Sorry about the paucity of posts today — for some reason, they got scheduled for next week instead of today. (Whether that’s some quirk of WordPress or just idiocy on my part… well, take your pick.)
See below for the update.
Author: Kim du Toit
Reform
God-Emperor Trump’s Administration will, one hopes, cast a baleful eye upon that nest of Commie indoctrination known as the Department of Education, prior to shutting it down.
One hopes.
However, as these festering cockroach nests are almost impossible to eradicate completely (without the introduction of machine guns, anyway), there might be a way to cause wholesale resignations among the cockroaches themselves, by making their jobs impossible (for them).
Such as by implementing the following (drawn from any decent homeschooling curriculum):
Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to fill in the last two blanks.
Nutrition
Now you know:
Feelin’ Groovy
This is one of those boffins’ studies which ordinarily make my eyes glaze over (MEGO):
Drawing on data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, the findings reveal that today’s older adults demonstrate better physical and mental functioning than their counterparts of earlier generations at the same age.
…but in my case, I have to say that I agree with the thing’s conclusion, just by comparing myself now to myself back then.
I not only feel the same as I did when I was 60, a decade ago, but I actually feel better.
In no small degree, I think this is because I’ve lost so much weight (thank you, Ozempic) and my health stats seem to have massively improved.
My mood has improved since November 2024 too (for obvious reasons) but beyond that, I feel as though I haven’t aged at all. Hell, sometimes I think I’m better off now than I was at fifty.
And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to the range. (No, not to the gym; the hell with that shit.)
Earworm
Been on a Cat Stevens tear recently… this time about one of those groupies.
Germany Comes to Austria, Again
…just not at the head of a column of Panzers, this time:
As with Germany and France, losers big and small immediately decided they wouldn’t play with the party that had pulled nearly 30% of the votes cast or let the FPO ‘win’ at all. They moved to form a coalition to ice the Freedom Party out of government.
Like the National Rally in France (and the AfD in Germany — K.), all other ruling parties are uniting to keep the FPÖ out of government.
Hasn’t worked in Austria, either:
The announcement came more than three months after the legislative election on September 29. In that, the FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, emerged as the most popular party with 28.8 per cent of the vote.
The FPÖ had been unable to form a government due to a political cordon sanitaire imposed by other parties, labelling it as “far-right”. The ÖVP finished second with 26.3 per cent, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) with 21.1 per cent. The FPÖ has however taken part in previous government coalitions, the last time being 2019 (with ÖVP).
Austria’s President, Alexander Van der Bellen, a member of the Green Party and a vocal critic of Kickl, announced on January 5 that he would meet with the FPÖ leader on January 6.
In a brief televised address, Van der Bellen acknowledged that opposition within the ÖVP on collaboration with Kickl had softened after Nehammer’s resignation. “I have used the last few hours to speak to numerous political decision-makers. During these discussions, the picture emerged that the voices within the People’s Party that rule out cooperation with an FPÖ under Herbert Kickl have become significantly quieter,” he said.
In an emergency meeting following Nehammer’s decision, the ÖVP leadership appointed Christian Stocker, the party’s general secretary, as interim president. The ÖVP also expressed its willingness to negotiate with the FPÖ to form a coalition.
So off they go, kicking and screaming, into a political future that puts Austrian citizens first, and immigrants second.
Like the Germans, like the French, and for a bonus, like the Canuckis as well.
Of our own MAGA revolution we will not speak.
Hubba hubba.