Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/5/2020

Of the 210 rapes that were committed in Berlin between March and June, more than half were committed by migrants. At least fifty of the victims were under the age of 16.

Meanwhile, a Muslim in France recorded a video of himself slaughtering a sheep in his bathtub for Eid, and then posted it on Snapchat.

In other news, the death toll in yesterday’s explosion in Beirut has risen to 135, with an estimated 5,000 people wounded.

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Thanks to Dean, DH, DV, LP, MM, Reader from Chicago, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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USA
» 3 Shot, 1 Fatally in Violence on Fashionable Chicago Street
» Akilah Hughes Forced to Pay Legal Fees to Sargon of Akaad, May Dissuade Others From Abusing the DMCA
» Baby Boomers Score Lower on Cognitive Functioning Than Members of Previous Generations, Study Finds
» Biden Stumbles Over His Words While Asserting He Doesn’t Need to Take a Cognitive Test
» Biden Promises Stricter Gun Control
» Biden Cancels Plans to Travel to Milwaukee for DNC, Citing Coronavirus Concerns
» Bike Store Cancels Contract With Austin Bike Police After ‘Woke’ Employees Complain
» Breaking: Sally Yates Says Comey Went ‘Rogue’ With Michael Flynn Interview
» Breaking: 3 ‘Teens’ Armed With an AK-47 Jump Fence at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Property
» Chicago Shooting: Gold Coast Shaken by Deadly Shooting
» Chicago Students Call to Cut Ties With Police Despite City’s 139 Percent Murder Spike
» Democrats Refuse to Condemn Antifa in Domestic Terrorism Hearing, Andy Ngo Says
» DOJ Announces $35 Million in Grants to Support Human Trafficking Victims
» Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre Alleges Prince Andrew Used Puppet of Himself on Victims
» Facebook’s Fact-Check Board Gets a Lot of ‘Likes’ From Soros
» Facebook and Twitter Delete the President’s Statement Calling for Schools to Re-Open
» Gallup: More Than 80% of Black Americans Want Same or More Police Presence in Neighborhood
» Gang Member Carries Out Three Shootings After Being Freed Without Bail: Prosecutors
» Google Says Its Home Device Listening for Everyday Home Sounds Was an ‘Accident’
» Indianapolis 500 Will be Run Without Spectators for the First Time in History
» John Macarthur Retains Nationally Renowned Legal Team in Fight Against California Church Service Ban
» Kanye West Reportedly Names His Running Mate
» Karen Bass, Finalist for Biden VP, Eulogized Communist Party USA Leader as “Friend and Mentor” In 2017
» Kindergarten Cop 30th-Anniversary Screening Pulled After Complaint That it “Romanticizes Over-Policing”
» L.A. Mayor Threatens to Shut Off Water and Power at Homes Hosting Parties: Virus Updates
» Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Praises Company for Firing Woman Who Posted “All Lives Matter” On Facebook
» Marketing Exec Fired From Publicis Groupe Agency Over Lockdown Skeptic Tweet
» Michigan: Man Stabbed in Neck After Fight in Bay City Park
» Nashville Woman Faces Federal Charges for Arson at Metro Courthouse
» New York City Reports Zero COVID-19 Deaths for 3 Straight Days
» NYC to Impose COVID Checkpoints to Enforce Quarantine Order
» Oprah Slammed for Encouraging White People to Admit “Unconscious” Racism on TV Show
» Palo Alto: Suspect Arrested in Stabbing of Elderly Man
» Phoenix Police: Domestic Violence Deaths More Than Double in 2020 So Far
» Politicians Called Out Over Support of Warrantless Mass Surveillance
» Poll: 84 Per Cent of Americans Blame Media for Political Divisions in the Country
» Progressive Activist Cori Bush Ousts Longtime Missouri Rep. Lacy Clay
» Rantz: Seattle Activist Says Buildings ‘Perpetulating’ Violence, So Destroy Them
» Rashida Tlaib Defeats Primary Challenger, Declares the “Squad” Is “Here to Stay, And Only Getting Bigger”
» Seattle Protesters File Suit Claiming They Have to Buy Protective Gear to Protest
» Survey: Americans Think Coronavirus Has Killed 30 Million People in the U.S., 225 Times Higher Than Actual Figure
» Triumphant Return for Marlins After Coronavirus-Induced Layoff
» Trump on Black Lives Matter: “it’s a Marxist Group”
» Trump Fires CEO of Tennessee Valley Authority for Outsourcing Jobs to Foreign Workers After Meeting With U.S. Tech Workers
» Twitter Locked Trump Campaign Account Until it Complied and Deleted a Tweet
» UK: Watch: BBC Pushes ‘White Privilege’ Through Bitesize School Education Service
» Video: Biden Stumbles Badly While Trying to Explain His Refusal to Take a Cognitive Test
» Video: Portland Rioters Attack Driver and Attempt to Barricade His Truck With Motorcycle — So Fed Up Driver Drags it for 12 Blocks, Pulls Gun
 
Canada
» 49% of Canadians Want an Election if Trudeau is Found Guilty of Breaking Ethics Law Again
 
Europe and the EU
» Czech Ministry of Health Presents the First Regional COVID-19 “Traffic Light System”
» Muslim in France Films Himself Slaughtering Sheep in Bathtub for Eid
» Top BAME Teacher: BLM Encouraging Institutional Racism, ‘Decolonising’ Education ‘Divides Us’
» UK 2% Digital Tax of Amazon Backfires, Small Businesses With Already-Tight Margins End Up Paying
» UK: Oxford Director Calls for Demonetization of News Outlets That Publish COVID “Misinformation”
 
Middle East
» Beirut Explosion: Death Toll Rises to 135
 
Immigration
» Berlin Police: 210 Rapes From March to July, Half of Cases Involve Migrants
» German Social Democrats Oust Anti-Immigration Party Veteran
» Greece: Seven Dead After Car Transporting Migrants Runs Through Roadworks
» Greeks Catch Syrian Drug Trafficker on Turkish Frontier, Move to Strengthen Border
» Italian Govt Minister Suggests Quarter of New Coronavirus Cases Are Foreign
 
Culture Wars
» Need Help: Gathering “Drag Queen Story Hour” Pictures That Are Sexual in Nature
» Pro-Life Activists Vow Lawsuit After Members Were Arrested for Chalking “Black Pre-Born Lives Matter” On Sidewalk
» Researchers Slowly Discover Censorship Doesn’t Work
» Teenagers Are Being Encouraged to Purchase Hormones Online to Change Their Gender
 

3 Shot, 1 Fatally in Violence on Fashionable Chicago Street

CHICAGO — A shooting on one of Chicago’s most fashionable streets Tuesday left one person dead and two others injured, according to authorities.

Two shooters jumped from separate vehicles and opened fire on a group of people standing outside shops on Oak Street, said Deputy Chief Daniel O’Shea. A 26-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say a 36-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition and a 28-year-old woman was hospitalized in stable condition.

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

Akilah Hughes Forced to Pay Legal Fees to Sargon of Akaad, May Dissuade Others From Abusing the DMCA

The multi-year saga involving a social media feud that turned into a legal battle between YouTubers Carl Benjamin and Akilah Hughes seems to be drawing to a close.

Started shortly after the 2016 US presidential election, the case developed from Hughes suing Benjamin for using parts of her video made during Hillary Clinton’s election defeat night, to poke fun at Hughes’ pro-Clinton stance and her lack of self-awareness.

Benjamin has now been awarded legal fees in his claim against Hughes — the funds reclaim motion was filed after the lawsuit Hughes brought against him on copyright violation grounds had been dismissed.

Benjamin, who goes on YouTube by Sargon of Akkad, asked the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to award him $38,911 in attorneys’ fees and costs, which the court has now done.

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

Baby Boomers Score Lower on Cognitive Functioning Than Members of Previous Generations, Study Finds

LOS ANGELES — American baby boomers scored lower on a test of cognitive functioning than did members of previous generations, according to a new nationwide study by researchers at Ohio State University.

The study’s author, Hui Zheng, an associate professor at the university, researched data from over 30,000 Americans who participated in the 1996 to 2014 Health and Retirement Study, conducted by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

The study, published in the Journals of Gerontology, described how the average cognition scores of adults aged 51 and older have been improving from generation to generation, starting with the greatest generation (born 1890-1923) to war babies (born 1942-1947).

But the study showed there were significant declines in the scores for early baby boomers (1948-1953) through the mid-baby boomers (1954-1959).

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

Biden Stumbles Over His Words While Asserting He Doesn’t Need to Take a Cognitive Test

Joe Biden was caught in yet another embarrassing situation during an on camera appearance as he stumbled over his words while asserting that he didn’t need to take a cognitive test.

President Donald Trump has turned Biden’s mental faculties into a campaign issue, prompting condemnation from the media and yet Biden’s own verbal slip ups continue to provide material for such claims.

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

Biden Promises Stricter Gun Control

Democratic candidate Joe Biden promised Tuesday to enact stricter gun control measures, citing policies that have already failed.

Biden wrote “One year ago, just hours after the massacre in El Paso, nine precious lives were cut short in Dayton. In the wake of the tragedies, Donald Trump promised the most modest of gun safety policies, then caved to the NRA and failed to deliver.”

He continued, “As president, I’ll take on the powerful gun lobby to pass universal background checks, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and close loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands. We can and will end our gun violence epidemic.”

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

Biden Cancels Plans to Travel to Milwaukee for DNC, Citing Coronavirus Concerns

Joe Biden has canceled his plans to travel to Milwaukee to accept his official nomination as the Democratic party’s presidential candidate for the 2020 election due to coronavirus concerns, the Democratic National Convention announced Wednesday.

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

Bike Store Cancels Contract With Austin Bike Police After ‘Woke’ Employees Complain

A bike store in Austin, Texas has cancelled its contract with the Austin Police bike patrol unit after three ‘woke’ employees complained that the bikes were being used for crowd control during Black Lives Matter protests.

In a Facebook post, Christopher Carlisle explains how for eight years he maintained a contractual relationship with Mellow Johnny’s Bike store in downtown Austin to provide bikes and other equipment for the Down Town Area Command (DTAC) Bike Patrol and the Bicycle Public Order Team.

Now thanks to the last two months of BLM social justice protests in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, that relationship is apparently over.

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

Breaking: Sally Yates Says Comey Went ‘Rogue’ With Michael Flynn Interview

On Wednesday, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the January 2017 FBI interview of incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn was done without her authorization, and that she was upset after finding out about it.

“I was upset that Director Comey didn’t coordinate that with us and acted unilaterally,” Yates said in response to a question from committee chairman Senator Lindsay Graham.

“Did Comey go rogue?” Graham asked.

“You could use that term, yes,” Yates replied

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

Breaking: 3 ‘Teens’ Armed With an AK-47 Jump Fence at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Property

Police in Palm beach, Florida confirmed Wednesday that three “teens” were taken into custody after scaling the fence surrounding President Donald Trump’s property at the Mar-a-Lago Club around mignight on Friday July 31.

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

Chicago Shooting: Gold Coast Shaken by Deadly Shooting

A Gold Coast shooting left Chicago rapper FBG Duck dead, his friends say; 2 others were seriously hurt Tuesday afternoon on Oak Street.

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

Chicago Students Call to Cut Ties With Police Despite City’s 139 Percent Murder Spike

Students across the Chicago metropolitan area came together Saturday to advocate for their universities to cut ties with the “white supremacist cult” of the Chicago Police Department.

Students from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, DePaul University, Roosevelt University, Loyola University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia College, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign formed an organization called Solidarity Street “to build community & demand police free campuses.”

Students from the eight Illinois schools issued several demands, including for each of their institutions to “end all ties with the CPD & FOP and refuse to work with ICE” and “dismantle campus police systems…” Instead, the students want their schools to “invest in transformative justice processes and programs…”

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

Democrats Refuse to Condemn Antifa in Domestic Terrorism Hearing, Andy Ngo Says

Tensions ran high at a Senate hearing on Antifa on Tuesday as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted Democrats for not condemning the leftist extremist group more directly for the violence that has erupted in certain U.S. cities in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

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

DOJ Announces $35 Million in Grants to Support Human Trafficking Victims

The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it is providing $35 million in grants to organizations in 33 states to help victims of human trafficking obtain housing, find jobs, and receive counseling.

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

Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre Alleges Prince Andrew Used Puppet of Himself on Victims

Prince Andrew once used a puppet of himself to allegedly grope Virginia Roberts Giuffre and another accuser in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse — before an erotic massage in the “dungeon,” Giuffre claims in her manuscript.

The alleged abuse — with the doll of the royal’s likeness from satirical British TV show “Spitting Image” — occurred in Epstein’s lavish study at his East 71st Street mansion, according to The Mirror.

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

Facebook’s Fact-Check Board Gets a Lot of ‘Likes’ From Soros

Authored by Sharyl Attkisson via RealClearInvestigations

In announcing the formation of an independent oversight board with authority to allow or remove content from Facebook and Instagram, the board’s four co-chairs stressed the body’s diversity.

“The board members come from different professional, cultural and religious backgrounds and have various political viewpoints,” they wrote in a New York Times op-ed on May 6. “Some of us have been publicly critical of Facebook; some of us haven’t.”

Contemporaneous news articles reinforced this message, reporting that the board’s ideologically and geographically diverse members criss-cross the ideological spectrum.

A closer look, however, reveals that 18 of its 20 members collaborated with or are tied to groups that have received funding from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations — which is one of the most well-funded and influential progressive organizations in the country.

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

Facebook and Twitter Delete the President’s Statement Calling for Schools to Re-Open

President Trump has been censored by Big Tech again, this time over comments he made during a Fox News interview segment that was posted to his Facebook page.

During the segment, Trump said:

“My view is that schools should be open. If you look at children, children are almost, and I would almost say, definitely, but almost immune from this disease.

So few, and they’ve got stronger, hard to believe, I don’t know how you feel about it, but they have much stronger immune systems than we do somehow for this and they do it, they, they don’t have a problem, they just don’t have a problem.”

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

Gallup: More Than 80% of Black Americans Want Same or More Police Presence in Neighborhood

More than 80% of Black Americans say they want local law enforcement to spend the same amount or more time in their neighborhoods as they currently do, according to a Gallup poll conducted last month.

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

Gang Member Carries Out Three Shootings After Being Freed Without Bail: Prosecutors

He was set free and allegedly went right back to shooting.

A Brooklyn gang member, released without bail in May on an attempted murder charge, participated in at least three drive-by shootings after he was freed, federal prosecutors allege.

Darrius Sutton, 23, was initially arrested in connection with a May 16 shooting in the courtyard of an East New York building that left a man seriously injured.

Despite the attempted murder rap, Sutton was set free without bail the same day of his May 20 arrest. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office said the lone witness in the case recanted.

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

Google Says Its Home Device Listening for Everyday Home Sounds Was an ‘Accident’

A Google Home user claimed, on Reddit, that he received a notification that his smoke alarm was going off. Google claimed that a recent update enabled its smart speakers listen to other sounds than the wake word.

“Google just made my dumb smoke detectors smart,” Brazedowl wrote on Reddit. “Pretty rad.”

Typically, Google Home devices only respond to the wake phrase, such as “Hey Google” or “OK Google.” But in this case, the device responded to a sound made by a smoke detector — meaning the speakers were actively listening for all sounds.

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

Indianapolis 500 Will be Run Without Spectators for the First Time in History

For the first time in its storied 104-year history, the Indianapolis 500 will take place without spectators. Racing legend Roger Penske, who purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in January, announced what he called “the toughest business decision I’ve ever made in my life” in an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday.

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

John Macarthur Retains Nationally Renowned Legal Team in Fight Against California Church Service Ban

The Thomas More Society announced on Wednesday that nationally renowned attorneys Jenna Ellis and Charles LiMandri will represent Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church as Special Counsel as the City of Los Angeles, through a cease and desist letter, has threatened the church and Pastor MacArthur specifically with a daily fine of $1000 or arrest for opening their church in defiance of a state order to cease all indoor worship services.

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

Kanye West Reportedly Names His Running Mate

American rapper and music producer Kanye West has reportedly named his vice presidential running mate for his long-shot independent presidential bid.

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

Karen Bass, Finalist for Biden VP, Eulogized Communist Party USA Leader as “Friend and Mentor” In 2017

Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), who is allegedly on Joe Biden’s shortlist of potential presidential running mates, eulogized a top leader of the Communist Party USA as a “friend and mentor” in 2017, Politico reported.

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

Kindergarten Cop 30th-Anniversary Screening Pulled After Complaint That it “Romanticizes Over-Policing”

Northwest Film Center has canceled a planned 30th-anniversary outdoor screening of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger action-comedy movie Kindergarten Cop after a local author complained on Twitter that it “romanticizes over-policing in the U.S.”

In the movie, Schwarzenegger’s police detective character John Kimble goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to apprehend a drug dealer and realizes his passion for teaching while undercover.

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

L.A. Mayor Threatens to Shut Off Water and Power at Homes Hosting Parties: Virus Updates

Update (2115ET): Okay, maybe public officials’ fixation with young partiers as the primary source of new COVID-19 infections is starting to become counter productive.

As a bevy of states ratchet up fines on anyone found hosting parties or other events where large numbers of people are violating social distancing rules, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti warned during his Tuesday briefing that he would shut off the water and power of any homes suspected of throwing house parties.

The briefing started off by recognizing what may have been the first teenage death in LA County.

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

Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Praises Company for Firing Woman Who Posted “All Lives Matter” On Facebook

Libertarian Party presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen praised a company for firing an employee who had posted “all lives matter” on her private Facebook page as an example of the free market standing up against “systemic racism.”

Yes, really.

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

Marketing Exec Fired From Publicis Groupe Agency Over Lockdown Skeptic Tweet

Top marketer Tom Goodwin, an executive at the Publicis Groupe agency had to part ways with the organization after his opinion on COVID-19 lockdowns he posted on Twitter.

Pointing out that several thousand Americans die every single day regardless of the pandemic, Goodwin was accused of undermining the severity of the pandemic, leading to online backlash and the end of his job.

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

Michigan: Man Stabbed in Neck After Fight in Bay City Park

A man was stabbed in the neck Wednesday evening in a Bay City park. Around 5 :30 p.m. Wednesday, Bay City Public Safety Officers were called to Wenona Park.

           — Hat tip: MM [Return to headlines]
 

Nashville Woman Faces Federal Charges for Arson at Metro Courthouse

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A 22-year-old woman is facing federal charges after authorities said she was involved with arson at the Metro courthouse in May.

Shelby Ligons, of Nashville, was charged with malicious destruction of property using fire or explosives.

According to the the unsealed criminal complaint, protesters gathered in the downtown area following the death of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. However, later in the evening, a group gathered in front of the Nashville City Hall, also known as the Metro Courthouse.

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

New York City Reports Zero COVID-19 Deaths for 3 Straight Days

New York City has seen no deaths from the coronavirus for three straight days, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, adding that there were only three COVID-19 deaths in the entire state on Monday.

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

NYC to Impose COVID Checkpoints to Enforce Quarantine Order

Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that he will set up COVID checkpoints around New York City in an attempt to catch anyone who flouts their 14 day quarantine order.

Anyone arriving in NYC from 34 states and Puerto Rico is subject to a strict 14 day stay at home order and faces large fines if they violate the rule.

That will now be enforced with manned coronavirus checkpoints where those caught violating their quarantine will be penalized.

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

Oprah Slammed for Encouraging White People to Admit “Unconscious” Racism on TV Show

In the latest episode of her new Apple TV show “The Oprah Conversation,” billionaire media personality Oprah Winfrey coached a panel of eight guests to admit to their “unconscious” racism.

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

Palo Alto: Suspect Arrested in Stabbing of Elderly Man

A man in his 80s remains hospitalized after being stabbed in the face and neck in Palo Alto on July 31, police said.

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Phoenix Police: Domestic Violence Deaths More Than Double in 2020 So Far

In Phoenix, homicides and aggravated assaults have significantly increased from January to June compared to the first half of 2019, while rape, burglary and theft cases have decreased, according to a statement released by officials Wednesday afternoon.

One of the most jarring findings from the data is that the number of deaths involving domestic violence have more than doubled so far this year.

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

Politicians Called Out Over Support of Warrantless Mass Surveillance

A group of powerful figures in the US Democratic Party, referred to as “national security Democrats,” are accused of actively undermining attempts to improve American internet users’ privacy protections and end the practice of warrantless dragnet data collection and surveillance.

According to Gizmodo, citing both Democratic and Republican sources in Washington, these officials include Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is a former member of this body.

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

Poll: 84 Per Cent of Americans Blame Media for Political Divisions in the Country

A new poll has found that 84 per cent of Americans blame the media for creating corrosive political divisions in the country.

The Knight Foundation/Gallup poll reveals that 86 per cent of respondents say they see “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of political bias in the media. This compares to 62 per cent who felt the same way back in 2007.

As expected given the media’s left-wing prejudice, Democrats are less concerned than Republicans about media bias, with only 22 per cent having an unfavorable view of the press compared to 75 per cent of Republicans.

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

Progressive Activist Cori Bush Ousts Longtime Missouri Rep. Lacy Clay

Cori Bush, a nurse and Black Lives Matter activist, has ousted longtime Missouri U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay in a Democratic primary, according to The Associated Press.

It’s the latest example of a progressive challenger topping a long-tenured Democratic incumbent.

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

Rantz: Seattle Activist Says Buildings ‘Perpetulating’ Violence, So Destroy Them

After vandalizing another Starbucks, one Seattle activist justifies the destruction by claiming buildings are “perpetulating” violence against people. Plus, the company funds the Seattle police and uses slave labor!

It’s the latest loony (and demonstrably false) claim coming from fringe activists terrorizing a city into bending to their will.

And for those keeping track, speech is violence — but so is silence! Now, buildings are violence. With so many buildings in Seattle, I imagine activists always feel under assault. No wonder they always seem so triggered.

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

Rashida Tlaib Defeats Primary Challenger, Declares the “Squad” Is “Here to Stay, And Only Getting Bigger”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) beat out Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones in her primary race, declaring victory on Wednesday and saying her win shows the progressive Congressional “Squad” is coming back with more force.

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

Seattle Protesters File Suit Claiming They Have to Buy Protective Gear to Protest

In the latest episode of “Theater of the Absurd,” protesters in Seattle have now sued the city because the police used “aggressive” tactics to quell the violence at a July 25 riot, forcing the plaintiffs to have to choose between purchasing expensive protective gear to continue to exercise their First Amendment “right” to engage in violent protest, or simply stop protesting.

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

Survey: Americans Think Coronavirus Has Killed 30 Million People in the U.S., 225 Times Higher Than Actual Figure

A new survey by research firm Kekst CNC has found that on average, people in the U.S. think 9 per cent of the population, around 30 million people, have died from coronavirus when the actual figure is less than 155,000.

The survey results generally across six countries, including America, found that, “People think coronavirus is more widespread, and more deadly, than official figures show.”

In Sweden and the UK in particular, people vastly overestimate the number of lives COVID-19 has claimed.

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

Triumphant Return for Marlins After Coronavirus-Induced Layoff

BALTIMORE — Finally back on the baseball diamond after enduring eight days of virus testing, hotel room service and lengthy bus rides, the Miami Marlins scratched out a victory worth savoring.

Following one final delay in their effort to return from a miserable coronavirus-induced hiatus, the Marlins found enough power and pitching within their vastly overhauled roster to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 Tuesday night.

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

Trump on Black Lives Matter: “it’s a Marxist Group”

In a phone interview with Fox News on Wednesday, President Trump described the Black Lives Matter group as Marxist and said he refuses to watch sports games when he sees players or other personnel kneeling for the national anthem.

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

Trump Fires CEO of Tennessee Valley Authority for Outsourcing Jobs to Foreign Workers After Meeting With U.S. Tech Workers

President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority on Monday, citing the federally owned corporation’s decision to outsource a fifth of its jobs to foreign nationals, and the fact that CEO Jeff Lyash is “ridiculously overpaid.”

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

Twitter Locked Trump Campaign Account Until it Complied and Deleted a Tweet

Twitter locked President Trump’s official campaign account and prevented it from tweeting until it deleted a tweet featuring a clip of Trump calling for schools to be reopened during a Fox News interview.

The tweet was already made unavailable earlier today, meaning that it’s no longer publicly visible, but Twitter still forced the Trump Campaign account to delete it in order to be able to tweet again.

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

UK: Watch: BBC Pushes ‘White Privilege’ Through Bitesize School Education Service

BBC Bitesize, which provides lessons for British schools, has published a video by former National Basketball Association (NBA) player John Amaechi pushing the concept of “white privilege”.

“We’ve been engaged in a global conversation about race and racism,” began Amaechi, the first NBA star to come out as openly gay and also a qualified psychologist, born in Boston, Massachusetts to an English mother and a Nigerian father who he describes as “a malign figure” who inflicted “torment and mental abuse” on his mother and played little part in raising him.

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

Video: Biden Stumbles Badly While Trying to Explain His Refusal to Take a Cognitive Test

Presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stumbled badly during an interview Tuesday when his interviewer asked if he has taken a cognitive test.

During just a minute-long video clip, after being asked if he has taken a cognitive test like President Trump has, Biden confused and stumbled over words, misspoke, and stuttered badly during his incredulous reply, attempting to explain that he has not taken such a test and does not need to.

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

Video: Portland Rioters Attack Driver and Attempt to Barricade His Truck With Motorcycle — So Fed Up Driver Drags it for 12 Blocks, Pulls Gun

Portland rioters learned a valuable lesson about how motorcycles cannot stop trucks while attacking a motorist on Tuesday evening.

Late in the evening, rioters were attempting to block off a street when a man driving a truck pulled up and attempted to navigate his way through. Instead of letting him pass, they attacked him and his vehicle, slashing his tires, breaking his window, and throwing a motorcycle in front of it in an attempt to block him in.

Instead, the man dragged the motorcycle for 12 blocks before stopping and confronting the militant leftists who were chasing him with his gun in hand.

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

49% of Canadians Want an Election if Trudeau is Found Guilty of Breaking Ethics Law Again

Nearly half of Canadians believe there should be another election if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is found guilty of breaking ethics laws a third time.

According to the latest Leger online poll, 49% of Canadians think that an election should be called if Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion declares Trudeau broke the ethics code.

The poll also found that 49% of Canadians say that the WE Charity scandal has worsened their opinion of the prime minister.

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

Czech Ministry of Health Presents the First Regional COVID-19 “Traffic Light System”

The Czech Ministry of Health presented the first COVID-19 “traffic light” system, which uses different colors to indicate the epidemiological situation in individual Czech regions depending on the risk of coronavirus infection.

According to data presented last week, most regions would be white, as the risk of infection in them is quite low. The highest risk level, marked as red, would not apply any part of the country, while the second-highest degree, which is yellow, would apply only to Prague.

The system, based on data from the Institute of Health Information and Statistics (IHIS), will be updated every week.

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Muslim in France Films Himself Slaughtering Sheep in Bathtub for Eid

A Muslim resident of the southern French city of Nice recorded himself slaughtering a sheep in his bathtub for the Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday and posted the video on social media.

The graphic video was posted on the social media platform Snapchat and was shared at least 1,000 times before the clip was brought to the attention of the general public by local populist National Rally politician Philippe Vardon, who publicised it on Twitter.

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Top BAME Teacher: BLM Encouraging Institutional Racism, ‘Decolonising’ Education ‘Divides Us’

Leading British educator Katharine Birbalsingh has warned that “decolonising” the school curriculum will not help pupils progress in life and will, in fact, create more social divisions.

Ms Birbalsingh, who founded and leads the high-performing Michaela Community School in London, also said that Black Lives Matter’s call to “decolonise” education by replacing white men with minorities is itself “a big example of institutional racism”.

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UK 2% Digital Tax of Amazon Backfires, Small Businesses With Already-Tight Margins End Up Paying

The Digital Services Tax (DST) became law in the UK in July. The law is a 2 percent tax on revenue on all online marketplaces, social media platforms, and search engines with revenues of more than £500 million. It was designed as a way to tax Big Tech and, predictably, it’s already backfiring.

Amazon is hitting back by transferring the cost to small businesses who use the platform and whose margins are already slim.

The tax is meant to make sure companies making huge profits in the UK contribute to the public. Unfortunately, it’s not Amazon or the other targets of the tax, such as Facebook and Google, that will end up paying the tax. The tax will be paid by smaller businesses who use Amazon’s services.

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UK: Oxford Director Calls for Demonetization of News Outlets That Publish COVID “Misinformation”

The director of Oxford University’s Oxford Internet Institute, Philip Howard, has called for Amazon and Google to blacklist sites “with a history of sharing false and misleading information about the pandemic” from their ad programs — a move that would prevent them from monetizing via two of the world’s largest ad networks.

Howard made the comments in a New York Times article promoting a new paper from the Oxford Internet Institute that he co-wrote.

The paper brands Breitbart News, The Daily Caller, The Epoch Times, PJ Media, Zero Hedge, and other independent news outlets as “junk news and disinformation.”

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Beirut Explosion: Death Toll Rises to 135

Lebanese TV reports latest toll as government declares two-week state of emergency in Beirut after half the city damaged in blast.

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Berlin Police: 210 Rapes From March to July, Half of Cases Involve Migrants

According to statistics released by police in the German capital of Berlin, the city saw 210 rapes between March and July, an average of two rape cases per day.

The State Police criminal investigation unit, known in Germany as the Kripo, said that cases of serious rape in Berlin are surging, and of the 210 cases reported between March and July at least 50 of the victims were children below the age of 16.

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German Social Democrats Oust Anti-Immigration Party Veteran

After having been a thorn in their side for more than a decade, Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has ousted from its ranks party veteran and vocal anti-immigration author Thilo Sarrazin, conservative Hungarian news and opinion portal Mandiner reported.

Sarrazin (75), with a doctorate in economics from the University of Bonn, was Finance Senator for the federal state of Berlin from 2002 and 2009 and member of the Bundesbank’s executive board from 2009 to 2010. More importantly, he is the author of the 2010 book Deutschland schafft sich ab (Germany Abolishes Itself) and the 2018 book Feindliche Übernahme (Hostile Takeover), both of which deal with the failure of Germany’s immigration policy and the disproportionately high costs and modest benefits of multiculturalism.

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Greece: Seven Dead After Car Transporting Migrants Runs Through Roadworks

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A car believed to be transporting migrants who recently entered the country crashed into roadworks on a highway in northern Greece overnight, killing seven people and injuring five, police said.

Police said the crash occurred just before 1 a.m. local time Wednesday, outside the northeastern city of Alexandroupolis, when the car ran through roadworks and into a cement base on which toll booths are to be installed.

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Greeks Catch Syrian Drug Trafficker on Turkish Frontier, Move to Strengthen Border

Greek police have arrested a Syrian migrant carrying nearly 1,500 illegal pills near the Turkish frontier as the government is set to begin strengthening the border fence at Evros.

The Syrian migrant is believed to have smuggled the drugs across the Turkish border with police officers from the Alexandroupolis Drug Enforcement Agency catching and detaining him near the frontier.

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Italian Govt Minister Suggests Quarter of New Coronavirus Cases Are Foreign

Italian Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia inadvertently revealed that up to a quarter of new coronavirus cases are of foreign origin after stating that 75 per cent of cases were Italians infected by Italians.

Minister Boccia revealed the information while trying to calm Italians concerned that the recent wave of migrants coming from North Africa could end up spreading the disease and lead to a new wave of coronavirus outbreaks.

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Need Help: Gathering “Drag Queen Story Hour” Pictures That Are Sexual in Nature

I recently saw — for the umpteenth time —this picture of a drag queen story hour perv who, with no underwear, “accidentally” flashed the students. Take a look at the smile on his face… he clearly knew what he was doing. And, by knowingly going commando, I think there’s no doubt he planned it…

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Pro-Life Activists Vow Lawsuit After Members Were Arrested for Chalking “Black Pre-Born Lives Matter” On Sidewalk

Pro-life activists who were arrested for chalking “black pre-born lives matter” on the sidewalk outside a Planned Parenthood building in Washington, D.C., have vowed to sue the city and its mayor.

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Researchers Slowly Discover Censorship Doesn’t Work

Nobody said wholesale censorship on internet platforms used by billions of people would be easy, and this is something that is now becoming apparent, almost six months into giant social media networks’ attempts to tightly control information, and the narrative around the coronavirus pandemic.

But censorship of this magnitude is not seen as a problem in itself; a major headache emerging now for Twitter, Facebook, and others, is that it doesn’t actually work. Instead, banning content that has already gained wide exposure means its reach could grow almost exponentially, as the ban itself becomes a news story.

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Teenagers Are Being Encouraged to Purchase Hormones Online to Change Their Gender

Waldemar Krysiak, a former LGBT activist, has managed to infiltrate secret internet forums where teenagers receive help in purchasing illegal sex-change hormones, often paying for them with their naked photos.

By using a fake internet profile, in which he pretended to be a 14-year-old boy who wanted to change his gender, Krysiak gathered materials from forums dedicated to transgender people.

The main platform he used was Discord — an app which allows the creation of mini-servers. He accessed three groups for transgenders.

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14 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/5/2020

  1. “Integration” reports from Denmark. “…..Immigration policy must be based on reducing the influx from countries where integration problems are the greatest.” What then is the rest of the Western European tribes secret then? Oh I got it. Slow miserable degeneration and disintegration. Only the Islamics and other illegals allowed to be totally racist? If the lash crash smash back does get underway it is going to be such a life affirming relief.

    • I blame the weak people who do nothing but complain. Depending on other people to protect you is a losing proposition and you will always be disappointed. Arm up and deal with it yourselves.

      • It’s a race against time to avert or slow the inevitable self-correction, I imagine,

        • Time is running out and when the self correction comes, it will be sudden and spread like wildfire with no chance of stopping it.

  2. I recall from my youth hearing an elderly Chinese lady comment that she did not want her offspring to be nothings in a world where identity is everything.

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