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BJP leader, his father and brother shot dead in Kashmir, cops arrest his security guards

Sheikh Waseem Bari,  Kashmiri local BJP leader
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Three people including a BJP leader has been killed in a fresh terror attack in Kashmir’s Bandipora.
Sheikh Waseem Bari, a local BJP leader and two members of his family were shot dead by suspected terrorists in Kashmir's Bandipore district late on Wednesday evening. Sheikh Waseem Bari was a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bandipora district, 60 km north of Srinagar.

Sheikh Waseem Bari's father Basheer Ahmad and brother Umar were also killed in the attack that took place at his shop in Bandipore, said police.

Inspector general of police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said that Bari,his father and brother received critical injuries in the gunfire opened by terrorists at his shop. All three were rushed to the hospital but were declared brought dead, Kumar said.

Cult

'All who don't kowtow to BLM must be destroyed': The new Inquisition wants to dismantle the America we know

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People gather around the newly painted "Black Lives Matter" mural along 5th Avenue outside Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 9, 2020
The real purpose of Black Lives Matter has become apparent. They are not a social movement about racial equality, but rather a secular, fundamentalist dogma devoted to subjugation and destruction.

Recently, in a conversation with a lady friend at my apartment, we began to discuss political bits and to have a bit of playful debate. During the course of the discussion, we ended up on the issues of awful policing and race. Though we had some common ground when it came to the need for more police transparency and more focus on constitutional respect, we disagreed on Black Lives Matter. Specifically when it came to my bringing up many of my recent articles, discussing the pressure they put on artists.

Though I've discussed the "trained Marxists" of Black Lives Matter and how their tactics may lead to Donald Trump's re-election, there hasn't been much discussion about what makes the movement tick. Specifically what its members are all really about and how they ignore issues that affect the black community. They place blame at the feet of people that aren't even related to current issues either, instead deflecting to a completely different "big bad" as if they're living in Alabama circa 1950.

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Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame Cathedral to be rebuilt without modern touches

Notre Dame Cathedral
© AP Photo/Thibault Camus
A crane stands by Notre Dame Cathedral, Friday, July 10, 2020 in Paris. Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt just the way it stood before last year's devastating fire.
Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt just the way it stood before last year's devastating fire.

No swimming pool or organic garden on the roof of the medieval Paris monument, or contemporary glass spire, or other modern twists. And to stay historically accurate, it will again be built with potentially toxic lead.

That's the verdict reached by French President Emmanuel Macron, the cathedral's present-day architects and the general in charge of the colossal reconstruction project for one of the world's most treasured landmarks.

Music

Country band Lady A, formerly Lady Antebellum, sues blues singer Lady A

Lady Antebellum, Lady A
In June, the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum announced it would change its name to Lady A to remove any association with slavery. But weeks after appearing to reach an agreement with Seattle-based blues singer Anita White, who has been using the same name for more than a decade, the country group announced on Wednesday it is suing her.

"Today we are sad to share that our sincere hope to join together with Anita White in unity and common purpose has ended," the band members of Lady A said in a statement to CBS News. "She and her team have demanded a $10 million payment, so reluctantly we have come to the conclusion that we need to ask a court to affirm our right to continue to use the name Lady A, a trademark we have held for many years."


Band members Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and David Haywood decided to sue after "White's attempt to enforce purported trademark rights in a mark that Plaintiffs have held for more than a decade," according to the lawsuit. The band is not seeking monetary damages, the lawsuit said.

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Star of David

Liberal Zionists make arguments that echo white nationalists— 'There is no equality between us and the Palestinians'

Merav Michaeli israel journalist

Merav Michaeli is an Israeli journalist
One good thing about Israel's annexation push is the crisis in the Israel lobby. Powerful rightwing Jewish groups that are holding the bag for Netanyahu have been exposed as moral dimwits. AIPAC and the American Jewish Committee are in freefall right now because their only response to events is, Stand by Israel.

While liberal Zionists can brag that they have seized the moment and have seemed to slow Israel's plans.

But hold on. As I listen to liberal Zionist arguments against annexation, it is stunning how many of them are ethno-nationalist, or even Jewish supremacist. Jews and Palestinians aren't equal. We Jews need a strong majority. You'd think that the liberal Zionist groups might be a little ashamed of offering space to such arguments, but no — they charge right in.

Many of these arguments are from Israeli Jews. Israel is a rightwing society. So if you're a liberal Zionist group that defers to Israeli speakers because they live there — well, you've got a problem!

Comment: Adam Horowitz had a few more things to say:




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Monstrous: Dutch police discover secret and sophisticated torture site in shipping containers

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Authorities in the Netherlands have discovered an apparent torture site hidden inside shipping containers, which were lined with sound-proofing material and filled with assumed torture devices, the country's National Prosecutor's Office has said.

Officers raided the site at Wouwse Plantage on the Dutch-Belgian border on June 22, arresting six men suspected of kidnapping and hostage taking.

They found six shipping containers which had been converted to what are believed to be "prison cells," as well as a stash of weaponry including pruning shears and loppers.

"In each of the cells, handcuffs were attached to the ceiling and floor, in order to be able to chain someone standing up with their arms raised," the statement said. "The rooms were finished with noise isolating panels and heat-insulating foil."

One of the units also contained a dental chair, with straps for feet and arms. "The sea container with the dental chair contained bags with objects that were presumably intended to torture or at least put pressure on victims," the statement added.

Comment: In addition to the monstrous acts that are presumed to have taken place in these containers, what makes this grisly discovery so disturbing is the obviously high level of organization and financial resources that were available to the perpetrators. This is clearly an almost "professional" operation that we only usually see set up by governments' militaries and intelligence agencies.


Megaphone

Legal challenge to COVID-19 measures filed in Ontario Superior Court

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We are living in unprecedented times. The mass and indiscriminate containment of citizens, the restriction of access to parliament, the courts, medical and educational services, the destruction of local economies and livelihoods, and the requirement to physically distance, along with the forced use of non-medical masking are extraordinary measures that have never before been imposed on the citizens of Canada. The impact of these aberrant measures on our physical, emotional, psychological, social and economic well-being is profoundly destructive and these actions are unsustainable, unwarranted, extreme and unconstitutional.

During times of emergency, Constitutional rights do not stop being important. They become even more important.

Vaccine Choice Canada has made numerous formal requests of the Government of Canada and various provincial governments to provide evidence that justifies the declaration of an emergency, the imposition of unscientific and unwarranted measures, and the violations of our Charter rights and freedoms, to no avail.

Fire

Minneapolis salon owner says city not helping after business torched in riots: 'I'm just left alone'

Flora Westbrooks
A Minneapolis salon owner, whose business was burned down during riots sparked over the death of George Floyd, told "Fox & Friends" on Thursday she feels "alone" after city leaders and politicians have failed to help struggling business owners.

"It hurts to know that I have no business. I have nothing. I don't even have a styling chair anymore, you know. I don't have a salon anymore. It hurts," said Flora Westbrooks, the owner of Flora's Hair Designs. "I'm just left alone. I don't have any help."

Westbrooks owned the salon for about four decades before her business was "burned to the ground due to civil unrest" in Minneapolis on May 29, according to a GoFundMe page that was set up to help her rebuild.

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Star of David

Toronto leaders silent on JDL attacks on pro-Palestinian restaurant

JDL vandalize palestinian store
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A member of the JDL defacing the Foodbenders storefront.
Recently an individual with the Jewish Defense League (JDL) was filmed defacing the storefront of the Foodbenders sandwich shop in Toronto in broad daylight. Nothing has happened to the perpetrator but the restaurant has faced negative consequences.

On Sunday JDL thugs held a rally in front of Foodbenders, which has "I Love Gaza" painted on its window. During their hate fest they scrubbed a Palestinian Lives Matter marking from the sidewalk and, similar to what Jewish supremacist settlers do to Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, someone painted the symbol on the Israeli flag onto the restaurant window. Alongside painting Stars of David on her storefront, Foodbenders' s owner Kimberly Hawkins has faced a bevy of online abuse. Hawkins has been called a "dirty Palestinian whore" and told "Palestine sucks I will burn your business down" and "I hope your family gets trapped inside the restaurant when it burns."

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Cult

Internet witch hunts derive from 'profound' desire for self-purpose, signatory of open letter critical of cancel culture tells RT

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Cancel culture attracts people who feel isolated by society and want to be part of a rigid orthodoxy that gives their lives meaning, according to a signatory of a controversial open letter that was also endorsed by J.K. Rowling.

Growing intolerance towards ideas and views deemed impermissible swells from a yearning to belong to something bigger than ourselves, said Roger Berkowitz, a professor of political studies and human rights at Bard College. In an interview with RT, he explained that "widespread mass existential loneliness of our culture" has eroded social traditions to the point where many people feel like they "don't have a sense of purpose in the world." As a result, there is a "profound need" to latch onto "political or social movements that give our life meaning."

The problem, noted Berkowitz, is when personal identity becomes dependent on the perceived righteousness of a movement. In such cases, individuals feel personally threatened by ideas that challenge their dogmas. He said that on both the right and the left, there is an effort to shame, rather than persuade, dissenters.

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