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Canadian artist and counter-jihad and freedom of speech activist as well as devout Schrödinger's catholic

131 Replies to “Reader’s links for June 17, 2018”

    • Why do Muslims always go to Christian countries?

      The answer is quite simple. Here in the West these Olympic-grade whiners will be perpetually offended by everything that they see or hear. This one factor alone allows them to switch over into permanent Victim-Mode Status™.

      Clearly, another incentive is that, in Christian lands, this leering, self-fondling, pawing, slavering, filth can get away with crimes and misdemeanors (especially of a sexual nature) which would see them, back home, having various appendages forcibly detached, if not just a swift and complete removal of the entire skull-like object.

      Obviously, there is the Hegira which demands infiltration and subversion—especially by young, fighting-age men—of all non-Muslim countries (along with installation of sharia law). However, as can be seen, these cretins are having way too much fun groping, molesting, and raping (if not gang-raping) young Caucasian European girls and boys to be overly concerned about implementing Koranic invasion doctrine. Especially not when the New Euro-Trash™ (i.e., predatory Muslims and their willing collaborators) are doing so much of their job for them.

      After all, why pull out to go perform some tiresome, odious chore that EU legislators and local law enforcement are falling all over themselves to do for them?

      What could possibly go wrong?

  2. K.A.T.I.E H.O.P.K.I.N.S talks to Worlds Apart about London, Sadiq Khan and Russia

    ( 28 min )

    • She is one of the leaders of the fight against the Deep State/the Swamp/The Sewer, may she live a long time and keep giving us the benefit of her great intellect.

    • Now if only we could find a beast with a taste for tard. Or is this in bad taste?

      • Preferably, for a virus
        To take something that cures us,
        And innoculate the porus
        From a python who eats them whole.

      • “Now if only we could find a beast with a taste for tard. Or is this in bad taste?”

        Ask any self-respecting cannibal and they’d probably provide the same answer about Muslims that’s given as to why they dislike cooking up clowns:

        They taste funny.

        [bah dum bum!]

    • ty
      Imagine: Everything but the sandals and machete!
      I was sure she’d be alive. Like Jonah in the whale.
      What was the cause of death? Did she suffocate? Break her neck? I’d love to read the autopsy report.

      • “What was the cause of death?”

        Most likely an acid attack. In this particularly rare instance, it seems to have involved herpetological gastric juices, rather than the usual (and far-more-frequently preferred) admixture of automotive battery electrolytics.

        Truth be told, this predator was most likely of the Boinae family and probably gave this unfortunate gal a nice prolonged (suffocating and bone-crushing) squeezey-hug before going for the big nungamunch. As in, you can bet the farm that she was reliably dead before the jaw-unhinging and personally guided tour began.

        • Compacted, then.
          Didn’t mention any fluid residue around the sandals, though you’d expect some liquid to leak out during the compacting process.

          • These serpentine squeezers are really good at not juicing their prey overly-much, ahead of time. They’ve only been practicing at this for a gazillion years…

  12. Berlin equips prisoners with tablets for 1.3 million euros

    The Berlin Senate has provided 35 prisoners with tablets with limited Internet access. The inmates can write emails about the devices or watch “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”.

    As part of a rehabilitation project, 35 prisoners at Heidering Penitentiary have received tablets with limited Internet access. During the test phase, the inmates of the men’s prison can learn languages, send e-mails to the family and take a driver’s license test, among other things. The RTL program “Wer werden Millionär” and Wikipedia are also available. In this way, the prisoners shall acquire knowledge. In total, only 20 websites have been activated. Among them are the media libraries of the Public Law Department and the website of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

    On Wednesday, Justice Senator Dirk Behrendt (Green Party) said that the project, which is unique in Germany and was designed in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Focus Institute, is intended to increase the prisoners’ everyday competence and promote social rehabilitation. The system, which is initially limited to three months, is “put through its paces so that prisoners don’t make fun of things or do mischief,” he emphasized.

    A total of EUR 1.3 million was released for the test phase. Especially the installation of a specially secured plan was particularly expensive, reports the “Berliner Morgenpost”. A report on the test should be available in October. Behrendt wants to purchase tablets free of charge for all prisons by September 2021 (end of legislation). There are currently 4024 prisoners there.

    http://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Panorama/Berlin-stattet-Gefangene-fuer-1-3-Millionen-Euro-mit-Tablets-aus

    2 months ago:

    Overcrowded prisons

    Berlin’s prisoners to be released from prison more quickly

    Senator of Justice Dirk Behrendt (Greens) wants prisoners to be released prematurely more often. Criticism comes from the CDU.

    Senator of Justice Dirk Behrendt (Greens) wants prisoners to be released more frequently before serving their full prison term. “Premature dismissals after serving two thirds of the sentence would not only help people to live a life of impunity in freedom earlier, but would also relieve our prisons,” Behrendt told the Berliner Morgenpost.

    According to the administration of justice, Berlin is currently at the bottom of the list in Germany in the case of premature dismissals. According to official statistics, 244 prisoners were released in the capital last year (until November). This corresponds to a ratio of 6.8 percent. The average rate in all German states was 14.3 percent, in Bavaria 20 percent and in Bremen even slightly more than 25 percent.

    “We now want to find out why this is the case,” said Behrendt. As part of a research project, scientists from the Criminological Service of the Administration of Justice are to present an analysis next year. Then further action could be taken. “Berlin would catch up with the other federal states in terms of an increase in early layoffs,” said Behrendt.

    https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article214000877/Berlins-Haeftlinge-sollen-frueher-aus-Haft-entlassen-werden.html

    • “As part of a rehabilitation project, 35 prisoners at Heidering Penitentiary have received tablets with limited Internet access. During the test phase, the inmates of the men’s prison can learn languages, send e-mails to the family and take a driver’s license test, among other things.”

      Perfect. Just fecking parfait. Let’s examine this peculiar process, shall we?

      STEP ONE: Take (and pass) the driver’s license test while in prison.

      STEP TWO: Notify your family, via government-provided tablet email that—upon release from prison—you want to be met with a large rental van available for immediate use.

      STEP THREE: Go out and do the Ramavan Death Race™.

      STEP FOUR: Appear before an arraigning magistrate and whimper piteously about your poor potty training, harrowing (illegal) migration ordeal, and eventually blame all charges upon being radicalized during incarceration—such that absolutely none of this could ever have possibly your own fault.

      STEP FIVE: Walk Scot free without so much as a day’s probation or community service requirement due to the bench fearing the least hint of “racism”.

      STEP SIX: Go down to the local mosque and endlessly brag about it. Then, instruct other prospective jihadis regarding the intricacies of manipulating the EU legal system like a heroin addicted Rotherham preteen sex-slave.

      STEP SEVEN: Rinse and repeat.

      STEP EIGHT: This is where things go off of the rails. As in, when indigenous Limeys get their fill of this ridiculous pseudo-legal double-standard, police eyes-askance, judicially flaccid, and flagrant open resistance to ensuring that there is equal protection under the law. When the seals on that pressure cooker fail, beware.

    • … German MP predicts Merkel could be OUSTED end of NEXT WEEK…

      Be still my beating heart…

  14. Boston Globe suspends columnist accused of embellishing Boston Marathon bombings story

    Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen has been suspended without pay for three months after “serious violations” in remarks he made about the Boston Marathon bombings — a penalty his union says he’s going to fight.

    Scott Steeves, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, told the Herald last night Cullen will take his case to arbitration.

    http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2018/06/boston_globe_suspends_columnist_accused_of_embellishing_boston_marathon

  15. Everybody Ran’: Deadly Shooting Breaks Out at New Jersey Festival
    Details of the death and the condition of those injured were not immediately available

    A gunman is dead and at least 20 others injured after a shooting broke out at the 12th annual Art All Night festival in Trenton, New Jersey, officials said.

    The deadly shooting began around 2:50 a.m. Sunday. A witness described hearing gunshots and then seeing people take cover.

    https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/1-Dead-Several-Injured-in-Trenton-Art-Festival-Shooting-485766011.html

    • 20 injured, suspect killed in Trenton arts festival shooting

      TRENTON (WPVI) —
      Twenty people including a child were injured and a suspect was killed after gunfire broke out during a 24 hour arts festival in Trenton, New Jersey.

      Sixteen of those injured suffered gunshot wounds, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said Sunday morning. A 13-year-old boy and three other people are in critical condition.

      The Mercer County’s Prosecutors Office Homicide Task Force is taking over the investigation as there was an officer-involved shooting in the incident, officials said.

      It happened around 2:45 a.m. Sunday at the ‘Art All Night Trenton 2018’ festival at the Roebling Wire Works Building on the 600 block of South Clinton Avenue.

      http://6abc.com/20-injured-suspect-killed-in-trenton-arts-festival-shooting/3612187/

  16. Canadian Officials Rush to Support U.S. Envoy After Death Threat

    Top Canadian officials, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, rushed to express support for Ambassador Kelly Craft after a package containing a suspicious substance and a death threat was mailed to the U.S. diplomat.

    The incident came as tensions remain high in Canada over a brewing tariff fight, which erupted over Donald Trump’s criticism of Trudeau as “dishonest & weak,” the president’s refusal to endorse the final communique at the Group of Seven summit a week ago, and Canada’s outrage that tariffs have been applied under the pretext of national security.

    White powder was found Thursday in an package addressed to Craft at the U.S. embassy in Ottawa and discovered by a mail-room employee at the ambassador’s residence, an embassy official said. The police were contacted, and tests determined the substance wasn’t harmful.

    An expletive-filled letter containing death threats against Craft, Trump, and members of Trump’s family was also enclosed, said the official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-16/canadian-officials-rush-to-support-u-s-envoy-after-death-threat

  17. Less than one in 20 street robberies and burglaries are being solved by police, new figures reveal

    Less than one in 20 street robberies and burglaries are being solved in the UK, shocking new figures have revealed.

    Official police data shows that just four per cent of robberies and three per cent of burglaries were solved in England and Wales in 2017.

    The figures will fuel concerns that there is a crisis in the nation’s policing, with one MP describing London as ‘the Wild West’.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5853179/Less-one-20-street-robberies-burglaries-solved-police-new-figures-reveal.html

    • Nigeria plunged in to darkness by power grid meltdown as millions watched World Cup build-up on TV

      Boy howdy! Ya gotta know that—without a microsecond’s outcry, there could be a hundred people each day, immolating themselves whilst illegally “tapping” into petroleum pipelines even as—this electrical blackout amidst World Cup broadcasts will cause more social unrest than anything short of mass summary executions.

      I continue to smirk at this world’s infantile dependency upon sports-related identity “politics”. There are few easier ways to get yourself psychologically hamstrung and puppeted around like some Medieval marionette than to exhibit rabid fan status—be it FIFA, NFL, MLB, or whatever sundry endless branch of NCAA collegiate athletic conferences (yeah, hockey, too).

      Do so and you place your @ss in a corporate-controlled sling that has no compunction about herding you into a dozen “Manchesters”, just so long as they make their gate.

        • “Bread and circuses, they were watching the modern gladiators.”

          Too right, Richard!

          Much more, later tonight. Your comments would be specifically welcome. All of the usual suspects know that the welcome mat’s out for them, too. “We’ll leave a light on…”

  19. Over 60% of Canadians Back Acceptance of Rohingya Refugees – Poll (sputniknews, Jun 17, 2018)
    https://sputniknews.com/world/201806171065482913-canada-rohingya-refugees/

    “More than 60 percent of Canadians support the acceptance of the Rohingya refugees, the recent survey said.

    Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, have been fleeing their homes to avoid waves of violence following the government’s deployment of police and military units in response to an August 25 attack by Rohingya insurgents on security posts in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine.

    The Nanos Research survey conducted for CTV News said Saturday that 37 percent of respondents support and 25 percent “somewhat support” acceptance of refugees.
    The poll added that 18 percent of Canadians oppose the initiative, while 14 percent more “somewhat oppose” it.

    The poll was conducted among 1,000 adult Canadians on May 30-June 3 and has a margin of error of +/-3.1 percentage points.”

    • Uninformed Canadians. Fake news and Liberals achieved success, of which Bob Rae and Chrystia Freeland. Most Canadians truly are stupid.

      • Fake ethnic minority, too.

        Generic Bengali tards the MB’s promoting as yet another ethnic minority victim class.

        This lot multiplies at an astonishing rate. They overflowed the border of Bangladesh, squatting in the Rahkine Province of Burma/Myanmar. Then laid claim to it, per usual: rape, forced conversions, sharia terrorism against the indigenous Buddhists.

        Let ’em into Canada and you’ll get a no-go zone in no-time flat. Followed by demands for a province all their own.

        The world needs another Bangladesh like Baby Doc needs another (_o_).

        • “Fake ethnic minority…”

          Thank you, yucki. This is the bottom line and everything else is the usual Islamic victimhood window dressing.

          Muslims will unhesitatingly produce an interminable torrent of specific and seemingly distinct “refugee” or “oppressed” victim classes (just like their endless “alphabet soup” of terrorist organizations) until the world finally purchases a clue and unequivocally tells Islam, “Awwww .. shaddap!!!.

          Until then, it’ll be Hejira business-as-usual, which can only lead to complete and total catastrophe (another thing that Islam secretly craves).

  20. 17 killed in stampede after brawl at crowded Caracas club

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Seventeen people were killed at a crowded nightclub in Venezuela’s capital Saturday after a tear gas device exploded during a brawl and triggered a desperate stampede among hundreds gathered for a graduation celebration, government officials said.

    Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the incident at the “Los Cotorros” club in the middle-class neighborhood of El Paraiso left eight minors dead and five injured. Eight people were detained, including two teens believed responsible for setting off the tear gas canister.

    https://apnews.com/906d30f06bfa47d69433ed7865d697bb

  23. Those times Obama held illegal minors in detention for months – and placed them with sex and human traffickers
    By J.E. Dyer June 17, 2018

    A sort of corporate insanity has erupted in the last few days over the (highly undesirable) separation of some minor children from their parents when illegal migrants are detained at the U.S. border.

    The topic obviously must awaken strong emotions. But it need not be brokered and debated through the use of lies and shameless hyperbole.

    It is not unconscionable in any way to point out that what’s been happening since at least 2013 bears no resemblance to the gas chambers at Auschwitz or the Nazis’ grotesque “justification” for the Holocaust.

    Any more than it is mere cynicism, or political opportunism, to call out parent-child separation as a grave policy concern.

    Here, however, is what is mere cynicism: using false (indeed, dementedly hysterical) analogies to castigate people who want secure borders and the rule of law as genocidal “Nazis,” while conveniently ignoring that the Trump administration has done nothing that was not done by the Obama administration, when it comes to separating children from their parents, housing minor children in

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/06/17/those-times-obama-held-illegal-minors-in-detention-for-months-and-placed-them-with-sex-and-human-traffickers/

  24. In over-the-top rant, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough compares processing of illegals to Nazis murdering Jews
    By Daily Caller News Foundation June 16, 2018

    Joe Scarborough asked if White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is ignorant or just constantly lying to the public about immigration and compared the administration’s policies to Nazis on “Morning Joe” Friday.

    The show opened with clip of Sanders promising that the Trump administration would “enforce the law” with regard to immigration, and Scarborough claimed President Donald Trump’s policies are not in line with the law of the land.

    “The question is, is she ignorant, which would actually be better for her if she just were — came out and said ‘I’m ignorant and I don’t know what I’m talking about’. Or is she a liar?” Scarborough said. “Because it’s not the law. This is Donald Trump’s interpretation of the law.”

    Scarborough continued to bash Sanders and tried to claim the moral high ground by citing her references to the Bible.

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/06/16/in-over-the-top-rant-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-equates-processing-of-illegals-with-nazis-murdering-jews/

  25. More Than 1,000 Europeans Murdered, Maimed in Attacks by Islamist Asylum Seekers Since 2014 (breitbart, Jun 17, 2018)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/1000-murdered-islamist-migrants-eu/

    “More than 1,000 people have been murdered or injured on European soil since 2014, in attacks carried out by Islamist asylum seekers and refugees, research has revealed.
    Analysis by the Heritage Foundation found that asylum seekers were involved in 32 of 194 Islamist plots that have targeted Europe over the past four years, resulting in 357 deaths and 1,678 injuries.

    Between January 2014 and December 2017, the attacks involving migrants who were seeking asylum accounted for 182 of the fatalities and 814 injuries, according to the Daily Mail.

    Noting that the terror threat on the continent has soared since 2016, when German chancellor Angela Merkel opened Europe’s borders, the the U.S. think tank warned that mass migration from the Global South made it “disturbingly simple” for Islamic extremists to enter EU nations.

    “Ill-conceived immigration policies have made it easier for [jihadists] to strike,” the Heritage Foundation’s Robin Simcox said, commenting that “the fall-out from the decision to take in such a large amount of unvetted people in such a short time will continue for decades to come.”

    “Europe has faced a severe threat from Islamist terrorism for years. Yet Chancellor Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders in 2015 unfortunately increased that threat,” he added.

    “While only a minority of asylum seekers pose a security risk, the plots carried out by those exploiting migrant routes – in Paris, London, Berlin, Stockholm and elsewhere across Europe – demonstrate that even a low number of extremists can still cause huge amounts of damage,” said the report, which urged EU leaders to reduce risk by minimising the number of migrants the continent imports from conflict areas scarred by Islamic extremism…”

  26. Outrage as a Thousand Muslims Pray in French Street Following End of Ramadan (breitbart, Jun 17, 2018)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/outrage-thousand-muslims-pray-french-street-ramadan/

    “A thousand Muslims in the southern French city of Nice took to the street to pray on Friday following the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, in defiance of the country’s laws.

    The open-air prayer, which took place at around 6 a.m. at the Ariane quarter of Nice, was condemned by Mayor Christian Estrosi of the conservative Republicans who took to Twitter to post a picture of the incident.

    In two separate posts, Mayor Estrosi slammed the street prayer, saying: “I condemn with the utmost firmness the street prayers which have been held at the Ariane since 6 a.m. this morning. The laws of the Republic must be respected everywhere.”

    Estrosi noted that the group had used loudspeakers to attract worshipers to the area and said: “Even if #AidElFitr is an important moment for Muslims, nothing can justify street prayers and thus disturb public order.”

    Breitbart London spoke to Philippe Vardon, vice-president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur branch of the Rassemblement National (RN) led by former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, who slammed both the worshippers and Mayor Estrosi who he said constantly works with the Union des Organisations Islamiques de France (UOIF), who he claimed were behind the incident.

    “Since 10 years ago, when he was elected, Christian Estrosi has played a dangerous game with the Union des Organisations Islamiques de France (UOIF) which is the Muslim Brotherhood’s representation in France,” Vardon said.

    “Expecting votes from the Muslim community, he gave this group some places, owned by the town, for their mosques, and even directly gave public money to their youth association!” he added.

    “Estrosi is just losing control,” he said. “Estrosi thinks he controls them but it looks like it could be the opposite.”…”

  27. Muslim Activist Who Beat Policeman at Tommy Robinson Rally Spared Prison (Robinson Still Locked Up) (breitbart, Jun 17, 2018)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/16/muslim-activist-who-beat-policeman-at-tommy-robinson-spared-prison-robinson-still-locked-up/

    “A Muslim activist who beat a police officer with a stick while protesting a Tommy Robinson rally has walked free from court.

    Omar Mohamad had chosen to travel all the way from Reading to protest a free speech event led by Robinson at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, held “to express views that were adverse to the Muslim community in the United Kingdom” — according to District Judge Richard Blake.

    “We live in a democracy — people should feel free, within limits, to express their opinions,” he opined.

    “You were with a group of other men. It is fair to say that immediately in front of you there was a fracas.

    “You joined into the melee that happened and you joined in with your stick.

    “While you do need that stick to walk with, you very much used it by wielding it around as a weapon. You brought the stick round and struck [Police Sergeant Guy Rooney] in the face.

    “There is no doubt that this was a very significant injury that you caused with your stick.”

    Sergeant Rooney had told the court how the attack had left his face so badly damaged that his children would not walk to school with him, and claimed he had been left with post-traumatic stress.

    Nevertheless, despite the violent nature of Mohamad’s attack and his decision to claim he was acting in self-defence and plead not guilty, the judge appeared to buy the picture painted by the defence of a sickly man with multiple illnesses, who had “shown genuine remorse”.

    “You’re a man of sixty-two and of good character,” the judge said — a sightly curious assessment, given Mohamad just been convicted for assaulting causing actual bodily harm against an on-duty police officer.

    He then handed down a six-month sentence, but suspended it so Mohammed was able to walk free without actually having to serve any time in prison, unless he reoffends.

    Robinson, meanwhile, is currently serving two terms totalling 13 months — which, unusually, are to be served consecutively rather than concurrently — for non-violent contempt of court convictions, imposed for reporting on grooming gang trials in Canterbury and Leeds.”

  29. Suicide bomber targets Afghans celebrating truce, killing 14 (abcnews, Jun 17, 2018)
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-suicide-bombing-afghanistan-climbs-36-55953865

    “A suicide bomber struck in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday, killing at least 14 people in the second attack in as many days targeting Taliban fighters, security forces and civilians celebrating a holiday cease-fire.

    Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, said another 45 people were wounded in the attack, which struck a crowd of people as they left the governor’s compound.

    Saturday’s attack, which also took place in Jalalabad, killed at least 36 people and wounded 65, according to Najibullah Kamawal, director of the provincial health department

    No one has claimed the attacks, but they appear to be the work of the Islamic State group, which is not included in the cease-fire and has clashed with the Taliban in the past. The local IS affiliate has a strong presence in the province.

    The bomber on Saturday targeted a gathering of Taliban fighters who were celebrating a three-day truce coinciding with the Eid al-Fitr holiday…”

    • Suicide bomber targets Afghans celebrating truce, killing 14

      I swear, YJCMTSU!!!

      It just couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch…

  30. Battle for Yemeni lifeline port intensifies (DW, Jun 17, 2018)
    http://www.dw.com/en/battle-for-yemeni-lifeline-port-intensifies/a-44261809

    “The five day-old battle has claimed the lives of at least 139 fighters, while a UN envoy seeks to end the fighting. The port at Hodeida is considered a lifeline for millions of Yemenis faced with starvation.

    A Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on a strategic Yemeni airport, and exchanged mortar fire with Houthi rebels Sunday as the battle for Hodeida’s airport continued.

    The Saudi coalition carried out five strikes on Hodeida, which is a lifeline to millions of Yemenis, providing them with urgently needed food and other necessities. More than 70 percent of Yemen’s imports pass through Hodeida…”

    • Yemen army kills, injures dozens of Saudi troops, destroys vehicles on 24 hours – report (abna, Jun 17, 2018)
      http://en.abna24.com/news/middle-east/yemen-army-kills-injures-dozens-of-saudi-troops-destroys-vehicles-on-24-hours-report_897848.html

      “The Yemen Army killed and wounded dozens of Saudi soldiers and their militiamen and destroyed armored and military vehicles in unique military offensive operations during 24 hours, according to military reports on Sunday.

      · In Yemen’s western coast:

      The army cut off the coalition force supply lines from Jah, Faza and Durihimi points.

      The army Air Force carried out a qualitative operation by launching a number of raids on Saudi-backed militiamen after an intelligence operation and accurate monitoring.

      Dozens of militiamen were killed and wounded and a number of armored and military vehicles were destroyed in the targeting of the air force.

      More than 13 armored and military vehicles were destroyed in the clashes of Faza.

      The army’s military operations are continuing in Nakhilah, Shujira and Deryhmi , destroying two armored vehicles and four military vehicles.

      · In Jizan border province:

      Artillery and missile shelling targeted Saudi army’s artillery fortifications in Qais mount and Siaba camp.

      Saudi army’s gatherings were targeted in Arar center of Qais mount.

      The army waged an offensive on militiamen’ sites in Malahidh, killing and wounding dozens.

      Artillery shells were fired toward Saudi soldiers’ gathering in Khafagah site.

      · In Taiz province:

      Dozens of militiamen were killed and injured by artillery shelling hit their sites in Selw front.

      · Sniper unit of the army shot dead 40 Saudi-backed militiamen in the frontlines.”

    • More than 25 Houthis killed in clashes in Al-Baydah province in Yemen (arabnews, Jun 17, 2018)
      http://www.arabnews.com/node/1322946/middle-east

      “lashes in Al-Baydah province in Yemen left 25 Houthi militia dead and several others injured.

      The commander of Yemeni army 137 brigade said that heavy clashes took place Sunday between Yemeni army forces and Iran backed Houthi militia in ‘Malajem’ district of Al-Baidah province south east of Yemen. The commander added that more than 25 Houthi militia were killed among them a senior commander and several others injured. The Saudi-led Arab coalition gave air support during the battle and destroyed 6 militia vehicles transporting supplies and reinforcement the Yemeni commander told the armed forces media office.”

  31. 26-Year-Old Man Arrested and Charged With Planning Terrorist Attack (TEpT, Jun 17, 2018)
    https://www.theepochtimes.com/26-year-old-man-arrested-and-charged-with-planning-terrorist-attack_2562017.html

    “A 26-year-old man from Sydney has been charged with terrorism-related offences after he allegedly tried to travel overseas to possibly carry out terrorist attacks outside Australia in 2016.

    Nowroz Amin was arrested from his south-western Sydney home on June 16 following a lengthy joint investigation by a number of law enforcement agencies, including the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and New South Wales (NSW) police, that was triggered after extremist materials were found in the man’s possession.”

  32. 3 Shia Bahraini clerics sentenced to death, 8 others to life imprisonment (presstv, Jun 17, 2018)
    http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/06/17/565252/3-Shia-Bahraini-clerics-sentenced-to-death-8-others-to-life-imprisonment

    “Bahraini regime officials have handed down death sentences to three Shia clergymen and condemned eight others to life imprisonment as the ruling A; Khalifah regime continues with its repressive measures and heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community…”

    • 3 Shia Bahraini clerics sentenced to death, 8 others to life imprisonment

      So, where is all the Muslim and Liberal howling, hair-pulling, sackcloth and ashes, squawking usually associated with even a fraction of this, ‘Horrid Capital Punishment”???

      Islamic continues to engage in what the Western world regards as the very worst examples of judicial denial of due process. This, even as summary executions proceed apace and, whilst the outside world remains perpetually and deafeningly mute in the face of atrocious human rights violations being committed by Muslims, everywhere.

  33. Taliban, roaming Afghan cities amid Eid euphoria, say ceasefire ends at midnight (reuters, Jun 17, 2018)
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban/taliban-roaming-afghan-cities-amid-eid-euphoria-say-ceasefire-ends-at-midnight-idUSKBN1JD02Z

    “KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban militants headed into cities across Afghanistan on Sunday as they celebrated their Eid ceasefire with feasts and selfies, raising questions about what happens when the ceasefire ends at midnight (1930 GMT).

    President Ashraf Ghani said he would extend a government ceasefire on Saturday and urged the Taliban to do the same, winning praise at home and international backing, but critics said his overtures had allowed the Taliban to pour into cities unchecked.

    The Taliban said there would be no extension.

    Ghani had committed “a grave mistake” by allowing Taliban fighters to enter government-controlled areas, said Amarullah Saleh, a politician and former head of the National Directorate of Security.

    “We don’t have mechanisms in place to mitigate the breach of ceasefire by the Taliban,” Saleh told Reuters.

    Members of parliament opposing Ghani’s move said he had not consulted politicians and would be left with no recourse if the Taliban rejected his impromptu request.

    A senior Western diplomat in Kabul said Ghani’s decision was “a bold move” but questioned what happens if the Taliban do not extend their unprecedented halt in hostilities against government forces.

    “The consequences could be disastrous,” he said…”

  38. SPAIN – Far-right protesters rally against migrants moored in Valencia port

    The far-right Spanish political party ‘Spain 2000’ protested against the arrival of the Aquarius boat in Valencia’s dock on Saturday, claiming the people aboard the boat were not refugees but illegal immigrants.

    Three ships with more than 600 passengers rescued from the Mediterranean Sea headed to the eastern Spanish port city of Valencia on Saturday.

    The Aquarius is a rescue boat that was arranged in cooperation with the NGOs Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, and SOS Mediterranee. Initially, the boat arrived to Italy and Malta but was rejected by both countries.

    • The Observer view on migrants dying because Europe is pandering to populism

      The plight of rescue ship Aquarius highlights the horrific consequences of failed migration policies

      […]Today, Europe remains more divided than ever. The populist nationalist approach, long championed by the Visegrád bloc, is gaining wider traction, with the interior ministers of Austria, Italy and Germany announcing a new “axis” of cooperation on security and immigration. Support for once-fringe ideas, such as asylum processing centres in Africa, is growing

      https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/17/observer-view-europe-migration-policy-populism-rescue-ship-aquarius
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      ‘Merkel is the past, Salvini the FUTURE’

      “His popularity ratings went from 20 percent to 53 percent in the last two weeks.

      Farage hails Italian populists amid deep EU jam

      NIGEL Farage took a brilliant swipe at Angela Merkel as he hailed Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, praising the die-hard eurosceptic for his position against EU migration policies.

      “Merkel is impotent, Macron is a two-face wimp.

      “Do you know he has caused the border between Italy and France and then complained this morning that Italy didn’t take that boat of refugees?

      https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/975537/Nigel-Farage-Matteo-Salvini-Angela-Merkel-EU-migration-crisis-latest

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      Italy: ‘It’s over’ – Salvini as Spain receives Aquarius migrants

      Italian Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini celebrated his hard stance on migration during a rally in the Lombardy town of Seregno on Sunday.

      Commenting on the docking of the NGO boat Aquarius in Spain, Salvini said: “I thank the Spanish government but I hope they will admin other 60,629 alleged refugees. We do not take offense.”

      The right-wing Lega Nord leader went on to say: “Even better, if after the Spanish, the French would come, the Portuguese would come, the Maltese would come, we will be the happiest people in the world.”

      Salvini once again bolstered his governmental actions and his decision to shut down Italian ports to NGOs, “It’s over. We welcome who deserves to be welcomed. We save lives. We save women, men and children. But Italy will no longer be the European refugee camp.”

    • the guardian -Salvini meets Cardinal Burke, staunch critic of Pope Francis

      Far-right League party leader and pro-Trump American have amicable meeting

      Matteo Salvini, the far-right Italian interior minister who once questioned Pope Francis’s legitimacy, has met Raymond Burke, the Argentinian pontiff’s fiercest critic in the Vatican, signalling an unprecedented gulf between the leader of the Catholic church and a key figure in the new populist government.

      Salvini, the leader of the League party, has long been at odds with Francis over the issue of migration, the pope’s outreach to Muslims and his calls for Europe to integrate migrant communities.

      The rift seemed to take a turn for the worse late last week, when a photograph emerged of an amicable meeting between Salvini and Burke, a staunch conservative.

      It was not their first encounter. The pair have met on two other occasions, according to a Vatican watcher who is close to Burke. The US cardinal, one of four to sign an openly critical letter to Francis last year questioning guidance that allows priests to determine whether remarried Catholics could receive communion, has praised Donald Trump and adopted a far more critical stance on migrants than the pope.

      The meeting was unusual because the new Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has not yet had a formal meeting with Francis. Salvini’s controversial decisions on migration have created the impression that he is setting Italy’s agenda.

      Burke is seen as the ringleader of a faction of the Catholic church opposed to Francis. Like Salvini, he counts the far-right populist Steve Bannon, who is Catholic and formerly served as a White House strategist for Trump, as a confidante.

      Salvini was criticised before the 4 March election when he brandished a rosary during an election event and swore to remain faithful to Italians. Salvini is Catholic and reportedly attends mass but he is divorced and lives with a partner.

      Any possible alliance between Salvini and Burke, a reactionary who has blamed “radical feminism” for marginalising men and was , is noteworthy given how critical Salvini has been about the pope. When a Catholic newspaper criticised Salvini in 2016, he responded by saying: “My pope is Benedict.”

      That was a reference to Francis’s conservative predecessor , an act not witnessed in the Catholic church for centuries. Francis has since been a tough critic of capitalism and the exploitation of the developing world, and has suggested it is a Christian duty to treat migrants with dignity and respect.

      He has, however, steered clear of becoming involved in Italian politics, preferring instead to focus on the “global church” and seeking to decentralise power away from Rome. He appeared to have a good relationship with Matteo Renzi, the former centre-left prime minister, but did not get involved in his campaign to make civil unions legal in Italy.

      The pope did, however, speak at length last week about the importance of treating migrants with respect. The fact that he made his comments as Salvini turned away the Aquarius rescue ship with 630 migrants on board and said all non-Italian ships would be barred from entering Italian ports, may not have been a coincidence.

      “I would like to point out that the issue of migration is not simply one of numbers, but of persons, each with his or her own history, culture, feelings and aspirations,” Francis said. “These persons, our brothers and sisters, need ongoing protection, independently of whatever migrant status they may have,.”

      His comments may not, however, carry much influence. “The church does not have the political influence it used to have,” said Giovanni Orsina, a political historian at Luiss University in Rome. “The Italian public opinion is with Salvini, and they don’t care what the church says.”

      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/matteo-salvini-cardinal-burke-critic-of-pope-francis

      • I think I like Cardinal Burke.
        I want to know more about him. The alliance between Orthodox Jews and Christian Zionists/Ecumenicals could only be strengthened with a Catholic partner.

  41. “Nonie Darwish, Founder of Arabs For Israel, shares her Islamic upbringing with Dave Sussman”
    Whiskey Politics – Published on May 20, 2018

  43. French special forces on the ground in Yemen

    French special forces are present on the ground in Yemen with forces from the United Arab Emirates, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Saturday, citing two military sources.

    The newspaper gave no further information about their activities. The Defence Ministry was not immediately available for comment, but its usual policy is not to comment on special forces’ operations.

    A French parliamentary source recently told Reuters French special forces were in Yemen.

    Forces from an Arab alliance entered the airport in Yemen’s main port city on Saturday, in the biggest battle of the coalition’s war against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.

    The French Defence Ministry said on Friday that France was studying the possibility of carrying out a mine-sweeping operation to provide access to the port of Hudaydah once the coalition had wrapped up its military operations.

    The ministry stressed that France at this stage had no military operations in the Hudaydah region and was not part of the Saudi-led coalition.

    France, along with the United States and Britain, backs the Arab coalition in the Yemen conflict and provides weapons to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180616-french-special-forces-on-the-ground-in-yemen/

    French Elite Forces, Saudi-led Coalition Cooperate to Fight Houthi in Yemen

    French elite soldiers are reportedly on the ground in Yemen, according to a report by Le Figaro newspaper on Saturday with a member of parliament backing the claims.

    The report follows signs of closer cooperation between Paris and a Saudi-led military coalition that is fighting Houthi rebels in the war-torn country.

    French special forces are reported to be working with the UAE military in Yemen, although no further details were given about their role in the conflict or location.

    A French MP also told Reuters that French troops were in Yemen, although UAE troops are assisting Yemeni fighters in their battle against al-Qaeda in the south of the country.

    UAE forces are mostly situated in coastal areas of Yemen, with a particularly strong presence in the port city of Aden and the island of Socotra.

    The UAE is also thought to have close relations with southern separatist militias.

    Abu Dhabi has been accused of using the war to carve out key territorial territories, particularly coastal regions in Yemen and East Africa.

    This would provide the UAE with control of the strategic waterways around the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.[…]

    https://www.albawaba.com/news/french-elite-forces-saudi-led-coalition-cooperate-fight-houthi-yemen-1146354

  47. 16 Jun 2018855
    A group of between a dozen and twenty asylum seekers armed with various weapons launched an attack on police officers attempting to move a 20-year-old Liberian to another facility.
    The incident took place at an asylum shelter in the city of Göttingen in Lower Saxony earlier this week when officers attempted to remove the 20-year-old and he refused to co-operate, Die Welt reports.

    According to a spokesman for the city government, the asylum seeker had been causing trouble among other residents of the shelter including intimidating others and disturbing them by making a lot of noise.

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/16/watch-group-of-asylum-seekers-attack-german-police-during-attempt-to-relocate-migrant/

    • A group of between a dozen and twenty asylum seekers armed with various weapons launched an attack on police officers attempting to move a 20-year-old Liberian to another facility.

      Please wake me up when LEO gunshots have been heard.

  48. …
    House Republicans have just put forth a “discussion draft” of a sweeping immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for young immigrants (DACA), $25 billion in border security, which includes advance funds for President Trump’s wall with Mexico and a provision aimed at addressing the crisis of family separations at the border. It blindsided Democrats and delivers Trump a $25 billion border wall win. It has something for everyone. This measure sticks to Trump’s Four Pillars on immigration while attempting to bring together the two major political parties and moderate factions on an issue that has divided people for years. This is just the beginning and there is no guarantee it will succeed, but it’s the first step towards making progress on both granting citizenship while also protecting the border from people who wish to break the law.
    …

    http://breakingusa.club/2018/06/17/congress-just-blindsided-democrats-and-delivers-trump-25b-border-wall-win-2/

  50. A thousand Muslims in the southern French city of Nice took to the street to pray on Friday following the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, in defiance of the country’s laws.
    The open-air prayer, which took place at around 6 a.m. at the Ariane quarter of Nice, was condemned by Mayor Christian Estrosi of the conservative Republicans who took to Twitter to post a picture of the incident.

    View image on Twitter

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/outrage-thousand-muslims-pray-french-street-ramadan/