Tea at Trianon: Dark Web

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

Monday, September 15, 2025

Dark Web

From Tierney's Real News:

I am working on an in-depth report on the awful assassination of Charlie Kirk - but I’m waiting a few more days for the complete story to emerge. In the meantime, you need to know this background as you do your own research.
Tyler Robinson was allegedly called a “Reddit” kid and used several layers of the internet to communicate and he wasn’t acting alone. Why is that important? Today, we can add the “Dark Web” to Satan’s toolbox of tricks - on how our enemies (both foreign and domestic) are able to brainwash and coerce patsies to do unspeakable things.
First, this is an excellent post from Larry Schweikart. I honestly knew nothing about the “Dark Web” before I read this:
1) I had a fascinating talk with my son, who is both in med tech for a big company but also who is a very plugged-in gamer. He is a single male, who knows quite well the inner workings of Reddit and 4Chan. Above all he is up on male culture age 20-40. Tyler was called a Reddit kid.
2) In discussing what radicalized this shooter, who came from a good family and had good grades, he was quick in his response: Reddit and 4 Chan and the Dark Web.
3) Smart kids know how to mask their real activities from their parents. Unless you're snooping in their computer they would be difficult to detect.
4) Me: "The radicalization occurred in probably a year or less."
Him: "Yeah, doesn't take long. He had both alt-right postings but also total left postings, including one people mistake for a transoid symbol but which is actually a deeper, worse nearly demonic symbol that is quite prominent on 4Chan.
5) ME: "Looks like the 71 year old guy [George Zinn] was an accomplice of sorts, or an activated patsy." (Read more.)

Follow the money. Also from Tierney's Real News:

DEVIN NUNES: “Kash Patel, the new Director of the FBI, has so much to clean up - there's so much history here. The radical left in this country have been trying to kill conservatives now for going on eight years.
My colleague, Steve Scalise, and many other conservatives have been gunned down. President Trump was shot at twice, nearly killed. And finally, they got Charlie Kirk.
This violence has to end. It’s the political left doing this. It's nonsense to say it's both sides and we need to lower the “rhetoric.”
The rhetoric was started by my former [Democrat] colleagues in Congress!
It is also done and supported by a very sophisticated organization. Many people say Soros, but it’s not just Soros who helps to organize this. Soros works in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee and other foundations (NGOs) to support these radical groups across the country that has led to this unprecedented historical violence.” (Read more.)