Category: Third World

Blarney

Marxists, Politics, Third World

This little rant may well piss off a few people, but I don’t care because it’s long overdue.

I hate the Irish.

Now let me get a couple things out of the way before I go any further.  I don’t hate Irish people in the same way as some people hate Jews, for example.  In fact, the few actual Irish people I have met, I love and find wonderful.

And by “Irish”, I’m not including people named Shaughnessy whose ancestors came over to the United States to escape the Potato Famine of the 19th century.  In other words, I don’t dislike Irish-Americans to any greater or lesser degree than anyone else:  each individual is judged on their merits.  (That I find most people irritating anyway is a topic for another time.)

Nope:  I’m talking about Ireland — or “Eire”, as they call it, with that irritating spelling affectation of throwing too many vowels into a simple word.  Here’s why.

They’re a bunch of fucking Communists.

I don’t know how many people reading this are acquainted with the political stance of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) or its political face Sinn Fein (“shin fen”)*, but I took the time to study it many years ago, and it’s essentially Das Kapital  with a Gaelic accent.  Don’t get fooled by all that “One Ireland” blather they put out about reunification of the island under one flag;  that’s just the maskirovka  to disguise the IRA’s real intentions for the Irish state:  pure cold-blooded totalitarianism of the Stalinist ilk.

Here’s a recent post about that, describing the political stance of the current asshole running Ireland:

  • Tried to impose hate speech laws. 
  • Made Irish people second class citizens under law by introducing hate crime laws. 
  • Flooded Ireland with immigrants. 
  • Admitted breaking the economy in 2008. 
  • Doesn’t believe in Irish sovereignty. 
  • Imposed the longest lockdown in the EU. 
  • Activated nationwide digital surveillance of the entire population, which remains ongoing.

Remember, this asshole and his political party were elected to power by the Irish electorate, and there’s no evidence to suggest that they’ll be tossed out of power anytime soon either.

In addition to all the above, let’s not forget that the Irish have a long record of anti-Semitism — it’s as ingrained as Catholicism — and it’s reached its apogee with their current support of Hamas.  As Simon Sebag-Montefiore puts it:

The Irish government has become the most active and noisy critic of the Jewish state in the entire Western world. It is much more hostile than much of the Arab world itself.

And on case you think that the Irish government is not representative of the people of Ireland, allow me to disagree:

A survey in June by the news site The Journal found that 76 percent of Irish people believed the EU should impose economic trade sanctions on Israel over the conflict.  Protesters at rallies in Dublin told AFP they feel empathy with Palestinians due to Ireland’s centuries-long history resisting British rule.

Oh sure:  “We’re all victims of colonialism!” is the standard trope of neo-socialist Third World nations everywhere.  It is precisely the same reason why South Africa (also run by a bunch of “former” terrorists) supports Hamas.

As far as I’m concerned, however, this anti-Semitism is just another reason for me to dislike the Irish.

In that wonderful movie The Commitments, one of the characters excuses the Irish band’s playing of R&B music with the statement:  “Why shouldn’t we play Black music?  The Irish are the niggers of Europe!”

I hate to break it to you, Paddy, but if you are the niggers of Europe, it’s because you created that situation for yourselves (unlike, say, South African Blacks who were oppressed simply for the color of their skin).  Why else the “no dogs or Irish”  signs in places like Boston and New York during the mass immigration waves of the Victorian era?

And can anyone find justification for Catholic/Protestant sectarian strife in Ireland?  That’s even more inexplicable than the Muslim/Jewish violence — or maybe it’s the same;  I find it difficult to understand people who might actually get violent over what is to me the same as the Coke/Pepsi animosity (essentially the same stuff, just different packaging).

The fact of the matter is that the Irish are basically a thoroughly unpleasant lot, and all the “Kiss me I’m Irish” / St. Patrick’s Day / “luck of the Irish”-type propaganda is pure blarney — or to give it its real name, bullshit.

By the way, speaking of St. Patrick’s Day, the aforementioned saint didn’t drive snakes out of Ireland for the simple reason that there never were any snakes in Ireland to begin with.  Just another piece of Irish bullshit, like four-leaf clovers being a lucky charm.

Finally, let me go on record as saying that Guinness is horrible-tasting sludge, Bushmills / Jameson whiskies are just cheap derivations of Scotch, soda bread tastes like cardboard and Irish stew is an oily abomination which should be avoided at all costs.  Don’t even get me started on boiled corned beef and cabbage.

And I’m sure the country itself is beautiful, as long as you don’t mind the constant chill, wind and rain.

*The IRA/Sinn Fein combination is best illustrated by a comparison to the Hamas/CAIR relationship:  the first is a bunch of murderous assholes, and the second is the “public face” of the same murderous assholes.

Because It’s Worked SO Well

Africa, Marxists, Third World

…in Zimbabwe.  But I’m sure it will work in Seffrica:

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a bill allowing land seizures by the state without compensation.

The new law allows for expropriation without compensation only in circumstances where it is “just and equitable and in the public interest” to do so.

Of course.  In the meantime:

Bye bye, White farmers.  Bye bye, the Seffrican agricultural economy.  Hello, starvation.

But hey, it’s all about equitable redistribution, right?  As long as the intentions are in line with Party principles… never mind the consequences.

Predictable Commie Response

Marxists, Politics, Third World

As many people know, Chile is one of my favorite countries on Earth;  so when I saw that the Commies had been routed in the last elections there, I did a little Happy Dance:

Chile’s most prominent right-wing party has romped an election on Sunday night aimed at selecting members for the constitutional assembly responsible for drafting the country’s new constitution.

The assembly was tasked with creating a new constitution to replace the one that was implemented during the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet which many credited for making Chile the most prosperous country in the region.

Needless to say, the Commies wanted to get rid of this horrible thing because Commies:

A draft by a predominantly left-wing assembly was overwhelmingly rejected in a national referendum. The draft had proposed numerous changes, including replacing the Senate with a Chamber of Regions and recognizing Chile as a “plurinational state,” granting indigenous groups additional rights and guarantees.

It also guaranteed several social benefits and environmental standards, making it one of the most progressive constitutions worldwide.

But unfortunately for them:

The proposal was turned down by 62 percent of voters in September 2022, prompting the latest election.

The Republican Party, led by conservative firebrand José Antonio Kast, emerged victorious with 22 seats after winning over 35 percent of the votes.

Here’s what happens next:

The assembly will now face the challenging task of reconciling the conservative majority’s ideas with the demand for change that sparked the process. Starting from June, the newly appointed constitutional councilors will have a four-month window to deliberate, converse, and implement alterations to a new constitution.

A final decision from the voters on the redraft will be made via another vote in December. If Chileans reject the updated constitution, the country will retain its previous Pinochet-era constitution.

Looks good for our side, huh?  A decisive (conservative) majority is about to set about making changes to the national constitution, if needed.

Well, the Left aren’t going to let a little thing like a popular majority interfere with their plans, of course.  So in typical fashion, they’ve responded the way they always do in such situations:

Unidentified hooded men attacked the home of conservative Republican Party lawmaker Héctor Urban on Tuesday evening. Urban was recently elected to help draft a new constitution for Chile.

The attack at Urban’s residence took place hours after a group of unidentified men set a vehicle on fire that belonged to the local Victoria Municipality and opened fire on the government official that drove the vehicle, seriously injuring one of his legs. Urban’s father, René Urban, a farmer who was presently working at the scene of the fire, also had his truck shot at but suffered no injuries.

Unknown assailants also attacked a police station in the town after the attack on Urban’s residence on Tuesday evening. Two members of Chile’s Carabineros law enforcement gendarmerie were reportedly injured with pellets. 

Yeah, “unidentified gunmen” — probably some of those White Christian supremacist groups that we’re always hearing about.

These scumbags are the brothers-in-arms of those Leftist bastards who violently demonstrated outside the homes of our conservative Supreme Court justices and made death threats against them around the time of the Dobbs (anti-Roe v. Wade) decision.

New Africa, Same As Old Africa

Africa, Third World

Now it’s the Sudan which has exploded:

Fighting has erupted across Khartoum and at other sites in Sudan in a battle between two powerful rival military factions, engulfing the capital Khartoum in warfare for the first time and raising the risk of a nationwide civil conflict.  The fighting between forces loyal to two top generals has put the nation at risk of collapse and could have consequences far beyond its borders.  Both sides have tens of thousands of fighters, foreign backers, mineral riches and other resources that could insulate them from sanctions.  It’s a recipe for the kind of prolonged conflict that has devastated other countries in the Middle East and Africa, from Lebanon and Syria to Libya and Ethiopia. The fighting, which began as Sudan attempted to transition to democracy, already has killed hundreds of people and left millions trapped in urban areas, sheltering from gunfire, explosions and looters.  

Even better:

Sudan borders five additional countries: Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic, Eritrea and South Sudan, which seceded in 2011 and took 75% of Khartoum’s oil resources with it. Nearly all are mired in their own internal conflicts, with various rebel groups operating along the porous borders.

In other words, same ol’ Africa.  Here’s a map, for a little perspective:

Most notably, every single African country on this map can most charitably described as a “shithole”.

Anyway…

Forgive me if I don’t give a shit, about any of them.

Gooder And Harder

Elections, Third World

…to quote Insty.  I see that Chicago has replaced Abject Failure Lori Lightweight with her male counterpart Brandon Johnson in the mayoral elections just held.

Of course, things are going to go from worse to worser:

Johnson is a paid agitator for the teachers union and a ‘defund the police’ type.

…and Chicago slithers ever closer to the abyss within the abyss into which it’s already fallen.  Just watch as the exodus flow of businesses and their executives changes into a flood, and the city moves closer to Detroit-style bankruptcy and failure.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of socialist assholes.

I note that the vote total was just over half a million people out of a voting population of over two million, so clearly 75% of Chicago residents just don’t give a fuck.  And there ya go.