Nine migrants were rescued from a dinghy in the English Channel on their way to Britain. Helicopters from France, Belgium, and the UK were involved in the rescue. Among those rescued were a woman and her child, and two people on board were ill with hypothermia.
In other news, eleven members of Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet are reportedly helping to put together plans for a no-deal Brexit.
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The recent decision by crowdfunding platform Patreon to remove popular YouTuber Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, may have been a free-speech tipping point for the clinical psychologist. [Dr.] Peterson and fellow pundit Dave Rubin of YouTube “The Rubin Report” announced plans to build a “better alternative” for intellectuals and content creators.
“We’ve been engaged in lengthy series of email exchanges with all of the people in our network, and no one is happy at all with what’s been happening,” [Dr.] Peterson said a joint video released Sunday. “We’ve been determining what our options are. We looked at Subscribe Star, but it looks like PayPal decided to cut funding out from them.”
At issue is Patreon’s decision to kill the account of Mr. Benjamin in early December after its staff was made aware of a guest appearance on a small YouTube channel 10 months ago.
The social commentator took an epithet favored by his racist critics, used their definition for the sake of argument, and said they were acting like white versions of the word.
“I didn’t think that Patreon would go and say that their terms of service simply don’t matter, that they would just judge me on my brand, which has always been politically incorrect, and then now instead of some point instead of the last four years, decide to get rid of me,” Mr. Benjamin said Dec. 14. “There were so many different people affected by this over a vast swath of the political spectrum. It’s not just people who supported me who were bothered. It’s people who are generally interested in taking part in the political dialogue.”
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“I think we should just make it very clear for everybody how significant what happened to Carl Benjamin, Sargon of Akkad, is,” Mr. Rubin said Sunday. “It doesn’t matter what you think of him or whether you agree or any of that stuff. The banning of him for doing something that was not on the Patreon platform, that wasn’t even done on his channel because of a word he said where he was using the word against the ‘alt-right’ or the neo-Nazis or whatever you want to call them, is a massive move of that line of what’s acceptable.”
Mr. Rubin also noted that Patreon’s decision is at odds with comments its CEO, Jack Conte, made while on his show.
The platform is supposed to only hold people accountable for “Manifest Observable Behavior,” on the platform.
“‘M.O.B.’ You can’t make that up. There’s a real beauty there,” Mr. Rubin deadpanned.
“I’ve been working on a system to allow authors and other people who engage publicly on intellectual issues to interact more effectively with their readers and viewers and listeners,” [Dr]. Peterson said.[…]
[Note: They have many ways of silencing speech]
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5 Most Outrageous Professor Statements of 2018
Campus Reform rounded up five of the most outrageous instances of college faculty and staff who have made statements describing violent acts and inflammatory rhetoric.
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Arizona Man Gets 12 Years in Prison for Helping Student Join ISIS in Syria
NEW YORK — An Arizona man convicted of helping a New Yorker join the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday by a judge who said he was not the typical “true believer” terrorism defendant.
Ahmed Mohammed el-Gammal, 48, a suburban Phoenix man who sold car parts, was sentenced by Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan federal court.
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Recently elected Muslim women to Congress, Ilhan Omar, has tweeted mocking US Vice President Mike Pence’s Christianity.
In a photo where VP Pence has his eyes closed pondering the spectacle in front of him as President Donald Trump, Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer debate over a border wall, Ilhan Omar decides mock his faith by tweeting out “Jesus Take the Wheel.”
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The “Transgressions of Other Conservatives”
by Diana West
I have been pleasantly surprised to watch American Betrayal unfold on Twtter as Brett MacDonald (@TweetBrettMac), now reading the book, transforms conventional underlining and note-taking into a lively Twitter feed.
Early on, however, he detected the atmospherics of “controversy” about the book, picked up a copy of The Rebuttal, and then discovered them (Horowitz) still to be raging.
How?
MacDonald began to recount the chain of “controversial” events — David Horowitz’s removal of a positive review of American Betrayal by Mark Tapson from the Frontpage website (fortunately saved here) …
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Trump to UN: Climate Rules Written, But We’re Still Out
At COP 24, the UN climate conference in Katowice Poland, the United States played a leading role in “writing the rule book” for the Paris climate agreement, but also made clear its intention to exit the agreement as soon as possible.
The key issues were consistency and transparency. The U.S. led the effort to make emissions reporting consistent no matter which nation is reporting, and to make the process as open as possible. Follow the UN conference outcome at CFACT.org.
China continued to hold out for differentiated responsibilities, calling on developed nations to “pay their climate debt.” China asserts that it should be treated as a developing nation under the agreement and therefore given a pass on emissions reductions obligations, despite it being the world’s largest emitter. When listening to China we are always reminded of one of our favorite headlines from the parody site The Onion, “China Vows To Begin Aggressively Falsifying Air Pollution Numbers.”
Assistant Secretary of State Judith Garber made the official statement for the U.S. delegation which powerfully reiterated President Trump’s determination to withdraw. Read the full official U.S. statement at CFACT.org.As President Trump announced last year, the United States intends to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, absent the identification of terms that are more favorable to the American people…
The global climate conversation needs to embrace not only aspiration but today’s reality. The U.S. approach incorporates the realities of the global energy mix and uses all energy sources and technologies as cleanly and efficiently as possible, including fossils fuels, nuclear energy, and renewable energy…[…]
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A California man, who pleaded guilty to providing support to a terrorist organization, was caught on camera discussing plans for attacks that would “redefine terror.”
Amer Alhaggagi, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and identity theft in July. He admitted to creating Twitter, Facebook and Gmail accounts for people he believed were Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) supporters and to communicating with two of the people that asked him to set up their accounts.
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Christmas Bonus: EU Leaders Will be Paid Over €20,000 a Month for the First Time
The highest grade of European Union’s civil servants will now earn wages of over €20,000(£18,000) per month, about €400 more including allowances per month.
As revealed by Germany’s Bild newspaper, the EU salaries and pensions were increased retroactively from 1 July 2018 and just in time for Christmas.
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Dutch Labour MP Accuses Voice of Europe of Publishing Russian Fake News
Dutch MP Attje Kuiken of the Labour party, said without presenting any evidence, that Voice of Europe has been related to Russian fake news.
During a parliamentary question hour of Dutch Justice and Security Minister Ferd Grapperhaus, Ms. Kuiken asked the Minister:
“Voice of Europe has been related to Russian fake news and my question to the Minister is:
“What does the Minister think about the site’s information and are there connections between Voice of Europe and Russian information?”
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PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister is to meet with representatives of police unions, following complaints about strained resources in the wake of five straight weekends of violent protests.
Christophe Castaner has said on Twitter that he is to meet union representatives Tuesday evening.
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French Riot Police Could Use Chemical Powder to Demobilise Yellow Vest Protesters
Losing the plot. Macron’s government to now employ a chemical powder for riot police to use against the Yellow Vest protesters.
As well, given the video footage given to Daily Mail of French riot police going inside of a Burger King restaurant to attack protesters and another of seven or eight riot police violently beating a lone protester, it gives one pause for thought, is this just to silence the voices of the French people?
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Essay by Anne Marie Waters
Welcome to a new era — the era of globalism. It’s an era in which borders are to come down, democracy will be openly frowned upon, and nationalism will be despised as evil.
But nationalism is not an evil; it is a desire for nation-state democracy. In other words, it is a desire for accountable governance.
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Iconic Swiss Chocolate Becomes Halal to Conform With Islamic Purity Law
Toblerone, the iconic triangular shaped chocolate bars have been made halal to meet the demands of the Islamic market.
The change, that silently took place in April this year, has now been revealed to Swiss newspaper Blick.
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Polish Minister Says ‘France is Now the Sick Man of Europe’ While Poland is a ‘Bright Spot’
Poland’s foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz bemoans the ‘sad’ France situation. He mentioned the jihadist attack, where a French jihadist killed five during an attack near Strasbourg Christmas market, and the Yellow Vests protests having made France Europe’s ‘sick man’.
Mr. Czaputowicz asserts that the ‘Yellow Vests’ protests and last week’s jihadist attack made France a ‘drag on Europe’ while Poland is a bright spot.
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A German hate preacher has been living in the UK for almost five years — despite being the leader of a banned Islamist group that is accused of inspiring 140 jihadis to join terror groups abroad.
Brahim Belkaid settled in Leicester in late 2013 after returning from Syria, where authorities suspect him of providing support to terrorists, the Sunday Times reports.
Since then, the 41-year-old has spent his time proselytising in cities across Britain and using social media to promote extremist views.
Belkaid’s presence in the country will raise questions about Theresa May’s judgement — who was Home Secretary at the time of his arrival.
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State News Channel in France Censors Anti-Macron Sign During Live Broadcast
A state-owned news channel in France censored an anti-Macron protest sign during a live broadcast, setting off a wave of complaints about censorship.
France 3, the second largest public television station in France doctored a placard held by a yellow vest protester during last weekend’s demonstrations in Paris.
The original sign said “Macron dégage,” meaning “Macron get lost,” but when it was broadcast on Saturday evening the sign had been amended to read simply “Macron”.
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“The violence in Sweden has now become so extreme that Malmö can be likened to a gangster movie”, Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson stated in his Christmas speech on Tuesday.
He talked, among other things, about the recent brutal shootings and bombings in Sweden. “It’s like a scene from a gangster movie, but it is everyday life in the country’s third largest city.”, he said.
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UK: Against You: Downing Street Admits it’s ‘Lost Media Control’ And Moves to Fight Alt News
DOWNING Street has admitted it has lost “media control” due to the rise of new widely popular populist news websites like Politicalite.
The Government is worried about our “Pro-Brexit, anti-Islam, right-wing populist” narrative, according to US political site Politico.
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UK: Exclusive: BBC Refuse to Attend Launch of Anti-Grooming Campaign at Lords
A BBC reporter failed to show up to a House of Lords launch of a new campaign to support victims of Muslim rape gangs, Politicalite can reveal.
Today, Politicalite along with Unity News Network and David Vance of Alt News attended an event at the House of Lords that launched ‘the #1400 Campaign’ — a campaign that will include a national helpline to support the victims of grooming.
The event was launched by Shazia Hobbs and Rotherham Abuse survivor Elizabeth Harper.
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UK: Govt Confirms it Will Ramp Up Preparations for No Deal Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet will ramp up preparations for a clean break from the EU without a deal.
The Prime Minister’s spokesman confirmed Tuesday afternoon, following a Cabinet meeting, that senior ministers “agreed that delivering the deal that the Prime Minister agreed with Brussels remains the government’s top priority and our best no deal mitigation.
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UK: No-Deal Brexit Petition Surges Past 200,000 Signatures
On Saturday, Westmonster reported on the most popular petition on Parliament’s website, with 70,000 having signed in favour of exiting the European Union without a deal.
As of this morning it remains the most popular petition in the country with more than 1,000 sign-ups an hour, having surged to a whopping 207,000 signatures (as of 9:40am Monday).
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UK: Professor: “God-Like” Google Has Been “Weaponized” For Political Purposes
Professor of cyber security Kevin Curran says that Google now has “God-like” power which has been weaponized for political purposes.
Responding to a story about how Google considered banning Breitbart from its lucrative ad network for vague, unspecified “hate speech,” Curran, professor of cyber security at the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment at Ulster University, warned that the Silicon Valley giant is out of control.
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UK: Report: 11 Cabinet Ministers Back ‘Managed No Deal’ Brexit
A number of media outlets are reporting that Theresa May’s Cabinet will be presented with an option to ramp up preparations for a clean break from the EU, with 11 ministers said to back a “Managed No Deal”.
The Times reports the Prime Minister will present the Cabinet with three options on Tuesday, with senior government figures telling the newspaper of record that the likely outcome is to support preparations for Brexit on World Trade Organization (WTO) terms, as the government is certain to lose the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement in the House of Commons on January 14th.
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UK: Rape Gang Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Oxford School Girl
Three men have been found guilty of historic sexual offences against an Oxford school girl who was groomed and raped from the age of 14.
Anjum Dogar, 36, and brothers Mohammed Karrar, 44, and Bassam Karrar, 39, were found guilty by unanimous verdict by a jury at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday of ten charges including indecent assault, conspiracy to rape, and rape, reports the Oxford Mail.
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UK: Tory Remainer Threatens to Leave Party in Event of No Deal Brexit
A conservative MP who backed remaining in the European Union is threatening to resign the party whip if the government goes for a No Deal Brexit, as seems increasingly likely.
Nick Boles tweeted today that: “The Cabinet spent this morning discussing preparations for ‘No Deal’ Brexit.
“I accept that it is prudent for the government to get ready for all eventualities. But I owe my constituents and my colleagues total clarity about my position.
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Yellow Vest Riots Spread: Week Five
Paris has now seen its fifth weekend of street demonstrations by the so-called gilets jaunes, or “yellow vests,” although reports suggest that things may be finally winding down. Meanwhile, the protests — which in many instances rise to the level of riots, with innumerable examples of looting, vandalism, and arson — have spread. The last couple of weekends have seen disturbances in other major French cities, such as Toulouse, Bordeaux and Lyon, as well as in cities in the Low Countries, including Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Nijmegen and Maastricht. This weekend, in London, as the tension, confusion, and frustration surrounding Brexit have intensified and the possibility of a second referendum seemed to increase, yellow-vested protesters, most of them apparently supporters of Brexit, blocked major bridges and shut down streets in the city center.
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Israeli PM’s Son Gets Temporary Ban on Facebook
JERUSALEM (AP) — Facebook has blocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair for 24 hours after he wrote a post criticizing the social media platform as “thought police” and sharing previously banned content.
Yair Netanyahu blasted the website on Sunday for removing an earlier post in which he called for “avenging the deaths” of two Israeli soldiers killed last week by Palestinian gunmen and calling for the expulsion of Palestinians. He shared a screenshot of the earlier post in violation of Facebook’s community rules.
Facebook deleted a post by Netanyahu last week in which he said he would “prefer” if “All the Muslims leave the land of Israel.”
[Comment: Facebook proved his point.]
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This Badass Professor Hired Mercenaries to Rescue a College Student From an ISIS War Zone
Some educators genuinely care about their pupils. There are those who go out of their way to tutor, mentor, offer advice or even take personal interest in the struggles impacting their students’ lives at home.
Then there’s Charlotta Turner, a professor of analytical chemistry at Sweden’s Lund University, who, upon learning that one of her doctoral students was in hiding in an Islamic State war zone, dispatched a heavily-armed mercenary squad to rescue the student and his family.
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Turkey Aiming to Head a Global Islamic Union Governed by Sharia
Turkey appears to be accelerating its endeavor to establish an Ottoman-style Islamic government encompassing several Muslim nations. One such effort was apparent in early November at the second “International Islamic Union Congress,” in Istanbul. The conference is sponsored mainly by the Strategic Research Center for Defenders of Justice (ASSAM), headed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief military advisor, Adnan Tanriverdi, a retired Islamist lieutenant general.
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Mass Media’s Russia Hysteria is Openly Acknowledging the Power of Propaganda
Authored by Caitlin Johnstone
“So now the question becomes: how did Russia know to target African American voters, and especially in certain key states,” asked popular #Resistance pundit Amy Siskind in response to a New York Times articleclaiming Russian social media trolls targeted Sanders supporters and Black voters during the 2016 election.
Well that’s a mighty good question there, Amy, and I think the answer is pretty obvious. Clearly Russia knew to target African American voters because Donald Trump called his boss Vladimir Putin and told him about America’s secret racial issues, which nobody in any foreign country could ever know about on their own. Then it was a simple matter of sending the trolls of St Petersburg’s Internet Research Agency to trick Black people into thinking that the American political system hasn’t been working for them, thereby ensuring the defeat of the rightful heir to the presidential throne, Hillary Rodham Clinton. It’s not disenfranchised voters’ fault that Hillary’s coronation failed to take place, it’s the fault of Russian memes on social media which confused their silly heads about who they wanted to vote for!
Or, alternate theory: everything about that question is immensely stupid.
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Why Are Western Elites Succumbing to Russia Conspiracy Theories?
The West — and in particular Western elites, have taken to blaming Russia for everything from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss, to Brexit, to their latest target of Putin’s “nefarious designs”; the Yellow Vest movement.
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Dole bludger Shane Paxton was spotted looking downcast at his mother’s home in Melbourne’s west, 22 years after he shot to infamy for relying on the country’s welfare system.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to offer $6-a-week tax cuts to low and middle-income earners ahead of the next election, following some good economic news.
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Being selected ninth overall by North Melbourne in the 2010 AFL draft should have set Majak Daw up for greatness, but the next eight years were beset with struggle and scandal.
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Terrifying footage has captured the moment a driver fought off two masked thugs as they tried to steal his luxury Mercedes at a 7/11 service station in Brisbane.
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Tasmanian Researchers Discover New Corals in Dense ‘Underwater Garden’ On Ocean Mountains
An “underwater garden” with more than 100 unnamed species of corals, lobsters and molluscs has been discovered on undersea mountains south of Tasmania.
Scientists onboard the CSIRO research vessel Investigator have explored the Tasmanian cluster of the ridges known as seamounts in Australia’s Tasman Fracture and Huon marine parks.
The researchers surveyed 45 seamounts using new technology to study the rocky habitats.
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General James Hoth Mai, who served as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army’s chief of staff from May 2009 until April 2014, was accused of stealing money from his war-torn country’s coffers.
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Breaking: “The People’s Win” Belgian Prime Minister Resigns Over UN Migration Pact
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has said he will resign after facing a no confidence motion in his government. The decision can be seen as another result of the migrant crisis and especially the UN Migration Pact.
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Danish Minister for Migration: “Somalis Go Home and Rebuild Your Country”
Danish authorities have concluded that the situation in some parts of Somalia is safe, and that Somalis no longer have valid grounds for asylum.
Following a review of the situation in Somalia, which began in 2017, residence permits will therefore be withdrawn for no less than 1,000 Somalis. “It is time for them to go home now,” Denmark states.
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Finland: Iraqi, Afghan Migrants Vastly Over-Represented in Sex Attack Statistics
Iraqi and Afghan asylum seekers were up to 40 times more likely than native Finns to be suspects in sexual crimes in Finland in 2017, according to official statistics.
Statistics for the first 11 months of 2018 show a similar result, with Iraqi asylum seekers and migrants being suspected in a total of 157 sexual offences, making them the most numerous of any foreign group in the statistics — despite only being the third-largest minority in the country, behind Russians and Estonians, Ilta-Sanomat reports.
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Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Faces Advertiser Backlash Over Immigration Comments
Some companies are pulling their advertising from Fox News’ primetime show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” after the host said he disagreed with “a moral obligation” to let poor people into the U.S., “even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided.”
Carlson made the comments on Thursday 13 and reinforced them on his show Monday night.
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Italy’s Migrant Crackdown: Expulsions Up, Squatter Camps Cleared
After just six months in charge of Italy’s Interior Ministry, the country’s populist deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has driven migrant deportations up 28 percent, new figures show.
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Migration Watch Blames Population Boom for London Congestion
Migration Watch UK has suggested “immigration-driven population growth” is to blame for London’s status as the second-most gridlocked city in Europe after Moscow.
The migration-sceptic think tank was commenting on a study by traffic data firm Inrix reported earlier in 2018, which suggested that not only was London runner-up to Russia’s troubled capital in the gridlock stakes, but that the United Kingdom as a whole was the world’s number ten most-congested country.
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New Spanish Migrant Route Sees 150 New Arrivals in Basque Country Per Day
A new migrant route is forming in the Basque Country of Spain following the tightening of migrant routes in Turkey and Italy, with observers claiming that up to 150 migrants arrive daily attempting to get to France and northern Europe.
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Nine Migrants Rescued From Dinghy in English Channel
French, Belgian and British helicopters were used to search for and rescue nine more migrants in a dinghy.
The group included a woman and child and two of the victims suffered hypothermia.
Now French maritime officials have given a stern warning about sailing in dinghies in the rough Channel in winter, particularly with children.
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Pope Francis Decries Politicians Who ‘Blame Every Evil on Migrants’
Pope Francis released his message for the World Day of Peace Tuesday, in which he denounced “political vices” such as nationalism, xenophobia, racism, and lack of concern for the environment.
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They Lied: The UN Migration Pact is Legally Binding and Could be Valid for All Countries
For months proponents of the UN Migration Pact told us that the pact was non-binding. The response to the many citizens of nation states worldwide having signed country specific petitions was that it was non-binding so there was nothing to worry about, it was going to be good.
The immensely opposed and disastrous document declares unlimited migration to be treated as a human right, thereby deprecating the term ‘illegal migrants’, and criminalises any criticism of migration as hate speech.
The points that raised alarm for most was that it seeks to eliminate all forms of dissent. Media organisations for example, should they criticise anything to do with migration would lose access to state funding. People would be labelled as racists or guilty of hate speech which will now be criminalised. This pact will literally erase our borders.
The question I’ve been asking is if the countries that refused to sign, are they still bound to it being members of the UN. Most people were of the mind that it would only affect the signatories.
Now we know. In a frank exchange with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr. Hebner of the AfD drew out an admission that it is, in fact, legally binding. As well, that it will be adopted as rule for all UN Member states once enacted.
Mr. Hebner asks: “You can see for yourself clearly that during the conference, the spokesperson for Morocco emphasised that the agreement was legally binding. He said clearly, in a literal sense, that there is a corresponding legal bond for all nations taking part as well as an obligation of implementation. You and your delegation did not raise a single word of objection to that statement but idly accepted it. I would like to emphasise that the parliamentary motion was not presented at the conference. “
Ms. Merkel’s response not only confirmed what we at Voice of Europe have been suspecting all along, the claim it is indeed binding, but that once voted and accepted it will be valid for all:
“So then, during the UN General Assembly next week, the pact will once again be up for debate and a decision will be made on whether to accept it. At this time, a member state can demand a vote. When two-thirds of the represented countries agree then it is valid for all. That’s how majority decision-making works.”
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A policy to review the use of gender on Australian official documents was added to the party’s election platform by members at the National Conference in Adelaide on Monday.
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Psychiatrist Proposes Ban on ‘Hurtful’ Words Like Lazy, Boring, And Spoiled
A leading psychiatrist has identified six words people should not use, because they are “accompanied by feelings of moral judgment, hatred and utter rejection,” Business Insider revealed Monday.
In 1972, comedian George Carlin delivered a monologue titled “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” that rocketed him to celebrity, but the self-censorship proposed for the “six hurtful words you should stop using” have nothing to do with Carlin’s naughty list.
They are rather “harmful, negative labels to describe ourselves and others,” according to psychiatrist Grant Hilary Brenner, and they come from “toxic places.”
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Victory for Free Speech in South Dakota
The South Dakota Board of Regents is adopting policies surrounding free speech and intellectual diversity following a year of pressure from conservative lawmakers.
The Board of Regents passed a policy encouraging freedom of expression on campus and “intellectual diversity in faculty,” referring to faculty’s political views.
The two also asked the Board of Regents why colleges cannot make “intellectual diversity hires,” as they currently make “diversity hires.”
“Freedom of expression includes the right to discuss and present scholarly opinions and conclusions on all matters both in and outside the classroom without Board or institutional discipline or restraint,” states a portion of the policy.
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modern helicopters use jet fuel. JP5 costs approx $5 per gallon. I don’t know the fuel consumption rate of a helicopter, but I am certain it is high. It would be enlightening to have someone knowledgeable perform a cost-benefit analysis of these rescues at sea.
Now I understood the purpose for which the Russian government devastated my wallet: all the money was devoured by a propaganda machine that was brainwashing in the West.
I lead a small anti-muslim blog. The social network Vkontakte allows to conduct it anonymously.There is an activist in my group, and he publishes some material on his own behalf.
Yesterday he said that he was summoned to the internal affairs office to talk about the inadmissibility of anti-Islamic propaganda.
He promised to tell me the details.
re: French police upset with cuts, strained resources:
So, if they are paid more overtime and given more personnel and weaponry, will they begin to beat and terrorize the people with greater zeal and more glee?
The French and their constant focus on working conditions……
Pope Francis seems possessed?
I believe just before he died, Pope John Paul II said that the spirit of the anti-Christ has already entered the sanctuary.
It’s good that at least some grooming gangs are being sentenced for what they did, but let’s be honest, the only thing they deserve is to have the same done to them, for years on end, I’m sure there are some [redacted] out there who would volunteer. (Sorry if this comment is outside the guidelines, I have a hard time containing my anger when it comes to harming children.)
Where is John Wick when you need him?
I don’t think we are too far off from the day when a healthy underground private marketplace will develop, where one can hire professionals to administer justice of the physical variety to those whom the organs of the state refuse to punish, or punish in a half-hearted matter. The state has a monopoly on violence for good reason, but when they refuse to use this monopoly to administer justice and instead use it to protect the criminal rapists from the law-abiding, the time is not far off when vigilante justice will be welcomed by many.
As you have probably understood, my knowledge of English is about zero.
Can you briefly describe what conclusions this article leads to?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/24/iraqs-post-isis-campaign-of-revenge
Does it not correlate with the idea of the UN (what a shame – the initiator is Russian) in order to send the militants to their homes?
https://sputniknews.com/world/201812151070716043-un-daesh-members-society/
The New Yorker is part of the vast left-wing conspiracy. You can see the conclusion of that essay in its subtitle:
The corruption and cruelty of the state’s response to suspected jihadis and their families seem likely to lead to the resurgence of the terror group.
Here’s the point of the New Yorker essay: its subtitle
The corruption and cruelty of the state’s response to suspected jihadis and their families seem likely to lead to the resurgence of the terror group.
Go further into the essay and you get the usual vast left-wing conspiracy theories. Since the Lemming Left holds the keys to the major MSM outlets, what you encounter is their dogma in all its forms. We have our own Pravda, but it is far larger than Russia’s. The center of their world view remains, “America bad” – as it has been since the 1960s.
Yes, if we hadn’t been so hard on Hitler in the ’30s, as Churchill urged, he’d have remained an absolute lamb…
Churchill was jammed between a rock and a hard place by FDR and Stalin. The effects were awful, particularly for Britain, and continue to be felt all these years later. America may yet hollow out from the long-term Stalin/FDR alliance. The USSR received all that largesse from the U.S., while Britain had to pay back every single farthing, which along with adopting socialism, impoverished the UK.
Diana West’s account is thorough…and chilling:
American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character
https://amzn.to/2Lv3tns
I was going to put up the UK version of her definitive, important book, but it has a total of SIX reviews there. Sad that Britain has no idea how it suffered at the hands of FDR and Stalin.
Germany is gradually turning into Pakistan.
A read on the bag of a child’s bib a spade of the faith of the believers
«Da dieser Stoff eigenschaften, die muslime würden zunächst schrumpfen»
«As this substance properties, the Muslims would initially shrink»
This phrase is read by women.
The women of the judgment did not ignore this chance and made the gateway. Now they are preparing the law of the Magazine against the background of the accumulation of the religious community in the section 166 of the Corner Code (StGB). How is it possible? An error occurred at the time of the Musselin symphony (muskweed tissue), in which he received and received muslime (muslim) (mussel), in which he suffered and received muslime (musculus musculin).
https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/regional/duesseldorf/duesseldorf-aktuell/sehr-eigenartige-warnung-im-waschhinweis-dieses-spucktuch-soll-muslime-schrumpfe-59107010,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html
https://germania.one/opechatka-na-birke-detskogo-sljunjavchika-oskorbila-chuvstva-verujushhih/
Muslims have finally become brazen.
Putin, of course, the bastard. But Russian Muslims would not dare to do that.
http://islamosfera.ru/dzhinn-kak-tramp-pomog-snyat-film-ob-afroamerikancax-musulmanax/
Trump’s Islamophobia influenced investors, arousing their desire to invest money in the filming of the film “JINN,” a humanizing portrait of black Muslims, wrote on indiewire.com. When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the US presidency in the summer of 2015, director and screenwriter Nijla Mumin began filming his debut work in full-length format – the film “JINN” about black women and their Muslim identity. Mumin stipulates that the American president did not inspire her at all. However, the election of Trump and his further racist, sexist and anti-Muslim rhetoric, unwittingly helped bring to life.