Tea at Trianon: The Truth About Digital ID

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

Sunday, October 19, 2025

The Truth About Digital ID

From The Vigilant Fox:

Republicans are now advancing a federal version of the same digital ID system sweeping through Texas, the U.K., and Australia—proving this agenda isn’t partisan, it’s coordinated and global.
Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. John James have introduced the “App Store Accountability Act,” claiming it will protect children online. But hidden in the fine print is vague language on “age verification” and “parental consent,” with no clear explanation of how it works—or who controls it.
In practice, Americans could soon be required to upload their government ID or submit biometric data to an “approved provider” just to prove they’re adults. Parents would be forced to link their digital profiles to their children’s, giving unknown third parties access to both.
It’s the same pattern already unfolding in the U.K. and Australia, where officials now admit Digital ID will be used for “age assurance.” Once implemented, every click, post, and purchase can be tracked and restricted—all under the guise of child safety. (Read more.)