Reader’s Links for July 12, 2021

Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

This is the new Samizdat. We must use it while we can.

About Eeyore

Canadian artist and counter-jihad and freedom of speech activist as well as devout Schrödinger's catholic

70 Replies to “Reader’s Links for July 12, 2021”

  1. https://neveryetmelted.com/2021/07/07/yale-course-likens-us-prisons-to-gulag-and-nazi-germany/

    M. Julian Benda wrote: “The Treason of the Intellectuals” in 1927 as he observed how rampant idealism in “intellectuals” warped totally the political realities that were then rampant. IMHO any who allow idealism to dominate their views on reality are NOT intellectuals by definition: they are fools.

    The NY Post has the latest appalling news out of New Haven.
    Yale University is offering a course this fall that likens the US prison system to the Soviet Gulag, with one of the professors leading the course describing America as home to “one of the most brutal prison societies in human history” on social media Monday.

    The course, titled “Mass Incarceration in the Soviet Union and the United States” is billed by the Ivy League school as “[a]n investigation of the experience and purposes of mass incarceration in the Soviet Union and the United States in the twentieth century.”

    “Incarceration is central to the understanding, if not usually to the self-understanding, of a society. It is thus a crucial aperture into basic questions of values and practices,” reads the online course description. “This course proposes a frontal approach to the subject, by investigating two of the major carceral systems of the twentieth century, the Soviet and the American.”

    The description adds that the course will touch on “important comparative cases, such as Nazi Germany and communist China.”

    The word “Gulag” is commonly used to refer to the system of Soviet labor camps where common criminals and political prisoners alike were held during the first four decades after the Russian Revolution. Scholars relying on recently opened Soviet archives estimate that approximately 1.6 million prisoners died in the camps between 1930 and 1953; however, some historians believe the true number of deaths to be between three and four times greater.

    “Gulag” entered the English lexicon with the 1974 publication of “The Gulag Archipelago,” a searing account of life in the camps written by dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

    The course will be led by Yale history professor Timothy Snyder and philosophy professor Jason Stanley. On Monday, Stanley explained the background of the course on Twitter.

    “The United States is the nation with the highest incarceration rate in the world, and has been for many decades. Almost 10 [percent] of the WORLD’s prison population comes from the US’s traditionally oppressed minority, the 38 million Black Americans. US prisons are famous for brutality,” he tweeted.

    “A small handful of ethnic groups in human history have faced such extraordinary rates of incarceration. But few for so many decades. Why perpetuate this cycle? Is this how the US wants history to remember it? As one of the most brutal prison societies in human history?

    • …Julian Benda wrote: “The Treason of the Intellectuals” in 1927 as he observed how rampant idealism in “intellectuals” warped totally the political realities that were then rampant. IMHO any who allow idealism to dominate their views on reality are NOT intellectuals by definition: they are fools…

      You’ve hit a nerve with this one, Michelle. Sacrificing reality for idealism is a mug’s game. It may also get you injured or killed.

      Someone close to me now claims to have COPD. This person was never a smoker. His shortness of breath, he claims, began before his Covid-19 injection(s). This may be true. I don’t know.

      What I do know is that COPD is a possible adverse reaction to mRNA injections, as stated by some doctors, due to the concentration of spike proteins in the capilliaries. I also know that this person’s devotion to leftist ideology is very strong. So much so, in fact, that he is governed in much of his thinking by belief in man-made climate change, and faith in the greater wisdom of collectivist government policies over that of the individual. His eager acceptance of the injection, in other words, was not because he had the practical necessity to remain employed or to travel for good reason, but because it suited him ideologically.

      The Wuhan flu injection tragedy unfolding may be of epic proportions. Conversely, can peoples’ fear of the injections also represent an ideologically-driven tragedy in that it prevents the protection of a live-saving innoculation? Well, this is precisely the task of all remaining doctors with integrity (not politicized) to decide, is it not? I would submit, however, that given the real death rate of Covid-19, and given that our governments now hold our bodies in contempt with or without innoculation, the truth of this matter is already available.

      I am sure Alexander Solzhenitsyn offered us the concept somewhere in his writings that the Gulag Archipelago is not only a physical place, but an ideological place to which the collectivist condemns himself for seeing the world as he wishes, rather than as it is, and does so at the ultimate personal expense.

      Apologies in advance if this comment posts twice. It wouldn’t post initially for some reason.

  2. While Ramaphosa fiddles South Africa burns – https://youtu.be/S6sfDK6rSnY

    Luckily for us, not many Zulu in the Western Cape, but this will spill over eventually.
    Keep your powder dry and your bladed weapons sharp.

  3. (Richard: The majority of the article are tweets with videos from Cuba.)

    A day in the garden of good and evil: Cuba shouts ‘Libertad’; America dances with death
    By J.E. Dyer July 12, 2021When it first dawned, Sunday, 11 July 2021, didn’t seem like it would turn out to be much. At least the forecast was for a high a few degrees cooler than the last week in inland SoCal, but other than that, it looked like same old same old.

    That was before the news began flooding out that the people of Cuba were surging into the streets shouting “Libertad!” and “Cuba Libre!” and demanding freedom from communist dictatorship.

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/07/12/a-day-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-cuba-shouts-libertad-america-dances-with-death/

    • Written by Irene Andreas COWESSES First Nations

      Dear Folks, our leaders today are addicted to media sensationalism. I can see how the Marieral Graveyard news is causing a lot of heartbreak and emotional breakdowns. Please listen to your Elderly folks as well.

      We respected the Church, we respected the dead, we buried our people with a proper funeral. Then we allowed them to rest in peace.

      Please be aware that this cemetery with all races and ages of people buried there. The headstones were removed in 1966-1967, as a first step in refurbishing as the old markers were damaged by weather, age or animals.

      The second step of replacing the old and broken headstones wasn’t completed. Parishioners had moved away or passed on or were simply unable to put up a marker for various reasons.

      Please know that it is the obligation of the family to put a marker there for the deceased. This is not the responsibility of the government or the Church.

      To assume that foul play took place would be premature and unsupported.

      There is no “discovery” of graves. All your Elders have knowledge of every grave. The band office has records from the Bishop’s office, the Church board and from cemetery workers who were in charge of digging graves and burials. The band office received a list of over 750 registered burials from the Bishop’s office.

      Information is being put out there that doesn’t recognize these facts.

      So please, people, do not make up stories about Residential school children put in unmarked graves. No such thing ever happened.

      One of the first things I learned when I studied Ojibwa, always listen to the Elders, they can pass down through their stories, an immense knowledge of history.

      Why is the Trudeau government jumping all over this story AGAIN? Is there an election coming soon? Will Justine explain to the First Nations people why he has been so lax in fulfilling his promise to finally supply the reserves with decent water systems? Zaamaajmo

  4. Japan’s masterplan to take China completely out of the global supply chain

  5. China’s Top Spy Head Did Defect!? Media Reports Show China lied about Him Attending a Meeting

  6. The Biggest Myth of China’s Economy: Why Doesn’t the Real Estate Bubble Pop? | Zooming In China

  7. EU: New Political Alliance to Fight Creation of European Superstate
    Soeren Kern
    16-20 minutes

    Leaders of 16 political parties from across Europe have announced an unprecedented alliance to defend the sovereignty of European nation states, protect the nuclear family and preserve traditional Judeo-Christian values. It represents the first significant endeavor by euroskeptic parties to jointly oppose efforts by European federalists to transform the European Union into a godless multicultural superstate. Pictured: The headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)

    The leaders of 16 political parties from across Europe have announced an unprecedented alliance to defend the sovereignty of European nation states, protect the nuclear family and preserve traditional Judeo-Christian values.

    The July 2 “Joint Declaration on the Future of the European Union” represents the first significant endeavor by euroskeptic parties to jointly oppose efforts by European federalists to transform the European Union into a godless multicultural superstate.

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17558/european-union-superstate

  8. (Richard: The Pennsylvenna legislature has OK’d an outside audit of the 2020 election results, the following is the Dems answer to that audit order)

    Pennsylvania Department of State Tells Counties Not to Allow Outside Access to Voting Systems
    Directive comes after state senator initiated forensic investigation into 2020, 2021 elections
    By Zachary Stieber
    July 11, 2021 Updated: July 11, 2021
    biggersmaller Print

    The Pennsylvania agency in charge of elections has issued a new directive telling counties not to let outside parties access electronic voting systems or components of such systems, such as tabulators and ballot printers.

    The directive from the Pennsylvania Department of State, released on July 9, states that county boards of elections “shall not” provide any access to third parties that are seeking to examine the systems or system components.

    If the counties do allow access, the voting equipment that’s examined “will be considered no longer secure or reliable to use in subsequent elections,” and the department will withdraw its certification for the equipment.

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/pennsylvania-department-of-state-tells-counties-not-to-allow-outside-access-to-voting-systems_3896243.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-07-12&mktids=020780766d622cdf94496085f6c63b6d&est=s5cr%2F%2BPU4OhtSV6Lr6m54SK0xW%2FUh2MutZ6xqT%2FRA0%2BpOX1Qq9IXoF8bbOc%3D

  9. ‘Down With Dictatorship’: Thousands of Cubans Demonstrate Against Communist Regime
    The regime is shutting off the internet, says Florida Congresswoman
    By Jack Phillips
    July 11, 2021 Updated: July 11, 2021
    biggersmaller Print

    Thousands of Cubans took to the streets on Sunday in a number of cities to protest against human rights abuses, a lack of freedom, and a worsening economic situation in the communist-ruled country.

    Videos uploaded to social media appear to show demonstrations in a number of towns and cities, including the capital, Havana, on Sunday. Protesters, chanting in Spanish, said they “weren’t afraid” of the regime led by Miguel Diaz Canel, and said they wanted access to COVID-19 vaccines and an end to the regime.

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/down-with-dictatorship-thousands-of-cubans-demonstrate-against-communist-regime_3896959.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-07-12&mktids=020780766d622cdf94496085f6c63b6d&est=iZf5gyam7AIKF8GweVRX99iNMVqWJemMwwivXynjCRDu%2FxsWLN5BTfhOX2k%3D

  10. What Saint Thomas Aquinas Says About Mohammed and Islam

    By Saint Thomas Aquinas

    “Mohammed seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.

    “He did not bring forth any signs produced in a supernatural way, which alone fittingly gives witness to divine inspiration; for a visible action that can be only divine reveals an invisibly inspired teacher of truth. On the contrary, Mohammed said that he was sent in the power of his arms – which are signs not lacking even to robbers and tyrants. What is more, no wise men, men trained in things divine and human, believed in him from the beginning. Those who believed in him were brutal men and desert wanderers, utterly ignorant of all divine teaching, through whose numbers Mohammed forced others to become his followers by the violence of his arms. Nor do divine pronouncements on the part of preceding prophets offer him any witness. On the contrary, he perverts almost all the testimony of the Old and the New Testaments by making them into a fabrication of his own, as can be seen by anyone who examines his law. It was, therefore, a shrewd decision on his part to forbid his followers to read the Old and New Testaments, lest these books convict him of falsity. It is thus clear that those who place faith in his words believe foolishly.”

    Summa Contra Gentiles, Book 1, Chapter 16, Art. 4, Footnote 1

    https://tfpstudentaction.org/resources/forgotten-truths/what-saint-thomas-aquinas-says-about-mohammed-and-islam

  11. Associated Press – Expert explains why Biden whisper speaks volumes

    Communications experts and the White House say President Joe Biden’s whispering is just this veteran politician’s old-school way of trying to make a connection while emphasizing a point.

    + comments on the YT page

  12. BBC – Afghan woman shot in face by husband undergoes 22 operations –

    Shakila Zareen, 25, is one of the rare survivors. She was forced into child marriage, raped and underwent 22 operations after she was shot in the face by her husband.

    • This one is interesting, if the report is right and he can keep up the pressure he can become the leader for the opposition to rally behind. This is what the Iranian resistance has needed for a long time, a leader. The success or failure will depend on how much the Iranian people believe him when he says he wants a secular republic, and to an extent this will depend on how desperate the Iranian people are.

      I really wish Trump was in the White House right now, we all know that Biden won’t do anything to help overthrow the Mullahs and their murderous allies.

      • So the hidden hand wants pavlavi back again to get its hand on the oil?

  13. CBC – Canadian female soldier accused of giving comrades marijuana cupcakes

    … accused of drugging her colleagues by feeding them cannabis-laced cupcakes.

    She faces 18 charges, including administering a noxious substance to eight soldiers without their consent, but her lawyer argues the military lost key evidence in the case and conducted a sloppy investigation.

  14. CBC – What to know about adapting to rising COVID-19 vaccinations, fewer restrictions

    An epidemiologist and infectious disease physician answer questions about safely adjusting to life as COVID-19 vaccinations rise and restrictions are reduced.

    • CBC – The efforts to reach unvaccinated Canadians

      Public health experts say at least 80 per cent of Canadians need to be fully vaccinated to keep COVID-19 cases in check, so as demand drops for first shots, communities are finding ways to reach the unvaccinated.

    • WaPo – Fauci pushes for local coronavirus mandates amid GOP vaccine skepticism

      The White House’s chief coronavirus medical adviser Anthony S. Fauci on July 11 said he supported vaccine mandates at the local level as the delta variant continued to spread nationwide.

      • As rough as it sounds, Kary Mullis did say Fauci is a liar, doesn’t know anything about anything- – just follow the money.

    • sky news australia – ‘One thing you won’t get in COVID press conferences is truth’: Alan Jones

      “I inflicted the ultimate pain upon myself by watching an absurd press conference on Friday by Gladys Berejiklian,” Mr Jones said.

      “I hope you don’t submit yourself to such punishment every day. The recurring theme was stay at home, uttered a million times.

      “You saw them all on stage, Hazzard, the sign language interpreter, Chant, Worboys, and then a retinue of assembled media. Why weren’t they staying at home?”

    • the guardianHow Australia’s vaccination ad campaign compares with the rest of the world

      New Zealand has its metaphorical door to freedom. Singapore is leaning on disco. America has presidents and beer, while the UK is calling upon celebrity.

      As Covid-19 vaccination efforts continue around the globe, countries are calling on a wide array of communication methods and using humour and emotional connections to encourage people to get the jab.

      In contrast, Australia has chosen fear to scare people into what may happen if they contract Covid-19.

      In one ad, a young woman with oxygen tubes in her nose can be seen struggling for air. In another Australian campaign, Australian’s are urged to ‘arm themselves’ in a bland ad which has been accused of ‘falling flat’

    • FDA expected to announce new warning on Johnson & Johnson vaccine related to rare autoimmune disorder

      The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to announce a new warning for the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine saying the shot has been linked to a serious but rare side effect called Guillain-Barré syndrome, in which the immune system attacks the nerves, according to four individuals familiar with the situation.

      […]The cases have largely been reported about two weeks after vaccination and mostly in men, many aged 50 and older.

      […]The warning on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be the latest blow to a vaccine that had been widely anticipated for its ease of use

      […]Other vaccines also have been associated with rare adverse events. The FDA in late June decided to add a warning to the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines about mild, extremely unusual cases of myocarditis — heart inflammation — in some young adults and teens after vaccination.

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/12/johnson-and-johnson-warning/
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      twitter @disclosetv

      JUST IN – Biden allied groups, including the DNC, plan to engage fact-checkers and work with SMS carriers to “dispel misinformation” about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages (Politico)

      https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1414655500344565764
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      twitter @disclosetv

      JUST IN – French President Macron announces mandatory #COVID19 vaccinations for all healthcare workers beginning July 21, and adds “we will probably have to think about the mandatory vaccination of all French citizens at some point.”

      Does “at some point” correlate with a day after the federal election in Germany at the end of September this year?

      https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1414649329483145216

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      Macron announces mandatory Covid jabs for healthcare staff

    • reuters – Greece orders COVID-19 vaccinations as infections rise

      ATHENS, July 12 (Reuters) – Greece has made vaccinations against COVID-19 mandatory for certain workers and announced restrictions to contain the spread of the virus as infections have kept rising during the vital summer tourism season.

      “The country will not shut down again because of some,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised address announcing the measures.

      “It is not Greece that is in danger, but unvaccinated Greeks.”

      Nursing home staff will need to get vaccinated immediately, while healthcare workers will have to be vaccinated starting Sept. 1, Mitsotakis said.

      […]Greece will begin vaccinating teenagers aged 15 to 17 against the coronavirus this week, authorities said on Monday.

      “The risk of illness in these ages is small, but real,” said the head of Greece’s vaccination committee, Maria Theodoridou.

      “The main characteristic of this age group, however, is spreading the virus to their environment, which could include vulnerable or unvaccinated people.”

      https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-rolls-out-covid-19-vaccinations-those-aged-15-17-2021-07-12/

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      Greece pressures vaccine skeptics as infections surge

      Health care workers in Greece will be suspended if they refuse to get vaccinated under a new mandatory policy announced by the country’s prime minister

      ATHENS, Greece — Health care workers in Greece will be suspended if they refuse to get vaccinated under a new mandatory policy announced Monday by the country’s prime minister.

      Staff at nursing homes will be suspended starting Aug. 16 if they fail to book a vaccination appointment, with a similar policy to follow in September for workers at state-run and private hospitals.

      Starting Friday, and until the end of August, all indoor commercial areas, including bars, cinemas, and theaters, will only be available for the vaccinated.

      “After a year and a half, no one can claim ignorance about the coronavirus anymore,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised address.

      “The country will not shut down again due to attitude adopted by certain people … It’s not Greece that’s a danger, but unvaccinated Greeks.”

      https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/greece-pressures-vaccine-skeptics-infections-surge-78801405

    • twitter @Breaking911

      Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) after labeling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham as “anti-vax quacks”:

      “Here’s the reality. We have millions who’ve died across the world by this vaccine.”

      + video

      https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1414684215225077760
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      ‘Anti-Vax Quacks’: Dem Senator Slams Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham On Senate Floor

      just after the 4:00 mark

    • global news – Mixing COVID-19 vaccines a ‘dangerous trend,’ WHO chief scientist says

      The World Health Organization‘s chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a “dangerous trend” since there was little data available about the health impact.

      “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as mix and match,” Soumya Swaminathan told an online briefing.

      “It will be a chaotic situation in countries if citizens start deciding when and who will be taking a second, a third and a fourth dose.”

      One of those countries is Canada, which has been mixing and matching Health Canada approved vaccines since June.

      https://globalnews.ca/news/8021692/mixing-covid-19-vaccines-dangerous-trend-who/

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      ctv news – Minister Anand reacts to WHO’s new advice on mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines

      + comments on the YT page

    • ctv news – Element of fear surrounding vaccine passports: bioethicist

      University of Toronto bioethicist Kerry Bowman says vaccine passports involve an element of worry and fear.


  15. HINDI MASAYA ANG CHINA! South Korean Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Successful Test!

  16. Rapper, 31, dies after being shot 64 times as he walked out of Chicago jail
    Ariel Zilber
    5-6 minutes
    Rapper, 31, dies after being shot 64 times by two gunmen who ambushed him as he walked out of Chicago jail

    Londre Sylvester, 31, was one of three people who were shot just outside Cook County Jail in the Little Village section of Chicago on Saturday

    A Chicago rapper died after suffering as many as 64 bullet wounds to his head and other parts of his body in what police are calling an ambush shooting just as he was released from jail.

    Londre Sylvester, 31, who is known by his stage name KTS Dre, was one of three people who were shot just outside Cook County Jail in the Little Village section of Chicago on Saturday.

    The shooting took place as Sylvester was released from the jail

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9779267/Rapper-31-dies-shot-64-times-walked-Chicago-jail.html

  17. europravda – ‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Belarus accused of using migrants in its fight with EU

  18. General Raymond Takes the Space Force to War Against Racism – Frontpagemag
    Daniel Greenfield
    11-14 minutes

    Another disloyal general puts critical race theory ahead of national security.

    [Editor’s note: The article below is a new edition of our Disloyal Military series. To learn about our 3-Part Series on the Disloyal Military, Progressive Fascists and Racist Mayors, CLICK HERE.]

    Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

    The Space Force was created at the end of 2019. Six months later it declared war on “racism”.

    “Racism is an enemy,” Gen. John Raymond and Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman declared, disabusing anyone who might have thought the military enemy was Communist China, Iran, Russia, or any of the other antagonists that the Space Force was tasked with countering.

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/07/general-raymond-takes-space-force-war-against-daniel-greenfield/

  19. ‘Burn It All Down!’ Canadian Leadership on Church Attacks – Frontpagemag
    Raymond Ibrahim
    5-6 minutes

    Once again, the Woke crowd parades its hypocrisy and hate.

    Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

    In one nation, at least two dozen mostly Catholic and some Anglican churches have been vandalized or torched in recent weeks; and that nation’s leaders are either openly calling for more or shrugging their shoulders.

    That nation is not Iraq, Syria, or Libya under ISIS, but rather Canada.

    According to one recent report titled “Canada has become the church-burning centre of the western world,”

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/07/burn-it-all-down-canadian-leadership-church-raymond-ibrahim/

  20. (Richard: As you read the article remember that Marxist Governments have a life span of about 70 years, a fact that the leftists always ignore.)

    The Lesson of Cuba: A Disarmed Populace Fights for its Freedom – The Truth About Guns
    5-6 minutes
    Cuba Protests
    Police scuffle and detain an anti-government demonstrator during a protest in Havana, Cuba, Sunday July 11, 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators went out to the streets in several cities in Cuba to protest against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs, amid the new coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

    As I type this, 228 miles south of me, people are fighting for their freedom in the streets of Cuba. The communist government has been in power there for 62 years and it appears the people might have finally had enough.

    https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/the-lesson-of-cuba-a-disarmed-populace-fights-for-its-freedom/

  21. Armed Private Guard Defends Camera Crew from Robbers
    Teresa Mull
    2 minutes

    By: Teresa Mull

    A private, armed security guard defended the NBC Bay Area news crew from a group of armed robbers while the crew was reporting on Oakland’s surge in violence.

    “The attack took place outside City Hall on Monday just hours after the police chief blasted his city’s decision to defund its police department by $18.5million despite a 90 per cent increase in murders,” reports the Daily Mail.

    According to reports, two armed robbers confronted the news crew and tried to steal their camera. An armed security guard the news station had hired brandished his gun and caused the would-be robbers to flee.

    https://www.gunpowdermagazine.com/armed-private-guard-defends-camera-crew-from-robbers/

    • The guards should have asked where NBC stands on defunding police and gun control. I wouldn’t want to risk my life for someone who is trying to destroy it.

      On the other hand, this may change a few minds at NBC even if it doesn’t change policy.

  22. Now Belief in Creationism Is ‘White Supremacy.’ News Flash: We Won’t Bow to Your Secular Idols
    Paula Bolyard
    8-10 minutes

    In a silly non-scientific op-ed at Scientific American, Allison Hopper declares that “denial of evolution” is a form of “white supremacy.” No, it’s not a satire piece. It’s a bigoted anti-Christian rant masquerading as a science op-ed. In it, Hopper, whose bio says she’s a “filmmaker and designer,” claims that “evolution denial” perpetuates violence against black people:

    https://pjmedia.com/culture/paula-bolyard/2021/07/12/now-creationism-is-a-form-of-white-supremacy-news-flash-we-wont-bow-to-your-secular-idols-n1461006

    • Ok stay with me here, this is gonna get whiggy.

      This position shows that the left, like it is about all subjects, is fully ignorant on leftist thought.

      Communists invented their own insanity to replace Darwin or anything like Darwinian evolution because actual science in fact gives an unequal outcome.

      Real evolutionary biology has winners and losers and survival of the fittest is fully unacceptable to communism.

      Charles Murray would chuckle into his Cab Sauv I’m sure if he were to read that position. Creationism is in fact an equalitarian idea, which is why Christian nations abolished slavery.

      Darwin would wonder why the people who invented all the weapons and medicines haven’t just wiped out all the people who haven’t yet invented the wheel.

  23. fluentinvestor.com
    Read This Classical Economist’s 200 Year Old Warning About Paper Money – Affluent Christian Investor
    Jim Huntzinger | On July 12, 2021
    3-4 minutes

    In 1817, economist David Ricardo issued the same warning as Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard (see Milton Friedman’s Flaw) gave years later. Ricardo acknowledged the usefulness of paper currency, but only as long as it is ties absolutely to gold.

    “A currency is in its most perfect state when it consists wholly of paper money, but of paper money of an equal value with the gold which it professes to represent,” stated Ricardo; as he then sternly warns “that if there were perfect security that the power of issuing paper money would not be abused, it would be of no importance with respect to the riches of the country collectively, by whom it was issued. […] The danger, however, is that this power would be more likely to be abused, if in the hands of the Government, than in the hands of a banking company.”

    Ricardo continues, “[I]f Government had the privilege of issuing money, that they would be too apt to consider present convenience, rather than security, and might, therefore, on the alleged grounds of expediency, be too much inclined to remove the checks, by which the amount of their issues was controlled.”[1] Ricardo accurately and astutely foretold exactly what governments are doing and have done for the past 100 years both in democratic and despotic nations.

    https://affluentinvestor.com/2021/07/read-this-classical-economists-200-year-old-warning-about-paper-money/

  24. Last nite I watched the European 2021 soccer finals with four African ?friends. To make it fun, we supported opposing teams.

    It was hard backing England’s tattooed cucks, those conformists taking the knee for Black Lives Matter, but it was thankfully eased that they were playing Italian tattooed thugs. Baby Communists vs hardened Fascists. When two socialists go to war. It was an easy moral choice for the lesser screwed.

    English teamwork under a surrogate father (they never had), verses Italian flair under a mercenary.

    An enjoyable game, notwithstanding the violence that could have broken a neck:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChvyWQz3deM&feature=emb_title

    And a stanping on the knee:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WHajnagR-Rk&feature=emb_title

    Both red card offences to my mind, that could have ended two careers through injury. But yellow cards from the Liberal. Expected nothing less.

    Off the pitch however, where Racial Identity Matters, the penalty shootout took a predictable turn. Two white Engishmen scored in the penalty shootout, and three non-white Englishmen missed. In their Socialist utopia set up for Equal Outcomes, the failure that was down to just bad luck took on a Hate Crime all of its own.

    “Sorry that black guys are bad at penalties.” (But White Guys can’t jump).
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9781239/Comedian-Andrew-Lawrences-shows-cancelled-Twitter-posts-wake-England-Euro-2020-loss.html

    (And they wonder why they don’t want women near football).

    • Footnote:
      Femaled: words matter, deeds don’t.
      Maled: deeds matter, words don’t.

      Sport. It’s in the name.
      Spectator. It’s in the name.

      • Lol, PC! The English scorers and non-scorers was what my son and I noticed immediately. Mental toughness (scorers) gave way to Diversity, with the predictable result. The English had it in the bag.

        • Lol. Escapism does not like reality crashing in.

          “…gave way to Diversity, with the predictable result.”

          It is inconceivable that anyone got their England Cap for Diversity!

          This sportmalike team was well crafted by a natural leader, with talented players.

          Like most sports, individuals often come from deprived backgrounds.

          I hope therefore, they all participate in the world cup next year.

          By then, Gareth may have turned them into men.

          Unstoppable.

          With everyone becoming an expert again and sharing junk-chat like Planet Neberu’s coming home.

          Irresistible combination.

        • I remember my mom telling me as a kid, “It’s not whether you win or lose, its how many non-white people you have on your team”.

    • American Professional Wrestling: words matter, deeds don’t.

      Entertainment. Letting one eye sleep. Seduced by a game of rules of inconsequences.

      Paying to be care-free, uninhibited, and protected. Totalitarian kingdoms that attract fanatics for life, who give up their own identites for ones of association. Living in the movies.

      When the denials of Communism, islam and Sexualism collide with escapism…. no one escapes the theater.

      No more laughter and tears from the showmen, but matters of terror and exploitation. Dying in the movies.

      Hence, two brains are just not annoying distractions to ruin the game by getting your head out of it; they are blasphemous Hate Crimes off the field.

  25. Iraq: At least 42 killed, 60 injured in fire at hospital treating COVID-19 patients