A migrant in France with an outstanding deportation order against him was arrested for stabbing the father of a girl who rejected his sexual advances. Meanwhile, Hungarian border forces are finding more and more tunnels that have been dug to smuggle migrants under the fence on the southern border.
In other news, France will make the wearing of facemasks mandatory in workplaces beginning in September.
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Anti-Trump Group the Lincoln Project is Angering Liberals by Stealing Their Memes
The Lincoln Project, a political action committee made up of former Republican strategists and activists spurned by the Trump Administration, is in hot water for its habit of stealing memes and passing them off, without attribution, as its own.
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Antifa Rioters ‘Embedded Themselves’ Among Peaceful Protesters to Wreak Havoc in Richmond
On Monday, Richmond, Va., Police announced they had arrested 12 people after a riot on Sunday night. At a press conference, Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith said every suspect was affiliated with antifa to some degree or another. He also noted that antifa activists had embedded themselves among peaceful protesters.
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Antifa Rioters Try to Burn Down Police Union, Cops Stand Down and Make Zero Arrests
After multiple failed attempts to burn down the Portland police union in recent weeks, antifa rioters tried out a new tactic on Monday night. They brought a hose into the Portland Police Association (PPA), aiming to flood the building. After the police foiled this attempt, the rioters returned to their scheduled programming, again setting a fire outside the building. Police, likely on the orders of Mayor Ted Wheeler (D-Portland), declined to make arrests.
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Apple Surpasses $2 Trillion Market Value
Apple on Wednesday surpassed $2 trillion in market value, becoming the first U.S. public company to accomplish such a feat. The milestone comes just two years after it became the first to reach $1 trillion.
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BLM Mob Beats Piñatas of Minneapolis Police Union Chief and His Wife Outside His Home
On Saturday, a Black Lives Matter mob led by a Democratic candidate for state representative and the leftist group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) marched to the home of Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll and his wife, reporter Liz Collins. They shouted into microphones and beat piñatas designed to look like Kroll and Collins.
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Breaking: Facebook Bans Antifa Accounts, Other Groups Promoting Violence
Facebook is taking action against Antifa and other “offline anarchist groups that support violent acts amidst protests.”
Admins released a press statement today updating the site’s policy towards violent networks in the United States, titled, “An Update to How We Address Movements and Organizations Tied to Violence.”
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CA Man Pleads Guilty to Mail-in Voter Fraud After Casting Votes for Dead Mother in 3 Elections
A California man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to mail-in ballot fraud after he voted on behalf of his dead mother in three separate elections.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced that Caesar Peter Abutin submitted three mail-in ballots between 2012 and 2014 that were registered to his mother, who died in July 2006.
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California Makes it Illegal for Students to Skip Anti-Racism Training
Two more Universities in the US are demanding that students enroll on ‘race and ethnicity’ courses, with the Governor of California signing a mandate for the classes into law.
Campus Reform reports that California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1460 on Monday, making it compulsory for all students in the California State University system to undertake a three-unit class in either Native American, African American, Asian American, or Latina/Latino studies.
Without the credits from the mandatory anti-racism training students will not be able to begin other studies.
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CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago City Council does not have a regular August meeting, so four aldermen have called a special meeting to discuss safety in the city.
Two rounds of looting, civil unrest and one of the most violent summers in years prompted the call for the meeting.
“We need to have a public discussion on the record as to what we are doing as a city council to protect the city of Chicago,” said 15th Ward Alderman Ray Lopez.
One of the discussion points is whether the Illinois National Guard should be called in for the next few months.
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“In today’s environment, law enforcement is absolutely the hardest profession and the most unappreciated profession by the politicians,” Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said on Wednesday.
“There is a big silent majority that absolutely support the police,” Catanzara told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. “Hopefully we can inspire them to be not so silent going forward and force these politicians to do the right thing.”
Catanzara made the comments two days after Michael Lappe, vice president of the board of trustees for the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, reportedly said at least 110 police officers are retiring in August and September, and retirements in 2020 are projected to be higher than the past couple of years.
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Chicago Police Seek Man Seen on Video Sucker-Punching Senior Citizen in Unprovoked Attack
Chicago police are looking for the man who committed an unprovoked assault on a senior citizen at a downtown office building on July 23.
In a video released by the police, a man sweeping an outdoor patio is approached and attacked by an unknown assailant, who quickly fled the scene. The police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the criminal.
“Detectives are seeking to identify the individual seen in this video clip in relation to a Battery to a Senior citizen incident that occurred on the 100 block of West Jackson on July 23, 2020 at approx. 2:50PM,” reads a statement on the released video.
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Children’s Health Defense Sues Facebook and Fact-Checkers for Censoring Its Content
Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and three fact-checking companies are now being sued by Children’s Health Defense (CHD) for censoring a number of posts related to public health and shadow banning the Facebook page of CHD.
The lawsuit filed against the Big Tech social media giant and its fact-checkers, Science Feedback, Poynter Institute, and Politifact, in the San Francisco Federal Court, claims that factually accurate public health posts were purposefully censored by Facebook.
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Denver Rejects Proposal to Replace Police Department With “Peace Force”
The Denver City Council on Monday evening voted 11-1 to reject a proposal that sought to replace the police department with an unarmed “peace force.”
The lone vote was cast by Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who submitted the proposal.
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Disney World Denies Entry to 7-Year-Old Autistic Girl Because She Can’t Wear a Mask
A father from Pennsylvania published a video of him arguing with a Disney World employee outside the Magic Kingdom after his 7-year-old autistic daughter was denied entry into the park since she is unable to wear a facemask.
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Facebook Continues QAnon Crackdown After Mounting News Media Pressure
Facebook has revealed its biggest crackdown on the pro-Trump QAnon movement to date by removing 790 QAnon Groups, 100 QAnon Pages, and 1,500 QAnon ads on Facebook and blocking over 300 QAnon hashtags across Facebook and Instagram.
It has also restricted 1,950 Groups and 440 Pages on Facebook and 10,000 accounts on Instagram that are associated with QAnon. These restricted properties are “still subject to removal” as Facebook reviews their content against its updated rules.
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Former White House Physician Says “Something is Not Right” With Biden
The former chief White House doctor of President Barack Obama has spoken out about his worry regarding the mental health of former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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Goodyear Diversity Training: “Zero Tolerance” For MAGA, But Black Lives Matter & LGBT is Encouraged
Goodyear is facing calls for a boycott after a slide outlining the company’s “zero-tolerance policy” said Black Lives Matter and LGBT attire was acceptable but that MAGA attire and ‘All Lives Matter’ slogans were not.
The slide was presented during a “diversity training” session at the Topeka plant by an area manager and came straight from Goodyear’s corporate office in Akron, Ohio before being leaked on social media.
The slide is headlined “zero tolerance” and makes clear which opinions are allowed and which aren’t.
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GOP Congressional Candidate Kimberly Klacik’s Viral Ad Dwarfs Viewership of Michelle Obama Speech
A recent campaign ad created by Republican congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik has gone viral, racking up millions of views within hours of its release. The ad chronicles the physical and economic ruin that has been experienced by countless Democrat-run cities like her home town of Baltimore, Maryland.
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Joe Biden Officially Chosen as 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee
On Tuesday evening, Joe Biden was formally declared the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee for the 2020 election.
Democratic delegates from 57 states and U.S. territories virtually cast their votes, based on the results of the presidential primaries, via livestream during the second night of the Democratic National Convention. Biden easily passed the 1,991 delegates needed to secure the nomination with 3,558 delegates.
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Before his team’s first playoff game of the NBA season, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James showed up to the stadium with a new hat — his version of a MAGA cap, but with “Great Again” marked out and replaced with “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.”
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Lebron James Says He Will Campaign for Biden, Harris: “We Need Change”
L.A. Lakers superstar Lebron James has vowed to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, in the 2020 election in an effort to defeat President Trump.
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Man Arrested in Portland Protest Shooting
A 27-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a shooting over the weekend in downtown Portland after various groups got into an argument.
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Man Stabs Woman Driving Him to His Court Hearing in Fresno
Once they parked, deputies say Gilbert became upset for unknown reasons and started to stab the woman. Deputies say Gilbert stabbed the woman several times…
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Most Say ‘Protests’ Have Become ‘Riots, ‘ New High in Support for Police
Support for police has surged past 4-1 in key battleground 2020 states, likely driven by concerns that “peaceful” Black Lives Matter protests have become more violent.
A new survey for Heritage Action For America found that opposition to defunding the police, part of the Black Lives Matter movement, has jumped to 79%, with just 16% supporting the defund plan.
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Nevada Community Lights Streets Blue in Support of Police
A neighborhood in Mesquite, Nevada, decided to show its support for its police department in a unique way this past week, lighting up porches and garages with blue bulbs.
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Notorious Antifa Activist Tries to Dox Trump Boat Parade Participants on Twitter
A notorious Antifa doxxer was soliciting the public for identifying information of those who participated in the peaceful “Trump Boat Parades” that took place across several US states over the weekend.
“Does anyone have high quality images of the Trump Boat rally that show boat names or registration numbers so that I can start doxxing?” Emily Gorcenski—who once attracted the support of the 2019 Dayton mass shooter and Antifa sympathizer Connor Betts—asked her extremist fanbase late Sunday night.
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NY Gov. Cuomo to Release a Book About His “True Leadership” Through COVID-19 Crisis
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose state had one of the highest COVID-19 death rate of any state in the country, is writing a book about his own leadership through the coronavirus pandemic.
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Operation Legend: More Than 200 Charged With Federal Crimes, 1,000 Arrested, AG Barr Announces
At least 217 people have been charged with a federal crime, and more than 1,000 arrests have been made in major metropolitan cities since the Department of Justice launched Operation Legend in July, U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced on Wednesday.
Nearly 400 firearms have been seized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Portland Antifa Rioters Almost Got a Corporate Sponsor…
On Monday, the company Otter Pops offered to send free ice pops to antifa rioters in Portland. By Tuesday morning, the company had realized its mistake and dropped the offer.
“I wonder if [Otter Pops] supports [Black Lives Matter]?” a Portland activist tweeted. “Given out about 600 to the [Portland] community in the past 48 hours. Wonder if i could just get pallets sent to me to donate hehehe or an [Otter Pops] cart.”
“We 100% do,” the Otter Pops Twitter account responded. “Send us a DM and we will see how we can help!”
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President Trump: “If You Can Protest in Person, You Can Vote in Person”
As Democrats demand universal mail-in voting for the 2020 presidential election, President Trump on Wednesday reminded them that if people can “protest in person,” they can certainly “vote in person.”
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President Trump on Wednesday called for a Goodyear Tire boycott after the rubber tire manufacturing company banned “Blue Lives Matter,” “All Lives Matter,” and “MAGA” attire at all its U.S. locations.
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Survey: Most Americans Believe Social Media Platforms Censor Political Opinions
According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, the vast majority of Americans believe that social networks manipulate, through censorship, sensitive topics such as political opinions.
The Pew Research Center has released the results of a new poll that shows the vast majority of the population (approximately three-quarters) believe that social networks have a censorship campaign targeting political articles and opinions.
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Tinfoil Hat: Oregon Dem Congressman Chains Self to USPS Drop Box to Save it From Donald Trump
What with the conspiracy theories about how President Trump is allegedly using the USPS to steal the election reaching peak stupid on social media, in newsrooms, and in the murky fever swamps of MSNBC and CNN, one Oregon Democrat hatched a plan Tuesday to out-virtue signal all other Democrats about how he was willing to take drastic measures in order to protect the postal service.
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) posted a video to his Twitter account yesterday of him chaining himself to a USPS drop box in Oregon, declaring “they’re not gettin’ this one”.
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University Threatens to Suspend Students Who Leave 4.5 Mile ‘COVID Bubble’
Michigan’s Albion College is threatening to suspend students who leave a 4.5 mile ‘COVID bubble’ that is enforced via a tracking app on their phone.
“The school is working to create a “COVID-bubble” on campus, and asking students stay within the school’s 4.5-mile perimeter for the entire semester; if a student leaves campus, the app will notify the administration, and the student could be temporarily suspended,” reports the Washington Free Beacon.
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Antifa militant and convicted pedophile Blake David Hampe was bailed out by an Antifa bail group in Portland and released from jail after his Jul. 25 arrest for felony assault. Hampe allegedly stabbed black Trump supporter Drew Duncomb, who broke the news via Twitter on late Thursday night.
After being doxxed by Antifa on social media, Duncomb alleged that Hampe had stalked him for several blocks in Portland before stabbing him with a 7-inch blade, impaling his lower right flank.
Hampe’s bail was set to $250,000. The Post Millennial‘s editor-at-large Andy Ngo suspected the PDX Protest Bail Fund on GoFundMe, which raked in over $1.3 million in funds from Antifa sympathizers to cover bail and other legal expenses for violent criminal suspects arrested amid the Portland riots.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 19, 2020 — Stockton University administrators on Tuesday dropped the final charge pending against a student investigated for a political post on Facebook and a Zoom background of President Donald Trump.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education first wrote to Stockton on Aug. 7 to defend the free speech rights of doctoral student Robert Dailyda. The public university dropped five of the six charges on Aug. 10 but earned a second letter from FIRE, urging administrators to rescind the final charge.
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Video: AOC Nominates Bernie Sanders in DNC Speech
Update 8/19 10:55 a.m.: Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that her nomination of Bernie Sanders was procedural and was not a snub to Joe Biden.
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Freeland Just Became the De Facto Leader of the #Wexit movement
Right after Chrystia Freeland finished her first speech as Canada’s newest Finance Minister, #WEXIT began to trend on Twitter, because we all know: decarbonizing the economy — Freeland’s words — is Liberal shorthand for killing Alberta.
Freeland had a chance to be a unifier, rather than a divider in her first speech to the country after taking Bill Morneau’s old job, and I guess she was.
But not in the conventional sense.
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An Asteroid Just Made the Closest Earth Fly-by on Record, And We Didn’t See it Coming
A car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday.
That’s a remarkably close shave — the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalogue compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy.
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Czech Minister Receives Polish Award for Efforts to Promote Central and Eastern Europe
Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomas Petricek was awarded with Poland’s Jagiellonian Prize for his efforts to strengthen the role of Central and Eastern Europe in the world, the Czernin Palace reported on Saturday.
Petricek is only the second Czech holder of this award after it was won by former Czech President Vaclav Klaus in 2017.
The prize is awarded annually by the Jagiellonian College, a private university in Torun, Poland. In addition to Petricek, who personally accepted the award on Saturday, this year the school also awarded Lithuanian Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene, but she did not arrive in Poland due to the coronavirus epidemic.
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France Will Make Face Masks Mandatory in Workplaces
France will make face masks compulsory in most workplaces starting from September as it struggles with a spike in new coronavirus cases. It is likely to apply to all shared spaces in offices and factories where there are more than one employee present. Since the July rise in cases, the government has made masks compulsory in enclosed public spaces, while some cities have also mandated them in busy outdoor areas.
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French Officers Deploy Tear Gas to Escape Mob Ambush
French police officers were forced to use tear gas while escaping a large group of assailants in the commune of Roquefort-la-Bédoule on Monday night.
A patrol responded to calls about a brawl between approximately 20 people in the city center just before midnight.
Upon arriving, three officers found themselves facing an aggressive mob and at least one injured person.
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Germans Must Walk Dogs 2 Times a Day, New Law Says
A new law in Germany may soon require dog owners to take their precious pooches for walks twice a day for an hour at a time.
The country’s agriculture minister, Julia Klöckner, said she is introducing the law based on evidence that people are not providing their dogs with enough exercise or stimuli.
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Germany Probes Motorway Crashes as Jihad Attack
German authorities are investigating a series of apparently deliberate car crashes on a Berlin motorway on Tuesday evening as a potential Islamist attack, local media reported on Wednesday.
Six people were injured, three of them severely, when a man allegedly drove into several vehicles on Tuesday evening along a stretch of the German capital’s highway. The series of crashes led to a complete closure of one of the main traffic arteries of Berlin.
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Greece to Prepare Push for Sanctions Against Turkish Activity in the Med
The Greek government is preparing to push the European Union to introduce sanctions against Turkey if the country’s provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean continue.
The Greek and Turkish governments are expected to renew talks on August 24th. But Greece is wary that the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not halt its planned seismic research in the Greek exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
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Greek Police Seize Weapons and Explosives After Raiding Antifa Squat
Greek police say they found weapons and explosives in an Antifa anarchist squat in the city of Thessaloniki, saying the squat was being used as a base to plot attacks against police and political opponents.
Police raided the Terra Incognita squat on Monday and released a list of items found at the building which has been illegally occupied by far-left Antifa anarchist militants since February of 2004.
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Money for Nothing: Merkel’s Germany to Trial Universal Basic Income
German researchers will give 120 people €1,200 a month for three years to see how their behaviour changes, after a study in Finland found that a similar experiment did not encourage unemployed Finns to find work.
Initiated on Tuesday, researchers began the process of opening applications for Germany’s long-term study on universal basic income (UBI), where 120 people will receive €1,200 (£1,080/$1,400) regardless of employment status or financial means.
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New Study Reveals Odds of Catching Coronavirus on Airplane Are Relatively Small
The odds of catching coronavirus while traveling by airplane with infected passengers appears to be relatively small, according to a new study.
German researchers conducted a study on the health status of 102 passengers who boarded a flight in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 9 destined for Frankfurt, Germany.
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Germany Sides With Turkey Over Greece in Gas Exploration Dispute in Mediterranean
Germany’s refusal to approve a statement calling for an immediate end to Turkey’s exploration in the eastern Mediterranean has prompted Greece, in retaliation, to refuse to support a resolution on the situation in Belarus, wrote the Greek Ekathimerini news platform.
Germany’s decision to side with Turkey occurred during a heated debate at Friday’s meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).
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Lithuanian Parliament Passes Resolution Declaring Aleksandr Lukashenko an Unlawful Leader of Belarus
Lithuanian MPs have introduced a resolution in parliament to freeze funds and to impose a travel ban into the European Union for people responsible for rigging the Belarusian elections and using excessive violence against peaceful protesters.
The resolution, which was voted in favor for by 120 out of 122 MPs, also foresees support and help for Belarusians and non-government Belarusian organizations targeted by Aleksandr Lukashenko, including giving them asylum.
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Norwegian Worker Involved in Baltic Pipe Construction Arrested for Spying for Russia
A Norwegian citizen involved in the company overseeing construction of the Baltic Pipe has been accused of transferring security sector information to Russian services.
The worker belonged to the DNV GL company, which will be responsible for overseeing the construction of the Baltic Pipe. The company previously ensured the compatibility of the Nord Stream pipeline with the legislation for such projects. It will also do so for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if it is completed. Interestingly, DNV GL was also chosen to oversee the Baltic Pipe.
The Baltic Pipe is a pipeline meant to transfer Norwegian gas through Denmark into Poland and its completion is planned for 2022. As part of its services, DNV GL will ensure the engagement of inspectors for the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors.
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An investigation has been launched after the Chinese-owned Ramu Nickel plant claimed 48 Papua New Guinea workers had already been immunised against the deadly virus.
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Authorities Give Themselves Power to Remove Children From Parents to Ensure COVID Compliance
Authorities in Australia have given themselves the power to have police remove children from the custody of their parents in order to ensure compliance with coronavirus rules.
Schedule 2 of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 amends the Emergency Response Act 2004 to create new powers during “declared emergencies.”
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Uranium mining is set be allowed in New South Wales — creating a wave of new jobs — after the government struck a deal with One Nation to lift a ban on the industry.
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The One Nation leader, who is not an anti-vaxxer and has vaccinated her four children, said jabs should be optional. ‘I tell you what, I’m not happy about this, she said.
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Residents in North Richmond in Melbourne have reported used syringes being discarded on streets even though the suburb has its own safe injecting room where drug users can shoot up.
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5 Illegal Afghan Migrants Detained by Czech Police With Help of K9
On Friday, Czech police detained five undocumented Afghan migrants who entered the Czech Republic hidden in a Bulgarian truck, with three of them caught with the help of a police dog.
At the D1 motorway rest stop, the truck driver noticed the migrants in the semi-trailer, according to Czech news outlet Idnes.cz.
The dispatcher of the logistics company then contacted Czech police around half past eight in the evening and told them about the truck driver’s suspicion.
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Arab Clan Crime Rate Up 30% in German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Clan criminality in Germany’s most populous federal state, North Rhine Westhpalia, rose by 30 percent last year, with a significant part of the clans consisting of immigrants, the state’s Minister of Interior Herbert Reul said at Monday press conference.
Reul said that the Arab clans are mostly involved in robberies, fraud and organized crime, which indicates that some of these group operate just like the Mafia, according to Hungarian news outlet Magyar Hirlap.
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The Calais Jungle migrant camp is filled with hundreds who have already been told they cannot stay in the EU, it has been claimed.
Tony Smith, the former director general of the Border Force, has said that officials are seeing the ‘same faces’ among those attempting to make the crossing from Calais to the UK.
It comes as it was revealed that the majority of migrants using one of the most common sea routes into Europe are not in need of ‘international protection’, according to a UN report.
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EU Offers Tunisia €10 Million in Exchange for Halting Illegal Migrants, Hungarian Commissioner Says
The European Union is offering financial assistance to Tunisia in order to improve its capabilities to keep migrants from crossing the Mediterranean from Africa into Europe, European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Policy Olivér Varhelyi said on Tuesday.
He was speaking after a visit to the country together with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, Italian Minister of Interior Luciana Lamorgese and Ylva Johansson, the EU commissioner for internal affairs.
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German NGO Says it Will Go to Court to Continue Smuggling People From Turkey to Greece
A German Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has said that it will go to court so that it has the right to continue trafficking illegal immigrants from Turkey to Greece.
“BREAKING: #Germany detains our two ships! We are not allowed to sail! German Minister of Transport [Andreas] Scheuer deliberately took this into account with the changes in the ship safety regulation. We will take legal actions & urge for an accelerated response to repeal the detention!” the Mare Liberum NGO said on Twitter.
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Hungary Working Around the Clock to Stop ‘Mexican’ Style Illegal Migrant Tunnels Under Border Fence
Migrants trying to reach high-welfare northern European nations being frustrated by Hungary’s southern border fence are digging tunnels in a bid to cross undetected, a new tactic that has otherwise been seen on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The emerging phenomenon comes five years after the first peak of the Europe Migrant Crisis, when Hungary bucked the continent-wide trend of open borders by declaring itself closed to illegals. The nation sat on the most direct path into Europe from the Balkan route, and the creation of a fence directed the migratory stream onto a longer way around its territory. But as migration starts to rise again after a coronavirus-forced lull, illegals are on the move. They are not just going around Hungary’s border — they are attempting to go underneath it, with authorities discovering several tunnels.
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Italy’s Dysfunctional Left-Wing Government Sees 150 Increase in Illegal Migrant Landings
Italy’s left-wing government has failed to control illegal migration, leading to a 150 percent increase in illegal migration compared to last year.
Facing pressure for the anti-immigration League party led by Matteo Salvini and Italian citizens concerned about the influx of migrants, the government has tried to present a harder stance on the illegal migration issue, with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio warning Tunisian President Kais Said there will be no room for illegal migrants in Italy.
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Maersk Oil Tanker Caught at Sea Off Malta After Rescuing 27 Migrants
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) — A Maersk oil tanker has been anchored off the coast of Malta for two weeks after rescuing 27 migrants, including a child and a pregnant woman, with authorities in Malta and Tunisia denying the vessel entry, the company said on Wednesday.
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Migrant Crisis: Weekly Snapshot (10 August — 16 August 2020)
Greece has seen fewer migrants and refugees due to increased border checks and the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the latest figures from the office of the UN High Commissioner on Refugees, the week from 10 August to 16 August saw 78 people arrived on the Aegean islands, a decrease from last week’s 212 arrivals and from last year’s 1,965 arrivals during the same period. The average daily arrivals on all islands this week equaled 11, compared to 30 in the previous week.
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Migrant With Deportation Order Arrested for Stabbing Father of French Girl
French police arrested a migrant with a deportation order after he stabbed the father of a girl who refused his sexual advances.
The migrant, who was living in France on a student visa that has since expired, injured the 42-year-old man in the city of Toulouse on the 6th of August. He had been on the run until last week when police arrested him in Paris some 400 miles away.
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Not Quite 300: Small Group of Migrants Block Road at Thermopylae in Protest
A group of migrants blocked a road near the famous “hot gates” of Thermopylae in Greece on Monday morning to protest living conditions at a nearby migrant camp.
The protest saw around 30 migrants, including several children, block the old national road near the area made famous by the 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas that defended the “hot gates” from the Persian Empire in 480 BC.
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Brexit leader Nigel Farage urged the government to stop the “criminal trade” organising illegal migration “or more lives will be lost”, as a 16-year-old Sudanese boat migrant has been found dead, drowning in the English Channel after trying to reach Britan in a small rubber boat from France.
On Wednesday, French Minister Delegate for Citizenship, Marlene Schiappa, announced that the Sudanese teenager was found dead on the beach of Sangatte in Calais, France, after disappearing Tuesday night in the Channel.
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‘We’re Seeing Change’: Farage Victory Lap After Embarrassed Home Office Shuts Down Migrant Hotel
Nigel Farage has thanked his followers for supporting his journalistic endeavours after an embarrassed Home Office announced a review in reaction to the Brexit Party leader revealing that an entire hotel in the Home Secretary’s own constituency was taken over to house illegal aliens.
In the latest episode of Farage Investigates, the politician-turned-investigative-journalist followed a lead from a member of the public that a hotel in Witham in Essex was being used to house recently-arrived Channel migrants. The constituency belongs to Priti Patel, the head of the government department in charge of protecting Britain’s borders, and who has been the most outspoken about the rise in illegal crossings.
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Instagram and TikTok Start Blocking Searches for Plandemic
The social media platforms Instagram and TikTok have started blocking search results for “plandemic” and saying that these results go against their community guidelines.
The blocking of the search results follows the release of the coronavirus documentary Plandemic: Indoctornation earlier today. The documentary features clips from an interview with Dr. Judy Mikovits from Plandemic part one, covers the recommendations of a World Health Organization (WHO) board to complete two global pandemic preparedness exercises by 2019, and shows footage from a scripted pandemic simulation (Event 201) that took place in October 2019 — months before the beginning of the current coronavirus pandemic.
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LGBT Aggression is Cultural War Over Our Identity and Our Soul, Says Polish Justice Minister
There is currently an ongoing cultural war in Poland, the result of which will determine the Polish identity and soul, Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said in an interview for Rzeczpospolita.
Ziobro said that while the battle will not be easy, it is winnable.
“It is winnable only under the condition that we do not sleep over this period and lower our guard, as the conservative and Christian parties in Western Europe have done. We must be decisive and ready to work in many areas,” he said.
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Twitter Removed More Than 1.4 Million Tweets for “Hateful Conduct” In the Second Half of 2019
Twitter has revealed that its controversial “hateful conduct” rules are used to take down 50.5% of all the tweets that get removed for rule violations and that more than 1.4 million tweets were removed under these rules between July 2019 and December 2019.
The number represents a 39% increase in the number of tweets that were removed for hateful conduct between January 2019 and June 2019.
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Warsaw Helps Anti-LGBTI Town After EU Funds Cut
A Polish town that lost EU funding after it set up a zone free of “LGBTI ideology” will receive government financial support, Poland’s justice minister announced Tuesday. Tuchow had its application for a European twinning programme rejected after it passed a motion rejecting “LGBTI ideology”. About 100 municipalities have signed anti-LGBTI declarations since last year. Targeting the LGBTI community has become of a focal point for the nationalist Warsaw government.
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Nigel thanks supporters of his investigating.
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1295796957227753475
Two thirds of BAME people are snowflakes.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8646393/Two-thirds-BAME-people-feel-police-biased-against-survey-reveals.html
Britain’s daily Covid-19 cases shrink AGAIN: Health chiefs record 812 more infections — meaning rolling average has dropped for the fourth day in a row as officials announce 16 deaths.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8643313/Britain-records-15-coronavirus-deaths-preliminary-toll.html
Poor poor Sudanese boy died trying to [illegally] make it to England. Anyone else think he looks much older than 16?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8644713/I-met-boys-Sudan-beach-nearby-Theres-one-word-lips-England.html
https://mobile.twitter.com/Holbornlolz/status/1296488005662842881
France Will Make Face Masks Mandatory in Workplaces-Panic? Or more control over its citizens? Masks do not prevent the germ virus entering or seeping out through the fabric-like the UK, France is also pummelled into an historic recession by fake news and false data
We in the UK have no confidence in the figures produced by the our Office for National Statistics, nor by Public Health England, nor by any of the other public organisations collecting and publishing data on the Coronavirus. If you die of the ‘flu or pneumonia, but a doctor mentions Coronavirus on your death certificate, then you died of Coronavirus according to the official figures. The ’flu and pneumonia deaths are then NOT counted as ‘flu and pneumonia deaths, even if the person tested positive for Coronavirus many months previously and recovered or had no symptoms. The figures for “Coronavirus deaths” in the UK as I am sure they are in France, are grossly exaggerated because they include deaths from all causes if Coronavirus happens to be mentioned by the doctor on the death certificate. This can occur even if the deceased NEVER tested positive for Coronavirus. Even without this distortion, the average deaths from ‘flu and pneumonia are far higher than deaths “with Coronavirus”. So-called liberal Governments have reacted in draconian and authoritarian ways. Our world has changed and it will take a generation to recover from it – if we ever do. Question, question and question again the authorative announcements and illegal unertakings.
So somebody has to take Merkel for two walks per day?
https://europe.infowars.com/belgium-doctors-urge-families-to-wear-masks-at-home-as-belgians-tire-of-covid-rules/
Now you have to wear them at home too!
For those interested in the false pandemics,
Sebastian Rushworth – How bad is… at:
https://sebastianrushworth.com/
A very clear site by a young (in age) MD.
Or a very good site ‘Worldmeter’, plenty of clear data to study at:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
Thanks
double standards…the corona madness continues
https://twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1296515590094491648
https://twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1296527182295191560
and in America, it gets even worse.
https://summit.news/2020/08/20/governor-of-maine-orders-restaurant-staff-to-wear-covid-visors-like-dog-cones/
and this story from Virginia. As with BLM, issues on one side of the Atlantic can often cross to the opposite side.
https://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Islamic-scholar-ordered-released-while-appeal-is-15492979.php
https://twitter.com/JadenPMcNeil/status/1296210791654400002
Is “the West” even worth saving at this point?
https://mobile.twitter.com/Holbornlolz/status/1296524627951460353
Enriching.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Donny66409668/status/1296329145408991232
Can’t wait to visit!