the new controversial movie that is banned in some places (So Elon let it be put on X) is a modern day imitation of Charles Bronson's Death Wish movie.
No, I didn't watch it nor will I watch it in the future because it is violence porn.
So will it encourage right wing nutcases to do the same thing in Europe and in the USA?
Probably: copycat crimes are a known public health problem:
Yet the recent rape gang report in the UK suggests it was covered up, and there are anecdotes that similar crimes are not punished in Europe. So this film will encourage vigilante justice and suggests the use of weapons for self defense might become more common
But no one wants to admit this is already happening: But by the left, and its shocktroops of Antifa.
We read about left wing folk on line spouting non stop hatred of working class folk who are called MAGA, or who are justifying murder and making heroes out of those who murder for political reasons.
one does hope that payback murders against criminals and crooked politicians in the USA and Europe doesn't reach the point of what happens here in the Philippines.
sigh.
I remember the African Proverb that warns: Even a small snake has a fang.
There is a need to spread peace, but alas pacifism always suggests normies need to be peaceful but rarely points out the crimes that they are angry about because the pacifists always underestimate the depth of evil.
Thousands of migrants are fleeing South Africa amid xenophobic violence and ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests on June 30. Malawi, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, and Mozambique are repatriating citizens following the events, with many camping outside consular offices. pic.twitter.com/ktO5T7gMGt
So it's not just some in the USA trying to get rid of migrants who flood their country, don't assimilate, steal the jobs of locals, and often resort to crime to live. It is also happening in parts of Europe.
Myself, I oppose sending people back to places like Haiti which is still in chaos, and now Venezuela has had an earthquake, so would you send people there? Regan had the right idea: Those with jobs and assimilated should get an amnesty.
However, the Somalis who defrauded the government via NGO type stuff, and drug gangs, no problem. Throw them out or put them in jail.
Assimilation is a big problem, and in the USA it has been a problem, and local xenophobia against those from a different culture is not a new thing: The Knownothing riots of the 1844 for example was against the Irish Catholics, who were poor and uneducated fleeing the Irish Famine, but their presence exacerbated the anti Catholic prejudices inherited from England. This prejudice was still around when JFK ran for president and he had to point out that he would not push Catholic law into US law, because he would take the oath to defend the constitution: something that ordinary Muslims might want to tell the loudmouths pushing Sharia law into the USA to learn this lesson because their statements about making this into US law is making those of that religion unpopular in some areas.
Most Yanks reading about this (in AlJ, since I doubt the US MSM even knows that it isn't just white Boer farmers fleeing that country) don't realize that South Africa has a problem with African refugees too.
The original inspiration was the treatment of black South Africans under apartheid, but the short film was made to satirize the negative attitudes of South Africans to the refugees.
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so remember this film the next time Steven Spielberg and others tell you that the people from outer space just want to help you and are superior.
The refugees in District 9 are slaves who revolted against their masters, and fled to earth. But hey, it could have been worse (/s)
the fact that Lancet quickly published an article denying covid came from the lab that was written by Ecohealth's leader withoug telling those reading it that Ecohealth had money links to the covid virus being experimented on in Wuhan lab
Not to mention the coverup of possible treatments, which if given early (not when you went into ICU) could have lessened the problem.
Lotus Eaters podcast discuss how the UK press distorted the story of a school girl who carried an ax to protect herself and her sister.
a good reporter would have gone into the neighborhood and maybe to the school to see if similar sexual harassment or worse happened to their preteen girls. But no, instead the press backed the government propaganda.
two reasons I posted this:
One: it shows how press bias happened, and it suggests why the press ignored the grooming gangs for the last 40 years
Two: It shows the importance of Twitter in exposing grass roots news stories at a time when the mainstream press is failing their job in exploring the truth.
And suggests the UK aim to stop the internet access is more about controlling the news than about protecting the children
It is an open secret that illegal migrant women and children are in danger of being sexually assaulted when they travel to the USA.
Unlike European migrants, who tend to be fleeing the wars of the Middle East and include a lot of military age men, in the US, women often migrate because Hispanic culture allows women to be independent, and there are a lot of jobs in the USA for them (factories, nannies, caregivers).
But women and children are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
I am too lazy to look up all the details, so I asked Grok about human trafficking in the US and to migrants entering the USA
Scale of the ProblemReliable exact numbers are difficult due to severe underreporting (victims fear retaliation, deportation, stigma, or lack access to authorities). However, multiple sources report high prevalence:Amnesty International (2010): Up to 60% of women and girls migrating through Mexico may experience sexual assault. link
NBC NEWS LINKState Dept LInk
Other estimates: UN and NGOs have cited figures around 70% for women traveling without family protection. Some reports on Central American women/girls reaching ~80%.
A study on Central American migrants found 1 in 4 women experienced sexual violence (mostly rape), far higher than for Mexican women or men.
How Human Traffickers/Smugglers Are InvolvedSmuggling vs. Trafficking overlap: Many migrants voluntarily pay smugglers ("coyotes"), but coercion frequently turns it into trafficking. Smugglers use debt bondage, threats, family extortion, and violence to control groups. Rape serves as "payment," intimidation, or control.
Common tactics: Kidnapping in stash houses, gang rape (sometimes in front of families), forced prostitution, or repeated assault during transit. Women may take birth control preemptively knowing the risk.
Perpetrators: Cartels, smugglers, gangs, corrupt officials, and sometimes other migrants. In labor trafficking cases involving Latin American migrants, sexual violence occurs in ~20% of documented instances.
Post-arrival: Some face further exploitation (sex or labor trafficking) inside the US, but the journey itself is the highest-risk phase.
Context and Broader DataMigrants from Central America (Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador), Venezuela, and Mexico are heavily affected. Unaccompanied minors and women traveling alone are most vulnerable.
Cartels and criminal groups profit from both smuggling and extortion/trafficking. Reports note rises in sexual violence consultations by groups like Doctors Without Borders.
unwomen.org
US government sources (DHS, ICE, CBP) and NGOs like Polaris document immigrant vulnerability to trafficking. Many detected victims in the US are foreign-born.
Underreporting is extreme—most cases never reach authorities. Data comes from survivor interviews, shelters, medical NGOs, and limited official records in Mexico/US.
en.wikipedia.org
This is a longstanding humanitarian crisis tied to irregular migration routes, organized crime, poverty, and weak enforcement in transit countries. Efforts include anti-trafficking programs (T-visas in the US), but risks persist for those using dangerous smuggling networks. For official resources, see DHS Blue Campaign or IOM/UNODC reports.
so when ICE points out they are trying to trace 300 thousand vulnerable migrant children lost to follow up and that they have only found half of them, the news then ridicules the report, pointing out (correctly) that many of these children were placed with families who just didn't keep in touch with the govt, or into foster homes.
But that last part ignores that some of these placements were never checked out properly, and that some of the children were diverted into being used for cheap labor or possibly into the black underground of child prostitution.
sigh.
I don't blame the migrants like the Republicans tend to do: If you are poor and have no real opportunities in your country, then yes you will willingly risk death or dishonor to migrate.
This however does not excuse government who didn't regulate the border under Biden (for charitable reasons, as if the open borders might entice immigrants who just want a job, and of course entice criminal gangs to enter).
In constrast, one sees military age Muslim men traveling in boats trying to enter Europe. This site estimates 80 percent. And then they wonder why rape occurs, and the cultural beliefs make this seem not a crime but acceptable.
Most migrants coming to the USA would work if allowed by an amnesty, but with the US being manipulated by the crazies of both parties, they would rather cause disorder to gain political power than to do like Reagan and legalize those with jobs who have no criminal background.
when the Scottish girl pulled out a knife and hatchett to stop a sexual predator, the police arrested her and a lot of the comments essentially said she was a feral child who was threatening the guy because he was an immigrant.
Well, finally last week, the group who harassed the girls were convicted. It only took a year.
And I wonder: How many other children did they harass in a similar manner.
Well, one answer can be found, not in a report by the UK Govt, but by a rogue MP Rupert Lowe who did his own investigation. I am hearing that the story of the report is not making a lot of headlines in the news, but the report is here if you want to read it and weep.
You know, as the only woman doc in our town (I date back when few women were in medicine) I saw a lot of abuse: some of it was minor (touching only, voyeurism, normal stuff by a boy friend of the same age), but some was horrific.
and worse, when back in the 1980s when the stories came out on TV movies and news programs, a lot of my patients (and my secretary) admitted abuse, often by family members when they were pre teens. The few that did go to court however said the trauma of going to court and being questioned as if they were lying was worse than the actual abuse. Which is why often the abuse if not traumatic, was not prosecuted in the dark ages before 1990.
However, in medical school, on our psychiatric rotation (in the late 1960s) That sex with kids if consensual and gentle was good for them, and they wouldn't have hangups on sex, and since Freud insisted all mental illness was from sexual repression, then a lot of mental illness would disappear.
what changed is women's liberation: Women who went along with the sexual revolution ended up embittered and turned against men.
But the only one who fortold all of this was Paul VI, who was ridiculed for it.
Well, anyway, like the Scottish girl, the background of the UK scandal is twofold: One dislike of the working class, who thanks to welfare etc often have kids with broken families or families destroyed by drugs. And two: The coverup of immigrant
crime and crime by the establishment, including alas the police.
In the USA, the Epstein files are a big issue, but those who get hysterical citing this scandal on line don't seem to worry about any other sexual abuse going on, but only to use it to destroy Trump who actually reported Epstein to the cops.
In the USA, what is not being investigated is the sexual abuse in schools, by the drug addicts, and by illegal immigrant gangs who who trafficked them into the USA. Part of this problem was exacerbated by an adminstration who placed unaccompanied kids in homes not properly investigated.
as for the Philippines, the sexual exploitation of street kids and young adults of both sexes by sex tourists is a big problem>
this is an AI answer to how Starlink is helping with local telecoms to help the earthquake victims in Mindanao.
AI Overview\\
Satellite lifeline:
Globe turns to Starlink to keep Mindanao ...
Starlink is actively aiding emergency workers and affected residents in Mindanao following the recent magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the region. \
Satellite internet and direct-to-device technologies have been deployed by government agencies and local telecommunications providers to restore essential communications, support disaster response, and run emergency command centers.
politiko.com.ph
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Key Starlink Emergency Services in Mindanao
Direct-to-Device Access: Globe and Starlink have partnered to pilot direct-to-mobile satellite text and messaging services in hard-hit areas like South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Sarangani.
This provides coverage to hundreds of thousands of local users without needing specialized satellite dishes.
BusinessWorld - BusinessWorld Online
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Command & Control Hubs:
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has deployed Starlink kits to disaster-affected local plazas, evacuation centers, and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office in Alabe.
Critical Medical Support: Starlink broadband facilities have been installed at the Sarangani Provincial Hospital and Malungon Provincial Hospital to ensure uninterrupted frontline medical services.
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Government Deployment: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. personally turned over a Starlink unit to the local government of Glan, Sarangani, to strengthen local disaster coordination and relief operations. ]]
Philippine News Agency
Free Public Wi-Fi:
Local telecommunications firms like PLDT and Smart are operating command centers in General Santos City using Starlink backups to provide emergency personnel and affected residents with internet and mobile charging stations.
politiko.com.ph
Updates regarding these disaster relief efforts are regularly posted by the Department of Information and Communications Technology and major telecommunications providers like Globe Telecom and PLDT.
I am posting this because all the socialists want Musk to give money to NGOs to help the world. Presumably give money to NGOs who pay six figure salaries and have a high overhead and often divert money into woke projects.
a lot of the chaos about Trump's negotiating style is best understood if you realize he doesn't play by the polite rules, and chaos is part of his negotiating tactics because it keeps the other side off balance and frantic.
take last week's incident where after an aggressive interviewer wouldn't let him answer the question he walked out...
Welker begged him to stay, saying she had traveled to Wisconsin for the exclusive sit-down.
'Mr President please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin,' Welker pleaded.
And normal folk just laugh, because we know the high hats ridicule us. When Trumpiboy walked out on an interview, remember she had complained that she was forced to fly all the way to Wisonsin to do the interview and he should respect her for this. In other words, she was implying Wisconsin was outside her comfort zone.
Famous cartoon on the NYC mindset of the MSM:
well, anyway these sports are not my thing, but they are for a lot of folk, including immigrants.
In other sports news, the world cup of soccer is going on aka FIFA... and some of those visiting the US outside the usual tourist stops are astonished to find friendly people and...airconditioners.
USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop.
I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls.
Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A… pic.twitter.com/hSaJXpfba2
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and yes people do play soccer in the USA (and it is now officially soccer, not football because Pope Leo called the game that).
My son (born in Colombia) joined a local team that included five Central American college students, one deaf mute from the same college and two girls who were ASL translators, and a steel worker from Johnstown.
After the first game they won every game because they could shout instructions to each other in Spanish or sign in ASL and the other teams couldn't understand what they were saying...
