its trucks and cars back into the USA.
Trump to Ford: Bring that factory back to Michigan!
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Asked by adviser Dick Allen for a summation of U.S. policy toward the Soviets, Ronald Reagan said: “We win; they lose.”
That it is not an unfair summation of what Trump is saying about Mexico, Japan and China.
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He has not joined the Republican herd that says it will cancel the Iran nuclear deal the day they take office, re-impose U.S. sanctions and renegotiate the deal.
Trump says he would insure that Iran lives up to the terms.
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Whatever becomes of Trump the candidate, Trumpism, i.e., economic and foreign policy nationalism, appears ascendant.

http://buchanan.org/blog/is-trumpism-the-new-nationalism-16413

Is Trumpism the New Nationalism?
Tuesday - August 25, 2015 at 12:03 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan

Adultery Ruled Legal In South Korea, Women Join Men Having Affairs

[From article]
the Ashley Madison cheating website, which is making a lucrative, controversial splash in South Korea in the wake of a landmark ruling earlier this year that decriminalizes adultery. So great is the interest here that company executives expect it to be a top-three market globally for them in five years, after the United States and Canada.
Executives say a large number of women are signing up, taking advantage of increasing access to disposable cash and the freedom to do what men have always done. Not all is equal, however: The consequences of getting caught remain much greater for women here than they are for men.
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Successful men caught cheating usually suffer no career setbacks and often stay married, said Cho Kyungae, a senior counselor at the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations, an independent, nonprofit group that has provided legal and marriage counseling for more than 150,000 couples or families.
For a woman, however, the damage is “irreparable” — huge social stigma that can include the loss of not only her job but her family, Cho said.
“Society’s view is: ‘How could someone’s wife dare to do that? Isn’t she ashamed as a mother?’” Cho said.

http://nypost.com/2015/06/12/cheaters-website-explodes-in-south-korea-after-adultery-made-legal/

Cheaters’ website explodes in South Korea after adultery made legal
By Associated Press
New York Post
June 12, 2015 | 10:56am

Courageous Veteran Died After Brave Service to the United States

Van T. Barfoot died.



Remember the guy who wouldn't take the flag pole down on his Virginia
property a while back? You might remember the news story several months ago about a crotchety old man in Virginia who defied his local Homeowners Association, and refused to take down the
flag pole on his property along with the large American flag he flew on it. Now we learn who that old man was.

On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg , Texas . That probably didn't make news back then. But twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Carano , Italy , that same Van T. Barfoot, who had in 1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army, set out alone to flank German machine gun
positions from which gunfire was raining down on his fellow soldiers.

His advance took him through a minefield but having done so, he proceeded to single-handedly take out three enemy machine gun positions, returning with 17 prisoners of war.



And if that weren't enough for a day's work, he later took on and destroyed three German tanks sent to retake the machine gun positions.



That probably didn't make much news either, given the scope of the war, but it did earn Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a Colonel after also serving in Korea and Vietnam , a well deserved Congressional Medal of Honor.



What did make news was his Neighborhood Association's quibblewith how the 90-year-old veteran chose to fly the American flag outside his suburban Virginia home. Seems the HOA rules said it was OK to fly a flag on a house-mounted bracket, but, for decorum, items such as Barfoot's 21-foot flagpole were "unsuitable".



Van Barfoot had been denied a permit for the pole, but erected it anyway and was facing court action unless he agreed to take it down. Then the HOA story made national TV, and the Neighborhood Association rethought its position and agreed to indulge this aging hero who dwelt among them.



"In the time I have left", he said to the Associated Press, "I plan to continue to fly the American flag without interference." As well he should. And if any of his neighbors had taken a notion to contest him further, they might have done well to read his Medal of Honor citation first. Seems it indicates Mr. Van Barfoot wasn't particularly good at backing down.

WE ONLY LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! AND, BECAUSE OF OLD MEN LIKE VAN BARFOOT!

NYC Brothel Busted

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/brazen_midtown_hooker_ring_busted_v2NuXju7O1Yll6XiP5LiBM

Undercover sting leads to bust of brazen Midtown hooker operation
By JESSICA SIMEONE
New York Post
Last Updated: 5:03 PM, October 22, 2012
Posted: 9:38 AM, October 22, 2012

TALMUD IN SOUTH KOREA

If only the Jews were as diligent as the Koreans....

Subject: TALMUD IN SOUTH KOREA

Just when you thought that you saw it all in the Jewish world.
Talmud Study is now Mandatory in South Korea

The following fascinating article was translated by The Muqata from YNET.

Close to 50 million people live in South Korea, and everyone learns Gemara
(Talmud) in school.

"We tried to understand why the Jews are geniuses, and we came to the
conclusion that it is because they study the Talmud," said the Korean
ambassador to Israel. And this is how "Rav Papa" became a more well known
scholar in Korea than in Israel.

It is doubtful if the Amoraic scholars, Abbaye and Rava, imagined their
discussions of Jewish law in the Beit Midrash in Babylon would be taught
hundreds of years later in East Asia. Yet it turns out that the laws of an
"egg born on a holiday" ("ביצה שנולדה ביום טוב"), is actually very
interesting to the South Koreans, who have required that Talmud study be
part of their compulsory school curriculum.

Almost every home in South Korea now contains a Korean-translated Talmud.
But unlike in Israel, the Korean mothers teach the Talmud to their children.
In a country of close to 49 million people who believe in Buddhism and
Christianity, there are more people who read the Talmud-or at least own
their own copy at home- than there are in the Jewish state of Israel. Much
more.

"So we too will become geniuses"

"We were very curious about the high academic achievements of the Jews,"
explains Israel's ambassador to South Korea, Young Sam Mah, who was recently
a host on the program "Culture Today."

"Jews have a high percentage of Nobel laureates in all fields: literature,
science and economics. This is a remarkable achievement. We tried to
understand what is the secret of the Jewish people? How they-more than other
people-are able to reach those impressive accomplishments. Why are Jews so
intelligent? The conclusion we arrived at is that one of your secrets is
that you study the Talmud."

"Jews study the Talmud at a young age, and it helps them, in our opinion, to
develop mental capabilities. This understanding led us to teach our children
as well. We believe that if we teach our children Talmud, they will also
become geniuses. This is what stands behind the rationale of introducing
Talmud Study to our school curriculum."

Young says that he himself studied the Talmud at a very young age: "It is
considered very significant study," he emphasized. The result is that more
Koreans have Talmud sets in their homes than do the Jews in Israel.

"I, for example, have two sets of the Talmud: the one my wife bought me, and
the second was a gift from my mother."

Groupies of Jews

Koreans don't only like the Talmud because they see it as promoting genius,
but because they found values that are close to their hearts.

"In the Jewish tradition, family values are very, very important,"
explains the South Korean Ambassador.

"You see it even today in your practice of the Friday evening family meal.
In my country we also focus on family values. The respect for adults, and
respect and appreciation for the elderly, parallels the high esteem in my
country for the elderly."

Another very significant issue is the respect for education. In the Jewish
tradition, parents have a duty to teach their children, and they devote to
it lots of attention. For Korean parents, their children's education is a
top priority.