Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/23/2020

A second wave of the Wuhan Coronavirus is picking up speed in Europe. Germany reported 2,000 new cases in the space of 24 hours, and Italy has seen its biggest rise since the middle of May.

In other news, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is reportedly in a coma, and his sister Kim Yo Jong has taken over control of the government.

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USA
» “Dislikes” Disappearing From DNC Videos on YouTube
» 14 Arrested in Violent Portland Clashes
» Activists Urge Pritzker to Send National Guard to Chicago, Claim Lightfoot ‘Can’t Control the City’
» At Least 50 People Shot, 4 Killed, In Gun Violence in Chicago This Weekend
» Baltimore Violence: At Least 13 Shot, 2 Killed Since Friday Night
» Biden DNC Acceptance Speech Scores 21% Lower Ratings Than Clinton’s in 2016
» BLM Rioters in Portland Burn American Flags on Guillotine in Front of Police Station
» Civil War: Antifa & Proud Boys Clash in Portland as Riots Accelerate
» David Hogg Deletes Twitter Poll After Majority Respond ‘No’ To Hearing His 2020 Election ‘Thoughts’
» Days Off Cancelled, 12 Hour Shifts for Chicago Police Officers on Saturday, Aug. 29 and on Labor Day Weekend
» Five Killed, 26 Injured in More Gun Violence in New York City, NYPD Says
» Former FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith Pleads Guilty in Federal Court in First SpyGate Conviction
» Hindu Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Not Invited to Democratic Convention, Pedophile-Buddy Bill Clinton Receives Invite Even in Era of ‘Me Too’
» Louisiana Attorney General Warns “Violent Crime” Will Reach “Epidemic” Levels
» Massive Trump Boat Parade in Blue State of Rhode Island — More Than 1,000 Boats! (Video)
» NYPD Officer on Police Work: “the Job is Dead … You Would be Crazy to Take This Job at This Day and Age”
» Out-of-Town Protesters Arrested Near Lightfoot’s Logan Square Home
» People Break Windows, Start Fires in Downtown Denver Saturday Night; 9 Arrested
» Portland Rioters Throw Balloons Filled With Feces at Police Vehicles
» Seattle’s ‘Summer of Love’ Mayor Durkan Vetoes Police Budget Cuts
» Syracuse University Suspends 23 Students After ‘Incredibly Reckless’ Gathering
» Tennessee: Parents Asked to Sign Form Indicating That They Will Not Eavesdrop on Kids’ Online Lessons
» The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill Calls America as Bad as Nazi Germany
» Trump: Democrats Removed ‘God’ From Pledge of Allegiance ‘On Purpose’ During DNC
» Trump Announces Emergency Authorization for Convalescent Plasma to Treat COVID-19
» Video: Black Lives Matter Beat Piñata Pig in Chicago Signifying Police — Dance Around Its Severed Head
» Watch: NBA Player Calls Opponent “B**** A** White Boy” During Game; Black ESPN Analyst Slams Him
» Watch: Violence Breaks Out as Conservatives Refuse to Back Down From Black Lives Matter Mob in Beverly Hills
» Watch: Black Woman Accuses Asian Tea Shop Owners of ‘Stealing Black Culture’
» What´s Coming Next?
 
Europe and the EU
» “Biggest Scandal in Europe Since WWII” — Ibizagate: How Soros Journalists Brought Down the Austrian Government
» BBC ‘Is Considering Dropping Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory From Last Night of the Proms in Wake of BLM Protests’ Because Organisers Fear Backlash Over Their Links to Colonialism and Slavery
» ‘Death to America, Death to Israel’: Board of Biggest UK Islamic Charity Resign Over Pro-Terrorist, Anti-Semitic Posts
» Entire Leadership of Britain’s Biggest Muslim Charity Quits After Antisemitic Posts
» Germany Reports More Than 2,000 Virus Cases in 24 Hours
» Italy: Biggest COVID Rise Since May 14
» PM Orban: ‘The West Has Renounced the Power of the Nation, The Happiness Given by Family and Children, And Christian Europe’
» UK Police Raid Child’s Birthday Party Due to COVID-19 Restrictions, Fail to Contain Islamic Celebrations
» UK: I Was Worried My Son’s Lego Was ‘Whitewashed’ And This is What They Said
» UK: Saaba Mahmood Spared Jail Despite Claiming £100,000 in Welfare for Relatives in Pakistan
 
Balkans
» Coronavirus: Croatia: Italians Cancel Reservations
 
Russia
» Coronavirus: Ukraine Hits Record High, 1,592 Cases in 24 Hours
 
Far East
» Kim Jong Un Reportedly in a Coma as His Sister Kim Yo Jong Takes Control
» Report: China Suppresses Catholics ‘Under COVID-19 Cover’
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
» “We Have No Mercy on You People”: Persecution of Christians, July 2020
 
Latin America
» At Least 13 Killed in Peru Nightclub Stampede Triggered by Police ‘Social Distancing’ Raid
 
Immigration
» 1,400 Migrants on Lampedusa After 5 More Landings
» Logan Square Dad Detained by ICE Comes Home Thanks to Neighbors Who Spoke Out — “We Need to Do That All the Time”
» Norway: Somali Migrant Torched Churches as Revenge for a Qur’an Being Burned
» Salvini Threatens Legal Action Against Italian Govt for Aiding Illegal Migration
» Sicily Gives 24-Hour Notice to Migrants, NGOs to Leave or Risk Arrest Over COVID-19
» UK: Report: At Least 25 Per Cent of ‘Child Migrants’ In Kent Are Actually Adults
 
Culture Wars
» Man Pulls Gun, Threatens Pro-Life Group Outside Abortion Clinic; AP’s Headline: “Delaware Police Arrest Man With Gun at Planned Parenthood”
» This ‘Radical’ New Version of Wonder Woman Looks Like She’s Stopped Battling Evil and is Instead Fighting an Ice-Cream Addiction
 
General
» Pope Francis Backs ‘Universal’ COVID Vaccine ‘For All’, WHO Thrilled
 

“Dislikes” Disappearing From DNC Videos on YouTube

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s acceptance speech had its “Dislikes” outnumber “Likes” in real-time on YouTube. However, hours after the speech ended, some of the “Dislikes” began disappearing from the acceptance speech videos as well as other videos from the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Just the News reports, including a screen grab of a user experiencing the drop in “Dislikes”.

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

14 Arrested in Violent Portland Clashes

Fourteen people were arrested after violent clashes with law enforcement in Portland, Ore., as protests continued another weekend.

Police made arrests after a series of confrontations between demonstrators and law enforcement Saturday night into early Sunday, including protesters throwing rocks, bottles and eggs at officers. The Portland Police Bureau declared the gathering a riot shortly before midnight “due to the life safety danger,” according to a release.

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

Activists Urge Pritzker to Send National Guard to Chicago, Claim Lightfoot ‘Can’t Control the City’

A group of community activists implored Gov. J.B. Pritzker to declare a state of emergency and have the Illinois National Guard deployed to Chicago on Sunday, just two days after Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her allies stymied a similar push during a special City Council meeting.

In calling for the assistance, the activists pointed to the city’s surging summer gun violence as they urged both members of the City Council and Congress to rally behind police officers they claim have been outnumbered and attacked at recent protests.

“This mayor, Lori Lightfoot, she can’t control the city. It’s out of hand,” Raul Montes Jr., a former candidate for City Council and the state Senate, said during a news conference in Little Village. “We need the National Guard to help out the police.”

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

At Least 50 People Shot, 4 Killed, In Gun Violence in Chicago This Weekend

CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 50 people had been shot in Chicago this weekend, and four of them had been killed, as of mid-afternoon Sunday.

In the earliest fatal incident, two people were also wounded.

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

Baltimore Violence: At Least 13 Shot, 2 Killed Since Friday Night

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — Another violent weekend in Baltimore City.

Police say at least 13 people have been shot since late Friday night.

One of the shooting victims is a pregnant woman. She was injured in a midday shooting in Southwest Baltimore Saturday.

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

Biden DNC Acceptance Speech Scores 21% Lower Ratings Than Clinton’s in 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivered his acceptance speech on Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, scoring 21% fewer TV viewers than Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech in 2016.

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

BLM Rioters in Portland Burn American Flags on Guillotine in Front of Police Station

Hundreds of Black Lives Matter rioters in Portland wreaked havoc once again on Saturday night into Sunday morning, including one incident in which they brought a mock guillotine, symbolizing violent revolution, in front of the a police station, where they burned a large teddy bear they had placed in the device before burning several American flags on it as well.

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

Civil War: Antifa & Proud Boys Clash in Portland as Riots Accelerate

Police struggle to contain the widespread violence, footage shows.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

David Hogg Deletes Twitter Poll After Majority Respond ‘No’ To Hearing His 2020 Election ‘Thoughts’

Gun control activist David Hogg deleted a tweet asking his 1 million followers if they would be interested in hearing his thoughts on the election after 84% responded, “No.”

“Would you be interested in seeing a video post every day from now until election day with my thoughts on what’s going on?” Hogg asked in a Twitter poll. More than 90,000 Twitter users responded to the poll with nearly 80,000 responding with a “no.”

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

Days Off Cancelled, 12 Hour Shifts for Chicago Police Officers on Saturday, Aug. 29 and on Labor Day Weekend

CHICAGO (CBS) — Police are canceling days off and putting officers on 12-hour shifts next weekend, in anticipation of “multiple large gatherings” planned for next Saturday.

In a memo obtained by CBS 2 from a source, police said they are canceling days off for officers on the day and evening watch on Saturday, Aug. 29, and the overnight watch into Sunday, Aug. 30, and placing officers on longer shifts for those times.

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

Five Killed, 26 Injured in More Gun Violence in New York City, NYPD Says

Five people were killed in New York City and 26 people were injured as the gun violence that has plagued the boroughs this summer continued over the weekend.

The victims include Priscilla Vasquez, 25, of Melrose, a mother of three who was fatally shot in the head early Saturday near the intersection of East Cortland Avenue and 152nd Street in the Bronx, police said, and Kadeem Street, 27, who was fatally shot in Coney Island early Sunday.

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

Former FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith Pleads Guilty in Federal Court in First SpyGate Conviction

It’s taken a long time, but finally, there is at least some justice for President Trump and his one-time campaign aide, Carter Page.

Months after U.S. Attorney John Durham’s analysis of the origins of the ‘Russiagate’ probe turned into a criminal investigation, former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith has pleaded guilty to falsifying a FISA court document.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Hindu Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Not Invited to Democratic Convention, Pedophile-Buddy Bill Clinton Receives Invite Even in Era of ‘Me Too’

United States Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has confirmed that she was not invited to participate in the Democratic National Convention which nominated former US Vice-President Joe Biden for the presidential elections in November 2020. Tulsi Gabbard, who shares less than cordial relationships with the Democratic establishment, had practically ended VP nominee Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign during one of the primary debates.

During the course of her campaign, Tulsi Gabbard had to suffer numerous smears and a sustained slander campaign by the Democrat establishment and the Media Military Industrial Complex for her opposition to US military intervention abroad. Ending the policy of ‘regime change wars’ was her flagship promise.

Democrat nominee for the presidential elections in 2016, Hillary Clinton, insinuated that Tulsi Gabbard was a ‘puppet’ of Russian President Vladimir Putin without any shred of evidence. This slander against a serving veteran was consistent with the Russian Collusion hoax that the Democrat party has been waging against US President Donald Trump since his election.

Amusingly enough, while the Democrat party did not extend any invitation to the first Hindu US Congresswoman, it did invite even Republicans to speak at the national convention. Not only that, Bill Clinton, friend of disgraced pedophile Jeffery Epstein, was also invited to speak despite the series of sexual abuse allegations against him.

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

Louisiana Attorney General Warns “Violent Crime” Will Reach “Epidemic” Levels

The attorney general, Jeff Landry of Louisiana says that violent crime is going to reach epidemic levels in the United States soon. Landry warns that crime in the U.S. will get worse before it gets better, and we are going to reach a tipping point soon.

Given the current state of affairs in cities across the country, the economic terrorism committed against every person on this globe, and the constant division being propagated by the mainstream media over an election they have already promised us will be disturbing at best, things are not set to get better. In fact, the worst is yet to come.

In a phone interview with Fox News, Landry said that while he has tried to be tough on crime in his state, he realized years ago that in other parts of the country there were signs that crime would reach “epidemic” levels. Humans are being backed into corners by the very people responsible for cracking down on crime, so it stands to reason that once they cannot be pushed any further, they will lash out. This is likely what the ruling class is waiting for too. They want violence so they can enact martial law, treat people like cattle to be owned, and force everyone to comply.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Massive Trump Boat Parade in Blue State of Rhode Island — More Than 1,000 Boats! (Video)

A massive Trump 2020 boat parade was underway Sunday in the blue state of Rhode Island.

More than 1,000 boats participated in Sunday’s boat parade in Rhode Island.

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

NYPD Officer on Police Work: “the Job is Dead … You Would be Crazy to Take This Job at This Day and Age”

An anonymous NYPD officer recently said morale throughout the department has hit an all-time low amid widespread opposition to and hostility toward police.

“The term for NYPD that is going around in every command in the city is, ‘The job is dead.’ You would be crazy to take this job now in this day and age. … It’s sad that that’s where we are at right now. People who are saying that we’re afraid, we’re not afraid. We just want to be supported.”

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

Out-of-Town Protesters Arrested Near Lightfoot’s Logan Square Home

Six people were arrested Saturday during a protest near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home on the Northwest Side.

Police were called to disperse the group at 10:22 p.m. in the 3400 block of West Wrightwood Avenue, according to Chicago police.

Four women and two men were taken into custody and charged with misdemeanor counts of residential picketing, police said. They live in New York, Washington, Arkansas and Pennsylvania.

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

People Break Windows, Start Fires in Downtown Denver Saturday Night; 9 Arrested

DENVER — Several dozen people, some donning shields and helmets, and police clashed at the headquarters of the Denver Police Department on Saturday night.

A group had organized a protest to start at 8 p.m. in response to an incident earlier this week when police and others clashed as the city removed people experiencing homelessness from a camp near 29th and Glenarm. A flier told people to “bring your gear.”

Sometime before 9 p.m., a van arrived to provide some of the people with shields. As the people marched toward the Denver police headquarters, Denver7 reporters witnessed people with a bat and an ax.

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

Portland Rioters Throw Balloons Filled With Feces at Police Vehicles

As many as 200 Portland rioters stormed a police station Friday night, throwing golf balls, rocks, metal railroad spikes, paint-filled plastic eggs, and balloons filled with feces at unoccupied police vehicles.

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

Seattle’s ‘Summer of Love’ Mayor Durkan Vetoes Police Budget Cuts

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) must wonder where all this is going.

The city council voted 7-1 this month to slash its police budget. The one vote against was not in defense of police; that council member voted against the cuts because they did not go far enough. The anti-police activist groups, who by and large have the media’s ear in Seattle as they do in every major city, slammed the cuts as not going far enough. Media never turn and ask any real questions of those activist groups, such as “When crime inevitably spikes and people die because the city council did what you want them to do, will you apologize to the mothers of those victims?”

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

Syracuse University Suspends 23 Students After ‘Incredibly Reckless’ Gathering

(CNN) — An “incredibly reckless” gathering has brought the suspensions of 23 Syracuse University students, school officials say in a letter.

The gathering was Wednesday night about 10 p.m., wrote the dean of students, Marianne Thomson, and the head of public safety, chief Bobby Maldonado, on Thursday.

The two called the gathering “incredibly reckless behavior.”

Syracuse University is investigating and reviewing security footage, interviewing witnesses and “processing a number of tips,” according to the letter.

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

Tennessee: Parents Asked to Sign Form Indicating That They Will Not Eavesdrop on Kids’ Online Lessons

A Tennessee school district is under fire for asking parents to sign a form agreeing not to eavesdrop on kids’ virtual classes over concerns they could overhear confidential information.

[Comment: They don’t want parents to see the communist indoctrination foisted upon the children.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill Calls America as Bad as Nazi Germany

The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill on Sunday called the United States is as bad as Nazi Germany, saying, “if you were of the opinion that the United States wasn’t nearly as bad as Nazi Germany, how wrong you are.”

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

Trump: Democrats Removed ‘God’ From Pledge of Allegiance ‘On Purpose’ During DNC

“Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they are coming from — it’s done,’ says president.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Trump Announces Emergency Authorization for Convalescent Plasma to Treat COVID-19

President Trump on Sunday announced that the Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency authorization for convalescent plasma to be used as a treatment for COVID-19.

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

Video: Black Lives Matter Beat Piñata Pig in Chicago Signifying Police — Dance Around Its Severed Head

In Chicago the Black Lives Matter mob beat a piñata pig symbolizing a police officer on Saturday night.

This took place in front of a police line.

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

Watch: NBA Player Calls Opponent “B**** A** White Boy” During Game; Black ESPN Analyst Slams Him

Los Angeles Clippers player Montrezl Harrell appeared to have called Dallas Mavericks player Luka Doncic a “b**** a** white boy” during a playoff game on Friday night, as players, including Harrell, wore social justice messages on the backs of their jerseys.

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

Watch: Violence Breaks Out as Conservatives Refuse to Back Down From Black Lives Matter Mob in Beverly Hills

Black Lives Matter extremists went to a pro-Trump rally in Beverly Hills looking for a fight on Saturday night, and they sure found one.

There were multiple brawls as conservatives refused to back down or cower before the mob.

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

Watch: Black Woman Accuses Asian Tea Shop Owners of ‘Stealing Black Culture’

A black woman accused Asian business owners by saying that the name of the boba tea shop, “Trap Tea,” was “stealing black culture.”

23-year-old Alewia Tola Roba walked into the newly-opened store in Aurora, Colorado, and berated the Asian-owned business on Friday, arguing that it had no right claiming that name which Roba considered African-American slang.

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

What´s Coming Next?

What´s coming next? It´s very plain to see that the end goal of all this is a tyrannical, totalitarian New World Order, but that cannot be fully accomplished until America is vanquished, utterly in ruins. And the New World Order cannot run efficiently unless every person on earth has been marked with a digitial microchip implant, which will be delivered through a mandatory vaccine — a vaccine that, I believe, will prove so deadly that many will die quickly after taking it, not from any virus or other pestilence, but from the vaccine itself. That´s partially what it´s designed for. And I don´t think it´s going to be long before we see this all come to pass.

It´s not just America. I received an email this past weekend from someone in Australia who read one of my previous commentaries. He emailed to affirm what I had asserted in my message: that Australia is currently, for all practical purposes, under communistic rule. The lockdown there is so severe that police are stopping vehicles, smashing car windows and pulling people out to be arrested, if they´re even just suspected of violating the lockdown rules. Great Britain is much the same.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

“Biggest Scandal in Europe Since WWII” — Ibizagate: How Soros Journalists Brought Down the Austrian Government

by Collin McMahon in Europe for The Gateway Pundit

A year ago, a leaked video seeming to show the head of the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party Heinz Christian Strache conspiring with Russians to take over the top local tabloid brought down the center-right government. In the court case, video has emerged exonerating Strache and his colleague Johann Gudenus. Apparently, the Soros-related “journalists” who broke the story deliberately omitted the exonerating parts.

[Comment: Wow.]

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

BBC ‘Is Considering Dropping Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory From Last Night of the Proms in Wake of BLM Protests’ Because Organisers Fear Backlash Over Their Links to Colonialism and Slavery

British anthems Rule, Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory could be axed from the BBC Proms amid the Black Lives Matter movement, an insider has claimed.

The broadcaster is considering dropping the patriotic songs from the Last Night concert due to fears of criticism because of their apparent links to colonialism and slavery, the Times reported.

Dalia Stasevska, who is conducting the Last Night on September 12, is said to believe ‘a ceremony without an audience is the perfect moment to bring change.’

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

‘Death to America, Death to Israel’: Board of Biggest UK Islamic Charity Resign Over Pro-Terrorist, Anti-Semitic Posts

The entire board of the largest Islamic charity in Britain resigned on Saturday following an investigation that revealed one of its directors posted anti-Semitic and pro-terrorist sentiments online.

The Birmingham-based Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) charity announced in a blog postthat “the entire board will not stand for re-election, and will be replaced by a new board” after it was revealed that Dr Almoutaz Tayara, a director of the charity and chairman of Islamic Relief Germany, described the leadership of the Palestinian terrorist organisation, Hamas, as “great men” who took up the “divine and holy call of the Muslim Brotherhood”.

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

Entire Leadership of Britain’s Biggest Muslim Charity Quits After Antisemitic Posts

The entire board of Britain’s largest Muslim charity are to resign today after anti-semitic posts by one of its directors — who had been brought in to replace a disgraced trustee — were uncovered.

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), based in Birmingham, acknowledged last night that the Facebook posts were ‘inappropriate and unacceptable’, and its board of trustees would stand down and not seek election to a new board today.

The charity had already been rocked by scandal after director Heshmat Khalifa was found to have called Israelis the ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs’ and Egypt’s president a ‘pimp son of the Jews’.

           — Hat tip: JM [Return to headlines]
 

Germany Reports More Than 2,000 Virus Cases in 24 Hours

A high not seen since the end of April

(ANSA-AFP) — BERLIN, 22 AGO — The number of coronavirus infections in Germany surpassed 2,000 in the previous 24 hours, a high not seen since the end of April, authorities said on Saturday. The RKI health institute said it registered 2,034 new cases and seven more deaths, taking the total fatalities to 9,267 and cases to 232,082.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Italy: Biggest COVID Rise Since May 14

9 new victims

(ANSA) — ROME, 21 AGO — Italy saw 947 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, the biggest daily rise since May 14, four days before the end of lockdown, when there were 992 in a single day, the health ministry said Friday.

The total case tally has now risen to 257,065.

Deaths are up nine in the last 24 hours, for an overall toll of 35,427 since the start of the emergency.

Thursday’s case rise was 845, the highest since May 16.

There were six new victims on Thursday.

The number of swabs Friday was down around 6,000 to 71,000.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

PM Orban: ‘The West Has Renounced the Power of the Nation, The Happiness Given by Family and Children, And Christian Europe’

Central European nations want to live in a modern Christian world, and to do so must find the way to cooperate with one another in a manner that will both guarantee sovereignty and contribute to European unity, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Hungary’s national day, Aug. 20 at a ceremony in Budapest.

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

UK Police Raid Child’s Birthday Party Due to COVID-19 Restrictions, Fail to Contain Islamic Celebrations

Greater Manchester Police was pilloried on social media for shutting down the child’s party.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

UK: I Was Worried My Son’s Lego Was ‘Whitewashed’ And This is What They Said

The Black Lives Matter movement made me take a closer look at my son’s toy box and I wasn’t happy with what I saw

[…]

Taking all of this on board — I took a look at my son’s Lego/Duplo collection. Lego is the largest supplier of children’s toys in the world and has been for nearly 100 years.

Companies as large and influential as Lego hold responsibility in the toys and message that they give to our children, the same as inclusive Barbie dolls.

However, 97 per cent of my son’s characters are white.

Before you get confused, no, they’re not yellow, they’re white…

           — Hat tip: MMc [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Saaba Mahmood Spared Jail Despite Claiming £100,000 in Welfare for Relatives in Pakistan

Saaba Mahmood will avoid jail time after she was found to have defrauded the British taxpayer in collecting the benefits of her Pakistani relatives who left the country.

Mahmood, 36, claimed nearly £100,000 in state benefits over a five-year period in the name of her aunt and uncle even though they were ineligible to receive the handouts as they were living in Pakistan.

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

Coronavirus: Croatia: Italians Cancel Reservations

After mandatory testing for returning tourists. Zagreb sorry

(ANSA) — ZAGREB, 14 AGO — After yesterday Italy ordered testing for those returning from Croatia, Croatian tour operators began to report cancellations of reservations and concern for Italians already on vacation along the Croatian Adriatic coastline.

“Yesterday we received many cancellations,” Massimo Piutti, manager of a campsite in Istria, told the Croatian press. “We are receiving lots of phone calls from Italian tourists who complain about this decision, but continue to show interest in coming to Croatia,” said Viviana Vukelic, director of the Milan-based Office of the Croatian National Tourist Board in Italy.

The head of civil protection in Istria, Dino Kozlovec, said he “is sorry about Italy’s decision because it will make life very difficult for Italian tourists already in Croatia,” as well as having negative repercussions on Croatian tourism.

According to official data, to date 46,000 thousand Italians are spending their holidays in Croatia, most of them, just over 30,000, in Istria and the Kvarner, in the north Adriatic, wherein at this time there are no new infections and the epidemiologic situation is under control, with a total of eight people in the last 24 hours, including a Czech tourist. The majority of the new positive cases, which yesterday had been 180 in the whole country, concern Dalmatia and Zagreb.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Coronavirus: Ukraine Hits Record High, 1,592 Cases in 24 Hours

Since the Covid-19 outbreak, 86,140 infections. 1,992 deaths

(ANSA) — MOSCOW, 13 AGO — Ukraine recorded 1,592 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest number in a single day in the country since the beginning of the epidemic. The total number of confirmed cases thus rises to 86,140, of which 46,316 concern people who have recovered.

The deaths caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus are officially 1,992, of which 22 yesterday. Health Minister Maksim Stepanov reported this morning, taken up by the Kyiv Post.

           — Hat tip: Insubria [Return to headlines]
 

Kim Jong Un Reportedly in a Coma as His Sister Kim Yo Jong Takes Control

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has fallen into a coma, a former South Korean official is claiming on the heels of reports that the northern leader has ceded over some of his power to his younger sister.

Chang Song-min, a former aide to late-South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, has alleged that the Hermit Kindom’s honcho has become seriously ill amid speculation about his limited public appearances this year, the Mirror reported.

“I assess him to be in a coma, but his life has not ended,” he told South Korean media.

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

Report: China Suppresses Catholics ‘Under COVID-19 Cover’

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse for shutting down Catholic worship, according to a report Friday from UCANews.

As one example, CCP officials prevented hundreds of underground Catholics in China from celebrating the Feast of the Assumption on August 15, one of the most important feasts in the Catholic liturgical calendar.

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

“We Have No Mercy on You People”: Persecution of Christians, July 2020

The following are among the abuses that were inflicted on Christians throughout the month of July 2020:

The Slaughter of Christians

Uganda: A group of Muslims beat and drowned a pastor and another Christian for sharing the Gospel with other Christians. Peter Kyakulaga, pastor of the Church of Christ, and church member Tuule Mumbya, had begun to sail across Lake Nakuwa, where they would meet and evangelize to Muslims. More “hard-line” Muslims disliked this: “We have discovered that your mission is not to fish but to hold Christian meetings and then convert Muslims to Christianity,” a man told them. “We are not going to take this mission of yours lightly. This is our last warning to you.” The next day in late June, Christian villagers came knocking on the door of David Nabyoma, a local leader:

“They were requesting help, saying Muslims from Lugonyola had invaded the area around the lakeside, and several Christians were reported to have been injured, including my son. Immediately we rushed to the scene of the incident with several Christians. We hired four boats and drove to the lake and found out that two of the Christians had been badly beaten and drowned in the lake and died instantly.”

Kyakulaga, 25, is survived by a wife and two children, aged 2 and 4; Mumbya, 22, is survived by a wife and a 2-year-old child.

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At Least 13 Killed in Peru Nightclub Stampede Triggered by Police ‘Social Distancing’ Raid

In an example of COVID-19-related law enforcement gone horribly awry, 13 people were killed in a deadly stampede, as patrons tried to flee a surprise police raid on a crowded Lima, Peru nightclub on Saturday night.

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1,400 Migrants on Lampedusa After 5 More Landings

Reception facilities crammed way over capacity on island

(ANSA) — LAMPEDUSA, 21 AGO — There are currently 1,400 migrants on Lampedusa after five more landings on the stepping-stone island between Italy and North Africa, sources said Friday.

Overall, some 276 migrants have arrived on the island south of Sicily in the space of eight hours.

They have been added to the 250 who arrived Thursday on six boats.

The overnight landings ranged from the minimum of a small boat with six Tunisians aboard to a maximum of 72 migrants on the biggest craft, including Libyans and sub Saharans.

Most of the boats were rescued by port authority and finance guard vessels.

Migrant reception facilities on Lampedusa have been packed way beyond capacity for several weeks.

The nationalist opposition League party has accused the government of doing little to stem the arrivals.

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Logan Square Dad Detained by ICE Comes Home Thanks to Neighbors Who Spoke Out — “We Need to Do That All the Time”

LOGAN SQUARE — For two weeks, 13-year-old Jasmin couldn’t sleep at night.

The teenager has been up worrying about her father, who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier this month.

But Thursday, Jasmin’s father came home and she was able to sleep soundly — with her father lying next to her, her mom said.

Jasmin’s father was released from immigration detention Thursday, thanks in part to neighbors who donated thousands to pay his bail and raised awareness about his arrest. Block Club is not naming the man because he is undocumented.

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Norway: Somali Migrant Torched Churches as Revenge for a Qur’an Being Burned

A Somali migrant has admitted to setting two Norwegian churches on fire earlier this year, claiming that he committed the arson attacks as revenge for a burning of a copy of the Qur’an late last year.

The man, in his twenties, pled guilty to the two fires in Dombås and at Sel, with the first fire spreading to the spire of the church and doing serious damage.

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Salvini Threatens Legal Action Against Italian Govt for Aiding Illegal Migration

Populist Italian Senator Matteo Salvini has announced he is considering launching a legal complaint against the leftist coalition government for aiding illegal migration.

Salvini said on Friday that lawyers of his party, the League (Lega), are investigating filing charges of facilitating illegal migration against senior members of the coalition government of the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party (PD).

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Sicily Gives 24-Hour Notice to Migrants, NGOs to Leave or Risk Arrest Over COVID-19

The governor of Sicily gave overnight orders to rid all refugees from centers on the Italian island and to ban new migrants from arriving out of fears over the spread of the coronavirus.

“By midnight on Monday, all migrants present in the hotspots and in every reception center in Sicily will have to be transferred to structures outside the island without delay,” Nello Musumeci said in the ordinance. “It is not possible to guarantee the stay on the island in compliance with the health measures to prevent contagion.”

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UK: Report: At Least 25 Per Cent of ‘Child Migrants’ In Kent Are Actually Adults

At least 25 per cent of illegal boat migrants claiming to be minors are in fact over the age of 18, Kent Country Council (KCC) has revealed.

Over the past five years, over 400 of the 1,668 boat migrants who told immigration officials that they were children after crossing the English Channel from France in small rubber boats were later revealed to be adults.

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Man Pulls Gun, Threatens Pro-Life Group Outside Abortion Clinic; AP’s Headline: “Delaware Police Arrest Man With Gun at Planned Parenthood”

Jerome Aniska, 31, was arrested Friday after allegedly approaching a group of pro-life activists demonstrating outside a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, starting an argument with them, and then pulling out a firearm and threatening the group with harm, police said.

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This ‘Radical’ New Version of Wonder Woman Looks Like She’s Stopped Battling Evil and is Instead Fighting an Ice-Cream Addiction

By Nicholas Sheppard, journalist, opinion-editorialist, who has written for Politico, The Federalist, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, and authored the novel Broken Play.

DC Comics have once again succumbed to agenda-driven identity politics and made a female superhero an overweight, badly-dressed frump. One can only hope we are scraping the bottom of the woke barrel.

Last week, DC Comics posted a variant cover of the Wonder Woman 1984 #1 partial-reprint comic. They tweeted: “Only one word for the Wonder Woman 1984 #1 … variant cover by Robin Eisenberg: rad.”

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Pope Francis Backs ‘Universal’ COVID Vaccine ‘For All’, WHO Thrilled

In his Wednesday afternoon address, the Argentinian pontiff made his comments in the context of opposing rich countries and people obtaining the COVID vaccine.

“It would be sad if we gave priority for the COVID-19 vaccine to the richest people,” Pope Francis declared. “It would be sad if this vaccine became the property of this or that nation and was not universal and for all,” he continued.

Vaccine critics, including environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are warning that key parts of testing are being skipped in the push to develop a COVID vaccine. Critics warn about the risks of large-scale injury and other health-related consequences that could result from a largely untested vaccine that is suddenly injected into millions.

Earlier this year, a Canadian inoculations watchdog alerted LifeSiteNews to the dangers of vaccines that are developed too quickly. Ted Kuntz, president of Vaccine Choice Canada (VCC), a society founded by families who have suffered from vaccine reactions or injuries, warned in May that Canadians should be concerned about the safety of a coronavirus trial vaccine manufactured by China.

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6 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/23/2020

  1. “PM Orban: ‘The West Has Renounced the Power of the Nation, The Happiness Given by Family and Children, And Christian Europe’”
    “Every Hungarian child is another guard post.
    Truth means little without power.
    Only what we can defend is ours.
    Every match lasts until we win.
    Only countries have borders, nations do not.
    No Hungarian is alone.”
    Overall I agree with his statements, but the points above, that’s once again that over-the-board too-far nationalist mentality that makes everybody think Hungarians never let go of their fascist past. Obviously it makes cooperation with Romania, Serbia and Slovakia harder, since it sends a message of greater Hungary nostalgia. Until they let go of it (Slovakia aside, those regions weren’t theirs to begin with), it’s hard to consider Hungarians completely trustworthy allies.

    • Oh yeah. It will be nice when the neighbors also start picking out old sores. And remember how one Hungarian lady took baths from the blood of Slovak girls.

  2. I don’t think the new fat Wonder Woman is woke enough. Ze should be renamed Wonder Person. And it should be made more obvious that ze is transgender. Perhaps a bulge in their pants to match their breasts will help.

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