Open Thread – July 2024

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Adam D

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kaysee says:

July 21, 2024 at 3:17 pm

Two big companies getting rid of their DEI policies.

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John Deere rolls back DEI policies
having come under fire from conservatives, saying it won’t take part in events like Pride or have a pronoun policy

It said that it would audit its company-mandated training materials to “ensure the absence of socially-motivated messages” and that its business resource groups would “exclusively” focus on professional development, networking, mentoring, and supporting talent recruitment.

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Microsoft lays off its DEI team as ex staff slam company

Microsoft joins a number of tech companies in walking back DEI commitments that were made in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, including Google, Meta and Zoom.

It is unclear how many employees were laid off

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kaysee says:

July 21, 2024 at 3:53 pm

Amazing Polly (around 7:30 and 30min mark) on connection to cross-promotional network of “trusted voices”…

Who are the voices that we can trust? Without our own research and a desire to seek the truth, it is easy to be deceived by the so-called Alt Media.

Thanks, Esme, for making the decision to join our blog as a regular commenter. Taking part and posting comments gets quite easy once you get used to it. There is so much to post on, and it’s good to sometimes take a break from the serious news and share some light stuff.

There seemed to be some glitches with your initial comments. We’ve had a few bugs on the blog since this site was set up – problems and time delays in comments appearing. I’ve had some comments disappear over the past few years on this blog. When I was posting comments on the Israel-Palestine thread, in the same week, I had two (long) comments that vanished, and my screen showed some WordPress error message that made no sense.

I worked out the cause, later. My comment contained one of the words that WordPress doesn’t like – the word is em-bed (if typed as one word is not ok; with the hyphen it is ok). The other case, it was a web link it decided was not okay, and I worked around that using TinyURL.

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kaysee says:

July 21, 2024 at 4:15 pm

Since the announcement that Trump’s VP is Vance, there has been much focus on Peter Thiel. And with good reason. We’ve had a few comments on the previous page. Con Inc Media will not talk about this, but it is very important. There is a network of influential people linked to Vance.

Whitney Webb
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Short clip
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Full Video
“The Deep State Mafia is running both political parties”
Journalist Whitney Webb reveals | Redacted

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Article
The Man Behind Trump’s VP Pick: It’s Worse Than You Think

While J.D. Vance has his own controversies, his close connection to billionaire Peter Thiel, who is poised to have unprecedented influence in a new Trump administration, should deeply unsettle every American who cares about freedom, privacy and reigning in the surveillance state.

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kaysee says:

July 21, 2024 at 4:24 pm

Dr Jane Ruby
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Trump with Peter Thiel who is the Chairman of the Bilderberg Steering Committee, co-founder of Palantir (data analytics for the Deep State).

Thiel worked with JD Vance and funded Hulk Hogan’s defamation suit against Gawker.

If you think Trump is here to beat the Deep State, you are out of your f*cking mind.

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Nobody seems to have a care in the world that you’re about to have a guy who’s running the Bilderberg Group with his own office in the White House.

Go ahead, rationalize that one for me

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Ron Paul
Off To A Bad Start — J.D. Vance’s Bombastic Threats Against Iran

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Esme says:

July 21, 2024 at 6:10 pm

Both Vance and Harari coalesce on an ultimate point: that more and more ordinary people are becoming useless, living meaningless lives made bearable only by substances and distractions (Harari has concluded the best-case scenario for the future of many ordinary people is “drugs and computer games”).

Vance will therefore use his Hollywood credentials and the power of propaganda – ably aided and abetted by actor Trump – to gain increased support for a demonisation of this “useless class”, who are, ultimately, targeted for extinction.

‘Hillbilly’. ‘Elegy’.

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kaysee says:

July 21, 2024 at 7:17 pm

Maybe someone well-versed in the subject of wars can check this out and debunk what Ben Norton has posted in his video?

Ben Norton

Following the shooting, Donald Trump’s supporters claim he’s a “threat to the US deep state”. But in reality, he is a warmonger who appointed CIA officials & neocons to run his foreign policy.

I documented Trump’s support for Israel & Ukraine and aggression against China, Russia, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

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The full video

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mh says:

July 21, 2024 at 7:19 pm

Israel bombs Yemen, then AIPAC demands the USA defend Israel.

AIPAC
@AIPAC

Israel will act against terrorists to defend itself and protect its families.

America must have Israel’s back.

🇺🇸🇮🇱
Allies stand together.

#StrongerTogether
1:52 AM · Jul 21, 2024 · 840.1K Views

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kaysee says:

July 21, 2024 at 7:48 pm

🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕
And for this Sunday….

Today’s Liturgy of the Word is about shepherds – the bad ones and the Good Shepherd. It is a timely message for those looking for worldly saviours to lead them and save them.

Re-posting this one, with part of the blurb below the video.

The Lord’s My Shepherd

What comfort there is in the 23rd Psalm! …..

Even when we cannot see what will come, we can trust Him to lead us. Perspective is also important in this life, because we often wonder if we have a Shepherd at all. So many things happen that we don’t understand. But, the Bible tells us that He is leading us as a Good Shepherd. If it doesn’t make sense now, it will in the future – in eternity. May we all trust our Shepherd to lead us to everlasting life.

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A Ponderable

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mh says:

July 21, 2024 at 11:34 pm

Footage From 1896 Shows Palestine Before Israeli Occupation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Uqtz2ccJw

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mh says:

July 22, 2024 at 6:56 am

The assassin’s bullet grazed Trump, killed Biden

Biden drops out of 2024 race, endorses Harris

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mh says:

July 22, 2024 at 6:25 pm

Chris Comeau
@ChrisComeau13

So #Kamala Harris is crazy angry about porn and nudity. But, as a public figure she can pose like this… no doubt she gets a “shwing”… but, come on.

https://x.com/ChrisComeau13/status/1296697004337311744

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mh says:

July 23, 2024 at 7:20 am

The Bizarre Way It All Ended

Paul Joseph Watson
1.99M subscribers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PqkDoRfeYU

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kaysee says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:28 pm

Cancelling the cancellers

The irony is thick, given that some of those doing the cancelling are known for their prior staunch efforts to protect free speech, raising questions about whether some wish protect free speech in principle, or just the speech they agree with.

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Esme says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:31 pm

I have some questions

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kaysee says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:33 pm

mh, you’ve said that you don’t have a twitter account.
Are you able to click open the twitter links that I post, read the info and view the videos in them?

Or do you get blocked from viewing parts of the tweet/post?

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mh says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:34 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu arriving in America to tell them who their next President will be.

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mh says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:38 pm

Or do you get blocked from viewing parts of the tweet/post?

Normally I cannot see what the poster on x is responding too.
But sometimes I believe I can.

But if they have linked a video I can watch that, ie when Tucker used to post his latest episodes on x.

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mh says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:41 pm

3/
Ron Paul
Off To A Bad Start — J.D. Vance’s Bombastic Threats Against Iran

Yes KC.

I can watch the Ron Paul vid.

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mh says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:42 pm

Putin is back

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kaysee says:

July 23, 2024 at 6:46 pm

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The Real President Of The United States
Arrives in the US
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A video from CBS (10 mins)
Supporters of Israel and Zionists can justify this with But October 7 and But Hamas and But hostages. Or insist that IDF is telling the truth about not targeting civilians and that the doctors are lying.
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Drs Mark Perlmutter and Feroze Sidhwa
We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable.

Mark Perlmutter is an orthopedic and hand surgeon who practices in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Feroze Sidhwa is a trauma and critical care surgeon who practices in Northern California.

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kaysee says:

July 23, 2024 at 7:01 pm

Normally I cannot see what the poster on x is responding too.
But sometimes I believe I can.

But if they have linked a video I can watch that, ie when Tucker used to post his latest episodes on x.

After posting, I usually test links to make sure that readers can view what I have posted. But as I have an account I can view everything so I can’t be sure about what happens when readers click on the links. As long as you can read the post and view any videos in it, that should be okay.

I did not want to get on social media but when Elon started restricting access, I decided to join up. It is not quite the absolute Free Speech that Elon promised. Right now, with all its limitations, it is still the best source of the real news.

I have no interest in the Premium features or making money from posting comments, links and info. Through a process of trial and error, I have been able to find good sources of news and info which helps keep me informed on current events. I have seen the bias in the MSM and the Alt MSM and cannot rely on them.

When I have the time, I spend a short while checking through the good accounts for news content. I don’t let myself get caught up in useless stuff. There is plenty of matter on twitter that is useful and worthwhile. What I learn there, I come over here and share. That is why I have so much matter to post, and not enough time for it.

Esme, do you have a twitter account?

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mh says:

July 23, 2024 at 7:05 pm

The Guardian

Barring surprises, Biden will remain in the White House until noon on 20 January 2025.

But if President Biden is mentally and physically unwell, which is what the US establishment have told us, who is running the show? The Chosen Ones?

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kaysee says:

July 23, 2024 at 7:29 pm

The “new and improved” big tent of the Republican Party is run by the Trump family. It is reshaping itself to include everyone – that is everyone but social conservatives.

Migadonians agree with this new GOP because they think that it is about getting votes and winning elections. That it is necessary to embrace everything and think that you will get the votes with that strategy.

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Trump’s 2024 platform
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Is the Republican Party Becoming Pro-Choice?
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Eric Trump, on behalf of his father, considers the issues that are important to conservatives as “worrying about spots on the wall in the basement.”

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kaysee says:

July 23, 2024 at 7:42 pm

So how will social conservatives respond to being treated like mere spots on the basement wall?

Some of them are so naïve that they are either not aware of how they are being dismissed by this new GOP, or they think that the lesser of two evils is good enough for them.

Others who know better:

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Edward Fesser

A brief memo to social conservatives worried that criticism of the GOP will cost it votes, and who claim that the critics are politically naïve:

First, yes, criticism could cost the party votes. That’s precisely the point. The party could lose votes IF, in the months remaining before the election, it does not try seriously to meet the concerns of social conservatives. In particular, the GOP must be made to see that it cannot take their votes for granted. And the party must do something to make up for the appalling injustice that was done to social conservatives during the platform process, as recounted in the First Things article linked to below.

Second, it is not the critics, but those who urge their fellow social conservatives to keep their mouths shut, who are politically naïve. The only thing politicians can be relied on to respond to is the prospect of losing votes or losing money. If the GOP fears that it might lose the votes or financial contributions of a critical mass of social conservatives, it will have to take their concerns seriously. If, instead, social conservatives acquiesce to what has happened rather than fighting back, the party will have no incentive to try to address their concerns in the future – and every incentive not to do so, given the unpopularity of social conservatism in the culture at large.

The stakes are high, and that is precisely why social conservatives must raise the alarm NOW, while they might still influence the direction of the party, not in some fantasy post-election future. The actual political reality is that if the GOP wins, having thrown social conservatives under the bus without any pushback from them, the party will draw the lesson that it no longer needs to worry about them or their concerns.

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Croaky Caiman

What good is “winning” if we lose our identity in the process? Conservatism isn’t just a political strategy; it’s a worldview rooted in timeless principles like individual liberty, limited government, promoting a moral order and respect for tradition. These are not bargaining chips to be traded away for a few more votes.

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mh says:

July 23, 2024 at 8:12 pm

I support the 2015 Trump.

That’s when I turned up on Catallaxy to lend my support to the Orange Man.

It wasn’t about about abortion, although Trump said some good things.

As one scribe wrote in 2016, Trump voters wanted to deliver a bomb to DC.

It turned out to be a damp firework that failed to go off.

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Esme says:

July 23, 2024 at 8:17 pm

Esme, do you have a twitter account?

No, but I can read the links you post. I’ve been happy to limit my social media presence knowing even the little I do about the people behind all the platforms. But understand, as you say, it seems to be the best source for real news. Maybe I’ll open an account!

I do wonder how much news we really need, or is healthy for us to consume all the time. Thinking of previous generations, and along the lines of MiriAF’s piece about there having been no ‘entertainment deficit’ before the introduction of the TV and so on. (Remember the simple, sweet anticipation, the practised patience, of letter-writing?) And that more of that time and energy might be better directed to doing something practical. How much of it is just torturing ourselves with fruitless awareness of all the evil goings-on?

Do you know how many people check this site? It seems to be predominantly you and mh posting/commenting? Which is a shame yet perhaps not surprising given the level of discernment compared with noisier local sites.

Anyway, I’ll look into opening a Twitter account, kaysee.

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Esme says:

July 23, 2024 at 8:24 pm

I support the 2015 Trump.

That’s when I turned up on Catallaxy to lend my support to the Orange Man.

I know. Dr Jane Ruby: “This is not the Trump of 2016.” But maybe the Trump of 2016 was never the Trump of 2016. A lot seems to indicate he was never in any position to “drain the swamp”, even if he ever really meant to.

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mh says:

July 24, 2024 at 8:24 am

The Age

A 25-year-old Australian woman was allegedly raped by a group of men in Paris, and two Nine Olympics staff were also attacked.

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kaysee says:

July 24, 2024 at 4:58 pm

Esme says:
July 23, 2024 at 8:17 pm

Esme, you’ve brought up some very good points. I have been thinking about some of them for a while. I made a few passing references in my long rants, last month.

I will respond in detail to your comment but, before that, two questions. You don’t have to answer them if you don’t want to.

You must have been reading this blog for a while (months?) because you understand the kind of content we post and discuss here.

– Why did you decide to shift from a “lurking” mode and finally post a comment?

– And you are now taking part by posting on a regular basis?

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mh says:

July 24, 2024 at 5:36 pm

KING NETANYAHU ARRIVES??? MASS PROTEST Planned For Netanyahu Speech | America First Ep. 1358

Nicholas J. Fuentes
89.2K followers

https://rumble.com/v586zf9-america-first-ep.-1358.html

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kaysee says:

July 24, 2024 at 6:33 pm

Ian Carroll

The whole picture, who owns the world, who owns the banks, how do they exert control.

All summarized in a few minutes.

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kaysee says:

July 24, 2024 at 6:52 pm

The US Election, it is filled with high drama – on both sides of the UniParty. Those living in the land of Migadonia cannot handle any criticism of their god, Trump. So they will react by calling the poster a Dem/Biden supporter, a leftie, a Rino and so on.

But there are people who are looking at the wider picture and they understand what is taking place and are expressing their views and opinions. Such as this one posted last week:

vanessa beeley

Message to all the dumb cucks who think because I am critical of Trump Middle East policy & #Zionist support, I must be a Biden supporter….

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kaysee says:

July 24, 2024 at 7:19 pm

IDF Track Record
They kill and destroy deliberately or “by mistake” not just Palestinians but Israelis as well.

1948
Documents Reveal Israeli Army Poisoned Water Wells
in Palestinian Towns During 1948 War

1970s
Israel Poisoned Palestinian Land to Build West Bank Settlement
in 1970s, Documents Reveal

2024
Hostages Alex Dancyg, Yagev Buchshtab confirmed dead,
IDF likely at fault

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mh says:

July 24, 2024 at 8:24 pm

Bob toon

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mh says:

July 24, 2024 at 9:45 pm

Nick Fuentes will be live-streaming the Netanyahu speech to Congress tomorrow.

Congressmen will clapping like trained seals, otherwise they can expect a visit from their AIPAC babysitter.

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Esme says:

July 24, 2024 at 11:04 pm

You must have been reading this blog for a while (months?) because you understand the kind of content we post and discuss here.

– Why did you decide to shift from a “lurking” mode and finally post a comment?

– And you are now taking part by posting on a regular basis?

This site is one of several I’ve looked in at for some time. I can’t say I’ve read everything posted here, or that what interests me aligns exactly with what interests anyone who posts here or vice versa, but, as I said when I first commented, I appreciate the critical thinking I’ve seen here, the discernment. It’s not as busy as other sites are with mindless chatter and bickering; it’s like stepping out of a dining hall and into a tute room. The commentary isn’t blindly partisan; it sees beyond the artificial left/right divide they use to control us. And I appreciate the Christian influence in some posts, understanding we’re in a spiritual war.

It’s easier to stay a ‘lurker’ due to the time and effort involved in posting, and because we don’t live in a free country, and because other posters are strangers and relatively few. But, in short, I posted because I appreciate the good I see in the site and you seemed to be questioning whether support was out there. I could relate. The last four years have had many of us sending out a ‘cooee’ for kindred spirits in all sorts of places.

I do struggle with balancing awareness of what’s going on with ensuring I’m not letting my focus stray too much from the good. News feeds are overwhelmingly negative. And time might be better spent doing practical things with real people in the real world, while we still can. But if it’s a good thing for me to contribute something here, I’d like to.

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mh says:

July 25, 2024 at 7:34 am

Kamala not bending the knee to foreign war-criminal.
Republicans outraged!

WASHINGTON – Republicans attacked Vice President Kamala Harris for skipping Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint Congressional address on Wednesday, to campaign in Indiana.

“You want to be the leader of the free world, and yet you can’t bring yourself to sit behind our most important and strategic ally in this moment. That is not a good look for you,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said, “it’s not a good look for America and it’s not a good look for her party, that she aims to lead,” adding that it was her duty as the Vice President to oversee joint sessions of Congress.

“It’s outrageous,” he said, about the fact that she would not attend.

… Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) noted that, in addition, Harris had not greeted Netanyahu on the tarmac when his plane landed.

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mh says:

July 25, 2024 at 8:18 am

Thomas Massie
@RepThomasMassie

Today Congress will undertake political theater on behalf of the State Department.

The purpose of having Netanyahu address Congress is to bolster his political standing in Israel and to quell int’l opposition to his war.

I don’t feel like being a prop so I won’t be attending.

11:01 PM · Jul 24, 2024 · 2.1M Views

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Esme says:

July 25, 2024 at 11:50 am

I don’t feel like being a prop so I won’t be attending.

He seems a rare good one

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mh says:

July 25, 2024 at 2:00 pm

Nicholas J. Fuentes
@NickJFuentes

If you aren’t disturbed by a foreign leader receiving dozens of standing ovations from our Congress as he demands more of our money, you are not a Loyal American.

5:59 AM · Jul 25, 2024 · 410K Views

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mh says:

July 25, 2024 at 7:53 pm

NETANYAHU’S DISGUSTING LIE FILLED SPEECH

Secular Talk
1.22M subscribers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWURSipcY5M

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mh says:

July 26, 2024 at 8:21 am

Biden Boasts “The U.S. is Not at War Anywhere in the World” Just Hours After Bombing Yemen

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jul. 25, 2024

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64564

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mh says:

July 26, 2024 at 7:53 pm

‘We Did It—Congratulations’: David Schweikert Decries US Reaching $35 Trillion In National Debt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7lOcJqZEl4

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 4:21 pm

Thank you, Esme, for your reply to my questions. I know what it takes to write out a long, well-thought-out comment, so I appreciate the detailed response.

Last month, I wrote out a series of long comments. It came about as a result of my pondering on some points, including the ones you’ve mentioned:
– the time we spend in reading the news and blogging vs the practical things we can be doing.
– balancing the negativity/evil taking place in some quarters vs the good and the positive in other areas
– the value of having a platform where we can have our say (free speech) vs living in a society where freedoms are suppressed
– the reasons why I have been spending my time on the blog
– the values of the world and the spiritual war vs the need for Christians to defend their faith
– the blog audience: who is reading this blog – was it just mh and me?

We can take up some of the points above, for discussion, at a later stage.

I don’t spend all day hooked on to the internet. I have worked out a quick way to spend some time reading what’s happening, from different sources. So it is quite easy for me to get my daily fix of news and move on to other things.

But having learnt from the efforts of others, on other sites, to help me get Awake and Aware, I think it would be selfish to keep it to myself. Since we have this free speech platform, I come here and share what I have learnt elsewhere. However, there is a problem with this. I don’t get all the info for a topic nicely laid out on a platter in one place. It is spread across different accounts or even media sites.

We are all busy people. To help readers here, I try to place items connected to the same topic together. I spend some time in compiling the info, or summarising the events or putting them together in a context. Then I post them with a bit of info and the links to make it easy for those reading the comments. I don’t like click bait – sometimes someone on social media will post just a link and I click on it. It turns out to be unrelated to the topic and a waste of my time. So as far as possible – unless they are memes or toons – I try to provide some explanation with the links.

But all this takes up Time and Effort.

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 4:37 pm

Do you know how many people check this site? It seems to be predominantly you and mh posting/commenting? Which is a shame yet perhaps not surprising given the level of discernment compared with noisier local sites.

Months ago, Adam said that there were hundreds of regular visitors to this blog – those are readers who come here not once or twice but regularly. I don’t know if that is still true.

So it seems that we have lurkers but not many willing to post. mh and I have been doing our best to keep it running. We get occasional posters but not those who are committed to helping to keep this site going. I was pleased when you joined us this month. It has been really hard for just the two of us to keep posting.

I asked you the questions about your decision to post here because, it may be that, like you, there are 1 or 2 or 3 others who also understand and value the kind of content we post here. And share the same desire for critical thinking, analysis, intelligent discussions and debates. Those who are aware of the undercurrents in our society and our world. If they follow your lead and step in here, it would add to the voices. Maybe they would like to take part but are reluctant. You joined in and have already posted over 40 comments in your first month, as a serious contributor.

My method has been to come in when I can, read what is posted, post what I have, and respond to other comments if time permits. Then I go off to do my other stuff. It is not as if becoming a regular commenter requires one to commit hours to the blog.

If we have a small serious group of intelligent contributors, it would be ideal. Like a tute room. We can share and discuss, each at a time that is convenient for us. If others – tens or hundreds or thousands – want to stop by and read (as lurkers), they can do so.

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 4:54 pm

I am time-poor but I also see the value in this blog. It is good to have an online space where people who believe in free speech (as in an intellectual discussion of topics or ideas), a common sets of values and shared goals can meet to have a discussion or share news and info. It doesn’t matter whether you live in the same geographical location – city/town, state or country. It is a sanity corner in a crazy world.

I wouldn’t want to be part of a blog with dozens of commenters and continuous chatter, sniping, name-calling and unpleasantness. It needs to be like the one we have here but a shared responsibility of more voices making the effort for intelligent contributions. If we have 6 or 7 serious commenters who are capable of respectfully discussing, agreeing, disagreeing, or debating that would be plenty. It would also spread the time and effort instead of just mh and me who have been carrying this blog for nearly a year.

But if we are the only ones, perhaps it is time for the blog to shut down. I can continue to spend my time reading and researching for myself, but I will save the time that I spend posting on the blog – compiling the info, fact-checking where possible, and writing it out as comments and posts. Of course, this will mean missing out what mh or you or any of the other occasional contributors have to share.

Is it feasible if it’s mainly two of us to continue to carry this blog, to spend our time and effort, to keep reporting the news, sharing our views and opinions while others sit back?

What do you think, Esme? Is it worth continuing with this blog?

mh, your input, please. Any suggestions?

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 5:07 pm

Whitney Webb:
People need to stop looking for political saviours and people who have shown us who they are the first time.

Whitney Webb on the Jimmy Dore show
The full interview
The bi-partisan agenda to spy on Americans.

She provides Jimmy and his audience of conservatives with some truths about the Big Tech surveillance and its connection to the political system. Being aware of what is taking place is the first step.

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Esme says:

July 27, 2024 at 6:39 pm

What do you think, Esme? Is it worth continuing with this blog?

I hope it continues, in the way and for the reasons you give. And I agree it needn’t mean a huge time commitment. The format of (regular but) relatively few contributors/comments is more conducive to thoughtful discussion and information-sharing than the constant-stream-of-chatter style of site. It ‘is a puzzlement’ that so few out of so many readers bother/dare to comment at all. But then I suppose I didn’t until I saw you put the call out.

It doesn’t matter whether you live in the same geographical location – city/town, state or country. It is a sanity corner in a crazy world.

Yes. A bit like what you read about radio news from free England keeping the spirit of freedom and belonging alive for the underground in WWII. (Though we’re all ‘occupied’ now, apparently, and public blogs are not quite ‘underground’, but still.)

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mh says:

July 27, 2024 at 6:44 pm

She provides Jimmy and his audience of conservatives with some truths about the Big Tech surveillance and its connection to the political system.

Jimmy Dore’s audience isn’t conservative.
Jimmy and his audience would have once been on the left side of politics, but the left/right divide has been blurred due to people waking up to the corporate/Deep State overlords.

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Esme says:

July 27, 2024 at 6:47 pm

MiriAF on JDV’s proposed parental caste system

The point is that we are witnessing the beginnings of a seminal social sea change, where, after decades of anti-natalist propaganda and policies, we are going to see the opposite: a turnaround deliberately scheduled to begin at a time when more ordinary people than ever physically cannot have children.

It is simply not a coincidence that the whole world has been given a sterilant injection, and thereafter – and only thereafter – the establishment suddenly starts incentivising having children again, and bestowing extra privileges upon those who do.

It’s to create a tiered society (much like the idea of ‘essential’ and ‘non-essential’ workers was), where some people are seen to matter a lot more than others, and, as such, have much more political, social, and economic power.

By sheer coincidence, those people will happen to be, largely, the ones who are already incredibly rich and influential.

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Esme says:

July 27, 2024 at 6:55 pm

Jimmy and his audience would have once been on the left side of politics, but the left/right divide has been blurred due to people waking up to the corporate/Deep State overlords.

This is one thing that really does give me hope. I know how freeing I’ve found it to jettison the ‘jersey’ – to no longer identify as ‘conservative’, or in other needlessly oppositional ways which merely serve the interests of the overlords.

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mh says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:01 pm

Up until October 2023 there were a few posters on this site that had been there for a couple of years, although not as prolific in their comments as me and KC.

Once they realised KC and myself were not following the Zionist narrative they took off like startled gazelles.

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Esme says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:10 pm

Once they realised KC and myself were not following the Zionist narrative they took off like startled gazelles.

Yes, I see. Seems to be the one topic that is not up for debate in many quarters. With all that implies. “Startled gazelles.” Very evocative.

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mh says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:13 pm

“Startled gazelles.” Very evocative.

H/T Jon Laws

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:17 pm

Thanks, Esme and mh.

We can continue to give the blog a go. It is three of us now and if we all contribute regularly, we can have this as our small sanity corner. If there are a few other lurkers who would like to join in the kind of content we post here, you are welcome. It is not an echo chamber. You can disagree with anything posted here – but be prepared to present your case and in keeping with the blog rules.

mh, yes, the Gaza war has been a revelation – not just on this blog.
There is the other issue as well – the Trump cult.

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:25 pm

This is one thing that really does give me hope. I know how freeing I’ve found it to jettison the ‘jersey’ – to no longer identify as ‘conservative’, or in other needlessly oppositional ways which merely serve the interests of the overlords.

I’ve seen this being debated elsewhere – whether the term “Conservative” is still applicable. It is on my list of topics to discuss, but writing long comments or blog posts takes up time.

Jimmy Dore has woken up to Covid, the wars and probably on Trump and his connections.

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:34 pm

The globalist WEFfers are looking for new ways to control us.

Coming up in September, they will fly in their private jets to New York. While they indulge in exotic meals, they will decide how we, the useless eaters, should be living our lives.

The Summit of the Future (22-23 September 2024)

The Summit of the Future (September 2024) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance. It will reaffirm existing commitments, including to the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Charter, and move towards a reinvigorated multilateral system better positioned to impact people’s lives positively.

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mh says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:44 pm

Months ago, Adam said that there were hundreds of regular visitors to this blog – those are readers who come here not once or twice but regularly. I don’t know if that is still true.

I think Adam said there was a surprisingly large audience for such a small site.

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kaysee says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:45 pm

While we await the “13 July shooting” investigation results, here’s a twitter comment:

Matthew Tower

Ian, I can prove in a court of law that ZERO flying projectiles struck Trump. Will you even consider the evidence?

It is part of a thread, and he gives some links which are paywalled. But here’s one on bitchute.

The Trump evidence is starting to come in.
It is looking like a deep state fake

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mh says:

July 27, 2024 at 7:54 pm

‘Satanic’ 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Accused of Mocking Christianity with Trans Last Supper

https://www.infowars.com/posts/satanic-2024-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-accused-of-mocking-christianity-with-trans-last-supper/

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July 27, 2024 at 8:16 pm

RAMZPAUL
@ramzpaul

I assume a Jewish homosexual.

Gentile News Network™
@Gentilenewsnet
·
12h
This is “Thomas Jolly”, director of the 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony.

No ‘early life’ exists on him, what do you guys think?

https://x.com/ramzpaul/status/1816957627835842949

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mh says:

July 27, 2024 at 11:02 pm

Harrison H. Smith ✞
@HarrisonHSmith

Anyone know where I can stream the Olympics Opening Ceremony from Berlin 1936?

I need something family-friendly. Not whatever this Paris transsexual strip-show is.

https://x.com/HarrisonHSmith/status/1816936692378472958

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Cold-Hands says:

July 28, 2024 at 12:08 am

Pwerline’s The Week in Pictures: Queen Kamala I Edition

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 9:49 am

Mock Jesus at Paris Olympics Played by Self-Described ‘Fat, Jewish, Queer Lesbian’

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jul. 27, 2024

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64567

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 10:12 am

Paris toon

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 12:12 pm

Nick Fuentes Interview on Trump and Israel

Glenn Greenwald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuc6nT2w_EY

***

This is Michael Tracey standing in for Glenn Greenwald.

You can also find it on Glenn Greenwald’s Rumble channel.

I only know Michael Tracey from tweets. He’s not a polished interviewer, but it was interesting enough.

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 2:34 pm

Edward Snowden at Bitcoin 2024 Conference in Nashville

1/
2-minute clip
“If you stick out, you will become non-normative, an anomaly.”

Snowden warns that within 5-10 years, big data will track every aspect of our lives on the blockchain in order to create predictive behavioral models.
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2/
Summary
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3/
Digital ID

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 2:43 pm

There’s the discussion on the Opening Ceremony to keep you from noticing this:

School in Deir al-Balah

The actual moment that the israelis blow up the school in Deir al-Balah sheltering over 1000 civilians, most of whom were women and children

Or this:
US armed Israel with 25,000-plus bombs, missiles since Oct. 7:

The United States has reportedly armed the Israeli regime with upwards of 25,000 bombs and missiles since October 7, 2023, which marked the onset of Tel Aviv’s yet-ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip…

According to the report, the American arms shipments to the occupied Palestinian territories throughout the war had featured over 20,000 unguided bombs, some 2,600 guided bombs, and 3,000 surgical strike missiles.

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 2:51 pm

How about this:
Tel Aviv is fighting civilians, not Hamas, in Gaza:
Israeli rights group

Jerusalem-based B’Tselem calls on Israel to stop its bombing policy in Gaza, where at least 16,248 Palestinians have been killed and more than 43,616 others injured.

And this:
Every University in Gaza Has Been Destroyed. So Have These Students’ Dreams.

The class of 2024 was supposed to graduate this year. Instead, they are trapped in the hell of Gaza, and their futures are unknown.

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 2:57 pm

Gareth Icke
Interview with Dr. Jane Ruby

She broke the story about funeral embalmers finding fibrous clots in people who got the 💉

‘’They’re filled with conductive, rare, radioactive, rarely seen in human metals’’

‘’Died suddenly stole the story & it was an incorrect version of it’’

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Esme says:

July 28, 2024 at 3:54 pm

Dr Mike Yeadon on Telegram sharing notes on Richard D Hall – Manchester arena bombing trial. Barrister for Hall reportedly referring to “plandemic” official death figures not stacking up and concern around related media silence.

…
Katherine Watt

Siri and Massie argue that there is an enforceable regulatory framework governing design, production and use of vaccines and EUA products and that the clinical trials for Covid vaccines were “robust.”

I argue that there is no such enforceable regulatory framework and that the so-called “clinical trials” were non-valid and were performative only.

…

Katherine Watt and Sasha Latypova say they’re not likely to be invited for interview by Joe Rogan or Tucker Carlson, who are “gatekeepers” with clear limitations on what they can talk about.

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Esme says:

July 28, 2024 at 3:55 pm

There’s the discussion on the Opening Ceremony to keep you from noticing this:

Anti-Christian obscenity at Paris ‘games’ being framed in the usual Christian v Muslim terms

Christianity is a safe target in 21st-century Europe. If you really want to stir shit up, give us a drag Muhammad next time.

But is the real truth that an attack on Israel is the better comparator?

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Esme says:

July 28, 2024 at 3:57 pm

I’ve seen this being debated elsewhere – whether the term “Conservative” is still applicable.

If you have links you can share, kaysee – when you have time – I’d be interested to see.

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 4:45 pm

Elon Musk
@elonmusk

Unless there is more bravery to stand up for what is fair and right, Christianity will perish

4:58 AM · Jul 28, 2024 · 56.4M Views

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1817273263761817710

Has Elon linked to something?

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 5:58 pm

Anti-Christian obscenity at Paris ‘games’ being framed in the usual Christian v Muslim terms

Of course.

It has nothing to do with the Christ-killers.

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Lord Bebo
@MyLordBebo

🇫🇷 The French watching the Olympic opening ceremony and are shocked.

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1817248531305877630

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 6:56 pm

Quite a circus out there of all those outraged about the mockery of the Last Supper during the Opening Ceremony at the Olympics Games.

Catholic clergy and laity have expressed their anger. Other Christians too.

Then others have added their solutions. Andrew Tate, like Musk, is calling on Christians to fight if they want to save Christianity.

There are some like Avi Yemini and Gad Saad stirring the pot and making it about Christians v Muslims. The Islamists hate all infidels, same as the Zionists. Both groups will use Christians to further their own agenda. But Christians in the West don’t mind their tax dollars being used by Zionists to bomb, kill and persecute the Christians in the Middle East.

mh, Elon isn’t responding to another post – it is the opening post on that thread.

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 7:09 pm

D Alec Zeck

Zeck-1

The whole entire point was to mock you and make you outraged.

It worked.

The clown-show has clowns — why’d you expect anything different?

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Zeck-2

I am perplexed by the large population of Christians who are understandably upset about the Satanic-Inversion and mocking of Jesus at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but who also cheer on, justify, and turn a blind eye to the Synagogue of Satan and its wicked slaughtering of innocent men, women, and mostly children in the lands near where Jesus was born.

I am viewing this parody and the reactions from another angle.
I’ll put it together and post sometime this coming week.

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 7:21 pm

I am perplexed by the large population of Christians who are understandably upset about the Satanic-Inversion and mocking of Jesus at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but who also cheer on, justify, and turn a blind eye to the Synagogue of Satan and its wicked slaughtering of innocent men, women, and mostly children in the lands near where Jesus was born.

Dumb comment.

Those Christians clearly don’t see Israelis as the Synagogue of Satan.

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 7:25 pm

If you have links you can share, kaysee – when you have time – I’d be interested to see.

I’ve come across short debates or comments, a few times, mostly on twitter. But I didn’t save any links. I’ll do so from now on. It’s mostly about the letdown that true Conservatives feel when they come across people who used to have Conservative values but not any longer.

Would be good to have a discussion on this. Has the meaning and concept of “Conservative” changed just because some have gradually shifted towards the left?

This will need to be revised for a 2024 version from the one used by Elon.

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kaysee says:

July 28, 2024 at 7:39 pm

🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕
And for this Sunday…

A week ago, the US National Eucharistic Congress (17-21 July) concluded in Indiana. It was a gathering of the clergy and laity of the Catholic Church, uniting in prayer.

This is a talk given by Fr. Mike Schmitz, at the National Eucharistic Congress, on Day 2.

The Greatest Love Story

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A Ponderable

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 7:48 pm

conservatism 2024: Our trannies are hotter than your trannies.

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 7:52 pm

C Spire
@CSpire

We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics. C Spire will be pulling our advertising from the Olympics.

12:55 AM · Jul 28, 2024 · 6.5M Views

https://x.com/CSpire/status/1817212284512481485

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 8:33 pm

The Australian

‘Mockery of Christianity’: Outrage over France’s Olympics opening ceremony Last Supper

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics has been labelled a “mockery” and condemned by the Christian comunity after drag queens and dancers appeared in a section that resembled The Last Supper.

The scene included French actor Philippe Katerine, who was painted blue and wearing little more than a bunch of flowers.
The scene quickly went viral, with social media users around the world unleashing over the decision to insult Christians around the world.

Australia’s former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack accused the ceremony’s artistic director, Thomas Jolly, of undermining Australian Christians who sacrificed their life to defend France.

“The Olympics opening ceremony ‘artistic’ director who felt the need to mock The Last Supper & thereby Christianity should be reminded of the great sacrifice of Christian soldiers, including tens upon tens of 1000s of Australians buried in (French) soil who died to save that country,” Mr McCormack said on social media.

Jolly defended the show in the face of backlash and accusations of “wokeism”.

He said his intention was about “inclusion” and “diversity”.
“Our idea was inclusion,” he said in an official Olympics press conference. “We wanted to talk about diversity. Diversity means being together, we wanted to include everybody.

“In France, we have artistic freedom. We are lucky in France to live in a free country.”

AFL legend and devout Christian Corey McKernan questioned the thought process behind the planning. “What is amazing is if the shoe was on the other foot … if there’s even a hint of being offensive, the carry-on would be next level,” McKernan said in a tweet. “Imagine thinking of the concept at planning level – surely you’d think we may upset a few people?”

Melbourne’s St Peter and Paul’s Catholic Cathedral bishop Andrew Mukukuoi told The Australian the act was a distasteful joke. “I think it was offensive to all Christians around the world,” he said. “It was a mockery because they made a joke of something that was really important for Christians – the Last Supper was when Christ gave us his body.

“They didn’t mock any other religion but chose to make a joke of Christianity.

“It was a distasteful thing to watch; whoever commissioned this should be held to account.”

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 8:41 pm

… accusations of “wokeism”.

It’s not wokeism.
It’s an agenda that is pushed by the finance sector to the tune of billions of dollars.
There is nothing organic about any of this.

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 9:13 pm

Good stuff from Jonesy

Alex Jones
@RealAlexJones

EXCLUSIVE: Learn Why The Olympics Is Conducting Satanic Rituals

https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1817395915038040402

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 10:50 pm

God Bless

Andrew Tate
@Cobratate

I AM BOYCOTTING THE OLYMPICS.

I will watch NOTHING.

The opening ceremony, planned and orchestrated by a gay jew, was disgusting.

I will be placing signs outside of the French embassy in Romania tomorrow at 7pm.

Respect Jesus.

https://x.com/Cobratate/status/1817197228659765422

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mh says:

July 28, 2024 at 10:59 pm

I did start watching the Olympics tonight.

Channel 9’s presentation is just awful.

Constant ads, booming music.

No.

Boycotting that will be easy.

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Esme says:

July 29, 2024 at 3:35 pm

Boycotting that will be easy.

There were signs as far back as London 2012 that they’re not really intended for us, for our entertainment/celebration as such.

It’s not wokeism.

“Woke” is too soft a term, a convenient cover for blatant anti-Christian sentiment. When even the slightest demurral in relation to Israel’s actions in Gaza can be interpreted as “antisemitic”. Has there really been that much outrage from our ‘leaders’ – is there ever really when it comes to Christianity? Why do they allow Christians and Christianity to be a “soft target”? Donald Trump Jnr at least called the Paris display “satanic”. But the show goes on.

Christians in the West don’t mind their tax dollars being used by Zionists to bomb, kill and persecute the Christians in the Middle East.

If they only follow the MSM, they probably only know “Israel good; Hamas bad”.

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Esme says:

July 29, 2024 at 4:06 pm

It’s mostly about the letdown that true Conservatives feel when they come across people who used to have Conservative values but not any longer.

I’ve ‘moved on’ from that ‘grieving process’:) It’s a blessing of the last four years to connect with people who care about truth first, free from the rigidity of left/right dichotomous sides. The idea of the “political spectrum” seems less relevant or helpful now, when it feels more like circles of connection.

I’ll see if I can find what other people have said on this sort of thing, too.

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Esme says:

July 29, 2024 at 6:22 pm

Archbishop Vigano on satanic Olympics

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Esme says:

July 29, 2024 at 6:26 pm

Novak displayed his cross

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Esme says:

July 29, 2024 at 6:35 pm

Dr Jane Ruby on Olympics: “Not today Satan”

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mh says:

July 29, 2024 at 7:35 pm

Check out the annoying Israelis at the Olympics

Keith Woods
@KeithWoodsYT

Look how they turn him from friendly to hating them in thirty seconds

https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1817739890504671664

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mh says:

July 29, 2024 at 8:07 pm

“Before I am an athlete, I am an Orthodox Christian.”

— Novak Djokovic, Paris 2024

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mh says:

July 29, 2024 at 10:18 pm

Based

Andrew Tate
@Cobratate

Christian’s must wake up.

https://x.com/Cobratate/status/1817860038196609327

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mh says:

July 29, 2024 at 10:25 pm

Has there really been that much outrage from our ‘leaders’ – is there ever really when it comes to Christianity? Why do they allow Christians and Christianity to be a “soft target”?

Nothing from Western leaders.
But Iran …

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador for the insulting representation of Jesus Christ during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Iranian media reported.

Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance stressed that “Muslims revere Jesus as a prophet of God. The insulting representation of Jesus Christ in Paris yesterday was completely offensive and crossed all red lines.”

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kaysee says:

July 30, 2024 at 4:50 pm

The Century of Evidence That Vaccines Cause Sudden Infant Deaths

The Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) that was seen worldwide after the COVID-19 vaccines rolled out was so unmistakable that it made the general public see how much their governments had lied to them. What is less known, however, is the link between vaccines and the sudden death of children (euphemistically called Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS)

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kaysee says:

July 30, 2024 at 4:59 pm

If more businesses are prepared to speak up and toss the 2030 targets out, we could start returning to reality.

Air New Zealand pulls the plug on 2030 climate targets

Air New Zealand has pulled the plug on its climate targets saying the resources needed to meet them are unaffordable and unavailable.

In a statement the airline said it was removing its 2030 carbon intensity reduction target and will withdraw from the Science Based Targets initiative.

It said the new aircraft and alternative jet fuels were hard to get and are expensive.

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mh says:

July 30, 2024 at 6:20 pm

Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888

Tristan & Andrew Tate DECLARE WAR ON ALL WHO MOCK JESUS‼️

Do you stand with them?

https://x.com/MattWallace888/status/1817648118625653049

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