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French mayor fined for refusing mosque construction permit, given deadline to grant it


Voice of Europe
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:36 UTC
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Mantes-la-Ville's mayor, Cyril Nauth, was fined on July 11th for refusing to grant a construction permit for a mosque, newspaper Le Parisien reports.

On Wesneday, Cyril Nauth was not only heavily hit with a 3,000 Euros fine, but also given an extension of one month for him to accept the permit.

If the mayor doesn't comply with the Versaille's administrative judges, he'll get a fine of 150 Euros everyday past that deadline.

In a statement, the Muslims Association of South Mantes, through their president Abdelaziz El Jaouhari, welcomed the decision:

"For dogmatic reasons, the mayor has bogged down the city in lengthy and expensive procedures by trampling on basic rules of law. The [...] thousands of euros spent by the mayor in these procedures could have been invested in services to the population that the city badly needs. With determination we will continue to preserve co-existence of peoples and to fight against all extremism regardless of where they come from."
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China offended by Larry Kudlow's "bogus" accusations that they are stalling trade talks

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 17:45 UTC
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Yuan sliding against the dollar
While China has so far failed to list explicitly just how it will respond to Trump's proposed tariffs on $200BN in additional Chinese imports, it has been quite clear that it is happy to go from trade war to currency war with its ongoing devaluation of the Yuan, which overnight lost another 550 pips, sliding to 6.80 against the dollar, the lowest level since July 2017.

And as it turns out, a big reason for the overnight plunge in the Chinese currency are Wednesday's comments by Larry Kudlow, Trump's chief economic advisor, who blamed President Xi Jinping for stalled trade talks when he told CNBC that he believed lower-ranking Chinese officials want a deal, including Xi's senior economic adviser Liu He, but that Xi has refused to make changes to China's technology transfer and other trade policies, accusing Xi of "holding the game up."

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Estonia whines that Putin's plane trespassed air space for 50 seconds on way to Helsinki

Andrew E. Kramer
WRAL.com
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 17:36 UTC
Ilyushin Il-96 putin plane
© Tatjana Obrazcova
Ilyushin Il-96
Even before his plane touched down in Finland for a summit meeting with President Donald Trump, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who was widely seen as coming out ahead at the meeting, had notched a victory in the air, Estonian authorities say.

Estonia - small, vulnerable and at the northeastern rim of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's mutual security zone - has long been seen as a test case for the alliance's willingness to resist Russian military moves.

For more than a decade, Russian military planes have regularly zipped through the edges of NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea off Estonia's coast, in daring, high-stakes runs that taunt the alliance's air defenses.
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Baby boomers in gig economy earn more than millennials and are far less stressed

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 04:30 UTC
Gig economy, baby boomers no retirement
Baby boomers working jobs in the gig economy are raking in more money than younger workers, are far less financially stressed and are typically more content with their situation, according to a study recently published by Prudential Financial.

Boomers - those above 56-years-old, make an average of $43,600 a year while working 25 hours a week. This compares to Gen Xers (36-55) at $36,300 per year and Millennials (18-35) at $27,500. The younger generations are also working longer hours per week, with GenX at 30 hours and Millennials clocking in an average of 26 hours weekly.

The reason behind the variance in income may be because boomers - due to their age - have more hard-to-find skills in fields in which Boomers appear well qualified, compared to younger and less experienced cohorts.

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Viral drone VIDEO slammed over dangerously close flyby to superjumbo jet on the tropical island of Mauritius


RT
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 15:21 UTC
Airplane
© Anthonyvlog
A screenshot taken from the video reposted to Facebook by Anthonyvlog.
The drone community has condemned an operator for reckless flying after footage released this week showed a drone coming dangerously close to the world's largest commercial passenger jet, the Airbus A380.

Filmed at Plaine Magnien Airport on the tropical island of Mauritius, the video shows the take-off of an Emirates A380. As the jet starts to ascend, it becomes apparent that the drone is hovering dangerously close to the aircraft's flight path, hovering less than 100 meters from the tip of its left wing.

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39 worldwide Jewish groups proclaim that BDS is not anti-Semitic


Mondoweiss
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:25 UTC
BDS boycott israel logo
© BDSmovement.net
This letter was posted on the Jewish Voice for Peace site yesterday.

As social justice organizations from around the world, we write this letter with growing alarm regarding the targeting of organizations that support Palestinian rights in general and the nonviolent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, in particular. These attacks too often take the form of cynical and false accusations of antisemitism that dangerously conflate anti-Jewish racism with opposition to Israel's policies and system of occupation and apartheid.

We live in a frightening era, with growing numbers of authoritarian and xenophobic regimes worldwide, foremost among them the Trump administration, allying themselves with Israel's far right government while making common cause with deeply antisemitic and racist white supremacist groups and parties.

Comment: Israel has the example of the power of boycott in the fate of apartheid South Africa. They are fighting tooth-and-nail on every front to stave off the inevitable.

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Over 100 former Ohio State University students allege sexual abuse by ex-team doctor Richard Strauss


RT
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 13:54 UTC
Graduates
© Jason Reed / Reuters
Graduating students at Ohio State University.
More than 100 former Ohio State University students have come forward to allege cases of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of ex-team doctor Richard Strauss during while studying at the university.

New details of an independent investigation into sexual allegations against Strauss were announced by Ohio State University officials on Friday.

"We are grateful to those who have come forward and remain deeply concerned for anyone who may have been affected by Dr. Strauss' actions," said Ohio State President Michael V. Drake. "We remain steadfastly committed to uncovering the truth."

The revelations come less than a week after five former wrestlers filed a pair of lawsuits claiming that repeated sexual abuse complaints had been snubbed by university officials.
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CNN grasps at straws: Uses discredited "Hamilton 68" website to claim #WalkAway hijacked by Russian bots

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:59 UTC
walkaway campaign twitter
© Brandon Straka/Twitter
A viral movement featuring Democrats who have left their party under the hashtag #WalkAway was just relegated to Russian Bot status by CNN, which published op-ed by David A. Love on Tuesday uncritically citing propaganda website "Hamilton 88" as evidence that Russia - not an organic movement - is fueling the hashtag's popularity.
#WalkAway has also now been connected to Kremlin-linked Russian bots, and it is now the seventh most popular Russia-influenced hashtag as of this writing, according to the website Hamilton 68, which tracks Russian influence on Twitter -CNN
The Walk Away campaign was launched by New York hairstylist Brandon Straka in late May, who created a Facebook page and posted a video explaining what the movement is about.

Comment: Things are getting desperate if the MSM has to drag out this tired meme.

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At Maxine Waters' L.A. office, defenders were in place but protesters agree to call it off

Kevin Modesti
Daily News
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:49 UTC
Protesters
© David Crane, Daily News/SCNG
Protestors in support of Maxine Waters stood by to protect her field office in Los Angeles from a possible appearance by the “Oath Keepers”, an anti-government militia that has staged armed protests in cities across the country. The Oath Keepers failed to show up at the office.
Amid controversy over comments by Rep. Maxine Waters, the militant group Oath Keepers scheduled a protest at the Democrat's Los Angeles district office Thursday afternoon, only to apparently agree to call it off after police expressed fears of clashes with counter-demonstrators.

Dozens of Waters supporters, led by people waving signs and chanting into bullhorns, showed up well before the 1 p.m. stated start time for the protest by the group.

But shortly before 1, police who had been watching over the scene at South Broadway and 102nd Street, began spreading the word that the Oath Keepers weren't coming.

LAPD Sgt. Childress said police and Oath Keepers leaders spoke and decided "to maybe find a different avenue to express themselves."

Childress, who wouldn't give his first name, said police "wanted to make sure this remained peaceful."

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Russia, leftist insanity and the treason that wasn't

Tom Luongo
Gold, Goats, 'n Guns
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:48 UTC
putin trump handshake helsinki
© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
It's become clear to me U.S. politics is reaching a breaking point. The level of hysteria over Donald Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin is wholly disproportionate to what actually occurred.

Putin declared the Cold War over. Pat Buchanan agrees and so do I. For as much grief as I give Donald Trump for his many missteps in foreign policy, his going to first Singapore and then Helsinki in the service of peace and better relations is more than commendable.

It was necessary.

Donald Trump may not be the President many of us wanted.

But, like it or not, he is both the president we have and the one we deserve. Our politics have been on a collision course with the bottom of the cesspit since 9/11.
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