Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/14/2020

Three migrants drowned off the coast of Crete when a people-smuggler’s boat sank. 56 other refugees were rescued by the Greek coast guard.

In other news, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s emergency COVID-19 restrictions have been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge.

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Migration: The Great Transformation of Germany

Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Tichys Einblick:

Migration: The Great Transformation of Germany

Merkel’s “We can do it”* creates a different Germany:

When it comes to converting to a new migration society, non-immigrant Germans are even to be disadvantaged in order to prevent “racial inequality”.

Can that go well?

Since 2015 [Chancellor Angela] Merkel and her political allies have refused to say where their immigration policy should actually lead.

The illusions of that time have burst: Germany cannot integrate hundreds of thousands of young men — but it cannot get rid of them, either, and yet more new migrants are encouraged to come.

A transformation is being pursued with energy and largely without contradiction from politics, the goals of which remain in the dark and the costs of which are concealed.

The division of the cities

Germany is in the process of a rapid ethnic and cultural transformation.

It is becoming visible in more and more city quarters that are evacuated by locals and dominated by immigrants from the Arab and North African regions.

Germany’s segregation is progressing rapidly: in cities such as Stuttgart half of the population are migrants; in Frankfurt the situation is similar.

The Taunus suburbs, on the other hand, are “white”.

In Munich-Grünwald, in Bogenhausen or in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the locals keep largely to themselves, apart from the domestic staff.

Berlin-Neukölln, on the other hand, is an Arabized district that hardly a police officer dares to venture into.

“We keep taking note of the fact that certain sections of the population not only ignore our rule of law, the constitutional organs, but also the police, public order and rescue workers, but even attack and fight them,” complains the local deputy mayor Falko Liecke in an interview with Tichys.

Society is divided along ethnic lines because the ability to integrate has long been exceeded.

The praised diversity separates itself more and more into different single-color spots every day.

It has long since ceased to be about Merkel’s “We can do it” in the Syrian refugee crisis, nor is it about the high costs of providing for migrants, nor the question of whether Germany is a country of immigration.

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Newborns Must Be COVID-Tested!

This story from Quebec is quite disturbing, as is so much of the Coronanews of late. Governments throughout the West have arrogated unto themselves totalitarian powers, tossing aside constitutions and basic law. Fundamental human rights are abrogated at the whim of elected officials who have declared a nebulous state of emergency based on “science”.

In the following video the distraught mother of a newborn baby describes the way hospital authorities demanded that she allow her child — despite its being confined to a therapeutic machine similar to an incubator — to be tested for the Wuhan Coronavirus, and refused the mother’s plea that they test her instead. In the absence of such a test, both mother and infant were confined in a quarantine area alongside those who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Many thanks to Sassy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

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The Geert Wilders Trial Was Rigged

Here’s the latest twist in the Geert Wilders case — breaking news from the Netherlands via our Dutch correspondent H. Numan.

The Wilders trial was rigged

by H. Numan

Of course most (sane) people know that, but how to prove it? Fortunately, our progressive activists are most helpful.

Enter Akwasi Owusu Ansah. He pretends to be an artist as a rapper. Personally, I don’t see rap as art, more as vocalized progressive whining. Akwasi was born in Ghana, in the Ashanti tribe. That’s one of the tribes that got really rich through slavery.

Akwasi didn’t like it in Ghana, so he moved to a land of milk (lots of it) and honey. He thinks he is an artist and went to work as a rapper. He is one of the many filthy rich millionaire commies. Firmly aligned with the extreme left of the extreme left. His assets are several millions in (Dutch) real estate. But don’t talk about that too much. Neither does he. That spoils the ‘poor oppressed gangster’ illusion. What Akwasi did, until last week with impunity, was to make death threats against Black Pete. I’ll talk about Black Pete in a minute. He tweeted many times that he wanted Black Pete killed, and even offered a reward of €500 for someone willing to do his dirty work.

Last week he tweeted that he was going to kick Black Pete in the face, once he spotted one. That was one tweet too many. Especially after the trial of Geert Wilders. Some people filed complaints with the police. A DA was put on this case… and… came to a gentlemen’s agreement. His lawyer (not Akwasi himself!) would read an apology, and the case would be dismissed.

This district attorney is Jacobien Vreekamp. She is not only DA, but also was chairwomen of Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP), an extreme left-wing and violent platform. It’s not marked as a domestic terrorist group, but should be. She is also director of the Anti-Discrimination Bureau of Amsterdam. This gentlewoman’s agreement is not exactly the way she normally operates. She is known for her harsh demands as a DA, especially when she can hang someone not toeing her preferred political line. She is not only ruthless, but also merciless.

This news broke over the weekend. It is causing a huge outcry, nationwide. Understandably, Geert Wilders is livid. He immediately announced he will ask questions in Parliament, on Monday.

Given the enormous outcry, the prosecutor’s office has placed her on non-active status, pending an investigation. There was little else they could do. Hushing it up won’t work. Interestingly, Jacobien was removed from a controversial case in which 25 condemned accused are on trial for racial discrimination on this Monday. It took a mere nine months to get this case on the agenda. One can give birth faster.

Let’s have a look at Jacobien Vreekamp. All judges and DAs are required to report if they have side jobs somewhere else. A lot of them simply ignore this rule. What they do outside the court is their affair, they think. Not really, because it has happened that a judge was personally involved as an legal advisor to a company that was sued. He ruled in favor for that company. As a judge it is very difficult to get punished. This judge was reprimanded, nothing more. Now he is a judge in the High Court.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/13/2020

A lone gunman ambushed two Los Angeles County police officers in their car last night, shooting each multiple times. The two officers are in grave condition in the hospital after surgery. Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside the hospital, blocking access to the emergency room, and chanted “We hope they die” and “Death to the police”. The county board of supervisors has authorized a $100,000 reward for any information that leads to the apprehension of the suspect.

In other news, the Greek government is planning to build a permanent migrant holding facility on the island of Lesbos to replace the Moria camp, which was burned down by its inmates.

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

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The State vs. Geert Wilders

Here’s a take on the Geert Wilders verdict from Paul Cliteur in De Dagelijkse Standaard. Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translation:

The retreating move of the court in the Wilders case

by Paul Cliteur
September 4, 2020

This afternoon the Court of Appeals in the Hague convicted Geert Wilders of group insult for the “Fewer Moroccans” statement (art. 137c Sr). He was acquitted in the attempts by the Public Prosecutor to convict him for incitement to hate or discrimination (art. 137d Sr).

Though it is naturally a disappointment that Wilders was not cleared of all charges, it is nevertheless a small success that now suddenly, the incitement to discrimination on grounds of race has disappeared. That takes a bit of the sting out of the conviction, because now only the group insult on the basis of race remains.

It is quite a backward move that the Appeals Court is making compared to the standpoint of the lower court. One step further, the Supreme Court, and the group insult will also die. That is not imaginary, because the Supreme Court will, hopefully, see clearly that Moroccans are not a race, but rather a nationality. No Moroccan race, no Moroccan ethnicity, just a nationality. And the legislature has explicitly not included that in the law. Thus, the zealots for stretching the concept of race can claim what they want, but, in doing so, they violate the principle of legality, and with it the rule of law.

What remains a problem is that the administrative elite, for one puzzling reason or another, is obsessed with labeling one group a “victim” while someone who spends the rest of their life on a jihadist death list can count on a lot less compassion.

Prof. Paul Cliteur is a professor in Leiden, a member of the first chamber [Senate] with Forum for Democracy, and the author of, among others, “The State vs. Wilders”.

Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/12/2020

Sixteen members of the Bundestag for Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU bloc have called for the relocation of 5,000 displaced Moria refugees to Germany. Meanwhile, France has agreed to take 400 of them, while Germany and the Netherlands will take 100 children.

In other news, the FBI says that reports of Antifa setting wildfires in Oregon are “conspiracy theories”.

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Amnesty International Targets Malta

Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Politikstube:

Horror over “illegal” measures against “illegals”: ​​Amnesty criticizes Malta in dealing with migrants

Once again, Amnesty International is complaining about how it deals with so-called refugees, this time against Malta. The NGO accuses Malta of dangerous and illegal measures, including rejections directed at Libya.

Malta absolutely has to establish itself as a “safe haven” in order to allow the “illegal” immigrants who begin their crossing from the Libyan coast in an “ocean-going” boat and find themselves “unpredictably” in distress to be accommodated and taken care of? In no way is Malta allowed to protect itself from people with predominantly unclear identities and predominantly young men who want to enter illegally for economic reasons and few can show a reason for asylum?

In view of the fact that only a few EU member states have come together in the “coalition of the willing” and participate in the reception of migrants from Italy and Malta, the rest of them, in view of the concomitant effects and the costs, thankfully refuse to accept boat migrants.

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Amnesty International accuses the Mediterranean country of putting the lives of refugees at risk. Amnesty International has sharply criticized Malta for its handling of refugees in the Mediterranean. According to a report by the human rights organization, the “dangerous and illegal” measures taken to reject refugees could have led to avoidable deaths.

According to research by the human rights organization, the Maltese authorities disregard calls for help from those seeking protection. “Refugees and migrants are also being brought back to Libya by the Maltese authorities, where they are still exposed to serious human rights violations,” said the Secretary General of Amnesty International in Germany, Markus Beeko.

Malta had signed an agreement with Libya in May to prevent refugees from entering the country.

Koran-Burning in Rinkeby

The Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby is one of the most culturally enriched neighborhoods in Sweden, possibly second only to Rosengård in Malmö. A group of stalwart Islamophobes were thus acting with great courage when they burned a Koran in Rinkeby a few days ago.

As I understand it, another copy of the eternal uncreated word of Allah has been incinerated in Gothenburg since then, but I haven’t seen any video yet of that particular sacrilege.

I note with interest that the Koran-burners in Rinkeby say they are from Stram Kurs (Hard Line), the Danish party founded by Rasmus Paludan. I assume these guys are Swedish, but my non-Scandinavian ear is unable to determine which language they are speaking.

Many thanks to Kronans Martell (Ullis News) for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

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To Run or Stand, That is the Question

The following essay by Seneca III is based on a comment he made earlier today at The Conservative Woman.

To Run or Stand, That is the Question

An open letter to the stampeding herd and the corporate and political establishments

by Seneca III

To the former I say without malice, “I do not intend to change my way of life just because you are frightened.” To the latter I say with malice, “What you try to take from me and impose upon me — danegeld and subservience — mark you for what you are. I know you by what you do, not by what you say. You peddle nothing but disinformation and puerile lies in your own narrow interests.”

Consequently, those of you of the herd who live in fear are free to stay home indefinitely. You can wear your progressively diseased and suffocating masks and socially distance yourself from me on your permitted occasional outings; you can avoid restaurants and pubs; you can believe the fabricated death numbers and stay away from beaches, parks and other public spaces. I will not join with you, for I am finished with indulging the rule-makers of this malignant game.

No longer am I prepared to be a prisoner of your fear or their threats. I will not vegetate in my house nor be imposed upon by anyone simply because they are scared. I will not wear a mask, and I will not stay six feet away from you anymore because I’m not afraid of you. You the herd are not my enemy, and if I get sick it’s not because of you, it’s because of my age and vulnerabilities, the times in which we live and the luck of the draw.

Millions upon millions of people have already encountered this virus, as you have done with influenza and many others in the past. Now and in the future you will have to confront it if you haven’t already. There is no way around it unless you lock yourself up in your house, and it somehow doesn’t manage to sneak in on the mail or groceries ordered online, but even if does not you will die anyway, some soon, some later, and some of you will die alone of untreated morbidities or suicide induced by cabin fever.

Your fear is being utilized by the establishment as means to disempower us all. Well, it is not my fear, and no one, including that imploding collection of dysfunctional little Stalinists in Westminster has the right to try to destroy my way of life or my future as a free-born Englishman. If you are scared you can continue racing along with the rest of the panicked herd, but just stay away from me and keep your fear confined to yourselves. Do not try to contaminate me, my family or my country with your childish hysteria. Man up, the lot of you, and take your lives back into your own hands however the dice may fall.

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From the Heart of Darkness to the Tuscan Hills

Last Wednesday former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini was attacked in Pontassieve, near Florence in Tuscany, while campaigning for the regional elections. His assailant was a Congolese woman whose attack, according to one of the articles below, was not premeditated. However, other sources identify the woman as an “activist”, which would make it less likely that the assault was spontaneous.

The video below is a composite of several clips, and shows the attack itself as well as Mr. Salvini’s remarks afterwards. Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

Below are excerpts from two articles about the assault on Matteo Salvini. First, from ANSA:

Black Woman Rips Salvini’s Shirt and Rosary Off

At election rally near Florence

(ANSA) – PONTASSIEVE, SEP 9 – A 20-year-old woman from Congo on Wednesday pushed and shoved rightwing League leader Matteo Salvini, ripping his shirt and breaking off the rosary around his neck, as he arrived for an election rally at Pontassieve near Florence.

The young woman was in “a clear state of psycho-physical excitation”, police said.

They said her actions did not appear to have been premeditated.

They said she found herself alongside Salvini as she was returning from work.

Separately, a group of young leftists and anarchists protested Salvini’s visit.

The woman was part of a crowd that had gathered for the League leader’s arrival.

The League is a populist and nationalist anti-migrant and Euroskeptic party.

Salvini said his assailant “should be ashamed of herself”.

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“The nice thing I take away from Pontassieve,” Salvini went on, “is not that poor woman, but a lady who told me ‘Matteo, I don’t think like you, but I apologise on behalf of that idiot, if you want I’ll buy you a coffee’.”

And from RMX News:

Video: Migrant Woman Attacks Matteo Salvini at Campaign Event, Tears Off His Rosary

Matteo Salvini, leader of the Italian opposition League party, was assaulted by an Congolese woman at a campaign event in Tuscany on Wednesday, with the woman tearing his shirt and breaking his rosary.

Salvini was in the area campaigning for his party due to regional elections that will be held on Sept. 20-21.

Italian parties, without exception, condemned what happened, however, the police are being criticized for their handling of the situation.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/11/2020

Angry Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside the home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, shouting that they couldn’t breathe, and demanding unemployment checks. Meanwhile, a judge in Georgia voided a proposed referendum that would have allowed voters in Glynn County to vote on disbanding the police department.

In other news, French President Emmanuel Macron had a coughing fit while meeting with students at a high school, and was forced to take off his mask.

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Culturally Enriched Inferno in Moria

On Wednesday some of the residents of the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos set fire to the facility, apparently because they didn’t want to be quarantined for COVID-19. Conditions were dry, and the entire camp was all but destroyed.

The EU has promised to take responsibility for resettling the 400 puir wee bairns that lived in the camp.

The following news video from Spain describes what happened at the Moria camp. Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

Below are brief clips from three articles about the inferno in the Moria camp. First, from Greek City Times:

Illegal Immigrants Caught on Video Starting Fire in Greece’s Largest Migrant Camp

Although it is well established that illegal immigrants are responsible for starting fires that destroyed the infamous Moria migrant camp on Lesvos island, a video has emerged that catches fire starters in action.

At approximately 2pm local time today, STAR television caught the moment that illegal immigrants deliberately started a fire in Moria camp.

From RMX News:

Video: Fire Engulfs Moria Migrant Camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos

A large fire destroyed the overcrowded Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos in the early hours of Wednesday and its 12,000 occupants have been evacuated.

The camp, originally designed for 2,800 migrants, housed as many as 19,000 in January and 12,600 at the time the fire broke out, According to as yet unconfirmed reports by Greek news agency ANA, several fires broke out in the camp, where last week 35 residents tested positive for coronavirus.

Another from Greek City Times:

Fed Up Moria Locals Block Road to Prevent Reconstruction of Migrant Camp

Residents of Moria have placed their vehicles and other items in the middle of the road to prevent the passage of machinery to the recently burnt down migrant camp that had brought untold vandalism, theft, rape and murder to the once peaceful region on Lesvos island.

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The Magnificent Nineteen… Years

It’s now been nineteen years since “The Magnificent Nineteen” flew their jetliners into various American targets, including the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

I don’t have much to say beyond what I’ve said in all my previous September 11th posts.

The brief national unity induced by 9-11 has now faded almost beyond recall. If we were to face some comparable atrocity today, there would no unity at all, not even for a nanosecond. Half the country would be cheering on whatever entity caused the slaughter, because Orange Man Bad, and it’s all his fault.

The long-term effects of the 9-11 attacks were:

1.   The Department of Homeland Security;
2.   Massive, universal electronic surveillance of everyone;
3.   Outreach to Islam to prevent “radicalization”; and
4.   The cultural taboo against any criticism of Islam in the public square.
 

Oh, and I almost forgot #5 — this shirt:

It will be interesting to see how the Biden administration observes the twentieth anniversary next year.

Or the Harris administration, as the case may be.