Pius Leitner, the leader of a German-speaking separatist party in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol, has been convicted of using provincial funds to buy sex toys. Mr. Leitner, who denies any wrongdoing, may be sentenced to as much as two years in prison.
In other news, in its latest report, the EU Border Control Agency Frontex bluntly says that NGOs, whether knowingly or otherwise, are acting as a people-trafficking shuttle service when they use their vessels to transport migrants from Libya to Italy.
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Author: It’s Not College Kids Creating Chaos to Resist Trump, ‘They’re Professionals’ [Video]
“This is the revolution that will take Donald Trump down and make America a socialist country.”
A New Zealander we interviewed at the Conservative Political Action Conference, who has studied the radical left for some 30 years, says he is watching an escalating number of radicals foment hate, violence and chaos by any means necessary to destroy the American constitutional way of life. These “ain’t college students; they’re professionals.” He hopes more Americans are connecting the dots and paying attention.
Trevor Loudon, the author of “Enemies Within,” was featured in a recent documentary created by the Capital Research Foundation called “America Under Siege: Civil War 2017.” The film is about who was behind the inaugural protests against President Donald Trump. They found organizations and professionals like Teresa Gutierrez of the Workers World Party, who proclaims in the film, “this is the revolution that will take Donald Trump down and make America a socialist country.”
[Comment: Soros and his NGOS are a clear and present danger to the REpublic of the United States. Way past time bring charges of sedition, treason aginst these folks.]
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NSA Documents Prove Surveillance of Donald Trump and Alex Jones
Bombshell discovery shows targets of NSA’s “Project Dragnet”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Infowars.com have obtained credible information from law enforcement sources regarding individual records of U.S. citizens under National Security Agency (NSA) electronic surveillance in the years 2004 through 2010 — a database that suggests both Donald J. Trump and Alex Jones were under illegal, unauthorized government monitoring during those years.
Michael Zullo, formerly the commander and chief investigator of the Cold Case Posse (CCP), a special investigative group created in 2006 in the office of Joseph M. Arpaio, formerly the sheriff in Maricopa County, an Arizona State Certified Law Enforcement Agency, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, provided sections of the database to Infowars.com.
The electronic surveillance database, provided to Zullo by a whistleblower in 2013, was apparently created by the NSA as part of the NSA’s illegal and unconstitutional Project Dragnet electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens, first revealed by news reports published in 2005, as further documented by the revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013.
Sheriff Arpaio and Chief Investigator Zullo have identified dozens of entries at various addresses, including both Trump Tower in New York City and Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, under which Donald Trump was apparently under NSA electronic surveillance from 2004, during President George W. Bush’s term of office, through 2009, the first year of President Obama’s presidency.
Electronic surveillance of Donald Trump was listed in the database for the following companies, locations, and dates:…
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Outrage at Donald Trump Nazi Billboard With ‘Dollar Sign Swastikas’ In Downtown Phoenix
Artist Karen Fiorito reportedly designed the billboard on Grand Avenue which shows Trump and red nuclear explosions surrounded by the hate symbols
A new billboard in Phoenix that depicts President Donald Trump as Hitler surrounded by dollar sign swastikas is raising some eyebrows.
Artist Karen Fiorito reportedly designed the billboard on Grand Avenue which shows Trump and red nuclear explosions surrounded by the hate symbols.
On the other side of the billboard is an image with hands signing ‘unity’ in sign language.
Fiorito wrote on Facebook: ‘Still awaiting the backlash, death threats and the like. Wish I had time to drive to Phoenix to see the reactions of people on the street!’
Limited Liability Corporation which supports the arts gave Fiorito the opportunity to make the anti-Trump billboard according to Fox 29.
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Police Are Using Fake Facebook Accounts to Track Gun Supporters, Says Lawyer
Documents show police created Facebook profile and scanned publicly posted conversations.
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The Left’s Descent Into Fascism
Today, the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency has provoked the fascist Left to reject the election results. Taking a page from Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radials, in which Alinsky advised his followers in Rule 13 to “pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it,” the Left is now resorting to the fascist tactics of targeting Conservatives much like the Nazis who targeted European Jewry for their economic and social ills. Conservatives and Trump supporters are reluctant to identify themselves and conceal their support for fear of a backlash from the Leftist elites.
– From the Berkeley riots to Black Lives Matters marches it is not safe to be a conservative Trump supporter on American streets and college campuses…
Unbelievably, key political leaders on the left egg on their fellow leftists and advocate the use of violence against Conservatives. Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch stated:
“…it has been people, individuals who have banded together, ordinary people who simply saw what needed to be done and came together and supported those ideals who have made the difference. They’ve marched, they’ve bled and yes, some of them died. This is hard. Every good thing is. We have done this before. We can do this again.”
Recently, former Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine stated,
“…what we’ve got to do is fight in congress, fight in the courts, fight in the streets, fight online, fight at the ballot box, and now there is a momentum to be able to do this.”
Their followers are listening and taking heed. It was only a few days ago that talk show host Michael Savage, a huge Trump supporter, was violently assaulted outside a Marin County restaurant by a man who clearly did not like his politics.
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Why Your City is Going to S***
Agenda 21? CodeNext? Mayor Hillary? What’s REALLY happening
Ever notice how your neighborhood is going downhill? Also, Hillary Clinton is under pressure to run as mayor of NYC, which is part of a greater strategy to stop President Trump.
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Belgium: Brussels to Mark Attacks Anniversary With Sound, Not Silence
Belgium this week marks the first anniversary of the Brussels airport and metro bombings with ceremonies showing the heart of Europe is still beating despite the country’s worst ever attacks.
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European Rocket Scientists Pledge to Make First Private Moon Landing in 2018
The first private Moon landing could be made by a group of European scientists next year.
A group of rocket engineers called PTScientists (Part-time Scientists), has built a landing module and two rovers, which are expected to launch in 2018 on board Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The landing module will be programmed to touch down in the Taurus-Littrow valley, around two miles from the site of the final Apollo 17 mission.
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How Paris Has Become One of the Most Dangerous Capitals in the World
ONCE known as the city of love, Paris has become one of the most dangerous capitals in the world.
The latest incident could not have come at a worse time for tourism chiefs still reeling from the impact of the attacks on the Bataclan theatre in Paris and in Nice.
They will be worried that even more visitors will be scared off from booking Easter breaks in Paris.
However, they will be delighted that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge posed for heart-warming pictures at the Eiffel Tower before travelling to the Stade de France to watch Wales take on France in the Six Nations rugby match yesterday.
The message the royal couple sent to potential visitors hours after yet more violence on the streets was unmistakable — don’t give in to the terrorists and don’t be put off visiting one of the greatest countries on earth.
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Italy: Tyrolese Rightist Gets 2 Yrs for Sex Toys
Pius Leitner denied charges
(ANSA) — Bolzano, March 10 — The veteran leader of a rightwing secessionist German-speaking party in Alto Adige (South Tyrol) was sentenced to two years in jail Friday for buying sex toys with provincial funds.
Pius Leitner, leader of the Freiheitlichen party, denied wrongdoing.
Finance police already probing the accounts of all political parties on the council discovered a receipt for 64.92 euros for the purchase of a vibrator and two other sex gadgets presented by the Freiheitlichen caucus.
At the time of the discovery, Leitner said: “We need to look into the matter, if it’s true, it is not right”.
Freiheitlichen represents the German-speaking population in the northern province otherwise known as South Tyrol.
Prosecutors began inspecting the accounts of the provincial party caucuses in January 2014 after a member of the council reported an alleged abuse.
The probe was one of a series of investigations involving alleged misuse of public funds by provincial and regional administrations across Italy.
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A “radicalised Muslim” known to security services has been shot dead after attempting to steal a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly Airport.
The 39-year-old French citizen, identified as Ziyed Ben Belgacem, shot at police officers manning a checkpoint in northern Paris with an “air pistol” before launching the airport attack, the French interior minister said.
During a visit to the airport, Bruno Le Roux said one officer was shot during the routine check and was undergoing hospital treatment for injuries to his face.
“The individual’s identity is known to the police and intelligence services.” Belgacem’s father and brother have been detained for questioning.
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Pope Tells Confessors to Call in Exorcists When They Are Needed
Francis says ‘all possibilities’ must be borne in mind
(ANSA) — Vatican City, March 17 — Pope Francis told participants at an Apostolic Penitentiary course on Friday that a good confessor should not be afraid to call in an exorcist when needed. “Discernment is needed because those who go to the confessional can come from the most disparate situations,” he said.
“They may have spiritual disturbances, the nature of which must be subjected to careful discernment, taking account of all existential circumstances — ecclesiastic, natural and supernatural. “When a confessor realises that there are full-blown spiritual disturbances… he must not hesitate to refer to those in the diocesis tasked with this delicate and necessary task, the exorcists”.
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Rutte Victory an Inspiration for Many — Juncker
‘Vote for Europe, agst extremists’
(ANSA) — Brussels, March 16 — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday “the results of the elections in the Netherlands will be an inspiration for many” in a message of congratulations to the winner, Liberal Premier Mark Rutte.
Juncker also underscored that “this is a vote for Europe and against extremists” like populist Islamophobe Geert Wilders, who was beaten into second place after leading in some pre-election polls. The result has been hailed across Europe as a defeat for populists like Wilders which may be replicated in the French elections for Front National leader Marine Le Pen.
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Sturgeon: Independent Scotland to Keep Pound, Apply for EU Membership
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — An independent Scotland would keep pound sterling as its currency and apply for full EU membership, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Sunday.
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This is How Much Money Wales Gets From the European Union and How it is Spent
There are concerns about what the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will mean for the funding Wales receives — though there have long been questions about what this money has achieved
When the UK voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, parts of Wales were among the most emphatic in making that decision.
Out of 22 Welsh council areas, there were only five in which more people voted to remain than voted to leave.
In one council area, Blaenau Gwent, the vote in favour of leaving was 62%.
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Timeline: France’s Three Years of Islamist Terror
PARIS (AFP) — A man who said he was ready to die for Allah was shot dead after attacking a soldier at Paris’s Orly airport, triggering a major security alert that caused travel chaos.
The shooting is the latest attack in a country reeling from a wave of bloody assaults, including many claimed by the Islamic State group.
Here is a recap of major assaults and foiled attempts since the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris in January 2015.
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Will the Dutch Protect Their ‘Decadence’ From Islamic ‘Redeemers’?
by Giulio Meotti
General elections in the Netherlands are over, but now begins a much bigger campaign: who will defend the famous Dutch freedoms?
Only in the Netherlands is it conceivable that a politician such as Geert Wilders, a brave maverick who for 13 years, 24 hours a day, has lived under police protection; held rallies while wearing a bulletproof vest; moved from one secret location to another one and was guarded as if he were an Asian potentate. The country has already had two political assassinations related to Islam: the politician Pim Fortuyn, and the filmmaker, Theo van Gogh. Another Dutch MP at the time, Ayaan Hirsi Ali — whose name, with Wilders’s, was next on the hit-list pinned with a knife to van Gogh’s corpse — ended up fleeing to the United States. Only Wilders’s protection, generously provided by the Dutch government, has so far avoided a third political murder.
In the Netherlands, the philosopher Baruch Spinoza became the prophet of tolerance, Karl Marx investigated capitalism and John Locke penned his “Letter on Tolerance”. The mainstream media has claimed that Wilders’s rise and the new “populist” shift of Prime Minister Mark Rutte (who, in January, told immigrants to “act normal or leave”) has been a betrayal of that Dutch tolerance. Exactly the opposite is true.
It is from this tolerance that hard Dutch liberalism gets the will to fight against intolerance. Tolerating the intolerant does not sound like the way to have tolerance continue. This is how the Dutch multiculturalists turned their great legacy upside-down. The Dutch see themselves as “Enlightenment fundamentalists”, upholding the values of Enlightenment — even in the Islamic world.
The question now is: will the Dutch defend these freedoms or instead gradually dismantle them? Dutch Minister of Justice Piet Donner recently suggesting introducing Islamic sharia law into the Netherlands by democratic means…
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Christians May Never be Able to Return to Mosul as ISIS Has Bred New Generation of Jihadis
CHRISTIANS forced out of their homes by marauding Islamic State (ISIS) jihadis can never return as terrorists have bred a new generation of child radicals, a vicar has warned.
More than 100,000 Christians were forced to flee Mosul in Iraq when ISIS invaded in 2014.
And as the Battle for Mosul reaches its final stages some Christians have attempted to return to the city.
But a vicar, whose church 50 miles away in Erbil cares for hundreds of Christian families who left their homes, has warned a huge danger remains.
Father Daniel said the terror cult’s destructive ideology has already spread to the next generation, sparking fears ISIS will continue their chilling campaign to boot Christians out of the Middle East.
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Erdogan: Turks Must Outbreed Whites
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turks living in Europe to have at least five children so that they can outbreed whites and take over the continent-and in that way become “the future of Europe.”
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Germany Supports Group Behind Turkish Coup Attempt: Erdogan Spokeman
Turkey on Sunday accused Germany of supporting the network of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric it blames for last year’s attempted coup, comments likely to aggravate a diplomatic feud between the two countries.
Germany and Turkey have been locked in a deepening row after Berlin banned some Turkish ministers from speaking to rallies of expatriate Turks ahead of a referendum next month, citing public safety concerns.
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Israel Threatens to Destroy Syrian Air Defenses
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has warned Syria that Israel would destroy its aerial defense system if Syria fired an anti-aircraft missile at Israeli aircraft again. Speaking on Israel public radio Sunday morning, Liberman said, “The next time the Syrians use their air defense systems against our airplanes, we will destroy all of them without thinking twice.”
[Comment: Perhaps Israel should stop acting as the airforce for ISIS.]
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Two Dangerous Deadlines for Islamic Growth and Its Solution
Muslims will be majority in India by 2050 and they will be majority in the world by 2070.
Upananda Brahmachari | HENB | Haridwar | March 18, 2017:: In our two earlier reports viz, i) World Must Formulate Muslim Population Policies to Restrict Islamic Growth+ (published in HinduExistence on March 2, 2017) and ii) VHP calls for equal population policy to check Jihad and demographic imbalance+ (published HinduExistence on March 4, 2017), we committed an error.
It was reported then Muslims will be majority in India by 2050 and they will be majority in the world by 2100. When the projection/estimation was correct in Indian perspective, the world scenario was not conveyed correctly.
From a deeper study on Pew reports it is revealed that Muslim will be the largest population of the world by 2070, much earlier than 2100.
Once, Pew hinted the Global Muslim majority by ‘the end of this century’. But, analysts say, “the world’s population of Muslims will grow by 73 per cent between 2010 and 2050, compared to 35 per cent for Christians, the next fastest-growing faith.
The world’s population will grow by 37 per cent over the same period. If those rates of growth continue past 2050, Muslims will outnumber Christians by 2070, the report found.”…
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This may be the closest that we have been to war with North Korea since the original Korean War ended in 1953. The North Koreans are feverishly working to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles that could strike the U.S. mainland, and meanwhile Donald Trump has not moved from his position that North Korea will simply not be allowed to have ICBMs. If North Korea does not blink, it means that we are literally counting down the days until we go to war. Unfortunately, North Korean leaders appear to literally be insane and they have shown absolutely no signs of backing off. In 2016, North Korea tested two nuclear bombs and test-fired 24 missiles, and so far this year they have test-fired five ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
During a joint press conference with the South Korean Foreign Minister on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson boldly declared that “ all options are on the table” when it comes to North Korea…
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Don’t Forget us, Says Chibok Schoolgirl as Third Year of Captivity Approaches
A Chibok schoolgirl who escaped from Boko Haram militants in Nigeria has called on the international community not to forget those still in captivity.
Next month will mark the third anniversary of the abduction of more than 270 girls.
The militants are still holding about 195 of the young women.
The pupil, speaking under a pseudonym, told an education conference in Dubai: “These girls are human beings, not something that we can forget about.”
[Comment: Maybe Michelle Obama can tweet about it, or wear a nice T-shirt with a soundbite on the front. That’ll be effective, eh …]
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EU Border Control Says NGOs Give Shuttle Service to African Migrants
In a remarkably blunt analysis of the massive migration from North Africa to Italy in 2016, the European Frontex agency has denounced human traffickers’ exploitation of NGOs to efficiently transport African migrants from Libya to Italy.
The NGOs, the report suggests, whether knowingly or not, have become accomplices to people smugglers by providing a reliable shuttle service for migrants from Africa to Europe, lowering smugglers’ costs and improving their “business model.”
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Germans Jailed for Anti-Invasion Military Unit
A court in Bavaria has sentenced four Germans to jail for periods between three and five years on charges of forming a military group which aimed to carry out attacks on invader centers throughout Germany. The group had not actually carried out any attacks before being arrested.
According to evidence before the Munich State Court, the group, calling themselves the “ Old School,” allegedly had about 30 members before its leadership was arrested.
The court found that the four main accused-three men and one woman-planned to “commit attacks on foreigners and refugee homes.”
Judge Reinhold Baier said in his verdict that the group “wanted to drive refugees out of Germany even if it meant killing people to do so.”
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Hawaii Judge’s Flawed Aloha Akhbar Logic
The latest indication of the need to drain the judicial swamp comes in the form of Hawaii Judge Derrick Watson’s ruling placing a hold on President Trump’s second executive order placing a temporary immigration ban on six predominantly Muslim countries. It is, as President Trump noted, a classic case of “judicial overreach.”
Judge Watson’s logic belongs in a parallel judicial universe where judges are allowed to regulate foreign policy, clearly a presidential prerogative defined in both law and the U.S. Constitution. Judge Watson cites no law and, in the case of the Constitution, says the travel ban violates the Establishment Clause which forbids favoring or disparaging a particular religion. By that logic, you could never restrict any immigration from any Muslim country for any reason. Judge Watson strays outside the four corners of the executive order and ignores explicit U.S. law to cite President Trump’s campaign statements, which are totally irrelevant. Motive, even if correctly discerned, is irrelevant here. Only the law and presidential authority should apply. As the Washington Post describes Judge Watson’s flawed logic:
[Comment: Such “judges” should be impeached, and banned from presiding as a judge in any State in the Union.]
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‘Homeland’ Actor Mandy Patinkin: ‘Refugees Are Gorgeous Human Beings’
Actor Mandy Patinkin is best known for his roles in ‘The Princess Bride’ and award-winning TV series ‘Homeland.’ He’s also a passionate supporter of refugee rights. He told DW the world needs to wake up and help people fleeing war get to new homes.
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How Million in Refugee Funds Were Wasted in Greece
For a story of waste and suffering, it’s notable that some of the worst decisions in response to the refugee crisis in Greece were born of good intentions. An archipelago of some 50 small refugee camps was scattered over Greece in preference to concentrating asylum seekers in larger ghettos. As an idea it had merits. In practice it was disastrous.
Authorities still struggle to say how many camps there are. The Ministry of Migration Policy lists 39 but the UN says there may be more than 50. Many of these sites, which are in various states of closure, were clearly unfit for human habitation in the first place.
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Illegal invaders pretending to be refugees from 13 Third World states who cross into Canada from the U.S. cannot be deported, no matter how flimsy their “asylum” claims might be.
According to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), invaders claiming to be from Somalia, the Gaza Strip, Syria, Mali, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Burundi, Haiti, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq, will not be deported from Canada no matter what their personal circumstances might be.
The CBSA has two categories of non-deportation countries. The first, “Administrative deferral of removals” (ADR), is “meant to be a temporary measure when immediate action is needed to temporarily defer removals in situations of humanitarian crisis.”
According to the CBSA, once the “situation in a country stabilizes the ADR is lifted and the CBSA resumes removals for individuals who are inadmissible to Canada and have a removal order in effect. “
However, as most invaders already know, once they have been granted any sort of legal status in Canada, it becomes almost impossible to remove them once again.
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Mexicans Flood Into Canada as 2017 Border Detentions Surpass All of 2016
A couple of days ago we noted that Mexican immigrants were suddenly flooding into Canada to avoid deportation from the U.S. The increase in northern border crossings came, at least in part, courtesy of Canada’s decision to lift visa requirements for Mexican ‘tourists’ as of December 1st. Per the new rules, rather than a visa, under Trudeau’s administration, Mexicans are now only required to have a so-called Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) which can be purchased online for CAD $7.
Unfortunately, while Canada’s relaxed travel requirements were applauded as an enlightened, progressive alternative to Trump’s xenophobic, racist approach to immigration, under the surface, Canada’s policies still function much like Trump’s proposals. As Mexican immigrants are suddenly finding out, while Canada is happy to host ‘tourists’ from our Southern neighbor, getting a work visa can be nearly impossible and Mexicans with a criminal record are not welcome.
All of which has resulted in a record number of Mexicans being detained by Canadian border officials in the opening months of 2017. Per Reuters:
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Sweden to Give Prison Guard Internships to New Migrants
Asylum Seekers from the Middle East are being trained to become prison guards in a new program at the Mariefred prison set up by the Swedish government.
The new program, initiated by the Swedish probation and prison system, aims to see 450 recent migrants and disabled people placed in various internships that include prison guards, cooks and other jobs within correctional facilities across the country. Justice Minister Morgan Johansson visited the Mariefred prison where two Iraqi asylum seekers are training as guards according to the Probation service website.
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Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Migrants Expected to Reach Italy From Libya in 2017
Two hundred and fifty thousand people are expected to arrive in Italy from Libya in 2017, according to a forecast that is circulating among Italian ministers. It is expected that recent records will be broken in 2017: last year, 181 thousand migrants reached Italy’s shores.
In the first 73 days of 2017 the number of migrants rescued at sea has increased by 67 per cent. From January to March 14 of this year, 15,852 people arrived in Italy. In the same period of last year 9.496 migrants landed in the country.
The issue was discussed yesterday at a meeting of the Italian-Libyan Joint Committee at the Interior Ministry, in Rome. “Both sides expressed determination to continue a strong commitment, aimed at achieving tangible results”, reads the official statement.
Meanwhile the Interior Ministry is starting to adjust policies to numbers. The redistribution plans were prepared for around 200 thousand migrants, but if the number increases by 67 per cent, they will be probably revised.
Prefects have been asked to set up new reception centers for minors. Tomorrow, the president of the National Association of Italian Municipalities (Anci), Antonio Decaro will meet Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti.
Minniti’s plan, which combines severity towards illegal immigrants and reception for those who have the right to be welcomed, faces some difficulties in the Parliament. Italian Left party has announced that it will not vote his decree.
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With Proposal to Penalize Men for Masturbating, Legislator Aims to Shake Up Health Debate
State Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Houston Democrat, has filed House Bill 4260, which would fine men $100 for masturbating.
[Comment: Good to see the Dems have their priorities right. Obviously ending Islamic terrorism should be way down the government’s ‘to do’ list.]
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I just finished reading THE WEAPON WIZARDS, by Yaakov Kats and Amir Bohbot. I’ve added it to the reading list that I impose on my friends.
“Perhaps Israel should stop acting as the airforce for ISIS”
That is unfair @JD, we have had ISIS missiles coming over from Gaza at the rate of 2 a week now for at least the last month.
Hezbollah is receiving modern long range missiles from Iran and shipping them to Lebanon, the missiles are intended for use against Israeli civilians not against ISIS or other Islamic militias. The IAF tries to take them out whenever and wherever possible.
It is like a mini Cuba crisis and your accusations of complicity with ISIS do not help.
Please remember that when these missiles are launched they will be pointing at our women and children.
I agree with your comment MC. Whoever put that comment under that story has either failed to read the story and comprehend what is actually occurring or they have a bias against Israel defending itself from Iran’s proxy army, Hezbollah, and its cowardly acts against mostly unarmed Israelis.
And as an aside, but on a topic to do with Israel, is another story on that feed concerning the attack on the USS Liberty in 1974, off the Israeli coast by Israeli aircraft obviously intent on sinking that ship.
I read the go, ‘here’ and ‘here’ and ‘here’ but the last link I could barely read so gave it away. However, much of what I did read has the standard story of the attack being a ‘false flag’ in order for Israel and the U.S. to attack Egypt.
That incident in which 34 American sailors were killed was no false flag event, but a deliberate act on Israels part to neutralize the Liberty that Israel had identified as forwarding on Israeli troop movements in the Sinai to Egyptian military commanders that was compromising Israeli strategy.
In other words an Israeli Ally, in this case the USS Liberty, was put in place by a NSA/CIA directive to deliberately eavesdrop on Israeli military movements and convey Israeli movements and numbers to the Egyptian military so that Egypt, in ally with Jordan and Syria, could launch that historical sneak attack on Israel which almost succeeded in over running the Israeli military and Israel itself.
And that attempt to destroy Israel was a Kissinger plan.
I have that information from a book titled, The Secret War against the Jews, by John Ashcroft and Mark Aarons.
A most informative book on how Western intelligence has undermined almost everything that we still take for granted.
Thank goodness that was the last time the US betrayed an ally /sarc
I stand with Israel and the Israeli Defense force.Israel has a right to defend herself.She is the only democracy in the Middle East.She is a bulwark against the barbarian totalitarian fascist theocracies of the Middle East.Three cheers for Israel ,long may she prosper.
Rutte lied to the Dutch people about his secret deal to flood Holland with Muslim refugees.
Suckers!
I’m pretty sure Darwin never wrote anything about “Survival of the Dumbest”. I just pity those Dutch that must be facepalming over the madness the Cultural Marxists have succeeded in injecting into their country.
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I note that several Germans have been sentenced to prison terms for conspiring to attack their invaders.
Folks need to learn not to use any communication devices whatsoever as they are all now under heavy surveillance by the enablers of those invaders.
Frontex has little right to criticise when they’ve been doing the same for years.
“In other news, in its latest report, the EU Border Control Agency Frontex bluntly says that NGOs, whether knowingly or otherwise, are acting as a people-trafficking shuttle service when they use their vessels to transport migrants from Libya to Italy.”
And Frontex is doing the exact same thing.
In accordance with the migration agenda of the EU-Commission.
If Russia and Iran concentrated their efforts on ISIS Isrqael would happily stay away from the melee. However, Iran is using the ISIS presence to penetrate further into Syria and Lebanon, via Hizzballah, an offshoot of the Iranian Revolutionary Army. Hizzballah is every bit as bloodthirsty as ISIS. In fact they are both sides of the same Islamo-Nazi coin. Preventing significant weaponry from reaching Hizzballah is paramount not just for Israel, but for Lebanon, whose territory will be devastated should hostilities break out again
If you expect the six million Jews of Israel to walk quietly into the night as did Europe’s six million Jews, you better wake up. Europe will be awash with millions more Muslim invaders following the next round with Israel
Mr. Leitner used public funds to buy sex toys? 🙂 Stealing public money is always bad, but surely he deserves extra time for what he spent public money on….. AGGRAVATED misappropriation of public funds …..
The public has to face the reality of WHERE their hard-earned money went…..
Actually, it could have been anyone in Leitner’s office who bought the toys. It could well be a smear job, the Left loves doing that stuff.
Yeah, we got your puns – I just thought I’d add my point as well.