Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/23/2022

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin described Italians as “enemies of France” because of the Meloni government’s refusal to allow migrant ferries to land in Italy. Meanwhile, more than 300 German cities said they are glad to house migrants, and would like to take in more.

In other news, a store manager at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia walked into the store’s break room and started shooting with a handgun, killing six people and wounding four others before taking his own life.

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Financial Crisis
» Disgraced Crypto Ex-CEO Was Plotting to Spend Nearly $1 Billion Boosting Dems, Reshaping American Politics: Report
» FTX Collapse Wipes Out Billions as Investors Flee Crypto
» Italians Who Refuse Job Offers to Have Social Benefits Revoked, Says Meloni
» Revealed: FTX Crypto Bro Showered Media Orgs Vox, Propublica, Intercept, Semafor and More With Investment Money
» SBF Issues Another Rambling Apology and “Description of What Happened”, Comes Off as Disturbed Sociopath
» Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Soars 20% From 2021, Biden Admin Blames Climate Change & Putin
 
USA
» “Blueprint for Success”: DeSantis Credits Florida’s Red Wave to Leadership Against “Woke Mind Virus”
» Airline Pilot Collapses, Dies Suddenly Shortly After Takeoff
» Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski Wins Re-Election to US Senate Over Challenger Kelly Tshibaka
» Andy Ngo Reports: Five More Antifa Members in San Diego Plead Guilty to Violent Attacks During Riot
» Appellate Court Invalidates Restraining Order Against Jailed True the Vote Principals
» Biden’s COVID Czar: ‘God Gave Us Two Arms’ So Americans Can Get Multiple Vaccines
» Breaking: Portland Antifa ‘Journalist’ Pleads Guilty to Violent Rioting, Must Pay $50K in Restitution
» Breaking: #BringThemBack Trends on Twitter as Users Ask Elon Musk to Restore Suspended Accounts
» Breaking: Biden to Send Ukraine Another $400 Million in Weapons From US Stockpile
» Chicago Reporter Reaches Limit With Lori Lightfoot, Files Lawsuit to Stop ‘Attack on First Amendment’
» Cruz Wants GOP Investigations to Focus on Joe Biden Instead of His Son
» ‘Died Suddenly’: Documentary Claims Link Between COVID Vaccines and ‘Great Reset’
» Elon Musk Housecleaning at Twitter HQ Finds #StayWoke T-Shirts, Pledges to ‘Earn Trust’
» Elon Musk Made ‘Woke’ Staff ‘Cry’ With Free Speech Agenda, Washington Post Claims
» Federal Judge Strikes Down More of New York Concealed Carry Law
» House Republicans Allege TikTok Provided ‘Untrue or Misleading’ Info to Congress, Demand Explanation
» Howls of Outrage After New York Times Confirms SBF to Speak Alongside Zelenskyy, Yellen
» Kari Lake Files First Election Challenge Lawsuit, Vows More Action Ahead
» Moss Point Man Climbs Through Window, Stabs Woman While Children Slept
» MSNBC’s Resident Fed: Tucker Carlson Should Face “Civil Consequences” If Mass Shooters Watch His Show
» Poll: Donald Trump Leads Ron DeSantis by 15 Points in Potential 2024 Republican Primary Matchup
» Rejected, Spoiled Ballots at Maricopa County Vote Centers Mishandled, Election Observers Allege
» RNC, Republican AG Candidate Sue Arizona Officials Over Alleged ‘Errors and Inaccuracies’ In Election Process
» Soros Takeover: FCC Clears Path for Liberal Group to Buy Spanish-Language Conservative Talk Radio Stations
» South Carolina Attorney General Plans Litigation Against TikTok After Victory Against Google
» Top Arizona Election Official Moved to ‘Undisclosed Location’
» Tucker Carlson Warns D.C. Elite and Media Are Pushing Society to ‘Tolerate Pedophiles’
» Vaccinated Americans Were the Majority of COVID Deaths in August: Report
» Video: Dr. Atlas Sums Up Fauci’s Legacy of “Massive Harm”
» Virginia Walmart Mass Shooting Live Updates: 6 Killed by Employee With Handgun
» Walmart Manager Opens Fire in Break Room, Killing 6
» Walmart Shooting Suspect Was Found With Handgun, Multiple Ammo Magazines
 
Canada
» Alberta Justice Minister Says Ottawa is Seeking to Ban All Legal Firearms Ownership
» Day 29 Recap of Emergencies Act Hearings
» Rodriguez Admits Bill C-11 Could Tweak Platform Algorithms
 
Europe and the EU
» EU Parliament Hit by Pro-Kremlin Cyberattack After Russian Terror Designation
» Flanders: Vlaams Belang Calls on Government to Cancel WEF Membership
» Germany: Millions of Euros of Celtic Gold Stolen During Massive Heist in Bavarian Museum
» Scottish Independence Vote Plan Defeated by Top UK Court
» ‘Stereotypes About Central and Eastern Europeans Being Lesser Countries Are Fading,’ Says Poland’s NATO Ambassador
» UK: Oversight Board Tells Meta to Stop Complying With Police Requests to Censor Rap Music
» Video: Man Heckles US Soldiers in Polish Mall, Accuses Them of Being Spreaders of ‘Sodomy, ‘ and Claims it’s ‘America’s No. 1 Export’
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» Canadian-Israeli Citizen Killed in Twin Jerusalem Blasts
 
Russia
» Britain to Send Sea King Helicopters to Ukraine: Iconic Aircraft Which Were Retired by Navy in 2018 Are Donated Alongside 10,000 Artillery Rounds as Part of £50m Defence Package
» Did AP Make Reporter Fired Over Wrongful Reporting of Russia Missile Strike on Poland a Scapegoat?
» Huge Swathes of Ukraine Without Power & Water After New Russian Strikes
» Russian Gas Giant May Cut Off Supplies to Europe After Allegations of Ukrainian Theft
» Ukrainian Monasteries Are Raided by Security Forces in Hunt for Russian Spies and Hidden Weapons
 
South Asia
» Biden Prints Money for the Taliban
 
Far East
» China Restricts Movement Across iPhone City
» World Economic Forum Chair Klaus Schwab Declares on Chinese State TV: ‘China is a Model for Many Nations’
 
Australia — Pacific
» Anthony Albanese Looks Suave in a Classic Tuxedo as the PM Lets Loose at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in Sydney Alongside Pip Edwards and Model Georgia Fowler
» Finnish ‘Party’ Prime Minister to Land in Australia Next Week — After Shrugging Off Nightclub Scandal That Ended in Her Having to Take a Drug Test
» See the Eyewatering Bags of Cash Seized as Global Cocaine Ring is Smashed and Alleged Drug Lord is Dragged Out of His House in Handcuffs and a Tommy Hilfiger Jumper in Dawn Raid
» Terrifying Moment Teens as Young as 13 Armed With Guns and Knives Are Caught on CCTV Allegedly Attempting Breaking Into Family Homes in the Night
 
Latin America
» Brazil’s ‘Very Patriotic’ Military ‘Just Waiting for Bolsonaro to Give the Order’ To ‘Restore Law and Order’
 
Immigration
» Anarcho-Tyranny Kills Again: Previously Reported, Drunk Illegal Alien Charged in Death of 6-Month-Old
» Austrian Town Revolts Against Federal Government
» Better Late Than Never? EU Announces ‘Action Plan’ On Illegal Migration in the Med
» Exclusive: Albanian Reveals How Easy it Was to ‘Blag’ The UK Refugee System and Dupe Hapless Immigration Officials Into Allowing Him to Stay in the Country for Three Years…
» French Interior Minister Labels Italy an ‘Enemy’ of France After Migration Row
» French Coastguard Could be Criminally Liable After ‘Ignoring Drowning Migrants’ In English Channel
» French People Moving Towards Becoming a Minority, And it Will Have ‘Serious’ Consequences, Warns French-Algerian Author and Former Politician
» Hungarian Police Release Footage of People Smugglers Firing Shots During Wild Car Chase
» Over 300 German Cities Want More Migrants Despite Crisis in Housing and Schools
» Sweden: Fake Job Contracts Being Sold for Migrants to Gain Residency
» UK: It Can’t Go on Like This
 
Culture Wars
» Australia: Pauline Hanson Compares Teaching Kids About Trans Issues to Being Groomed by Paedophiles and ‘Terrorised by Climate Change Prophecies of Doom’ — Sparking Fury From Teacher Turned Greens Senator
» Balenciaga Apologizes for Vile Kiddie Bondage Ad Featuring Child Porn Prop
» Breaking: GA Supreme Court Reinstates Abortion Ban
» Design Lead for Marvel’s Avengers Game is Pulled Over Old Tweets
» German National Football Team Cover Their Mouths in Protest Against Banning of LGBT Armband
» Maine School Board Members Face Recall Votes Over Support for Gender Identity Policy
» Muslim, Christian Parents Sue Ohio School Board Over Transgender Bathroom and Locker Room Policies
» Wicked Beyond Belief
 

Disgraced Crypto Ex-CEO Was Plotting to Spend Nearly $1 Billion Boosting Dems, Reshaping American Politics: Report

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, had planned to become the biggest donor to the Democratic Party in 2024, a cycle in which he might have spent as much as $1 billion, according to investigative journalist Theodore Schleifer, writing for Puck News Wednesday.

The erstwhile billionaire filed in April, 2022, to incorporate an umbrella organization known as The Center for the Future in Delaware, according to Schleifer, citing corporate database Open Corporates. The organization intended to tackle a variety of hot-button issues ranging from pandemic preparedness to democracy reform, the foundation of which was the first salvo in a 50-year influence campaign designed to fundamentally transform American politics, Schleifer alleges, citing sources who spoke with Bankman-Fried’s aides.

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

FTX Collapse Wipes Out Billions as Investors Flee Crypto

The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX wiped out billions of dollars in assets as investors fled the troubled cryptocurrency exchange.

The implosion of FTX brought the exchange’s native utility token, FTT, down along with it.

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

Italians Who Refuse Job Offers to Have Social Benefits Revoked, Says Meloni

Italians on unemployment benefits who turn down reasonable job offers will have their access to social security payments revoked in new laws expected to be introduced by Giorgia Meloni’s new administration.

In a pledge to clamp down on a relief scheme that Meloni claims rewards laziness and is widely abused, the new Italian prime minister vowed to amend the citizens’ income available across the country, making it conditional upon those who receive job offers while receiving the benefit to take the position.

The citizens’ income is an initiative first introduced by the left-wing Five Star Movement and sees over 3.5 million Italians receive a payment of €780 per month. Receipt of the benefit is widely skewed toward the poorer south of the country where 2.3 million of the recipients reside.

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

Revealed: FTX Crypto Bro Showered Media Orgs Vox, Propublica, Intercept, Semafor and More With Investment Money

In addition to being a major donor to the Democrat Party during the 2021-22 election season, disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was a major donor to several liberal media outlets, including ProPublica, Vox, The Intercept, The Law and Justice Journalism Project, and the recently launched Semafor, leading to speculation about their ability to objectively report on FTX.

“They all took it,” Human Events Daily’s Jack Posobiec noted on Twitter, “and none of them broke the story.”

As Semafor launched in October, Reuters reported that “The platform said it has so far raised $25 million from investors including David Bradley, owner of The Atlantic magazine; Jessica Lessin, founder of technology website Information; and cryptocurrency exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.”

That was only a few short weeks before FTX collapsed. Customers made a run on the exchange to withdraw their deposits, only to find that the company did not actually have it. FTX is now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the state of Delaware, and Semafor is out a whole bunch of money.

After Semafor published an article about disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s relationship with Elon Musk, indicating that despite Musk’s claim that his “bulls*** meter was redlining,” Musk pointed out that their reporting was perhaps not entirely on the up-and-up where FTX was concerned.

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

SBF Issues Another Rambling Apology and “Description of What Happened”, Comes Off as Disturbed Sociopath

He just can’t help himself: disgraced sociopath, record-breaking fraudster and prolific Democratic donor — not necessarily in that order — Sam Bankman-Fried, has issued another apology to his staff in a letter that outlined a crash in “collateral” to less than $9 billion from $60 billion.

“I didn’t mean for any of this to happen, and I would give anything to be able to go back and do things over again,” the corpulent 30-year-old who may or may not be in the Bahamas apologized yet again in the message sent to employees Tuesday, although he really should be apologizing to the millions of clients whom he wiped out. Alas, like the recurrent ramblings of a psychopath, Sam’s takeaway was that the implosion at FTX was the side-effect of an unfortunate bank run, and had nothing to do with SBF’s actions; that’s because SBF still refuses to take any responsibility for what happened and makes zero admission that the factors that led to this historic bankruptcy were in his control all along. Sam claims that he didn’t “realize the magnitude of risk.” His main remorse — like that of any pathological individual — is that he got caught.

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

Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Soars 20% From 2021, Biden Admin Blames Climate Change & Putin

While spending time with family and friends at Thanksgiving remains important for many Americans, the cost of that indulgence has never been higher, up a stunning 20% from last year to $64.05 for the classic feast.

The cost for the classic meal was the most affordable in the South — $58.42, followed by the Northeast — $64.02, Midwest — $64.26 and West — $71.37.

“General inflation slashing the purchasing power of consumers is a significant factor contributing to the increase in average cost of this year’s Thanksgiving dinner,” said AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan.

“Farmers are working hard to meet growing demands for food — both here in the U.S. and globally — while facing rising prices for fuel, fertilizer and other inputs,” said Cryan.

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

“Blueprint for Success”: DeSantis Credits Florida’s Red Wave to Leadership Against “Woke Mind Virus”

Authored by Katie Spence via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Nov. 19 acknowledged “underwhelming performances” by Republicans in the midterm elections and contrasted the losses elsewhere with what he called a “true Republican landslide” in Florida.

“We added four new Republican Congressmen to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Florida,” DeSantis told attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Saturday.

“We secured supermajorities in the Florida legislature—the most Republicans we have ever had in Florida’s history.”

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

Airline Pilot Collapses, Dies Suddenly Shortly After Takeoff

An airline pilot has reportedly collapsed at his plane’s controls and died suddenly shortly after taking off from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

Reports emerged on Tuesday that Captain Patrick Ford of the American Eagle Embraer 175 passed out at the controls on Saturday morning.

The plane had taken off from the runway and was en route to Columbus, Ohio when Captain Ford collapsed.

The co-pilot was forced to take over the controls and return the plane to land in Chicago.

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

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski Wins Re-Election to US Senate Over Challenger Kelly Tshibaka

The Associated Press can project Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will win re-election to the U.S. Senate, defeating challenger Kelly Tshibaka.

The Alaska Senate race pitted Murkowski against fellow Republican Tshibaka, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and Democrat Pat Chesbro due to the state’s ranked choice voting system.

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

Andy Ngo Reports: Five More Antifa Members in San Diego Plead Guilty to Violent Attacks During Riot

Five more Antifa members have admitted to having a role in violent felonies in San Diego, Calif. in January 2021 where beachgoers, Trump supporters, and a dog were violently assaulted. At a court hearing on Nov. 18, five accepted plea deals instead of going to trial.

Their plea deals were made more than a month after trans Antifa member Erich Louis “Nikki” Yach, 38, made a plea deal in September. Yach was the first of 11 defendants to plead guilty, and pleaded guilty to three violent felonies, including conspiracy to riot, and was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison earlier this month. Yach has a prior violent criminal record that was a factor in the sentencing.

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

Appellate Court Invalidates Restraining Order Against Jailed True the Vote Principals

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday invalidated the temporary restraining order of two Houston-based True the Vote members serving more than a week each behind bars in the defamation case pursued by East Lansing software company Konnech and its founder and CEO Eugene Yu.

Catherine Englebrecht and Gregg Phillips were arrested and jailed on Oct. 31 and charged with contempt of court for refusing to name an FBI informant who is the source of information they say shows Konnech and Yu illegally stored the personal information — including Social Security numbers — of an unknown number of election workers on a server located in China.

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

Biden’s COVID Czar: ‘God Gave Us Two Arms’ So Americans Can Get Multiple Vaccines

Democrat President Joe Biden’s Covid “czar” has claimed that “God gave us two arms” so that Americans can get injected with multiple vaccines.

Dr. Ashish Jha made the claims while promoting booster shots for COVID-19 and the flu during a White House press briefing on Tuesday.

“Get one in each arm if you want,” Jha declared.

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

Breaking: Portland Antifa ‘Journalist’ Pleads Guilty to Violent Rioting, Must Pay $50K in Restitution

Portland Antifa member Darrell Anthony Kimberlin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to riot and criminal mischief in the Second Degree for vandalizing the Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters, as well as multiple businesses in the southeast of the city over the first few months of 2021.

A Multnomah Circuit Court judge sentenced Kimberlin on Wednesday to 18 months of probation and ordered that he pay nearly $50,000 to the multiple businesses that he damaged.

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

Breaking: #BringThemBack Trends on Twitter as Users Ask Elon Musk to Restore Suspended Accounts

Twitter is awash with users demanding that previously suspended accounts be reinstated immediately, with #BringThemBack trending nationally.

On Wednesday afternoon, Twitter CEO Elon Musk posted a poll asking followers what they think he should do.

“Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” Musk asked, with the option to simply click “yes” or “no”.

At the time of writing, the poll had been retweeted almost 22,000 times and “yes” has the support of almost 73 percent of users.

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

Breaking: Biden to Send Ukraine Another $400 Million in Weapons From US Stockpile

The Biden administration will send another $400 million in weapons to Ukraine, pulling gear from its own stockpiles to support the fight against Russia. The move will help get gear to Kyiv as fast as possible as Russian forces continue to attack Ukrainian energy sources before winter sets in.

The US has committed over $19 billion in weapons and aid to Ukraine since the attack by Russia on February 24. The aid package will be done via presidential drawdown authority, allowing the Pentagon to use its own stockpile of weapons to ship to Ukraine, reports AP.

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

Chicago Reporter Reaches Limit With Lori Lightfoot, Files Lawsuit to Stop ‘Attack on First Amendment’

A Chicago reporter has reached his limit with Lori Lightfoot’s short temper and his taking the Democrat mayor to court for her “attack on the First Amendment.”

“I was asking the obvious questions, and she lost her temper,” journalist William Kelly told Fox News about a May exchange.

During the heated back-and-forth, Lightfoot told Kelly he was “full of crap.”

Kelly then had his press credentials revoked by the “woke” mayor’s staff.

“Mayor Lightfoot is in re-election mode, and she doesn’t want any more embarrassing questions to go viral,” Kelly said.

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

Cruz Wants GOP Investigations to Focus on Joe Biden Instead of His Son

As Republicans vow to investigate the alleged misconduct of the Biden family and, especially, first son Hunter Biden, Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to prioritize President Joe Biden instead.

On his “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast, the senator said “[t]he focus needs to be on Joe Biden; this is not about Hunter Biden, any more than if you’re going after the mafia and you catch some low-level enforcer, or you’re going after a drug cartel and you catch some mule who swallowed balloons full of heroin.”

“It’s not about the poor schlub who got caught. It’s about the boss,” Fox News quoted Cruz as saying. “It’s about the big guy. It’s about the Godfather, Joe Biden is the Godfather. He is the one who ultimately is profiting on this corruption. He is the one who is abusing official authority to further the criminal activity of his family members. And that’s why this is an issue of public corruption.”

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

‘Died Suddenly’: Documentary Claims Link Between COVID Vaccines and ‘Great Reset’

Stew Peters’ new film, Died Suddenly, is set to be released on November 21st. The documentary investigates the spike in sudden deaths in vaccinated individuals and includes explanations from doctors, scientists, and embalmers on what they think is happening and why they think it is happening.

The trailer for the film begins with the question, “Why do we never believe them?” which is then followed by a man explaining that “The governments know, this has been well planned. This is Agenda 2030, this is the Great Reset.”

The trailer for the film features the expert opinions of those that feel the need to give a voice to the dead and features videos of athletes, teenagers, and other people suddenly collapsing in a series of clips.

Between January 2021 and April 2022, GoodSciencing.com recorded a monthly average of 42 athletes — from young amateurs to professionals — who “died suddenly”, mostly from cardiac-related issues. They then compared those numbers to a study published in 2006 by the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland, which found just 2.35 such deaths per month worldwide between 1966 and 2004.

This corresponds to a 1700% increase in sudden deaths among athletes since the COVID-19 vaccine was offered to the general public.

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

Elon Musk Housecleaning at Twitter HQ Finds #StayWoke T-Shirts, Pledges to ‘Earn Trust’

Elon Musk, continuing his overhaul of Twitter, said Tuesday he had stumbled upon a closet full of “#StayWoke” t-shirts at the company’s headquarters.

In a Twitter post, Musk shared a video of a closet containing shelves stacked with the “#StayWoke” t-shirts.

“Here we are at the merch … and there’s an entire closet full of hashtag woke t-shirts,” he says.

“A super closet,” someone says off-camera.

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

Elon Musk Made ‘Woke’ Staff ‘Cry’ With Free Speech Agenda, Washington Post Claims

The Washington Post is reporting that Elon Musk made several “woke” staff members “cry” when he started rolling out his free speech agenda at Twitter.

In a Tuesday tech report, the newspaper accuses Musk of undermining Twitter’s ability to “protect vulnerable communities.”

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

Federal Judge Strikes Down More of New York Concealed Carry Law

A federal district court has imposed an injunction against a portion of New York’s recently imposed concealed carry restrictions, deeming them a violation of the Second Amendment.

U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. ruled that New York’s ban on carrying firearms on private property that lacks clear signage permitting it violated the Second Amendment.

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

House Republicans Allege TikTok Provided ‘Untrue or Misleading’ Info to Congress, Demand Explanation

House Republicans Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and James Comer are requesting that TikTok’s top executive provide them with more information about business practices including data sharing — following a recent Capitol Hill briefing in which they say some of the info provided to them “appears to untrue or misleading.”

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

Howls of Outrage After New York Times Confirms SBF to Speak Alongside Zelenskyy, Yellen

As we discussed last night, Sam Bankman-Fried has now demonstrated that he is both a pathological liar and a sociopath, the kind who in “explaining” to his employees how he stole billions (over $4 billion according to new FTX CEO John J. Ray) from the now bankrupt FTX, an act which left it insolvent and without liquidity, called it “loans” which were “generally” not used for “large amounts of personal consumption” (just “small amounts” used for such trivial items as $40 million penthouses and private jets).

And the only reason we don’t officially call him a criminal just yet, is because he has not yet confirmed he used client money from his exchange to fund his personal hedge fund, an act which would cost any other individual decades in jail… but not prominent democrats like SBF or Jon Corzine, of course. Plus it’s the US legal system’s job to do that, not ours. Although we are growing increasingly skeptical this prominent Democratic donor will ever see the inside of a courtroom.

It’s not just us: with much of the entire world demanding to know how this corpulent 30-year-old still has not been thrown in prison, or at least charged with a variety of crimes, the NYT just confirmed to the entire world what a farce the one-time paper of record has become, and how it is willing to whore itself out for clicks — not to mention prominent Democrat donors — because moments after SBF tweeted that he will be speaking with Andrew Ross-Sorkin moderated NYT “summit” on Nov 30…

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

Kari Lake Files First Election Challenge Lawsuit, Vows More Action Ahead

Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said Wednesday that she sued Maricopa County to force it to release documents about voting irregularities in the midterms, a prelude to a larger legal challenge she’s planning to challenge the election results.

“Every single rule was pretty much broken when it came to Election Day voting where they punish the people who chose to show up on Election Day,” Lake said on the Wednesday edition of the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show. “So we filed this lawsuit in court today asking the county to cough up some of the public documentation we need for our bigger lawsuit.”

Lake says she believes that her Democratic opponent, Katie Hobbs, ran a botched election and what was done incorrectly needs to come to light. Hobbs was the Arizona secretary of state, and thus in charge of running the election, but she was also the Democratic candidate who was declared the winner by the media, and she declared victory in the race. The election is supposed to be officially certified on November 28.

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

Moss Point Man Climbs Through Window, Stabs Woman While Children Slept

MARION COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) — A man is wanted by police after he climbed through a window and stabbed a woman in the same home where multiple children were sleeping.

According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened Wednesday morning around 1:00 a.m. at a home on New Hope Road.

The 34-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times and was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Officials say Johnny Lee Nichols, 51, of Moss Point, knew the victim and that this was domestic related.

           — Hat tip: Roger [Return to headlines]
 

MSNBC’s Resident Fed: Tucker Carlson Should Face “Civil Consequences” If Mass Shooters Watch His Show

MSNBC talking head Frank Figliuzzi proclaimed Tuesday that conservative figures like Tucker Carlson and GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert should be subject to “civil consequences” if mass shooters are found to have “consumed” their content.

Ranting about the shooting in a gay club in Colorado Springs this past weekend, Figliuzzi, a former FBI agent with clout, stated that “If [the Colorado Springs shooter] is a consumer of the people we just rattled off, from Lauren Boebert to Tucker Carlson, let’s get it out at trial, let’s expose it for what it is, name it and shame it.”

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

Poll: Donald Trump Leads Ron DeSantis by 15 Points in Potential 2024 Republican Primary Matchup

A national poll released Wednesday shows that former President Donald J. Trump is the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination over his potential primary opponents.

The Morning Consult/Politico poll sampled 849 registered voter respondents regarding who they would support in the potential 2024 primary field. Trump, who has officially announced his candidacy, drew 45 percent of their support, placing him 15 points ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 30 percent. No other Republican eclipsed double-digits.

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

Rejected, Spoiled Ballots at Maricopa County Vote Centers Mishandled, Election Observers Allege

As many vote centers in Maricopa County experienced issues with election equipment on Election Day 2022, many ballots were rejected by tabulators and spoiled, but not always properly, according to a report filed with the Arizona attorney general’s office.

The report was compiled by Mark Sonnenklar, a roving attorney with the Republican National Committee’s Election Integrity program in Arizona, from observations he and 10 other roving attorneys made as GOP election observers at Maricopa County vote centers. The 11 observers visited a combined 115 of the 223 vote centers in Maricopa County on Election Day.

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

RNC, Republican AG Candidate Sue Arizona Officials Over Alleged ‘Errors and Inaccuracies’ In Election Process

Republican Arizona attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh and the Republican National Committee (RNC) sued his Democratic opponent Kris Mayes, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in her official capacity and county authorities Tuesday, alleging problems at some voting centers affected the outcome of the race.

Some election personnel allegedly handled problems related to ballot tabulation at voting centers improperly, while some early ballots were counted despite lacking a correct signature on their envelopes, according to the lawsuit filed in the Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County. It claims the election was “afflicted with certain errors and inaccuracies in the management of some polling place operations, and in the processing and tabulation of some ballots.”

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

Soros Takeover: FCC Clears Path for Liberal Group to Buy Spanish-Language Conservative Talk Radio Stations

A liberal group linked to billionaire George Soros has been cleared by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to purchase Spanish-language radio stations throughout the country, rekindling concerns that a “radical political agenda” will influence information provided to Hispanic voters.

Miami’s iconic, Spanish-language conservative talk radio station Radio Mambi is one of the 18 stations the Soros-backed Latino Media Network will purchase from Televisa Univision for a reported $60 million. Radio Mambi, which is historically linked to the Cuban exile community and offers an anti-communism view, will be controlled by liberals once the deal is finalized.

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

South Carolina Attorney General Plans Litigation Against TikTok After Victory Against Google

GOP South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson discusses looking into the social media platform TikTok after winning a legal victory against Google regarding privacy.

AG Wilson, along with 39 other attorneys general, reached a $391.5 million multi-state settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings.

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

Top Arizona Election Official Moved to ‘Undisclosed Location’

Authored by Lorenz Duchamps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

Bill Gates, chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, confirmed that he was moved to an undisclosed location for safety reasons amid security concerns in connection to the 2022 midterm elections.

While speaking on KTAR News 92.3 FM’s “Arizona’s Morning News” on Nov. 21, Gates noted that the condition hasn’t interfered with his work in the state’s election system.

“I’m not in hiding … but I’ll put it this way. When the sheriff suggests that I spend the night somewhere else, I do it,” Arizona’s top election official told the station.

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Tucker Carlson Warns D.C. Elite and Media Are Pushing Society to ‘Tolerate Pedophiles’

Fox News star Tucker Carlson is warning that the corporate media and political elite in Washington D.C. are pushing for society to “tolerate pedophiles.”

Speaking during the opening monologue of his show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the host notes that people who believe that an alleged “shadowy cabal of pedophiles” is operating in “the highest levels of politics and finance” are often demonized for demanding justice.

He said that allegations of powerful people engaging in pedophilia and using “their power to hide the crimes they commit against children” are often brushed off as “so-called conspiracy theories.”

However, Carlson argues that people who call for investigations into child abuse are now being threatened with criminal charges themselves while instances of real child abuse are being ignored, or even celebrated.

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Vaccinated Americans Were the Majority of COVID Deaths in August: Report

Americans who were either vaccinated or boosted against COVID-19 constituted the majority of deaths from the virus for the first time in August, according to analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted on behalf of the Washington Post.

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Video: Dr. Atlas Sums Up Fauci’s Legacy of “Massive Harm”

As Anthony Fauci officially ‘retired’ Tuesday, former White House Coronavirus Task Force advisor Dr. Scott Atlas eloquently summarised the legacy Fauci leaves behind, one of “massive harm” to society.

Appearing on Laura Ingraham’s show, Dr. Atlas described Fauci’s as having “presided over the biggest failure in public health history over two different presidential administrations. “

Atlas further charged that Fauci’s policies “were implemented and those policies shifted the burden of this illness from the affluent to the poor, and incurred massive harm on our children, psychological damage, long-lasting damage, an obesity crisis, and we really haven’t seen tip of the iceberg on that damage to children, and again, worse on low income and poor kids.”

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Virginia Walmart Mass Shooting Live Updates: 6 Killed by Employee With Handgun

The suspect died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A gunman shot and killed six people in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night before turning the gun on himself, according to sources and local police.

Preliminary information indicates the gunman walked into a break room and opened fire, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The suspect, believed to be a current employee, appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. The suspect may have been a manager at the store, sources said.

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Walmart Manager Opens Fire in Break Room, Killing 6

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Walmart manager opened fire on fellow employees in the break room of a Virginia store, killing six people in the country’s second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and a witness said Wednesday.

The gunman, who apparently shot himself, was dead when police found him, Chesapeake Police Chief Mark G. Solesky said. There was no clear motive for the shooting, which also put four people in the hospital.

The store was busy just before the attack Tuesday night as people stocked up ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, a shopper told a local TV station.

Employee Briana Tyler said workers had gathered in the break room as they typically did ahead of their shifts.

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Walmart Shooting Suspect Was Found With Handgun, Multiple Ammo Magazines

The man who walked into an employee break room in a Chesapeake Walmart and started shooting Tuesday night was identified by the company and police as Andre M. Bing, 31.

Walmart and local police said he was a supervisor in the store who apparently killed some of his co-workers before taking his own life. Chesapeake officials said Bing was found with one handgun and multiple ammunition magazines. They said he was not wearing any type of body armor.

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Alberta Justice Minister Says Ottawa is Seeking to Ban All Legal Firearms Ownership

After the Liberals moved to ban hundreds more new models of rifles and shotguns through a last-minute amendment to Bill C-21, Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says the federal government is seeking to ban legal firearm ownership altogether.

On Tuesday, Liberal MPs sitting on the Parliamentary Public Safety and National Security committee included an amendment to Bill C-21 — proposed legislation to further restrict access to handguns in Canada — which would ban virtually all semi-automatic firearms, including semi-automatic hunting rifles.

Shandro said the “last-minute amendments” target more than two million licensed Canadian firearms owners, including hunters, farmers and target shooters who collectively own hundreds of thousands of firearms.

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Day 29 Recap of Emergencies Act Hearings

Lametti cites “solicitor-client privilege” to avoid answering questions

On Day 29 of the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings, Justice Minister David Lametti refused to answer questions about the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act by routinely citing solicitor-client privilege throughout his testimony.

Before Lametti took the stand, counsel for the Government of Canada informed the Commission that Lametti, who is also Canada’s attorney general, would not be answering any questions about what could be considered legal advice Lametti gave to cabinet regarding the Emergencies Act.

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Rodriguez Admits Bill C-11 Could Tweak Platform Algorithms

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez acknowledged on Tuesday that Bill C-11 would in fact provide levers to press social media providers to tweak algorithms in order to comply with government regulation.

The rare admission came after months of the minister denying that the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) would be empowered to meddle with search algorithms to promote or derank content. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter rely on programmed algorithms to cater content to specific users.

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EU Parliament Hit by Pro-Kremlin Cyberattack After Russian Terror Designation

The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to formally recognize Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism” for what it called “deliberate attacks and atrocities carried out by the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine.”

European legislators also cited “serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law amount to acts of terror” in the overwhelming vote in favor of the terror label. The move is more symbolic than anything, however, carry no specific legal consequences for Moscow.

The EP is now urging the European Union to enact the same, which would mark a major escalation in already spiraling relations, as it would also likely require more sanctions.

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Flanders: Vlaams Belang Calls on Government to Cancel WEF Membership

In 2022, the Flemish government will pay €175 763.87 in membership fees to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and 27 000 Swiss francs (about €27 300) as participation fees to the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos. This is according to Flemish minister-president Jan Jambon’s response to a parliamentary question by Flemish MP Sam van Rooy.

“The Flemish Government thus legitimises and subsidises a global lobbying organisation that clearly pursues a well-defined ideological agenda, namely that of globalism,” van Rooy responded.

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Germany: Millions of Euros of Celtic Gold Stolen During Massive Heist in Bavarian Museum

Another German museum has been targeted by burglars, this time in Bavaria, where the suspects stole gold treasure worth several million euros from the Celtic period.

As a spokesman for the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) reported on Tuesday, the perpetrators had entered the Celtic Roman Museum in Manching near Ingolstadt the previous night and stole the treasure discovered near Manching in 1999.

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Scottish Independence Vote Plan Defeated by Top UK Court

Scotland has no power to unilaterally hold yet another referendum on independence without the consent of the British government.

That was the unanimous judgement Wednesday from the U.K. Supreme Court in a ruling that will set back the separatist Scottish government’s plan to strike out on its own.

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‘Stereotypes About Central and Eastern Europeans Being Lesser Countries Are Fading,’ Says Poland’s NATO Ambassador

Politico’s Matthew Karnitschnig recently wrote that Poland probably has the strongest army on mainland Europe and its position is likely to strengthen.

Poland, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has been purchasing significant amounts of weapons from the U.S. and South Korea, and increased its share of GDP spent on defense. It also responded calmly to the recent missile explosion in eastern Poland which killed two civilians and threatened a diplomatic crisis.

According to Politico, the U.S. now sees Poland as its most important military partner in Europe because Poland, unlike Germany, is serious about its army and remains committed to considerable defense spending.

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UK: Oversight Board Tells Meta to Stop Complying With Police Requests to Censor Rap Music

Meta’s Oversight Board said that Meta should not have complied with a request from London’s Metropolitan Police to ban a drill music track. Drill music is a rap genre that politicians and law enforcement agencies have associated with gang violence.

In January, rapper Chinx (OS) posted a video of his song “Secrets Not Safe.” Shortly after posting the song on Instagram, Meta received an email from the police requesting the removal of the song. Meta escalated the case to a team for special consideration, and ruled that it violated its policies because it referenced a shooting that took place in 2017 and included what police believed to be a “threatening call to action.”

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Video: Man Heckles US Soldiers in Polish Mall, Accuses Them of Being Spreaders of ‘Sodomy, ‘ and Claims it’s ‘America’s No. 1 Export’

A video of an unidentified man harassing U.S. soldiers in a Polish mall has been uploaded to social media, with the man asking the soldiers if they were in Poland to “spread sodomy,” claiming it was “America’s number one export.”

The man is seen approaching four uniformed American soldiers, three of which appear to be White males and the other a Black or Hispanic male. The man first asks the soldiers, “You guys Americans? Are you guys here to spread sodomy or what? Isn’t that what America’s number one export is?”

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Canadian-Israeli Citizen Killed in Twin Jerusalem Blasts

A Canadian-Israeli teenager was killed and at least 14 others wounded in twin attacks in Jerusalem on Wednesday, amid growing violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

The first blast detonated near a bus stop at the entrance to Jerusalem and a second exploded 30 minutes later near the Ramot junction in the city. Police said they suspected the two attacks were linked. Canada’s Ambassador to Israel, Lisa Stadelbauer, said in a tweet that the 15-year-old victim of the attack, Aryeh Schupak, was a Canadian national, while Israel’s foreign ministry confirmed that he also held Israeli citizenship. US Ambassador to Israel Thomas R Nides said in a tweet that two US citizens were among the injured.

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Britain to Send Sea King Helicopters to Ukraine: Iconic Aircraft Which Were Retired by Navy in 2018 Are Donated Alongside 10,000 Artillery Rounds as Part of £50m Defence Package

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it will be the first time piloted aircraft were sent to the war-torn nation since Russia’s invasion.

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Did AP Make Reporter Fired Over Wrongful Reporting of Russia Missile Strike on Poland a Scapegoat?

Texts reveal that James LaPorta passed on the tip — but said decision to run it ‘is above my pay grade’

The correspondence transpired on Slack Tuesday, hours before the outlet filed a news alert that that ‘a senior US intelligence official’ said Russian missiles crossed into Poland.

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Huge Swathes of Ukraine Without Power & Water After New Russian Strikes

Ukraine’s energy operator Energoatom has announced Wednesday emergency power shutdowns in effect across all regions of the country amid a new large wave of Russian airstrikes. Sirens have been sounding throughout the day across the country.

President Volodymyr Zelensky in follow-up estimated that 10 million Ukrainians now lack access to electricity due to the attacks. “There are emergency shutdowns in addition to planned, stabilization ones,” he explained. “The elimination of the consequences of another missile attack against Ukraine continues all day.”

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Russian Gas Giant May Cut Off Supplies to Europe After Allegations of Ukrainian Theft

Russian gas giant Gazprom has threatened to cut off all gas supplies to Europe after alleging that Ukraine stole gas that was meant to transit through the country to Moldova.

The Russian state-owned energy supplier threatened to cut off all remaining supplies to Europe this week after claiming that Ukraine had stolen transiting gas that was meant for the neighbouring country of Moldova.

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Ukrainian Monasteries Are Raided by Security Forces in Hunt for Russian Spies and Hidden Weapons

Raids have taken place in Ukrainian monasteries in the hunt for Russian spies and hidden weapons, including it’s famous religious site the Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv.

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Biden Prints Money for the Taliban

by Daniel Greenfield

After being described as “partners” by the Biden administration, the Taliban announced that they’re bringing back sharia punishments by chopping off hands and stoning their victims.

Last year, the Biden administration had praised the Taliban’s “openness” to women’s rights.

This development puts the nail in the coffin of claims by Biden administration figures that the Jihadist organization had changed into a kinder, gentler Taliban. But the media has conveniently ignored revelations of the close collaboration between the administration and the Taliban.

Front Page Magazine was one of the few conservative publications that exposed the over $1.1 billion in aid directed by the administration after the Taliban takeover, the special licenses issued by the Biden administration authorizing financial transactions with the Taliban and Al Qaeda’s Haqqani Network to distribute that aid, and the billions stolen from 9/11 families for the Taliban.

The Biden administration has been stonewalling the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction with the State Department and Samantha Power’s USAID refusing to allow employees to be interviewed about, among other things, their “compliance with the laws and regulations prohibiting transfers of funds to members of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network”…

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China Restricts Movement Across iPhone City

Update (1100ET):

China’s Zhongzhou, home to Foxconn’s massive iPhone factory, will begin to enforce mobility restrictions across eight districts in main urban areas on Friday. The reason, well, authorities blame it on ‘rising Covid infections,’ though we should note that the new restrictions come as massive unrest has erupted at the factory of more than 200,000 workers.

Zhongzhou authorities posted a statement on its WeChat page on Wednesday about mobility restrictions from Friday through Sunday.

“At present, the epidemic situation in our city is still severe and complicated,” the statement said. Health officials will conduct daily mass PCR tests and request that residents in high-risk areas stay within their homes.

You can find more about the chaos unfolding at the iPhone factory below…

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On Wednesday, unrest broke out at Foxconn’s massive iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, reported Bloomberg. Videos on social media showed hundreds of workers, if not more, clashing with security personnel after a month of strict Covid restrictions.

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World Economic Forum Chair Klaus Schwab Declares on Chinese State TV: ‘China is a Model for Many Nations’

World Economic Forum founder and Chair Klaus Schwab recently sat down for an interview with a Chinese state media outlet and proclaimed that China was a “role model” for other nations.

Schwab, 84, made these comments during an interview with CGTN’s Tian Wei on the sidelines of last week’s APEC CEO Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

Schwab said he respected China’s “tremendous” achievements at modernizing its economy over the last 40 years.

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Anthony Albanese Looks Suave in a Classic Tuxedo as the PM Lets Loose at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in Sydney Alongside Pip Edwards and Model Georgia Fowler

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese suited up to attend the GQ Men of the Year Awards in Sydney on Wednesday night.

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Finnish ‘Party’ Prime Minister to Land in Australia Next Week — After Shrugging Off Nightclub Scandal That Ended in Her Having to Take a Drug Test

Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin will make history next week as the first Finnish leader to travel down under. Ms Marin took a drug test to prove she was clean after partying pics surfaced.

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See the Eyewatering Bags of Cash Seized as Global Cocaine Ring is Smashed and Alleged Drug Lord is Dragged Out of His House in Handcuffs and a Tommy Hilfiger Jumper in Dawn Raid

Six Sydney men have been charged and millions of dollars in cash and drugs seized after a multi-agency police investigation into an international drug ring. A seventh man was also arrested in LA.

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Terrifying Moment Teens as Young as 13 Armed With Guns and Knives Are Caught on CCTV Allegedly Attempting Breaking Into Family Homes in the Night

Four boys, three who are aged 13, 14, and 17, were captured on CCTV allegedly lingering around homes in West Hoxton, in Sydney’s west, between 3am and 5am on Wednesday.

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Brazil’s ‘Very Patriotic’ Military ‘Just Waiting for Bolsonaro to Give the Order’ To ‘Restore Law and Order’

Brazil’s “very patriotic” military is reportedly on standby and “just waiting” for President Jair Bolsonaro to “give the order” to “restore law and order” in the embattled nation.

As Slay News has been reporting, Brazilians have been flooding the streets in protest over the country’s controversial presidential election.

Incumbent President Bolsonaro and his party have been attempting to annul the election amid allegations of voter fraud.

Since the runoff election on October 30th in Brazil, Brazilians have been protesting on the streets daily.

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Anarcho-Tyranny Kills Again: Previously Reported, Drunk Illegal Alien Charged in Death of 6-Month-Old

More than a few Americans would like to know how many more children must die at the hands of illegal aliens before Traitor Joe Biden and his Homeland Security Secretary, unindicted Cuban-Jewish visa fraudster Alejandro Mayorkas, secure the southwest border. One of them might be Samantha Adams. Efrain Jimenez-Lopez, a 24-year-old previously reported Mexican, is charged with killing her 6-month-old son, Alden, in the usual drunk-driving wreck.

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Austrian Town Revolts Against Federal Government

The mayor of the Austrian town of St. Georgen has staged a small but notable revolt against the federal government by ridding his town of 17 tents housing 136 migrants simply by declaring the tents a safety hazard after an inspection.

“There was danger ahead. I received an expert report on this last week,” said Mayor Ferdinand Aigner (ÖVP), whose town was forced to erect the tents and take on a significant number of migrants by the Federal Support Agency in the middle of October. Regarding the decision to declare the tents a safety hazard, he said, “I have to secure myself as mayor. There is no other way,” adding, “There are building code concerns. I’m looking to make sure people are safe.”

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Better Late Than Never? EU Announces ‘Action Plan’ On Illegal Migration in the Med

The European Commission has announced an “Action Plan” to stem the surge of illegal immigrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, prompting migrant taxi NGOs to complain it would criminalise their activities.

The European Commission announced the Action Plan this week and stated that it would be the topic of discussion for a meeting of member state interior ministers on Friday as the bloc looks to stem the surge of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea illegally.

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Exclusive: Albanian Reveals How Easy it Was to ‘Blag’ The UK Refugee System and Dupe Hapless Immigration Officials Into Allowing Him to Stay in the Country for Three Years…

— before he ‘fell in with wrong crowd’ and was deported

An Albanian economic migrant has revealed how easily he was able to play the UK refugee system with crude lies — and win permission to live here legally for three years.

Geri Bucr, 25, has revealed how he ‘blagged’ his way into the country using an Italian passport — even though he didn’t speak the language — then claimed to British immigration officials that his life was at risk as he was the victim of a ‘blood feud’ who would be in danger if returned home.

He was given permission to stay while his made-up story was investigated and managed to stay three years until he was finally deported. In the meantime he was able to get work paying ten times what he could make in his home country.

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French Interior Minister Labels Italy an ‘Enemy’ of France After Migration Row

Following growing tensions between Italy and France over the issue of boat migrants in the Mediterranean, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has resorted to extremely harsh rhetoric, referring to the Italian government as “enemies of France.”

Darmanin made the comment in response to a question from a National Rally MP Mathilde Paris during a Q&A session in the French parliament, saying Italy is “attacking France.”

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French Coastguard Could be Criminally Liable After ‘Ignoring Drowning Migrants’ In English Channel

The French coastguard could be found to have been criminally negligent in ignoring multiple distress calls by a boatload of migrants who drowned in the English Channel in November last year.

An internal French police report which recommended investigations into CROSS, the Regional Maritime Surveillance and Rescue Operational Center, was leaked earlier this week to the French newspaper Le Monde, which reported that charges of criminal negligence were being “seriously considered by the French police, according to a written summary at the end of a ten-month investigation” into the tragedy in which 27 people died after their boat sank on Nov. 24, 2021.

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French People Moving Towards Becoming a Minority, And it Will Have ‘Serious’ Consequences, Warns French-Algerian Author and Former Politician

One of France’s most notable critics of mass immigration, the former politician and best-selling author Malika Sorel-Sutter, says France is seeing massive demographic changes that will make the ethnic French a minority in their own country, which will lead to very serious consequences.

“We are moving towards a minority of the historical people, of the French people, on French territory and it is very serious,” she said during an appearance on Sud Radio where she discussed France’s decision to take in hundreds of migrants from the Ocean Viking NGO rescue ship after Italy refused to accept them. Remix News has translated portions of her interview.

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Hungarian Police Release Footage of People Smugglers Firing Shots During Wild Car Chase

Hungarian police have released dashboard camera footage of two Iraqi people smugglers shooting at them during a high-speed chase on a motorway near Budapest.

During the police chase, it can be clearly seen as one of the Iraqi nationals leans out of the fleeing minivan and aims his weapon at the police car that is in hot pursuit.

As Remix News reported earlier, a gunfight broke out on Monday morning between two people smugglers and the police. The police tried to stop the van which refused to stop. The Iraqi smugglers fired several shots at them on the outskirts of Budapest, and the police returned fire. The men, aged 21 and 28, attempted to flee on foot, but were eventually apprehended by the Counter-Terrorism Center’s operations unit. Another 21 illegal immigrants were arrested in the van, with most of them claiming to be from Syria.

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Over 300 German Cities Want More Migrants Despite Crisis in Housing and Schools

Over 1.2 million migrants have arrived in Germany this year, effectively eclipsing the number of migrants who arrived during the height of the crisis in 2015 and 2016, but there are still over 300 German cities, counties and municipalities calling themselves “safe havens” for more migrants.

According to these 314 locations in Germany, they “welcome refugees and are ready to take in more people.” Together, they describe themselves as “a strong voice against the European policy of isolation.”

[Comment: Germany abolishes itself.]

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Sweden: Fake Job Contracts Being Sold for Migrants to Gain Residency

Migrants in the Swedish region of Skåne have allegedly been offered to purchase fake jobs contracts in order to legally obtain a residency permit to live in the country.

Obtaining a valid employment contract is one of the legal avenues to gaining a residency permit in Sweden and an investigation by Swedish media has claimed that fake jobs contracts are being sold to migrants to help them obtain residency.

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UK: It Can’t Go on Like This

Mahyar Tousi discusses the elevating absurdity of the migrant crisis in the UK, with homeless people now being turfed out of accommodation to be replaced by illegal boat migrants.

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Australia: Pauline Hanson Compares Teaching Kids About Trans Issues to Being Groomed by Paedophiles and ‘Terrorised by Climate Change Prophecies of Doom’ — Sparking Fury From Teacher Turned Greens Senator

Senator Hanson’s grievances with Australia’s education system included ‘Marxism’, critical race theory and ‘climate change prophecies of doom’ along with ‘gender fluidity’.

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Balenciaga Apologizes for Vile Kiddie Bondage Ad Featuring Child Porn Prop

Fashion brand Balenciaga has apologized for a vile photo shoot which featured kids holding teddy bears dressed in bondage gear and a prop relating to a child porn Supreme Court case.

Critics slammed the Spanish-turned-French label after photos were released showing young girls holding plush bear bags adorned with BDSM gear.

Perhaps even more insidious was the placement of a prop showing court documents concerning Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition, a 2002 Supreme Court case.

The case struck down a portion of the Child Pornography Prevention Act (CPPA) of 1996, ruling that “virtual” child pornography is protected speech.

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Breaking: GA Supreme Court Reinstates Abortion Ban

The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after six weeks of gestation.

“The high court put a lower court ruling overturning the ban on hold while it considers the appeal,” reports AP.

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Design Lead for Marvel’s Avengers Game is Pulled Over Old Tweets

Crystal Dynamics, the developer of superhero game Marvel’s Avengers, said that the game’s design lead Brian Waggoner “will no longer be a studio spokesperson” or allowed to publicly speak about projects. The announcement came after old tweets by Waggoner were resurfaced and were used to call for him to be fired.

The tweets, most of which had been deleted, were posted over a long period of time, dating back to 2011.

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German National Football Team Cover Their Mouths in Protest Against Banning of LGBT Armband

The German national football team covered their mouths during a team photo ahead of their World Cup opening match against Japan to protest FIFA’s effective banning of the “OneLove” rainbow armband intended to show support for LGBT rights.

The starting XI, consisting of superstars such Thomas Muller, Joshua Kimmich, and captain Manuel Neuer, posed for the photo with their right hands covering their mouths, as though they had been silenced by FIFA’s threat to award yellow cards to any player who sported the rainbow armband on the pitch at this year’s tournament in the Islamic, conservative nation of Qatar.

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Maine School Board Members Face Recall Votes Over Support for Gender Identity Policy

Two Maine school board members are facing recall after voting for a controversial policy that would require schools to withhold a student’s gender identity from parents unless the student consents to that notification.

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Muslim, Christian Parents Sue Ohio School Board Over Transgender Bathroom and Locker Room Policies

A coalition of Muslim and Christian parents in Bethel, Ohio, with the help of America First Legal (AFL), are suing a local school board over a policy which allows students to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their chosen gender identity, which the parents claim was implemented secretly without public consent.

The parents claim the rule, which could result in children using the same bathroom as peers of the opposite biological sex, is a violation of their parental and religious Constitutional rights and Ohio state law.

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Wicked Beyond Belief

The Balenciaga disgrace once again illustrates how the ‘fact checkers’ have been weaponized to bury legitimate, verifiable scandals.

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5 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/23/2022

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    Nothing new but increasingly more relevant!

    Is deliberate depopulation going on?

    “Mice or men”, no differenve
    if you want to get rid of them.
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    COVID Vaccine Shedding Hurting Unvaxed?

    Dr. Lee Merritt

    COVIDVACCIN.

    The New American interviews Dr Lee Merritt a former military doctor and bioweapons expert who comments on claims that vaccinated people spread spike proteins that are said to harm unvaccinated people – especially women.

    10,000s of people and doctors around the world report blood clots, disrupted menstrual cycles and bleeding after being vaccinated or being around vaccinated people. The idea of self-dispersing vaccines is spreading online.

    Lee Merritt, former director of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, says there is research on self-dispersing covaccines , such as attempts to reduce a mouse population in Australia using similar technology.

    Merritt completely rejects the CDC’s attempts to vaccinate children with the experimental vaccines.
    (Text: NewsVoice | Interview: Alex Newman)

    https://rumble.com/embed/vemmqj/?pub=4

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    Swedish:
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  2. Those with intact brains will survive. The rest? What can one expect. Wipe out sounds like a natural progression.

  3. ‘separatist Scottish government’s plan to strike out on its own’
    That’s a laugh, the fake nationalists want to leave a very succesful political union to join the undemocractic EU.
    Sturgeon who trained as a lawyer, undoubtedly knew fine well she could not call another ‘once in a generation’ vote (how the SNP framed the last vote of which Scots voted NO) never-mind nowhere near a generation has passed, it was a stunt quite probably so they could play the victim and keep them in the news, ‘Oh look, big bad Westminster full of English people won’t give us a vote!’
    Ironically it’s not a difficult argument to make that Brexit takes Scotland far closer to being an independent nation-state than joining an EU that sees nation-states as the root of much evil.
    Seeking EU membership says so much about SNP claims of wanting an independent nation-state.

    Incidentally the SNP for many years claimed oil-money would fund their plans, however now they have Green party alliances (and the oil’s running low), they’re apparently building on Alex ‘not allowed to be alone with female staff’ Salmon’s grandiose fantasy of being the ‘Saudi Arabia of renewable energy’.
    I’m not sure where the pro-Sharia courts health minister Humza is on the new Green SNP or the ECHR which new EU members must sign up to, as according to him ‘Sharia courts are the sign of a mature democracy’, whereas of course the ECHR ruled that Sharia courts have no place in a modern democracy.
    Mind you the SNP have no problem cherry-picking policies if it keeps them in power or for that matter playing on historical hatreds for electoral advantage but as for ‘striking out on their own’…if only…..preferably to the far North or even off planet….

  4. The Stew Peters documentary reveals the spike caused by the protein spike.
    I always wondered what the “black blood” looked like and coffee grinds is what came to mind while watching.
    Kind of hard to keep the blood flowing with pasta or rubber band structures in the veins and arteries and I’m sure Big Pharm will have something for that as well.
    Meloni and Kari Lake prove that politicians don’t have to be ugly old geriatric fossils with the it will be hell on earth soon but I’ll be gone attitude.
    Hopefully Meloni is having a gut busting laugh somewhere over the latest proclamations from Fwance.

  5. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin described Italians as “enemies of France” because of the Meloni government’s refusal to allow migrant ferries to land in Italy.

    Have you seen a more pervert than French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.

    And this zombie was elected.
    France and other European countries suffer from yoke and whips of islam daily.

    How come they nrvrt leasrn a lesson. What makes islam so dear to the west: common ground: both hate Christianity and Judaism .

    I thought in the west there were laws against hate, but not against hating Christians and Jews. Legitimate.

    Hating jihadis is legitimate.

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