Serve the Fatherland by Snitching on Your Neighbor!

The Italian government is adopting an initiative to recruit volunteers from among unemployment recipients and welfare beneficiaries. The job of the recruits will be to help the government enforce its social distancing policies — that is, they will be expected to snitch on people who get too close to each other.

So it’s sort of like the CCC, corona-style.

Below are two videos on the topic. Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translations, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling.

The first video may be a news report; its provenance is unclear. However, by the way it’s put together, it might just as well be an official promotion produced by the Italian government:

The second video shows the response of opposition leader Matteo Salvini, the head of the Lega party:

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Fill Out the Form, or We’ll Take Away Your Kids!

The latest totalitarian escalation in the German coronavirus crisis is a threat by the authorities to take away people’s children if they don’t fill out a form properly and have their child take it to school every day.

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

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/26/2020

The Libyan coast guard prevented almost 400 migrants from crossing to Europe in the past two days. Meanwhile, 97 illegal migrants were arrested in Slovenia over the weekend. Also, an illegal migrant was arrested in Greece for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl.

In coronanews, as part of Phase 2 of Texas’ reopening, driver education programs, water parks, and mall food courts will be allowed to reopen under certain safety restrictions.

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The Corona Lockdown is an Abuse of Power

Hans-Christoph Berndt is a politician for the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) and a member the Brandenburg Landtag, or regional parliament. In the following video Mr. Berndt discusses the German government’s coronavirus lockdown policy, describing it as an abuse of power.

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

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Fleeing Syrian Brain Surgeons on the Rampage

During the Great Migration Crisis of 2015, Hungary built a fence along its southern border to keep the invaders out. Migrants who wanted asylum were required to enter through the official border crossings and apply for asylum before they could proceed any further. The government built facilities in the “transit zones” to house the migrants while they waited for a response to their asylum applications, a place where they could stay on a completely voluntary basis. They were free to return by the same route they came whenever they wanted.

The European Union recently ruled that the migrant housing in these transit zones constituted “illegal detention”. As reported in the news feed a few days ago, Hungary responded by closing the transit zones, and from now on will require migrants to file their asylum applications at a Hungarian consulate outside the country.

In the wake of the clearing of the transit zone housing, it became evident that the culture-enrichers had fouled the nest that the Hungarian government had supplied for them. Their behavior suggests a new meaning for the word “refusenik”.

Many thanks to CrossWare for translating this brief article from the Pestisracok.hu conservative portal:

May 26, 2020

Unbelievable destruction in the transit zone by “the fleeing Syrian brain surgeons”

Following a recent political ruling by the European Court of Justice, the Hungarian government ordered the immediate evacuation of transit zones at the southern border. In addition to the stricter immigration administration rules that came into force, those already in the transit zone were transported to refugee camps in the country, but after their departure, dramatic footage was captured of the destruction by “war refugees” in the Röszke transit zone. In connection with the startling pictures, it is worth mentioning that the scattered, shattered objects had arrived there both through the Hungarian state and from various aid organizations.

[Translator’s note: More pictures can be found in the article (see link)]

Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/25/2020

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered a police raid on a church that held a worship service in violation of her coronavirus lockdown orders. Meanwhile, poker rooms in Florida have reopened under new safety restrictions. Also, former Vice President Joe Biden appeared in public for the first time in months, wearing a black mask while laying a wreath at a veterans’ memorial.

In other news, Cyprus will deport 17 migrants who are suspected of having links to terrorism.

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Spain: Vox Protests Against the Government’s Coronavirus Response

The following news video from El Mundo in Spain shows footage from a protest against the coronavirus restrictions staged by the populist party Vox. The protesters were not entirely compliant with social distancing regulations during the event.

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

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Police Violence Against Anti-Lockdown Protesters

The two videos below show separate incidents of police violence in Germany against demonstrators who were protesting the coronavirus restrictions.

Many thanks to MissPiggy for the translations, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling.

Video #1: Police officer punches an uncooperative woman in Augsburg

From the accompanying Facebook post, also translated by MissPiggy:

Augsburg: Brutal police violence in front of a restaurant

The elitist dictatorship shows its true face — Bar operator comments on the incident:

Although we were all wearing masks, their masks had fallen, police dogs, pepper spray, clubs and the bar owner was punched in the face.

Police action on Maximillianstraße (Augsburg) escalated in the night between Friday and Saturday. The police directed several punches at a woman already lying on the floor. Many of the bystanders showed solidarity with the bar operator and tried to prevent further violent intervention by the police. However, this was prevented with police dogs, truncheons and pepper spray.

Now the State Office of Criminal Investigation will be examining the actions of the officers.

This is what the establishment’s owner Katharina Ertl had to say to the accusations. She recently took over the traditional restaurant called “Max” in November. She cannot understand the accusations, and describes the whole thing from her point of view, which is slightly different:

“I can only say that I have been struggling for months due to the Corona measure and I have never had a bad relationship with the police. At the time of the incident, I did not understand the aggressiveness displayed by the police, and their depiction of the situation is not correct. I never in any way attacked an officer. After a very aggressive conversation with the police officer, I was suddenly knocked to the ground and sprayed in the face with pepper spray. Following that, I was punched in the face by the officer. This makes no sense to me. I fought my way through the Corona measures, with a lot of passion, and now something like this. The worst thing is, I’m portrayed as a severely aggressive criminal. I’m deeply shocked.”

Video #2: Police violence at a peaceful protest walk in Thuringia

From the accompanying article on Politikstube, also translated by MissPiggy:

By Stefan Möller:

This unbelievable police violence against peaceful walkers took place in red-red-green governed Thuringia, or more precisely: in Erfurt. One of the walkers counted almost 30 police vans that were sent to prevent the peaceful event from taking place.

I suspect that the police commanders were encouraged by the political leadership in the SPD interior ministry to take a tougher approach. It was certainly no coincidence that two peaceful Erfurt AfD members — one of them our city councillor Marek Erfurth — were arrested with completely disproportionate use of force. A 60-year-old man was pushed against his wife standing behind him with such force that it sent her flying into the ground. The video speaks volumes for itself!

The reason I assume political intent is easy to explain:

I have never seen such action in our AfD demonstrations against left-wing extremist violent counter-demonstrators. On the contrary — the gloves were put on.

The whole thing will have legal and parliamentary repercussions for those responsible for this violence against peaceful citizens. I would therefore ask you to send me detailed feedback on all comparable events to stefan.moeller@afd-thl.de. Above all, the place, time, occasion and exact circumstances are important. Many thanks!

Translator’s note:

In the video it’s clear to see that the aggressive police officers have a big cross over their unit and badge numbers. Most probably so no one can report their “exaggerated” force. The policemen securing the area aren’t aggressive. Each has his/her unit and badge number visible, as is the norm, but they hold back and don’t intervene! I suspect this isn’t a coincidence, and that the Unit/Badge numbers were made unrecognisable to allow these officers a free pass for the severe and unjustified intervention.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/24/2020

The city of Toronto is considering closing its parks after thousands of people gathered in a downtown park this weekend in violation of social-distancing rules. Meanwhile, Japan decided to end its state of emergency, since its incidence of coronavirus has tailed off. Also, a third of Italian businesses are expected not to reopen after the lockdown is over.

In other news, the Greek Shipowners’ Association has donated ten new maritime vessels to the country’s coast guard in a bid to cut down on illegal immigration.

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Anonymous Speaker at a Hamburg Protest

A young woman who spoke at last weekend’s protest of the Corona restrictions in Hamburg did not wish to be identified, for fear she would be persecuted. Below are excerpts from her remarks.

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

From the notes for the YouTube original (also translated by MissPiggy):

Several hundred citizens gathered on the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz in Hamburg city centre on 16 May 2020 to demonstrate against the current restrictions on fundamental rights.

The young speaker in the video did not dare to introduce herself by name, as she feared reprisals due to her critical attitude towards the government.

“Anyone who deviates from public opinion, from the opinion of the government, from the opinion of the public media, their life is made unpleasant,” she said.

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The Ineluctable Power of the COVID-State

Christiane Scwarzhuber is a practitioner of alternative medicine. The following video shows excerpts from a talk she gave last weekend at one of the anti-lockdown demonstrations in Germany.

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

On a related note, this article from Epoch Times (also translated by MissPiggy) discusses the proposed “immunity card”.

The idea of instituting a certificate of COVID-immunity is not unique to Germany — as far as I know, similar initiatives have been proposed throughout the West. I think they’re coming, regardless of what voters think of them. I don’t think we peons will be given a choice about the matter. Once the vaccine is universally available, you will need a corona-immunity card to go shopping or attend a ball game or eat at a restaurant. Even if the vaccine isn’t made mandatory, requiring the immunity card will basically make the issue moot.

The translated article:

Spahn still considers immunity card necessary

May 14, 2020

For Jens Spahn, despite widespread opposition, the immunity card is not yet off the table. He considers the deletion of the project from the current legislative amendment as only provisional.

Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) believes that the introduction of an immunity card is still necessary in the Corona crisis. Other states are already planning to make entry conditional on such proof, Spahn said. “So we will have to continue to deal with the issue.” The solution could not be that the citizens of Germany “can no longer travel to countries that plan such regulations.”

People who have survived the lung disease Covid-19, which is caused by the novel coronavirus, should be able to prove this by means of the ID card. The introduction of the card was originally planned as part of the new Infection Protection Act, which the Bundestag is due to adopt this Thursday. However, due to opposition from the Social Democrats, the project was provisionally suspended. The SPD warns against dividing society by means of ID cards.

People could intentionally infect themselves

It would be “totally counterproductive to reward those who have become infected because they do not adhere to the rules of distance and to punish those who take care of themselves and others,” SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung a few days ago. But that, he said, would happen “if an immunity card becomes a free ticket for restaurant visits, football or events.”

Spahn said the federal government had weighed all aspects of the immunity card before the proposal was made. Nevertheless, it was right to delete the project from the fast-track amendment to the Infection Protection Act. There is “understandable criticism” that shows him: “As a society, we need more time to debate this issue.” That is why he also asked the Ethics Council for an opinion.

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Corona Hijab

When I posted about the coronavirus scam last night, I referred to the now-ubiquitous medical face mask as a Corona Hijab. I’d like to elaborate on that concept just a little bit this afternoon.

When a Muslim woman wears hijab, it serves two functions. First of all, it covers up a female’s sexually attractive characteristics, which keeps the wearer from arousing the lust of men with whom she is not permitted to copulate. When a man’s lust is aroused, he is not responsible for his actions. The woman (or girl) is responsible for the consequences if she allows herself to become “uncovered meat”.

The second function of the veil is to signal a woman’s submission. By wearing it she shows her obedience to Allah, who commanded that women be covered. Since Allah also deemed that a woman must obey her father or her husband, the hijab is also a signal that she has submitted to one or both of them.

Similarly, the public wearing of a medical face mask is a sign of submission. Science has deemed that face masks must be worn to prevent the djinn the COVID-19 virus from invading one’s body. By wearing it, a dutiful citizen signals his submission to Science.

Since Science has also delegated authority to divers worldly powers — national and local governments, the CDC, the WHO, state health departments, etc. — the mask-wearer is also publicly declaring his submission to state authority.

Just as Allah’s commands may not be altered or overruled, so the commands of Science must not be questioned. Science has determined that the mask is necessary; therefore it must be worn, and no ordinary mortal may presume to argue with that decree.

Now, I’ve read a lot of data about face masks, both pro and con. On balance, it seems they are largely pointless. As I understand it, the virus particles are so small that they pass through the filter of even an N95 mask, which provides less than 10% protection against the ChiCom flu.

On the other hand, they prevent droplets of saliva or sputum from escaping when the wearer coughs, sneezes, talks, or sings, which means that anyone who is already infected is less likely to spread the disease via his mouth or nostrils. So they’re not entirely useless.

We’re not allowed to have such discussions in public, however, for fear of arousing the wrath of Science, as explained by His prophets, such as Anthony Fauci (pbuh) and Neil Ferguson (no pbuh for him, however, since he has recently sinned).

A faithful believer in Science does not question the face mask; he simply wears it, thereby displaying his submission to Science. When an obedient citizen ventures out onto the street, he makes sure to wear his mask. That tells the muttawa the police that he is a compliant servant of Science, so that they leave him unmolested.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/23/2020

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota has decided to allow the resumption of limited church services in his state. Meanwhile, an emergency coronavirus field hospital in Brooklyn that cost $21 million to set up has closed without ever treating a single patient.

In other news, the terrorist who attacked Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and was shot and killed by guards has been identified as a Syrian-born college student named Adam Salim Alsahli.

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The Orwellian Ministry of Truth in Germany

Jürgen Braun is a member of the Bundestag for the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany). In the following speech he addresses the various totalitarian measures that have been imposed in Germany under the pretext of fighting the Wuhan Coronavirus.

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

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