Reader’s Links for August 30th, 2023

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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.

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  3. An animated Dr Jordan Peterson responds to the decision of the Ontario College of Psychologists to have him forcibly “reeducated”.

    I am only 10 minutes in. His focus pushes back against the active measures exerted on Canadians. To call the court decision an active measure is to lay bare the communist revolution that has taken place in this country, yet the erudite Peterson has not yet used such a term. Nor does Peterson respond, yet, specifically in terms of the dialectical artillery arrayed against not only him, but against a general population that has not yet shelved its rainbow flags from last weekend.

    The court decision expresses support for his right to free speech without granting his freedom of speech. Talk about a dialectical verdict. Precisely nobody wins wallowing in such word salad except the maniacs controlling every letter and syllable rifled from this barrel. This compels me to wonder, after 10 minutes, what a pied piper in the service of the enemy would do differently.

    Not to fixate, but 10 minutes is a long time when the hour is so late.

    When autodidacts surpass public intellectuals, professional wordsmiths, and whole institutions such as professional medical colleges in their understanding of the battle space, then the obvious conclusion must be that the autodidacts have surpassed everyone EXCEPT the enemy.

    In other words, the esoteric territory of weaponized language in the service of tyranny must be countered like a sharpshooter, not with the barrel of the gun a single millimeter off the bullseye. If this happens what you get is the first 10 minutes of this interview. You get a shot that sounds fairly lethal, but ends up missing the target by a wide margin. In fact, not a single spectator in the gallery will understand that Peterson should be clearly denouncing what is akin to the Soviet “normalization” phase of the revolution (as defined by Bezmenov), and should also be inciting real counterrevolutionary, and legal, revolt against the current occupation of a formerly free country.

    Anyhow, hopefully it gets better from here:
    https://youtu.be/v_o8goN6FOA

    If not, how about this. When the greatest danger to the regime is an understanding of the language it uses, and how it uses it, lobotomy is the best answer:

    https://youtu.be/k5sLdDMhClM?si=DuHvzH1iCz4oaoBG

  4. 6 min The Liberal government is proposing–with intentional vagueness–to impose new environmentally-friendly packaging regulations on Canadian food retailers. Since the Canadian market is limited to a small number of very large grocery retailers, this will hugely benefit them, increase government control over the food supply at a time when food supply and costs are a growing concern. Sounds like fascism to this cowboy:

  5. 23 min This financial commentator points out that the economic news coming out of Red China is so bad that it reminds him of the early days of C-19, when we here received the news too casually, as if it would not land on our own shores. Well, it seems, it is really bad given the extent of the derivatives market and shadow banking. What he doesn’t get he exposes near the end regarding the communist disregard for human suffering. I also credit the article Yucki posted yesterday on this subject, though I believe Xi will not hesitate to initiate war to save his own political skin. The possibility of killing a few million young men angry with the Party cannot be discounted out of hand.

    • So all that BRICS hoopla, pinned on economic powerhouse PRC – just noise?!
      Win-win. Multipolar. National sovereignty (described in DEI jargon). ~uh huh~

      Russian psychopolitical warfare plus China’s real a$sets in the MUG: Bravo! BRICS beats the US Empire of Lies!

      Of course it would have no traction at all if we hadn’t reached the stage Bezmenov describes as “demoralization”. Also MB triumphant: Western civilization destroyed from within, sabotaging its miserable house by their hands.

      Power To The People! Aloha-snackbar!
      ……………..

      The rats’ nest absurdity:
      Korybko To Algeria’s Dzair Tube: An Indo-French Conspiracy Isn’t Why Algeria Didn’t Join BRICS

      https://korybko.substack.com/p/korybko-to-algerias-dzair-tube-an

    • Typical Marxist, the first question he fobs off then describes cultural marxism without using those words. The leopard can’t change its spots.
      BTW this current Marxism reminds me of Peronism, the West is becoming like Argentina, an upside down country.

    • Yay, Kazuko!
      My college roommate’s demographics consultancy has been working on that with Hungary for years.

      Sadly, i’s too late for Japan.

  9. A good 15:24 on what increasingly looks like the approaching next round of freedom theft. Do not comply to Stockholm-ed maniacs:

  12. Should Biden Be Impeached for Afghanistan?
    The Kuhner Report – Podcast – August 28, 2023
    https://www.iheart.com/podcast/658-the-kuhner-report-28754718/episode/should-biden-be-impeached-for-afghanistan-121960247/

    “Our so-called leader can’t seem to even utter their names in public — not even once,” says the Gold Star dad to fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz.

    “There couldn’t be anything more disgusting and cowardly than the way you have treated us. You are a disgrace to this nation.”
    RNC Research – August 29, 2023
    https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1696605291247181906

  13. NEWSFLASH

    The Great Horsepucky Experiment is over. To all out there with Munchausen deal with it. The con is over, many of the woke woke up.

  14. Donald Trump’s Trial For Election Interference Set To Begin In Time To Interfere With Election
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    Aug 29, 2023 · BabylonBee.com
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    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges of election interference has set a trial date that will line up perfectly to interfere with the 2024 presidential election.

    “This certainly is the most appropriate date,” said U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in her announcement. “Mr. Trump is not above the law, and holding this trial to determine if he is guilty of interfering in the 2020 election gives the federal government its best chance of interfering in the 2024 election.”

    The trial start date, March 4, falls just one day before the “Super Tuesday” primaries, which a spokesperson for the Department of Justice insists is only a coincidence. “Total happenstance,” said the source on the condition of anonymity. “This was not, in any way, done to affect Donald Trump’s ability to campaign during the crucial period of state primary voting. There is also no truth to the rumors that we did an extensive investigation into what date would be most ideal to harm Trump’s campaign or cast him in a questionable light in the eyes of voters. Nope. Not at all. That would be election interference, and we do not do that. That’s illegal.”

    https://babylonbee.com/news/donald-trumps-trial-for-election-interference-set-to-begin-in-time-to-interfere-with-election

  17. Hawaiian Electric Responds to Lahaina Lawsuits
    AUG 28, 2023

    Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (“Hawaiian Electric”), a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HE) (“HEI”), today issued the following update in response to the lawsuit filed on Thursday by the County of Maui.

    “Our hearts and hands are with the people of Lahaina and Maui,” said Shelee Kimura, president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric. “Hawaii has thrived on the collective strength and unity of our community, and we need to embrace that spirit now more than ever. There are important lessons to be learned from this tragedy by all of us collectively, and we are resolved to figure out what we need to do to keep our communities safe as climate issues rapidly intensify here and around the globe. We invite others to do the same with us.”

    Several important facts are clear about the events on Aug. 8:

    A fire at 6:30 a.m. (the “Morning Fire”) appears to have been caused by power lines that fell in high winds.
    The Maui County Fire Department responded to this fire, reported it was “100% contained,” left the scene and later declared it had been “extinguished.”
    At about 3 p.m., a time when all of Hawaiian Electric’s power lines in West Maui had been de-energized for more than six hours, a second fire (the “Afternoon Fire”) began in the same area.
    The cause of the devastating Afternoon Fire has not been determined.
    “We were surprised and disappointed that the County of Maui rushed to court even before completing its own investigation,” Kimura said. “We believe the complaint is factually and legally irresponsible. It is inconsistent with the path that we believe we should pursue as a resilient community committed and accountable to each other as well as to Hawaii’s future. We continue to stand ready to work to that end with our communities and others. Unfortunately, the county’s lawsuit may leave us no choice in the legal system but to show its responsibility for what happened that day.”

    Outlined below are additional details:

    The records conclusively establish that Hawaiian Electric power lines to Lahaina were not energized when the Afternoon Fire broke out shortly before 3 p.m. on Aug. 8, in a field near Lahaina Intermediate School. Power had been out for more than six hours by that time. There was no electricity flowing through the wires in the area or anywhere else on the West Maui coast. Hawaiian Electric has informed ATF investigators of the availability of records that demonstrate these facts.
    The small Morning Fire, seen in videos taken by local residents, began more than eight hours earlier. Those videos show that power lines had fallen to the ground in high winds near the intersection of Lahainaluna Road and Hookahua Street at approximately 6:30 a.m. A small fire that can be seen by the downed lines spread into the field across the street from the Intermediate School.
    The Maui County Fire Department responded promptly to the Morning Fire. According to the Department’s public statement that morning, by 9 a.m. the Morning Fire was “100% contained.” The Maui County fire chief subsequently reported that the Fire Department had determined that the Morning Fire was “extinguished,” and the Fire Department left the scene by 2 p.m.
    Once the fire was out, Hawaiian Electric emergency crews arrived at Lahainaluna Road in the afternoon of Aug. 8 to make repairs; they saw no fire or smoke or embers. All lines to Lahaina remained de-energized and all power in the area remained off.
    Shortly before 3 p.m., while the power remained off, our crew members saw a small fire about 75 yards away from Lahainaluna Road in the field near the Intermediate School. They immediately called 911 and reported that fire.
    By the time the Maui County Fire Department arrived back on the scene, it was not able to contain the Afternoon Fire and it spread out of control toward Lahaina.
    “The county’s lawsuit distracts from the important work that needs to be done for the people of Lahaina and Maui,” said Scott Seu, president and CEO of HEI. “Since the devastating fire in Lahaina, Hawaiian Electric’s focus has been supporting all of those who have been impacted and helping Maui recover. HEI stands with Hawaiian Electric and the community in rebuilding Lahaina and empowering a thriving future for Maui and the other islands we serve.”

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This statement may contain “forward-looking statements,” which include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and usually include words such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “predicts,” “estimates” or similar expressions. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance, ongoing business strategies or prospects or possible future actions are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and the accuracy of assumptions concerning HEI, Hawaiian Electric and their subsidiaries, the performance of the industries in which they do business and economic, political and market factors, among other things. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.

    Forward-looking statements in this statement should be read in conjunction with the “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” discussions (which are incorporated by reference herein) set forth in HEI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and HEI’s other periodic reports that discuss important factors that could cause HEI’s results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the report, presentation or filing in which they are made. Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, HEI, Hawaiian Electric and their subsidiaries undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    https://bigislandgazette.com/hawaiian-electric-responds-to-lahaina-lawsuits/

  18. Jon Voight Uncorks on Biden: ‘This is Now a War Against All of Us’
    By Guest Contributor Aug. 30, 2023 2:40 pm164 Comments

    Guest by post by Bob Unruh

    This article originally appeared on WND.com

    ‘The administration is a corrupt mob. This is a horror’

    Actor Jon Voight has issued a warning to America, more than a year before the next presidential election but just as Democrats have unleashed their full battery of weapons against President Donald Trump.

    “What are we to do…. This is now a war, a war against all of us,” he said. “The Biden administration is a corrupt mob and the Obama administration fuels the cycle.”

    He continued, “Let me warn you all that this corrupt behavior against President Trump is the most disgusting scheme to try and keep him down. This is a horror.

    “This system now allows criminals to steal from department stores and all they say is to watch and not do anything and this is ok, to sit and allow these monsters to destroy hard-working designers and retailers, my God.

    “My fellow Americans this is a civil war, and this is the time we must stand for truths. If we don’t see this, you, your children, your grandchildren, sisters, brothers will all pay the price for this default. my God. Let us not beg, let us not steal, but allow God’s truths to be yours and mine. Let us not hide our pride. but allow God’s greatest truths to show the way. We must stand up for truths we lost, stand up for the gift that was given to all, the freedom that the American dream stood for. If we allow deceit against President Trump and allow this lie to win, we will all regret this.”

    He said, “My only wish is that all can find the truth that President Trump is a man who wants to save America, the dream the freedom. Let us not allow the manipulation of this government to destroy this land, our purpose, our love our light.”

    “Allow the truth to remind us all that we are a nation that has been free and now our freedom is being taken away with lies and greed. Stand up now for the only truths that can save us…”

    Democrats, in fact, long have made their highest priority to prevent President Trump from being president again. During the 2020 election, there were significant undue influences on the election that probably gave the White House to Joe Biden.

    Those would be the FBI’s interference in the election when it told media outlets to suppress accurate reporting about the Biden family’s international business schemes. It falsely claimed the evidence was Russian disinformation. Then there was the undue influence from the $400 million plus Mark Zuckerberg handed out to mostly local elections officials who often used it to recruit votes from Democrat districts.

    In office, ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi orchestrated two failed impeach-and-remove campaigns against Trump, and after he left office, Democrat prosecutors have assembled multiple cases against him.

    They include business counts that would be misdemeanors except prosecutors say they somehow became felonies and claims about his possession of documents from his presidency.

    On that issue, both Mike Pence and Joe Biden also were confirmed to have retained similar documents, only no charges have been filed against them.

    Other cases claim he made statements that offended leftists during the January 6 events in Washington, and that he tried to question the election results in Georgia. Both of those cases focus on what many consider his First Amendment-protected speech. And in fact the Georgia case claims that it was illegal for Trump and his supporters to make telephone calls and hold meetings regarding the possible failings of the election.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/jon-voight-uncorks-biden-this-is-now-war/

  19. M files: The Coup in Gabon

    Gabon: Residents of Libreville cheer in the streets after military officers sack Ali Bongo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Syk1fPErI

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    Gunfire heard in streets as Gabon military stage cou

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wTMVDyI9WI

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    Deposed President Of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba Calls On ‘Friends’ To Speak Up Over Coup

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfgWfQsPkEo

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    Gabon, house search of a Yan Ngulu , chief of staff of ousted presidents son.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mcpoOulpbCQ

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    Gabon military officers say they have seized power

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDJ5Wc5I77w

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    Gabon coup: Bongo family fall after 55 years in power

  20. Corrupt Obama Judge Finds Rudy Giuliani Guilty Because He Didn’t Turn Over Devices the FBI Confiscated from His Home
    By Jim Hoft Aug. 30, 2023 8:20 pm122 Comments

    Rudy Giuliani was found guilty by Obama-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell in Washington DC because he didn’t turn over devices that the FBI took from his home.
    Far-left Politico reported:

    A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani is legally liable for defaming two Georgia election workers who became the subject of conspiracy theories related to the 2020 election that were amplified by Donald Trump in the final weeks of his presidency. In an unsparing, 57-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell said Giuliani had flagrantly violated her orders to preserve and produce relevant evidence to the election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, resulting in a “default” judgment against him. She also ordered him to pay Freeman and Moss “punitive” damages for failing to fulfill his obligations.

    The ruling means the case will now proceed to a trial purely to determine the amount of damages Giuliani will have to pay the two election workers.

    “Just as taking shortcuts to win an election carries risks — even potential criminal liability — bypassing the discovery process carries serious sanctions,” Howell wrote.

    The FBI took every electronic device in my apartment and my law office,” Giuliani said at a May hearing in the suit. Indignantly insisting that he was not trying to deny the plaintiffs access to evidence related to their claims, he said: “I’ve been dealing with this for 50 years. I understand the obligation. … There’s nothing I want to hide. I’d like them to see everything. … Not being perfect doesn’t mean you’re deleting things. I don’t delete things.”

    Ted Goodman, a political advisor to Giuliani, echoed that point Wednesday, calling the ruling “a prime example of the weaponization of our justice system, where the process is the punishment.”

    “This decision should be reversed, as Mayor Giuliani is wrongly accused of not preserving electronic evidence that was seized and held by the FBI,” Goodman said.

    Here is crooked Beryl’s three page decision.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/corrupt-obama-judge-finds-rudy-giuliani-guilty-because/

  21. Donald Trump Defiantly Declares ‘WE WILL NOT COMPLY’ in Response to Efforts to Reinstate COVID Lockdowns and Mask and Vaccine Mandates
    By Jim H?ft Aug. 30, 2023 8:00 pm205 Comments

    Former President Donald Trump released a fiery video statement, vehemently opposing attempts to reinstate COVID-19 restrictions, including lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates.

    Trump’s comments come amidst increased concerns over new variants of COVID-19 in an attempt to manipulate the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

    In the video posted on Truth Social, Trump argued that the “left-wing lunatics” are employing scare tactics again about new COVID-19 variants to set the stage for renewed restrictions. He said that the real motive behind this is to influence the upcoming 2024 election through what he describes as an attempt to “restart the COVID hysteria.”

    Below is the transcript:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/donald-trump-defiantly-declares-we-will-not-comply/

  22. America First Legal Obtains Over 1,000 Emails Between VP Biden and Rosemont Seneca: Mockingbird Media Collusion, Favors for Friends, and More
    By Brian Lupo Aug. 30, 2023 7:40 pm40 Comments

    It seems more and more evident that Joe Biden flat out lied to the American people on the 2020 debate stage, among other times, when he said he had no association with his son’s business.

    The Gateway Pundit has previously reported on emails from Hunter’s laptop revealed by Jon Herold of Badlands Media that outlined negotiations between Hunter Biden’s firm, Rosemont Seneca, former Clinton aide Sally Painter’s Blue Star Strategies, and Burisma’s Vadym Pozharskyi in which Pozharskyi expressed his “final goals” for their agreement:

    “…to formulate a list of deliverables, including, but not limited to: a concrete course of actions, incl. meetings/communications resulting in high-ranking US officials in Ukraine (US Ambassador) and in US publicly or in private communication/comment expressing their “positive opinion” and supportof Nikolay/Burisma to the highest level of decision makers

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/america-first-legal-obtains-1000-emails-between-vp/

  23. Dan Bongino Reveals New Speculation on the Biden Regime’s Unsolved Cocaine Scandal (VIDEO)
    By Cullen Linebarger Aug. 30,

    While the corporate media has completely moved on from the cocaine scandal after the Biden White House orchestrated a coverup, Dan Bongino is not letting go.

    On Sunday, the conservative talk show host revealed that he received calls from insiders who had information on the scandal. The first five seconds of Bongino’s video teases the following details, saying “this is going to blow your mind.”

    WATCH:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/dan-bongino-reveals-new-speculation-biden-regimes-unsolved/