HALF-FULL REPORT 12/01/23
This Babylon Bee spoof is so close to the truth you don’t whether to laugh or cringe. It’s exactly why, as Skye pointed out yesterday, the Irish are finally rebelling against their woke girlieman PM doing next to nothing about the flood of immigrants running amok in their country.
And as he links to, the same thing is forcing governments in Sweden, Holland, Germany and the UK to take drastic action. So the question obviously is now, when will the American people rebel for real against the open borders insanity ruining America? And the crushing of our 1st Amendment by the Dem fascisti?
Okay, off we go with another great HFR, lots to learn, lots to laugh and enjoy – and to find out why dreaded AI can’t do simple math better than a fourth-grader. All aboard!
AMONG A MILLION PENGUINS IN SOUTH GEORGIA
The Antarctic island of South Georgia is home to a million King penguins, plus countless fur seals, gigantic elephant seals, staggering numbers of seabirds such as albatrosses, amidst a backdrop of towering mountains with massive glaciers spilling off them.
Nothing can prepare you for the incomprehensible size of the penguin rookeries here, densely packed as far as the eye can see (all those white dots on the hills behind are penguins). Nor for the size of bull elephant seals weighing up to 8,000 pounds, especially when they rise up and crash their chests against each other in mating challenges emitting deafening bellows. Nor being surrounded by a thousand fur seals unafraid of you. The density of wildlife combined with the magnificent beauty of the island is completely overwhelming.
Here also is the abandoned whaling station of Grytviken where the heroic explorer Ernest Shackleton is buried. You can only get here by expedition cruise ship. South Georgia is one of the great experiences on our planet. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #96 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
SKYE’S LINKS 11/30/23
Will Conor McGregor be the next Prime Minister (“Taoiseach”) of Ireland? He may be the man to save the Irish from themselves, who elected a woke girlieman to apologize for their country’s existence. McGregor rightly called Leo Varadkar a “disgrace” for describing the return of 9-year old Emily Hand to her Israeli parents from being held hostage by Hamas terrorists as her being “lost” then “found”:
Conor Mcgregor Torches Ireland's PM Over Response To Hamas Release Of Child Hostage
In fascist response, Varadkar ordered a witch hunt to persecute McGregor!
There’s so much cool stuff in this week’s links – jump right in and enjoy!
MAURITANIA FISH MARKET
Go down to the Atlantic coast beach of Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott at sunset, and you’ll see a very unusual fish market. A fishing boat laden with the day’s catch is ready to come ashore, but the crew is afraid the wind and surf may capsize the boat as they do, losing their catch in the process.
So they float just outside the surf line so buyers with boxes and baskets can wade out to buy the fish right off the boat, and wade back. Only when the boat is empty will the crew attempt to beach it. Just one of this West African country’s intriguing sights.
.(Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #249 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
I WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
With less than one year to go until Election Day, the polls show that we are beating Joe Biden by wide margins both nationally and in the battleground states—and young people are a major part of the reason why.
A recent NBC News poll found that we are leading Biden 46 percent to 42 percent nationally among voters ages 18 to 34—a clear sign that young Americans are rejecting Joe Biden's reign of failure, incompetence, and corruption.
Sadly, many younger Americans are putting their lives on hold because they think the Biden economy leaves them no choice. Sadly, many younger Americans are putting their lives on hold because they think the Biden economy leaves them no choice.
Under Joe Biden, we are a nation in decline and rapidly losing the American Dream.
When I take the oath of office as the 47th President of the United States, I will rapidly rebuild the greatest economy in the history of the world so that young people can thrive and prosper. Here’s how.
WHY UKRAINE CAN AND WILL WIN
All too often, one hears claims that, in the long run, Russia will win over Ukraine because it has a much larger economy and population. Historically, that is a flawed conclusion. Historical precedence suggests that Ukraine is more likely to win, so let’s take a look at the reasons why.
Motivation
This is the most important factor in a war. Ukrainians know why they are fighting. They are defending their nation's existence. If they stop fighting, Ukraine will cease to exist as an independent state.
Russians, by contrast, don't really know why they are fighting. Most seem to fight for fear of being killed by their own, while their families are supposed to be richly paid if they die.
Other reasons are…
LETHAL BEAUTY
Want to get this close to a leopard – and safely? Come with me on a safari in Africa and I’ll show you how. Yes, she’s lethal – to the animals she hunts, not you. Yes, you can make such lethal beauty an indelible part of your life.
We really do only live once on this Earth. You really do owe it to yourself to make the most of it. You really can’t take it with you. It really is time to live your dream, to fill your soul with life-memorable experiences. Life lasts but a snap of the finger.
So what adventures have you always dreamed of? Let me know and maybe you and I can make them become real together. I’m only an email away: [email protected]. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #204 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
ISRAEL GAINS ALLIES — WHICH IS NO COINCIDENCE
For Israel, it had to be good news to learn that Geert Wilders, the supposedly wild and crazy Dutch version of Donald Trump, came in with a huge parliamentary victory in the Netherlands and now may become the country's next prime minister.
That's because Wilders is a ferocious advocate and ally for Israel. He’s got company. All of the proto-Trump leaders now emerging in the world today are indeed nationalists, America-firsters, or fill-in-the native country first, make one's country its best, in spirit.
How is it every nationalist out there emerging in public life can all be so pro-Israel? There couldn’t be a better reason.
PUTIN’S GOAL: TO COMPLETE STALIN’S UNFINISHED GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
[2023 is the 90th anniversary of one of history’s greatest acts of evil. The definitive book to read is Robert Conquest’s The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine.]
People across Ukraine and around the world are lighting candles this month in memory of the millions of Ukrainians killed in the artificial famine engineered by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s regime in the 1930s.
Known to history as the Holodomor, this man-made famine remained hidden in the Soviet shadows for decades.
In recent years, a growing number of countries have finally recognized the famine as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian nation, but despite this growing international awareness, many have yet to grasp the chilling continuity between Stalin’s attempt to erase Ukraine and the genocidal objectives of today’s Russian invasion.
THE EMPRESS WHO LOVED ACHILLES
On a mountain top on the island of Corfu in 1890, Empress Elizabeth of Austria built a magnificent marble palace called the Achilleion, dedicated to her hero, the legendary Achilles of Homer’s Iliad. Here she retreated from the world, amidst the palace’s gorgeous gardens overlooking the Mediterranean abundant with larger-than-life statues of her ideal man, “who despised all mortals and did not fear even the gods."
All of Europe knew her as Sisi. Adored by her husband Emperor Franz Joseph I, renowned as the most beautiful – and most beloved -- woman of her time, she was Austria’s Empress for 44 years. Her life ended tragically, murdered at random by an anarchist who wanted to “kill a royal.”
The Achilleion today is maintained immaculately in all its original glory as a museum you can visit. Don’t pass the chance to see it for yourself. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #76 photo ©Jack Wheeler)