European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he is looking forward to talking on the phone with newly re-elected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán later this week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she will work with Mr. Orbán, despite their differences.
In other news, Hugo Gonzalez, the man who allegedly set off two explosives in a Sam’s Club in Ontario, California has been charged with arson and attempted murder.
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Ontario Sams’ Club Explosion: Suspect Formally Charged With Attempted Murder, Arson
ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) — Prosecutors on Monday formally charged a man with nine criminal counts days after he allegedly detonated two small explosive devices inside a Sam’s Club in Ontario.
Hugo Gonzalez, a 49-year-old Fontana resident, faces three counts of attempted murder, one count of arson, two counts of exploding a device, one count of attempted burglary, and one count of evading police. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning.
No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred Thursday afternoon at a warehouse store in the 900 block of Milliken Avenue. Gonzalez was taken into custody after a brief car chase…
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Shock: Facebook is Tracking You Even if You’re Not on Facebook
Facebook’s problems just keep accumulating, drip by drip—or more like splash by splash. It’s now been discovered that Facebook not only collects and uses the personal data of its members but also collects the data of those who never signed up for Facebook.
So if you’re one of those who blames Facebook users for allowing their personal data to be compromised, don’t be so smug. Facebook may be sharing your personal data as well.
Daniel Kahn Gillmor, senior staff technologist at the ACLU, discovered that, although he never joined Facebook or any other social network, Facebook has a detailed profile on him.
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A Northern Virginia man pleaded guilty Monday to obstructing justice and receiving child pornography in an unusual prosecution that began when he fled FBI agents investigating possible plans to commit a terrorist attack.
Sean Andrew Duncan, 22, of Loudoun County will spend 15 to 20 years in prison under the plea agreement reached in Alexandria federal court, which included details not just of his Islamic State contacts but of explicit images he had of both strangers and an infant relative. Judge Leonie M. Brinkema will decide his sentence on July 6.
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Belgium: Proposal to Separate Men and Women on Public Transport Sparks Heavy Criticism
The Islam Party is proposing to separate men and women on public transport services. The Brussels State Secretary for Equal Opportunities Bianca Debaets is investigating whether it’s possible to take the matter to court. Other Flemish politicians are also discarding the idea.
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EU Far-Right Hails Hungary Anti-Migrant PM Victory
BUDAPEST (AFP) — Far-right parties cheered Monday after Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban election win, while moderates offered business-like congratulations and rights groups warned of his anti-immigrant stance.
Here are some of the key reactions to Orban’s victory in Sunday’s legislative election, which won him a fourth term in office:
EU reaches out
Orban is a fierce critic of the European Union, but the head of its executive commission head Jean-Claude Juncker did not hesitate to reach out to him.
A spokesman said Juncker would write to Orban to congratulate him on his “clear victory” and would hold telephone talks with him.
The holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, also appealed for Hungary’s cooperation. “The countries of Europe need dialogue and unity more than ever,” he said…
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EU Fears: Five Reasons Why Brussels Should be Terrified After Viktor Orban Election Win
The right-wing, anti-immigration leader has long been a thorn in Brussels’ side, and after securing his first consecutive term, he is expected to once again bemoan immigration, crackdown on NGOs and challenge EU integration.
Mr Orban has repeatedly clashed with the European Commission during his time in charge of Hungary, opposing plans to distribute migrants around the bloc.
Speaking after his resounding victory, Mr Orban said: “I congratulate the voters.
“In times like this it’s better to be modest.”
He added the victory gives him an opportunity to “defend Hungary”.
Given the history between Mr Orban and the EU, there will likely not be many celebrations in Brussels of the Hungarian prime minister’s re-election. Here are five reasons why the bloc’s leaders could be send into a panic.
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Europe’s Civilizational Exhaustion
Islam is filling the cultural vacuum of a society with no children and which believes — wrongly — it has no enemies.
In Sweden, by 2050, almost one in three people will be Muslim.
The European mainstream mindset now seems to believe that “evil” comes only from our own sins: racism, sexism, elitism, xenophobia, homophobia, the guilt of the heterosexual white Western male — and never from non-European cultures. Europe now postulates an infinite idealization of the “other”, above all the migrant.
A tiredness seems to be why these countries do not take meaningful measures to defeat jihadism, such as closing Salafist mosques or expelling radical imams.
Muslim extremists understand this advantage: so long as they avoid another enormous massacre like 9/11, they will be able to continue taking away human lives and undermining the West without awakening it from its inertia.
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France Detains Six Linked to Islamic State Killings
PARIS (AP) — A French official says three men and three women have been detained in the investigation of the 2016 slaying of two police officers in their home in the name of the Islamic State group.
A judicial official said the arrests on Monday were aimed at determining the roles, if any, that the individuals may have had in the killings of the couple at their home in Magnanville, west of Paris.
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Fund Battling for Telecom Italia Control Gets Fresh Support
MILAN (AFP) — An activist fund battling for control of Telecom Italia against Vivendi on Monday won support from an influential advisor, the second to back its efforts to curb the French group’s power.
ISS, a so-called proxy advisor, said it backed efforts by activist fund Elliott to shake up the board of Telecom Italia (TIM), one day after another advisor, Glass Lewis, did the same.
Proxy advisors play a critical consulting role for investors needing to decide on major proposed changes in a company they own shares in…
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Germany: Six Held as Police Foil Islamist Terror Plot on Berlin Half-Marathon
Police have arrested a number of men with Islamic fundamentalist links in connection with an alleged plot to attack the Berlin half-marathon, local media reports.
Six suspects between the ages of 18 and 21 were detained after police officers carried out searches of apartments and vehicles in the Charlottenburg and Neukölln districts of the German capital, following a tip-off from a foreign intelligence agency alerting authorities to a planned attack on the race.
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‘I Miss Fish and Chips’ British ISIS Fighters Mock Democracy But Demand Fair Trial in UK
TWO British ISIS fighters from the infamous cell dubbed “the Beatles” are demanding a “fair and just” trial in Britain, with one pining: “I miss fish and chips.”
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Italy: Eurosceptics Scramble to Form Government as EU Reels From Yet Another Shock Election
EUROSCEPTICS Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio are struggling to reach an agreement as they try to join forces to form Italy’s next government amid a rise in anti-EU sentiment across Europe.
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Jean-Claude Juncker and Viktor Orban Will Talk by the Phone on Tuesday
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker will call Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday to discuss important matters of public interest and current affairs — said Spokesman of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas in response to a question at a press-conference in Brussels on Monday.
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Marine Le Pen and Eurosceptic Leaders Congratulate Viktor Orban on Landslide Victory
MARINE LE PEN and other political leaders from numerous populist European parties have sent their congratulations to Viktor Orban following his landslide victory in the Hungarian general election.
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Merkel to Work With Orban Despite Differences on Migration: Spokesman
BERLIN (Reuters) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban on his election victory, a German government spokesman said on Monday, adding that she would work with his new government despite differences on migration.
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‘Orban is a Bigger Nightmare Than Me for the EU!’ Farage Hails Hungarian PM’s Election Win
Speaking on his LBC show, the former Ukip leader hailed the rise of right-wing parties across Europe and joked about Mr Orban being a bigger nightmare for Brussels than he ever was.
Mr Farage added it was no surprise the Hungarian Prime Minister had won the election on a “reduce immigration manifesto” as this had been a recurring theme in general elections across the continent.
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Orban Responds to Electoral Victory: ‘We’ve Created the Opportunity to Protect Hungary’
Addressing a rally of supporters in Budapest Sunday night as the results of Hungary’s national elections rolled in, returning Prime Minister Viktor Orban hailed the vote, calling it a “decisive victory”.
Orban’s comments came as the results rolled in from Sunday’s election, apparently confirming he would be leading the Hungarian government again for a third consecutive term — the fourth in 20 years.
Speaking in Budapest, Orban said: “We have won… the high turnout left no room for doubts. A great battle is behind us, we’ve taken a decisive victory.”
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Swedish Politician Likened Tourists to ‘Islamic State’
A politician in northern Sweden has compared the actions of reckless tourists to terrorism saying that they “break and destroy like the Islamic State”.
Lars Jon Allas, a politician serving in the semi-autonomous Sami Parliament in northern Sweden, was reported to police over Easter weekend due to an altercation with tourists in which he allegedly threatened a guide with a knife. After the incident, the politician took to social media to declare tourists were as bad as terrorists, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports.
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The Moroccan man who killed two people and injured eight in a frenzied stabbing attack in Turku, Finland, was seen smiling in the dock as his trial began today.
Abderrahman Bouanane, 23, has confessed to carrying out the attack in August last year shortly after his arrest, and has told police he sees it as an act of terror.
If Bouanane is convicted, he will be the first person to be found guilty of acts of terror in Finnish history.
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Turkish Women Are Mostly Unemployed and Have a Much Higher Birth Rate Than German Women
While men with foreign roots are nearly as economically active as Germans, there are considerable differences in economic activity among women.
According to news outlet Focus, Turkish women are only half as economically active as German women — while 74% of German women are currently employed, statistics show that this figure is around 33% for Turkish women.
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UK: Concerned About ‘Giving Oxygen to Racists’, MPs ‘Ignored Our Cries for Help’: Rotherham Victim
At the age of just 12, Sarah Wilson was made to have sex with multiple men a night while authorities”barely batted an eyelid”, the Rotherham grooming victim has revealed in memoirs of her ordeal.
The now 23-year-old, and whose sister Laura was murdered at the hands of an ‘Asian’ boyfriend in 2010, says she was “just one of dozens of girls” in the town who were “exploited and viewed as white trash”.
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UK: London Mayor Calls for “Knife Control” To Combat Crime, Murder
Despite a near total ban on guns within its borders, London continues to suffer from violence and crime, with its murder rate recently shooting past that of New York City. Thus, with London’s thugs and assorted criminals using knives and other sharp objects as their trade tool of choice, it is only natural that the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, would move to disarm anyone — law-abiding or not — carrying a knife
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UK: Pictures: Farage Joins Fishing Boat-Burning Protest Against May’s Brexit Betrayal
Fishermen around the United Kingdom rallied Sunday to protest the government’s apparent betrayal of their industry during Brexit negotiations, with Brexit leader Nigel Farage attending a symbolic boat burning in Kent.
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Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Wins Crucial Two-Thirds Majority in Hungary
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance has won the general elections on Sunday, receiving 134 seats in the parliament, with 98.96 % of the votes counted.
Hungary’s incumbent Fidesz-led alliance appears set for a two-thirds majority in parliament with 98.96 percent of the votes counted:
1. Fidesz-KDNP 48,86% (134 seats)
2. Jobbik 19,36% (25 seats)
3. MSZP-Parbeszed 12,26% (20 seats)
4. LMP 6,88% (8 seats)
5. DK 5,54% (9 seats)
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Report: US & UK Readying Attack Ships & Fighter Jets Off the Coast of Syria
Infowars understands that the United States and the UK are readying for potential military action against Bashar Al-Assad by maneuvering attack ships and fighter jets into position off the coast of Syria.
Following the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma on Saturday, the USS Donald Cook, a guided missile destroyer is in position for any military action within Syria, while the USS Laboon, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer which was previously deployed to Libya after the Benghazi attack, is also in close proximity as is the USS Georgia submarine.
Meanwhile, an RAF operated KC2 tanker, which is used to refuel fighter jets, is also lurking off the coast of Lebanon.
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China Using American Private Tech to Advance Military
One complicating factor is the CCP’s nationalization of otherwise benign institutions to carry out its operations. In China, the lines between private companies, the CCP, and its military are blurred. Any company with more than 50 employees is required to have a Communist Party liaison, and the regime uses tight regulations and data policies to ensure it maintains access and control.
Also, unlike the CCP’s military hackers, who were illegally breaching company networks and stealing technology, the CCP in many cases uses legal loopholes to take advantage of the open system of the United States.
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Fears About Chinese ‘Trade War” Are Late and Dumb
President Trump’s political adversaries and globalists, including the media pundits, are frantically yelping about how the President’s proposed tariffs against Chinese imports would spark a “Trade war.”
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In the China-US Trade War, How Much Will China Lose?
China has few cards in its hands. In response to the United States’ plan to impose tariffs on Chinese imports, Beijing has announced the retaliatory measure of imposing tariffs on 128 U.S. products worth $3 billion, including fruits, dried fruits, wine, and pork. China also imported the same value of these U.S. products in 2017, which equals one-twentieth of the proposed U.S. tariffs.
In addition, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also declared that “it will take seriously any action taken by the U.S.” It mentioned that “China is the largest export market for U.S. aircrafts and soybeans, and the second largest for automobiles and cotton,” making a veiled threat that Boeing aircrafts and U.S. soybeans will be selected as potential retaliatory targets.
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Tensions boiled over in Melbourne as anti-Israeli activists came face-to-face with demonstrators against Islamic terror, a day after Israeli troops killed a Palestinian cameraman at Gaza.
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Britain Offers Expertise for Libya to Curb Migration
TRIPOLI (AFP) — A visiting British minister on Monday offered his country’s “technical expertise and practical support” to help curb illegal immigration through Libya, a hub for African migrants bound for Europe.
“We discussed how we can help and support those who are working in such a difficult area and give them the benefit of both technical expertise and practical support from the United Kingdom,” said Alistair Burt, minister of state for the Middle East.
He singled out efforts to monitor “the whole routes that migrants take from sub-Saharan Africa” to Libya…
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Confirmed: Two-Thirds of ‘Child Refugees’ Questioned in UK Are Adult
Around two-thirds of “child refugees” who were questioned about their age in the UK were revealed to be adults, a government report has found.
In one year, 65 per cent of asylum seekers assessed were judged to be over the age of 18.
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EU Head Juncker Slams Poland for Taking in Ukrainian Migrants But Not Muslims
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Poland should not choose which refugees to admit and should accept Muslims and other groups.
President Juncker said that Poland did not show the proper ‘solidarity’ with the rest of the political bloc because it has only allowed in large numbers of Ukrainian migrants and not Muslims, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports.
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Facebook Punishes Conservative News Site for Criticizing Mass Migration
Facebook has repeatedly punished a fast-growing news website for its conservative views on immigration and other topics—suspending its moderators, censoring content, and threatening to close the site down.
Voiceofeurope.com, which takes pride in its “uncensored news,” has been effectively bludgeoned into submission by Facebook and recently announced it will self-censor on the social media site to avoid losing its page.
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French Police Bust Network of Identity Fraud Fake Underage Migrants
Police in Montpellier has taken down a network of migrants from the Ivory Coast who used forged documents to claim that they were underage when they were actually adults.
The network, which was based in Montpellier but involved migrants across the country, saw the arrest of its head this week who is accused of forging documents to defraud the French government, Metropolitain reports.
The network head is also said to have worked with people smugglers to help migrants get to Europe through Libya.
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Immigration Map Shows How the UK Has Doubled in Just Thirty Years
IMMIGRATION to the UK has more than doubled in thirty years as experts at the Pew Research Center in the US reveal the increase in numbers via an interactive map since 1990, compared to today.
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Italian Reporters Expose Large-Scale Fraud With ID Cards at Nigerian Embassy
In a short documentary, Italian journalists show how easy it is to obtain a Nigerian identity at the Nigerian embassy in Italy.
Because there’s no official verification procedure, people can register with fake names and can make their first steps towards receiving an official Italian residence permit.
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‘Uniform’ Choice: Boys in This Gender-Neutral School in UK Can Now Wear Skirts
London: A leading privately-run boarding school in the UK will allow boys who wish to wear a skirt to make it a uniform choice.
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‘UK: London Mayor Calls for “Knife Control” To Combat Crime, Murder’
I was taught ever since I were a child, that every man has a knife. It’s been like that since the stone age. Life would be unthinkable without it. If you catch a fish, what do you do? If you need to make fire, or anything, it is hard work without one.
Not much call for filleting fishes or starting fires in cities.
I dont know, I happen to work in cities and I need multiple knives every day to cut cables and so on…
Why are conservative political parties labeled “far right” while communist parties like Germany’s SDP are never called far left?
A very funny article, maybe an online translator will be useful.
https://www.kavkazr.com/a/29154934.html
In Vienna, a native of Dagestan demanded from the local “to dress his woman.” It ended up for him in prison
The Caucasian, whom the prosecutor called “the self-appointed guardian of laws”, was sentenced to 5 months in prison. He was accused of harassment and threats of rape.
A bearded young man speaking in German with an accent in a verbal skirmish with an Austrian man explains his demand by the fact that he is hampered by the appearance of a woman who is “not dressed enough.” To the question of the Austrian, why should he not turn away in this case, a man threatens to rape him. This video in just a few days was viewed by tens of thousands of people.
I can be wrong, but it seems that same video.
On Youtube, there are several videos on demand Thomas Busek – a companion of a woman whom a migrant called for morality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7NFrBB478M
Great analysis of the latest disgusting false flag chemical attack in Syria:
http://malcolmpollack.com/2018/04/10/fools-rush-in-2/
Dead of Democracy..
7 out 10 people voted free ,for Party and their social and economical proposition for next 4 years in Parliamentary Election in Hungary..
EU unelected bureaucrats objected people choice..Threatening Hungary and Hungarian people by imposing harsh sanction on them..for exercising their free will…
We are living in one crazy World.. Where will that lead ?