Contributor’s links for September 22 , 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.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

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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. Tehran Showcases Downed UAVs Amid Allegations of its Role in Drone Strike on Saudi Oil Facilities (sputniknews, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/world/201909221076861236-tehran-showcases-downed-uavs-amid-allegations-of-its-role-in-drone-strike-on-saudi-oil-facilities/

    “On 18 September, Saudi Arabia displayed allegedly Iranian-made drone and missile debris as its proof of the recent Saudi oil attacks having been “unquestionably sponsored by Iran”.

    A large collection of foreign unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been showcased in Tehran, at a display inaugurated by high-ranking military and government officials on Saturday. It will run from 22 September to October 7, Iran’s state-run media reported.

    The centrepiece of the exhibition, “Hunting Vultures”, was the debris of a heavy US surveillance drone, a RQ-4 Global Hawk which was downed in June.

    The Iranians claim to have identified it as an advanced variant of the UAV MQ-4C Triton, although the US insists it was a prototype version of an RQ-4A drone, constructed during development of the Triton.

    Iran also displayed the anti-aircraft system that is said to have brought it down, as well as the type of missiles used during the interception, with the Khordad-3 missile launcher displaying a kill mark for the downed US UAV…

    ?Another major exhibit is the US RQ-170 Sentinel that Iran intercepted intact back in 2011…

    Another seemingly intact downed UAV appears to be a variant of an MQ-1 Predator. The interception of a machine of this type was reported back in 2016, with the details surrounding the event unclear…

    The display also offered a selection of smaller UAVs as well, appearing to include an Israeli Hermes drone, a US RQ-7 Shadow, a ScanEagle as well as several other light surveillance vehicles…”

  2. Iran Holds Military Parade Commemorating Anniversary of Iraq War – Video (sputniknews, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201909221076861432-iran-holds-military-parade-commemorating-anniversary-of-iraq-war-video/

    “Iranian Armed Forces are participating in massive parades in Tehran and 30 other cities across the country on the first day of the annual Sacred Defence Week, which marks the 39th anniversary of the 1980s Iraq-Iran war….”

    • Iran: ‘Foreign forces’ in Gulf ‘can cause problems and insecurity’ says Rouhani

      Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that “foreign forces can cause problems and insecurity” in the Gulf region, while speaking at an annual military parade in Tehran on Sunday, just days after the United States announced that it would be deploying additional troops to the Middle East following the recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities.

      Rouhani also extended “the hand of friendship” to neighbouring countries for regional cooperation.

      “We are ready to even forgive their [neighbouring countries’] past mistakes, because we are in conditions that the foes of Islam and the region, meaning the United States, arrogance and Zionism are seeking to take advantage of division,” said the Iranian president.

      He added that Iran will present a plan at the United Nations that will show how regional cooperation can “create security for the Persian Gulf, the Oman Sea and Strait of Hormuz.”

      Footage also shows the parade including various missile systems, such as the Bavar 373 and Sejjil.

      US Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced on Friday that Washington would be deploying more troops and military equipment to the region at the request of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

      The drone attacks on September 14, which struck an oil processing facility in Abqaiq and the Khurais oil field, were claimed by Houthi militants operating in Yemen but both the US and Saudi authorities have accused Iran of being responsible, although Tehran has repeatedly denied this.

  3. Iran Will Secure Maritime Borders, Give ‘Crushing Reaction’ to Any Aggression – Navy Commander (sputniknews, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/world/201909221076861222-iran-will-not-allow-anyone-to-violate-its-borders—president-rouhani/

    “Iran’s Navy Commander Hossein Khanzadi has said that Tehran is prepared to defend its maritime borders and will respond with a “crushing reaction” to any aggression by enemies.

    “In case of any miscalculation and aggression by the enemy, (the navy), along with other armed forces of the country, will give the most crushing reaction in the shortest time possible,” Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said as quoted by Mehr news agency. “Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s defence power is at its highest possible level and army and (Revolutionary Guards) forces are ready to defend the maritime borders of the country.””

  4. Houthi Involvement in Saudi Oil Refinery Attacks ‘Entirely Implausible’ – UK Foreign Minister (sputniknews, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201909221076861928-houthi-involvement-in-saudi-oil-refinery-attacks-entirely-implausible—uk-foreign-minister/

    “British foreign minister Dominic Raab has cast doubt on Houthi involvement in last week’s attacks on Saudi oil facilities.

    “From the information I have seen, I find it entirely implausible and lacking in credibility to suggest that those attacks came from Houthi rebels,” Raab told the BBC on Sunday.

    Raab did not specify whom London puts the blame for the attacks on.

    “Before we attribute responsibility I want to be absolutely crystal clear because that will mean the action that we take can be as robust and as widely supported as possible,” the minister added.”

  5. Labour shadow minister insists Britain ‘must’ pay massive reparations for slavery (express, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1181083/Labour-Party-news-Dawn-Butler-slavery-reparations-Brexit-row-Jeremy-Corbyn

    “A LABOUR shadow cabinet minister has caused controversy after saying British “banks and businesses” must pay reparations for slavery and comparing supporters of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to members of the racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK)…”

  6. Donald Trump issues terrifying threat to dump 2,500 ISIS prisoners on Europe’s doorstep (express, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1181078/isis-latest-donald-trump-news-terrorists-dumped-europe-germany-angela-merkel

    “DONALD TRUMP threatened to release prisoners from Europe who have joined Islamic terrorist groups if their countries refuse to take back the captives.

    The US President has repeatedly criticised European countries for their reluctance to take back their citizens who defected to fight in the middle east and were captured. According to Trump, after the US defeated the so-called caliphate, Washington has “thousands of prisoners of war, ISIS fighters” who are European nationals. He claimed the countries are refusing to cooperate, singling out France and Germany on the matter.

    Trump said: “We’re asking the countries from which they came, from Europe, we’re asking them to take back these prisoners of war.

    “And they can try them, do what they want. So far, they’ve refused.

    “And at some point, I’m going to have to say, ‘I’m sorry, but you either take them back or we’re going to let them go at your border’.”

    Trump insisted the US “is not going to have thousands and thousands of people” to hold at Guantanamo Bay, where an American prison for terrorists is located, for the next 50 years, “spending billions and billions of dollars”…”

  7. UK Police Stop Publishing Pictures of Seized Knives in Case They Frighten People (breitbart, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2019/09/22/uk-police-forces-stop-publishing-pictures-seized-knives-frighten-people/

    “An English police force has stopped publishing pictures of knives confiscated during weapons seizures to “help reduce the fear of knives”.

    Pictures shared on social media of a variety of weapons confiscated by police or handed over in amnesties have become a common sight, but Thames Valley Police will no longer be doing so over concern that “knife imagery” could be triggering the public.

    Thames Valley Police said in a statement that after consultation with other forces and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) it would “stop publicising images of seized knives to help reduce the fear of knives and knife carrying in our local communities”.

    Confirmed during National Knife Crime Awareness Week, it is expected that other forces will follow suit…”

  8. Italy: Pro-Migration Former Mayor on Trial for Aiding Illegal Immigration (breitbart, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/09/22/italy-pro-migration-former-mayor-on-trial-for-aiding-illegal-immigration/

    “Former Italian mayor Domenico Lucano could face house arrest as he and several others are on trial for aiding illegal migration.

    Mr Lucano, whose nickname is “Mimmo”, is among 27 defendants on trial for a number of charges relating to illegal immigration and was initially banned from setting foot in the town until that court order was recently overturned, Il Giornale reports.

    The former mayor of Riace was arrested in October of 2018 on charges of aiding illegal migration, embezzlement, and abuse of office, although the charges of embezzlement were later rejected.

    The prosecutor of Locri presented a motion in front of the Court of Review of Reggio Calabria involving a precautionary measure that could see Lucano placed under house arrest during the trial, with a decision expected in the next several days.

    The pro-migration mayor became well-known across Italy as early as 2011 for his open door policies for asylum seekers and was even hailed as the saviour of Riace by the BBC in an article which claimed he “turned the asylum seekers’ arrival into a win-win situation for all sides.”

    While Riace was famous across Italy for its pro-migration policies due to Lucano, the European Parliament elections held this year saw the small town swing in an entirely different political direction.

    Populist leader Matteo Salvini and his League (Lega) party won the most votes in the town, polling over 30 per cent.

    Just before the election, Salvini slammed Lucano, saying, “When I go to Calabria, people ask me for more work, not more immigrants.”

    During his time as Interior Minister, Salvini oversaw a massive reduction in the number of newly arriving illegal migrants but the new leftist coalition government looks set to reopen the borders to NGOs operating migrant transport ships.

    At a rally in front of an estimated 80,000 people, Salvini said he would look to trigger national referendums on immigration to stop the new government from reopening the ports.”

  9. Somalia: Al-Shabaab attack kills at least 8 troops (aa, Sep 22. 2019)
    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/somalia-al-shabaab-attack-kills-at-least-8-troops/1590625

    “At least eight government soldiers were killed and several others wounded when fighters from Somali-based al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab attacked Somali National Army (SNA) base in Lower Shabelle region, officials said on Sunday.

    The attack took place at SNA base in the vicinity of El-Saliini, near the port city of Marka, the capital of Lower Shabelle region on Sunday morning…”

  10. FIFA orders Iran to allow women free access to football stadiums (hindustantimes, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/fifa-orders-iran-to-allow-women-free-access-to-football-stadiums/story-2lmLZX2GB2D2HUcBrl9APJ.html

    “In the wake of the ‘Blue girl’ incident where a woman killed herself after being arrested trying to access a football stadium a FIFA delegation has demanded Iran allow women free unlimited access to stadiums. FIFA travelled to Iran ahead of the weekend for talks on the matter of women and football and released a statement Sunday.

    “FIFA has reiterated its firm and clear position that women need to be allowed to enter football matches freely and that the number of women who attend the stadiums be determined by the demand, resulting in ticket sales,” it said.

    The Islamic republic has barred female spectators from football and other stadiums since 1981, with clerics arguing they must be protected from the masculine atmosphere and sight of semi-clad men.

    Sahar Khodayari, dubbed “blue girl” because of the colours of the team she supported, Esteghlal FC, was reportedly detained last year when trying to enter a stadium dressed as a man to watch them.

    She died of her injuries in a Tehran hospital after setting herself on fire outside a court in early September.

    The death of Khodayari sparked an outcry online, with many calling on world football’s governing body FIFA to ban Iran from international competitions and for fans to boycott matches.”

  11. Iran Rules Out Starting a War Amid US Media Claims Tehran ‘Prepping Fresh Attack’ on Saudis (sputniknews, Sep 22, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201909221076862084-iran-rules-out-starting-a-war-amid-us-media-claims-tehran-prepping-fresh-attack-on-saudis/

    “Earlier, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir warned that Riyadh would do whatever was necessary to “defend our country” amid Iran’s “aggressive” actions, but added that a war would be the “last option”. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said any country to attack Iran would become the “main battlefield”.

    Tehran cannot rule out the possibility of a military conflict breaking out in the region as a result of tensions stemming from last week’s attacks on Saudi oil facilities by Yemen’s Houthi militants, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said.

    “I am not confident that we can avoid a war,” Zarif warned, speaking to the CBS Sunday TV programme Face the Nation.

    “I’m confident that we will not start one, but I’m confident that whoever starts one will not be the one who finishes it,” the foreign minister added. “That means that there won’t be a limited war,” he clarified.

    Asked to comment on the US decision to send a ‘moderate number of forces’ and some ‘defensive equipment’ to Saudi Arabia following last Saturday’s attacks by the Houthi militia on its oil facilities, Zarif said Iran was opposed to the idea.

    “I don’t think this type of posturing helps,” he said. “I think what helps would be to end the war in Yemen…I think it’s all going the wrong direction in addressing this issue,” the foreign minister said.

    WSJ: Houthis Say ‘Iran Planning Follow-Up Attacks’
    On Friday, a Wall Street Journal report citing ‘informed anonymous sources’ alleged that senior Houthi officials had ‘warned foreign diplomats’ that Iran, which has denied any involvement in last week’s attacks, was “preparing a follow-up strike” to the ones which “crippled Saudi Arabia’s oil industry”. Houthi officials were said to have ‘raised the alarm’ about the possible attacks “after they were pressed by Iran to play a role in it,” the WSJ claimed, citing sources.

    Iranian and Houthi officials have yet to comment on the WSJ story. The Yemeni militia had previously repeatedly claimed responsibility for last Saturday’s attacks, and called efforts to suggest that anyone other than themselves was responsible a sign of “cowardice”.

    Separately Friday, Yemen’s Houthi militia movement officially warned that Saudi Arabia would face new, “more painful, deadly and destructive” attacks if the Saudi-led coalition’s “ongoing shelling, blockade and aggression” of Yemen continued.

    On Saturday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir, who has also blamed Iran for last week oil facility attacks, stressed that Saudi Arabia would “do whatever it takes to prevent our country from sustaining damages,” while adding that “war is always the last option”.

    Drone Tensions
    Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran began escalating last week, after Houthi militants launched drone attacks against two major Saudi Aramco oil facilities, temporarily shutting down a major proportion of the country’s energy production capabilities. While the Houthis claimed responsibility for the attacks, the United States almost immediately blamed Iran, and claimed that the attacks were launched from Iranian airspace and used Iranian weapons systems.

    The Houthis have launched dozens of missile and drone attacks against military and infrastructure targets in Saudi Arabia over the past several years, striking everything from airports and military bases to US missile defence systems and cities using small drones and ballistic missiles. A coalition of mostly Gulf countries began a military intervention in Yemen in March 2015, seeking to defeat the Houthis and restore ousted Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to power. The coalition has accused Iran of supplying the Houthis with advanced weapons. Iran has denied these claims, pointing to the tight blockade in place against the war-torn country.”

  12. Brandon Straka: On the #WalkAway Campaign & Media’s “Fabrication of Reality” [Eagle Council Special]

  13. This one ties in with the video posted yesterday about the sex ed program in Canada.

    Parents Should Decide—Tammy Nichols On Sex Ed, Vaccinations & Sex Change (Eagle Council Special)

      • Showcase for “intersectional” hypocrisy.
        None of that vaunted “choice” – the be all, end all of militant feminism – Islam wipes it all out. And deep down, they know it.

        They just don’t want to acknowledge the facts of life. For all the hijab-day play, when confronted by reality, they freak.

  14. From Sassy:

    VIDEO 1 of a Canadian soldier who served in Afghanistan – He tells his story of what he witnessed and his opinion of our Canadian political parties & Islamic infiltration therein.

    Very much well worth the time to listen.

  15. Also Sassy:

    The Trudeau Liberals in Canada and their fellow-travellers in the western democracies are engaged in an extreme-left covert plot to damage our economies, destroy democracy and severely restrict our freedoms. Their objective is the total control of citizens and our economies, similar to the socialist devastation of Venezuela.

    The following paragraph describes the covert agenda of the green extremists who control the Trudeau cabinet. A highly credible gentleman wrote me concerning his recent conversation with an Ottawa insider, as follows:

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/09/20/the-radical-green-road-to-venezuela-poverty-misery-and-dictatorship/

    • Prince Philip fantasizes being reborn as a “particularly deadly virus”. Somebody else laments the extinction of smallpox. All the people quoted here are degenerates.

      Chop-chop.

  16. Johnny U responds to Sassy:

    Thanks Sassy. I read and watched all of both posts. If only a fraction of this Redgreen corrosion is true, we are at great threat to ourselves, and to the United States.

    VTB would serve all well to seek out and reach out to every ostracized politico it can find (like the Mr. Cooper mentioned in the video) to offer a platform for their knowledge and story.

  17. Egypt: Protests and clashes enter second day

    Egypt has seen a second night of clashes and dozens of arrests in rare demonstrations against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

    About 200 demonstrators took to the streets in the port city of Suez demanding his resignation.

    Dozens were reportedly arrested and police responded with tear gas.

    The protests – which also took place in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday – are in response to corruption allegations against President Sisi’s government.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49786367

  18. Rep. Perry: ‘smoke’ to Biden reports

    OAN Newsroom
    UPDATED 3:20 PM PST – Sat. September 21, 2019

    A GOP lawmaker said as the nation’s top diplomat, the president has broad discretion regarding his conversations with foreign leaders.

    Representative Scott Perry said Saturday, reports focus on the president’s effort to curb alleged corruption, not the alleged corruption itself.

    https://www.oann.com/rep-perry-smoke-to-biden-reports/

  19. Saudi Arabia threatens action against those responsible for attack on facility

    OAN Newsroom
    UPDATED 1:40 PM PST – Sat. September 21, 2019

    Saudi officials threaten to take appropriate action against the culprit of last week’s attack on an oil facility.

    Saudi authorities said Saturday they are still investigating the September 14th attack, to find out who is responsible.

    https://www.oann.com/saudi-arabia-threatens-action-against-those-responsible-for-attack-on-facility/

  20. Hong Kong police fire tear gas after storming shopping mall

    Anti-government protesters hold a rally in a shopping mall in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China

    HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Sunday to break up pro-democracy protesters who trashed fittings at a station and shopping mall, the latest in more than three months of often violent unrest.

    Hundreds of protesters, young and old, had gathered in the New Town Plaza in the New Territories town of Sha Tin, chanting: “Fight for freedom” and “Liberate Hong Kong.”

    https://www.oann.com/hong-kong-braces-for-airport-protest-after-night-of-violent-clashes/

  21. Trump talks about his conversation with Ukraine president, slams Biden

    President Trump says his conversation with the Ukraine was perfect; he says Joe Biden made the mistake of saying he never spoke to his son about his overseas business dealings.

  22. Influential Investor: If Elizabeth Warren Becomes President, They May Not Even Bother Opening The Stock Market

    Elizabeth Warren would be a horrible president for the economy and people in business know this.

    One well known investor recently said that if she won, the stock market wouldn’t even open.

    Market Watch reports:

    Billionaire investor on Elizabeth Warren as president: Market might not even open

    That’s Leon Cooperman, the billionaire boss at Omega Advisors, joking to a crowd at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York this week about what a win for the left could ultimately mean for investors.

    He wasn’t joking, however, in his belief that somebody like Elizabeth Warren in the White House would be disastrous for the stock market.

    “The Democratic Party seems to be leaning towards the left on policies, which is very harmful for the economy. I don’t like the shift to the left,” he explained to CNBC, adding that the market, of course, will open, but it won’t be pretty.

    “It would be a bear market and they go on for a year and go down 25%,” he said. “You don’t make the poor people rich by making rich people poor.”…

    “Her policies are counterproductive,” Cooperman said. “They’re negative for capitalism, and capitalism is what brought America into the position we’re in today.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/influential-investor-if-elizabeth-warren-becomes-president-they-may-not-even-bother-opening-the-stock-market/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=weekend

  23. Sky News Broadcaster Lectures “Selfish, Badly Educated, Virtue-Signaling Little Turds” After Friday Climate Change Rallies (VIDEO)

    On Friday millions of kids indoctrinated by their far left teachers and bartenders turned lawmakers to believe the world is ending in 12 years held global climate change rallies in Europe and the US.

    Even activists in Pakistan where millions still have no electricity or running water participated in the climate rallies.

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1174952987837394945

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/sky-news-broadcaster-lectures-selfish-badly-educated-virtue-signaling-little-turds-after-friday-climate-change-rallies-video/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=weekend

  24. FM: Hungary will not bow to pressure or blackmail over migrant quotas

    “We will not yield to the blackmail of either Soros’ NGOs, western (European) governments or Brussels,” Minister Szíjjártó said. “We will not implement the compulsory settlement quota and we will continue to oppose it as we did so far.”

    The Foreign Minister has hit back at claims by Italy’s new coalition that countries that don’t take in their share of illegal migrants should be punished.

    Péter Szíjjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Hungary will not bow to pressure or blackmail over the migrant quota system.

    “We will not yield to the blackmail of either Soros’ NGOs, western (European) governments or Brussels,” Minister Szíjjártó said. “We will not implement the compulsory settlement quota and we will continue to oppose it as we did so far.”

    In an interview published in yesterday’s Die Welt, Minister Szíjjártó said it would be pointless to speak of a common European stance so far as the EU’s external borders are not guarded properly. He added that the answer lies in the hands of the member states, not in reinforcing the EU’s border and coast guard agency Frontex which he said “functions as a travel agency”.

    Italy also proposed that the migrants it receives should be distributed among EU member states based on an automatic quota system, an idea Hungary firmly refused.

    New Italian foreign minister Luigi di Maio said Italy has been living in permanent migration alert, mainly due to the “indifference” of countries such as Hungary. Di Maio proposed that member states who do not take in their share of migrants should be severely penalized.

    http://abouthungary.hu/news-in-brief/fm-hungary-will-not-bow-to-pressure-or-blackmail-over-migrant-quotas/

    • This looks like another Oslo set-up.
      Jews or Israelis – Who will form the next government?

      The 1992 elections brought Yitzchak Rabin and Shimon Peres to power.It was a close election but Labor was put over the top by a deal made with the Arab parties.Before the hard-fought election campaign, Rabin received an assurance of support from the Arab parties against the Likud and Yitzchak Shamir.The details of the deal were not made public but the results were a Rabin victory.

      So what could Rabin have promised the (anti-Zionist, pro-PLO) Arab parties?The answer came rather quickly.

      Despite Rabin’s campaign promise to the Jewish public that he would never consider recognition of a “Palestinian” state in the Land of Israel, and never recognize the PLO as legitimate, he dumbfounded the country with the disastrous 1993 Oslo accords (after a year of secret meetings in Norway between the sides, although meeting with terrorists was against the law). The next shock was arch-terrorist Arafat’s triumphant entrance into the heart of our land, back from his exile in Tunisia as part of the agreement.

      This development was the greatest surprise to date in Israeli politics and has had the greatest repercussions on the Jewish state since its birth, all of them bad.Today, the Oslo gamble and its horrific consequences are widely denounced by the vast majority of the Israeli(Jewish) public.

      Since the 1992 Rabin/Peres-Arab secret Oslo deal, the Arab parties have not offered that same recommendation to form a coalition for any other Jewish candidate.Until September 2019, that is.

      http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/24485

  25. Florida’s Top Cops Want Citizens to Give Up Some Privacy to Prevent Mass Shootings

    So…massive data sharing — including medical records — and dropping a dime on your neighbors to keep everyone safer. You could make a pretty good movie about a system like that.

    After the latest mass shootings, state lawmakers sought the advice of Florida’s top cops last week. What they got back, after three hours of testimony, was one big idea.

    It wasn’t better background checks. Or keeping guns away from domestic violence abusers. Or maintaining a database of military-style weapons.

    Rather, the state’s leading law enforcement authorities offered an ambitious but vague solution far removed from gun control: a first-of-its-kind effort to predict mass shooters before they attack. It would train police across the state how to recognize threats. The new alert system would require police, local governments, medical providers and the public to share more information about their fellow Floridians than ever before.

    “I know that sends shivers and shudders through those that champion privacy concerns and rights and mental health rights,” State Attorney Phil Archer, president of Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, told lawmakers during a Monday hearing. “Everybody’s going to have to give a little.”

    – Lawrence Mower in Florida’s top cops offer their big idea to stop mass shootings. It’s not about guns.

    https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/floridas-top-cops-want-citizens-to-give-up-some-privacy-to-prevent-mass-shootings/?utm_source=wideopen&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wideopen&utm_content=%5B%5Brssitem_title%5D%5D

  26. Hunter Biden helped China buy U.S. company working on dual-use ‘national security’ technology
    Robert Kraychik, Breitbart September 22, 2019

    Ed. – Getting a full picture would take more delving than I have time to do at the moment, but Henniges Automotive was involved most notably in technology for sealing and anti-vibration, which is clearly of interest to complex weapon systems like warships, main battle tanks, self-propelled artillery, and combat aircraft. Besides Hunter Biden’s involvement, the secretiveness of the CFIUS process, which Peter Schweizer calls out, is increasingly disquieting.]

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/09/22/hunter-biden-helped-china-buy-u-s-company-working-on-dual-use-national-security-technology/

    Peter Schweizer: Hunter Biden Helped China Buy Our ‘National Security’ Assets

    Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s second son, helped facilitate China’s acquisition of Henniges Automotive explained Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and senior contributor at Breitbart News, in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning.

    He called the Senate Finance Committee’s decision to probe the Obama administration’s 2015 approval of the sale of Henniges Automotive as a “wonderful development.”

    Schweizer examined China’s acquisition of Henniges Automotive — a formerly America-based company developing “dual-use” technologies with military applications — by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), a Chinese state-run military contractor. AVIC acquired Henniges in 2015 with a 51 percent stake purchase. The remaining 49 percent was purchased by Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), a private equity firm founded by Hunter Biden and funded with $1.5 billion from the Chinese government via the Bank of China.

    LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/breitbart/breitbart-news-tonight-peter-schweizer-august-16-2019

    https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/08/19/peter-schweizer-hunter-biden-helped-china-buy-our-national-security-assets/

  27. Cities across Illinois face pension shortfalls; some already cutting current services
    Durden/Mike Shedlock, ZeroHedge September 22, 2019

    [Ed. – At least one has had to lay off 40 public safety workers to avoid insolvency. In other words, the city’s residents lose those current services because the revenues have to be used to service the pensions. The problem is disastrously widespread.]

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/09/22/cities-across-illinois-face-pension-shortfalls-some-already-cutting-current-services/

    Bankrupt Illinois Cities Forced To Cut Services To Fund Pensions

    Multiple cities in Illinois are forced to cut police, fire departments and other city services to fund pension plans.

    Illinois does not allow cities to file for bankruptcy but that is the best word to describe many of them. East St. Louis is the latest.

    What Follows is a Guest Post from Wirepoints

    My comments at the end.

    Wirepoint reports Third domino falls: Illinois Comptroller set to confiscate East St. Louis revenues to pay for city’s firefighter pensions.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bankrupt-illinois-cities-forced-cut-services-fund-pensions

  28. FBI Seeks Information About Arsonists Who Attacked Three Catholic Churches in El PasoThe FBI has announced a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is behind three arson attacks on Catholic churches in Texas that took place in May and June.
    The agency is offering $5,000 for information on the person behind each attack, totaling $15,000.

    The fires took place in El Paso with St. Matthew Catholic Church being attacked on May 7, St. Patrick Cathedral on May 13 and St. Jude Catholic Church on June 15, according to a statement from the FBI. All of the churches largely serve the Hispanic community.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/fbi-seeks-information-about-arsonists-who-attacked-three-catholic-churches-in-el-paso/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=weekend

  29. Former Ukrainian Secret Service Official Leaks Info on How Ukraine Funded Clinton Campaign with Stolen IMF Money

    Vasily Prozorov is a former employee of the Ukrainian security service SBU. On his blog Ukraine Leaks, he reveals how former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and Oligarch Victor Pinchuk may have helped divert IMF funds to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

    Vasily Prozorov was an Ukrainian security service (SBU) staffer from 1999 to 2018. Since 2014, he was an expert consultant in the SBU’s main anti-terror unit. In 2018, he fled to Russia. The Ukrainians now call him a traitor. Writing on his blog Ukraine Leaks, he says that in 2016, the Ukrainian government openly supported Hillary Clinton and tried to help her defeat Donald Trump.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/exclusive-former-ukrainian-secret-service-official-leaks-info-on-how-ukraine-funded-clinton-campaign-with-stolen-imf-money/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=weekend

  30. zero hedge – French “Black Bloc” Antifa Cause Violent Mayhem After Infiltrating Yellow Vest, Climate Marches In Paris

    A group of approximately 1,000 “black bloc” anarchists infiltrated two Paris marches on Saturday, provoking clashes with police which led to mass arrests, according to AFP.

    The anarchists then infiltrated a climate march, causing nonviolent families to abandon the event as French riot police deployed tear gas and other measures. Approximately 7,500 security forces were involved in the effort to police the events, while 163 people were arrested. The climate march organizers urged protesters to go home after the clashes turned violent.

    The Yellow Vest movement is now in its 10th month of protests despite French President Emmanuel Macron granting a series of economic concessions to reduce taxes and boost minimum wages along with other employement benefits.

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    45 weeks of protests
    11 dead
    76 seriously injured
    2500 injured
    23 lost an eye
    5 lost a hand
    thousands arrested
    no mainstream media coverage

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    “We are assembling just to say that we can’t make ends meet. (The protest) is not only against the president, it’s against the system,” one female protester told AFP.

    Others denounced what they said was overreach by security forces.

    “This is hell. We’re fewer than 100, and police charge. That’s David versus Goliath,” said demonstrator Pierre, his eyes red with teargas.

    The weekly demonstrations around France — Saturday was the 45th — prompted Macron to loosen the state’s purse strings to the tune of nearly 17 billion euros ($18.8 billion) in wage boosts and tax cuts for low earners. -AFP

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    On Friday, Macron called for “calm,” adding that while “it’s good that people express themselves,” they should not interfere with legally authorized protests and other events scheduled for Saturday.

    Yellow Vest leader Jerome Rodrigues called Saturday’s protest a “revelatory demonstration,” adding that “many people are going to come to Paris.”

    Officials again outlawed protests on the Champs-Elysees avenue and other areas in the heart of the capital, where previously protesters had ransacked and set fire to luxury shops and restaurants during previous rallies.

    Police on the Champs-Elysees used teargas and batons to scatter protesters who tried to violate the ban there.

    Police headquarters said some of the protesters had carrying hammers and petrol canisters.

    But one demonstrator, who identified herself only as Brigitte, said: “We are being treated like criminals.” -AFP

    The use of teargas and stun grenades on climate protesters drew harsh rebuke from climate activists, such as Greenpeace and French climate group ANV-COP21, which denounced the harsh treatment.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-black-bloc-antifa-cause-violent-mayhem-after-infiltrating-yellow-vest-climate

  31. BREAKING: Lindsey Graham Calls on DOJ to Probe Potential Criminal Acts by Biden Family in Ukraine (VIDEO)

    Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) went on with Maria Bartiromo Sunday on Sunday Morning Futures.

    During their discussion Lindsey Graham called on the Department of Justice to probe the potential criminal acts between the Biden Family and Ukraine.

    After leaving office in 2017, Vice President Joe Biden Bragged about strong-arming the government of Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/breaking-lindsey-graham-calls-on-doj-to-probe-potential-criminal-acts-by-biden-family-in-ukraine-video/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=weekend

  32. “Muslims in Ireland | Islam in Ireland”
    Islam-History – Published on June 23, 2019
    3:13 – Irish Sunni Muslim Cleric Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri
    Chair of Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council

  33. Angry crowds attack Syrian businesses in Turkey over sexual abuse allegation

    A Turkish official told MEE that misleading rumours had been deliberately spread in Adana that the suspect was Syrian

    Dozens of locals in the southern Turkish city of Adana attacked and looted businesses and shops belonging to Syrian refugees after social media gossip claimed that a Syrian had tried to rape an 11-year-old, according to local media reports.

    The media broadcast images of young individuals hitting pull-down shutters while others shout, “hit, hit, these are Syrian shops”.

    The police intervened to disperse the crowd with pepper spray and water cannons but the attacks and protests continued throughout the night.

    The Adana Govenor’s Office released an official statement on its website in response to the violence: “A report transmitted to our police force on Thursday night at 7:00pm claimed that an 11-year-old child was sexually abused by a person in his 20s who speaks good Turkish and is considered to be one of our citizens. An investigation is proceeding against the said individual.”

    A Turkish official with knowledge of the incident told MEE that the suspect wasn’t Syrian.

    “Eyewitnesses say he was Turkish. But some people deliberately circulated that he was Syrian,” the official said.

    “The police are still trying to apprehend the individual.”

    Police forces arrested 25 suspects who are believed to have damaged Syrian businesses or made calls on social media to do so.

    This is not the first time Syrian businesses have been targeted in Turkey. In July, dozens of Syrian shops were looted by angry crowds over alleged verbal abuse by a Syrian boy toward a Turkish girl.

    Inter-community tensions have been high in Turkey, which hosts more than 3.5 million refugees since the beginning of the civil war in Syria.

    A poll commissioned by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) this month indicated that 77 percent of people in Turkey have negative feeling toward Syrian refugees, while 73 percent perceive them as a security threat.

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/angry-crowds-attack-syrian-businesses-adana-over-sexual-abuse-allegation

  34. NYPD outlines hiked security in Jewish neighborhoods ahead of holidays
    By Geller Report Staff – on September 21, 2019

    Under Mayor Bill de Blasio what was once thought to be impossible is now a reality: New York City is unsafe for Jews.

    “We have a lot of specialized units that will be out there, too. Critical response command, they’ll be out there. Some you’ll see, some you won’t,” NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill.

    By JNS, September 20, 2019:
    The New York City Police Department will increase their presence in Jewish neighborhoods ahead of the Jewish holidays, Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill announced on Wednesday, as they outlined their security plans for the 2019 Jewish holidays.

    https://gellerreport.com/2019/09/ny-jews-police-protection.html/

  35. A top Democrat just announced their plan to jail a key Trump ally for something insane

    Democrats will stop at nothing to destroy President Trump and anybody close to him.

    There is nothing too extreme in their crusade to take down Trump.

    And a top Democrat just announced their plan to jail a key Trump ally for something insane.

    Democrats are furious following the testimony of former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

    Unlike many of the witnesses they have hauled before the House Judiciary Committee, Lewandowski was willing to fight back and call out the Democrats.

    And they really don’t like it when somebody flips the script on them.

    So, while speaking on MSNBC’s All In, House Judiciary Committee member Sheila Jackson Lee claimed that Lewandowski “can be held in contempt” of Congress.

    https://patriotpulse.net/a-top-democrat-just-announced-their-plan-to-jail-a-key-trump-ally-for-something-insane/#gf_1091

  36. German Study Finds 40% of Migrants Claiming to be Children are Actually Adults

    n October 2015 1,200 migrants with beards entered Stockholm, Sweden in a single day claiming to be “refugee children.”

    The migrants were carrying signs begging locals for assistance for child refugees. (Exponerat)

    In Austria officials in 2016 officials found that HALF of refugees claiming to be children were adults.

    In Sweden in 2017 officials found that 83% of refugee “children” were actually adults.

    Now this…
    A new German study found that at least 40% of migrants claiming to be children were actually adults.
    Voice of Europe reported:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/german-study-finds-40-of-migrants-claiming-to-be-children-are-actually-adults/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=weekend

  37. Larry C. Johnson: Who Really Pressured the Ukrainians to Fire Prosecutor?

    Larry C. Johnson: Who Really Pressured the Ukrainians to Fire Prosecutor?
    Jim Hoft by Jim Hoft September 21, 2019 209 Comments

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    Guest post by Larry C. Johnson

    I think the Democrats finally have corralled Donald Trump.

    I think the transcripts flagged by the unnamed intel community whistleblower will show that Donald Trump threatened to withhold foreign aid to Ukraine unless the Ukrainian leader fired a prosecutor who was investigating a company that paid Donald Jr. and Eric millions of dollars. Following this demand the Ukrainian prosecutor was fired and the investigation terminated.

    But wait, there is more. The Trump boys also flew to China with their Dad and snared a 1.5 BILLION Chinese investment in their hedge fun. I am sure you will agree this is impeachable.

    Wait. BREAKING NEWS. Put the BRAKES on the BRAKING NEWS. I made a mistake. The person who did this was NOT Donald Trump, it was Joe Biden and his greedy offspring, Hunter. (If you caught the “BRAKING” in the title you get extra points.)

    According to a knowledgeable source, the Whistleblower story that much of the media is losing their minds over is a desperate effort to protect Joe Biden. While it is true that Donald Trump had a conversation with the Ukrainian President and the topic of investigating Joe Biden’s son for getting payments from a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch, that is not illegal nor improper once you understand the back story.

    Here’s the back story courtesy of Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/larry-c-johnson-who-really-pressured-the-ukrainians-to-fire-prosecutor/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=weekend