Gunnar Beck is a German lawyer and a member of the European Parliament for AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany). In the following video from the floor of the EP, Mr. Beck discusses the financial crisis, the Corona crisis, the “climate crisis”, and the migration crisis, which have combined to destroy the prosperity and culture of Germany.
Many thanks to Brunhilde for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
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The following video features excerpts from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent annual “state of the nation” speech.
Many thanks to László for adjusting and timing the official translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling.
The translator includes this context for Mr. Orbán’s remarks just before the end of his speech:
This is Prime Minister Orbán’s reaction to a recent huge national scandal that broke out after a 40-year-old homosexual paedophile assistant schoolteacher performed a public pedo “coming out” in videos, smugly claiming that he could not be punished because his young male “partners” (some of them probably his students) were over 14 and thus were legal targets for him, and therefore he is not even a paedophile but an “ephebophile”. And he threatened everyone in Hungary that he was being protected by Soros’ NGOs, which are defending him free of charge in any legal battle, and therefore anyone who dared to disparage or challenge him would lose a fortune in the lawfare that he would wage.
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Times are tough in Germany, and getting tougher, according to the following report.
Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Pleiteticker.de. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:
Poverty in Germany: Waiting in line for four hours for warm soup
The number of people affected by poverty in Germany is increasing. Many can no longer even afford their groceries. This was also shown by an offer of help from the Red Cross in Berlin-Marzahn.
People stood in the cold for up to four hours on Monday to get warm soup and some groceries from the German Red Cross (DRK).
“The queue has never been so long”
The soup kitchen, which opens every month for the needy, has been around for a little over two years. But the line has never been as long as it was in January 2023, says Kati Avci from DRK Berlin. “Poverty is increasing.”
Especially at the end of the month, money is tight for many. One who is queuing is Marcus Richter. “I haven’t had anything for two weeks,” he says. That’s why he borrowed money from his brother: “But he doesn’t have much, either.” [Have you noticed, it’s not a non-German name, now, isn’t that a non-surprise?]
Saving for a visit to the swimming pool
Detlef Schüler is also on site. He has to provide for three children and two adults with his basic income. That’s not enough, back or front. Mandy Gashi is a few meters away — thanks to the free meal, she is saving that way so that her children can go for a trip to the swimming pool.
Every second of the almost 1,000 food banks in Germany reported twice as many customers in 2022 as in the previous year. But in many places the needy had to be sent away because there were not enough food donations. [I wonder why that is? Could it be that those that could donate before are now queuing up, too?]
For January, economists expect an inflation rate of 9.2%. [Put a zero after the 9 and you’ll have the inflation rate for basic food; the 9.2% is a watered-down number through luxury goods that aren’t essential for daily survival.] Therefore, many people are likely to continue to depend on the help of food banks and aid organizations.
Afterword from the translator:
The financial crisis has hit Egypt so hard that the government is advising poor people to eat chicken feet. That makes them better off than Europeans, who are being advised to eat bugs.
Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from eXXpress. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:
Government recommends to people: “Eat chicken feet for cheap protein”
Egypt is currently in a very bad economic crisis. Prices have doubled or tripled. The Egyptian pound is losing value every day. The current exchange rate is 32.35 LE for €1. This is good news for tourists. A catastrophe for many of the 109 million Egyptians. [No worries: they just move to Europe and will be fed royally by the Taxpayer] The government is already recommending that they eat chicken feet.
Egypt is currently being plagued by an economic crisis like it hasn’t seen in a long time. The spiral of debt, especially with the IMF, keeps spiraling upwards. That’s where prices go up. Sometimes they multiply every week. Even the well-to-do middle class is groaning under the increasing financial burden. “We need a new name for the class that drives, wears clean clothes and has an iPhone but no money,” someone recently posted on Facebook, and that reflects the situation very well. While these people can still save money, the poorer sections of the population already have massive problems with nutrition in general, and there is no longer any talk of healthy nutrition.
Beef hooves are also on the “alternative protein-rich menu”
The Egyptian government’s emergency plan seems like a mockery. “Are you looking for protein-rich food alternatives that are easy on your budget?” was the question in a Facebook post, which then included tips such as eating chicken feet or cattle hooves. Meat is now unaffordable for many people. While the wealthy laugh at this government tip to switch to chicken feet, that’s what the poor are buying. That’s why the price has gone up for them too. They used to cost 10 LE (€0.31); today they are already 20 LE (€0.62). The price of chicken has risen from 30 LE (€0.93) to 70 LE (€2.20) per kilo. Which is an average value. Half a kilo of de-boned chicken leg costs 146 LE (€4.5) in the supermarket in a tourist area for the upper class.
Shortly before the anniversary of the revolution, some voices fear that the chances for another uprising are increasing
Around 30% of Egyptians are poor or at risk of poverty, according to authorities, but the World Bank estimates the figure is 60%. An improvement in the situation is not in sight. According to CNN and the IMF, the mountain of debt has already grown to 85.6% of the country’s trade volume. The military, which has an enormous presence in the economy, is also said to be to blame. On Wednesday, January 25, Egypt will be celebrating the twelfth anniversary of its revolution, and voices have never been so loud that another revolution could be imminent in Egypt if the economic situation does not improve soon.
Afterword from the translator:
Our Hungarian correspondent László takes a skeptical look at his government’s new policy about ATMs in the light of the trend towards a cashless society.
Totalitarian Tiptoeing Around the Money Machine
by László
“The reason any kind of totalitarianism is able to be implemented with the population’s consent is due to the slow nature of its rollout. This totalitarian tiptoe is a concept I have become aware of and witnessed play out over the past two and a half years, even though it has been a go-to playbook to implement tyranny for centuries.” — Evan McDermod
Some informed Hungarians are puzzled that the Hungarian National Bank has stipulated the minimal number of ATMs that dispense cash (see the article below), in order to make cash more available in the country — while the National Bank is in on the CBDC project and the elimination of cash, as much as any other central bank. How can this apparent contradiction be resolved?
Well, it is possible that confidence in commercial banks — and of course the amount of money kept there by the populace — is being protected by the same Hungarian central bank that is otherwise committed to the introduction of CBDC (digital leash and muzzle).
After all, if those backward Huns keep storing their money in their pillowcases en masse, or even angrily close their bank accounts because there is not enough cash in the ATMs or enough cash machines (as has often been the case recently), the hoi polloi will not be ready to be suddenly ordered to “hand over that bag of bills, peasant, it’s ours now, and from now on there’s only digital central bank money and we’re gonna tell you how you spend your own money, or else.” In other words the transfer to the New System (the latest euphemism for the great fascist reset) must be controlled. Not necessarily smooth, but controlled.
And the less money in the banks, the less leverage for blackmail. Your money has to be in the possession of the parasitic overclass first, so that they can steal it later with the CBDC scam.
The Hungarian National Bank has its specific plans for the introduction of the CBDC. So, the Powers That Be may have miscalculated the pace of the introduction: they started doing away with the cash machines too early, in their eager effort to herd the sheeple towards the ‘digital money’ barn. But, unfortunately, the elderly are not changing their habits (or are not dying off) here at the rate the Schwabians may have expected, so many Hungarians are still reluctant to give up using paper money.
Imagine the horror, for a moment, when the banknote-loving retrograde Magyars one day face empty cash machines and a spontaneous bank run spiralled out of control, and thus those Eastern Eurabian bumpkins lose their confidence in the entire banking system too soon! They would never trust the banks ever again and the beautiful Davos plans for their enslavement through the magical CBDC would be significantly delayed, or even worse (God forbid)!
Therefore the Powers had to take a step back, and so they must keep on tiptoeing around the ATMs, to prevent their sweet tyranny-money plans from getting derailed.
The half-century Soviet occupation had taken its toll on the technological progress and habits of the population in Hungary. (Many of us prefer using cash. The gossip goes that many pensioners insist on getting their pensions in cash, or others run to the bank every month to take it all out once it has arrived in their accounts.) That backlog of technological modernity might even have some advantages when it comes to escaping the coming global tech-gulag. However, as hopeful as that may sound, the geographically uneven rollout of the CBDC around the world might be part of the plans as well, as a form of totalitarian tiptoeing strategy.
The translated article from HVG.hu:
The National Bank Has Stipulated the Mandatory Number of ATMs
Banks will be obliged to install new cash dispensers (ATMs) under a tight deadline if they do not reach the number of machines required by the new legislation. They must do this even if they close a cash machine somewhere [else].
A decree issued by the president of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on Tuesday night sets out the exact number of ATMs a bank must operate in a district of the capital, a county and the towns and cities within them, depending on the number of debit and credit cards it has issued. For the largest financial institutions, which have issued more than 2.4 million credit cards, this means 1,686 ATMs in the whole country, and they have to operate machines in 80% of the towns outside the capital cities of the [respective] counties. Only banks that do not keep retail accounts or own less than 1% of the [Hungarian] credit card market are exempt.
Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from eXXpress. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:
Record in Davos: 52 heads of state expected at World Economic Forum
52 heads of state and 600 CEOs are expected to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, which starts next week — that’s a record.
52 heads of state and government and 600 CEO’s are expected at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Switzerland), more than ever before. The organizers announced this on Tuesday.
“There is no doubt that our 53rd Annual Meeting in Davos will take place against the most complex geopolitical and economic backdrop in decades,” said Forum President Borge Brende, citing challenges such as the looming global recession, rising energy and food prices, and climate change. [Then why don’t they stay out of everyone’s business instead of creating and incentivising all those “challenges”? These greedy hypocrites make me SICK.]
More than 2,700 representatives from 130 countries
In total, more than 2,700 representatives from [bought and paid for] business, politics, science and society will attend the WEF 2023. Among others, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa [evil daddy commands and corrupt Cyril obeys] and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have been announced. In addition to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economics Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner are also planned to take part in panel discussions from Germany. The European Central Bank ECB will be represented by President Christine Lagarde. [In a nutshell, they are all receiving their marching orders for the next round of atrocities against humanity.]
France, Great Britain and the USA are unlikely to send heads of state or government, nor will Russia and China. [Because they have already received their marching orders in a more “private” setting.]
Afterword from the translator:
The title of this post is a reference to the Old English saying Wyrd bið ful aræd, which means, roughly, “Fate is completely inescapable.” Bernard Cornwell prominently featured the phrase in his series of historical novels entitled The Saxon Chronicles.
The word wyrd has the same root as “weird” in the Scots idiom to dree one’s weird, which means to endure one’s fate.
The following essay looks ahead to 2023 as the year when the nation of Germany will have to dree its weird.
Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Ansage.org:
2023 Will Be a Fateful Year for Germany
Dear readers, another annus horribilis in and for Germany comes to an end in 2022, one which one does not know whether one should be glad to have survived, or whether one should prudently keep it in honourable memory — because that what lies ahead is only going to get worse.
The rapid intellectual and material loss of substance and prosperity goes hand in hand with a rapid erosion of trust in the honesty and competence of politics. And no one can say when this development will become hyper-critical, when it will become life-threatening in Germany. We can still try to sugarcoat things, flee into private life, close our eyes in Biedermeier denial to the approaching impacts — but firstly, as all pre-revolutionary epochs of history have shown, this self-deception only works for a short time, and secondly, we allow the established facts to pull us deeper into the abyss with each passing day. The price to pay for the coming catastrophe is pushed higher and higher. The escalations are progressing at all levels. At the same time it will be respice finem (the end), and the warning reference to the inevitable outcome of the development more and more hysterically frowned upon.
Only escalations
What am I talking about here, what exactly is being escalated? The answer: basically everything. Company deaths, economic flight, increasing migration of the remaining elites abroad. decline in education and level of vocational training. Mass immigration of unskilled and culturally alien people. Islamization. Excess mortality, vaccine damage. Inflation. Disappearance of the transportation infrastructure. Overuse of social systems. Public debt. Reduction of freedom and more and more regulation through prohibitions. Reduction of sovereignty through the transfer of legislative and legal powers to supranational bodies, which are then no longer democratically controlled. Prosecution and criminalization of critical opinions through increasingly “creative” censorship. And, and, and.
Does anyone seriously think all this could go on forever with no repercussions? Or will it end and change for the better by itself? You don’t wake up one morning and realize: Oops, suddenly there’s a dictatorship out there! Or: Whoa, the world is on fire! It’s creeping processes that carry us there — although since Corona, things have been more or less galloping.
Constructive pessimism
Anyone who accuses me here of cacophony, who calls for “optimism” in these times, who reproaches us for seeing and painting everything black and this constant calling out to Cassandra is just as frustrating as it promotes depression, I unfortunately have to reply: Wake up! Times are too serious to keep burying your head in the sand. Constructive pessimism is the optimism of our time. We’ve come to a point where everyone is either part of the solution or part of the problem.
Where silence and retreat into the apolitical are no longer options. In 2023, every individual is therefore encouraged to rebel, arouse, protest and make it clear within the scope of their individual possibilities in their environment that they are aware of the intentional ruin of their homeland and everything that is dear to us, and are no longer willing to watch. If this succeeds at least within a critical mass, then — and only then — the reversal process of healing can be initiated. This is certainly not to be expected from those who want destroy us. We don’t have much time left for that.
With this in mind, I wish you — in addition to personal happiness and health — a restless and alert year of 2023!
Yours,
Daniel Matissek and the Ansage team
Afterword from the translator:
The title of this post is a reference to an old rhetorical question — which was also usually accompanied by an allusion to the defecatory habits of ursines in an arboreal environment — intended to convey the idea that one’s interlocutor was stating something obvious. Concerning the Pope, however, the question is no longer a rhetorical one. He’s not really Catholic, but what is he?
Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Report24. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:
Unbelievable: Globalist Pope wants people to donate their savings to Ukraine
The one-sided warmongering never ends, even if it is of course formulated in a cryptic way in this case. The incumbent Pope Francis demanded in all seriousness that the people of the world celebrate a “humble Christmas” and “send their savings to the people of Ukraine”. It remains a big mystery how much of the money from the donations to Ukraine has ever arrived where it really helps poor and war-torn people. Meanwhile, the West is being impoverished. [Only the “little” people of the West are being impoverished; the elites are coining it. Is it then a wonder that Zelensky’s wife can spend over €40,000 within an hour in Paris on “Designer” stuff?]
Since the beginning of Pope Francis’ term of office, it has been clear that he is the Pope of globalism and that his actions are based on earthly goals. These seem more in line with WEF plans than with the welfare of the Catholic flock in mind. You could also say that if God had wanted people to become immune to Covid-19, they would have been born that way. In itself, it is a monstrosity that this important spiritual and moral authority has gone full force on almost every globalist agenda to date. All that’s missing is globohomo, transgender and rainbow submission and the catalog is complete.
Now this same globalist Pope suggested that people should not only pray for peace, but donate their savings to Ukraine.
Brothers and sisters, I say to you: in Ukraine there is a lot of suffering, a lot! I would like to draw attention to the approaching Christmas, to the celebrations: it’s nice to celebrate Christmas, to celebrate festivals… But let’s — yes, they say — lower the level of Christmas spending a bit. Let’s celebrate Christmas more humbly, let’s give smaller gifts. Let’s send the savings to Ukraine; they need help. There is a lot of suffering there: they are starving and freezing and many are dying because there are not enough doctors and nurses on site. Let’s not forget: Christmas, yes, at peace with the Lord, but with the Ukrainians at heart. And let’s set concrete signs for them!
— Pope Francis, Vatican News, 12/14/2022
This desire may at first glance correspond to the Christian idea, but the second look must be directed at the whole world and the entire human family. And indeed, there is war not only in the Ukraine, not only in the Ukraine is there suffering and misery, not only in the Ukraine is there bitter need and poverty. Now the question arises as to how a pope can come up with the idea of just picking out one scene of injustice and violence and forgetting all other people in need. This at a time when totalitarian and absurd political measures are rapidly leading to the total expropriation and impoverishment of the people of the West.
The following report describes the considerable resources expended by the new German government to propagandize on behalf of the green climate agenda, and to prepare the populace for privations that lie ahead in pursuit of that goal.
Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Die Welt. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:
Ampel [traffic-light coalition*] has so far spent €32 million on calls to save energy
[You can’t make this up, now, can you?]
The federal government wants to reduce gas consumption by up to 20 percent this winter. Citizens should help, too. TV spots and advertisements for saving energy have so far cost more than €32 million. The messages are reminiscent of the appeals during the Corona pandemic.
Every contribution counts: With statements like these in advertisements and videos, the Federal Government is trying to persuade Germans to save energy. On television, in cinemas or outdoor areas, the “Traffic Light” makes the appeal for austerity among the people. The cost of this advertising campaign has so far amounted to more than €32 million. This emerges from an answer to a written request from the CSU member of the Bundestag Stefan Müller to the Federal Government, which was made available to Die Welt.
According to this, the expenditure for the “80 million together for energy change” campaign amounted, up to the 29 November deadline, to around €32,878,000. In addition, the Federal Government spent around €709,000 to advertise the relief package measures. These packages include, among other things, an energy cost subsidy of €300 for employed persons and pensioners, the reduction in VAT on gas and central heating. The Federal Ministry of Economics, led by Robert Habeck (Greens), is responsible for the advertising campaign. It is financed from the current federal budget.
The core of the advertising campaign is a video in which actors explain in the roles of pensioners, mothers and fathers or craftsmen that winter is coming and energy is expensive. “We can all make our contribution,” it says, among other things. These are sentences that are reminiscent of the calls to keep your distance and vaccinate during the Corona pandemic. Advertised energy-saving tips include turning off the water when brushing your teeth, sealing doors and turning the heating down a bit.
The “traffic light” had promised at EU level to reduce gas consumption by 15% from the beginning of August compared to the average consumption of the last five years. Overall, savings of around 20% compared to the pre-crisis period in consumption are considered a condition for Germany to get through the winter without gas rationing. Due to the mild autumn, many consumers turned up the heating later than usual. It is expected that gas consumption will increase due to the cold spell.
Afterword from the translator:
Our Hungarian correspondent László takes a look at the long-term consequences of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter.
The Peasants of Elon’s Digital Fiefdom
Is Elon Musk Actually Building a Social Credit System Apparatus?
by László
“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong” (Murphy’s Law)
Elon Musk’s admitted strategic goal with Twitter is to use it as an “accelerator for an everything app” that he plans to create in the future. But where will it all lead? I have been trying to read between the lines and figure out what is behind Musk’s mask, by ‘doing my research’ and looking further into the future, in order to reconcile his stated plans with those of his fellow globalists. I had to use my paranoid fantasy a bit, in order to fill in the gaps that the propaganda on all sides leaves in the Narrative, and get to a point that is nearer to the truth.
In a simplistic view, an “everything app” or “superapp” is something that can do virtually everything for you, from chatting to payments. But there is much more to it — even if it is something St. Elon the Savior himself creates for us.
You might have suspected, just like me, that Musk may have some other goals with Twitter, beyond the honey trap of ‘free speech’ he is promoting it with. Coinmarketcap writes:
In a cryptic tweet shared with his 107.9 million followers, the billionaire declared: “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” And when asked whether it would have been easier just to start “X” from scratch, he replied: “Twitter probably accelerates X by three to five years, but I could be wrong.
“Everything apps” haven’t really made a lasting impression in Western economies yet — but over in China, super apps have taken the economy by storm.
In China “super apps have taken the economy by storm” — and the society as well, I may add. In that light, the urgency of “Twitter accelerating X” is strange, to say the least.
Why does Musk want to have an “everything app” ASAP? Is that the zeitgeist, perhaps? Sure it is. But why? What does such an app do for a globalist? Why do globalists want so desperately to have “super apps” that take the economy [and society] by storm”? What do globalists want from the whole of the economy?
We all know the answer, but dare we say it?
In my opinion, as users of an “everything app”, (almost) everyone will be turned into a node in The Grid. The profit and power an “everything app” can generate will stem primarily from its ability to influence and control human behavior en masse.
And “information”, in this context, is nothing but your life: all what you do, say, think (!), buy and sell. According to Livemint:
Pyotr Tolstoy is a Russian politician and media figure, and the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. He speaks French, and in the following video is interviewed on French TV. His questioners are uniformly hostile to Russia, but his answers to them are very interesting indeed.
Many thanks to MissPiggy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
Our Dutch correspondent H. Numan sends this summary of the multiple political dramas currently unfolding in the Netherlands.
Dutch delight
by H. Numan
What’s going on behind the dikes? A lot. Most of it pretty bad. Hansje Brinkers (PM Mark Rutte) is riding a bulldozer demolishing the dikes as best as he can. I’ve got a tiny bit of good news, and mostly bad news.
Let’s start with the good news. The PVV (Geert Wilders’ party) is on the rise. For almost a month the PVV has been polling as the largest party in the country. Supposing elections were called for today, a conservative cabinet is possible, with Geert Wilders as prime minister. That’s the first time ever, at least in a decade. However, it’s not that the PVV is suddenly running far ahead in the polls. Yes, they have gained some ground, ever so slowly. At this moment a one-seat advantage over the VVD (Conservatives). It’s the other way around. VVD and D66 poll consistently lower.
Still, it is good news. Because in March of next year we have provincial elections. It’s dead certain the coalition will lose their majority in the Senate because of that. Let me explain why. We Dutch have a weird electoral system. Yes, we elect parliament directly. But not the Senate. That is too difficult and delicate for ordinary yokels and bumpkins like you and me to cast the right vote. Our Senate therefore is elected by provincial parliamentarians, after the provincial elections. The provincial elections (almost always as interesting as watching paint dry) will be in March of 2023. After March, we’ll see a reversed situation, compared with America: a cabinet majority in Parliament and a cabinet minority in the Senate. Supposing the cabinet hasn’t resigned before that, and there is good reason to look forward to national elections.
First of all, Mark Rutte, our prime minister got what he wanted. He’s the longest-ruling prime minister in Dutch history. The price he has to pay for it is small. After the next elections his party will be decimated. Which is not his problem. He’ll slither into a nice comfy job somewhere else. During an interview he explained how he went into politics: after his studies, he had to choose between joining the conservatives or the labor party. He thought he had better chances with the conservatives, so he joined them. Not exactly a man with principles. Probably good in business, but in politics, some principles are required. After 12 years, it’s showing.
Mark Rutte doesn’t rule this cabinet. His heart (or stone) isn’t into it anymore. Vice premier Sigrid Al-Qaq — Kaag is the real power behind the cabinet. She rules with an iron rod. She is quite popular within her party, but not with the electorate. D66 is dropping like a stone in the polls. Why? Because D66 — together with all other progressive parties — don’t remember 1792. She literally said we have to work harder, longer, for less pay and retirement later on. But her climate goals are sacred. D66 actually want to spend a lot less on people and much more on climate goals and refugees. Currently +100,000 very questionable refugees are expected for this year alone. There already was a housing crisis. Progressive parties have the gumption to openly say: we give refugees preference in social housing. They get social housing immediately. Ordinary Dutch have to wait twelve years. That’s what caused the French Revolution. The elites partied on, wanted more parties, and made the people bleed for it.
We are blessed with a benevolent king, his majesty William-Alexander. Who has the intellect of a common garden snail and matching empathy. His wife, the queen-consort, is a different story. She could have been the example for Megan Markle. She has as much empathy as her prey husband, but is ruthlessly ambitious. In Holland we have a constitutional monarchy. That means that king is required to keep his trap firmly shut. Given his preponderance for gaffes, he’d better. His consort don’t quite understand that principle. She very openly took a position in favor of a cashless society. That’s an absolute no-no. In fact, parliament can order her to apologize for it. If they have to guts to go that far, that is. See it like this: if my tap leaks, I call a plumber. What I don’t want is the CEO of the plumbing company giving his opinion about my house. Even less so if his wife starts to give her even more unwanted opinions. How this will play out, we’ll have to wait and see.
Thierry Baudet is the founder and leader of the Dutch party Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie, FvD). He has been a member of the Tweede Kamer (“Second Chamber”, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament) since 2017.
In the following podcast Mr. Baudet weighs in on the energy crisis, “climate change”, and the New World Order. He also discusses the “gotcha” culture of the media, in which careless wording or the use of a colorful turn of phrase can be magnified, distorted, taken out of context, and otherwise manipulated to create a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.
I’m glad I’m not in the public eye. I tend to take liberties with language in my private utterances, and enjoy using politically incorrect terminology for its own sake. My friends are used to my saying naughty things about chicks, ragheads, homos, Negroes, etc., but I doubt the media would be as tolerant. I’m glad I don’t have to deal with all that nonsense.
Many thanks to Gary Fouse for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Junge Freiheit:
Green politician
Others can freeze: Künast complains about a cold Bundestag
Berlin
“Freeze for peace” is the motto of the Greens for anyone who dares to complain about gas prices, which have increased at least sixfold in the past year. Many families do not know how they will pay their heating costs. The Bundestag is heated at the expense of taxpayers. But for the prominent Green Party politician Renate Künast, it’s so cold there that she is complaining publicly.
On Twitter, the 66-year-old laments that she “sits with a coat and a third cup of hot water — also to warm her hands — in the office”. She doubts “that’s 19°C . Next week I’ll come with a blanket, hot water bottle and hat.” All public buildings are heated to this temperature to save energy.
Instead of pity, there is criticism for Künast
The Green politician, who collects a monthly allowance of €10,323.29 and has been a member of the Bundestag for twenty years, expected sympathy from her followers, but received scorn and ridicule. One headmistress replied: “I laugh softly and can barely resist feeling sorry… We are doing this for the third winter at the schools. And who cares? Not politicians.”
“Sit with a coat and a 3rd cup of hot water — also to warm your hands — in the office. I doubt it’s 19°C. I’ll come next week with a blanket, hot water bottle and hat.”
— Renate Kuenast (@RenateKuenast), November 18, 2022
Another commented: “Next week wear an FFP2 mask all day long, then you’ll know firsthand what you have done to the students for many months.” And so it went on — a woman wrote to the former Federal Minister: “Dear Mrs. Künast, at home at the moment I’m still only heating the bathroom. Because I’m scared of the cost. Unfortunately, I have no sympathy for you at the moment.”
And a former mathematics professor commented: “Well, you may be cold because you are following the reason of your own greenness. But complain about it here? This is almost anti-election campaign. Yellow card!”
Afterword from the translator: