Michael Scarn @MichaelScarn99

أوروبا لا تعاني من "مشكلة" واحدة، بل من ثلاث مشاكل: ثلاث دول أوروبية تعاني من حالة "دوار ما بعد الإمبراطورية" الحاد. أولاً، المملكة المتحدة: تلك الأمة التي صوتت لصالح "بريكست" كي "تستعيد السيطرة"، لتكتشف لاحقاً أنها نسيت تماماً كيف تقود. إن أزمة الهوية البريطانية تشبه مشاهدة أسد متقاعد يحاول تبني نظام غذائي نباتي. لقد استبدلوا الثقة الإمبراطورية ببرامج تدريبية في "الحساسية السلوكية" تليق بقسم موارد بشرية. أرض "تشرشل" تُحكم الآن من قبل بيروقراطية "الدولة المربية" المترامية الأطراف، والتي تخشى الإساءة لأحد على منصة (X) أكثر من خشيتها من الانحدار الفعلي. أما الشرطة البريطانية، التي كانت يوماً ما محط حسد العالم، فتبدو الآن وكأنها تكرس مواردها للتحقيق في "حوادث كراهية غير إجرامية" وطلاء سيارات الدورية بألوان قوس قزح، أكثر مما تفعل في حل جرائم السطو. إنها أمة تتشبث يائسة بجماليات التقاليد — العائلة المالكة، المراسيم، الشاي — بينما نخر "العفن التقدمي" مؤسساتها حتى جعلها تبدو أكثر تطرفاً من حرم جامعة كاليفورنيا. إنهم يريدون "هيبة" القرن التاسع عشر، لكنهم مشلولون بالهشاشة العاطفية للقرن الحادي والعشرين. ثم تأتي فرنسا: العمة الغاضبة المدخنة بشراهة التي ترفض الاعتراف بأنها عاطلة عن العمل منذ عقود. يتجلى "دوار ما بعد الإمبراطورية" لدى فرنسا في حالة دائمة من التمرد التي تتخفى وراء قناع "المشاركة المدنية". هويتها منقسمة بين نخبة واهمة لا تزال تعتقد أن باريس هي عاصمة الكون، وشعب يعبر عن "بهجة الحياة" بحرق مواقف الحافلات كل يوم خميس. يعاني الفرنسيون من "عقدة نابليونية" بدون وجود نابليون؛ فهم يطالبون بمستوى معيشة إمبراطورية فاتحة بينما يعملون 35 ساعة في الأسبوع ويتقاعدون في سن يكون فيه معظم الأمريكيين في قمة عطائهم. ينظرون للقيم "الجمهورية" والعلمانية المتشددة، ومع ذلك فقدت الدولة سيطرتها على مساحات شاسعة من ضواحيها. فرنسا باختصار هي متحف جميل في الهواء الطلق، حيث القيمون عليه في إضراب، والحراس يخشون الزوار، والإدارة مشغولة بإلقاء المحاضرات على بقية العالم حول "العظمة" (Grandeur) بينما فواتير الكهرباء لم تُدفع بعد. أخيراً لدينا ألمانيا: العملاق العصبي الذي قرر أن الطريقة الوحيدة للتكفير عن تاريخه هي ارتكاب "انتحار صناعي" بطيء. إن "دوار ما بعد الإمبراطورية" في ألمانيا هو مرض مناعي أخلاقي؛ فالبلاد مرعوبة من ظلها لدرجة أنها استبدلت الفخر الوطني بجلد الذات العنيف وقوانين إعادة التدوير. هويتهم مبنية على كونهم "القوة الأخلاقية العظمى"، وهو ما يترجم عملياً إلى إغلاق محطات الطاقة النووية التي تعمل بكفاءة تامة من أجل حرق الفحم القذر، كل ذلك بينما يلقون الدروس على جيرانهم حول البصمة الكربونية. إنها أمة من المهندسين الذين هندسوا مجتمعاً لا يعمل. الروح الألمانية، التي عرفت يوماً بالكفاءة والانضباط، تحورت إلى بيروقراطية مشلولة حيث ملء الاستمارة الصحيحة أهم من النتيجة النهائية. إنهم مستميتون لتجنب الظهور بمظهر "التهديد" لدرجة أنهم تحولوا أساساً إلى منظمة غير حكومية ضخمة تمتلك جيشاً يستخدم "مقابض المكنسات" بدلاً من البنادق، خوفاً من أن يُفسر إظهار أي حزم على أنه انتكاسة للماضي.

. @LarryTaunton went to the Gaza border. With an M16 in his lap. Riding with IDF soldiers along the same roads where Oct. 7 happened. He wrote it up for The Federalist and it’s one of the most important pieces of journalism on this conflict I’ve read. But it hasn’t gotten nearly enough attention for the amazing reporting that was done. 🧵 The article is linked at the end of the thread and I hope everyone takes the time to read it. This is just a summary of its most important points.

It’s Saturday! We all know what that means… Taste the goodness of the biscuit today and everyday.

Let’s be brutally honest. If Democrats ever retake the United States Senate, the filibuster is gone anyway. Day one. No debate. No hesitation. They will pack the Supreme Court, erase every institutional guardrail, and give a Democrat president everything on their radical wish list to permanently reshape this country. And here’s the unforgivable part: while that threat is staring us in the face, President Trump’s America First agenda is dying right now in the United States Senate. Not because Democrats are stopping it, but because weak Republicans are. Republicans like John Cornyn refuse to fight. Refuse to use power. Refuse to do the very thing voters sent them to Washington to do: win. You don’t save the Republic by protecting Senate traditions while the other side burns them down. You save it by acting. By codifying the America First agenda into law now, while we still can. Texas didn’t send a Senator to Washington to manage decline. We sent one to stop it. If you won’t fight when it matters most, step aside. Texas is ready for leadership that will.

Pro-Tip from an Iranian: Part 30. (Muslims attacking Christmas Markets)

Mike Rowe nails it Watch

🇨🇳 WINGS OF DECEPTION: CHINA’S AIR FORCE IS BUILT TO BLUFF, NOT BATTLE China wants you to believe it owns the sky. And at first glance, why not? It’s got over 3,000 aircraft, stealth fighters that look like they were sketched by Marvel concept artists, and bombers so big they cast shadows over the Pacific. If there’s a global leaderboard for “most intimidating PowerPoint presentations,” the People’s Liberation Army Air Force wins gold. But dig even one millimeter below the polished propaganda and what you’ll find is less Top Gun, more Top Prop. Start with the J-20, the so-called “Mighty Dragon.” China’s stealth pride and joy is slick - until it isn’t. Its engines can’t sustain supersonic flight. It burns fuel like a frat house burns through cheap beer. And stealth? Only from the front. From the rear, it's as sneaky as a parade float. Oh, and it can’t carry bombs. Minor detail. Their bombers? The H-6 is a retro Soviet knockoff from the 1950s. Yes, China updated it. And yes, it's still about as survivable as a paper kite in a hurricane. Its payload matches an F-15’s - except it’s slower and easier to spot. And the pilots flying all this? Not one has seen combat. Not one. China hasn’t fought an air war since Queen was topping the charts and Iran was brand new. You know who has flown combat missions? Pretty much every U.S. pilot in a squadron. And they don’t need to check with a political commissar before deciding whether to engage. Meanwhile, China has all the support gear of a garage band trying to headline Coachella. A couple dozen refuelers. A handful of AWACS planes. A strategic airlift capacity that couldn't support a decent summer camp, let alone a cross-strait invasion. Want to seize Taiwan? Great. Just make sure your jets are back in time for lunch. And let’s not ignore the rot inside. Corruption is so baked into China’s military-industrial complex, you could cut it into slices and serve it at a banquet. Defense ministers have been purged. Rocket fuel’s been swapped for water. (No, really.) And generals get promoted less for tactical brilliance and more for clapping loudest during Xi Jinping's speeches. So what’s all this shiny junk actually for? Intimidation. China built a war machine it doesn’t expect to use. It’s the geopolitical version of flexing in the mirror before a bar fight and hoping nobody calls your bluff. The J-20 looks scary from a distance. The bombers look big on satellite images. But if the shooting starts, that illusion burns up faster than their engines do. So the next time Beijing rattles its sabers, ask this: is it brandishing a sword - or just waving a very shiny butter knife? Source: Warfronts

The Internet hates this. Reason: it offends the one religion you're not allowed to offend. You know what to do.

HOLY S'HT 🚨 Only 30% of the 42M on EBT are Americans who were born here 51% are Muslim who won't allow their wives to work, and have multiple wives with multiple children, getting $4K to $5K each This is unsustainable, It's time for DOGE to do an audit of EBT, who's with me

Here it is: Witnesses, sworn affidavits, eviction notices, marriage certificates, tax filings, and DNA CONFIRM: Ilhan Omar married her brother and admitted she would “do what she had to do” to get him papers to stay in the U.S. Now, arrest @Ilhan for crimes including marriage fraud, tax fraud, immigration fraud, student loan fraud, perjury, bigamy, incest, kickbacks, bribery, campaign finance abuse—and for the crime of defrauding the United States government.

Last year, Bill Nye the Science Guy said the best way to stop hurricanes was to vote for Kamala Harris. This year, the United States marked its first hurricane-free September in a decade. Moral of the story? Stop listening to climate alarmists.

We’ve all made jokes at Jimmy Kimmel’s expense. But Mr. Kimmel is a fellow artist, and I am in fact heartbroken to see the way he has been treated. I believe he is, in his heart of hearts, a good and decent fellow, devoid of malice and hate. Just kidding, Jimbo. Eat shit.

💥 THIS MAN GETS IT !!

M.E.G.A Time is now!

🚨BREAKING: Comedian Charleston White says he does not “give a f*ck” about any white boys getting killed, especially Charlie Kirk: “I don’t give a fck about Kirk’s death. I don’t care about no white boys death” I hope he loses his entire fan base.

My team and I have now gotten at least 25 people fired from their jobs for celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Should we keep going?

🚨 PLEASE LISTEN I am tagging just as she asked, and I would ask all of you to please repost and tag …this needs to be done ASAP! @POTUS @realDonaldTrump

EXPOSED: American spent all day doing her own investigation and TMZ lied. They were 100% cheering at the news Charlie Kirk had just been assassinated TMZ 100% lied about the car chase video and it’s proven by timestamps This is so good. Cancel TMZ

Phoenix Air Traffic Control sent a message to Charlie Kirk when he landed “You didn’t deserve it. May God bless your family” You are right. He didn’t deserve this

DISGUSTING: During the @TMZ livestream today, employees at TMZ could be heard CHEERING 30 seconds before @charliekirk11’s death was announced on the TMZ livestream. They were happy to hear the news of Charlie Kirk’s death and can be heard clapping and cheering before passing the news to Harvey Levin, who was hosting the stream. @HarveyLevinTMZ needs to condemn this. I have clipped the livestream before they try to delete it. Shameful and disgusting behavior by TMZ. Shame on them. Charlie is a husband and a father. He was murdered in cold blood.