From some Brit:
“I saw Starmer in the White House telling Trump we’ve had [freedom of expression] in the UK for a very long time, and I thought, ‘Yeah, right.’ We can see what’s really going on.”
Read this for an explanation of the above. Then be grateful you don’t live there. (To my several Brit Readers: I’m sorry, folks.)
No, it has nothing to do with ass. Sorry. Before “back door” (like “adult”) became a porn industry expression, back-door marketing was a kind of marketing whereby you appealed to a consumer via unfamiliar (or apparently so) means — you know, get a free trip to Florida, free as long as you agree to listen to a 60-minute sales pitch for a time-share purchase. That’s about the best example I can give.
Here’s another: in my Inbox yesterday came this offer from American Airlines:
Note that the ticket may not be on American, but on their “partner” airline Qantarse, on which I have vowed never to fly, ever. (Details here and here, for Those Of Short Memory.)
In my case of course, not only have I blanked Qantarse but also the entire continent of Strylia because fukkem, the foul bureaucratic pricks. Even the presence of Beloved Grandchildren are insufficient incentives to get me to that poxy country, which should tell you everything.
And the next time I fly American — which is going to be a looooong time in the future — I’ll use up my paltry not-so-frequent flier miles instead of dollars because fukkem too.
From SecState Marco Rubio, after revoking a whole boatload [sic] of foreign student visas from pro-Hamas types:
“We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not to become a social activist.”
More like this, please.
As any fule kno, when a government is strapped for cash they will perforce come up with new ideas for “tax revenue streams” (a.k.a. “innovative methods to steal money from the public”). Needless to say, they can’t just come out and say “we’re going to steal more of your money” because that might lead to public hangings…
…sorry, I went off to a warm and happy place there for a few moments.
Anyway, the theft has to be concealed beneath a maskirovka of some sort, and the best one (apart from “national interest”) is “public health”, which shouldn’t fool anybody but it does, repeatedly and regrettably.
Examples of this abound, the latest being that of Head Thief, U.K. Division — sorry, I meant Chancellor of the Exchequer — Rachel Reeves, who wants to tax (wait for it) milkshakes.
The Chancellor has drawn up plans to impose a sugar tax on milk and yoghurt-based beverages for the first time, after concluding that they are damaging public health.
The levy will drive prices up by as much as 24p per litre, with officials expecting 93 percent of drinks on the market to be affected unless they change their recipes.
I think the British public should express their rage profound disappointment at this proposal by reverting to an age-old mechanism:
But they won’t, because as long as it’s for people’s health, you see, it’s acceptable. (That sound you hear in the background is the bleating of sheep.)
Sent to me by Reader Greg S., this little pearl from Julius Malema, head of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) political party:
“I’m willing to condemn murder, but not of white people.”
Fair enough; but I’m likewise willing to condemn political assassination, but not of Julius Malema.
See how that works, asshole?
From Pam Geller:
“Islam’s modus operandi is as follows: when Muslims are in a minority in countries to which they have migrated they claim Islam is a religion of peace. Once their numbers increase they start to agitate for considerations unavailable to non-Muslims in those countries under the guise of obtaining civil liberties. When they gain power it’s, ‘Do as we say or we will kill you.’ That is how a country loses its culture, its values and its traditions.”
This taken from here, which follows on from several articles on Islamist expansion and Shari’a promotion, mine included.
My opinion? It’s time we put an asterisk on the First Amendment, in that “religion” paragraph.