Tea at Trianon: Farmland Seized, Families Betrayed

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Farmland Seized, Families Betrayed

From The Vigilant Fox:

40 acres of Missouri farmland are being seized for a secretive data center—and furious residents say the deal was deliberately hidden from them.
In St. Charles, families only learned of the project weeks ago after non-disclosure agreements buried the details. Now they fear soaring bills, vanishing water, and the collapse of their community—all forced through without their consent.
At a chaotic town hall, neighbors said they only discovered the plan when a memo landed on their porch. Instead of answers, they were handed a staged spectacle—officials dodging questions, deflecting blame, and shuffling residents from booth to booth.
And Missouri isn’t alone. In Texas, another giant data hub is being pushed into a drought-stricken county. Critics warn billionaires are carving up towns to expand a surveillance state while silencing the very people who live there.
Is Missouri the first domino in a nationwide takeover? Watch Maria Zeee’s report now—before this agenda steamrolls America. The truth goes even deeper than you think. (Read more.)