In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
With Ireland seemingly transforming from a conservative religious country to a secular woke one, let us look back half-a-century at the other Ireland, Ulster and the question of Northern Ireland with William F. Buckley, Jr. and John Hume.
Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.
The focus this time: Join hands to gather and ring around the rosie… so we can all fall down.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
Commies really like killing their no-longer-useful citizens, don’t they?
“Cuba on Friday became the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to authorize euthanasia, following Colombia.
“The Communist-run country’s National Assembly passed the measure as part of legislation updating the nation’s legal framework for its universal and free healthcare system. “The right of people to a dignified death is recognized in end-of-life decisions, which may include the limitation of therapeutic effort, continuous or palliative care, and valid procedures that end life,” the final draft of the legislation stated.”
Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.
The focus this time: Better living through technology?
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
For the mass production of genetically engineered catgirls to be feasible, artificial wombs might be necessary. Good thing we are well on our way to develop that!
This video envisioning EctoLife, the world’s first concept of artificial womb facility.
[📹 Hashem Al-Ghaili]pic.twitter.com/qJcltcMpsk
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 19, 2023
Afrikaners and other Whites in South Africa are allowed to exist as long as they are economically useful. With South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, mismanaging the country and running it into the ground, it’s only a matter of time before the usefulness of the Boer as an economic producer becomes less than their usefulness as a scapegoat… and that moment may be coming sooner rather than later.
Julius Malema has repeatedly called for the genocide of the 4 million Whites living in South Africa.
Malema could very possibly be elected as Prime Minister in a few months.
Zero international outrage.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 6, 2024
In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
The Republican Party was most effective in cutting or otherwise reforming the tax system. Let us look back half-a-century, back before the Reagan tax cuts when the highest bracket was 70% and loopholes abounded, when William F. Buckley, Jr. and Stanley S. Surrey discussed the question of tax reform.
Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.
The focus this time: Condemned without a last meal.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
If you want to die but are required to have a termanal illness first but don’t have one? Simply starve yourself nearly to death, and let the doctors take care of the rest!
“People with dementia haven’t been able to use MAID [“medical aid in dying”] because they don’t meet eligibility requirements including decisional capacity, the ability to give themselves life-ending medications, and having a terminal condition with six months or less to live.
“‘When they still have capacity, persons with dementia are not yet terminally ill with less than six months to live based solely on their dementia diagnosis. Conversely, by the time they are terminally ill, they no longer have capacity to elect MAID,’ the authors explained.
“That could change because of new laws and the use of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), which can make a terminal condition worse yet pave the way for MAID approval.
“‘If combining VSED and MAID is now a possibility for patients with dementia, then clinicians need more guidance on whether and when to support patients seeking to take this path,’ authors said in a report published Feb. 5 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.”
The state of New Jersey is considering a bill, S2421, which would exempt teachers and school librarians from restrictions on distributing or promoting obscene material, even if it’s to children.
2C:34-3. Obscenity For Persons Under 18.
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e. Defenses.
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(3) (a) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection b. that the defendant is a teaching staff member, including a school library media specialist, who is engaged in the performance of the person’s duties and complying with the provisions of sections 1 through 7 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill). As used in this paragraph, “teaching staff member” has the meaning set forth in N.J.S.18A:1-1.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection b. that the defendant is a staff member of a public library, including a librarian employed by a public library who is engaged in the performance of the person’s duties and complying with the provisions of sections 8 through 12 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill). As used in this paragraph, “public library” means a library that serves, free of charge, all residents of an area as established pursuant to chapter 33 or chapter 54 of Title 40 of the New Jersey Statutes, and receives financial support, in whole or in part, from public funds; or a library established pursuant to N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq. and receiving public funds pursuant to R.S.40:54-35.
So, a teacher or public librarian can show kids obscene material that a parent isn’t even legally allowed to share with them!
Oh, it gets worse, though. Not only are the protected from prosecution, this bill would practically make it illegal to complain to teachers or public librarians!
7. (New section) a. A school library media specialist or any other teaching staff member that engages in activities as required by sections 4 through 6 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall be immune from criminal and civil liability arising from good faith actions performed pursuant to the provisions of those sections.
b. (1) A school library media specialist or any other teaching staff member that engages in activities as required by sections 4 through 6 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall have a civil cause of action for emotional distress, defamation, libel, slander, damage to reputation, or any other relevant tort, against any person who harasses the school library media specialist or any other teaching staff member for complying with the provisions of those sections.
(2) If the school library media specialist or any other teaching staff member that engages in activities as required by sections 4 through 6 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) is the prevailing party in the civil cause of action, the school library media specialist or teaching staff member shall be entitled to an award of any reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of suit incurred, and any injunctive relief as the court may deem necessary to avoid the defendant’s continued violation.
12. (New section) a. Any staff member of a public library, including a librarian employed by a public library, shall be immune from criminal and civil liability arising from good faith actions performed pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
b. (1) Any staff member of a public library, including a librarian employed by a public library, shall have a civil cause of action for emotional distress, defamation, libel, slander, damage to reputation, or any other relevant tort, against any person who harasses the staff member for complying with the provisions of section 11 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
(2) If the staff member or librarian employed by a public library is the prevailing party in the civil cause of action, the library staff member shall be entitled to an award of any reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of suit incurred, and any injunctive relief as the court may deem necessary to avoid the defendant’s continued violation.
But at least a private business isn’t forced to hire these people in the private sector right?
Wrong. This bill also makes it illegal to hire a former teacher or public librarian for having distributed obcene material to children!
11. It shall be an unlawful employment practice, or, as the case may be, an unlawful discrimination:
a. For an employer, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression, disability or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, or because of the liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States or the nationality of any individual, or because of the refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available the results of a genetic test to an employer, or because of the refusal of a school library media specialist or teaching staff member to remove library material from a school library except to the extent permitted pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of P.L. , c. (C. and C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), or because of the refusal of any staff member of a public library, including a librarian, to remove library material from a public library except to the extent permitted pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of P.L. , c. (C. and C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge or require to retire
A little (disturbing) mood music.
The bill, as introduced, can be read here.
Hat Tip: Libs of TikTok.
Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.
The focus this time: After their war on prayer, Ireland is going full totalitarian.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
Ireland is going from stoutly Catholic to full on Gaia worship.
“Ireland could become the first country in the EU to enshrine the rights of nature into its national constitution.
“The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action has recommended the government advance a referendum on protecting biodiversity.
“The move would see nature bestowed with rights comparable to those of people.
“It came in response to a report from the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss.
“The Rights of Nature movement has grown in recent years.
“It seeks to have elements of nature, such as trees, mountains and rivers, recognised as entities with rights to exist and flourish, to be restored, regenerated and respected.
“And it also recognises the right of any person or organisation to defend, protect and enforce those rights on behalf of nature. “
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