Up to 12,000 personnel in the U.S. Air Force, including top pilots, have declined to get the COVID “vaccination” and will face discharge after next Tuesday’s deadline. Meanwhile, the Canadian Senate will require all senators to be fully “vaccinated” if they want to attend in-person sessions.
In other news, Dutch political parties are still unable to agree on the formation of a new government, which means the country has been without a government for a record-breaking 226 days (which is almost as long as Melbourne was in lockdown).
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“Oh, What a Tangled (Tax) Web We Weave…”
This makes it pretty clear that federal taxes cannot be levied directly upon assets that are not “income” (e.g. accumulated wealth, property, savings, retirement funds, etc.). Until now, this has stymied efforts by tax-and-spend politicians to grab any and every additional tax dollar and cent they could get their hands on.
The crux of the current proposals is that they reclassify gains in value on paper as actual income. If, for example, your asset or investment gains value in a given year, even though you did not sell it to realize that gain (i.e. take possession of it in cash, which would be taxable), the authorities want to tax you on the presumed, theoretical gain.
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The deadline is looming for US Air Force personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and many thousands are still refusing, according to the latest reports. For many at this point, it’s also too late to receive both jabs by the next Tuesday, Nov. 2 deadline. Other branches like the Navy have deadlines coming later in November, but the Air Force will be the first test case as it set the earliest deadline.
The Washington Post is now at the end of the week reporting that up to 12,000 Air Force personnel are still declining the vaccine, causing alarm within the top chain of command who are worried it will impact force readiness, particularly as some forces in key positions face discharge over their vax refusal. “The fact that it’s a choice leading to potential loss to readiness is striking,” a military policy analyst with the Center for a New American Security Katherine L. Kuzminski, told the Post.
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13-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized After Being Stabbed by Another Student at Mohave Middle School
A 13-year-old boy has been hospitalized after being stabbed by another student at Mohave Middle School. A 13-year-old girl was taken into custody in the incident.
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All White Men Nominated for Science Award, So Committee Refused to Pick Any of Them
A group of scientists who were nominated for a prestigious award lacked diversity, so the review committee committed discrimination by refusing to advance anyone.
Scientific American reported that “five of the nation’s top ice scientists” were supposed to review peer-nominated candidates for the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) fellows program, but after seeing that all the nominees were white and male, the committee decided not to move them forward.
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Are Vaccine Mandates for Kids Next?
It goes without saying that parents almost always know what’s best for their kids. But the FDA and woke officials in the White House and Congress don’t agree. They intend to force COVID vaccines on your kids, whether you like it or not. Don’t let them. It’s politics, not science.
In a desperate bid to find more COVID victims to save with experimental vaccines, the Federal Drug Administration just gave the Pfizer anti-COVID vaccine “emergency use” authorization for children aged 5-11. Get ready for a big propaganda push.
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Bad Reputation Has Large Conventions Skipping Portland, Tourism Report Says
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland’s reputation has taken a bit of a beating recently, and as a result organizations and companies that thought about holding big conventions here, bringing tourists and money with them, are now looking elsewhere.
That’s according to a recent tourism report by Travel Portland.
The agency presented its finding to Portland city commissioners earlier this week.
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Breaking: Portland Antifa Member Indicted Over 2019 Andy NGO Attack
A member of Antifa in Portland, Oregon, has been indicted on a felony charge of robbery in the third degree by a grand jury in Multnomah County for allegedly violently stealing journalist Andy Ngo’s phone on May 7, 2019.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
The US Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge from a group of Maine health care workers seeking to block a vaccine mandate based on religious grounds.
Recall, Democrat Governor Janet Mills in August announced that healthcare workers in Maine must be fully vaccinated by October 29.
The Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of approximately 2,000 healthcare workers in August.
Last Tuesday the Supreme Court declined to hear an emergency appeal attempting to stop a Covid vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in Maine.
Far-left Justice Stephen Breyer, who oversees complaints for the First Circuit, rejected the emergency appeal last week in the first time the highest court of the land has weighed in on a statewide Covid vaccine mandate.
Breyer denied the emergency request “without prejudice” which left the door open for Liberty Counsel to file another application for injunctive relief and Breyer referred it to the entire court.
On Friday, the highest court of the land in a 6-3 vote rejected the health care workers’ request.
Three conservative justices, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said they would have ruled in favor of the Christian group seeking relief from the Covid vaccine mandate.
“Healthcare workers who have served on the front line of a pandemic for the last 18 months are now being fired and their practices shuttered,” Gorsuch wrote in a dissenting opinion. “All for adhering to their constitutionally protected religious beliefs. Their plight is worthy of our attention. I would grant relief.”
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, both Trump appointees, wrote an opinion concurring with the liberals in the denial of injunctive relief.
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CNN and MSNBC Spend 17 Nights Hiding Horrific Loudoun School Sex Assault Case
MRC analysts looked at 16 nights of primetime (7pm ET — 11pm ET) programming on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News from October 12 (the day after The Daily Wire’s Luke Rosiak’s report) through October 28 and found an almost complete blackout of the Loudoun sex assault story by CNN and MSNBC.
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Dan Bongino Ends Radio Program in Vaccine Mandate Battle With Employer
Authored by Christopher Burroughs via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
Conservative radio host Dan Bongino announced his daily show will only air replays while he deals with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate with his show’s parent company Cumulus Media.
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Mark Twain reminds us of what so many people forget today: “The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
Our government no longer deserves that loyalty.
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A family’s request to provide Ivermectin to a dying relative in a hospital with COVID pneumonia was effectively denied by the Wisconsin Supreme Court earlier in October, according to reports.
— Hat tip: Nitzakhon | [Return to headlines] |
Joe Rogan, Dave Chappelle Slam Cancel Culture in Joint Event Before Sold-Out New Orleans Audience
Thursday night saw an explosive joint performance headlined by Dave Chappelle with his long-time friend and fellow comedian Joe Rogan in New Orleans.
Also in the line-up were comedians Jeff Ross, Tom Segura, and Donnell Rawlings, all of whom have been frequent guests on Rogan’s wildly popular podcast.
Rogan’s set preceded that of Chappelle, and the podcaster brought Chappelle on for a brief moment and they interacted together before Chappelle did his own routine, to wild applause by fans in the packed venue, the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The event comes right on the heels of a similar show in Nashville, where the comedians were also very warmly received by an appreciative audience.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
A legal firm has filed an official request with the Office of Government Ethics to investigate a possible conflict of interest between Attorney General Merrick Garland and his son-in-law’s business that promotes Critical Race Theory in classrooms.
“Today, America First Legal filed a request for investigation with the Office of Government Ethics regarding Attorney General Merrick Garland’s compliance with conflict of interest regulations,” America First Legal said in a statement outlining Garland’s son-in-law Alexander Tanner’s involvement with Panorama Education Inc.
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Loudoun Superintendent Compared Parent Protests to Jan. 6, People Drinking at Beach
Loudoun School Superintendent Scott Ziegler likened a parent protest to the events on Jan. 6 and to his experience seeing people drinking at the beach — once again underscoring the tension between administrators, law enforcement and parents in the lead up to Virginia’s hotly contested gubernatorial election.
Ziegler’s comments came as part of a court hearing for Jon Tigges, who was arrested for allegedly trespassing at a raucous June 22 school board meeting.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Men Get Federal Prison for Helping Destroy Pittsburgh Police Car During George Floyd Protests
Two men accused of conspiring to light a Pittsburgh police car on fire during protests last year over the death of George Floyd are going to federal prison.
Da’Jon Lengyel, 24, of McKees Rocks, was ordered to serve 27 months, while Christopher West, 36, will serve four years. They both pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder for their roles in the Downtown riot on May 30, 2020.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Police in Northern Virginia are increasing their presence around shopping malls and high-volume roads and transit areas in response to a purported threat from ISIS.
A law enforcement source told CBS News the recent threat against a mall in Northern Virginia this Halloween weekend originated from ISIS. It is the basis for a law enforcement-sensitive alert that was issued.
Out of an abundance of caution, Fairfax County’s police chief said his department is ready to respond if the threat materializes.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Poll: Majority of Americans Say Big Tech Censorship of Hunter Laptop Story Interfered With Election
Over half of Americans believe media censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story constitutes election interference, a new survey finds.
The survey from the Media Research Center found 49 percent of respondents said it was inappropriate for social media sites to suppress an October 2020 New York Post report that showed Hunter promised Ukrainian business partners access to his father. Twitter suspended the Post‘s account following publication and blocked users from sharing the link. Fifty-two percent of respondents said the blackout constituted election interference.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Protesters Gather Outside American Airlines, Spirit Aerosystems Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
TULSA, Oklahoma — Employees of American Airlines and Spirit Aerosystems in Tulsa took to the streets Thursday afternoon to protest the federal vaccine mandate.
Because of their status as federal contractors, the two companies are required by the Biden Administration to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8. Leaders of the two unions involved in organizing the Oct. 28 protest told News On 6 they are not against vaccinations or the companies their members work for. They said, instead, they are trying to protect their right to choose whether to take the vaccine.
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The perfect storm has arrived and the dark winter is upon us. This is the time for serious men. Enough of the name-calling, caterwauling, one-upmanship of internet squabbles. Put it aside and concentrate on what to do about it. Yes, fight the political battles as a defensive maneuver, but find ways to go on the offensive. Strikes are one method, but somewhere along the line those who are protected by this communist regime must be exposed to the same dangers those on the right are exposed to. There has to be a challenge to the two-tiered justice system and if the system cannot administer justice, the people will have to do it themselves. A failure of justice has always fostered a vigilante solution. That knowledge used to be enough to keep the courts in line, adhering to their oaths, but one always displaces the other.
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South Dakota Gov. Noem Signs Order to ‘Protect’ State Employees From Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
Authored by Isabel Van Brugen via the Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order this week to “protect” state employees against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate by allowing them to easily obtain medical and religious exemptions.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
States File Lawsuit Against Biden Admin to Halt Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
A coalition of more than ten U.S. attorneys general announced a lawsuit against the Biden administration in an attempt to halt COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal contractors and federally contracted employees.
The lawsuit, led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, argues that the mandate goes against the Procurement Act, citing twelve counts of violations.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
The Lincoln Project Roasted as ‘Deranged Hacks’ For Orchestrating Viral Hoax to Smear Youngkin
The disgraced anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project is facing intense backlash for orchestrating the viral hoax involving tiki torch-holding individuals associating themselves with the Youngkin campaign.
Twitter was set ablaze after images of a group wearing white shirts, khakis, baseball caps and sunglasses stood alongside the campaign bus of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin reportedly vocal expressing support for the Republican, according to local NBC affiliate anchor Elizabeth Holmes.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
The religious exemption trap implicitly denies the possibility of alternative reasoning or differing interpretation of the scientific evidence. In so doing, it reinforces the smug intolerance of the ruling class.
For those who have only a few months before retirement, claiming a religious exemption may be a prudent move, if not a brave one. But for everyone else, there is only one option—and it’s not showing some administrator the data and the peer-reviewed papers. If those people cared about anything but their own job security, they wouldn’t be violating the basic rights of their employees.
The only option is the one demonstrated by the pilots of Southwest Airlines. Organize, stand up, and say no. The tyrants will continue to threaten, lie, and manipulate; but they cannot win against a people determined to be free.
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TikTok Censors “Let’s Go Brandon”
US rapper Bryson Gray’s version of “Let’s Go Brandon” has been deleted from popular video platform TikTok.
The track has already faced much censorship from platforms such as YouTube, even though it’s the number one purchased track in the United States.
“Tik Tok just banned my “Let’s Go Brandon” song from their platform,” the rapper announced on Twitter. “No explanation. No email. No anything.”
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Trump Says Truth Social Will Push Back Against “Self-Appointed Arbiters”
President Trump says the social media network he plans to launch, Truth Social, will fight censorship and the “self-righteous scolds and self-appointed arbiters,” who have decided to control what everyone should “think, say, share, and do.” The former president announced the new social media app last week.
Trump was banned from all Big Tech platforms following the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. The former president was accused by these companies of inciting violence.
In a statement yesterday, Trump said Truth Social is an effort to attack Big Tech and its censorship.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Tucker Rips ‘Lying Coward’ Liz Cheney After She Joins Democrat Meltdown Over His J6 Exposé
On Wednesday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson released a preview for a trailer on a new series scheduled to debut next week, which tells the “true story” of the January 6th Capitol riot.
It appears to both condemn the left for framing the incident as terrorism and its participants as terrorists, while exploring the potential role of the FBI in staging a false flag.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
‘Two Down, Eight to Go!’ Trump on Kinzinger’s Retirement
Former President Donald Trump issued a five-word statement on Friday, after the announcement from Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that he will not seek re-election.
“Two down, eight to go!” is the totality of Trump’s statement. Kinzinger has been staunchly opposed to Trump.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
USDOT Released New Data Showing Road Fatalities Spiked in First Half of 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today released the Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Half (January-June) of 2021, which shows the largest six-month increase ever recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history. An estimated 20,160 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the first half of 2021, up 18.4% over 2020. That’s the largest number of projected fatalities in that time period since 2006.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Virginia Promotes Book Telling Teachers to Embrace CRT, Which McAuliffe Says Isn’t Being Taught
Virginia’s Department of Education is promoting a book that says “teachers must embrace theories such as critical race theory.”
Terry McAuliffe has said throughout his gubernatorial campaign that the radical ideology is not taught in Virginia schools.
The department’s website provides resources for its equity initiatives, which includes a tab titled “What We Are Reading.” The list, comprised of resources the equity office recommends and references in its work, includes books by anti-racist advocate Ibram X. Kendi and Abolitionist Teaching Network co-founder Bettina Love.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Was the January 6th “Insurrection” An FBI Operation … Who is Ray Epps?
So … the answer to the question was the January 6th “insurrection” an FBI operation is quite apparent and simple … Who is Ray Epps?
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What Are Schools Hiding From Parents?
Nothing should be hidden from parents when it comes to the curriculum or any other materials used in a classroom. There is no good reason to hide this information from parents, unless they are doing something nefarious. This begs the question, what are they hiding from parents?
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Wrong, Obama: Most Say Critical Race Theory, Transgender Teaching Not ‘Phony’ Issues
Most people do not agree with former President Barack Obama’s scolding that suburban white parents are raising “phony” issues in their school board protests across the nation.
What’s more, three-quarters believe that schools are indeed forwarding controversial agendas that parents don’t agree with, a blow to liberal activists pushing for pro-transgender policies and the teaching of critical race theory in classrooms.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Breaking: Comedian Will Not Have to Pay Disabled Singer $35,000 After Joke, Supreme Court Decides
The Quebec comedian who made a joke about disabled child singer Jeremy Gabriel did not breach the limits of free speech in Canada, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 split decision.
Canada’s top court ruled on Friday that while Mike Ward did indeed mock the child singer during a standup set, that Gabriel was only the target of jokes because of his fame rather than his disability.
The court would rule that Ward’s jokes did not seek to incite others to make fun of Gabriel.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Canada’s Senate Will Require Full Vaccination for Sitting Members
The Speaker of Canada’s Senate has ruled that all Senators must be fully vaccinated if they wish to return to in-person sittings.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Liberal MPs Endorse New Internet Censorship Bill Where ‘Hurtful’ Content is Investigated
Federal Liberal MPs have endorsed Trudeau’s internet censorship plan. They also suggested that the government should appoint a “Digital Safety Commissioner” who can investigate anonymous complaints if it is deemed to be “hurtful,” according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
90 Per Cent of Germans Who Haven’t Had the Vaccine Say They Won’t Get it
90 per cent of Germans who haven’t taken the COVID-19 vaccine say they won’t get it, with only the remaining 10 per cent saying they will “probably” get it or remaining undecided.
A recent survey carried out by Forsa on behalf of the Ministry for Health found that 65 per cent of Germans say there is “no way” they will get the COVID vaccine over the next two months.
A further 23 per cent said they would “probably not” get the COVID jab in the near future while 2 per cent said they would “definitely not” get the jab at any point.
Out of 3000 respondents, only 10 per cent were still undecided or said they will “probably” get vaccinated in the near future.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
British Theatre Adds Trigger Warning to Shakespeare’s Macbeth
A London theatre has added a ‘trigger warning’ to its production of William Shakespeare’s 415-year-old play Macbeth, because it contains scenes of violence, suicide, fake blood, and smoking.
The Almeida Theatre in north London includes this “content warning”: “This production includes extreme scenes of violence, including violence against children, suicide, and the use of blood, firearms and knives. It also contains flashing lights, vaping and the smoking of real cigarettes.”
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Dozens Charged in Connection With Violent BLM Riot in Sweden
A total of 36 people have been charged by Swedish prosecutors in connection with a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstration last year in Gothenburg that escalated into a riot.
The group of 36 people are charged with a number of crimes connected to the violence that took place on June 7th of last year, including violent rioting, sabotage of emergency services operations, vandalism, violence against a public official, and charges of assault.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Dutch Still Unable to Form a Government After Record-Breaking 226 Days
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Talks to hammer out a new ruling Dutch coalition broke the record Friday for the longest post-election government formation negotiations — 226 days and counting.
The previous Dutch record was held by the last government, which was made up of the same four parties currently trying to broker agreements on a policy blueprint for a new four-year term.
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The health authority of a city in Germany has announced it will cease publishing statistics regarding vaccinated coronavirus patients who are hospitalized, citing what it claims is a false narrative from “corona deniers.”
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Germany: Berlin Man Beaten, Left With Serious Head Injuries After Refusing to Say ‘Free Palestine’
A 36-year-old man was brutally beaten in Berlin on Monday evening by a group of men who had demanded that he shout the phrase “Free Palestine”.
The incident is said to have taken place around 10:35 p.m. in the area of Spandau in the German capital, and saw the three men approach the 36-year-old while demanding he shout “Free Palestine!”
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Ghosted: Poland Avoids Paying EU Fines by Leaving Email From EU Court Unread
Poland is avoiding paying exorbitant European Union fines of €1 million (£850,000/$1.2 million) per day by leaving e-mail from the EU court unread, according to reports.
The penalty comes on top of a separate €500,000 euro a day fine for failing to shut down a coal mine as ordered by EU judges, and was issued because the Polish government, led by the national conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS), has scrapped the Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court, which according to the EU violates rule of law principles — although similar bodies operate elsewhere in the bloc, such as France, without issue.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Half Italians ‘Firmly’ Believe in God — Survey
Two thirds pray regularly says new poll on faith
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 25 — Half of Italians “firmly” believe in God and two thirds of Italians pray, according to a survey published Monday.
The sharp fall in religious practice seen in other Western countries has not yet happened in Italy, said sociologist Roberto Cipriani in the poll, titled ‘Uncertain Faith’.
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Insulate Britain: Arrests as Protesters Walk Alongside M25 Traffic
Insulate Britain protesters caused delays on the M25 by walking alongside oncoming traffic, police said.
The protest group said the decision to stop sitting in the middle of roads had been made following “feedback” from frustrated drivers.
Essex Police said it was called to a stretch of the motorway between junctions 28 and 29 near Great Warley at 08:00 BST and 10 arrests were made.
It said both sides of the carriageway were reopened within half an hour.
Protesters later began walking along the white lines of the motorway near junction 21a for Bricket Wood at about 10:30 BST.
Hertfordshire Police said on Twitter that officers were “working to resolve the disruption as quickly as possible” and “several arrests” had been made.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Italy: Lay Students Scramble to Exorcism Course
Half of students on pontifical university’s books aren’t priests
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 25 — Lay students are scrambling to join an exorcism course at a pontifical university in Rome which is reopening in person after the COVID emergency.
“Around half the hundred or so students to the in-person course and the 37 who will follow it online are lay persons,” course coordinator Father Luis Ramirez told a press conference.
The highly popular course, titled Exorcism and the Prayer of Liberation, is being given by the Sacerdos Institute of the Regina Apostolorum University.
— Hat tip: Insubria | [Return to headlines] |
Italy: S***hole Cities Run by Leftists
A study in Italy found that the top five most dangerous provinces in the country are all run by leftist governments.
While the safest areas are all run by right-leaning parties.
Wow, who could have predicted that?
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The EU Digital COVID Certificate is Clearly Not as Secure as Promised
A functional EU Digital COVID Certificate for Adolf Hitler has been circulating online. Although the certificate of the Nazi Germany Leader has since been invalidated, the incident raises concerns about the security of the region’s vaccine certification system.
The vaccine passport started doing rounds online on Tuesday. After it was scanned using several verification apps, it was discovered to be working. It returned the name Adolf Hitler, with his birth date being January 1, 1900.
Similar certificates were also circulating in tech forums, some with Hitler’s name capitalized and with different birthdates.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Top Greek Court Rules Non-Stun Halal Slaughter Illegal
Greece’s Council of State, the country’s top administrative court, has declared that the slaughter of animals in religious rituals, such as halal, is illegal without first stunning or sedating the animal.
The court banned such ritual slaughter, stating that the killing of non-stunned animals in halal and kosher rituals was illegal and contrary to both Greek and European Union legislation.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
UK: ‘I’m So Angry’ Extinction Rebellion Protester Goes Totally Naked in Downing Street Protest
Laura Amherst, 31, stripped down to nothing but rainbow-striped socks and trainers to protest outside No10. In her protest, she demanded the “naked truth” after baring all in a march on Downing Street.
The mother-of-one carried signs and placards to cover up some of her body while demonstrating outside Boris Johnson’s home.
Ms Amherst hoped Mr Johnson and the Government would set a target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2025.
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UK: Brexit Leader Farage: Pushing for Referendum on Green Taxes ‘Could be My Latest Campaign’
Nigel Farage, who led the decades-long campaign for Britain to leave the EU that culminated in the 2016 Brexit vote, has suggested that his next big fight in the political arena could be against Boris Johnson’s Green New Deal, and that he could lead the campaign for a referendum on the prime minister’s Net Zero plans.
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Satanist Danyal Hussein, who killed sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in an attempt to fulfil a contract with a demon, has been jailed for a minimum of 35 years.
Hussein, 19, was convicted in July for the double murder of Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, at a park in Wembley, north-west London, in June 2020. The sisters had had a small party with friends for Ms Henry’s birthday and while the two sisters were alone that night following the celebrations, Hussein took the two women by surprise and stabbed Ms Henry, a mother and new grandmother, eight times, and Miss Smallman 28 times. He then dragged the women’s bodies into the undergrowth and took their mobile phones, throwing them in a pond.
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Wales is Threatened With Vaccine Passports
Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford said vaccine passports could be introduced to the wider hospitality industry in the next three weeks if COVID numbers do not go down.
In Wales, vaccine passports are required for nightclubs, and will be required for concert halls, cinemas, and theatres from November 15.
“We will say today that the hospitality industry needs to use the next three weeks to prepare for the possibility that Covid passes may have to be used in that setting,” Mark Drakeford told BBC Breakfast.
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Caroline Glick: Progressives Can’t Handle Inconvenient Truths
On Wednesday, Boston University held its annual Elie Wiesel Memorial Lecture. Boston University was the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Holocaust survivor’s academic home. Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his literary work documenting the Holocaust and the rebirth of Jewish freedom in the State of Israel.
This year Boston University invited Rev. Dr. William Barber to give the lecture. Barber is a prominent leader in the African American community, known for his activism against “structural racism,” in the United States. The concept of “structural racism,” holds that racism is intrinsic to America’s national character. The only way to cleanse the nation of its racist nature is through revolution.
Barber doesn’t limit his activism to the fight against the supposedly sinful essence of the United States. He also fights against the Jewish state. As the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America’s (CAMERA) Christian Media Analyst Dexter Van Zile reported last week, Barber has a long record of anti-Semitic statements directed mainly against the Zionist movement and the State of Israel. Among other things, Barber has referred to Jesus as “a brown skinned Palestinian Jew.”
In 2018, Barber gave a speech where he slandered Israel and the Israel Defense Forces accusing them of “targeting” Palestinian children, “simply because they wanted freedom.”
As for the Palestinians, by Barber’s telling, unlike the Jews, the Palestinians have done nothing but practice “nonviolence,” in their resistance to Israel and the Jews. Barber’s version of history conveniently airbrushed away the century-old Palestinian terror war against the Jews of the land of Israel. On the other hand, by Barber’s lights, the Zionist movement — that is, the Jewish national liberation movement — was “a colonialist project from the beginning.”…
— Hat tip: Caroline Glick | [Return to headlines] |
On July 15, 2021, the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) finally granted the Emergency Use Authorization for Ivermectin as the therapeutic drug to cure the Covid-19.
This was due to the country’s “worst-case scenario” epidemic at the time according to officials. The number of cases were soaring in the country and the medical authorities were desperate to control the outbreak.
Indonesia experienced a spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths in July and was struggling to slow the virus transmission due to its large population. The country was one of the nations greatly affected during the COVID pandemic. Indonesia is ranked as the world’s fourth most populous country with 277 million people.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that one of its measures imposed by the Indonesian government was to authorize the use of Ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. COVID-19 cases started to fall precipitously and immediately to a low of 924 on the 19th of October.
— Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
China Says Building a “Civilized Internet” Is Crucial to Building a “Modern Socialist Country”
Last month, China’s State Council announced guidelines to help create a “civilized internet.” The Chinese government will step up its plans of a “civilized internet” by focusing on changing online behavior and using the internet as a platform to promote the CCP theories and socialist values, according to the country’s internet watchdog.
In a report published by the Study Times print newspaper, the head of the Cyberspace Administration of China Zhuang Rongwen said a “civilized internet” was crucial to building a “modern socialist country.” China has over one billion internet users, making it the largest digital society in the world.
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Controversial Australian Facebook Defamation Ruling is Already Spurring a New Wave of Censorship
A decision by the Australian High Court in the Voller case (see here for the background) has been cited by a law firm in a letter to a Facebook group administrator demanding the removal of allegedly defamatory content. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has previously said that the law should be changed to stop protecting social media should they continue to refuse identifying anonymous commenters.
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Canadian Mining Firm Iamgold Convoy Attacked in West Africa
A convoy of Canadian mining company Iamgold employees was attacked in West Africa on Friday, Reuters reports, citing two security sources.
Multiple vehicles carrying Iamgold employees came under attack while heading to the company’s Essakane Mine, located in north-eastern Burkina Faso, West Africa.
A security source told Reuters that four employees were missing following the attack. A second source said the employees couldn’t be reached, and no deaths have yet to be confirmed.
Islamist militants are suspected to be behind the attack — and such an attack in the area near the Mali and Niger border has happened before.
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Belgium: Illegal Migrant Faces Trial for Fatally Stabbing Woman in the Throat
An illegal migrant faces trial in Belgium for fatally stabbing a 22-year-old woman, although he claims the incident was accidental.
Illegal migrant Mohammed Dahmane, known by several other aliases including Youcef Bendhad, was living in a squat in the Droixhe area of Liege with two other men and 22-year-old Mégane. An argument was said to have broken out on March 9th, 2020 between Dahmane and Mégane’s boyfriend, who was also an illegal immigrant.
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French Students Take Down Knife-Wielding Migrants
A group of students attacked by a knife-wielding illegal alien used defensive tactics to neutralize the suspect before French police arrived to arrest him, according to reports.
The incident unfolded in Lyon at around midnight on Tuesday.
Three young people were walking along a street in the city when a man began hurling glass bottles at them.
The suspect, who was reportedly intoxicated at the time, approached the trio and threatened them with a knife.
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French Parliament Increases Immigration Budget to €1.9 Billion
The French parliament has voted to increase the budget for immigration by three per cent to a total of 1.9 billion euros, predicting an increase in migrants next year.
French MPs approved the three per cent budget increase which will see immigration spending go from €1.84 billion in 2021 to €1.90 billion in 2022, as many expect that migratory flows will increase in the coming year.
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Hungary Calls for Border Protection Instead of Migrant Intake
Instead of encouraging migration, the European Union should increase financing for member states’ border protection efforts, Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
“Don’t let the pro-migration majority impose its will on us!” Varga wrote. “Although they criticized us for our immigration policy in 2015, it seems that more and more member states are waking up to the fact that the only way to stop illegal migration is by protecting our external borders.”
She pointed out that unlike what happened at the onset of the migration crisis in 2015, now the predominant thinking in Europe is swinging toward stronger border defense, which Hungary has been advocating and practicing ever since.
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Italian Who Shot Migrant Home Invader Who Was Pointing Gun at Him Investigated for Murder
An Italian man who fatally shot a home invader who was pointing a gun at him has been placed under investigation for murder.
Tobacconist Sandro Fiorelli has been placed under investigation for murder after he surprised several criminals at his home in the town of Santopadre and fatally shot one of them, who was allegedly armed and pointing his firearm at him.
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Lukashenko Threatens ‘Brutal’ Response to Polish Military Presence in Eastern Region
Belarus’ leader, Alexander Lukashenko, met with Russian prosecutor general Igor Krasnov on Thursday and commented on the upcoming Polish military exercises in the Biala Podlaska region.
“We see all of this, and we will respond very decisively. We will wait a bit and pre-empt them, as we too have things to move closer to the border. Both we and Russia do,” he said during the meeting.
“We will react brutally and not care for any criticism from their side,” the Belarusian leader declared.
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Polish Lawmakers Approve Belarus Border Wall Amid Migrant Crossing Surge
Polish lawmakers have approved the building of a $407 million wall on its eastern border with Belarus in a further move aimed at stemming the flow of illegal migrants, mostly from the Middle East and Africa.
Polish President Andrzej Duda vowed to sign the legislation passed in parliament on October 29, allowing for the construction of a wall along 100 kilometers of the border.
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Pope Francis: Let There be No More Borders or Walls to ‘Hide Behind’
ROME — The great takeaway from the coronavirus pandemic is a rejection of borders and walls, Pope Francis told the BBC on Friday morning.
“Climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic have exposed our deep vulnerability and raised numerous doubts and concerns about our economic systems and the way we organize our societies,” the pope asserted in a special audio message for the launch of the COP26 Climate Conference.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Republican Effort to Defend Trump-Era Policy on Immigrants and Welfare
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by Republican states to take over the defense of a Trump-era rule that restricted green cards for immigrants deemed likely to be reliant on welfare — after the Biden administration dropped the legal defense of the rule.
The “public charge” rule was introduced during the Trump administration and expanded the definition of “public charge” as an immigrant who receives one or more designated public benefits for more than 12 months within a 36-month period. Whether an immigrant would be a “public charge” would be considered when they applied for permanent residency in the U.S.
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Trump: ‘Not Even Believable’ That Biden Admin Considering 450k for Families Separated at Border
Former President Trump said Friday “it’s not even believable” that President Biden’s administration is debating $450,000 payments per person to migrants who were separated from their families at the southern border.
Trump’s remarks came in response to a report from the Wall Street Journal, during his appearance on the “Clay Travis and Buck Sexton” show.
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Watch: Governor Abbott Announces Texas is Building Their Own Border Wall
The Governor of Texas joined FOX News’ Tucker Carlson on Thursday and announced that Texas will be building their own border wall to help mitigate the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border.
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High School Principal Who Got Lap Dance From Student Was Also Fondled by Boy During Drag Show
The Kentucky high school principal currently under fire for photos which show him enjoying lap dances performed by students was also fondled by another student during a drag queen show.
Yes, really.
Donald Mobelini, the Principal of Hazard High School, is already under investigation after images were posted of a 2019 school event described as a “man pageant” during which girls dressed as Hooters waitresses and boys in lingerie pranced around performing sexually suggestive dance moves.
Mobelini can be seen smiling in the pictures, apparently very much enjoying the show.
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Trans activists have condemned the BBC for publishing an article of testimonies by lesbian women who said they were pressured to date transwomen — i.e., biological males who identify as females — including those who still had intact male genitalia.
The long-form piece written by BBC journalist Caroline Lowbridge and published on Tuesday titled ‘We’re being pressured into sex by some trans women’ detailed the anecdotal evidence of some lesbians being pressured to date and even have sex with biological males who identify as women, also quoting another survey that claimed dozens of lesbians had been coerced to have sexual relations with transwomen.
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The Classics Are All Wrong for Our Kids, But Homosexual Pornography is Just Fine
Friends, if we allow this to be done to our children through our inattention, carelessness or neglect, we deserve all our children are going to become. Needless to say, they don’t deserve that. They deserve much better of us. Furthermore, speaking as a Christian pastor, I’ll add that we’re going to be held accountable one day for what we permitted others to do to our children. I hate to think of what that judgment might be.
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Anonymity is often vital for those who want to speak truth to power and expose government wrongdoing. We only need to look to the US government’s treatment of National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to see how far governments will go to target those that don’t have the shield of anonymity when they reveal information that governments want to hide.
And in 2021 governments have renewed their efforts to end online anonymity by proposing and introducing new laws that force users to hand over their identity documents (IDs) to use social media and by framing online anonymity as something that needs to be eradicated.
While most of these government efforts to end online anonymity have been widely covered in the media, America’s recent proposals have managed to stay out of the spotlight.
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There are a lot of publications on the network about the unfortunate women of Afghanistan.
The world community is offered to save Afghan women from the abyss of obscurantism.
Why don’t Afghan men save their women? Because they threw them there themselves. So, logically, you need to save Afghan women from Afghan men.
How?
To start screaming about the genocide of the Afghan people again?
Let Afghan women blow up Afghan men, and not drag the world community into their showdown.
Re: “Up to 12,000 personnel in the U.S. Air Force, including top pilots, have declined to get the COVID “vaccination” and will face discharge after next Tuesday’s deadline.”
How is this conduct not considered treasonous? I am astounded that the public is willing to see the U.S. military crippled by such unwise, indeed idiotic, policies while a resurgent People’s Republic of China grows ever-stronger.
None of this passes the smell test. A century ago, a truly crippling and lethal illness – the Spanish influenza virus – cut a huge swath across the world, killing millions. Yet, despite the tremendous strain upon civilization, the world was not completely shut down. Despite quarantines and other measures, soceity continued to function.
Yet today, for an illness whose overall survival rate is in the high ninety percent range, and for which efficacious, safe and proven drug therapies exist – society has been shut-down and organizations far-and-wide crippled. Businesses destroyed, professional lives ruined. Draconian and tyrannical measures by the authorities to force the use of so-called “vaccines” which are not even necessary. And whose side-effects are known to be dangerous, even deadly.
President Harry Truman famously had a sign on his desk saying, “The buck stops here.” The president, even a puppet and empty-suit like Joe Biden, is responsible for what happens on his watch. He should be removed from office before it is too late, before he and his people drag all of us down with them.
Yet, we hear nothing but crickets from the so-called “world’s greatest legislative body” known as the U.S. Congress. Something is very wrong here, very wrong indeed. The Communist Chinese are waging biological warfare against us, and no one in any position to do anything about it seems to care.
I had one thought, but it is terribly racist. Why not use the uterus of Muslim women for the surrogate production of white children?
Oh yeah. We are humanists. We’ll just let them kill us.
In Moscow, a student persuaded the migrants who robbed him (at first he caught up with them) to return his phone to him for transferring to the number
Because of this, the criminals were caught the same day.
The author of the scheme is Mikhail Akimov, an 18-year-old environmental engineer at the Russian University of Transport. Recently, the guy was returning home in the area of the CSKA station. The clock was about two o’clock in the morning, suddenly strangers called out to him.
They quickly closed the distance and punched the student in the stomach without warning. After being beaten and robbed (they took away the phone and a bag with documents) they tried to leave.
But Misha quickly came to his senses, he already had an idea ready. The guy caught up with the criminals and asked them to give them their mobile (they say, they really need it for study) in exchange for a transfer through the Sberbank app.
One of the crooks dictated a mobile number and received 26 thousand rubles. After that, the robbers left, and Akimov dialed the police number.
The owner of the number was caught within 6 hours – they turned out to be young migrants from Kyrgyzstan. A criminal case for robbery was brought up against a couple.
It appears that Renaud Camus twitter account got suspended!
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