This was my post-catastrophe piece from earlier in the year, and it’s just as relevant now — as we approach the chilly part of Texas winter — as it was then.
Cliff Notes: Texas needs to become completely self-sufficient in power generation.
I hope that some action has been taken, or else there will be all hell to pay.
Here’s a handwringing article which should make us all chuckle:
How France embraced the far right
At his rally, Eric Zemmour outlined his plans to create a political party called “Reconquest”, referring to the historic period known as the Reconquista, when Christian forces drove Muslim rulers from the Iberian peninsula.
Mr Zemmour is campaigning on a bizarre zero immigration policy and has frequently come under fire for his anti-Muslim comments.
Am I the only one who thinks that a zero-immigration policy isn’t bizarre? (And I’m speaking as an immigrant myself.)
All I know is that somewhere in the ether, Charles Martel is smiling.
From Scottishland comes this drivel:
Scotland seeks to ban words like ‘addict’ and ‘alcoholic’ in plan to tackle drug deaths
…to be replaced by?
New guidance published online calls for other words such as “junkie”, “clean” and “substance abuse” to be shunned in favour of “person with problematic drug use”, “person who has stopped using drugs” and “substance use”, respectively.
Nothing like a change in terminology to address the “problem” of drug deaths.
What amuses me about this bureaucratic bowdlerism is that the Scots are renowned for being among the plainest-speaking people on the planet — beating out even Australians — with their often-withering commentary about people and life in general. (Listen to any Billy Connolly rant, for example, to get a taste.)
Imagine Billy describing a junkie using the above terms…
OMG here’s the latest Covid development:
You mean, like the flu shot I get every year? Whoop-de-fucking-doo.
Let’s not even talk about the rampant government bureaucracy involved in having a “Vaccines Minister”… reminds me of all the busybody “czars” that our own gummint foists on us every time a Democrat occupies the White House.
There are several reasons why there are age limits set for holders of public office — the POTUS has to be over 40, for example — but here’s a classic case to support why youngins need to be kept away from the levers of power:
[Democrat lawmaker] Aaron Coleman, 21, was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of drunken driving, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. Coleman was already out on bond from him being detained over suspicions of domestic battery.
But that’s not all, folks!
Coleman has been a regular source of controversy in Kansas since he was elected in 2020. A legislative committee reprimanded the 21-year-old Democrat in February due to alleged past abuses against girls and young women. He was also barred from the Kansas Department of Labor due to alleged “disruptive, intimidating and berating behavior.”
And:
The Kansas Democratic Party withdrew its support of Coleman in 2020 after he admitted to posting revenge pornography.
Talk about an overachiever… this being the 2020s and he being a Democrat, I wouldn’t be surprised if he runs for President, next. Never mind that Constitutional nonsense, it’s racist or something.
I know, you want to know what this little shit stain looks like:
Thomas Jefferson would be so proud.
I yield to no man in terms of my respect for Victor Davis Hanson, but I’m afraid the worthy professor is extremely late to this party.
Losing Confidence in the Pillars of Our Civilization
Millions of citizens long ago concluded that professional sports, academia, and entertainment were no longer disinterested institutions, but far Left and deliberately hostile to Middle America.
Yet American conservatives still adamantly supported the nation’s traditional investigatory, intelligence, and military agencies — especially when they came under budgetary or cultural attacks.
Not so much anymore.
He then enumerates said institutions: the FBI, the military (senior officers), Big Tech / Woke journalism, federal health agencies, and the criminal justice system in general.
I will admit that the above are relative newcomers to the conservatives’ hall of shame, but as we all know, we’ve always loathed and distrusted the alphabet soups of the IRS, ATF and DHS, as well as Cabinet departments like the EPA, Energy, Interior and Education — to name but a few.
Wake up, VDH: they’re all on the shit list. They are very close to being — and in some cases very much already — not the “pillars of our civilization”, but active destroyers thereof.
And if you Readers want proof of this, ask yourself this question: would you rather deal with your local law enforcement, or the FBI? Your county tax office or the IRS?
Q.E.D.