GERMANY IN CHAOS: WHY GERMANS ARE TURNING RIGHT?

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"BREAKING: TESLA Announces New Cars Drive Themselves Out of the Factory!"

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Tesla extends its lead over all other car manufacturers, including EV makers in China. 

The lads above, Herbert Ong and Jeff Lutz discuss the issue, as insiders. 

Same time there was a hugely bullish report from Elon Musk. 1000x price in ten years!? A huge call if even just some of the predictions work out. Says James Cat.

I remain bullish TSLA. As I have been for years. 20 main posts since 2016, here, out of over 60 posts mentioning Tesla. I'm a huuuge Elon fan boy and TSLA fan boy. 

Tesla is much more than just a car company. 

More people drive Teslas with FSD -- Fully Self Driving -- technology, the more people are safe. About 7 times safer according to figures from the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration: 

Snake Dreams

TESLA earnings call

https://x.com/TSLAFanMtl/status/1884746034171060360

This has to be the most bullish Tesla earnings call ever - maybe most bullish earnings call of any company ever - if even a fraction of what Elon says will come true actually comes true.

“Good riddance to Jim Acosta” | Greg Gutfeld

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This is so funny.... Though of course it’s not at all Nice to find pleasure in the downfall of people. Not even ones as ludicrous and self-deluded as Jim Acosta. 

The folks from the top-rated Gutfeld! show give him lotsa stick.... as he leaves for pastures perhaps browner than green. 

"... this guidebook is worthless..."

 

Happy New Year!

 

蛇年大吉

Shé nián dàjí

"Good Luck in the Year of the Snake"

Nice calligraphy!....

"Whoa! Another bad one!..."

DeepSeek Threat To TESLA? FSD “Prepare To Be Shocked!”, Model Y All Changes

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Herbert Ong and Jeff Lutz, two engineers who know manufacturing and AI very well, discuss the impact of China's DeepSeek on TESLA and AI generally. 

Good stuff to know about the future. This is critical info. 

Short answer: Tesla will do fine with DeepSeek. Tesla is a consumer awa a builder of AI. If the base is cheaper, then the overall manufacturing cost is cheaper.

Silicon Valley praising Chinese AI startup DeepSeek: 'Profound gift to the world' (Marc Andreesson) DeepSeek

A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley raving, calling it "amazing and impressive,"despite working with less-advanced chips.

A Chinese AI company that rivals ChatGPT, is gaining attention in Silicon Valley with its rapid rise, nearly outperforming leading American AI companies like OpenAI and Meta. 

DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup that develops open-source large language models (LLMs), according to the company's website. 

The company unveiled R1, a specialized model designed for complex problem-solving, on Jan. 20, which "zoomed to the global top 10 in performance," and was built far more rapidly, with fewer, less powerful AI chips, at a much lower cost than other U.S. models, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The announcement of the latest version of the app happened on President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day as another Chinese-owned social media app, TikTok, was making headlines about whether it would be banned in the U.S. [More...]

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ADDED:

Techworld going crazy for DeepSeek:

• Deepseek R1 Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer
• OpenAI is Done, China Won (Deepseek Explained)
• DeepSeek R1 Fully Tested - Insane Performance
• DeepSeek R1 Explained to your grandma
• This free Chinese AI just crushed OpenAI's $200 o1 model...
• DeepSeek - The Chinese AI That Crashed The Markets
• A different take from those above: Threat To TESLA? FSD “Prepare To Be Shocked!”, Model Y All Changes

Let's go to our hidden camera...

"Only in Australia... Australia Day Special 2025" | Dr Peter Ridd

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Australia Day was yesterday. Still, better late than....

Dr Peter Ridd (above) is a heterodox marine biologist. Well-respected until he questioned the orthodoxy of "The Great Barrier Reef is being destroyed by Climate Change" narrative. This is not true, according to Dr Pete. Who goes out to the reef to take actual measurements. And who's shown, backed by independent data, that the reef is now in strong recovery and actually bigger than it was thirty years ago. 

You'd think that would be good news for folks. But, no, because it destroys the narrative of "everything to do with climate change is bad" and that "therefore we must Just Stop Oil" and all the rest of those horrid fossil fuels. 

In the video above, Dr Pete turns his attention to Australia Day, how it must be a day to celebrate, not to mourn. He says this of a country he's immigrated into, his adopted country. 

The late great leader of the Left, our Prime Minister Bob Hawke, said this, in relation to aboriginal land rights and the rights of all Australians: 

"In Australia there is no hierarchy of descent. There must be no privilege of origin" — Bob Hawke, PM, 1988

A  "privilege of origin" is what is demanded by the "renamers", those who want to rename Australia Day as "Invasion Day“. "Invaded" by the Europeans, you see. 

Australia has had waves of immigrants, starting with those we now call the "First Nations". Then the Anglo-British; then the Southern European; then the Asian. Is each one of these to pay obeisance to those before, the second to the First, the third to the second, and so on. Are we all to bow the knee to First?

No. Not if we don't want to return to the Stone Age. Which is the scientifically accurate description of the peoples on Terra Australis when Cook landed. 

I've always thought it rather odd that activist First Peoples Folks should boast about a "60,000-year culture". To which is added 10,000 years every couple of years or so. So that some elders now claim an aboriginal culture of 250,000 years! Dr Pete says this shows "how patient" the First Peoples are [heh]. All that time and you didn't manage to break out of the Stone Age to the Copper Age? To the Bronze Age? From the Bronze to the Iron? Weird thing to boast about. 

Listen to what our wonderful parliamentarian, Jacinta Nampijimpa Price has to say about this. To give due weight and respect to both the indigenous and the early Europeans, she being a part of both. 

Jacinta with her parents

There are plenty, plenty, plenty of aboriginal heritage folks who share Jacinta's views. People like the elder-leader Warren Mundine and the journo Stan Grant. Just that they are not as loud as the minority of "Renamers", the "hate-everything-about-Australia" crowd. Those like Lidia Thorpe, who call for war between aboriginals and the rest of Australians. 

No. I join Peter and Jacinta and Warren and Stan in rejecting this minority, these violent anti-Australia radicals. As Australians of all descent did in voting "NO" to the "Voice" referendum in October 2023.

And who support Australia Day, as the day to celebrate the achievements of a nation for all the peoples on this great, red land, irrespective of origin. 

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ADDED: at the government's own flag-raising ceremony yesterday, things were very Woke! The Australian flag wasn't even the main one of three. That was the aboriginal flag.... 😒

... do what they do, Lenny"

 

Trump in LA and slaps down Mayor Bass

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This is so good. President Trump being presidential. Listening to the people and making sure the incompetent LA Mayor, Karen Bass, hears their voices. Speed. That’s what’s needed now, to let people get on with clearing and rebuilding. 

There’s another vid of Trump meeting with the LA fire fighters. He takes so much time with them, smiling and chatting; it’s clear how much they appreciate it. 

"Environmentalist Calls to Tear Down Dams Won’t Save Salmon But Will Waste Your Money" | John Stossel

John Stossel talks to various dam experts.
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Gavin Newsome, Governor of CA, tells us that it was necessary to destroy dams in Northern CA, so that the tiny Delta Smelt and the Sockeye Salmon could roam free. 

I thought when I heard this, that there had to be other ways to solve this fishy issue, as in spillways to allow the Smelt and Salmon to pass. I mean, we can be all in favour of fish to roam free, but do we really have to destroy dams to let them?

Turns out that spillways -- in the form of "fish ladders" -- have happened. But the  Greens keep pushing for dam destruction, because they're so invested, emotionally, in doing this. 

Fish ladders explained here

The vid at top shows what's been done -- in that case in Washington State's Snake River. So that now 98-99% of Salmon make it through, past the dams, via "fish ladders". The same would be true of dams in CA. 

And... and... and:  the much bigger threat to Sockeye Salmon is now Seals and Sea-Lions, not getting past dams. Go figure that!

This is critical, because of the water that used to be diverted to Southern CA, but is now spilled into the sea. Which Newsome tells us we must do, because, you know, biodiversity, 'n all.

This is yet another case of the Great Thomas Sowell's dictum: "There are no Solutions, only Trade-offs". If you've traded off less water in LA, which contributed to their fearsome wildfires, well, what's the benefit in terms of Delta Smelt and Salmon saved? Do we even know this? $300 Billion in destroyed homes, 30 deaths, thousands without homes, on the one side. On the other side: how many fish saved? Trade off. 

And there's another trade-off. As Stossel notes in the above vid. Namely that the amount of clean, reliable, always-on electricity generated by those destroyed dams in WA, was about the same as the electricity generated by wind farms. Imagine telling Greens that you were going to destroy all the wind farms in the state. Because of a fish, not even endangered. You can't have everything. It's all a matter of Trade Offs. No "solutions", only trade-offs. 

War is the SECOND worst thing | Oren Cahanovitc

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I've followed Oren Cahanovitc for years now. I think he's sound on Middle East issues. 

He's always saying "don't believe me, go and check what I say" and "Please argue against me, my mind is open to being changed". Those are good, healthy attitudes to have.

He has an interesting angle on Germany, war, Israel, in the vid above. 

Ginger... you look stunning

 

Commenters on Israel, Middle East, Hamas, etc.... that I follow (Update)

Here comes the deer...

Why you can't negotiate with terrorists

From Will Chamberlain on X:

I understand why the Israelis are going through with this lopsided hostage deal, but they will need to enact a major policy change to account for the downsides. If you are going to release 30 serious criminals for every hostage you get back, you are obviously incentivizing the kidnapping of your civilians. The roots of 10/7 can be traced back to the Shalit deal, where Israel traded 1000 convicts for a single soldier. You’re also making the de facto punishment for murder/attempted murder quite trivial. You might think you are imposing a life sentence, but the real sentence is more like “you will be in jail until your fellow terrorists manage to kidnap another Israeli civilian.” This means you are failing to give justice and closure to the families of the murdered and making it less scary for future terrorists to murder Israelis. So, if Israel is going to do a deal like this, they need to start executing terrorists convicted of murder or attempted murder, with a streamlined process. You ensure that justice is done, and you avoid the problem of having a pool of convicted murderers waiting around to be released until Hamas kidnaps some innocent Israeli children.

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Me: No way Israel is going to “start executing terrorists. No matter how much it would smartly reduce their number.

Don't make eye contact with baboons...

Qatar Delende Est.... "Qatar must be destroyed"

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Carthago delenda est were the words Cato the Elder finished every speech with. "Carthage must be destroyed".

Its modern version: Qatar delende est. "Qatar must be destroyed".

We've spent so much time huffing and puffing about the dangers of Shia Iran and its "circle of fire", its proxies surrounding Israel. Its radical fundamentalist Shia Islam. But we've ignored Sunni Qatar. And its radical fundamentalist Wahhabist Taliban Sunni Islam. We've tended to see Qatar as one of the Gulf States one of the "Good Guys". But it's not. It plays a double game. 

Caroline Glick and Yigal Carmon above discuss the reasons the West been fooled. How Qatar has duped the West. 

I reckon there's a couple of reasons Qatar has duped the West:

1. Money. Qatar funnels vast amounts of money to the west, to the media, to the universities, to the political systems. It's awful hard to bite the hand the offers it. 
2. Qatar Airways. They have lovely ads on major TV stations, like BBC, CNN, MSNBC. Gorgeous women, famous actresses, yummy food served at over-the-top First Class cabins. It's the first thing, I'd bet, that many of us think of, if we're asked about Qatar. 

From the intro above. 

Yigal Carmon, founder and president of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), joins JNS senior contributing editor Caroline Glick for an exclusive interview that exposes Qatar’s corrosive influence on western society.

Learn about Doha's campaign to weaken Western powers and increase Islamic influence while simultaneously benefiting from economic cooperation.

Carmon and Glick discuss what should and can be done to defeat this new adversary on this episode of "The Caroline Glick Show!"

Another vid on with Einat Wilf covers a lot of ground, including Qatar -- "The Palestinian Flag Has Become The New Red Flag"

Wilf is multi-talented. She was in the Knesset, a former Intelligence Officer of the IDF's famous Unit 8200. She's also a fierce and knowledgeable critic of UNRWA, which makes her smart. Because that horrid organisation has also, like Qatar, duped the West into thinking that it actually is a refugee-supporting charity, whereas in reality it's an arm and hiding place of Hamas. Provider of viciously Jew-hating education to Palestinian kids.

Symbols of honour

"The presidential inauguration (full vlog)" | Kai Trump

Kai Trump, 17.
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An historic day, inauguration of Donald J. Trump to his second, non-sequential term, the 47th president of the United States. Just a year ago, who'da thunk? 

There's an absolute ton of stuff out there about his most amazing, historic, unprecedented event, so I thought I'd post something a little different: the vlog of Kai Trump, eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr, and eldest granddaughter of President Trump. 

I first came across Kai on YouTube, showing her playing golf, at which she's seriously talented. At only 17, she has a low single-digit handicap. Wowsers. 

In the vid above, watch how self-assured she is when she gives thanks to a monster crowd, tens of thousands at the inauguration ball, standing there with her father and step-mother. At 17, doing the same, I'd've been nervous as hell. She's totally at ease. 

If you're fair-minded and not blinded by TDS, you have to say that the large Trump family are a seriously attractive and talented lot. Really. President Trump is lucky man. By all accounts, he is a good father and caring grandfather. Whatever one thinks of his politics. 

I rather liked president Trump's inauguration speech. More than his first one in 2017. He covered the whole of his agenda, making clear that he's ready for quick action, and that he's about all Americans, not just his supporters -- bit of a difference there from Biden. 

There's surely a palpable sense of possibility in today's America. Even if I joined many yesterday in trashing his "hostage deal" in Gaza.  There's a lot of time to go. Though four years may just fly by....

The real cause of the 1948 Israel-Arab war

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The speaker above is Oren Cahanovitc, owner of the Travelling Israel site. I've  followed him for some years and find him refreshingly open, clear, accurate and fun. 

The first item he talks about is the description of the 1948 Israel-Arab war. This is probably the most often misrepresented, to me, by friends and Occasional Readers. No, it was not a matter of the Brits leaving and Jews invading the land. It was a matter of the British mandate being passed to the United Nations and then .... 

... but let Oren speak. Click above. 

Graffiti in hell...

Trump screws up on Israel-Hamas

Gazans cock-a-hoop at the Trump capitulation
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He's still eight hours away from taking the oath of office, but Trump has already screwed up big time. In his Israel "hostage deal", that he's bragging about, he's done damage to our key ally in the Middle East, Israel, and emboldened our main enemies, Hamas, in the Gaza strip. 

Shame on him and all those who advised him on this wretched deal. Which deal not only gives Hamas 15 30 convicted terrorists, murderers and scoundrels for every single hostage, but also calls for a ceasefire of at least 42 days -- during which Hamas will surely rearm and regroup. Note: the taking of the hostages is a war crime; the Palestinian prisoners are criminals convicted by a world-class judicial system. So, multiple criminals swapped for innocent hostages. How is that a good deal?

ADDED: "Why you can't deal with terrorists". 

Basically it's the old Biden deal, which we all scoffed at, a warmed-up leftover forced on Netanyahu. It was a stinker when Biden -- actually Antony Blinken-- proposed it, months ago. It remains a stinker, even as it's the incoming president forcing it down Israel's throat.

I call it Capitulation. To Hamas. To the terrorists. And their state sponsors, Iran, Qatar, Egypt. Conservatives, like Ben Shapiro, are trying to spin it: not so bad, part of Trump's bigger long-term strategy. I wish. 

ADDED: 

• Watch as Hamas emerge from tunnels in Gaza and celebrate with local Gazans. They are delighted with the deal. 
• Hamas and the Gaza population are at one. Jubilant at the deal.
• Again: Hamas and Gazans are one. 

You can't negotiate with terrorists.

That's always been the US position. Though they don't always stick to it. But in Israel, it's not even a thing. Dealing with terrorists is something they seem to have to do, because it's foundational to their identity as a Jewish state. As Andrew McCarthy explains: 

The hostages of October 7 are not merely a profoundly emotional, first-order political issue for Israelis. The prioritization of their return, over other national security considerations (other than national survival itself), instantiates the Jewish state’s essence. [More]

It's tough then for some random dude (me) living in Hong Kong to bloviate about needing to be tough, to not deal with terrorists. But there are some tough-minded Israelis who do question the need to "deal with terrorists". Like Yishai Fleisher. Hostages instead should be treated by Israel as if they are dead. That's pretty tough. Of the Trump Capitulation Deal Fleisher says "we've been betrayed". 

Yigal Carmon, founder and president of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) looks more widely -- in his talk with Caroline Glick -- at the horrible influence of Qatar, while also excoriating Trump both for this latest "deal" and for breaking up an Arab attempt to squeeze Qatar's terror financing back in 2017.

So, basically, from tough-minded Israeli analysts, it's one big "F" for Trump's pre-inauguration "deal" on Israel and Hamas. Which view I share. Even as I stay with my vote: that of the binary choice between Trump and the babbling Kamala, he was the better and more logical choice, given their respective records. But he's "got to do better". On Israel at least.

ADDED:

• "A very bad deal for Israel". Ex-IDF spokesman
• "A regrettable deal" Jonathan Tobin
• "A disastrous deal" The Israel guys
• "Trump bullied Israel into insane hostage deal" Isser Weisberg

Avoid eye contact...

 

Tik Tok Refugees

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With the (maybe) imminent closure of China's hit App Tik Tok in the US, because of worries about Chinese influence, many young'uns have moved to a Chinese Instagram equivalent -- a copy, in fact -- called "Little Red Book" (小红书). Where they meet up with actual, real, Chinese people. Most as young, loutish, foolish and naive as they are. 

Some folks, as in those in the vid above, see it as a good thing that Chinese youth and American yoot are having interactions. Me too. 

Thing it, Chinese government doesn't in fact think so. And is in the process of shutting them out. Which means that if they Amerian yoot are bereft of Tik Tok and Little Red Book, they're going to have to find -- gasp! -- something else to do. 

Meantime, young Americans are finding that they're censored for all sorts of things that are just fine in the US. Like saying they're lesbian, or non-binary or any one of the alphabet soup in LGBTW2Sp+ "community", not to mention anything that says anything nasty about the Great Leader. 

There's a rather more tart take on the whole issue, by a guy that spent 14 years in China, married to a Chinese lady, travelled all over China, and often said very nice things about China -- as have I. But he's not naive, and speaks his mind about it all here. 

Hurry up Harry! The dog is following us...

 

Who’s to Blame for the LA Fire Disaster? | Michael Shellenberger

Democrats: The LA wildfires are due to Climate Change. And Mother nature. We did the best we could. Don't criticise/politicise while we're suffering and dealing with the emergency! Bigots!

Republicans: Climate Change didn't cause the wildfires. It was mismanagement. Crazy woke policies and DEI worsened them. Get your act together before we commit federal funds to help. Mismanagers!

It's not coin toss. There's more of one than the other, of these scenarios, which should be clear from the vast amount of coverage. For me the bottom line is: given that Climate Change has made things worse, then the mitigation measures -- forest & scrub management, water storage, equipment availability -- need to be all the more. Yet they were, by all accounts, even on the Dems side, less.

Of the many pods, this one is one of the best: Michael Shellenberger, talking to John Papola. Links below. Michael knows a lot about the issues from the ground up. Has written books about it. Long-term resident of CA. Was candidate for governor last election, but couldn't beat the huge Dem machine. 

Michael's first point, which is also mine: what's needed is a Quick Response Unit. You have to get on top of ignitions as soon as they happen. This was not done in LA. 

Shellenberger is a leftie from way back. A Time Magazine "Hero of the Environment". I've read both his main books: Apocalypse Never and San Fransicko. He really does know whereof he speaks. This talk gets into some philosophical discussions in the second half. Like about neo-Marxism, Marcusianism, Gramsciism. About all of which we can read more at Christopher Rufo's America's Cultural Revolution. 

On Climate Change: "These fires could have happened without Climate Change. And they need not have happened with Climate Change." The direct cause of these fires: they are ignition events. 

Shellenberger talks about the drugs issue and how it's made wildfires more likely. I used to be all in favour of decriminalising drugs. No longer. As a result of seeing what that's done to so many states in America. Worst of all CA. Watch on... 

[0:00] Unpacking the official narrative lies [12:49] LA’s systemic failure isn’t just one big coincidence [17:45] The homeless crisis drained the firefighting budget [27:12] Forest management failures aren’t the main story [31:34] Why leftist radicals want to let Malibu burn [42:53] Hollywood elites elected their own oppressors [52:44] White voters in LA are hypnotized by identity politics [59:35] Is the DEI criticism fair or just right-wing opportunism? [1:06:09] Western civilization is sacrificing itself [1:13:42] Did climate change play a role in the fires? [1:22:25] Climate hysteria is a symptom of privilege [1:28:29] Is the woke reign of terror truly over? [1:33:32] Hazing matter for emergency preparedness [1:38:44] Why Michael is optimistic for the future

"The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed" | Brad Meltzer

 Adam Carolla talks to Brad Meltzer about his latest book. About a different, little-known, conspiracy against the life of Jack Kennedy. 

Which reminds me of when I first arrived in New York, as a young kid, in September 1960, just before the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the 26th September. Dad was Australian representative at the United Nations. We were in a hotel on East 22nd Street, just before we decamped to suburban New Rochelle. 

We watched the debate on a little black and white box, in our hotel room. For us it was the first time we'd even seen television, which at the time hadn't arrived in Australia. So it was kind of magic. 

And to see these two men, battle it out on television. Magic. 

This was just before Kruschev banged his shoe, at the United Nations, declaring, angrily that "we will bury you". As in communism, the Soviet Union would bury us, the West and US. 

Then we went to Germany where we were, Dad in the Australian Embassy in the then capital Bonn, when the Communists started building the Berlin Wall, in August 1961. 

Then not long after, I sailed, by ship, to Canberra for my high school years. Which was where I heard about the Kennedy assassination on 22 November 1963. I was at the Canberra Grammar School. Supposed to board, but the boarding section was full, so I was put up by a kind family, whose son, Mick Gee, was in the same year as me. 

We'd been out on a school excursion. I returned to find a newspaper on my bed, with the screaming black-faced 100-point headline, in awful alliteration: "Kennedy Killed!". 

For most of my life, and even unto now, I believed the official story that it was a lone killer, Lee Harvey Oswald. Everything else, I thought, was Conspiracy Theory. But now, late in life, I'm not so sure. Does not some grander, wider, more sinister plot make more sense? That he was hated for his Catholicism? For his attacks on the "military industrial complex"? For his brother's attacks on the Mafia? 

And now we have Brad Meltzer. And his wholly new story of yet another conspiracy. 

Meltzer reveals an earlier attempt on Kennedy in his new book. I don't know about it at all. Meltzer says we don't know about it because news was overshadowed by the Cuban Missile Crisis.

What a crazy few years. Kennedy-Nixon, assassinations -- JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X, Oswald, Ruby -- the brink of nuclear war over Cuba, the Berlin wall. Kruschev's shoe. 

Watch Adam Carolla’s segment with Brad Meltzer. . 

Meltzer's book:. The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed

Talking dogs...

 

Suicidal Emphathy

 

	Gad Saad ⁦‪@GadSaad‬⁩ The ultimate form of Suicidal Empathy: Noble Prospective Immigrant: Please, please, please, please, please, let me into your society. I just want a chance to thrive. Please. The West: OK, come in. Noble Immigrant: I hate you. I hate your culture. I hate your values. I hate…   15/1/2025, 12:25 am

Per Europe, U.K., Australia, Canada for recent decades…

Examples: Ireland. Germany. Canada. Holland. 

I realise the above might come across as racist, bigoted, xenophobic, islamophobic. 

My counter:

Gad Saad is a Canadian professor of evolutionary psychology. He's from Lebanon. Where he and his family, Jews, were kicked out by the invading Muslim Palestinians. His parents were held hostage and tortured. He saw Lebanon turn from a secular, tolerant Christian majority country, where Jews lived side-by-side with Muslims, to today's viciously intolerant Muslim majority country where Jews are hounded out or killed. 

Lebanon is just one more in the long line of countries, most in the Middle East and Asia, that were taken over by Muslim imperialism, and are now failing states, riven by violence. All are at the bottom of the United Nations Human Development Report Index. There's a one-to-one correlation between the extent of Islamic influence and the failure of that society. 

What has happened across the Middle East will happen in Europe and the U.K.  We see it in front of our eyes. 

Unless you happen to live in England and you live up in lovely rural Yorkshire. Because Islamists don't visit the countryside. But look at Birmingham, Rotherham, Manchester, Luton, and dozens of other towns, all become English versions of Islamabad. Women are covered. Visiting non-Muslims are expected to do the same. Pubs are shut down. That's what Gad Saad is warning about. And what I have, here in this blog, for 16 years. 

Putting up with this, for the sake of people we feel sorry for, is what Gad Saad calls "Suicidal Empathy". 

I like the phrase. We see it all over, once we look for it. 

At the United States Southern Border, for example. "Imagine there's no countries", sang John Lennon. "... nothing to kill or die for". Except they do. And we do. Suicidal Empathy.