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‘Political revolution’ approaching in US, Steve Bannon tells Tucker Carlson


By CP Staff, Thursday, November 30, 2023

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Steve Bannon (R) speaks with Tucker Carlson (L) in an interviewed aired on Nov. 27, 2023. | YouTube/Tucker Carlson

“War Room” host Steve Bannon warned Tucker Carlson on Monday that the critical tensions afflicting Ireland over unrestrained illegal immigration and other issues are also simmering in the United States and could lead to political upheaval.

Bannon spoke to Carlson on the recent episode of the former Fox News host’s show on X to discuss the unrest in Dublin, where riots erupted last week after an Algerian immigrant stabbed three children and one adult care worker outside a Catholic primary school.

A 5-year-old girl remains in a serious but stable condition as of Tuesday, according to the BBC.

The suspect in the stabbing, whom Irish police have yet to identify, is a man of French Algerian origin in his 50s who has lived in Ireland for 23 years and was previously arrested in 2003, according to the Sunday Times. He reportedly became a naturalized Irish citizen in 2008 after his deportation order was revoked following a review by Ireland’s High Court.

Carlson opened his interview with Bannon by noting that The Washington Post suggested the Algerian man was not an immigrant because he had lived in Ireland for over 20 years. The outlet also quoted police who blamed the riots that flared after the attack on a “lunatic faction driven by a far-right ideology.”

The host said that the suspect has been living in Ireland for 23 years “at public expense.”

“He has never had a job, and then last week, he stabbed children,” Carlson said.  

Carlson also claimed that Irish authorities are using hate crime legislation to crack down on anyone “who questions government policy.” MMA fighter Conor McGregor and a “large number” of other people are being investigated for allegedly inciting people to hatred by their speech, according to The Irish Independent.

Carlson and Bannon agreed that profound resentment among native citizens toward the effects of mass illegal immigration is seething not just Ireland, which Bannon described as a “powder keg,” but throughout the Western world, including the U.S.

Bannon, who served as an adviser to former President Donald Trump, predicted that the U.S. is also headed toward “political revolution” in the coming years as younger Americans realize they are “Russian serfs” who effectively own nothing and never will because of the nation’s ruinous financial situation.

“We are beyond broke,” Bannon said. “We are technically at bankruptcy right now.”

Citing Center for Immigration Studies statistics that suggest an additional 6 million illegal immigrants are slated to cross the border before the next presidential election, Bannon predicted that the country’s political situation is “only going to get worse in the confrontation with the invasion of this nation by illegal aliens, exacerbated by radicals and globalists.”

Carlson questioned how the average American could not be radicalized as elites encourage things that drive people to despair and give up on reproducing while simultaneously pushing for millions of immigrants to pour in.

Bannon replied that “every Maoist, every Marxist revolution [focuses] on breaking down the nuclear family” and that the corporate class wants unrestrained immigration “because they want to drive down wages at the lowest possible level and, quite frankly, they want bigger markets. They want more consumers.”

“And so, this situation is going to cause a political revolution in this country,” Bannon predicted, claiming that the financial and immigration situations are “five times worse” than when Trump ran in 2016.

The two also discussed the potential crackdown against dissenting opinion amid political unrest.

“If you have a different opinion from the state, they’re trying to criminalize that,” Bannon said. “They’re trying to do that every day here in the United States. If they can’t criminalize it to actually use the courts and the police state like the FBI to come after, they’ll basically partner with Big Tech, either deplatform you or to ‘other’ you. We’re seeing this here in the United States.”

Bannon concluded by reflecting on how the “complexity” and “viciousness” of the political problems afflicting the U.S. have increased in recent years.

“People have to understand this is like Damocles’ sword over the head of this nation,” he said. “It is going to take at least a decade of tough decisions, tough people — tough, but fair people — to sort this out.”

Belfast preacher to face court over Islam slurs


Reported by Ireland correspondent / Thursday 18 June 2015 Last modified on Thursday 18 June 2015

Northern Ireland’s first minister Peter Robinson had to apologise after initially defending James McConnell.
Northern Ireland’s first minister Peter Robinson had to apologise after initially defending James McConnell. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP
A born-again Christian preacher in Belfast is to be prosecuted for describing Islam as “satanic” and “the spawn of the devil”. SEE VIDEO BELOW:

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Pastor James McConnell was accused of Islamophobia after he denounced the Muslim religion as a “heathen” faith in May 2014. He issued a public apology, but not before Northern Ireland’s first minister, Peter Robinson, came under fire for initially defending him.

Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service said on Thursday that McConnell was offered an “informed warning” that would have avoided a prosecution but he declined to accept it. A PPS spokeswoman said: “I can confirm that following consideration of a complaint in relation to an internet broadcast of a sermon in May 2014, a decision was taken to offer an individual an informed warning for an offence contrary to the Communications Act 2003.

“That offence was one of sending, or causing to be sent, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message or other matter that was grossly offensive.”

McConnell initially defended his remarks, made during a sermon at his Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle. However following a huge public outcry he apologised for any offence or distress he had caused.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland was called in to investigate the 78-year-old fundamentalist cleric for a potential hate crime. He later stepped down as pastor of the church he founded and handed over control to his deputy pastor, David Purse. McConnell said that he had been considering his retirement for about 18 months and that his comments about the Muslim faith had no bearing on his decision. The Belfast preacher’s description of Islam as satanic stands in a long tradition of fire and brimstone Protestantism.

Reacting to the PPS’ decision to charge him, McConnell said: “I’m not taking it lying down. I am not going to be No Free Speechgagged.” He added: “The police tried to shut me up and tell me what to preach. It’s ridiculous. I believe in freedom of speech. I’m going to keep on preaching the gospel. I have nothing against Muslims, I have never hated Muslims, I have never hated anyone. But I am against what Muslims believe. They have the right to say what they believe in and I have a right to say what I believe.”

 

 

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You Need to Know What Really Happened in Ireland


waving flagPosted by avatar , on 27 May, 2015


I almost never do this, but I felt it was very important to share a letter with you so that the whole world could understand what really happened in Ireland as this predominantly Catholic nation voted decisively to redefine marriage.

After the vote, I posted this on Facebook:

What can we learn from the vote to redefine marriage in Ireland, a traditionally Catholic country?

1) Traditional “Christian” religion cannot stop the juggernaut of gay activism. Only a living, vibrant faith will have the energy and commitment and depth to stand firm.

2) Sex-scandals in the Catholic Church in the 1990’s robbed the Church of its moral authority. How can the Church speak to the society about sexual morality when it has largely disqualified itself? Scandals like this take a long time to get over, and here in America, we have been plagued by Evangelical scandals as well, involving some of our well-known leaders. To the extent we are deemed hypocritical, to that extent we lack moral authority.

3) Ireland was not ready for the massive influx of gay activist funding from America. Sadly, from President Obama down, America has been an aggressive force for normalizing homosexuality, and without American funding and vision, it is doubtful that Ireland would have voted so strongly for such radical change.

What happened in Ireland should be a wake-up call for the Church worldwide.Same Sex Marriage

In response to my post, a woman who supports our ministry and lives in Ireland wrote to me, concerned that I was implying that believers in Ireland “hadn’t done enough to get the Gospel out.” (Actually, the reverse was true: I wanted people to understand the opposition they faced.)

She continued: “Let me tell you more about what really happened here…”

What she wrote is so important, giving detailed support to what I had read elsewhere, that I wanted to shout it from the rooftops for everyone to hear. There was extraordinary pressure brought against those who stood for marriage in Ireland, and the vote hardly reflects an unbiased enlightenment.

She wrote:

I am an Irish citizen who voted and campaigned for a NO vote. For anyone who thinks we were negligent concerning the Gospel or in any other way, let me tell you some of what we were up against…

This news is devastating to the nearly 37.9% of us who voted NO, many of us born again Christians.

We tried so hard to prevent it, but were up against every political party and up against millions of US dollars that were being poured into the yes campaign.

American billionaire, Chuck Feeney alone contributed over $24 million. Every ‘civil rights’ group on the block was behind the yes vote.

When NO vote campaign signs were posted in Dublin and other places, they were vandalized. Public media is supposed to allow 50:50 coverage for each side of a constitutional issue. This was blatantly ignored.

The public police force was drafted in to support the YES vote and to register college students to vote, and they passed out YES badges to each student as they did so.

And these things are only part of the story. The pressure was incessant and unbelievable. Even the ballot paper was biased. We argued that the term ‘marriage equality’ was biased, but yet that term made it on to the ballot paper.

Meanwhile, Christians fasted and prayed. We passed out flyers. We used social media to communicate our concerns. But all this was on a very grass roots level.

Only the Iona Institute stood up for the No vote. Only three representatives in our entire Dail (our parliament) stood up for a No vote.

Is there any small nation on earth that would survive such an onslaught? I’m actually amazed that the NO vote was as high as 37.9% after what I have seen.

As for the Gospel, can any of us really do ‘enough’? No matter how much we do, will we not always wish we could do more? We have God on our side though. I believe He has allowed this to happen for His reasons. But we will have the ultimate victory.War on Christians

Sadly, the tried and true tactics of bullying, intimidation, media bombardment, aggressive activism, and massive US funding won another victory for the gay revolution.

But this Irish Christian woman is absolutely right: We will have the ultimate victory (not over gays but in the Lord), which is one of the main points I make in my newest book, due out in September, Outlasting the Gay Revolution: Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Going and How to Turn the Tide.

Right now, though, the believers in Ireland need our prayers, our encouragement, and our solidarity. This is part of an all-out war on the gospel.

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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12

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Obama Compares Catholic School With Racial Segregation


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While in Ireland, President Obama said this:

“Because issues like segregated schools and housing, lack of jobs and opportunity—symbols of history that are a source of pride for some and pain for others–these are not tangential to peace; they’re essential to it. If towns remain divided—if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs—if we can’t see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages division. It discourages cooperation.”

Barack Obama is quite adept at saying one thing, while meaning another. Taken at face value, the essence of what the President said is accurate: fear and resentment may harden us to others; and it discourages cooperation. So, if one were to take out of context what the President said, it might make for a delightful sound bite; making Obama seem as wise and urbane as the media makes him out to be.

However, by reading the entirety of his speech, it is quite clear that Obama is directly comparing racial segregation to religious education. Let’s break down what the most powerful man in the world said:

1. He first establishes that segregation is a despicable thing. Ok, that’s accurate.

2. He then goes on to compare religious education among Catholics and Protestants to segregation. In essence, Obama is claiming that sending your child to be educated in an environment that you believe is better suited to your views is comparable to not wanting your children around black people.

3. He makes sure to evoke the everlasting tension between Catholic and Protestant so that it doesn’t appear as though he is talking directly about racial segregation; but rather religious and social segregation.

4. Beyond the obvious absurdity of comparing religious education to racial segregation, this has implications beyond the scope of school. By chastising the Catholic schools and Protestant schools for “segregation,” Obama is essentially taking a shot at religion in general. Is he saying that because many of us choose to be either Catholic or Protestant, that we are segregating ourselves? Is he saying that practicing one faith over another is comparable to black segregation? If so, he is making a clear and dangerous move against freedom of religion.

5. The President also links religion and religious education directly with hatred and resentment. He is taking liberties in terms of speaking about faith that no President should take. At its core, Obama’s message is that this school, and religious “segregation” is a source of resentment; that it creates and fosters resentment.

6. Finally, it’s Democratic policies that cause this supposed segregation in the first place. If the Democrats were to actually implement a voucher school choice program, parents would be free to choose the schools best suited for their kids. In that case, poor kids, whose parents cannot afford Catholic or Private school, would not be locked into an awful district. With choice, I’m sure many parents—even non-religious parents—would rather have their kids in a faith based school over a public school. Regardless, this “segregation” comparison is absolute garbage.

What Obama loves to do is speak these elegant and striking words that mean absolutely nothing. When taken apart, and understood clinically, Obama’s words often represent the exact opposite of his apparent intention. With this speech, apparently intended to provoke thought and discussion regarding a divided people, Obama has insulted schools of faith, religion at large, and those who simply desire a better education for their children.

Apparently, reptiles aren’t the only creatures with forked tongues.

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