Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/16/2018

Three illegal migrants were injured when the truck carrying them crashed just inside the Greek-Turkish border. The injured aliens were among the 41 passengers who had just crossed the border in a truck driven by an Afghan.

In other news, with inflation in Venezuela at an annual rate of 2,400%, President Nicolas Maduro raised the minimum wage by 3,500%, which resulted in the closure of 40% of the country’s retail businesses.

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Financial Crisis
» Italy Crisis: Brussels on Alert as Expert Warns Recession Would be ‘Catastrophic’ For EU
 
USA
» “We’re Going to Unmask You”: James O’Keefe Set to Expose Deep State With New Investigation
» 138 Somali Muslims Win $1.5 Million in Prayer Break Dispute With Meatpacker
» California Governor to Launch His “Own D*mn Satellite” To Monitor Greenhouse Gas Emissions
» Chicago: Bill Daley Joins Crowded Mayor’s Race, Will Announce Monday
» Cops Dump 17 Rounds Into ‘Good Samaritan’ Veteran as He Tried to Break Up a Fight
» Dem Socialist Ocasio-Cortez SOOOOO Bad in Interview That CNN Host Gives Up! (Video)
» George Soros’s Son Dumps $100,000 Into California Ammo Control Efforts
» He Walked Away From Democrats: “I Have a Message for President Trump” [Video] #WalkAway
» How One Farmer, Who Stood Alone and Proudly Saluted Our Flag, Reminds us of Why We Boycott the NFL and Nike
» Nolte: Google Tape Proves You Cannot Trust CNN, NYT, Or Even Fox News
» Police: Woman Faked Story About Trump-Related Hate Crime
» Roseanne Barr Reveals How ABC Kills Off Her Character in Show She Created
» She Heard Their Cries and Couldn’t Walk Away, So She Helped Save 18 Dogs in Kinston
» The Deep State, Obama, And Destroying America
» Trump Shouldn’t Criticise the News Media, Says Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
» Trump Administration Will Send a Message to All US Phones on Thursday
 
Europe and the EU
» Austria, Germany Agree on Need to Avoid Hard Brexit: Kurz
» Boris Johnson Said Support for Trade Deal in US But Only if UK Makes Clean Break From EU
» Delingpole: ‘Civil War is Coming to Europe’ Warns German Politician
» Don’t Hate EU Internet Regulation — Defy It
» Dutch Catholic Church is Rapidly Disappearing — Archbishop
» Finland Has 60,000 ‘Working Poor’, Tens of Thousands at Risk of Poverty
» France: Paris Bataclan Terrorist Frequently Calls Himself Muslim and Calls Prison Guards ‘Infidels’
» France’s Le Pen Urges Show of Nationalist Force in European Elections
» Hungary: Orban’s Fidesz Mantains Strong Lead
» Italy: Di Maio Blasts EP Copyright Directive OK
» Italy: Man Nabbed for Drugging, Raping Minor
» Italy: Naked Turk Tasered in Florence
» Italy: I Am Old: Idiosyncrasy Against Nationalism — Mattarella
» Italy: Kyenge on Trial for Calling League Racist
» Police Stumped in Search for Missing WikiLeaks-Linked Cybersecurity Expert
» Pope Authorizes Probe Into Sistine Chapel Choir
» Report: Dutch Catholic Church Accused of Covering Up Child Sex Abuse
» Slovenian Lawmakers Approve Moderate Government
» Steve Bannon Praises Orban and Salvini
» The European Union Would Love to Control Your Internet Use
» UK: ‘Bware Da Baby Trap’: NHS Slammed Over ‘Crass’ Contraception Campaign
» UK: Failing Mayor of London Now Calls for Second Brexit Referendum
» UK: Khan’s London: Carjackers Convicted for Throwing Acid on Disabled Boxer, Dragging Him Behind Vehicle
 
Balkans
» Bosnia: Rating B/B Affirmed, Outlook Stable
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» Caroline Glick: Ari Fuld, A Fighter for Israel in Life and Death
 
Far East
» Typhoon Mangkhut Leaves Trail of Destruction, Dozens Dead
 
Australia — Pacific
» $100,000 Reward Offered to Find Person Putting Needles in Australia Strawberries
 
Latin America
» In Venezuela, Huge Hike in Minimum Wage Forces 40 Percent of Stores to Close
 
Immigration
» “Viktor Orban Was the Only One Doing the Right Thing During the Migrant Crisis”
» ‘Child Refugee’ Causes Brain Injury to 91-Year-Old Swedish Woman Whilst Robbing Her
» Hungary Defiant in the Face of EU Censure
» Italy: Salvini Blames Tuberculosis Cases on Migration
» Italy: UNHCR Says Will Comment on Salvini Migrant Decree
» Migrant Boys Attempt Murder of Five Months Pregnant German Girl, Stabbing Her Several Times
» Migrants Injured Crossing the Greek-Turkish Border
» Rescues Yes But Italy Cannot Accept Them All, Says PM
 

Italy Crisis: Brussels on Alert as Expert Warns Recession Would be ‘Catastrophic’ For EU

According to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in April, Italy is the eight biggest economy in the world and fourth largest in Europe at £1.67tn ($2.18tn).

But earlier this month, Europe was put on high alert as risk-spreads on 10-year Italian debt rocketed to a five-year high of 290.

Italy already has a debt of £2tn (€2.3tn) — equivalent to 132 percent of GDP and the second highest in the eurozone behind Greece.

Bank of America has warned that Italy’s GDP growth is “flirting with zero” in the third quarter of 2018, adding that risk spreads could “easily rise to 400 basis points” if the country’s budget breaks financial rules.

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

“We’re Going to Unmask You”: James O’Keefe Set to Expose Deep State With New Investigation

Authored by Joseph Jankowski via PlanetFreeWill.com

Investigative Journalist James O’Keefe is set to make public a new investigation that will “unmask” and “put a face to the individuals who seek to disturb the fabric of our Republic.”

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

138 Somali Muslims Win $1.5 Million in Prayer Break Dispute With Meatpacker

We’ve previously reported on meatpackers and other industries importing Somali Muslims for the cheap labor only to have problems with the prayer breaks that they must take during the workday. This is a bit of Karma for these globalist meatpacking companies who want cheap labor but now are being forced to pay the workers they fired.

One of the problems with the prayer issue is that it causes disruptions in production and can be a safety issue. The trend in accommodations for Muslim practices is rising since the refugee resettlement agencies have actively settled thousands of Somali Muslims across America for companies like Cargill who want the cheap labor (see below).

Cargill Meat Solutions, a division of Minnesota-based agribusiness company Cargill Corp., also agreed to train managers and hourly workers in accommodating Muslim employees’ prayer breaks at its Fort Morgan beef processing plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

California Governor to Launch His “Own D*mn Satellite” To Monitor Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Guest essay by Eric Worrall

Providing climate data to the world is apparently a top Californian government spending priority.

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

Chicago: Bill Daley Joins Crowded Mayor’s Race, Will Announce Monday

Former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley is planning to announce on Monday that he is running for mayor, seeking the office once held by his brother and father.

“He’s definitely announcing on Monday,” a spokesman said Friday. “And he is in to win.”

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

Cops Dump 17 Rounds Into ‘Good Samaritan’ Veteran as He Tried to Break Up a Fight

A community is outraged after a father and U.S. Navy veteran was shot and killed by police while witnesses claim he was being a good Samaritan and trying to break up a fight, but when his handgun fell out of its holster and he reached to pick it up, police did not hesitate to open fire on him. The handgun was legal and the victim had a permit to carry it concealed.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Dem Socialist Ocasio-Cortez SOOOOO Bad in Interview That CNN Host Gives Up! (Video)

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was so bad on Jake Tapper’s SOTU show that he literally gave up talking to her about one simple question! The Democratic Socialist was asked about her “Medicare for all” plan, which is predicted by both left and right swaying associations to cost America about $40 trillion. Of course, this amount also includes the following: “jobs guarantees, student loan forgiveness, free college programs, paid family leave, and Social Security expansion” all at an extremely high cost of $40 trillion.

Like anyone else out there, even CNN’s host Jake Tapper wanted to know the answer to “where is all that money coming from?”

Jake asked Ocasio-Cortez about it a few times and each time she completely talked about something that really made no sense. By the time Ocasio-Cortez was done ignoring his question for the second time, he actually gave up on her. It’s really bad when a CNN host gives up on her and makes her look like a fool on video.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

George Soros’s Son Dumps $100,000 Into California Ammo Control Efforts

Democratic mega-donor Alexander Soros has given $100,000 to support the “yes” campaign on a California ballot measure that would ban possession of large-capacity magazines, require the California Department of Justice to maintain a list of all residents authorized to purchase ammunition and would prohibit Californians from purchasing ammo without first obtaining the authorization of the California Department of Justice.

Even though he is a New York resident, Soros — the son of left-wing financier George Soros — is one of the top 10 biggest donors behind the “yes” campaign on Proposition 63, according to the California Fair Political Practices Commission.

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

He Walked Away From Democrats: “I Have a Message for President Trump” [Video] #WalkAway

M. Adrian Norman walked away from the Democrats and has a message for President Trump that we think you’ll really agree with:

AMERICANS ARE WAKING UP AND WALKING AWAY FROM DEMOCRATS!

Trending: BREAKING: FBI Will NOT Investigate Judge Kavanaugh Over Diane Feinstein’s Vague Claim About What He May Or May Not Have Done In High School

People see through the lies of the legacy media and we see the success of the Trump administration.

WALKAWAY:

Just finished working out and decided to finally make a video explaining why I left the Democratic Party and will probably never ever again vote Democrat. Progressives are the enemy of the black community.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

How One Farmer, Who Stood Alone and Proudly Saluted Our Flag, Reminds us of Why We Boycott the NFL and Nike

Last week, on the 17th anniversary of 9-11, one spectacular photo that went viral, reminded us that a bunch of overpaid kneeling NFL players doesn’t represent America any more than the community organizer turned President who started the war on cops and on the greatness of our nation.

The photo, that spread like wildfire on social media, simply showed one farmer in Idaho, who stopped working, stood alone in a field, and quietly covered his heart, while a local high school girls soccer team played the National Anthem on the other side of the fence.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Nolte: Google Tape Proves You Cannot Trust CNN, NYT, Or Even Fox News

Although it feels as though every corner of the media has been politicized, there are still a whole lot of people who just want to know what’s going on in the world. These are people like myself (when I’m off the clock) who are news consumers, who want basic information.

Information is important, and therefore the thinking used to be that even if you had to sit through CNN’s hate-fueled activism, the New York Times’ phony sources, and the latest outrage Fox News has dug up to increase your blood pressure, it was worth it because in-between all the spectacle, actual news managed to creep in.

Unfortunately, we now know that is no longer true, we now know the era is over in which CNN, the New York Times, and even Fox News can argue they (at the very least) dutifully inform the public of everything.

We know this era is over because of the Google Tape.

To recap, the Google Tape reveals the following:…

Now imagine living in a world where the media you count on for information, where the news outlets you turn to as means to consume news, hide this video, cover it up, spin it, or pretend it does not exist.

Well, you do live in that world — because that is exactly what CNN, the New York Times, and Fox Business did with the Google Tape.

Basically, because these outlets are so driven by something other than informing the public, the Google Tape — the smoking guns of all smoking guns — was hidden from new consumers.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Police: Woman Faked Story About Trump-Related Hate Crime

Authorities have arrested and charged a woman in Long Island for making up a story about a Trump-related hate crime, police said.

Adwoa Lewis, 19, told detectives Friday four teenagers confronted her as she was driving home on September 2, yelling “Trump 2016!” before stating that she did not belong here.

Lewis also claimed that she parked her vehicle in front of her house, then woke up the next morning to find her car’s tires slashed and a note with the words, “Go home,” police said.

But when authorities investigated the alleged incident, police found that Lewis fabricated the tale and the incident never took place.

Lewis later admitted to officers she placed the hand-written note on her car, police said.

Authorities charged Lewis with one count of making a false punishable written statement before releasing her on an appearance ticket.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Roseanne Barr Reveals How ABC Kills Off Her Character in Show She Created

Is killing Roseanne’s character symbolic of killing Trump supporters?

Roseanne seems to think so…

Brandon Straka, the founder of the wildly successful #WalkAway movement, is using his newfound voice to expose the lies of the left.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

She Heard Their Cries and Couldn’t Walk Away, So She Helped Save 18 Dogs in Kinston

KINSTON — April Casey tried to take a shortcut to somewhere else on Saturday when instead she arrived at a dead end — a flood that blocked her path on Will Baker Road, a little ways south of Kinston. She’d been on a mission to rescue cats for a friend who’d summoned her help.

Now, her path blocked, she walked out of her car and heard the cries of dogs from a nearby house. They were barking and whimpering, she said, making noise befitting of their situation — some trapped inside, others in a kennel outside, while the floodwaters rose around them.

“We could hear them,” said Casey, who lives in Seven Springs. “There was at least eight in the pen. And they were standing on the doghouse, but we couldn’t leave them, at all.”

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

The Deep State, Obama, And Destroying America

Issues have come to light revealing the extent of Obama’s troubled presidency and former top officials reckless disregard for unlawfully spying on Trump and thousands of Americans that is destroying America. Moreover, Obama’s glee at making a nuclear deal with Iran has unleashed Hell on the Middle East by creating a hegemonic Iran. To illustrate, Politico did an extensive investigative report titled “The Secret Backstory of How Obama Let Hezbollah off the Hook,” because “[a]n ambitious U.S. task force targeting Hezbollah’s billion-dollar criminal enterprise ran headlong into the White House’s desire for a nuclear deal with Iran.”

Additionally, The Atlantic reported that Obama and former high-ranking intelligence officials knew that Iran and al-Qaeda were working together (Hazma, Osama bin Laden’s son, got married in Iran), and more damning was a 19-page document from the 2011 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed bin Laden, showing that “al-Qaeda and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Tehran touched on funding and arming the Sunni terror outfit so it could strike at American targets.” Former CIA director Mike Pompeo “suggested” that this al-Qaeda-Iran pact was an “open secret during the Obama administration.” Maybe these revelations are why the Deep State, Obama, Democrats, and negligent Republicans are trying to destroy Trump and the Rule of Law. It can certainly justify why Trump de-certified the Iran nuclear deal.

Unfortunately, “Obama did spy on Trump,” according to former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson. She was also illegally spied on by the Obama administration for writing unflattering stories. Ms. Attkisson then credibly alleges, “It means U.S. intelligence agencies secretly surveilled at least a half dozen Trump associates. And those are just the ones we know about.”

Former senior-level Obama officials Susan Rice, James Clapper, John Brennan, Sally Yates, and Samantha Power all admitted to reviewing or “unmasking” political figures. Obama intel agencies were caught “secretly monitoring Congressional conversations while the Obama administration negotiated the Iran nuclear deal.” Brennan and Clapper were both found lying to Congress in 2013 and 2014. And Ms. Attkisson is still fighting the Justice Department in a federal lawsuit over hacking her CBS computer, causing CBS to publicly announce:

Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s computer was hacked by “an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions,” confirming Attkisson’s previous revelation of the hacking.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Trump Shouldn’t Criticise the News Media, Says Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

Who happens to own The Washington Post newspaper

What Trump “should say (of criticism) is, ‘This is right, this is good. I am glad I am being scrutinized,’ and that would be so secure and confident,” Bezos told the president of the Economic Club of Washington DC, David Rubenstein, during an on-stage talk held at the club.

Bezos added: “But it is really dangerous to demonize the media. It is dangerous to call the media lowlifes, it is dangerous to say that they are the enemy of the people.”

[Comment: Fifth Estate has become the Fifth Column. Bezos just hates that Trump helped to open the public’s eyes to the truth.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Trump Administration Will Send a Message to All US Phones on Thursday

The Trump administration will send a message to all US mobile phones on Thursday, as it tests an unused alert system that warns the public about national emergencies.

Phones will make a loud tone and have a special vibration according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which will send the alert.

The test message will be headlined “Presidential Alert” and will go on to read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”

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

Austria, Germany Agree on Need to Avoid Hard Brexit: Kurz

BERLIN (Reuters) — Austria and Germany agree that everything possible must be done to avoid Britain leaving the European Union without a trade deal, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday before a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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

Boris Johnson Said Support for Trade Deal in US But Only if UK Makes Clean Break From EU

Boris Johnson said there is a lot of support for a good trade deal in Washington but only if the UK makes a clean break from the EU.

Speaking after his US trip, which he said was “very good” he agreed with US ambassador Woody Johnson that the UK should have confidence in itself and make a clean break from the EU.

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

Delingpole: ‘Civil War is Coming to Europe’ Warns German Politician

“Civil war is coming to Europe,” a German city politician told me this week.

I shan’t mention his name — it was an off-the-record briefing and, anyway, in Germany there are penalties for this kind of frankness.

But he was only repeating what plenty of other people say in private in Germany where I’ve spent the last couple of weeks, soaking up the atmosphere, people-watching, gauging the public mood in the wake of Angela Merkel’s open invitation to perhaps three million immigrants — most of them fighting-age males from Muslim countries.

Three million is higher than the figure admitted by the German authorities, which tend to put it closer to 1.5 million. My source tells me the higher number is closer to the mark…

Why is Germany inflicting this immigration on itself?

Apart from desperation to show itself in a good light to make amends for World War II and the Holocaust, there are two main reasons.

Economics: there is a view abroad, mostly promoted by the mainstream liberal-left but also by squishy conservatives, that Germany’s ageing population needs an influx of fresh blood. If native Germans won’t breed at replacement rates, then “guest-workers” must be imported to keep the economy going strong. Obviously, this is nonsense for a number of reasons debunked by Douglas Murray in his The Strange Death of Europe. But it appeals greatly to the German psyche: they saw what happened after the unemployment of the Weimar era and they don’t want it to happen again.

Anti-Nationalist, Post-Borders New World Order: this the world-view promoted and funded by George Soros and his acolytes, an article of faith for many on the hard left. Encouraging immigration from apparently inimical foreign cultures will ultimately make us better people. It will solve the disgusting problem of white privilege. We will interbreed and cross-pollinate and abandon our unhelpful nationalistic identities which have led to so much chauvinism and war in the past. Sure there might be the odd blip, but because this New World Order is so self-evidently desirable, no sacrifices are too great in order to achieve it.

Yes, most of us find even the first rationale abhorrent, let alone the second…

Ordinary people across Europe — in the U.S. too before Trump came along — are becoming increasingly frustrated at the failure of their governing elites to take their worries seriously, especially where the two biggest worries of all are concerned: immigration and terrorism.

But instead of responding by mending their ways and addressing these issues, the elites are shooting the messengers. They are clamping down on the people who speak out about the rape gangs, the murders, the acid attacks, the antisocial behaviour who are being punished, not the actual perpetrators.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Don’t Hate EU Internet Regulation — Defy It

The European Union has come in for criticism over its repeated attempts to regulate the web. Critics assert that waves of EU legislation are suppressing free expression, impairing the user experience and, most heinously, “killing memes”. The solution, for those who take this view, would appear to be simple: don’t hate on the EU — defy them.

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

Dutch Catholic Church is Rapidly Disappearing — Archbishop

Over the next decade, the entire archdiocese of Utrecht is estimated to be reduced from 280 to less than 15 churches that still hold Eucharistic celebrations, according to Archbishop Wim Eijk.

In an interview with local newspaper the Gelderlander, the Archbishop disclosed that 1 in 10 parishes in his diocese are bankrupt, with only 1 in 10 able to be considered ‘rich’, with the other 8 in 10 being somewhere in between.

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Finland Has 60,000 ‘Working Poor’, Tens of Thousands at Risk of Poverty

Figures show that the median salary in Finland is 2,900 euros, but many people earn a lot less than that.

In figures released on Thursday Statistics Finland said that the median income in Finland is just under 2,900 euros, while the mode—the most common salary—is 2,600 euros. That means half of working people earn less than 2,900, and many of them scrape by on much less than that.

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

France: Paris Bataclan Terrorist Frequently Calls Himself Muslim and Calls Prison Guards ‘Infidels’

Islamic Bataclan terrorist, Salah Abdeslam, is reportedly insulting prison guards regularly, calling them “infidels”. Belgian newspaper HLN reports.

Salah took part in the 2015 Bataclan massacre in Paris and reports from the Fleury-Mérogis prison reveal Abdeslam’s extremely hostile behaviour.

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

France’s Le Pen Urges Show of Nationalist Force in European Elections

FREJUS, France (Reuters) — France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen urged Europe’s populist parties to unite against a liberal establishment in next year’s European elections, as she made a combative return to the spotlight after her bruising election defeat last year.

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Hungary: Orban’s Fidesz Mantains Strong Lead

Support for opposition parties very weak

(ANSA) — BELGRADE, 14 SET — Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party mantains a very strong lead over opposition parties in Hungary, a new survey has revealed.

According to a poll of the Szazadveg Institute, if national elections were held today the ruling Fidesz- Christian Democrat (KDNP) will get the support of 53% of decided voters, while the second most voted party, Jobbik, will get only 14% of votes. The Socialist party-Parbeszed alliance is currently supported by 13% of decided voters, the Democratic Coalition (DK) by 7% and the Green LMP by 5%.

Taking into account not only decided voters by the whole electorate, 36% of Hungarians would vote for Fidesz-KDNP today, 8% for Jobbik, 7% for Socialist-Pabeszed alliance, 4% for DK and 3% for LMP, while 35% of voters said that they are undecided.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Italy: Di Maio Blasts EP Copyright Directive OK

‘Disgrace, ready to fight’ says deputy PM

(ANSA) — Rome, September 12 — Deputy Premier and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday blasted the European Parliament’s approval of a controversial overhaul of copyright law that could force tech giants to install filters that prevent copyright-protected content from being uploaded.

“An all-European disgrace,” said the leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).

“The European Parliament has introduced the censorship of content of Internet users. We are officially entering a scenario worthy of Orwell’s Big Brother”.

He said the M5S would fight “in the negotiations between governments, at the European parliament and on the European Commission” against the controversial directive.

He vowed that “at the next vote in the assembly the directive will be blocked again”.

European Parliament President Antonio Tajani on Wednesday called Di Maio’s criticism of the EP’s approval of the directive “shameful” and urged Premier Giuseppe Conte to distance himself from his deputy’s statements.

“I ask Premier Conte to immediately distance himself from the shameful statements of Deputy Premier Di Maio against the European Parliament,” Tajani said.

“Threatening the only directly elected EU institution is something you would expect from people who know nothing of democracy,” Tajani said.

Lawmakers in Strasbourg voted on Wednesday in favor of the European Union’s revamped directive, which is aimed at bringing the bloc’s rules on copyright into the 21st century.

The copyright reform was passed with 438 votes in favour, 226 against and 39 abstentions.

Critics say such a law would normalize censorship and restrict Internet freedom, preventing users from being able to post content ranging from memes to links to articles from news outlets.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Italy: Man Nabbed for Drugging, Raping Minor

In Puglia

(ANSA) — Barletta, September 12 — A 53-year-old homeless Venezuelan-born man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of drugging and raping a Romanian-origin underage girl in Barletta, police said.

The man is suspected of sexually abusing the minor after slipping her drugs to inhibit her capacity to react, police said.

He has been charged with sexual violence and distributing narcotics to a minor.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Italy: Naked Turk Tasered in Florence

After punching 2 homeless men

(ANSA) — Florence, September 12 — A 24-year-old naked Turk was tasered after shouting threats at passersby and punching two homeless men in Florence Tuesday night.

It was the first use of the electric stun guns — recently introduced in 12 Italian cities — in the Tuscan capital. The man was taken back to the psychiatric ward of Santa Maria Novella Hospital, from which he had been discharged on September 3.

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Italy: I Am Old: Idiosyncrasy Against Nationalism — Mattarella

No movement can undermine democracy says Italy president

(ANSA) — Rome, September 14 — President Sergio Mattarella said Friday that since he was old he had “an idiosyncrasy” against the dangers of nationalism.

Speaking in Latvia, the president said “I am getting on in years, I was born during the bombing and perhaps for this reason an innate mistrust, an innate idiosyncrasy towards any danger of nationalism and war have remained with me”.

Mattarella said “we must reflect on this because we run the risk that reproposing within the Union a climate that is not only competitive but is one of opposition, which then becomes conflict, then becomes hostility, may become we know not what”.

Mattarella also said that no movement can undermine EU values.

Mattarella said what “unites the future of Europeans” is “an argument, historically, for the future, so vast when compared to the past, that there is no movement that can call into question this historic value”.

But he added: “However, it must be understood with greater efficacy and greater capacity”.

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Italy: Kyenge on Trial for Calling League Racist

First black minister once likened to orangutan

(ANSA) — Piacenza, September 14 — Centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) MEP Cecile Kyenge, formerly Italy’s first black minister, went on trial Thursday for calling the anti-migrant League party racist.

The trial of Kyenge, once likened to an orangutan by a League heavyweight, is the result of a libel suit filed by League leader Matteo Salvini.

During a PD supporters’ yearly get-together in Parma, Kyenge said the League was a “racist” party.

The League, while pursuing a crackdown on migrants, has always denied it is racist.

Sending her to trial in January, preliminary investigations judge Stefania Di Rienzo said Kyenge had implicitly compared the League to the Nazis.

Kyenge has been the target of League abuse for years.

Last year, when the League was still called the Northern League, MEP Mario Borghezio was ordered to pay the Congo-born former integration minister Cecile Kyenge 50,000 euros in compensation for a racist slur.

“I can’t afford it, I’ll have to sell my house,” commented Borghezio, who has a history of controversial anti-immigrant remarks and actions.

Borghezio, interviewed on April 29, 2013 after Kyenge’s appointment, reportedly said among other things that “Africans are Africans and belong to an ethnic group very different from ours”.

He also complained that Kyenge, who was educated in Italy to become an ophthalmologist, had taken away a health post that he said should have been given to “some Italian doctor”.

In another remark that was not covered by last year’s verdict, Borghezio claimed Kyenge would impose her “tribal traditions” from the Congo on Italy.

“This is a bonga bonga government, they want to change birthright citizenship laws and Kyenge wants to impose her tribal traditions from the Congo,” said Borghezio.

Other politicians with the Northern League have faced legal action for comments against Kyenge.

Former Senator Ermino Boso, interviewed a few days after Borghezio on May 1, 2013, reportedly said Kyenge should have “stayed home in the Congo”.

In November 2013 Northern League Senator and former minister Roberto Calderoli was charged with defamation aggravated by racial discrimination after he compared Kyenge to an orangutan.

That remark by Calderoli was one of the first and probably the worst, but not the only such slur against the eye doctor.

Earlier in 2013 Northern League Padua Councillor Dolores Valandro posted on Facebook that someone should rape Kyenge “so she knows what it feels like” in response to a report of an Italian woman who was allegedly raped by an African man.

Borghezio has a track record of anti-immigrant acts.

In 2000 he was lampooned on TV for his efforts to clean up, with dusters and spray, trains allegedly used by foreign prostitutes and immigrants.

Kyenge recalled several episodes of alleged League racism on social media Friday, saying “is the League racist? Judge for yourselves”.

She posted headlines including When Salvini Sang: ‘Smell the Stink, the Neapolitans are Coming’; Calderoli: When I See Kyenge I think of an Orangutan; League: Separate Carriages For Non-EU Migrants; and Borghezio: ‘Bonga Bonga Government: Kyenge A F**king Bad Choice’.

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Police Stumped in Search for Missing WikiLeaks-Linked Cybersecurity Expert

Nobody has heard from cybersecurity expert and occasional Wikileaks collaborator Arjen Kamphuis since he checked out of his hotel in Bodo, Norway one month ago.

In the intervening weeks, items purportedly belonging to Kamphuis, including his ID and a recently purchased kayak, were discovered by a local fisherman 50 kilometers from his hotel. While this would at first seem to suggest some type of fatal accident, in a strange twist, authorities say that both Kamphuis’ work and mobile phones were briefly switched on more than 1,700 km from Bodo 10 days after Kamphuis — who is Dutch and was purportedly traveling back to Amsterdam when he disappeared — was seen leaving his hotel.

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Pope Authorizes Probe Into Sistine Chapel Choir

Choir’s director and administrative chief under investigation

(ANSA) — Vatican City, September 13 — The Vatican has said in a statement that Pope Francis authorized a probe “into economic-financial aspects” of the Sistine Chapel Choir a few months ago.

Vatican investigations are looking into allegations of money laundering and fraud, sources said.

The choir’s director and administrative chief are reportedly under investigation.

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Report: Dutch Catholic Church Accused of Covering Up Child Sex Abuse

More than half of the senior figures in the Dutch Catholic Church have been accused of covering up or engaging in the sexual abuse of children, according to a report by the Netherlands’ leading newspaper.

Out of the 39 cardinals, bishops, and auxiliary bishops, four have been accused of abusing children whilst another 16 have been accused of transferring known paedophile priests to other parishes where they may have gone on to abuse more children, reports the Dutch newspaper of record NRC Handelsblad.

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Slovenian Lawmakers Approve Moderate Government

Sarec leads a coalition of five center-left parties

(AP-ANSA) — LJUBLJANA — Slovenian lawmakers on Thursday endorsed a center-left government in a tight vote that still keeps the power away from anti-immigrant populists who topped the polls in June’s election.

The government of Prime Minister Marjan Sarec — a former comedian — bucks the trend in Central Europe, where populists have swept to power in elections from Italy to Poland.

Sarec’s cabinet received support from 45 lawmakers in the 90-member assembly — just enough for the endorsement. The tight vote suggests Sarec faces a tough job of keeping his government afloat.

A novice in Slovenian politics, the 40-year-old Sarec leads a minority government that is a coalition of five center-left parties that have joined forces to sideline the right-wing winner of the June 3 parliamentary vote.

The government also has sought the backing of a separate, left-wing group in parliament. Thursday’s vote was secret, meaning that it was not clear which of the lawmakers supported the cabinet.

Slovenia was once part of Yugoslavia and is the native home of U.S. first lady Melania Trump. Bordering Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and a slice of the Adriatic Sea, the nation of about 2 million joined the European Union in 2004 and has used the euro as its official currency since 2007.

Some analysts in Slovenia have predicted the government will be unstable because it consists of several diverse groups and depends for its ability to pass legislation on the left-wing party.

Already, Slovenian businesses have expressed fear that support from The Left party, which advocated improvements to the welfare system, will force the government to raise taxes to meet its demands.

Sarec, who gave up performing on stage to become the mayor of the central Slovenian town of Kamnik, told parliament earlier Thursday that his government is ready to take up its responsibilities.

“It is easier to observe from the side and criticize than to do something,” he said. “It is time to start working now.” Though the Slovenian Democratic Party of former prime minister Janez Jansa topped June’s election, it failed to garner enough support to govern alone. Other parliamentary groups in the traditionally moderate Alpine nation have refused to cooperate with Jansa, who is an ally of Hungary’s anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The former prime minister said Thursday he anticipates “very serious headaches” for Sarec in leading a government that he described as a “recycled” version of previous left-leaning administrations that will bring no good for Slovenia.

Janez Markes, an analyst from the Delo newspaper, predicted that Jansa will provide stiff opposition to Sarec’s government.

“This is the government against something … so I suppose this government is going to be a little bit colorless,” Markes said.

“But this minority (government) can last, maybe for four years, who knows.” — Ali Zerdin contributed to this report.

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Steve Bannon Praises Orban and Salvini

Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon praised Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Italy’s Matteo Salvini, saying they were trying to get the “sovereignties of their countries back.”

Bannon was speaking at the Open Future festival organised by the Economist and said of the Hungarian prime minister and Italian interior minister, both of whom have taken a hard line on migration: “These people are trying to make their countries better. I certainly do not condemn Viktor Orban and Salvini.

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The European Union Would Love to Control Your Internet Use

Imagine an internet in which users can’t freely blog, parody, share material, or remix content — an online experience in which linking, code-sharing, and the unfettered use of art and images would be nearly impossible due to legal limitations. Unfortunately, this scenario — a restrictive internet culture — may soon be a reality in the European Union with the recent passage of the European Unions Copyright Directive. This new E.U. decree, which includes provisions for filtering and surveillance, could have a chilling effect on internet creativity and innovation, potentially increase censorship, and impose new market barriers for businesses worldwide.

The new regulations were originally proposed two years ago as part of the E.U.’s Digital Single Market policy that applies to 28 E.U. member-states and the four non-E.U. states of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. Essentially, it could have a global impact on non-E.U. countries across the world similar to the effect of the E.U.’s 2016 E.U.-wide data protection rules created under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR took effect in May this year and standardized data protection laws and set guidelines on controlling personally identifiable data. The Copyright Directive imposes requirements that will change the way netizens interface with online content by imposing mandatory upload filtering, a link tax, and certain prohibitions on user-generated content in public spaces. It requires online platforms to implement privacy-killing filtering systems that will ban content usage under the justification of copyright protections. Platforms will be held liable for copyright infringement and fines that could threaten their economic viability. To add to the confusion, the directive is just that, a suggestion, so each E.U. and non-E.U. party must create its own interpretation of the laws. The result could be that all 28 E.U. member-states have their own separate definition of what part of a link can be used and copyrighted.

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UK: ‘Bware Da Baby Trap’: NHS Slammed Over ‘Crass’ Contraception Campaign

The NHS has been accused of promoting an “anti-motherhood” message with a “crass” campaign asking young people if they are prepared to “give up” lipstick and glamorous shoes in order to have a child.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust was accused of cheapening human life over its campaignaimed at discouraging young people from conceiving, with people hitting out on social media at posters which are currently being promoted on buses in the region.

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UK: Failing Mayor of London Now Calls for Second Brexit Referendum

“The people must have another vote — take back control of Brexit”, despite later writing, in the same article, that “the will of the British people was to leave the EU.”

In fact, this remains the case, with one of the most recent polls showing a 53:38 majority in favour of leaving the EU, greater than the majority that voted to leave in the first place.

[Comment: Can we have a second vote for London mayor?]

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UK: Khan’s London: Carjackers Convicted for Throwing Acid on Disabled Boxer, Dragging Him Behind Vehicle

Three ruthless carjackers have been convicted for attacking disabled boxer Michael Watson MBE, his carer, and a teenage couple with ‘acid’ in two separate incidents.

Anselm Legemah, 23, Simon Luck, 29, and Paul Samuels, 31, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery and applying a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, or disable, or to inflict grievous bodily harm.

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Bosnia: Rating B/B Affirmed, Outlook Stable

Political tensions will not impact on real economy

(ANSA) — BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 11 — Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings affirmed its ‘B/B’ long- and short-term ratings on Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a stable outlook. S&P has noted that political tensions ahead and after the October elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina may raise concerns for “investments, foreign investor sentiment, and structural reform capacity.” However, S&P noted, “we forecast the real economy will be largely unscathed over the coming two years, with a 3% annual growth rate through 2021 and steadily rising wealth levels.” “Political tensions and divisive strategies will likely delay the forming of a functioning state parliament after the October elections,” S&P added.

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Caroline Glick: Ari Fuld, A Fighter for Israel in Life and Death

Ari Fuld, who was murdered Sunday outside of a supermarket in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, was the sort of person you could always count on to put his own interests on hold to help Israel. His passion for Israel and its defense permeated everything he did.

Fuld, the New York native, U.S. citizen, and 45-year old father of four, did not even let his wounds stop him from defending Israel. After the Palestinian terrorist stabbed him in the back, Fuld — a combat verteran from Israel’s elite Golani Infantry Brigade — managed to swerve around and pursue his attacker, shooting him in the back several times before he collapsed from his wounds. He died shortly thereafter at a Jerusalem-area hospital.

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Typhoon Mangkhut Leaves Trail of Destruction, Dozens Dead

Typhoon Mangkhut, the world’s most powerful storm this year, skidded into mainland China on Sunday after claiming at least 59 lives in the Philippines and pummeling Hong Kong and Macau during a devastating churn across the tropical-storm prone region.

Although the region remained on alert, the storm was expected to start dissipating after its Sunday landfall. In the Philippines, rescuers searched for victims of landslides responsible for most of the deaths there. In Hong Kong, emergency workers began cutting away trees that fell in major roadways, as the city began what will be a major cleanup.

Typhoon Mangkhut packed sustained winds as high as 170 miles an hour, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, according to the U.S. military’s joint Typhoon Warning Center. That is about twice the 90 mph winds generated by Hurricane Florence, which struck the U.S.

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$100,000 Reward Offered to Find Person Putting Needles in Australia Strawberries

A $100,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for deliberately putting needles in strawberries in Queensland.

Police are warning people to slice the fruit before eating it amid fears six brands of strawberries in Australia have been contaminated with needles and pins.

Strawberries sold under the Berry Obsession, Berry Licious and Donnybrook Berries brands have already been recalled — and it is now believed the Love Berry, Delightful Strawberries and Oasis brands may also have been contaminated by a copycat.

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In Venezuela, Huge Hike in Minimum Wage Forces 40 Percent of Stores to Close

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro decided that the best way to deal with the country’s hyperinflation was to raise the minimum wage.

Sounds harmless, doesn’t it? Who could begrudge poor people a little raise in wages?

Except that inflation in Venezuela is currently running at about 2400 percent a year — 200 percent in August alone. And Maduro increased the minimum wage 3,500 percent while forbidding store owners from raising prices.

Does that sound like a Democratic Party platform or what?

Needless to say, most store owners are about to give up, with 40 percent of the country’s retail outlets closing their doors.

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“Viktor Orban Was the Only One Doing the Right Thing During the Migrant Crisis”

The debate about Judith Sargentini’s report on the situation in Hungary was scary because everyone was bashing Viktor Orban, when he was the only head of government who did the right thing during the migration crisis, FPÖ MEP Georg Mayer told Hungarian daily Magyar Hirlap.

According to Mayer, EPP group leader Manfred Weber voted yes because he wants to become the president of the European Commission and for that, he needs the support of the left-wing and liberal parties too.

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‘Child Refugee’ Causes Brain Injury to 91-Year-Old Swedish Woman Whilst Robbing Her

An Arab street child, lying about his age and identity, has been sentenced to jail and expulsion for a callous robbery in central Stockholm. The victim is a 91-year-old woman who was thrown to the ground, suffering severe injuries, Fria Tider reports.

The woman took a walk on 10 August 2018 with her son on Skånegatan in Stockholm. The Arab man, Ahmed, rushed up to her, snatching the gold chains around her neck with such force the 91-year-old woman was knocked to the ground.

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Hungary Defiant in the Face of EU Censure

“We need a new European Commission that is committed to the defense of Europe’s borders.” — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

“A few months ago … there was an election in Hungary. The Hungarian people decided what should happen, and during the election campaign we discussed all of the issues — including CEU, the NGOs, and all of the important political issues. And the people decided on these issues. And now the European Parliament is taking upon itself the task of overruling the decision made by the people of Hungary and forcing the Hungarian government to implement what they are attempting to impose on us in place of the people’s decision.” — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

“Hungary and the Hungarian people have been convicted because we have proven that migration is not needed and that it can be stopped.” — Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjartó.

“Hungary’s decisions are made by the voters in parliamentary elections. What you are claiming is no less than saying that the Hungarian people are not sufficiently capable of being trusted to judge what is in their own interests. You think that you know the needs of the Hungarian people better than the Hungarian people themselves… This report applies double standards, it is an abuse of power, it oversteps the limits on spheres of competence, and the method of its adoption is a treaty violation.” — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The European Parliament has voted to pursue unprecedented disciplinary action against Hungary over alleged breaches of the European Union’s “fundamental values.” The EU has accused the Hungarian government of attacks against the media, minorities and the rule of law.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has denied the charges, and said they are a retaliation for his government’s refusal to take in migrants from the Muslim world.

The censure represents another salvo in a showdown between pro— and anti-EU forces over populism and nationalism ahead of European Parliament elections in May 2019…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjartó ridiculed the vote. He called it the “petty revenge” of “pro-immigration” politicians:

“Hungary and the Hungarian people have been convicted because we have proven that migration is not needed and that it can be stopped.”

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Italy: Salvini Blames Tuberculosis Cases on Migration

‘Italians paying the price for uncontrolled invasion’

(ANSA) — Rome, September 12 — A Facebook post by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini Wednesday appeared to blame the latest outbreak of tuberculosis on what he called “uncontrolled migration”.

“A sick immigrant on the run, perhaps unaware of the seriousness of his condition. How many cases (are there) like this? Unfortunately tuberculosis has begun to spread again.

Italians are paying the social and healthcare costs of years of DISASTERS and an unregulated, uncontrolled invasion.” The post came after alarm raised by Roberto Ciambetti, head of the Veneto regional council, on a case at a refugee reception center in Sandrigo. Salvini added that “they said that we were bad people, alarmist, dangerous…I have done everything I could and will continue to do so to change the direction” of migration policies. Ciambetti said that he was concerned about the “increase in the cases of tuberculosis and the spread of this very serious illness among migrants and those not from the European Union”, with 40 cases this year compared with 16 in 2015, and especially after “the migrant with the illness fled, thereby possibly becoming a vehicle for the illness” to infect others.

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Italy: UNHCR Says Will Comment on Salvini Migrant Decree

Grandi meets Salvini, Toninelli and Conte

(ANSA) — Rome, September 13 — The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Thursday it would make “technical observations” on an upcoming decree on migration and asylum being framed by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

The UNHCR issued its statement after High Commissioner Filippo Grande met Salvini, Premier Gisueppe Conte and Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli.

The UNHCR said it was ready to offer technical support to the Italian government on possible solutions for the management of migrant flows, and for their inclusion, the statement said.

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Migrant Boys Attempt Murder of Five Months Pregnant German Girl, Stabbing Her Several Times

A 17-year-old German girl, who was five months pregnant, was the victim of a brutal knife attack by four boys with migrant backgrounds, tabloid Bild reports.

On Thursday the 6th of September the pregnant teen, who is called Marcella, was stabbed several times, in her hometown of Duisburg. Although heavily bleeding, she was able to escape by alarming the residents of a nearby house.

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Migrants Injured Crossing the Greek-Turkish Border

Police in Greece say three migrants were injured when the truck in which they were riding with 38 others crashed through a fence and collided with a parked car outside a town near the Greece-Turkey border.

Police said the truck’s 27-year-old Afghan driver was arrested after the accident outside Didymoticho on Saturday.

They say the 41 passengers are from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Palestine and had crossed the nearby river border before they were picked up.

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Rescues Yes But Italy Cannot Accept Them All, Says PM

‘Every time treated as an emergency hurts everyone’

(ANSA) — Trieste, September 14 — Italy cannot solve the issue of migration “through indiscriminate reception” of those arriving on its shores,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Friday. “We can ensure rescue but we cannot offer indiscriminate reception,” he added at the 51st national meeting on ACLI research.

“Those with the right must make a request” for asylum, he stressed, “but with a view towards managing flows, those that come must be able to integrate.” He added that “we need to stop treating every time as an emergency” and deal with the matter “in a structural way, since thinking about it as an emergency hurts everyone.”

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8 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/16/2018

  1. ‘Bware Da Baby Trap’ – that’s just outright disgusting… Who are the people that think like that?

  2. On St. Petersburg and its environs horrifying statistics of rape of women by migrants.
    The last two cases:
    In the Petrogradsky district, the police catch a “preoccupied” man, grabbing women for intimate places.
    http://konkretno.ru/kriminal/111924-na-petrogradke-pryshhavyj-aziat-potrogal-eshhe-odnu-zhenshhinu.html

    In the city of Volkhov, the Leningrad region, a migrant brutally raped a 17-year-old girl.

    Violence was committed with particular cruelty: the juvenile was hospitalized with multiple ruptures of genital organs and perineum, complicated by a massive hemorrhage. In addition, the resisted victim was beaten: physicians recorded a craniocerebral injury.

    According to the Agency, on the suspicion of a committed crime, a 40-year-old Tajik citizen was detained. The migrant officially does not work, is on the territory of Russia without registration.
    http://konkretno.ru/kriminal/111916-v-volxove-migrant-zhestoko-iznasiloval-17-letnyuyu-devushku.html

    • It can be worse. There are other candidates who are to the Left of Daley and Rahm Emmanuel. Leftists here are talking about instituting a basic income and new taxes to fund the public schools.
      If I play my cards rights I will be out of here in ten years.

  3. Why would the FBI investigate something that may have happened in high school? When an FBI agent sent a memo up the chain that some Arabs were at flight school but had no interest in learning to take-off or land, nothing happened. But they are going to investigate something that happened in high school?

    • The FBI investigated the Judge six ways to Sunday at each step of his climb up the judicial ladder. The timing on this sudden revelation – which Feinstein knew months ago and never said anything before now stinks to high heaven. The purported victim can’t give a place or a date.

      BTW, there is now a link between the judge’s and the “victim”‘s families. His mother presided over a hearing in which her parents were the defendants. Many years ago.

      • I think we’ll find by next week, as the spotlight goes on this woman, and her background (just as the judge has been under for months), her political activism will undermine her credibility as a witness and alleged victim.

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