Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/16/2020

After arsonists destroyed the Moria migrant camp on Lesbos, the Greek government pledged to build a series of new camps with the assistance of the European Union. Meanwhile, a Pakistani immigrant in Germany confessed that he stabbed a teenager at random to avoid deportation.

In other news, an historic statue of Jesus in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in El Paso was destroyed by a vandal.

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Thanks to Insubria, JD, Reader from Chicago, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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Financial Crisis
» “The $2.5 Trillion Theft”: Rand Study Uncovers Massive Income Shift to the Top 1%
 
USA
» “F*** White People” BLM Agitators Who Confronted Elderly Couple Charged in Pittsburgh
» 15 Shot, 2 Fatally, Tuesday in Chicago
» 235 Retired Military Leaders Endorse Trump in Joint Letter: “This is the Most Important Election Since Our Country Was Founded”
» 4 People Apprehended, Facing Multiple Charges for Intentionally Starting Wildfires on West Coast
» After Shutdown, Legionnaires’ Lurking in Water Systems
» After Trying to Defund Police, Minneapolis City Council Asks: ‘Where Are the Police?’
» Antifascism Groups Becoming Huge Threat to U.S., Claim Intelligence Experts
» Biden Criticized for Playing Hit Song “Despacito” At Hispanic Heritage Month Event
» Biden Wins Scientific American’s First Endorsement in 175 Years
» Black Lives Matter Mob Surround Man’s Home, Police Reportedly Arrest Man for ‘Brandishing’ Gun
» Boeing Put Profits Before People’s Lives by Hiding 737 MAX Design Flaws, Congress Finds
» Damage From Violence in Kenosha Tops $11 Million
» Dem Mayor Launches Study That Will Collect Blood Samples From Randomly Selected Houston Homes
» Drudge Report Monthly Traffic Spirals Downward
» Facebook Cancels Ads for Cancelcon Anti-Cancel Culture Event
» Facebook and Twitter Delete Accounts of Students for Trump Teens, Accuse Them of Being Russian Trolls
» FBI Seeks Accused Rioter Previously Released by Portland Police
» Federal Officer Shot in Drive-by Shooting in Phoenix
» Five Years After Disappearance, St. Louis Park Man Charged With Joining ISIS
» Global Uprising Underway
» GoFundMe for Ambushed L.A. Police Officers Raises More Than $500K
» Google Fails to Convince Senators it Was Unbiased When it Threatened to Demonetize the Federalist
» High School Football Players Suspended After Running With Thin Blue Line Flag Reinstated to Team
» Historic Statue of Jesus Vandalized at El Paso’s St. Patrick Cathedral
» Huge Dump of Articles and Videos Showing Arsonists to Blame — Not Climate Change — for Fires on the West Coast
» ‘I Am the Queen of California and You People Are Going Extinct’
» John MacArthur Not Worried About Threats of Jail for Holding Church Services: “I’m Open for a Jail Ministry … Bring it on”
» L.A. Sheriff Challenges Lebron James to Double Reward for Compton Suspect Who Ambushed Deputies
» Lancaster Protester’s Dad Calls $1 Million Bail ‘Vindictive’
» Minneapolis Businesses Fight Ban on Exterior Shutters Owners Wanting to Protect Their Windows After Riots Face Obstacle
» More Than 1,600 Uncounted NJ Ballots Found in Mislabeled Bin
» New Engineered Coronaviruses Are Under Development
» Oregon Woman Holds Suspected Arsonist at Gunpoint as Wildfires Rage
» President Trump Claims Coronavirus Vaccine Will be Approved “In a Matter of Weeks”
» Progressive News Outlet Complains That Andy Ngo’s Coverage of Violent Crime Harms Violent Suspects
» Riots Following George Floyd’s Death May Cost Insurance Companies Up to $2B
» San Francisco Mayor London Breed Will Give Black Women $1,000 a Month if They Get Pregnant
» Self-Censorship in the US
» Senator Kennedy: ‘There Are Times When I Think Pelosi Has Eaten Tide Pods’
» Trump: ‘Joe Biden Thinks Kamala Harris is President’
» US Charges 5 Chinese Citizens in Global Hacking Campaign
» Video: Bill Gates Pushes Global Vaccination, Says COVID Conspiracy Theories Are “So Crazy”
» Watch: Leader of Anti-Mask Target Flash Mob Speaks Out!
» Watch: Milwaukee Man Mobbed by BLM Activists — Arrested for Trying to Defend His Home
» When We Had a CIA That Worked for America
» Wichita Police Investigate 4 Shootings, 3 Murders in 4 Days
» You Caused it. You´re Guilty. Shut Up and Comply
 
Europe and the EU
» Austria: Islamic State Terrorist Back in Court for Threatening to Behead Fellow Inmate
» EU Warned: ‘More Referendums to Come’ Swedish MEP in Stern Threat to Von Der Leyen
» Gay MEP May Face Legal Issues Over Claiming Polish President Acts Like a Nazi
» Italy: Piedmont Governor in Fascism Physical Culture Row
» Le Pen Backs Macron’s Support for Greece Against Turkey
» UK: BBC Stands by “Comedian” Who Said “Kill Whitey” On National Television
» UK: Exclusive: ‘If We Go Off-Script We’re Race-Traitors’ — Black Educator Mobbed After Criticising BLM, Critical Race Theory
 
Russia
» Belarus Set to Lose Independence as Russia Demands Control
 
South Asia
» Eight People in Indonesia Caught Not Wearing Masks Punished by Having to Dig Graves of COVID Victims Tyler Durden Wed, 09/16/2020 — 04:15
 
Far East
» Chinese Database Details 2.4 Million Influential People, Their Kids, Addresses, And How to Press Their Buttons
» Chinese Organization With Communist Party Ties Funds Black Lives Matter Ventures
» Silenced Chinese Virologist Tells Tucker COVID-19 Intentionally Released, CCP Trying to ‘Disappear´ Her
 
Immigration
» Confession: Pakistani Migrant Stabbed German Teen in Plot to Avoid Getting Deported
» EU Should Run Greek Refugee Camp, Athens Says
» Farage Watched French Warship Escort Migrant Boat Into British Waters
» Four Young Afghan Men Are Charged With Burning Down Lesbos Migrant Camp — as Fire Breaks Out at Another Greek Camp Overnight
» French Border Guards Escort Tiny Sinking Dinghy Overloaded With Migrants Into British Waters Then ‘Dump’ It There to be Picked Up by UK Officials
» Greece to Empty Lesbos of Refugees by Easter
» Hungary Supports US Middle East Peace Plan, Believes it Could Stop a Second Migration Wave
» Judge Grounds Flight Due to Deport Asylum Seekers From UK to Madrid After Lawyers Raise Concerns They Could End Up Destitute in Spain
» Migrants: Greece to Build New Camps With EU Support
» Nearly 800 Illegal Migrants Try to Cross Hungary’s Border Every Week: Police
» Turks Seeking Asylum Beat Up Farmer After Illegally Entering Greece From Evros
» Video: Swedish Woman Randomly Punched in the Face by Migrant Youth
» Welsh Villagers Protest Against Plan to Turn Second Ex-Military Base Into Massive Camp for 250 Asylum Seekers — More Than 300 Miles From English Channel
 
Culture Wars
» “Cuties” Becomes Fourth Most Watched Movie on Netflix in U.S.
» “I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
» Black Student Alliance Demands Catholic University Hire More Black Queer Professors
» ‘Cuties’ Backlash Led Netflix U.S. Cancellations to Spike Nearly Eightfold, Analytics Firm Says
» Facebook Creates New Climate Change ‘Indoctrination’ Center
» Franklin Graham: ‘Is the Democratic Party Anti-God?’
» How Globalization Destroyed the Western Middle Class
» Psychiatry Journal Corrects Study, Says Transgender Surgeries Offer No Mental Health Benefits
» Users Who Get Banned From Facebook Could Lose Access to Purchased Oculus VR Games
 

“The $2.5 Trillion Theft”: Rand Study Uncovers Massive Income Shift to the Top 1%

The median worker should be making as much as $102,000 annually-if some $2.5 trillion wasn´t being “reverse distributed” every year away from the working class.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

“F*** White People” BLM Agitators Who Confronted Elderly Couple Charged in Pittsburgh

Three Black Lives Matter activists who confronted an elderly couple at a restaurant in Pittsburgh earlier this month while yelling “f*** white people” have been charged with harassment, conspiracy, and disorderly conduct.

Video footage of the incident which went viral shows the agitators yelling obscenities at diners outside the Sienna Mercato restaurant on Penn Avenue on September 5.

One of the individuals, Monique Craft, is seen on camera swiping a beer from one of the patrons and downing it before another protester knocks the glass to the ground. Craft is wearing a “Nazi lives don’t matter” t-shirt.

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

15 Shot, 2 Fatally, Tuesday in Chicago

Fifteen people were shot, two fatally, Tuesday in Chicago.

The day’s first reported fatal shooting killed a 21-year-old man was inside an apartment in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

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

235 Retired Military Leaders Endorse Trump in Joint Letter: “This is the Most Important Election Since Our Country Was Founded”

More than 230 former senior military leaders released an open letter Monday endorsing President Trump for reelection.

In the statement, 235 retired members of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces — including multiple Army generals and Navy admirals — said “our historic way of life is at stake” and that the 2020 election would be “the most important election since our country was founded.”

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

4 People Apprehended, Facing Multiple Charges for Intentionally Starting Wildfires on West Coast

Four people have been arrested for intentionally starting fires on the West Coast. Two men in Washington, one man in Oregon and a woman in California were detained and are facing multiple charges.

41-year-old Michael Jarrod Bakkela of Oregon is considered to be one of the origins of the Almeda fire. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Bakkela was spotted starting a fire behind a Phoenix resident’s home. As a result of the fire, the residents had to flee their home and Bakkela was subsequently arrested on two counts of arson, 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangerment.

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

After Shutdown, Legionnaires’ Lurking in Water Systems

Legionella is naturally found in freshwater sources and doesn’t become a problem until it begins to multiply. People catch Legionnaires´ disease when droplets of water are misted, and the bacteria are inhaled.

Further research into the growth pattern of Legionella shows it´s an opportunistic pathogen that grows more rapidly when the plumbing has low flow.7 In one investigation of the effect of “green” strategies to reduce water usage, scientists found that water age, or the amount of time water stayed in the plumbing, had a significant effect on pathogen growth.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

After Trying to Defund Police, Minneapolis City Council Asks: ‘Where Are the Police?’

Now that Al Sharpton has lost interest in Minneapolis — after all, there are no more televised funerals of criminal suspects who died in police custody for him to hijack — the rest of his comrades in the national media have moved on as well. The vultures got what they needed from George Floyd’s corpse and flew away, so now the people of Minneapolis are left to their own devices. Their riot-ravaged neighborhoods and crime-ridden streets don’t fit the preferred narrative, so they’re being ignored.

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

Antifascism Groups Becoming Huge Threat to U.S., Claim Intelligence Experts

Antifascist (ANTIFA) groups have become far more organized, equipped, funded, and even trained in special camps to bring about immense social disruption, property damage, business and financial loss, and violent clashes with law enforcement. These groups are sorely underestimated by city and other elected officials, according to a National Association of Chiefs of Police intelligence report.

Do not confuse these zealots with the hippie rioters of the Vietnam War era of the late 1960´s.

The members of ANTIFA are extremely mean-spirited and violent. Recruitment programs reach into the 6th grade level of schools, and indoctrination into Marxism is not hidden; whether for young students or college age adults who comprise the largest block within the organization.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Biden Criticized for Playing Hit Song “Despacito” At Hispanic Heritage Month Event

On Tuesday evening, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden played the 2017 hit song “Despacito” in an effort to connect with Hispanic voters at an event in Florida.

After being introduced by singer Luis Fonsi — who created the song alongside artists Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee — Biden took out his phone and played a 15-second clip while dancing and smiling at the audience.

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

Biden Wins Scientific American’s First Endorsement in 175 Years

In an unprecedented move, Scientific American has endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president.

The Tuesday announcement marks the first time the magazine has endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history.

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

Black Lives Matter Mob Surround Man’s Home, Police Reportedly Arrest Man for ‘Brandishing’ Gun

Black Lives Matter agitators organized a protest outside a Trump-supporting man’s residential home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday night and rather than arrest the mob for harassment and causing a public disturbance police reportedly arrested the man for “brandishing” a gun from inside his home at the mob.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Boeing Put Profits Before People’s Lives by Hiding 737 MAX Design Flaws, Congress Finds

18 months after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plummeted out of the sky just minutes after takeoff last March, Congressional investigators have finally released a comprehensive report outlining the many mistakes made both by Boeing and the FAA during the certification process.

[Comment: McDonnell bought Boeing with Boeings money. The same executive tools who dove McDonnell to ruin are now running Boeing.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Damage From Violence in Kenosha Tops $11 Million

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kenosha’s fire chief says damage from the unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake has now topped $11 million.

Fire Chief Charles Leipzig told the Police and Fire Commission Tuesday the record fire loss came in the days following the Aug. 23 shooting of Blake, who was left partially paralyzed by the gunshots to his back.

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

Dem Mayor Launches Study That Will Collect Blood Samples From Randomly Selected Houston Homes

Democratic Mayor Sylvester Turner has signed off on a new study that will see city employees visit randomly selected homes in Houston to collect blood samples for COVID-19 antibody testing.

The study is being conducted by the Houston Health Department in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Household members will be asked to answer a survey and give a blood sample. For some households, all members of the household will be asked to participate.

Authorities say the tests are necessary to develop a deeper insight into how COVID-19 spreads through the community and how many people were previously infected with the virus.

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

Drudge Report Monthly Traffic Spirals Downward

The Drudge Report’s monthly traffic has cratered in recent months, with longtime viewers of the nominally conservative news aggregators abandoning it in response to founder Matt Drudge’s decision to convert it into another mainstream media anti-Donald Trump news site.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Facebook Cancels Ads for Cancelcon Anti-Cancel Culture Event

Facebook has canceled ads for a virtual convention organized by conservatives to discuss “cancel culture.” The organizers are not even sure they will be allowed to stream the event on Facebook.

The virtual convention, called CancelCon, streaming on Thursday, has speakers such as Dave Rubin, Adam Carolla, Ben Shapiro, and Dennis Pager. It is co-sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth group, and No Safe Spaces, a film addressing free speech.

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

Facebook and Twitter Delete Accounts of Students for Trump Teens, Accuse Them of Being Russian Trolls

The Washington Post has accused US digital activists of being “Russian trolls” and got them banned from social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook.

What’s more, during the entirety of the report, there wasn’t any proof provided to validate their claims of the conservative digital activists’ accounts being “Russian trolls.”

Surprisingly, all that the Post had to do was reach out to the big tech social media platforms and they immediately complied. This follows many recent stories of users having their accounts shut down when they’re caught in the crossfire of various accusations.

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

FBI Seeks Accused Rioter Previously Released by Portland Police

The FBI announced on Tuesday it is seeking a man who was previously arrested—and released—for striking a Portland cop in the face with a skateboard during a violent Black Lives Matter-Antifa Portland protest in June.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of 26-year-old Richard Eric Singlestad. He lists his residence as Washougal, Wash. on his social media. On June 28, Singlestad was allegedly part of a mob that tried to barricade police inside the Portland Police central precinct in downtown. Rioters threw rocks, glass bottles and paint at responding officers.

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

Federal Officer Shot in Drive-by Shooting in Phoenix

The FBI has arrested a suspect in connection with a drive-by shooting of a federal officer on Tuesday in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.

Around 11:30 a.m., a driver in a silver sedan approached the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix and fired multiple shots at the officer, who is reportedly a U.S. Marshall. The officer was wearing a protective vest and fired back at the shooter before being taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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

Five Years After Disappearance, St. Louis Park Man Charged With Joining ISIS

A St. Louis Park man who abandoned his family while vacationing in Morocco has been charged by federal authorities five years later with joining an ISIS battalion trained to carry out suicide attacks in Europe.

Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 23, was indicted in U.S. District Court with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Al-Madioum, who lost much of one arm from an apparent air assault in Iraq, was in court in Minneapolis on Wednesday after his overseas capture by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the major fighting force against ISIS, who then handed him over to the FBI.

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

Global Uprising Underway

After six months of intermittent or in some cases near-continuous lockdowns, many have reached their limit and uprisings are finally emerging around the world. The last week of August 2020 saw gatherings of tens of thousands of individuals in Berlin,1 London2 and Dublin,3 protesting stay-at-home orders, business closures, mask and vaccine mandates and Bill Gates´ dictatorial grip on public health matters.

In the U.S., a protest took place August 30, 2020, in Boston, Massachusetts, against a new student flu vaccination mandate,4 and in Virginia, protesters gathered September 2 in opposition of unconstitutional COVID-19 mandates.5

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In recent weeks and months, more and more experts have come out sharing what they know about the roles of Big Tech, Big Pharma and global health organizations such as the World Health Organization in the creation of a new technocratic world order.

If you missed my interview with financial analyst Patrick Wood, in which he details the technocratic take-over plan, which has been in play for decades, be sure to review it now. Other articles shedding light on what´s happening behind the scenes include “Harvard Professor Exposes Google and Facebook,” featuring a documentary with professor Shoshana Zuboff, and “Plandemic Part 2.”

When you start to put all the puzzle pieces together, it seems clear this pandemic is being used as a cover story for both a global wealth redistribution scheme, and for the implementation of a technocratic system of totalitarian rule by unelected leaders.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

GoFundMe for Ambushed L.A. Police Officers Raises More Than $500K

A GoFundMe account established for the two Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies who were ambushed and shot while sitting in their patrol car in Compton Saturday has raised more than $500,000 in two days.

The fundraiser was organized by LASD’s Detective Keegan McInnis and aims to raise $750,000. More than 7,500 people have donated.

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

Google Fails to Convince Senators it Was Unbiased When it Threatened to Demonetize the Federalist

Google struggled to prove it does not have a political bias during an antitrust hearing held on Tuesday. The Senate antitrust committee accused the company of being a monopoly, which it uses to silence dissenting voices.

Google representatives were not able to convince Republican senators Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Arizona, and Ted Cruz of Texas that the company is not biased. That was during a hearing where the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights summoned Google.

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

High School Football Players Suspended After Running With Thin Blue Line Flag Reinstated to Team

Two Ohio high school students have been reinstated to their football team after being originally suspended for carrying pro-first responder flags onto the field.

Students Jarad Bentley and Brady Williams from Little Miami High School were suspended from their team after they carried Thin Blue Line and Thin Red Line flags onto the football field during a September 11 game. The Thin Blue Line flag is pro-police, while the Thin Red Line is pro-firefighter.

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

Historic Statue of Jesus Vandalized at El Paso’s St. Patrick Cathedral

A man is custody after allegedly destroying a historic statue of Jesus kept at a downtown church in El Paso, Texas, officials confirmed.

A man walked into the St. Patrick Cathedral on Tuesday morning and destroyed a nearly 90-year-old statue behind the main alter, the El Paso Catholic Diocese said. The man decapitated the statue, as well as vandalized the arms and the base of the statue.

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

Huge Dump of Articles and Videos Showing Arsonists to Blame — Not Climate Change — for Fires on the West Coast

The West Coast is on fire and tens of thousands of people are being evacuated and displaced as a result. The MSM and ‘Fact Checkers´ are trying to convince the American people that arsonists aren´t responsible for deliberately setting wildfires on the west coast. Pelosi wants you to believe that “mother earth is angry” and that these fires are a result of climate change, but that couldn´t be further from the truth. So far the death toll is rising and Oregon officials are saying they are preparing for a ‘mass fatality event´.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

‘I Am the Queen of California and You People Are Going Extinct’

Video of black passenger booted from place in Sacramento due to racist remarks goes viral

A video of a Black woman directing racist remarks at a flight attendant and other passengers on a plane in Sacramento has gone viral, with the woman, who was escorted off the plane by police, claiming she was the “Queen of California” and that White people would go extinct.

After landing the plane in Sacramento, California, crew members asked passengers to stay seated, but a Black woman stepped into the aisle and refused to move out of the way of a flight attendant. When asked to get back in her seat, the Black woman started shouting racist insults and had to be taken out by a police officer.

The flight attendant asked the Black passenger to sit down because she needed to walk past her to the door. However, the woman refused and told the attendant not to push her. At that point, a blonde female passenger began addressing the Black woman.

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

John MacArthur Not Worried About Threats of Jail for Holding Church Services: “I’m Open for a Jail Ministry … Bring it on”

Pastor John MacArthur told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Tuesday that he is not worried about warnings passed down to him threatening up to six months in jail if he continues holding indoor worship services at his Grace Community Church.

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

L.A. Sheriff Challenges Lebron James to Double Reward for Compton Suspect Who Ambushed Deputies

L.A. Lakers star LeBron James was challenged by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to match and double the reward for bringing the suspect who ambushed two deputies in Compton over the weekend to justice.

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

Lancaster Protester’s Dad Calls $1 Million Bail ‘Vindictive’

The father of the sorority girl busted on arson and riot charges in Lancaster, Pa., slammed her $1 million bail as “vindictive” — but said he didn’t blame police for taking action amid the “nasty scene.”

Chip Patterson said it’s clear that authorities are trying to send a message to protesters like his daughter, Kathryn, who was among 13 people busted around 3 a.m. Monday on a slew of charges related to riots outside the Lancaster police station.

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

Minneapolis Businesses Fight Ban on Exterior Shutters Owners Wanting to Protect Their Windows After Riots Face Obstacle

After looters crashed through his floor-to-ceiling windows and stole $1 million worth of booze in May, Chicago-Lake Liquors owner John Wolf wanted to protect himself from a repeat occurrence.

Like property owners throughout the world, he wanted to install security shutters on the outside of his building. The investment would not only prevent rioters from entering his store, it would protect his windows — which cost $50,000 to replace.

But Wolf ran into a big obstacle: The city of Minneapolis has barred security shutters on building exteriors since 2004.

Unlike St. Paul, which allows external shutters as long as owners request a permit, Minneapolis limits security shutters to the inside of a property, leaving windows vulnerable to attack. In a report justifying the rule change, Minneapolis officials argued that external shutters “cause visual blight” and create the impression that an area is “unsafe” and “troublesome.”

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

More Than 1,600 Uncounted NJ Ballots Found in Mislabeled Bin

More than 1,600 primary ballots from New Jersey’s Sussex County were found in what officials says was a “mislabeled” bin last week, according to the Board of Elections Administrator Marge McCabe.

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

New Engineered Coronaviruses Are Under Development

In another FOIA request, Hammond obtained information showing researchers (whose names are redacted) at the University of Pittsburgh are working on what he dubbed “corona-thrax.” As reported by Latham,21 they intend to “put the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 (which allows the virus to gain entry into human cells) into Bacillus anthracis which is the causative agent of anthrax.”

Do we really need this kind of research, where already lethal bacteria are equipped with viral components that allow them better entry into human cells and a wider range of human tissues? What could go wrong? Just about everything!…

The evidence is clear. Gain-of-function research is creating the very diseases that global governments are then forced to “arm” themselves against. It´s time to stop the new arms race, before it really is too late.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Oregon Woman Holds Suspected Arsonist at Gunpoint as Wildfires Rage

An Oregon woman forced a suspected arsonist to the ground at gunpoint after she found him on her property with matches, dramatic video footage shows.

“What are you doing on my property? Did you light anything on fire?” Kat Cast shouts as she clutches a firearm, according to footage she posted on Facebook.

When the unidentified man responds that he was “just passing through,” she demands to know why he’s holding matches.

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

President Trump Claims Coronavirus Vaccine Will be Approved “In a Matter of Weeks”

In an interview on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, President Trump claimed a vaccine for coronavirus could be approved “in a matter of weeks.”

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

Progressive News Outlet Complains That Andy Ngo’s Coverage of Violent Crime Harms Violent Suspects

Portland paper Willamette Week provided a platform for Portland rioters charged with crimes who are upset that Andy Ngo posted public records profiling their alleged criminal activity.

The article, titled “Portland Protesters Say Their Lives Were Upended by the Posting of Their Mug Shots on a Conservative Twitter Account,” was published early Wednesday morning.

The author of the piece, Sophie Peel, acknowledged that The Post Millennial‘s editor-at-large reporting is perfectly legal as Ngo cites archived booking information from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Critics have accused Ngo of doxxing, although suspects have left a trail of their own digital footprints.

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

Riots Following George Floyd’s Death May Cost Insurance Companies Up to $2B

Riots sparked by the police killing of George Floyd could cost insurance companies $1 billion to $2 billion — possibly making them the most expensive in US history, an industry group says.

The potentially record-setting insured losses piled up as the demonstrations sometimes descended into looting, arson and vandalism in more than 20 states across the country from May 26 to June 8, according to the Insurance Information Institute.

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

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Will Give Black Women $1,000 a Month if They Get Pregnant

On Monday, the San Francisco mayor’s office announced the launch of a government program called the “Abundant Birth Project,” which will give $1,000 per month cash payouts to black “and Pacific Islander women” for becoming pregnant and having children.

The mayor’s office stated in a press release that “the pilot will provide an unconditional monthly income supplement of $1,000 to approximately 150 Black and Pacific Islander women in San Francisco for the duration of their pregnancy and for the first six months of their baby’s life, with a goal of eventually providing a supplement for up to two years post-pregnancy.”

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

Self-Censorship in the US

A recent survey of 2,000 Americans by Cato Institute/YouGov found that 62% of Americans say “the political climate these days prevents them from saying things they believe because others might find them offensive”. This is up from 2017, when 58% agreed with this statement. “Majorities of Democrats (52%), independents (59%) and Republicans (77%) all agree they have political opinions they are afraid to share”.

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

Senator Kennedy: ‘There Are Times When I Think Pelosi Has Eaten Tide Pods’

GOP Senator John Kennedy used a startling cultural reference to portray his belief that believes Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is crazy, saying that he often thinks she has ‘is one of those people who tried Tide Pods’ laundry detergent.

Appearing with Sean Hannity, Kennedy was addressing Pelosi’s obsession with the $3.4 trillion coronavirus bill.

“Sean, with respect, there are times, particularly recently, when I think Speaker Pelosi is one of those people who tried Tide pods,” Kennedy hilariously stated.

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

Trump: ‘Joe Biden Thinks Kamala Harris is President’

After BOTH Joe Biden and Kamala Harris referred to a “Harris-Biden Administration” in recent days, President Trump weighed in, suggesting that Biden’s mental capacity is so degraded that he actually believes Harris is the President at this stage.

As Infowars noted yesterday, just one day after Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said the “Harris administration” during a roundtable, Joe Biden made the exact same gaffe, saying the “Harris/Biden administration.”

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

US Charges 5 Chinese Citizens in Global Hacking Campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and elsewhere, including social media and video game companies as well as universities and telecommunications providers, officials said Wednesday.

The five defendants remain fugitives, but prosecutors say two Malaysian businessmen accused of conspiring with the alleged hackers to profit off the attacks on video game companies were arrested in that country this week and face extradition proceedings.

The indictments announced Wednesday are part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to call out cybercrimes by China.

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Video: Bill Gates Pushes Global Vaccination, Says COVID Conspiracy Theories Are “So Crazy”

In an appearance with Bloomberg Tuesday, Bill Gates once again dismissed anyone who questions the motives of his global coronavirus vaccination push as a ‘conspiracy theorist,’ calling them “so crazy”.

Host Erik Schatzker stated that “The conspiracy theorists who believe that you helped to create and spread the Corona virus might be easy to dismiss. If there weren’t so many of them,” before asking “has that notoriety become an impediment to your efforts or the foundation’s work yet?”

“Well it’s so crazy to suggest the opposite which is you know we make vaccines and that has save millions of lives to somehow say that the vaccine in general is malign or that you know that the deaths are really taking place,” Gates stated.

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Watch: Leader of Anti-Mask Target Flash Mob Speaks Out!

Chris Nelson, one of the organizers of the Maskless Flash Mob that peacefully protested against the masking of humanity inside a south Florida Target, appeared on NATIONAL FILE TV Wednesday with host Patrick Howley to discuss his patriotic activism.

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Watch: Milwaukee Man Mobbed by BLM Activists — Arrested for Trying to Defend His Home

Activists in Milwaukee, Wisc. staged a protest at a neighbour’s home on Monday, alleging that he was racist. Police were called when the man could be seen holding a gun, and then he was arrested. The story was reported on Twitter by Kitty Shackleford.

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When We Had a CIA That Worked for America

It´s great for President Trump to be presiding over peace in the Middle East, but what about the security threat a few thousand miles south of our border in Venezuela?

Former CIA officer Brian Latell, author of Castro´s Secrets,once revealed that Hugo Chavez and/or his brother Adan were likely recruited by Castro´s intelligence service and that the Venezuelan intelligence service operates as an “adjunct” of the Cuban DGI.

Yet, current and former CIA officials seem more concerned about Trump. Former CIA officials Michael Morell, Michael Hayden and Philip Mudd all denounced Trump before he took office. Former CIA operations officer Evan McMullin ran against him as an independent presidential candidate.

Obama´s director of the CIA was John Brennan, who voted for the Communist Party (CPUSA) ticket when he was in college but was hired by the CIA anyway and quickly rose through the ranks. He is implicated in the Deep State effort to destroy the Trump presidency.

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Wichita Police Investigate 4 Shootings, 3 Murders in 4 Days

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) — The Wichita Police Department’s investigations into a recent string of violent crime include four shootings and three murders within four days. Police Wednesday morning did arrest a man for murder in a Tuesday-morning deadly shooting in the 1100 block of North Ash in northeast Wichita. A 19-year-old man died and two 18-year-old men were injured. Investigators continue their work to determine the motives behind the violence and what if any of the recent shootings are connected.

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You Caused it. You´re Guilty. Shut Up and Comply

Why would a just government, built on constitutional principles, want to manipulate or control the people of a free country through their subconscious minds? The answer is abundantly obvious. The last thing that a powerful central government needs are individuals thinking independently for themselves, proclaiming they are free and resisting government intervention in their lives. The first thing that totalitarian or strong centralized governments do is to corral the independent thinkers, take their livelihoods and guns away, lock them up, starve them, or re-program them to be compliant government robots, as the Chinese Communist Party is doing to the Muslims of Western China and what Stalin did to the people of Ukraine.

The reader may ask, how is the government manipulating and controlling me? They are doing it in so many subtle and not-so-subtle ways, from birth to death. Most Americans are totally unaware that they are being controlled and manipulated.

And it is not only government that is trying to manipulate you. Every single TV advertisement you see is an attempt to manipulate you and get you to buy their product, with a barrage of one-half second hypnotic images. When the ad says you will save “X” number of dollars, it is a lie because you aren´t saving anything. The price is the price. The alleged “saving” is a mirage to con you into thinking you are getting a better deal. And don´t forget the small print at the bottom of the ad where all the negative stuff is contained. There is no way that anyone could read the ultra small print in the time frame the ad is aired.

But the worst manipulator is the government. Public school socialist, environmental and one-world-government indoctrination is manipulation of the worst kind because it is aimed at our most impressionable and vulnerable in our society, our children. Children have no defense against brainwashing by government and special interests, unless their parents intervene. Sadly, after three generations of indoctrination, the parents have been just as brainwashed as their kids so they see no need to intervene.

America´s public school system is designed to force-feed a Progressive (socialist, environmental, one-world) agenda down their pretty little throats and make them compliant to whatever the government wants or demands. “Yes master! Whatever you say master!” It´s disgusting!

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Austria: Islamic State Terrorist Back in Court for Threatening to Behead Fellow Inmate

An Austrian citizen convicted of terrorist offences and membership of Islamic State is back in court in Graz after threatening to behead another inmate and forming a terror cell behind bars.

Albanian-born Lorenz K., who was sentenced to nine years in prison following his arrest in 2017 for plotting a terrorist attack, is facing charges in the Graz Criminal District Court after a 27-year-old Afghan migrant inmate claimed the terrorist had threatened to cut off his head.

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EU Warned: ‘More Referendums to Come’ Swedish MEP in Stern Threat to Von Der Leyen

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen received a stern threat more member states will join the UK out of the bloc unless she gives up on her agenda for a United States of Europe.

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Gay MEP May Face Legal Issues Over Claiming Polish President Acts Like a Nazi

Polish MEP Robert Biedron’s claim that Polish President Andrezj Duda dehumanizes LGBT+ people and mimics the rhetoric of the Nazis has been reported to the state prosecutor by prominent ruling party MP Przemyslaw Czarnek.

Biedron, a former Polish presidential candidate who now sits in the European Parliament, said, “The president of the republic dehumanizes LGBT people and calls them ‘not human.”

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Italy: Piedmont Governor in Fascism Physical Culture Row

PE was stopped postwar as reaction agst cult of body says Cirio

(ANSA) — TURIN, SEP 10 — Piedmont Governor Alberto Cirio on Thursday became embroiled in a row after he was accused of praising Fascism’s cult of physical fitness.

The centre-right governor bemoaned the lack of PE classes in postwar Italian schools as what he called a “reaction” to the 20-year dictatorship’s focus on caring for the body.

“Sporting activity has been completely neglected in postwar Italy,” said Cirio, a member of former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative Forza Italia (FI) party.

“In Fascist times there was great attention for looking after the body, and sport was important in schools.

“After the dictatorship fell, as a reaction, sporting activity was cancelled from schools.” Italian students do much less PE than their counterparts in other countries, and sport is primarily an after-school activity.

Speaking at the inauguration of a KInder Joy of Moving Park in Novara, set up with the help of the Ferrero confectionery group, Ciro recalled that when he was regional sport councillor he set up a project with Ferrero and the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) that brought specialised sports instructors into schools.

The Joy of Moving Park is part of Ferrero’s drive to help programmes that fight child obesity.

Cirio was accused by leftwing politicians of being nostalgic for Fascism.

Centre-left Democratic Party (PD) MP Filippo Sensi said Cirio should not be “nostalgic for the body culture in Fascist times (and trains on time, by chance?), because there are still a lot of Fascists around today”.

Leftist Italian Left leader Nicola Fratoianni, of the leftwing Free and Equal (LeU) party, said: “I see that the Piedmont governor has nostalgia for the care for the body the Fascist regime had. I fear he is referring to the treatment based on truncheons and castor oil meted out to the regime’s opponents, who were defending democracy and freedom.” Cirio denied the accusations saying “anyone who is from Alba, like me, has anti-Fascism in their DNA.

“I only reconstructed historically why gymnastics is no longer taught in Italy.

“The reason lies in Fascism, which pushed care of the body to the extreme.

“When the regime fell, perhaps by an opposite effect, physical education was abandoned. But I certainly didn’t mean to praise Fascism”.

The row came amid shock in Italy over the street beating death of a 21-year-old Cape-Verdian-Italian allegedly by a gang including two brothers who practised mixed martial arts, in what some have termed a Fascist-like attack.

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Le Pen Backs Macron’s Support for Greece Against Turkey

France’s National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has expressed her support for President Emmanuel Macron in France’s dispute with Turkey’s aggression against European Union members Greece and Cyprus.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “threats” target France, Le Pen said on French LCI TV channel.

Le Pen said she “resolutely backs’’ Macron against Turkey despite having “millions of issues’’ between them.

Turkey has not only been threatening and violating Greece and Turkey, but finds itself at odds with France over Libya and Syria too.

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UK: BBC Stands by “Comedian” Who Said “Kill Whitey” On National Television

The BBC has stood by a comedian for ‘joking’ about “killing whitey” on Frankie Boyle’s show, claiming it was simply satirical content.

Sophie Duker appeared on Frankie Boyle’s BBC 2 show, “New World Order,” where she made the comments about “killing whitey.” Duker was responding to a clip of black author James Baldwin discussing the idea of black power in an interview from the 1970s.

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UK: Exclusive: ‘If We Go Off-Script We’re Race-Traitors’ — Black Educator Mobbed After Criticising BLM, Critical Race Theory

In an interview with Breitbart London, political commentator and former school teacher Calvin Robinson said that he faces racial abuse whenever he speaks out against the hard-left ideology of Black Lives Matter and proponents of Marxist Critical Race Theory (CRT).

On Tuesday, Mr Robinson appeared on the ITV television show, Good Morning Britain, to discuss a Black Lives Matter-inspired prime time TV performance by the dance troupe Diversity, which drew tens of thousands of broadcast regulator complaints from the British public. During his appearance, Mr Robinson criticised ITV for promoting the performance, which he described as being steeped in “Critical Race Theory”.

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Belarus Set to Lose Independence as Russia Demands Control

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was anxious to meet Putin to confirm that he will benefit from Russia’s support, which is why he went to see Putin alone and was not assisted by key ministers, as had been the case with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishutin during the latter’s visit to Minsk.

The two president’s met in Putin’s residence in Sochi. The Russian ambassador to Belarus handed Lukashenko the gift of a reprint of a 19th century atlas which shows all Belarusian provinces under Russian control.

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Eight People in Indonesia Caught Not Wearing Masks Punished by Having to Dig Graves of COVID Victims Tyler Durden Wed, 09/16/2020 — 04:15

In a headline that could soon wind up coming out of the U.S. if Joe Biden is elected President, eight people in Indonesia were forced to dig the graves of coronavirus victims as penance for not wearing their masks when leaving their homes.

The punishment is supposed to act as a “deterrent” for others to not violate Covid-19 guidelines, according to the Evening Standard.

The persons suspected of breaking the rules were caught leaving their homes without masks and, as a result, were ordered to dig graves at a public cemetery in Ngabetan village, according to the report. The offenders were asked to dig the graves in groups of two, but weren’t asked to attend the ensuing funeral services.

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Chinese Database Details 2.4 Million Influential People, Their Kids, Addresses, And How to Press Their Buttons

A US academic has revealed the existence of 2.4-million-person database he says was compiled by a Chinese company known to supply intelligence, military, and security agencies.

The researcher alleges the purpose of the database is enabling influence operations to be conducted against prominent and influential people outside China.

The academic is Chris Balding, an associate professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam.

And he says the company is company is named “Shenzhen Zhenhua”.

Security researcher Robert Potter and Balding co-authored a paper[PDF] claiming the trove is known as the “Overseas Key Information Database” (OKIDB) and that while most of it could have been scraped from social media or other publicly-accessible sources, 10 to 20 per cent of it appears not to have come from any public source of information. The co-authors do not rule out hacking as the source of that data, but also say they can find no evidence of such activity.

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Chinese Organization With Communist Party Ties Funds Black Lives Matter Ventures

The Black Futures Lab, a venture of Black Lives Matter founder Alicia Garza, is sponsored by the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), an organization that works with China’s communist government to push its agenda in the United States, according to an investigation by the Heritage Foundation’s Mike Gonzalez.

Gonzalez discovered that the Black Futures Lab donation page explicitly states they are “a fiscally sponsored project of the Chinese Progressive Association,” explaining where donations to Black Futures Lab are funneled.

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Silenced Chinese Virologist Tells Tucker COVID-19 Intentionally Released, CCP Trying to ‘Disappear´ Her

“It could never come from nature.”

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Confession: Pakistani Migrant Stabbed German Teen in Plot to Avoid Getting Deported

A 19-year-old German was stabbed at random on a tram in the city of Cottbus by a Pakistani migrant who later told officials he stabbed him to stay in the country.

The attack took place in the early hours last week as the victim, Ralph P., was heading to vocational school where he was training as an electrician.

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EU Should Run Greek Refugee Camp, Athens Says

The EU should help run the refugee camp in Moria, Greece, when it is rebuilt after its recent fire, Athens has said. “The flags of Greece and the European Union must fly [at the new camp] … There must be shared responsibility not only for construction, but also for the operation of the camp,” Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told EU Council president Charles Michel in Athens on Tuesday.

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Farage Watched French Warship Escort Migrant Boat Into British Waters

Nigel Farage reported from the English Channel on Wednesday that French authorities continue to escort boats full of illegal aliens into British waters, despite UK government claims that France is doing all it can to stop illegal migration.

The Brexit Party leader first reported on the French navy escorting migrant boats into British waters in May. After the story garnered mainstream attention, authorities claimed that under maritime law, the French could not forcibly turn around the vessels or intervene unless the illegals expressly gave consent.

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Four Young Afghan Men Are Charged With Burning Down Lesbos Migrant Camp — as Fire Breaks Out at Another Greek Camp Overnight

Four young Afghan men have been charged with arson for alleged involvement in fires that destroyed most of a large refugee camp on the eastern island of Lesbos, Greek authorities have said.

The court appearance came just hours after another fire threatened a camp of more than 47,000 people on Samos island late on Tuesday night.

The men allegedly involved in the September 8 fire on Lesbos, who have not been named, were led to a court on the island on Wednesday to be formally charged.

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French Border Guards Escort Tiny Sinking Dinghy Overloaded With Migrants Into British Waters Then ‘Dump’ It There to be Picked Up by UK Officials

A series of extraordinary pictures has revealed French border guards escorting a boatload of 16 migrants into British waters and ‘dumping’ them there.

The incident was witnessed yesterday morning from a fishing boat about 12 miles from Folkestone near the French-British sea border.

The images capture the moment a French rigid inflatable boat or RIB, carrying two border guards, was dispatched from a larger naval vessel to check on the migrants.

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Greece to Empty Lesbos of Refugees by Easter

The Greek government pledged on Tuesday that the island of Lesbos will be emptied of refugees by next Easter, after a fire last week destroyed the overcrowded camp of Moria. “Of the roughly 12,000 refugees here currently, I foresee 6,000 being transferred to the mainland by Christmas and the rest by Easter,” civil protection minister, Michalis Chrysochoidis, told the Guardian. Germany has offered to take in 1,500 refugees.

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Hungary Supports US Middle East Peace Plan, Believes it Could Stop a Second Migration Wave

Hungary continues to support the United States’ efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, which is vitally important because the stability of the region is closely linked to Europe’s security and migration situation, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjartó said in Washington on Tuesday.

“If there is peace and stability in the Middle East, there is a good chance that no further waves of migration will move towards Europe,” Szijjartó said.

He was the only European Union foreign minister to attend the signing of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace accord between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

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Judge Grounds Flight Due to Deport Asylum Seekers From UK to Madrid After Lawyers Raise Concerns They Could End Up Destitute in Spain

A judge has grounded a flight due to take asylum seekers to Madrid after lawyers raised concerns that passengers could end up destitute in Spain.

The legal team representing the three men, who arrived in Britain on small boats during the summer, had mounted a High Court challenge in a bid to halt the flight, which had been chartered by Home Office officials.

They said the three men should not be flown to Madrid until more investigations had been carried out into Spanish immigrant reception facilities.

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Migrants: Greece to Build New Camps With EU Support

Aid to Lesvos through Union’s civil protection mechanism

(ANSA) — BRUSSELS, 14 SET — Greece will build new refugee camps on Lesvos with the European Union’s support after the fire in Moria. A number of sites have already been selected and funding for their construction should come from the EU, a spokesman of the EU executive told reporters on Monday.

Meanwhile Greece has requested further assistance to deal with the humanitarian disaster through the Union’s civil protection mechanism. In an immediate response, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Sweden and Germany have offered hundreds of tents, blankets, kits for the winter and sleeping bags.

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Nearly 800 Illegal Migrants Try to Cross Hungary’s Border Every Week: Police

Hungarian police say they are dealing with between 600 and 800 illegal entry attempts into Hungary every week since the end of May, when Hungary lifted its coronavirus restrictions, with most attempts coming from the Serbian border to the south and the Romanian one to the east.

According to police statistics, last week alone, Hungarian border guards and police prevented the entry of 147 illegal immigrants and caught another 605 migrants who crossed over, who were then sent back to the country they entered Hungary from.

Migrants are also operating with the help of people smugglers, some who come from neighboring European countries. For example, in the early hours of Monday morning, Hungarian police, acting on information from the International Crimes Department, detained two vehicles carrying 13 illegal migrants all who claimed to be Syrian, the National Police announced on its official site.

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Turks Seeking Asylum Beat Up Farmer After Illegally Entering Greece From Evros

An unprecedented incident happened yesterday afternoon in Fera, near the Delta of the Evros on the Greek-Turkish border.

Five Turkish citizens who entered Greece illegally to seek political asylum attacked a young cattle breeder when he located them and asked them to wait for the arrival of police officers so they could be the asylum seeking process.

According to exclusive information published on Evros News, the incident that police authorities attempted to keep secret, happened when the farmer from Feres, while watching his cows grazing in the area, noticed five Turks, two men and two women with a child, crossed the river Evros into Greece.

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Video: Swedish Woman Randomly Punched in the Face by Migrant Youth

A video of what appears to be a man of Middle Eastern descent striking a White woman in Sweden has been shared widely on social media. In the video, the perpetrator can be seen striking the woman with full force while the perpetrator’s friend who is filming laughs after she falls to the pavement.

Swedish media outlet Samhällsnytt reported that the video began spreading on social media this weekend, but it is unclear when the incident occurred.

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Welsh Villagers Protest Against Plan to Turn Second Ex-Military Base Into Massive Camp for 250 Asylum Seekers — More Than 300 Miles From English Channel

Welsh villagers have protested against Home Office plans to turn another ex-military base into a camp for 250 asylum seekers — more than 300 miles from the English Channel.

The Ministry of Defence has offered former army base Penally Training Camp, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, as a place to house refugees who have crossed from France, while their asylum claims are processed.

From next week, around 400 refugees, including families, will be kept at the Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, after the site was also offered to the Home Office by the MoD.

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“Cuties” Becomes Fourth Most Watched Movie on Netflix in U.S.

The movie “Cuties” was the fourth most watched movie on Netflix in the U.S. as of Tuesday evening, following days of controversy after its September 9 release on the streaming platform.

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“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee and obtained by BuzzFeed News.

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Black Student Alliance Demands Catholic University Hire More Black Queer Professors

Fordham University agreed to several demands from the Black Student Alliance in late June, but now the student group is back for more.

On August 31, the Catholic university’s Black Student Alliance released a second list of demands for the university via an Instagram post on August 31, including a demand that the university hire more professors who are black and queer.

It’s a demand first made in its June 22 list and now reiterated after the school did not agree to it three months ago.

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‘Cuties’ Backlash Led Netflix U.S. Cancellations to Spike Nearly Eightfold, Analytics Firm Says

A campaign waged against Netflix over “Cuties” and the film’s sexualized portrayal of children produced a surge in U.S. subscription cancellations over the weekend, according to research company YipitData.

Netflix subscriber churn rates began to rise Sept. 10, the day after the release of “Cuties” on Netflix, when the hashtag “#CancelNetflix” was in the top-trending spot on Twitter, according to data compiled by YipitData.

On Saturday, Sept. 12, Netflix’s cancellation rate in the U.S. jumped to nearly eight times higher than the average daily levels recorded in August 2020 — reaching a multiyear high, the data-analytics provider told Variety. With the #CancelNetflix hashtag continuing to trend on social media, it is possible elevated churn could continue in the coming days, according to the firm.

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Facebook Creates New Climate Change ‘Indoctrination’ Center

If you’ve logged on to your Facebook today, you may have already noticed something a little different at the top of your feed.

Today, Facebook launched its new Climate Science Information Center, its third information center in the last few months, following the COVID-19 Information Center and the Voter Information Center.

Users can access the Climate Science Information Center at the top of their Facebook feed or as a tool.

It appears as though Facebook “will continue to apply warning labels to demonstrably false information,” according to NBC News.

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Franklin Graham: ‘Is the Democratic Party Anti-God?’

The Democratic Party ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris has been described as the most pro-abortion ever.

In fact, there apparently is no longer a place for pro-life Democrats in the party, which has evangelist Franklin Graham wondering, “Is the Democratic Party anti-God?”

Graham commented on Facebook on the party’s attack on John DeBerry, a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for 26 years.

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How Globalization Destroyed the Western Middle Class

Globalization has produced, and will seemingly continue to produce, a global standardization of wealth in many ways. For those special interests who are in the process of creating a global system, an economic uniformity across the globe is advantageous for the creation of this one-world system.

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Psychiatry Journal Corrects Study, Says Transgender Surgeries Offer No Mental Health Benefits

The “American Journal of Psychiatry” has released a correction to a 2019 study that originally said transgender people received mental health benefits by undergoing gender-reassignment surgeries.

An article at the Public Discourse by family physician Dr. Andre Van Mol of the American College of Pediatricians, endocrinologist Dr. Michael Laidlaw, and psychiatrists Dr. Miriam Grossman and Dr. Paul McHugh said that the original authors of the study retracted it after it was requested they reanalyze the data.

The authors of the Public Discourse article said the study had a “irreproducibility” issue, including a “loss to follow-up.”

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Users Who Get Banned From Facebook Could Lose Access to Purchased Oculus VR Games

“Virtual reality as a service” already seemed like an increasingly bad idea after announcements that users will be required to merge their Oculus accounts with their Facebook accounts.

But things got even less appealing in the meanwhile as Facebook revealed that once they willy-nilly “merge” with Facebook, Oculus gamers who are found to violate the social media network’s Community Standards may become unable to access the games they purchased.

In the words of a Facebook spokesperson, those violating the Community Standards, Conduct in VR rules or any other terms — across all of Facebook’s platforms — may find themselves “impacted” when it comes to using Oculus. If the account is suspended, this impact would translate into cutting Oculus users off from their games and content for up to 30 days.

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18 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/16/2020

    • another hair-brained ‘model’ who suddenly comes out of the past just in time for the election. perhaps she is one of George Soros’ lovers

  1. Where is there any evidence for the claims in the article about Belarus? It’s written by Poles, and Poland is the main instigator of the color revolution there.

    Sounds to be like someone trying to whip up unease about Russia’s aims. A military base? Show me proof. Etc.

    So far, the Polish deep state seems to be hell bent on crashing down Belarus, and the color revolution is being guided from Poland. Nexta is one of the channels.

    I very much doubt that the country wants full integration with Russia, and such a demand would stir the population at a time when calm is crucially needed.

  2. that statue is not jesus. it is just a statue, has no powers and it is meaningless in the scheme of thing.

        • Theresa, the 3rd worlders and their leftist Quislings are killing us westerners all the time. Nobody at this point is doing a bloody thing about it. The tide will turn soon as human nature will demand it, and when that time comes, there are going to be a millions of dead human beings once the fun and reindeer games begin.

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