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'No equivalent internationally': Swedish police chief at wit's end over wave of bombings in the country


RT
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:53 UTC
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© REUTERS/TT News Agency/Jeppe Gustafsson
In a break from the government line which had sought to downplay gang violence, Sweden's Police Commissioner Anders Thornberg admitted there is "no equivalent internationally" to the recent massive increase in bomb attacks.

"I understand that many people are worried about what is happening, there's a sense that the criminals' vendettas are creeping closer to the general public," Thornberg said, during a press conference Wednesday.

Just this past week, a bomb exploded in a Malmo apartment complex, another device blew up on a balcony in Hassleholm and explosives were found outside a shopping mall in Kritsianstad.

The country is struggling to curb the increasing use of explosives by criminal gangs, in addition to an uptick in shootings and other armed assaults.

Few of the country's at least 100 bomb attacks so far this year have caused serious injury, but the fact that attacks using explosives have doubled since 2018 is cause for public concern and political embarrassment. In addition, some 70 unexploded devices are still being investigated.

Comment: Unfortunately, it seems like things will only get worse before they get any better. The bombings are only one facet of the many problems Sweden is facing currently.

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#WalkAway founder and panelists discuss hispanic town hall taking place right in Ocasio-Cortez's congressional district

Frank Camp
The Daily Wire
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:01 UTC
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
On Saturday, the #WalkAway movement is hosting a "Hispanic American" town hall. The event, which will be held in Congressional District 14, will feature speakers and panelists including Anna Paulina, Drew Hernandez, Gabriel E. Montalvo, among others.

For the uninitiated, the #WalkAway movement was created by former progressive Brandon Straka. On May 26, 2018, Straka released a video titled, "Why I Left The Democratic Party." It has since been viewed more than 2.7 million times on Facebook.

In the video, Straka explains his exodus from the Democratic Party. Many more former progressives have followed suit. A cursory YouTube search for "Walk Away" brings up video after video of individuals telling their own stories about leaving the Democratic Party or progressivism more generally.

Comment: The idea that racial minorities are obligated to vote democrat is one of the best scams the Democratic Party ever pulled. When one considers how the extreme leftist views being pushed by the party, including trans rights, abortion and homosexuality, conflict with the traditional values of Blacks and Latinos, why would one expect them to vote blue?

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'This is not a MAGA rally!' The View hosts triggered by Donald Trump Jr. guest appearance


RT
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:40 UTC
Donald Trump Jr
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Donald Trump Jr
Promoting his book 'Triggered,' President Donald Trump's son made waves on ABC's The View, sparring with the hostile host panel which had to repeatedly tell the studio audience to stop cheering (and booing).

Don Junior and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle were the show's guests on Thursday, and got into many back-and forths with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Abby Huntsman and Meghan McCain.

Trump and Guilfoyle made a spirited defense of the Trump presidency, rejecting the moral equivalence of a Trump hotel operating in Washington, DC with Hunter Biden sitting on a board of a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice-president. When Junior mentioned that President Trump gives away his entire salary to the US Treasury, the audience cheered and clapped, prompting the irritated Behar to snap.

"This is not a MAGA rally!" she said, referring to Trump's 2016 campaign slogan, Make America Great Again.
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Question

'Inconsistent with expert data': Russia's tax service challenges 'secretive' World Bank Doing Business rating


RT
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:35 UTC
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© Global Look Press / Xinhua / Wang Yiou
Russia's Federal Tax Service (FNS) has questioned data used by the World Bank in its assessment of the country for its Doing Business index, stating that the Bank's data is very inconsistent with findings of independent experts.

The recently released rating placed Russia into 28th place among 190 countries. The country has improved its results compared to the previous year - when it came in 31st - but the new rating has raised a few questions at Russia's tax service.

The FNS questioned accuracy of data used by the index's creators - at least, in its fiscal part - stating that the World Bank's figures are very different from the findings of independent experts.

"The rating's findings are very inconsistent with the data from independent experts, as well as with the surveys, conducted by the Russian businesses," FNS told RIA Novosti.
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Health

NHS plan to hand out 'red cards' to patients who offend medical staff with abusive comments


RT
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:39 UTC
british nurse nhs
© Reuters / Stefan Wermuth
Patients who direct racist or sexist abuse at hospital staff could have their treatment withdrawn - as soon as is medically safe - under a new disciplinary system which would see 'red cards' handed out to repeat offenders.

The 'Red Card to Racism' scheme was recently implemented by the NHS's North Bristol Trust (NBT) in response to increasing incidents of racist behavior from patients toward medical professionals. But the proposal has triggered mixed reactions.

"A message that there's zero tolerance towards [racism] will lead to a level of self control," Weyman Bennett, co-convenor of the Stand up to Racism campaign told RT, adding that "most of these people will find that once their behavior is deemed unacceptable, they realize that they can no longer behave like that."

Comment: Most hospital staff can distinguish between a respectful request made on religious grounds, such as a woman not wishing to be treated by a man, and a demand made on personal animus. While Stephan Morris may have valid points about the stress inherent in a hospital stay, the fact is that medical staff are routinely exposed to mental and physical abuse by patients. The situation is further exacerbated by the chronic underfunding of Britain's healthcare system. NHS Bristols attempt to mitigate this seems to be a step in the right direction, by giving patients a chance to moderate their behaviour.

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Fire

Drag kids are the product of a dangerous American delusion

Douglas Murray
UnHerd
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:01 UTC
Desmond is Amazing


The way the 12-year-old drag act, Desmond is Amazing, has been pushed on the world betrays a worrying tendency

"How sexy is that kid?"

If anyone thinks that such a sentence is unimaginable, unutterable in our concerned, paedophile-aware times, then let me introduce you to the gateway-phrase: "Drag kid."

This week, the world has become a little more aware of this horrid little phrase because the internet has become a little more aware of it. And that is because of the promotion of a 12-year old 'drag kid' known by the name Desmond is Amazing.

Comment: Amen.

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Airplane

Stalling ordeal: Plane crew aborts takeoff, fights controls in dramatic Atlanta emergency


RT
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:01 UTC
Airplane
© Wikipedia / formulanone
The crew of a Republic Airways Embraer ERJ-175 had to fight for their lives, after losing control of the aircraft shortly after takeoff from Atlanta Airport. Pilots had to struggle with controls and make several landing attempts.

The dramatic incident unfolded over Atlanta on Wednesday, after American Eagle flight 4439 took off for New York, with six passengers and four crew on board. Just four minutes into the flight, contracted by American Airlines, the crew reported they experienced the so-called "trim runaway."

The term refers to aircraft losing its ability to adjust its horizontal heading, as its trim surfaces begin to deflect out of control. Such issue is usually caused by a software glitch or technical malfunction.
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Assange lawyers' links to US govt & Bill Browder raises questions

Lucy Komisar
OffGuardian
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:52 UTC
bill browder julian assange


The network of lawyers in conflicting roles in Browder, Assange and US government cases raises questions about Julian Assange's defense.

A US government lawyer in the Assange extradition case just wrote a London Times oped promoting the Browder Magnitsky hoax. Ben Brandon is one of five lawyers in a London network whose spokes link to convicted tax fraudster William Browder, the U.S. government, and to both sides of the extradition case against whistleblower publisher Julian Assange.

Here is how the British legal system works. Lawyers are either solicitors who work with clients or barristers who go to court in cases assigned by the solicitors. To share costs, barristers operate in chambers, which provide office space, including conference rooms and dining halls, clerks who receive and assign cases from solicitors, and other support staff. London has 210 chambers. There are not "partners" sharing profits, but members operate fraternally with each other.

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Doberman

'They should be out there playing in the fields': Animal rights activists abuse blind man for having guide dog

Frank Chung
news.com.au
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:50 UTC
blind man with dog attacked
© JonAttenborough/Twitter
‘Sam is like my best buddy.’
Animal rights activists have attacked a blind man for having a guide dog, saying the animal did not give its "consent" and that it should be "out there playing in the fields" instead of working.

Scottish man Jonathan Attenborough was born without sight in his right eye and lost sight in his left eye five years ago due to aggressive glaucoma.

He was paired with his guide dog Sam, a three-year-old labrador, in April last year. The highly trained service animal is his "constant companion" and allows the 30-year-old to live a more fulfilling life.

Comment: The twisted logic of the ideologically possessed. If this kind of sentiment escalates more than it already has, we can probably expect the seeing-impaired to to become the victim of violence by these rabid "animal rights" activists. Rabid leftists have already started shouting down seniors with walkers who hold different political opinions. These people are bullies, simply put.

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Attention

Hypocrisy: So much for 'whistleblower' coverage at ABC and CBS

James Freeman
The Wallstreet Journal
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:56 UTC
amy robach epstein
In the 50 days since news consumers were told that a federal whistleblower was expressing his disapproval of a presidential phone call, CBS News has aired or published more than 100 stories on President Donald Trump and Ukraine. Counting stories from local affiliates, the number rises above 200. That's according to the Dow Jones Factiva news archive.

But CBS hasn't come close to the wall-to-wall coverage offered by rival ABC News. A Factiva search of ABC stories about Mr. Trump and Ukraine yields 687 results for the last 50 days.

More than 300 of the ABC stories specifically include the term "whistleblower". And roughly all of the stories are derived from the original allegations formulated by the unnamed government employee in consultation with the office of Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.). Mr. Schiff publicly denied that such consultation had occurred but later acknowledged the fact as his falsehood was exposed.

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