I Am Germany

Oz-Rita found the following video at Politically Incorrect. It’s a collage created by a member of the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) celebrating German history and culture, but without forgetting the stain of 1933-1945.

Rita has translated the video and subtitled it:

Rita notes that the creator of “I am Germany,” Martin Renner MP of the AfD faction in the German parliament, writes:

…We made a collage about us: About Germany.

This collage wants to show you what is being destroyed more and more. Destroyed by the internationalist, socialist and globalist policies of all established parties — here in our home country, but also in the EU.

This collage “Ich bin Deutschland” wants to make clear to you what needs to be preserved. What must not be destroyed — by the pseudo-elites of politics and their predatory community comrades in business, culture, the media, churches, trade unions and NGOs…

Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/8/2018

Early this morning an explosion in the second-floor apartment of a three-decker in East Boston did extensive damage to the premises and sent a man to the hospital with second-degree burns. Police found weapons in the apartment, and called in the FBI. Later the authorities said that the injured man had been mixing chemicals, and they exploded. The incident is unrelated to terrorism, but the man may be facing weapons charges when he recovers from his injuries.

In migration news, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini wants to close Italian ports to NGO “rescue” ships that land carrying migrants. Mr. Salvini says he plans to put his demand before a European meeting at Innsbruck.

In other news, at least four of the boys trapped in the Thai cave have been successfully rescued. H. Numan reports that the number is actually six. The rescue operation will resume tomorrow.

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Islam Wants to Reverse the Battle of Tours — Hence the Mosque in Poitiers

The centuries-long struggle of Europe against Islam is no longer well-understood by most Westerners. When I was young, we still studied the Islamic conquests in school to a certain extent. However, I’d wager that nowadays all pedagogical discussion leaves out this important aspect of European history, which lasted from the conquest of Iberia in the early 8th century until the Second Siege of Vienna in 1683. Whenever the interaction of Islam with Europe is mentioned, I’m certain that all our children hear about are the evil Crusaders, and maybe the later colonization of Islamic lands by European empires.

Muslims, in contrast, are well aware of their martial history. They celebrate their victories over the infidel, mourn their defeats, and burn to avenge the loss of previously held Muslim territory.

The following report from France is a perfect illustration of this dichotomy of historical understanding. Muslims know perfectly well what happened at the Battle of Tours, and why they are building a large mosque in Poitiers.

Many thanks to Ava Lon for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

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Middle East Forum Plans Protest Rally for Tommy

The Middle East Forum has been at the forefront of the pushback for Western values. One of their most memorable investigations was a dangerous undertaking which involved going undercover in a number of American mosques to ascertain the percentage of radical mosques. They made their ethno-anthropological assessment using the same observation of objective behaviors in each case. I was pleasantly surprised to find that twenty percent of our mosques are not radicalized. Wish I knew where they are.

This investigation is still germane, even though it was done in 2011.

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Now they are organizing for Tommy Robinson. I hope their rallies are hugely successful.

NOTE: the links in this announcement may be found on MEF’s site.

MEF Organizes 25,000 Strong Protest in Support of Tommy Robinson; Plans Additional Rallies

Tommy Robinson, the imprisoned English counter-Islamist activist, journalist, and book author, justifiably titled his autobiography Enemy of the State, for he has long been a target of the U.K. authorities impatient with his criticism of Islamism.

The Middle East Forum (MEF) is helping Robinson in his moment of danger. It does so in the context of its Legal Project which since 2007 has defended activists, journalists, politicians, et al. who face harassment, fines, or imprisonment because of their views concerning Islamism and related topics.

MEF is sponsoring and organizing the second “Free Tommy Robinson” gathering in London on July 14. MEF previously provided all the funding and helped organized the first “Free Tommy Robinson” event held June 9 in London.

MEF, along with a coalition of UK advocacy groups and international figures will assemble to advocate for Mr. Robinson’s release and demand greater protections for freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the United Kingdom. MEF is arranging for U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar (Republican of Arizona) to travel to London to speak alongside the Dutch political leader Geert Wilders, and others.

The latest incident began on May 25 with Mr. Robinson reporting on a rape-grooming trial involving Muslim defendants in Leeds, England, for which he was arrested, tried, convicted, sentenced to 13 months prison, and jailed — all in the course of a few hours. To make matters worse, he was tricked out of the right to confer with counsel. Now, he has been moved to historically violent Olney prison, where he is a potential target of Islamist gangs.

“The police allow rape gangs to operate for decades but swoop down within minutes on Tommy Robinson for a peccadillo,” notes Forum president Daniel Pipes. “We worry that his life is now in immediate peril.”

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/7/2018

The French policeman who shot a culture-enricher to death in Nantes is being charged with manslaughter. He originally said he acted in self-defense when the “youth” tried to run him over, but retracted his story later, and said the shooting occurred by accident.

In other news, a Moroccan migrant who threatened to blow himself up in a church in Milan was arrested by Italian police.

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The Tham Luang Cave Rescue Operation

The cave rescue operation in Thailand has been in the news for the last week or so, but most English-language articles are short on both details and context. Since the drama is taking place right on his doorstep, our Bangkok correspondent H. Numan fills us in with this digest of the events so far.

The Tham Luang cave rescue operation

by H. Numan

On 23 June a junior soccer team, the Wild Boars, went on an outing to explore a cave. Very likely the were surprised by a rainstorm and were no longer able to exit the cave. The onrushing water forced them deeper inside the cave. Later that day a forest ranger found their bikes parked near the entrance of the cave, and raised the alarm.

It was assumed the twelve boys, aged 12 to 16, and their coach (25) were locked inside, and a rescue operation was started. That rescue operation got bigger and bigger and is now the biggest rescue operation ever attempted in the history of the kingdom. From a few brave souls crawling in the cave it became a huge operation with well over a thousand of people working frantically to save the kids. The army, police, navy, navy SEALS, many local and foreign volunteers, even the government of Myanmar offer as much help as they can. There are now experts from Belgium, Australia, Britain and China. The US armed forces help with advice, experts and logistics. Private companies offered help and expertise. For example, Elon Musk offered his latest batteries to power the electric pumps.

A bit of background for you: the cave is named Tham Luang Nang Non (ถ้ำหลวงนางนอน; “Great Cave of the Sleeping Lady”) and is actually a huge underground complex.

It stretches for miles underground. It’s massive maze of rooms, chambers connected by narrow passages. It was hoped the boys found refuge on a large sand dune named ‘Pattaya Beach’ about three miles deep inside the cave. The mountain and the cave complex are right on the border with Myanmar. That complicates the situation somewhat; fortunately, the president of Myanmar personally ordered full cooperation with the rescue operation.

For nine days teams of divers and expert speleologists slowly worked their way towards the assumed position of the boys. The whole nation held its breath. Are the kids still alive? Then on Sunday great news: two British experts in cave diving were able to reach the boys. All were in relatively good health. They hadn’t eaten anything and licked water from the walls. Their coach was sensible enough to tell them not to drink the muddy water directly. The little food he had he gave to his pupils and he’s now sort of a national hero. The group sat there alone in the dark. They had no idea how long they had been there, the first question was ‘what day is it?’

Help came from all over the world. Thailand itself tries whatever it can to rescue the boys. That’s very difficult for many reasons. It’s the rainy or monsoon season right now. It rains heavily, especially in that area. The caves are largely flooded. The boys are marooned inside a cave on a sand dune. None of them can swim, let alone dive. The water is like latte coffee; visibility is zero. The current is strong. Inside the caves it is pitch dark. (The boys did have flashlights, and many more were brought by rescuers.)

Only expert cave divers are capable of reaching the boys. Not just professional divers; they need to be expert cave divers as well. That’s a whole different ball game. Cave diving is by far the most dangerous form of diving there is. An expert diver with many years of experience under his belt who has never before dived in caves is not an expert, but a liability.

To prove my point: a Thai ex-navy diver, Petty Officer 3rd Class Samarn Kunan, drowned last night on his way back from the cave to the base camp. He rain out of air on the way back.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/6/2018

At a Mass for migrants in St Peter’s Basilica today, Pope Francis said that God wants to use our hands to rescue migrants. The pontiff also said that the Good Samaritan did not ask for documents when he was helping a victim.

In other news, the Texas man who assaulted a teenaged supporter of Donald Trump and took his MAGA hat has been arrested for theft.

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Welfare Chauvinism in Europe?

Another descriptive lecture from Dr. Turley:

He mentions “welfare chauvinism” coming of age in the paradigmatic shift occurring among center-left parties in Europe. Whoo-whee, Bubba, I thought only us knuckle-dragging EverTrumpers believed in that concept.

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child…other times, I feel like the world is in a barrel, twisting and twirling over Niagra Falls.

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“Youths” Torch Buildings and Cars in the Suburbs of Nantes

There have been nightly riots in the banlieues of the French city of Nantes for the last few days after a “youth” was shot to death by police. The puir wee bairn had rammed a cop with his car, trying to run him over, so the police shot him. Oh, the humanity!

Now the mischievous youngsters are engaged in the traditional culture-enriching pastimes of throwing Molotov cocktails at police while torching buildings and cars.

Many thanks to Ava Lon for translating this video report, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

Below are excerpts from a Breitbart article about the situation in Nantes:

France Police Shooting Riots Enter Second Night

Cars were burned and locals clashed with police in the French city of Nantes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights after police fatally shot a 22-year-old who tried to avoid a police checkpoint.

The initial incident occurred at around 8:30 in the evening in the Breil area when officers at a routine police checkpoint stopped a vehicle over the driver not wearing a seatbelt but could not determine the man’s identity.

When the officers received orders to bring the 22-year-old driver in for questioning he sped off, hitting an officer, and was shot during his escape, RFI reports.

Police sources noted that the 22-year-old, identified by Le Parisien as Aboubakar Fofana, was declared dead on arrival to the hospital as the bullet had punctured his carotid artery.

Thirty cars were burned during the course of Tuesday night and several buildings were either set on fire or rioters attempted to set them ablaze. The riots continued overnight Wednesday into Thursday, and eleven people have been detained.

“I saw everything burning. There were fires in the bins, the cars. They were breaking everything. It lasted ages,” a witness said. Rioting and car burnings also occurred in the areas of Dervallieres and Malakoff.

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It has also been revealed that Fofana, nicknamed “the wolf” locally, was wanted and had a warrant out for his arrest for theft as a member of an organised gang, concealment, and criminal association.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/5/2018

A whopping 69 Afghans were deported from Germany to their homeland after their applications for asylum were rejected. The deportees comprise approximately 0.0046% of the migrants who have arrived in Germany since the Great European Migration Crisis began in 2015.

In other news, the Maltese government has denied takeoff rights to planes owned by a Swiss NGO that “rescues” migrants in the Mediterranean.

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Marine Le Pen: “The EU Continues to Advance Towards the Brink!”

Yesterday we posted the first part of an interview with Marine Le Pen by the French radio service RTL. In the second half of the interview Ms. Le Pen discussed the recent emergency EU summit on migration, and President Emmanuel Macron’s handling of the “refugee” crisis.

Many thanks to Ava Lon for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

Video transcript:

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/4/2018

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini expelled three suspected Islamic terrorists, saying that there would be zero tolerance for those who would bring war to Italy. Also, Tito Boeri, the head of the Italian pension service, said that Italy needed more immigrants to sustain its pension system. Mr. Salvini responded by saying, “Where does he live, on Mars?”

In possibly unrelated news, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of the danger of a worldwide financial crisis as a result of the trade war between the USA and the EU.

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Tommy Robinson’s Last Interview Before Prison: Excerpts With Improved Audio

Last month we posted the full video of the last interview given by Tommy Robinson before his arrest and imprisonment, thanks to Elsa of the West in Danger.

There were problems with the audio in the original video. It was conducted outdoors without one of those fluffy tribbles on the microphone to dampen wind noise (there’s a proper industry term for those things, but I can’t remember what it is), so parts of the footage were hard to hear.

Matt Bracken sent it to a friend of his who has expertise in improving audio, and he kindly created the following video. It’s a shorter version made up of the most important parts with the sound improved as much as possible:

I recommend spreading this clip around, too. Tommy’s hearing next week has been cancelled, and there’s no telling when he’ll get another one. It’s important to keep news of his imprisonment circulating, so that awareness of his plight doesn’t fade from public consciousness.

He can’t get Drudge headlines every day, but at least his videos can continue to go viral.

Marine Le Pen on the Great Helicopter Escape

A few days ago a culture-enriching celebrity criminal named Rédoine Faïd made a daring escape by helicopter from a high-security prison in France. Mr. Faïd’s CV includes armed robbery, murder, and other traditional criminal activities; it’s not clear at this point whether there have been any instances of deliberate jihad among his escapades.

The following clip is the first part of an interview with Marine Le Pen from the French radio service RTL. In this excerpt Ms. Le Pen, the leader of Rassemblement National (formerly the Front National), discusses the fact that the Justice Ministry had been warned in advance that Rédoine Faïd was up to no good, and needed to be moved from the prison.

Many thanks to Ava Lon for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

Below are excerpts from two Breitbart articles about Rédoine Faïd’s escape.

Breitbart #1:

Manhunt After Notorious Inmate Escapes From French Prison By Helicopter | Breitbart

PARIS (AP) — France’s justice minister says investigators believe that drones seen months ago buzzing above a prison may be linked to the brazen escape of a notorious French criminal.

Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said authorities are urgently looking for gaps in the security system that would have allowed heavily armed men to land a helicopter in the prison yard and fly away with Redoine Faid, whose brother was visiting him.

The helicopter was found torched in a field. French media reported that the three men took the pilot hostage and later freed him. Faid’s brother has been detained.

Breitbart #2:

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