Sweden has switched on an old oil-fired power plant to help the country cope with its electricity shortage. Meanwhile, for similar reasons Germany has decided to keep its last three nuclear power plants online, at least temporarily.
In other news, according to the latest figures from the Italian Ministry of the Interior, landings of illegal migrants in Italy have increased by 40% so far this year.
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Cost of Living Crisis: UK Sees Double-Digit Inflation, Highest Level in 40 Years
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate rose to a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July, a faster pace than in the U.S. and Europe as climbing food prices in the United Kingdom tightened a cost-of-living squeeze fueled by the soaring cost of energy.
The double-digit surge in consumer prices over a year earlier was higher than analysts’ central forecast of 9.8% and a jump from the annual rate of 9.4% in June, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday. The increase was largely due to rising prices for food and staples, including toilet paper and toothbrushes, it said.
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Electric Vehicles Just Went UP in Price
Electric car manufacturers have hiked their prices pretty much across the board, effectively completely cancelling out government tax credit incentives signed into law by Democrats this week.
Under the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’, which economic experts say will not reduce inflation, anyone buying a new EV with a battery that was built in North America is eligible for a $7500 credit.
That already discounts most EVs.
Less than a third are eligible
As for the rest, well they’ve gone up in price by thousands of dollars.
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Inflation: 8.9% in the Eurozone for July is a New Record
In the Eurozone, annual inflation reached a record level of 8.9 percent in July due to the rise in energy prices.
The European Statistics Office (Eurostat) has released annual inflation data for the European Union (EU) and Eurozone for July .
Accordingly, annual inflation in the Eurozone, which was 8.6 percent in June, rose to 8.9 percent in July, in line with expectations.
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Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act “Secretly” Brought to You by Bill Gates
The Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” — which according to the Congressional Budget Office will raise taxes on the middle class to the tune of $20 billion — not to mention unleash an army of IRS agents on working class Americans over the next decade, was made possible by Bill Gates and (in smaller part) Larry Summers, who have been known to hang out together.
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Biden Administration Refuses to Disclose Report on Social Media Scanning of Visitors to the US
In 2019, the Trump administration introduced online social media screening for those seeking visas to visit the US. It meant that applicants have to submit all of their social media handles, active, private, and even rarely-used, for screening before being granted a visa.
The policy was implemented alongside other immigration policies, like the travel ban from designated Middle East countries.
While the Biden Administration has revoked the travel ban, it is defending the social media screening policy and has not delivered on its promise to produce a report on the effectiveness of the policy.
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Caroline Glick: Biden Ushers in an Era of Nuclear Chaos and War
The Biden administration is on the verge of closing its long-sought for nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Europeans distributed a “final draft” of an agreement to the Americans and the Iranians last week. While the text was billed as a “take it or leave it” offer, neither the Europeans nor the Americans walked away after Iran returned with reservations. Instead, President Joe Biden and his advisors are avidly looking into Iran’s positions and are reportedly trying to incorporate them into the agreement which will likely be concluded quickly, if only the Iranians will agree.
Back in 2015, news that the Obama-Biden administration was closing in on a final draft of what became its nuclear deal with Iran provoked a mass public outcry. The majority of Americans opposed the deal. Many key Democrats opposed it. The entire Republican Party opposed it. News of the deal was greeted by mass protests in Washington, New York and countrywide.
Today, the opposite is the case. News of Biden’s deal is greeted with yawns and apathy.
The difference is doubly striking because since 2015, the warnings the deal’s opponents sounded have all been borne out by events…
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Delusional Liz Cheney Says She Might Run for President
After failing to convince even 40 percent of her own constituents to vote for her, Liz Cheney suggested Wednesday that she might try running for President.
Cheney made the comments on the TODAY show, stating “That’s a decision I’m going to make in the coming months… It is something I’m thinking about.”
Cheney also declared “I will do whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office.”
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Facebook Fact Check Censors Factual Claim IRS is Arming Agents to Use Deadly Force
Facebook has deployed one of its infamous ‘fact checkers’ to suggest that the completely accurate claim that the IRS is seeking to arm more agents to use deadly force was “partly false information.”
Earlier this month, an IRS job posting was uncovered that announced the agency was looking to hire people who are ready to kill.
The job ad listed one of the “major duties” of IRS agents to be able to “carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.”
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Libs of TikTok’s Facebook account has been banned for violating “community standards.” Facebook did not provide a specific reason for suspending the account and said the decision “can’t be reversed.”
Libs of TikTok has been the target of the media and Big Tech. The account regularly posts, without commentary, images and videos of the statements of typically left-wing users.
Libs of TikTok shared a screenshot of the notification it received from Facebook on Twitter, writing: “Facebook just suspended our account. No reason given.”
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FBI Probes Atlanta Black Extremist Group Allegedly Arming Homeless Men, Infiltrating Protests
Federal prosecutors are investigating an Atlanta-based Black extremist group preaching violence against the U.S. government as part of a wide-ranging criminal probe, according to a report.
The Black Hammer Party, allegedly involved in arming and recruiting homeless men, is under joint investigation by the FBI and the Fayetteville, Georgia Police Department for a slew of potential charges ranging from weapons and narcotics offenses, kidnapping and human trafficking, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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Harriet Hageman, the Republican nominee for Wyoming’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, predicted Wednesday that her primary victory over Rep. Liz Cheney would serve as a beacon for the rest of the country, which she described as “fed up” with Washington, D.C., and its “corruption.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital following her primary election win, Hageman said her victory was a direct reflection of Wyoming voters rejecting Cheney as their representative, as well as their dissatisfaction with her and Democrats’ treatment of former President Donald Trump. She laid out her intention to bring Washington, D.C., back to prioritizing “accountability and success.”
“Wyoming has spoken, and it was a resounding victory,” Hageman said when asked how she felt following her win. “I think that it is a reflection on a couple of things. One is Liz Cheney. It’s a reflection on her and the fact that we don’t want her allegedly representing us in Congress anymore.”
[Comment: Liz Cheney lost by 37 points.]
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It’s Becoming Painfully Obvious
Sorry, but it’s becoming painfully obvious with each passing day.
Biden has early onset dementia.
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Locals Announces Record Growth
Locals, a community-based subscription platform that’s owned by the free speech video sharing platform Rumble, reported record increases in transaction value, unpaid members growth, and paid supporters growth in Q2 2022.
The total value of all transactions on the platform for the quarter increased 400% year-on-year to $7.5 million, unpaid members grew by almost 150% year-on-year, and paid supporters grew by 106%. This means that Locals creators collectively earned millions of dollars in Q2 2022 after platform, app store, and payment processor fees.
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Norfolk Police: 3 Dead: 2 Hurt in Shooting
Police in Norfolk say three men are dead and two people are injured after a shooting.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Three men were killed and two people were injured in a shooting in Norfolk, police said Thursday.
A call came in about the incident around 4:30 Thursday afternoon, the department tweeted.
An investigation was underway. None of the victims was immediately identified, and no suspect information was immediately released. The two injured people were taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life threatening, according to police.
TV station WTKR reported the shooting took place at an apartment complex.
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Protesters Against Starbucks Vegan Milk Prices Shuts Down West End
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) —A group of protesters took a stance outside the Starbucks on West End about vegan milk on Thursday morning.
The street was shut down Thursday morning and businesses had to close their doors, including Starbucks.
The protest led to three people being cited and one man physically arrested following the protest.
“Man, this was entertainment,” said Wendell Johnson, who had a front row seat at the protest. “Man, they were fast. Within seconds they stopped the whole Starbucks. They just shut it down. No one could come in, no one could come out.”
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Rochester Man Sentenced for Actions During May 2020 BLM Protests
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A Rochester man has been given prison time for his actions during a May 2020 protest outside Rochester’s Public Safety Building, court officials announced Wednesday.
28-year-old Dyshika McFadden was given 30 months in prison for his actions during the peaceful Black Lives Matter rally that quickly turned violent on May 30, 2020.
Prosecutors say that at around 5:05 p.m., McFadden and others used an aerosol can and an open flame to set fire to an empty Rochester Police Department car parked near the building. The car was completely destroyed by the fire.
McFadden was convicted of civil disorder, and ordered to pay $4,287 in restitution.
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Rumble Introduces Free Unlimited Live Streaming for Creators
Neutral video sharing platform Rumble has made unlimited live streaming free to all creators that have over one hundred subscribers on the platform. Previously, unlimited live streaming was a paid monthly subscription.
“At Rumble, we are excited about the future of livestreaming,” Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said. “Introducing free unlimited livestreaming represents a key step forward to unlocking the potential of our creator community and enhancing the livestream experience. We look forward to continuing to bolster our livestreaming toolkit for our creators and supporting their creative independence.”
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San Francisco is Challenged Over Use of Private Surveillance Networks to Monitor Protests
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the San Francisco Police Department’s use of private camera surveillance networks during the George Floyd protest was illegal.
A new lawsuit challenges the SFPD’s use of a network of more than 300 cameras in the private Union Square Business Improvement District to spy on protests.
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Smith & Wesson CEO Mark Smith fired off a statement Monday, blaming “a number of politicians” for “the surge in violence and lawlessness” in US cities.
Smith blamed “politicians and their lobbying partners in the media” for pushing failed progressive policies that have contributed to the recent rise in violence.
He said, “some [lawmakers] have had the audacity to suggest that after they have vilified, undermined and defunded law enforcement for years, supported prosecutors who refuse to hold criminals accountable for their actions, overseen the decay of our country’s mental health infrastructure, and generally promoted a culture of lawlessness, Smith & Wesson and other firearm manufacturers are somehow responsible for the crime wave that has predictably resulted from these destructive policies.”
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Steven Crowder Passes 90,000 Live Viewers on Rumble After YouTube Censorship
Conservative commentator Steven Crowder’s first live stream since he was given a one-week suspension by YouTube has become one of the most popular streams on video sharing platform Rumble and passed 90,000 concurrent live viewers.
YouTube gave Crowder’s channel a strike and a one week suspension yesterday after his video titled “We Have Updates on the Trump Raid + Guest: Kari Lake” was flagged and removed for violating the tech giant’s far-reaching “misinformation” rules.
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Trump Hypes Poll Showing FBI Raid Has Motivated Republicans to Vote
Donald Trump is hyping a poll that shows the FBI’s raid on his property has greatly increased Republican voter appetite for the mid-term elections.
A poll by the Trafalgar Group asked Americans if the raid had increased their motivation to vote in the 2022 election.
70.4 per cent of respondents said yes, while amongst Republican voters, 83.3 per cent said yes.
Trump shared the results of the poll on Truth Social, in addition to another question which asked GOP voters who they thought was behind the FBI raid.
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Trump Claims Protesting Georgia Election Puts ‘You in Jail’ While Murderers Are ‘Quickly’ Set Free
Former President Trump took to social media after midnight on Thursday morning, where he criticized the state of Georgia for continuing an investigation into those who challenged the outcome of their 2020 presidential elections results.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed the state prosecutes those who insist voter fraud took place in the election more harshly than those who commit murders in the state.
“So, let me get this straight! In the Great State of Georgia, if you want to challenge or protest Election results in any way, shape, or form (despite the fact that in Atlanta, murders and crime are the highest in the Nation, with many people dying each month — at numbers never seen before), they will charge you and put you in jail,” he wrote.
“But if you kill people, you will quickly be set free to murder again. Isn’t there something ‘slightly’ wrong with this scenario?” Trump asked.
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Financial Times associate editor Edward Luce got schooled on Twitter after tweeting that in his journalistic experience, Republicans are the most “dangerous,” “nihilistic” and “contemptible” “political force” in the world by far.
Flabbergasted by the claim, Conservatives on the platform slammed the journalist and reminded him that terror groups like al-Qaeda, ISIS and Boko Haram exist. Critics asked Luce if they are supposed to believe that the GOP is more evil than those groups.
Luce posted the tweet to his account on August 12, writing, “I’ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world over my career. Have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible than today’s Republicans. Nothing close.”
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Video: Biden Coughs Into Hand After Removing Face Mask
Another piece of COVID security theater manifested itself after Joe Biden coughed into his hand immediately after taking off his mask during a bill signing.
Biden recently caught COVID for the second time in the space of a fortnight, despite being quadruple vaccinated.
The clip shows Biden shaking hands with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) before signing the so-called Inflation Reduction Act.
However, immediately after removing his face covering, Biden coughed several times into his right hand.
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White House Climate Science Overseer Sanctioned and Barred by the National Academy of Sciences
A senior White House climate advisor has been sanctioned by the National Academy of Sciences for violating its ethics policies.
Axios reports that Jane Lubchenco, the deputy director for climate and environment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been pulled up by the NAS for editing a paper later found to contain technical errors, as well as having worked with the scientists involved in it, one of which turned out to be her brother-in law.
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Canada Starts to Roll Out Biometric Kiosks in Airports
Three of Canada’s major airports, Montreal-Trudeau International, Calgary International, and Toronto’s Pearson International, will be getting biometrics-ready kiosks provided by Switzerland-based aviation IT firm SITA.
According to a press release, some of the seven hundred boarding and checking kiosks will have biometric scanning features but it is not clear how many will have contactless biometric features.
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A senior Eurocrat has called for a “Civil Protection Force” directly under the control of Brussels to be established to fight the impact of climate change.
EU crisis management tsar has called for the creation of a “Civil Protection Force” directly under Brussels control for the ostensive purpose of fighting the impact of climate change.
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Climate Protesters Glue Themselves to Vatican Masterpiece
This morning, two climate protesters glued themselves to the base of the famous ancient Roman sculpture “Laocoön and His Sons,” housed at the Vatican and sometimes referred to by art historians as a “prototypical icon of human agony.” Excavated in 1506 and dating back to the first century BCE, the statue was left undamaged.
The protesters were affiliated with Ultima Generazione, an Italian climate activism group that was founded in 2021 as an offshoot of the British civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion and which has staged several similar actions involving gluing bodies to artwork.
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Dutch Farmers Plan Fresh Protests as Nitrogen ‘Science’ Is Called Into Question
The Dutch farmers’ movement Agractie has called on its supporters to stage new protest actions. Erik Luiten, one of the leaders of the movement, said in a video message that such actions could include organising standstills at busy places. The farmers’ movement is massively supported by citizens.
Agractie wants the nitrogen policy of the government off the table. The government wants to force agriculture to halve its nitrogen emissions by 2030. That would mean that many farmers would have to stop.
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Germany: Man’s Nose Rots Due to Monkeypox
They’re calling it one of the most shocking cases of monkeypox so far.
A 40-year-old German man’s nose is literally rotting.
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German Top Court Approves Compulsory Measles Vaccination
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a measles vaccination requirement in day care centers and schools.
The compulsory vaccination rule has been in force since March 2020.
The top court rejected an appeal by four parents to overturn the law after they claimed it interfered with their fundamental right to physical integrity.
The court admitted that the mandate interfered with the parents’ and children’s rights but ultimately ruled that it was justified as requiring vaccination was necessary to protect vulnerable groups who cannot get the jab against measles themselves.
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Those taking the German government to task over the ongoing gas crisis have been branded the “new enemies of the state” by one government minister in the country.
An ostensibly “centrist” minister in Germany has branded those looking to hold officials accountable for their chronic mismanagement of the country as the “new enemies of the state”.
The minister — who is a member of former chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party — made the claim as authorities in the country begin to fear significant backlash for gas shortages in the winter, with one official saying that he is now expecting riots to occur if and when people are no longer able to heat their homes.
According to a report by broadcaster NTV, Herbert Reul, who serves as the Interior Minister for the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, has now labelled members of the public challenging the extremely poor handling of Germany’s energy, cost of living, and COVID crises by the political class as “enemies of the state”.
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Pro-EU Germany Aims to Take Back Territory Lost to Poland After War: Polish Central Bank Head
The head of Poland’s central bank has claimed that Germany is eying up ways of seizing territory lost to Poland after the end of the Second World War.
Adam Glapinski, the President of the Central Bank of Poland, also accused former Polish prime minister and European Council president Donald Tusk, whose “centrist” party was ousted by the current national conservative one, of aiming to overthrow Poland’s current political order with the backing of Germany in the hopes of creating of a federal EU superstate — a stated aim of the current sitting German government.
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Reorganization of German Bundeswehr Indicates Increased Focus on Police Tasks
The German Ministry of Defense announced a reorganization of its management structure. With combined leadership, the Bundeswehr should be able to react more quickly. Critics fear the increased assumption of police tasks, even domestic counterinsurgency.
The motto of the Bundeswehr “We. Serve. Germany.” could have a completely different meaning for critical citizens in the future. As early as June 13, the Federal Ministry of Defense provided information on its website about an adjustment to the command organization of the German armed forces.
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Shock Video: Shopkeeper Ambushed by ‘African-Type’ Masked Thieves in France
A shopkeeper was attacked by ‘African-type’ masked thieves as he opened his business in France this week, according to reports.
The disturbing incident unfolded at around 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, a commune in the department of Val-de-Marne.
The manager of a tobacco shop on Place des Liberte’s had just arrived and was unlocking the front door when a trio of thugs ambushed him, Valeurs Actuelles reports.
Surveillance footage of the assault and robbery was published on social media.
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Spain: Law Allows Geoengineering Experiments
Over 50 countries are currently carrying out “activities to artificially change the weather”, explained the Spanish weather agency AEMET and speaks of “chemical contrails” or “chemtrails”.
Chemtrails are considered to be one of the most reviled conspiratorial theories of recent decades. Anyone who addresses this topic is immediately pushed into the corner of the really insane conspiracy theorists.
But the World Economic Forum has already admitted that techniques like “spraying aerosols into the upper atmosphere” were part of a science called geoengineering and touted as a “large-scale solution to climate change”.
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Sweden Switches on Old Oil-Burning Power Plant as Electricity Prices Soar to Record Highs
Faced with record high electricity prices and a lower-than-usual wind power output, Sweden has turned to an old oil-fired power plant to keep the lights on in the southern part of the country.
The oil-burning Karlshamn station, which dates back to the early 1970s, has been running fairly regularly for about a week, according to operator Uniper.
Since the sanctions imposed following Russia’s special operation in Ukraine backfired and led to higher prices and exacerbated the energy drought, the EU has been struggling to diversify its energy supplies, to the point of abandoning its sustainability goals and dusting off oil and coal power stations.
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Twitter users mocked ‘entitled townies’ clashing with locals in the countryside after a bizarre video emerged of a man marching up to a combine harvester in a field to complain about dust.
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UK: London: Elderly Man in Mobility Scooter Stabbed to Death in Broad Daylight
An elderly disabled man died from stab wounds after a witness saw him “surrounded by a group of youths” in London this week, according to reports.
The horrifying incident unfolded just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday in west London.
Emergency services were called to Cayton Road in Greenford where they found a man “believed to be aged in his 80s” suffering from stab wounds, Metropolitan Police explained in a statement at the time.
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Lee Byer was arrested at his home in Southall early this morning less than two miles from where he allegedly murdered the beloved 87-year-old grandfather in his mobility scooter in Greenford on Tuesday — in a daylight attack that has appalled the nation.
CCTV shared exclusively with MailOnline shows the 44-year-old suspect buying a birthday card and a box of chocolates while wearing a blue Covid face mask in a convenience store on Saturday afternoon — four days before the killing.
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Saudi Woman is Jailed for 34 Years Over Freedom-Supporting Tweets
34-year-old Saudi woman, Salma al-Shehab has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for using Twitter and following and retweeting activists and dissidents.
The mother of two, who had been living in the UK since 2018 and was pursuing her PhD at Leeds University, was arrested in December 2020 while on vacation in the kingdom. Shehab was not a vocal activist. To her 2,597 followers on Twitter, she occasionally retweeted tweets by activists and dissidents living in exile.
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High-Level Talks in Ukraine Yield Little Reported Progress
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Turkey’s leader and the U.N. chief met in Ukraine with President Volodymr Zelenskyy on Thursday in a high-powered bid to ratchet down a war raging for nearly six months. But little immediate progress was reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would follow up with Russian President Vladimir Putin, given that most of the matters discussed would require the Kremlin’s agreement.
With the meetings held at such a high level — it was the first visit to Ukraine by Erdogan since the war began, and the second by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres — some had hoped for breakthroughs, if not toward an overall peace, then at least on specific issues. But none was apparent.
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India: Flats for Rohingyas? As MHA Denies Proposal, VHP Urges Centre to ‘Send Them Back’
The MHA spokesperson also said that the Modi government has also directed its Delhi counterpart to ensure that these refugees remain at the present location.
TNIE Online Desk | New Delhi | Aug 17, 2022:: The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday denied any move to shift Rohingya Muslims in Delhi to economically weaker section (EWS) flats and directed the Delhi government to ensure the “illegal foreigners” remain in detention centres pending their extradition.
The ministry’s clarification came hours after Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri put out a tweet saying India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge in the country and announcing that all Rohingya refugees would be shifted to EWS flats in east Delhi’s Bakkarwala area.
The Home Ministry issued a statement clarifying its position.
“Illegal foreigners are to be kept in Detention Centre till their deportation as per law. The Government of Delhi has not declared the present location as a Detention Centre. They have been directed to do the same immediately,” a spokesperson said in the statement on Twitter…
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India: Another Kashmir Pandit Shot Dead, Brother Injured in Militant Attack in J&K’s Shopian
Militants have made clear they’ll kill all Kashmiri Pandits: KPSS
Subhas Kaul | HENB | Jammu | Aug 17, 2022:: A member of the minority Pandit community belonging to Hindu faith was shot at and killed, while his cousin was grievously injured, by militants Tuesday morning in Shopian district of south Kashmir.
The slain has been identified as 45-year-old Sunil Kumar, son of Arjunnath Kumar, resident of Chotigam village in Shopian district.
“He was a farmer by profession and lived in the village along with his family,” a police official from the district said.
He said that Sunil Kumar is survived by his three daughters and his wife. His brother Pritmber, alias Pintu, who also had bullet injury and has been shifted to a Srinagar hospital for specialised treatment.
“We are taking regular updates from the hospital and we have been told he is responding well to the treatment,” the police official said.
The incident took place at about 11:30 AM Tuesday in the ancestral village of Kumar — where he and his brother were working in their apple orchard.
According to police officials, “two terrorists belonging to the banned Al-Badar organisation, came to the orchard this morning and lined up everyone.
“After identification, they segregated Sunil Kumar Bhat and his cousin Pritmber Kumar Bhat and shot indiscriminately on them with their AK-47 rifle,” police said.
According to eyewitnesses and Pritmber Bhat’s statement, “while one terrorist was firing indiscriminately, the other was capturing the horrific incident on his smart phone.”…
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Hong Kong Police to Deploy “Opinion Tracker” Tech to Curb Online “Misinformation”
Hong Kong Police will deploy technology to help stop rumors and “misinformation” about the force. The news was announced by assistant commissioner of police Joe Chan Tung, who is the head of the new public relations wing.
Chan said that one of the main priorities of the public relations wing is identifying rumors as early as possible with the help of a public opinion tracking system. According to Chan, rumors and misinformation about the police has deteriorated the relations between the public and the police.
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Was a “Carefully Planned Provocation” To “Destabilize”: Putin
On Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed on on major security issues ranging from the ongoing war in Ukraine to China-US tensions over Taiwan in a televised speech. Speaking before defense officials and regional think tank analysts at the Tenth Moscow Conference on International Security, among the most notable assertion of his is that NATO is moving “further east”.
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Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine says his opposition the concept of an Indigenous Voice to parliament has resulted in more abuse in a day than he has copped over 20 years in public life.
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Media Rush to Blame Climate Change for ‘Frightening’ New Zealand Floods
Hundreds of families on New Zealand’s South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after dramatic flooding prompted a state of emergency in three regions.
A tropically fuelled storm has dumped more than 30 centimetres (11 inches) of rain on parts of the South Island, causing rivers to burst their banks. The extreme weather has also felled trees, blocking major roads.
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Thousands of Wellington students and office staff have been given the option to work remotely ahead of major protests in the capital next week.
The city council’s incident management team has been stood up and police are monitoring the situation.
Council staff have been advised to avoid central Wellington early next week while tertiary students have been given leave to study remotely.
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition, which is behind next week’s Parliament protests, has released details on social media outlining a road map of their “great Kiwi roadtrip” from each end of the country starting tomorrow in the deep south at 8am.
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The Freedom and Rights Coalition
The Freedom and Rights Coalition (TFRC) is a self-described “people’s movement” founded by Destiny Church founder and leader Bishop Brian Tamaki in 2021 to oppose the New Zealand Government’s COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and vaccine mandates. The group organised protests in Auckland and across New Zealand. In mid-July 2022, the Coalition launched a second wave of protests against the Labour Government, whom they accused of incompetence and contributing to the country’s socio-economic problems and shortages.
Leadership and organisation
In early November 2021, Destiny Church’s director of operations Jenny Marshall confirmed that the church’s founder Bishop Brian Tamaki was the “founder and “architect” of “The Freedom and Rights Coalition.” According to the media company Stuff, Marshall also owned the TFRC’s web domain. The Coalition used its website to solicit donations and sells merchandise including t-shirts, flags and facemasks emblazoned with anti-lockdown messaging. According to Marshall, the Coalition’s merchandising and donations were separate from the Church’s finances.
According to TFRC’s website, the group’s 12 stated goals and policies have included:
- Opposing so-called “unworkable regulations” against farmers and growers.
- Opposing government policies including lockdowns that have hurt businesses.
- Opposing so-called “reckless” spending of taxpayer money.
- Promoting housing affordability by improving property market conditions and introducing financial packages for first-home buyers.
- Opposing Government interference in the family including the removal of parental consents and the alleged liberalisation of the education system.
- Standing up for religious rights, “God’s Word,” and opposing government efforts to silence churches.
- Promoting a better future for young people by easing government debt.
- Opposing COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccination mandates.
- Opposing so-called “unworkable” Resource Management Act 1991 regulations and tax rules that target property owners, investors and developers.
- Better mental health conditions including combating suicide.
- Standing for the rights of the indigenous Maori people and combating discrimination faced by indigenous peoples.
- Protect the rights and freedoms of New Zealanders.
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Great Escape: Migrants Tunnel Out of Swedish Detention Facility, Police Refuse to Conduct Search
Four migrants managed to escape a Swedish detention facility over the weekend after using a tool to tunnel a hole through the facility’s wall as police claim there is no active search for the missing migrants.
The four migrants, who are still at large, managed to escape the detention facility in the municipality of Åstorp just outside of the city of Helsingborg over Sunday night and into Monday morning.
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Greece: Three Turkish Nationals Arrested as the Traffickers of 94 Migrants Found on Kythira
Three Turkish nationals aged 30, 29 and 17 who were located together with 94 migrants on Kythira were arrested by the port authorities, as their alleged traffickers.
Specifically, early on Wednesday, Kythira Port Authority were informed by the Kythera Town Police Department for the existence of a number of foreigners in the area “Piso Gialos” in Kapsali.
Officials of the port authorities rushed to the site where with the assistance of the police, they located a total of 97 foreigners (15 women and 82 men) of various nationalities, of which fifty-five were minors.
The people were transported to the port of Kapsali while their boat was located on a rocky shore.
No marine pollution has been detected from the vessel, while all the foreigners are in good health.
On the same day, a second boat with migrants was located at the pier of Kapsali in Kythira.
It was carrying, according to the first information, seventy-three people, including two Russians and most of them were citizens of Iraq and Iran.
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Italian Ministry: Illegal Migrant Landings Up Over 40 Per Cent So Far This Year
The Italian Interior Ministry has released figures on illegal immigration that show that arrivals are up more than 40 per cent so far this year.
A total of 45,664 migrants landed in Italy illegally from January 1st to August 15th of this year, a number that is a 40.36 per cent increase over the same period last year, according to the interior Ministry statistics.
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Italian Union Offical Attacked, Kidnapped and Robbed in Migrant ‘Ghetto’ Area
A trade union official from the CISL union was attacked, robbed and kidnapped for around an hour by a group of migrants in a makeshift camp that conservatives have called to be closed.
Mohammed Elmajdi, who serves as the territorial leader of the CISL union in the city of Foggia was visiting the “ghetto” area in Rignano Garganico in the Apulia region when he was attacked by a group of migrants for around an hour.
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More than half of Americans believe that the situation at the southern border amounts to an ‘invasion’ while another third of respondents in a new poll expressed worry over being replaced by illegal immigrants.
The new NPR/Ipsos poll released Thursday shows an overall decline in support for immigration as new images emerge every day of hundreds to thousands of migrants crossing illegally over the southern border.
Aerial video from the southern border on Thursday shared by Fox News showed yet another large group, this time of approximately 150 mostly single adults, arriving in Eagle Pass, Texas after illegally traversing the Rio Grande River from Mexico.
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North African Children Set Out for Europe in Flimsy Boat, Alone
Eleven Moroccan children were rescued by Spanish authorities near the exclave of Ceuta this week after they attempted to cross the Strait of Gibraltar alone in a small boat.
The 11 children, said to be aged between six and 11 years old, were first seen by a lifeguard on a beach in Ceuta and were intercepted just over half a mile off the North African coast as their small boat was headed toward the Spanish mainland.
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Revealing Trend in Austria: More Foreign Welfare Recipients Than Local
In Austria, population exchange is making great strides. This is also documented by the Integration Report 2022 that has now been presented. It showed that the alleged “enrichment” through mass immigrants does not mean enrichment for the host society, but rather an economic bloodletting costing billions.
A particularly hair-raising number was reported for the holiday destination of Tyrol. There were a total of 14 500 recipients of social assistance there in 2021. Of these, 5 600 people were Austrians (39 percent), while 6 000 applicants were entitled to asylum or subsidiary protection (41 percent).
This means: more “refugees” than locals receive social assistance in Tyrol. Another 1 600 were other third-country nationals (11 percent), and another 1 300 were nationals of the EU, EFTA, UK and associated small states (9 percent).
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More than 21,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year, according to official government figures.
A total of 21,058 people have made the treacherous journey across the 21-mile Dover Straits in 2022 — almost double the 11,599 who had arrived on British soil this time last year.
August alone has seen 4,659 people intercepted at sea by Border Force officials, making it a record month for the year so far.
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More than 4,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel by small boat in August, making it the busiest month so far this year.
According to official government data, 4,159 people have made the treacherous journey across the 21-mile Dover Straits in 96 dinghies or other small craft.
This brings the total number of migrant arrivals for 2022 to 20,558 so far.
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UK: More Than 5,000 Albanians Have Crossed the Channel in Small Boats So Far This Year
More than 5,000 Albanians have crossed the Channel by small boat so far this year — including more than half of yesterday’s 600 arrivals, it has emerged.
Albanian drug lords are sending so-called ‘cleanskins’ with no criminal record to Britain to become embroiled in organised criminal gangs, reports David Barrett of the Mail+.
And checks on Channel arrivals are failing to pick up connections between some arrivals and human-traffickers in the Balkans, sources have said.
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UK: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
‘Refugees’ given free hotel rooms, a swimming pool, 3 free meals a day and free cash in the UK staged a rooftop protest, complaining they wanted to be sent to a different city.
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Video: Americans Are Fleeing to Mexico to Avoid Biden’s Titanic Economy
Joe Biden’s economy is sinking so fast that over five million Americans have gone to Mexico, according to a report.
It’s a CNN report, but it doesn’t seem to be completely fake news this time, as it cites State Department figures.
A million more Americans flew to Mexico in the first five months of this year than they did at that point during 2019 (pre-pandemic).
“A refuge for migrants,” the ridiculous CNN voice over states, adding “perhaps not the border crossing you expected.”
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Hungary Investigates Netflix Over LGBT Kiss Scene in Children’s Cartoon
Hungary’s national media regulator has launched an investigation into streaming giant Netlfix over a children’s cartoon that features a lesbian kiss between two teenage girls — a possible violation of its 2021 law prohibiting LGBT-themed material targeted at children.
Following complaints from concerned parents on the conservative petition site CitizenGo, the National Media and Communications Authority (NMHH) of Hungary announced that it would investigate Netflix over an episode in the children’s cartoon programme Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous.
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has accused Society of Authors chairwoman and Chocolat author Joanne Harris of failing to stand up for authors against threats from the woke left because of her pro-transgender beliefs.
Following the stabbing of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, J.K. Rowling revealed that she had received a death threat from what appeared to be a radical Islamist, warning the Harry Potter author that she was “next”.
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UN Recruited Over 100,000 ‘Digital First Responders’ To Push Establishment COVID Narrative
At the height of the pandemic, the United Nations recruited over 100,000 “digital first responders’ to push the establishment narrative on COVID via social media.
The revelation actually slipped out in October 2020 during a World Economic Forum podcast called ‘Seeking a cure for the infodemic’, although it is only going viral on Twitter today.
In the podcast, Melissa Fleming, head of global communications for the United Nations, explains how the COVID pandemic and lockdowns created a “communications crisis” in addition to a public health emergency.
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Video: Dad Claims Doctor Asked His 3-Year-Old Son ‘Are You a Boy or a Girl?’ During Routine Checkup
In a now viral video posted to Tik Tok, a father in California claims that a paediatrician asked his 3-year-old son what gender he believed he was during a routine checkup.
“So my wife and I are waiting in the room with our son and the doctor comes in, and he sees my son sitting there at the table and the first question that he asks him is, ‘are you a boy or are you a girl?’“ the father claimed.
The dad continued, “So luckily my son understands obvious tenets of biology at 3 years old and says that he’s a boy, just like his chart says.”
“The rest of the appointment I couldn’t even focus because I’m wondering why in the world this guy is asking the question. And then I remembered, ‘oh yeah, I live in California,’“ the man added.
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An author who says he is concerned about “the rise of overt racism” has written a novel in which white people completely disappear and the world becomes a better place for it.
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The chemtrail believers community is about much more than geoengineering. And things much more sinister.
Techniques to influence the weather are known since a long time, and worries about undesired consequences go right along with them ever since. The oldest is the triggering of clouds to rain off by injecting condensation nuclei. Silver iodide was found working well for that, the downside (depending on viewpoint) being that there is no way that this could be economical. Another field of research is about finding ways to prevent earthquakes or mitigate their intensity by releasing tension building up in known fault zones.
If experiments are done to further knowledge and with the sincere goal to address potentially catastrophic hazards, one can’t really say much negative about that. Mistakes along the way are part and parcel of the journey. If we just didn’t already know enough about the biggest potentially catastrophic hazard which is human nature, to predict where politics will take any and all of this.
But this is just facts and how they are dealt with. Those chemtrail guys… are truly religious nuts. I met some of them once at a conference where they were allowed to deliver a presentation. I’d say they are worse than tinfoil hatters, because those have a solution which is harmless other than making themselves look ridiculous. Chemtrail activists are much more embedded with environmentalist groups and spread poison there, much as they believe is being done every time they see a jet engine’s condensation trail. Here is a window into the abyss:
https://chemtrails.fandom.com/wiki/Killer_Chemtrails:_The_Shocking_Truth
“‘Refugees’ given free hotel rooms, a swimming pool, 3 free meals a day and free cash in the UK staged a rooftop protest, complaining they wanted to be sent to a different city.”
Tripoli comes to mind…
Or Hades…
SHOCKING: Natl. Guard Details Cartel Attacks & Says “America Probably At Its Weakest”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3cuTlg59dg
Hire contractors, they will get the job done for less money and be far more effective.