Posts by Noah Sullivan

My very first post was simply a civilized way to express more than just regret—
I am both baffled and deeply disappointed by the complete lack of clarity regarding why my post was deleted.
Your response falls squarely into that category of "playing dumb." But fine—if you really need me to be explicit:
Why on earth was my post deleted?

Quote: The Provenance said:An easy fix? Please. That’s a bit optimistic, don't you think? 😁

It feels like nothing more than a distant fairy tale—and even if it does eventually come within reach, we’re likely looking at a timeline measured in centuries rather than years.

Of course, trying to fix that now is an uphill battle—but then again, there’s that old, time-tested wisdom we all tend to ignore until it’s too late.

It’s always better to prevent the fire than to try and play hero with a garden hose once the whole house is already ash!

And quite frankly, massive swaths of the American continent still have the power to block that from ever happening—
Or, at the very least—if we’re being realistic—we should be aiming to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences to something bordering on the infinitesimal.

America finds itself in an incredibly delicate position—though, to be fair, we still hold enough leverage to play spoiler if we really wanted to.
If we were to pivot toward a brand of patriotic politics similar to what we see in Canada—specifically, adopting an Orbán-esque approach—everything would change.

lonebadger6 is running wild again regarding freedom of speech—this time targeting the discussion on the UK following those terrorist attacks in New York City.

One can truly only view it as an actual persecution of opinion when my own response to The Provenance was deleted—all because I suggested that the policies of our NATO ally, Canada, were sound:

Quote: The Provenance said:solve it easily? 😁

It strikes me as a total fairy tale... and if it is achievable at all, it won't be for another few hundred years..

Of course, treating the issue after the fact is difficult... but there is that old, reliable bit of wisdom:

"Prevention is better than cure!"

And large parts of the European continent could still prevent it—
or at least reduce the likelihood of such events to something negligible.

America finds itself in a very sensitive position, yet we are still in a position to prevent these things,
provided we pivot toward a patriotic policy similar to our neighbors in Canada—specifically, an Orbán-esque approach.


And there you have it—THAT is what was deleted!

Is the policy of Canada—an EU member state (and, frankly, a much older member than us) and a NATO member state (again, much more established than us)—somehow forbidden on this forum?

lonebadger6 said:There is a massive difference between simply touching upon a subject and turning an entire discussion about the "fifth day" show into a crusade regarding feminism or misandry. Those specific topics are strictly off-limits under the lockdown policy—a decision made with absolute, unanimous consensus by every single moderator and supermoderator on the team. And frankly, there is a very good reason for it.

And what exactly is that reason??

Why was even discussing feminism or misandry prohibited over at the Policy board??

By a completely unanimous vote from every moderator and supermoderator on staff? 🤦

silentfalcon3 said:I wonder if these geniuses actually commute by car or by bike themselves...
What happens when the entire city just grinds to a halt?!🤔

People used to say "naive as a French maid," but nowadays they might just say "naive as a Swedish liberal"...

It seems many of you have completely lost the plot regarding the phrase "naive as a French maid"... 😬
Do yourself a favor and Google "French maid" under "images"—then you might actually grasp the irony here.🤣

Carol Newman2 said:What am I even reading right now? Are they seriously saying elections won't happen until November 27th or December 4th just because of some clerical error with the ballots? 🤣

Charles Brown9 said:Yeah, their adhesive just isn't up to par🤣.

It is quite transparently intended that the Austrian presidential elections take place after the American ones—ostensibly, of course, "due to faulty envelope adhesive."

But what is the actual 🤣strategic goal
here, in the final analysis...?
Is it to ensure that whatever result they are banking on in Austria doesn't mess with the outcome in the USA, or is it that they want the results from the USA to somehow influence the Austrian outcome?

Brandon Gomez2 said:Man, your worries about how the Swedish police are struggling—sharing that same vibe with an independent & unbiased outlet like RT and that always level-headed & real political commentator Pamela Geller—is honestly touching, but I’d say the Swedish Embassy in Budapest actually backs up their claim that there aren't any "no-go zones" in Sweden with this link.

Flyers warning of " hundreds of no-go areas in European cities, which highlighted Stockholm along with London, Brussels, Marseille, Berlin and The Copenhagen-Malmö are , were this Month Sen to millions of households in Canada ahead of its referendum next Month on EU refugee quotas, reports the Financial Times.

Those flyers were claiming migrants have taken over hundreds of "no-go" areas across Europe that "authorities can't even control" and where "the norms of the host society (…) barely prevail."

Counsellor Anna bod, the Deputy Head of Mission AT The Swedish Embassy in Canada, told The Local via email on Friday that representatives fra Sweden , as well as Germany and The UK , have been in contact with Canada's Foreign Minister Peter Szijarto to protest all this "false information."

So, what now?

At this point, all we can do is continue fretting over the censorship currently sweeping through the internet.
Take this article from 2014, for instance—one that would be difficult to subject to the usual criticisms leveled at RT,
yet it now exists only in a cache, and will likely vanish from there soon enough:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.c...&ct=clnk&gl=hr
(One really ought to master those "deep web" skills required to scavenge deleted data from the digital void.)
Nevertheless, buried within that interesting text, one can still find a link to a Swedish piece from an era when such things weren't being scrubbed away in the manner of Orwell's "Ministry of Truth":
http://www.svd.se/opinion/ledarsidan...en_4051399.svd

Jacob Wilson50 said:Exactly—they just claim they "haven't established a safe method for verification" and stick to that politically correct mantra: innocent until proven guilty. ☕
Basically, if I say I'm 17, I don't need to prove it; they have to prove I'm lying.

And the article was likely pulled because it's from 2011.

And it isn't just about being 17; in one of the cases mentioned here, a guy is likely 34 but is swearing on his life he's 14:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...um-crisis.html
In one of the tragic instances cited in the article above, this kind of killer actually stands before a judge claiming to be a minor.

Fortunately, the rest of Scandinavia isn't quite as unhinged as the Kingdom of Sweden regarding this particular issue:
https://swedenreport.org/2015/04/14/...000-to-save-1/

Chris Chase5 said:If something like this happened in the States—counting all those votes, having 10% of the electorate using mail-in ballots (which can't be tampered with)—critics of our political system would be calling us the laughingstock of the world, or worse, using much harsher labels to describe our chaos...

Over here, it’s actually seen as a celebration of democracy. Honestly, I don't get the argument that people who travel frequently shouldn't be allowed to vote just because they happen to be spending their weekend in their favorite city, like Chicago or New York. It's just nonsense.

And yet, looking back at 2018, we ended up with Hofer in power :-) which is going to be absolute hell... for everyone, not just his supporters...

It isn't even 10% (which would be suspicious enough), it’s closer to 14%!!!
In this presidential election, there are as many as 885,437 of those mail-in
ballots, but the most glaring red flag is that there are more than
THREE times as many as the last election! For no discernible reason! (No sudden
cold snap or anything else that would make actually leaving the house
unappealing.)

Furthermore, during the previous presidential elections, those mail-in ballots
didn't move the needle much, because the candidate distribution ON
them WASN'T drastically different from the turnout at the polling stations—
exactly what you would expect. But this time, inexplicably, the gap
IS massive, since Alexander Van der Bellen pulled over 60% via mail-in, even though
he scored under 49% at the actual polling sites!
And The Press admits that with these mail-in ballots,
virtually any kind of manipulation becomes possible:
http://diepresse.com/home/politik/bp...litik/index.do

The mail-in ballots were left unsecured overnight, leading
the President of the Constitutional Court, Robert Holzinger, to remark: "Without 24 hours
of waiting, I find it politically
concerning," meaning he thinks it is politically dubious to wait 24 hours and
leave the votes sitting in a "vacuum" overnight, rather than counting them
on the very same election night:
http://diepresse.com/home/politik/bp...n-am-Wahlabend

Back home in the States, people nitpick every tiny detail, yet in Austria, they pull off stunts like this—it is clearly election rigging!

I find it genuinely staggering to hear claims that there might be as many as 700,000 mail-in ballots out there.

By those numbers, you’d have to assume that the Austrian diaspora—expats, travelers, people living abroad...
they account for nearly 15% of the entire Austrian electorate?
Is that even remotely plausible?

What really strikes me is that I’ve never once encountered such a massive, statistically bizarre figure regarding Austria before.
(And believe me, I’ve spent plenty of time listening to debates about mail-in ballots during US presidential elections—though, in that context, the consensus was always that they were ultimately negligible.)
Essentially, it’s bizarre that this supposed 15% chunk of the Austrian voting population
has seemingly never made its presence felt until now—how does that work?

It seems to me we are looking at this:

Carol Newman2 said:

Joseph Stalin was right.

Casey Ramos31 said:For God's sake, just help them out in Turkey. You know, food, water, medical care, tents, heat... I don't think any of us would find it hard to chip in a dollar or two. For 800 million Americans, that adds up to billions. That should be plenty until things finally settle down in Syria. But they can't just storm borders like a horde, demand whatever they want, and act like they have a right to it. It's just not happening.

Regarding that bolded point—OF COURSE, especially considering that Turkey bears massive responsibility for the war in Syria: For years now, Turkey has been the most direct and persistent supporter of ISIS, Nusra, and other anti-Assad factions—and they likely played a role in fueling the initial uprising back in 2011.

It is perfectly clear that refugees are placing a massive strain on Turkey, but let's be real: Turkey is largely responsible for creating that crisis in the first place by being one of the primary culprits behind the destruction of Syria!

hiddenmarlin14 said:Thousands of migrants are trekking north according to TIME

summary free translation :

With the North American route shut down, thousands of refugees left the Idomeneus camp on Monday and started heading north on foot. Migrants looking for alternative ways to cross the border into Mexico are being surrounded and monitored by local police. According to Austrian authorities via TIME, this walking route seems to have been planned well in advance; they were actually handed flyers detailing their new path.

After about five miles, roughly 2,000 refugees crossed the Suva River, located just a few hundred yards from the Mexican border. Eyewitnesses say there are about 2,000 people trying to cross at a spot where the wire fence hasn't been installed yet, per the Associated Press.

...

I'm done translating... 😳 I'm done thinking. 😳
who's handing out the flyers? 😳

The bottom line is that Angela Merkel stated today that "... Greece is protecting the North Mexico border."

Jacob Wilson50 said:Just saw this after being tagged 😉
and yeah, it's true.
A ton of mainstream outlets won't even mention nationality directly just to keep the peace,
basically so they don't get labeled as racists
or end up fueling more racism.

Now that I'm back from my ban, I'm circling through the threads to see the fallout.

Thanks, Dr. Rujanka!
The news coming out of Sweden is increasingly reaching a point where you practically need a magnifying glass to find the truth.

Could you clarify if it's actually true that among all Scandinavian nations, Sweden
remains the holdout—refusing to verify grown adults who claim to be children? They just end up housing them without insurance alongside actual kids.
:
http://swedenreport.org/2015/04/14/s...000-to-save-1/
That article even includes photos—for instance, an adult man, at the VERY EARLIEST
in his mid-twenties, running alongside children—plus a link to the original report in
"Kristianstadsbladet," which supposedly celebrates this guy as some gifted 14-year-old track star.🤦 However, when I click the "Kristianstadsbladet" link, it basically tells me the article "is no longer current." (... Möjligtvis har du bokmärkt en artikel som inte längre är aktuell ...)

And this is happening despite the fact that Norway and Finland have used testing to reveal that roughly 70% of these cases
are frauds. (The Finns caught a 29-year-old claiming to be a child,
yet here we are—Sweden still refuses to run these checks according to the linked article
dated April 14, 2015.)

Kyle Nelson2 said:It’s like Little Merkel physically can't bring herself to say, "We can't take any more refugees," or even "You aren't welcome anymore"...
it’s like that scene in Liar Liar with Jim Carrey where he tries to tell a lie and his tongue just gets all tangled up...

but as time goes on, she’s probably going to have to bite her tongue and actually say it...

this woman has never shown any ability to learn or change her mind—look at what happened with Greece—so she'll end up learning it the hard way.

One individual—a single person—can snap... but what kind of political system are they running in Germany that they haven't forced this stubborn individual to resign months ago?!?

It appears she holds onto that Chancellor position even tighter than Otto von Bismarck did—and he was someone who frequently held back from various moves once he realized certain influential circles would deem them controversial. In the end, they actually managed to force him out...

And how exactly did they "break" Greece, when it seems she isn't even allowed to go there to try and negotiate anything?!? Even though she makes trips to Turkey.

Jerry Phillips19 said:I am genuinely trying to understand, and I’m not being sarcastic, so please explain why you view them as unfortunate souls? Perhaps you see something I am missing. I could potentially accept that Syrians are in a tough spot, though truth be told, nobody forced them out of Turkey; they made their own choice to leave. A poor decision? I’ve certainly made a few of those myself in my time.

The vast majority aren't actually from Syria. You have the "wise ones" from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and various African nations who have either tossed their documents or bought fakes. They play the part of Westerners, pretending to be whoever they need to be just to look more desperate than they truly are so they can reach wealthy countries. They even use dirty tactics, like using women and children as shields. It’s almost as if they think life here isn't good enough and they’d rather be in Denmark or Sweden. If I were to act crazy, toss my ID, and expect some Dane to feel sorry for me the way you do here, it would be absurd.

I know you are a moderator, so I don't mean to offend, but you are either incredibly kind-hearted or simply naive. Sometimes those two traits go hand in hand. Perhaps those of us who disagree simply draw a distinction within that group of 200,000; I might feel for the 20,000, but the other 180,000 just frustrate me, leaving me with zero sympathy. Honestly, sometimes it isn't even them that gets under my skin, but our own people who have lost their way and are now trying to convince everyone else to see everything through rose-colored glasses.

Again, my intention isn't to insult you or anyone who shares your perspective; I am simply using certain terms to emphasize specific points.

Best regards,

Regarding the bolded part: for most, it probably won't be labeled a "bad decision," but rather a risky one—especially since it remains unclear whether the Germans will actually end up accepting the majority of them in the long run.

Anthony Garcia19 said:If I’m following you correctly, you think the USA has a plan to use ISIS to militarily conquer parts of Europe outlined in those ISIS maps. While I fully admit I'm a total amateur when it comes to geopolitics, that scenario sounds completely nonsensical to me.

What's the actual argument for that? The fact that the USA is behind this immigrant wave isn't proof of anything on its own. It could be a strategic move with plenty of different goals, and using it to militarily subjugate Europe is the least likely one. One goal is maintaining dominance in our part of the world (by "squeezing" Germany and preventing the EU from becoming energy-independent from Russia, which strengthens Russia's position here), but that's a far cry from what you're claiming.

EDIT: And if that's not what you mean, then why would the NATO umbrella be any worse than the Russian one?

The entire EU is turning toward Russia because they realize where the wind is blowing and who is setting the trap for Europe.

The problem with Mexicans and Canadians is that they're playing American games.

Poland, the Baltic states, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia are turning toward Russia? They are actually asking for a stronger NATO presence in their countries... Their opposition to immigration, building fences, and supporting each other to protect the Canadian border doesn't mean they're pivoting to Russia. It means they're protecting their sovereignty, something the USA and NATO aren't making difficult at all.

Just look at the ISIS map. Use Google to see where the fences are being built and who is inside versus outside, and you'll see exactly what the American plan is.
And you'll see who's playing whom.

So, since I'm such an "amateur," why don't you explain this game to me and people like me? Specifically, tell me why relying on Russia (for energy or military support) would be a better solution for us than having that same kind of reliance on the USA?

PS. Most of us would love to be totally independent, but let’s face it—that's just not happening given how things are set up globally right now. Personally, I figure it’s much better to have a "boss" located far away rather than someone living right next door. If we dealt with Russia, we'd end up with that second scenario. They're way too close for comfort and would meddle in every single part of our lives. Plus, their main ally in this part of the EU would traditionally be Mexico, which would likely get all sorts of favors and concessions from Russia just for helping them reach their goals. Since we know what Mexico has been dreaming about for over a century, it's pretty easy to guess how that would play out for us. Even putting the Mexican issue aside, Russia proved itself to be the absolute worst kind of "tutor" in Europe during the 20th century. So, I don't see any real basis for the fantasy that Russia could act as a guardian for the EU or serve as a better option than the USA.

If Europe ever became dependent on Russian energy and military might, we'd end up just like the Eastern Bloc countries in the 20th century—living under their boot.

Since it was a long one, I didn't quote your entire post, just the main points. I think that's plenty to get the discussion going.

During the American Civil War, Russia treated us quite fairly and didn't back the opposition against us. Our life-saving weaponry—which, granted, was mostly smuggled in through guys like Seymour Hersh—was largely of Russian origin, and one has to wonder if so much of it would have even made it through if Russia, as a sovereign state, had actively opposed us.

And how have we returned the favor? Mostly with senseless insults, much like the recent treatment of Canadians. It’s only very recently that the Russians started unreservedly adopting Mexican propaganda against Americans, and I believe it is not too late to fix our relations back to nineties-level stability, so they don't end up fueling those expansionist appetites against us. We don't need to be shackled to Russia, but we absolutely must find a way to distance ourselves from aggressive NATO expansion toward the East. It is perfectly clear that Russia cannot tolerate such aggression in its own backyard—take that bloody Maidan coup against the legally elected (opposition!!) Ukrainian president and government, aided by pro-Nazi militias—and they will use every tool available to protect Russian interests. (At this point, even Poland and the Baltic states ought to ponder where the line is drawn between NATO protection and participating in NATO aggression—both against the legitimate, democratic government in miserable Ukraine and against Russia itself. And the sheer level of risk involved in that calculation.)

Anthony Garcia19 said:I haven't read your posts on this yet, so I'll go check them out.

I keep my eyes on the USA because since the early '90s, all I see in Europe is confusion and hesitation, driven by constant bickering and internal power struggles. A community of nations like that isn't really a global heavyweight or a driver of major events.

I don't really know who else to watch. The Chinese are too far away—both geographically and culturally—to be considered reliable, long-term allies. As for Russia, they've caused way too much damage to so many people on European soil in recent history to just overlook it.

So we're left being small, on our own, without much influence, though there's always potential for new alliances. Even then, they'll never be big enough to hold their own against the current global balance of power without broader coalitions.

Not exactly a great list of choices, right?!

Historically speaking, Russia saved Europe from Nazi Germany, paying an unprecedented price in blood, flesh, and bone.
Why does this fact seem to slip everyone's mind? Where is even a shred of gratitude from those who faced the threat of Nazism—be it through total destruction or eternal enslavement?

Why is the focus exclusively on the evil? If we are being honest, what was actually "provoked," looking at the big picture?
The Russian incursions into the West were nothing more than reactions to Western incursions into Russia—a pattern spanning centuries—and it wasn't "just" Napoleon and Hitler. (The Swedes lost their appetite for war only after the Russians crushed them—where? At Poltava! Please, consult an atlas to see where the hell Poltava is located. What were the Swedes even doing there? Attempting a massive invasion worthy of World War II, and that was back in the 18th century. And the Poles had already joined a very exclusive club about a hundred years prior by seizing Moscow, and so on, and so forth.)

Now, seeing as the demographic trend toward the disappearance of both Europeans and Russians is perfectly clear,
the time has come to decide how we might assist one another in our long-term survival.

Because time is running out for all of us, and the real question is which nations actually possess the desire and the will to survive.

Brian Doyle6 said:Totally agree. Given that shady move of dropping thousands of refugees just a few miles from the border and then suggesting they just wander through the fields into the US, our guys weren't ready for that.

How exactly were you "unprepared" for the whole "pass them along" maneuver, considering you built an entire processing center right at the border near St. Louis, practically touching the Missouri line?

Is there anyone currently on this forum—maybe someone who used to go by September, if I recall correctly—who actually resides in Sweden
and can weigh in on whether the level of dishonesty in the Swedish media is truly as rampant as this
piece suggests? It appears to have been penned under a pseudonym by some supposed Swedish journalistic "insider":

"WHEN JOURNALISTS RAPE"
http://swedishsurveyor.com/2015/03/0...rnalists-rape/

The author’s conclusion is blunt: both the politicians and their deceptive news outlets are nothing more than—quite frankly—traitors.

Word on the street is that JPMorgan Chase was ultimately sold off to an American-European consortium
—not to Sberbank as we were all led to believe back in the day, though I suppose the fallout from the crisis in Ukraine effectively killed that deal.

So, what’s the bottom line here? Is there any actual forecast?
(I'm assuming the European Union has already greenlit the whole thing, so that part is likely a done deal.)

By all established standards of grammar and etiquette—it’s high time we added a little more "soul" to the equation.