Six “teenagers” in Melbourne have been arrested after conducting a series of carjackings and home invasions. The high-spirited young miscreants are alleged to have used a variety of weapons, including machetes, during their mischievous spree.
In other news, a “South Carolinian” arrested for attempting to join the Islamic State had previously been imprisoned for plotting to kill soldiers.
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Morgan Stanley: Used Car Prices May Crash 50%
For months we’ve been talking about the massive lending bubble propping up the U.S. auto market. Now, noting many of the same concerns that we’ve highlighted repeatedly, Morgan Stanley’s auto team, led by Adam Jonas, has just issued a report detailing why they think used car prices could crash by up to 50% over the next 4-5 years.
Here’s the summary (flood of supply, poor lending standards and desperate OEMs who need to keep new car sales elevated at all costs):
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If you were looking for confirmation that the nation’s infrastructure needs a complete overhaul, a collapsing bridge in Atlanta may have provided it in stark imagery.
Around 6:30 p.m. Thursday night, a fire broke out under a section of the highway bridge on busy I-85 in Atlanta, Georgia. Just thirty minutes later, a huge section of that bridge burst into flames and completely collapsed.
Amazingly, no motorists were injured when this happened:
“This is as serious a transportation crisis as we could have,” Mayor Kasim Reed said, noting that he had spoken with the FBI and terrorism was not suspected at this time.
Authorities still don’t know what exactly caused the fire as the entire area is still too unsafe for crews to examine, but it is believed that PVC piping stored under the bridge (as shown on a screen capture from Google maps below) caught fire first.
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California Senator Forced to Pull Bill Banning “Fake News” After Realizing it’s Idiotic
California is known far and wide for it’s wacky regulations. In fact, just last fall we wrote about SB 1383, a very significant piece of legislation signed into law by Jerry Brown which requires a 40% reduction in methane gas emissions from cow flatulence by 2030 (no, really…you can take a look here: “Here Are Some Of The Ridiculous New State Laws That Will Take Effect January 1st — Happy New Year!”)
But a recent piece of legislation introduced by California Assemblyman Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park), “The California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act or AB 1104 for short, gives the “cow fart” bill a run for its money in terms of its complete idiocy. The bill, filed Wednesday in the Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Affairs, would have effectively made it a crime to be wrong on the Internet.
The text of the bill implicated anyone who writes, publishes or even shares news stories that could be false, if those news stories are later found to have had an impact on an election. From the bill:
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Crowdfunding Site Bans Investigations of Child Sex Slavery
Donation page to save children taken down
Note from Alex Jones: The revelations that Craig Sawyer laid out Friday on my broadcast are unprecedented and historical. Craig Sawyer cannot be a more credible individual. He’s one of the most highly decorated, respected leaders in Navy SEAL history and he’s also been a federal officer who served on counter-terrorism task forces.
Craig is now revealing to the world the intel he has received from high-level sources inside the Navy SEALs, Delta Force, Army Rangers, CIA, MI6, ASIS, German intelligence and more detailing the fact that there’s a war ongoing — not just in the US but in Europe as well — against the pedophile networks inside government and that Trump has massively accelerated these operations since he’s been in office the last 70 days.
That is why they are coming after him and President Trump.
This should be the top news story in the United States, but instead it’s totally being ignored. They also shut down the donation account Sawyer set up for a charity operation to raise money to launch an information warfare operation in the form of a documentary series to reveal the raids that are already going on which are being ignored by the mainstream media.
These are all the law enforcement units, intelligence agencies and military units that are directly involved in the pedophile raids who are giving Sawyer eyewitness accounts on just how bad the revelations from the investigations really are.
The fact that it’s being censored shows just how powerful this information is.
On top of all that, Sawyer has been one of the hosts and experts on Top Shot and other shows on both the Discovery Channel and the History Channel, so he has an entire background in filmmaking as well and is selflessly launching this operation with other patriots to try to free sexually abused children.
To learn more, visit Vets4ChildRescue.org.
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Feds Fear Terror Groups Developing Laptop Bombs That Evade Airport Security
U.S. intelligence sources suggest ISIS and other terrorist groups can build laptop bombs capable of slipping past airport security scanners, Fox News has learned.
The sources fear that terrorists have gotten their hands on sophisticated airport security equipment that allows them to properly conceal explosives in laptops and other large electronic devices, Fox News reported Friday.
That intelligence is behind the recent decision to ban electronics in carry-on bags from flights to the U.S. from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries, Fox & Friends reported Saturday.
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Gang of Thieves: DEA Stole $3.2 Billion in Cash From Innocent People in Only a Decade
A bombshell report from the Inspector General (IG) at the Department of Justice has exposed the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for the colossal thieves they are. According to the report, DEA seized more than $4 billion in cash from people since 2007, but $3.2 billion of the seizures were never connected to any criminal charges. That figure does not even include the seizure of cars and electronics.
This thievery is possible through the insidious practice of civil asset forfeiture (CAF), where law enforcement can seize cash and property on the mere suspicion of being involved in criminal activity. Originally developed in the 1980s to go after organized crime, CAF has mushroomed into a source of revenue for cops across the country — from local to state to federal — in what’s become known as Policing for Profit.
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James Comey’s New Idea: An International Encryption Backdoor Partnership
FBI Director James Comey is still pitching encryption backdoors, despite there being almost no one — from the Intelligence Community to legislators around the world — interested in what he’s selling. Comey claims to be sitting on a pile of encrypted devices the FBI can’t get into, even with help from outside contractors.
His latest backdoor idea was floated at a national security symposium at the University of Texas. Knowing any legislated backdoors might result in US device customers turning to overseas suppliers, Comey thinks he can minimize domestic fiscal damage by getting the rest of the world to fall in line with an idea most foreign governments still find unpalatable, even as they suffer terrorist attacks with a far greater frequency than we do at home. Michael Kan has more details at ComputerWorld:
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WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise its own hacking attacks and point the finger at Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
The 676 files released today are part of WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 tranche of files and they claim to give an insight into the CIA’s Marble software, which can forensically disguise viruses, trojans and hacking attacks.
WikiLeaks says the source code suggests Marble has test examples in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Arabic and Farsi (the Iranian language)…
The CIA was also looking at hacking the vehicle control systems used in modern cars and trucks, WikiLeaks claims.
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Montana Democrats Vote Against Bill Banning Sharia Law, Call It ‘Repugnant’
Democrats in Montana have opposed a bill banning the use of foreign law in its state courts on the grounds that such legislation would target Muslims.
Senate Bill 97, introduced by Keith Regier (R-Kalispell) bans the application of foreign law in Montana’s courts, with the debate particularly focused on Sharia Law, a form of Islamic law typically used in the Middle East.
Although the bill passed on party lines by 56-44, Democrats claimed it was designed to target Muslim communities.
“I think it sends a dangerous message to minority groups both here living in our state and wanting to come visit our state, just merely on the fact that you may be different,” said Rep. Shane Morigeau, D-Missoula, while debating the bill. “I truly believe this law is repugnant. I believe this is not who we are as Montanans.”
[Comment: The classic communist ploy of guilt tripping. “this is not who we are.”…]
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Soros-Tied Networks, Foundations Joined Forces to Create Trump ‘Resistance’ Fund
Three liberal donor networks and foundations with ties to billionaire George Soros have joined forces to form a new fund to “resist” President Donald Trump.
The Emergent Fund, which carries a goal of fighting “immediate threats” to “immigrants, women, Muslim and Arab-American communities, black people, LGBTQ communities, and all people of color,” was established late last year to quickly fund groups to take direct, immediate action against Republicans.
Since the fund’s formation, it has received little public attention. It has raised over half a million dollars to give to groups opposing Republicans, such as the Black Lives Matter Network. The fund has extensive ties to significant liberal networks and groups.
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Two years after a Ladson resident was convicted on a weapons charge related to an alleged scheme to kill American soldiers, he was captured Thursday trying to board a plane in Charleston and accused of attempting to join the Islamic State.
Zakaryia Abdin, 18, was taken into custody by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force at Charleston International Airport. Federal agents arrested him before he got on the plane, but the agency did not reveal where the flight was heading.
Abdin appeared Friday in U.S. District Court on a count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
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Survival Rules for Pro-Trump Californians Living Behind the Blue Curtain
Nearly 4.5 million voters in this state cast their ballots for Donald Trump in the November election. More than 47 other states and just a fraction fewer than Texas and Florida.
Unfortunately for these Californians, their vote total was dwarfed by the 8.75 million that went for Hillary Clinton from the Golden State, as her 61 percent vote share constituted the biggest landslide since FDR carried the state in 1936.
So if you’re a Trump supporter in California, for the most part you try to keep your political affiliation incognito. That means no bumper stickers on your car. No lawn signs on your property. No post-election parties. You keep your gloating and hopefulness behind closed doors.
It’s that way because doing anything otherwise could be downright physically unsafe and socially damaging. Never mind the outright violence that greeted Milo in Berkeley, even a small gathering of Trump supporters in Huntington Beach (in Orange Country, the last GOP stronghold in coastal California) was marred by unruly, and possibly criminal, agitators.
The social and professional cost could be profound for some Trump supporters. In a Los Angeles Times profile, Ed and Maggie Ring spoke about a nearly 20-year friendship that abruptly ended after the couple’s support for Trump became known.
“‘I don’t want you around my children,’“ Ed Ring recalled his former friends’ message via Facebook ending their relationship as he recounted to the Times. “That really hurt.”
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Suspect Dressed in Black Allegedly Kicks in Marine Veteran’s Door, Does Not Live to Tell
A suspect dressed in black allegedly kicked in a Marine veteran’s door just after 3 a.m. Thursday in Salt Lake City and was shot dead in the living room.
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Brexit Officially Launched, EU Boss Threatens to Break Up U.S.
European Union bosses are coming unhinged after all attempts to stop British secession failed. With the British government formally launching the Brexit process by invoking “Article 50” of the Treaty on European Union this week, multiple top EU bosses are in meltdown mode, erratically lashing out all over the place. Unelected EU “President” Jean-Claude Juncker (shown), for example, blasted President Donald Trump for his hostility to the controversial European superstate, with the EU chief even threatening to promote the dissolution of the United States in retaliation. Senior leaders in the EU’s pseudo-”Parliament,” worried about other nations seceding, were also left frothing, making outlandish demands on Britain while trying to terrorize British voters with threats of “tough negotiations” and future pain.
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Brussels Fears EU Will Not Survive a Marine Le Pen Victory in France
Top eurocrats fear that should Marine Le Pen win the French presidency, the European Union will not survive.
“From the [European] Commission’s point of view, success for Marine Le Pen is a disaster and an existential threat to the European project,” a top official from the bloc’s unelected executive told Politico. “We can survive a Brexit, but not a Frexit.”
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Bulgaria: Beginning Food Quality Control
High alert due to shoddy products sold in Eastern Europe
(ANSA) — SOFIA — Bulgaria’s State Agency for Food Safety announced on Monday the beginning of a series of quality control and laboratory analysis of food products sold by multinational companies on the Bulgarian market. The decision was dictated by the alert due to a survey conducted in Slovakia, according to which such products distributed in Central and Eastern Europe, would be poorer than in Western markets. Meanwhile, Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food, Hristo Bozukov, reported that Sofia intends to join theinitiative of the Visegrad Group to raise the issue within the European Commission and urge the multinational agri-food companies to suspend sales oflow-quality products — so different from the standards applied to other EUcountries — in the area of the New Europe.
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Europe: Unwilling to Defend Itself
It has been said that when German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer signed the reconstitution of the military in 1955, he proclaimed: “It is crazy, gentlemen, that I have to create a German army, it is just crazy”.
Sixty years have passed, but that sentiment still seems very strong in Germany. A few days ago Sigmar Gabriel, the German foreign minister, said: “We have to be a bit careful here that we don’t over-interpret the 2 percent target.” Gabriel then became clearer: “Maintain perspective, stay focused on the target, but avoid being consumed by the bliss of a new rearmament spiral!”
A few days earlier, Germany had made an announcement: to raise the number of soldiers from 170,000 to 198,000 by 2024 — a modest “rearmament”.
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Italy: Psychiatrist Nabbed for Sexual Violence
In Aosta
(ANSA) — Aosta, March 29 — Italian police on Wednesday arrested a psychiatrist in the northwestern city of Aosta on suspicion of sexual violence, fraud and breaching professional ethics.
Marco Bonetti was filmed for about 50 hours in late 2016, when he was caught committing 16 acts of sexual violence and receiving money on 35 occasions, police said.
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Italy: New ‘Sex-Party’ Headache for Berlusconi
Ex-pm allegedly gave almost 400,000 to three women for silence
(ANSA) — Milan, March 30 — Milan prosecutors have completed a new section of a probe into allegations ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi paid several young women to keep mum on the real nature of his ‘bunga bunga’ sex parties in the so-called Ruby III case, judicial sources said Thursday.
The media magnate is suspended of paying almost 400,000 euros to three women in October, allegedly in exchange for their silence.
In January Berlusconi was indicted for allegedly paying other to stay silent.
In the first trial linked to the case, Berlusconi was cleared of charges of paying a woman known as Ruby for sex while she was a minor over lack of evidence that he knew she was under 18 at the time.
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Italy: Heritage Groups Protest Against New Rome Lighting
Urgent appeal to Rome Mayor Raggi
(ANSA) — Rome, March 28 — Some of Italy’s top heritage groups on Tuesday appealed to Culture Minister Dario Franceschini and Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi against new street lighting being installed in the Italian capital.
The new, cheaper energy-saving white LED lighting “spoils” Rome’s urbanlandscape, “obscuring” monuments as well as dazzling people, said Legambiente, FAI, Comitato per la Bellezza and Italia Nostra.
Some culturally significant lights designed by artist Duilio Cambellotti were also being replaced on bridges, they said.
They “urgently” appealed to Raggi to reverse the decision taken by her predecessor Ignazio Marino and keep the softer, yellowish light cast by traditional sodium lamps.
The New York Times on Tuesday ran a feature on the Rome lights replacement entitled Streetlight Fight in Rome: Golden Glow vs. Harsh LED.
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Merkel Romps Home in State Elections
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has romped home to a convincing victory in state elections in Saarland, garnering more than 40 percent of the vote, up from 35 percent at the last election-while the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) scraped into the state legislature with just 6.2 percent.
The election-widely seen as a litmus test for Merkel’s re-election chances later this year-produced an overwhelming majority for the political forces which have brought the mass Third World invasion to Germany.
The CDU polled 217,275 votes, or 40.7 percent of the vote, while its far-left coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD)-against whom it was supposed to be fighting-polled 157,841, or 29.6 percent of the vote.
[Comment: The result of decades of communist indoctrination.]
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Nigel Farage on Article 50: ‘Well Done Bannon; Well Done Breitbart — You’Ve Helped With This Hugely”
As the Prime Minister’s Article 50 letter made its way to Brussels, Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage paid “a personal tribute and thank you” to former Breitbart boss Stephen K. Bannon for the role he played in securing victory for the Leave campaign in the European Union (EU) referendum.
In an interview with Breitbart London Editor in Chief Raheem Kassam on Breitbart News Daily to mark the occasion of Britain finally triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and officially commencing the Brexit process, the former UKIP chief was bursting with enthusiasm.
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Slovenia Gives Green Light to Cannabis for Medicinal Purposes
Upcoming new drug classification
(ANSA) — LJUBLJANA — Slovenia’s Health Ministry will use the standardized bud or fertile gems of cannabis for medical purposes. A new drug classification and new regulation have transferred cannabis from the first class of drugs, that is plants and drugs which are “very dangerous” for human healthbecause of the serious consequences of their abuse, to the second group, plants and drugs which are “dangerous” for human health, but can nevertheless be used for medicinal purposes. The new regulation prohibits the production and processing of hemp for medicinal purposes, which is the prelude ofdrug trafficking, but does not introduce any change with regard to industrial cannabis, containing THC amounts less than 0.2%. In addition, in the coming months, a survey on the effects of cannabis in the treatment of epilepsy in children will begin at the pediatric department of the Ljubljana University Hospital.
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“Right wing” hoopla over the official start of Brexit is completely misguided-because the most damaging European Court in terms of UK law is not part of the EU, thousands of EU laws are simply being transported wholesale onto British statute books-and the real cause of Britain’s decline is not the EU, but Third World immigration engineered by the British Parliament.
[Comment: Hoax being that the British Parliament passed laws that created this migration. Brexit will do nothing to repudiate those laws.]
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Croatia: Stelli New President of Society of Fiuman Studies
“Continuity for Italian cultural identity protection”
(ANSA) — TRIESTE — Professor Giovanni Stelli was elected new president of the Society of Fiuman studies in Rijeka (Croatia).
Stelli was born in Rijeka in 1941. He is a historian and philosopher. Stelli has been for many years the Society’s vice president and is editorial director of the Adriatic studies magazine “Fiume”. He is also author of books and essays on the history of Rijeka/Fiume.
Stelli was appointed by the executive committee and replaces the outgoing Amleto Ballarini, remained in office for 24 years.
The new president announced plans to proceed “in the name of continuity to protect the Italian cultural identity in Fiume”.
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Palestinians: We Have the Right to Poison the Minds of Our Children
In an ironic turnaround, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is now the object of intimidation and threats made by many Palestinians.
UNRWA is reportedly planning to introduce some changes to the curriculum in its schools in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the Palestinians are rather unhappy about it. They claim that UNRWA has “succumbed” to Israeli pressure to make the changes.
The proposed changes are based on leaks to Palestinians and have not been confirmed by UNRWA. Palestinians claim that they learned about the plans to introduce the changes during meetings with senior UNRWA officials.
According to the Palestinians, the changes are intended to “eradicate” their “national identity” and “history” and distort their “struggle” against Israel.
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Food: Russia’s Magnit May Buy Units of Croatia’s Agrokor
According to Finance, Russian group is a potential buyer
(ANSA) — LJUBLJANA — The difficult situation of Agrokor, Croatian giant in the agri-food sector that is facing a financial crisis, might be resolved thanks to Magnit, Russian supermarket chain, which is a potential buyer, according to the online edition of Finance today. The Slovenian economic newspaper, analyzing the scenarios with regard to the current crisis, argues that Sberbank, the Russian bank which is in a very exposed situation with respect to Agrokor and has recently given 300 million to pay suppliers and employees, would like to enter the board of directors to oust Agrokor’s owner, Ivica Todori. However, Sberbank is only interested in the financial side ofthe operation, and not in the commercial network, which could just end up in the hands of the Russian giant in the large-scale food distribution sector, according to Finance. Magnit, which has a market capitalization of 21bneuros, covers more than 70% of the Russian market with 14,000 stores and employs more than 270,000 people.
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Russia Offers ‘Election Interference’ In April Fools’ Joke
Russia’s foreign ministry offered to help interfere in foreign elections in an April Fools’ Day joke published on official social media accounts Saturday.
The ministry posted a proposed voicemail message for its answering machines at Russia embassies.
“To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent, press 1,” the message begins. “To use the services of Russian hackers, press 2. To request election interference, press 3 and wait until the next election campaign.”
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India: Gujarat Assembly Sign Bill for Life Imprisonment for Muslim Cow Slaughters
Muslims demand respect from others. But they do not respect anyone else or the customs and cultures of other people. The Muslims have known for 14 centuries that the cow is a deeply sacred animal in Hinduism. They have not cared but have abducted cows and taken them to slaughter houses, which are mainly run by Muslims. The cow is a protected animal. In fact, in ancient Hinduism all life, both animal and human, was protected and any killing and consumption of animals was a crime — until the Muslims arrived. As docile pacifist who refused to engage in killings, it was easy for the Muslim invaders to slaughter their way through India to take control of the country.
400 million Hindus got brutally slaughtered by Muslims during more than 12 centuries.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat on Friday increased the punishment for cow slaughter from seven years to life imprisonment as Hindu hardliners push for tougher protections for the holy animal.
Under the stiffened penalties passed by Gujarat’s state assembly, anyone caught transporting cows for slaughter could also face up to 10 years in jail.
Cows are considered sacred in Hindu-majority India, and their slaughter is illegal in most states.
“A cow is not an animal. It is symbol of universal life,” Gujarat Law Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja told the state’s assembly.
“Anybody who does not spare the cow, the government will not spare him.”
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For those who are skeptical about North Korea’s capabilities, there is an excellent article presented by The Hill, entitled How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans.” The article is authored by none other than R. James Woolsey, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and by Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, the Executive Director of the EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security and a former analyst with the CIA.
Here are some excerpts from the article that readers should keep in mind:
“The mainstream media, and some officials who should know better, continue to allege North Korea does not yet have capability to deliver on its repeated threats to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons. False reassurance is given to the American people that North Korea has not “demonstrated” that it can miniaturize a nuclear warhead small enough for missile delivery, or build a reentry vehicle for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of penetrating the atmosphere to blast a U.S. city.
Yet any nation that has built nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, as North Korea has done, can easily overcome the relatively much simpler technological challenge of warhead miniaturization and reentry vehicle design.”
These two paragraphs clearly state that North Korea can miniaturize a warhead. Once again, the naysayers will only be satisfied that they “can” when either an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) weapon and/or a nuclear warhead is delivered with either complete loss of power in the U.S. and/or the loss of an American city. When such occurs, the naysayers will then say nothing.
The objective is not to be “right” in this debate, but to be aware…to foster such awareness and help others to make whatever preparations they can before such occurs. Here is another declaration by this article…a deep one:
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Muslim Lawmaker Wants it Illegal to Insult Islam
Anne Aly, Australia’s first female Muslim member of parliament, is pushing for a crackdown on free speech in hopes of expanding race-based discrimination laws to cover insults against those who follow the religion of Islam.
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Six teenagers are being held in custody after being charged over a string of Melbourne home invasions and carjackings that involved a gang of youths brandishing an array of weapons.
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A 19-year-old New Zealand-born thug has plead guilty to stabbing an off-duty police officer in the face during a terrifying home invasion in Melbourne.
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Venezuela Court Retreats on Bid to Boost President
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Saturday abandoned measures to tighten President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power, which had drawn international condemnation and raised pressure on him as he clings to office.
In a rare climb-down by the president’s allies, the pro-Maduro court retreated from the rulings that had prompted opposition calls for mass protest marches in a volatile country stricken by an economic and political crisis.
The court said in a ruling published on its website that it was revoking a March 29 decision to take over legislative powers from the National Assembly, a move opponents had branded a “coup d’etat.”
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WikiLeaks Assange’s Fate Hinging on Close Ecuador Election This Sunday
The fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is hinging on Sunday’s runoff presidential election in Ecuador, the South American country that has granted him asylum in its London embassy since 2012.
The latest polls indicate that the two candidates, Guillermo Lasso and Lenin Moreno, are within the margin of error.
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“Fleeing Violence” Refugee Nonsense Exposed
Pro-refugee activists in America claim that Central and South Americans are “fleeing violence” — but the US cities they settle in are just as violent as their homelands, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has pointed out.
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Attorney: Foreign-Born Rockville Rape Suspect Could Gain Legal Status if Acquitted
The 17-year-old El Salvadoran suspect arrested after allegedly attacking a 14-year-old Rockville High School freshman in a boys’ bathroom could gain legal U.S. status if he beats the rape and sex offense charges, his attorney said.
If Montano is acquitted, he “will have a chance to obtain legal residency,” his lawyer David Wooten said Friday, according to the Washington Times. His mother in El Salvador had passed away and he had been adopted by another guardian before traveling to the U.S. to join “adopted family members” with U.S. citizenship. Wooten did not know if Montano had a legal visa. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will not comment on Montano’s case, as he is still 17.
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Auditors: German Courses for Migrants Waste of Millions of Euros
German auditors have slammed the government’s German language courses for asylum seekers saying that it is likely that millions of euros have been wasted.
The Federal Agency for Employment (BA) is said to have spent over €400 million over the past year on courses designed to help migrants learn German. According to auditors, a large amount of the cash has likely been wasted on programmes that had no measure of success and some courses that didn’t even record attendance lists, Stern reports.
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EU President Predicts 30 Million More Migrants Will Come to Europe
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani claims there could be as many as 30 million migrants heading to Europe in the coming years and advocates “refugee cities” as an answer to the crisis.
The European Union (EU) president addressed the migrant crisis and its focus which has shifted sharply to the Mediterranean route from North Africa to his native Italy. Tajani admitted that terror groups like Islamic State have used the migrant crisis to sneak fighters into Europe to commit terror attacks and noted that immigration, terrorism, and the economy were top on his agenda in an interview with German newspaper, Die Welt.
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EU Warns Austria on Migrant Plan U-Turn Impact
Vienna asks for ‘understanding’, denies provocation
BRUSSELS — No country can withdraw “unilaterally” from the “legally binding” mandatory EU asylum seeker redistribution plan, European Commission spokesperson for migration Natasha Bertaud said on Tuesday. “If they did they would be outside the law and this would be deeply deplorable and not without consequences,” she added in reference to Austria’s intention to withdraw from the 2015 plan to relieve pressure on front-line countries such as Italy and Greece.
Austria’s Social Democrat Chancellor Christian Kern said earlier the country wanted to consult Brussels concerning its intentions and asked for “understanding”. Kern said Vienna did not want to be provocative and was not seeking an infraction procedure from Brussels.
“The commitments, made on a European level, must be respected for the good of the community,” he added, while also recalling the number of migrants and asylum seekers already present in Austria.
Deputy Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner (People’s Party) has however told reporters that he is not convinced that Kern’s initiative in Brussels will be successful, suggesting that the SPO coalition partners are divided on the issue.
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Feds and UN Dumping “Unvetted, Diseased Refugee Men” On Taxpayer
A Missouri woman who has attended official meetings on resettling migrants is blowing the whistle on United Nations and federal schemes that she says are quietly flying in huge numbers of unvetted, diseased “refugees” from across Africa and the Middle East — many of whom do not even have a known name — and immediately handing them passports, Social Security numbers, and a vast array of tax-funded benefits. Noting that the overwhelming majority of the migrants she observed were men, she suggested the schemes were an “intentional device” to “invade the United States of America.”
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Germany Expects 400,000 African Migrants in 2017
The German government expects at least 400,000 African migrants to try and make the voyage to Europe in 2017, according to Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller.
Minister Müller said he is deeply concerned over the rise in migrants crossing from North Africa to Europe so far this year. In the first three months of 2017, the number of migrants has doubled from this period in 2016. Müller warned: “If we calculate this, 300,000 to 400,000 people could arrive in Italy this year,” Die Welt reports.
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Hungary Revolts Against EU With ‘Illegal Immigration’ Survey Called Let’s Stop Brussels
HUNGARY is in open revolt against the European Union’s immigration policy, with letters sent to every household asking if they want the government to place foreigners under surveillance.
Viktor Orban’s government’s questionnaire, entitled “Let’s stop Brussels!”, asks Hungarians what the government should do in the face of Brussels’ desire to allow “illegal immigrants” to freely enter the continent.
The letter asks “what Hungary should do” as “despite a series of recent terror attacks in Europe…Brussels wants to force Hungary to let in illegal immigrants”.
The options are: “Illegal immigrants should be kept under supervision until the authorities decide in their cases” and “We should allow illegal immigrants to move freely in Hungary”.
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Invasion: “Smugglers Colluding With Charities”
The smugglers engaged in setting up the swarms of boats carrying fake refugees across the Mediterranean Sea into Europe are actively colluding with crews on “rescue ships” to facilitate the invasion, it has emerged.
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Orban: ‘EU Court of Human Rights is a Security Threat to Europeans’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the annual congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) that the European Court of Human Rights (EHCR) is a “threat to the security of EU people” and an invitation to migrants. He urged the EPP to advocate for “national pride and Christian identity” or Europe will have a Muslim majority within a generation.
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Ottawa Church Welcomes Invasion
The Presbyterian First United Church in Westboro, Ottawa, Canada, has printed 200 lawn signs in English, French, and Arabic for its congregation to welcome Muslim invaders into the country crossing the border from America.
According to a local news report, the First United Church is “trying to use lawn signs to build community and combat negativity and racism being directed towards refugees in both Canada and the United States.”
The sighs read “No matter where you are from, we’re glad you’re our neighbour,” in English, French, and Arabic.
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Swedish Feminists Flee Suburbs Due to Islamic Fundamentalists
Feminists in Stockholm are leaving areas like the notorious migrant-heavy no-go zones of Husby and Tensta because they say religious fundamentalists now rule those suburbs.
Nalin Pekgul is a self-described feminist and former member of parliament for the left wing Swedish Social Democrats. For over 30 years, she lived in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta but says that she no longer feels safe there. She claims Muslim fundamentalists have taken over and she doesn’t feel she can visit the centre of Tensta without being harassed, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports.
According to Ms. Pekgul, the situation for women in public life in the area has deteriorated over the past several years. She noted that there has been a rise in religious fundamentalism amongst the men in the area, many of whom come from migrant backgrounds. Pekgul attempted to combat the trend by organising coffee shop meetings but soon abandoned the idea.
“In Tensta I am a known face and I have no desire to stir up trouble when I get harassed,” Pekgul said explaining why she no longer goes into the centre of the suburb. When asked if she will remain in the suburb, she said: “I always hope that it will blow over. One should never forget that the vast majority here are cursing the fundamentalists.”
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Video: Migrant Groups Cry ‘Allahu Akhbar’, Clash With Local, Police
A large group of migrants fought with locals in the German town of Peine, Lower Saxony, throwing stones, damaging cars, and shouting “Allahu Akbar”.
The clash began at around 9 p.m. Wednesday when a group of 10 migrants, some Syrian and some Palestinian, got into a fight. Shortly after the violence began, the police arrived on the scene and most of the perpetrators fled leaving one individual with a head injury who was taken to a nearby hospital.
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What to Do About Sanctuary Cities
The problem of sanctuary cities is no longer a social issue, it is now firmly a public safety issue — a public safety issue ignored by many cities.
Criminal alien crime is at levels never before seen. The states, in cooperation with the mainstream media, are satisfied to leave the public ignorant as to the extent of the problem. Many in the MSM don’t even allow the term ‘illegal immigrant’ to appear in print. Most states do not publish stats nor does the media report on illegal alien crime lest it becomes heated conversation at the dinner table. The stats are out there, waiting to be released or dug out of hiding.
Victims and families of alien crime have been forced into the shadows; their personal tragedies are forever silenced because of political correctness, political expediency and special interests.
We were able to dig these facts out:
In just one week in February, ICE tried to deport around 3,000 illegal aliens convicted or arrested for crimes. ICE only asked to have the inmates held for 48 hours until ICE could reclaim the inmate for deportation.
Fox News recently reported that ten cities released about 600 inmates, refusing to cooperate with federal authorities. The top five are:
Los Angeles — 162 New York — 73 Kern County, CA — 65 Clark County, NV (Las Vegas) — 54 San Diego County — 44
The crimes associated with these illegal aliens are:
Assault Domestic Violence Burglary Robbery DUI Drug Possession
In many states, illegal alien crime accounts for over 30% of murders. To illustrate how bad the problem is:…
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Anti-Gay Activist Ordered to Name Names
Protesters who infiltrated the Pride Parade last summer to distribute anti-gay messages will not be able to hide behind their green zombie suits much longer.
Longtime anti-homosexual activist Bill Whatcott has been ordered to unmask the identities of his co-conspirator Gay Zombies, who have the ABCDEF pseudonyms of Adam Zombie, Brian Zombie, Christopher Zombie, Doug Zombie, Edward Zombie and Frank Zombie.
He’s also been told by Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell to divulge his sources of funding.
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Chickens Come Home to Roost: Massive Layoffs Predicted for ESPN Broadcasters
As reported extensively by Breitbart News, ESPN has suffered severe losses in cable subscriptions over the last few years, the repercussion of which will rear its ugly head in the form of significant cutting of on-air talent in the near future.
According to comments made Thursday by ESPN’s Jim Miller on SI Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch, dozens of employees will soon join the unemployment lines.
[Comment: Disney could have stopped the anti-American bile spewed by the “talent”… but they did not (apparently promoting rabid communist ideaology is more important than profits)…it is no wonder people tuned out ESPN in droves.]
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HSBC Offers Customers 10 New Gender-Neutral Titles in Pitch to LGBTI Community
Banking giant HSBC has expanded its selection of titles to include gender-neutral honorifics in an effort to appeal to transgender people and others.
The new options feature ‘Ind’, which means ‘individual’, and ‘Pr’, which is short for ‘person’. They also include ‘Mre’, which stands for ‘mystery’ and ‘Misc’ for ‘miscellaneous’.
Transgender individuals will also be able to pick ‘M’, ‘Myr’, ‘Mx’, ‘Msr’, ‘Sai’ and ‘Ser’ for their HSBC accounts.
The novel titles will be printed on HSBC cards and bank statements, while the bank’s staff will use the new honorifics in all of their interactions with the clients.
The move was welcomed by some LGBTI groups, which praised the “huge strides” in the banking sector towards addressing the problems faced by the transgender community.
[Commenter Spirigily notes: “HSBC laundered 2 billion in drug money for the mob and got caught. Loretta Lynch and James Comey were directors of HSBC at the time. They both ended up working for Obama and HSBC only had to pay a $1 billion fine — peanuts to what banks usually pay for any kind of fine.”]
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“The high-spirited young miscreants are alleged to have used a variety of weapons, including machetes, during their mischievous spree.”
What a jolly jape.
Poverty driven no doubt. Or mentally ill?
If only people didn’t lock their doors and be more welcoming all such wheezes could be avoided.
Internet Censorship: The Ugly Truth
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A comment on your comment [Comment: The classic communist ploy of guilt tripping. “this is not who we are.”…]
That’s the million dollar question. Who exactly are we, and what exactly do we stand for? The vacuum of multiculturalism stands for exactly nothing, other than the left’s own self-serving interests.
“Who exactly are we, and what exactly do we stand for? The vacuum of multiculturalism stands for exactly nothing”. Exactly right. We are Nothings. Making Islam’s rope long and strong – so long.
Re “EU Boss Threatens to Break Up US”: I guess you folks across the pond are just quaking in your boots!
Well, the dissolution of our confederation is certainly well underway. It’s being led by Leftists who are intent on making the U.S. a huge socialist state with such a variety of repressive rules we’ll make the old USSR look benign by comparison.
Considering what the EU has done to Europe, he could make a case for us being copy-cats.
Re “Gujarat Assembly Sign Bill for Life Imprisonment for Muslim Cow Slaughterers”: Hindus undermine their legitimate complaints against Islamic intolerance by such measures.
A devout Hindu would disagree with your dismissive response to their sacred tradition. The expression “sacred cow” wasn’t invented by an Englishman; though obviously, they were there to report on it.
Every culture has its own sacred cow(s), even – or especially – those which claim to have none.
“Hindus undermine their legitimate complaints against Islamic intolerance by such measures”. A bit rich coming from somewhere in England. I find Islam incredibly disgusting and revolting in all its ways. More like a disease than an ideology dressed up as a cruel humanity hating “religion”. The Hindus have given so much to the world. Just like the Evil Islam the Good Hindu is self evident. A Hindu is welcome to my house any old day.
Hindus need to use any tool they can to rein in Muslim aggression. The kind of Muslim who would deliberately commit such a provocative act knowing what it would communicate to his Hindu neighbors is likely to escalate to join the organizations and impromptu mobs that burn Hindu temples and slaughter their worshippers and gang rape Hindu women and children. Better to remove those individuals from the community before they have a chance to destroy lives and property.
Oh, and I almost forgot to complain about the stupidity of “gender neutral” snowflake titles and pronouns. Seeing people and businesses treating the subject seriously gives me the worst case of secondhand embarrassment! I don’t care if it’s “rude” or “invalidating” (in fact I specifically mean it to be invalidating), I refuse to indulge that lunacy and just use the proper ones. And when I’ve been asked what pronouns I use* I say, “The normal ones.” Resist their attempts to normalize the insanity! Usually I’m painfully non-confrontational, but I’ve been really working on that over the years because it’s not enough to be a “silent majority.” We have to vocally rebuff their attempts at cultural takeover!
On that note, if you live in Washington state, please sign the petition to get an initiative on the ballot to protect sex-segregated public spaces like bathrooms and locker rooms. You can locate a petition center near you here: https://justwantprivacy.org/locate-a-petition-center/
* = Ah, I do not miss college in the slightest! Grad school was especially miserable in that regard.