In anti-“hate” putsch, YouTube removes . . . Triumph of the Will.

When I first read that, as part of its attacks on “hate speech”, YouTube had removed the infamous Nazi propaganda film, Triumph of the Will, I hardly believed it.  But I searched at YouTube last night and this morning, and, sure enough, I could not find that film.

So in the name of opposing “hate,” YouTube has removed important history of how hate, namely Nazism, was promoted in Germany.  And it is an important film in itself and also in illustrating how propaganda can be effectively used even for the most evil causes.  Such basic education is now gone from YouTube.

I suspect Google will come partly to their senses and restore Triumph of the Will.  But this is the problem with campaigns, open and surreptitious, to silence “hate.” What really gets suppressed is history and free speech. What gets promoted is news, speech, and education that is politically correct, offending no protected group . . . which is hardly news, is not free speech, and is propaganda, not education.

Not to mention that silencing views and information with which you disagree is what totalitarians do.  And isn’t that real hate?

Remember when Google’s slogan was “Don’t be evil”?

A Reminder: European Anti-Semitism is Not Just a Nazi Trait

Alan Dershowitz provides a timely reminder that Anti-Semitism in Europe is not just a trait of the Nazis.  As we rightly look back on D-Day and World War 2, we must be aware of hoary myths, such as that Europeans valiantly resisted Hitler’s predations on Jews.  Well, some did, however . . . .

Why have we seen such an increase in anti-Semitism and irrationally virulent anti-Zionism in western Europe?

To answer these questions, a myth must first be exposed. That myth is the one perpetrated by the French, the Dutch, the Norwegians, the Swiss, the Belgians, the Austrians, and many other western Europeans: namely that the Holocaust was solely the work of German Nazis aided perhaps by some Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian collaborators.

False.

The Holocaust was perpetrated by Europeans: by Nazi sympathizers and collaborators among the French, Dutch, Norwegians, Swiss, Belgians, Austrians and other Europeans, both Western and Eastern.

If the French government had not deported to the death camps more Jews than their German occupiers asked for; if so many Dutch and Belgian citizens and government officials had not cooperated in the roundup of Jews; if so many Norwegians had not supported Quisling; if Swiss government officials and bankers had not exploited Jews; if Austria had not been more Nazi than the Nazis, the Holocaust would not have had so many Jewish victims.

Dershowitz looks at this and earlier history and notes that the revival of European Anti-Semitism should not surprise. And he adds (although he is Left of Center himself) that it is far from just a right wing trait, but frequently a Leftist one as well.

"Oh no," we hear from European apologists. "This is different. We don't hate the Jews. We only hate their nation-state. Moreover, the Nazis were right-wing. We're left-wing, so we can't be anti-Semites."

Nonsense.

The hard left has a history of anti-Semitism as deep and enduring as the hard right. The line from Voltaire to Karl Marx, to Lavrentiy Beria, to Robert Faurisson, to today's hard-left Israel-bashers is as straight as the line from Wilhelm Marr to the persecutors of Alfred Dreyfus to Hitler.

The Jews of Europe have always been crushed between the Black and the Red – victims of extremism whether it be the ultra-nationalism of Khmelnitsky to the ultra-anti-Semitism of Stalin.

Dershowitz omits the role that Muslim migration has had in increasing Anti-Semitism in Europe.  But even if the gates had not been opened to Muslim mass migration, Leftist Anti-Semitism would still be a problem in Europe. 

Look at Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour Party. That old Leftist is not Muslim, but Labour has become more openly Anti-Semitic under him.

And that includes the Labour candidate in the Peterborough by-election today.  As much as she is now tries to hide it, Lisa Forbes has a documented history of Anti-Semitism.  And British Jewish organizations are speaking out about it:

“The revelation that Labour’s Peterborough candidate Lisa Forbes liked a racist Facebook post accusing Theresa May of having a “Zionist Slave Masters agenda” as recently as April – and previously welcomed a post indulging the bizarre conspiracy theory that Mossad and the CIA are behind Daesh – brings in to question her suitability for public office.

Ms Forbes has now apologised, saying she had not seen these words, but this stretches the limits of credulity, especially given the high profile problems in Labour and the previous antisemitism scandals in Peterborough Labour circles, such as Alan Bull and last November’s resignation of two senior councillors, who said they had been pressured against when trying to complain about antisemitism.

Ms Forbes also says she will seek antisemitism training. This is somewhat ironic given her previous rejection of the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

We are fed up hearing that Labour opposes antisemitism while repeatedly hearing excuses that its members accidentally missed the racism that was staring them in the face.

Unless Labour disowns Lisa Forbes as a candidate, it will only confirm the Party’s shameful descent into the racist mess for which they are now being investigated by the EHRC.”

So when someone tries to feed you the “nonsense” that Anti-Semitism and racism in Europe and elsewhere are traits of the Right, not of the Left . . . well, I will leave it up to you what to say.  But do not fall for such dangerous myths.

D-Day With The Queen

I hesitate to post on the 75^thAnniversary of D-Day; so much has already been said.  But I cannot let it pass.

Those who reinvaded Europe on D-Day were amazing and courageous.  And so many of them lost their lives for the freedom of the West.

To have served in World War 2 and to have survived to this day is also amazing.  Few can say that now.  Not many are still living.

But one of them is The Queen.  And she seems able and willing to outlive us all!

I enjoyed her brief speech today, particularly when she said in her typically understated way the equivalent of “I’m still here.”

God bless the souls of those who served and have passed on as well as those few who remain.  And God save The Queen!

SIX WEEK old Brexit Party Wins EU Parliamentary Elections in Landslide

Sorry – or not – for shouting in the headline. But I do not know what is more astounding – that a party formed six weeks ago, Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, would win an election by over 10 percentage points or that the “news” media would downplay that.  Come on, this is a historic event!  Who has ever heard of a six week old party winning an election, any election, in a landslide?

Some of the efforts to downplay that are comical, including dodgy math.

But even with this resounding result, it is not guaranteed that the UK will finally leave the EU.  The EU is like the Hotel California (You can check out, but you can never leave.).  In the EU elections are only respected if they have the correct result, don’tcha know.

Nonetheless, the Brexit Party victory is a big punch in the face to the UK and EU establishments.  It will be interesting to see how they once again try to thwart the will of the people.

The Appointment of John Durham is Encouraging

I did not have much hope that any justice would be done against the attempted Deep State coup against Donald Trump. (And if you think I am wearing a tin foil hat by saying there was a Deep State attempted coup, get your fat head out of the sand.)

But Attorney General Barr’s appointment of John Durham to investigate the investigation encourages me.  Durham has a well known record of blowing the cover on FBI corruption and is respected by people in both parties – although expect DemocRATS to scurry and scream if he gets too close to the truth and issues indictments.

What is not as well known is that St. Robert Mueller – that holy oh-so special prosecutor that MUST NOT be criticized – St. Robert was knee deep in the corruption of an infamous Boston FBI case Durham broke.  The FBI knowingly let four innocent men take the rap for murder to cover for their informant.  And Mueller worked to keep them in prison.

By the way, earlier this week I again had a situation in which information inconvenient to the Washington establishment was difficult to come by.  I could not find much on Mueller’s unethical Boston conduct until I came across this on Zero Hedge. Again, funny how the search engines can be unhelpful in such situations.

Anyway, S. Noble’s piece is eye opening, both on how St. Robert is not so saintly and on how Durham is not afraid to expose Deep State corruption:

…It was Mueller, first as an assistant US attorney then as the acting U.S. attorney in Boston, who wrote letters to the parole and pardons board throughout the 1980s opposing clemency for the four men framed by FBI lies. Of course, Mueller was also in that position while Whitey Bulger was helping the FBI cart off his criminal competitors even as he buried bodies in shallow graves along the Neponset…”

Durham got two surviving men released (The other two died in prison.), and he got an FBI crook put away for ten years. Sadly, Mueller continued his career as a corrupt prosecutor unhindered and went on to further corrupt the FBI as Director.

Do read the article for yourself.  And do keep an eye on John Durham.  He just might get two or more Deep State traitors fitted in orange after all.  It’s a shame one of them will probably not be Mueller.  

This is Damning: Comey and Co. Were Warned about Steele Dossier But They Lied to the FISA Court Anyway.

John Solomon’s report yesterday is damning.  In October 2016, James Comey's FBI was warned by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec that Christopher Steele and his Dodgy Dossier were not to be trusted. She warned that Steele was unreliable to the point of absurdity:

She quoted Steele as saying, “Payments to those recruited are made out of the Russian Consulate in Miami,” according to a copy of her summary memo obtained under open records litigation by the conservative group Citizens United. Kavalec bluntly debunked that assertion in a bracketed comment: “It is important to note that there is no Russian consulate in Miami.”

Kavalec, two days later and well before the FISA warrant was issued, forwarded her typed summary to other government officials. The State Department has redacted the names and agencies of everyone she alerted. It is unlikely that her concerns failed to reach the FBI.

Yet Comey and Co. in getting the okay to spy on Trump later swore to the FISA court that Steele’s “reporting has been corroborated” and that the FBI has determined him to be “reliable.” 

Now I guess it is possible that Comey and friends were so clueless that they missed Kavalec’s e-mail and really thought Steele was “reliable,” but that is very unlikely.

So what we probably have here is lying to a FISA court to get a warrant to spy on a U. S. citizen for political reasons.  If so, Comey belongs behind bars.

Yes, I said it.

Why the Temporary Quiet?

I am being quiet for the moment.  Trust me when I say that it is not because of any lack of things to rant about.  Oh, no.  I am being provided with so much ranting ammunition.

But I am preparing for a fun yet scholarly talk.

Those in South Texas, particularly take note.