Say No to Trump’s Shitshow! Say No to Trump’s Advances. Let Us Not Join the Circus

MARK ALEXANDER: The Americans have destroyed the West. They have destroyed the wonderful way of life that Westerners were once able to lead. Americans have destroyed Western values, too. What can we thank Americans for? They have destroyed family life. They have forced mothers out into the workplace, thereby abandoning their traditional roles are mothers, caring wives, and caregivers. Look at women today! And then compare them with women and mothers of yesteryear! Simply put: There is no comparison.

Have the Americans taught the world how to eat healthily? Hardly! Americans are largely overweight, even obese, and they fill their tummies with junk food. Hardly a way of eating to follow which is conducive to good health!

Have Americans taught the world how to dress? Hardly! Elegance is as hard to find in the States as is a needle in haystack! Unless, of course, your idea of elegance is a baseball cap and a T-shirt!

Have Americans taught the world how to enjoy family life? Again, hardly! If anything, with their insistence on working mothers, Americans have destroyed any semblance of wholesome family life.

Have Americans improved the English language? Again, hardly! Just listen to American videos and American TV, they are replete with foul words. The F bomb is dropped with alarming regularity, without anyone batting an eyelid.

Manners have largely disappeared from American life. Gone are the days in which one was addressed as “Sir” in a shop over there.

Americans talk a hell of a lot about Christianity. But do they live their lives in a Christian way? Hardly! First of all, the American’s understanding of Christianity is extremely skewed, to say the least. They believe that Jesus was all about making money! I would wager that the god that Americans worship is not God, but Mammon!

Can Americans teach us how to run a healthcare system? Again, hardly! Americans spend far, far more on healthcare than probably any other nation, yet the outcomes are worse. Furthermore, millions, literally millions, of Americans cannot afford for themselves any healthcare at all.

One could go on. And on!

Just about the only lessons we can learn from America, Americans, are in technology and IT. The rest, we are better off ignoring.

© Mark Alexander
All Rights Reserved

The Nazis Recruited to Win the Cold War - Brian Crim

Apr 16, 2024 | Dig into Operation Paperclip, a secret intelligence program which brought scientists from Nazi Germany to the US after WWII.

--

In May of 1945 the Third Reich was in chaos. Adolf Hitler was dead and German surrender was imminent. But while World War II was almost over, a new war was brewing. And the US was eager to recruit the smartest minds in Germany before the Soviets got the chance— regardless of their affiliation with the Nazis. This became known as Operation Paperclip. Brian Crim digs into the clandestine campaign.

Lesson by Brian Crim, directed by Jeff Le Bars, JetPropulsion.space.

Ex-Muslim Warns against Islamization & Approaching North American Christian Persecution | TBN Israel

Aug 9, 2024 | Mati Shoshani is joined by Majed El Shafie, President and founder of One Free World International (‪@ ofwi‬), to speak about the growing influence of Islam in Western countries and rising threat of Christian persecution. Shafie shares his experience ministering to victims of Islamic terrorism and the hope Christians have in Jesus.

Has America Ever Been More Divided? | BBC Americast

Aug 9, 2024 | fter a breathless couple of weeks in American politics it’s time for the Americast team to take stock. Has there been a more tumultuous time in American politics? And what can history tell us about what’s happening today?

This week we’re joined by former BBC correspondent and historian Nick Bryant who tells that Trump is as much product of U.S. history as JFK, Lincoln and Reagan.

HOST: Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
GUEST: Nick Bryant, former BBC Washington correspondent and author of ‘The Forever War’

How 'Trad Wives' Are Transforming America | The Story

Jul 25, 2024 | Millions of social media users are flocking to follow the Trad Wives: stay-at-home mothers who champion a life making meals from scratch and serving their husband’s and children’s every need. Our reporter goes to meet the woman behind the most popular account: Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm. Is she selling a feminist dream or an unattainable lifestyle?

Guest: Megan Agnew
Senior Features Writer, The Sunday Times
Host: Manveen Rana

They're Going to Win" - Will Muslims Run America in 30 Years? | Reupload

Sep 22, 2023 | Patrick Bet-David moderates a religious discussion between Muslims and Christians. In this short clip, they discuss why America might have a Muslim majority in the future. Today's guests were Daniel Haqiqatjou, Robert Spencer, Brother Rachid, and Jake Brancatella.

Will Muslims Run America in 30 Years? Jesus! Heaven forfend such an outcome!

In this video, Robert Spencer states that women need to have more babies. ‘Goddamm’ right they do! Feminism has been a curse on the West. Why? Because it has taken women out of the home and into the workspace. Increasingly, it is also giving them equal pay. That is all well and good, of course; but it comes at a high cost to society. It cannot be denied that the more equal women’s pay is, the greater the opportunity cost of a woman staying at home. Not entering the workplace becomes ever more expensive. And here’s the kicker: Unless a woman stays out of the workplace, she cannot give birth to more babies. Motherhood is a demanding job; it is also the most important job that a woman can do. In my opinion, it is far too underrated. As prestigious a job being a CEO might be, how can it compare in importance to society with the raising of the next generation? Well-behaved, well-educated, well-dressed, well-socialised citizens, citizens who can take their place in society, are such an asset to our societies and our economies.

Gays have virtually no impact on the birthrate. That’s because gays have always existed; they have existed since time immemorial. Yes, a gay man can procreate. But what use is that if that man/woman is locked into an unhappy marriage? In an unhappy marriage, neither partner is happy. Such scenarios eventually lead to divorces.

So, in a few words, and to cut this complicated story short, if Westerners want the West to survive and thrive, we need to change the way society is set up. Further, dumping children into kindergarten and day care centres is hardly the right way to bring up children. Moreover, if we want Islam to become dominant, just carry on doing things the way we are doing things. This will almost guarantee the eventual dominance and influence of Islam on our culture and societies.– © Mark Alexander

Epidemic of Hate: Antisemitism in America

Dec 15, 2023 | Epidemic of Hate: Antisemitism in America explores the resurgence of hate against Jews in America and what’s being done to combat extremism. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas discusses the government response to rising antisemitism. American icon Norman Lear and Svante Myrick, the new President of People For the American Way, discuss relations between Jewish and African-American communities. Hosted by Jacob Soboroff.

Simon & Garfunkel : America | Audio

Views on YouTube: 4,839,727

Janet Daley: Like McCarthyism, America Will Soon Wake Up to Wokeism | Off Script

Oct 22, 2021 • Do not be fooled by the dominance of the woke movement; it is already running out of steam. In this week’s Off Script Janet Daley joins Steven Edginton to discuss America and Britain: what divides the two nations and what unites them.

This is a very interesting discussion. Janet Daley makes many interesting observations in it. I do not, however, agree with all she states. In particular, being an ardent Remainer, I have a totally different take on Brexit than she does. Nevertheless, I feel that many of Janet Daley’s insights are well worth listening to.

FYI, I was for many years a subscriber to The Telegraph; but I cancelled my subscription when the newspaper became anti-EU, pro-Brexit, and pro-Trump! That combination was simply too much for me to handle! However, when I was a subscriber, Janet Daley was one of my favourite contributors. – © Mark

Trapped in a Pandemic Funk: Millions of Americans Can’t Shake a Gloomy Outlook

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite signals that the economy is improving and the virus is waning, many Americans said they were frustrated by polarized politics and a sense of stagnancy.

Despite signals that things are improving, many Americans seem stuck in a pandemic hangover of pessimism. | Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times
A year ago, Michael Macey, a barber who lives in the suburbs outside Atlanta, was thrilled to help propel President Biden to victory, hopeful that Democrats would move swiftly to tackle policing laws and other big issues. But then he watched his hopes for sweeping changes wither in Washington.

Now, Mr. Macey’s sense of optimism — like that of millions of Americans — has been dashed. By the pain of an unending pandemic. By rising prices. By nationwide bickering that stretches from school board meetings to the United States Capitol.

“I don’t like the division,” Mr. Macey, 63, said. “I don’t like the standstill. We need something to get accomplished.”

For so many voters in this November of discontent, the state of the union is just … blech.

Despite many signals that things are improving — the stock market is hitting record highs, hiring is accelerating sharply with 531,000 jobs added in October, workers are earning more, and Covid hospitalizations and deaths are dropping from their autumn peaks — many Americans seem stuck in a pandemic hangover of pessimism. » | Jack Healy, Audra D. S. Burch and Patricia Mazzei | Friday, November 5, 2021

Trump's America | DW Documentary

The US in the 2020 election year is a country deep in crisis. It’s been torn apart by the debate on racism, and millions have been infected with the coronavirus. On top of that, its president is pouring oil on the flames with his Twitter tirades.

At the beginning of the year, things were looking good for Donald Trump: the economy was doing well, unemployment figures were at a 50-year low, his job approval rating was rising, and the Democrats were preoccupied with themselves. But then came the coronavirus, a hazard that the president initially made light of, saying it would miraculously disappear. Instead of a miracle, the crisis hit the United States harder than any other country. The economy is in the doldrums. And COVID-19 is making the shortcomings of the health care system glaringly obvious.

Black Americans have been hit harder by the coronavirus than most. A higher proportion of them work in low-wage jobs that offer little protection against the virus, and they are less likely to have health insurance. The rage expressed in demonstrations against racism is being fuelled by the corona crisis and the mass unemployment it has triggered across the US.

It is hard to imagine that the economy will recover quickly - despite the trillions of dollars Trump is giving to companies. It is also hard to imagine that the millions of unemployed will have jobs again by the time the election is held.

Filmmakers Claudia Buckenmaier and Marion Schmickler traveled through the swing states of Arizona, Wisconsin and Michigan and asked people how the economic and health crisis is affecting them. What hopes do voters have going into November’s election? The bitter dispute between Republicans and Democrats and Donald Trump’s divisive style of government has brought democracy in the US to brink of the abyss. The distrust is so great that the Democrats even expect that Trump will reject the election result if he loses. Unimaginable? The Democrats seem to be preparing for exactly this scenario.

A ‘Tyrant-Clown’ Has Destroyed My Love Affair with America

THE OBSERVER: With its cynical disabling of the body politic, the Trump administration has contaminated the well of US independence

Once upon a time, at the start of the last century, PG Wodehouse declared, with the fervour of the convert, that to live in America was “like being in heaven … without the bother and expense of dying”.

America used to do that to a certain kind of Brit, and to those who saw themselves as Greeks to the Americans’ Romans: we’d fall hopelessly in love, however much they abused the relationship.

My own long affair with America, as an idea as much as a reality, began in the bicentennial year, 1976, with a graduate scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. Among the lovely red brick of old Philadelphia, I maxed out on the promise and possibilities of the American revolution, its majesty, optimism and rhetoric. Those pioneers of radical political self-expression, Jefferson, Franklin, et al, became idols of deep faith. For instance, years later, on a return visit to the Constitution Center, I was brought to tears by a video devoted to that love letter to democratic principles, the US constitution, and the eternal magic of “We, the people”. » | Robert McCrum | Sunday, September 6, 2020

Trump Spends Veterans’ Day Weekend Insulting America

Between his refusal to attend a World War I memorial in Paris to his decision to skip a memorial gathering at Arlington National Cemetery because of rain, and all of the tweets in between, Donald Trump spent most of his long weekend insulting everything about this country. He blamed Californians for the wildfires that are engulfing their state and he also inadvertently called for an end to troops voting from overseas. Everything this man does is an insult to our country, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.

What's Killing America's White Men? BBC News

Every year, nearly 45,000 people in America kill themselves. That is more than twice the number that die in homicides, and the numbers are increasing. There is one group in particular causing this spike - white, middle aged men. India Rakusen goes to Montana, where suicide rates are double the national average, to find out what drives so many of these men to despair and taking their own lives.

Thanks To Trump, The World Hates America Again

Donald Trump loves to tell us that the US is once again “respected” around the globe, but that’s a claim that is easily rebutted with the available facts. According to the latest round of polling, a huge majority of citizens from all over the world say that they have no confidence in the United States anymore, and Trump is the primary reason. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

Chris Hedges, "America: The Farewell Tour"

A longtime foreign correspondent, Hedges has reported from more than fifty countries. His latest book is a profound exploration of one of the most troubled: today’s United States. Hedges, author of American Fascists and War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, cites the opioid crisis, the increases in gambling and magical thinking, and the explosion of xenophobia as symptoms of a society that has lost hope. He traces this disillusionment to the twin ills of a de facto corporate coup d’état and a failed democracy. The anger and frustration these have spawned helped bring Trump to power and Hedges issues a passionate call to action to reverse them.

America Has a Massive Child Marriage Problem

In the US nearly every state allows child marriage. In some there are even loopholes that allow child rapists to avoid prosecution by marrying the person they raped. In others parents can, in effect, force their children to get married.

It’s a global issue - one in five girls around the world is married as a child - but you might be surprised to know that nearly 250,000 children were married in the US in the first ten years of this century.

In this So What we look at child marriage in the US, why it’s legal and what campaigners are doing to tackle what they see as child abuse.

America’s Incredible Shrinking Influence

Endless threats and demands have led the rest of the world to increasingly just ignore Washington.

With Friends Like Trump... What's Europe's Answer to 'America First'?

It's Donald versus Donald. The president of the European Council let loose on trade tariffs and the Iran nuclear deal ahead of an EU leaders' dinner in the Bulgarian capital on Wednesday. A fighting speech, but how does it help those trying to salvage the Iran deal? Already French giant Total has warned its new mega gas project with the Iranians is in jeopardy. How can the EU respond when the US owns the currency used to trade oil? What will Europe do?

Are Americans Trashing the English Language? | The Economist

Britons often grumble that Americanisms are creeping into British English. Lane Greene, our language guru, asks where American words really come from—and whether they pose a threat to the Queen's English.