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While Women Burn

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The sorry state of politics, and the oppression of women in particular, in Iran, is a nightmare ignored by an agenda-driven media in the west. In politics, most media organizations are obsessed with continuing the “true” intellectual orthodoxy, i.e., restoration or maintenance of Leftist governments. Added now, with religious fervor, is the “extraordinary popular delusion” of “climate change” hysteria. Meanwhile in Iran, as reported by Masih Alinejad, a young woman set herself on fire after being sentenced to 6 months in prison for daring to sneak into a soccer stadium. I doubt if this incident was unusual. The desperation and … Continue reading While Women Burn

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Hypocrisy Not the Biggest Joke Here

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I don’t care about the super-rich heading off to Google Camp in 114 private jets, mega yachts and Maserati cars. Wish that I had that much going for me. I don’t even think the hypocrisy is the biggest issue. What I resent is their collective calls to use the brute force of the State to compel us to act against our best interests. The mind does not function under force. Finally, I’d welcome a milder climate, and if there are severe consequences, which I doubt, it is free minds and resultant technology that will save the day. Camp’s over. Go … Continue reading Hypocrisy Not the Biggest Joke Here

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Atlantic Canada sees evidence of “climate change”

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There are few things that bring into question the premises underlying faith in an idea that has been unquestioningly accepted. A true believer cannot be swayed by mere facts. The broad social acceptance of the validity of the theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGM) is one such faith. AGM is such an entrenched idea that whenever the slightest bit of evidence seems to contradict it, defences are immediately summoned, however subtly introduced. In other instances the evidence is simply evaded by such techniques as changing the subject. For example, a recent article comments on the simple fact that there is … Continue reading Atlantic Canada sees evidence of “climate change”