The Georgia Guidestones were badly damaged early this morning by an explosion from an unknown source. One wing of the monument was reduced to fragments, as was part of the capstone. The owner of the site brought in earthmoving equipment later in the day to demolish the rest of the monument.
In other news, a woman was stabbed to death at a political event on the Swedish island of Gotland. A neo-Nazi is thought to be responsible for the attack.
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Canada Could Face Prolonged Recession Beginning Next Year
Economists are predicting that should a recession arrive within the next year, Canada will fare worse than the United States.
Canada’s situations is far more precarious due to how much its economy relies on residential investment according to Macquarie Group economist David Doyle.
“When [Canada] has recessions, the lion’s share of the weakness in gross domestic product tends to come from residential investment,” said Doyle.
According to Doyle, Canadians could see much higher unemployment and lackluster GDP performance meaning that a recession would be more drawn out.
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Germany Weighs How Much Consumers Will Shoulder Uniper Rescue
German officials are wrestling over how much of the cost of rescuing troubled energy giant Uniper SE they can pass onto consumers as they rush to put together a bailout package for the company squeezed by Russia’s gas war.
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Nearly 90 Percent of Shoppers Have Changed Their Shopping Habits Due to Inflation
The Food Industry Association, FMI, recently released a report detailing US shopping trends, and revealed that a shocking majority of shoppers have had to change what they buy, and how much they buy, at grocery stores amidst skyrocketing prices.
The report found that 86 percent of American consumers are concerned about rising food prices, and have subsequently changed the way they shop.
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Russian Gas Threat Has German Bankers Fearing Default Spike
Germany’s banks would be forced to put extra funds aside to cover a potential spike in defaults if the country were to get cut off from Russian gas, several senior bankers said.
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Scholz Says Germany Needs to Act to Tackle Historic Inflation
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany needs to act quickly to tackle an “historic” surge in the cost of living, comparing the situation to the inflation crisis of the 1960s and 70s.
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Autism Among American Children Surges by 50%
Scientists say they are baffled after researchers at Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, in China, found that 3.49 percent of U.S. children and adolescents — or around one-in-every-30 — had autism in 2020.
That’s a shocking 52 percent rise from the 2.29 percent of youths in America that had the condition in 2017.
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Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis blasted the Biden administration for leaving out the “real reason” for learning loss from their recent report.
DeSantis said “Democrat lockdowns” were the actual reason behind the learning loss facing American students after two years of enduring the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The latest ‘report’ from the Biden administration ignores the real reason for catastrophic learning loss: Democrat lockdowns,” DeSantis tweeted on Wednesday.
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Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is attempting to strike a more civil tone just days after cursing out Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Speaking at an event on Tuesday, Lightfoot decried attacks on police officers in her city, suggesting it’s a sign of people “losing respect for the institutions of our democracy.”
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Civics Bill Foes Say Pushes Critical Race Theory at Center of Latest Biden-DeSantis Showdown
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has lashed out at a federal bill he says will push critical race theory on students across the country — setting up another showdown with President Joe Biden in the process.
In a release touting the state’s improving test scores and focus on civics education, DeSantis also sharply criticized Biden and a bill called the Civics Secures Democracy Act, which he says will force public schools to teach critical race theory in order to receive $6 billion in federal grants.
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Defendant in Illinois July 4 Parade Shooting Plotting Second Attack When Arrested in Wisconsin
The defendant in the July Fourth parade shooting in Illinois was plotting a similar attack when apprehended in Madison, Wisconsin, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
The revelation was made by Eric Rinehart, the attorney for Illinois’ Lake County, in a press conference after defendant Robert Crimo III was ordered by a judge to be held without bail.
“He seriously considered using the firearm in his vehicle to commit another shooting,” said Rinehart, in whose county the mass shooting occurred.
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Demolition Crews Level Georgia Guidestones Monument After Explosion Damages Them
New footage shows demolition crews leveling the Georgia Guidestones the same day an explosion partially destroyed the monument.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office is pushing back on a false claim about a new state law that Twitter users, including author Stephen King and several journalists with large followings, have been spreading, despite it being debunked a year ago.
The law, which calls for “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” at state colleges, says schools in the Florida College System must conduct an annual survey of “the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented” and students, faculty and others “feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom.”
The narrative that King and others pushed on Twitter went a bit further.
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Elon Musk Backs Dr. Jordan Peterson After Twitter Censorship
Tesla founder Elon Musk, who might soon be the owner of Twitter, said the platform went “too far” in suspending Canadian celebrity psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson. The psychologist was suspended for calling trans actor Elliot Page Ellen Page on Twitter.
Musk joined the debate after he was asked for his opinion by a Twitter user.
“Yeah, they’re going way too far in squashing dissenting opinions,” Musk said.
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Explosion ‘Destroyed’ Large Portion of Georgia Guidestones, GBI Says
ELBERT COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said an explosion damaged a controversial northeast Georgia landmark.
The Georgia Guidestones, a granite attraction in Elbert County, are located off of Guidestone Road just east of Ga. Highway 77. Elberton Granite Association Executive VP Chris Kubas said drone footage showed the monument was significantly damaged.
Investigators said unknown people detonated an explosive device at around 4 a.m. Elbert County investigators arrived and noted a large portion of the structure.
The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office is investigating and the GBI bomb squad responded…
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Explosion Partially Destroys Georgia Guidestones
The controversial Georgia Guidestones, a monument located in Georgia, has been partially destroyed after reports of an explosion.
“Investigators said unknown people detonated an explosive device at around 4 a.m,” reports Fox 5 Atlanta. No one was injured as a result of the incident.
One of the “wings” of the monument was completely destroyed by the blast, which occurred despite constant monitoring of the site with cameras that feed back to a 911 call center.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation responded to the explosion by sending the bomb squad. Drone footage shows that the tourist attraction has suffered extensive damage.
The monument has attracted opposition amongst some due to its creepy inscriptions, which call for “maintaining humanity under 500 million,” a figure which the world hasn’t seen since the 1500’s and would require outright mass genocide to achieve.
The stones also call for the imposition of a “world court” and demands humans “be not a cancer on the Earth.”
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High School Prescribes Student Anti-Depressants Without Informing Parents: Report
A Washington state father’s TikTok video went viral after he claimed that his son’s high school prescribed the teen anti-depressants without informing the parents.
Eli Holt, a Snohomish resident, who sends his son to “the high school” said in the video, “I get a call today from the counselor at the high school, they proceed to say, ‘Your child, 15 years old, did not pick up his anti depressants at the end of the school year.’’
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July 4 Mass Shooting in Richmond, Virginia Thwarted by ‘Hero Citizen, ‘ Police
Police in Richmond, Virginia, say a plot to attack the city’s July 4 celebration was thwarted by a concerned resident.
The resident altered authorities after having having overheard a conversation between the two would-be attackers, Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith said.
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Supporters of a recall effort against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon said Wednesday they submitted thousands more signatures to county officials than are required to trigger a recall.
The Recall George Gascon campaign said it submitted 717,000 signatures to the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters. The group needs at least 566,857 of those to be verified to bring the recall question to voters in November.
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New York Post Editorial Board Member Remains Locked Out of Twitter for Sarcasm
A member of the New York Post Editorial Board has been locked out of Twitter for months in what he feels is retaliation for reporting on the contents of the Hunter Biden laptop.
64-year-old Michael Benjamin was suspended from Twitter in March for a sarcastic post about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On March 13, Benjamin took to Twitter to call on President Joe Biden to ramp up support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
Someone replied to his tweet that the president should “wait out” the support for Ukraine. Benjamin sarcastically replied: “Of course, only Ukrainians need die.”
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Police: July 4 Mass Shooting Thwarted in Virginia’s Capital
The alleged plot was planned for the same day that a gunman opened fire in an affluent Chicago suburb, killing seven people and injuring more than three dozen.
RICHMOND, Va. — Police in Richmond, Virginia, said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to arrests and the seizure of multiple guns — an announcement that came just two days after a deadly mass shooting on the holiday in a Chicago suburb.
Authorities announced the alleged plot in a news release but did not release any additional information. Chief Gerald Smith planned a news conference for Wednesday afternoon…
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Republican-Led States Are Winning in Economic Recovery From COVID: Report
Red states have bounced back from the economic havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic faster than states run by Democrats, according to a new report.
Citing federal data and an array of studies, The Wall Street Journal reported that Republican-led states are “winning” the economic recovery in several measures.
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San Diego Loses 22% of Its Police Force Due to Vax Mandates
San Diego is witnessing the largest exodus of police officers from the city since 2009 and the majority of them are quitting because of the city’s continued obsession with covid vaccine mandates.
Perhaps the smartest move the people of Los Angeles County ever made was to elect Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who refused to enforce unconstitutional vax mandates. The decision probably saved them from losing a quarter or more of their law enforcement officers within the sheriff’s department.
Contrast this with the LAPD, which was not so lucky. Officers have quit in droves or were fired, with over 2200 employees refusing to comply. This has been a repeating situation across California, and San Diego is the latest region to suffer considerable losses of LEO’s over vax mandates.
More than 230 San Diego police officers have left city employment in the 2022 fiscal year alone (252 sworn deputies in 2021), totaling around 22% of all deputies in active service.
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EXCLUSIVE — Conservative radio star Lourdes Ubieta has quit Miami’s iconic, Spanish-language conservative talk station Radio Mambi ahead of a planned takeover by a George Soros-linked liberal group and will move to upstart Americano Media on a full-time basis.
Radio Mambi, which is historically linked to the Cuban exile community and offers an anti-communism view, would be controlled by a group of liberals partially funded by Soros, a far-left billionaire, if the $60 million deal is approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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TikTok Star and Her Family Attacked by Antifa During Portland July 4 Celebrations
A TikTok star became the most recent victim of attacks carried out by Portland Antifa when a mob dressed in all black attacked her family’s vehicle on Monday as they were driving home from Fourth of July celebrations.
Hailee Lautenbach posted a video of the incident to her TikTok account, which has since amassed over 3.5 million views.
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Amid polling showing fewer than one-quarter of Americans have faith in the presidency, judiciary or Congress, former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard told Fox News part of that has to do with the feeling the Washington establishment has been “weaponizing” institutions for personal gain.
On “Jesse Watters Primetime,” host Jesse Watters reported Congress had the lowest rating of all three federal branches, with 7 percent trust, while the presidency and Supreme Court hovered in the low 20s.
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Twitter has reinstated the account of Substack writer Alex Berenson after the tech giant “permanently” suspended him over allegedly violating its COVID “misinformation” policy.
Berenson, who had filed a lawsuit against Twitter in April, returned to platform on Wednesday, telling his followers, “Shady’s back. Tell a friend.”
In a piece published on his “Unreported Truths” Substack, Berenson began by writing the “official statement,” which reads, “The parties have come to a mutually acceptable resolution. I have been reinstated. Twitter has acknowledged that my tweets should have not led to my suspension at that time.”
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A Uvalde, Texas, police officer armed with a rifle spotted the gunman outside of Robb Elementary School before he entered the building and asked his supervisor for permission to shoot, but the supervisor either didn’t hear the request or didn’t respond in time, allowing the suspect to enter the school, according to a report released Wednesday by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center (ALERRT).
The gunman would go on to murder 19 children and two teachers before a Border Patrol tactical team eventually breached the classroom and took him out over 70 minutes later, a delay that has been sharply criticized by lawmakers, state law enforcement officials, and the Uvalde community.
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Video: White House Pres SEC. Refuses to Answer Questions About Hunter Biden’s Laptop
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was repeatedly asked and refused to answer questions Tuesday about Hunter Biden’s so called ‘laptop from hell’ and a voicemail on his phone left by Joe Biden seemingly discussing business dealings.
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Advisory Panel Admits Bill C-11 Would Regulate Political Content Online
The Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety, appointed by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, says that “misleading political communications” should be federally regulated. The group claims that unregulated political discussion and disinformation “erodes the foundations of democracy.”
Minister Rodriguez has previously said on several occasions that Bill C-11 would not regulate user-generated content. His claims, however, have been contradicted by the CRTC.
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Exposed: Canadian Claiming to be Fighting in Ukraine Revealed as Fraud
A Canadian man who gained internet fame for “volunteering” to fight in Ukraine has been exposed as a fraud.
Social media users pointed out numerous discrepancies in the man’s story, and revealed that he had been using airsoft gear.
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Freeland Says High Fuel Prices a ‘Reminder’ of Why We Need to Transition to Green Economy
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday that record-breaking high gas prices were a reminder of why Canada needs to move towards a green economy.
Freeland made the comments during a press conference in Brampton, Ontario, where she took questions on concerns around the potential for a coming recession.
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In Ottawa, Pastors Preaching the Gospel on the Street Now Need… Permits!?
Another civil liberty bit the dust on Parliament Hill on Dominion Day. Namely, we happened upon Pastor Love from Toronto, who was preaching the gospel on Wellington Street. Nobody seemed to mind. Except, that is, several bylaw enforcement officers and Ottawa Police officers. They descended upon Love and demanded to see his “papers” (translation: he was supposed to have applied for a permit from the City of Ottawa in order to do street preaching).
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Pandemic Pets Are Being Returned to the Shelter and it’s Heartbreaking
Adopting a pet is a huge responsibility. When doing so, people need to prioritize their money and time to make sure that their animal is well taken care of.
My experience as a dog owner is that they are such loyal creatures and they do get attached easily to the person they live with. It’s infuriating hearing how so many people are now surrendering their ‘pandemic pet’ back to the shelter.
According to CP24, the number of pets surrendered to Toronto shelters so far this year is up 75% compared to the first half of 2021.
The Toronto Animal Services (TAS) say that 709 pets, including cats, dogs and others, were given to city shelters from January 1 to June 23 this year, compared to 404 during the same time period last year.
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The TDSB Wants to “Decolonize” Student Assessments
In yet another effort to completely dumb down standards for its students, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) intends to “decolonize” assessment practices during the next school year.
A memo sent to staff by the interim associate director of student well-being and innovation, Andrew Gold, and centrally assigned principal. Denise De Paola, revealed the new practice to teachers.
In the memo — obtained by True North — the two claim that “decolonization” of student assessments, equity anti-oppression and anti-racism are “at the core” of student learning and achievement.
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Video: Trudeau Admits He is “Banning” Guns
In a telling slip of the tongue during a press conference in Toronto Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted that he is “banning” firearms.
Trudeau started off by saying that he is intent on “freezing” the Canadian gun market while not distinguishing between handguns, shotguns and rifles.
He then admitted that his government would look at “banning” all guns.
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After European People’s Party President Manfred Weber claimed earlier this week that countries with ample gas reserves must be forced to share their gas with other nations, the Hungarian Minister for Technology and Industry Laszló Palkovics responded on Tuesday that his country will not allow the European Union to take control of its gas reserves.
“Until now, the Hungarian regulations have made it possible to help the residential consumers of neighboring countries in an energy crisis in the spirit of solidarity, but this cannot endanger the security of our domestic energy supply. The operation of Hungarian gas storage facilities is and will remain in Hungarian hands,” Palkovics’ ministry said in a statement.
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Brexit leader Nigel Farage has challenged whoever follows Boris Johnson as Prime Minister to consider making some very basic conservative achievements like cutting migration and taxes, asserting national sovereignty, and even just keeping the lights on.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been rocked by a near-constant stream of resignations from his government following his Chancellor and Health Secretary walking out together on Tuesday evening, raising speculation that his time as leader has reached the end.
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Cyprus Brings Back Face Masks a Month After Scrapping Them
Cyprus ordered the reintroduction of face masks to combat COVID-19 on Wednesday, just over a month after scrapping the requirement, as infections spiked again.
The requirement to wear a face mask in indoor areas comes into effect on Friday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said.
Health experts recommended the step after a spate of infections from people who were not taking the proper precautions, the Cypriot official said after a cabinet meeting.
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Drought Emergency Declared in Five Regions of Italy — Report
The Italian government has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions due to drought, media reported on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi has allocated 36 million euros (about $37 million) of financial aid for the regions of Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto, according to the Italian news agency ANSA. The government will also appoint a special commissioner to solve the crisis and guarantee water supply in the affected areas.
The water levels of the Po river, Italy’s longest river that forms the widest and most fertile plain, are three quarters down, making the current drought the worst in 70 years and causing serious problems for agriculture, the news agency reported.
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Dutch Police Shoot at Tractor During Night of Farm Protests
Dutch police shot at a tractor during a heated night of farm protests and detained three demonstrators, the latest incident in a string of protests against government plans to cut pollutant emissions that many farmers fear would hurt their livelihoods.
Police in northern Friesland said Wednesday that no one was hurt in the incident that involved warning shots and direct targeting of a tractor that broke free from a line. Police said there was an attempt to drive into their vehicles and officers.
Because shots were fired, an official investigation into the incident was started.
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EU Cannot Continue to Push Green Energy at the Cost of Its Energy Security, Polish PM Warns
The green energy transformation in the EU must not take place at the cost of the energy security of the whole continent, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned in an article for the Financial Times published on Monday.
Morawiecki began by stating that “Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine has cast a shadow over the dreams shared by hundreds of millions of Europeans of building a secure and prosperous future based on sustainable and equitable development.”
He stressed that “regaining stability and achieving decent living conditions for the people of Europe now requires abandoning some important assumptions, especially where energy policy is concerned.”
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EU Court of Auditors: Expenditure on External Consultants Skyrockets
When it comes to money, the EU is not very meticulous. While it sinks billions to advance its foreign policy into countries like the corrupt Ukraine, other vast sums are wasted internally. This is suggested by the latest report of the EU Court of Auditors in Luxembourg. The report is highly critical of the care-free attitude towards “consulting companies”.
In 2020 alone, Brussels spent an unbelievable 972 million euros on “good advice”.
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Gas Crisis: EU Pressures Germany to Keep Nuclear Online as Government Popularity Falls
A senior EU commissioner has once again told Germany to delay shutting down its nuclear power stations as the climate-crazy government sees its popularity fade.
Germany has been warned by a senior official within the EU that it should delay shutting down its nuclear power stations in order to better cushion the ongoing energy crisis, despite the country’s leftist government insisting that the last three facilities be decommissioned by the end of the year as planned.
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Germany’s Left Party Calls for End to Russian Sanctions and Launch of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Germans are “shooting themselves in the foot” with the EU’s energy sanctions currently imposed on Russia and should re-enter discussions with the Kremlin over the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to prevent an exacerbation of the energy crisis in the country, according to Klaus Ernst, a deputy of the German Left party.
In remarks offered to the Rheinische Post on Wednesday, the energy expert of the left-wing faction in the Bundestag deviated from the general European consensus that punitive action against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are necessary, despite such a strategy inevitably leading to higher energy prices for European consumers.
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Graves of Polish WWII-Era Resistance Fighters Reportedly Destroyed in Belarus
A whole row of Polish graves containing soldiers who died while fighting in 1944 and which had been consecrated just 20 years ago have been leveled to the ground, according to the Association of Poles in Belarus. The action looks to have been organized by the Belarusian authorities, as it involved bulldozers.
The Polish Foreign Ministry called the destruction of the cemetery of the Polish Home Army in Mikulishki “an unprecedented act of atrocity and an incomprehensible challenge to the mutual obligations of Poland and Belarus to protect memorials.” The ministry added that Poland condemns all acts of insulting the memory of soldiers and called on the Belarusian authorities to stop this practice.
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Mob of 80 People Attack French Police Station With Fireworks and Projectiles
A mob of around 80 people attacked a police station in Champigny-sur-Marne on Sunday evening, pelting the building with projectiles and fireworks following the arrest of a man at a local football match.
The attack took place at around 9 pm on Sunday evening when a mob estimated to be between fifty and eighty people targetted the police station with mortar fireworks and other projectiles that were thrown at the building. Officers were said to have responded to the violence with around a dozen tear gas canisters.
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Netherlands: Dozens Arrested as Extinction Rebellion Activists Block A12 in Climate Protest
A protest by environment activist group Extinction Rebellion was broken up by police on Wednesday afternoon after demonstrators blocked a portion of the Utrechtsebaan, a stretch of roadway making up a portion of the A12 highway. About 40 people were arrested at the peaceful protest, according to Extinction Rebellion.
The group arrived at about noon to demonstrate against government fossil fuel subsidies. A vehicle was used to block access to the A12, after which two protesters chained themselves to the roof of the car. More demonstrators then planted themselves on the roadway.
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Norway: Watch: Anti-Islam Campaigner Rammed Off Highway, Car Rolls, After Mosque Protest
Two women were arrested by Norwegian police after being accused of driving an anti-Islam activist off the road following a Qur’an burning in Oslo over the weekend.
Two women are accused of a hit-and-run against the vehicle of Lars Thorsen, the leader of the hardline anti-Islam Stop Islamisation of Norway (SIAN) group, on Saturday following a demonstration that saw a copy of the Islamic Qur’an set on fire.
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Shock Video: Bus Driver Beaten by Mob of ‘Young Men’ in France
A bus driver suffered serious injuries when he was beaten by a group of ‘young men’ in France over the weekend, according to reports.
The disturbing incident unfolded at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening in Épinay-sur-Seine, a commune in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis in the Paris suburbs.
“On the sidewalk, not far from a bus stop, young people were having fun pushing each other into the road,” a source told Le Parisien.
The driver of an RATP bus narrowly avoided hitting a “young man of about twenty years.”
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Supermarket Shelves Bare as Dutch Farmers Continue Nation-Wide Protests
Dutch farmers protesting government plans to reduce emissions that could put many out of business have continued blocking supermarket distribution centres Tuesday, leading to bare shelves in some supermarkets.
Around ten distribution centres across the country were blocked on Tuesday, as many supermarkets reported bare shelves due to an inability to receive goods from the distribution centres, as some estimate that the blockades on Monday and Tuesday have already caused tens of millions of euros in damages.
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Sweden and Finland Closer to Joining NATO as Member Nations Sign Accession Protocols
Sweden and Finland inched closer to joining NATO on Tuesday as ambassadors for all 30 member nations signed accession protocols for the two Nordic states to join the alliance.
“This is truly an historic moment. For Finland, for Sweden, for NATO, and for our shared security,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said of the alliance’s most significant expansion in decades.
The legislatures for each individual country must now approve Sweden and Finland’s bids, a process that could take months.
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Swedish Christian Democrats Call for Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders
A Swedish political party is demanding chemical castrations for sex offenders found guilty of particularly heinous crimes.
Sweden’s Christian Democrats proposed the policy July 1 alongside a slew of other suggested criminal reforms, according to The Local.
Other proposed policies include mandatory life sentencing for the aggravated rape of a child and an end to automatic conditional releases for criminals convicted of sex crimes. The maximum sentence for aggravated rape would also be bolstered to 25 years under the proposal, the outlet reported.
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The EU Approves Legislation That Requires Apple to Accept Side-Loaded Apps and More
The European Parliament has formally adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), now collectively called the Digital Services Package. The acts were first proposed to the European Commission in 2020.
The DMA and DSA target “gatekeeper” Big Tech companies like Google, Meta, and Amazon. The “gatekeeper” definition also fits Apple because of its annual turnover in the EU, its “entrenched and durable position,” and owning platforms with a huge number of active users.
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UK “Online Safety Bill” Wants a Backdoor on End-to-End Encrypted Messaging Apps
A proposed new amendment to the UK’s controversial “Online Safety Bill” would force tech companies to scan people’s private messages on end-to-end-encrypted apps.
End-to-end encrypted messengers allow people to communicate securely without a 3rd party being able to see messages. Such technology is available in platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal.
We obtained a copy of the amendment for you here.
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UK: Boris on the Brink After Top Team Resignations
Boris Johnson faced overwhelming calls to resign as U.K. prime minister on Tuesday evening after a damning television interview, in which he admitted being aware of misconduct complaints made against a government deputy chief whip despite previously denying any knowledge, resulted in resignations of the government’s chancellor and health secretary.
The Conservative party leader expressed regret about Chris Pincher’s continued role in government as deputy chief whip, despite having been briefed on allegations of sexual impropriety made against the MP dating back to his time at a previous role in the Foreign Office.
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Woman Stabbed to Death at Swedish Political Festival
A woman was stabbed to death on the Swedish island of Gotland, police said on Wednesday, at a political festivaltaking place just over two months before a national election.
Police said a man in his 30s was taken into custody on suspicion of murder following the stabbing, which happened close to where Centre Party leader Annie Loof was giving a speech.
Police also said they had no indications of further threats to the festival, and declined to comment on motives or political affiliations of the suspect.
Daily Aftonbladet said, citing sources, that the man had links to a neo-Nazi organisation.
The week-long political festival is an annual event that draws crowds of thousands as politicians hold speeches and mingle with voters and tourists.
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Ukraine Latest: Price Cap on Russian Oil Mulled; Doubts on Grain
The US and its allies have discussed trying to cap the price on Russian oil between $40 and about $60 a barrel, according to people familiar with the matter, as they seek to limit the Kremlin’s ability to finance its war on Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of using natural gas deliveries as a political weapon. European natural gas resumed its rally as traders focused on the risk of potential disruptions from top supplier Russia.
Ukraine’s foreign minister cast doubt on a near-term breakthrough in talks to unblock grain exports from the war-ravaged nation’s Black Sea ports, as fears of a global hunger crisis intensify. Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 nations began arriving for a two-day meeting in Bali where Russia’s war is expected to dominate discussions.
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China: MI5 and FBI Heads Warn of ‘Immense’ Threat
The heads of UK and US security services have made an unprecedented joint appearance to warn of the threat from China. FBI director Christopher Wray said China was the “biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security” and had interfered in politics, including recent elections.
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China Poses ‘Biggest Long-Term Threat to Economic and National Security,’ FBI Director Wray Warns
FBI Director Wray’s warning comes months after the DOJ dissolved the Trump-era ‘China Initiative’
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Moderna has developed a new vaccine targeting the Wuhan and Omicron strains of Covid-19, which is expected to be available in weeks if approved by Australia’s top medical regulatory body.
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Australians Urged Not to Charge Their Electric Cars
The world is plagued by record high energy and fuel prices at the same time as energy supply is becoming increasingly strained. It can be seen not least in the southern hemisphere where winter now reigns. At the same time, the globalists’ mandatory “green” change is taking place all over the world, which has created and is driving the energy crisis and the now rampant inflation.
Governments around the world are being admonished by globalists in order to avoid an alleged climate catastrophe in the form of global warming. This is despite the fact that the earth’s average temperature is now falling and harvests around the world are being decimated by increasingly colder weather.
In Greenland, climate alarmists had warned, the ice would melt. Instead, once again, they are experiencing record volumes of snow and ice.
Australian leaders are now urging the already hard-pressed population not to charge their electric cars. This is due to the ongoing energy crisis, which has affected the whole world but especially Western countries.
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Violent clashes between rival clans in a remote Northern Territory community has led to the arrest of 25 indigenous men, ignited by the death of a local man who was speared in the head.
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Mask Mandates Back in Focus as Victoria Floats Return of Tough Restrictions
Victoria’s Labor government has warned face mask mandates and working from home orders could be reintroduced as rising Covid cases continue to drive fresh pandemic fears.
While no decisions have been made, Labor MP Mary-Anne Thomas said “various ideas have floated”.
Thomas was sworn into her new role as the state’s Health Minister just weeks ago following Martin Foley’s resignation.
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Monkeypox is likely spreading in Australia after NSW found likely locally transmitted infections among the state’s 11 confirmed cases.
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A woman riding the ghost train at a fair in the Saint-Germain-en-Laye commune in France was sexually assaulted by an Algerian migrant dressed as a clown, according to police.
The woman was riding the ghost train ride at 1:30 a.m. on July 3 at the Fête des Loges, billed as the largest fair in France. As her wagon entered the labyrinth area of the ride, a clown reached out and grabbed her, and began to grope her breasts, “caressing them incessantly,” as the woman described to the police.
At the end of the ride, the clown then taunted the victim as she told a number of relatives that he had sexually assaulted her. The management and staff at the attraction defended the employee. The woman and the relatives went to the police, who placed the 27-year-old Bachir S., who was born in Algeria, under arrest.
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Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Andrew McKellar is urging the government to raise the migration rate to 200,000 to help struggling employers fill severe labour shortages.
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Dozens of migrants crossed the English Channel by small boat today after it was revealed that more than 40 people were arrested in an international operation targeting people smugglers.
The first arrivals were escorted to Dover, Kent on board Border Force cutter Vigilant shortly before 8am.
The mostly male group, who carried their belongings in plastic carrier bags, were escorted along the gangway by soldiers dressed in camouflage fatigues.
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British Triathlon Becomes First Body to Ban All Transgender Women From Competing in Female Events
British Triathlon has become the first sports governing body to implement an outright ban on transgender athletes from participating in competitive female triathlon events.
The body announced its intention to amend its men’s category to “open,” inviting transgender women who were biologically born and developed as males to compete alongside male athletes.
In a statement published on Wednesday, the federation revealed it had amended its transgender policy “following a period of consultation to ensure that it reflects the needs of our sport, protects fairness in competition and serves our desire to make triathlon truly inclusive.”
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British Comedian Roy “Chubby” Brown Has Show Canceled After Just 59 Online Petition Signatures
British Stand-up comedian Roy “Chubby” Brown has slammed “woke culture” after the Lancaster City Council cancelled his show following an online petition that only garnered 59 signatures. It is not the first time for a city council to cancel his show.
The 77-year-old comedian was supposed to perform at a city council-controlled venue in Morecambe, Lancaster in August.
However, the council canceled the event after some locals launched a petition accusing the comedian of being “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic.”
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Douglas Murray Rips Climate Change Activists’ ‘Latest Genius Idea’: A ‘Contempt for Civilization’
Author and Fox News contributor Douglas Murray slammed climate change activists for their “latest genius idea” after some glued themselves to historic paintings in protest of fossil fuel use. Murray joined “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday to discuss the left’s latest trend in protest of Big Oil.
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As the U.S. Supreme Court nears the end of its term with a slew of major rulings on abortion, gun rights and environmental regulation, media personalities have doubled down on their provocative rhetoric questioning the legitimacy of the Court.
Prominent liberal figures first began engaging in inflammatory remarks back in early May when an opinion draft overturning Roe v. Wade made its way into the hands of the media. The draft essentially mirrored the official ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last month, sparking nationwide protests and questions about abortion rights in states across the country.
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As it celebrated its first anniversary on July 4, GETTR introduced direct messaging, a feature that boosted its efforts to become a worthy competitor to Big Tech platforms.
Launched a year ago, GETTR now boasts of about 6 million users in 192 different countries. The numbers and the features introduced over the past year send a message to Big Tech, according to its founder and CEO Jason Miller.
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Kentucky Supreme Court Denies State AG’s Request to Have Abortion Ban Reinstated
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the state attorney general’s emergency appeal to have a near-total abortion ban that was blocked by a circuit court judge last week reinstated, according to reports.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in late June to overturn Roe v. Wade triggered a Kentucky law, the Human Life Protection Act, that bans all abortions aside from those performed to save the mother’s life or prevent her serious injury.
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Locals Adds New Feature That Makes it Easier to Monetize Live Streams
Locals, a community generation platform that’s owned by the free speech video sharing platform Rumble and helps creators monetize their content through paid subscriptions, has added a new live streaming feature that lets creators quickly convert free live streams into supporters-only live streams.
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UK: Maya Forstater Wins Discrimination Case After Being Fired for ‘Gender Critical’ Statements
Maya Forstater, who lost her job at the US-based think tank Center for Global Development (CGD), has won her case before the UK employment tribunal claiming that her former employer had discriminated against her because of her gender critical beliefs.
The Employment Tribunal found on Wednesday that CGD acted unlawfully in not offering Forstater a an employment contract, not renewing her visiting fellowship, and removing her biography from heir website, according to a press statement from Forstater.
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In other news, a woman was stabbed to death at a political event on the Swedish island of Gotland.
Please postpone all the coming civil wars in Europe so that we can focus on annihilating our “manufactured enemy”. We have to put off all civil-wars-in-waiting because we respect islam.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/brother-girl-cut-up-kebab-27412048
islam is our soul, our life, our halal banks, the darling of our girls and political parties. How come we did not bring it here 14 centuries ago?
German officials are wrestling over how much of the cost of rescuing troubled energy giant Uniper SE they can pass onto consumers as they rush to put together a bailout package for the company squeezed by Russia’s gas war.
Notice the diabolical word : SQUEEZED by Whom?
the company squeezed by Russia’s gas war.
Did they squeeze Hitler the same way?
Did they squeeze the MINSK Agreement
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This agreement consisted of a package of measures, including a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line, release of prisoners of war, constitutional reform in Ukraine granting self-government to certain areas of Donbas and restoring control of the state border to the Ukrainian government.
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Who squeezed the Minsk Agreement to death : Russia or the Puppet ?
What did the Minsk agreement say?
This agreement consisted of a package of measures, including a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line, release of prisoners of war, constitutional reform in Ukraine granting self-government to certain areas of Donbas and restoring control of the state border to the Ukrainian government.
Hm. I think Google should translate this article into English well if it translated it into Russian excellently.
Ukrainian officers sold French Caesar howitzers to Russia at bargain prices – report
https://www.frontnieuws.com/oekraiense-officieren-verkochten-franse-caesar-houwitsers-aan-rusland-voor-zacht-prijsje-rapport/
Autism is related to age of the father as genetic polymorphisms increase. Western countries have allowed housing to increase to such a level, by selling it to the Chinese, that people can’t afford children when they are young. Also, Hollywood/the Left has sold the idea that you can be a parent at 40, 50, 60 and it’s OK. Actually it’s not, as you get older the genetic material has more abnormalities and these are passed on to your children. Most developmental delays are genetic in cause but children are not routinely tested. They are just diagnosed then streamed either mainstream or into special schools. We have 100’s of special schools and I think the number will increase as Melbourne has some of the highest property prices in the world. I know someone who had to ask for the DNA test, not offered by govt clinic. I work with children and often see children with delays and think, gee you could have been healthy if your parents could have got married and had kids in their 20’s. Genetic abnormalities can be from genetic deletions and genetic deletions with mosaicism, also genetic mutations that are passed on. Many are De Novo, do not occur in the parents.
Autism and I think all mental health problems have an immune system component, certainly depression and psychosis are affected by Vitamin D levels and Cytokine levels. people need to focus on keeping their immune system healthy. This is where the globalist diet will destroy everyone’s mental and physical health.
https://www.autism.org/immune-system-function-autism/
I’ve read high levels of Cytokines , inflammation, over time alter the brains’s architecture which is what happens in autism and schizophrenia. This is not reversible.
PUFA
Was in fact waiting for that to happen to the Guidestones. People get out of their minds in mad rage over the stupidest beliefs. Nobody bothers to think twice anymore. R.C. Christian actually released a book after the monument was erected where he explained in more details what its message meant, most notably -not- the active extermination of people for the purpose of reaching the proposed stability number. In case anyone is interested, it’s called “Common Sense Renewed” and can be easily found for free download, probably not even a copyright violation in this case.
I always felt the Guidestones were a bit creepy, but am sorry to see them gone. They were an intriguing mystery. I would have liked to see them in person.
Here is a link to the pdf with some commentary. Interesting stuff:
https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1033793/pg1
The idiocy of the “equal value of all” reaches new heights in the kretinocracy of Sweden.
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Sweden pledges to fight racism against all but Swedes
Published 7 July 2022 Fria Tider
The government has adopted five programmes to combat racism against all major ethnic groups in Sweden except Swedes, writes Dagens Juridik.
The action programmes contain concrete measures aimed at countering Afrophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsyism, Islamophobia and racism against the Sami respectively.
However, no measures are proposed to combat Swedishophobia and discrimination against Swedes, despite the fact that the problems of anti-Swedish crime are very real, according to surveys by, among others, Brå. However, prosecutors rarely choose to prosecute perpetrators of hate crimes.
Minister of Culture Jeanette Gustafsdotter explains the approach as “equal value for all”.
– We must never accept any form of racism. It’s about human dignity. Racism separates people and contributes to a dangerous polarisation. That’s why we are raising the bar on equal value for all,” she says in a press release.
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Poor stupid woman(?).
Huge on the guidestones, a resolute ‘FU’.
Hero, whoever did that. God willing we have many more like him
Maybe they did it themselves.
I dont know for sure but I have a creeping feeling when something fishy happens, like Epsteins “suicide”, the Georgia Guidestones, etc that by some miracle all cameras stop working.