Links - 29th September 2024 (1)

Meme - "Vegans. Lesbians
Using imitation meat to fill a void."

Denny Burk on X - "One of the traits of Gen X is that they are cynical. Why? “It's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection and then replace that with a CD collection that we slowly replaced with an MP3 collection and now need a subscription to listen to music.”"

How Facebook graffiti artist David Choe earned $200 million - "Some millionaires reach seven figures through hustling and penny pinching. Others just get lucky.  Graffiti artist David Choe knows the second scenario well.  As featured on a recent episode of CNBC’s “The Filthy Rich Guide,” in the early 2000s, Choe’s work caught the eye of Sean Parker, founder of Napster. In 2005, after Parker became president of then-fledgling start-up Facebook, he hired Choe to deck out its original headquarters in Silicon Valley with murals.  Though Choe despised social media’s early iterations like MySpace and called Facebook a “ridiculous” idea, according to “The Filthy Rich Guide,” he agreed to paint the building for a hefty sum: $60,000. “My prices had been going higher and higher and I was like, ‘Yeah, I mean, if you want me to paint the entire building, it’s going to be 60, you know, 60 grand,’” Choe told Howard Stern. Parker offered him a choice between cash and company stock, but advised him to take the stock.  It was a risky decision. As Choe told Stern, at that time “Facebook was a joke.” There was no guarantee that the business would amount to anything and his shares could wind up worthless.  He took the stock.  When Facebook went public at $38 a share in 2012, his stock options were worth $200 million, making him a bona fide multimillionaire. (Today the common stock is at more than $171 per share.)"

Meme - Gypsy Rose: "I love you mom. I hope you're looking down on me and praying for my success! Your little girl has grown from little princess to a full queen I love you"
"I wish my Mom was alive. I need to talk to her."
"It's funny you should say that!"

Meme - "Me, excited my girl finally agreed to try anal"
"Her with a 12 inch strap-on"

Meme - "Thufir, how much will a pretzel baconator cost at 12:15PM on Tuesday"
*white eyes*

Meme - Reverse Fatty Liver: Support G... Amanda J Spencer: "Thank you to the ppl that were kind and understanding. I will be exiting the group as being told "just eat meat" several times when I am meat free is inappropriately pushy. Also not all of us eat poorly, certain meds and supplements contribute to fatty liver. Please yall pushing meat tell the millions of plant based ppl in the world you are right and they aren't... Good luck."

Meme - "Asus Z97-AR w/ 4790k CPU
Free
Description: Upgraded my CPU and motherboard a while back to a Ryzen and don't need these anymore. These are older, but could still game pretty well. Will need a new CMOS battery as the old one had died right before I upgraded. Free, because I cannot test them (they were working when pulled, but I no longer have any DDR3 RAM to test with, sorry) as long as you pick them up. I don't have access to a car to deliver currently. I'm located in *** IL. ***No, I will not ship you something I'm trying to give away for free.*** Also, if you wanna get laid while you're here to pick it up, I'd be down (I'm 32/female). Bored and lonely lately so why not kill two birds with one stone."

Meme - "A RACK. IT'S NOT JUST A COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST *Cece Rose*"

Meme - "Everybody gangster until the stink bug takes it's titties out"

Meme - "Dealership when they're selling you a car
It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
Dealership when you're trading it back in.
What a piece of junk!"

Canadians get lousy value for the taxes we pay - "Every year at the Fraser Institute, we calculate the total tax bill — which includes income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, fuel taxes, etc. — for the average Canadian family. This year we found the average family paid 43.0 per cent of its annual income in taxes in 2023. That is more than it spent on basic necessities such as food, clothing and housing combined, and significantly higher than the 33.5 per cent it paid in 1961.  Put differently, the average family’s tax bill has increased 2,705 per cent since 1961 — or 180.3 per cent after adjusting for inflation.  And yet, in a recent column, Star contributing columnist Linda McQuaig said we’re “distorting the public debate over taxes” by publishing these facts while stating that the effective tax rate the average family pays has only “increased by 28 per cent since 1961.”... According to a recent poll, 74 per cent of respondents feel the average family is overtaxed, and 80 per cent believe the average family should pay 40 per cent or less of its income in total taxes.  Another important question is whether families get value for the taxes they pay. Polling shows nearly half (44 per cent) of Canadians feel they receive “poor” or “very poor” value from government services while only 16 per cent believe they receive “good” or “great” value. This should be no surprise. Health care wait times are at record highs. Student test scores are declining. And Canada routinely fails to meet our NATO defence spending commitments. Meanwhile, governments waste taxpayer dollars on pet projects such as a federal infrastructure bank, which, despite a budget of at least $13.2 billion, has delivered only two relatively minor projects in seven years. Or handouts to new electric vehicle (EV) owners that cost taxpayers — including Canadians unable to afford EVs — more than $587 million annually.  Can we really say governments are using our money wisely?  Unfortunately, many governments are doubling down. Municipalities such as Vancouver and Toronto raised property taxes by at least 7.5 per cent this year. Toronto city council has even floated the idea of a municipal sales tax. It’s hard to argue that you want to make life more affordable for families by leaving less money in their pockets.  And of course, the Trudeau government recently raised taxes on capital gains. But despite claims to the contrary, this tax hike won’t only affect wealthy investors. According to an analysis by economist Jack Mintz, 50 per cent of taxpayers who claim more than $250,000 of capital gains in a year earned less than $117,592 in normal annual income from 2011 to 2021. These include Canadians with modest annual incomes who own businesses, second homes or stocks, and who may choose to sell those assets once or infrequently in their lifetimes (when they retire, for example).  Finally, more tax hikes are likely on the horizon. The federal government and eight provinces are currently running budget deficits, meaning they’re not taxing enough to keep up with spending. Deficits produce debt, which will be passed onto future generations of Canadians in the form of higher taxes."
Clearly, services are only poor because taxes are too low, but we can raise taxes on "the rich" to fund more services

reformed social parasite on X - "Knowledge is lost and rediscovered all the time in history. The vast majority of Greek and Roman texts largely exist today because of the preservation efforts of Muslim scholars during the Islamic Golden Age. Nothing about this indicates that one culture is superior to another."
Christopher on X - "You've taken a half-truth that was already exaggerated, and exaggerated it beyond recognition. The "vast majority" of Greek and Roman texts most certainly do not exist today "because Muslims". (If they did, we would have only a translation of a translation.)"

Meme - "ROAST THE CHICKEN FOR 25 MINUTES, OR 30 MINUTES If YOU HAVE LARGE BREASTS"
*looks down*
"BETTER DO 30 MINUTES"

Red Light Cameras May Not Make Streets Safer - "In a study I co-authored with economist Paul J. Fisher, we examined all police-recorded traffic accidents for three large Texas cities over a 12-year period – hundreds of thousands of accidents. We found no evidence that red light cameras improve public safety. They don’t reduce the total number of vehicle accidents, the total number of individuals injured in accidents or the total number of incapacitating injuries that involve ambulance transport to a hospital... Evidence clearly shows that camera programs are effective at decreasing the number of vehicles running red lights. In one study in Virginia, red light cameras reduced the number of total drivers running red lights by 67 percent.  However, cameras can have contradictory effects on traffic safety. Some drivers who would have otherwise continued to proceed through the intersection when the light is yellow or red will now attempt to stop. That means that the number of accidents caused by vehicles not stopping at a red light will likely decrease. But the number of accidents from stopping at a red light – such as rear-end accidents – is likely to increase. That’s not an inconsequential side effect. Some drivers will attempt to stop, accepting a higher risk of a non-angle accident like getting rear-ended, in order to avoid the expected fine."
They do, however, increase revenue

Red-Light Cameras Increase Accidents - "One source that is highlighting the increase in accidents is the media. Because so many studies are showing an increase in collisions at red light camera intersections, various news outlets are conducting their own studies in this phenomenon. Below is a small sampling of these reports."

Actual Fact Bot: Revived | Facebook - "Mukurob was a unique rock formation in the Namib Desert that fell in 1988. Indigineous oral tradition told that the power of the “white man” would end when this geological structure collapsed. South Africa finally relinquished control of Namibia a few weeks after it collapsed on the night of 7 December 1988."

Big Blue Drew on X - "Just pulled into a DQ drive thru for a blizzard. Dude tells me they’re out or Reese’s. I say no problem not your fault. He dead ass goes “that’s where you’re wrong. I do the ordering and I’ve been slacking.” ☠️ 😂"

The Tale of Two Lovers - Wikipedia - "The Tale of Two Lovers (Latin: Historia de duobus amantibus) (1444) is a novel by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II. It is one of the earliest examples of an epistolary novel, full of erotic imagery. The first printed edition was published by Ulrich Zell in Cologne between 1467 and 1470."

Meme - "That's a cute outfit, did your husband give it to you?"
"How did you know I have a husband?"
"I'm the twink you both air-gapped last weekend."

Meme *Swiss Railway Station* "LOOK AROUND White Men built all of this"

wanye on X - ""x is the consensus view amongst scientists!" is always a weak argument, since there must exist better arguments that convinced those scientists to accept the consensus view in the first place. An appeal to consensus is either an acknowledgement that you don't actually know those arguments very well or that they don't exist."

Meme - Ryan Burge @ryanburge: "In 1976, 5% of high school seniors were 'straight edge' No alcohol, no cigarettes, no marijuana in the prior month. In 2021, nearly 40% of high school seniors were straight edge."

Meme - zoethebitch: "McDonald's giving away free fries if you use their mobile app and then updating the terms and conditions to say if you use this app you waive your right to trial in any class action lawsuits and have to do mandatory arbitration is INSANE"

ELI5: The $90 million Batgirl movie tax write-off : r/tax - "I don't think this is really a tax "write-off" situation. My guess, as someone who doesn't actually know anything about the industry, as to why they trashed it rather than just doing a streaming release:
   Poor testing suggested that recouping even a fraction of the $90 mil spent so far unlikely, effectively creating a $90 mil sunk cost.
   Finishing the VFX, licensing the music, paying any triggered licensing fees, and advertising the movie would cost tens of millions of dollars they think would be wasted.
   There are likely contractual obligations that generate additional costs if the film is released, including actor bonuses, and partner revenue sharing.
   There may be deferred tax items (like amortization & depreciation) that can be more quickly recognized if the film is cancelled rather than released.
   The film is so terrible it will further tarnish the already poor reputation of the DCEU. "
Residuals are a thing (why Willow got pulled). But to left wingers, tax writeoffs are a way to make money, so

After writers' deal, Disney+, Netflix and others will drop more shows - Los Angeles Times - "“#embarrassing.” That is how the star of the Disney+ series “Willow,” Warwick Davis, described the streaming video platform’s decision to remove the show entirely. “Willow” is not alone. Ever since Warner Bros. Discovery decided to not release the movie “Batgirl” on its streaming platform, then known as HBO Max, lots of filmed titles have been removed from streaming services. Many people blame these decisions on the tax write-offs that can be taken when a show is pulled off a platform. In class with my students last week, we estimated the additional tax benefit Warner Bros. Discovery got by discarding “Batgirl”: about $700,000. The studio is said to have spent $90 million to make the movie. The tax savings alone do not justify the decision to scrap it, so there must be other financial incentives at work. There are two costs that streaming services bear when they leave under-watched programming online. The first cost is the continuing compensation payments to the cast and crew, known as residuals. Under the collective bargaining agreements reached between the studios and the guilds in 2020, the amount of residuals paid by the studio on each show was a function of how many subscribers were on the streaming service. In other words, Disney had to pay the residuals cost of “Willow” based on how many subscribers the platform had, regardless of how many people were watching the show. Higher residual rates in the new deal that the Writers Guild of America just negotiated will probably accelerate streamers’ decisions to drop shows. The guild told its members that Netflix’s residual payouts for certain shows “will increase from the current $18,684 for a one-hour episode to $32,830.” The writers may have unintentionally increased Netflix’s motivation to drop their under-watched shows. The second cost of leaving under-watched programming online is damage to the brand. When viewers watch a show that disappoints them, they may check out something on another streaming service. With enough disappointments, consumers can easily cancel their subscription and switch their attention to another. In a worst-case scenario, fans might spend less at the theater when the next DC movie comes out because “Batgirl” was so unsatisfactory. Yet the good news is that “Willow” and other withdrawn shows are not necessarily gone from streaming forever. They may eventually follow the same path back to home viewers as “Westworld,” a formerly trending series that began its life on HBO. “Westworld,” which left Max presumably because of tax write-off advantages and residuals costs, has arisen from the dead on another streaming service, Tubi. Tubi, Pluto TV and the Roku Channel — free, ad-supported streaming television, or FAST — offer a solution to keeping under-watched, under-loved programming accessible. The difference between FAST services and subscription platforms is how they make their money. The free platforms earn income only if viewers watch ads. When “Baywatch” takes a commercial break on Pluto TV, about half of the money paid by the advertiser goes to Pluto TV, and the other half goes to the show’s owner. The more people watch “Baywatch,” the more the show’s owner earns. Moving a show to a FAST service means the amount of residuals for the cast and crew gets calculated in a different way"
Clearly, the WGA needs to go on strike again

Its such a damn shame Disney has ruined Star Wars for so many children. Just look at the toy sales : r/saltierthancrait - "What even went wrong with Star Trek? Did it just fade into relative obscurity, because I don’t recall any actual issues unlike Star Wars"
"A terrible hack writer named Alex Kurtzman (seriously, look up his past credits, every single one famously awful writing) somehow failed upwards until they gave him control of the entire franchise.  The reboot with the Abrams movies killed continuity and those movies nosedived with each sequel. New series Discovery tried to ignore everything about Trek by being dark, edgy and topical (in a bad way rather than good like DS9). Picard went out of its way to piss on beloved characters and any connection to the older timeline.  Trek under Berman wasn't perfect, but it was fairly consistent and had a LOT someone could build off of. Instead, the new folks wanted to do their own thing, but it was awful.  Reall, though, Kurtzman is the biggest issue. I can't overstate how terrible a writer he is and how insane it is that a guy with his track record got given the reigns to any IP, much less Trek."
"Agree with this and to add further for the original commentor: Kurtzman helped influence Star Trek moving away from its optimistic, philosophical, and moral roots into a more cynical, lowbrow, and violent show in an effort to make the "heady" Star Trek appeal to an audience by making it "more like Star Wars".  This ignores the fact that even Deep Space Nine (my personal favorite) and considered the "dark show" of Classic Trek never fully abandoned the optimism of the franchise, nor how shallow attempts at sex appeal (Seven with Voyager or T'Pol with Enterprise) never took away the show being about the future being brighter than it is now.  Hot Take - I'd personally argue that Nu Trek is starting to "get better" relative to Star Wars, since we at least got Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Picard Season 3 which "feels" more like Trek (or at least pays it respect), but these shows still have justifiable issues with writing, tone, etc. Hell Picard was trash until they got someone that actually knew the show in the final season and even their newest show coming out ("Section 31") looks like absolute shite/straight up Acolyte-tier if the trailer is anything to go off of.
tl;dr to original poster - Nu Trek had/still has the issue Star Wars is facing where they're making the shows for people who don't actually like the thing that makes the franchise stand out and beloved world wide."

shevereshtus on X - "One of the most vile (and oft repeated) accusations against Jews and Judaism is that the Talmud (Ketubot 11b) permits relations with a girl as long as she is under the age of 3. A thread debunking this absolutely horrific libel...
this is in the larger context of evaluating the marriage contract for the purpose of establishing the financial protections she receives in the case of a divorce. What this is not is:
1) A discussion about what's permitted/forbidden
2) A moral evaluation...
If you were to take a law book from your state and open it even in the sections regarding crimes of this nature, it would be coldly read as  "If abuser does this to victim, this is considered X. If he does that, this is considered Y. In such conditions, you give them X sentence."
You won't find a single manual of law that says "Drunk driving WHICH IS A HORRIBLE THING TO DO gets you 3 years minimum in jail if you kill something AND YOU SHOULD NEVER DO THAT.""

Thread by @thefernandocz on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg was one of the most hated CEOs on the planet.  6 years later, he wears chains, surfs in tuxedos and fights Lex Fridman.  Everyone seems to love him.  It's the most brilliant PR transformation of the century and everyone needs to understand why it worked: 🧵
Remember this scrawny, awkward hacker?  Now, he’s a jacked CEO who fights Lex Fridman & wears chains.  Here’s what you missed about Zuck’s PR transformation:
2004: A nervous 19-year-old in flip-flops launches Facebook from his dorm room.
2024: A confident 40-year-old in gold chains wakeboarding while holding the American flag.
What happened in between?
It's not just about looks.  Zuck's gone from awkward Congressional hearings to scrapping with UFC fighters.  From "smoking meats" videos to receiving gold chains from T-Pain.  This isn't an accident...
Coincidentally, it's coincided with Meta getting its mojo back.  Meta stock is up 60% this year (& 160% in the last 5).  Zuck's transformation mirrors Meta's:
• Meta: From scandal-plagued social media to AI innovator
• Zuck: From robotic CEO to relatable tech bro
The secret? Zuck's new strategy: Authenticity.  He's not pretending to be a normal guy anymore. He's owning his billionaire status.
• Wakeboarding in a tux? Check.
• Collecting designer chains? Yep.
• Training with MMA fighters? You bet.
Other transformations we're seeing:
Zuck's whole wardrobe got an upgrade:
• Out: Dishwater tees and hoodies
• In: Capri cabana shirts and Yeezy-esque sweatshirts
And:
• He's let his hair grow out into Gen-Z curls
• He's engaging with fashion designers in IG comments
The secret:
While Elon Musk picks culture war fights on X, Zuck's projecting a "whatever bro, I'm doing me" vibe.  By embracing his quirky billionaire status instead of hiding it, Zuck's become MORE relatable.  Now, he's just spending time with his family & spending his billions as we would. The big takeaway:
Whether or not you liked Zuck before, you probably like him more now.  And it's all down to him just being himself.  This is what people get wrong about personal brand:
They think a personal brand is about being someone else.  That a personal brand = the LinkedIn influencer types.  But Zuck's transformation shows you:  Your authentic self is what leads to the best outcomes."

'IT WAS THE JEWS!' Screams Candace Owens On First Round Of 'Clue' | Babylon Bee - "According to sources, it was not the Jews. It was Colonel Mustard in the Study with the Rope.  At publishing time, Candace Owens was vindicated after she did her own research and determined Colonel Mustard was a Jew."

they're a cult : r/Jordan_Peterson_Memes - "Most republicans now would have been considered democrats back in the 90’s and early 2000’s."
"If you listen to some of the old Bill Clinton speeches, you'd swear he was a Republican by today's standards."

Actual Fact Bot: Revived | Facebook - "The Rolling Stones' record company mistakenly included a comma in the title for their single “Paint It Black” (Paint It, Black), leading to a controversy over its racial interpretation."
The power of literature

Foreign tourist in Japan arrested for having sex on shrine grounds in broad daylight - "Much has been written, and many hands wrung, over the opaque, obtuse, and obfuscating etiquette of the Japanese culture. In reality, though, for foreign tourists traveling in Japan, common sense will get you pretty far. Say please and thank you. If you’re stopping somewhere to check a map or dig through your bag, move to the side of the walkway so other people can get by. Refrain from humping in broad daylight at religious sites.  But apparently that last local manners point was a bit too hard for a 61-year-old Austrian tourist to adhere to, and was a social norm a Japanese female acquaintance of his was willing to break as well. At 11:35 in the morning on August 23, the police in the town of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, received a call reporting that two people were having sex on the grounds of a shrine. Though the shrine isn’t in a heavily populated area, the witness reported that the pair was engaged in the act in an open, easily seen location... the Austrian man was leaning against the shrine building while engaged in the act... The pair now face charges of disrespecting a place of worship, with the woman, a Kesennuma resident in her 40s, already admitting guilt."

Wendy’s “Chili Finger Lady” Comes Clean - "In 2005, Anna Aayala was dining at a San Jose Wendy's restaurant when she claimed she chomped down on a partially-cooked segment of human finger. The fast food chain suffered an estimated $21 million in lost business. Her husband, Jaime Plascencia, got the severed finger from a co-worker, who lost it in an industrial accident. Both Ayala and Plascencia pleaded guilty. Aayala was sentenced to nine years in prison but was released after four years on good behavior. There's one condition to her release: She's not allowed to step foot back in the place that made her famous."

Mandarin XXX Keyword Spam

I saw a Twitter account with a hilariously inappropriate name (not to mention a ridiculously long one) spamming replies, and decided to translate them (with some help), partly for the benefit of someone who doesn't understand Mandarin:

"幼女厕拍抄底顶臀街射足交偷窥迷奸足控恋足偷拍幼幼呦呦处女丝袜捡尸走光强奸反差|乱伦监控街拍主播
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The Twitter name is a collection of sex-related Mandarin terms:

幼女 = young girl(s)
厕拍 = footage taken in the toilet (i.e. spycam)
抄底 = upskirt
顶臀 = the act of repeatingly bumping one's hardon against a woman's butt, usually in public transportation eg crowded trains/buses
街射 = sexually harassing a female in public until ejaculation, most commonly by bumping a woman's butt, but not necessarily just that. Can also refer to pervs spreading their semen in public areas eg handrails
足交 = footjob
偷窥 = peeping
迷奸 = raping using drugs/drug facilitated sexual assault
足控 = foot fetish
恋足 = foot fetish (this term is influenced by the Japanese equivalent)
偷拍 = spyshot
幼幼 = young girl(s)
呦呦 = young girl(s)
处女 = female virgin
丝袜 = silk stalkings
捡尸 = sex with passed out women (drugs or drink) you find in public places (Usually outside clubs/nightlife places)
走光 = zaogeng (being exposed in public but often )
强奸 = rape
反差 = contrast. Quiet-seeming girl who is wild during sex
乱伦 = incest
监控 = surveillance (CCTV/indoor camera footage of sex)
街拍 = snapshots of women in the street. street photography. not obscene but just taking candid photos/videos of pretty women
主播 = traditionally used to refer to news anchors, but in today's atmosphere can refer to a Twitch streamer, SNS (Social Network Star, a Korean term), OF girl, etc etc. Youtube doesn't count, usually livestreaming but not necessarily sexual in nature eg can just be games

Links - 28th September 2024 (Hamas Attack Oct 2023)

Bernard-Henri Lévy: ‘Today’s woke thinking is straight-forward racism’ - "when the 75-year-old French philosopher describes the scene at what was left of the Kfar Aza kibbutz in southern Israel on October 10 last year, his face empties of all expression... “I’ve seen a lot of dead bodies in my life,” stresses the Algerian-born war reporter and documentary-maker, in reference to the many war-torn lands he has visited over the past 40 years – from Bosnia, where he highlighted the concentration camps, to Afghanistan, where he was a French envoy in the aftermath of the war; from Libya, where Lévy met the rebels fighting against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime to Syria, Kurdistan, Nigeria and Rwanda... for the past year, the “rockstar” philosopher has been living in an undisclosed location under very heavy police protection, after intelligence officials discovered that a unit of the Quds Force – the special operations branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – had paid an Iranian drug dealer $150,000 to assassinate Lévy, who has been critical of the country’s leadership... the writer makes a philosophical distinction between events and “an Event” like October 7, that, he tells me today “changes not just the future but the past. Because it throws a new light on past events that we thought we understood. With Events like these, there’s a realisation not just that things will never be the same again, but that things were not what we thought they were before.”... “Hours after the attack,” he explains, “there were not only the ‘yes buts’ but actual, veritable explosions of joy. Professors at US universities with huge online followings recorded and broadcast messages of absolute joy. This, when the bodies of the dead had not even all been buried.” “Rarely has negationism functioned so well and so quickly,” he writes in the book, pointing out that even many of those who did offer early support began to fall away within the ensuing weeks and months. Ask Lévy whether six months on from the book’s publication in France, he still believes Israel’s response has been just, and he doesn’t have to think about it for a second: “Yes. I still don’t think the response has been disproportionate. I have been back to Israel several times since last October. I have done my job as a journalist.” When filming the liberation of Mosul in 2016, he says, “I saw what indiscriminate hits looked like, what the desire to destroy a place from top to toe looks like and let me tell you: that is not what is happening in Gaza.” He also stands by the assertion, in the book, that Israel “has done everything to avoid civilian casualties”. “Listen, one can always do better. But I’ve been covering wars for 40 years, and it’s the first time in my life that I’ve ever seen an army open up a corridor every day between 6am and noon in order to warn civilians that they are going to hit an area where they are. The Israeli army is the first army in the world that I have seen say: ‘We’re going to hit here – please move.’ That I’ve seen distribute flyers warning people, calling to warn people. Now, I’m not saying that it’s not a living nightmare [for those people]. It is.”... Lévy has known the Israeli prime minister for 30 years, and always been honest with him, he assures me. “But I cannot let people say that the hits are indiscriminate and targeting civilians, because that is wrong. And I cannot allow it to be said that there has been a genocide,” he says, echoing the chants of the students he accuses, among others, of “moral blindness” in the book, “because that is wrong.” It’s no surprise that woke culture comes in for a particular skewering from Lévy. After all, the eldest son of a wealthy Sephardic Jewish timber magnate – who was born in Béni Saf but moved to Paris when he was still a baby – was one of a group of young writers, the Nouveaux Philosophes, who broke with the fashionable Marxist dogmatism of the French left in the 1970s. At the elite École Normale Supérieure, Lévy was friends with Michel Foucault and taught by Jacques Derrida. Both philosophers’ theories have often mistakenly been blamed for the advent of “woke”, which enrages him. “Wokeism is an insult to the French theories these imbeciles think they’re adhering to,” he explodes when we move on to the virulent new strain of antisemitism woke theory has spawned. “Antisemitism is like a machine,” he tells me. “Like a magnet that, throughout history has been drawn to whatever happens to be around at the time that might help create a ‘valid’ argument. It’s all about fuelling the hate machine.” It does beggar belief that in 2024, when, as he says, “we have a whole apparatus and a whole language to show that all races should be respected, and that we should be protected from racism at all costs and provided with safe spaces, that thinking doesn’t apply to Jews.” “There’s a big difference between racism and antisemitism,” Lévy goes on. “Racism is about the hatred of the other for being too visible. That’s the crime, and the idiocy of racists – that you are too visible. But in the case of antisemitism, it’s exactly the reverse. The crime and idiocy of antisemites is in the thinking: ‘I hate you, because you’re too similar to me – because I can’t tell the difference between you and me.’” He falls silent a moment, then says: “Racism is horrific, to be clear. But I think that antisemitism is even more criminal, even more crazy. Because the principal activity of an antisemite, the crazy fantasy of the antisemite, is to rip off your mask, and expose you as Jewish.” “At the beginning of the woke movement,” he concedes, “there will probably have been an appetite for justice and equality – a desire to protect the weakest and so on. But as so often happens on the [extreme] Left, they then became racists and fascists, and today, woke thinking is straight-forward fascism.” It doesn’t help, he adds, that the kind of woke students inciting antisemitic hate or violence on campuses around the world “are basically bad students, with hopeless teachers. I am ready to tour US campuses tomorrow and talk to them all! I’ll talk to them about Foucault and Derrida – I’ll talk to them about identity politics.” I think of Lévy as fundamentally optimistic, so I’m surprised by his response when I ask whether the pendulum will swing back. “I’m not sure it will. I certainly don’t think it will go back soon. Quite the opposite, actually. I don’t think we’ve yet reached the climax of this delirium, and I’ll tell you why: there’s a real visceral pleasure behind wokeism, and it’s rare for humanity to give up on that level of pleasure. But it’s because we’re not at the end of this that we really need to fight it hell for leather.” Lévy was only 28 when he published Barbarism with a Human Face – an attack on Leftist mythology and its notion of an ideal society – and was hailed the new Camus. A series of best-selling books followed, which did nothing to temper the jealousy of less famous (and good-looking) intellectuals. Then there was Lévy’s family wealth, (when his father died, he sold off his company, Becob, for 750 million Francs to entrepreneur Francois Pinault), which has always been held against him."

A small gaggle of protestors (guess who) are blocking the EB Lakeshore lane at George St. Police in attendance, blocking the lane at Thomas : r/oakville - "Epic come back grown man! Attend some therapy racist"
"Pointing out that there was a protest blocking lanes and to avoid the area if you're driving due to traffic is racist? Didn't know I hated minorities due to trying to help people with diverted traffic but alright"
"Don’t you know whenever you disagree about the actions of a minority group it’s racist ?"

Thread by @RachelMoiselle on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "I think the decision not to share the videos of the October 7th attacks publicly was a terrible decision made by Israel.  I do not think people comprehend the level of denial that I’ve experienced in Ireland.  At best, people just do not grasp the valence of brutality involved: the performative sadism and cruelty of the most bestial nature.  I know people disagree.  The primary argument I hear is that ‘we do not parade our slaughtered people in front of the world for their atrocity porn’.  This is one that I understand and empathise with fully. But this October 7th denial, which we saw unfold in real time, is only going to get worse as the months and years go on.  Despite my condemnation of Ireland’s antisemitism problem, I actually do hold faith in the goodness of the majority of my people.
I think if they truly knew the scale of brutality that occurred that day, they would not so prosaically consider it as ‘a tragic loss of life’.  I think if they truly comprehended the acts of atrocities that were committed, they wouldn’t be so tolerant of esteemed academics endorsing it. I think if they believed what happened that day, they would have more empathy.  The people I know who viewed the footage were traumatised to the point of getting physically ill.  I know that the majority of Irish people would not be so inhumane as to not have the same reaction.
Hamas committed acts so evil that the only way otherwise ‘good’ people rationalise tolerating their acquaintances/colleagues endorsing this ‘resistance’ is to deny or minimise their atrocities.  I think the videos should have been released. At the very least so that those who endorse-let alone celebrate-this evil couldn’t hide behind notions of ‘justice’.  The bourgeoisie who rationalise and pontificate about ‘context’ couldn’t frame themselves as enlightened.  The world would see them for what they are: monsters and morally bankrupt respectively."
This wouldn't make much of a difference, because the terrorist supporter cope is that the IDF killed everyone, and that Netanyahu "funded" Hamas so everything Hamas does is Israel's fault anyway

Andrew Fox on X - "Every single time a former military officer gets shown the IDF’s procedures and practices firsthand, they come away convinced. Every time.  Former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 4* General Sir John McColl KCB, CBE, DSO, KStJ, is the latest and by far the most senior to add his name to the list.  “Basing my views about the Israel-Hamas war on UK media coverage, I arrived in Israel critical and sceptical of their military operations… I came away from the trip satisfied that the IDF’s operations and rules of engagement were rigorous compared to the British Army and our western allies.”  If you don’t believe me, a random buckshee retired major; or @just_Liles , a random buckshee retired brigadier; or the High Level Military Group, a bunch of random buckshee general officers from the USA and numerous European countries; or @ChrisRyanMM , a random buckshee decorated SAS veteran… perhaps you will believe a man with a glittering career who achieved the very top rank in his profession.  None of us have any incentive to shit away our reputations on Israel’s behest. We’re simply seeing the reality and telling the truth as we see it.   Perhaps this will finally persuade people to ignore the sea of disinformation bullshit and listen to actual experts."
"Western" democracies need to be held to standards that no one can ever meet, and no one else is ever expected to meet, so they will keep losing. Ironically, double standards are usually considered racist

I fought in Iraq — I know Israel’s doing all it can to save civilians - "Last week I visited Israel with a team of military experts from six Nato countries to see for myself. As a career officer, I served for 38 years in the British Army and have been in combat in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, and I was deputy supreme allied commander of Nato. I have seen war and know how difficult it can be to minimise civilian casualties. But I also know how hard we worked to do just that with our soldiers’ clear rules of engagement. Mistakes were made, but thankfully they were few and far between.  Basing my views about the Israel-Hamas war on UK media coverage, I arrived in Israel critical and sceptical of their military operations... what we, military observers with decades of combined experience in leading Nato armies, were told and saw was the most complex and demanding operational environment any of us had come across, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. The IDF commanders explained that underneath Gaza they have discovered 125 miles of tunnels, but believe that there could be in excess of 310 miles. The areas they have cleared have tunnel shaft entrances in houses, in children’s bedrooms, mosques, schools and hospitals. The tunnels are used for fighters to move around the urban areas, appearing behind and on the flanks of troops. Suicide bombers are a constant threat. Many of the houses and tunnel entrances are booby-trapped and civilians are used as human shields.  It means that in the confusion, regrettably, errors will occur. But the real problem is whether soldiers’ rules of engagement adhere to the law of armed conflict, whether they are being applied strictly, and whether when mistakes occur they are investigated thoroughly. Our briefing from the independent military legal directorate laid out in detail the rules designed to protect civilian life. The procedures are at least as rigorous as those applied in the UK armed forces. In addition, the Israeli military carries out civilian evacuations of war zones, forgoing the element of surprise, to which it would be entitled in armed conflict.  Phone calls and text messages to Gazan residents, loudhailers, leaflet drops and “knocking” on the roofs of targeted buildings with small non-lethal munitions to warn of an imminent strike are part of the IDF’s tactics to minimise civilian casualties. Accompanying troops in Rafah we found that the rules of engagement were being adhered to rigorously and that a significant number of engagements were being aborted because the clearance of civilians could not be verified.  The level of casualties in Gaza is significant and will undoubtedly result in criticism of the IDF. The alternative is to clear the buildings by hand with the inevitable loss of life that would entail, especially as Hamas terrorists wait for IDF entry to set off lethal booby traps via remote detonators. Rebuilding Gaza will take an enormous international effort.  The IDF briefed us that 1,500 aid trucks were flowing into the Gaza Strip weekly and gave assurances that the quantity of food and medical supplies that they carry is sufficient to meet the needs of those displaced.  While it was not possible to verify these claims we did see a significant number of aid delivery trucks as we moved along the Philadelphi corridor near Rafah. We also saw drone video footage which appeared to show that some of the trucks entering Rafah and other towns were being intercepted at gunpoint by Hamas terrorists before reaching the refugees. The perspectives that we gained were as a result of a relatively short visit; they are not comprehensive or definitive. However, they do indicate that there is balance missing in the reporting of events in Gaza... I came away from the trip satisfied that the IDF’s operations and rules of engagement were rigorous compared to the British Army and our western allies.  War is terrible, but sometimes necessary. And Israeli soldiers are fighting in conditions of extraordinary complexity and risk. It’s time for the world to have its eyes opened to that."

Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 on X - "Pro-Palestine protesters in Melbourne surrounded two random street violinist performers and demanded they stop working. @HashTayeh accused them of supporting the killing of children and then members of the pro-Palestine crowd assaulted them and smashed their equipment."

Are mask ban laws about public safety or for lawmakers to quiet protesters? The controversies of face coverings outlined - "Backers of the efforts say the measures will increase public safety and protect minority communities from vigilante violence, but activists and legal experts tell The Independent the provisions could do the exact opposite: exposing protesters to potentially violent police interactions, threatening immunocompromised people, and silencing pro-Palestinian activism despite being ostensibly neutral... He noted how increasingly bold demonstrations from white supremacists in masks in recent years hasn’t triggered the same kind of mask crackdown as Israel-Palestine activism has."
Clearly, it's only proper civil disobedience if you hide your identity so you can destroy property and attack people and not get caught
What does it say about "pro-Palestinian activism" that they want to hide their identities?
Doxxing is only bad when it threatens the left wing agenda. These people cheered when Stonetoss got doxxed, despite not doing anything in the real world
If these activists are so terrified of covid, why are they putting themselves at risk by gathering in crowds with other activists?
Obviously "white supremacists" have been trying to shut down the world for the last year just like terrorism supporters

Pro-Palestinian activists charged with harassment while protesting Marc Miller - "The lawyer representing pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of criminally harassing federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the charges are an attempt to "criminalize free speech." Barbara Bedont says her three clients were protesting outside a Liberal byelection campaign office in Montreal's Verdun borough last week when they saw Miller and two of his employees in a car and confronted them, yelling messages such as “shame on you!” Mohanned Mansour, Samar Elkahlout and Wendy Ing were charged with criminal harassment and mischief for allegedly damaging the car Miller was in, and were given conditions Tuesday that include a requirement to stay at least 50 metres away from the minister and the two employees."
If you are against vandalism by activists supported by the left, this is a threat to free speech. But the "far right" needs to be jailed to protect society and politicians need to be protected from their "harassment"

Opinion: 23 years after the terrorist attacks that shook the world, the West has lost its way - "The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have been largely expunged from historical memory by an entire cohort of young adults too young, jaded or disinterested to remember or consider its import. But this lack of concern did not impede the TikTok generation from recently rediscovering and rehabilitating 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden as a clarion voice of truth and inspiration. The Canadian family members of 9/11 victims with whom we work were stunned to watch these young people, weaned ostensibly on a steady diet of diversity, equity and inclusion, deliver geopolitical soliloquies in praise of al-Qaida’s mastermind — a notorious jihadist, terrorist and proud murderer of innocents, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. These same 9/11 family members had watched in horror as another theatre of spectacular terrorist cruelty orchestrated by Hamas terrorists opened to the cheers of an international audience on October 7, 2023. The 10/7 attacks were then followed by the iconization of Hamas across the globe, which unleashed an unremitting torrent of antisemitism and anti-western hate that has tilted our world over the past 11 months. In the aftermath of the slaughter and sexual depravity committed last October, millions of people found clarity and validation for their support of Hamas in bin Laden’s violent extremist rhetoric against the West and the Jews, reflected in a 2002 missive he had written entitled “Letter to America.” The edification of a man who would have gladly incinerated them is symptomatic of a post-truth era in which so many card-carrying members of our me-too society betrayed the truths they had so passionately championed, unabashedly denying or applauding the sexual atrocities committed against Jews as legitimate acts of “resistance.” In some ways, 9/11 was a template enhanced and reapplied on 10/7. Both events stemmed from a common creed of Islamist extremism grounded in the ideological heritage of the Muslim Brotherhood; both received assistance from the Islamic regime in Iran; both events were greeted with applause if not celebration across the globe; both were ultimately recast by conspiracy theorists as fraudulent events or evils orchestrated by Jews; and both events involved the murder of citizens hailing from countries around the globe. Notably, the perpetrators in both cases were fuelled by an insatiable and genocidal antisemitism. The centrality of Jew-hatred in the thinking of bin Laden and the 9/11 al-Qaida terrorists is a common binding article of Islamist extremist faith, in which Jews are understood as the irredeemable, metaphysical source of all historical evil and corruption, whose destruction is essential to human salvation... KBG defector Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov predicted this phenomenon. In a 1984 interview, he revealed that a main focus of Russia’s KGB was ideological subversion and psychological warfare. According to Bezmenov, the plan was to transform the West from within: “This is about changing the perception of reality … to such an extent that despite the abundance of information, no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their community, their country. It’s a great brainwashing process that is slow — to educate one generation of students in the country of your enemy, expose them to the ideology of your enemy.” The problem goes well beyond classical Soviet propaganda methodologies, which created the current templates of distortion still employed by totalitarians, antisemites and other purveyors of calumnies against western democratic values. The West has also welcomed Iranian, Chinese and Qatari money, malign influence and subversive narratives. Young people are encouraged to obsess over identity politics, real or contrived, and to marinate in grievance as some twisted form of aspirational personal growth. They are conditioned to be ashamed of liberal democratic traditions, and to focus on democracies as fatally and inherently flawed rather than works in progress that have made Canada and other western countries the envy of the millions of immigrants willing to do anything to join our ranks. There is a particular animus in this worldview that places Israel as the collective Jewish scapegoat, inherently guilty of all and any of humanity’s perceived sins. Western youth, including Canadians, are indoctrinated into the falsehood that tiny Israel, the only Jewish state, a democracy with an evolved judiciary and equal rights for citizens of all faiths that has made endless overtures for peace and co-existence with its neighbours, is worthy of more criticism than the regimes in China, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan combined. Israel is the only country whose right to exist is debated and whose destruction is so often demanded."

South African chief sheikh Riad Fataar proclaims: 'I Am Hamas!' - "Sheikh Riad Fataar, president of South Africa’s Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), expressed staunch support for Hamas... The MJC is regarded as the most influential Muslim organization in the Western Cape area... Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Warren Goldstein, commented on these remarks, adding: “This disturbing support for a brutal terror organization is not isolated to the MJC. It is part of a concerted effort to radicalize many stakeholders in South Africa, including the mainstream media, academia, and government. This radicalization takes the form of stigmatizing Israel by the false accusations of genocide and the moral equivalence between Hamas, a murderous terror organization, and Israel, a free democracy fighting for its life within the ethics of international law. “This campaign has been effective which is why the open support of Hamas by the MJC is only being raised as an issue by the Jewish Report. None of the other media consider it objectionable or even noteworthy. The MJC statement is also a timely reminder for law enforcement to investigate the allegations raised by global media on how funds raised by the MJC and others for Hamas, have been banked and transferred from South Africa via local banks to Hamas, an organization on global terror lists,” added the chief rabbi... “The ANC has proven once again its intentions to marginalise the South African Jewish community. The South African government is proving, once again, that they cannot be an honest broker for any kind of negotiated two-state solution, which is actually the official foreign policy position of the South African government. They cannot be trusted if one of the leading political parties in government, the ANC, sides with a terrorist organization whose very foundational genocidal charter calls for the elimination of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.”... Fataar’s stances were backed by the Western Cape branch of the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), which expressed solidarity with the sheikh against what they deemed “an unwarranted attack by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies”... Al-Quds Foundation’s youth group, Youth for Al-Quds, also supported Fataar’s statements, denouncing a critical article published in the South African Jewish Report, blaming “the Zionists” of “mislay(ing) the narrative around HAMAS” and adding: “We stand behind our honourable Sheikh Riad Fataar loudly and proudly… We are proud when we say, ‘YOU are HAMAS, I am HAMAS, WE are ALL HAMAS!”... South African banks provide platforms to fund Hamas through a network of several organizations and straw man groups linked to the Al-Quds Foundation, a front for Hamas designated as such by both the US and Israel. Hamas officials have also visited South Africa several times since at least 2016, and ANC leaders have been praising and endorsing the group repeatedly since the October 7 massacre and before."
Weird. I thought no one supports Hamas or terrorism
Clearly, South Africa is only pursuing the criminal case against Israel because they are concerned about "genocide"

LILLEY: NDP candidate campaigning under Palestinian flag should lose - "An election pamphlet being distributed right now features a Palestinian flag on the front, not a Canadian flag. On the back, the candidate in question promises to push for an immediate ceasefire and tells voters to “send a strong message to Ottawa to stop the genocide in Gaza.” Again, this was a piece of literature handed out in Canada, during a Canadian election to elect a member of Canada’s Parliament. No one is surprised that this flyer is being distributed by the NDP. Craig Sauve is the NDP candidate seeking to win the Montreal-area riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun in the Sept. 16 byelection. It’s an odd move by the NDP candidate. According to Statistics Canada, the area doesn’t have a very large Muslim or Arab population, coming in at 5,735 Muslims out of a population of 107,564 in the last census — that works out to 5.3%. The NDP is facing plenty of outrage online over the flyer, which is no surprise — you can find people online outraged that that sun rises in the morning. The party isn’t backing away from the flyer, in fact, they are defending it strongly and strangely... "It’s ludicrous to suggest that when a politician is seen with another flag it’s unCanadian, whether that’s the Ukrainian flag, Israeli flag, Palestinian flag or other nations.” A Maple Leaf next to the NDP logo superimposed over the Palestinian flag which is dominating the campaign literature doesn’t negate the fact that he’s campaigning for a seat in Canada’s Parliament with a foreign flag. It’s not just Sauve being seen with a foreign flag — he’s profiled under it, the foreign flag is at the top. Strangely, the NDP sent four photos to show that politicians are seen with foreign flags. One is Stephen Harper from his 2007 visit to Australia where he addressed their Parliament. Canada’s then Conservative prime minister is standing in front of a podium with Australia’s coat of arms on it and Australian flags behind him. In two others, Harper is featured in Hungary and the United States with their flags while visiting those countries after he left office. In the one photo of current Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, he’s seen standing on Parliament Hill this past winter with two men taking part in a rally to support Israel who are holding an Israeli flag. None of that is the same as campaigning for a seat in Canada’s Parliament under a foreign flag. The many Canadians of all political stripes who are offended by this are right to be so and to ask if the NDP will put Canada and Canadian interests first... They went on to attack Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “We condemn Pierre Poilievre’s unconditional support for Benjamin Netanyahu’s push for war regardless of how many innocent Israeli and Palestinian people die. We condemn Justin Trudeau’s mealy-mouthed weak refusal to take action in support of a ceasefire and steps toward lasting peace.” About the only good thing in the statement and the flyer is that the NDP is calling for the hostages to be released. To claim this is about “Netanyahu’s push for war” without acknowledging Hamas started the war or calling for them to surrender shows where the NDP priorities are."
Openly proclaiming that another country is your priority is not a bad thing when it helps the left wing agenda

Meme - "*Kid with rifle and Palestinian flag popping out of car window* OUR PARENTS PREFER TO SACRIFICE US RATHER THAN RELEASING THE ISRAELIS WE KEEP IN OUR TUNNELS"

Blaire White Takes America Tour: Toronto - Event Recount

I was at the Toronto leg of the Blaire White Takes America Tour. It was in turns entertaining, enlightening, shocking and touching.

Here is an account of the evening, with light redaction due to privacy reasons (some people requested not to be on camera, so I've removed identifying details where applicable - it's unsurprising yet sad and telling that a few people needed anonymity despite not saying anything that should be controversial).

There weren't any protesters despite the accessibility of the venue. The security check was more thorough than average, though.

At the start of the event, the venue was about half full. Besides the chairs on the main floor, there were couches at the sides of the room.

I've seen a few people claim that Blaire uses a lot of filters to buff her appearance, but in real life she passes well.

The evening started with images of news articles and commentary on them.

First up was Kayla Lemieux. Blaire noted Canada was 1-2 years ahead of the US. A woman who knew someone who knew Kayla Lemieux said he was a troll. Someone mentioned some saga (involving a taser? It was an old story). Blaire noted you need to go to a sex shop to find such large breasts.

Blaire then talked about the P Diddy scandal - she said more Kamala endorsements would be coming because the FBI has dirt on them. And the P Diddy scandal took a while to come out because no one cares about male victims of sexual abuse. She said rap and hip hop were CIA creations to turn black men gay, and it hard to argue the contrary: who needs so many dildos?

Next was the New York father losing his kid to train mania - she's spoken to many autistic ex trans people and parents who've lost custody of their kids as long as the other parent buys into trans mania. So we must talk about autism more, so we understand how "autistic angels categorise gender" and we can avoid some of this. She loves talking to crowds like this because it proves people care and she's not crazy. The order these things go is the UK, then Canada, then the US.

She said half of the audience that night were queer, so such people needed to speak up. They're not Nazis (the Nazis are in Chicago).

The US has cultural trauma over the treatment of gay people, so this baggage carried over to trans mania. It was also laziness & US for-profit healthcare. She asked why trans mania was bigger in Canada, and most people blamed Trudeau. Most in the crowd said they didn't like him. But he's on his way out. She wasn't sure what she could say: there's no freedom of speech in Canada. We're more vulnerable here because that's not codified in law, and we don't have so many guns.

15 minutes in, it was time for Blaire to react to Woke TikToks.

She started off with various throwaway comments (some of which were quite petty, so I didn't bother noting them).

There was a clown with green hair and a white face calling conservatives weird (Ed: The image here is of the interviewer, not the interviewee). She pointed out that he looked like a serial killer. She pointed to 3 people in the audience with coloured hair and asked them to take it back. She herself used to have purple hair: she's good with it if you're not a commie.

Addendum: I found part of this interview on iFunny, from @conservative.latino

Next was a guy who takes pride in making people uncomfortable. He had colourful eyeshadow. He's not a trans person. Blaire commented that people don't want to assimilate: they just want to look aesthetically unpleasing to annoy people.

The following video was a black man promoting racial segregation in education. He claimed only black people can teach black history because white people suppress it. Blaire quipped that in the US, race is a sickness. Half of the US is arguing for racial segregation and this is seen as a virtuous position.

The last video was of a "folx therapist". She commented that these people are always ugly. When she films these TikTok reaction videos in private it takes a long time to finish, because she's always going wtf. She asked the crowd what's a "folx" - they use the term so much. She was being petty about the term but it still annoys her. She didn't know it was a gender neutral way to say "folks". She quipped that it's funny how often these people are therapists, but you'll come out of therapy with them with more problems.

26 minutes after the session started, it was Q&A time. She felt Toronto was a safer, nicer New York or LA. But she admitted she hadn't been to the slums yet.

Q1 (some redaction has been done here): This person requested not to be on camera. He was a train and transitioned 2 decades ago as a minor. at 14. It was not ideal, but it was a different time and you had to look for it back then.  He was from Europe. He said most people here are not trans - do you ever worry you'll be rounded up?

A1: White said she was not against all youth transition. She was 31, which was 61 in trans years. She has guns in Texas she doesn't worry, not like they'd do anything. There's too much truth when you look about what trans mania is doing to kids and women's sports. So it'll lapse. People are sick of this

Q1: He works for a certain employer, so he'll be fired if he talks about it. He lives stealth. How can he help?

A1: Have on the ground conversations in real life with people, not in public. Those who can do it in the public sphere need to. There'll be real questions asked in time. How did people not speak out?

Q1: I had surgery at a young age 17. It was a good choice for me, but not others necessarily

A1: I swear you won't be on the video 

Q2: This was a woman from Buffalo. There's a post about not letting politicians you don't know ruin your friendships. I do that unless they're dicks. Do you agree? How do you handle someone who says I can't be friends with you because of politics?

A2: "Fuck off bitch". This is one of the most common Q&As she gets. She'll never advocate cutting off family but you don't need such intolerant friends. It's not a loss but a gain to be cut off. She herself can be friends with people. There's a decent part of her audience who are libs (you might be surprised). It's hard when they laugh about Trump being shot.

Q2: I've friends who'll disown me about this.

A2: Maybe it'll make them second guess their positions because they're friends and can see that they disagree with them. I wish people didn't treat others as enemies. I feel bad (only for a moment) calling Kamala supporters retarded.

Q3: Touring the US, gave you found ??? [Ed: I didn't catch this]

A3: Head size. Wig doesn't fit.

Q3: How can I support trans issues to friends in there?

A3: Understand that it's nuanced. No one side has a monopoly on the truth. There're many opinions. There're many issues that the hearts and minds of the whole community don't agree on.

At this point, idiots near me in in the queue were talking very loudly (even after I shushed them), so it was hard to hear the Q&A.

Q4: I'm a CP [Ed: child porn] survivor. I see how you defend kids. Thank you. I went to a school 15 minutes from Kayla Lemieux. I was so embarrassed.

A4: The world knows you as a survivor.

Q4: What would you tell your old self about this journey?

A4: "Buckle up bitch". It's been 8 years. It's been insane. It's not all fun and games. Get ready for FBI visits and death threats. Don't take it personally.

Q5: Where I'm from it's hard to be gay. I'm from Colombia. I realised I was gay when I came to Canada. I hated school. There was outrageous content in school. I need to teach my family about gays. How do you help education about that?

A5: In the western world, people are disconnected with other countries' treatment of gay people. I saw a video asking where people think it's illegal to be gay. They really think it's worse to be gay in Florida than Iran, and that it's illegal to be gay in Florida. The content taught in school: crazy books, in elementary schools in the US. How to go on Grindr. Or worse, scat. This is in school and public libraries. It's good to teach acceptance, and to be kind. But that's not what's happening. Nefarious groups are pushing this. The world is run by pedophiles. People don't talk about it. Go back to early 2000s education!

Q5: I had a gay teacher. No one cheered him.

A5: Don't cheer. Treat gay people like normal people.

Q6: We have the same name. My last name is your first. Blaire is someone who projects. Thanks for inspiring people. People are afraid. You speak for people who need a voice. I found you by accident. People bring hate to you. You're not a victim. I love how you bring humour to it. It's not that bad. I brought my straight friend blind to this event. He's going through a divorce. Do you have any advice for him?

A6: I'm so sorry. There's chapters in life. No matter how bad it gets, life goes on. The most beautiful things come out of bad ones. That happened to me. I hope you find a hotter wife.

Q7. I've been watching you since 2016. Don't put me in the video because of my job. We can't own guns. Me and friends face harassment and stalking. I wish we had guns. We can't even have pepper spray. We have no true means of protection. How would you protect yourself without them? I didn't know pepper spray was illegal until something happened to my friend and I looked into it.

A7: Pepper spray is illegal? That's nefarious. Jujitsu?

Q8: I messaged you on Instagram earlier today. Puberty blockers are accessible to young kids in Canada. I feel they're too accessible. I'm a detransitioner. I was abused at the ages of 5 or 6. At 12 I thought I was trans. I had mental problems but it was normalised. It was okay to identify as male at 12. It shouldn't be. 

Buck Angel said being trans should be one's last resort. What do you think should be done to make puberty blockers less accessible? Canadian studies show there're kids prescribed puberty blockers after 1 visit, without any therapy.

A8: Thanks for being open. I talk about some of this on my channel. In person it's better. I support a ban on them for minors and regulating diagnosis of gender dysphoria. The criteria should apply to adults. I don't think 26 should be the minimum age for transition. You can die for your country at 18. The age of consent for sex is 16-18. 

These therapists are lazy and abusive. It's a band aid on something deeper. It used to be reported that a common side effect of child sex abuse is wanting to not be your gender. But now because of political correctness you can't say this. It's not true of everyone but it is of many. Encourage real conversations. It's about hearts and minds and not the law. See gay marriage. Culture changed and the understanding of issues changed, which led to it. Be brave and tell these stories.

Q8: Instead of 13 year olds getting double mastectomies, we need to make therapy more accessible. I didn't need a new wardrobe, or to chop off my hair. I just needed a good therapist. Not a band aid therapist. Transgenderism is a process.

A8: I see it as a last resort. Now it's the first resort. It's a lifestyle that doesn't work for many people. I don't talk about this much because I'm trying to save kids but it's hard to be trans.

Q9: How do I help you guys? I have an interview coming up but I'm afraid of copying you.

A9: Copy me. I want that. People copy my video format and I'm flattered. In 2016-7 I was the only one talking about this. Now I'm not.

Q9: Fake trans stuff has put me back in dysphoria. Thanks for making me confident and make me feel like a woman again. You brought me back. I wore a pretty dress to see you today.

A9: Thanks. This is why I do what I do.

Q10: I'm from the US: Rochester. I drove 3 hours to see you. I love to do it. I've been watching you for 2.5 years. I love your content. Thanks for standing up to the woke mob, and standing for truth. You have so much courage and fortitude. You inspire me to come forward. I used to be on the woke left. I recently left it. I'm a multimedia artist and photographer. I'm in college studying art. It's so hard to be right leaning.

A10: I thought you said white leaning.

Q10: I'd love to make art about these issues. What would you recommend about navigating an artistic space full of liberals and tackling issues?

A10: You'd be surprised: the right would welcome you. The left is powerful because of absorbing aspects of culture. You need to dive in and be brave. Set the frequency and have authenticity. This is not the best answer. It will be scary. I can promote you. Be brave. That's what art is and is supposed to be. People are sick of regurgitated bullshit in the arts.

Q10: I hold liberal views but at my core I am conservative. I want to unify people through art. I see nuances on both sides. A lot of people on both sides tell each other horrendous things.

A10: It's ugly. I appreciate people in art like Tom MacDonald. It's more important than what many political commentators do. I look forward to seeing your art .

Q11: For self defence in Canada, me and my friends carry coyote spray. A cop I asked says it's fine. Box cutters too.

I've been transitioning for 4 years. I'm 20. I had bottom surgery in march. I had top surgery at 18. There was an option for it to be secret (not to tell my parents). What's your opinion on that? Many 15-16 year olds do that.

A11: I've nothing against you. I hope you have a beautiful life. But it's dangerous to drug kids without parental consent. It's not sustainable and is a disaster. We fight against it. I don't doubt there're some exceptional individuals who know it's the right thing (to transition) but it's a roll of the dice for everyone else. There're more people sucked in than those it works out for.

Q11: It's crazy how Canada does this.

Q12: Who's the better Canadian export: Bieber or Drake?

A12: Justin Bieber. Poor him with Diddy. It happened to me. It's unhealthy for the human psyche. Drake is an asshole. I like Degrassi.

Q13: Regarding social contagion of transgenderism online, how do you address it without erasing trans people?

A13: Parents and responsibility. Control your kid's access to phones and the Internet. It's a depraved modern culture where kids have complete access to everything. Keep pushing back on these groups. Laugh them out of existence. They're anti-science. Kids might fall into my videos and find out about them.

Q14: There're 3 trans people in my year alone. I graduated from high school 2 years ago.

A14: It's crazy. In my day, in the 90s and 00s, I was the only gay person I knew. Now there're multiple trans people. It's social contagion. Send them a video of mine. At my last stop one parent said your content gave me my kid back. Thanks. My kid detransitioned because of you.

Q15: I transitioned in the early 2010s. I was sure of it then and was sure of it for a long time. One day I woke up at 28. It was totally unexpected but I realised I'd made a mistake. I didn't tell people I was born male for years. I was so much better and happier than other. You are similar. What would you do if you woke up one day and said I'm Robbie, not Blaire?

A15: Life is like that. I'm not omniscient. I've made the best of my life so far. I'm happy. We must increase education so fewer people end up like you. Don't just show positive stories like mine. It's a crazy disservice to paint a false picture.

Q15: I was happy for so long. I said I was a success case. My family used me to defend trans mania. Thinking of happiness as a final state is bad. Aren't authenticity or truth better?

A15: Take a 360 degree view. It's not just about trans. The narrative is the problem. There's life outside that. I don't know what I'd do. It's a bridge you'd cross if it comes to it. It's about information. What do you think would've stopped you from making what you see now as mistake?

Q15: The whole trans ideology not existing. Society not saying it's possible. When I was a young man I thought no gay man would want me.

Why would I want to live a lie? It's not just about happiness. I lacked meaning, truth and authenticity. Society doesn't value these things. Would you do everything all over again knowing what you do now?

A15: I'd live my life exactly the same way. I'm not God. I can't see the future. Even if I change my mind I know what has happened. I wouldn't be on tour with an audience without this. All things lead to a certain path. Transitioning for me helps me save others from making a mistake. If that's my cross to bear I will. Ed: This was very touching.

At this point maybe 3/4 of the room was full, excluding the couches at the side.

Q16: I worked for left wing politics for 8 years. I was cancelled for liking your show. I lost 2 careers and  $7,000 a month in income. I got called a Nazi. I'm trans.

Trans medicalism: do you see this as sociopolitical or medical?

A16: I see it as a medical disorder. I'll die on this hill. Saying it's sociopolitical reduces it. I knew I didn't fit into this world. You don't need to stigmatise it. Take anxiety and depression - lots of smart people with achievements have them. The higher your IQ the more mental illness you have. So don't be too ill or in hospital. Don't stigmatise it. Don't attach a value judgment to "wrong".

Q16: I'm happy I can publicly support you now I've lost my entire career.

Ed: This was pretty touching too.

Q17: Regarding self defence, I'm 90 lbs and 5 ft nothing. It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Do what you need to do.

What's the biggest shift since you took estrogen?

A17: I love your doggy and the shoes.

It's hard to say. I've changed in ways I don't understand. My brain works differently now. I connect romantically and not sexually. It's made me more emphatic. I speak the language of emotion better. Feelings are a language too. I don't go "facts don't care about your feelings" anymore.

There're also physical changes. I understand some of what women go through even if it's not 100%. I see the world differently.

Q17: What's your favourite part of being a woman?

A17: Being perceived as a woman. I'm not a woman. I'm more comfortable with myself now.

Q18: Anti white rhetoric is so pervasive in today's society. I find it so weird. I'm many things: Native American, Nigerian, East Asian and European. You're mixed too. And I'm bi.

Today people are very mixed. We're intermingled. It's weird it's not common sense to see we're all so similar. It's a fact we're 99.9% the same. Regarding Candace and Social autopsy, would you be able to connect with Candace? You disagree on many things.

A18: We agree on a lot too. It was an ugly debate. But it was so long ago, so it's hard to be upset. A lot of what she says is crazy but I respect her bravery.

Anti white stuff is crazy. It's an over correction of racism. People don't see it happening for whatever reason. History will record this as a crazy time. You can say the craziest things about white people on TV. People can't assess what's happening in real time, only in hindsight. People email me and tell me their companies fire them for being white. It's okay to be white.

Q18: I'm half white. When I say I'm black I'm hired faster. Living in LA, I put down I was dating a trans person and I was multiracial and that's how I got a job. It's real. It's happening 

Q19 (some redaction has been done here): This person requested not to be in the video too. I came out a while back. I'm a liberal dream due to intersectionality.

Radical feminist punk bands. I find many libs I know, my friends: I don't hate them. They say very ignorant things, like one making remarks about me as a minority while being blonde haired and blue eyed. The same friend gave me wardrobe suggestions but when I rejected them, she called me a homophobe and made more ignorant remarks.

They're ignorant, and don't know what they're talking about.

They condemn Jordan Peterson. They call him anti woman, but can't say why. I listened to hours of him but couldn't find anything.

This is especially bad in the Toronto music scene. They're rich white kids. Anti capitalists living in fancy apartments their parents pay for. How do we educate them?

A19: They can never say why Jordan Peterson is a misogynist or provide a quote. That is done to me too.

They should go to therapy to work on self awareness and understanding and see another aspect. They're projecting and lack self awareness.

When you red pill people you get them to understand the lies they believe. Show black and white evidence. I show people clips that are not out of context. For example the lie about Trump saying there were very fine people on both sides. That creates a crack which only grows.

Q19: When I came out I watched LGBT content to feel better but it made me feel bad about myself. But I found you, Ariel and Red Colombo.

A19: There's a waning number of cool LGBT people but we're here.

The main session then ended (certain higher tier ticket holders had more activities, just like some did before the event), with Blaire thanking everyone for coming and being vulnerable on mike. She noted that not everyone is so honest.

Links - 26th September 2024 (2 - Hamas Attack Oct 2023)

John Hudson on X - "Kamala Harris met with the co-founders of the Uncommitted movement who asked to meet with her about their request to halt weapons transfers to Israel to stop the carnage in Gaza “and she indicated she was open” to the meeting and introduced them to her staff, reports @EricaLG"
Cartright 🎗️ on X - "My entire community was raped, tortured and murdered on Oct 7th. And the world cheered. This isn't something that happened "over there" it's my real friends that were murdered that day. It's very likely my Kibbutz will not recover. It's gone forever. And the world cheered."

Meme - "fem-i-nist
noun
someone who supports HAMAS men raping, murdering, and kidnapping women for sport."

Meme - "If Hamas thinks this is a good deal, why don't you agree with Hamas?"
"This is your reminder that Hamas would rather sacrifice 15,000 children than release 200 hostages."

WARMINGTON: Prayer service on busy street not illegal - "“In Canada, no permit is required to hold a demonstration, as peaceful assembly and expression, including prayers, are protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” Toronto Police spokesperson Stephanie Sayer said. Even, police say, if such a demonstration inconveniences other citizens by snarling traffic and delaying public transit. This was tested a week ago, around 6:45 p.m., on the west side of Dundas St. heading east near Yonge St. when dozens of people protesting in a downtown march in support of Palestine collectively prayed to Allah in what one Muslim worshipper on scene explained was the third prayer of the five prayer schedule called Asr – the one observed in the late afternoon. While Yonge-Dundas Square was a few hundred metres to the east and Nathan Phillips Square was one street south, a decision was made to pray as a group along the protest route. Some participants used prayer rugs and mats on the roadway and over the streetcar tracks while some prayed kneeling on Palestinian flags. Dozens of police officers stood guard on the same roadway during the prayers.  It appears traffic was stopped in both directions for safety reasons. There were no altercations and no charges were laid... If you were in a car, riding a bike or scooter, or on a bus or streetcar, there was nowhere to go from either direction. Yonge and Dundas, say witnesses, was shut down for up to 30 minutes for the prayer service and for the finale of the march, which wound up at the nearby public square....  Much has changed in the approach to policing since the G20 in 2010 where many were arrested for protesting, or when Adam Skelly was busted during the pandemic for his lockdown protest at his Adamson BBQ restaurant in 2020, or Christian Pastor David Lynn was charged with causing a disturbance for preaching to more than a dozen supporters near Church St. during Pride Month in 2019. Another incident last week where demonstrators protested the police shooting of an indigenous man found participants on the ramp of the Gardiner Expressway and even hitting cars with a protest sign.  In one encounter, a person in a truck allegedly took off and ran over two people. The driver was later arrested but so far has not been charged.  And no protesters have been charged. While there has been a zero-tolerance approach in the past, things are handled differently in 2024 – as we saw with the University of Toronto protest that went on for months."
Protest is only a protected right when it pushes the left wing agenda

Mayor Olivia Chow wearing Hijab did not deter Hamas backers - "Her thoughtful culturally sensitive gesture — despite not being in a mosque and in her own council chamber — was not good enough for these intruders. In fact, as the mayor was addressing the group, a woman appeared and loudly talked over her... Chow, who was hosting the event with Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, explained she “called for a ceasefire” after the barbaric Oct. 7 slaughter of 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping of 250 people, but was shouted down as the woman got even louder and angrier... While this group was calling for consequences for Israel, it seems they face no consequences.  This aggressive protest action against Toronto’s mayor, not in Nathan Phillips Square, but right in Toronto’s council chambers, is something no one else would get away with. Toronto Police say there is no investigation or charges pending. They referred any questions to City Hall security, but it’s clear in videos there was no security present. Meanwhile, people understand what would happen if any other group harassed the mayor or chanted Islamophobic slogans inside City Hall.   The Hate Crimes Unit would be on speed dial — and rightfully so. The public is confused when they see someone like Rebel journalist David Menzies arrested outside a King Edward Hotel protest for merely asking questions. It’s such a double standard and Hamas terror apologists know they can strike whenever, wherever and against whomever they choose — even the mayor or prime minister. After the Edmonton City Hall terror attack, one would expect Toronto to be more concerned.Reminding everyone that protesters also ruined Chow’s skating party, MP Kevin Vuong called it “appeasement.”... Bradford said the protesters feel invincible... Councillor James Pasternak added: “It seems in this city only the mobs have the right to assemble and have free speech, even though most of their gatherings are not Charter protected. They use these freedoms to shut down everyone else.”"

Meme - Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou: "Victoria Liang is one of the organisers of the “Free Palestine Printing” collective responsible for the sale of pro-Hamas merchandise in Melbourne.   She works for the Australian Department of Defence while selling merchandise promoting a banned terror organisation."

Pro-Palestine protesters tear down fence at Democratic convention center as thousands take to Chicago streets - "Medea Benjamin, who traveled to Chicago from Washington DC, with a women-led group of protesters calling for peace, said she was shocked that the Biden administration recently approved an additional $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel. “There’s an incredible discrepancy in what people are calling for in this country and what the administration is doing,” she told the AP ahead of the rally in Union Park. “We’re so disgusted by this.”"
I like how polls consistently show that the US population supports Israel. But of course when you're in a left wing echo chamber, facts don't matter

Ottawa Pride loses key allies over anti-Israel stance - "In the face of the growing fallout with previous boosters, Capital Pride said in a new statement Monday that it is committed to fostering “safe and inclusive spaces where everyone is welcomed.” “As a community facing rising levels of hate-motivated crimes, we know all too well how hate erodes our cohesion and security,” the organization said on its Instagram page. “Queer and trans people of all religions, including Jewish and Muslim folks, are an integral part of our local community. We reject any attempts to marginalize religious and cultural minority groups from the broader Pride movement.” Public Service Pride Network, a volunteer group of federal civil servants, also said it won’t have a presence in this year’s parade but will focus instead on “inclusive, safe and people-centred events.” The controversy is a microcosm of the tensions over Israel’s war on Hamas that have spilled into the LGBT community. In June, Toronto’s Pride Parade, the country’s largest, was abruptly halted mid-route after protesters with the Coalition Against Pinkwashing, a coalition of queer and trans activists from Palestinian solidarity groups, staged a sit-in on Yonge Street after Pride Toronto refused to meet over demands they divest from companies with ties to Israel. Anti-Israel activists have also disrupted Pride parades in New York City, Boston, Denver and Philadelphia. In Edmonton, Jewish groups have called for an end to federal funding for the Pride Centre of Edmonton over its social media postings. Three weeks after 1,200 people were killed in a surprise raid carried out by Hamas and other terror organizations, the Pride centre’s Instagram page posted, “We at PCE stand against apartheid, genocide, colonization and state violence.” Hamas, in its founding charter in 1988, calls for the destruction of Israel and is nakedly antisemitic."

Dahlia Kurtz: Police must start cracking down on hate rallies - "police should stop integrating Islamophobia into every mention of Jew-hate. For instance, when you send an officer into a temple, as Chief Myron Demkiw did to take his place at the Pride of Israel town hall on July 31, please do not have that officer stand in front of the Jewish community, in a synagogue that was vandalized at the hand of Jew-hate, and read off a piece of paper preaching about Islamophobia — repeatedly. I discovered a video of Chief Demkiw in a mosque in June. He wanted to assure the Muslim community that the police were doing everything they could to “return a sense of safety” in the face of “Islamophobic hate.” Do you think the chief spoke to them about Jew-hate, too?... I get it: you want to keep the population happy. But what population do you want to keep happy?"
Whataboutery and all lives matter are bad only when they hurt the left wing agenda

Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 on X - "Chicago — A person in black bloc holds a Nazi flag at the anti-Israel DNC protest in Union Park."
Nazi flags only disqualify you and the whole movement you support if that helps the left wing agenda

Meme - Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89: "Incredibly funny how this " THE DNC WOULDN'T LET A PALESTINIAN SPEAK" thing is based on like 15 delegates huddled in a parking lot trying to bully the DNC into letting someone speak at the convention while it is already going on and the DNC set the speaking schedule weeks ago"
Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald: "Uncommitted delegates preparing to make a “big” announcement. They’ve been wanting to hear if convention will allow a Palestinian-American to speak from the stage. Huddled together. Mood does not appear positive."
Muslims are not small enough of a minority

Mario Nawfal on X - "This is Gaza… When will this end?"
Eric Weinstein on X - "This is genuinely confusing to me. I know Mario and like him. Quite a bit. He has been princely and gracious to me as well.   I feel like I must not be getting something. Maybe rational Jews / Arabs who are *not* Israelis / Gazans nor Netanyahu/Sinwar supporters, need to sit down, break bread and clarify what they think war, Casus Belli, a people, genocide, surrender, resistance, etc are and then talk to their Israeli and Gazan counterparts in Israel and Gaza. Just a thought.   To answer Mario’s question directly, I would say “The instant Gazan Arabs want it to. It’s simply the consequence of declaring war through civilian atrocities to induce military conflict on your own people. To stop a war you started with massacres, you just surrender, return hostages and turn over your war criminals. You don’t further antagonize your enemy, rocket their cities and chant ‘From the River to the Sea!’ or “This is genocide.” which seem totally bizarre if you want to end what Hamas started.”  I’m not being sarcastic. I’m legitimately totally bewildered by the Gazan narrative. Japan ended WWIi. If the reponse to Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to chant “From California to Ann Arbor, we’ll slaughter you just like Pearl Harbor.” there would have been no end to the war.  And Japan is a pretty nice place today. Surrender stopped the destruction in Japan. Japanese people didn’t lose everything.   Can someone explain the “When will this end?” question in WWII terms?   Because I see the destruction in Gaza and of the horrors of war and it makes me sick to my stomach. The only difference is I see Sinwar ordering all the war on the menu for himself without regard to cost in human life and then sending the bill for his feast to another table which is, naturally, dumbfounded.   I just don’t get it. Obviously.   The war ends the hour Arabs stop chanting for for their enemy’s eradication, surrender, and turn over hostages and those masterminds who thought that slaughtering civilians was an excellent way to start a war.  This isn’t hard. This isn’t intractable. It’s war. It has known ways to end it.   Unless the masterminds want it to go on because they see themselves as actually winning what they really want.   But I digress…"

Protests block bus route : r/ottawa - "The entire rideau bus routes have been blocked because of the usual Palestine protests."
You only get your bank account frozen if you threaten the left wing agenda

Jewish groups concerned over Canada's screening of Gazan refugees - "With the Ahmed Eldidi case revealing gaping holes in the country’s immigration security backstop, a Canadian Jewish group is urging the government proceed cautiously as Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Gazan refugees... Eldidi — arrested with this son earlier this month in a foiled terror plot — passed nearly seven years of security screenings and background checks, despite his participation in a 2015 ISIS torture video.  With that in mind, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) is calling on Immigration Minister Marc Miller to ensure security lapses are addressed as Canada prepares to accept as many as 5,000 refugees from Gaza,  “There were assurances of enhanced security screening in Cairo, and at the time we were reassuring the community there would be the due diligence we would expect the government to take,” said CIJA’s David Cooper.  “This incident with the father and son really galvanized and put concern into our minds about if screening is sufficient, in terms of screening out potential problem people.”  That’s especially a concern, Cooper said, as Canada only learned of the plan from French intelligence. Canada’s Gaza refugee plans triggered a July letter from United States Senators concerned Gazans with ties to terror would have easy access to the U.S.  “With little to no reliable records or background checks of these individuals from the Palestinian territories, these policies unlock opportunities for individuals with ties to terrorist groups to enter Canada, receive new forms of identification, and then try to enter the U.S. along the porous north border,” said the litter signed by six Senators.  Immigration chronologies show the elder Eldidi — an Egyptian national — was initially refused but then granted a visitor visa in late 2017/early 2018.  Upon landing in Canada in Feb. 2018, Eldidi went through at least eight separate security and background screenings during his journey from refugee to Canadian citizen.  Eldidi’s citizenship was granted one month before France tipped CSIS off about the plot, and two months before he and his son were arrested in a Richmond Hill hotel room... Canada is experiencing an unprecedented spike in hate crimes and antisemitism since the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel, with anti-Israel extremists leading intimidation marches through Jewish neighbourhoods, or establishing anti-Israel encampments on school campuses." SHAPIRO: The evil of cowardice - "The Israeli military made a macabre and horrifying discovery: the slain bodies of six hostages taken by Hamas, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin. All six hostages had been shot point-blank in the head some 48-72 hours prior, presumably upon the approach of IDF soldiers; Hamas terrorists chose to murder the hostages they had held in terror tunnels for over 300 days rather than risk their liberation... It turned out that all the diplomatic overtures made by America — overtures largely accepted by the supposedly intransigent administration of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — meant nothing. As Netanyahu pointed out, “whoever murders hostages does not want a deal.” That was predictable enough, given the fact that Hamas’ chief goal is its own survival — a goal directly at odds with Israel’s necessary goal of extirpating Hamas. That is why Hamas has consistently declared for months that there would be no hostage release without a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, along with the discharge of hundreds of convicted terrorists and murderers. Anything less than survival for Hamas is a loss. Dead Palestinians help Hamas achieve its goal of pressuring Israel; dead hostages help Hamas achieve its goal of pressuring Israel. And yet the immediate response of America and Great Britain has been to push Israel into more concessions. Asked whether Netanyahu had done enough to secure the hostage release, President Joe Biden — fresh from the beach in Delaware — said “no.” That is obviously political madness; if the murder of hostages wins indulgences, surely Hamas has the incentive to murder more hostages. But it is, far more importantly, moral madness; handing a victory to the very monsters who currently hold toddlers and threaten to shoot them in the head is the essence of cowardice. It’s worse: it’s complicity in evil. The only possible moral frame in which Israel can be blamed for Hamas’ monstrousness is a relativistic one, in which barbaric evil can be projected onto the “root cause” of the West. There is a reason so much of the left views America’s loss of the Vietnam War as a victory, or sees the Afghanistan pullout as a triumph, ignoring the viciousness of the Viet Cong and the Taliban. In this view, the cruelty of the West’s enemies is merely a response to the West’s own cruelty — and the evidence of that proposition is the existence of our enemies. Were we kind, generous and tolerant, we would have no enemies, goes the logic — thus the presence of our enemies demonstrates how fatally flawed we are. This perverse philosophy gives ammunition to the world’s worst human beings. Depriving evil actors of agency means leaving them free to pursue their worse designs, secure in the knowledge that the more savagely they act, the more they will be excused for their cruelty. The West, in this view, can never triumph but through surrender. This philosophy will destroy the West from within as well as from without"
It's not so much relativism as blind and unthinking hatred of the West

Michael Higgins: Shame on Trudeau for wanting to give in to Hamas after executions - "Hamas just executed six hostages in cold blood apparently as a negotiation tactic. That’s not negotiation, that’s blackmail. It’s evil. It’s diabolic... As Gazans suffered because of the actions of their satanic Hamas overlords, it was Israel that was demonized by the world... after shooting the six hostages in the back of the head last week, Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that unless a deal was agreed the other hostages would be returned in coffins. After the executions, a Hollywood-style poster was released by Hamas showing a terrorist with a gun in the foreground behind a seated and dejected hostage. On the wall, a series of chalk mark lines were being scratched off, presumably indicating the number of hostages killed. These are killers who glory in what they do... Netanyahu pointed out the number of times Hamas had rejected efforts to agree a ceasefire and release hostages. On April 27, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept Israel’s “extraordinarily generous” offer of a ceasefire and hostage swap. On May 31, Israel agreed to a U.S. backed proposal for a ceasefire. On Aug. 16, Israel agreed to a U.S. “bridging proposal” and three days later Blinken urged Hamas to agree to the deal. On Aug. 28, Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said Israel was showing “seriousness” in the negotiations and a ceasefire was in the hands of Hamas. Days later, Hamas answered by executing six hostages. “And now after this we’re asked to show seriousness? We’re asked to make concessions? What message does this send Hamas? It says kill more hostages, murder more hostages, you’ll get more concessions,” said Netanyahu. “The pressure internationally must be directed at these killers, at Hamas. Not at Israel. We say yes, they say no all the time. But they also murder these people and now we need maximum pressure on Hamas.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed outrage at the executions but called on “leaders” to reach a deal to bring the rest of the hostages home. Which leaders? The Qassam Brigades henchmen literally holding guns at the heads of hostages? The Hamas terrorists still operating from tunnels in the Gaza Strip? Or the Iranian puppet masters? But the Hamas “leaders” are not reasonable people entering into good-faith negotiations. Execution is not a tactic used by partners who want peace. The only guarantee that can come from these negotiations with Hamas is that any deal, any ceasefire, will be breached by them as it has repeatedly in the past."
Clearly it's the fault of Israel and the "Zionists" because they "forced" Hamas to kill the hostages, and the terrorist supporters keep claiming it's Israel that's rejecting ceasefire proposals

Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 on X - "Far-left extremists stuck a severed, bloody pig’s head on a gate at @UBC along with a message demanding the abolishment of police. The claim of responsibility was posted by an extremist far-left pro-Gaza group on @instagram. Leftist supporters of the violent direct action only took issue with the use of the pig, which they say “died in slavery.”  In 2019, UBC cancelled my speaking event after violent threats from Antifa."

Wartime Poll: Results of an Opinion Poll Among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - "From October 31 to November 7, Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) surveyed 668 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, during the fourth week of the ongoing Gaza War...
• 98% stated that they will never forget and will never forgive what Israel did and is continuing to do during this war.
• 65% perceived the present war as a conflict targeting all Palestinians, while only 18% viewed it as a war between Israel and Hamas. Other respondents believed: it is a war between Israel and Muslims (5%); it is a war between Israel and Arabs (2%); or it is a conflict between the West and the Arab-Muslim world (10%).
• Reasons cited for the October 7 attacks included: responding to oppression, particularly attacks on Al Aqsa (35%), and addressing broader issues such as freeing Palestine, ending the occupation, and stopping settlements (33%). Breaking the blockade of Gaza was cited as the main reason by 21% of respondents.
• A small percentage (6%) reported that the main reasons behind the war are related to regional interests. This includes serving the interests of Iran (5%) and stopping the ongoing peace and normalization process with Israel (1%).
• As illustrated below, the majority of (59%) strongly supported or (16%) supported to some extent the October 7 attacks carried by the Hamas-led factions, while 16% supported to some extent. 11% reported that they neither supported nor opposed the attack, while 13% expressed opposition to the attacks. Strong support for the attacks was notably higher among Palestinians in the West Bank (68%) as compared to Gaza (47%)...
79% Of respondents expected that the end of the war will lead to the release of all Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails.
75% of respondents expected a victory in which Gaza repels the Israeli invasion."
Weird. We're told that most Palestinians want peace
No surprise that they're so deluded that they think they will win militarily, since they have constructed a whole worldview in which they are the victims

Exclusive | Rockefeller Brothers Fund funding Palestinian terror groups - "Pro-Palestinian groups such as those who spread hate at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting this week, have been lavishly funded by the Rockefeller family’s main charitable arm.  The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has links to two groups the Israeli government designated “terrorist organizations”...   Founded in 1940, the famous clan’s $1.3 billion fund — where Justin, Wyatt and David Rockefeller Jr. sit on the board of trustees — has shelled out more than $2.6 million since 2018 directly or indirectly to at least six anti-Israel organizations, several of which openly celebrated Hamas’ Oct 7 terrorist attack on the Jewish state.  Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, whose logo was affixed to an ad promoting Wednesday’s rally, is a “fiscally sponsored project” of the nonprofit Alliance for Global Justice.   In August 2022, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund gave the Alliance $100,000.  Israel designated Samidoun a terrorist organization in February 2021 and Germany banned it last month.  Samidoun, founded in 2011, condemned the United Kingdom in 2021 for classifying Hamas a terrorist organization, and cheered the Oct 7 terrorist incursion:...   “This is unfortunately a case of reaping what one sows. They were probably fine with these rabid, lefty groups, protesting other people,” said City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island). “The lesson we all can take from this is that the woke left isn’t our friend.”  The fund gave at least $490,000 for “general support” to the Jewish Voice for Peace, according to public grant disclosures on their website since 2019.   Despite its name, the group is a notorious anti-Israel organization and a front for mainstreaming antisemitic ideas, critics say.  A Grand Central demonstration organized by the group in October led to more than 300 arrests.  “Jewish Voice for Peace is a radical anti-Israel and anti-Zionist activist group that advocates for the boycott of Israel and eradication of Zionism. JVP does not represent the mainstream Jewish community, which it views as bigoted for its association with Israel,” according to the Anti-Defamation League.  The group has been banned by Columbia University for repeatedly holding “threatening” campus events, the school said last month. The fund has also donated at least $515,000 to the The Tides Center, earmarked specifically to support Palestine Legal, a pro-Palestinian advocacy group, records show. The nonprofit trumpeted the Oct 7 attacks as “one of the most significant acts of Palestinian resistance.”... The Rockefeller Brothers Fund also sent at least $710,000 to the Adalah Justice Project and $605,000 to the Middle East Policy Network (also known as Al-Shabaka).  Both organizations celebrated Hamas’ Oct 7 attacks in public statements."

David Collier on X - "On Oct 7 2023 Hamas carried out the largest single massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. While it was still going on - before 1pm on the 7th - the Palestine Solidarity Campaign was already organising a march to call for Israel's destruction. These people are partners of Hamas."

Women and Bad Advice

Rain Hope

I always get kicked out of women groups on Facebook cause some of y’all don’t have common or uncommon sense.

 

Group member : Hey y’all I need advice. My boyfriend doesn’t wanna marry me. We been together for 17 years. I helped him find a job. We have a child and I give him $175.62 towards his crack habit every month. He’s a great father and I really love him .. I don’t understand why he doesn’t want to get married. Any tips?

 

Me : Why you dating a crackhead?

 

Admins : Ramona Williams is banned now. We don’t judge here. If y’all don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it.

 

Me on a back up page : what is it about a crackhead that makes you think he should be your husband?

Admins : aLl vErsIonS oF Ramona Williams hAs BeEn bAnnED.