Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/31/2019

According to a report by an independent inquiry, sexual abuse of children was widespread in public care homes in Nottinghamshire. The abuse went on for three decades, and occurred in both council residences and foster care.

In other news, according to a Richmond newspaper, 80% of the highest-paid public employees in Virginia work for state-supported universities.

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Cultural Nonsense? A Programmed Denial

Last week I belatedly posted a response by Victor Onrust to an essay by Thai Peter. Below is Peter’s counter-response.

UPDATE: The Catholic Insight article referred to by Peter is here.

Cultural Nonsense? A Programmed Denial

by Peter

That was an interesting response from Victor Onrust. It cuts across something I was working on already concerning Tony Blair and New Labour, but that is for another time. For now, ever since the concept of Cultural Marxism arose, the Left has been unanimous in the vehemence of its denial that it ever existed. At least Victor appears to be prepared to argue the point rather than resort to the usual name-calling and sneering.

There is one point I must refute from the start: I do not see, nor have I ever seen “Cultural Marxism” as a conspiracy theory. It was a conspiracy, pure and simple — a conspiracy to corrupt in order to impose a communist revolution by stealth. That is how I have always seen it, and it is still at work in the here and now. I first came upon the phrase “Cultural Marxism” in Melanie Phillips’ book “Londonistan”, though she attributed it to the work of Antonio Gramsci rather than the Frankfurt School.

Victor states in his opening paragraph “As with most conspiracy ideas, little is said about who the conspirators are.” Not true. The identities of the “conspirators” are well known. Among others, the main players were Georgy Lukacs, Herbert Marcuse, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Leo Lowenthal, Erich Fromm, Max Horkheimer, and Jurgen Habermas — Victor mentions them in his fourth paragraph. As for having a definite plan, that was formulated decades ago and was designed to impose a world-wide Communist revolution by the gradual destruction of Western culture, particularly Judeo-Christianity. It has taken a long time, but it is closer to success today than it has ever been.

Towards the end of 1922, the Comintern (Communist International) began to consider why their 1917 revolution failed to spread into Europe and throughout the West. On Lenin’s initiative, a meeting took place at the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow to “clarify the concept and give concrete effect to a Marxist Cultural Revolution” — presumably as opposed to a proletarian bloody one, which had already failed to take off outside of Russia. Georgy Lukacs was present at the meeting, and I am reminded that, soon after becoming a Communist, sometime in 1917, he wrote, “Who will save us from Western Civilisation?” Maybe he would.

Also at the meeting was one Willi Munzenberg, a German-born Communist propagandist and fundraiser. Munzenberg foresaw a top-down initiative to “mobilise all the intellectuals and use them to make Western civilization stink. Only then, after we have corrupted all its values and made life impossible, will we be able to impose the dictatorship of the proletariat.” It took a lot of time, but that seems to have happened, particularly over the last thirty years or so.

In 1924, after Lenin’s death, Stalin began to view Lukacs and like-minded people as revisionists, so a number of them decamped to Germany, where Lukacs chaired the first meeting of a group of Communist-oriented sociologists, a gathering that was to lead to the foundation of the Frankfurt School. It was from here that the basic principles of Cultural Marxism were formulated. When Hitler’s rise caused the primary members of the group to flee to America, a number of them were put to work by American institutions. For instance, Adorno — an accomplished musician — obtained the post of Head of the Music Section at the Office of Radio Research at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Popularly known as the “Radio Project,” and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, it examined how the media could affect the population and increase their susceptibility to mass indoctrination and control techniques.

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I Hear My Train A-Comin’

Despite the signs that are mandatory in all train stations in Germany* — telling the public in pictograms that it is strictly forbidden to shove fellow passengers in front of moving trains — culture-enrichers just can’t help themselves.

Below is a list of incidents from the last three years in which despicable German infidels were pushed in front of trains. It was posted at Politically Incorrect, and has been translated by MissPiggy.

Train track shovers with migration background — a list of horror

Berlin, January 2017

A group of young people attacked two men at the Kottbusser Tor station in Kreuzberg on Saturday night and pushed one of them onto the tracks. The 26-year-old was able to climb out of the track bed before a train arrived, the police reported. The young people fled by subway. The two victims were taken to hospital for medical treatment. All suspects — six from Syria, one from Libya — were identified.

Hamburg St. Pauli, January 2017

A 16-year-old man, who probably escaped from Morocco only at the end the previous year, attacked and robbed a woman (34) on Wednesday night. Then he pushed her into the track bed. He was already known to police for bodily injury and violation of the asylum procedure law. Fortunately, the woman was only slightly injured!

Dresden, March 2017

Two asylum seekers known to police from Morocco and Libya pushed a German family father into the track bed, and one of the attackers permanently prevented him from getting off the track bed by kicking them. Parallel to the physical attacks, the suburban train headed towards Dresden entered the embarking area. The locomotive driver acted quickly and immediately initiated an emergency braking manoeuvre. The train stopped just a few metres in front of the injured person. The two attackers then fled, and after the arrest, narcotics (four 5cm pieces of hashish each) were found and confiscated from the Libyan national. Both persons obviously used the S-Bahn trains in question without being in possession of a corresponding ticket.

Munich, April 2017

The already-on-file 38-year-old Csilla H. spoke to the victim, the 59-year-old management consultant Werner M., in a language he did not understand, before she pushed him from behind in front of the subway. Only by a miracle was the subway driver able to brake and stop three meters in front of the victim!

Frankfurt, May 2017

Unknown, according to witnesses probably “Eastern Europeans”, pushed a young man in a railway station in Frankfurt/Main on the tracks and seriously injured him.

Gerlingen, October 2017

A 21-year-old Algerian who fled to Germany in 2014 and had already been on trial in the past for bodily injury and other crimes, beat and kicked his “friend” from Gerlinger. Unable to move, he was then pushed into the track bed of the express train. The victim was seriously injured!

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Death by Sword on the Street in Stuttgart

Two culture-enrichers got into an argument on the street in Stuttgart today, and one of them killed the other with a sword. In broad daylight, mind you, recorded by witnesses’ cell phones.

The perpetrator and the victim are rumored to be Kazakhs.

Vlad refers to the murder weapon as a machete, but it looks like a scimitar to me, based on the brief glimpse visible over the top of the car. In any case, you don’t stab with a machete, like this fellow does. You slash or chop.

If the perpetrator is convicted, I expect the German justice system to throw the book at him. He’ll probably be sentenced to sixteen months in the slammer, with no time off for good behavior. But no deportation afterwards, either — there’s no need for cruel and unusual punishment.

Many thanks to MissPiggy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

There’s more at Vlad’s place.

Here’s a brief account of the incident from Bild, also translated by Miss Piggy:

Stuttgart — Shock at Fasanenhof in Stuttgart. In the middle of the street a man (36) is killed — with a sword. Dozens of people are witnesses.

The first emergency call to the police arrived at 6.40 pm. At Europaplatz two men were arguing loudly.

Suddenly the incomprehensible: One of the men grabs a sword-like weapon, repeatedly stabbing his counterpart. The perpetrator flees on a bicycle. The victim remains lying on the street, covered in blood. The police arrive immediately, chasing the brutal killer with a helicopter, among other things.

The victim is said to be a German Kazakh. According to witnesses, the perpetrator kept shouting, “Why did you do this? And then he stabbed him.

Police spokesman Stefan Keilbach (57) on Wednesday evening: “We have arrested a person who is now being questioned as to whether he is a possible perpetrator.

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Is That Cardinal a Vampire?

A father in Baden-Württemberg was unable to bear the idea of his son’s wearing a cross in a school play. The family turned out to be Muslims, however, and not vampires.

Many thanks to JLH for translating this article from the Badische Zeitung:

Not That, Too!

Muslim Flips Out Over a Cross

by Elena Borchers and Karl-Heinz Fesenmeier

July 23, 2019

Recurring uproars are a part of theater. But what happened at the premier of “The Three Musketeers” at the Lise-Meitner school in Grenzach-Wyhlen broke the mold for the usual theater uproars. After the performance, a father dragged his actor son from the hall, hit him and bellowed at him.

That is how it was reported by witnesses. Police investigations are in progress. The presumed reason for the Muslim father’s flip-out: Apparently he became so upset because his 17-year-old son was playing a cardinal and wore a cross around his neck. In telephone conversations the day after with the school principal and the drama director, he tried to explain does not allow his son to be seen wearing a cross. Ultimately, the school found a striking “compromise” with the father. The son would continue to play the cardinal — but without the cross. And the pertinent photos in the program will be removed.

Gottfried Curio: “The Public Space is Becoming a Space of Fear”

As I reported on Monday, a culture-enricher in Frankfurt shoved two people under an approaching train at the main railway station. One of the two victims, a 6-year-old boy, was killed.

In the following video Dr. Gottfried Curio, a member of the Bundestag for AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany), speaks at a press conference about the deadly incident in Frankfurt.

Many thanks to MissPiggy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

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Is A$AP Rocky About to Get Sprung?

There are more interesting developments in the case of the rapper A$AP Rocky, whose incarceration in Sweden so outraged his fans that one of them was arrested for threatening to firebomb the Swedish embassy in Washington.

Many thanks to Tania Groth for translating this brief article from Fria Tider (hat tip LN):

“Brand New Evidence” could free A$AP Rocky

LAW & ORDER. There is new and conclusive evidence in the case of A$AP Rocky, says one of his lawyers, according to SVT [Swedish state TV].

Tomorrow the high-court trial will begin against the rapper A$AP Rocky, who was charged with assault by an Afghan immigrant in Stockholm on June 30.

The prosecutor believes he will get a conviction, otherwise he would not have prosecuted.

But now there is allegedly new evidence in the case.

“This is completely new evidence that should exonerate my client,” says the lawyer Martin Persson, who represents one of the artist’s friends to SVT.

It’s not only new evidence, but also “conclusive evidence”. But exactly what it is, Persson does not want to say. However, according to the lawyer, the incident began with an attack by the other party, whereupon A$AP Rocky’s gang used their right to self defense.

The new evidence will be presented tomorrow.

If A$AP Rocky is released, it would make Sweden a mockery all over the world, as the case has become internationally recognized by US President Donald Trump, among others. In addition, Sweden could pay many millions in damages to the artist, since the deprivation of liberty destroyed his tour.

Muslim Brothers Shut Out Critics

The following essay by Andrew Harrod was previously published at Sharia TipSheet.

Muslim Brothers Shut Out Critics

by Andrew Harrod
July 25, 2019

The email announcing the Eventbrite refund of my ticket for Washington, DC’s July 23-24 Muslim Collective for Equitable Democracy conference clearly indicated to me a depressingly familiar tactic of controlled public relations. Once again defenders of Islam like the Hamas-derived Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) had excluded the inquisitive eyes and ears of a known critic like me from participation in a purportedly public event.

Numerous past and present CAIR officials filled the conference schedule, such as CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad, Abbas Barzegar, Zahra Billoo, Robert McCaw, and Corey Saylor while CAIR had promoted the conference online. CAIR’s radical political allies such as the past and present Congress members Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib also appeared in the conference lineup. New York City Muslim-American political activist Debbie Almontaser and the nationally-known Gold Star father Khizr Khan also continued their long history of event appearances with CAIR.

Such CAIR involvement gave this author a foreboding feeling when he purchased a conference ticket. CAIR’s longstanding practice of strictly scrutinizing event attendees does not allow entry for anyone who would question CAIR’s pro-jihad/sharia affiliations. CAIR has accordingly refused this author admittance to CAIR’s gala dinner, as well as CAIR Capitol Hill and National Press Club briefings.

CAIR’s aversion to prying eyes reflects a broader pattern among its likeminded Islamist allies. Georgetown University Professor Jonathan Brown once ejected this author from a lecture, before outrageously proclaiming that Islamic doctrine precluded condemnation of slavery and sex slavery. Brown later similarly revoked this author’s invitation to a conference co-hosted by Georgetown’s Saudi-established Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), which Brown directs.

Representative Omar’s own personal behavior at the conference continued this see, hear, and speak no evil maxim. As with a past refused request to condemn Al Qaeda publicly, she responded testily to a request to denounce Muslim practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) made by a fellow panelist, Muslims for Progressive Values President Ani Zonneveld. Omar claimed that such questions directed at Muslims were offensive and rejected commenting upon FGM, a horror that 98 percent of females suffer in Omar’s ancestral Somalia, the highest rate globally.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/30/2019

The Indian parliament has passed a law prohibiting the “Triple Talaq”, the traditional Islamic divorce in which a husband may divorce his wife by saying, “Talaq-talaq-talaq.” The practice had previously been declared unconstitutional. Critics say the three-year prison sentence for violators of the law is too severe.

In other news, while a local TV news team in Baltimore was on-site reporting on residents’ anger at President Trump’s remarks about their rat-infested neighborhood, a rat ran along the base of a wall in front of the camera.

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A Second Son of Hamas Defects

Back in 2010 a Palestinian named Mosab Hassan Yousef caused a sensation by defecting from Hamas and converting to Christianity. His case was significant, because he was the son of Hassan Yousef, one of the founders of Hamas.

Now a second son of Hassan Yousef has made the news by defecting from Hamas. His name is Suhaib Yousef, and he differs from his brother in that he did not convert to Christianity, nor did he ever work for Israeli intelligence.

Suhaib moved to a South Asian country (it looks like it might be Malaysia or Indonesia) to live in exile, and there he agreed to meet with an Israeli journalist. The resulting documentary is below.

Many thanks to D@rLin|{ for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

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The Role of the German State in the Actions of the Sea-Watch Migrant Vessel

Hans-Georg Maaßen was forced out of his position as head of the German intelligence service last year for telling the truth about the non-existent “manhunt” in Chemnitz. Now Mr. Maaßen has spoken up about the German government’s role in the carefully choreographed attempt by the migrant-ferry vessel Sea-Watch 3 to run the Italian blockade at the port of Lampedusa.

FouseSquawk, who translated the article below, includes this introductory note:

The ongoing saga of the Sea-Watch 3 and its repercussions for Italian-German relations has just gotten much more interesting. It is now being reported, both in Germany and in Italy, that two journalists from German state television (ARD), were on board the Sea-Watch during the entire operation reporting on the mission from the rescue of migrants to the standoff at Lampedusa and the illegal docking in which an Italian Guardia di Finanza patrol boat was nearly rammed.

The translated article from Il Giornale:

Behind Carola there is the hand of the Germans. Shocking accusation by ex-chief of the intelligence services

On board the Sea-Watch, next to Rackete, there was German state television. Concerns about the financing of the NGO. The ex— head of German 007 accuses Merkel.

by Andrea Indini
July 30, 2019

Who was really behind the illegal operation conducted by Commander Carola Rackete at the helm of Sea-Watch 3? It is difficult to be certain, but in Germany certain concerns are beginning to be raised on that are directed at German state TV, and consequently at Angela Merkel.

One thesis, which initially had found space at an alternative information site close to the extreme right, Journalistenwatch.com, was also given credence yesterday by the ex-head of the secret services, Hans-Georg Maaßen, removed a year ago after having put the lie to the chancellor about a leaked video denouncing the “foreigner hunt” after the homicide in Chemnitz.

The accusations were hurled last week when the site Journalistenwatch.com wrote that the entire episode of Sea-Watch 3 (incursion along the coast of Libya, up to arrival at Lampedusa and the ramming of the patrol boat of the Italian Guardia di Finanza) was “ a genius work of propaganda” of the public broadcaster ARD, “probably with the intent of provoking a confrontation with Italian authorities at any cost.” On board the ship, which was put to sea by the German NGO Sea-Watch, were in fact, two journalists who filmed and reported the entire voyage in the Mediterranean, the rescue of the migrants, the arrival at the port of Lampedusa in violation of the Security decree to the arrest of Rackete, on behalf of the program “Panorama”.

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Don’t Abolish ICE — Commend It

The following guest-essay by Hubert Collins deals with the crisis on our southern border, which is just as pressing as the migration crisis in Europe, even though the ethnicity of the violent “refugees” is different.

Don’t Abolish ICE — Commend It

by Hubert Collins

Over the course of the last year, the call to “abolish ICE” has been repeated by countless protestors, mediacrats, and not a few politicians. The clamoring and carrying on about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency may well tie the call for race-based reparations as the most absurd Leftist hobbyhorse of this election cycle. Whatever one might think of America’s immigration policies, there can be no disputing the fact that ICE only targets the absolute worst of the worst. In looking over their press releases, one cannot help but wonder if any “abolish ICE” partisan has the slightest idea as to what that particular wing of the Department of Homeland Security really does.

Plenty of examples of ICE at its best can be drawn from the month of July alone. For example, on July 11th, Jorge Rodriguez-Saldana, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, crashed his car into another vehicle, killing a 7-year-old in the process. Despite not being a citizen and not having a driver’s license, local New Jersey police released him back into the general public with just a summons. They did not notify ICE about what had happened. Luckily, ICE tracked him down all the same, and on July 13th arrested him. John Tsoukaris, an ICE field office director, summarized the situation quite aptly: “Unfortunately this is another example that makes apparent the significant public safety concerns the NJ AG Directive limiting cooperation with ICE poses. Had it not been for the persistent, courageous and diligent efforts of ICE-ERO to track him down, this individual might have fled. We will continue to make public safety our highest priority despite dangerous state policies.”

What on earth would America have to gain by letting this man roam free?

On July 25th, another Mexican national, Mario Herrera, was brought to justice with the help of ICE. On that day Mr. Herrera was sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in laundering over $100 million on behalf of the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa Mexican drug cartels. These are the cartels that have helped turn northern Mexico into something between a failed state and a narco state, and the drugs they push into the United States kill tens of thousands of our citizens every year. Cutting off the profit motive is absolutely key to ending this harrowing state of affairs, and ICE helps do just that.

That same day, ICE deported 18th Street Gang member Melvin Armando Cortez-Moreno back to his home country of El Salvador. It is not known when exactly Mr. Cortez-Moreno snuck into the United States, but what is known is that in his home country he was wanted for murder. The USA is better off without him, and we have one valuable federal agency to thank for deporting him.

So forget about abolishing ICE—President Trump should counter calls to do so with a promise to expand it.

Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/29/2019

A young man named Santino William Legan entered the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, and began shooting at people with a rifle. Three people were killed, including a 6-year-old boy, and fifteen others were wounded, before the gunman was shot dead by police. The shooter gained entrance to the festival by cutting through a chain-link fence, and is thought to have had an accomplice. Some critics blame President Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric for the shooting.

In other news, the credit card company Capital One announced that it has experienced a massive data breach, in which the personal data for more than 100 million cardholders or applicants was obtained by hackers.

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