Author: leeduigon(patty)

I have lived in Metuchen, NJ, all my life. I have been married to my wife Patricia since 1977. I am a former newspaper editor and reporter. I was also the owner-operator of my own small business for several years. I wrote various novels and short stories published during 1980s and 1990s. I am a long-time student of judo and Japanese swordsmanship (kenjutsu). I also play chess, basketball, and military and sports simulations.

Hungary’s Deputy Prime Minister: Sex is Biology, ‘Gender’ is ‘Nonsense’

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Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor (1963)

Headed for the unemployment line–at last!

Sanity has awakened in Hungary. It still sleeps here.

As Hungary prepares to abolish Gender Studies degree programs from its publicly-funded universities, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen said “Sex is biologically determined, the concept of gender as ‘social sex’ is nonsense” (https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/08/hungary-sex-is-biologically-determined-the-concept-of-gender-as-social-sex-is-nonsense/). He added, “Nobody wants to employ a genderologist.”

Naturally the left-wing opposition is screaming bloody murder over the government’s “war against science and education.” That’s rich. In what way is “You are whatever gender you say you are” any kind of science? And to call it “education” is unadulterated crapola.

Can we please do that here? Our colleges and looniversities have become a parasitic burden on society. They waste boxcar-loads of public money “teaching” what can only be called a delusion. Those who teach it desperately need to be unemployed.

Suddenly Hungary is woke. It’s pushback time! Let’s pray our own country follows suit.

Hooray for Hungary!

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And the lights go on in Budapest!

HELP WANTED: Gender Studies degree a must. Fantastic pay, lavish pension.

No one ever saw an ad like this while he was sober. That’s because there is no kind of “help” a degree in Gender Studies can give anyone, unless you’re burning it for heat or trying to plug a mouse-hole with it.

And so the Hungarian government has abolished Gender Studies degree programs at its public universities, citing “no demonstrable demand” for it in the labor market (Gee, ya think?) and “no economic rationale” (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/11/hungarys-populist-government-abolishes-gender-studies-courses.html). Besides, Gender Studies wastes tax money that could be better applied for virtually anything else.

Why can’t we do this? Why do American taxpayers have to carry all those colleges and universities on their backs, shelling out for Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Women’s Studies, Vertically Challenged Studies, etc.? We do we have to pay these overstaffed, over-attended, over-funded institutions to mess up our country and render whole generations economically useless?

Eastern European counties like Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia have already gotten a good, stiff dose of communism and have no desire to repeat the experience. They already know where Western academics want to take them: they’ve already been there, and they don’t want to go again.

Hungary, bravo, well done!

But let’s not stop at Gender Studies.

Defund the whole “higher education” dog and pony show–before it’s too late to repair the damage.

‘Did I Really See This?’ (2013)

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I wonder why certain people go to such great lengths to cultivate a bizarre appearance. Among the more bizarre examples I’ve seen was this, from five years ago–and I still haven’t seen anything to top it.

https://leeduigon.com/2013/04/24/did-i-really-see-this/

All right, if he was acting in a movie and had to stop at the bank between takes, then all bets are off. But there are too many weird-looking people around for them all to be extras in dopey movies.

What are they trying to tell us?

And do we really want to know?

‘Be Thou My Vision’

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Talk about staying power, this ancient Irish hymn has it–some thirteen centuries worth. This is the hymn that was the first to come to me today: Be Thou My Vision, performed by 4Him. Lyrics are provided so you can sing along. If you can do it without choking up, you’re made of sterner stuff than I am. Set design by God the Father.

Kitten and Guinea Pig at Play

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The kitten really wants the guinea pig to play with him, and he finally gets his wish. If only the hammy humans would stay out of the way, we might learn something.

I’ve never had a guinea pig, but the ones in a certain pet store were always up for petting and tickling. I’ll bet I’d fall in love with it, if I had one.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

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I can’t write fiction indoors anymore. I don’t know why, and I’d be interested to hear any theories on the subject; but the fact is that I just can’t get my mind into my fictional world of Obann if I’m sitting at a table, surrounded by walls, with the phone ringing (and it’s always a call I’d rather not receive–“Hi! This is Sheryl from Meshuggah Resorts, and our records show you had a wonderful time two years ago at our Sphagnum House Motel,” etc. All a load of ridiculous lies. So glad I got up to answer that!)

Just now the problem is that it’s been raining buckets for four days in a row, I haven’t been able to get back to work on my book, and I’m losing track of my hyenas. Now I hardly know where they’ll turn up next. And Jack and Martis have just had a very close call–I think that was last Wednesday. My momentum is not where I’d like it to be.

His Mercy Endureth Forever is, I reckon, nearly halfway finished. Oh, for a sunny day tomorrow!

Well, I’m writing this novel in the Lord’s service, and I’ll have to leave the weather up to Him.

Leftids Call for ‘Bullets for Fascists’

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Count the “journalists” covering this.

The big White Supremacist demonstration this weekend in the Washington, D.C., metro area drew some two dozen supporters–who were swamped by thousands of Far Left demonstrators who attacked them and attacked police, and generally went postal until a heavy rainstorm broke it up. Marina Medvin, writing for townhall.com, was one of the very few journalists who reported on it (https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2018/08/13/fascists-v-socialists-socialist-supremacists-win-round-2-n2509270).

The leftids carried a banner that read “It Takes a Bullet to Smash a Fash.” That’s short for “fascist,” and “fascist” means everyone and anyone who isn’t them.

There are many times more Far Left jidrools denouncing “white supremacy” than there are white supremacists.

So where were all the noozies? Probably getting ready for their “coordinated editorial attack” on the president of the United States, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 16. Like they haven’t been attacking him all along, every day, since his election. They certainly weren’t going to cover their soul brothers running wild in the streets. They don’t think you need to know about that.

Newspaper Claims Its Anti-Trump Jihad is Growing

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Do we really care what noozies think?

Hold onto your hats! August 16: over 100 newspapers will join with The Boston Globe in a “coordinated” editorial attack on President Donald Trump (https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/11/media/boston-globe-free-press-editorial/index.html). Well, the Glob says “100+,” for what that’s worth.

Uh, you mean the nooze media haven’t been attacking him every single day and night since Election Night of 2016?

True, they did the same to George W. Bush. Bush just sucked it up, but Trump hits back. They can’t stand that. So they accuse him of making “war on the free press,” their so-called “free and independent press.”

Free and independent: don’t make me laugh. This weekend, Antifa thugs demo’ed in D.C. and threatened to kill “fascists” (translation: everyone to the right of Pol Pot). Not a word about it in the mainstream Far Left media.

My favorite media Big Lie is the whole transgender thing. Here, the noozies slavishly follow the party line, calling mutilated men “women” and using feminine pronouns, etc. They all toe the party line. Shameful.

And oh, yeah–Man-Made Climbit Change is really real, and we’re all gonna die unless we give government lots of fantastic new powers to screw up our lives, and lots more money. Another commercial from the free and independent press.

Well, we’ll see what happens Aug. 16. A lot of these leftid wing-dings have a wave of fizzling out. But I think this one will actually come off–because no normal person anymore cares what a bunch of noozies thinks.

‘Can I Wake Up Now, Please?’ (2013)

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Things haven’t gotten any better in the five years since this Australia kiddie TV show brought its audience “gender-bending fun.”

https://leeduigon.com/2013/06/01/can-i-wake-up-now-please/

Still waiting for anyone to attempt a coherent explanation of why this is such a great idea and what we’re supposed to gain by it. A 10% discount off all the rides in Hell?

Prayer Request: Linda

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I’m not here to deliver a medical report: but our friend and fellow-servant Linda is in serious danger, and she needs our prayers.

O Lord our God, have mercy on your servant, Linda, our friend and sister in Christ, and bring her out from under the shadow of death. Because we know you hear our prayers, because we know you love us. Because we pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.