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What's disgusting to Russians is the norm and success of the 'World Community'

Hiroshima Ceremony
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How interesting the "civilised world" is. Every year, various representatives of the so-called "world community" gather in Hiroshima, make speeches, lay flowers and shed tears for the victims of the atomic bombing. The places of honour are always occupied by representatives of the country that carried out this very bombing.

They say the right words, that it was a crime that should not be repeated, "we grieve ...." etc. And not a word about who did it. Not just a single word - but subtle half-hints that there is, they say, a country on the planet that sleeps and sees how to attack someone. And it has nuclear weapons, very, very dangerous. And everyone present nods their heads in agreement: "Yes, yes, there is such a country! We condemn!" With a clear reference to Russia.

As a rule, the UN Secretary General also comes to the event. He, along with everyone else, sheds tears, grieves and is horrified by the cruelty. And carefully does not name the country - "the culprit of the commemoration".

Representatives of the country that could directly and loudly name this culprit are carefully not allowed to attend the event, under any pretexts. No one wants to hear the truth. Nobody. Not the Japanese, not the Americans, not the UN.

Sherlock

THIRD Bill Gates backed Picnic grocery store catches fire in less than a year

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© Mediatv.nl / Video DuivesteinThis is the third Picnic supermarket, a brand backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on sustainability, that has gone up in flames in the Netherlands this year.
A major fire broke out in a Picnic store in Rotterdam on Sunday morning where the fire brigade turned up to extinguish the flames.

According to local reports, an employee of this Picnic store turned up to start their shift for work and noticed the fire alarm was raised and three delivery trucks were set in a blaze. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

This is the third Picnic store to go up in flames in less than a year. Rebel News was on scene for the aftermath of the second fire in Almelo, which videos online showed the huge fire that ultimately burned down the entire building.

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Xi's zero-Covid policy sparks economic chaos in China

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© Kevin Frayer/Getty Images AsiaPacChina's draconian policy hurts morale as well as damages business sentiment and tourism
Navigating the maze-like showroom that is an Ikea store has always been notoriously difficult. But last weekend, hundreds of shoppers in Shanghai found themselves barging their way past security guards just to get out of the doors at the Xuhui district outlet.

On social media it looked like a closing-down sale or Black Friday scrum. But these shoppers weren't in search of a bargain Billy bookcase. They were simply trying to leave the store.

China's draconian approach to tackling Covid-19 has previously left some shoppers trading their handbags for sleeping bags. In Shanghai, those unfortunate enough to fail in the escape from Ikea were trapped for hours behind the locked exit as authorities ordered swab tests for all customers, all because one shopper was in close contact with someone with the virus.

They're not alone. Horror stories have emerged of people being locked in Uniqlo for 48 hours or being trapped in Disneyland as authorities mass-tested tens of thousands in the pursuit of Covid-zero. "I never thought that the longest queue in Disneyland would be for a nucleic acid test," one disgruntled theme park-goer said last year on social media.

Official figures on Monday provided further evidence that the strict Covid policies are choking off an already nascent recovery. Retail sales have slowed, factory production is stuttering and even investment is falling short of expectations. The talk now is not whether the country will miss an implicit growth target of 5.5pc this year, but by how much.

Propaganda

Media is back to anonymous, one-source stories on Trump that we can't trust anymore

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© Felipe Ramales/Splash NewsFormer US President Donald Trump
It feels like old times. In the wake of the FBI raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, the mainstream media are in a feeding frenzy the likes of which we haven't seen since he exited the White House. The usual suspects, like The New York Times and Washington Post, which spent the four years of Trump's presidency consistently and spectacularly beclowning themselves, are at it again. Dare we say that it has "all the hallmarks" of media incompetence?

Take The Washington Post: Using its signature anonymous single-source style, it broke the alleged news that Trump was in possession of documents "related to nuclear weapons." What exactly does that mean? Honestly, based on Post's coverage of Russiagate, when so many "bombshells" fizzled when the details emerged, you have to wonder if it's the White House pastry chef's recipe for nuclear chocolate cake.

The Times, meanwhile, informs us that Trump sought to send a secret message to Attorney General Merrick Garland, this according to — wait for it — "a person familiar with the exchange." A person. This is basically the journalistic equivalent of "My cousin's girlfriend knows a guy."

Could these juicy details rushed into print turn out to be true? Maybe. Do the American people have good reason to believe they aren't true given the recent track record of the liberal press? Absolutely.

Comment: "It really is up to them." No, it is up to the entire country. "They" are not going to change anything!


Pistol

Saudi Arabia set to eclipse all-time executions record in 2022

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© AFPElectronic billboards in London during Crown Prince MbS UK visit 20218
The kingdom killed 120 detainees in the first half of the year, returning to the pre-COVID levels of executions

During the first half of 2022, Saudi Arabia executed 120 people, a number higher than that of 2020 and 2021 combined, as the kingdom is on its way to surpass the record of 186 executions set in 2019.

According to a report released by the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) last month, 101 of the individuals executed this year were Saudi nationals, 9 were Yemeni, while the rest were citizens from Egypt, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Jordan, Palestine, and Syria. According to the report:
"If Saudi Arabia continues to execute people at the same pace during the second half of 2022, they will reach an unprecedented number of executions, exceeding the record high of 186 executions in 2019."
Most of the executions carried out this year took place on 12 March, when Saudi officials killed 81 detainees on charges of "terrorism-related activities."

Bad Guys

POC privilige: White teachers would be laid off first under Minnesota teachers contract

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Who's gone first?
Minneapolis public school teachers of color will have additional job protections this upcoming school year under a new contract that would allow them to keep their jobs rather than white instructors with more seniority.

The labor agreement's intent was to protect "underrepresented populations" and keep the district's predominantly white staff from becoming more homogenous, a report said Monday.

About 60% of Minneapolis students are non-white compared to 16% of the district's tenured teachers and 27% of its probationary teachers, according to a June Minneapolis Star Tribune report.

The agreement states that teachers of color "may be exempted from district-wide layoff[s] outside seniority order," according to Minnesota outlet Alpha News, which published language from the contract Sunday.

Comment: Fighting discrimination by . . . . discriminating?

One need only look to hapless White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's abysmal performance as an example of 'diversity hiring'.

White House 'diversity hire' Jean-Pierre's utter incompetence highlights identity politics failure


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Go figure: JK Rowling's death threat from Iran-supporting Islamic extremist DID NOT violate Twitter's rules

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© Neil Hall/EPA, via ShutterstockThe threat was in response to J.K. Rowling’s tweet that the assault on the novelist Salman Rushdie was “Horrifying news.”Credit...
JK Rowling's death threat from an Iran-supporting Islamic extremist did not violate Twitter's rules after the vile troll warned 'you are next' in response to her support of stabbed author Salman Rushdie.

The British author received a harrowing threat from Meer Asif Aziz, based in Karachi, who described himself on Twitter as a 'student, social activist, political activist and research activist', who made tasteless 'jokes' about how to destroy Israel and branded it a Putin-savaged Ukraine - as well as Pakistan's chief geopolitical rival India - 'terrorist states'.

The Harry Potter writer and free speech campaigner - who has been pilloried by trans activists for her beliefs on gender - had expressed her horror at the sickening attempt on Rushdie's life in upstate New York when she was issued the chilling threat on Twitter.

Comment: One wonders if Twitter's lack of support for J.K Rowling is due to her "TERF" status. See also:


Attention

Distraught parents in Victoria, Australia now face prosecution if they don't accept gender transition of their vulnerable kids - as experts slam radical new law based on 'ideology and falsehood'

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A new Victorian law which forces mothers and fathers to accept their children's desire to change gender has left distraught parents fearing prosecution if they do anything to try to prevent potentially harmful and irreversible treatment.

So far-reaching is the new law that even trying to arrange counselling and expert assessment for their kids could lead to parents - and the mental health professionals - being prosecuted if the advice did anything other than affirm the children's newly-discovered gender dysphoria.

Many parents feel trapped, unable to do anything to prevent their children pursuing potentially irreversible and harmful changes - from chest-binding to taking hormone blockers and ultimately sex-change surgery.

Comment: Is it any surprise that this is occurring in Victoria considering the brutal lockdown policies that the Victorian government enforced?


Cell Phone

Judge rules Twitter must turn over hidden documents to Elon Musk revealing fake accounts on platform

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A judge on Monday ruled that Twitter must turn over documents from a former executive that would show how many 'fake accounts' are on the platform.

"Twitter needs to give Elon Musk documents from a former Twitter executive who Musk said was a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform, according to a Monday court order," Reuters reported.

"Bot and spam accounts on Twitter have become a central issue in the legal fight over whether Musk, who is Tesla Inc's chief executive, must complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company," the report noted.

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Too little, too late: Disband the CDC now

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© Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe CDC released new COVID-19 guidelines last week, detailing how Americans can protect themselves from the virus.
Dissolve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Last week, the CDC released updated COVID-19 guidance. The agency now believes we should be taking an individual approach to mitigating our COVID risk. In layman's terms, we are all Florida 2020 now.

The new guidance suggests ending "test to stay" so kids exposed to someone with COVID-19 can remain in school. Of course, this was only related to known exposure. People are exposed to COVID all the time, but only children who were aware of that exposure were punished. Kids lost so much throughout the pandemic because of terrible, irrational CDC guidance like this.

Comment: Amen

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