The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest: Grand Finale Pt.4.

A direct continuation of Part 3; https://watchitdie.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-2018-eurovision-song-contest-grand_14.html

Next in the long line of nations queueing up to bash former US President Barack Obama was the Czech Republic. Their song was "Lie To Me" by Mikolas Josef.

This was intended as a complete and mocking rip-off of the 2013 song; "Trumpets" by black American popstar Jason Derulo. In Christianity the Book of Revelations states that the apocalypse will begin with the sounding of seven trumpets.

One of the most entertaining in-jokes at the Song Contest is recent years has been the issue of; "The Black Music." This refers to styles of music associated with black American singers such as Aretha Franklin, Prince, Micheal Jackson, Whitney Houston and so on.

It really started off as an attempt to improve race relations amid growing migration by making a joke about how socially awkward white people get when they meet a black person for the first time.

However it quickly grew and evolved into a way of express support or opposition to the policies of America's first black President, Barack Obama. It then evolved into a way to mock Obama and his policies.

So this song invokes the spectre of the World being on the brink of the End of Days. It then places the blame for that situation firmly on the policies of Obama's America.

It sort of goes; "Come on Obama. Lie to us again;

Tell us how Michael Brown had his hands up in surrender. Tell us there were popular uprisings in Libya and Syria. Tell us again how Russian aggression caused civil war in Ukraine. Tell us again how Russia interfered in America's 2016 election."

The video in support of the song also Mikolas Josef riding a Camel. This suggests the Gulf Monarchies role in Obama's role. However if you were something of a Camel nerd you would have identified this particular animal as part of the two humped Bactarian variety.

Rather than being native to the Middle-East and Africa Bactarian Camels are native to Central Asia. China and the nations which are collectively known as; "The Stans" such as Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan. Along with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Throughout the contest Mikloas Josef's gimmick was that he was always wearing an empty backpack. At the end of his live performance he also threw in a little bit of what I am informed is the; "Floss Dance" by the; "Backpack Kid" character from the computer game; "Fortnite."

My experience of computer games really ended with the Sega Megadrive. So on this issue you may as well be talking to me in Uzbek or Kazakh.

However I gather that Fortnite has become the latest craze amongst children and teenagers. This has led to the usual concern from parents about how long they're spending playing the game and the amount they're spending on in-game purchases. At the start of May UK children's charities started issuing advice to parents.

The fact Mikolas Josef was able to throw in that reference at the last minute suggested to me that we're dealing with quite a talented act.

Switzerland. Their song was; "Stones" by ZiBBZ. A brother and sister duo made up of Stefan "Stee" and Corinne "Coco" Gfeller.

In the artist biography in support of the song Coco and Stee speak out against the evil of bullies and bullying. The bullying that stops people dreaming, being themselves or thinking differently. The song really berates people for not standing up to these bullies.

The video shows the act being confronted by a riotous, masked mob wielding petrol bombs, clubs and other weapons. This was a direct reference to the 2009 video for; "Run This Town" by Jay-Z, Kanye West and Rihanna. The intention being to make clear the bullies Switzerland are referring to are Obama, the Democrats and their thugs in the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM).

As was discussed extensively at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Para-Olympics Black Lives Matter were created by Obama and the Democrat Party in August 2014. They needed a way to mobilise voters in order to propel their party to victory at the 2014 mid-term elections.

So in August 2014 Obama invented this story of an innocent young black man named Micheal Brown being murdered by the racist police. While having his hands up in surrender and begging; "Don't Shoot!"

Obama then tasked the FBI and the Department of Justice with perpetuating that lie.

The Democrats designated successor for Obama when his Presidential term expired in January 2017 was Hillary Clinton.

However in the summer of 2016 it emerged that Hillary Clinton had committed 110 offences of espionage against America. By way of improperly storing Secret and Top Secret information. As a result she should have been prosecuted and sent to prison rather than being sent to contest the election in November 2016.

So again the Democrats mobilised Black Lives Matter to conduct a campaign of violence against the institutions of law enforcement in the US. The intention being to intimidate them into not prosecuting Hillary Clinton for her crimes.

This campaign saw the July 7th 2016 (7/7/16) murder by a BLM gunman of five police officers in Dallas, Texas. It also saw the July 17th 2016 (17/7/16) murder by a BLM gunman of four police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

So to described Black Lives Matter as; "Bullies" is a massive understatement. They're a domestic terrorist organisation. One founded and sponsored by a major US political party.

Black Lives Matter have also become a sort of shorthand for much wider attempts by political forces who - without a hint of irony - describe themselves as; "Progressive Liberals" to silence any form of dissent or even the holding of a different point of view.

Having referenced "Run This Town" a rather good, recent example of this is Kanye West.

On April 26th (26/4/18) Kanye West took to social media to express his support as a black American man for President Trump. The immediate response from the 'progressive liberals' was that Kanye West must have suffered a psychological breakdown. A psychotic episode of sorts.

This belief that someone who holds a different political opinion to you must be mentally ill is actually extremely alarming.

Mainstream mental health professionals will diagnose mental illness using something called a; "Mental State Examination." This makes up sections 94.09 and 94.11 of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM3).

Part of that diagnostic test examines the patient's Thought Content. It particularly looks out for unshakable beliefs which are held with extraordinary conviction and subjective certainty.

In the UK the textbook example of this would be someone who is convinced the domestic security service MI5 is spying on them. Administering the Mental State exam would involve pretending you agree with the patient but asking a simple question such as whether they're sure it's not America's CIA doing the spying.

A sane person would respond by saying something like that it's possible. However because they're British and the conversation is taking place in Britain it's much more likely that it's Britain's MI5 doing the spying.

A person experiencing psychotic delusions will be adamant that it is MI5 and that it can only be MI5. If you attempt to challenge this belief in any way they will become extremely agitated.

That's because the false belief system they've created is the only thing holding their fractured minds together.

In much the same way that if you break a hip skin and muscles will be the only thing left holding your leg onto your body. You really wouldn't want someone poking at it.

So being convinced that everyone who disagrees with you is mentally ill is actually the sort of thing that makes us start to worry about your mental health.

One of the few nations where mental health professionals do not subscribe to the ICD-9-CM3 is China. This allows China as an authoritarian single party state to use accusations of mental illness to silence and imprison political dissidents.

China actually has a mental disorder know as, I think; "Political Mania." The symptoms of this include marching, waving placards, chanting and taking an interest in the financial affairs of unelected local government officials.

So it is worryingly common for Chinese citizens who complain about government corruption to be labelled as mentally ill and locked up in hospitals. Often for the rest of their lives.

Having gone to the trouble of being stripped of the rights to show the Grand Finale China have forced the Eurovision community to declare that Chinese style censorship is wrong.

So despite not being part of the Song Contest China are actually one of my stand-out acts this year.

Another aspect of these 'progessive liberals' attempts to make sure they are the only ones permitted to hold opinions is this so-called; "Snowflake Culture." This is the world of; "Microaggressions" and; "Trigger Warnings." In short if a view different from your own is expressed you label it hate speech and have it banned.

This attitude is a particular anathema to the Eurovision Song Contest. This really only functions because people take on an extreme position that they don't believe simply to further the wider discussion.

For example I'm pretty sure that Ukrainian Song Contest fans know that I'm being dramatic when I declare them all to be members of the Waffen SS who live in ISIL's Northern Province. Sadly though I'm being a lot less dramatic then I would like.

There have also been a couple of good examples of this at this year's contest;

Hungary; "Situationist Anarcho Metal" is not a common genre at Eurovision. So I want to cover them in detail as one of my stand-outs. However their song takes the "Gay Propaganda" of the Song Contest and compares it to the moral panic the US went through over Marilyn Manson following 1999 Columbine shooting.

So Hungary's entire entry has this strong and quite nasty element of homophobia running all throughout it. Not because the band themselves are in anyway homophobic. They are merely putting on display the homophobic attitudes that are widespread in their country. So those attitudes can be better challenged through constructive engagement.

However the Snowflakes would have shutdown that discussion long before they got that far into the conversation.

The Netherlands; Again this is one of the acts I intend to discuss more fully at a point where it is most relevant. However their stage show has been criticised as racist. It appears to show a white plantation owner in the American south surrounded by his black slaves.

"US Confederate At a Slave Auction" is of course exactly the look they were going for.

In part to remind people of the Democrat Party's role in the US Civil War. They were the ones fighting to keep slavery.

Mainly though to show everyone Obama's true legacy.

Through NATO's illegal actions in Libya Obama has succeeded in restating the African Slave Trade. Some 150 years after the Democrat's defeat in the US Civil War brought it to an end.

At 17:25 on 16/5/18 (UK date) I will pick this up later.

Edited at around 19:15 on 16/5/18 (UK date) to add;

The greatest thought crime invented by the 'progressive liberals' is that of; "Cultural Appropriation."

Given how widespread these ideas have become it should hardly come as a surprise that Israel's entry have been accused of just that. In her live performances Netta wore a Japanese-style Kimono and performed alongside possibly hundreds of "Golden Chinese Lucky Cats."

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest has followed shortly after the 2018 Winter Olympics and Para-Olympics held in the Republic of Korea (RoK). During all of the ceremonies of these events the South Korean hosts made frequent reference to the Eurovision Song Contest. A competition they clearly very much want to be involved in.

The hosts of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Para-Olympics will be China. This meant that they produced sequences in the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics and Para-Olympics. Something which no doubt piqued their already substantial interest in the Eurovision Song Contest.

So by using elements of Japanese and Chinese culture Israel reminded everyone of this as part of the discussion about expansion of the Song Contest.

One of the running jokes at the Olympics and Para-Olympics was the US' and particularly Vice President Mike Pence's seeming inability to realise that Japan and the RoK are not the same country.

The joke of using "Golden Chinese Lucky Cats" is that they are properly known as; "Manek-neko (Beckoning Cat). They are Japanese in origin. Chinese people have appropriated them from Japanese culture.

I think I've just heard the sound of a Snowflake's brain exploding.

So I think I should warn potential new competitors that while I've already covered Israel's entry I've got a feeling I could revisit it over and over again and still not get to the centre. Rather like the Song Contest itself.

Another tactic the 'progressive liberals' have recently adopted to silence any form of dissent or even the holding of a different point of view is this mythical; "Russian Hacking" and "Fake News."

In short if someone puts forward a different point of view on social media they are instantly labelled a Russia Troll and their statements dismissed as Fake News.

This is obviously very important to the main theme of how NATO has managed to get its relationship with Russia so wrong.

I actually had an interesting experience of this during the Winter Olympics.

Frequently Tweeting out links to this blog using the term; "Winter Olympics" Twitter's Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems identified me as an AI system. As a result part of my account was suspended and I was unable to Tweet links for a couple of days.

I had my account fully reinstated on February 15th (15/2/18) effectively getting a certificate from Twitter proving that I'm human. On February 16th (16/2/18) US Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller issued indictments for 13 Russian individuals and companies he accused of operating Fake News bots.

Over the course of the next six hours I got reported to Twitter as a Russian bot like seven times from 'progessive liberals' who disagreed with me. I imagine that these days Twitter just sends reports of that nature on my account straight to the junk folder.

In the short gap between the Winter Olympics and Para-Olympics there was the Skripal poisoning in the UK. The one thing British investigators have proved about this is that the Russians didn't do it. British scientists have proved the intelligence claiming Russia did it was false.

However the UK blamed Russia anyway and led a mass expulsion of Russian diplomats from NATO nations. The vast majority being expelled from the US.

Shortly afterwards the US declared it has detected a 3000% increase in Russian bot activity spreading Fake News about the Skripal poisoning. By which they meant sharing links to stories from established news networks about British scientists saying; "The Russians Didn't Do It."

About a week later Britain one-upped the US by claiming there had been a 4000% increase in Russian bot activity. This must have been a satire on America's claim.

The British list included a number of well known Syrian journalists. It also included a vast number of British citizens. Many of whom were promptly interviewed by the British media showing quite clearly they were neither bots nor Russian.

At one point BBC News presenter Annita McVeigh accused a guest named Alan West of being part of a Russian propaganda conspiracy. His full title is Admiral The Right Honourable Alan Baron West of Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC. He is the former head of Britain's Royal Navy and Government Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism.

During this year's Song Contest there was actually an interesting development on Mueller's 13 indictments. One of the Russian companies answered the indictment in a US Court. This prompted Mueller to demand the case be delayed. Up until that point he'd been working on the assumption his claims would go untested.

Switzerland's song featured references to people sitting on golden thrones and blood diamonds. The video ended with some the female rioters removing their face masks. Making them appear as if they were Muslim women removing the Niqab or full face veil.

The Run This Town video really lead to Rihanna's 2013 Diamonds World Tour. This has a special place in recent Song Contest history. As an example of just how stupid Obama actually was. He seemed to genuinely believe Rihanna would outgun Europe in something the Europeans do to each other every year for fun.

For reasons that are really best just accepted rather than analysed Obama claimed that the Run This Town video triggered the Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.

So Rihanna was packed off on the Diamonds World Tour as punishment. The idea being she would be driven into a mental health crisis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This cruelty would serve as a gesture of apology.

Obviously that failed. In fact during the European leg of the Diamonds World Tour Egypt had a second revolution overthrowing the Turkish Muslim Brotherhood puppet Mohammad Morsi. While the European nations were trying to work out where the other 40 competitors were hiding.

So the Gulf Monarchies mission to punish and humiliate Rihanna continued. Around the time of the 2017 Song Contest Saudi Arabia scored a success. They managed to trap Rihanna into a romantic relationship with the Saudi national Hassan Jameel. A man who in the past has acted as the Quartermaster for ISIL.

That continues to be a sensitive situation. However if the US is pressuring Rihanna to continue the relationship in an effort to gather information on the Middle-East. Well, clearly they're making a mess of it.

Switzerland were referencing this to show just how ashamed NATO and Europe should be for allowing themselves to be bullied by Obama. After Obama is clearly a coward and a fool. He'll give everything to anyone who stands up to him.

At Eurovision acts are judged by the panels not on their videos but on purely their live performance. Switzerland decided not to bring any of this on stage with them. As a result their performance in the First Semi-Final was Coco running around stage like some sort of manic while setting off flares and shouting at the audience.

Coco's style is very much the Bohemian chic of the Coachella music festival. These dedicated followers of fashion are the sort of people who will be very hostile to Russia over homophobia. Not because they have any understanding of the issue but because a famous fashion designer did a range of hats on the topic. Making it the absolute hottest trend.

As a heterosexual man even I find this type of woman annoying.

Coco's stage outfit certainly showed off her female form. A cropped T-shirt showed off her stomach and midriff. Low-slung leather trousers revealed the outline of the top of her pelvic bone. So while her genitals were not on display they were very strongly hinted at.

It is a long-running joke that gay men are made physically sick by the mere thought of female genitals.

Switzerland's song was simply them berating the Eurovision audience. In a style of rock music that tends not to do well at the Song Contest.

So I got the impression Switzerland were well aware they were saying something inflammatory and controversial. They were in no rush to be asked to repeat it at the Grand Final.

20:50 on 16/5/18 (UK date).