Around the Nation and Around the Globe

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By Robin Itzler

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Some events from around the nation: 

Hollywierd:  The Academy Award Committee wants to give best actress slot to a MAN! Juan Carlos Gascón, who now calls himself Karla Sofia Gascón, was nominated in the FEMALE actress category. At the time, many believed Hollyweird will give him the award. Not because Gascón deserved the acting award but because he/she, who is now a lesbian, would make Hollyweird proud. Until …

Old Gascón tweets surfaced: 

• Gascón refers to Islam as a “hotbed of infection for humanity” and “incompatible with Western values.” 
• Gascón refers to COVID vaccines as “the Chinese vaccine, [which] apart from the mandatory chip, comes with two spring rolls, a cat that moves its hand, 2 plastic flowers, a pop-up lantern, 3 telephone lines and one euro for your first controlled purchase.” 
• Gascón called George Floyd a “drug addict swindler.”

There are other tweets. Of course, Gascón has apologized, with tears.  If you’re a betting person, best to look at the four other actresses who have been nominated. While Gascón is no longer the DEI flavor of the month, the fact remains that HE stole a best actress slot from a FEMALE!

To share your thoughts with the Academy about nominating a biological MALE in the FEMALE category: Email: Click here to send an email message, Phone: 310-247-3000, Write: 1313 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028

North Carolina: Democrats ignorantly demand that USAID continue spending money on ridiculous foreign expenditures, without any concern for AMERICANS who need help. For example, at least 130 private bridges in Avery County were destroyed by Hurricane Helene. Many of these bridges were not insured and not owned by either the city or state. The residents, many of whom lost everything (or close to everything) would have to come up with the money to build a new bridge.

Term Limits: From Kash Patel on X: Chuck Schumer has NEVER held a job in the private sector, and his net worth is $81 MILLION. Born in 1950—Graduated law school 1975—Leeching off Tax Payers since 1975. Never had a real job Chuck Schumer is the Poster Child for Term Limits. [Note: There are many others starting with Joe Biden.]

MAGA: Scott Pressler is determined to flip New Jersey the same way he flipped Pennsylvania. Between 2020 and 2024, Donald Trump had big gains in deep blue states. 

1. New York + 10.6% 
2. California + 09.1% 
3.  New Jersey + 10% 
4. Massachusetts + 08.3%

Wisconsin: Since 2016, voters had to present a photo ID when voting. In April, the Wisconsinites will decide whether to add that to their state’s Constitution.

California: The last new reservoir was built in 1979, when the state’s population was 23.26 million. In 2024, California’s population was 39.4 million—almost double. Every time there are discussions about building a new reservoir environmental extremists—the folks who want us to live like Tarzan and Jane—put up a big stink and file lawsuits. Spineless Democrats back down until finally you have the recent fire storm fiasco.

According to Michael Shellenberger, who ran for governor in 2022, the state spends $41.5 BILLION a year on climate change, homelessness and illegal immigrants. Just 2 percent of that amount would double the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget. California has the money—but it chooses to spend it on the wrong issues. 

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Events from around the globe

Germany: There’s an election next month and Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose party leads the polls, was pleased that parliament recently voted to turn back more migrants seeking to enter the country. It was a narrow win, helped by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. AfD is Germany’s version of “America First.” Hey, doesn’t it make sense that a nation wants to maintain its own identity rather than have it disappear because of an influx of (legal and illegal) Muslim immigrants?

Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia: The foreign ministers of these Muslim Arab nations said NO to taking any of the Palestinians from Gaza. Hmmm, could it be that these Muslim Arab nations are aware of the damage pro-terrorist Gazans can do?

France: In August 2023, a 26-year-old man who thinks he is a woman (aka trans woman) visited gynecologist Dr. Victor Acharian wanting a female exam. The doctor refused. According to Great Britain News:

Dr. Acharian responded saying he only treated “real women” and repeated that he had “no skills to treat men, even if they have shaved their beards and come to tell my secretary that they have become women.”

In December 2024, Dr. Acharian appeared before the French Medical Council and you guessed it, the good doctor was suspended for a month beginning March 1, 2024, along with five months’ probation. The doctor hasn’t decided about appealing the ridiculous suspension/probation.

Just as in the United States, many French citizens are pushing back against woke insanity. French women’s rights activist Marguerite Stern, who has clashed with transgender groups, called Acharian’s suspension unjustified:

“Gynecologists' are only qualified to treat women … We are living in a world of lunatics.”

Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks tough, but our friends to the north are in terrible shape thanks to Trudeau’s communist agenda. In a recent Substack article, Elizabeth Nickson points out: 

• Canadians make 60% of an equivalent U.S. salary. With the same educational status of Americans and the same resources, our wealthiest province, Ontario, is only as wealthy as the poorest U.S. states: Mississippi and West Virginia.

• Our “free” healthcare is the worst in the G7. Last month, hundreds of old people lined up in sub-zero weather for a new doctor in the heart of the country, where all the money is: your “free health care”. The average Canadian pays about $15,000 a year (on average via taxes) for their health care and are lucky if they get cancer treatment within a year. That is about twice as much as U.S. Major Medical. 
• There are so many homeless, we need 2,000,000 new houses. Two. Million. In the U.S., you need about 3.5 million. If you were us, you’d need 20,000,000. The government has spent billions analyzing the problem. 
• In 2023 nearly 60% had to choose between heat or food in the winter. People are desperate beyond the imaginings of anyone in the developed world. Think behind the Iron Curtain, circa 1983. 
• Violent crime has skyrocketed. Since 2014, by 40%. · The Communist Chinese Party runs cartel crime syndicates through Vancouver.