Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/27/2020

Two Iraqi brothers are on trial in Berlin for forcing women into an SUV and raping them for hours. Meanwhile, Hungarian border police have discovered at least sixteen tunnels used to smuggle migrants into the country.

In other news, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has resumed, with fighting breaking out over the disputed region of the Republic of Artsakh (a.k.a. Nagorno-Karabakh). 18 people, including two civilians, have been killed.

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

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Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. I check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.

USA
» 38 Shot, 6 Fatally, So Far in Chicago Weekend Violence
» Biden Calls a Lid on Events Before Noon Saturday; 7th Time in Past 14 Days
» Breaking: Naval Air Station Pensacola on Lockdown After Bomb Threat
» Chaotic Scene Unfolds as Car Plows Through Trump Supporters in California, Multiple Injuries Reported; Driver Arrested
» Dan Ryan Horse Improving at Local Rescue After Fears Animal Would Need to be Euthanized, Officials Say
» Delaware State University Denies Biden Was a Student After Claim He ‘Got Started’ There
» Democrat Colorado Secretary of State Mails Postcards to Illegals and Dead People Urging Them to Vote
» DOJ Sends Scathing Letter Demanding San Francisco Lift ‘Draconian’ Church Restrictions
» Exclusive: Louisville Riot U-Haul Driver Arrested According to Leaked Internal Documents
» Federal Authorities Have Already Documented Two Cases in Which Votes Have Been “Discarded” In Key Swing States
» James Corbett: This is the Battle for Humanity! The Technocratic Enslavement End Game!
» John MacArthur Set for New Hearing in November
» NYT’s Friedman: ‘I’m Terrified’ to Find Myself Covering America’s Potential Second Civil War
» Portland District Attorney Brings Charges Following Week of BLM-Antifa Arson Attacks
» Texas Prof: ‘Threat to White Masculinity’ A Predictor of COVID-19 Opinions
» The Great Conservative Migration and What it Means for the Future
» This City Just Banned Candy From Supermarket Checkout Aisles
» Trump: “I Will be Strongly Demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden Prior to, Or After, The Debate on Tuesday Night”
» Trump Calls for “Respectful and Dignified” Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett
» Update: BLM Activist Who Drove Her Car Through Trump Supporters in Yorba Linda is Arrested and Charged With Attempted Murder
» Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris Names 2Pac as the ‘Best Rapper Alive’
» Whosoever Shall Save His Life Will Lose it
 
Europe and the EU
» Bulgarian Soccer Fans Hold ‘Kyle Rittenhouse Did Nothing Wrong’ Banner
» France: More Terrorism, More Silence
» French Woman, 22, Punched in the Face for Wearing a Skirt in Strasbourg
» German Professor Arrested After Speaking at “We Do Not Consent” Rally in London
» Swedish Church Denies Group it Supports Has Muslim Brotherhood Ties
» Switzerland Referendum: Voters Reject End to Free Movement With EU
» UK PM Boris Johnson Pledges to Boost Who Funding, Undercutting US
» UK: “We Do Not Consent” — 1000s Rally in London to Oppose Another COVID-19 Lockdown
» UK: Exclusive Video: Watch Cops Storm, Forcibly Shut Down Peaceful Anti-Lockdown Protest in London
» Women Across France Assaulted for Wearing Skirts in Public
 
North Africa
» An “Unimaginable Nightmare”: The Abduction, Rape, And Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Egypt
 
Caucasus
» Fighting Erupts Between Armenia, Azerbaijan; 18 Killed
 
Far East
» New Report Claims to Shed Light on SARS-Cov-2 Origin
» Why is the Pentagon Worried About China’s Navy?
 
Australia — Pacific
» Bail Granted for Three Women Who Sparked a Queensland COVID-19 Outbreak After ‘Lying Their Way Into the State From Victoria’ And Visiting Bars, Restaurants and Shops While Infected
 
Immigration
» Germany: Iraqi Migrants Accused of Dragging Women Into a Car and Raping Them
» Hungarian Police Discover 16 Tunnels Used by Migrants to Cross Border
» Orban Rejects Migration Pact, Says EU Wants to ‘Manage Migration’ Not Stop it
 
Culture Wars
» Judge Barrett is the Answer to Ginsburg’s Legacy of Death
» The Real Ruth Bader Ginsberg
 

38 Shot, 6 Fatally, So Far in Chicago Weekend Violence

Six people have died and at least 32 others wounded in Chicago gun violence so far this weekend.

Four people were killed Saturday: two in Austin on the West Side and two on the South Side. One person also was killed Sunday, and another Friday night in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. They were all males, the youngest victim at 17 years old and the oldest being 66.

The numbers don’t include two fatal stabbing of females this weekend. A 5-year-old girl was stabbed to death Saturday morning in East Garfield Park, according to police, who arrested a potential suspect. Early Sunday, a woman in her 20s with stab wounds was pulled from the North Branch of the Chicago River.

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

Biden Calls a Lid on Events Before Noon Saturday; 7th Time in Past 14 Days

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign called a lid on in-person events at 9:23 a.m. on Saturday — the seventh pre-noon “lid call” in the last 14 days, and the 11th in the past 26 days of September.

Saturday’s “lid” was reportedly called to allow time for debate preparation and two virtual appearances later in the day.

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

Breaking: Naval Air Station Pensacola on Lockdown After Bomb Threat

The US Navy base at Pensacola is on lock down after a bomb threat was made involving one of the barracks on base.

NAS Pensacola spokesperson Jason Bortz issued tweets saying a bomb threat was made to one of the barracks Sunday morning.

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

Chaotic Scene Unfolds as Car Plows Through Trump Supporters in California, Multiple Injuries Reported; Driver Arrested

At least two injuries were reported with one being taken away by an ambulance.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Dan Ryan Horse Improving at Local Rescue After Fears Animal Would Need to be Euthanized, Officials Say

CHICAGO (WLS) — Nunu, the famous Dan Ryan horse is said to be improving, according to city officials.

The horse is recovering after its owner Adam Hollingsworth, also known as the “Dreadhead Cowboy,” rode the animal down the expressway Monday during the evening rush hour. Hollingsworth said the ride was in protest to bring attention to “Kids Lives Matter.”

The highway horseman was then arrested and the horse was taken into police custody after the stunt.

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

Delaware State University Denies Biden Was a Student After Claim He ‘Got Started’ There

Delaware State University has denied that Joe Biden has ever been a student there — after the presidential candidate’s claim that he “got started” at the historically black college.

The 77-year-old Democrat made his claim while praising historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) during a town hall event last October before the South Carolina Democratic primary, video shows.

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

Democrat Colorado Secretary of State Mails Postcards to Illegals and Dead People Urging Them to Vote

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office is claiming they accidentally mailed non-citizens, illegals and dead people postcards urging them to vote in the upcoming election.

The current Secretary of State of Colorado is Democrat Jena Griswold.

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

DOJ Sends Scathing Letter Demanding San Francisco Lift ‘Draconian’ Church Restrictions

The Justice Department is attacking San Francisco’s “draconian” restrictions on the number of people allowed at one time into houses of worship.

The city currently allows no more than one congregant at a time in any church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship, regardless of its size.

“No government in this free country can attack religion by transforming a house of worship arbitrarily into a place for solitary confinement,” said Eric Dreiband, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, according to a Friday DOJ news release.

“People of faith go to churches, synagogues, mosques, and other places to worship with their fellow believers, and they can do so lawfully because the First Amendment to the United States Constitution makes illegal any effort by government to prohibit the free exercise of religion,” Dreiband said.

“That we are dealing with a very serious public health crisis does not permit government to discriminate against religious worshipers by imposing a one-person-per-house-of-worship rule while permitting larger numbers of people to gather in tattoo parlors, hair salons, massage studios, and other places,” he added.

“There is no pandemic exception to the United States Constitution and its Bill of Rights.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Exclusive: Louisville Riot U-Haul Driver Arrested According to Leaked Internal Documents

The driver of the U-Haul rented out to Holly Zoller of the Bail Project was arrested and the truck was taken into police custody, according to internal logs from the rental company that were leaked to the Gateway Pundit.

It was not clear if Zoller was still driving the truck when the arrest occurred, as her name is not listed in the note.

An internal note at 6:17 p.m. on Wednesday reads, “State Trooper called me asking for the customer’s info. Name, Person was arrested and police have truck.”

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

Federal Authorities Have Already Documented Two Cases in Which Votes Have Been “Discarded” In Key Swing States

The integrity of our elections is of paramount importance, because if our ability to choose our own leaders is compromised that undermines everything that our system of government is based upon. So every American should be hyper-sensitive to any allegation that our votes are being tampered with, because any attack on the voting process is an attack on all of us. This is one issue that should be able to unite Republicans and Democrats, and hopefully people across the political spectrum will report anything suspicious that they notice over the coming weeks. And as I become aware of troubling incidents, I will share them with my readers, because the integrity of our elections is definitely one of my hot button issues.

When I heard that some military ballots in Pennsylvania had been tampered with, that immediately set off alarm bells. Federal officials are telling us that they recently discovered that nine military ballots in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania had been “improperly opened” and “discarded”…

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

James Corbett: This is the Battle for Humanity! The Technocratic Enslavement End Game!

Josh Sigurdson recently spoke with James Corbett of The Corbett Report about the heightened level of tyranny throughout the world creating a prison planet over the course of 2020. With the excuse of an illness, the governments of the world have managed to use a crisis to their extreme benefit and to the absolute enslavement of the public.

Was this COVID-19 thing created in a lab? At this point, it honestly doesn’t even matter. Regardless of whether it was or was not, how’s it being used against the public? What is the ultimate end game? James digs deep into the technocratic global government being created, influenced heavily by China, and utilizing the crisis to install social credit tied to bank accounts.

This is THE ONE LAST battle for humanity as James points out. This is extraordinarily important and cannot be disregarded.

With social credit scores tied to medical tyranny, if we don’t act now, we may be done forever. Time is running out.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

John MacArthur Set for New Hearing in November

John MacArthur and Grace Community Church were scheduled on Thursday for a new hearing to take place on November 13.

The decision came from a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who refused to decide whether to hold the pastor and church in contempt for defying the ban on indoor worship services.

L.A. County officials said Grace Community Church “has not been exonerated for its violations,” and the postponement was made because of required social distancing measures.

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

NYT’s Friedman: ‘I’m Terrified’ to Find Myself Covering America’s Potential Second Civil War

During an appearance on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman expressed his concern over what could happen in November if there were enough doubt about the outcome of the November 3 presidential election.

Friedman warned such a lack of confidence in the American election process could lead to a second civil war.

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

Portland District Attorney Brings Charges Following Week of BLM-Antifa Arson Attacks

Four accused rioters in Portland are facing local charges ranging from arson to possession of a destructive device, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has announced.

On Wednesday night, hundreds of Black Lives Matter-Antifa rioters attacked the Justice Center, shattering windows of the central police station with rocks, and setting the exterior on fire multiple times. Three Molotov cocktails were hurled at law enforcement, narrowly missing cops by inches. One explosion caused an officer’s boot to catch fire. A follow-up investigation is underway to determine who threw the firebomb in this incident. The Portland riot was organized in response to a grand jury decision to pursue a lesser charge connected to the police-involved death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. 13 individuals were arrested in Portland and booked in the Multnomah County Detention Center.

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

Texas Prof: ‘Threat to White Masculinity’ A Predictor of COVID-19 Opinions

University of Texas-Austin political science professor Eric McDaniel published a report called “Perceptions of Threat to White Masculinity and COVID-19 in Texas,” that seeks to establish a relationship between “white masculinity” and “attitudes toward the coronavirus pandemic.”

Based on University of Texas polling data, the report seeks to explain how “the perception of a threat to White masculinity and attitudes toward the coronavirus pandemic” are related using a “White Masculinity Threat Index.”

McDaniel concludes that “the more an individual believes in the existence of a threat to White masculinity, the more likely that person is to downplay the severity of the virus, to believe it will be resolved quickly, to focus more on the economic than human harm, and is less willing to take part in private activities to stop the spread of the virus.”

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

The Great Conservative Migration and What it Means for the Future

The signs really began to become visible at the end of January 2020; there was an exodus of people brewing, and it was galvanizing fears on both sides of the political spectrum. The pandemic situation is cited by the mainstream media as the primary cause, but in reality, the migration had started at least 3 years earlier.

Americans were leaving certain states and cities behind by the tens of thousands, and these places were predominantly leftist in their policies and population. California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc.; all of these progressive states were bleeding residents since 2017, the pandemic just accelerated the situation.

There are a number of reasons given for the dramatic shift in population, but two specific reasons stand above the rest: Economy and political ideals. The pandemic itself is only a minor motivator. Consider the fact that residents of California left the state in droves for Texas over the summer DESPITE the problem of COVID infection spikes in major metropolitan areas of the Lone Star State. People didn’t care, they just wanted to get the hell out of California as quickly as possible.

Again, the main reason given by former Californians was politics. They are conservatives or moderates that felt isolated or trapped in a far-left cesspool and they realized their future life prospects depended on them transplanting to a more free and less bureaucratic place.

The fear among conservatives was that the pandemic would smoke leftists out of their hives and that they would spread to more conservative areas and “take over”. This does not seem to be the case. In fact, it appears that most leftists are stubbornly refusing to acknowledge that their states are dying and are actively defending state policies on the web. Check out the angry and delusional comments from California progressives on this opinion article in Arizona telling them to leave their failed policies behind if they move to the state.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

This City Just Banned Candy From Supermarket Checkout Aisles

A California city is saying goodbye to impulse snacks.

Beginning in March 2021, Berkeley, California, will become the first US city to ban the sale of unhealthy food from supermarket checkout areas.

That liberal Bay Area city council unanimously voted Tuesday night that, starting next year, grocery stores larger than 2,500 square feet will be required to sell not the typical selection of junk food but 25 square feet of healthy items within the three-foot radius of the register.

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

Trump: “I Will be Strongly Demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden Prior to, Or After, The Debate on Tuesday Night”

President Trump tweeted on Sunday that he will demand Joe Biden take a drug test before or after Tuesday’s scheduled debate.

Trump said Biden’s “uneven” debate performances could be due to drug use of some sort.

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

Trump Calls for “Respectful and Dignified” Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett

President Trump on Saturday urged members of “the other side of the aisle … lawmakers … and members of the media” to provide Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett with a “respectful and dignified hearing.”

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

Update: BLM Activist Who Drove Her Car Through Trump Supporters in Yorba Linda is Arrested and Charged With Attempted Murder

A vehicle plowed through a crowd of Trump supporters in Yorba Linda, California, on Saturday.

The incident reportedly took place in a parking lot.

Cassandra Fairbanks reported— Violence broke out as supporters of President Donald Trump staged a counter protest against a Black Lives Matter demonstration organized by the Urban Organizers Coalition.

The pro-Trump crowd reportedly confronted the militant leftists while chanting “USA,” leading to multiple fights prior to the car driving through the crowd of patriots.

“At least two people were injured, including a man who was bloodied. Ambulances were summoned. People chased the car, which eventually stopped and was surrounded by sheriff’s deputies,” the OC Register reports.

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

Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris Names 2Pac as the ‘Best Rapper Alive’

People are once again asking: Does Kamala Harris actually know who 2Pac is?

During the NAACP’s virtual convention Friday, the vice presidential nominee was asked who she believed was the “best rapper alive.”

“2Pac,” Harris said. CNN commentator Angela Rye, who moderated the event, quickly corrected the California senator, reminding her Pac has been dead for over two decades. “He’s not alive! You said, ‘He lives on…,’ Rye responded.

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

Whosoever Shall Save His Life Will Lose it

Over the past six months, we have investigated and reported on most of the aspects of the rapid destruction of our country and the world-wide push for a Globalist New World Order.

I’ve told you about Event 201, a “dry run” of the “coronavirus pandemic” held in New York City last October, sponsored by Bill Gates and a host of other New World Order Globalists. That was October 18th. Interestingly, that same day, the World Military Games were held in Wuhan, China. Military forces from nations around the world competed in “Olympic-style” exercises. Our country came in 35th place, by the way — behind countries like Finland, Tunisia, Kenya, and even France. Of course, China took first place, and Russia second. The United States received ZERO gold medals in these military competitions.

I also told you last time that Event 201 was supported not only by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but also by Dustin Moskovitz and his wife. In case you forgot, they are co-founders of Facebook. So lest you are still wondering why Facebook is censoring and will soon be deleting anything posted that is conservative or Christian in nature, wonder no more.

I also discussed how closely Dr. Anthony Fauci is tied to the World Health Organization, how he has repeatedly given false and misleading information regarding the virus, and how the organization he ran gave $7.4 million to the Wuhan Virology lab for research on coronaviruses, just last year. Not to mention the fact that he “predicted” in 2016 that President Trump would definitely be faced with a major pandemic during his time in office.

You know about the fraudulent case numbers of COVID-19, how they’ve been constantly artificially inflated in order to keep us all wearing masks, keep us “social distancing,” keep our businesses and our economy shut down, keep people and businesses dependent on government welfare, keep schools closed, get even our youngest of children “used to” the idea of mask-wearing as “normal,” and provide HUGE financial incentives for hospitals and medical facilities to report as many positive cases as possible. We all know the numbers aren’t real. FEW of us know anyone who is sick, and yet we’re all still severely restricted as to where we can go, and what we’re allowed to do.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Bulgarian Soccer Fans Hold ‘Kyle Rittenhouse Did Nothing Wrong’ Banner

A viral image from Bulgaria has circulated the internet with a political banner that reads “Kyle Rittenhouse Did Nothing Wrong… He is a hero…” despite many on the left, and big tech company Facebook, determining the 17-year-old is guilty without a trial.

Before a recent fixture, hardcore supporters for one of the Eastern European’s capital city’s main teams came out with a politically-charged message that has captured an international audience.

Now, the CSKA Sofia ultras in Bulgaria have conferred their support behind the teenager who has become something of a meme and an icon across the worldwide web.

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

France: More Terrorism, More Silence

On September 25, in Paris, two people were stabbed and seriously wounded outside the former offices of Charlie Hebdo, where 12 of the satirical magazine’s editors and cartoonists were murdered by extremist Muslims in 2015. The suspect, in police custody, is being investigated for terrorism.

The accused murderers in the 2015 attacks are currently on trial in Paris.

Shortly before the knifing attack, on September 22, Charlie Hebdo‘s director of human resources, Marika Bret, did not come home. In fact, she no longer has a home. She was evicted after serious and concrete death threats from extremist Muslims. She decided to make her “exfiltration” public for French intelligence to alert the public to the threat of extremism in France.

“I have lived under police protection for almost five years”, she told the weekly Le Point.

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

French Woman, 22, Punched in the Face for Wearing a Skirt in Strasbourg

French police are investigating the assault of a 23-year-old Strasbourg student who was insulted and punched in the face because she was wearing a skirt, with the incident sparking a broader debate about the daily physical and sexual harassment many women face in France.

The victim said she walked by three men in their twenties in the city center when one of them said to the other two, “Look at this whore in the skirt.” When she voiced her indignation at the comment, one of the men replied, “Shut up bitch and look down.” Then, the perpetrator punched her in the face with a closed fist and all three then fled the scene.

She posted a video sharing her injuries and providing an account of what occurred.

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

German Professor Arrested After Speaking at “We Do Not Consent” Rally in London

UK brazenly cracking down on anti-COVID dissent even as pandemic wanes.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Swedish Church Denies Group it Supports Has Muslim Brotherhood Ties

The Church of Sweden has defended a Muslim charity it works with against allegations of links to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, only to be countered by claims from a Swedish terror expert.

The official Twitter account of the Church, managed by its communications department, replied to a conversation on Thursday started by Social Democrat member Maria Hind Alias about the Muslim charity Islamic Relief, which the Church has worked with in the past.

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

Switzerland Referendum: Voters Reject End to Free Movement With EU

Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to end an accord with the EU allowing the free movement of people.

With all referendum votes counted, nearly 62% said they wanted to keep free movement, while 38% were against.

Switzerland is not a member of the EU but has a series of interdependent treaties with Brussels which allow it to access to Europe’s free trade area.

The move to rein in immigration was proposed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), but opposed by the government.

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

UK PM Boris Johnson Pledges to Boost Who Funding, Undercutting US

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged full support Saturday for the embattled World Health Organization and promised additional funding — undercutting the U.S. decision to withdraw from the body earlier this year.

Johnson used a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly to praise Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and promise a 30 percent increase in U.K. contributions — with only a nod to calls by the U.S. to reform the WHO.

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

UK: “We Do Not Consent” — 1000s Rally in London to Oppose Another COVID-19 Lockdown

Six months after parliament passed the Coronavirus Act 2020, which gives the government powers to impose lockdowns and other restrictive social distancing measures (measures that have been accompanied by stiff fines), thousands of Britons packed London’s Trafalgar Square bearing signs reading “We Do Not Consent” and “Think Before It’s Illegal” during a rally that was billed as a “We Do Not Consent” anti-lockdown demonstration.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Exclusive Video: Watch Cops Storm, Forcibly Shut Down Peaceful Anti-Lockdown Protest in London

London Police forcibly shut down an anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square on Saturday, using their batons to beat protesters as they tried to disperse the demonstration, which the police claimed violated the UK’s coronavirus regulations.

After two hours of peaceable assembly in which the protesters listened to speeches against the lockdown and chanted for freedom, police stormed into the crowds, pushing people to the ground and ultimately hitting some protesters over the head with batons.

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

Women Across France Assaulted for Wearing Skirts in Public

Women in several cities in France have reported being assaulted in the streets by young men in recent weeks, allegedly for wearing skirts. One woman was punched in the face.

Earlier this week, a 22-year-old woman in Strasbourg named Elisabeth was the victim of an assault by three young men, with two holding her while the third man punched her in the face and left her with a black eye.

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

An “Unimaginable Nightmare”: The Abduction, Rape, And Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Egypt

The kidnapping, sexual abuse and forced conversion of Christian women and girls in Egypt — a “particularly vulnerable group to exploitation” that is quietly living an “unimaginable nightmare” — is rampant, with no signs of easing up. This is the finding of a report published on September 10, 2020 by Coptic Solidarity, an international organization based in Washington D.C., that works to promote equal citizenship rights for Egypt’s Christian minority.

In its 15-page report, “‘Jihad of the Womb’: Trafficking of Coptic Women & Girls in Egypt,” Coptic Solidarity documents “the widespread practice of abduction and trafficking” and estimates that there have been “about 500 cases within the last decade, where elements of coercion were used that amount to trafficking,” according to the UN’s own definitions, particularly per its “Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children.”

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

Fighting Erupts Between Armenia, Azerbaijan; 18 Killed

YEREVAN, Armenia — Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces erupted again over the disputed separatist region of the Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh).

The territory’s defense ministry said 16 soldiers and two civilians have been killed and more than 100 others wounded. Armenia has reported the loss of four Armenian military positions and 10 soldiers.

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

New Report Claims to Shed Light on SARS-Cov-2 Origin

A paper by Dr. Li-Meng Yan — a former researcher at the University of Hong Kong School of Public Health, a top coronavirus research lab — claims to present evidence showing SARS-CoV-2 likely underwent genetic manipulation

Yan previously accused the Chinese government and World Health Organization representatives in Hong Kong of covering up the Wuhan outbreak

On the morning of September 14, 2020, Yan posted a link to her paper on Twitter. Shortly thereafter, she posted another tweet saying Zenodo was “immediately hacked” and taken down once the report was posted

Yan and colleagues propose SARS-CoV-2 was made using the ZC45/ZXC21 bat coronavirus as the backbone. The receptor-binding motif in the spike protein was then manipulated to give the virus the ability to strongly bind to the human ACE2 receptor

Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, is yet another scientist who questions the zoonotic nature of SARS-CoV-2. Since it sprang into action fully evolved for human transmission, Chan believes the missing intermediate phase of evolution took place in a lab

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Why is the Pentagon Worried About China’s Navy?

by Yasmin Rasidi

The Pentagon’s ambitious plan to boost the U.S. Navy—which came amid the escalating tension in the disputed South China Sea—has raised concern as well as a question over whether both sides will engage in a possible military confrontation.

Major Boost to the US Navy

Pentagon boss Mark Esper revealed the plan to strengthen the US Navy fleet by bringing up the amount of ships to more than 355 from the existing 293. This will require an additional budget of billions of dollars that will be disbursed starting from this year until 2045.

“To achieve this outcome, we must increase funding for shipbuilding and the readiness that sustains a larger force. Doing this, and finding the money within the Navy budget and elsewhere to make it real, is something both the Navy leadership and I are committed to doing,” Esper stated.

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           — Hat tip: C. Cantoni [Return to headlines]
 

Bail Granted for Three Women Who Sparked a Queensland COVID-19 Outbreak After ‘Lying Their Way Into the State From Victoria’ And Visiting Bars, Restaurants and Shops While Infected

Diana Lasu, 21 and Olivia Winnie Muranga, 19. are accused of lying on their border declarations about where they had been when they arrived in Brisbane from Melbourne via Sydney on July 21.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Germany: Iraqi Migrants Accused of Dragging Women Into a Car and Raping Them

Two Iraqi migrant brothers are on trial in a Berlin court after being accused of dragging young women into an SUV and then raping them for hours.

The brothers, 33-year-old Wisam and 25-year-old Karrar, were born in Baghdad and have been in custody since March of this year. They are accused of several rapes dating back to March 2018, some of which involved both of the brothers.

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

Hungarian Police Discover 16 Tunnels Used by Migrants to Cross Border

Hungarian police say they have discovered at least 16 tunnels used by people traffickers to smuggle migrants across the border from neighbouring Serbia.

The small tunnels, which are around a hundred feet long, are located near the village of Csikeria and the town of Morahalom. The discovery of the tunnels is said to have occurred after police managed to capture 26 illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Syria near the border.

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

Orban Rejects Migration Pact, Says EU Wants to ‘Manage Migration’ Not Stop it

The central European Visegrad group has criticised the European Commission’s planned reform of the EU’s asylum policy, which could ultimately force members to accept migrants.

This week, the EU’s powerful executive arm announced that it would be scrapping the Dublin arrangements and replacing it with a “strong new solidarity mechanism”. The proposal would also open up more routes for migration and asylum.

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

Judge Barrett is the Answer to Ginsburg’s Legacy of Death

By any objective assessment, a big part of her legacy was continuing abortion on demand, which has now taken 60 million unborn lives since the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973. “RIP to the more than 30 million innocent babies that have been murdered during the decades that Ruth Bader Ginsburg defended pro-abortion laws,” said Rep. Doug Collins, who is also a military chaplain.

But only three Republican Senators voted to oppose the confirmation of this pro-abortion radical back in 1993. The three Senators, in that 96-3 vote, were Senators Jesse Helms (R-NC), Don Nickles (R-OK), and Bob Smith (R-NH).

Helms called her “a pleasant, intellectual liberal” but denounced her “outrageously simplistic and callous position” in favor of abortion and against the sanctity of human life. He said she spoke of “no qualification whatsoever” in support of abortion, saying it was a matter of “personal autonomy” and “the right to be let alone and to make basic decisions about one’s life’s course.”Helms went on, “Why…in the name of God did someone not ask, ‘But Mrs. Ginsburg, what about the unborn innocent and helpless child’s right to be left alone, that child who is about to be destroyed because of specious reasoning by people like Ruth Bader Ginsburg?’“…

The late Phyllis Schlafly noted that Ginsburg was so extreme that she even wanted to write taxpayer funding of abortion into the Constitution.

Ginsburg also found another “right” that was in reality nowhere in the Constitution — gay marriage. Helms saw this coming, too, when he said that Ginsburg during her confirmation hearing that she was “likely to uphold the homosexual agenda.”

But it was mostly left to conservative leaders like Howard Phillips and Phyllis Schlafly — not Senate Republicans — to raise these concerns.

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The Real Ruth Bader Ginsberg

As a Supreme Court Justice RBG swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States. That means when a case came before the Supreme Court they would judge that case according to the Constitution and what it allows and what it doesn’t allow. This is the only document that is allowed in adjudicating a case. RBG did not agree with that precept even though she swore to do just that. She believed that a lot of international laws were better than what she called the restrictions found in our Constitution. Justice Ginsburg has fired the latest salvo in the ongoing debate about the Court’s use of foreign and international law sources in constitutional adjudication. On Friday, she gave a speech to the International Academy of Comparative Law at American University, entitled “A decent respect to the Opinions of [Human]kind”: The Value of a Comparative Perspective in Constitutional Adjudication. Not surprisingly given her earlier opinions, Justice Ginsburg comes out strongly in favor of the Court’s use of foreign and international law materials to interpret U.S. law, including the Constitution. She begins with an historical defense:…

An article from CNS News reports “Given that homosexual advocates are in a full court press to lower the age of consent as low as it can go, and pro-pedophile sitting Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s documented advocacy of lowering the age of consent to 12 years old, parents should be horrified…”

Ginsburg may have “changed” her opinion on this (or pretended to) by the time of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Several liberal websites of course deny that she supports pedophilia, but there’s a PDF file with quotes from some of her earlier writings, which you can see for yourself.

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17 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/27/2020

  1. Erdogan has been barking for the last 6 months at every country around him. He never veiled his expansionist goals. Just 2 weeks ago he distributed a map in his parliament with countries around him swallowed and annexed Lebensraum.

    The map was a circle around Ankara with a radius of 700 miles, with Ankara at the centre of the neo-ottoman empire.

    Europe . . . you have nothing to fear from your honest Iago Erogan ally.

    The barker is not a fool. He is evil helped by his allies.

    • The last coup attempt must have created serious levels of non agricultural resistance for Erdogan and his inefficient farmers.

  2. The kidnapping, sexual abuse and forced conversion of Christian women and girls in Egypt — a “particularly vulnerable group to exploitation” that is quietly living an “unimaginable nightmare” — is rampant, with no signs of easing up. This is the finding of a report published on September 10, 2020 by Coptic Solidarity, an international organization based in Washington D.C., that works to promote equal citizenship rights for Egypt’s Christian minority.

    “The kidnapping, sexual abuse and forced conversion of Christian women and girls in Egypt — a “particularly vulnerable group to exploitation” that is quietly living an “unimaginable nightmare” — is rampant, with no signs of easing up. This is the finding of a report published on September 10, 2020 by Coptic Solidarity, an international organization based in Washington D.C., that works to promote equal citizenship rights for Egypt’s Christian minority.”

    Why only Egypt? – Probably because the Coptic Christians are more numerous and influential than any other Christian group. But the abduction of young Christian (and Hindu. Buddhist etc) girls in muslim majority countries is so common that it is virtually a national sport and any laws forbidding it are rarely enforced. Pakistan is by far the worst offender but nothing is done about them. UN sanctions might be a solution but the UN these days is bought and paid for by the islamic gulf states and it is unlikely any resolution to impose sanctions against the islamic offenders could ever succeed.

    Maybe a solution would be for the rest of the world to impose its own version of BDS against Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt etc. It might just work.

  3. “Two Iraqi migrant brothers are on trial in a Berlin court after being accused of dragging young women into an SUV and then raping them for hours.”

    The German legal system takes this kind of offence, especially when committed by such people as these brothers, *extremely* seriously. If convicted, they’re likely to be imprisoned for four or even five years, and let out half-way through this period.

    • One German equals ten thousand literate and fifty thousand illiterate Muslim parasites. Islam and its tenth century swarms of savages may be off to a start of sorts. However it will be finished off by fair means or foul – sooner or later. Another way of considering the upcoming correction.

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