Via The Lid comes this one:
It is incredible what political simpletons Jews are. They shut their eyes to one of the most elementary rules of life that you must not “meet halfway” those who do not want to meet you.
— Ze’ev Jabotinsky
The same admonition could be applied equally to Republicans.
Looks as though the worm is starting to turn in Oz:
Wild scenes broke out in Richmond as a group of hooligans clashed with police trying to contain the violent ‘freedom rally’ march.
…with predictable results:
Police arrested 235 people and while most were taken away for breaching health directions, some were charged with assault, riotous behaviour and weapons and drug offences. Each will be fined $5,452, with 193 infringements handed out so far.
Naturally, police blamed the Deplorables:
‘Angry aggressive young males (were) there to fight the police, not to protest about freedoms,’ he told the media late on Saturday.
Then again, I myself might have turned into an “aggressive male” (i.e. man) had I witnessed thuggery such as this:
An elderly woman was shoved to the ground and doused with pepper spray by two policemen during the Melbourne anti-lockdown riot. The woman was bowled over by the two cops before they fired the spray directly on her face as she lay defenceless on the road trying to shield her eyes.
Because this is Oz, public opinion was divided into two camps, i.e. “bastards” and “she deserved it for breaking the law”.
Please join me in a couple minutes’ silence to allow the RCOB to subside.
Note to the various OzGovs: “breaking the law” means things like murder, robbery and violence towards the undeserving. Protesting against totalitarian government is NOT breaking the law except in totalitarian countries like Iran and Communist China.
And now, it seems, Australia.
From the land Down Under, more bastardy:
The Andrews Government is making more bad changes to Victoria’s gun laws.
The latest changes will allow police down to the rank of inspector to ban shooters from holding firearm licences for at least 10 years – for getting nothing more than a speeding fine.
People hit with a ban will also be subjected to warrantless searches of their homes or cars at any time, and barred from going to any place where guns may be stored or used.
Fucking hell, why not just add “public whipping” and “summary execution” to the list?
Textbook totalitarianism. And the person introducing this legal travesty looks precisely how you’d expect them to look:
The only nice thing you could say about her is that her head would look good on a pike.
Next: pikes to be banned under the Sharp Objects And Politician Protection Act.
Here’s an interesting situation over in Britishland:
The English Touring Opera has dropped 14 white musicians in a woke drive to ‘increase diversity’ in the company. The musicians, aged 40 to 66, have been told they will not be offered contracts with the company in Spring 2022 citing diversity guidance from the Arts Council England, the Sunday Times reported.
The musicians, who officially work as freelancers, can be dropped from the opera season-on-season but many have played with the company for up to 20 years and consider it a permanent job.
Of course, this is a disgusting thing to do, but complaining doesn’t achieve anything, as any fule kno.
Here’s a thought.
I don’t have the numbers, but I’m willing to bet that this 40-66 age group would constitute a majority of the Touring Opera’s audience. So I call on all patrons in that age range to boycott their performances.
I wonder if the company’s finances could sustain the subsequent loss of income…
And in memoriam: Pavane
For those who want to spend a half-hour or so in quiet contemplation, here’s Fauré’s Requiem.
From Jim Treacher:
“By the time I learn enough about a breaking news story to realize I don’t care, it turns out to be bullshit anyway.”
Nowadays, I seldom bother even to learn about a “breaking” news story. I prefer to look in on it a week later, to save myself the irritation.
Note: Treacher’s words have been uncensored, because on this website, you can say what you say without fear thereof.