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Peace-lovers love using the passive voice

Soon after Hamas attacked Israel, Jeremy Corbyn made a speech. Kyle Orton noticed something odd about it: “young people who died in the Negev desert” “young people who’ve been killed by Israeli forces...

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Lest we remember

In my recent post, “Peace-lovers love using the passive voice”, I asked you to supply particularly egregious examples of media attempts to downplay murders by Hamas and other protected groups. Ben did...

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“Despite police not revealing the suspected knifeman’s identity or motive”

“Violence in Dublin after five hurt in knife attack” reports the BBC: There are violent scenes in Dublin after an earlier knife attack in the city centre in which five people were injured It is not...

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What Tommy Robinson thinks

Tommy Robinson. EDL. English Defence League. Racists. Racism. Racist. Case closed, yes? A few years ago at a loose end – in full knowledge that the above was true – I was browsing YouTube and I came...

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Why the upsurge in Jew hatred and support for the Hamas terrorists?

Douglas Young has views on the remarkable toxic upsurge in Jew hatred A lot of folks are shocked and mystified by all the recent open displays of hatred and even violence toward Jews on many elite...

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The endless fecundity of US higher education

In the face of the endless garbage being churned out in US higher education, and the plight of Jewish students, it is good to know that new structures are taking shape: Most university departments,...

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No evidence will ever be enough for those determined not to believe

I was relieved to see this article by Gaby Hinsliff in the Guardian: “Whatever your view of the Israel-Hamas war, rape is rape. To trivialise it is to diminish ourselves”. At least some on the Left...

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Why you can be a free speech absolutist and still think the presidents of...

David Burge explains all: Fun facts: (A) calling for genocide against Jews, if not delivered to incite a mob to violence, is 100% Constitutionally protected speech- only in the sense it can't be...

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Jeremy Corbyn meets some new friends

JEREMY CORBYN MEETS KNEECAP Last week, @jeremycorbyn sat down with @KNEECAPCEOL for a quick chat about their music and the importance of artists to speaking up for Palestine. #MusicForACeasefire Just...

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The way the new world functions

In a Telegraph article ostensibly about the pro-Hamas protests, Jordan Peterson describes the emerging new system: If you are successful, in any guise, by any standards of comparison whatsoever, then...

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Scottish people pay taxes so that an Iranian-linked mosque can get £372k for...

The Times reports, A mosque which has been linked to the Iranian state received £372,000 from the Scottish government. Exiled dissidents claim the Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre of Glasgow has become an...

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Sad about all those people killed in the Lockerbie air disaster. I guess the...

On the 35th anniversary of the Lockerbie air disaster, First Minister @HumzaYousaf has expressed sympathies to those who lost loved ones on board Pan Am Flight 103 and on the ground. He also paid...

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Non-sarcastically, why am I so sure that this image is generated by AI?

The awkward moment when you take pride in destroying civilian infrastructure and killing 21 thousand people, 70% of which are women and children pic.twitter.com/0EYA7U9ctQ — Double Down News...

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Samizdata quote of the day – sage geopolitical wisdom edition

Why we can’t leave the Houthi’s to shoot at us in peace is completely beyond me. – the indispensable Zarah Bukake MP echoing nice Mr. Corbyn.

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Meme of the month… Gazalighting

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Samizdata quote of the day – Where’s the anger?

There have been numerous foiled attacks on politicians, too. Just weeks after the Westminster Bridge horror, Khalid Ali, a Taliban bombmaker, was tackled by armed police near Downing Street. He was...

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