Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/11/2020

The Iranian government admitted today that it had been lying about what happened to the Ukrainian airliner, and acknowledged that Iranian air defenses had shot it down by mistake. Thousands of anti-regime demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran and demanded that Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei resign.

In other news, 12 migrants drowned and 21 others were rescued when their boat sank off the coast of one of the Greek islands.

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

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USA
» A Teen Boy Wouldn’t Say “F*ck Trump” On Stage and Was Shamed—this is His Story
» Armed Burglar Shot Dead by Homeowner — Police
» Bookie Slashes Odds on Meghan Markle Running for U.S. President
» Democrats Nervous as ‘Profiles in Corruption’ Book Looms
» Google Just Got Caught Shadowbanning Joe Rogan’s Number 1 Podcast
» Iranian National Armed With a Machete, Ax and Knives is Arrested Four Miles From Mar-a-Lago
» Man Busted for Killing Elderly Woman Claimed ‘His Pants Fell’ Before Alleged Sex Assault
» New York Man, 21, Charged With Sexual Assault and Murder of 92-Year-Old Woman Tells Cops ‘His Pants Fell Down and His Genitals Accidentally Came in Contact With Hers’ While He Was Trying to Help Her
» Rod Rosenstein Accused of Leading Illegal Surveillance of Journalist Sharyl Attkisson for Obama Admin.
» Samantha Power: World Leaders Know Trump’s Obsession ‘Is With His Own Self-Advancement’
» School Board Member Who Sympathized With Kosher Market Shooters Hailed as a Modern ‘Rosa Parks’
» Texas Gov. To Bestow Texas Church Hero With Medal of Courage
» Trump Says Meghan and Harry Crisis Shouldn’t be Happening to the Queen
» Why Would the FCC Lie About Cell Phone Radiation?
» Yale Psychiatrist Issues Diagnosis of “Psychotic” For Defending Constitutional Rights
 
Canada
» Anti-Jordan Peterson Professor Accused of Abuse of Power by Former Colleague, Students
 
Europe and the EU
» ‘A Disgrace’: Greta Thunberg Slams ‘Older Generations’ For Inaction on Climate Change
» British Ambassador to Tehran Robert Macaire Arrested, Released in Iran
» Five Reasons Meghan Markle May Not Have Got on With Britain All That Well
» French Researcher Links ‘Neglected’ Enclaves and Prisons to Rise of Radical Islam
» Italy: Pop.Bari Restructuring ‘By Mid-Year’, Economy Minister
» Report: Record 3,000 Christian Sites in Europe Vandalized in 2019
» Swedes Vote Climate Policy Biggest Waste of Tax Payer Money in 2019
» Tear Gas vs Rocks: Anti-Pension Reform & Yellow Vests Protests Get Heated in France (Videos)
» U.S Ambassador Tells UK to Work ‘Day and Night’ Securing Trade Deal to ‘Strengthen Hand’ Against EU
» UK: Counter-Terrorism Unit Listed Extinction Rebellion as Extremist Group
» UK: Hard Megxit? Charles Fears Permanent Split From Royal Family: Report
» UK: Never Waste a Good Crisis: Labour Pushes Monarchy Abolition in Wake of Woke Royals
 
Middle East
» EU Doubles Down on Support for Iran Nuclear Deal
» In Stunning Reversal, Iran Admits Accidentally Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Jet
» Iran Admits to ‘Unintentionally’ Shooting Down Ukrainian Plane, Says it Mistook Aircraft for Hostile Target
» Protesters in Tehran Clash With Riot Police as They Demand the Ayatollah Resigns and Call for Regime Change After Iran Finally Admits to Shooting Down Jet and Killing 176 People
» Under Pressure: Iran Admits it Shot Down Jetliner by Mistake
 
Far East
» Taiwan Election Victory for Tsai Ing-Wen in Blow to China
 
Australia — Pacific
» Incredible Moment 15-Year-Olds Are Smashed Off the Road, Dragged Into the Street and Bashed by the Owners of the Vehicle They Allegedly Stole
» Muslim Teenagers , Not Climate Change, Cause of Australian Fires
» Pictured: Mother, 31, And Her Boyfriend, 38, Accused of ‘Looting a Shop in a Bushfire-Ravaged Town and Stealing Goods Worth Hundreds of Dollars’
» Sheep Dog Saves Herd From Aussie Fires
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
» Muslim Militants Slaughter 13 Christians in Central Nigeria
 
Immigration
» 12 Dead, 21 Rescued After Boat Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Coast of Greece
» Sweden: Former Social Democrat Arrested for Smuggling Migrants
 
Culture Wars
» NJ Schools Test New Mandatory LGBT Curriculum for Math, History, Grammar
» Soda Companies Now Pushing Transgenderism Mutilations of Children
» UT Austin Professor Under Fire for Defending Sex With Underage Boys
 

A Teen Boy Wouldn’t Say “F*ck Trump” On Stage and Was Shamed—this is His Story

Austin Joyner claims that he was publicly humiliated at a rap concert for refusing to denounce Donald Trump. The young man, who says he just celebrated his eighteenth birthday after these events, claims he was singled out at a rap concert by YG, otherwise known as Keenon Jackson, for staying silent while the crowd was asked to chant “F*ck Trump”

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

Armed Burglar Shot Dead by Homeowner — Police

Suspect believed to have broken into multiple homes.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Bookie Slashes Odds on Meghan Markle Running for U.S. President

British bookmaker Ladbrokes has slashed the odds on American former TV star Meghan Markle running for U.S. president from 500-1 to 100-1.

The turf accountant cut the odds after Markle and her husband Prince Harry revealed they would be stepping back from royal duties to lead a more “progressive” life, expressing a wish to become “financially independent”.

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

Democrats Nervous as ‘Profiles in Corruption’ Book Looms

Top Democrats are signaling not-so-subtly that they are nervous as a forthcoming book from Peter Schweizer that will expose widespread corruption in the Democrat Party drops in just ten days.

Schweizer is a Breitbart News contributing editor and the president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI). He has written multiple bestselling books exposing corruption in Washington.

While little is known publicly about the book thus far, Allen quotes Schweizer as saying he spent a year and a half investigating for it, and that it is “a sweeping, detailed look at how the leading figures of progressivism have leveraged the power of their positions.” Allen reported that the book features chapters on each of them, as well as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

It has also been revealed that the book will expose the “Biden Five,” a group of Biden’s family members beyond son Hunter Biden who have siphoned tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers and from guaranteed loans. As Breitbart News reported, the Burisma Ukrainian natural gas company scandal surrounding Hunter Biden that was at the center of the House Democrats’ partisan impeachment push in Congress is just “the tip of the iceberg” when it comes to Biden corruption, and much more will be exposed in this book.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Google Just Got Caught Shadowbanning Joe Rogan’s Number 1 Podcast

Joe Rogan’s interview with Alex Jones was not just Joe’s number one podcast, it was the biggest in history and was listed at the top of all major indexes — that embarrassed big tech, and so it was removed.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Iranian National Armed With a Machete, Ax and Knives is Arrested Four Miles From Mar-a-Lago

Days after Tehran put an $80m bounty on Trump’s head.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Man Busted for Killing Elderly Woman Claimed ‘His Pants Fell’ Before Alleged Sex Assault

The man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a 92-year-old woman in Queens claimed to cops that he’d been trying to help the old woman — but then he lost his balance, his belt broke, his pants fell down and his genitals accidentally came in contact with hers, it was revealed in court Friday.

The suspect, 21-year-old Reeaz Khan, told detectives that he found the woman, Maria Fuertes, on the ground near Liberty Avenue and 127th Street in Richmond Hill at about midnight on Monday and tried to help her, a prosecutor said at his arraignment on Friday.

Khan told detectives, “He fell down, his belt broke, his pants fell down and his penis fell near her vagina,” the prosecutor, Joseph Grasso, said in court.

At that point, something came over him, Khan claimed.

“Defendant then stated that he did lift up her skirt and he tried to put his penis inside of her,” the prosecutor added.

Sources previously said Khan admitted to suffering “uncontrollable urges,” and said that this was the first time he acted on them…

           — Hat tip: JK [Return to headlines]
 

New York Man, 21, Charged With Sexual Assault and Murder of 92-Year-Old Woman Tells Cops ‘His Pants Fell Down and His Genitals Accidentally Came in Contact With Hers’ While He Was Trying to Help Her

Reeaz Khan, 21, made the astonishing claim to detectives on Thursday after he was arrested over the horrific death of Maria Fuertes, 92, in Queens.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Rod Rosenstein Accused of Leading Illegal Surveillance of Journalist Sharyl Attkisson for Obama Admin.

Attkisson reports on her website that “a former U.S. government agent has admitted participating in the illegal government surveillance on then-CBS New [sic] investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson.” According to this insider, Rod Rosenstein, then the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, was the person responsible for the project that resulted in the illegal surveillance of her computers and cellphone from 2011 to 2014. He left that position in 2017 to become U.S. Deputy Attorney General in the Trump administration—during which he had a very controversial tenure.

Attkisson’s original case was dismissed, but with this new information, she and her family are now filing suit against Rosenstein and four other men alleged to be involved. The lawsuit alleges that “the illegal surveillance was conducted against Attkisson and other U.S. citizens under a government operation based at the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore, Maryland.”

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

Samantha Power: World Leaders Know Trump’s Obsession ‘Is With His Own Self-Advancement’

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” former Obama administration U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said fellow heads of states know President Donald Trump is obsessed “with his own self-advancement.”

[Comment: Classic globalist — accuse the other of that which you do.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

School Board Member Who Sympathized With Kosher Market Shooters Hailed as a Modern ‘Rosa Parks’

When two shooters killed three people at a kosher grocery store in Jersey City last year, a member of the Jersey City Board of Education attacked calls for “faith and hope” in solidarity with the Jewish victims and instead urged locals to be “brave enough to explore the answer to [the shooters’] message.” She also referred to Jewish people as “brutes.” While local leaders initially condemned her, the local Democratic black caucus rallied around her and some even hailed her as a modern “Rosa Parks.” She has yet to resign and will likely serve until the end of this year.

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

Texas Gov. To Bestow Texas Church Hero With Medal of Courage

Jack Wilson acted fast to stop an active shooter inside a church in White Settlement.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Trump Says Meghan and Harry Crisis Shouldn’t be Happening to the Queen

President Donald Trump has said that the drama surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was a “sad” situation that should not be happening to the Queen.

“I think it’s sad. I do,” President Trump told Laura Ingraham on Fox News on Friday.

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

Why Would the FCC Lie About Cell Phone Radiation?

Find out in this Infowars special report.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Yale Psychiatrist Issues Diagnosis of “Psychotic” For Defending Constitutional Rights

by Alan M. Dershowitz

A Yale professor of forensic psychiatry has diagnosed guess who — yours truly — as suffering from “psychosis” for expressing legal views that happen to be on the Constitutional rights of President Donald Trump. Dr. Bandy Lee has never met me, never examined me, never seen my medical records, and never spoken to anyone close to me. Yet she is prepared to offer a diagnosis of “psychosis” which she attributes to my being one of President Trump’s “followers.” (I voted for Hillary Clinton and am a liberal Democrat.)

Indeed, Dr. Lee went even further, diagnosing “the severity and spread of ‘shared psychosis’ among just about all of Donald Trump’s followers.” Nor does she seem to be using these psychiatric terms as political metaphors, dangerous as that would be. She is literally claiming that we are mentally ill and our views should be considered symptoms of our illness, rather than as legitimate ideas.

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

Anti-Jordan Peterson Professor Accused of Abuse of Power by Former Colleague, Students

On January 7th, The Post Millennial reported that a Professor at the University of Calgary tweeted about failing students if they cited Jordan Peterson. Ted McCoy, chair of the Law and Society program at the UoC, apologized shortly after his tweet went viral, asserting that the flippant comment was “a joke” and insisting that he did “take seriously … students’ right to free expression.”

In wake of the social media fallout, sources from within the University of Calgary have come forward to The Post Millennial to assert that McCoy’s comments were anything but a joke. The identities of those who spoke out are being protected for their safety due to their proximity to McCoy.

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

‘A Disgrace’: Greta Thunberg Slams ‘Older Generations’ For Inaction on Climate Change

In an op-ed published days before political and business leaders meet at the annual Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, 17-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg blasted “older generations” for not moving quickly to meet her demands for nation’s to “completely divest from fossil fuels.”

“Young people are being let down by older generations and those in power,” wrote the Swedish teenager in the Guardian. “To some it may seem like we are asking for a lot. But this is just the very minimum of effort needed to start the rapid sustainable transition. The fact that this still — in 2020 — hasn’t been done already is, quite frankly, a disgrace.”

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

British Ambassador to Tehran Robert Macaire Arrested, Released in Iran

Britain’s ambassador to Iran, Robert Macaire, was arrested on Saturday in Tehran, briefly detained, and then released.

Sky News journalist Haynes reported from Kiev, Ukraine, that according to her sources Mr Macaire “was arrested, briefly, and then released”.

The British embassy in Tehran has reduced staff levels but the ambassador and his team are still in the country. Ambassador Macaire has been in post since March 2018.

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

Five Reasons Meghan Markle May Not Have Got on With Britain All That Well

Prince Harry and Princess Meghan astounded the world — and the Royal family, apparently — when they announced they were giving up on their senior royal duties and decamping to Canada. In fact, Meghan has gone already — appearing to leave Harry to pick up the pieces at home.

And it’s a shame, because the UK really did seem ready to embrace its new American princess when the pair tied the knot in a fairytale wedding at Windsor in 2018. Furthermore, the British people really do support the monarchy and do tend to cut them a lot of slack. So what could possibly have gone wrong?

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

French Researcher Links ‘Neglected’ Enclaves and Prisons to Rise of Radical Islam

Hugo Micheron, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), has claimed that the rise in jihadist activity in France and Belgium is directly linked to “neglected” enclaves and prisons in the two countries.

Micheron interviewed 80 jihadists in prison and went to several key areas across France and Belgium — such as Toulouse and Paris and the infamous Brussels suburb of Molenbeek — and found links to historic Islamist movements in the areas and the individuals who would go on to wage jihad, L’Obs reports.

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

Italy: Pop.Bari Restructuring ‘By Mid-Year’, Economy Minister

No losses for bank account holders promises Gualtieri

(ANSA) — Rome, January 10 — The restructuring of southern Italian lender Banca Popolare di Bari is expected to be completed “by mid-year”, Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri told the Lower House’s finance commission on Friday.

Gualtieri said the plan was to transform the bank into a joint-stock company (Spa) with “the coverage of losses that will emerge”.

The bank will be recapitalized by Mediocredito Centrale (MCC) and by the Interbank Deposit Protection Fund (FIDT) as well as by private investors that will “hopefully be identified”, the minister said.

The lender’s transformation into a Spa and the recapitalization by MCC and FIDT will have a significant impact “both on the value and on the dimensions of the participation of current stakeholders, while no impact is expected for bank account holders, I am happy to deliver this message”, said Gualtieri.

The minister also said he hoped that FITD will be able to consider some type of incentive for small investors and solutions for ongoing controversies.

Premier Giuseppe Conte’s government in December approved a 900-million-euro bailout of Banca Popolare di Bari after the lender said it urgently needed a bid capital increase and was put into administration.

The money was allocated to Invitalia to finance Mediocredito Centrale (MCC) and enable it to buy a stake in Banca Popolare di Bari.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Report: Record 3,000 Christian Sites in Europe Vandalized in 2019

ROME — Christian sites in Europe suffered a record number of attacks in the year 2019, with some 3,000 Christian churches, schools, cemeteries, and monuments vandalized, looted, or defaced.

Reports compiling the anti-Christian acts during the year document a range of profanation including arson, defecation, desecration, looting, mockery, Satanism, theft, urination, and vandalism.

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

Swedes Vote Climate Policy Biggest Waste of Tax Payer Money in 2019

The Swedish public has voted that climate change spending has been the biggest waste of taxpayer money in 2019, according to a poll by the Swedish Taxpayers’ Association.

The Taxpayers’ Association released the results of their annual wasteful spending poll earlier this week, declaring that climate policy had been the biggest waste of money, largely due to the fact that despite the spending, emissions in Sweden had actually slightly increased.

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

Tear Gas vs Rocks: Anti-Pension Reform & Yellow Vests Protests Get Heated in France (Videos)

Rallies against France’s pension reform and protests by anti-government Yellow Vests escalated into clashes with police in Paris and elsewhere on Saturday. Police used tear gas and force as some some threw stones and set fires.

The nationwide strike against pension reforms has entered its 38th day in France, coinciding with ‘Act 61’ of demonstrations by the Yellow Vests, the movement that has been protesting state austerity measures each weekend for over a year now.

Tensions this Saturday appear to be particularly high, as clashes between the protesters and law enforcement erupted in multiple locations across the country.

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

U.S Ambassador Tells UK to Work ‘Day and Night’ Securing Trade Deal to ‘Strengthen Hand’ Against EU

U.S. ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson has suggested that British negotiators work “day and night” to secure a bilateral trade deal with the United States in order to “strengthen your hard” against the EU in similar trade talks.

Speaking on LBC radio on Friday, Mr Johnson said: “Having a trade deal with the U.S. and maybe the Five Eyes will strengthen your hand when you are negotiating with your, you know, your closest geographically trading partner, which is the EU.”

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

UK: Counter-Terrorism Unit Listed Extinction Rebellion as Extremist Group

An English regional counter-terrorism policing unit listed Extinction Rebellion in an anti-extremism guidance note that includes Islamist and far-right terror organisations. Authorities said they would recall the document after inquiries from the left-liberal Guardian newspaper.

The Guardian has revealed that Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) had included Extinction Rebellion in a 12-page booklet entitled Safeguarding Young People and Adults from Ideological Extremism.

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

UK: Hard Megxit? Charles Fears Permanent Split From Royal Family: Report

Prince Charles has a “genuine fear” that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s split from the Royal Family will deepen and become permanent, royal sources have said.

Sources told The Mirror: “There’s a genuine fear from Charles that this could be the beginning of the end for Harry and Meghan’s involvement with the family and that, in his words would be ‘an utter tragedy’.

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

UK: Never Waste a Good Crisis: Labour Pushes Monarchy Abolition in Wake of Woke Royals

There should be a referendum on the future of the monarchy in the wake of the Woke Royals developments, a contender in the race to replace Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said, as anti-monarchists scrabble to capitalise on the Royal family’s woes.

The comments came from leadership contender Clive Lewis, who said at his campaign launch Friday that he wanted the public to have a discussion about what a “modern state” looks like, and whether there would be a place for the monarchy in it.

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

EU Doubles Down on Support for Iran Nuclear Deal

The EU reiterated its support for the nuclear deal brokered with Iran, also expressing concerns Friday that the escalating tensions in the region could lead to a resurgence of the Islamic State’s activities.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

In Stunning Reversal, Iran Admits Accidentally Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Jet

“The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Iran Admits to ‘Unintentionally’ Shooting Down Ukrainian Plane, Says it Mistook Aircraft for Hostile Target

Iran officials acknowledged Saturday that they accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard.

Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division, told state TV that his unit accepts “full responsibility” for shooting the down aircraft minutes after it took off Wednesday from Tehran’s international airport. He said that when he learned about the downing of the plane, “I wished I was dead.”

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

Protesters in Tehran Clash With Riot Police as They Demand the Ayatollah Resigns and Call for Regime Change After Iran Finally Admits to Shooting Down Jet and Killing 176 People

Iranians have gathered in the streets of Tehran to demand the resignation of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei after the regime admitted it had mistakenly shot down a civilian passenger plane.

Angry crowds gathered on Saturday night in at least four locations in Tehran, chanting ‘death to liars’ and calling for the country’s supreme leader to step down over the tragic military blunder, video from the scene shows.

What began as mournful vigils for Iranian lives lost on the flight soon turned to outrage and protest against the regime, and riot police quickly cracked down, firing tear gas into the crowd.

‘Death to the Islamic Republic’ protesters chanted, as the regime’s security forces allegedly used ambulances to sneak heavily armed paramilitary police into the middle of crowds to disperse the demonstration.

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

Under Pressure: Iran Admits it Shot Down Jetliner by Mistake

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Saturday

acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner

that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard, after

the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations and mounting

evidence that it was responsible.

The plane was shot down early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a

ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing U.S. troops in

Iraq in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani

in an American airstrike in Baghdad. No one was hurt in the attack on

the U.S. bases.

The admission raised a host of new questions, such as who authorized

the strike on the plane and why Iran did not shut down its

international airport or airspace when it was bracing for a U.S.

reprisal. It also undermined the credibility of information provided

by senior officials, who for three days had adamantly dismissed

allegations of a missile strike as Western propaganda…

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Taiwan Election Victory for Tsai Ing-Wen in Blow to China

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected for a second term with record-breaking support on Saturday, reaffirming the island’s rejection of closer ties with Beijing in favour of a stronger assertion of Taiwanese identity.

After leading the polls, the incumbent secured more than 8 million votes compared to her opponent, Han Kuo-yu, from the Kuomintang (KMT) party, who drew close to 5.5m.

Ms Tsai, 63 — a trusted US ally — and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), had campaigned heavily on the need to protect Taiwan’s democracy from China’s threats to annex the island, frequently reminding voters that the crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests could one day be Taiwan.

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

Incredible Moment 15-Year-Olds Are Smashed Off the Road, Dragged Into the Street and Bashed by the Owners of the Vehicle They Allegedly Stole

A teenager car thief is in hospital after being tracked down and beaten by his own victims, it was reported.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Muslim Teenagers , Not Climate Change, Cause of Australian Fires

The Daily Telegraph reported that they now know how the Australian fires started. You will not see this in most newspapers. They were deliberately started by two Muslim teenagers living in Australia with their parents. Those teens, Fadi Zraika and his brother, Abraham were seen, now get this, LAUGHING as they left court yesterday and walked out free. Got that? Walked free after setting Australia on fire.

Hundreds of people have been injured, lost their homes and all their possessions and over a million animals that lived in the forests were burned to death. A horrible death that should never have happened. Yet these two Muslim punks who caused all of this can walk out of the court that did not punish them, while laughing. Yes, smirking laughter.

The Muslims at least keep their word. They stated that they would burn down the non-Islamic world and that is what they have been doing. And yet our borders stay open. President Trump wanted to put a ban on further Muslim entry to this country, but received so much flak from do-gooders that he reversed that ban. Those same do-gooders preach about how we need ‘diversity’ in our land. That has not enriched us but has resulted only in people antagonizing and fighting with each other.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Pictured: Mother, 31, And Her Boyfriend, 38, Accused of ‘Looting a Shop in a Bushfire-Ravaged Town and Stealing Goods Worth Hundreds of Dollars’

A mother and her boyfriend allegedly raided a shop burned out by bushfires and stole hundreds of dollars worth of electrical items.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Sheep Dog Saves Herd From Aussie Fires

A little black and white sheepdog has a job as sheep herder that she takes seriously. Day by day she guided the sheep to various locations. The sheep seemed to know they were in good paws with that little dog as she led them to various grazing spots and at the end of the day she guided them back home to their barn in Corryong, Victoria, near the South Wales border. The owner of the spread, Stephen Hill, had been at a New Years’ Eve party and got back home at four in the morning, having left hastily after learning of the fire that had broken out.

Seeing that the blazes were quickly approaching his property and the town itself, he grabbed his herd dog and rushed to the barn where hundreds of sheep were gathered.

According to AOL News, the six year old shepherd mix got to work, wrangling the farm’s livestock away from the inferno and into another barn out of the burning area. The heat from the growing fires was fierce. Even so, all but six of the 220 sheep survived, only with Patsy’s help, which is remarkable. Patsy guided them around the flames. What is more, it was still dark when all this was going on.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Muslim Militants Slaughter 13 Christians in Central Nigeria

Armed Muslim Fulani raiders stormed a Christian village in central Nigeria Wednesday, killing 13 and wounding three more.

A band of some 20 Fulani gunmen attacked the predominantly Christian village of Kulben, in Plateau state’s Mangu County, at about 8:00 p.m. Wednesday and began shooting, according to local reports. The gunmen killed 13 residents, all of whom were members of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) and wounded another three.

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

12 Dead, 21 Rescued After Boat Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Coast of Greece

Twelve migrants were found dead and 21 were rescued after a boat sank in the Ionian Sea, Greece’s coast guard said.

The boat loaded with migrants sank off western Greece, southwest of the island of Paxos, a coast guard spokesperson told The Associated Press.

“The initial report is that 50 people were in the boat,” the person said under condition of anonymity, since the investigation is still going on.

There are no details on the identity of the victims.

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

Sweden: Former Social Democrat Arrested for Smuggling Migrants

A former left-wing Social Democrat politician in the province of Småland has been arrested following media allegations that he had boasted about helping to smuggle migrants into Sweden.

The former politician, initially identified by newspaper Expressen as a former municipal politician and Syrian migrant Rashad Alasaad, was arrested by around a dozen officers on Wednesday and is suspected of aiding the smuggling of migrants, broadcaster SVT reports.

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

NJ Schools Test New Mandatory LGBT Curriculum for Math, History, Grammar

This week, twelve New Jersey schools have launched a pilot program to try out a new LGBT curriculum for a whole host of different academic subjects. The curriculum will be mandatory across the state beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, with no parental opt-out provision. Last year, Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) signed a bill mandating this kind of curriculum, making New Jersey the second state after California (2011) to do so. Illinois followed later last year.

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

Soda Companies Now Pushing Transgenderism Mutilations of Children

Decades-old trend reveals unhealthy lifestyles promoted under the guise of ‘love’.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

UT Austin Professor Under Fire for Defending Sex With Underage Boys

Professor Thomas Hubbard of the University of Texas at Austin has come under fire from members of the community for his scholarly writing on the relationship between men and teenage boys. Some members of the community have even begun calling for Hubbard’s termination.

In December, the Dallas Morning News published an editorial entitled “A UT professor ‘researches’ pederasty. Why are we paying for it?” which focused on Hubbard’s research. “Pederasty” refers to sexual relationships between adult men and pubescent or adolescent boys. Such relationships are considered child sexual abuse or statutory rape in most of the modern world.

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9 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/11/2020

    • And women in general now way out of role getting sicker every day. Islam certainly has noticed and is wasting absolutely no time.

  1. Iran is fully occupied by the lie that is so obvious. Just like the Western EU is in grave danger of becoming unless it starts teaching history and not Girls Hour. Just do it.

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