Author: Mick Hartley

l after these radical double amputations, smiling and posting pictures while they’re showing their followers their chests that are still leaking blood,” Sousa added. “But if you go to a cancer site and look at the women who have gotten a double mastectomy because of cancer, you’ll see a much different look on their faces. They’re talking about how hard the recovery is and how they can’t lift anything and how much pain they’re in.”

That Democratic National Convention protest maybe isn't quite the seismic event we'd been promised. Michael Powell at The Atlantic – The pro-Palestinian “Crashing the Party” event was to the protests of Chicago 1968 what a scouting squad is to an army.

On top of the stairs of Chicago’s elevated Green Line yesterday, I had a fine view of the 13-acre Union Park. I squinted, looking for the promised cauldron of Democratic National Convention protesters, the tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian “Crashing the Party” masses ready to rumble at what was billed by the Democratic Socialists of America on social media as the “event of the season.”

I spotted a clump of protesters around a soundstage. I saw a line snaking toward the porta-potties, and, under distant oak trees, I could see four dozen cops chatting with one another, bicycles at their side. I saw great piles of protest signs upbraiding genocide joe Biden waiting to be picked up by as-yet-unseen protesters. I saw a lot of empty green space….

style=”padding-left: 40px”>Fortunately, there is now a case-study one can consider to evaluate the effectiveness of the QAA’s recommendations. The module “Gateway to King’s” was piloted at King’s College London and was designed to introduce all first-year students at King’s to topics which map closely to the QAA’s required themes. The plan was to roll the module out as a compulsory module for all first-year students. However, the module was canned after the pilot. 1657 students were eligible to take the course, 366 enrolled and 42 completed it. I describe the contents of the course in this paper so you can decide for yourself which of the risks I have identified were realised.

I believe the reason the course failed is that the QAA’s recommendations are fundamentally flawed. University students want to be taught high quality content by renowned experts. They do not want bland platitudes about citizenship, regurgitated myths about personality types, or indoctrination in postmodern politics. Nor do students want to pay the opportunity costs of pursuing someone else’s hobby horse. Maths students wish to study maths, music students music, and politics students want to study politics. All students want to learn how to think, not what to think.

Academics should not allow quangos to determine what we teach. Instead, we should pursue academically led curriculum development, guided by the individual research expertise of academics. This is the route to high quality Higher Education.

; to U.S. President Joe Biden as "Genocide Joe," and to U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken as "Baby-Killer Blinken." Activists with the Palestinian Feminist Collective said that the Democratic Party may be blue, but that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s hands are red with the blood of innocent Palestinian children. Another activist said: “We will resist by any means necessary.” Pro-North Korea activist Ju-Hyun Park of Nodutol for Korean Community Development said that the U.S. and South Korea are rehearsing for the invasion of North Korea, and Anees Aqel of Palestine Solidarity in Grand Rapids, MI praised the Palestinian “resistance fighters.” Omar Flores of the Coalition for the March on the RNC in Milwaukee also said: “Democrats cannot defeat the Republicans without defeating the genocide first… We are going to force them!” Protesters at the rally held signs issued by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) bearing the text: “Victory to the Palestinian Resistance!”

Note also the familiar chants about queer rights and trans rights being under attack (and that LGBTQIA+ sign). The level of mass delusion is off the charts. 

That pro-North Korean activist Ju-Hyun Park adds the final touch to the general insanity. For more on him see here:

"There is a reason the Nakba and the division of Korea began at the same time, backed by the same interests. There is a reason that while South Korean corporations copied from Zionism, North Korea has spent decades arming and training the Palestinian resistance. "

and here:

"the DPRK has never once recognized the Zionist tumor that goes by the name of Israel."

A powerful critique of the Iranian regime from Islamic scholar Mohammad-Taghi Akbarnejad.

Iranian Islamic scholar Mohammad-Taghi Akbarnejad said in an interview posted on Azad TV on YouTube (Iran) August 10, 2024 that the Iranian regime is not fulfilling the goals and promises of the Islamic Revolution. He said that Iran has lost without firing a single bullet by losing its people. Akbarnejad said that Iran has taken an entire people hostage for the sake of religion. He added that the regime tells the people that they will remain hostages so long as America exists. Akbarnejad stated that the public in Iran feels that it has been taken hostage by Palestine, and therefore most Iranians were not saddened by the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

I wonder if he's voicing widely spread concerns from figures inside the higher echelons of the regime, or if he's just speaking for himself.

The man on the sofa facing the camera doesn't look at all happy – but our scholar here is eloquent, intelligent, and persuasive. 45 years in power, and our leaders have turned themselves into idols, while none of the promises of the revolution have been fulfilled. "The chance you had is over. Today is the day that the Islamic Republic must be held accountable to the public."

A welcome sign.

dding-left: 40px”>As previously reported by Reduxx, Blessent, 35, was initially arrested in April of 2023 in a file which included five counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13.

But on November 15 of that year, three more charges were applied, including one additional count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13, one count of grooming, and one count of exploitation of a child. In a public notice posted to their official Facebook, the Bloomington Police Department confirmed that the new charges were related to the original victim. During the course of the trial, a second young victim under the age of the 13 was named. Both of the victims are reported to be Blessent’s biological children – a boy and a girl.

At the time of his original arrest in April, a public information officer with the Department admitted that they were treating the arrest as that of a woman because of Blessent’s “gender identity.” …

Following the initial release of Blessent’s mugshot, many members of the community expressed confusion because the police had described Blessent as “female.” On Facebook, many took to the Bloomington Police Department’s comments to note that Blessent was male, and that describing him as a “woman” was inaccurate. 

As a result, some trans activists defended Blessent in the comments, condemning the Bloomington Police Department for not censoring “transphobic” remarks on their press release….

Despite legally being male, and having an accurate sex marker in the Illinois Offender Directory, Blessent has been sent to the Logan Correctional Center for Women in Lincoln.

But Blessent is not the only trans-identified male who has been sent to Logan.

In 2019, the Illinois Department of Corrections approved the transfer of a transgender inmate from an all-male prison to a women’s prison after he claimed he’d been the victim of sexual harassment and abuse. Janiah Monroe, born Andre Patterson, had successfully obtained transfer with the assistance of various trans activists and law firms, while claiming he had been struggling with PTSD from his initial placement in a men’s prison.

Monroe, who had convictions on several felonies including second-degree murder, was later accused of raping a female inmate at Logan, sexually harassing female inmates, and threatening staff members.

Though the IDOC attempted to move him back to the men’s estate, Governor Pritzker’s office overruled the decision and allowed him to remain at the women’s prison. Pritzker is known for being an ardent supporter of trans activism, and is the brother of Jennifer Pritzker, a trans-identified male billionaire who frequently funds trans causes.

See here for more on Jennifer Pritzker.

"Taliban sentence woman to stone in Balkh"

"The primary court of the Taliban in Shulgarh district, Balkh province, has issued a sentence of stoning to death of a woman on the charge of extramarital affair."

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— Lily Maynard (@LilyLilyMaynard) August 18, 2024

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Do men who commit adultery get stoned? I think we know the answer to that one.

John Vachon, March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina (vicinity). Filling station on a highway out of town."

[Photo: Shorpy/John Vachon for the Office of War Information]

round, unacknowledged here and unacknowledged by the protestors, are the claims of Islamic and Arabic imperialism – which can never accept a Jewish state on the land decreed to them by Allah.

And let's not talk about Arab "settler-colonialism" across north Africa. Or the current and continuing genocide of black Africans in Sudan….

ly's complaint regarding Badri, who suffered severe spinal cord injuries and remains hospitalized at Valiasr Hospital in Tehran, was heard in a court this week. However, the family remains dissatisfied with the outcome and the judicial process.

Iran International has learned that she underwent another surgery on Wednesday to remove fluid accumulated in her lungs, and her condition remains critical.

According to our sources, the Badri family members have been summoned by intelligence and security agencies, pressured to stay silent, and urged to withdraw their complaint.

Sources revealed that the family, including Badri's sister, is under intense pressure from security agencies to deliver a coerced confession on camera regarding Badri's situation.

The attack on Badri took place when she was stopped at a police checkpoint while returning home with her sister after work in Noor, Mazandaran province.

According to reports and images obtained by Iran International, the police opened fire after stopping the car on a dirt road, striking Badri in the back.

A warrant for the confiscation of Badri's vehicle over an earlier alleged hijab violation led police to open fire from the rear driver's side. Sources told Iran International that Badri was initially taken to a hospital in Noor before being transferred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari. Since then, her family has faced intense pressure from security forces to stay silent about the shooting and her condition….

Prominent Iranian activist and journalist Masih Alinejad denounced the attack on Badri, writing on X that "the morality police shot this woman and paralyzed her over a hijab." Alinejad stressed that "regardless of who is president" in Iran, women continue to suffer for simply showing their hair, urging others to "be her voice."

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz also weighed in, describing the attack on Badri as a reflection of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s “murderous dictatorship,” which he said oppresses citizens and enforces “radical Islam.”

He's not wrong – though, unlike protests against Israel, the streets of London are unlikely any time soon to see protests against Iran, or their Hamas proxies.

The incident is reminiscent of previous cases, such as that of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old who was injured and went into a coma after being attacked by hijab enforcement officers at Tehran's Shohada Metro Station on October 1 of last year. She died on October 27 after 28 days in Fajr Military Hospital.

Similarly, in September 2022, Mahsa Zhina Amini, a 22-year-old woman, fell into a coma after being arrested by Iran’s morality police. Amini was reported dead on September 16 at Kasra Hospital which sparked nationwide protests, leading to the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising.