Contributor’s links for Aug. 4, 2019

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Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

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About Eeyore

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

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  1. Shooting Is Reported in Dayton, Ohio
    The police were called to an entertainment district in the city less than a day after a mass shooting in El Paso that left at least 20 people dead.

    Daniel Victor
    By Daniel Victor
    Aug. 4, 2019

    Multiple people were shot early Sunday in an entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, according to local news reports.

    The police were called to East Fifth Street in the city’s Oregon District shortly after 1 a.m., the local news media said. The Dayton Police Department said on Twitter that it was investigating a shooting in the area but provided no additional information.

    An employee at Ned Peppers, a bar on the street, wrote in a post on Instagram that “all of our staff is safe and our hearts go out to everyone involved as we gather information.”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/dayton-ohio-shooting.html

    • DAILY MAIL – White gunman dressed all in black and wearing body armour opens fire on customers at a small bar in Ohio, killing 9 and injuring 26 in a minute in America’s second mass shooting within 14 hours

      Nine dead and 26 injured after a gunman opened fire at a bar in Dayton, Ohio

      Witnesses described seeing ‘white man dressed in all black’ firing an AR weapon

      Shortly after 7am on Sunday, police revealed the man was wearing ‘body armor’

      Lt Col Matt Carper said cops who were in area shot gunman in less than a minute

      Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said gunman was carrying a .223-caliber rifle and had additional high-capacity magazines with him; suspect opened fire from street

      Authorities are working to identify killer and to establish any motive for attack

      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7319463/Gunman-wearing-body-armor-killed-9-people-injured-26-Ohio-bar.html

    • Report: 24-year-old identified as suspect in deadly Dayton shooting

      DAYTON, Ohio — The suspect in the Dayton shooting early Saturday morning where nine people were killed has been identified as a 24-year-old man.

      Law enforcement sources told CBS News the shooter was identified as 24-year-old Connor Betts, of Bellbrook, Ohio. The sources said police were searching his home Sunday morning. Police said the suspect was shot and killed by officers in less than one minute.

      The shooting happened at 1 a.m. Sunday in the area of East 5th Street in the Oregon District in Dayton.

      Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said at a press briefing that the suspect was wearing body armor, and was using a large gun with high-capacity magazines.

      https://www.10tv.com/article/report-24-year-old-identified-suspect-deadly-dayton-shooting-2019-aug

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      Connor Betts has been identified as the gunman in the shooting at a bar in Dayton, Ohio, that left 9 dead and several wounded, CBS News reports. Betts, 24, of Bellbrook, Ohio, was killed by police less than one minute after the shooting began:

      https://twitter.com/HeavySan/status/1158042207544401928

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      HEAVY – Connor Betts: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

      https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/connor-betts/

    • I read that the shooter showed up with his sister and a friend where he proceeded to shoot both.

    • 1) Eye witnesses are often (usually) confused this is why forensic evidence is better then eye witnesses.

      2) Untrained personal hearing firing and the echos will often say there was more then on weapon being fired. Another reason for this (besides echos) non gun people think firearms fire slower then they what the are capable of.

      Until the forensic teams are through gathering and checking the evidence (rifling marks on the bullets, firing pin and extractor marks on the primers and cases) we won’t know how many shooters. Although location of the empty cases will be a good indicator of how many shooters were there.

    • And to think that just last week…

      “Omar says we should fear white men”
      TheDC Shorts – Published on July 24, 2019

    • “Active Shooter Situation In El Paso, TX, Police Have ‘Reports Of Multiple Shooters’ | MSNBC”
      MSNBC – Published on August 3, 2019

      • “Let’s break this down: Man shoots up heavily populated retail store w/ 100’s of security cameras, evidently escapes in his car (no video supporting this version). Later, suspect is politely pulled over by police whose weapons are holstered, and is gently walked to the curb.”
        SGTreport – August 3, 2019 – Twitter

        https://twitter.com/SGTreport/status/1157884707947917313

  2. India Offers Pakistan to Come Under White Flag and Take Bodies of Their Troopers Amid Kashmir Chaos (sputniknews, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/asia/201908041076456614-india-offers-pakistan-to-come-under-white-flag-and-take-bodies-of-their-troopers-amid-kashmir-chaos/

    “Tensions in the troubled region disputed by the two nuclear nations flared up again after Indian and Pakistani forces clashed along the Line of Control, accusing each other of breaking the ceasefire on Tuesday. The Indian Army has deployed reinforcements in the region and ordered tourists and pilgrims to return home, citing a terror threat.

    The Indian Army has told Pakistani forces they could retrieve the dead bodies of troopers, killed in recent border clashes, by approaching under a white flag, the outlet India Today reports. The Pakistan Army has not responded yet.

    According to the Indian military, a so-called Border Action Team, or BAT (a name used for units of Pakistani special forces and militants, tasked with missions along the Line of Control in the disputed region) tried to infiltrate the area on the night of 31 July.

    “A BAT attempt was made on one of the forward posts in Keran sector [in Kupwara district] and foiled by alert troops resulting in neutralising of five to seven Pakistani regulars/terrorists”, defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said, as cited by the outlet.

    Following the incident, the Indian authorities warned of terror threats in the region and issued an order for tourists and pilgrims, travelling to one of the Hindu shrines located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

    The Home Department on Friday said, “Keeping in view the latest intelligence inputs of terror threats, with specific targeting of the Amarnath Yatra, and given the prevailing security situation in the Kashmir Valley, in the interest of safety and security of the tourists and Amarnath Yatris, it is advised that they may curtail their stay in the valley immediately and take necessary measures to return as soon as possible”.

    It comes amid the peak months of a Hindu pilgrimage, which attracts thousands of people every year. India’s military head in Kashmir, Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, said a sniper gun and a mine with Pakistani markings had been found on the pilgrimage route.

    To facilitate the departure, Air India has reduced ticket prices for the Srinagar-Delhi route. The Daily Express cites a senior government official from Kashmir as saying that the order triggered panic and prompted most of the 20,000 pilgrims, tourists, as well as more than 200,000 labourers, to depart.

    For its part, the Pakistani authorities have also issued an advisory for civilians in the region, warning against Indian Army aggression. Pakistan also evacuated around 50 Chinese nationals who were working on a dam project along the confluence of the Neelum and Jhelum rivers due to heavy shelling.

    According to the Pakistani military statement, the Indian Army on the night of 30-31 July targeted citizens including women and children in Neelum Valley using cluster ammunition. As a result, the military claims, two people died and eleven more were injured. The Indian Army has denied the accusations of using prohibited weapons, news agency ANI reported.

    New Clash Between Two Nuclear Powers

    The recent escalation along the LoC between the Indian and Pakistani controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir has been marked by intermittent firing since 8 July, the mobilisation of 10,000 troops into the valley and rising death toll among civilians on both sides. Earlier this year, tensions flared up after a 14 February terrorist attack on an Indian military convoy in Kashmir in which over 40 servicemen were killed. The Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack.

    Following the attack, India carried out an airstrike in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, targeting what it claimed was a training camp belonging to the terrorist group. India has blamed Islamabad for supporting terrorists and having a “direct hand” in a deadly attack on the Indian paramilitary police force in Jammu and Kashmir, something which Pakistan denies.”

  3. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Capture Foreign Oil Tanker Allegedly Smuggling Fuel in Gulf (sputniknews, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201908041076457797-iran-captures-foreign-vessel-in-persian-gulf—report/

    “Tensions have been brewing in the Gulf region since Iran seized a UK-flagged oil tanker last month citing violations of maritime rules. Weeks earlier, an Iranian oil vessel had been detained off the coast of Gibraltar for allegedly breaching anti-Syrian sanctions.

    The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has detained a foreign oil tanker in the Persian Gulf smuggling fuel to certain Arab nations. According to the IRGC, the tanker was detained on Wednesday, 31 July 2019.

    “The IRGC’s naval forces have seized a foreign oil tanker in the Persian Gulf that was smuggling fuel for some Arab countries”, Press TV reported citing IRGC commander Ramezan Zirahi.

    According to Iran’s Guards commander, the seized vessel was carrying 700,000 litres of fuel. The commander added that the seven sailors of different nationalities onboard had been detained.

    The vessel carrying the smuggled fuel has been transferred to Bushehr and the smuggled fuel delivered to the National Oil Products Distribution Company of Bushehr in accordance with Iranian law.

    Tensions in the Persian Gulf have been on the rise over the past several months. The situation became especially heated when Iran seized UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on 19 July over what it described as a breach of international maritime regulations. The move came two weeks after Iran’s own Grace 1 oil tanker had been seized by UK marines over an alleged breach of the European Union’s sanctions against Syria.”

    • 1: Police/Military poised at the border between Hong Kong and the Mainland.

      2: North Korea starts “testing” missiles.

      3: Terrorists try to infiltrate the Kashmir region from Pakistan.

      4: Iran seizes another foreign tanker.

      5: UN says possible ISIS attack by the end of the year. (this is the weakest of the possible links although Iran or Russia may have contacted them asking for some kinetic action.)

      What is next? Will Russia do something in Ukraine? Will Turkey do something around Cyprus?

  4. Army veteran hailed a hero after braving gunfire during El Paso Walmart massacre to carry out crying children
    U.S. Army Spc. Glendon Oakley told reporters he picked up as many small kids as he could and hauled them out of the store Saturday
    He’s a retired Army veteran originally from Killeen Texas
    Oakley told MSNBC he was shopping in a sporting goods store inside the Cielo Vista Mall Saturday when a child came in and said there was an active shooter
    He didn’t believe the child until he went into the plaza and heard gunshots
    While fleeing the scene, Oakley said he noticed a group of panicking children and tried to carry as many out as he could
    A police officer momentarily questioned Oakley once he made it out into the parking lot, attempting to make sure Oakley wasn’t the shooter

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7318349/El-Paso-shooting-hero-carries-crying-children-store-bullets-fly-Walmart-massacre.html

  5. HONG KONG (AP) — On one end of a Hong Kong street, protesters dressed in black ducked behind umbrellas and makeshift barricades, occasionally throwing bricks or slinging rocks. On the other end, police decked out in riot gear shouted warnings and fired tear gas.

    As the late hours of Saturday stretched into the early hours of Sunday, neither side budged.

    Standoffs between demonstrators and authorities have become a weekly occurrence in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese territory that has been roiled by a summer of fiery protest. What began as demonstrations against a now-suspended extradition bill has ballooned into a broader call for greater democratic freedoms and government accountability.

    The now-familiar cycle of rallies, police interventions and clashes between the two sides have splintered the city. While tens of thousands marched Saturday through Mong Kok, a bustling shopping area, to call for an inquiry into alleged police brutality, another several thousand in a different part of the city gathered to show support for law enforcement.

    At one rally, attendees chanted: “Support the Hong Kong police to strictly enforce the law!” At another, protesters yelled: “Police know the law and break the law!”

    Several pro-democracy rally participants expressed disappointment in what they viewed as abusive and negligent behavior from police in recent weeks. After thugs dressed in white beat up people inside a commuter rail station, leaving 44 injured, Hong Kong residents accused the police of deliberately being slow to respond. Police, meanwhile, said their resources were stretched because of the ongoing protests.

    https://www.apnews.com/8ecf90fe7aa842a6898f3854d3de9c54

  6. Rashida Tlaib received donation from prominent Michigan businessman who’s been dead for a decade
    by Hunter Lovell
    | July 31, 2019 05:10 PM

    Print this article
    Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib received a $2,500 campaign contribution from a prominent Michigan businessman who died more than 10 years ago, Federal Election Commission filings show.

    George S. Farah, Sr., a real estate developer and community leader in Flint, Michigan, made the large donation on June 22. However, Michigan Live reported he died of heart failure at the age of 73 on Feb. 1, 2009.

    According to a scan of public records by the Washington Free Beacon, Farah is listed as deceased, and the address linked to his name is the same one registered on the contribution to Tlaib’s campaign. Farah’s widow also lives at that address, Grand Blanc Township property records reveal.

    Only one other politician has received a campaign contribution from Farah in the decade since his passing. Democratic Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee received $1,400 in total donations from Farah between 2011 and 2017. Farah made no such contributions to political candidates while he was alive.

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tlaib-receives-donation-from-prominent-michigan-businessman-whos-been-dead-for-a-decade

  7. A 10-year-old boy from Canton, Michigan, has been charged with aggravated assault after injuring another student during a schoolyard dodgeball game. The child’s mother, Cameishi Triplett Lindley, said on April 30, her son Bryce was suspended from Erikkson Elementary School “for throwing a ball back at a student during recess, while playing a game called TIPS/ DODGEBALL,” she posted on Facebook.

    Lindley said the ball Bryce threw allegedly resulted in the other student having a concussion. “After meeting with the Principal about why Bryce was suspended while the other students who fully participated in this game were not, the Principal disclosed that the injured student has a pre-existing condition,” Lindley wrote.

    She was told the student had chronic brain stem infliction. “Clearly, this student should not have been playing a physical contact sport,” she wrote. A few months after her son’s suspension, Lindely learned that her son was being charged with aggravated assault in the 3rd Circuit Juvenile Court in Detroit, Michigan.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dodgeball-assault-10-year-old-charged-with-assault-after-dodgeball-game-michigan-school-2019-07-31/

  8. Sweden: Local Residents Tense After Shootings in Karlstad (breitbart, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/04/sweden-local-residents-tense-after-shootings-in-karlstad/

    “Residents of the Swedish city of Karlstad have expressed concerns after the city saw two shootings in a two-night period, sending victims to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
    The first shooting sent one individual to hospital after the shots came through a window into their apartment. One suspect was later arrested in connection with the shooting.

    The second incident, which took place in the centre of the city, saw another person hospitalised as a result, SVT reports.

    Several residents in the Herrhagen area in Karlstad expressed concerns saying they had heard the shots from their homes. “It’s not fun to have lived so close, it feels pretty awful,” said local resident Roland Nillson, who lives in the apartment block where one of the shootings occurred.

    Mattias Forssten, of the Karstad police, said that residents should not be concerned about being shot in the city, claiming the incidents were “linked to a specific criminal environment.”

    Last year Sweden saw a record number of fatal shootings and the overall number of shootings in the country has remained high this year.

    According to SVT, many young men in gangs are now buying bulletproof vests, which are sometimes sold by the Swedish Enforcement Authority — a government agency that handles debt collection — at auction.

    Some police have called for a ban on the sale of bulletproof vests to the public. Liberal politician Allan Widman also supports such a ban, saying: “The use of protective vests lowers the threshold for the use of firearms. In my hometown of Malmö, we have young people who openly move around with a protective vest. And that creates a lot of insecurity among people.”

    According to Anders Thornberg, the head of the Swedish Security Service (Säpo), the shootings rate in Sweden is unlikely to significantly decrease in the short term. In June, Thornberg claimed that it could take as long as five to ten years before a major decrease occurs.”

  9. A member of the Virginia legislature and former volunteer for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is connected to multiple anti-Semitic organizations and is the son of a Hamas fundraiser.

    Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D.)—who received sympathetic national coverage this week after alleging harassment for his Muslim faith at a town hall—has supported multiple virulently anti-Semitic and anti-Israel organizations, once speaking at a Hamas-affiliated conference.

    Samirah is a vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which seeks to use economic and political pressure against Israel. In a 2014 Facebook post, Samirah urged friends to support the BDS movement while Israel was “most exposed.”

    As a student at American University and then Boston University, Samirah was an active member of Students for Justice in Palestine. He credits the organization with helping convince students that “Israel REALLY sucks.”

    SJP relies heavily on American Muslims for Palestine, of which Samirah is also a part, for funds and logistics. According to 2016 testimony from Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, “AMP is arguably the most important sponsor and organizer for Students for Justice in Palestine.”

    AMP’s founder and president is Hatem Bazian. He also founded SJP. Bazian has a history of deeply anti-Semitic comments and conspiracies. In 2004, Bazian spoke at a fundraiser for an organization the U.S. Treasury determined was fundraising for Hamas.

    In a 2017 post, Samirah pledged “sizeable” funds and linked to a page of AMP talking points. The page warns that “Zionist Jews” are trying to take over Jerusalem. In 2018, Samirah spoke at an AMP conference in Chicago alongside Bazian.

    https://freebeacon.com/politics/virginia-lawmaker-connected-to-anti-semitic-groups/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

  10. ‘Puberty is not a disease’: Italian council moves to ban gender-bending drugs for kids
    Drugs, Italy, Matteo Salvini, Puberty Blockers, Sex Change, Transgenderism

    TRIESTE, Italy, July 23, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The regional council of Friuli Venezia Giulia, an autonomous region in northeastern Italy, approved a motion calling on the national government to prohibit so-called puberty-blocking drugs used in so-called reassignment treatment for gender-confused children.

    In a July 17 move by a center-right majority led by the League party, the Friuli Venezia Giulia regional council approved a motion calling on Italy’s national government to prohibit the prescription of drugs that prevent normal sexual development of adolescents.

    The League’s leader is Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who is one of the three members in Italy’s coalition government that includes Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio of the Five Star Party (M5S) and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. The leftist parties in the regional council, including M5S, voted against the motion.

    According to the council’s motion, “puberty is not a disease” and thus should not be prevented with surgery and medications that can produce irreversible effects. It also noted the long-term negative effects of drugs containing triptorelin.

    https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/puberty-is-not-a-disease-italian-council-moves-to-ban-gender-bending-drugs-for-kids

  11. Amanda was not allowed to take a bus in Malmö – was too lightly dressed
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    Despite the heatwave in Malmö, Amanda was not allowed to ride a bus wearing shorts and linen. According to the bus driver, she showed too much skin and was therefore forced by the bus.

    It was on Friday morning at 11.05 am that Amanda would travel by city bus number three towards Värnhem. But when she registered her travel card, she was stopped by the driver, reports Sydsvenskan behind the pay wall.

    ALSO READ: “Islamic bus driver” in Paris refused to go – wore short skirt

    According to Amanda, the driver stopped her by saying, “Can I talk to you?” Then he insisted that she should not show skin that way.

    The driver justified his decision with being part of Skånetrafiken’s policy on upholstery in public transport. Amanda could not understand how a pair of shorts and a linen was not allowed on the bus.

    – It was not a provocative outfit. In addition, it was 27 degrees outside, Amanda tells Sydsvenskan.

    https://samnytt.se/amanda-fick-inte-aka-buss-i-malmo-hon-var-for-lattkladd/

  12. Even the commie Bertrad Russel was shocked y Lenin’s attitude towards stirring up murderous rage – a feature of socialism:

  13. “A Girl Guides leader is set to sue the organisation after she was expelled for objecting to the controversial policy allowing boys who identify as female to join
    Katie Alcock is launching the landmark case against Girlguiding chiefs claiming that they have discriminated against her beliefs as a feminist.”
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7318521/Girl-Guides-leader-sue-chiefs-expelled-objecting-boys-identifying-female.html

    Apart from the extremely disturbing fact that young girls had a feminazi (with a T Shirt “girls can be muddy” Messsaging the inferiority ‘they can be as good as boys’), leading them for 10 years; the Religion of Feminizm was offended by refusing to adhere to the Guides’ equality and diversity policy on transgender inclusion.

    “Girlguiding aims to support all girls and young women. This is understood in terms of the way a person self-identifies their gender identity – a person’s inner sense of self.”
    https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/making-guiding-happen/policies/girlguiding-policies/equality-and-diversity-policy/transgender-gender-reassignment/

    Feminizm is all about outer-self. Their vaginas talk. It is pride from resentment.
    AntiMen. (The AntiMom of Islam and AntiChild of Victimless Crimes can be explored elsewhere).

    So “a person’s inner sense of self,” jumps right over their victim-fighting stance. They can’t deal with it. All men are rapists. Period.

    Now, for the sane, it’s just determining the DNA and mental health of the child.

    Just because angry and delusional people flock to the Scouts and Guide to imprint their magic upon impressionable minds, it should not mean their resentful offspring should automatically get into the opposite gender groups. It’s a plea for help. Is nobody listening to them?

    And as a caveat, don’t parents go and check if there is actually a nutter running the group and so go elsewhere for their kids? Why abandon them? Or is it trust in the government scams of disbaring services of ‘approved of non approved crimes’ that they rely on? Can’t people read each other anymore? Is that a Hate Crime?

    Oh. I’ve answered myself.

    • Always look to the chickens.
      https://www.backyardchickencoops.com.au/blogs/learning-centre/gender-bender-when-your-hen-thinks-shes-a-he

      “You have yourself a lovely flock of girls- they get along harmoniously, you collect their delicious fresh produce each and every morning- everything is going swimmingly. Until…’Caaa – Cawww’.

      What on earth- was that a crow you just heard?! But it can’t be- they’re girls!

      Next morning- same thing. Something is definitely not right…

      On your morning egg collection you notice your lovely Rhode Island Red displaying some very uncharacteristic behaviour. She seems to be attempting to, ahem, mount the other birds, and is acting quite aggressively- help!

      While a chicken displaying male-like behaviour may seem like a cause for concern, it is actually quite a common occurrence to see a hen take on these masculine traits. In a flock without a rooster, the hen at the top of the pecking order may try to take on the role of the rooster- and so will display the traits mentioned above such as crowing, and attempting to mount the other hens.”

      Psychological reason:
      “To help your chicken ease out of her masculine ways, it is best to isolate her for a few days until you notice a change in behaviour- she should start to return back to her happy hen self! Once you re-introduce her to the flock, she will have lost her place in the pecking order, and so will no longer feel the need to reign dominant, and peace will be restored in your backyard flock once again!”

      Medical reason:
      Should your chicken continue with this act, despite isolation, you may also start to notice egg production slowing or stopping completely, and your girl beginning to grow male plumage- wattles and a more established comb. If this is the case, you’re in for a treat- your ‘hen’ has just gone through a ‘sex reversal’ and turned into a rooster!

      As unfathomable as it may seem- it’s touted as having a 1-in-10,000 chance of occurring, a hen to rooster transformation is most definitely possible. It is due to a genetic condition, where the chickens only functioning ovary is damaged, and so the non-functioning ovary can start to develop, and will become what is known as an avo-testis, where male hormones are secreted.”

      American Psychological Association reason:
      Amputation, positive counselling and hormones for life.

    • “I am against race mixing because it destroys genetic diversity and creates identity problems. Also because it’s completely unnecessary and selfish. 2nd and 3rd generation Hispanics form interracial unions
      at much higher rates than average. Yet another reason to send them back”
      – A Flat Earther wanting his momma’s Identity. https://drudgereport.com/flashtx.htm

      “A distinct advantage of this blending is that beneficial traits present in one population can make their way into the other.”

      “A striking example comes from one of the highest altitude regions on Earth, the Tibetan plateau.”

      “After a tryst between a modern human and a Denisovan, a child was conceived, who left descendants, some of whom became Tibetans”
      https://aeon.co/essays/the-future-is-mixed-race-and-thats-a-good-thing-for-humanity

  14. NYT – European Union Nominates Kristalina Georgieva to Lead I.M.F.

    The European Union on Friday nominated Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist, to replace Christine Lagarde as managing director of the International Monetary Fund after a tense selection process.

    European countries had struggled to reach a consensus on who would fill the post, one of the most prominent in global economic diplomacy. After multiple rounds of voting, Ms. Georgieva, the chief executive of the World Bank, emerged victorious.[…]

    […]The selection is a victory for France, which had been lobbying for Ms. Georgieva since Ms. Lagarde, who is French, was tapped last month to become president of the European Central Bank.

    […]The fund would have to alter its bylaws, which prohibit a managing director from being older than 65, to accommodate Ms. Georgieva, who turned 65 this year.

    […]

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/politics/kristalina-georgieva-imf-nomination.html
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    SEPTEMBER 2016 European Parliament

    The Bulgarian Government has officially nominated Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva as its candidate for the post of UN Secretary-General, in what has been an unusual move, as governments rarely decide to switch candidates at the eleventh hour.

    A large number of European countries have apparently said they will support Ms Georgieva’s candidacy. However, the fact that George Soros and his Open Society foundation are said also to be supporting Ms Georgieva must be viewed as a matter of concern, in particular as Mr Soros has voiced his support and liking for her on several occasions in the past and she has received an award from his foundation.

    Given that Ms Georgieva is the Commissioner with responsibility for the EU budget, it would be interesting to see whether she has any links with Mr Soros’s Open Society foundation.

    Can the Commission provide a list of EU grants received by Open Society since Ms Georgieva took office in November 2014?

    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2016-007472_EN.html

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    twitter @KGeorgieva

    With George Soros and the @OpenSociety Prize awarded to me by the @ceuhungary. Great honour!

    https://twitter.com/kgeorgieva/status/526766094288433153

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    • Seven Soros-supportive men and women from Bulgaria in the European Parliament

      Kumquat, a consultancy, has established a “mapping” of MEPs” most likely to support George Soros’ Open Society values during the 2014–2019 legislature”.

      It spans 11 committees and 26 delegations, as well as the European Parliament’s highest decisionmaking bodies: 226 MEPs who are proven or likely Open Society allies.

      The 127-pages paper, of which this website obtained a copy, says that the presence of an MEP in this mapping indicates that they are likely to support Open Society’s work. “They should be approached with an open mind: although they will most likely want to work on areas they’re already interested in, they could also welcome hearing about new issues.”

      “Beyond discussing individual topics, Open Society should seek to build lasting and trustworthy relationships with these European lawmakers”, the paper says.

      From Bulgaria, the MEPs most likely to support Open Society values are Mariya Gabriel (EPP, currently EU commissioner), Iliana Iotova (S&D, currently Vice President of Bulgaria), Andrei Kovachev (EPP group Vice President), and all four MEPs from the Movement of Rights and Freedoms (DPS, ALDE-affiliated): Ali Nedzhmi, Filiz Hyusmenova, Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Iskra Mihailova.

      The paper also lists in which areas the MEPs’ sensitivities are the most likely to coincide with “Open society values”.

      Georges Soros, on the right, and Kristalina Georgieva, in 2014. [Commission]

      http://bulgarianpresidency.eu/seven-soros-supportive-men-women-bulgaria-european-parliament/

  15. Hong Kong protesters move to luxury shopping district
    By YANAN WANGan hour ago

    HONG KONG (AP) — Demonstrators in Hong Kong moved en masse to a luxury shopping district Sunday evening after riot police used tear gas to clear out an area they were previously occupying, as the 2-month-old protest movement showed no signs of easing.

    Clad in yellow helmets and black face masks, protesters squeezed out of a subway station in Causeway Bay, with a few people directing traffic and others holding open the turnstiles.

    Surveillance cameras at the station were covered with black tape and umbrellas as protesters spilled out. Makeshift barricades were also erected in the area, which hosts high-end department stores and upscale restaurants.

    The protesters made their move after police fired tear gas — a regular occurrence at the demonstrations — in another district on Hong Kong Island.

    Earlier in the day, another police station became the target of protesters’ ire as rallies in two different parts of the city converged into one.

    Following a rally in the Tseung Kwan O area, some protesters used what appeared to be a long, homemade slingshot to hurl rocks, bricks and other objects at a police station. They shattered multiple glass windows, authorities said. Demonstrators elsewhere also began to barricade and block roads.

    https://apnews.com/8be2dd4b7cf24e61b3e8da365045ad88

  16. HK police fire teargas as China says it will not ‘sit idly by’
    Clare Jim, Tony Munroe

    5 Min Read

    HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday after violent clashes a day earlier, and Beijing said it would not let the situation persist.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-arrests/thousands-resume-hong-kong-protests-china-media-warns-beijing-wont-sit-idly-by-idUSKCN1UU00X?il=0

  17. Portland woman allegedly beat police officer with his own baton

    A 38-year-old woman has been charged with assaulting a public safety officer and unlawful use of a weapon after she allegedly attacked a police officer and used his own baton to beat him as he tried to assist her following a motorcycle crash.

    Angela Dunson, of Portland, was transported to the hospital and treated for injuries suffered in the crash in Southeast Portland on Friday evening before being turned over to the Multnomah County Detention Center.

    https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2019/08/portland-woman-allegedly-beat-police-officer-with-his-own-baton.html

  18. Feds probing AOC’s chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti after sudden resignation

    The Feds are looking into possible campaign finance misdeeds by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff and lead rainmaker, who suddenly resigned Friday, federal sources told The Post.

    The inquiry centers on two political action committees founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, the top aide who quit along with Ocasio-Cortez spokesman Corbin Trent,the sources said. Trent left to join the congresswoman’s 2020 re-election campaign.

    The brash Chakrabarti, who masterminded Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign and steered her proposed Green New Deal, had caused uproar in the halls of Congress with a series of combative tweets that contributed to a rift between his rookie boss and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

    “People were not happy that he used his Twitter account to comment about members and the bills that he and his boss oppose,” a senior House Democratic staffer said. “There was a series of colliding and cascading grievances.”

    The two PACs being probed, Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, were both set up by Chakrabarti to support progressive candidates across the country.

    https://nypost.com/2019/08/03/feds-probing-aocs-chief-of-staff-saikat-chakrabarti-after-sudden-resignation/

  19. Former Google Engineer Says Google Will Try to Prevent Trump’s Reelection

    On Friday, former Google engineer Kevin Cernekee told Fox News’s Tucker Carlson that his former employer will try to prevent President Donald Trump’s reelection.

    “Do you think that Google will attempt to influence the election outcome, attempt to prevent Trump from being reelected?” Carlson asked.

    “I do believe so,” Cernekee replied. “I think that’s a major threat. They have openly stated that they think 2016 was a mistake. They thought Trump should have lost in 2016. They really want Trump to lose in 2020. That’s their agenda.”

    The former engineer also said Google has “very biased people running every level of the company. They have quite a bit of control over the political process. That’s something we should really worry about.”

    https://pjmedia.com/trending/former-google-engineer-says-google-will-try-to-prevent-trumps-reelection/

  20. VOA – Ending Homelessness in Seattle, One Family at a Time

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  21. Germany: AfD members stage silent vigil for Frankfurt train attack victim in Munich

    A silent vigil was held by members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in front of Munich Pasing train station on Saturday, to commemorate the eight-year-old boy who died after being pushed in front of a train in Frankfurt station by an Eritrean-born Swiss resident, on Monday 29.

    Members of the AfD gathered outside the station, laying flowers and lighting candles. Many stood holding signs and banners decrying migration and demanding more security at Germany’s borders.

    AfD Bundestag member Wolfgang Wiehle pointed to a lack of adequate border controls being responsible for the incident in Frankfurt and instances where migrants have attacked people, arguing that Germany’s migration policy was not safeguarding the safety of its citizens.

    Both Germany and Switzerland are part of the Schengen free movement area, meaning they do not have border or passport controls between the two countries.

    Police forces were deployed to prevent scuffles as a group of antifascist activists converged on the area, but the protest remained peaceful.

  22. Salvini Victory: NGO Ship Gives Up on Landing Migrants in Italy, Heads to Malta (breitbart, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/04/salvini-victory-ngo-ship-gives-up-on-landing-migrants-in-italy-heads-to-malta/

    “The German-based NGO Sea-Eye have announced they will not be challenging the closed port policy of Lega leader Matteo Salvini, opting instead to head for Malta to drop off migrants.

    The Sea-Eye vessel Alan Kurdi announced on Friday that they would be changing course from the Italian island of Lampedusa and heading instead to the Maltese port capital of Valletta, Il Giornale reports.

    Gordon Isler, a spokesman for the NGO, said they would “not offer Matteo Salvini another opportunity for such an unworthy show. We take our responsibilities to the saved people seriously and now we go to Malta.”

    Spanish migrant transport NGO Proactiva Open Arms also announced Friday that they had picked up 123 migrants and were heading to Europe — rather than closer ports in North Africa — for a “safe haven”, but did not give any specifics on which country they were headed.

    Immediately after the announcement, Italy’s populist Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini signed a ban on the vessel docking in Italy.

    Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée have also begun a new mission just off the coast of Libya in the so-called search and rescue (SAR) zone after initially giving up operations in December of last year…”

  23. UN warns of ISIS terror attack by end of year

    OAN Newsroom
    UPDATED 4:24 PM PST – Sat. August 3, 2019

    There’s new concerns out of the UN, that ISIS could launch a terror attack by the end of the year.

    A recent report by UN analysts claim there are thousands of fighters still remaining, despite the group being pushed out of Iraq and Syria.

    They said these individuals are working to plan more attacks throughout the world, and may even be considering joining Al Qaeda or other terror groups.

    The UN is now growing concerned, as thousands of people who joined ISIS leave the Middle East, and return to their home countries.

    They are worried this could lead to more people becoming radicalized.

    https://www.oann.com/un-warns-of-isis-terror-attack-by-end-of-year/

  24. DAILY MAIL – EXCLUSIVE: El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius’ father admits to nearly 40 years of drug addiction which tore apart his family and claims he has spoken directly to Jesus

    Patrick Crusius’ father Bryan wrote a memoir of almost 40 years of drug and alcohol addiction which he says tore apart both his marriages

    The El Paso gunman and his twin sister Emily are Bryan Crusius’ youngest children; they have an elder half-brother Austin and an elder brother, Blake

    Crusius Sr. writes that he has been an addict for almost 40 years despite being a therapist himself saying that he suffered from alcoholism

    He said he also took drugs including Vicodine, Quaaludes, hallucinogenics, and magic mushrooms

    He now claims to be cured after Jesus spoke directly to him and having a spiritual encounter with his grandmother Mabel

    Book offers some insight into murderer of at least 20’s upbringing but does not explain the twisted racial hatred he spewed in online manifesto

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7319821/El-Paso-Walmart-shooter-Patrick-Crusius-father-penned-book-life-drug-addiction.html

  25. Online ISIS supporter deemed a danger to Canada ordered released from custody

    A Jordanian man who has been declared a danger to Canada’s security for spreading ISIS propaganda on the internet is being released from custody to live in rural B.C. while the government tries to deport him.

    Immigration and Refugee Board Member Geoff Rempel ordered the release of Othman Hamdan on Friday afternoon, rejecting the Canada Border Service Agency’s concerns that he is a risk to national security.

    While Rempel acknowledged the release involved “a level of danger to the public,” he said it was less than in other cases and Hamdan had no history of committing violence in Canada.

    He imposed more than two dozen conditions on Hamdan, including that he not drive or possess weapons or electronic devices capable of accessing the Internet. He must also not make any social media posts or have contact with ISIS.

    The 37-year-old, who was found to have served the ISIS “social media agenda” and encouraged attacks in Canada, had asked to be released to live in Enderby, a small town in the B.C. Interior.

    Hamdan promised to refrain from posting on the internet and attend counseling in nearby Vernon. He will live in a basement room in the home of a friend, who agreed to post a $2,000 bond.

    His lawyer argued the conditions would eliminate any risks, but a CBSA official opposed freeing Hamdan and noted Enderby was less than 90 minutes from the Revelstoke Dam, one of the targets he had named.

    Randal Hyland said the dam was “specifically identified as a potential target for a terrorist attack” in Hamdan’s Facebook posts, and was only a “relatively short drivable distance from Enderby.”

    The proposal to release Hamdan to a “remote location” far from a CBSA office that could monitor him was “woefully inadequate” and did not include any plan for deradicalization, Hyland argued.

    The case — unfolding as the government has vowed to crack down on online extremist content — involves the fate of an Abu Dhabi-born Jordanian citizen who came to Canada in 2002 and was granted refugee status.

    Following the October 2014 terror attacks in Quebec and Ontario, the RCMP identified Facebook messages by Hamdan that a Mountie said had demonstrated “clear support” for ISIS.

    “Mr. Hamdan identified infrastructure in Canada which could be targets for attack. He encouraged lone wolves in the West who could not travel abroad to carry out attacks at home,” the IRB ruled.

    “He shared a detailed how-to manual for lone wolves to follow in serving the terrorist agenda of the Islamic State. Additionally, many posts appear to be recruitment initiatives.”

    Although a B.C. judge found him not guilty of terrorism charges in 2017, Hamdan is not a Canadian citizen and has been detained since September 2017 by immigration authorities who want to deport him back to Jordan.

    The IRB ordered his deportation in October 2018, ruling he is a danger to the security of Canada, and a Federal Court judge later called him “an unmitigated liar.”

    The bondsperson Hamdan will live with is a former co-worker who was his roommate when he made some of the online posts that led to his arrest. The bondsperson is self-employed and said he worked 40 to 60 hours a week.

    He testified that Hamdan could accompany him to job sites, or his fiancé could watch him while he was at work. He said he would not give Hamdan the password to the wi-fi at his rented home.

    “I find that under the supervision of the bondsperson, he’s going to have little opportunity to incite violence online or for that matter to plan and carry out any attack of his own,” the IRB member ruled.

    The CBSA asked the IRB to impose house arrest, electronic monitoring and pre-approval of all visitors to the home, but the Member declined to do so, instead putting in place a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m.

    It was unclear exactly when he would be released.

    In his testimony, Hamdan acknowledged that some of his online posts “could be interpreted as implicit threats,” but denied he was a security risk. “I actually find it laughable, I’m not a violent person at all.”

    He also denied his posts supported ISIS or promoted terrorism. “I did not support the Islamic State. I supported some of its actions in protection of the Sunnis,” he said.

    He said he had been cleared of the charges against him but was now on “death row” because he believes he will be killed if he is returned to Jordan.

    “I’m an innocent man in jail,” he said.

    Appearing at the proceedings by video conference, Hamdan twice left the hearing to meditate in his cell, saying the testimony had triggered his post-traumatic stress disorder.

    https://globalnews.ca/news/5719840/online-isis-released/

  26. “Patrick Crusius’ father Bryan wrote a memoir of almost 40 years of drug and alcohol addiction which he says tore apart both his marriages”

    “He now claims to be cured after Jesus spoke directly to him and having a spiritual encounter with his grandmother Mabel”

    There we go. Another fruitloop who could start a religion from voices in his head.

    The undeveloped-brain of his son the latest of ‘lone wolf’ fatherless killers.

    Whether it’s for their God Identity, Social Identity or Sexual Identity.

    Female-status below, females-status above, or then just transmorphing into his pronoun “She.”
    https://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/Abualrub/mhd_cross_dressing1.htm

    All raging like bitches.

    BCS.

  27. DAILY MAIL Horror at the Tate Modern: Boy, six, fights for life after he was thrown from 10th floor viewing platform in front of his horrified mother who screamed ‘he’s my son’ – as teen, 17, is arrested for attempted murder

    A six-year-old boy is fighting for his life after falling 10 storeys after allegedly being pushed from an exterior viewing platform at the Tate Modern today

    A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

    The gallery on the bank of the Thames was put on lockdown after the incident

    A woman was heard to scream ‘he’s my son he’s my son’ by visitors to the gallery

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7319805/Tate-Gallery-lockdown-teenager-arrested-boy-injured.html

  28. From Montreal to Mogadishu, hawala brokers co-ordinate secret cash flows

    Kamal Ahmed, a licensed agent who wires cash to far-flung parts of the globe from a Montreal laundromat, worries he’s losing customers to a rival operating out of another laundromat who offers cheaper fund transfers though an ancient underground money network, known as hawala.

    “They say, ‘hawala people give me a better rate,’” he explains.

    Sandwiched between a Bengali garment shop and a South Asian grocery in the multicultural Parc-Extension neighbourhood, Ahmed’s office helps about 15 people a day transfer $15,000 on average — mainly to Bangladesh but also India, Pakistan and Senegal.

    Ahmed’s business is steady, but he frets he could be losing ground to shadow banking competitors, who operate outside normal banking regulations.

    Behind a desk in a backroom above another Montreal laundromat, one of those rivals works the phone between customer sit-downs.

    “We help people get money back to their home, back to Somalia,” the young man says, a security camera peering down the hall outside the door. “They want to help their family. We help them.”

    The employee, who requested The Canadian Press not use his name because he is concerned about legal implications and job security, works part-time as a hawala broker.

    From Montreal to Mogadishu, hawala brokers co-ordinate secret cash flows across thousands of kilometres — without any money breaching international borders.

    With roots that stretch back to Asia’s ancient Silk Road, hawala allows cheap, quick payments to residents of underbanked countries, where sums sent abroad — known as remittances — can be a lifeline. The informal money network operates without wire transfers or bank accounts and is entirely unregulated and untaxed, making it ripe for abuse by criminals and terrorists looking to eschew the financial system’s anti-money laundering safeguards.

    Here’s how it works.

    A labourer in Dubai who wants to send funds to his family in Bangladesh hands 800 dirhams, Dubai’s local currency, to a nearby broker, and receives a code in exchange. The labourer then calls his parents back home and tells them the code, who present it to their local broker and receive the cash in exchange, minus a commission fee.

    No money physically crosses borders. Transactions move in both directions at agreed-upon exchange rates, and dealers periodically settle any imbalances that stem from lopsided funding flows with cash or trade-based exchanges.

    The International Monetary Fund has pegged unrecorded remittances — which include hawala — at 50 per cent more than recorded international cash flow. That would mean US$1.03 trillion changed hands underground last year, based on World Bank figures.

    Hawala’s model has attracted attention from fintechs looking to disrupt the traditional banking system. They have recognized the profits to be made in peer-to-peer transfers and started to serve up cut-rate payments, heedless of lines on a map.

    TransferWise, founded in the U.K. in 2011 and now operating in more than 40 currencies, including Canadian, sidesteps international fees through its own system of connected local bank accounts.

    Paga and M-Pesa are upending Africa’s financial system with instantaneous cash transfers via borderless accounts. With Paga, as with hawala, a broker relays a code to the sender — but by text — passing it on to a recipient who presents it to receive the cash, either in the form of bills or a beefed-up balance.

    One component that startups have difficulty emulating, however, is its heavy reliance on trust, shaped as much by clan and cultural boundaries as by geographic ones.

    “It’s not mixed ethnically,” said Brigitte Unger, professor of economics at Utrecht University and head of the world’s biggest tax evasion project, run by the European Union.

    Hawala — especially prominent in the Persian Gulf states, India and Pakistan — came under the gaze of U.S. authorities after the Sept. 11 attacks by al-Qaida, which relied on hawala networks to fund the operation, authorities say.

    “If you transfer money without a trace, it’s also very attractive for criminal money and also for terrorist money,” Unger said.

    Growing regulation and digitization in international banking will not root out those networks, but push money-launderers deeper underground and bolster a hawala system authorities have barely scratched the surface on, she said.

    “Water always finds its way to get through other channels.”

    Despite the pervasiveness of hawala and other informal banking operations, Canada’s anti-money-laundering watchdog disclosed only five cases of non-compliance to police in connection with money services operations in 2017-18. The figure marks an uptick, nearly matching the six incidents it reported in the four preceding years.

    The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada said federal legislation prevents it from revealing whether any hawala-style operations were among the cases.

    Incidents have surfaced nonetheless. In 2017, the RCMP laid 16 criminal charges against a man accused of laundering $100 million in 12 months. Mounties believe the suspect was part of a vast group of underground bankers in Toronto and Montreal with ties to real-estate money laundering — a problem also highlighted in recent reports out of B.C.

    Police say the figures don’t do justice to the magnitude of illicit money transfers.

    “In Canada, underground banking is alive and well in a big way,” said Garry Clement, former head of the RCMP’s Proceeds of Crime program.

    Hawala plays a critical role for impoverished families without easy access to banks and effectively locked out of transfer firms with higher fees.

    Brokers operate out of apartments, travel agencies, grocery stores, currency exchanges and import-export companies, mixing illicit and legitimate business.

    “A lot of times it’s family-organized,” Clement said.

    “But they have been around for eons and eons, and they’ve done it effectively.”

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-from-montreal-to-mogadishu-hawala-brokers-co-ordinate-secret-cash/

  29. Trump: China delaying trade deal in hope ‘Democrat stiffs’ will win in 2020, allow ‘ripoff’ to continue

    President Trump issued a stern warning to China Tuesday morning: waiting until 2020 to make a trade deal with the U.S. will backfire.

    Trump stated that China “was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now” but showed “no signs that they are doing so” and keep changing the terms of a possible deal as U.S. officials are engaged in negotiations. The president suggested that China could wait until after the 2020 election, with hopes that a Democrat would give them a better deal — but vowed that if he’s still in the White House he’ll be tougher than ever.

    “They should probably wait out our Election to see if we get one of the Democrat stiffs like Sleep Joe. Then they could make a GREAT deal, like in past 30 years, and continue to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before,” Trump tweeted. “The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal they get will be much tougher than what were are negotiating now…or no deal at all.”

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-china-delaying-trade-deal-in-hope-democrat-stiffs-will-win-in-2020-allow-ripoff-to-continue

  30. Richard: This is making more sense, a left wing with supremacist who wants communism.

    El Paso Terrorist Is a Hardcore Progressive and White Nationalist: Wants Universal Income And Universal Healthcare

    Mass shooter Patrick Crusius murdered 20 people today at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.

    Crusius published a manifesto before his shooting spree.

    It is clear from his words that he is a PROGRESSIVE white nationalist – what was once defined as a “Nazi.”

    This is not to say he’s a Democrat or a Republican, but he is without question a progressive.

    All you have to do is read his manifesto to see the obvious tell-tale signs.

    Under his section titled “Economic Reasons” for the attack, the shooter states:

    https://vladtepesblog.com/2019/08/04/contributors-links-for-aug-4-2019/comment-page-1/#comment-495829

  31. Leftists Change Shooter Patrick Crusius’s MyLife Page after Saturday Shooting from Democrat to Republican

    he Walmart – Cielo Vista Mall shooter in El Paso, Texas was identified this afternoon as Patrick Crusius from a Allen, Texas outside of Dallas.

    Washington Examiner reporter Anna Giaritelli posted the name and a photos of the alleged shooter, sourced to law enforcement, “A law enforcement official in El Paso told me the Walmart shooter is in custody. Patrick Crusius of Dallas. Just turned 21 years old this week.”

    Patrick Crusius has a profile on MyLife.com.

    MyLife is an American information brokerage founded in 2002 as Reunion.com. MyLife gathers personal information through public records and other sources to automatically generate a “MyLife Public Page” for each person, described by MyLife as a “complete Wikipedia-like biography on every American.”

    At 2:46 PM today MyLife had this profile for the deranged killer Patrick Crusius.

    His original profile at 2:46 said he was a registered Democrat.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/leftists-change-shooter-patrick-crusiuss-mylife-page-after-saturday-shooting-from-democrat-to-republican/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=weekend

  32. Report: Genocide of Nigeria’s Christians a ‘Global Security Nightmare’ (breitbart, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2019/08/04/report-genocide-of-nigerias-christians-a-global-security-nightmare/

    “The ongoing slaughter of Nigerian Christians by Muslim herders and terrorists is a powder keg waiting to explode, according to an essay Sunday by Christian persecution expert John L. Allen.

    A recent report asserted that 52 lethal, anti-Christian attacks took place in Nigeria during the first six months of 2019, notes Mr. Allen, the author of the 2013 bestseller The Global War on Christians: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution.

    Meanwhile, the Nigerian-based International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law declared that some 2,400 Christians were killed by the Fulani in 2018 alone. And Nigeria’s Daily Post reported last year that from June 2015 to June 2018, Fulani militants “killed 8,800 Christians and other non-Muslims,” torching “not less than 1,000? churches and other places of worship during the same period.

    While mainstream media have insisted that the anti-Christian violence by Muslim herdsmen is not religiously motivated, that is not the experience of people on the ground, Allen notes.

    “It’s tough to tell Nigerian Christians this isn’t a religious conflict since what they see are Fulani fighters clad entirely in black, chanting ‘Allahu Akbar!’ and screaming ‘Death to Christians!’, Sister Monica Chikwe of the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy told Allen at a recent Rome conference on anti-Christian persecution.

    The media have largely downplayed the religious nature of the Fulani killings, preferring to attribute the violence to “ethnic tensions,” a “battle for land and resources,” or even “climate change.”

    Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who is himself of the Fulani ethnic group, has encouraged this narrative, minimizing the importance of religion in the conflict.

    Two local Catholic bishops, however, along with other Christian leaders, have insisted that the violence represents a “clear agenda for Islamizing the Nigerian Middle Belt” by using armed Fulani jihadists.

    One of the bishops, Matthew Ishaya Audu of Lafia, said in 2018 that the ongoing attacks are not random or economically motivated, but purposefully target Christians.

    “They want to strike Christians,” Bishop Audu said, “and the government does nothing to stop them, because President Buhari is also of the Fulani ethnic group.”

    Allen, who visited Nigeria while researching his book on Christian persecution, concurs.

    “Sooner or later, the international community will be forced to recognize that the fate of Nigeria’s Christian population isn’t just a human rights issue,” Allen wrote Sunday, “but also a major global security concern.”

    A recent report filed by the Jubilee Campaign, which advocates for religious freedom worldwide, to the International Criminal Court, claims that Fulani massacres of Christians in Nigeria meet the international standard for a “genocide.”

    Such a situation presents a serious problem for the international community, Allen declared Sunday.

    “So far, Nigeria largely has been spared a larger eruption in part because of the leadership of Christian clergy, who generally preach non-violent resistance,” Allen said.

    “It’s unclear, however, how much longer that philosophy can hold up if the violence continues unabated and the perception is that government authorities are unable, or unwilling, to do anything about it,” he added.”

  33. Turkey warns of cross-border operation into eastern Syria (abcnews, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkey-warns-cross-border-operation-eastern-syria-64767989

    “Turkey’s president has renewed a pledge for a cross-border military operation into northeastern Syria.

    In a speech Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “We’ve entered Afrin, Jarablus, al-Bab. Now we will enter the east of the Euphrates.”

    Talks between U.S. and Turkish officials have stalled over creating a safe zone in Syria east of the Euphrates River. The aim is to address Turkey’s security concerns about Syrian Kurdish militias in the region.

    Turkey views these Kurdish militias — who battled the Islamic State group alongside U.S. forces — as terrorists, allied with a Kurdish insurgency inside Turkey.

    Erdogan added: “We have shared this with the U.S. and Russia.”

    Turkey conducted two operations into northern Syria in 2016 and 2018 to clear the areas of IS extremists and U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militias.”

  34. Afghan official: bomb on bus carrying media workers kills 2 (abcnews, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-official-bomb-bus-carrying-media-workers-kills-64767365

    “An Afghan official says a magnetic explosive device attached to a bus carrying media workers has killed two people in the capital, Kabul.

    Nasrat Rahimi, the interior ministry spokesman, said Sunday that the bus driver and a pedestrian were killed.

    He said two employees of the Khurshid TV station and another pedestrian were wounded.

    No one claimed responsibility, but the Taliban and the rival Islamic State group have both attacked reporters in the past over what the insurgents view as biased or negative coverage. The two groups are active in the capital.

    In June, the Taliban said local Afghan media would be targeted if they continued transmitting anti-Taliban announcements paid for by the government.”

  35. GOP Firm May Face $500 Per Day For Not Helping Democrats
    By Pamela Geller – on August 3, 2019

    Jacob Chludzinski (left) and Grant Strobl (right) of ThinkRight Strategies.

    The left – relentless totalitarians.

    Ann Arbor Could Fine Conservatives $500 Per Day for Not Parroting Left-Wing Talking Points
    By Tyler O’Neil, PJM, July 31, 2019
    A law in Ann Arbor could force a Democrat to write speeches for President Donald Trump or a pro-life artist to create a mural for Planned Parenthood.

    On Tuesday, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a conservative political consulting firm, warning that an Ann Arbor non-discrimination law would force that firm to parrot liberal messages and help Democrats get elected. If they refuse, they could get hit with fines of $500 per day. ADF is representing Grant Strobl and Jacob Chludzinski, founders of the company ThinkRight Strategies.

    “On the face of the law, it is illegal for Grant and Jacob to decline a request to promote, for example, a Democrat running for office or Planned Parenthood because that would be discrimination based on political beliefs under the law,” ADF Legal Counsel Samuel Green told PJ Media.

    “Public accommodations laws across the country have been used to force people to express messages that violate their convictions,” Green added, referencing the cases of Christian baker Jack Phillips and Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman. Phillips and Stutzman gladly serve all people, including LGBT people, but they refused to use their artistic talents to celebrate a same-sex wedding, since they believe that marriage is between one man and one woman. State agencies in Colorado and Washington state ruled that they had discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation, but ADF rightly defended them as expressing their free speech.

    “Grant and Jacob, like all of Alliance Defending Freedom’s clients, will work with people from all backgrounds. There are simply messages they cannot promote,” Green explained. “Everyone should be concerned when the government steps in and starts compelling people to advocate for views they oppose.”

    “Ann Arbor’s law would force Grant and Jacob, who started a political consulting firm,

    https://gellerreport.com/2019/08/gop-firm-may-face-500-per-day-for-not-helping-democrats-inbox-x.html/

  36. Thwarting Attacks on Religious Freedom in America—Kelly Shackelford [WCS Special]

    • Several things are driving the attacks on Christianity one of them is because Christianity puts God above the government and the left can’t stand for any higher authority then their Government. Another is because if they can destroy the belief in God they can then attack and remove the :”Natural Rights aka God Given Rights”. With no God those rights came from the government and what the government gives the government can remove.

  37. German Authorities Infuriated as Munich Islamic Centre Promotes Beating of ‘Unruly’ Women (sputniknews, Aug 4, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/europe/201908041076461624-munich-islamic-centre-promotes-beating-unruly-women/

    “Germany faced a major influx of migrants from the Middle East in 2015, which was subsequently followed by a rise in crime across the country and protests by Germans who have demanded changes to migration policies.

    The Munich Islamic Centre (IZM) has faced a wave of criticism after controversial content on its website, namely recommendations to husbands on how to handle conflicts within their families, were highlighted by Bayerischer Rundfunk 24. A subsection on the website, titled Wife and Family, suggested, citing the Qur’an, that a husband can beat his “unruly” spouse, albeit only as a last resort after admonishing her and rejecting her in the bedroom.

    According to Bayerischer Rundfunk 24, these recommendations have been instructing visitors to the website for the last 15 years. The outlet indicated that the German Muslim Community (DMG) had promised on behalf of the IZM to make amendments to certain sections of the centre’s website back in March 2019, but ultimately failed to do so. The DMG explained the delay as being due to a variety factors, such as illness of those responsible for the site’s content, but vowed to fix everything within two weeks.

    The revelation by the German media outlet caused outrage among local politicians. A member of the city council and of the committee on integration, Cumali Naz from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), strongly condemned the recommendations provided by IZM.

    “If the IZM propagated that violence is a legitimate means to resolve marital conflicts, this fundamentally contradicts the values ??of our society. Calls for violence have no place in our society”, he stated.

    Evelyne Menges, the deputy head of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party at the City Council, where the CSU holds the second most seats after SPD, stated that “inhuman and violent content” on the website “can’t be tolerated”, going on to call for the controversial counsel to be removed “as quickly as possible”.

    However, the local prosecutor doesn’t see any violations in the content of the IZM website, with the official saying that while the centre’s publications sound “strange sometimes”, they still fall short of being “a criminal offense”.

    Germany has seen an increase in its crime rate, especially rapes, following a major influx of migrants from the Middle East, which started in 2015. This has led many Germans across the country to protest against the open door policy proclaimed by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

    The chancellor herself admitted in 2018 that certain “no-go” areas had appeared in various German cities. These are areas where regular laws don’t apply and where even law enforcement sometimes doesn’t dare enter. According to Police Union chief Rainer Wendt, such zones are often run either by criminal gangs or by Muslim communities exercising sharia law.”