Ed Mosberg stands in his New York home remembering, remembering, remembering - but with a purpose and a "higher cause."

By Carolyn Yeager

WITH THE ALREADY-BOREDOM-INSPIRING JANUARY 27TH "HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY" COMING UP, all networks and news outlets are obligingly scrounging up a tired old survivor story or two in which they can mention it.

This day, created by the United Nations on a voice vote in 2005 (on a day when Israel was presiding over the assembly) was immediately put to use as one of the major engines keeping "holocaust' in the public conciousness masquerading as "our common history."

The 92 Alternative for Deutschland delegates are seated on the far-right end of the delegate seating. It is the first time since 1933 that a "far-right" party has offered legislation in the Prussian-era edifice.

THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY PARTY HAS INTRODUCED A BILL aimed at permanently banning refugees from bringing their close relatives over from 'war-stricken' countries. The move sparked a spirited, sometimes impolite debate in the Bundestag. From Deutsche Welle:

Thursday marked a historical moment for the Reichstag. It was the first time since the old parliament building burned down in 1933 that a far-right party has been able to present a draft law in the venerable Prussian-era edifice, a building revamped and reopened for the new democratic age in reunified Germany during the 1990s.

This image is familiar to everyone and doesn't need to be explained. But why should we believe what we do about it? It's really quite pedestrian in itself.

By Carolyn Yeager

IS IT JUST ME OR IS the “Holocaust” losing its pizazz.

It seems that what's been coming out lately as new holocaust and antisemitism stories are dull and recycled.

I do know the World Jewish Congress is using the same schtick for this year's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, coming up in less than two weeks now on January 27th, that they used last year: the “I remember” campaign. Take a look at this promotional picture they put out for it – does it stir your blood in any way?

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by Carolyn Yeager

MONIKA SCHAEFER, A CANADIAN-BORN WOMAN OF GERMAN HERITAGE, was visiting her brother Alfred in Germany when she was arrested while observing an open-to-the-public trial of Sylvia Stolz in Munich.

During a recess break in the trial, Schaefer was approached by authorities, handcuffed, and led away. According to eyewitnesses, she protested that she was a free Canadian citizen and was told, "If you wanted to remain free, you should have stayed in Canada."

Schaefer is reportedly being held in Stadelheim prison, Schwarzenbergstr 14, 81549 München, Germany. Friends of Monika are calling for sympathizers to send letters to the prison protesting her arrest and further incarceration.

UPDATE -  Here are four Canadian officials we can write to and call, assembled by Arthur Topham. This definitely should be done.

Ira Forman, who formerly took up space in the U.S. State Department and had a big budget to spend as "Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism" around the world, gives a speech in France. He looks real tough, doesn't he.

By Carolyn Yeager

DONALD TRUMP WANTED TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF THE "SPECIAL ANTISEMITISM MONITOR" in the State Department after he became President, and Sec. of State Rex Tillerson agreed with him. They were right because the office is a total boondoggle give-away to Jewry (begun in the Republican W. Bush administration) with no benefit to society that can justify its expense. But as soon as Jews got wind of that, they sprung into action to prevent the president's recommendation from being enacted. As usual, they won. And the culprits are our congressmen and senators who vote as a block for everything the Jews want.

The Times of Israel wrote on January 5th:

The Trump administration considers the position of anti-Semitism monitor “crucial” and hopes to name one “soon,” a State Department official told JTA (Jewish Telegraph Agency) Thursday.

Angela Merkel poses for her annual New Year's speech to the German nation on December 31, 2017.

HERE IS CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL'S SPEECH ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, with commentary by Dr. Rainer Zitelmann as provided by WallStreet-Online.de. Rainer Zitelmann (right) first made a name for himself as an historian and journalist; later he established the leading public relations firm in the real estate industry. Many citizens will find Merkel's New Year's speech an imposition, says Wall Street-Online.

Merkel: "Dear fellow citizens, I greet you warmly, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to give you some thoughts on this New Year's Eve day as well as on the dawn of the new year. I know from numerous conversations and encounters this year that many of you are worried about cohesion in Germany. "

Looking for an image for this difficult-to-illustrate post, I came across this one and found it was attached to a very good essay written in 2014. I read it, having already completed my essay below, and think it is an excellent complement to my own thoughts. So I highly recommend you read it too.

Whatever happened to the Truth Movement?

or

Are we living in a climate of anti-truth?

by Carolyn Yeager

TRUTH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SAID TO BE SELECTIVE. That is, we select that which we hold to be true because it agrees with us for a number of reasons, and on the same grounds we hold its opposing position to be false, often without actually having a clear understanding of why.

When it comes to the question of the viable ongoingness of the European people and our culture on this planet, we face that problem of truth. How important is it? Is it better to have the right strategy, or to seek power, or to work toward a larger following? Should we try to defeat our enemy outright in battle or should we use stealth to insinuate ourselves into increasingly powerful positions? The arguments can go on endlessly. And truly, I have gotten weary of all this theorizing in article after article about how to approach the issues, how to respond, how to, how to …

Herbert Kickl, talented former FPOe party chairman, is the new Home Secretary (Minister of the Interior) in Sebastian Kurz's Austrian coalition government.

By Carolyn Yeager

FOLLOWING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S ANNOUNCEMENT on Dec. 18, 2017 that Israel's Foreign Office would instruct it's ministers to work only with lower-ranking officials from the Austrian ministries now headed by members of the FPÖ party, some far-left reactionaries and Jews have released an Open Letter also calling for a partial boycott of Austria's new cabinet.

Ho hum, I guess they felt someone needed to do something. None of the signers are currently in government, so it's just a headline they're trying to get. It appears there are only seven signers (or maybe sponsors): former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (Jew, pictured at right) and anti-racist Benjamin Abtan of AGEM; Leftist Jose Ramos-Horta (Nobel Peace Prize winner from East Timor; former Spanish foreign minister Socialist Miguel-Angel Moratinos, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, and those tired old Nazi-Hunters Beate and Serge Klarsfeld.