No, the Iran War Doesn’t Prove Ed Miliband Right
Posted By: Mercedes44, 3/22/2026 6:20:05 AM
Alongside the claim that you should love mosquitos and wasps, the Guardian’s Environment Correspondents opinion section carries three attempts to turn the Iran crisis into an opportunity for the UK’s green agenda. Environmentalism is, I have long claimed, an opportunistic infection: its adherents are unable to make a case for a perfect world on its own terms, and so their argument for a radical and urgent reorganisation of society, requiring the suspension of normal politics, must capitalise on a sense of crisis to advance their agenda. And so it is that the Grauniad’s eco-hacks rush to Ed Miliband’s rescue with some tall tales.
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Trump threatens attacks on Iranian power
plants if Tehran fails to open the Strait
of Hormuz 3 replies
plants if Tehran fails to open the Strait
of Hormuz 3 replies
Iran responded Sunday with threats of its own, a day after President Donald Trump warned the United States will “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran fails to fully open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours and Iranian missiles struck two cities near Israel’s main nuclear research center, injuring dozens and shattering apartment buildings.
The developments signaled the war in the Middle East, now in its fourth week, was moving in a dangerous new direction.
Sirens blared across Israel as Iran launched new barrages Sunday. In the country’s south, residents faced the devastation in the cities of Dimona and Arad. In northern Israel,
Prior to the era of post-1965 mass immigration, America was not a “diverse” country by modern standards. White and black Americans averaged 87 percent and 12 percent of the population, respectively, from the founding of Jamestown until the 1970s—more than 300 years of uninterrupted demographic stability. There was some internal diversity in the white American population, though this diversity was largely dealt with by rapid integration that often took less than a generation—two generations at most. By the 1970s, when the foreign-born population was under 5 percent, America was a very cohesive nation. The “natural diversity” of the United States was found not in its inherent demography but —
President Nayib Bukele has transformed El Salvador from one of the most dangerous places in the world—a tropical hellhole with a murder rate fit for a Middle Eastern warzone—to one of the safest countries in the Americas. He did it by applying one basic principle: lock up the most violent people in society, then throw away the key.
Bukele was aided by the fact that most crime in his country was committed by members of ultra-violent gangs like MS-13 and Barrio 18, who conveniently advertise their allegiance and their crimes with lurid tattoos all over their bodies.
Alongside the claim that you should love mosquitos and wasps, the Guardian’s Environment Correspondents opinion section carries three attempts to turn the Iran crisis into an opportunity for the UK’s green agenda. Environmentalism is, I have long claimed, an opportunistic infection: its adherents are unable to make a case for a perfect world on its own terms, and so their argument for a radical and urgent reorganisation of society, requiring the suspension of normal politics, must capitalise on a sense of crisis to advance their agenda. And so it is that the Grauniad’s eco-hacks rush to Ed Miliband’s rescue with some tall tales.
More than 20 nations spanning from Asia to Europe to the Gulf have expressed a “readiness to contribute” to the effort of opening up the Strait of Hormuz amid threats to ships by the Islamist regime in Iran.In a joint statement released on Saturday morning, the nations of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom condemned in the “strongest terms” the recent attacks by Iran against unarmed, civilian shipping vessels,
‘Winning decisively’: U.S. has largely
defanged Iran’s military power despite
negative press 6 replies
defanged Iran’s military power despite
negative press 6 replies
The Pentagon’s top leaders are confident that the Iranian regime’s military is being pulverized by American forces from the land, sea, and air, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declaring that “we’re winning decisively” against the revolutionary Islamic government in Iran.
President Donald Trump announced at the end of February that U.S. and Israeli forces had launched a joint attack against the regime in Tehran, quickly killing Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei and soon greatly degrading the Iranian military, targeting ballistic missile sites, bombing drone production facilities, sinking naval ships, hitting the Iranian defense industrial base, and hammering strongholds run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The critical question is whether we will stop at weakening the Iranian regime or Hamas or move toward ensuring that they can never again recover as long-term threats to their neighbors or global security. At this moment, leaving those regimes in place – the ruling mullahs in Iran or Hamas in Gaza — is probably the most dangerous option.
Authoritarian regimes such as Iran's, and terrorist groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic State and the Taliban, rarely respond to setbacks by abandoning their ambitions. Instead, they pause, regroup, and rebuild.
Russia and China, each with its own anti-American calculations,
The Department of Health and Human Services is protecting parents’ rights to keep their children under their care, according to Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brian Christine.
“If you have a set of parents and their child has gender dysphoria and there are threats to remove that child from your care, that’s absolutely wrong,” Christine told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview.
The HHS Administration for Children and Families wrote a letter to state child welfare agencies telling them that the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act prohibits them from removing children from their home because the parent doesn’t affirm the child’s gender identity.
Hochul is running from her high-spending
past — but Mamdani ties may sink her
re-election hopes 4 replies
past — but Mamdani ties may sink her
re-election hopes 4 replies
Gov. Hochul was fittingly ridiculed last week for urging wealthy New Yorkers who fled the state for Florida to return and bring their rich friends with them.
“We need your money” was the gist of her plea.
She has zero chance of success.
The rich didn’t get rich by being so easily duped, but Hochul had to know that. So why did she decide to make a fool of herself?
It’s not because she’s dumb, but because she thinks voters are — and that they have short memories.
After all, this is the same Hochul who, during her 2022 campaign, told her GOP opponent, Rep. Lee Zeldin,
(The Center Square) - U.S Gulf Coast LNG export plants are poised to increase shipments in global markets desperate for gas supplies as damage assessments show a year or longer will be needed to repair Qatar’s giant LNG production facility located along the Persian Gulf.
Iranian missile strikes late Wednesday caused extensive damage to the Ras Laffan Industrial City, the world's largest LNG export hub capable of loading several super-sized tankers simultaneously and processing over 77 million tons of gas annThe disruption has wiped out approximately 17% of Qatar's LNG capacity, leading to forced suspensions on long-term contracts to Italy, Belgium, South Korea and China.
The chairman of the Senate's most powerful investigative panel is urging President Donald Trump to declassify and make public any U.S. intelligence showing China's efforts to gain access to American voter registration data or to use measures to influence voters dating back to 2020.
"I wish they briefed the American people on it. I don't know why you want to keep this classified or hidden. This needs to be thoroughly investigated, and when we have the results of that investigation, make it available to the public," said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
He added, "The sooner, the better."
Some things are easy to comprehend, even for the smallest of children. Our elders teach us that cheating is wrong, period. Dishonesty is not okay. And when we become adults, at least when most people do, we understand that our republican system of government protects us by the grace of God through the inalienable rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Among the most cherished of those rights are the voting protections afforded to U.S. citizens. The last two words are important. As readers may know, the U.S. Senate is debating the SAVE America Act on Saturday, meant to put in place common sense safeguards of those rights.
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Americans could soon pay nearly a dollar to mail a first-class letter as the U.S. Postal Service seeks higher rates to address deepening financial losses.
Postmaster General David Steiner told a House Oversight Committee hearing that the agency wants to increase the price of a first-class stamp from the current 78 cents to between 90 cents and 95 cents.
The Postal Service posted a $9 billion loss in 2025 and faces the risk of running out of cash within 12 months if no changes are made.
“As you all know, there are only three things that any company can do to improve financial performance — sell more products, raise prices, or cut costs,”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday indicated that the Islamic regime would not be overthrown without a "ground component" to the current conflict. (snip) "It is often said that you can't (snip) do revolutions from the air. (snip) you can do a lot of things from the air (snip) but there has to be a ground component, as well. There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing with you all those possibilities."
Robert Mueller, who investigated allegations
of Russian election meddling, dies at
81, sources say 22 replies
of Russian election meddling, dies at
81, sources say 22 replies
Robert Mueller, a former FBI director who led the investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, has died, multiple sources told CBS News on Saturday. He was 81. A cause of death was not shared. Mueller is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Ann Cabell Standish, their two daughters, and three grandchildren. His death was first reported by MS Now. Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013. In 2017, the Justice Department appointed him special counsel to investigate potential coordination between Russia and the Trump team during the 2016 presidential election. The nearly
She's trippin'. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 in campaign cash last year on a shrink who specializes in controversial Ketamine therapy. (snip) The expenses were marked as "leadership training and consulting." It is unclear what the sessions consisted of or who participated. Ocasio-Cortez's campaign did not respond to requests for comment. (snip) "While she describes these expenditures as 'leadership training,' Dr. Boyle has no experience in that area, unlike several Democratic consultants," Kamenar added. "This looks like yet another example of misuse of campaign contributions."
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon has revealed that a massive DOJ review of between 50 and 60 million voter records has uncovered hundreds of thousands of ineligible registrations, including over 300,000 DEAD people still listed as active voters and tens of thousands of non-citizens who have already cast ballots in federal elections.
As The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively, Dhillon’s team has been waging war on dirty voter rolls since President Trump took office.
Back in December 2025, we told you how an initial review of just 47.5 million records found 260,000+ dead voters and thousands of illegals registered to vote.
House Democrats Block Legislation That
Would Criminalize The Disruption Of A
Church Service 19 replies
Would Criminalize The Disruption Of A
Church Service 19 replies
Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives blocked legislation that would make it a crime to disrupt a church service with the intent to interfere with the free exercise of religion. The vote came eight weeks after a St. Paul church was stormed by agitators. (snip) Minnesota law does not have a statute that criminalizes the disruption of a church service. (snip) During the committee meeting, Democrats repeatedly brought up Operation Metro Surge, the federal government's recent immigration enforcement effort in Minnesota. (snip) In the end, Democrats appeared to oppose Davis' legislation because their Operation Metro Surge-related bills were previously blocked.
Media veterans outraged as Bari Weiss
shuts 100-year old CBS News Radio: ‘It’s disgusting’ 18 replies
shuts 100-year old CBS News Radio: ‘It’s disgusting’ 18 replies
CBS News Radio — the century-old home of legendary journalists Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow — is shutting down as network boss Bari Weiss continues to reshape the struggling news network, cutting 6% of its workforce in a Friday bloodbath that claimed 60 to 70 jobs.
Weiss and CBS News President Tom Cibrowksi said Friday that CBS Radio will shut down May 22 with all roles in the unit eliminated — a move that was driven by industry shifts and financial pressure from David Ellison, CEO of CBS parent Paramount Skydance.
The duo told employees that “a shift in radio station programming strategies, coupled with challenging economic realities,
As the World Burns...
17 replies
Time to dust off the "Mission Accomplished" banner?
~A Thought for the Day from David Blair in our comments section:
It's time to move past your reticence to have initiated the war and get behind Trump. Your fear that it might end badly is noted.
"Get behind Trump"? That might be better directed at Vance, Gabbard, Kennedy and other cabinet members whose discomfort with the strange turn of events is palpable either through their sudden absence from public life or when they're testifying to Congress and trying to walk the fine line between not getting fired now and not getting impeached by the incoming Democrat majority in January.
With the return of President Donald Trump to the White House, panicked liberals fearful of a Fascism that never seems to happen outside of their fervid imaginations are seeking an escape route via obtaining foreign citizenship. Also key to their escape from Orange Man Bad is getting foreign passports as chronicled on Monday in the New Yorker by Lauren Markham, "Seeking a Second Passport." The subtitle only adds to the hilarity of their inflated paranoia: "For some Americans, citizenship in a country their ancestors fled is now an insurance plan." To get an idea of how much of a bubble Markham
Blue Flight Continues Apace
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The most important contemporary phenomenon for our politics and, perhaps, for the future of our country is the ongoing sorting of our citizens into red and blue states. The dynamic is pretty simple: people are leaving blue states for red states, with the single exception of those whose first priority is lavish welfare benefits, who therefore seek out blue states. This might seem like a terrible deal for the blue states, and of course it is, in the long term.
But meanwhile, things are not all bad for Democratic politicians. They are getting rid of a lot of pesky businessmen and others who tend to vote against them,
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk offered on Saturday to pay the salaries of TSA employees during the shutdown. "I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country," Musk wrote on X. By law, federal employees receive back pay after a government shutdown comes to an end. However, many TSA employees are reportedly calling out due to not receiving paychecks, resulting in long security lines.
An unassuming office building on a side street in Los Angeles is being called a “ground zero” example of suspected, widespread hospice care fraud underway in California.
The Merabi Professional Medical Plaza, a 32,000-square-foot, stucco and glass building in the Van Nuys neighborhood of the LA’s San Fernando Valley is reportedly the home to 89 licensed hospice companies.
Sheila Clark, a patient advocate working to expose fraud in the hospice industry, called the building a “ground zero” example of the financial exploitation of taxpayer-funded programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
The building and the state records of the companies located there were highlighted Thursday in the latest installment of an ongoing investigation