Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/4/2019

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet with President Donald Trump in the White House on May 13. The two leaders are expected to discuss energy security, regional defense, and other topics of mutual interest.

In other news, according to the latest polls, Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party is running nine points ahead of Labour, its closest rival, in the European parliamentary elections.

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Financial Crisis
» Do You Remember the Oil Crisis and “Stagflation” Of the 1970s? In Many Ways, 2019 is Starting to Look a Lot Like 1973…
 
USA
» Alex Jones’ Emergency Message to Trump Concerning Facebook Purge
» ‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’: Unearthed Video Shows Bernie Lecturing Young Children About Drugs
» Due to Expired Certificate, All Firefox Extensions Disabled
» Exclusive: Students Say Administrators Shut Down Free Speech Petition Table
» In 1988, Four Mexican Military Troops With Automatic Weapons ‘Invaded’ San Diego. I Was There.
» It Gets Worse: Asians Harassed in D.C. For Wearing MAGA Hats Were North Korean Defectors
» James Woods Banned From Twitter as Silicon Valley Zaps Conservative 2020 Influencers
» Trump Condemns Social Media Bans of Prominent Conservative Commentators, Warning the Platforms He is “Monitoring and Watching” Them
» Trump Invites Hungarian Leader Orban to May 13 Meeting
» Tucker: Mark Zuckerberg Now Controls What Political Opinions You’re Allowed to Have
» What Must Happen Next
» William Barr in the Crosshairs
 
Europe and the EU
» Can Notre-Dame Rise From the Ashes With 3D Printing?
» EU Election Shock: Brussels at Risk of Being Overrun by Right-Wing — Anger Rises in Italy
» Farage Calls for ‘Peaceful Revolution’ To Challenge UK’s ‘Broken’ Politics
» Italy: Carabiniere to Become Nun
» Marine Le Pen on the EU Elections: “the Battle for Europe to Remain European, With European Values Has Begun”
» Salvini Tops Polls in Italy Ahead of EU Election as Orban Alliance Takes Shape
» Study Forecasts 50 Percent Drop in German Church Membership
» UK Economy Defies Gloom Over Brexit as it Grows at the Second-Fastest Pace of All the Largest Developed Countries
» UK: A Hard Sell
» UK: Brexit Party Soars in European Parliament Polls, 9 Points Ahead of Labour
» UK: Desperate Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn to Finalise Brexit Deal ‘Stitch Up’ Next Week
» UK: The Dangers of Anti-Populism
» UK: Tories Tell May to Set Exit Date After Worst Local Election Loss in 24 Years
» Vatican Cardinal: No Papal Blessing for Matteo Salvini
 
North Africa
» Islamic State Claims Attack on Haftar Forces in Libya
» Libyan Warlord Accuses Prime Minister of Sending Jihadists to Italian Hospital
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» 300 Rockets Rain Down on Israel; IDF Targets 120 Hamas Positions — No End in Sight
» Hamas Launches Nearly 100 Rockets in an Hour on Israel in Massive Escalation
 
Middle East
» The Forgotten Armenian Genocide of 1019 Ad
 
South Asia
» Death Toll From Fani Continues to Rise as India Starts to Assess the Damage
 
Far East
» South Korea Says North Korea’s Latest Launch Not Missile: Yonhap
 
Australia — Pacific
» Australians Trust Jacinda Ardern More Than Any Aussie Politician — and There’s Bad News for Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten
» Brutal Moment a Father-of-Two, 26, is Knocked Out With a Single Punch Before Collapsing to the Floor in Wild Street Brawl
» ‘The Super Rich Love the Lifestyle’: Why Australia is Winning the Global Fight to Attract the World’s Millionaire Migrants
 
Latin America
» ‘Loyal Forever!’ Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Puts on a Show of Force in Front of Thousands of Supporters as He Poses With Soldiers After Opposition Leader Juan Guaido Called for Military Uprising
 
Immigration
» Sweden: Rise in Rare, Potentially Fatal, Parasite Linked to 2015 Migrant Crisis
 
Culture Wars
» Big Tech Jumps the Shark With Unprecedented Censorship
» Ignorance, Fear and LGBTQ
» Petition Demands Brie Larson be Replaced With Gay Woman of Color in “Captain Marvel”
» Resistance by Ordinary People is the Solution to Big Tech Censorship
» Tucker: Mark Zuckerberg Now Controls What Political Opinions You’re Allowed to Have
 

Do You Remember the Oil Crisis and “Stagflation” Of the 1970s? In Many Ways, 2019 is Starting to Look a Lot Like 1973…

The price of gasoline is rapidly rising, economic activity is slowing down, the Middle East appears to be on the brink of war, and Democrats are trying to find a way to remove a Republican president from office. In many ways, 2019 is starting to look a lot like 1973. For many Americans, the 1970s represent a rather depressing chapter in U.S. history that they would just like to forget, but the truth is that if we do not learn from history it is much more likely that we will repeat our mistakes. And without a doubt, right now a lot of things are starting to move in a very ominous direction.

“Stagflation” was a term that was made popular in the 1970s, and it occurs when there is a high rate of inflation but economic growth is declining or stagnant.

[Comment: Blame the owners of the privately owned Fed.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Alex Jones’ Emergency Message to Trump Concerning Facebook Purge

Alex Jones and Infowars.com’s Lead Counsel Robert Barnes deliver a personal message to President Donald J. Trump on how he can force Big Tech into compliance with the First Amendment.

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

‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’: Unearthed Video Shows Bernie Lecturing Young Children About Drugs

‘I’m only 5 years old,’ says child.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Due to Expired Certificate, All Firefox Extensions Disabled

A few hours ago a security certificate that Mozilla used to sign Firefox add-ons expired. What this means is that every add-on signed by that certificate, which seems to be nearly all of them, will now be automatically disabled by Firefox [url]as security measure.

In simpler terms, Firefox doesn’t trust any add-ons right now.

Basically, all your Firefox extensions will be disabled and won’t work until Mozilla fixes this embarrassing issue. Until they do, you can go to about:config and set xpinstall.signature.required to false. This is obviously a major security issue, so only change this flag if you know what you’re doing, and don’t forget to set it back to true once Mozilla fixes the issue.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Exclusive: Students Say Administrators Shut Down Free Speech Petition Table

Conservative students at a Kentucky college say administrators forced them to stop tabling and move to a different area.

Audio recordings obtained exclusively by Campus Reform capture the conversations between student members of Transylvania University’s Young Americans for Freedom group and two of that school’s administrators. YAF member Alex Drury spoke exclusively with Campus Reform Friday about his interactions with Transylvania University Vice President for Enrollment and Student Life Holly Sheilley and Dean of Students Michael Covert. Two more individuals who were there corroborated Drury’s account in statements to Campus Reform.

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

In 1988, Four Mexican Military Troops With Automatic Weapons ‘Invaded’ San Diego. I Was There.

In Sunday, March 13, 1988, at 10:25 P.M., four Mexican military troops wearing camouflage uniforms and brandishing automatic weapons penetrated a mile and a half into U.S. territory south of San Diego, Calif. Their entry point was an unfenced stretch of beach that separated Playas de Tijuana (Tijuana Beach), Mexico from Imperial Beach, Calif. Within sight of the first group of American residential condominiums at the end of Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach, the Mexicans accosted a group of a dozen Americans who were picnicking on the beach, pointing their loaded machine guns at the picnickers and ordering them to lie flat on the ground.

Before the tense situation could escalate any further, the group was spooked by a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter that spotted the incursion and landed on the beach. The Mexicans headed south but were arrested and taken into custody before they could reach the border. The American picnickers scattered into the night…

I remember at the time — having witnessed the events myself as they were unfolding — that the story seemed to go away too quickly. There was never confirmation and a satisfactory explanation of what had taken place and, most importantly, why the Mexican troops and their weapons were returned to Mexico eighteen hours after their arrest without further investigation.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

It Gets Worse: Asians Harassed in D.C. For Wearing MAGA Hats Were North Korean Defectors

On Wednesday, PJ Media told you about a group of Asians who were harassed in the street because they were wearing MAGA hats.

An individual who goes by “Bigalow Black” on Twitter proudly posted a short video clip on April 30 showing several street thugs harassing a group of what looked like Asian tourists.

“Not Around Here Pimp…Ain’t None Of That Make America Great Again Sh*t,” wrote Black, who hails from Washington D.C., and Miami, according to his Twitter profile.

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

James Woods Banned From Twitter as Silicon Valley Zaps Conservative 2020 Influencers

Outspoken conservative actor James Woods has been banned from Twitter for more than a week after he tweeted “If you try to kill the King, you best not miss’ #HangThemAll” — an apparent reference to the Mueller report.

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

Trump Condemns Social Media Bans of Prominent Conservative Commentators, Warning the Platforms He is “Monitoring and Watching” Them

President Donald Trump has condemned social media censorship in the wake of Facebook’s lifetime ban on several prominent conservative commentators, warning the platforms he is “monitoring and watching” them, RT.com reports.

“I am continuing to monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms”, Trump tweeted on Friday, putting Facebook and other sites on notice. “This is the United States of America — and we have what’s known as FREEDOM OF SPEECH!”

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

Trump Invites Hungarian Leader Orban to May 13 Meeting

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been invited by U.S. President Donald Trump for a “working meeting” on May 13, an official said Thursday.

The meeting in Washington will cover issues like energy security, defense cooperation, bilateral relations and regional security, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs tweeted. The last Hungarian prime minister to visit the White House was Ferenc Gyurcsany in 2005.

In July 2016, Orban became the first national leader in the European Union to endorse Trump in the U.S. election campaign.

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

Tucker: Mark Zuckerberg Now Controls What Political Opinions You’re Allowed to Have

Tucker Carlson: “Mark Zuckerberg is not simply censoring opinions, he proscribing which political opinions you’re allowed to have.”

Merely appearing in a video or photo with someone Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t like is now enough to get you banned by Facebook.

This is the Communist Chinese social credit system but instead controlled by giant corporations with more power than entire countries.

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

What Must Happen Next

The first rule of Facebook is don’t talk about anyone Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t like, or you’ll be banned by Facebook.

That isn’t a joke. It’s literally their new policy.

Mr. President, we need action.

Please share this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDxRlsBi4Ac

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

William Barr in the Crosshairs

Since the Mueller report has effectively brought to an end federal investigation into the actions of the president and his associates, the spotlight now turns toward a number of investigations that may reveal a far-reaching scandal like no other in U.S. history. Beginning before and continuing long after the 2016 presidential election, it seems likely that crimes of a preferred presidential candidate were overlooked while the campaign of the candidate in disfavor was spied upon without cause and accused of criminal behavior without evidence. It appears that U.S. and foreign intelligence services were politicized to first prevent the election of and then destroy a fairly elected president of the United States. It appears that multiple federal law officials lied to the FISA court to initiate unwarranted spying on American citizens, and it further appears that numerous government officials lied both to law enforcement and to the Congress to cover up crimes and obstruct justice.

With the appointment of Attorney General Barr and the conclusion of the Mueller investigation, a page has clearly been turned at the Department of Justice. The inspector general is concluding an investigation into possible abuse of the FISA court and the actions of former FBI director James (higher loyalty) Comey. U.S. attorney John Huber should be concluding his investigation into the FISA request to surveil Carter Page and whether the DOJ and FBI ignored allegations of Hillary Clinton’s involvement in the sale of U.S. uranium rights to Uranium One. Attorney General Barr himself has initiated investigations into the underlying evidence presented for spying on a presidential campaign, leaks of classified information, and related crimes.

It seems clear that crimes have been committed. It is hard to imagine that there will not be indictments, trials, and convictions (perhaps many convictions). One has to wonder, however, what punishments exacted following convictions for various criminal acts can possibly be commensurate with the damage caused our nation through divisiveness, distrust, and literal hate created or intensified by the ordeal to which it has been subjected…

The clear and present danger now is the unassailable William Barr. All of those things that must remain hidden — all of the dirty tricks, all of the leaks, all of the criminality — all is at risk because of William Barr. The Democrats and their sycophants in the media will be vicious in their efforts to destroy him. We have seen evidence of this since the day he released his synopsis of the Mueller Report. It will only grow worse.

[Comment: Death penalty for the traitors involved would be a good start. Less severe would be lifetime imprisonment.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Can Notre-Dame Rise From the Ashes With 3D Printing?

Macron wants the jewel in Paris’s architectural crown to be restored to its original glory by 2024. But some experts have called this deadline too optimistic and political opponents have accused Macron of wanting to rush the restoration in order to have the cathedral ready in time for the 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held in Paris.

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

EU Election Shock: Brussels at Risk of Being Overrun by Right-Wing — Anger Rises in Italy

BRUSSELS is set to be overrun by eurosceptic MEPs after the May 23 elections, as a rise in nationalist sentiment sweeps across the continent and even neo-fascists become emboldened.

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

Farage Calls for ‘Peaceful Revolution’ To Challenge UK’s ‘Broken’ Politics

Nigel Farage has said that the UK’s “broken” and “out of touch” political system needs to be challenged in a “peaceful political revolution” so that Britons can “win back the ability of our nation to be democratic.”

Addressing a crowd at a Brexit Party rally in Flyde, on Saturday, Mr Farage warned that “there is something absolutely fundamental at stake” beyond the campaign for May 23rd’s European Parliament election, which goes to the very core of British democracy.

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

Italy: Carabiniere to Become Nun

After visit to Medjugorje shrine

(ANSA) — Caltanissetta, April 30 — A 26-year-old Carabiniere is set to swap her police uniform for a nun’s robes after hearing a call during a trip to the Marian shrine at Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Ilena Siciliani is set to join the missionaries of Divine Revelation.

An athlete, marathon runner and motorbike fan, she will become a nun in three years’ time.

“It’s her choice, and we respect it,” said her mother.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Marine Le Pen on the EU Elections: “the Battle for Europe to Remain European, With European Values Has Begun”

The leaders of several European nationalist parties campaigned in Prague, ahead of the European Parliament elections set for May 23-26.

The rally was sponsored by the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom (MENF), a pan-European alliance of nine nationalist parties dedicated to stopping mass migration and recovering national sovereignty from the European Union.

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

Salvini Tops Polls in Italy Ahead of EU Election as Orban Alliance Takes Shape

The League party of populist Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini continues to dominate polling projections for this month’s European Parliament elections as a new alliance with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban begins to take shape.

According to a new poll released by Index Research, Salvini’s League is still firmly the most popular party in Italy going into this month’s election with 32.8 per cent, with the second largest party, the League’s populist coalition partner the Five Star Movement (M5S), polling more than ten points behind at 22 per cent, Il Giornale reports.

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

Study Forecasts 50 Percent Drop in German Church Membership

A new study predicts a dramatic decline in German church membership over the next several decades with major financial and cultural implications.

The Catholic German Bishops Conference joined with the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) to commission a study on church membership, which offered the dismal predictionthat if current trends hold, the churches will suffer a combined drop in membership of over 22 million people by the year 2060.

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

UK Economy Defies Gloom Over Brexit as it Grows at the Second-Fastest Pace of All the Largest Developed Countries

Britain’s economy is growing at the second-fastest pace of all the largest developed countries, only behind the US, figures are expected to show this week.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

UK: A Hard Sell

Anyone who has had any truck with UK Tories over the decades knows that large numbers of them are devious, duplicitous, slimy, oleaginous, frankly repellent and utterly treacherous. But it didn’t matter because, when all else failed, their selling point was competence. After less than three years of Theresa May they’re now in the difficult position of having to market a not obviously winning combination of incompetence-and-betrayal.

Thursday’s local elections in England were the first test of this new strategy. The Conservative Party lost over 1,300 seats. To Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party? No. His month-old party was not on the ballot. To Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party? No. Labour managed to lose seats itself, and in fact its share of the vote was no higher than the Tories — 28 per cent. In effect, Theresa May managed to lose to no one. If she were facing no one on Centre Court at Wimbledon, she would still get totaled in straight sets.

The custom among metropolitan party bigwigs after a clobbering in the local or Euro votes is to say that none of these other elections matter a jot or tittle. They’re just “protest votes”. All that counts is the national election for the national parliament at Westminster — because that’s when voters are deciding who actually governs the country. This time round there are two problems with that traditional analysis: First, the central issue for Tory electors is the party’s inability to govern, in the sense of being able to effect the most consequential issue before it. And secondly this month’s European elections are a literal protest vote, pure and simple. The UK wasn’t even supposed to be participating, because it had announced its departure from the EU would occur in March 2019. But March came and went, and the Eurocrats, who are enjoying the implosion of Britain’s reputation as a mature stable democracy, agreed to let the fainthearted secessionist stay in the club for another six months. So whichever Britons are elected to the European Parliament on May 23rd will theoretically be there not to participate in the business of the EU, but just to fill the seats until — on its fifth, seventh, twelfth, thirty-ninth vote at Westminster — Mrs May’s ersatz “withdrawal agreement” finally passes the House of Commons.

Nigel Farage has very cunningly seized the opportunity of an election that has no practical purpose and formed a single-issue party to ensure that Mrs May’s ghastly hollow nothing of a ministry can be punished to the fullest extent. On present polling evidence, he’s on course to do just that.[…]

[Note: follow the link for more juicy, well-deserved invective by Mark Steyn.]

           — Hat tip: Dora [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Brexit Party Soars in European Parliament Polls, 9 Points Ahead of Labour

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk

Nigel Farage’s newly formed Brexit Party is in first place in European Parliament polls, pulling well ahead of Labour.

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

UK: Desperate Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn to Finalise Brexit Deal ‘Stitch Up’ Next Week

EXCLUSIVE: A BREXIT deal based around Britain staying in a customs union with the EU is expected to be tied up this week.

The move comes after a bruising week for both main party leaders where they were humiliated at the polls by voters in the local elections.

In a strong indication that a deal is on the cards, Prime Minister Theresa May said: “We have to find a way to break the deadlock — and I believe the results of the local elections give fresh urgency to this.”

But the plan to be agreed by Mrs May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been branded a “stitch-up” and a “betrayal” by Brexiteers who have vowed to oppose it in Parliament. It also comes as a battle for the soul of the Conservatives has erupted.

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

UK: The Dangers of Anti-Populism

On Thursday 2 May, spiked editor Brendan O’Neill spoke in a debate about populism at the Leeds Salon. These were his opening remarks:

I always find it perplexing when people claim that the new national populism is a threat to life, liberty and democracy in Europe.

Because there is indeed a threat to life, liberty and democracy in Europe today. But it isn’t coming from populists. It’s coming from anti-populists.

It isn’t populists who have been beating, shooting and maiming protesters in France for the past six months, causing scores of them to lose eyes and limbs. It’s anti-populists who are doing that.

It is the anti-populists’ hero, in fact — Emmanuel Macron — who is overseeing this extreme state violence and brutal clampdown on French liberty.

It isn’t populists who are seeking to overthrow the largest democratic vote in UK history — the vote for Brexit — and in the process threatening to undermine the very idea of the right to vote. It is anti-populists who are doing that.

It is anti-populists who, exactly as we have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of women and working-class men getting the vote, have tried to block the enactment of something that eight million women and millions of working-class men voted for: Brexit.

It isn’t populists who are marching through the streets in their thousands waving placards mocking the stupidity of ordinary people and demanding that the state unilaterally override these people’s democratic wishes. It’s anti-populists.

It is the decidedly anti-populist, pro-EU cheerleaders of the ‘People’s Vote’ lobby who have taken to the streets with banners insulting ordinary people for not being able to spell, for being insufficiently educated, for being duped by an advert on a bus, and who think these stupid people need to be governed by a cleverer race of people. It is anti-populists who have resuscitated these ugly Victorian ideas about the plebs not knowing what is in their own best interests.[…]

           — Hat tip: Dora [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Tories Tell May to Set Exit Date After Worst Local Election Loss in 24 Years

Senior Tories are reported to have told Prime Minister Theresa May to set a departure date next week, after the party suffered its worst local election result since the government of John Major in 1995.

The loss of 1,334 seats and control of 44 councils across England follow Conservative activists warning that the government’s failure to deliver Brexit was going to play out in local elections, with many voters spoiling their ballots with pro-Brexit messages.

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

Vatican Cardinal: No Papal Blessing for Matteo Salvini

A close collaborator of Pope Francis said this week that the Vatican would never give a papal blessing to Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, comparing him to an abortion clinic and Venezuelan dictators.

The papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, responsible for distributing charitable gifts on behalf of Pope Francis, said that parchments conveying the pope’s blessings can be requested for religious occasions such as first communions, confirmations, weddings, and anniversaries, but they cannot be given to people if this would produce scandal.

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

Islamic State Claims Attack on Haftar Forces in Libya

The Islamic State (ISIS) has taken credit for an attack against the forces of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, which took place before dawn on Saturday in Sebha, in southern Libya.

Through its propaganda agency, “Amaq,” ISIS announced that the “soldiers of the caliphate” had carried out an attack against “the infidels and the apostates” in reference to the forces of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) of General Khalifa Haftar in Cyrenaica.

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

Libyan Warlord Accuses Prime Minister of Sending Jihadists to Italian Hospital

Libyan strongman Gen. Khalifa Haftar has accused Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of sending Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists to an Italian military hospital for treatment without informing the Italian mission.

The accusation was launched Friday in a televised speech by Gen. Khalid al Mahjoub, a spokesman for the Haftar Army, which has been carrying on a siege against the Libyan capital of Tripoli since April 4. Among Haftar’s state supporters are Russia, France, and neighboring Egypt.

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

300 Rockets Rain Down on Israel; IDF Targets 120 Hamas Positions — No End in Sight

Update: The major Saturday morning flare-up between Gazan militants and Israel, which began with 100 Hamas and Islamic Jihad rockets launched in under the span of an hour Saturday morning looks to turn into a potentially prolonged conflict. This followed the death of two Hamas members and at least one Palestinian civilian on Friday as tensions along the Gaza border fence came to a breaking point.

The IDF and local media now say the militants have fired nearly 300 rockets into Israel during sustained fire on Saturday. Israelis have entered bomb shelters throughout southern and central Israel, with sirens blaring and the Iron Dome defense system active throughout the day and into the evening.

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

Hamas Launches Nearly 100 Rockets in an Hour on Israel in Massive Escalation

Palestinian militants launched over 90 rockets into Israel within the span of merely an hour early Saturday following following a tit-for-tat series of escalations that began with Gaza border incidents on Friday, including two Palestinians shot by Israeli soldiers during protests.

According to early reports, there have been no casualties in Israel following the intense volley, and on the Gaza side one person has died as a result of Israeli Air Force retaliatory strikes with three others wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

There are some unconfirmed reports of injuries on the Israeli side, including injuries of Israeli civilians after a rocket reportedly impacted a school in a town called Kiryat Gat. The IDF confirmed its Iron Dome defensive measures were active throughout the morning.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

The Forgotten Armenian Genocide of 1019 Ad

Muslim brutality against Armenians goes back a long way.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Death Toll From Fani Continues to Rise as India Starts to Assess the Damage

While life-threatening flooding rain continues to inundate Northeast India, rescue and recovery crews are assessing the damage from powerful Tropical Low Fani which has left more than two dozen dead in its wake.

Fani struck India early Friday morning between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. local time with a force stronger than any other cyclone to hit the country within the last 20 years.

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South Korea Says North Korea’s Latest Launch Not Missile: Yonhap

(Bloomberg) — South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said the latest projectile launch from North Korea is “not a missile,” Yonhap News Agency reported, citing unidentified lawmakers briefed by the agency.

The height and distance traveled by the projectiles were not far, Yonhap said Saturday, adding that a full assessment of the launch has not been completed.

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Australians Trust Jacinda Ardern More Than Any Aussie Politician — and There’s Bad News for Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten

The NZ PM was 24 points more believable than the most believable Australian politician, according to the 2019 leadership edition of the Belivability Index by OPR.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Brutal Moment a Father-of-Two, 26, is Knocked Out With a Single Punch Before Collapsing to the Floor in Wild Street Brawl

Footage shows the 26-year-old man was knocked unconscious during a mass fight on Hindley Street in north-west Adelaide late on Friday evening.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

‘The Super Rich Love the Lifestyle’: Why Australia is Winning the Global Fight to Attract the World’s Millionaire Migrants

In 2018, 12,000 wealthy people moved to Australia, with Sydney proving particularly popular. An AfrAsia Bank report explained why the super rich preferred it to the U.S. for the fourth year running.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

‘Loyal Forever!’ Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Puts on a Show of Force in Front of Thousands of Supporters as He Poses With Soldiers After Opposition Leader Juan Guaido Called for Military Uprising

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro posed for a photo with thousands of soldiers today in a show of strength, after opposition leader Juan Guaidó tried to woo the armed forces to his side.

Days after Guaidó called in vain for a military uprising, national television showed Maduro wearing a camouflage hat as he shook hands and exchanged fist bumps with security forces during a visit to a military base. He watched some troops engage in a shooting exercise and received a chorus of applause from others.

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Sweden: Rise in Rare, Potentially Fatal, Parasite Linked to 2015 Migrant Crisis

Sweden is seeing an increase in the number of cases of Leishmaniasis, a rare parasite that can be fatal in certain serious cases, with researchers claiming a link between the rise of the disease and mass migration.

A study by the University of Lund examined the rise in cases with Sara Karlsson Söbirk, a doctor who specialises in infectious diseases, saying, “It’s still a very rare disease here, but the number of cases has more than doubled in the last ten years,” in a press release from the university on the study.

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

Big Tech Jumps the Shark With Unprecedented Censorship

Facebook leading the online conservative purge.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Ignorance, Fear and LGBTQ

Mary and I met with several black relatives for dinner at a restaurant in Baltimore. The jovial conversation drifted to politics. I was stunned that they know nothing about several important political issues. Because they only watch mainstream media, my relatives are either misinformed or uninformed.

For example: My relatives have never heard of Sharia Law. When I explained the tyranny of Sharia and how leftists are promoting it in America, my relatives were shocked. Overwhelmed, a relative said, “I’ve heard enough. Can we change the subject?”

The second thing that disturbed me was my relatives’ intense fear of pushing back against LGBTQ indoctrination that is impacting their lives. As I said, these are not political people. And yet, they know they had better not get caught opposing LGBTQ activists forcefully infiltrating every aspect of our lives; from public education to entertainment to Sunday morning worship.

A relative said her two granddaughters told her about a picture posted on the internet by their cousin. Their cousin is a girl who posted a picture of her kissing her girlfriend. All these kids are in elementary school. Disturbed, my relative asked her son, her granddaughter’s father, about the picture. He begged his mom not to say anything about the picture. He feared that disapproving of their cousin kissing her girlfriend could lead to him being deemed an unfit parent and losing custody of his daughters.

Another relative said his two little granddaughters were painting their fingernails. Having a little fun, he bent his hand femininely and said, “Paint my nails too.” The little girls immediately turned stone-faced. They said, “That’s not funny Pop-pop. It’s not right to make fun of them like that.” My relative was taken aback by how upset his granddaughters were with him. He did not know that kids are taught beginning in pre-k that homosexuality is superior to heterosexuality.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Petition Demands Brie Larson be Replaced With Gay Woman of Color in “Captain Marvel”

In the realm of social justice, there are no such things as friends. You can be the most stalwart of social justice warriors, but in the end, you’ve only fed the monster that may or may not eat you last.

The star of “Captain Marvel,” Brie Larson, is an actress who has waved the social justice flag in the faces of everyone she could, saying all the necessary things and accomplishing all the necessary tasks to make sure it’s understood that she is the warrior’s warrior. A “captain” if you will.

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

Resistance by Ordinary People is the Solution to Big Tech Censorship

Attorney Robert Barnes joins Alex in studio to reveal how important it is for ordinary people to take a stand.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Tucker: Mark Zuckerberg Now Controls What Political Opinions You’re Allowed to Have

This is chilling.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

11 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/4/2019

  1. On May 4th we in The Netherlands commemorate our deaths in WW2.

    A sign of the times.
    https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/3537970/allahoe-akbar-kreten-verstoren-herdenking-vught

    [translation]

    VUGHT – The commemoration of the dead at the execution place in Vught is said to have been brutally disrupted on Saturday evening by people at a distance calling out the cries of “Allahu Akbar”. It is not entirely clear where exactly those sounds came from.
    But Mayor Roderick van de Mortel suspects that prisoners were calling from the penitentiary institution.

    National Monument Camp Vught.Ⓒ HOLLANDSE HOOGTE
    The Brabants Dagblad reports this. “It looks like a deliberate action. If it came from prison, I will certainly discuss it with the director of the PI ”,
    he says in the regional newspaper.

    “Extremely disrespectful”
    According to those present, the screams can be heard vaguely during the two-minute silence for the victims of the Second World War and other wars between the chatter of the birds at the monument near the fusilla location. “This disturbance is unheard of.
    I think that those responsible should be approached about this. Just at eight o’clock when we silently think about how much has been suffered and how much misery there has been, you have to show respect for sadness. This is extremely disrespectful, “the mayor tells BD.

    Also Madeleine van Toorenburg,
    vice-president of the CDA in the House of Representatives, said she had heard the shouts via Twitter.

  2. News from the homeland of your “congress woman”

    https://samaynta.com/index.php/2019/05/04/university-professor-in-somalia-sentenced-to-2-1-2-years-in-prison-for-facebook-post-arguing-that-praying-to-god-for-water-is-not-a-viable-tragedy-for-managing-drought/

    Mahmoud Jama Ahmed-Hamdi, a university lecturer in the Northern Somali city of Hargesia, capital of the breakaway-region of Somaliland in Somalia, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for a Facebook post that authorities in Somaliland called “blasphemy.”

    In that Facebook post, Ahmed-Hamdi criticized the apathetic approach taken to drought in Somalia, where people pray to God instead of taking proactive steps to resolve recurring droughts. Ahmed-Hamdi said Somalis should learn from “advanced societies” such as in the United States and Europe and address drought by “making rain.”

    • I’m sure pennies will now rain down from heaven in the form of more useless aid from the UN and will encourage more excessive procreation in arid regions unfit to sustain them.

  3. Good to see Viktor Orban meeting President Trump. Maybe he can show the Donald how border security is done.

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