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  1. http://koaci.com/kinshasa-presente-video-lassassinat-deux-experts-etrangers-lonu-108673.html

    1893/5000
    DRC: Kinshasa presents video of assassination of two UN foreign experts

    The American Michael Sharp and the Swedish Zaida Catalán Search Zaida Catalán
    DRC: Kinshasa presents video of assassination of two UN foreign experts
    © Koaci.com- Monday 24 April 2017-The Congolese authorities presented the video of the killing of two UN experts in Kasai province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

    The militias who kidnapped and then massacred two UN experts would have filmed their crime, they learn from the Congolese authorities.

    The video of two minutes, according to Kinshasa show the victims surrounded by seven people speaking in tshiluba, dominant in Kasai, wearing red bands and armed with machetes.

    Constrained to sit on the ground, the white man receives a shot at the head while asking the interpreter: “Why are his executioners armed and nervous?

    The woman then throws herself at the man as to protect him but receives in his turn three bullets in the back.

    “Do not waste the ammunition, cut off your head,” says a voice-over in tshiluba: First cut the hair that will strengthen my power. You see a teenager cut off his head.

    According to the spokesman of the Lambert Mende government, the assassination showed “the work of terrorists who must be eradicated by all means”.

    As a reminder, the bodies of the two experts of the UN, the American Michael Sharp and the Swedish Zaida Catalán Zaida Catalán were discovered on March 27, two weeks after their abduction.

    The DRC government blamed these killings on the armed group of Kamuina Nsapu, who has been engaged in clashes with the armed forces of the DRC since its leader was killed by security forces six months ago.

  2. http://www.bild.de/regional/hannover/prozess/in-hannover-vergewaltigung-schwangere-52520916.bild.html

    Trial in HannoverHochschwangere beaten and raped
    Hanover – In the courtroom he holds a portfolio before his face, does not want to be recognized. For a good reason: Naji N. (27) is said to have mistreated and raped a woman (22) for almost two hours. She was pregnant with twins in the seventh month!

    Now the trial began against the alleged rapist before the court of Hannover.

    According to the accusation, the asylum-seeker from Morocco (including bodily injuries, possesses several alias identities) had intercepted the mother at about 10 am at the Ihmezentrum in summer 2015.

    Kathrin P. (name changed) was on the way to her apartment in the center, when you were hit from behind on the head. Naji N. is said to have dragged her to the elevator, where he pushed on her. Then he made his sacrifice in a corner next to the elevator …

    In between, he was supposed to play the game with the pregnant woman, stroking her cynically over the baby’s belly. Then he turned her over to rape her again. With the last strength, the woman defended herself against her tormentor, freed herself with kicks.

  3. Ex-Soviet counter-intelligence officer says he attended Trump Jr meeting

    Rinat Akhmetshin, now a lobbyist, denies current ties to Russian spy agencies and says meeting involving Trump campaign members was ‘not substantive’

    Donald Trump’s denial of collusion with Russia suffered yet another blow on Friday when it emerged that his son failed to disclose the presence of a former Soviet military officer at the now notorious meeting.

    Rinat Akhmetshin – who claims he served in a counter-intelligence unit but never formally trained as a spy – told the Associated Press that he attended the meeting with Donald Trump Jr, which was billed as part of a Russian government effort to boost Trump’s election campaign.

    The latest revelation came as news reports suggested there were at least eight attendees at the meeting, which occurred at Trump’s eponymous New York tower shortly after he effectively clinched the Republican presidential nomination. The presence of additional participants contradicted Trump Jr’s assertion this week to the Fox News host Sean Hannity that all of the information about the meeting had been publicly disclosed.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/14/donald-trump-jr-meeting-russian-lobbyist-rinat-akhmetshin

    • A lot of people have been wondering if Donald Trump Jr. was set up with the meeting of the Russian Lawyer, well it looks like he was. At this point it doesn’t matter if papers were passed on not or not President Trump and his people are very damaged and it the papers were passed the Dems are very damaged. This is a win win for Putin, if Trump resigns he wins, if he doesn’t resign he wins because the US is in turmoil and unable to compete with him. Especially since China and North Korea are making moves that are hurting the US influence and place our interests and our allies at risk.

    • weasel zippers – ‘Russian Lobbyist’ In Meeting With Trump, Jr. Also Worked With Fusion GPS (Firm Hired By Dems To Do Oppo Research On Trump)…UPDATE: Lobbyist Had Meeting In Obama White House In January 2016

      Rinat Akhmetshin

      White House Visitor

      Rinat Akhmetshin’s visit occurred on Saturday, January 9, 2016. Akhmetshin made appointment number U62511 at 12:00 pm on January 2, 2016 through the Visitors Office. The appointment was scheduled to begin at 10:30 am with The Visitors Office in the White House East Wing and included a group of 274 people.

      Originally scheduled to end at 11:59 pm, this visit should have lasted approximately 14 hours and was Akhmetshin’s first visit since records were released in 2009. The appointment is described in the records as “East Wing Tour Must Enter through Sherman Park”.

      http://white-house-logs.insidegov.com/l/73080195/Rinat-Akhmetshin#Details%20of%20Visit&s=3bvMZx

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      https://www.weaselzippers.us/348822-russian-lobbyist-who-was-also-in-meeting-with-trump-jr-worked-with-fusion-gps/

      • They set Jr. up the problem is they aren’t use to the alt media and how the information we discover spreads. This is going to hurt the Dems more then the Repubs.

    • RED STATE SHOCKER. You Won’t Believe Who Employed The “Former Soviet Counterintelligence Official” In Trump Meeting

      Yesterday, NBC News ran a breathless and, as it turned out, dishonest story about a “former Soviet counterintelligence official” who was also in the now-famous meeting with Donald Trump, Jr. and Natalia Veselnitskaya, the lawyer who was banned from entering the United States but to whom, for some reason, the Obama Justice Department granted a special permission just in time for the meeting with Trump, Jr.

      The Russian lawyer who met with the Trump team after a promise of compromising material on Hillary Clinton was accompanied by a Russian-American lobbyist — a former Soviet counter intelligence officer who is suspected by some U.S. officials of having ongoing ties to Russian intelligence, NBC News has learned.

      NBC News is not naming the lobbyist, who denies any current ties to Russian spy agencies. He accompanied the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, to the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower attended by Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort.

      The Russian-born American lobbyist served in the Soviet military and emigrated to the U.S., where he holds dual citizenship.
      Naturally, the same cadre of NeverTrumpers and anti-Trumpers were quick off the mark tying this guy, Rinat Akhmetshin, by inference, to the KGB/SVR/FSB and to the Trump campaign. Sometimes to read this stuff you’d think there was a law against using Google or maybe your brain.

      There is a problem with this story. Rinat Akhmetshin works for/with Fusion GPS. Take this March 31 letter from Senator Charles Grassley to then-acting deputy attorney general Dana Boente–that’s right March 31:

      It is particularly disturbing that Mr. Akhmetshin and Fusion GPS were working together on this pro-Russia lobbying effort in 2016 in light of Mr. Akhmetshin’s history and reputation. Mr. Akhmetshin is a Russian immigrant to the U.S. who has admitted having been a “Soviet counterintelligence officer.”[14] In fact, it has been reported that he worked for the GRU and allegedly specializes in “active measures campaigns,” i.e., subversive political influence operations often involving disinformation and propaganda.[15] According to press accounts, Mr. Akhmetshin “is known in foreign policy circles as a key pro-Russian operator,”[16] and Radio Free Europe described him as a “Russian ‘gun-for-hire’ [who] lurks in the shadows of Washington’s lobbying world.”[17] He was even accused in a lawsuit of organizing a scheme to hack the computers of one his client’s adversaries.[18]

      As you know, Fusion GPS is the company behind the creation of the unsubstantiated dossier alleging a conspiracy between President Trump and Russia. It is highly troubling that Fusion GPS appears to have been working with someone with ties to Russian intelligence –let alone someone alleged to have conducted political disinformation campaigns– as part of a pro-Russia lobbying effort while also simultaneously overseeing the creation of the Trump/Russia dossier. The relationship casts further doubt on an already highly dubious dossier.

      The actions of Mr. Akhmetshin, Fusion GPS, and the others described in Mr. Browder’s complaint appear to show that they acted on behalf of a foreign principal. This is exactly the type of activity Congress intended to reach with FARA. When properly enforced, FARA provides important transparency. However, in this case, because none of the parties involved in the anti-Magnitsky lobbying had properly registered under FARA, these suspicious connections were not appropriately documented and brought to public light. In fact, it is unclear whether the FBI was or is aware of Fusion GPS’s pro-Russia lobbying and connection to Mr. Akhmetshin, or that these efforts coincided with the creation of the dossier. Presumably, such awareness would have informed the FBI’s evaluation of the dossier’s credibility. This is why it is important for the Department of Justice to actually enforce FARA’s disclosure requirements.

      And that is how NBC lies by omission. Akhmetshin’s links to pro-Russia lobbying efforts and to Fusion GPS are well documented. Fusion GPS’s links to pro-Russia lobbying efforts and to the international woman of mystery, Natalia Veselnitskaya are also known. But the fact that two Fusion GPS operatives had a meeting with Trump, Jr., at a time when their employer/prime contractor/whatever was shopping the Trump dossier doesn’t even cause a tingle of curiosity.

      Right now we have two of the attendees at this meeting, that would be both of the Russians, who either worked for or with Fusion GPS on a pro-Russia lobbying effort. In addition to the pro-Russia lobbying, Fusion GPS also produced the very pro-Russia and virtually 100% fictitious “Trump dossier.” At some point the people who are pushing every bullsh** story that comes out of the media should be asking why the same people doing opposition research on Trump were involved in setting up a bait-and-switch meeting with Donald Trump that was tailored to fit into the Hillary Clinton campaign’s narrative of Trump being under the influence of the Kremlin. By preponderance of evidence, who is actually working for Russia? But that would require work.

      http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/07/14/shocker.-wont-believe-employed-former-soviet-counterintelligence-official-trump-meeting/

  4. We want this bear alive’: Thousands rally to save grizzly that’s chased humans
    4,000 signatures collected urging officials not to resort to killing grizzly despite aggressive behaviour

    The grizzly has charged a man pushing a baby stroller, chased hikers and wandered through a high school rugby practice, but thousands of people in Banff and Canmore have petitioned the Alberta government not to consider killing the animal tagged as Bear 148.

    Earlier this week, provincial officials said they might have to put down the female grizzly if it displays any further aggressive behaviour while in Alberta parkland — a comment that prompted Banff residents Bree Todd and Stacey Sartoretto to start a petition against killing the animal. It has already garnered about 4,000 signatures.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/grizzly-bear-148-petition-alberta-parks-wildlife-aggressive-canmore-banff-1.4204776

    Richard: This bear is dangerous it is showing increasingly aggressive behavior and will end up attacking and probably killing someone, possible maybe even probably one of more children as the play.

    • What about a trap and relocate? A regular brown or black bear would not merit the expense (as they are too numerous). However, a grizzly is relatively endangered and the Canadian Rockies has a lot of elbow room for a mama bear.

      • They tried that she came back, if they try it again they need to move her several hundred miles.

        In Alaska the Grizzly population has grown to the point the bears are wandering into Fairbanks and stopping kids from walking home from school.

      • The problem is that when predators either carnivores or omnivores that hang around humans and get use to them end up attacking the humans, often trying to get the humans to give them food. This is why they are serious problems and a danger to the humans in the area they live in. People ignore the history of why problem bears are called problems and what happens if you don’t keep them away from humans. Unless she is removed a looong way from the areas humans are in it is a very high probability that she will end up attacking and probably killing and eating one or more humans.

        Once the predator discovers how easy humans are to stalk and ki9ll they go after humans because they get more successful kills that way.

        • Unless she is removed a looong way from the areas humans are in it is a very high probability that she will end up attacking and probably killing and eating one or more humans.

          Which is why I noted how, “the Canadian Rockies has a lot of elbow room”.

          Having camped in the Canadian wilderness, I’m well-acquainted with ursine behavior. Grizzlies, along with polar bears (and the Bengal tiger) are some of the only mammals that prey on humans (i.e., man-eaters).

          I just think that, in this particular case, long-range relocation is worth it as part of maintaining the population of top-tier predators. A brown or black bear would not merit this sort of attention. There’s already been way too much depletion of big predators, both on land and in the sea (e.g., whaling, and the “finning” of sharks).

          We really need to pay closer attention to maintenance of these food chains if there’s to be any hope of having a remotely functional world.

          • It could be that this would be worth the cost but I am thinking of the cost of human blood and lives if/when she decides to attack and eat. Yes I am use to the much shorter distances in Missouri the in Canada so this can influence my statements and decisions.

          • How expensive do you want your beef? A wolf pack, mountain lion or bear gets kills about twice as often on domestic livestock then they do on wild animals. If you were a predator which would you go after the meat you an get the most of or the one you get the least of?

            • Richard, it seems to me that “We Are The Beef,” thanks to open borders and the “refugee” resettlement government programs.
              “Wolves in Government Clothing”

            • How expensive do you want your beef? A wolf pack, mountain lion or bear gets kills about twice as often on domestic livestock then they do on wild animals.

              You might be surprised at the actual livestock loss numbers related to wolves.

              From the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) report “Cattle Death Loss“, released May 12, 2011:

              Nationally – % cattle & calves (combined) lost due to:

              disease, injury, other medical problems: 50.2%
              * 251 times as many as wolves
              unknown and uncategorized non-predator: 18.4%
              * 92 times as many as wolves
              calving: 12.4%
              * 25 times as many as wolves
              weather: 12.3%
              * 25 times as many as wolves
              all predators (including domestic dogs): 5.5%
              specifically dogs: 0.5%
              * 2.5 times as many as wolves
              specifically vultures: 0.3%
              * 1.5 times as many as wolves
              specifically wolves: 0.2%
              * 4% of predator losses
              poisoning: 0.9%
              * over 4 times as many as wolves
              theft: 0.4%
              * twice as many as wolves

              While I cannot verify all of the above numbers, they are similar to ones I have seen before.

              Far more importantly, wolves, bears, coyotes, mountain lions, and similar predators help keep other damaging populations in check.

              The best example being deer. Left unchecked, deer (and other ungulates) can cause massive environmental damage.

              My favorite example is how reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone caused a rebound in the crucial cutthroat trout population. When newly arrived wolves suppressed elk reproduction, the recovery of stream-side willows (a favorite elk browse) provided riparian gravel beds with more shading and the cooler water temperatures allowed for better retention of oxygen. All of which are conducive to fish spawning.

              Human-introduced lake (i.e., mackinaw) trout predation on the cutthroat population is much more serious as the bears (and other predators) depend on surface availability of fish. Lake trout do not surface.

              One unforeseen problem is that, being opportunists, bears (unsupported by declining cutthroat trout) are learning to chase wolves off of elk and bison calf kills which is driving higher numbers of wolf kills on these food sources.

              These are examples of a fascinating natural process called, “trophic cascade”.

              Trophic cascade, an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators and involving reciprocal changes in the relative populations of predator and prey through a food chain, which often results in dramatic changes in ecosystem structure and nutrient cycling. In a three-level food chain, an increase (or decrease) in carnivores causes a decrease (or increase) in herbivores and an increase (or decrease) in primary producers such as plants and phytoplankton. For example, in eastern North America the removal of wolves (Canis lupus) has been associated with an increase in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and a decline in plants eaten by the deer. American zoologist Robert Paine coined the term trophic cascade in 1980 to describe reciprocal changes in food webs caused by experimental manipulations of top predators. In the 1980s others used the term to describe changes in aquatic ecosystems arising from factors such as sudden increases in predatory fish populations from stocking or dramatic declines in predatory fishes caused by overfishing.

              See: The invasion of Yellowstone Lake by Lake Trout blamed for decline in Yellowstone’s elk

              Almost all of Yellowstone’s problems—as in; lake trout, whirling disease, whitebark pine blister rust, the removal of wolves and bison—were introduced by humans.

              It’s up to us to solve these problems that we’ve caused. If it means more expensive beef, then that’s the price of admission.

              • Free Range  Bean Burger

                2 cups cooked organic black beans,(1 can)
                2 cups cooked organic red beans, (1 can)
                1 cup cooked brown rice,
                (Lunberg’s Golden Rose Brown Rice – use water or organic vegetable broth)
                1 cup Quaker Oats Quick-Cooking Rolled Oats
                2 small red onions, chopped
                1 tsp. cumin
                1 tsp. chili powder
                1 tsp. oregano or italian seasoning

                Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees
                1. Drain & Rinse Beans
                2. Mixing Bowl Add Beans & Mash
                3. Add & Mix Remaining Ingredients.
                4. Form Into Burgers
                5. Place Burgers on Oiled Baking Sheet
                6. Bake For 15 Minutes On Each Side Until Browned
                7. Doctor It Up – Toppings – Catsup, Sweet Chili Sauce etc.
                😉

              • If the carcass is dragged away and can’t be found the governments refuse to call it death to prededatiobn and the insurance companies refuse to pay for the missing stock. And if the people who are collecting the data are firm believers in the rewilding they have been known to list animal kills under a different category to keep the number killed by predators low.

  5. House Backs Massive Increase in Defense Spending

    OAN Newsroom

    The House passes its version of a massive defense bill backing President Trump’s desire for a bigger and stronger military.

    The 344 to 81 vote passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military policy and authorizes nearly $700 billion in spending for the Department of Defense.

    The measure also increases spending on missile defense by 25%, adds thousands of more active duty troops to the army, provides new ships for the navy, and a salary increase for u-s troops.

    It also creates a new Space Corps military service.

    The Senate will vote on its version of the bill later this year.

    http://www.oann.com/house-backs-massive-increase-in-defense-spending/

  6. Chinese Ship Spotted Off Coast of Alaska Amid U.S. THAAD Missile Test

    A Chinese military ship is spotted in international waters off the coast of Alaska.

    The vessel arrived shortly before the U.S. successfully conducted another THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense test this week.

    A U.S. Navy spokesman says the ship is believed to be either a communications or intelligence vessel, but would not confirm its intent.

    China has protested the deployment of the THAAD system to the Korean Peninsula, saying it could be used against Chinese missiles.

    U.S. and South Korean officials say the system would only be used to intercept missiles coming from North Korea.

    http://www.oann.com/chinese-ship-spotted-off-coast-of-alaska-amid-u-s-thaad-missile-test/

  7. In bizarre twist, elderly GOP booster who hunted for Hillary’s missing emails died of…suicide
    By Cade Pelerine July 14, 2017

    Whatever it is that causes suicide-prone people to wander into Hillary Clinton’s orbit, it seems to have struck again.

    LU’s J.E. Dyer wrote in June about Peter W. Smith, a long-time GOP operative who arranged for a team of online sleuths to search for Hillary Clinton’s 33,000 missing emails. These were the emails from her private account that Clinton failed to turn over to the State Department:

    The basic story line is that Peter W. Smith, an octogenarian private-equity investor, supporter of the GOP, and security policy dilettante, assembled a team in September 2016 to look for Hillary’s 33,000-odd “missing” emails — the ones she failed to turn over to the State Department for review. Smith’s theory was that there was probably a hacker group out there that had obtained the emails from her non-secure home-brew server. His team found some leads, including two with Russian connections, but never considered anything they found worth pursuing.

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/07/14/bizarre-twist-elderly-gop-booster-hunted-hillarys-missing-emails-died-suicide/

  8. When it comes to North Korea, Trump’s got more options than most people realize
    By LU Staff July 14, 2017

    Over two decades of ineffective policies have failed to prevent North Korea from developing weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them to distant cities, but while the situation may appear bleak, the U.S. is by no means out of options.

    This year, the North Korean military has successfully tested a batch of new short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, as well as an intercontinental ballistic missile, advancing its weapons development program at an accelerated rate and escalating the threat to the U.S. and its allies.

    The North has demonstrated over the course of multiple tests that it has operational nuclear weapons, and after five tests, it likely has the ability to pair a nuclear payload with a ballistic missile.

    Having announced the abandonment of the Obama administration’s policy of “strategic patience,” the Trump administration’s approach to North Korea is one of “maximum pressure and engagement,” which involves economic sanctions, military deterrence, and diplomatic pressure in an effort to force Pyongyang to the negotiating table. The administration is also strongly encouraging China to increase pressure on the North Korean regime.

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/07/14/when-it-comes-to-north-korea-trumps-got-more-options-than-most-people-realize/

    Richard: If, I repeat if we have time (which I doubt given what is happening around the world) the ideas spelled out in the article stand a fairly good chance to work. the problem is that as is stated in the early part of the article North Korea has successfully tested short, intermediate long and Inter continental missiles and according some reports the ability to fit nuclear weapons to the missiles. I doubt the reports about North Korea having the ability to MIRV their warheads even though Bill Clinton gave China the technology to do this.

  9. Indonesia blocks messaging app ‘full of terrorist propaganda’ (alaraby, Jul 15, 2017)
    https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/7/15/indonesia-blocks-telegram-messaging-app-over-terrorism-content

    “Indonesia has blocked access to the encrypted messaging service Telegram, over concerns that it was being used to spread “radical and terrorist propaganda” in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

    The move comes amid heightened concerns over the growing presence and influence of the Islamic State group in Southeast Asia as the hardline Sunni militants loses territory in Syria and Iraq.

    Indonesia itself has seen a resurgence in home-grown militancy, inspired in large part by IS; a twin suicide bombing at a Jakarta bus station in May killed three police officers and injured several others. It has stepped up anti-terrorism cooperation with Malaysia and the Philippines.

    “This has to be done because there are many channels on this service that are full of radical and terrorist propaganda, hatred, ways to make bombs, how to carry out attacks, disturbing images, which are all in conflict with Indonesian law,” the communications ministry said in a statement on its website.

    Telegram is a messaging platform known to be popular among Islamic State sympathisers, who use chatrooms with hundreds of members as well as private conversations…”

  10. Saudi police kill ‘wanted terrorist’ in restive Shia province (alaraby, Jul 15, 2017)
    https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/7/15/saudi-police-kill-wanted-terrorist-in-restive-shia-province

    “Saudi police have killed a wanted “terrorist” in the Shia-majority eastern district of Qatif, where there has been a string of attacks on security forces, local media said on Saturday.

    Jaafar al-Mobireek was killed late on Friday in an operation in the city of Saihat, in Eastern Province, al-Jazirah newspaper reported, adding that he was a member of a “Qatif cell.”

    The suspect was one of nine people wanted by the interior ministry and had been involved in targeting people and security forces and “vandalising public, security and economic installations,” the paper said.

    The district has been rocked by unrest since 2011, when Shia protests erupted to demand equality in the Gulf kingdom. Authorities have blamed the violence on “terrorists” and drug traffickers.

    On Thursday, a border guard was shot dead and another wounded when their patrol came under fire on al-Ramis coast in Qatif, Arab News daily reported citing an interior ministry statement.

    Home to a significant number of the kingdom’s minority Shia Muslims – who have traditionally complained of marginalisation – Qatif has recently seen mounting attacks on police.

    Three police officers have been killed and several wounded in Qatif since last month, while two suspects died when their car exploded, according to the authorities.

    Saudi authorities on Tuesday executed four men convicted of “terrorist crimes”, including attacks on police and rioting in Qatif.

    Human rights group Amnesty International reported 158 death penalties in the country for 2015, the highest annual rate in the past two decades.

    Saudi Arabia has a strict Islamic legal code under which murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death.”

  11. “Klayman Reveals Prosecutorial Misconduct in Bundy Case and Cover-Up of Extortion 17 Afghan Tragedy!”
    Guests: Charlie Strange & Doug Hamburger
    Freedom Watch – July 14, 2017

  12. Christian teenager detained in Pakistan for blasphemy (abcnews, Jul 15, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/christian-teenager-detained-pakistan-blasphemy-48655492

    “Pakistani police say a Christian teenager has been detained on blasphemy charges for allegedly using derogatory remarks against Islam’s prophet Muhammad.

    Umair Ahmed, a police officer in the town of Kharian in eastern Punjab province, said Saturday that the teenager, 16, was booked a day earlier and relocated for his safety. Ahmed said the youth was working at a local hospital.

    Under Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, anyone accused of insulting God, Islam or other religious figures can be sentenced to death.

    Rights organizations say the law is often misused to settle personal scores.

    Earlier this year, a university student was lynched in northwestern Pakistan for alleged blasphemy. The charges were later found to be baseless.”

  13. Sweden hires (more) clowns to better integration

    A total of SEK 25 million is now being invested in so-called improved migration processes in Sweden. The money goes to four different actors, including Clowns Without Borders, writes the Swedish Migration Board in a press release. The organization will “play” for a better integration.

    The four new projects have been co-financed with a total of SEK 25 million for their different project ideas in the immigration process.

    One of the organizations to receive money is Clowns without Borders, which, according to its website, works with initiatives such as “Welcome to Sweden,” where where they perform at asylum accommodations. The asylum seekers can even try the circus life.

    “Other organizations make people survive. We get people to start living again,” writes Clowns without Borders Sweden on its website.

    The purpose of the new millions is that the clowns will “create meetings through playing”, writes the Migration Board.

    “The new projects that now receive support will contribute to an improved migration process for third-country nationals,” says Mikael J Zaar, Head of the Migration Board, which manages the support on behalf of the government.

    Third-country nationals are people who are not citizens of the EU.

    The millions also go to Jämtland-Härjedalens Idrottsförbund, Strömsund municipality and the Red Cross.

    Having clowns to handle the integration is nothing new in Sweden. It has been done for years. What’s new is that they will be wearing costumes and having big red noses.

    http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.3911/sweden-hires-more-clowns-to-better-integration.html

    • The asylum seekers can even try the circus life.

      They’ll be a perfect fit for playing cannibal chiefs in the freak show.

  14. Deutsche Welle – Two German tourists killed in knife attack at Egyptian resort of Hurghada

    Two German tourists have been killed in a knife attack at the Egyptian holiday resort town of Hurghada. Officials said the suspected “Islamic State” inspired attack intentionally targeted foreign tourists.

    […]Possible ‘Islamic State’ links

    The motive for the attack is still under investigation, but it appeared to be inspired by IS calls to attack foreigners and Coptic Christians.

    Security sources in Egypt said the assailant had been identified as a 28-year-old university graduate from the Nile Delta province, north of Cairo.

    “He communicated with the organization via internet and was given the task of attacking foreign tourists on Hurghada beaches,” a security source told German dpa news agency.

    Another source told AFP news agency that the man had confessed to sharing IS ideology.

    There has been no claim of responsibilty from IS. […]

    http://www.dw.com/en/two-german-tourists-killed-in-knife-attack-at-egyptian-resort-of-hurghada/a-39699328

    First picture of ‘knifeman’ pinned down by heroic hotel staff after Egypt beach stabbing rampage

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/first-picture-of-knifeman-pinned-down-by-heroic-hotel-staff-after-egypt-beach-stabbing-rampage-a3588611.html

  15. Iran police fatally shoot knife attacker in Tehran metro: TV

    Tehran police shot dead a man who attacked a clergyman and other people with a knife at a metro station on Saturday, Iranian state television reported.
    Hadi Tamhidi, deputy governor of the Shar-e Rey district in south Tehran, said the unidentified man attacked the clergyman with a knife after a dispute, and injured another man.

    Police shot and wounded the assailant, who later died of his injuries, Tamhidi said, adding that the assailant was mentally “unbalanced”.

    A spokesman for the metro said traffic at the Shar-e Rey station had returned to normal after the incident.

    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/273627/World/Region/Iran-police-fatally-shoot-knife-attacker-in-Tehran.aspx

  16. Malaysia – ‘Caning in Islam not an act of torture’

    KOTA BARU: Kelantan wants to show the world the proper caning method, as the pu­­nishment meted out under Syariah laws is aimed at teaching and not an act of torture, said State Islamic Development Committee chairman Datuk Nassuruddin Daud.

    He said imposing caning outside the prison was timely to show the world how it should be done under Syariah laws.

    “Unlike whipping in Western-influenced secular laws that can cause bleeding, caning in Islam is not meant to torture the convict but to teach the offender a lesson so as not to repeat the offence.

    “That is why we went to great lengths to explain the method, including the directive not to hold the cane above the shoulder when punishing the convicted person, so that the pressure would be less and not cause bodily injuries.

    “We have even specified the maximum length and diameter of the cane,” he said, adding that the length of the cane must be 1.22m with a diameter of 1.25cm.

    Nassuruddin said this in response to mixed reaction from public interest groups after the Kelantan Legislative Assembly passed the Syariah Criminal Procedure Enactment (2002) Amendment (2017) Bill that allowed caning outside the prison walls.

    In a related development, PAS information chief Nasrudin Hassan hit out at critics who condemned the Kelantan government for imposing public caning.

    “It is unfortunate they are airing views that are far from the truth,” he said.

    He said those airing views from a narrow perspective would not see the bigger picture.

    “You won’t be able to describe the elephant before you if you only hold its leg,” he added.

    He said that although the amendment to the Enactment involved various other matters to further improve the Syariah criminal procedures, critics tend to harp only on public caning.

    “Critics accused Kelantan of being obsessed with punishment. But is it not ironic that the critics are obsessed with punishing Kelantan without checking the details?” he asked.

    Nasrudin added that the critics did not understand the difference between corporal pu­­nish­ment and measures undertaken for social security.

    http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/15/caning-in-islam-not-an-act-of-torture-punishment-designed-to-teach-offender-says-kelantan-exco-membe/

  17. Channel 4 – The war against Isis: the elite Tiger Forces in Syria

    They are said to be one of the most effective groups fighting for President Assad. The Tiger Forces are an elite unite of the Syrian army waging war against Islamic State militants. Little is know about them and they have a fearsome reputation. But Channel 4 News has gained rare access, and spent the day with them on their frontline, battling IS.

  18. SITE – Call to Attack Wimbledon Final, Suggestion to Bomb Former EDL Leader by Pro-IS Telegram Channel

    After its repeated calls to lone-wolf jihadists to attack during Wimbledon and “copycat” the May 22, 2017, Manchester Arena bombing, a pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel once more incited to strike the tennis tournament, and also suggested bombing former English Defense League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson.

    https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/call-to-attack-wimbledon-final-suggestion-to-bomb-former-edl-leader-by-pro-is-telegram-channel.html

  19. DAILY MAIL – Mac gets mocked: French President Emmanuel Macron is ridiculed over his official portrait… including a cheeky nod to how he met his wife

    Emmanuel Macron revealed his official presidential portrait on Twitter
    It shows the French leader, 39, standing at his desk in the Elysee Palace in Paris
    Photoshop users have reimagined the image in hilarious memes
    One pokes fun at how Marcon met his wife Brigitte, 64, when she was his teacher at school

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4654898/French-President-Emmanuel-Macron-s-official-portrait-memes.html

    PIC :

    http://oi64.tinypic.com/158bk79.jpg

  20. FRANCE – Muslims burned 897 cars to mark Bastille Day

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    Fête nationale : 897 voitures ont été brûlées dans la nuit des 13 et 14 juillet

    Le ministère de l’Intérieur a communiqué sur l’étendue des dégâts, qui est en très légère hausse par rapport à 2016.

    Les soirées des 13 et 14 juillet, au cours desquelles toutes les communes de France organisent leurs traditionnels feu d’artifice et bal populaire, ont été émaillé, comme chaque année, par des mises à feu de voitures. En 2017, le ministère de l’Intérieur a comptabilisé pas moins de 897 véhicules brûlés lors des deux dernières nuits. En outre, 368 personnes ont été placées en garde à vue.

    Un chiffre en très légère hausse par rapport à l’année 2016. L’an passé, 855 véhicules avaient pris feu quand 577 personnes avaient été placées en garde à vue. Le ministère estime, dans son communiqué, que l’importante mobilisation des forces de l’ordre a permis de limiter le nombre d’incidents.

    http://www.rtl.fr/actu/societe-faits-divers/fete-nationale-897-voitures-ont-ete-brulees-dans-la-nuit-des-13-et-14-juillet-7789362516

  21. Turkey: Erdogan joins huge crowds at National Unity March in Ankara

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the National Unity March in Ankara, on Saturday, to mark the one-year anniversary of the failed coup in Turkey.

    • Turkey: Thousands commemorate anniversary of failed coup in Istanbul’s ‘National Unity March’

  22. Who is Judge William Orrick III?

    From rulings that favor of Planned Parenthood to refusing to remove a block on a Trump sanctuary city order, Judge Orrick seems to a history of judicial left-wing activism. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton has insight #Tucker

  23. EGYPT ALEXANDRIA – Knifeman attacks Egypt church guard: police

    An Egyptian Muslim stabbed and wounded a security guard after being prevented from entering a church in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Saturday, a senior police official told AFP.

    The man was quickly subdued by the guard and others who rushed to help and is being questioned, the official said.

    https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/7/15/knifeman-attacks-egypt-church-guard-police

    • …..Smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger tips of them……

      the victim

    • Through his Open Door policy adopted when he became prime minister this strange and odious man Blair precipitated mass immigration into Britain on a scale never seen before and contributed heavily to the creeping islamisation of a once great country.

  24. ‘Offensive and Disgraceful’: Protesters Cheer as City of Halifax Shrouds Cornwallis Statue

    https://redpowermedia.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/offensive-and-disgraceful-protesters-cheer-as-city-of-halifax-shrouds-cornwallis-statue/

    HALIFAX – -Protesters celebrate as Cornwallis statue covered up

    Municipal crews draped a black cloth over a statue of Edward Cornwallis in a downtown Halifax park Saturday while protesters chanted and others raised their fists in the air during the Micmac Honor Song.

    • HAMBURG JULY 06 2017 – Justin Trudeau Talks Feminist Foreign Aid at Global Citizen Festival Hamburg

  25. Switzerland: Rally held in solidarity with G20 protesters detained in Hamburg

    Protesters marched in solidarity with the detainees of the G20 protests in Bern, on Saturday. Banners mocked the heavy-handed tactics of the German police questioning the use of pepper spray during the G20 protests in Hamburg last week.

  26. Germany: Nuremberg’s Turkish community marks first anniversary of failed coup

  27. France: Pro-Palestinian activists protest Netanyahu attendance at Vel’ d’Hiv roundup

    • I remember a couple of years ago when a whole bunch of “Palestinians” showed up at Madison & Clinton downtown Chicago and blocked off the street with their protests. How the “F” did they all get here? People are going to be amazed by the shear size of the enemy force that George W. Bush and The Great and Powerful Obama have allowed into this country to fester as an expanding puss-filled sore. Vdare is right: we need to cease all immigration immediately, especially the so-called “family reunification” chain migration.

  28. #Charlie Guard vs. #Shave the children = EU migrant crisis

    George Carlin: Fuck the children!

  29. Italy: German naval ship brings 923 migrants and refugees to Calabria

    A German naval vessel, the Rhein, arrived at the port of Corigliano Calabro in Calabria, Italy carrying a total of 923 migrants and refugees, on Saturday. The group is composed of 595 men, 121 women, of whom 14 are pregnant and 203 are minors, all hail from sub-Saharan Africa.

    • Italy: Messina Mayor cuts power to migrant accommodation

      Locals of the Castell ‘Umberto commune in Messina protested against the arrival of a new group of migrants, Saturday, with the Messina’s mayor Vincenzo Civa Lionetto cutting off electricity supply to a former hotel, where the migrants were placed.

    • Sinking that expensive Elbe-class vessel at sea, even with the loss of all crew, probably would be less expensive than the eventual cost of landing almost another thousand parasitic “refugees”.

      At around $30K per year, per person—that equates to some $30MM (million) per year. Spread that across 30 or 35 years and you’ve got an easy billion dollars. None of which includes all the court costs, hospitalization, student loans, victim rehabilitation, imprisonment, deportations, etc.

      One single terrorist attack by somebody on that boat could jump the figure by another several million dollars. Remember, just the Pulse Night Club shooting in Orlando, Florida alone ran up $5.5MM in hospital bills.

      So, remember that rule-of-thumb:

      1 EU “Immigrant” = 1 million dollars in social benefits.

      Now, is anyone willing to tell me what the average, cumulative lifetime earning power (i.e., taxable income) of these “immigrants” will be? Remember, only about 25% of them ever are expected to assimilate into the labor force with any degree of success.

      Each of these boatloads represents millions of dollars being flushed down the toilet of ZERO assimilation, more terrorism, rapes, grooming, corruption, gang activity, assaults, along with all of the other destructive and insanely expensive anti-Western behavior these parasites bring with them.

      Germany, Sweden, Britain, and France cannot print money fast enough to accommodate the endless economic drain that each one of these hostile retards represent.

      Merkel and her ilk deserve to be charged, tried, convicted, and executed for crimes against humanity. At the very least, they have taken their nations’ wealth and frittered it away on a social engineering experiment that had ZERO chance of success from the very start.

      Finally, add in all the premature deaths of indigenous European citizens that will perish from the implosion of their health care system, social benefits, housing availability, and every other shortage that will be caused by the EU’s suicidal immigration policy. This is just one of the concealed (i.e., future) crimes that few have had the courage to talk about.

      This situation is so imperative that the trials and executions of these traitors cannot happen fast enough to shrink the looming economic meltdown that awaits. Death and destruction on a scale not seen since WWII is just around the corner. There will be grim satisfaction (but no solace) to be had from watching the current crop of Antifa hoodlums get their asses repeatedly handed to them by their Muslim pets.

      I weep for Europe.

  30. BANNED: Words ‘Lady” and “Gentleman” by London railway network
    Make Britain Great Again
    Make Britain Great Again

  31. Italy Considering ‘Nuclear Option’ to Send Migrants Into Northern Europe (breitbart, Jul 15, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/15/italian-government-plots-nuclear-option-send-migrants-northwards/

    “Senior Italian government figures are threatening to issue European Union visas to 200,000 migrants, granting them unrestricted access to the bloc’s borderless Schengen Zone.
    Deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro and Senator Luigi Manconi told The Times that the government was discussing issuing migrants with temporary visas which would allow them to leave Italy and move freely through the bloc’s 26 Schengen countries.

    Mr. Giro and others from the ruling Democratic Party believe Italy can exploit the little-known European Council Directive 2001/55, drafted after the Balkans conflict, to give temporary EU entry permits to ‘displaced people’ – triggering another wave of mass migration into Northern Europe.

    “Letting migrants travel once they reach Italy would create a real problem for our EU neighbours. But I hope it would force France to confront the migrant problem head on,” the government minister said…”

  32. Breaking News! Far Left: Immature & Entitled – MORE at 11!
    Black Pigeon Speaks
    Black Pigeon Speaks

  33. I just don’t know how to take this one Donkeyman, everyone else. Thoughts please.

    The Consequences of Destroying Gender Dynamics
    Computing Forever
    Computing Forever

    • Thoughts please.

      Note: Please keep in mind that the Ngram Viewer cuts off in the year 2000.

      A huge part of the (mis)behavior this video portrays descends from the 1960s war that was declared on the human ego. Using the Google Books Ngram Viewer, the word “ego” peaked in usage around 1973 and has been in continuous decline ever since.

      “Egotistical” peaked in 1923, while “conceited” peaked in 1827 and so did “conceit” around that same time. All three words have steadily decayed in use ever since then.

      Conversely, “altruism” first peaked in 1919, then descended to a major low in the 1960s but, very tellingly, hit an all-time high in 2000 (the most recent date that the Ngram Viewer can search for).

      For clarity, “self” has doggedly risen in usage with little in the way of serious declines between 1800 and 2000.

      “Selflessness” began liftoff in 1880 and was still climbing as of 2000. Like wise with “selfless”. “Selfish”, however, has been in near-continuous decline since 1851. “Self-centered” has recently returned to the peak levels it hit in 1919 and 1928.

      A personal favorite (for reasons I’ll explain later), “self absorbed” hit a serious trough in 1962 but has risen steadily ever since and hit its all-time high in 1999 with a slight decline by 2000. Curiously, “self-absorbed” (hyphenated), stayed on a plateau during the early 1900s and then, in 1960, began its ascent to an all-time high in 2000.

      For fairly obvious reasons (i.e., WWI), “self sacrifice” peaked in 1916 and has largely declined ever since. For information’s sake, “self-sacrifice (hyphenated), follows much of the same trajectory.

      With odd spikes in 1910, 1931, and 1954, “self obsessed” zeroed out in 1960 then proceeded to peak in 1996 and has hovered there ever since. Curiously, “self-obsessed” (hyphenated), had no preceding spikes and merely began its continuous climb in 1904 to an undisputed peak in 2000.

      “Narcissism” peaked in 1994, with a slight decline since then. “Narcissist” has tracked with “narcissism” pretty well but has not declined and continued to peak by 2000.

      “Feminism” peaked in 1996 and, since then has undergone a slight decline. Although there was a brief flicker in the late 60s and early 70s, it wasn’t until 1988 that “feminazi” began skyrocketing. Strangely, “Feminazi” (capitalized) peaked in 1995 and then began oscillating.

      “Male chauvinism” peaked in 1974 and has declined ever since. Likewise, “chauvinist”, peaked in 1978 and has declined ever since. Unsurprisingly, “male privilege” began its remorseless ascent (from almost zero) in the 1960s and was still peaking in 2000. Similarly, “white privilege” has tracked “male privilege” with great precision.

      Now, let’s look at this list of words: (in order)

      • Ego
      • Egotistical
      • Conceited
      • Conceit
      • Altruism
      • Self
      • Selflessness
      • Selfless
      • Selfish
      • Self absorbed
      • Self-absorbed
      • Self sacrifice
      • Self-sacrifice
      • Self obsessed
      • Self-obsessed
      • Narcissism
      • Narcissist
      • Feminism
      • feminazi
      • Feminazi
      • Male chauvinism
      • Chauvinist
      • Male privilege
      • White privilege

      I wish there was some way of producing an overlay chart. As should be obvious, modern society has declared the human ego to be vile. The same goes for “conceit” of any sort.

      “Altruism” has become a favored virtue and bludgeon with which to assault the self and any notion of personal worth. Please do not confuse the more recent “self-esteem” craze with any healthy emphasis of the self.

      To quote an anonymous wag:

      Never has there been a generation with so much self-esteem, nor for so little reason.

      Sounds like Churchill to me—were he still alive.

      Few things better epitomize this obsession with self-esteem than “autoromance” or “self marriage”. This is toxic narcissism taken to its zenith.

      Personally, I find this modern obsession with self-esteem so noxious that even the most disillusioned Feminists will be unlikely to cast aside their thoroughly ingrained misandry and readopt heterosexual, nuclear family values. Perhaps new generations of children, raised without supping at the table of these poisonous fruits, may have a better chance at being “normal”.

      As part of personally rebelling against the assault upon ego, I have taken up the term, “self-absorbed”. Few terms more concisely describe the current generations of entitled, unthinking, tantrum-prone Yuppies and Millennials.

      I cannot help but take this video as direct confirmation of these beliefs.