Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/27/2022

Public health officials in Canada have determined that the majority of monkeypox cases occur in men who have sex with other men. Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged homosexuals to reduce the number of their sexual partners to curb the spread of the disease.

In other news, Robert Crimo III, the young man suspected of committing the July 4th massacre in Highland Park, Illinois, has been charged with 21 counts of first-degree murder.

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Financial Crisis
» Fed Hikes Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point for Second Consecutive Time to Fight Inflation
» Inflation Surges to the Highest Level in 21 Years in ‘Confronting’ Cost of Living Numbers as Treasurer Warns it ‘Will Get Tougher’ — And a Huge Interest Rate Rise is Now All But Inevitable
» McDonald’s and Chipotle Say Customers Are Trading Down, Visiting Less Often as Inflation Hits Budgets
» One in Five Households Have ‘Negative Disposable Income’ In Britain
» Videos: Biden Energy Secretary Admits Being “Obsessed” With Green Transition
» Vox Begins Layoffs After Staff Unionized in June
 
USA
» Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Protecting Kids Online Would Require Big Tech to Spy on Them
» Breaking: The View Apologizes for Wrongly Linking Neo-Nazi Protestors to Turning Point USA
» Climate Activist Aiming to ‘Shut Down’ Congressional Baseball Game Says Lawmakers Will See More Protests
» Exclusive: Ron DeSantis on Fentanyl, Biden’s Border Crisis
» Exclusive-Former Republicans and Democrats Form New Third U.S. Political Party
» Federal Judge Dismisses Nick Sandmann’s Media Libel Lawsuits
» Grand Jury Indicts Highland Park Parade Shooting Suspect for 117 Felony Counts, Including Murder
» Highland Park Massacre Suspect Charged With 21 Counts of First-Degree Murder
» Influencer Iara Ferreira Claims She Was Kicked Out of Supermarket for Being ‘Hot’
» Kat Von D Undergoes ‘Spiritual Battle, ‘ Throws Out Witchcraft Books and Ditches Macabre Aesthetic
» LPD: Woman Stabbed to Death Was Pregnant, Two Suspects Arrested for Murder, Feticide
» Manchin Gives in to Schumer, Agrees to Reduced Plan for Climate Change, New Taxes
» N.Y. Law Limiting Court Protest Survives 1st Amendment Challenge
» No Charges Yet for Pair of Protesters Jailed for Two Days Following Arrest Outside Dave Chappelle Show
» Off the Rails! Wild Booze-Fueled Pool Party With Twerking Bikini-Clad Girls, Dwarf and DJ Turns Subway Train Into Crazy Party Over the Weekend
» Operations Resume at Port of Oakland Following Truck Blockade Protests
» Our Study: Critical Race Theories Have “Established a Beachhead at the Military Service Academies”
» Suspect in Kavanaugh Assassination Plot Planned to Target Two Other Justices: Report
» Teens Charged With ‘Anti-White’ Hate Crimes Following Attack on New York City Bus
» Trump Says He Intends to Sue CNN for Defamation
 
Canada
» B.C. Family Doctors Protest Claims of ‘Spreading Misinformation’ From Regulatory Body
» Eco Radical ‘Tyre Extinguisher’ Group Deflating Tires of SUVs Across Waterloo Region
» Farmers Slam Trudeau Over Rising Fertilizer Costs
» Four Toronto Doctors Die Within One Week of COVID Booster Expansion
» Indigenous Canadians Ask Pope Francis to ‘Show Me the Money’ After Papal Apology
» Majority of Monkeypox Cases in Canada Among Men Who Have ‘Intimate Sexual Contact With Other Men’
» Pastor Artur Pawlowski on His Sweeping Victory in Alberta’s Highest Court
» Protesters Gather to Denounce Governing Body Dictates Placed on Ontario Doctors by the CPSO
» Solidarity Convoy Supports Protesting Farmers at Dutch Embassy in Ottawa
» Tamara Lich Released by Judge While CTV Causes Melee, Ottawans Give Their Thoughts on the Convoy
 
Europe and the EU
» Amnesty International Demands Protection for Activist Trapped in U.K. Over ‘Fake’ Bomb Threat to Chinese Embassy
» Crime Most Important Issue for Sweden’s Voters
» EU Struggles to Cancel Winter
» Far-Left Anarchists Linked to Bomb Discovered at Greek Court Complex
» France: Le Pen Calls for Privatization of Public Broadcasting
» Freeze for Our Green Agenda: Climate Crazies Angry at Germany for Wanting to Import Gas
» Germany: World’s Largest Chemical Company Cuts Ammonia Production
» Member of European Parliament Labels COVID Vaccine Coercion “Worst Crime Ever Committed on Humanity”
» Protesting Dutch Farmers Dump Manure, Garbage on Roads
» ‘Quintessentially Churchillian Composure’: Outgoing PM Hands Winston Churchill Award to Ukraine’s Zelensky
» UK: Extinction Rebellion to Blockade Leicestershire Petrol Stations Tomorrow
» UK: Simon Isherwood, Who Was Caught on Hot Mic Criticizing Diversity Training, Wins Case After Getting Fired
» Very Model of a Modern Major-General: Boris Johnson Might Become Next Head of NATO — Report
 
Middle East
» Hundreds of Protesters Storm Iraqi Parliament Over Nomination of Iran-Backed Official
» YouTube Censors Videos for Saudi Arabia
 
Russia
» Gas Prices Soar as Russia Cuts German Supply
» ‘Running Out of Steam’: British Spy Chief Says Russian Forces Likely to Pause After ‘Small’ Progress in Ukraine
» Russia-Ukraine War: US Proposes Prisoner Swap With Russia
» Russia Captures Power Station, Redeploys Troops Toward Southern Ukraine
 
South Asia
» India: Karnataka: Sec 144 Imposed After Protest in Puttur Over BJP Worker’s Murder by Suspected Jihadis.
» Population of Minority Religions Including Hindu and Buddhist Decrease Further in Bangladesh
 
Far East
» China Locks Down 1 MILLION People in Wuhan Over 4 Asymptomatic COVID Cases
 
Australia — Pacific
» Australia Day Celebrations Could be Scrapped in One Major City as Mayor Announces Massive Review Into ‘Divisive’ Date
» Commentator Blasts ‘Overprivileged and Oversensitive’ Politicians as Anthony Albanese’s New Senate Chief Fights to Get Rid of the Lord’s Prayer From Parliament
» Frightening Footage Emerges of a ‘Riot’ At a Woolworths Supermarket as a Brawl Breaks Out and One Man Runs Around Wielding a Knife
» How Dreamworld Was Given $2.7million of Taxpayer Money to Help Save Endangered Koalas… But Built a Rollercoaster Instead
» Humiliation for Annastacia Palaszczuk as Underling Announces Her $200million COVID Quarantine Facility Will be Scrapped Despite Exorbitant Price Tag — Just Months After it Opened
» Melbourne Mayor Looks to Dump Australia Day Celebrations
» Nick Coatsworth Reveals Why the Push for Masks is Wrong — as Crazy COVID Policies Force Aussies With Serious Health Problems to the Back of Hospital Queue
» Pauline Hanson Storms Out of the Senate Rather Than Acknowledge Traditional Owners Screaming ‘No, I Won’t and Never Will’ — as Aboriginal Senator Slams Her as ‘Racist’
» Powerful Moment Gay Politician, 29, Who Went From Apple Store Worker on the Minimum Wage to $200k MP After Innovative Grindr Campaign Breaks Down in His First Speech to Parliament Over His Struggle to Come Out
» Why Huge Lines Are Forming Outside a Bank of China Branch Each Morning — After Five Chinese Companies Saw Their Funds Frozen Over Fraud Allegations
 
Immigration
» Austria: Outrage: No Murder Charge for Migrants Accused of Overdosing, Raping Child
» France: Disabled Man Beaten to Death by African Thieves in Paris
» GOP Plan Would Ban Illegal Immigrants From Voting and Mandate Photo ID
 
Culture Wars
» Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Advising Hospitals to Use Term ‘Father’s Milk’
» Democrats Bring Woman Who is a Witch and a Furry as Witness for Abortion Hearing
» DeSantis Files Complaint Against Miami Bar That Hosted Drag Show for Children
» Gender Studies Teacher Removes Pronouns From Report Cards to Keep Students’ Identities Secret From Parents
» Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas Loses Bid for NCAA Woman of the Year Award
» UK: Barrister Allison Bailey Wins Discrimination Case Against Employer Over Tweets Accused of Being “Transphobic”
» Voters Want Politicians to Condemn Pro-Abortion Vandalism and Protests at Justices’ Homes
» Watch: Medical Students Walk Out of Ceremony Over Pro-Life Keynote Speaker
» WHO Calls for Big Tech to Work With it to Censor Monkeypox “Misinformation”
» WHO Urges Reducing Number of Sexual Partners Due to Monkeypox
 

Fed Hikes Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point for Second Consecutive Time to Fight Inflation

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase as it seeks to tamp down runaway inflation without creating a recession.

In taking the benchmark overnight borrowing rate up to a range of 2.25%-2.5%, the moves in June and July represent the most stringent consecutive action since the Fed began using the overnight funds rate as the principal tool of monetary policy in the early 1990s.

While the fed funds rate most directly impacts what banks charge each other for short-term loans, it feeds into a multitude of consumer products such as adjustable mortgages, auto loans and credit cards. The increase takes the funds rate to its highest level since December 2018.

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

Inflation Surges to the Highest Level in 21 Years in ‘Confronting’ Cost of Living Numbers as Treasurer Warns it ‘Will Get Tougher’ — And a Huge Interest Rate Rise is Now All But Inevitable

The consumer price index in the June quarter soared at the steepest pace since the middle of 2001, after unemployment last month fell to a 48-year low of 3.5 per cent.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

McDonald’s and Chipotle Say Customers Are Trading Down, Visiting Less Often as Inflation Hits Budgets

McDonald’s and Chipotle Mexican Grill say customers squeezed by inflation are choosing cheaper menu items and visiting their restaurants less often, signaling trends that could be hitting the broader restaurant industry.

The two companies were among the first restaurant chains to report their second-quarter results. Wingstop, Starbucks and Taco Bell owner Yum Brands are all scheduled to release their earnings reports within the next week.

Starting around mid-May, Chipotle said on Tuesday that low-income customers were visiting its restaurants less frequently, leading to slowing traffic. Earlier in the day, McDonald’s executives also said some low-income customers have been switching to its value menu or opting out of combo meals to save money. But McDonald’s executives added that the chain is also benefiting from customers trading down from more expensive full-service or fast-casual restaurants.

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

One in Five Households Have ‘Negative Disposable Income’ In Britain

One in five British households now has a “negative disposable income” in which they are £60 short of meeting their essential needs such as rent, energy, food and transport.

Data compiled in the monthly Asda Income Tracker by the Centre for Business and Economic Research (Cber) has shown that the cost of living crisis, which has seen costs rise by 11 per cent in the year until June, has resulted in a record 18 per cent decline in household disposable income.

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

Videos: Biden Energy Secretary Admits Being “Obsessed” With Green Transition

As Americans continue to suffer through what is now unquestionably an recession, Biden officials continue to tout the situation as a “transition,” while denying the reality of the grim economic situation by effectively arguing with the dictionary.

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

Vox Begins Layoffs After Staff Unionized in June

Vox Media will be laying off 39 people from their staff of 2,000 in order to “get ahead of economic uncertainty,” reports Axios. The layoffs come just one month after the media company’s staff unionized.

Vox is now the latest outlet to begin preparing for economic downturn, despite assurances from the Biden administration that the US is not entering a recession.

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

Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Protecting Kids Online Would Require Big Tech to Spy on Them

A US Senate panel is debating two online safety bills that pertain to children, COPPA 2.0, and the Kids Online Safety Act, the latter of which has been described by observers as a scheme that will force online platforms to spy on children.

The original Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) aims to restrict the tracking and targeting of children under 13, while its update would expand to include those under 16.

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

Breaking: The View Apologizes for Wrongly Linking Neo-Nazi Protestors to Turning Point USA

Over the weekend, lunatics with Nazi flags and antisemitic signs attempted to disrupt TPUSA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, and were promptly sent packing by conservative attendees and the press.

Nonetheless, hosts of The View smeared TPUSA, attempting to link the neo-Nazi group with the student conference. On Wednesday, following the threat of legal action, The View issued a formal, on-air apology to TPUSA for their comments.

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

Climate Activist Aiming to ‘Shut Down’ Congressional Baseball Game Says Lawmakers Will See More Protests

WASHINGTON — A climate activist aiming to “shut down” Thursday’s Congressional Baseball Game said lawmakers will see similar protests in the future.

“They should not be playing a baseball game when” wildfires, droughts and heat waves have “created billions of dollars in damage,” the Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s federal campaigns director, Quentin Scott, told Fox News. His organization has teamed up with several others for Thursday’s protest, including ShutDown DC, Now or Never and Beyond Extreme Energy, and has posted flyers indicating their plan to “shut down” the friendly ball game.

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

Exclusive: Ron DeSantis on Fentanyl, Biden’s Border Crisis

Rebel News traveled to the Florida state capitol in Tallahassee, FL on July 19 and spoke to Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in an exclusive interview.

One of the topics discussed during the interview was how the state of Florida is being impacted by the fentanyl crisis and what the state government is doing to combat it.

Governor DeSantis condemned the Biden administration for their policies and actions that allow narcotics and illegal aliens to cross into the country. “This is a crisis that has been created by Biden. Now he inherited a border situation that was much better. He decided to open the border effectively. And now you see a record amount of fentanyl coming into the country,” stated DeSantis.

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

Exclusive-Former Republicans and Democrats Form New Third U.S. Political Party

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) —Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America’s dysfunctional two-party system.

The new party, called Forward and whose creation was first reported by Reuters, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey. They hope the party will become a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate U.S. politics, founding members told Reuters.

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

Federal Judge Dismisses Nick Sandmann’s Media Libel Lawsuits

A United States District Court Judge threw out five media libel lawsuits on Wednesday that were brought forth by Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student that went viral across mainstream media while attending a class trip to Washington, D.C. in 2019.

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

Grand Jury Indicts Highland Park Parade Shooting Suspect for 117 Felony Counts, Including Murder

The man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the seven people killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a beloved holiday event.

Prosecutors previously filed seven murder charges against Robert E. Crimo III. They announced the grand jury’s decision to indict him on 117 felony charges on Wednesday.

Attorneys for Crimo have not made a formal response yet to any of the charges he faces in the July Fourth shooting in downtown Highland Park, Illinois. A message left with the county’s public defender’s office on Wednesday was not immediately returned.

Prosecutors have said Crimo, 21, admitted to the shooting when police arrested him following an hourslong search on July 4…

           — Hat tip: MM [Return to headlines]
 

Highland Park Massacre Suspect Charged With 21 Counts of First-Degree Murder

Highland Park massacre suspect Robert Crimo III, 22, was indicted on Wednesday on 117 felony charges by an Illinois Grand Jury over his alleged involvement in a Fourth of July mass shooting that occurred in a Chicago suburb.

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

Influencer Iara Ferreira Claims She Was Kicked Out of Supermarket for Being ‘Hot’

An influencer has claimed she was kicked out of a US supermarket for being “hot” and wearing revealing clothing.

Brazilian woman Iara Ferreira said she was shopping in Miami when a supermarket employee approached her and asked the content creator to leave the store.

She claimed he recognized her from her OnlyFans account, and he assumed she would be showing off in the store and filming it.

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

Kat Von D Undergoes ‘Spiritual Battle, ‘ Throws Out Witchcraft Books and Ditches Macabre Aesthetic

World-renowned tattoo artist Kat Von D is undergoing a “spiritual awakening,” and the reality star who is known for her gothic style has tossed out all items associated with occult practices.

Katherine von Drachenberg, 40, said in an Instagram post last Thursday that she has thrown out all items associated with a macabre aesthetic, including books on witchcraft, as she no longer desires to invite these demonic possessions into her family’s home.

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

LPD: Woman Stabbed to Death Was Pregnant, Two Suspects Arrested for Murder, Feticide

A woman who was killed in a stabbing on Fort Drive Wednesday was approximately 20 weeks pregnant, according to the LaGrange Police Department.

Breanna Burgess’ body was found in the area of Fort Drive at approximately 2:35 a.m. Wednesday morning after being stabbed. The LPD said Wednesday night that two suspects had been identified and arrested — Curteze Avery and Shallandra Freeman. Detectives determined that Avery, Freeman, and Burgess had been acquaintances for several years and the victim was targeted, according to LPD.

Avery and Freeman were located at their home on Alton Drive along with evidence of the crime. Both suspects were arrested and charged with murder and feticide.

The suspects are being held without bond. This investigation is active and anyone with information is urged to contact members of the LaGrange Police Department.

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

Manchin Gives in to Schumer, Agrees to Reduced Plan for Climate Change, New Taxes

After months of negotiations, Senator Joe Manchin reached an agreement with Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday and announced that he reversed his opposition to a filibuster-proof bill and will support a package aimed at tackling climate change, drug prices, healthcare, and taxes on the wealthy.

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

N.Y. Law Limiting Court Protest Survives 1st Amendment Challenge

A New York law that limits protests near courthouses can withstand a broad First Amendment challenge, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday in partially vacating a federal trial court’s injunction against the law.

But the injunction issued by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York may stay in place as it relates to the activities of the plaintiff who brought the challenge, Michael Picard, the opinion by Judge Gerard E. Lynch said.

Picard was promoting the general concept of jury nullification and handing out pamphlets on the sidewalk outside the Bronx County Hall of Justice. He testified that he didn’t have any knowledge of the trials being held at the time and wasn’t advocating for or against any particular case.

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

No Charges Yet for Pair of Protesters Jailed for Two Days Following Arrest Outside Dave Chappelle Show

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) — The two protesters who were arrested by Minneapolis Police outside Dave Chappelle’s show Friday at the Varsity Theater and then jailed over the weekend have both been released without being charged — though the cases still remain open and active.

So far, police and jail records indicate that five people were arrested at the protests, which were in response to comments Chapelle made last year questioning trans identity. Two of those arrests were on suspension of vandalism, possibly related to sidewalk chalk. A third person was arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree assault (less than substantial bodily harm) and riot, a fourth on suspicion of assault and riot, and a fifth person on suspicion of fleeing from police and riot.

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

Off the Rails! Wild Booze-Fueled Pool Party With Twerking Bikini-Clad Girls, Dwarf and DJ Turns Subway Train Into Crazy Party Over the Weekend

New York City subway riders were in for a treat this weekend when a random pool party popped up on a train, complete with twerking women in bikinis, liquor bottles and a slip ‘n slide.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Operations Resume at Port of Oakland Following Truck Blockade Protests

(The Center Square) — Operations at the Port of Oakland resumed this week after several days of disruptions caused by truckers protesting a California labor law.

Truckers protesting Assembly Bill 5, California’s “gig worker law,” disrupted operations at the port last week, blocking cargo from moving in or out of the port and stoking fears that a prolonged shutdown would cause California ports “to further suffer market share losses to competing ports,” Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan said last week.

According to a statement released Monday by the port, protesters moved to a designated “free speech zone,” allowing operations to resume on Saturday. The protests stalled the flow of certain international commerce, such as medical supplies, auto parts, livestock and manufacturing parts, according to the port.

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

Our Study: Critical Race Theories Have “Established a Beachhead at the Military Service Academies”

An analysis by our CriticalRace.org shows: “The good news is that CRT and related ideologies have not yet captured the military service academies … The bad news is that these ideologies have established a beachhead … and are likely to expand as part of a more general military wokeness campaign from the top down.”

Critical Race Training in Education (CriticalRace.org), a project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, previously rolled out databases on Higher Education, Elite Private Schools. and Medical Schools. The databases received substantial media attention.

Today we rolled out our Military Service Academies database, which was covered by Fox News Digital, Critical Race Theory taught to future military leaders at U.S. military academies, according to new study:

The article explained our expansive and unique databases:

United States military service academies have taught or introduced some form of critical race theory or “anti-racism” training on future military leaders, according to CriticalRace.org, which monitors CRT curricula and training in higher education.

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

Suspect in Kavanaugh Assassination Plot Planned to Target Two Other Justices: Report

The California man allegedly behind a foiled assassination attempt against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh planned the attack for weeks before he traveled to the justice’s Maryland home, according to a newly released FBI search-warrant application.

Nicholas John Roske, 26, was arrested outside of Kavanaugh’s home last month after he told 911 dispatchers he was having suicidal thoughts and that he had come “from California to kill a specific” Supreme Court justice. Authorities found a Glock 17 handgun with two magazines and ammunition, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, a screwdriver, and other gear in Roske’s backpack.

The FBI search-warrant application, obtained by Fox News, reveals Roske was allegedly planning to target at least two other unnamed members of the Court.

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

Teens Charged With ‘Anti-White’ Hate Crimes Following Attack on New York City Bus

Earlier this month, 57-year-old Jill LeCroix was ambushed by three black teenagers on a New York City bus in what she claimed was an “anti-white” attack.

On Tuesday, two of the teens were arrested and charged with assault and aggravated harassment, both of which were classified as hate crimes. The third member of the group remains at large.

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

Trump Says He Intends to Sue CNN for Defamation

Former president Trump on Wednesday said he intends to sue CNN on the grounds that the network has repeatedly defamed him in its coverage since he announced his first 2016 presidential run.

“I have notified CNN of my intent to file a lawsuit over their repeated defamatory statements against me,” Trump wrote in a statement. “I will also be commencing actions against other media outlets who have defamed me and defrauded the public regarding the overwhelming evidence of fraud throughout the 2020 Election. I will never stop fighting for the truth and for the future of our Country!”

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

B.C. Family Doctors Protest Claims of ‘Spreading Misinformation’ From Regulatory Body

The protest, which was organized by James Davison and Marcella Desjarlais, leaders of the pro-freedom group called Stand United BC featured family doctors under the College and a vaccine injured man named Shawn Mulldoon who lost six feet of his intestine from taking the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine.

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

Eco Radical ‘Tyre Extinguisher’ Group Deflating Tires of SUVs Across Waterloo Region

Radical climate activists have claimed responsibility for damaging vehicles’ tires in the Waterloo region. This is the second time in July that the group that done so.

The so-called “Tyre Extinguishers” group said in an email to CTV that they flattened the tires of 45 SUVs across Kitchener and Waterloo.

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

Farmers Slam Trudeau Over Rising Fertilizer Costs

Canadian farmers slammed Justin Trudeau over rising fertilizer costs resulting from his decision to put tariffs on Russian fertilizer.

According to Ryan Koeslag, executive director of Ontario Bean Growers, tariffs on Russian fertilizer are wreaking havoc on the Canadian Agriculture Sector and the ability of farmers to merely keep their heads above water.

“Around one-third [of the 2022 shipments] had not been delivered into Ontario yet when that tariff was applied, and some of those ships were even being told that they would have to turn around,” Koeslag told CBC News in an interview. “… It’s hard to be a green farmer when you’re operating in the red.”

He also wonders why Canadian farmers are being forced to flip the bill for the war in Ukraine, despite other G7 countries abstaining from imposing such tariffs as they knew it would hurt their citizens.

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

Four Toronto Doctors Die Within One Week of COVID Booster Expansion

Four doctors in the Greater Toronto Area died within the same week after COVID vaccine booster eligibility was expanded.

First, 50-year-old Dr. Paul Hannam, the now-former Chief of Emergency Medicine at North York General Hospital, died while jogging on July 16.

“Olympic sailor, marathon runner, family man, ED director at NYGH, a sweet, thoughtful, compassionate and gentle man died suddenly today on a run. The quintessential mensch. Hug someone you love,” tweeted a colleague.

The other three doctors worked at Trillium Health Partners. Dr. Lorne Segall, aged 49, died on July 17. Dr. Stephen McKenzie passed away on July 18, and Dr. Jakub Sawicki on July 21.

When the news first broke, speculation was high that there could be a relation to the COVID vaccine booster expansion being the week prior.

As reported by the Toronto Sun’s Joe Warmington, hospitals are denying that any of the doctors’ deaths were related to COVID vaccines, though they will not discuss the supposed alternative cause.

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

Indigenous Canadians Ask Pope Francis to ‘Show Me the Money’ After Papal Apology

ROME — A major organization of Inuit native Canadians has insisted that Pope Francis’ apology was insufficient, calling on the Catholic Church to pony up monetary reparations.

Pope Francis’ apology is “only one step towards reconciliation,” Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) said in a statement following the pontiff’s declaration of sorrow this week for the ways in which many Christians “supported the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the indigenous peoples.”

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

Majority of Monkeypox Cases in Canada Among Men Who Have ‘Intimate Sexual Contact With Other Men’

On Wednesday, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam gave an update on MonkeyPox cases across Canada.

She revealed that while the infection is not exclusive to any one group, the virus has disproportionately impacted gay men.

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

Pastor Artur Pawlowski on His Sweeping Victory in Alberta’s Highest Court

Following two years of harassment and vengeance by police and prosecutors, Pastor Artur Pawlowski scored an incredible legal victory Friday when the highest court in Alberta unanimously ruled that all of the arrests and harassment against him were illegal.

The court ruled that none of the arrests, imprisonment or punishments were valid, and that Justice Adam Germain’s bizarre compelled speech provision was a violation of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The government was further ordered to give back every penny in fines that Artur and his brother Dawid had paid, and in fact, that the government had to pay for the cost of the appeal itself. We don’t know how they’ll compensate Artur for his two months in prison, much of it in solitary confinement.

It was thanks to you, our generous viewers, and your donations at SaveArtur.com over the course of this two and a half year legal battle that this victory was achieved.

On Monday night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, we were joined by Pastor Artur to discuss his momentous victory in the Alberta Court of Appeal.

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

Protesters Gather to Denounce Governing Body Dictates Placed on Ontario Doctors by the CPSO

On Friday, July 22nd, protesters once again took to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) to voice their disapproval with how the College has conducted itself in wake of COVID-19 hysteria.

The CPSO has reprimanded physicians who opposed or questioned the handling of COVID by censoring them, silencing them, investigating them and/or stripping them of their medical licenses.

Trying to shed light on the way the CPSO has strong-armed its members into conformity with the widely accepted COVID narrative throughout 2020 and 2021, demonstrators rallied out front of the office building at 80 College Street in Toronto with a hefty lineup of speakers and strongly worded signs.

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

Solidarity Convoy Supports Protesting Farmers at Dutch Embassy in Ottawa

July 23 was an important date for many Canadians as well as the Dutch population. Since the regulations imposed on nitrogen and carbon emissions by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte have also been approved by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, many people have decided to join their voices with protesting farmers in the Netherlands to share their fears and disagreement with the policies.

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

Tamara Lich Released by Judge While CTV Causes Melee, Ottawans Give Their Thoughts on the Convoy

Tamara Lich allegedly broke her bail conditions in June when she attended a gala hosted by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.

Reacting to a photo of Lich with another convoy organizer taken at the gala, Lich was arrested in Medicine Hat, Alberta, on June 26 and was then transported back to Ottawa.

After a justice of the peace decided she must remain in custody due to the photo allegedly violating previous bail conditions, Lich’s lawyer petitioned to have a judge review the decision.

And so, July 25 marked the first day of Tamara Lich’s most recent bail review hearing, and the citizens of Ottawa had mixed feelings about the Metis woman who organized the Freedom Convoy in February.

On the first day of the hearing, Rebel News spoke to Ottawa residents to find what they thought of the Freedom Convoy or Tamara Lich, and what they believed should happen.

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Amnesty International Demands Protection for Activist Trapped in U.K. Over ‘Fake’ Bomb Threat to Chinese Embassy

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday asked Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong to intervene on behalf of human rights activist Drew Pavlou, a 23-year-old Australian national arrested in London for allegedly emailing a bomb threat to the Chinese Embassy.

Pavlou said the email is an obvious fake, concocted by the regime in Beijing or its supporters to harass him for speaking out against the Uyghur genocide. His attorney has directly accused the Chinese government of fabricating the threat.

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Crime Most Important Issue for Sweden’s Voters

For the first time since the 1970s, crime is top of the list of voters’ most important issues in the run-up to September’s election.

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EU Struggles to Cancel Winter

If that isn’t a resounding slap in the face for Brussels: Hungary is negotiating with Russia about additional gas supplies. The Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjartó was in Moscow for this purpose and was conferring there with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Explosive: the action took place without consultation with Brussels — and is thus tantamount to a direct affront to the address of the EU.

In addition to the quantities already agreed, the Hungarian guest announced in Moscow that his country wants to buy 700 million cubic meters of Russian gas this year. It is about Hungary’s energy security, he said. His Russian counterpart responded: “This request will be reported and considered immediately.”

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Far-Left Anarchists Linked to Bomb Discovered at Greek Court Complex

Far-left anarchist extremists are believed to be connected to the discovery of an explosive device at an Athens court complex this week in the latest act of violence attributed to far-left extremists in recent weeks.

The explosive device, which was allegedly placed in a plastic food container inside a backpack according to police, was discovered at around 2 am on Monday morning at the Evelpidon Street court complex in the centre of Athens.

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France: Le Pen Calls for Privatization of Public Broadcasting

Following the French National Assembly’s abolition of license fees, the Rassemblement National (RN) has called for the complete privatization of public broadcasters. The fact that broadcasting is now financed from taxes is “inconsistent,” said Marine Le Pen, leader of the RN parliamentary group.

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Freeze for Our Green Agenda: Climate Crazies Angry at Germany for Wanting to Import Gas

The environmental group Greenpeace has objected to Germany looking to diversify its supply of natural gas away from Russia, claiming that building new infrastructure could be harmful to the climate.

Greenpeace slammed the German government’s plans to expand liquified natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, saying, “The fear of a Russian supply freeze must not be the gateway for the next fossil fuel dependency.”

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Germany: World’s Largest Chemical Company Cuts Ammonia Production

If you thought food shortages were bad now, you haven’t seen anything yet, as the world’s largest chemical producer plans to cut the production of ammonia (a key ingredient in fertilizers).

Headquartered in Germany, BASF, the world’s largest chemical producer, has stated that it plans to cut ammonia production even further to cope with skyrocketing natural gas prices.

“We are reducing production at facilities that require large volumes of natural gas, such as ammonia plants,” BASF CEO Martin Brudermüller said in a media call.

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Member of European Parliament Labels COVID Vaccine Coercion “Worst Crime Ever Committed on Humanity”

In a speech in the European Parliament earlier this month, German MP Christine Anderson described the coercion of people into taking COVID vaccines as the “biggest crime ever committed on humanity.”

“This vaccine campaign will go down as the biggest scandal in medical history,” Anderson declared, adding “moreover, it will be known as the biggest crime ever committed on humanity.”

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Protesting Dutch Farmers Dump Manure, Garbage on Roads

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch farmers protested government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions by dumping manure and garbage Wednesday on highways and setting fires alongside roads — the latest actions in a summer of discontent. Police urged them to stop for safety reasons and were investigating who was responsible.

Traffic authorities said several roads in the central and eastern Netherlands were completely or partially blocked by the early morning blockades and fire services rushed to clear roads as traffic built up. Cleanup operations were expected to take hours on some roads.

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‘Quintessentially Churchillian Composure’: Outgoing PM Hands Winston Churchill Award to Ukraine’s Zelensky

Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with the Sir Winston Churchill Award for his wartime leadership.

Ukraine’s wartime President Volodymyr Zelensky was presented with the Sir Winston Churchill Award on Tuesday, with the leader being praised for his “moral and physical courage” in the face of Russia’s invasion of his country.

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UK: Extinction Rebellion to Blockade Leicestershire Petrol Stations Tomorrow

Leicestershire petrol stations will be blockaded by members of environment campaign group Extinction Rebellion tomorrow (Thursday). The protest comes just days after the county’s highest temperature record was smashed by almost five degrees.

The protesters have not said where or when they are planning to carrying out the blockades, but have said they will only be targeting BP and Shell petrol stations. The group said in a statement: “With extreme weather events and temperatures beating records across the world in 2022, is this now the time people will wake up to what we are facing and do something?

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UK: Simon Isherwood, Who Was Caught on Hot Mic Criticizing Diversity Training, Wins Case After Getting Fired

Simon Isherwood, a rail conductor, won an unfair dismissal case against his employer, the West Midland Trains (WMT), after he was fired in March 2021 for criticizing diversity training on a hot mic.

The diversity training session, attended by about 80 rail workers, was held in January 2020. After the session ended, Isherwood forgot to turn off his microphone and was heard by colleagues complaining about the session to his wife.

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Very Model of a Modern Major-General: Boris Johnson Might Become Next Head of NATO — Report

Having been unceremoniously kicked from his position as UK Prime Minister, rumours are now circulating that Boris Johnson could be the next head of NATO.

Boris Johnson — Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister who was deposed after months of non-stop scandals — may end up being the next head of Western military alliance NATO, with officials at home and abroad now reportedly backing his potential candidacy.

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Hundreds of Protesters Storm Iraqi Parliament Over Nomination of Iran-Backed Official

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have breached Baghdad’s parliament, chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.

The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

The demonstrators, all of them men, were seen walking on tables of the parliament floor, leafing through folders, sitting in the chairs of politicians and waving Iraqi flags.

The incident raised the stakes in the political struggle for Iraq nearly 10 months after federal elections.

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YouTube Censors Videos for Saudi Arabia

YouTube has removed some advertisements that Saudi Arabia regulators deemed offensive because they contradicted Islamic and the Kingdom’s societal standards.

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) and the General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM) released a statement ordering YouTube to remove the offensive ads. The statement threatened legal action if the ads were not removed.

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Gas Prices Soar as Russia Cuts German Supply

Gas prices have soared after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week.

European gas prices rose almost 2%, trading close to the record high set after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Critics accuse the Russian government of using gas as a political weapon.

Russia has been cutting flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany, with it now operating at less than a fifth of its normal capacity.

Before the Ukraine War, Germany imported over half of its gas from Russia and most of it came through Nord Stream 1 — with the rest coming from land-based pipelines.

By the end of June, that had reduced to just over a quarter…

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‘Running Out of Steam’: British Spy Chief Says Russian Forces Likely to Pause After ‘Small’ Progress in Ukraine

Russia’s military is likely to start an operational pause in the coming weeks after making only incremental progress recently on the battlefield, the chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service said on July 21.

Richard Moore, head of the service known as MI6, told the Aspen Security Forum in the U.S. state of Colorado that the progress that Russian forces have made in Ukraine in recent months is relatively small.

“We are talking about a small number of miles of advance. When they take a town, there is nothing left. It is obliterated,” he said.

He added that MI6 assesses that the Russians will increasingly find it difficult to supply manpower over the next few weeks.

“I think they are about to run out of steam,” he said.

The operational pause will give Ukrainian forces, whose morale he said is still high, opportunities to strike back with the “increasing amounts of good weaponry” they have received…

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Russia-Ukraine War: US Proposes Prisoner Swap With Russia

The US has offered Russia a rare prisoner swap to free Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, and a former US marine with British citizenship in exchange for a notorious Russian arms dealer.

Antony Blinken, the Secretary of State, on Wednesday night confirmed the US had communicated a “substantial offer” to Moscow in order to bring home Griner and Paul Whelan, a former marine, although he declined to go into detail.

But US media reported the plan, approved by President Joe Biden, was to hand over Viktor Bout, an arms trafficker jailed for 25 years in the US…

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Russia Captures Power Station, Redeploys Troops Toward Southern Ukraine

July 28 (Reuters) — Russian forces took over Ukraine’s second-biggest power plant and are conducting a “massive redeployment” of troops to three southern regions, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said, amid expectations of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.

Russian-backed forces said on Wednesday they had captured the Soviet-era coal-fired Vuhlehirsk power plant intact, in what was Moscow’s first significant gain in more than three weeks.

Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, confirmed the capture of the plant in the eastern Donetsk region, but said it was only a “tiny tactical advantage” for Russia.

The Russian redeployment to the south appeared to be a switch to strategic defence from offence, he added, with troops sent to Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

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India: Karnataka: Sec 144 Imposed After Protest in Puttur Over BJP Worker’s Murder by Suspected Jihadis.

BJP Yuva Morcha member hacked to death in Dakshina Kannada. Huge funeral procession came out with anger to the suspected Jihadi murderers. Sec 144 imposed in disturbed areas.

B Upendran | HENB | Bengaluru | July 27, 2022:: A 32-year-old Jilla BJP Yuva Morcha committee member Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death in front of his broiler shop in Bellare by bike-borne miscreants on late Tuesday evening. Unrest prevailed as a huge crowd gathered outside Bellare police station in Sullia taluk after news of Praveen’s murder spread like wildfire.

However, following the intervention of the police, the funeral procession was restricted. The body was directly taken to his house in Bellare.

Praveen, who was an active member in Sangh Parivar, eked a living by running a broiler shop in Bellare.

Section 144 was imposed in the Puttur area and security was tightened as protests erupted.

Following Praveen’s murder, the Sangh Parivar has called for a bandh in Puttur, Kadaba and Sullia taluk on Wednesday. Sangh Parivar also decided to take out a procession carrying the body of Praveen via Puttur, Darbe, Savanoor, Kaniyoor and Bellare at 9.30 am. To prevent any untoward incident, police security has been stepped up in Puttur, Sullia and Kadaba taluk.

Heavy security forces were also deployed in Bellare village of the Dakshina Kannada district in the wake of this incident. Additional police forces have also been dispatched from Mangalore and Udupi to ensure law and order.

Police suspecting it as a retaliation to another murder in Bellare have stepped up security in market and surrounding areas. Bellare police have registered a case and are investigating. Local people say that Praveen was murdered in retaliation to the murder of Masood in Bellare. So, local people attended in the protest against Praveen’s murder was full of anger to the Jihadi miscreants taking control over the areas.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday assured that the culprits involved in the “heinous act” will be arrested soon and be punished as per law.

Meanwhile, five special police teams have been formed to nab the accused. “Five special police teams have been formed to trace the accused. Out of the five, three teams have been sent to Kerala and Madikeri and Hassan in Karnataka respectively,” District Superintendent of Police Rushikesh Sonanay informed the media persons accordingly.

Dakshin Kannada is made the hot spot for the home-grown Jihadis to attack and kill the Hindu activists for years and at least dozens of Hindu activists were killed by the Jihadis in the rule of the previous Congress government and even in the present BJP government.

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Population of Minority Religions Including Hindu and Buddhist Decrease Further in Bangladesh

The number of people belonging to minority religions in the context of Bangladesh has decreased, according to the latest census conducted in 2022.

Atul Das | HENB | Dhaka | July 27, 2022:: Numbers of religious minorities decrease further in Islamic Bangladesh. The census shows that the ratio of Hindu population and Buddhist population stands at 7.95% and 0.61% of the whole population.

Whereas, Hindus comprised 8.54% of the population and Buddhists 0.61% according to the 2011 census.

So, the Hindu population has decreased by 0.59% in the last 11 years.

The preliminary report of the “Population and Housing Census 2022” done by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) was released on Wednesday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital.

Dildar Hossain, project director of BBS, highlighted various aspects of the report.

According to the census majority of the population or 91.04% Bangladesh’s population are Muslim. In 2011, the percentage of Muslims was 90.39%. So, the ratio of Muslims has increased 0.65%.

The ratio of Christian people also decreased from 0.31% in 2011 to 0.30% in 2022.

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Also, other minority religions which comprised 0.41% of the population in 2011 now comprise 0.12%.

The first census in the independent country was conducted in 1974. At that time, the Hindu population was 13.5% of the total population.

The BBS 2011 Population and Housing Census report cites two reasons for the decline in the Hindu population in the country.

Firstly, there is out-migration of Hindus, i.e. Hindus are leaving the country. Secondly, the relatively low total fertility rate among the Hindu population. That is, Hindu couples give birth to relatively fewer children.

According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics report, Khulna division has the highest decline in Hindu population (1.33%).

In 2011, 12.85% of the population of the division were Hindus. This rate has come down to 11.52% this year.

Among the eight divisions, Khulna has the third highest Hindu population.

According to the 2022 census Sylhet division has the highest Hindu population of 13.5%, but the ratio was 14.05% in 2011.

In Rangpur division, the Hindu population has decreased from 13.21% in 2011 to 12.98% in 2022.

Mymensingh division has the lowest percentage of people belonging to the Hindu community (3.92%).

Preliminary reports of the 2022 census show that the average annual population growth rate is 1.22%.

The average population growth rate in the 2011 census was 1.37%.

The population density has increased to 1,119 people per square kilometre which was 976 in the last census of 2011.

The Population and Housing Census started simultaneously on 15 June across the country. The census was supposed to end on 21 June, but due to floods in the north-eastern districts, the census continued till 28 June in those districts.

After the formation of Bangladesh in 1971, the first census was conducted in 1974. In that year, the rate of Hindu in Bangladesh was 13.50 percent. During the celebration of 50 years of independence, it was reduced by almost half. Several reasons are mentioned for this. This includes migration and exodus due to religious persecution on minority people by the increasing Islamic fanatics in the country and it is also indicative of the low fertility rate of Hindu women.

According to the 2021 census, the population of Bangladesh has increased to 16 crores. The population has increased at the rate of 1.22 percent annually in the country. But the Hindus and other minorities are shrinking gradually. BJP in India has already raised questions about why the percentage of Hindus in the population of Bangladesh is decreasing. Opposition leader of WB Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari questioned the matter on a social media platform.

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China Locks Down 1 MILLION People in Wuhan Over 4 Asymptomatic COVID Cases

Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, has locked down a district of nearly one million people since discovering four asymptomatic cases, under the country’s strict zero-COVID policy.

Officials in Wuhan’s district of Jiangxia, which is home to over 970,000 people, announced Wednesday that they would enforce three days of “temporary control measures.” According to the Wall Street Journal, public venues such as bars and theaters would be closed, but the restrictions don’t stop there. Small clinics, farmer’s markets, tourist attractions, public transportation and all places of religious worship alike were shut down. Residents were instructed to not leave the district unless it’s absolutely necessary.

[Comment: This is also a psyop to adversely affect the Republicans in the November elections.]

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Australia Day Celebrations Could be Scrapped in One Major City as Mayor Announces Massive Review Into ‘Divisive’ Date

Melbourne City Council Lord Mayor Sally Capp held a meeting on Tuesday night where the majority of councillors voted in favour of a review into how January 26 will be marked in the future.

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Commentator Blasts ‘Overprivileged and Oversensitive’ Politicians as Anthony Albanese’s New Senate Chief Fights to Get Rid of the Lord’s Prayer From Parliament

The move by Senate president Sue Lines to scrap the Lord’s Prayer, said at the start of each sitting day in the chamber, was labelled as ‘idiotic’ and ‘silly’ by commentator Joe Hildebrand.

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Frightening Footage Emerges of a ‘Riot’ At a Woolworths Supermarket as a Brawl Breaks Out and One Man Runs Around Wielding a Knife

A teenager has been arrested after the violent altercation, which took place at a Woolworths store in Darwin on Tuesday afternoon.

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How Dreamworld Was Given $2.7million of Taxpayer Money to Help Save Endangered Koalas… But Built a Rollercoaster Instead

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palszczuk;s tourism minister on Tuesday night was forced to admit the government greenlit the funds being reallocated.

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Humiliation for Annastacia Palaszczuk as Underling Announces Her $200million COVID Quarantine Facility Will be Scrapped Despite Exorbitant Price Tag — Just Months After it Opened

Annastacia Palaszczuk has been left red-faced after the government’s costly Wellcamp Covid-19 quarantine facility is set to be scrapped after only being open for five months.

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Melbourne Mayor Looks to Dump Australia Day Celebrations

Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp has cited a ‘changing sentiment’ to Australia Day as part of the city’s agenda to review its Australia Day plans which could see celebrations scrapped.

The council passed a motion to review its usual plans for the day with Capp saying that she is committed to reconciliation to celebrate ancient Indigenous culture.

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Nick Coatsworth Reveals Why the Push for Masks is Wrong — as Crazy COVID Policies Force Aussies With Serious Health Problems to the Back of Hospital Queue

Infectious diseases physician Doctor Nick Coatsworth said hospitals are ‘constipated’ by Covid-19 control policies and argued wearing a face mask will not stop the rise in Covid cases.

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Pauline Hanson Storms Out of the Senate Rather Than Acknowledge Traditional Owners Screaming ‘No, I Won’t and Never Will’ — as Aboriginal Senator Slams Her as ‘Racist’

Pauline Hanson has angrily left the Senate chamber during the opening acknowledgement to country after dismissing its validity.

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Powerful Moment Gay Politician, 29, Who Went From Apple Store Worker on the Minimum Wage to $200k MP After Innovative Grindr Campaign Breaks Down in His First Speech to Parliament Over His Struggle to Come Out

The first ever Greens MP for Brisbane made his first speech in Parliament on Wednesday and teared up describing his teenage years as a gay man in minimum wage jobs, vowing to serve his seat.

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Why Huge Lines Are Forming Outside a Bank of China Branch Each Morning — After Five Chinese Companies Saw Their Funds Frozen Over Fraud Allegations

Dozens of Sydney residents were seen waiting outside the Bank of China’s Haymarket branch in the city’s CBD on Tuesday morning.

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Austria: Outrage: No Murder Charge for Migrants Accused of Overdosing, Raping Child

Three Afghan migrants accused of drugging and raping 13-year-old Austrian girl Leonie and leaving her to die by a tree are not set to face murder charges in an Austrian court.

The three Afghan migrants have been charged with rape resulting in death and serious sexual abuse of a minor but have not been formally charged by Vienna prosecutors with murder, a fact the lawyers for Leonie’s family say they do not understand.

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France: Disabled Man Beaten to Death by African Thieves in Paris

Police arrested two African migrants suspected of killing a disabled man during a brutal robbery in Paris last week, according to reports.

The horrifying incident unfolded at around 1 a.m. on Friday in the 13th arrondissement of the French capital.

A 49-year-old handicapped man was attacked in the middle of the street by thieves hoping to steal his bag.

Initial reports indicated there may have been up to five suspects involved in the ambush.

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GOP Plan Would Ban Illegal Immigrants From Voting and Mandate Photo ID

Eager to take charge after the fall elections, Republicans are readying a voting reform bill that would rewrite the rules in time for the 2024 election and reverse liberalized balloting pushed by Democrats.

The “American Confidence in Elections Act” would junk the Democratic plan to end key balloting protections, crack down on illegal migrants voting, pull back expansive voting procedures, and restore states as the election authority.

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Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Advising Hospitals to Use Term ‘Father’s Milk’

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine in the U.S. has issued a new guide, advising hospitals and health carers to change their language to be more “gender-inclusive”.

The guide lists “traditional terms” such as ‘breast milk’ and then suggests woke alternatives including “human milk”, “parent’s milk”, and most ridiculously “father’s milk.”

Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright tweeted a screenshot, which shows that the guide also suggests using the terms “gestational parent” instead of ‘mother’, “lactating person” instead of ‘nursing mother’, and “chestfeeding” instead of ‘breastfeeding’.

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Democrats Bring Woman Who is a Witch and a Furry as Witness for Abortion Hearing

Democrats brought a woman who appears to be a member of a witch coven that engages in furry play as a key witness in a Dobbs hearing on Tuesday. The Oversight & Investigations subcommittee held a hearing on the impacts of the reversal of Roe v. Wade and “taking away the Constitutional right to an abortion.” The subcommittee heard testimony from various individuals on why abortion is “absolutely necessary.”

Democrats were allowed four witnesses and one of their totally sane choices was Paulina Guerrero.

When Paulina isn’t working as a National Program Manager at an abortion clinic, she spends her free time making YouTube videos conducting witch spells and engaging in furry play.

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DeSantis Files Complaint Against Miami Bar That Hosted Drag Show for Children

The DeSantis administration on Tuesday filed a complaint against a Miami bar that hosted a sexualized drag show in which partially nude performers engaged with children.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) issued the notice to the R House bar, located in the artistic district known as Wynwood in Miami, giving it 21 days to respond, Breitbart first reported. If the authorities determine that the bar violated local ordinances, it could have its liquor license revoked.

The complaint was issued after a video of a recent performance at the bar’s drag brunch went viral. A topless drag queen wearing lingerie stuffed with money can be seen in the video attempting to dance with a young girl, who the DPBR estimates is “between three and five years old.” Twitter account “Libs of Tik Tok” originally found the footage on Tik Tok, posted by a user who wrote, “Children belong at drag shows!!!! Children deserve to see fun & expression & freedom.”

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Gender Studies Teacher Removes Pronouns From Report Cards to Keep Students’ Identities Secret From Parents

A Canadian gender studies teacher posted a disturbing video back in May in which she advised other teachers to omit references to a student’s gender identity or name from their report cards, to hide their transgender status from unsupportive parents. The video was discovered and posted Monday by Libs of TikTok, an account dedicated to exposing potential grooming in schools, on Wednesday.

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Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas Loses Bid for NCAA Woman of the Year Award

Lia Thomas, the University of Pennsylvania swimmer who became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, has lost a bid to become the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.

The NCAA announced its conference selections on Monday, with Columbia University fencer Sylvie Binder being selected to advance to the next round as the Ivy League conference winner.

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UK: Barrister Allison Bailey Wins Discrimination Case Against Employer Over Tweets Accused of Being “Transphobic”

Allison Bailey, a UK barrister who worked at Garden Court Chambers (GCC), has won a discrimination case against her employer. She was fired for holding gender-critical beliefs after social media posts she made were picked up by activists.

Bailey was fired after LGBTQ+ charity organization Stonewall complained to GCC about her being involved with LGB Alliance Group, a group representing individuals in same-sex relationships but opposes Stonewall’s stance that transgender women are women.

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Voters Want Politicians to Condemn Pro-Abortion Vandalism and Protests at Justices’ Homes

Protesters marching outside the private homes of Supreme Court justices may draw attention, but polling released this morning by the Judicial Crisis Network suggests it’s mostly negative.

Sixty-one percent of registered voters say these kinds of protests undermine our democracy, while 60% want President Joe Biden to condemn them — including a slim majority of Democrats at 51%. More than half, 61%, also want Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce existing federal law that prohibits protesting “in or near a building or residence occupied or used” by a judge “with the intent of influencing” a judicial outcome.

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Watch: Medical Students Walk Out of Ceremony Over Pro-Life Keynote Speaker

University of Michigan Medical School students walked out of the university’s White Coat Ceremony in protest of its pro-life keynote speaker.

Several dozen people can be seen leaving the auditorium in a viral video taken as Dr. Kristin Collier, a pro-life assistant professor of medicine at UMMS, approached the podium Sunday.

The video, posted to Twitter, reached more than 9 million views in less than 24 hours.

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WHO Calls for Big Tech to Work With it to Censor Monkeypox “Misinformation”

The World Health Organization (WHO), an unelected health agency that was given sweeping censorship powers during the COVID-19 pandemic, has called for all social media platforms to work with it to “prevent and counter” monkeypox “misinformation” and “disinformation.”

During a COVID-19 press briefing, WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, claimed that “stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus, and can fuel the outbreak.”

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WHO Urges Reducing Number of Sexual Partners Due to Monkeypox

As the monkeypox virus surges amongst sexually active gay men, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on “men who have sex with men” to limit their amount of sexual partners.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who on Saturday declared monkeypox a global public health emergency, told reporters that the best way to protect against infection was “to reduce the risk of exposure.”

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7 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/27/2022

  1. Boris Johnson could be the new head of NATO

    Published 27 July 2022 in Fria Tider

    Johnson is believed to become the new secretary general of NATO, writes the British Telegraph.

    The outgoing prime minister was forced out of his post after a series of scandals that included partying while at the Corona shutdown and covering up gay harassment by a male party colleague.

    Now, however, Johnson is expected to get a new top job as secretary-general of Nato, the British Telegraph reports, citing its own sources.

    Parts of the country’s armed forces support the appointment, as does Johnson’s own party. But former army chief Richard Dannatt opposes Johnson as the new Nato base, because of the politician’s “character”.

    – I’m afraid it’s the personal stuff, the lack of integrity, the lack of trust. Frankly, we don’t want to show Boris Johnson up on the international stage for more ridicule. He is a national embarrassment,” he says.

  2. Simple and obvious genetic hygiene accused of being Nazi
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    Pure Nazism”: Orban adviser quits after race-mixing speech — July 27, 2022.

    Zsuzsa Hegedus, a member of Viktor Orban’s inner circle, has resigned following the Hungarian prime minister’s high-profile speech on “miscegenation”. She calls the speech “purely Nazi”, reports BBC News

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    In a speech in Romania at the weekend, Viktor Orban warned of the consequences of “race mixing” between Europeans and non-Europeans.

    He said that throughout history Europeans have fought against Turks and Arabs to avoid this miscegenation.

    The wording has caused a stir. At home, Orban has been condemned both by liberals in the opposition and by Jewish organisations.

    Zsuzsa Hegedus has served as a senior adviser to the Hungarian prime minister and has known him for 20 years.

    The International Auschwitz Committee of Holocaust Survivors called the speech “stupid and dangerous”.

    But now she has handed in her resignation, calling the speech “purely Nazi”, according to the BBC.

    “I cannot understand how you could avoid noticing that the speech you gave is a pure Nazi outburst worthy of Joseph Goebbels,” Zsuzsa Hegedus writes.

    Goebbels was the head of Adolf Hitler’s propaganda ministry.~

  3. Monkey Pox – Fauci, NIH, Wuhan, WEF have made a dud with this one because it is offing one of their favourite groups, LGBTQ. What they really need to weaponise is a virus that ONLY AFFECTS CHRISTIAN HETEROSEXUALS. That would be deemed a winner because it is the group they hate the most. I don’t think we’ll see much more GOF research/money spent on this one as a result.

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