Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/16/2023

According to recently released statistics, immigration into Europe increased by 64% in 2022. Meanwhile, senators in Ireland called for anti-migrant protests to be made illegal.

In other news, the Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg was physically removed by German police from the protest in the coal-mining village of Lützerath.

To see the headlines and the articles, click “Continue reading” below.

Thanks to Caroline Glick, Dean, DV, McN, Reader from Chicago, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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Financial Crisis
» Most Canadian Businesses and Consumers Expect Recession This Year: Bank of Canada
 
USA
» American Idol Contestant CJ Harris Dies Suddenly at 31 of ‘Apparent Heart Attack’
» Astrophysics ‘Steeped in Systemic Racism and White Supremacy, ‘ Says Colorado College Science Professor
» Biden Sings ‘Happy Birthday’ To MLK III’s Wife, Forgets Her Name
» Biden Takes Swipe at Second Amendment Supporters: ‘You Need F-15s’ To Take on the Federal Government
» Campaign Funded by Pfizer and Moderna Lobbyists Sent Twitter Weekly Lists of Tweets to Censor
» CNN Hits Rock Bottom, May Hire Hollywood Comedian for Primetime Show
» DC Poised to Soften Penalties for Carjacking, Other Violent Crimes, Despite Mayor’s Veto
» Elon Musk Just Changed His Twitter Bio to ‘State-Affiliated Media’
» Elon Musk Says Instagram Makes People Depressed and Twitter Makes Them Angry
» Elon Musk Posts a Video Showing How Humans Will Land on Mars
» Former Intelligence Director Says UFO Report Raises Concern U.S. Behind on Military Technology
» Lauren Boebert: Democrats Are ‘Making a Mockery of First Amendment’ With New Bill
» McCarthy to Release Jan 6 Footage ‘Exactly the Way Elon Musk’ Did With ‘Twitter Files’
» Musk Says ZeroHedge Did “Nothing Warranting Suspension” After ‘Twitter Files’ Expose Big Pharma Bullying
» Musk Rips ‘Satanic’ ESG as World Economic Forum Meets and Discusses Controversial Investment Regime
» New Bill in GOP-Controlled House Would Ban Feds From Working With Big Tech to Censor Americans
» New Bill in Texas Legislature Would Ban Certain Foreign Entities From Purchasing Land There
» New Twitter Files Reveal Pharmaceutical Industry Lobbied Social Media Over COVID Vaccine Content
» Northern Illinois University to Host Faculty Training Sessions on ‘White Fatigue’ And ‘Decolonization’
» On the Road to Zero: More States Phasing Out the Income Tax
» Runbeck: Election Firm Involved in Maricopa County’s Alleged Chain-of-Custody Violations
» San Diego’s Rich and Famous Residents Revolt: ‘We Have Had Enough of Homelessness, Lawlessness, And Roadside Shantytowns’
» San Francisco Reparations Committee Proposes $5 Million to Each Black Resident
» Teen Mother, Infant Among Six Killed in Shooting at Central California Home
» The UFO Deception
» Trump Alleges Biden Document ‘Coverup,’ Calls Evangelicals Who Aren’t Endorsing Him ‘Disloyal’
» UPitt Pharma Student Dies Suddenly at 25 From ‘Unknown Cause’
» Victim Slams Chicago Carjacker Headfirst Into L Track Support Beam
» White House Says There Are No Visitor Logs for Biden’s Home
 
Canada
» Anti-Child Labour Activist Criticizes Trudeau: An Encounter in Davos at the World Economic Forum
» RCMP Investigate Overnight Church Fire in B.C.
» Trudeau’s “Shocking” Convoy Banking Measures Garner Mention in UK Parliament
» Update: A Map of the 71 Churches That Have Been Vandalized or Burned Since the Residential Schools Announcement
 
Europe and the EU
» Caerphilly Woman Stabbed Man in Heart Then Told Ex-Partner ‘I’ve Murdered Someone’
» Climate Activists Call Out WEF Global Warming Hypocrisy in Davos
» French Publishers Discover ‘Sensitivity Readers’
» George Soros Pulls Out of World Economic Forum Due to “Unavoidable Scheduling Problem”
» German Defense Minister Resigns After Weeks of Speculation
» Greta Thunberg Removed by German Police From Climate Change Protest at Coal Mine
» Here Are the Key Figures Attending the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Davos Summit
» PM Orban Says EU Cannot ‘Financially Corner’ Hungary
» ‘Polish Sovereignty in Danger’ — Senior Editor Warns of ‘Catastrophe’ After Polish Parliament Passes Legislation Required by EU
» Poll: Poles Decisively Support WWII Reparations Claim Against Germany
» Researchers Back WEF: Mass Public Consumption of ‘Beetleburgers’ Will ‘Save the Planet’
» Thousands of Warriors of Mary Congregate in Polish City of Bydgoszcz
» UK: London Police Officer Admits to Being Prolific Serial Rapist
» UK: New Plans to Widen Police Powers for Disruptive Protests
» What’s BlackRock Doing at the WEF Summit? We Tried to Find Out
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» Caroline Glick: Democracy Must be Restored to Israel
 
Russia
» Putin Hails “Positive” Momentum in Ukraine, “Stable” Economy in Surprisingly Upbeat Remarks
» Ukrainian Activist Lauded by Western Media Says She Wants “All Russians” to be “Wiped Off the Face of the Earth”
» Ukraine War: Russia’s Wagner Group Commander Requests Norway Asylum
» West Using Ukraine as ‘Tool’ Against Russia, British Tanks ‘Will Burn’ — Kremlin
 
South Asia
» Nepal Air Crash: Indian Passenger’s Video Caught Plane’s Last Moments
 
Far East
» Industrial Espionage: How China Sneaks Out America’s Technology Secrets
 
Australia — Pacific
» How Extinct Animals Could be Brought Back From the Dead
 
Immigration
» 500 ATMs Blown Up by Migrant Gangs in Germany in 2022, Setting a New Record
» Fines for Lorry Drivers Who Inadvertently Bring Stowaways Into Britain Will Rise From £2,000 to £10,000 Per Migrant Under Government Plans to Toughen Rules
» France: Woman Raped by African Suspect — Elderly Victim Raped Hours Later in Same City
» Germany: Trial Begins for 4 Migrants Accused of Sexually Abusing and Raping 13-Year-Old Girl
» Illegal Immigration in to Europe Soared by 64% in 2022 to Reach Six-Year High
» Ireland’s Asylum Chaos: Senators Call for Anti-Migrant Crisis Protests to be Made Illegal
» UK: Government’s Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Faces More Delays as Judges Allow Campaigners to Challenge Ruling That Deportation Deal is Lawful at Court of Appeal
» Ukrainian Refugees in Britain Are Going Home for Medical Treatment Rather Than Enduring NHS Wait Times
 
Culture Wars
» Canada Opens Its First ‘Vaginoplasty’ Post-Op Clinic to Deal With High Rate of Complications
» LGBTQ Charity at Center of Pedo Scandal to Train Medical Staff on How to Treat ‘Trans Kids’
» Maine School Board Members Recalled After Urging Kids to Keep ‘Gender Identities’ From Parents
» Man Wearing ‘Jesus Saves’ Shirt Ordered to Take it Off or Leave Mall of America
» Miss Clown World
» UK Government to Block Scottish Gender Bill
 

Most Canadian Businesses and Consumers Expect Recession This Year: Bank of Canada

A new business outlook poll by the Bank of Canada found that a vast majority of Canadian consumers agree that Canada will experience a recession sometime in the next year.

On Monday the bank released its Business Outlook Survey which found that expectations are low for Canada’s economy.

Despite recent data showing an uptick in job creation, two-thirds of businesses are also predicting a recession. On top of that, weak growth and high interest rates could lead to businesses reining in plans to invest.

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

American Idol Contestant CJ Harris Dies Suddenly at 31 of ‘Apparent Heart Attack’

Former American Idol contestant CJ Harris has tragically died suddenly after suffering an “apparent heart attack,” according to reports.

Harris, who was a contestant on the show in 2014 and made it to the top 6, died on Sunday in his hometown of Jasper, Alabama, TMZ reported.

The singer, whose full name is Curtis “CJ” Harris, was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to his family.

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

Astrophysics ‘Steeped in Systemic Racism and White Supremacy, ‘ Says Colorado College Science Professor

A Colorado professor believes astrophysics is steeped in systemic racism and White supremacy.

Natalie Gosnell, a professor of physics at Colorado College, wants to take an unorthodox approach to teach physics by interpreting it through the lens of race.

“Both artists and scientists are just observing things about the world, making interpretations about those observations, and then sharing their interpretation,” Gosnell told Colorado College News.

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

Biden Sings ‘Happy Birthday’ To MLK III’s Wife, Forgets Her Name

Democrat President Joe Biden walked straight into one of his infamous gaffes when he started singing “Happy Birthday” to the wife of Martin Luther King III on Monday.

Biden was giving a speech at an event run by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) that was honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Biden Takes Swipe at Second Amendment Supporters: ‘You Need F-15s’ To Take on the Federal Government

President Biden on Monday said those who argue they need assault weapons to fight the government need a much bigger arsenal to stand a chance.

Speaking at the National Action Network’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, Biden appeared to mock his conservative colleagues.

“I love my right-wing friends who talk about the tree of liberty is water of the blood of patriots,” he said. “If you need to work about taking on the federal government, you need some F-15s. You don’t need an AR-15.”

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

Campaign Funded by Pfizer and Moderna Lobbyists Sent Twitter Weekly Lists of Tweets to Censor

The Public Good Projects (PGP), a nonprofit that has developed several projects to fight so-called Covid “misinformation,” received $1,275,000 from the Pfizer and Moderna lobbying group, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), to create a content moderation campaign that influenced Twitter’s Covid misinformation rules. As part of this campaign, PGP sent Twitter lobbyists and content moderators weekly emails containing lists of tweets to censor.

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

CNN Hits Rock Bottom, May Hire Hollywood Comedian for Primetime Show

CNN’s new boss Chris Licht is looking for any way he can save the failing network and may hire a Hollywood comedian to host a primetime show.

According to a new report by Semafor’s Max Tani, Licht is considering the move after seeing the format succeed on other networks.

The “news entertainment” personality would fill some if not all of the primetime 9 to 11 p.m. hours with a “nontraditional version of the news.”

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

DC Poised to Soften Penalties for Carjacking, Other Violent Crimes, Despite Mayor’s Veto

The D.C. Council is expected to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of sweeping criminal reform legislation that will soften penalties for many violent crimes, including carjackings and burglaries.

Bowser vetoed the Revised Criminal Code Act earlier this month after the council, which lacks a single Republican member, voted unanimously to adopt it in November. The overhaul of the city’s criminal code includes reduced maximum sentences, the elimination of nearly all mandatory minimum sentences, and expanded rights to jury trials by those accused of misdemeanors.

Criminal justice reform advocates say the bill is necessary to modernize the law, which was written in 1901, and ensure that punishments are proportionate to the crimes being committed.

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

Elon Musk Just Changed His Twitter Bio to ‘State-Affiliated Media’

Elon Musk on Monday updated his Twitter bio to “state-affiliated media” after saying the platform should have the label.

In response to a question from a Twitter account on Sunday, which asked whether specific media accounts should have a “state-affiliated media” label like China Global Television Network’s account, Musk said: “Technically, Twitter should have that too.”

Shortly afterwards, Musk tweeted: “Kudos to the BBC for self-labelling its state affiliation,” without specifying where the broadcaster displayed this label.

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

Elon Musk Says Instagram Makes People Depressed and Twitter Makes Them Angry

Twitter’s CEO, Elon Musk, says Instagram makes people depressed and Twitter makes them angry.

On Sunday, Musk asked his Twitter followers which platform was better, tweeting: “Instagram makes people depressed & Twitter makes people angry. Which is better?”

One Twitter account replied that Twitter doesn’t make them angry but makes them laugh. Musk responded by saying he does laugh a lot on Twitter.

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

Elon Musk Posts a Video Showing How Humans Will Land on Mars

Elon Musk has shared a video to his Twitter account showing what he believes will be how humans land on the Red Planet in the future.

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

Former Intelligence Director Says UFO Report Raises Concern U.S. Behind on Military Technology

Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe is suggesting a new Pentagon report on UFOs should raise concerns about more than alien life, saying it might highlight possible weaknesses in America’s current military technologies.

“I know everyone gets caught up on the alien life and all of that, but my concern as the director of national intelligence was, if anyone, foreign adversary, regardless of how you define foreign adversary, have technologies that the United States don’t have, we need to find out more about that,” Ratcliffe stressed during an interview with Fox & Friends on Sunday.

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

Lauren Boebert: Democrats Are ‘Making a Mockery of First Amendment’ With New Bill

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has fired back at the Democrats for introducing a new bill that makes “a mockery of the First Amendment.”

Boebert was responding after Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) introduced a House Bill criminalizing “conspiracy to commit white supremacy.”

The legislation includes criticism of non-white people if it influences an individual to commit a “hate crime.”

The legislation, H.R.61 “Leading Against White Supremacy Act of 2023,” was introduced last Monday by Lee.

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

McCarthy to Release Jan 6 Footage ‘Exactly the Way Elon Musk’ Did With ‘Twitter Files’

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has said he plans to release the U.S. Capitol security footage from Jan. 6 in “exactly the way Elon Musk” published the “Twitter Files.”

As Slay News reported, McCarthy confirmed last week that he plans to make all of the footage from that day public.

McCarthy reportedly agreed to release all of the videos as part of a deal with GOP holdouts to secure the speakership.

Speaking during an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” McCarthy said Musk’s “Twitter Files” serve as a model for how U.S. Capitol security footage from January 6, 2021, could be released to the public.

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

Musk Says ZeroHedge Did “Nothing Warranting Suspension” After ‘Twitter Files’ Expose Big Pharma Bullying

Today’s Twitter Files drop contains several notable pieces of evidence.

First, that lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry launched a ‘massive lobbying blitz to crush any effort to share patents/IP for new covid-related medicine,” according to The Intercept‘s Lee Fang. As part of this effort, lobbying group BIO “wrote to the newly elected Biden admin, demanding the U.S. gov sanction any country attempting to violate patent rights and create generic low cost covid medicine or vaccines.”

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

Musk Rips ‘Satanic’ ESG as World Economic Forum Meets and Discusses Controversial Investment Regime

Elon Musk weighed in with his thoughts on the World Economic Forum’s plans to incorporate “environmental, social and governance,” or ESG, criteria into its investment strategy on Sunday, saying the “S” should stand for something else.

“The S in ESG stands for Satanic,” the Twitter CEO tweeted.

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

New Bill in GOP-Controlled House Would Ban Feds From Working With Big Tech to Censor Americans

Leading Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives filed new legislation that would ban federal employees from working with big tech companies to censor Americans.

The bill comes as ongoing reports show that federal law enforcement and the White House have regularly communicated with social media companies like Facebook and Twitter, pressuring the companies to remove posts and accounts for a range of issues, including questioning the COVID-19 vaccine.

“The collusion between bureaucrats and Big Tech has gone on for far too long. Government agencies shouldn’t censor the free speech of Americans,” said Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who is helping lead the effort. “The Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act is an important first step toward transparency and accountability for Biden’s bureaucrats and Big Tech.”

The bill would prevent federal officials from using their influence or authority, “including contracting, grantmaking, rulemaking, licensing, permitting, investigatory, or enforcement actions — to promote the censorship of lawful speech or advocate that a third party or private entity censor speech.”

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

New Bill in Texas Legislature Would Ban Certain Foreign Entities From Purchasing Land There

A bill has been filed in the Texas legislature that would ban citizens, governments and entities of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land in Texas.

Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst filed SB 147 to ban certain foreign governments and entities associated with them from purchasing real property in Texas.

It follows an executive order issued by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last year but includes fewer countries and far less prohibitions.

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

New Twitter Files Reveal Pharmaceutical Industry Lobbied Social Media Over COVID Vaccine Content

Investigative journalist Lee Fang unveiled the latest edition of the Twitter Files on Monday, showcasing how “the pharmaceutical industry lobbied social media to shape content” related to the COVID vaccine.

“The push included direct pressure from Pfizer partner BioNTech to censor activists demanding low-cost generic vaccines for low-income countries,” Fang wrote.

Twitter owner Elon Musk has been vocal about transparency when it comes to Twitter’s past and present actions curating content on the platform, including censored content. He has enlisted independent journalists to slowly release evidence of these actions in a series dubbed the “Twitter Files” that continue to expose once-secret communications.

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

Northern Illinois University to Host Faculty Training Sessions on ‘White Fatigue’ And ‘Decolonization’

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is planning on hosting several sessions for faculty and instructors that tackle topics like “White fatigue,” “antiracism,” and “decolonization in the classroom.”

The Faculty of Academy of Cultural Competence and Equity (FACCE) is described as an initiative where participants can join either a monthly workshop series during fall 2022 and spring 2023 or a weeklong summer institute for “learning” and “professional development.”

During the training, NIU faculty experts will speak on how to make classrooms and pedagogy more inclusive, with an emphasis on access, equity, and inclusion.

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

On the Road to Zero: More States Phasing Out the Income Tax

Americans in search of economic freedom and oportunity are flocking to Florida, Tennessee and Texas, and at least part of the attraction is that these three states, along with six others (Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming and New Hampshire), don’t levy an income tax.

Other states may soon follow.

“There are 10 states that are in the process of moving their personal income tax to zero,” President of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist said on the John Solomon Reports podcast.

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

Runbeck: Election Firm Involved in Maricopa County’s Alleged Chain-of-Custody Violations

As Republican Kari Lake appeals a legal defeat in her lawsuit challenging certification of her narrow loss in Arizona’s Nov. 8 gubernatorial election, she is alleging that ballot chain-of-custody issues occurred at Runbeck Election Services, a company that municipalities across the country use for outsourcing election operations.

Lake is appealing a ruling against her last month in her suit against former Secretary of State and current Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County election officials demanding the election result be set aside due to alleged failures and misconduct by the county. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson found that Lake had failed to meet a legal standard of clear and convincing evidence that intentional misconduct changed the outcome of the election

In her appeal, which challenges the legal standard applied by the trial court, Lake alleges that Maricopa County’s “massive violations of law and maladministration” included violating Arizona law’s chain-of-custody requirements by not having Election Day dropbox ballots counted at Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC) before going to Runbeck.

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

San Diego’s Rich and Famous Residents Revolt: ‘We Have Had Enough of Homelessness, Lawlessness, And Roadside Shantytowns’

Two San Diego residents have reached their limit with the homeless and crime crisis hitting the city and vowed to stop the city from following “other once-great American cities into the abyss of homelessness, lawlessness, and roadside shantytowns.”

Former NBA star Bill Walton and business owner George Mullen co-authored a Times of San Diego opinion column where they promoted a grassroots effort to build a site to house the homeless called Sunbreak Ranch.

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

San Francisco Reparations Committee Proposes $5 Million to Each Black Resident

San Francisco’s reparations committee, convened in 2021, has proposed that black, longtime residents be given $5 million and debt forgiveness due to the city’s history of “systemic repression.”

The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee’s draft report addresses “the public policies explicitly created to subjugate Black people in San Francisco by upholding and expanding the intent and legacy of chattel slavery.” California has never been a slave state.

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

Teen Mother, Infant Among Six Killed in Shooting at Central California Home

GOSHEN, Calif. — At least six people including an infant were shot and killed following a violent altercation in Central California early Monday.

The shooting took place in Goshen, a semi-rural community of about 3,000 residents 35 miles southeast of Fresno in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley.

As of mid-Monday the shooters had not been found, authorities said.

The incident was reported about 3:30 a.m. and was initially believed to be a shooting in progress because of the amount of gunfire heard echoing through the typically quiet neighborhood.

When deputies arrived, they found two victims and a third near the doorway of the Goshen home. One victim was still alive but later died in the hospital.

The victims include a 17-year-old mother and a 6-month-old infant, both of whom were shot in the head. A description of the other four victims wasn’t provided by deputies.

“At this point, there are six total victims,” said Ashley Ritchie, spokeswoman for the department. “There are victims inside and outside the home.”

Deputies say there are at least two shooters, and the incident wasn’t a “random act of violence.”

“It appears this family was targeted and there are gang associations involved, as well as potential drug investigations,” Ritchie said.

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

The UFO Deception

Are UFO’s actually demonic and why does mainstream culture keep imposing their legitimacy on the public, having once ridiculed the whole subject?

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

Trump Alleges Biden Document ‘Coverup,’ Calls Evangelicals Who Aren’t Endorsing Him ‘Disloyal’

Former President Donald Trump alleged Monday night there may have been a “coverup” in the discovery of classified documents at Joe Biden’s home and office, and also questioned the loyalty of evangelical Christians who aren’t yet supporting his 2024 presidential bid.

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

UPitt Pharma Student Dies Suddenly at 25 From ‘Unknown Cause’

A University of Pittsburgh pharma student has died suddenly at just 25 years old from an “unknown cause,” according to reports.

Dr. Lindsay Ann Heck passed away “unexpectedly” on December 20, 2022, her family revealed.

Heck had “just become a pharmacist” shortly before she died.

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

Victim Slams Chicago Carjacker Headfirst Into L Track Support Beam

A victim threw a Chicago carjacker into an L-track support beam after beating the man senseless in another example of how Chicago residents are forced to fend for themselves as the politicians fail the city.

A Twitter account, 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner, posted the video you can see below with the warning: “If you don’t like this response by the would-be police and also don’t want police, this is what street justice looks like and oftentimes, it’s much, much, much less forgiving than the court system.”

CWB Chicago said Chicago carjackings are way up in 2023: “Carjacking reports citywide remained high last year but began to taper off from record levels as the “Kia Boy” craze swept the city last summer.

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

White House Says There Are No Visitor Logs for Biden’s Home

The White House has said that there are no visitor logs available for President Joe Biden’s private home.

Republicans have demanded to see the logs to his Delaware home after classified files were discovered there.

On Monday, the White House counsel’s office said that it is not standard practice to keep tabs of who visits the private homes of presidents.

At least 20 documents have been found at Mr Biden’s home and at an office he used in Washington.

The documents date from his time as vice-president under the Obama administration. Some of them were marked “Top Secret” — the highest level of classification — CBS News has reported.

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

Anti-Child Labour Activist Criticizes Trudeau: An Encounter in Davos at the World Economic Forum

I’m bringing you another report from the streets of Davos, Switzerland, where we’re here to cover the World Economic Forum’s annual get together. It’s a little chilly, which makes me chuckle because, of course, they talk about global warming and it’s sort of freezing here. In fact, so many of the different pavilions along the street are setting up free hot chocolate and coffee for people because it’s so bloody cold.

Anyway, so as I was walking here yesterday, before they were opening, a fella recognized me apparently, and stopped and watched as I was doing my monologue for the Ezra Levant Show. And he sort of watched. it was like I had a studio audience of one.

Afterwards he came up to me, and he said he knew the show and he knew our journalism and he wanted to tell me why he was here.

I asked him, Are you a delegate? He said, ‘No, I’m here like you, to try to hold these people to account.’ He said, one of the things that worries him is the amount of child labour in the world, and he says Canada is not immune to it. He says, in fact, some of the laws being designed to stop it in fact, enable it.

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

RCMP Investigate Overnight Church Fire in B.C.

Police are investigating an overnight church fire in northern British Columbia and have so far offered no indication of the cause.

Early Friday morning, a witness reported to RCMP that the Upper Pine Gospel Chapel of Rose Prairie was fully engulfed in flames.

RCMP received the report at 12:34 a.m.

Police released a statement later that morning, saying details will be followed up on by the Fort St. John RCMP.

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

Trudeau’s “Shocking” Convoy Banking Measures Garner Mention in UK Parliament

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to use the Emergencies Act to freeze the bank accounts of Freedom Convoy protesters garnered a mention as a “shocking” act of censorship in the UK House of Lords last Tuesday.

While discussing PayPal’s recent decision to restrict services for people associated with anti-lockdown and Covid-19 vaccine views, Baroness Claire Fox of Buckley said that it reminded her of Trudeau’s crackdown last February.

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

Update: A Map of the 71 Churches That Have Been Vandalized or Burned Since the Residential Schools Announcement

71 Christian churches in Canada have been vandalized, burned down or desecrated since the announcement last month of the apparent discovery of graves found near a residential school in Kamloops, BC.

Since then, three other first nations have announced similar findings of burial sites located near former residential schools.

In response to these announcements, far-left radicals have used this opportunity as an excuse to terrorize Catholic and other Christian communities by targeting churches.

Here is the full list of churches that have been targeted by the radical vandals.

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

Caerphilly Woman Stabbed Man in Heart Then Told Ex-Partner ‘I’ve Murdered Someone’

A woman who was high on drugs and alcohol stabbed her mother’s neighbour in the heart with a kitchen knife, before calling her former boyfriend and telling him “I’ve just murdered someone”, a court was told.

Rebecca Louise Press, 31, from Caerphilly is accused of killing Richard Marc Ash, 57, at an address in New Tredegar in July last year.

She is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm after she headbutted her mother Michelle Press, just minutes before fatally stabbing the victim.

Press was high on drugs and alcohol when she attacked Mr Ash, Cardiff Crown Court heard on Monday.

           — Hat tip: McN [Return to headlines]
 

Climate Activists Call Out WEF Global Warming Hypocrisy in Davos

Rebel News’ Avi Yemini interviewed Estoban Servet, an anti-fracking advocate who currently resides in Berlin.

“They seem to have the same message you have,” Yemini pointed out.

“Don’t listen to what they say. Look at what they’re doing,” said Servet, the Argentine-American biologist. Servet also founded the environmentalist version of Wikileaks, EcoLeaks, which claims to expose the environmental crimes hidden by governments around the world.

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

French Publishers Discover ‘Sensitivity Readers’

Readers who track down ethnic and sexual prejudices that may offend certain non-white minorities in books, are emerging in French publishing. Known as “sensitivity readers”, they are now routinely employed before a book is published, especially if the author is writing about cultures outside their lived experience.

In the Anglo-Saxon book industry, these new kinds of proofreaders scrutinise manuscripts for descriptions that could offend minorities and spark controversy on social networks.

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

George Soros Pulls Out of World Economic Forum Due to “Unavoidable Scheduling Problem”

Creepy George Soros pulled out of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Soros made the announcement on Twitter last Tuesday.

George Soros: Due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict, regrettably I cannot attend the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos this year as I have in past years. I plan to deliver a speech in Munich on the eve of the Munich Security Conference in February.

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

German Defense Minister Resigns After Weeks of Speculation

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday following much speculation her position was untenable after a string of high-level gaffes, criticism over Germany’s inadequate support to Ukraine, and failure to improve Germany’s notoriously ill-equipped armed forces despite being handed a €100 billion war chest to do so.

Lambrecht confirmed in a statement she had offered her resignation to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which had been accepted on Monday morning.

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

Greta Thunberg Removed by German Police From Climate Change Protest at Coal Mine

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg let German police carry her away on Sunday after refusing to voluntarily leave a mass-climate change demonstration at an opencast mine in Lützerath, where she and thousands of others have been protesting all weekend.

The protests began following the announcement of the expansion of the Garzweiler coal mine, which will result in the demolition of the abandoned village of Luetzerath, German new outlet BILD reports. Protesters have been occupying the ghost town for almost a week, building treehouses and digging tunnels in order to evade capture.

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Here Are the Key Figures Attending the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Davos Summit

The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off its annual gathering of government, business and social organizations this week in the small Swiss resort town of Davos.

This year marks the return of the WEF’s annual meeting to its usual January scheduling following last year’s postponement until May and 2021’s COVID-related cancellation. With lower attendance during last spring, the WEF is boasting of record attendance for this year’s event.

“We see the manifold political, economic and social forces creating increased fragmentation on a global and national level. To address the root causes of this erosion of trust, we need to reinforce cooperation between the government and business sectors, creating the conditions for a strong and durable recovery,” WEF founder and chairman Klaus Schwab said in a press release announcing the event’s theme, “Cooperation in a Fragmented World: Addressing Pressing Crises, Tackling Future Challenges“.

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PM Orban Says EU Cannot ‘Financially Corner’ Hungary

Hungary’s financial reserves are higher than at the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis, thus the European Union cannot corner the country by withholding funds, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday on the national Kossuth Radió.

Orban said a time of danger has arrived, referring to the EU’s ongoing effort to punish Hungary using rule-of-law sanctions. At the same time, the prime minister indicated that the government had not been idle but had prepared for the situation. The cabinet has been able to increase the country’s financial reserves to a considerable extent, partly thanks to cuts in the public utility bills.

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‘Polish Sovereignty in Danger’ — Senior Editor Warns of ‘Catastrophe’ After Polish Parliament Passes Legislation Required by EU

Poland’s Lower House of Parliament, the Sejm, passed legislation on Friday that had been agreed upon between the Polish government and the European Commission. It shifts disciplinary proceedings against judges from the Supreme Court to the chief Administrative Court and allows judges’ credentials to be challenged in individual cases by other judges.

Most of the ruling party’s MPs voted for it but not all. The Solidarity Poland faction voted against it, as did the Confederation party and the liberal Poland 2050 party. However, most of the opposition MPs from the liberal Civic Platform (PO), the Left, and the centrist Polish People’s Party (PSL) abstained, arguing that although they did not like the legislation they did not want to stand in the way of Poland obtaining its EU recovery fund allocation.

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Poll: Poles Decisively Support WWII Reparations Claim Against Germany

A majority of Poles, 57 percent, fully support the government’s attempts to pursue Second World War reparations from Germany, with the government calculating that the material and humanitarian costs of the war amount to €1.3 trillion.

Only 19 percent are opposed to the government’s plan, and 24 percent are undecided, according to the poll conducted by the Social Changes agency for portal wPolityce.pl.

Additionally, 93 percent of the voters of the ruling conservatives (PiS) are in support, whereas only 28 percent of the main opposition party, the liberal Civic Platform (PO), hold that view. However, the voters supporting the other liberal party, Poland 2050, do support the reparations claim.

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Researchers Back WEF: Mass Public Consumption of ‘Beetleburgers’ Will ‘Save the Planet’

A group of researchers has backed calls from the World Economic Forum (WEF) to push for the mass public consumption of bugs and so-called “beetleburgers,” arguing that it could save the planet.

According to a study, conducted by French biotech company Ynsect, food made from mealworms and insect larvae could help fight “climate change” and feed the world if it is put into mass production and replaces meat.

Ynsect insists that the process of creating “meat” from creepy crawlers’ larvae uses a fraction of the land and water and emits a smaller carbon footprint in comparison to traditional farming.

“Mixed with sugar, the beetles supposedly taste just like real meat,” the researchers claim.

“They could also become alternatives to sausages or chicken nuggets.”

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Thousands of Warriors of Mary Congregate in Polish City of Bydgoszcz

Several thousand members of the men’s Christian group, Warriors of Mary, congregated nationally in the central Polish city of Bydgoszcz over the weekend where they walked in a procession from the Old Town to Saint Vincent de Paul Basilica.

“To be a Warrior of Mary is to fight your own weakness, your own sin, to fight for your family,” one of the Warriors told Polskie Radio.

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UK: London Police Officer Admits to Being Prolific Serial Rapist

An armed officer with London’s Metropolitan Police has admitted to being a prolific serial rapist in court.

David Carrick, an armed officer who served in the London Metropolitan Police’s parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, reportedly pleaded guilty to two dozen rapes over the span of two decades.

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UK: New Plans to Widen Police Powers for Disruptive Protests

Police could be allowed to shut down protests before they cause serious disruption, under new government plans.

Downing Street said the proposals would help officers clamp down on “a disruptive minority” who use tactics like blocking roads and slow marching.

It said the changes seek to give police greater flexibility and clarity over when they can intervene.

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What’s BlackRock Doing at the WEF Summit? We Tried to Find Out

We’re here in Davos, Switzerland, where the whole town has been transformed into a kind of Disneyland for billionaires and oligarchs. There are popup stores or pavilions set up throughout the resort town.

Behind me in today’s report is the one for BlackRock. Now, BlackRock normally doesn’t have this building here in Davos, it’s just a temporary design for the enormous hedge fund — they have over $10 trillion worth of assets under management.

They’re a massive company, and they’ve got both sides covered. They’re into war, with investments in Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics. They’re into peace afterwards, with investments in rebuilding countries that have been levelled.

BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink is on the World Economic Forum’s board of trustees, so you can bet that the policies promulgated by the secretive conclave here in Davos do whatever is best for BlackRock’s shareholders.

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Caroline Glick: Democracy Must be Restored to Israel

“For years now, Israel has seemed to me like a man sleepwalking toward a cliff. Now we’ve fallen from it.”

So proclaimed author Hillel Halkin in a hysterical requiem for Israel published last week in The Jewish Review of Books.

Halkin’s metaphorical cliff is the right-religious bloc’s electoral victory on Nov. 1, 2022 and the formation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sixth government two weeks ago. Halkin explained to his concerned readers that it isn’t that Israel stopped being a democracy on Nov. 1. Far worse. On that day, Israel lost its soul.

And Halkin identifies the culprit: Judaism.

In language redolent with antisemitic tropes, Halkin blamed “Judaism” for destroying “Zionism,” which he argued, oddly, “sought to cure us” of Judaism’s “fantasies and delusions … only to become infected with them itself.”

“Zionism wanted to make us a normal people,” he wrote. Alas, “It failed and grew warped in the process.”

American Jewish readers may have been shocked that the long-time Israeli darling of the neoconservative clique is now a hate-mongering leftist. But for Israeli readers, there was nothing original about Halkin’s essay. Since Nov. 1, the leftist-dominated Hebrew media has been consumed by the left’s collective nervous breakdown. Far more extreme messages than Halkin’s are shoved down the public’s throats 24-7. The charge is being led by politicians, retired generals and judges, and other members of Israel’s unelected, leftist establishment. The progressive U.S. foundation the New Israel Fund is reportedly funding and organizing the campaign…

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Putin Hails “Positive” Momentum in Ukraine, “Stable” Economy in Surprisingly Upbeat Remarks

Fresh off the Russian armed forces declaring victory in the strategic Donetsk town of Soledar days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised officials in the West bytouting the ‘positive dynamic’ of the Ukraine operation overall, despite the prior months of setbacks and a slower-going operation than Moscow expected.

He said in fresh weekend comments to Rossiya 1 state television when asked about the successful Soledar operation that “The dynamic is positive.” He described that “Everything is developing within the framework of the plan of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.” Putin followed with, “And I hope that our fighters will please us even more with the results of their combat.”

He also made comments on the state of the economy while confirming that Russia will turn for trade to Asian powers, China and India in particular.

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Ukrainian Activist Lauded by Western Media Says She Wants “All Russians” to be “Wiped Off the Face of the Earth”

A Ukrainian activist who has been lauded by legacy media outlets called for “all Russians” to be “wiped off the face of the Earth.”

The genocidal remarks were made by blogger Melania Podoliak in response to a missile hitting an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Dnepr.

The building was struck after a Russian missile was shot down by a Ukrainian anti-air weapon, according to Aleksey Arestovich, an adviser to President Vladimir Zelensky.

“It’s absolutely fair for me to wish for all Russians and Russia to be wiped off the face of the Earth,” Podoliak tweeted.

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Ukraine War: Russia’s Wagner Group Commander Requests Norway Asylum

A former commander with the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group has claimed asylum in Norway after deserting from the mercenary outfit.

Andrey Medvedev, 26, crossed the border into Norway last Friday, where he was detained by border guards.

He is currently being held in the Oslo area where he faces charges of illegal entry to Norway, his lawyer Brynjulf Risnes told the BBC.

Mr Risnes said his client left Wagner after witnessing war crimes in Ukraine.

The Norwegian Border Guard confirmed to the BBC that a Russian man had been detailed after crossing the country’s 198 kilometres (123 miles) long border with Russia, but said it could not comment further for “reasons of security and privacy”.

Tarjei Sirma-Tellefsen, police chief of staff in the Norwegian region of Finnmark, said a man had been detained by a border patrol and said he had applied for asylum.

But the Russian human rights group Gulagu, who helped Mr Medvedev leave Russia, confirmed his identity. His escape is believed to be the first known instance of one of the group’s soldiers defecting to the West.

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West Using Ukraine as ‘Tool’ Against Russia, British Tanks ‘Will Burn’ — Kremlin

The Kremlin has warned that British tanks due to be shipped to Ukraine “will burn” on the battlefield, and alleged the West is using Kyiv as its “tool” in an anti-Russian agenda.

The United Kingdom last week became the first country to pledge a shipment of Western heavy armour to Ukraine — some formerly communist-controlled countries have already sent Soviet-type tanks — to help “push Russia further back and secure a lasting peace” in the Eastern European country.

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Nepal Air Crash: Indian Passenger’s Video Caught Plane’s Last Moments

In the hours after Nepal’s deadliest plane crash for 30 years, a video went viral in India — it showed one of the victims, Sonu Jaiswal, livestreaming from the plane just seconds before the crash.

He was part of a group of four friends from Ghazipur in India who were visiting Nepal, and were on the flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara.

In the footage, Pokhara airport’s surroundings are visible from the doomed plane as it comes into land, those on board unaware they are just moments from death.

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Industrial Espionage: How China Sneaks Out America’s Technology Secrets

It was an innocuous-looking photograph that turned out to be the downfall of Zheng Xiaoqing, a former employee with energy conglomerate General Electric Power.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment, the US citizen hid confidential files stolen from his employers in the binary code of a digital photograph of a sunset, which Mr Zheng then mailed to himself.

It was a technique called steganography, a means of hiding a data file within the code of another data file. Mr Zheng utilised it on multiple occasions to take sensitive files from GE.

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How Extinct Animals Could be Brought Back From the Dead

Millions of years ago thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, were widespread across Australia. About the size of an American coyote, these dog-like creatures with stripes disappeared from the mainland around 2,000 years ago. They remained in Tasmania until the 1920s, when they were slaughtered by European colonisers who saw them as a threat to livestock.

“It was a human-driven extinction — European settlers came to Australia and brutally obliterated this animal,” says Andrew Pask, a geneticist at the University of Melbourne.

Pask is leading a team of scientists who, together with “de-extinction” company Colossal Biosciences, aim to recreate the wolf-like creature and bring it back.

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500 ATMs Blown Up by Migrant Gangs in Germany in 2022, Setting a New Record

Organized criminal gangs active in the Netherlands and France, mostly made up of Moroccan migrants, are blowing up ATMs in Germany at a record pace in highly professional robbery operations. In 2022, government statistics indicate that they blew up 500 such machines, with statistically more than one machine being blown up every day.

Cash remains popular with Germans, and to feed this demand, banks operate nearly 100,000 ATMs located throughout the country, with the machines routinely containing between €50,000 and €100,000. Criminal gangs are taking advantage of this, and they are willing to use extreme methods to gain access to this money. These criminal networks are said to meticulously plan their operations out, including initial surveillance, demolition, and the getaway. Police also say they act with brutality and ruthlessness, putting human lives at risk.

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Fines for Lorry Drivers Who Inadvertently Bring Stowaways Into Britain Will Rise From £2,000 to £10,000 Per Migrant Under Government Plans to Toughen Rules

Fines for lorry drivers who inadvertantly bring stowaways into Britain will rise from £2,000 to £10,000 per migrant, the immigration minister has announced.

Robert Jenrick told MPs the action was being taken as part of the Government’s determination to ‘crack down on illegal migration’ and ‘to dismantle the organised criminal gangs behind it’.

He admitted concerns that the current level of penalties for hauliers — which have been in place for more than 20 years — were not proving effective in ensuring drivers properly secure their vehicles from migrants.

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France: Woman Raped by African Suspect — Elderly Victim Raped Hours Later in Same City

A woman was raped by an African suspect in broad daylight just hours before an elderly female was raped at home by another man in the same jurisdiction in France last week, according to reports.

The first of the horrifying attacks unfolded at around 10 a.m. on January 8 in Le Havre, a port city in the Normandy region.

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Germany: Trial Begins for 4 Migrants Accused of Sexually Abusing and Raping 13-Year-Old Girl

Four migrant men living in the German city of Dortmund are being tried for raping and sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl several times in July 2022 and sexually abusing her 13-year-old friend. The trial, which began Thursday last week, involves three Syrians and one man from Ghana.

Two of the four men on trial — Ahmod A., Rageb A., Mamadou B., and Khaled S. — are accused of trapping the girl inside a house and then raping and sodomizing the girl for 24 hours straight.

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Illegal Immigration in to Europe Soared by 64% in 2022 to Reach Six-Year High

Approximately 330,000 illegal border-crossings into the European Union were recorded in 2022, the highest figure since the migration crisis of 2016 and an increase of 64 percent from the previous year, according to the latest data from EU border agency Frontex.

The Western Balkan migratory route, which sees migrants travel through Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia to reach the European Union’s external border at Hungary, overtook the Central Mediterranean route as the most-used pathway by illegal migrants. More than 145,000 illegal migrants were detected using the route last year, a significant increase of 136 percent over 2021.

Migrants using this route last year were most commonly from Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Tunisia.

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Ireland’s Asylum Chaos: Senators Call for Anti-Migrant Crisis Protests to be Made Illegal

Political and media figures in Ireland are demanding that protesting the country’s asylum crisis in front of migrant housing centres should be made illegal.

Multiple bigwigs within Ireland’s political and media class have called for ongoing anti-migrant crisis protests taking place in the country to be rendered illegal, reports have indicated.

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UK: Government’s Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Faces More Delays as Judges Allow Campaigners to Challenge Ruling That Deportation Deal is Lawful at Court of Appeal

The Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda faced a further setback today after a group of individuals and a charity were granted permission to bring their legal challenge to the Court of Appeal.

Two High Court judges ruled in December that the Rwanda policy was lawful overall — a decision which Home Secretary Suella Braverman proclaimed as a victory.

But at hearing today, the two judges gave the go-ahead for aspects of their ruling to be reconsidered by senior judges — plunging the timescale for the Rwanda flights once again into uncertainty.

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Ukrainian Refugees in Britain Are Going Home for Medical Treatment Rather Than Enduring NHS Wait Times

Ukrainian refugees in Britain are making return trips to their homeland to receive medical treatment instead of waiting to access the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) after a spate of strikes brought the public healthcare system to its knees.

A report by British news outlet inews cited a number of instances in which those who had fled the conflict in Ukraine simply gave up on long wait times to access medical care in Britain, opting instead for the perilous 24-hour journey to the war-torn country to be seen by a medical professional almost immediately.

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Canada Opens Its First ‘Vaginoplasty’ Post-Op Clinic to Deal With High Rate of Complications

Canada has opened its first vaginoplasty postoperative care clinic in Ontario to deal with the myriad of serious complications that frequently occur following the surgical procedure.

A recent study by a team of researchers from Women’s College Hospital in Toronto outlined the symptoms and adverse outcomes seen in “Canada’s first vaginoplasty postoperative care clinic.” According to the paper, approximately 200 biological males in Ontario undergo this procedure every year, and although Ontario now offers this radical surgery, capacity is not meeting demand, causing many to seek out-of-province care.

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LGBTQ Charity at Center of Pedo Scandal to Train Medical Staff on How to Treat ‘Trans Kids’

The NHS trust that will take over the care of children who believe themselves to be transgender after England’s controversial Tavistock gender clinic closes its doors later this year is receiving training from the disgraced trans charity Mermaids.

According to The Telegraph, staff at the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Trust will be receiving training from Mermaids beginning later this month. This announcement comes in spite of the fact that Mermaids is currently under formal investigation by the Charity Commission due to serious safeguarding allegations raised last year.

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Maine School Board Members Recalled After Urging Kids to Keep ‘Gender Identities’ From Parents

Residents of Paris, Maine have voted to recall two progressive Maine Administrative School District (MSAD) 17 school board members after they backed a proposed gender-identity policy that would have allowed schools to keep the gender identities of students secret from parents.

Residents of the town voted on January 10, with a vote of 333 to 243, in favor of recalling school board director Sarah Otterson and school board member Julia Lester, according to WGME 13.

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Man Wearing ‘Jesus Saves’ Shirt Ordered to Take it Off or Leave Mall of America

A man wearing a “Jesus Saves” T-shirt was approached by security and told that he must remove the item of clothing or leave Mall of America, in a video clip that has gone viral on social media.

The security guard can be heard explaining to the man that “Jesus is associated with religion and it’s offending people,” telling him, “If you want to shop here you need to take off that shirt.”

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Miss Clown World

The new owner of Miss Universe celebrated how beauty pageant was now completely run by women.

The owner is a transgender who was born a biological male.

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UK Government to Block Scottish Gender Bill

The UK government has decided to block a controversial Scottish bill designed to make it easier for people to change their legal gender.

UK ministers say the draft law would conflict with equality protections applying across Great Britain.

It is the first time a Scottish law has been blocked for affecting UK-wide law.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called the move a “full-frontal attack” on the Scottish Parliament and vowed to oppose it.

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9 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/16/2023

  1. KA-BOOOM

    Big expolosion in central Stockholm this morning
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    Erdogan doll not criminal, prosecutors say

    Published 16 January 2023 at 15.00

    PKK activists’ decision to hang an upside-down doll of Turkey’s president at Stockholm City Hall does not constitute defamation. This is stated by the chamber prosecutor Lucas Eriksson to Aftonbladet.

    – I received the case as defamation, but did not think it could reach the level of defamation. Therefore, I decided not to initiate a preliminary investigation, says prosecutor Lucas Eriksson to the newspaper.

    The pictures of the Erdogan doll were posted on Twitter last week by the Rojava Committees, which supports the Syrian branch of the terrorist group PKK and raises money through an SEB account.

    “History shows how dictators often end up, so for everyone’s sake Erdogan: Take the chance and resign now, so you don’t end up upside down in Taksim Square!” the organisation wrote in a comment on the pictures on Twitter.

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    SWEDEN NEVER A NATO MEMBER

    • LN. Please write what is the subject of the videos that you post.
      I will never open a video unless I know the subject.

      • Thanks JohnM, I’m pleased to see I’m not the only one who’s annoyed. Life’s too short…

  2. I would like to see the money accounts of those senators in Ireland – including the black ones.
    And what cars etc they got or will get.

    Just a hunch.

    • The Celts used to be such unruly hooligans, now they are like the Brits, sheep ripe for the slaughter.

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