Society's ChildS


Burka

Chancellor Merz finally admits reality: A 'considerable proportion' of violence in Germany comes 'from immigrant groups'

merz germany
© AP Photo/Markus SchreiberGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during a Q&A at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
Foreigners are responsible for half of gang rapes, 65% of sexual violence in German trains and train stations, and 40% of violent incidents in the school system

The debate over violence in German society and schools has reached a boiling point in the Bundestag, pitting Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his supporters against critics who accuse him of racism, including a Left Party politician who published a photo of herself on Instagram giving him the middle finger.

The controversy intensified following a session where Merz addressed the issue of digital and analog violence, particularly against women.

"We have exploding violence in our society, both in the analog and digital space, and we must do something about it together," said Merz. However, he said that one must then also talk about where this violence comes from, he said to applause from members of the CDU/CSU and the AfD.

Attention

Award-winning US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad

Shelly Kittleson kidnap baghdad iraq journalist
U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in broad daylight in Baghdad, Iraq, March 31, 2026
Iraq's Interior Ministry has confirmed that a foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, however, it did not provide any further details about the identity of the reporter.

Shelly Kittleson, a US award-winning freelance journalist, was kidnapped by unidentified people in Baghdad on Tuesday. According to a report by Al-Monitor, sources from the Trump administration were aware of the threat against her and had advised her not to travel to Iraq.

Iraq's Interior Ministry has confirmed that a foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, however, it did not provide any further details about the identity of the reporter.

"The Ministry of the Interior announces that, in the evening of this day, a foreign journalist encountered an incident of kidnapping by unknown people, and immediately the specialized security forces dispatched their duties to pursue the criminals, according to accurate intelligence information and an intensive field effort to track the path of the kidnappers", the Ministry said in a post on social media.

Comment:


Arrests yes, but apparently Ms. Kittleson has not been recovered:





Video

'Project Hail Mary' raking it in: Writer credits not going woke for film's success

ryan gosling project hail mary film
Ryan Gosling in a scene from the sci-fi film Project Hail Mary
With an $80.6 million domestic opening weekend, a 95% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 96% audience score, Project Hail Mary is an undeniable blockbuster hit. By its second weekend, the movie crossed $300 million worldwide and dethroned Avatar: Fire and Ash as the top-grossing Hollywood film of 2026 in North America. It's become the second-biggest non-franchise opening over the past decade, after Oppenheimer.

The Hollywood Reporter published a piece titled "Project Hail Mary: 4 Lessons Hollywood Won't Learn From Its Success," pointing to smart storytelling, sincerity, patience, and practical effects as the pillars behind the film's blockbuster performance. That's a solid four. But, it predictably missed the fifth, and arguably most important point: Don't go woke.

In the movie, Ryan Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a science teacher and biologist who wakes up alone on a deep-space mission to figure out how to stop a microorganism from dimming the sun. He eventually makes contact with an alien on the same mission, and the two team up to save their respective worlds from extinction. The premise could have easily become a vehicle for climate allegory and geopolitical moralizing, but it didn't.

Water

Denver restaurants will now only serve water 'upon request' under new Stage 1 drought restrictions

Colorado River
Water restrictions due to Colorado's unseasonably warm winter were declared this week in Denver, meaning certain restrictions are being applied to all customers — including restaurants.

Specifically, the resolution signed by the Denver Board of Water Commissioners means restaurants and catering companies can only serve water to customers upon request. A spokesperson with Denver Water said it is a mandatory practice under the current restrictions, which went into effect on March 25 and will last until April 30 of 2027, or until further notice.

Denver7 confirmed with Denver Water that a restaurant can still offer water to their customers.

A spokesperson with Denver Water said in an email that "this is not a restriction against hydration" and that the goal is to eliminate water waste.

Sherlock

Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene

tpusa hq
© Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople gather at a makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside of the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona on 14 September 2025
An analysis from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during Charlie Kirk's autopsy to the rifle found near the scene of the rightwing political activist's killing - and the FBI is running additional tests, lawyers for Kirk's accused murderer said in recent court filings.

In the court filings, Tyler Robinson's defense team also asked for a delay to a preliminary hearing scheduled in May, saying they need time to review the bullet analysis as well as an enormous amount of other material that could contribute to the suspect's defense.

The ATF's bullet analysis report has been kept private, but attorneys have cited snippets in other public filings that say the results were inconclusive.

Arrow Down

Testing: How to create a pandemic of fake disease

Testing
© Off-Guardian Org
Last week, I was reading the latest module of the UK's Covid Inquiry while working on our most recent Covid Factcheck, and I came across this paragraph...
From 24 June 2020, hospitals in England were required to undertake testing of asymptomatic patients upon admission and subsequently
During the "pandemic", hospitals were testing all patients for Covid - symptoms or no - multiple times.

I found myself wondering if people really see how directives like this one were used to build a pandemic from nothing at all.

With reports of a "new variant" tearing across the United States, I thought now would be a good time to remind people how exactly "Covid" tests worked and what they were for.

Not in the biochemical way. We're not talking RNA here, we're talking about psycho-social manipulation: How test protocols can be used to create the impression of a pandemic that doesn't actually exist.

So, to help people understand - and help those who already understand explain it to others - I wanted to remove all talk of PCR tests and lateral flows and viruses and Covid itself.

Because we're talking about general mechanics rather than specifics, practical steps which exist outside of nomenclature and, indeed, can be camouflaged by same.

So...

Let's imagine you're trying to convince people of the existence of a deadly new disease.

Boat

Gerald R. Ford out of commission for one year: What's wrong with America's most advanced carrier?

American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford
© Getty Images / Anadolu / Samir JordamovicA view of the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in Split, Croatia, on March 29, 2026.
The nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford, the most advanced aircraft carrier in the United States Navy and the only vessel in its class, is presently anchored in Croatia's port of Split for repairs and maintenance. Media reports have indicated the ship is there to stay, since repairs after a major "laundry fire" and prolonged deployment could take between 12 and 14 months.

Delivered years behind schedule in May 2017, the Ford was by far the most expensive American warship ever constructed, costing $13.2 billion. The latest prolonged deployment of the ship began on June 24 and included combat operations during the US raid on Venezuela to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro, as well as in the ongoing US-Israeli attack on Iran.

The supercarrier ended up hastily withdrawn from the Middle East theater in mid-March, having suffered a supposedly non-combat-related fire. The ship briefly moored at Crete for damage assessment before heading to Croatia for maintenance.

Network

Florida election volunteer arrested for stealing encrypted access key ahead of special election won by Democrat

John Panicci steal election equipment palm beach florida
© Palm Beach County Sheriff’s OfficeJohn Panicci,an election volunteer was arrested in Palm Beach on March 28, 2026, for stealing computer equipment
A Palm Beach, Florida, elections volunteer was arrested for stealing computer equipment encrypted access key ahead of a special election where a Democrat won by 800 votes.

John Panicci was arrested on Friday for taking sensitive computer equipment and other supplies on March 19 ahead of the March 24 special election.

As previously reported, a Democrat flipped a Florida state house district that includes President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Emily Gregory won state house district 87 in last Tuesday night's special election.

Gavel

North Carolina Judge Loretta Biggs vindicates voter ID for state

sample voter identification card north carolina
© Clayton HenkelNorth Carolina eligible voter photo ID
It took seven years, one reversed injunction, and an Obama-appointed judge to settle what most Americans already believed: requiring a photo to vote is not a civil rights violation.

This week, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs dropped a 134-page ruling upholding North Carolina's photo voter ID law and dismissing claims by the state NAACP and other left-wing civil rights organizations that Republicans designed the 2018 requirement to discriminate against black and Latino voters.

The decision is a huge victory for Republican legislative leaders, who have been litigating this question since the law passed, and it comes at a critical time, as the SAVE America Act is being obstructed by Democrats in the U.S. Senate.

Red Flag

Iceland Strips Father of Custody After Questioning Gender Transitioning of his Minor Child

Alexandre Rocha
© Fox NewsAlexandre Rocha is pictured in this undated photo holding his son.
We just discussed the horrifying story of a Christian family in Sweden who have been unable to regain custody of their daughters after the government declared them religious extremists. In Iceland, a father has been stripped of his parental rights after speaking out against his 11-year-old autistic son's sex change. Alexandre Rocha, a French national who has lived in Iceland for 25 years, lost custody of the child to the child's mother in December after questioning the long-term impacts of puberty blockers and hormone therapies.

Rocha says that his child is confused and exposed to little beyond video games. He argued that his child's autism and the trauma of the marital separation led to the findings of mental and emotional instability. He believes that his child was pulled along this course, attracted by the attention from the various advisers.

The issue is not who is right or wrong, but why Iceland would terminate his parental rights because he has spoken out against what he believes is a harmful course of treatment for his child. He believes that experts ignored how autism can produce the same feelings that they used to justify his gender transition as a minor.