Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/11/2023

Working in co-ordination with the Canadian military, a United States Air Force jet shot down an unidentified flying object over Canada. Air space over Havre, Montana, close to the border of Canada, has been temporarily closed to non-military traffic.

In other news, knife murders in the UK for the year ending in March of 2022 rose 20% over the previous year, the highest level since record-keeping began.

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Financial Crisis
» Canada’s Job Gains Surge by 150,000, Crushing Expectations Again
» Nearly 1 Million Protest Pension Reforms Across France
 
USA
» 7th NCSU Student Found Dead After Dying Suddenly
» Adams: We May Need Vax Mandates Again, it ‘Wasn’t Right’ for People to Do Whatever They Wanted
» Biden Admin. Dangles $7.5B Tesla Subsidy if Musk Unlocks Supercharging Network
» Breaking: Project Veritas Donor Refutes Claims in Leaked Employee Memo, Says Interactions With Founder ‘Blown Out of Proportion’
» Clintons Team Up With Rockefeller Foundation, Push ‘Digital Cash’ To Fight ‘Climate Change’
» ‘Days of Our Lives’ Actor Cody Longo Dies Suddenly at 34
» Democrat Boston Mayor’s Finance Director Charged With Money Laundering
» Democratic Senators Call on the TSA to End Facial Recognition Push
» Emmett Till’s Cousin Sues to Force Sheriff to Arrest White Woman
» Enraged Residents Slam ‘Fraud and Corruption’ As Baltimore Schools Hit Shocking New Low
» Iowa Senator Accuses China of ‘Intentionally Poisoning’ Americans With Fentanyl
» Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Client List’ To be Made Public, Exposing Names of All Associates
» Johnson Warns Left Has ‘Infiltrated’ Major US Institutions as GOP Warns of Weaponization of Government
» Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Defiant Despite Judicial Rebuke Over Trump Racism Accusation
» Man Charged: Allegedly Killed Motorcyclist in Road Rage Shooting Near Home Depot in Spring
» ‘Mystery’ Alaska Object Entered US Airspace Without Being Detected
» Rapper Arrested for Killing Pregnant Woman 3 Days After He Was Acquitted of Double Murder
» Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Act to Require DOJ to Report All Social Media Company Payments
» ‘Salacious’ Allegations Against Epstein Friends, Including One ‘Public Figure, ‘ to be Unsealed by Court
» Sarah Sanders Sets Gavin Newsom Straight: ‘Every Single Town I Go to in Arkansas, I Meet Someone Who Has Moved From California’
» Senator Josh Hawley Wants Social Media Platforms to Use ID Age Verification
» ‘Shocked’: Dog Rushed to Vet Clinic After Ingesting Meth at Park
» Shoplifting in NYC Soars 45% to 63,000 Reported Incidents in 2022
» Suspect Arrested in San Francisco Sunset Home Explosion; Facing Manslaughter, Drug Manufacturing Charges
» Trump: ‘I Am Running for President to End the Destruction of Our Country’
» Utah GOP Governor to Californians Fleeing to His State Due to Crime, Taxes: ‘Stay in California’
» White House Climate Czar Met Privately With Eco Group Pushing Gas Stove Bans
» Whitmer’s ‘Implicit Bias’ Training Pushes Michigan Health Workers to Admit Bias, ‘Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
» Wuhan Lab-Linked Non-Profit Still Getting Millions From Government for Virus Research, Senator Claims
 
Canada
» Justin Trudeau to Fund Provincial Healthcare, Only if Premiers Agree to Increased Data Collection
» US Shoots Down ‘Unidentified Object’ That Violated Airspace Over Canada
 
Europe and the EU
» France: Crack in Paris: Suspect Laundered Money in a Washing Machine
» Germany Pressures Twitter to Commit to Censorship Law
» Poland Hesitant to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine Over Fears it Could Deplete National Fleet
» UK Annual Knife Slayings Up by a Fifth to Highest Level Since Records Began
» WWII-Era Bomb Explodes in England in “Unplanned” Detonation
 
Middle East
» Hackers Interrupt Iran President’s Speech Marking 44th Anniversary of Revolution
» Two Women Survive for Days in Earthquake Rubble as Death Toll Tops 24,150
 
Russia
» Peace Talks ‘Out of the Question’ for Ukraine as Russia Continues Airstrikes
» Russian and Ukrainian Forces Battling for Hilltop Coal-Mining Town
» Sanction Failures Piling Up
» This is Not a Simple Battle Between Good and Evil: The Longer We Avoid Peace Talks in Ukraine the Closer We Come to Armageddon, Writes Peter Hitchens
» Ukraine War: Russia Again Fires Missiles Over Moldova in Latest Strikes
» Ukraine is Prepared to Use British Long-Range Missiles to Strike Annexed Crimea as Western Involvement in the Battle Against Putin Escalates — and Kremlin Readies 1,800 Tanks and 400 Fighter Jets ‘For Huge New Invasion in Ten Days’
» Wagner Boss Expects Ukraine War to Last Another 18 Months to Three Years
 
Far East
» Bill Gates Calls for America to ‘Tone Down the Rhetoric’ Over China Threat
» China Mocks Biden for Knocking Down Balloons With Fighter Jets: ‘Hysterical, ‘ ‘Laughably Juvenile’
 
Latin America
» Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison
 
Immigration
» Arizona Rancher Accused of Killing Migrant Asks for Elimination of $1M Bond
» Germany: January Asylum Applications More Than Double Compared to 2022
» GoFundMe Boots Campaign for Arizona Rancher Held on $1M Bond for Murder of Migrant Shot on Property
» Rural Texas County With Just 700 Residents Saw an Influx of 7,400 Illegal Migrants Arrested in the Last Year — as Embattled Sheriff Calls on Gov. Greg Abbott for Help Manning the 91-Mile Stretch of Border With Mexico
» The Bloody Death of a Liberal Dream: After Throwing Open Its Borders to 2million Migrants, David Jones Investigates How Sweden Has Been Left With an Underclass of Alienated Teenagers, A Murderous Gang Culture and Gun Crime That’s Spiralling Out of Control
» UK Govt Walks Back Promise to ‘Stop the Boats’, Now Only Pledges ‘Dramatic Reduction’
» UK: Revealed — Video That Sparked Migrant Hotel Riot: Clip of Schoolgirl, 15, Being ‘Hassled for Her Phone Number by Man, 25, ‘ is Behind Night of Violence After it Was Shared on Social Media by Activists
» What Terror Attacks? Angela Merkel Handed UN Peace Prize for Open Borders Policy
 
Culture Wars
» America is Racing Toward Canada’s Euthanasia Free-for-All…
» Carnage Outside Tate Britain: Ugly Scenes Unfold as Right-Wing Protesters and Counter-Demonstrators Go Head-to-Head Over Drag Queen Story Hour Event for Children Being Held Inside the Gallery
» Florida Medical Board Prohibits Child Sex Change Surgeries, Drugs
» Nebraska Bill Would Allow Healthcare Providers to ‘Conscientiously Object’ To Procedures
» Scottish Prisons Ditch Sturgeon’s Self-ID Policy After Trans Rapist Fiasco
» Social Worker Says She Was Fired for Supporting Jordan Peterson
» Super Bowl Ads Will Tout Jesus ‘Gets Us’ to the Masses
» UK: Antifa, Trans Activists Clash With Protestors Opposing Drag Story Hour Event at London’s Tate Museum
» Womb Transplants for Transgender Women Will Soon be Possible, Doctors Say
 

Canada’s Job Gains Surge by 150,000, Crushing Expectations Again

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy added 150,000 jobs in January while the unemployment rate held steady at five per cent.

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

Nearly 1 Million Protest Pension Reforms Across France

Nearly 1 million demonstrators poured into the streets across France Saturday, to protest the government’s pension reform plans, which would include raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.

In Paris, police clashed with demonstrators and lobbed tear-gas during a fourth day of national protests, as union organizers hoped to exceed the mass turnout on Jan. 19 when more than a million people took to the streets during a day of national strikes that resulted in school and transportation shutdowns.

Early estimates suggested that numbers of protestors in Paris had already increased by more than 20 percent since a similar demonstration in the capital on Tuesday, according to Le Figaro.

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

7th NCSU Student Found Dead After Dying Suddenly

Another student from North Carolina State University (NCSU) has been found dead, marking the seventh student to die suddenly on the campus since the school year started.

The student was found dead at the E.S. King Village Apartments, according to college officials.

The building is an on-campus housing complex for graduate students, faculty, and staff who wish to live with their families, ABC 11 News reported.

The student’s identity and the cause of death have not been disclosed.

The North Carolina State Police are investigating the case but say they have ruled out suicide and foul play.

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

Adams: We May Need Vax Mandates Again, it ‘Wasn’t Right’ for People to Do Whatever They Wanted

On Friday’s broadcast of Caribbean Power Jam Radio’s “The Reset Show,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) defended the city’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for city workers that is being rescinded because “we’re seeing a normalization of COVID,” and stated that the fact that employees said, “I want to do whatever I want. That just wasn’t right.” Adams also said that “there may be another time that we’re going to have to do mandates again because these viruses are not going away.”

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

Biden Admin. Dangles $7.5B Tesla Subsidy if Musk Unlocks Supercharging Network

Tesla founder Elon Musk could miss out on a major windfall if the company keeps its electric charging stations exclusive.

President Biden’s Department of Transportation is set to offer $7.5 billion in subsidies aimed at propagating electric vehicle charging facilities nationwide, Reuters reports, citing administration officials.

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

Breaking: Project Veritas Donor Refutes Claims in Leaked Employee Memo, Says Interactions With Founder ‘Blown Out of Proportion’

On Saturday, Project Veritas donor Dianna Remmers came forward to refute claims made in a leaked employee memo that said the news organization’s founder, James O’Keefe, was exhibiting “cruel behavior,” saying the document misrepresented her interactions with O’Keefe.

“I’ve been made aware of allegations for Project Veritas through the news, a little bit on social media and whatnot,” Remmers said. “And I realized actually that one of the allegations and grievances towards James is about a situation that involves me with James.”

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

Clintons Team Up With Rockefeller Foundation, Push ‘Digital Cash’ To Fight ‘Climate Change’

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s organization is teaming up with the Rockefeller Foundation for a campaign to fight “climate change” using “digital cash.”

The Clinton Global Initiative, formerly the Clinton Foundation, and multiple partners are teaming up with a cryptocurrency organization to establish a $50 million fund in digital cash.

The so-called “climate resistance fund” will be used by women in India to tackle “global warming.”

According to a press release, a cryptocurrency organization called the Algorand Foundation will join forces with the Self Employed Women’s Association and the Clinton Global Initiative.

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

‘Days of Our Lives’ Actor Cody Longo Dies Suddenly at 34

Hollywood actor Cody Longo has been found dead, according to reports.

Longo, who starred in “Days of Our Lives,” “CSI: NY,” and “Hollywood Heights,” died suddenly at just 34 years old.

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

Democrat Boston Mayor’s Finance Director Charged With Money Laundering

The finance director for Boston’s Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu has been charged with money laundering, according to reports.

Freda Brasfield was arrested over an alleged prison drug smuggling scheme.

Brasfield serves as the Administration and Finance Director in Mayor Wu’s office and is described as a longtime Democrat activist and community organizer.

FOX 25 News in Boston is reporting that Brasfield was arraigned Friday on money laundering charges.

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

Democratic Senators Call on the TSA to End Facial Recognition Push

Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) wrote a letter to the Transport Security Administration (TSA) asking the agency to stop the deployment of facial recognition technology.

“Increasing biometric surveillance of Americans by the government represents a risk to civil liberties and privacy rights,” the senators wrote.

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

Emmett Till’s Cousin Sues to Force Sheriff to Arrest White Woman

Emmett Till’s cousin has sued to force a Mississippi sheriff to serve a 1955 arrest warrant on the white woman who allegedly sparked the kidnapping and brutal lynching of the 14-year-old boy.

Relatives and members of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation were searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence in the notorious murder when they found the 1955 warrant for Carolyn Bryant.

Now, Till’s cousin, Patricia Sterling of Jackson, Miss., has filed a federal lawsuit against the current Leflore County sheriff, Ricky Banks.

Jackson wants Banks to follow through on the warrant for Carolyn Bryant, who has since remarried and is now known as Carolyn Bryant Donham. The warrant was discovered in June.

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

Enraged Residents Slam ‘Fraud and Corruption’ As Baltimore Schools Hit Shocking New Low

Days after Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., declared education a top priority for his tenure, Baltimore reported that zero students in 23 different public schools are proficient in math. Also, 93% of third through eighth graders tested below grade level in the same subject.

Baltimore residents responded by blasting school officials and lawmakers for “fraud and corruption” which they claim is to blame for the low numbers.

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

Iowa Senator Accuses China of ‘Intentionally Poisoning’ Americans With Fentanyl

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa claimed Friday that China is intentionally “poisoning America” through its continued production and sale of fentanyl.

Ernst recently traveled to the border with a congressional delegation aimed at understanding crime and national security threats posed by rampant illegal immigration.

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

Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Client List’ To be Made Public, Exposing Names of All Associates

Deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “client list” is due to be made public and will expose the names of all his associates, according to reports.

The client list is part of a batch of documents that is due to soon be unsealed.

The Daily Mail is reporting that the material to be made public will identify those associated with Epstein and his convicted sex trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the operation.

However, it has never been revealed who Epstein and Maxwell were trafficking underage girls to.

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

Johnson Warns Left Has ‘Infiltrated’ Major US Institutions as GOP Warns of Weaponization of Government

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says that the left have “infiltrated” major U.S. institutions and as a result control major narratives in ways that he says are destructive to the country as top Republicans are sounding the alarm about the alleged weaponization of the U.S. government.

“I think my main point is that the left has pretty well infiltrated the major institutions in this country, starting with our university system, and that just has metastasized out and so now they control the narrative and they’re using their control, that narrative in I think very destructive ways,” Johnson said in an interview with Fox News Digital on Friday.

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

Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Defiant Despite Judicial Rebuke Over Trump Racism Accusation

A justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is taking issue with a judicial oversight commission that warned her to remain politically neutral last year.

Justice Jill Karofsky sent a collection of documents to The Associated Press on Saturday related to a disciplinary referral against her from two years ago that she believes was attempting to censor her.

A retired Maryland attorney filed the complaint against Karofsky in 2020 after she accused Jim Troupis — an attorney representing former President Donald Trump — of racially motivated litigation.

Karofsky said the lawsuit seeking to throw out ballots in two ethnically diverse Wisconsin counties “smacks of racism” and accused Troupis of manipulating the legal system so “your king can stay in power.”

The judicial oversight commission decided in November 2022 not to punish Karofsky for the incident, but warned her to maintain a neutral and professional tone in court.

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

Man Charged: Allegedly Killed Motorcyclist in Road Rage Shooting Near Home Depot in Spring

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Crosby man is in jail after being accused of killing a motorcycle rider in Spring during an apparent road rage shooting.

Records show on Friday, 36-year-old Aaron Grant was charged with murder in 32-year-old Jesse Metzger’s death.

The video above is from a previous report on this road rage shooting.

Metzger’s body was found just after midnight on Jan. 27 in the 20000 block of North Freeway.

Authorities said Metzger called his friends after dinner, saying a white Jeep Cherokee was following him.

Police told Eyewitness News that Metzger’s friends went looking for him and found him dead near his motorcycle in a Home Depot parking lot.

Deputies said the friends called first responders initially, thinking Metzger was involved in a crash until they soon figured out their friend had been shot.

Then, they flagged down a Precinct 4 deputy.

Deputies haven’t clarified where the actual shooting happened, but they believe after Metzger was shot during a road rage incident, he pulled into the parking lot and collapsed.

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

‘Mystery’ Alaska Object Entered US Airspace Without Being Detected

The mysterious “object” shot down over Alaska managed to penetrate American airspace without being detected, a senior US official said Saturday — while President Biden’s administration continued its silence regarding the intruder’s appearance, capabilities, and even its ownership.

The unnamed official told Fox News the object was spotted by the US military while it was “over Alaska not far from the northern coast” on Thursday night, but had previously gone unnoticed.

“We have no further updates at this time,” a Department of Defense spokesperson told The Post when asked for more information about the car-sized object that breached US airspace and was shot down over frozen Alaskan waters on Friday.

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

Rapper Arrested for Killing Pregnant Woman 3 Days After He Was Acquitted of Double Murder

Rapper Ace NH, Billy Bennett Adams III, went to trial last month on charges that he killed two men in a recording studio. He told jurors it was self-defense. They believed him and found him not guilty of first-degree murder on January 27.

Tampa police arrested Adams on Wednesday, February 8. They charged him with first-degree murder and the killing of an unborn child by injury to the mother. He is accused of killing Alana Sims, who was five months pregnant. Authorities say Adams, 25, killed Alana Sims, 22, on January 30 3 days after he beat a double murder charge.

Tampa’s Interim Chief Lee Bercaw said: “Mere days after he was acquitted of a separate crime, our homicide suspect did the unthinkable when he killed an innocent woman and her unborn child.

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

Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Act to Require DOJ to Report All Social Media Company Payments

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) introduced the Exposing Lewd Outlays for Social Networking Companies (ELON) Act, which would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report the money sent to social media companies.

ELON Act would require the DOJ to submit to Congress all payments made to social media companies since January 1, 2015. She added that the bill would also require “a report from all agencies on federal dollars sent to big tech companies” and place a one-year hold on additional spending.

Boebert’s bill follows recent revelations that the FBI was paying Twitter the administration costs of processing its requests and for other matters.

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

‘Salacious’ Allegations Against Epstein Friends, Including One ‘Public Figure, ‘ to be Unsealed by Court

A final batch of court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, including “salacious” allegations against them, will finally be unsealed by the courts.

The move comes almost four years after Epstein’s death.

The documents will name at least one “public figure” and should see the light of day in the coming months.

The records will reveal hundreds of “alleged perpetrators” and individuals accused of “serious wrongdoings.”

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

Sarah Sanders Sets Gavin Newsom Straight: ‘Every Single Town I Go to in Arkansas, I Meet Someone Who Has Moved From California’

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders set Gavin Newsom straight after the California Governor attacked her state. Gavin said: “While Sanders touts public safety, here is what she skips over: Arkansas has one of the highest murder rates in the nation.”

Sanders fired back on social media saying, “No one wants Gavin Newsom’s California, all those fleeing his failed state are welcome in Arkansas — the best place to live, work and raise a family.”

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

Senator Josh Hawley Wants Social Media Platforms to Use ID Age Verification

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) plans to introduce a legislative package whose focus is requiring platforms to verify the age and ID of its users, including limiting the minimum age of social media access to 16.

Hawley’s main goals, according to NBC News, are requiring ID age verification on social media, requiring companies to provide parents with the option to demand the deletion of their children’s data, and commissioning congress to conduct a study on the mental health impact social media has on kids.

The idea is similar to that of the state of Louisiana, where the age verification to access adult content is quickly forcing the adoption of digital ID.

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

‘Shocked’: Dog Rushed to Vet Clinic After Ingesting Meth at Park

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) — A walk in the park turned into a medical emergency for a Kansas pet owner.

Alexander Holiday said the situation started when he took the family dog, Daisy, for a walk Monday night.

“I was just taking her on a few laps. It got warm outside and figured it would be a perfect day,” Holiday said.

At the end of the run, Holiday said Daisy came up to a bench and seemed to find something.

He said he didn’t think twice about it as she stuck her nose in the grass.

But after letting her rest for a few minutes, he said he realized something was very wrong.

“She started drooling all over the place. And it was more drool than I’ve ever seen,” Holiday said. “She was running in circles and my wife said maybe we should take her in.”

Holiday said he took Daisy to a pet emergency room, and the veterinarian told him that she had tested positive for methamphetamine.

“Yeah, that kind of shocked me,” he said.

The veterinarian team reportedly told him that this type of occurrence is not that uncommon as dogs will eat meth because it has a kind of sweet taste to them.

Holiday said Daisy has survived the ordeal but only time will tell how much damage it has caused.

“They [veterinarians] are saying that she’s probably not recovering as fast as they would like to see,” Holiday said.

           — Hat tip: Roger [Return to headlines]
 

Shoplifting in NYC Soars 45% to 63,000 Reported Incidents in 2022

As major crime continues to soar in NYC under Mayor Eric Adams, shoplifting has reached record highs with over 63,000 incidents reported to police in 2022, a 45 percent increase from nearly 45,000 cases in 2021, and almost a 275 percent increase over incidents in the mid-2000s.

According to the New York Post, a Lower Manhattan Target employee told the outlet on Thursday, “People keep taking things and we can’t stop them.” The Target department store on Greenwich Street in Manhattan reported 646 incidents of shoplifting last year.

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

Suspect Arrested in San Francisco Sunset Home Explosion; Facing Manslaughter, Drug Manufacturing Charges

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police arrested a 53-year-old man Friday night in the deadly Sunset District home explosion and fire that killed a woman and injured another.

Darron Price, who was located on Newhall Street about 4:30 p.m., was booked into San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, manufacturing drugs charges, and two counts of child endangerment.

Police said that home on the 1700 block of 22nd Avenue in the Sunset district exploded on Thursday morning. The blast was so intense, it lifted the house off of its foundation. Balls of fire were seen throughout the neighborhood.

In a news release, San Francisco police said there was an “active illegal narcotics manufacturing lab” inside that home. Records indicate that it was a PCP lab.

A woman’s body was removed from the rubble. Another person was badly injured and taken to the hospital. Neither have been identified.

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Trump: ‘I Am Running for President to End the Destruction of Our Country’

On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump gave his response to Biden’s State of the Union address with his own “real state of the union,” and said he is running for president again to “end the destruction of our country.”

“I am running for President to end the destruction of our country and to complete the unfinished business of making America great again,” Trump said. “We will make our country better than ever before. And we will always put America first.”

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

Utah GOP Governor to Californians Fleeing to His State Due to Crime, Taxes: ‘Stay in California’

Utah’s Republican Governor suggested Friday that California residents who are looking to join the recent population exodus into Republican states like Utah should stay in California.

“We’re having the opposite problem, this last census confirmed that Utah was the fastest-growing state in the last ten years,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters outside the White House after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy discussed ways he will encourage people to move to his state.

“So our biggest problems are more growth related. We would love for people to stay in California instead of coming as refugees to Utah, so we’re always trying to figure that out.”

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

White House Climate Czar Met Privately With Eco Group Pushing Gas Stove Bans

FIRST ON FOX: White House climate czar Ali Zaidi, who also serves as an assistant to President Biden, privately met with three officials with the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), an environmental group pushing gas stove bans.

Zaidi met Jules Kortenhorst, RMI’s CEO at the time; John Coequyt, RMI’s government affairs director; and Sarah Ladislaw, RMI’s former managing director and U.S. program leader, on March 17, 2022, in the West Wing of the White House, according to visitor logs reviewed by Fox News Digital. The three officials have extensive records advocating for net-zero and climate policies weaning the U.S. off fossil fuels.

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

Whitmer’s ‘Implicit Bias’ Training Pushes Michigan Health Workers to Admit Bias, ‘Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

An “implicit bias” training session required by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer encourages health care workers to admit they that are biased, and teaches them that Black people, overweight women and people with non-Western names are among those who face obstacles to success in America.

It also asks those participating in the training session to identify their closest coworkers and then describe their race, ethnicity and physical appearance in an attempt to make them realize that their choice of company in the workplace may reveal bias, and encourage them to “get out of your comfort zone.”

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

Wuhan Lab-Linked Non-Profit Still Getting Millions From Government for Virus Research, Senator Claims

A controversial Manhattan non-profit that worked with the Chinese lab linked to the coronavirus pandemic continues to receive millions in grants from the US government to do research on viruses, according to a US senator.

Joni Ernst, a Republican Senator from Iowa, called on Congress to stop giving out grants to EcoHealth Alliance for “dangerous” new projects. The firm previously received millions in grants, with some of those funds directed to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been at the center of fierce debates about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We really need to understand what they were doing [in Wuhan],” Ernst told The Sun this week. “And certainly if they are going to continue with dangerous experiments, federal taxpayer dollars shouldn’t be going to this.”

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

Justin Trudeau to Fund Provincial Healthcare, Only if Premiers Agree to Increased Data Collection

In a meeting with premiers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Canadian federal government is prepared to spend $196.1 billion over the next 10 years to cover health care, an additional $46.2 billion to the existing budget.

However, in order to access any benefits of the system, Canadians will have to give up more of their private medical data.

The proposal, which is aimed at fixing the struggling health care system, will start with territories and provinces getting an unconditional $2 billion additional funding to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) to address what, according to the federal government, is “immediate pressure on the health-care system, especially in pediatric hospitals, emergency rooms and surgical and diagnostic backlogs.”

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

US Shoots Down ‘Unidentified Object’ That Violated Airspace Over Canada

A US military jet shot down an unidentified airborne object over Canada’s Yukon Territory Saturday — as President Biden’s administration continued to remain mum about the mysterious intruder brought down in Alaska the previous day.

Canada closed its airspace over parts of Yukon at around 4:50 p.m. due to an “active air defense operation,” and five minutes later, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that he “ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace.”

“Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled, and a US F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau tweeted.

He revealed no information about the nature of the object or where its wreckage landed.

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

France: Crack in Paris: Suspect Laundered Money in a Washing Machine

A money launderer and two dealers linked to crack trafficking in Paris were arrested earlier this week. A stash of notes was found in a washing machine of an African shop.

The suspected launderer was arrested by the judicial police. The 61-year-old man, who is unknown to the police, was tried in the morning of Thursday 9 February, along with two sellers linked to crack trafficking in Paris, reported French tabloid Le Parisien. After the arrest of this alleged money launderer, investigators found 110 000 euros of cash in a washing machine in a shop in Chteau-Rouge in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, where African fabrics are sold. Also 15 000 euros were found at the suspect’s home in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis.

A ‘hawala’ expert

The launderer is suspected of having hidden money in the washing machine. The man he was dealing with did not even work in the shop. The shopkeepers will therefore not be pursued by the authorities. Although he was not known to the police, this individual is nevertheless popular within the Senegalese community. He is said to be an expert in “hawala banking”, according to Le Parisien.

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

Germany Pressures Twitter to Commit to Censorship Law

In a Digital Committee hearing of German’s federal parliament (the Bundestag) Twitter was accused of failing to provide answers about the implementation of German’s Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) and efforts to comply with the upcoming censorship law, the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Twitter’s head of Europe Global Government Affairs Ronan Costello said that even before Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, AI identified 65% of all content flagged for removal.

However, he could not say, among other things, the number of Twitter employees still remaining in Germany and the number of accounts unblocked since Musk took over. Costello said the answers would be provided later, reports stated.

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Poland Hesitant to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine Over Fears it Could Deplete National Fleet

Poland, among the first to promise tanks to Ukraine, is now hesitating to send fighter jets to its neighbor over fears that it would deplete its own air force’s already small fleet of combat aircraft.

President Andrzej Duda told BBC sending F-16 aircraft would be a “very serious decision” that was “not easy to take,” even after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week during his marathon tour through Europe, in which he called for additional air support.

“I appeal to you and the world with the simple, and yet most important words — combat aircraft for Ukraine, wings for freedom,” Zelensky told the UK Parliament in London.

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UK Annual Knife Slayings Up by a Fifth to Highest Level Since Records Began

Knife slayings hit their highest total since records began in 1946 in the year to March 2022, according to official statistics.

The Office for Nation Statistics (ONS) figures, which cover England and Wales but not Scotland and Northern Ireland, which have their own information-gathering bodies, put the number of homicides “committed using a knife or sharp instrument” in the two Home Nations at 282, an increase of almost a fifth (19 per cent) on the previous year and the highest annual total since the Home Office began keeping a Homicide Index in 1946.

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WWII-Era Bomb Explodes in England in “Unplanned” Detonation

A World War II bomb that was found in Great Yarmouth, England exploded on Friday in what authorities are calling an “unplanned” detonation.

Officials first became aware of the 250 kilogram (about 550 pounds) explosive on Tuesday, Feb. 7, when a contractor who was doing dredging work in the River Yare discovered it, according to a news release from the city. Emergency services and local authorities declared a “major incident” and activated emergency plans. An Explosion Ordnance Device team was also summoned to the area. Roads were closed and the immediate area was evacuated.

On Friday, work began to disarm the explosives remaining in the device, but somehow it detonated, causing a large explosion that was captured on video by a police drone…

In a news release, officials said that a protective sandbox had been built around the bomb in case of an unexpected detonation. That sandbox prevented injuries, and on Twitter, officials said that “no one was injured” in the day’s events.

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Hackers Interrupt Iran President’s Speech Marking 44th Anniversary of Revolution

Hackers broke into the online broadcast of the Iranian president’s speech Saturday as he warned the country’s “deceived youth” — many of whom have been protesting the country’s hardline ways for months — to repent.

President Ebrahim Raisi, who was marking the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, claimed Iran’s younger generation would be pardoned by Iran’s supreme leader if they showed remorse.

But during the online broadcast of the live address from Tehran’s Azadi Square, the logo of an anti-Iranian government group called “Edalat Ali” appeared and a voice called out: “Death to the Islamic Republic.”

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Two Women Survive for Days in Earthquake Rubble as Death Toll Tops 24,150

Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the region’s deadliest quake in two decades, authorities said on Saturday.

The death toll exceeded 24,150 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria a day after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to Monday’s huge earthquake.

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Peace Talks ‘Out of the Question’ for Ukraine as Russia Continues Airstrikes

A senior Ukrainian official said peace talks with Russia are “out of the question” after Russia’s latest bombardments, which included at least 100 missiles shot on Friday alone.

The comments from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, came after Zelensky’s marathon meetings with European leaders last week to push for Ukraine to become an associate member of NATO, join the European Union and solicit more military aid.

“In periodic ‘peace and talks’ rhetoric the Kremlin says it won’t leave the [Ukraine] territories & won’t be responsible for crimes,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter Saturday morning. “It’s another proof that talks are out of the question. Only [Ukraine] victory, otherwise the war in Europe won’t end, and [Russia] will criminally dominate the world.”

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Russian and Ukrainian Forces Battling for Hilltop Coal-Mining Town

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a small coal-mining town on Ukraine’s eastern front line, a fight for strategic superiority is being waged in a battlefield steeped with symbolism as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears.

The town of Vuhledar — meaning “gift of coal” — has emerged as a critical hot spot in the fight for Donetsk province that would give both sides, the Ukrainian forces who hold the urban centre, and the Russians positioned in the suburbs, a tactical upper hand in the greater battle for the Donbas region.

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Sanction Failures Piling Up

Western sanctions were supposed to “ruin” Russia not only economically, but also technologically — according to the well-known announcement by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

The ban on supplying electronics was intended to paralyze the Russian armaments industry. But Western war planners appear to have gotten even the most basic facts wrong. As is now apparent, an “isolated” Russia has managed to circumvent US-imposed sanctions in the technology sector. What’s more, Russia is importing even more microchips and semiconductors than before the war.

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This is Not a Simple Battle Between Good and Evil: The Longer We Avoid Peace Talks in Ukraine the Closer We Come to Armageddon, Writes Peter Hitchens

PETER HITCHENS: We hate and despise Putin’s invasion because it has brought death, misery, flight and atrocities to people. Why are people keen on making the war deeper and longer?

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Ukraine War: Russia Again Fires Missiles Over Moldova in Latest Strikes

Russia’s latest aerial attack on Ukraine saw missiles cross Moldovan airspace, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials have said.

Kyiv’s top general said missiles also flew above Romania — a claim denied by Romania, but later repeated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Mr Zelensky said the missiles represented a “challenge” to Nato, of which Romania is a member country.

A Russian government spokesperson deflected questions about the incident.

During a regular call with journalists, Dmitry Peskov told the BBC it was a matter for the defence ministry, which is yet to comment.

Moldova’s country’s defence ministry described the missile flyover as a “violation”, and summoned the Russian ambassador for an explanation — having done the same following a similar incident in October.

The incident occurred on a day of political turbulence in Chisinau, during which the whole government resigned.

For its part, Romania insisted that Russian missiles had not strayed into its airspace “at any time”.

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Ukraine is Prepared to Use British Long-Range Missiles to Strike Annexed Crimea as Western Involvement in the Battle Against Putin Escalates — and Kremlin Readies 1,800 Tanks and 400 Fighter Jets ‘For Huge New Invasion in Ten Days’

A Ukrainian official, speaking to Foreign Policy, also estimated that Russia has 300 helicopters and 2,700 artillery systems ready for a new invasion.

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Wagner Boss Expects Ukraine War to Last Another 18 Months to Three Years

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for years.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video interview released late Friday that it could take 18 months to two years for Russia to fully secure control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas. He added that the war could go on for three years if Moscow decides to capture broader territories east of the Dnieper River.

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Bill Gates Calls for America to ‘Tone Down the Rhetoric’ Over China Threat

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has called on America to “tone down the rhetoric” regarding the threat from China as tensions mount between Washington D.C. and Beijing.

During a new interview, Gates discussed the strains between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

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China Mocks Biden for Knocking Down Balloons With Fighter Jets: ‘Hysterical, ‘ ‘Laughably Juvenile’

News outlets owned by the Chinese Communist Party say President Biden has only managed to make the U.S. military look weaker by pitting fighter jets against a surveillance balloon and an unknown “object,” and cast China as the responsible party in the relationship while blaming the U.S. for holding a “hysterical” position on China.

“The Joe Biden administration’s handling of the Chinese balloon case last week was meant to showcase the United States’ strategic strength amid fierce attacks by Republicans and the low approval ratings of U.S. official,” said an op-ed that appeared in China Daily, the country’s largest news outlet. “But instead it has shown to the world how immature and irresponsible — indeed hysterical — the U.S. has been in dealing with the case.”

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Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison

The Nicaraguan government of dictator Daniel Ortega has found Bishop Rolando Álvarez guilty of treason for his criticism of the regime, sentencing him to 26 years and 4 months in prison.

For his crimes of treason of the homeland, undermining national integrity, and spreading fake news, the bishop of Matagalpa has also been stripped of his Nicaraguan citizenship.

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Arizona Rancher Accused of Killing Migrant Asks for Elimination of $1M Bond

The lawyer for a rancher in Arizona accused of shooting and killing a migrant on his property is asking for a reduction or elimination of the $1 million bond he’s being held on, arguing it isn’t necessary.

George Alan Kelly, 73, was charged with first-degree murder in relation to the Jan. 30 death of Mexican national Gabriel Cuen-Butimea.

Authorities are remaining quiet about specific details surrounding the shooting, but Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Gerardo Castillo told Nogales International that law enforcement authorities were called to Kelly’s ranch located in Kino Springs regarding a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, deputies found a deceased Hispanic male around 100 to 150 yards away from Kelly’s home, according to the outlet.

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Germany: January Asylum Applications More Than Double Compared to 2022

The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) says the number of asylum applications in January 2023 has more than doubled compared to last year.

BAMF statistics released on Tuesday state that around 29,000 asylum seekers had applied for refugee status in Germany last month, more than twice the number in January 2022, which saw a total of 13,776 applications.

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GoFundMe Boots Campaign for Arizona Rancher Held on $1M Bond for Murder of Migrant Shot on Property

GoFundMe removed all campaigns set up to help an Arizona rancher held on a $1 million bond following the elderly man’s arrest for the murder of a migrant shot to death on his property.

Fox News Digital confirmed that GoFundMe removed multiple fundraisers set up to help 73-year-old George Alan Kelly.

“GoFundMe’s Terms of Service explicitly prohibit campaigns that raise money to cover the legal defense of anyone formally charged with an alleged violent crime. Consistent with this long-standing policy, any fundraising campaigns for the legal defense of someone charged with murder are removed from our platform,” a spokesperson for GoFundMe said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Donors who contributed to the fundraising campaigns for George Alan Kelly’s legal expenses have been fully refunded.”

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Rural Texas County With Just 700 Residents Saw an Influx of 7,400 Illegal Migrants Arrested in the Last Year — as Embattled Sheriff Calls on Gov. Greg Abbott for Help Manning the 91-Mile Stretch of Border With Mexico

The sheriff of a rural Texas county is appealing for help after his county of 724 people detained 7,400 migrants in the last year.

Thaddeus Cleveland, who spent 26 years as a Border Patrol agent before being elected sheriff of Terrell County in May 2022, wrote to Governor Greg Abbott last week.

Cleveland said there had been a 540 percent increase in the number of migrants captured since 2020, and said his county — 300 miles east of El Paso, just north of Big Bend National Park — was struggling to cope, with 7,400 arrivals last year.

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The Bloody Death of a Liberal Dream: After Throwing Open Its Borders to 2million Migrants, David Jones Investigates How Sweden Has Been Left With an Underclass of Alienated Teenagers, A Murderous Gang Culture and Gun Crime That’s Spiralling Out of Control

DAVID JONES: On a bitingly cold morning in Stockholm, two days ago, I stood among 200 mourners in a Muslim cemetery, set in a magnificent pine forest.

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UK Govt Walks Back Promise to ‘Stop the Boats’, Now Only Pledges ‘Dramatic Reduction’

Just over a month after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered one of his first major speeches to the nation in which he directly promised to “stop the boats”, the government has apparently watered down that pledge, now committing to a “dramatic reduction” in illegal migrants crossing the English Channel.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman, whose department is tasked with enforcing migration laws and containing the ever-growing boat migrant crisis, is seemingly already trying to manage expectations in terms of the government dealing properly with boat crossings, which is first declared a “major incident” in 2018.

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UK: Revealed — Video That Sparked Migrant Hotel Riot: Clip of Schoolgirl, 15, Being ‘Hassled for Her Phone Number by Man, 25, ‘ is Behind Night of Violence After it Was Shared on Social Media by Activists

A violent riot outside a migrant hotel last night was sparked by fury over an online video of a schoolgirl who said she was sexually harassed by a 25-year-old man allegedly staying at the hostel.

The clip showed the man asking the 15-year-old, wearing a school uniform, for her number. The teenager, who filmed the exchange on her mobile phone, asked the bearded man his age.

When he replied that he was 25, she says: ‘You don’t do this in this country. You go to jail if you do this.’

The video was said to have been filmed on Tuesday in Kirkby, Merseyside, two miles from the Suites Hotel, which is used to house asylum seekers.

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What Terror Attacks? Angela Merkel Handed UN Peace Prize for Open Borders Policy

Angela Merkel has been awarded a peace prize for her open borders approach to the European migrant crisis in 2015.

Angela Merkel, the former Chancellor of Germany, has been awarded UNESCO’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny peace prize over her decision to open Germany’s borders to migrants in 2015.

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America is Racing Toward Canada’s Euthanasia Free-for-All…

— as seven more states eye legalizing assisted suicide, deadly doses are prescribed for ANOREXICS and more nurses are inking prescriptions

Seven US states are weighing whether to allow assisted suicides in this make-or-break year for the right-to-die movement, even as naysayers warn against Canada’s euthanasia free-for-all.

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Carnage Outside Tate Britain: Ugly Scenes Unfold as Right-Wing Protesters and Counter-Demonstrators Go Head-to-Head Over Drag Queen Story Hour Event for Children Being Held Inside the Gallery

The Tate have hired Aida H Dee to read stories to children, the gallery’s website describes the performer as ‘the first drag artist in Europe to read stories to children in a nursery.’

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Florida Medical Board Prohibits Child Sex Change Surgeries, Drugs

The Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine in a joint meeting on Friday voted to ban minors from being medically transitioned in the state by way of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries.

According to Florida’s Voice, the two medical boards initially disagreed on how to handle the issue of transgender-identifying children at their November 2022 meeting. At that time, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted to allow minors who had already started puberty blockers and/or cross-sex hormones to continue “treatment” if they were part of a clinical trial approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The Board of Medicine voted against making an exception for those in that category and the osteopathic board removed it from their policy on Friday.

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Nebraska Bill Would Allow Healthcare Providers to ‘Conscientiously Object’ To Procedures

Nebraska lawmakers are following the path of other conservative states in considering a bill that would allow medical providers, facilities and insurers to cite their religious, ethical or moral beliefs in denying some medical treatments. Critics say it’s simply another way to target abortion rights and the LGBTQ community.

The bill, introduced by Sen. Dave Murman, of Glenvil, casts a wide net. The term “medical providers” covers everyone from doctors, nurses and pharmacists to mental health counselors and nursing home staffers — all of whom could refuse to perform nonemergency procedures, from abortions and gender-affirming hormone treatments to prescribing birth control — if the provider has a moral objection to it.

The bill includes nearly three pages of language protecting providers who conscientiously object to providing treatment from lawsuits, criminal charges and professional ethics charges.

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Scottish Prisons Ditch Sturgeon’s Self-ID Policy After Trans Rapist Fiasco

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is abandoning First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s policy of allocating convicts according to their gender identity.

The move comes as transgenderism is a hot-button issue in Scottish politics, with the British central government, led by the Conservative (Tory) Party, making a rare use of its reserve powers to block an attempt by the Scottish Government, led by the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scottish Greens, to make it easier for people to “self-identify” as a gender not in alignment with their biological sex.

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Social Worker Says She Was Fired for Supporting Jordan Peterson

In a GoFundMe post, a Canadian social worker going by the pseudonym Reena Kaur has claimed she was fired from her position for voicing unorthodox opinions about transgenderism and supporting the views of Dr. Jordan Peterson.

The fundraiser which was set up by Kaur — who has hidden her identity over fears of retaliation — described how after 25 years in the field of social work she was labeled “transphobic” by her management and subsequently fired.

“I was terminated from a high-paying Government position within an agency that I got due to my vast experience accumulated over 25 years working in social policy, working with the oppressed/marginalized including, women rape survivors from the Congo/Rwanda, homeless communities, new refugees and abused women and children,” Kaur explains.

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Super Bowl Ads Will Tout Jesus ‘Gets Us’ to the Masses

The religiously wary, the spiritually curious — and anyone inclined to appeal to a higher power on game day — are the target audience for a Super Bowl ad campaign with a simple message: Jesus loves them.

A group that includes wealthy Christian boosters is using the biggest megaphone TV marketing money can buy on Sunday to spread the word with two new ads that proclaim “He Gets Us.”

They hope to counter the notion that religion is used to divide people, spending about $20 million to reach more than 100 million viewers at a time when the nation’s Christian population — and religious affiliation of any kind — are in decline.

Because religion is a touchy subject and prime-time advertising is so expensive, it is rare for faith to be promoted alongside the Super Bowl ‘s perennially buzzed about beer and fast-food commercials. But the backers of the “He Gets Us” campaign see it as a great opportunity to reach so many people at once.

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UK: Antifa, Trans Activists Clash With Protestors Opposing Drag Story Hour Event at London’s Tate Museum

Left-wing LGBTQ activists clashed with protestors who were standing against the Drag Queen Story Hour UK event at London’s Tate museum on Saturday, leading to police intervention when individuals from the two groups began to fight.

Drag queen “Aida H. Dee,” otherwise known as Sab Samuel, is the founder of Drag Queen Story Hour UK as well as the performer booked at the Tate Britain event, and has come into question after a Reduxx report that he has connections to a pedophile. On January 23, Samuel launched a fundraiser for the funeral of his deceased friend and fellow drag queen, Darren Moore, who was previously convicted of four counts of rape of a boy under 14.

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Womb Transplants for Transgender Women Will Soon be Possible, Doctors Say

The issue is sensitive and controversial. Some have called uterus transplants for trans women a ‘dystopian biological experiment’

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4 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/11/2023

  1. What Terror Attacks? Angela Merkel Handed UN Peace Prize for Open Borders Policy-
    Unbelievable that a prize should be awarded for trashing a country and such decisions that will and has brought a terrible cost to Germany and all over Europe for that matter.

  2. IRONY ON
    Werent we told that when guns are banned there will be only peace and tolerance?

    We need to confiscate all knifes!

    Then the age of Peace and tolerance will surely come.
    IRONY OFF

  3. I thought we had lasers on some jets. Could we not use a laser to put a hole in the balloon and allow it to fall more intact? I have seen some conjecture these are be made from meta materials developed further from stolen research from US universities. Materials that are less visible to radar.

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