There is at least one inevitable logic of democracy that continues to play itself out: Expand the franchise.

Why should 14-year-old foreign nationals that don't even live in Wales be excluded?

My mother sent me this. In Wales, 14-16 year olds AND foreign nationals are now allowed to vote.

"The Priests of Weakness"

Good band name?

As I occasionally mention, I stopped consuming mainstream news 35 years ago.

I consider it a key step towards seeing the world more accurately... And not being discouraged!

"So you think the world would be better without the news?"

Yes. Objectively better by every metric. Being occasionally blindsided by bad weather pales in comparison to the unending stream of terminal rot infecting every mind on the planet.

99% of the population gains nothing from the news. Joe Jerkoff in Wisconsin doesn't need to have an opinion on the Russian - Ukrainian conflict.

I like to laugh. So I'll occasionally share some folks to follow just because they're funny.

Here he is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/neoconremover

AngloOrtho and Philo having a great conversation about/inspired by the weekend's event.

https://youtu.be/tgQLucP8IxY

So obviously correct. But how to make money on this prediction? 🤔

Five years ago we went for broke to get a homestead that tripled our square footage of house and expanded our land even more for our eight children.

…And yet our children cuddle up together in a small space.

"They never go to the root cause... [They're] doing something that people don't like and that not many people like."

Perfect 3 1/2 minute rant by Academic Agent on narrative band aids.

Cued to the spot!

https://youtu.be/DD2tBrhX214?t=2400

How they put you into a group, based on an “identity”, and then pathologize that group when it suits power.

Outstanding analysis by John Dee.

Cued to the spot.

https://youtu.be/DD2tBrhX214?t=2725

The conspiracy theorists said at the start ''This isn't about a virus!''

Now there is no virus but we still have ''this''

https://t.me/disclosetv/7036

Meme history: Ryan Turnipseed coined the phrase "Line go up" in the old Deep Lore discord voice chat.

Step 1: They’re obviously lying!

Step 2: Always were.

Nobody who watched Putin’s speech could say he was either irrational or illogical. My hatred for the media is total.

Since Biden took office:
-Assad has secured almost all of Syria (other than Rojava)
-Afghanistan fell to the Taliban
-Ukraine is quickly being swallowed up by Russia

I cannot imagine how alienated the veterans are right now. So many men died for nothing. So many trillions wasted.

This regime has been a disaster for status quo Forever War Neocons. My fear is that there will be a plethora of Zio Chicken Hawks that run for president in two years. However, the opposite could very well happen. The peacenik Democrats could blame Red State America for pushing us into retarded wars we did not have a stake in and could not win. The State Department is losing IQ points as we speak. The safest bet is that American foreign policy will become even more incompetent, toothless, and incestuously political post-Ukraine.

"This is the end of illusions. This fantasy world we've been living in since the end of the Cold War that everything is the End of History ... we're going to move forwards and ever upwards to the globalist uplands ... as of today, I cannot imagine that even the most Klaus-Schwab-addicted globalist imagines that that is the future we face." - Alexander Mercouris, The Duran

I won't post a picture of someone pointing a gun at themselves but this is what sanctions on Russia ultimately do.

⚔️ A brief comment on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

1. The last 24h have brought about a surprising turn of events. I expected Russia to take the disputed territories in the east, but I didn't expect a full-scale invasion like we've seen today. In fact, very few people seem to have expected an invasion on this level.

2. For a good summary of the conflict in general, check out this post by The Golden One. He mostly gets it right.

3. From the start in 2014, I have made a point of NOT taking sides in this conflict, because I have seen too many people in the West, who don't speak either Russian or Ukrainian and who have no real knowledge about the countries involved, make arrogant and embarrassing statements about the issue. And the conflict is far from clear cut from the point of view of our political interests. But when I see a large-scale invasion like this, my sympathies are naturally with the Ukrainian people rather than with any of the geopolitical players, because none of the geopolitical players are "our guys".

4. Overall, the Right in the West fails primarily because it lacks seriousness. Too often, it consists of kids (even old kids) making reckless and goofy comments and coming up with novel "takes". The comments on Russia in general, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict in particular, only prove this point.

5. People who get their political analysis from memes can never be taken seriously. And "based Putin" is just a meme. Just like "God Emperor Trump" was a meme. People who fail to understand that are political idiots.

6. Reckless comments about serious topics, an online culture of lazy nihilism, and bravely-anonymously taking sides at zero cost to yourself, in a conflict that you know nothing about, is all very LAST MAN. It's the effeminate behaviour of the modern man who only sees conflict in video games.

You should hold yourself to higher standards — otherwise you don't deserve to be taken seriously by either friend or enemy.