Two close associates of British Prime Minister Theresa May are said to be working on a behind-the-scenes deal to hold a second Brexit referendum. Meanwhile, the petition for a no-deal Brexit has overtaken the petition for a second referendum.
In other news, during the twelve months ending in November, consumer price inflation in Venezuela reached 1.3 million percent.
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Venezuela Annual Inflation Tops 1 Million Pct in November: Congress
CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela’s consumer prices rose 1.3 million percent in the year ending in November, the opposition-controlled National Assembly said on Monday, as hyperinflation and recession grip the OPEC member.
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A Detailed Takedown of a Failed Coup D’état
In his bestselling “The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump”, Fox News legal and political analyst Gregg Jarrett captures the very heart of a very, very big scandal — arguably the biggest scandal in all of American history. And that’s saying something.
Right off the bat, in a preface titled “An Insidious Abuse of Power,” Jarrett launches on the beginning of a very detailed, decidedly specific recounting of the cunning game played by powerful government elites determined to stop the election of Donald Trump — and when that failed, to undermine his presidency with the goal of abruptly ending it.
The story is chilling. Among other things Jarrett writes lines like these:
* “This is what abuse of power looks like.”
* “Armed with immense power, Comey and other top officials at the FBI became the law unto themselves. The end would justify the means…”
* For “reporters and anchors…their bias against Trump was so impassioned and pervasive that it became impervious to the facts.”
* Fired FBI Director James Comey “admitted pilfering government memorandums… for the sole purpose of triggering a special counsel who just happened to be his longtime friend and ally, Robert Mueller.”
* “…the FBI, as well as the Department of Justice, had become cesspools of corruption that played a direct hand in attempting to influence the election and subvert the democratic process.”
[…]
The very first sentence of the first chapter is short and directly to the point:
“This is a story of corruption.”
Indeed it is, and what a stunning story it is. As Jarrett says, this is a “cautionary annal of the damage wrought when those who serve in government seek to undermine it.” And but of course the story begins with… shocker I know… Hillary Clinton.
The Clinton part of this tale is told in pointed detail. Gregg Jarrett is, among other things, a lawyer. Thus his recounting of what the new Secretary of State did in terms of playing a game with her infamous emails is matched with the exact cit[ations] of which federal laws were being so brazenly violated.
He points out, for example, that when “a government official creates or obtains a record during the course and scope of his or her employment, the Federal Records Act and the Foreign Affairs Manual require that it be captured and preserved by the agency.”
[…]
Of course, while Hillary Clinton’s corruption was the starting point for all of this, it is far from alone in being a driving factor in The Russia Hoax.
Considering all the “deep doo-doo” Hillary was in (to borrow a favorite phrase of the late President George H.W. Bush), she needed serious bureaucratic help. And that help was forthcoming — from FBI Director James Comey.
Jarrett, again in precise detail, tells the tale of Comey’s infamous July 5, 2016 press conference that had the FBI Director clearing Clinton. If anything, Jarrett understates when he describes this jewel of Establishment Insider backscratching as “one of the most bizarre, bewildering, and incomprehensible explanations of a legal case in modern American history.” Even I, a humble non-lawyer, watched that event unfold, listening to Comey read what Jarrett describes correctly as “a lengthy statement that presented a compelling case of how Clinton repeatedly violated the law.” And after doing so, I listened, astonished, as Comey suddenly said [she didn’t intend to break the law]…
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After zeroing in on Clinton and her dealings with the Uranium One “gravy train” — another adventure in detail — Jarrett gets to what is effectively Part Two of this prospective coup: “The Fraudulent Case Against Donald Trump.”
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Which is to say, this part of the tale is the reason for the first part. There was such antipathy to Donald Trump from the entire (bipartisan) Washington “Swamp” and the Old Order that runs it — not to mention from Hillary Clinton herself — that all the players involved had one goal in mind. To borrow the line from the Clint Eastwood Secret Service thriller In the Line of Fire, that line is: “Take the subject out.”
And thus the no-holds barred and decidedly “fraudulent” case against Donald Trump.” Designed to take first the Trump candidacy, and then when that failed, the Trump presidency… out.
[There is much more detail at the link. RTWT. Buy the book.]
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Franklin Graham: Allah and the Christian God ‘Not the Same’
Celebrated evangelical pastor Franklin Graham reacted strongly to a recent Islamic terror attack in Strasbourg, France, warning that radical Islam continues to be a major global threat.
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How Never-Trumpers Have Become Unhinged
There are many terms for turncoats. Benedict Arnold, who turned on the Colonies in the Revolutionary War, comes to mind. Judas turned on Jesus. A “quisling” has become a commonplace term used for people who betray a cause or a country. Most people do not know Quisling was actually a Norwegian traitor during World War II. Never-Trumpers are not exactly up on the traitor standards of these three collaborators, but their actions border that.
After the Kavanaugh hearings, many people who had previously questioned President Trump came home to the Republican Party. They saw the savagery of the Dems against the former member of the Bush administration, Bush appointee to the Appeals Court, and perceived mainstream Republican.
Recently, I spoke with a prominent Bushie asking whether the appointment of Kavanaugh and now William Barr to be Attorney General, after having the same position under President George H. W. Bush has caused Bush supporters to support Trump. The answer was “No, it is because of the policies that Trump has put in place.”
That has not paused some people in the unrelenting attacks on Trump which gave fodder to the liberals and helped Democrats win in this most recent election cycle. One of those people is Bret Stephens who now works for the NYT. When he left the Wall Street Journal, I questioned if he would be influencing his new colleagues or they him. It is apparent which way that has gone.
Stephens recently wrote “This week’s elections were, at most, a very modest rebuke of a president reviled by many of his opponents, this columnist included, as an unprecedented danger to the health of liberal democracy at home and abroad.” Mr. Stephens, how exactly is he an “unprecedented danger to democracy”?
His column was written concurrent with a crowd of people gathering outside the residence of a journalist, Tucker Carlson, threatening his family and his home. This kind of behavior has gone on regularly — whether it is formally members of Antifa or whether it is just people prodded by MoveOn.org or A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. Where has your newspaper been in calling for the end of such belligerent and sometimes illegal behavior? Where was the NYT editorial calling for this behavior to end? Where was Stephens’ op-ed attacking these groups?
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Any action against Trump is OK in these people’s minds because he is a “clear and present danger.” Though they cannot point to exactly what he has done that is so dangerous. They just echo chamber the opposition and then it becomes the truth to them even though it cannot be substantiated with actual examples.
The latest proof of Trump being a “danger to all free people” was his recent run-in with CNN’s Jim Acosta at a press conference after the mid-terms. Never-Trumpers used this as proof that Trump is on the road to dictatorship and suppression of our free press.
The reason Acosta had his WH press credentials taken away was for his ensuing rude and selfish behavior. He insisted on keeping the microphone, trying to either ask another question or further lecture the president. Other members of the press were waiting their turn to address the issue they were concerned with at the time. Acosta does this regularly with Press Secretary Sanders.
[Read on to see a comparison with Obama’s behavior while in the Oval Office]
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Ilhan Omar Trolls Mike Pence: ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’
Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar (D-MN), the first Muslim woman elected to Congress (along with fellow Democrat Rashida Tlaib of Michigan), mocked Vice President Mike Pence last week with a tweet captioned “Jesus take the wheel!”.
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Sunday Talks: HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes Discusses Flynn Case…
[…] Most people forget the background of how the Mueller probe was constructed. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and FBI chief legal counsel James Baker selected most of the special counsel investigators; those two then recommended to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein that he hire Robert Mueller as special counsel lead.
Comey was fired. The remaining ‘at-risk’ corrupt FBI leadership (McCabe and Baker), positioning to defend their own interests, selected the “small group”; then Mueller was selected and brought on his additional team members. The entire purpose of the special counsel operation was to cover-up the DOJ/FBI
activity.[…]
[Be sure to look at his inimitable charts and illustrations]
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Afghan Grins in Mugshot After Beating up Swedish Elderly Woman and Calls Her “A Racist”
The criminal Afghan has previously been convicted of attempted murder, among other offences, but has avoided expulsion each time. This time as well.
The 74-year-old Ingrid’s glasses broke in half when the criminal Afghan Walid struck her in her face. Walid then accused the elderly woman of being racist — and got off with only a few weeks’ imprisonment.
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British Yellow Vests Back Brexit and Call for “No Deal Now” As Protests Continue
Across London, protestors wearing the iconic yellow vests took to the streets demanding that the referendum result of June 23rd 2016 be respected and we get the Brexit that we voted.
In London, one protestor told Twitter user @Zehenya that they were protesting because they want us to be able to “reclaim control of our country” and that they are saying a distinct no to a “European superstate”.
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Christmas in Poland is How Christmas in Europe Should be
It becomes a familiar recipe in Europe: If you want to see a traditional Christmas, head East.
While you can barely see the Christmas trees through barricades and road blocks in Germany, in Poland it’s a completely different story.
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An attack has been thwarted “amidst stormy conditions” at Friday’s Brussels summit of European Union heads of state and government “convened to give more money and rights to migrants”, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video uploaded on his Facebook page.
The summit started off peacefully and “seemed to be jovial” but later on it turned rather stormy, Orban said.
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EU, Ireland ‘Conniving’ To Keep UK Close to Bloc to Take Money, Says Kate Hoey
Brexiteer Labour MP Kate Hoey has said that the Republic of Ireland and the European Union have overblown the Irish backstop issue and “connived” to keep the UK close to the bloc to take its money.
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Geert Wilders at Restoration Weekend
Editor’s note: Below are the video and transcript of remarks given by Geert Wilders at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s 2018 Restoration Weekend. The event was held Nov. 15th-18th at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.
Transcript:
Robert Spencer: It is my great honor and great pleasure to introduce to all of you tonight the great visionary who is going to be the one who turn things around for Europe and brought about its salvation as a continent upon which free people could still live, and the one man who has stood firm all these years against absolutely extraordinary and crushing pressure to give in, the great, the heroic, Geert Wilders.
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Hero Civilian Fifth Victim of Strasbourg Christmas Market Attack
A fifth victim wounded during an attack at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg has died, authorities and relatives said.
The prosecutor’s office confirmed on Sunday (local time) that a Polish national had died after being injured by Cherif Chekatt in Tuesday’s rampage.
“My brother Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski has just passed away. He thanks you for the love and strength you have given him,” the brother of the 36-year-old victim from the Polish city of Katowice wrote on Facebook.
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Italian X-Factor Winner Criticised for ‘Liking’ Salvini and Trump on Facebook
Italian rapper Anastasio, who recently won the Italian version of X-Factor, has come under fire for ‘liking’ Italian populist Interior Minster Matteo Salvini and U.S. President Donald Trump on social media.
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Meghan Markle ‘Pulls Harry Away’ From Will as She Asks Him to Skip Royal Hunt
Harry, 34, and William, 36, have been shooting pheasants since they were children, but times are changing at Kensington Palace following the arrival of former actress Meghan Markle.
Prince Harry will reportedly skip the royals’ Boxing Day pheasant shoot to avoid upsetting his hunt-hating better half in what is seen as another blow to his relations with his brother, Prince William.
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NYT: ‘Unclear’ What Motivated Gunman Who Yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ Before Attack
The New York Times claimed Wednesday that it is “unclear” what motivated the gunman who shouted “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire on a Christmas market in France.
A public prosecutor in France claimed this week that the suspect in the shooting at Strasbourg Christmas market was an Islamic extremist who shouted “Allahu Akbar” shortly before the attack. Two people died and nine were injured in the incident.
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Petition for ‘No Deal’ Brexit Overtakes Petition for Second Referendum
The official petition for a “No Deal” Brexit has surged ahead of the petition for a so-called “People’s Vote” to reverse Brexit.
The petition, which calls on the Government to abandon Theresa May’s “worst deal in history” with the EU, stop “wasting Billions of pounds of taxpayers money trying to negotiate in a short space of time [sic]”, and leave the bloc cleanly on World Trade Organization (WTO) terms, racked up tens of thousands of signatures in a matter of hours, and is still growing.
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Report: Theresa May’s Closest Allies Plot Second Referendum
Two of Prime Minister Theresa May’s most senior allies are plotting a second referendum, according to reports by the Daily Mail.
The newspaper’s Sunday edition has reported that Gavin Barwell, Mrs May’s chief of staff, has drawn up secret plans for a second vote while David Lidington, the Minister for Cabinet Office, is believed to have held meetings with opposition Labour MPs — causing a rift in the Cabinet with Brexit-supporting MPs.
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South Italy’s Per Capita GDP Half of North-West’s
GDP per person 18,500 euros for southern regions
(ANSA) — Rome, December 13 — ISTAT said Thursday the South Italy’s per capita GDP is close to half of North-West’s. “In 2017 per capita GDP was 35,400 euros in the North-West area, 34,300 euros in the North-East and 30,700 euros in the Centre,” the national statistics agency said. “In the South and Islands area, per capita GDP was 18,500 euros, 45% lower than in the Centre-North area”.
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U.S. Ambassador: U.S., UK ‘Working Hard’ To Prepare Post-Brexit Relationship
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has said that the U.S. and UK are “working hard” to build strong post-Brexit relations.
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Baby Dies in Palestinian Drive-by Jihad Attack on Civilians That Injured Seven People
A Canadian citizen, Amichai Ish-Ran, originally from Montreal, was shot five times when a Palestinian jihadist opened fire on Israeli civilians in a drive-by. He is still recovering in a hospital, and his wife “Shira who was 30 weeks pregnant, was also shot, in the abdomen.” Shira and Amichai’s baby was delivered by emergency caesarian section, but he didn’t make it.
The baby was murdered by a Palestinian jihadist.
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Caroline Glick: What is the U.S. Policy Towards Lebanon?
According to the Israeli media, during his meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels last Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked for the U.S. to impose an economic embargo on Lebanon.
Pompeo reportedly rejected Netanyahu’s request.
The meeting between the two men took place on the eve of Israel’s initiation of Operation Northern Shield last Tuesday. The operation is a military effort geared towards sealing Hezbollah’s offensive subterranean attack tunnels. It follows Israel’s stunning revelation that it had discovered the locations of Hezbollah’s attack tunnels, perhaps Hezbollah’s most secret undertaking.
According to Netanyahu, Hezbollah launched its offensive tunnel project in 2014. The existence of the tunnel program was known to almost no one in the organization.
Hezbollah’s tunnels traverse the border between Lebanon and Israel. Hezbollah reportedly intended to have the tunnels serve as a means to invade Israeli territory rapidly and undetected. It is the declared goal of Hezbollah to conquer northern Israel in its next war against the Jewish state.
The Trump administration’s rejection of Israel’s request to impose economic sanctions on Lebanon signals that it supports Israel’s efforts to neutralize the threat that Hezbollah poses, with its powerful army and massive arsenal of short and long range missiles. But — like the Bush and Obama administrations before it — it rejects Israel’s interpretation of the relations between Hezbollah and the Lebanese government and armed forces.
The disparity between the U.S. and Israeli positions on the nature of Hezbollah’s relationship with the Lebanese government and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) emerged during the Second Lebanon War in 2006…
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Feature: Holiday Spirit Prevails in Syria’s Damascus With Return of Peace
DAMASCUS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) — For seven years, the festive mood of the holiday season in Syria’s capital Damascus largely disappeared, and the celebrations were confined to prayers for the country to regain its old renowned peace.
In the past years of war, Christmas decorations were missed as the streets of Bab Touma and Qassa neighborhoods in Damascus were a target of daily mortar shells by the rebels in the nearby Eastern Ghouta countryside.
For those who would celebrate, the holiday was an occasion to remember the neighbors and the loved ones who had gone in the spiraling war in the country and the rain of mortar shells.
This year, however, people were celebrating their hearts out and the festive mood of the Christmas, and the New Year atmosphere is felt even before the actual occasion comes, which would be the first holiday season to come to Damascus in seven years after the last rebel left Eastern Ghouta in May.
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Son-in-Law of Iran President Faces Nepotism Claims
The appointment of President Hassan Rouhani’s son-in-law as head of Iran’s geological survey has renewed accusations of nepotism and led on Sunday to the resignation of a senior official, according to conservative media.
The appointment of Kambiz Mehdizadeh, in his early thirties and reportedly married to Rouhani’s daughter in a low-key wedding this August, was widely criticised by Iranians on social media.
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More Than 40 People Injured in Restaurant Explosion in Sapporo, Japan
More than 40 people have been injured, one seriously, after a blast tore through a restaurant in northern Japan.
The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, and caused nearby apartment buildings and houses to shake.
Police said 42 people were injured, most of them mildly, though one was in serious condition. They were rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment.
The cause of the explosion, which occurred at a two-storey restaurant in Sapporo’s Toyohira district, is under investigation, police said, adding that they had no further details.
TV footage from Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed the restaurant in flames, with debris scattered on the ground.
The footage later showed gray smoke billowing from the restaurant as dozens of firefighters poured water onto the building, which was charred and nearly collapsing.
Windows on an apartment building next door were broken, and cars parked outside were partially covered with debris that had fallen on them…
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New Species Named After ASEAN Biodiversity Expert
MEDINILLA theresae, a new edaphic-endemic species in Dinagat and Mindanao islands, was named after Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, executive director of Asean Centre for Biodiversity.
“I am truly honored and grateful for this recognition. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our taxonomists, scientists and researchers who continue their hard work in discovering new species. I believe that taxonomy is a vital step in conservation simply because you cannot conserve what you do not know,” Lim said.
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Threat of Big Tech’s “Chinese-Style Social Credit Ranking” Growing in West
On Friday’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Allum Bokhari, senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News, joined me to discuss why people are growing more concerned about threats to their free speech from Silicon Valley big tech companies.
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The fake imam known as Mohammad Tawhidi tweeted the death fatwa that was issued against him by Mufti Ahmad Raza Sialvi from Pakistan.
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Critics Decry ‘Absurd’ Abuse Conviction of Cardinal George Pell by Australian Court
A number of witnesses have stepped forward to denounce a guilty verdict handed down against Cardinal George Pell for sex abuse in what they describe as the mock trial of an innocent man.
A startling article by canon lawyer Ed Condon suggests that a series of reporting restrictions imposed by the County Court of Victoria in Australia have not served to guarantee an impartial trial but rather to obfuscate the truth.
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Two Muslim brothers are facing jail for contempt of court after illegally clearing picturesque riverfront land north of Sydney. Now one of them wants to build a backpacker hostel in a nearby historic village.
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Alleged Sexual Misconduct by Migrant Men at Youth ‘Euroweek’ Camp Sparks Inquiry
Allegations of sexual misconduct between potentially underage girls and foreign men at the pro-multicultural ‘EuroWeek” project have sparked concerns and a possible investigation by Polish authorities.
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Danish NGO Has Illegally Turned Greek Airport Into a Refugee Camp — Greek MP
According to the Greek MP Christos Chatzisavvas, of the Greek nationalist party Golden Dawn, the airport of Polykastro has been illegally transformed into a refugee camp by the NGO “Danish Refugee Council”.
The MP filed a question to the competent ministers, in which he quotes a press release of the Polykastro Air Force Training Academy.
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Finland Considers Revoking Citizenship for Sex Crime Migrants After Child Rape Gang Bust
Finland is considering revoking the citizenship of migrants convicted of sex crimes after Oulo police exposed a migrant rape gang that preyed on young girls.
The country’s parliament is currently considering a bill that would remove citizenship and expel those convicted of terrorism or treason, but interior minister Kai Mykkänen said such sanctions should be considered for those convicted of serious sexual crimes as well, reports Yle.
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Germany: Welfare Cuts for ‘Dublin’ Asylum-Seekers Floated
Punitive social handouts to dissuade “Dublin” asylum-seekers are wanted by interior ministers of the 16 regional states, a report says. One in three applicants arriving in Germany via other EU nations could be affected.
The newspaper Welt am Sonntag disclosed Sunday that ministers decided at their most recent twice-yearly conference in the eastern city of Magdeburg to press Germany’s federal government to trim handouts via legislative amendment.
The EU’s”Dublin” policy — now in its third version since a 2003 bid to create common standards within Europe’s internal open borders — requires the country where a seeker first enters Europe to process his or her application for shelter.
“The first Member State in which the application for international protection was lodged shall be responsible for examining it,” states Article 2 of the EU’s regulation amended in 2013
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44 cases have been earmarked by security agencies because of the size of the transfer — including one ‘stateless’ asylum seeker who sent more than $450,000 to Ghana and Bangladesh.
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Italian Bishop Attacks Salvini’s ‘Security Decree’ on Immigration
An Italian bishop has published a Christmas letter sharply critical of interior minister Matteo Salvini’s security decree, saying it has abandoned “thousands of immigrants of every color and origin living in our cities.”
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Pope: The Western World Has “Moral Responsibility” To Let in More Migrants
“It is the “moral responsibility” of the outside world to accept even more migrants,” Pope Francis explained in a speech on Thursday.
This year it is 70 years since the globalist organisation that is the UN adopted the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”.
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Punches Thrown During Anti-Immigration Protest in Edmonton
A fist fight broke out during an anti-immigration protest in downtown Edmonton Saturday afternoon, before police moved in to separate protesters and counter-demonstrators.
There were only a few police officers present at Churchill Square when the altercation started, but more arrived after the first punch landed. About 20 officers formed a line to separate the pro and anti-immigration groups, comprising about 150 people in total.
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Water Cannon, Firecrackers as Thousands Rally Against UN Migration Pact in Brussels (Photo, Video)
Police have deployed water cannon during a rally against the controversial UN migration pact in Brussels. Officers were seen scuffling with protesters, who threw firecrackers before facing off with law-enforcement.
The rally was dubbed the ‘March against Marrakech’ in reference to the city where the pact was signed earlier in December. It was organized by the right-wing Vlaams Belang party which has long been a vocal opponent of the agreement.
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Ashley Bratcher Becomes Passionately Pro-Life After Movie Role
Movie actress Ashley Bratcher said that she became fully convinced of the pro-life position when auditioning for the part of Abby Johnson in the biopic Unplanned.
Known for Princess Cut, War Room, and other films, Ms. Bratcher said in an essay this week that while researching about the life of Johnson — a former Planned Parenthood employee — her “eyes were opened to the harsh reality of abortion.”
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LITTLE Owen Jones, the resident crybaby of the left, has claimed that gays should ‘stand behind’ Muslims… yes, really.
Owen, a man who walked out of a debate on Sky News because he was offended by ‘hurty words’ wrote in left-wing Attitude mag and said: “Members of the LGBT community must stand behind under-fire Muslims.’
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“Afghan Grins in Mugshot After Beating up Swedish Elderly Woman and Calls Her “A Racist”” so this was his 13th offense in Sweden and still no deportation? The “three times and out” sure is a nice law to have (even though my own country doesn’t have it, unfortunately. Even better would be “three times and done” for citizens and “one time and out” for any kind of immigrant, expat, etc. And allowed “police brutality” on those who are smug about committing crimes, especially towards vulnerable individuals like children and the elderly.
The Swedish government I am sure is in reality pleased with the overall success and spread of sharia law and how it has begun to be applied to the native Swedish. Yes, some muslims become a little too violent and the government tells the perpetrator to relax and be more understanding. However, the process of implementing sharia seems overall quite a success. Swedes are now learning proper sharia compliant behaviour: don’t walk in muslim areas, woman should be with a male chaperone, don’t dress provocitively etc. etc. The government is also implementing the behaviour codes against itself, as it must, such as not judging a muslim in the courts too harshly by infidel standards and laws.
The governments’ task of policing the native Swedes, especially the populists, is now becoming an easier task with the help of the muslims applying their sharia to the Swedes.
Sweden is now a model nation.
Well lets hope one dark and bitter cold a few brave Vikings will catch him and steal his pants and let him walk home – preferable at 45 below zero. That will solve the problem !
In the dormitory of the Moscow University, 400 students from the Caucasus who “set their own rules” were detained.
“Rosgvardi fighters began to clean up and check the passport regime. Under the press were students from Ingushetia who established their own rules: “Whoever is not with us is under us,” demonstrative bearing of weapons, that’s all, ”the publication says.
https://ura.news/news/1052363886
Those Caucasus muslims, particularly the Chechens, are a violent group. Grozny I believe has been voted most dangerous city on earth at least a few times.
Far more appalling than the Democrat/establishment/cultural-marxist coup against Donald Trump is the GOP refusal to take any role in protecting the President. Indeed, numerous GOP figures seem to be assisting the enemy (thankfully deceased John McCain and the aptly named Jeff Flake) while others seem to avert their eyes and pretend not to notice, refusing to play any part.
Little about the customs of Chechnya.
Recently, Kadyrov’s cousin was responsible for the death of an entire family in a car accident.
But in the end, the father and grandfather of the victims (!!!) begged Kadryrov not to punish the culprit and not to remove him from the post.
Tribalism level 100!
https://www.kavkazr.com/a/29660449.html
Do you remember some time ago there was a post about the construction of a military temple in Russia?
Apparently things are very bad for greedy priests – they forcibly collect money for the temple from the servicemen.
https://govoritmoskva.ru/news/183314/
Now the priests have some kind of contention with Ukraine (I don’t follow this and even turn off the news). But apparently they have all the energy left for it, because in recent times I have not heard idiotic initiatives from them.
I do not like Cyril. There is a sensational video where he said that Slavs before Christianity were animals.
And animals can be killed, slandered, deceive …
I do not like the Orthodox Church.
Is this slander against Slavs directed at the Ukrainians?
If so, that’s what I would expect.
Animosity towards Ukrainians is very common with many Russians. I see it all the time. Russia has much greater problems with islam than they have with Ukraine. I mean no offense Elena.
What does the Ukrainians have to do with it? At the time of baptism there were only Slavic tribes. Ukraine as a state has not yet been. Baptized RUS (Русь). Cyril calls animals all Slavs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvPHTYGwVs
By the way. If we are talking about Ukraine and the Orthodox Church. There is one curious detail.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church decided to separate from the Moscow Patriarchate.
The unifying meeting of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church occur by THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-46582237
“The working language of the meeting was English with simultaneous translation into Ukrainian.”
Make a conclusion
You misunderstood me. Obviously, the meaning of the phrase was lost during the translation.
I meant that I do not follow the news related to the ROC at all, even in the light of the GREAT skanadal with Ukraine.
You see … I have a complex worldview system based on neo-platonism. Abrahamic religions have no place in it.
I can’t be offended. I’m not responsible for what these idiots are doing at the head of the country. I’m only responsible for myself. Yeah, and I have megalomania… (joke)