Nik Kershaw with Radio Musicola. Album Radio Musicola (1986).
English (more precisely Bristolian) singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and Eighties Golden Boy.
Steppenwolf with Born to be Wild. From their 1968 debut album Steppenwolf.
Canadian-American rock band, formed in late 1967 in LA by lead singer John Kay, drummer Jerry Edmonton and keyboardist Goldy McJohn. Guitarist Michael Monarch and bass guitarist Rushton Moreve joined later, reacting to ads. Kay named his band Steppenwolf after the novel by Hermann Hesse. I read that one while an engineering student in Ghent in the late eigthies and can't say I didn't find traces of Outlaw's personality in the Harry Haller character.
If you think Da DowneastBlog Sound is too dinosaurey, well, ain't my fault milennials only produce music that SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS.
Goede nacht.
MFBB.
Saturday, November 03, 2018
Friday, November 02, 2018
AUSTRIA REJECTS UN MIGRATION PACT.
Via The Telegraph:
Check out this video, courtesy Gates of Vienna, in which the Austrian Interior Minister Minister Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) sheds his light on the many negative aspects (for the receivers of the migration flow!) of the UN’s migration pact. MissPiggy translated, Vlad Tepes did the subtitling:
The UN Migration Pact is a disgusting piece of paper which will not only serve as an outright invitation to unfathomable hordes of would be migrants, but also as a stepstone to further binding legislation.
Indeed, out there tens of millions are just waiting for an excuse to start packing. When Angela Merkel said that Germany would open its borders for Syrian refugees, the Syrian refugees started boarding trains from Mauritania to the Hindu Kush in the hundreds of thousands, if not more.
Then of course 1.5 million swept into the Heimat, and there was that. Whereupon after some time Frau Merkel admitted she hade made a mistake but since they were there, they were there and Hans and Gretl just had to get used to it.
It will be the same with this crock of a pact, only far worse. The UN Migration Pact will encourage the formation of hundreds of 'caravans' each numbering at least as many invaders as the ones currently on the road in Mexico, and set in motion unprecedented flows of unqualified welfare seekers. These will over time effectively destroy Western countries, because it is obvious that they, and only they, will be the end destinations.
What is truly appalling is the deliberate dearth of coverage, and that is no coincidence. For some reason Western Media channels are almost without exception populated with a particular brand of self-loathing people, and they realize full well that IF this UN "Pact" would get the airplay a thing of this size is worth, it would upset the populations in the entire West.
What has happened now is that only as recently as July, the text was ready, all of it under the radar, so to speak, so that only adoption by the signatories remained - scheduled for December 10-11 of this year, in Morocco!
If therefore you live in a Western country other than the ones just mentioned, contact your local politicians and confront them with the disaster that is waiting to happen - under their watch. Tell him or her in no uncertain terms that it is not OUR responsibility to welcome the spoils of failed societies, because the to be expected migration flows will not come from successful nations like Singapore, Taiwan or Chili. Instead, count on it that they will come primarily from muslim and African countries. The existence of a reported volume of 250 million people on the move globally is primarily a clear sign that the countries these people come from have FAILED, and with these migrants will come the culture, mindset and customs that are the reason for the failures. Facilitating, and later on even legalizing their invasion of successful nations, in casu in the West, is SUICIDAL.
MFBB.
"Austria said on Wednesday it will not sign a United Nations migration pact that is set to be adopted in December, in order to "defend its national sovereignty."
The United States and Hungary have already rejected the Global Compact for Migration, which aims to boost cooperation to address the world's growing number of migrants.
"The government has agreed... not to sign the United Nations pact and thus not to bind Austria," said a statement from the ruling coalition led by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of the centre-right OeVP, stressing "the importance of defending Austria's national sovereignty".
Mr Kurz's coalition partner, the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), has been pushing for Vienna to reject the pact.
The coalition, which took office last year, won votes on an anti-immigration platform following the 2015 surge in arrivals of asylum seekers.
"Austria rejects the possibility that the migration pact could establish new customary international law which would be binding on Austria or could be interpreted as such," Heinz-Christan Strache, vice-chancellor and FPOe leader, said in a press conference.
However, the UN has stressed that the pact is "non-legally binding" and "grounded in values of state sovereignty".
The opposition has accused the government of damaging Austria's international reputation by rejecting a pact that Austria had itself taken part in shaping while Mr Kurz was foreign minister in the previous government.
Green MEP Michel Reimon said the decision showed that Austria "is not only part of the reactionary eastern block, but is actually leading it"."
Check out this video, courtesy Gates of Vienna, in which the Austrian Interior Minister Minister Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) sheds his light on the many negative aspects (for the receivers of the migration flow!) of the UN’s migration pact. MissPiggy translated, Vlad Tepes did the subtitling:
The UN Migration Pact is a disgusting piece of paper which will not only serve as an outright invitation to unfathomable hordes of would be migrants, but also as a stepstone to further binding legislation.
Indeed, out there tens of millions are just waiting for an excuse to start packing. When Angela Merkel said that Germany would open its borders for Syrian refugees, the Syrian refugees started boarding trains from Mauritania to the Hindu Kush in the hundreds of thousands, if not more.
Then of course 1.5 million swept into the Heimat, and there was that. Whereupon after some time Frau Merkel admitted she hade made a mistake but since they were there, they were there and Hans and Gretl just had to get used to it.
It will be the same with this crock of a pact, only far worse. The UN Migration Pact will encourage the formation of hundreds of 'caravans' each numbering at least as many invaders as the ones currently on the road in Mexico, and set in motion unprecedented flows of unqualified welfare seekers. These will over time effectively destroy Western countries, because it is obvious that they, and only they, will be the end destinations.
What is truly appalling is the deliberate dearth of coverage, and that is no coincidence. For some reason Western Media channels are almost without exception populated with a particular brand of self-loathing people, and they realize full well that IF this UN "Pact" would get the airplay a thing of this size is worth, it would upset the populations in the entire West.
What has happened now is that only as recently as July, the text was ready, all of it under the radar, so to speak, so that only adoption by the signatories remained - scheduled for December 10-11 of this year, in Morocco!
Here we find ourselves, with BARELY ONE MONTH TO GO before our gullible and/or complicit politicians sign what is in effect a betrayal of their populations, and only the US, Poland, Australia, Hungary and now Austria have announced they reject this disastrous plan.
If therefore you live in a Western country other than the ones just mentioned, contact your local politicians and confront them with the disaster that is waiting to happen - under their watch. Tell him or her in no uncertain terms that it is not OUR responsibility to welcome the spoils of failed societies, because the to be expected migration flows will not come from successful nations like Singapore, Taiwan or Chili. Instead, count on it that they will come primarily from muslim and African countries. The existence of a reported volume of 250 million people on the move globally is primarily a clear sign that the countries these people come from have FAILED, and with these migrants will come the culture, mindset and customs that are the reason for the failures. Facilitating, and later on even legalizing their invasion of successful nations, in casu in the West, is SUICIDAL.
MFBB.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
GET TO KNOW BLEXIT.
Is it just me, or would this movement never have seen the light of day with another President than Donald Trump in the White House?
Meet Blexit.
Learn more on David Harris' site.
Anyway, the emergence of an organization like this is long overdue. It would be very nice if out of all the tens of thousands of sociologists out there, there would be one, JUST ONE, who would decide to do a study about the income/employment/health/housing/general happiness situation of those African Americans who live conservative lifestyles, i.e. they got married before having children, finished high school, embarked on some form of higher education, stayed away from drugs and crime, got themselves a decent job etc etc etc.
But of course we won't see such a study soon, because sociology is one of those fields where leftist types seem to gravitate to as if by magic, and the only studies they do are those where they have already determined the outcome before even beginning them: that African Americans are left behind in all strata of society because, wait for it, evil whites and raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacism!
I don't need such a study, because I am convinced African Americans (I actually don't like the term, but so be it) who do live 'the conservative way' are mucho mucho mucho better off - than the ones still pinning their hopes on demoncraps, the NAACP, sluts à la Beyonce, anchors like Don Lemon and other assorted frauds.
I wish the men and women of Blexit all the best! Escaping from the Democrat Thought Plantation must be an exhilarating experience.
MFBB.
Meet Blexit.
Learn more on David Harris' site.
Anyway, the emergence of an organization like this is long overdue. It would be very nice if out of all the tens of thousands of sociologists out there, there would be one, JUST ONE, who would decide to do a study about the income/employment/health/housing/general happiness situation of those African Americans who live conservative lifestyles, i.e. they got married before having children, finished high school, embarked on some form of higher education, stayed away from drugs and crime, got themselves a decent job etc etc etc.
But of course we won't see such a study soon, because sociology is one of those fields where leftist types seem to gravitate to as if by magic, and the only studies they do are those where they have already determined the outcome before even beginning them: that African Americans are left behind in all strata of society because, wait for it, evil whites and raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacism!
I don't need such a study, because I am convinced African Americans (I actually don't like the term, but so be it) who do live 'the conservative way' are mucho mucho mucho better off - than the ones still pinning their hopes on demoncraps, the NAACP, sluts à la Beyonce, anchors like Don Lemon and other assorted frauds.
I wish the men and women of Blexit all the best! Escaping from the Democrat Thought Plantation must be an exhilarating experience.
MFBB.
Monday, October 29, 2018
THE JOYS OF MULTICULTURALISM: 18YO GIRL RAPED BY UP TO 15 CULTURE ENRICHERS IN FREIBURG, GERMANY.
Another headline becoming all too common:
Gates of Vienna has the goods. The following is a video plus transcript from the major German magazine BILD, translated for GoV by MissPiggy:
Multiculturalism, the gift that keeps on giving. Naturally, not a peep from CDU, Buendnis90-Gruene, SPD, FDP aka Fifty Shades of Red auch bekannt wie Fuenfzig Toene Rot. But why would they? After all, the girl was already TWICE the age of Aisha when she was penetrated by the big hero of their friends the muslims, so why all the fuss?
MFBB.
Gates of Vienna has the goods. The following is a video plus transcript from the major German magazine BILD, translated for GoV by MissPiggy:
"Up to 15 Men Involved in Group Rape of 18-Year-Old Girl in Freiburg
Freiburg — Two weeks ago the evening started with a techno party in a Freiburg disco. For a girl (18) the night ended in a nightmare: the Syrian Majd H. (21) raped her in front of the club in the bushes. After the deed, the refugee brought his friends, and at least seven other men (19-30 years) raped the defenceless woman (she was drugged) for over four hours. The seven perpetrators are Syrians; another suspect (25) has a German passport. Everyone is now in custody!
Unbelievable: According to BILD’s information, the main culprit, Majd H., was already being sought for another arrest warrant by the police before the gang rape. He should have been in custody at the time of the crime!
The unbelievable act: On the night of October 14, the victim went to the disco with a friend. The girls met Majd H. and one of his friends there.
Majd H. is said to have sold an ecstasy tablet to the 18-year-old. After taking the pill, Majd H. gave her a drink. Whether there were knockout drops in it will be clarified through the police investigation.
According to the latest findings, Majd H. led the girl out around midnight. What happened next the police described on Friday as follows: “In nearby shrubbery it came to a sexual assault, according to the victim. After this, more perpetrators are said to have raped the incapacitated girl.”
The girl told the police that she was unable to move or call for help in the bushes. BILD learned: Investigators believe that up to 15 perpetrators raped the 18-year-old! It was not until four o’clock in the morning that the tormentors left her."
Multiculturalism, the gift that keeps on giving. Naturally, not a peep from CDU, Buendnis90-Gruene, SPD, FDP aka Fifty Shades of Red auch bekannt wie Fuenfzig Toene Rot. But why would they? After all, the girl was already TWICE the age of Aisha when she was penetrated by the big hero of their friends the muslims, so why all the fuss?
MFBB.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
SUNDAY NIGHT ART SNACK.
As has been our custom for the past 4 years, our family spends Easter vacation in England's south. We only take a 5-day break, so Scotland or even Northern England aren't practical, but the South is just fine because from where we live it's a mere 2 hours to the Shuttle terminal at Coquelles near Calais, and from there, woosh, 25 minutes later you come above ground near Folkestone.
This year we stayed at a B&B in Hutton, near Weston-Super-Mare, and on one of our day trips we visited Bristol. That city boasts some great attractions, among them the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain (an absolute MUST-SEE), and... the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
They have damn fine collections there, and I'll have to thank the BMAG for enlightening me on the subject of British Impressionism. Indeed, for a very long time I thought that Albion's only noteworthy impressionist was Alfred Sisley (who even spent most of his life in France). It turned out I was mistaken.
Here's The Mackerel Shawl, a breathtakingly beautiful work crafted in 1910 by Algernon Talmage, a turn-of-the-century artist who lived and worked in a studio called 'The Cabin' in St Ives, Cornwall (we may very well visit there next year).
Exquisite!
And this is Holidays, by Talmage's contemporary Harry Watson. From ca. 1920.
It is possible that Watson did not think of himself as an Impressionist per se, but since he was a strong believer in en plein air painting, typical for the movement, his works almost invariably breathe Impressionism.
And oh, I'm pleased with getting the colours of The Mackerel Shawl somewhat right, even though from my ole iPhone 4 you know, but the Holidays shown here I copied from the web (since unable to find it right away in the labyrinth that is this laptop). Trust me, Watson's painting in real is far more thrilling.
MFBB.
This year we stayed at a B&B in Hutton, near Weston-Super-Mare, and on one of our day trips we visited Bristol. That city boasts some great attractions, among them the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain (an absolute MUST-SEE), and... the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
They have damn fine collections there, and I'll have to thank the BMAG for enlightening me on the subject of British Impressionism. Indeed, for a very long time I thought that Albion's only noteworthy impressionist was Alfred Sisley (who even spent most of his life in France). It turned out I was mistaken.
Here's The Mackerel Shawl, a breathtakingly beautiful work crafted in 1910 by Algernon Talmage, a turn-of-the-century artist who lived and worked in a studio called 'The Cabin' in St Ives, Cornwall (we may very well visit there next year).
Exquisite!
And this is Holidays, by Talmage's contemporary Harry Watson. From ca. 1920.
It is possible that Watson did not think of himself as an Impressionist per se, but since he was a strong believer in en plein air painting, typical for the movement, his works almost invariably breathe Impressionism.
And oh, I'm pleased with getting the colours of The Mackerel Shawl somewhat right, even though from my ole iPhone 4 you know, but the Holidays shown here I copied from the web (since unable to find it right away in the labyrinth that is this laptop). Trust me, Watson's painting in real is far more thrilling.
MFBB.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
A FRIGHTENING RULING OF THE EUROPEAN "COURT" OF "HUMAN RIGHTS".
Over at American Thinker, something extremely important gave a bright blip on Thomas Panis' radar:
The ECHR explained in its ruling that Austrian courts had “carefully balanced her right to freedom of expression with the right of others to have their religious feelings protected.” The woman explained in 2009 during a seminar discussion that the Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to a six-year-old girl was basically “pedophilia.”
"A 56-year-old and a 6-year-old? What do you call that? Give me an example? What do we call it, if it is not pedophilia?" she said.
... In 2008 and 2009, the Austrian citizen Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff held a series of seminars concerning Islam in Vienna (Austria). One of the topics was the famous 6-year old child bride of Muhammad (Aïsha). At some point she said that “... Muhammed liked to do it with little children”.
In ways that are becoming frighteningly common in the Old World, the PC-police donned its armor and Sabaditsch-Wolff was convicted by an Austrian court because she had “insulted religion.” (If you are interested in the details of this show-trial: Gatestone Institute ran a good article about it). Having the choice between a 480 euros fine (about 550 dollars) and 60 days in prison, the accused chose a third option: the European Court of Human Rights. She argued that religious groups should tolerate criticism, and that her statements served the public debate and were not intended as insults.
This European Court made a historic decision on 25 October 2018 by stating that the Austrian conviction was not in violation of article 10 of the European convention: freedom of speech has its limits.
~ “The Court found in conclusion that in the instant case the domestic courts carefully balanced the applicant’s right to freedom of expression with the rights of others to have their religious feelings protected, and to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society.”
This conclusion should give every freedom loving person pause. It is a sentence so frightening, so important and so far-reaching that it is worth further analysis. The court’s conclusion says that freedom of speech is not absolute, but should be balanced against..
1. “... the rights of others to have their religious feelings protected,”
2. “... and to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society.”
As for the first point: we all know who these “others” are. Although insulting Christianity has been a favorite pastime of the higher educated in Western Europe since the French Revolution, it rarely leads to convictions. There are no shrieking Buddhists protesting in Paris, calling for violence against infidel non-Buddhists. It is also worth noting that the court does not mention “religious rights.” It mentions religious “feelings”. How do you define that? Isn’t every form of critique slightly hurting to someone’s feelings? Isn’t that what freedom of speech is all about?
But it becomes truly creepy when we read the second point: freedom of expression has to be weighed against the right “...to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society.” The Court of Human Rights hereby confirms the fears of many libertarians and conservatives in Europe: that critique of these “others” (i.e., Muslims) may lead to a breakdown of the fragile peace that now exists, thanks to mass immigration, in every large European city. We all know where this kind of appeasement leads to.
What this shameful episode shows is that the legal elites of the faltering European Union have a complete different idea about liberty, as compared to the ideas of the Founding Fathers in the USA. In pursuit of a European “Bill of Rights” large treaties were signed, great speeches held and supranational institutions were created. But when push comes to shove, freedom of speech, one of the basic liberties -- maybe the most fundamental one of them all -- is deemed less important than the feelings of Muslims. Moreover, ironically, critique of the “Religion of Peace” is now deemed a threat to “religious peace.”
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a paedophile is:
Muhammad was worse than that. According to his followers, women included, who consider him "The Perfect Man", he fucked Aisha when she was nine (We will just have to take the koranic scholars' word for it that he didn't penetrate her when she was six). Anyway, if an adult fucks a child, he or she is not merely a paedophile, but a child molester as well:
Muhammad was a pedophile AND a child molester. Besides a plethora of other unsavory things, of course.
This is a scandalous ruling by people who not only live in ivory towers but who deliberately abuse their power to destroy the lives of those whose rights they are supposed to protect. The time has come to judge the judges. As they apparently refuse to listen, let it be known that when their self-constructed trainwreck derails, they will, just like their colleague ideologues in politics, the media and what passes for the cultural sector, have to pay their fair share for the disasters they deliberately inflicted on Europe.
MFBB.
"IN EUROPE, FEELINGS OF MUSLIMS NOW OFFICIALLY TRUMP FREEDOM OF SPEECH.~ The European Court of Human Rights ruled this week that defaming the Prophet Muhammad is not protected speech. More specifically, the court said an “Austrian woman’s conviction for calling the prophet of Islam a pedophile didn’t breach her freedom of speech,” the Associated Press reported.
According to the European Court of Human Rights, the feelings of Muslims are more important than liberty. A critique of the Religion of Peace can be deemed a threat to “religious peace.” Becket Adams explains in the Washington Examiner:
The ECHR explained in its ruling that Austrian courts had “carefully balanced her right to freedom of expression with the right of others to have their religious feelings protected.” The woman explained in 2009 during a seminar discussion that the Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to a six-year-old girl was basically “pedophilia.”
"A 56-year-old and a 6-year-old? What do you call that? Give me an example? What do we call it, if it is not pedophilia?" she said.
... In 2008 and 2009, the Austrian citizen Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff held a series of seminars concerning Islam in Vienna (Austria). One of the topics was the famous 6-year old child bride of Muhammad (Aïsha). At some point she said that “... Muhammed liked to do it with little children”.
In ways that are becoming frighteningly common in the Old World, the PC-police donned its armor and Sabaditsch-Wolff was convicted by an Austrian court because she had “insulted religion.” (If you are interested in the details of this show-trial: Gatestone Institute ran a good article about it). Having the choice between a 480 euros fine (about 550 dollars) and 60 days in prison, the accused chose a third option: the European Court of Human Rights. She argued that religious groups should tolerate criticism, and that her statements served the public debate and were not intended as insults.
This European Court made a historic decision on 25 October 2018 by stating that the Austrian conviction was not in violation of article 10 of the European convention: freedom of speech has its limits.
~ “The Court found in conclusion that in the instant case the domestic courts carefully balanced the applicant’s right to freedom of expression with the rights of others to have their religious feelings protected, and to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society.”
This conclusion should give every freedom loving person pause. It is a sentence so frightening, so important and so far-reaching that it is worth further analysis. The court’s conclusion says that freedom of speech is not absolute, but should be balanced against..
1. “... the rights of others to have their religious feelings protected,”
2. “... and to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society.”
As for the first point: we all know who these “others” are. Although insulting Christianity has been a favorite pastime of the higher educated in Western Europe since the French Revolution, it rarely leads to convictions. There are no shrieking Buddhists protesting in Paris, calling for violence against infidel non-Buddhists. It is also worth noting that the court does not mention “religious rights.” It mentions religious “feelings”. How do you define that? Isn’t every form of critique slightly hurting to someone’s feelings? Isn’t that what freedom of speech is all about?
But it becomes truly creepy when we read the second point: freedom of expression has to be weighed against the right “...to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society.” The Court of Human Rights hereby confirms the fears of many libertarians and conservatives in Europe: that critique of these “others” (i.e., Muslims) may lead to a breakdown of the fragile peace that now exists, thanks to mass immigration, in every large European city. We all know where this kind of appeasement leads to.
What this shameful episode shows is that the legal elites of the faltering European Union have a complete different idea about liberty, as compared to the ideas of the Founding Fathers in the USA. In pursuit of a European “Bill of Rights” large treaties were signed, great speeches held and supranational institutions were created. But when push comes to shove, freedom of speech, one of the basic liberties -- maybe the most fundamental one of them all -- is deemed less important than the feelings of Muslims. Moreover, ironically, critique of the “Religion of Peace” is now deemed a threat to “religious peace.”
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a paedophile is:
"someone who is sexually interested in children"
Muhammad was worse than that. According to his followers, women included, who consider him "The Perfect Man", he fucked Aisha when she was nine (We will just have to take the koranic scholars' word for it that he didn't penetrate her when she was six). Anyway, if an adult fucks a child, he or she is not merely a paedophile, but a child molester as well:
Muhammad was a pedophile AND a child molester. Besides a plethora of other unsavory things, of course.
This is a scandalous ruling by people who not only live in ivory towers but who deliberately abuse their power to destroy the lives of those whose rights they are supposed to protect. The time has come to judge the judges. As they apparently refuse to listen, let it be known that when their self-constructed trainwreck derails, they will, just like their colleague ideologues in politics, the media and what passes for the cultural sector, have to pay their fair share for the disasters they deliberately inflicted on Europe.
MFBB.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
A DAY OUT IN THE ARDENNES.
The weather was glorious last weekend, so I figured I'd head out to the Ardennes for what was possibly the last time this year. The rest of the family wasn't in the mood - they don't know what's good for them. So me was accompanied only by myself and I.
Cruising on the good ole E411 somewhere between Custinne and Wanlin:
View on the Chateau de Bouillon, once the home of Godfrey of Bouillon, the 'Belgian' crusader. Pic taken from somewhere below the Point de Vue de la Ramonette.
After getting off the La Ramonette crest and through Bouillon's Arboretum - which sadly, isn't such a big deal anymore since it's in the process of being overgrown by, guess what, trees, I came across the Monument des Fusillés. Seems you can't get nowhere in the Ardennes or sometime, somewhere, you are reminded of WWII. It was on this spot that on the 21st of July 1944 three men from Bouillon were cowardly shot by the Gestapo on orders of Léon Degrelle, the prewar Rex strongman and Belgium's most notorious nazi. The names of the hapless souls are René Pierlot, Henri Bodard, and Louis Bodard. As I said a prayer, I wondered about the circumstances of their tragic deaths. Degrelle was from Bouillon, and obviously, felt quite attached to the region of his birth (indeed, while in Spain after the war he ventured the desire to be buried on the nearby Tombeau du Géant, a famous landmark). The liberation of this part of Belgium was only a little more than two months away. Was Degrelle, foreseeing the imminent forced departure of his overlords, exacting revenge on compatriots who had stubbornly refused to accept his vision of a Belgium as part of the Third Reich? Was he pissed off because just the day before, his beloved Fuehrer had narrowly escaped death at the hands of Von Stauffenberg? Who will tell?
Then it was off to the Rocher du Pendu, a rocky promontory overlooking the Semois river. Rocher du Pendu means Rock of the Hanged, and an anecdote I came across years ago was this: once upon a time a farmer from Corbion who had earned a good deal of money with the sale of his cows on Bouillon's cattle market, foolishly wasted his earnings on drinking and gambling in that town's cafés. Getting sober again on the rocky path towards Corbion, which passes this very spot, he became overcome with fear at the reaction of his wife, who reportedly was an ancestor of Victoria Bissell Brown. So he hung himself, end of story.
Majestic firs, straight as an arrow, on the path towards Corbion:
Point de vue de l'Ecaillère. Below is La Grande Prairie.
A view on the Moulin de l'Epine from the Pic du Diable. Although I failed to see what was so devilish about this spot.
Descending towards the Semois, like a mirage, after some time the Abbaye de Cordemois. Which has architectural elements reminding me of the Abbaye d'Orval.
It was time to wrap up the walk. Besides, the sun was slowly setting.
The calm waters of the Semois. Perhaps some 30 kloms further - I would have to check it out - it flows into France where the name is spelled Semoy.
Almost back in Bouillon. The traffic arrangement is peculiar. What is in effect a mini "beltway" around town passes through a tunnel under the castle's keep.
A view on the Chateau. Must have been quite impenetrable defenses in its time. I read somewhere that in the 17th century, Vauban also left his mark.
Driving back, I couldn't resist making a small detour to watch Frahan sitting quietly on its peninsula in a Semois bend. Pic taken from the heights of Rochehaut:
And then it was back to Chateau Outlaw!
MFBB.
Cruising on the good ole E411 somewhere between Custinne and Wanlin:
View on the Chateau de Bouillon, once the home of Godfrey of Bouillon, the 'Belgian' crusader. Pic taken from somewhere below the Point de Vue de la Ramonette.
After getting off the La Ramonette crest and through Bouillon's Arboretum - which sadly, isn't such a big deal anymore since it's in the process of being overgrown by, guess what, trees, I came across the Monument des Fusillés. Seems you can't get nowhere in the Ardennes or sometime, somewhere, you are reminded of WWII. It was on this spot that on the 21st of July 1944 three men from Bouillon were cowardly shot by the Gestapo on orders of Léon Degrelle, the prewar Rex strongman and Belgium's most notorious nazi. The names of the hapless souls are René Pierlot, Henri Bodard, and Louis Bodard. As I said a prayer, I wondered about the circumstances of their tragic deaths. Degrelle was from Bouillon, and obviously, felt quite attached to the region of his birth (indeed, while in Spain after the war he ventured the desire to be buried on the nearby Tombeau du Géant, a famous landmark). The liberation of this part of Belgium was only a little more than two months away. Was Degrelle, foreseeing the imminent forced departure of his overlords, exacting revenge on compatriots who had stubbornly refused to accept his vision of a Belgium as part of the Third Reich? Was he pissed off because just the day before, his beloved Fuehrer had narrowly escaped death at the hands of Von Stauffenberg? Who will tell?
Then it was off to the Rocher du Pendu, a rocky promontory overlooking the Semois river. Rocher du Pendu means Rock of the Hanged, and an anecdote I came across years ago was this: once upon a time a farmer from Corbion who had earned a good deal of money with the sale of his cows on Bouillon's cattle market, foolishly wasted his earnings on drinking and gambling in that town's cafés. Getting sober again on the rocky path towards Corbion, which passes this very spot, he became overcome with fear at the reaction of his wife, who reportedly was an ancestor of Victoria Bissell Brown. So he hung himself, end of story.
Majestic firs, straight as an arrow, on the path towards Corbion:
Point de vue de l'Ecaillère. Below is La Grande Prairie.
A view on the Moulin de l'Epine from the Pic du Diable. Although I failed to see what was so devilish about this spot.
Descending towards the Semois, like a mirage, after some time the Abbaye de Cordemois. Which has architectural elements reminding me of the Abbaye d'Orval.
It was time to wrap up the walk. Besides, the sun was slowly setting.
The calm waters of the Semois. Perhaps some 30 kloms further - I would have to check it out - it flows into France where the name is spelled Semoy.
Almost back in Bouillon. The traffic arrangement is peculiar. What is in effect a mini "beltway" around town passes through a tunnel under the castle's keep.
A view on the Chateau. Must have been quite impenetrable defenses in its time. I read somewhere that in the 17th century, Vauban also left his mark.
Driving back, I couldn't resist making a small detour to watch Frahan sitting quietly on its peninsula in a Semois bend. Pic taken from the heights of Rochehaut:
And then it was back to Chateau Outlaw!
MFBB.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
MEET HEATHER SAWYER.
This from September already, must have overlooked it. Via The Political Insider:
And who would that Heather Sawyer person be?
Ah... ah... ah...
Oooooo-kay. I understand. Well, cheer up Americans! Your tax dollars at work to pay for the wages - we may assume relatively lavish ones - of stellar, productive, in-dis-pen-sable citizens like Madam Sawyer!
The left. Such a predictable, hopelessly nondiverse bunch.
MFBB.
"The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing involving Brett Kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey Ford has just begun. Chairman Chuck Grassley spoke first, giving an overview of the allegations, and how Democrats have done everything they could to delay Ford’s testimony until today.
After Grassley spoke, Dianne Feinstein took the mic to try to present her narrative, and defend herself against the (true) allegations that she withheld Ford’s letter alleging sexual assault from the Senate until weeks ago. If the goal was to get to the truth of such allegations, you’d think its something Democrats would’ve led with when Feinstein learned of the alleged assault in July. Of course, if the allegations were true and derailed Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Republicans would just put forward another nominee. The reason Democrats are trying to delay anything relating to examining these allegations is a desperate attempt to push back a SCOTUS vote until past the midterms (in which Democrats will hope to pick up some seats).
During her opening testimony, Feinstein tried to suggest otherwise, claiming that she held the letter accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in confidence at the request of Ford. “She wanted this held confidential, and I held it confidential up to a point the witness was willing to come forward…How women are treated in the U.S. with this kind of concern is really wanting a lot of reform.”
But here’s the thing: it’s one of Feinstein’s staffers that made the letter public in the first place. Feinstein staffer Heather Sawyer leaked Ford’s letter to the media in violation of Senate Rule 29(5)."
And who would that Heather Sawyer person be?
Ah... ah... ah...
Oooooo-kay. I understand. Well, cheer up Americans! Your tax dollars at work to pay for the wages - we may assume relatively lavish ones - of stellar, productive, in-dis-pen-sable citizens like Madam Sawyer!
The left. Such a predictable, hopelessly nondiverse bunch.
MFBB.
Monday, October 15, 2018
RECOMMENDED VIDEOS: THE REBEL MEDIA'S JACK BUCKBY ON POLAND.
A lot of bruhaha over the past years - intensifying now, actually - about Poland supposedly being on a slippery path towards a soft dictatorship, what with PiS, the ruling Law and Order party, wanting to implement several changes to the country's constitution.
I admit that I don't know the full extent of all the changes PiS wants in Poland's constitution, other than that rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal - Poland's Supreme Court, so to say - would require a two thirds majority, which sounds actually as if PiS would be making it harder for itself to pass legislation, and that it wants term limits to the Constitutional Tribunal's members. And to be honest, that sounds only reasonable to me. No matter how much I look forward to Brett Kavanaugh serving as a Conservative Judge on the US's SC for at least 20 years to come, I do not think justices should sit on the SC until they drop dead. Same goes for the supreme courts of any country.
Now, the EU Commission, the main instigator of the negative news, is as usual its hypocritic self because in 2015, when PO (the Civic Platform, Polands center left ruling party at the time) wanted to quickly fill up the Constitutional Tribunal with PO-friendly justices right before elections they were basically scheduled to lose, they said nothing. The importance of PO hastily filling the seats before an electoral defeat would have made it impossible, cannot be overestimated, because had they had their way, of the Constitutional Tribunal's 15 justices 14 (!) would have been PO men and women. It's an angle to the story that is com-ple-te-ly underreported. All we hear is that Kaczynski and Co. are new autocrats. So outrageous was PO's move at the time that the new Polish President, Andrzej Duda, refused to swear in these judges.
We are three years further now and PiS continues to try to implement judicial reforms. Without going too much into detail, these reforms have, understandably, their supporters and their detractors. As to whether they constitute a danger to democracy that would, in my opinion, be a serious overstatement. The EU did and said nothing when in 2011 the PO-led government apprehended PO-critical journalists, and suddenly, while nothing like that has happened under PiS yet, democracy would be in danger? It only makes sense if you realize that Poland's PM at the time, PO founder Donald Tusk, has been... Chairman of the European Council, one of the three EU top jobs, since 2014. Tusk is an outspoken EU hack, a fact which was already well known back in 2011. In other words, the EU is only critical vis-à-vis European governments who don't sing their tune - which is a no brainer, of course.
Poland under PiS now pushing through constitutional changes do not seem to me to be any different from a US President using his privilege to nominate SC justices. Obama appointed Sotomayor and Kagan, known for their very leftist stance. As much as I loathe Obama, he used his constitutional right. Now the pendulum has swung and President Trump has appointed Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, making the SC majority conservative. How would this be that much different from what's happening in Poland?
Then there's so much consternation about PiS's Media Law. Laughable, if you see to what extent the European governments use their state broadcasters to force leftist narratives on their populations. I live in Belgium, I know of what I am speaking. The State Broadcaster is the regime mouthpiece, basta. And these same governments are now accusing Poland of being... undemocratic? Ridiculous!
Anyway, here's some videos by The Rebel Media's Jack Buckby, who offers an alterative viewpoint to what you find in MSM:
As for Polish youth, dunno. Looks like Buckby got to interview a couple of right stuff guys there, for from what I see Polish youth is relatively laid back. I think I got some right to speak, since I'm married to a gal from Poland and I visit at least once a year. What I notice is that church attendance among youth is in steep decline. And my brother-in-law is as leftist as they get.
On the other hand, there was that gigantic human chain thing to remind Poland of its Christian roots and warn of Europe's islamization. It was a colossal event which did mobilize tens of thousands of youths - unthinkable in Western Europe.
So I think it's indeed still fair to say that 'Poland is not lost yet'.
And may well be, yet another time, Europe's Savior.
MFBB.
I admit that I don't know the full extent of all the changes PiS wants in Poland's constitution, other than that rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal - Poland's Supreme Court, so to say - would require a two thirds majority, which sounds actually as if PiS would be making it harder for itself to pass legislation, and that it wants term limits to the Constitutional Tribunal's members. And to be honest, that sounds only reasonable to me. No matter how much I look forward to Brett Kavanaugh serving as a Conservative Judge on the US's SC for at least 20 years to come, I do not think justices should sit on the SC until they drop dead. Same goes for the supreme courts of any country.
Now, the EU Commission, the main instigator of the negative news, is as usual its hypocritic self because in 2015, when PO (the Civic Platform, Polands center left ruling party at the time) wanted to quickly fill up the Constitutional Tribunal with PO-friendly justices right before elections they were basically scheduled to lose, they said nothing. The importance of PO hastily filling the seats before an electoral defeat would have made it impossible, cannot be overestimated, because had they had their way, of the Constitutional Tribunal's 15 justices 14 (!) would have been PO men and women. It's an angle to the story that is com-ple-te-ly underreported. All we hear is that Kaczynski and Co. are new autocrats. So outrageous was PO's move at the time that the new Polish President, Andrzej Duda, refused to swear in these judges.
We are three years further now and PiS continues to try to implement judicial reforms. Without going too much into detail, these reforms have, understandably, their supporters and their detractors. As to whether they constitute a danger to democracy that would, in my opinion, be a serious overstatement. The EU did and said nothing when in 2011 the PO-led government apprehended PO-critical journalists, and suddenly, while nothing like that has happened under PiS yet, democracy would be in danger? It only makes sense if you realize that Poland's PM at the time, PO founder Donald Tusk, has been... Chairman of the European Council, one of the three EU top jobs, since 2014. Tusk is an outspoken EU hack, a fact which was already well known back in 2011. In other words, the EU is only critical vis-à-vis European governments who don't sing their tune - which is a no brainer, of course.
Poland under PiS now pushing through constitutional changes do not seem to me to be any different from a US President using his privilege to nominate SC justices. Obama appointed Sotomayor and Kagan, known for their very leftist stance. As much as I loathe Obama, he used his constitutional right. Now the pendulum has swung and President Trump has appointed Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, making the SC majority conservative. How would this be that much different from what's happening in Poland?
Then there's so much consternation about PiS's Media Law. Laughable, if you see to what extent the European governments use their state broadcasters to force leftist narratives on their populations. I live in Belgium, I know of what I am speaking. The State Broadcaster is the regime mouthpiece, basta. And these same governments are now accusing Poland of being... undemocratic? Ridiculous!
Anyway, here's some videos by The Rebel Media's Jack Buckby, who offers an alterative viewpoint to what you find in MSM:
As for Polish youth, dunno. Looks like Buckby got to interview a couple of right stuff guys there, for from what I see Polish youth is relatively laid back. I think I got some right to speak, since I'm married to a gal from Poland and I visit at least once a year. What I notice is that church attendance among youth is in steep decline. And my brother-in-law is as leftist as they get.
On the other hand, there was that gigantic human chain thing to remind Poland of its Christian roots and warn of Europe's islamization. It was a colossal event which did mobilize tens of thousands of youths - unthinkable in Western Europe.
So I think it's indeed still fair to say that 'Poland is not lost yet'.
And may well be, yet another time, Europe's Savior.
MFBB.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
ON THIS DAY IN 1947: CHUCK YEAGER BREAKS SOUND BARRIER.
On this day in 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in level flight. Via Space.com:
His Bell X-1 was a rocket engine–powered aircraft, first conceived in 1944, and designed and built in 1945. In his successful attempt to break the sound barrier, he reached Mach 1.06 (700 miles per hour, or 1,100 km/h), but by no means had the X1 reached its limits, because a year after, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h).
It should be noted that some sources list another man to first break the sound barrier: German test pilot Heini Dittmar, who on 6 July 1944 in Messerschmitt Komet Me 163B V18 would have reached an even higher speed than Yeager, 1,130 km/h (700 mph), but whether he flew high enough to make the flight supersonic is unclear. The speed of sound, commonly referred to as Mach 1, varies with altitude (actually, rather the temperature at particular altitude) and is highest at sea level, where Mach 1.0 equals about 1225 km/h (761 mph). At 30000 ft Mach 1.0 is reached much faster, at 1091 km/h (678 mph). However, German records do not mention a sonic boom during Dittmar's flight, and in any case by that time in the war they probably weren't interested in breaking records.
You can get some idea of what it must have been for Yeager and colleagues to attain hitherto unmatched (manned) speeds in this video clip from the movie The Right Stuff:
The Bell X1's engine was Reaction Motors's XLR11, company designation RMI 6000C4, the first liquid-propellant rocket engine developed in the US. It used ethylalcohol and liquid oxygen as propellants and generated a maximum thrust of 6,000 lbf (27 kN). Each of the four combustion chambers produced 1,500 lbf (6.7 kN) of thrust. The XLR11 was not throttleable but each chamber could be turned on and off individually. At the 0:18 mark in the video above you see the character playing Yeager turning all four of them on simultaneously. One wonders about the shocks to the structure and the implications of the asymmetrical thrust in case of individual turning on and off. I suppose that when using only two of the four, pilots were advised to use either the horizontally arranged thrusters or else the vertical ones. (It should be noted that the engine powering the Me163, the Walter HWK 509, could be throttled).
Pending development of a more powerful engine, in 1959 and 1960, a pair of XLR11-RM-13's mounted on top of one another were used as an interim power plant for the first X-15's. These XLR11's were boosted to 2,000 lbf (8.9 kN) of thrust per chamber for a total of 16,000 lbf (71 kN = 2 x 4 x 8.9kN).
In NOV 1960, the combination was replaced by a single XLR99 engine, but at 67kN it produced actually less thrust than the 8 combustion chambers of the two XLR11's:
MFBB.
His Bell X-1 was a rocket engine–powered aircraft, first conceived in 1944, and designed and built in 1945. In his successful attempt to break the sound barrier, he reached Mach 1.06 (700 miles per hour, or 1,100 km/h), but by no means had the X1 reached its limits, because a year after, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h).
It should be noted that some sources list another man to first break the sound barrier: German test pilot Heini Dittmar, who on 6 July 1944 in Messerschmitt Komet Me 163B V18 would have reached an even higher speed than Yeager, 1,130 km/h (700 mph), but whether he flew high enough to make the flight supersonic is unclear. The speed of sound, commonly referred to as Mach 1, varies with altitude (actually, rather the temperature at particular altitude) and is highest at sea level, where Mach 1.0 equals about 1225 km/h (761 mph). At 30000 ft Mach 1.0 is reached much faster, at 1091 km/h (678 mph). However, German records do not mention a sonic boom during Dittmar's flight, and in any case by that time in the war they probably weren't interested in breaking records.
You can get some idea of what it must have been for Yeager and colleagues to attain hitherto unmatched (manned) speeds in this video clip from the movie The Right Stuff:
The Bell X1's engine was Reaction Motors's XLR11, company designation RMI 6000C4, the first liquid-propellant rocket engine developed in the US. It used ethylalcohol and liquid oxygen as propellants and generated a maximum thrust of 6,000 lbf (27 kN). Each of the four combustion chambers produced 1,500 lbf (6.7 kN) of thrust. The XLR11 was not throttleable but each chamber could be turned on and off individually. At the 0:18 mark in the video above you see the character playing Yeager turning all four of them on simultaneously. One wonders about the shocks to the structure and the implications of the asymmetrical thrust in case of individual turning on and off. I suppose that when using only two of the four, pilots were advised to use either the horizontally arranged thrusters or else the vertical ones. (It should be noted that the engine powering the Me163, the Walter HWK 509, could be throttled).
Pending development of a more powerful engine, in 1959 and 1960, a pair of XLR11-RM-13's mounted on top of one another were used as an interim power plant for the first X-15's. These XLR11's were boosted to 2,000 lbf (8.9 kN) of thrust per chamber for a total of 16,000 lbf (71 kN = 2 x 4 x 8.9kN).
In NOV 1960, the combination was replaced by a single XLR99 engine, but at 67kN it produced actually less thrust than the 8 combustion chambers of the two XLR11's:
MFBB.
Saturday, October 13, 2018
RECOMMENDED READS: PATRICIA MCCARTHY ON TOXIC FEMINISM.
Over at American Thinker, a spot on article by Patricia McCarthy: "Toxic masculinity? Try toxic feminists...they hate men!"
I can't abide 'em even now and then.
Than ever marry one of them, I'd rest a maiden rather,
For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother.
Of course, I'm awfully glad that Mother had to marry Father,
But I hate men.
In the film, the song is funny. People have enjoyed humor from the days of Shakespeare through the glorious musicals of the 1950s and then some...until now.
The American left has completely lost any sense of humor. Things that used to be funny are now microaggressions or triggers, cultural appropriation or racist. Now they loathe the First Amendment and want speech they don't like proscribed.
"I hate men" is the mantra of our radicalized modern feminists, only it's not one bit funny. Their college experience, their entire education, has been all about race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and the evils of toxic masculinity. The history books and the literature they are assigned must have a race, class, gender, or social justice emphasis. Books that were written before the mandates of political correctness were discarded long ago. Their women's studies profs aver that "the nuclear family is the most destructive institution in the West."
In other words, they have been carefully taught to hate men, especially white men. White men should be killed and castrated. (Another lyric from the song: "They should be kept like piggies in a pen.") No white man should be president or gain a seat on the Supreme Court. Why? Because they are all evil perpetrators of that ancient scold, patriarchy. Meanwhile, hundreds of women (and men, children) mounted their "Slut Walk" in downtown Los Angeles. They objectify themselves and then blame men for objectifying women. How's that for sanctimonious hypocrisy?
The disgraceful behavior of all those demented women protesting the confirmation of Judge Kavanugh these past two weeks was appalling. As Megan Fox has written, they have set the cause of women back a hundred years. These women perceive themselves as victims of a horrific male-dominated world, as though they were characters in The Handmaid's Tale, a silly dystopian novel and TV series beloved by the left. They are ridiculous.
Misandry, hatred of men, especially white men, is the defining characteristic of the left these days, particularly these toxic feminists. Why are progressives so intent upon convincing women to see men as victimizers? How does this serve their agenda? Impossible to grasp, but it is what they do: pit the groups they relegate people to against each other. This is a defining difference between the left and the right: the left does not recognize individuals, only groups by race, class, and sex or sexual orientation. Character is of no interest to leftists. The right sees individuals, not skin color, not class, not sexual orientation, and judges by character.
That the left's campaign against men is destructive to our culture, to marriage, to the future of our civilization does not enter leftists' consciousness. All they really care about is preserving their right to abortion on demand. Hard to figure, since they hate men so much. Will they ever really need an abortion?
The left, not only here, but around the world, is about one thing: power. Leftists crave power in order to control how we live and how we think, what we drive, what we eat, how we educate our kids. They've done a bang-up job over the last two generations.
That there are enough women who are recruitable for the ridiculous protests in D.C. these past two weeks is pathetic. It is a tragedy that so many young women are no longer capable of thinking for themselves. So mind-numbed, so blinkered by the indoctrination of their professors in colleges like the one Christine Blasey Ford "teaches" at, they are incapable of any critical thinking at all.
This is why Blasey Ford assumed she could submarine Kavanaugh's nomination with a ridiculously vague, wholly uncorroborated allegation of groping thirty-six years ago. So immersed in the culture of victimhood and identity politics, it likely never occurred to Ford that there are people who do still value the tenet of "innocent until proven guilty." Her crowd of toxic feminists who hate men actually thought her obviously fabricated and unprovable accusation would sink the Kavanaugh nomination. They never gave a thought to the terrible damage they were doing to a good man and his family.
This is how insidiously powerful such women think they are. They dress up in silly Handmaid's Tale costumes and think that is going to change minds and shame men. What it did is infuriate millions of regular people who do not separate people into victim groups, by skin color or sex. Most Americans judge people by their integrity, by how they treat others.
Conservative women love their men, their sons, their fathers and brothers. That is why they are so horrified by those angry, screaming mobs of man-hating women. That is why conservative, man-loving women are so much happier than these deluded harpies. "But, ladies, you must answer, too, what would we do without 'em?"
Mrs McCarthy's article reminded me of a news item I spotted about one month ago, the "Statement Festival" in Gothenburg, Sweden. Via The Independent (no less):
“The whole area is free of cis-men,” Ms Knyckare told Euronews. “We work exclusively with women, non-binary and transgender persons. This ranges from artists to catering to security personnel.”
Cisgender is the term applied to an individual whose gender matches their assigned sex at birth. A trans or non-binary person is someone whose gender or gender identity is different to their birth-assigned sex.
What a pathetic bunch of vile creatures. If anyone still doubted it, leftism *is* a mental disease. Sheesh, look at them! Would you do any of them, even if stone drunk?
“No one will be questioned at the entrance,” Ms Knyckare said, when asked how organisers were going to stop men getting in. She said that the festival was working with a specialised security company to develop a specialised “access system”.
However, she called the festival a “reaction” to the problem of sexual assault at music events, “not the solution”.
Bravalla festival 2018 was cancelled after widespread sexual assault cases at the event in 2017 and 2016.
“Certain men... apparently cannot behave. It’s a shame. We have therefore decided to cancel Bråvalla 2018” organisers said.
So certain men cannot behave hmmmm? What kind of men would that be? These well groomed, civil, polite, eloquent chaps photographed during and after recent violent riots in Sweden:
Or this rowdy mysoginist macho bunch?
How typical for feminazis to resort to a non-solution, holding a men-free festival, instead of acknowledging the obvious. It's even a non starter. For if they had allowed the specimen on the photo above to enter, it would still have been a woman-only event.
MFBB.
"Kiss Me Kate was a wonderful remake of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, which was set in the late 1500s. It is the story of a strong and difficult woman and the man who loved her. One of the most hilarious songs from the 1953 musical is "I Hate Men." Here is the first verse:I hate men.
I can't abide 'em even now and then.
Than ever marry one of them, I'd rest a maiden rather,
For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother.
Of course, I'm awfully glad that Mother had to marry Father,
But I hate men.
In the film, the song is funny. People have enjoyed humor from the days of Shakespeare through the glorious musicals of the 1950s and then some...until now.
The American left has completely lost any sense of humor. Things that used to be funny are now microaggressions or triggers, cultural appropriation or racist. Now they loathe the First Amendment and want speech they don't like proscribed.
"I hate men" is the mantra of our radicalized modern feminists, only it's not one bit funny. Their college experience, their entire education, has been all about race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and the evils of toxic masculinity. The history books and the literature they are assigned must have a race, class, gender, or social justice emphasis. Books that were written before the mandates of political correctness were discarded long ago. Their women's studies profs aver that "the nuclear family is the most destructive institution in the West."
In other words, they have been carefully taught to hate men, especially white men. White men should be killed and castrated. (Another lyric from the song: "They should be kept like piggies in a pen.") No white man should be president or gain a seat on the Supreme Court. Why? Because they are all evil perpetrators of that ancient scold, patriarchy. Meanwhile, hundreds of women (and men, children) mounted their "Slut Walk" in downtown Los Angeles. They objectify themselves and then blame men for objectifying women. How's that for sanctimonious hypocrisy?
The disgraceful behavior of all those demented women protesting the confirmation of Judge Kavanugh these past two weeks was appalling. As Megan Fox has written, they have set the cause of women back a hundred years. These women perceive themselves as victims of a horrific male-dominated world, as though they were characters in The Handmaid's Tale, a silly dystopian novel and TV series beloved by the left. They are ridiculous.
Misandry, hatred of men, especially white men, is the defining characteristic of the left these days, particularly these toxic feminists. Why are progressives so intent upon convincing women to see men as victimizers? How does this serve their agenda? Impossible to grasp, but it is what they do: pit the groups they relegate people to against each other. This is a defining difference between the left and the right: the left does not recognize individuals, only groups by race, class, and sex or sexual orientation. Character is of no interest to leftists. The right sees individuals, not skin color, not class, not sexual orientation, and judges by character.
That the left's campaign against men is destructive to our culture, to marriage, to the future of our civilization does not enter leftists' consciousness. All they really care about is preserving their right to abortion on demand. Hard to figure, since they hate men so much. Will they ever really need an abortion?
The left, not only here, but around the world, is about one thing: power. Leftists crave power in order to control how we live and how we think, what we drive, what we eat, how we educate our kids. They've done a bang-up job over the last two generations.
That there are enough women who are recruitable for the ridiculous protests in D.C. these past two weeks is pathetic. It is a tragedy that so many young women are no longer capable of thinking for themselves. So mind-numbed, so blinkered by the indoctrination of their professors in colleges like the one Christine Blasey Ford "teaches" at, they are incapable of any critical thinking at all.
This is why Blasey Ford assumed she could submarine Kavanaugh's nomination with a ridiculously vague, wholly uncorroborated allegation of groping thirty-six years ago. So immersed in the culture of victimhood and identity politics, it likely never occurred to Ford that there are people who do still value the tenet of "innocent until proven guilty." Her crowd of toxic feminists who hate men actually thought her obviously fabricated and unprovable accusation would sink the Kavanaugh nomination. They never gave a thought to the terrible damage they were doing to a good man and his family.
This is how insidiously powerful such women think they are. They dress up in silly Handmaid's Tale costumes and think that is going to change minds and shame men. What it did is infuriate millions of regular people who do not separate people into victim groups, by skin color or sex. Most Americans judge people by their integrity, by how they treat others.
Conservative women love their men, their sons, their fathers and brothers. That is why they are so horrified by those angry, screaming mobs of man-hating women. That is why conservative, man-loving women are so much happier than these deluded harpies. "But, ladies, you must answer, too, what would we do without 'em?"
Mrs McCarthy's article reminded me of a news item I spotted about one month ago, the "Statement Festival" in Gothenburg, Sweden. Via The Independent (no less):
"A “cis man-free” festival has been held in Sweden, in response to a string of alleged sexual assaults at the country’s biggest music festival.Emma Knyckare, organizer of the festival. What better place for people who have gone completely bananas than to hold a festival at Banana Pier?
The Statement music festival in Gothenburg claims to be the world’s first major music gathering for women, transgender and non-binary people only. It took place on Friday 31 August and Saturday 1 September at Bananpiren in Gothenburg.
Swedish comedian Emma Knyckare came up with the idea after reports of multiple sexual offences at Bravalla festival last year and in 2016. The event was crowd-funded with more than 300,000 donations.
“The whole area is free of cis-men,” Ms Knyckare told Euronews. “We work exclusively with women, non-binary and transgender persons. This ranges from artists to catering to security personnel.”
Cisgender is the term applied to an individual whose gender matches their assigned sex at birth. A trans or non-binary person is someone whose gender or gender identity is different to their birth-assigned sex.
What a pathetic bunch of vile creatures. If anyone still doubted it, leftism *is* a mental disease. Sheesh, look at them! Would you do any of them, even if stone drunk?
“No one will be questioned at the entrance,” Ms Knyckare said, when asked how organisers were going to stop men getting in. She said that the festival was working with a specialised security company to develop a specialised “access system”.
However, she called the festival a “reaction” to the problem of sexual assault at music events, “not the solution”.
Bravalla festival 2018 was cancelled after widespread sexual assault cases at the event in 2017 and 2016.
“Certain men... apparently cannot behave. It’s a shame. We have therefore decided to cancel Bråvalla 2018” organisers said.
So certain men cannot behave hmmmm? What kind of men would that be? These well groomed, civil, polite, eloquent chaps photographed during and after recent violent riots in Sweden:
Or this rowdy mysoginist macho bunch?
How typical for feminazis to resort to a non-solution, holding a men-free festival, instead of acknowledging the obvious. It's even a non starter. For if they had allowed the specimen on the photo above to enter, it would still have been a woman-only event.
MFBB.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Thursday, October 11, 2018
RECOMMENDED VIDEOS: HIKING UP THE GREAT GABLE.
One can't let him or herself be cast down by too much negativity. It's been a bit too much lately, world is going bonkers. So my mind wandered off to more interesting realms - for me at least: hiking up some nice hilltop for instance.
One of these is the Great Gable in the west of the Lake District, Cumbria, UK. At 899 m (2,949 ft) it is not yet a Munro; in these parts, they call 'em Marilyns.
To be sure, I never went up Great Gable although I definitely intend to do so one day, hopefully sooner than later. Closest I came was in 2013 when I went up the parent peak, Scafell Pike, which at 978 m, or 3,209 ft, passes the 3,000 ft mark making it a Munro.
I recently discovered the British Mountaineering Club is compiling nice short videos detailing hikes up Munros, Marilyns and the likes. Here's the one describing the climb up the Great Gable:
Here's the view from Westmorland Cairn, almost on top of the Great Gable:
So named after two brothers who erected it in 1876 to mark what they claimed was the finest view in the whole of the Lake District. On a sunny day, or even a half-sunny, it's hard to disagree.
In the distance you can see Wast Water, which reportedly is England's deepest body of water.
Can't wait to get back there.
MFBB.
One of these is the Great Gable in the west of the Lake District, Cumbria, UK. At 899 m (2,949 ft) it is not yet a Munro; in these parts, they call 'em Marilyns.
To be sure, I never went up Great Gable although I definitely intend to do so one day, hopefully sooner than later. Closest I came was in 2013 when I went up the parent peak, Scafell Pike, which at 978 m, or 3,209 ft, passes the 3,000 ft mark making it a Munro.
I recently discovered the British Mountaineering Club is compiling nice short videos detailing hikes up Munros, Marilyns and the likes. Here's the one describing the climb up the Great Gable:
Here's the view from Westmorland Cairn, almost on top of the Great Gable:
So named after two brothers who erected it in 1876 to mark what they claimed was the finest view in the whole of the Lake District. On a sunny day, or even a half-sunny, it's hard to disagree.
In the distance you can see Wast Water, which reportedly is England's deepest body of water.
Can't wait to get back there.
MFBB.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
A NEW MOSQUE IN THE WORKS FOR BARCELONA.
Yet another nail in the coffin of Christianity in Europe. Via Voice of Europe:
I briefly mentioned Ada Colau in the previous post, Shithole Paris. From what I've read so far about Colau it's, say, 97 per cent certain she will give the green light for this newest mosque project. In the photo below, she's the woman to the left:
Another extreme leftist whacko fighting male "oppression" from Bio Spanish men - while simultaneously rolling out the red carpet for wifebeaters and clitoridectomists.
Europe is committing suicide before my very eyes.
MFBB.
"The Muslim leaders of Europe and Asia have laid the foundations of a new bureau that will study the building of a great mosque in the city of Barcelona.
As part of the meeting between spiritual leaders from different countries held this Monday in Barcelona, the principal imams of Europe and Asia area have decided to study the suitability of building a great mosque in Barcelona.
The forum’s president, Malik Abderrahman Ruiz, lamented that Barcelona, despite being “the city with the largest Muslim community in Spain,” does not have a representative mosque, and that is why it is necessary to “carry out a large-scale project”.
During the meeting convened by the “European Muslim Forum” there were also in favour of promoting the Muslim presence in culture, economy, politics and institutions.
Barcelona will be the headquarters of this bureau because it has been considered an “ideal” place. In other words, it will act as a beachhead for Spain’s Islamisation, since Catalonia has almost 25% of all Spain’s Muslim population.
This bureau will also be dedicated to promoting cultural activities, promote relations with institutions and foster social action – especially in favour of immigrants. Leading the meeting was Abdul Vakhed Niyazov, president of the public arm of the Russian Mufti Council.
Niyazov has explained that “Barcelona is a big city with a large Muslim population” and that, unlike the mosques that now exist, they are working to make the new mosque “emblematic and beautiful”.
Only 3 years ago there had been rumours that Barcelona’s old bull ring would be converted into a super-mosque. Now Barcelona has a far more radically left wing mayor, Ms Ada Colau of the far left “Barcelona en Comú” Party (affiliated with Unidos Podemos), and she is very likely to give the go-ahead to this, given her track record."
I briefly mentioned Ada Colau in the previous post, Shithole Paris. From what I've read so far about Colau it's, say, 97 per cent certain she will give the green light for this newest mosque project. In the photo below, she's the woman to the left:
Another extreme leftist whacko fighting male "oppression" from Bio Spanish men - while simultaneously rolling out the red carpet for wifebeaters and clitoridectomists.
Europe is committing suicide before my very eyes.
MFBB.
Monday, October 08, 2018
SHITHOLE PARIS.
If you still think of Paris as the City of Light, think again. Paul Joseph Watson has the goods:
It's true. Our daughter visted there last year with school, and upon coming back told us Paris is dirty. As always, if you import the Third World you become the Third World.
I myself haven't been there since 2000. I was too upset with Saint-Denis, where I encountered, if memory serves, only two or so genuine Frenchmen. The rest wore djellabas. Now, that was 2000. I don't want to think what Saint-Denis looks like now. Oh wait, there's some footage in Watson's video.
Like San Francisco and London, things are going from very bad to much worse when the somewhat normals vying to be burgomaster have to give way to the parasites. In Paris, a fine example of the latter category is Anne Hidalgo, a leftist twat if ever there was one, formerly a deputy of Bertrand Delanoë, Paris' first openly gay mayor, like Hidalgo a socialist. Though truth to be told, Barcelona's Ada Colau is offering stiff competition.
Now, here is a small info sample to help you get to know Mme. Hidalgo, via The Independent no less:
Yeah, I'm sure that will help. To The Independent's credit, it does mention that "the Regional transport authority cautions such a move would hit taxpayers". No shit Sherlock, who would have thunk it?
Anyway...
If you're planning a visit to Paris, do it now, cause the way it is going you will soon need poop maps like in SF.
MFBB.
It's true. Our daughter visted there last year with school, and upon coming back told us Paris is dirty. As always, if you import the Third World you become the Third World.
I myself haven't been there since 2000. I was too upset with Saint-Denis, where I encountered, if memory serves, only two or so genuine Frenchmen. The rest wore djellabas. Now, that was 2000. I don't want to think what Saint-Denis looks like now. Oh wait, there's some footage in Watson's video.
Like San Francisco and London, things are going from very bad to much worse when the somewhat normals vying to be burgomaster have to give way to the parasites. In Paris, a fine example of the latter category is Anne Hidalgo, a leftist twat if ever there was one, formerly a deputy of Bertrand Delanoë, Paris' first openly gay mayor, like Hidalgo a socialist. Though truth to be told, Barcelona's Ada Colau is offering stiff competition.
Now, here is a small info sample to help you get to know Mme. Hidalgo, via The Independent no less:
"The Socialist mayor of Paris has said she wants to make all public transport free in order to reduce air pollution.
Anne Hidalgo announced plans for a study into the feasibility of free city-wide transport.
She told the French daily newspaper Los Echos many of world's big cities were looking into developing clean mobility and boost air quality by reducing the number of cars on the roads."
Yeah, I'm sure that will help. To The Independent's credit, it does mention that "the Regional transport authority cautions such a move would hit taxpayers". No shit Sherlock, who would have thunk it?
Anyway...
If you're planning a visit to Paris, do it now, cause the way it is going you will soon need poop maps like in SF.
MFBB.
Sunday, October 07, 2018
THE TERRIFYING CONSEQUENCES OF THE UN MIGRATION PACT.
In case you missed it, last summer the text of the United Nations Migration Pact became available. That pact is, officially at least, a UN effort to "manage the millions of migrants moving from country to country, overcoming “mistrust” and “difficult” issues", according to Reuters.
The UN Migration Pact "aims to make migration safe and orderly amid issues of national sovereignty and international cooperation", according to U.N. officials. And the impetus to draft this Pact "came after the migration crisis in Europe in 2015, which saw the biggest influx of refugees and migrants since World War Two". The same officials "concluded" that "the crisis strained resources and triggered fear of foreigners and nationalist tensions."
If all goes according to plan, the UN Migration Pact will come into effect in December.
Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof is a retired Major General of the Bundeswehr, the German army.
He analyzed the text.
His chilling conclusion for his own country is that implementation of the Pact will result in Germany becoming an authoritarian Islamic and African nation in two generations. Via The Rebel Media:
More info on this sham of a pact, of which the net result will be the destruction of Western countries, can be found in the following videos.
First, some analysis of the texts by Martin Sellner and Brittany Pettibone:
Hungary - of course, Hungary - pulled out already. As all sane nations should:
It is no surprise that in August, Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton also ruled out that Australia would sign the pact.
Mr Dutton cited his main concerns, which are only normal:
* The pact encourages governments to develop "education" campaigns for the media to encourage "positive narratives about migrants and migration in order to counteract discrimination, racism and xenophobia”.
* Especially European countries would lose their identities after being flooded by millions of undocumented immigrants.
* With regards to Australia, he said the pact would undermine the government's efforts to crack down on people smugglers.
As in so many issues since January 2017, the most encouraging sign came from the United States, which already in DEC 2017 made it clear they would not sign it:
With so many issues capturing the attention of the Western populations, it is easy to overlook the gigantic impact ratifying this sham of a "pact" will have on our societies. I highly suspect that the almost complete radio silence about this topic is deliberate, in that our media, over-whel-ming-ly leftist and globalist, expressly put a damper on coverage lest the ensuing unrest among authochon populations would endager the passing of the pact, due in December.
Contact therefore any politician you might now, above the municipal level or even of that level if otherwise you know no others, and cite your concerns. Confront him or her with the terrifying consequences of the pact, once gigantic fluxes in the order of tens of millions of unskilled welfare seekers and social security tourists will be aided, organized and set in motion towards our countries by the UN.
I might add that the time to analyze the UN itself and reform it is LONG OVERDUE. It is crystal clear that this supranational organization is acting more and more as an agent on behalf of its failed state members to demand "compensation" for supposed western "sins", and as a facilitator for global "wealth redistribution".
And in especially western countries, politicans who want to keep their societies intact, should take note of this highly undesirable evolution of the UN, and prepare... if it refuses reform...
... to quit it altogether.
MFBB.
The UN Migration Pact "aims to make migration safe and orderly amid issues of national sovereignty and international cooperation", according to U.N. officials. And the impetus to draft this Pact "came after the migration crisis in Europe in 2015, which saw the biggest influx of refugees and migrants since World War Two". The same officials "concluded" that "the crisis strained resources and triggered fear of foreigners and nationalist tensions."
If all goes according to plan, the UN Migration Pact will come into effect in December.
Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof is a retired Major General of the Bundeswehr, the German army.
He analyzed the text.
His chilling conclusion for his own country is that implementation of the Pact will result in Germany becoming an authoritarian Islamic and African nation in two generations. Via The Rebel Media:
More info on this sham of a pact, of which the net result will be the destruction of Western countries, can be found in the following videos.
First, some analysis of the texts by Martin Sellner and Brittany Pettibone:
Hungary - of course, Hungary - pulled out already. As all sane nations should:
It is no surprise that in August, Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton also ruled out that Australia would sign the pact.
Mr Dutton cited his main concerns, which are only normal:
* The pact encourages governments to develop "education" campaigns for the media to encourage "positive narratives about migrants and migration in order to counteract discrimination, racism and xenophobia”.
* Especially European countries would lose their identities after being flooded by millions of undocumented immigrants.
* With regards to Australia, he said the pact would undermine the government's efforts to crack down on people smugglers.
As in so many issues since January 2017, the most encouraging sign came from the United States, which already in DEC 2017 made it clear they would not sign it:
With so many issues capturing the attention of the Western populations, it is easy to overlook the gigantic impact ratifying this sham of a "pact" will have on our societies. I highly suspect that the almost complete radio silence about this topic is deliberate, in that our media, over-whel-ming-ly leftist and globalist, expressly put a damper on coverage lest the ensuing unrest among authochon populations would endager the passing of the pact, due in December.
Contact therefore any politician you might now, above the municipal level or even of that level if otherwise you know no others, and cite your concerns. Confront him or her with the terrifying consequences of the pact, once gigantic fluxes in the order of tens of millions of unskilled welfare seekers and social security tourists will be aided, organized and set in motion towards our countries by the UN.
I might add that the time to analyze the UN itself and reform it is LONG OVERDUE. It is crystal clear that this supranational organization is acting more and more as an agent on behalf of its failed state members to demand "compensation" for supposed western "sins", and as a facilitator for global "wealth redistribution".
And in especially western countries, politicans who want to keep their societies intact, should take note of this highly undesirable evolution of the UN, and prepare... if it refuses reform...
... to quit it altogether.
MFBB.
Saturday, October 06, 2018
SATURDAY NIGHT GODLEY AND CREME, QUEEN.
In the spirit of reconciliation after the past tumultuous weeks, I decided to make this a bipartisan Saturday Night Music.
Four our democrat friends, Godley and Creme with Cry. Album The History Mix Volume 1 (1985).
English rock duo consisting of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, both ex 10CC.
For the Republicans, here's Queen with We are the Champions. Album News of the World (1977).
My favourite band member is Brian May. Apart from being an iconic rock star (who as a 16 yo designed and built, together with his father Harold, his own guitar, the Red Special) he's also an accomplished astrophyscist and some kind of a Conservative.
Gute Nacht und Schadenfreude!
MFBB.
Four our democrat friends, Godley and Creme with Cry. Album The History Mix Volume 1 (1985).
English rock duo consisting of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, both ex 10CC.
For the Republicans, here's Queen with We are the Champions. Album News of the World (1977).
My favourite band member is Brian May. Apart from being an iconic rock star (who as a 16 yo designed and built, together with his father Harold, his own guitar, the Red Special) he's also an accomplished astrophyscist and some kind of a Conservative.
Gute Nacht und Schadenfreude!
MFBB.
I LOVE THE SMELL OF LIBERAL TEARS IN THE MORNING.
Over at CNN Prof Julian Zelizer tries to cope with imminent mental breakdown by offering an explanation:
"(CNN)For all the chaos of the Trump White House, the GOP remains adroit at using the levers of power in our modern political system. Senate Democrats and Republicans are not even playing the same kind of game. The GOP comes to work ready for full-contact boxing while Democrats were setting up for a friendly game of checkers."
Hey, I'm not making this up. Our Princeton Prof from the Putting Empty Bags Upright faculty did write:
"... while Democrats were setting up for a friendly game of checkers."
Look! It stands there ☝☝☝☝!!! Just LOOK 👆👆👆👆👆👆!!!!
Prof Zelizer is a curious case. At least a broken clock is right twice a day. Poor Prof Zelizer manages only half of that:
"This was an extremely costly lesson for the Democrats to learn, and it is not the first time they have been schooled. The confirmation could very well be the factor that saves Republican control of the Senate and it cemented a long-term shift in the court that will have severe repercussions on a number of issues ranging from abortion rights to executive power."
You betcha!
MFBB.
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