Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/18/2023

A Ukrainian helicopter crashed into a nursery in a dense fog in a suburb of Kyiv, killing at least 14 people, some of them children, and injuring dozens more. The Ukrainian interior minister was among those killed. So far the Ukrainian government is not blaming Russia for the crash.

In other news, Jacinda Ardern announced that she will be stepping down as New Zealand’s prime minister next month.

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Thanks to Daniel Greenfield, Dean, DV, LP, Reader from Chicago, Roger, Seneca III, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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Financial Crisis
» Bitzlato Cryptocurrency Founder Arrested, Accused of Illegal Money Transfers Worth Hundreds of Millions
» GOP Lawmakers Propose Balanced Budget Amendment as US Nears Debt Ceiling
 
USA
» Biden Seen Holding ‘Classified Document’ In Resurfaced 2013 Photo
» Breaking: Militant Outside Atlanta Autonomous Zone Shot Dead After Shooting State Trooper
» Breaking: ‘Treehouse Antifa’ Calls for ‘Night of Rage’ On Jan 20 After Cop Shoots Militant Dead Outside Atlanta in Gunfight
» Breaking: Project Veritas Reveals How Teaching Lab Non-Profit is a ‘Scam Lab’
» Canada Joins New WEF, Biden Climate Coalition
» CNN ‘Medical Analyst’ Admits COVID Deaths and Hospitalizations Have Been Vastly Overcounted
» Decision on Charges in Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting to be Announced Thursday, District Attorney Says
» DeSantis: AP African-American Studies Program, As Written, Violates Florida Law
» Donald Trump Gets Great News, is Crushing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in GOP Primary Match-Up According to New Poll
» Elon Musk Says Biden Admin Could ‘Weaponize’ Federal Agencies Against Twitter if Trump Returns
» Former NYT Editor Maligns ‘Corrupt Circle-Jerk’ Between World Economic Forum, Paper
» Freeze Things Happen! Chilly Raccoon Becomes Stuck to the Railway by His Testicle Hair After Temperatures Plummet to -12c Before Railway Workers Free Him Using Warm Water and a Shovel
» House GOP Introduces Bill to End COVID-19 Health Emergency
» Illinois Gov. Pritzker Ripped for Threatening Sheriffs Who Vowed Not to Enforce Assault Weapons Ban
» Joe Rogan on Biden: “They’re Trying to Get Rid of Him”
» Kamala Harris is Biden’s ‘Shrewd Insurance Policy’ Against Impeachment, Boebert Says
» Kyle Rittenhouse Won’t Back Down After Second Event Canceled: “I Will Use My Voice for Good and Won’t Stop”
» Nevada County Considers Banning COVID, Flu Vaccines
» Nike Closing Downtown Seattle Store Amid Crime Wave
» Now Hamline University Says it Was a ‘Misstep’ To Condemn Art History Professor for Showing Image of the Prophet Muhammad and Admits it Only Called Her ‘Islamophobic’ To Appease Muslim Students… Two Hours After She Sued Them for Defamation
» One Percent of U.S. Counties Account for 42% of Nationwide Murders, Study Shows
» One-Quarter of Americans Think Teaching White Culture is Evil ‘Promotes Racial Healing’: Poll
» Pfizer, Fauci Staffers Sign Off on Research Finding mRNA COVID Vaccines Produce Worse Antibodies
» Police Arrest Man Accused of Shooting at Vehicles Along McKnight Road
» Prosecutors Say Sayfullo Saipov Followed ISIS “Playbook” In Deadly 2017 West Side Highway Terror Attack
» Rantz: Seattle PD Lost 153 Police Officers in 2022, Over 500 Since Defunding
» Rantz: Major Credit Union to Close Seattle Branches Over Crime
» Rantz: Seattle Police Department Walks Back Order to Let DUI Suspects Flee in Stolen Cars
» Repeat Offender Accused of Beating Woman Gets $1 Bond: Report
» Report Says 500 Advertisers Paused Spending at Twitter, Daily Revenue Plunges 40%
» Shooter Stood Over California Mom Holding Baby, Killed Both
» Supreme Court Rejects New York Gun Retailers’ Bid to Block New Concealed Carry Laws
» Tacoma Police Union President: Shootings Result of ‘Defund’ Movement
» The King of Hate Media
» Wyoming Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban New Electric Car Sales: ‘The Misadventure of EVs’
 
Canada
» Canada Harvests More Organs From Euthanized Patients Than Any Other Nation in the World
» Cancel Jordan Peterson Event in Ottawa, Coalition of Community Groups Asks City Council
» Church Fire Investigators Chasing Leads in B.C.
» Coffee’s ‘Contribution to Climate Change’ Is Just the ‘Tip of the Iceberg, ‘ Study Says
» ‘He Has No Business Dictating to Us’: Alberta Premier Rails Against Just Transition
 
Europe and the EU
» Al Gore Goes on ‘Unhinged’ Rant About ‘Rain Bombs, ‘ Boiled Oceans, Other Climate Threats at Davos
» Baby Crash: French Birthrates at Their Lowest Level Since 1946
» Day 3 at the WEF
» EU Commissioner Says US Will Soon Have “Hate Speech” Laws, Boasts About Pushing Advertisers to Demonetize “Disinformation”
» European Parliament Requested Facial Recognition CCTV Cameras, Despite Its Public Opposition to the Technology
» French Dairy Giant Considers Cow Masking to Tackle Methane Emissions
» Greenpeace Slams WEF Elites for Flocking ‘To Davos in Ultra-Polluting, Socially Inequitable Private Jets to Discuss Climate’
» Greta Thunberg Accused of ‘Staging’ Arrest for Media as New Video Emerges
» Greta Thunberg to Meet With Head of International Energy Agency in Davos
» Hundreds of British Police Officers Suspected of Sex Offenses
» Internews President to WEF: “Gendered Disinformation” is “Terrifying”, Online Platforms Need to Keep People Safe
» NYT Publisher at Davos: “Disinformation” is “The Most Existential” Challenge We’re Grappling With as a Society
» Officially Approved by the EU: Four Insects Hiding in Your Food
» Rep. Seth Moulton Says You Can’t Yell Fire in a Crowded Theater (Not True), Blasts Online “Misinformation” At Davos
» UK: Ian Kirwan: Boy Guilty of Redditch Asda Stabbing Murder
» UK: They’re at it Again! Banner-Waving XR Zealots Let Off Smoke Flares, Pour Black Paint Outside Home Office Building and Dance in Eco-Mob’s Latest Stunt as Group Protest Michael Gove’s New Coal Mine in Cumbria
» UK: Top Scientist on COVID Vaccines: “Withdraw Them Immediately”
» UK’s Online Censorship Bill Has Amendment That Targets Non-Citizens
» WEF War Party: Finland’s Millennial PM Backs Supporting Ukraine for ‘15 Years’
 
Russia
» Ukraine’s President Zelensky Addresses Davos Forum After Fatal Helicopter Crash
» Ukraine Shares Its CBDC Plans With the World Economic Forum
» Ukraine Interior Minister Among Dead in Helicopter Crash That Ignites Nursery
 
Australia — Pacific
» Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM to Step Down Next Month
 
Immigration
» ‘Dirty Negro’: Moroccans Arrested for Threatening and Verbally Abusing French Cops
» Germany Only Managed to Send Back 4,100 of 68,000 Migrants Under EU Rules
» Italy: Three Months Into Meloni Tenure Sees Migrant Arrivals Exploding
» More Than 100 Migrants Suffer Freezing Temperatures to Get to UK While French Coastguard Pluck Another 45 From the Sea as Channel Crossings Resume
» US-Mexico Border Controlled by Cartels, Not Biden Admin
 
Culture Wars
» Canada: Father Loses it at School Board Over Book Discussing ‘Bestiality’ Allegedly Available to 7-Year-Old Daughter
» Church of England to Bless Gay Marriages Under Bishop Ruling
» DeSantis Asks for Mental Evaluation of ‘Trans Kids’ In Fight Over Medicaid Funding for Child Sex Changes
» Language Purge: Don’t Say ‘Homosexual’ Or ‘Mate’, UK Deep State Civil Servants Told
» Minnesota Democrat Argues for Menstrual Products in Boys’ Bathrooms: ‘Not All Who Menstruate Are Female’
» Philadelphia Flyers’ Player Boycotts Team’s Pride Celebrations on Religious Grounds, Faces Backlash
» The Matrix is Malfunctioning
 

Bitzlato Cryptocurrency Founder Arrested, Accused of Illegal Money Transfers Worth Hundreds of Millions

Department of Justice officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of a Russian executive accused of running a cryptocurrency exchange that facilitated illicit transactions involving drugs and money laundering.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco held a press conference with federal prosecutors and FBI officials announcing the arrest of Bitzlato Ltd. founder and majority owner Anatoly Legkodymov in Miami on Tuesday. Legkodymov is a Russian national who lives in China. His cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato is registered in Hong Kong and advertises itself as requiring minimal identification from users.

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

GOP Lawmakers Propose Balanced Budget Amendment as US Nears Debt Ceiling

Republicans in Congress are gearing up for the coming clash over raising the debt limit and implementing spending caps with some calling for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The proposals come as the U.S. is poised to reach its statutory debt limit of $31.38 trillion on Thursday, which will prompt Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to begin using “extraordinary measures” involving cash on hand to stave off default.

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

Biden Seen Holding ‘Classified Document’ In Resurfaced 2013 Photo

A photo has resurfaced of then-Vice President Joe Biden holding a classified document in 2013.

The photo shows Biden holding a folder marked “CODEWORD — CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT — VICE PRESIDENT” inside the Oval Office.

The picture was taken on Sept. 30, 2013, as Biden prepared for a meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hard copies of sensitive documents are typically only allowed in sensitive compartmented information facilities (SCIFs) — secured rooms free from cameras and other devices.

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

Breaking: Militant Outside Atlanta Autonomous Zone Shot Dead After Shooting State Trooper

A protestor was killed and a Georgia State Patrol trooper was shot during a Wednesday incident near the “Cop City” occupying grounds where the Atlanta Police Department Training Facility is set to be built. The shooting took place during a “clearing operation” at around 10 am near an Antifa-linked autonomous zone, where six were charged last month.

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

Breaking: ‘Treehouse Antifa’ Calls for ‘Night of Rage’ On Jan 20 After Cop Shoots Militant Dead Outside Atlanta in Gunfight

Radical Antifa-associated leftists are calling for retaliation after one of their grunts was killed in an incident with police, near the “Cop City” occupying grounds where the Atlanta Police Department Training Facility is set to be built.

“Consider this a call for reciprocal violence to be done to the police and their allies. On Friday, January 20th, wherever you are, you are invited to participate in a night of rage in order to honor the memory of our fallen comrade,” the Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Twitter account tweeted.

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

Breaking: Project Veritas Reveals How Teaching Lab Non-Profit is a ‘Scam Lab’

In part two of Project Veritas’s expose on Teaching Lab Director Dr. Quinton Bostic and his employer, Bostic revealed how the non-profit Teaching Lab is a “scam lab,” taking money for curriculum treated under grants.

“So just imagine you have a hundred schools in the school district, each of them needs like five of these curriculums, that’s at $20,000 over and over and over.

“And then, guess what, next year there’s going to be version two that you have to have, and then the year after that is version three.”

“And you’re just changing the cover,” the Project Veritas journalist said.

“Literally,” replied Bostic.

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

Canada Joins New WEF, Biden Climate Coalition

Canadian officials announced Wednesday that the government will join a global coalition started by the World Economic Forum and US President Joe Biden to influence markets and foster a net-zero world by 2050.

Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Canada will become a government partner to the “First Mover Coalition,” a global group of 69 green-technology advocates from top corporations.

“Canada’s participation in the First Movers Coalition reflects our government’s commitment to support industrial decarbonization,” said Champagne.

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

CNN ‘Medical Analyst’ Admits COVID Deaths and Hospitalizations Have Been Vastly Overcounted

CNN’s “medical analyst” Dr. Leana Wen has admitted that the numbers for Covid deaths and hospitalizations have been vastly overcounted by the U.S. government.

Wen made the admission in a Tuesday op-ed in The Washington Post.

She argues the U.S. has been massively exaggerating Covid deaths by recording people who died with COVID-19 as dying from the virus.

She also appeared on CNN and admitted that the US government has been vastly overcounting the data.

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

Decision on Charges in Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting to be Announced Thursday, District Attorney Says

Hutchins died when a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding fired while practicing a scene on Oct. 21, 2021. The group had been rehearsing in a small church on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set.

Baldwin has maintained that he did not pull the trigger of the gun — once during a primetime interview shortly following the deadly shooting and again on a podcast episode. The actor originally said he had pulled the hammer of the gun back as far as he could and released it, but did not pull the trigger.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department has spent the last year investigating how live rounds made it onto the movie set. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director Dave Halls were the only other crew members believed to have handled the gun that fired on set.

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

DeSantis: AP African-American Studies Program, As Written, Violates Florida Law

The College Board — the group that runs the SAT test and the Advanced Placement (AP) program — has launched a pilot version of an AP African-American Studies (APAAS) course, to great fanfare in the mainstream press. Although the APAAS pilot has received plenty of publicity, the College Board has clothed the course in secrecy. The curriculum has not been publicly released, nor have the names of the approximately 60 schools at which the pilot is being tested.

In various press accounts, College Board advisers and teachers — so as not to fall afoul of new state laws against the teaching of critical race theory — have denied that APAAS advocates CRT or indeed any particular theory or political perspective at all.

On January 12, however, the administration of Florida governor Ron DeSantis wrote a letter to the College Board informing it that Florida was rejecting its request for state approval of APAAS. The letter, from the Florida Department of Education’s Office of Articulation, goes on to state that, “as presented, the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”

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

Donald Trump Gets Great News, is Crushing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in GOP Primary Match-Up According to New Poll

Former President Donald Trump got some good news from a new poll at the expense of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump is crushing DeSantis by 17 points in a hypothetical GOP primary match-up according to a new Morning Consult poll.

The poll shows Trump has 48 percent support among potential Republican primary voters while DeSantis has just 31 percent. Former Vice President Mike Pence came in third with 8 percent. Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) was next with 3 percent.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) both had 2 percent. Trump addressed the possible epic battle in the GOP primary against DeSantis saying on the conservative podcast “The Water Cooler” recently:

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

Elon Musk Says Biden Admin Could ‘Weaponize’ Federal Agencies Against Twitter if Trump Returns

Elon Musk said the Biden administration could possibly “weaponize Federal agencies” against the social media platform if former President Trump begins using his once-disabled account.

Musk made the comment in response to another user who said Trump was coming back to the platform. Trump has not indicated he will be coming back to the social media site.

Trump’s account was shuttered following the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and restored after Musk posted an online poll asking users if Trump should be reinstated.

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

Former NYT Editor Maligns ‘Corrupt Circle-Jerk’ Between World Economic Forum, Paper

Former New York Times editor Jill Abramson suggested that the publication gives an inordinate amount of coverage to the World Economic Forum in order to enter the good graces of the various global figures attending the event and thereby securing their appearances at the Times’ functions.

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

Freeze Things Happen! Chilly Raccoon Becomes Stuck to the Railway by His Testicle Hair After Temperatures Plummet to -12c Before Railway Workers Free Him Using Warm Water and a Shovel

A railroad worker rescued a raccoon from an oncoming train after its testicles hair froze to the track.

Neil Mullis, 35, found the traumatized animal and carefully freed him using warm water and a shovel.

Mr Mullis, from Cochrane, Georgia, USA, said: ‘I poured the warm water under his bottom while a co-worker worked the shovel under his butt to try and break him loose.

‘After about five minutes of slowly working him loose, he was free. He jumped off the rail and ran into the woods never looking back.’

           — Hat tip: Seneca III [Return to headlines]
 

House GOP Introduces Bill to End COVID-19 Health Emergency

House Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill to end the Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 public health emergency after the agency announced last week that it would extend the declaration for a further 90 days.

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

Illinois Gov. Pritzker Ripped for Threatening Sheriffs Who Vowed Not to Enforce Assault Weapons Ban

Despite criticism, Pritzker and his allies maintain that the ban will effectively curb gun violence similar to that seen in Chicago’s Highland Park suburb last July.

He also lambasted the sheriffs’ protests as “political grandstanding at its worst” in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Critics claim the move strips lawful gun owners of their Second Amendment rights, while others slammed Pritzker for threatening sheriffs who say they refuse to enforce the law on their community’s residents.

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

Joe Rogan on Biden: “They’re Trying to Get Rid of Him”

During a discussion on his podcast, Joe Rogan suggested the latest scandals surrounding Joe Biden suggested that top Democrats are “trying to get rid of him.”

The president has been embroiled in more controversy after it was revealed that at least 20 classified documents relating to his time as vice-president were found at Biden’s home.

Biden is now being investigated by a special counsel appointed by the US Department of Justice, having previously called Donald Trump “irresponsible” after his home was raided by the FBI for similar reasons.

According to Joe Rogan, the scandal is part of a Democrat subversion campaign to ensure Biden doesn’t try to run for office again in 2024.

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

Kamala Harris is Biden’s ‘Shrewd Insurance Policy’ Against Impeachment, Boebert Says

President Biden has a “shrewd insurance policy” against impeachment and her name is Vice President Kamala Harris, according to Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert.

Boebert told Fox News Digital she believes that Republicans’ intensely negative view of Harris is making them more hesitant to push for Biden’s impeachment than they otherwise would be.

“Kamala Harris is Biden’s shrewd insurance policy,” said Boebert.

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

Kyle Rittenhouse Won’t Back Down After Second Event Canceled: “I Will Use My Voice for Good and Won’t Stop”

Kyle Rittenhouse fired back at his critics after another event featuring him as a speaker was canceled. This is the second event Kyle had canceled in a few days. Last week a Texas brewery canceled a planned event with Kyle.

And an event planned for this week at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas was just canceled. Hotel officials announced less than 24 hours before the “private reception” was to take place that it was off. “We do not speak on behalf of our tenants, but want to emphasize this event did not align with our property’s core event guidelines,” officials said in a statement.

Speaking to Sebastian Gorka on Thursday, Rittenhouse blamed the “woke mob” for the cancellations. He said: “But just recently, as of this morning, the Oak Room room at the Venetian canceled us and bent to the woke mob saying we aren’t going to host you guys anymore.

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

Nevada County Considers Banning COVID, Flu Vaccines

A Nevada county health board is scheduled to meet Wednesday to consider implementing a moratorium on COVID-19 and flu vaccines.

Elko County, Nev., health officials are also going to consider discontinuing local advertising promoting COVID and flu shots “pending further investigation and results of the Florida Supreme Court case to investigate the wrong doing related to COVID-19 vaccines,” according to the meeting agenda.

The Florida Supreme Court last month approved a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) for a grand jury to probe COVID vaccine manufacturers. DeSantis previously said he will hold the manufacturers “accountable” for alleged severe COVID vaccine side effects.

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

Nike Closing Downtown Seattle Store Amid Crime Wave

A downtown Nike store is shuttering its doors, marking an end to the storefront’s decades-long presence in Seattle amid a sharp spike in violent crime and a homelessness crisis.

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

Now Hamline University Says it Was a ‘Misstep’ To Condemn Art History Professor for Showing Image of the Prophet Muhammad and Admits it Only Called Her ‘Islamophobic’ To Appease Muslim Students… Two Hours After She Sued Them for Defamation

Hamline University has walked back its condemnation of an art history professor after being pummeled in the press and public, and admits now that it only ever labeled her ‘Islamophobic’ to appease its Muslim students.

In a statement last night — released two hours after Prater’s attorneys announced they’d filed a defamation lawsuit against the school for making her a ‘pariah’ — its top brass said it had ‘re-examined’ its handling of the scandal.

‘In the interest of hearing from and supporting our Muslim students, language was used that does not reflect our sentiments on academic freedom.

‘Based on all that we have learned, we have determined that our usage of the term “Islamophobic” was therefore flawed.

‘Like all organizations, sometimes we misstep,’ said the statement by Board of Trustees Chair Ellen Watters and school president Fayneese Miller.

           — Hat tip: Seneca III [Return to headlines]
 

One Percent of U.S. Counties Account for 42% of Nationwide Murders, Study Shows

One percent of U.S. counties account for about 42% of U.S. murders, while 52% of counties have no murders, according to a recent study.

The 1% is 32 counties, which have 21% of the U.S. population, according to a study of 2020 homicides published Monday by the Crime Prevention Research Center.

The study also found 5% of counties account for 73% of all of the murders, yet having just 47% of the U.S. population, the study also found.

The 52% of counties without any murders account for 10% of the U.S. population.

“Murder isn’t a nationwide problem,” center President John Lott writes at the conclusion of the study. “It’s a problem in a small set of urban areas concentrated in small areas inside them. And even in those counties, murders are concentrated in small areas inside them, and any solution must reduce those murders.”

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

One-Quarter of Americans Think Teaching White Culture is Evil ‘Promotes Racial Healing’: Poll

One-quarter of American voters said that they believe implementing a Critical Race Theory curriculum to teach that the culture of white people is “inherently evil” would help promote racial healing amongst American youth, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Most American voters, 57%, said that using Critical Race Theory to teach that white culture is inherently evil “further divides” the youth, while 18% of people did not give a response, according to a Summit Ministries poll in partnership with McLaughlin and Associates.

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

Pfizer, Fauci Staffers Sign Off on Research Finding mRNA COVID Vaccines Produce Worse Antibodies

Less than a month after the CDC marked the two-year anniversary of the first administered COVID-19 vaccine by telling Americans to get a bivalent booster, two peer-reviewed German studies have found that mRNA vaccines — the vast majority of the U.S. market — induce worse antibodies compared to traditional adenovirus vaccines.

The first paper, published in Science Immunology Dec. 22, focused on mRNA boosters, while the second, published in Frontiers in Immunology Jan. 12, found the same association with the two-dose primary series.

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

Police Arrest Man Accused of Shooting at Vehicles Along McKnight Road

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Police in Ross Township said they arrested a man who opened fire on five innocent people along McKnight Road earlier this month.

Martinel Humphries was already behind bars, accused of another shooting that same day.

Police said Humphries shot at multiple vehicles along McKnight Road, injuring two people, one seriously.

And they believe the situation could have been a lot worse.

“It’s been said over and over, we’re amazed we don’t have a bunch of dead bodies,” one official later said.

It was shortly after 2 p.m. on the afternoon of Jan. 5 when police said Martinel Humphries went on a shooting rampage in Ross Township, seemingly for no reason.

           — Hat tip: LP [Return to headlines]
 

Prosecutors Say Sayfullo Saipov Followed ISIS “Playbook” In Deadly 2017 West Side Highway Terror Attack

NEW YORK — It’s week two of the terror trial of Sayfullo Saipov.

He’s the Uzbekistan native accused of mowing down eight bicyclists with a rented truck along a path on the West Side Highway on Halloween 2017, he says in the name of ISIS.

Severed and twisted bicycles, a damaged yellow school bus, a crushed Home Depot rental truck and the path of death and destruction Saipov left was shown to jurors, as well as video of him running around with fake guns before being shot by a police officer.

Victim and witness testimony last week filled in the gaps for the court about the moments before the attack.

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

Rantz: Seattle PD Lost 153 Police Officers in 2022, Over 500 Since Defunding

The Seattle Police Department’s staffing crisis shows no end in sight. There were 153 separations in 2022, marking 509 officers leaving the force since the city council’s embrace of the defund movement. As a result, the department is now left with under 1,000 deployable officers, the lowest staffing seen in 30 years.

There were 170 separations in 2021 and 186 in 2020, according to the Seattle Police Department, which did not confirm the 2022 data provided by the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG). Separations are an all-inclusive term that counts resignations, retirements, and terminations.

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

Rantz: Major Credit Union to Close Seattle Branches Over Crime

Seattle Credit Union customers learned just before the New Year that two branches will be closing due to the city’s rampant crime. The news comes as multiple Starbucks locations have closed over the same concern.

“Ensuring the physical safety of our members and staff both in and around our branch offices has become increasingly difficult at these locations. Your personal safety, as well as your financial well-being and banking preferences, are important to us, representing the key variables in our decision,” a Dec. 30 email explained to customers.

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

Rantz: Seattle Police Department Walks Back Order to Let DUI Suspects Flee in Stolen Cars

A Seattle Police Department policy forced officers to allow DUI suspects to flee, even when they’re in stolen cars. And if a DUI suspect in a vehicle refused to comply, officers were told to leave the scene.

After a rash of incidents where DUI suspects bolted and amid considerable internal pressure, the SPD has walked the directive back. But it’s causing even more confusion for officers. The police union says the changes may lead to more unnecessary officer disciplinary complaints and hearings.

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

Repeat Offender Accused of Beating Woman Gets $1 Bond: Report

A Texas man with eight prior felony convictions was given a $1 bond after allegedly beating a woman over several days as he held her inside his car, according to a local report.

Aubrey Taylor, 43, was granted the low bond on Friday by 232nd Criminal District Court Judge Josh Hill, FOX26 Houston reported.

“If I’m outraged, I can’t imagine what the victim in this case must be going through considering all she did,” Andy Kahan, of Crime Stoppers, told the station.

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

Report Says 500 Advertisers Paused Spending at Twitter, Daily Revenue Plunges 40%

Questions are swirling about the health of Twitter Inc.’s ad business. Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has faced an exodus of executives and advertisers.

Nearly three months as ‘Chief Twit,’ Musk’s social media platform might be experiencing a significant decline in daily ad revenue and hundreds of top advertisers paused spending.

The Information reported that a senior Twitter manager told staff on Tuesday that more than 500 of Twitter’s top advertisers have paused spending since Musk bought the company on October 27.

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

Shooter Stood Over California Mom Holding Baby, Killed Both

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and shot and killed them in a brazen attack in a central California farming community that left six dead, a sheriff said Tuesday.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the teenager was fleeing the violence early Monday when the killers caught up to her outside the home in Goshen, a central California community of about 3,000 residents in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley, and shot the young mother and her child “assassination-style.”

The other four victims ranged from 19 to 72 years old, including a grandmother who was shot as she slept. Their autopsies are expected to be completed later in the week.

Authorities said they were searching for two suspects and offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to their arrests.

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

Supreme Court Rejects New York Gun Retailers’ Bid to Block New Concealed Carry Laws

The Supreme Court rejected a bid by New York gun retailers on Wednesday to block a slew of new gun control laws in the state, which they argued violate their Second Amendment rights and hurt their businesses.

There were no noted dissents in the order or explanations from the justices for their decision.

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

Tacoma Police Union President: Shootings Result of ‘Defund’ Movement

Tacoma Police Union president Henry Betts said we are now seeing the results of the police “defund” movement and that law enforcement needs “more support” to do its job.

There were 79 killings across Pierce County last year, up from 68 in 2021, according to the Tacoma News-Tribune. There have also been several already this year, with more involving youth.

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

The King of Hate Media

by Daniel Greenfield

MSNBC ushered in Thanksgiving to its viewers by claiming that the holiday and the nation were built on genocide.

“We are a country founded on violence. Our birth was violent,” MSNBC star Joy Reid declared.

It was another hateful lie about our country from a 24/7 hate network built on lies.

America was not founded on violence, but on a revolutionary proclamation that all men are created equal and have a God-given right to liberty. By contrast, NBC’s takeover by Comcast was lubricated by a corrupt deal with hatemonger Al Sharpton who has described fellow racist Joy Reid as his “little sister.”

Faced with stiff political opposition to his plan to take control of NBC, Comcast owner Brian L. Roberts met with Sharpton to pitch him on garnering political support for the cable company’s bid. Once a pariah for his role in inciting anti-Semitic riots that lynched two innocent people, and the torching of Freddie’s Fashion Mart, a Harlem store owned by a Jew whom Sharpton referred to as a “white interloper” in which 7 people were burned to death, all of them “of color,” Sharpton was resurrected by Barack Obama as his “civil rights” adviser and accepted into the Democrat fold as the party’s kingmaker.

In his new role, Sharpton delivered the political support to ensure that Roberts didn’t encounter antitrust issues in his controversial takeover bid to acquire NBC. In return Roberts gave Sharpton his own MSNBC show, ‘PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton’, while also making Sharpton’s existing employers at black-owned Radio One — and himself — extremely rich…

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Wyoming Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban New Electric Car Sales: ‘The Misadventure of EVs’

Lawmakers in Wyoming have introduced a bill that seeks to ban new electric car sales in the state by the year 2035.

The joint resolution argues that the “oil and gas industry in Wyoming has created countless jobs.”

It says internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles have “enabled the state’s industries and businesses to engage in commerce and transport goods and resources more efficiently throughout the country” since their invention.

Environmental concerns regarding the procurement of minerals for vehicle batteries are another primary concern of the resolution.

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Canada Harvests More Organs From Euthanized Patients Than Any Other Nation in the World

Canada is responsible for more organ transplants from its medical assistance in dying (MAiD) program than any other country in the world that offers this practice, according to a study published in the American Journal of Transplantation.

This study is the first time that organ transplants from assisted suicide patients are being analyzed, as the practice of euthanizing members of the population increases. The data for this study was gathered in 2021 and published last year.

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Cancel Jordan Peterson Event in Ottawa, Coalition of Community Groups Asks City Council

A coalition of community groups is asking Ottawa city council to back its call for the cancellation of a Canadian Tire Centre event featuring public intellectual and provocateur Jordan Peterson.

Peterson, a best-selling author, clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, is to hold the arena event on Jan. 30 as part of a North American speaking tour.

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Church Fire Investigators Chasing Leads in B.C.

Police are following up on new leads related to a church fire that happened last week in Rose Prairie, B.C.

Cst. Chad Neustaeter told True North Wednesday that investigators will speak to witnesses over the next few days about the fire at Upper Pine Gospel Chapel.

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Coffee’s ‘Contribution to Climate Change’ Is Just the ‘Tip of the Iceberg, ‘ Study Says

Canadian researchers analyzed coffee’s “contribution to climate change” in a piece published in early January and suggested people moderate their consumption of the popular drink as a part of the solution.

Researchers Luciano Rodrigues Viana, Charles Marty, Jean-François Boucher and Pierre-Luc Dessureault wrote in an analysis published in The Conversation that pollution from preparing coffee was “just the tip of the iceberg.”

“Limiting your contribution to climate change requires an adapted diet, and coffee is no exception. Choosing a mode of coffee preparation that emits less GHGs (greenhouse gases) and moderating your consumption are part of the solution,” the researchers at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi wrote.

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‘He Has No Business Dictating to Us’: Alberta Premier Rails Against Just Transition

A contentious piece of proposed federal legislation is setting off fireworks between Alberta’s government and Ottawa.

Touted as Just Transition, the bill would disproportionately impact several sectors in Alberta that are more carbon-intensive.

In oil and gas, Alberta has 187,000 workers in the sector, more than 36 per cent of Alberta’s GDP contribution.

To meet Ottawa’s emissions targets, the legislation would eliminate jobs in the following sectors, with the promise to transition the workers to cleaner energy industries:

  • Agriculture: 292,000 workers; 1.5 per cent of Canada’s employment;
  • Forestry: 35,000 workers; zero per cent of Canada’s employment;
  • Energy: 202,000 workers; one per cent of Canada’s employment;
  • Manufacturing: 193,000 workers; one per cent of Canada’s employment;
  • Buildings: 1.4 million workers; seven per cent of Canada’s employment; and
  • Transportation: 642,000 workers; three per cent of Canada’s employment.

Ottawa says the job numbers in each sector referred to the numbers that currently exist that could be affected by decarbonization and not loss of jobs.

Premier Danielle Smith says the prime minister has been non-existent in discussions with the province about the proposed legislation.

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Al Gore Goes on ‘Unhinged’ Rant About ‘Rain Bombs, ‘ Boiled Oceans, Other Climate Threats at Davos

Climate activist and former Vice President Al Gore recently went on an “unhinged” rant on the dangers of climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Gore’s speech, which involved him yelling about climate change “boiling the oceans,” causing freak weather occurrences like “rain bombs” and ultimately affecting humanity’s ability for “self-governance,” made for quite the spectacle on the world stage and on social media.

The former U.S. leader and current WEF agenda contributor spoke on the Davos stage in front of the global community urging drastic action on protecting the environment and combating climate change.

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Baby Crash: French Birthrates at Their Lowest Level Since 1946

The French statistics agency has published the number of births for 2022, a number which is reportedly the lowest since the creation of the statistics agency in 1946.

The French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has reported that in 2022 a total of 723,000 babies were born in the country, the lowest overall number reported since 1946 and the continuation of a rapid decline in births that began in 2010.

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Day 3 at the WEF

The elites run away from the media

On Day 3 of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Deputy Prime Minster Chrystia Freeland — who also happens to be on the WEF Board of Trustees — arrived in Davos for the summit.

However, when asked by True North’s Andrew Lawton how she can perform both her rules effectively, she refused to answer. Freeland wasn’t the only one to run away from the media today as Tony Blair and John Kerry also ducked questions from Andrew.

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EU Commissioner Says US Will Soon Have “Hate Speech” Laws, Boasts About Pushing Advertisers to Demonetize “Disinformation”

Famously, what’s considered “hate speech” in some countries is not actually criminalized in the United States — in stark contrast to the rules in force across Europe.

But that won’t be the case for long, if one is to believe EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova’s bold prediction voiced during a World Economic Forum (WEF) event in Davos this week.

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European Parliament Requested Facial Recognition CCTV Cameras, Despite Its Public Opposition to the Technology

An investigation by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has revealed that the European Parliament (EP) — while publicly opposing facial recognition tech — had requested the acquisition of CCTV cameras with facial recognition capability.

The non-profit’s Technology Fellow Dr. Kris Shrishak raised the issue in a letter addressed to the president of the European Parliament.

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French Dairy Giant Considers Cow Masking to Tackle Methane Emissions

French dairy giant Danone said Tuesday it wants to slash methane emissions by 30 percent within seven years, pointing to the way the cows it uses are raised, handled, and milked as ripe for change.

AFP reports Danone said it would seek the cuts by 2030 using cow breeds that emit less methane, improving cow diets, prolonging their milking periods and capturing emissions from manure to be used for biogas, for example.

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Greenpeace Slams WEF Elites for Flocking ‘To Davos in Ultra-Polluting, Socially Inequitable Private Jets to Discuss Climate’

Environmental activist group Greenpeace has slammed elites gathering for the World Economic Forum’s summit this week for flocking “to Davos in ultra-polluting, socially inequitable private jets to discuss climate.”

The organization blasted the “distasteful masterclass in hypocrisy” that’s being put on display by those attending Klaus Schwab’s annual summit at the lavish ski resort in Switzerland.

The Annual Meeting 2023 runs from January 16 to January 20 and hosts global elites who will discuss plans to advance the WEF’s globalist agenda.

Among the key topics on the agenda are censoring online content, eliminating cash, fighting “climate change,” and phasing out the meat industry and traditional farming.

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Greta Thunberg Accused of ‘Staging’ Arrest for Media as New Video Emerges

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been accused of “staging” her recent arrest in Germany as a new video has emerged of her hanging out with the police officers.

The video shows Thunberg posing for photos and casually chatting with the cops before they “detain” her in front of the media’s cameras.

The 20-year-old and her cohorts were protesting the planned demolition of the coal mining town Lutzerath in western Germany.

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Greta Thunberg to Meet With Head of International Energy Agency in Davos

DAVOS — Greta Thunberg is set to meet International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol in Davos on Thursday, organizers of a fringe round-table event at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting told Reuters.

The Swedish activist is due to meet Birol along with fellow campaigners Helena Gualinga, Vanessa Nakate and Luisa Neubauer, the organizers said in a statement.

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Hundreds of British Police Officers Suspected of Sex Offenses

London’s Metropolitan Police are looking into allegations of sexual and domestic abuse involving approximately 800 officers, Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has revealed. The statement came shortly after a member of the force, David Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 such offenses, including dozens of rapes.

Rowley revealed that 1,633 cases of alleged sexual and domestic abuse over the past ten years are currently being looked into. On top of that, all 45,000 Met personnel will be rechecked to see if any past offenses were missed, he said.

Carrick, whose case has brought a spotlight on the problem, admitted to six more counts of sexual abuse on Monday, bringing the total to 49. The officer is believed to have committed the crimes against 12 women across two decades.

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Internews President to WEF: “Gendered Disinformation” is “Terrifying”, Online Platforms Need to Keep People Safe

It’s entirely unsurprising that Brian Stelter, once of CNN, has gotten the gig of moderating a panel at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos conference.

And it’s no shocker that stuff like the apparently extremely dangerous problem of “gendered disinformation” was what he got to discuss.

Stelter — a self-styled technology and “misinformation” expert, whose sometimes astonishing takes in support of censorship were given air on the cable channel during the worst days of the pandemic-and-elections-induced free speech crises of the past years — hosted a Davos event called, “Clear and Present Danger of Disinformation.”

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NYT Publisher at Davos: “Disinformation” is “The Most Existential” Challenge We’re Grappling With as a Society

The head of the New York Times Company, one of the most powerful media companies in the world, declared so-called “disinformation” to be “the most existential” challenge that society is grappling with during an appearance on a panel at Davos in Switzerland and called for social media platforms to “differentiate and elevate trustworthy sources of information consistently.”

A. G. Sulzberger, the chairman of The New York Times Company and publisher of The New York Times, also suggested that calling the “free press” names such as “fake news” and “enemies of the people” is something people should be “really worried about.”

Sulzberger made the comments at the World Economic Forum’s 2023 annual meeting — a yearly meeting where powerful elites from government, business, and media descend on Davos to push their agendas.

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Officially Approved by the EU: Four Insects Hiding in Your Food

EU citizens who do not want to unknowingly eat insects should be particularly careful: The EU Commission has already approved four types of insects in different forms as “edible insects”.

The most recent approval was on January 5: From now on, after mealworms, grasshoppers and crickets, the grain mold beetle can also be used as an ingredient in foods such as bread, soups, pasta, snacks, peanut butter and chocolate products.

The mealworm received the first approval for a so-called “edible insect” in June 2021 : The EU Commission’s Implementing Regulation 2021/822 approved the placing on the market of dried larvae of Tenebrio molitor (meal beetle) as a “novel food”.

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Rep. Seth Moulton Says You Can’t Yell Fire in a Crowded Theater (Not True), Blasts Online “Misinformation” At Davos

At a disinformation panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said that Americans are not allowed to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. The yelling fire argument has almost become a meme because of how it is repeatedly used by those in favor of censorship and has been debunked by constitutional experts and is itself misinformation.

The Clear and Present Danger of Disinformation panel discussed how “the public, regulators, and social media companies can collaborate to combat disinformation.”

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UK: Ian Kirwan: Boy Guilty of Redditch Asda Stabbing Murder

A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a man stabbed to death outside an Asda supermarket.

Ian Kirwan, 53, was attacked at the store in Redditch, Worcestershire, on 8 March after challenging teenagers for messing about in the customer toilets.

Two youths aged 14 and one of 16 were cleared of killing Mr Kirwan, but were found guilty of violent disorder. A fifth, 16, was cleared on all counts.

The jury heard the killer was part of a masked gang that “terrorised” people.

None of the four boys can be legally identified because of their ages and are due to be sentenced on 15 February.

Mr Kirwan, an artificial intelligence engineer at Jaguar Land Rover, in Coventry, died after being stabbed in the heart.

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UK: They’re at it Again! Banner-Waving XR Zealots Let Off Smoke Flares, Pour Black Paint Outside Home Office Building and Dance in Eco-Mob’s Latest Stunt as Group Protest Michael Gove’s New Coal Mine in Cumbria

Extinction Rebellion activists let off smoke flares and covered the ground in black paint outside the Home Office today, leading to two arrests.

In the group’s latest stunt, around ten eco-zealots were surrounded by police as they held placards and lay on the ground at the entrance of the Westminster building.

Protesters poured the black paint — which looked like crude oil — out of plastic buckets marked ‘End Coal’, while two of the activists appeared to have attached themselves together with a large tube.

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UK: Top Scientist on COVID Vaccines: “Withdraw Them Immediately”

Dr. Richard Ennos, a retired Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Edinburgh University, has undertaken a thorough analysis of the U.K.’s COVID-19 ‘Yellow Card’ vaccine adverse event data and found it indicates “unequivocal safety signals” for adverse reactions caused by the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines affecting the blood, the heart and female reproduction. He concludes that: “There can be no question that the mRNA vaccines should be withdrawn with immediate effect.”

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UK’s Online Censorship Bill Has Amendment That Targets Non-Citizens

The UK’s messy Online Safety Bill, that its authors say is designed to protect children from online harms, keeps causing controversies and rifts — but also continues to “grow” through amendments, some of which observers find difficult to decipher.

A recent one aims to prevent children from accessing content that would inform them about what might turn into dangerous ways to cross the channel between the UK and France.

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WEF War Party: Finland’s Millennial PM Backs Supporting Ukraine for ‘15 Years’

In a discussion at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said that Europe will support Ukraine “as long as needed” even if the war with Russia lasts upwards of 15 years.

Speaking with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Finnish PM Santa Marin, 34, said that she believes Europe should commit to backing Ukraine in an open-ended conflict with Russia, rather than seeking to come to a peace agreement and ending the bloody war.

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Ukraine’s President Zelensky Addresses Davos Forum After Fatal Helicopter Crash

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said there are “no accidents at war time” after 14 people died in a helicopter crash in the capital, Kyiv.

Ukraine has not claimed Russian involvement, but Mr Zelensky told the World Economic Forum in Davos the tragedy was a consequence of the war.

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky died, alongside several colleagues.

Mr Zelensky also used his video address to urge allies to quickly send more weapons before new Russian offensives.

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Ukraine Shares Its CBDC Plans With the World Economic Forum

During the WEF annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Federov said that he wants the country to be the best jurisdiction for crypto assets and plans to receive his salary in Ukraine’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the E-Hryvnia.

It is no surprise that Ukraine is keen on pushing crypto assets. Last year, it received more than $54 million in crypto donations. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law fully legalizing cryptocurrencies in March 2022.

Just last year, the Blackrock CEO said he believed the Russia-Ukraine war could be used to accelerate the use of CBDCs.

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Ukraine Interior Minister Among Dead in Helicopter Crash That Ignites Nursery

BROVARY, Ukraine, Jan 18 (Reuters) — Ukraine’s interior minister and a child were among at least 14 people killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed into a nursery and set it ablaze in a suburb of the capital Kyiv.

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Ukrainian officials said it was too early to determine what caused the helicopter crash. None immediately spoke of any attack by Russia, which invaded Ukraine last February and has been battering Ukrainian cities far from front lines with missiles and drones almost daily since October.

Dozens of people were injured including children, many suffering burns, after the French-made Super Puma helicopter went down in the fog in Brovary on the eastern outskirts of Kyiv, plummeting into the nursery grounds.

Ukrainian state emergency services said 14 people in total had been killed. Government agencies had earlier published higher death tolls ranging up to 18.

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, who was on board the helicopter, was among the dead. He was the most senior Ukrainian official to die since the war began with a Russian invasion in February last year.

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Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM to Step Down Next Month

Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister next month, saying she no longer has “enough in the tank” to lead.

Ms Ardern choked up as she detailed how six “challenging” years in the job had taken a toll.

She will step down as Labour Party leader no later than 7 February. There will be a vote in the coming days to determine her replacement.

New Zealand will hold a general election on 14 October.

Ms Ardern, 42, said she had taken time to consider her future over the summer break.

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‘Dirty Negro’: Moroccans Arrested for Threatening and Verbally Abusing French Cops

Two Morrocan migrants were arrested in the city centre of Saint-Nazaire after hurling racial abuse at two French police officers and threatening to slit the throats of the officials.

The two men were arrested on Friday after they confronted two highway patrol officers in the centre of Saint-Nazaire during a routine traffic stop alongside a third man. According to the police, the two men became aggressive and began hurling insults at them.

One of the Moroccans, who is said to be 34 years old, reportedly began disparaging one of the officials over his skin colour saying, “dirty negro, you are really a dirty negro,” and hit one of the officers on the elbow, Actu reports.

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Germany Only Managed to Send Back 4,100 of 68,000 Migrants Under EU Rules

In 2022, Germany attempted to send nearly 70,000 migrants back to other European Union countries where they first arrived under the Dublin Agreement, but was only successful in just over six per cent of the cases.

Germany attempted to return 68,709 migrants last year to other member states under the Dublin agreement which allows countries to return migrants to the first state they filed an asylum application.

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Italy: Three Months Into Meloni Tenure Sees Migrant Arrivals Exploding

Even after almost three months, the new Italian right-wing government has still not succeeded in bringing about the promised asylum turnaround. Italy is, as ever, inundated by masses of illegal immigrants who are being landed by numerous “rescue” ships.

The facts are that contrary to Italian Interior Minister Piatendosi’s claim that the number of Mediterranean migrants has fallen in the first two months of government, Interior Ministry statistics show that since Meloni took office, migrant boat arrivals have risen massively compared to the same period last year.

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More Than 100 Migrants Suffer Freezing Temperatures to Get to UK While French Coastguard Pluck Another 45 From the Sea as Channel Crossings Resume

More than 100 migrants braved freezing temperatures in the English Channel on Tuesday to reach the UK in dinghies — after 45 people were rescued by the French coastguard earlier in the day.

Two boats were intercepted by the Border Force vessel Defender with a total of 106 migrants — including children and a baby — on board according to official government figures.

They were brought on board the patrol boat before being taken into the harbour at Dover, in Kent. It takes the total arriving so far in 2023 to 150 migrants.

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US-Mexico Border Controlled by Cartels, Not Biden Admin

Mexican cartels have control over the US-Mexico border, using their position to smuggle drugs and violent criminals into the country at the expense of the safety of Americans, a border town official told Fox News.

“This is not a political discussion,” Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines told the outlet. “This is a national security issue.”

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Canada: Father Loses it at School Board Over Book Discussing ‘Bestiality’ Allegedly Available to 7-Year-Old Daughter

A Canadian father, David Todor, lashed out at a school board meeting Monday after he said he discovered sexually explicit passages in a book that was allegedly available to his 7-year-old daughter.

David Todor has two children enrolled in the Waterloo district in Ontario, Canada.

“Who’s interested in knowing and affirming, celebrating, my daughter’s sexual orientation?! Why is the school board facilitating child abuse and has these books available in the library?” the father said in a video first flagged by journalist Cosmin Dzsurdzsa of True North.

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Church of England to Bless Gay Marriages Under Bishop Ruling

Bishops in the Church of England have given the green light for gay marriages to be blessed by officials within the faith.

Homosexual couples who have recently married within a civil setting will soon be able to have their union blessed within Anglican churches in England, with Church of England bishops having reportedly voted in favour of the practice as part of efforts to reform the faith.

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DeSantis Asks for Mental Evaluation of ‘Trans Kids’ In Fight Over Medicaid Funding for Child Sex Changes

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is requesting “mental examinations” be performed on two 12-year-olds who are plaintiffs in a legal challenge against a state rule that prohibits Medicaid coverage for minors seeking sex change treatments.

Lawyers for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration filed a motion Tuesday calling for US District Judge Robert Hinkle to order mental health assessments of plaintiffs “Susan Doe” and “K.F.”, reports News Service Florida.

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Language Purge: Don’t Say ‘Homosexual’ Or ‘Mate’, UK Deep State Civil Servants Told

Words such as “homosexuality” and “mate” should not be used, civil servants at the Home Office were reportedly told during yet another woke language code presentation.

Staff at the UK’s Home Office, the department tasked with key government functions such as dealing with immigration, crime, and terrorism, were reportedly forced to sit through a lecture on leftist ideals surrounding language, including the use of novel gender pronouns and the words or phrases that are apparently no longer acceptable.

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Minnesota Democrat Argues for Menstrual Products in Boys’ Bathrooms: ‘Not All Who Menstruate Are Female’

The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would require all public and charter schools to make menstrual products available in school bathrooms, including boys’ bathrooms.

The bill, House File 44, would make it so “A school district or charter school must provide students access to menstrual products at no charge. The products must be available in restrooms used by students in grades 4 to 12.”

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Philadelphia Flyers’ Player Boycotts Team’s Pride Celebrations on Religious Grounds, Faces Backlash

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to show up for his team’s “Pride Night” warmups on Tuesday night, mounting a boycott on religious grounds.

Provorov says he disagrees with Philadelphia’s decision to have its players wear rainbow-colored jerseys that supported the LGBTQ+ community.

He said he could not wear the jersey due to his Russian Orthodox beliefs.

“I respect everybody and I respect everybody’s choices,” Provorov said.

“My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion.”

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The Matrix is Malfunctioning

Is it just me, or does anyone else get the feeling that the matrix is starting to malfunction?

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6 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/18/2023

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    DIE DUMMEN SCHWEDEN — THE STUPID SWEDES

    Our state-of-the-art Archer artillery system was built to deter Russia from attacking Sweden.

    Now it will be used for provocation and killing instead.

    The government is giving away Archer to Zelensky.

    19 January 2023

    The Swedish Archer artillery system, 50 combat vehicles 90 and the NLAW anti-tank robot are to be given away to the government in Ukraine, which will be the most important provocation from the Swedish side so far during the conflict.

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ebba Busch held a press conference on the delivery today.

    Sweden’s road to war
    Important provocation when Latvia bans Russian
    Kristersson approves US bases in Sweden – “will not be called bases”

    Sweden bets on early role in new world war
    Government decides to send 50 combat vehicles 90 to Ukraine.

    The NLAW anti-tank robot is also included in the delivery, according to Kristersson’s opening speech. Notes released before the meeting show that the Archer will also be sent.

    The Archer is a further developed version of the Haubit 77B artillery piece, which has been upgraded for better performance and can be controlled remotely via a computer in the driver’s cab.

    The system is mounted on a Volvo A30E heavy all-terrain vehicle, which has protection against shrapnel, fire and mines, as well as noise and ballistic protection.

    It was in August that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Sweden to deliver its state-of-the-art Archer artillery system to Ukraine, as well as the Robot 98 anti-aircraft robot and Jas Gripen.

    In December, President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated the demand that Sweden send Archer to Ukraine free of charge, to which Ulf Kristersson agreed in early January when he said that the “work is ongoing”.

    The Swedish government, which is very loyal to the US, has previously planned to send 10,000 Swedes to the Baltic region, where Swedish war planning assumes that the first confrontations with Russia will take place.

    The Latvian government has banned Russian in schools and taken a number of other provocative measures to this end.

    Politicians in Latvia are also considered some of the most US-loyal in the world and are not infrequently drilled by arms
    and financial family, which is behind the initiative for Sweden and Finland to join NATO.

    Over the past decade, for example, the finance minister and president of the small country have been directly descended from SEB, which is owned by the family.

    As far as Sweden is concerned, the Archer delivery now represents the first major Swedish provocation directly against Russia.

    Moscow has warned that it regards deliveries of heavy weapons as legitimate military targets, and the Archer shipments could thus result in direct attacks on Swedish targets, although no such attacks have so far occurred against deliveries from NATO countries.

    As usual, there is no opposition to war planning in the Swedish parliament.

    Instead, the Social Democrats have reported Ulf Kristersson to the Riksdag’s Constitutional Committee for not having sent the system earlier.

    And the Sweden Democrats have had no objection to Sweden’s new role as a bombing target for the major powers.

    Now the government has taken a decision to commission the Swedish Armed Forces to transfer the Archer artillery system to Ukraine, which the Prime Minister comments on in his usual idiotic way:

    – It will be big,

    says Ulf Kristersson about the support, to TT.

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    Chang Frick helps Paludan burn Koran at Turkish Embassy

    Published 19 January 2023 in Fria Tider

    Chang Frick, founder of the news site Nyheter Idag, has helped Rasmus Paludan get the demonstration permit paid for to burn a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.

    Danish Islam critic Rasmus Paludan plans to burn a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on Saturday at 1pm.

    The action comes after PKK activists from the Rojava committees recently caused a diplomatic storm by hanging an upside-down Erdogan doll outside the Swedish capital’s city hall.

    Now influencer Chang Frick says he has helped Paludan with the demonstration permit.

    “Because I stand up for freedom of speech, I support both Paludan and the Rojava committee’s right to demonstrate. Have partly gotten a mask for a puppet, but also helped Paludan get the demonstration permit paid for.

    Thinking of sending a donation to the Rojava comrades as well!”, Frick writes on Twitter, where he shows a picture of the Erdogan mask.

    However, he goes on to write that the NATO issue probably won’t be “affected one bit” by demonstrations. “The US will solve that with those planes,” Chang Frick continues.

    According to Samnytt, it is alleged that Frick has also offered to drive Paludan himself from Copenhagen to Stockholm. However, Chang Frick denies this, stating that he would have offered to pick up Paludan at the airport if the Koran-burner chose to fly to Sweden.

    – There has been no discussion or decision to do so. If someone had said that a car would be driven from Denmark, then I would have looked into it, but then I would probably have had to ask people to help pay for the diesel, because then it would have been a bit of a drag, says Chang Frick to Samnytt.

  3. I’m waiting or the NHL to have a Christianity Night with crosses on Jerseys, even as it bars Whites from an NHL fair.

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