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Britain issues post-Brexit passports... before actually leaving the EU

RT
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:48 UTC

Britain has put in for yet another Brexit delay, but it seems nobody has told the Home Office. New British passports are already being sent out with a cover omitting any reference to Brussels whatsoever.

Amid ongoing political chaos over how and when the UK will actually leave the EU, Prime Minister Theresa May this week asked for another membership extension until the end of June. This means that the UK is currently - and will be for the foreseeable future - a member of the EU. The Home Office, though, is clearly done with all the dallying and ready to move on.

Alarmed and "furious" Twitter user Susan Hindle Barone shared a photo of her new British passport alongside her expiring one to show the key post-Brexit cover change (even though the UK is not quite yet post-Brexit).

Comment: Heaven forbid the Home Office presume that Brexit would actually go ahead:

And check out SOTT radio's:

Germans take to streets in rent rise protests, demand more social housing

Shafi Musaddique
Euronews
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 20:33 UTC

Thousands took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday in protest against rising property rents and called for properties of large-scale landlords with more than 3,000 houses to be taken over by the government.

Other protests have been held across Germany's major cities, including Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich on Saturday.

Local media showed protestors gathering at Berlin's Alexanderplatz square. Saturday's protests are expected to last till 5pm Berlin time.

Thousands took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday in protest against rising property rents and called for properties of large-scale landlords with more than 3,000 houses to be taken over by the government.

Other protests have been held across Germany's major cities, including Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich on Saturday.

Comment: Despite Germany being the powerhouse of Europe and being one of the main benefactors of EU membership, its citizens haven't escaped the predation of neo-liberal economics nor the deterioration in living standards brought about by the corruption of Western markets and government policies. And, like much of Europe, its citizens are beginning to push back, as evidenced by the rise in populist politics:

Also check out SOTT radio's:

World first: Dutch F-16 literally shoots itself 'in the foot' with its own cannon

RT
Sun, 07 Apr 2019 11:37 UTC

Comment: There's metaphor, and then there's enhanced, augmented, back-2-reality metaphor!

A Dutch F-16 fighter jet somehow managed to shoot itself with its own autocannon during a military exercise this year, local media reports, citing investigators. The military is still not sure how exactly the incident happened.

The F-16 jet suffered "considerable damage" after getting hit by a projectile - which turned out to be its own ammunition, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported this week. The bizarre incident occurred in January and has been under investigation ever since.

A pair of the US-made fighter jets were training together and shooting ground targets with their six-barrel Vulcan autocannons. One of the machines was damaged during the exercise, but landed safely afterwards. Its pilot walked away from the incident unharmed.

A photo released by the investigators to Dutch media shows an apparent bullet hole and a dent in the plane's port side, right below the canopy. Fragments of the ammunition had also reportedly damaged the aircraft's engine. It is not yet clear how many bullets hit the plane, but at least one definitely left the mark.

Comment: That 1956 incident doesn't really count because it's understandable that a pilot could accidentally catch up with his own cannon-fire.

But instantaneously shooting your own aircraft??! In a modern military jet??!

Explosion at apartment complex as Paris rocked by another fire

RT
Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:42 UTC

A powerful explosion was caught on camera during a major blaze which ravaged a multi-story building in the French capital's 19th arrondissement. Authorities have yet to establish the cause of the incident.

The blaze, which erupted somewhere between the first and fifth floors of the eight-story building at the intersection of Macdonald Boulevard and Pierre Mollaret, began around 9pm local time. Witnesses heard at least one violent explosion, which was recorded and has been widely shared on social media.

Around 100 firefighters and multiple firetrucks and ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene in an effort to contain the blaze, which, a fire department spokesman said, spread quickly and engulfed several floors.

Comment: Saturday 12th January: Suspected 'gas leak' triggers explosion in central Paris, reports of injuries

Tuesday 5th February: ANOTHER fire tragedy strikes Paris: 10 dead, 30 injured at residential blaze in 16th Arrondissement

Ireland: Predator convicted of extreme double-rape attack gets 18 years

Ruaidhrí Giblin
Irish Examiner
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC

A man who broke into his ex-partner's home before subjecting her and her teenage foster daughter to a series of violent rapes described as a "night of horror" has lost an appeal against the severity of his 18-year prison sentence.

The 38-year-old Limerick man, who cannot be named, threatened the child's foster mother with a knife during the seven-and-a-half-hour ordeal which only ended when he fell asleep the next morning.

He pleaded guilty 10 days before his trial was due to commence at the Central Criminal Court to six counts of rape at a house in Co. Limerick on the night of September 10, 2016. He had originally faced 17 counts on the indictment with additional charges of rape, making a threat to kill, assault and false imprisonment.

Comment: And that is why some countries still have the death penalty.

Teacher slams UK govt bid to make teachers & nurses responsible for fighting knife crime, blames Tory cuts

RT
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:21 UTC

© Global Look Press / Alex Cavendish
Friends and Families of Knife-crime victims across the UK protested opposite Downing Street in London

A teacher on the BBC's political debate show Question Time gave a Tory minister a severe dressing down, accusing his government of not being "fit for purpose" due to its inability to address the current knife-crime epidemic.

The audience member, who said she had worked in education for 15 years, lashed out at the UK government live on air, with Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Jeremy Wright in the firing line.

Comment: Here's what Jordan Peterson has to say on the topic of knife crime in the UK:

Many on social media are blaming the funding cuts to police and youth services and calling for the PM to resign:

May recently held a "Serious Youth Violence Summit" to ~~pay lip service to~~ address the growing concerns about public safety amid a string of knife attacks throughout London. John Apter, national chair of the Police Federation for England and Wales had this to say following the event:

He said he was "cynically optimistic", but added that the Government should take responsibility for policies that have left public services "stripped to the bone" and police "firefighting" when it comes to dealing with crime.

Mr Apter, who represents rank-and-file officers, said: "Whilst I fully accept we have to look forward, I think the Government and the Prime Minister in particular has to shoulder some of the responsibility for the Government's failed policies. What she's done to policing is unforgivable and she's now seeing the impact of that."

He also described proposals which could make police, along with teachers and nurses, accountable for failing to spot warning signs that youngsters are becoming involved in knife crime as "a bit of an insult".

"We already have that level of accountability and we already highlight if we fear that somebody is going down that path," he said.

"My plea is that this cannot be just a talking shop or a photo opportunity.

"It's got to be something meaningful and credible because the country deserves something to come out of this."

Liberty leads the people: The fight for a decent life in Gaza

Amjad Ayman Yaghi
Electronic Intifada
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:35 UTC

© Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency
David vs Goliath: 20-year-old Palestinian A'ed Abu Amro braving IDF sniper-fire on 22 October 2018. He was shot in the leg by an Israeli sniper two weeks later...

The photograph by Mustafa Hassouna that made Aed Abu Amro an instant icon.

When Aed Abu Amro held a Palestinian flag aloft during one of the Great March of Return protests last year on the boundary between Gaza and Israel, the last thought on his mind was that he would become an internet sensation.

But a picture of the shirtless Aed, slingshot and flag in hand and enveloped by the smoke from tear gas, went viral almost instantly.

It sparked comparisons with a painting from the European Romantic period and made him an instant icon of the Palestinian resistance.

The photo was taken on 22 October by Mustafa Hassouna of the Turkish Anadolu press agency. And it so happened that in composition, lighting and motif, the picture closely resembles "Liberty Leading the People," a painting by the French painter Eugène Delacroix.

Judge halts sales of high-capacity ammo magazines in California

Don Thompson
AP
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 18:49 UTC

A federal judge on Friday halted sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines in California, giving state officials a chance to appeal his order last week that allowed their sale for the first time in nearly 20 years.

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez barred further sales until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers whether to reinstate the state's ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets.

But the judge said those who bought the extended magazines since his initial order a week ago may keep them without fear of being prosecuted while the appeal proceeds.

Hundreds of thousands of gun owners may have bought the magazines since Benitez threw out the state's ban last week as infringing on their Second Amendment right to bear arms, said Chuck Michel, an attorney for the National Rifle Association and the California Rifle & Pistol Association who filed the lawsuit that led to the ruling.

World Congress of families representative: 'Supporting family values is not fascism, it's caring for the future of humanity'

RT
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:08 UTC

© Reuters / Ilya Naymushin
"Family values are in danger because there are very powerful international lobby groups pushing for gender rights, introduction of same-sex marriage, abortions, euthanasia as well as legalization of drugs and prostitution. We think that this is destructive to the ‘natural family’ and a madness that will bring humanity to destruction."

Standing strong for traditional family values is not fascism, as the mainstream media often insinuates, but merely a concern for the future of humanity, Aleksey Komov, of the World Congress of Families (WCF), has told RT.

Liberal media, spurred on by hate-mongering "watchdogs" like the Southern Poverty Law Center, have lost their collective mind over the 13th WCF meeting that took place in Verona, Italy in late March, labeling the attendees "far-right" and "neo-Nazis" who attack women and roll back the rights of sexual minorities.

Komov, who represents the WCF at the UN and in Russia, dismissed these claims as "complete fake news," arguing that the World Congress of Families was being held simply because "it's important to support the family for any healthy society, so that people can have children and nations can flourish in the future."

Comment: More on the WCF event: Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Family March at World Congress of Families Conference in Verona, Italy

While feminists and the far-left laud the destruction of traditional families in the West, where single motherhood has skyrocketed, with a concurrent increase in childhood poverty, abuse and neglect, Russia has gone in the opposite direction, and is flourishing:

Huge turnouts across France for 21st straight weekend of Yellow Vest protests

RT
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:29 UTC

Comment: And once again, RT France is pretty much the only network in France accurately reporting on it...

Acte XXI, 6 April 2019. Month 6...

More than a dozen people have been arrested as Yellow Vest protesters flood the streets of French cities, marking the 21st consecutive week of mass demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron and his government.

Some 21 protesters were arrested in Paris on Saturday morning, local media reported, citing police. Eric Drouet, one of the leaders of the Yellow Vests, was fined 135 euro ($150) for violating public protest laws. The ruling was slammed by his lawyer who said that "if Drouet wants to have a cup of coffee at the Champs-Elysees, he has an absolute right to do so."

Nevertheless, the rallies in the French capital and elsewhere remain largely peaceful. The Yellow Vests are singing songs and holding placards as they march to denounce the policies of Emmanuel Macron and demand his resignation.

Comment: The French police officers' union estimates there were 110,000 protesters this time (throughout France, or just in Paris? We're unsure).

Got a lot of banning to do now if songs have to only contain official, literal, "truths" I reckon.

Neizvestno

We must believe lies as truth or face the consequences. I am not sure if I can assimilate into the Brave New World.

nuggatron

This figure is such an obvious parody and insult of the voters, I don't know why the whole deepfake administration was not court-martialled and...

codis

Only space aliens or pedojewzskies would abuse a child at school: [Link]

Jibrish

Good luck to them, to us all.

Demore

Society's Child

Britain issues post-Brexit passports... before actually leaving the EU

Germans take to streets in rent rise protests, demand more social housing

World first: Dutch F-16 literally shoots itself 'in the foot' with its own cannon

Explosion at apartment complex as Paris rocked by another fire

Ireland: Predator convicted of extreme double-rape attack gets 18 years

Teacher slams UK govt bid to make teachers & nurses responsible for fighting knife crime, blames Tory cuts

Liberty leads the people: The fight for a decent life in Gaza

Judge halts sales of high-capacity ammo magazines in California

World Congress of families representative: 'Supporting family values is not fascism, it's caring for the future of humanity'

Huge turnouts across France for 21st straight weekend of Yellow Vest protests

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