Six times as many illegal migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands this year compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, a study of migrants who arrived in Germany in 2016 shows that only 43% of were employed two years later.
In other news, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers ordered the National Guard deployed to protect infrastructure and first responders in the city of Kenosha, which has experienced two nights of violent BLM riots.
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We Are Entering Into a “War Period” & What’s Ahead is Horrifying Unless We Wake Up
The new system, according to Fitts, will be a top-down control system where “tyranny” will be the key feature, according to a write-up by USA Watchdog. This is valuable information, especially for those of you who still somehow believe that this is going to be over after the Federal Reserve’s election of whichever puppet will help them push the New World Order the hardest.
Fitts predicts, “If you look at the tyranny they are working on delivering, I don’t think most people realize how hideous some of their plans are. So, the tyranny that’s coming and the printing that’s coming is greater than anything we have seen so far. . . . The Fed started a new round of QE in March, and if you look at the extent of that, it is extraordinarily inflationary. That’s because this time around, the Fed is not just doing $3 trillion in QE. What the Fed did in three or four months, what it took them to do in three to five years during the so-called financial crisis, that is an extraordinary amount. Then you combine it with fiscal stimulus because the Fed is now buying the Treasuries . . . and the Treasury is sending checks out to Main Street. We are seeing that money going into the economy that is extraordinarily inflationary.”
Fitts describes the overall situation, “We are basically entering into a war period, and it’s dangerous. . . . There are many different layers, but this is what World War III looks like. The people running things and centralizing economic power and control are saying we don’t want to share the subsidy anymore with the general population. . . . This is a spiritual war between good and evil. Part of that war spreads out to invisible technology like mind control.” —USA Watchdog
We all need to realize that this is a battle for our minds. Who will we allow to control our minds? The government? The mainstream media? Or ourselves? It’s past time to free yourself from this system of slavery and resolve to not participate in any new system. No one can do this for you. You have to wake up, stop participating in the left/right paradigm Matrix, and live your life free, as your Creator intended. Take ownership of yourself, your mind, and your life.
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Former Covington Catholic High School Student Nick Sandmann finally told his story tonight at the RNC 2020 Convention.
In January 2019 the liberal media branded a group of innocent Catholic boys in MAGA hats at the March for Life in Washington DC as hateful racists.
The media ran with the false narrative that the children abused and harassed a Native American man who was beating a drum in a kid’s face.
The entire media narrative was incorrect and manufactured but the liberal mainstream media didn’t care.
The children received numerous violent death threats and the school faced threats of shootings and bombings.
In July Nick Sandmann’s attorneys settled with the Washington Post.
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*Update* BLM Militant Shot and Bleeding (VIDEO)
Riots and protests erupted Monday night in Kenosha following an officer-involved shooting Sunday and the ‘protests’ began to spread to other cities.
Black Lives Matter militants roved into the wrong Milwaukee neighborhood Monday night.
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All 77 Positive COVID Tests for NFL Players Were “False-Positives”
How many of America’s “confirmed cases” are actually false test results.
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Biden Quotes Chinese Dictator Mao for Second Time in His Campaign
In an interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts on Sunday, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden quoted Chinese dictator Mao Zedong as he was attempting to promote women’s rights.
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In an effort to create “Black Linguistic Justice,” a group of college professors has published its list of demands, including one to abolish “white mainstream english.”
The group is called “Why We Caint Breathe!” and is a subcommittee of the organization known as the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Six instructors from universities that include Michigan State University, California State University — Fullerton, Boston University, Texas Christian University, and University of Alabama — Birmingham, published a list of demands for all institutions of learning. They said that demand that:…
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BLM Activists Scream at White Couple Dining Outside in DC ‘For Not Raising Black Power Fist’
Black Lives Matter activists in Washington, DC were filmed screaming at a white couple dining outside at a restaurant for allegedly not complying with their demand to “raise their fists for black power.”
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CBS News Describes Kenosha Riots as “Peaceful”
After widespread looting, fires, violence and other destruction for a second night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, CBS News anchor Gayle King described the riots as “peaceful.”
Yes, really.
In yet another startling example of how the media is deliberately burying the bedlam unfolding on American streets every single night, the news network downplayed the violence and even suggested it was justified.
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Cold Weather Kills More People Than Hot Weather Because… Global Warming.
[…]
Did he just blame global warming for the cold weather-related deaths?
“With the decrease in the number of cold weather days over the last several decades… people don’t have time to acclimate to cold when those rarer cold days do occur.”
Yes he did!
It was even in the conclusion of their paper:
Conclusions
While climate change is increasing the number of extreme heat days, it may also impact cold adaptation resulting in more serious adverse health outcomes when severe cold weather events do occur.
Science Direct
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Families Reportedly Trapped in Building Set on Fire by Black Lives Matter Rioters in Kenosha
People on the scene in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are reporting that families are currently trapped inside an apartment building that was set on fire by the violent rioters.
Kenosha has been under siege by leftist rioters for two days in response to an officer involved shooting of a man with a history that includes previous violence against an officer during an arrest, a sex crime, domestic abuse, and more.
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A Florida judge on Monday ruled that a state order requiring schools to reopen for in-person instruction by the end of August is “unconstitutional.”
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order in July, mandating that all districts open “brick and mortar schools” at least five days a week for parents who want to send their children back. Corcoran threatened to remove already-allocated funding from districts that failed to comply.
The commissioner’s order was challenged by the Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union, which said the mandate violated Florida’s constitution. The constitution requires the state to ensure that schools operate safely.
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Former City Councilman With Trump/Pence Sign in His Front Yard Murdered
A former city councilman who had a ‘Trump/Pence’ sign in his yard was murdered in his home by a burglar following a “confrontation” in Cocoa, Florida.
75-year-old James Wallen was found by his wife last Friday afternoon and despite medics arriving within minutes, the man was already deceased.
43-year-old Matthew Inklebarger broke into Wallen’s home before killing him and stealing several items, according to police.
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FRIGHTENING!
This is who they are.
The violent Black Lives Matter mob attacked a female reporter in Minneapolis last night.
The screaming mob physically attacked photojournalist Rebecca Brannon, stole her phone and smashed it in the street.
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Here Are the Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, And Want You Dead
Hi! This is a list of all of the “woke” companies (and brands) that are supporting violent protests across the United States. Despite the chaos, destruction, and deaths, “woke” companies across the country have still come out in support of #BlackLivesMatter, Antifa terrorists, and general criminals. …
Companies defending the rioters:
| 1. | 23andme: archive.is/Mjbwk | |
| 2. | 72andSunny: archive.is/B1x7Y | |
| 3. | AbbVie: archive.is/Q2Vqj | |
| … | ||
| 277. | Zara: archive.is/t2QeR | |
| 278. | Zildijian: archive.fo/o6Tqi | |
| 279. | Zoom: archive.is/7o03X |
[See also:
- www.amren.com/news/2020/06/here-are-the-companies-that-support-antifa-black-lives-matter/
- dailycaller.com/2019/08/09/woke-companies-brands-liberal-50/
- www.forbes.com/sites/davidhessekiel/2020/06/04/companies-taking-a-public-stand-in-the-wake-of-george-floyds-death/
- www.oneangrygamer.net/get-woke-go-broke-the-master-list/
- www.liveleak.com/view?t=JdaC_1591367252
- www.investingadvicewatchdog.com/Liberal-Companies-Boycott.html
- theperilousfight.us/2019/06/17/get-woke-go-broke-the-master-list/
- townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/08/10/americas-wokest-companies-and-what-theyre-paying-their-ceos-n2551464
]
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Hillary Clinton Warns Joe Biden Not to Concede 2020 Election “Under Any Circumstances”
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday not to concede the election “under any circumstances” because she believes the final results in November’s election may take longer than usual due to mail-in voting.
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Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Treatment, Actual Usage in the USA
[…]
Conclusions
Patients’ side statistical information about the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients was collected. Using it, this study has found:
HCQ was used for the treatment of COVID-19 in the US since January 2020. From January to August 16, 13.5% of COVID-19 patients ages 40+ were prescribed Hydroxychloroquine in the US.
The New England and Middle Atlantic census divisions suffered from the largest COVID-19 mortality and accounted for most COVID-19 deaths from mid-March through mid-June. They also had the lowest utilization of HCQ (average 6.1% for patients ages 40+) in the matching period early March — late May.
Everywhere in the US, prescription of the HCQ nearly ceased in the last third of May but resumed in June and has been fluctuating around 16% for patients ages 40+.
The raw responses data is attached. It can be mined further, especially when combined with publicly available statistics on the COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths, tests, infection cases, and how many days pass from the first COVID-19 symptoms and the start of HCQ based treatment. Eventually, more data would allow testing hypotheses:
- Early HCQ-based treatment of adults of all ages with COVID-19 symptoms correlates with decreased COVID-19 infection and/or hospitalizations cases 10-20 days later.
- Early HCQ-based treatment of ages 40+ with COVID-19 symptoms correlates with decreased COVID-19 deaths and/or ICU admissions 20-35 days later.
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Marquise Damarius Asomani of Charlotte, North Carolina was arrested on Tuesday for shooting at a crowd of Trump supporters gathered on an interstate overpass Monday evening.
The crowd, which included children were gathered on the Sutton Road overpass in Fort Mill, South Carolina waving flags when 23-year-old Asomani drove by, stuck his arm out the window and opened fire on the group.
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Filmmaker and progressive activist Michael Moore tweeted early Tuesday that if modern-day America were a movie, “heroes would swoop in and kill the murderous cops,” and then “the superhero would rain fire down on Police HQ,” and the audience would stand and cheer loudly.
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New Footage Shows Alleged Sex Offender Jacob Blake Brawling With Kenosha Police Before He Was Shot
Violence and riots erupted Sunday night in Kenosha, Wisconsin in response to an officer-involved shooting after Kenosha police responded to a domestic incident at a home.
The riots were in response to a video of the shooting in which the suspect, Jacob Blake, is seen ignoring officers and attempting to reach for something in his vehicle before being shot in the back multiple times.
The man who was shot, Jacob Blake, 29, is reportedly alive, but in “serious” condition. He has a long history of run-ins with the law, including charges for sexual assault and domestic abuse.
New footage from another angle shows Jacob Blake brawling with police officers on the sidewalk before he was shot.
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No Troops Required, Just, The People, And the Law
I have the utmost respect for what President Donald Trump has accomplished, and what he will do for America in the future. But he must stop the burning, killing, destruction, and insurrections promoted by Communist (Democrat) Politicians.
President Trump could use troops, but it would be far better if he empowered the people, to defend themselves and their property in accordance with our Constitution. He should also charge the crooked politicians with obvious violations of federal law, 2383 and 2385 of 115 of 18 USC. See details below.
It is difficult for many of us to understand why the President does not arrest the Politicians who are obviously violating the laws of the Republic by promoting insurrection.
We understand the difficulty, when much of the DOJ is supporting the criminals, and the FBI is beyond any redemption for their criminal behavior. It is common, and accepted knowledge that Equal Justice does not exist as long as major politicians such as Obama, Biden, and Hillary, et al, remain free of charges. The people, absolutely do not believe that Equal Justice exists. Many people believe that elected politicians have no ethics or morals whatsoever.
I am advocating two courses of action that would stop the terror and burning of our cities, and the ongoing efforts at insurrections. I have no confidence that our politicians in either party will do anything unless they are pushed. Here are the two courses of action that will end the Communist Burning and Insurrection.
1. Empower the people, in accordance with the Constitution to defend themselves and THEIR property with deadly force, if required, without fear of politically motivated and crooked prosecutors. I called out Gov. DeSantis of Florida on this very thing in my last polemic.
FL. Gov. DeSantis, Allowing Denial of Florida Constitutional Rights
Governor DeSantis, you have been a good governor, but you can’t overlook, or dodge this responsibility. You will be harshly judged, if you fail to make it possible for citizens to exercise their rights, without fear, under the Florida Constitution, and a Civil War results. If you dodge your responsibility, like most weak politicians, odds are that you will turn over your state to new Communist Rulers…
2. President Donald Trump does not need troops, he only needs the courage to arrest the Democrat politicians for their violations of several sections of Chapter 115 of !8 USC. According to these simple laws, criminals could no longer hold public office. I encourage you to read the simple laws I have copied below.
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Pelosi Calls Trump & Republicans ‘Domestic Enemies… Enemies of the State’
House Speaker says Trump trying to steal election by not allowing universal mail-in voting.
[Comment: Typical commie tactic. Accuse the other of what you are or do.]
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President Trump Officially Nominated at the Republican Convention: “We Have to Win”
President Donald Trump was officially nominated by the Republican Party to the top of the party’s general election ticket Monday morning. The authorized roll call, nomination, and “seconding speeches” all unfolded from Charlotte, North Carolina, as the Republican National Convention officially opened.
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Riots Follow Police Shooting of Black Man in WI, Governor Calls in National Guard
Riots have erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of a black man on Sunday, prompting Gov. Tony Evers to call in the National Guard.
Evers deployed 125 members of the guard to Kenosha on Monday. Their job, he said, is “guarding infrastructure and making sure our firefighters and others involved are protected.”
Rioters have set fires in the area of the city where police shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake in the back, as well as near the county courthouse. Dozens of cars at a dealership in Kenosha were set ablaze Sunday night.
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RNC 2020 Opening Night Ratings on C-Span Draws 6 Times More Views Than DNC
C-Span’s livestream coverage of opening night of the 2020 Republican National Convention on Monday attracted roughly six times more viewers than the first night of the Democratic National Convention last week.
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Seattle Black Lives Matter rioters used what appeared to be quick dry concrete in an attempt to seal a police precinct door shut to “burn officers alive.”
The rioters had climbed over a chain link fence to attack the East Precinct and attempt to set it on fire on Monday night, according to a report from Breaking 911.
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Teacher Complains That Virtual Classrooms Will Allow Parents to Witness ‘Woke’ Brainwashing
A leftist teacher has complained that ‘virtual classrooms’ as a result of coronavirus will allow parents to witness the ‘woke’ indoctrination their child is receiving and that this is a bad thing.
If there was one silver lining to coronavirus, it’s that many more parents are now becoming familiar with what their child is actually being taught.
That worries Matthew R. Kay , “educator” and author of Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom.
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The Chinese Communist Party is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America
Yes, professors just like Bill Ayers…there are thousands of them, and now the high schools and grammar schools are inundated with them. Teachers have said they don’t want the children being taught via virtual learning because the parents might find out what their children are being fed. It’s not academic education, but communist propaganda.
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Trump: This is the Most Important Election in the History of This Country
POTUS lays out Dem plan to steal election.
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Video: Customers Drag Woman Out of Grocery Store for Not Wearing Mask
Coronavirus hysteria on display once again in Democrat stronghold California.
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Video: Black Lives Matter Agitators Harass White Couple Who Refuse to Raise Their Fist
A video out of Washington DC shows a Black Lives Matter protester harassing a white couple at a café because they refuse to obey by raising their fist like every other diner.
The clips shows an African-American female shouting in close proximity at the couple as other BLM demonstrators film them and flip them off.
“Trash! Trash! Trash!” the woman repeatedly screeches at them.
“Racist piece of s***!” another man screams at them while another accuses them of “white supremacy.”
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Video: CNN Interrupts Trump RNC Speech to ‘Fact Check Outright Lies’
CNN cut out of President Trump’s speech at the RNC Monday and claimed that most of what Trump was saying was “misleading” or “outright lies”.
The network made good on an earlier promise by host Brian Stelter that it would ‘live fact check’ the GOP convention, despite not doing so during the Democratic convention last week.
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Video: Kenosha Man Punched by Rioter for Trying to Protect His Business From Being Looted
Footage from last night’s riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin shows an elderly man being punched in the face by a rioter as he attempts to protect his business from being looted.
“This poor man got his business caught on fire,” states the woman filming the clip as smoke engulfs the area.
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It is an emotional day for business owners in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who returned to their shops to see the destruction caused by Black Lives Matter rioters over the past two days.
Speaking to Elijah Schaffer of The Blaze, business owners shared their heartbreak in a series of videos posted by the journalist on Twitter.
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Wisconsin Car Dealership Left in Ruins Following Riots Sparked by Shooting of Jacob Blake
The riots that rocked Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, left much of the city in flames, but exacted a particularly heavy toll on a local car dealership. Investigative reporter Drew Hernandez posted video on social media of the fires shortly after they were set.
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Woman Found Alive at Detroit Funeral Home After Being Declared Dead by Paramedics
A 20-year-old woman was found alive at a Detroit funeral home on Sunday hours after she was declared dead by paramedics.
Local authorities confirmed that the woman, whose name has not been released, was found breathing at the James H. Cole Funeral Home and taken to Sinai-Grace Hospital.
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Anti-Mask Protest Rocks Quebec
A large crowd of people marched on Quebec’s national assembly on Sunday to protest mandatory mask requirements.
Among the members of the protest, parents took issue with the province’s compulsory mask requirement for kids when they return back to school in the fall.
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As Sweden’s COVID-19 Measures Hint at Herd Immunity, US Experts Rethink Lockdown Strategies
As Sweden continues to enjoy a falling COVID-19 infection rate, leading health experts have suggested the country’s decision not to lock down or require masks has resulted in herd immunity, according to MarketWatch.
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Barnier Calls for EU Member States to be ‘Cold Blooded’ In Brexit Negotiations
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has reportedly baulked at Britain’s latest framework for a trade deal while urging EU member states to be “cold-blooded” in the Brexit talks with the UK.
Negotiators in Brussels have informed EU member states that the proposed basis put forward by Britain for a free trade agreement is “unrealistic” and not a basis for discussion,” as talks continue to flounder over the bloc’s insistence on having access to profitable British fisheries and binding the UK under EU directives and regulations.
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Catalonia Bans Gatherings of More Than 10 People
Catalonia’s leader Quim Torra on Monday outlined a set of new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus cases in the Spanish region before students return to school in September. The measures include a ban on social gatherings of more than 10 people, except for work meetings and when traveling. The regional government in Murcia also introduced a ban on social gatherings of more than six people.
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The favorite philosopher of French liberals, Bernard-Henry Lévy, lashed out in a series of recent French and English-language tweets against France’s move to make face masks compulsory again in France, comparing the coronavirus pandemic to the imaginary invalid of a 17th century French play.
“Molière invented the imaginary patient. Now is the time for the patient to exist without knowing it, who is asymptomatic and all the more dangerous, even guilty, because he is sick without being sick. It is amedical absurdity within a moral and political package. A crime against the spirit,” Lévy wrote in a tweet.
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German Intelligence: Polish Antifa Militants Training in Martial Arts Combat and Urban Tactics
Leftist militia training programs are expanding from Berlin and Potsdam into Poznan in Poland, according to German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).
The BfV was short on details about the Antifa training program in Poland, bu taccording to Polish news outlet Wsensie.pl, local anarchists organized a march “in defense” of what they said was illegally seized property after the properties were threatened to be auctioned off by a bailiff in 2009.
Warsaw, under the leadership of the Civic Platform, also financed similar events.
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Sweden: Vandals Profane Christian Church 7 Days in Row
Vandals desecrated the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malmö (southern Sweden) seven days in a row this month, breaking windows and demolishing a statue of Jesus.
The attentive folks at L’Observatoire de la Christianophobie reported Monday that for the week ending August 18, the church — located in the district of Västra Skrävlinge — was repeatedly profaned and is now protected by a nightly patrol.
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Syrian Admits Attack on Austrian Jewish Leader
A 31-year-old Syrian man admitted on Monday having had attacked the head of the Jewish community in Graz, Elie Rosen, with a chair leg, German newspaper Junge Freiheit reports.
Rosen was leaving the city’s main synagogue when he was chased by a man who looked to be holding a bat. Rosen jumped into his vehicle and fled away but not before the man smashed his windshield. Rosen was unharmed.
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The British Library Urged White Staff to Support BLM and Diane Abbott
The taxpayer-funded British Library has been urging white staff to support the Black Lives Matter movement and hard-left Labour politician Diane Abbott.
Conservative parliamentarians have been disturbed by the national library sending an internal email to “fellow white colleagues” which, according to The Telegraph, urged staff to give money to Black Lives Matter funds for bailing so-called protesters and to back a petition organised by the Stand Up to Racism activist organisation and controversial Labour politician Diane Abbott.
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UK Government Scientist Admits Lockdown Was a “Monumental Mistake on a Global Scale”
“The cure was worse than the disease.”
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UK: Eco-Warriors Use COVID as Excuse to Drive Cars Off the Road
Roads narrowed so that pavements can be widened. Streets reduced from two lanes to one. Extra cycle lanes.
Town-centre parking spaces suspended. Major diversions. Under the guise of protecting us from COVID, councils all across the country have introduced a host of tough restrictions on motorists.
Of course, everything necessary must be done to prevent the spread of coronavirus but many believe this is being done as an excuse to punish drivers as part of a wider campaign against car use.
What’s more, these measures are killing trade on high streets at a time when the economy is in desperate need of all the help it can get.
Typical is what is happening in Bristol, where van driver Steve Weeks is at his wits’ end.
He says: ‘These measures are adding about 20 minutes per hour to every journey. Which means I’m working longer for less. It’s crazy.’ I spoke to Steve as he sat stuck in traffic at a junction on Lewins Mead, one of the main routes through the city.
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UK: Manchester Police Fine Single Mom for Holding Backyard Birthday Party for Her Daughter
A 10-year-old’s backyard birthday party in Manchester, England, was broken up by police after authorities had received a tip from a neighbor that the celebration was violating the government’s strict COVID-19 lockdown rules.
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UK: Petition Calls on the BBC to Stop “Erasing History” And Reinstate Canceled Proms Songs
The BBC has taken a controversial decision to drop Rule, Britannia! And Land of Hope and Glory from its “Proms” program. The BBC Proms is an eight-week set of orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, mostly at the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Over 30,000 online have already signed a petition asking the BBC to reinstate the songs, which many fear have been dropped in today’s cancel culture world for alleged cultural sensitivities and ties to colonialism.
“The singing of two rousing patriotic anthems, Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory, has been part of the programme of The Last Night of the Proms for many years. But their performance is now threatened with cancellation by the forces of political correctness,” said the petition.
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Will Poland’s Catholic Church Face the Same Decline in Ireland?
Sunday, Aug. 23, will most likely go down in history as a fateful day in the history of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Why?
The reason is that on that day in the Knock Shrine, the country’s most important Catholic place of worship, Shane Costello was ordained.
Once, news of a priest being ordained would be nothing particularly extraordinary to report on. Today, this is an event which is being discussed throughout the entire country.
This is because Costello will be the only priest to be ordained in 2020 in Ireland, which has 26 Catholic dioceses.
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Saudi Arabia: New Luxury Resort in Desert Near Hegra
100 rooms with engaging cultural experiences for tourists
(ANSAmed) — NAPLES, AUGUST 21 — A new luxury resort is planned for the desert canyon area in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, which hosts the UNESCO World Heritage List site of Hegra, now known as Mada’in Salih. Gulf News said the new resort will be built by the government in partnership with the real estate group Habitats. The resort, described as sustainable hospitality in an inclusive ecosystem, will have 100 guest rooms. The first phase of construction foresees the building of 50 rooms and will be completed in the first three months of 2021, with construction continuing throughout next year. Amr Al Madani, CEO of the Saudi royal commission for AlUla, said work is already underway. “We are opening new opportunities for regional and international investors in the hospitality sector,” he said. The area is in the country’s northwest and the UNESCO site will reopen to visitors in October after maintenance work. The resort has been designed to blend with the landscape of AlUla and will launch experiments in elite tourism with engaging cultural experiences. The site of Hegra has signs of the presence of humans prior to the first millennium B.C. and later became part of the Nabataean Kingdom, the ancient civilization that left importance remains, such as the archaeological area of Petra, in Jordan.(ANSAmed).
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Czechia to Send Financial Aid to Belarusians Protesting Against Lukashenko
The Czech government has approved the creation of a fund to help Belarusians affected by the restrictions of President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime, Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek said on Monday.
The Czech Republic will set aside 10 million korunas (€383,600) for this purpose from this year’s budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The money will be used to help persecuted people, treat the injured, and support independent media.
“The priorities at the moment are, in particular, the support of independent media. There is a need to ensure that citizens in Belarus have access to independent information. It is generally a support for civil society,” Petricek explained.
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German Doctors Confirm Putin Critic Was Poisoned, Is Still in Coma
German doctors treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have determined that the Putin critic was poisoned with a toxic nerve agent. Navalny was airlifted from the Siberian city of Omsk to Berlin on Saturday after collapsing last week.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Teaser Trailer Censored Worldwide on Behalf of China
The official Call of Duty YouTube channel has scrubbed the original two-minute teaser trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War from public view by setting it to private.
The move came after the trailer, which features one second of Tiananmen Square footage, was censored in China and replaced with a shorter one minute version that removed the brief footage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters were massacred during the Tiananmen Square protests after China’s People’s Liberation Army opened fire on them. Discussion of the incident has since been heavily censored by the Chinese government which acts as if it never happened.
Ironically, both the original and censored trailers contain the slogan, “Know Your History or Be Doomed to Repeat It,” and the censored trailer which purges this historical moment is even titled, “Know Your History.” Yet, it’s history that Activision is deleting.
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China released the coronavirus sometime in late 2019. By early March China was pushing countries around the globe to put in place economic shutdowns similar to what the CCP did in Wuhan. They clearly wanted the world to suffer economically from the virus.
One individual on Twitter put together a lengthy Twitter thread outlining the efforts China took to ensure the rest of the world would participate in shutdowns like China put in place in Hubei Province.
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TikTok Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration Expected to Fail
Chinese social media app TikTok’s legal challenge to the Trump administration’s executive order blocking the app from doing transactions in the US will delay but not prevent a sale of the company, according to Steven Davidoff Solomon, a professor at the U.C. Berkeley Center for Law, Business, and the Economy.
Trump issued an executive order on August 6 that made it illegal for US citizens to transact with TikTok within 45 days of the order. Another executive order was issued on August 14 requiring TikTok to be sold within 90 days.
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Victoria’s Dan Andrews has brought in some of the most draconian Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on the planet and now wants the right to keep them in place for a further 12 months. This public health tyranny needs to be stopped.
I regret to report that Melbourne’s answer to Mao Zedong has decided that he really rather enjoys being able to tell people exactly what they have to do and has no intention of stopping any time soon. Chairman, sorry, Premier Dan Andrews of Victoria is trying to railroad a bill through the legislature that would allow him to keep the current state of emergency going for another 12 months.
Australia’s second most populous city has already been in a state of emergency for six months, meaning that if he gets his way he will have been free to run the place like his own private penal colony for 18 months. The current state of emergency legislation expires after six months, precisely to stop power hungry bureaucrats like him giving themselves extraordinary powers without any checks.
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More than 19,000 Australians are stuck overseas desperately trying to return but are battling cancelled flights that already cost $6,000 or more due to the country’s arrival caps.
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A COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Queensland has proven to produce no adverse effects on humans and hamsters.
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Construction tycoon Mark Simonds and seven others embarked on a 15-day trip from coronavirus-riddled Victoria to Queensland on his 30-metre long vessel, Lady Pamela.
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The pandemic sparked a State of Emergency declared on March 16, which is due to expire on September 13 after a maximum of six extensions.
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A new COVID-19 hotspot map of Victoria reveals how Melbourne’s most disadvantaged postcodes have borne the brunt of the virus.
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A ‘map of China’ published in the textbook shows the nine-dash line in which China claims ownership of 90 per cent of the South China Sea which Australia and other nearby countries have refuted.
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If Mr Andrews’ unprecedented move goes ahead, the government, health authorities and police would continue to have extraordinary powers to issue and enforce restrictions.
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One of the teenage boys was flung face first onto the ground while another was fly kicked during the brawl on Jetty Road in Glenelg in Adelaide’s south-west around 7.20pm on June 11.
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The 62-year-old will tasked with helping Britain strike trade deals around the world after leaving the European Union.
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Victoria has reported 149 new coronavirus cases with another 24 people dead — the second deadliest day since the pandemic began.
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The Prime Minister will on Wednesday announce the plan to upgrade crucial equipment, maintain defence bases and hire an extra 500 reserve troops.
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Nigerian Movie Ife Will Go Online to Avoid Censorship
Although the internet is becoming ever more narrow for many people around the world, as free speech is stifled and censored, some Nigerian filmmakers are confident they will find a way to circumvent the country’s laws and censorship and release online a movie, “Ife,” a story about a lesbian relationship.
But if earlier reports are to be believed, those behind “Ife” will not release it on YouTube or any other established platform, and have instead chosen to build their own on-demand streaming site, while remaining open to future cooperation with the likes of Netflix.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro renewed his attack on journalists today while discussing coronavirus, telling them, “when one of you fat-a**es catches it, the chances of survival are far less.”
The comments were made a day after Bolsonaro threatened to punch a reporter for quizzing him about accusations his wife, the first lady, had received money from a political operative who is the subject of a corruption investigation.
During an event called ‘Brazil Beating COVID’, the president launched a stinging rebuke on journalists who have consistently trashed his coronavirus policies.
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African Migrant Convicted of Raping 15-Year-Old Czech Girl Has Prison Sentence Extended
A Czech court Ústi nad Labem sent an African man to prison for raping a minor girl in the Litomerice region for four years after expanding his original two-year sentence, with the court upholding the public prosecutor’s appeal.
The court also decided that institutional treatment was necessary. The judgment is now final, only an appeal can be lodged against it.
“It is indisputable that the act in question was committed as described and proven,” said Judge Roman Dobes. The man was convicted of rape and theft. According to the court, the perpetrator is criminally liable, even if he committed the act in a state of reduced sanity.
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Farage: Britain Must Withdraw From the EU’s Asylum Rules to End the Channel Migrant Crisis
The United Kingdom must free itself of European Union regulations governing asylum seekers if there is to be any hope to curb the burgeoning migrant crisis in the English Channel, Brexit leader Nigel Farage has said.
Speaking after a number of Conservative members of parliament calling themselves the Common Sense Group wrote to Boris Johnson calling for legislation to be brought forward to change the asylum system in the UK, Nigel Farage said even more than that had to be done, calling for the country to withdraw from the EU migrant allocation scheme.
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Former Danish Minister: Non-Western Migration Has Harmed Denmark More Than Helped
Former Danish Immigration and Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has claimed that mass migration from non-western countries has harmed Denmark far more than benefited it.
The former minister highlighted several major issues she associates with mass migration, including rising levels of crime and the growing problem Denmark with migrant gang violence.
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Most Migrants Are Failing to Enter Germany’s Job Market: Study
A new study has shown that despite higher expectations, only 43 percent of all refugees have obtained a job in Germany, according to the latest figures released in 2018.
In a representative survey from 2016, 67 percent of the refugees stated that they expected to be in work in two years, announced the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), referring to its study. However, only around 43 percent of all refugees actually had a job in 2018.
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Muslim Immigration ‘Destabilizing’ Denmark, Ex-Official Warns
‘Non-Western immigration has harmed Denmark far more than it has benefited it,’ she says.
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Six times as many illegal migrants are arriving on the Canary Islands compared to last year as increased security in the Mediterranean is pushing them to try the more dangerous Atlantic crossing.
Illegal migration to the chain of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Morocco, has risen over six-fold this year compared to the same time last year, to 3,448 people as of August 16, according to Spanish interior ministry data.
Last year just 556 had reached the islands by mid-August.
Meanwhile, arrivals on Spain’s southern Mediterranean shore dropped by 50 per cent during this period, the figures showed.
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Swiss Told to Integrate With Foreigners Because ‘Mass Migration Can’t be Stopped’
Swiss people need to take classes on integrating with foreigners in order to get used to “becoming a minority” in their own country, a sociologist has said.
Ganga Jey Aratnam, who migrated to Switzerland 25 years ago, told an interview with Tages-Anzeiger that mass migration to the Swiss nation “is a one-way street, there is no going back”.
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Breaking! UN Announces Plans for Forced COVID-19 Injections Worldwide
WHO chief takes swipe at President Trump and America, who recently withdrew from globalist organization.
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With more than a quarter billion dollars dumped into a hi-tech concoction of post-human AI ed-tech that tracks psychometric and biometric data for workforce placement and contact tracing of COVID-19, it is evident that the Gates Foundation’s technocratic stratagem to “Reimagine” global education is aiming to “Build Back Better” by setting up a global surveillance grid
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New video clips released Monday show Planned Parenthood leaders admitting under oath to altering abortion procedures to harvest the most “usable” organs and tissues from unborn babies to sell.
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StoryFire is Growing as a Valid YouTube Competitor
It’s hard work to say the least, but many are these days trying to build viable competitors to Google’s monopolistic censorship and deplatforming-prone YouTube.
In addition, the video giant is more and more moving away from supporting and enabling native, YouTube-grown talent in favor of mainstream stars and publishers, all the way to “subsidizing” their presence on the platform.
The problem of YouTube and what to do about it is being approached from different angles, and one of those attempting to solve it is StoryFire, which is now reporting growing app download numbers.
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Vatican Daily Slams New Abortion Pill Guidelines
‘Disconcerting’ decision says L’Osservatore Romano
(ANSA) — VATICAN CITY, 19 AGO — Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano on Wednesday slammed new government guidelines for the RU486 abortion pill extending its use from seven to nine weeks and ending compulsory admission to hospital after using it.
“Everywhere, abortion continues to reap innocent victims and to devastate the lives of so many women: for this reason the decision to extend the practice can only prove to be disconcerting, increasing the possibilities of suppressing children, who with their being there, only ask to come into the world,” said the daily.
“And in an era of COVID-19 emergency, in which we can only celebrate the heroism of doctors and operators who give their lives to save other human lives, this appears paradoxical”.
The Vatican has already come out against the new looser rules for the pill.
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Countries that resist taking the vaccine endanger the world, says Tedros Ghebreyesus.
[Comment: More lies.]
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“African Migrant Convicted of Raping 15-Year-Old Czech Girl Has Prison Sentence Extended”
Just so you know, this sentence cause a lot of outrage among our citizens, because of how ridiculously low it is.
Unfortunately, I doubt there are going to be any bigger protests.
Maybe someone can quietly arrange a deal with the other prisoners to make sure the rapist orc doesn’t leave the prison except in a bodybag. Several cases of ramen noodles or some good Czech beer should do it.
Rasmus Paludan just got permission to burn the Quran in Sweden.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AmyMek/status/1298544097687289856
Chaos will undoubtedly ensue.