Denmark has attached conditions to its gift of F-16s to Ukraine: they must not be used to attack Russian territory. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the planes given by Denmark and the Netherlands by saying that they were not sufficient, that Ukraine needs more.
In other news, illegal immigrants to Germany will be banned from changing their gender in an attempt to avoid deportation.
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An economic slowdown in China, where interest rates are now being cut, could see the Australian dollar sink to 59 US cents by the end of 2023. This would be below the levels of the GFC in 2008.
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European Real Wages Diminish Amid Record Inflation, Despite Nominal Growth
By 2023, surging inflation rates have hampered real wage growth across Europe, despite a notable increase in nominal wages.
In 2022, the European Union (EU) grappled with unprecedented inflation rates, soaring to heights unseen in the prior four decades. While the zenith of 4.4% inflation was reached in July 2008, this rate escalated to 11.5% by October 2022. By June 2023, it had tapered off to 6.4%.
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Tucker Carlson on Monday published an interview with former Trump administration official Col. Douglas Macgregor (Ret.), who explained why the war in Ukraine has put the United States on the brink of a ‘catastrophic war that could easily destroy us.’
Carlson begins with a bold statement: “pretty much everything that NBC and The NYTimes have told you about the war in Ukraine is a lie.”
“‘The Russian army is incompetent’ — they claim. ‘Ukraine is a Democracy!’ ‘Vladimir Putin is Hitler and he’s trying to take over the world!’ ‘Thankfully, the Ukrainians are winning.’
“Every claim is false, the last one especially,” said Carlson, adding “the Ukrainian army is not winning — in fact, it’s losing badly. Ukraine is being destroyed. Its population is being slaughtered.”
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By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints
It would be naïve to think that a progressive Chicago mayor could actually reduce the city’s crime numbers during his first 100 days in office, but Brandon Johnson did have a real opportunity to flip the trajectory. Chicago’s crime had already hit its post-George Floyd, post-covid highs in 2022 (see appendix) and Mayor Lori Lightfoot had made a major mess of policing and criminal justice. Johnson had a perfect chance to lead, and maybe even bring the crime numbers down.
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29-Year-Old Driver Accused of Striking Pedestrians in Midtown Identified
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — The woman accused of striking a group of pedestrians in Midtown over the weekend has been identified.
Imani Lucas, 29, is charged with seven counts of attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident causing serious injury and reckless driving.
She told police she prayed to God and closed her eyes as she blew a red light, NYPD sources said Monday.
Lucas was silent Tuesday as she was escorted out of the police precinct in handcuffs.
Police say she was heading eastbound on West 36th Street on Sunday night when she hit the pedestrians standing on a Midtown sidewalk. The victims ranged in age from 24 to 61.
Of the seven victims, the most seriously injured was a 34-year-old tourist from Italy. Giulia Gardani reportedly had to undergo a lengthy surgery for a cervical spine injury.
The others were miraculously left with leg wounds, cuts and bruises.
Authorities say after Lucas hit the victims, she drove her Honda Accord through the Midtown Tunnel and ended up crashing into two cars on the Long Island Expressway just east of 188th Street.
She does not appear to have been intoxicated and the collision does not appear deliberate or terrorism-related, authorities said.
Police said Lucas had a psych evaluation and was being examined for mental health issues.
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Viral sensation Oliver Anthony has just released a new song and it’s already taking the internet by storm.
Uploaded first to his YouTube, the song is called “I Want to Go Home” and the lyrics paint a picture of an alienated, hard-working man of God, trying to make sense of a world on the brink of World War III.
The lyrics are simple yet powerful: “We’re on the brink of the next World War / and I don’t think nobody’s praying no more … Every damn day is always some kind of bill to pay / People just doing what the rich man say.”
Later he sings “People have really gone and lost their way / They all just do what the TVs say.”
The Virginia farmer and musician, distinguished by his now-famous red beard, emerged from obscurity to achieve the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a track he recorded during his time in the American wilderness called “Rich Men North of Richmond.”
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EXCLUSIVE — A California church ordered to pay $1.2 million in fines for violating COVID-19 lockdown measures filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging the local government unconstitutionally spied and tracked Christian worshipers through secretive “geofencing” using congregants’ cell phone data.
Calvary Chapel San Jose and Pastor Mike McClure accuse Santa Clara County and the Colorado-based data company SafeGraph of embarking “on an invasive and warrantless geofencing operation to track residents” unbeknownst to the public, according to the lawsuit filed by Advocates for Faith & Freedom.
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Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Blames Organized Retail Theft for Loss in Profits
The CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods attributed brazen “organized crime and retail theft” for dropping its quarterly profits on Tuesday during an earnings call with investors.
The New York Post reports that despite its sales rising 3.6 percent, the retail chain reported a 23 percent decrease in profits across its more than 700 stores in the second quarter.
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FEMA: ‘We Still Expect Several More Days’ to Finish Maui Search
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell stated that the search of Maui’s burn zone is 87% finished, but it will take “several more days” for the search to be completed.
Criswell said, “I had an opportunity to get a full brief from our urban search and rescue teams that are on the ground in Maui. And while we’re 87% complete, where we find ourselves today is in an area that now requires some heavy equipment to go through the last bit of structures that have been burned to go in there and make sure that we are doing a thorough job in accounting for everybody that may have been perished in this fire. And so, we still expect several more days for these teams to continue to go through this area. But, again, we’re doing it very deliberately to make sure that we cover every square inch.”
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Fox, RNC Finalize Milwaukee Debate, Trump Surrogates to Obtain New Credentials for Entry
The Republican National Committee and Fox News have finalized the slate of candidates that will be participating in the first GOP primary debate—and frontrunner President Donald Trump will not be among them. Trump has declined to participate, citing his commanding lead in polling.
A new poll from South Carolina shows Trump crushing DeSantis by 34 points, and while the going wisdom from the pundit class has been that Trump can win the nomination but not the general election, CNN admitted that Trump’s solid shot at taking back the White House cannot be ignored.
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A newly unearthed video shows intense moments of an August 11 police raid in the Marion County, Kansas home of the then-98-year-old newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer.
Meyer, who passed away shortly after the raid, was a co-owner of the Marion County Record along with her son, Eric. Some, including Joan’s own son, blamed her death on the police, with reports saying she died due to being “stressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief.” The Record wrote that Meyer was not “able to eat after police showed up at the door of her home Friday with a search warrant in hand,” nor could she sleep that same night. Meyer died the very next day.
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An Illinois elementary school teacher has been fired after Libs of TikTok exposed posts they had made on social media worshipping Satan, slamming police, and admitting to suffering from bipolar disorder with mania and psychosis.
Kris Martin’s posts went viral, and eventually caused the Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C to take action and terminate the recently hired teacher.
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Incredible: Biden Compares Devastating Maui Blaze to Minor Kitchen Fire in His House, Cracks Jokes
Joe Biden’s seemingly reluctant flying visit to Maui on Monday, before he takes yet another vacation for the rest of the week, went about as well as expected. It was an unmitigated disaster.
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International Elites Rush to Embrace Clinton Global Initiative
World Bank President Ajay Banga and the Bahamas’ Prime Minister Philip E. Davis will be there. So too Hollywood stars Jose Andres, Orlando Bloom, and Matt Damon. Those are just some of the people who have put their hands up to attend the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2023 next month in New York City.
All the Clinton family will be on hand to personally meet them, too, along with major corporations including Cisco, JetBlue and Pfizer, who will help with charitable funding.
Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton announced Monday the conference this year would seek even more commitments to “address climate change, health care issues, gender-based violence, the war in Ukraine and a host of other issues.”
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It’s Really Happening: Mask Mandates, Contact Tracing RE-IMPLEMENTED at Colleges, Offices
There are reports circulating that colleges and offices are beginning to reinstate COVID mask mandates and contact tracing despite no new cases of the virus being reported.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday that Morris Brown College, a black private liberal arts college has reinstated the measures as part of a “precautionary step.”
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was already a millionaire by the time he accepted the Soros scholarship he previously said he needed in order to pay for law school.
Ramaswamy defended himself last month for accepting a $90,000 award from the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which was founded by Daisy and Paul Soros, the late older brother of liberal billionaire financier George Soros.
Ramaswamy said that after graduating from Harvard, he “didn’t have the money” to afford Yale Law School.
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Revealed: Biden DOJ Wants to Use TikTok to Spy on Americans
United States government regulators attempted to reach an agreement with TikTok to avoid banning the app in the US, which would have granted the federal government extensive control over the app, according to reports.
Forbes obtained a draft of a contract between TikTok and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that would have granted unprecedented access to multiple US agencies to the app’s records and operations.
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Rutgers University Enforces COVID Vaccine Mandate for All Returning Students
Students attending New Jersey’s Rutgers University this year will be required to get the Covid vaccine in order to attend in-person classes and live on campus.
The university has decided to continue with its vaccine mandate for the upcoming school year, over two years after it was first implemented, according to Newsweek.
Rutgers states that while students can submit exemptions for medical or religious reasons, “Exemption requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis; they are NOT automatically granted.”
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Second Georgia Lawmaker Seeks Impeachment of ‘Rogue District Attorney’ Fani Willis
On Monday, Georgia State Senator Clint Dixon announced that he intended to file a complaint against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in hopes of impeaching her. The move comes just days after fellow Senator Colton Moore called for an “emergency session” to review Willis’ actions.
Willis has become a prime target of Republicans both in the state and across the nation following her indictment of Donald Trump and eighteen of his associates on a slew of charges in connection with alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Many have viewed her decision as a “weaponization” of office to “politically target” the former president.
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A Chicago former social studies teacher woman was arrested by federal agents on Monday after she allegedly threatened to shoot 2024 GOP frontrunner President Donald Trump and his youngest son Barron.
According to the US attorney’s office in Chicago, 41-year-old Tracy Marie Fiorenza was arrested on Monday morning on the charge of transmitting threats to kill or injure, the Daily Mail reported.
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Texas Man Fires at Suspects Posing as Maintenance Workers Through Front Door
A man has been arrested in connection to the attempted break-in at a Dallas apartment where a man inside shot at two suspects through his front door, police said.
Ethan Rodriguez was in his apartment bathroom around 6 p.m. Saturday when someone he didn’t recognize knocked on his door and claimed to be a maintenance worker.
Rodriguez, who answered his digital doorbell and home security camera on his phone, said the suspect, identified as Aaron Contreras, 30, said he was a maintenance worker who was there to check the filter to the air conditioner, according to an affidavit obtained by FOX Dallas.
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Titans Cornerback Caleb Farley’s Father Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at NFL Player’s House
An explosion Monday night at the North Carolina home of Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley killed his father and injured a family friend, Iredell County Emergency Management Director Kent Greene confirmed to CBS News.
First responders who arrived at the multimillion-dollar Mooresville home found 25-year-old family friend Christian Rogers leaving the house. Rodgers was taken to Atrium Main in Charlotte with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a news statement released by Iredell County. Responders found the body of Farley’s father Robert Farley, 61, after searching through the debris, the statement said.
At a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said they are looking into a natural gas issue, but the investigation is ongoing. An odor of gas was reported in the area.
Caleb Farley wasn’t home at the time of the explosion, his agent confirmed to CBS News. He had purchased the home “with our understanding it was for his father,” Kent Greene, director of fire services and emergency management for Iredell County, said at the news conference. Farley, along with his aunt and uncle, came into town Tuesday morning and went to the site of the scene, Greene said.
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Vivek Ramaswamy Clarifies Remarks After He is Accused of Floating 9/11 Conspiracy
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in an interview with Fox News clarified remarks he gave to The Atlantic that some critics say alluded to the possibility that federal agents were involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
“I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero,” Ramaswamy told the outlet in released audio. “But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to.”
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pushed Ramaswamy about his remarks on Monday asking him if the quote was wrong.
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Watch — Democrat Utopia: Woman Pistol-Whipped, Dragged on Oakland Street
A woman was attacked and left severely injured Wednesday on a street in Democrat-run Oakland, California, as residents grapple with crime plaguing their community.
Police said the incident happened just after 6:00 p.m. on International Boulevard, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Two men confronted the victim and allegedly tried to grab her belongings before hitting her with a weapon.
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3 Injured After Explosion Rocks Downtown Prince George, B.C., Officials Say
Emergency crews are responding to an explosion that shook downtown Prince George, B.C., on Tuesday and injured several people.
The blast erupted inside an abandoned building near Fourth Avenue and Dominion Street at around 7 a.m., according to the Prince George RCMP detachment.
Northern Health told CTV News two patients were transported to hospital by ambulance after the explosion, and a third was delivered by a member of the public.
Only one of the patients was suffering serious injuries, a spokesperson for the health authority said.
The building caught fire as a result of the explosion, and firefighters were still working to extinguish the flames hours later.
Given the unfolding situation, RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said it was too early to speculate about whether the explosion was suspicious or accidental.
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Chinese ‘Police Stations’ in Canada Are Part of ‘Arsenal of Interference’: CSIS
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has deemed seven Chinese “police stations” operating across Canada to be part of an “arsenal of interference” used by China on Canadian soil, according to a report published by La Presse on Monday.
The revelations, first discussed in a December 2022 CSIS Security Alert obtained by the outlet via the Access to Information Act, have shone light on the Chinese Communist Party’s ability to exert influence in Canada.
“‘Police stations’ in Canada contribute to foreign interference by the PRC [People’s Republic of China],” CSIS stated in the 15-page document likely seen by senior officials in the Liberal government including, presumably, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Justin Trudeau’s Online News Act Has Caused a News Blackout as Wildfires Rage
In an age where digital platforms are primary sources of real-time information, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s clash with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, formerly Facebook, has become more poignant than ever. With wildfires raging across the country, the stakes are high.
Earlier this summer, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, made a controversial move. In response to the Online News Act introduced by Trudeau’s administration — legislation that forced tech companies to pay failing legacy news publishers — Facebook blocked access to news stories for all Canada-based users. This meant that Canadians couldn’t click on news stories from any local outlets, a restriction not just limited to Facebook but extended to Instagram as well.
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Baby Killing Nurse Given Rare ‘Whole Life’ Sentence by UK Court
Lucy Letby, a 33-year-old nurse called the worst child killer in modern British history, has been given a life sentence at the end, the culmination of the longest UK murder trial ever.
Convicted last week of seven murders of newborn children at the hospital where she worked, Lucy Letby was told this afternoon that she had been sentenced to a whole life order, a rarely used sentence in British law which means she will never be allowed to leave prison. Life sentences can otherwise see inmates paroled without the additional whole life order added to it.
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Czech Republic Ranks Second in Housing Unaffordability in Europe
The Czech Republic maintains its position near the top of the list for housing unaffordability in Europe, according to the recent Property Index by consulting firm Deloitte.
Buying a home in this country remains challenging, requiring an average of 13 gross annual salaries for a 70-square-meter property, a figure consistent with last year. In the capital city of Prague, purchasing a home is even more daunting, demanding 14.3 gross annual salaries, making it the third most expensive European city after Amsterdam and Bratislava.
Deloitte’s report revealed that housing remains least affordable in Slovakia, necessitating an average of 14.1 gross annual salaries. “The Czech Republic, which ranked the worst in affordability last year, has now moved to the penultimate spot,” remarked Miroslav Linhart, the principal partner at Deloitte’s financial advisory division.
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Czech Town’s Decision to Relocate Red Army Soldier Monument Sparks Controversy
The decision of the Dobrzhish town administration in the Czech Republic to move a memorial plaque dedicated to a Red Army soldier has been met with skepticism and criticism from local residents, writes Seznam Zpravy.
In early August, the town’s leadership decided to shift the monument, which was prominently located opposite the castle on a lawn, to a nearby cemetery. The plaque features a red star and acknowledges the sacrifice of a Red Army soldier who died in May 1945 battling against fascism, adding that he was recognized as a hero of the Soviet Union.
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Czech Republic Sees Decade High Surge in Syphilis Cases
Syphilis infection rates in the Czech Republic have surged to their highest in a decade, with cases increasing by 25% over the past ten years. From 737 recorded cases in 2011, the number grew to 909 by 2021, with the count continuing to rise.
Alarmingly, the disease has not only been reported in sexually active adults but has also impacted children. The Institute of Medical Information and Statistics revealed that, over the past decade, 37 patients under the age of 14 received treatment for syphilis. This includes six school-age children and 31 infants. A particularly concerning case was that of a 7-month-old girl, infected by her mother.
Medical experts in the country believe that the uptick in syphilis cases could be attributed to decreasing concerns about HIV infections, leading individuals to adopt less cautious behaviors.
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EU Weighs Sanctions on Poland for Extending Ban on Ukrainian Food Imports
It is reported that the European Union is considering the possibility of imposing a fine on Poland for its decision to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian food products without the agreement of other countries. This event was voiced by sources referenced by the RMF FM publication.
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Europe is Heading Towards a Triple Crisis
Europe is unavoidably heading towards a triple crisis, German publicist Thomas Fasbender told Preussische Allgemeine in an interview on the occasion of the publication of his new book, “The eerie century” (Das unheimliche Jahrhundert).
The subtitle of the book, “Before the turning point,” is a direct quote of an expression taken from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s special address to the Bundestag on Feb. 27, 2022, in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In it, he used the word “Zeitenwende.” While the official translation for the word used by the German government is “turning point” or “watershed moment”, the original German term refers to both a changing of times and a geopolitical shift.
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EU’s Groundbreaking Digital Services Act Takes Effect: What to Expect
The European Union (EU) is introducing the initial phase of its innovative Digital Services Act (DSA) this week. This move solidifies the EU’s position as a global pioneer in regulating the tech industry.
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France Extends the Lifespan of Its Largest Nuclear Power Plant for 40 Years
The French Atomic Energy Authority (ASN) has extended the operating license of one of the country’s first nuclear power plant units by 10 years, which means the power plant will be in operation for 50 years.
The news was announced by Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher on Monday on the social networking site X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Daycare centers in Germany are under fire for promoting the use of “sexual exploration rooms” where young children are encouraged to touch themselves and engage in sexual games with other children.
In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, at least two nurseries are entertaining the idea of safe spaces where young children can retreat to masturbate, or as one daycare center in Kerpen puts it, “discover and satisfy themselves physically.”
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Germany’s Climate Goals in Jeopardy: Net Zero by 2045 Target at Risk
Efforts to curb climate change in Germany are facing setbacks, casting doubts on the nation’s ability to achieve its ambitious goals. Reports from government climate advisers and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) indicate that Germany might miss its target of reducing greenhouse emissions by 65% by 2030. This shortfall raises concerns about the feasibility of the longer-term goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2045, according to Reuters.
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Greece Offered Patronage of Odesa in Exchange for Backing Ukraine’s EU Bid
President Zelensky has broached the possibility of Greece taking a leading role in the reconstruction of the strategically important port city of Odesa after meeting with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens yesterday as the Greek government confirmed their intention to back Kyiv’s floundering bid to join the EU.
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In Spain, the “Habana Effect” is Already a Reality
When the EU tolled the death knell for the combustion engine late last year, prohibiting sales of new combustion engine cars starting in 2035, the opposition warned of creating a “Habana effect.”
Cuba is famous for the old, classic cars on its streets. Behind the charming postcard aesthetic is the harsh reality that the vast majority of Cubans simply can’t afford to buy new cars and so manage the only option available—keep the old ones running.
Spain is already a bit Havana-esque when it comes to cars. The top-selling car in Spain has the following profile: it’s fifteen years old and runs on diesel.
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Join the (New) Party: Popular MP Shakes Up Dutch Election
Dutch politician Pieter Omtzigt, for years an unaffiliated yet popular member of parliament, will lead a newly founded party into the upcoming elections in November.
In doing so, the former CDA (Christian Democratic Appeal) leader has shuffled the cards in Dutch politics, already known for being a somewhat crowded field.
Omtzigt announced his decision in a Sunday, August 20th, interview with Tubantia. Almost simultaneously, he published a separate announcement on his X (formerly Twitter) account.
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The head of the Polish government published a video on social media dedicated to German politician Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People’s Party (EPP). Weber recently made headlines after saying the Law and Justice party (PiS) is among those the EPP will “fight against.” He also referred to PiS as an “adversary.”
“Do you remember Mr. Manfred Weber from Germany, who wanted and still wants to influence the Polish electoral campaign? He obviously won’t succeed, but this politician really likes political turmoil,” said Morawiecki in the recording posted on the platform X.
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The uncle of ten-year-old Sara Sharif who was tragically found dead in Woking has told police she ‘fell down the stairs and broke her neck’ after being detained in Pakistan.
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Switzerland Investigates Failed Tank Sale to Ukraine Amid Neutrality Concerns
Switzerland has launched an investigation into its state-run arms manufacturer, Ruag AG, regarding its unsuccessful effort to sell nearly 100 tanks which were intended for deployment by Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
The Swiss defense ministry has engaged independent auditors to delve into the contentious transaction involving Germany’s Rheinmetall AG. The deal was halted due to concerns that it might compromise Switzerland’s long-standing neutral stance. The ministry’s statement on Monday also highlighted a review to determine if the dynamics between the government and the firm require restructuring.
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A Ukrainian suspect in the murder of a Roma near the Brno dam has been released from custody. This has caused significant anger within the Roma community in the Czech Republic. Journalist Patrik Banga referred to this decision as a “slap in the face.” People on social media are protesting, with some asserting that Ukrainians seem to get away with anything, reports Parlamentni.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office has been accused of attempting to pressure scientists to back his green agenda anti-car ULEZ scheme after a study found that the tax on motorists had a minimal impact on improving air quality in the capital.
Far-left Sadiq Khan’s deputy for the environment and energy Shirley Rodrigues reportedly demanded Professor Frank Kelly, a leading scientist on the topic of air pollution, that he dispute characterisations in the media that a study produced by his colleagues at Imperial College London demonstrated that the Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) imposed by the Khan administration in 2019 resulted “in only small improvements in air quality soon after it was implemented”.
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US State Department Approves Sale of 96 Apache Helicopters to Poland
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Poland, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on Monday.
“According to my agreement with Defense Secretary L. Austin, until the completion of procedures and delivery of the purchased helicopters to Poland, the U.S. Army will provide us with Apache helicopters from their own resources,” Blaszczak posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic Announced the Collapse of the European Economy Due to Ukraine
Journalist Tucker Carlson reported this on social media after meeting with the Serbian president in Budapest.
“We just met with the president of Serbia, who is advertised is smart and aware and has perspective that you don’t get in the United States very often. One of the points he made is that the war in Ukraine, the war against Russia led by NATO, has crushed the European economy. The destruction of Nord Stream by the Biden administration, either directly or through proxies, is killing the German economy. And the German economy is the largest economy in Europe by far. And so the downstream effects of that, one NATO country effectively attacking another NATO country, are felt throughout Europe. And that’s crazy. That’s completely crazy. This war is hurting everybody, possibly with the exception of Russia and empowering everybody outside of Europe. The Gulf States, China, Turkey. So you’re really seeing the world reset in response to this war. It’s a little more complicated than Hitler vs. Churchill, good vs. bad. It’s all happening right now but very few people in our country seem aware of it”, said Tucker Carlson.
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Erdogan Highlights Koran Burnings as Stumbling Block for Sweden’s NATO Entry
Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has suggested that the acceleration of Sweden’s bid for NATO membership hinges on its ability to prevent acts such as the burning of the Koran. These acts have caused significant distress to his conservative followers.
On his return journey from Hungary, Erdogan emphasized the need for Sweden to maintain order in its capital, Stockholm. Referring to the recent incidents, he remarked, “If these attacks on the things we hold sacred continue, then Sweden shouldn’t point fingers at us.”
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Black Sea War Grows Hotter as Russia Destroys Two Ukraine Military Boats
The Black Sea export corridor wars continue, after Russia has been striking ports and Ukraine has with NATO members Romania and Bulgaria’s help utilized ‘alternate’ routes to get grain to global markets.
Russia’s military on Tuesday said it destroyed two Ukrainian military boats in the Black Sea within the space of merely a few hours. It indicates the ongoing trend of ramped up naval activity and aggression following the collapse of the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative deal when it expired on July 17.
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Ronan Farrow Documents Elon Musk’s ‘Shadow Rule’ Over the War in Ukraine
In a recent article published by the New Yorker, Ronan Farrow outlines Elon Musk’s influence on the U.S. government and the Ukraine war through the use of his SpaceX Starlink internet hardware.
In an article titled “Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule,” published by the New Yorker, Ronan Farrow details the influence of Elon Musk and his companies on the Ukraine war due to the Ukrainian military’s extensive use of SpaceX Starlink internet hardware to communicate on the battlefield.
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Russia Will Not Stop Fighting Until ‘Complete Obliteration’ of Zelensky Govt, Says Top Putin Ally
Russia will not cease its war in Ukraine until the Zelensky government is “completely obliterated” and “destroyed to the ground”, chief Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev declared.
The bellicose former Russian president seemingly expanded the mission of Moscow’s euphemistically termed “special military operation” in Ukraine to full-on regime change in Kyiv. Writing on his personal Telegram channel, Medvedev said that Russia “must not stop until the current, inherently terrorist Ukrainian state is completely dismantled.”
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Ukrainians Tell Indian Students to Go Home: ‘You Are Good Friends With Russia’
The Times of India (TOI) reported Sunday that conditions in Ukraine are increasingly difficult for visiting Indian students, because the Ukrainians resent India’s positive relationship with invading Russia. Indian visitors say the locals are increasingly telling them to “go back” as the war grinds on.
TOI explained that about 18,000 Indian students were evacuated from Ukraine after Russia invaded in February 2022, but 3,400 of them were obliged to return to complete their degrees.
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Ukraine Reacts to Being Given F-16s: This Isn’t Enough
Ukraine hailed a major development in the level of support it has received from NATO at the weekend as the donation of F-16s went from ‘one day’ to ‘this year’, but the nation has gone right from that news to urging for more nations to pledge their own stocks of jet fighters, too.
Denmark and the Netherlands both committed to give Ukraine F-16 fighter jets from their arsenals over the weekend, with Copenhagen saying they would send 19 planes and six of them this year, and Amsterdam promising aircraft without putting a specific number or timeline on deliveries. The Ukrainians in a typical burst of optimism announced they were to get the nation’s entire stock of aircraft, 42 airframes.
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Ukraine Must Not Use Gifted F-16s to Attack Russian Territory, Says Denmark
Ukraine, Denmark, and the Netherlands appeared to reach a milestone agreement to give the invaded nation F-16 jets, with the first delivery coming as early this year but it comes with a condition of no strikes beyond Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders.
President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the progress on the F-16 deal during an in-person visit to Denmark and the Netherlands at the weekend, enthusiastically claiming the Dutch government was going to hand over 42 F-16s, the nation’s entire stock of the aircraft. The Dutch were more circumspect and didn’t put a specific number or even timeline for delivery at the moment of announcement.
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Ukraine Steps Up Mobilisation Efforts
The Ukrainian Border Guard will have direct access to the personal data of all Ukrainian men who are eligible for compulsory military service and are therefore eligible to fight in the war against Russia. This will further enable border guards to stop citizens from fleeing the country, reports Hungarian-language Ukrainian website Karpati Igaz Szó. The authorities will be able to determine very quickly whether someone is carrying false documents or not, said Andriy Demchenko, spokesman of the Border Guard, stating that the new plans are currently in their test phase.
Conscripts fleeing Ukraine have made the headlines in the last couple of months, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promising to crack down on corrupt officials who assist men in evading mobilisation. As The European Conservative reported, Yevhen Borisov, head of the agency that oversees mobilisation and conscription efforts in the southern Odesa oblast, was arrested at the end of July for accepting bribes in return for exempting some would-be soldiers from mobilisation.
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Ukraine Defies Odds by Advancing in Counteroffensive: Official
Ukraine has made progress in its counteroffensive against Russian forces simply by proving it can push back a better-armed and numerically superior enemy, a senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian troops have faced vast Russian minefields and trenches in the counteroffensive launched in early June, and a U.S. official said last week it looked unlikely that Kyiv would be able to recapture the strategic southern city of Melitopol.
But Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar brushed aside any suggestion that Kyiv’s progress was too slow, and said Ukraine had effectively defied military doctrine by attacking an enemy that has a numerical advantage in manpower and weaponry.
“It’s incorrect to measure this advance by metres or kilometres,” Maliar told Reuters in an interview. “What’s important is the very fact that despite everything, we’re moving forward even though we have fewer people and fewer weapons.”
She said she was unaware of any Western pressure being exerted on Ukraine’s military to accelerate operations, and challenged the idea of a universally “correct” tempo.
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Continuing Atrocities: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan
The utmost violence, it seems, against the Christians in Pakistan has taken a permanent form. According to the Pakistani daily newspaper Dawn, on August 16, following an alleged incident of blasphemy in the town of Jaranwala, a violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched five churches, and attacked the homes of Christians and the office of the local assistant commissioner.
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Indian car manufacturer Mahindra has unveiled its new four-wheel-drive, dual cab ute which it claims will challenge industry leaders Toyota, Ford, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Isuzu.
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It’s predicted almost one in 10 of Australia’s working population may need to retrain by 2027 to remain in the workplace because of advances in artificial intelligence.
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The Prime Minister reportedly revealed his confident prediction while addressing Labor’s Socialist Left leadership during a dinner in Brisbane last Thursday.
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Terri Cross, who paid 18 per cent interest rates as a single mum back in the late 1980s, says she never bought a coffee and suggests the young only want to live in a nice suburb near the city.
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Another Aussie construction company has gone into voluntary administration in a desperate bid to restructure, citing ‘dire economic conditions’.
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Why a Gold Coast Woman Exploded at a Pair of Influencers: ‘Get a Real Job’
A furious woman (left) who was tired of Love Island influencers Tayla Mellington and Ruby Ennor (right) posing in front of her home told them to ‘get real jobs’.
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BRICS Summit: Historic Enlargement to Challenge the G7’s Global Hegemony
Sixty countries are invited to the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg that kicks off on August 22nd. A third of these are looking to join the bloc of emerging economies led by China, which hopes that the new powerhouse will amass enough power and capital to challenge the G7-led global status quo. India, on the other hand, would rather see BRICS as the home of the non-aligned, complicating the internal dynamics of the group. So, what are the main things to expect from South Africa over the next two days?
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Ecuador: Murdered Candidate Exposed ‘Illegal’ Payments to Spanish Left
Ecuadorian Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio’s assassination earlier this month, for which six Colombian citizens are being charged, comes in the context of rising violence against political figures in the country. He was serving as president of the Political Control and Oversight Committee of the Assembly at the time of his murder.
The case of Villavicencio is interesting, given his background as an investigative journalist who uncovered cases of corruption in Ecuador under Rafael Correa’s Presidency, in which context he spent time in jail as well as in exile in Peru.
In particular, it is worth highlighting some of what Villavicencio denounced concerning his country’s financing of European political parties.
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Czechia to Facilitate Voluntary Return Home of Ukrainian Refugees
The Czech government is developing a special program to support the voluntary return of Ukrainian refugees living in the country, the CTK news agency reported on Monday.
The draft of the program was made available to the news agency by the government’s press department.
According to the document, the Czech government would provide concrete assistance to Ukrainian refugees wishing to return to their home country and would cover part of the costs.
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Most of the 2024 GOP presidential candidates ahead of the first Republican debate on Wednesday answered an in-depth 10-question immigration policy questionnaire from Breitbart News.
The ten questions were designed to elicit an understanding of how each candidate would approach border security, immigration enforcement, and, perhaps most importantly, the economic impacts of migration policy. This immigration questionnaire is the first issue set in a series of policy-focused efforts Breitbart News will be conducting over the course of the 2024 primary. The questions were sent a little more than a week ago to the top GOP presidential candidates who qualified for the first primary debate.
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Four fifths of New Yorkers say the recent influx of migrants is a ‘serious problem’ for the state, with many calling newcomers a ‘burden’ and souring on President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party.
Fully 82 percent of Empire State voters said the stream of some 100,000 asylum seekers was a concern, and more than half of them — 54 percent — said it was ‘very serious,’ a Siena College poll shows.
When asked about the settling of migrants in New York these past two decades, nearly half of respondents — 46 percent — called them a ‘burden’ on resources. Less than a third called them a ‘benefit.’
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Germany: A Refugee Smashed the Entrance to the Immigration Service in Magdeburg
On Monday, a 29-year-old asylum seeker from Cameroon grabbed a barrier post with retractable tape and began smashing the glass entrance to the state agency building.
No one was injured, and the attacker was apprehended. Several criminal cases have been initiated against him, and he was threatened with deportation. Due to the attack, the department was closed today.
The Mayor of Magdeburg, Simone Borris, condemned the actions of the migrant and shared that in March, as many as 20 people tried to break into the building. According to the mayor, such incidents negatively affect the morale of the department’s staff.
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A football coach has been hospitalized in Germany after being attacked by an 18-year-old footballer he had kicked off the team and a gang of up to 40 other men rounded up by the teen.
The attack occurred on Sunday outside a café on Birkenstrasse, located in the inner city neighborhood of Moabit in Berlin.
The 43-year-old coach, originally from Armenia, had agreed to a meeting with the teenager after a dispute the week before had seen the player kicked off the local football team.
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Illegal Immigrants Say NYC is ‘Chaos,’ Not What They Expected
For many migrants, the United States is seen as the land of opportunity, and perhaps nowhere has been portrayed as representing that promise more than New York City. In recent months, however, those seeking asylum in the Big Apple have been let down, the American dream replaced by chaos and uncertainty.
The unprecedented influx of people allowed by President Joe Biden and Mayor Eric Adams has put a strain on the system, and as a result, new arrivals have faced tough times finding work, shelter, and other basic necessities of daily life. While the situation in the city is still, in most cases, a step up from that in their home countries, many migrants have become skeptical that things will work out for them in the land of the free.
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Illegal migrants living in Germany will be banned from changing their gender to stop them trying to avoid deportation.
The move comes as Olaf Scholz’s government is currently amending the country’s laws to make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender.
This will bring to end decade-old rules that require people who wish to transition to obtain expert assessments and a court’s authorisation.
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Latvia: ‘Migrants From Belarus Are Becoming Increasingly Aggressive’
The migration crisis on the Latvia-Belarus border is worsening. The head of the Latvian border guard, Guntis Pujats, quoted by the LETA agency, warned that “there is a risk of the Belarusian authorities orchestrating a provocation by gathering hundreds of migrants in one place.”
He emphasized that Belarusian border guards assist the migrants; they escort them to the border and destroy Latvia’s border infrastructure.
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A record 88 migrants crammed into a single dinghy were among more than 1,000 to cross the Channel in recent days.
The packed vessel was intercepted in the Channel on Sunday and brought to Dover, sources told the Mail.
It highlights the growing disregard for human life by traffickers operating on the French coast and comes despite six migrants drowning earlier this month when a boat capsized mid-Channel. At least 65 people were on board.
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Rising Concerns: Eight Years of Immigration Impact in Germany
On September 4th and 5th, 2015, Germany opened its borders to people seeking asylum. Since then, around three million asylum seekers have come to the country: that’s roughly three times the population of Cologne. The situation for refugees is worsening and the Federal Police are alarmed: more and more people are arriving, as reported by Deutschland Kurier.
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Surrogacy and Illegal Adoption: Child Trafficking Scheme Exposed in Greece
As a result of a special operation carried out by the police on Crete, Greece, a network of criminals engaged in child trafficking through surrogacy and illegal adoption has been dismantled. A maternity clinic situated in the port city of Chania became the focal point of the investigation, leading to the arrest of eight suspects, including the mastermind behind the clinic, as reported by BILD.
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A new report warns that whatever the outcome of present legal wrangling over the Rwanda asylum plan and the government’s new border bills the likely outcomes are a deteriorating border situation and a considerably higher annual bill for housing the tens of thousands of migrant arrivals ‘irregularly’ every year could soar into the billions.
Tony Blair-linked progressive think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published its new report on the growing English Channel migrant crisis, appearing to criticise the Conservative government’s flailing attempts to deal with the issue and warning costs will spiral as migrants become trapped in the United Kingdom by the system.
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UK: No End in Sight Warns Rishi as Boat Migrant Crisis Hits New Milestone
Prime Minsiter Rishi Sunak has backtracked on one of his key pledges to the public, admitting on Monday that the government is likely to fail to stop the migrant crisis in the English Channel before the next election.
In one of his first addresses to the British people after being installed in a globalist palace coup, Rishi Sunak promised in January that his government would “stop the boats” pouring across the English Channel from France.
However, it appears that he no longer has faith in his government to accomplish this before voters head to the polls in next year’s general election, which according to all projections will see the left-wing Labour Party sweep into power and likely scrap any measures put in place to stop the crisis.
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Australia: ABC Health Article About Endometriosis Sparks Outrage Over Use of One Word
The ABC has sparked online debate after using gender-inclusive language in an article urging for better treatment and care for Aussies suffering from the debilitating condition of endometriosis.
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Bank of America Terminates Account of Christian Charity That Supports Orphaned Ugandans
Trends of canceling Americans from wrongthink seem to be well and alive after Bank of America (BofA) decided to completely shut down a bank account held by a Memphis-based Christian non-profit called Indigenous Advance Ministries.
The organization, which is known for various charitable operations such as its support of impoverished and orphaned Ugandan children, is notably Christian, pro-life, and opposes the concept of marriage being shared by anything other than one man and one woman.
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Parental rights advocates and far-left LGBT activists were at odds with one another Tuesday in Los Angeles as the former protested against policies of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), which many claim has served to indoctrinate children on an LGBT agenda.
Footage posted to social media shows clashes with police and subsequent arrests, including of at least one far-left activist.
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Nolte: Queen’s ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ Excluded From Children’s Audio Platform
Yoto, an audio platform for small children, has excluded “Fat Bottomed Girls” from Queen’s Greatest Hits.
“Rock Royalty? Shop Queen Now! Queen’s greatest hits are now available!” So says the Yoto homepage advertising one of the best-selling albums (25 million and climbing) of all time.
The track list includes 16 songs and this warning:
NOTE: Please note that the lyrics in some of these songs contain adult themes, including occasional references to violence and drugs. These are the original and unedited recordings. Whilst no swear words are used parental discretion is advised when playing this content to or around younger children.
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Radicals Want to Keep Porn, Ban PragerU, in Schools
by Daniel Greenfield
Florida has been falsely accused of “book bans” for pulling graphic pornography and racism from schools. A Florida school district was sued for keeping, “All Boys Aren’t Blue”, which features lines such as “he reached his hand down and pulled out my d____”, away from kids.
The Biden administration claimed that it was “incomprehensible” that the DeSantis administration had rejected a black history AP course featuring the works of Amiri Baraka whose poems included lines such as “we are all beautiful (except white people, they are full of, and made of s__t)” and “Rape the white girls. Rape / their fathers. Cut the mothers’ throats.”
But now the Left has discovered educational materials in Florida schools that it wants to ban.
Outrage, condemnations, petitions and threats greeted the revelation that Florida had allowed schools to use PragerU materials if they wanted to. After months of accusing Florida of banning books, the media and leftist activists mounted a crusade to ban PragerU from schools.
NPR, which had attacked Florida for keeping graphic pornography and racism away from kids, breathlessly condemned the state’s educational system for potentially allowing videos which correctly state that “slavery was part of life all over the world” and that “the planet has been warming and cooling since prehistoric times”…
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Despite their relative success in the World Cup, the England women’s football team couldn’t shake off one particular criticism.
They were too white.
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A taxpayer-funded gender identity clinic in Britain has been heavily criticized for approving testosterone treatment and a double subcutaneous mastectomy on a female patient who had been diagnosed with 14 separate mental health disorders.
The Gender Identity Development Service (Gids), based at London’s Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, is due to close down next year after staff blew the whistle on how the service was being run and a Care Quality Commission inspection of the clinic ruled it “inadequate,” expressing significant concerns over “clinical practice, safeguarding procedures, and assessments of capacity and consent to treatment.”
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Left-wing heroes burned lots of books
The idea that book burning is specifically ‘Nazi’ or ‘right-wing’ is a myth promoted by leftists. But the truth is that the heroes of the left burned more books than anyone else.
BY DAN ERIKSSON
AUG 22 2023
Right now, everyone seems to be talking about book burning in general and Koran burning in particular, and from both religious and political quarters, comparisons are often made with book burning in National Socialist Germany.
I wrote the other day about Göran Rosenberg’s
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commentary in the Expressen Kultur, and quote once
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“The protagonist of Heine’s drama, a young Muslim (moor) named Almansor, returns to Granada from his refuge abroad and learns from
a former trusted family member, Hassan, not only that his prospective bride has been forced to convert and marry a Christian, but also about the Grand Inquisitor’s book burning. It is then that Heine has Hassan utter the now prophetic phrase: ‘This was only a prelude; where you burn books, you will eventually burn people’.
And what we all envision is the Nazi book burnings of spring 1933.”
But what leftists like Rosenberg tend to leave out is that burning literature is hardly exclusive to Christians, Nazis or even “right-wingers”. On the contrary, there are plenty of examples of the same thing being done by left-wing regimes – for example during the Cultural Revolution in China and under Soviet communism.
If there were any true champions of book burning, it was the revolutionaries of the French Revolution. These revolutionaries are seen as heroes in left-wing circles, and their slogan of “equality, liberty and fraternity” still echoes today among both social democrats and more revolutionary socialists.
During the French Revolution, a lot of literature in different genres was censored and burned. Here are some examples:
Ecclesiastical literature: Since the Revolution was a strong backlash against the power of the Church and the monarchy, many religious and ecclesiastical texts were burned. Bibles, liturgical books and other religious works were burned because they were considered to represent the authority of the old order.
Noble literature: Many works associated with the nobility, monarchy or aristocracy were burned. These included nobility memoirs, poems and other works that were seen to glorify the old social system.
Political works: Books that criticized the ideals of the revolution or were considered counter-revolutionary were also burned. This included works that questioned the basic principles of the Republic or that advocated monarchy or aristocracy.
Philosophical and scientific works: Some philosophical and scientific works were burned because they were considered to threaten the religious faith or social structure. For example, works by philosophers such as Voltaire and Rousseau were considered dangerous to the New Order.
Some of the more famous authors whose works were burned in the left-wing book pyre were Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the priest Antoine-François Callet.
Personally, I am not a fan of book burning, for obvious reasons. But it’s pathetic when left-wingers try to score political points by claiming that there is something inherently “Nazi” or “right-wing” about burning books as a symbolic act, when some of their greatest heroes were in a class of their own when it came to doing just that.
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The Gender Identity Development Service (Gids), based at Londonstan’s Tavistock and Portman Nigerian Health Service Foundation Trust, is due to close down next year after staff blew the whistle on how the service was being run and a Anti White Commission inspection of the clinic ruled it “inadequate,” expressing significant concerns over “clinical practice, safeguarding procedures, and assessments of capacity and consent to treatment.”
RIP England.
This is not news to me; a few months ago it was revealed that the Tavistock had a disproportionate number of autistic children among its “patients”, but apparently had not seen fit to review its practices.
I wonder where you’re from, AM? This abuse is hardly unique to the UK.
HUNGARY
Check out this video from HUNGARY (from minute 31). MAGNIFICENT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZc7_BceM_M