Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/3/2022

An estimated 70,000 demonstrators gathered in Prague to protest the high cost of energy and the Czech government’s Ukraine policy which is responsible for it. Meanwhile, Europe’s largest steel manufacturing firm has closed plants in Germany and Spain due to the sharp increase in energy prices.

In other news, after a mother and a child were shot in a playground in the Swedish city of Eskilstuna, children in the city are asking for bulletproof vests.

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Financial Crisis
» “Europe on the Brink: “ 70,000 Czech Protesters Flood Prague Over Energy Crisis
» “Exorbitant Rise in Energy Prices” Forces Europe’s Top Steelmaker to Close Plants
» Dutch Inflation Jumps to 13.6%; To Remain High for a While: DNB President
» Sweden, Austria Start Bailing Out Energy Companies Triggering Europe’s “Minsky Moment”
 
USA
» “They Are Trying to Assassinate”: Bannon Accuses Biden of Stirring Anti-Right Hatred After Home ‘SWATed’ Again
» 5-Month-Old Baby Injured in Shooting
» A String of Philadelphia Shootings Leaves Ten Wounded and 3 Dead
» Amazon Shuts Down Reviews of Its Highly-Criticized Rings of Power Series
» BLM Leader Stole $10 Million From Group: Lawsuit
» Feds on Parade: Mysterious Patriot Front Members March in Khakis and Masks in Indianapolis (Video)
» IRS Mistakenly Published Confidential Info of 120,000 Taxpayers
» Kari Lake’s Democrat Opponent Refuses to Debate in Arizona Governor’s Race
» NASA Scrubs Massive Moon Rocket for Second Time Over Hydrogen Leak
» New ATF Document Reveals Gun Owners Who Own ‘Pistol Braces’ Could be Forced to Register
» Newsweek: ‘My Son Hunter’ Gets Standing Ovation at Secret Hollywood Screening
» NYC to Use Pension Fund Investments to Push MasterCard and American Express to Flag Gun Sales
» NYPD to Gun Owners: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
» Republicans Demand Facebook Hand Over Communications With the FBI After Hunter Biden Laptop Censorship
» Starbucks Executives, Directors Are Sued Over Diversity Policies
» Teen Arrested in Connection With Fatal Shooting on School Property in Northeast Baltimore
» Two Ohio Universities Adopt Free Speech Policies Following New State Law
» US Government Seized Over 11,000 Non-Classified Documents From Trump’s Home
» Why Biden’s Speech Was Among ‘The Most Disgusting Speeches’ Ever: Ron DeSantis
 
Canada
» B.C.’s Fertility Rates Plummeted Well Below National Average
» Pierre Poilievre Wants Government to Use Plain Language
» The Democracy Fund Launches Lawsuit Against Western University on Behalf of Students
» Trudeau Government to Try and Rush Through the Online Censorship Bill
» Trudeau’s Pandemic Policies Lead to 45 Percent Fewer Americans Driving to Canada
 
Europe and the EU
» Denmark Expects a Winter Free of COVID Restrictions
» EU Politicians Intentionally Drive Up Energy Prices
» Leader of Swedish Islamic Party Has Prior Violence Conviction in Turkey
» Sweden: Children Ask for Bulletproof Vests After Playground Shooting
» Top Footballer Blackmailed Over Witchcraft in France, Where 40 Per Cent of Youth Now Believe in Magic
» Violent Hailstorm Kills Toddler, Leaves at Least 50 Injured in Spain
 
Russia
» Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader, Will Not Get State Funeral, Putin Skipping Ceremony
 
South Asia
» India Soars Ahead of UK to Become World’s Fifth Biggest Economy
» India: Muslim Youth Held in Baghpat (UP) For Threatening to Behead Hindu Girl’s Family
» India: Madhya Pradesh: Karni Sena Leader Stabbed to Death, Suspect’s House Razed
» Inspired by the Social Media, Muslim Boys Vandalize Durga Idols in Bangladesh. Hindus Protest.
 
Far East
» Taiwanese Billionaire Puts Up $32 Million to Train Army of ‘Civilian Warriors’ Against Chinese Invasion
 
Australia — Pacific
» Australian Academy of Science Demands Social Media Platforms Ban Climate “Misinformation”
 
Immigration
» ‘Seven Hundred’ Migrants Including Tiny Babies and a Woman in a Wheelchair Have Crossed the Channel So Far Today as Total Number to Have Landed in the UK This Year Already Rockets Past 25,000
 
Culture Wars
» £120m ‘Festival of Brexit’ Infested With Woke Events on Childhood ‘Gender Fluidity’ And Decolonising Gardening
» Virginia Teacher Sues District Over Pronoun Policy: They Think They Know Better Than Parents
 

“Europe on the Brink: “ 70,000 Czech Protesters Flood Prague Over Energy Crisis

More than 70,000 Czechs are protesting in Prague, the capital, demanding the ruling coalition take a neutral stance on the Ukraine war to ensure energy supplies from Russia aren’t cut off ahead of winter. Protesters are outraged at the European Union for sanctions against Russia that have sparked soaring electricity bills and triggered a cost-of-living crisis.

“The aim of our demonstration is to demand change, mainly in solving the issue of energy prices, especially electricity and gas, which will destroy our economy this autumn,” event organizer Jiri Havel told local news iDNES and quoted by Reuters.

The protest, held at Wenceslas Square in the heart of the capital, comes one day after the Czech government survived a no-confidence vote over opposition claims of inaction to protect citizens against energy hyperinflation.

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

“Exorbitant Rise in Energy Prices” Forces Europe’s Top Steelmaker to Close Plants

Even though European power and natural gas prices have subsided this week, Germany, the largest economy in the bloc, still faces historically high energy costs that have forced cuts in industrial output.

The latest example is the world’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, which released a statement Friday about shutting down two plants and idling one.

Europe’s top steelmaker said two plants in Germany (one in Bremen and the other in Hamburg) would be partially closed at the end of September. A plant in Asturias, Spain, will also be idled.

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

Dutch Inflation Jumps to 13.6%; To Remain High for a While: DNB President

Daily life in the Netherlands was 13.6 percent more expensive in August than the same month last year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported. Inflation in the Netherlands and the rest of the eurozone has been high for months, and that will be the case for a while yet, expects Klaas Knot, president of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).

At 13.6 percent, inflation was even higher than in July. Sharply rising gas and electricity prices are the main culprits. But those higher energy costs are also increasingly affecting food prices. According to CBS, food, drink, and tobacco were almost 11 percent more expensive in August than in the same month last year.

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

Sweden, Austria Start Bailing Out Energy Companies Triggering Europe’s “Minsky Moment”

Last weekend, Credit Suisse repo guru published what may have been the most insightful snippet of the entire European energy crisis (to date) when he extended the infamous “Minsky Moment” framework to Europe, and specifically Germany, which he said “can’t cover its payments without Russian gas and the government is asking citizens to conserve energy to leave more for industry.” He then elaborated that “Minsky moments are triggered by excessive financial leverage, and in the context of supply chains, leverage means excessive operating leverage: in Germany, $2 trillion of value added depends on $20 billion of gas from Russia… …that’s 100-times leverage — much more than Lehman’s.” (Zoltan’s entire note is a must read for everyone with a passing interest in what comes next).

But while Germany still pretends it can somehow avoid a devastating crisis this winter besides bailing out Uniper, one of the country’s biggest utilities (after all, admission would make Trump’s 2018 warning accurate and prescient, and everyone knows that according to Western intellectual snobs Trump can’t possibly ever be correct), other European nations are succumbing to what Zoltan dubbed a “supply-chain Minsky moment.”

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

“They Are Trying to Assassinate”: Bannon Accuses Biden of Stirring Anti-Right Hatred After Home ‘SWATed’ Again

Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has accused President Joe Biden of stoking hatred after police descended on Bannon’s Washington home over a fake report of a gunman on the loose. The incident occurred shortly before Biden’s Thursday speech attacking MAGA Republicans.

Firefighters and police officers were sent to Bannon’s home on Sept. 1 evening, where he broadcasts his “War Room” radio program, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department told The Epoch Times. They left after finding no shots fired and no one hurt.

It was the second time Bannon has been a victim of swatting, a harassment tactic of calling the emergency police line with a false claim of criminal activity so as to dispatch a law enforcement team to a particular address. Such practices can be traumatizing for the targeted person and have turned fatal in the past.

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

5-Month-Old Baby Injured in Shooting

The Tampa Police Department is investigating a shooting that left an infant injured on Saturday.

Shortly after 1 PM on September 3, 2022, officers were called to a home located on the 8300 block of 17th St in Tampa in reference to a 5-month-old baby who was shot in the hip. The child was immediately transported by EMS to Tampa General Hospital. At this time, the child’s injuries do not appear to be life threatening.

Paula Marie Concepcion Santos, 25, and a 3-year-old child were in the home at the time of the incident. According to Concepcion Santos, the 3 year old accidently fired the gun after getting ahold of the weapon. Detectives are still working through the details to determine how the shooting occurred. Concepcion Santos was arrested and charged with child neglect with great bodily harm.

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

A String of Philadelphia Shootings Leaves Ten Wounded and 3 Dead

Philadelphia police say at least three people were killed in citywide Labor Day weekend shootings.

According to WPVI-TV, a total of 10 people—including those killed—were wounded Saturday morning in eight separate shootings; the first of which reportedly took place after 1 a.m. Saturday near Chew Avenue and Locust Street in the Germantown neighborhood. Police say the 26-year-old victim was transported to Einstein Medical Center and remains in stable condition.

More than two hours later, two other men were shot and killed in the Kingsessing area. The 39-year-old victim suffered multiple gun wounds throughout the body and died about a half hour later at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. Authorities say the second victim was a 20-year-old man who was shot in the back of the head. Emergency personnel declared him dead at the scene. Authorities have yet to make an arrest in connection to the double homicide.

Say a third person was fatally shot a little after 6:30 a.m. in Hunting Park. The 45-year-old man was pronounced dead at Temple Hospital at 6:47 a.m. The shooting remains under investigation.

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Amazon Shuts Down Reviews of Its Highly-Criticized Rings of Power Series

Amazon’s billion-dollar fantasy series Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has delayed showing reviews for the new show after receiving negative reviews from viewers.

Just one day after the first two episodes premiered on Prime Video, on Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an average audience score of 37%. Reviews on Amazon have reportedly been suspended to “weed out trolls,” suggesting that criticism of the show, which is accused by some of bastardizing the lore that J.R.R. Tolkien created, is not legitimate.

Amazon appears to be trying to protect itself against fallout after allegedly spending over $1 billion on the production of the show.

A source at the company told The Hollywood Reporter that reviews of the series have been suspended and are being held for 72 hours to remove “trolls” and to ensure that all reviews are legitimate.

It’s not clear how Amazon plans to ensure the criticism is “legitimate.”

In comparison, the series has an average score of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics.

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

BLM Leader Stole $10 Million From Group: Lawsuit

The leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Shalomyah Bowers, was accused of stealing over $10 million from the organization in a lawsuit filed Thursday by Black Lives Matter Grassroots.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the lawsuit was announced at a news conference by Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles co-founder Melina Abdullah who said Bowers was a “rogue administrator, a middle man turned usurper” and used the organization as a “personal piggy bank.”

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

Feds on Parade: Mysterious Patriot Front Members March in Khakis and Masks in Indianapolis (Video)

The mysterious Patriot Front group marched in Indianapolis today for Labor Day.

The boys were out in the khakis and blue T-shirts again. They were all wearing masks.

The group invested in several flags for today’s march. It would be interesting to discover who paid for the travel, the flags and the uniforms.

The group marched in downtown Indianapolis.

Unlike Antifa and BLM the Patriot Front does not break any laws nor are they involved in violence.

[Comment: I’m suspicious. Right-of-center folks are not into masks for covid. And the masks that the Patriot Front group are wearing covers more than just the mouth. ]

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

IRS Mistakenly Published Confidential Info of 120,000 Taxpayers

Authored by Mimi Nguyen Ly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said on Friday it accidentally exposed but has since removed the confidential financial information of about 120,000 taxpayers.

In a letter to Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Treasury Department acting Assistant Secretary for Management Anna Canfield Roth wrote that the IRS “recently identified an inadvertent and now-corrected disclosure of a subset of Forms 990-T,” and that “the inadvertent disclosure included limited information for approximately 120,000 individuals.”

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

Kari Lake’s Democrat Opponent Refuses to Debate in Arizona Governor’s Race

Democratic nominee for Arizona governor, Katie Hobbs, does not want to debate Republican Kari Lake before the November election, instead Hobbs said the two could participate in a separate “thirty minute town hall-style interview.”

Local NBC News correspondent Brahm Resnik broke the news Friday on Twitter and wrote, “UPDATE @katiehobbs responds to debate organizers by 5pm deadline: She doesn’t want a debate. Wants separate interviews for her & @KariLake.”

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

NASA Scrubs Massive Moon Rocket for Second Time Over Hydrogen Leak

Update (1210ET): Artemis launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson scrubbed the mission of the massive moon rocket after a liquid hydrogen leak was detected.

“We have a scrub for the day, a cutoff of the launch attempt of Artemis I,” said Derriol Nail with NASA communications.

The liquid hydrogen leak was found in the quick disconnect of the supply that feeds the Space Launch System (SLS) ‘s core stage. NASA attempted to fix the leak but was “unsuccessful.”

It’s the second time NASA has scrubbed the launch of SLS in the last week because of leaks.

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

New ATF Document Reveals Gun Owners Who Own ‘Pistol Braces’ Could be Forced to Register

Readers know the Biden administration has weaponized the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to wage war on law-abiding gun owners and manufacturers.

AmmoLand News reported the latest move by the ATF could force law-abiding gun owners who own pistol braces to register them with the federal government.

The plan (or request) for a registry of pistol braces was buried within a document about a budget justification from the ATF to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Here’s what the document says:

Due to the upcoming Amnesty Registration of Pistol Brace weapons, photos of the weapon being registered will be required to prove the weapon does utilize a pistol brace in its configuration and would qualify for an amnesty registration.”

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

Newsweek: ‘My Son Hunter’ Gets Standing Ovation at Secret Hollywood Screening

A secret, invitation-only screening of “My Son Hunter” took place this week in Los Angeles, with a group of Hollywood conservatives, producers, and influencers standing to their feet and applauding during an early look at the upcoming movie, which is now available for pre-order and will be available for streaming and download on September 7.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

NYC to Use Pension Fund Investments to Push MasterCard and American Express to Flag Gun Sales

Elected officials in New York City and three of the city’s pension funds are pushing credit card providers American Express and Mastercard to start tracking spending on firearms, in an effort to catch suspicious sales.

Earlier this week, the Gothamist reported that about 50 state lawmakers in New York had written a letter to Mastercard and American Express asking them to start coding sales of firearms and ammunition under a special category so that law enforcement can easily track these sales.

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

NYPD to Gun Owners: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

According to documents leaked to Project Veritas by NYPD insiders, the New York Police Department is coming after anyone carrying a firearm.

The leaked document appears to be the department’s monthly “Legal Bureau Bulletin,” and informs officers how the department should interpret the law on carrying concealed firearms.

It explains that officers should assume the firearm carrying is acting illegally. “Anyone carrying a firearm is presumed to be carrying unlawfully until proven otherwise,” it reads.

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

Republicans Demand Facebook Hand Over Communications With the FBI After Hunter Biden Laptop Censorship

On Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jame Comer, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding access to all communications between Facebook and the FBI following Zuckerberg’s revelation that Facebook suppressed the spread of the Hunter Biden laptop stories after a memo from the FBI.

The letter noted that “shortly before the 2020 presidential election, Facebook suppressed an explosive New York Post article detailing how Hunter Biden used the position and influence of his father, now-President Biden, for personal gain, with the apparent awareness of President Biden.”

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

Starbucks Executives, Directors Are Sued Over Diversity Policies

Aug 31 (Reuters) — Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) executives and directors have been sued by a conservative think tank that believes the coffee chain’s efforts to promote diversity amount to racial discrimination.

In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the National Center for Public Policy Research objected to Starbucks’ setting hiring goals for Blacks and other people of color, awarding contracts to “diverse” suppliers and advertisers, and tying executive pay to diversity.

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

Teen Arrested in Connection With Fatal Shooting on School Property in Northeast Baltimore

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the murder of a Mergenthaler High School student on school property, according to authorities.

           — Hat tip: MM [Return to headlines]
 

Two Ohio Universities Adopt Free Speech Policies Following New State Law

Two Ohio universities recently updated their free speech policies to remain compliant with new state standards that went into effect in July.

The Board of Trustees for Ohio State University (OSU) and Ohio University (OU) adopted the individual policies during board meetings on Aug. 18.

Each policy reaffirms the universities’ commitment to respecting freedom of speech on campus, and provides a submission form where students and faculty can report violations of their speech on campus.

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

US Government Seized Over 11,000 Non-Classified Documents From Trump’s Home

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

FBI agents seized over 11,000 documents and photographs without classified markings from the home of former President Donald Trump, according to an inventory released on Sept. 2.

Agents during the Aug. 8 raid at Mar-a-Lago seized 11,179 materials that were not marked classified, the inventory says.

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

Why Biden’s Speech Was Among ‘The Most Disgusting Speeches’ Ever: Ron DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis explained why President Biden’s Thursday speech was “one of the most disgusting speeches an American president has ever given” Friday on “The Ingraham Angle.”

GOV. RON DESANTIS: [Biden’s speech] was one of the most disgusting speeches an American president has ever given. He ran as being a unifier, and he’s basically saying to the vast majority of the country that disapproves of him that they’re effectively a threat to the republic. He dodders, he lashes out. But at the end of the day, his policies are why there’s so much opposition to him.

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

B.C.’s Fertility Rates Plummeted Well Below National Average

British Columbia has the lowest fertility rates in all of Canada, new data shows.

In 2020, B.C.’s fertility rate fell to just 1.17 children per woman while the national average was at 1.4.

Since 2009, fertility in B.C. has fallen 22% from 1.47 since 2009, while nationally it fell by 16%.

According to the Vancouver Sun, data scientist Jens von Bergmann revealed B.C.’s fertility rate in the 1990s was comparable to other provinces, even surpassing Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec but things are different now.

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

Pierre Poilievre Wants Government to Use Plain Language

Federal Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre is proposing “The Plain Language Act” so the government will write in plain language, enabling average Canadians to understand government publications.

It’s Poilievre’s last proposal before the results of the Conservative leadership race are announced on September 10.

The proposed bill would require employees to use the simplest and fewest words possible in government publications, Poilievre announced.

“Unfortunately, our governments do nothing but add and add and add paperwork and forms and endless bureaucratic red tape,” he said in a video post to social media.

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

The Democracy Fund Launches Lawsuit Against Western University on Behalf of Students

“The Democracy Fund (TDF), together with lawyer Lisa Bildy of Libertas Law, assisted by Bruce Pardy of Rights Probe, will file a Notice of Application in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in London, Ontario, on behalf of three students objecting to the use, collection and storage of their private medical information by Western University,” reads the press release.

The Democracy Fund is a Canadian registered charity that “promotes constitutional rights through litigation and public education.” It is known for defending the constitutional rights of Canadian citizens.

Recently, Western University made the decision to reimplement COVID-19 mandates at its campus, forcing students to receive a third vaccine dose, as well as wear masks. They announced these measures after the deadline for tuition payment had passed.

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

Trudeau Government to Try and Rush Through the Online Censorship Bill

Canada’s Minister for Public Safety Marco Mendicino said that there would be a new bill targeting legal content on the internet that will be rushed through parliament this fall.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Mendicino said that the new bill would be introduced as soon as possible after MPs return to parliament this fall.

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

Trudeau’s Pandemic Policies Lead to 45 Percent Fewer Americans Driving to Canada

Prior to Covid-19, American road-trippers flocked up north in droves, taking advantage of all Canada has to offer, and supporting the tourism industry of the nation’s numerous border regions.

While the number of Americans crossing the border into Canada has risen in recent months, it is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels. Some have blamed the notorious ArriveCAN app, suggesting it deters potential visitors by adding an extra level of complication to their vacations.

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

Denmark Expects a Winter Free of COVID Restrictions

Denmark is preparing to go through the coming winter without any coronavirus restrictions even with an expected rise in infections, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said on Friday.

The Nordic country expects to be able to avoid lockdown measures due to new improved booster vaccines, greater immunity in the population and being able to better track the spread of the virus through measures such as waste-water testing.

“We are well prepared. The strategy and goal is a completely open society this coming winter,” Heunicke told a press briefing.

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

EU Politicians Intentionally Drive Up Energy Prices

Policy decisions by the EU are leading to increased energy prices. A leaked strategy report by a large German company, showed how politics and business are deliberately influencing prices on the energy market — to the detriment of end consumers.

The report, quoted by Austrian weekly Wochenblick, revealed for example that the allocation of Co2 certificates has reached a new level, German nuclear power plants will not be reopened, France’s nuclear power plants are intentionally producing less and the German gas surcharges increase the relevant price for electricity. Of course, the suicide sanctions against Russia are also helping to drive up prices.

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

Leader of Swedish Islamic Party Has Prior Violence Conviction in Turkey

The leader of the Swedish Islamic Nyans Party has been revealed to have been convicted and fined for violent crime by a Turkish court over an incident that took place in 2009.

Nyans leader Mikail Yüksel is said to have been convicted of minor violence and subjected to a fine by a Turkish court as the party looks to gain seats in the Swedish parliament ahead of this month’s September 11th national elections.

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

Sweden: Children Ask for Bulletproof Vests After Playground Shooting

Following the shooting of a woman and a small child in a local playground, fearful children at a school in the Swedish city of Eskilstuna have reportedly asked if they can wear bulletproof vests.

Students at a school in the Årby, where the playground shooting took place late last month, have expressed fear for their own safety in the wake of the shooting, according to the school’s principal Elin Härnby.

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

Top Footballer Blackmailed Over Witchcraft in France, Where 40 Per Cent of Youth Now Believe in Magic

Football star Paul Pogba has allegedly been blackmailed by a group who accuse him of attempts to cast spells — potentially a serious accusation in France, as surveys claim as many as 40 per cent of under-35s there now believe in witchcraft.

Paul Pogba, a star of the French national football (soccer) squad who currently plays for Italian side Juventus, allegedly paid off a group of blackmailers, including his own brother, 100,000 euros ($100,100) in April, and claimed masked men armed with rifles threatened him in a Paris apartment the month prior.

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

Violent Hailstorm Kills Toddler, Leaves at Least 50 Injured in Spain

A 20-month-old girl died after being hit by a hailstone during a violent storm that wreaked havoc in the Catalonia region of northeastern Spain on Wednesday, according to authorities.

The toddler was rushed to the Josep Trueta Hospital in the nearby city of Girona but died overnight from her injuries, the hospital said in a statement, according to CBS News.

According to Catalonia’s meteorological service, hailstones nearly 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter, or the size of a softball, rained down in the village of La Bisbal d’Emporda, which is north of Barcelona, on Tuesday afternoon.

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

Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader, Will Not Get State Funeral, Putin Skipping Ceremony

MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be buried Saturday in a relatively low-key ceremony snubbed by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin’s refusal to declare a state funeral reflects its uneasiness about the legacy of Gorbachev, who has been venerated worldwide for bringing down the Iron Curtain but reviled by many at home for the Soviet collapse and the ensuing economic meltdown that plunged millions into poverty.

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

India Soars Ahead of UK to Become World’s Fifth Biggest Economy

Britain has dropped behind India to become the world’s sixth largest economy, delivering a further blow to the government in London as it grapples with a brutal cost-of-living shock.

The former British colony leaped past the UK in the final three months of 2021 to become the fifth-biggest economy. The calculation is based in US dollars, and India extended its lead in the first quarter, according to GDP figures from the International Monetary Fund.

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

India: Muslim Youth Held in Baghpat (UP) For Threatening to Behead Hindu Girl’s Family

Jilted Muslim Youth arrested in Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) for threatening to behead Hindu girl’s family not ready to allow their girl for marriage.

Pinki Gupta | HENB | Lucknow | Sept 3, 2022:: The cops of Khekra police station in Baghpat arrested one Mohammad Rahees on Friday following a complaint filed by a family, accusing him of threatening them with death.

The family, in the complaint, alleged that the accused issued ‘sar tan se juda’ (cut the head from body) threats to them and also to make their daughter’s objectionable images viral on social media if the family “did not send her to him”.

The report was lodged last Wednesday. Prior to this, in May, the family had filed another complaint against the same person, accusing him of kidnapping their daughter.

Based on the first complaint, the police had booked Rahees under Section 366 (kidnapping a woman and compelling her for marriage or to cause her defilement) of the Indian Penal Code. Later the police had registered another FIR against the accused under IPC section 506 (criminal intimidation) and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form)…

           — Hat tip: Upananda Brahmachari [Return to headlines]
 

India: Madhya Pradesh: Karni Sena Leader Stabbed to Death, Suspect’s House Razed

BHOPAL: A 28-year-oldKarni Senaleader was stabbed to death by a gang of three inItarsiarea ofNarmadapuramdistrict on Friday night.

The victim, Rohit Singh Rajput, was the town secretary of Karni Sena. He was attacked in a busy area, right in front of the municipality office on Surajganj Road. Rajput’s friendSachin Patelwas also stabbed when he tried to save him. They were taken to a private hospital whereRajputwas declared dead. Patel is in critical condition. Police said Rajput and Patel were standing in the town’s main market area when three men came on bikes and began arguing with them around 8.30pm. One of them suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed Rajput repeatedly with a knife.

           — Hat tip: JW [Return to headlines]
 

Inspired by the Social Media, Muslim Boys Vandalize Durga Idols in Bangladesh. Hindus Protest.

Six Muslim juvenile arrested for breaking Durga idols. Hindus took out protest rally against vandalism against upcoming Durga puja preparation and idol making in Bangladesh.

Atul Das | HENB | Dhaka | Sept 3, 2022:: A gang of 7 Jihadi juveniles attempted to vandalize idols in Ward No. 6 Shiv Mandir of Sadar Upazila, Burir Hat, Rangpur District in Islamic Bangladesh.

At a side of concert event on 2nd Sept, they simultaneously consulted and started pelting pieces of bricks on the newly made Durga idols in the Chobbis hazari Shiva temple premises.

At that time the local Hindu people saw the matter and caught 6 out of 7 of them.

Then the villagers informed local councilor of that ward and called Lebu Mia. When he came the agitated people handed over 6 boys to the police.

It is beyond imagination, how and where such boys of tender age became such iconoclast? But the Bangladesh Govt and administrations habitually ignore such anti-Hindu propagation from which the Hindu religious rights are challenged by the fanatic Muslim people in every foot step…

           — Hat tip: Upananda Brahmachari [Return to headlines]
 

Taiwanese Billionaire Puts Up $32 Million to Train Army of ‘Civilian Warriors’ Against Chinese Invasion

The founder of a major microchip producer has reinstated his Taiwanese citizenship and pledged to spend $32 million of his own money to train “civilian warriors” to prepare for a Chinese invasion.

Wearing a bulletproof vest, billionaire Robert Tsao, founder of United Microelectronics Corp, announced at a Thursday press conference that the Chinese Communist Party’s threat to Taiwan was growing. The 75-year-old says he plans to train “three million people in three years,” and will work with the island’s civilian defense organization — the Kuma Academy.

“Given the Chinese Communist Party’s record of atrocities against its own people and its brutal domination of those like the Uyghurs who are not even Chinese, the CCP’s threats have only ignited among the Taiwanese people a bitter hatred against this threatening enemy, and a shared determination to resist,” he said in a prepared statement.

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

Australian Academy of Science Demands Social Media Platforms Ban Climate “Misinformation”

In a public submission to tech giants in the 2022 review of the Australian Code of Practice on Misinformation and Disinformation, the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering called on online platforms to crack down on “climate denialism misinformation.”

The academies want online platforms to fight what it calls “climate denialism” by “actively promoting reliable, peer-reviewed, and appropriately labeled material from trusted sources.”

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

‘Seven Hundred’ Migrants Including Tiny Babies and a Woman in a Wheelchair Have Crossed the Channel So Far Today as Total Number to Have Landed in the UK This Year Already Rockets Past 25,000

Around 700 migrants were intercepted crossing the English Channel in small boats as the total number of people who have illegally landed into the UK this year has surpassed 25,000.

The approximately 700 individuals arrived at the Port of Dover in Kent on Saturday, Mail Online sources confirmed. Photographs show young children, sleeping infants and a woman in a wheel chair among the arrivals.

Government officials were unable to confirm the exact number of Saturday arrivals as processing is still under way. However, the Ministry of Defence did confirm five boats carried 221 migrants into the country on Friday.

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

£120m ‘Festival of Brexit’ Infested With Woke Events on Childhood ‘Gender Fluidity’ And Decolonising Gardening

The so-called ‘Festival of Brexit’ intended to promote the United Kingdom post-European Union, funded by taxpayers to the tune of £120 million, is infested with woke events featuring drag queens and harping on the imperial roots of gardening — and failing to attract visitors.

While Leave-voting members of the public may have expected that the generously-funded event, rebranded ‘Unboxed: Creativity in the UK’ under Boris Johnson, the supposed Brexit Prime Minister, would be a World’s Fair style showcase of the best of British manufacturing and traditional culture. what their money has actually bought seems very far from any such vision.

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

Virginia Teacher Sues District Over Pronoun Policy: They Think They Know Better Than Parents

A group of parents and teachers in Virginia are suing Harrisonburg City Public Schools to temporarily block a pronoun policy that prevents teachers from “misgendering” a student or disclosing to a parent if a child picks pronouns that adhere to a different sex than the one they were born with.

Deb Figliola, one of the teachers involved in the lawsuit, joined “Fox & Friends First” Friday to elaborate on her fight for parental rights in the classroom.

“I fought back because I basically don’t want to lie to kids,” Figliola said. “I don’t want to lie to the parents. I want to make sure that the people who are most important in their lives are involved in their lives.”

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

6 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/3/2022

  1. Dutch inflation jumps to 13.6 % ………

    That is a load of nonsense. Im on a tight budget and see the minced /ground meat (cheapest red meat ) is up from E4,90 to E9,90 per kg ( 100 % ) . The cheapest tinned sardines from Morocco is up from 79c toE1,29 ( 60 % ), eggs from 1,20 to 1,99 for 10 (80 % ) . Fruit and vegies up at least 50 % . That is priced at ALDI or Albert Heinz chain supermarkets. Gas is up so high in the 100s of % that I bought a cheap 2 plate electric stove and that has saved me a lot too. As of gas heating, Im shutting it down for winter and will go electric or Agga stove if I must.

  2. Ukraine. An incident at a weapons exhibition.

    The footage captured the moment of the explosion of a grenade launcher in Chernihiv

    There, yesterday, a child came to a weapons exhibition, grabbed an RPG-18 grenade launcher, which was freely available without guards, and accidentally fired into the crowd.

    Eight people were injured, including four children. One child is in critical condition.
    https://vk.com/wall-56355400_66970
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    Such a mess. Not surprisingly, weapons supplied by the West end up in the hands of illegal arms dealers.

  3. URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT

    URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT

    URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT

    https://katrinah.com/the-graphene-oxide-5g-connection-part-2/

    “And until people notices —because some people think the TV is God himself—, and turn off the TV and read a report coming from a professor working in a public university in Spain, that says that there is solid evidence, more than verifiable, that there is a derivative of graphene, specifically graphene oxide.

    Only then they will say: “OK, if graphene oxide causes us within the body thrombi, thrombogenicity, blood coagulating action, alteration of the immune system —that is, when there are more graphene oxide toxicants than glutathione in reserve, it causes the collapse of the immune system and cytokine storm—, if it spreads by inhalation uniformly through the lungs and generates bilateral pneumonias…” People will ask: “What is this?” What does this sound like to me? To me, the disease sounds like severe COVID-19 to me; the real, unique, extraordinary severe COVID-19.”

    So, people will understand that all the protective elements that have been provided to the population, like the masks that had graphene nanoparticles and they were withdrawn, do you recall? But they are still being marketed to this day!

    Yesterday we discovered two companies in Spain. One has quickly withdrawn the item from the store, but will be denounced anyway because it has already contacted FACUA communication and consumer service agencies. The masks, the PCR tests, probably the antigen tests, in the anti-flu vaccination, in the new intranasal vaccines made by Nanografi, all of them contain graphene oxide. So how is it possible? Carlos and those people who are listening to me: how is it possible that after those masks that were withdrawn because they contained graphene oxide and caused lung diseases, graphene oxide has been introduced in the vials, in those famous anti-COVID vaccines anyway?

    https://t.me/s/laquintacolumna?before=25742

    telegram la quanta columnia tv graphenoxid
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    This would certainly be something for Baron Bodissey to explore.

    Yesterday’s video with Dr Ruby on Stew Peters’ show has gone viral.
    A Serbian subscriber saw it and put me onto the source, a group in Spain called “La Quinta Columna” (“The 5th Column”), who put out this video by biostatistician, Ricardo Delgado. It is an excellent Spanish-language resource, along with Orwell.city, which did the English-language translation of this video (upon which I improved, slightly).
    Delgado and his team of scientists have concluded that the symptoms of “COVID-19” are, in fact the symptoms of graphene oxide poisoning and that the graphene oxide nanoparticles discovered in the Pfizer vials by Dr. Pablo Campra Madrid at the University of Almería are also found in surgical masks, thus confirming of the suspicions of a British doctor, featured here last April. Surgical masks produced by Shandong Shenquan New Materials were taken off the market in Spain by the national health authority, Sanidad last April, due to the discovery of graphene oxide.
    In addition, the 5th Column confirms other videos posted here last March, that graphene oxide is found in the testing swabs used in both the PCR and the antigen tests, as well as in all the flu shots after 2019.
    In other words, everybody using Chinese surgical masks and taking COVID tests has been getting hit with graphene oxide – not just the vaccinated people!
    This video also mentions that that NAC (N-acetyl cysteine), an antioxidant food supplement that is a precursor to glutathione, counters the toxic effects of graphene oxide and has also been shown to cure “COVID” in scientific studies.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7263077/

    Glutathione is found in very high levels in children. Therefore, “COVID” has hardly any impact on the child population. Glutathione levels drop considerably after 65 years of age, which is why “COVID” is more prevalent in older people.
    https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/graphene-oxide-in-jabs-masks-and-swabs/

  4. The western oriented Europe has got some really stupid multicultural. Stupid to a man. No wait I mean.

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