Author: Mick Hartley

A grim tale from the Daily NK, showing the lengths they go to in North Korea to catch and punish anyone who dares to watch a South Korean video:

In early February 2023, a young woman knelt in a cell at a police station in Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, her hands cuffed through the iron bars. The detainee was Jeong-im (a pseudonym), a student at a teacher training college in Haeju.

Jeong-im had been picked up by police after a friend-turned-informant had snitched on her, lured by the promise of officials not to prosecute her if she confessed and turned in a friend.

As more people watch and share foreign videos, North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping crackdown on the practice, using harsh disciplinary measures to instill fear….

Jeong-im, who majored in music in college, had been giving dance and singing lessons to children after class to pay for her living expenses and tuition. She was so good at singing, dancing, and playing the accordion that she was much sought after by parents of school-age children.

But then her university announced that for one month, anyone who admitted to watching, purchasing, or distributing foreign videos would be completely forgiven. The announcement prompted several students to admit to watching foreign videos, including Jeong-im’s friend.

When the friend admitted to watching videos of South Korean singing and dancing, she was pressured to name someone else, and she ended up naming Jeong-im. As a result, the music student was arrested by the police and found herself in a terrible situation.

Jeong-im’s fate was sealed when her friend-turned-informant told the police that Jeong-im was the most popular singing and dancing private tutor in Haeju and that she secretly watched South Korean videos to improve her skills. The friend said that she had only watched South Korean videos with Jeong-im twice, but that Jeong-im seemed to watch them regularly.

When Jeong-im was brought in by the police, she admitted that she had watched South Korean videos with her friend-turned-informant twice, but insisted that she did not watch them regularly and did not use them to improve her skills.

However, the police investigators did not believe Jeong-im. Instead, they forced her to stand in the cell with her hands cuffed through the bars for five days in a row, without giving her a drink of water or even a grain of corn to eat, while pressuring her to confess to her crimes.

The frustration and injustice of it all wore Jeong-im down until late one night, while everyone was asleep, she bit off her own tongue. The prison guards found her unconscious and rushed her to the hospital, which caused an uproar at the Haeju police station.

Fortunately, Jeong-im regained consciousness at the hospital. When a police investigator asked her why she had mutilated herself, Jeong-im wrote on a piece of paper, “I thought it was pointless to speak if they would continue to harass me and ignore me even if I told the truth.”

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appears to have begun after Robert began identifying as a “lesbian woman” sometime in 2020.

Instagram posts made by Robert via his photography business use hashtags such as #lesbianpride, #transpride, #transgirl, and #savetranskids. Robert also appears to have produced and sold stickers and merchandise featuring the slogan “protect trans kids.” In some photos, his son is seen wearing a shirt reading “I Love My Two Mommies.”…

In February of 2023, Robert penned a blog entry about the importance of exposing children to “LGBTQ+ issues and transgender rights” from an early age.

“As caregivers, it’s our responsibility to provide a safe and inclusive environment for our children, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. By exposing them to diverse perspectives and experiences, we can help them understand and appreciate the unique struggles that people from different communities face,” Robert wrote.

And you don't get much more of a diverse perspective or unique struggle than growing up in a house full of shit.

ttens before filming the murder of a human.

That was the Independent report a week and a half ago.

Now, from the Oxford Mail:

Scarlet Blake, now 26, is on trial at Oxford Crown Court charged with the murder of Jorge Carreno.

She is accused of allegedly strangling the 30-year-old Spanish man at Parsons Pleasure in the early hours of July 25, 2021 before pushing him in the water….

However, the prosecution's case showed messages between Blake and an ex-partner called Ashlynn Bell where she said she wanted to kill her parents.

They read: "I would murder my mum for you…I also want to kill my dad one day…maybe when they are old I can just put a respirator with pure nitrogen on their faces while they sleep."

When giving evidence on Monday (February 19), Blake explained the messages were a metaphor, expressing her hurt after her parents didn't immediantely accept her as transgender.

Aha! Now, at last, we get it. Scarlet Blake is a man. And he killed, possibly, because he's trans and messed up about it. But always always "she" in the report.

The BBC too, of course:

A woman accused of killing a man pretended to enjoy torturing and killing a cat to impress an internet girlfriend, a court has heard.

Jorge Carreno, 30, was pulled from the River Cherwell at Parson's Pleasure, Oxford, in July 2021.

Scarlet Blake, 25, is accused of targeting him after he spent a night out with work colleagues.

Oxford Crown Court has heard she livestreamed the torturing and killing of a cat months before.

Ms Blake, of Crotch Crescent [!], Oxford, denies murder.

Ms Blake, who is a trans woman, has started giving evidence and told the jury about an online relationship that developed with Ashlynn Bell, another trans woman, in the US.

In one message to her, Ms Blake wrote: "I'm a borderline psychopath, I love death lol."

The "trans" is dropped in as though it's some minor detail: Ms Blake, who is a trans woman; Ms Blake, who is a redhead; Ms Blake, who is left-handed. It's not some minor detail – it's clearly central to the whole wretched saga. This is not a woman, and this is not a woman's crime.

Some honest reporting would be nice….

She doesn't even bother with "Zionists". Straight to the chase…

I'm guessing North Yorkshire councillor Pat Marsh has strayed from official @LibDems policy when she says Jews are "evil", "vile", "horrendous", "a disgrace to the world" and claims "Israel owns the USA". It looks like #antisemitism to me. Perhaps the @YandHLibDems could advise? pic.twitter.com/wGCsZuA44x

— Steve Cooke (@Steve_Cooke) February 18, 2024

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A footnote to the trans milk affair, now featured in today's Times:

Little research has been done on the transference of high doses of these drugs to babies through milk.

Inducing lactation may not be successful for every transgender woman, and the amount of milk produced can vary widely. Very few transgender women manage to exclusively feed a baby with their milk alone and must supplement with formula, but say the experience is worth it nonetheless.

A paper in the Journal of Human Lactation earlier stated that: “For transgender women … on oestrogen-based, gender-affirming hormone therapy, the ability to nourish their infants through production of their own milk may be a profoundly gender-affirming experience.”

Little research on the effect on babies of this cocktail of drugs, but for the autogynephilic men "the experience is worth it nonetheless", and it "may be a profoundly gender-affirming experience". That's the story, in a nutshell.

der ideology are less scientific than metaphysical. So don’t expect scientific evidence that contradicts its prescriptions to have much impact on trans advocates. Even if “following the science” would make a real difference to suicide risk in gender-dysphoric youth.

A surprising Saudi interview with the widow of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. She has nothing good to say about him, or about ISIS. "The Islamic State turned into a "women" state, with regard to taking slave girls as a matter of faith."

State Rep Emily Alvarado (D-Seattle) introduced what critics rightly call the “Hamas amendment” to legislation mandating Holocaust education in public schools.

She argued that essentially providing the Hamas perspective that Israel commits genocide, is more “inclusive.”… pic.twitter.com/2EQDmiwGCq

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) February 12, 2024

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More here:

A bipartisan bill on Holocaust and genocide education in Washington state has had a “Hamas amendment” slapped on it by State House Democrats that would guarantee that antisemitic and pro-Hamas talking points are taught to public school children.

[h/t Dom in the comments]

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Nigel Henderson previously, in the East End.