No Cubans and dogs allowed
Someone had quipped recently that if migrants voted strongly Republican, the Wall would have been funded by Congress in an hour and just to be sure the Democrats would have …
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Talking with the left about immigration
There is probably nothing more boring or self-indulgent than quoting one’s own Twitter exchanges with people of opposing views, but sometimes it does bring out some interesting points. So bear …
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7 Rules for Migrants
Many of us move throughout our lives, some frequently. Sometimes we don’t have much choice about the timing or the destination, but in a great majority of cases we choose …
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Closed borders for me but not for thee
While the world is manically washing its hands and stocking up on toilet paper, as commerce, travel and even social interactions are slowly shrinking in response to what some see …
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ABC’s Secret Life of Us
ABC has recently released its new editorial guidance note on “Hate Speech, Terrorism and Mass Killing”. While the document is rich in comedic possibilities, one part of it in particular …
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The left – always getting the walls wrong
Yesterday we remembered the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Everyone, including The Daily Chrenk, has been excited about it, and now Italy’s Democratic Party is joining …
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European values for thee but not for mee
And now for some light amusement amidst this week of controversy and crisis, let’s cross live to the European Union, where an important battle is taking place over what’s in a …
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Who will mind the childminders?
Mothers’ well organised crime erupts in Australia: NSW Police say as many as 100 childcare fraud syndicates are operating across Sydney, scamming taxpayers out of up to $750 million a …
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On being told to go back where you come from
Donald Trump and his typing fingers are in trouble again (as they are pretty much every day) for telling “the Squad” of Democrat Congresswomen to “go back where they come from”. …
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The heart-warming story of a lingerie refugee
A case of bootylicious persecution, followed by down-and-out, but now with a happy ending: Negzzia, 29, has been fleeing the Revolutionary Guards in Iran since 2017 after photos surfaced of …
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As one of those Ellis Island families, dear Alexandria…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AKA Occasional Cortex, She Guevara, Chiquita Khrushchev) really does embody all the worst characteristics of the Millennials without any of the generation’s redeeming qualities, as if in some …
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Revoking the wokeing credentials
Sometimes you discover to your utmost horror and disgust that you have placed too much trust and faith in a prominent personality, building them up as an international symbol of …
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Immigration as reparations
Of the people who can broadly speaking be described as being on the right, libertarians are the ones who are passionately in favour of (more) immigration, believing that any problems …
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Socialists see the light
Well, a few of them. “The Guardian” reports on Mette Frederiksen, the 41-year old leader of the opposition Social Democrats in Denmark: A victory for Frederiksen would be a boon …
Read More No, not every wall is the Berlin Wall
You have to give this to libertarians: they are at least consistent. For example, unlike most if not all other ideological persuasions, they believe in a free and unrestricted movement …
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John Cleese’s Fawlty Opinions
Just the other day, the elderly British comedy legend, John Cleese, tweeted – or, as some would say, decided to end his career – thus: Some years ago I opined …
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In defense – and offense – of Jacinda Ardern
In the aftermath of the multiple terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka by Islamists targeting Christians and tourists, many a meme on social media attacked the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda …
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Let them eat illegals
Should all the caught illegal migrants be sent to the self-proclaimed “sanctuary cities”? There is a lot of both mirth and outrage in the United States at President Trump’s latest suggestion: …
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Are immigrants animals?
Of course not, but this has not stopped some in the social media and the mainstream media from twice in a space of a single year disingenuously misquoting the same …
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Tolerating your freedoms
One perhaps should not make too much out of remarks of one public official, no matter how senior – and yet, I have this nagging feeling that what he is …
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