In which I seek punk rock communion with the palm trees
Trump wants to look at our cell phones, so I decided to help him out
Trump administration officials are discussing the possibility of asking foreign visitors to disclose all websites and social media sites they visit, and to share the contacts in their cell phones. If the foreign visitor declines to share such information, he or she could be denied entry.
To save him a lot of trouble, here’s me directly contacting the sexist, racist, fascist groper this morning, using aforementioned cellular device. SAD!
Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting, NOW. Look what is happening all over Europe and, indeed, the world – a horrible mess!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
Fuck off, racist. https://t.co/TTj7Rb53LB
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 29, 2017
The global mood, in one picture
Jesus was a refugee
In the past year or so, in this space, nothing has enraged the so-called “Christian Right” more than my suggestion that Jesus Christ was a refugee.
It rendered them apoplectic. It enraged them. Some days, I spent lots of time blocking these “Christian” trolls who would go on to vote for Trump.
Trump, who is the closest thing we’ve had to an anti-Christ in my lifetime. Trump, who is the literal antithesis of Christian philosophy.
Anyway. After the week we had – and this being a Sunday – I want to reassert that view. Namely: Jesus of Nazareth was truly a refugee.
The unstoppable force of refugees fleeing to Europe has in various places hit the immovable object of an attitude that there is no room at the inn. Spaces are filled. Migrants should be kept out, in order to preserve jobs, health and welfare services. In an environment of austerity, where economic cuts have hit people hard, this cold-heartedness in part derives from a deep sense of insecurity.
At this time it is worth remembering that Jesus of Nazareth is in the Bible presented exactly as one that would be rejected by such European countries: a refugee child.
The reason these “Christians” so vehemently oppose the notion that Christ was a refugee?
Because they’re not really Christians.
For those who despise Trump and need to say it out loud, we give you this
Judge me by my enemies
Oh, look. Inmate 18330-424 is heard from. #cdnpoli #uspoli https://t.co/liF9XtHrOr
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 28, 2017
It is ever gratifying to receive such high praise from so petulant an exemplar of the uppity, sniveling Canadian left. Keep punching, Warren https://t.co/h4shOPfLh9
— Conrad Black (@ConradMBlack) January 28, 2017
War
…is coming: that’s still an opinion. But Trump’s nation will be fully alone when it is waged: that’s not opinion – that’ll be the fact.
Full story here.
China military official says war with US under Donald Trump ‘becoming practical reality’
War with the US under Donald Trump is “not just a slogan” and becoming a “practical reality”, a senior Chinese military official has said.
The remarks were published on the People’s Liberation Army website, apparently in response to the aggressive rhetoric towards China from America’s new administration.
They communicated a view from inside the Central Military Commission, which has overall authority of China’s armed forces.