Ref: https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/uncle-sam-vs-russia-in-eastern-syria-the-nightmare-scenario/

     The impending collapse of ISIS has touched off a race for territory in the oil-rich eastern part of Syria pitting US-backed forces against the Russian-led coalition of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. This is the nightmare scenario that everyone wanted to avoid. Washington and Moscow’s armies are now converging on the same area at the same time greatly increasing the probability of a conflagration between the two nuclear-armed superpowers. The only way a clash can be avoided is if one party backs down, which seems increasingly unlikely.

     It is word which we don’t hear too much of nowadays: “dotard.” The ever-slim-faced Kim Jong-un called President Donald Trump a “deranged dotard,” for his UN speech and a new grab bag of sanctions. Oh, wait…before I go on, being a dotard myself, I forgot to define my terms: it means old and frail, senile decay, and particularly mentally:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/what-is-a-dotard-kim-jong-un-donald-trump-insult-speech-north-korea-us-crisis-un-deranged-a7960506.html

     Well nothing to get upset abut here, because we all go down that route, or die, or die before we get to know the joys of dotage, just bobbing along in the great ocean of life, and not worrying about the hard knocks of existence any more. Things like H-bombs, soon to be explode by North Korea in the Pacific.

     I don’t normally like any of the journalism of Caroline Overington, but she did a great piece, “Exorbitant Energy Bills Can be A Death Sentence If You’re Old and Short of Cash,” The Weekend Australian, September 23-24, 2017, p. 17.

     The point made is that rising energy bills, something that will be talked about at the League National Weekend, 14 and 15 October, 2017, threaten the vulnerable who cannot afford sky high energy bills, and many will die. Winter can be harsh, but it is always possible to struggle through using plenty of warm clothes. But, hot summers are a killer, and a real danger. The heat can offer seemingly no escape.

     The influence of China on “our’ universities has been admitted at long last:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/top-unis-admit-china-influence-go8-fears-backlash/news-story/c3286cf68d58f03b849d85b22bbd5b96

“The peak body representing Australia’s elite universities has for the first time acknowledged there have been “isolated” instances of Chinese government interference on campuses but warned mishandling the issue risks the country’s third-largest export market.
In an interview with The Weekend Australian, Group of Eight chief executive Vicki Thomson said the response to China’s influence within universities must be countered in a “measured way” to prevent a backlash and protect the inter-national education sector.
Unprecedented growth in international student enrolments, largely driven by the influx of approximately 170,000 Chinese nationals, resulted in a $22 billion boost to the Australian economy in the 2016-17 financial year — an 18.5 per cent increase on the year before.
In four prominent cases this year, academic staff at Australian universities have been targeted in Chinese social media campaigns after complaints from Chinese international students about “offensive” teaching material.
In the case at the University of Sydney, the institution issued an apology on behalf of the lecturer for using a map which did not show the Chinese interpretation of their territory.
In cases at the University of Newcastle and Monash University, Chinese consulate education counsellors became involved, sparking debate about academic freedom. The Chinese government also supervises students in Australia through Chinese student and scholars associations inside universities.”

     Although our politicians and the media are firmly behind the same sex marriage push, the margins between the Yes position and No are getting narrower:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/thousands-rally-in-support-of-australia-gay-marriage-as-polls-narrow/
Yes, one has to go to overseas sites to get any critical news, that is just how bad it is. One poll has 58.4 percent supporting gay marriage, but the numbers are falling, and can be made to fall more, if people stop sitting on their hands and get out there.

     Former Prime Minister John Howard, who will be remembered for his massive support of Asian immigration to Australia, has said that the legalisation of gay marriage will have substantial impacts on a range of issues, such as free speech and religion: The Weekend Australian, September 9-10, 2017. That is putting it mildly.  In an insightful, and indeed frightening article at https://www.spectator.com.au/2017/09/whats-changed-in-britain-since-same-sex-marriage/, David Sergeant says that there have been substantial changes to basic institutions:

     The Deep State hates private citizens having guns because it wants to have a passive population that are completely helpless and totally controlled. Return the Founding Fathers of America to this day, and they would condemn Australia in the strongest possible terms. They would find it hard to believe that an Anglo Saxon people have sunk so low. Have a read of this: https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/gun-quotations-founding-fathers:

“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined...”
- George Washington, First Annual Address, to both House of Congress, January 8, 1790

     Before beginning this paper I need to make the legal disclaimer, that I am not a lawyer and am not offering legal advice, only my political opinion as a citizen. For legal advice, consult a legal practitioner. There, that’s out of the way.

     In this article I want to address an issue of concern by gun owners about the new firearm regulations, especially the new storage and security arrangements. The concern of many is that the tightening of the security arrangements is being done to squeeze gun ownership out of existence, rather than produce extra safety. The safe requirements are “over-the-top” and with CTTV and security firm arrangements, make homes into spaces more like prisons. Meanwhile, the streets of Australia are flooded with illegal guns in the hands of the gangs who are coming to rule the country:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/government-toughens-gun-laws-in-response-to-shootings-and-gangs-arms-race-20151027-gkk18x.html
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/as-many-as-600000-illegal-guns-in-australia-20161020-gs74ay.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/automatic-pistols-from-southeast-asia-spotted-on-local-black-market/news-story/a1c16504680a792cfaf0566aecaa0e3e.

     The issue of “white pathology,” has been discussed extensively at various sites, most notably the Occidental Observer.net:
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2015/04/28/drowning-in-altruism-thoughts-on-white-pathology-and-the-invasion-of-europe/
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2013/10/28/recently-in-the-occidental-quarterly-special-sections-on-white-pathology/
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2012/10/12/white-pathology/
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2014/10/06/psychopathology-and-racial-self-hate-among-whites/
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2011/12/03/white-ethnocentrism-as-psychopathology-anders-breivik-and-emma-west/
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/02/whats-wrong-with-the-swedes-and-so-many-other-whites/

     The basic idea here is that primarily Northern Europeans, and mainly the educated classes, act as if they are like insects that are manipulated by “zombie parasites,” who cause them to act contrary to group interests and survival:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141031-zombies-parasites-animals-science-halloween/

     I have a strange sense of déjà vu (/ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/; French pronunciation: [deʒa vy]) from French, literally “already seen”), when writing this; have I done it before, or did I think that I did it before? Anyway, not to worry, because no one else will.

     Most of us men here are at that time of life when the prostate causes problems, even on a good day. To put it politely, it is like having a roof with a box gutter; you know at some point it will leak, and your house will be subjected to water damage. Even your prized comic book collection may get ruined, if things turn really bad. It can bury you, which is like the house collapsing, totally.

     I have always disliked American libertarianism, with its hyper-individualism, which morphs into a support of corporate capitalism. Now the libertarian Cato Institute has claimed in a Tweet that “Islamic teachings are consistent [with] many libertarian principles, such as tolerance, property rights & individualism.” They also praised Ibn Khaldūn (1332-1406) as a libertarian hero, describing him as “the most consistent of the many free-market economists in Islamic history,” even though Khaldūn promoted slavery:

“Therefore, the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because [Negroes] have little [that is essentially] human and have attributes that are quite similar to those of dumb animals, as we have stated.” http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/09/07/cato-project-islam-consistent-libertarian-principles/

     Of course this is correct: https://journal-neo.org/2016/11/01/north-korea-is-an-pentagon-vassal-state/. Well, maybe not the use of “an” https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/vowel-sounds-when-use-a-and-an:

“At this point it clearly is the case that under the erratic 32-year-old Swiss-educated Kim Jong Un, Washington has found the perfect boogie man to scare South Korea and Japan into embracing Washington’s agenda to maximize pressure, military as well as economic, against Russia and against China. James R. Lilley’s Davos remark to me is borne out by the recent militaristic and foreign policy actions of North Korean Supreme Commander, Jim Jong Un. It seems it wasn’t even necessary for the United States to “create North Korea.” Washington only had to cultivate the infantile personality of Kim Jong Un.”

     A recent article reports that race matters in dating, with most men allegedly wanting Asian women, and the majority of all females preferring White men: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2511049/Online-dating-app-reveals-race-matters-romance.html.

     The data is based on AYI use, which is the largest Facebook dating app, having over 70 million users. While most men preferred Asian women, Asian men did not, and it is claimed that men from all racial groups preferred women from races other than their own. This, of course, contradicts the claim that most men prefer Asian women, explicitly.

We received the following email today:

    Launched today in the wake of the High Court decision, TransgenderMarriageVote.com.au explains why there is a mismatch between the postal survey question and the bills put forward in parliament. 

     There are more than 50,000 jihadists now living in Europe, which is a real victory for multicultural diversity, exciting food, dancing, culture, “end racism now!” and anything else you would like to throw in the great cauldron of modernity:

“in an Aug. 31 interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo, EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove estimated more than 50,000 jihadists are now living in Europe.
“Three years ago, it was easy to identify someone who has become radicalized,” de Kerchove told El Mundo. “Now, most fanatics disguise their convictions. We do not have exact figures, but it is not difficult to do approximate calculations. United Kingdom, it is not a secret, it has been published, it has 20,000. France, 17,000. Spain much less, but more than 5,000, I suppose. In Belgium almost 500 have gone to Syria and there are about 2,000 radicals or more. I would not venture to a specific figure, but tens of thousands, more than 50,000.”

     I don’t write as much as I used to, as age is getting to me. Fortunately over the years, I helped recruit other writers, most fitter than me. Soon, they too will face inevitable decline, and death. Death from the paper/computer disease of …sitting.

     Apparently there is an “ecosexual” movement, which advocates having “sex with the Earth,” to save it:
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/09/06/uc-santa-cruz-professor-elizabeth-stephens-a-pioneer-in-the-ecosexual-movement-is-encouraging-the-public-to-engage-in-environmentalism-by-having-sex-with-the-earth/
As usual, there is an academic involved, UC Santa Cruz Professor Elizabeth Stephens, a pioneer in the “ecosexual” movement. Here is what another site said:

“We chatted with Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D., and Beth Stephens, Ph.D., performance artists, ecosexual experts, and the authors of ‘The Explorer’s Guide to Planet Orgasm’ to get the scoop on this trend. They describe being ecosexual as this: ‘you don’t look at the Earth as your mother, you look at it as your lover.’ You also experience nature ‘as sensual, erotic, or sexy.’ This could mean anything getting off while writhing around naked in the mud to simply getting joy out of doing it in a hot tub or going on a naked hike.”
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/36330/

     The papers have oodles of material about Lionel Murphy, based on documents which have just been released. The High Court judge, and former Whitlam government attorney-general, was looking to be the first Australian High Court judge to be forcibly removed from office.

     The allegations were extensive beyond even the charges of perverting the course of justice, from which he was acquitted, and include associations with a crime boss, receiving “sexual favours from women” i.e. prostitutes, supplied by the criminal connection, being a silent partner in an illegal brothel,  and so on. It would easily have been enough to sink him, but Murphy got lucky and begun to die from cancer, so the inquiry was called off in August 1986: The Australian, September 15, 2017, p. 1.

     The threat of same sex marriage, and the assault upon traditional institutions is arising at a time when Christianity is in rapid decline in the West. This issue has been commented upon before at this site, but there is more bad news, that you need to hear.

     White Christians are now a minority in the United States: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REL_SURVEY_WHITE_CHRISTIANS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-09-06-06-46-35

     “It will be unlawful to vilify, intimidate or threaten to harm a person either because of views they hold on the survey or in relation to their religious conviction, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status,” a government spokesman said.
“That will be a sunset provision, it will only last for the period of the postal plebiscite.”

     The protections are similar to those already enacted in various state jurisdictions around Australia but do not currently exist at a Commonwealth level.
The laws, to be rushed through both chambers of Parliament by Thursday night, will apply to “conduct” during the campaign, which could include advertising, leaflet materials or behaviour.

Dear Reader,
This is interesting and shows you should never give up on your letter writing.
The following was sent to the Shepparton News on the 14th August 2017 and published today (13th September 2017) on the eve of the ‘postal ballot’.

To hear our Representatives trying to justify support for this issue whilst other important issues hurting their constituents are of little moment for them as they bicker and squabble among themselves worse than little children.
It is ‘adversarial politics’  at its worst as they try and confuse voters in their grab for Power. It is a very good reason to place the ‘sitting Member’ last next time you are required to vote.
In the meantime, voting negative in the plebiscite might keep the nasty wolf at bay a little longer.
Now it is up to you!