News of the Week (June 16th, 2024)

Posted on June 16, 2024 by The Political Hat

 

News of the Week for June 16th, 2024


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Happy Flag Day, 2024

Posted on June 14, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Happy Flag Day!

     With the nonsensical hullabaloo over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flying the “An Appeal to Heaven” flag on his own property, it’s time to repost this Flag Day post from a decade ago.

     The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, also knows as Pine Tree Flag “was used originally by a squadron of six cruisers commissioned under George Washington’s authority as commander in chief of the Continental Army in October 1775.”

“The phrase is a particular expression of the right of revolution used by British philosopher John Locke’s in Second Treatise on Civil Government which was published in 1690 as part of Two Treatises of Government refuting the theory of the divine right of kings.”

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Quick Takes – Thrill Kill Euthanasia: Killing Outside The Law; Killing For Fun; Killing The Mentally Ill

Posted on June 13, 2024 by The Political Hat

     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: At least they love their work, right?

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

Death, Rx

     Is it any surprise that Canada has the doctor who will do anything to kill?

“If authorities — ever so gently — try to enforce the rules, euthanasia advocates and medical associations warn that it will chill doctors from dispatching patients. We’ve seen that pattern followed repeatedly in Netherlands — and now in Quebec, where authorities asked doctors to please, please, please, stay within the law, which is very loose already. From the CBC story:

“‘The memo reminds doctors of several guidelines, including that requests due to old age do not meet provincial criteria for the procedure, and an independent opinion from a second doctor isn’t a formality — it’s a requirement. Bureau said any deviation from the rules can be a slippery slope, especially as the commission is seeing an increasing number of requests for MAID.’

“It’s just too ridiculous. The slippery slope is already slip-sliding away. This is precisely how it works.”

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The Killdozer Right

Posted on June 11, 2024 by The Political Hat

     One of the most noticeable changes in politics has been the rise in emotionalism. Oh, there have always been passionate people in politics, on both sides. The Left and the Democratic party has certainly had their share, with plenty of examples from lunatic Gaia worshippers who hate mankind to the recent campus take-overs by Jew-hating “anti-colonialism” agitators and their useful tools.

     The Right, however, has not been immune to this. Rather than mere passion, there has been a rise in an intense emotional need of so many who got into politics in the last decade in the Republican party or assorted fringe groups. Politics, for them, have become less about having a passion to effect change but a personal psychological need amongst so many.

     Some simply finally saw through the thinning ablative armor of social norms to finally see the consequences of the Left’s long march through the institutions. Others simply refuse to take the long road and wish to bring it all down in the delusion that they not only will necessarily be the ones to rebuild society, but that they can themselves become intelligent designers of the immanentized eschaton—a rather Leftist belief that.

     It is many in that later group, particularly the ones who either that can conquer and impose, or have just given up and need to scratch that proverbial itch to achieve emotional catharsis, that is dangerous to America remaining a going concern. Yes, the Left have had such people en masse, and had them for longer than the Right in any appreciable numbers (or at least the political impact thereof), but the Left has learned to control and use this excess emotionalism to the ends of the more sober and strategic amongst them. The Right, being more new to this, have let the smaller fringe have full freedom to emote and range in all their sound and fury, while allowing them an outsized voice and impact.

     This need to say “screw it all” and and destroy your enemies and what your enemies have is very reminiscent of an event that happened twenty years ago this month: The Killdozer.

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Firing Line Friday: Russia and the Food Crisis

Posted on June 7, 2024 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.

     Fifty years ago the United States was suffering inflation, with food prices exceeding general inflation numbers. Fifty years ago, the question of Russia and the need for a supply of wheat and grains was of geopolitical importance. Today, we have inflation, with food prices ecceeding general inflation numbers, and the geopolitical issue of Russia and the one of the major breadbaskets of the world, Ukraine. Let us look back half-a-century ago when William F. Buckley, Jr. and Morton I. Sosland discussed Russia and the food crisis.

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Quick Takes – Academic Madness: Racist Picnics; Woke Medicine; Black Is The New Gender

Posted on June 5, 2024 by The Political Hat

     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: Maybe it’s time we should retake the asylums from the inmates?

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

     Even if something isn’t racist, it’s still racist, at least at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

“A scheduled ‘picnic’ sponsored by the University of Nevada Las Vegas law school’s Environmental Law Society has been renamed ‘Lunch by the Lake’ due to ‘diversity and inclusion’ concerns.

“According to a memo obtained by Libs of TikTok, the law group informed members that the word ‘picnic’ has “historical and offensive connotations,” and apologized for ‘any harm or discomfort’ caused by its use.

“The group’s view mirrors that of the University of Michigan’s IT department from several years ago: ‘Picnic’ was included in a ‘Words Matter Task Force’s’ list of offensive words and phrases along with ‘brown bag,’ ‘blacklist’ and ‘long time, no see’ among others.

“At the time, Reuters did a fact check on the alleged offensiveness of ‘picnic’; its verdict: It ‘does not originate from racist lynchings’ but instead comes from the 300-plus-year-old French word ‘pique-nique,’ meaning a potluck-like social gathering.”

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News of the Week (June 2nd, 2024)

Posted on June 2, 2024 by The Political Hat

 

News of the Week for June 2nd, 2024


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Firing Line Friday: The Future of the GOP

Posted on May 31, 2024 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.

     The question of the future of the Republican Party is as hotly debated now as it was half-a-century ago, particularly over the question of claims of Presidential wrongdoing.   Let us look back then when William F. Buckley, Jr. discussed the future of the GOP with Gerald Ford, Robert Kuttner, Frank Donatelli, and Martha Angle.

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Firing Line Friday: The Nixon Experience and American Conservatism

Posted on May 24, 2024 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.

     How much does one politician affect an entire movement, not just while in power, but far into the aftermath? William F. Buckley, Jr. discusses with his then-Senator brother James Buckley the question of half-a-century, namely the Nixon experience and American conservatism.

     Until next Friday.

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Quick Takes – Canada Killing: Specialized In Killing; Plethora Of Killing; Hidden Killing

Posted on May 23, 2024 by The Political Hat

     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: Canada really would rather you be dead.

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

Death, Rx

     In Canada, the most important part of being a doctor in their socialist system isn’t about curing diseases or treating injuries… it’s about killing people.

“ The Canadian government is teaching doctors to become euthanasia killing specialists. From the Canadian-government press release:

“‘Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, welcomed the release of the Canadian MAiD Curriculum developed by the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP). This Curriculum is the first nationally accredited, bilingual MAiD education program available to licensed physicians and nurse practitioners across the country and will help achieve a safe and consistent approach to care.

“‘Since being announced in July 2022, this multi-year project has developed a series of training modules to advise and support clinicians in assessing persons who request MAiD, including those with mental illness, complex chronic conditions, or who are impacted by structural vulnerability, as well as help with the practical application of the MAiD legislative framework. It will be delivered through a combination of online and in-person learning sessions for interested health practitioners, regardless of their level of experience.

“And here’s a point to be emphasized — it’s also about killing physically healthy people with mental illnesses:

“‘This is another step in the work by all levels of government to prepare Canada’s health care system for the expiry of the exclusion of MAiD eligibility for people suffering solely from a mental illness on March 17, 2024. The Government of Canada will continue working with provinces and territories (PTs), and health partners to support MAiD practice in Canada, including careful assessment of requests, so that it operates in a consistent and safe manner across the country, recognizing PT differences for health care delivery.

By definition, the concept of “safe” killing is oxymoronic. Euthanasia isn’t medical care. It is homicide.”

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