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Heretic
Heretic
8 months ago

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soundofreason
soundofreason
8 months ago

Make sure pupils don’t ever use phones at school, Phillipson tells teachers according to the BBC

In a letter to schools seen exclusively by the BBC, she said it was “not appropriate for phones to be used as calculators, or for research during lessons”, as well as during break times and lunchtime.

What a bloody stupid paragraph. The letter was sent to schools and was incidentally seen and reported on by Aunty. Hardly exclusive is it?

Whatever our views on the rights and wrongs of pupils using mobile phones at school or Phillipson’s real motives, surely Aunty Beeb could do a better job at basic use of English and/or comprehension.

JeremyP99
JeremyP99
8 months ago

Fuck sake. Go to a protest armed with a loaded pistol, harass the agents, get shot. Would that we had an ICE. Rather than Fabians happy to let anyone settle here, especially if crims and sexual threats

Tonka Rigger
Tonka Rigger
8 months ago
Reply to  JeremyP99

As I understand things (based on media that has been so far released), it does not appear that Mr Pretti drew his weapon at any stage. I also understand that carrying a personal weapon is legal in the jurisdiction where this incident took place.

If the above is true, the shooting of Mr Pretti seems like a vast overreaction precipitated by the poor training and unprofessional conduct exhibited by some of these agents (which I have mentioned before).

We, (the Right), need to be objective and measured in our responses to this incident otherwise we are no better than those who condemned and vilified the January 6th protestors and fabricated all the lies that surround that. Are we better, or just as bad as those we oppose?

pjar
pjar
8 months ago
Reply to  Tonka Rigger

From what I’ve read, Mr Petti was, apparently, carrying a pistol and two spare clips?

If that’s true and without further information about his motivation, it’s impossible to know for sure but, one might conclude two possibilities: one, that he intended harm to others, or two he was afraid for his own safety and was carrying a weapon for protection.

The second possibility might be most easily addressed by not being there in the first place which leaves us with the first option…

Given the febrile atmosphere, whipped up by people like Walz, encouraging assaults on, and doxing of, ‘literal Nazi’ ICE agents in the name of ‘resistance’, it wouldn’t be too surprising if this was the case, nor would it be any great surprise to see things escalate further.

Heretic
Heretic
8 months ago
Reply to  Tonka Rigger

But since when do nurses take guns with extra magazines to a peaceful protest instead of a sign?

Heretic
Heretic
8 months ago
Reply to  Tonka Rigger

“The handgun that intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was carrying when he was shot dead in Minneapolis has a history of unintentionally discharging, it has emerged.”

“I believe it’s highly likely the first shot was a negligent discharge from the agent in the grey jacket after he removed the Sig P320 from Pretti’s holster while exiting the scene,’ Rob Dobar, a lawyer for the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, wrote on X. ”

“It has not been confirmed whether Pretti’s gun fired any shots.”

Shocking history of handgun Alex Pretti was carrying when he was shot by Border Patrol is revealed… as judge bans Trump administration from ‘destroying evidence’ from scene | Daily Mail Online

Dinger64
Dinger64
8 months ago

“Covid vax worsens long Covid – only 2% improved, 33% worse off”

Long covid long vaccine!

For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
8 months ago

So “stop the votes” Starmer is safe until his next u-turn.

Jon Garvey
Jon Garvey
8 months ago

“NHS midwives record gender identity of newborns”

And there was I thinking that “Gender assigned at birth” was the whole cause of the problem. It seems that grown-up feelings are the gold standard after all.

Tonka Rigger
Tonka Rigger
8 months ago
Reply to  Jon Garvey

What do they do, ask the baby?

Or does some purple-haired Sexual Commissar inform the parents that their new baby wishes to use the pronouns “Zey/Zem” and likes men?

pjar
pjar
8 months ago
Reply to  Jon Garvey

How, exactly, do they propose to determine if a one day old child is gay or lesbian, I wonder?

Will there be a quota and a token for them to carry? Perhaps some kind of discrete tattoo…

Jon Garvey
Jon Garvey
8 months ago

“Mahmood to scrap non-crime hate incidents”

“Pledge”? No change in law required – just an order from her to police forces, which she could do last Friday if she meant it.

EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
8 months ago
Reply to  Jon Garvey

Probably she cannot order police in that way, yet. However, guidance from one of several quangos would do the trick.

Jack the dog
Jack the dog
8 months ago

Dale vince vents his frustration with the laws of physics .

Purpleone
Purpleone
8 months ago
Reply to  Jack the dog

He’ll have done very nicely out of it I’m sure, as ever…

NeilParkin
NeilParkin
8 months ago

“Wes Streeting ‘has support of 200 MPs for leadership bid’ 

I wonder which of Streetings achievements as a Minister have convinced so many Labour MP’s that he can run the country better than Starmer.?

NeilParkin
NeilParkin
8 months ago

“Karenocracy – The New Regime of Managerial Meddling”

I have said this for some time.

Mogwai
Mogwai
8 months ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

But isn’t it interesting that the author: Colin Strachan, a man with extensive experience in this field, is able to write article after article from an objective standpoint without finger-pointing or resorting to the blame game in order to support any kind of bias? Almost like he’s aware of the bigger picture and won’t frame this issue in a reductive manner, as being all the fault of one sex over another, but acknowledging instead the fact it’s the policies within organizations, pushed by BOTH sexes, which are the real problem. Strange that, isn’t it? I guess it’s what happens when you don’t have an axe to grind or inbuilt prejudice.
Even the examples he cites have men in positions of leadership at the time of writing;

”Importantly, “Karen” here isn’t gender-specific. It’s a mindset and a mode of rule. Men can be Karens too. Some notable cases are Thames Valley Police, found guilty for racial discrimination against employees; the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), unlawfully firing a senior executive who dared point out the Department’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy on Black Lives Matter and Trans rights broke the Civil Service Act and the Equality Act 2010.
This last one is… Read more »

Free Lemming
Free Lemming
8 months ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

Indeed. This is where the slow but steady emasculation of society inevitably leads. And those that point to the emergence of eunuchs pulling levers of power as a rebuttal to the argument have entirely missed the point. Shouting ‘misogyny’, rather than seriously considering the impact of rabid, swivel-eyed, feminism impressed onto a society (in fact, an entire civilisation) over decades, quite amusing underlines the point being made. Douglas Murray is quite good on this – pointing to inherent character trait differences between the sexes that have the potential to mould a society into a risk-free ‘utopia’ where conflict is settled indirectly, and priorities become based on short-sighted ‘kindness’ rather than long-sighted wisdom. My words, not his.

Western Firebrand
Western Firebrand
8 months ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

Perhaps Karenocracy would be good for Myanmar?

Roy Everett
Roy Everett
8 months ago

“Crystal clear new video raises horrifying questions about killing of Minneapolis nurse by DHS”
Rather than endless frame-by-frame analysis or phone/gun discussions, could the DM or the DS not re-enlighten us about why ICE involvement in Michigan has increased over the last two to five years? IIRC, this started with investigations into the (lawful) air-borne exodus of millions of dollars to Mogadishu over the last five years, which then developed into various fake childcare charities during 2025. Focussing on one or two deaths of “observers” is a distraction from the big picture of the rapidly changing demographics of Minneapolis and the alleged lack of diligence over funding the childcare and other charities.

NeilParkin
NeilParkin
8 months ago
Reply to  Roy Everett

One bad incident does not ‘prove that ICE must be stopped’. As you say, it confirms the need for ICE to be involved.

pjar
pjar
8 months ago
Reply to  Roy Everett

Whatever the videos from the various sources might eventually show, I can’t help the feeling that, ultimately, taking a gun to a riot is a spectacularly bad idea?

Jack the dog
Jack the dog
8 months ago
Reply to  Roy Everett

Basically it looks as if the leftist machine has declared war (almost literally) on ICE – like Hamas (whom they naturally support) they think a few collateral deaths are helpful for the greater cause.

It’s an extremely ugly situation and I can’t see it ending well.

For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
8 months ago
Reply to  Roy Everett

As I understand some comments from USA (united states – I don’t believe it), some of the protesters set out to provoke this very reaction from ICE members and no doubt deem this outcome as a success.

Heretic
Heretic
8 months ago

Absolutely right you are! And instead of George Soros funding these shadowy groups, it turns out there’s an even more shadowy Indian/Chinese Maoist billionaire behind it all, named Neville Roy Singham, “a self-declared Marxist-Leninist living in Shanghai”, whose Sri Lankan father “Archibald” Wickeramaraja Singham married a Chinese woman calling herself Shirley Hu Ne, now Leftist professor at Seattle and various other US colleges, who has focused on feminism and racism for the past 30 years.

Woke vigilante chat groups accused of dispatching Alex Pretti to Minneapolis DHS arrest where he was shot dead | Daily Mail Online

JillM
JillM
8 months ago
Reply to  Roy Everett

What I don’t understand is why this is such a big issue over here. The unfortunate deaths of two protesters in the US took a big chunk of the news on the radio this morning, whereas the murder of countless thousands in Iran didn’t get a mention. I think it’s basically all about Trump, and attempts to discredit him.

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