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We are due a revolution – Our crumbling technocracies hark back to 1848

“We are on a stormy sea, without a shore”, wrote Alexis de Tocqueville to a childhood friend in the midst of the 1848 revolutions. “The shore is so far away, so unknown,” he added, “that our lives and perhaps the lives of those who follow will pass before we set foot and settle on it.” Though the French aristocrat had prophetically warned about a possible revolution less than a month before the February events, he felt confused about their historical meaning. But he correctly predicted the truth about what Eric Hobsbawm described as the “first and last” revolution that would unfold at the European scale and be experienced as such. More than a straightforward rebellion or even a coordinated uprising, 1848 marked a fundamental transition in the way we conduct politics.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2023May 10, 2023•0•"Zeitgeist"

The classist war on the car

The unique freedom of car-driving is being pummelled by bourgeois anti-modernists.

Back in the early Eighties, two things revolutionised my mum’s life. The first was the appearance, nearby, of a vast supermarket. A gleaming metal-and-glass citadel of cheap, fresh produce. Imagine – bread, milk, fish, meat, fruit, veg and treats all under one roof. It was the stuff of a housewife’s dreams. The second was her first car. The rush of liberty she got from her wheezing, second-hand Ford Cortina is likely unimaginable to the 21st-century mind. Everyone has a car now, if not two. We take for granted being able to zoom everywhere, anytime, rain or shine. It was different then. The motorcar was no ordinary convenience – it was the great liberator from slog.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2023May 10, 2023•0•Green-Scam

The Next Frontier For The Hypersexualized Left: Normalizing Pedophilia

As The Federalist has recently reported, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the left is pushing toward social and legal approval of pedophilia. A failed effort in the Minnesota legislature to extend state-law protection to pedophilia as a sexual orientation should remove any doubt about where we’re headed.

Predatory adults apparently recognize the political problem inherent in protecting the “rights” of pedophiles. So they also cloak their efforts in the language of “rights,” “needs,” and “health” of minor children.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•Crime

Why would anyone think the Liberals want to control the media? Oh, I can think of a few reasons…

Wait, so the allegations in The Globe story were true? Our sources were not partisan coup-plotters? The Globe’s reporters and editors are not credulous half-wits?

Or what else are we to conclude from the Trudeau government’s decision to expel a Chinese diplomat, Zhao Wei, shortly after The Globe reported he had been gathering information on family members of Conservative MP Michael Chong, a prominent critic of the Beijing regime, with the intent of making “an example” of him.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship

Complaints record for Bridgerton star’s ‘terribly white’ coronation remark

A comment by Adjoa Andoh, the Bridgerton actress, about the “terribly white” royal balcony at Buckingham Palace after the coronation has become the most complained about broadcast moment of the year.

Ofcom, the media regulator, has received 4,165 complaints about Andoh’s remark on the diversity gap between the guests at Westminster Abbey and the moment the royals appeared on the balcony to greet the crowds. The authority will consider whether an investigation is necessary.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists

How the Democrats ruined Washington DC

Like San Francisco and many other US cities, Washington DC has experienced sharp increases in crime and homelessness

When thinking of Washington DC, grand monuments and museums might come to mind, however, in recent years, America’s capital has become more renowned for its growing homeless population and rising crime.

“Crime here has exploded, people do not feel safe,” Isaac Smith, an Emergency Medical Technician in DC, told The Telegraph for a documentary film about the capital.

“I have a bullet hole through my living room,” Mr Smith continued.

Get ready Toronto. This is your future.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Crime, USA

John Ivison: Ottawa might have been duped into rescuing ‘Canadians of convenience’ from Sudan

As many as half of the 175 Canadian citizens and permanent residents are refugees who were granted status in Canada, then returned to Sudan

OTTAWA — In 2006, the Harper government evacuated thousands of Canadians from the war in Lebanon who it turned out were citizens in name only, having acquired and maintained their citizenship as a form of insurance to be used only in case of emergency.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•Canadians of convenience

Quebec government rejects Trudeau’s immigration plan, fears decline of French

MONTREAL – Canada’s plan to increase immigration is stoking fears among Quebec’s political class, who say the changes would reduce the province’s influence in the country and make it harder to protect French.

Provincial legislature members today adopted a motion declaring Canada’s plan incompatible with the protection of French in Quebec and that the province must have complete control over its immigration.

Premier François Legault said Tuesday that Quebec would not accept a big rise in immigration because of the need to properly integrate, house and educate newcomers.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

WTF?

How will JK Rowling ever recover from this? pic.twitter.com/qNkSdPuGze

— Males In Disguise (@MalesInDisguise) May 10, 2023

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•WTF?

The Race for Clicks Was a Fool’s Game

Capitalism’s brutal lessons for BuzzFeed, Vice, Gawker. And: Will Tucker Carlson’s Twitter bet pay off?

In his novel This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald makes occasional mentions of something he calls “the electric.” The book, Fitzgerald’s first, was written in 1919 and published in 1920, precisely the era when cars were overtaking the horse and buggy; “the electric” was how people a century ago referred to an electric car.

Electric cars were expensive, but if you had money, you favored them because they didn’t require a hand crank. It wasn’t long, though, before the electric was overtaken by Henry Ford’s cheaper, more reliable—and gasoline-powered—Model T. After which every entrepreneur who had bet on electric cars was soon out of business. They’d made a bet on the future, and they’d lost. Welcome to capitalism.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•The Media

The Harm Caused by Masks

A new study suggests that the excess carbon dioxide breathed in by mask-wearers can have major health consequences.

Evidence continues to mount that mask mandates were perhaps the worst public-health intervention in modern American history. While concluding that wearing masks “probably makes little or no difference” in preventing the spread of viruses, a recent Cochrane review also emphasized that “more attention should be paid to describing and quantifying the harms” that may come from wearing masks. A new study from Germany does just that, and it suggests that the excess carbon dioxide breathed in by mask-wearers may have substantial ill-effects on their health—and, in the case of pregnant women, their unborn children’s.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Europe Day fete in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but not in Israel

Cancelling due to Ben Gvir’s presence is just the newest hypocrisy. Europe celebrates with dictators, but boycotts democratic Israel.

“The ambassadors of the European Union member states present in Qatar are pleased to invite you to a special event to celebrate Europe Day in Qatar”. And again: “Every year, on May 9, we celebrate the Schuman declaration. The EU ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Patrick Simonnet, has organized a lunch to celebrate Europe Day in Riyadh”. Same invitation in Türkiye.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•Europe, Israeli - Islam Conflict

MEPs to vote on proposed ban on ‘Big Brother’ AI facial recognition on streets

Moves to ban live “Big Brother” real time facial recognition technology from being deployed across the streets of the EU or by border officials will be tested in a key vote at the European parliament on Thursday.

The amendment is part of a package of proposals for the world’s first artificial intelligence laws, which could result in firms being fined up to €10m (£8.7m) or removed from trading within the EU for breaches of the rules.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•"AI - Artificial Intelligence", "Surveillance Society"

A Global Pandemic: The Jihadist Rape of Christian Women

The global targeting of Christian women for rape and sexual violence, according to a new study, appears to be at an all-time high, especially in the Muslim world.

Open Doors, a human rights organization that tracks the global persecution of Christians, recently published reports examining the role of gender. One of these, “A Web of Forces: The 2023 Gender Report,” ranks nations based on the category of “gender-specific religious persecution” and shows how a victim’s gender shapes their respective persecution.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 10, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians, Islamization of the West