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Nairobi extremist attack ongoing as gunfire and explosions continue to rock hotel complex

CBC
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:32 UTC

© Ben Curtis/Associated Press
Security forces help civilians flee the scene as cars burn behind at a hotel complex in Nairobi Tuesday.

There are indications an attack on a hotel in Kenya's captial may not be over. More than 12 hours after the initial explosions and gunfire Tuesday, a first responder reported renewed gunfire and explosions coming from the Nairobi complex.

Extremists initially attacked a luxury hotel Tuesday afternoon local time, sending people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the complex and black smoke rose over the scene.

Surveillance video showed three attackers dressed in black running across the parking lot at 3:30 p.m., shortly followed by a fourth. At least two of the men were wearing green scarves in the close-up footage. One appeared to be wearing a green belt with grenades on it.

Al-Shabaab - the Somalia-based extremist group that carried out the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that left 67 people dead - claimed responsibility.

Comment: See: Islamic terror group launches attack on Nairobi hotel and office complex

Jordan Peterson shares his views on faith, Scottish independence and the nature of evil

Richard Purden
Scottish Catholic Observer
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC

In the concluding part of the series, Richard Purden speaks to Jordan Peterson about Faith, Scottish Independence and the nature of evil.

IN 2018, Professor Jordan Peterson was cemented as a new kind of spokesman for a disaffected generation around the globe, leaving many to consider his growing popularity as nothing short of a cultural phenomenon.

In the second part of this exclusive interview with the popular public intellectual and author, he describes the Catholic Church as the 'lynchpin of Christianity.'

In his international bestseller 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Dr Peterson considers the fashionable suggestion by various professionals that evil is an antiquated concept.

"I think you are vulnerable to what you deny," he said. "If you familiarise yourself with 20th century history in particular and don't walk away with a sense of evil then you just haven't done the reading.

"It's just one example, but the gates at Auschwitz that pronounced 'work sets you free'-what is that? It's a 'joke,' malevolence, and the denial of evil allows it to flourish.

"In the classic myths when the god Horus encounters his uncle Seth, the god of evil, it costs him the loss of an eye.

"It's no wonder people don't want to admit to [the existence of evil] because it permeates everything, the culture, the family and yourself, and to see that in those places is devastating.

"Often when naive people encounter someone truly malevolent it traumatises them so badly that they never recover, and even physiologically it causes damage; it's no joke. It's much easier to be casually forgiving and not take the problem with the degree of seriousness that it deserves."

Comment: The first of the two-part series of interviews can be found here.

The cruelty of call-out culture

David Brooks
The New York Times
Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:01 UTC

How not to do social change.

A number of months ago, I listened to a podcast that has haunted me since - because it captures something essential about our culture warrior moment. It was from NPR's always excellent "Invisibilia" series and it was about a woman named Emily.

Emily was a member of the hard-core punk music scene in Richmond, Va. One day, when she was nearly 30, she was in a van with her best friend, who was part of a prominent band. They were heading to a gig in Florida when the venue called to cancel their appearance. A woman had accused Emily's best friend of sending her an unwelcome sexually explicit photograph.

Comment: Anyone who can't see that "call-out culture" is a step backward in the social evolution of humanity is, no doubt, gripped by an ideology. No sane individual could possibly see it as a good thing.

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US-based investment fund triples its stake in Russia's internet giant Yandex

RT
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:31 UTC

The Oppenheimer family of investment funds has increased its stake in Russian tech corporation Yandex, according to the latest filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

The company that identifies itself as one of the world's most reputable investment firms reportedly boosted its stake from 1.8 percent to 6.41 percent, which represents about 18.365 million shares, as of December 31, 2018.

Yandex closed trading in the US at $29.55 per share on Monday so the entire OppenheimerFunds stake in the Russian company is currently worth $542.7 million.

Why questioning Zionism is forbidden within the mainstream Jewish community

Ilana Cruger-Zaken
Mondoweiss
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:31 UTC

A woman named Amal Altaramasi was killed Friday while participating in the 43rd week of the Great Return March demonstrations at the separation fence between Gaza and Israel. Also Friday, my friend on Birthright texted me a picture of himself smiling atop Masada, thumbs up. He'd learned a new Hebrew slang word, "Sababa." Cool.

Over 70 years, millions of Jews (and other tourists) have visited Israel over generations and shared in a safe, fun, positive experience without encountering Palestinians or interacting with Palestinian realities and then come home believing they've "seen it" and "really know what it's like." Israeli tourism has remained strong throughout the near-year of demonstrations in Gaza, suggesting that the Great Return March has very little effect on the regular order of life in Israel, despite the justification of the ongoing blockade of Gaza being predicated on the notion of an imminent existential threat to Israel (and the Jewish people). The existential threat the blockade poses to Palestinians bears no impact on the experience of the average visitor to Israel.

MS-13 gang members enter US as 'unaccompanied children' - loophole lets them go free

Stephan Dinan
Washington Times
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:31 UTC

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A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent gathers information on four Guatemalan nationals, including two men and a pair of 12 and 13-year-old boys, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Yuma, Ariz. Thousands of families and unaccompanied children are continuing to cross the U.S. border in Arizona and California even after learning of the government's family separation policy upon apprehension.

If the Trump administration had its way, Ramon Arevalo Lopez and Oscar Canales Molina would have been either in detention or deported.

Instead, they were out on the streets - thanks to judges' orders - where, according to police, they and another illegal immigrant delivered an MS-13 gang beat-down to two high school students in New York.

All three of the illegal immigrants entered the U.S. in 2016 as unaccompanied alien children, meaning they crossed the border without parents - a status that earned them a quick release into the country, where they were quickly reunited with their family and began to live while awaiting deportations that never came.

Yellow Vest protestor shot in the back of the head by French police

Peter Allen
Daily Mail
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:33 UTC

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Olivier Beziade, a father-of-three in his 30s, was shot in the back of the head in Bordeaux on Saturday.

A fireman who joined France's Yellow Vest protest movement is in a coma after being shot in the head 'like a rabbit' by a police officer using a controversial flash ball gun.

Horrific images show Olivier Beziade, a father-of-three in his 30s, lying on the floor in Bordeaux on Saturday after being hit from behind.

He is wearing one of the high-visibility motoring jackets from which the Yellow Vests get their name.

Comment: You would think the French government would realize that the harder they try to beat down the protesters, the more anger and resolve they foment. They are doing themselves no favors in reacting this way.

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Annual DerbyCon hacker conference is shutting itself down because of rampant SJW and feminist 'negativity, polarization and disruption'

Cassandra Fairbanks
The Gateway Pundit
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC

The organizers of the popular Louisville tech conference DerbyCon have announced that 2019 will be the final year they will hold the event - due to social justice warriors ruining everything fun, as usual.

In a lengthy statement, the DerbyCon team explained that they are ending their run because of a "vocal group of people creating negativity, polarization, and disruption, with the primary intent of self-promotion to advance a career, for personal gain, or for more social media followers. Individuals that would have us be judge, jury, and executioner for people they have had issues with outside of the conference that has nothing to do with the conference itself."

Comment: The oppressive views and actions of SJWs and feminists are reaching a fever pitch that may someday come back at them with a vengeance.

EU approval of glyphosate weed killer heavily based on Monsanto's own biased studies

RT
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:15 UTC

EU regulators based a decision to relicense the controversial glyphosate-based Monsanto weed-killer on an assessment which was heavily plagiarized from agri-chemical industry reports, a cross party group of MEPs has revealed.

The MEPs commissioned the investigation after the Guardian reported that Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) had copy-and-pasted tracts from Monsanto studies into its safety assessment for the weed killer. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) then based its recommendation that glyphosate was safe based on that very report.

Comment: The war on information rages on when it comes to health of billions of human beings vs the billions of dollars Monsanto/Bayer stand to make by deliberately lying to the world:

Former police sergeant given a $5K fine and 90 days in jail for downloading child porn

Tylar Bacome
NBC4
Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:17 UTC

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Sgt. Dean Worthington, the former Columbus Police public information officer, was indicted on four counts of child pornography.

Former Columbus Division of Police Sgt. Dean Worthington was sentenced Thursday in a child pornography case.

Worthington was given a 9 year sentence in the case but that was suspended to 90 days in county jail and a $5,000 fine. He will also have to register as a sex offender for 25 years, and have no access to the internet.

In November, Worthington pleaded guilty to four counts of sex-related charges including illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance and three counts of pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor.

The prosecutor argued for prison time while the defense pushed for probation. Worthington's AA sponsor and his ex-wife spoke on his behalf. Both expressed confidence he would not commit these crimes again.

According to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien, Worthington, 51, was downloading child pornography to his personal phone.

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Society's Child

Nairobi extremist attack ongoing as gunfire and explosions continue to rock hotel complex

Jordan Peterson shares his views on faith, Scottish independence and the nature of evil

The cruelty of call-out culture

US-based investment fund triples its stake in Russia's internet giant Yandex

Why questioning Zionism is forbidden within the mainstream Jewish community

MS-13 gang members enter US as 'unaccompanied children' - loophole lets them go free

Yellow Vest protestor shot in the back of the head by French police

Annual DerbyCon hacker conference is shutting itself down because of rampant SJW and feminist 'negativity, polarization and disruption'

EU approval of glyphosate weed killer heavily based on Monsanto's own biased studies

Former police sergeant given a $5K fine and 90 days in jail for downloading child porn

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