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From Russia With Blood
Lavish London mansions. A hand-painted Rolls-Royce. And eight dead friends. For the British fixer Scot Young, working for Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic meant stunning perks – but also constant danger. His gruesome death is one of 14 that US spy agencies have linked to Russia – but the UK police shut down every last case. A bombshell cache of documents today reveals the full story of a ring of death on British soil that the government has ignored.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil?utm_term=.xj9lJb8zq#.ae7O2d1Az
Büntgen et al., 2017
“Spanning the period 1186-2014 CE, the new reconstruction reveals overall warmer conditions around 1200 and 1400, and again after ~1850. … Little agreement is found with climate model simulations that consistently overestimate recent summer warming and underestimate pre-industrial temperature changes. … [W]hen it comes to disentangling natural variability from anthropogenically affected variability the vast majority of the instrumental record may be biased. …
– See more at: http://notrickszone.com/global-warming-disputed-300-graphs/#sthash.lTYSA1P7.jp00joHQ.dpuf
SHUEBA, Yemen – SHUEBA, Yemen (AP) — A 13-year-old Yemeni child bride who bled to death shortly after marriage was tied down and forced to have sex by her husband, according to interviews with the child’s mother, police and medical reports.
The girl’s mother, Nijma Ahmed, 50, told the Associated Press that before her daughter lost consciousness, she said that her husband had tied her up and forced himself on her. “She looked like she was butchered,” she said about her daughter’s injuries.
Elham Assi, 13, bled to death hours after she spoke to her mother and just days after she was married to a 23-year-old man. She died on April 2 in the deeply poor Yemeni village of Shueba, some 200 kilometers northwest of the capital. Her husband, Abed al-Hikmi, is in police custody.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/10/dead-yemeni-child-bride-tied-raped-says-mom.html
Dutch police car set on fire in immigrant Amsterdam suburb. The Netherlands is slowly turning into Sweden.
https://twitter.com/V_of_Europe/status/875819429678002181
All of Europe is slowly turning into Sweden. I don’t know if Generation Identity has chapters in the smaller nations but they need them.
A return to the Dark Ages – Free-speech advocates need not apply.
Democratic operatives responsible for creating their party’s platform this year “unanimously adopted a provision calling for the Department of Justice to investigate companies who disagree with Democrats on global warming science,” says the Daily Caller.“Another joint proposal calling on the Department of Justice to investigate alleged corporate fraud on the part of fossil fuel companies who have reportedly misled shareholders and the public on the scientific reality of climate change was also adopted by unanimous consent,” according to the Democratic National Convention’s website.“Currently, AGs from California, Massachusetts, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands have launched investigations of Exxon, and at least two AGs have demanded records on conservative think tanks and scientists skeptical of global warming.
https://www.iceagenow.info/democrats-call-prosecuting-global-warming-skeptics/
Protesters have blocked Interstate-94 after taking to the streets across St. Paul, Minnesota, following a jury’s verdict that found former St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty in the 2016 shooting of motorist Philando Castile.
READ MORE: Not guilty: Minnesota jury acquits officer who shot Philando Castile
A car pushed through the crowd of protesters as protesters tried to stop it, causing some protesters to walk onto the onramp of I-94.
https://www.rt.com/usa/392636-philando-castile-protest-st-paul/
Press conference on DNC Fraud Lawsuit
(Names Seth Rich, threats and possible murder)
Saudi cleric escapes ‘assassination attempt’ in rebel-controlled Syria (alaraby, Jun 17, 2017)
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/6/17/saudi-cleric-escapes-assassination-attempt-in-rebel-controlled-syria
“A Syrian-based Saudi cleric cheated death again this week, after the second alleged assassination attempt against him since he was named on a “terrorist blacklist” by Riyadh early in July.
Abdullah al-Muhaysini says he escaped without injury when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives close to his armoured vehicle in rebel-held Idlib province.
Muhaysini told followers in an online video that he was unharmed but reports suggest the driver of his vehicle died in the blast.
“We got in the car and a man approached us wearing a suicide vest. He came close to the car and blew himself up,” he said, according to Reuters.
The radical sheikh arrived to Syria in 2013, and has been prominant in jihadi factions opposed to Bashar al-Assad.
Muhaysini is a popular figure among Salafi-jihadis and frequently makes speeches from Idlib which are widely shared by supporters on social media.
A self-styled Salafi preacher, Muhaysini has been spotted with a rifle in hand and urging rebel fighters to carry out suicide bombings and “wage jihad” against the Assad regime.
He has also served as a religious judge and accused of sanctioning the killing of captured prisoners…”
SWITZERLAND
Yells “Allahu Akbar” in the M2 and it’s panic
Lausanne A man shouting in Arabic on the Lausanne metro this Friday frightened the users. He was arrested.
By Laurent Antonoff 16.06.2017
It was 1:30 pm Friday at the Bessières station of the M2 in Lausanne. The doors of an oar opened. People come out panicked while running. “I was among them,” says one passenger. A man started shouting Allahu Akbar in the subway. Fort. Several times. We ran out of there. Many have gone into the elevator. We were wondering if we were not going to hear an explosion behind us. “The oar returned with the unknown still vociferating inside in the direction of the CHUV.
The TLs confirm the incident. “The surveillance images stored are available to the police of Lausanne who opened an investigation,” said spokesman Federica Vono. The security forces received several phone calls telling them the facts. The man was finally arrested at La Sallaz. He is a Western Sahara citizen entitled to a B license. “His motives are unclear. In any case, he was not in a position to represent a danger to the population, “explains Raphaël Pomey, spokesman. Investigations are continuing.
BOOM!! Protesters INTERRUPT Trump Assassination Play – RUSH STAGE — Screaming “Goebbels Would Be Proud!” (VIDEO)
PROTESTER INTERRUPTS TRUMP ASSASSINATION PLAY IN CENTRAL PARK!
SCREAMING “STOP LIBERAL VIOLENCE! — GOEBBELS WOULD BE PROUD! — YOU’RE A NAZI CROWD!!!”
The Shakespeare in the Park rendition of Julius Caesar is still scheduled to play this weekend in Central Park after the shooting of GOP Rep. Scalise by a devout Bernie Sanders supporter.
This year’s play “Julius Caesar” depicts President Donald Trump’s assassination.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/06/breaking-protesters-interrupt-trump-assassination-play-rush-stage-screaming-goebbels-proud-video/
The attitude behind the play is one of the reasons the DC shooter opened fire, the left has spent a long time pushing the meme that the Republicans, the conservatives and the libertarians are evil for wanting limited government and individual responsibility. Combine this with the frustration the left feels because all of Obama’s big actions (with the exception of Obama Care) were carried out with executive orders and Donald Trump is removing his legacy with executive orders. The left thought they had control of the country and the people rose up and said we don’t want the left and their Marxist/communist policies.
‘You’re all Goebbels!’ Right-wing activists interrupt Trump-assassination scene in Central Park
By J.E. Dyer June 17, 2017
Gee, can’t a guy assassinate a president on a stage without being interrupted by protesters?
I mean, it’s Shakespeare. So Julius Caesar looks exactly like President Donald Trump, in this particular production. That’s art, people.
The play has been losing sponsors due to its, er, cutting-edge artistic choice. Neanderthal-minded Philistinism is rampant.
Now, activist Laura Loomer of Rebel Media has been arrested after rushing onto the stage during the performance on Friday, 16 June, and shouting, “Stop leftist violence!” (H/t: Gateway Pundit)
http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/06/17/youre-goebbels-right-wing-activists-interrupt-trump-assassination-scene-central-park/
This snuff-porn is intolerable.
Shooter had ‘assassination list’ of Republican names in his pocket
By J.E. Dyer June 16, 2017
Bret Stephens, late of the Wall Street Journal and now purporting to provide a rare non-progressive viewpoint at the New York Times, has our answer for us on James Hodgkinson, the shooter who attacked Republican congressmen at baseball practice on Wednesday morning in Alexandia, VA.
According to Stephens, Hodgkinson isn’t to be blamed on the left. Hodgkinson is, rather, an instance of the “indigenous American berserk” (Philip Roth’s characterization).
Stephens explains:
http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/06/16/shooter-assassination-list-republican-names-pocket/
Richard: This is a civil war even if the Propaganda Media doesn’t want to admit it, the left is trying to use a soft coup and terror attacks to over turn the results of the last Presidential Election. We are going to see more attacks until the talking heads admit both parties aren’t at fault, the radical left is at fault and the elected members of the radical left are pushing the attck(s) with their rhetoric about the President and his supporters.
Bret Stephens is a sad case. He was a genuine Good Guy. So passionate about the threat of a nuclear Iran in 2013, he had me crying and enlisting personally to fight the Deal.
Then he caught a RINO flu or some NYC/-Wall Street infection. There’s a sickness in that NYC air. It’s obvious in obnoxious grudges and in-jokes, embarrassing even in our Potus.
He became such an unhinged Never-Trumper, he even endorsed the Witch. Deranged, simply lost his mind.
Thing is, I’m certain he’d be simpatico with Jared Kushner and Ivanka. Probably went to the same cocktail parties and museum openings. Ugh.
Deputy AG Rosenstein warns – ahem – against relying on anonymously sourced reporting
By J.E. Dyer June 16, 2017
That’s pretty pointed. The obvious target of Rosenstein’s concern would be the Washington Post article this week citing “five” unnamed officials to the effect that special counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating Trump for obstruction.
Fox News sees it that way too:
“Tom Fitton discusses Prosecution of Trump, Pursuit of Comey Memos, & Lawsuit over Obama Shakedown” – Judicial Watch – June 16, 2017
CNN – Jim Comey friend speaks out on possible Trump obstruction
( 15 min 21 )
Ben Wittes, friend of former FBI Director Jim Comey speaks to Anderson Cooper about President Trump’s possible obstruction of justice, Jim Comey’s testimony and what he thinks about the testimony of Jeff Sessions.
Gingrich: Comey creates a conflict of interest for Mueller
Gingrich calls for special counsel to probe special counsel
Sorry I hadn’t gone far enough down to see your post.
Gingrich calls for special counsel to probe special counsel
Newt Gingrich questions fairness of Mueller’s investigation
“The Glazov Gang-Paul Weston on The Islamic Terror in the UK.”
The Glazov Gang – June 14, 2017
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” – Voltaire
“RAW: Laura Loomer arrested at anti-Trump “Julius Caesar” play” – Rebel Media – June 16, 2017
THE MARLOWE-SHAKESPEARE CONNECTION
http://marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com/
Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection
Samuel L. Blumenfeld
Published on February 28, 2015
US drone strike ‘kills three al-Qaeda suspects’ in Yemen (alaraby, Jun 17, 2017)
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/6/17/us-drone-strike-kills-three-al-qaeda-suspects-in-yemen-1
“A US drone strike has killed three suspected members of al-Qaeda in Yemen’s Shabwa province, an extremist stronghold in the south, a security official said on Saturday.
The strike hit a vehicle in Saeed district late Friday killing the driver and both passengers, the official said.
Washington considers al-Qaeda’s Yemen-based branch to be its most dangerous and has conducted a long-running drone war against its leaders.
Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the campaign has intensified…”
More than 900 refugees rescued off Libya including 25 children and seven pregnant women (alaraby, Jun 17, 2017)
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/6/17/more-than-900-refugees-rescued-off-libya
“The Libyan coastguard has rescued more than 900 African and Asian refugees attempting to reach Europe, a navy spokesman said on Saturday.
“A coastguard patrol from Zawiya (west of Tripoli) intercepted five inflatable boats and a wooden vessel carrying 906 migrants at dawn on Friday,” General Ayoub Qassem said.
He added that 25 children and 98 women, including seven who were pregnant, were among those rescued.
“One of the rubber boats was holed and on the point of sinking, while the wooden one did not have a motor,” he said.
People traffickers have exploited the chaos in Libya since a 2011 uprising toppled and killed strongman Moammer Gaddafi to boost their lucrative but deadly trade.
Thousands have perished in recent years attempting the crossing.”
Turkish Muslim scholars defend Qaradawi, Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas (memo, Jun 17, 2017)
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170617-turkish-muslim-scholars-defend-qaradawi-muslim-brotherhood-and-hamas/
“Leading Muslim scholars from Turkey published a statement on Thursday in support of the chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Shaikh Yousef Al-Qaradawi, Anadolu has reported. The elderly shaikh has been designated as a “terrorist” by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states as part of their blockade of Qatar, where he lives in exile.
“We declare that we are with the Qatari state and scholars like Qaradawi who are against imperialism,” said the Turkish scholars. “We demand that the irrational action against them ends.”
They added that the treatment to which Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas are being subjected is unjust. “Accusing these two distinguished movements [the Brotherhood and Hamas] as terrorists and counting everyone close to them as an enemy, is tantamount to wanting to destroy everyone who thinks of the Ummah and opposes imperialism.”
Describing Shaikh Al-Qaradawi and scholars like him as “the honour and the conscience” of the Muslim world, the scholars said that US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia was the catalyst for the blockade against Qatar.
The signatories of the statement included well-known scholars like Ahmet Agirakca, Yusuf Ziya Kavakci, Ramazan Kayan, Nureddin Yildiz, Ahmet Tasgetiren and Ali Riza Demircan…”
Here is one of the only times that Qaradawi ever has told the truth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pk2-vr4sSw
Funny how this video never got any air time in the Propaganda Media.
Dr al-Qaradawi, who is based in Qatar and is the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, has stated that wife beating is allowed under Islam. “It is permissible for him [the husband] to beat her lightly with his hands, avoiding her face and other sensitive parts,” he said.
Qaradawi is a skid mark on the porcelain receptacle of Islam.
Pakistani Women Dare Men To “#TryBeatingMeLightly” As A Protest Against The CII Bill
Rabya Ahmed says, “#TryBeatingMeLightly – I’m the sun. Touch me and I will burn you like hell fire. I am light, you will try, but you can never stop me. You can never contain me. I am the kind of woman they name hurricanes after. I dare you, #TryBeatingMeLightly.”
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain say blockade on Qatar is necessary for ‘national security’(memo, Jun 17, 2017)
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170617-saudi-arabia-uae-bahrain-say-blockade-on-qatar-is-necessary-for-national-security/
“Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain affirmed Friday that their recent moves to diplomatically isolate Qatar are within their rights to protect national security.
Decisions to cut ties with Qatar are a sovereign right of the States concerned and aim to protect their national security from the dangers of terrorism and extremism
said a joint declaration by the UN envoys of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.
The statement came in response to remarks Wednesday by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein expressing “alarm” about the human rights impact of cutting off ties.
The three Gulf states said they were ready to work with relevant authorities “to maintain security, to combat terrorism and to safeguard the stability and well-being of the people of the region”.
Separately, at a joint news conference alongside British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said his country was working on a list of complaints against Qatar, according to a Saudi news channel.
On June 5, five Arab countries – Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain and Yemen – abruptly cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism.
Qatar denied the accusations, calling the moves to diplomatically isolate it “unjustified”.”
Iraq VP accuses Qatar of having tried to split his country (reuters, Jun 17, 2017)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-gulf-qatar-iraq-idUKKBN1980IO
“Qatar promoted a plan to split Iraq along sectarian lines, Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi said on Saturday, voicing support for the isolation of Doha by some Arab states.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have broken off ties and imposed sanctions on Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism and courting regional rival Iran – allegations Doha denies.
Allawi is a secular Shi’ite politician who has some support within Iraq’s Sunni community. His position as vice president is largely ceremonial and his views do not reflect those of the government in Baghdad, headed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
Abadi has refused to take sides officially in the Gulf Arab rift but criticised the sanctions imposed on Qatar, saying they hurt the population, not the Qatari government.
The prime minister belongs to the Dawa party, which traditionally has close ties to Iran, Saudi Arabia’s regional foe.
“In Iraq, Qatar adopted a project similar to that of Iran; to split Iraq into a Sunni region in exchange for a Shi’ite region,” Allawi told a news conference in Cairo. “Unfortunately, some Arab states were silent when it came to Qatar.”
Allawi was in Cairo to meet Egyptian leaders including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for discussions about oil and the conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Libya.
“It is time we all spoke honestly and made things clear (to the Qataris) so we can reach some results,” Allawi said. “After that confrontation, comes reconciliation.””
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Fecking brilliant, Buck. Please keep these clips coming.
We’re talking Counterjihad GOLD here.
Too bad that regular sheeple haven’t a flipping clue.
I passed it on – friends are loving it too.
Romania detains 32 Iraqi migrants hiding in furniture truck (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/romania-detains-32-iraqi-migrants-hiding-furniture-truck-48101749
“Romanian border police have detained 32 Iraqis hidden in a truck transporting furniture who told authorities they were trying to reach a country in Europe’s visa-free Schengen travel zone.
Police stopped the truck at the Romanian-Hungarian border Saturday and the Romanian truck driver told authorities he was headed to Italy. Police checked the vehicle and found 11 men, six women and 15 teens hidden among the furniture, all asylum-seekers in Romania.
The migrants told authorities they were headed to a Schengen country. Romania is not a member of the group. They said they hid in the truck because they did not have visas.
Police detained the migrants and are questioning them on suspicion of trying to cross the border illegally. The driver said he did not know about the migrants.”
Iraqi forces capture border crossing to Syria from IS (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syrian-army-declares-day-combat-cessation-southern-city-48100621
“Iraqi forces captured Saturday a border crossing point to Syria from the Islamic State group, increasing pressure on the extremists and getting closer to meeting up with Syrian troops and their allies who reached the border earlier this month for the first time in years.
Tribal forces and border police, supported by Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition aircraft, took part in the operation to take the al-Waleed crossing, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement.
Al-Waleed, in the far west of Iraq, fell to the Islamic State group in 2015, giving the militants full control of the Iraq-Syria border, which they vowed to erase as part of their ambition to build their caliphate.
Saturday’s push by Iraqi troops came nearly three weeks after Iraq’s paramilitary forces — mostly Shiite fighters with close ties to Iran referred to as the Popular Mobilization Forces — reached the Syrian border in northeastern Iraq…”
Germany: ‘Not with us’ – Muslims march against Islamic extremism in Cologne
»»»»Thousands«««« of demonstrators hit the streets of Cologne, on Saturday, to march against violence and acts of Islamic extremist terrorism.
Protesters chanted “People of all nations, hand in hand, against terror in every country” and carried placards reading “Spread peace on earth” and “#Not with us.”
4 soldiers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh fighting: Officials (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/soldiers-killed-nagorno-karabakh-fighting-officials-48101141
“Officials in the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh say four of their soldiers have been killed in fighting with Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh is officially part of Azerbaijan, but since a separatist war ended in 1994 it has been under the control of forces that claim to be local ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan claims the forces include regular Armenian military. Efforts to negotiate a settlement have failed, and frequent clashes have continued.
Three of the men were killed Friday and a fourth Saturday morning, according to Nagorno-Karabakh’s Defense Ministry. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said one of its soldiers was killed Friday.
Both sides blamed each other for the violence.
The fighting is some of the deadliest since April 2016, when about 75 soldiers were killed on both sides.”
Afghan Official: Afghan security forces recaptured Tora Bora (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-official-afghan-security-forces-recaptured-tora-bora-48101140
“A top Afghan security official says he welcomes the U.S. government decision to send an additional 4,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami, acting Afghan defense minister, said Saturday the decision was in consultation with the Afghan government. The mission for the new U.S. troops will be to train and advise Afghan security forces.
Meanwhile, Bahrami says army security forces recaptured Tora Bora in eastern Nangarhar province. He said at least 22 Islamic State group fighters were killed and 10 others were wounded in a clearance operation.
A major plan of the Islamic State group was to establish the Khorasan province but it has been foiled by security forces.”
Pakistan arrests jail officials over escape of 2 militants (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pakistan-arrests-jail-officials-escape-militants-48101004
“A jail superintendent and 11 other officials were arrested in the wake of a jail break in which two militants who were on trial escaped from a high-security prison, Pakistani police said Saturday.
The arrested officials were being questioned to determine how two members of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group escaped Wednesday from the jail in the port city of Karachi, senior police official Khawaja Naveed said.
He alleged the two men escaped due to negligence of the jail staff. Naveed said efforts were under way to trace and capture the escapees who were arrested in 2013 over alleged links to terrorism…”
Egyptian court sentences 31 to death in prosecutor’s case (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egyptian-court-sentences-31-death-prosecutors-case-48100737
“An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced to death 31 Islamists for their part in the June 2015 assassination of the country’s top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat.
Saturday’s ruling, pronounced by judge Hassan Farid, referred the case of the 31 to the country’s top theologian to solicit his non-binding opinion on the death sentences, a formality followed by courts in the case of capital punishment.
The court will reconvene July 22 to reaffirm the death sentences and issue its verdict on the 36 other defendants in the case. Of the 67 defendants, 15 are at large.
Barakat is the most senior government official killed by Islamic militants since the 2013 ouster by the military of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president whose one-year rule proved to be divisive.”
US issues security alert for Istanbul, which Turkey refutes (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-issues-security-alert-istanbul-turkey-refutes-48100837
“A U.S. Consulate in Turkey has alerted its citizens of heightened security in an Istanbul neighborhood because of a possible terror threat.
The statement released late Friday said the Turkish security presence was increased in the central district of Mecidiyekoy and cited a specific street. It said the consulate didn’t have additional information on the specifics of the threat and asked American citizens to remain vigilant.
Turkey’s foreign ministry issued a statement Saturday saying “U.S. authorities made this statement based on normal precautions taken by our security forces rather than any concrete intelligence.”
The U.S. issues security messages and travel warnings throughout the world to inform its citizens of threats and protests. The U.S. Embassy and consulates in Turkey issued at least 22 such messages this year.”
Queen’s birthday message: This year it’s ‘difficult to escape a very somber national mood’ (abcnews, Jun 17, 2017)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/queens-birthday-message-year-difficult-escape-somber-national/story?id=48099970
“Saturday marks Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday — her actual 91st birthday was April 21 — but the reigning monarch said it’s difficult to be in a celebratory mood in light of recent terror attacks in London and Manchester.
“Today is traditionally a day of celebration,” reads a message from the Queen released by Buckingham Palace Saturday morning. “This year, however, it is difficult to escape a very sombre national mood. In recent months, the country has witnessed a succession of terrible tragedies. As a nation, we continue to reflect and pray for all those who have been directly affected by these events.”
She continues, “During recent visits in Manchester and London, I have been profoundly struck by the immediate inclination of people throughout the country to offer comfort and support to those in desperate need.”
The message concludes, “Put to the test, the United Kingdom has been resolute in the face of adversity. United in our sadness, we are equally determined, without fear or favour, to support all those rebuilding lives so horribly affected by injury and loss.”…”
BREAKING: US soldiers shot at in ‘insider attack’ at military base – Afghan recruit killed (express, Jun 17, 2017)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/818244/US-soldiers-shot-killed-insider-attack-Afghanistan-military-base
“AN AFGHAN soldier has been shot and killed and American soldiers injured in what officials claim was an inside attack at the US Camp Shaheen military base in Afghanistan today.
It is believed the attack was carried out by an Afghan soldier at the base in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, a military official said.
Several American soldiers were wounded in the incident and at least one Afghan recruit was killed and another wounded.
Abdul Qahar Araam, spokesman for the Afghan Army’s 209th Corps, said: “An Afghan soldier shot and killed four American troops inside the base. We are investigating.”
But a spokesman for the US military command in Kabul denied reports by an Afghan official that Americans had been killed.
The US military command in Kabul confirmed it was “aware of an incident” at Camp Shaheen, which is the headquarters of the 209th Corps in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
But it did not provide more details…”
USA -Woman Who Left Bacon At Mosque Banned From Social Media For 5 Years
DAVIS (CBS13) — Lauren Kirk-Coehlo, who pled guilty to felony charges for vandalizing of the Islamic Center of Davis, was sentenced to five years probation on Friday.
Her crimes were caught on surveillance camera, but it’s what she said off camera that is raising red flags.
“The social media postings that she had, and the chats we were able to recover, showed that she harbored extreme feeling where she wanted to hurt people,” explained Ryan Couzens, with the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.
The judge said jail time was an option but in the end, decided against it.
Back in January, Kirk-Coehlo, 30, vandalized the Islamic Center of Davis, breaking windows, damaging property and placing bacon on door handles – a way to antagonize Muslims who don’t eat pork.
Kirk-Coehlo, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, pleaded guilty to the felony vandalism charges with a hate crime enhancement. But instead of jail time, she given five years probation and has been banned from social media for five years, given community service, ordered weekly psychiatric counseling and must pay $7,000 in restitution. She also will not be allowed to own a firearm.
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office wanted Kirk-Coehlo to go to jail – especially considering the motive behind her attack.
“We can’t live in a free society if people’s political views are expressed through violence,” said Couzens.
It has been a difficult six months for the local Muslim community. Four local mosques have been attacked attacked or vandalized – twice at the Islamic Center of Davis. There was also last week’s anti-Shariah march in Roseville.
“A felony conviction is something that will follow her for the rest of her life, and 5 years probation is no joke either,” said Saad Sweilem. He’s a civil rights attorney based in Sacramento.
Like many, he’s pleased a decision has been reached, but he also points to what he calls “Islamophobic rhetoric” used during the trail used to justify what Kirk-Coehle did. He also has concerns with what seems like a light sentence.
“People might view attacks on the Muslim community as something that won’t be taken too seriously or with consequences, and that maybe people will get off lightly,” said Sweilem. “It further antagonizes the Muslim community, and they were already the victim in this case.”
Meanwhile, back at the Islamic Center, families gathered to at sunset on Friday to break their fast during this the final 10 days of the Islamic month of Ramadan, when Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk.
They have received a lot of support from the community. Inside the mosque, the walls are decorated with pictures drawn by local elementary school students and letters from the residents and community leaders from the greater Davis community following Kirk-Coehlo’s attack.
Many say it’s time to forgive and move on.
“It’s the holy month of Ramadan for us Muslims. It’s about forgiving and being a better person. We don’t want to see this young woman punished for the rest of her life. Hopefully , he will learn from this,” said one college student, who came to the mosque for the weekly Friday midday congregational prayer service and who did not want to be identified.
Kirk-Coehlo has already spent some time in jail. Along with her probation, part of her sentencing includes restorative justice, which means she will have to come to the mosque to learn more about the community she attacked, under the supervision of the DA office.
CBS13 did reach out to Ms. Kirk-Coehlo for comment, but did not hear back. Her attorneys told CBS 13 that they will not be commenting on this case.
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/06/16/woman-who-left-bacon-at-mosque-banned-from-social-media-for-5-years/
Vandalism Targets Islamic Center of Davis
Interfaith Gathering UC Davis | Mosque Vandalized
Statement Of Love [Davis, CA]
Davis woman accused of vandalizing mosque arrested
EU’s house of cards will COLLAPSE if Brussels punishes UK for Brexit, Swedish MEP blasts (express, Jun 17, 2017)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/818236/Brexit-latest-EU-divorce-bill-punish-Peter-Lundgren
“THE European Union’s house of cards will collapse if power-hungry Eurocrats try to punish the UK for Brexit, a Swedish MEP blasted.
Peter Lundgren, of the Sweden Democrats, said Britons has shown “guts” by voting to leave the European Union last June and any attempt to punish the UK would backlash on the bloc.
Mr Lundgren told Expresscouk: “It is very hard to say, there is always a possibility, of course, they are quite unpredictable to deal with in this house.
“If they try to punish the UK for having the guts to leave this project, then I think the crack in this house will be even bigger, it will fall together like a card house.
“I mean, if you and I, we went to join as a member in a club or something, we are always free to leave that club when we want.
“Of course it should be the same with the European Union. And I think the UK has a lot of guts now, they are as usual the first ones.”
Mr Lundgren brushed off doomsdays scenarios of Brexit, as the MEP said he believes it will open up new opportunities for the UK…”
London fire: 58 missing, presumed dead – police (BBC, Jun 17, 2017)
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40315194
5 killed in attack on military post in northern Mali (abcnews, Jun 17)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/killed-attack-military-post-northern-mali-48104904
“A military official says at least five people are dead after an attack on a Malian army post in the country’s volatile north.
Col. Diarran Kone, spokesman for Mali’s army, says eight others were wounded in the attack in Bintagoungou early Saturday.
While there are no immediate claims of responsibility, the attack is similar to others by jihadists active in the region. A number of extremist groups are present in the West African nation.
The Malian military and U.N. peacekeepers are frequent targets of the Islamic extremists who once ruled northern Mali’s towns. They were ousted in 2013 by a French-led military operation but continue to carry out attacks.”
One man is in custody after he allegedly, fatally shot five people in a three-hour period Thursday (6/15) evening.
The shooting spree, allegedly committed by Damian Herrera, 21, started in La Madera, where he shot and killed Maria Gallegos, 47; Max Trujillo, 58; and Brendon Herrera, 20.
Family members at the scene said they did not know anything, or even who was dead.
Following the incident, Damian Herrera allegedly drove off, to Tres Piedras, in a gray Toyota truck.
http://www.riograndesun.com/man-goes-on-shooting-spree-kills-five/article_8c85aa3a-5250-11e7-b878-4b78fd1a1edc.html
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Columbus Police say one person was killed and four more were injured, two critically, in a shooting near a nightclub in north Columbus.
Officers were dispatched around 12:40am Saturday to the area of Delfin Nightlife on the 6200 block of Busch Boulevard on the report of a shooting. When officers arrived at the scene, they found five victims suffering from gunshot wounds.
According to police, 21-year-old Domineek Sharp was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two other males in their mid-20s were transported to an area hospital in critical condition. Two more people were also injured, but there was no word on their condition.
http://nbc4i.com/2017/06/17/multiple-people-hurt-in-shooting/
Toronto Sun columnist Tarek Fatah was waiting for the bus at St. Michael’s Hospital when a taxi pulled up to him not to offer a ride but to deliver a threat.
“The guy spoke to me in my native language of Urdu,” Fatah said Friday. “He said he recognized my face and then said ‘I have a gun for you.’”
He drove off.
But when stopped at a nearby red light at Church and Queen Sts., even with his limited mobility after major surgery, the former leader of the Muslim Canadian Congress wandered over with the help of his cane and took a picture of the taxi and driver.
http://m.torontosun.com/2017/06/16/outspoken-muslim-to-sun-writer-threatened-again
Need a new term for this nonsense. Sort of the opposite of victim blaming. How about Culprit Coddling? Maybe Criminal Cozying? Thoughts???Donald Trump Jr. added,
BBC News (World)Verified account @BBCWorld
Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem http://bbc.in/2rp5t5Q
https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/876066498464428034
“Women’s rights activist Seyran Ates, who has campaigned for a progressive place of worship for Muslims in Germany for eight years, said: ‘I couldn’t be more euphoric, it’s a dream come true. This project was long overdue.”
“The Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque, which is housed inside a Protestant church in Berlin, is the first of its kind in the country.
Sunni and Shiite believers are encouraged to preach alongside one another and women will not be allowed to wear veils.”
“A ‘liberal mosque’ where all Muslims can pray together regardless of their gender, sexuality or branch of Islam..”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4611880/Germany-opens-liberal-mosque-Berlin.html
Cultural appropriation: Make it illegal worldwide, Indigenous advocates say
Delegates in Geneva from 189 countries are looking at the issue, and some want UN to speed it up
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/north/cultural-appropriation-make-it-illegal-worldwide-indigenous-advocates-say-1.4157943
The Palestinian Authority has not sent any shipments of medicine or medical equipment to the Gaza Strip for more than three months, causing severe shortages in the isolated territory, diplomatic sources say.
“The PA has stopped sending medications and equipment,” one source who was not authorized to speak on the issue publicly, told The Jerusalem Post.
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/PA-has-not-sent-medical-shipments-to-Gaza-for-over-three-months-496999
A paper published this week in the Journal of Medical Ethics asks whether some forms of female genital mutilation should be legalized in America. They argue that not allowing minor versions of the operation is a form of cultural prejudice.
[Somali women]
Somalia has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a hot topic and a subject that insights anger, confusion and distress.
In many countries, the practice is extremely prevalent and shows little sign of slowing. In Egypt, for instance, between 2006-2011, the percentage of girls undergoing FGM only dropped from 77.8% to 71.6%.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/306868.php
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It is uncomfortable to read material where i have to agree with the other side mostly but that is what it is.
The link Xanthippa provided leads to a lot of interesting material and not as much hyperbole as you may expect.
I disagree with the people that say it was Shakespeare. It was not. Shakespear wrote a contextually sensitive play about a particular person of particular historical significance. From the little I have read, the play in the park is a childish adaptation of a work of genius to spread their dislike of President Trump by bastardising the work of the greatest playwright in this history of the English language and maybe the world. (Italians will argue over Dante and with cause).
However the fact is, we are fighting for a system. And that system is of laws and rights. Either the play is legal, or it violates incitement laws. Im gonna say it does not violate those laws based on other comments I read, which say that the assassination takes place half way through the play, and then its a morality play about how badly things go for everyone because of that political assassination.
So in fact, the view the pro-Trump activists took may have been naive and under-informed.
Even if it wasn’t, I dislike this action. I would, as I have already stated, rather see them put on a play of their own expressing their views.
It feels a little like we are dangerously close to a fatally kinetic divide in national politics in the US and I can tell you from personal experience, that Canadians are just as involved in this as Americans are. The fact that its not our country seems to make no difference to the people ready to do political violence over Trump right here at home, and while that does make it stupid perhaps, it does not make it less dangerous.
Having said all that I get that there are times where normal rule of law is suspended temporarily due to a greater threat. Pierre Trudeau did that in the 60s when he triggered the War Measures Act to deal with a separatist terror threat and it was probably the right thing to do at the time. Harper should have done it here frankly to find and get rid of the Muslim terrorists who his son, Justin, has just protected in his repeal of every safety law Harper put in.
So given an official proclamation of special measures, should it come to that, I can see these kinds of plays being called incitement. But the idea is to avoid the need for those kind of special measures by, well frankly by not being terrorists. To respect the right of free speech with those you disagree with, and to use your own as much, as loudly, and as well as possible.
I do not like opposing those on ‘our side’. And pretty much anyone doing anything to stop islamic and leftist deconstruction of our societies I do support. Even though I disagree. Burka bans being a prime example.
But on this one, I gotta say I think it was a bad idea, even though I think I would probably enjoy the company of the people who did it.
It feels a little like we are dangerously close to a fatally kinetic divide in national politics in the US
It will take a few more attacks before the freedom lovers who signed on with Trump go kinetic. The only way this can be avoided is for the Dems to crack down on the crazies on their side, this is unlikely because too many of their politicians agree with the idea of violence. They don’t seen to be able to understand that the people on our side who will go kinetic are for the most part highly trained and those who aren’t know people who can give them OJT.
Even if the Dem Pols decide to tone down their rhetoric we have to look at Soros and see if he wants to stop the coming civil war? I see no sign that he does, in fact his actions and hte actions of the groups he funds say that he is working to foment a civil war in all Western nations.
Our team was looking at a Hungarian documentary on a school funded by Soros which is actually a militant training centre for actual revolutionaries.
We decided not to do it because it was mostly here-say and the quality of the evidence was not high enough for us to do it. But I still think it was true. Just not well enough sourced to be worth the effort of translating, editing and posting.
I think I would probably enjoy the company of the people who did it.
They would be fun to hang out with.
But, but it’s the Theatre of Life 😉
The Russians Did It!
The pussy hat rules by playing both sides
Intellectual rage or dumb for the Bride.
International Socialism
And Nationalist Pride
Their sons are the sump
With Sub-Dom inside.
Pro-Trump group clashes with antifa members at Evergreen State: ‘Hatred has taken over the campus’
Word got around quickly that a conservative group supporting Republican President Donald Trump was set to arrive Thursday on the campus of Evergreen State College — one of several hotbeds of often-violent left-wing protests.
“Political Correctness and Hatred has taken over the campus. Several students have reached out to Patriot Prayer—they are upset that professors and students have been spreading lies and threats to try to control the behavior of the students at the school,” the group noted on Facebook.
Not to be outdone, antifa — self-proclaimed “anti-fascists” with a curious penchant for downright fascist behavior at such gatherings — arrived to counter-protest the Patriot Prayer group.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/17/pro-trump-group-clashes-with-antifa-members-at-evergreen-state-hatred-has-taken-over-the-campus/
Patriots get attacked by AntiFa with silly string at Evergreen State College
While this may sound picayune, back in 2008, I catered a (once-upon-a-time) friend’s birthday party in Austin, Texas. For his celebration, I hand-crafted seven different salsas, my special pulled pork taco meat, and racks of barbecued ribs. To my immense joy, a Latina came up to me and exclaimed that my taco meat and salsas were, “better than hers”. Through clenched teeth, of course.
My alarm bells started ringing when a young woman came running into the kitchen with tears streaming down her face after her (supposed) “boyfriend” fed her a tortilla chip loaded with my “Agent Orange” habanero salsa (which he told her was “mango sauce”).
Fortunately, I had a fully-chilled bottle of Finlandia vodka in the freezer and, quickly, instructed her to rinse out her mouth with a few shots of the icy liquor and lie down as part of recovering.
The final point being … my (supposed) friend and his pals called for everyone to assemble in the backyard for a “special announcement”. My “spidey sense” told me to hang well back. After the crowd gathered, these worthless shites hosed down everyone with silly string and that told me how these were useless sacks of crap were people that I no longer needed to know.
Picayyne? Maybe. @$$holes, definitely.
We weren’t friends for many years thereafter. Guess why.