Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/28/2022

The number of vehicles in the People’s Convoy has increased as it continues its way across the USA. The convoy is reported to be 15 miles long now. Additional convoys coming from different directions are expected to join it as it approaches Washington D.C.

In other news, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was robbed of her wallet by an unknown thief while she was shopping at a delicatessen in Berlin.

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Financial Crisis
» Majority of Canadians “Can’t Keep Up With the Cost of Living”
» Russian Bonds Plummet as Foreign Investors Fear Defaults
» Russia’s Ruble Slides Amid Trading Restrictions
» War in Ukraine Could Cause Sizable Contraction for Russian Economy, IIF Says
 
USA
» BLM Co-Founder Who Went on Mansion-Buying Spree Complains She’s the ‘Fall Guy’ Over Financial Scandals
» Breaking: DeSantis Rejects Biden’s Request for Florida National Guard Deployment for State of the Union
» California Drops School Mask Mandate, Will Allow Unvaccinated to Unmask Indoors
» Career Criminal Accused of Brutal Hammer Attack on NYC Employee Arrested by NYPD
» CEO of Free Speech Social Media Platform Urges Conservatives to Create ‘Parallel Christian Systems’
» FEMA: In Case of Nuclear Explosion, Maintain Social Distancing and Wear a Mask
» Hawley Reiterates Call for Canada to be Placed on Religious Liberty Watch List as Pastor Remains Jailed
» Jan 6 Rioter Who Stole Pelosi’s Lectern Sentenced
» Mayor Adams Announces End of NYC’s Controversial Vaccine Passport Rule
» Must Watch: Joe Rogan Slams ‘Health Expert’ Bill Gates Over His Poor Fitness, Man Boobs
» Nebraska Legislature Passes Bill Protecting Citizens From Employer Jab Mandates
» People’s Convoy Will Continue Its Trek to DC Through Illinois Despite State Police Threatening Legal Actions…
» Puppeteers and Puppets: America’s Dark Money Masquerade and Other Questionable Conduct
» RINO Texas Congressman Allegedly Paid ‘ISIS Bride’ to Keep Quiet About Sexual Relationship
» Seattle Journalist Threatened by Antifa and Far-Left Extremists Over His Reporting on Homeless Encampments
» Seattle Bakery Closes Due to High Crime, Fatal Shooting
» US Trucker Convoy Swells as it Moves Across Country to DC
» Video: Dem Rep. Suggests Kicking Out Every Russian Student in the U.S.
» Video: MSNBC STILL Claiming Trump Was “Installed” To Help Russia vs NATO
» Washington State Public School Enrollment Declines, Homeschooling Doubles as Students Fail to Meet Basic Standards
» White House Dismisses Talk of Ukraine No-Fly Zone
 
Canada
» Anti-Mandate Convoy Rolls on in Edmonton as Restrictions Set to be Rolled Back
» Antifa Site Praises Axe Attack on Coastal Gaslink Site in Northern B.C.
» Breaking: Canada Bans Russian Crude Oil Imports
» Canadians to Hold Rosary Rally in Ottawa to End COVID Mandates, Pray for Freedom
» Canadian Legal Group Sues Trudeau Gov’t for Using Emergencies Act Against Peaceful Freedom Convoy
» Canada’s Money Regulator Admits Freedom Convoy Donations Had Nothing to Do With Financing ‘Terrorism’
» Canadian Man Still in Jail Over ‘Unvaccinated’ Status After Qualifying for Parole, Claims Legal Group
» Dr. Byram Bridle on COVID Vaccines, Public Health Mandates at Freedom Convoy in Ottawa
» Exclusive: Interview From Behind Bars With Pastor Artur Pawlowski
» Ford Says Province Will Drop Mask Mandate Soon, Awaiting Green Light From Doctors
» Levy: Toronto Teachers Given Three Days Off to Read Anti-Racist Picture Books
» Outrageous! How Did an Ex-Tehran Police Chief Allegedly Complicit in Murder Enter Canada for a Holiday?
» ‘Own Individual Decision’ For Canadians to Enlist to Fight in Ukraine, Says Trudeau’s Foreign Minister
» Sneaky Patrick Brown Loses Again! Judge Tosses Trespass Charge Against David Menzies
» Trudeau’s Public Safety Minister Says Emergencies Act Was Necessary Because Truckers Were Potential Rapists
» Union Ready to Litigate City of Hamilton Vaccine Mandate
 
Europe and the EU
» Czech Government Approves Another Supply of Weapons to Ukraine Worth €16 Million
» Exclusive: Spain’s Right-Wing Conservative Vox Party Now Polling Ahead of Center-Right. A Spanish Journalist Explains Why.
» Germany: Merkel Robbed While Shopping in Berlin
» Polish Pressure on Germany Pays Off
» Swiss Re Takes $4 Billion Hit From COVID and Natural Disasters
» US Military Planes Circle Over Poland and Romania
» ‘With Us, The German Hegemony in the EU Will be Over,’ Says Top Official From Zemmour’s Campaign
 
Russia
» Czechia Suspends Visa Issuance for Citizens of Russia
» Disney and Warner Bros. Halt Russian Release of Movies, Starting With ‘The Batman’ And ‘Turning Red’
» Elon Musk to Ukraine, After SpaceX Terminals Arrive: ‘You Are Most Welcome’
» EU Adds to Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs
» EU Head Says Ukraine “Belong[s] To Us” As She Announces Total Ban on RT and Sputnik News Broadcasts
» Facebook’s Parent Plans to Restrict Access to Russian State-Controlled Media
» FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus
» FIFA Bans Russia ‘Indefinitely’ From International Tournaments
» In Historic Breach With Neutrality, Switzerland Joins EU in Sanctions on Russia
» Latest Developments
» Lithuania Stops Issuing Visas to Russians, Even for Health Care Services
» MSCI Signals Potential Exclusion of Russia From Influential Indexes
» Russian TV Host Threatens Nuclear “Destruction” Of America
» Soros Compares Ukrainian Conflict to Siege of Nazi-Held City
» The First Casualty of War is TRUTH
» Ukraine: Gergiev Must Condemn Russian Attack to Perform at La Scala Says Sala
» Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Asks for More Missiles, Aid
» Volunteer Hackers Join Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia
» Wall Street Counsels Washington Against Kicking Russia Off SWIFT
 
South Asia
» India: TRS Leader & Nirmal Municipal Vice-Chairperson Sheikh Sajid Khan Booked for Raping a Minor Hindu Girl in Love Jihad Tangle
 
Australia — Pacific
» Russia’s G-20 Participation Must be Reviewed, Australian Leader Says
 
Immigration
» Hungary Will Accommodate Ukrainian Refugees and Continue to Provide Country With Aid
» Nearly 26,000 Ukrainians Reached Slovakia Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
 
Culture Wars
» Arizona Senate Votes to Ban Transgender Surgeries for Kids Amid International Reckoning
» Canadian University Publishes Studies on ‘Humanizing Mice’ Using Aborted Fetal Tissue
» Florida House Votes to Ban Gender Identity Discussion With Children in Third Grade or Younger
» Italy: Pray for Those Who Send Girls to School Dressed Like Hookers
» MI6 Chief Faces Backlash for Saying Ukraine War is About LGBT Rights
» Parents Furious After Discovering School Invited Drag Queen to Dance in Front Children as Young as Nine
 

Majority of Canadians “Can’t Keep Up With the Cost of Living”

A majority of Canadians are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living, a new Angus Reid survey has found, with seven in 10 saying they worry about money regularly.

According to the Cost of Living Index, 53% of Canadians agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, “I can’t keep up with the cost of living.”

The index polled 1,622 Canadians online between Feb. 11-13 on various issues including grocery affordability, rent or mortgage and the cost of child care.

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

Russian Bonds Plummet as Foreign Investors Fear Defaults

Prices of Russian government bonds fell more than 50% Monday as foreign investors grew concerned that Western sanctions would undermine the country’s ability and willingness to pay them back.

Russian 5.25% dollar-denominated bonds due in 2047 were quoted around 30 cents on the dollar, down from 70 the previous trading day and around 100 before Russia invaded Ukraine, according to Advantage Data Inc. Bids for a $2 billion bond that falls due in April dropped to about 50 cents on the dollar from 95.50 late last week.

Moves by the U.S. and European governments to cut off Russian access to the international Swift banking network might prevent the country from distributing payments to bondholders abroad, emerging-markets bond-fund managers said.

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

Russia’s Ruble Slides Amid Trading Restrictions

Russia’s currency fell and yields on the country’s dollar debt jumped as investors sold what Russian assets they could amid trading restrictions Moscow imposed Monday to limit the fallout on the country’s economy from Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.

The ruble declined 11.6% to about 95 rubles buying a dollar, paring some earlier losses after the central bank enacted a series of measures to arrest the currency’s plunge. The Bank of Russia raised interest rates to 20% early Monday from 9.5%, temporarily banned brokers from handling sales of securities by nonresidents and shuttered the country’s stock market for the day.

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

War in Ukraine Could Cause Sizable Contraction for Russian Economy, IIF Says

The latest round of economic sanctions by the U.S. and Europe are likely to cause a sizable contraction for Russia’s economy this year, and could prompt bank runs and higher interest rates as the Russian ruble depreciates, the Institute of International Finance predicts.

Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the IIF, said on a call Monday that she expects a contraction of at least 10% in Russia’s gross domestic product and double-digit inflation as a result of the sanctions.

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

BLM Co-Founder Who Went on Mansion-Buying Spree Complains She’s the ‘Fall Guy’ Over Financial Scandals

Speaking to The Guardian, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who went on a mansion-buying spree, claimed that she was the “fall guy” for the organization, “a movement,” she said, that is much bigger than her.

It was in May 2021 that Cullors stepped down as BLM’s executive director. The general public hadn’t heard much from her since then, especially after it was revealed that she spent $6.3 million for a Toronto mansion that formerly belonged to the Communist Party.

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

Breaking: DeSantis Rejects Biden’s Request for Florida National Guard Deployment for State of the Union

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has rejected a request from the Biden administration to deploy the Florida National Guard to Washington, DC in advance of Biden’s State of the Union address. Biden will deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on March 1, and will do so in a Capitol Building that is surrounded by fencing.

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

California Drops School Mask Mandate, Will Allow Unvaccinated to Unmask Indoors

After allowing virtually everyone except the least at-risk demographic to participate in society without masks, California will no longer require masks in schools starting March 12, according to the Sacramento Bee.

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

Career Criminal Accused of Brutal Hammer Attack on NYC Employee Arrested by NYPD

New York City police announced that on Sunday law enforcement arrested the subway attack suspect who used a hammer to beat and rob a public health expert last Thursday in a high-profile case that was captured on film.

57-year-old William Blount now faces attempted murder charges, as well as robbery and assault charges, over his alleged encounter with city employee Nina Rothschild last week.

Local reporting says that Blount has a “criminal history of kidnappings, robberies and drug crimes in New York City and South Carolina dating to the early 1980s.”

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

CEO of Free Speech Social Media Platform Urges Conservatives to Create ‘Parallel Christian Systems’

Editor’s note: The speech by Gab CEO Andrew Torba was given at the America First Political Action Conference in February 2022. Coverage of this speech does not imply that LifeSiteNews endorses the views of everyone involved in the conference.

ORLANDO, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — In an era of increasing censorship and control by secular leftist corporations, at least one social media platform is dedicated to defending freedom of speech and aligning itself with Judeo-Christian values. And its CEO is urging others to get on board.

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

FEMA: In Case of Nuclear Explosion, Maintain Social Distancing and Wear a Mask

The US government has a long history of fun and interesting advice when it comes to imminent death…

Now, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has issued updated guidance to its “Nuclear Explosion” readiness public awareness website, which includes tips to avoid Covid!

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

Hawley Reiterates Call for Canada to be Placed on Religious Liberty Watch List as Pastor Remains Jailed

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., reiterated his call for Canada to be placed on a special watch list of religious liberty violators as a Canadian pastor continues to be jailed after addressing the Freedom Convoy on the U.S.-Canada border earlier this month.

Speaking to Rebel News at CPAC in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, Hawley was asked to comment on the ongoing imprisonment of Pastor Artur Pawlowski, a Polish-Canadian pastor who has been held at the Calgary Remand Centre for nearly three weeks after giving a speech to the anti-vaccine mandate Freedom Convoy blockade along the U.S.-Canada border.

“The United States keeps a designation of folks who are religious liberty violators, nations that are religious liberty violators,” Hawley said. “I’ve called for Canada to be put on that list, and I think that we need to consider all of the options that are available for that.”

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

Jan 6 Rioter Who Stole Pelosi’s Lectern Sentenced

The infamous Jan. 6 rioter who stole House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the chaotic scene at the Capitol was sentenced Friday by a federal judge.

In presiding over the trial, United States District Judge Reggie Walton reportedly drew a comparison between the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and the unfolding war in Ukraine. The alleged comparison, used to highlight the severity of the accused’s crime, was directed at the actions of Jan. 6 defendant Adam Johnson, of Florida.

Lest the severity of an attempt to steal Pelosi’s speaking podium be lost on the courtroom audience, the judge made sure his reasoning was clear as he handed down Johnson’s sentence late last week. Walton suggested that the United States was in a clear downslide—a decline that, unless addressed, could create a hostile cultural divide wide enough to rival the conflict in Ukraine.

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

Mayor Adams Announces End of NYC’s Controversial Vaccine Passport Rule

At long last, New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple will soon be able to enter stores, restaurants, bars and other venues without needing to show proof of vaccination status.

That’s right: Mayor Eric Adams is finally lifting his city’s requirement for patrons to be vaccinated, one of the most restrictive such laws in the country. It was first implemented by his predecessor, Bill de Blasio, last year. However, he clarified Monday that there are no plans to remove requirements that workers be vaccinated.

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

Must Watch: Joe Rogan Slams ‘Health Expert’ Bill Gates Over His Poor Fitness, Man Boobs

Joe Rogan slammed Bill Gates and the Gates foundation for rapidly buying up farmland across the US as well as his health initiatives. Rogan was incredulous as to how a man in such obviously poor health can give advice on how to be healthy.

Rogan analyzed the issue in depth with author and nutritionist Diana Rodgers and author and biochemist Rob Wolf, as he mocked Gate’s obvious physical shortcomings.

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

Nebraska Legislature Passes Bill Protecting Citizens From Employer Jab Mandates

LINCOLN, Nebraska (LifeSiteNews) — Nebraska’s legislature passed a bill Friday that requires employers to recognize medical and religious exemptions for COVID jab mandates. The legislation is on Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts’ desk.

Legislative Bill 906 passed 35-7. It will create a standard form through the state Department of Health and Human Services that employees can submit to their employers.

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

People’s Convoy Will Continue Its Trek to DC Through Illinois Despite State Police Threatening Legal Actions…

…Supporters of the 100-vehicle convoy slam the state for hypocrisy after troopers cleared path for BLM march

The People’s Convoy will caravan through Illinois on Tuesday despite a harsh warning from state police discouraging protesters and threatening legal action for traffic disruptions.

‘A planned event designed to impede normal traffic flow is dangerous to the innocent motoring public,’ Col. Margaret McGreal, of the ISP Division of Patrol, told WGN.

‘Those who choose to participate in events that intentionally endanger the public and violate Illinois law will be subject to the enforcement of applicable laws and could potentially be held liable for traffic crashes occurring as a result of their actions.’

Kris Young, who is the admin for the group’s Facebook page, reiterated that the convoy will continue it’s route through the Prairie State and along the Dan Ryan Expressway regardless of the warning.

‘We encourage the people of this state to come out and show your support and/or join us!!’ she wrote online.

The People’s Convoy — which embarked from California last week on an 11-day trek to Washington D.C. to protest COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates — has raised more than $1.5million in donations made through its own website to support drivers as they travel to the capital in a 100-vehicle convoy which stretches 8 miles long…

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Puppeteers and Puppets: America’s Dark Money Masquerade and Other Questionable Conduct

Are union moguls, puppeteers, power-players and profiteers assaulting the Constitution and US election laws?

“Dark money groups,” according to Open Secrets, a nonprofit that tracks political campaign financing and lobbying, “spends millions to shape our elections without revealing where their money comes from.”

About lobbying, they wrote, “Companies, labor unions, trade associations and other influential organizations spend billions of dollars each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies. Some special interests retain lobbying firms, many of them located along Washington’s legendary K Street; others have lobbyists working in-house.”

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

RINO Texas Congressman Allegedly Paid ‘ISIS Bride’ to Keep Quiet About Sexual Relationship

An “ISIS bride” who broke free from Syria in 2013 is now coming forward about the affair she allegedly had with Texas congressman Nicholas Van Campen Taylor, who was elected to represent the state’s 3rd congressional district.

Taylor allegedly paid $5,000 in bribe money to keep his accuser, Tania Joya, quiet.

In an exclusive by Breitbart News, Joya revealed the banking transaction that Taylor purportedly paid her to hush up about their affair. She said it began in August 2019 when she wanted to get involved in an anti-extremism program for a local school system. She said she thought Taylor could help her career ambitions.

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

Seattle Journalist Threatened by Antifa and Far-Left Extremists Over His Reporting on Homeless Encampments

Antifa and far-left extremists in Seattle are threatening violence and stalking against a local Asian-American journalist for his television news coverage of the homeless crisis and crime in the embattled Pacific Northwest city.

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

Seattle Bakery Closes Due to High Crime, Fatal Shooting

Seattle police are investigating after a man was shot and killed downtown Sunday afternoon. According to the department, “At 12:28 p.m., police responded to 3rd Avenue and Pine Street for reports of a shooting.

Officers arrived and found a man with gunshot wounds in the 300 block of Pine Street. Officers and Seattle Fire Department medics attempted lifesaving measures, but the man was declared deceased at the scene.”

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

US Trucker Convoy Swells as it Moves Across Country to DC

Authored by Enrico Trigoso and Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times

The largest truck convoy in the United States has grown in size since departing California and is attracting thousands of supporters as it makes its way to the East Coast.

The People’s Convoy started with around 150 vehicles and has grown to over 250 as it made its way through Texas and Oklahoma over the weekend.

More vehicles have joined for stretches of time. That, along with the length of the convoy, makes it difficult to pinpoint exactly how many participants it has.

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

Video: Dem Rep. Suggests Kicking Out Every Russian Student in the U.S.

Californian Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suggested last week that the government should consider kicking out every Russian student currently in the United States as a response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Appearing on CNN, obviously, Swalwell declared “Frankly, I think closing their embassy in the United States, kicking every Russian student out of the United States, those should all be on the table.”

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

Video: MSNBC STILL Claiming Trump Was “Installed” To Help Russia vs NATO

In its coverage of the ongoing Russian conflict with Ukraine this weekend, MSNBC again repeated completely debunked nonsense claims that President Trump was “installed” by some unnamed pro-Russian power structure.

Yes, they’re still pushing Russian collusion nonsense, almost SIX YEARS after the 2016 election campaign, after a full investigation that turned up nothing, and following fresh accusations that it was Hillary Clinton’s team who attempted to plant fake ‘evidence’ of Russian collusion on Trump’s servers.

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

Washington State Public School Enrollment Declines, Homeschooling Doubles as Students Fail to Meet Basic Standards

Public school enrollment in Washington state continues to decrease below previous forecasts as parents reject activist-driven and hyper-sexualized curriculum, failing test scores, and remote learning and worry about the COVID-19 vaccine being mandated as a requirement of attendance.

Worse yet, the latest school assessments show that 70 percent of students failed to meet standards in math and 52 percent failed to meet standards in English.

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

White House Dismisses Talk of Ukraine No-Fly Zone

The White House said the U.S. implementing a no-fly zone ban on Russian planes in Ukraine’s skies was “not a good idea,” as it would draw the U.S. into direct military conflict with Russia.

“It would essentially mean the U.S. military would be shooting down planes, Russian planes,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on MSNBC on Monday. “That is definitely escalatory… That is not something the president wants to do. Those are all the reasons why that’s not a good idea.”

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

Anti-Mandate Convoy Rolls on in Edmonton as Restrictions Set to be Rolled Back

Saturday afternoon at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton, hundreds of people and dozens of trucks gathered to protest remaining COVID-19 restrictions. The weekly protest, the fifth of its kind involving a convoy of trucks and other vehicles, was much smaller than previous weeks. Alberta is set to end its province-wide mask mandate and other gathering restrictions on March 1.

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

Antifa Site Praises Axe Attack on Coastal Gaslink Site in Northern B.C.

An Antifa-affiliated website has praised the recent attack on a Coastal GasLink drill site in northern British Columbia that saw 20 people wielding axes attack workers, destroy equipment and injure an RCMP officer.

On Feb. 17 a gang of criminals descended on the worker camp near Houston, B.C. with weapons and flares. RCMP Chief Superintendent. Warren Brown called the incident a “calculated and organized violent attack that left its victims shaken and a multimillion-dollar path of destruction.”

With no arrests made during the incident or since, the RCMP released a series of videos on Feb. 22 asking for the public’s help in identifying the assailants.

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

Breaking: Canada Bans Russian Crude Oil Imports

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that his government will move forward with banning imports of Russian crude oil.

The announcement is the latest to be made in a string of press conferences wherein the prime minister has announced new and more punishing measures to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

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

Canadians to Hold Rosary Rally in Ottawa to End COVID Mandates, Pray for Freedom

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Following the success of the Canadian Trucker Convoy which captivated the imagination of Canadians and helped to ignite similar movements around the world, a group of Canadian Catholics is now looking to inspire Catholics and all Canadians to come to Parliament Hill on Saturday March 19 to pray for the end of the mandates, and to defeat the tyranny into which Canada has descended.

The organizers are hoping that they can build on the enthusiasm and momentum generated by the Trucker Convoy by launching their own convoy of sorts: “The Great Canadian Rosary Convoy 2022.”

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

Canadian Legal Group Sues Trudeau Gov’t for Using Emergencies Act Against Peaceful Freedom Convoy

CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCC) is suing the Canadian federal government on behalf of four Canadians over its “abuse” of using the Emergencies Act (EA) to go after truckers who oppose COVID mandates.

The JCCF said the individuals it is representing in its constitutional challenge include a decorated military veteran and a retired police officer. The JCCF will argue that the EA was “unconstitutional and an excessive use of Executive Power, not authorized by the law in the circumstances.”

“Two of the applicants represented by the Justice Centre had their bank accounts frozen and seized, without judicial authorization or a review process, using laws that normally only apply to terrorists and enemy nations,” said the JCCF in a news release Friday.

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

Canada’s Money Regulator Admits Freedom Convoy Donations Had Nothing to Do With Financing ‘Terrorism’

(LifeSiteNews) — A top director for Canada’s official money regulator admitted that those who donated to the truckers’ Freedom Convoy just wanted to support the “cause” and that the contributions had nothing to do with financing “terrorism.”

“It was their own money,” said Barry MacKillop, who serves as the deputy director of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, to a House of Commons finance committee last Thursday as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.

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

Canadian Man Still in Jail Over ‘Unvaccinated’ Status After Qualifying for Parole, Claims Legal Group

PERTH, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian man is now being represented by a top constitutional law group after he was denied release despite qualifying for parole because he is unvaccinated against COVID-19.

“The Justice Centre [for Constitutional Freedoms] has filed a court action on behalf of an inmate eligible for parole who has been denied his freedom purely on account of his vaccine status,” the JCCF posted in a news release last Friday.

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

Dr. Byram Bridle on COVID Vaccines, Public Health Mandates at Freedom Convoy in Ottawa

Meet Byram Bridle, PhD, Immunologist & Associate Professor at the University of Guelph, present as a scientific spokesperson.

During his stay, Dr. Bryan Bridle offered several lectures and speeches on the current situation. With the opposing narratives of the scientists, some questions were in order.

I also asked him some questions regarding lung transplantations, as doctors refuse to perform this surgery nowadays if patients are not vaccinated against COVID-19, as in the case of Joanie Dupuis, who is still waiting for the decision of the College of Physicians to receive this life-saving transplant.

In this video, Dr. Byram Bridle explains how he sees the situation related to the College of Physicians and professions in the scientific field in general.

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

Exclusive: Interview From Behind Bars With Pastor Artur Pawlowski

Think what you will about Pastor Artur, love him or hate him, he is gong to continue feeding the homeless and preaching his convictions regardless. When Pastor Artur’s eldest son was very young, he nearly passed away, doctors had essentially given up hope. Artur in those challenging times turned to God and said if you save my son, I will commit myself wholly to you. His son, defying all odds, survived, and Artur true to his word has been feeding and caring for the homeless and living out his vocation as a Pastor without compromise ever since.

His steadfast adherence to his sworn mission has garnered the ire of politicians and authorities who have had Pastor Artur sitting behind bars for several weeks awaiting trial, with bail being denied as he is supposedly to great a liability to be let out.

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

Ford Says Province Will Drop Mask Mandate Soon, Awaiting Green Light From Doctors

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that the province was inching closer to ending its mask mandate, though it would not be done until it is doctor-approved.

When asked about the mask mandate at a press conference on Monday, he said that the province is not “far away.”

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

Levy: Toronto Teachers Given Three Days Off to Read Anti-Racist Picture Books

Parents attending a council meeting at a Toronto District School Board (TDSB) middle school last week were told that staff would be given three paid days off to learn how to teach using anti-racist resources and picture books.

The minutes for the D.A. Morrison Middle School council were obtained by True North before being posted online.

After the requisite land acknowledgement message, a teacher informed members of the council that fellow teachers would take the “release time” to improve their use of anti-racism material.

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

Outrageous! How Did an Ex-Tehran Police Chief Allegedly Complicit in Murder Enter Canada for a Holiday?

Do you remember Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi?

Back in 2003, for the egregious sin of practicing journalism in Iran’s capital city, Ms. Kazemi was arrested by the Tehran Police and then, while incarcerated, she was subsequently beaten, tortured, raped, and murdered.

Tehran’s Police Chief at the time was Morteza Talaei; previously, he was an officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the terrorist group that shot down a Ukranian plane in 2020, killing all 138 passengers plus crew. Of the deceased, 55 were Canadian citizens.

So, you would think someone like Morteza Talaei would top Canada’s Most Wanted List. Apparently, that is either not the case — or Canadian law enforcement and/or the border guards screwed up big time.

That’s because Talaei flew into Canada recently for a little holiday. Indeed, he was spotted working out at a swank Richmond Hill, Ont., gym before buggering off back to Iran.

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

‘Own Individual Decision’ For Canadians to Enlist to Fight in Ukraine, Says Trudeau’s Foreign Minister

Canadians can decide for themselves if they would like to join the foreign legion to fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though the government’s official advisory is that travel should be avoided to the area.

“We have advised Canadians not to travel to Ukraine for security reasons. We understand this is a fight for Ukraine’s motherland and we understand the desire to go, but our responsibility as a government is to indicate the security risks with undertaking travel to Ukraine,” said National Defense Minister Anita Anand.

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

Sneaky Patrick Brown Loses Again! Judge Tosses Trespass Charge Against David Menzies

Hey sports fans, I finally have an update to the Patrick Brown Hockey Night in Brampton saga.

Brown is the fake conservative who was THIS close to becoming Ontario premier… until a palace coup orchestrated by his own party ousted him as leader of the Progressive Conservatives — thank God!

Brown is currently the mayor of Brampton, Ont., situated northwest of Toronto.

Like so many other cities during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brampton’s playgrounds and sports fields were closed to the kids. However, Mayor Brown sneakily used a city-run ice rick facility so that he and his Barrie buddies could play pickup hockey.

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

Trudeau’s Public Safety Minister Says Emergencies Act Was Necessary Because Truckers Were Potential Rapists

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said that members of the Freedom Convoy were threatening to rape residents of the city of Ottawa.

“There were Ottawans who were subjected to intimidation, harassment, threats of rape,” said Mendicino.

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Union Ready to Litigate City of Hamilton Vaccine Mandate

A small local union is backing its members in respecting their right to bodily autonomy and medical privacy.

The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU 107) works primarily for the city-owned Hamilton Street Railway and bus operations. They collectively carry over 30 million people every year and have a fantastic safety record. President Eric Tuck represents approximately 800 transit professionals.

On January 12th the city of Hamilton came out with a new vaccine policy that gave city workers until May 31st 2022 to be fully vaccinated or provide proof of an approved medical exemption. Anyone who fails to do so will face termination as of June 1, 2022.

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Czech Government Approves Another Supply of Weapons to Ukraine Worth €16 Million

The Czech government has approved another supply package of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine totaling 400 million korunas (€16 million), it announced on Sunday.

The decision to continue providing Ukraine with arms support was discussed at length between the Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“We are at war,” Fiala declared when questioned why supporting Ukraine with weapons is of such importance to his government. “It is an attack on the free world. We must do everything we can to stop Putin,” he added.

On Saturday, the Czech Ministry of Defense had already announced the Czech government’s approval to supply machine guns, submachine guns, sniper rifles, pistols, and ammunition worth 188 million korunas (€7.5 million) to the Ukrainian front line.

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Exclusive: Spain’s Right-Wing Conservative Vox Party Now Polling Ahead of Center-Right. A Spanish Journalist Explains Why.

Alvaro Peñas writes about international politics and specializes in particular in Central Europe and the Visegrad Four (V4).

It seems that after the early election called by the ruling center-right Popular Party (PP) in the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, only a coalition government of the PP with Vox is possible, which, as yet, has never happened. Is this what the PP anticipated? Is it now going to form a coalition with Vox at the regional level?

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Germany: Merkel Robbed While Shopping in Berlin

The wallet of Angela Merkel was stolen from her bag while grocery shopping in Berlin on Thursday, local media has reported.

According to the B.Z. news outlet, the former German chancellor had been browsing a delicatessen supermarket in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district on Thursday, when her wallet was swiped from her handbag which had been hanging from the shopping cart.

Merkel had been accompanied by at least one bodyguard from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), however, this had not been sufficient to deter the pickpocket.

The stolen wallet contained Merkel’s ID card, EC card (debit card), driver’s license, and cash.

Berlin authorities confirmed that a 67-year-old woman’s wallet had been stolen in a supermarket on Thursday around 11:40 a.m., but did not elaborate further.

It is understood that Merkel did not alert the police at the time of the incident but subsequently attended the police station on Friedrichstrasse to report the theft herself.

[Comment: I wonder if the thief is a cultural enricher.]

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Polish Pressure on Germany Pays Off

Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki publicly called on Germany to give real help to Ukraine and ridiculed the offer of 5,000 helmets for Ukraine’s defense as a “joke.” Ukraine had for weeks been begging Germany to change course on arms supplies and on approving strong sanctions against Russia.

Morawiecki has been touring Europe’s capital cities to lobby for the harshest possible sanctions against Russia. He went to Berlin together with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausea to prick Germany’s conscience on Ukraine and to lobby for higher German defense spending.

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Swiss Re Takes $4 Billion Hit From COVID and Natural Disasters

Swiss Re, one of the world’s biggest reinsurers, took a combined hit of more than $4 billion (CHF3.7 billion) last year from the Covid-19 pandemic and a series of natural catastrophes.

Pandemic-related claims of $2 billion came mostly from the group’s life and health division, after heightened numbers of American deaths led to a surge in life insurance payouts.

“There is a real tragedy here that has happened in the US,” chief executive Christian Mumenthaler told reporters on February 25, highlighting the final three months of 2021 when excess mortality — driven by the Delta variant of the virus — reached a level he said had not been seen in Europe….

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US Military Planes Circle Over Poland and Romania

Without much fanfare, NATO air forces are keeping a close eye on Ukraine and maintaining a high readiness level, data from air traffic website Flightradar24 showed.

Over Romania, a U.S. reconnaissance plane, based at the Kogalniceanu air base in Romania on the Black Sea port of Constanta, flew a patrolling route over the country’s eastern and northern border with Russia. The modified Bombardier Challenger 650, named Artemis, introduced in 2021, has sophisticated surveillance equipment and can flying at an altitude of 12,000 meters, allowing it to see several hundred kilometers into another country, and with radars able to discern targets as small as a tank.

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‘With Us, The German Hegemony in the EU Will be Over,’ Says Top Official From Zemmour’s Campaign

Should Éric Zemmour prove victorious in the upcoming French presidential election, the country will adopt a zero-immigration policy, leave the Schengen area, and ensure the historic German dominance within the European Union is over, French MEP Gilbert Collard has said.

In an exclusive interview with Remix News, Collard, a lawyer and spokesman for Zemmour’s campaign, and the honorary chairman of his hugely successful new party, Reconquête (Reconquest), offered his thoughts on the current French political landscape and his analysis of the Zemmour’s chances in the upcoming presidential election in April.

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Czechia Suspends Visa Issuance for Citizens of Russia

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, said that the country has decided to stop issuing visas to citizens of Russia due to the latter’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

“We are suspending the processing of visa applications from Russian nationals at all our consular offices with the exception of humanitarian cases,” Fiala pointed out in this regard, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

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Disney and Warner Bros. Halt Russian Release of Movies, Starting With ‘The Batman’ And ‘Turning Red’

Some of Hollywood’s biggest movie studios are delaying the releases of highly-anticipated films in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Walt Disney Co. will delay the release of its films in Russian movie theaters in response to Russia’s “unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis” accompanying it, the company said Monday.

Warner Bros. said late Monday that it would pause the Russian release of “The Batman,” which was scheduled for later this week and is expected to be among the year’s top-grossing movies. Russian theater chains were heavily marketing it earlier Monday.

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Elon Musk to Ukraine, After SpaceX Terminals Arrive: ‘You Are Most Welcome’

Elon Musk acknowledged that SpaceX delivered to Ukraine terminals that connect to the company’s Starlink satellite-based internet service.

Over the weekend, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., which Mr. Musk founded, said the service would be available in Ukraine, and he promised to deliver more terminals. On Monday, Mykhailo Fedorov, the minister of digital transformation for Ukraine, said in a tweet that Starlink terminals had arrived. He posted a photograph to Twitter that appeared to show boxes for the devices in a truck and thanked Mr. Musk.

“You are most welcome,” Mr. Musk responded.

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EU Adds to Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs

The European Union ramped up sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, targeting more government officials and some of the country’s most powerful and well-known oligarchs.

The sanctions announced Monday, which blacklisted 26 individuals and one company, are the latest in a raft of penalties that the EU has imposed on Russia as it seeks to punish the country’s economy and hinder its ability to wage war. They have coincided with waves of sometimes-overlapping sanctions from the U.S. and U.K.

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EU Head Says Ukraine “Belong[s] To Us” As She Announces Total Ban on RT and Sputnik News Broadcasts

Last week we reported that it seemed increasingly likely that countries in Europe would shut down RT’s broadcasts, labelling the channel ‘Russian propaganda’. Now it has been confirmed by the European Commission president.

Ursula von der Leyen announced Sunday that the EU will ban not only RT (Russia Today), but also Sputnik TV broadcasts. It is not known at this time whether the ban will extend to the websites of the networks.

In what she admitted was an “unprecedented” step, von der Leyen declared “we will ban in the European Union the Kremlin’s media machine,” claiming that the networks are spreading “harmful disinformation.”

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Facebook’s Parent Plans to Restrict Access to Russian State-Controlled Media

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Monday it would restrict access to Russian state-controlled media RT and Sputnik through its services across the European Union.

“We have received requests from a number of governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state-controlled media,” Nick Clegg, Meta president of global affairs, wrote in a tweet. “Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time.”

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FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus

Following an extraordinary meeting of the FIDE council held on Sunday, the International Chess Federation has officially condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and taken a number of measures against Russia and Belarus, including a ban on hosting official events and displaying their flags in FIDE-related events.

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FIFA Bans Russia ‘Indefinitely’ From International Tournaments

FIFA announced on Monday that Russia will no longer be participating in international soccer tournaments, including the 2022 World Cup playoffs, ending the country’s hopes of qualifying.

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In Historic Breach With Neutrality, Switzerland Joins EU in Sanctions on Russia

Switzerland’s historic neutrality is no longer: moments ago Reuters reported that the Swiss government had joined the EU in adopting sanctions on Russia, freezing assets of targeted companies and people effective immediately:

SWISS GOVERNMENT SAYS ADOPTS EU SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA

SWISS GOVERNMENT SAYS FREEZES ASSETS OF TARGETED PEOPLE AND COMPANIES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

SWISS GOVERNMENT SAYS ADOPTS FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST PRESIDENT PUTIN AND OTHER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS

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Latest Developments

Talks between Russia and Ukraine on a potential cease-fire ended with no deal on Monday as Moscow intensified its assault, killing at least 10 civilians in a shelling attack on residential neighborhoods in the eastern city of Kharkiv and pursuing efforts to seize the capital, Kyiv.

Russia, facing battlefield difficulties and under mounting economic sanctions, appears to be preparing a possible escalation of its war on Ukraine.

Russia was sending large reinforcement convoys across the border on Monday, in what could be preparation for a renewed push to besiege Kyiv. On Monday night, airstrikes on Kyiv picked up and Russia also fired an Iskander ballistic missile at the capital’s Brovary suburb, local officials said.

The U.S. is sanctioning Russia’s central bank to prevent the government from using its emergency reserve currencies to protect the economy from the Western pressure campaign.

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Lithuania Stops Issuing Visas to Russians, Even for Health Care Services

In response to the war in Ukraine, the Lithuanian government has stopped issuing visas to Russian citizens, including to those seeking medical help in the country

According to the Lithuanian Health Ministry, Russian citizens will no longer be able to go to Lithuania to seek health care services, such as diagnostic examination, inpatient or surgical treatment. In addition, Russians won’t be able to receive permits if the reason for entry is nursing close relatives living in Lithuania, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

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MSCI Signals Potential Exclusion of Russia From Influential Indexes

MSCI Inc. signaled it could cut Russia from many of its widely followed equity indexes as Western sanctions, capital controls and trading halts following the invasion of Ukraine make it harder for global investors to buy and sell Russian stocks.

The New York-based index compiler said it was seeking feedback from market participants on how to classify Russian shares, “up to and including the potential reclassification” of Russia as a standalone market, rather than an emerging one. It plans to say more by the end of the week, after reviewing responses.

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Russian TV Host Threatens Nuclear “Destruction” Of America

A Russian TV host dubbed “Putin’s chief propagandist” has threatened the nuclear destruction of America and NATO countries, asking, “Why do we need the world, if Russia isn’t there?”

Dmitry Kiselyov made the comments on national television just hours after President Vladimir Putin put his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert.

“Our submarines can shoot more than 500 nuclear warheads,” said Kiselyov, adding, “This would guarantee destruction of the USA, and all other NATO countries.”

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Soros Compares Ukrainian Conflict to Siege of Nazi-Held City

“Brave Ukrainians are now on the frontline and risking their lives in an onslaught that reminds me of the siege of Budapest in 1944 and the siege of Sarajevo in 1993,” the billionaire noted.

The message also appeared on Soros’s Twitter account, but was later removed after some of the users pointed to the uncanny parallels. The blog post is still accessible on Soros’ site as of Monday morning.

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The First Casualty of War is TRUTH

In just a few days, there have been innumerable ‘outrage’ war stories which have proven to be completely invented.

You’d think the fact checkers would be in their element, but they’re strangely AWOL.

Funny that, isn’t it?

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Ukraine: Gergiev Must Condemn Russian Attack to Perform at La Scala Says Sala

‘Or we will be forced to stop collaboration’ -mayor to conductor

– ROME, FEB 24 — Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala on Thursday said conductor Valery Gergiev, a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, must condemn the attack on Ukraine if he wants to continue his collaboration with Teatro alla Scala, where he is currently directing Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame.

“We have at the Scala (theater) ‘Pique Dame’ directed by Maestro Valery Gergiev who has repeatedly declared that he is close to Putin”, Sala said. “We have been asking him, with the theater’s superintendent, to take a clear position against this invasion and, if he will not do it, we will be forced to end this collaboration”, said the mayor, commenting the latest events in Ukraine during a debate with the former center-right mayoral candidate in Milan and municipal councilor, Luca Bernardo.

“We must intervene when faced with these situations”, he concluded.

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Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Asks for More Missiles, Aid

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., asked lawmakers Monday night for more weapons and humanitarian aid.

Ms. Markarova met with members of the Senate Ukraine Caucus.

“She made clear that they’re going to run out of Stingers and Javelins really fast,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) about the request for more missiles.

The ambassador also spoke of the Russian soldiers who are in Ukrainian captivity. “She talked about how low the morale was with the Russian troops compared to the Ukrainian troops,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) said.

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Volunteer Hackers Join Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia

Websites for the Russian Foreign Ministry as well as the country’s largest stock exchange and a key state-owned bank were offline Monday, as loosely organized groups of volunteer hackers pledged to retaliate against the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine.

An “IT army” created by the Ukrainian government urged more than 200,000 followers on its Telegram channel Monday to attempt to take down the website of the Moscow Exchange. Thirty-one minutes later, the channel’s administrators shared a screenshot suggesting the exchange’s website had been knocked offline.

“Mission accomplished!” they wrote in English.

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Wall Street Counsels Washington Against Kicking Russia Off SWIFT

by Daniel Flatley, Katherine Doherty and Hannah Levitt

Some of Wall Street’s largest banks told lawmakers and the Biden administration that kicking Russia off the SWIFT financial-messaging system would have far-reaching fallout that could hurt the global economy and undermine the purpose of the penalties, people familiar with the matter said.

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India: TRS Leader & Nirmal Municipal Vice-Chairperson Sheikh Sajid Khan Booked for Raping a Minor Hindu Girl in Love Jihad Tangle

B Upendran | HENB | Adilabad | Feb 28, 2022:: TRS leader and Nirmal Municipal Vice-Chairperson Sheikh Sajid Khan allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl multiple times. According to police, Shajid Khan took a woman and the victim, who is an 8th Standard student, to Hyderabad in January and perpetrated the crime.

As per source, a woman named Annapurna was first trapped Sheikh Sajid under huge allurement and she facilitated Shajid Khan’s for meeting with the victim minor girl at a hotel in Hyderabad after telling her that they were in fact going to attend a function in Nizamabad.

Nirmal Rural Sub-Inspector K Vinay said the accused Sheikh Sajid Khan (35) is a resident of YSR Colony in the Nirmal town.

Reliable source says,the 15-year-old victim, also from the same colony, is a student of Class VIII. Sajid sexually assaulted the minor girl under the pretext of love. He reportedly took her to different parts and raped her multiple times for quite a long time.

The shocking incident came to light when her Hindu parents approached the police. The victim was rescued and was housed at a Sakhi centre (short stay home) in Nirmal.

Based on a complaint lodged by the victim, a case was registered against Sajid under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and 376 (ii) (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and investigations taken up.

Sheikh Sajid, who is facing charges of raping a minor girl, has been suspended from the TRS party, said Forest and Environment Minister Indrakaran Reddy. He said the party had canceled its primary membership in the wake of the allegations against Sajid. He said the suspension would take effect immediately. The details were revealed at a press conference held at the MLA camp office on Monday.

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Russia’s G-20 Participation Must be Reviewed, Australian Leader Says

Russia’s involvement in the Group of 20 major economies must be reviewed following its invasion of Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

He said Russia’s ongoing participation in the G-20 is being discussed with Indonesia, which chairs the group this year.

“The G-20 has a lot of members and that’s a lot of interests to manage, and we want to support Indonesia in successfully chairing the G-20 this year, but I think there has been a very clear view expressed particularly by countries like Australia, G-7 countries: this will need to be managed,” Mr. Morrison said.

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Hungary Will Accommodate Ukrainian Refugees and Continue to Provide Country With Aid

Hungary will play a role in mitigating the humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjartó said on Sunday during a press conference with Viktor Mikita, the governor of Transcarpathia, at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border crossing in Zahony.

Szijjartó emphasized that Hungary would accept those in need and offer aid to Transcarpathia, revealing that 100,000 liters of fuel had already been sent to the region on Sunday, at the request of the governor, to alleviate the fuel supply crisis in the region.

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Nearly 26,000 Ukrainians Reached Slovakia Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

About 26,000 citizens of Ukraine have reached Slovakia since February 24 due to the Russian military attack on Ukraine.

Such figures have been confirmed through a statement published by Slovakia’s Ministry of the Interior, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

“From Thursday, February 24, 2022, from 6 am to Sunday, February 27, 2022, until 6 am, 25,935 people entered the territory of the Slovak Republic from Ukraine. Most people crossed the border crossings in Vysné Nemecky (13,645) and Ubli (10,715),” the statement published by the Ministry reveals.

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Arizona Senate Votes to Ban Transgender Surgeries for Kids Amid International Reckoning

PHOENIX (LifeSiteNews) — Arizona Senate Republicans passed legislation Thursday that would ban transgender surgeries for minors, amid an international reckoning on the mutilating, experimental procedures.

SB 1138 passed in a 16-12 vote along party lines, the AP reported. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Warren Petersen, prohibits irreversible “sex change” surgeries, including genital mutilation procedures, hysterectomies, and mastectomies for children under 18. It does not apply in cases of a “medically verifiable disorder of sex development.”

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Canadian University Publishes Studies on ‘Humanizing Mice’ Using Aborted Fetal Tissue

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (LifeSiteNews) — New research papers have been published stemming from government-funded “humanized mice” experiments at the University of Saskatchewan, with Canadian taxpayers on the hook for controversial medical research using the organs of aborted babies.

Dr. Kerry Lavender is an Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology at the university’s College of Medicine, where her official bio identifies humanized mice as one of her areas of focus, crediting her with “develop[ing] the TKO-BLT humanized mouse model for the discovery and evaluation of HIV-1 therapeutics and HIV-1 cure strategies” in conjunction with the United States’ National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Florida House Votes to Ban Gender Identity Discussion With Children in Third Grade or Younger

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday banning school teachers from promoting discussions within the classroom regarding gender identity and sexual attraction for children in the third grade and younger.

The bill, HB 1557, expressly prohibits “instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity … in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate,” granting parents the ability to sue schools which violate the order.

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Italy: Pray for Those Who Send Girls to School Dressed Like Hookers

Teacher sparks fresh storm after ‘sex street’ jibe

(ANSA) — ROME, FEB 21 — A temporary teacher at a Rome high school has caused a stir by saying “let’s pray for those who send their daughters to school dressed like hookers” a week after a teacher in another school in the Italian capital sparked a rebellion by girls after asking one of them if she was on a noted sex worker street.

The temp’s colleagues at the Orazio high school said they “distanced ourselves” from his comment which was “injurious of the dignity” of the pupils involved.

Last week another teacher asked a girl showing her midriff “are you on the Salaria”, a street on Rome’s outskirts famous for its sex workers, prompting the students to come to school in mini skirts and shorts.

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MI6 Chief Faces Backlash for Saying Ukraine War is About LGBT Rights

The head of MI6, who includes his preferred pronouns in his Twitter bio, faced backlash for suggesting that a large part of the war in Ukraine was about “LGBT+ rights.”

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Parents Furious After Discovering School Invited Drag Queen to Dance in Front Children as Young as Nine

Parents of students at Hollymount Primary School in the Raynes Park of South London were susprised and shocked when they found out that the school invited a local drag queen to interact with the children without so much as informing them.

Dolly Trolley was invited to the school on Tuesday Feb 22, where she taught a dance to children aged nine years and up. She then had a sit-down with children at the school aged five to nine years, and read to them.

According to the Daily Mail, an anonymous mother told them in an interview, “We are usually told when an outsider will be visiting the school, but on this occasion we were not.”

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8 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/28/2022

  1. Great to hear that the beloved chancelleresse Merkel had a share of cultural enrichement ( provided the pickpockets were not called Hans and Franz).How dumb are the two bodyguards that were with her? Or were they right minded and looked the other way when this occured?

    • She didn’t get culturally enriched enough for my liking.

      Although I doubt even an African would molest that for free. Undoubtedly they would if the price was right.

      Since she is too public of a figure to take a flight to Africa like her Swedish counterparts for some cultural mixing she had the orcs brought to Germany instead.

  2. Merkel robbed ………….

    They couldnt rob her of her dignity for she has none. So all what was left was her purse.
    Nice one.

  3. Y’know the last time I saw Red Dawn was on TV it led me to think, what makes me think someone defending their own country would not get prosecuted by someone in the future. Aside from common sense, I realized I had no reason to think that and believing in common sense alone eventually leads to an education. So I got one ahead of time. So a person acting in that role is classified as a partisan by international law. If you are captured you can be executed legally by international law standards. If you are part of the military you probably would not be but stuff happens. I am just pointing that out to say in the Ukraine, they should conscript anyone they are handing rifles out to or at least say to them if you surrender, they may execute you.

    • This is doubtful. Rather the opposite. The Russian orcs did not want to lose face until the very end.
      I perfectly understand the patriotic mood of the majority of Ukrainians, but unfortunately the reality is that weapons fell into the hands of bad people and there are a lot of cases of looting.

    • Thanks for posting. I’m jealous of their weather. They don’t have 6-foot snowbanks to deal with.

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