Requiem For Gotham

 

9/11 didn’t destroy New York City. 11/04 will.

The largest city in America has fallen. The world’s financial capital will henceforth be run by a Communist. What could go wrong?

What has always gone wrong, throughout history—with no exception—when Marxists/Communists run a city, state, or nation. That’s what could go wrong. The incentivization of sloth and dependency, the degradation of production and commerce, the collapse of the economy, the resulting lack of goods and services, the utter destruction of the middle class, the diminution of liberty, and the evisceration of moral character.

For starters.

I have long warned Republicans and conservatives (they are not necessarily one and the same) against overconfidence after the last national election. On this site and others. Leftists play the long game, never quit, have much more time on their hands, and are brilliant at cheating-- and being evil in general. D.E.I. (D.I.E. to conservative wags) isn’t dead. The tragically woke are not going away. They still own all the institutions and probably will for eternity unless the staggering demographic changes of the past couple decades are somehow reversed. And I don’t see that happening. I well know that people don’t like hearing this, but that is often the case with the truth.

In 1946, Winston Churchill eloquently, if ominously, stated that “all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe,” including  “Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia,” lay behind an “iron curtain” that had descended across the European Continent, courtesy of the Soviet Union. Today, many of the capitals of Western Europe lie behind a Sharia curtain. Paris, London, Berlin, Brussels, Stockholm, and others. The same could be said of Ottawa.

And now the financial capital of the world.

One A.T. reader commented on a recent post of mine, saying, “Ho hum, I am tired of reading about the fall of the UK. The populace allowed this to happen and now the UK is part of the new caliphate as is Europe.” Ironically, England’s leaders are effectively telling their citizens they have three choices: convert, submit, or die. Talk about Stockholm Syndrome!

The populace of New York has now allowed this to happen, too.

But, in this case, New York’s citizens just voted to submit, courted conversion, and will likely watch their city die.

This is the inevitable result of Biden’s open borders policy, and the concept-- and implementation-- of sanctuary cities. This is the Great Replacement Theory in action. Which is not a theory, but a fact, though Democrats may deny its existence and Republicans may claim they are successfully combatting it, neither of which is true.

Woman Dogged In England

 

Police in Britain recently told a woman walking her dog that she needed to exit, stage left, because Muslims were protesting nearby and would likely find the dog offensive. Muslims gotta Muslim, you know. The police essentially ordered her off of her own street, while the woman lobbied for her rights and her furry friend. I wouldn’t have been as restrained…and would have likely been run in by the U.K. coppers. But those coppers would be far more concerned with potential “Islamophobia” than with their own citizens rights. They are barking up the wrong tree.

I would say this is emblematic of the larger fight, but this particular one seems big enough to me. If a group of people migrate, most illegally, to a new country, and then try to change the norms and values of that country…they should be prevented from doing so. Especially if their norms and values involve “owning” women, dissing dogs, banning beer, eschewing music, and otherwise dictating to the natives. Or, put another way, wanting to convert, enslave, or kill citizens of their “host” country. Preventing this should be the minimum response.

It is better for a country to “go to the dogs” than to be conquered by radical Islam. Yet, if the latter occurs, the former will too. We all have a dog in this fight. It’s called freedom.

Once upon a time, England was a relatively safe, productive, proud, and even bucolic nation. It knew who it was and would fight to survive. This is not the case anymore. Jolly Olde England is now neither jolly nor old. It is sad-- and beset with new peoples and new customs…such as wearing a hijab, raping a young lass, or stabbing someone on the Tube. Who let the dogs out, so to speak? We all did.

Instead of instructing citizens to remove their dogs from the migrant protesters’ sight, the U.K. constabulary should have considered siccing them on the protesters.  

To many of us, dogs are “man’s best friend.” In the needlessly dystopian future into which we appear headed, we will need to stand up for them. And ourselves, too.

 

Canada's New Democratic Party: "Don't Say 'Female'"

              “Don’t say ‘women,’ say ‘non-males.’” My godlessness, how demeaning to women is that?! How cancelling/erasing/marginalizing?

Whatever are you talking about, you ask? Well, according to the UK Daily Mail, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) recently sent an email to its members announcing newly elected leaders as ‘non-male’ and ‘male.’” Journalist Jonathan Kay shared the email via ‘X.’

Moreover, according to lifesitenews.com, the party is now mandating that at least 50 percent of the signatures collected for its leadership races be from NDP members who do not identify as “cisgender male,” but from “equity-seeking groups” such as non-white people, Indigenous members, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

So, humans are either males…or non-males? And there are only “Cisgender males” or “equity-seeking groups?” But “male” doesn’t mean anything anymore, either. Who among us can define what a male is? Could be fluid, on a continuum, or utterly unknowable, right? Who are we to judge? But that is precisely what the NDP has done, apparently, with its new binaries. Think of describing a fellow human being as either “male” or “non-male.” That is the opposite of inclusive. We aren’t even supposed to say the word “female?” Dismissing slightly more than half of the world’s population out-of-hand seems marginalizing and misogynistic to me. As well as insane. So, “non-male” is meaningless, too.

Which is what they are aiming for and why they use those terms.

What’s next? Are the destructive progressive whackos going to assert that there are only Jews and non-Jews? Blacks and non-blacks? Wealthy and non-wealthy? Oh, I see it now. There are only oppressors and the oppressed. Males being the oppressors, non-males being the oppressed.

Are there only Buffalo Bills fans and non-Buffalo Bills fans? Capricorns and non-Capricorns?

That is patently absurd. As is Canada’s “New Democratic Party.” Right, non-New Democratic Party members?

 

 

Progressive Democrat Women Prefer Criminals

              As illustrated by their recent actions, progressive Democrats, particularly white women, seem to not only defend criminals, but to become emotionally invested and even aroused by them. To say this is disturbing is an understatement.

The endless herds of Karens constantly support and defend BLM, Antifa, and illegal aliens in general. They rally in support of the Muslims who would forcibly enrobe them and permanently demean them. They rally in support of the radical Hamas terrorists who tortured and slaughtered women, children, and men alike on October 7, 2023. They send love letters to the likes of Luigi Mangione. They taunt members of I.C.E. and even black policemen. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has gone so far as to announce plans to launch an “ICE Accountability Project,” a program she says will compile personal data on federal immigration enforcement officers, including their height, weight, hair color, tattoos, shoes, and vehicles. In other words, a public hit list. Chilling. Ironically, Ms. Lightweight Lightfoot, a black woman, is sounding a bit like Jefferson Davis, a slave owner, prior to the Civil War in her overt and extreme attempts to undermine the federal government. Not a few progressives have mocked the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk.

These Democrat leaders, supporters, and apologists seem to say, “Just as blacks can't be racist, criminals can't break the law. And even if they do, it is the fault of straight, white, Republican, Christian males.”

It is impossible to rationally deal with that kind of mental illness.

School District Declines To Observe Good Friday, Will Observe Day For Labor Leaders

              The Austin, Texas, Independent School District declined to observe Good Friday this coming spring, opting instead to cancel classes three days prior in honor of labor leaders Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. So the kids will have Tuesday, March 31^st off.

Prior to making the decision to diss Good Friday and honor Toiler Tuesday, the AISD consulted with a group of about three dozen community members last fall. The advisory body was comprised of folks possessing “multiple perspectives — not the preference of a single group,” according to the school district. AISD added, “The membership deliberately included representatives of different faiths and cultures so varied perspectives — including Christian viewpoints — were part of the discussion.”

AISD also attempted to justify its decision by claiming it needed to ensure “instructional continuity” by making sure there would not be two days of classes canceled in the same week, adding that it has to meet a minimum of 75,600 instruction minutes each academic year, so it could not allow two days of classes to be suspended in just a five days period.

That is complete B.S. I would ask the school district’s leaders if they are aware of spring break. Winter/holiday break? Does the district have two consecutive days off for Thanksgiving?  

Jesus died on the cross for our sins and to give us a chance at eternal life, which is what Good Friday, the most somber of religious holidays, observes and honors. But Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers of America) and Huerta co-founded the NFWA and lobbied for politicians to allow non–U.S. citizen migrant workers to receive public assistance and pensions. And to provide Spanish-language voting ballots and driver's tests. And she once coordinated a national lettuce boycott! Hard for the Redeemer to compete with that!

Lettuce Let us hope that the AISD revisits its decision. And redeems itself.

 

Euthanasia On The Rise In The West

             According to reports, 37% more people were euthanized in New Zealand last year than the year before. Progress, right? Euthanizing older folks with allegedly terminal conditions is becoming more common in many Western nations. And, in some cases, those who aren’t elderly at all. And those who may just be really depressed. And, well you can see where this is headed. The New Zealand Ministry of Health’s Assisted Dying Service laid out the gruesome details in its annual report. Canada, too, is euthanizing more folks, through that country’s Medical Assistance In Dying program (MAiD).

On a lighter note, an article in Life Site News stated, “only 126 medical professionals were willing to participate in an assisted death in 2024, which indicates that most medical professionals are unwilling to kill their patients.”

              “Most medical professionals are unwilling to kill their patients?” Well, that’s nice. How did we get from, “First, do no harm” to “How many of you guys are willing to kill your patients?” (Apparently, some Muslim doctors and nurses are more than willing to let their Jewish patients die.)

The writing is on the wall. It seems likely that more doctors will be willing to euthanize their patients in the future, at least those in the “advanced” nations.

Life Site News noted that a journalist named Alexander Raikin published two separate reports last fall, positing that a quarter of all euthanasia practitioners in Ontario may have violated the Criminal Code of Canada. And then Raikin asked, “Does anyone care?” Apparently not. I mean, it’s not as if those medical practitioners misgendered someone, right?

New Zealand legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in the fall of 2021. To be fair, most nations did likewise around that same time. (At least in the form of the Covid vaccines…badaboom!)

Of course, euthanasia activists, like all activists, are not satisfied with the status quo and are pushing for more. In fact, David Seymour, a sponsor of the “End of Life Choices” Act, now says that the legislation that was initially proffered to the public was a “political compromise,” not the end goal.

No doubt, countries like New Zealand and Canada will ultimately expand euthanasia to include all those who vote the wrong way.

Expanded euthanasia for citizens combined with an endless supply of illegal aliens undocumented migrants beloved guests. Now that is how you turn over your electorate in rapid fashion! The Great Replacement Theory writ large! Yay!

Progress, right?

 

Five Recent Stories That Tell The Tale Of Our Times (A.K.A. "Five With No Jive")-- A Blogger Exclusive!

*Canada has provided well over $100 million to the Communist Chinese government via “foreign aid” to promote “sustainable development,” such as gender equality, in recent years, according to a federal briefing note titled Assistance to China. In fact, Canada has contributed roughly $645 million to “key foreign policy priorities in China, including human rights, gender equality, sustainable development, and climate change” since 2003. Why? I mean, what the hell?! China needs this kind of help from Canada? Whose economy is larger? It’s Canada that needs help with sustainable development. This reeks of both virtue signaling and obsequiousness. Pathetic.

*California not only allows illegal aliens to vote in certain local elections, but in statewide elections citizenship is often “verified” through what amounts to an honor system. And now California Governor Gavin “Slick” Newsome has signed a bill into law that will allow illegal aliens to oversee elections. What could go wrong? Nothing, as far as Democrats are concerned. If Democrats had their druthers, they would allow this on a national scale. Total disenfranchisement of citizens and those who took the trouble to come here legally.

*Acting New Jersey Attorney General Angela Cai is pushing back on the recent announcement that the Justice Department would monitor polling sites in Passaic County, averring that there are “very limited circumstances” where federal authorities may enter a polling location, and that federal election monitors must seek authorization from a federal judge in order to observe election proceedings. Moreover, the AG’s office is telling counties that they are not obligated to permit the Justice Department access to polling sites. Cai stated: “As a matter of federal and state law, and absent a court order or agreement, DOJ monitors have no greater rights to enter or access polling sites than members of the public. If you have any questions on these matters, please do not hesitate to contact our office.” None of that makes any sense, but that may well be the point. Members of the public do have the right to enter polling places, or the polling places would serve no purpose. Yet, Cai is claiming that federal authorities don’t have the right to enter polling places in many cases. New Jersey, already a sanctuary state for illegal aliens, is, like California, clearly intent on making itself a sanctuary state for voter fraud, as well. No I.D. needed to vote? No monitors needed to oversee the vote…unless they themselves are illegal aliens and not federal authorities?! This is NOT being done to “make sure minorities can vote,” folks. It’s being done to make sure Democrats are never again a minority in terms of power. Period. They tried this kind of nullification once already in 1861. Let’s see how it goes this time.

*A British lawyer wearing a Star of David necklace near a pro-Palestinian protest outside the Israeli Embassy in London was arrested on August 29^th. British police said that the necklace “antagonized” pro-Palestinian protesters and that it could “cause offense.” Are you bleeping kidding me?! How about arresting the pro-Palestinian protesters for being in such close proximity to the Israeli Embassy?! Or for antagonizing sane Londoners? Or causing offense to countless British citizens? Maybe Scotland Yard should stop kowtowing to Muslims and start arresting them for wearing hijabs near Brits. Or for effectively breaking and entering into their country?

*Apparently, in some quarters, the “Dead Charlie Kirk Costume” is a thing. Really? Is our culture not degraded and depraved enough already? Were “Dead MLK Costumes” a thing? “Dead JFK Costumes?” Or “Dead Abraham Lincoln Costumes” back in the day? Sick.

 

Should Republican "Nazis" Turn The Table On Democrats?

 

Democrats, and those who aid and abet them in their crazed drive to destroy America, incessantly refer to President Trump as an “authoritarian,” a wannabe “king,” and even “Hitler.” They casually refer to Trump’s supporters as Nazis, white supremacists, racists, bigots, homophobes, transphobes, deplorables, clingers, etc. Whereas Trump drives them particularly mad, they said much the same about Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush, among others. And now some have already, in hyper-proactive mode, declared Vice-President J.D. Vance to be worse than Trump. Ergo, worse than Hitler. Which is odd, as Trump has done much for the Jewish people and the state of Israel…and hasn’t been responsible for killing countless other of his country’s citizens. Nor has he seen to the mass slaughter of blacks, gays, or disabled folks, either, some of whom serve in his administration, oddly enough. Moreover, he hasn’t appointed himself ruler for life, peaceably and promptly leaving office at the conclusion of his first presidency.

So, why the blatant lying and preposterous (and incredibly offensive) comparisons?

Several reasons. The willingness to baselessly smear one’s political opponents and simultaneously cheapen and dismiss the pain of actual victims of monsters such as Hitler requires both a total lack of moral character and integrity and a frightening desire for power. It often includes bald-faced lying, libel, slander, and a heaping helping of gaslighting and projection. And somewhere in this toxic mix of indecency, shame and jealousy likely play a part.

It is utterly different to call such people “bad” or “losers,” which Trump does, as it is usually-- self-evidently-- the case. But what if Republicans routinely utilized the same outlandish and extreme characterizations Democrats employ-- on prominent Democrats? It occurs to me, for example, that Gavin Newsome is in some ways a bit mindful of Caligula, and that J.B. Pritzker is three parts King Henry VIII, one part Genghis Khan.

Should Republicans start routinely using these sobriquets to describe them?

As for me, I will take the high road, as always. (Wink.) And leave the final decision up to you, dear reader.

And to Republicans.

No Kings? Vote Accordingly!

 

I hate bullies. Always have. Acted on it a few times when I was younger.

Why do I say this here and now? Two reasons: 1) Because there is no bigger bully than government. Period. Kings, dictators, assorted other tyrants, and massive Socialist/communist governments have proven this to be true throughout history. 2) President Trump is routinely accused of being a Nazi, dictator, tyrant, wannabe king. And this is ridiculous libel and slander.

Trump punches up. He takes on the Deep State, Big Education, Big Media (fake news), etc. And he does so on behalf of the people. By contrast, Democrats typically punch down, arresting individuals in kayaks alone on the ocean, or who defy orders to shelter in place. Don’t wish to accept an experimental mRNA vaccine into your body? Well, that is definitively not your choice. “Progressives” also attempt to harass and “cancel” folks for tweets and social media posts they don't like.

The United States was founded explicitly to protect individuals from bloated and abusive government that would usurp our natural rights granted to us by our Creator.

Antifa, BLM, anarchists-- and other subversive groups-- riot, attack law enforcement personnel, loot businesses small and large, and burn down portions of cities, albeit in a “mostly peaceful” way, according to the lamestream media. These groups cause untold suffering and billions of dollars in losses to cities, minority-owned businesses, and individuals alike. They run roughshod over others’ lives, because they can, and accept no blame. That’s the very definition of a bully…on a vast scale. President Trump seeks to cease and prevent this chaos and destruction. He is the anti-bully.

The real kings, the true authoritarians are, inarguably, Democrats and progressives. Trump fights for the littlest man possible: the individual. Democrats fight only to increase their own power. And they will employ any tactic, no matter the consequences, in their crazed pursuit of permanent power. Wanna “stick it to the man?” Vote for the likes of Trump and Vance, not Schumer, Newsome, Walz, or Pritzker, as they are the actual men who would be kings.

The phrase "the king has no clothes" refers to a situation where someone is pretending to be something they are not, and/or when a similar deception is revealed, and perhaps also to the inability of others to acknowledge the truth.  

That description demonstrably does not fit the man sitting in the Oval Office, but it perfectly applies to the likes of Schumer, Pelosi, and Omar….and their allies in “education” and the media.

Want to take part in a real “No Kings” rally? Go to your polling place and vote Republican in the Novembers to come.

 

Trump, The West, And Our Future

 

While the West slept, the end of the Enlightenment crept ever nearer.

A vociferous and unstable minority declared that there are an infinite number of genders, that a person is any one (or more) of these genders he/she/they says he/she/they is, that removing or adding body parts from/to young people is “gender-affirming care,” that abortion is “health care for women,” that Capitalism is bad and Marxism good despite the opposite being inarguably true for as long as both have existed, that unlimited and unvetted illegal migration enriches us, that diversity is our greatest strength, and that Islam is “a religion of peace.” Among other preposterous and existentially dangerous claims. (“The vaccines are safe and effective. As are facial masks. Stay at least six feet away from everyone else. Don’t go outside. COVID-19 came from a wet-market/bat/pangolin. China has been very helpful. Dr. Fauci is a saint.”)

And still, a great many of our elites and “authorities” cling to these ridiculous assertions. No one in power then has apologized. And they never will.

Enter Trump, 2.0. He has secured the border, beat back “wokeism,” fought the Deep State, and attempted to Make America Great Again, despite almost unimaginable attacks, figurative and literal, from his political opponents. No other modern president has ever had the courage to do what Trump has done. And that’s another reason why some of his political opponents want to kill him. You see, when he shows such temerity, character, courage, and resolve to get things done, it makes some of them feel inadequate. Shamed. Perhaps even guilty. In this way, Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) feeds itself. It’s a doom loop. And a dumb one.

Trump’s boldness and courage seem to have inspired a few leaders in countries such as Italy, Japan, and Argentina, and those who support them.

However, it is easier to sleep than to wake up. It requires far less effort and courage to continue to slumber rather than rise and face the slings and arrows of each newborn day.

Jesus was crucified. Lincoln was assassinated. Reagan nearly so. Trump was shot in the head. And yet he stands and leads. As does his republic, albeit sometimes shakily.

Rabid leftists stand, too. Ready to potentially assassinate Trump, his supporters…and the Constitutional republic they so despise.

Sorry if that offends you. But the truth is the truth, whether or not you and I wish to acknowledge it.