Perhaps the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), famously said: the human body is the best picture of the soul.” It is profound like everything “the Witt.” said. It indicates to me that one can judge, to some degree a “book” by its cover. Horrible evil people usually look bad. Beauty usually goes with goodness, not always, but more often than not. This is the so-called science of physiognomy, said by the liberal/multicults to be discredited.

     No so, argues Edward Dutton in How to Judge People by What They Look Like, (Kindle, 2018). I intend to buy the book on Kindle as it is cheaper, but unfortunately I spent today’s budget on a dental bill (wisdom tooth extraction: now I have no “wisdom”) which sunk me, so I must rely upon the review at vdare.com, which is always accurate on these matters:
  https://www.vdare.com/articles/can-we-judge-people-by-what-they-look-like-in-fact-yes 

     More bad news for US gun advocates, as the federal courts show their illiteracy about firearms.
  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/assault-weapons-not-protected-second-amendment-federal-appeals-court-rules-n724106

“Maryland’s ban on 45 kinds of assault weapons and its 10-round limit on gun magazines were upheld Tuesday by a federal appeals court in a decision that met with a strongly worded dissent. In a 10-4 ruling, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said the guns banned under Maryland’s law aren’t protected by the Second Amendment. “Put simply, we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war,” Judge Robert King wrote for the court, adding that the Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller explicitly excluded such coverage. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, who led the push for the law in 2013 as a state senator, said it’s “unthinkable that these weapons of war, weapons that caused the carnage in Newtown and in other communities across the country, would be protected by the Second Amendment.”

     More news from the multicult war zone of gun-free Britain, this time about machetes. Ah, machetes, how I love thee! A truly useful tool for clearing away hardy weeds such as blackberry, but here in Australia it is hard to find them in your hardware shop, and if they are under lock and key, these machetes are the really short puny sort. Nevertheless one can still purchase decent ones on EBay, some for as little as $4, which are rough, but still functional. Cold Steel, the US knife company, makes a whole catalogue of machetes replicating many swords, such as its Chinese war sword machete.

In camping one could get by not even taking an axe. But, I digress, lost in the wonder of the machete, but there is relevance, since the machete is a cheap sword which is disposable, a “don’t-care -weapon.” That is why it is used in bladed attacks rather than heavier swords, which are more expensive, and not as fast. Kept sharp, the machete is dangerous and easily cuts flesh, as the meat cutting demonstrations by Cold Steel on YouTube well show (kiddies, and adult children, seek parental approval first):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEGaACI2icg

To THE ADVERTISER          One would have expected the new SA Liberal Government would be resistant to implementing the former ALP policies, but it is proceeding with the establishment of the Local Government Grants Commission (LGGC) due next January, (Advertiser April 18, 2018). This independent body will assess proposals or make recommendations for boundary changes and amalgamation of Councils. The new Minister Knoll has said that the Government will not force amalgamations but he admits any changes to boundaries or amalgamations may be initiated by just one Council or the Minister. This will of course, lead to amalgamation of unwilling parties.

     The other subtle tool to promote amalgamation is rate capping which will stifle Councils to some degree and they will then be lured into amalgamation in pursuit of the mystical savings. Any Council of that mind should firstly attempt to discover which Council can demonstrate lower costs following the previous round of amalgamations. The best Councils are often the smallest ones because they are close to the people and have to show greater responsibility to their community.  On the other hand, the recent public outcry over excessive spending and wastage has been directed to the State’s largest Council. Centralisation is not in the community interest. Therefore, we and Councillors need to remain alert and analyse all proposals.
  KG, Naracoorte, SA 

     Apparently it is not common sense that babies require to be adequately fed, and there is a duty of care upon medical professionals to tell migrants that:
  http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/15/refugee-family-set-win-millions-nhs-foreign-language/

“A refugee family is set for a multi-million-pound NHS payout because a mother spoke no English and hospital staff did not explain to her how to care for her newborn in her native language. The child of the Rajatheepan family, originally from Sri Lanka, has been left with severe brain damage because midwives did not explain the importance of feeding the newborn regularly, a judge has ruled.”

     What! Has the ALoR survivalist nutjob finally lost the last bit of sanity he had? Yes, most definitely. But, Consider:
  http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/syrian-conflict-australia-could-run-out-of-fuel-in-43-days-would-be-mad-max-world_04162018

“Australia is at risk of running out of fuel in the next few weeks due to the ongoing conflict in Syria. The escalating situation in the war-torn country threatens to cripple the supply chains that keep Australia going. While the International Energy Agency mandates that countries hold a stock reserve “equivalent to 90 days of net imports,” Australia only has 43 days worth of supply, the Australian reports. And that could be cut down even further if a global crisis threatens supply channels from places like the Middle East.

     I like apocalyptic cinema being a collapse/doomsday kind of guy, but I stopped watching the zombie TV show, AMC’s The Walking Dead, this year. Boring, long drawn out stuff, the usual, from shows that have lived too long. We are no friends of popular culture here, but I want to point out an interesting paradox in the show. Basically, we have a core group led by ex-cop Rick Grimes. Then there are the bad guys led by warlord Negan. Negan represents the Alt Right, Rick pc liberalism. Team Rick is largely multiracial and diverse gay characters, with no transgenders, yet. Negan’s crew is mainly white.

     Anyway, while the show has Negan as the ultimate bad guy, it was pointed out by the Negan character to Rick, that Rick was the real baddie, killing more people in cold blood than him. While we are to believe that Negan’s tribe live under a dictator, Rick is even more of a dictator, making all of the decisions. In the last episode of season 8,  he fought Negan in the standard one-on-one battle and decided to let him live, even though his number 2 wanted him dead for closure for killing her husband. No democratic vote on that. The point here is that the show perfectly illustrates the inner contradictions of liberalism, that while promoting freedom and diversity and democracy, and even peace, it in practice seeks the opposite, ultimately leading to enslavement. We see it happen daily.

     I have heard of female body builders getting pregnant for a hormone surge, then having an abortion. Now it seems that sports abortions are widespread:
  http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/04/16/hawkins-female-college-athletes-pressured-abortions-stay-peak-condition/

“Female college athletes are forced to withstand a campaign of pressure to terminate pregnancies in order to stay in top condition, according to a piece in the Washington Examiner. One U.S. Olympic gold medalist, Sanya Richards-Ross, recently admitted to Sports Illustrated that she was pressured to have an abortion just ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Richards-Ross claimed that she didn’t know any female athletes who hadn’t had an abortion to keep them in competition, according to the Washington Examiner. “I literally don’t know another female track and field athlete who hasn’t had an abortion,” Richards-Ross said."

     This one will show the true colours of the immigration-mad Left, who want a world without borders: bringing the white South African farmers here, as they face genocide at the hands of the South African non-white society:
  https://www.thesouthafrican.com/brisbane-march-south-african-farmers/

“Groups of Australians and South African expats gathered in Brisbane to show their support for proposals that would offer refugee status to white South African farmers. Aussie Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has suggested his country should offer fast-track visas to farm owners, who he says may be at risk of losing their properties if land expropriation with compensation goes ahead. Citizens of Brisbane took to the streets on Sunday, voicing their concerns about the policy which was given the Parliamentary green light back in February. Around 2,000 people were estimated to have attended the march, which featured slogans such as “bring them here” and “allow our families into Australia”. Not only was the march used to show support for the fast-track visa proposal, but there was also a gathering of prayer for the demonstrators. They prayed for the protection of law enforcement, the military, and of all legal counsel.”

     Whatever happens geopolitically, a generation of parasites, the Baby Boomers, have sucked away the future for young people, unless radical social change occurs. For example, a combination of economics, and mass immigration has mean that most of our young will never, on the business as usual scenario own a house:
  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43788537 

“Up to a third of young people face living in private rented accommodation all their lives, a new report by the Resolution Foundation has found. The think tank said 40% of “millennials” - those born between 1980 and 1996 - were living in rented housing by the age of 30. That was twice as many as “generation X” - those born between 1965 and 1980. The government said it was already putting policies in place to improve the housing market. The Foundation’s Home Improvements report said “generation rent” needed much more help. It called for more affordable homes for first-time buyers to be built, as well as better protection for those who rent. Although renting is often a reasonable choice for people who have few ties, the private rented sector is “far less fit for purpose” for those with children because of a lack of security. The report reveals that a record 1.8 million families with children rent privately, up from 600,000 15 years ago.”

The 1968 speech given by Enoch Powell known as 'The Rivers of Blood ' speech. In full. No editing, cuts, omissions, spin, commentary, propaganda or tricky sound effects. Just the speech.

     Regular readers will know that I am a temperance person, anti-alcohol, like my grandmother who was active in the Temperance League:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement_in_Australia

     Big Liquor won the first round, but we are not giving up. Nevertheless the ill-effects of alcohol continue to be documented, especially the cancer risk for women. Here is a good article summarising this by a women who was otherwise health conscious, but still drank in moderation, and was afflicted with cancer:
  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/04/did-drinking-give-me-breast-cancer/ 

Most chapters of human history are defined by the tools and machines that were used.

In the Stone Age, the first tools were “green tools” – digging sticks, spears, boomerangs, bows and arrows made of wood; and axes, clubs, knives and grinders made of stone. These were all powered by human energy.

     We are right to see diversity itself as a problem.
  https://www.amren.com/commentary/2018/04/is-diversity-driving-decline-in-the-white-population/ 

“America doesn’t need more people; it needs to allow its own people to recover.” An “aging white population [is] speeding [up] diversity,” blared a headline in The Hill. Could this be a case of confusing cause-and-effect? Are the two trends—whites dying-out and minorities thriving—really spontaneous and strictly parallel? The reverse is likely true. Corrected, The Hill headline should have read: Could speeding up diversity contribute to a decline in the white population? We learn that “there are growing signs that the rate of change is increasing.” Well of course.

     With all the mainstream media attention upon Donny Trump, and with speculation about how long it will take the Deep State to annihilate him, there is the wild card of the arrest of Hillary Clinton:
  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/18/lawmakers-refer-clinton-comey-lynch-mccabe-for-criminal-referrals/

“Republican lawmakers on Wednesday sent a slew of criminal referrals to Attorney General Jeff Sessions for a number of Obama administration officials and senior FBI employees for violations of the law in connection to the Clinton email and Trump-Russia investigations. Specifically, they sent criminal referrals to Sessions for: former FBI Director James Comey, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, as well as FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok and his lover, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, for separate violations.

     It all seems a bit like the weapons of mass destruction that were not found in Iraq, but which were part of “intelligent-intelligence,” by intelligent giants like Bushy, so true at the time, although now false, but who cares?
  http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/interview-with-boy-in-chemical-attack-video-we-didnt-see-any-chemical-attack-symptoms_04192018

“A new interview with the now infamous boy in the alleged chemical attack video used as a justification for the United States-led bombing of Syria is adding more doubt to the official narrative.  The boy says he was told to go to the hospital where people started dousing him with water. One of the main “characters” in the footage at the hospital is a water-soaked boy, who is seen being sprayed with water by people who claim to be “rescue workers.” It’s not clear whether they are doctors from the hospital, human rights activists, or White Helmets members. The latter usually make such videos and send them to news agencies, including Reuters. In what could be the biggest fabrication in recent months, the Douma boy in the chemical attack video and his family have spoken about their ordeal to a Russian TV crew.

     Sweden is showing that it is embracing the true agenda of “die-versity” and multiculturalism, in a pure concentrated form, even more potent and exciting than the eternally cucked Britain:
  http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/19/migrant-pimps-sweden-allegedly-voodoo-force-women-prostitution/ 

“Two migrant women from Nigeria are said to have been forced to perform a “voodoo ritual” by migrant pimps in the Swedish city of Malmö and were told they must pay off their debts through prostitution or risk dying. The two women, according to Malmö prosecutor Helena Ljunggren, were lured to Sweden by a man and a woman who also come from Nigeria with the promise of jobs. Once the pair arrived in the country, the prosecutor claims they were forced to engage in a bizarre “voodoo ritual” that included eating a raw chicken heart, broadcaster SVT reports.

     Hey, want to see the future? South Africa is an advanced case, but Sweden is pretty accurate too:
  https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-bombings-grenade-attacks-violent-reality-undoing-peaceful-self-image-law-and-order/ 

“Gang-related gun murders, now mainly a phenomenon among men with immigrant backgrounds in the country’s parallel societies, increased from 4 per year in the early 1990s to around 40 last year. Because of this, Sweden has gone from being a low-crime country to having homicide rates significantly above the Western European average. Social unrest, with car torchings, attacks on first responders and even riots, is a recurring phenomenon. Shootings in the country have become so common that they don’t make top headlines anymore, unless they are spectacular or lead to fatalities. News of attacks are quickly replaced with headlines about sports events and celebrities, as readers have become desensitized to the violence.

     The Demorats and their chattering class pet rats have been pursuing the narrative that Russia helped Trump steal the election from their Queen Hillary. All attempts to prove this have failed, but they are crazed enough to sue anyway, because that’s what spoilt evil children with money do:
  http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/democratic-party-sues-russia-trump-wikileaks-for-conspiring-to-hurt-hillary-in-2016-election_04202018
  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/20/donald-trump-announces-plan-to-countersue-democrats-for-dnc-server/

     The case will require evidence, so it will immediately fail. But, no doubt it is all about attention seeking by ageing Baby boomers. And, speaking of them, Hollywood boomers are booming away at the National Rifle Association, because they need a target:
  http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/04/20/alec-baldwin-jimmy-kimmel-amy-schumer-launch-star-studded-initiative-take-nra/ 

Multiculturalism in the early days was about  migrants living under “our” culture, but somehow retaining “their” culture, which is impossible. Now though, that pretence need not be pushed:
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5628113/Muslim-women-abusive-husbands-refused-divorce-parallel-Sharia-law-Australia.html

“Muslim women with violent husbands are struggling to get permission for a divorce from mosque imams, an investigation has revealed. A parallel system of Islamic Sharia law operating in Australia is trapping wives in abusive relationships, for years, as male religious leaders refuse to recognise a women’s right to end a marriage. The ABC has spoken to women about their struggles to dissolve an Islamic union. They have blamed Muslim imams for dismissing their concerns about domestic violence. While a Muslim man can divorce his wife by saying ‘I divorce you’ in Arabic three times, women have a much harder time in Australia getting permission to be allowed a separation. Muslim leaders, according to the above article, are also pushing for the legalisation of polygamy.