Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/13/2017

A Santa Claus and his three burka-clad female helpers were thrown out of a shopping mall in Perth for singing anti-Islamic Christmas carols. Among their offensive carols was “Jihad Bells”.

In other news, Akayed Ullah, the NYC Port Authority bomber, made his first court appearance from his hospital bed, via a video link. His court-appointed lawyers did not request bail.

To see the headlines and the articles, click “Continue reading” below.

Thanks to Charles Low, Dean, JD, Reader from Chicago, SS, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.

Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.

USA
» 16 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Live in California
» 2015 Al-Qaeda Article Showed How to Build NY Christmas Bulb Bomb
» NYC Subway Bomb Suspect Appears in Court From Hospital Bed
» Peer Reviewed Studies, Historical Data Reject Claims California Wild Fires Are Due to Man Made Climate Change
» Texts Between Ex-Mueller Team Members Emerge: ‘F Trump’
» The Gun Bill That is Going Through Congress Could Significantly Increase the Number of Americans Banned From Buying Guns
» US Judge Orders Accused New York Bomber Detained Ahead of Trial
 
Canada
» 2 New Papers: 92% of Polar Bear Subpopulations Stable, Increasing….Inuit Observe ‘Too Many Polar Bears Now’
 
Europe and the EU
» EU in Crisis Amid Polexit Fears: Poland ‘Could Leave Bloc Over Refugee Row’
» Extremist Couple Who Practiced Knife Attacks on a Dummy While Plotting a UK Terror Attack Are Jailed
» Germany to Boost Support to Victims After Criticism Over Handling of Terrorist Attack
» Italy Goes to the Polls in March: Could ‘Italeave’ Be in the Cards?
» Switzerland is Well-Prepared for a Civilization Collapse
» UK: First Picture of Sheffield Dentistry Student Found Guilty of Terrorism Offences
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Reportedly Pushing a Peace Plan That Would Create a Palestinian State
 
Australia — Pacific
» He Reads it for the News Stories! Liberal MP’s Raunchy Magazine Choices Are Revealed in His Expenses Claims Days After He Proposed to His Boyfriend in Parliament
» Jihad Bells: Santa Claus and His Burqa-Clad Female Helpers Booted From Perth Shopping Centre for Singing Anti-Islam ‘Carols’
» Two Huge Current Vaccine Scandals the Press Isn’t Covering
 
Immigration
» Chain Migration Imported 120k Foreign Nationals From Terrorist-Funding Countries Since 2005
» Germany: 63-Year Old Migrant Arrested for Molesting Children as Young as Seven at Swimming Pool
» Hungary: Public Overwhelmingly Reject ‘Soros Plan’ For Mass Migration to Europe
» Hungary Rejects Europe’s ‘Limitless and Permanent Migrant Quota’
» Sweden: Migrants Buying Ready-Made Fake ‘Cover Stories’ To Fool Authorities in Approving Asylum Claims
» World Migration Report 2018: ‘Far Greater’ Number Displaced by Climate Than Conflict
 
General
» Killer Robots: Artificial Intelligence Could ‘Spell the End of the Human Race’
 

16 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Live in California

It has been said that “as California goes, so goes the nation”. That is why it is such a shame what is happening to that once great state. At one time, California seemed to be the epicenter of the American Dream. Featuring some of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the entire world, the gorgeous weather and booming economy of the state inspired people from all over the world to move to the state. But now people are moving out of the state by the millions, because life in California has literally become a nightmare for so many people.

I certainly don’t have anything against the state personally. My brother and sister were both born there, and I spent a number of my childhood years in stunning northern California. When I was younger I would sometimes dream of getting a place on the coast eventually, but for reasons I will discuss below I no longer think that would be advisable.

In fact, if I was living in California today I would be immediately looking for a way to move out of the state unless I specifically felt called to stay. The following are 16 reasons why you shouldn’t live in California…

#1 The entire California coastline is part of the “Ring of Fire” seismic zone that roughly encircles the Pacific Ocean. The San Andreas Fault has been described as a “time bomb”, and at some point there will be a catastrophic earthquake that absolutely devastates the entire region. In fact, a study that was just released says that a “major earthquake” on the San Andreas Fault “is way overdue” …

A recently published study reveals new evidence that a major earthquake is way overdue on a 100 mile stretch of the San Andreas Fault from the Antelope Valley to the Tejon Pass and beyond.

Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey released the results of the years-long study warning a major earthquake could strike soon.

#2 Out of all 50 states, the state of California has been ranked as the worst state for business for 12 years in a row…

#3 California has the highest state income tax rates in the entire nation. For many Americans, the difference between what you would have to pay if you lived in California and what you would have to pay if you lived in Texas could literally buy a car every single year…

#14 On top of everything else, it is being reported that Russia is “quietly ‘seeding’ the U.S. shoreline with nuclear ‘mole’ missiles”. The following comes from retired colonel and former Russian defense ministry spokesman Viktor Baranetz…

“What are these mysterious ‘asymmetrical responses’ that our politicians and generals speak about so often? Maybe it’s a myth or a pretty turn of phrase? No! Our asymmetrical response is nuclear warheads that can modify their course and height so that no computer can calculate their trajectory. Or, for example, the Americans are deploying their tanks, airplanes and special forces battalions along the Russian border. And we are quietly ‘seeding’ the U.S. shoreline with nuclear ‘mole’ missiles (they dig themselves in and ‘sleep’ until they are given the command)[…]

“Oh, it seems I’ve said too much. I should hold my tongue.”

Hopefully what Baranetz is claiming is not accurate, because if it is even partly true the implications are absolutely staggering.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

2015 Al-Qaeda Article Showed How to Build NY Christmas Bulb Bomb

Akayed Ullah was charged Tuesday with terrorism offenses in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, as detailed in the complaint that describes a homemade explosive device just like instructions offered in an al-Qaeda magazine more than two years ago.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

NYC Subway Bomb Suspect Appears in Court From Hospital Bed

NEW YORK — A Bangladeshi immigrant accused of setting off a pipe bomb in the New York subway system had his first court appearance on Wednesday via video from the hospital room where he is recovering from burns sustained in the blast.

Akayed Ullah said little during the hearing, which lasted a little over 10 minutes. He could be seen on the video lying on a hospital bed with his head propped up on a pillow and his body covered up to his neck in sheets. Two assistant public defenders, who stood beside his hospital bed, did not request bail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker, sitting in a federal courthouse in Manhattan, communicated with Ullah via video shown on several monitors in the courtroom. She read him his rights as he nodded his head several times, acknowledging that he understood.

Ullah didn’t enter a plea but answered a few of the judge’s questions, including answering “I can see you” when she asked if he could hear her and “yes I do” when he was asked if he understood his rights.

Ullah, 27, is accused of detonating a pipe bomb that was strapped to his body in a pedestrian tunnel linking two busy subway stations. He was the only person seriously injured.

Prosecutors said that after his capture he told interrogators he was on a mission to punish the U.S. for attacking the Islamic State group…

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Peer Reviewed Studies, Historical Data Reject Claims California Wild Fires Are Due to Man Made Climate Change

Climate Depot Analysis

Once again, the media and climate activists are blaming wildfires on man-made “global warming.” See: California governor blames devastating wildfires on climate change and says deadly winter infernos will be ‘the new normal’

Gov. Brown is even mixing religion into his odd scientific brew: See: From The Hill story: California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) says President Trump’s stance on climate change demonstrates that he does not appear to fear the “wrath of God” or have any regard for the “existential consequences” of his environmental policies. Brown: “I don’t think President Trump has a fear of the Lord, the fear of the wrath of God, which leads one to more humility … this is such a reckless disregard for the truth and for the existential consequences that can be unleashed,” Brown said in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” (Note: Brown was echoing the film Ghostbusters: Dr Ray Stantz: “What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.” See: ‘The dead rising from the grave!’ Global warming claims imitate scene from 1984 comedy ‘Ghostbusters’ — ‘A disaster of biblical proportions…real wrath of God type stuff’)

Wildfire Reality Check:

But the scientific facts and historical record reveal such “wrath of God” claims to be baseless. The notion that alleged man-made climate change is causing California’s fires is not supported by recent peer-reviewed scientific studies or historical data. Even the LA Times has previously rebuked Gov. Jerry Brown for making such scientifically baseless claims about wildfires. But the hard scientific data revealing no connection to ‘global warming’ will not prevent the media and climate activists from their usual claims trying to link wildfires to ‘climate change.’“

2016 study: Less fires globally than centuries ago

A 2016 study in published by the UK Royal Society reported, “There is less fire in the global landscape today than centuries ago” and the “global area burned” has seen a “slight decline over past decades.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Texts Between Ex-Mueller Team Members Emerge: ‘F Trump’

Text messages were released between an FBI official responsible who was a key figure in the chain of events that began when the bureau, in 2016, received the infamous anti-Trump “ dossier.” The FBI officials involved sent texts reading “ F TRUMP,” among others.

The infamous dossier launched a counterintelligence investigation into “ Russian meddling in the election” that ultimately came to encompass FISA surveillance of a Trump campaign associate. Text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page in 2016 that were obtained by Fox News on Tuesday referred to then-candidate Donald Trump as a “ loathsome human” and “ an idiot.”

Strzok briefed the committee on Dec. 5, 2016, sources said. But within months of that session House Intelligence Committee investigators were contacted by an informant suggesting that there was “documentary evidence” that Strzok was purportedly obstructing the House probe into the dossier. Strzok also oversaw the bureau’s interviews with ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn — who pleaded guilty to lying to FBI investigators in the Russia probe.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

The Gun Bill That is Going Through Congress Could Significantly Increase the Number of Americans Banned From Buying Guns

When news that a “concealed-carry reciprocity law” had been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, gun owners all over the nation rejoiced. But what most people didn’t realize is that there had been a last minute change to the bill that could substantially increase the number of Americans that are banned from buying guns. This poison pill completely ruins the bill, and it must be voted down. What we need is a clean “concealed-carry reciprocity bill” that does not include “Fix-NICS” in it…

According to Fox News, the bill “contained an 11th-hour change to help states and agencies enter such data as criminal and domestic-violence convictions into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for gun purchases”.

A few member of the House immediately figured out what was going on and decided to vote against the bill. One of them was U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert…

So exactly how many people could be “barred from gun possession going forward”?

Well, according to Gun Owners Of America, even people with “unpaid traffic tickets” could be banned from owning guns under this bill…

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

US Judge Orders Accused New York Bomber Detained Ahead of Trial

NEW YORK (Reuters) — The Bangladeshi man accused of attempting a suicide bombing in a busy New York City commuter hub will remain in federal custody while he awaits trial on charges that include supporting a foreign terrorist organization, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

2 New Papers: 92% of Polar Bear Subpopulations Stable, Increasing….Inuit Observe ‘Too Many Polar Bears Now’

Most of the world’s polar bears live in Canada. Hunters and elders from northern Canada’s native communities have been immersed in studying polar bear ecology for centuries.

In two new peer-reviewed papers published in the journals Ecology and Evolutionand Polar Record, scientists record the observations and experiences of Canada’s polar bear “experts” — the community members who live side-by-side with these “sea bears” (Ursus maritimus).

According to scientists, no study has indicated that there is reason to presume that the perspectives of community observers are either suspect or incorrect. In fact, there have been multiple occasions when traditional ecological knowledge gleaned from local populations accurately identified polar bear subpopulation trends before new scientific studies could be conducted to corroborate them (York et al., 2016).

The overwhelming conclusion from years of accumulated conversations with native populations about polar bears is that there is almost no connection between the long-term observations of polar bear ecology and the more recent claims that polar bears as a species are in grave danger due to climate change and thinning sea ice.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

EU in Crisis Amid Polexit Fears: Poland ‘Could Leave Bloc Over Refugee Row’

POLAND could leave the European Union as the result of a prolonged row over refugees, an expert has claimed.

Last week, the EU moved to punish Poland over its refusal to accept refugees by taking away its voting powers in the European Council.

But if the row escalates much further it could push Poland out of the bloc, according to Renata Mienkowska, a political scientist at the University of Warsaw.

Ms Mienkowska explained the EU is unlikely to be able to punish Poland, which has refused to accept refugees into the country since the refugee crisis began in 2015.

It will need a unanimous vote by all other EU members to ban Poland from voting on the European Council.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Extremist Couple Who Practiced Knife Attacks on a Dummy While Plotting a UK Terror Attack Are Jailed

An extremist husband and wife who practised knife attacks on a dummy while plotting a terror attack have been jailed.

Nursery worker Madihah Taheer and her husband Ummariyat Mirza, from Birmingham, argued over which of them was more radical as they planned to emulate the San Bernardino attack in California which killed 14 and left 22 injured.

Taheer, 22, encouraged husband Mirza, 21, by buying him a hunting knife and telling him before they were married that ‘I want you to kill ppl for me’.

They were both jailed at Woolwich Crown Court today — Mirza for 16 years for preparing acts of terrorism in the UK, assisted by his wife Taheer who was sentenced to 10 years.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Germany to Boost Support to Victims After Criticism Over Handling of Terrorist Attack

The German government said on Wednesday it would ramp up support for relatives of victims of attacks, after facing accusations of insensitive handling of last year’s Christmas market assault.

Several relatives of the 12 people who were killed in the December 19th 2016 truck rampage in Berlin had vented their anger in a withering open letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of “political inaction” and of failing to reach out to the bereaved.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Italy Goes to the Polls in March: Could ‘Italeave’ Be in the Cards?

ITALY will go to the polls in early March 2018 in a general election that could dramatically alter the course of the country.

Local media reports claim the general election will be held on March 4, meaning the parliament will have to be dissolved between Christmas and the new year, according to Corriere Della Serra.

A senior official in the ruling Democratic Party (PD) said this was the most likely date for the vote, according to the Financial Times.

The PD faces a high probability of defeat in the coming elections in a major headache for the EU.

The rise of eurosceptic centre-right party Forza Italia, led by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, could spell disaster for the EU as Italy backs away from the block.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Switzerland is Well-Prepared for a Civilization Collapse

More than perhaps any other nation, Switzerland is prepared for a massive civilization collapse. In fact, if the government itself collapses in Switzerland, most people who live there probably won’t even notice.

           — Hat tip: Charles Low [Return to headlines]
 

UK: First Picture of Sheffield Dentistry Student Found Guilty of Terrorism Offences

This is the Sheffield student who was this afternoon found guilty of three terrorism offences including engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism. It took jurors just over a day to find Mohammed Abbas Idris Awan, of Dun Street, Sheffield guilty of one offence of engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism and two offences of possessing a record likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Reportedly Pushing a Peace Plan That Would Create a Palestinian State

Many had assumed that President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel would make a peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis less likely, but it actually appears to be accelerating things. For a long time Trump has referred to a comprehensive peace treaty in the Middle East as “the ultimate deal”, and he seems absolutely determined to get something done. The key was going to be getting the Saudis on his side, and this appears to have happened. Last month, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas made a trip to Riyadh, and what was said during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has sent shockwaves throughout the Middle East. According to the New York Times, the crown prince pushed for Abbas to accept a plan for peace that is much different than any plan that we have ever seen before…

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

He Reads it for the News Stories! Liberal MP’s Raunchy Magazine Choices Are Revealed in His Expenses Claims Days After He Proposed to His Boyfriend in Parliament

Tim Wilson, Liberal MP from Melbourne who proposed to his boyfriend in parliament, billed taxpayers for raunchy magazines of muscle men in swimmers. DNA was on his reading list.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Jihad Bells: Santa Claus and His Burqa-Clad Female Helpers Booted From Perth Shopping Centre for Singing Anti-Islam ‘Carols’

Christmas shoppers were confronted by far-right demonstrators in burqas singing anti-Islamic carols as Santa’s female helpers. Three women sang ‘Jihad bells’ in Perth’s Floreat Forum shopping mall.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Two Huge Current Vaccine Scandals the Press Isn’t Covering

Two giant vaccine scandals are in progress at the moment. The mainstream press is mentioning them, here and there, but without any intent to raise alarms, dig in, investigate, and get down to the core of what they mean.

The first scandal revolves around the flu vaccine for the current year. As I recently wrote, a new study has concluded the vaccine has a very low effectiveness rate. Why? Because the vaccine is produced using chicken eggs, and in that medium, the flu virus — which is intentionally placed in the eggs — mutates. Therefore, it isn’t the same virus which is causing flu this year.

FiercePharma reports: “Based on data from Australia, which already had its flu season, scientists warn that this season’s flu shot might be only 10% effective. And the reason for such a low level of protection might lie in the method by which the majority of flu vaccines are made: in eggs.”

Ten percent effectiveness. Now that’s ridiculous. And it’s assuming you accept the whole model of how vaccines work — that they actually do protect (safely) against disease, rather than, at best, repressing the visible symptoms of the disease.

Amidst their spotty coverage of this scandal, here is what the press is failing to mention: the problem with the flu vaccine isn’t just a 2017 flaw.

It’s been the same problem ever since chicken eggs have been used to manufacture the vaccine.

Healthline.com: “The majority of flu vaccines are grown in chicken eggs, a method of vaccine development that’s been used for 70 years.”

Hello? Anyone home?

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Chain Migration Imported 120k Foreign Nationals From Terrorist-Funding Countries Since 2005

Nearly 120,000 foreign nationals have been allowed to enter the United States since 2005 despite coming from countries designated as state-sponsors of terrorism.

Previously unreleased data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveals the scale to which foreign relatives of immigrants in the U.S. have been able to mass immigrate to the country over the last few decades. This process is known as “chain migration,” whereby new immigrants can bring an unlimited amount of foreign family members with them to the U.S.

In total, chain migration has imported more than 117,000 foreign nationals from the three countries that the State Department recognizes as state-sponors of terrorism: Iran, Syria, and Sudan.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Germany: 63-Year Old Migrant Arrested for Molesting Children as Young as Seven at Swimming Pool

A 63-year-old Iranian asylum seeker was arrested in the German town of Öhringen after being accused of sexually molesting three young children including a seven-year-old boy.

The incident, which occurred on Sunday, is said to have occurred at a public swimming pool in the town where the 63-year-old sexually harassed two girls aged nine and eleven as well as the seven-year-old boy. According to reports, the man is said to have touched the seven-year-olds genitals for several minutes while in the swimming pool, German tabloid Bild reports.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Hungary: Public Overwhelmingly Reject ‘Soros Plan’ For Mass Migration to Europe

The Hungarian government has received millions of notarised responses to its National Consultation on the ‘Soros Plan’ for mass migration, with the public rejecting it overwhelmingly.

The consultation, which has received over 2.1 million notarised responses by post alone, was issued in order to gauge public support for the government’s determined opposition to the migrant crisis plan written by billionaire financier and open borders activist George Soros, who recently pumped $18 billion into what the Hungarian premier calls “bogus civil society organisations” to advance his goals.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Hungary Rejects Europe’s ‘Limitless and Permanent Migrant Quota’

In a stinging new op-ed, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács has accused the European Parliament of surreptitiously removing all limits to the European migrant quota, effectively making it “limitless and permanent.”

The Hungarian Parliament roundly rejected the European Parliament’s decision, Kovács notes, saying that “the decision would change irreversibly the continent’s future.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Sweden: Migrants Buying Ready-Made Fake ‘Cover Stories’ To Fool Authorities in Approving Asylum Claims

People smugglers and others have been selling asylum seekers “fake stories” in order to better improve their chances of getting a positive asylum claim in Europe.

A new report claims that asylum seekers from Iran have been buying cover stories from at least three separate websites to fool Swedish authorities into thinking they were being politically oppressed by the Iranian regime Sveriges Radio reports.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

World Migration Report 2018: ‘Far Greater’ Number Displaced by Climate Than Conflict

The number of migrants displaced each year from their homes has been due overwhelmingly to climate disasters rather than armed conflict, according to the newly released World Immigration Report for 2018.

“Each year since 2008, an average of 25.3 million people have been newly displaced by disasters,” stated the report, which is published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). “This is far greater than the average for conflict and violence, and reflects the indiscriminate, unpredictable and uncontrollable nature of certain hazards.”

Although the report makes several vague references to “climate change,” it prudently confines its discussion of the causes behind forced migration to actual climate disasters, such as floods, tornados and the like, rather than wading into the murky and uncharted waters of global warming.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Killer Robots: Artificial Intelligence Could ‘Spell the End of the Human Race’

ROBOTS could become conscious, turn against their masters and overthrow humanity, scientists warn.

Artificial intelligence is beginning to transform society, from babysitting children to self-driving cars.

But, many scientists, including Professor Stephen Hawking, argue it may only be a matter of time before they gain consciousness and destroy mankind like something out of science fiction.

Professor Hawking said: “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”

Robots could soon be weaponised and some people have advocated the advancement, arguing it could save lives.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

One thought on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/13/2017

  1. Regarding the flu virus problem, I have read that the problem is not with the use of chicken eggs to produce the vaccines but the ability of the flu virus to mutate so rapidly that it is difficult for the production of the virus to be accomplished and distributed before the virus has mutated into a new form.

Comments are closed.