The governments of Illinois and Ohio have ordered all bars and restaurants to close in order to curtail the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus. Also, New York has ordered all public schools to close until at least April 20. Meanwhile, Extinction Rebellion has cancelled a planned demonstration in London due to fears of the coronavirus.
In other news, during tonight’s Democrat debate, Joe Biden promised to choose a woman as his running mate.
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Fed Slashes Rates to Zero, Launches Emergency $700bn Quantitative Easing Program
The Federal Reserve made an emergency announcement on Sunday to declare that it will slash interest rates to zero for the first time since the financial crisis, as well as injecting at least $700 billion into the economy via asset purchases.
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All Bars, Restaurants in Illinois to Close Their Doors for 2 Weeks Due to COVID-19 Concerns
CHICAGO — All bars and restaurants in Illinois must close their doors to customers from the end of business Monday night through March 30, Governor JB Pritzker ordered Sunday, due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
“There are no easy decisions left to make as we address this unprecedented crisis,” Pritzker said Sunday. “As your governor I can’t allow the gravity of these decisions from taking the measures that the science and the experts say will keep people safe.”
Pritzker made the announcement during the latest briefing on the spread of COVID-19 in Illinois Sunday afternoon. Under the order, all restaurants and bars will not be open to the public, although employees can still go in. Drive-through and pickup services at restaurants will still be allowed.
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Biden Promises to Choose a Woman as His Running Mate
At Sunday night’s Democratic debate, Joe Biden promised that he will pick a woman to be his running mate.
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Colleges Cancel Commencement Ceremonies Amid Coronavirus Concerns
A growing number of colleges and universities across the country are canceling spring commencement ceremonies over coronavirus concerns.
At least eight schools — Berea College in Kentucky, Brigham Young University in Utah, Grambling State University in Lousiana, Grinnell College in Iowa, Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and West Texas A&M University — have all announced they will either cancel or postpone spring commencement ceremonies this year.
Multiple other colleges have said they are considering whether to cancel commencement ceremonies as well.
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Coronavirus: Governor Orders Ohio Bars, Restaurants to Shut Down
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered bars and restaurants to shut down to slow the spread of coronavirus. Ohio has 37 cases diagnosed so far. The governor also indicated that schools might stay closed through the school year.
Gov. Mike DeWine and the state health director ordered all Ohio bars and restaurants closed by 9 p.m. Sunday.
The announcement, made less than six hours before the deadline, had restaurants and bars scrambling to plan their next steps.
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A police department in Oregon is urging people that if they’ve run out of toilet paper, it’s not worth calling 911.
The Newport Police Department posted the surprising message on its Facebook page as shoppers across the country have flocked to supermarkets to stock up on supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic that has put much of the world on edge.
“It’s hard to believe that we even have to post this. Do not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper. You will survive without our assistance,” NPD wrote.
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Coronavirus: Newsom Asks California Seniors to Stay Home, Bars and Nightclubs to Close
As the coronavirus continues its rapid spread, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday afternoon issued an urgent call for all California bars and nightclubs to shut their doors, restaurants to cut the number of tables in half and for millions of seniors and people with chronic health conditions to immediately “self-isolate” at home.
Newsom’s unprecedented call for action is designed to slow the infection rate, especially among the most vulnerable. The governor stopped short of asking eating establishments to shut their doors, saying the need for food service during the pandemic remained vital.
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Cruz Extends Self-Quarantine After Learning of Interaction With Another Coronavirus Patient
Sen. Ted Cruz will remain in self-quarantine for several more days “out of an abundance of caution” after learning he came in contact with a second person who has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Texas Republican announced Friday.
“My self-quarantine ended yesterday afternoon. I still have no symptoms and feel fine, and I was looking forward to taking my family out to dinner tonight,” Cruz said in a statement. “Unfortunately, last night I was informed I had a second interaction with an individual who yesterday tested positive for COVID-19.”
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Franklin Graham Thanks President Trump for National Day of Prayer
Leading evangelical pastor Franklin Graham publicly thanked President Trump Sunday for designating the day as a National Day of Prayer.
“With so much uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 at home and around the world, people are afraid,” Rev. Graham wrote on his Facebook page. “Now is the time for Christians to be strong and courageous, knowing that Almighty God is with us. As His Word instructs, we are to cast our cares upon Him, because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7).”
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New York City Closes All Schools Until at Least April 20
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday evening that he is ordering all schools in New York City to close until at least April 20.
The mayor said the city will make every attempt to reopen schools on April 20, but that it’s possible that they could remain closed for the rest of the school year.
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The ‘Climate Emergency’ — Running With the Crowds?
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James Thurber’s 1913 story ‘The Day the Dam broke’ is an account of human irrationality enabling us to draw lessons on how things can quickly spiral out of control when false information is knowingly, or innocently, spread.
This can quickly lead to panic or, in the case of climate, a rapid escalation to the apocalyptic sounding ‘Climate Emergency’. This is an extreme climate condition which some find difficult to discern, but is fervently believed in by many others, especially when current events such as bushfires, storms and flooding are heavily promoted in the media, with limited historical context. …
some small snippets from the story itself;
“After very heavy rain (see 1) on March 12, 1913 a rumour spread that the River Ohio was in flood and the water would rush towards the city as the dam had broken. …
Food was left on the hob and front doors left open, as the people ran to escape the rushing waters of the Dam they were sure had collapsed, a notion reinforced by thousands of others of a like mind.
The militia drove through the city announcing the news was false, but still the mob ran up to 12 miles in order to save their lives. Eventually when it became clear that flood water was not pursuing them, the mob mentality began to ease. Slowly people returned to their homes realising that even the most sober and moderate of citizens had lost their heads over an unsubstantiated rumour, reinforced by the actions of a runner unconnected with the matter.
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Trump ‘Strongly Considering’ Flynn Pardon
President Trump announced Sunday that he is “strongly considering” a pardon for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators conducting the Russia investigation.
Flynn had been scheduled to be sentenced in late February, but Judge Emmet Sullivan postponed it indefinitely after prosecutors filed a rare motion to delay a number of approaching deadlines that would have made the Feb. 27 sentencing date unlikely. Flynn had also moved to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming that federal prosecutors had acted in bad faith.
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Watch: Police Use Tear Gas as Drunk Students Block Street, Throw Beer Bottles
Police officers used tear gas to disperse a disruptive crowd of West Virginia University students Thursday, a press release from the Morgantown Police Department stated. The incident involving a crowd of what appeared to be at least dozens packed into a small area occurred as universities, including WVU, as well as the federal government is warning Americans to practice “social distancing” in effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
According to police, ten students were charged on counts ranging from nuisance party to public intoxication and underage consumption.
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Canadian Students Gather at St. Patrick’s Day Party, Laugh About Spreading Coronavirus
Students in Kingston, Ontario ignored warnings about gathering in large groups and attended a St. Patrick’s Day party while laughing at the prospect of spreading the coronavirus.
Dismissing an advisory by police not to congregate, the students appeared to be more fixated on getting drunk than anything else.
“Last week, Kingston Police, Public Health and Queen’s University urged students not to attend St. Patricks Day parties. Today, the university district streets are filled with students— many telling me they aren’t afraid of COVID-19,” tweeted Kraig Krause.
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CBSA Officer at Toronto Pearson Tests Positive for COVID-19
A Canada Border Services Agency officer at Toronto Pearson has tested positive for COVID-19, the agency says.
“We can assure you that the employee is in isolation at home and following direction from local health officials,” Ashley Lemire of the CBSA said in a statement to CP24.
Lemire said the location and time of infection are unknown at this time. She said the agency is proactively notifying all employees who have had contact with the individual.
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Hospital Wait Times in Ontario at Record Highs Prior Coronavirus Outbreak
Wait times to get a bed in Ontario’s hospitals were at a record high prior to the coronavirus outbreak.
According to Ontario’s Ministry of Health, in January patients waited an average of 18.3 hours in the emergency room before a bed was available — an all-time record.
In November 2019 the average wait was 16.6 hours, and in December 2019 it was 15.7 hours.
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Legault Impatient With Trudeau
(Translation)
[Commentary: Globalist Trudeau is such a moron that he has so far been unwilling to have any quarantine or detection of COVID-19 at airports, despite most cases arriving from abroad. It’s to the point that the Quebec government is going to basically force themselves into the Montreal airport. My attempt at a translation of the leading/main paragraphs below. PMs of Quebec are *not* called “Premier”, but are called “Prime Minister”, BTW.]
Prime Minister [of Quebec] François Legault is losing patience with Justin Trudeau’s inaction. He no longer wants foreign tourists, and will send public health employees into airports, despite their being federal jurisdiction.
“On the matter of borders, I have again spoken with Mr. Trudeau Sunday. We have a difference of opinion. We must make a distinction between goods and people. It is important that medication and food continues to come in. Where we differ is that I continue to think that it isn’t a good idea to have foreign tourists in Canada.”, he said.
[Quebec] Minister of Health Danielle McCann then announced that public health representatives would be present in airports to properly explain to people the necessity of self-isolating for 14 days.
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British Parliament to Serve Halal Food in Its Cafeteria
The UK House of Commons has announced it will begin serving Halal and Kosher meals at the parliament’s cafeteria beginning March 30, after Labour MPs Charlotte Nichols, who is Jewish, and Zarah Sultana, who is Muslim, wrote a joint letter to Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
There are currently 19 Muslim MPs in the House of Commons, the UK parliament’s lower chamber, as well as other parliamentary staff and workers of the same faith who will benefit from this decision, The National reports.
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Coronavirus: Europe on Lockdown
Europe is now the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic that has reached more than 45 countries on the continent. As of March 14, upwards of 42,000 people have tested positive for the disease, according to data from European health ministries.
The so-called Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading extremely fast: roughly 40,000 of the cases (95% of all cases) in Europe were confirmed during just the first 14 days of March.
Italy is Europe’s worst-affected country, followed by Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland and Norway.
In Europe as a whole, more than 1,600 people — 4.0% of those confirmed as having been infected — have died from COVID-19. In Italy, the lethality rate currently is 5.8%, according to the Ministry of Health.
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German Marxist-Leninist Party Trying to Resurrect Lenin From the Dead
The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany have convinced themselves that the erection of a statue of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in the city of Gelsenkirchen, a few weeks before his 150th birthday, would be the equivalent of raising the Communist brute from the dead.
In spite of his embalmed corpse still lying in state in Red Square—and even having been refurbished with a new suit every 18 months—Lenin is a long-time dead goner.
So, incidentally is Marxism/Socialism which continues to die wherever it is tried, worldwide. It is destined to fail, too in America, where the Democrat Party is currently trying to coax it back into life.
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German City to Erect Statue of Communist Mass Murderer Vladimir Lenin
A court in a German city has ruled that the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) will be allowed to erect a statue of Vladimir Lenin, the mass-murdering founder of the Soviet Union.
The administrative court in Gelsenkirchen overruled the city’s decision to halt the construction of a monument to Vladimir Lenin, the architect of the Russian Revolution of 1917 which birthed the Soviet Union — a state responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of innocent people.
The city had argued that the statue would detract from the historical value of the adjacent savings bank building, but the court ruled that objections over Lenin’s historical atrocities were irrelevant as the statue is to be constructed more than ten meters away from the bank, Deutsche Welle reports.
The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany hailed the decision by the court, saying: “A few weeks before his 150th birthday, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin has once again won a great victory.”
The move by the court was slammed by Marco Buschmann, a Free Democrats (FDP) member of parliament from Gelsenkirchen, who said: “A Lenin statue would be a disgrace for Gelsenkirchen” as “Lenin stands for mass murder and totalitarianism.”
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Italian Police Interrupt Streamed Mass Due to Presence of Faithful
ROME — The local police of Cerveteri, outside Rome, interrupted a Mass Sunday that was being live-streamed on Facebook because there were several people kneeling outdoors in front of the Church.
As can be seen in the video, law enforcement officers dismissed the priest who was celebrating the Mass and then went up to the altar ordering the faithful to clear out, telling them they were forbidden to be there.
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Norway Church “Deliberately” Set on Fire Police Believe
The church which was built in 1939 and situated in the historical area of Dovre in Norway was engulfed in flames.
It started in the early hours of the morning on the 21st of February. The fire caused extensive damage to the interior of the old church.
The church, which has protection status, was recently refurbished and is a building with cultural significance for the local inhabitants of the small village of Dombås which has where 1 212 people live.
Police now suspect that the fire was likely to have been started deliberately.
[Comment: Article dated March 8, 2020.]
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One Hundred Twenty-Three Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Poland
So far, 123 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Poland, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday evening.
The new cases were reported in the Slaskie, Lódzkie and Lubuskie provinces. According to the health ministry, all of the patients are in good condition.
The ministry said in a Saturday statement that, up to now, 5,493 tests had been conducted for the presence of coronavirus.
So far, three persons in Poland have died from coronavirus.
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Polish Flag Carrier Suspends All Flights
Polish flagship airline LOT has suspended all flights, including domestic ones, from Sunday until March 28, PAP was told by the airline’s acting spokesperson, Michal Czernicki.
Poland has banned all incoming passenger flights, except those by planes chartered by the government to repatriate Polish citizens amid the spreading coronavirus epidemic. The ban will be in force for two weeks.
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Pope Francis Asks Why Catholics in Rome Have Pizza Delivery But No Eucharist
ROME — Pope Francis has written a powerful letter urging priests in Rome to step up the spiritual care of souls during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a March 13 letter to priests allegedly written by Pope Francis but signed by his personal secretary, the pontiff warns that civil authorities are doing their job while the Church’s pastors risk acting like frightened “hired hands” rather than “good shepherds” ready to lay down their lives for the sheep, in reference to Jesus’ words as recounted by Saint John.
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Slovakia’s Election Winner to Form Government With 4 Conservative Parties
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The chairman of the winning party in Slovakia’s parliamentary election told the country’s president Saturday that he has agreed to form a coalition government with three other parties.
Igor Matovic and his center-right populist opposition group Ordinary People captured 25% of the Feb. 29 vote. It has 53 seats in the 150-seat parliament.
President Zuzana Caputova asked Matovic on March 4 to lead the efforts to create a new government.
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The Medical Journey of Dr. Mircea, A Doctor Trained Under Socialism (Part 2)
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Through the years, besides his native Romanian language, Dr. Mircea became fluent in French, Russian, Polish, English, and a bit of Afrikaans and Fanaglo, the Bantu People Esperanto of the subcontinent, a mix of Zulu and English.
The military commissar asked Comrade Doctor one day why he was studying foreign languages. Aside from the personal joy of being able to swear in Polish at the totalitarian commissar, Dr. Mircea answered the Comrade Captain with a straight face that he liked to study the history of the Soviet Union in the Russian language.
He wrote, “I was surrounded by soldiers who hated every minute of their forced conscription, by officers who were spying on each other and by a military commissar who tried every day to put someone in jail, including me.” You were never innocent until proven guilty, you were always guilty, it all depended on what charges the commissar would manufacture about a person they wanted imprisoned. …
Aurel’s constant dream was to have the Polish Ministry of Health give him a stipend for a postgraduate medical program in Warsaw, a suitable position in a good teaching hospital. To thwart those who constantly watched him, he wrote, “Dear Dr. Kim-Ru, I hereby express my total dedication to the cause of socialism in the Soviet bloc. I also voice my desire for Peace on Earth and my willingness to serve the great Marxist-Leninist ideology. I reaffirm that my fate is now in your hands and I’m waiting for your next move. Long live the Proletarian Paradise!” Dr. Mircea explained that, after writing such sentences exclusively for the communist censors monitoring the post office, he “puked three times in protest and hatred of dictatorship.”
[ Part 1: https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-medical-journey-of-dr.-mircea
Part 3: https://canadafreepress.com/article/dr.-mircea-barefoot-doctor-part-iii ]
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The Netherlands: Medical Research Teams Are the First to Discover COVID-19 Antibody
Researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam and at Utrecht University have reported that they have discovered an antibody which combats COVID-19 infection.
If their discovery is confirmed, the antibody could form the basis of the first COVID-19 vaccine, as reported by Free West Media, or possibly even a medicine, which could be developed more quickly than a vaccine.
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UK: Extinction Rebellion Cancels London ‘Mass Rebellion’ Over Coronavirus Fears
Extinction Rebellion has cancelled its next “mass rebellion” in London in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
The group, also known as XR, were set to take to the streets on May 23 in a fresh round of calls for action in tackling the climate crisis.
Their decision to hold the demonstrations that weekend was particularly contentious because of its clash with the start of the UK Bank Holiday and the FA Cup Final.
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Iran Horror: Prisoners in Jail Holding Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Dying in Large Numbers
POLITICAL prisoners in the Iranian jail where British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being held are dying in large numbers, an inmate said last night.
Nazanin was due to be released on medical furlough from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison but, despite the regime’s efforts to keep her alive as a valuable hostage, this is being blocked by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, her husband Richard said. It was feared the 41-year-old, jailed since 2016 after being accused of plotting to overthrow Iran’s government, which she denies, had contracted coronavirus. But in recent days she has rallied. Last night one political prisoner, arrested during the November anti-regime demonstrations, described the hellish conditions being endured by inmates there.
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Iran Reports Biggest Single-Day Jump of Coronavirus Deaths as President Rules Out Quarantine
Iran reported more than 100 coronavirus deaths Sunday, the nation’s biggest single-day jump in fatalities since the outbreak began, while Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ruled out a general quarantine amid the spreading global pandemic.
Iran’s Health Ministry reported 113 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 724, and confirmed COVID-19 cases reached nearly 14,000. There are concerns the number of infections in Iran — considered the epicenter of the pandemic in the Middle East — is much higher than the confirmed cases reported by the government.
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Coronavirus Cases:
169,567
view by country
Deaths:
6,516
Recovered:
77,764
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[…]
We see the same shape of curve regarding the total number of deaths in China.
Now, this particular “s-shaped” curve is called a “Gompertz Curve”. It is a curious curve, in that it is not symmetrical. It goes up faster than it levels off. …
You can see why the Gompertz Curve is used to describe epidemics—it’s a very good fit to real-world epidemiological data. And because any given Gompertz Curve ends up at some maximum value that it doesn’t exceed, it also allows us to estimate the part of the curve that hasn’t happened yet. So far, there have been some 7,362 cases in South Korea. The Gompertz Curve estimates that the final total will be on the order of some 8,100 cases or so.
Now, that’s not a hard number, of course. All kinds of things can happen to bend the curve either up or down. But it’s better than just making a blind guess.
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Members of the Tu Tangata Riders Iwi Tapu group turned up to support the Christchurch Muslim Community who were marking one-year since the devastating attacks in March 2019.
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Shocked onlookers filmed the confrontation between the two men at the Woolworths store in Bass Hill, Sydney, on Sunday.
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Alarmists: Amazon Forest to Become ‘Arid Desert’ In 50 Years
The Amazon rainforest is “approaching a point of no return under the effect of climate change and could turn into an arid desert within half a century,” Agence France Press (AFP) reported this week.
Citing a recent study published in Nature Communications, AFP said that the Caribbean coral reef could also disappear in 15 years if it, too, passes a point of no return.
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Mexico Holds Big Music Festival Despite Coronavirus Concerns
MEXICO CITY (AP) — While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country.
Some acts backed out, but tens of thousands of music fans flocked on Saturday to the first day of the festival, which still expected Guns N’ Roses, Carlos Vives and Zoe to be among its headliners. Organizers said more than 70,000 tickets had been sold for each of the festival’s two days.
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400 Illegal Migrants Intercepted Off Libya Coast
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard intercepted over 400 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast and returned them to the capital of Tripoli over the past 24 hours, the U.N. migration agency said Sunday.
The International Organization for Migration tweeted that 301 migrants on three boats were intercepted on Saturday and brought back to Tripoli. Another 105 migrants on two boats were intercepted on Sunday.
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Exclusive — Von Storch: Turkey Should be Removed From NATO Following Migrant ‘Aggression’
Deputy leader of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Beatrix von Storch has slammed the Turkish government for opening its borders to Europe, demanding that the country be removed from the NATO military alliance.
Ms von Storch commented on the situation along the Greek border, where thousands of migrants have gathered, in an interview with Breitbart London this week, stating that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government had committed an “act of aggression” by opening the border.
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Germany: Fighting-Age Iraqi Migrant Attacks Driver With Axe in Munich, Cuts Off Half of His Face
A 33-year-old German man last Sunday had half of his face cut off by a fighting-aged Iraqi migrant after the migrant attacked him with an ax on the streets of Munich.
The attack occurred on Sunday afternoon at around 5 pm when the man and his wife were driving on Gernotstrasse toward Mittlerer Ring when they were suddenly stopped at Burgunderstrasse by a pedestrian who jumped in front of the car and began hitting the hood with his hands, daily German newspaper Abendzeitung reports.
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Greece Transfers 450 Illegal Migrants to Facility on Mainland Near Athens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is transferring 450 migrants recently detained for trying to reach the island of Lesbos illegally to a facility near Athens, authorities said Sunday.
A ship with the migrants landed at a port near Athens and the migrants will be transferred to a facility just north of the capital pending deportation, an official at the Ministry of Migration policy told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak on the matter. The transfer to the facility was still underway Sunday morning.
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The Greek government erected 1.5-meter tall concrete blocks in the Kastanies region of its border with Turkey on Friday. This was done to defend Europe from an invasion of tens of thousands of hostile, fighting-age male migrants who are trying to breach its borders.
For weeks now, Greek border guards have, among other things, been forced to fire tear gas canisters to fend off the invaders who relentlessly continue in their attempts to breach the barriers which separate Turkey and Greece, Anadolu Agency reports.
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Hungary: PM Orban Says That Immigration is Responsible for Coronavirus Epidemic
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has unequivocally placed the blame for the coronavirus outbreak in Europe on immigration and affirmed that Hungary has been ahead of the curve in understanding the dangers of migration.
In an interview regarding his country’s response to the coronavirus threat on Hungary’s Kossuth Radió Friday morning, the Prime Minister was asked why universities were being closed while public schools were remaining open. Orban stated that it is because “there are a lot of foreigners there,” noting that most of Hungary’s early cases of the virus were found among Iranian students.
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Joe Biden: ‘in First 100 Days of My Administration, No One, No One Will be Deported at All’
Former Vice President Joe Biden has vowed not to deport anyone at all during the first 100 days of his administration.
Biden also expressed support for sanctuary cities and said that police should not report illegal aliens that they arrest to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Malta Rescues 112 Migrants From Sinking Boat
VALLETTA, March 15 (Reuters) — A group of 112 North African migrants was rescued from a sinking dinghy and landed in Malta early on Sunday, supervised by troops in special protective clothing against possible coronavirus infection, authorities said.
The dinghy was spotted in Malta’s search and rescue region north of Libya on Saturday. Those on board included several women and children. The armed forces said the nationalities of those aboard was not immediately known.
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Sweden: Priest Accused of Smuggling Migrant in Suitcase
Camilla Ulén, a priest in Gävle, Sweden, has been accused of smuggling an Afghan migrant out of a detention facility in a suitcase.
The 20-year-old migrant, who was being held pending deportation, disappeared on February 23, according to a report in Nyheter Idag. He was visited by two women shortly before his disappearance, one of whom was a priest from the Church of Sweden. The priest was carrying a large suitcase which she told authorities was to be used for a baptism.
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Turks Jailed for Killing Boy Whose Drowning Sparked 2015-16 Migrant Crisis
Three Turkish men have been sentenced for the killing of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose drowning was the catalyst for the 2015-16 migrant crisis.
Bodrum High Criminal Court, Mugla, sentenced Cebrail E., Ecevit Bulent G, and Ali Can S. to 125 years each for the crime of “killing with eventual intent”, according to a CNN, citing local state-run media.
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[…]
Already, to my certain knowledge, cold and unsympathetic minds pore over my writings, often going back for decades, trying to find passages that they can claim have offended them. What actually offends them is the discovery that anyone disagrees with them.
Individuals like me must therefore be humiliated, silenced and, in the end, destroyed and forgotten.
People will travel long distances, and make great efforts, to be offended or insulted in this way.
They rifle through ancient archives to uncover remarks made in a less censorious age, so that they can repeat them and demand the punishment of their authors.
The claim to have been affronted in some way is now the unanswerable charge, by which people such as me will eventually be thrust out of society into a silenced and despised outer darkness, where we will be heard and seen no more.
We will, in my view, be lucky if we do not end up being led away in handcuffs, while former colleagues jeer at our humiliation.
You think this is exaggerated or alarmist? I am not so sure. Read on.
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Does anyone else think its funny that even with the open borders EU implementing border controls, Boris Johnson’s U.K. still has not implemented any more border restrictions? The conservative party is showing it’s true colors again.
A hack who can’t be bought, can’t seem to get elected these days?
“Pope Francis has written a powerful letter urging priests in Rome to step up the spiritual care of souls during the coronavirus pandemic.” I don’t see him going around visting the sick…
Frank is a blowhard.
“Greek Government Erects 1.5-Meter Tall Concrete Blocks at Its Border to Defend Europe From Fighting-Aged Migrant Invaders” Isn’t this too low? They’re not fighting Hobbits over there… It makes attack a bit harder, but I doubt it stop anything.
And I feel like Czech hedgehogs threaded with bard wire would be a much more effective obstacle for both humans and machines. Even if it’s a cheaper, less sturdy variation.
https://www.ft.com/content/2f8967a2-66d6-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3
huh, wasn’t asking for subscriptions when I read the article earlier. Sorry to anyone trying to read it now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2L_IHmSdS0
Poor saps didn’t know the bloodbath they were in for in just a few years. One must wonder what Europe could have been without the Great War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msrqE87yTRs&list=FLWOkEnBl5TO4SCLfSlosjgg
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1239516018214658049
Sad. Muslim Africans “flee” (invade) Euro countries in droves but we have to accept them ’cause muh white guilt, muh human rights. When white Europeans try to flee to Muslim countries? Nope, safety concern, Mauritania can’t take you.
Who in their right mind would ever want to flee to Africa? It’s full of Africans.
true, hypocrisy nonetheless
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-live-updates-italy-death-toll-jumps.html
It indeed looks like migrant flows to Germany are toast for now, only German citizens returning, or foreign nationals leaving for their country of origin and shipments can now get thru the border. Where was this response to the disease of terrorism when it was needed?
Yes. That was was a real sicko. These Koran virus washed savages. Black attacks. Pakis demanding and getting room to groom. Your money and services or your wife. After historical, WW2 and the colonial experience one would have thought – “No way Ali! One motel step closer and you are dead.”
The feminists are accommodating? Now there is something in the air. In the past it was called, Revolution – with a capitol “R”.
https://twitter.com/LaStampa/status/1238768635507851266
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-eu-to-ban-non-essential-travel-for-thirty-days-2020-3
https://twitter.com/trafalgartime/status/1239614057474334721
insanity
I always thought that Russia is the champion in the “negative selection” of government officials. It turns out that things are no better in Belgium.
https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/belgium-surgical-masks-ordered-for-migrants-but-not-belgians-turkish-mask-supplier-defrauds-government/
Well, she has a nasty face! Maggie De Block
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e0/25/39/e025398fe5f3288d950086bdef0add66.jpg
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/03/we-are-aiming-for-maximum-control-of-coronavirus-pm-tells-the-dutch/
The Netherlands has gone insane, letting it spread is “controlling” it somehow.
“It’ll give you immunity racist!”
A 33-year-old German man last Sunday had half of his face cut off by a fighting-aged Iraqi migrant after the migrant attacked him with an ax on the streets of Munich.—
Thats not true-its was a GREEK.Perhaps one of the Iraqis thats was not stopped some years ago at the Greek Border….
Joe Biden his time will have a woman as a Veep. Who? Madame Hillaryous?
Or that odious beached whale Stacy Abrams.
Re: Extinction Rebellion cancels London “Mass Rebellion” over Coronavirus…”
Every cloud has a silver lining!