The Twilight of the Gods

The phrase "Twilight of the Gods" refers to Ragnarok--an apocalyptic event that will see widespread natural disasters and the death of numerous Nordic mythological figures, including several Nordic gods.  The term came to mind when I reviewed some of these following articles:

• Let me first start with England: "Top British Army Officer Predicts Civil War as ‘Rabbit in Headlights’ Leaders Incapable of Political Solutions"--Breitbart. 
• But maybe the political leadership want a civil war: Rumors of young men (presumably immigrants) are being drilled in the middle of the night in remote fields. Soccer practice in the middle of the night? Seems unlikely.
• "The Israeli flag just became the only national flag illegal to burn in the United States"--The North Star. The Supreme Court has held that flag burning is protected political speech. But this article indicates that a federal judge in Washington D.C. just held that it is illegal to burn an Israeli flag because it is racial symbol, not a political symbol. Thus, the judge ruled, the burning of the Israeli flag is illegal racial discrimination. But the burning of a cross has been held to be protected speech, so I would not expect this ruling to be upheld if it were appealed.
•  Brian Entin on X: "The CEO of 'Crowds on Demand' tells me he was offered $20,000,000 to recruit demonstrators for the anti-Trump protests on Thursday." Powerful money interests opposing necessary reforms.
• "A First-Of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Seeks Wrongful Death Climate Damages From Oil Companies. Sealed Court Docs Show a Rockefeller-Funded Green Group Is Steering It."--Free Beacon.  Another example of how wealthy elites hate the common people. 
• "New GPS Data Reveals Exactly Who Showed Up At White House Protests"--Zero Hedge. Key part:

Demographics: Mostly local DMV residents; 86.7% from homes valued >$850,000, 34% from homes valued >$2.5 million.

• Video from Congressional Testimony that $1 Trillion in Covid relief funds were fraudulently claimed, with 70% of it flowing overseas, where it was used to finance organized crime. 
• "The Jeeting of Texas"--Vox Day.  A recent Tweet advertised a Texas housing development by an Indian developer as being specifically for Indians. That would be illegal, of course, under the Fair Housing Act, so the developer has denied it was behind the Tweet. Vox Day comments:

    But don’t worry, Mukesh Parna says it’s not true. Obviously not true.

    At some point, high-trust people are going to have to get it through their thick, but incredibly naive skulls that if you allow one low-trust person into your organization, your executive team, or your society, they are immediately going to devote all of their efforts into bringing in more low-trust people from their identity group to the exclusion of everything and everyone else.

    Different peoples from different cultures have different standards. This should not be a difficult concept for anyone to understand or accept.

    There are over one billion jeets in the world, which means there are more than enough of them to replace every single American and European employee and executive in every single company. And if you’ve enjoyed the high-quality technical support you’ve been receiving from outsourced call centers for the last 30 years, then you’re just going to love the quality products and high-value service that you’re going to receive from organizations that have been comprehensively jeeted.

•  "The tide is turning"--Powerline Blog. The author crows about the minimal number of illegals leaving the country. But I think this is the key point:

The number of foreign-born residents in America hit an all-time peak in January of this year at over 53 million. This level also represented the largest-ever foreign share of the American population in the nation’s almost 250-year history. 

That is a lot of low-trust people and a huge loss of social capital. 

•  Speaking of low-trust immigrants: "Disturbing video shows lawmaker stuffing ballots in swing state that Trump only won by 80,000 votes"--Daily Mail. From the article:

    Abu Musa, a city council member of Hamtramck, Michigan, was in the passenger seat handing several bundles of what appear to be absentee ballots to the driver.

    Musa then watches the driver deposit three stacks of ballots into a drop box. 

•  And more low-trust immigrants in the same city government: "Just In: Two City Councilmen in Deep Blue City Caught in Ballot Forging Scandal"--The American Tribune. From the lede:

In a shocking case of corruption, Hamtramck, MI, councilmen Mohammed Kamrul Hassan and Muhtasin Rahman Sadman have been slapped with a bevy of felony and misdemeanor charges for alleged voter fraud during the 2023 elections.

• "FL Officials: Illegal Alien Trucker from India Received CDL from California Before Killing 3 Americans"--Breitbart. Sounds like there are some California employees that need to be sued for wrongful death by the victims' mothers. Maybe some creative Florida prosecutor could come up with some criminal charges. 
• "Which States Experienced the Most Attacks on Churches in 2024?"--Daily Signal. 415 incidents in 2024.
• "Abby's Bakery owners found guilty of harboring undocumented employees"--KRGV.  

    The owners of a Los Fresnos Bakery were convicted Wednesday on charges of harboring undocumented employees within their business.

    Owners Leonardo Baez-Lara and Nora Avila-Guel will be sentenced on Nov. 18, 2025. They are permanent, legal residents but could lose their residency status following their convictions....  

 One hopes so.

• "Report: Left-Wing Bureaucracies Are Quietly Subverting Red State Governance"--The Federalist. Basically noting that in a very real sense, elections do NOT have consequences because the bureaucracy doesn't change. A good argument for bringing back the spoils system.