Michael Forest Reinoehl, the Antifa supporter who allegedly shot a Trump supporter named Aaron Danielson to death in Portland, was himself shot to death by a task force composed of federal and local law enforcement officers. Mr. Reinoehl allegedly pulled out a semi-automatic rifle when approached by officers, who opened fire on him in response.
In other news, the Italian government will close the migrant reception center on Lampedusa, and relocate migrants to offshore ships.
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52% of Young Adults Are Living With Parents, Highest Percentage Since Great Depression
The number of American young adults living with their parents is at or near an all-time high, according to a new report from Pew Research Center.
A study by the center published Friday found that 52% of young adults lived with one or both of their parents in July, more than any other time in history.
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Australia’s share market has lost $54billion in the opening half-hour of trade. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on the Australian Securities Exchange dived by 2.48 per cent.
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Hungary is the Second Biggest Tax Cutter in the OECD, Finnmin Varga Says
After the United States, Hungary ranked second among the 37 member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in reducing taxes in the 2017-2018 period, Hungarian Finance Minister Mihaly Varga told national news agency MTI on Thursday.
“The Hungarian achievement is also exemplary because taxes have not only been reduced in the short term, but this is also a long-term trend,” Varga said. He was referring to the OECD’s recently released 2020 Tax Policy Reforms report.
Varga said that in 2017-2018, the overall tax burden in Hungary was reduced by 1.6 percentage points relative to the country’s GDP.
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New Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since Mid-March
The number of new applications for unemployment benefits dipped to 881,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday in an encouraging sign for the economy.
Forecasters had projected 950,000 new jobless claims.
Instead, claims fell to the lowest level since mid-March, before the pandemic induced mass layoffs.
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Polish Economic Institute Revises Country GDP Decline to —3.1
Polish Economic Institute (PIE) experts have revised the forecast of a decline in Poland’s GDP in 2020 from —4.2 to —3.1 percent, according to the PIE’s monthly magazine.
Forecasts and macroeconomic data for the third quarter of 2020 suggest that the economy is recovering faster than assumed, the economists said.
“The decline in GDP in Q2 by 8.2 percent year on year was close to our expectations. At the same time, monthly data indicate that the rebound in Q3 is much faster than we forecast, both in Poland and in other EU countries. […] Currently, we expect the Polish economy to shrink by 3.5 pct y/y in Q3 and 2.5 percent in Q4. Throughout 2020, this means a slowdown of 3.1 percent,” they wrote.
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Unemployment Falls to 8.4%, Lowest Since Pandemic Hit
In August, nonfarm payrolls increased by 1.37 million and unemployment fell for the fourth month in a row to 8.4%, demonstrating continued economic recovery after losses incurred due to COVID-19 and government-mandated lockdowns.
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488 Shootings in Portland, Ore.: 2020 Gun Violence Stats
Portland,Ore., has experienced a sharp uptick in shootings this year, a large increase from 2019 that seems to be fueled by unruly protests raging downtown, according to figures released Friday.
The Portland Police Bureau released its gun violence statistics showing 488 shootings as of Thursday, compared to 2019 when the city recorded 299 shootings for the whole year.
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5 Dead, 9 Hurt in Chicago as City Sees 52% Rise in Gun Violence This Year
Gun violence continued to upend daily life in parts of Chicago Friday, when a shooting halted traffic on one of the city’s busiest freeways the day after 12 people were shot, five of them fatally, as part of a 52% rise in shooting incidents in the Windy City this year compared with last year.
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8,000 Extra Police Officers to be on Chicago Streets for Labor Day Weekend as Part of Safety Plan
CHICAGO — Chicago police are working to make sure the Labor Day weekend is a safe one. They also shared encouraging news about the city’s violent crime rate.
The police department is extending shifts and canceling off days to put 8,000 extra officers on the street. They will work 12 hour shifts.
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Antifa Gunman Shot Dead by Cops Said His Killing of Trump Supporter Felt Like Start of “Civil War”
Michael Forest Reinoehl, the Antifa shooter who was killed by police last night after he pulled a weapon on officers, said in an interview before his death that his murder of a Trump supporter in Portland felt like the start of a “civil war.”
48-year-old Reinoehl was seen exiting an apartment and entering a vehicle in Olympia. As officers tried to arrest him, Reinoehl pulled a gun and was shot multiple times.
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Bill Clinton Declares Trump Will ‘Sandbag’ Himself Inside White House if He Loses
Bill Clinton mocked President Trump Wednesday, declaring that the incumbent will lose the election and then sandbag himself within the White House, refusing to leave.
Appearing in an interview with two time election loser Hillary Clinton who proclaimed that Trump will “cheat” and “sneak” to try to win the election, the former President imagined what Trump would do if Biden wins.
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CNN, the network that for the best part of 3 years pushed the conspiracy theory that President Trump colluded with Russia, and attacks Trump constantly every day, is now complaining that it isn’t fair that the network hasn’t been chosen to host a Presidential Debate.
CNN host Brianna Keillar noted Thursday that “The presidential debates are set and Fox News’ Chris Wallace will monitor the first between President Trump and Joe Biden.”
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CNN, the network that for the best part of 3 years pushed the conspiracy theory that President Trump colluded with Russia, and attacks Trump constantly every day, is now complaining that it isn´t fair that the network hasn´t been chosen to host a Presidential Debate.
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Discover Blocks Donations to Christian Site Hosting Kyle Rittenhouse Fundraising Campaign
Payments company Discover has blocked its customers from donating to the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo which is hosting a fundraising campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund.
In an update on the campaign page, GiveSendGo wrote that “Discover is planning to cut off the ability of its cardholders to make payments to this fundraiser.”
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DOJ Charges Seattle Man for Injuring Portland Fire and Rescue Medic at Antifa Riot
A Seattle man has been charged with civil disorder after allegedly shooting a firefighter with a ball bearing fired from a “wrist rocket” slingshot during a violent Antifa Portland protest on July 13.
According to court documents, a Portland Fire and Rescue firefighter wearing a large “medic” patch was crossing the street to brief his team near the downtown federal courthouse when 38-year-old Jesse Herman Bates allegedly shot him in the chest with a one-centimeter diameter metal ball bearing, causing bruising. The assault was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Billy Williams.
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DOJ Reportedly to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks
The Department of Justice reportedly plans to file an antitrust case against Google this month, despite protests from the legal team that they are not ready, according to five people who leaked the information to the New York Times.
Justice Department officials allegedly told the legal team — comprised of roughly 40 lawyers — to have their work ready by the end of September. Some said they would not sign the complaint, while others left the case during the summer.
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Establishment Media Shields Antifa in Coverage of Antifa Shooter’s Death
Left-wing news outlets refused to shine a light on Antifa’s dark influence when covering the death of admitted Antifa shooter Michael Forest Reinoehl.
The New York Times edited out Reinoehl’s ties to the domestic terror group in its spotlight summary.
As one of the first news outlets to break the killing of Reinoehl by a federal fugitive task force last night, the NYT made several changes to its original article, which initially read: “Michael Forest Reinoehl, an Antifa supporter, died when law enforcement went to arrest him. He was being investigated in the fatal shooting of a member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer.”
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Feds Arrest and Charge Accused Portland Rioter Who Had Local Charges Dropped by DA
A Portland man who faced no prosecution for allegedly assaulting Portland cops with a powerful laser is now being federally chargedinstead. Hugo Ryan Berteau-Pavy, 26, was arrested on Wednesday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has been charged with felony civil disorder by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
Berteau-Pavy was identified and photographed by a Portland Police Bureau officer watching the crowd of hundreds of BLM-antifa protesters and rioters who surrounded the Multnomah County Justice Center in downtown Portland on June 13. The complaint says he was standing in the street and shining his laser into the faces of officers protecting the building, which had been broken into and set on fire two weeks prior. Rioters at the time attempted to topple and dismantle the fence set-up around the building.
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Florida Man Friday: We’re Begging You Not to Nurse the Nurse Sharks
It was a busy week in Florida Man news, even by the lofty — if you’ll allow me to abuse the heck out of that word — standards set long ago by Florida’s notorious-yet-totally-righteous Sunshine Law.
So without further ado, join me now on another thrill-a-minute…
Florida Man Friday!
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Georgia Teacher Faces Investigation for FB Post About Jacob Blake
In the United States, people who are used to speaking their mind freely still appear so comfortable doing it online — so much so, that they are sometimes left unable to recognize that their circumstances have changed, sometimes dramatically. Both for them, and for their idea of freedom of expression.
And that, essentially, means that if they want to continue to be present on some of the largest social networks, these days they increasingly feel they must filter and censor themselves and their true thoughts very carefully — not least out of fear of being ostracized by their media-fueled communities and even losing their jobs.
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Heavily Censored Del Bigtree: “They´re Telling You What Their Agenda Is”
The coronavirus vaccine will not be undergoing phase 3 trials, let alone double-blind placebo studies, and all of the manufacturers have demanded they be protected from the public if they kill or injure anyone with this rushed injectable product. If you are still under some delusion that this vaccine won´t be mandatory, either by force or otherwise, you don´t understand what´s going on. Those in power need you to submit and take the vaccine. “It´s really an outrageous moment we find ourselves in,” says Bigtree, summing it all up.
This is a worldwide issue too, says Bigtree. COVID-19 is bringing in everyone (adults and children) into the forced vaccine program. This should alarm anyone. If any other human can force something into your body against your will, you are not free. But they only need slaves in the New World Order. He´s been warning people to wake up for years now. “There is going to be something that they use to scare us into an adult vaccine program,” said Bigtree. “You think it´s just the COVID-19 vaccine, but you´ll have to get the catch-up schedule to catch up with the children´s vaccine program,” which includes 72 doses of vaccines.
Mandatory vaccines have the DNA of other humans (aborted fetal DNA, worm DNA, cocker spaniel DNA) in them, says Bigtree. It´s time the public is aware of what they are injecting into their children. Not to mention the aluminum, which is a neurotoxin when ingested, yet we inject it directly into the bloodstream.
So what´s the overall goal of the ruling class? Bigtree says he doesn´t delve into conspiracy theories, but “let´s just take them for their word. They´re telling you what they´re agenda is. When you hear them say, long before ‘our lives will not get back to normal until we have a vaccine, months ago.´ That´s an agenda. Right there, they just told you the main goal.”
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Historic: Judge Rules NSA Domestic Spying Exposed by Edward Snowden Was Illegal
A federal appeals court has ruled that the NSA´s historic controversial domestic spying program was illegal, one of the same programs NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden released details on to journalists in 2013. The landmark decision added that the spying program was even potentially unconstitutional.
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Largest Police Union in U.S. Endorses Trump for Reelection
The largest police union in the United States on Friday announced its endorsement of President Trump, lauding him for his commitment to support law enforcement.
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Man Arrested in Connection to Mob Assault on Sen. Rand Paul During RNC Last Week
A Florida man has been arrested for his alleged participation in a mob attack on Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in Washington, D.C., last week following the president’s speech at the Republican National Convention.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. announced the arrest of 27-year-old Brennen Sermon on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting one of the officers escorting Paul.
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NBA Viewers Flee as the League Turns “Too Political, “ Poll Finds
A recent Harris poll has revealed that 39% of self-identified sports fans have chosen to watch fewer NBA games this season, largely because the league has become overly politicized.
Following the pandemic-induced sports-drought, many expected a ratings surge for the return of basketball. Instead, even heading into the playoffs, viewership for the NBA has tanked.
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New California Bill Would Lower Penalties for Adults Who Have Sexual Relations With a Minor
LOS ANGELES — A new bill headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk would lower penalties for adults who have consensual sex with a minor if the offender is within 10 years of age with the victim.
SB 145 passed in both houses of the State Legislature late Monday evening.
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NFL Announces it Will Air Hour-Long Social Justice Special on NBC
In a joint statement released Thursday, the NFL and NFLPA announced it would be airing an hour-long social justice special on NBC the night before the 2020 NFL season begins.
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NYC Restaurant Owners File $2 Billion Class Action Suit Against Cuomo, De Blasio
Several hundred restaurants in New York City have filed a $2 billion class-action lawsuit against Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the “catastrophic” indoor dining ban they have left in place since March.
Even as restaurants around the state have been allowed to reopen their indoor dining rooms, those in the densely populated city have been barred from returning to work. The lawsuit claims that restaurant owners in the city have been deprived of due process.
“[Cuomo and de Blasio] have unilaterally suspended civil liberties and announced that this state of affairs will continue even over the Legislature’s objection. The Governor nor the Mayor have not disclosed and/or disclosed only a minimal amount of the data or methodology used to create the modeling that purportedly justifies this extreme action,” the suit argues.
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Pelosi Controversy: Fundraising Campaign for Salon Owner Raises Almost $200k in 24 Hours
A GoFundMe campaign created for San Francisco hair salon owner Erica Kious, whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed “set her up,” has raked in nearly $200,000 in 24 hours.
The fundraising page for Kious launched Thursday with a goal of $300,000.
“Erica Kious, a single mother of two and owner of eSalon, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got her hair done on Monday, is now being forced to shut down and relocate her business and family due to outrage and threats she is receiving,” the campaign page reads. “All donations will go directly to Erica to pay off any debts from the business that she is forced to shut down, expenses to relocate and reopen in a new location.”
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Portland Man Who Allegedly Bear-Maced Cops at Antifa Riot Arrested by Feds
In the latest case of federal crackdowns on Portland riots, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon moved to prosecute a local man with felony civil disorder following an FBI investigation that found he allegedly assaulted Portland cops with bear mace during a riot.
According to the Justice Department, 26-year-old Kevin Phomma was armed with a shield and a can of bear mace when he sprayed multiple officers at an unlawful assembly on Aug. 26 outside the local Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility. When he was eventually taken into custody, police found him carrying a three-inch dagger on his hip. Phomma was charged by Portland Police with 11 felonies and misdemeanours, including interfering with a peace officer, disorderly conduct in the second degree, three counts of harassment, three unlawful tear gas misdemeanours, and three felony counts of unlawful macing. His bail was set at $33,000, which was paid.
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Professor Put on Leave After Students Are Offended by Chinese Word That Sounds Like N-Word
A communications professor has been put on leave after students became offended because he used the Chinese word for “that” which sounds like the n-word in English.
Yes, really.
Greg Patton was conducting an online class for the University of California’s Marshall School of Business when the incident occurred.
Patton was trying to explain how the Chinese word for “that” or “that one,” which is written as “Nàgè” and sounds similar to the n-word in English when pronounced, is used as a filler word like “um” is in English.
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The sister of Portland murder suspect Michael Forest Reinoehl,the 48-year-old man killed by police Thursday night in Washington, said she awoke Friday with a flood of emotions.
“I’m worried about his kids. I’m still in shock. I’m overwhelmed by this and what this means to the country at large. I’m sad that this whole thing happened,” she told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “And, I’m a little mad at him, to be honest, that all of this has happened in the first place.”
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Thousands of Massachusetts Mail-in Ballots Not Counted on Election Day
Thousands of uncounted mail-in ballots in Massachusetts surfaced on Thursday in a tight race between two Democrats vying for a seat in the 4th Congressional District, the Boston Herald reported.
Staff members from Secretary of State William Galvin’s office came across approximately 3,000 uncounted ballots in Franklin — a number far exceeding the previously estimated 600 uncounted ballots.
Galvin ordered election officials to continue counting ballots cast on September 1. Most of the mail-in ballots were received on time but not yet counted. By Thursday evening, election officials were still counting ballots.
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Travel Expenses for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti´s LAPD Security Detail
In the midst of a deadly virus pandemic as well as weeks and weeks of protests, riots, murders, arsons and assaults in several cities including Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Chicago, New York, and others, it appears the far-left mayor of Los Angeles regularly goes on taxpayer-funded trips to foreign countries.
The Democrat leader, who is a local officeholder with no authority to represent the United States overseas, is yet another Democratic Party member who treasures his relationship with the Chinese communist regime in Beijing. As with other anti-American Democrats, the Los Angeles tax-and-spend mayor is quick to portray his travels as part of his leadership in one of the nation´s largest, most populated cities.
In a press statement obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police, Judicial Watch announced last week that it obtained the details of the travel expenses of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti´s Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) security detail.
This is the same Mayor Garcetti who forced his city´s businesses to close their doors, pushed civilians to remain in a massive “lockdown,” and demanded Christian, Jewish and other church goers to forego religious services. However, Garcetti is allowing marijuana stores to remain open and arguing on behalf of rioters, looters and thugs by claiming the alleged well-paid protesters are mostly peaceful.
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Trump Hits Highest Approval Since February: Rasmussen
President Trump’s approval rating hit its highest mark since February — about a month prior to the coronavirus pandemic that paralyzed the U.S. and the rest of the world.
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Tyranny in the USSA: Google & Apple Phones Include Full Contract Tracing
Google and Apple phones are now being modified by the companies complicit in fascism to include full contact tracing. Everything you do will be tracked, traced, and monitored to such an extent that privacy is no longer a word we should use because it does not exist in this New World Order of slavery and control.
We knew the ruling class as going to push the New World Order as fast and as hard as they could. And unless more people realize what´s going on, and quick, humanity will be in a pretty dire situation, one that will be almost impossible to fight our way out of.
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UNC Professor: ‘They Have Deputized All White People to Murder Us’
A professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science said that all White people have been “deputized” to murder Black people.
In response to a tweet stating that Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson supports “citizen soldiers” in Kenosha, Wisconsin and alleging that Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager charged with felony homicide after he was seen walking down a Kenosha street with a firearm slung across his back, is a “citizen soldier,” Tressie McMillan Cottom, a black woman, declared that “they have deputized all white people to murder us.”
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Woman Punches 12-Year-Old Boy Over Trump 2020 Sign
Woman in her 20s-30s reportedly used closed fist to strike boy in back of head and arms.
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Woman Screamed at by BLM Agitators for Not Raising Her Fist Speaks Out
The woman who was encircled and screamed at by an angry Black Lives Matter mob outside a restaurant in DC for refusing to raise her fist has slammed the group’s “bullying” tactics in a Washington Post op-ed.
49-year-old urban planner Lauren Victor was confronted in a now infamous video by the BLM mob outside the Mexican restaurant Los Cuates.
After yelling about “white privilege,” the mob swarmed around Victor because she refused to be intimidated into raising her fist like other diners.
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Zuckerberg Warns of “Civil Unrest” After Election
In an interview with “Axios on HBO,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that “civil unrest” is likely after the 2020 election and that the platform will do everything it can not to contribute to tensions.
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“Europe Has No Idea Where it Will be in 10 Years, “ PM Orban Says
While we are currently experiencing a major change in the global economy as indicated by the fact that the majority of global investments no longer come from Western states, the coronavirus pandemic has reduced receptivity to strategic issues, Hungarian Prime Minister said in his regular weekly interview on the national Kossuth Radió on Friday.
“Europe has no idea where it will be in 10 years,” Orban said. He reminded listeners that in a 2012 study, Brussels leaders forecasted that Europe’s relative weight within the global economy would fall to 17-18 percent by 2050, but Europe has already fallen to that level today. “While we [alone] cannot solve this, the Central European region is performing well, and possibly within 10 years, Poland will be the new Germany of Europe.”
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Charlie Hebdo Terrorism Trial Opens in France
Fourteen people accused of helping jihadist gunmen storm French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket went on trial Wednesday, five years after the terror attack, AFP reported. The suspects face charges of conspiracy in a terrorist act or association with a terror group. The three assailants were killed by police. Charlie Hebdo marked the trial by republishing cartoons of prophet Mohammed that had angered Muslims around the world.
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Christianity is Under Attack From Western Europe, Hungarian FM Says at the Vatican
Christian Europe has come under attack from the most unexpected corner, Western Europe, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjartó said after meeting Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States.
“We have been subjected to attacks from where we didn’t expect any, meaning Western Europe, where Christian values are being questioned and they want to erase the Christian identity, roots and traditions of Europe,” Szijjartó said. He added that Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world, with more than 250 million Christians subjected daily to violence and persecution; in the past few years, 10,000 Christian churches have been the target of various attacks.
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COVID-19: Energy Consumption Low in May in Eastern Europe
Stable only in Bulgaria and Latvia
(ANSA) — BELGRADE, 03 SET — Electricity consumption in May 2020 dropped to very low levels in the majority of European Union countries, with the strongest decreases recorded Poland (-13.7% compared with May 2019), Slovenia (-13.4%), Croatia (-11.9%), and Romania (-11.8%), together with Spain and Portugal (-13.7% and -11.6% respectively), Eurostat said today.
The total EU electricity consumption in May was 10.5% lower than the lowest May value recorded between 2016 and 2019, the EU statistical office added. Just in two Member States, Bulgaria and Latvia, the consumption of energy was stable in May.
The drop in the energy consumption was caused by the restrictive measures adopted by the authorities to slow down the spread of COVID-19, with schools, restaurants and hotels closing, people staying at home and companies halting or reducing production, Eurostat recalled.
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Poland Denies Territorial Claims on Belarus — MoD
Poland has no territorial claims on any country, including Belarus, the Polish Defence Ministry announced in its official position regarding information on the deployment of one half of the Belarusian army on the country’s border with Poland and Lithuania.
On Thursday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, was to inform him that Belarus had deployed half of its army on the border of NATO countries, Lithuania and Poland.
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Poland: Civic Platform (PO) Is Turning Away From Its Former Leader Donald Tusk
When Andrzej Duda’s lead over Rafal Trzaskowski in the presidential elections was maintained, Trzaskowski tried to cut himself away from Donald Tusk and the previous PO government.
“Tusk is no longer present in Polish politics and the opposition can no longer be a ‘total’ one,” he had said during the campaign.
Because PO suffered another election loss, Tusk began his media offensive by berating and giving lessons to his colleagues. He criticized Trzaskowski’s idea of creating a new political movement called “New Solidarity” and declared it a “delusion” and “not an easy job.” He also called for PO to have more vigor in its actions.
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Polish Police Help Patrol Czech Town of Mlada Boleslav
On Wednesday, a pair of Polish police officers became part of the police patrol in the town of Mlada Boleslav. Although there are no issues with most of the large group of Polish workers in the city, there are also Poles who do not respect the local laws, and Czech patrols often do not know how to deal with them.
In recent years, it has been proven that Poles have more respect for Polish police officers.
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Statue of Czechoslovak President Vandalized With “Racist” And “Mass Murderer” Inscriptions
The pedestal of the statue of the former President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes in Prague on Loretanské Square was spray-painted with the words “racist” and “mass murderer.” The police posted about it on Twitter on Thursday, adding that they are searching for the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek has already condemned the act.
The statue falls under the administration of the Prague City Gallery. According to the head of its PR department, Michaela Vrchotova, the gallery will have the inscriptions removed. The damage has not yet been quantified.
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Visegrad Group Stronger Than Ever — PM
The Visegrad Group (V4, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary — PAP) is stronger than ever, PM Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Facebook after Friday’s signing of a cooperation agreement by the V4 finance ministers.
Morawiecki wrote that the V4 format has frequently proved its effectiveness, both in pursuing common interests on the EU platform and in measures against the coronavirus epidemic.
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Coronavirus: Croatia: Direct Costs 1.46 Billion Due to Crisis
GDP 9.4% decline in 2020, lower than initial estimates
(ANSA) — ZAGREB, 04 SET — In Croatia, the Coronavirus crisis has generated direct costs to the public coffers for 1.46 billion euros, more than half of which spent on support and subsidies for maintaining jobs, Croatian Finance Minister Zdravko Maric announced. Aid measures for companies, with transfers of around 800 euros gross for each worker, have generated an expense of 900 million euros. About 560 million, the remainder concerns the extraordinary costs incurred by the health system and aid to local authorities, necessary for their regular operation in conditions in which they cannot count on the ordinary tax revenues. In addition to direct expenses, the pandemic’s cost must also be added to the losses of the tax authorities, due to the decline in economic activities, estimated at another 1.3 bn euros. Therefore, the Croatian state’s overall cost, for aid and losses, is now around 2.8 bn euros, out of an annual budget of just under 20 bn. Maric also announced that his ministry would shortly publish the revised Economic and Financial Document (EED), with the forecast of a 9.4% drop in the Croatian GDP in 2020, lower than previous estimates, around 10,5%. The smaller contraction is mostly due to the government’s decision to keep the country almost fully open during the summer to help tourism.
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Libya: Blatant Violations of Arms Embargo Continue — UN
In past two months, 100 resupply flights landed in country
ROME — UN Head of Mission in Libya Stephanie Williams said blatant violations of the UN arms embargo in Libya are continuing, and said the military assistance from various foreign sponsors to General Khalifa Haftar and the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Sarraj is “deplorable”. Williams said in the past two months, 70 resupply flights landed in airports in eastern Libya, dominated by Haftar, while 30 resupply flights were dispatched to the country’s west, under the control of the government of al-Sarraj. She said this “constitutes an alarming breach of Libya’s sovereignty” and “a blatant violation of the UN arms embargo”.
“We continue, in addition, to receive reports of large-scale presence of foreign mercenaries and operatives,” Williams said, adding that this complicates the situation in the country. She said on the ground, an “uneasy stand-off” continues around Sirte, imperiling the lives of the coastal city’s 130,000 inhabitants as well as the country’s vital oil infrastructure which comprises its economic lifeline. During the night between September 1 and 2, rockets were fired by forces affiliated with General Haftar and although the rockets didn’t cause any damage or injuries, Williams said they “are a breach of the ceasefire”. In addition, Williams said “political and military instability in Libya is further compounded by degraded socio-economic conditions.” “The partial lifting of the oil blockade announced by Haftar’s forces didn’t reduce the energy crisis in Libya. In Tripoli, people live 20 hours a day without electricity,” she said. “We must make the full lifting of oil blockade, which has been in place since January, a top priority,” Williams said, highlighting that “the use of oil as a weapon of war has only exacerbated the misery of the Libyan people and propelled the country towards economic and social collapse”.
Williams said the situation of migrants and refugees on Libyan soil continues to be a source of great concern. On August 17, at least 45 migrants died off the coast of Libya while attempting to cross the Mediterranean towards Europe. Williams said this shows “Libya cannot be considered as a safe port for disembarkation”.
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Caroline Glick: The Rat in Israeli Public Life
Over the past several weeks, Israelis have been riveted by a new crime drama called “Meniac” or “Rat” whose central character is an investigator in Police Investigations Division of the Justice Ministry, charged with investigating crooked cops. The plot surrounds the main character’s shattering discovery of deeply rooted corruption at all levels of the police and state prosecution.
If the show had aired a 15 years ago, it probably would have flopped. But over the past several years, public faith in the legal system has plummeted. Last November Globes newspaper published a poll showing that 72 percent of Israelis believe police and state prosecutors engage in selective law enforcement. In this climate, Meniac’s success was all but assured.
Almost every day, events occur that reinforce the public’s view that justice in Israel is not blind. Even worse, in Israel’s politicized justice system justices, prosecutors and police investigators have unchecked powers the likes of which no legal system in any other democracy ever possessed.
Consider the events of the past week…
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India Bans 118 Chinese Apps Including PUBG
India has banned 118 Chinese apps including PlayersUnknowns BattleGround (PUBG) in a new government order.
Earlier in July, the authorities had banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok and WeChat after a skirmish between the armies of two nations at the border.
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Yeonmi Park, a 26-year-old defector from North Korea, is now a human rights activist based in Chicago, sharing her story of what life was like under one of the world’s worst dictatorial regimes.
Calling it a modern-day Holocaust, Park describes a life with no electricity and passing lifeless bodies of freezing and starving people on the streets. Families are forbidden to show affection to one another, instead reserving that emotion only for the supreme leader.
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Ever since the early stages of the US-China trade/tech/virus/cold war four years ago, there were frequent rumors — which eventually gave way to increasingly legitimate chatter — that China was looking to go full “nuclear option” by selling some or all of its $1+ trillion of US Treasury securities, which incidentally has not been too far off the mark: as the chart below shows, after peaking in 2013, Chinese holdings of US debt have been steadily declining (and not so steadily in the aftermath of the Chinese devaluation), and are currently near the lowest level in 8 years.
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The AFL said the pair breached the code’s return to play protocols by taking an Uber, visiting a non-approved Gold Coast venue and becoming involved in the incident which required police.
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Anti-Lockdown Protesters Divided Over Planned Melbourne Rally
Anti-lockdown protesters are now divided about whether a large rally should go ahead in Melbourne as debate continues about Victoria Police’s response to the pandemic and lockdown restrictions.
Promoters are touting planned protests in capital cities around the country on Saturday — including in Melbourne where stage four lockdown restrictions are in place — as “Freedom Day” rallies.
A day before the demonstration, scheduled to take place at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, prominent voices in the anti-lockdown movement including former My Kitchen Rules host Pete Evans are calling for the protest to be cancelled.
Mr Evans shared a post on his Instagram page saying that key influencers would now “not be supporting the 5th”, claiming the Victorian government would use the protest to justify an extension of Melbourne’s stage four lockdown.
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Melbourne Police Break Down Door and Arrest Citizen Over Anti-Lockdown Facebook Video
Australian anti-lockdown protester James Bartolo was arrested in his home on Friday for “incitement” after making a Facebook video saying he was going to attend an anti-lockdown protest.
The 27-year-old has a huge following on social media is alleged to have been organizing a protest that was to happen on September 5. Bartolo claims he didn’t organize the event and that he was just planning to attend.
On Friday morning, police officers went and arrested Bartolo in his home. Video footage on his phone show two uniformed officers and two detectives coming to his home and showing him the warrant for his arrest.
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More Than 500 Ethiopian Christians Killed in Targeted Attacks Since June
At least 500 Christians in Ethiopia have been murdered in the last two months by Islamists, according to a report by the Barnabas Fund.
The non-profit ministry, which provides support to the persecuted church worldwide, says it has confirmed attacks in at least 17 cities across the country.
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WHO’s Oral Vaccine Sparks New Polio Outbreak in Africa
A week after World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that its decade-long vaccination campaign in Africa was successful, its own oral vaccine itself has sparked a new Polio outbreak in the continent. The outbreak has been caused by mutation of strain in vaccine.
[Comment: Bill Gates’ organization did the same thing to India. Hundred of thousands became crippled for life with a polio strain that was in the oral vaccine.]
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Italian Interior Minister Targets V4 for Anti-Immigration Stance
While the Italian government is battling an immigration crisis that is at least partly of its own making, Minister of Interior Luciana Lamorgese calls on the European Union to tie the distribution of its €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund to member states’ immigrant intake, she said in an interview.
“I know that the countries of the Visegrad Four group represent a different position, but the European Union is at a time of major upheavals, and in order to accomplish the European plans, it is also necessary to take responsibility. Responsibility cannot be exclusively in terms of economic-financial obligations,” Lamorgese said in an interview with Italian daily Il Foglio.
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Italy to Close Overcrowded Center on Lampedusa, Relocate Migrants to Ships
The overcrowded migrant center on the Italian island of Lampedusa will be closed today, and about 1,200 refugees will move to three ships, where they will be quarantined for two weeks.
The Lampedusa refugee center, located about 100 kilometers off the Tunisian coast, has a capacity for only 100 people. But in recent weeks, several hundred migrants have arrived on the island every week.
The local authorities used to move them to Sicily, to which the island belongs and which also receives refugees from humanitarian ships. On Wednesday, 350 migrants, who boarded the humanitarian vessel Sea-Watch 4 after being saved from boats in the Mediterranean, arrived in Palermo.
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Pedophiles Are Proudly Posting Their Faces Online
In a world where everything is becoming politically correct, pedophiles on social media have seized a new opportunity to rebrand themselves as MAPS (“minor-attracted-people”). The MAP community and movement are growing in size and picking up steam particularly on social media apps like Twitter, where the problem is becoming increasingly worse. They’ve constructed their own flag and often describe their attraction to children as a sexual orientation, rather than the scientifically recognized mental illness that pedophilia is.
The goal is the MAP community is to normalize pedophilia and convince those who are “woke” enough to begin to accept them and view them as a marginalized class. Their intent is to follow the blue-print of LGBT acceptance, with some even insisting that pedophiles should be included within the acronym.
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Professor Put on Leave After Students Are Offended by Chinese Word That Sounds Like N-Word
Clown world strikes again.
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- Public shaming
- Kneeling
- Groupthink mob intimidation
- Targeting shop & landowners
- Reverse cultural imperialism
Black Lives Matter and Maoist Red Guards have an awful lot in common.
Wonder why?
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“Islam is the second religion, the second community in France. Those who don’t like us just have to leave France.”
https://www.fdesouche.com/2020/09/05/rhone-en-direct-une-manifestation-a-lyon-contre-le-racisme-et-lislamophobie/
https://www.fdesouche.com/2020/09/05/montpellier-15-ans-une-cinquantaine-dantecedents-judiciaires/
Islam comes a cross more as an ideology like the cult of Kali than a religion. Brainless unwashed. They will have to be dismantled. Hopefully they will push the wrong button sooner rather than later. Crime will tell.
“Convicted of terrorism in Morocco, an MRE claims € 1.5 million in damages from Germany
https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/98557/condamne-pour-terrorisme-maroc-reclame.html
“He is demanding at least 1.5 million euros in damages. The 39-year-old family man is unable to work, severely disabled. Forensic medical reports and photos document the consequences of severe torture in Morocco.”
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/report-mainz/folter-111.html
Notice how he isn’t demanding any money from Morocco, the country that actually tortured him
I bet he’s practicing takkiya. he’s a liar.
Islam comes a cross more as an ideology like the cult of Kali than a religion. Brainless unwashed. They will have to be dismantled. Hopefully they will push the wrong button sooner rather than later. Crime will tell.
He’s a liar practiced at takkiya.
The commie murderer, was a typical leftist thug, smug, and showed no care or emotion, he murdered a person in cold blood, a personbwho simply hadca dufferent view of the world, and different to reinhole.
Anyone who buys into and believes this marxist [odiferous material], is either retarded, blind and deaf to reality anf history,
Or simply brain dead!!!
This killer, was trying to set himself up as a martyr!!! For antifa!!! In the video interview.
He was wanting his 72 virgins, he looked and sounded like a jihadist who just trucked over infidels in the name of allah!
Its why commies have so much in common with islam, commies and islam always defend the guilty! They turn the victim into the perprtrator.
I lived in eastern europe, bulgaria, i noticed if u r a victim of crime or injustice, if u complain, they label u as a troublemaker!!! Its inverted reality, its what ive been seeing now in the west.
The commies are back!!!
Get armed.
Communism is the creed of envy, jeslousy, and hate!!!
Communism is 100 x worse than the NaZis.
Its Time to get weapons, be armed, or lose u property, home, car, livlihood.
Lose u life!!!
Marxism has poisoned the world