Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/19/2018

A gunman entered a Catholic Supply store in western St. Louis County and terrorized the store’s employees. He ordered all the women to take off their clothes at gunpoint, sexually assaulted several of them, and then shot one woman in the head. The alleged assailant remains at large.

In other news, the “yellow vest” protests in France have continued into a third day.

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Thanks to C. Cantoni, Dean, Insubria, JD, MB, Reader from Chicago, Samuel, SS, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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USA
» 2 Dead, 1 Officer Critically Wounded in Shooting at Chicago Hospital; Gunman Killed
» Al-Qaeda Once Advocated Arson to Set Forest Fires; Now Calls Them “Allah’s Punishment”
» Antifa Leader Guilty of Sex Abuse of Underage Girl and Boy in Same Week… Judge Ignores Sentencing Guidelines… Gives Him Slap on Wrist
» Chicago Hospital Shooting: Shooter Dead: At Least 3 Others, Including Police Officer, Wounded at Mercy Hospital — Chicago Tribune
» DC City Council Passes Bill to Decriminalize Fare Evasion, Cites ‘Racism’
» Democrats Have Flipped 2 Senate Seats and a Large Number of House Seats Since Election Night
» NASA Asteroid Warning: Two Giant Asteroids Headed on ‘Earth Close Approach’ Tomorrow
» Newly-Elected Ocasio Cortez Lashes Out at Criticism for Claiming There Are 3 “Branches of Congress”…wants to Push Out “Out of Touch” Democrats [Video]
» Petition Launched to Give Alex Jones White House Press Pass
» Proud Boys Show Great Restraint While Being Attacked by Antifa… Then Portland Police Serve Up Justice [Video]
» Racist Note Left on Kansas Student’s Door… Was Written by Himself
» Sexual Assault and Shooting at West St. Louis County Catholic Supply Store
» Study: College Students Felt Depressed, ‘Rejected’ After 2016 Election
» Weather Models Forecast Coldest Thanksgiving on Record in Northeast
 
Canada
» Calgary Cab Driver Convicted of Sexual Assault Fails to Show for Sentencing
 
Europe and the EU
» “A Choice Has to be Made. The Choice Between Islam and Freedom. There is No Middle Way” — Geert Wilders
» Disturbing: 85-Year-Old Dutch Woman Calls for Her Mother After Being Kicked in the Head During Robbery Attempt
» EU Says Britain Could Remain in EU Until 2022
» ‘Extinction Rebellion’ Protesters Block London Bridges Over Climate Change Call
» France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ Protesters Block Access to Fuel Depots
» France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ Protest Enters Third Day as Fuel Depots Are Blocked
» Higher Deficit Was Necessary Says Tria
» Italians First! ‘If Italy is Harmed, We Will Reject the Eurozone Budget’ — Interior Minister Salvini
» Italy: If We’re Harmed, We’ll Reject Eurozone Budget — Salvini
» Italy: Salvini-Di Maio Duel Over Trash Management Continues
» Massive Increase in Sex Crimes in Sweden, Number of Female Victims Almost Doubles — Report
» North Europe Mustn’t Ignore Italian Jobless — Weber
» Poland’s Conservative Ruling Party Miles Ahead of the Opposition — Survey
» Revolutionary Scenes in France as Macron is Losing Control
» Slovenia: Local Election, Low Turnout, Many Independents
» Sweden Faces Snap Election as Traditional Parties Refuse to Work With Populists
» UK: Brexiteer Rebels Refuse to Drop Demand for No-Confidence Vote to Topple May
» UK: Boris Brands May’s Deal as ‘Appalling Sell-Out’ And Brands May ‘Liar’
» UK: Conservative Anglicans Angered by Islamic Call to Prayer During Cathedral Armistice Ceremony
» UK: Checks on 3,000 Foreign Doctors After Migrant Faked Medical Degree for 22 Years
» UK: Let Parliament Vote on Deal This Week So There is Time to Change it, Says Brexiteer Davis
» UK: Link Between Shooting and Quadruple Stabbing in Lawless London
» UK: To Sadiq Khan: Raise the Awareness of Hate Crime in Oxford Street
» US Pressure on Italy to Back Russia Sanctions — Media
» Zlatan Ibrahimovic Says His Football Career Suffered Under Swedish ‘Racism’
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» Muslim Willing to Sacrifice ‘Millions’ of Lives to Retake ‘Palestine’
 
South Asia
» 4 New Frog Species Found in Northeast After 14-Year Study
» Chainsaw Lobster Among New Deep-Sea Species Found in Java Sea
 
Far East
» Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protest Leaders Go on Trial
 
Australia — Pacific
» Cheating Lovers: More Than 70 Centrelink Bludging Couples Are Caught Rorting the System Every Day by Lying About Their Relationship and Pretending to be Single
» Father-of-Three, 40, Is Facing Life in Jail as He is Arrested ‘While Waiting for a Record Shipment of 190kg of Cocaine’ On a Boat From New Zealand Listed as ‘Carrying Bananas’
» Foreign Postgraduates Now Outnumber Australians at Sydney University — as Fears Grow Over Chinese Influence
 
Latin America
» Former Peru President Alan Garcia Seeks Asylum Amid Bribe Probe
 
Immigration
» German Refugee Worker Hires Afghan to Care for Her Elderly Father — It Ends With Murder
» Hungary Wants to Know How Many Migrants Arriving in Europe Were “Paid” By the UN
» Iranians Climb Rocks in Folkestone After Voyage to UK in Tiny Boat — Nine Held
» Italy: M5S Forced to Pull ‘Condoms for Migrants’ Move
» More Than 10,000 Elderly Swedes Are Homeless — While Migrants Get Everything Free
» Nearly Half of Australians Want the Number of Muslim Immigrants Slashed Following the Melbourne Terrorist Attack
» Over 42,300 Refugees Seek Asylum in Greece in 2017
» Sanctuary City Policies Were “Accomplice” To Illegal’s Murder Spree in Missouri
» Shouting ‘Mexico First, ‘ Hundreds in Tijuana March Against Migrant Caravan
 
Culture Wars
» Parents Plan Lawsuit Against School Diversity Proposal
» Pro-Gay Advertisers Kill Wedding Magazine
» Soyboys Ruin International Men’s Day
 

2 Dead, 1 Officer Critically Wounded in Shooting at Chicago Hospital; Gunman Killed

At least two victims have died, along with the shooter, following a mass shooting at Mercy hospital, located on the South Side of Chicago, according to a CBS affiliate station.

NBC 5 Chicago has initiated live coverage of the shooting.

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

Al-Qaeda Once Advocated Arson to Set Forest Fires; Now Calls Them “Allah’s Punishment”

As firefighters still battle to contain the devastating Camp Fire in northern California that has killed 77 people and destroyed more than 10,500 homes and the Woolsey Fire in southern California that killed three people and destroyed 1,452 structures, people from opposite sides of the political spectrum are debating the causes. The causes of both fires are under investigation.

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

Antifa Leader Guilty of Sex Abuse of Underage Girl and Boy in Same Week… Judge Ignores Sentencing Guidelines… Gives Him Slap on Wrist

A Multnomah County Circuit Judge ignored sentencing guidelines for a leader of the Antifa terror group in Portland, Oregon, after he was found guilty of two counts of felony second-degree sexual abuse with a teenage boy and girl in the same week. Instead of the following the sentencing guidelines, the judge instead, gave the Antifa leader, Micah Isaiah Rhodes a slap on the wrist. Apparently, masked domestic terrorists are held to a different standard than maskless Americans in Oregon.

Oregon Live reports— For the second time in recent weeks, Portland protest leader Micah Isaiah Rhodes stood before an Oregon judge ready to go to prison for having sexual contact with an underage teen.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Chicago Hospital Shooting: Shooter Dead: At Least 3 Others, Including Police Officer, Wounded at Mercy Hospital — Chicago Tribune

Authorities were reporting multiple victims in an “active shooter” attack at Mercy Hospital in the 2500 block of South Michigan Avenue on the Near South Side of Chicago on Nov. 19, 2018. There were “teports of multiple victims” in the attack, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet.

A man believed to be the shooter responsible for wounding a Chicago police officer and at least two other people in an “active shooter” attack Monday afternoon at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center on the South Side was dead at the hospital, sources said.

The officer was critically injured in the shooting about 3:20 p.m. at the hospital at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, a police spokesman said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.

“He is in critical condition but receiving excellent care,” police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. “Please send your prayers.”

In a tweet, Guglielmi said there were “reports of multiple victims” in the attack. At last four people were believed shot, according to an official.

“At least one possible offender is shot,” Guglielmi said in another tweet.

The gunman was dead at Mercy Hospital, sources said.

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

DC City Council Passes Bill to Decriminalize Fare Evasion, Cites ‘Racism’

The Washington DC City Council voted 11-2 last week to decriminalize fare evasion on the DC Metro after councilmembers said “90 percent” of the 20,000 riders cited for fair evasion were African-American.

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

Democrats Have Flipped 2 Senate Seats and a Large Number of House Seats Since Election Night

Initially it did not appear that the much-hyped “blue wave” would be that impressive, but since election night we have seen race after race flip in favor of the Democrats. In fact, vote totals have moved in favor of the Democratic candidate in almost every race that was not officially settled on November 6th. As a result, it has now become clear that a “blue wave” has materialized, and Republicans are scrambling to try to save some of the seats that are still being contested. The biggest prize is the Senate seat in Florida where a recount is currently being conducted. But there are also a number of House seats that are still up for grabs, and as you will see below, vote totals are rapidly moving in favor of the Democratic candidates in several of those races…

With all other things being equal, you would think that the final results of closely contested races all over the nation would not overwhelmingly favor one party over another.

In other words, you would expect Democrats to win some and Republicans to win some.

But that isn’t happening, and some Republicans are extremely outraged by this. For example, this is what Ann Coulter is saying…

Election recounts would be more plausible if Democrats occasionally let the Republican win. But they don’t. Ballots miraculously discovered days and weeks after the election — in the back seat of a car, after helpful “corrections” to the ballots by election supervisors, etc. — invariably result in a surprise win for the Democrat. Voters are just supposed to accept that, unless Republicans win an election by an insuperable margin, the Democrats will steal it.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

NASA Asteroid Warning: Two Giant Asteroids Headed on ‘Earth Close Approach’ Tomorrow

The asteroids are expected to zip past our home planet within twenty minutes of each other, early on Tuesday morning (November 20). The first of the space rocks, dubbed by NASA Asteroid 2018 VQ6, will reach its closest distance to Earth around 7.29am GMT (UTC). NASA believes the second space rock, Asteroid 2018 VP7, will appear shortly after around 7.49am GMT.

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

Newly-Elected Ocasio Cortez Lashes Out at Criticism for Claiming There Are 3 “Branches of Congress”…wants to Push Out “Out of Touch” Democrats [Video]

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez opens her mouth and proves she’s clueless about government and its three branches. She needs a civics lesson from Schoolhouse Rock (see video below) but came after those who criticized her for not knowing there are three branches of government and NOT three branches of congress.Oy vey!

She also claims she wants to oust “out of touch” incumbent Democrats…Nothing says out of touch better than a lawmaker who has no clue how government works and that there are NOT three branches of congress.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Petition Launched to Give Alex Jones White House Press Pass

A White House petition calls for Infowars founder Alex Jones to receive press credentials, following CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s pass being reinstated.

“Alex Jones’ first amendment [sic] rights are being violated everyday he does not have White House press credentials,” the petition reads.

“THIS IS AMERICA!”

“Let Alex Jones have press credentials and a permanent seat next to Jim Acosta!”

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

Proud Boys Show Great Restraint While Being Attacked by Antifa… Then Portland Police Serve Up Justice [Video]

Incredibly brave filmmakers are so important to expose what the mainstream media ignores or distorts. Hats off to Andy C. Ngo for his work in telling the story of what really goes on in Portland when the Antifa anarchists converge on conservative groups. It’s unbelievably ugly but in the video below you’ll see that the conservative Proud Boys show great restraint when attacked. You can see that the young woman and her group are trying to get the conservatives to act out by spitting and punching. The Proud Boys don’t react and then the best part of the video is when the Portland police expertly extract the troublemaking young woman from the melee.

The video where the police swoop in is the second one down. The first video is of the radicals attacking people on the street.

[Comment: Antifa useful idiots are the result of “education” at Communist indoctrination centres — aka universities.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Racist Note Left on Kansas Student’s Door… Was Written by Himself

Kansas State University students were horrified after a student posted a picture of a racist note on the door frame of his home at Jardine Apartments. The note read, “Beware n***ers live here! Knock at your own risk.”

Immediately the calls went out (metaphorically speaking) to track down any Trump-supporters, MAGA-hat-wearers, or generally right-leaning members of the student community who MUST have been guilty of this horrible act.

WIBW reports that campus police began investigating the note, presumably with an open mind, and investigators say the student has admitted making the sign and hanging it.

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

Sexual Assault and Shooting at West St. Louis County Catholic Supply Store

WEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO — There has been a sexual assault and a shooting at the Catholic Supply store in a shopping center near the intersection of Manchester Road and Weidman Road in west St. Louis County.

There is a heavy police presence at the scene. St. Louis County Police confirm they were called to the scene at about 3:20pm for a shooting and that one woman was shot. She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Police also confirm that at least one woman was sexually assaulted. The suspect is NOT in custody. St. Louis County Police say that the victims did not know the suspect.

Our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are reporting that a 911 caller reported that the shooter went inside the store and ordered all of the women inside to strip at gunpoint, sexually assaulted several of them, then shot one of them in the head…

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Study: College Students Felt Depressed, ‘Rejected’ After 2016 Election

A new academic study strongly suggests that Hillary Clinton’s defeat during the 2016 election is exacerbating the mental health crisis among college students.

Led by University of Miami Professor Heather Claypool, the study sought to determine if the election would impact students’ mental health and well-being. Claypool surveyed 262 students at the school before and after the 2016 election.

Students answered questions such as “I feel meaningless” and “I feel rejected,” as well as questions about their political leanings and — after the election — if they actually voted.

Only 166 students had — 70 percent of them voted for Clinton.

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

Weather Models Forecast Coldest Thanksgiving on Record in Northeast

According to new weather models, the US mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions are expected to experience the coldest/earliest temperatures to the start of any winter season on record.

Weather Prediction Center: “Highs 20-35 degrees below normal”.

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

Calgary Cab Driver Convicted of Sexual Assault Fails to Show for Sentencing

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a Calgary cab driver who failed for show for sentencing after being convicted of sexual assault on a passed-out fare.

Muhammad Nadeem Irshad, 37, was convicted June 25 and was due in court Friday for sentencing.

           — Hat tip: MB [Return to headlines]
 

“A Choice Has to be Made. The Choice Between Islam and Freedom. There is No Middle Way” — Geert Wilders

Dutch PVV leader Geert Wilders warned an American audience of the threat to Judea_Christian cultures posed by the totalitarianism of Islam.

“Freedom has a price. And we must pay the price. A choice has to be made. The choice between Islam and freedom. There is no middle way.”

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

Disturbing: 85-Year-Old Dutch Woman Calls for Her Mother After Being Kicked in the Head During Robbery Attempt

An elderly woman has been brutally beaten during a robbery attempt in Eindhoven, Dutch police report.

The 85-year-old woman walked home after playing a game of cards as she was suddenly violently attacked by an unknown man at the “Cassandraplein” in Eindhoven. The incident happened Saturday around 6:45 pm.

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

EU Says Britain Could Remain in EU Until 2022

UNELECTED Brussels Europrat and Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier has claimed that Britain could be tied to the European Union until 2022, sparking outrage among Brexiteers.

Barnier said the UK could remain under EU control for FOUR MORE YEARS. At a special meeting with ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member states, Barnier suggested the prospect of extending the Brexit transition

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

‘Extinction Rebellion’ Protesters Block London Bridges Over Climate Change Call

And to contrast with the French protesting too much climate mitigation policy, we have the [some in the] UK protesting not enough ~ctm

From Sky News

The demonstrators say human extinction is possible if world governments fail to do significantly more on climate change.

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

France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ Protesters Block Access to Fuel Depots

Protesters angry over high fuel prices blocked access to fuel depots and stopped traffic on major roads Monday after the government refused to back down on fuel taxes following a weekend of demonstrations across France.

Scattered road blockades have continued around France since mass protests of the tax increases left one protester dead and hundreds injured Saturday.

About 20,000 protesters took part in some 350 actions Monday around France, including on a highway leading to the tunnel used by Eurostar trains to Britain, according to interior ministry spokesman Frederic De Lanouvelle.

           — Hat tip: C. Cantoni [Return to headlines]
 

France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ Protest Enters Third Day as Fuel Depots Are Blocked

The “yellow vest” fuel tax protests around France continued into a third day on Monday with road blocks set up at petrol refineries and at strategic points on roads and motorways across the country. Read on for all the latest.

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

Higher Deficit Was Necessary Says Tria

Deviation not big, we haven’t breached limit says minister

(ANSA) — Brussels, November 19 — Economy Minister Giovanni Tria defended the government’s 2019 budget plan, which sees Italy running a deficit of 2.4% of GDP next year, at the end of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting. “We are talking about movements (on the deficit) that are not large, so I say it is necessary to bring the debate back down to its real dimension,” Tria said. “It was necessary to increase the deficit to do things that the government considered necessary, but we certainly have not breached the (3%) parameter. “The government’s programme is not changing, but there is a desire to talk”.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Italians First! ‘If Italy is Harmed, We Will Reject the Eurozone Budget’ — Interior Minister Salvini

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday discussed the eurozone budget proposal. The ever rising in popularity, Matteo Salvini, says if Italy is harmed, they will reject the eurozone budget.

The French-German proposal seems to do just that and as such, Italy will reject it. Italy and Brussels have been in what can only be described as a showdown over Italy’s 2019 budget draft.

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

Italy: If We’re Harmed, We’ll Reject Eurozone Budget — Salvini

French-German proposal seems to damage us, says deputy premier

(ANSA) — Milan, November 19 — Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Monday that Italy may reject a French-German proposal for a eurozone budget. “If it damages Italy, as seems to be the case, obviously it will not have our support,” League party leader Salvini said.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Italy: Salvini-Di Maio Duel Over Trash Management Continues

Conte, seven ministers in Caserta for plan against illegal fires

(ANSA) — Rome, November 19 — A duel between deputy premiers Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio over trash management in the southern region of Campania continued on Monday.

The spat started last week when Interior Minister and League party leader Salvini proposed the installment of new waste-incinerators in the region, an idea rejected by Labour and Industry Minister and 5-Star Movement (M5S) chief Di Maio.

Premier Giuseppe Conte, meanwhile, visits the Campania province of Caserta on Monday with seven ministers to pass a plan of action to combat the illegal burning of toxic waste, a big problem in the area, which has been called the ‘land of fires’. “This is the first act of a relentless battle that we must win,” said Di Maio, who described the incinerator proposal as old fashioned.

“It’s like a talking about telephone boxes that require tokens (for calls),” he added.

Furthermore, Minister for Southern Italy Barbara Lezzi, an M5S member, said Salvini’s suggestion that Campania should follow the lead of the northern region of Lombardy on incinerators was off the mark.

Lezzi said Lombardy’s 13 incinerators “are not a model”. But Salvini stood by his position.

“Lombardy is not turning back,” Salvini said.

“On the contrary, the aim is for other regions to move forward.

“I don’t want a country that turns back”.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Massive Increase in Sex Crimes in Sweden, Number of Female Victims Almost Doubles — Report

In recent years, the proportion of Swedes that state they have been subjected to sexual offenses has increased dramatically, especially among women.

From 2013 and forward there is a clear change. A new compilation of the National Security Survey (NTU) from the Swedish Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) shows.

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

North Europe Mustn’t Ignore Italian Jobless — Weber

Italy has strong youth unemployment says EPP chief

(ANSA) — Berlin, November 19 — Northern Europe mustn’t ignore Italy’s unemployed, European People’s Party (EPP) leader Manfred Weber said on Monday.

“We must learn the lesson from the euro crisis that we must see the problems of others,” said Weber, who is standing for president of the European Commission.

“Italy has strong youth unemployment, and Germany, Austria and Finland cannot not see these problems”.

Italy’s youth jobless rate is over 30% with pockets of over 50% in some areas of the south.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Poland’s Conservative Ruling Party Miles Ahead of the Opposition — Survey

Populist parties continue to rise in Europe’s polls as Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party miles ahead of the opposition.

With what is a growing lead, Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party and its allies, continue to gain support with now double that of the largest opposition party.

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

Revolutionary Scenes in France as Macron is Losing Control

There are lots of happenings in France at the moment. President Macron, already in the dumpster of approval ratings, in what appears to be an attempt to sink yet lower, has imposed a tax hike on already rising diesel prices in France.

The French people are outraged and on Saturday, began their ‘Yellow Vest’ protests. Quite possibly one of the largest protests to date as it’s estimated that 300,000 to one million people are protesting throughout the country.

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

Slovenia: Local Election, Low Turnout, Many Independents

Ljubljana, mayor Jankovic confirmed for the fourth time

(ANSA) — LUBIANA, NOV 19 — Low turnout, victory in the first round for ninety independent candidates and important changes in some big cities, apart from Ljubljana: these are the main elements of the administrative elections held yesterday in Slovenia. Half of the more than two hundred Municipalities that went to the vote will have to wait for the 2nd December run-off.

Just under 46% of those entitled to vote went to the polls, a decrease of two percentage points compared to the record drop in the last local elections. This decreasing turnout is also reflected in the success of ninety independent candidates, elected in the first round without any party affiliation. The mayors belonging to major parties are only thirteen, none of them in large cities. The mayor of the capital city Ljubljana, Zoran Jankovic, obtained his fourth term in a row with 62% of the preferences. Maribor, the second biggest city in the country, as expected, will have to wait for the second round of voting to have a new mayor, but the surprise is that the current mayor is out of the run-off, whereas the challenge will involve a candidate with no previous experience in politics, Saa Arsenovi (38%), and former mayor Franc Kangler (31%), who had been forced to resign in 2011 after some scandals. In Koper, on the other hand, Boris Popovic (31.6%), who in the past few days had declared himself convinced he was going to win the first round, will be forced to defeat Ale Bran (24.5%). Among the major cities where the run-off will be held are Nova Gorica, Ptuj, Kranj and Slovenj Gradec, whereas the mayors of Celje, Novo Mesto and Velenje were confirmed in the first round.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Sweden Faces Snap Election as Traditional Parties Refuse to Work With Populists

Over two months since the Swedish national election in September, no government has been formed as the centre-right alliance has nearly split over the question of working with the populist Sweden Democrats.

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

UK: Brexiteer Rebels Refuse to Drop Demand for No-Confidence Vote to Topple May

TORY Brexiteer rebels yesterday refused to drop their demands for a no-confidence vote in Theresa May despite apparently failing to gather enough support to trigger the ballot.

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

UK: Boris Brands May’s Deal as ‘Appalling Sell-Out’ And Brands May ‘Liar’

BORIS Johnson has branded Theresa May’s Brexit deal an “appalling sell-out” and has claimed that her plan will mean Britain will STILL be ruled by Europe following Brexit.

He said in his weekly Telegraph column : “We are preparing to take colonial rule by foreign powers and courts. We are handing over colossal sums of money for nothing.”

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

UK: Conservative Anglicans Angered by Islamic Call to Prayer During Cathedral Armistice Ceremony

Conservative Anglicans have been angered that the Muslim call to prayer was performed at Blackburn Cathedral during an Armistice ceremony to honour the dead of World War One.

According to a video posted to social media, the azaan was performed by Moulana Abdurrahman Talha Umar as part of an anti-war ‘mass’ by composer Karl Jenkins called “The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace).”

He declared in Arabic: “Allah is the greatest; I bear witness that there is no other God but Allah; I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

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

UK: Checks on 3,000 Foreign Doctors After Migrant Faked Medical Degree for 22 Years

Up to 3,000 foreign doctors in the UK are having background checks after it emerged a fake psychiatrist was able to practice with no qualifications for 22 years.

Zholia Alemi, 55, claimed to have a medical degree from Auckland University when she registered in the UK in the 1995 — But she had actually dropped out of medical school in her first year.

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

UK: Let Parliament Vote on Deal This Week So There is Time to Change it, Says Brexiteer Davis

Former Brexit Secretary David Davis has said Parliament should be allowed to vote on Theresa May’s Brexit proposal as early as this week.

The leading Brexiteer said the early vote would help avoid a Tory civil war and allow the Prime Minister the time needed to push for a better deal before the official divorce date in March 2019.

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

UK: Link Between Shooting and Quadruple Stabbing in Lawless London

Police are now saying that two violent incidents from this past weekend are linked. A shooting in Enfield Saturday night and a stabbing in Edmonton on Sunday have police believing they are connected.

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

UK: To Sadiq Khan: Raise the Awareness of Hate Crime in Oxford Street

[This is in a petition regarding a young Korean woman subjected to a racist beating in Oxford Street, London. The police didn’t show up, her Embassy said they could do nothing. The police in the town in which she studies, where she later lodged a complaint, sent her an e-mail advising her to seek therapy.

Could it be that the British police service is being deliberately run down (financially, by government) in order to more speedily provoke chaos? More crime: what’s the (an) answer? More police to fight it. In the UK, it’s fewer police.]

           — Hat tip: Samuel [Return to headlines]
 

US Pressure on Italy to Back Russia Sanctions — Media

Washington concerned over pro-Kremlin govt says BuzzFeed

(ANSA) — Washington, November 19 — The United States has exerted pressure on Italy to keep backing EU sanctions on Russia, BuzzFeed said Monday citing diplomatic sources.

It said “the US administration is concerned that the populist and pro-Kremlin Italian government may pull its support for such measures.” It said “it is not clear whether Donald Trump is aware of these lobbying actions”.

BuzzFeed said similar pressure was put on the previous Italian government.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Says His Football Career Suffered Under Swedish ‘Racism’

Top striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has sparked a media storm by saying he was discriminated against because of his migrant background and foreign name.

Ibrahimovic, who was born in multicultural Malmö has a migrant background, stemming from a Bosnian father and a Croatian mother.

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

Muslim Willing to Sacrifice ‘Millions’ of Lives to Retake ‘Palestine’

“Palestine” must be retaken by Muslims even if it costs “millions” of lives.

That’s the opinion of an imam in Florida whose recent sermon on the topic was uncovered by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

The Oct. 12, 2018, message was from Hasan Sabri of the Islamic Center of South Florida in Pompano Beach.

He said a “believing Muslim’s” position is that Palestine is “Islamic waqf land that was occupied by force” — and that it should be liberated “even if this leads to the martyrdom of tens of millions of Muslims.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

4 New Frog Species Found in Northeast After 14-Year Study

NEW DELHI: Four new species of ‘horned frogs’ have been discovered in the forests of northeastern states, which has forced scientists to revise some of their previous estimates.

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Chainsaw Lobster Among New Deep-Sea Species Found in Java Sea

Somewhere there must be a sci-fi story about cockroaches that survive a nuclear war (because, famously, they can do that) and then, thanks to massive doses of radiation, grow into a race of giants.

Actually, no need for sci-fi or nuclear war. As is so often the case, deep sea exploration reveals that our furthest flights of fancy can’t match nature for invention. A recent Singaporean-Indonesian expedition to explore deep-sea regions south of the island of Java has turned up a hefty batch of fascinating species, some of them completely new to science, among which is, yes, an 11-inch-long (30-centimeter) long giant deep-sea cockroach affectionately named Darth Vader.

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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protest Leaders Go on Trial

Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges related to their involvement in massive rallies calling for political reform, as room for opposition in the semi-autonomous city shrinks under an assertive China.

The pioneering trio are among nine activists all facing “public nuisance” charges for their participation in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests. The charges are based on colonial-era law and carry jail terms of up to seven years.

Sociology professor Chan Kin-man, 59, law professor Benny Tai, 54, and baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming, 74, founded the “Occupy Central” movement in 2013 and joined with the student-led Umbrella Movement which brought parts of the city to a standstill for months, calling for free elections for the city’s leader.

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Cheating Lovers: More Than 70 Centrelink Bludging Couples Are Caught Rorting the System Every Day by Lying About Their Relationship and Pretending to be Single

The Commonwealth has clawed back more than $61 million in a year from Australian’s caught ripping off Centrelink by claiming to be single while in a relationship.

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Father-of-Three, 40, Is Facing Life in Jail as He is Arrested ‘While Waiting for a Record Shipment of 190kg of Cocaine’ On a Boat From New Zealand Listed as ‘Carrying Bananas’

Mohammed Ayoubi, 40, was arrested by Australian Federal Police officers while allegedly awaiting the arrival of 57 kilograms of cocaine in Sydney’s CBD, early last Thursday.

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Foreign Postgraduates Now Outnumber Australians at Sydney University — as Fears Grow Over Chinese Influence

International postgraduate students now outnumber Australian postgraduates at Sydney’s oldest university, as fears rise over foreign influence in student politics.

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Former Peru President Alan Garcia Seeks Asylum Amid Bribe Probe

LIMA (AFP) — Former president Alan Garcia has sought asylum in the embassy of Uruguay in Lima after being barred from leaving the country pending a corruption investigation, Peru’s foreign ministry said Sunday.

Garcia, who was twice president of Peru, is under investigation for bribes allegedly paid by Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to secure contracts during his second presidency, from 2006 to 2011.

Odebrecht has admitted to paying $29 million in bribes to Peruvian officials over the course of three administrations.

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German Refugee Worker Hires Afghan to Care for Her Elderly Father — It Ends With Murder

An 85-year-old German pensioner has been murdered by a 20-year-old refugee in the northern German town of Wittenburg.

Pensioner Dietrich P. met the Afghan after his daughter, a refugee worker, thought it was a good idea to hire the man to care for her father.

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Hungary Wants to Know How Many Migrants Arriving in Europe Were “Paid” By the UN

Hungary’s Fidesz-led alliance expects the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to respond in connection with the issue of “migrant cards”, the ruling parties’ group spokesman told press conference on Sunday.

Istvan Hollik said Hungary wanted “a straight answer”concerning how many migrants arriving in Europe were“paid” by the United Nations, how many types of cards were in circulation and funded by the UNHCR, how much money the organisation had paid out via the cards as well as how much money each migrant received.

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Iranians Climb Rocks in Folkestone After Voyage to UK in Tiny Boat — Nine Held

NINE Iranians were being quizzed by immigration officials after being spotted scrambling up rocks from a tiny inflatable dinghy in the English Channel. Police were called to the scene after they were seen near Folkestone Harbour, Kent.

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Italy: M5S Forced to Pull ‘Condoms for Migrants’ Move

‘Last thing we need’ says Salvini

(ANSA) — Rome, November 19 — The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) were forced to pull a budget amendment giving free condoms to migrants because of opposition from their ruling partner the anti-migrant Euroskeptic League.

“It’s the last thing we need,” League leader Matteo Salvini, the interior minister, said Monday.

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More Than 10,000 Elderly Swedes Are Homeless — While Migrants Get Everything Free

Recently an exhibition of migrants posing in front of empty tents, was organised to persuade Solna Municipality to give them priority on the social housing waiting list.

The exhibition was organised by left-wing activists. Mainstream media appears to have known about it and reported on the migrants’ stories and demands for unlimited precedence to apartments.

At the same time, a report from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare showsthat Sweden had 10,121 homeless Swedes over the age of 50 last year.

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Nearly Half of Australians Want the Number of Muslim Immigrants Slashed Following the Melbourne Terrorist Attack

A poll conducted after an Islamist jihadi attacked random people in the streets of Melbourne has found almost half of all Australians want Muslim migration to be cut.

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Over 42,300 Refugees Seek Asylum in Greece in 2017

A total 42,305 refugees coming from Turkey to Greece applied for refugee status in Europe in 2017, according to the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON).

According to ESPON data, 204,718 refugees entered the European Union from other parts of the world last year. Of that number, a total of 42,305 asylum seekers crossed to Greece from Turkey and 118,962 people crossed the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy.

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Sanctuary City Policies Were “Accomplice” To Illegal’s Murder Spree in Missouri

Luis Rodrigo Perez, a man who would one day kill three people and wound two others in Missouri, was released from the custody of the Middlesex County Jail in New Jersey earlier this year after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer was declined.

Now, why would the county of Middlesex refuse to cooperate with a federal agency such as ICE? Perhaps because Middlesex County subscribes to a sanctuary city policy.

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Shouting ‘Mexico First, ‘ Hundreds in Tijuana March Against Migrant Caravan

The message for the migrant caravan was clear from marchers on Sunday in Tijuana, Mexico: We don’t want you here.

“We want the caravan to go; they are invading us,” said Patricia Reyes, a 62-year-old protester, hiding from the sun under an umbrella. “They should have come into Mexico correctly, legally, but they came in like animals.”

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Parents Plan Lawsuit Against School Diversity Proposal

Parents, Asian-American groups and schools are lining up to join a federal suit opposing the city’s planned changes to specialized high school admissions.

Joshua Thompson, a lawyer for a California-based libertarian law firm, said a range of individuals and groups have reached out to join the planned lawsuit.

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Pro-Gay Advertisers Kill Wedding Magazine

Sydney (AFP) — A leading Australian bridal magazine has shut after being ditched by advertisers for refusing to feature same-sex couples, one year after the country changed its marriage laws.

The Christian founders of “White” , Luke and Carla Burrell, said they did not feature gay weddings in their magazine as they had “no desire to create a social, political or legal war” .

In a farewell blog on Saturday, the couple said they were targeted by activists because of their stance and forced to “pick a side” .

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Soyboys Ruin International Men’s Day

I saw that today is International Men’s Day, and at first I thought, “Great!” But then I saw the articles about it. And jeez… people get real soyboy about it, don’t they?

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14 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/19/2018

  1. Concerning Wilders:

    1) Why does he express monotonous slogans, instead of what would call the customers of the process? Surely this high-ranking figure knows something. But silent. Because they are more dangerous than Muslims.

    I do not like the right movement in Europe. They look like clowns.

    2) Regarding the “Judeo-Christian” culture: I recently read an article from 2009, in which the culture was called the “Helleno-Christian “.
    https://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3911

    Who is trying to slander European history and consign to oblivion?
    Is the term “Judeo-Christian” a transition to “Judeo-Islamic”?

    • For the Judeo-Christian, I agree with you, but cannot say more without being blocked. Yes, Western civilization is Greco-Romano-Christian.

      The right wing movement in Europe is very rights and the good one. The problem is that most leaders have been handpicked by the shadow powers to be the clowns that you observe. This is so in order to moderate our “evildoing”.

      • I believe the “Golden Rule” (treat others as you would have them treat you) comes from the Judaic tradition; it’s something Jews and Christians (and some of their heirs) have in common, unlike Muslims. And Christianty began as a sect of Judaism.

          • Looking at prima facie evidence your statement is incorrect. Given all the denominations in both Judaism and Christianity, it is obvious a group of people can and have and will “appropriate a faith” for its own purposes. Aside from what Christ’s apostles did post-Resurrection (appropriating the Harvest feast and turning it into what would become the feast of Pentecost), there has never been a ‘faith’ that formed ex nihilo. That’s not how culture works.

            I’ll see you one Christian and raise you two Amish and a Quaker.

        • Christianity began as a sect of Judaism

          Indeed it did. Until Paul began his preaching among the Hellenic Jews, Jerusalem ruled. There were several set-tos, the best known memorialized by the conflicting stories in Galatians 2:1-21 versus Acts 15:1-35.

          Paul was thin-skinned when it came to his legitimacy as a proselytizer while the Jerusalem crowd was determined to keep things orthodox. Who knows what might have happened had Jerusalem not fallen in 70 AD, creating the Diaspora?

          I love the internecine conflicts; they show how fluid are the varieties of belief and how adamantine is dogma. Yeah, yeah, karma.

      • By some miracle, the Greek-Roman civilization managed to survive, while Christianity left no stone unturned from others. In Russia, it was a very bloody story. Russian baptized with fire and sword.
        Orthodoxy is not much different in this respect from Islam.
        Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (father of Peter 1), together with the Russian Orthodox Church, destroyed ALL SECULAR CULTURAL HERITAGE – burned books and musical instruments.

        I have a lot of gaps in history, but when I look at European vintage miniatures and engravings (14th-16th centuries), it seems to me that Roman culture was very close to them. Because they often painted the Roman gods in the clothes of their time.

        • This wasn’t unusual, Elena. For example, Shakespeare’s plays, when new, were performed in contemporary costume, regardless of their historical context.

      • Yes, Western civilization is Greco-Romano-Christian.

        Much of Roman thinking was derived from the Greeks, with the addition of the Roman genius for organization and road-building. Christianity was derived more directly from Judaism, with many additions, not least of which is the idea of a triune God. However, the notion of monotheism was so strongly woven into the warp and woof of Judaism that is was kept, more or less intact, by Christian believers.

  2. “UK: Conservative Anglicans Angered by Islamic Call to Prayer During Cathedral Armistice Ceremony” please forgive me if I’m a bit slow at grasping this, but what does “Allah is the greatest; I bear witness that there is no other God but Allah; I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah” have anything to do with honoring soldiers?

    • Absolutely nothing to do with honouring soldiers…everything thing to do with displaying dominance and undermining the deaths of our heroes.

  3. The police decided with out direct evidence to do a pre-emptive raid, as it seems that it is too easy to go to full attack.
    The Dad said they were good sons, and there was no gun. 🙂

    A woman in a burqa has furiously confronted people outside the Melbourne home of a man arrested for suspected terrorist offences today, calling them “cockroaches” and blocking entry to the premises with her vehicle.

    The angry scenes came after police swooped in on three Victorian men after they were caught allegedly preparing an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack in Melbourne, which officers say was being planned to “kill as many people as possible”. https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/victoria-police-arrest-three-people-allegedly-planning-a-terror-attack-in-melbourne/news-story/e6a92273b37dce750937e1e0f86a7dcd

    These 3 have been investigated, passports cancelled earlier. They had become ‘energized’ by the last weeks attack in Melbourne.
    It was even though the previous attacker was on the “list” the police were too late as it was too easy to load a few gas cylinders and drive on the footpath, light up the vehicle, and then try and stab people. It fortunately did not go off as that dead jihadi wished.

  4. A new portion of idiocy from a state that calls itself Russia.

    The Russian Orthodox Church appointed Archangel Gabriel as the patron saint of military secrets.

    Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill blessed the definition of the Archangel Gabriel “the heavenly patron of the State Secret Protection Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”

    https://news.rambler.ru/other/41287065-rpts-naznachila-arhangela-gavriila-pokrovitelem-voennoy-tayny/

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