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Journalists are asking Ukrainian soldiers to hide their Nazi patches, NYT admits

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Tue, 06 Jun 2023 06:30 UTC
Azov emblem
© NBC NewsAzov soldier displays Nazi emblem as shown in a 2014 NBC News report
The New York Times has been forced to very, very belatedly deal with something which had long been obvious and known to many independent analysts and media outlets, but which has been carefully shielded from the mainstream masses in the West for obvious reasons.

The surprising Monday Times headline said that "Nazi Symbols on Ukraine's Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History." This acknowledgement comes after literally years of primarily indy journalists and geopolitical commentators pointing out that yes indeed... Ukraine's military and paramilitary groups, especially those operating in the east since at least 2014, have a serious Nazi ideology problem. This has been exhaustively documented, again, going back years. But the report, which merely tries to downplay it as a "thorny issue" of Ukraine's "unique" "History" - suggests that the real problem for Western PR is fundamentally that it's being displayed so openly. Ukrainian troops are being asked to cover those Nazi symbols please!--as Matt Taibbi sarcastically quipped in commenting on the report.

Comment: New York Times excerpt:
The institutional obstacles to getting clear information about the war in Ukraine are formidable, from embedding rules barring journalists from entering "red zones" (and requiring escorts in "yellow" areas), to casualties undercounted by officials on both sides, to open use of planted stories, to harassment of voices who go against official messaging.

Journalists asking soldiers to remove Nazi patches is a new level of insanity. With the line between propagandist and reporter all but dissolved, how long before embeds are offered NATO uniforms?

Who thinks this is a good idea?


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California spends billions on homelessness, with little to show

Joel B. Pollak
Breitbart
Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC
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© Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom
The State of California and various municipalities are spending billions of dollars to address the growing problem of homelessness, but with little to show for the effort, according to the Wall Street Journal.

In a front-page exposé, the Journal reported Saturday that efforts to clear homeless encampments and provide shelter for their residents are hampered by bureaucracy and the refusal of many residents to move indoors:
The number of homeless people in California grew about 50% between 2014 and 2022. The state, which accounts for 12% of the U.S. population, has about half of the nation's unsheltered homeless, an estimated 115,000 people, according to federal and state data last year. It also has among the highest average rent and median home prices in the U.S.
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California spent a record $17 billion combating homelessness in the past four fiscal years. For the state budget year starting in July, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed another $3.7 billion.

Voters in Los Angeles and San Francisco, which have some of the largest homeless populations in California, were unhappy enough about it to approve taxes costing them billions of dollars to fund anti-homelessness programs and housing in recent years. So far, cost overruns and delays have left little to show for the money.
The high cost of housing is one factor, which leaves some working people unable to afford rent in the San Francisco Bay area or in greater Los Angeles. Drugs and mental illness are also factors. And for others, life on the street simply involves more freedom: they are reluctant to give up pets, for example, when moving indoors.

Comment: Homelessness in California began decades ago. See also:

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CDC: 3.7M births in US last year, far below replacement level

John Binder
Breitbart
Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC
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© Leo Jarzomb/MediaNews Group/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Getty ImagesNewborns
Fewer than 3.7 million babies were delivered in the United States last year, keeping the nation consistently below replacement level as it has been since 2007, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details in its provisional data.

According to the CDC, there were 3.66 million births in the U.S. last year which is only a slight decline from 2021 when a few thousand more births occurred. Overall, the fertility rate remained at 1.66 births per woman.

To be at replacement level, where a generation can exactly replace themselves, the U.S. needs a fertility rate of 2.1 births per woman.

"The total fertility rate in 2022 remained at below replacement ... the rate has generally been below replacement since 1971 and consistently below replacement since 2007," the CDC report states.
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Tucker Carlson steamrolls Ukraine propaganda (and the MSM) in new show


RT
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:43 UTC
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© Tucker Carlson/TwitterTucker Carlson opens his new broadcast on Twitter
US corporate media outlets treat curiosity as the "gravest crime," the former TV pundit has said

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has released the first episode of his new series on Twitter, taking Western news agencies to task for one-sided reporting on the conflict in Ukraine and open hostility toward anybody voicing dissenting views.

Dubbed 'Tucker on Twitter', the show's first ten-minute segment was shared on the social media platform on Tuesday night. The clip opened with a monologue on the alleged Ukrainian attack on a major dam in Russia's Kherson Region this week, which Carlson dubbed "an act of terrorism."

"Blowing up the dam may be bad for Ukraine, but it hurts Russia more, and for precisely that reason the Ukrainian government has considered destroying it," he said. Carlson went on to observe that a Ukrainian general had admitted to planning attacks on the Kakhovka dam facility in comments to the Washington Post last December.

Comment: Tucker's opening episode:


And the reactions:






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Mental derangement: PETA president plans to donate her flesh for sizzling post-death human barbecue

Hannah Grossman
Fox News
Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:56 UTC
Ingrid Newkirk
© AFP / Punit ParanjpeIngrid Newkirk protests outside a KFC restaurant in Mumbai, India, November 6, 2014. If only she'd stayed there!
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) President Ingrid Newkirk said she updated her will to include a request for her flesh to be donated for a "human barbecue," according to a Monday announcement.

"Flesh is flesh, and mine is given, not taken," Newkirk said. "[T]he thought of carving up human flesh for steaks might be just the thing to jolt diners into kindness."


Comment: No, it will not, and the fact that she would even say or consider such a thing speaks volumes. Newkirk has a few screws loose, to say the least.


The request detailed a desire for her flesh to be "Carve[d] out and sear some of her flesh to fry up with onions for a human barbecue." The will also asked for her body parts to be shipped off to various individuals and groups.

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, said, "the will ensures that even after her demise, Newkirk will continue to help animals and honors her commitment that 'my body be used in a manner that draws attention to needless animal suffering and exploitation.'"

"Newkirk's bodily bequests will inspire animal advocates while also encouraging everyone still slumbering in speciesism to wake up," PETA continued. Speciesism is the belief that all other animal species are inferior to humans.

Newkirk requests that her skin be peeled off and used to make leather goods, such as a belt and purse.

Comment: The lucky recipients include...
According to PETA, the 73-year-old activist now wants a piece of her neck cut off and sent to Britain's King Charles III to protest the monarchy's ties to pigeon racing, a sport in which losing birds' necks are often wrung.

Newkirk wants her lips cut off and sent to the president of the United States, to stop him "kissing up to the turkey industry" at the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardoning.

Newkirk's liver will ideally go to the president of France to protest the force-feeding of ducks and geese to produce foie gras, PETA said, while Twitter and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will receive a chunk of Newkirk's heart to protest his lack of "empathy and a heart" in conducting animal experiments for his Neuralink technology.

The PETA founder has also asked for one of her legs to be "violently" broken and put on display during the Grand National, for one of her ears to be sent to Spain's King Felipe VI to protest the mutilation of bulls by matadors, and for her buttocks to be sent to the prime minister of Australia to highlight the flaying of lambs' hindquarters during shearing.


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White Supremacy™ umbrella expands, now covers Mexicans, Indians, and Blacks

Ben Bartee
The Daily Bell
Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:44 UTC
white supremacy
To the social justice-obsessed left, omnipresent White Supremacy™ is the boogeyman that infiltrates every aspect of life. This is literal; mathematics, punctuality, and the scientific method have all been decried at various times in recent history as the tools of White Supremacy™.

As I recently covered at Armageddon Prose, even waking up early is framed as a racist hate crime against BIPOCs.

Now, the White Supremacist™ label has expanded to include Mexicans, Indians, and blacks.

White Supremacy™ is truly, as it were, a "big tent" ideology.


Comment: It is truly the most diverse and inclusive ideology.


When a deranged Mexican shot up a Texas mall recently, The View token minority and Democrat operative Ana Navarro reminded everyone that blacks and Hispanics can be White Supremacist™ terrorists as well!

After Republican Tim Scott recently declared his candidacy for his party's 2024 presidential nomination, the leftist hive mind generated a cacophony of predictable Uncle Tom smears directed against black conservatives.
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Canadian wildfire arson: Glendon woman charged with 32 counts

Meagan MacEeachern
Lakeland Today
Sun, 04 Jun 2023 20:37 UTC
The East side of the Paskwa fire burns in the High Level Forest Area district of Alberta in a May 9, 2023, handout photo.
© HO-Government of Alberta Fire ServiceThe East side of the Paskwa fire burns in the High Level Forest Area district of Alberta in a May 9, 2023, handout photo.
A Glendon woman has been charged in connection to multiple arsons in the Bonnyville and Lac La Biche areas.

The RCMP Forestry Crimes Unit has charged Audrey Elaine Dunham with 32 counts of arson following an in-depth investigation into a series of suspicious wildfires across the Lakeland.

On April 24, Bonnyville RCMP, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, and the Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority (BRFA) responded to multiple wildfires northwest of Bonnyville and east of Lac La Biche, within the Forest Protection Area.

The RCMP Forestry Crimes Unit, in collaboration with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, determined the cause of the fires had been arson and identified a suspect.

Roughly one month later, on May 27, local authorities responded to a report of seven wildfires near Hwy. 55 and Hwy. 881 in the MD of Bonnyville.

An investigation led authorities to 54-year-old Dunham.

At the time of her arrest, four wildfires were located nearby with a total of 19 wildfires started over the course of a few hours.

Comment: Police in Nova Scotia are also looking for arsonists:
As fires burn through the province of Nova Scotia, and other parts of eastern Canada, RCMP officers are on the lookout for arsonists that set some of the blazes.

RCMP in Pictou County, an area northeast of Halifax, are asking for the public's assistance after determining three separate fires were the result of arson.

The targets included a commercial building. It is not clear why the suspect or suspects chose this location.

This comes as the province tackles a series of large wildfires. 10 wildfires are still burning through Nova Scotia at the time of writing.

While a majority of wildfires in the province have not been linked to arsonists, reports of criminals setting fires during a supposed emergency has alarm bells going off.

There is no evidence the arson attacks in either Alberta or Nova Scotia were linked to climate change activists or left-wing extremists, but that possibility cannot be ruled out.

RCMP in Alberta have arrested several suspects in relation to arsons in the province in recent months.

Police officers in Grande Prairie, Alberta are currently on the lookout for at least one suspect in an arson attack that occurred on Jun. 1.
This wildfire season has come hard, and early, in Canada. Something is up.

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Vermont high school forced to pay out $125,000 to girl told she must shower with trans-identified boy in female locker room

Sara Higdon
Post Millennial
Sat, 03 Jun 2023 20:14 UTC
Blake and Travis Allen
A $125,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit where the Orange Southwest School District and its co-principals at Randolph Union High School allegedly punished Blake and Travis Allen unlawfully for complaining about a male using the female locker room after volleyball practice.

According to The Herald, the compromise also restored Travis Allen as the middle school soccer coach and wiped Blake Allen's suspension off of her record. It notes that the district is compromising and "is not in any way to be construed as an admission of liability or wrongdoing."


Comment: Narcissists rarely admit they're wrong. The district is holding true to its pathological principles.


The case stems back to an incident where a trans-identified male was in the female locker room after volleyball practice, which was allowed under state law at the time. Witness statements from the incident vary, with some claiming the teen stopped and leered at the other girls in the shower, and others saying the individual froze and didn't know what to do.

The suit was filed for violations of Allens' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by the school district after Travis Allen was removed from his position as a soccer coach for not using the trans individual's desired pronouns in a Facebook comment. Blake Allen was suspended from school after allegedly saying the teen was "literally a dude."


Comment: Suspended for stating a simple truth.


Superintendent of the Orange Southwest Supervisory District Layne Millington said in a statement, "The district is pleased to resolve the lawsuit at this early stage and return our focus to educating students."
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'It means castration': Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk SLAM those who call child sex changes 'gender affirming care'

Libby Emmons
The Post Millennial
Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC
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© UnknownPsychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson • Entrepreneur Elon Musk
Famed Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson pointed out on Twitter that the "phrase 'gender affirming' care is a criminally evil lie."

Elon Musk replied that "'gender-affirming care for minors' is pure evil."

Trans activists, as well as the Biden White House, all tout sex changes for minors as "gender affirming care," completely obfuscating the horror of what that really means: sterilization, castration, and life-altering changes to healthy bodies.


Comment: See what else Peterson and Musk had to say:

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UK Labour leader's 'green energy superpower' plans will bankrupt households and cripple economy

David Craig
Daily Sceptic
Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:00 UTC
Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer
At 47 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour (c/KWh) the U.K. has some of the highest household energy costs in the world. Countries like India (7 c/KWh) and China (8 c/KWh) and South Korea (9 c/KWh) pay around a fifth of U.K. prices. The U.S. at 18 c/KWh, France at 21 c/KWh, Singapore at 22 c/KWh and Japan at 25 c/KWh pay around half of the U.K.'s prices. Only Germany at a massive 52 c/KWh and Denmark at 53 c/KWh pay more than we do.

What effect will Sir Keir Starmer's ambition to turn Britain into a "clean energy superpower" and ban any further oil and gas exploration have on the price we will pay for our electricity, assuming he becomes our next Prime Minister?

In general (there are some exceptions such as Germany) the more coal a country uses for its energy, the cheaper that energy is (source Our World in Data):

Comment: See also:

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