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London knife-crime epidemic: Football star Mesut Ozil attacked by knife-wielding moped gang in broad daylight

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Mesut Ozil was forced to "run for his life" as he and Arsenal team-mate Sead Kolasinac were the victims of an attack by knife-wielding moped thugs in London today.

German World Cup winner Ozil was seen racing down Golders Green Road in his black Mercedes G-Class SUV as the mopeds chased him.

Kolasinac is then seen leaping from the £100,000 vehicle and fighting off the armed robbers with his bare hands on camera.

Ozil then abandoned his car and fled the road on foot, taking refuge in nearby Turkish restaurant Likya.

Staff immediately rushed to his defence, piling out onto the street to help chase away the attackers.

Police arrived on the scene sharpish, and they were spotted questioning the Gunners forward on the pavement over the shocking incident by bystanders.

Financial worker Azuka Alintah, 36, was out food shopping when she witnessed the horrifying event.


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Afghan asylum seeker attacks multiple people with knife in London after asking if they're English


No Entry

Thanks but no thanks: Scottish feminist's lecture in Russia halted by police

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Scottish lass: "Helloo, I am from bonny wee Scotland! Would you like me to teach you about Western liberal values?!"

Russia: "Eh, no."
An administrative offense report that resulted in a 2,000-ruble fine ($32) was the penalty imposed on Harriet Phillips, a citizen of the UK, who, according to the so-called progressive community, allegedly became a victim of discrimination in Krasnoyarsk...


Eye 1

'Algorithms don't write themselves': Google whistleblower on Big Tech merging with politics

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© Reuters / Brendan McDermid
A senior Google software engineer has dismissed the idea that Big Tech can be politically neutral and called out his company as "very biased," joining Project Veritas' growing stable of whistleblowers.

"I'm very concerned to see Big Tech and Big Media merge basically with a political party, with the Democratic party," Greg Coppola, a Googler since 2014 who works on the AI Google Assistant, told the conservative muckraking outlet.
Are we going to continue to think for ourselves or are we going to just let the biggest tech companies decide who wins every election from now on?
While he doesn't have a specific "smoking gun" proving bias, decades of programming experience (he's been coding since age 10, he said) inform his growing certainty about Google's political slant. Algorithms "don't write themselves - we write them to do what we want them to do," he pointed out, explaining that even AI machine learning is "just a tool that we control."

Comment: Hours after the Project Veritas video was put online, Coppola was put on administrative leave by Google. He stated on his GoFundMe page that he expects to eventually be fired by Google for blowing the whistle on Google's liberal political bias.


Attention

Jessica Yaniv accused of trying to share child porn, sexual harassment of minors

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On July 22nd, 20-year-old Jessica Rumpel provided The Post Millennial with evidence of explosive allegations of the sexual interference she experienced as a young teen at the hands of Jonathan "Jessica" Yaniv.

Yaniv, a transgender person, has recently come under fire for a series of controversial human rights tribunal suits [they] have filed against 16 B.C estheticians, alleging discrimination for refusing to provide services to Yaniv's male genitals.


In the aftermath of Rumpel's bravery, two new victims have come forward, and, as unbelievable as it might be, their intersecting stories are even more shocking.

Comment: If it needed to be any clearer that this Jessica Yaniv person is a dangerous, narcissistic predator, not to mention all around sicko, here it is. This guy should be behind bars.

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Roses

Russian LGBT activist Elena Grigoryeva murdered in St. Petersburg - UPDATE

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© Dinar Idrisov / Facebook
Elena Grigoryeva
Police in St. Petersburg are investigating the murder of an LGBT activist, found stabbed to death outside her home. It's been speculated that anti-LGBT radicals, as well as her former fellow nationalists, could be responsible.

Elena Grigoryeva, 41, was found dead several hundred meters away from her home, hours after she was reportedly stabbed at least eight times. She was known for taking part in multiple protests for LGBT rights, and pacifist demonstrations.

Investigators are not sharing any theories on what happened or naming any suspects, so far. Grigoryeva was spotted socializing with several people shortly before she was murdered, according to reports in local media. One of those people has reportedly been found and detained, but it's unclear whether he has anything to do with her murder.

Comment: No doubt this tragic story will be picked up by the Russophobic crowd to amplify their message. In the meantime: UPDATE 25/07/2019: RFE/RL reports a suspect has been arrested for the crime:
The Investigative Committee said on July 25 that an acquaintance of Grigoryeva, a Kyrgyz-born resident of St. Petersburg, had been arrested on suspicion of killing the activist, who was found dead, apparently strangled and with multiple stab wounds, according to local media.

The man, whose name was not released, killed Grigoryeva during an altercation and had no political motive, the committee said.


A Google translation of the local media adds the information that the suspect had previous convictions, was also a native of Kyrgyz, knew Ms. Gregoryeva, was intoxicated, and the argument seemed to be of a domestic nature.


"As a result of materials collected by investigators about the deceased woman, it has been established that she led an asocial lifestyle, repeatedly drinking alcoholic beverages with various people, including the suspect," the committee said in a statement.

Aside from LGBT causes, Grigoryeva opposed Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and took part in rallies in support of political prisoners.

Grigoryeva's colleagues and friends say the 41-year-old had received multiple threats online and through other means.

In a July 25 statement on its Twitter feed, the U.S. embassy to Russia expressed "deep condolences to friends and relatives" of the late activist and called for a thorough investigation of the case.

"Yelena Grigoryeva was a brave defender of the LGBT community's rights, who participated in various civil initiatives. We call on the Russian authorities to hold a thorough and objective investigation," the statement said.
In other words, the fact that Ms. Gregoryeva was gay likely had little or nothing to do with her unfortunate death.


Bad Guys

'Clinton Body Count' trends on Twitter, establishment blames Russia

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© Reuters / Carlos Barria
Americans waking up to check Twitter were greeted with the trending hashtag "#ClintonBodyCount." Referencing a long-running conservative conspiracy theory, its re-emergence has of course been blamed on 'Russian bots.'

The hashtag is familiar to anyone immersed in the murkier ends of American right-wing culture: think late night talk radio and dog-eared copies of 'None Dare Call it Conspiracy' passed around backwoods militia meetings.

Coined by writer and conspiracy theorist Danny Casolaro in the late 1980s, the phrase has since been used by conservatives to link the mysterious deaths of people in some way connected to Bill and Hillary Clinton, like the 1993 suicide of White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster, and the fatal armed robbery of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich in 2016.

Syringe

Paranoid Measure: Texas district to begin drug testing students as young as 12

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A school district in the Texas Panhandle will begin drug testing students as young as 12 years old who are interested in playing sports or participating in other extracurricular activities.

Testing will begin with the resumption of classes next month at Bushland Independent School District and will be required of students in grades seven through 12 who play in the band, sit on the student council, assemble a yearbook, play chess or participate in other clubs. Students who receive a permit to park at the high school also will be subjected to testing.

The district does not have a drug problem or growing epidemic, district Assistant Superintendent Angie Watson said Wednesday, but the purpose is to keep students safe and "deter them from doing anything that would harm them."

Heart

Six-year-old boy dreams of becoming Chechen leader Kadyrov's bodyguard... and GETS HIRED

Ramzan Kadyrov
© kadyrov_96; RIA Novosti / Vladimor Astapkovich
Ramzan Kadyrov has embedded a six-year-old boy with his personal security detail, shortly after the fearless kid spoke about his desire to protect the firebrand Chechen leader.

"From now on, I have nothing to worry about, I've got a professional bodyguard who has no match in the world," Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on Instagram. Magomed-Emi Gaziev became known on social media after telling the world that he was eager "to become a true defender and warrior," he explained.

Footage shows Magomed-Emi socializing with the Chechen leader at his office.

Heart

Young cancer victim's idea for kindness lives on as people leave coins for needy at bus stops

Sonya Rybina
© VK. com / Людмила Аврамогло-Субботина; Instagram / faberlic78.spb
Some 49 cities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine have joined a flash mob in memory of a 10-year-old girl who died of cancer. They left coins stuck to notes at bus stops for those who don't have money to get home.

Sonya Rybina succumbed to cancer in January. She wasn't thinking about herself in her final months, however, and instead was focused on others who find themselves in difficult situations.

Sonya's idea of leaving coins for the needy at bus stops and train stations was shared by a St. Petersburg charity on social media, and it touched the hearts of many people.

Handcuffs

US soldier arrested in S. Korea after attempting to steal taxi, hitting police officer

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A U.S. soldier assigned to South Korea is under investigation after allegedly attempting to steal a taxi and striking a Korean National Police officer over the weekend.

The incident comes about a month after U.S. Forces Korea lifted its long-standing curfew for troops on the Korean Peninsula and has the attention of Army Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of all forces there.

"We are aware of the incident involving a U.S. soldier and KNP in Itaewon over the weekend and are cooperating fully with all legal authorities," Lt. Col. Martyn Crighton, a 2nd Infantry Division public affairs officer, told Army Times. "We take this matter very seriously. We are committed to ensuring our soldiers obey Korean laws, U.S. military regulations and remain good neighbors with the Korean community."

The suspension of the curfew on the peninsula was intended to serve as a 90-day evaluation period ending Sept. 17 to assess whether the curfew can be lifted permanently.

Incidents like this jeopardize that possibility.

Comment: The U.S. has a long history of occupying foreign nations. And the locals have a long history of wanting them out. Residents of Okinawa, Japan, for instance, are fed up with the number of rapes committed by U.S. troops. But despite the locals' wishes, as vassals of the American empire, the governments can't or won't do anything about it. So U.S. troops remain. See also: