Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/6/2022

Schools in the French town of Périers have turned down the heat due to higher costs resulting from the energy crisis, so the town’s mayor ordered the town to give fleece jackets to all children to keep them warm in school. Meanwhile, Westinghouse has contracted to build Poland’s first nuclear power plant, despite opposition from Germany.

In other news, a gunman entered a day care center in Thailand and killed more than thirty people, most of them children, before killing himself.

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Financial Crisis
» Most Americans in Over 25 Years Suffer ‘Real’ Pay Cut Under Biden Admin; Fed Report Shows
» Norway: Sweden, And Israel Partner to Test CBDCs
» Poland’s GDP Growth in 2021 Was 0.9% Higher Than Reported
 
USA
» 3 Suspects Charged in $2.6 Million Smash-and-Grab Robbery at Beverly Hills Jewelry Store
» Biden Pardoning All Prior Federal Offenses of Simple Possession of Marijuana
» Biden Approval Remains Underwater as 69% Say US Heading in Wrong Direction: Poll
» BLM Rioter Who Murdered Retired St. Louis Police Captain Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole
» Bobulinski Claims Hunter Biden Defrauded Him, Slams Media ‘Blackout’ On Laptop Story
» Breaking: Twitter v. Musk Trial Paused Until Oct 28 to Let Musk Close Deal
» Breaking: CEO of US Election Software Firm Determined to be ‘Significant Flight Risk’ After Arrest for Storing Data on Chinese Servers
» Chris Cuomo’s New Show ‘Cuomo’ Bombs in the Ratings, Loses to Reruns and Cartoons Among 25-54s
» Democrat New Mexico Governor Begs for More FBI Agents — Again — Amid Crime Wave
» Here Are All the Companies Fleeing Crime-Infested Chicago
» Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Sought Medical Care After COVID-19 Vaccination: CDC Data
» Investigators Believe They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden With Tax, Gun Crimes: Report
» Judge Blocks Enforcement of New York Gun Statute Requiring Applicants Submit Social Media Info
» Las Vegas Police Officer Performed Sex Act During Massage, Said Hand Sanitizer ‘Exploded’ on Him: Police
» Louisiana Hits BlackRock With Massive Multi-Million Dollar Divestment for ‘Blatantly Anti-Fossil Fuel Policies’
» Man Attacks Catholic Cathedral With Fire and a Sword
» Mark Zuckerberg Freezes All Meta Hiring, Slashes Budgets
» Minority-Owned Coffee Shop Allegedly Vandalized for Hosting ‘Coffee With a Cop’ Event
» Police: Two People Dead, Six More Wounded in Stabbing Attack on the Las Vegas Strip
» Rekieta Law Switches to Rumble and Odysee After YouTube Bans His Channel
» Shooting Suspect Surrenders at Dearborn’s Hampton Inn, 1 Injured, Police Say
» U.S. Buying $290m Worth of Anti-Radiation Drugs for Use in ‘Nuclear Emergency’
» Uvalde Schools Fire Ex-Texas Trooper Who Was at Shooting Where 19 Children and 2 Teachers Died
» Video: ‘Only Pipeline Attack Explanation Allowed is the One the Regime Wants You to Believe’
» Waukesha Massacre Suspect Shoves ‘Objection’ Sign Into Pants During Trial
» Whistleblower Tells Chuck Grassley Hundreds Left FBI Over Misconduct, Avoiding Accountability
 
Europe and the EU
» 80% of French People Believe Anti-White Racism Exists
» Climate Groups Demand Big Tech Censor Climate Change “Misinformation”
» Cold Weather Warning Adds to Europe’s Gloom as it Battles Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis
» Conservatives Must Unite to Create ‘Nightmare’ For Brussels’ Liberal Elite, Says Hungarian Institute Director Following Meloni’s Electoral Victory
» French Writer Annie Ernaux Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
» Germany Could Go From an ‘Industrial Country to an Industrial Museum’ Due to Worsening Energy Crisis
» Instead of Heating: French Mayor Buys Fleece Jackets for Students
» Julian Assange ‘Greatly Energized’ By Planned Human Chain Around UK Parliament, Says Wife
» Leftists Most Likely to See Judaism as ‘Incompatible’ With French Values
» Nobel Prize for 3 Chemists Who Made Molecules ‘Click’
» Poland Discussing Hosting Nuclear Weapons to Counter Russian Threat
» Shock Video: Disabled Boy Beaten by Gang of ‘Youths’ At French School
» Swedish Police Probe at Nord Stream Leak Site Strengthens Suspicion of Gross Sabotage
» Tourist Smashes Two Ancient Statues at Vatican Museums
» UK: Climate Activists Slammed as ‘Doomsday Cult’ After Woman Sets Fire to Herself
» Westinghouse to Build First Nuclear Power Station in Poland Despite German Opposition to Polish Nuclear Power Capacity
 
Russia
» Breaking: Biden Says Putin ‘Not Joking’ About Nuclear Weapons
» Kremlin Seizes on Zelensky ‘Blunder’ After Ukraine President Demands NATO ‘Launch Pre-Emptive Strikes’ On Russia to Stop Putin Using Nukes — Before Insisting He Meant ‘Imposing Sanctions’ Pre-Invasion as Kyiv Troops Hammer Moscow Forces Into Retreat
» Polish PM: Rebuild Ukraine With Confiscated Russian Assets
» Rescuers Comb Rubble After Strikes on Ukraine City
» Russia’s War on Ukraine: Daily News and Information From Ukraine
» Russians Would Rather Face Defeat Than Use Nuclear Weapons, Says Security Expert
» Ukrainian Official Confirms ‘Hunt’ To Kill Suspected Pro-Russian ‘Losers’
 
South Asia
» More Than 30, Mostly Children, Dead in a Mass Shooting at a Thai Child Care Center
 
Australia — Pacific
» Anglican Bishop Lashes Thorburn AFL Exit
» Australian Rules-Essendon CEO Quits After One Day in the Job Over Church Links
» Daniel Andrews vs. The Archbishop: Unholy Row Erupts Between Victorian Premier and the Leader of His Own Church Over Essendon Saga
» ‘He’s Been Cancelled Because of His Christianity’: Backlash Erupts After New Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn is Forced to Step Down
» Pauline Hanson is Officially Under Investigation by the Australian Human Rights Commission for Telling Greens Senator to ‘P*** Off Back to Pakistan’
» Sunrise Host David Koch Blows Up at Pastor of Sacked Essendon CEO’s Church as the AFL Club Chairman Toes the Game’s Inclusivity Line
» Top Doctor Nick Coatsworth Issues Blunt Warning About Children as Young as Five Getting the COVID Vaccine as He Urges Australia to Scrap Jabs for Kids: ‘The Benefit Just Isn’t There’
 
Immigration
» Biden Scolds ‘MAGA Republicans’ After 5th Circuit Court Strikes Down DACA, Orders No New Applicants
» Biden Releases 300,000 Illegal Migrants Into US With Tracking Devices, Free Phones
» Bus of Illegal Migrants Arrives Outside of Kamala Harris’ Residence
» Graham, Cruz Tell Mayorkas He’s on Notice for Possible Impeachment Over Border Crisis
» Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Bill to Put a Four-Year Moratorium on Immigration and Completely Revoke the DACA and Dapa Programs to Shield Migrants
» Netherlands: Migrants Housed on Luxury 5-Star Cruise Ship Celebrate With Viral TikTok Videos
 
Culture Wars
» ACLU Demands Biden Admin Force PA School District to ‘Socially Transition’ Students to Opposite Gender Without Parental Approval
» Biden’s FBI Arrests 11 Pro-Life Activists After Allegedly Blocking Clinic From Access
» Child Rapist Awarded $2.5 Million Settlement for Trans Surgery After Idaho Prison Withheld ‘Care’
» Doctors Performed Dozens of Genital Surgeries on Minors, Data Confirms
» Gender Dysphoria Diagnoses for Children Soared 70% in 2021
» Get Out of Big Cities
» J.K. Rowling Blasts Woke Celebs for Supporting Trans Kids Charity After Ties to Pedophilia Network Revealed
» JK Rowling Challenges Trans Charity Mermaids to Sue Her in Twitter Spat After Blasting Celebrities for Backing the Organisation — Even After Trustee Quit Amid Paedophile Row
» Study: Women Who Use Social Media Extensively More Likely to Postpone Having Children
» Trustee of Transgender Charity Mermaids Resigns ‘After Giving Speech at Conference Hosted by Organisation That Promotes Services to Paedophiles’
 

Most Americans in Over 25 Years Suffer ‘Real’ Pay Cut Under Biden Admin; Fed Report Shows

As The Wall Street Journal recently reported “…vast numbers of Americans find their cost of living is rising faster than the income they’re bringing home,” under the Biden administration.

How ‘vast’?

Well The Dallas Fed just issued a report showing that, rather shockingly, a majority of employed workers’ real (inflation-adjusted) wages have failed to keep up with inflation in the past year.

For these workers, The Dallas Fed finds that the median decline in real wages is a little more than 8.5 percent…

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

Norway: Sweden, And Israel Partner to Test CBDCs

The central banks of Israel, Norway, and Sweden, as well as the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), have teamed on a project, called Project Icebreaker, to test the feasibility of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for cross-border payments.

Project Icebreaker’s purpose is to enable fast cross-border payments using CBDCs at a significantly lower cost compared to existing systems.

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

Poland’s GDP Growth in 2021 Was 0.9% Higher Than Reported

A contraction in the Polish economy in 2020 was slightly smaller than expected, and the country’s GDP increase in 2021 was much stronger than previously estimated, Statistics Poland (GUS) revealed as it announced corrections to Poland’s economic performance for the years 2018-2021.

According to new data, the real GDP last year was 6.8 percent higher on a year-over-year basis, 0.9 percent more than previously reported. For this index, it is a significant correction.

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

3 Suspects Charged in $2.6 Million Smash-and-Grab Robbery at Beverly Hills Jewelry Store

A federal grand jury indicted three men Wednesday in connection to a smash-and-grab robbery of over $2.6 million worth of merchandise from a Beverly Hills, California jewelry store.

The indictment, filed in Los Angeles, charges Jimmy Lee Vernon III, 31, Ladell Tharpe, 37, and Deshon Bell, 20, with conspiracy and interference with commerce by robbery, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office.

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

Biden Pardoning All Prior Federal Offenses of Simple Possession of Marijuana

President Biden is pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana, the White House announced Thursday, although senior officials stressed to reporters that there are currently no people in federal prisons solely for simple possession of marijuana.

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

Biden Approval Remains Underwater as 69% Say US Heading in Wrong Direction: Poll

President Biden’s approval rating continues to struggle among Republicans and independents with as many as 69% of Americans expressing the opinion that the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction, according to a Marist Poll released Thursday.

Biden’s approval rating has been on a steady increase over the last three months with 44% of Americans saying they support the job he is doing.

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

BLM Rioter Who Murdered Retired St. Louis Police Captain Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole

The 26-year-old man convicted of killing retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday.

Stephan Cannon’s sentencing comes after a jury convicted him in July of fatally shooting Dorn in June 2020. The 77-year-old was responding to a burglary alarm at a friend’s pawn shop during a night of Black Lives Matter rioting when Cannon shot him.

Cannon was convicted in July on all of felony charges he faced, including first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, stealing $750 or more, unlawful possession of a firearm, and three counts of armed criminal action.

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

Bobulinski Claims Hunter Biden Defrauded Him, Slams Media ‘Blackout’ On Laptop Story

Tony Bobulinski, former business partner of the Biden family, claimed Tuesday that the president’s son and brother cheated him out of millions of dollars in a deal to form a joint venture with a Chinese firm.

The former Navy officer’s accusations involve a contract initiated between a Delaware firm he started, owned by him, Jim and Hunter Biden, and partners Rob Walker and James Gilliar, to create a joint venture with CEFC, the Chinese firm that pledged to give them $10 million of working capital. Bobulinski alleged that the Bidens embezzled at least $5 million from CEFC.

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

Breaking: Twitter v. Musk Trial Paused Until Oct 28 to Let Musk Close Deal

On Thursday, negotiations between Twitter and Elon Musk reached a stalemate, with the tech giant remaining steadfast in its insistence that a trial be held before close to ensure Musk is able to pay up. Musk and Twitter agreed to a deal where Musk would buy the social media giant for $54.20 per share, or $44 billion.

Musk’s lawyers petitioned the court to stay the trial, pointing out that the billionaire and his financiers had promised to come up with the money in time. Their wish was granted.

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

Breaking: CEO of US Election Software Firm Determined to be ‘Significant Flight Risk’ After Arrest for Storing Data on Chinese Servers

On Tuesday, US election software firm Konnech’s CEO Eugene Yu was arrested for allegedly storing data on Chinese servers.

Yu has since been described as a “significant flight risk.”

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

Chris Cuomo’s New Show ‘Cuomo’ Bombs in the Ratings, Loses to Reruns and Cartoons Among 25-54s

Chris Cuomo’s new primetime show on NewsNation, ‘Cuomo,’ bombed in ratings Monday and lost to cartoons and rerun shows in a top demographic for advertisers.

Cuomo garnered 147,000 total viewers Monday as he returned to primetime television after CNN terminated him in December, the New York Post reported, citing numbers released by Nielsen Media Research. In the 25-54-year-old demographic, Cuomo only reeled in 8,000 total viewers.

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

Democrat New Mexico Governor Begs for More FBI Agents — Again — Amid Crime Wave

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham asked the Justice Department (DOJ) to back her petition for further FBI assistance to combat surging violent crime, she revealed Wednesday.

FBI Director Christopher Wray failed to give Grisham more resources when she reached out to him with similar pleas in June, according to a press release. She recently sent Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter that urged assigning more FBI agents to her state.

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

Here Are All the Companies Fleeing Crime-Infested Chicago

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story mistakenly referred to the hedge fund Citadel as Citadel Securities. It has since been corrected.

Several massive corporations are moving out of Chicago amid the city’s long-running struggle with violent crime.

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

Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Sought Medical Care After COVID-19 Vaccination: CDC Data

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

Hundreds of thousands of Americans sought medical care after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data released on Oct. 3.

Some 782,900 people reported seeking medical attention, emergency room care, and/or hospitalization following COVID-19 vaccination. Another 2.5 million people reported needing to miss school, work, or other normal activities as a result of a health event after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

The reports were made to the CDC’s V-safe program, a new vaccine safety monitoring system to which users can report issues through smartphones.

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

Investigators Believe They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden With Tax, Gun Crimes: Report

Federal investigators believe they have gathered enough evidence to charge President Joe Biden’s son Hunter “with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase,” according to a bombshell new report from the Washington Post.

Federal investigators associated with the FBI and IRS determined months ago that they had sufficient evidence to indict the younger Biden but it is now up to the U.S. attorney in Delaware, who was appointed by former president Trump, to determine whether to charge him, per the Post.

Chris Clark, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, responded to an inquiry from the Post with a written statement accusing investigators of misconduct.

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

Judge Blocks Enforcement of New York Gun Statute Requiring Applicants Submit Social Media Info

A federal judge in New York blocked the state from enforcing parts of a new law, including a provision requiring concealed carry permit applicants to submit their social media information for review.

U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby ruled Thursday several provisions of the state’s new gun laws are unconstitutional, according to Syracuse.com. Suddaby delayed enforcement of his decision for three business days to allow the state to appeal, according to the report. The temporary restraining order will be in effect through Oct. 20, when another hearing is scheduled.

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

Las Vegas Police Officer Performed Sex Act During Massage, Said Hand Sanitizer ‘Exploded’ on Him: Police

Officer was on-duty during incident, report says

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer is accused of masturbating during a chiropractic massage, according to his arrest report.

Richard Landahl faces lewdness charges after the victim told police he had requested her as a massage therapist and began masturbating minutes into the massage, the report said.

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, around 11 a.m., the victim said she met with Landahl at the business, where he had requested her to be his therapist for that day’s session after having had one previous session with her months earlier, according to the report.

The victim told Landahl to dress down to his level of comfort in a private room. When she returned, he was wearing his underwear and was facedown with a sheet over him, the report said.

The victim told police that during the massage, Landahl began masturbating in front of her, the report said.

When the victim realized what was happening, she stopped the massage and left the room, the report said. She said she was planning to return, and told employees and the chiropractic doctor what was happening.

While the chiropractor told the victim to go so that she would not have to interact with Landahl while he was asked to leave, Landahl exited the private room with his clothes back on, the report said.

When the chiropractor went to speak to Landahl, he told her that he was having marital issues and did not want his wife to learn about what happened. He apologized for making the victim feel uncomfortable, but only said he had put his hands underneath his body because he was cold, according to the report.

           — Hat tip: Roger [Return to headlines]
 

Louisiana Hits BlackRock With Massive Multi-Million Dollar Divestment for ‘Blatantly Anti-Fossil Fuel Policies’

Louisiana State Treasurer John Schroder announced his state will divest funds from the multi-trillion dollar investment firm, BlackRock, due to environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies some claim boycott the oil, gas and coal industries.

“Your blatantly anti-fossil fuel policies would destroy Louisiana’s economy,” Schroder said in a letter sent Wednesday to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.

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

Man Attacks Catholic Cathedral With Fire and a Sword

A man used fire and a sword to attack an Oklahoma Catholic cathedral while school was in session on Wednesday, the school told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Daniel Edwards, carrying a large ice chest, attempted to break into the cathedral of Holy Family Cathedral School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while students were outside taking school pictures, the school told the DCNF. Edwards then threw a flaming object into the side of the building and used a sword to attack the school’s front desk attendant when he confronted Edwards.

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

Mark Zuckerberg Freezes All Meta Hiring, Slashes Budgets

Meta has terminated its prestigious London-based internship program just days after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company has frozen all hiring in preparation for its first ever downsizing.

The interns who were supposed to start in their highly sought-after positions in January 2023 received emails notifying them of the decision, reported the New York Post.

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

Minority-Owned Coffee Shop Allegedly Vandalized for Hosting ‘Coffee With a Cop’ Event

A coffee shop in Portland was vandalized in an alleged act of retaliation against a ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event the store was planning on hosting.

Six masked individuals targeted the Bison Coffee House around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, according to The Oregonian. The vandals allegedly smashed the coffee shop’s windows using hammers and crowbars and discharged a fire extinguisher, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage, the outlet reported.

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

Police: Two People Dead, Six More Wounded in Stabbing Attack on the Las Vegas Strip

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Two people are dead and six more are hospitalized after a mass stabbing on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday morning.

Three of the victims are in critical condition, said Capt. Dori Koren with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

This, after police were called to a casino in the 3100 block of Las Vegas Boulevard at 11:41 a.m. on reports of a stabbing with multiple victims.

The suspect was taken into custody in front of the Venetian, reportedly with a significant amount of blood “on his sleeves.” Police said multiple victims were transported to area hospitals with “unknown extent of injuries.”

[…]

Witnesses at the scene tell 13 Action News reporter Joe Moeller the stabbings occurred in multiple locations and some of the victims involved may have been showgirls, who take photos with tourists on the Strip.

Moeller spoke to one woman who said the injured showgirls are her employees. She tells KTNV the suspect told the women he was a chef and asked to pose for a photo with them while holding a knife. When the women declined his offer, he stabbed them, she said.

One witness from Canada shared a photo with 13 Action News of a showgirl being taken away from the scene on a stretcher.

           — Hat tip: MM [Return to headlines]
 

Rekieta Law Switches to Rumble and Odysee After YouTube Bans His Channel

Nick Rekieta, a practicing attorney and the host of the popular legal commentary channel, Rekieta Law, has announced that he’ll be live streaming on the free speech video sharing platforms Rumble and Odysee after YouTube suddenly terminated his channel.

Before the channel was removed, Rekieta Law had over 471,000 YouTube subscribers and many of his live streams had hundreds of thousands of viewers. Rekieta Law joined YouTube more than a decade ago and had posted over 1,600 videos to the platforms.

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

Shooting Suspect Surrenders at Dearborn’s Hampton Inn, 1 Injured, Police Say

Law enforcement, including Michigan State Police and ATF agents, swarmed downtown Dearborn early Thursday afternoon after reports of an armed gunman at the Hampton Inn, where Dearborn police said there was a dispute with hotel staff over money.

At least one person had been injured in the gunfire, police said, and the shooter surrendered at about 8:30 p.m.

Into the evening, authorities were still asking the public to stay clear of Michigan Avenue and Military Street, which they said was “active and dangerous.” Earlier in the day, a few frightened employees of nearby businesses had sheltered in place.

Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin gave few details but said there was a lone suspect armed with a “long gun.” The chief added that the man was barricaded in one of the hotel rooms, and the authorities were “actively negotiating” a surrender without additional injuries and hope to resolve the standoff peacefully.

           — Hat tip: LP [Return to headlines]
 

U.S. Buying $290m Worth of Anti-Radiation Drugs for Use in ‘Nuclear Emergency’

The Biden regime is buying up $290 million in anti-radiation drugs for use in “nuclear emergencies” amid escalating tensions with Russia and heightened threats of a nuclear war.

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

Uvalde Schools Fire Ex-Texas Trooper Who Was at Shooting Where 19 Children and 2 Teachers Died

UVALDE, Texas — Following new outrage by Uvalde parents, school officials Thursday abruptly fired a former Texas state trooper who was on scene of the Robb Elementary School massacre and then hired by the school district after the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.

The firing came after CNN reported that Crimson Elizondo, who resigned from the Texas Department of Public Safety after the May 24 attack, was hired by the Uvalde school district following one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.

Elizondo was among more than 90 state troopers — and nearly 400 law enforcement officers in all — who rushed to Robb Elementary during the massacre but waited more than hour to confront a gunman with an AR-15-style rifle shooting inside a fourth-grade classroom.

In police body camera footage, CNN reported, Elizondo is heard telling other officers at the scene of Robb Elementary: “If my son had been in there, I would not have been outside. I promise you that.”

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

Video: ‘Only Pipeline Attack Explanation Allowed is the One the Regime Wants You to Believe’

Tucker Carlson warned Wednesday that the fact anyone who even suggests that The U.S. and its allies had anything to do with the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage is being labelled as a ‘Russian propagandist’ is a sure sign that we no longer live in a democratic society.

Carlson noted that it is now apparent that we are “not really living in a democracy. You can’t be because in a democracy, the government has a moral and legal obligation to tell you the truth always. Period.”

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

Waukesha Massacre Suspect Shoves ‘Objection’ Sign Into Pants During Trial

The alleged perpetrator in the Waukesha Christmas parade killings was removed from his trial’s courtroom Thursday for disorderly conduct, only to act erratically in his remote viewing location.

On Sept. 28, Judge Jennifer Dorow granted Darrell Brooks’ request to represent himself in the trial, WISN reported. She sequestered Brooks Thursday to a different room for a remote appearance at trial, following his multiple interruptions Thursday, the trial’s first day for arguments, according to Law & Crime.

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

Whistleblower Tells Chuck Grassley Hundreds Left FBI Over Misconduct, Avoiding Accountability

WASHINGTON — A U.S. senator is pressing the FBI for more information after a whistleblower alleged that an internal review found 665 FBI personnel have resigned or retired to avoid accountability in misconduct probes over the past two decades.

The whistleblower told the office of Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, that the Justice Department launched the review of the FBI’s disciplinary database in 2020 following an Associated Press investigation into sexual misconduct allegations involving at least six senior FBI officials.

The follow-up review found 665 FBI employees, including 45 senior-level officials, resigned or retired between 2004 and 2020 following a misconduct probe but before a final disciplinary letter could be issued, according to a letter this week from Grassley to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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

80% of French People Believe Anti-White Racism Exists

Although many on the left claim anti-White racism does not exist, new polling shows nearly everyone in France disagrees with them.

The survey carried out for CNews by the CSA institute shows that 80 percent of French people answered “yes” to the question: “Is there in France, in certain communities, anti-White racism?”

Only 19 percent of French people said “no” to the question, while 1 percent could not decide.

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

Climate Groups Demand Big Tech Censor Climate Change “Misinformation”

Several climate change advocacy groups, including Friends of Earth and Greenpeace, have asked social media companies to treat “misinformation” about climate change like they do “hate speech” and opinions about Covid that go against government-backed authorities.

In a letter released on Tuesday, the groups also asked social media companies to be transparent about how they tackle climate disinformation and suggested that the company should report it under Europe’s Digital Service Act, which requires platforms to moderate “harmful” content.

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

Cold Weather Warning Adds to Europe’s Gloom as it Battles Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis

The weather in Europe is usually difficult to predict because conditions are dictated by several remote factors, but Europe may experience a colder winter with less wind and rain than usual, according to the European Weather Forecast Agency. This is bound to heighten the challenges facing governments trying to solve the continent’s energy crisis.

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Conservatives Must Unite to Create ‘Nightmare’ For Brussels’ Liberal Elite, Says Hungarian Institute Director Following Meloni’s Electoral Victory

Following Giorgia Meloni’s victory in Italy, conservatives from across Europe convened at the Italian Nazione Futura conservative conference in Rome. Miklós Szanthó, director at the influential Center for Fundamental Rights (az Alapjogokért Központ), discussed the future prospects of Europe’s conservative movement and how Hungary can serve as a template for Italy’s national revitalization.

Szanthó began by offering his gratitude and congratulations to “all my friends on the Italian Right for the historic election victory.

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

French Writer Annie Ernaux Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

STOCKHOLM — This year’s Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to French author Annie Ernaux.

Ernaux, 82, was cited for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Nobel committee said.

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Germany Could Go From an ‘Industrial Country to an Industrial Museum’ Due to Worsening Energy Crisis

Germany is at risk of going from an industrial country to an “industrial museum” due to the federal government’s energy policy, warned the president of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), Markus Steilemann. According to him, Germany is at risk of frequent power shortages because renewable energy is insufficient to meet the country’s energy needs.

Pointing to wind power, he said that Germany would need to build 10 wind turbines daily to implement the energy transition.

“One of them needs 4,000 tons of steel. That is half an Eiffel Tower. That means five Eiffel Towers every day. And that for the next eight years,” Steilemann said.

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

Instead of Heating: French Mayor Buys Fleece Jackets for Students

Put on a down jacket or switch to a turtleneck sweater: for a few days now, the French government has been calling for people to turn down the heating and adapt to save energy. A French mayor explains how this can be done and recommends that the students put on fleece jackets.

The small French town of Périers has decided to give every school child a fleece jacket as the heating in schools is turned down due to the energy crisis. “The students have to feel good in order to learn,” said the mayor of the Normandy town, Gabriel Daube, on the France Bleu broadcaster . He called the procedure “one of the measures to reduce the city’s energy bill”:

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Julian Assange ‘Greatly Energized’ By Planned Human Chain Around UK Parliament, Says Wife

The morale and energy of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — held in jail for three-and-a— half years — has been greatly boosted by plans for a human chain to encircle Britain’s parliament, his wife has said.

Several thousand supporters of Mr Asange, 51, have signed up to form the chain in which they will link arms and spread themselves around parliament in protest over his detention and possible extradition to the US.

If enough people show up on Saturday October 8, campaigners plan to have the human chain spread over Westminster Bridge over the River Thames, turn right on the South Bank, then return to parliament by means of Lambeth Bridge.

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

Leftists Most Likely to See Judaism as ‘Incompatible’ With French Values

A survey has found that those who support left-wing parties in France are far more likely to believe that Judaism is not compatible with French values, while also being the most likely to claim Islam is compatible.

The “French Fractures” survey, which was carried out by the polling firm Ipsos and the consulting firm Sopra Steria for the newspaper Le Monde, the Jean-Jaure’s Foundation and Cevipof, found that those who support leftist parties were far more likely to find that Judaism is incompatible with the values of French society.

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Nobel Prize for 3 Chemists Who Made Molecules ‘Click’

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.

Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless, and Danish scientist Morten Meldal were cited for their work on click chemistry that works “sort of like molecular Lego.”

“It’s all about snapping molecules together,” said Johan Aqvist, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that announced the winners at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

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Poland Discussing Hosting Nuclear Weapons to Counter Russian Threat

Poland is in talks with the United States about participating in a nuclear weapons sharing program to counter growing threats from Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda revealed in an interview for Gazeta Polska weekly.

“The issue of Polish participation in the nuclear sharing program is open,” said the president.

When asked about the Russian threats of using a nuclear weapon, Duda answered that they indicate a way of thinking that “if Russia does not become great, then the world can cease to exist.”

He added that if Russia started a nuclear war, the ones responsible would be “cast out from the entire world.”

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Shock Video: Disabled Boy Beaten by Gang of ‘Youths’ At French School

Disturbing video footage shows a disabled boy being beaten up by a group of male students at a school in France, according to reports.

The shocking incident unfolded on Monday at a high school in Saint-Maximin, a commune in the department of Var.

The victim has reportedly been targeted repeatedly due to his handicap.

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Swedish Police Probe at Nord Stream Leak Site Strengthens Suspicion of Gross Sabotage

HELSINKI (Reuters) —Suspicions of gross sabotage on the damaged Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea have strengthened following a crime scene investigation in the Swedish exclusive economic zone, the country’s security police said on Thursday.

Swedish and Danish authorities have been investigating four leaks from the Russian pipes that were discovered last week in Swedish and Danish exclusive economic zones.

“There have been detonations near Nord Stream 1 and 2, within the Swedish economic zone, resulting in extensive damage to the gas pipelines,” Swedish security police said in a statement.

Some material had been seized on site and would now be analysed, and the site was no longer cordoned off, they said. “The continued investigation will show whether anyone can be suspected of, and later prosecuted for, this crime.”

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Tourist Smashes Two Ancient Statues at Vatican Museums

ROME — A tourist toppled two antique marble busts in the Vatican collection Wednesday before being arrested by the gendarmerie.

The man, described by local media as “a middle-aged American tourist of Egyptian origin,” reportedly wanted to see Pope Francis and when he was told it was not possible threw a first bust to the ground, damaging it, followed by a second as he tried to flee the scene.

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UK: Climate Activists Slammed as ‘Doomsday Cult’ After Woman Sets Fire to Herself

Climate activists have been slammed as participating in a “doomsday cult” following an extreme self-immolation stunt. A comedian and political commentator has described activist groups including Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil as being full of “crankery”.

Protesters have received much attention over the past year, disrupting famous works of art, defacing monuments and even sitting in busy roads in attempts to move the national discussion towards climate change.

As actions appear to be becoming more extreme, a video went viral over the weekend in which a young girl set fire to her own arm.

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Westinghouse to Build First Nuclear Power Station in Poland Despite German Opposition to Polish Nuclear Power Capacity

The Polish government is expected to announce in the coming days that American company Westinghouse will build the first nuclear power station in Poland, according to reports. However, for political reasons, a compromise will be struck by which Westinghouse will only be allowed to build the first nuclear power station, leaving the door open for other providers.

This solution is expected to lead to delays in the project, as the European Commission is likely to block, at Germany’s behest, Poland’s intention to allow the construction of the first nuclear power station to proceed. The Czechs have avoided falling into such a trap.

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Breaking: Biden Says Putin ‘Not Joking’ About Nuclear Weapons

Speaking at a fundraiser on Thursday night, President Joe Biden told the assembled that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological chemical weapons.”

“We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis,” Biden said, according to PBS.

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Kremlin Seizes on Zelensky ‘Blunder’ After Ukraine President Demands NATO ‘Launch Pre-Emptive Strikes’ On Russia to Stop Putin Using Nukes — Before Insisting He Meant ‘Imposing Sanctions’ Pre-Invasion as Kyiv Troops Hammer Moscow Forces Into Retreat

Russia said such comments risked starting ‘another world war’ after Volodymr Zelensky appeared to say he believed ‘preemptive strikes’ on Russian territory were necessary.

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Polish PM: Rebuild Ukraine With Confiscated Russian Assets

Ukraine should be rebuilt with seized Russian assets, and Poland is the only country supporting this necessary policy, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday while speaking at the international conference on business cooperation for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Morawiecki added that Ukraine could be reconstructed with the help of Polish companies.

The Polish prime minister said that a new security architecture must be built to defeat Russia and that there must be “no hiding of heads in the sand over the threat posed by Russian capital.” He indicated that he was convinced Russia could be beaten thanks to the broad coalition against it.

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Rescuers Comb Rubble After Strikes on Ukraine City

Death toll rises to seven after Zaporizhzhia missile strikes — governor

The death toll after the Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia this morning has risen to seven, says the regional governor, Oleksandr Starukh.

At least five people are still considered missing and efforts to determine the exact number of dead and injured are continuing, he adds.

“Thanks to the prompt work of special services, rescuers and doctors, it was possible to save 21 people,” he says.

He adds that the firing of S-300 air defence missiles — which Russia has used increasingly to attack civilian and other targets in Ukraine — was “a real act of terrorism”.

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Russia’s War on Ukraine: Daily News and Information From Ukraine

Dispatches from Ukraine. Thursday, October 6. Day 225

As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.

By Polina Rasskazova

Regional. Zaporizhzhia Region.

At 5:00 a.m., Ukraine time, the Russian army launched a massive attack from S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems at the city of Zaporizhzhia. Seven rockets hit high-rise residential buildings in the central district of the city and private sector buildings nearby. As a result of the shelling, three people died and about 12 people were injured, including two children, according to reports from Oleksandr Starukh, the Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration

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Russians Would Rather Face Defeat Than Use Nuclear Weapons, Says Security Expert

While the possible use of a nuclear weapon seems closer after the events of recent weeks, from a strategic and domestic perspective, it would not make sense for Vladimir Putin to follow through on recent threats, according to nuclear weapons expert and security analyst Michal Smetana.

In an interview with Echo24, the Charles University academic spoke of the Russian public’s strong opposition to the use of nuclear weapons and said there is no reason to believe that the alleged “nuclear train” was transporting nuclear weapons, insisting the entire construction of this media-friendly story was based on very dubious foundations from the beginning.

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Ukrainian Official Confirms ‘Hunt’ To Kill Suspected Pro-Russian ‘Losers’

Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko told the U.K. Daily Mail in an article published Wednesday that Ukrainian “intelligence services” were killing Ukrainians suspected of collaborating with the Russian military “like pigs” in areas where Kyiv has pushed back the ongoing invasion.

The British newspaper highlighted multiple examples of individuals — civilians with backgrounds such as chicken farm security guard and alleged pedophile — currently in Ukrainian custody and facing prosecution for aiding the Russian invasion. Those cases, where some form of legal process appears to be in place, contrast significantly with Gerashchenko’s insistence that Ukrainian law does not protect collaborators and that the government is actively encouraging extrajudicial killings.

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More Than 30, Mostly Children, Dead in a Mass Shooting at a Thai Child Care Center

BANGKOK — A former police officer killed at least 24 children and 11 adults in a gun and knife attack that began at a child care center in Thailand on Thursday, authorities said. The assailant fled the first scene, shooting from his car as he drove home, before killing his wife and child and taking his own life.

Photos and videos posted online of the day care showed the floor of one room was smeared with blood and sleeping mats scattered about. Alphabet pictures and other colorful decorations adorned the walls.

In videos from the scene, frantic family members could be heard weeping outside the building. Ambulances stood by as police and medical workers walked around.

Authorities identified the assailant as a former police officer and said he entered the child care center after noon in the northeastern Thai town of Nongbua Lamphu.

Twenty-two children and two adults were killed in the building before the assailant fled, according to a police statement. But he continued to shoot people from his car, police Maj. Gen. Paisal Luesomboon told The Associated Press.

After arriving home, he killed his wife and child and then himself, police said.

Police said he killed another two children and nine adults outside the child care center, including his wife and his son.

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Anglican Bishop Lashes Thorburn AFL Exit

A debate over religious freedom has erupted after former banking executive Andrew Thorburn’s reign as Essendon AFL chief executive lasted just 24 hours.The…

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Australian Rules-Essendon CEO Quits After One Day in the Job Over Church Links

MELBOURNE, Oct 5 (Reuters) — Andrew Thorburn resigned as chief executive of Australian Football League club Essendon a day after his appointment following an…

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Daniel Andrews vs. The Archbishop: Unholy Row Erupts Between Victorian Premier and the Leader of His Own Church Over Essendon Saga

Dan Andrews has entered into an unholy row with the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne over whether the forced resignation of former Essendon CEO Andrews Thorburn is ‘true’ Christianity.

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‘He’s Been Cancelled Because of His Christianity’: Backlash Erupts After New Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn is Forced to Step Down

The forced resignation of Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn shows a ‘toxic’ wokeness that targets Christians but has double standards towards Muslim players and sponsorships, a Christian group says.

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Pauline Hanson is Officially Under Investigation by the Australian Human Rights Commission for Telling Greens Senator to ‘P*** Off Back to Pakistan’

The One Nation leader has been accused of racism after telling Ms Faruqi to return to her native country in the social media post made in September.

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Sunrise Host David Koch Blows Up at Pastor of Sacked Essendon CEO’s Church as the AFL Club Chairman Toes the Game’s Inclusivity Line

Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit his role on Monday after only one day in the top job at the Essendon AFL club when he refused to stand down as chairman of the City on the Hill church.

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Top Doctor Nick Coatsworth Issues Blunt Warning About Children as Young as Five Getting the COVID Vaccine as He Urges Australia to Scrap Jabs for Kids: ‘The Benefit Just Isn’t There’

The former deputy chief medical officer said Australia should reconsider its stance on giving the dose to children above the age of five.

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Biden Scolds ‘MAGA Republicans’ After 5th Circuit Court Strikes Down DACA, Orders No New Applicants

President Biden lashed out at a federal appeals court on Wednesday, after it ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was illegally implemented by the Obama administration.

In a statement, the president called the decision “unlawful” and urged Congress to make permanent legislative protections to help more than 600,000 immigrants currently protected by DACA.

On Wednesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court’s three-judge panel determined the Obama administration lacked the authority to institute the DACA program. However, the court stopped short of judicially dismantling it and said DACA migrants could continue to receive legal protections.

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Biden Releases 300,000 Illegal Migrants Into US With Tracking Devices, Free Phones

The Biden administration has given out more than 300,000 smartphones to illegal immigrants as of September 24, 2022, for the sake of tracking them and as an alternative to detention, in a move that costs taxpayers $361,218 per day.

Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse collected data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and determined that over 300,000 illegal immigrants were enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program which uses the expensive smartphones exclusively for tracking each alien.

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Bus of Illegal Migrants Arrives Outside of Kamala Harris’ Residence

More than two dozen illegal migrants arrived outside of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning.

The Naval Observatory has been the site of several illegal migrant drop-offs in recent months as Republicans attempt to bring the record-breaking number of border crossings to the Biden administration’s attention.

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Graham, Cruz Tell Mayorkas He’s on Notice for Possible Impeachment Over Border Crisis

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined forces to send a message to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that they have “grounds for impeachment” if he fails to act swiftly in correcting his “gross dereliction of duty” at the southern border.

In a letter to Mayorkas on Tuesday evening exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, the senators compiled data produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that show that the crisis at the southern border has deteriorated since Mayorkas took office 19 months ago.

“This is gross dereliction of duty and, if not corrected swiftly, could provide grounds for impeachment,” the senators wrote.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Bill to Put a Four-Year Moratorium on Immigration and Completely Revoke the DACA and Dapa Programs to Shield Migrants

Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a complete four-year pause on immigration to the United States in a new bill the Georgia lawmaker announced on Thursday.

The legislation also aims to end programs that grant legal residency to people who came to the US illegally.

‘My Protect America First Act revokes DACA and DAPA, which both are unconstitutional, and a plan must be developed,’ Greene wrote on Twitter Thursday.

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Netherlands: Migrants Housed on Luxury 5-Star Cruise Ship Celebrate With Viral TikTok Videos

Migrants in the Netherlands are bragging about their new luxury cruise ship accommodations on TikTok and other social media platforms, with the news coming at a time when the country is facing skyrocketing inflation and an uncertain economic future.

In the municipality of Velsen, up to 1,000 migrants have been moved onto the Silja Europa cruise ship, which will now serve as a floating asylum shelter.

In the videos posted to TikTok, migrants give viewers tours of their new home, which features spacious cabins and hot buffets, all of which will be paid for by Dutch citizens. The videos have been reposted on a number of other social media platforms as well.

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ACLU Demands Biden Admin Force PA School District to ‘Socially Transition’ Students to Opposite Gender Without Parental Approval

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal complaint on Thursday against the Central Bucks School District (CBSD) in Pennsylvania saying that they’ve created a “hostile environment” for “LGBTQ+ students” by requiring students to get their parents’ permission before insisting everyone in class call them by a different name and set of pronouns.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the ACLU filed the complaint and asked President Biden’s Department of Education and Department of Justice to command that CBSD better affirm and support its LGBTQ+ students, one example being to use the child’s preferred pronouns. Current CBSD policy requires parental permission before a teacher would use a different pronoun than the one that corresponds to the student’s biological sex.

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Biden’s FBI Arrests 11 Pro-Life Activists After Allegedly Blocking Clinic From Access

The Biden Justice Department has charged 11 pro-life activists with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act after the suspects allegedly blocked the entranec of an abortion clinic last year.

They were charged with the FACE Act violations after they allegedly blocked the doors of a clinic near Mount Juliet, Tennessee.

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Child Rapist Awarded $2.5 Million Settlement for Trans Surgery After Idaho Prison Withheld ‘Care’

A violent sex offender who was incarcerated for the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old boy has been awarded more than $2.5 million in legal fees after suing the state of Idaho for withholding “gender affirming care,” Reduxx reports.

The individual now goes by the name of Adree Edmo. Edmo filed the lawsuit against the state of Idaho and the department of correction’s medical provider, Corizon Correctional Healthcare, in 2017 after being denied gender surgeries.

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Doctors Performed Dozens of Genital Surgeries on Minors, Data Confirms

Dozens of genital surgeries and hundreds of mastectomies were performed on children for the purpose of gender transitions from 2019 to 2021, according to insurance data analyzed by health technology company Komodo Health Inc and originally reported by Reuters.

At least 56 genital surgeries and 776 mastectomies were performed on minors aged 13 to 17 who had gender dysphoria diagnoses in the US from 2017-2019, according to Komodo. The numbers are likely an undercount since the data only includes those that were covered by insurance and doesn’t include children who don’t have a gender dysphoria diagnosis in their medical records.

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Gender Dysphoria Diagnoses for Children Soared 70% in 2021

Childhood gender dysphoria diagnoses soared 70% from 2020 to 2021, according to medical records of 330 million Americans analyzed by Komodo Health Inc, Reuters reported Thursday.

The findings reveal a massive uptick in gender dysphoria diagnoses for children aged 6 to 17, with at least 121,882 children receiving that diagnosis in the five years leading up to 2021, according to Reuters. While most children who are diagnosed with the disorder do not medically transition, the rate of children on puberty blockers more than doubled from 2017 to 2021 to just over 5,000.

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Get Out of Big Cities

Multiple stabbing attack in London. Police station 200 meters from the scene but no officers on site.

Presumably, they were too busy filing hate crime reports about people being misgendered on Twitter.

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J.K. Rowling Blasts Woke Celebs for Supporting Trans Kids Charity After Ties to Pedophilia Network Revealed

Woke celebrities and corporations will be “panicking” over their support of a controversial children’s transgender charity that has been revealed to have connections to advocates of paedophilia, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has predicted.

Author and outspoken critic of modern transgender ideology, J.K. Rowling came out against the woke establishment that has supported the British charity Mermaids, which has been revealed to have employed a trustee who attended a pro-paedophilia event as a PhD student in 2011.

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JK Rowling Challenges Trans Charity Mermaids to Sue Her in Twitter Spat After Blasting Celebrities for Backing the Organisation — Even After Trustee Quit Amid Paedophile Row

Ms Rowling said the charity had achieved unprecedented influence in the UK with the help of ‘certain corporations and celebrities’ who boosted them despite ‘red flags’.

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Study: Women Who Use Social Media Extensively More Likely to Postpone Having Children

A study by the University of Helsinki claims women who extensively use social media or are very work-orientated often postpone having children as they do not want them to affect their lifestyle.

While it had been before claimed the spread of social media was a cause of sinking fertility rates, this is the first time the link has been proven, researchers say.

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Trustee of Transgender Charity Mermaids Resigns ‘After Giving Speech at Conference Hosted by Organisation That Promotes Services to Paedophiles’

Dr Jacob Breslow, who was a PhD student in gender research, shared his controversial research that appeared to criticise society’s understanding of paedophiles at a US event.

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4 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/6/2022

  1. Asylum seekers on five-star cruiser celebrate on Tiktok
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    https://www.friatider.se/asylsokare-pa-femstjarnig-kryssare-firar-pa-tiktok

    Published 7 October 2022 In Fria Tider

    Immigrants from the Arab world spread videos showing them enjoying life aboard a cruise ship in the Netherlands that has been converted into an asylum shelter. This raises anger, reports Remix News.

    Up to 1,000 migrants from Syria and Yemen have checked in on the cruise ship Silja Europa, which will now serve as a floating asylum shelter.

    In footage posted on Tiktok, the residents show off what their new home looks like, while cheerful Arabic music plays in the background.

    Among other things, it appears that they have been given spacious cabins and served hot buffets – all at the expense of Dutch taxpayers.

    This is causing outrage in the Netherlands, which is suffering from inflation of over 17%.

    Anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders is spreading the footage on Twitter. In it, he compares how Arabs get everything for free and live in five-star cabins while the country’s own citizens are hit hard.

    “Everything is free for asylum seekers. Good hot food, heating, care. All for nothing on luxury cruise ships,” he writes in a post.

    “While our own people can’t pay their energy bills and many elderly people are forced to use diapers due to a lack of health workers,” Geert Wilders notes.

    • Daily Mail UK: “Woman, 23, who survived 2016 Brussels airport ISIS bomb but could not live with the trauma is ‘euthanised’ in Belgium”. Western populations to terminate the same way? Better start manning up soon.

  2. Doesn’t take a genius to figure out why cases of “gender dysphoria” are rising. Follow the money.

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