Vada

What is one movie you cannot watch without almost crying? For me itโ€™s the polar express movie.

My Girl.

Everyone cites the funeral scene and Vada’s “he can’t see without his glasses.” For sure, that’s a damn good scene. Anna Chlumsky absolutely nails that one and in fact the whole film; she’s amazing throughout. But the part that got me is when Dan Aykroyd with the best acting of his career as Vada’s father comes to tell her that her best friend has died and her realization of that over the course of the conversation.

Seeing her face change from childish innocence to disbelieving grief so subtly yet so effectively…that is what really got to me.

I think I have a special connection to that film because it wasn’t all that long before that my family had concealed my close friend’s (and cousin’s) death from me for weeks. I did not get to go to his funeral. I did not even know he’d died or have any confirmation of it until I basically went on a hunger strike to force the truth out of them.

When I watched My Girl, I was envious of the respect and tenderness with which Vada was treated — that everyone deserves — that was never afforded to me. Vada was surrounded by people who loved her, who cared for her, who would fight for her and be there when needed. And I was not.

Age Fight

On refugees being cast as โ€œinvadersโ€ and โ€œfighting-age malesโ€.

The evil idiot left here should just be sent to Somalia. The invaders are being cast as “invaders” and “fighting-age” males because they are invading, assaulting and raping, and are 80% fighting-age males. I mean, pretty simple, no?

And bro, I can read a fucking chart. Denmark has some of the best official stats here is why they are often cited. As others do, so will I. This speaks for itself.

And this is England and Wales (not broken out by ethnicity, but hint, native-born men had nothing to do with this:

Here’s the thing: a lot of the left wants these women to be raped by feral third-worlders. They want them to suffer; they see it as comeuppance for colonialism and alleged oppression. They often let that slip out.

Much of the Crooked Timber crowd would very, very eagerly assist the Pakistani rape gangs in procuring British working-class white girls because they “deserve” it. They are completely fine with it as long as it is not their daughter being raped, not their family who suffers from what Ahmed takes from what they see as worthless chavs and slags.

No, I definitely will not be landing the helicopter when I deposit them all in Somalia.

On a larger note, these stats aren’t hard to find. In fact the Danish ones are provided by the government of Denmark directly. The left is evil beyond words here. Just despicable humans.

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