June 6, 2022, is the 78th Anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy
I am afraid that I have to disagree with the article below. The invasion did NOT save the world from tyranny. It removed one tyranny and empowered a more comprehensive tyranny. As a libertarian, I am no fan of Nazism but Communism was at least as bad
On June 6, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.
The invasion was supposed to happen on the 5th, but the weather forced Eisenhower to delay:
Capt. James Martin Stagg was the chief meteorologist of the British Royal Air Force and was the one to brief Eisenhower about the rough seas and lashing rain affecting the shore on June 5. Stagg previsioned the small window of better weather for early morning June 6….The Germans did not foresee this brief break in the bad weather. In fact, they forecast unsettled weather until mid-June. In charge with the defense of the invasion of beaches with the Germans, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was certain there would be no invasion between June 5 and 8 because the tides would not be favorable.
Rommel was very wrong. On June 6, more than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foothold in Continental Europe. Within ten days, there were half a million troops ashore, and within three weeks, there were two million. Allied invasion of Normandy
The invasion was the most massive amphibious military assault in history.
The cost of lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded. Not all the deaths were from Nazi bullets. Some drowned while walking from landing boats to their assigned beach. Their sacrifice allowed the allies to begin the slow, hard match across Europe, defeat Hitler’s troops, and save the world from tyranny.
The movies call D-Day “The Longest Day,” but a more apt description would be “The Day That Saved The World From Tyranny.”
https://lidblog.com/nazi-tyranny/
************************************************Biden is "Lining the Pockets of a Dictator": Maduro
It appears the United States is going from supporting one dictator to another when it comes to influencing the purchase of oil around the globe. In an effort to slow down Russian President Vladimir Putin and his campaign in east Ukraine, the Biden administration is poised to allow the shipment of oil from Venezuela into Europe, according to a report by Reuters.
“Eni SpA and Repsol SA, which are Italian and Spanish respectively, could ship Venezuelan oil to Europe as early as next month after the Biden administration authorized the plan last week.” according to The Hill which used Reuters as its source. The article by The Hill goes on to mention that “The Biden administration’s reported permission to allow for the use of Venezuelan oil comes as part of a push to rely less on Russian oil and redirect Venezuela’s shipments from China.”
On Sunday, Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL) tweeted out the story from The Hill and called out the Biden administration for what he seems to think is hypocrisy.
“Biden is choking off American energy while lining the pockets of a dictator. Got it," stated Rep. Waltz.
This is not the first time conservatives have been critical of this move, however. In early March, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) shared his displeasure with the mingling of the Biden administration with Venezuelan oil.
“So now we’re in a situation where people are really, really hurting. And rather than just recognize, rather than acknowledge that their policies have been ineffective, they are trying to justify what they’re doing, to say no more in America, and they’re going to Maduro.” Said the Florida Governor. “They’re going potentially to the Ayatollah in Iran. So you say you don’t want to with Putin because he’s a dictator. Fine. I’m all for that. But then don’t turn around and go to Maduro.”
https://floridianpress.com/2022/06/waltz-biden-is-lining-the-pockets-of-a-dictator-maduro/
*************************************************NZ co-governance is a recipe for privilege by an inherited tribal elite
In 2006, the former US President Barack Obama, then a Senator, used a speech at the University of Nairobi to rail against tribalism:
“Ethnic-based tribal politics has to stop. It is rooted in the bankrupt idea that the goal of politics or business is to funnel as much of the pie as possible to one’s family, tribe, or circle with little regard for the public good. It stifles innovation and fractures the fabric of the society. Instead of opening businesses and engaging in commerce, people come to rely on patronage and payback as a means of advancing. Instead of unifying the country to move forward on solving problems, it divides neighbour from neighbour.”
New Zealanders from all sides of the political spectrum have been horrified to find Jacinda Ardern – under the guise of implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – is forcing tribal rule onto our country, with virtually no openness nor transparency.
The path to tribal rule started with the public being blanketed with Maori language and culture, state employees being forced to undergo Treaty “retraining”, and media tapping into the government’s Public Interest Journalism Fund being required to promote Treaty propaganda.
However, things have taken a more sinister turn over recent months, with our Prime Minister now privatising – under the banner of 50:50 “co-governance” – essential services, including health care and water services, to the tribal elite – the iwi who run multi-million-dollar business development corporations.
As Victoria University’s Dr Bryce Edwards explains: “The co-governance model is a form of privatisation. The new companies will be half controlled by private organisations – iwi, which are increasingly highly corporate in their business operations.”
It is a scandalous situation – as Auckland University’s Professor Elizabeth Rata explains in an article in The Australian: “New Zealand’s constitution is currently undergoing a major heart and lung transplant via co-governance arrangements between Maori corporate tribes and the government … the Labour government is determined to embed racialised policies across a swathe of the nation’s laws and institutions.”
Professor Rata describes those pushing this tribal takeover as “radical intellectuals of the corporate tribes”, ably assisted by “social justice warriors armed with an unassailable moral righteousness”.
Those “social justice warriors” in our universities, government agencies, and the media are spreading the disinformation that underpins Jacinda Ardern’s tribal rule agenda – namely that the authority for co-governance comes from a Treaty ‘partnership’ between Maori and the Crown. They allege this was affirmed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Robin Cooke in the 1987 State-owned Enterprises case between the Maori Council and the Attorney General.
Former Judge and Law Lecturer Anthony Willy has examined the case, and, by exposing the ‘partnership’ claim as a gross fabrication, he reveals the deception being used to persuade New Zealanders to accept tribal control. Referring to a NZ Herald article about co-governance and “a ‘partnership’ between those with some Maori genes and the remainder of New Zealanders”, he wrote: “The writer concludes that such a unique constitutional arrangement results from the decision of the NZ Court of Appeal in NZ Maori Council.
“It is beyond question that nothing in the case suggests that the Treaty in any way creates a partnership between Maori and The Crown or brings into question the legitimacy of our democracy. To argue the contrary on the basis of this court case is either ignorant or wilfully dishonest.”
By using the Treaty ‘partnership’ deception to justify giving control of essential services to the Maori elite, Jacinda Ardern is robbing New Zealanders of crucial democratic safeguards, placing them instead at the mercy of unelected and unaccountable iwi business leaders working in their own best interests, not in the public good.
The reality is that once co-governance is put in place, the opportunities for tribal enrichment will be endless, with contracts, fees, and other mechanisms able to be used to secure taxpayer funding.
In fact, investigations have now found that a number of the family members of Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta – the member of Labour’s powerful Maori Caucus who has been leading the drive for co-governance – have been given government positions of significant influence.
The Herald reports that a company run by Ms Mahuta’s husband Gannin Ormsby was awarded contracts by the Ministry for the Environment for work described as “Maori expert ropu” (advice) during a period when she was the Associate Minister, while a second consultancy owned by Ormsby’s nephew Tamoko Ormsby and his wife Waimirirangi was paid $65,000, for work described as ‘support for Maori expert ropu’ over the same period.
Mahuta family members were also involved in the development of He Puapua, the UN Declaration plan for tribal rule.
Presumably Nanaia Mahuta saw no conflict or perceived conflict in any of this.
Doesn’t this raise questions about the legitimacy of the whole tribal rule agenda, since ‘co-governance’ could deliver significant ‘benefits’ to certain tribal groups?
Jacinda Ardern’s path to co-governance is already proving to be a recipe for Maori privilege by an inherited elite that will divide and weaken our society. Their end goal, of course – as outlined in He Puapua – is to ‘take the country back’ to tribal rule by 2040.
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MLB Players Stand Up to Woke Owners, Refuse to Participate in Team's Stunt for 'Pride Month'
A massive number of companies have chosen to plaster rainbows all over their social media and physical buildings for the month of June, which the left has dubbed “Pride Month.” This political posturing is supposed to display support for the LGBT community.
On Saturday, MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays participated in this celebration.
However, at least five players chose to take a stand for their beliefs, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
The Rays wore hats with a rainbow-colored version of their signature “TB” logo as well as arm patches that were rainbow versions of their secondary “sunburst” logo.
Yet some players decided their Christian faith compelled them not to wear the “pride” uniforms. The Times reported they included five pitchers: Jason Adam, Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley, Jeffrey Springs and Ryan Thompson.
These players chose to remove the rainbow patches from their sleeves and wore the traditional hat.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Adam explained their reasoning to the Times.
“A lot of it comes down to faith, to like a faith-based decision,” he said. “So it’s a hard decision. Because ultimately we all said what we want is them to know that all are welcome and loved here.
“But when we put it on our bodies, I think a lot of guys decided that it’s just a lifestyle that maybe — not that they look down on anybody or think differently — it’s just that maybe we don’t want to encourage it if we believe in Jesus, who’s encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would abstain from that behavior, just like [Jesus] encourages me as a heterosexual male to abstain from sex outside of the confines of marriage. It’s no different.”
Just as Adam said, Jesus did not call us to hate sinners but to love them. At the same time, he did call us to hate sin itself.
Loving someone is not always synonymous with encouraging his or her behavior. In fact, loving people often means holding them accountable by identifying their sin and helping them work to overcome it.
Adam further clarified to the Times that these players were not trying to exclude anyone. Even if they do not support the sexual choices of LGBT individuals, Adam said, the players still love and care about each of them.
“It’s not judgmental,” he said. “It’s not looking down. It’s just what we believe the lifestyle he’s encouraged us to live, for our good, not to withhold. But again, we love these men and women, we care about them, and we want them to feel safe and welcome here.”
This is a perfectly logical explanation, and it seems like the response Jesus would call his followers to have in this situation.
That did not stop many on social media from demonizing these players.
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