Tea at Trianon: Another Jihadi

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

Friday, November 28, 2025

Another Jihadi

Specialist Sarah Beckstrom has since passed away. RIP. From Tierney's Real News:

We all know what happened in Washington, DC - close to the White House - the night before Thanksgiving. Please pray for the victims and pray that Americans wake up to what’s really going on before it’s too late. Somehow we’ve all forgotten about what happened on 9/11.
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, is dying right now because a Jihadi shot her in the head in DC the night before Thanksgiving. Her dad says she’s not expected to survive. He’s holding her hand right now.
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Stephen Miller CONFIRMED that even “asylum seekers” and “refugees” are now FAIR GAME for DEPORTATION after today’s shooting:
“ENOUGH ALREADY! We’ve NEVER faced a threat like this. 20 million people brought into our country from the most failed societies on earth under Biden. There was no vetting, no conditions, no rules, For four straight years, they deluged this country — and now, more blood is being spilled as a result. No one else has to DIE because of what Democrats have done to this country. Trump will ACCELERATE efforts to review EVERY person added over the last 4 years, all 20 million. If you’re illegal, you’re out automatically! But everyone else, WHATEVER status, if you don’t love this country we’re gonna SEND YOU OUT! (Read more.)