Reader’s links for November 29 – 2016

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  1. Justin Trudeau won’t attend Fidel Castro’s funeral after angering critics of Cuba

    Witness wondrously wordy weaseling withal wickedly wheezing whoring whack-jobs winkle worthless weak-kneed walleyed waxwork wrecks without which whatever wilful wonks warn’t welcome with wanking whelps wot wouldn’t wake wise wogs.

    Put another way, this worthless little sh!te couldn’t ‘splain his coddled way out of a wet paper bag.

    Old Trudeau Senior joke:

    Trudeau pere wakes up one morning and gazes out upon the winter-time snowed in gardens outside his window. He is immediately SHOCKED to discover that, carved into the nearest snowbank —with glistening urine, no less—are the words, “Pierre Trudeau is a wanker!”

    The Prime Minister immediately rallies his Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s entire forensic team of investigators to analyze the crime scene and determine whose piss spelled out the offending words.

    A day later, the head investigator reports back to him saying, “There’s good news and bad news…”

    Trudeau says, “Give me the good news!”

    The inspector replies, “Using recombinant DNA technology, we’ve 100% identified the urine as that of Mick Jagger.”

    “So, what’s the bad news?!?”, Trudeau demands haughtily.

    The detective answers, “The words are in Margaret’s handwriting.”

  2. Migrants, Alfano’s Blackmail: Jail for those who resist requisitions

    According to sources in the Interior Ministry, the Viminale Plan foresees enforcement agents and detention measures for those who resist requisition of their premises for migrants.

    This elderly man is forced to house African migrants in his hotel:

    • Too simple. No women or (actual) children—dental records, please? No inside accommodations, period, full stop, end of story. Young men (such as those show in the video) are more-than-healthy-enough to camp outdoors in tents. Let’s call it the “Sheriff Joe Arpaio effect”, shall we?

      After all, somehow these otherwise healthy male specimens managed to withstand the (according to them and their tear-streaked accounts) ever so brutal trans-Mediterranean migration (be it by sea, land, or passenger jet airliner). Certainly, they can survive several nights weeks months years in tents. With all due respect, weren’t those sort of canvas-dependent-structures what most of them called “home” before initiating this migration hijra invasion?

      One can only hope that Luigi Fogli (successfully) sues the ever-living crap out of whatever city council (as in Goro or Gorino) that authorized this “eminent domain” travesty.

      If someone in Italy is reading this comment, please ensure that Luigi Fogli’s family takes hundreds of “before & after” pictures that correspond to a detailed physical inventory of every room in the hotel so as to thoroughly catalogue all of the damage that is sure to result from this totally objectionable municipal appropriation of private property.

  3. Turkey’s Erdogan Urges All Muslims to Protect Jerusalem (abcnews, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkeys-erdogan-urges-muslims-protect-jerusalem-43840184

    “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Muslims to defend the Palestinian cause, striking a tough stance on Israel despite improved ties between the two nations.

    The president of majority Muslim Turkey said Tuesday “it is the common duty of all Muslims to embrace the Palestinian cause and protect Jerusalem” and that safeguarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque should not be left to children armed with nothing but stones. Located in the Old City of Jerusalem, the hilltop compound is sacred to Muslims and Jews.

    Speaking at a parliamentary symposium on Jerusalem in Istanbul, the Turkish leader also criticized an Israeli proposal to make mosques reduce the volume of loudspeakers issuing the call to prayer.

    His comments come as Israel and Turkey prepare to exchange ambassadors as part of a reconciliation deal.”

  4. Belgian Police Help Break Major Drug, Money Laundering Ring (abcnews, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/belgian-police-break-major-drug-money-laundering-ring-43839941

    “Belgian authorities say they have helped to break up a major international drug and money-laundering ring, detaining seven people and seizing millions of euros, vehicles and firearms.

    The Brussels prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that the crime gang moved narcotics and money between Morocco, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

    Up to 400 million euros in drug revenue was transferred between cities. Prosecutors said large sums were sent through Dubai and laundered by front companies in Casablanca.

    In Belgium alone, 11 police raids involving almost a hundred officers recovered almost 3 million euros, seven vehicles, 78 pieces of computer equipment and two firearms.”

  5. Central, South European Foreign Ministers Discuss Challenges (abcnews, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/central-south-european-foreign-ministers-discuss-challenges-43839936

    “Foreign ministers from central and southeastern Europe are meeting in Warsaw to discuss challenges to the regions’ security and the need for close cooperation with and within the European Union to counter various threats.

    EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini is to join the meeting, held Tuesday in a region apprehensive of Russia’s military activity.

    Called by Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski the meeting began with a debate by ministers of the so-called Visegrad group that also includes the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. They were later to be joined by ministers from eastern Balkan nations aspiring to join the EU and from six EU nations in the region, including Greece and Italy.

    They will discuss migration, organized crime, radicalization, terrorism and hybrid threats.”

  6. Gunbattle Rages After Kashmir Rebels Storm Indian Army Base (abcnews, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-rebels-attack-indian-army-base-kashmir-43836789

    “Rebels fighting against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir stormed an Indian military base Tuesday morning, triggering a fierce gunbattle that left three army soldiers and a militant dead, officials said.

    At the same time in another part of Kashmir, Indian border forces came across three suspected militants who had allegedly crossed the border from Pakistan into India, touching off another exchange of fire in which all three were killed, paramilitary officials said.

    The renewed violence followed a five-day lull in fighting between Indian and Pakistani troops, who have been exchanging heavy mortar and artillery fire for months across the de facto border that divides Kashmir between the two nations. India has accused Pakistan of helping anti-India rebels stage deadly attacks on its military compounds — an allegation Pakistan denies.

    Early Tuesday, up to four militants disguised in police uniforms opened fire on the military camp in Nagrota, a town on the main highway connecting Kashmir’s two main cities of Srinagar and Jammu, according to senior police officer K. Rajendra.

    The militants then stormed the base and made their way to an area of the compound storing artillery, lobbing grenades and drawing troops into exchanging fire, said another police officer, S.P. Vaid. Three Indian soldiers, including two officers, and one militant were killed in the fighting, a police officer said on condition of anonymity because of department policy. The officer said at least three other soldiers were wounded in the attack.

    With the militants hiding within the compound, the gunbattle was still raging inside.

    Army officials described the rebels as “fidayeen,” a term for militants ready to sacrifice their lives for a cause.

    No other details were immediately available. Authorities closed the Srinagar-Jammu highway and ordered nearby schools to close as the fighting raged in Nagrota…”

  7. Axe-wielding man injured after shots fired in Hull as police close off street (express, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/737740/Man-with-axe-shot-gunshots-police-close-Hull-city-centre

    “AN AXE-WIELDING man has been injured after shots were fired in Hull’s busy city centre this morning.

    Police have cordoned off Charles Street, off Freetown Way and a separate cordon has been placed around the Case Training building.

    Witnesses say they saw an injured man, who they believed to be carrying an axe, in the street after hearing what they thought could have been gun shots.

    Onlookers have been advised not to leave buildings in the area.

    Emergency services remain at the scene.”

    • UK: Hull residents describe bloody scenes after axe-weilding man shot by police

      Residents of the northern English city of Hull described the bloody scenes after armed officers shot and injured a 31 year-old-man who attacked a car with an axe on Tuesday morning in the city.

      One resident, Andrew Foster, described the scene: “We heard two big loud bangs – gun sounds, looked out the window and we saw this fellow on the floor.” Foster added that “blood was gushing out of him and there were about six police around him, stopping him from bleeding.

  8. Juncker ORDERS Europe: Don’t hold any more referendums as voters will choose to LEAVE (express, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/737493/Jean-Claude-Juncker-EU-referendum-voters-choose-Leave-eurosceptism

    “JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER has begged EU leaders not to hold in-out referendums because he fears it will backfire and voters will choose to LEAVE.

    The beleaguered European Commission president gave the desperate cry to members as the EU superstate dream slips from Brussels’ grasp following Britain’s momentous Brexit vote.

    Terrified Mr Juncker admitted he knows European’s have a “lack of love” for the Brussels club.

    His desperate plea come as Austria’s presidential favourite, Norbert Hofer, threatened to hold a referendum to cut ties with the crumbling bloc if he takes power this weekend.

    Jean-Claude Juncker said: “We can’t deny or take away the people of Europe’s right to express their views.

    “Regarding referenda on EU membership, I think it is not wise to organise this kind of debate, not only because I might be concerned about the final result but because this will pile more controversy onto the huge number already present at the heart of the EU.

    “Besides, I don’t think the next president of Austria, whoever it will be, will launch themselves into this kind of escapade.

    “I have learned to tell the difference, between campaign promises and concrete policies.”

    The bureaucrat insisted “the existence of the EU is not in doubt” but admitted its weakness is “a lack of love” among the EU’s millions of voters.

    His remarks are just the latest salvo between competing visions for the EU’s future, with politicians locked in a battle to determine its direction post-Brexit…”

  9. Salafist group ‘We Love Muhammad’ hands out bios of prophet in German cities (RT, Nov 29, 2016)
    https://www.rt.com/news/368539-german-salafists-muhammed-books/

    “Salafist radicals have launched a campaign to distribute free biographies of the Prophet Muhammad in several German cities, but a similar group has already been banned by security services nationwide for encouraging Muslims to join Islamic State.

    The distribution drive began last weekend in large Germany cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, including Cologne, Munster and Iserlohn, Die Zeit reported on Tuesday.

    Members of the Salafist radical group ‘We Love Muhammad’ were seen distributing free copies of the Islamic prophet’s biography in pedestrian zones in those cities.

    “A free gift for you,” read the Islamists’ posters, according to Die Zeit…”

    • Verbraucherzentrale warnt
      SMS fordert mit drohenden Worten zum Koran-Kauf auf

      Die Bremer Verbraucherzentrale warnt vor einer SMS, in der Bürger mit drastischen Worten zur Bestellung des Koran aufgefordert werden. Auf keinen Fall sollte man dem darin enthaltenen Link folgen, stattdessen sollten sich Betroffene bei der Bundesnetzagentur melden.

      In der SMS heißt es: “Bei Nichtkonvertierung zum Islam droht dir das Höllenfeuer! Wenn du eine Koranübersetzung haben möchtest, folge dem Link: lies-stiftung.de.”

      Wer dem Link aus der SMS folgt, stößt auf eine 2011 unter dem Namen “Lies!” in Deutschland gestartete Koranverteilungskampagne, die eine möglichst große Verbreitung des Islams zum Ziel hat. Mittlerweile ist die Kampagne verboten.
      “Datenfischer haben es oft nur auf die Daten abgesehen”

      Wer genau hinter den dubiosen SMS steckt, ist unklar. „Selbst mich hat die bedrohlich klingende SMS im ersten Moment sehr irritiert”, sagte Annabel Oelmann aus dem Vorstand der Bremer Verbraucherzentrale.

      “Wir können den Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern nur Mut machen, der Neugier nicht nachzugeben und nicht auf den Link zu klicken. Derartigen SMS ist nicht zu entnehmen, welcher Anbieter sich mit welchen Motiven dahinter versteckt. Datenfischer oder andere kriminelle Anbieter haben es oft nur auf die Daten abgesehen, die das Smartphone automatisch sendet, wenn Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher den Anweisungen in der Werbe-SMS folgen”, so die Expertin weiter.
      “Lies!” wurde verboten

      “Lies!”, zu dessen Internetseite die SMS leitet, war die größte und aufwendigste Werbeaktion von Islamisten in Deutschland. Ihre Kosten werden auf mehrere Millionen Euro geschätzt. Als Initiator gilt der bereits wegen Sozialhilfebetrugs verurteilte Ibrahim Abou-Nagie.

      Vor knapp zwei Wochen hatte Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maizière (CDU) nach monatelangen Ermittlungen den radikal-islamischen Verein “Die wahre Religion” mit ihrer Koran-Verteilaktion “Lies!” verboten.

      http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/verbraucherzentrale-warnt-sonst-droht-dir-das-hoellenfeuer-diese-sms-fordert-zum-koran-kauf-auf_id_6272199.html

  10. Heckler & Koch to stop selling arms to non-NATO countries (RT, Nov 29, 2016)
    https://www.rt.com/business/368548-heckler-koch-no-supply-non/

    “German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch will no longer supply countries outside NATO, reports the DPA news agency. The company is reportedly facing difficulties in obtaining government approval for such contracts.

    Heckler & Koch will seal deals only with ‘green’ states that are democratic and free from corruption and are members of NATO or partners of NATO members the company said as quoted by the agency.

    The move will rule out defense contracts with Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil, India and even NATO member Turkey. The gun maker has reportedly assessed those countries as ‘yellow.’…”

    • The lack of corruption means they will not be able to sell to any leftist controlled nation.

      This decision shows why no rational nation allows their military weapons to be manufactured in a different nation.

    • H&K won’t service your HK-91 and they dropped support for their P9S handguns. H&K is like Glock in their stuff is overpriced; nice but overpriced.

    • “German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch will no longer supply countries outside NATO, reports the DPA news agency. The company is reportedly facing difficulties in obtaining government approval for such contracts.

      Heckler & Koch will seal deals only with ‘green’ states that are democratic and free from corruption and are members of NATO or partners of NATO members the company said as quoted by the agency.

      The move will rule out defense contracts with Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil, India and even NATO member Turkey. The gun maker has reportedly assessed those countries as ‘yellow.’…”

      Given the quality and reliability of H&K armaments, this move should prompt all NATO countries to give the company preferred supplier status.

      If only for labeling “Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil, India and even NATO member Turkey … as ‘yellow’.”

      DOES IT GET MUCH BETTER?!?

    • Daesh terrorists are killing residents of Iraqi Mosul refusing to put rocket launchers on the roofs of their houses, Ravina Shamdasani, a United Nations human rights spokeswoman, said Tuesday…

      And those residents with “rocket launchers on the roofs of their houses” should be given highest priority for airstrikes. Duress or no duress, cooperation with ISIS = death.

      We should have done it in Vietnam, when the VC situated their HQs in kindergartens and hospitals.

      We should do it now. Both times there should have been leaflet drops instructing civilian populations that their occupiers were the ones who precipitated these horrible outcomes.

      What will it take for modern American politicians (and their @ss-k!ssing military brass) to realize that there is no such thing as a “Politically Correct” war???

      • A civil war where they are on the losing side, along with massive attacks from the enemy troops they let in under the very thin disguise of being refugees.

        The rules of war only work when both sides obey them, when only one side obeys them that side is committing suicide.

  11. ‘We Need a Cyber Army 24/7’ to Counter Daesh Propaganda (sputnik, Nov 29, 2016)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611291047963387-cyber-army-jihadists/

    “Daesh has released a new video calling for more lone-wolf terror attacks in the West. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with Dr. Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck, Algerian researcher based at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. She is an expert on extremist violence, Jihadism and radicalization…”

      • Geraldo shows the lack of intelligence on the left, no matter how many people die he has to find reasons that common sense conservative solutions won’t work.

    • Please pay close attention at video time point 02:33 when Judge Napolitano calls out the Left (e.g., Tim Kaine) for attributing this massacre to “gun violence“.

      Of equal, if not much greater importance, is the way that Judge Napolitano emphatically declares how:

      “… [Y]ou can blame a government that doesn’t allow you to protect yourself.”

      With all of the discussion about vigilantism and other citizen-based (even if they are extra-legally-founded) actions, the issues of (weapons-related) CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, concealed carry, and right-to-own (arms) remains indisputable.

      • Civil Disobedience on owning and carrying guns is coming, and there will be massive unrest among the good people when people are arrested for carry illegally. The left has created a divided nation that is on the verge of a massive civil war and they refuse to accept the idea that they are going up against the people that were trained by the US government. The vast majority of vets will support the patriots in a civil war to regain our freedom. Or in vigilante action to stop the actions of the leftist agitators and the free lance socialist who are robbing people.

    • BREITBART – Norbert Hofer Slams Merkel’s Migrant Policy in Latest TV Debate

      As Sunday’s Austrian presidential election looms, anti-mass migration candidate Norbert Hofer blasted German Chancellor Angela Merkel accusing her of allowing terrorists into Europe.

      In the latest debate, aired on Austria’s ATV network, populist Freedom Party (FPÖ) presidential candidate Norbert Hofer said that Merkel’s migrant policies were “causing serious damage to Europe” and claimed that the result of her open door policy last year allowed for well over a million migrants “including terrorists to trek through Austria”, reports Zeit Online.

      The statements echo those made weeks ago by the leader of the FPÖ Heinz-Christian Strache who said that Ms. Merkel was the “most dangerous woman in Europe”, because of her migrant policies.

      The debate returned to the U.S. presidential election, President-Elect Donald J. Trump being a subject of discussion in the previous debate, with Hofer criticising his rival, ex-Green party leader Alexander Van der Bellen, for his attitude toward the incoming U.S. president. “It is not clever to describe a president as a rabble rouser”, said Hofer referring to comments made weeks prior by Van der Bellen in which he called Trump and Hofer “demagogues“.

      Mr. Van der Bellen fired back at Hofer claiming that the election of the populist candidate could make Austria one step closer to an exit from the European Union (EU). While Hofer has floated the idea of leaving, he has said that he would only back a referendum on membership if the EU becomes even more centralised, or if Turkish membership into the political bloc is granted.

      “The FPÖ has been toying with Austria’s exit for 20 years. Many politicians in Europe are worried that the mere speculation could trigger… an avalanche of right-wing populism,” said Mr. Van der Bellen. Already in the wake of the victory of President-Elect Trump many have speculated a growth in populist parties across Europe, calling it the “Trump Effect.”

      Hofer and Van der Bellen also look in opposite directions when it comes to foreign ties. Van der Bellen looks west wanting to foster stronger ties with the German government, while Hofer looks east, and has expressed a desire to reengage with Russia and look for ways to end the economic sanctions which also impact the Austrian economy.

      After almost a year of campaigning, the longest ever Austrian presidential race is set to come to a conclusion this Sunday, December 4th. While Van der Bellen has wooed over many in the establishment, including several members of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), Hofer has made huge inroads with working class Austrians fed up with what they consider an out of touch elite.

      http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/29/norbert-hofer-slams-merkel-migrant-policy-tv-debate/

  12. White House: Obama Proud No ‘Major Personal Scandal’ Occurred in His Administration

    White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that President Obama is proud that no one in his administration has suffered a “major personal scandal” during his time in office.

    The comment came at the White House daily press briefing during a discussion about former CIA Director David Petraeus’ past guilty plea of mishandling classified information.

    Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink asked if the Obama administration believes it is a “guiding principle” that someone who has such a charge levied against them should be barred from serving as a senior official in the U.S. government.

    “Just as a guiding principle, does the president–or does the administration believe that somebody who’s had severe classification issues, for which they’ve been convicted, should hold senior positions in the United States government?” he asked.

    Earnest said that each president is going to “have to decide for themselves” who they name as senior officials and “what kind of person” they want to fill each position.

    “President Obama obviously took that responsibility very seriously and assembled a team that he’s quite proud of to serve him and the country, and the president has spoken at some length about how proud he is that there hasn’t been a major personal scandal in his administration,” he said.

    Earnest emphasized the personal character of the people Obama chose to serve in his administration.

    “The kind of people he has chosen to serve in high profile, influential positions in the administration have done so with a focus on the country’s best interest, and the president’s quite proud of that,” Earnest said. “Obviously the future presidents will have to, I think, will understandably be measured against that high standard. But they’ll eventually have to decide on their own who they believe can best serve the country and best serve them in the range of important decisions.”

    Earnest’s statement comes well over a year after it was first revealed publicly that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state against State Department rules.

    The FBI launched a year-long investigation into the matter to see if Clinton mishandled classified material with her email practices. The probe was initially concluded in July, when FBI Director James Comey recommended that no charges be brought against Clinton, but was then reopened in late October after the bureau recovered new emails while investigating the husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin for an unrelated issue. The FBI soon thereafter stood by its initial recommendation to not prosecute.

    Another scandal that occurred during the Obama administration was when the IRS came under fire for purposefully targeting Tea Party groups for extra examination and scrutiny.

    The Obama administration was also criticized for former Attorney General Eric Holder’s connections to the scandal over Operation Fast and Furious, a gunrunning program that let thousands of firearms cross the border into Mexico.

    http://freebeacon.com/politics/obama-proud-no-personal-scandals/

    • WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!! WTF!!!

      0bama’s administration has been one continuous “Major Personal Scandal” from start to finish. All that remains to be seen is whether this wretched (executive) traitor goes so far as to betray America ONE LAST TIME by issuing a “presidential pardon” to Hillary and Bill Clinton.

      As I have noted elsewhere, such an act upon 0bama’s part could (potentially) reduce his future squealing speaking fees by a whopping 0.00001%—which we all know would cause him to unflinchingly toss this die-namic duo (please scroll down) under the bus such that a Grayline fleet might likely run them over to thunderous (White House) applause. Any protests against these conclusions (of mine) are entirely welcome but please prove why 0bama wouldn’t be inclined to see the Clintons mashed into (more than the usual) Washington D.C. sludge.

      Thank you,

      NorseRadish

      • The problem with the explanation under that photo is that if all three of the states are unable to cast their electoral votes no one would get 270 and the decision would be sent to Congress. The House would elect the President by a simple majority with each state getting one vote and the Senate would elect the VP.

        Stein missed the deadline and number of signatures on the petition for a recount in Penn. without the Penn votes being with held Trump will be over 270 votes.

        Other theories is that 1) this is an attack on the electoral collage

        2) Hillary is trying to see that her vote fraud in the three states is covered up.

  13. Iranian patrol boat aims gun at U.S. helicopter near Strait of Hormuz
    By J.E. Dyer November 28, 2016

    On Saturday, 26 November, an Iranian patrol boat operated by the IRGCN reportedly pointed a weapon at a U.S. helicopter from USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69) as Eisenhower transited the Strait of Hormuz.

    Eisenhower, which deployed in early June, has been in the Persian Gulf providing air support to the fights in Iraq and Syria. Officials didn’t say whether the carrier was heading into or out of the Gulf; my guess would be out. (The ship is probably not on her way home, however, given that her likely relief just completed COMPTUEX/JTFEX before Thanksgiving. Navy ships are no longer on a reliable 6-month deployment schedule.)

    Reuters describes the encounter this way:

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/11/28/iranian-patrol-boat-aims-gun-u-s-helicopter-near-strait-hormuz/

  14. Delusional MSM Hosts Declare ‘Right Wing Media’ Brainwashed People to Believe Lies
    Well, they’d know a thing or two about that wouldn’t they?

    The following exchange that aired between MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and NPR’s Bob Garfeld illustrates just how out of touch with reality the mainstream media truly are.

    Despite overwhelming proof of mainstream media’s lies and left-wing bias, Hayes and Garfeld insist that the real brainwashing comes from a vast network of right-wing media sources.

    The duo fretted over the credibility of President-elect Trump’s recent statement pointing to evidence that millions of votes were cast illegally in the presidential election. Classic liberal hypocrisy considering the mainstream media are the nation’s leading disseminators of lies. Newsbusters parses the relevant portions of the transcript and provides the clip below:

    http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/delusional-msm-hosts-declare-right-wing-media-brainwashed-people-believe-lies

    video at site

    Richard: This man thinks there have been 50 years of conservative media that has brainwashed 50% of the population.

  15. Adam Carolla Tells NY Times ‘No One Gives a Sh*t About You’
    “I like the message, which is — CNN and New York Times, you don’t get to dictate outcomes

    Libertarian comedian Adam Carolla put forth his take on Donald Trump’s election victory recently on an episode of The Adam & Dr. Drew Show podcast, and as you can imagine — if you’re familiar with Carolla’s blue-collar, sense of humor — he pulled no punches eviscerating

    As reported at the must-read, right-leaning pop culture website Hollywood In Toto, Carolla began by mocking sensitive liberals who wondered aloud what to tell their children about a world in which someone as politically incorrect as Trump could inhabit the White House.

    First, he picked on Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, a raging coastal elitist who actually wrote an “open letter” to his daughter about coming to terms with the horrors of a Trump presidency.

    “’What do I tell my child?’… Who cares?” Carolla snarled. “It’s such a colossal douche move. It’s unbelievable. If mom’s got a tumor, that’s a conversation [you have with your kids]. Politics? That’s not a conversation. Your job is to provide stability, look after your children … Whatever you think this administration will do to you, make it your business to make your family administration-proof.” Exactly.

    Carolla then went after Sorkin for suggesting that Trump rode to victory on a tide of racism.

    http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/adam-carolla-tells-ny-times-no-one-gives-sht-about-you

  16. France’s Politician Dhimmis

    by Yves Mamou
    November 29, 2016 at 5:00 am

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9443/france-politician-dhimmis

    In France, retail chains and importers now have the legal obligation to label products originating in Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

    On November 24, the Official Gazette of the French Republic (JORF) published Regulation No 1169/2011, ordering “economic operators” to inform consumers about “the origin of goods from the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967.”

    This French regulation is an application of the interpretive notice issued by the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), on November 12, 2015. The notice states that the EU “does not recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and does not consider them to be part of Israel’s territory” and claims it is responding to “a demand for clarity from consumers, economic operators and national authorities”.

    The European Commission allowed member states to arrange their own national implementation of this European regulation, with financial penalties.

    The French adoption of this EU policy insists on labeling Israeli products with the greatest precision possible.

  17. What About the Cultural Imbalance?

    by Nonie Darwish
    November 29, 2016 at 4:00 am

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9379/cultural-imbalance

    Similar to the often-mentioned trade imbalance, there is a large imbalance Western nations and Muslim nations that is hardly ever mentioned: the cultural imbalance.

    Muslims have access to build mosques in the West, yet give no access to the West to build churches or synagogues in Muslim countries. Muslim governments finance “Islamic Studies” and “Middle East Studies” departments in almost all major American universities, but will not allow Christian Studies or Judaic Studies departments at any university in the Muslim world. They freely preach Islam everywhere and consider it their right. But not one Muslim country legally permits Christian missionary work, and those few missionaries who dare to try are harshly punished, imprisoned or killed.

    As soon as Muslims form a small community inside a Western nation, they immediately deny access to any kind of Biblical preaching or education inside their community, but at the same time apparently feel entitled to demand access to preach the Koran in American prisons and spread Islamic culture and values in American schools.

    Evangelical ministers have often been expelled from Arab and Islamic communities. This happened at an Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan. The city of Dearborn had to apologize for arresting several Christian missionaries who were peacefully preaching to Muslims at the Dearborn Arab International Festival in 2010.

    • What About the Cultural Imbalance?”

      WHAT ABOUT IQ “IMBALANCE”?

      Importing gazillions of submorons.

      What could possibly go wrong?!?

  18. Wisconsin Insider On Recount: Expect MASSIVE DNC Voter Fraud To Be Exposed

    Wisconsin Insider on Recount: Expect MASSIVE DNC Voter Fraud to be Exposed

    Jim Hoft Nov 28th, 2016 4:35 pm 418 Comments

    The Wisconsin Elections Commission set a timetable Monday for a recount of the presidential election but rejected a request for a hand recount. The commission is made up of three Democrats and three Republicans. It adopted the recount plans unanimously.

    Meanwhile a Wisconsin insider on 4Chan said to expect the recount to expose massive DNC fraud.

    The Anonymous “insider” says the recount will reveal people out of state voting, non citizens voting, people voting numerous times, and nursing home violations.

    Be ready for Trump to improve his margin of victory.

    Trump won Wisconsin by 27,506 votes.

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/wisconsin-insider-recount-expect-massive-dnc-voter-fraud-exposed/

  19. Merkel BACKED Hillary: Clinton Foundation received $6M German Taxpayer Cash Pre-Election

    http://eheadlines.com/merkel-backed-hillary-clinton-foundation-received-6m-german-taxpayer-cash-pre-election/

    HILLARY Clinton is facing a backlash in Germany after it was revealed the country’s taxpayers handed over equivilent to over $6million to her foundation via the government at the height of the US elections.

    According to reports, the failed Democratic nominee’s US-based charity received the cash to help plant trees in Africa at exactly the time she declared Angela Merkel her “favourite” politician.

    From Express

    But the revelation of the financing arangment has been met with scorn.

    In October, around the same time the transaction was made, it was revealed that Mrs Clinton said the German Chancellor was one of her “favourites” when asked about who she admired in global politics.

    Mrs Clinton said on board her plane: “One of my favourites is Angela Merkel because I think she’s been an extraordinary, strong leader during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country.

    “And I hope I’ll have the opportunity to work with her in the future.”

    The Clinton Foundation has been the subject of much controversy since the publishing of a top selling book “Clinton Cash”, by author Peter Schweizer.

    According to reports the tome alleges foreign groups and governments gave money to Mrs Clinton’s charity in return for access to the State Department while she was Secretary of State.

    Now eyebrows are being raised after it was revealed German taxpayers handed over millions in the third quarter of the year, during the period Mrs Clinton was running for President – while at the same time being investigated by the FBI.

    And it has been claimed the foundation’s donors list shows the Federal Ministry of the Environment had made the transaction.

    Read Full Story At Express

    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/737513/Hillary-Clinton-charity-received-millions-in-German-cash-after-praising-Angela-Merkel

    • DIE WELT – Bundesregierung zahlte Millionen an Clinton-Stiftung

      Die Bundesregierung weist Vorwürfe zurück, sie habe mit einer Millionen-Zahlung in den US-Wahlkampf eingreifen wollen.

      Das Ministerium nehme „grundsätzlich keine Spenden vor“, erklärte ein Sprecher des Bundesumweltministeriums der „Welt“.
      Laut der Geberliste der “Clinton Foundation”, überwies das Ministerium zwischen einer und 5 Millionen US-Dollar.

      Die Familienstiftung der Clintons war schon vor Beginn des amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahlkampfs mehrfach ins Gerede gekommen. Politiker, Staatsoberhäupter und Lobbyisten hätten sich mit Geldspenden an die Clinton Foundation Termine bei der früheren amerikanischen Außenministerin Hillary Clinton praktisch kaufen können, lautete der in US-Medien geäußerte Verdacht.

      Im Wahlkampf 2016 lieferte die Stiftung den Republikanern um Donald Trump immer wieder Vorwände, die politische Unabhängigkeit der Präsidentschaftskandidatin Hillary in Zweifel zu ziehen.

      Das Buch „Clinton Cash“ des Autors Peter Schweizer, warf einen kritischen Blick auf die Vermögensbildung der Familie und schaffte es damit schnell auf die Bestsellerliste der „New York Times“. Die Stiftungsleitung musste schließlich zugeben, das Spendensammeln nicht ausreichend transparent gemacht zu haben.

      Dass allerdings auch die deutsche Bundesregierung zu den Geldgebern der Stiftung zählte, ging im Getöse des Wahlkampfs unter. Erst jetzt wird in der aktuellen Spendenliste der Foundation sichtbar, dass das Bundesumweltministerium einen Millionenbetrag überwiesen hatte. Im dritten Quartal 2016, also auf dem Höhepunkt des Wahlkampfs, flossen deutsche Steuergelder von bis zu fünf Millionen Dollar an die Familienstiftung.

      Warum muss Deutschland den US-Wahlkampf finanzieren?

      Einigen Beobachtern erscheint der deutsche Posten auf der Liste der „Donors and Grantors“ erklärungsbedürftig. „Wieso unterstützt ein Bundesministerium den Wahlkampf einer amerikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidatin?“, fragt etwa Vera Lengsfeld, frühere Bürgerrechtsaktivistin, Bundestagsabgeordnete und Autorin in ihrem Blog: „Anscheinend mussten deutsche Steuerzahler, ohne es zu wissen, Hillary Clintons Wahlkampf finanzieren.“

      Das Bundesumweltministerium dagegen teilte auf Nachfrage der „Welt“ mit, dass es „grundsätzlich keine Spenden vornimmt“. Bei dem genannten Betrag handele es sich um „Finanzierungen im Rahmen der Internationalen Klimaschutzinitiative (IKI)“.

      Trump will doch nichts gegen Clinton unternehmen

      Demnach dienten die deutschen Steuergelder der „Unterstützung von Forst- und Landschaftsrenaturierung in Ostafrika“. Dies sei ein Projekt, das mit deutscher Kofinanzierung „unmittelbar von der Clinton Foundation in Kenia und Äthiopien durchgeführt“ werde, erklärte ein Sprecher von Bundesumweltministerin Barbara Hendricks (SPD).

      Ministerium: Erfahrungen mit Clinton-Stiftung positiv

      Auch bei einem zweiten Projekt ist die Bundesregierung als einer der Partner der Clinton-Stiftung dabei. Dabei gehe es um die „Wiederherstellung von Waldökosystemen“ in Indien, Kenia, El Salvador, Mexiko, Vietnam, Uganda und Peru, heißt es. Das Engagement sei unter anderem mit dem Auswärtigen Amt abgestimmt.

      „Die Erfahrungen mit der Clinton Foundation sind bisher positiv“, betont der Sprecher des Bundesumweltministeriums: „Die Prüfung des bisherigen Projektverlaufs hat zu keinen Beanstandungen geführt.“

      Der frühere amerikanische Präsident Bill Clinton hatte die Clinton Foundation nach seinem Auszug aus dem Weißen Haus im Jahre 2001 gegründet und später in Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation umbenannt.

      Die gemeinnützige Organisation hat seit ihrer Gründung mehr als 1,9 Milliarden Dollar eingesammelt und finanziert damit internationale Projekte im Klimaschutz, in der Entwicklungshilfe, im Bereich Frauenrechte und medizinische Versorgung.
      Umweltministerium förderte auch TTIP-Gegner

      Gleichwohl wirft das Engagement des Bundesumweltministeriums erneut die Frage auf, wie stark und unter welchen Bedingungen Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs) mit Steuergeldern finanziert werden sollten. Insbesondere bei schwer zu kontrollierenden ausländischen NGOs mit großer Nähe zur aktiven Politik könnte eine besondere Vorsicht angebracht sein.

      Das Bundesumweltministerium war vor einigen Monaten in die Schlagzeilen gekommen, als bekannt wurde, dass das Haus eine Organisation von TTIP-Gegnern finanziell gefördert hatte.

      Der Abschluss des geplanten amerikanisch-europäischen Freihandelsabkommens ist eigentlich erklärtes Regierungsziel und war Teil des Koalitionsvertrages zwischen Union und SPD. Der Wirtschaftsverband „Die jungen Unternehmer“ forderte damals „eine gründliche Aufklärung der NGO-Subventionierung durch den Bundesrechnungshof“.

      https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article159791364/Bundesregierung-zahlte-Millionen-an-Clinton-Stiftung.html

  20. BREITBART – Charlie Hebdo Launches German Edition, Merkel Front Cover

    PARIS (AFP) – There are no prizes for guessing whose face features on the poster for the first German edition of Charlie Hebdo which will appear on newsstands in Berlin and Vienna on Thursday.

    Chancellor Angela Merkel will be pictured in a moment of quiet contemplation reading the satirical weekly on the toilet.

    “Charlie Hebdo, the newspaper that relaxes,” the legend reads.

    The irreverent French phenomenon, which was the victim of a bloody jihadist attack in January 2015, hopes to continue its renaissance with a German version of its provocative mix of no-holds-barred cartoons and biting satirical columns.

    Germans bought 70,000 copies of Charlie Hebdo’s “survivors’ edition”, which appeared one week after last year’s massacre in the magazine’s Paris offices, and its already sells 1,000 copies a week of its French edition there.

    Its editor the cartoonist Riss — who was shot in the shoulder during the attack — has been working on a German-language version for six months.

    He has also drawn the poster for the first issue with Merkel resplendent in pink reading a Charlie Hebdo which wonders whether she would be able to govern both Germany and France at the same time.

    The cover she is holding on her throne is one originally drawn by the weekly’s murdered former editor, Charb, who was gunned down in the attack in which 12 people died.

    “I always thought that we would be able to export Charlie Hebdo,” Riss told AFP.

    “There is a real curiosity in Germany about what we are doing, which is not the case for instance in Britain, Spain or Portugal,” he added.

    – Freedom to attack religion –

    Its 200,000-copy launch in Germany is certainly ambitious — almost the same number as are printed in France every week.

    “Unfortunately lots of people outside France discovered Charlie Hebdo because of the attacks when it is supposed to be a magazine that makes you laugh,” Riss said.

    And the cartoonist said he was wary of the weekly’s 46-year history being reduced to the attacks.

    “It is true that an important aspect of our editorial identity is our attachment to the freedom to criticise religion, but Charlie Hebdo in not just that,” he insisted.

    “If we succeed in developing a readership abroad, we are also making allies,” said Riss, whose real name is Laurent Sourisseau.

    “Those allies will help us get our message out and be understood,” he added.

    Despite its many fans and supporters, Charlie Hebdo has never had a shortage of enemies.

    It first became a target of Islamist extremists after publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

    Most Muslims consider portraying the prophet in images to be blasphemous. But it also regularly outrages Christians, drawing criticism from the Vatican, as well as from the French political establishment.

    – ‘Tactless’ –

    Nor did its humour go down well in Italy after the town of Amatrice was devastated by an earthquake in August. Its “macabre and tactless” pasta-themed cartoons on the quake, including one portraying victims crushed under layers of lasagna, prompted the town to sue.

    Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano was even more forthright in his fury, telling the cartoonists where they “could stick their pencils”.

    Charlie Hebdo is keeping under wraps which German sacred cows it will take to the slaughter.

    Its 16-page German version is mostly a translation of the French edition but with some content written specifically for a German audience.

    Riss said he hoped it would inspire young German cartoonists to dare to start drawing for it.

    But such are the security concerns that the edition’s young female editor — who heads a 12-person team — is working under a pseudonym, Minka Schneider.

    “Our biggest challenge isn’t German humour,” she said, “it is that the cartoon culture (from which Charlie Hebdo comes) doesn’t really have an equivalent here.”

    Germany already has two major satirical monthlies, Titanic and Eulenspiegel, but their humour is different to Charlie Hebdo’s, she said.

    Riss is realistic about the German edition’s long-term prospects. “It’s a test, an experiment” but he argued that the magazine’s brand of humour was “universal”, with part of its website already available in English.

    Nevertheless, he admitted that often foreigners didn’t how to take the magazine’s often vicious edge.

    “Charlie Hebdo is kind of an extra terrestrial… its humour is a little cynical, disillusioned. There is a pessimism in our drawings but we try to laugh about it,” he said.

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/29/charlie-hebdo-launches-german-edition/

    • 700 incidents like was described!!!BULL SHIT</strong!!!

      The Dems and the Moslems think we are incredibly stupid.

  21. Why all that Dancing in the Streets of Miami?
    The brutal legacy of Fidel Castro you won’t hear about in the mainstream media.

    Fidel Castro jailed and tortured political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin during the Great Terror. He murdered more Cubans in his first three years in power than Hitler murdered Germans during his first six.

    Fidel Castro shattered — through mass-executions, mass-jailings, mass larceny and exile — virtually every family on the island of Cuba. Many opponents of the Castro regime qualify as the longest-suffering political prisoners in modern history, having suffered prison camps, forced labor and torture chambers for a period three times as long in Fidel Castro’s Gulag as Alexander Solzhenitsyn suffered in Stalin’s Gulag.

    Fidel Castro and Che Guevara beat ISIS to the game by over half a century. As early as January 1959 they were filming their murders for the media-shock value.

    Fidel Castro also came closest of anyone in history to (wantonly) starting a worldwide nuclear war.

    In the above process Fidel Castro converted a highly-civilized nation with a higher standard of living than much of Europe and swamped with immigrants into a slum/sewer ravaged by tropical diseases and with the highest suicide rate in the Western hemisphere.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264967/why-all-dancing-streets-miami-humberto-fontova

  22. Iran and the Houthis of Yemen
    Shiite revivalism and its challenge to Middle East order.

    Arab News has reported on November 23, 2016 that Yemen’s Houthi rebels and supporters of the former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh are responsible for the killing of 9,646 civilians. 8,146 of them men, 597 women, and 903 children, from January 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016 in 16 Yemeni provinces. According to Shami Al-Daheri, a military analyst and strategic expert, the Houthis are being led by Iran and follow Tehran’s orders. “They are moving in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria following Tehran’s orders. If the country sees there is pressure on its supporters in Iraq, it issues orders to the Houthis in Yemen to carry out more criminal acts in order to divert attention and ease pressure on its proxies in these countries.”

    The brutality of the Iran led campaign in Syria, and U.S. voices calling for some form of intervention, might have prompted Tehran to give the Houthis a green light to attack American naval ships. The Houthis fired three missiles at the U.S. Navy ship USS Mason last month, in all probability following Tehran’s orders. In retaliation, U.S. Navy destroyer USS Nitze launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, destroying three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis. These radar installations were active during previous attacks, and attempted attacks on ships navigating the Red Sea. The USS Mason did not sustain any damage. U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, the top American commander in the Middle East, said that he suspected Iran’s Shiite Islamic Republic to be behind the twice launched missiles by the Houthi rebels against U.S. ships in the Red Sea.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264974/iran-and-houthis-yemen-joseph-puder

  23. FBI to send Huma Abedin emails to State

    The FBI plans to send more Hillary Clinton-related emails to the State Department to be processed for public release, a government lawyer said Tuesday.

    The messages appear to be from a set recovered during a search of a laptop belonging to Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin. The planned handover was confirmed by Justice Department attorney Lisa Ann Olson at a brief court hearing in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, but no timetable for State to receive the messages or make them public was discussed.

    “Today the Department of Justice informed the court that the FBI will be providing the State Department with additional emails,” State spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. “It has not been assessed how many of these emails are State Department work-related records rather than personal emails, nor do we know how many are duplicates or near duplicates of materials previously provided to the State Department by former Secretary Clinton.”

    “When we have the records in our possession, we will identify any work-related records for release through FOIA as may be appropriate,” Kirby added.

    The FBI provided tens of thousands or more emails to State soon after closing the criminal investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. Many of the messages, recovered by the FBI during the probe, are duplicates of others previously processed by State, but some are new. State disclosed over 2,000 pages of those messages shortly before the election and is under a court order to make additional disclosures each month.

    Shortly before the election, the FBI found new messages to and from Abedin, while examining Abedin’s husband’s laptop as part of an unrelated investigation. FBI Director James Comey disclosed that discovery to Congress, generating renewed press and public attention to Clinton’s email controversy — attention many Democrats blame for Clinton’s loss in the presidential race earlier this month. Comey told Congress on the Sunday before the election that the new emails didn’t change the FBI’s conclusion that Clinton should not be prosecuted.

    Several pending FOIA suits seek some or all of the records State is expected to receive from the FBI. Tuesday’s hearing was on a case brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch.

    Judicial Watch lawyer Chris Fedeli asked U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg to order State to check in with the FBI regularly to determine when the additional emails might arrive, but Boasberg said he didn’t appear to have that authority since the FBI is not party to the case.

    “The difficulty is the posture of the case. The suit is against the State Department for documents in its possession,” Boasberg said. “I’m not sure if it doesn’t have them that it has any obligation to harry the FBI for their return.”

    Boasberg ultimately entered an order requiring State to file a notice with the court within one week of receiving any additional records from the FBI.

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/11/huma-abedin-clinton-emails-fbi-231931

  24. Turkey: Turkish forces are in Syria to end Assad’s rule, says Erdogan

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish forces had entered Syria to “end the rule of the tyrant al-Assad,” during a speech at the first Inter-Parliamentary Jerusalem Platform Symposium in Istanbul, Tuesday.

    SOT, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President (Turkish): “We preached patience but could not endure in the end and had to enter Syria together with the Free Syrian Army. Why did we enter? We do not have an eye on Syrian soil. The issue is to provide land to their real owners. That is to say we are there for the establishment of justice. We entered [Syria] to end the rule of the tyrant al-Assad who terrorises with a state of terror. [We didn’t enter] for any other reason.”

  25. Ohio State victim describes campus attack

    let’s not jump to conclusions ..
    I’m alive and this young man is dead …. stress at school… or with colleagues ….
    a jubilant young man … until FBI finds out…
    ISIS ??? anybody can take responsibility for anything so that doesn’t necessary imply that etc
    it could be personal or family issues…
    young people make all kind of mistakes growing up …

  26. FRANCE -Prières de rue à Lagny-sur-Marne : « Certains parlent de descendre avec leur carabine »

    29/11/2016 – FRANCE (NOVOpress) : « Ces histoires de prières de rue, je ne sais pas comment ça va finir. Les gens sont tellement exaspérés que ça peut péter à tout moment : certains parlent de descendre avec leur carabine. » Ainsi s’exprime auprès de l’AFP le directeur de cabinet du maire UDI de Lagny-sur-Marne, une ville de 20 000 habitants en Seine-et-Marne, à proximité de Disneyland.

    L’Agence France Presse consacre une large dépêche aux tensions qui montent à Lagny un an après la fermeture de la mosquée radicale dans le cadre de l’état d’urgence. Vingt-deux interdictions de sortie du territoire et neuf assignations à résidence d’« individus radicalisés » avaient été prononcées. Depuis, les musulmans prient « entre l’école maternelle et une pizzeria », et les « radicaux » sont toujours là :

    « Parmi les prieurs, certains ont des dossiers chargés. Assigné à résidence depuis le début de l’état d’urgence décrété après les attentats du 13 novembre 2015, l’un d’eux, qui demande l’anonymat, a purgé deux mois ferme cet été pour avoir dérogé au triple pointage quotidien au commissariat. […] Des « notes blanches » des services de renseignement, consultées par l’AFP, présentent ce jeune homme de 31 ans comme « un militant projihadiste » […] Selon ces documents, le jeune assigné à résidence a été arrêté à la même période à la frontière hongroise, alors qu’il tentait de rejoindre la zone irako-syrienne. »

    L’AFP rapporte également que, « en septembre, une violente altercation a éclaté entre une personne âgée et un fidèle de la mosquée fiché S. Au coeur du différend : une remarque sur le voile intégral (niqab) de la compagne de ce dernier ».

    Le jeune homme de 27 ans, « dont le nom apparaît aussi dans le dossier de l’attentat contre une épicerie casher à Sarcelles en 2012, a écopé de six mois de prison pour avoir frappé le vieil homme, selon une source judiciaire. Dans un souci d’apaisement et de discrétion, l’affaire a été jugée rapidement, souligne cette source ».

    http://fr.novopress.info/202043/prieres-rue-lagny-sur-marne-certains-parlent-descendre-carabine/

  27. German intelligence officer ‘arrested over Islamist plot’ raising fears the spy agency has been infilitrated (telegraph, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/german-intelligence-officer-arrested-islamist-plot-raising-fears/

    “A German intelligence officer has reportedly been arrested over a suspected Islamist plot to bomb the agency’s headquarters in Cologne.

    The 51-year-old official was said to have made a “partial confession” to the plot, according to Der Spiegel.

    The suspect attempted to pass on “sensitive information about the BfV (Germany’s domestic security agency), which could lead to a threat to the office”, an official told the newspaper.
    “He is accused of making Islamist remarks online under a false name, and offering internal information during chats,” a BfV spokesman said.

    The BfV said the man “behaved inconspicuously” prior to his arrest. He had, since April, been engaged in gathering intelligence on Islamist extremists in Germany, Der Spiegel said.

    Online chats were apparently found between the suspect and other Islamists in which he attempted to recruit them to the intelligence agency to mount an attack on “non-believers”, carrying out a bomb attack on the spy HQ “in the name of Allah”.

    He used several different names online and his activities were uncovered about a month ago.

    The man’s family reportedly knew nothing of his conversion to Islam two years ago and subsequent radicalisation.

    The suspect was thought to have pledged of allegiance to Mohamed Mahmoud, the Austrain leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist group.

    Germany is on high alert following several terror attacks over the summer.

    The BfV estimates there are about 40,000 Islamists in Germany, including 9,200 ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists, Hans-Georg Maassen, who leads the agency, told Reuters in an interview earlier this month…”

      • All western nations are in the same position. Now we have to worry that he was part of a cell of infiltrators in the intel service and that the others are still betraying Germany and probably helping bring trained fighters into Europe.

    • This is shocking. The man is 51 years old, deep within the organization. He can do inestimable damage. Very serious case.

  28. Dutch parliament approves partial ban on full-face veils (france24, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://www.france24.com/en/20161129-dutch-parliament-approves-partial-ban-burqas-niqabs

    “The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban face veils in some public places, a law the government said was essential for security but which opponents said pandered to anti-Muslim sentiment.

    The law, passed by the lower house but still requiring the senate’s approval, bans veils and other items that hide the face such as ski masks and helmets, in places where identifying the wearer is considered essential, including government buildings, public transport, schools and hospitals.

    Few women in the Netherlands wear face veils, but a ban has long been a demand of Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam opposition Freedom Party which is leading in polls ahead of elections in March.

    Full and partial face veils such as burqas and niqabs divide opinion in Europe, setting religious freedom advocates against secularists and those who say that the garments are culturally alien or a symbol of the oppression of women.

    France and Belgium have completely banned wearing face veils in public and some other European countries have local or regional restrictions. Violating the Dutch law would incur a fine of 405 euros ($430).

    “Everyone has the right to dress as he or she wishes,” the government said in a statement announcing the law.

    “That freedom is limited only where it is essential for people to see each other, for example to ensure good service or security.”

    Opponents of the law have accused center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte of pandering to the anti-Muslim vote in a bid not to be outflanked by Wilders.

    Long seen as one of Europe’s most tolerant countries, the Netherlands has seen racial tensions mount since the turn of the century, with the 2006 murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh by an Islamist militant widely considered a turning point.”

  29. Muslim Scholar: French Language “Useless and a Waste of Time” (moroccoworldnews, Nov 29, 2016)
    https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/11/202592/muslim-scholar-french-language-useless-waste-time/

    “Prominent Kuwaiti businessman and Muslim scholar Tariq Al-Suwaidan has been quoted as saying publicly, “French language is useless and a waste of time.”

    During a lecture organized last week in Temara by the advocacy part of the current ruling party in Morocco, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), Al-Suwaidan said, “I am serious, French is not the language of tourism, science and civilization. France is a backward country in terms of administration.”

    While delivering his lecture, entitled “Youth and the Question of Cultural Revival,” Al-Suwaidan sought to prove his argument by adding, “Take, for example, the strategic planning; the 13 main ways of strategic planning are 100% Americans.”

    In an attempt to advise the audience to prioritize English as their second language, Al-Suwaidan said, “Today, the language of science is English – keep it in your minds.”

    Comparing Arabic with English throughout history, Al-Suwaidan stressed, “I see proof that Arabic was the historic language of science, however, the current [leading] language of science and tourism is English,” noting that “80% of scientific researches in every field are released [and conducted] in English and the 20% of [researches are conducted] in other different languages.”

    “French ranks as the 16th most widely spoken language. So, it is useless in the fields of tourism, science and civilization,” he said.

    In continuing remarks, Al-Suwaidan urged Moroccans to free themselves from the hegemony of the French language even as a part of Morocco’s history.

    “[I think], according to your history and the dominance of the francophone [culture], which you have to get rid of it – you are still attached to French [language]. We need to break this barrier, because it is useless. [Please] pay to attention to this and learn English.”

    Over the past years, the issue of English has become controversial. Following the video of Al-Suwaidain’s lecture, widely shared on social media; Moroccans have found themselves facing a dilemma. Should they adopt English as a second language or maintain French as the status quo?…”

  30. Italian being held hostage in Syria (ansamed, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/regions/lombardy/2016/11/29/italian-being-held-hostage-in-syria_fd0a3ea2-ddf6-4356-b587-d9355bb22a30.html

    “Investigative and intelligence sources on Tuesday confirmed to ANSA that Italian national Sergio Zanotti has been kidnapped in Syria. They said there was other evidence to support this aside from a video posted on the Web. It has not yet been established whether Zanotti, 60, was abducted by terrorists or common criminals out to make money, they said. Zanotti left Italy months ago for Turkey where he disappeared, the sources said. The abduction is being considered “anomalous” because “nobody reported (Zanetti) missing and there has been no ransom demand so far”, investigative sources told ANSA…”

  31. Bomb kills four Somali soldiers as forces mull attack on IS group (ahram, Nov 29, 2016)
    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/251041/World/Region/Bomb-kills-four-Somali-soldiers-as-forces-mull-att.aspx

    “Islamist insurgents killed four pro-government Somali soldiers and injured 11 others when a roadside bomb destroyed a military pickup in the north of the country on Tuesday, the military said.

    Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in the Galgala hills, an insurgent stronghold about 30 km (20 miles) to the southwest of Bosasso, the largest city in the region.

    “A roadside bomb destroyed our pickup as we drove from Galgala hills today. We lost four soldiers, including a female soldier, and 11 men from our forces were injured,” Major Mohamed Ibrahim, a military officer in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, told Reuters.

    Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operation spokesman told Reuters by telephone: “We completely destroyed the military pickup outside Bosasso – none escaped – all 17 soldiers on board perished.”

    The insurgency routinely exaggerates the number of casualties killed in its attacks…”