Reader’s Links for November 7, 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. A National Health Service (NHS) trust has announced that it will withdraw treatment from patients it deems to be racist or sexist.
    The North Bristol NHS Trust announced that patients will be subject a “sports-style disciplinary yellow card and then final red card in which treatment would be withdrawn as soon as is safe” on its official website.

    The policy would cover not just “Threatening and offensive language” but also “Racist or sexist language, gestures or behaviour” more generally, as well as “malicious allegations” — a rather troubling caveat, given the NHS has in the past been entangled in large-scale malpractice scandals which hospitals and staff have initially denied.

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    UK NHS Patient Asks for Female Nurse for Cervical Smear, Gets Tattooed Trans Man With Stubble http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/31/woman-requested-female-nurse-intimate-procedure-summoned-obviously-male-transsexual-stubble-tattoos/

    UK NHS Patient Asks for Female Nurse for Cervical Smear, Gets Tattooed Trans Man With Stubble
    A woman who requested a female nurse for an intimate procedure was summoned by an “obviously male” member of staff with stubble and tattoos, who claimed to be a transsexual.

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    “We have staff from many different backgrounds, from all over the world, and we pride ourselves on our commitment to equality which is a fundamental value of the NHS,” commented Andrea Young, Chief Executive for North Bristol NHS Trust.

    “We’re sending a strong signal that any racism or discrimination is completely unacceptable – we want staff to challenge and report it and we want everyone to know that it will have consequences.”

    How low the bar for deeming behaviour discriminatory and sufficiently “offensive” to withdraw treatment is not spelled out in explicit terms.

    For example, in late 2017 an NHS patient who requested a female nurse to carry out a cervical smear complained when the hospital sent a person with “an obviously male appearance… close-cropped hair, a male facial appearance and voice, large number of tattoos and facial stubble” who insisted “My gender is not male. I’m a transsexual”.

    It is not clear whether the patient could have fallen foul of the Bristol policy had it been in place and the nurse had chosen to take offence — and nor is it clear how far the trust’s assurances that it will only withdraw treatment once clinically safe extend, and if patients could, for example, be denied diagnostic procedures or so-called routine operations such as hip replacements, for which many patients have to wait eight months or more.

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/04/uk-national-health-service-to-deny-treatment-for-racist-or-sexist-language-gestures-behaviour/

    Note: when medical treatment is dependent on ideological conformity, we have reached 100% communism… Reference: I lived it…

    • MAYBE it’s because of anticipated lawsuits.
      I don’t want to be in favor of one or another, but we’re at a point in political correctness and ‘perceived’ hate where everything is dangerous.
      And I think Muslim patients are more at fault but they avoid mentioning it. Easier to cast the blame on LGBT.
      They’re projecting the blame on a tiny minority to distract from the greater problem aka Muslims.

  2. Catching Lucas with her fingers in the cookie jar to turn Eeyore into one of her minons was exquisite. I would have liked to have helped him further.
    https://vladtepesblog.com/2019/11/06/readers-links-for-november-6-2019/comment-page-1/#comment-509175

    The right-brained (left-brain absent fathered) have two ways to react – attack with intellectualism or defend with feelings. To intimidate you with their memory of words, or to suck you in with their memory of feelings.

    Unfortunately, turning boys into toyboys stay-at-home moms also the butt of this story.

    https://vladtepesblog.com/2019/11/06/readers-links-for-november-6-2019/comment-page-1/#comment-509175

  3. Four Protesters in Baghdad Killed After Security Forces Use Live Gunfire to Disperse Rally – Reports (sputniknews, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201911071077245481-four-protesters-in-baghdad-killed-after-security-forces-use-live-gunfire-to-disperse-rally—police/

    “25 people suffered from the effects of tear gas that was used by police on 6 November during anti-government protests in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Al-Sumaria broadcaster reported.

    Four people were killed as security forces opened fire at the protesters to disperse the demonstration, Reuters said, citing Baghdad police sources.

    The clashes took place near Shuhada Bridge, the sources said.

    In another incident on 6 November, two people were killed and one more was injured as security officers fired warning shots near the Central Bank building, Shafaq news agency reported, citing witnesses. All the victims were reportedly employees at the Central Bank.

    Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister stated that Iraq had lost over $6 billion due to the ongoing wave of mass protests taking place across the country. He pointed out that the road to Iraq’s largest port, Um Qasr, had been blocked for five days in a row, resulting in significant economic losses.

    The nationwide protests in Iraq began in early October and have since escalated. People are demanding the government’s dismissal, as well as economic reforms, better living conditions, social welfare, and an end to corruption. As the rallies have grown more violent, the government has had to declare a curfew and cut Internet access in Baghdad and other regions, with the exception of Iraqi Kurdistan.”

  4. UK Police Detain Man After Discovering 15 Underage Illegal Migrants in Truck (sputniknews, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/europe/201911071077244028-uk-police-detain-man-after-discovering-15-underage-illegal-migrants-in-truck/

    “The police of Wiltshire county in the United Kingdom’s southwest detained a man on suspicion of smuggling 15 people into the country illegally in a truck, the Wiltshire Police on Thursday.

    According to the statement, the police received the call on Wednesday evening informing them about suspicious activity involving a truck on the A350 highway near Chippenham. The police arrived at the scene and discovered 15 people in the vehicle, all of whom are believed to be over 16 years old.

    “Colleagues from the ambulance and the fire service attended the scene and carried out initial medical checks – fourteen of these people are currently being conveyed to custody, while one person has been taken to hospital for further checks – they are not believed to be in a serious condition … In addition, one man, aged in his 50’s, has been arrested on suspicion of assisting with illegal entry and taken to Swindon custody for further questioning”, the police said.

    The incident comes amid an ongoing investigation into the killing of 39 migrants who were similarly found in a truck in Essex county in late October. The dead migrants were nationals of Vietnam. Five suspects, including the truck driver, were detained, and three of them were later released on bail.

    According to the Essex police department, Ronan and Christopher Hughes from Northern Ireland are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking in connection with the tragedy.”

  5. BREAKING: Students suspended from Canadian high school for refusing to wear rainbow poppy
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    The 17-year-old cousin of a former Conservative MP hopeful in the 2019 federal election and her friend have apparently been suspended from Stonewall Collegiate for refusing to wear a rainbow poppy.

    Cyara Bird of the Little Black River First Nation, who was on the ballot for the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding of northern Manitoba this past election, took to Twitter tonight to express her anger after learning her cousin and another student had both been suspended for “hate speech” after rejecting the idea that rainbow poppies should replace the traditional red-and-black ones worn during their school’s Remembrance Day performance.

    The young woman, who is half African-Canadian, asked instead to wear the red-and-black poppy traditional to the festivities, finding the rainbow poppy “disrespectful” to the World War 2 veterans in her family. Upon expressing her opinion, she and another student who shared her sentiment were sent to the principal’s office. According to Bird, the girl’s parents were not notified until after the suspension was applied.

    https://www.thepostmillennial.com/students-suspended-from-canadian-high-school-for-refusing-to-wear-rainbow-poppy/

  6. Nearly twenty Berlin police were said to have been brutally attacked by far-left Antifa extremists during a demonstration in one of the city’s strongholds for leftist extremism.
    The unidentified Antifa members attacked police in the Friedrichshain area, throwing heavy paving stones at the officers along with bottles and other projectiles, with a total of 19 officers injured during the rioting, Focus reports.

    The demonstration, which was against the removal of far-left activists from properties, such as the infamous Rigaer 94 building which they continue to occupy, began in the early evening in Kreuzberg and Neukölln and eventually ended up in Friedrichshain.

    According to German tabloid Bild, many of the extremists were allowed to withdraw back into the Rigaer 94 building with the police told not to pursue them due to a policy of “de-escalation” by the leftist-controlled Berlin senate.

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/07/19-berlin-police-injured-during-antifa-extremist-attack/

  7. Police clear 1,600 migrants from two Paris camps (telegraph, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/07/police-clear-1600-migrants-two-paris-camps/

    “French police evacuated over 1,600 migrants from two camps in northern Paris on Thursday, one of the biggest such operations in the city in years, a day after the government unveiled tough new measures to a “take back control” of immigration.

    Around 600 police officers escorted the migrants from tents where coaches transported them to reception centres, in an operation that began under steady rain at around 6am.

    Police said they evacuated a total of 1,606 migrants from two camps near the Porte de la Chapelle, sheltered under part of the the ring road round that surrounds the capital.

    Many of the occupants, which included families with children, said they were from Afghanistan or sub-Saharan Africa.

    “I cannot allow a dangerous situation like this… all this cannot remain,” Paris police chief Didier Lallement told reporters at the scene.

    He said the operation, one of the largest in Paris since camps regularly began springing up in 2015, “was decided in the framework of the implementation of the (government) plan, it did not happen by chance.”

    The government of President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to crack down on immigration, a move widely seen as an attempt to keep Right-wing parties from siphoning off voters ahead of municipal elections next year…”

  8. Columbia professor who fled communism resigns, says university is becoming communist
    JEREMIAH POFF – STAFF REPORTER •NOVEMBER 6, 2019
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    Pressured to admit transgender student

    A Romania-born academic says he recently left his tenured position at Columbia University because the Ivy League school is “on its way toward full blown communism,” according to a Romanian TV interview translated by a Romanian-American immigrant.

    Prof. Andrei Serban, an award-winning director, complained about the increasing social justice demands he faced in the theater department in the interview, which aired on Romania’s TVR1 Oct. 26. One prominent example he gave: pressure to admit a transgender applicant who auditioned as Juliet from “Romeo and Juliet.”

    Andy Ionescu, a native Romianian speaker who immigrated to the United States in 1999, told The College Fix in a Twitter message that he translated the interview.

    https://www.thecollegefix.com/columbia-professor-who-fled-communism-resigns-says-university-is-becoming-communist/

  9. Former Labour MP: Vote Boris to Stop ‘Unfit’ Corbyn from Becoming Prime Minister (breitbart, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/07/former-labour-mp-vote-boris-to-stop-unfit-corbyn-from-becoming-prime-minister/

    “Former Labour MP Ian Austin has told “decent, patriotic” Labour supporters to vote for Boris Johnson to stop Jeremy Corbyn from becoming prime minister. He called the socialist unpatriotic and “unfit” to lead the country, and condemned him for allowing antisemitism to take hold in the party…”

  10. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is conducting a propaganda war in university halls across the United Kingdom, using threats and intimidation to implement a pro-Beijing narrative on campus.
    The Foreign Affairs Committee has published a report on the influence that the Confucius Institute exerts on professors and students at universities in the United Kingdpm.

    The Confucius Institute, which purports to teach Chinese language and culture, is a branch of the Chinese Ministry of Education which reports directly to the Communist Party’s central propaganda department.

    The United Kingdom has 29 Confucius Institutes, the second-highest number in any country — behind the United States — with an additional 148 “Confucius Classrooms” across the country.

    London School of Economics (LSE) professor Christopher Hughes told the Foreign Affairs Committee that he had witnessed “Chinese Confucius Institute officials confiscating papers which mention Taiwan at an academic conference”.

    Another example occurred at the University of Nottingham, in which professors were pressured to cancel campus events that related to Taiwan and Tibet following complaints from Chinese officials.

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/06/chinese-communists-infiltrate-uk-universities/#

  11. 19 Berlin Police Injured During Antifa Extremist Attack (breitbart, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/07/19-berlin-police-injured-during-antifa-extremist-attack/

    “Nearly twenty Berlin police were said to have been brutally attacked by far-left Antifa extremists during a demonstration in one of the city’s strongholds for leftist extremism.

    The unidentified Antifa members attacked police in the Friedrichshain area, throwing heavy paving stones at the officers along with bottles and other projectiles, with a total of 19 officers injured during the rioting, Focus reports.

    The demonstration, which was against the removal of far-left activists from properties, such as the infamous Rigaer 94 building which they continue to occupy, began in the early evening in Kreuzberg and Neukölln and eventually ended up in Friedrichshain.

    According to German tabloid Bild, many of the extremists were allowed to withdraw back into the Rigaer 94 building with the police told not to pursue them due to a policy of “de-escalation” by the leftist-controlled Berlin senate.

    The rioters, some of them dressed in the typical black bloc style regularly used by Antifa, attacked a construction trailer at one point during the rioting with the two security guards of the site trapped inside. One of the guards said after the attacks that he “ran for his life.”

    The attack on a construction site comes after several similar attacks over the last month or so in the city of Leipzig by other Antifa extremists, including fires set at one site last month that resulted in 10 million euros worth of damages.

    Antifa members also invaded the apartment of an employee of a real estate company linked to a luxury apartment construction project earlier this week and brutally beat her.

    Following the attacks in Leipzig and others in the city of Bautzen, the regional government of Saxony has formed a Special Commission on left-wing extremism (Soko LinX) within the police force as a special branch to tackle left-wing violent crime.

    According to government statistics, there were a total of 222 left-wing motivated crimes in Saxony in 2018, a number that has dramatically increased to 305 so far this year.

    As far back as 2017, Bern Palenda, head of the Berlin branch of the Agency for the Protection of the Constitution, warned that left-wing extremism was underestimated in Germany, saying leftists perpetrate “well-organized extremist violence and do not shrink from killing people, if necessary.””

  12. KFC Refuses To Be Bullied After Muslim Group Just Demanded They Change Famous Recipe To Meet Absurd Islamic Demands
    By FireSideChataccess_time2 days ago
    Kentucky Fried Chicken is a highly successful chain restaurant. They have been around for decades. And they won’t be leaving. But the legal dispute they are caught up in is threatening that. More importantly, it is over some of the most absurd nonsense that will make your stomach turn.

    A group of Muslim believers is campaigning for Kentucky Fried Chicken to shut down their businesses if they do not serve halal food. It is a movement that is gaining a lot of support in New Zealand all thanks to a Facebook and social media campaign. They have gained over 2,000 likes in a little over a month and their support continues to grow.

    The US Herald reported,

    “The movement is being led by Syeda Fouzia, who said the process of delivering halal food ‘is not that difficult.’ ‘We’ve had some criticism, but having halal certification will only mean more people will be able to eat at KFC. It won’t affect non-Muslims,’ UK-born Ms. Fouzia told reporters.

    https://www.frontlinesnews.com/2019/11/05/kfc-refuses-to-be-bullied-after-muslim-group-just-demanded-they-change-famous-recipe-to-meet-absurd-islamic-demands.html

  13. Iran alleges UN inspector tested positive for explosives (abcnews, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-injects-gas-centrifuges-atomic-deal-unravels-66811146

    “Iran alleged Thursday that the U.N. inspector it blocked from a nuclear site last week tested positive for suspected traces of explosive nitrates. The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, did not immediately comment.

    The allegation made by Iranian representative Kazem Gharib Abadi came as Iran injected uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear complex early Thursday, taking its most-significant step away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

    These latest steps by Iran put additional pressure on Europe to offer Tehran a way to sell its crude oil abroad despite the U.S. sanctions imposed on the country since President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the nuclear deal over a year ago.”

  14. The Latest: Migrant clash in Bosnia leaves 4 injured (abcnews, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-spain-migrants-found-dead-sea-66814859

    “Police in Bosnia say a fight among migrants at a tent camp in the northwest of the country has left four people slightly injured.

    Police say the clash on Thursday erupted between migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Local media report that four migrants from Pakistan have been detained.

    Hundreds of migrants are staying in the Vucjak camp near Bihac as they look for ways to move toward Western Europe.

    International organizations in Bosnia have urged authorities to close the camp, located on a former landfill and near a mine field left over from the 1992-95 war.

    Bosnia has been struggling with an influx of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa or Asia.”

  15. Erdogan: Al-Baghdadi’s inner circle trying to enter Turkey (abcnews, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/erdogan-al-baghdadis-circle-enter-turkey-66812971

    “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that members of slain Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s “inner circle” are trying to enter Turkey from Syria.

    Erdogan also said the number of people with family ties to al-Baghdadi who have been caught by Turkey “is close to reaching double digits.”

    The Turkish leader’s comments were his second effort in as many days to publicize his country’s push to catch IS members who were close to al-Baghdadi. Turkey is facing criticism that its recent military offensive to drive Syrian Kurdish fighters from northeast Syria would allow for an IS resurgence.

    “All of al-Baghdadi’s inner circle is mostly targeting our country and these people are looking for ways to settle in our country or to come to our country,” Erdogan told reporters.

    Erdogan and Turkish officials revealed Wednesday that Turkish police detained one of al-Baghdadi’s wives and a daughter last year.

    A Turkish official told The Associated Press that they were among a group of 11 IS suspects detained in a raid in southern Turkey on June 2, 2018. Police identified the wife as Asma Fawzi Muhammad al-Qubaysi. The official said she was the first wife of al-Baghdadi, who is known to have four wives. A subsequent DNA test confirmed that a suspect who identified herself as Leila Jabeer was al-Baghdadi’s daughter, the official said.

    This week, Turkish authorities said they captured al-Baghdadi’s elder sister, Rasmiya Awad, her husband, daughter-in-law and five children in the town of Azaz, in Aleppo province in northwestern Syria. The region is administered by Turkey following a previous military incursion that was launched in 2016.

    Erdogan said that the suspects were being kept in detention centers in Turkey while the Turkish Justice Ministry would decide how to handle their cases.

    Al-Baghdadi blew himself up during an Oct. 26 raid by U.S. special forces on his heavily fortified safe house in the Syrian province of Idlib. The raid was a major blow to his extremist group, which has lost territories it held in Syria and Iraq in a series of military defeats by the U.S-led coalition and Syrian and Iraqi allies.

    Also Thursday, Erdogan said attacks continued in northeast Syria by Kurdish forces targeting either Turkish troops or their Syrian opposition allies. That’s despite two separate truces that were brokered by Russian and the U.S. last month, which halted Turkey’s military offensive.

    At least 11 Syrian opposition fighters were killed in an attack on Thursday, Erdogan said, without specifying where or how the attack had occurred.

    The Turkish leader said Wednesday that a total of 144 Syrian opposition fighters and 10 Turkish soldiers had been killed during Turkey’s incursion into northeast Syria, which began on Oct. 9 and has since displaced around 200,000 people.”

  16. Ilhan Omar Breaks More Campaign Finance Laws by Paying for Her Lover’s Trips James Ledbetter November 7, 2019
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    Just days after congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) the second divorce was finalized, even more, campaign finance law violations are being found in relation to her affair with a staffer.

    Omar’s marriage broke up after it was uncovered that she was carrying out an illicit affair with her finance chief, Tim Mynett. That relationship is not only problematic because of the moral and #MeToo implications but also because it appears Omar broke major campaign finance laws paying for her tryst.

    After hiring her soon to be lover in August of 2018, Omar’s campaign paid Mynett’s company $369,000. This can be seen as a major campaign finance violation alone.

    In addition to this though, the campaign reimbursed Mynett’s company around $25,000 for his travel with the campaign. If this travel is deemed to be personal in nature, that is a huge violation.

    https://starpolitical.com/ilhan-omar-breaks-more-campaign-finance-laws-by-paying-for-her-lovers-trips/

  17. Masked Hong Kong students chant at graduation amid fears for elections

    ONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong students, many wearing banned black masks, chanted slogans at their graduation at the Chinese University on Thursday, with some holding up banners urging “Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now”.

    The students defied a ban on masks that the government imposed last month in a bid to curb sometimes violent unrest that has rocked the Chinese-ruled city for more than five months.

    Dressed in formal graduation gowns, many of about 1,000 students chanted as they walked to the hill-top ceremony, near the New Territories town of Sha Tin, calling for the government to respond to protesters’ “five demands, not one less” that include universal suffrage in choosing the city’s leader.

    A man singing the Chinese national anthem and holding a knife during the graduation ceremony was taken away by security officers.

    https://www.oann.com/masked-university-students-rally-at-graduation-ceremony-in-hong-kong/

  18. Obama-appointed judge overseeing Roger Stone trial refuses to strike anti-Trumper from jury pool
    By Daily Caller News Foundation November 7, 2019

    If you weren’t convinced that Trump confidant Roger Stone got the bum’s rush when FBI agents showed up at his Florida home at 6 o’clock in the morning in full combat regalia and with rifles drawn, then perhaps this will cinch it for you.

    The judge presiding over Stone’s trial, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, rejected a request from defense counsel on Tuesday to remove a potential juror whose husband works in the Justice Department unit involved in the Russia investigation. The juror herself, moreover, served as a press secretary in the Office of Management and Budget during the presidency of Barack Obama. And if that’s not enough, the woman openly admitted during voir dire to harboring negative views of President Donald Trump.

    At the beginning of jury selection, Jackson, an Obama appointee, said she would not remove prospective jurors solely on the basis of their working or having worked for the federal government or because of their views of Trump.

    Stone and his lawyers have argued from the outset that their client cannot get a fair trial in Washington, D.C., a staunch liberal enclave. Yet requests for a change of venue have been denied.

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/11/07/obama-appointed-judge-overseeing-roger-stone-trial-refuses-to-strike-anti-trumper-from-jury-pool/

  19. POLITICS – Whistleblower Attorney’s Alleged YouTube Channel Includes ‘Liked’ Videos of “Disney Girls”

    Published 2 hours ago on 7 November, 2019

    Paul Joseph Watson

    A screenshot of the channel was posted on The Donald subreddit under the headline ‘Uh oh, the whistleblower lawyer forgot to clean up his Youtube page!’

    Yesterday it emerged that Zaid, who previously “bragged about his connections to John Podesta” according to lawyer Robert Barnes, tweeted in 2017 that it was vital to “get rid” of Trump and that the “coup has started.”

    UPDATE: Zaid also apparently likes to visit water parks and Disney World by himself and once tweeted, “I would have joined FBI just for the free Disney passes.”

    He also hangs out in water parks for kids:

    https://summit.news/2019/11/07/whistleblower-attorneys-alleged-youtube-channel-includes-liked-videos-of-disney-girls/

  20. the rebel – 11,000 ‘scientists’ warn of ‘untold suffering’ from climate change? FAKE NEWS! | Ezra Levant

    • CBC – Climate declaration under scrutiny over signatory ‘Micky Mouse’

      The organizers of a declaration of a climate emergency signed by more than 11,000 scientists are verifying the list of names after “Micky Mouse from the Micky Mouse Institute for the Blind” turned up as a signatory.

    • Sky News Australia – ‘Mickey Mouse’ and other fake scientists revealed as signatories to massive climate petition

      Daily Telegraph Opinion Editor James Morrow says the petition calling for the declaration of a climate emergency is signed by ‘climate cultists’ trying to enforce ‘their own socialist ideals’.

  21. INDIA – Ayodhya dispute

    The issues revolve around the control of a site traditionally regarded among Hindus to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama, the history and location of the Babri Masjid at the site, and whether a previous Hindu temple was demolished or modified to create the mosque.

    […]Archaeological excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1970, 1992 and 2003 in and around the disputed site have found evidence indicating that a large Hindu complex existed on the site.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya_dispute
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    Huge Security In Ayodhya, Eye On Social Media Ahead Of Verdict: 10 Points

    Ayodhya case: Ahead of Ayodhya verdict, social media platforms are being closely monitored. Any attempts to inflame passions over social media may invite the National Security Act (NSA). Sharing and liking any contentious posts will attract police action.

    With days to go before the much-anticipated Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute case, the Uttar Pradesh police is all geared up with a four-layered security plan.

    If one plan fails, the other one will be pressed into action, news agency PTI reported quoting a police official. Over 12,000 policemen have been deployed across the temple town ahead of the verdict. The Ministry of Home Affairs has sent 4,000 paramilitary jawans in the state and more forces will be pushed in early next week including the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) of the Uttar Pradesh police.

    The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked all states and union territories to ensure “no untoward incident takes place anywhere” following the Ayodhya verdict. Sources have told NDTV that there are no plans to impose curfew in Ayodhya or shut schools or colleges down. “We want to portray a sense of ormalcy,” the officials said. The Supreme Court is expected to pronounce its verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute case before November 17.

    1. -An Additional Director General rank officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police has been made in-charge of the security measures in Ayodhya.

    2. The police said they are ready to deal with terror attacks, communal riots, public resentment, any danger to the disputed site and all possible loopholes. An anti-riot drill was organised by the Uttar Pradesh Police

    3. The assembly of more than four people is prohibited in Ayodhya town and district till the end of December.

    4. Social media platforms are being closely monitored. Any attempts to inflame passions over social media may invite the National Security Act (NSA). Sharing and liking any contentious posts on social media about the Ayodhya verdict will also attract police action, according to an order by the Ayodhya District Magistrate.

    5. OP Singh, the Director-General of Police in Uttar Pradesh, said that they are fully prepared and alert for the Ayodhya verdict. “We are carrying out foot-patrolling, holding peace committee meetings and have instructed all district Superintendents of Police (SPs) and magistrates to keep in touch with people and that no one will be allowed to flout the law. We have geared up our intelligence network and if required we will invoke the National Security Act against anti-social elements who try and vitiate the atmosphere,” Mr Singh said.

    6. Ayodhya police have launched a mobile application connecting 16,000 volunteers in 1,600 villages with 10 volunteers each. These volunteers will keep a track on the ground situation and inform the police teams about any possible attempts to disturb the environment in the run up to the verdict.

    7. The Ayodhya district has been divided into different security zones – red, yellow, green and blue – to avoid any untoward incident. While the red and yellow zones will be secured by the Central Para Military Forces (CPMF), the green and blue zones will be looked after by the civil police. The red security zone covers the disputed site, the yellow zone covers five miles periphery of Ayodhya, the green zone covers 14 miles periphery of the temple town and the blue zone covers the adjoining districts of Ayodhya, news agency PTI reported.

    8. Seven hundred government schools, 50 Uttar Pradesh Board-aided schools and 25 CBSE schools have been taken over to accommodate the security forces, according to news agency PTI.

    9. The police in Ayodhya and other districts are holding meetings at village level between the members of both communities and are also carrying out flag marches. Anti-riot drills are also being performed by the UP Police to prepare for protests over the Ayodhya verdict.

    10. According to a PTI report, schools and colleges that can serve as temporary jails have also been identified across the district and elsewhere in the state.

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ayodhya-verdict-huge-security-eye-on-social-media-police-preparations-2128675

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    Once a mosque is always a mosque: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madni on Ram Janmabhoomi verdict

    The mosque existed for almost 400 years, therefore as per Sharia, it is still a mosque, the maulana said.

    Days ahead of the Supreme Court judgement in the long-pending Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, Maulana Arshad Madni, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Wednesday said that Babri Mosque was a mosque in terms of law and justice and once a mosque is always a mosque.

    The mosque existed for almost 400 years, therefore as per Sharia, it is still a mosque, he said while addressing a press conference. However, he clarified that “we will abide by the Supreme Court verdict based on evidence”. Madni claimed that people across India, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari are presently living in an ‘atmosphere of fear’.

    The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict on a dispute over the possession of 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh before November 17, when CJI Gogoi retires.

    Yesterday, the Muslim clerics who met Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at his residence ahead of the Supreme Court’s much-awaited verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, urged people to respect the apex court’s decision on the long-drawn row and asked people to maintain peace and calm.

    The Chairman of All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council, Syed Naseeruddin Chisty advised people of all religion to accept the court order. He also claimed that the council will issue guidelines to all dargahs and make an appeal to people to not believe in rumours and fake news.

    Another Shia cleric, Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad echoed similar sentiments saying that everyone should respect the honourable court’s decision and exhorted people to maintain peace and calm as the country primes itself for a resolution in one of the oldest legal disputes.

    On November 4, Ayodhya Police had also issued notification calling out the rumour-mongers and cautioning them that strict action will be taken against those who will be found inciting unrest through sharing fake news, communally sensitive videos/messages on Facebook, Whatsapp and other social media platforms.

    The district magistrate has instructed people to not make any defamatory comments against any religion, community, deities, eminent personalities on social media platforms. People have also been prohibited from organising any event regarding the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. Section 144 has been imposed in Ayodhya till December 28. Those violating the orders will be booked under Section 188 (disobedience of an order promulgated by public servant) of the IPC.

    The UP Police has assured that they are completely and absolutely ready for the verdict. The central government has given UP almost 4000 extra Paramilitary personnel to maintain law and order situation in the state after and during the SC much-awaited verdict on the long-drawn Ayodhya dispute. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has also granted 15 companies of paramilitary forces, including three each of BSF, RAF, CISF, ITBP and SSB, to Uttar Pradesh immediately which will stay in the state till November 18. These companies will be deployed in 12 most sensitive districts and cities in the state.

    Strict instructions have been passed down to the police station level that no breach of government directives on security and law and order should be tolerated.

    A five-judge Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi heard the Ayodhya case on a day-to-day basis for 40 days and reserved its verdict on October 16. The court is expected to deliver its verdict on a dispute over the possession of 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh before November 17, when CJI Gogoi retires.

    The Hindu parties have laid claim to the entire 2.77 acres of land claiming that it is Lord Ram’s “janm sthan” (birthplace) and the Muslims came in only after 1528 when a mosque was forcibly built on the ruins of the erstwhile Ram temple.

    https://www.opindia.com/2019/11/babri-was-mosque-will-remain-one-maulana-arshad-madni/

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    Turkish Radio & Television TRT – Tensions in Indian city of Ayodhya ahead of Babri Mosque verdict

    In the Indian town of Ayodhya, Muslims are feeling under siege as they wait for a Supreme Court ruling on a centuries-old religious dispute that has cast a shadow over their relations with the majority Hindu community. The 16th-century Babri Mosque was destroyed by a Hindu nationalist mob in 1992, triggering one of the deadliest communal riots in the country.

  22. Middle East: The Anti-Iran Revolution is Well Underway

    Iran’s attempts to expand its malign influence throughout the Middle East have suffered a severe setback as a result of the unprecedented anti-government protests that have erupted in Lebanon and Iraq in recent weeks.

    The most obvious source of discontent in these two key Arab states has been the endemic corruption that has taken hold in both Beirut and Baghdad; in both countries, it has been the prime motivation in persuading tens of thousands of demonstrators to take to the streets.

    The desire to end corrupt practices and force the governments in Beirut and Baghdad to undertake a radical overhaul of their respective countries’ governments is, though, only part of the story.

    The nationwide protests taking place in both Arab states are also driven by a burning desire to end Iran’s blatant attempts to turn them into de facto fiefdoms of Tehran.

    Iran’s attempts to seize control of the political agenda in Lebanon dates back to the early 1980s, when Iran established its Hezbollah militia in the southern part of the country to launch a series of terrorist attacks against Israeli forces operating in the area. Since then, Hezbollah — with Iran’s backing — has gradually extended its influence in the country to the point where Hezbollah is now widely recognised as Lebanon’s most influential political organisation.

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15140/middle-east-anti-iran

  23. Do Not Support China’s Huawei, Cripple It Instead

    by Gordon G. Chang
    November 7, 2019 at 5:00 am

    “A prominent Republican who advises President Donald Trump called America’s 5G strategy ‘the biggest strategic disaster in U.S. history,'” wrote China-watcher David Goldman recently.

    Many people will regard that as an exaggeration, but America’s failure to have a 5G strategy will almost certainly prove to have historic consequences.

    “5G” is shorthand for the fifth generation of wireless communication.

    “In the very near future, dominating the wireless world will be tantamount to dominating the world,” wrote Newt Gingrich in Newsweek in February. That is not an exaggeration.

    Why not? With speeds 2,000 times faster than existing 4G networks, 5G will permit near-universal connectivity to homes, vehicles, machines, robots, and everything plugged into the Internet of Things (IoT).

    Moreover, with just about everything connected to everything else China will filch the world’s information. That is not a theoretical concern. For instance, nightly from 2012 to 2017, China surreptitiously downloaded data from the Chinese-built-and-donated headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa.

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15138/china-cripple-huawei

  24. Delta Airlines agrees to offer un-edited gay sex films on its flights
    By LU Staff November 7, 2019

    Delta Airlines has been in the headlines before but certainly not in the sorts of stories the airline’s PR department had anything to do with. In February, the airline added its name to a list of companies “declaring war” on the National Rifle Association. In Delta’s case, this entailed ending discounts to fliers affiliated with the group, an action that resulted in the company’s loss of a $40 million tax break.

    Now the airlines is back in the news. This time, the story is that airline has caved to heat from the LGBTQ community over its policy of running edited versions of movies with gay sex scenes.

    In a statement, the airline said:

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/11/07/delta-airlines-agrees-to-offer-un-edited-gay-porn-films-on-its-flights/

  25. House Democrats Suddenly Drop Subpoena For Ex-Bolton Aide Who Asked Court To Decide If He Should Testify

    House Democrats abruptly withdrew their subpoena for former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman, who had asked a judge to rule on whether he should appear before committees conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

    Democrats yanked the subpoena for ex-aide to former National Security Adviser John Bolton a week after a federal judge had put the case on the fast track.

    “The subpoena at issue in this matter has been withdrawn and there is no current intention to reissue it,” said a letter filed by lawyers for top Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff.

    In the letter, the chairmen of the committees leading the impeachment inquiry asked Kupperman’s attorneys if he would accept a separate ruling on a subpoena that involves former White House counsel Don McGahn.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/house-democrats-drop-subpoena-for-ex-bolton-aide-who-asked-court-to-decide-if-he-should-testify/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=daily

  26. Proof! Mickey Mouse is a climate scientist!

    On Tuesday, a paper signed by more than 11,000 scientists declaring a climate emergency was published in the journal BioScience.

    The signatories included climate scientists and researchers from other fields, such as microbiology, glaciology and oceanography.

    However, at least one name on the list is raising questions: Micky (sic) Mouse from the Micky Mouse Institute for the Blind in Namibia.

    When asked how Micky made it on the list, William Ripple, one of the authors of the paper, said in an email that he and his colleagues used a four-step process to check the signatures but that this one seems to have “slipped through our checks.”

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-emergency-names-1.5350570?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

  27. Tucker Carlson Shines Light on Corrupt Obama-Judge Amy Berman Jackson Who Should be Disbarred and Indicted – Roger Stone Faces This Crooked Judge This Week

    Tucker Carlson Shines Light on Corrupt Obama-Judge Amy Berman Jackson Who Should be Disbarred and Indicted – Roger Stone Faces This Crooked Judge This Week
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    Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointed corrupt liberal judge with an angry disposition towards Americans who think differently than Obama, continues to put her own distorted interpretation of US law ahead of the US Constitution. This time with Trump ally Roger Stone.

    In February 2019 we reported that the judge’s actions with Paul Manafort alone are ample cause for her to be removed or impeached. It looked then like she would kill Manafort before she is brought to justice!

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/tucker-carlson-shines-light-on-corrupt-obama-judge-amy-berman-jackson-who-should-be-disbarred-and-indicted-roger-stone-faces-crooked-activist-judge-this-week/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=daily

  28. The Four Prosecutors Who Just Won Elections In Virginia Were All Backed By George Soros

    For years, Democrats have accused the Koch brothers of using their vast wealth to buy elections by backing Republican candidates.

    But now, they are doing something much worse.

    They are using the money of the far left billionaire George Soros to elect far left candidates to important legal offices in politics.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/the-four-prosecutors-who-just-won-election-in-virginia-were-all-backed-by-george-soros/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=daily

  29. President Donald Trump ordered to pay $2M to collection of nonprofits as part of civil lawsuit
    ByAARON KATERSKYNov 7, 2019, 3:43 PM ET
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    President Donald Trump has been ordered by a New York State judge to pay $2 million to a group of nonprofit organizations as part of a settlement in a civil lawsuit stemming from persistent violations of state charities laws.

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    The payment is the final resolution to a case brought by the New York attorney general’s office after the Trump Foundation held a fundraiser for military veterans during the 2016 campaign.

    The televised fundraiser took in nearly $3 million in donations that were dispersed on the eve of the Iowa caucuses as directed by then-campaign chief Corey Lewandowski.

    The two million must be paid by President Trump himself for breaching his fiduciary duty to properly oversee the foundation that bears his name.

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-donald-trump-ordered-pay-2m-collection-nonprofits/story?id=66827235

    Note: hostile news source. Lawsuit says Trump did not oversee the funds sufficiently, abc claims he misused the funds. Those two claims are contradictory…

  30. Iran Informs Global Maritime Body of Two New Attacks on Its Tankers, Calls Red Sea ‘Unsafe’ – Report (sputniknews, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201911071077249860-iran-informs-global-maritime-body-of-two-new-attacks-on-its-tankers-calls-red-sea-unsafe–report/

    “Tehran had previously only reported a single attack on one of its tankers, which took place in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on 11 October. The country promised to conduct a full investigation of the incident before pointing the finger at those responsible, but noted that the incident must have been organised by “one or more” states.

    Iranian authorities have notified the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that a total of three of its oil tankers have been attacked over the course of six months, all in the same region – in the Red Sea, off the Saudi coast, The Wall Street Journal reported. In its letter to the international body, Tehran indicated that the attacks, which it argues were likely “organised by one or more states”, had impacted regional maritime security in a negative way.

    “A major concern in this respect is that the organised and directed pattern of these attacks within a short time and similar locations have rendered the Red Sea as an unsafe route for ships to adopt for their voyages”, the Iranian letter reportedly stated.

    Apart from the confirmed attack on the Sabiti oil tanker, which took place on 11 October, Iran reportedly mentioned two other occasions in the notification to the IMO. One of them took place in August 2019 and involved a tanker named “HELM”. This vessel reported suffering a technical failure in the Red Sea on 21 August, but provided no further details at the time and didn’t refer to the incident as an “attack”.

    Another incident involved the oil tanker Happiness I and took place in April, according to the reported letter submitted by Tehran. The Happiness I also reported suffering technical problems while sailing through the Red Sea, near the Saudi port of Jeddah, but the incident was said to have taken place on 2 May. The vessel was later taken to the Saudi port for repairs, leaving on 20 July.

    Attacks on Tankers
    Six oil tankers, belonging to Japan, Norway, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, were attacked in two separate incidents in May and June 2019 in the Persian Gulf, while Iran’s Sabiti was assaulted in the Red Sea in October…”

  31. Northern Syrian Oil Field Revenue Goes to SDF, Not US, Pentagon Claims (sputniknews, Nov 7, 2019)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201911071077249063-us-military-has-right-to-defend-against-forces-threatening-syrian-oil-fields—official/

    “Earlier, a report by the AP suggested that Washington could leave up to 800 troops to guard Syrian oil wells in Deir ez-Zor governorate, despite Russia slamming the US actions as “illegitimate”.

    Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman has assured that the proceeds from the Syrian oil fields under its control would not go to the US, but to its Kurdish allies, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). He added that despite the US withdrawal from the country’s north, announced in October, Washington continues to work with the SDF, providing them with the “ability and support” to fight Daesh*.

    The Pentagon spokesman also stated that American commanders stationed near the oil fields in northern Syria have the right to defend themselves against other forces if these come under threat…”