Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye

Citizen. Born in the 20th century. An oak of my own generation.

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

British Rape Gang Report: ‘Cultural Sensitivity’ Led to Systematic Abuse of Thousands of British Girls | National Review https://t.co/mSlqHniXt5

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Golly, I wonder who started the war the led to the closing of the strait?

[GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga @GAZAWOOD1]

During the October 7 massacre, Hamas terrorists executed an 18-year-old girl in front of her entire family.
Then they dragged her father away, kidnapped him, and murdered him in captivity.

They filmed every second live... and proudly posted it for the world to see.

[Rafe Heydel-Mankoo @RafHM]

Only idiots and Britain haters blame Churchill for the Bengal Famine

This myth only became popular in 2010 after a ridiculous book was published by a far-left journalist with no historical training

This is what REALLY happened:

1. A cyclone hit Bengal in 1942, destroying crops

2. They were already suffering from the worst rice brown spot epidemic on record

3. Normally in a famine grain would be imported from Burma, Malaya, Phillipines, Thailand etc. But WW2 ws raging and our Japanese enemy now controlled those areas

4. The Japanese had bombed Indian ports, which also destroyed grain

5. Shipping grain in was hugely dangerous because Japanese fleet was blockading the Bay of Bengal and sinking ships
Remember, the Axis powers were sinking one ship every day and had sunk around a million tons of shipping in 1942.

6. On top of that local Indian speculative traders were unforgivably HOARDING grain. With inflation rife, this was classic wartime speculation as they could make (and expected to make) much more money by hoarding rather than selling immediately.

7. Local government and administrators were slow to act and initially told the UK government there was enough grain in Bengal.
One can blame the democratically elected Government of Bengal, people like Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (Minister of Civil Supplies for the newly formed Muslim League) and Sir John Herbert (the Governor of Bengal) for exacerbating conditions in the Bengal Famine. But not Churchill.

What did Churchill do? Everything he could.

Remember also, he was thousands of miles away in a different continent fighting the Second World War and preparing for D-Day.

Yet despite all his other commitments he worked hard to save the people of Bengal.

1. When the British government found out about the famine’s severity in August 1943, they authorised around 1 million tons of grain to be shipped to India between then and December 1944.

2. Churchill pushed Australia to send wheat

3. Churchill personally requested shipping assistance from U.S. President Roosevelt in April 1944 to transport it from Australia. Roosevelt declined, stating US ships were needed for the Pacific campaign and the upcoming D-Day operations.

4. Thanks to Churchill grain arrived from Iraq (barley), and Canada as well as Australia.

5. Crucially, Churchill was responsible for appointing the man who played such a pivotal role in stopping the Bengal Famine: Field Marshal Wavell. Wavell knew India and its people extremely well and was a magician of logistics. He drafted in the army to move food supplies and halted the famine.

Why are tax payers funding Helen Cammock's ignorant, anti-British propaganda at the @NPGLondon?

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

I’m old enough to remember when Democrats and progressive wonk darlings insisted that the Affordable Care Act was going to make healthcare affordable.

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

Great Power Relations: China No Match for America | National Review https://t.co/0wrYJoNsSF

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

Social Security Insolvency: Enormous Public Debt Is True Entitlement Crisis | National Review https://t.co/GKrGibuYeU

[Mikale Olson @realmikolson]

A wise man once said, if you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, drive across it.

These European World Cup tourists are experiencing the REAL America for the first time: not New York City or LA, but middle America and all its hospitality. 🇺🇸

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

And how did China do that? It wasn’t through “socialism.” That was Mao’s project. The cultural revolution killed tens of millions of Chinese through dumbass collectivism. Then Deng allowed for markets. And boom, hundreds of millions were lifted out of poverty. China held on to command and control politics but introduced limited freedom in economics and did more to alleviate poverty than socialism ever did. But you people envy the authoritarianism and so you lie and propagandize for it. Shame on you.

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

John Quincy Adams and America’s Tortured Adolescence - Bob Crawford - The Dispatch https://t.co/fd60Ah0mCC

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

Jurors Got It Right on Karmelo Anthony Verdict | National Review https://t.co/vKiAZRMRVr

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

@MuseZack Hunter is the thriller writer of his generation

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi - The Atlantic https://t.co/5Lb03Rr0zS

[Kyle Smith @rkylesmith]

Every word of this Sam Harris essay on Israel is obviously true and it’s crazy that we live in an intellectual environment where this is called contrarianism.

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

One of the greatest speeches of the late 20th century, given on the 40th anniversary of one of the most spectacular days in human history.

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

On Not Believing Platner | National Review https://t.co/87GKz0KJox

[David French @DavidAFrench]

It's not just the evidence of assault.

It's not just the Nazi tattoo

It's not just lying about the Nazi tattoo

It's not just the Kik account

It's not just the adulterous sexting

It's not just the deranged posting

It's all of it (and the more that may emerge).

This is the guy you want to burn your moral credibility for to beat ... Susan Collins?

[Joe Paul Kroll @JoePKroll]

The beginning of AJP Taylor’s ‘English History 1914–1945’ famously ‘goes hard’, as the internet puts it, but part of its brilliance is surely that it was written (or rather edited) to fit a single page.

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

The simple fact of this case is that the police thought Henry Nowak was a racist and that meant that they did not feel obligated to extend to him any form of human decency

They killed him because someone accused him of racism

[Thinker, Taylor, Soljer, Speye @SeththeBruce]

The Monsters Come for Their Creators: Democrats Face the Consequences of Radicalism | National Review https://t.co/Jjnr2EcFRY