Monday 9th August - The Stonewall Grift LESBIAN & GAY NEWS: Tax payer funded public bodies are paying Stonewall around £1 million per year for its illegal ‘advice’ and dodgy ‘training’. Research has revealed the vast sums of public money which are being paid. Since 2018 Stonewall has received well over £3M from 327 public sector organisations. Its Diversity Champions scheme accounts for around £2.5M with a further half-million being generated by conferences, events and training programmes.
There is an interview with Younger out there somewhere that I watched when his story first broke. By his account, his wife is extremely homophobic and part of her accusation against her ex husband is that he's gay because he once protested the dishonorable discharge of a fellow soldier while in the army (or marines, I forget which). Her homophobia is a driving force in the transition of their son and obsession with his alleged non conformity.
Afghanistan isn't a country. Well, not like in terms we would generally think of as what a country is.
It's a collection of tribes and all these tribes have chieftains. And above these chieftains there are a handful of warlords who the tribe chiefs pledge fealty to and what has basically happened here is that these warlords (at least those who matter) told their chieftains to tell their people when the Taliban shows up, your people are to get out of the way.
And that's basically how the Afghan army which outnumbers them at a minimum of about 8:1 allowed the Taliban to take over because the warlords all cut deals with the Taliban.
In case you were wondering how it was an American trained, equipped and funded standing army capitulated to a tiny group of goat shaggers.
"Sommerville’s sex is ‘unquestionably female’". His sex is unquestionably male. Always will be. All levels of government have capitulated because it really only harms women and that's a-okay.
Feeling upset about Afghanistan, and no question. Let's not forget, however, that we have become fixated on identity politics because of a bunch of misogynistic activists. Still, I think many of us still have room to see what we can do to help in Afghanistan.
One wonders if and when Afghanistan is going to follow suit and emulate the progressive programs of Iran and Pakistan where they give homosexuals a choice:
The only reason it exists in Iran at the moment is because then Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa after having been so moved by the story of a man who felt he was a woman trapped in a man's body.
What is happening in Afghanistan is abhorrent. But it's important to understand the history of Afghanistan, and I recommend reading the Afghanistan chapter in William Blum's Killing Hope. It was the UNITED STATES which began the funding of the Taliban in the late 1970s when Jimmy Carter was president. This was seen as a clever thing to do to bankrupt the Soviet Union. We have continued funding various extremist Islamists ever since; right now I believe we are funding Al-Qaeda in Syria. Does this make no sense to you? It makes sense to the uber-wealthy who grow richer and richer as long as the U.S. engages in forever war. I have also read information that the Taliban is not a homegrown extremist group, that Afghans are generally not religious fanatics, but rather that just like Yugoslavia, Syria, etc, the U.S. brought in these nutjobs from various foreign countries (our best buddy Saudi Arabia comes to mind).
There is an interview with Younger out there somewhere that I watched when his story first broke. By his account, his wife is extremely homophobic and part of her accusation against her ex husband is that he's gay because he once protested the dishonorable discharge of a fellow soldier while in the army (or marines, I forget which). Her homophobia is a driving force in the transition of their son and obsession with his alleged non conformity.
*protested the dishonorable discharge of a fellow solider on the grounds of being gay, I should have said.
Having a listen to this nice Scottish accent, Neil Oliver calmly telling it like it is: https://youtu.be/eIX19h9aprk Well, GBNews, how refreshing.
Afghanistan isn't a country. Well, not like in terms we would generally think of as what a country is.
It's a collection of tribes and all these tribes have chieftains. And above these chieftains there are a handful of warlords who the tribe chiefs pledge fealty to and what has basically happened here is that these warlords (at least those who matter) told their chieftains to tell their people when the Taliban shows up, your people are to get out of the way.
And that's basically how the Afghan army which outnumbers them at a minimum of about 8:1 allowed the Taliban to take over because the warlords all cut deals with the Taliban.
In case you were wondering how it was an American trained, equipped and funded standing army capitulated to a tiny group of goat shaggers.
"Sommerville’s sex is ‘unquestionably female’". His sex is unquestionably male. Always will be. All levels of government have capitulated because it really only harms women and that's a-okay.
Feeling upset about Afghanistan, and no question. Let's not forget, however, that we have become fixated on identity politics because of a bunch of misogynistic activists. Still, I think many of us still have room to see what we can do to help in Afghanistan.
Was a tiny bit cheered by a good and sympathetic article in the Scotsman regarding the SNP (and bloody Greens) madness https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/why-the-scottish-government-is-willing-to-allow-breach-of-trust-between-schools-and-parents-brian-monteith-3347177
One wonders if and when Afghanistan is going to follow suit and emulate the progressive programs of Iran and Pakistan where they give homosexuals a choice:
Trans or die.
Depends.
The only reason it exists in Iran at the moment is because then Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa after having been so moved by the story of a man who felt he was a woman trapped in a man's body.
Sounds like a solid plan.
What is happening in Afghanistan is abhorrent. But it's important to understand the history of Afghanistan, and I recommend reading the Afghanistan chapter in William Blum's Killing Hope. It was the UNITED STATES which began the funding of the Taliban in the late 1970s when Jimmy Carter was president. This was seen as a clever thing to do to bankrupt the Soviet Union. We have continued funding various extremist Islamists ever since; right now I believe we are funding Al-Qaeda in Syria. Does this make no sense to you? It makes sense to the uber-wealthy who grow richer and richer as long as the U.S. engages in forever war. I have also read information that the Taliban is not a homegrown extremist group, that Afghans are generally not religious fanatics, but rather that just like Yugoslavia, Syria, etc, the U.S. brought in these nutjobs from various foreign countries (our best buddy Saudi Arabia comes to mind).
I would sooner believe in the concept of a virtuous pedophile than to trust the word of the Taliban that they'd suddenly believe in feminism.
My apologies to Graham for this shameless plug...
https://williamaferguson.substack.com/p/precisely-because-theyre-women