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Source: Asghar Farhadi wins the Oscar for best foreign film | Daily Mail Online

It’s not really a surprise to witness the ever expanding circle of nutters that collectively push the ‘progressive’ movement these days.  No subset of the population is so fringe that they can’t get sympathetic support from the inclusive and tolerant folk. No anti-social pronouncements or activities are considered too extreme for the loving left.

Part of a group that bombed police stations in your youth? Welcome aboard; heck, let’s instill you as a college professor. Unapologetic anti- semite and supporter of a radical black society? Hey, you get to be vice chairman of the Democrats!  Want the law to support your use of opposite sex washrooms because you just say you identify with that sex? You’re a prized member! Want free school, free health care, free housing and open borders? Well now that’s the core of the movement!

We’ve become accustomed to the endless parade of delusional people insisting that their sensibilities be accepted in some moral or even legal way. But even as the left has managed to lionize past dictators and murderers alike in romantic depictions, the most recent knee slapper at the Academy Awards has to make even the most ardent liberal pause to reflect on just how far over the abyss the left has moved.

Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian filmmaker had an acceptance speech readied for his award, which he didn’t expect to win, and so was delivered by a surrogate. But the speech was less one of appreciation than one of a scolding condemnation of the U.S. policy on immigrant screening. Apparently, it isn’t enough these days, “just to be nominated”.  To use his words, the U.S. policy is “inhumane”.  Think of that.  An Iranian citizen invoking the “I” word.  That’s as preposterous as Colonel Sanders lecturing on the rights of chickens.  Of course, the partisan sheeple in the audience clapped enthusiastically like trained seals in approval of his message.  It even earned a shaking fist of approval from Tehran.

Iran; ground central for terrorism funding, for honor killings, for public canings, for mandating that half of its citizens dress in body bags in 100 degree heat.  But that pales in comparison to the inhumane U.S. immigration procedures.  The guy made the correct decision not to come.  Who’d want to come to this hell hole anyway? Maybe he’ll stay out.

Update: Iran censors presenters

Source: There’s a new push to make Obama president again. This time, of France. – The Washington Post

An intriguing story appeared in the news this past week as it was revealed that Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un was apparently the subject of an assassination, courtesy of the brother in power. The deed was carried out in a manner reminiscent of a classic ’60’s style Bond movie.  A female agent approached the hapless brother in a public airport and smothered poison over his face and mouth with her hands.  Since it’s hard to imagine that anyone would be much interested in offing the banished brother, the finger of blame naturally pointed directly at the charismatic Jong Un.  No real mystery there.

I suspect that another assault has happened, on a much larger scale by perpetrators yet unknown, with subtler results, but no less devastating in the long term.  Some may recall years ago a device called a neutron bomb, which when detonated over a city, would leave the buildings intact but would wipe out the citizens.

Given the behavior of people these days and especially post Trump’s election, I suspect a similar device has already been detonated, but instead of a weapon of mass destruction, it was a device of mass delusion. Maybe it wasn’t administered by sudden detonation but instead over time in the  water or food supply, but the tragic effect is manifest in mass delusion rather than an immediate fiery death.  An alarmingly large swath of the west’s population seems to have been affected by the effects of this device, though it’s unclear why it only affects certain people and not others.

The pandemic-like spread of illogical and unreasonable thinking has infected every corner of western society.  For some reason, certain segments of society seem more susceptible to the effects than others.  It’s as if a selective Zombie Apocalypse were upon us.  We can find severe concentrations of the malaise among entertainers, college professors and many students; leftist politicians certainly, as well as most in media. Symptoms of the afflicted are many but include:

denial of reality; belief in fake reality; welcoming of self destructive policies; inflated self importance; illogical and flawed logic; imagined enemies; confusing the ability to speak with the ability to be coherent; and of course the inability of empathy for others whose opinions differ.

It’s a very sinister form of affliction.  With heavily infected news sources such as the Washington Post regularly confirming  the fantasy narrative, most don’t even know that they’re zombies.  Whomever is responsible for unleashing this most dastardly of weapons upon mankind is truly diabolical.  The nature of the attack is sinister and sadistic.  For it’s not the afflicted zombies that suffer, they don’t know they’re zombies; the pain is suffered by the non afflicted!  The non afflicted have to put up with the drama queen hysteria surrounding every issue, regardless of insignificance and bear with the destruction of property left behind by the ‘peaceful’ marches of the zombies.  Some must live with the destructive policies favored by the zombies if they happen to be unlucky enough to be governed by them. As they try to go about their daily affairs, the normal  have to put up with an ocean of horn rimmed glasses, facial hair, man buns and hoodies….and those are the women, protesting the outrage of de day or, ODD.

Eventually, the non afflicted tire of these poor souls and their delusional bleats and ignore them like a street panhandler.  It’s too soon to know if zombie-ism is contagious or if there’s a cure,  but there is always hope that eventually, Darwinism will cull the herd.  That process appears to be finally happening now.