Contributor’s links post for April 18, 2019

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About Eeyore

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

144 Replies to “Contributor’s links post for April 18, 2019”

  1. NR: I’m seven minutes into the clip and Timcast seems to be doing all right. I guess the outrage is starting to put some lead in his Left-leaning pencil. It’s all about the Kali Yuga.

    T = 00:12:14

    • As I was afraid of, right at the end, Timcast goes completely off the rails and rails about memes as though they’re some sort of malevolent life form (which maybe they are … to him).

      He even goes so far as to “accuse” Trump of posting memes and [gasp!] even retweeting memes. Then Timcast literally closes the show by calling Trump a “shit-poster”.

      Everybody here knows that I’m no cheerleader for Trump. All the same, when trying to belittle memes and those who use them, Timcast comes off dumber than a box of rocks. Regardless of how memes are pure oxygen for politicians, much like editorial ledes, there’s definitely a fine art to them which Trump would be a fool to abjure.

      I’m guessing that he’s frustrated over how one too many women have found that the Timcast meme doesn’t quite measure up.

      • It may be what you are saying but add in his refusal to face the facts that the Modern Conservatives are the non racists and that he needs to rethink his entire approach to life. After all the people he has been attacking are the ones who support most of what he wants to happen.

      • You will note that he is talking about dropping out of the culture war not realizing that if you drop out of the culture war the people he is railing about will win.

        • You will note that he is talking about dropping out of the culture war not realizing that if you drop out of the culture war the people he is railing about will win.

          Sort of like dropping out of the Civilizational War we’re in right now, eh? Same results, too. Curious that. Coincidence? BEER I DON’T THINK SO.

          And, yes, squealing over Candace Owens being called a “White Supremacist” without immediately recognizing that Conservatives and Whites in general are amongst the least-racist people on Earth isn’t just shallow, doing so feeds our enemy’s imaginings that the Right is baseless in its objections.

          Great synthesis as usual, Richard (in both replies).

  2. Brilliant defence of conservative values by Giorgia Meloni at World Congress of Families (English subtitles)

    • The World Congress of Families (Congresso Mondiale delle Famiglie) was held in Verona from the 29-31st March. The congress promotes conservative Christian family values. This event was enormously controversial in Italy and attracted 20,000 protesters to the city, the protesters said the congress was homophobic and wanted to restrict women’s freedom, keep them at home doing the ironing, take Italy back to the middle ages. Notes / explanations:

      00:10 The host is Eva Crosetta who presents a religious affairs programme on Italian state broadcaster RAI.

      05:08 Infant’s income = 400 euros a month, per child, up to the age of six, a Fratelli d’Italia policy.

      05:10 Citizen’s income = a form of social welfare introduced for people living below the poverty line (earning less than 780 euros a month). One of Five Star’s flagship policies.

      05:22 Nursery schools in Italy (asili nido) are for kids aged 1-3.

      05:34 Law 194 = 1978 law that legalised abortion in Italy. Meloni is saying that parts of the law can be applied to provide assistance for mothers who choose not to have an abortion.

      06:45 Comuni = small municipalities. Meloni is talking about the growth of towns in medieval Italy. This was important in terms of commerce, culture, development of legal rights and government. Italy was the most highly urbanised part of the world at the time.

      06:53 Matera = Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio (who opposed the congress) was caught on camera asking the governor of Puglia what he was doing regarding the town of Matera (which is not in Puglia, it is Basilicata).Di Maio later responded to the media saying he knew Matera wasn’t in Puglia but that Puglia was in fact receiving funds related to Matera (Matera is one of the European Capitals of Culture) including for a railway, and that is what he was asking about.

      08:46 Single thinking = ideological dogmatism on a particular subject, ideological orthodoxy, refusal to accept alternative ideas on what the solution to a problem is.

      09:34 This is a well known case in Italy. The parents in question were actually 57 and 69 when their daughter was born.

      10:12 Eluana Englaro’s father fought for years to be able to switch off her life support, before finally being permitted to do so.

      10:27 Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans were infants whose life support was switched off against the wishes of their parents.

      12:53 “We will defend God, country and family.” Meloni was criticised for this quote, people saying it was from Mussolini. It was actually originally made by Giuseppe Mazzini, a major figure in Italy’s Risorgimento (19th century unification).

      13:14 GK Chesterton, British conservative writer. Salvini, who also spoke at this conference, about 20 minutes after Meloni, also used this quote at the end of his speech. The crowd started laughing and Salvini realised someone has said it already. He took in good spirit. “Who said it? As a gentleman I take a step back. I won’t repeat quotes”

      I will include the longer Chesterton quote (the context in which it appears) in the notes in the comment section.

      If there is anything that is unclear please just ask!

      I have also uploaded this to facebook https://www.facebook.com/CassiusDX/vi

      I will upload a shorter version (limited to 2 minutes) to twitter https://twitter.com/CassiusYoutube and post a link here.

      Date of speech: Saturday, 30th March

      • This event was enormously controversial in Italy and attracted 20,000 protesters to the city, the protesters said the congress was homophobic…

        Fuck these barren genetic box canyons and the double-dong dildos they rode in on. And here’s the meme for everyone in the LGBTQXYZ Pronoun-Sensitive Cult of Victimhood™ to sit and spin on:

        Every last homosexual in human history has resulted from HETEROSEXUAL CONCEPTION and all the self-loathing or gender dysphoria in the world will never change this basic BIOLOGICAL fact.

        I will not even dignify with an answer any arguments about turkey-baster dykes raising up their own little butchettes because those births represent -0.0001% x square root of -1 of all gays ever born.

        This homosexual hatred for the very people who gave birth to them (regardless of how kind, loving, or accepting) constitutes a monumental hypocrisy that creates an intolerable breach of civility and trust (i.e., disintegrates the Social Contract).

        Such a flagrant abrogation of coexistence is the same exact CRIME as in the way Islam violates all generosity of spirit and benefit-of-the-doubt with its filthy taqiyya.

        Either party could abandon this pathological cognitive dissonance and join the human race but that would mean abandoning a core component of their victimhood sociological identity (political or otherwise).

        Instead, these insults to common decency are flaunted like badges of honor while boast of their transgressions as if they’ve been uploading to Worldstar Hip Hop out slaying dragonsinstead of mutilating little children, be it sexually, surgically, or psychologically.

        Here’s Clown World for you, Timcast:

    • Amazing, incredible, machine-gun oratory! A truly great woman. All young men and women should see this.

    • She is good, she is real good and gives a speech that is one of the best that I have hears. It is also a call to arms to fight for our freedom.

    • Vatican releases “Chrislam” logo for Pope Francis’ visit to Morocco

      The official logo of the Pope’s visit was chosen from about 50 entries in a competition. An explanatory note accompanying the logo’s release says that a cross and a crescent in the logo are symbols of Christianity and Islam which highlight the interreligious relations between Christians and Muslims.

      https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-01/pope-francis-morocco-visit-logo-hope-interreligious-dialogue.html

      • The official logo of the Pope’s visit was chosen from about 50 entries in a competition.

        Where is Mehmet Ali Agca when we really need him!?!

        Ecktually, the Left needs no Muslim assassin to murder a now-dead anti-Communist pope like Karol Wojtyla.* Instead (in one of the 20th century’s greatest post-WWII crimes against humanity), a genocidal USSR was allowed to slither off into the night without punitive mass executions and, eventually help midwife this abortion-of-an-Antichrist who defiles the throne of Saint Peter.

        Quo vadis, Francis? Not even Satan in everlasting hell would soil himself with traitorous filth such as you.

        * Recent whitewashes oblige one to reexamine whether Agca’s attempted murder of Pope John Paul II merely was jihad and covered up just like nowadays for fear of inciting (justifiable) hatred against Muslims.

        Strangling the counterjihad in its cradle all the way back in prehistoric 1981 seems like a major reach, but recent outrages by the tranzi 1% mandate such speculation. (And we all know how I loathe conspiracy theories.)

        What a triumph for the Left! Pathological Islamic pets obsessively weaponize and shatter every last vestige of common human decency: While—in a gruesomely parallel win-win lose-lose equation for their foes (real or imagined)—so do PoMos forcibly unwall the boundaries of Truth and conspiracy.

        This philosophical pickpocketing causes needless but crucial moral hesitation even as it damns Conservatives with accusations of weaving conspiracy theories. All the while, Leftists fabricate the Emperor’s New Wardrobe malfunction entirely out of whole cloth.

    • Electrical short-circuit is believed to have started Notre Dame blaze, investigators believe https://trib.al/GFJ5Tkt
      https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1118913746347483138

      No electricity was ever put in the top of Notre Dame “to prevent fire”
      https://twitter.com/diana_west_/status/1118596303544561671

      #NotreDame Head of scaffolding co.: “At the start of the fire absolutely none of the employees of my company was on site” https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/notre-dame-de-paris-rien-ne-va-dans-le-sens-dun-acte-volontaire-selon-les-debuts-de-lenquete-3893032
      https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/status/1118321562862727168

  3. African Nations Facing Elevated Debt Risk Amid Rapid Bond Issuance – World Bank (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/business/201904181074247286-world-bank-debt/

    “The world’s leading development lender warns that at least 17 African countries are at risk of defaulting on their debt in the event of a global economic downturn – due to the fast pace at which they have been issuing bonds over the past few months.

    Kristian Rouz — The World Bank warns of heightened longer-term risks related to the supposedly excessive bond issuance of several African nations, saying high leverage could produce structural problems threatening the fiscal sustainability of such countries. The stark warning comes as many African countries have sought additional sources of financing to advance their development projects.

    According to a statement from the World Bank, the pace of bond issuance by some African nations, including Ghana and Benin, has been too fast and ‘very concerning’ over the past few years. The international lender said bond issuance appears to be a promising strategy, while global borrowing costs are relatively low.

    However, if the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB), and other major central banks tighten their interest rate policies, the mounting debt burden could deal a severe blow to the budgets of African countries.

    “We are very concerned,” World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva said. “We have lived through a long period of low interest rates and low yields and that has made African countries very attractive destinations for those seeking higher yield.”

    Georgieva added that global interest rates will inevitably go up at some point, making refinancing harder, if not impossible, for the mostly commodity-driven African economies.
    At this point, the most popular financial tool, that meets rife demand from international investors, is the so-called African Eurobond. The World Bank named 17 African nations that have issued ‘excessive’ amounts of these securities.

    Georgieva said countries at risk include Chad, Gambia, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe. These countries have hardly succeeded at diversifying their economies, and it remains unclear where the money — raised through bond issuance — went.

    Additionally, higher debt-to-GDP ratios make such countries more likely to accept financial aid from third-party countries, such as Mainland China, instead of international institutions — which often attach conditions to their financing packages.

    For its part, the World Bank has recently unveiled a $15-billion development programme designed for African countries. The plan aims to improve the human capital in sub-Saharan Africa between the years 2021 and 2023, with new programmes aimed at supporting education, health care, and food security across the region.

    “GDP per worker in sub-Saharan Africa could be 2.5 times higher if everyone were healthy and enjoyed a good education from pre-school to secondary school,” Hafez Ghanem, World Bank Vice President for Africa, said.

    Not all national governments are willing to cooperate with the World Bank though. Some are not willing to implement the policies recommended by international lenders, expressing concern regarding their sovereignty in domestic affairs; others fear possible structural changes in the economy that could disrupt political stability.

    Separately, the World Bank said economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been slowing since 2015, due to the structural problems in the region’s three largest economies — Nigeria, South Africa, and Angola. The lender said, however, that this year growth might pick up, but lack of foreign direct investment and domestic sources of growth — as well as rampant corruption — could thwart such expectations.

    The region’s economy could grow 2.8 percent this year, the highest rate since 2015. It remains unclear whether this acceleration is a result of bond issuance and direct borrowing from the likes of China, but World Bank experts suggest that rising global demand for commodities played the most prominent role.

    “Our forecast for a rise in growth by 2020 is largely due to an anticipation that commodities and metal prices will continue to recover,” Cesar Calderon, one of the authors of the World Bank’s Africa’s Pulse report, said.

    Despite the modest improvement, the World Bank noted that between January and mid-March 2019, developing nations amassed roughly $400 bln in new debt through bond issuance.

    This is the region’s highest level of debt year-to-date in history, the lender said, it and might pose an unprecedented structural challenge to the fiscal sustainability of entire regions in the event of a global economic downturn.”

  4. Armed Groups Attack Haftar-Controlled Air Base in Southern Libya – Reports (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201904181074249514-attack-libya-haftar/

    “On Thursday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that as many as 205 people have been killed and 913 more injured since the beginning of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) offensive on Tripoli.

    An armed group attacked on Thursday a key air base in Southern Libya under the control of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, Reuters reported, citing a source in the military.

    The attack was followed by clashes at the Tamanhint Base located in the vicinity of Sabha, a strategically important city in southern Libya, according to the source.

    No additional details are immediately available…”

  5. Free Fall of Swedish Krona Compared With ‘Countries After Coup d’Etat’ (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/business/201904181074246373-sweden-krona-free-fall/

    “Over the past seven years, the Swedish krona has lost almost 30 percent of its value against the euro and 50 percent against the dollar.

    A dismal new forecast by the major Scandinavian bank Nordea predicts that the Swedish currency will depreciate further against the euro in the coming months.

    “The total fall in the krona is similar to what one sees in countries where a coup d’état took place,” Nordea chief strategist Henrik Unell said, as quoted by the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

    The new loss in value is predicted to continue the current devaluation trend which some have described as a “free fall”. Over the past seven years, the Swedish krona has lost almost 30 percent against the euro and 50 percent against the dollar.

    “In February, the trade-weighted real krona reached its lowest level ever and it surpassed its previous ‘financial crisis record’. Swedish households get back only 80 öre for every krona they invest into Sweden as a company. This is a clear breach of contract, but no one protests,” Unell wrote.

    Unell blamed the weak krona on the Central Bank, whose policy has been to keep Sweden’s interest rates among the lowest in the world.

    Central Bank governor Stefan Ingves defended his policy by claiming it has led to high employment and better growth.

    “The Central Bank cannot and should not stabilise both inflation and the exchange rate. You have to choose, and with inflation as a target, it is inevitable that the exchange rate moves”, Ingves wrote in an opinion piece in Dagens Nyheter at the end of March.

    Unell slammed this stance, suggesting that the Central Bank was “informing the outside world that they in effect ignore all the consequences of their inflation policy”.

    Today, Sweden’s interest rate is minus 0.25 percent. This has been attributed to the low inflation that has haunted Sweden and Europe ever since the global financial crisis broke out just over ten years ago. The Riksbank does not intend to raise interest rates until the summer of 2020 at the earliest.

    Henrik Unell predicted that inflation will continue to beset the Swedish Central Bank alongside other central banks in the near future, partly because China continues to produce cheap goods that they export to the rest of the world.

    “What primarily depresses interest rates in our part of the world is low inflation rates. And how should they be able to rise when producer prices in China increase by 0.4 percent year-on-year?” Unell asked. “Production costs for goods fall and the ongoing dilution of quality lowers the costs further,” he concluded.”

  6. Around 100 Organisations of Salafi Movement Registered in Belgium – Reports (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/europe/201904181074246471-islamic-salafi-movement-belgium/

    “The Belgian State Security Service (VSSE) has registered around 100 organisations of Salafi movement, a branch of the Sunni Islam that advocates the rule of the sharia law, local media reported on Thursday.

    The Belgian government has no official data on the number of Salafi organisations in the country, De Tijd newspaper noted. Meanwhile, Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens has reportedly confirmed an increase in the number of groups and initiatives linked to the Salafi movement.

    The VSSE has already drawn the government’s attention to the fact that the Salafi movement is gaining momentum in the country, with radical Islamists increasing their influence on the Muslim population of Belgium.

    Salafists reject democratic institutions and promote return to the traditions of the salaf, the first three generations of Muslims. Members of the Salafi movement include purists, who avoid politics; activists, who focus on Salafi policies promotion; and jihadists, who promote armed struggle.

    Belgian authorities pay significant attention to countering the spread of Salafism in the country’s mosques, since they consider it one of the reasons behind youth’ radicalisation.

    Theo Francken, then-state secretary of Belgium for migration policy, announced in fall 2017 the decision to revoke residency permit from the Brussels’ Grand Mosque’s imam over his propagation of Salafism, but the court reversed the decision. Francken has said that Belgium is facing problems with “radical Islam and Salafism,” but not Islam in general.”

  7. Facebook has admitted to “unintentionally” uploading the address books of 1.5 million users without consent, and says it will delete the collected data and notify those affected.

    The discovery follows criticism of Facebook by security experts for a feature that asked new users for their email password as part of the sign-up process. As well as exposing users to potential security breaches, those who provided passwords found that, immediately after their email was verified, the site began “importing” contacts without asking for permission.

    Facebook has now admitted it was wrong to do so, and said the upload was inadvertent. “Last month we stopped offering email password verification as an option for people verifying their account when signing up for Facebook for the first time,” the company said.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/18/facebook-uploaded-email-contacts-of-15m-users-without-consent

  8. US And Greek Citizens Among 9 Suspected Pirates

    Nine suspected pirates comprising three Greece citizens, an American and five blacks have been arrested during a joint operation by the Nigerian Navy and United States Coast Guard.

    The suspects were nabbed when their vessel was stopped within the Nigerian waters while the navy combed the Western Naval Command area of the Gulf of Guinea, under ‘Operation Junction Rain’.

    Upon a search of the vessel, the naval operatives recovered four military assault rifles (Bernelli MR-1) loaded with magazines, about 1,000 live ammunition in a box and other hidden exhibits including various communication gadgets, which they earlier denied they had while being interrogated.

    https://grandmarketsquare.com/us-and-greek-citizens-among-9-suspected-pirates-arrested-in-nigeria/

  9. EU parliament votes to fine internet firms for not removing extremist content quickly
    Foo Yun Chee
    3 MIN READ

    STRASBROUG (Reuters) – The European parliament voted on Wednesday to fine firms like Facebook, Google and Twitter up to 4 percent of their turnover if they persistently fail to remove extremist content within one hour of being asked to do so by authorities.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-parliament-extremist-content/eu-parliament-votes-to-fine-internet-firms-for-not-removing-extremist-content-quickly-idUSKCN1RT2CF?utm_source=reddit.com

  10. National Park Rangers say thousands of glass shards placed on Michigan beach with ‘malicious intent’

    Park Ranger Andy Blake said freshly broken pieces of glass between a half-inch and two inches were found spread up and down the Lake Michigan beach, near the Good Harbor picnic area, according to the NPS website.

    “I am outraged by this act that is clearly intended to injure visitors to the National Lakeshore,” Blake said to WILX. “Thousands of pieces of broken glass do not appear on the beach without malicious intent. I hope our visitors and the local community can help identify the person or persons who would deliberately harm our beachgoers, including children.”

    https://www.foxnews.com/travel/national-park-rangers-say-thousands-of-glass-shards-placed-on-michigan-beach-with-malicious-intent

  11. Christopher Steele declined to meet with the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General, which is reportedly poised to cast doubt on the veracity of some of the former British spy’s infamous anti-Trump dossier.

    Steele declined the inspector general’s request on the grounds that it would be improper for him to take part “in an internal Justice Department investigation as a foreign national and former British intelligence agent,” Politico reported Wednesday.

    The explanation is somewhat ironic given that Steele, a former MI6 officer, provided his anti-Trump research to the FBI as well as to Bruce Ohr, a Justice Department official.

    Witnesses who have met with the inspector general’s office told Politico that they got the impression that investigators are “going to try and deeply undermine” Steele’s work.

    The investigation is also likely “to cast doubt on the veracity of the information Steele provided about [Carter] Page that the FBI included in its application for a [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] warrant,” according to Politico.

    Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, opened an investigation on March 28, 2018 into whether the FBI abused the FISA by relying on Steele’s dossier to obtain spy warrants against Page. Horowitz’s investigation is expected to wrap up in May or June, according to sources familiar with the matter.

    https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/17/doj-inspector-general-christopher-steele-declined/

  12. House Democrats subpoenaed nine large banks this week in connection with an investigation into President Trump’s financial ties, according to a report.

    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Monday said the subpoenas were related to potential “foreign influence in the U.S. political process,” including whether Russians laundered money through the Trump Organization.

    HOUSE JUDICIARY DEMOCRATS AUTHORIZE SUBPOENAS FOR MUELLER REPORT

    The banks include JPMorgan Chase &Co., Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America, Capital One Financial Corp., Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank, The Wall Street Journal reported.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-democrats-subpoena-9-large-banks-in-trump-finance-probe

  13. Notre Dame fire: FURY as ‘truly SICK’ ISIS threaten to attack cathedral with ANOTHER blaze (express, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1115775/isis-notre-dame-fire-threat-latest-news-terror-paris-attack-blaze-cathedral-france-macron

    “OUTRAGED social media users have hit out at ISIS members for sharing a poster of the Notre Dame cathedral on fire in horrific threat.

    The edited image shows the church ablaze with the warning, “wait for the next”, the MailOnline reported. One person said on Facebook: “Anyone who takes pleasure from such a sad event is truly sick.” While another said on Twitter: “President Trump may say ISIS are finished but the fanatics are not, very scary.”

    Many speculated ISIS started the fire but there have been no reports of ISIS being responsible for the fire on Monday which ravaged the 850-year-old monument.

    The vicious propaganda was revealed by terrorist monitors, SITE intelligence.

    The image suggests ISIS members are looking to attack the cathedral in the future, the news outlet reports.

    The news comes after the jihadi group, Al-Muntasir, shared an image of the flames with the words “Have a good day”.

    The group previously shared hate following the terror attacks in France.

    Paris public prosecutor said the fire was likely to have been the result of an accident and there was no sign it was caused on purpose.

    Mr Heitz told reporters: “We are favouring the theory of an accident.”…”

  14. Pakistan HORROR as gunmen kill 14 bus passengers in southwest /(express, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1115792/pakistan-news-terror-gunmen-dead-Baluchistan-karachi-gawadar-punjab-Shiite-muslim

    “GUNMEN killed 14 people after hijacking a passenger bus in southwestern Pakistan, local media said on Thursday.

    Four local TV channels said passenger buses from Karachi to Gawadar had been missing since early Thursday from the coastal highway linking the two cities.

    Two dozen gunmen dressed in paramilitary Frontier Corp uniforms stopped five or six buses and checked every passenger’s identity papers.

    Those who were not from Balochistan were marched off the bus and shot dead.

    Balochistan militants have claimed responsibility for the atrocity.

    All the victims are believed to be Pakistani, with a naval official and a coast guard member among the dead, a militant spokesman denied that any civilian passengers had been killed.

    Government health official Dr Muhammad Musa said: “They were all bullet injuries, most were shot in the head.” …”

  15. Man who killed Ottawa cyclist obstructed justice because he feared racist police, avoids jail time
    GARY DIMMOCK Updated: April 17, 2019

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    An Ottawa landscaper who covered his tracks and hid from police after a deadly hit-and-run has been spared jail time by a judge who accepted his explanation that a fear of turning himself in was heightened because he’s a “man of colour” afraid of racist police.

    In 2015, Andy Nevin, 39, was cycling along Leitrim Road when Deinsberg St-Hilaire’s pickup truck smashed into him. St-Hilaire was found not guilty of dangerous driving causing death in 2018, but pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.

    During his trial, court heard that St-Hilaire went to substantive lengths to hide his involvement in Nevin’s death.

    A file photo of Deinsberg St-Hilaire arriving at the Ottawa Courthouse in November 2018. JEAN LEVAC / POSTMEDIA NEWS

    The maximum penalty for obstruction of justice is two years in prison, but Ontario Superior Court Justice Catherine Aitken instead sentenced St-Hilaire to 100 hours of community service. In the conditional sentence, delivered Wednesday, the judge also gave St-Hilaire a curfew of 10 p.m. for one year, unless it’s snowing. (She wanted to accommodate his winter snow plow job.)

    The judge noted that St-Hilaire’s fear of racist police was connected to past traffic stops where he said he’d been treated unfairly.

    https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/0418-nevin

  16. Judge condemns open benefits system after drug dealer scammed £21,000 in handouts and used the money to buy a house (dailymail, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6935737/Judge-condemns-open-benefits-drug-dealer-scammed-21-000-handouts.html

    “A judge has slammed how ‘easy’ it is to take advantage of the benefits system after a drug dealer scrounged £21,000 in benefits and used the money to buy a house.

    Jobless Iftikhar Sarwar, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, illegally pocketed child tax credits by falsely claiming he was the sole carer for his 15-year old daughter when she was in fact living with her aunt.

    The 39-year-old later fled the UK after being arrested for drug dealing and went on the run for more than three years before he was eventually detained in Italy.

    Jailing Sarwar for five years at Minshull Crown Court in Manchester on Tuesday, Judge Angela Nield criticised those who take advantage of the welfare system.

    She said: ‘You fraudulently obtained tax credits, an offence made relatively easy by the fact the system of benefits in this country has largely been based on the honesty of those who claim against it.

    ‘If an individual chose to be dishonest against the system, which is vulnerable to the lies they tell, it is expensive to pursue an investigation into the enquiry.’

    The judge also heard how Sarwar laundered the benefit cash and drug money he made from peddling heroin and crack cocaine to purchase a house with a friend…”

  17. Hi Vlad,
    Please read this story:

    https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-18/illegal-land-clearers-heckle-people-in-court-as-they-are-fined/11028070?pfmredir=sm

    Basically two brothers leading supremacist religious group in Sydney claim that they are exempt from Australian laws as ‘their religion is prime’.
    In a meanwhile – nsw law system cooperated with imams council to conclude that muslums are often expected to follow Australian law as it’s similar to islam law. Amusing!

  18. ‘The Cross Belongs in the Dustbin of History’: Muslim Brothers Claim Islam Exempt from Law (breitbart, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/04/18/the-cross-belongs-in-the-dustbin-of-history-muslim-brothers-claim-islam-exempt-from-law/

    “Two Muslim brothers who claimed Australian law did not apply to them or their religion have been fined for contempt of court.

    Mustapha and Diaa Kara-Ali reportedly laughed and began abusing the judge as the punishment was handed down in Sydney’s Land and Environment Court, after they were found guilty of felling trees without council permission.

    The brothers had tried to argue the Islamic organisation they ran, Diwan Al Dawla, was exempt from Australian law on religious grounds and they were free to develop their rural retreat – which included clearing native trees – as they saw fit.

    The court ruled otherwise, ABC News Australia reports.

    In sentencing the two men on Thursday, Justice Terence Sheahan said the pair only engaged in the court process “following my reluctant decision to have you arrested … to address the problems you’ve created”, describing their contempt of the court as “flagrant”.

    In his published reasons, Justice Sheahan said the brothers’ claim they do not have to comply with Australian law is false.

    “In December 2017, the Australian National Imams Council (‘ANIC’), with the assistance of the NSW Judicial Commission, prepared a document entitled ‘Explanatory Note on the Judicial Process and Participation of Muslims’,” he wrote.

    “The note clearly envisages that Muslims in Australia will often be expected to participate in court processes.

    “It even stresses that there are many similarities between the Western tradition and the Muslim concept of justice.”

    The brothers were also accused of trapping a man who had delivered court documents on the property by padlocking the gates while he was inside.

    A furious Mustapha Kara-Ali later left the court telling reporters: “The cross does not belong on public institutions… Our religion is prime, the cross belongs in the dustbin of history.””

    • Surrender why don’t you!they “might” follow your laws if they feel like it?What kind of a judicial system is that?why should whitey follow the laws if mozlems do not have to,and what legitimacy does a government have if it allows an alien law to dominate a country ,whos people despise it since they already have more than adequate laws for these circumstances.Tell me what is so wonderful about backward primitive tribesmen,that we give them control of our societies to do as they please?

  19. Swedish Imam: ISIS Members Need ‘Right Kind’ of Islam to Rehabilitate into Society (breitbart, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/18/swedish-imam-isis-members-need-right-kind-of-islam-to-rehabilitate-into-society/

    “A Swedish imam based in Stockholm has claimed that returning Islamic State members need the “right” kind of Islam to help rehabilitate them back into society.

    Imam Kashif Virk has called for the Swedish government to include the “knowledge and experience of religious congregations” to help reintegrate any returning fighters in an opinion article for publication Dagens Samhalle.

    The imam was, however, cautious over the fact that Sweden may not be properly equipped to prosecute those who have committed atrocities overseas saying, “In Sweden, we have a legal system that is not adapted for these gross abuses against humanity. The crimes are difficult to prove. The punishment is not in proportion to the crimes.”

    Virk also said that he was opposed to the idea of “calling terrorists home” and noted that the returnees “not only pose a threat to Sweden, but to the whole world.”

    The article was written as a follow-up to another opinion piece Virk wrote earlier this month in which he argued that returning Islamic State members should not be banned from coming back from Sweden but should instead be given a “second chance” following a judicial process.

    “Any offences that can be proved must be prosecuted. The way back to a normal life must go through the judiciary,” he said.

    Imam Virk is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, which is often seen as blasphemous by radical Sunni Muslim extremists such as the Islamic State who have referred to them as polytheists…”

  20. Erdogan lashes out at Financial Times over report on economy (abcnews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/erdogan-lashes-financial-times-report-economy-62478296

    “Turkeys president has lashed out at the Financial Times and other western media, accusing them of falsely portraying the economy as being on the brink of collapse.

    Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Thursday after the Financial Times reported that Turkeys Central Bank had bolstered its foreign currency reserves with short-term borrowed money, leading to concerns that Turkey may not be able to defend itself in the event of a currency crisis. The Turkish lira weakened some 2 against the dollar following the report.

    Erdogan insisted the economy is standing strong. He claimed Turkey was being attacked because it was speaking out against injustices, including about refugees.

    Erdogan said: Oh Financial Times! What do you know about Turkey which hosts 4 million refugees? How many refugees are there in your country?”

  21. Facebook Bans UK Right-Wing Groups: British National Party, EDL & Britain First (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/europe/201904181074255984-facebook-ban-right-wing-uk/

    “The decision came on 18 April with the social network arguing it was prompted by the organization’s “dangerous individuals and organisations policy.”

    Apart from British National party (BNP), English Defence League & Britain First, a number of individuals have also had their accounts removed, including BNP’s former chairman Nick Griffin, Britain First’s leader Paul Golding and former deputy leader Jayda Fransen; EDL’s Paul Ray, right-wing activist Jim Dowson, the National Front leader, Tony Martin; and former spokesperson for National Action Jack Renshaw.

    Facebook explained the ban by referring to its guidelines:

    “Individuals and organisations who spread hate, or attack or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are, have no place on Facebook. Under our dangerous individuals and organisations policy, we ban those who proclaim a violent or hateful mission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence.”

    “The individuals and organisations we have banned today violate this policy, and they will no longer be allowed a presence on Facebook or Instagram. Posts and other content which expresses praise or support for these figures and groups will also be banned. Our work against organised hate is ongoing and we will continue to review individuals, organisations, pages, groups and content against our community standards,” the social network added in a statement.

    The British National Party manifesto expresses Eurosceptic views, calls for end to illegal immigration and refugees, as well as sharia law and burqas. It also encourages zero-tolerance “on anti-social behaviour, gang culture and violent crime.”

    The English Defence League and Britain First prioritize British national interests and traditions, while opposing “global Islamification” and “oppose all trends that threaten the integrity of the Union [of the UK]”.

    Facebook and Instagram accounts of EDL’s founder, Tommy Robinson, were also shut down earlier this year, for repeatedly breaking the sites’ policies on hate speech, the social network has announced, according to Facebook.”

    • Pre-election panic,the pendulum has swung ,the commies are losing ,so ban anyone who values a wholesome life,dignity and self respect ,but it will not prevent the pendulum from tracing its divine arc.

  22. India Suspends Cross-Border Trade With Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir (sputniknews, apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/asia/201904181074257634-india-no-trade-cross-border/

    “Relations between India and Pakistan took a turn for the worse earlier this year. Tensions soared after a deadly attack in Kashmir on 14 February, when a suicide bomber attacked an Indian security convoy, killing over 40 troops.

    Indian authorities announced in a press release on Thursday that they were suspending cross-border trade in Jammu and Kashmir as Pakistan-based elements were using commercial routes to smuggle drugs, weapons and money…”

  23. Leaked Terrorists’ Letters Show Daesh Boss Baghdadi ‘Still Pulls Rank’ – Report (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201904181074253493-daesh-leader-baghdadi-status/

    “Over the past few years, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death has been reported numerous times, but the Daesh* leader has re-emerged each time, even reportedly surviving an assassination attempt in January.

    The latest clues related to the status of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi indicate that the most wanted man in the world is “at least alive”, Fox News reports.

    The news outlet referred to copies of several December-dated letters from Daesh operatives to Baghdadi obtained by The Sunday Times earlier this month.

    In one letter, Daesh commander Abu Taher al-Tajiki reportedly briefs Baghdadi on potential target sites for the terrorist group’s strikes in Europe.

    “The letters underscore that not only is ISIS [Daesh] seemingly devoted to overseeing global attacks, but that its shadowy commander still pulls rank”, Fox News reports.

    The Sunday Times, in turn, cited Mohammed Ali, one of the Daesh militants captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as saying that the jihadists believe Baghdadi is not present in the sliver of land still held by the terrorist group, but is hiding somewhere in the desert outside Syria.

    According to the newspaper’s source, the disappearance of the Daesh leader has spurred internal fighting within the terrorist organisation.

    Sabah al Namaan, Baghdad’s spokesperson for its counter-terrorism agency, for his part, told Fox News in early April that Baghdadi is still in the Syrian desert, and that he “could not enter into the Iraqi side because of concerns about evading the security measures on the borders”.

    Namaan added that killing him or arresting Baghdadi “will reveal many secrets about how they have recruited tens of thousands of young men, and it will create a gap in the organisation.”

    “Hopefully we will reach him very soon, especially now that ISIS has been defeated in its final place in Baghouz, Syria and they have lost all their land in Iraq. Now, we have a real opportunity to catch or kill him”, he underscored.

    He was echoed by Hamid al-Hayes, the head of the al-Anbar Salvation Council, who claimed that Baghdadi was still in Syria near the Iraqi border and that the Daesh leader “has shaved his beard and changed a large part of his features [so as] not to be identified and arrested”.

    Hisham al-Hashimi, a member of Iraq’s National Reconciliation Commission, in turn suggested that all the clues pinpoint Baghdadi in “three possible locations”, including Syria’s Palmyra, the Homs desert or Iraq.

    “All these locations are very wide and very large with around 200 square miles [500 square kilometres]. He is a specialist at knowing how to survive, using different disguises and only with two people – his brother and his driver – with him”, Hashimi was quoted by Fox News as saying…”

  24. Turkey, Qatar military officials meet in Doha (memo, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190418-turkey-qatar-military-officials-meet-in-doha/

    “Qatar’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanem yesterday met with Turkey’s Colonel Mustafa Aydin in Doha, the Qatari Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

    The two officials discussed bilateral military relations as well as ways to strengthen and develop them, the ministry added.

    The meeting was attended by Qatar’s acting head of International Military Co-operation, Brigadier Yousef Saleh Al-Hurr, and the Military Attaché of the Turkish Embassy in Doha, Colonel Karim Cham.

    Qatar and Turkey have increased cooperation since Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt imposed a siege on Doha in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Claims Qatar vehemently denies.”

      • What better way to deflect attention from the yellow vests and unite the country in mourning,identical to the twin towers in the effect that it had on the public,shock,bewilderment,ideal territory for more mass conditioning.There is a lot to what this man said,centuries old oak is like concrete,it is halfway to fossilisation,it might be a little scorched ,but to burn that rapidly suggests something else,a spark will not ignite a piece of oak,try it yourself ,see how long it takes to burst into flames.notre-dame did it in half an hour!

    • Associated Press – Notre Dame fire was probably caused by electrical short-circuit, police official says

      Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday […]

      […]The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the investigation,

      […]Investigators so far believe the fire was accidental and are questioning cathedral staff and employees working on the renovation.

      https://www.mcall.com/la-fg-notre-dame-fire-cause-short-circuit-20190418-story.html

    • MARCH 2018

      Saint-Omer Ils escaladent l’échafaudage de la cathédrale Notre-Dame pour mettre le feu

      Dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, un groupe de jeunes a escaladé l’échafaudage qui se trouve sur le côté droit de la tour de la cathédrale Notre-Dame à Saint-Omer. Un bidon d’essence et un vêtement d’ouvrier brûlé ont été retrouvés à 50 mètres de hauteur non loin de la cabine de chantier des ouvriers. La police de Saint-Omer a ouvert une enquête.

      Au sein de la maison paroissiale, située rue Dupuis à Saint-Omer, on ne parlait que des événements de la nuit du dimanche 25 au lundi 26 mars. Aux alentours d’une heure du matin, un groupe de jeunes a escaladé l’échafaudage qui se trouve sur le côté droit de la tour de la cathédrale Notre-Dame, qui culmine à 50 mètres. Mais leur périple sur les hauteurs de l’édifice en travaux ne s’est pas arrêté là.

      Un bidon d’essence retrouvé sur place

      Selon plusieurs témoignages, les individus auraient tenté de mettre le feu avec des bidons d’essence qui servent à alimenter le groupe électrogène de la cathédrale . La petite cabine des ouvriers qui se trouve tout en haut de l’échafaudage a été forcée et un vêtement a été retrouvé brûlé. « L’essence a même coulé sur la cathédrale, ça a noirci la pierre », décrit Frédéric Sablon, premier adjoint à la ville de Saint-Omer et délégué à la sécurité. L’élu ne s’explique toujours pas comment le groupe de jeunes a pu grimper sur l’échafaudage jugé inaccessible : « En bas de la structure, il y a des tôles à trois mètres du sol. »

      La réactivité du voisinage a sans doute fait éviter le pire. Alerté et réveillé par le vacarme, un voisin a immédiatement appelé la police. Mais à l’arrivée des forces de l’ordre, le petit groupe avait déjà pris la fuite. Une enquête a été ouverte par la police de Saint-Omer. Pour l’heure, il est difficile de dire ce qui a motivé le comportement des jeunes gens.

      La première fois

      Selon l’abbé Laurent Boucly, curé de la cathédrale, « c’est bien la première fois que ce type d’incident arrive. Mais nous ne sommes malheureusement pas à l’abri de situation comme celle-là. Heureusement, le voisinage a entendu le bruit ! »

      La cathédrale Notre-Dame, en travaux depuis 2015 (plusieurs phases de travaux), est pourtant sécurisée avec un barriérage et les tôles à trois mètres du sol. « Nous sommes dans les clous au niveau sécurité. Il n’est donc pas nécessaire de renforcer la sécurité. On attend maintenant les résultats de l’enquête », souligne Frédéric Sablon. Le dispositif de vidéosurveillance installé Enclos de Notre-Dame autour de l’édifice pourrait peut-être la faire avancer rapidement.

      http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/344318/article/2018-03-26/ils-escaladent-l-echafaudage-de-la-cathedrale-notre-dame-pour-mettre-le-feu

  25. BREITBART – German Comedian Loses Case Against Merkel over Anti-Erdogan Poem

    A Berlin court has dismissed a lawsuit from comedian Jan Böhmermann who attempted to ban German Chancellor Angela Merkel from criticising a poem insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

    The poem, which was published in 2016 on the television programme Neo Magazine Royale hosted by the left-wing comedian, was labelled as “insulting” and “deliberately hurtful” by the German chancellor, Die Welt reports.

    The broadcast also nearly led to charges being laid on Böhmermann that could have seen him spend five years in prison for insulting a foreign head of state.

    Reiner Geulen, the lawyer for Böhmermann, argued that Merkel’s criticism of the poem had inserted a state prejudice into the case and said it was not acceptable that the head of the government “interferes with legal assessments in free and independent jurisdiction.”

    The lawyer also alleged that in the aftermath of the broadcast, Mr Böhmermann was forced to move from his apartment and was under temporary police guard. Despite these arguments, the Berlin Administrative Court dismissed the case.

    The poem, which was entitled “Defamation Poem” pulled few punches and was regarded as highly inflammatory by many when it stated that the Turkish leader “hits girls while wearing a rubber mask,” and went on to say he was “kicking Kurds, beating Christians while watching kiddie porn.”

    The work also referred to Erdogan as having sex with goats and labelling him a homosexual.

    Publication of the poem was also banned by a Hamburg court in May of 2016, with the court stating that only six of the lines from it were allowed to be recited which was seen as a legal victory for Erdogan.

    The charges against Böhmermann for insulting a foreign head of state were later dropped in the Autumn of 2016.

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/17/german-comedian-loses-case-against-merkel-anti-erdogan-poem/

    • BERLIN – Apr 22, 2016 – The chairperson of the Berlin Pirate Party Bruno Kramm was arrested in the German capital after quoting a line from the poem

    • The work also referred to Erdogan as having sex with goats and labeling him a homosexual.

      Where’s the libel in that?!? A little help here, please.

  26. Group: Americas saw greatest deterioration of press freedom

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americas saw the greatest deterioration in press freedom of any part of the world during the last year, a press advocacy group said Thursday.

    The 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders shows that Nicaragua fell 24 places from the previous year’s list due to attacks on journalists covering protests against President Daniel Ortega. Some journalists fled abroad, fearing they might be jailed on terrorism charges.

    https://apnews.com/df4b9636d3234bc482382fcf52f73cc8

  27. Online activists are silencing us, scientists say

    LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) – The emails, tweets and blog posts in the “abuse” folder that Michael Sharpe keeps on his computer continue to pile up. Eight years after he published results of a clinical trial that found some patients with chronic fatigue syndrome can get a little better with the right talking and exercise therapies, the Oxford University professor is subjected to almost daily, often anonymous, intimidation.

    A Twitter user who identifies himself as a patient called Paul Watton (@thegodofpleasur) wrote: “I really am looking forward to his professional demise and his much-deserved public humiliation.” Another, Anton Mayer (@MECFSNews), likened Sharpe’s behaviour to “that of an abuser.”

    Watton and Mayer have never been treated by Sharpe for their chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood condition that can bring crushing tiredness and pain. Nor have they met him, they told Reuters. They object to his work, they said, because they think it suggests their illness is psychological. Sharpe, a professor of psychological medicine, says that isn’t the case. He believes that chronic fatigue syndrome is a biological condition that can be perpetuated by social and psychological factors.

    http://news.trust.org/item/20190418094429-rl1l2

    • This is just another case of the victimhood ideology rampant amongst losers.
      Chronic fatigue syndrome does have an extremely few example where it really is genuine, but it was rare until it became a good excuse the obtain disability benefits and then every slob who did not want to work claimed it. My treatment would be far too harsh to post here but would be a test to see if starvation could motivate them to find the energy to work. Like the transgender craze it is simply an exploit in 95% cases. IIRC in the depression you only received benefits if you really WERE ill or you worked on community projects. I think that they had something there.

  28. U.S. Intelligence Institutionally Politicized Toward Democrats
    Former CIA analyst says agencies dominated by liberals

    The CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies have become bastions of political liberals and the pro-Democratic Party views of intelligence personnel have increased under President Donald Trump, according to a journal article by a former CIA analyst.

    John Gentry, who spent 12 years as a CIA analyst, criticized former senior intelligence leaders, including CIA Director John Brenan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former deputy CIA director Michael Morell, along with former analyst Paul Pillar, for breaking decades-long prohibitions of publicly airing their liberal political views in attacking Trump.

    The institutional bias outlined in a lengthy article in the quarterly International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence risks undermining the role of intelligence in support of government leaders charged with making policy decisions.

    Gentry stopped short of saying the widespread liberal bias of intelligence officials has influenced intelligence reports and products. However, he concludes that “bias may have crept into CIA analyses.”

    https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-intelligence-institutionally-politicized-toward-democrats/

  29. NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks
    By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG55 minutes ago

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon,” its first such test in nearly half a year, and demanded that Washington remove Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear negotiations.

    The test, which didn’t appear to be of a banned mid- or long-range ballistic missile that could scuttle negotiations, allows North Korea to show its people it is pushing ahead with weapons development while also reassuring domestic military officials worried that diplomacy with Washington signals weakness.

    Separately, the North Korean Foreign Ministry accused Pompeo of playing down the significance of comments by leader Kim Jong Un, who said last week that Washington has until the end of the year to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy. Both the demand for Pompeo’s removal from the talks and the weapon test point to North Korea’s displeasure with the deadlocked negotiations.

    https://apnews.com/2ff1e53cfc9d42a7821c7f4e6a740642

    • Richard: The Dems are making Xi and Kim think that President Trump is so damaged that he can’t do anything to stop them.

      It looks like everything is going to hit the fan at the same time.

  30. Satellite images may show reprocessing activity at North Korea nuclear site

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images from last week show movement at North Korea’s main nuclear site that could be associated with the reprocessing of radioactive material into bomb fuel, a U.S. think tank said on Tuesday.

    Any new reprocessing activity would underscore the failure of a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi in late February to make progress toward North Korea’s denuclearization.

    Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a report that satellite imagery of North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear site from April 12 showed five specialized railcars near its Uranium Enrichment Facility and Radiochemistry Laboratory.

    It said their movement could indicate the transfer of radioactive material.

    https://taskandpurpose.com/north-korea-nuclear-plant-satellite-photos-reprocessing

  31. Hundreds Of Teens Run Through Downtown Chicago, Fighting And Disobeying Police

    CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police were dealing with hundreds of teens running through downtown Chicago Wednesday night, yelling, stopping traffic and running in the streets.

    A huge police presence did not deter the rowdy behavior at Millennium Park.
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    The crowd then moved to State and Lake, where Chicago police were preparing to hold a press conference about the chaos. Police said they told most of the teens to go home, and directed them towards public transportation. Officers arrested those who disobeyed orders from police.

    https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/17/hundreds-of-teens-run-through-downtown-chicago-fighting-and-disobeying-police/

  32. Scientists Restore Some Function In The Brains Of Dead Pigs

    The brains of dead pigs have been somewhat revived by scientists hours after the animals were killed in a slaughterhouse.

    The Yale University research team is careful to say that none of the brains regained the kind of organized electrical activity associated with consciousness or awareness. Still, the experiment described Wednesday in the journal Nature showed that a surprising amount of cellular function was either preserved or restored.

    The implications of this study have staggered ethicists, as they contemplate how this research should move forward and how it fits into the current understanding of what separates the living from the dead.

    “It was mind-blowing,” says Nita Farahany, who studies the ethics of emerging technologies at Duke Law School. “My initial reaction was pretty shocked. It’s a groundbreaking discovery, but it also really fundamentally changes a lot of what the existing beliefs are in neuroscience about the irreversible loss of brain function once there is deprivation of oxygen to the brain.”

    https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/17/714289322/scientists-restore-some-function-in-the-brains-of-dead-pigs

  33. China slams allegations of pursuing anti-Muslim policy (cgtn, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d356b444d34457a6333566d54/index.html

    “Beijing on Wednesday resolutely rejected allegations that it is pursuing an anti-Muslim policy in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and warned some international media to desist from spreading rumors by “cooking up stories.”

    “On your question, if China has an anti-Islam policy, I can assure you that there is no such thing,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said in response to a question on the subject by a journalist during a press conference in Beijing.

    “Following policies that protect freedom of religious belief, China, like other countries, administers religious affairs in accordance with the law. We are resolute in rejecting and fighting religious extremism,” he said, adding that “believers’ normal religious activities are guaranteed in accordance with the law and their customs respected.”

    Lu also highlighted that there are currently “more than 350,000 mosques in China” in which the country’s “20-million Muslim community are free to practice their religion in accordance with the law.”

    “We hope that the relevant media will be less enthusiastic about getting information by the grapevine. They should honor professional ethics instead of cooking up stories,” he warned.

    The Chinese official also objected to reference of “reeducation camps” in Xinjiang. “First of all, I need to correct you on what you referred to as ‘reeducation camps.’ I am not aware of any such ‘camps’ in China,” Lu told reporters.

    Xinjiang has long faced the threat of imminent terror attacks, but the region has taken measures to prevent and combat violent terrorist crimes in accordance with the law. The vocational education and training programs are one such measure, Lu said.

    “The vocational education and training centers in Xinjiang have been set up as preventive measures with the explicit objective of counter-terrorism and deradicalization, just like what other countries have done. The measures may take different forms in different countries, but the goal is the same,” he asserted.

    The Chinese Foreign Ministry has rejected reports by some international media on alleged crackdown on religious minorities and on the treatment of the Muslim Uygur minority and other ethnic groups in Xinjiang as “false accusations” and a “smearing campaign driven by ulterior motives.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has even appealed the world to ignore such “gossip” and trust the Chinese government.

    In December 2018, the Chinese government published a white paper titled “Progress in Human Rights over the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up in China,” which reiterates, among many things, the Chinese people’s right to practice their religion.

    In recent months, China has conducted tours of Xinjiang by diplomats and international journalists from various countries to obtain first-hand information and to see for themselves the region’s social and economic development…”

  34. the daily caller – Will Obama’s Neighbors House Immigrants? Sanctuary City Supporters Answer

  35. Libyan GNA Accuses France of Supporting Haftar, Halts Cooperation With Paris (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201904181074264175-libya-support-haftar/

    “Earlier in the day, it was reported by The Libya Observer that Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s army had regained control over the Tamanhint Base following the withdrawal of the South Protection Force loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA).

    The Interior Ministry of Libya’s internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Thursday accused France of supporting the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and said it would halt security cooperation with the French authorities.

    “The cooperation with the French side on bilateral agreements in the area of security is halted,” the ministry said in its Facebook blog.

    According to the ministry, the decision extends to agreements with France on joint military exercises.

    At the same time, the Government of National Accord has issued an arrest warrant for Haftar for allegedly ordering airstrikes against civilian areas. Besides the marshal himself, six Haftar’s officers have also been named in the arrest warrant.

    The new wave of clashes in Libya commenced on 4 April, when Haftar ordered his troops to advance on the Libyan capital to free it from what he called terrorists. As a result, the LNA gained control over the cities of Surman and Garyan located near Tripoli. After the move, the GNA announced a counteroffensive on 7 April, dubbed Volcano of Rage, to confront the LNA.”

  36. Kuwaiti ‘Researcher’ Claims Jews ‘Slaughter Christian Children’ in Online Video (sputniknews, Apr 18, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/world/201904181074255906-online-video-jews-slaughter-christian-children/

    “The controversial 47-minute-long video, posted on Memri TV’s Youtube channel, which has over 10,000 subscribers, triggered backlash as the researcher featured in it made a preposterous claim.

    Kuwaiti researcher Muhanna Hamad Al-Muhanna has caused outrage by reportedly claiming Jews “slaughter Christian children” to make “holiday pastries”. In a video published on YouTube, he allegedly says:

    “One of the most famous religious practices of the Jews is the slaughter of a Christian child on a certain holiday.

    “They take his blood and make it into a pastry, which is eaten on that day. They call it sacred blood,” al-Muhanna said.

    “It must be an innocent child, who has not been contaminated by the world,” he added.

    In the video, Muhanna also reportedly brands all Jews “the enemies of our religion, the enemies of our people”, and also appears to claim Hitler killed Jews because they were “fighting social order”. He allegedly goes on to say that “Hitler noticed that the Jews were behind every clandestine movement fighting the social order.”

    “He noticed that the Jews were behind the pornographic movies and literature. So he said that if Germany wants to make progress, it must get rid of the Jews or of their control,” Muhanna said in the controversial video.

    The claims unleashed a torrent of viewers’ emotional comments. The MailOnline cited one as saying: “Is this the first century!? What sort of nonsense is this!?”

    “A time traveler from the middle ages!”, “It’s a disgrace him being allowed to publicly say this when if anything was said about his religion it would be taken down fast. But we still put the red carpet down for these to visit the UK,” another wrote.

    “Despicable! YouTube should be prosecuted for allowing 25000 viewings. Who do these gigantic high publishers think they are?””

    • Kuwaiti ‘Researcher’ Claims Jews ‘Slaughter Christian Children’ in Online Video

      The controversial 47-minute-long video, posted on Memri TV’s Youtube channel, which has over 10,000 subscribers, triggered backlash as the researcher featured in it made a preposterous claim.

      Kuwaiti researcher Muhanna Hamad Al-Muhanna has caused outrage by reportedly claiming Jews “slaughter Christian children” to make “holiday pastries.

      [cough] Long ago discredited Elders of Zion bullshit! [cough]

      Keep honking Social Media … we’re reloading
      (and uploading every last one of your online treacheries for the ensuing war crime trials)

    • So what he is saying is regulation of the industry. To which I say any regulation will impede entry of others.
      In fact I think that regulation will help the biggies as thy are more able to absorb these.
      This is something to think about seriously.

      • In fact I think that regulation will help the biggies…

        Le bingo, Babs! Free markets work best when they are FREE, and government keeps the hell out of the business of making money (instead of prudently spending our hard-earned tax dollars).

        Industrial Capitalism has uplifted more portions of humanity than all other socioeconomic systems combined.

        America’s once-flourishing Free Market system is being drip fed force fed the cytotoxin of Financial Capitalism (i.e., a service-based economy) [waves at European tourist traps] and all the Deep State regulatory legislation in the world won’t save you from being financially raped will only serve to cement their NWO Agenda 21s in place.

        Tranzi Globalism and the whole fluid, “borderless” PoMo dog’s breakfast are just more of the same designer poison concocted almost exclusively for tranq-darting Western (read: White) greatness.

      • Don’t you just love the smell of roast pig in the mornings.

        Makes me break out in rashers, it does!

  37. CNN Melts Down Over Barr Press Conference – Calls Barr’s Presser “An Extraordinary Political Commercial For the President” (VIDEO)

    Attorney General Bill Barr held a press conference Thursday morning to discuss the Mueller report and take some questions from reporters

    Barr made it clear that President Trump did not collude with the Russian government during the 2016 election — this angered the sycophantic reporters who hate Trump.

    As expected, the ‘reporters’ acted more like Democrat activists and fired off a series of biased questions, many of them accused Barr of protecting President Trump.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/cnn-melts-down-over-barr-press-conference-calls-barrs-presser-an-extraordinary-political-commercial-for-the-president-video/?utm_source=TGPemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:553016019&utm_campaign=Auto%20Send%20from%20The%20Gateway%20Pundit%20on%20April%2018,%202019%20at%2011:06:06%20AM

  38. EPIC! AG Barr Shuts Down Rude Liberal Reporter Pointing at Him – Accusing Him of Protecting President Trump (VIDEO)

    Attorney General Bill Barr held a press conference Thursday morning to discuss the Mueller report and take some questions from reporters.

    Barr made it clear that President Trump did not collude with the Russian government during the 2016 election — this angered the sycophantic reporters who hate Trump.

    As expected, the ‘reporters’ acted more like Democrat activists and fired off a series of biased questions, many of them accused Barr of protecting President Trump.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/epic-ag-barr-shuts-down-rude-liberal-reporter-pointing-at-him-accusing-him-of-protecting-president-trump-video/?utm_source=TGPemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:553016019&utm_campaign=Auto%20Send%20from%20The%20Gateway%20Pundit%20on%20April%2018,%202019%20at%2011:06:06%20AM