Zohran Mamdani and 9/11 Remarks

During a speech addressing the experiences of Muslim New Yorkers after September 11, Zohran Mamdani shared a personal anecdote about a relative who felt unsafe wearing a hijab on public transportation.

Some social‑media users and critics challenged his story, saying the person he referred to did not live in New York City at the time (allegedly in Tanzania) and did not wear a hijab, thus claiming the anecdote was inaccurate. Prominent critics reacted strongly; for example, JD Vance wrote on X (formerly Twitter): "According to Zohran the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad looks." Families of 9/11 victims described Mamdani's remarks as "insulting and insensitive," arguing that he was equating the trauma of tens of thousands of people killed in the attacks with the experience of one relative feeling unsafe. 

Some political opponents also highlighted comments by other individuals Mamdani has been associated with, such as a Twitch streamer who said "America deserved 9/11," criticizing Mamdani for not immediately condemning such remarks.

South Africa, known for the killing of children and animals in witchcraft-related practices, the killing of white farmers, sexual violence, and extremely high crime rates, is presented as the prime example by communists.

South Africa has more race laws now than during apartheid.  According to the South African Institute of Race Relations, the country now has 145 operative laws that reference race. At the peak of apartheid in 1980 there were only 127. 

Justice: Mamdani Policy – Alleged Discrimination Against White People 

January 2026 – The U.S. Department of Justice has warned the administration of New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, about potentially discriminatory policies. The warning followed comments made by both Mamdani and members of his team that critics say amount to discrimination against white residents of the city.

The issue arose when Mamdani suggested that "wealthier and whiter neighborhoods" in New York should face higher taxes than other parts of the city. These remarks immediately sparked political controversy, as opponents argued that they imply tax burdens would be tied to race, which would violate federal civil‑rights law.

In addition, a senior member of Mamdani's staff came under scrutiny for earlier statements describing homeownership as an "instrument of white supremacy." These comments resurfaced after Mamdani appointed the staffer to a prominent role in his new city administration.

Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General overseeing the Civil Rights Division, responded publicly to the controversy. She stated that discrimination based on skin color—in any direction—is prohibited under federal law. According to Dhillon, New York City is now "on notice," meaning the department is actively monitoring the situation and may launch a formal investigation if the city implements policies that treat residents unequally on the basis of race.

The Justice Department's warning has increased political pressure on Mamdani. Critics argue that his statements and appointments point to an ideologically driven agenda that may conflict with federal civil‑rights rules. Supporters of Mamdani counter that he is trying to address inequality in the city, but the federal warning makes clear that the legal boundary between social policy and racial discrimination is strictly enforced.

Progressive Advocate Breaks Down Amid Accusations of Double Standards 

Zohran Mamdani's tenant advocate Cea Weaver broke down in tears when reporters questioned her past anti-gentrification rhetoric — and the apparent hypocrisy behind it.Weaver, a longtime progressive activist, has criticized gentrifiers and homeownership, but faced scrutiny over her own background and family wealth. When pressed on the comments, she retreated without answering.Another case of rules for everyone else — except the activists enforcing them. source

While Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered by Islamic extremists, liberals line up to chant 'Free Palestine' – the same BLM movement, just in a new guise.

This isn't about 'freedom.' It's about hating Western civilization and paving the way for an Islamic takeover. Just ask Europe how flooding their countries with Muslims has worked out. 

Christian lives don't rank high on the Left's victim hierarchy. You can be burned alive and they won't care because you have the wrong religion. The left doesn't defend the oppressed. It defends whoever hates the west the most.

So far, more than 2 million tons of aid have been sent to Gaza, along with over 130 million meals from GHF. According to recent reports, each person there receives more than 3,000 calories per day. We are talking about a population that cheered, laughed, and even spat on Shani Louk, the pacifist girl who became a victim of the attack during the NOVA Festival.

Meanwhile, more than 200,000 people have died of hunger in Yemen. Almost no aid reaches them, and the international activism hardly talks about them. It seems that the support for Gaza is more about showing how 'morally good' people are, rather than genuinely addressing hunger. As a result, other Arab populations, such as the Yemenis, are left out in the cold

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Egypt's Wall and the Narrative That Fails 

There is a border wall in the Middle East that looks like it was built to hold back a zombie apocalypse, but it was not built by Israel. It stands on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, separating the "Palestinians" from their Arab neighbors in Egypt.

To the uninitiated, the sheer scale of these fortifications, with their massive concrete slabs, subterranean steel walls, and layers of razor wire, might seem excessive for a border shared between two Muslim populations. But this architecture reveals a truth that the global narrative tries to bury.
The Egyptian state has diagnosed the radical ideology festering within Gaza as a highly contagious pathogen. As an Iranian, I recognize this sickness immediately. I watched a strain of this extremism feverishly consume my own homeland, destroying it from the inside out. Egypt sees the same symptoms manifesting at their doorstep, and they have quietly implemented a hermetic seal to protect their own nation.

While the world condemns Israel for maintaining a security fence, they remain silent as Egypt fortifies its border against the exact same people. This double standard exposes a harsh reality. The fact that an Arab nation feels the need to build such extreme fortifications proves that the danger inside Gaza is not an Israeli fabrication. It is a reality so malignant that even their own Muslim neighbors have realized that opening that gate is not an act of mercy, but an act of suicide.

- by Armin Navabi

Iran

The World Turns Its Back on Iranians 

As an Iranian, it is impossible not to notice who found their voice over Gaza and who lost it when Iranians began risking everything for freedom. 

While people are beaten, imprisoned, and killed in the streets of Iran, the silence is striking. 

Silence in moments like this is not neutral.

I watch so-called human rights protesters waving the Islamic Republic's flag, the very symbol Iranians are tearing down at the cost of their lives.

After years of amplifying the regime's narratives and its terror proxies, those same voices still claim the moral high ground.

This is not about human rights. It is about what is safe to say, when it is popular to say it, and who is left behind when the cameras move on. - by Aynaz Anni Cyrus  

Venezuela

Afghan muslima Fatima Payman, Senator for Western Australia since 2022, mocked Charlie Kirk's assassination in a TikTok video—calling him a "terrible person" and sneering at those who mourned him. She said: "RIP—whatever you want it to mean. Some say: no peace. Fill in the blanks." In 2024, Payman left the Labor Party and launched her own political movement, Australia's Voice, built on progressive identity politics. 

Somali muslima Ilhan Omar mocked Charlie Kirk after his assassination—calling Republicans "full of s" for mourning him. She married her own brother to obtain U.S. citizenship, according to long-circulating allegations.
She built her career on leftist identity politics, while accusing white men of being the greatest domestic threat.
By their fruits you'll know them.

BTW Ilhan Omar's now-infamous quote, "Some people did something," wasn't just disrespectful. It was disgraceful. While America mourned the loss of 3,000 lives on 9/11, she minimized the attack. Someone who speaks like this about terrorism has no business shaping  laws.

On X (formerly Twitter) Harry Pettit (lecturer in social geography at Radboud University (Netherlands)) wrote (2025, source msn.com): 

"Het is tijd om af te maken waar de Palestijnen op 7 oktober mee begonnen zijn." "Ik stop niet tot Israël verdwenen is."

The name of the teacher was not made public in the reports but after the murder of Charlie Kirk, a teacher working at the Bornego College in Heerenveen (Netherlands) who teaches philosophy, ethics and life sciences, wrote the following on social media (X and BlueSky) (see source, 2025) 

"Happy Charlie Kirk Day to everyone who celebrates it," with a heart.

"Dead Nazis are always good," referring to Charlie Kirk.

When asked whether you should or should shoot fascists, he wrote: "Interesting ethical question. I'll think about a lesson plan."

Note that so far, no racist statements by Charlie Kirk have been found. When quotes are read in context—not snippets but full text—one doesn't find the Nazi portraying the far-left. However, also note that everything Charlie stood for, such as Christianity and the traditional family, was repugnant to them.

Naturally, Harry Pettit (Radboud University) expresses his support for the suspended teacher and calls it "disgusting" that a colleague is under fire for supposedly celebrating the death of "a racist hate preacher." Here too, the smear campaign continues without investigating Kirk, or deliberately dismissing what hate preaching actually entails because his ideology doesn't fit his agenda. That's what we call fascism, by the way! As a result of teachers like this, you get these kinds of reactions from students (source). Even at the University of Amsterdam, some students aren't sad about Kirk's murder. "I think he deserved it," says one student. "I really mean it." Another student says: "I'm glad he's not here anymore. We have to use violence, because the far-right uses violence against us."

Pettit responds that he wishes "this was one of his students." 

Schools Marxist breeding grounds of political intimidation 

At the Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in Wageningen, another extremist teaches a class: Margriet Goris, who threw a cake covered in feces in Pim Fortuyn's face in 2002. Both Jelle Goezinnen and Margriet Goris were arrested in May 2002 in connection with the cake protest against Pim Fortuyn. They were members of the Biologische Bakkers Brigade (Organic Bakers Brigade), an activist group linked to the Leiden anarchist collective Eurodusnie. (source) 

A few weeks after this dehumanizing action and a campaign of demonization, Pim Fortuyn was shot dead by a far-left activist. You attack opponents with words and discussions, not with violence, with filthy cakes and bullets. That's fascism.

Researcher Peter Siebelt delves deeper into the matter in the latest issue of his newsletter "Wetenswaardigheden" (Weeping Things). Siebelt, an international expert on activist groups and terrorism, has been working for months to map the network surrounding Volkert van der G. Van der G.'s former hometown of Wageningen plays a key role in this. Using a stack of documentary material, Siebelt demonstrates how various activist groups in the university city were interconnected: pie-throwers and Volkert van der G. belonged to the same circles.

"The link between Van der G. and the cake brigades is Judith Scheltema," says Siebelt. "Van der G., his girlfriend Petra L., and Scheltema were good friends. Together, the three were active for years in Wageningen against, among other things, genetically modified food - Scheltema in the action group NoGen, Petra L. in the Stichting Lekker Dier (Foundation for Delicious Animals), and Van der G. in the action group de Ziedende Bintjes (Seething Bins).

According to Siebelt, Scheltema lived with Van der G. for several years in the alternative Wageningen housing complex Droevendaal. Currently, she and her organization, Refugees Under Roof, are camped out in the activist stronghold De Wilde Wereld, which maintains close ties with the Leiden cake-making stronghold Eurodusnie. Visits from strangers are not appreciated in De Wilde Wereld. The police are even less welcome there. 

Black racist Lucas

Black YouTuber Lucas Beyn has released a video in which he states that he has spoken to 99.99% of Black people and claims they are "deeply uncaring" about what happened to Iryna on the train. (source)

It is deeply troubling to see how much hate and indifference exists in some people. At the same time, this page fortunately shows that not everyone is racist, and that there are people who do show compassion and stand up for justice, like the Hodgetwins.
It serves as a reminder that, despite the darkness, there are always glimpses of humanity and empathy.

The Tyranny of the Vocal Few 

So Lucas Beyn claims in a video that he has spoken to 99.99% of Black people and that they show "no compassion" for what happened to Iryna on the train. A false narrative, typical of the left: misrepresenting the majority to stir people up. 

"And let's be clear: had this been reversed—had a White man stabbed a minority refugee-the media would be running wall-to-wall coverage. Instead, there are no hashtags, no vigils on cable news, no politicians pounding podiums. Just silence.> Quote from Ken Blackwell @kenblackwell19 About the celebration on Charlie's murder: "This is hatred so dark that it cheers for bloodshed". 

Iryna's mural was vandalized. She had a BLM poster in her bedroom. She was the victim of a horrific crime. Yet despite this, she remains vilified by the left.

Left-Wing Reports Always Dubious

The Cato Institute just published a report claiming right-wing violence is far more common than left-wing violence, and they released it in the very month that Charlie Kirk was assassinated. That timing is revolting, but the data itself is even worse!The Daily Caller exposed how Alex Nowrasteh's list conveniently left out key left-wing killers that would have changed the balance.

The Waukesha killer in 2021 drove his SUV through a Christmas parade, killing six and injuring dozens more, after a stream of anti-white social media posts, rapping against Donald Trump, and voicing support for Black Lives Matter.

A local BLM chapter even raised money for his bail. Jessica Doty-Whitaker was shot and killed by BLM protesters after she or someone in her group said "all lives matter." 

Her case remains unsolved, yet CATO never counted it.An anti-natalist bombed an IVF clinic in 2025, killing one person, and that too was ignored.Those omissions are not small. Adding them would nudge the left-wing category above the right wing category, destroying the entire premise of CATO's report.And of course, the other issue with Nowrasteh's list is that it only counts killings. That means it leaves out some of the most notorious acts of political violence of our time.It ignores the two assassination attempts on Donald Trump.

It ignores the 2017 Republican baseball shooting that nearly killed Steve Scalise.It ignores the attempted stabbing of Lee Zeldin on the campaign trail.It ignores a neighbor's brutal attack on Sen. Rand Paul that broke his ribs.

It ignores the man arrested outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home with plans to assassinate him.It ignores the bomb planted under a Fox News van that failed to detonate.Every one of these is political violence, and every one is erased by CATO's framework.

This is not honest research. It is manipulation to smear the right and excuse the left.Because the truth is that violence is not accidental on the left, it is built into their philosophy.  

They believe government is the weapon, mobs are their muscle, and coercion is their road to power.When the left is angry, cities burn. When the left is challenged, opponents are silenced with threats.

 When the left loses, violence is the answer.The right responds to tragedy in an entirely different way. We turn to God, to community, to vigils and prayer. We believe in healing, not burning.That is the divide CATO refuses to acknowledge.

The left turns to fire. But the right turns to faith. And until America faces that truth, no amount of fake statistics will hide where the real epidemic of violence comes from. 

Source: Ken Blackwell

Typical leftwing mainstream media

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Terrence K Williams  - As a Black man, it hurts my soul to see people call Charlie Kirk a racist. I knew him personally and I can tell you, he was nothing but kind to me. Charlie never looked at me as a color, he looked at me as a friend, as a brother.

He went out of his way to help me, to open doors for me, to make sure I had opportunities I didn't even ask for. That's who he was, just generous, thoughtful, and loyal.To hear people smear his name with lies is painful, because I knew the real Charlie. He wasn't about division, he was about lifting people up, no matter where they came from or what they looked like.And honestly, this all still feels unreal. I still cry, It's hard to accept that he's gone. A man who gave so much, who inspired so many, taken from us too soon.Charlie Kirk was more than a leader — he was a friend, a brother, and a true American patriot. 

Double Standards and Symbols: The Flag Logic of Antifa Netherlands

2025 (source) The recent statement by Antifa Netherlands about stadium atmosphere and political expressions in football culture reveals a recurring pattern of ideological inconsistency. On the one hand, they praise clubs like FC St. Pauli, where rainbow flags, "Refugees Welcome" banners, and Antifa symbolism are on proud display. On the other hand, they call for banning the Dutch national flag from stadiums, claiming it is being misused to promote nationalism and right-wing extremism.

That may sound principled, until you ask the obvious question: why is nationalist symbolism a problem, but leftist ideological symbols are not? If a national flag is inherently dangerous or exclusionary, how is it acceptable to glorify figures like Karl Marx or Che Guevara—individuals whose ideas and regimes are historically linked to millions of deaths?

Here lies the core issue: Antifa claims to oppose nationalism, but selectively embraces symbols that serve its own political agenda. Contradictions - as always - are conveniently ignored.
The rejection of the Dutch flag is not a principled stance against flag worship in general, but rather an attempt to reshape public space into an ideological echo chamber—where only "approved" symbols are allowed, and others are simply cancelled.

Freedom of expression—including through flags and visual displays—applies to everyone in a democratic society. Whether it's a rainbow, an Antifa flag, or the red-white-and-blue of the Netherlands, the standard should be the same.

Antifa should either accept that, or at least admit they're not against flag-waving—just against flags that aren't theirs.

ANTIFA violence – Budapest, February 2023

Hammer Attacks 

In February 2023, Budapest was shaken by a series of violent attacks carried out by far-left activists linked to Antifa networks from Germany and Italy. The perpetrators targeted random passersby whom they identified as right-wing extremists based on their clothing style — such as bomber jackets or camouflage trousers.

Suspects

• Ilaria Salis (Italy): Accused of participating in the attacks. She was imprisoned in Hungary for over a year and was later elected as a Member of the European Parliament representing the Italian party Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra. Her election granted her parliamentary immunity, which led to diplomatic tensions between Italy, Hungary, and the European Parliament.

• Johannes Domhöver (Germany): Member of the so-called "Hammer Gang," a group of far-left activists. He was arrested and linked to multiple attacks.

• Jasper W. (Germany): Also arrested and suspected of involvement in the violence.

The Attacks

The attacks took place around February 10, 2023, during the annual commemoration event of the "Day of Honour," a controversial gathering of right-wing groups.

Victims were surrounded and beaten with hammers, sticks, and other weapons. At least four people were seriously injured.

The perpetrators wore masks and operated in organized groups, indicating premeditated actions.

⚖️ Legal and Political Aftermath

Hungarian authorities labeled the attacks as "far-left terrorism." The case gained international attention when Ilaria Salis was elected to the European Parliament. Her detention conditions — including being shackled during court appearances — were criticized by human rights organizations. In June 2024, the European Parliament refused to lift her immunity, despite Hungary's request.

Antifa: Violence and Attacks Without Consequences, Even in the Netherlands 

Journalist Nick Shirley has documented multiple incidents where he was confronted with aggression or even attacked while reporting on events involving individuals identifying with Antifa. 

These encounters are often marked by violence and conflict, and clashes frequently follow wherever these activists appear. In some countries, including the Netherlands, these groups often act with impunity. Many still remember the attack on the wife of Dutch politician Hans Janmaat, who was seriously injured and will never be able to walk again after an assault linked to this environment. 

A deliberate act of infrastructure sabotage in Berlin has left tens of thousands of households and businesses without power for several days during cold winter conditions. The consequences of such an attack are severe, particularly for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, who may face life-threatening risks from extreme cold. This act of arson is not only criminal but profoundly inhumane. 

Berlin: Tens of Thousands of Households Possibly Days Without Power 

January 2026 (source)- BERLIN (ANP/DPA) – Around 50,000 households and over 2,000 businesses in southwest Berlin have been without electricity since Saturday morning. A fire on a bridge carrying power cables caused the blackout. Network operator Stromnetz warns that restoring the power grid could take a long time. Some households may not have electricity again until Thursday.

Police are investigating whether the fire was deliberately set. Berlin police reported that a letter claiming responsibility for the attack was received, though its authenticity is still being verified.

The Berliner Morgenpost writes that an anarchist group called Vulkangruppe claims responsibility for the arson. In 2024, this left-wing extremist group also claimed responsibility for a fire at a large Tesla factory near Berlin.

Police are warning residents in the affected areas that heating may fail due to the power outage. 

Temperatures are currently very low in Germany's capital, making the situation particularly dangerous for elderly people and other vulnerable residents. Without electricity, many households may go without heating and hot water for days, which can quickly become life-threatening.

Tony Blair's sister-in-law sparks outrage after describing October 7 as 'legendary'

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Lauren Booth, 58, a British journalist and Cherie Blair's half-sister, has drawn international condemnation after calling October 7 "a legendary day" for Muslims, following attacks that killed the largest number of Jewish people since the Holocaust. 

Booth, who converted to Islam in 2010, made the remarks in an interview with Turkish media, suggesting the attacks inspired millions to read the Quran and criticising Palestinians for not being violent enough against Jews.

Booth, who has been involved with controversial charities and media outlets linked to Islamist causes, made the statements amid an investigation by Israeli journalist Elchanan Groner.

Her comments have been labelled "sick and perverse" by Campaign Against Antisemitism and could attract police scrutiny if she returns to the UK. 

The controversy comes as Sir Tony Blair faces heightened scrutiny over his role in Gaza peace efforts, highlighting the political sensitivity of Booth's public statements.

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Notice how peaceful they become once they have converted. Some go on to fight for ISIS, while others endorse or participate in massacres. Religion of peace?

White liberal women in the West pretend to be Muslims, while Iranian women celebrate their struggle for freedom by showing their hair."

Double Standards in Who Can 'Run' Cultural Food 

Many non-Italians run Italian restaurants. Academic and sociological research shows that in the Netherlands (and elsewhere), many pizzerias and Italian restaurants are not operated by Italians, but often by Turkish entrepreneurs — who use Italian atmosphere, names, and branding to attract customers. This is a market practice and branding strategy, documented in cultural research. 

But when a white man does the same he is cancelled for not being 'appropriate'.

Man who chanted 'put the Zios in the ground' at pro-Palestine protest is Balliol College Oxford student

Source 2025 - Daily Mail can reveal that the man behind the vile chant is a veteran pro-Palestine, student activist.

The chant: 'Gaza, Gaza make us proud, put the Zios in the ground.' 'Zio' - a term formed by Grand Wizard of the KKK David Duke - is a slur made by shortening the word 'Zionist' and is often directed towards Jewish people.

Pictures from Samuel Williams' Instagram account show him regularly sporting a red and white Keffiyeh scarf which has become associated with the pro Palestine movement.

Before winning a coveted place at Oxford, Mr Williams attended the Bennett Memorial Disocesan school in Tunbridge Wells.

And since joining the university he has dedicated his life, not to his studies, but to student activism and Palestine.

Several pictures taken from his Instagram account show Mr Williams' participating in the highly controversial Oxford University student encampments.

Mr Williams was amongst dozens of students who occupied and camped outside the Oxford Natural History museum to protest against their university's alleged complicity in Israel's war against Hamas.

In another disturbing image, Mr Williams can be seen wearing a khaki military jacket and smirking while he waves a presumably fake gun in the air.

Renee Nicole Good, Anti-ICE Activist, Fatally Shot by ICE Agent

Her poetry.......!

They do hate the bible don't they.

What are they hiding ? 

Starmer's hard‑left past resurfaces 

2025 - The Commons Labour voted down a Tory amendment to the Sentencing Bill that would have forced the release of all migrant crime data.
The amendment was also backed by Reform's Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin. Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said: "Starmer promised a 'transparency revolution', but last night he forced every single Labour MP to vote against releasing the migrant crime data. Cover-up Keir can't handle the truth about mass migration, and the British people will be less safe because of it."
This is despite government briefings back in April promising to publish "crime tables" for migrants awaiting deportation.
Six months later, no table in sight…
Labour's been stonewalling on migrant crime data since entering office – batting away written parliamentary questions with the usual Whitehall waffle that the data is "too expensive" to compile or "not held centrally."  source 

Green Party Deputy Leader Accused of Hypocrisy After Objecting to 600 Asylum Seekers Being Housed in Her Area 

The co-deputy leader of the Green Party has been branded a hypocrite after strongly objecting to plans for 600 male asylum seekers to be accommodated near her East Sussex constituency, despite her party's vocal support for migrant rights. Rachel Millward, 42, who was elected to the national Green Party leadership in September 2025, co-authored a letter expressing "strong objection" to using Crowborough Training Camp for temporary asylum housing, sparking accusations of "not in my back yard" politics from Conservative critics. Read more 

23-year-old YouTuber in a hoodie just did more in a day to expose massive Somali-Democrat fraud than the Minnesota media, CNN, NY Times, DOJ, FBI, DHS and the entire cast of 60 Minutes combined.

At least $1 billion in fraud has been uncovered, including fraudulent food, housing and child care payments, with warnings that the true figure could be $9 billion. 

If the FBI is on top of this, why is a 23-year-old independent journalist exposing how this garbage hasn't been shut down and is still ongoing? It seems to me that Nick Shirley didn't just expose the corrupt mainstream media, but our own FBI as well. 

CNN Targets the Independent Journalist — Not the Corruption Instead of investigating the massive fraud in Minnesota, CNN is going after Nick Shirley — the independent journalist who actually UNCOVERED it.Let that sink in.A reporter exposes billions in alleged fraud, racks up 120 million views, triggers federal scrutiny… and the legacy media response isn't "Let's dig into this" — it's "Let's attack the guy who told the truth."This is everything people mean when they say corporate media has lost the plot. Journalism is supposed to: Investigate corruption Follow the money Hold power accountable. Not run interference for politicians and bureaucrats by smearing whistleblowers. If CNN spent half as much time investigating the fraud as they do trying to discredit the person who exposed it, Americans might actually get the truth.  

- The Hogdetwins

Dyeing Hair Unnatural Colours: A Link to Depression and Mental Instability?

Recent research explores whether "unnatural" hair colours are more than just a style choice, potentially signaling underlying mental health struggles. While genetics play a role—since melanin production is linked to mood-regulating neurotransmitters like serotonin—the act of dyeing hair often correlates with seeking identity or coping with emotional instability.

Studies show mixed results, but some suggest that individuals with vivid, non-traditional hair colours report higher rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms. While hair colour isn't a cause of mental illness, it may serve as a visible marker of a complex internal struggle involving biological, psychological, and social factors. 

More research is needed to determine if these bold aesthetic choices are a cry for help or simply a form of self-expression. source

He spent years defending Pol Pot's regime while the world screamed about genocide. Then he finally met his hero in person. Hours later, he was found dead with a bullet in his chest.London, 1975. Malcolm Caldwell was exactly where he wanted to be—standing at a podium in the School of Oriental and African Studies, teaching his students about the revolutionary movements reshaping Asia.At 48, Caldwell was a respected Marxist scholar, a fierce critic of Western imperialism, and an ardent supporter of anti-capitalist revolutions. 

He'd spent his career arguing that developing nations had every right to reject Western economic systems and forge their own paths.Then the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia. On April 17, 1975, communist forces led by a former schoolteacher named Pol Pot marched into Phnom Penh. They immediately began evacuating the entire city—forcing two million people into the countryside at gunpoint. Hospitals were emptied. Patients still in surgery were carried into the streets to die. Within days, reports began filtering out. Mass executions. Forced labor camps. Starvation. The Khmer Rouge was emptying cities, abolishing money, destroying temples, and executing anyone who wore glasses or spoke a foreign language—assuming education made them enemies of the revolution.The world watched in horror.Malcolm Caldwell watched with admiration.He saw the Khmer Rouge as the purest example of anti-imperialist revolution—a poor Asian nation rejecting Western capitalism and forging a completely independent path. 

When refugees described atrocities, Caldwell dismissed them as CIA propaganda. When journalists reported mass graves, he called it Western media bias.In academic journals and lectures, Caldwell defended the regime. He wrote that Cambodia was "building a new society" and that Western criticism was "imperialist interference." He argued that the evacuation of cities was a reasonable response to the threat of American bombing.He became the Khmer Rouge's most prominent Western defender.His colleagues were appalled. Other scholars who studied Southeast Asia tried to show him evidence—eyewitness testimonies, refugee accounts, satellite imagery showing empty cities. 

Caldwell rejected it all.He believed what he wanted to believe.By 1978, the Khmer Rouge controlled Cambodia completely. The country had become a closed prison state. Almost no foreigners were allowed in. The regime operated in total secrecy while an estimated 1.7 million people—nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population—died from execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor.Then Malcolm Caldwell received an invitation.The Khmer Rouge wanted to show a select group of Western intellectuals that their revolution was succeeding. 

They invited three people: Caldwell, American journalist Richard Dudman, and American journalist Elizabeth Becker.For Caldwell, this was vindication. Finally, he could see with his own eyes the society he'd been defending.On December 8, 1978, the three Westerners arrived in Phnom Penh.The Cambodia they saw was carefully staged. The Khmer Rouge had prepared villages and cooperatives in advance—bringing in healthy-looking people, stocking warehouses with food, creating the illusion of prosperity.

Becker and Dudman noticed inconsistencies immediately. Villages felt rehearsed. People gave identical answers to questions. Everyone looked terrified.Caldwell saw confirmation of everything he'd believed.He took notes enthusiastically. He asked questions about agricultural production, about the abolition of currency, about independence from foreign aid. 

He was thrilled by what he was seeing—or what he was being shown.The tour culminated on December 23, 1978. The three visitors were granted an audience with Pol Pot himself—one of the most reclusive leaders in the world. Fewer than a dozen foreigners had ever met him.The meeting lasted three hours.Pol Pot, speaking through translators, explained his vision for Cambodia. He described the evacuation of cities as necessary to prevent American imperialism. 

He talked about building a purely agrarian socialist society. He denied that mass executions were occurring.Caldwell believed him completely.Becker and Dudman left the meeting deeply disturbed. They'd been asking difficult questions about food shortages and missing intellectuals, and Pol Pot had become visibly angry.Caldwell left the meeting exhilarated."This is the most impressive thing I've ever seen," he told the others. "This is a genuine revolution."They returned to their guesthouse at the Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh. It was late evening. Becker and Dudman went to their rooms, exhausted and disturbed by what they'd witnessed. Caldwell went to his room energized, already planning the articles he would write defending what he'd seen. 

Around 1:00 AM, gunfire erupted. Becker and Dudman woke to the sound of automatic weapons. They heard shouting in Khmer. They heard running footsteps. They stayed in their rooms, terrified, not knowing what was happening. The shooting stopped. Silence. In the morning, Khmer Rouge officials came to their doors. They looked shaken. They told Becker and Dudman that Malcolm Caldwell was dead. He'd been shot once in the chest, killed instantly in his room. 

The officials claimed they didn't know who had done it. There would be no investigation. Becker and Dudman were immediately driven to the airport and put on a plane out of Cambodia.They never got answers.

Malcolm Caldwell had traveled halfway around the world to meet his hero. He'd spent three hours with Pol Pot discussing the revolution he'd defended for years.And less than twelve hours later, he was dead. The theories began immediately. 

 Some historians believe Caldwell was killed during an internal Khmer Rouge purge—that paranoid officials suspected anyone who'd met with Pol Pot might be a spy or security risk. The regime was collapsing. Vietnamese forces were massing at the border. Trust within the leadership had completely broken down.Others think Caldwell's murder was a message to the outside world—a way to create international controversy and distract from the regime's desperate military situation.Some believe Caldwell had seen or heard something during his meeting with Pol Pot that made him a liability—that perhaps he'd asked the wrong questions or showed signs of doubt. And some think it was simply random violence in a regime built entirely on violence, where human life had no value and murder was routine. The truth is, nobody knows.What we do know is the timing. 

Malcolm Caldwell was murdered on December 23, 1978.On December 25, 1978—two days later—Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia.On January 7, 1979—fifteen days after Caldwell's death—Phnom Penh fell. The Khmer Rouge fled into the jungle.  

The regime that had controlled Cambodia for nearly four years collapsed in two weeks.And when Vietnamese soldiers entered the city, they found the evidence that Malcolm Caldwell had spent years denying existed.

They found Tuol Sleng—a former high school that the Khmer Rouge had converted into an interrogation and torture center.

 Inside were detailed records of more than 14,000 people who had been imprisoned, tortured, and executed there. Photographs of every victim. Confessions extracted under torture. 

Meticulous documentation of systematic murder.They found the killing fields—mass graves scattered across the countryside containing hundreds of thousands of bodies.

They found survivors—emaciated, traumatized people who described years of forced labor, starvation rations, executions for minor infractions, families torn apart, entire social classes wiped out.They found a nation where one in four people had died.Everything the refugees had said was true.Everything the journalists had reported was true.

Everything Malcolm Caldwell had dismissed as propaganda was true. He'd died defending a genocide. 

In the aftermath, scholars tried to make sense of Caldwell's willingness to ignore overwhelming evidence. How could an intelligent academic with access to refugee testimonies and journalistic reports convince himself that mass atrocities weren't happening? 

The answer is both simple and terrifying: ideology.

Caldwell had built his entire career on the belief that Western imperialism was the root of global suffering and that socialist revolutions in developing nations were inherently liberating. He'd invested so much in this worldview that evidence contradicting it became intolerable. So he rejected the evidence. He reframed atrocities as propaganda. He chose his political beliefs over observable reality. And when he finally saw Cambodia with his own eyes, he saw only what he'd come prepared to see—because acknowledging the truth would have meant admitting that his entire intellectual framework was wrong. It would have meant admitting he'd spent years defending mass murder. That's the real tragedy of Malcolm Caldwell's story.

Not just that he died under mysterious circumstances. But that he lived years defending a regime that was killing hundreds of thousands of people, and he never allowed himself to see the truth.Today, the Cambodian genocide is documented beyond any question. The Khmer Rouge killed approximately 1.7 million people between 1975 and 1979. Tuol Sleng is now a museum. The killing fields are memorial sites. Survivors have spent decades telling their stories.

And Malcolm Caldwell's name appears in histories of the period as a cautionary tale—an intelligent person so committed to ideology that he defended the indefensible. His death remains unsolved. His killer was never identified. His motive for being murdered may never be known. 

But his legacy is clear: he was wrong. About the Khmer Rouge. About Pol Pot. 

About what was happening in Cambodia. Refugees weren't lying. Journalists weren't spreading propaganda. The atrocities were real. 

And Malcolm Caldwell spent years refusing to believe any of it—right up until the moment someone, possibly from the regime he'd defended, put a bullet in his chest.There's a broader lesson here about certainty and ideology. About how intelligent people can convince themselves of almost anything when admitting they're wrong feels impossible. About how political commitments can become so central to identity that contradicting evidence gets rejected automatically. About how ideology, untethered from reality, can lead people to defend the indefensible.Malcolm Caldwell wasn't stupid. He wasn't ignorant. 

He had access to the same information everyone else did. He just chose not to believe it.

And that choice—repeated over years, defended in lectures and articles, maintained even while meeting the architect of genocide—is what makes his story so disturbing. Because if a respected academic at a major university could spend years defending mass murder because it fit his political worldview, what does that say about all of us?What evidence are we ignoring? What truths are we rejecting because they don't fit what we want to believe?

Malcolm Caldwell died on December 23, 1978, in a guesthouse in Phnom Penh, killed under circumstances that remain mysterious.But his real death—the intellectual death, the moral death—happened years earlier, when he decided that defending his ideology mattered more than acknowledging the suffering of 1.7 million people.That's the part of his story worth remembering.Not the mystery of who killed him. 

But the tragedy of how he chose to live.In memory of the 1.7 million victims of the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979), whose suffering Malcolm Caldwell refused to acknowledge while they were dying—and whose truth was finally revealed only after he was dead.

1. The Great Purge

Between 1936 and 1938, Stalin systematically eliminated everyone he perceived as a threat. This included not only political rivals, but also military officers, intellectuals, and ordinary citizens. Millions of people were executed or sent to labor camps.

2. The Gulag System

He made extensive use of forced labor camps (the Gulags). This served two purposes: isolating "enemies of the state" and obtaining free labor for massive industrial projects, such as the construction of canals and railways.

3. Propaganda and Cult of Personality

Stalin was presented as the infallible "Father of the Nation". History books were rewritten and photos were retouched to literally erase former allies who had fallen out of favor from history.

4. Fear through the Secret Service (NKVD)

Under the leadership of figures like Yezhov and Beria, the NKVD kept the population in a constant state of fear. An extensive network of informants ensured that no one dared to trust their neighbors, friends, or even family members.

5. Collectivization and Control over Food

By collectivizing agriculture, the state gained full control over the food supply. This was used as a political weapon; by withholding food from regions that resisted (such as during the Holodomor in Ukraine), he could force entire populations into obedience.