The Sweden Democrats, who oppose mass immigration and the Islamization of Sweden, are now the most popular party among Swedes between the ages of 18 and 34. Among young people, SD polls at 19%, just ahead of the Moderates at 18%.
In other news, an Italian journalist was fired for saying that “newspapers care nothing for the truth”.
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Jobs Report for March Beats Forecasters, Again
Private-sector employment jumped by 241,000 jobs in March, beating February’s numbers and forecasters once again. This is the fifth straight month that the U.S. economy has added 200,000 jobs or more, and is far ahead of the paltry jobs growth recorded last September — just 80,000 new jobs that month. Forecasters were expecting just 200,000 new jobs as they anticipated that demand by employers would exceed available supply.
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YouTube HQ Shooting: Mental Illness is the Problem
In the wake of the YouTube shooting, the left is again focused on gun control. But the real problems and solutions are much more complex and costly. I’ll explain what they are, and how to get there.
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YouTube Shooter Identified as Nasim Aghdam
As it turns out, Tuesday’s shooting at YouTube headquarters (which has so far resulted in zero deaths other than that of the shooter, who committed suicide) had nothing to do with domestic violence and everything to do with blowback to YouTube’s demonetization efforts — as many initially feared.
The shooter was identified as Nasim Aghdam who slammed YouTube for purportedly censoring her after she claimed that they demonetized her channels, including an exercise one devoted to exercise videos and another devoted to veganism. Aghdam channeled her anger toward YouTube into a paranoid manifesto published online. She wrote in her purported manifesto: “Be aware! Dictatorship exists in all countries but with different tactics! They only care for personal and short-term profits and do anything to reach their goals even by fooling simple-minded people, hiding the truth, manipulating science and everything, putting public mental and physical health at risk, abusing non-human animals, polluting the environment, destroying family values, promoting materialism and sexual degeneration in the name of freedom and turning people into programmed robots!”
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Associated Press Pushes Soros Propaganda as News, Days Before Hungarian Election
Days ahead of the Hungary’s national election, the Associated Press (AP) has published an article slamming Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as “far-right”, citing “experts” from foundations funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros.
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Austria Proposes Headscarf Ban for Girls Under 10
Austria’s new coalition government has proposed a ban on headscarves for girls aged under 10 in schools.
The “child protection law” will be drawn up by the summer according to the education minister, and will be a “symbolic act” in protecting Austrian culture from some Islamic influences.
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Despite Whipped-up Hysteria ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ Went Largely Without Incident
UK: Despite a number of Muslim activists, politicians, and others attempting to whip up hysteria over a letter calling on people to attack Muslims, few, if any, actual attacks were reported.
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Dutch Anti-Cowbell Campaigner Finally Handed Swiss Citizenship
A Dutch woman who twice had her Swiss citizenship application refused by her local village council because she complained about cow bells and other animal rights issues has finally received confirmation that she is now officially Swiss
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EU’s Worst Nightmare: Italy’s Government to be Formed Soon as 5 Star Leader Moves in
EUROPE’S worst nightmare to see a populist government ruling Italy could be on its way to become real as Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio is set to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella to discuss with which allies he is ready to work with.
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France to Extend Internal EU Border Checks Over Security Fears
France said Wednesday it has decided to extend border checks with countries in Europe’s Schengen passport-free zone until the end of October because of the persistent threat of terrorism.
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HSBC ‘Whistleblower’ Falciani Arrested in Spain on Swiss Warrant
Spanish police on Wednesday detained Herve Falciani, a former computer analyst at the Swiss branch of HSBC who leaked documents alleging the bank helped clients evade millions of dollars in taxes, a police source said.
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Hungarian TV Host: “Western Civilization is Digging Its Own Grave”
In his opening monologue, popular Hungarian TV show host, Zsolt Bayer, reviews the state of Western Europe and asks, how long will Western societies tolerate the way they have to live as a result of mass migration?
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Hungary: George Soros Interferes in Election Campaign Through NGOs, Media
Hungary’s government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs has warned that open-borders financier George Soros is interfering in the country’s upcoming election through pressure groups and media outlets.
Speaking on Kossuth Radio on Sunday, Dr. Kovacs referenced a recording obtained by The Jerusalem Post which revealed the head of the Soros-funded Civil Liberties Union for Europe admitting to lobbying Germany against Hungary.
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Italian Journalist Fired for Saying ‘Newspapers Care Nothing for the Truth’
One of Italy’s largest mainstream newspapers has sacked a veteran journalist for daring to write that most of what is found in the papers today is fake news, because they “care nothing for the truth.”
In the most forceful paragraph of the essay in La Repubblica that cost him his job of 18 years, Piergiorgio Odifreddi wrote on Monday that “the majority of the news that goes to print or that is read online is obviously fake news: not only stories on religion and politics, which are sectors governed by Nietzsche’s saying ‘there are no facts, just interpretations,’ but also articles on science, where practically the only stories that attract attention are hoaxes.”
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Majority of Swedes Distrust Facebook, 1 in 3 Consider Deleting Accounts
A poll has revealed that the majority of Swedes now distrust social media giant Facebook with their personal data and that around one-third are considering deleting their accounts altogether.
A new survey by polling firm Novus shows that 54 per cent of Swedes now have low confidence or very low confidence in Facebook and its use of their personal data.
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Number of Salafists in Germany Has Doubled in Past Five Years
The number of individuals in Germany recognized as adherents of Salafism has reached a new all-time high, the interior ministry said. The growth is particularly fast in Germany’s smallest states.
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Rome in the Crosshairs of ISIS: Italy’s Terror Threat Has Never Been So High
In a large scale anti-terror operation several jihadists were arrested throughout Italy.Although the police successfully intervened, Italy’s terror threat has never been so high, says the country’s interior minister in an interview with an Italian news broadcaster.
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Why Talking About France’s ‘Strike Culture’ Is Such Sensitive Topic
French rail workers kicked off 36 days of rolling strikes this week but a MP caused uproar by suggesting France needed to ditch its “strike culture”. But why is it so sensitive in a country with a culture of striking?
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Antarctic Temperature Data Challenges Warming Claims
Antarctica, considered by many climate alarmists to be a harbinger of future climate conditions for the rest of the globe, apparently is not warming as fast as the doomsayers thought. In fact, it may not be warming at all, with data suggesting that the continent was much warmer than it is now a century ago.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency’s research outpost, Showa Station in Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land, reports a slight cooling trend, even as atmospheric CO2 levels rose sharply from 1985 until 2017, according to Japanese climate blogger Kirye. But lest you think this is some sort of Japanese climate denial scheme, there are other examples.
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Chilling crime statistics show that the Northern Territory leads the country in offender rates for nearly every type of crime.
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Following outrage from the parents and families of students, the New South Wales Department of Education has apologised on behalf of the high school near Campbelltown in Sydney’s south-west.
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Study: Getting Off Facebook for Just 5 Days Reduces Stress Levels
A new study has found that taking a break from Facebook for just five days reduces the level of the stress hormone cortisol.
Researchers in Australia asked 138 participants to give up Facebook for five days or continue to use Facebook as normal. General well-being and salivary cortisol were measured before and after the test period.
“Relative to those in the Facebook Normal condition, those in the No Facebook condition experienced lower levels of cortisol” after avoiding Facebook, according to the study.
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Venezuela’s Inflation Rate at 7849% Based on More Reliable AirTM’s Black-Market Exchange-Rate Data
Authored by Steve H. Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University. Follow him on Twitter @Steve_Hanke.
The accuracy of inflation estimates using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) depends on the accuracy of exchange rate data. Until further notice, I will use AirTM’s black-market exchange rate to calculate inflation for Venezuela. The charts below are based on AirTM’s data.
The major reason I have switched black-market, exchange-rate data sourcing is that AirTM is making a market for bolivar-US dollar exchanges. Therefore, it is a source of primary data. And, primary data are superior to secondary data sources.
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“We’re in Limbo”: Migrant Caravan Stalls Out in Mexico, Organizers Admit Defeat
A giant caravan of Central American migrants illegally crossing through Mexico, in the hopes of illegally crossing into the U.S., has ground to a halt as over a thousand migrants begin their fourth day camped out at a Mexican sports arena.
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Anti-Mass Migration Sweden Democrats Polling First Among Young Voters
The populist anti-mass migration Sweden Democrats (SD) are now the number one party for Swedes aged 18 to 34, according to a newly released poll following a populist voting trend among young people across Europe.
The poll by YouGov has shown that the Sweden Democrats is now the most popular party with Swedes aged 18 to 34 at 19 per cent, just ahead of the Moderate Party at 18 per cent.
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France Forced to Apologise to Italy Over Migrant Drug Test Controversy
FRANCE issued a grovelling apology to Italy on Wednesday after an embarrassing incident in which French border patrol agents used a train station in the Italian border town of Bardonecchia to conduct a drug test on a migrant.
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Illegal Immigration in Spain is Widespread But Underreported
There are three main ports of entry into Europe for the wave of migration from the Middle East and Africa we’ve seen in the past few years: Via Turkey to Greece, Via Libya to Italy and via Morocco to Spain.
“Immigration mafias” are responsible for 92%, 90% and 75%, respectively for this human trafficking — according to Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
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One Bad Decision Would be Enough, And Budapest Would Become Unrecognisable
In Budapest on Wednesday, at the inauguration of Ludovika University Campus of the National University of Public Service (NUPS), Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that today the Hungarian capital is one of the world’s safest cities, but “one bad decision, one misguided choice would be enough to render Budapest unrecognisable”.
The Prime Minister said that “It is good to live here [in Budapest], to raise children here, and to know that our families are safe. This is no longer the case in the cities of immigrant countries. On 8 April [in the parliamentary election] the people of Budapest will decide on this.”
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People Smuggling From Africa Increasing, Terror Threat High, Says EU Borders Boss
The European Union’s (EU) attempt at tackling people smuggling is failing and the terror threat remains high, the executive director of the bloc’s border agency has warned.
Frontex boss Fabrice Leggeri said there was “more and more” smuggling in the West Balkans driven by “more flexible” organised and migrant crime groups.
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Putin Stresses Refugee Crisis Can Only be Solved Through Conflict Resolution
Russian President Vladimir Putin is confident that the refugee problem can only be tackled by resolving conflicts that force people to flee their homes.
“We only need to resolve these conflicts so that there won’t be more refugees,” Putin said during a press conference covering the results of the Syria summit between Russia, Iran and Turkey.
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Study: Foreign Background Children Responsible for Rise in German Youth Violence
Violence among young people is on the rise across Germany and according to a study by the German Ministry of Family Affairs, foreign background children are behind the increase.
Schools in Germany, especially in the capital of Berlin, have seen a recent surge in violence among young students including targetted anti-Semitic attacks. Heinz-Peter Meidinger, President of the German Teachers’ Association, has blamed mass migration for the rise in violence and anti-Semitism, Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports.
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‘Austria’s new coalition government has proposed a ban on headscarves for girls aged under 10 in schools.’
well, what can I say, dear austrians, maybe before you bring on these bans, better think of the skiers in the Alps, or the mascots who advertise for certain companies wearing a chicken masks.
Do children under 10 have classes while “skiing in the Alps” ?
Do children under 10 “advertise for certain companies wearing chicken masks” while at school ?
Did the fictional sky ghost ‘Allah’ take your brain too ?
Do skiers in Alps wear hijab, or do they prefer nikab?
The burqiski.