An explosion at an Austrian transit hub for natural gas killed one person and caused the facility to be shut down. The hub at Baumgarten, which supplies Russian gas for parts of southern Europe, lies close to the border with Slovakia. Italy declared a state of emergency as a result of the outage.
In other news, a Moroccan asylum seeker who escaped from a psychiatric facility in Germany committed more than fifty crimes, and is still at large.
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Italy: Supervision of Four Lenders ‘Insistent’ — BOI
No pressure on Popolare Vicenza says Barbagallo
(ANSA) — Rome, December 12 — The head of the Bank of Italy’s supervision Carmelo Barbagallo on Tuesday defended the central bank’s action in supervising four middle-sized regional lenders that went insolvent, calling it “insistent” during an audition with Parliament’s commission of inquiry the banking crisis.
“Irregularities were immediately brought to the attention of judicial authorities”, he said regarding on Banca Etruria, Banca Marche, Cariferrara and Carichieti.
He added that “the responses of the four banks were unsatisfactory”.
“Supervising authorities cannot replace the subjects under supervision to prevent situations from degenerating”.
Four good banks formed from the positive assets of the lenders were taken over by bigger banks.
Barbagallo also told the commission that the Bank of Italy neither “asked nor encouraged nor, least of all, favored” Banca Popolare di Vicenza to buy Banca Etruria.
At the time, the central bank’s “supervision did not have the elements to counter in advance such an initiative which, if it had turned into a formal request, would have been examined in-depth”.
Earlier this year Italy pledged up to 17 billion euros to clean up Banca Popolare di Vicenza and another lender in the region, Veneto Banca, in the country’s biggest rescue on record.
The measure included state support for Intesa Sanpaolo to buy the two lenders’ good assets for a token amount.
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It’s Official: Bitcoin Surpasses “Tulip Mania”, is Now the Biggest Bubble in World History
Wang writes that the Bitcoin prices have again more than doubled since the last update, and “its price has now gone up over 17 times this year, 64 times over the last three years and superseded that of the Dutch Tulip’s climb over the same time frame.”
That’s right: as of this moment it is official that bitcoin is now the biggest bubble in history, having surpassed the Tulip Mania of 1634-1637.
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Cause of Skirball Fire Was Illegal Cooking in Homeless Camp, Officials Say
An illegal cooking fire at a homeless encampment was determined to be the cause of the Skirball fire, which began last week, authorities said Tuesday.
The fire was sparked just before 5 a.m. Dec. 6 in a brush area adjacent to where Sepulveda Boulevard crosses under the 405 Freeway, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
The LAFD’s Arson-County-Terrorism Section investigated the fire and the results were released via email Tuesday afternoon.
“At the time of the LAFD’s arrival there were no individuals present at the area of origin,” LAFD spokesman Peter Sanders said in the release.
No arrests have been made in connection to the blaze.
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Elon Musk Dares the CEO of Boeing to Race SpaceX to Mars
Whether it’s DC Comics versus Marvel, Nike versus Reebok, or Apple versus Microsoft, there is nothing like some friendly competition to raise the stakes — and spark a bit of crazy innovation in the process. Now we have our latest standoff to add to the collection: SpaceX founder Elon Musk versus Boeing. What’s at stake? Being able to lay claim to getting the first human to Mars, apparently.
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Hypocrite Gillibrand Won’t Disavow Sexual Predator Bill Clinton
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is at war with Donald Trump over accusations of sexual assault yet failed to disavow Bill Clinton over his far more substantial acts of sexual predation and has taken at least six political donations in the past from Harvey Weinstein.
Gillibrand told CNN on Monday that Trump “should be fully investigated and he should resign” over accusations that he assaulted women, adding, “President Trump has committed assault, according to these women, and those are very credible allegations of misconduct and criminal activity.”
Trump hit back this morning with a tweet in which he said Gillibrand was “someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them).”
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NASA’s Juno Orbiter Explores Depths of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Data collected by Juno during its first pass over Jupiter’s mysterious, roiling storm called the Great Red Spot in July 2017 indicate that this famous feature has roots that penetrate about 200 miles (300 km) into the gas giant’s atmosphere.
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Port Authority Bombing Suspect’s Family Faces Backlash After Chastising Authorities
Family members of the failed New York City terror bomber were blasted on social media Tuesday after they accused police of heavy-handed tactics — a charge that came mere hours after their son attempted to massacre civilians in a crowded subway passageway.
“Let me get this correct, your son walks in a public place wearing a bomb and your outrage at the behavior of the police…too bad get over it!!!” the Sergeant’s Benevolent Association tweeted, representing just a small sample of the public outcry directed at the family of Akayed Ullah.
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Stories From an SHTF Christmas: An Interview With Selco
Have you ever thought about what an SHTF Christmas would be like after an end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it event? I’m not talking about a minor issue that just affects a few people, but a full-on disaster that changes everything.
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Trump’s Moon Directive Earns Praise From NASA, Others
President Donald Trumped signed a new space policy directive Monday (Dec. 11) ordering NASA to work toward sending humans to the moon and, eventually, Mars.
As he signed the new directive at the White House, surrounded by several astronauts and other dignitaries, the president said that the order would “restore American leadership in space.”
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“Eurosion”: Muslim Majority in Thirty Years?
by Giulio Meotti
Even if all current 28 EU members, plus Norway and Switzerland, closed their borders to migrants, the Islamic population will continue to exponentiate…. Today, it is an increase of six million in seven years. And tomorrow?
What will happen in major European cities, where the Muslim communities are currently based? Will London, Marseille, Stockholm, Brussels, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Birmingham all have Muslim majorities?
Under the “medium” and “high” projections in Pew’s scenarios, how can Europe preserve all its most precious gifts — freedom of expression, separation of church and state, freedom of conscience, rule of law and equality between men and women?
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Austria Gas Plant Burns After Deadly Explosion
A big blast has rocked a major natural gas hub in Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 18, police say.
A fire followed the blast which happened around 08:45 (07:45 GMT) at the Baumgarten site, just east of the capital Vienna, near the Slovak border.
On Twitter, Austrian police said the situation was under control and a technical fault had caused the blast.
The flow of Russian gas to Europe has dropped, triggering price hikes. Italy declared a state of emergency.
Baumgarten is a key hub for imported Russian gas, which is sent on to a number of European countries.
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Emmanuel Macron to Clash With Corsica After Rejecting Calls to Take Control
EMMANUEL Macron is on a collision course with Corsica after nationalists won regional elections based on a campaign rejecting French control.
But Paris refused to make major concessions to the French-controlled island.
The Corsican nationalists Pè a Corsica (For Corsica) were given a major boost to their cause on Sunday when they took a decisive victory in regional elections, winning two thirds of the seats in the new regional council that takes office on January 1, 2018.
The nationalist alliance was formed two years ago by independents Gilles Simeoni and Jean-Guy Talamoni.
The Corsican cause, while having some similarities to a number of nationalist causes that have swept through Europe recently, is slightly different with the nationalists while not advocating total independence.
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EU States and Israel Sign Gas Pipeline Deal
Cyprus, Greece, Italy, and Israel have signed up to a gas pipeline that would reduce EU dependency on Russia.
The EastMed pipeline is to ship up to 16 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year from the Levantine Basin near Israel and Cyprus to Greece and Italy from 2025.
That amounts to just 5 percent of EU annual consumption, but it would offset the 100 bcm a year that the EU buys from Russia.
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Flow of Gas From Russia to Italy Via Austria Interrupted
Problem follows explosion at distribution facility
(ANSA) — Milan, December 12 — The flow of gas from Russia to Italy has been interrupted after an explosion at a distribution hub in Austria on Tuesday. “The system has been turned off and it is out of order,” read a statement on the Gas Connect Austria website. “The transit through Austria towards south and south-east is compromised until further notice”. Italian gas infrastructure company SNAM said that gas supplies to end users will not be affected. It said that the security of the Italian system was “guaranteed by stocks made available by SNAM”.
It added that gas flows “could resume within the day if initial reports that there is no damage to the transport infrastructure are confirmed”. Industry Minister Carlo Calenda said that the government is set to declare a state of emergency.
“Today there was an accident at an gas-intersection point in Austria, due to which we have a serious supply problem, in particular on the Austrian section from Russia,” Calenda said.
“If we had the TAP, we would not have to declare a state of emergency today for this lack of supply,” he added, referring to the pipeline from Azerbaijan to Italy.
“It is necessary to diversity gas supplies”.
Calenda’s ministry said in a statement that does not mean the breakdown of gas flows would affect end users.
It said the gas that underground gas stocks can make up for the interruption of flows. Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said Tuesday that there was no alarm within the energy industry about the interruption, but he added that prices were going up. “If it finishes tomorrow, it is not a problem,” Descalzi said about the accident in Austria that interrupted the supplies.
“Even if it lasted weeks, it is a thing we can compensate for. There is no alarm among the (sector) operators. “The gas price is going up. It depends on how long the problem will last.
“It takes place within a scenario that leads to a general increase in prices”.
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France’s National Front Party Charged Over EU ‘Fake Jobs’
France’s far-right National Front (FN) has been charged with giving party members suspected fake jobs as assistants at the European Parliament, the party has confirmed.
Its treasurer said they were the “natural follow-on” from charges laid against leader Marine Le Pen in June.
About €5m (£4m) allegedly went to FN assistants who were not working for MEPs, but doing party work in France.
The FN denies the charges and says it will prove it did not embezzle cash.
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Geert Wilders: Pew Research Study on Muslim Migration Confirms it is “Time to Get Tough”
The bell is tolling for Europe. All the warning signs are turned on red. A demographic catastrophe is in the making. If Europe fails to make a stand, its Judeo-Christian civilization is about to be blown away.
Last week, the renowned Pew Research Center published updated figures about the growing Muslim population in the broader EU region (i.e. the 28 European Union member states plus Switzerland and Norway). The figures are truly dramatic. Unless there are radical changes to the present policies towards immigration, 30.6% of the population in Sweden will be Islamic by the middle of the century. Sweden is as good as finished.
But the situation elsewhere is hardly better. 19.7% in Germany, 18% in France, 17.2 % in Britain, and 15.2% in the Netherlands. This is what Pew expects to happen if the migration patterns continue at the 2014-2016 levels. Pew also calculated what will happen if the current refugee crisis comes to an end but regular immigration continues at present level.
Under this scenario, the number of Muslims by 2050 is still bound to rise to 20.5% in Sweden, 17.4% in France, 16.7% in the UK, 12.5% in the Netherlands, and 10.8% in Germany.
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German Intelligence Warns of Increased Chinese Cyberspying
The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned Sunday that China allegedly is using social networks to try to cultivate lawmakers and other officials as sources.
Hans-Georg Maassen said his agency, known by its German acronym BfV, believes more than 10,000 Germans have been targeted by Chinese intelligence agents posing as consultants, headhunters or researchers, primarily on the social networking site LinkedIn.
“This is a broad-based attempt to infiltrate in particular parliaments, ministries and government agencies,” Maassen said.
In addition, Chinese hackers increasingly are launching attacks on European companies through trusted suppliers, he alleged.
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Germany: Asylum Seeker Who Escaped Psychiatric Hospital Committed Over 50 Crimes in 14 Months
Authorities in Germany have released new information regarding a dangerous asylum seeker who fled a psychiatric hospital in October, saying he committed more than 50 crimes over a period of only 14 months and is still on the loose.
27-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker Hicham B. is said to have attempted to claim asylum in several different countries including Finland, France, and Denmark under false identities. When his lies were discovered he would simply move to another country and repeat the process, German public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk reports.
Eventually, after committing over 50 crimes including sexual assaults, violence, and even attacking police officers, and threatening other asylum seekers with a knife, Hicham B. was arrested and placed in a detention centre in Ingelheim.
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German police union head Rainer Wendt blasted German politicians in the wake of anti-Semitic protests over the weekend, saying that despite their condemnations of their migrant policies have made the problem of anti-Semitism worse.
The German police chief scorned politicians who condemned the anti-Semitic protests that occurred in Berlin over the weekend and said their words were not enough, Die Welt reports.
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Grooming Gangs of Muslim Men Failed to Integrate Into British Society
The failure of certain parts of the Asian community to integrate into British society has led to gangs of British Pakistani Muslim men targeting white women with drink and drugs before raping and sexually abusing them, an anti-extremism think tank claims.
The report by Quilliam calls for greater support to help integrate British Pakistani people into modern British society.
It says that the gangs of mainly British-Pakistani men “have been influenced by the cultural conditions of their home country and a wider failure of British society to integrate these men into their adoptive culture”.
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A former Islamic State militant captured after the fall of Raqqa says that jihadist fighters have left Syria intending to travel to Europe to launch attacks.
Saddam al-Hamadi, 26, was arrested by Turkish security forces last month after exploiting an evacuation deal designed to free civilians.
He was detained as he reached the Turkey-Syria border.
But the ex-ISIS fighter has warned that extremists planned to use the chaos of the fall of Raqqa to travel to Europe.
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Italy: Woman Abducted, Raped for 24 Hours, Attackers Arrested
Victim managed to sound alarm via Whatsapp
(ANSA) — Asti, December 12 — A woman was rescued by police in the northern city of Asti after being abducted for 24 hours, tied down, beaten and repeatedly raped by two Tunisian nationals, sources said on Monday. The 30-year-old’s father reported that she was missing on Friday.
She managed to sound the alarm via a Whatsapp message to a friend and that enabled the police to track her down and arrest her attackers.
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New PM: Poland Needs to Protect Its National Interests
Poland “fits the European puzzle” and should be allowed to protect its national interests and character even while being a member of the European Union, the country’s new prime minister said Tuesday.
Mateusz Morawiecki outlined his policies both foreign and domestic in a speech to parliament a day after he was sworn in and tasked with boosting the economy and Poland’s image abroad.
A 49-year-old former international banker, Morawiecki succeeds Beata Szydlo at the helm of the same ruling Law and Justice party team.
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Pakistani Islamism — Flowing Into the United Kingdom
Will the UK become another Pakistan? The definitive answer is yes. The only question is when. In November of 2017, Islamists from the Sufi school of Islam laid siege to Islamabad for three weeks on the issue of Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (“finality of the prophethood of Muhammad”), a belief that is part of Islamic shari’a’s blasphemy laws. The ideas articulated by Islamists in Pakistan are being preached in British towns and Europe — publicly and in mass rallies, as discussed below.
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Swedish PM: ‘Sweden Has an Anti-Semitism Problem’
Swedish society has an anti-Semitism problem, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven told press in Paris, where he is participating in a climate meet to mark the anniversary of the 2015 Paris agreement.
“We need to see it clearly. In Malmö we see it, and in Gothenburg. It is up to us to both counteract and prevent this,” he said, referring to a weekend which saw anti-Semitic slogans chanted at a demonstration in Malmö and a Molotov cocktail attack on a Gothenburg synagogue.
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Veil-Wearing Muslims Leave Austria as the Niqab Ban Kicks in
Austria’s new ban on facial coverings in public has prompted veil-wearing Muslims and their families to leave the country, reports a new documentary.
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Turkish Ultranationalist Group Recites Call to Prayer, Prays Inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia
A group of people from the Alperen Hearths, an ultranationalist youth organization linked to the right-wing nationalist Great Union Party (BBP), on Dec. 11 recited the ezan (Muslim call to prayer) and performed prayers inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum, Dogan News Agency has reported.
The incident happened as one person among the group first began to recite the ezan while tourists were visiting the museum.
Security personnel inside the museum immediately intervened while other members of the group began to perform prayers.
The group performed the afternoon prayers inside and their act was filmed by bystanders.
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India Tamil Nadu: Six Face Death Penalty for Dalit Murder
Six people have been sentenced to death for the murder of a man from India’s Dalit community in an “honour killing” in Tamil Nadu last year.
Sankar, 22, was hacked to death on a crowded road in broad daylight. People watched in horror as the attackers then fled on a motorcycle.
He was murdered for marrying a woman from a higher Hindu caste, police say. She was also injured in the assault.
Dalits, formerly called untouchables, are at the bottom of the caste system.
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Outbreak Alert: Indonesia to Mass Vaccinate in Order to Contain Diphtheria
Indonesia is seeing an outbreak of diphtheria which is scaring civilians and government officials alike. The disease continues to spread as officials desperately work to contain the bacteria before it becomes a pandemic.
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Inside China’s ‘Virtue Schools’ For Women
Centres training women to be “virtuous” have sprung up across China in recent years, telling women that career and femininity do not mix and forcing them to do menial work. But what are these institutes really about?
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Australian Senator Quits Over China Links
An Australian senator quit parliament Tuesday over his links with China in a scandal that coincided with Canberra proposing new foreign interference laws…
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Four men have been jailed after they were caught operating a highly organised and successful Sydney business described as ‘the drug version of Uber Eats’.
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Sam Dastyari: Australian Senator to Quit After China Scrutiny
An Australian senator has pledged to resign following politically damaging revelations about his dealings with a Chinese businessman.
Sam Dastyari has been at the centre of several claims in recent days — a year after he first became embroiled in a donation scandal.
The resignation comes amid mounting concern about China’s influence over Australian politics.
Last week, China denied it was seeking to interfere in Australian affairs.
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Australian Muslims have been told by imam leaders there is no legal or religious reason why they should refuse to stand before a judge or for women to show their faces in court.
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Amnesty International: European Governments Are ‘Complicit’ In Abuse of Migrants in Libya
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused European governments of “complicity” in the detention under horrific conditions of migrants in Libya, especially through their assistance to the Libyan coastguard implicated in people trafficking.
Human-trafficking networks have flourished in the chaos that followed a NATO-backed uprising which toppled long-time Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.
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A man has been jailed for three years and eight months after being found guilty of repeatedly raping two sex workers at knifepoint alongside a friend and his brother in Canberra.
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Claim: Newly Arrived Migrants Arrested for Swedish Synagogue Attack
Three men have been arrested for the attempted firebombing of a Swedish synagogue in Gothenburg, and according to a far-left group all three are recent asylum seekers from Syria and Palestine.
The men, aged 18, 20, and 21, were arrested by police following the attack, which saw a group of around 20 masked individuals attack a Gothenburg synagogue with firebombs in an effort to burn the building down. The three men arrested in connection with the attack are said to be asylum seekers who came to Sweden this year from the Middle East, according to George Soros-funded far-left group Expo.
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Germany: Pakistani Migrant Arrested for Trying to Blow Up a Church in Mannheim
A 24-year-old Pakistani migrant has been arrested for trying to destroy a church tower by causing a ‘gas explosion’.
On the morning of Tuesday December the 5th, the suspect was arrested during a police raid on his house. According to German media the man has been living for several years in the country and didn’t migrate recently. They did not communicate if he was a “refugee” or not.
The St. Hildegard church was set on fire on the evening of 17 October this year. Gas and an explosive were used to try and blow up the tower of the church. Fortunately, there was no big explosion and the resulting fire could be put out by the quickly responding fire brigade. According to witnesses there were two men seen near the church.
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‘Great Wall of Calais’ Costs UK £2.3m and Fitted With Unlocked Doors
A HUGE wall meant to stop migrants hiding in UK-bound lorries at Calais has been fitted with unlocked doors.
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Lesvos Allows Prefabricated Refugee Homes to be Delivered
Authorities on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday morning lifted a blockade against the delivery of 50 shipping container homes that are bound for the migrant reception and processing center of Moria.
Galinos and the mayors of the other eastern Aegean islands that are bearing the brunt of refugee and migrant arrivals from Turkey have warned of backlash from local residents and camp communities unless Athens agrees to transfer thousands of migrants and refugees from their overflowing facilities to the mainland.
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‘Let us Into Britain’, Say Refugees Freezing After Snowfall in Calais
The snow that fell on much of Britain and northern France on Saturday night made conditions worse for refugees trapped at Britain’s border in Calais. Hundreds of refugees are forced to sleep rough.
Sahil, who’s from Afghanistan, has been in Calais for four months. “I can’t even have a tent, because whenever one of us gets a tent the police tear it down and beat us,” he told Socialist Worker.
“All I have is a piece of plastic sheeting that I had to keep poking with my umbrella to stop the snow building up.”
Cops carry out nightly raids on refugees’ tents. A number that had been spared caved in under the weight of the snow.
Several refugees spent the night in portable toilets desperate for shelter.
One Eritrean refugee told Socialist Worker, “I couldn’t sleep at all for shivering.”
Alex had changed his name after fleeing the murders of his family in Pakistan. With this winter, this cold, people are going to die here,” he said. “There isn’t much hope.”
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Sweden: Selling of Fake Asylum Stories Revealed
Fake asylum stories are sold by individuals and websites to people who want a permanent residency permit in Sweden, reveals Swedish Radio News.
An investigation has revealed websites that earn money by selling fake asylum stories and tailor-made packages for those who want to come to Sweden.
They offer anything from help to create a fake online history of being a regime critic, to coaching you in how to do well in an interview where you present this fake story.
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Syria, Security, Migration, And Eurabia: An Interview With Daniel Pipes
What are the long-term risks of the unprecedented migration now underway to Europe?
The replacement of European civilization with Islamic civilization.
Do you believe in the “Eurabia” theory, as do right-wing politicians in Italy?
When Bat Ye’or first proposed this theory in 2002, I was skeptical, not believing in a purposeful conspiracy to replace Western civilization with Islam. Fifteen years later, and especially after witnessing the astonishing actions of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, I find it convincing. I can see no other way to explain the spectacular unwillingness to recognize the damage caused by unfettered immigration and blind multiculturalism.
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Former Facebook Exec Won’t Let Own Kids Use Social Media, Says it’s ‘Destroying How Society Works’
Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and the CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, said in a November interview that social media is damaging society and voiced concerns about its impact on his own children.
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Interstellar Asteroid Checked for Alien Technology
A project searching for intelligent life in the cosmos is going to check the first known interstellar asteroid for signs of alien technology.
The odd-shaped object was detected as it sped towards the Sun on 19 October.
Its properties suggested it originated around another star, making it the first such body to be spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood.
An initiative backed by billionaire Yuri Milner will use a radio telescope to listen for signals from it.
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Is the World’s First Nuclear Fusion Plant Finally on Track?
The world’s first nuclear fusion plant has now reached 50 percent completion, the project’s director-general announced Wednesday (Dec. 6).
When it is operational, the experimental fusion plant, called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), will circulate plasma in its core that is 10 times hotter than the sun, surrounded by magnets as cold as interstellar space.
Its goal? To fuse hydrogen atoms and generate 10 times more power than goes into it by the 2030s.
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ARCHAEOLOGY’s editors reveal the year’s most compelling finds.
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Daily reminder that the swamp is insane, hates America, hates Americans, and wants us all dead:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-13/anti-trump-texts-between-fired-fbi-agents-having-extramarital-affair-leak-and-theyre
Traitors committing high treason everywhere:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-13/we-cant-take-risk-fbi-texts-reveal-insurance-policy-prevent-trump-presidency