Jan Hamácek, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, will represent the Czech Republic in a meeting with President Donald Trump in Warsaw next week. Mr. Trump is stopping off in Poland to visit with leaders of Central and Eastern European countries before attending the G20 summit in Hamburg.
In other news, Ann Marie Waters has launched her campaign to become leader of UKIP. Ms. Waters will push for a written British constitution to guarantee the ancient liberties that were honored until recently by the unwritten English Constitution.
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Car in East Harlem Hits Pedestrians on Sidewalk; Injuries Reported
EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) — Numerous pedestrians were struck Saturday afternoon in East Harlem.
The incident happened around noon at 125th Street, between Park and Lexington avenues.
Emergency officials responded to an accident in front of 79 E. 125th Street.
At least four people had been struck by a vehicle and were being evaluated at the scene. No one had been taken to the hospital.
A man working at UpTown Wine & Liquor nearby said he saw a van strike the back of a city bus. The van then careened onto the sidewalk and hit pedestrians before it struck a hydrant, the man said. He saw at least three victims on the ground.
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Drink Up? Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Louisiana Water System
A potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been discovered by health officials in the water system of a Louisiana parish.
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The Associated Press is at it again, pushing more fake news. Sadly, the once-great news wire service is trying to cover up its mistake—nearly the exact mistake that cost three editorial staffers at CNN their jobs in a scandal that first exploded a week ago today.
A Breitbart News investigation has led to the correction by the Associated Press—which originally resisted—of the fake news it printed as deeper questions of responsibility, accountability, and journalistic ethics consume the AP heading into Fourth of July weekend.
This time, the Associated Press invented an imaginary meeting between EPA administrator Scott Pruitt and Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris, and then alleged that some kind of impropriety happened as a result.
This is exactly the same mistake CNN made a week ago, when it alleged that Anthony Scaramucci—the founder of SkyBridge Capital and an associate and ally of President Donald Trump—held “meetings” with Russian investment fund leaders and was under investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee and Treasury Department as a result…
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Shooting Reported in Nightclub in Arkansas, At Least 17 Injured
At least 17 people were injured in a mass shoting in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, US.
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Ann Marie Waters Launches UKIP Leadership Bid With Hardline Manifesto
Political activist Ann Marie Waters has launched a bid to become the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Giving a speech to a small group of supporters and publishing her manifesto, Ms. Waters put the promise to create a written British constitution at the heart of her campaign.
“This constitution will affirm free speech, equal citizenship and civil rights for all, the authority of British law on British soil, and our democratic process, while putting in place common sense safety guards so that democracy cannot be used in order to destroy itself”, her manifesto explains.
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I have received the following email from Dr. Shiou-Yun Fang
The date for Chris’ funeral and memorial and thanksgiving service has just been set. They will take place on the 26th of June (Monday). The funeral will start at 2:30pm, for family and friends. Then is the memorial and thanksgiving service for the public which is going to be held in St Peter’s Church, Lutton Place, Edinburgh at 3:30pm. This is the church Chris and I went every Christmas Eve. It has warmly-decorated interiors and the two vicars there are well known to us. After the service, there will be a reception in the sitting room of our Brand’s mansion. I started joining his life in 2000. From close friends, I have heard lots of amusing stories about many parties that he had thrown there before. I believe that Chris will like the reception being held here.
IN MEMORIAM: CHRIS BRAND
The last 12 hours have been very tearful for me. After a long battle, Chris Brand has just passed away. Chris and I were born on opposite parts of the world but we could well have been twins. We were the same age, we both had a classical education (though Chris acquired his in circumstances much more distinguished than mine) and both of us were very self-confident and independent and thought very similarly. To defy all the nonsense that is taught in our society we had to be very self-confident and independent. Both Chris and I waged an unrelenting war on political correctness. …
Something that upsets me about Chris’s death is that I could have prevented it if I had known earlier what I know now. He died in an NHS (government) hospital of hospital-borne infections. He got one after another, progressively weakening him until he had nothing left to fight with. NHS hospitals are riddled with hospital borne infections and Scottish NHS hospitals are said to be worse even than English ones. Private British hospitals are however usually free of such infections. With the benefit of hindsight I would have asked Paul to put Chris in a private hospital very early on. I could have funded it and he would be with us today.
Curse and goddam the NHS! …
— JR
[Download: The g Factor: General Intelligence and its Implications by Christopher Brand
www.douance.com/qi/brandtgf.html
In the Spring of 1996, a new book about intelligence and education, THE g FACTOR, created shock waves in Britain by tracing educational failure largely to genetic deficiency in mental speed. The book, by an Edinburgh University academic, appeared after years in which educationalists and the media had played down to vanishing point the importance of inheritance in yielding individual and group differences in attainment. Britain’s politically correct academics were aghast to find fast track learning and streaming urged by a psychologist (as it had been by British Labour leader Tony Blair in a major speech in February, 1996). Under pressure from self-styled ‘anti-racists’, the New York-based academic publishing house, Wiley, unilaterally broke its contract with author Chris Brand by de-publishing the book for ‘racism.’]
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‘No-Go Zone’ New App Launched to Report Crimes in France as Terror Threat Remains Critical
PARISIANS worried about their safety in the French capital can now download an app that allows them to report, locate and avoid “hazardous locations”, as the country’s terror level remains at its highest.
The ‘No-Go Zone’ app allows users to share instances of “aggression, theft, harassment or incivility” at any location in the city, and mark them on a public map.
Other app users will then be able to view the entries and incidents, keeping them informed of what is going on around them.
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Speaker of Lower House to Represent Czech Republic at Warsaw Talks With President Trump
The Speaker of the lower house of Parliament Jan Hamácek will represent the Czech Republic at next week’s meeting in Warsaw between US President Donald Trump and counties of Central and Eastern Europe, Czech Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Michaela Lagronová announced on Saturday. The aim of Trump’s visit is to promote U.S. natural gas exports in a region heavily reliant on Russian crude oil supplies. The Trump administration sees growth in LNG exports as a way to reduce trade deficits with other nations and expand the economy.
[Comment: This aspect of Trump’s foreign policy is excellent. The US and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe should pursue deeper co-operation]
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Magnitude 5.1 Quake Hits Japan’s Hokkaido Island
The Japan Meteorological agency reported that a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s northernmost Hokkaido island.
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Ahmed Elomar, 34, the brother of an Islamic State terrorist photographed holding severed heads, allegedly threatened to kill spectators at a children’s soccer game in Sydney’s Kooringa Reserve.
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Venezuela Officials Confirm 4 Killed in Protests
At least four people were killed during anti-government protests in the northwest city of Barquisimeto, Venezuelan officials said Saturday.
Officials confirmed the deaths occurred in clashes in Barquisimeto late Friday but offered no details.
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African Cardinal in Vatican Urges Europe to ‘Turn Off Faucet of Immigration’
Cardinal Peter Turkson, the highest ranking African prelate in the Vatican, said it is high time to “close the tap” of African immigration into Europe, which has reached new records in recent days.
Asked about recent rumblings that Italian authorities are finally ready to close down ports and begin turning away ships filled with migrants, Turkson told reporters the time has come to “turn off the faucet” of African migration to Europe and instead focus on migrants’ countries of origin.
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A MARRIED charity boss who had a secret fling with a migrant toyboy lover while working at the Calais Jungle has stepped back from her role due to ill-health after the refugee reportedly tried to burn down her organisation’s HQ.
Clare Moseley fell for Tunisian Mohamed Bajjar, 27, after meeting him at the migrant camp in her role as founder of Care4Calais.
But now reports have emerged that earlier this month Bajjar broke into the Care4Calais warehouse in northern France and poured petrol around the building in an apparent act of revenge after their relationship ended.
The Daily Mail reports he texted a friend with the message: ‘I will just end up killing her and taking her life, easy.”
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How British Charity Boss Who Fell for a Bogus Calais Refugee is in Fear of Her Life
Married volunteer travelled to the Jungle to help migrants… but ended up having a fling with a ‘Syrian’ who later tried to burn down her HQ
From the moment it was launched in 2015, on a wave of heart-warming largesse, the British charity Care4Calais became a magnet for those determined to ease the plight of refugees stranded in northern France.
Volunteers pitching up at the charity’s usually bustling warehouse near Sangatte in Calais this week, however, would have found the rented building — still stuffed to the rafters with bags of donations from kind-hearted Brits — virtually abandoned.
A sign is taped to the door, declaring operations ‘on the ground’ have been suspended. The reason for halting their urgent humanitarian work? According to a statement on the charity’s website, it’s down to an ‘immediate security issue linked to a former volunteer’.
But, as the Mail can reveal, the true story behind the temporary closure of this controversial charity is far more disturbing than that statement implies. The volunteer referred to is Mohamed Bajjar, a 28-year-old Tunisian who, we revealed earlier this year, had a year-long affair with Care4Calais’s 46-year-old married founder, Clare Moseley — the same boss who implemented a strict ‘no sex with refugees’ policy among staff.
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Italy Mulls Shutdown on Migrant Boats
Italian officials are considering a moratorium on migrant boat arrivals after nearly 12,000 have arrived in just the last four days, The Washington Post reported Friday.
Italy is a popular arrival point for migrants from war-torn nations throughout North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Iraq, and Syria. Migrants typically arrive on overcrowded boats which frequently require rescue and assistance from Italian officials. Italy is a member of the European Union and is one of the main points of entry for migrants seeking asylum.
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Near 100,000 Migrants Cross Mediterranean to Europe in First Six Months of 2017
Despite efforts by individual nations and the European Union to get to grips with the migrant crisis, nearly 100,000 people crossed the Mediterranean in the first half of 2017.
While the significant figure is down on the same period in 2016 and shows the migrant deal with Turkey has been partially successful, the latest figures reported by the UN Migration Agency (IOM) show the problem is slowly shifting West.
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Riot Police Break Up Fights Between Migrants in France
RIOT police in Calais have stepped in to break up clashes between around 100 African migrants who were armed with sticks and stones.
Police official, Etienne Desplanques, said the fighting, which pitted Eritreans against Ethiopians, left 16 migrants injured
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Romania: Police Detain 21 Iraqi Migrants Near Hungary Border
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian border police have detained 21 Iraqi migrants hiding in a corn field near the Hungarian border who say they were trying to reach the visa-free Schengen travel zone.
Police say officers discovered the group walking through the field near the village of Pilu in western Romania on Friday evening, stopped them and took them for questioning.
The group was made up of 12 men, three women and six children, the youngest 2 years old. The statement says some of the people detained had already requested asylum in Romania.
Police say the migrants reported that they were trying to reach the Schengen zone. Hungary is a member, while Romania isn’t.
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The Sublimation of Western Masculinity by How the West Invited Its Own Rape
by Baruch Pletner, PhD
In the 1970’s, the Sinai Peninsula, now part of Egypt was under Israeli control and it was a popular destination for nature-loving Israelis, my family among them. Of course now that the Sinai is under Egyptian “control”, it is infested with terror groups, bandits, smugglers, and the like, but back then, with the Israeli Defense Force in charge it was the safest place on earth. And certainly one of the most beautiful. Israel built a coastal road from Eilat to Sharem A-Sheikh at the southern end of the peninsula, but refrained from further development, knowing that this wild land will eventually fall victim to a future peace treaty.
As a result, one could easily drive down the coast and camp out on pristine sandy beaches experiencing some of the world’s most beautiful coral reefs only a few feet offshore. There was really no “authority” and as long as one did not engage in violence or make a ruckus, everything was possible. Including spending all your time in the nude, something that many young Europeans, especially Scandinavians, took full advantage of. For a teenage boy nude Swedish girls provided pretty stiff competition for the other natural wonders of the Sinai beaches. But something else was going on.
An interesting and unexpected phenomenon was taking place. Quite a few young European women became involved with older Bedouin men, married them, and stayed on as second or third wives. In essence, young Scandinavian women raised on women’s lib and feminism, were voluntarily entering into one of the most patriarchal societies on earth, one that has not changed in millennia and one in which women occupied the very lowest rung on the pecking order. Going from butt-naked to never showing more than their eyes, from doing whatever they wanted to, to doing only as they were told, they willingly put themselves in a position of servitude not only to the husband, often twenty and more years their senior, but also to the more senior wives. Needless to say, no birth control was allowed, so pregnancies soon followed. To cap it off, these women more often than not brought whatever savings they had in Europe or could smooch off their parents to their new husbands as dowries.
What could have brought on such a strange phenomenon? The answer is found in the very nature of the feminist movement; specifically in its abnegation of human nature itself. The feminist movement from its very beginning and progressively more so through the decades sought to elevate the status of women in society by making them more masculine. Contemporaneously, it sought to equalize the status of men and women by lowering the status of males, specifically targeting their traditional roles as providers and defenders.
The two primary tools for accomplishing this result were the promotion of both male and female homosexuality and the use of the public education system. Promotion of homosexuality was facilitated by the fact that Hollywood, like all entertainment industries throughout history was always accepting of homosexuality and in fact homosexuals were over-represented in it. Since Hollywood is the primary opinion-shaping tool across the West, it became an extremely effective tool for homosexual propaganda. Public education systems in most countries and certainly in the West are staffed mostly by women, both in teaching and in administrative roles. As such, they provided the perfect venues for de-masculinization of boys from a very early age on. Finally, Pax Americana in the post-war world resulted in most western countries abolishing the draft. Where in the past all boys were expected to undergo at least basic military training, now this most masculine of all behaviors was denied to the vast majority of them…
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Dr. Pletner is wise.
Yup.. That’s the way it went.
http://www.shariawatch.org.uk is shown in the left hand sidebar on this blog. Its director is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Marie_Waters
You ought to get your spelling right. I hope I will one day get to buy her book, when it is published:https://soopllc.com/blog/book-ideas/beyond-terror-anne-marie-waters/
** Italian officials are considering a moratorium on migrant boat arrivals after nearly 12,000 have arrived in just the last four days **
Italian officials should seek inspiration from Chancellor Merkel and her magic saying, “Wir schaffen das.” Say it once a day and 3,000 arriving parasites and primitives each day will seem like nothing at all. This is what you have all worked so hard for. Now is the time to reap the benefits.
Anne Marie Waters is an excellent speaker, deeply concerned about equality and true liberal rights. She is not in the least ‘far right’ as the media try to portray her. The best semi MSM article I can find on her is in this LGBT site, and interesting because it’s time that community woke up:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/06/14/lesbian-ally-of-the-edls-tommy-robinson-standing-to-be-ukip-leader/
They also mentioned a ’38 y o lesbian’ as one of the leaders of AfD, meaning Alice Weidel. She is an amazing speaker, sharp and funny, and one of the best and most strategic choices that party could have made.
Consider also that Geert Wilders is, partly, trying to defend gay rights from the onslaught of sharia. His political ally, Theo van Gogh, was murdered partly for being gay!
Why, oh why, are so many people, calling themselves ‘liberals’, completely blind to what islam wants for the LGBT community and for women???