Month: January 2023
Darren Grimes DESTROYS Jane Fonda’s Woke Rambling
UK government spied on citizens over COVID views: ‘Too Orwellian. Too horrible’
By Susan D. Harris
Monday night, YouTube personality Dr. John Campbell covered a story that he said was “too Orwellian, too horrible.”
For those not familiar with Campbell, I’ll refer to his interview with Russell Brand in February of 2022. Brand introduced Campbell as
a retired nurse educator who holds a Master of Science in health science and Ph.D. in nursing. He has come to prominence lately due to his YouTube channel that gained popularity during the pandemic. Audiences enjoy his content as he endeavors to present medical data that is often unaddressed in mainstream media in an objective and educational manner.
Since his first COVID-related video, simply titled “Coronavirus,” on January 26, 2020, Campbell has produced nearly daily videos covering every aspect of the virus and the pandemic.
For three years, subscribers have watched Campbell interpret every piece of scientific data that’s been released concerning both the virus and the jabs. Methodically showing viewers news highlights fresh from his printer, and accentuating text with his fountain pen, his rational calmness and “concerned father” demeanor have established him as a trusted and steady source of valuable information.
Lately, he’s questioned the safety and efficacy of COVID “vaccines” with videos such as “Immunology of mRNA vaccines” and “Excess deaths in all age groups.” He’s crafted his words carefully so as not to alarm YouTube censors.
Monday night, he began his latest video by saying he hadn’t been sure if he was going to post it or not. These are heavy words from the laid-back Campbell. Nervously scratching his head, he continued to tell his viewers that “it turns out there’s been a covert military operation observing U.K. citizens during the pandemic.”
He continues to show us a clip of General Nick Carter, chief of the Defense Staff, telling British citizens back in 2020 that U.K. (pandemic) military efforts have been “entirely in support of our heroic health care workers on the front line.” Campbell is about to prove Carter a liar, without saying it.
He works his way to the crux of his video: a recent article by the British paper The Mail on Sunday, exposing information they received from the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch. It’s an explosive article that begins, “A shadowy Army unit secretly spied on British citizens who criticised the Government’s Covid lockdown policies” and “an operation that targeted politicians and high-profile journalists who raised doubts about the official pandemic response.”
Campbell takes us back in time to tell us that some of this information came out before. In 2021, the U.K. Defence Journal reported:
Last year, Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter revealed that 77th Brigade was involved in countering misinformation online relating to Coronavirus. It is understood that this effort has now ended, with 77th Brigade keen to point out that their capabilities were not used against British citizens.
The journal goes on to explain that the 77th Brigade uses “non-lethal forms of psychological warfare” on social media like Twitter and Facebook — to defeat Russian “disinformation.” It assures the British citizenry that “[t]he flood of inaccurate stories is so strong that both NATO and the European Union have established special offices to identify and refute disinformation, especially with coronavirus.” But they tell their readers that it’s all over now … nothing to see here, move along.
Campbell then brings us up to this past Sunday in The Telegraph and the article titled “Army’s ‘information warfare’ unit monitored Covid lockdown critics” with the subheading “Whistleblower reveals specialist military team spent time ‘monitoring the social media posts of ordinary, scared people.'”
“It looks like [only] one narrative was allowed, and the army was used to monitor,” Campbell says. “Well, we can’t really say more than that.” But he does say more than that. He observes:
People like you and me were being monitored by this military unit[.] … I had posts deleted during this time (of military monitoring); I had videos deleted during this time and I’m sure you did as well. And still we’re not free to say what we want to say; not by any means. We really should have freedom of speech in the United Kingdom, in the United States; but at the moment we don’t and that is a situation I couldn’t have believed in my youth.
The brigade should have been monitoring for foreign influence instead of monitoring citizens, he said. He explains that he himself was subjected to such influence:
I was subjected to it at the time in 2020, I didn’t succumb to it but it was there[.] … I’m not going to name the governments involved but … [they] did try and influence me.
Speaking of the British Counter Disinformation Unit discussed in the U.K. press, Campbell begins to snicker, “It’s just too Orwellian. It’s just too horrible[.] … I mean talk about the ‘Ministry of Truth,’ dear me.”
Perhaps the most disturbing thing revealed in the British papers is that the army compiled dossiers on public figures:
[D]ossiers (were compiled) on public figures such as ex-Minister David Davis, who questioned the modelling behind alarming death toll predictions, as well as journalists such as Peter Hitchens (Christopher Hitchens brother) and Toby Young. Their dissenting views were then reported back to No. 10.
“Quite what the central government did (with these) reports, we don’t’ really know,” Campbell said.
He sums up his video with a story that many people can relate to, one that is now sadly applicable to many aspects of the pandemic:
I remember at the time people (talking about) the 77th Brigade and I was vaguely aware it existed, but I certainly didn’t believe it was being used to monitor the UK population. I put that in the conspiracy theory bucket. And I now recognize my naivety.
Hyde Park Video: “I Hate You for the Sake of Allah”
India: Former Quran school teacher rapes, impregnates his minor daughter, sentenced to three life terms
On Monday, a Kerala Court convicted a man, a former madarsa instructor, to three life sentences for repeatedly sexually assaulting and impregnating his minor daughter. According to special public prosecutor (SPP) A Somasundaran, Manjeri Fast Track Special Court judge Rajesh K, convicted the accused of rape, penetrative sexual assault, and victim intimidation under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The accused was given three life sentences for committing the POCSO Act offences, and the court ordered that he be imprisoned for the remainder of his natural life, the SPP stated. The court is also said to have imposed a fine of Rs 6.6 lakh on the culprit.
The accused reportedly raped his girl for the first time in March 2021, whilst no one was at home. The 15-year-old girl was studying at home due to the COVID-19 outbreak when her father forced her into his bedroom and assaulted her.
After the victim objected, the accused threatened to kill the girl’s mother. The assault continued to take place until October 2021. The accused, a former madrasa instructor, continued to rape his daughter on several occasions when nobody would be home.
After COVID limitations were relaxed in November 2021, the child returned to school. After a few days, she complained of stomach pain and was taken to the doctor, but nothing was found wrong with her. She complained of discomfort again in January 2022 and was sent to a government hospital for a check-up, where it was revealed that she was pregnant, according to the SPP.
She shared her ordeal then about her father raping her. Following that, a case was filed against the accused, and he was arrested. A DNA test later revealed that the girl’s father was the perpetrator. The victim’s pregnancy was medically terminated.
https://www.opindia.com/2023/01/former-madarsa-teacher-rapes-impregnates-minor-daughter-life-term/
Belgium: Man stabs three people in Metro station, witnesses say he was screaming ‘Allahu akbar,’ but cops rule out terrorism
‘This is just the beginning’ – Austria’s anti-immigration FPÖ scores shock election result
The anti-immigration Freedom of Austria (FPÖ) party has nearly doubled its election share in state elections in Lower Austria on Sunday, with the result serving as a litmus test for the rest of the country.
FPÖ, which is the only major party against sanctions on Russia and Covid-19 lockdowns, secured 24.2 percent of the vote, a 9-point increase. The news comes as recent polling shows FPÖ is the most popular party in the entire country.
At the same time, the election result in Austria’s largest state served as a major blow to the moderate conservatives of Austria’s People’s Party (ÖVP), which currently rules the country in a coalition with Austria’s Green party. The party has been hit with corruption investigations, a migrant crisis, and a sharp economic downturn.
Although ÖVP emerged as the leading party in the vote, it saw a drop of 10 percentage points to 39.9 percent, its worst result since 1945.
“FPÖ managed to turn this state election into a federal election,” said the Lower Austrian ÖVP leader and Prime Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner explaining the loss.
“Corruption has been voted out,” said FPÖ federal party manager Christian Hafenecker on Sunday evening. “This is the beginning.”
The political right came to end the “ÖVP system” in Lower Austria said state party leader Udo Landbauer. Landbauer hammed Chancellor Nehammer, blaming him for the record number of asylum seekers.
“These are bad times for those in government because people are dissatisfied with the situation,” said Nehammer regarding the election result.
While Nehammer has claimed he is working to close the border, Austrians remain skeptical as immigration levels soar, which may explain the sharp swing in support towards FPÖ.
FPÖ party leader Herbert Kickl has made immigration a central element of his campaign in Austria and has created campaign posters that feature the slogan: “Fortress Austria – close borders – guarantee security.”
On the posters, Kickl wears a military green parka with the white and red coat of arms of Austria.
However, FPÖ has a major problem on its hands. Even if it prevails in a national election, President Alexander Van der Bellen, a member of the Green party, stated a few days ago that he would not approve Kickl as chancellor, which is within his power as president. If that occurs, Austrians may raise serious questions over the power of one man to thwart the will of democracy. With early elections a real possibility if FPÖ continues to win regional elections, this question may come sooner rather than later.
Orban: ‘The current political system in Europe will collapse’
In an interview with the Austrian daily eXXpress, Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister said he was convinced that the current political system in Europe would collapse within this decade.
“The gap is growing, the alienation between Hungary and the EU is progressing,” said the Hungarian leader. Viktor Orban (59) held an exclusive conversation with several journalists at the congress of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium – including eXXpress editor-in-chief Richard Schmitt – about the current European situation.
The journalists who attended the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Congress held a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with Hungary’s Prime Minister.
Orban spoke openly about the current conflict situation between Europe and Russia. But he also assessed the situation in the European Union with surprising clarity: “I know what the heads of government in France and Germany are talking about: more migration. And about gender. We Hungarians have a traditional family model – but they are so different.”
And Orban emphasized several times: “They want the ‘United States of Europe’ – we certainly don’t.”
The war in Ukraine destroyed old alliances
And the Hungarian prime minister questioned the direction the EU has taken: “How is this going to continue? The current political system in Europe cannot survive much longer, it will collapse. Then it’s going to be like, ‘Back to tradition’.” He was asked when he thought this would become a reality. “In this decade. And the conservatives of Europe need a head, a figurehead.”
The current war in Europe has destroyed many things, said Orban: “Our previous alliance with Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy is also suffering from this.” However, the new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is considered by Hungary’s prime minister to be a “game changer”.
But according to Orban, Italy is currently in a financial pickle. “She [Meloni] only has to survive the negotiations with the EU leadership on payments from the recovery fund until March. Italy needs the money.”
Due to his criticism of the current political situation of the EU leadership, Viktor Orban was asked by one of the journalists present whether he was still in favor of Hungary staying in the EU. His answer surprised the media representatives: “Definitely not. But we have to. Normal people with normal views do not want to stay in this EU. The problem of mainstream Europe with us Hungarians is: We are successful.”
The prime minister then spoke about the hostilities on Hungary’s border: “Of course, with this attitude you are immediately insulted as a ‘fascist’ or as a ‘homophobe’. I know now: I’m the black sheep in everything. But what really matters? Our voters do. But an election victory is not enough either, and one’s surroundings must not always be hostile to one either. Yes: I am for a patriotic Christian Hungary.”
The conversation took place after a media congress of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) in Budapest. The MCC is an interdisciplinary think tank, the professional college offers various programs such as a leadership and journalism academy, and also courses for undergraduates and high school students on economics, social sciences and law.
Orban compares Ukraine to Afghanistan
Hungary has repeatedly criticised European Union sanctions on Russia, saying that they risked destroying the European economy. Moreover, Orban recently described Ukraine as a no man’s land and compared it to Afghanistan, prompting further outrage.
“This bloody sanctions regime drives inflation skyward,” Orban told state broadcaster MR1 earlier this month. “If sanctions were to end, energy prices would drop immediately, along with general prices, meaning inflation would halve.”
EU intransigence on providing Hungary with funding also means that the government are offering teachers only a 10 percent pay rise but could increase this to 20,8 percent if Brussels released the Covid funds.
Hungary has signaled that it would veto any EU sanctions against Russia affecting nuclear energy. Hungary has a Russian-built nuclear plant it plans to expand.
https://freewestmedia.com/2023/01/31/orban-the-current-political-system-in-europe-will-collapse/
Ireland: Migrant Crisis becoming Key Election Issue, Polling Data Suggests
The building migrant crisis in Ireland is becoming a key election issue within the country’s politics, research from a major polling company has claimed.
Data gathered by Ireland’s Red C Research polling group appears to indicate that public disquiet over the country’s ongoing migrant crisis is becoming a key election issue, with just under half of those surveyed saying that the Irish government is doing a poor job at handling the crisis.
While the issue barely registered within the country’s politics 12 months ago, the arrival of tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers last year has caused significant problems within the country of only 5 million people.
Despite the overwhelmingly left-wing media in the country running numerous articles trying to control the narrative on the issue, it appears that the general public is losing their patience, with 49 per cent of those polled saying that the government is doing a bad job of handling the crisis.
“[T]he idea that another 80,000 refugees may come to Ireland in 2023 is surely only going to increase pressure on government, with the immigration issue perhaps now much more important than it had been in past elections,” Richard Colwell, the chief executive of Red C Research, wrote in the Business Post on Sunday.
The company also showed that there was rapidly diminishing tolerance for the government bypassing planning permission to house migrants, with 45 per cent saying that they would not support the state using emergency powers in order to build modular housing for Ukrainians.
By contrast, 67 per cent of respondents backed such housing being built via emergency powers for the purpose of housing the Irish homeless population, which has ballooned in recent years.
Overall, while the dissatisfaction over immigration is likely to cause trouble for the current government, the pollsters predict that the crisis poses the greatest danger for the opposition Sinn Féin party, which has been relatively supportive of Ireland’s open borders policies despite their own supporters suffering as a result of it.
“Levels of disagreement are highest among those in society who are more under pressure, those with less income or in more deprived areas, the less well educated, and crucially those who plan to vote for Sinn Féin,” Colwell wrote.
This appears to be bourne out by recent protests against the housing of migrants in various working-class areas, with signs labelling party leader Mary Lou McDonald a “traitor” becoming a common sight within these demonstrations.
Backlash in certain areas of the country has also allegedly gone beyond the political realm, with the Irish Times reporting one migrant camp in Dublin as being attacked by masked men with dogs, sticks, and baseball bats.
Others have challenged the facts in relation to the publication’s reporting of the attack however, with the editor of another news outlet, Gript Media, claiming that there are “remarkable holes” in the migrant attack story.
“There is no footage of the attack. There is no footage of the attackers. There is no footage of the aftermath of any attack,” publication editor John McGuirk wrote in an opinion piece published on Monday. “The Irish Times, we are told, actually interviewed several of the attackers, but did not record them, or get them on camera. There is no evidence of anything other than the existence of the migrant camp itself.”
“I do not know the reasons for this, but as an editor myself, let me tell you: If [Gript journalists were] on the scene of an incident like this and failed to get any publishable footage at all, they would be in the doghouse, to put it very mildly,” he went on to write.
Net Zero won’t be as pleasant as greenies think
By Viv Forbes
According to the clerics of the Green Cult, once we blow up our last coal mine, send all diesel engines to the wreckers, stop using concrete, reinvent sailing clippers, cover the grasslands with solar clutter and the hills with wind machines, and then slaughter all of our cattle…global climate will become serene — not too warm, not too cold. Wild weather will cease, and there will be no more droughts, floods, cyclones, or snowstorms, and no more plant and animal extinctions.
But the records written in the rocks tell a very different story about climate changes. Even when nature was in full control, it was not a serene place.
Long before the first steam engine puffed along the first railway, Earth was periodically battered by natural disasters — earthquakes, tidal waves, pole shifts, magnetic reversals, volcanic eruptions, wild weather, and droughts. Huge areas were covered by suffocating continents of ice, desert sands, massive flows of mud and lava, beds of salt, and thick coal seams. Thousands of species disappeared, including dinosaurs, mammoths, and Australia’s megafauna.
Modern humans are not immune to the threat of extinction, but it will not come from today’s warm, moist atmosphere or from the gas of life, carbon dioxide. It will probably come from the next glacial climate cycle of this era, where long, bitter glacial eras are separated by short warm periods. These global weather cycles are triggered by changing orbits in the solar system.
In every short warm era, like today’s Holocene, the warming oceans expel enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to support the abundant plant and animal life that currently surrounds us. But never has this “global warming” prevented the cyclic return of the ice. The Holocene warm era in which we live has already passed its peak, and long before we reach Net Zero Emissions, the cold will return.
When blizzards blow and glaciers grow, the great ice sheets will spread again. Carbon dioxide will be removed from the atmosphere into the cooling oceans, and most of mankind will be threatened by frosts, droughts, crop failures, and starvation. A lucky few living in equatorial regions or clustered in shelters and hot houses around coal or nuclear power stations may survive.
Those still able to extract uranium, coal, oil, or gas may manage to generate enough warmth and carbon dioxide plant food to partly offset the cold sun; the permafrost; and the dry, barren atmosphere. And a few with appropriate skills and tools may become hunters and gatherers again (but most Neanderthals did not survive the last glacial cycle).
We should celebrate, not fear, the Modern Warm Era and give thanks for the many benefits gained from using those marvelous natural stores of hydrocarbon and nuclear energy to warm our homes, pump water, recharge batteries, and feed our animals and plants.
These good times will not last forever.
When the ice returns, derelict wind turbines and snowbound solar panels will remain as stark tombstones in the graveyard of the failed Green religion.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/net_zero_wont_be_as_pleasant_as_greenies_think.html