Month: December 2021

Elon Musk Warns of Demographic Winter

Elon Musk urged, “Please look at the numbers, if people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble.”

Mexican Flowers on Mediterranean Waters

One December 9th while walking near the foot of Tepeyac hill, Juan Diego was visited by a young woman who revealed that she was the Virgin Mary. After healing his uncle from what had seemed like a fatal illness, the Virgin bid the future saint to climb a hill and collect the flowers that were blooming there despite the Mexican winter. These were strange flowers, for they were European, but had apparently found fertile ground on American soil. 

Brussels Sees Mass Protest After New Measures to Combat COVID

What galvanized the protestors ranged from resistance to masking, objection to the controversial COVID Safety Ticket (CST), which allows only those in the vaccinated, testing negative, or newly recovered categories to enter most public spaces, to the specter of mandatory vaccination–for now, limited to those in care and health services.

Merkel the Fiscal Bureaucrat

Angela Merkel did put in place a mechanism to strengthen German government finances. However, there was a price to be paid for this achievement, namely a slowly but steadily rising burden on German taxpayers.

More than 40,000 Gather in Vienna to Oppose Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations 

More than 40,000 Gather in Vienna to Oppose Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations 

“I am here because I am against forced vaccinations. I am for human rights, and the violation of human rights should be stopped,” one demonstrator said. “We are protecting our children,” said another.

December 5, 2021
Give Us Back Our Lady!

Give Us Back Our Lady!

The terrible incident of the Notre Dame fire should have been the occasion to renovate a church so damaged by the ravages of time, to make it even more beautiful. Instead, the sorcerer’s apprentices in charge of its destiny have preferred to indulge in their dreams of experimentation, as if a centuries-old cathedral were a creative laboratory subsidized by the Ministry of Culture.

December 5, 2021
Belgium: Court Declares COVID Passports Illegal in Wallonia 

Belgium: Court Declares COVID Passports Illegal in Wallonia 

The case—in which a court in Wallonia declared a regional government’s COVID pass to be illegal—could set a precedent for the legality of COVID passes across Belgium.

December 4, 2021
As Cases of COVID-19 Rise Throughout Europe, Countries Take Different Approaches

As Cases of COVID-19 Rise Throughout Europe, Countries Take Different Approaches

European Union Commission chief Ursula von der Leyden’s said on Wednesday that it was time to “think about mandatory vaccination.” In her personal opinion, “it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion now.”

December 4, 2021
VOX MEP Demands EU’s ‘LGBTQ Ambassador’ be Dismissed for Posing as a ‘Transgender’ Virgin Mary 

VOX MEP Demands EU’s ‘LGBTQ Ambassador’ be Dismissed for Posing as a ‘Transgender’ Virgin Mary 

Jorge Buxadé MEP, head of VOX’s Delegation in the European Parliament, has called for the immediate dismissal of Riccardo Simonetti from his role as the parliament’s ‘LGBTQ Ambassador,’ after Simonetti posed as a ‘transgender’ Virgin Mary.

December 4, 2021
16 Years of Merkelism: A Retrospective

16 Years of Merkelism: A Retrospective

Having managed the country with the sole aim of keeping her ‘clientelist’ system in power for as long as possible, Angela Merkel is disappearing from the political scene—just as the first cracks in the German ‘ship of state’ are beginning to show.

December 4, 2021
Leftist MEP Drafts Proposal to Make Redistribution of Migrants Mandatory 

Leftist MEP Drafts Proposal to Make Redistribution of Migrants Mandatory 

Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar, a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) European parliamentary grouping, on Tuesday submitted a draft report of the proposal to the European Parliament, which if passed, would require all 27 member states to receive migrants in the case of an influx.

December 3, 2021
Who Will Be the Nominee? Les Républicains to Announce Their Candidate on December 4th

Who Will Be the Nominee? Les Républicains to Announce Their Candidate on December 4th

During recent months, Les Républicains have suffered from a real lack of credibility. Their procrastination over how to nominate their candidate made them appear wishy-washy by a delayed entry into the campaign.

December 3, 2021
Scientists Solve Mystery of Blood Clots from Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine

Scientists Solve Mystery of Blood Clots from Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine

As mass vaccination got underway last winter, rare cases of blood clots were detected in some people who were vaccinated for COVD-19 with the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, causing several European countries to offer younger people alternatives.

December 3, 2021
Belgium: Vlaams Belang, a Flemish Right-Wing Party, Inaugurates “Fortress Europe” Campaign

Belgium: Vlaams Belang, a Flemish Right-Wing Party, Inaugurates “Fortress Europe” Campaign

Some of the most notable proposals include the construction of physical barriers at Europe’s external borders, implementation of high-tech controls at internal borders, monetary guarantees (deposits) to be paid by asylum seekers awaiting approval, and withdrawal of subsidies for NGOs that facilitate illegal practises.

December 3, 2021
Dutch Parishes in Downward Spiral

Dutch Parishes in Downward Spiral

While the Roman Catholic Church, numbering about 3.7 million, is still the largest denomination in the country, aging membership and secularization are now making themselves felt. Catholics actively involved in parish life are few—about 150,000, a mere 4% of all registered Catholics.

December 3, 2021
Cancel Discrimination, Not Christmas, Cardinal Says

Cancel Discrimination, Not Christmas, Cardinal Says

“We know that Europe owes its existence and its identity to many influences, but we certainly cannot forget that one of the main influences, if not the main one, was Christianity itself,” Cardinal Parolin said.

December 3, 2021