The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Italy this year has increased by a third in comparison with the same period last year. However, the EU’s demand that other member states take in their share of 160,000 “refugees” has thus far been a failure.
Meanwhile, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said that taking in refugees would be a worse outcome for Poland than any penalties that might be imposed by the EU.
In other news, Tunisia has instituted a campaign to reduce food prices during the holy month of Ramadan, which is scheduled to begin late in May.
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Romania, Slovakia, Ireland With Lowest Inflation Rates in EU
Eurostat, highest annual inflation rates in Baltic States
(ANSA) — BUCHAREST — The annual inflation rate went up in April to 1.9 percent in the euro area and 2 percent in the European Union of 28, from 1.5 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively, in March, while Romania, Ireland and Slovakia recorded the lowest annual inflation rates in the EU, according to the Eurostat (European Statistics Office) data released on Wednesday.
According to these estimates, inflation in the euro area nears the target of the European Central Bank, which wants to maintain the price increase at around 2 percent, a level regarded as beneficial for the economic activity.
The highest annual inflation rates in the EU were registered last month in Estonia (3.6pct), Lithuania (3.5pct) and Latvia (3.3pct), and the lowest were in Romania (0.6pct), Ireland (0.7pct) and Slovakia (0.8pct). Compared to March 2017 annual inflation declined in six states, increased in 19 countries (Romania included) and remained stable in three states.
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America Reloaded: The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI’s Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family
FBI actions called major threat to free press
RYAN BUNDY SEEMED uneasy as he settled into a white leather chair in a private suite at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. As the eldest son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who had become a national figure for his armed standoff with U.S. government agents in April 2014, Ryan had quite a story to tell.
Eight months had passed since Cliven and hundreds of supporters, including heavily armed militia members, faced off against the federal government in a sandy wash under a highway overpass in the Mojave Desert. Now, here in the comforts of the Bellagio, six documentary filmmakers trained bright lights and high-definition cameras on Ryan. They wanted to ask about the standoff. Wearing a cowboy hat, Ryan fidgeted before the cameras. He had told this story before; that wasn’t the reason for his nerves. After all, the Bundy confrontation made national news after armed agents with the Bureau of Land Management seized the Bundy family’s cattle following a trespassing dispute and the accumulation of more than $1 million in unpaid grazing fees. But the Bundys, aided by their armed supporters, beat back the government, forcing agents to release the cattle and retreat.
Images of armed Bundy supporters with high-powered rifles taking on outgunned BLM agents circulated widely on social media. As a result, the Bundys became a household name, lionized by the right as champions of individual liberty and vilified by the left as anti-government extremists.
But something seemed off to Ryan about this interview in the Bellagio. While the family’s newfound fame had attracted fresh supporters to their cause, it had also inspired suspicion. With a federal investigation looming, who among these new faces could they really trust?
Among the more recent figures in the Bundy orbit was this mysterious documentary film crew. The director, Charles Johnson, was middle-aged, with a silver goatee, slicked-back hair, and a thick southern accent. His assistant, who identified herself as Anna, was tall and blond. A website for their company, Longbow Productions, listed an address in Nashville, Tennessee, but the Bundys could find no previous examples of their work.
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Bodies Have Been Stacking Up: The Video Hillary Clinton Does Not Want You to See…
Following the breaking report from Fox News that third-party investigators in the Seth Rich murder have linked the former high level DNC staffer with Wikileaks as the possible source of over 44,000 emails, we thought it appropriate to post the following video.
While we’re not claiming there was any direct involvement by the DNC or Party heads with the killing of Rich on a D.C. street, we’re also not going to rule it out because… well, just see for yourself:
[Comment: Watch the video…]
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CNN Host Has Meltdown on-Air: ‘You Cannot Attack the Stellar Reporters of CNN!’
“Do not even start with me that you’re just going to attack ‘sources’!”
CNN anchor Kate Bolduan had a meltdown on live TV on Tuesday after one of her guests questioned the validity of CNN’s anonymous sources.
Navy Seal Carl Higbie, a supporter of Donald Trump, said CNN’s “anonymous sources” reporting on last week’s Trump-Russia meeting should come forward and name themselves if they want their anonymous accusations to be taken seriously.
“They’re hiding behind this anonymity,” Higbie said.
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CNN’s Bash Admits Comey Memo is “Deep State” Revenge Against Trump
They “know how to get back, even if you’re the president”
CNN’s Dana Bash let slip the true motivation behind the release of the Comey memo when she acknowledged that it was part of the “deep state” taking revenge against President Trump.
In yet another anonymously sourced news story, the New York Times reported yesterday that they were told about a memo (without having seen it) where Trump told former FBI Director James Comey, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go, he is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”
The anti-Trump media immediately ran with hysterical headlines accusing Trump of obstructing justice, with several news anchors and columnists calling for his impeachment.
Amidst all the frenzy however, CNN’s Dana Bash let slip the truth — that the memo is just the latest volley in the Hillary-aligned deep state’s revenge campaign against President Trump.
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Donald Trump, Seth Rich and the Gangster Culture That Permeates Washington
This is why it is so rare for good people to get into politics these days. — From a purely selfish standpoint, it just isn’t worth it
Politics has become a very dirty game in America, and if you don’t know how to play the game, the game is going to play you.
Donald Trump and Seth Rich are both victims of this cold, hard reality, and hopefully what has happened to them will help the American people understand what is really going on in Washington. Contrary to what many may believe, politics is not an easy road to fame, wealth and glory. For every Obama or Clinton that makes it big, there are thousands of others that have had their careers shattered, their reputations ruined and their futures destroyed by the game. And those such as Seth Rich that cross the wrong people at the wrong time end up dead.
This is why it is so rare for good people to get into politics these days. — From a purely selfish standpoint, it just isn’t worth it.
Trump has even admitted that he thought that being president would be easier. I don’t think that he realized that the world of Washington politics is such a minefield. One wrong move and a president can be toast.
And it would be bad enough if it was just the Democrats that were determined to take him down. Unfortunately, there are Republicans such as Senator John McCain that are quite eager to jump on any new Trump scandal. Just look at how quick he was to talk to the press about this latest one. The following comes from the Hill…
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Of course everyone knows what really happened. Rich was the one that leaked a treasure trove of Democratic National Committee documents to WikiLeaks, and as a result he was killed for doing it. The Fox News report that I quoted above says that a total of “44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments”were leaked by Rich…
The federal investigator, who requested anonymity, said 44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments between Democratic National Committee leaders, spanning from January 2015 through late May 2016, were transferred from Rich to MacFadyen before May 21.
In the legal world, there is a huge difference between the facts and what you can actually prove in court. And at this point we may never know who really murdered Rich because the police were ordered “to stand down on this case”…
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Next month, citizens of Puerto Rico are going to vote on statehood, and the absolutely devastating economic collapse that is gripping the island could be enough to push pro-statehood forces over the edge to victory. Of course Congress has the final say on whether Puerto Rico becomes a state or not, but it is going to be very difficult to deny Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million residents statehood if they strongly insist that they want it. Needless to say, if Puerto Rico becomes the 51st U.S. state that would greatly benefit the Democrats, because the population of Puerto Rico is very liberal.
Puerto Rico does not get to vote in presidential elections, but they do help select the nominees for both parties. In 2016, 58,764 votes were cast in the Democratic caucuses held in Puerto Rico, and only 36,660 votes were cast in the Republican primary. As a state, it is doubtful whether Puerto Rico would send any Republican lawmakers to Washington for decades to come.
So if Puerto Rico becomes a state, the Democrats would add two new senators and probably four or five representatives.
Puerto Rico would be the 30th largest state in the entire country, and so it would instantly have more political power than 21 other U.S. states.
This upcoming vote on June 11th is going to be extremely important, and pro-statehood forces are working very hard to get a positive result. The following info about the referendum in June comes from Wikipedia…
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Lobbyist Offers $105,000 in Seth Rich Murder
(DAILY CALLER) — A Washington, D.C. lobbyist is offering the largest reward in D.C. history for the unsolved murder of Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer gunned down over the summer.
Attorney Jack Burkman is offering $105,000 of his own money for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. The D.C. Metropolitan Police is offering a $25,000 reward, and WikiLeaks announced it is also offering $20,000 for any information that leads to a conviction in the murder of Rich.
Rich, 27, was the voter expansion data director at the DNC, according to Roll Call; he was employed for two years. Rich also worked on a computer application to help voters locate polling stations.
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Microsoft is P*ssed Off at the NSA Over Wannacry Attack
NSA is supposed to disclose most of these vulnerabilities, rather than hold them for offensive use…
The post does a good job discussing what Microsoft is doing about this and what it means, but then has this:
Finally, this attack provides yet another example of why the stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments is such a problem. This is an emerging pattern in 2017. We have seen vulnerabilities stored by the CIA show up on WikiLeaks, and now this vulnerability stolen from the NSA has affected customers around the world. Repeatedly, exploits in the hands of governments have leaked into the public domain and caused widespread damage. An equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would be the U.S. military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen. And this most recent attack represents a completely unintended but disconcerting link between the two most serious forms of cybersecurity threats in the world today — nation-state action and organized criminal action.
The governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake-up call. They need to take a different approach and adhere in cyberspace to the same rules applied to weapons in the physical world. We need governments to consider the damage to civilians that comes from hoarding these vulnerabilities and the use of these exploits. This is one reason we called in February for a new “Digital Geneva Convention” to govern these issues, including a new requirement for governments to report vulnerabilities to vendors, rather than stockpile, sell, or exploit them. And it’s why we’ve pledged our support for defending every customer everywhere in the face of cyberattacks, regardless of their nationality. This weekend, whether it’s in London, New York, Moscow, Delhi, Sao Paulo, or Beijing, we’re putting this principle into action and working with customers around the world.
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Private Eye: DNC Poking Nose Into Seth Rich Murder
WASHINGTON — A top Democratic National Committee official has contacted Washington, D.C., police and the family of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich demanding to know why a homicide detective is examining the unsolved case, a private investigator told WND Tuesday.
Detective Rod Wheeler, who started his investigation into Seth’s death in March, told WND he was stunned Monday when he learned from Rich’s family that the DNC contacted them about the case.
“How did that DNC person know I had called the police? That is what is baffling me,” Wheeler said. “I just found out from [Rich’s] family that the DNC knew I contacted the police — they hadn’t told me that all this time.”
After Wheeler went to the police for insight into Rich’s murder, the detective assigned to the investigation never replied to Wheeler’s inquiry.
“The family said, ‘ Rod, there is something that you need to know,” Wheeler explained. “The police detective never called you back because the information was given to the DNC that you called the police trying to figure out what was going on.”
Wheeler, who began working as a homicide detective in 1989, said he is perturbed by the odd reaction the police have when he approaches them with questions about Rich.
Cops in Washington, D.C., he said, suspiciously respond to his inquiries about Rich’s murder with an ominous “blank stare.”
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What we’ve learned is that the attack hasn’t just taken down personal computers, but core government and business networks affecting everything from health care systems and transportation in Europe, to ATM withdrawals in China.
It’s massive, to be sure. But in the grand scheme of things, up to this point, it has been a fairly minor inconvenience.
But as Joe Joseph warns in his latest news report at The Daily Sheeple, this is just the tip of the iceberg, because now that we’ve seen how quickly such an attack can spread, it’s only a matter of time before rogue groups or state-sponsored players make a direct attempt at taking down core systems that keep millions of people in America alive. As we’ve previously noted, U.S. cyber command has warned that power grids, physical infrastructure and commerce systems will be a major target of future cyber attacks, and the latest Ransomware attack utilizing NSA-created exploits proves just how serious the damage could be:
Experts are saying this is just the tip of the iceberg… what the NSA has done and the damage they have caused as the result of coming up with these exploits in the first place is criminal… but it’s beyond criminal… in our society we have become so dependent on technology. our computers… our cell phone…
We’ve become so hooked on it that if something happens and it looks like it can very easily happen… where some of these hacks are exploited… we could see an instantaneous change in the way that we live… to the point where you could see upwards of 80% or 90% of the population just in the United States dying as a result of a prolonged power outage because the grid gets hacked
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Report: Turncoats From Within Trump Admin to Push for Impeachment
Insiders behind leaks will intensify efforts to sabotage president
Sources suggest that having already sabotaged his policy agenda with a series of leaks, turncoats from within the administration could be instrumental in going rogue and pushing for the impeachment of President Trump.
The only way for impeachment to succeed would be if it was a bi-partisan effort. Bringing articles of impeachment against the president requires a majority vote in Congress, while a vote from at least two thirds of the Senate would be required to remove Trump from office.
The only way this could be accomplished was if former and current members of the administration acted as whistleblowers against Trump, which is precisely what could unfold in the coming months.
Some of Trump’s most prominent conservative media supporters have already been tipped off about the impeachment plan, including Matt Drudge, who has been desperately warning Trump in recent weeks that he needs to purge his administration of disloyal figures.
The initial call for impeachment is likely to come from within the Congressional Black Caucus, sources suggest. Its members have been the most vocal in calling for Trump to be removed from office.
[Comment: Should be more accurately called Congressional Black Communists.]
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In previous articles, I mentioned the importance of the midterm elections, and how (to run the country effectively and to be reelected) the President needs success within his first six months in office. Although he is more than willing to make changes and has demonstrated his good intentions, the battle with the ensconced Marxists labeling themselves as either “progressives” or “centrists” is being lost. Why is it being lost? It is because these prior Obama appointees in the Circuit courts and the Supreme Court, along with the innumerable holdovers within the administration’s machinery effectively amount to a “fifth column,” bent on sabotaging the President’s efforts.
The successful derailment is well under way. As I wrote in other articles, all that is needed for the Democrats to take the Senate and the House of Representatives in the upcoming Midterm elections is for the President to not make visible and productive changes within the first six months of his term. The stultified public will perceive it as a failure, and with the RINO (Republicans In Name Only) Republican party to help with a “shove” here and there, the President will fall right into the pool.
The planned border fence will not be built, the repeal of Obamacare will not take place, the flood of illegals will neither be stopped or reversed, and financial measures to stimulate the domestic economy are being implemented at glacial speed. All the President’s executive orders are being struck down by the Obama-appointed judges in the courts. There is not much time remaining before the Midterm congressional elections. We are a year out, and even before the campaigning has begun, it appears it will be up for grabs.
Obamacare is the best example of what has been outlined. Aetna recently bowed out and pulled out of the machinery as far as private insurance companies run. They stated that the arena was “untenable” and that the firm could no longer underwrite with the budgetary shortfalls and the nebulosity that lacked a demarcation of where government responsibility was to pick up what the company did not underwrite. From an economic perspective, everyone with a brain knew that Obamacare would not function properly and would be a financial and administrative disaster.
That is why Obamacare is a success: it was meant to collapse the system and the insurance companies, forcing into existence a single-payer system and a government “exchange” that intruded on the lives of every citizen…pure “Cloward and Piven” at its finest.
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Scientists Fearful of ‘Ecological Risks’ Sparked by GMO Microalgae
“The concern is we’re going to create a monster…”
Microalgae reproduce rapidly, and engineered traits can quickly spread because of the plants’ horizontal gene transfer capabilities. Should those engineered traits fail to remain stable over time, there is a potential for the genes to spread rapidly out of control and change in unpredictable ways.
In the past, microalgae have produced toxic algae blooms, and there is no way of knowing whether GE microalgae are more harmful and difficult to control.
That’s the problem: Nobody knows.
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Case ‘may actually open up a can of worms as far as what’s been going on here in DC’
Former DC homicide detective Rod Wheeler joined Fox 5 DC Tuesday to reveal more about his investigation into the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich.
Wheeler, hired as a private investigator by a third party, says in the process of investigating Seth’s murder he’s come across disturbing information which may point to evidence of a wider criminal organization.
“What’s really interesting since I’ve been looking into this case, I’ve uncovered quite a few things, but not necessarily related to Seth’s death, but related to an underground — a possible — underground corruption, organized crime corruption group that may be operating in the District,” Wheeler said.
“Cause I’ve started looking at other homicides and deaths, that were called “accidental deaths,” but could have been homicides. So this case, Allison, may actually open up a can of worms as far as what’s been going on here in DC.”
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Whites Banned From Cafe Designated as Nonwhite ‘Sanctuary’
College provost: ‘Nothing more important than being a multicultural campus’
American University in Washington, D.C., has reportedly banned white students from using its new “student lounge” for the spring semester, according to the College Fix.
The lounge, which is called “The Bridge,” opened just six weeks ago. It is planned to be “a community space that student organizations can use however they would like,” with open mic nights, slam poetry and “other student initiated programming,” Darcy Frailey, associate director for facilities and other event services, told the Eagle, American University’s student news site. The lounge seats 80 people and features large working tables, comfortable sofas and chairs, coffee tables, a television and a large stage for events. School officials said they plan to hire students who qualify for the federal work-study program to work at “The Bridge.”
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Don’t Forget Vulnerable, Excluded Pope Tells Macron
Francis calls on France to ‘continue search for peace’
(ANSA) — Vatican City, May 16 — Pope Francis has called on newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron not to forget the weakest members of society in a telegram, the Vatican said on Tuesday. “I pray that god support you so that your country, faithful to the rich diversity of its moral traditions and its spiritual heritage marked also by the Christian tradition, may always endeavour to build a more just and fraternal society,” Francis wrote. “With respect for difference and attention to those in situations of vulnerability and exclusion, may it contribute to the cooperation and solidarity between nations. “May France continue to foster, in Europe and throughout the world, the search for peace and the common good, respect for life and the defence of the dignity of every person and of all peoples”.
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French City on Lockdown as Armed Cops Open Fire on Knifeman
Suspect stabbed man to death
A CITY in France is on lockdown after a man was stabbed to death by a suspected knifeman.
According to French media, the victim died at the scene.
Several others are said to have been injured.
More than 20 police cars and military vans closed off a large area of the city centre of Rouen, around 50km north of Paris.
The suspect is believed to have been holed up on Alsace-Lorraine street near the busy Republic.
Cops confirmed the man had been arrested shortly after the incident.
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Icelandic Leftist Poisons Islam Critic Robert Spencer
A new phase in the Left’s campaign of demonizing those whom it hates
Last Thursday, I gave a lecture on the jihad threat at the Grand Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland. Shortly thereafter, a young Icelandic Leftist registered his disapproval of what I said by poisoning me.
It happened after the event, when my security chief, the organizers of the event, and Jihad Watch writer Christine Williams, who had also been invited to speak, went with me to a local restaurant to celebrate the success of the evening.
At this crowded Reykjavik establishment, I was quickly recognized. A young Icelander called me by name, shook my hand, and said he was a big fan. Shortly after that, another citizen of that famously genteel and courteous land also called me by name, shook my hand, and said “F**k you.”
We took that marvelous Icelandic greeting as a cue to leave. But the damage had already been done. About fifteen minutes later, when I got back in my hotel room, I began to feel numbness in my face, hands, and feet. I began trembling and vomiting. My heart was racing dangerously. I spent the night in a Reykjavik hospital…
The lesson I learned was that media demonization of those who dissent from the Leftist line is direct incitement to violence. By portraying me and others who raise legitimate questions about jihad terror and Sharia oppression as racist, bigoted Islamophobes, without allowing us a fair hearing, the media in Iceland and elsewhere in the West is actively endangering those who dare to dissent. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Center for American Progress and the rest who devote so much money, time and attention to demonizing “Islamophobes” are painting huge targets on our backs.
Of course, they think they’re doing something noble. Not only does the Left fill those whom it brainwashes with hate, but it does so while portraying its enemies as the hatemongers, such that violent Leftists such as the young man who drugged me feel righteous even as they victimize and brutalize conservatives.
There is no doubt about it: I’m certain that whoever poisoned me in Iceland went away feeling happy over what he had done. If he told anyone what he did, I’m sure he was hailed as a hero. I’m also aware that many who read this will be thrilled at the fact that I became seriously ill. That in itself is a sign of how degenerate and evil the Left has become.
All over the West, as Leftist students riot and physically menace conservative speakers and Leftist spokesmen indulge in the most hysterical rhetoric to defame their foes, politicians cower in fear and decline to discuss these issues, only ensuring that the problems I identified when I spoke in Reykjavik will continue to grow in Iceland and elsewhere.
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Italy: Gentiloni Meets Putin, Supports EU-Russia Dialogue Resumption
But Italy won’t break ranks over sanctions, says premier in Sochi
(ANSA) — Rome, May 17 — Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Italy was supporting a resumption in dialogue between Russia and the EU after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Wednesday. “It is necessary to resume the EU-Russia dialogue with strength,” Gentiloni said. “It is a strategic partnership that the Ukraine crisis cannot cancel out”.
Gentiloni added, however, that Italy will not break ranks from the rest of the EU over sanctions on Russia. “No one should think that Italy will break ranks with its allies on its own,” he said. He also stressed that the renewal of the sanctions on Russia following the Ukraine crisis was a decision that “cannot be taken on autopilot without discussions beforehand”.
Putin highlighted the importance of relations with Rome in a joint press conference held after the bilateral meeting. “Italy is an important partner for Russia,” he said. “It is one of the key countries in our foreign trade. I want to stress the importance of today’s meeting with Premier Paolo Gentiloni. We discussed many issues”.
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Italy: Inequality Rising: No Longer Just Distance Between Classes
ISTAT reports on impact of ‘growing complexity of world of work’
(ANSA) — Rome, May 17 — Social inequality in Italy is rising and is “no longer just the distance between the various classes” ISTAT said in its annual report on Wednesday. “The growing complexity of the current world of world has increased diversity, not just between professions, but also within the same professional roles, intensifying the inequalities between social classes and within them”.
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Tunisia Launches Ramadan Price-Control Campaign
Minister invites people to buy only certified products
TUNIS — The Tunisian authorities have launched a new campaign aiming to control food prices during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to Minister for Commerce and Trade Ziad Laadhari.
In total 52 squads comprising members of the police force and national guard will be deployed to monitor the transparency of transactions, combat contraband and control the price of raw materials. The initiative “aims to consolidate a path embarked upon in recent weeks that has already had a positive impact on prices, a trend that should continue especially during the holy mobth of Ramadan,” Laadhari said. The minister also invited consumers to control prices themselves by buying only certified products.
In addition, he announced the injection into the domestic market of 1,400 tonnes of vegetable oil to meet the spike in demand during Ramadan. This year the Muslim month of fasting from sunrise to sunset is predicted to begin on May 27.
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Muslim cleric Ibrahim Omerdic, 61, is fighting claims he oversaw the wedding of a 34-year-old man and an underage child at a ceremony in Melbourne last year.
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Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist extremist group in Sydney, has asked if the Australian government is planning concentration camps for Muslims to promote an upcoming conference about the ‘hostile West’.
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Susan Carland, a hijab-wearing academic married to The Project’s Waleed Aly, is accused of equating Islam with feminism to ingratiate herself with her left-wing university colleagues.
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Media personality Mark Latham says curtains at a Sydney pool to cater for Muslim women is a step towards putting drapes around Bondi Beach. A Muslim sheikh says it’s sharia law.
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The EU’s plan to resettle up to 160,000 refugees from Italy and Greece throughout member states is failing amid waning political will to help those risking their lives to reach Europe.
Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Commissioner for migration, said some countries have failed to relocate a single person “in breach of their obligations” as legal action is considered.
“Relocation is vital to the success of our migration and asylum policies based on solidarity and responsibility,” he told the European Parliament on Tuesday.
[Comment: The outrage! Nationas are not voluntarily commiting hari-kari. The only way to stop this totalitarian garbage is for nation astates to pull out of EU and stop sending GErmany, oops I meant EU money.]
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Germany: Teenager Convicted in Attack on Berlin Homeless Man
A Berlin court has convicted a teenage Syrian refugee of setting fire to a homeless man. The attack stirred anti-migrant sentiment across Germany. Cases involving six other suspects are ongoing.
Berlin’s Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced one of the youths charged with setting fire to a homeless man to two weeks of juvenile detention and community service.
The 17-year-old Syrian refugee received a more lenient sentence because the court found that he was not directly involved in the incident. Rather, by his own admission, he did not act when he realized that the man had been set on fire. The teenager is expected to skip detention, however, as his pre-trial custody counted towards the final sentence.
The trial against the remaining six suspects, born in Syria and Libya and aged between 16 and 21, is scheduled to resume on Friday. They all stand accused of attempted murder. Only the 21-year-old, who reportedly admitted to starting the fire, is being tried as an adult. If found guilty, he would face up to at least three years in prison — the minimum sentence for attempted murder in Germany.
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Italian Migrant Arrivals Up 33% in 2017 — Frontex
Down 84% for EU was a whole in same period says border agency
(ANSA) — Rome, May 16 — Frontex said Tuesday that 37,200 migrants arrived in Italy through the Central Mediterranean route in the first four months of 2017, up 33% with respect to the same period last year. The number of detections of illegal border crossings fell 84% in the January-April period compared to the same period last year for the EU as a whole, dropping to 47,000, the EU border agency said.
The European Commission on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to member States not respecting their commitments on agreements for the relocation of a total of 160,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece. It called on “States that have not relocated anyone, or that have not pledged for Italy and Greece for almost a year, to start doing so immediately and within the next month”. It warned the EC could open infringement procedures if no action is taken within the next month. A statement said that Hungary, Poland and Austria have not relocated a single person, breaching their legal obligations and the commitments taken towards Greece and Italy. The Czech Republic has not been active in the scheme for almost a year, it said.
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Poland: Minister: Accepting Refugees “Worse” Than EU Penalties
Blaszczak: let us remember terrorist attacks
(ANSA) — TRIESTE — Accepting refugees would “certainly be worse” than the European Union imposing penalties, said Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak on Wednesday, according to Radio Poland. Blaszczak was questioned on Polish Radio about statements by the European Union that Poland and Hungary have until June to start accepting refugees or be sanctioned.
“Let us keep in mind what happened in Western Europe. Let us remember the terrorist attacks” which “are a fact in the larger states of the European Union, unfortunately,” Blaszczak said.
“Let’s remember that they started with relatively few Muslim communities, which are very numerous now” in Europe, he added.
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Parents, taxpayers and donors have little idea of the levels of lunacy, evil and lawlessness that have become features of many of today’s institutions of higher learning. Parents, taxpayers and donors who ignore or are too lazy to find out what goes on in the name of higher education are nearly as complicit as the professors and administrators who promote or sanction the lunacy, evil and lawlessness. As for the term “institutions of higher learning,” we might start asking: Higher than what? Let’s look at a tiny sample of academic lunacy.
During a campus debate, Purdue University professor David Sanders argued that a logical extension of pro-lifers’ belief that fetuses are human beings is that pictures of “a butt-naked body of a child” are child pornography. Clemson University’s chief diversity officer, Lee Gill, who’s paid $185,000 a year to promote inclusion, provided a lesson claiming that to expect certain people to be on time is racist…
Today’s academic climate might be described as a mixture of infantilism, kindergarten and totalitarianism. The radicals, draft dodgers and hippies of the 1960s who are now college administrators and professors are responsible for today’s academic climate. The infantilism should not be tolerated, but more important for the future of our nation are the totalitarianism and the hate-America lessons being taught at many of the nation’s colleges. For example, led by its student government leader, the University of California, Irvine’s student body voted for a motion, which the faculty approved, directing that the American flag not be on display because it makes some students uncomfortable and creates an unsafe, hostile environment. The flag is a symbol of hate speech, according to the student government leader. He said that the U.S. flag is just as offensive as Nazi and Islamic State flags and that the U.S. is the world’s most evil nation.
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https://venitism.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/cover-up-in-berlin-truck-attack/
https://venitism.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/jihadi-conferences/
https://venitism.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/brutal-erdogan-mafiosi-hit-many-innocent-americans-in-washington/
There is no plan to permanently encarcerate Muslims in concentration camps.
Once marine transport is arranged, the Muslims will be boarded and then be discharged into the shallows along the Arabian Peninsula.
And we all wish them the best of luck in their new lives in the “Land of the Two Holy Places.”
‘American Islam’s Most Extreme Conference’
by Samuel Westrop
“Politicians and journalists — by speaking at Islamist conferences, or treating the Muslim community as a homogenous bloc represented by self-appointed groups such as MAS or ICNA — actually serve to legitimize extremist Islamist leadership”
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10374/mas-icna-conference
A little news from my neck of the woods
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/05/minneapolis-muslims-littering-leads-to-discovery-of-their-weapons-arsenal-and-bomb-making-equipment