Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/2/2018

A 17-year-old high school student named Matin Azizi-Yarand was arrested in Texas for planning a mass shooting attack on a mall. Mr. Azizi-Yarand’s plan was discovered after he started discussing it with an FBI informant.

In other news, more than 200 migrants attacked police in Germany and successfully prevented them from deporting a fellow migrant who was staying in their asylum facility.

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Financial Crisis
» Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel ‘To Blame’ as EU Eurozone ‘Slowdown Set to Continue’
» In Venezuela, Inflation Quadruples to 18,000 Percent in Two Months, With No End in Sight
» U.S. Economy Adds Another 204,000 Jobs in April
 
USA
» No Longer Tech Darling? Tesla is Losing $6,500 Every Minute
» Officials: Teen Planned Mass Shooting at Dallas-Area Mall
» Secret Agenda Under Way to Deprive Gun Owners of Due Process Via “Star Chamber” Secret Proceedings
» Texas Teen Arrested for Allegedly Plotting Mall Mass Shooting in Support of ISIS
» Trump Formally Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
» Why Facebook Might be About to Ruin WhatsApp
» Woman Who Used Gun to Save Officer’s Life is Sued by Criminal’s Family
 
Europe and the EU
» Air France Strike: Airline Cancels 15 Percent of Flights on Thursday
» Austrian Vice-Chancellor Thanks Hungary’s Viktor Orban for Protecting the Borders
» France: Le Pen Rallies Far-Right Allies
» Ikea’s Swedish Meatballs Are Actually From Turkey — Sweden’s Shock Confession
» Matteo Salvini Attacks Di Maio and Says it is Irresponsible to Block the Work of the Italian Parliament
» MEP Verhofstadt Singles Out Hungary for Criticism as Bloc Announces €1.25 Trillion Budget, Will Stop Cash to Members Who Do Not ‘Share Values’
» Pamela Anderson Believes Wikileaks’ Julian Assange is in Danger: ‘He’s Cut Off From Everybody’
» Pictures: Paris Burns as May Day Protests Turn to Riots
» Pride and Patriotism: Poland Celebrates ‘Flag Day’ Today
» Soros University Will Stay in Hungary and Could Even Expand Rector Says
» Sweden: Lawyer Seeks Limited Sentence for Stockholm Islamic State Attack Suspect
» Terror Threat: Canadian Government Issues Travel Warning for France
» The Scottish Island That Buried America’s Dead
» UK: Transport Bosses Slam Backlash Over Manchester ‘Allah’ Ad Campaign Year After Terror Attack
» Video: Documentary Reveals the Muslim Brotherhood’s Quiet Jihad in France
 
Middle East
» Israel Told U.S. And Russia it Will Retaliate if Iran Attacks From Syria
» Kuwait: No Injuries in Shooting at Passports Center
 
South Asia
» Hundreds of Dead Newborn Girls Have Been Found Dumped in Garbage Piles in Pakistan Over the Last Year as Cultural Preference for Boys Drives More Parents to Murder Babies
 
Far East
» China Bans Journalist From Buying a Home Due to “Social Credit Score” System That Punishes Anyone Who Questions the State
» Chinese Jaywalkers Receive Their Fine Immediately Through SMS
» Chinese Dress at US Prom Wins Support in China After Internet Backlash
» North Korea Releases US Prisoners Ahead of Historic Trump Summit
 
Australia — Pacific
» ABC Ignores Criticism it is Too Left-Wing and Hires Former a Greens Candidate for Senior Role for Its Website
» Is This Portrait of Waleed Aly’s Wife Susan Carland About to Win the Archibald? Judge Drops a Very Big Hint About the Muslim Academic’s Chances in Australia’s Top Art Prize
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
» S. Africa Finance Minister: “We Will Print More Money and Give it the Unemployed to End Poverty in South Africa”
» SA Strike: No Value on Human Life, Uncivilised Protesters Trash Hospital
» South Africa: The Ongoing Killing of Whites and Farmers is Out of Control and the Black Leaders Are Inciting the Massacres
 
Immigration
» 200 Migrants in South German Town Prevent Deportation of Man to Congo
» 200 Migrants Attack German Police During Deportation Operation — Force Them to Flee
» Far-Right Mayor Hails Success of Hungary-Serbia Border Fence
» Former Swedish PM Blasts Government Over Migrant Crisis Response
» Germany: 200 African Migrants Riot to Prevent Man Being Deported, Police Flee
» Illegal Migrant Seriously Injures French Police Officer After Running Him Over
» Netherlands: 85 Per Cent of Refugees Still Unemployed
» Refugee Minors Wreck French Asylum Centre Because They Were Paid Less After Dealing Drugs
» Swedish Mother of Toddler Gang Raped by Three “Child” Refugees — They Even Took Photos
» Swedish County Finds Direct Link Between Mass Migration and Increased Drug Problems, Social Strain
» The New ISIS Plan to Infiltrate Europe — Using Migrants
 
Culture Wars
» Comic Hero Popular in Sweden Mocked for Fighting ‘Polish Nationalists’ With Gay Pride Flag
» New California Law Would Criminalize Book Stores for Selling the Bible
» UK Watchdog May Go After Christian Group That Defended Alfie Evans
 

Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel ‘To Blame’ as EU Eurozone ‘Slowdown Set to Continue’

Lorenzo Codogno, the former chief economist and director general at the Treasury Department of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, made the claims against the leaders of France and Germany after a new estimate by Eurostat, the Directorate-General of the European Commission came to light.

Mr Codogno stated GDP growth for the bloc had “slowed to 0.4 per cent” in the first quarter of 2018 and that Germany and France were responsible.

He said: “GDP growth slowed to 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2018.

“According to the preliminary flash estimate by Eurostat, Eurozone GDP was up 0.4 per cent quarter over quarter and 2.5 per cent year over year in the first quarter of 2018.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

In Venezuela, Inflation Quadruples to 18,000 Percent in Two Months, With No End in Sight

Venezuela’s inflation rate, already by far the world’s highest, spiked from 4,966 percent to nearly 18,000 percent in just March and April — a trend that, if it continues, could push the country’s annual rate to more than 100,000 percent by year’s end, economists say.

The 17,968 percent rate registered at the end of April already surpassed the 13,864 percent rate predicted by the International Monetary Fund for all of 2018.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

U.S. Economy Adds Another 204,000 Jobs in April

The booming U.S. economy added another 204,000 jobs in April, down slightly from the (revised) 228,000 jobs it created in March, but still more than forecasters predicted. Those forecasters have consistently underestimated the health of the economy and their record remains unbroken. Economists polled by Econoday expected 190,000 new jobs in April.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

No Longer Tech Darling? Tesla is Losing $6,500 Every Minute

Tesla is losing $6,500 every minute and needs another $2 billion to get through the year. With losses continuing to mount, the spotlight of scrutiny has ramped up on the former media darling.

There is now a “genuine risk” that Elon Musk’s electric car company will not survive until the end of the year, Bloomberg reports.

Tesla is failing to meet its own production targets for its Model 3 sedan, a Tesla driver was killed while using his cars autopilot feature and a shareholder in the company urged the board to boot Musk as chairman.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Officials: Teen Planned Mass Shooting at Dallas-Area Mall

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A suburban Dallas teenager accused of planning a mass shooting at a mall inspired by the Islamic State terror group has been charged with terrorism.

The Collin County district attorney’s office says 17-year-old Matin Azizi-Yarand of Plano had planned to release a “Message to America” explaining the attack.

Authorities say he spent more than $1,400 buying weapons and tactical gear, and had been trying to recruit others to help him in the shooting planned for this month.

Authorities learned of the plan when Azizi-Yarand began corresponding with an FBI informant…

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Secret Agenda Under Way to Deprive Gun Owners of Due Process Via “Star Chamber” Secret Proceedings

The Second Amendment is being targeted and the Fifth Amendment is stuck in the crosshairs. This warning comes from one of the nation’s best-known advocates for the Second Amendment, Michael Hammond of the group Gun Owners of America, who explained that there is a new push coming from the left to introduce “star chamber” courtroom proceedings, which involves a prosecutor and a judge withdrawing your constitutional rights because someone claims you are a danger. (Related: The real goal of eliminating the Second Amendment is to obliterate the First Amendment and enslave us all.)

“These Gun Confiscation Orders would allow police or angry relatives to convene a secret star-chamber proceeding and get permission to ransack your house and seize your guns without any due process whatsoever,” Hammond explained. “Although the various proposals differ in details, they all follow a pattern.”

Hammond made it clear that both your Second Amendment rights and your Fifth Amendment due process rights would be put in jeopardy: “You won’t get a trial by jury before your guns are taken — or a trial of any sort, for that matter. You won’t even be able to get your attorney before the judge. The accuser will be the ONLY ONE in the room. And so the court is almost always going to issue the confiscation order.” (Related: If gun rights are lost, other constitutional rights will quickly follow.)

In other words, if a bunch of leftists know that you own a gun and don’t like it, they can claim that you are a danger, at which point a judge could deny you your due process rights and take some sort of action that would infringe on your God-given right to bear arms, up to and including complete confiscation.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Texas Teen Arrested for Allegedly Plotting Mall Mass Shooting in Support of ISIS

A 17-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly plotting an ISIS inspired mass shooting attack, law enforcement agencies said Wednesday.

Matin Azizi-Yarand had reportedly been planning to carry out the mass shooting at a mall in Plano, Texas, The Straits Times reported. Azizi-Yarand had already sent out nearly two-thousand dollars to purchase weapons and tactical gear and was trying to recruit others to join him in the horrific plot, authorities said.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Trump Formally Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

A group of 18 GOP lawmakers led by Rep. Luke Messer of Indiana, have signed a letter formally nominating President Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Why Facebook Might be About to Ruin WhatsApp

In 2012, two years before Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, the founder of the messaging app explained his feelings towards advertising by quoting Fight Club: “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.”

Jan Koum — who this week stepped down as WhatsApp’s chief executive amid privacy and data concerns — described why the targeted advertising model used by other technology firms like Facebook was an “insult” to users and distracted from the core purpose of his firm’s aim to keep people connected.

“These days companies know literally everything about you, your friends, your interests, and they use it all to sell ads,” he said in a blogpost. “At every company that sells ads, a significant portion of their engineering team spends they day tuning data mining, writing better code to collect your personal data… remember, when advertising is involved, you the user are the product.”

When Mr Koum subsequently sold WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014, many users were rightly concerned that the social network giant would force the messaging app to compromise these principles in the pursuit of profit. At the time WhatsApp had less than $20 million in revenue, gained through a 99 cents fee it charged its users under the proviso it would not sell its users’ data or put adverts on the platform.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Woman Who Used Gun to Save Officer’s Life is Sued by Criminal’s Family

An Indiana woman who used her gun to save the life of a police officer is being sued by the criminal’s family for “wrongful death”.

The incident occurred started when a police officer and criminal resisting arrest began to fight. When Kysite could see that the officer was loosing and the criminal was reaching for his gun, she decided to exercise her second amendment right.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Air France Strike: Airline Cancels 15 Percent of Flights on Thursday

Air France has been forced to cancel 15 percent of its flights on Thursday due to the ongoing staff strikes over a pay dispute.

           — Hat tip: Charles Low [Return to headlines]
 

Austrian Vice-Chancellor Thanks Hungary’s Viktor Orban for Protecting the Borders

Speaking at a rally of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) on May 1, Chairman Heinz-Christian Strache was praising Hungary’s prime minister for securing the borders.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

France: Le Pen Rallies Far-Right Allies

NICE, France (AFP-Jiji) — France’s Marine Le Pen led a rally of Europe’s far-right in the southern French city of Nice on Tuesday, to celebrate recent gains on the continent and devise a battle plan for next year’s European elections.

The National Front leader is hoping to bounce back from her defeat in last year’s presidential vote in the May 2018 elections to the European Parliament.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Ikea’s Swedish Meatballs Are Actually From Turkey — Sweden’s Shock Confession

SWEDEN has confessed that the Swedish meatball recipe — a favourite served in Ikea’s canteens — actually originated in Turkey.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Matteo Salvini Attacks Di Maio and Says it is Irresponsible to Block the Work of the Italian Parliament

Anti-migrant Euroskeptic League leader Matteo Salvini again clashed with anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday as Italy’s post-election political deadlock approached the two-month mark.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

MEP Verhofstadt Singles Out Hungary for Criticism as Bloc Announces €1.25 Trillion Budget, Will Stop Cash to Members Who Do Not ‘Share Values’

The European Commission has announced the political bloc’s latest budget, an increase to €1.25 trillion, and has included a new clause to deny access to funds for states judged to be not “respecting the rule of law”.

The seven-year budget was announced Wednesday afternoon by the European Commission and was welcomed by europhile MEP Guy Verhofstadt who wrote on Twitter, “The #EUbudget must apply conditionality: if a Government rejects #EUvalues, they shouldn’t be the largest beneficiaries of EU money either.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Pamela Anderson Believes Wikileaks’ Julian Assange is in Danger: ‘He’s Cut Off From Everybody’

Pamela Anderson is opening up about her relationship with Julian Assange — and why she’s concerned about the safety of the controversial WikiLeaks founder.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday, the 50-year-old Baywatch star recalled first meeting Assange “years ago” through punk designer Vivienne Westwood.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Pictures: Paris Burns as May Day Protests Turn to Riots

Paris witnessed burning cars, smashed shops and banks, and police attacked by masked and hooded left-extremist activists Tuesday as the May Day protests descended into bitter violence.

The marches this year remember the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Paris riots, from which the ‘68ers sobriquet for post war-born children politically radicalised to the left in the 1960s arises. Britain’s Times reports the violence this week is the worst on a May Day protest since 1968 itself.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Pride and Patriotism: Poland Celebrates ‘Flag Day’ Today

National flags all over Poland today as it is ‘Flag Day’ in the country. In a show of pride and patriotism, the white with red Polish flag will be waving on many houses and buildings.

The colours on Poland’s flag stand for honour (white) and sacrifice (red)

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Soros University Will Stay in Hungary and Could Even Expand Rector Says

Rector of the Central European University, Michael Ignatieff told Reuters that the university founded by George Soros continues to operate in Budapest despite the higher education law that concerns CEU and the “Stop Soros” NGO transparency law.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Sweden: Lawyer Seeks Limited Sentence for Stockholm Islamic State Attack Suspect

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The defense lawyer for an Uzbek man,who has confessed to ramming a stolen truck into a crowd in Stockholm last year, killing five people and injuring 14 others, says his client should get a time-limited sentence.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Terror Threat: Canadian Government Issues Travel Warning for France

The Canadian government has issued a warning to its citizens traveling to France urging caution as a result of an “elevated threat of terrorism”.

The warning, which was posted on the official Canadian government website yesterday, urges citizens to, “Exercise a high degree of caution in France due to the current elevated threat of terrorism.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

The Scottish Island That Buried America’s Dead

It is the whisky-making Scottish island, world famous for its peaty single malts and warm hospitality.

But the isle of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, is now being recognised for an almost forgotten example of huge courage and humanity.

A hundred years ago, Islay was on the frontline in the battle at sea during World War One.

The island coped with mass casualties from two major troopship disasters just eight months apart.

Both will be officially commemorated on Islay this week.

A century ago, the island was enduring considerable pain. It had already lost about 150 sons on the Western front, from a population of just 6,000…

           — Hat tip: Mark H. [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Transport Bosses Slam Backlash Over Manchester ‘Allah’ Ad Campaign Year After Terror Attack

Backlash over messages reading “For the Love of Allah” on Manchester buses a year after the city was hit by a deadly terror attack has been slammed by transport bosses as “totally unacceptable”.

Featuring “For the Love of Allah save a life now” emblazoned across 100 Greater Manchester buses, the Islamic Relief advertising campaign was slammed on social media, where users argued it was “cruel and insensitive” to promote such a message not long after 23 people were killed in an Islamic radical bomb attack in May last year.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Video: Documentary Reveals the Muslim Brotherhood’s Quiet Jihad in France

This episode from a series of investigative reports on the Muslim Brotherhood in the West, was first broadcast on Israel’s Channel 10. In this segment, the focus is on France and begins with Zvi Yehezkeli entering the home of a Brotherhood senior leader under an assumed identity. Following intelligence information provided to him, he enters the MB’s training school for imams and speaks to politicians, journalists and legal experts about the civil war brewing beneath the surface.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Israel Told U.S. And Russia it Will Retaliate if Iran Attacks From Syria

Officials believe Israel should strike Iran if Tehran carries out attacks against population centers through Syria or Hezbollah. Defense officials, on the other hand, caution against taking the conflict out of Syria’s borders

by Yaniv Kubovich

Defense and political sources told Russia and the United States, following Iran’s threats to react against attacks on their assets in Syria overnight, that if Iran attacks Israel from Syria, either itself or through its proxy Hezbollah, Jerusalem will not hold back and will respond forcefully, targeting Iranian soil.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will issue a statement Monday at 8 PM on a significant development regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran. Netanyahu said he will give a speech tonight to reveal “new intelligence information on Iran,” information officials said he has shared with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The comments come amid Iran’s threats to react against attacks on their assets in Syria, allegedly by Israel. According to the Israeli officials, Israel will attack broadly, aiming to significantly damage Iranian interests in Syria. The main target would be bases where Iranian forces have been located since the Syrian civil war began. These bases serve as conduits to transfer weapons and gear up for further Iranian establishment in Syria.

In recent weeks, Israeli political and military circles have been deliberating how to respond if Iran reacts to the raids ascribed to Israel. Officials say that if Iran hits population centers inside Israel, even if it does so through Syria or with the assistance of Hezbollah or other militias, the response should be on Iranian soil…

           — Hat tip: KS [Return to headlines]
 

Kuwait: No Injuries in Shooting at Passports Center

Ishbelia passports center witnessed a shooting by a patron who had differences with an officer, but no one was hurt. Press reports said police authorities began a search for the citizen who fired three rounds towards a captain who told him his father’s passport was not ready yet, and he should return in the afternoon.

A security source said the citizen had gone to collect his father’s passport, then began an argument when he learned the passport was not ready. He then fired his weapon before escaping.

           — Hat tip: RR [Return to headlines]
 

Hundreds of Dead Newborn Girls Have Been Found Dumped in Garbage Piles in Pakistan Over the Last Year as Cultural Preference for Boys Drives More Parents to Murder Babies

A total of 345 babies have been found dead in refuse heaps in Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city, since the beginning of 2017 with 99 per cent of them found to be girls, according to local reports.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

China Bans Journalist From Buying a Home Due to “Social Credit Score” System That Punishes Anyone Who Questions the State

China is taking their authoritarian government to a new level by implementing a new “social credit score” system. Under this new tyrannical system, the country’s 1.4 billion citizens can expect to be under constant surveillance — and how they “behave” on a daily basis will ultimately determine how many rights they are allowed to have. If your score drops too low, who knows what may happen next.

For Chinese journalist Liu Hu, the communist country’s latest power grab is already taking its toll. Liu says that when he tried to book a flight recently, he was told that he was “banned from flying” because he was on a list of “untrustworthy” people. The news came after Liu was ordered by a court to apologize for a series of tweets he wrote.

Ultimately, the apology was dismissed by authorities as “insincere.” Now, Liu faces even more problems. “I can’t buy property. My child can’t go to a private school.”…

Many people fear that the government will use this new system to punish those who do not support the Communist government. Every citizen will have a credit score — and how the system truly works is being kept under wraps, paving the way for government abuse (as if the very notion of this system isn’t a form of government abuse to begin with).

Reportedly, China’s goal is for every citizen to have a social credit score by the year 2020 — total tyranny is just two years away at this point. While the inner-workings of the scheme are not disclosed, some examples have been given. For instance, behaviors like bad driving, playing too many video games and sharing “fake” news online are considered infractions that will lower your score.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Chinese Jaywalkers Receive Their Fine Immediately Through SMS

Facial recognition technology is really starting to become a big deal in China. It wasn’t that long ago when Chinese traffic police began using facial recognition to nab those who were violating traffic laws. Now they’ve taken things one step further with artificial intelligence (AI): When the facial recognition cameras catch someone jaywalking, not only will they be identified, named, and publicly shamed, they will also be sent text messages telling them what their violation is and how much the fine they have to pay will be.

Based on online reports, a Shenzhen-based AI company called Intellifusion will be in charge of rolling out this “feature” of the new Shenzhen traffic system. That is, in addition to simply displaying the faces of jaywalkers on giant LED screens located at intersections, they will be working with local mobile phone carriers and social media companies in order to work out a system that will send out the jaywalking-related text messages to jaywalkers as soon as they get caught.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Chinese Dress at US Prom Wins Support in China After Internet Backlash

After criticism of student Keziah Daum’s Twitter post showing her wearing the traditional qipao, Chinese commenters call it cultural appreciation, not appropriation

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

North Korea Releases US Prisoners Ahead of Historic Trump Summit

North Korea has released three U.S. citizens from years-long detentions in a suspected labor camp, giving them medical treatment and “ideological education” at a hotel near Pyongyang, says human rights advocate Choi Sung-ryong, as reported by the Financial Times.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

ABC Ignores Criticism it is Too Left-Wing and Hires Former a Greens Candidate for Senior Role for Its Website

Osman Faruqi, who ran as Greens candidate in the 2015 NSW election, has been hired as the deputy editor of a new lifestyle section of ABC’s website.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Is This Portrait of Waleed Aly’s Wife Susan Carland About to Win the Archibald? Judge Drops a Very Big Hint About the Muslim Academic’s Chances in Australia’s Top Art Prize

The Art Gallery of New South Wales’s new head packer Brett Cuthbertson has hinted the portrait painting of the Melbourne academic was a frontrunner to win the Packing Room Prize.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

S. Africa Finance Minister: “We Will Print More Money and Give it the Unemployed to End Poverty in South Africa”

“South Africans continuing to be poor when we can print more money to ensure that everybody has it. Our people are poor because there is a shortage of money in the country. It’s not the shortage of jobs that makes people poor, it is the shortage of money. We have paper and ink, so we will print more money and give it to the poor, and make all of them billionaires if that is possible.” Nene said.

The minister did not say how much more money will need to be printed. But he did reveal that this plan will be executed in in the next two months or so, and that every South African will be rich.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

SA Strike: No Value on Human Life, Uncivilised Protesters Trash Hospital

The disruptive actions of striking workers at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital are unacceptable and need to be dealt with decisively.

Throughout last week they trashed the hospital and on Tuesday police fired rubber bullets to disperse them. Some EFF supporters were also amongst those who had to be expelled from the hospital.

I visited the hospital on Thursday last week and found mounds of trash, including medical waste, scattered in various places. A cold drink dispensing machine was also tossed on its side.

Staff told me that rampaging workers had gone through the wards, intimidating them and disrupting activities. Many operations have been cancelled because of a lack of clean linen.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

South Africa: The Ongoing Killing of Whites and Farmers is Out of Control and the Black Leaders Are Inciting the Massacres

In this video by Avi Yemini he looks at what really happened during the recent national strike organised by SAFTU in South Africa. The march was to be a peaceful protest against the corrupt and inept ANC governments minimum wage. But the opportunity again presented itself with leaders inciting the masses to “Kill the farmer, Kill the boer.” The strike also created an opportunity for wide scale rioting, looting and destruction as is the norm with the black masses in South Africa. The violent uncivilised savagery of these people is beyond comprehension. The ongoing killing of whites and farmers is out of control and the black leaders are inciting the massacres.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

200 Migrants in South German Town Prevent Deportation of Man to Congo

A police operation took place in Baden-Württemberg after about 200 migrants used force to prevent the deportation of a Congolese man on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old man was to be deported from where he was staying, a refugee accommodation in the small town of Ellwangen.

But the police decided to withdraw after some 200 migrants attempted to prevent the detention, with some of them threatening violence. The three patrols cars saw themselves as outnumbered.

Support from other police forces was nowhere in sight; it would have taken several hours for other forces to organize and arrive on the scene.

The large group of migrants mainly from Africa had surrounded the patrol cars and pestered the police. Some of the men hit the police patrol cars and the vehicles were damaged as a result, reports the Stuttgarter Zeitung (SZ).

           — Hat tip: Charles Low [Return to headlines]
 

200 Migrants Attack German Police During Deportation Operation — Force Them to Flee

Mob violence by 200 asylum seeking migrants send police fleeing after they forcibly freed their friend, prohibiting police from bringing him to airport to be deported to the Congo.

The three cars had been sent to the refugee shelter in Ellwangen in southern Germany to collect a 23-year-old man, whose asylum application to remain in Germany, had been rejected.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Far-Right Mayor Hails Success of Hungary-Serbia Border Fence

ÁSOTTHALOM, Hungary — A far-right mayor is hailing the success of a new border fence, saying it has protected Hungary from mass immigration.

“It saved my town,” said Laszló Toroczkai, whose community on the border with Serbia was at the center of a wave of migrants in 2015 seeking better lives in the West. “Calmness has returned.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Former Swedish PM Blasts Government Over Migrant Crisis Response

Former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson has slammed the current coalition government for having “no plan” to deal with the migration crisis of 2015.

Persson directed much of his criticism at another former Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, who he said told Swedes to “open your hearts” to mass migration without having any plan in how to deal with the crisis, Aftonbladet reports.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Germany: 200 African Migrants Riot to Prevent Man Being Deported, Police Flee

200 African migrants rioted in the German town of Ellwangen to prevent the deportation of a Congolese man who was subsequently released as police fled the scene in fear.

The incident began when police arrived at a refugee center and placed the Congolese man in handcuffs.

However, 200 migrants soon emerged and began surrounding and hitting patrol cars and threatening violence against the police.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Illegal Migrant Seriously Injures French Police Officer After Running Him Over

A French police officer in Paris was taken to hospital with serious injuries after an illegal migrant rammed him with his car during a routine police traffic stop.

The incident occurred Monday afternoon in Paris’s 8th arrondissement, one of the most famous and touristic areas of the city where the iconic Champs Elysées is located.

The alleged attacker, an unidentified 54-year-old man, was said to be well-known to the police and had been recently released from prison for robbery, French radio broadcaster Europe1 reports.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Netherlands: 85 Per Cent of Refugees Still Unemployed

Only 15 per cent of refugees who have been permitted to work in the Netherlands since 2014 are in employment, figures show, with experts predicting the proportion who have jobs will rise only to 40 per cent over the next ten years.

Data from the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) revealed the vast majority of refugees have remained unemployed and living off welfare in the two and a half years since they were granted work permits.

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Refugee Minors Wreck French Asylum Centre Because They Were Paid Less After Dealing Drugs

Last week a riot broke out in the French town of Nantes over the decision of the local county to lower the monthly welfare payments to refugees, France Bleu reports.

According to the department, the decision was made after it was discovered that the refugees inside the centre were using the money to buy drugs and resell them. This is a common problem in certain refugee populations.

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Swedish Mother of Toddler Gang Raped by Three “Child” Refugees — They Even Took Photos

A woman from Kalmar was gang raped by three Afghans after a dinner party, Fria Tider reports. The refugees violently assaulted the woman during a walk. They made fun of her, raped her and took very disturbing pictures of her during the attack.

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Swedish County Finds Direct Link Between Mass Migration and Increased Drug Problems, Social Strain

The Swedish county of Blekinge has released a report showing the effect of mass migration on the area which has stretched local resources and led to an increase in drug problems.

The report by the county administrative board shows that Blekinge, located on the south-east coast of Sweden, has seen a strain on many areas due to the sudden influx of migrants since the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports.

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The New ISIS Plan to Infiltrate Europe — Using Migrants

Once again, the West is in the unique position of knowing not only what Islamists want to achieve, but how they intend to achieve it. Just like with the Explanatory Memorandum, which I want to briefly introduce you today.

A new report shows that ISIS, Boko Haram, and other extremist groups are planning a new wave of migrants from Africa to infiltrate Europe and push their agenda.

But the West, as usual, is likely to welcome these people with open arms.

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Comic Hero Popular in Sweden Mocked for Fighting ‘Polish Nationalists’ With Gay Pride Flag

The Swedish language version of the classic comic book hero ‘The Phantom’ has been mocked by a Polish broadcaster after an issue was released of the superhero beating up “Polish nationalists” with a gay pride flag.

The story occurs in the latest issue of Sweden’s Fantomen magazine which sees the Phantom, a popular superhero in Sweden who was created by United States comic book artists in 1936, attend a gay pride parade in Warsaw and attack “Polish nationalists” who protest the event, Aftonbladet reports.

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New California Law Would Criminalize Book Stores for Selling the Bible

Even though we’ve known for decades that the liberals are typically hostile to anything having to do with the Christian faith, most of us never thought we’d see the day when the legality of the Bible itself was put in jeopardy. Yet in the socialist state of California, that’s exactly what appears to be happening.

Assembly Bill 2943 would make it an “unlawful business practice” to engage in a “transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer” that either advertises or engages in “sexual orientation change efforts with an individual.” In the bill, the phrase “sexual orientations change efforts” is defined as “any practices that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation. This includes efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.”

It would appear that this definition would include the Bible, since the Bible explicitly condemns homosexual behavior and defines marriage as being between one man and one woman. That means that if Assembly Bill 2943 is officially signed into law, it could ban the sale of the Bible in the state of California, which, for obvious reasons, would be an assault on not just the Constitution but on the very fabric of America.

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UK Watchdog May Go After Christian Group That Defended Alfie Evans

The tragic death of British toddler Alfie Evans is heartbreaking and the details surrounding his death will chill you to the core.

It’s hard to comprehend how a nation can take a child from a loving family, rip him off life support and deny him the care he needs to stay alive — all this because bureaucrats didn’t think his life is worth fighting for.

Let’s not sugarcoat what happened, this was a state-ordered execution of an innocent baby thanks to socialized medicine.

And just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, the Christian legal group that took the lead in representing the Evans family may be investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, a watchdog group that works with the government.

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7 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/2/2018

  1. ‘…to introduce “star chamber” courtroom proceedings, which involves a prosecutor and a judge withdrawing your constitutional rights because someone claims you are a danger. ‘

    Could this be one of the desired outcomes of mass migration? I mean, the right to bear arms is for the Citizens, isn’t it? But what if you import millions of violent criminals and make them Citizens?

  2. Guys, I need a help with finding two videos which I think were posted here. The first one showed Swedish (or other Scandinavian family), whose boy was bullied by muslim children. They ultimately moved to another school, where percentage of muslim was lower and where he immedietely found friends.

    ANother things I remember from the video was a mother saying that she was surprised when they went outdoors, muslim kids asked them who are they and her son immedietely said “we are christian”. ANother thing was that the women (mother of the son) said she understands there are problems with integration, and someone must pay those costs, but she don’t want her son to pay those costs (or something in that sense).

    The second video was about immigration, with many points of view. One scene was about Swedish-Jewish immigration worker, who was helping an white Arab immigrant to learn language, whose son was harassed or even beaten byimmigrants and who herself said she will have to leave Sweden because of rising antisemitism.

    Any clues? Thank in advance

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