"If this is achieved, then the Sexual Revolution will have accomplished the diabolical task of mocking the creation of God"

Slouching Towards a Genderless Society

By Joe Kral

It would seem that in today’s modern US society there are pundits who wish to make gender something that is fluid. Something that can change on a whim, if one wills it. On November 3, the voters of the city of Houston decided on whether to keep their local Equal Rights Ordinance. While on the surface, this sort of legislative initiative seems just since no one is in favor of unjust discrimination, this ordinance posed several problems with its language. The City Council of Dallas, Texas, is another locality that recently passed an ordinance identical to that of Houston’s, and it too may end up on the local ballot to see if the citizens want to keep it. While many are familiar with the recent decision of the US Supreme Court’s decision to mandate that all states recognize the so-called right to same-sex “marriage”, it seems that something much more nefarious is afoot when it comes to the subject of gender. As of late, there have been multiple attacks on the institution of marriage and these particular ordinances are among them.

Many who opposed this type of legislation make the argument that it would legally allow a man who claims to be a woman to go into a woman’s public restroom. However, the problem extends beyond the issue of a man using the opposite gender’s public facility. The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance is a clear indication of what modern day proponents of the Sexual Revolution are moving towards. This is seen when one reads the definition of “gender identity” within the ordinance itself; it reads as “an individual’s innate identification, appearance, expression, or behavior as either male or female, although the same may not correspond to the individual’s body or gender as assigned at birth” (see City of Houston Ordinances, Chapter 17, Section 2). In essence, a man may merely will himself to be a “woman” and vice versa. Basically, instead of having the law recognize the uniqueness of each gender and how each gender reflects the image of God in its own way, these individuals wish to twist the civil law in order to reflect the idea that gender is legally meaningless. Biology is merely ignored.

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Hungary’s premier says immigration and terrorism link ‘obvious,’ calls for greater EU border controls, vetting of migrants.

Viktor Orban: ‘All Terrorists Are Basically Migrants’


“All of them [migrants] present a security threat because we don’t know who they are. If you allow thousands or millions of unidentified persons into your house, the risk of … terrorism will significantly increase,” Orban is quoted as saying.

Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, Europe’s main priority should be to impose tighter security at its external borders and greater controls on immigrants, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Politico in an exclusive interview, saying the link between immigration and terrorism is an "obvious fact, whether you like it or not."

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A recent book asserts the primary importance of Christianity in the complex structure that we call Western civilization

The soul of the West in eclipse

by David Daintree (*)

"This book is a modest attempt to encourage those who are determined not only to resist the negative winds of change but to go on the offensive against them. It is an apologia for the Great Tradition."

Christianity is not an optional extra, a supplementary subject for those who want to earn a few more marks in the school of life! On the contrary, you can’t begin to understand Western culture in isolation from the story of Christ and his Church. Those who claim they can are deluding themselves. The last laugh, surely, is on Christopher Dawkins: he is the man who has delusions about God.

The influence of Christianity on science, law, government, philosophy, literature, language and on our sense of mutual obligation has been quite literally immense. Today we are in the midst of a struggle sometimes known as the Culture Wars: powerful elements in our society want to minimize or even extinguish the influence of Christianity in education and to downplay its role in history.

In fact most opinion makers in the West have no understanding of any kind of religious impulse. If it were not so serious it would be almost amusing to observe the incapacity of the commentariat to understand the Paris killings. Stubbornly denying that such deeds have any connection with Islam, and accusing the killers of cowardice or insanity or both, is clear evidence that much influential opinion in the thoroughly secularized West simply cannot grasp that fact that courageous young Islamists are willing to give their lives for their faith, that they count the riches of this world as nought compared to the glories to come, and that there is a crystal-clear logic to their actions. All that is invisible to anyone who has lost, or has never possessed, the faculty of thinking in spiritual categories.

If some of the language in the preceding sounds familiar it should do. A willingness to lay down one’s life for others, a desire to be with God, has been fundamental to Christian spirituality. Arguably it has never been possible for Christians, in the clear light of the New Testament, to kill the innocent (though many have sought to justify such deeds), but Christians ought to understand at least some of the impulses that drive Muslims to contempt for the world, and contempt for worldliness in others.

For another illustration of the great gulf that divides the religious from the secular mentality consider the Lindy Chamberlain case of 35 years ago. Lindy completely lost the sympathy of her peers when she made it plain that she had absolute faith in her child’s survival after death. To most people it was simply inconceivable that a bereaved mother could be anything other than inconsolable: her joy was an affront and an outrage. Of course she was guilty of murder!

Thirty-five years later the dominant atheism of the secular West has moved on and gained ground. How long will it be till Christians and other religious people are brought to justice simply for teaching their beliefs to others? But wait. Hasn’t that already happened to Archbishop Julian Porteous, in Tasmania?

The traditional culture and civilization of the West has never before been in such grave danger of being overwhelmed and cast aside. Equally imperilled is the Christian faith that has been its creative principle, its very soul. By a sad irony the greatest threat to the Western tradition is in its heartland.

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(*) David Daintree, formerly President of Campion College Australia, established the Dawson Centre in 2013 as a means of asserting the importance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. For more information about the Centre visitwww.dawsoncentre.org.


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“Hybrid Warfare on the Rise: A New Dominant Military Strategy?

“Hybrid Warfare on the Rise: A New Dominant Military Strategy?


This article was adapted from Aivar Jaeski's presentation for Baltic Russia Youth forum panel called “Hybrid Warfare on the Rise: A New Dominant Military Strategy?” that took place in Tallinn, 16.-19.October.

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I must say that I don’t like the term hybrid warfare, its sounds far too nice. We all know that the Toyota hybrid is a very modern, ecologically clean, friendly, and technically sophisticated machine. Putting the word hybrid in front of the word war is like trying to soften the cruelty of Putin’s regime when he ordered the annexation of Crimea and initiated the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. War is ugly, believe me, I have seen it; there is nothing friendly or clean about it.

Regarding the term ‘war’, Sun Tzu wrote that ‘the supreme art of war is to conquer the enemy without battle’ already in 513 B.C. The annexation of Crimea was a well-conducted strategic act that must be defined as war. War is war. But why talk about the events that took place in Ukraine using such terms?

Putin’s team has implemented several new tactics in his approach to strategic combat. I would like to bring your attention toCRIMINALITY as an aspect of the new hybrid war. What do I mean by that?

In a normal democratic country, when you see people wearing camouflage (bought from a shop, as Mr Putin said), equipped with rifles, you might think this man is a hunter, but when these men are walking through the centre of the town, green and friendly, or driving cars thathave no number plates, they are breaking the law; such people are criminals by definition since only particular authorities designated by the country in question have the right to give others the permission to carry weapons or remove car number plates. When armed people are blocking the work of governmental institutions, their actions are taken in blatant disregard for the law.

According to the Geneva Convention, the situation in Ukraine is defined as an international armed conflict. International armed conflict is a conflict between states. So we can say that by denying the presence of Russian forces in Crimea, the Russian leadership was breaking the international law of armed conflict. Here is a timeline containing statements made and real actions taken by the leadership of the Russian Federation.

• 22 Feb—Putin orders the annexation
• 23 Feb—a large military exercise is launched in Russia
• 24 Feb—Russian Forces enter Crimea
• 25 Feb—Foreign Minister Lavrov claims Russia’s ‘principled position of non-interference in the domestic affairs of Ukraine’
• 26 Feb—Defence Minister Shoygu announces that the snap exercise being conducted in Western and Southern Russia involving over 150,000 troops ‘is unrelated to Ukraine’
• 27 Feb—Russian forces occupy key Crimean buildings
• 1 Mar—Putin is authorized by the Duma to use force in Ukraine
• 3 Mar—the Russian Foreign Ministry says that the Black Sea Fleet warships ‘are not involved’ in Crimea;
• 4 Mar—President Putin says ‘Those were self-defence forces.’
• 10-13 Mar—Paratroopers, artillery, and armour ‘exercise’ near Ukraine
• 16 Mar—Crimean referendum
• 18 Mar—Russia annexes Crimea
• 18 Mar—Putin says ‘Russia’s armed forces never entered Crimea.’
• One year later, on 22 Mar 2015—the Documentary «Crimea: The Way Back Home» reveals the truth. ( https://vimeo.com/123194285 )

Crimea: The Way Home - EN Subtitles - Full Documentary from Sott.net on Vimeo.

How can the international community trust the Russian President and his Foreign and Defence Ministers when they come to the negotiation table after telling such large lies?

In a civil war or internal armed conflict, Putin’s green men would be identified as combatants; criminal law would not apply to them. It was the use of civilians, or so-called non-legal combatants, that violated the law of armed conflicts in Crimean crisis. Unidentified civilians, who take active part in military actions, are unlawful combatants whose actions can be prosecuted by domestic law.

Thanks to the 27 February 2013 issue of the magazine Voenno-promyshlennyi kur’er (the Military-Industrial Courier or VPK), we know that General Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has written the use of civilians during a crisis into his military doctrine. Can we conclude that criminality is an accepted part of Russian military thinking? Stalin himself had a criminal record. He was prosecuted for robbery before he became a communist. After his death things started to normalize, but sometime during the 1970s, when the Soviet army lacked manpower, a decision was made to allow criminals, those who had been convicted of less serious crimes and had completed their punishment, could serve in the Soviet Army. This was the decision that brought criminal behaviour into the ranks of the Soviet Army conscripts. Today criminal behaviour has reached as far as the Generals, the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces.

Hiring actors to distribute false information to internal and external audiences is perfectly acceptable for the criminal mind. Most people familiar with this topic know the facts concerning Russian actor Galina Pyshniak, who was required to play the role of witness in the story of the crucified boy, a wounded bystander in a shooting incident, as well as a member of an angry crowd. This is another example of an unlawful combatant who can be prosecuted by domestic Criminal Law.

General Gerasimov’s doctrine also states that military actions should be undertaken during peacetime, and the first confrontation should be in the communication environment where military means can also be used.

The military uses special tools, not available to general public. Such tools were used to hack the telephone call of former Estonian Foreign Minister Mr Paet to EU high official Ms Ashton. The call was recorded and posted on YouTube. This is not the only incident; there are many examples from Lithuania and the US as well. These are illegal activities. Hacking is a criminal act, even in Russia.

Another unique tactic in the information war that the Russians have developed is the ‘Troll Farm’. The closest one is located 150 km from the EU border in St Petersburg, at Savuskina 55. Computer operators or trolls are paid to write false and inflammatory comments to blogs, online magazines, and various social media platforms. Today the main focus is, of course, Ukraine, but there is some activity regarding the Baltic States as well. The StratCom Centre of Excellence conducted a study on trolls in Latvia identifying five categories of trolls: 1) the blame-the-US troll, who consistently finds a way to put the US at fault for everything, even bad roads in Russia 2) the angry troll, who focuses on hate speech 3) the bikini troll, who asks naïve questions and posts pictures posing as a girl dressed in a bikini 4) the Wikipedia troll, who creates false arguments using lots of materials copied from many different sources, and 5) the attachment troll—the most dangerous type—because, in addition to leaving inflammatory comments, they also distribute viruses using attached links.

The Kremlin is currently putting more emphasis on means of combat that undermine and create confusion. By using a combination of falsified historical and present day facts, the trolls create confusion, influence public opinion through social media, and disseminate conspiracy theories with the goal of undermining Western values and the existing democratic system.

Another criminal tactic is the violent rhetoric used by the Kremlin, driven by the intent to scare. This tactic can also be traced to Russian convicts and criminals who live by the phrase ‘боится значит уважaет’, which means ‘if you are scared of me, you respect me’. Putin makes enormous efforts to show Russia’s superiority. His belligerent attitude can be seen in the Georgian conflict, the annexation of Crimea, and the continuing tension in Ukraine. If we look more broadly, we see it also in the increase in flights of old Russian nuclear bombers in sensitive airspace, as well as the establishment of the Arctic Joint Strategic Command, a fifth Russian military district, in December of last year.

In conclusion, the Kremlin leadership has broken a number of laws and we have been giving a rather soft name to an ugly thing instead focusing on the hard truth.

Source: www.stratcomcoe.org

Understanding of Russian strategic thinking

The ‘Gerasimov Doctrine’ and Russian Non-Linear War

By Dr Mark Galeotti

Call it non-linear war (which I prefer), or hybrid war, or special war, Russia’s operations first in Crimea and then eastern Ukraine have demonstrated that Moscow is increasingly focusing on new forms of politically-focused operations in the future. In many ways this is an extension of what elsewhere I’ve called Russia’s ‘guerrilla geopolitics,’ an appreciation of the fact that in a world shaped by an international order the Kremlin finds increasingly irksome and facing powers and alliances with greater raw military, political and economic power, new tactics are needed which focus on the enemy’s weaknesses and avoid direct and overt confrontations. To be blunt, these are tactics that NATO–still, in the final analysis, an alliance designed to deter and resist a mass, tank-led Soviet invasion–finds hard to know how to handle. (Indeed, a case could be made that it is not NATO’s job, but that’s something to consider elsewhere.)

Hindsight, as ever a sneakily snarky knowitall, eagerly points out that we could have expected this in light of an at-the-time unremarked article by Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. In fairness, it was in Voenno-promyshlennyi kur’er, the Military-Industrial Courier, which is few people’s fun read of choice. Nonetheless, it represents the best and most authoritative statement yet of what we could, at least as a placeholder, call the ‘Gerasimov Doctrine’ (not that it necessarily was his confection). I and everyone interested in these developments are indebted to Rob Coalson of RFE/RL, who noted and circulated this article, and the following translation is his (thanks to Rob for his permission to use it), with my various comments and interpolations.

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Peut-on faire confiance aux Turcs ?

Le problème turc. 

L’ÉDITO D’YVES DE KERDREL

La destruction, ce matin, par la Turquie d’un avion russe n’est pas qu’un simple incident de frontière lié à la violation de l’espace aérien. C’est un acte délibéré de la part d’un pays qui joue un jeu de plus en plus trouble. La Turquie conduite d’une main de fer par le mégalomane Erdogan fait la richesse de l’État islamique en lui achetant des citernes de pétrole tous les jours. Son président, que l’on sait proche des frères musulmans, a déclaré : « les minarets sont nos baïonnettes, les coupoles nos casques, les mosquées nos casernes et les croyants notre armée ». Et nul n’ignore qu’il rêve de reconstruire le califat ottoman aboli en 1924. Tout cela conduit à se demander quelle place la Turquie a encore dans l’Otan, et si cet acte de guerre ne vise pas à empêcher une grande coalition pour éliminer Dae’ch.

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Quelle société voulons-nous pour nos enfants ?

LE GENRE EN IMAGES

UN APERÇU DU GENRE AUJOURD’HUI
Stop au Gender à l’Ecole. Les enseignants instruisent et les parents éduquent. Soyons complémentaires pour le bien des enfants.

Quelle société voulons-nous pour nos enfants ? Explications ou incitation à la sexualité ? La société entière doit être rééduquée. 

La théorie queer, qui prétend « recouvrir l’ensemble des activités et identités sexuelles, […] vise à la déstabilisation identitaire et institutionnelle généralisée, à une subversion radicale ». Le Gender, une norme mondiale? Marguerite Peeters


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Chers parents,

Nous avons décidé de prendre la parole pour décrypter la voix que nous entendons tous les jours : une conception de l’égalité qui nie la différence et la complémentarité homme-femme dans tous les champs de la société.

Cette égalité, fondée sur le Gender, conteste l’évidence pour détruire nos différences : nous sommes homme ou femme, synthèse de notre corps (inné) et de notre culture (acquis). Pour le Gender, rien n’est déterminé. Tout repose sur les choix de chacun au cours du temps.

Notre combat contre cette idéologie s’inscrit dans la durée et nous devrons agir sans jamais lâcher prise.

Si nous nous opposons dès maintenant au programme ABCD de l’égalité expérimenté dans 700 classes de 10 académies, nous devons également poser les bases d’un débat qui est confisqué par des lobbies. Ce débat, nous le construirons ensemble dans les prochains mois, pour une société préservant l’homme, la femme et la famille. C’est l’avenir de notre société que nous construisons aujourd’hui !

Nous sommes tous des parents et futurs parents qui refusons de fonder l’avenir de notre société sur des codes dictés par des minorités engagées.

Nous voulons vous donner les moyens d’agir pour contrer la diffusion du Gender à l’Ecole, notamment une vision de l’égalité garçon-fille qui va détruire les repères des enfants pour se construire.

Ce site est une pièce maîtresse de notre plan VigiGender, parce qu’il est un outil d’information et de liaison destiné à vous aider à lutter pas à pas contre cette idéologie, là où vous êtes. Chaque petite victoire pour la promotion de l’homme et de la femme respectés dans leurs différences et dans leur responsabilité éducative est l’assurance d’une plus grande liberté.

Rejoignez-nous pour construire notre avenir et celui de nos enfants et petits-enfants !


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