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Despite being younger and in a larger bottle, the 2009 struck me as the more mellow of the two, nevertheless good on fruit and acid, and with a tannic structure that melted into a silky wash. The 2008, on the other hand, was zippy and full of vitality, with blackberry violet overtones that balanced the black current. If the 2009 was a wine of quiet contemplation, the 2008 retained some of the raucousness of adolescence.Bill informed me over dinner with one of the wines that there has been some discussion among Cissac lovers about whether current vintages are being manufactured to be ready to drink sooner. This could be attributed to global warming, which has flattened vintage variance in Bordeaux and virtually ensured ripe fruit every year, rather than a deliberate marketing decision.It shouldn't matter how old a wine is as long as it's well-made and enjoyable to drink. But wine is more than just a drink, and the conflict between the constancy of a wine made in the same location for centuries and the unforeseen unpredictability of the wine from year to year makes tasting wine even more enjoyable. I suppose we'll see what happens at Cissac in a few years, when we get to the 2010s.On a recent episode of our Friday Roundtable podcast, I unintentionally kicked over a figurative hornet's nest. It wasn't because I was complaining (as usual)2 about the central bank's cheap money policy. And, no, it wasn't my constant advocacy3 for pragmatic private health care delivery that irritated listeners. 

Rather, critical comments I made 

about how conspiracy theories concerning the World Economic Forum had infiltrated the Conservative Party leadership election and the campaign of frontrunner Pierre Poilievre sparked our email and Twitter feeds.It appears for the WEF obsessive (who knew there were so many! ). I had the audacity to proclaim the obvious: there is a more than casual link between an increase in WEF-related conspiracy theories and rising antisemitism in Canada. The numerous DMs and emails I've received in the ensuing weeks (most mercifully civilized, some not) are uniformly skeptical. "How could I possibly think this?" "Don't I know that Klaus Martin Schwab isn't Jewish?" "He is a German you idiot!" And many more along the lines of, "Am I an antisemite?" "This is a terrible smear." The unsettling sentence that followed was: "Don't you know 'they' are controlling our government?"Allow me to explain for those who are completely crazy or simply uninterested in the World Economic Forum. When you publicly espouse your conviction that the World Economic Forum is a worldwide conspiracy for global control, you are in very poor company, whether you realize it or not. The antisemitic myth known as the "Great Reset" is the toxin you're helping to pump into the political system. For the uninitiated, this is the central tenet of the WEF conspiracy, in which global elites, coordinated by Klaus Schwab, the organization's executive chairman, are using the pandemic as a "false flag" to implement radical social engineerings such as digital ID cards, forced vaccination, and the abolition of private property rights. In summary, a Gotterdammerung of our core civil liberties is on its way to a theater near you, thanks to the World Economic Forum and its acolytes in governments around the world.

a Gotterdammerung of our basic civil 

liberties is coming shortly to a theatre near you, all courtesy of the World Economic Forum and its acolytes in governments around the world."I'll leave it to others4 to show how ridiculous it is to claim that the WEF's proclaimed purpose for its post-COVID "Great Reset" recovery strategy is a covert scheme for global dominance. Or that Klaus Schwab does not envision a world without pet cats.5 Alternatively, the Forum is increasingly condemned by its own members as ineffective and out of touch.No, what is crucial here and must be highlighted, as recorded in great detail by the ADL6, is the prevalence of antisemitic themes in WEF conspiracy theories. Specifically, Jewish bankers (think George Soros and the Rothschilds) control the forum. The "One World Government" is the most recent incarnation (what a coincidence!) of a "worldwide Zionist conspiracy." That a "virus," in this case COVID-19, is the tools to carry out this nefarious objective, playing on the oldest of tropes: Jews are carriers of sickness. I could go on and on about the similarities between important elements of the WEF conspiracy and long-held antisemitic views, but don't take my word for it. Instead, spend a few minutes searching Google for "WEF" and "Great Reset." Before you know it, you'll be in some really dark areas on the Web, where antisemitism reigns supreme.

I can hear the protests of WEF conspiracists

I don't believe these things." "My beef is with WEF controlling our government." "I am against antisemitism too!" Yes, you are entitled to have delusions. It is a free country. However, do not be deceived by the company you keep. Or the dark memes you're unknowingly spreading. And how will others hear a hazardous dog whistle when you gleefully proclaim Klaus Schwab and his sinister ambitions for "One World Government" on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube? What is pernicious about antisemitism is how it gradually infiltrates cultures before exploding in a wave of violence and hatred. This is a movie we've seen before. It includes some of humanity's darkest moments. I beg WEF haters: do not contribute to the increase of antisemitism today.I am not accusing Poilievre of being anti-Semitic. Let me make this clear. His record of backing the State of Israel and the Jewish community speaks for itself.Two concluding thoughts on the awful situation that is the rising WEF delusion in Canada today, one political and the other cultural.