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Alaskan officials set to investigate voter fraud after 'anomalies' in recent elections

Evie Fordham
The Daily Caller
Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:43 UTC

A potential investigation hangs over an Alaska State House Republican primary after the race came down to a few votes, but irregularities like 17 voter registrations that trace back to a single mobile home address caught the attention of the Alaska Division of Elections.

Incumbent Gabrielle LeDoux leads challenger Aaron Weaver by 113 votes after Tuesday's election, but at least 26 absentee ballots for LeDoux are classified as "suspect" by the state Division of Elections, reported KTVA.

The state Republican Party Chairman Tuckerman Babcock is calling for an investigation. LeDoux fell out of favor with her party in 2016 after she abandoned the Republican caucus.

Identity politics: Doing more harm than good to minorities?

Remi Adekoya
Quillette
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 17:12 UTC

It is difficult to think of an issue today as contentious as identity politics. Long criticised by the right as divisive and polarising, it has begun to be questioned by some on the left as well - from thinkers such as Mark Lilla and Jonathan Haidt. Writing from a liberal perspective in the Guardian, Columbia University professor Sheri Berman cited a host of psychological surveys showing that many white voters are supporting right-wing populists like Trump in a "defensive reaction" against perceived "group-based threats" that have been provoked, in part, by left-wing identity politics.

Portraits of alleged migrant attacks' victims displayed at German immigration protests

Sputnik
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:09 UTC

Protestors in Germany carry portraits of those allegedly killed by illegal immigrants

The unrest in the Saxon city was prompted by the death of Daniel Hillig, a German national, allegedly killed by two migrants on August 26. The incident led to ongoing mass demonstrations and clashes between different groups of protesters and police.

At least 4,500 participants took part in an anti-immigrant demonstration on Saturday in Chemnitz, the local police stated, adding that A total of 18 people including three police officers were injured during the day.

Comment: Deutsche Welle reports:

Chemnitz police order far-right protesters to go home

Two competing demonstrations in Chemnitz were very much a clash of two Germanys. No police presence could obscure the fundamental conflict, indeed naked hatred, between these two sets of people.

Police in the Chemnitz said Saturday they had ordered the organizers of an anti-migrant protest to call off their march.

The rally, which drew about 4,500 participants, surpassed its authorized time limit, leading to concerns about public safety, officials said. They added that some 3,500 counterdemonstrators had attempted to interfere with the march by blocking its planned route.

As night fell, protesters from both sides were refusing to leave the area, prompting police to bring in water cannons, the DPA news agency reported.

"Our units were at times forced to use direct force," police said on Twitter. "We repeat our call, continue to refrain from violence."

More than 1,200 police officers were deployed to Chemnitz ahead of Saturday's protests, which came one week after a 35-year-old German man was fatally stabbed in the city. Two men from Syria and Iraq have been arrested over the death.

The incident sparked attacks on foreigners and violent clashes that shocked the rest of the country.

Saturday's right-wing rally was led by the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the populist PEGIDA movement. Organizers called it a "mourning march," with many participants holding German flags and pictures of alleged victims of migrant violence.

Large crowds, including hundreds of rival demonstrators, also turned out for a rally opposing xenophobia and anti-migrant sentiment.

Many on the right are angry with Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to welcome hundreds of thousands of mainly Middle Eastern asylum-seekers to Germany in 2015. The influx led to a backlash in some parts of the country that resulted in the AfD winning seats in parliament for the first time.

Failing petrodollar: Financial expert reveals why it's best to invest in gold

Sputnik
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 18:28 UTC

After hitting a price of $1,370 per ounce, the precious metal has shown a significant decline in recent months; losing 12% of its value and falling to $1,200 per ounce. Financial and precious metal markets expert Dimitri Speck has explained to Sputnik why he is still championing investments in gold despite its fall.

Speck explained that the key difference between gold and currencies like the euro or dollar is that it is not some kind of commodity money and its mass can't be increased arbitrarily. Gold also can't go bankrupt and be declared worthless, the financial expert continued.

Comment: Sure, the precious metals markets are completely manipulated, but the writing is on the wall with the petrodollar; it's only a matter of time before it fails. The question, as always, is when? No one knows for sure, but Russia and China have been stockpiling gold for years:

Massive prison break near Tripoli causes hundreds to flee

Sputnik
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:29 UTC

Some 400 detainees escaped after a riot on Sunday at a prison in the southern suburbs of the Libyan capital Tripoli, AFP reported.

"The detainees were able to force open the doors and leave," Libyan police said in a statement as quoted by AFP, stressing that a skirmish between rival militias raged near the prison of Ain Zara. However, the police did not specify what crimes the escapees had committed.

Starting August 26, the southern suburbs of Tripoli saw multiple clashes between the so-called Seventh Brigade from Tarhouna, also known as Kaniyat, and the Tripoli Revolutionaries Battalion (TRB), nominally affiliated with the GNA Interior Ministry. At least 40 people have been reported killed.

Libya has been in turmoil since the 2011 civil war, which resulted in the overthrow of its longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. The eastern part of the country is governed by the House of Representatives with headquarters in the city of Tobruk. The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj, operates in the country's west and is headquartered in Tripoli.

IBM lays off 20K older workers while seeking to import 37K foreigners as replacements

John Binder
Breitbart
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:13 UTC

Outsourcing corporation IBM laid off about 20,000 older Americans in the last five years, a new investigation reveals, while the tech multinational sought to import at least 37,000 foreign workers to take U.S. jobs.

A joint investigation by ProPublica and Mother Jones reveals that about 60 percent of the Americans that were laid off by IBM in the last five years were workers over the age of forty. This amounts to about 20,000 40-years-old and older Americans being laid off by IBM since 2014.

At the same time, IBM has attempted to import at least 37,000 foreign workers on H-1B visas since 2016.

Every year, more than 100,000 foreign workers are brought to the U.S. on the H-1B visa and are allowed to stay for up to six years. That number has ballooned to potentially hundreds of thousands each year, as universities and non-profits are exempt from the cap. With more entering the U.S. through the visa, Americans are often replaced and forced to train their foreign replacements.

Afghanistan: Helicopter crash leaves 12 people dead

Sputnik
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:09 UTC

A Moldovan MI-8 MTV helicopter, belonging to the Valan International Cargo Charter carrier, crashed in the Afghan northern province of Balkh, killing two crew members and 10 passengers, the Moldovan civil aviation authorities said on Sunday.

"There were three crew members, Ukrainian nationals, and 11 passengers, Afghan nationals, on board... Two crew members and 10 passengers were killed," the authorities said in a statement.

Artists are abandoning Israel's music festival

Nora Barrows-Friedman
The Electronic Intifada
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC

More performers have dropped out of the Meteor Festival lineup as fans and human rights activists continue to urge pop singer Lana Del Rey and other slated artists not to "art-wash" Israel's crimes against Palestinians.

The festival is set to take place next week in northern Israel.

On Tuesday, New York-based DJ Volvox stated on Facebook that she decided to cancel her appearance at the festival, citing the "complex" situation.

"My heart goes out to the young Israelis and Palestinians who were looking forward to my show, I recognize that they despise this conflict as we all do and yearn to be free of it," she wrote.

Volvox's cancellation comes days after US-based DJ Python stated that after "talking with friends and some well-informed folks," he wouldn't play the festival.

"[It] would feel really phony to act like I'm super politically active/informed, but I do think about what I feel is wrong or right, and it feels like the right thing to do is not go play," he said. He added that he would be holding a fundraiser for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and Palestinian organizations.

Thomas Cook holidays: British tourists in Cuba on drips after food poisoning outbreak - Just weeks after contamination killed couple in Egypt

Charlie Bayliss
Daily Mail
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 13:53 UTC

Playa Pesquero

Guests at another Thomas Cook hotel have been put on IV drips after being hit by suspected food poisoning, just days after a couple died from the disease at another of the package holiday company's resorts.

British tourists at the

Playa Pesquero hotel restaurant in Cuba have complained of falling severely ill with diarrhoea and sickness after eating at the restaurant.

The luxury hotel in Cuba has been the site of a number of previous mass sickness outbreak in 2012, as Thomas Cook was forced to pay out £150,000 in compensation to 20 victims. There was another outbreak in 2014.

The latest outbreak in Cuba has been ongoing for the past three week, and hotel staff have allegedly been trying to bribe guests with the offer of paying their medical bills in return for them signing a disclaimer to stop them claiming compensation.

Comment: It's not just holiday operators who have been responsible for mass food poisonings and contaminated produce of late:

Travesty of justice: Young mother with felony history faces prison for using a gun to kill a home intruder

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 15:23 UTC

Do convicted felons have the constitutional right to defend themselves with a firearm? The answer to the question, in most U.S. states is a resounding no. Those who do, like Arkansas native Krissy Noble, face years in prison, all for choosing to protect their lives and the lives of their loved ones with a firearm.

Noble was cleared of all wrongdoing in the Dec. 7th shooting death of Dylan Stancoff, who attacked her in her own home. Noble was pregnant at the time of the shooting when Stancoff, calling himself Cameron White, stopped by her home and asked to speak to Noble's husband who was not home at the time. Saying he was a friend from the military, Stancoff left but returned later, pushed himself into Noble's home, attempted to cover her mouth to prevent her from screaming, and began to struggle with the mother-to-be.

Noble escaped briefly and retrieved a .40 caliber handgun, fired three shots, and killed her attacker. But because Noble pleaded guilty (before the shooting in 2017) to felony possession of marijuana, she now faces six years in prison, all for the crime of using her husband's handgun, a gun she successfully used to defend herself and the life of her unborn baby.

The case against Noble will likely be an open and shut one. After all, she pleaded guilty to drug possession and knew she was prevented by law from owning a weapon, a crime which the state takes seriously. The guns belonged to her husband who is not a convicted felon.

Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

.. .. are wheel barrel sales are up too?

Jibrish

I doubt any pureblood would object to the "vaccinated" being masked, but if they (the "vaccinated") still feel unsafe then maybe their problem is...

HashAttack2

I said this would happen...now they are looking to mandate companies with less that 100 employees...shits getting real, people[Link]

Bezel Bub

it's all a lie ! :O

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Society's Child

Alaskan officials set to investigate voter fraud after 'anomalies' in recent elections

Identity politics: Doing more harm than good to minorities?

Portraits of alleged migrant attacks' victims displayed at German immigration protests

Failing petrodollar: Financial expert reveals why it's best to invest in gold

Massive prison break near Tripoli causes hundreds to flee

IBM lays off 20K older workers while seeking to import 37K foreigners as replacements

Afghanistan: Helicopter crash leaves 12 people dead

Artists are abandoning Israel's music festival

Thomas Cook holidays: British tourists in Cuba on drips after food poisoning outbreak - Just weeks after contamination killed couple in Egypt

Travesty of justice: Young mother with felony history faces prison for using a gun to kill a home intruder

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