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Airbnb buckles under lawsuits: Backs down from blacklisting Jewish homes in the West Bank

Connor Boyd
The Daily Mail
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:19 UTC

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Airbnb has reversed its decision to remove rental listings of Jewish settler homes in West Bank (pictured, some of the properties in Beitar Illit), which the UN has declared to be illegal under international law

Airbnb has reversed its decision to remove rental listings of properties in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory.

The home rental company announced on Tuesday it will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in West Bank, which the UN has declared to be illegal under international law, to end lawsuits brought by hosts.

In November, Airbnb sparked outrage when it said it was removing around 200 homes 'that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians'.

Israeli lawyers immediately filed a class action suit against the the San Francisco-based firm.

Airbnb's announcement came after it was forced to settle in four lawsuits filed against it in the US and Israel.

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Eighteen states offer in-state tuition for illegals, legal resident students NOT happy about that

Cabot Phillips
Campus Reform
Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:56 UTC

The Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that colleges in Georgia are not required to admit illegal immigrant students.

The decision further sparked a national conversation about the rights of Dreamers, as well as the legality of offering them in-state tuition benefits, which usually allow students attending college in their home states to pay far less than their peers from different states.

Citing US Code 1623, which states that anyone who is not legally a citizen cannot be entitled to any benefit that is denied to a citizen of the United States, some have questioned whether those here illegally should be offered in-state tuition rates that aren't available to other students who are citizens. Currently, 18 states, offer some form of a pathway for in-state tuition to those living here illegally.

A high school student speaks out on feminism

Helene Hennig
The Post Millenial
Wed, 10 Apr 2019 05:38 UTC

Today's feminism has lost its way. In the late 1800s, "first wave" feminism rightfully started out as a movement to establish, first and foremost, suffrage for women (i.e., the right for women to vote). From there, it then quickly evolved into a movement that focused on gaining women equal opportunity in the workplace and equality in the eyes of the law. Through the 1960s, "second wave" feminism sought an end to sexual harassment and fought against discrimination.

All of these were worthy goals and, to a large extent, have successfully been accomplished. However, feminism today-"third wave" feminism-has morphed into a shrill, self-righteous crusade that, in what seems like a desperate bid to remain relevant, has not just vilified men but has turned on children, families and even women themselves.

Modern feminism has set out to infiltrate family life, destroying it with poisonous lies through the cultivation of a "culture of grievance" in which women are always to be seen as victims. It has done this by promoting the ideological falsehood that men and women are not natural allies, but that their relationship is adversarial in nature. Feminism strives to pit women against men at every opportunity.

Because of this, men are not allowed to speak on any issue concerning women, from the supposed "pay gap" to abortion to even the difficulties men face simply being men. The new anti-men hashtags coined by modern feminists - #killallmen or #menstears to name a couple - show how feminism has allowed itself to become synonymous with misandry. Delivering generalizations on the back of slogans is, as Chairman Mao proved, a powerful way of thought control. It allows the idea to form that all men are inherently bad while overlooking the fact that there are also bad women.

Comment: When one peels away the layers what feminism's real effect on society is, we can see it all but helpful to women and harmful to our social structures. In fact, the core of feminism is based on the destruction of the family and by extension, Western society. See also:

Shareholders of Boeing to sue over 737 MAX crashes, disclosures

Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:56 UTC

Boeing Co's legal troubles grew on Tuesday as a new lawsuit accused the company of defrauding shareholders by concealing safety deficiencies in its 737 MAX planes before two fatal crashes led to their worldwide grounding.

The proposed class action filed in Chicago federal court seeks damages for alleged securities fraud violations, after Boeing's market value tumbled by $34 billion within two weeks of the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX.

Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg and Chief Financial Officer Gregory Smith were also named as defendants.

Boeing spokesman Charles Bickers had no immediate comment.

Comment: Now if only the American public would sue Boeing - and many of the companies comprising of the military industrial complex - for helping to induce the horrific global wars that the US government wages in order to make those ungodly profits for them.

Revenge plot: Deputy arrested for planting drugs in car of ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend

Tina Terry
Fox 13 Memphis
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:45 UTC

North Carolina sheriff's deputy is accused of planting drugs in someone's vehicle as part of a revenge plot.

Anson County Sheriff Landric Reid said he's grateful his detectives were able to uncover the alleged scheme before anyone's life was ruined.

"This was a revenge case where he planted drugs in this male's car," Reid said. "This male was dating his ex, and he wanted revenge, and he wanted his ex-girlfriend back."

Reid said that in March of 2018, former Deputy David Scott Burroughs bought drugs, such as heroin and meth, and planted them in the car.

Fukushima disaster: Ghost town residents free to return, Greenpeace warns radiation levels remain too high

Sky News
Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:14 UTC

Tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is illuminated for a decommissioning operation

A town of 10,000 was evacuated in the aftermath of the nuclear meltdown - eight years later, residents are free to return.

For the first time since the 2011 meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, residents who lived in a nearby town are being allowed back in.

Japanese authorities on Wednesday gave the first clearance for residents to return to the evacuated town of Okuma, west of the tsunami-crippled plant.

Lower radiation levels achieved through decontamination work and progress in infrastructure development allowed authorities to lift the mandatory evacuation order over parts of the town, Japan Times reported.

Baltimore City Council demands mayor's resignation over $500k book fraud

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:08 UTC

The 14 members of the Baltimore City Council requested Monday for Mayor Catherine E. Pugh's resignation over her ongoing children's book scandal, The Washington Post reports.

In a two-sentence letter, the council said the "entire membership of the Baltimore City Council believes that it is not in the best interest of the City of Baltimore for you to continue to serve as Mayor. We urge you to tender your resignation, effective immediately."

Pugh, who recently took an indefinite leave of absence for 'medical issues,' has been "recovering from pneumonia and regaining her health," said a statement issued by her office. "She fully intends to resume the duties of her office and continuing her work on behalf of the people and the City of Baltimore."

Prestigious federal scholarship for public service granted to zero self-described conservatives in 2018

Christian Schneider
The College Fix
Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:47 UTC

Program is billed as nonpartisan but stats show otherwise

None of the nearly 60 recipients of a prestigious $30,000 federal scholarship granted in 2018 reported that they had ever worked for a Republican political candidate or conservative organization, according to an analysis by The College Fix.

The lucrative Truman Scholar awards are given to college juniors, who receive $30,000 to attend graduate school and pledge to serve three of their first seven years after graduation in public service.

The federal scholarship is supposed to be nonpartisan and given simply to "persons who demonstrate outstanding potential for and who plan to pursue a career in public service."

Amnesty Intl. 2018 report: Global judicial executions down one-third, declines in Pakistan and Iran

RFE/RL
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 23:56 UTC

The number of known judicial executions around the world declined by nearly one-third in 2018 compared to 2017, reaching the lowest level in at least a decade, Amnesty International says in its annual report on death sentences and executions.

Belarus was among a handful of countries that defied the trend, the human rights group said in the report released on April 10: The only European state that carries out executions put at least four people to death in 2018, it said, twice as many as in 2017.

Although Iran remains "a country where the use of the death penalty is rife," a change in Iran's drug laws led to a reduction of executions by "a staggering 50 percent," Amnesty International said. Still, the rights group said, executions in Iran often "were carried out after unfair trials."

It said Pakistan, Iraq, and Somalia also showed "a significant reduction in the number they carried out," helping to push down the number of global state executions from at least 993 in 2017 to at least 690 in 2018.

"The dramatic global fall in executions proves that even the most unlikely countries are starting to change their ways and realize the death penalty is not the answer," Amnesty International Secretary-General Kumi Naidoo said.

Czech court: Alleged Russian hacker Nikulin's rights violated by forced extradition to US

RT
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:33 UTC

A former Czech justice minister violated the rights of Russian national Yevgeniy Nikulin by ordering his extradition to the US on hacking charges, the country's constitutional court ruled Tuesday.

Following an appeal from the accused, judges in the Czech court overturned Justice Minister Robert Pelikan's decision last year which led to Nikulin's extradition to the United States. According to the court's spokeswoman Miroslava Sedlackova, the decision had "violated Mr Nikulin's legal right to judicial protection."

Nikulin was arrested in Prague in 2016 after the FBI accused him of targeting three Bay Area companies with cyber-attacks in 2012, including social media site LinkedIn and file host Dropbox, charges which could net him 30 years in prison. Nikulin has consistently maintained his innocence. The hack was allegedly one of the largest data breaches in US history, with some 117 million login codes being stolen.

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Society's Child

Airbnb buckles under lawsuits: Backs down from blacklisting Jewish homes in the West Bank

Eighteen states offer in-state tuition for illegals, legal resident students NOT happy about that

A high school student speaks out on feminism

Shareholders of Boeing to sue over 737 MAX crashes, disclosures

Revenge plot: Deputy arrested for planting drugs in car of ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend

Fukushima disaster: Ghost town residents free to return, Greenpeace warns radiation levels remain too high

Baltimore City Council demands mayor's resignation over $500k book fraud

Prestigious federal scholarship for public service granted to zero self-described conservatives in 2018

Amnesty Intl. 2018 report: Global judicial executions down one-third, declines in Pakistan and Iran

Czech court: Alleged Russian hacker Nikulin's rights violated by forced extradition to US

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