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A Norse Radish Tidbit:
President Trump Calls Out: “Globalist Koch Brothers”…
…The U.S. CoC and Koch Brothers have a collective financial and political agenda that is antithetical to the U.S. Middle Class. They support open borders; lax immigration enforcement; common core educational standards; and healthcare programs that enhance their business portfolio. The GOPe wing of the UniParty is their influence-playground.…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/07/31/president-trump-calls-out-globalist-koch-brothers/
This is good. (subtitles in English -very small though) We will never seen any of this speech in German Public-paid news channels – too much truth.
‘Germany will suffer for decades due to Merkel’s misjudgements’ – MP
Tommy Robinson has been freed on bail by the Court of Appeal after winning a legal challenge after he was jailed for 13 months for contempt of court.
The former English Defence League (EDL) leader’s case was heard this morning at the Court of Appeal.
Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and two other judges in London quashed a finding of contempt made against Robinson at Leeds Crown Court in May when he was sentenced to 13 months in jail.
Robinson’s QC had argued at a hearing in July that the findings of contempt should be quashed as procedural errors had led to prejudice.
Lord Burnett, giving reasons for the Court of Appeal’s decision relating to the Leeds Crown Court allegation, said that once Robinson ‘had removed the video from Facebook there was no longer sufficient urgency to justify immediate proceedings’.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tommy-robinson-learn-appeal-outcome-jailed-contempt-court-084122823.html
South Africa to change constitution to legalize taking away white farmers’ land (RT, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.rt.com/news/434784-south-africa-amendemnt-land-expropriation/
Tommy Robinson live feed
Tommy Robinson is free!
https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1024594142977056768
(Well, sort of…)
EU May Provide Funds to Morocco, Tunisia to Stop Migrant Flow to Spain – Source (sputniknews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/world/201808011066852444-eu-funds-morocco-tunisis-migrants/
“The European Commission is considering allocating additional funds to enhance border control in Morocco and Tunisia in a bid to stop the flow of migrants to Spain, a diplomatic source in Brussels told Sputnik.
“As far as I know, the allocation of funds to Morocco and Tunisia is considered as one of the ways to enhance border control in order to prevent migrants [from coming to Spain],” a source said.
Earlier on July 31, the European Commission said that it had received Spain’s request for additional assistance and was considering it at the moment.
On July 2, the European Union already provided additional 45.6 million euros ($53.1 million) to Spain and Greece, hit by the migrant influx…”
France Hopes to Get US ‘Permission’ to Supply Jets to Iran Amid Sanctions Threat (sputniknews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/world/201808011066851802-france-permission-us-planes-iran-sanctions/
“French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire’s interview to a local broadcaster comes as France, along with other European nations, continues to seek exemptions from US secondary sanctions on its firms doing business with Iran.
Speaking to the French broadcaster BFMTV, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire voiced hope that the United States would allow the Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR to deliver its regional planes to Iran before the August 6 deadline, when the first batch of sanctions will be introduced.
“I am hopeful that the United States will give us permission to deliver these ATRs. There were eight to be delivered before August 6,” he told the French broadcaster…”
The French collaborate again with the enemy and have the nerve to say so openly.
Terror Cell Plotting Attack on Russian Military Base in Tajikistan Eliminated (sputniknews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201808011066853439-tajikistan-terror-cell/
“According to the Tajik State Committee for National Security, 14 members of a radical group that plotted to carry out a series of attacks in the country, including an assault on the Russian military base, were captured in February.
Tajik authorities have told Sputnik that all 14 terrorists, who had been planning to carry out their attack in March, have been captured by security forces and charged with terrorism, illegal border crossing and extremist activity. The leaders of the cell have been sentenced to 26 years in prison, while other members have been condemned to 7 years of imprisonment…”
Daesh Commander, 152 Militants Surrender to Military in Afghanistan – Reports (sputniknews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201808011066852387-daesh-afghanistan-surrender-miltary/
“A senior commander of the Afghan branch of the Daesh terrorist organization and 152 fighters have surrendered to the country’s military in northern Afghanistan, Khaama Press News Agency reported on Wednesday…”
Spain can’t absorb ‘millions of Africans,’ new opposition leader tells government (RT, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.rt.com/news/434782-spain-africans-absorb-migrants/
“Spain is the new center of Europe’s migrant crisis – and the conservative Popular Party leader Pablo Casado has blamed the socialist government after they accepted migrant rescue boat ‘Aquarius,’ which Italy had turned away.
The rescue boat, which carried 630 migrants, has been operated since February 2016 by SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Italy and Malta rejected the rescue boat in June, sparking a bitter row within the European Union, with the two countries demanding another member of the bloc take in the migrants on board. The ship ended up docking in Valencia; a move that Casado warned may be seen as a welcome sign for more arrivals.
Now, the new Popular Party leader, who replaced Mariano Rajoy only a fortnight ago, has hit out at the current Spanish government, who are seen to be a soft touch on migration. Casado stated that Spain can’t “absorb millions of Africans who want to come to Europe,” according to the Times, adding that “it is not possible that there are papers for all” who came to Spain on board the rescue boat.
The Spanish government hit back at Casado’s statement, with a spokeswoman saying Casado’s suggestion that taking in the ‘Aquarius’ means arrivals will increase is “false.”
She added: “When Italy closed its ports and the route to Greece was harder, this made more migrants head to Spain. It needs a European response.”
Spain’s new socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said following the acceptance of the ‘Aquarius’ and her migrant passengers that it is Spain’s “obligation to help avoid a humanitarian disaster by offering a safe harbor to these people.”
The Red Cross has confirmed that the influx of migrants is exhausting humanitarian resources in Spain. Its migrant and refugee department head in the southern coastal port city of Malaga, David Ortiz, told Politico that the charity is “seeing double the numbers arriving compared to the same period last year.” While Ortiz said the Red Cross can manage the high number of migrants, when “300 people arrive on the same day, it gets difficult,” he admitted.”
Boat Migrants Down 80 Percent in Populist Italy, up 350 Percent in Socialist Spain (breitbart, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/01/migrants-boat-arrivals-down-80-percent-italy-up-350-percent-spain/
“The number of migrant sea arrivals in populist Italy, so far in 2018, is down 80 percent compared to last year, whilst surging by over 350 percent in the same period in socialist Spain.
Over 57,500 illegal migrants and asylum seekers have arrived in Europe by sea so far this year, compared to 112,375 over the same period last year, the UN Migration Agency said in a paper Tuesday.
And as the number of clandestine crossings fell, deaths in the Mediterranean Sea more than halved, falling from 2,240 to 1,111.
The significant fall is likely to be partly thanks to Italy’s new, populist government, which is fighting to end illegal crossings and to protect their borders. There were just 18,392 migrants arriving in Italy so far this year, 80.6 percent less than the same period last year.
However, Spain, which has a new socialist government, has become the new main arrival-by-sea country in the Mediterranean. More than 22,800 migrants have arrived there since the beginning of the year, with 1,866 since the 25th of July alone…”
aww perhaps they should not allow them entry. Have to love how multicultural leftists like to spread around the effluent that they create themselves.
Businessman bigamist, 52, who married wealthy family’s daughter in ‘whirlwind romance’ despite still being married then had two children with her is jailed for six months (dailymail, Aug 1, 2018)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6010073/Businessman-bigamist-52-married-wealthy-familys-daughter-jailed-six-months.html
Violent crime has begun stabilising in London, says Met chief as she insists America is far more dangerous than Britain (dailymail, Aug 1, 2018)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6012275/Britain-not-violent-America-claims-Met-Commissioner.html
“Britain’s top police officer insisted yesterday that Britain was not as violent as America, and a period of apparent ‘lawlessness’ in London was stabilising.
Scotland Yard Commissioner Cressida Dick claimed that violence in the capital was waning, despite 87 killings so far this year, compared with 118 in the whole of last year.
She insisted there was far more bloodshed in major US cities, even though in February and March London overtook New York’s murder rate for the first time.
Yesterday, she said the murder rate had slowed in London – adding that there have been 161 killings in New York this year, almost double that in the capital.
She added: ‘We have no intention of allowing the extraordinary levels of violence we saw earlier this year to become the new normality.
‘What I can report is that in the last weeks, we have seen the rates of many categories of violent crime I would describe as beginning to stabilise…”
The police have stopped reporting.
That’s all.
Visiting Bangladeshi Student Admits ‘Attempted Murder’ on Behalf of Islamic State (breitbart, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/08/01/visiting-bangladeshi-student-admits-attempted-murder-on-behalf-of-islamic-state/
“A visiting Bangladeshi woman stabbed a sleeping man in the neck in Melbourne, Australia, in what she admitted to police was an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack.
The admission is contained in an interview released to the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where Momena Shoma appeared, facing attempted murder and terrorism charges.
Wearing a black Islamic gown and veil revealing just her eyes, Ms Shoma refused to stand for Magistrate Sarah Dawes and entered no plea.
In the interview presented to the court, the 25-year-old said she wanted to “trigger the West” and attacked Roger Singaravelu, 54, while he was sleeping because he was “vulnerable” and “an easy target”.
She had no personal grudge against Mr Singaravelu, whose house in Melbourne’s northern suburbs she had moved into the day before she attacked him, she said.
“It could have been anybody, not necessarily should have been Roger,” she said.
“I attempted murder.”
That admission is in line with what was reported immediately after the attack, when Shoma allegedly told a neighbour that she had “purposefully come here [Australia] to kill.”…”
Quote: “vulnerable” and “an easy target”. You have to love how such scum define themselves by such. If they cannot hang her then drop her into deepest Afghanistan preferably with no parachute.
Germany: number of people with immigrant roots rises (abcnews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/germany-number-people-immigrant-roots-rises-56960028
“Official data show that the number of people in Germany with immigrant roots increased 4.4 percent last year to nearly 19.3 million.
The Federal Statistical Office said Wednesday that 51 percent of those people were German citizens. It defines a person with an immigrant background as someone who either wasn’t born a German citizen or has at least one parent who wasn’t.
The largest groups were 2.8 million people with Turkish, 2.1 million with Polish, 1.4 million with Russian and 1.2 million with Kazakh roots.
The report, based on an annual microcensus, didn’t give a reason for last year’s increase and didn’t collect details on people in communal shelters. Germany saw large numbers of refugees arrive in 2015-2016 but that influx has slowed.
Germany’s population is around 82 million.”
Japan vows to rescue journalist believed held in Syria (abcnews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-vows-rescue-journalist-believed-held-syria-56956867
“Japan’s government said Wednesday it’s doing its utmost for the rescue of a Japanese journalist believed to be held in Syria after a video of a man appearing to be him was posted on the internet.
Freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda was last heard from in Syria in June 2015…”
UAE offers amnesty for foreign workers stuck in Catch-22 (abcnews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uae-offers-amnesty-foreign-workers-stuck-catch-22-56957995
“The United Arab Emirates launched a three-month visa amnesty program Wednesday, hoping to resolve a Catch-22 for foreign workers who are fined daily for overstaying their permits but prevented from leaving until they pay the penalties…”
Greece: Search and rescue operation for migrant boat (abcnews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greece-search-rescue-operation-migrant-boat-56959034
“Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation is underway for a boat believed to be carrying about 50 migrants which issued a distress call off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Samos…”
Danish ban on face-covering garments enters into force (abcnews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/danish-ban-face-covering-garments-enters-force-56958001
“Supporters and opponents of a ban on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, clashed verbally Wednesday as the law takes effect.
Marcus Knuth of the ruling liberal party Venstre, says the dress worn by some conservative Muslim women is “strongly oppressive.”
Sasha Andersen of the “Party Rebels” activist group, is planning a demonstration later in the day against what they called Wednesday a “discriminatory” measure against a minority group. Groups that back the ban also plan to rally.
Danish lawmakers approved the law in May, which was presented by the center-right governing coalition that is known for tightening asylum and immigration rules in recent years. In 2016, Denmark also adopted a law requiring newly arrived asylum-seekers to hand over valuables such jewelry and gold to help pay for their stays in the country.
Other European countries have similar bans, claiming they are not aimed at any religion in particular, and don’t ban headscarves, turbans or the traditional Jewish skull cap.
Popularly known as the “Burqa Ban,” it is mostly seen as being directed at the niqab and burqa. Few Muslim women in Denmark wear such full-face veils.
The law allows people to cover their face when there is a “recognizable purpose” like cold weather or complying with other legal requirements, such as using motorcycle helmets required under Danish traffic rules.
First-time offenders risk a fine of 1,000 kroner ($157). Repeat offenses could trigger fines of up to 10,000 kroner or a jail sentence of up to six months.
Anyone forcing a person to wear garments covering the face by using force or threats can be fined or face up to two years in prison.
Austria, France and Belgium have similar laws.”
Woman, child killed in bomb attack in southeast Turkey (abcnews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/woman-child-killed-bomb-attack-southeast-turkey-56957904
“Turkey’s state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have detonated an improvised explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, killing a woman and her infant child.
Anadolu Agency said the attack occurred late Tuesday on a road near the town of Yuksekova, in Hakkari province, which borders Iran and Iraq.
The woman died instantly while her 11-month-old son died in hospital, Anadolu reported. They were driving back from a visit to her husband who is a sergeant in the Turkish army.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged a three-decade old insurgency in Turkey’s mostly Kurdish southeast region. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people.
The group is considered a terror organization by Turkey and its Western allies.”
A 19-year-old man has admitted to the theft of over 850,000 kronor ($120,675) worth of royal jewels that were taken from Princess Christina’s apartment near the Royal Palace over the past two months.
The thief, a 19-year-old friend of the family, confessed to the theft soon after, wrote the Aftonbladet newspaper.
It is alleged that he sold the majority of the jewels for 9,000 kronor to two marijuana dealers.
He also reportedly threw a tiara worth 350,000 kronor off a Stockholm bridge into the water below.
The jewellery belonged to Princess Christina, the 68-year-old youngest sister of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf.
The collection contained treasures inherited from her mother, Princess Sibylla, and Gustav VI Adolf, the previous king of Sweden.
It is alleged that the contents also included golden rings and bracelets, as well as gifts from the ex-emperor of Ethiopia – Haile Selassie.
The discovery of the missing treasure was made by Tord Magnuson, the husband of the princess.
When Magnuson confronted the teenager, the 19-year-old confessed to the crime immediately, wrote the paper.
The 19-year-old also told how he stole the 350,000 kronor tiara back in mid-May during a party at the palace, and then threw it into the water off the Riksbron Bridge in Stockholm.
Divers on Wednesday searched for the sunken jewels to no avail, with Aftonbladet reporting that only wallets, false teeth and one eel have been found so far.
The 19-year-old, who came to Sweden as a refugee in 2010, had lived with the royal couple, and Magnuson had acted as his mentor.
https://www.thelocal.se/20120614/41442
He wanted a bet on the nature of the culprits but no one offered anything near worthwhile odds. I guess that they agreed with him.
Venezuela’s president admits economy has failedVenezuela’s president admits economy has failed
CARACAS (AFP) –
Under-fire Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro admitted his economic model has “failed” in the wake of food and medicine shortages and public service paralysis, such as Tuesday’s power failure that affected 80 percent of Caracas.
“The production models we’ve tried so far have failed and the responsibility is ours, mine and yours,” Maduro told his ruling PSUV party congress, as Venezuela looks to tackle chronic inflation the International Monetary Fund predicted would reach one million percent this year.
“Enough with the whining… we need to produce with or without (outside) aggression, with or without blockades, we need to make Venezuela an economic power,” he added late Monday, with the country grappling with a four-year long recession.
http://www.france24.com/en/20180731-venezuelas-president-admits-economy-has-failed
San Juan: The Venezuelan city where nothing works anymore
San Juan de los Morros (Venezuela) (AFP) – Power blackouts are daily fare, running water comes only once a month, cash machines are empty and waiting for a bus can take hours. Welcome to San Juan de los Morros in Venezuela, where nothing works.
“They send (running) water once a month. The rest of the time we have to buy it,” moaned Florimar Nieves, a 39-year-old primary school teacher.
“There have been times where we’ve had no electricity for 24 hours.”
This is not some sort of remote village outpost but a city of 160,000 inhabitants, 150 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of the capital Caracas.
Yet every corner reeks of the stench of Venezuela’s acute economic and political crises.
Nieves lives with her two daughters and a granddaughter on the outskirts of San Juan, in a neighborhood of small, unfinished houses, dirt roads and skinny dogs.
She spends a quarter of her income buying water while her me
https://www.yahoo.com/news/san-juan-venezuelan-city-where-nothing-works-anymore-012518674.html
Hint: BAN SOCIALISM!
PC’s plan to scrap Ontario basic income pilot project called ‘shameful’ by NDP leader
The Ontario basic income pilot project is coming to an end, says Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod.
MacLeod said Tuesday that the project was expensive, and “clearly not the answer for Ontario families.”
She said the ministry would have “more details at a later date” about how the government would end the project.
Close to 4,000 people were enrolled in the basic income pilot program in Thunder Bay, Lindsay, Hamilton, Brantford and Brant County.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lisa-macleod-announcement-1.4768626
Progressive Dems try to catch some of Ocasio-Cortez’s lightning in a bottle
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — On a sweltering July Saturday in this city a few miles west of Boston, Ayanna Pressley is making a pitch for change. She’s speaking to a mix of prospective voters and volunteers ready to canvass the neighborhood, echoing a case that is being made by insurgent Democratic candidates across the country: The fight against President Trump is important, but there is also an urgent need to change the status quo of the Democratic Party.
Pressley, a member of the Boston City Council, is attempting to unseat Rep. Michael Capuano, a 10-term incumbent who previously served as mayor of Somerville, in the congressional primary for Massachusetts’s Seventh District. Her race has been compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s successful challenge of Rep. Joe Crowley in New York, a victory that served as a warning sign to Democratic incumbents and an inspiration to leftist candidates across the country. The upset win immediately elevated Ocasio-Cortez to talk-show and political stardom and launched her on a barnstorming tour across the Midwest, hoping to create a nationwide network of young, progressive officials.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/progressive-dems-try-catch-ocasio-cortezs-lightning-bottle-090017428.html
Occasional is a fanatic and only an idiot tries to imitate one.
South Africa to change constitution to legalize taking away white farmers’ land
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the ruling African National Congress must initiate a parliamentary process to enshrine in the constitution a proposed amendment, paving the way for land grabs without compensation.
Ramaphosa, who vowed to return the lands owned by the white farmers since the 1600s to the country’s black population after he assumed office in February this year, said on Tuesday that the ANC would introduce a constitutional amendment in parliament.
“The ANC will through the parliamentary process finalize the proposed amendment to the constitution that outlines more clearly the conditions under which expropriation of land without compensation can be effected,” Ramaphosa, a prominent trade union leader and a close associate of Nelson Mandela, said in a televised address on Tuesday.
The millionaire ex-businessman argued that “it has become pertinently clear that our people want the constitution to be more explicit” about the proposal, which is viewed by the South African white minority as forceful expulsion that can incite violence against farmers.
There have been growing fears that the planned expropriation will deal a blow to commercial farming in the country and might put it on the verge of a food production crisis, like the one that struck Zimbabwe when it unleashed a similar crackdown on white farmers in 1999-2000.
Promoting his plan to boost land redistribution in March, Ramaphosa sought to assure white citizens, who constitute roughly nine percent of the total population, that the government would handle the controversial matter through “dialog, discussion, engagement, until we find good solutions that take our country forward.”
“There is no reason for anyone of us to panic and start beating war drums,” he said at the time, noting that nothing should prevent farming activities from continuing as normal.
https://www.rt.com/news/434784-south-africa-amendemnt-land-expropriation/
Let the morons starve then. Zimbabwe Mk II coming up on the horizon very soon. It is so hard not to become blatantly racist when you read what fools they are. I guess he thinks that when the expected famine occurs he can just pull a chain and half will swim to the west.
Private payrolls boom in July, increasing by 219,000 vs 185,000 estimate: ADP
ADP July payrolls up 219,000
ADP July payrolls up 219,000
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Private payrolls in the U.S. increased by more than expected last month as companies get a boost from lower corporate taxes, ADP and Moody’s Analytics said Wednesday.
Jobs in the U.S. increased by 219,000 in July, while economists polled by Reuters expected a gain of 185,000. July’s job gains were the best since February, when 241,000 jobs were added. Jobs growth for the previous month was also revised up to 181,000 from 177,000.
“The job market is booming, impacted by the deficit-financed tax cuts and increases in government spending,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, in a statement. “Tariffs have yet to materially impact jobs, but the multinational companies shed jobs last month, signaling the threat.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/01/adp-private-payrolls-increase-by-219000-vs-185000-estimate.html
Fists fly, and so does a megaphone, as refugee crisis inflames local politics in Toronto area
The protest was an illustration of the truism that all politics is local, and that even global crises can become ballot questions in municipal council races
From the moment a protester grabbed a counter-protester’s megaphone and hurled it into the fountain of the Markham Civic Centre, Saturday’s demonstration against illegal border crossings and their effect on suburban Toronto degenerated quickly into violence and anger.
Police arrived to separate men who had thrown a few punches, and others who seemed about to, including one man who was pushing another as he held up a sign reading “Not In My Back Yard,” according to video captured by Ming Pao Daily News.
It was a small rally of a few dozen mainly Chinese-Canadian protesters in Markham, a city northeast of Toronto, and hundreds of kilometres from any land border with the United States. Nevertheless, as the demonstration was met by a smaller group of pro-refugee protesters, it became a flashpoint in the North American refugee crisis, with Markham’s mayor, Frank Scarpitti, as the unlikely main target.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/fists-fly-and-so-does-a-megaphone-as-refugee-crisis-inflames-local-politics-in-toronto-area
ROBINSON FREED Tommy Robinson freed after winning appeal over contempt of court sentence
Robinson, 35, was sentenced to 13 months in prison after he broadcast footage during a trial on social media
TOMMY Robinson will today be freed from jail after winning his appeal for a contempt of court conviction.
The English Defence League (EDL) founder was sentenced to 13 months in prison earlier this year after broadcasting footage of trial defendants on social media.
But the 35-year-old, who did not appear for the hearing, is a free man again after the Court of Appeal ruled there were technical flaws in the ruling of the judge who jailed him.
The original judge was found to have “rushed” Robinson’s trial and as a result the court did not hear which parts of his offending footage was problematic.
This meant that he could not defend himself properly, the Court of Appeal heard.
The three top judges presiding over the case added that as a result of the “muddled” hearing Robinson was treated with “unfairness”.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6912226/tommy-robinson-freed-appeal-bail-contempt-of-court-latest/
Pence condemns Russian election interference
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday affirmed the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election, stating firmly what President Donald Trump has been reluctant to say.
“While other nations certainly possessed the capability, the fact is Russia meddled in our 2016 elections,” Pence said, speaking at a government cybersecurity conference here hosted by the Department of Homeland Security.
“That is the unambiguous judgment of our intelligence community, and as the President said, we ‘accept the intelligence community’s conclusion,'” Pence said.
With those remarks, included in what was his first speech on cybersecurity, Pence sought to tamp down the controversy fueled by Trump’s reluctance to unambiguously condemn Russia for its interference in American politics.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/ct-pence-condemns-russian-interference-20180731-story.html
TV Crew Slain in Africa Probed Mercenaries of `Putin’s Cook’
(Bloomberg) — Three Russian journalists who were murdered while on assignment in the Central African Republic were probing the activities of a mercenary group linked to an ally of President Vladimir Putin, according to the exiled oil tycoon who funded their trip.
Orkhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastorguev were “on an investigation into Russian private mercenaries, in particular the Wagner group,” said Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos Oil Co. chief and Kremlin critic, who added that they were working with an investigative news organization that he funds. “These were brave men who were not prepared simply to collect documentary material, but wanted to ‘feel’ it in the palms of their hands,” Khodorkovsky said in a statement on his website.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2018/08/01/tv-crew-killed-in-africa-probed-mercenaries-of-putin-s-cook#gs.1tceApY
For First Time In A Decade, Italian-Flagged Vessel Returns Migrants To Libya. Open Borders Activists Outraged
For First Time In A Decade, Italian-Flagged Vessel Returns Migrants To Libya. Open Borders Activists Outraged
by Damien Cowley August 1, 2018 80 Comments
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For the first time since 2009, an Italian ship has returned migrants from the high seas to a Libyan port, an operation which has enraged open borders NGOs and which is likely to bring strong rebuke from international bodies.
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) has already announced the opening of an enquiry following Monday’s events, which saw an Italian registered supply ship rescue 108 migrants from a vessel in distress, delivering all aboard to Tripoli on the instruction of the Libyan navy. Since late June, the management of Libya’s SAR (Search And Rescue) zone has been the responsibility of the Libyan navy. The zone extends beyond the country’s territorial waters, covering a maritime area where traffickers’ boats have been met by NGOs, and migrants transported to ports on the European mainland.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/08/for-first-time-in-a-decade-italian-flagged-vessel-returns-migrants-to-libya-open-borders-activists-outraged/
Noncitizens across U.S. find it easy to register to vote, cast ballots
Russian national surprised to be on rolls in San Francisco
A Russian national or any other noncitizen can easily influence a U.S. election by simply registering to vote in California — just ask Elizaveta Shuvalova.
Ms. Shuvalova said she didn’t even know her name was added to the San Francisco voter rolls in 2012, when she was a 21-year-old Russian citizen living legally in the U.S. but ineligible to vote.
“I’ve never registered for anything in my entire life,” said Ms. Shuvalova, who became a U.S. citizen early last year. “This is news to me.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/31/noncitizens-find-it-easy-register-vote-cast-ballot/
Royal Family crown jewels STOLEN in Sweden as suspects chased on motorboat
THE SWEDISH Royal Family’s priceless crown jewels have been stolen from a cathedral with police forced to chase the subjects by boat.
The jewels were stolen from Strängnäs Cathedral in Sweden where they had been on display.
Two royal crowns belonging to King Karl IX, who reigned in the 17th century, are among the stolen jewels.
A police spokesperson said: “It’s 1-0 to them right now.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/997061/royal-family-crown-jewels-stolen-sweden-royal-news
After tommy was released on bail I though that I would post on the trash leftist sites. But no comments allowed. How unexpected!
Here are the trash pages:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tommy-robinson-free-prison-bail-appeal-hearing-edl-leader-leeds-a8472921.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tommy-robinson-jailed-free-appeal-date-judgement-court-contempt-far-right-a8471406.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/tommy-robinson-far-right-resurgence-steve-bannon-us-support
Just love the “slight” degree of bias shown here by middle class zealots who would not last 10mins in gaol themselves. Do read how Tommy only did it for the money.
Mass Migration Activists Warn Croatian Police to Stop Protecting Border (breitbart, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/01/croatian-police-warned-open-border/
“Accusing Croatian police of violence against illegal immigrants, mass migration activists have demanded officers disobey orders relating to border protection or else face increasing pressure from foreign NGOs.
Local media reports the Welcome initiative, representing hundreds of groups involved with assisting asylum seekers in the Balkan nation, claimed that while border patrol officers enjoy support from the public for their work minimising illegal immigration, police are carrying out a campaign of abuse towards third world migrants.
While border patrol officers have been praised for their work monitoring Croatia’s frontier with Bosnia and pushing back illegal immigrants, with both endeavours enjoying wide public support, the NGO claims the people it unfailingly describes as “refugees” suffer persecution, physical and psychological violence at the hands of authorities.
“There is no doubt that Croatian police have perpetrated physical violence on refugees, and sexually harassed them,” the open borders group asserted in a statement, claiming: “This has been confirmed by testimonies and reports from domestic and international NGOs.
“Attempts to play down such practices by claiming that allegations against border police [of unacceptable behaviour] are a clear indicator that the force wishes to keep the truth of its systematic abuse of migrants suppressed,” it said.
In order to improve the force’s image, the Welcome initiative said officers must begin refusing to carry out orders related to border protection, so as to “expose the injustice and absurdity of policies aimed at shutting out people who are in need of security”.
On Tuesday, Slovenian interior minister Boštjan Šefic urged Croatia to step up its border security, stressing that the figure of roughly 1,000 third world migrants crossing into its territory after entering the newest EU member state was unacceptable.
Noting that Slovenian police discovered a group of around two dozen illegal immigrants on Monday, Šefic warned his government would be forced to “take [border control] measures which would not only make things difficult for ourselves, but also for other [EU nations]”…”
Poll: Majority of Austrians Against Muslim Women Wearing Headscarves (breitbart, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/01/poll-majority-austrians-against-muslim-women-wearing-headscarves-cityscapes/
“A poll in Austria shows that less than half of Austrians are willing to tolerate a cityscape dominated by women wearing headscarves while a vast majority also condemn migrants who refuse to integrate.
The new poll shows that only 42 percent of eligible voters are willing to tolerate women in Islamic headscarves dominating their cities, while 84 percent say they would not tolerate migrants who refuse to integrate into Austrian society, Kronen Zeitung reports.
While the survey shows Austrians have little tolerance for those unwilling to integrate, it also revealed voters to be incredibly tolerant of those with a different political opinion to them. Nine in ten said they did not mind if another person had different political beliefs except for individuals glorifying National Socialism, or Nazism, which 87 percent said they could not tolerate.
A further 84 percent said they would speak out against anti-Semitic statements and 89 percent said they were tolerant of homosexuals.
The polling is likely positive news for the conservative-populist coalition government, consisting of the Austrian People’s Party led by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Freedom Party led by Vice Chancellor Heinz Christian Strache, which sought to ban Islamic headscarves in kindergartens across the country earlier this year.
Both Kurz and Strache justified the policy by saying that the headscarf ban would aid in integration and would potentially protect children from the negative influences of political Islam.
The move comes after Kurz helped draft and pass the ban on the full-face veils, the niqab and burqa, while Foreign Minister last year.
Integration has become one of the focal issues for the coalition, particularly when it comes to Islam and the Turkish expat community which overwhelmingly voted for Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an last month.
One major policy to combat radical Islam and the influence of Turkey in Austria led the government to deport dozens of Turkish-funded imams and announce the closure of seven mosques in June.
The announcement sparked criticism from Erdo?an who said: “These measures taken by the Austrian prime minister are, I fear, leading the world towards a war between the cross and the crescent.””
US Pressure Prevented Saudi-Led, UAE-Backed Invasion of Qatar in 2017 – Reports (sputniknews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201808011066862747-us-saudi-arabia-qatar-invasion/
“Former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson persuaded Saudi Arabia last summer to call off a planned invasion of Qatar, according to the Intercept reports.
Tillerson intervened to stop a secret Saudi-led, United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed plan to invade and conquer Qatar, according to one current member of the US Intelligence Community and two former State Department officials, the Intercept reported…”
Erdogan Ready to Approve Law on Death Penalty if Passed by Parliament – Reports (sputniknews, Aug 1, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201808011066862402-erdogan-death-penalty-turkey/
“Capital punishment was abolished in Turkey in 2002, but Ankara has already stated that it could be re-introduced despite protests from the European countries.
According to the news agency Anadolu, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that capital punishment could be restored in the country if a corresponding law is adopted by the Turkish parliament.
“You know that we are very sensitive on this issue. If the law passes parliament, then I will ratify it, because we know the position of the killers. We know that they must pay the price for committing atrocities,” Erdogan told NTV broadcaster.
Last year, a debate on the reintroduction of the death the penalty in Turkey triggered a firm rebuke from European institutions. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker stressed that the move would end negotiations concerning Turkish membership of the European Union.
The discussions on the issue were prompted by a military coup d’Etat attempt in 2016.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW”
Video released of Japanese, Italian captives in Syria
A militant group has released videos of a Japanese journalist and an Italian man held captive in Syria in which they appeal for their release, US-based monitors said on Tuesday (July 31).
The two men – Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda and Italian national Alessandro Sandrini – appear in two separate videos that are nonetheless similar in their staging and were released by the SITE group, which tracks white supremacist and militant organisations.
SITE did not say which group was responsible for the videos.
Both men are shown kneeling in front of a wall wearing orange jumpsuits while armed men dressed head-to-toe in black stand behind them.
Jumpei is thought to have been abducted by the Al-Nusra Front, a former Al-Qaeda affiliate, in northern Syria in 2015.
He identifies himself as Korean in the video but speaks Japanese, giving the recording date as July 25, stating that he is in a bad situation and asking for help.
Sandrini gives a different date, July 19, and says that it is his last request to the Italian government.
The Italian hostage was kidnapped in Turkey in October 2016 before being taken to Syria, according to reports in the Italian media. He is believed to be from Brescia and is said to be around 32 years old.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/video-released-of-japanese-italian-captives-in-syria
53 sec video on this page :
Italiano scomparso in Turchia nel 2016 ricompare in un video: “Ostaggio dell’Isis”
http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/mondo/italiano-scomparso-turchia-nel-2016-ricompare-video-ostaggio-1560694.html
Iran protests latest: Protestors attacked with TEAR GAS as Iran REFUSES to talk with Trump (express, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/997425/Iran-news-protests-latest-tear-gas-Trump-news-nuclear-deal-sanctions-Hassan-Rouhani
Volunteer group stops food distribution in Paris as fear of violence grows
The volatile atmosphere in a Paris district is forcing one pro-migrant group to end its crucial work there. According to volunteers, the area is now unsafe and even minimum security measures are not being met.
The intercept –GOOGLE PLANS TO LAUNCH CENSORED SEARCH ENGINE IN CHINA, LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL
GOOGLE IS PLANNING to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist websites and search terms about human rights, democracy, religion, and peaceful protest, The Intercept can reveal.
The project – code-named Dragonfly – has been underway since spring of last year, and accelerated following a December 2017 meeting between Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and a top Chinese government official, according to internal Google documents and people familiar with the plans.
Teams of programmers and engineers at Google have created a custom Android app, different versions of which have been named “Maotai” and “Longfei.” The app has already been demonstrated to the Chinese government; the finalized version could be launched in the next six to nine months, pending approval from Chinese officials.
The planned move represents a dramatic shift in Google’s policy on China and will mark the first time in almost a decade that the internet giant has operated its search engine in the country.
Google’s search service cannot currently be accessed by most internet users in China because it is blocked by the country’s so-called Great Firewall. The app Google is building for China will comply with the country’s strict censorship laws, restricting access to content that Xi Jinping’s Communist Party regime deems unfavorable.
The Chinese government blocks information on the internet about political opponents, free speech, sex, news, and academic studies. It bans websites about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, for instance, and references to “anticommunism” and “dissidents.” Mentions of books that negatively portray authoritarian governments, like George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm, have been prohibited on Weibo, a Chinese social media website. The country also censors popular Western social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as American news organizations such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Documents seen by The Intercept, marked “Google confidential,” say that Google’s Chinese search app will automatically identify and filter websites blocked by the Great Firewall. When a person carries out a search, banned websites will be removed from the first page of results, and a disclaimer will be displayed stating that “some results may have been removed due to statutory requirements.” Examples cited in the documents of websites that will be subject to the censorship include those of British news broadcaster BBC and the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
The search app will also “blacklist sensitive queries” so that “no results will be shown” at all when people enter certain words or phrases, the documents state. The censorship will apply across the platform: Google’s image search, automatic spell check and suggested search features will incorporate the blacklists, meaning that they will not recommend people information or photographs the government has banned.
Within Google, knowledge about Dragonfly has been restricted to just a few hundred members of the internet giant’s 88,000-strong workforce, said a source with knowledge of the project. The source spoke to The Intercept on condition of anonymity, as they were not authorized to contact the media. The source said that they had moral and ethical concerns about Google’s role in the censorship, which is being planned by a handful of top executives and managers at the company with no public scrutiny.
“I’m against large companies and governments collaborating in the oppression of their people, and feel like transparency around what’s being done is in the public interest,” the source said, adding that they feared “what is done in China will become a template for many other nations.”
Patrick Poon, a Hong Kong-based researcher with human rights group Amnesty International, told The Intercept that Google’s decision to comply with the censorship would be “a big disaster for the information age.”
“This has very serious implications not just for China, but for all of us, for freedom of information and internet freedom,” said Poon. “It will set a terrible precedent for many other companies who are still trying to do business in China while maintaining the principles of not succumbing to China’s censorship. The biggest search engine in the world obeying the censorship in China is a victory for the Chinese government – it sends a signal that nobody will bother to challenge the censorship any more.”
It is unclear whether Google will eventually launch a desktop version of its censored China search platform. For now, the company is focused on initially rolling out the Android app, which a large portion of China’s population will be able to access. Researchers estimate that more than 95 percent of people accessing the internet in China use mobile devices to go online, and Android is by far the most popular mobile operating system in the country, with 80 percent of the market share.
The documents seen by The Intercept suggest that Google will operate the search app as part of a “joint venture” with an unnamed partner company, which will presumably be based in China. However, much of the work on the Dragonfly project is being carried out at Google’s Mountain View headquarters in California, about 14 miles northwest of San Jose, the heart of Silicon Valley. Other teams participating in the project are based out of Google offices in New York, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Santa Barbara, Cambridge, Washington, D.C., Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo.
PREVIOUSLY, BETWEEN 2006 and 2010, Google had maintained a censored version of its search engine in China. At the time, the company faced severe criticism in the U.S. over its compliance with the Chinese government’s policies.
During a February 2006 congressional hearing that focused on the activities of American technology companies in China, members of the House International Relations Committee called Google a “functionary of the Chinese government” and accused it of “abhorrent actions” for participating in censorship. “Google has seriously compromised its ‘don’t be evil’ policy,” declared Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. “Indeed, it has become evil’s accomplice.”
The controversy eventually became too much for Google. In March 2010, it announced that it was pulling its search service out of China. In a blog post published at the time, the company cited Chinese government efforts to limit free speech, block websites, and hack Google computer systems as reasons why it “could no longer continue censoring our results.”
Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, was born in the Soviet Union and seemed particularly sensitive to concerns around censorship, having had personal experience under a repressive regime. After Google ceased its search service in 2010, Brin said that the company’s objection related to “forces of totalitarianism,” and added that he hoped the decision to pull the search platform out of the country would help lead to a “more open internet.”
Since then, however, censorship and surveillance in China has become more pervasive. In 2016, the country’s government passed a new cybersecurity law, which Human Rights Watch said “strengthens censorship, surveillance, and other controls over the internet.” The government is using new automated systems to monitor and censor the internet, and it has cracked down on privacy technologies that Chinese people were using to circumvent the restrictions.
“It has been a requirement that companies operating in China must be prepared to police their users and turn over user data to security agencies upon request,” said Ron Deibert, director of Citizen Lab, an internet research group based at the University of Toronto. “We have also found overall that internet censorship [in China] is evolving towards less transparency, with less notification to users when messages are censored or removed across all platforms.”
Despite the continued repression, opinions have changed at the highest levels of Google. China now has more than 750 million internet users, equivalent to the entire population of Europe. It therefore represents a potentially massive revenue stream for the internet giant, which is likely a factor in its decision to relaunch the search platform in the country.
Another reason for the planned policy reversal may be that since Google last operated its search tool in China, the company’s leadership structure has markedly changed. Co-founders Brin and Larry Page have adopted less hands-on roles, though they still serve on the company’s board of directors.
Google’s China rapproachment has been spearheaded by Pichai, Google’s current CEO, a 46-year-old Indian-American who took the helm in October 2015. At a June 2016 conference in southern California, Pichai made his intentions clear. “I care about servicing users globally in every corner. Google is for everyone,” he said. “We want to be in China serving Chinese users.”
In December 2017, sources say Pichai traveled to China and attended a private meeting with Wang Huning, a leading figure in the Communist Party. Huning is President Xi’s top foreign policy adviser and has been described as “China’s Kissinger.” Pichai is said to have viewed the meeting as a success. The same month, Google announced that it was launching an artificial intelligence research center in Beijing. That was followed in May 2018 with the release of a Google file management app for Chinese internet users. Then, in July, Google rolled out a “Guess The Sketch” game on WeChat, a popular Chinese messaging and social media platform.
The finale would be the launch of the search app — the Dragonfly project. According to sources familiar with the plans, timing for the app’s release will depend on two main factors: approval from the Chinese government and confidence within Google that its app will be better than the search service offered by its main competitor in China, Baidu.
Google insiders say that it is not known when the company will obtain the approval from officials in Beijing because an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China has slowed the process. However, Google’s search engine chief Ben Gomes told staff at a meeting last month that they must be ready to launch the Chinese search app at short notice, in the event that “suddenly the world changes or [President Donald Trump] decides his new best friend is Xi Jinping.”
Google and the Chinese government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to multiple requests for comment on this story.
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/01/google-china-search-engine-censorship/
Israel is under massive Chinese, Russian cyber espionage attack
A look at one of the most secretive units of the Israeli intelligence community?–?the Shin Bet’s counter-espionage division, which was responsible for the arrest of former minister Gonen Segev?–?one of many cases of Tehran’s infiltration attempts. However, it turns out that the Iranians are actually the least of Israel’s problems.
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5320392,00.html
Richard: Read the entire article, Iran is using commercial ships to be the artillery spotter for the missile attacks on the Saudi Tanker in the Red Sea. This includes one that Obama exempted from the sanctions in early 2016. This doesn’t prove conspiracy between Obama and Iran but it is another piece of circumstantial evidence pointing in that direction. It is unlikely that any criminal prosecution will be taken on this evidence for many reasons including the way the Propaganda Media will lie about what is happening.
Red Sea attack: Iranian cargo ship, delisted from sanctions by Obama, is in Yemen war
By J.E. Dyer August 1, 2018
Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked at least one Saudi oil tanker last week, on 25 July, inflicting damage on it near the stern and prompting the Saudis to suspend oil transport through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea.
Analysis of publicized threats from the Houthis and Iran just prior to and after the shipping attack strongly indicated high-level coordination of the attack on the Saudi oil trade. A mysterious incident at the international airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 26 July – claimed by the Houthis – may have been implicated as well (although there is less evidence for that. My write-up on the two incidents is here).
In the days since the shipping attack, some analysts have suggested that an Iranian cargo ship, Saviz, was involved in the attack, acting as a target spotter for the Houthi (or Hezbollah or Iranian) shooters ashore. The most widely cited report is that of DEBKAfile, an outfit of which I am extremely leery. DEBKAfile tends to traffic in sensational and undisprovable claims – and claims, moreover, that never seem to amount to anything.
But there is no doubt that Saviz is in the Red Sea, and has been maintaining a most peculiar profile there for many months now. The mainstream, respected Washington Institute suggested after the 25 July attack that Saviz’s role in Houthi attacks on shipping is in urgent need of investigation.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/08/01/red-sea-attack-iranian-cargo-ship-delisted-from-sanctions-by-obama-is-in-yemen-war/
Notice how Ms Dyer uses sources. This article is such a classic I’m posting it as a homeschoolers’ resource. They’re teaching kids how to read the news.
There was an event: Bab el-Mandeb is a major choke-point. The maps focus on the context of this specific incident. Why it’s worth sorting out. Where it leads.
Somebody’s mentioned a DEBKAfile claim that just might add a data point. Less spurious than their usual fare. (Fake News, as opposed to Very Fake News.)
It fit the context of an analysis published by the Washington Institute. Anybody serious about Mideast policy visits this site regularly. It’s establishment – there’s a lot I don’t like, don’t agree with – but it’s no echo chamber. American military and civilian policymakers pay attention to these voices.
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/#
Then J.E. checks an official Saudi military source directly. Not via media fed from their vast stable of opinion-shapers, splicers, and photo-shoppers. The picture meets her standards for evidence. (A retired Naval Intelligence officer, fine with me.)
But to be certain, she double-checks with the industry standard, Jane’s Defence Weekly. They’re more than an advertising vehicle for defense contractors. (Or eye-candy for armchair generals.)
https://www.janes.com/defence/
Now she’ll absorb background information from advocacy groups like Iran Watch and individual analysts she respects. They give links that can be verified independently.
Do things add up? She compares her findings to what’s stated for public consumption by government mouthpieces like Press TV and Alaraby. Read between the lines.
Finally, she’s ready to make a bold recommendation: “It’s time to get the sanctions game face back on, and pay Saviz or her sister ships a visit with a U.S. cruiser or destroyer.”
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The article’s a gem.
Dem senator ‘confused’ when told by ICE official that entering U.S. illegally … is illegal
By LU Staff August 1, 2018
Democrats in Congress who favor open borders and amnesty for the 13 million aliens in the country illegally have offered up some head-scratching arguments on the subject of immigration. When Donald Trump said in June that those intercepted attempting to cross the border between ports of entry should be deported with “no judges or court cases.” Democratic Congress members went ballistic. They said that the president was denying these people their due process rights. In point of fact, the Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that foreign nationals have no due process rights under U.S. law. What Trump was activating was enforcing extant law.
Maybe a lack of familiarity with the law is at the root of many of the claims Democratic lawmakers have made in recent weeks and months. That seems to be the case in exchange captured in the video that follows. The two principals are Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Matthew Albence of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Albence had agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Trump administration policy that had led to thousands of alien children being separated from their parents or other adults who brought them into the U.S.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/08/01/dem-senator-confused-when-told-by-ice-official-that-entering-u-s-illegally-is-illegal/
video at site:
Richard: The Dems don’t pick the people they run for the Senate by IQ, the video proves that.
“I’m Confused:” ICE Official Has To Explain To Dem Senator That Illegal Immigrants Break The Law
the independent Burqa ban: Women protest new law in Denmark banning full-face veil
People who do not follow new rule can be fined over £100 for a first offence, with figure rising to £1,200 for repeat offenders
Women in Denmark are wearing burqas and niqabs in protest at a new law banning the garments that comes into force today.
Denmark is the latest European country to ban items of clothing that cover the face – including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa – after parliament approved the ban in May.
People who do not follow the new rule can be fined over £100 for a first offence – with the figure rising to £1,200 for repeat offenders.
Supporters and opponents of the ban battled it out as the law came into effect on Wednesday.
Marcus Knuth, a Danish MP for the ruling liberal party Venstre, argued the dress worn by some conservative Muslim women was “strongly oppressive”.
Sasha Andersen, of the Party Rebels activist group, is planning a protest later in the day against what it branded a “discriminatory” measure against a minority group.
Protests against the ban are scheduled for later on Wednesday in the Scandinavian country’s capital Copenhagen and the city of Aarhus.
Police have said protesters who planned to fully cover their faces at the demonstrations would not be at risk of being issued with a fine.
However, Benny Ochkenholt of the Danish national police told public broadcaster DR that fines could be dished out if attendees wore face veils en route to and from the protests.
Groups which are in favour of what is known as the “burqa ban” also plan to gather.
A spokesperson for Kvinder I Dialog (Women In Dialogue), a group which is opposed to the ban, told The Independent a “huge demonstration” is taking place and they would not be “bending the knee to injustice”.
“The purpose of this demonstration is to show that we do not accept this kind of unjust treatment regardless of who we are dealing with,” she said.
“They [the police] have emphasised that they will not tear off women’s niqabs if they spot them in the streets. Getting fined is more probable.”
She argued the ban was an attempt to restrict the Muslim community and their religious identity and values.
“When the initiators and supporters of this ban are asked about women’s rights over their own body, they answer that of course women should be guaranteed absolute right to decide what is best for themselves and their bodies,” she said.
“It is, therefore, a matter of contradiction and hypocrisy when the very same people violate our right to cover our faces. We are saddened by the unjust and racist choice the Danish government has made.
“As opposed to what they claim is the purpose of the ban, we are now being criminalised, marginalised, excluded from society and otherised for the sole reason of dressing differently from the mainstream.”
Amnesty International said the law is “neither necessary nor proportionate”.
Fotis Filippou, Amnesty International’s deputy Europe director, told The Independent: “All women should be free to dress as they please and to wear clothing that expresses their identity or beliefs. This ban will have a particularly negative impact on Muslim women who choose to wear the niqab or burqa.
“Whilst some specific restrictions on the wearing of full-face veils for the purposes of public safety may be legitimate, this blanket ban is neither necessary nor proportionate and violates women’s rights to freedom of expression and religion.
“If the intention of this law was to protect women’s rights it fails abjectly. Instead, the law criminalises women for their choice of clothing – making a mockery of the freedoms Denmark purports to uphold.”
The face-covering ban – which is predominantly seen as being directed at the niqab and burqa – is subject to a number of exemptions including bicycle and motorbike helmets and clothing which offers insulation from cold weather. It permits people to cover their face when there is a “recognisable purpose”.
The law does not include turbans, headscarves or Jewish skull caps.
Few Muslim women in Denmark wear full-face veils – with a 2010 report estimating that up to 200 women in the country of 5.7 million wore them.
The ban was presented by the centre-right governing coalition which has become known for ramping up asylum and immigration rules in recent years.
In 2016, Denmark brought in a law forcing newly arrived asylum seekers to hand over valuables such as jewellery and gold to help fund their time residing in the country.
Anyone forcing a person to wear items of clothing which cover the face by using force or threats can be fined or face up to two years in prison.
Denmark joins several other European countries that have introduced similar measures, including Belgium, France and Germany.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/burqa-ban-denmark-danish-protests-face-covering-muslim-islam-a8472786.html
Denmark: Protesters don niqabs in demonstration against new Danish burqa-ban
Protesters gathered in central Copenhagen on Wednesday, to protest a new law which bans niqabs and burqas which came into force that day.
Protesters can be seen in various masks, costumes, and niqabs, covering their faces to protest the law.
According to the event’s Facebook page, the law itself undermines Danish politicians’ liberal values, and unfairly discriminates against Muslim women.
Judge: Children being seen naked by someone of opposite biological sex not a privacy breach
By Ben Bowles August 1, 2018
It’s hard to imagine that the case won’t ultimately end up in the Supreme Court. On the plaintiffs’ side are high school students who claim to experience “embarrassment, humiliation, anxiety, intimidation, fear, apprehension, and stress” when required to share a “restroom with students of the opposite sex.”
On the defendant’s side is Elliot Yoder, a biologically female student who in 2015 publicly said she identified as a boy and asked to begin using the boys’ facilities. The school said yes. Parents and others in the community, sought to undo the policy at school board meetings. When that failed, they sued.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/08/01/judge-children-being-seen-naked-by-someone-of-opposite-biological-sex-not-a-privacy-breach/
Portland, Ore., police refused to come to aid of ICE agents who called 911, agents say
By Daily Caller News Foundation August 1, 2018
Portland, Oregon, police refused to respond to at least two 911 emergency calls from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees inside their offices where violent protesters held week-long demonstrations.
The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council, a union representing ICE employees, wrote a cease-and-desist letter to Mayor Ted Wheeler, asking him to ensure the police enforce the law equally and protect innocent people.
“Your current policy forbidding Portland law enforcement agencies from assisting employees of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency who request law enforcement assistance while at or away from work is a violation of the United States Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause,” the letter says.
https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/1024245789101514752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1024245789101514752&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flibertyunyielding.com%2F2018%2F08%2F01%2Fportland-ore-police-refused-to-come-to-aid-of-ice-agents-who-called-911-agents-say%2F
Production of Magic Flute Opera Containing Migrant Imagery Booed in Italy (breitbart, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/01/production-magic-flute-opera-containing-migrant-imagery-booed-italy/
“An Italian audience booed a new production of Mozart’s Magic Flute opera which contained references to the bulldozing of migrant squatter camps.
The production, which was the brainchild of British opera director Graham Vick who is known for his experimental takes on classic operas, was met with criticism and negativity at the Macerata Opera Festival as it contained a scene showing an illegal migrant camp during the first scene in which the character Tamino is supposed to be chased by a snake, France Musique reports.
In another scene, parts of the choir are said to have fallen from the stage, which was interpreted as representing migrants drowning in the Mediterranean sea.
Members of the populist League party, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, heavily criticised the production with the local League member of parliament Tullio Patisini calling it “absurd”.
He was joined by League senator Paolo Arrigoni who said Vick had “massacred” the work of Mozart and questioned why he did not choose to include the brutal murder of Italian teen Pamela Mastropietro in the opera, as well…”
Libya Intercepts Almost 600 Europe-Bound Illegal Migrants (breitbart, Aug 1, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/01/libya-intercepts-almost-600-europe-bound-illegal-migrants/
“Libya’s coast guard intercepted three groups totaling more than 570 Europe-bound migrants, including at least 66 women and 19 children, in the Mediterranean Sea, a spokesman said Wednesday.
One group of 292 migrants, including 42 women and 10 children, embarked on the perilous trip for Europe on three rubber boats but the coast guard stopped them off the coast of the western town of Zawiya, coast guard spokesman Ayoub Gassim said in a statement.
Another group of 101 migrants on a rubber boat were also rescued off the capital, Tripoli, the coast guard said in a separate statement.
The coast guard said it had also rescued 181 others, including 24 women and nine children, in a separate incident off Tripoli. The migrants were on two rubber boats, Gassim said.
The migrants hailed from both African and Middle Eastern countries, he said.
The three groups were intercepted Monday. All of them were given humanitarian and medical aid and were handed over to anti-migration authorities in the town of Tajoura and Tripoli, Gassim said…”