Italy finally has a new government: a coalition between the 5-Star Movement and the Lega Nord known as the “Government of Change”. The law professor Giuseppe Conte will serve as prime minister, Matteo Salvini of the Lega Nord is interior minister and deputy prime minister, and Luigi Di Maio of the 5-Star Movement is minister of economic development and deputy prime minister. Paolo Savona, whose appointment as economy minister derailed the first version of the government, has been replaced by Giovanni Tria in that position, but will still serve in the cabinet as minister of European affairs.
Newly-minted Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said that one of the new government’s first actions will be to send home a half a million migrants.
In other news, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (a Christian Democrat) has resigned after a no-confidence vote, and Pedro Sanchez (a Socialist) has taken his place.
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Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.8% as Employers Add 223,000 Jobs in May
U.S. hiring rebounded in May after two months of lackluster gains as employers added 223,00 jobs and the labor market continued to defy widespread worker shortages and global economic troubles.
The unemployment rate fell from 3.9% to 3.8%, an 18-year low, the Labor Department said Friday.
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“Uncomfortable” Starbucks Employees Respond to Becoming “World’s Biggest Public Toilet”
Starbucks employees are bristling after being forced to sit through an entire day of training on racial bias on Tuesday, following an April incident in which a Philadelphia manager called the police on a pair of black men who were sitting in the store without having purchased anything, which sparked a nationwide protest and culminated with Starbucks becoming “America’s largest public toilet.”
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Honduran National Gets 17 Years in Prison for Plotting ISIS-Style Attack in Florida
The mastermind behind a potential terrorist attack that involved the bombing of a popular shopping mall in Miami, Florida, was given 210 months behind bars Friday.
Vicente Adolfo Solano, a 53-year-old Honduran national, pled guilty to “attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)” for his attempted bomb plot.
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Pennsylvania: Sale of 143-Acre State Property to Shady Islamic Org Terminated
A business that had its originally successful bid to purchase the former Youth Development Center overturned is suing those it blames for the sale being canceled.
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Professor Writes Book Calling for “Marxist Education” In K-12
Authored by Toni Airaksinen via Campus Reform
A University of Washington-Bothell professor who trains aspiring K-12 teachers is publishing a book that advocates for “Marxist and socialist ideas” in education.
A Marxist Education: Learning to Change the World will be published on June 5 by Haymarket Books, and is authored by Wayne Au, a long-time social justice educator who teaches classes in the UW-Bothell School of Educational Studies.
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by Diana West
Earlier this month, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a set of transcripts of interviews and exhibits related to its “Inquiry into Circumstances Surrounding Trump Tower Meeting.”
I am looking at the interviews from the “Russian” side of the table, the people who sat across from Don Trump Jr. as he waited expectantly to hear an incriminating story about Hillary Clinton that never came: Irakly “Ike” Kaveladze, Anatoli Samochornov, Rinat Akhmetshin, the Britisher Robert Goldstone. There is also the written testimony of Natalia Veselnitskaya.
Whether there is anyone who still believes this meeting was anything but a set-up from the get-go, it’s notable that these interviews show us there was not one Trump supporter among the Russians there to “help” Trump. You might even call this weird posse, “Russians for Hillary.”
Take Irakly “Ike” Kaveladze. He moved to the US in 1991 and became a US citizen in 2001, still retaining his Russian Federation passport. He is so pro-Hillary that until he learned that the meeting with Don Jr. would not feature information incriminating to Hillary, he didn’t even want to go…
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Eco-Crazies Who Want Human Rights for Trees Too Close to Halls of Power to Ignore
Remember that iconic video clip of hippies wailing in the forest about the death of the trees?
I always thought it must be a parody, but now I’m not so sure.
An article published in the Globe and Mail suggests that the natural progression of human rights is to grant rights to trees.
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“I Want to Talk”: Interview With Victims of the Rotherham Rape Gangs
While filming “Killing Europe”, documentarian Michael Hansen conducted an extensive interview with a youth worker and victims of the Rotherham rape gangs. An excerpt of the interview appeared in the documentary which has been released on Youtube as posted HERE.
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Bulgaria Torn Between Russia and the West
Bulgaria is dependent on Russian gas, but it is also a member of NATO and the European Union. Straddling the gap between Moscow and Brussels has put the country in a foreign policy quagmire.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev’s and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s recent visits to Russia have fueled speculation that Sofia may be turning its back on the West and aligning with Moscow. Bulgaria, which is a European Union member state, is dependent on Russian gas, and there has even been talk of reviving Bulgaria’s Belene nuclear power plant project using Russian technology. Economic ties aside, Bulgaria and Russia also have much in common historically, linguistically and culturally. This longstanding relationship has made Bulgaria reluctant to freeze out Moscow since joining NATO and the EU.
Parts of Bulgaria’s political establishment insist the country could act as a mediator between Russia and the West, or at least capitalize on its good ties with Moscow. It’s in this context that the name of Bulgaria’s World War II-era leader, Czar Boris III, often comes up. In 1942, he allegedly told Nazi Germany’s foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, that “[Bulgaria] will always be on Germany’s side and never against Russia.”…
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Denmark becomes the sixth European country to enact such a ban, after France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Austria.
“The face is your passport. When you refuse me to see you, I am a victim.” — Jacques Myard, a former conservative MP who supported the ban in France.
“[S]ome people do not want to be a part of Danish society and want to create parallel societies with their own norms and rules.” — Danish Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen.
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Direct Rule on Catalonia Due to be Lifted as Separatist Govt Sworn in
Catalonia’s new separatist government will be sworn in Saturday, the regional presidency announced, which will spark the automatic end of Madrid’s direct rule over the region.
Before being toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gave the green light to a new executive in Catalonia that does not include jailed or exiled former ministers.
The new ministers will take up their posts on Saturday, the regional government announced.
This will automatically lift direct rule imposed by Madrid after Catalonia’s now-deposed leaders tried to break from Spain in October.
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EU President Scorns Italians: ‘Work Harder, Be Less Corrupt’
ROME— The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker defended the European Union Thursday, saying that Italians need to work harder, be less corrupt, and stop blaming the EU for their problems.
“Italians have to take care of the poor regions of Italy,” Juncker said during a Q&A session at a Brussels conference titled “New Pact for Europe.”
“This means more work; less corruption; seriousness,” he said.
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EU President: Europe Must Kill Populism Before EuroParl Elections Next Year
The establishment in Europe must unite to stop “rampant populism” ahead of European Union (EU) Parliament elections next year, Jean-Claude Juncker has said.
The Commission President, who earlier this month defied protest to speak at a lavish ceremony celebrating the “legacy” of Communist Manifesto author Karl Marx, said that populist movements can be stopped as long as politicians stand up to “clearly and explicitly nail their [pro-EU] colours to the mast”.
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German Prosecutors Seek Puigdemont Extradition to Spain
Germany’s federal prosecutors said Friday they have filed a formal request to extradite deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he faces charges of rebellion and corruption.
“The material delivered by the Spanish authorities is not contradictory, but clearly shows that the violence in Catalonia on election day can be attributed to the wanted individual,” prosecutors said in a statement, defending the controversial rebellion charge.
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Governing Spain: A Headache for New PM Pedro Sanchez
MADRID (AFP) — Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez heads a minority government supported by a hodgepodge of disparate parties, including far-left Podemos, Catalan separatists and Basque nationalists, which will struggle to govern.
Here are the main challenges facing Sanchez, who became prime minister Friday after a no-confidence vote in parliament ousted Mariano Rajoy, who has governed since 2011:…
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Hungary is Committed to Protecting the Judeo-Christian Heritage of Europe: Foreign Minister
Hungary is committed to protecting the Judeo-Christian heritage of Europe and proud of the Jewish community living in the country, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.
One of the largest Catholic churches in Hungary stands quite close to the Dohany street Great Synagogue in Budapest which well illustrates the peaceful coexistence of Jews and Christians in Hungary, Szijjarto said at the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, before an event commemorating Theodore Herzl, a 19th-century Austro-Hungarian writer also known as the father of the State of Israel.
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Despite Italy’s political turmoil, most people in the country want the election-winning populists to form a government and get to work. They’re eager to see the political establishment pack up and leave.
Trionfale market in Rome’s Prati district is not a tourist attraction. This is where locals go to stock up on top quality produce — cheese and meat, including fresh buffalo mozzarella, artichokes and zucchini flowers. The market offers everything a true Italian food enthusiast could want. But times are changing, with more and more young Italians buying groceries in budget supermarkets and eating fast food.
Italy’s working people are struggling
“The market used to be bustling, everyone was busy working,” recalls 52-year-old Enrico, who runs a sausage and cheese stall. For 26 years now, the market has been his workplace. “Now look around you. There’s nobody apart from a few elderly people. I have two daughters who don’t work and go to university, I have loans to repay, and I often don’t know how I’ll make it to the end of the month.” He adds that 54 million other Italians have problems just like him…
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Italy: Google Manager Reaches Agreement With Prosecutors
Case against four others set to be dropped
(ANSA) — Milan, June 1 — A Google manager, Graham Law, has reached an agreement with Milan prosecutors to convert a sentence into a fine of several tens of thousands of euros in relation to alleged tax evasion by the Internet giant, sources said on Friday. Google has already agreed to pay the internal revenue agency 306 million euros in taxes in relation to the case.
The cases against four other managers under investigation are set to be dropped.
A judge will decide whether to ratify the agreement between Law and the prosecutors.
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Italy Coalition is ‘Victory of Democracy Over Brussels’ — Le Pen Hails New Government
FRANCE’S right-wing firebrand Marine Le Pen congratulated her Italian ally Matteo Salvini after his eurosceptic Lega party and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement announced on Thursday that they had formed a new government after weeks of political deadlock.
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Italy Swears in First Fully Populist Government
An anti-establishment government took power in Italy on Friday after a last-ditch coalition deal was hammered out to end months of political turmoil, narrowly avoiding snap elections in the eurozone’s third largest economy.
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Italy’s New Government, By the Numbers
Close to three months after a fiercely fought election, Italy has a government — and for the first time, it’s run entirely by populists. The Local breaks down the historic cabinet in figures.
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Juncker: Italians Need to Work Harder and be Less Corrupt
European commission president says Italy’s problems can’t all be blamed on the EU
Jean-Claude Juncker has said Italians need to work harder, be less corrupt and stop looking to the EU to rescue the country’s poor regions, in comments unlikely to ease the fraught political battle over Italy’s future relationship with Brussels.
Days after the Italian president, Sergio Mattarella, defended Italy’s place in the eurozone against the country’s populist leaders, the president of the European commission said he was in “deep love” with “bella Italia”, but could not accept that all the country’s problems should be blamed on the EU or the commission.
“Italians have to take care of the poor regions of Italy. That means more work; less corruption; seriousness,” Juncker said. “We will help them as we always did. But don’t play this game of loading with responsibility the EU. A country is a country, a nation is a nation. Countries first, Europe second.”…
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Macron Calls US Tariffs an ‘Illegal’ Decision
PARIS (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said he “deplored” the US move to impose harsh tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union, declaring it an “illegal” decision.
Warning about “nationalism”, Macron told journalists he would talk later on Thursday with US President Donald Trump.
“I deplore the American decision” and “we will have a European position to take” based on international law, Macron said at the Elysee Palace.
“This decision is not in line with international trade law, so it is illegal,” he said…
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Netherlands: Police Dog Killed With an Axe by Man Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ In Schiedam
A police dog has died after it was axed to death by a Syrian man who attacked police officers trying to arrest him. Neighbours reported the man after he was spotted on the balcony of a flat waving the axe and shouting ‘Allahu akbar in Schiedam, near Rotterdam, Holland.
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Populist Government Takes Power in Italy
The new government has pledged to pursue a host of populist policies, including reclaiming national sovereignty from the European Union over issues ranging from border protection and immigration to economics and finance. For now, however, it has abandoned previous plans to hold a referendum on whether Italy should abandon the euro.
“The EU Budget Commissioner the German Oettinger says the markets will show Italians the right way to vote. If that isn’t a threat…” — Matteo Salvini, leader of the Lega party
The continued patronizing by EU officials has contributed to the rise of populism in Italy and feeds popular support for the euroscepticism embraced by M5S and Lega.
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Rajoy Forced Out and Sanchez Becomes Spain’s New PM
Spain’s parliament on Friday ousted Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence vote sparked by fury over his party’s corruption woes, with his Socialist arch-rival Pedro Sanchez taking over.
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Slovenia: Election on Sunday, Conservative Leading in Polls
Leader Sds Jansa backed by Orban. Many still undecided
(ANSA) — LJUBLJANA, JUN 1- In Slovenia the electoral campaign ends today in view of Sunday’s early elections. In mid-March, prime minister Miro Cerar resigned after a decision by the Supreme Court has invalidated the referendum on the project to build the second track of the Divaca-Koper railway line, an infrastructure project that he strongly supported. The referendum was then repeated in mid-May, and for the second time it did not reach the quorum and was therefore rejected.
The main topics of the electoral campaign were the privatization of state companies, immigration, public health reform and the raising of pensions. The SDS, the largest opposition party led by former prime minister Janez Jansa is leading in the polls with about 25% of the vote, and is very close to Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, who through has financed the electoral campaign through his entourage. The Civic List led by Marian Sarec comes in second place in the polls, with about 13%. Third, the Social Democratic Party (SD), with 12%.
According to different opinion polls, more than a fifth of the voters said they were still undecided. Among the political forces that should enter the parliament, in addition to SDS, SD, SMC and LMS, are New Slovenia (NSi), with 8%, the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS), the United Left (Levica), with 7 %, and the movement led by Alenka Bratusek who should be able to exceed the 4% threshold to enter parliament.
Polling stations will be open on Sunday from 7am to 7pm, and the first official results will be known as early as 9pm.
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Switzerland: HIV-Positive Pakistani Taxi Driver on Trial for Rape, Assault of Six Passengers
A Pakistani taxi driver in Switzerland accused of crimes including abduction has been given a short jail sentence for the rape and sexual assault of six passengers.
In addition to the sexual assaults and rape, alleged to have taken place between February 2010 and March 2016, the defendant faced charges of multiple counts of attempted grievous bodily harm (GBH) at the trial on Wednesday, as he could have infected other people with HIV.
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UK: Zombie Knife Attack in London!
London is still experiencing knife attacks — and it’s not just regular kitchen knives and hunting knives. This week saw a man attack a motorist with a zombie knife in Croydon. A zombie knife is a large knife designed for us in an apocalypse scenario. I’m not joking.
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On May 30, Russia Today (not to be confused with the RT television network) published an article by Srdja Trifkovic in Russian, “Putin is a manager rather than a far-seeing statesman who follows a long-term plan.” We bring you this piece in Dr. Trifkovic’s translation, a sequel to his article Putin’s Collapsing Credibility posted here a month ago.
It has been perfectly clear to me, since early spring of 2014 and Putin’s hesitating response to the crisis in Ukraine, that Russia does not have a serious strategy. An adequate response would have entailed prompt despatch of Russian forces to protect the Russian-speaking population, from Kharkov in the northeast to Nikolaev in the center and Odessa in the southwest, in accordance with the R2P doctrine. Instead, there was a consolation prize [Crimea], rather meager for the loss of 500 miles of strategic depth inhabited by a pro-Russian majority.
Russia experienced something similar with the regime-change operation in Tbilisi in 2003, when Shevardnadze was replaced by the unstable Mikhel Saakashvili. The Russians “protected” South Ossetia and Abkhasia, one-fifth of the country, but Georgia was lost to the pro-NATO regime. In Central Asia the Russians are losing ground to the Chinese. Their north-south geopolitical vector in the direction of Iran has been cut by the Chinese one, which extends from Xinjiang to the Caspian Sea. The Chinese are gaining ground with greater investment and soft power, which is also projected by Turkey throughout the region. This is aptly illustrated by the fact that Kazakhstan is replacing Cyrillic with Latin as its national language script…
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Russia, Abu Dhabi Agree to Help Balance Energy Market
MOSCOW (RUSSIA) (AFP) — Russia and Abu Dhabi on Friday signed a cooperation agreement to stabilise energy markets amid a rising trend in oil prices, the Kremlin said.
The deal, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, calls for both countries to maintain contacts “to ensure balance and stability on the world hydrocarbon market, taking into account the interests of producers and consumers”.
High oil prices are usually seen to be in the interest of producer countries, and lower prices in the interest of consumers…
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Trump-Kim Summit Back on; Will Take Place June 12 in Singapore; North Korea to Denuclearize
Following a visit to the White House by North Korean envoy, Kim Yong Chol, President Trump announced that the previously canceled summit with Kim Jong Un was back on schedule, and would take place in Singapore on June 12.
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Leftist Nicaraguan Tyrant Meets Uprising With Deadly Force
Nicaragua’s totalitarian-minded leftist government, led by Sandinista Daniel Ortega, has responded to a growing uprising against the regime by murdering journalists, brutalizing and slaughtering protesters, and terrorizing the public. According to news reports and human-rights activists, the “former” Marxist mass-murderer is also unleashing savage gangs to dispense violence on his behalf and crush the opposition. Dozens have died already. And unless Ortega decides to relinquish power peacefully, analysts expect the body count to keep rising. The chaos has regional implications, too.
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158 Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast
At least 158 migrants aboard an overcrowded dinghy off the Libyan coast were rescued, the Italian news agency ANSA said on Friday.
The Aquarius ship of the NGO SOS Mediterranee rescued the migrants from West Africa, Bangladesh, Sudan and Morocco 254 kilometers (158 miles) north of the Libyan town of al-Khoms, the agency said.
The Aquarius ship will land in Pozzallo south of Sicily on Saturday with 158 migrants including 26 women and five minors aboard after authorization from the Italian authorities.
[Comment: Article dated June 1, 2018.]
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Anti-Mass Migration Orban Ally Set to Make Gains in Melania Trump’s Home Country
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian voters go to the polls this weekend in a parliamentary election expected to produce no clear winner but which could see strong gains by an anti-immigration party backed by Hungary’s firebrand prime minister, Viktor Orban.
Sunday’s vote is formally a snap ballot called a few weeks earlier than the regular four-year span following the sudden resignation in March of outgoing Prime Minister Miro Cerar over a failed railway project. Slovenia, once a republic in the former communist-run Yugoslavia, joined the European Union in 2004 and has been using the euro currency since 2007.
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Germany and Austria Start Joint Police Work to Combat Illegal Migration
The Austrian and German federal police and the Bavarian state police plan for the first time this Friday to work together in their border area to assess ways they can combat increasing illegal immigration and crime. The authorities will start by taking a closer look at rail traffic.
Austrian and German federal police moreover aim to assess controls along the Brenner Pass — a mountain pass at the border with Italy and Austria. A review of the initiative will be made in three months.
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Italy Vows to ‘Send Home’ Around Half a Million Undocumented Immigrants
ITALY’s interior minister Matteo Salvini has declared one of the new government’s top priorities will be to “send them home”, in a move that signals he will keep a campaign pledge which could result in hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants leaving Italy.
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Migrants: Austria and Germany, More Controls at the Brenner
Joint activities, focusing on freight trains
(ANSA) — BOLZANO — At the Brenner pass trilateral patrols, consisting of Italian, Austrian and German agents, have long been operating to cope with illegal migration. Germany and Austria have just announced their intention to strengthen their controls, not only at the Brenner but also at the border between Austria and Germany. In Bavaria, the local police will also take part in the border controls in addition to the Austrian and German federal agents.
Thomas Borowik, spokesman for the German Federal Police in Munich, said that the controls will focus on freight trains to prevent migrants from attempting “this dangerous path of illegal immigration” to Germany.
However, the numbers are decreasing. In 2017, 14,600 migrants were intercepted along the border between Austria and Germany, whereas they were only 3,800 in the first four months of 2018.
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SOS Mediterranee Rescues 158 Migrants Off Libya
‘Only NGO in the area and could have stayed longer’
(ANSA) — Catania, June 1 — The Aquarius ship of the NGO SOS Mediterranee rescued 158 people on an overcrowded dinghy some 158 miles north of the Libyan town of al-Khoms on Friday.
Among the 158 passengers were 26 women and 5 children. The migrants were from West Africa, Bangladesh, Sudan and Morocco.
Most of them, the NGO said, told volunteers onboard the ship that they had suffered violence, abuse, arbitrary detention and extortion in Libya.
The Acquarius will land in Pozzallo on Saturday after authorization from the Italian authorities. SOS Mediterranee’s rescue coordinator for the Acquarius, Loic Glavany, noted that “the ship can carry over 500 passengers for 2-4 days and is at the moment the only NGO rescue ship in the area. We left deeply worried since if other boats were to find themselves in danger they will most likely not be discovered and rescued in time. And this will likely result in tragedies that we cannot even know about.”
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A new study by the Expert Group for Public Economics Studies (ESO), shows how immigration costs Sweden billions of euros per year, news outlet SVT reports.
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“The face is your passport. When you refuse me to see you, I am a victim.” — Jacques Myard, a former conservative MP who supported the ban in France.
A very cleverly crafted political statement. The veiled face oppresses me.
God bless Italy! Let’s hope this starts to turn things around for them. Maybe if other countries see Italy’s dire situation improve, the tide might start turning.
Danny Ortega back to being a murdering Marxist again, in Nicaragua. The Marxist Democrats protected him in the 1980’s, led by Tip O”Neill, so he could still murder after all these decades.
At the 2018 world Cup stadiums will limit the sale of pork dishes
At the 2018 world Cup stadiums will limit the sale of pork dishes due to the fact that the beginning of the Mundial coincides with Ramadan.
So, in the menu in the VIP-boxes there are no hot dishes of pork meat, people will be able to order only a meat plate, which will include Parma ham.
A similar situation in the food courts at the stadiums – all burgers, sausages and hot dogs will be made from beef and chicken.
https://www.soccer.ru/news/1051956.shtml
Turns out it’s still more fun!
With a request to limit the sale of pork in Russian cities during the 2018 FIFA world Cup, The German football Union appealed to the organizers of the tournament. Their wishes the Germans are motivated by the fact that most of the players of the national team of Germany it is impossible to use the meat as food for religious reasons.
https://panorama.pub/3619-nemtsy_svininu_ne_zhrut.html
To be honest, this is the least of my worries. When I was young, we had two pigs a week, but I don’t like pork anyway. It is not good meat as far as I’m concerned.
And if they don’t want to eat Viener Schnitzel or something, it is a matter of courtesy not to give them food they don’t want to eat.
http://mvslim.com/10-muslim-players-ruling-uefa-euro-2016/
It’s not about your personal taste. The absence of pork in the championship opened another “Window of Overton”.
This is a very, very bad sign of Russia’s submission to Islam.
Think on the bright side – ramadan only just overlaps the world cup, there might have been a lot of hungry fans otherwise
Also in Russia beef is much (1,5 – 2 times) more expensive than pork. Someone wants to make money.
Bleak time ahead for European pig farmers I predict. Soon the meat will be unsaleable in shops and restaurants.