Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2023

A passenger plane carrying 72 people crashed just before landing at a resort town in central Nepal, killing at least 68 of the people on board. There’s no word yet on whether the pilot had been injected with the experimental mRNA treatment intended to mitigate the effects of infection with the Wuhan Coronavirus.

In other news, according to the latest official government statistics, Poland’s annualized rate of inflation stood at 16.6% in December.

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Financial Crisis
» Fitch Affirms Poland’s ‘A-’ Rating With Stable Outlook
» FTX CEO ‘Created Secret Backdoor’ For Laundering Money, Court Hears
» Hundreds of British Steelworkers to Lose Jobs as Industry Hamstrung by Green Costs, High Energy Bills
» New Zealanders Brace for Continued Cost of Living Hikes
» Over 80% of Canadians Say the Country is in a Recession
» Poland’s CPI Confirmed at 16.6 pct y/y in December — Stats Office
» Since 2020/21, Canada’s Federal-Provincial Debt ‘Snowballed’ — But Alberta Cuts Its Debt by One-Third
» WEF Elites: ‘Cost-of-Living Crisis’ Is World’s Top Risk in Past Two Years
 
USA
» 2022 Saw Disturbing Increase in Law Enforcement Fatalities: ‘A Culture of Lawlessness Has Gripped the Country’
» 4 More Fairfax County Schools Failed to Tell Students About National Merit Awards
» Almost 90% of GOP Support Harmeet Dhillon Over Ronna McDaniel for RNC Chair: Poll
» ATF Declares Braced Pistols Illegal, Demands Registration or Face Jail Time
» Biden Repeats Questionable Claim He Frequented Black Church During Civil Rights Movement
» Bill Gates Grilled by Fans: ‘Why Did You Continue Associating With Jeffrey Epstein After He Was Convicted?’
» Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Join ISIS: ‘I Need Islamic Law’
» DOJ’s ‘Weaponization of Government’ Against Conservatives Under Scrutiny in New Investigation: Jim Jordan
» Driver Killed in Possible Road Rage Shooting, Crashing Into Tree in Missouri City, Police Say
» Ex-Clinton WH Advisor: Biden Will ‘Get Creamed’ Over Classified Docs — ‘It’s a Very, Very Big Deal’
» Former Alabama Football Star Ahmaad Galloway Dies Suddenly at 42
» Gov. Jay Inslee Runs Away From Question About Reinstating WA Employees Fired Due to Vaccine Mandate
» House GOP Bill Would Order Federal Workers Back to Office
» How Fighting ‘Islamophobia’ Leads to Theocracy
» ‘It’s Overkill’: Activists Believe Taqueria Customer Who Shot, Killed Robber Should be Charged
» Kentucky Dem Suggests Biden be Impeached for War Crimes in Ukraine
» ‘Let Go of My Kid’: Gun-Packin’ Mom Thwarts Attempted Child Abduction in Downtown Des Moines
» Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro is ‘Concerned’ That Within the Next Six Months the US Navy Won’t be Able to Arm Both Itself and Ukraine — Urging Contractors to Boost Production to Meet the Demand
» New Study Offers Even More Proof Lockdowns Were Deadly
» Ron DeSantis’ Stop WOKE Act Upheld by Florida Judge
» University Faces Accreditation Probe for Dumping Professor Who Showed Students Muhammad Art
» Washington Fire Captain Dies Suddenly at 46, Found Dead in Bed: ‘Completely Unexpected’
» Wealthy Elites Now ‘Require’ Unvaccinated Pilots to Fly Private Jets
» Why Was He Free? Oakland Man, 28, ‘Stabs USPS Worker, 71, To Death as She Walked Home From Night Shift
» Why Was Hunter Paying Joe Biden $50K Per Month to Rent House Where Classified Documents Found?
 
Canada
» Combating Online Disinformation Will Cost Canadian Taxpayers 31 Million Dollars
» Manitoba Church Hit With $30K COVID Fine for Not Turning Away Worshippers
» Poilievre Slams the CBC, WEF at Winnipeg Rally
» Prince George Suspends COVID Vaccine Mandate for City Workers
» The Reason People Are Moving to Alberta in Droves Makes Dollars and Sense
» Toronto Ranks Among Worst Cities Based on Traffic and Transit
 
Europe and the EU
» Breaking: I Just Got Pulled Over at a Police Checkpoint at the World Economic Forum
» Czech Presidential Elections: Petr Pavel Scores Narrow Win Over Andrej Babis in First Round
» France: Paris Mass Stabber Identified as Algerian, Had Multiple Identities, Criminal Record, Deportation Order
» French Catholic Church Heavily Vandalised, Paintings and Statues Wrecked
» Germany Orders Holocaust Survivor Institutionalized Over COVID-19 Shot
» Great Reset: Individual CO2 Limits Needed to Fight Climate Change, Says German Scientist
» Hungary Votes: 97 Percent Reject Sanctions Against Russia
» Journalists, Global ‘Elites’ Converge on Davos as Officials Implement ‘Strict’ Screening, PCR Testing to Access Summit
» Military-Style Checkpoints Greet Journalists at WEF Meetings in Davos
» Sanctions Fail: Britain Buying Up More ‘Indian’ Oil Made From Russian Crude
» Sky-High Hypocrites: Davos Elites Hit Turbulence Over Love of Private Jets
» Temporary Morgues Are Being Opened Across UK to Deal With Surge in Deaths
» UK: Shocking Moment Audi A5 ‘Deliberately’ Mows Down Motorcyclist in ‘Road Rage Attack’ After ‘Bike Collided With a Pedestrian Seconds Earlier’ — As Police Hunt Hit-and-Run Driver Who Fled Scene on Foot
» UK: Will Aseem Malhotra’s Appearance be the BBC’s Most Viewed Programme of 2023?
 
South Asia
» India: Delhi Man Involved in 40 Criminal Cases Stabbed to Death, 3 Juveniles Held
» India to Let Banks Use Biometrics to Confirm Transactions
» Plane Carrying 72 People Crashes While Landing in Nepal Resort Town, Dozens Confirmed Dead
 
Australia — Pacific
» Desperate Victoria Police Launches Recruitment Drive
» Gay Men Warned Stock up on HIV Prevention Medication as Half a Million LGBTQI Partygoers Prepare to Descend on Sydney for Worldpride Festival
» The Headlines: Extinction Rebellion Aussies Have Been Arrested for Nude Protesting
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
» At Least 10 Killed in Explosion in NE DR Congo
 
Latin America
» Iran Vows to Station Warships in Critical Trading Route the Panama Canal After Building Ties With Latin American Dictators in Bid to Threaten the US on Its Doorstep
 
Immigration
» Canadian Govt Minister Demands Even More Migration After Record Year of Arrivals
» Democrat NYC Mayor Adams Calls on Federal Government to Play More Proactive Role to Secure Border
» Greece: 24 NGO Workers in Court for Migrant Trafficking
» UK Government Asks Charity to Remove Video
 
Culture Wars
» California Mom Sues School District That Allegedly Counseled Daughter to Transition Gender
» Canada: Report Confirms ‘Gender-Diverse’ Persons Commit Sexual Violence in Federal Prison, But Csc Won’t Release the Data
» Russian-British Comedian Mocks Wokeness in Oxford Union Speech: ‘Trained Young Minds to Forget’
» U.S. Court Ruling Upholds Federal Funding for Religious Colleges With Traditional Values
» Watch: Dallas Legislators Attend ‘All-Ages’ Drag Show While Armed Antifa Stand Guard Outside
 

Fitch Affirms Poland’s ‘A-’ Rating With Stable Outlook

Global ratings agency Fitch has confirmed Poland’s long-term rating at the ‘A-’ level with stable outlook.

In a statement late on Friday, Fitch said Poland had a diversified economy, a fairly sound macroeconomic framework and slightly lower public debt levels compared to its peers.

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

FTX CEO ‘Created Secret Backdoor’ For Laundering Money, Court Hears

An attorney for bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has testified in court that former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried ordered a “secret backdoor” to be created for laundering money.

FTX lawyer Andrew Dietderich told the court that Bankman-Fried instructed the company’s cofounder Gary Wang to create the backdoor.

The move enabled Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund Alameda Research to “borrow” $65 billion of clients’ money from the exchange without their permission.

Wang was told to create a “backdoor, a secret way for Alameda to borrow from customers on the exchange without permission,” Dietderich said in his testimony before the Delaware bankruptcy court this week.

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

Hundreds of British Steelworkers to Lose Jobs as Industry Hamstrung by Green Costs, High Energy Bills

High energy bills and green agenda policies have led to a major British steel producer halting production in Wales and England, laying off around 440 steelworkers.

Liberty Steel will be forced to lay off 440 workers after announcing that it was halting steel production at plants in Newport, Tredegar, and West Bromwich, and is set to look to cheaper imports for specialised steel production in Yorkshire.

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

New Zealanders Brace for Continued Cost of Living Hikes

According to a recent report from economic consultants Infometrics and Foodstuffs, the cost of living for New Zealanders may not see any relief this year.

The report found that costs from suppliers to supermarkets rose by nearly 11% in the year to December, with economists citing multiple factors that could lead to further pain at the checkout.

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

Over 80% of Canadians Say the Country is in a Recession

A new survey has found that a whopping 83% of Canadians believe that the country is currently experiencing a recession.

According to pollsters Pollara, the economic sentiments are among the worst since the 2008 financial crash.

Economic Outlook 2023 reveals most people have bleak expectations when it comes to the economy. When asked to identify an emotion used to describe their feelings about the economy, two thirds chose “worried.”

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

Poland’s CPI Confirmed at 16.6 pct y/y in December — Stats Office

Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) increased by 16.6 percent year on year and by 0.1 percent month on month in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Friday.

In a flash estimate, GUS said that December’s CPI would reach 16.6 percent year on year and 0.2 percent month on month.

In November 2022, the prices of consumer goods and services increased by 17.5 percent year on year and by 0.7 percent month on month.

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

Since 2020/21, Canada’s Federal-Provincial Debt ‘Snowballed’ — But Alberta Cuts Its Debt by One-Third

According to the Fraser Institute, Alberta once again has the lowest government debt — both per person and as a share of the economy — nationwide. But recent spending sprees from coast to coast to coast pegs the combined federal and provincial debt at nearly 75% of the Canadian economy.

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

WEF Elites: ‘Cost-of-Living Crisis’ Is World’s Top Risk in Past Two Years

Global elites attending this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland view the “cost-of-living crisis” as the top issue facing society in the past two years.

The WEF has now replaced “extreme weather” with “cost-of-living crisis” to become the world’s most immediate and serious issue.

Klaus Schwab and his allies have been pushing “extreme weather” as a top issue in recent years due to claims of its supposed links to so-called “climate change,” which remains the key topic on the agenda for the organization.

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

2022 Saw Disturbing Increase in Law Enforcement Fatalities: ‘A Culture of Lawlessness Has Gripped the Country’

Fraternal Order of Police National Vice President Joe Gamaldi sounded the alarm on a growing number of law enforcement fatalities in 2022 Sunday on “Fox News Live.”

Firearms-related fatalities claimed the lives of 64 police officers in 2022, contributing to a roughly 21% increase from the average of 53 per year from 2010-2020, according to data from the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund (NLEOMF).

“It’s absolutely horrible. Unfortunately, the war on cops in 2022 just continued to march on. We had 331 police officers shot. That’s a 13% increase since 2019. We had nearly 90 ambush attacks and 64 of those officers lost their lives,” Gamaldi said.

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

4 More Fairfax County Schools Failed to Tell Students About National Merit Awards

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Four more Fairfax County schools failed to tell students about national merit award recognition in a timely fashion, 7News learned Friday.

Edison High School in Alexandria, along with Lewis High School, West Potomac High School and Annandale High School announced on their website that notifications did not go out on time last fall.

“As part of our ongoing review of FCPS practices, it has come to light that notifications to Edison High School students designated as Commended Students this past fall were also delayed,” Edison Principal Pamela Brumfield said. “While we were able to mark this achievement with a celebration of these students in late November, the notifications happened later than we had hoped.”

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

Almost 90% of GOP Support Harmeet Dhillon Over Ronna McDaniel for RNC Chair: Poll

A recent Trafalgar and Convention of States Action poll of 1,072 potential Republican voters found that 86 percent of respondents support attorney Harmeet Dhillon as the new Republican National Committee Chairperson.

On Twitter Charlie Kirk wrote, “A recent poll of over 1,000 Republican voters found that 86% would support Harmeet Dhillon as the new RNC Chair over Ronna McDaniel. The era of a status quo Republican Party is over whether those clinging onto power realize it yet or not.”

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

ATF Declares Braced Pistols Illegal, Demands Registration or Face Jail Time

Submitted by Gun Owners Of America.

The ATF has finally unveiled its “final rule” regarding pistol braces.

This rule, also called “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces,” could result in serious criminal charges for owners of up to 40 million guns if they do not register their braced firearms with ATF.

GOA’s Legal & Federal Affairs team are currently going over the final rule with a fine-toothed comb, but here’s what we know so far.

According to the final rule, gun owners who possess braced firearms will have 120 days to destroy, reconfigure, register, turn in their firearms to ATF, or face NFA violations which include $250,000 in fines and a hefty prison sentence.

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

Biden Repeats Questionable Claim He Frequented Black Church During Civil Rights Movement

In his remarks celebrating the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., President Joe Biden repeated the questionable claim that he frequented a Black church during the civil rights movement.

Biden gave a speech at King’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta Sunday on what would have been the slain civil rights icon’s 94th birthday. The president opened his remarks by repeating a claim — connecting himself to the civil rights movement — that has been disputed repeatedly in the past.

“Let’s lay one thing to rest. I may be a practicing Catholic, but [I] used to go to 7:30 Mass every morning in high school and then in college before I went to the Black church,” Biden said. “Not a joke, Andy knows this.”

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

Bill Gates Grilled by Fans: ‘Why Did You Continue Associating With Jeffrey Epstein After He Was Convicted?’

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates invited Reddit users to an “ask me anything” session but it severely backfired when he was grilled about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Gates talked about several subjects, including his favorite rock band (U2), “climate change,” taxation of the wealthy, and how much US farmland he owns.

However, he refused to answer any questions about deceased pedophile Epstein during the “ask me anything” session.

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

Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Join ISIS: ‘I Need Islamic Law’

A Connecticut man pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempting to travel to the Middle East to fight for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Kevin Iman McCormick, 29, was arrested in October 2019 at a private airport in Connecticut, where he was allegedly tried to board a flight to Canada and then to Amman, Jordan.

In the months leading up that arrest, McCormick pledged his allegiance to ISIS and its then-leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.

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

DOJ’s ‘Weaponization of Government’ Against Conservatives Under Scrutiny in New Investigation: Jim Jordan

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, R., called out the “double standard” in the Justice Department’s treatment of Democrats and Republicans, sharing his intentions to lead a select committee investigation into President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents on Sunday.

“[There’s] this double standard,” he told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“Clinton mishandles classified information, Biden mishandles classified information, and they get treated a certain way,” he said. “Then, of course, President Trump gets his home raided 91 days before this midterm election.”

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

Driver Killed in Possible Road Rage Shooting, Crashing Into Tree in Missouri City, Police Say

A crash turned into a homicide investigation when police found the driver was shot in the head, according to police.

MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) — A crash turned into a homicide investigation when police discovered the driver was shot in Missouri City, according to police.

At about 9:40 a.m., officers with the Houston Police Department responded to reports of a person crashing into a tree at 7101 Bahia Lane.

When officers arrived to investigate, they found a man inside the wrecked car suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to the hospital, where he died.

Home surveillance video captured the moments after the shooting when the victim crashed.

People who live in the area told Eyewitness News they heard gunshots and saw a car following the red SUV before it crashed.

They believe the car made a U-turn at the scene before police arrived.

           — Hat tip: Roger [Return to headlines]
 

Ex-Clinton WH Advisor: Biden Will ‘Get Creamed’ Over Classified Docs — ‘It’s a Very, Very Big Deal’

Former Bill Clinton administration advisor David Gergen has warned that Democrat President Joe Biden will get “creamed” over his classified documents scandal because “it’s a very, very big deal.”

The former White House official, now a political analyst at CNN, commented on the scandal after three batches of classified material have been found in Biden’s private home and office.

During an interview with CNN, network opinion host Anderson Cooper asked Gergen about the scale of Biden’s scandal.

“It’s very, very big,” Gergen responded.

“Not legally, but politically,” he claimed.

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

Former Alabama Football Star Ahmaad Galloway Dies Suddenly at 42

Former Alabama star running back Ahmaad Galloway has died suddenly at just 42 years old, according to reports.

After leaving the NFL behind, Galloway went into teaching.

He was an eighth-grade English teacher at Compton-Drew Middle School in St. Louis, Missouri.

The school contacted authorities when Galloway unexpectantly did not show up for work this week.

Police conducted a welfare check at Galloway’s home after concerns were raised by his colleagues.

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

Gov. Jay Inslee Runs Away From Question About Reinstating WA Employees Fired Due to Vaccine Mandate

Katie Daviscourt reporting for Rebel News here at the Washington State Capitol to ask Governor Jay Inslee if he is going to follow the science and rehire the thousands of state workers, healthcare workers, and first responders that he fired for not complying with the vaccine mandate.

Over the next few months, state legislators will be introducing House Bill 1029, which would not only rehire workers fired under the mandates but also give them back pay.

Well as you can see, Governor Inslee refused to answer my question and proceeded to walk away. But when I asked his wife Trudi if the workers should be rehired… she told me “no.” And added, “we’re pro-vaccine.”

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

House GOP Bill Would Order Federal Workers Back to Office

House Republicans have introduced a bill that would command legions of federal employees to stop teleworking and return to the office.

The Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems Act — or “SHOW UP Act” — was introduced by Kentucky Rep. James Comer, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

“Americans have suffered from the federal government’s detrimental pandemic-era telework policies for federal bureaucrats,” said Comer. “President Biden’s unnecessary expansion of telework crippled the ability of departments and agencies to fulfill their responsibilities and created cumbersome backlogs.”

The bill gives federal employees who worked in person prior to the pandemic 30 days to get back to the office. A November Federal News Network survey found that 60% of feds were working in a “hybrid” environment, with a third working entirely remotely.

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

How Fighting ‘Islamophobia’ Leads to Theocracy

by Daniel Greenfield

The decision by Hamline University to purge a minority art teacher for showing a Shiite painting of Mohammed has traveled from the outskirts of a few blogs, and a student paper of the small private college in St. Paul, to art sites, a PEN condemnation and finally the New York Times.

Erika Lopez Prater, an adjunct at Hamline, showed a Persian painting of Mohammed to her class. Aram Wedatalla, a president of the Muslim Student Association, objected. The MSA rallied to denounce her, along with its advisor, Nur Mood: the college’s Assistant Director of Social Justice Programs. The Latina professor was dumped and condemned as an Islamophobe. Jaylani Hussein, CAIR-Minnesota’s director came in to hold a session on Islamophobia. The MSA and CAIR have both been linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.

When a religion professor pointed out that Muslims have different views on paintings of Mohammed, Hussein described such Muslims as “extremists” and argued that, “You can teach a whole class about why Hitler was good.”

The New York Times then describes how “Ms. Baker, the department head, and Dr. Everett, the administrator, separately walked up to the religion professor, put their hands on his shoulders and said this was not the time to raise these concerns”.

After years of ridiculing warnings that an alliance with Islamists would require them to enforce sharia law, liberals did just that at Hamline University. And this time their targets weren’t white men, but a minority woman and Shiite Muslim paintings…

           — Hat tip: Daniel Greenfield [Return to headlines]
 

‘It’s Overkill’: Activists Believe Taqueria Customer Who Shot, Killed Robber Should be Charged

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Community activists in Houston believe that the man who was caught on video shooting and killing a robber at The Ranchito #4 should face charges.

Police have decided not to charge the man, whose name has not been released, but activists said when you listen to the nine gunshots in the surveillance video, it is overkill, and the shooter should not be able to get away with that.

“That’s excessive,” activist Quanell X said. “Come on now, that’s excessive. That’s ridiculous.” He says that the shooter went too far.

           — Hat tip: MM [Return to headlines]
 

Kentucky Dem Suggests Biden be Impeached for War Crimes in Ukraine

Kentucky progressive Democrat and gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Young has proposed that President Joe Biden be “immediately” thrown out of office for a series of war crimes committed by his administration.

“I think Joe Biden (D-War Criminal) should be impeached immediately for war crimes in Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq etc,” Young tweeted, specifying that reasons for impeachment include “the illegal proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.”

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

‘Let Go of My Kid’: Gun-Packin’ Mom Thwarts Attempted Child Abduction in Downtown Des Moines

Hats off to the Des Moines mom who stopped the abduction of her child without firing a shot from her concealed carry piece. The story could have ended very differently, but in the end, the would be child abductors were arrested without any new orifices or blood loss and the mother got her kid back unmolested.

It all went down Thursday when a couple tried to grab a young boy, claiming they were his parents. When the true mom confronted the pair, the male half grabbed the kid and tried to flee.

That’s when mom pulled her gun and explained the facts of life to the would-be abductors, telling them, “Let go of my kid.” At that point, they abandoned the attempted abduction and fled.

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

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro is ‘Concerned’ That Within the Next Six Months the US Navy Won’t be Able to Arm Both Itself and Ukraine — Urging Contractors to Boost Production to Meet the Demand

Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro admitted there are ‘concerns’ about America’s weapons supply as the US continues to arm Ukraine at a conference on Wednesday.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

New Study Offers Even More Proof Lockdowns Were Deadly

In hopes of containing the pandemic, everyone across the country was forced to suffer through lockdown orders, closed schools, and shuttered workplaces in the spring of 2020. In Democratic-controlled areas, many of these restrictions lingered into 2021. Yet they didn’t work. We all got COVID-19 anyway, more than a million Americans nonetheless died of the disease, and in a dark and ironic twist, most COVID-19 spread actually happened at home .

Meanwhile, those restrictions themselves evidently had deadly consequences. A new study from Casey B. Mulligan and Rob Arnett published in the journal Inquiry finds that non-COVID deaths were highly elevated above expected trends in the U.S. in 2020 and 2021. They report that over this period, approximately 97,000 Americans died annually (not including COVID deaths) above the baseline trend, a statistic known as “excess deaths.”

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

Ron DeSantis’ Stop WOKE Act Upheld by Florida Judge

A federal court has ruled in favor of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, stating that his “Stop WOKE Act,” piece of legislation that outlaws the promotion of critical race theory and other “woke” ideologies on the state’s college campuses is not unconstitutional

“Although this court would not hesitate to compel compliance with its preliminary injunction, this court finds there has been no violation of the injunction at this time,” U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker wrote on Thursday, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

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

University Faces Accreditation Probe for Dumping Professor Who Showed Students Muhammad Art

A looming accreditation probe has not diminished Hamline University’s zeal to defend its decision to part ways with an adjunct professor of art history for showing students Muslim-commissioned depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, after giving them repeated opportunities to opt out or express concerns.

President Fayneese Miller’s defiant media statement Wednesday night, which fleshed out her brief New York Times comments and earlier campus statements, threatens to prolong a dispute about both academic freedom but also Hamline’s enforcement of an inconsistent strain of thinking within Islam historically.

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

Washington Fire Captain Dies Suddenly at 46, Found Dead in Bed: ‘Completely Unexpected’

A Clallam County, Washington fire captain has died suddenly at just 46 years old, according to reports.

Charles “Chad” Cate was found dead in his bunk bed by fellow firefighters at the station at around 7:00 am on Thursday morning.

Callam County Fire District 3 said in a press release that Cate’s death was “completely unexpected.”

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

Wealthy Elites Now ‘Require’ Unvaccinated Pilots to Fly Private Jets

Wealthy elites are now insisting that crew members on their private jets are unvaccinated, a pilot has claimed.

Former Jetstar pilot Alan Dana says it has now become a “requirement” for private jet pilots and crew to be purebloods — people who haven’t been vaccinated for Covid.

The move is in stark contrast to commercial airline companies, many of which have refused to let crew fly without being “up-to-date” with shots and boosters.

According to Dana, elites are actively seeking out unvaxxed pilots and crew to fly their jets.

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

Why Was He Free? Oakland Man, 28, ‘Stabs USPS Worker, 71, To Death as She Walked Home From Night Shift

A homeless Oakland man is in custody and accused of stabbing a beloved mother and United States Post Office worker more than 12 times as she was on her way home from her night shift.

Wilbert Winchester, 28, was arrested shortly after the vicious attack in Dilma Franks-Spruill, 71, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Two days earlier, Winchester was accused of stabbing a 59-year-old woman on a bus in Oakland.

He is also the suspect in several other similar attacks involving a metal pole and a box cutter that occurred in the same area.

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

Why Was Hunter Paying Joe Biden $50K Per Month to Rent House Where Classified Documents Found?

A Thursday tweet from the NY Post‘s Miranda Devine containing a background check for Hunter Biden has people asking questions.

“The now-52-year-old began listing the Wilmington home as his address following his 2017 divorce from ex-wife Kathleen Buhle — even falsely claiming he owned the property on a July 2018 background check form as part of a rental application,” the Post reported.

Of note, this is the same house where classified documents were found.

Yet, upon closer inspection, Hunter lists the “Monthly Rent” as $49,910 — or roughly $550,000 for the 11 months he indicated he lived there?

A Zillow search reveals that the most expensive home currently for rent in Wilmington, Delaware is going for $6,000 per month.

According to Town & Country magazine, Biden’s home is worth around $2 million.

Could Hunter, a crackhead, have accidentally listed the annual rent payment to his father for the house which contained classified documents? Sure. But why was his wealthy ex-VP dad charging him rent in the first place, when Hunter was allegedly broke?

Trending Politics asks the quiet part out loud; was this Hunter’s way of funneling money to his father?

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

Combating Online Disinformation Will Cost Canadian Taxpayers 31 Million Dollars

Canadian Heritage recently announced the funding of a new project intended to strengthen Canadians’ resiliency to what they describe as “harmful online disinformation.”

1.2 million dollars will be poured into 16 research projects to “help to counter and educate about online harms, misinformation and disinformation,” as per the release.

It’s part of funding being provided by the Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP) which is part of the Canadian Heritages’ Digital Citizen Initiative (DCI).

The DCI apparently supports “democracy and social cohesion in Canada by enhancing and/or supporting efforts to counter online disinformation and other online harms and threats.”

The DCI will receive a total investment of $31 million over four years.

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

Manitoba Church Hit With $30K COVID Fine for Not Turning Away Worshippers

A plea deal reached between the Crown and the Church of God (Restoration) near Steinbach Thursday in Manitoba provincial court convicted the church of two counts of violating the Public Health Act on six occasions between Nov. 22, 2020, and May 23, 2021.

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

Poilievre Slams the CBC, WEF at Winnipeg Rally

During a Conservative pit stop in Winnipeg, party leader Pierre Poilievre took potshots at the Trudeau Liberals and their allies in the media.

In front of a crowd of several hundred supporters, the opposition leader jokingly pledged to convert the CBC headquarters into family housing and offer the prime minister a one-way ticket to Hollywood.

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

Prince George Suspends COVID Vaccine Mandate for City Workers

Prince George, British Columbia, has moved to suspend its COVID vaccine mandate for city workers, and unvaccinated employees will finally return to work for the first time in 12 months.

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The Reason People Are Moving to Alberta in Droves Makes Dollars and Sense

Not only are Albertans saving big money without a PST, but to fight inflation, Alberta’s premier suspended the collection of the provincial portion of the gas tax until at least June.

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Toronto Ranks Among Worst Cities Based on Traffic and Transit

Canada’s most populous city is becoming a less attractive place as it continues to worsen in terms of housing, traffic commutes and crime.

Toronto is the seventh worst city in the world and top worst in Canada for traffic and metro commute times, according to a report by INRIX, a traffic analysis company. Greater Toronto Area commuters lost an average of 118 hours in 2022, a 59% increase since 2021.

Montreal followed behind at 72 hours lost, with Vancouverites losing 59 hours in 2022.

During peak hours, Toronto drivers averaged speeds of only 32 km/h compared to almost 50 km/h in 2019. Montreal drivers fared slightly better with average speeds of 35 km/h and Vancouver drivers at 38 km/h.

Toronto’s ranking skyrocketed to third in North America after being rated 22nd in 2021.

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Breaking: I Just Got Pulled Over at a Police Checkpoint at the World Economic Forum

Today I was driving to the World Economic Forum in Davos with our Rebel News journalists when a police checkpoint waved us over.

We had seen hundreds of police, military police and even soldiers driving in camouflaged army trucks on the route to Davos. We knew it was only a matter of time before they pulled us over.

What would they do to us — since we are not the “approved”, obedient journalists that the World Economic Forum prefers?

Would we be banned from Davos? Deported from Switzerland? Or even arrested?

See for yourself, we recorded every moment of it.

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Czech Presidential Elections: Petr Pavel Scores Narrow Win Over Andrej Babis in First Round

Retired army General Petr Pavel narrowly defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in the first round of the Czech presidential election to set up a runoff vote between the political newcomer and the former prime minister.

Pavel and Babis advanced to a second round of voting because none of the eight candidates seeking the country’s largely ceremonial presidency received a majority of votes in the initial round, which was held on Friday and Saturday.

With the ballots from 99.9 per cent of the polling statins counted by the Czech Statistics Office, Pavel had 35.39 per cent of the vote compared with 35.00 per cent for Babis.

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France: Paris Mass Stabber Identified as Algerian, Had Multiple Identities, Criminal Record, Deportation Order

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation Sunday into “attempted murders” after seven people were injured with a sharp metallic hook at a crowded Paris train station on Wednesday.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement that her office asked for the man suspected in the attack to be detained pending further investigation. He was shot and wounded by police during the attack at the Gare du Nord train station, authorities have said.

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French Catholic Church Heavily Vandalised, Paintings and Statues Wrecked

A French church in the commune of Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or in the suburbs of Lyon was vandalised this week, with paintings and statues smashed.

The church of Saint-Louis-Roi in Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or, a Roman Catholic church, was vandalised on Tuesday, according to local priest Father Martin Charcosset.

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Germany Orders Holocaust Survivor Institutionalized Over COVID-19 Shot

Soviet-born composer Inna Zhvanetskaya is reportedly in hiding from German authorities after they attempted to have the 85-year-old committed to a mental institution and inoculated against her will with a Covid-19 shot, German outlet Report24 said on Thursday.

Zhvanetskaya was born in Vinnytsia, in the Ukrainian SSR, in 1937 and as a child survived the nazi holocaust.

Politicians and legal experts, including the ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) party’s Martin Sich, have decried the court order against the composer as a violation of Germany’s Basic Law.

While a court order had authorized the forcible removal of Zhvanetskaya from her home in Stuttgart on Wednesday in order to institutionalize her “for her own good,” she was reportedly rescued ahead of their visit by “friendly activists.” In a video recorded from her hiding place, the composer told Report24 that “music is my life, and if they take away music from me then they take my life.”

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Great Reset: Individual CO2 Limits Needed to Fight Climate Change, Says German Scientist

An individual carbon dioxide limit should be applied to every person in order to establish a “planetary guardrail” in the effort to combat allegedly man-made climate change, a leading German scientist has argued.

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) said this week that every person should have a limit of three tonnes of C02 emissions per year and those who exceed their limit should be forced to pay for the pleasure.

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Hungary Votes: 97 Percent Reject Sanctions Against Russia

In a “national consultation”, the Hungarian government asked Hungarians about the sanctions against Russia. Some 97 percent of the participants voted against the sanctions. The government regards the result as “indicative”.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is one of the harshest critics of sanctions against Russia. He saw this confirmed by the most recent survey in Hungary.

The results of the survey are “pointing the way”, said government spokeswoman Alexandra Szentkiralyi on Facebook. It should also be heard in Brussels. The embassy is clearly in favor of a reassessment of the sanctions.

The Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban repeatedly holds “national consultations” in which votes can be mailed or sent online. However, the surveys have no legally binding consequences.

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Journalists, Global ‘Elites’ Converge on Davos as Officials Implement ‘Strict’ Screening, PCR Testing to Access Summit

With the World Economic Forum (WEF) set to begin on Monday, elites, journalists, and other participants must take a PCR test upon arrival after bypassing a strict biometric screening for select events and ample security.

According to True North‘s Andrew Lawton, the chip in your ID badge is deactivated if you don’t take the test. “If you test positive for COVID, the badge is also deactivated,” tweeted Lawton.

“Looks exactly what they want for the rest of us,” commented a Twitter user.

“[This is] a glimpse into our future,” said another.

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Military-Style Checkpoints Greet Journalists at WEF Meetings in Davos

The World Economic Forum ramped up security for the annual Davos Switzerland conference this year after an invasion of independent journalists pulled back the curtain on the cloistered event in November.

The increase in security also includes biometric screening to access certain WEF events and venues.

Rebel News has a team of journalists on the ground in the Swiss resort town where the world’s oligarchs convene to plot their vision for the fate of humanity.

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Sanctions Fail: Britain Buying Up More ‘Indian’ Oil Made From Russian Crude

Britain is increasing purchases of Indian oil amid the Western sanctions war with Russia — but much of it is likely refined from Russian product sold to India at a discount.

While there is a general perception that Russia has become a pariah state since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with only the likes of Iran and North Korea allegedly offering covert support, many governments in Africa, Asia, and South America have largely stayed out of the West’s economic war with Moscow, including countries considered traditional allies such as Israel, India, and even NATO member Turkey.

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Sky-High Hypocrites: Davos Elites Hit Turbulence Over Love of Private Jets

The globalist elites and their private jets are now landing in Davos, Switzerland, for yet another World Economic Forum (WEF) built on a week of fine dining and billionaire back slapping in luxurious surrounds — with a few meetings in between.

As they do they’re drawing contempt for their hypocrisy as elsewhere mere mortals are hectored to stop their own use of regular commercial air travel in the name of saving the planet.

More than a thousand private jets delivered dignitaries to last year’s summit in the plush Swiss holiday resort, a Greenpeace study revealed on Friday, and the sheer volume of flights generated four times the carbon dioxide emissions such aircraft would create in an average week, according to the report.

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Temporary Morgues Are Being Opened Across UK to Deal With Surge in Deaths

ER Editor: The Wales Online report below normalizes everything, of course, and attributes the ‘surge in deaths’ to NHS incapacity, the ‘festive’ season, the flu season, whatever. The elephant in the room isn’t getting mentioned. For perspective, here are 3 articles we put out in the fall of 2022, just before the ‘festive’ season as a sampler, and one from November of 2021:

  • November 4, 2022: UK: Excess Mortality Soars Higher Than During Covid
  • October 27, 2022: Europe Has Suffered a Record-Breaking Number of Excess Deaths in 2022
  • September 14, 2022: 8x Increase in Excess Deaths Among Children in Europe Since COVID Vaccine Roll-out
  • Nov. 31, 2021: Cancer Expert Says UK Seeing Spike in “Non-Covid” Deaths, Nobody Willing to Blame Vaccines as Culprit

Some sites that were created to deal with Covid deaths are now being reopened

Wales Online

Bodies are being stored in makeshift morgues to deal with a backlog of deaths over the winter months as the NHS struggles to cope and hospitals reach full capacity. Temporary mortuary sites are being opened up across the UK in a bid to deal with increased demand following a deadly festive period.

Some sites that were erected to compensate for the number of Covid-19 deaths during the pandemic are now reopening their doors again. Others installed include one at a council gritting yard in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and another at a former landfill site near a nature reserve in Wollaston, Northamptonshire.

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UK: Shocking Moment Audi A5 ‘Deliberately’ Mows Down Motorcyclist in ‘Road Rage Attack’ After ‘Bike Collided With a Pedestrian Seconds Earlier’ — As Police Hunt Hit-and-Run Driver Who Fled Scene on Foot

This is the moment a driver ‘intentionally’ mows down a motorcyclist in a shocking ‘road rage attack’. Moments before, the motorcyclist collided with a passenger of the same car.

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UK: Will Aseem Malhotra’s Appearance be the BBC’s Most Viewed Programme of 2023?

What attracted the biggest TV audiences of 2022? Top of the list was the Queen’s funeral, with 25 million viewers.

Then came England’s World Cup quarter final exit with 21.3 million. Some 17.4 million watched the Women’s European Cup victory. We then drop down into the top TV shows. The final of I’m Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here had 11.9 million glued to their TV sets. 10.5 million watched the final of Strictly and 9.1 million tuned in to Eurovision.

It’s unlikely that there’ll be a big royal funeral or wedding in 2023. There’s a Rugby World Cup but not a football one. There are no Olympic Games. So, where can the TV Networks find their big hits for the coming year?

Well, courtesy of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, Dr. Aseem Malhotra may just have provided 2023’s biggest TV moment. As I write this, the seven minute clip of him being interviewed on a BBC news show on January 14th passed 14.8 million views. Now, wouldn’t you think that merited some form of acknowledgement from the BBC? If you were the BBC’s Head of Programmes wouldn’t you think: “Wow, we’ve had 14.8 million views, there’s a programme in this?”

[Comment: Dr. Malhotra is a cardiologist who said that a likely contributory factor to excess cardiovascular deaths is covid mRNA vaccine and roll out should be suspended pending an inquiry.]

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India: Delhi Man Involved in 40 Criminal Cases Stabbed to Death, 3 Juveniles Held

A Delhi man involved in 40 cases was stabbed to death by four people, including three minors. All four have been apprehended.

By Tanseem Haider: A 32-year-old man was stabbed to death in the Old Delhi area by three juveniles and one person on Thursday. The victim had 40 criminal cases against his name.

The police received a PCR call that a person was lying in a pool of blood in Prem Nagar on January 13. During the investigation, it was revealed that the man was taken to a nearby hospital with stab wounds but was declared brought dead on the same night.

The victim, identified as Nitin, a resident of Paharganj, was involved in 40 criminal cases.

A case of murder was registered and the police combed through CCTV footage and identified three juveniles and one person involved in the crime. Accused Karan has been arrested and the minors have been sent to an observation home.

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India to Let Banks Use Biometrics to Confirm Transactions

The Indian government is allowing banks to verify individual transactions for those that exceed 2 million rupees annually using iris scans and facial recognition in cases where fingerprint verification fails. The move is an effort to crack down on tax evasion and fraud, according to sources who talked to Reuters, but also highlights major privacy and civil liberties concerns.

A few banks have already started using the option, according to the sources, who asked not to be named because the advisory allowing such verification has not been made public. The verification is optional and is meant to be used in cases where someone has not shared their Permanent Account Number (PAN) card with banks.

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Plane Carrying 72 People Crashes While Landing in Nepal Resort Town, Dozens Confirmed Dead

A plane carrying 72 people crashed while landing Sunday at a new airport in the resort town of Pokhara, Nepal, killing dozens of people, officials said.

Rescuers are searching a gorge where the plane crashed near the Seti River, nearly a mile away from the Pokhara International Airport, said district administrative officer Tek Bahadur K. C., The Associated Press reported.

At least 68 people are confirmed dead and rescuers expect to find more bodies, officials said.

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Desperate Victoria Police Launches Recruitment Drive

Victoria Police is launching a major recruitment drive to contact over 40,000 potential candidates who previously expressed interest in joining the force but pursued other options.

It comes after the revelation that almost one in nine officers have left the force since 2019, causing major recruitment and experience issues as calls grow to bring back cops forced out due to vaccine mandates.

The latest recruitment drive will target individuals who had applied in the past but missed selection, those who had registered at career sessions on policing, and those who had withdrawn their applications.

The force will also be reaching out to individuals who had previously expressed interest in the organization’s fitness test.

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Gay Men Warned Stock up on HIV Prevention Medication as Half a Million LGBTQI Partygoers Prepare to Descend on Sydney for Worldpride Festival

Matthew Vaughan, director of HIV and Sexual Health at ACON, said the influx in tourists is likely to increase demand for the drug so it’s best to be prepared.

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The Headlines: Extinction Rebellion Aussies Have Been Arrested for Nude Protesting

The Santos Tour Down Under is the first profesh cycling event of the year, and it’s happening in the city of Adelaide. This event was also protested by the Extinction Rebellion collective. These individuals don’t like that this event is being brought to Australia by Santos, a massive oil and gas producer.

So, how exactly did the Extinction Rebellion protestors go after the Tour Down Under’s fossil fuels sponsorship? Well, these folks, all between the ages of 58 to 78, decided to expose their breasts and buttocks on the side of the road as the race went by.

“We are baring our ageing breasts and our wobbly bums in the hope of shocking,” said one of the protestors, Mag Merrilees.

“Polite pleas and submissions have not been enough.”

South Australia Police responded to this protest by arresting some of those who were involved. They are also planning on fining these individuals.

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At Least 10 Killed in Explosion in NE DR Congo

At least ten people were killed in an improvised explosive device attack on Sunday in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said a local army spokesman, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

About 39 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded at a local church in Kasindi of the North Kivu province, said Anthony Mwalushayi, spokesman for the DRC Armed Forces in the region, who provided the provisional casualty number.

According to the Twitter account of the Congolese Ministry of Communication, the Congolese government said it strongly condemned the bomb attack visibly perpetrated by rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces on Sunday.

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Iran Vows to Station Warships in Critical Trading Route the Panama Canal After Building Ties With Latin American Dictators in Bid to Threaten the US on Its Doorstep

Iran’s navy said it will have a presence in the Panama Canal by the end of 2023. The move is the latest Iran has made to establish itself in America’s backyard.

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Canadian Govt Minister Demands Even More Migration After Record Year of Arrivals

Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, a member of the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has called for even more immigration to Canada despite 2022 seeing a record influx.

Minister Fraser asserted this week that Canada required even more migrants due to a combination of shortages in the labour market and Canada’s low birth rates, claiming schools and hospitals may be in jeopardy in the future.

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Democrat NYC Mayor Adams Calls on Federal Government to Play More Proactive Role to Secure Border

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday called on the federal government to play a bigger role in addressing the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that is overwhelming city officials.

The Democratic mayor was in El Paso this weekend to survey the border and meet with his counterparts to discuss how the crisis is impacting the community.

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Greece: 24 NGO Workers in Court for Migrant Trafficking

The trial for 24 NGO workers in Greece began this week as they face allegations of aiding human trafficking and people smuggling that took place between 2016 and 2018.

The workers, who worked for the NGO Erci (Emergency Response Center International), were supposed to face trial in November of 2021 but the trial had been postponed.

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UK Government Asks Charity to Remove Video

The UK government has asked for the removal of a “misleading” online video that features Home Secretary Suella Braverman being questioned by a woman over her alleged use of derogatory language to describe refugees.

According to the Home Office, the video, tweeted by the nonprofit Freedom from Torture was edited to mislead people on how the Home Secretary responded.

In the video, Joan Salter, 83, is seen confronting Braverman over her use of the word “invasion” and “swarms” to describe migrants attempting to cross to the UK.

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California Mom Sues School District That Allegedly Counseled Daughter to Transition Gender

Aurora Regino, who says a school counselor helped her daughter consider a gender transition without parental notification, is suing the Chico Unified School District in northern California.

The lawsuit she filed against the district on Jan. 6 is seeking a permanent injunction against its alleged “Parental Secrecy Policy.”

Regino told Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Friday that she’s “appalled” by the actions the school district allegedly took after her 11-year-old daughter at the time expressed a desire to transition from a biological female to a male.

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Canada: Report Confirms ‘Gender-Diverse’ Persons Commit Sexual Violence in Federal Prison, But Csc Won’t Release the Data

A Correctional Service Canada’s (CSC) research brief found that men are typically involved in sexually coercive and violent (SCV) incidents in prison — as are women and gender-diverse persons.

In 2021/22, federal prisons reported 39 offender-on-offender SCV incidents, varying from isolated incidents of unwanted touching to extended periods of abuse.

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Russian-British Comedian Mocks Wokeness in Oxford Union Speech: ‘Trained Young Minds to Forget’

Satirist and podcast host Konstantin Kisin slammed woke culture and argued that it has caused young people to “forget” that the way to “improve the world” and fight climate change is to work, build and create.

During a debate at the Oxford Union Society, Kisin argued that woke culture has gone “too far” and noted at the beginning of his argument that he was attempting to speak to those “who are woke” and “open to rationale argument.” He started by saying that the younger generation cares more about climate change than any other generation.

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U.S. Court Ruling Upholds Federal Funding for Religious Colleges With Traditional Values

A federal judge in Oregon dismissed a lawsuit from a group of 40 LGBT+ individuals against the U.S. Education Department challenging a Title IX exemption that allows religious colleges to receive federal funding even if they do not adhere to the civil rights law’s prohibition on sex-based discrimination by holding traditional religious beliefs on sexuality and gender.

Oregon-based U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken wrote Thursday that “the religious exemption does not aim at the suppression of speech” and it is “substantially related to the government’s objective of accommodating religious exercise.”

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Watch: Dallas Legislators Attend ‘All-Ages’ Drag Show While Armed Antifa Stand Guard Outside

An “all-ages” drag show at BuzzBrews in Dallas, Texas on Saturday drew parents, kids, and local city councilmembers who came out to endorse the show and the practice of family drag shows. Councilman Jesse Moreno, Paul Ridley, and State Rep Venton Jones, were all on hand to give speeches while the drag queens accepted tips from their admirers.

Taylor Hansen was on the scene for the Texas Family Project to document the event, the protests, and the lawmakers endorsement. Antifa stood guard outside to protect the show from protestors who object to the sexual content being shown to children. The show began with clips of news reports critical of drag story hours and drag shows for families.

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11 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2023

  1. Czech Presidential Elections: “High Level Military Intelligence Officer of the Warsaw Pact Forces, Petr Pavel, Scores Narrow Win Over (relatively low level) Communist Secret Service agent, later turned fraudster-mafia-boss billionaire, Andrej Babis.”

    There – I corrected the headline for yous 🙂

  2. Corrupt parasitism?

    Or the random hyperactivity on Russian sanctions policy while the inexplicably growing blind solidarity and sympathy with the deeply brown Ukraine increases.

    A Ukraine whose President Volodymyr Selenskyi was accused of massive corruption in the German public media only a few years and months ago (see Georg Restle, editor-in-chief of the WDR “Monitor”, already in 2014 and “Pandora’s paper”), but which in February 2022 became, so to speak, inviolable overnight and is now pushing the world into the apocalyptic danger of a nuclear war with the unreasonable demand that NATO should enter the warfare.

    What is frightening is not this presidential puppet’s demand for money and weapons, but the appeasement and lemming-like attitude of most of the European political caste.

    No one questions why the EU has to contribute to the leasing costs of the American weapons in the first place, when after all the EU is already supporting Ukraine to the tune of EUR 9 billion!

    No one is criticising the US government’s hardline demand that the EU finally pay the USD 3.5 billion monthly lease payments under the Lend and Lease Act 2022 instead of Ukraine.

    No one checks the money deliveries – and Selensky becomes a multi-millionaire “under the table”.

    Ukraine is ranked 122 out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index.

    It’s a wonder that at least Donald Trump Jr. spoke plainly during Selenskyi’s visit to Washington when he tweeted that he was “basically an ungrateful international parasite”.
    Uwe G. Kranz (Die EU ist moralisch tot)

    • The one “positive” to all of this excess mortality is that it will cull or make infertile the most gullible and trusting of official pronouncements.

      A particularly cruel Darwinian selection, as it were.

      If it goes on for years with excess deaths and infertility of otherwise young people of childbearing age, it will eventually show up in voting patterns, or more likely, patterns of revolts and rebellions against governments which are seen by surviving cohorts as corrupt, unrespresentative, deliberately evasive, and dishonest.

      • I wish this was true and I’d probably say the same thing had not just recently a person very dear to me suffered a stroke with a statistical likelihood that her having gotten a Pfizer shot may have contributed to it. In many parts of the world people were actually coerced and this was the case there. With those of too little motivation to think for themselves I haven’t much compassion either, but there is always collateral damage with these developments. We’ll see how all this plays out, one way or another.

        As a sidenote, has anyone noticed the official announcement last year of the world population having exceeded 8 billion? Exponential growth in a limited space is not sustainable. I am not making any insinuation of a possible connection, because it doesn’t really matter. Nature has its ways of correcting unsustainable things. Human nature is subject to that, too.

  3. In The American SPECTATER today:

    SPECIAL REPORT

    Kissinger Calls for ‘Peace Through Negotiation’ in Ukraine War

    The goal of a peace process would be … to confirm the freedom of Ukraine and to define a new international structure.”

    by FRANCIS P. SEMPA

    News reports indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war. Kyiv officials have proposed a UN mediated “peace summit,” which Russia appears to have rejected. Now in his 99th year, Henry Kissinger, writing in the UK Spectator, suggests that the road to peace starts by learning the lessons of the First World War, a conflict that “Europe’s leaders sleepwalked … into [and] which none of them would have entered had they foreseen the world at war’s end in 1918.”

    Kissinger references a recent book by former U.S. diplomat Philip Zelikow titled https://spectator.org/kissinger-calls-for-peace-through-negotiation-in-ukraine-war/

    Listen here to what Kissinger, 99 years old, has to say to the world:

    https://voca.ro/1kRyPenuhgvU

    =======================

  4. How does Canadian honestly believe a manageable population of people is worse for hospitals and schools…is it better to have systems overwhelmed by massive populations who don’t pay for the systems?

    • You have Castro’s bastard running Canada with heavy red chink influence, how do you think it is going to go?

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