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African rapefugees loot a store in spain https://twitter.com/WisniakAw/status/1028256680633683968
As you cansee below in the video, it’s from 11-19-2015. And it has nothing to do with Europe, this was South Africa. A protest on campus, if I remember correctly.
Firebomb thrown at Turkish consulate in Amsterdam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sam-kzsZDM
Looks like amateurish attempt:
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/brand-bij-turks-consulaat-in-amsterdam-mogelijk-molotovcocktail~ae38cfcc/
Netherlands: Attempted Molotov attack targets Turkish consulate in Amsterdam
Dutch police are reported as saying they have apprehended an attacker who targeted the Turkish consulate building in Amsterdam with Molotov cocktails on Saturday.
Bishop calls for burka ban: Pakistani-born Church of England cleric voices support for outlawing veil in public (dailymail, Aug 11, 2018)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6050977/Pakistani-born-Church-England-cleric-voices-support-outlawing-veil-public.html
“A senior Church of England bishop last night called for a near-total ban on the wearing of burkas in public.
The former Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, said burkas and niqabs should be outlawed in a wide range of situations where people interact, including in hospitals, GP surgeries, universities and schools.
The cleric said a ban should also extend to areas where there were legitimate security and safety concerns, such as at airports or while driving a car. However, he said it was acceptable for women to wear face veils at home, while in the street and at prayer.
The controversial call from the Pakistani-born bishop, who led the Diocese of Rochester between 1994 and 2009, drew support last night from Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Lord Carey said ‘oppressive’ veils should not become ‘normalised’.
Their comments represent the most powerful intervention to date by senior clerics on the issue. They are likely to add to the fierce debate sparked last week when former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wrote a newspaper article on why he opposed a ban on veils in public but compared women in burkas to ‘letter boxes’ and ‘bank robbers’…”
Carnage as 10 people including two children are rushed to hospital as gunshots are fired after a street carnival in Manchester (dailymail, Aug 12, 2018)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6051887/Ten-people-hospital-shooting-Manchester.html
“Ten people, including two children, have been shot in Manchester after a carnival event in the Moss Side area.
Armed officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were scrambled to Claremont Road at 2.30am on Sunday.
Terrifying footage of the bloody aftermath shows a panicked group crying out and a voice asking ‘can you hear me?’.
Police and paramedics were seen surrounding the area as injured people were taken to hospital in ambulances.
One man remains in a ‘serious but stable’ condition, police said, while updates on the injuries of nine others were not given.
Large crowds were drawn to the area earlier in the day for the Caribbean Carnival, which had finished some hours before, the force added.
Police are now scouring CCTV to try and find out exactly who attacked the revellers in the road.
Those shot are being treated for ‘pellet type’ injuries.
People at the carnival earlier in the day said it was a fun and peaceful event. The incident occurred hours after the event finished…”
Carnage as 10 people including two children are rushed to hospital as gunshots are fired after a street carnival in Manchester
Out of sheer curiosity, how soon will it be until such festivities begin with large gatherings of Muslims?
Happens everyday in tardish hellholes.
US can’t force trade rules on others, Germany must invest more in Iran – economy minister (RT, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.rt.com/news/435766-us-dictate-trade-germany/
“Washington cannot dictate trade rules to others, Germany’s economy minister said, adding that his country should be more assertive and defy American sanctions – particularly by investing more in Iran.
“We don’t let Washington dictate [their will] on trade relations with other countries,” German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told Bild newspaper on Saturday. He said the US sanctions on Iran are one instance in which America’s neglect of its partners are clearly shown.
Therefore, Germany and other European countries should feel free to pursue improved relations with Tehran. “German businesses can continue to invest as much as they want in Iran,” Altmaier said, adding, however, that “many companies depend on loans from banks, most of which refinance themselves in the US – and it creates problems.”…”
Syrian Army Starts Anti-Terror Operation in Idlib – Reports (sputniknews, Aug 12, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201808121067137994-syrian-army-idlib-offensive-terrorists/
“In late July, a military source told Sputnik that the Syrian government forces were preparing for a large-scale offensive in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib, which is currently home to “tens of thousands of terrorists,” according to Syria’s President Bashar Assad.
The Syrian Army has launched a series of shelling attacks on terrorist positions in Idlib province in the country’s northeast, according to media reports.
The offensive was preceded by the Syrian military dropping leaflets urging jihadists to lay down arms and accept the government’s requests.
“The war is nearing an end. … We are calling on you to join the local reconciliations, as many of our people in Syria did. Your cooperation with the Syrian Arab Army will release you from the rule of militants and terrorists, and will preserve you and your families’ lives,” the leaflets read.
The military operation came a few days after Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov, the head of the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation, said that the militants operating in the Idlib de-escalation zone continued shelling settlements in Syria “over the past 24 hours.”
Earlier, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that government troops continued to crack down on terrorists based in areas adjacent to the provinces of Hama and Suwayda in the country’s west and southwest, respectively…”
Over 100 Dead, 133 Injured During Attack on Afghan City of Ghazni – Reports (sputniknews, Aug 12, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201808121067134505-ghazni-attack-taliban/
“At least 103 people died and 133 were injured as the Taliban* movement clashed with the government forces in the city of Ghazni in Afghanistan, local media reported Sunday, citing medical services.
Ninety of the deceased were military or law enforcement, while 13 were civilians, according to 1TV broadcaster.
On Friday, when the first reports of the Taliban offensive emerged, local media said that the radical movement had also suffered losses, with over 100 of their militants killed during the attack.
According to Tolo News outlet, the clashes in Ghazni are ongoing, but key government buildings are still under control of the central authorities.
Afghanistan has long been destabilized by the conflict between the Taliban movement and the Afghan government, exacerbated by the activities of various terrorist groups.
*Taliban is a terrorist group banned in Russia”
Nothing that carpet-bombing can’t cure.
When we kill thousands of Taliban at-a-time, they might take particular notice…
How To Confront Jihadi Politicians In The US
Surr-fecking-real.
Suspected jihadis kill 6 in east Burkina Faso (abcnews, Aug 12, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/suspected-jihadis-kill-east-burkina-faso-57144112
“Burkina Faso State TV reports that five gendarmes and one civilian have been killed between the rural communes of Boungou and Ougarou in the nation’s far east.
It reports the vehicle hit an explosive device late Saturday while gendarmes were escorting mining workers to their extraction site.
This comes as Islamic extremists are moving to the region, where they can hide in the thick forested areas, and are launching more attacks on security forces.
Governor Ousmane Traore said his eastern territory was under threat by young men who had received extremist training in Mali and have now returned to launch a katiba,or brigade.
Earlier this month, suspected jihadis destroyed a vehicle while trying to free detained extremists.
In February they attacked and killed a policeman, wounding two others.”
I had to look up Burkina Faso. When you read of global South migrating North, think Burkina Faso (avg IQ = 68).
CIA World Factbook:
Burkina Faso has a young age structure – the result of declining mortality combined with steady high fertility – and continues to experience rapid population growth, which is putting increasing pressure on the country’s limited arable land. More than 65% of the population is under the age of 25….
Even if fertility were substantially reduced, today’s large cohort entering their reproductive years would sustain high population growth for the foreseeable future. Only about a third of the population is literate and unemployment is widespread, dampening the economic prospects of Burkina Faso’s large working-age population.
Migration has traditionally been a way of life for Burkinabe…
About 80% of the population is engaged in subsistence farming and cotton is the main cash crop. The country has few natural resources and a weak industrial base.
Cotton and gold are Burkina Faso’s key exports – gold has accounted for about three-quarters of the country’s total export revenues. Burkina Faso’s economic growth and revenue depends largely on production levels and global prices for the two commodities. The country has seen an upswing in gold exploration, production, and exports.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html
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Thinking of a vacation in BF?
Think twice, says the U.S. State Dept:
“Reconsider travel to Burkina Faso due to terrorism. Some areas have increased risk.”
Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (June 5, 2018) Location: Ouagadougou Event: Burkinabe security forces have conducted recent counter-terrorism activities in light of terrorist attacks at downtown public venues. U.S. citizens should take proactive steps to enhance their personal security. Actions to Take: Avoid crowds. Avoid demonstrations. Vary your routes and times, …
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/BurkinaFaso.html#/
“Even if fertility were substantially reduced, today’s large cohort entering their reproductive years would sustain high population growth for the foreseeable future. Only about a third of the population is literate and unemployment is widespread, dampening the economic prospects of Burkina Faso’s large working-age population.”
Insert hilarity and festivities >here<.
Responsible environmental management? Bwahahahahahah!!!
Egypt: Security forces kill 12 Islamic militants in Sinai (abcnews, Aug 12, 2018)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egypt-security-forces-kill-12-islamic-militants-sinai-57144110
“Egypt’s official news agency says security forces have killed at least 12 Islamic militants in a shootout in northern Sinai Peninsula.
Sunday’s report by MENA says the fighting erupted when forces raided a suspected militant hideout in the city of al-Arish. It says troops also dismantled two explosive devices and seized weapons during the raid.
MENA didn’t say when the raid took place or whether any members of the security forces were killed or wounded. Egypt heavily restricts media access to the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt has battled militants for years but the Sinai-based insurgency gained strength after the 2013 overthrow of the country’s elected but divisive Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi.
In February, Egypt launched a massive operation against militants in Sinai and elsewhere in the country.”
French police hunt driver who rammed mosque (reuters, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-mosque/french-police-hunt-driver-who-rammed-mosque-idUSKBN1KX0F0
“French police on Sunday searched for a driver who rammed his car through the front doors of a mosque in a suburb of Lille in northern France, a police source said.
No one was injured in the incident which occurred at about midnight.
France is on alert after a wave of Islamist attacks in past years that have killed more than 240 people.
“The car broke through the doors of the Al Wifaq mosque,” the police source told Reuters.
An official in the local prefecture told regional newspaper Voix Du Nord that the incident did not appear to be “racially” motivated.”
[…]Selon nos informations, le suspect a été identifié par la police et est actuellement recherché. Il s’agirait d’un homme de confession musulmane, déjà condamné pour des infractions de droit commun. On ignore pour l’heure ses motivations.
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/lille-metropole/mons-baroeul-voiture-enfonce-pleine-nuit-porte-mosquee-1525416.html
EXCLUSIVE: ‘If someone turns up with a loaded AR-15 they will be allowed in’: Authorities ban skateboards and bats from Charlottesville rally but GUNS are permitted as police descend on city a year after Unite the Right protest
No paintball guns, no skateboards, no bats, sticks or clubs. And don’t even think about bringing bear spray or flying a drone into the center of Charlottesville this weekend.
But while those items — and many more — are banned from the on-edge Virginia city as it marks the anniversary of last year’s deadly Unite the Right rally, there is nothing to stop anyone bringing in an actual gun, even an AR-15, the weapon of choice for mass killers throughout the United States.
‘Under Virginia law we cannot regulate firearms,’ city spokesman Brian Wheeler told DailyMail.com.
A handful of other cities in the state have that right, Wheeler said. Following last year’s violence, Charlottesville applied to be added to the list but was turned down.
‘It certainly does not strike me as sensible, but it’s the law,’ he said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6049431/Authorities-ban-skateboards-bats-rocks-Charlottesville-rally-GUNS-permitted.html
Richard: They would have a very nasty legal issue if they banned guns in a public space, they will be watching for someone using firearms.
Tense confrontation amid peaceful vigils in Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The city of Charlottesville marked the anniversary of last summer’s white supremacist violence that sent ripples through the country with largely peaceful vigils and other events, but police had a brief, tense confrontation with students angry over the heavy security presence there this weekend.
“Why are you in riot gear? We don’t see no riot here,” activists chanted Saturday evening.
Shortly before a pre-planned evening rally to mark the anniversary of a campus confrontation between torch-carrying white nationalists and counterprotesters, activists unfurled a banner that said, “Last year they came w/ torches. This year they come w/ badges.”
https://apnews.com/d3a42449af0f4abc86973f858ab2295d/Heavy-security-as-Charlottesville-anniversary-weekend-opens
USA: Hundreds rally in Charlottesville on anniversary of far-right rally
Hundreds of students and left-wing protesters took to the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday one year on from the far-right ‘Unite the Right’ rally, in which a counter protester was killed.
Protesters can be heard chanting ‘we remember Heather Heyer,’ the name of the counter protester who died in last year’s rally. Heyer was killed after one of the Unite the Right attendees rammed his car into a group of counter protesters.
The driver, James Fields Jr., has been charged with second degree murder for Heyer’s death along with 30 charges of hate crime. His trial is set to begin in November.
A sequel to the ‘Unite the Right’ rally is planned to be held in Washington DC on Sunday.
euronews – Anti-fascist marchers in Charlottesville mark Heather Heyer anniversary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zed6aqhoQig
South Africa risks ‘Zimbabwe-style land chaos’
Markets reacted negatively and the currency, the rand, has continued to plummet over the last week.
This is because the plan has invited comparisons with the chaotic land reform programme across the Limpopo River in neighbouring Zimbabwe, which saw scenes of violent evictions of mainly white farmers.
But the move will be welcomed by those tired of waiting for reforms promised when white-minority rule ended in South Africa in 1994.
Nearly a quarter of a century on, the racial differences are still stark, nowhere more so than in the area of land ownership.
White people, who make up just 9% of the population, own 72% of the private land that is held by individuals, government figures show.
The redistribution of land was a fundamental principle of the governing African National Congress (ANC) during its struggle against apartheid, which enshrined racial discrimination in law.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45099915
Pickup truck rams into Atlanta gentlemen’s club, police say
A pickup truck crashing into the front of a gentleman’s club around 1 a.m. Saturday morning, authorities confirmed.
Fulton County police are investigating why the driver wrecked the truck into Fannie’s Cabaret at 4401 Fulton Industrial Boulevard, Channel 2 Action News reported. No one was injured inside the club.
The driver was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, and his status was not provided by police to Channel 2.
Charges are pending based on the outcome of the investigation, police told the news station.
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/truck-rams-into-atlanta-gentlemen-club-police-say/BamNOvjUr8EwpOi4KuIH9O/
Pres. Trump Meets With Supporters, ‘Bikers For Trump’ In New Jersey
President Trump meets with his supporters and the organization Bikers for Trump at his New Jersey golf course.
The president signed autographs and took pictures at his Bedminster resort Saturday.
He also took shots at his former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman, calling her a “low-life”after excerpts of her tell-all book were leaked full of anti-White House sentiment.
The president tweeted about the event, saying “hundreds of bikers for Trump just joined me in Bedminster” and called them great people who love our country.
http://www.oann.com/pres-trump-meets-with-supporters-bikers-for-trump-in-new-jersey/
Pres. Trump Calls For Peace, Condemns Racism, One Year After Charlottesville Riots
President Trump urges peace for all Americans one year after the deadly incidents in Charlottesville.
In a tweet Saturday, the president recalled the riot’s in the Virginia town resulted in senseless death and division.
He then condemned all types of racism and acts of violence.
The president’s call for peace comes ahead of a planned rally in the nation’s capital on Sunday, which is expected to draw both demonstrators and counter-protesters.
Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence also reflects on the incidents in Charlottesville one year later.
In a statement Saturday, the vice president recalled the loss of life and tragic events which took place in the Virginia city.
http://www.oann.com/pres-trump-calls-for-peace-condemns-racism-one-year-after-charlottesville-riots/
Man Accused Of Starting Holy Fire In Southern Calif. Denies Charges
The suspect charged with starting the Holy Fire in Southern California denies the charges against him, calling them ‘all a lie’.
Forrest Clark made several outbursts in his first court appearance on Friday, after refusing to leave his cell the day prior.
The 51-year-old is accused of deliberately starting the fire following a dispute with a neighbor.
Authorities said, anti-government conspiracy theories were found posted all over his social media accounts.
This comes after he allegedly sent a text to a firefighter two weeks ago saying it was all going to burn.
Clark is set to be arraigned next week. If convicted he could face life in prison.
This comes as the Holy Fire in Southern California is only 29% contained, after scorching more than 21,000 acres.
http://www.oann.com/man-accused-of-starting-holy-fire-in-southern-calif-denies-charges/
Muslim Fundamentalists Protest Tunisia Report on Sexual Equality (breitbart, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/08/12/muslim-fundamentalists-protest-tunisia-report-on-sexual-equality/
“Thousands of Muslim fundamentalists protested Saturday in front of the nation’s parliament to decry proposals in a government report on gender equality that they claim are contrary to Islam.
Men and veiled women marched under a blazing sun from Tunis to Bardo, outside the capital where the parliament is located, to protest the report by the Commission of Individual Liberties and Equality. The report, among other things, calls for legalizing homosexuality and giving the sexes equal inheritance rights.
Security was heavy during the protest, which remained calm despite the anger the report has triggered. The crowd, who came from towns around Tunisia, cried out “Allahu akbar (God is great)” as they marched…”
Protest in Sfax
Massive Increase in Jihadists Stripped of British Citizenship, Two a Week (breitbart, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/12/massive-increase-in-jihadists-stripped-of-british-citizenship-two-a-week/
“There has been a massive increase in the number of jihadists being stripped of their British citizenship, rising from a mere handful to around two every week, as authorities try to tackle a wave of returning fighters.
As the brutal Islamic State terror group begins to collapse in Syria and Iraq, it is feared that hundreds of member could return to the United Kingdom and begin to launch attacks, officials say.
Figures reported in The Sun reveal the government stripped British citizenship from 104 people and banned them from the country in 2017, which averages at around two a week.
This represents a significant increase from the year before, with just 14 losing their citizenship in 2016 and only five in 2015, when Prime Minister Theresa May was still Home Secretary and the Islamic State was at its peak territorially.
The government can only deprive people with dual nationality, or with the option of acquiring another nationality, of their British citizenship, as Britain adheres to international rules preventing governments from leaving a person stateless…”
MASSIVE increase in the number of jihadists being stripped of their British citizenship, rising from a mere handful to around TWO every WEEK…
No one can ‘obliterate’ Taiwan’s existence, president says on departure for U.S.
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Vowing that “no one can obliterate Taiwan’s existence”, President Tsai Ing-wen left on Sunday for the United States and two of its remaining diplomatic allies, amid pressure from China to try to stamp out references to the island internationally.
China, which claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as its own, has stepped up a campaign against the island as it tries to assert Chinese sovereignty. Beijing has ordered foreign companies to label Taiwan as part of China on their websites and is excluding Taiwan from as many international forums as it can.
Also, China has also been whittling down the number of countries that recognize Taiwan – now just 18 – with Burkina Faso and the Dominican Republic switching relations to Beijing this year.
Speaking before her flight to Los Angeles, where she will spend one night prior to visiting Belize and Paraguay, Tsai struck a defiant tone.
http://www.oann.com/no-one-can-obliterate-taiwans-existence-president-says-on-departure-for-u-s-2/
NYT looks into Omarosa anti-Trump gossip, finds it baseless, reports it as scandal anyway
By Howard Portnoy August 12, 2018
Yesterday must have been a slow news day at The New York Times. That would explain as well as anything why the paper ran a vapid story in its “A” section with the tantalizing headline “Trump Used Racial Slur During ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ Former White House Aide Says.”
Other anti-Trump news outlets investigated the claim made by the Times and came to the same conclusion — that it is all sizzle and no steak. NPR went so far as to interview the “former aide,” who turns out to be Trump’s old reality TV buddy Omarosa Manigault Newman, before dismissing the story as fiction.
But Times writer Maggie Haberman has trouble just telling her readers outright that Omarosa’s book is a house of cards. She even spells out the n-word in the first paragraph, giving hope to fellow TDS sufferers that she’s got career-ending dirt on the man they love to hate.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/08/12/nyt-looks-into-omarosa-anti-trump-gossip-finds-it-baseless-reports-it-as-scandal/
Ocasio-Cortez is now endorsing other candidates? This should be entertaining!
By LU Staff August 11, 2018
Despite Tom Perez’s mystifying statement that Democratic Socialist Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is the “future of the Democratic party,” most party members avoid talking about her, much less championing her qualifications. They likely shudder when they learn she will be making another cable TV appearance to share one or another of her hare-brained campaign pitches.
Although Ocasio-Cortez herself likely faces an uphill battle in the general election to fill the seat in New York’s 14th congressional district occupied for the last ten terms by Joe Crowley, on Friday she made her first political endorsement. So whom did she endorse?
https://libertyunyielding.com/2018/08/11/ocasio-cortez-is-now-endorsing-other-candidates-this-should-be-good/
Hitchens on Burqagate: British State ‘Loathes Christianity’, But ‘Fears Islam’ (breitbart, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/12/hitchens-burqagate-british-state-loathes-christianity-fears-islam/
“Peter Hitchens, brother of the late ‘anti-theist’ writer Christopher Hitchens, has waded into the debate surrounding Boris Johnson’s burqa comments, declaring it is Christianity, not Islam, which is “under siege” in Great Britain….
Hitchens observed that Christianity was “pretty much the origin of modern nursing” but has now fallen victim to a “cultural revolution” which regards the Christian faith with “special loathing”.
“I doubt the same horrible process would have been imposed on a nurse who suggested her patients attended a mosque, or gave them a copy of the Koran,” he observed.
“For while the British State loathes Christianity, it fears Islam. So do lots of other people.
Concern about the threat to free speech posed by those who would silence criticism of Islam and certain Islamic practices is something Peter Hitchens shared with his late brother, despite their differences on other issues…”
UK: Boris Johnson Sparks ‘Burka-Gate’
by Soeren Kern
August 12, 2018 at 5:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12830/boris-johnson-burkas
Former foreign secretary (and possible future prime minister) Boris Johnson sparked a political firestorm after making politically incorrect comments about the burka and the niqab, the face-covering garments worn by some Muslim women.
The ensuing debate over Islamophobia has revealed the extent to which political correctness is stifling free speech in Britain. It has also exposed deep fissures within the Conservative Party over its future direction and leadership.
Turkey’s Neighborhood Bullies
by Burak Bekdil
August 12, 2018 at 4:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12821/turkey-neighborhood-bullies
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an’s motorcade arrived at his 1,100-room palace on an unusually rainy day in Ankara on July 9. His armored Mercedes was showered with red roses, thrown at the car by crowds cheering him hours before an extravagant inauguration ceremony. A 101-gun salute and an Ottoman military band greeted him along with 10,000 selected guests (this author was on the guest list but, in protest, preferred not to attend).
“A 101-gun salute and an Ottoman military band greeted him…”
A 101-gun fusillade and an Ottoman torture chamber greeted him…
There, fixed that!
Minnesota’s Wage Hikes Have Slowed Job Growth
Minnesota’s recent minimum wage increases have led to unemployment among low-wage workers, hurting the very workers the policy was meant to benefit, Watchdog.org reports.
All else being equal, “businesses will demand less labor, which could mean fewer workers and/or shorter hours per worker,” said University of Wisconsin economics professor Noah Williams, talking about the effects of the wage hike.
Wisconsin first raised its minimum wage in 2010 to maintain the federal standard of $7.25 an hour. Four years later, Minnesota started raising its minimum wages again in a series of hikes, ending up at $9.65 an hour as of January 2018. This was a full $3 increase of the original 6$ an hour. The effects of this wage hike are widespread because more than 50 percent of both restaurant workers and those under the age of 24 are minimum wage earners statewide.
Williams has been studying the effects of minimum wage increase on Minnesota since 2014, comparing Minnesota’s job and economic data to the neighboring state of Wisconsin.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/03/minnesota-wage-hikes-slowed-job-growth/
Minnesota’s Wage Hikes Have Slowed Job Growth
Minnesota’s recent minimum wage increases have led to unemployment among low-wage workers, hurting the very workers the policy was meant to benefit, Watchdog.org reports.
All else being equal, “businesses will demand less labor, which could mean fewer workers and/or shorter hours per worker,” said University of Wisconsin economics professor Noah Williams, talking about the effects of the wage hike.
Wisconsin first raised its minimum wage in 2010 to maintain the federal standard of $7.25 an hour. Four years later, Minnesota started raising its minimum wages again in a series of hikes, ending up at $9.65 an hour as of January 2018. This was a full $3 increase of the original 6$ an hour. The effects of this wage hike are widespread because more than 50 percent of both restaurant workers and those under the age of 24 are minimum wage earners statewide.
Williams has been studying the effects of minimum wage increase on Minnesota since 2014, comparing Minnesota’s job and economic data to the neighboring state of Wisconsin.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/03/minnesota-wage-hikes-slowed-job-growth/
UK: Hindu devotees flock to London’s West Ealing for chariot festival
Thousands of Hindu worshippers paraded through London’s West Ealing on Sunday, as part of an annual chariot festival.
The festival commemorates the victory of the Hindu god of war Murugan over Surapadma.
Worshippers taking part in the procession showed their sacrificial devotion to Murugan by dancing with hooks piercing their backs. Women in traditional dresses also carried pots of offerings on their heads.
The procession was organised by the Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple. Several roads in West Ealing were closed due to the procession.
Refugee$ in Slovenia getting vacation homes on the beach
Alex Jones Receives Massive Subscriber Boost
The Blue Wave Crashes | This Week in Stupid (12/08/2018)
SYRIA – IDLIB – Children among 39 civilians dead in Syria arms depot blast: monitor
An explosion at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria killed at least 39 civilians including a dozen children on Sunday, a monitor said.
An AFP correspondent at the site in Sarmada in Idlib province near the Turkish border said the explosion of unknown origin caused two buildings to collapse.
Rescue workers used bulldozers to remove rubble and extract trapped people from the flattened buildings, the correspondent said.
Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, said a previous death toll of 12 increased after more bodies were retrieved from the rubble.
“The explosion occurred in a weapons depot in a residential building in Sarmada,” said the head of the Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria.
But the cause of the blast was “not yet clear”, Abdel Rahman added.
He said most of those killed were family members of fighters from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an alliance led by jihadists from Syria’s former Al-Qaeda affiliate, who had been displaced to the area from the central province of Homs.
A rescue worker carried the motionless body of a small child from the wreckage to an ambulance, the AFP correspondent said.
White Helmet rescue workers attempted to lift part of a floor of one of the buildings with a tall crane. Nearby three young boys watched on in silence, perched on a rock.
Behind mounds of rubble, the facade of a building was scorched black, due to a fire after the blast.
A civil defence source told AFP that women and children were among the dead.
But rescue workers had pulled out “five people who were still alive”, the source said.
Most of Idlib is controlled by rebels and HTS, but the Islamic State jihadist group also has sleeper cells in the area.
The regime holds a small slither of southeastern Idlib.
In recent months, a series of explosions and assassinations — mainly targeting rebel officials and fighters — have rocked the province.
While some attacks have been claimed by IS, most are the result of infighting since last year between other groups.
– Bombing ramped up –
In recent days, regime forces have ramped up their deadly bombardment of southern Idlib and sent reinforcements to nearby areas they control.
On Friday, 12 civilians, three of them children, were killed in regime bombardment of the towns of Khan Sheikhun and Al-Tah.
President Bashar al-Assad has warned that government forces intend to retake Idlib, after his Russia-backed regime regained control of swathes of rebel-held territory in other parts of Syria.
On Thursday, government helicopters dropped leaflets over towns in Idlib’s eastern countryside urging people to surrender.
The United Nations appealed the same day for talks to avert “a civilian bloodbath” in the province.
Jan Egeland, head of the UN’s humanitarian taskforce for Syria, said: “The war cannot be allowed to go to Idlib.”
Around 2.5 million people live in the province, half of them displaced by fighting in other regions of the country.
More than 350,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since Syria’s civil war started in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.
https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/children-among-39-civilians-dead-syria-arms-depot-blast-monitor-doc-18b5c44
BBC – Arms depot in Syria’s Idlib province kills 39 – monitor
At least 39 people – including 12 children – have been killed in a blast that brought down a building in Syria’s mainly rebel-held north-western province of Idlib, reports say.
The building in the Sarmada town is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker.
Dozens of people are still missing, a monitor and correspondents say.
Idlib is the last major rebel-held area, and is expected to be the next target for Syrian armed forces.
In recent months, the Syrian government, backed by Russia and Iran, has made major advances in its offensive against a number of rebel and jihadist groups across Syria.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45162822
Nunes on reducing Russia’s energy influence in Europe
Trans Adriatic Pipeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Adriatic_Pipeline
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TurkStream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurkStream
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Nord stream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream
Qatar–Turkey pipeline
In 2012 an analyst cited by Ansa Mediterranean suggested that Qatar’s involvement in the Syrian Civil War was based in part on its desire to build a pipeline to Turkey through Syria
Only Al-Assad is in the way. Qatar along with the Turks would like to remove Al-Assad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar%E2%80%93Turkey_pipeline
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JUNE 2017 – GULF NEWS – A tale of two phantom pipelines and Syria
Conspiracy theorists are having a field day airing reasons for the conflict
After more than six years of bloodshed, destruction and mayhem in Syria, we are told that the reason is that Syria, in 2009, refused to grant Qatar approval for a gas pipeline to Turkey and Europe. And that the US supported the project to allow Europe to diversify its gas suppliers
[…]The countries in between, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are completely silent as if their agreement to the project is foregone. Remember that Qatar wasn’t able to export gas to Kuwait and Bahrain because of Saudi opposition to transiting its on- and offshore territories.
There were no reports about a feasibility study or provisional offtake agreements from the intended countries. Even Turkey, a welcoming country to any passage of energy facilities into its territory is silent about this.
[…]In 2013 a framework agreement was signed and the cost raised to $10 billion. That year Iraq signed a controversial agreement to import gas from Iran to fuel its power stations east of Baghdad, at the expense of flaring its own, which gave the impression that the big project is underway. Until today no Iranian gas has crossed the Iraqi borders despite the construction of a pipeline.
The Iranian project is believed by some to be supported by Russia and it’s a mind boggling question as to why Russia would support a competitor to its own interests in Turkey and Europe
[…]People sometimes believe conspiracy theories because they are afraid they may materialise
https://gulfnews.com/business/analysis/a-tale-of-two-phantom-pipelines-and-syria-1.2038040
Youtube launches “outrageous” fact-check on skeptics | Ezra Levant
LONDON BLOODBATH: Brave off-duty police officer stabbed while fighting off robbers (express, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1002433/london-news-lewisham-stabbing-Maylons-Road-met-police-london-crime
“LONDON’S crimewave continues after an off-duty police officer was stabbed while fighting off a group of would-be moped robbers in Lewisham.
The Metropolitan police are appealing for witnesses after the 37-year-old City of London officer, who was off-duty at the time, was stabbed in the leg with a kitchen knife.
The incident unfolded at 5.45pm on Saturday when the officer saw a group of four men on mopeds attempting to steal another moped from a 21-year-old man in Maylons Road, Lewisham.
The suspects were armed with a large kitchen knife.
But when the unarmed officer intervened and challenged the suspects he was stabbed in the leg.
But despite this, he continued to confront the four suspects thwarting the theft of the moped until they fled the scene.
A Met Police spokesman told Express.co.uk: “The officer was taken to a south London hospital where his injuries were described as not life-threatening or life-changing.
“The 21-year-old victim of the attempted theft was also assaulted by suspects and suffered bruising.
“His injuries are not life threatening.
“The incident is now being investigated by Lewisham Police and enquiries are underway to identify those responsible. Officers are keen to hear from anyone who either witnessed the incident or has information that could assist the investigation.”…”
The RUSSIAN HIJACKING of America, & HYSTERIA Explained (IF you WANT it)
Justice Jeanine Talks With Mark Levin
Tomi Lahren: The ‘Paris of the West’ Is Now Just ‘A Homeless Encampment By the Bay’
Afghan Man Reportedly Rapes 14-Year-Old Girl in Germany’s Hamburg (sputniknews, Aug 12, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201808121067142848-hamburg-germany-rape-girl/
“A cruel crime occurred in Hamburg’s Moenckebergstrasse, one of the 10 busiest shopping streets in Germany, on Sunday morning.
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the center of Hamburg on Saturday by a 30-year-old Afghan man, the Die Welt newspaper reported.
According to the media, the suspect followed the girl, talking to her and pretending that they had known each other for a long time. When they reached Moenckebergstrasse, the man dragged his victim into a doorway and raped her, the newspaper said, citing the police…”
Burn It Down, Rip It Apart: Turks Destroy US Dollars Amid Trump’s Sanctions (sputniknews, Aug 12, 2018)
https://sputniknews.com/world/201808121067143835-turks-destroy-us-dollar-bills-amid-sanctions/
“An anti-dollar flash mob has been gaining traction in Turkey following the decline of the local currency, caused by Washington’s decision to hit the country with massive import tariffs. US-Turkey tensions continue to escalate over Ankara’s detention of an American pastor and its plans to acquire Russian air defense systems.
Videos posted online show Turks setting US banknotes on fire, sneezing into them and tearing them apart.
In this video, a man is seen burning a one hundred dollar bill with a cigar lighter…”
ABC: “Should We Have Paid Period Leave?”
channel 4 – I’m the first Muslim Lord Mayor of Sheffield – What I’ve Learnt
Magid Magid is the first Muslim Lord Mayor of Sheffield – and at 28 he’s also the youngest ever.
Born in Somalia, his mother brought him to Sheffield when he was five, an immigrant with no knowledge of English.
He talks about becoming the city’s first Green Party Lord Mayor – as well as some of the racist comments he’s received online and in newspapers from people unhappy that he is now “the face” of Sheffield.
In the ‘What I’ve Learnt’ series, we speak to everyday people about the profound events that have shaped their lives – and what they’ve learnt from it.
It’s a series that uncovers the extraordinary stories often hidden and untold in our society.
BREITBART – Matteo Salvini ‘Fully Satisfied’ with Alliance Between League and Five Stars
Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini said in an interview Friday that he is very happy with the government partnership between the League (Lega) party and that of the 5-Star Movement (M5S), which came as a result of national elections last March.
“The alliance between Lega and Five Stars was born in a particular way: different movements, different histories, different cultures,” Mr. Salvini told La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana in a lengthy interview.
Despite their different positions on certain key issues, the two parties have been able to work together well, Salvini said, by focusing on areas of common interest.
“It is an alliance with which I am fully satisfied, which I would do again tomorrow,” he said, “with a government contract that excludes certain sensitive issues because we have different positions.”
“The League is for the freedom of education, for the right to life, for the defense of the natural family,” the 45-year-old leader of the League said. “But since our allies do not always think the way we do about this, we are content to make sure that no further damage is done. In certain fields, it is better to do nothing than do damage.”
Salvini said that when dividing up the different government ministries between the two parties, the League chose to focus on areas where its moral and social agenda could make a real difference.
In the subdivisions of the government leadership, “we have chosen the ministry of the Family and Disability; the Ministry of the Interior, which also deals with discrimination and gender issues; the Ministry of Education to give a clear stamp of freedom of education and respect for certain principles,” he said.
“Therefore, within the limits of the contract, respecting different sensibilities, we have tried to keep some principles held high,” he said.
Mr. Salvini said he is “firmly opposed” both to the “womb rental” entailed in surrogate motherhood and to gender-fluid parenting. “To give an example: last week I was told that on the website of the Ministry of the Interior, on the forms for the electronic identity card there were ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2,’” Salvini said. “I immediately changed the site by restoring the words ‘mother’ and ‘father.’ It’s a small thing, a small signal, but I assure you that I will do everything in my power as Minister of the Interior.”
“Wombs for rent and similar horrors, absolutely no,” he said.
“We will defend the natural family founded on the union between a man and a woman,” he added.
Curiously, despite Mr. Salvini’s complete alignment with the Catholic Church on key moral issues such as the right to life, traditional marriage, gender theory, and freedom of education, the Italian Church establishment has been waging an open war on the interior minister, comparing him to Satan and the antichrist, because of his commitment to reining in illegal immigration.
Mr. Salvini was asked how he explains the “unprecedented hostility” toward him from the Catholic establishment in Italy, notably the bishops conference and Catholic journals such as Famiglia Cristiana and Avvenire.
“Honestly I cannot explain it. So much virulence leaves me truly perplexed,” Salvini said, adding that on the other hand he is “flooded” with mail from Catholics — even priests and bishops — who encourage him to keep going the way he is.
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/11/matteo-salvini-fully-satisfied-alliance-between-league-five-stars/
video – AUG 11 2018 –
China Folds to Trump’s Pressure, Quietly Removes Oil Tariff
China has removed crude oil from its list of items being slapped with a 25 percent tariff, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
It seems unusual for those used to America being an energy importer to hear about energy exports, particularly to a country as big as China. However, America’s role in petroleum production has steadily increased for quite some time now, meaning industry in China was about to feel a serious pinch.
“Over the past two years China has become the biggest buyer of U.S. crude-oil exports, last year taking a fifth of the total,” Chuin-Wei Yap wrote in the Journal.
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/china-folds-trumps-pressure-removes-oil-tariff/
If they are blinking on oil they are starting to feel the pressure from the tariffs on their exports, the US has always been in the catbird seat in all economic negotiations with China but our politicians were afraid to push because they believed the BS China puts out about the strength of their economy. Trump is a businessman and he knows China has a very weak economy. The way things are going Iran and pssibly China will have major political realignments before the 2020 electionns.
China was doing with Turkey what it was with Mexico and Canada on steel -dumping excess capacity, transshipping to US. Gravy-train – END-of-the-Line.
2017:
For China’s Global Ambitions, ‘Iran Is at the Center of Everything’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/world/middleeast/iran-china-business-ties.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmiddleeast
From the article linked above:
…Once dependent on Beijing during the years of international isolation imposed by the West for its nuclear program, Iran is now critical to China’s ability to realize its grandiose ambitions. Other routes to Western markets are longer and lead through Russia, potentially a competitor of China.
…China is also an important market for Iranian oil, and because of remaining unilateral American sanctions that intimidate global banks, it is the only source of the large amounts of capital Iran needs to finance critical infrastructure projects. But that, apparently, is a risk the leadership is prepared to take.
“China is dominating Iran…Iranian authorities do not see any drawbacks to being dependent on China. Together, we are moving ahead.”
It is not just roads and rail lines that Iran is getting from China. Iran is also becoming an increasingly popular destination for Chinese entrepreneurs…
Business ties between Iran and China have been growing since the United States and its European allies at the time started pressuring Iran over its nuclear program around 2007. China remains the largest buyer of Iranian crude, even after Western sanctions were lifted in 2016, allowing Iran to again sell oil in European markets.
Chinese state companies are active all over the country, building highways, digging mines and making steel. Tehran’s shops are flooded with Chinese products and its streets clogged with Chinese cars.
Iran’s leaders hope that the country’s participation in the plan will enable them to piggyback on China’s large economic ambitions.…
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China’s gonna take a bath…
That bath is gonna happen when both China and Iran have their economies collapse, neither one is strong enough to survive the sanctions and tariffs and combined they are causing the crash to come sooner.
Plus the wretched Turk~
‘Let’s Do It Like Eisenhower’: Chicago Pastor Calls on Trump to Send Troops, If Needed, to Violent City
A Chicago preacher whose neighborhood has been wracked by deadly violence for months said he would accept any help from President Trump on the matter, even if it involved the National Guard.
The Rev. Gregory Livingston, of New Hope Baptist Church, said Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) has “blood on his hands,” and is allegedly “sitting on” millions of dollars in Department of Housing and Urban Development funds that could be helping the affected neighborhoods.
“Rahm’s words do nothing for that family,” Livingston said of a mother of a 17-year-old shot and killed over the weekend amid the violence.
“They need to move, they’ve had plenty of chances,” he said of the city government, adding that Emanuel didn’t start the corruption in this regard, but should be doing more to end it.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/10/chicago-pastor-rips-emanuel-calls-trumps-help-gun-violence-send-guard-troops
To the best of my knowledge the portion of the Posse Comatus law that prohibts the US government from using the military for law enforcement (except in very limited cases) is still in effect. This means that it would have to be the National Guard from Illinois that would have to be used, and it would be better if the Governor sent them in. Even then all they could do is patrol and keep the streets quiet while they are there but as soon as they are pulled out the gangs will return in force.
Yep, Posse Comitatus. Nat’l Guard and the Governor.
The preacher figures he’ll get more attention by taking Potus’ name in vain.
Trust NBC to discover that antifa hates the Police and media and draw the wrong conclusions.
NBC Learns Antifa Dislike Police And News Media, after Reporter Gets Attacked
How are tariffs affecting China?
Combine this video from the 6th of August with the article I posted earlier about China blinking and removing the tariff from the curde oil that they import from the US. We are winning and the Chinese government knows it.
Add in Yucki’s article about China and Iran, this is a recipe for a major economic disaster for them.
Iran threatens to confront US ‘ENEMY’ over ECONOMIC war – 67 arrested as tensions SOAR (express, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1002475/iran-news-iran-us-sanctions-donald-trump-corruption-arrests-Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei
“IRAN has threatened to fight back against the “economic war” waged by its “enemy” the US as more than 60 people were arrested in a drive against financial crime.
Special Islamic revolutionary courts were being set up to try suspects quickly after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for “swift and just” legal action to confront an “economic war” by foreign enemies.
Iranian authorities have arrested 67 people in a drive against financial crime, as the country faces renewed US sanctions and a public outcry against profiteering and corruption.
The Iranian rial has lost half of its value against the US dollar on the unofficial market this year, while the price of fruit and vegetables has increased by 50 percent since the start of the year.
Now an ongoing currency crisis and high levels of unemployment has pushed Iran to the brink of the civil war, with thousands taking to the streets to demand regime change.
The cost of living has also soared, sparking sporadic demonstrations against profiteering and corruption, with many protesters chanting anti-government slogans.
Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said: “Our enemy America has decided to put pressure on people and it intends to put our economy under pressure, but to no avail.
“There are individuals who try to use this opportunity and hoard basic goods and increase pressure on people by hoarding and smuggling.
“Sixty seven suspects have been arrested, some of whom were released on bail, and more than 100 people including government employees and officials, as well as private employees and others have been given travel bans.”
The central bank and the judiciary have blamed “enemies” for the fall of the currency and a rapid rise in the price of gold coins.
Those arrested included a former central bank deputy, and some faced charges carrying the death penalty, the judiciary said.
Iran has accused arch-foes, the US and Israel, as well as regional rival Saudi Arabia and government opponents living in exile, of fomenting the unrest and waging an economic war to destabilise the nation.
Tensions have reached boiling point in the Middle East nation after US President Donald Trump slapped Iran with tough economic sanctions aimed at further undermining the Islamic fundamentalist republic
Measures which target cars, gold and other metals trading, as well as the government’s ability to buy US dollars, came into force on Monday…”
EU WARNED: Salvini issues STERN warning to Brussels – ‘Rights of Italians come FIRST!’ (express, Aug 12, 2018)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1002420/EU-news-Italy-Matteo-Salvini-Brussels-budget-economy-migration-policy-latest
“ITALY’s deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini took a dig at the European Union, warning the bloc the country’s coalition government would put the “rights of Italians” before EU demands.
Eurosceptic leader Matteo Salvini insisted Italy’s coalition Government would put the needs of Italians before the commitments made to the European Union.
The Lega leader told Il Sole 24 Ore he would make sure to deliver on the pledges of his manifesto “whether the European Union likes it or not”.
Mr Salvini said: “We will also commit economically to kickstart in that sector the same revolution we started on immigration policy. I remember what we promised to do, whether the European Union like it or not.
“We’ll do anything to respect the European obligations with the new budget but the rights of Italians come first. Right to work, to pension, to health.”…”
Mitarbeiter mit Poller angegriffen: Gewalttätiger Asylbewerber aus Fröndenberg belagert Autohaus Procar in Unna – Filialleiter: „Unfassbar, was hier los ist“
https://www.rundblick-unna.de/2018/08/10/mitarbeiter-mit-poller-angegriffen-gewalttaetiger-asylbewerber-aus-froendenberg-belagert-autohaus-procar-in-unna-filialleiter-unfassbar-was-hier-los-ist/
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