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Height of hypocrisy: Bodyguard for gun-control advocate Michael Moore arrested at JFK for carrying unlicensed pistol


Today.com
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:54 UTC
Michael Moore gun control
A bodyguard who has protected outspoken moviemaker and gun-control advocate Michael Moore was arrested at Kennedy International Airport for allegedly carrying a pistol without a New York license, authorities said Thursday.

Patrick Burk, 34, faced arraignment on a felony charge of criminal possession of a weapon. Prosecutors did not have his attorney's name.

Burk was questioned by police Wednesday night after he notified a United Airlines ticket agent that he wanted to carry his weapon - unloaded and in a bag - on a flight to Los Angeles, said Port Authority spokesman Tony Ciavolella.

The bodyguard, who works for the California-based security firm Gavin de Becker & Associates, told police he had traveled to New York with Moore earlier this month, Ciavolella said. He produced licenses for his Mauser handgun from California and Florida, but not New York, which prompted his arrest.

Comment: You just can't make this stuff up!

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Alarm Clock

'My local bobby': Private police force will hit streets of Britain to fill void created by austerity


RT
Tue, 08 May 2018 21:35 UTC
British Police
© Eddie Keogh / Reuters
'My local bobby' - a private police force organization - is to roll out its services nationwide after successful trials in three of London's Britain's richest neighborhoods, including Mayfair, Kensington and Belgravia.

Coming to a street near you, if you can afford the monthly client fee of up to £200 (€228) a month, your 'local bobby' will be accessible to you via a direct line, can be tracked on an ipad, and may even afford you the added VIP treatment of meeting and greeting you from tube stations or your car, reports The Evening Standard.

Comment: Selling off a nation: Britain's first 'no win no fee' "private police force"

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Attention

Anti-immigrant Norwegian 'denied entry' to UK because he holds 'wrong values'


Sputnik
Tue, 08 May 2018 11:35 UTC
Tore Rasmussen
© Tore Rasmussen / facebook
Tore Rasmussen, a prominent figure of the anti-immigration movement Generation Identity, has become yet another right-wing activist banned from entering the UK for committing nothing but "thoughtcrime."

By his own admission, Tore Rasmussen had been detained at Gatwick Airport, London, because British authorities believed his views represented a "serious threat" to the UK.

Thirty-seven-year-old Tore Rasmussen has been living in London since last December. On Friday evening he arrived home after a trip to Austria, but was stopped at passport control by the border authorities. A few hours later he was handed a denial of entry and was ordered to return to Austria with the next flight.

Comment: Agree with them or not, the fact that the UK is barring entry to conservative activists and commentators is a serious red flag. It seems that thought-crimes are now a legitimate reason to prevent someone from entering the country. It seems ideas are dangerous, especially when they contradict the enforced narrative.

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Info

'Europe has to grow up': German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, voices concern over EU-US ties


Sputnik
Sun, 06 May 2018 22:24 UTC
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Germany
© AP Photo
In the wake of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Washington, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an interview to the ARD broadcaster expressed his deep concern over the development of the transatlantic relations.

"We have to grow up and I hope that in this process we are gradually coming to an end... but frankly speaking the development of transatlantic relations really concerns me," Germany's President Steinmeier said.

He explained that the reason behind his anxiety is not because he "is looking at a president with some irritating Twitter messages."

The new administration in Washington perceives Europe not as a part of a world community ​​within which countries cooperate, but rather as an arena where every country has to find its way around," the politician clarified.

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Attention

Uptick in violence amid railway strikes in France, Twitter reacts


Sputnik
Tue, 08 May 2018 13:11 UTC
france riots
© AFP 2018/Lionel Bonaventure
While the first round of talks between unions and the French prime minister over a proposed transport reform took place, union and student activists were trying to block three stations in Paris and got tough response from the special police forces.

The police have crushed the resumed anti-Macron rallies in Paris, where union activists, joined by students, protested the railway and labor reforms proposed by the French president.

Hundreds of activists have tried to block the work of three Paris stations, but were dispersed by special riot police. About 200 members of the Sud-Rail trade union, armed with firearms, tried to break into the Montparnasse station, causing panic inside, but police forcefully pushed them back.
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USA

With traditional First-Lady style, Melania Trump unveils 'Be Best' Initiative

Sarah McCammon, Brian Naylor
NPR
Mon, 07 May 2018 05:01 UTC
Melania Trump
© Susan Walsh/AP
First Lady Melania Trump
Melania Trump often seems like a reluctant first lady. But she stepped into the spotlight this week to take on a very traditional part of the role.

Mrs. Trump unveiled a new initiative Monday, called "Be Best," which she said aims to educate children "about the many issues they are facing today." As President Trump looked on in the Rose Garden, Mrs. Trump outlined the initiative's three pillars: well-being, social media use and opioid abuse. "Children deserve every opportunity to enjoy their innocence," the first lady said.

The White House says "Be Best" will promote "values such as healthy living, encouragement, kindness and respect." It will also highlight the importance of using social media and the Internet "in positive ways." And it will support families and children affected by the opioid crisis.

Following her remarks, the president signed a proclamation and said the nation is "truly blessed to have a first lady so devoted to our country and to our children."
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Briefcase

New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi burglarized Corey Lewandowski's home - now he's suing

Red Pill
The Goldwater
Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00 UTC
Lewandowski, Nuzzi
© Unknown
Corey Lewandowski • Olivia Nuzzi
Liberalism has seriously become a mental disorder - to the point where these people have no moral boundaries - proven once again after liberal reporter Olivia Nuzzi with New York Magazine not only broke into Trump associate Corey Lewandowski's home - but then stole - and bragged about it on Twitter.

These people have lost their minds, folks, let me tell you, and the more they become unhinged, the greater the risk of the danger they place others in as well as themselves.

What kind of person breaks into your home? A criminal. Except, in this case, it was a reporter with New York Magazine.

Olivia Nuzzi was assigned a story for New York Magazine to cover former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, in which she arrived at Lewandowski's home at began knocking.

She stood at the entrance for ten minutes pounding on the door, and nobody answered. At that time, Nuzzi took it upon herself to break into the home and began taking pictures.

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Arrow Up

Rosie O'Donnell's campaign donations to Dems exceeded legal limit

Anna Sanders
New York Post
Sat, 05 May 2018 05:50 UTC
Rosie O'Donnell
© Getty Images
Rosie O'Donnell
Rosie O'Donnell made illegally over-sized campaign donations to at least five Democratic federal candidates, according to a Post analysis of campaign filings.

The liberal comedian has regularly broken Federal Election Commission rules limiting the total any one person can give to an individual candidate at $2,700 per election. The limit applies separately to primaries, runoffs and general elections.

"Nothing nefarious," the outspoken star and Donald Trump arch-nemesis wrote in an email to the Post. "I was not choosing to over donate.

"If 2700 is the cut off - [candidates] should refund the money," she wrote. "I don't look to see who I can donate most to ... I just donate assuming they do not accept what is over the limit."

O'Donnell said she donates often, and uses the online liberal fundraising platform ActBlue. "My anxiety is quelled by donating to those opposing Trump [and] his agenda - especially at night - when most of these were placed."

Comment: Pay-triotic or addicted to elections?

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Attention

Russian pilot Yaroshenko believes he was poisoned by US prison staff


RT
Tue, 08 May 2018 11:13 UTC
Yaroshenko rally
© Alexander Vilf / Sputnik
Rally in front of the US Embassy in Moscow to support Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko.
Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the US, reportedly said he was put in a disciplinary cell for 30 days despite serious health problems that could be due to deliberate poisoning.

Yaroshenko's wife Viktoria told Izvestia daily that she talked to her husband by phone a few days back. She said that he feared he would not be able to endure 30 days in a disciplinary cell, because his health was deteriorating rapidly.
"His voice was tired and lost. His sickness is progressing. Konstantin spoke as if he was parting with us, he said he was tired of the torments and that 30 days in the disciplinary cell would kill him, said he would not walk out of it alive," she told reporters.
Viktoria also said that neither she nor Konstantin could understand the reasons behind the punishment, as he had always been very cautious and never got into fights with other inmates.

However, she said that the disciplinary cell could be a form of revenge by Fort Dix administration for a recent interview with Izvestia in which Yaroshenko said he feared that he would be set up in order to justify the US' refusal to hand over the Russian citizen to his homeland.

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Arrow Down

Deep State lunacy: The latest anti-Russian sanctions will actually harm the US economy

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Tue, 08 May 2018 18:08 UTC
Deripaska sanctions

Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska is a Russian oligarch, aluminium magnate and philanthropist
US sanctions on Oleg Deripaska and Rusal create chaos in world aluminium market, hurt US pension funds, force US Treasury to backtrack

In the immediate aftermath of the US Treasury Department's extraordinary decision to impose sanctions on the Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska and by extension his Rusal group, a very interesting article penned by the financial analyst Tim Ashe appeared in the Financial Times.

Discussing the sanctions imposed on Deripaska and Rusal, Ashe made this highly interesting comment
The sharp drop in Russian markets over the past few days and the limited contagion to global markets will have been noted by the US sanctions team. I think they have previously been very nervous over this idea of backdraught from their actions, hurting US institutional investors and causing systemic risks to other emerging markets and indeed global markets. The fact that the April 6 sanctions designations only really impacted Russian markets raises the prospect that the US can roll out asymmetric sanctions against Russia, that officials can be less worried about their actions having a more global impact. This means the Treasury is more likely to follow on from its April 6 actions, assuming no improvement in the relationship with Russia.
(bold italics added)

Comment: Once again the Deep State types are bitten by their shortsightedness, but they never seem to learn. If they cut off the US population at the knees who will fuel the war machine?

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