Collateral Damage - Acceptable victims in the name of political ideology

I actually thought of this concept yesterday before the attacks in Brussels in relation to the issues of illegal immigration in the US.  This article on The Blaze addresses the impact of illegal immigration:

Illegal immigration is absolutely not a victimless crime

In a period of 4 years from 2010 over 100 illegal immigrants subject to deportation orders, but released into the community were charged with homicide. One man was deported 5 times, before murdering a woman in San Francisco. It also applies to the attacks on Women in Europe and the compromised security as a result of EU border policies.

Missing is the outrage and condemnation we should expect to find, because its something our leaders have accepted as part of the multicultural, open borders political ideology. Obama made no public statements toward the shooting death of Kathryn Steinle, because it would be inconvenient to the political narrative to address her victimhood at the hands of authorities who have failed in their duty to protect the border and the US citizens.

Its the same in Europe where they are more concerned with maintaining political correctness than actually doing something about the threat of Islamic extremism. Now we come to yet another attack, this time in Brussels, a breeding ground of Islamic extremism. Leaders will make the same hand wringing statements about solidarity, yet do nothing about the security and policies that allowed the attack in the first place.

Since 9/11 the right have warned about the threat of Islamism, yet inspite of this Angela Merkel and co. conspired to import Islam on mass, even with no go zones already well known in Sweden. Those who have already become victims will not find the justice they deserve, for they are acceptable collateral damage in the quest to overthrow national identity across the EU.

There are some countries that have resisted, mostly those in Eastern Europe, like Hungary. Inspite of bullying from the EU, they chose to maintain the safety and security of their country in the face of Merkels orchestrated migrant crisis. Here's a great speech made just days ago:
Orban's historic speech

Who now would criticize Hungary for erecting a fence and controlling its borders? How many ISIS members are in Europe now, ready to strike.

This is why Trump is so far ahead in the primaries in the US: people are sick of being considered acceptable collateral.


Enough

The Division looks to be following in the footsteps of Destiny

The Division Year One

I played the beta, and decided I'd wait to see how the dust settles before buying the game. With players already hitting the level cap and having the best gear and The Darkzone with a number of short-comings, I'll continue to hold out.


The Division finds itself on the same trajectory as Destiny. It'll be the game that everyone bitches about in the comments in 2016, because it'll take a year to get it right. I reckon I'll be holding out for the Taken King equivalent version of The Division. By then they will have optimised the loot economy, added more content and fixed the darkzone.

Here's some thoughts I had on the DZ in particular in a few tweets:

Whilst the game handles matchmaking better than Destiny - its easy to find a team to do missions, raids etc the lack of true PVP could hurt it. Fortunately an easy fix would be to have a strictly PVP area where the concept of going Rogue is removed.

Anti Trump Protesters shutdown rally in Chicago ; Mizzou protests lead to enrollment down turn

Make America Great Again

I've been watching with interest Donald Trumps campaign for President and the unfolding spectacle.

As Trumps campaign builds near unstoppable momentum we have seen things go from the odd heckler at his rallies to full blown counter protests. Which is quite sinister, given their aim to intimidate and silence opposition. A trump rally in Chicago was called off, due to security fears.

Trump responded:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/708619775153475584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 I generally identify with a political party who's economically liberal and socially conservative (which is the Liberal party here in Australia). I've never quite identified with the Republican establishment conservatives, who don't truly represent conservative values.

So to see a candidate who doesn't fit the establishment mold, who's actually putting American national interest at the forefront of his campaign is quite exciting.
As some commentators point out Trump is not owned by the donor class, so he can't be controlled, which is probably why outlets such as Fox has come out against Trump. In Australia the news.com.au page routinely runs anti trump slanted stories. See example below.

The second half of this story is dedicated to condemning violence from Trumps supporters, but no mention of violence from the anti Trump side 

Having read Mark Steyn's After America (well worth a read) I know what the decline of America means for the west. Can you imagine what becomes of the west if America were to embrace the defeatists self loathing of countries like Germany and other countries in the EU. Which is also why I'm watching the #Brexit campaign with great interest over in the UK.


Mizzou faces budget shortfall after caving to protesters

The University finds themselves in damage control, following a plunge in enrollments in the aftermath of the BLM , concerned student, Melissa Click debacle. The shortfall of 1500 students compared to the forecast leaves a 30 million whole in the budget.

Hopefully this sends a warning to Administrators around the country about the culture they facilitate on their Campus. No one wants to go to a University who's controlled by a handful of entitled cry bullies.