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Please God don't let you know WHO win the Nobel Peace Prize

Toby Young
The Daily Sceptic
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:00 UTC
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If you thought satire died when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, think again. According to the bookies, the favourite to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize is the WHO. Yes, that's right, the organisation that initially told us COVID-19 was nothing to worry about - the Chinese had it completely under control. Then changed tack and said, no, actually, we should be worrying about it and we should all do exactly what China had done, i.e., lock everyone in their homes, even though that hadn't actually succeeded in containing the virus. But then, this is an organisation that is so beholden to the Chinese Communist Party it refuses to recognise the existence of Taiwan.

The only thing that could possibly be worse would be to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Anthony Fauci. Although it's a close call.

John Tierney in City Journal has suggested a more worthy recipient.

Comment: The Nobel Peace Prize is has been so degraded by past nominees and winners, it's become nothing more than a sad joke. They might as well give it to the WHO at this point. At least it will be good meme-fodder.

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Attention

Lawsuit: Chicago police misused ShotSpotter in murder case

Garance Burke and Michael Tarm
AP News
Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:39 UTC
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© AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastShotSpotter equipment overlooks the intersection of South Stony Island Avenue and East 63rd Street in Chicago on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. A lawsuit filed in federal court on Thursday, July 21, 2022, alleges that Chicago police misused “unreliable” gunshot detection technology and displayed tunnel vision in investigating Michael Williams and charging him with killing a neighbor.
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges Chicago police misused "unreliable" gunshot detection technology and failed to pursue other leads in investigating a grandfather from the city's South Side who was charged with killing a neighbor.

Chicago prosecutors used audio picked up by a network of sensors installed by the gunshot detection company ShotSpotter as critical evidence in charging Michael Williams with murder in 2020 for allegedly shooting the man inside his car. Williams spent nearly a year in jail, and The Associated Press reported last year that a judge dismissed his case at the request of prosecutors, who said they had insufficient evidence.

The lawsuit filed by the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University's law school seeks damages from the city for mental anguish, loss of income and legal bills for the 65-year-old Williams, who said he still suffers from a tremor in his hand that developed while he was locked up. It also details the case of a second plaintiff Daniel Ortiz, a 36-year-old father who the lawsuit alleges was arbitrarily arrested and jailed by police who were responding to a ShotSpotter alert.

Comment: See also: ShotSpotter: The all-knowing surveillance system that detects gunfire all across America

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Pistol

3 dead, including gunman, in mass shooting in Langley, British Columbia

Ben Kesslen
New York Post
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:51 UTC
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© Jesse Winter/REUTERSThe shooting in Langley, British Columbia, appears to have targeted homeless people.
Three people, including the alleged gunman, were killed Monday in a mass shooting outside Vancouver, Canada, that appears to have targeted homeless people, authorities said.

Police said an unidentified gunman began shooting after 6 a.m. local time in multiple places in downtown Langley, about 30 miles southeast of Vancouver, local media reported.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police previously said they had a suspect in custody, and it's unclear if they were referencing the now-deceased gunman. Cops discovered the gunman wounded and shot him dead at the scene, police said in a statement.

Another victim of the gunman was left in critical condition and a second had serious injuries, authorities said.

The victims of the attack were found throughout the city, including one at a bus stop and another near a supportive housing unit. The gunman's and victims' names have not been released.
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Sherlock

Staff shortages force Japanese train company to cancel 120 services, Covid infections blamed


NHK
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:45 UTC
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© KyodoPhoto taken on July 25, 2022 at Hakata Station in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka shows an advisory by Kyushu Railway Co. explaining that some limited express are to be suspended.
A railway operator in southwestern Japan says it will cancel 120 limited express train services because of a staff shortage caused by coronavirus infections.

Kyushu Railway Company, also called JR Kyushu, said on Monday that 38 drivers and conductors are unable to report to work because they have been infected or identified as close contacts of COVID-19 patients.

The company will cancel 100 services of the Sonic limited express between Hakata and Oita, and 20 services of the Kamome connecting Hakata and Nagasaki from Wednesday to August 5.

Comment: Similar staff shortages, and across various sectors, are being reported across much of the planet, and it appears largely in countries whose governments chose to enforce the nearly 2 years worth of lockdown; however, notably, Japan was one of the few countries that didn't officially lockdown. Its health service was also one of the few to sound the alarm on the risks of the experimental jabs:

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DeSantis: "Gender Affirming Care" Is a euphemism for castration and sterilization

Ian Schwartz
RealClear Politics
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC
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© Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said there is no evidence that castration and mastectomies are effective medical care in an interview with Laura Ingraham on FOX News.
INGRAHAM: I'm just saying this, at the Assistant Secretary for Health, your 'good friend' Rachel Levine wrote a piece in the Miami Herald saying, thank you.
"Gender affirming care is medically necessary, safe and effective for transgender and non-binary children and adolescents. It shouldn't be hard to translate this into knowledge, it's more compassionate policies that protect rather than undermine youth mental health."
Governor, she said Floridians support this "gender affirming care." Do they?

DESANTIS: And understand what that is, that's a euphemism. They will actually take a young boy and castrate the boy. They will take a young girl and do a mastectomy, or they will sterilize her because of the gender dysphoria. There is no evidence that this is something that's effective medical care.

And we know that people that do this when their kids have huge problems going on. So we believe that this is not appropriate in the state of Florida. We don't think a doctor should get a license if they're doing it.

And I think these doctors should be able to be sued by these folks when they develop problems later in life. This is wrong. Minors should not be having this type of stuff performed on them.

Comment: DeSantis' rebuttal to Assistant Secretary for Health, Rachel Levine:



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Lee Zeldin campaign: Attacker freed from jail exemplifies 'why crime is on the rise' across New York

John Binder
Breitbart
Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC
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© Briget Bennett/Bloomberg/Getty Images/The Firing Pin, LLC/FacebookRep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Rep. Lee Zeldin's (R-NY) gubernatorial campaign is blasting the release of the congressman's accused attacker from jail, thanks to the state's no-bail law, as an example of "why crime is on the rise" across New York.

On Thursday, Zeldin was giving a campaign speech in Fairport, New York when a man can be seen on video footage jumping on stage and attempting to stab Zeldin in the neck. Zeldin can be seen immediately grabbing the man's wrist as a group of men jumped in to take him down.

The man, identified as 43-year-old David G. Jakubonis, was immediately arrested and charged with attempted assault in the second degree — a felony. Thanks to New York's no-bail law, Jakubonis was released from jail within hours of his arrest. Zeldin's spokeswoman Katie Vincentz said in a statement:
"It is terrible public policy that in the State of New York, you can try to stab a sitting Member of Congress, or anyone else for that matter, and be back out on the street not even 6 hours later. This is one of many reasons why crime is on the rise, especially in certain parts of the state. There is not enough accountability for people when they commit crimes, and this is just one of the many examples we hear all about in New York every single day. Enough is enough."
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Iranian Ministry announces ban on presence of women in advertising


RFE/RL
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:51 UTC
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© Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA-EFEIranian women wearing hijab
Iran's Guidance Ministry has told advertising agencies that under the government's tightening of the so-called hijab and chastity law, women are now prohibited from appearing in advertisements.

The ministry sent a letter to agencies over the weekend following the release of a promotional video by the Domino ice-cream company that featured an actress wearing a sweater donning additional layers of clothing while images of ice cream flash across the screen.

At the end of the ad, she is wearing a winter coat and hat and takes a bite of the ice cream.

A government agency subsequently called the ad "a crime" and condemned the use of an actress saying such ads lead to the "promotion of immorality" in the society.
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'Fed wants to bring down demand without destroying the economy' - strategist

Yaseen Shah
Yahoo
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:29 UTC
Jerome Powell
© REUTERS/Mary F. CalvertU.S Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022.
All eyes are on the Federal Reserve ahead of next week's FOMC meeting as record-breaking inflation persists and consumer sentiment hits new lows.

Thomas Hayes, managing member and chairman at Great Hill Capital, is expecting the Fed to remain cautious as they try to balance the two issues while still protecting the U.S. economy.

"I think you're seeing the Fed trying to walk the tightrope," Hayes said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). "They wanted to bring down demand, which they've certainly done, but they don't want to destroy the economy."

A key example, he said, is how the Fed promised to do $47.5 billion of liquidity withdrawal or tightening in the month of June, but instead wound up buying roughly $3 billion net of treasuries and reduced liquidity by just $7.5 billion in mortgage-backed securities.
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Daycare owner says she shot husband for molesting children at the center

Christina Buttons
The Post Millennial
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 21:30 UTC
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A daycare owner from Baltimore is facing charges after she shot her husband in a D.C. hotel room on Thursday evening, alleging he molested several children at her business.

According to DC Superior Court documents, Shanteari Weems, 50, reportedly shot her husband and then barricaded herself in a room at the Mandarin Oriental, igniting a police standoff that started around 7:40 p.m. and ended just after 8:30 p.m.

While Baltimore County police are currently investigating Weems' claims, Twitter users are asking for Weems to be released from custody. Since the arrest of the daycare owner, 'FREE HER' immediately trended on Twitter. The 'FREE HER' movement currently has over 22,000 tweets, with users praising Weems as a vigilante.

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Mr. Potato

Democrats bring woman who is a witch and a furry as witness for abortion hearing


Libs of TikTok
Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC
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Democrats brought a woman who appears to be a member of a witch coven that engages in furry play as a key witness in a Dobbs hearing on Tuesday. The Oversight & Investigations subcommittee held a hearing on the impacts of the reversal of Roe v. Wade and "taking away the Constitutional right to an abortion." The subcommittee heard testimony from various individuals on why abortion is "absolutely necessary."

Democrats were allowed four witnesses and one of their totally sane choices was Paulina Guerrero.

When Paulina isn't working as a National Program Manager at an abortion clinic, she spends her free time making YouTube videos conducting witch spells and engaging in furry play.


Comment: The videos have been scrubbed.


Comment: We live in a clown world!

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