After Iran's rocket attack on Israel a couple of weeks back, a “lethal, precise, and surprising” response was promised by Israel's defence minister. But so far…nothing. The general assumption is that this is due to US concerns – in particular, warnings that Iran's nuclear installations or oil production facilities must on no account be targeted.…

Up on Hampstead Heath this morning:

In my Sunday post on cousin marriages I assumed that the main reason for the practice being banned across Scandinavia was because of the increased risk of genetic defects. According to this piece from Swedish MP Fredrik Karrholm in the Spectator, there's more to it: The reason for the move is the same in all…

Refugees are a result of both war & treaties, but only in one case have refugee descendants embraced violence to reclaim their great-grandparents’ homes. Below are 10 forgotten instances of catastrophic mass depopulation, where refugees chose a peaceful path despite the pain. pic.twitter.com/PgKKyPYaPz — Adam Fisher (@AdamRFisher) October 14, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full text [the X…

Esther Bubley, September 1943. "Columbus, Ohio. An old model bus, of the type which would ordinarily have been scrapped but is now being rebuilt because of the shortage of buses, parked in Columbus." [Photo: Shorpy/Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information]

Roz Adams, the women who was subjected to a "heresy hunt" at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre for suggesting that a rape victim should know the sex of her counsellor, has finally won her case. From the Telegraph: A woman who was hounded out of a scandal-hit “trans-inclusive” rape crisis centre run by a biological…

On the Lea at Hackney Wick:

Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph: Since Hillary Cass’s report came out in April, full of damning evidence against the medicalised approach of NHS clinics like the Tavistock towards children suffering from gender confusion, many have said the worst is over. Britain is sane again, they say. We have seen off the worst of the pro-trans…

Further to my point wrt Genevieve's Gluck's tweet, where I argue the importance of the top-down gender studies queer theory nonsense coming out of academia in the spread of trans ideology, this from Robert Jessel's review at The Critic of Jennt Lindsay's new book Hounded: Eschewing, though not denying, the simplistic explanation of misogyny, she…

Another grim tale from the Daily NK: In early September, two 15-year-old North Korean boys were sent to a political prison camp for listening to K-pop, according to a source in Jagang province recently. The boys, classmates and friends, were unremarkable students with no notable academic or social records. Their troubles began when they allowed…