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Monday, May 12. 2025

Monday morning links

Don't Be Too Nice


 Julie Burchill: I’m finally out of hospital and I’m haunted by my former self


The worst of the deadly sins - Envy and how to defeat it


 The American Pope - The newly elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, is seen
for the first time from the Vatican balcony on May 8, 2025, in Vatican
City. Pope Leo XIV is almost certainly the first Vicar of Christ to have fond memories of the ’85 Bears


Gender dysphoria should be treated with therapy instead of transition treatments, massive Trump-ordered HHS report urges


New York Finally Gets Serious About Mental Illness, In expanding
involuntary commitment, Governor Kathy Hochul, taking cues from Mayor
Eric Adams, has delivered meaningful mental-health reform.


Surprise! Ice is rebounding at BOTH poles


The Mind of David Brooks


 One Hundred Days of Ineptitude - Even those of us who sounded alarms
before the November election underestimated just how unhinged the second
Trump presidency would turn out to be.


Really?


Need More Proof That Polls Showing Trump Underwater Are Bogus?


America is Under Siege – 233 Federal Cases Against Trump


Speech and self-defense are dead letters in England


UK Officially Imposes Islamic Blasphemy Law


How a falsehood about Gaza became accepted as fact.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:27 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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'Julie Burchill: I’m finally out of hospital and I’m haunted by my former self'

I'm an extreme misophonic and I literally got riled just reading that article. Thank God for the fact that I've never spent more than a few hours in a hospital.
#1 Maniac on 2025-05-12 09:40 (Reply)
The site is loading very S L O W L Y.
#2 Stargazer on 2025-05-12 10:23 (Reply)
Even the Zionists themselves are realising they are losing the propaganda war.
#3 DeGaulle on 2025-05-12 11:19 (Reply)
Trump wants "free" jet from Qatar for use as AF-1.

I don't like it.

This will mean we will owe Qatar "a favor". I don't like the idea of owing a country like Qatar, "a favor."
#4 feeblemind on 2025-05-12 12:15 (Reply)
Samantha Power is a liar? Gee whiz, my entire world view has crumbled.
#5 SK on 2025-05-12 12:55 (Reply)
I agree that Envy is the worst of the sins. It's the root of nearly all that is wrong or even evil.

On Samantha Power lying about famine in Gaza, sure it's not surprising, but also, she's not the only one. There was some bleeding heart on NPR last week that was solemnly intoning how bad things were, no aid getting through. He even started bleating about 'ketone levels' that are apparently signalling that these poor refugees, including the ones that murder unarmed Jews and take hostages, might be actually hungry now. No explanation how sophisticated medical testing is capturing the entire Palestinian population segment, but there you have it. Believe them, and you'll proudly vote Democrat from now on.
#6 Aggie on 2025-05-12 13:05 (Reply)
Aye, it is the Devils primary building block.
#6.1 indyjonesouthere on 2025-05-12 15:58 (Reply)
Stuart does a commendable piece on David Brooks. Now, can Brooks do a similar piece on the other Boomer 'pagan warlords' of the last 30 years?
#7 indyjonesouthere on 2025-05-12 15:52 (Reply)
I can see why Quillette doesn't allow comments. Its persistently Leftist idiocy, though well written, would attract an enormous amount of flak.
#8 ruralcounsel on 2025-05-12 16:37 (Reply)

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