Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/7/2016

A car left parked in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris contained seven gas cylinders, one of them empty. No detonation device was attached to the cylinders, but written material in Arabic was found in the car. Two people were later arrested in connection with the incident.

In other news, Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority accused Iran’s leaders of not being Muslims.

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Financial Crisis
» The One Trillion Dollar Consumer Auto Loan Bubble is Beginning to Burst
 
USA
» $100 Million Given to BLM to Destroy America
» Clinton Campaign Unloads on NBC for Covering “Hillary’s Coughing Fit”
» Goldman Sachs Bans Employees From Donating to Trump
» How Elon Musk Used a Broken Marketplace to Play us All
» Is Your Rental Car Spying on You? FTC Warns Drivers Over Smartphone Connections
» NY Deli Owner Ahmed Alshami Charged With Food Stamps Fraud, Wife Yells “F*ck America”
» Obama Uses UN to Bypass Senate’s Treaty Consent Authority
» Obama Nominates First Muslim American to be a Federal Judge
» Obama: Internet Cannot be Like Wild, Wild West
» Our Impoverished, Pathological Society
 
Europe and the EU
» France: Car With Gas Cylinders Found Near Paris Cathedral on Saturday — Police
» German Military, Police to Team up Amid Fears of ISIS Attack
» Scotland: Asad Shah Killer Lodges Appeal Against Sentence for Brutal Murder of Shop Keeper
» UK: Brute Jailed for Ten Years for Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
» UK: Government Urged to Impose “Financial Asbos’ to Stop Terrorism Funding
» UK: Why Were the Black Lives Matter Protesters at London City Airport All White?
» Viktor Orban Named ‘Man of the Year’ At Krynica
 
Middle East
» Saudi Arabian Religious Leader Blasts Iran’s Leaders as ‘Not Muslim’
» US Paid Iran Another $1.3 Billion in Cash in Form of Swiss Francs, Euros and Other Currencies
 
Immigration
» Austrians Pay Invaders More Than Workers
» Calais Migrants: Work to Start on UK-Funded Wall
» Human Traffickers Smuggled Seventeen Adult and Child Migrants in This Minivan — And Ordered Them to Defecate Inside the Vehicle Rather Than Risk Stopping
» Hungarian Govt.’s Anti-Invasion Campaign Heats Up
» Merkel Mum as Five German Women Assaulted by Migrants, Danes Post Arabic Ads Saying “Don’t Come Here”
» Stunner! Constitution Lets States Tackle Immigration
 
Culture Wars
» Back to School: Obscenity Masquerading as ‘Health’
 

The One Trillion Dollar Consumer Auto Loan Bubble is Beginning to Burst

Do you remember the subprime mortgage meltdown from the last financial crisis? Well, this time around we are facing a subprime auto loan meltdown. In recent years, auto lenders have become more and more aggressive, and they have been increasingly willing to lend money to people that should not be borrowing money to buy a new vehicle under any circumstances. Just like with subprime mortgages, this strategy seemed to pay off at first, but now economic reality is beginning to be felt in a major way. Delinquency rates are up by double digit percentages, and major auto lenders are bracing for hundreds of millions of dollars of losses. We are a nation that is absolutely drowning in debt, and we are most definitely going to reap what we have sown.

The size of this market is larger than you may imagine. Earlier this year, the auto loan bubble surpassed the one trillion dollar mark for the first time ever…

Americans are borrowing more than ever for new and used vehicles, and 30- and 60-day delinquency rates rose in the second quarter, according to the automotive arm of one of the nation’ s largest credit bureaus.

The total balance of all outstanding auto loans reached $1.027 trillion between April 1 and June 30, the second consecutive quarter that it surpassed the $1-trillion mark, reports Experian Automotive.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

$100 Million Given to BLM to Destroy America

Hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into organization dedicated to dividing America.

Ford foundation and others dumping millions of dollars into the hate group Black Lives Matter in attempt to divide Americans and garner more control.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Clinton Campaign Unloads on NBC for Covering “Hillary’s Coughing Fit”

With questions about Hillary’s health permeating much of the fringe media over the past month, if mostly absent from the mainstream coverage, yesterday’s not one but two dramatic coughing fits by Hillary, promptly blamed on Cleveland’s pollen levels (we showed earlier that Cleveland pollen was actually moderate, and is absent from the inside of a hermetically sealed airplane), led to another frenzy of inquiries: what exactly is wrong with her?

It also led to a furious response by the Clinton campaign at an unwitting recipient: NBC News, which “dared” to cover the story (even if, as we first reported, MSNBC ultimately cut its live feed of Clinton’s Cleveland coughing fit).

As The Hill first wrote, NBC News is “facing harsh criticism” from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and her supporters for publishing one article on the Democratic presidential nominee’s coughing fit. Lest there be any confusion, the 91-word report, had virtually no commentary aside from reporting the facts, which included her quote that she is “allergic to Donald Trump.” This is all that it said:

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Goldman Sachs Bans Employees From Donating to Trump

Timing of rule, which OKs Clinton contributions, will be questioned. Goldman Sachs has enacted a set of rules that bans the firm’s top employees from contributing to certain campaigns, including the Trump-Pence ticket. The rules kicked in Sept. 1 and will apply only to partners of the firm. The memo detailing the rule change was first reported by Politico. The firm says the rules were meant to remove any implication of so-called “pay to play.” Four years ago, the bank paid $12 million to settle charges that a former Boston-based banker had picked up bond underwriting business in the state while working for and contributing funds to the campaign of a then Massachusetts state treasurer and governor-hopeful, Tim Cahill. But the people in the Trump campaign are sure to question the timing.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

How Elon Musk Used a Broken Marketplace to Play us All

Government subsidized technology is developed and Musk cashed in. Then cashed out. Then left stock holders holding the bag. It’s like the Simpsons monorail episode…

In light of Tesla’s earnings miss and Musk’s admission of the firm’s cash crunch just a month after Tesla announced it would bail out its weaker cousin, Solar City, We ask you: how can a visionary such as he not see 30 days down the road?

Here is a repost from our observations just 3 weeks ago on the likelihood of fraud at Tesla and Musk’s other companies.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Is Your Rental Car Spying on You? FTC Warns Drivers Over Smartphone Connections

It is usually the first thing anyone does in a rental car — plug in their smartphone.

However, government experts have warned that users could be accidentally reveal everything from their text messages to their address.

FTC officials today urged renters to always delete their personal information when they return a car — and explained how they can do it.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

NY Deli Owner Ahmed Alshami Charged With Food Stamps Fraud, Wife Yells “F*ck America”

NY deli owner Ahmed Alshami charged with food stamps fraud, wife yells “F*ck America” Ahmed Alshami, owner of a Buffalo, New York deli, is being held on $2 million bail after being arraigned last week on food stamp fraud and burglary charges. Alshami, who owns the IGA Community Express Mart along with his wife, Nadia Alhaj, was arrested on August 19 and arraigned on August 23 on charges of misuse of food stamps, third-degree burglary, and second-degree criminal possession of public benefit cards. After his court hearing, Alshami’s daughter flipped off local reporters while his while was caught on camera yelling, “Are you happy now? F*ck you. F*ck America.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Obama Uses UN to Bypass Senate’s Treaty Consent Authority

President Obama has just committed his most flagrant violation of the U.S. Constitution to date. He purported to commit the United States to a legally binding treaty without first obtaining consent by two thirds of the Senators present, as required under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. Obama is using the United Nations to end run the Senate with regard to the Paris Agreement on climate change negotiated last December. Last week, Obama submitted an instrument to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, for deposit with the UN, which he claims signifies official “acceptance” of the Paris Agreement by the United States. Obama said he and China’s President Xi Jinping together decided to “commit formally to joining the agreement ahead of schedule.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Obama Nominates First Muslim American to be a Federal Judge

President Barack Obama made history Tuesday, nominating the first-ever Muslim-American to serve as a federal judge in the U.S. capital, according to a new report.

Abid Riaz Qureshi, who the commander in chief nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is a partner in a Washington law firm that specializes in false claims, health care fraud and securities violations.

“I am pleased to nominate Mr. Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court bench,” Obama said in a statement, the Huffington Post reported. “I am confident he will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Obama: Internet Cannot be Like Wild, Wild West

President Barack Obama called for a series of international agreements to regulate activity on the Internet, citing his preference not to start an arms race in cyberspace.

“What we cannot do is have a situation in which suddenly this becomes the Wild, Wild West,” President Obama said during a press conference in China on Monday after the G-20 Summit, referring to every country using the Internet as they wished, including using it to hack into other countries’ data.

Obama asserted, however, that America was winning the Internet battle, despite repeated hacks into the data controlled by the United States.

[Comment: Only government approved content to be allowed.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Our Impoverished, Pathological Society

If asked what’s intrinsic to human happiness, most people in consumer societies will offer up answers such as money, status, a nice house, etc. But as Sebastian Junger observes in his book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, what’s actually intrinsic to human happiness is: meaningful relationships within a community (i.e. a tribe); opportunities to contribute to the group and to be appreciated; being competent at useful tasks and opportunities for authentic experiences.

If we assess our society by these standards, it is impoverished and ill. In the present-day economy, there are only two ways to contribute: 1) earn a profit for some entity in the private sector, usually a large corporation, and 2) perform some task for the state (government) that lives off the wages and profits of the private sector.

If you can’t generate a profit or satisfy the state, you’re tossed on the trash heap and offered disability, minimum guaranteed income or some other form of subsistence survival.

But in a consumerist society, the only way to become a real human being is to consume. if you lack the means to consume on a daily basis, you have no personhood.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

France: Car With Gas Cylinders Found Near Paris Cathedral on Saturday — Police

A car containing several gas cylinders was discovered close to the Notre-Dame cathedral in central Paris last Saturday night and its owner, now in custody, wason an intelligence services watchlist of people suspected of religious radicalisation, police officials said.

One official said the car’s hazard lights were flashing when it was found and that it contained seven gas cylinders, one of them empty and placed on the front passenger seat.

There was no detonating device present, one of the officials added.

Documents with writing in Arabic were also found in the car.

           — Hat tip: Nick [Return to headlines]
 

German Military, Police to Team up Amid Fears of ISIS Attack

MAINZ, Germany — Germany is preparing to train troops to be deployed within its borders for the first time since World War II amid fears of terrorist attacks.

The country’s armed forces will hold joint drills with police early next year, officials confirmed.

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

Scotland: Asad Shah Killer Lodges Appeal Against Sentence for Brutal Murder of Shop Keeper

A man who murdered a Glasgow shopkeeper in a religiously motivated attack is appealing his sentence.

Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford, Yorkshire, stabbed and stamped on 40-year-old Asad Shah at his store in Shawlands on March 24.

Asad was an Ahmadiyya, a group known for their peaceful interfaith views. Ahmed pled guilty to murder, claiming he carried out the killing because Asad “disrespected Islam”.

           — Hat tip: Nick [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Brute Jailed for Ten Years for Raping 12-Year-Old Girl

Kamran Ahmed, 27, had been in the country less than six months when he violated the schoolgirl after trying to groom her for sex.

Confessing the assault to his devastated new bride Ahmed claimed “the devil had got him”.

But he denied the offence to police until pleading guilty on the day of his trial.

He admitted stripping the petrified youngster of her clothing before chillingly warning her: “I have to do this.”

He had previously told her she was pretty, touched her indecently and tried to kiss her, prosecutor Tom Storey told Bradford Crown Court.

Ahmed tried to warn the girl that no one would believe her because “she was a child and he was an adult”.

His victim’s schoolwork badly deteriorated in the aftermath of the attack in April 2013 but it was two years before she confided in a teacher that she had been “assaulted in a dirty way”.

Defence barrister Mohammed Ramzan, said his client, from Bradford, was “extremely ashamed”…

           — Hat tip: Nick [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Government Urged to Impose “Financial Asbos’ to Stop Terrorism Funding

The government has been urged to consider imposing tight financial restrictions on terror suspects in order to control how they spent their money, even if they have never been convicted of an offence.

Hate preachers and extremists ought to be made the subject of financial ASBOs which would prevent them from funding terrorist activities or supporting those involved in jihad.

Those claiming benefits would have even tighter restrictions imposed meaning they could only use taxpayers’ money for the purpose for which it was intended such as rent and food.

In order to enforce the system suspects could be issued with pre-paid credit cards that would only be redeemable against certain goods in approved stores.

The suggestion comes after a judge condemned hate preacher Anjem Choudary for milking the benefits system to the tune of £500,000.

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

UK: Why Were the Black Lives Matter Protesters at London City Airport All White?

Black Lives Matter has insisted white people need ‘to take responsibility’ because they are ‘privileged through racism’ as it defended the all-white protest which brought London City Airport to a standstill today.

The group posted a series of inflammatory tweets this afternoon as it responded to criticism over a six-hour stunt which saw nine activists storm the runway after sailing up to the airport in a dinghy.

As photographs emerged of white men and women chained to a wooden tripod on the tarmac, alongside banners reading ‘black lives matter’, critics questioned why there were no black activists taking part in the protest.

[Comment: Most are products of communist indoctrination centers — aka Universities.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Viktor Orban Named ‘Man of the Year’ At Krynica

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has received the Krynica Economic Forum’s annual “Man of the Year” award for the impact he has had on Central Europe.

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

Saudi Arabian Religious Leader Blasts Iran’s Leaders as ‘Not Muslim’

SAUDI Arabia’s top religious authority has accused Iran’s leaders of not being Muslims in a harsh exchange between the regional rivals over the running of the annual haj pilgrimage.

           — Hat tip: Nick [Return to headlines]
 

US Paid Iran Another $1.3 Billion in Cash in Form of Swiss Francs, Euros and Other Currencies

One month ago, a scandal erupted when it emerged that the US had made a $400 million cash delivery to Iraq (in foreign currencies) to facilitate the release of 4 US hostages held by the regime; many promptly called it a ransom payment. At the time we noted that this was just a portion of the full amount that the US had paid Tehran, and overnight the WSJ confirmed as much when it reported that the Obama administration followed up a planeload of $400 million in cash sent to Iran in January with two more such shipments in the next 19 days, totaling another $1.3 billion.

The cash payments were once again made in foreign currencies, mostly Swiss francs, euros, and settled a decades-old dispute over a failed arms deal dating back to 1979. U.S. officials have acknowledged the payment of the first $400 million coincided with Iran’s release of American prisoners and was used as leverage to ensure they were flown out of Tehran’s Mehrabad on the morning of Jan. 17. The White Hous has yet to comment if the incremental $1.3 billion was also part of a ransom payment prearranged with Iran.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Austrians Pay Invaders More Than Workers

The Austrian government pays nonwhite invader families more in cash handouts than what many working-class Austrians earn after tax in that country, an attempt to reduce the payments has revealed.

The “conservative”-controlled government of the state of Upper Austria has announced a “lowering” of the monthly cash handout it pays to nonwhite invaders from ‚¬914 (US $1,030) per month to a “mere” €520 (US $581) per month.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Calais Migrants: Work to Start on UK-Funded Wall

Construction of a UK-funded wall near Calais’ so-called Jungle migrant camp will begin very soon, a minister says.

Dubbed the “Great Wall of Calais” by some media, the 4m (13ft) wall will run for 1km (0.6 miles) along both sides of the main road to Calais port.

Home Office minister Robert Goodwill said security was being “stepped up” as migrants continue to try to board vehicles heading to Britain.

But a lorry drivers’ group called the wall a “poor use” of public money.

Work is expected to start this month, with the wall due to be finished by the end of the year.

Numerous fences have been built to protect the port, the Eurotunnel terminal and train tracks on the other side of Calais, and the BBC understands the wall will not replace any of those…

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

Human Traffickers Smuggled Seventeen Adult and Child Migrants in This Minivan — And Ordered Them to Defecate Inside the Vehicle Rather Than Risk Stopping

Human traffickers were caught trying to smuggle 17 migrants across the border by packing them into a mini van.

The migrants were not allowed to leave the vehicle during the trip from the Romanian — Hungarian border area to Vienna.

They were even ordered to defecate inside the vehicle if they needed to relieve themselves.

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

Hungarian Govt.’s Anti-Invasion Campaign Heats Up

With less than a month to go before the referendum in Hungary-called out by that country’s government to test public opinion on the European Union’s plan to “resettle” invaders forcibly throughout the EU-the “no” vote seems set for a massive win. The implications of this vote will be far-reaching and will place Hungary on a seemingly insoluble collision course with the EU-which could even have major repercussions for that country’s continued membership of the bloc.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Merkel Mum as Five German Women Assaulted by Migrants, Danes Post Arabic Ads Saying “Don’t Come Here”

With nearly two-thirds of Germans currently opposed to a fourth term for Chancellor Merkel (see “Thousands Of Germans Demand Merkel’s Resignation; Protest “Open Door” Immigration Policy”) and a humiliating loss in German state elections on Sunday, coming in third place to the anti-immigration, eurosceptic AfD party in her own home state, many have speculated whether Merkel’s days as a public servant may be numbered. Support for the Chancellor has waned as Germans blame the tide of rising migrant violence on her open border immigration policies while Merkel insists that “Islamist terror in Germany wasn’t imported with refugees…terror existed in Germany before the refugee influx.”

Certainly events like this weekend’s attack of five women in the German city of Hildesheim only serve to bolster the rising tide of nationalism in Germany and throughout Europe. Apparently the latest sexual assaults were committed by three teenage migrants of Afghan and Iranian descent who accosted and assaulted five different women over the weekend. Police reports indicate the men were “trying to kiss them, grope them and have sex with them.” According to Breitbart London, when the women rejected their advances the migrants grew violent and threatened to hit the non-compliant women in the head with glass bottles.

Police say that the victims of the attack, all between 18 and 21-years-old were walking down the streets of the city at around 2:40 am when they were approached by the trio of migrants. The migrants spoke to the women in English and attempted to corner them and kiss them. The victims say that the gang made various physical gestures that made it clear they were after sex.

When the women resisted the migrants by telling them to go away and using body language to ensure the migrants understood they weren’t interested, the migrants became irate. The men followed the women and then set upon them, striking the women in the face and grabbing their buttocks. One migrant kicked one of the women in the stomach. [Comment: When will Germans toss out their communist hag?] ============ https://redice.tv/news/muslim-refugee-20-who-raped-a-boy-10-in-his-sydney-home-says-what-he-did-is-not-a-crime-because-it-is-acceptable-in-his-homeland

Adult Muslim refugee rapes underage boy, says it ‘is not a crime because it is acceptable in his homeland’

A refugee who raped a ten-year-old boy has claimed he did not know sexually assaulting the child was wrong as it was ‘culturally acceptable’ in his homeland. Mufiz Rahaman told Sydney’s Downing Centre Court raping children was not seen as morally wrong in his native Myanmar when he pleaded guilty to the aggravated sexual assault of a 10-year-old refugee on Wednesday, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The 20-year-old and his young victim are both stateless Rohingya Muslims — a group of people considered illegal immigrants from Bangladesh by the Buddhist-majority in Myanmar — who came to Australia to flee religious persecution. The court heard Rahaman preyed on the young boy while he was living with a group of refugees, including his father, at a vacant RSL club in Lakemba, a suburb in Sydney’s…

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Stunner! Constitution Lets States Tackle Immigration

Analysis by top legal minds reveals feds didn’t get involved for first 100 years

A report analyzing America’s legislative gridlock on immigration under the Obama administration shows that the states originally controlled foreign nationals’ access to their territory, a policy that worked well for the nation in its first century.

It was when Washington stuck its fingers into the pie that the circumstances leading to today’s gridlock developed.

The analysis was done by Herb Titus, who taught constitutional law for 26 years and finished his academic career as dean of Regent Law School, and Bill Olson, who served in three positions in the Reagan administration.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Back to School: Obscenity Masquerading as ‘Health’

Exclusive: Linda Harvey spotlights Catholic campus teaching about genital size

Let’s be frank about school sex education. Many classes have become unapologetically pornographic, yet many parents are unaware their kids learn dangerous messages laced with obscenity in the guise of “health education.”

The good news is that some parents are aware. A growing parent-led movement in many districts will opt children out of these gross, inaccurate tutorials, or remove kids from public schools altogether.

Schools in Omaha, St. Louis, Nashville and Honolulu are battlegrounds of huge controversies over X-rated lessons. I’ll give some details, but (warning) this could get graphic. How can any educator tell families with a straight face that such garbage is helpful?

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

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