Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/27/2023

A 28-year-old woman named Audrey Hale entered a private Christian elementary school in Nashville carrying two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun. She opened fire, killing three adults, including the headmaster of the school, and three 9-year-old children. Ms. Hale was reportedly a former pupil at the school. She identified as male and used the pronouns he/him. President Biden expressed his sympathy for the victims of the massacre, and argued for stricter gun-control laws.

In other news, Humza Yousaf won the leadership contest in the Scottish National Party, and is expected to become the next First Minister of Scotland.

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Financial Crisis
» Germany ‘Mega Strike’: Public Transport Network Halted Over Pay
» SD Lawmakers Fail to Override Gov. Noem’s Cryptocurrency Regulation Veto
» World’s Largest Crypto Exchange Sued by US Regulators
 
USA
» Biden Admin: ‘Natural Immunity is Not Something We Believe In’
» Biden Admin Faces Class-Action Suit for Pressuring Big Tech to Censor Social Media
» Biden Again Calls for Assault Weapons Ban After Nashville Shooting
» Biden to Issue New Mandates to Reduce Emissions by 50% on Cars, Trucks by 2030: Climate Czar
» Can a Hotel be Sued Over Disability Accommodations by Someone Who’s Never Been There? SCOTUS to Decide
» ChatGPT Threatens 80 Percent of US Occupations, Study From OpenAI Concludes
» Culture of Corruption Exposed in Trial Centering on Ex-Illinois House Speaker
» Deadly Hidden Traps Found at Park Near Future Atlanta Police Training Center Targeted by Antifa
» Elon Musk Tells Hollywood to Pound Sand: “There Shouldn’t be a Different Standard for Celebrities”
» Following China: JP Morgan Chase Wants People to Pay for Goods With Face Scans
» Georgia Homeowner Catches Intruder in the Act, Shoots Him Dead
» Gov. DeSantis Signs Universal School Choice Into Law: ‘Monumental Day in Florida History’
» Jim Jordan Suggests IRS Attempted to Intimidate Journalist Who Testified on Censorship
» Nashville School Shooting: 6 Killed Including 3 Students, Shooter Dead
» Nashville School Shooting Updates: Victims Identified in Covenant School Shooting; Suspect Identified
» Nashville School Shooter Identified as Transgender Artist
» Only Verified Accounts Can Vote in Twitter Polls From April 15, Says Musk
» Only a Quarter of Democrats Want President Biden to Run for Re-Election in 2024: Poll
» Parts of Twitter Source Code Reportedly Leaked, Company Suspects Insider
» Pentagon Keeps Footage of ‘UFOs’ Downed Over Alaska, Lake Huron, And Yukon During Chinese Spy Balloon Fiasco Classified
» Poll: 74.3% of Americans Say Bragg’s Indictment Would Have Either No Impact or Help Trump’s Presidential Campaign
» Professor Suspended After Writing That Killing ‘Right-Wing’ Speakers is ‘Admirable’
» Rand Paul Staffer Stabbed in DC, Suspect in Custody
» Randi Weingarten Torched for Saying it’s ‘Antisemitic’ to Mention Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s Ties to Soros
» Tennessee Legislature Moving to Allow 18-Year Olds to Conceal Carry Firearms
» Texas Introduces Two Bills Aimed at Forcing Online Age Verification Checks
» The Restrict Act Aims to Tackle TikTok. But it’s Overly-Broad and Has Major Privacy and Free Speech Implications.
» Trans Female Former Student, 28, Armed With Two Assault Rifles and a Handgun, Kills Three Nine-Year-Old Kids and Three Staff Members at Nashville Private Christian School After Writing Manifesto and Drawing Maps of Church Campus
» Trump-Manhattan DA: Grand Jury Wraps Monday Proceedings With No Vote in Trump Probe
» Trump Holds Double Digit Lead Over DeSantis, Far Ahead of Rest of the Field, In Early 2024 Polls
» Two Victims in the West Reading Explosion Identified
» University Quietly Scrubs Website of Anti-Racism Code of Conduct After Allegations of Free Speech Violation
» Video: Analyst Claims “The Bushes” Are Running Desantis’ Presidential Campaign
» You Are So Dumb
 
Canada
» Han Dong Threatens Legal Action Against Global News
» Ontarians Are Fleeing for Alberta, Followed by Residents in BC, Manitoba, And Saskatchewan
» The Final Costs Will be Astronomical
 
Europe and the EU
» Beethoven Was a White European, DNA Says, Putting to Bed Century of Speculation
» Berlin’s Radical Referendum to Speed Up Net Zero Target Has Failed
» Budapest Antifa Hammer Attacks Were Carried Out by Violent German Antifa Leader Known for Torturing His Victims, According to Hungarian and German Police
» Bulgaria Refuses to Send Weapons to Ukraine, Joins Hungary and Austria’s Neutrality Stance
» Dutch Tax Office Also Wants to Ban Apps Like TikTok From Work Telephones
» Germany: Teen Attacked by Ax-Wielding Suspect Aboard Train
» Humza Yousaf Wins SNP Leadership Contest to Become First Muslim Leader of Scotland
» Hungary Parliament Backs Finland’s NATO Accession, Swedish Bid Pending
» IOC Should Stick to Ban on Russian, Belarusian Athletes — Poland, UK, Baltic States
» Italy: ‘Climate Protestors’ Deflate Tyres of SUVs in Bologna
» Macron Holds Crisis Meeting as More France Protests Loom
» Netherlands: Right-Wing Parties Critical of Climate Protest, Response at Eindhoven Airport
» Netherlands: Dozens of Cars Vandalized at Assen Auto Event
» Spain’s Conservatives Seen Winning General Election, Poll Shows
» TikTok Bans Viral Video From Poland’s Conservative Law and Justice (PiS) Party
» Two German MEPs Are Responsible for Blocking Poland and Hungary’s Share of EU COVID-19 Recovery Funds
» UK: Certain COVID Vaccines Might Treble Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Women Under 30, Official Data Shows
» UK: Vigilantes Target ‘Vain’ SUV Drivers in Posh Area — and Warn of More Mayhem to Come
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» Israel Delays Judicial Reform Vote Until After Recess, Jewish Power Party Says After Mass Strike
 
Russia
» Orlando Bloom Tells President Zelensky ‘The Strength of the Ukrainians is Awe-Inspiring’ As the Actor and UN Ambassador Discusses Putin’s ‘Horrific’ War Crimes Against Children
 
Far East
» House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Fight Chinese ‘State-Sponsored Forced Organ Harvesting’
 
Australia — Pacific
» ‘Obamamania’ Sweeps Sydney as the Ex-US President’s Motorcade Does a Mad Dash Around the City — Taking Him to a Meeting With the PM, On a Bushwalk and to a Swanky Lunch Behind Closed Doors
» Read the List of Suburbs Where Rent Has Increased the Most in Australia During the Past Year: ‘This is Crazy’
» Sovereign Citizen is Brutally Slapped Down by a Cop as He’s Pulled Over for a Random Breath Test: ‘This Isn’t America, Mate’
» Teen’s Simple Question About the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Sparks a Fiery Debate
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
» Kamala’s Mission to Make Africa Reject China: VP is Greeted by Dancers as She Lands in Ghana Armed With $55bn to Persuade Leaders to Rebuff Beijing’s Growing Influence
 
Latin America
» Teenager Fatally Stabs Teacher, Wounds Five People in Brazil
» Videos: Football Players Still Collapsing, Having Heart Attacks, And Even Dying on the Pitch
 
Immigration
» Canada: Feds Open Survey to Hear Public’s Opinion on Immigration
» Europe’s Human Rights Chief Slams Britain’s Migration Bill, Urges MPs to Vote it Down
» France Doesn’t Exist to Take in ‘Demographic Surplus of African Countries, ‘ Says Eric Zemmour in New Interview
» Italy: Boat Carrying 650 Migrants Lands Autonomously in Calabria
» Italy: ‘Complaints About NGOs Must be Listened to’ Says Salvini
» Migrant Rescue Ship Funded by Banksy is Impounded in Italy After Responding to Distress Calls in the Med in Breach of Clampdown Introduced by Rightwing Government
» ‘People Have to Know What They Can Talk About’: SCOTUS Case Pits Free Speech Against Immigration Enforcement
» Poll: Huge Majority in Support of Actions by Polish Border Guards
» Prepare for the Rental Crisis to Get Even Worse as 300,000 Immigrants Move Down Under and Chinese Students Return, Warns Property Magnate
» Record 6,500 Migrants Arrive in Italy in Just 4 Days, Local Leaders Call for More Cash to Support Struggling Public Services
» UK: Border Force Intercepts More Channel Migrants as Yearly Total Rises to 3,767: Boats Carrying 87 Migrants Arrived in Dover as Government Pushes on With Its Illegal Migration Bill
» UK: Migrants to be Relocated From Hotels to Military Bases and Disused Ferries
» We Asked 2024 GOP Presidential Contenders How They’d Solve the Border Crisis. Here’s What They Said
 
Culture Wars
» Canada: Multiple Petitions Demand Resignation of Controversial Ottawa School Trustee
» ChatGPT Jokes About Jesus Being ‘Nailed to a Board’, Refuses to Crack Joke About Muhammad
» Elite Billionaire Foundations Flood Schools With Green Agenda Propaganda
» Full List of WEF’s Most Disturbing Plans for Humanity
» ‘Indoctrinate Students’: State Lawmakers Are Pushing Back on the Diversity Initiative Takeover on College Campuses
» Richard Littlejohn: Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming and Now Agatha Christie… When Are the Wokerati Going to Stop Butchering Classic Works of Literature?
» SINKS
» Supreme Court Asked to Rule on State Law That Prohibits Therapists From Counseling Against Gender Transition
» Swimmer Riley Gains Asks ‘Where Are the Feminists’ to Protect Women’s Sports From Transgender Athletes
» Violent Trans-Identified Male Child Rapist Moved to Women’s Prison in Washington
 

Germany ‘Mega Strike’: Public Transport Network Halted Over Pay

Germany’s transport network is at a near standstill as the country experiences one of its largest strikes in decades.

Staff at airports, ports, railways, buses and subways walked out shortly after midnight for a 24-hour stoppage.

Two of the Germany’s largest unions are demanding higher wages to help with the rising cost of living.

The country’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said she was optimistic an agreement would be reached this week.

“Many public service workers are suffering the high energy prices and high inflation,” she told Reuters on Monday. “That’s why it’s our job to find a good agreement.”

There have recently been smaller walkouts by other public servants.

Monday’s “mega strike”, as it has been dubbed in local media, has affected commuter and regional trains operated by Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national rail operator.

Local transport services, including trams and buses, are also not operating in seven states.

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

SD Lawmakers Fail to Override Gov. Noem’s Cryptocurrency Regulation Veto

South Dakota’s House failed Monday to override Gov. Kristi Noem’s recent veto of a bill that would have created government regulations for the use of cryptocurrency in the state.

The bill had passed smoothly throughout the legislature, and Noem’s veto of last week was upheld on a 37-30 vote.

Proponents had argued the bill would have centralized different cryptocurrency systems through one government oversight commission, boosting transparency. But opponents saw the proposed regulations as a tool for potential government surveillance and overreach, saying they wanted more time to see how such legislation fares in other states.

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

World’s Largest Crypto Exchange Sued by US Regulators

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly breaking trading and derivatives rules.

The derivatives regulator said Binance neglected its responsibility to properly register with the CFTC, according to the filing. The agency has been investigating Binance since at least 2021 over whether it has allowed Americans to trade crypto derivatives, as the CFTC rules typically obligate companies to register if they do.

Binance allegedly guided American customers to avoid compliance measures by using VPNs (virtual private networks) and other methods, according to the filing. The firm also allegedly hid the fact that they had American customers in their internal documents and data.

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

Biden Admin: ‘Natural Immunity is Not Something We Believe In’

A top official in Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration recently told Congress that “natural immunity is not something we believe in.”

Gil Cisneros, Biden’s undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, made the statement while arguing the case for vaccine mandates for members of the U.S. military.

Cisneros made the claim shortly after a British study showed prior infection protects people as well as or better than vaccination.

The armed forces will instead continue to push service members to take the COVID-19 vaccine “and boosters,” Cisneros declared.

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

Biden Admin Faces Class-Action Suit for Pressuring Big Tech to Censor Social Media

The Biden administration faces a class-action suit over the efforts of high-ranking officials to pressure Big Tech firms to censor their users.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., along with Children’s Health Defense, and Louisiana resident Connie Sampognaro brought the suit, pointing to government-pressured social media censorship that led to Kennedy being labeled a spreader of “misinformation” and ultimately removed from platforms such as Instagram.

“Beginning in early 2020 and continuing to the present day, the federal government has waged a systematic, concerted campaign, astonishing in its breadth and effectiveness, to ‘induce, encourage, [and] promote’ the nation’s three largest social-media platforms ‘to accomplish what [the government] is constitutionally forbidden to accomplish’ —namely, the censorship of constitutionally protected speech,” the suit alleges.

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

Biden Again Calls for Assault Weapons Ban After Nashville Shooting

President Joe Biden called for a national assault weapons ban again on Monday in the immediate aftermath of a Nashville shooting that saw three children and three staff members killed.

Biden has repeatedly called on Congress to enact such legislation, especially in the wake of comparable violent incidents, such as an October 2022 shooting spree in Raleigh, N.C.

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

Biden to Issue New Mandates to Reduce Emissions by 50% on Cars, Trucks by 2030: Climate Czar

Biden’s climate czar, John Kerry, told Yahoo News that Joe Biden plans on pushing more mandates, especially on cars and trucks in the US, to help attain the goal of cutting US greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50 percent by 2030 and for transportation vehicles to produce zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Kerry was asked about Biden’s $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act, which allocated $369 billion on climate change goals and promised a 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions by decade’s end and Kerry said, “Well, we’re doing a lot more than just the IRA. The IRA is a package that in and of itself can get the 40%. But in addition to that, the president is issuing executive orders.”

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

Can a Hotel be Sued Over Disability Accommodations by Someone Who’s Never Been There? SCOTUS to Decide

The Supreme Court will take a case considering whether an Americans with Disabilities Act “tester” can sue a hotel for failing to offer disability accommodations without ever visiting, it announced Monday.

The case, Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, was filed by Deborah Laufer, who has targeted over 600 hotel owners and operators with federal lawsuits after finding their websites “insufficiently clear” about accessibility accommodations for people with disabilities, according to court documents. A federal district court in Maine dismissed her lawsuit based on lack of standing, but the First Circuit allowed the case to proceed.

Though Laufer had “no intent to use the information for anything but a lawsuit,” the First Circuit found her “feelings of frustration, humiliation, and second-class citizenry” sufficient to grant standing to sue, given that they are “‘downstream consequences’ and ‘adverse effects’ of the informational injury she experienced.”

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

ChatGPT Threatens 80 Percent of US Occupations, Study From OpenAI Concludes

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) programs, such as ChatGPT, are expected to impact roughly 80 percent of all jobs in the US in the coming years, according to a new study published by ChatGPT developer OpenAI and the University of Pennsylvania.

The Daily Mail reports that the jobs most vulnerable to the AI are “white collar jobs, such as mathematicians, accountants and writers, and occupations making at least $80,000 a year.”

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

Culture of Corruption Exposed in Trial Centering on Ex-Illinois House Speaker

While the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is still a year away, the depth of his alleged scheme is already starting to be unveiled, as the Chicago Democrat remains a central figure in the corruption trial of four former ComEd officials.

Federal prosecutors allege that officials at the ComEd utility company gave benefits to Madigan’s associates in exchange for favorable legislation for nearly a decade. Some of Madigan’s allegedly crooked connections have slowly been revealed over the past two weeks in the trial of former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker, former ComEd consultant Jay Doherty and Madigan confidante and former lobbyist Michael McClain.

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

Deadly Hidden Traps Found at Park Near Future Atlanta Police Training Center Targeted by Antifa

Following the discovery of dangerous hidden traps in Intrenchment Creek Park near the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Facility, the DeKalb County CEO has issued an executive order restricting public access to the park. These traps were boards with nails through them hidden in the underbrush.

On Friday, county CEO Michael Thurmond issued an executive order restricting public access to the park as well as other adjacent county-owned properties following the discovery of “hidden traps or other devices designed to injure, maim, or cause the death of adults, children, and pets,” according to a press release. Photos of the traps showed wooden boards with nails hammered into them.

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

Elon Musk Tells Hollywood to Pound Sand: “There Shouldn’t be a Different Standard for Celebrities”

Elon Musk set Hollywood straight after a major star whined about getting charged for a blue check mark on Twitter. One of Musk’s first big moves after taking over the social media platform was to allow anyone to buy a coveted blue check mark.

The check mark was previously available based on a murky process that favored the rich and famous and the whims of Twitter staff. There were also reports of employees getting selling the check marks as well.

Musk democratized the platform and then turned the tables on the elite telling them that they would have to pay for their check marks just like everyone else. They didn’t like that and complained. Hollywood legend William Shatner yelled the loudest.

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

Following China: JP Morgan Chase Wants People to Pay for Goods With Face Scans

JPMorgan Chase has announced plans to pilot a new payment technology that would allow customers to pay with their palm or face instead of a traditional credit or debit card. Following similar technological implementations in China, if the pilot program goes well, the bank intends to roll out the service to its broader base of US merchant clients and usher in a new wave of biometric payments that privacy enthusiasts have been concerned about.

The rise of biometric technology, which uses unique body measurements to authenticate a person’s identity, is being pushed by corporations to make this the default payment method across the world.

The new payment process works by enrolling a customer’s palm or face through an in-store process. At checkout, the customer scans their face or palm to complete the transaction.

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

Georgia Homeowner Catches Intruder in the Act, Shoots Him Dead

A Georgia homeowner fatally shot dead an intruder trying to break into his house around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Shocked neighbors were eating their breakfast when they heard the shots ring out in DeKalb County.

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Gov. DeSantis Signs Universal School Choice Into Law: ‘Monumental Day in Florida History’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, R., on Monday signed universal school choice into law, resulting in the Sunshine State becoming the 4th state to pass such a law.

Florida House Bill 1 expands available school choice options for all 1.3 million students in Florida by eliminating financial eligibility restrictions and the current enrollment cap.

DeSantis’s office claims the legislation will “further cement Florida’s position as the nation’s leader in school choice.”

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Jim Jordan Suggests IRS Attempted to Intimidate Journalist Who Testified on Censorship

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan demanded on Monday that the Department of the Treasury and the IRS account for an incident that he considers possible witness intimidation in which an IRS agent visited the home of alternative journalist Matt Taibbi.

“In light of the hostile reaction to Mr. Taibbi’s reporting among left-wing activists, and the IRS’s history as a tool of government abuse, the IRS’s action could be interpreted as an attempt to intimidate a witness before Congress,” Jordan wrote to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

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

Nashville School Shooting: 6 Killed Including 3 Students, Shooter Dead

A 28-year-old woman who was a former student at the Nashville Christian school was identified as the shooter

A shooting at a Tennessee private Christian grade school left three students and three adults dead, including the head of the school, Monday and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.

The victims were killed in the attack at the Covenant School, authorities said. Nashville police say officers engaged with and killed the shooter, identified as a 28-year-old female carrying two “assault-type rifles” and a handgun.

The shooter was identified as Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a Nashville resident, who identified as a transgender woman. Investigators were investigating a home connected to her. Nashville police Chief John Drake said Hale possibly prepared for the shooting, including having written a manifesto.

“We have also determined that there were maps drawn of the school in detail of surveillance entry points. At one point she was a student at that school,” he said. “There was a vehicle nearby that gave us a clue as to who she was.”

           — Hat tip: LP [Return to headlines]
 

Nashville School Shooting Updates: Victims Identified in Covenant School Shooting; Suspect Identified

Metro Nashville Police say a former student carrying two assault rifles and a handgun killed three students and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville Monday, March 23.

The suspect, who police have identified as a 28-year-old transgender man, entered the school through a side entrance and began shooting.

Shortly before 10:30 a.m., police responded to the school and were able to locate the suspect on the second floor of the school in a lobby where they fatally shot him.

           — Hat tip: MM [Return to headlines]
 

Nashville School Shooter Identified as Transgender Artist

The Nashville school shooter who killed three children and three adults before being fatally shot by police has been identified as a 28-year-old female who identifies as transgender and uses “he/him” pronouns.

Authorities confirmed that 28-year-old Audrey Hale is the deceased suspect in the shooting that occurred at a Christian elementary school, at which Hale was previously a student.

“She does identify as transgender,” Nashville Police confirmed.

A LinkedIn page that appears to belong to Hale indicates that identifies as a “he/him” and received an award in 2015 from the Nossi College of Art for achieving “greatness in the classroom.”

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

Only Verified Accounts Can Vote in Twitter Polls From April 15, Says Musk

March 27 (Reuters) —Elon Musk said on Monday only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15, a move that the social media company’s CEO believes will address advanced AI bot swarms.

Musk also said only verified accounts will be eligible to be in Twitter’s For You recommendations, which displays a stream of tweets from accounts on Twitter.

Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters’ request for comment.

Last year, Musk had said Twitter would restrict voting on policy-related polls to paying Twitter Blue subscribers.

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

Only a Quarter of Democrats Want President Biden to Run for Re-Election in 2024: Poll

A plurality of Democrats say they want President Biden to step aside and not seek a second term in the White House next year, according to a new national survey

Forty-four percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters questioned in a Monmouth University Poll released on Monday said the president should step aside and allow someone else to run as the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer in 2024. A quarter of respondents said Biden should seek re-election next year, with 30% saying they had no preference.

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

Parts of Twitter Source Code Reportedly Leaked, Company Suspects Insider

Select portions of Twitter’s source code appeared online as part of a major leak that the company suspects an insider orchestrated.

The code appeared on GitHub, an online platform through which software developers may collaborate, according to the New York Times. Twitter demanded the platform remove the post containing the code on Friday, which GitHub promptly did.

The social media company has sought a court order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to require that GitHub identify the code’s original poster and those who downloaded the material.

The individual who released the code fragments did so using the pseudonym “FreeSpeechEnthusiast.” While the company only recently learned of the leak, the post has been live for many months.

Internal investigators suspect that the leaker is most likely one of the thousands of employees who either resigned or were laid off upon Musk’s takeover of the firm last year.

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

Pentagon Keeps Footage of ‘UFOs’ Downed Over Alaska, Lake Huron, And Yukon During Chinese Spy Balloon Fiasco Classified

Last month, US F-22 Raptors fighter jets shot down three unidentified flying objects over Alaska, Lake Huron, and the Yukon territory in Canada, but the Pentagon will not release footage of the objects and has said the video will remain classified.

The Daily Mail reports a Pentagon press officer told the outlet, “I can tell you that there is not currently any images or video footage that we can release.”

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

Poll: 74.3% of Americans Say Bragg’s Indictment Would Have Either No Impact or Help Trump’s Presidential Campaign

A new poll has found that a majority of Americans believe former President Donald Trump being indicted in relation to alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels would either help or not hurt his 2024 presidential campaign.

The poll, conducted by the Trafalgar Group in partnership with Convention of States Action, found that a combined 74.3 percent of Americans believe that a potential indictment of Trump would either have no impact on his presidential campaign or help his second presidential run, at 37.5 and 36.8 percent, respectively.

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Professor Suspended After Writing That Killing ‘Right-Wing’ Speakers is ‘Admirable’

A Wayne State University (WSU) professor was suspended with pay after writing on Facebook that it is more “admirable” to kill a right-wing speaker than it is to shout them down on a college campus, The New Guard reported.

Steven Shaviro, a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences professor, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday that while he does not “advocating violating federal and state criminal codes,” it is “far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down,” according to the New Guard. The professor was reportedly placed on leave and the incident was reported to law enforcement agencies for review.

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

Rand Paul Staffer Stabbed in DC, Suspect in Custody

A staffer for Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was “brutally” stabbed and is in serious condition in the hospital, according to a statement by the senator.

Paul released a statement Monday night, explaining that one of his staffers was attacked in broad daylight in the nation’s Capital.

“This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.,” Paul said in the statement.

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

Randi Weingarten Torched for Saying it’s ‘Antisemitic’ to Mention Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s Ties to Soros

Teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten received an education of her own recently, after suggesting that anyone pointing out Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s ties to liberal billionaire George Soros is being antisemitic.

The head of America’s Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers’ union in America tweeted that people connecting Soros money to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office is reflective of the growing wave of “antisemitic incidents in the U.S.”

Bragg, the DA who has been rumored to be preparing the indictment and arrest of former President Donald Trump for hush money payments he made to Stormy Daniels in 2016, received money from Soros for his DA campaign in 2021.

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

Tennessee Legislature Moving to Allow 18-Year Olds to Conceal Carry Firearms

A bill that would allow those 18 years old and older to concealed carry and obtain a permit in Tennessee now has different versions moving through the Senate and House.

House Bill 1005 lowers the age of permits to 18 and changes the term handgun to firearm in Tennessee code. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Chris Todd, R-Madison County, is aimed at matching a court agreement between the Firearms Policy Coalition and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti following FPC’s lawsuit against Tennessee’s current law, which restricts through between ages 18 and 21 from receiving permits.

That court agreement was approved by a judge in mid-March.

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

Texas Introduces Two Bills Aimed at Forcing Online Age Verification Checks

Two bills have been introduced in the Texas Legislature (in the Senate and the House) in order to make online publishers enforce an age verification system as a means of protecting minors against harmful content.

A similar law has recently been passed in Utah, applying to and affecting all users of social networks.

In Texas, Bills SB 2164 and HB 3585, the work of Senator Bryan Hughes and Representative Terri Leo-Wilson, seek to regulate the adult content space by amending the Business and Commerce Code, with what is referred to as “reasonable” age verification methods.

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

The Restrict Act Aims to Tackle TikTok. But it’s Overly-Broad and Has Major Privacy and Free Speech Implications.

Senator Mark Warner’s Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (“RESTRICT”) Act is currently in Senate procedure, as is widely thought to be targeting China’s TikTok in particular.

However, those who bothered to read the text of the proposed act — which will next be considered by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, are warning that it is not merely about TikTok, but aims to grant wide powers over all forms of domestic and foreign communications to the government — such as enforcing “any” mitigating measure to deal with risks to national security.

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Trans Female Former Student, 28, Armed With Two Assault Rifles and a Handgun, Kills Three Nine-Year-Old Kids and Three Staff Members at Nashville Private Christian School After Writing Manifesto and Drawing Maps of Church Campus

The shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville began at 10.13am on Monday. The female shooter entered the school through a side door and opened fire. She was dead by 10.27am.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Trump-Manhattan DA: Grand Jury Wraps Monday Proceedings With No Vote in Trump Probe

The Manhattan grand jury wrapped its proceedings Monday afternoon with no vote in former President Trump’s case, two sources told Fox News.

The secret grand jury reconvened Monday in New York City after its proceedings related to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into Trump were canceled twice last week.

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Trump Holds Double Digit Lead Over DeSantis, Far Ahead of Rest of the Field, In Early 2024 Polls

More than four months after launching his third straight White House run, former President Trump remains the front-runner in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest national polls.

Trump stands at 44% support among Republicans and GOP-leaning independents questioned in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis clocking in at 30%. Additionally, an average of all the most recent national surveys which included a question on the 2024 GOP nomination battle compiled by Real Clear Politics indicates the former president at 44% and the Florida governor at 29%.

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Two Victims in the West Reading Explosion Identified

Their families have been notified

WEST READING, Pa. — The Berks County Coroner’s Office has identified two of the seven people killed in a Friday explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in West Reading.

Amy S. Sandoe, 49, and Domingo Cruz, 60, are the first two victims to be identified. The coroner’s office said their families — Sandoe lived in Ephrata, while Cruz hailed from Reading — have been notified and the official cause of death remains under investigation. The coroner’s office said it has been in touch with all the families of the people believed to have been killed in the blast. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.

The explosion destroyed one of two Palmer buildings and has devastated the idyllic town of about 4,500 residents, who often use the phrase “tight-knit” to describe West Reading. They say simply by virtue of its size — the borough is about .6 of a square mile — it’s common to know your neighbor and know them well.

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University Quietly Scrubs Website of Anti-Racism Code of Conduct After Allegations of Free Speech Violation

The University of Utah (U of U) Department of Communication appears to have removed its Anti-Racism Code of Conduct from its website, according to its no-longer functioning webpage.

The Anti-Racist Code of Conduct, approved in 2020, required faculty to intervene in alleged racist incidents including microaggressions and “work intentionally to eradicate speech or actions that stereotype, inferentially identify, culturally discriminate against, or harm people of color,” according to an archived version of its website dated in February 2023. The link to the webpage, however, is no longer accessible after free-speech watchdog Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) alleged the code violated faculty members’ right to free speech and academic freedom.

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Video: Analyst Claims “The Bushes” Are Running Desantis’ Presidential Campaign

Political analyst Mark Simone claimed this weekend that the Bush family is helping run Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, and that the so called ‘Architect’ of George W. Bush’s successful campaigns Karl Rove is also on board.

“The Bushes are all tangled up with [DeSantis],” Simone said during a segment on Fox News Saturday.

“Bush who can raise him a billion dollars,” Simone continued, adding that “Karl Rove will be the coach on the field, I think he’s been advising him.”

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You Are So Dumb

CNN says white people using reaction memes of black people is “one of the most insidious forms of contemporary racism” in modern society.

No, this isn’t the Babylon Bee.

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Han Dong Threatens Legal Action Against Global News

Former Liberal MP Han Dong said he plans to fight back against a news report that alleges he was an active participant in Chinese interference scandals.

In a public statement on Monday, Dong said he retained a lawyer to take action against Global News and its parent Corus Entertainment for the content of a news story last week, which he said was untrue.

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Ontarians Are Fleeing for Alberta, Followed by Residents in BC, Manitoba, And Saskatchewan

Ontario reported the largest share of residents ditching their home province for Alberta in 2022.

Of last year’s top 10 provincial migration patterns, Ontario found itself on the list six times — in each instance, as residents fled for another province.

A net of 22,921 Ontarians moved to Alberta, marking the highest provincial migration shift among all provinces. Alberta was followed by Nova Scotia, with 10,464 Ontarians calling the province their new home.

BC residents are also leaving for Alberta — 10,418 more than Albertans who moved to BC.

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The Final Costs Will be Astronomical

Many countries have set up COVID Vaccine Injury Compensation programs. The program in the UK is already under distress. They are getting applications faster than they are processed.

My suggestion to all governments is that you better start hiring people now because this is just the tip of the iceberg. You ain’t seen nothing yet. Most vaccine injured people are still deep in denial. When they finally realize their current health problems stem from trusting the government they will be pissed.

Vaccine injury denial is has 2 roots, the first being human nature. No one likes to admit they were fooled. Vaccine injured people will be very reluctant to admit injuries because it means admitting to being gullible. For 2 years people like me warned that taking an experimental treatment for a mild disease was a bad idea. I had a relative get angry with me over my warning. He was absolutely certain that I was wrong and that mRNA vaccines had been used for years. If he gets sick do you think he will admit I was right?

The second root is the nature of the treatments. Usually when people get injured by a medical treatment the symptoms are all very similar so it is easy to link back to the treatment. That is not the case with mRNA jabs. The lipid nanoparticles can go anywhere and will go to different places in different people. The potential injuries may not have any commonality. We still do not know all the ways that these particular treatments can injure a person. Only recently we have learned that they destroy gut bacteria…

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Beethoven Was a White European, DNA Says, Putting to Bed Century of Speculation

An in-depth genetic study of German orchestral composer Ludwig van Beethoven has dispelled longstanding myths and claims the composer has African roots, noting all of his ancestors originate in central Europe.

Beethoven, often cited as one of the most popular and influential classical composers, was the subject of a genetic study by dozens of researchers who examined and sequenced his genome from eight individual locks of hair of the composer saved by contemporary fans of the maestro and subsequently passed down the generations. The composer died in 1827.

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Berlin’s Radical Referendum to Speed Up Net Zero Target Has Failed

A referendum held in Berlin on Sunday that would have legally bound the local government to ensure the city is carbon-neutral by 2030 has failed.

Around 442,000 people voted in favor and roughly 423,000 against the motion, garnering a small majority of those who headed to the polls. However, in order to pass, the measure needed both a simple majority in the referendum and the support of 25 percent of the city’s eligible 2.4 million voters.

The insufficient endorsement of the radical plan initiated by climate activist group Klimaneustart Berlin (Climate Reset Berlin), showed that Berliners considered the time frame too quick and unachievable, the city’s mayor Franziska Giffey said in a statement.

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Budapest Antifa Hammer Attacks Were Carried Out by Violent German Antifa Leader Known for Torturing His Victims, According to Hungarian and German Police

Specialists of the Hungarian and German police have identified the assumed leader of the violent left-wing Antifa group responsible for a wave of brutal assaults in Budapest in February that shocked the country.

The 29-year-old Johann Guntermann, the spiritual father of the notorious Hammerbande (Hammer Gang), is also the fiancé of Lina Engel, the leader of the Antifa group who is currently incarcerated. He has been on the run for three years. Guntermann is suspected to have been one of the perpetrators of the brutal attack in February. The man was identified by a team of police specialists after analyzing CCTV footage of the Budapest attack.

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Bulgaria Refuses to Send Weapons to Ukraine, Joins Hungary and Austria’s Neutrality Stance

After Austria and Hungary, Bulgaria has also joined the minority group of European Union countries that refuse to send weapons to Ukraine, news and opinion portal Mandiner reports.

Bulgaria has declared that it will not take part in the EU’s joint ammunition purchase program, nor will it supply fighter jets or tanks to Ukraine, Euronews reports. Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is under enormous pressure from opposition parties, but he has said he stands by his position.

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Dutch Tax Office Also Wants to Ban Apps Like TikTok From Work Telephones

The Belastingdienst recently asked its employees to remove apps such as TikTok from their work phones, for fear that they could be used to spy on people. When asked, a spokesperson for the Dutch tax office said that the organization is following the Cabinet’s lead on the issue.

Last week, the state secretary for digitization issues, Alexandra van Huffelen, issued an urgent appeal to government officials to remove apps that could pose a potential threat after advice was issued by civilian intelligence service AIVD.

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Germany: Teen Attacked by Ax-Wielding Suspect Aboard Train

A teenage girl was seriously injured when a man attacked her with an ‘ax-like’ weapon aboard a train in Germany last week, according to reports.

The disturbing incident unfolded just after 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon in the state of Brandenburg.

A regional train traveling between Cottbus and Frankfurt was plunged into chaos when a man began threatening passengers with a weapon before setting upon a 17-year-old female.

Police rushed onto the train when it stopped in the town of Guben and arrested the suspect.

“A 17-year-old had suffered severe head injuries as a result of the attack, rescue workers took her to a hospital. Nothing was initially said about her state of health,” B.Z. Berlin reports.

The suspect was identified as a 37-year-old citizen of Poland but additional information is limited at the time of this writing.

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Humza Yousaf Wins SNP Leadership Contest to Become First Muslim Leader of Scotland

Humza Yousaf has won the Scottish National Party leadership contest and will succeed the outgoing Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland, despite being disliked by almost half of Scots, according to recent polling.

The Scottish health secretary will become the first Muslim to attain the role. He narrowly beat colleague and practicing Christian Kate Forbes by 52 to 48 percent once second preference votes were counted after outsider Ash Regan was eliminated in third place.

The 37-year-old is expected to be formally sworn in as Scotland’s sixth first minister at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday, subject to a procedural parliamentary vote on Tuesday.

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Hungary Parliament Backs Finland’s NATO Accession, Swedish Bid Pending

BUDAPEST, March 27 (Reuters) —Hungary’s parliament approved a bill on Monday to allow Finland to join NATO once its application has been ratified by all 30 members of the alliance, ending months of foot-dragging by the ruling Fidesz party on the matter.

Finland and Sweden asked to join the trans-Atlantic military alliance last year in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the process has been held up by Turkey and Hungary.

Although Finland’s bid has now been approved, the Swedish bill is still stranded in the Hungarian parliament.

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IOC Should Stick to Ban on Russian, Belarusian Athletes — Poland, UK, Baltic States

WARSAW (Reuters) — Russian and Belarusian athletes should be banned from the 2024 Olympics in Paris unless Moscow pulls its forces out of Ukraine, according to Poland, Britain and the Baltic states, despite the IOC saying it plans to let them compete as neutrals.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sanctioned Russia and Belarus after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 but is now reluctant to exclude their athletes from the Olympics entirely for fear of a return to the boycotts of the Cold War era.

It set out a pathway in January for competitors from Russia and Belarus to earn Olympic slots through Asian qualifying and to compete as neutral athletes in Paris next year.

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Italy: ‘Climate Protestors’ Deflate Tyres of SUVs in Bologna

(ANSA) — ROME, MAR 27 — Police are investigating after protestors claiming to belong to the ‘Tyre Extinguishers’ international direct-action climate group deflated the tyres of several SUV cars in the Saragozza area of Bologna over the last few days.

“Attention, we have deflated a tyre of your SUV,” read a statement left on the car’s windscreens.

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Macron Holds Crisis Meeting as More France Protests Loom

French President Emmanuel Macron summoned government ministers for a crisis meeting on Monday, as tensions ran high a day before another major round of strikes and protests against his pension reforms.

Nearly two weeks after Macron rammed the new law through parliament using a special provision sidestepping any vote, unions have vowed no let-up in mass protests to get the government to back down.

They have called for another big day of action on Tuesday, the 10th such mobilisation since protests started in mid-January against the controversial law, which includes raising the retirement age to 64 from 62.

Macron, whose approval ratings in opinion polls are at a low point, said last week he accepted the “unpopularity” that came with the reform.

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Netherlands: Right-Wing Parties Critical of Climate Protest, Response at Eindhoven Airport

Several right-wing parliamentarians are critical of Extinction Rebellion’s protest at Eindhoven Airport on Saturday and the authorities’ response thereto. The climate activists were given hours of space to protest at the airport, while that is forbidden territory, CDA, VVD, and JA21 MPs told the Telegraaf.

“We really want to get rid of the idea that you can break laws if you fight for the earth,” VVD parliamentarian Ingrid Michon said. She will ask the Cabinet parliamentary questions about it. CDA MP Anne Kuik said she wants the judiciary to use quick justice for these kinds of demonstrations.

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Netherlands: Dozens of Cars Vandalized at Assen Auto Event

Dozens of cars got vandalized at the Hart voor Auto’s event in Assen on Sunday. The organizers found scratches on the vehicles late Sunday afternoon, organizer Ronald van den Broek told Dagblad van het Noorden. One car’s wheel also came loose while driving; presumably, the vandals had loosened it.

“The final of the drag races were around 3:00 p.m., and many of the visitors were in the stands. That’s probably when it happened,” Van den Broek said. It left the car spectacle on the TT Circuit with a sour aftertaste.

According to Van den Broek, lots of wild tales are doing the rounds. Autoblog.nl, for example, wrote that climate activists were responsible for the vandalism and that the police had made an arrest. “I am not aware of any of that,” Van den Broek said. There are also stories that someone poured sugar and water into oil tanks and that hundreds of cars were affected. “That’s not true. We received several dozen reports from owners. But let’s be clear: every scratch is one too many.”

The police received 19 reports by Monday morning. “Whether that is the total, we do not know yet. But it is the number of reports we have now received,” a police spokesperson told Dagblad van het Noorden.

The event was held to raise money to design a garden at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht. It raised 60,000 euros for the cause.

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Spain’s Conservatives Seen Winning General Election, Poll Shows

MADRID (Reuters) — Spain’s main opposition People’s Party (PP) is poised to win a parliamentary election in December but could only achieve a working majority via a potentially problematic alliance with the far-right Vox, according to an opinion poll published on Monday.

The survey carried out by private pollster GAD3 put the Socialist-led leftist ruling coalition of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez behind PP, and short of a majority even combined with all its traditional and occasional allies in parliament.

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TikTok Bans Viral Video From Poland’s Conservative Law and Justice (PiS) Party

Poland’s ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), had one of its TikTok videos banned on the platform after it went viral, receiving over 300,000 views and 10,000 comments.

The video was posted by PiS parliamentary deputy Radoslaw Fogiel and involved asking young people “Why do you hate PiS?”

The comments by young users concentrated on criticism of state media, rising prices, the lack of separation of church and state, educational reforms piloted by the conservative Education Minister Przemyslaw Czarnek, rule of law, and taxation and welfare discouraging people from working. However, over the weekend, the film was removed and replaced with a notice that the material had been removed for having violated social media rules.

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Two German MEPs Are Responsible for Blocking Poland and Hungary’s Share of EU COVID-19 Recovery Funds

Two German MEPs played a key role in lobbying the European Commission to block vital Covid-19 recovery funds intended for Hungary and Poland, an exposé in Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper has revealed.

Ralf Neukirch, the newspaper’s Berlin correspondent, revealed how Daniel Freund of the German Green party and Moritz Körner of the liberal Free Democratic Party exerted pressure on the European Commission to take strict measures against Poland and Hungary over alleged breaches of the EU’s rule-of-law mechanism, at a time when the EU executive and some EU parliamentary parties were willing to show more leniency on the issue.

Their persistence, back in December 2020, reportedly led to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen refusing to green-light the recovery funds for the two nations, Neukirch wrote.

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UK: Certain COVID Vaccines Might Treble Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Women Under 30, Official Data Shows

Some Covid jabs given to young women early in the Covid pandemic increased their chance of a heart related death by up 3.5 times an analysis from the Office for National Statistics has found.

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UK: Vigilantes Target ‘Vain’ SUV Drivers in Posh Area — and Warn of More Mayhem to Come

A menacing group of environmental vigilantes have left drivers fuming by deflating dozens of tyres on SUVs. Saboteurs who brand themselves “Tyre Extinguishers” have targeted Solihull.

The group let down the tyres of 35 SUVs in Dickens Heath on March 20. In letters left on the windscreens of cars, the activists dubbed “vain” SUV drivers a “disaster for the planet”.

And the group suggested there was more mayhem to be caused. A tweet read: “First action for TX in Solihull as 35 SUVs hit in the Dickens Heath area last night. Nice one! Keep it up.”

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Israel Delays Judicial Reform Vote Until After Recess, Jewish Power Party Says After Mass Strike

Israel is delaying a vote on proposed judicial reform legislation until the next session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in April, the Jewish Power Party said Monday after mass protests put the country at a standstill.

Jewish Power Party leader National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said, as translated: “I agreed to remove my veto on the postponement of the legislation, in exchange for a commitment from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the legislation will be brought to the Knesset for approval in the next session, if no agreements are reached during the recess,” according to Israel Channel 7.

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Orlando Bloom Tells President Zelensky ‘The Strength of the Ukrainians is Awe-Inspiring’ As the Actor and UN Ambassador Discusses Putin’s ‘Horrific’ War Crimes Against Children

In his role as a goodwill ambassador for the UN children’s organisation UNICEF, the actor spent three days in the country and visited Kyiv, Irpin and Demydiv.

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House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Fight Chinese ‘State-Sponsored Forced Organ Harvesting’

The U.S. House of Representatives decisively passed bipartisan legislation Monday to crack down on the Chinese organ harvesting industry.

In a 412-2 vote, the House approved H.R. 1154, the Stopped Forced Organ Harvesting Act, which would sanction those involved in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state-sponsored harvesting of human organs. Chinese ethnic minorities, such as the Uyghurs and the Falun Dafa, have been targeted in organ harvesting, according to the bill and previous testimony.

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‘Obamamania’ Sweeps Sydney as the Ex-US President’s Motorcade Does a Mad Dash Around the City — Taking Him to a Meeting With the PM, On a Bushwalk and to a Swanky Lunch Behind Closed Doors

Barack Obama has met with Anthony Albanese and the US Ambassador to Australia after the former US President arrived in Australia for a speaking tour.

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Read the List of Suburbs Where Rent Has Increased the Most in Australia During the Past Year: ‘This is Crazy’

House rents have surgediby more than 40 per cent in a year in some areas, with intense competition among would-be tenants pushing prices up across the country.

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Sovereign Citizen is Brutally Slapped Down by a Cop as He’s Pulled Over for a Random Breath Test: ‘This Isn’t America, Mate’

A ‘sovereign citizen’ who was pulled over in NSW for a random breath test has been given a serving by a police after he got into an argument, with one officer telling him ‘this is not America’.

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Teen’s Simple Question About the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Sparks a Fiery Debate

On the panel were Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Yangapi Nampijinpa Price and Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy who together hold the Northern Territory’s only two Senate seats.

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Kamala’s Mission to Make Africa Reject China: VP is Greeted by Dancers as She Lands in Ghana Armed With $55bn to Persuade Leaders to Rebuff Beijing’s Growing Influence

Kamala Harris landed in Ghana on Sunday at the start of a three-nation tour which officials say is intended to show Africa that the U.S. is there as a partner — and lure them away from China.

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Teenager Fatally Stabs Teacher, Wounds Five People in Brazil

SAO PAULO (AP) — A 13-year-old student in Brazil’s biggest city Sao Paulo fatally stabbed a 71-year-old teacher and wounded three teachers and two fellow students Monday in a knife attack at a public school, state officials said.

The five wounded victims from the Thomazia Montoro school were in hospital in stable condition. The suspected attacker was detained and under investigation by military police.

“Our efforts are concentrated on helping the wounded and comforting the family members,” Gov. Tarcísio de Freitas wrote on social media.

A student who spoke to reporters outside the school said the attacker was involved in a fight last week with another student, and that the female teacher who was fatally stabbed had tried to settle the conflict.

“This boy called the other one a chipmunk and rat, and he did not like it and they began fighting,” said Gabriel Livramento, 13, from the same class as the suspect. He added that the attacker did not like the way the teacher had intervened and had said he would do something about it.

The attacker entered class Monday wearing a skull mask and stabbed the teacher from behind, hitting her head and back, Livramento said. The entire class then started running, he said.

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Videos: Football Players Still Collapsing, Having Heart Attacks, And Even Dying on the Pitch

In the past week, two high profile football (soccer for Americans) players have collapsed on the field of play, continuing a trend that has seemingly now become the norm.

Last Wednesday, 28-year-old Brazilian player Zé Carlos, from the club Ferroviario suffered a sudden illness while playing in a cup match.

He was treated as the game went on, according to reports, and returned to the pitch for a short time before being substituted and then collapsing and being taken to hospital in an ambulance.

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Canada: Feds Open Survey to Hear Public’s Opinion on Immigration

Canadians will have the opportunity to share their opinions about the Trudeau government’s immigration policy.

In a press release on Monday, the government announced the launch of “An Immigration System for Canada’s Future,” saying the initiative would inform the future of immigration policy in Canada.

“I encourage all Canadians to take the time to share their ideas and perspectives, and help us shape an immigration system that will contribute to Canada’s success for generations to come,” said Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration.

The survey opens Monday, Mar. 27th, and closes Thursday, Apr. 27th.

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Europe’s Human Rights Chief Slams Britain’s Migration Bill, Urges MPs to Vote it Down

Europe’s top human rights chief has urged U.K. lawmakers to prevent the passing of a new law to detain and deport asylum seekers who illegally enter the country in the latest intervention by a European body into Britain’s domestic agenda.

Dunja Mijatovic, who currently serves as the human rights commissioner for the Council of Europe, penned a letter on Friday to the speakers of Britain’s bicameral legislatures, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, calling on parliamentarians to block the small boat migrants bill, recently proposed by the country’s Conservative government.

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France Doesn’t Exist to Take in ‘Demographic Surplus of African Countries, ‘ Says Eric Zemmour in New Interview

In a new interview, French politician and author Éric Zemmour warned that France does not exist to take in the growing population of Africa and that due to changing demographics, the country’s future political system will be highly identitarian.

“We are not there to accommodate the demographic surplus of African countries. We are not here to put our welfare state at the service of Africa. We are not here to treat all of Africa, usually for free,” said Zemmour, who leads the Reconquest party, to French news outlet Le Point. “I understand very well that Africans, at the same time, are free, independent, that they define their friendships, their alliances as they see fit. They are responsible for their countries, we for ours.”

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Italy: Boat Carrying 650 Migrants Lands Autonomously in Calabria

(ANSA) — ROME, MAR 27 — A group of 650 migrants and refugees arrived autonomously in the Calabrian port of Roccella Ionica on Sunday night.

They arrived on board a 30-m fishing boat that had departed from Libya approximately five days previously, and which on arrival ran into another migrant boat that had landed recently.

The arrivals were all male and were said to be from Syria, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Egypt.

They were said to be in good condition. (ANSA).

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Italy: ‘Complaints About NGOs Must be Listened to’ Says Salvini

(ANSA) — ROME, MAR 27 — Complaints that search and rescue operations by the coast guard and navy are being obstructed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) need to be listened to, Deputy Premier and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday.

“It is Italy that is under attack, not the NGOs,” said Salvini.

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Migrant Rescue Ship Funded by Banksy is Impounded in Italy After Responding to Distress Calls in the Med in Breach of Clampdown Introduced by Rightwing Government

A migrant rescue ship funded by Banksy has been impounded in Italy after responding to distress calls in the Mediterranean, supposedly in breach of laws introduced by Rome’s right wing government to clampdown on crossings.

The MV Louise Michel was seized on the island of Lampedusa on Sunday after Italy’s coast guard said the boat had disobeyed its instructions to head to Sicily.

The coast guard said it had ordered the Louise Michel ship to dock in Trapani after it performed an initial rescue operation in Libya’s Search And Rescue area, as it was required to do under a new Italian law decried by rights groups.

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‘People Have to Know What They Can Talk About’: SCOTUS Case Pits Free Speech Against Immigration Enforcement

The Supreme Court considered Monday whether a law that makes it a crime to “encourage or induce” illegal immigration should be struck down as a violation of the First Amendment.

The defendant in the case, Helaman Hansen, was convicted in 2017 for running a program for undocumented immigrants advertising a pathway to citizenship through “adult adoption,” raking in more than $1.8 million from the fees paid by at least 471 participates between 2012 and 2016, according to court documents. While the Ninth Circuit affirmed his conviction on charges of mail and wire fraud, it determined that the law behind his conviction on two counts of encouraging or inducing non-citizens to reside in the United States for financial gain was “overbroad and unconstitutional” because it “covers a substantial amount of speech protected by the First Amendment.

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Poll: Huge Majority in Support of Actions by Polish Border Guards

Back in 2021, the Belarusian government actively supported a wave of migrants who attempted to illegally cross the borders of Poland and the Baltic states. These attempts were resisted by the Polish border authorities with a state of emergency being declared in the border area and the construction of border barriers and fencing.

There was criticism from some liberal politicians about the actions of Polish border guards, with accusations of forcefully pushing some back and inhumane treatment. One MEP, Janina Ochojska, even alleged that there were several hundred people missing who might have been buried in a mass grave by Polish foresters. These remarks are now subject to a legal action for defamation, which is being pursued by the Polish foresters who said the claim was a total fabrication.

However, despite these criticisms, the vast majority of the Polish population backs the border guards and their efforts to protect Poland’s borders.

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Prepare for the Rental Crisis to Get Even Worse as 300,000 Immigrants Move Down Under and Chinese Students Return, Warns Property Magnate

Property developer Tim Gurner predicts a new heyday is just around the corner with a building boom ahead for property developer — but billionaire builder Harry Triguboff blames RBA for crisis.

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Record 6,500 Migrants Arrive in Italy in Just 4 Days, Local Leaders Call for More Cash to Support Struggling Public Services

Italy is struggling to control its borders after a record number of illegal immigrants arrived on its southern shores over the past few days.

Figures released by the country’s interior ministry revealed a total of 6,564 migrants have landed in Italy since Thursday, with 2,814 — a record number for a single day — recorded on March 24, and the rate of arrivals shows no sign of slowing down.

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UK: Border Force Intercepts More Channel Migrants as Yearly Total Rises to 3,767: Boats Carrying 87 Migrants Arrived in Dover as Government Pushes on With Its Illegal Migration Bill

Dozens of migrants crossed the Channel in small boats on Sunday as MPs prepare to scrutinise the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill in the House of Commons.

A total of 87 migrants were brought into the harbour at Dover in Kent yesterday after being intercepted at sea, bringing the total of illegal crossings so far for 2023 to 3,767.

The group are the first to arrive by small boats since just over a week ago, when three boats carrying 118 people were intercepted.

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UK: Migrants to be Relocated From Hotels to Military Bases and Disused Ferries

The British government will announce plans next week to house migrants on disused ferries and at military bases, as it attempts to move away from the previous government policy of using hotel accommodations, which is currently costing the U.K. taxpayer more than £7 million per day.

The new policy will initially relate to all new arrivals into Britain with the intention to relocate the more than 51,000 residents of 395 hotels across the country at a later date.

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We Asked 2024 GOP Presidential Contenders How They’d Solve the Border Crisis. Here’s What They Said

Multiple declared and potential 2024 GOP presidential candidates possess hawkish stances on the border crisis, promising they’d target the imminent threat that Mexican cartels pose if president, they told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Illegal immigration will likely be a deciding factor in next year’s Republican primaries, as migrant crossings continue to surge at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Biden administration. Many GOP presidential contenders endorse designating the Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, activating the military and bringing back several Trump-era policies scrapped by the Biden administration, they told the DCNF.

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Canada: Multiple Petitions Demand Resignation of Controversial Ottawa School Trustee

Multiple online petitions are demanding the resignation of progressive Ottawa public school trustee Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth amid her controversial conduct during board meetings.

The first petition was shut down by Change.org, with the platform claiming it violated its “community guidelines in relation to hate speech.” A new petition has since been started and has received thousands of signatures.

The original petition came after Kaplan-Myrth silenced a father concerned about biological males using girls’ washrooms at a March board meeting — claiming his speech created “an unsafe environment for people who identify as gender diverse.”

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ChatGPT Jokes About Jesus Being ‘Nailed to a Board’, Refuses to Crack Joke About Muhammad

Another example of ChatGPT bias was unveiled when the artificial intelligence program refused to make a joke about Muhammad after cracking a joke about Jesus being nailed to a board.

Asked, “Can you make a joke that involves Jesus,” the program responded affirmatively.

“Why did Jesus refuse to play ice hockey? Because he kept getting nailed to the boards!” the program stated.

“Haha that was funny can you make a joke about Muhammed,” the user asked.

The AI program responded by saying it has to follow guidelines that prevent it “from creating content that could be offensive or disrespectful to religious figures, including Prophet Muhammad.”

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Elite Billionaire Foundations Flood Schools With Green Agenda Propaganda

Foundations funded by elite billionaires are flooding schools with false green agenda propaganda, according to a new report.

Global dark green money groups have been found to be pushing climate change misinformation in British schools.

Schoolchildren are encouraged to plot implausible temperature rises of 11°C, taught that alkaline oceans are “acidic,” and encouraged to write letters to policymakers claiming “our house is on fire” in the style of Greta Thunberg.

The material is being distributed around schools by a London-based operation called Climate Science.

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Full List of WEF’s Most Disturbing Plans for Humanity

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a globalist organization run by German economist Klaus Schwab and other members of the technocratic elite.

Schwab serves as the organization’s founder and chairman.

The WEF’s mission is to strip away the rights of individuals and the democratic process of their sovereign nations and surrender all ownership and control to unelected power elites.

While many in the corporate media may insist that this sounds far-fetched or argue that it’s nothing more than a wild “conspiracy theory,” the WEF doesn’t hide its agenda.

On the contrary.

The WEF openly shares it and promotes its plan for a “Great Reset” to be ushered in around the world.

The dystopian society that the group envisions strips individuals of their autonomy in favor of global, tyrannical control.

The Vigilant Citizen recently compiled 10 of the most incredulous — and scary — notions that WEF has championed.

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‘Indoctrinate Students’: State Lawmakers Are Pushing Back on the Diversity Initiative Takeover on College Campuses

Several states are considering legislation that would stifle Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts on college campuses across the country, according to a new tracker operated by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The slew of legislation largely tackles banning mandatory DEI training, DEI-centered offices or programs or using DEI statements for hiring or admission decisions. It is necessary for state lawmakers to take action because “radical political activists now command so strong a position within universities,” David Randall, National Association of Scholars director of research, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Richard Littlejohn: Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming and Now Agatha Christie… When Are the Wokerati Going to Stop Butchering Classic Works of Literature?

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: No author is safe from the revisionists, not even Charles Dickens, judging by the BBC’s latest adaptation of Great Expectations.

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SINKS

There’s now a female equivalent to incels.

Welcome to the age of the SINKS.

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Supreme Court Asked to Rule on State Law That Prohibits Therapists From Counseling Against Gender Transition

FIRST ON FOX — The Supreme Court has been asked to rule on a Washington state law that bans therapists from encouraging patients against transitioning to a different gender.

On Monday, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a civil rights nonprofit firm, filed a petition to the Supreme Court for Brian Tingley, a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state who claims the law is unconstitutional because it prohibits certain private client-counselor conversations on sexual orientation and gender.

ADF says the law only allows a one-way discussion about gender transitioning.

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Swimmer Riley Gains Asks ‘Where Are the Feminists’ to Protect Women’s Sports From Transgender Athletes

American female swimmer Riley Gaines has blasted so-called feminists over their silence regarding biological male transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.

Speaking during an interview with The Daily Signal, asked, “Where are the feminists” in the fight to protect women’s sports?

“I think it’s extremely ironic that the people advocating for this are the same party, the same people who were once advocating for the empowerment of women,” Gaines said.

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Violent Trans-Identified Male Child Rapist Moved to Women’s Prison in Washington

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of child rape

A violent trans-identified male pedophile has been transferred to a women’s prison in Washington after starting to identify as a woman while behind bars, reports Reduxx.

Jolene Charisma Starr, who was convicted in 1995 of two horrifying assaults on young girls, has been transferred to the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) where approximately 12 trans-identified males are already housed, according to a source within the prison. The transfer occurred some time within the last few months.

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13 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/27/2023

  1. If there is any world region which is not sufficiently diverse, it is Africa. We should label our entire left wing as “demographic surplus” and dump it thereenrich them. Since lefties don’t know any type of work other than playing the masters as if colonizing our own land, they will be welcomed warmly for sure.

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    New research and statistics show how Sweden is de-Swedishized. The exchange of peoples is a fact, and those Swedes who realize this must act immediately to try to ensure Swedish survival in the future.

    Ever since the Swedish Parliament decided in 1975 that Sweden would become a multicultural country, the work for population exchange has progressed with increasing force.

    Proponents of mass immigration often say, and indeed still say, that population exchange is a ‘conspiracy theory’. In order to reach this conclusion, they add just about anything to the concept to avoid discussing its core. This is a classic straw man!

    An excellent example of how this straw man is constructed is often seen when the population exchange is mentioned, and is usually some variant of what the Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism wrote on June 21, 2022:
    This myth claims that a conspiracy of “global elites” seeks to undermine the existence of “white nations” or the “white race” by, among other things, promoting the immigration of “non-whites”.
    Behind the “elites” who are said to be orchestrating the “population exchange” are, according to the propaganda, left-wing liberals and/or Jews.

    By shifting the focus from the core issue (in our case, that Swedes are becoming a minority in their own country) to whether it is Jews, Socialists or the World Economic Forum who have carried out the population exchange with a “conscious plan”, the whole thing is dismissed as a “conspiracy theory”.
    But the fact that Swedes are actually moving faster and faster towards minority status in its own country is a hard fact. In 2022, 124,000 new Swedes of mainly Arab and African origin obtained Swedish citizenship.

    Of course, neither SKMA (Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism), Expo nor the old media want to discuss this, so the straw men become an excellent escape route.

  3. INCELS are victims of the current system. SINKS are perpetrators in the system so no sympathy for them. I can’t wait until they get old and find they have done nothing with their lives and have nothing to live for. Will they be queueing up for voluntary euthanasia? I see their lives as pointless.

    • Their lives aren’t entirely pointless.

      Boxed wine manufacturers and multi-cat household product makers have to make a living somehow.

      The worst part is such parasites are overwhelmingly liberal and vote; the silver lining is that by not having children they ensure that we will be mostly rid of them in a generation or two. Faster if a nasty civil war or ethnic, racial, and class based violence and killings break out, as without a male protector their remaining lives will be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”.

  4. Re: “Beethoven was a White European”.

    Well, yes. His complexion was quite dark, resulting in his being nicknamed “The Spaniard”, but there’s a possible clue: his ancestors came from the Netherlands, which were occupied by Spain for 150 years; I daresay there was some fraternisation.

    • C’mon man!

      Everyone knows that africans created western civilization! I mean, just look at all the towering cathedrals, the marble sculptures, exquisite engineering, paintings, aquaducts, stadiums, etc.!

      And whyte peepo stole it all from them which is why you have to go to Europe to see a cathedral instead of the Serangeti or the Kalahari. All the great composers were actually african, but jealous europeans destroyed their portraits and replaced them with paintings of white dudes, and destroyed any references to them as being african. Amazing what a spell at university can teach you.

      • Blimey, “Moon”, how’d you get so much irony into so little space?

        I recall, many years ago, an academic friend of mine telling me she’d been to a lecture where the speaker said black Africans were more genetically diverse than the rest of humanity, and this was to be celebrated. As she commented, it apparently hadn’t occured to him that, notwithstanding poisonous creatures and feline predators, sub-Saharan Africa was a relatively benign environment for humans, whereas those who emigrated faced harsher conditions, and only the fittest strains survived.

        She also remarked that academics, especially in the US, were being pressurised to support the idea that the ancient Egyptians were “black”. Perhaps the DNA evidence, that the Copts, Egypt’s oldest inhabitants, are descended from the people whose mummies survive, wasn’t available then, but it’s quite apparent from the paintings in Egyptian tombs that the brown-skinned “Egyptians” are superior in status to the “black” ones. Even now, the Coptic Chrisitans are the only non-Muslim cultlure (so far as I know) to practise FGM; the earliest physical evidence is, guess what, the mummy of an ancient Egyptian queen, though it may have been widespread in north Africa earlier.

        • Regarding irony, I practice. It’s difficult to not be aware of history and how the world really works and not be deeply cynical.

          Regarding Africa and genetic diversity, I had read something similar with regards to geographical distribution of intelligence and human ingenuity. The basic premise was that the harsher the environment, the more clever the humans who inhabited it had to be in order to be successful. It is logical and makes sense to some extent. Where the theory breaks down is not giving enough weight to the role of violence within societies, or degree of cooperation.

          That is interesting regarding the FGM of the ancient Egyptian queen. I think it hints a lot more at the ancients recognition of the imperative to tightly control female sexuality. Societies that don’t follow this imperative either through elaborate moral codes or rules of courtship, marriage, and shaming and scorning of those who violate those codes, or through brute force by FGM and strict control of females in Islam are not successful societies. In my opinion almost all of the problems in western society stems from the failure to follow this imperative for many generations now. And while many would say that Islamic societies are not successful, from a biological sense they most certainly are. They are reproducing and expanding, moving into spaces in the west abandoned by childless hedonists of western societies.

    • I had to google it up, for I found the idea Beethoven was African ridiculous and never heard of it. It turns out that his mother might have had North Western African Ancestry. But the funny thing is – North Western Africa is not “Ethiopia” – in fact – there is plenty of evidence that the “European Races” used to live in Northern Africa long long time ago, and historically, the realm is not the same as “Sub Saharan Africa”.

  5. I am on the fence about whether this will be taken as in poor taste. It is not meant that way. Will attendance be down at the next drag queen story time OR will attendance be up in support? Nobody is mentioning it and perhaps nobody is thinking about it. If you were going anyway you are a supporter and probably aren’t Christian so it could go up but perhaps some parents might give this a second thought. All mass shooters are anomalies so I am not making a universal association but there are associated mental health issues and I wonder if parents won’t take pause.

  6. New pronouns for shooter: was/were. Excellent job by police; maybe they should give e lessons to other police departments.

  7. As ole Socrates once said, Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. We are here and now the collapse is inevitable where only the ruthless and strong will thrive and survive and the weak, stupid and 3rd worlder types will perish by the millions. Only the question remains, will the banks collapse first? Or the people who have had enough roll up their sleeves and start purging?

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