A wise old friend once said to me that if Christianity died out, what would come next would not be atheism but polytheism.
That is, instead of worshipping one God, people would start worshipping a whole range of gods.
I thought of that yesterday while watching a Brazilian shaman called Putanny Yawanawa performing a native spiritual ceremony onstage at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Pundits these days often warn that America may be on the brink of civil war. Finally, they’re right – except that in tiny Eagle Pass, Texas, forget being on the brink. In microcosm, civil war is already under way.
Once again playing immigration hardball, last week the Texas governor Greg Abbott, the vile, heartless Republican whose voodoo doll progressive Democrats poke pins in, sent the Texas National Guard to assume control of an Eagle Pass park used to process migrants and additional lands along the Mexican border. In so doing, the state militia is actively blocking the US Border Patrol from policing several miles along the banks of the Rio Grande. The intention, according to the Texas Military Department, is to block ‘organisations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings’. Those organisations would seem to include the federal government.
People who say that men give birth also say that Israel is the villain because these positions emanate from the same aim: the destruction of Western civilization.
If you say “men give birth,” we all know your position on Hamas.
Now, why is that? Why, if a person says “men give birth” or says that men who say they are women should be allowed to compete in women’s sports, can we be virtually certain that the person sides with Hamas in its war to eradicate Israel?
Theoretically, the two claims—that men as well as women give birth and that Israel is the villain in its war against Hamas—have absolutely no connection.
‘Abbie Taylor’, formerly Martin Tarling, is the latest in a long line of male ne’er do wells to be described by the news media as a ‘woman’.
A post by Sky News did the rounds on X this week, describing Taylor’s case. ‘A woman accused of dumping soiled adult nappies at children’s nurseries has denied the offences’, it read. But the truth of the story could be seen in the attached image of Taylor, which showed a middle-aged man with a face full of stubble and long, pink hair.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to scale back Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip or take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war, drawing an immediate scolding from the White House.
The tense back and forth reflected what has become a wide rift between the two allies over the scope of Israel’s war and its plans for the future of the beleaguered territory.
“We obviously see it differently,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said.
In 1950, Enrico Fermi, the man who built the first nuclear reactor, was having lunch with some other scientists when the discussion turned to aliens – and he first articulated what’s become known as “the Fermi paradox” by asking: “Where is everybody?”
In other words: the universe has been around for some time, and is a very big place. Human life has only existed for a fraction of that time, and only on one planet. Given the vastness of time and space, then, it seems more than likely that we’re not the only intelligent beings in the universe. So why haven’t we found any evidence of others? This question has led some to conclude that extra-terrestrial intelligent life doesn’t exist, and others to speculate — as in the long-running sci-fi show The X Files — that aliens do exist, but that their existence is covered up by mysterious government agencies.
Patrick “Tara” Pearsall – aka Passion-Star Royale Pearsall, thank you very much – was hoping for a free pass from the National Parole Board.
But even that frequently gullible body wasn’t buying the dangerous offender’s song and dance.
This is unprecedented: last weekend, the Minister of Immigration, Marc Miller, lamented the poor performance of his own government in matters of… immigration.
“Out of control”, “disconcerting”, the minister used adjectives giving the impression that he was a member of the opposition holding the government to account.
Around a hundred thousand temporary residents enter Canada EVERY MONTH (!). These temporary residents include students, temporary foreign workers and asylum seekers.
Regular immigrants represented some 1.2 million people in 2022.
However, we still do not know how to decently house all these new arrivals.
However, we are talking about more than two million people per year, all categories combined.
I am personally in favor of immigration, but everything must be planned and well managed, otherwise chaos sets in and that is precisely what we are experiencing.
Two years ago, senior public administration in Ottawa warned Trudeau of the enormous housing shortage that awaited us if nothing changed.
So what is happening was not only predictable, it was planned!
The scandal is that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has done absolutely nothing, despite warnings from its officials.
Was this cop right or wrong? WATCH pic.twitter.com/9CFsOKmyDq
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) January 18, 2024
h/t Mauser
Proposed Toronto police budget cut would pose ‘unacceptable risk’ to public safety: Chief Demkiw
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw denounced Mayor Olivia Chow’s plans to cut more than $12 million out of the proposed police budget, saying it would create an “unacceptable risk” to public safety amid increased emergency calls that officers are already struggling to keep pace with.
The Toronto Police Service has put forward what Demkiw called a “modest” 1.7 per cent ($20 million) increase to the police budget, amounting to a total of $1.186 billion.
Our nation is undergoing unprecedented social and economic transformation.
Many Canadians are suffering while our elected representatives remain silent. During the COVID crisis, the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution were suspended while our institutions and members of Parliament quietly approved the mandates.
This is Scott Kirby, the CEO of @united. He’s a drag queen and has been incorporating drag into @united.
This video should tell you everything you need to know. pic.twitter.com/RR5nWwC5OR
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 18, 2024
h/t DS
OTTAWA – Israel’s envoy to Canada is joining calls for the federal Liberals to clearly state Ottawa’s position as the International Court of Justice considers an allegation of genocide against Israel.
Iddo Moed says Canada should “leave no room for misinterpretation” on its stance, noting that many of Canada’s allies and peers have stated a clear position on the case.
The highest court of the United Nations held two days of public hearings last week as South Africa argued that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
This is the best way to parent.
Raise your child without the constraints of gender. pic.twitter.com/ewbpM64jNG
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) January 18, 2024
