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At least 60 million people have been displaced by America's 'freedom and democracy'

A displaced girl stands in her shelter in Abyan, Yemen, Feb. 9, 2018.
© Nariman El-Mofty | APA displaced girl stands in her shelter in Abyan, Yemen, Feb. 9, 2018.
At least 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the wars fought by the United States since September 11, 2001, according to a new report from Brown University's Costs of War project. That figure exceeds those displaced by conflict since 1900, the authors say, with the exception of World War II, The New York Times reported.

The findings were published on Tuesday, weeks before the United States enters its 20th year of fighting the so-called "War on Terror", which began with the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001; yet, the report says it is the first time the number of people displaced by US military involvement during this period has been calculated.

The report accounts for the number of people, mostly civilians, displaced in and from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, the Philippines, Libya and Syria, where fighting has been the most significant and says the figure is a conservative estimate — the real number may range from 48 million to 59 million.

Gear

Tens of thousands in Pakistan protest Charlie Hebdo's reprint of Prophet Mohammed cartoon

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Mass protests, involving tens of thousands of people, have continued in Pakistan after French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to mark the start of a trial over the deadly 2015 attack.

The protests in the country kicked off last Thursday, attracting large crowds of devoted Muslims to condemn the cartoon parody, the satirical weekly and even France as a whole. On Monday, a massive rally was organized by Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam in Peshawar, when the Islamist party gathered for a congress in the city.

Tens of thousands of its supporters took to the streets venting their anger over the controversial cartoons. Drone footage of the event, taken both during the day and night, shows a massive crowd of people flooding the city.


Oscar

Oscars announce new 'inclusion' standards for Best Picture revolving around 'underrepresented groups'

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On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences announced that for any film to be nominated for Best Picture starting in the year 2024, new standards of inclusion must be met.

"Those standards require one of the following: at least one of the lead actors or significant supporting actors is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group; at least 30% of all actors in secondary and more minor roles are from certain underrepresented groups; or the main storyline, theme or narrative is centered on an underrepresented group," The Los Angeles Times reported, adding:
To be eligible for best picture, a film must meet at least two standards across four categories: "Onscreen Representation, Themes and Narratives," "Creative Leadership and Project Team," "Industry Access and Opportunities" and "Audience Development." Within each category are a variety of criteria ...

Red Flag

Labor Day in America under Communist-er-COVID restrictions - Tucker Carlson reports

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Screenshot: 15 days lockdown is now 170+ days locked down. An exercise of insanity being maintained by Leftists.
The American handling of the coronavirus crisis has been a combination of the best and the worst of our nation. President Trump did an excellent job supporting the nation through this and leading us out of the severe economic and employment problems that the lockdown imposed on citizens in most of the US.

However the fear of the virus has been justification to several tinpot (Democrat) dictators to take over states and restrict their people's freedoms to a level not seen since the Soviet times in Russia. Granted, the virus contains a lot of unknowns, and the actions undertaken in the US were repeated all around the world in various ways - some more strict, some less. But the restrictions in the US are presently absolutely senseless in their nature and this is driving millions of Americans absolutely bonkers.

Comment: The ugly face of dictatorship has shamelessly reared its head throughout the Western world:


Fire

'Antifa are thrilled to hear this': Portland police ask protesters not to start blazes amid statewide wildfire emergency

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As the state of Oregon burns and Governor Kate Brown has declared a wildfire emergency, police in Portland have asked Antifa and BLM protesters to refrain from starting fires as they continue their nightly demonstrations.

Wildfires in the state have consumed at least two towns, turned the skies red, caused ash to fall like rain and filled the air with thick, acrid smoke.

"This is proving to be an unprecedented and significant fire event for our state," Brown said on Tuesday.


Fire

A PSA AND virtue signal all in one: Trevor Noah slams 'outdated' gender reveal parties after firework sparks California wildfire

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Reacting to news that a firework from a gender reveal party triggered a still-raging wildfire in California, comedian Trevor Noah blasted the celebrations as "outdated" because gender isn't always revealed at birth.

The fires in Southern California have caused multiple areas to be evacuated and have spread across thousands of acres, and news that a firework from a gender reveal party is responsible for one of the blazes has many questioning the sense of these parties.

A gender reveal party is held during pregnancy as a way for expectant parents to announce the sex of a child. Social media videos have shown the celebration becoming more and more elaborate in recent years, with parents looking to go viral by upping the ante on their stunts.

Comment: 7k-acre California fire started by fireworks at gender reveal party


Propaganda

The majority of Western 'journalists' have prioritised winning the 'information war' over covering Russia objectively & it's destroying the media

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International law has gradually been replaced with trial by public opinion and states have become obsessed with narrative control. Information wars and "fake news" are the natural consequences and trust in the media is collapsing.

Much focus is devoted to the polarisation of media coverage in domestic politics, although what is the state of affairs in the coverage of international politics? In the current information war, all sides appear to have dirty hands. Russian media is constantly criticised, and sometimes the criticism is just. Yet, how has the information war with Russia affected the way Western media obtain, analyse and disseminate information?

Dollars

Flashback 'Like token blacks': Diamond and Silk offered $150,000 to ditch Trump

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© Evan Vucci/APPresident Donald Trump hugs "Diamond and Silk" during the "Presidential Social Media Summit" in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington.
Diamond and Silk, the internet celebrities and sisters who were among the first African Americans to embrace Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, were offered $150,000 to dump Trump and endorse another candidate, they reveal in their upcoming book.

The duo, often seen with Trump in the White House and on the campaign trail, said that the offer treated them as if "we were token blacks," and they never considered it.

"Token blacks do what they're told to do. We're Diamond and Silk. We're not token blacks, and we don't owe anybody anything," wrote Diamond.

"You got that right," said Silk, adding, "No amount of money would have stopped us from stumping for Donald J. Trump."

Diamond and Silk, born a year apart as Lynnette and Rochelle Hardaway, exploded on the internet with their videos in support of Trump and conservative activism. In their new book Uprising: Who the Hell said You Can't Ditch and Switch? the two tell their life story and analyze current events, including the Black Lives Matter movement.

Cardboard Box

MSNBC's Sharpton: Defunding police 'something a latte liberal may go for'

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MSNBC's Al Sharpton said Tuesday that defunding the New York City Police Department is an idea "a latte liberal" may advocate, but not by those "Blacker and poorer" who have seen shootings and homicides surge in New York over the summer.

Sharpton's comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" come as the NYPD reported a 166 percent increase in shootings in August compared to the same month last year.

Overall in 2020, New York has seen an 87 percent increase in shooting incidents across the city, with more than 1,000 reported compared to 541 at the same time in 2019.

"We've always heard about the tale of two cities. On the side of the city that I come from, which is Blacker and poorer, we've seen more in terms of gun usage. I got a lot of attention when I did the eulogy for George Floyd's funeral, but I also, a month later, preached [at] a 1-year-old kid's funeral in Brooklyn who was killed by a stray bullet," Sharpton said.

"Six people were shot over Labor Day weekend at a festival in Brooklyn, so I would say statistically we're not much higher than where we were, but on the ground it is certainly feeling more violent, feeling more unsafe in unsafe communities," he continued.

"We need to reimagine how we do policing," Sharpton later added. "But to take all policing off is something a latte liberal may go for as they sit around the Hamptons discussing this as an academic problem. But people living on the ground need proper policing."

Comment: It should go without saying. But not when ideological lunatics are controlling the narrative. They want to watch the world burn, so the can recreate it in their own image out of the chaos and ashes of any semblance of stability and normality that we currently experience.


Pistol

Labor Day weekend sees shootings continue upward trend in urban crime

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Violent crime continues to spike in U.S. cities this year. While the summer historically produces an upward swing in violence, leaders in many cities attribute the increase in shootings to COVID-19 lockdowns.

While journalists and politicians seem to assert that everything is fine in their neighborhoods and that the violence demonstrated over the last six months is a political ploy exploited by President Trump, cities like NYC, Chicago, Boston see record numbers of fatalities grow.