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Second Florida survivor alleges CNN scripted narrative to push gun control

CNN lies school shooting scripted
In their alleged attempt to control the narrative on the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida last week, CNN has been accused of scripting the very testimonies from survivors to propagate their agenda. While CNN denied doing this to Colton Haab yesterday, as TFTP reported, another survivor has come forward with similar claims.

Andrew Klein's daughter survived last week's deadly school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School. Klein came forward Thursday accusing CNN of attempting to control the narrative in favor of gun control instead of an open uncensored town hall on how such tragedies could be prevented in the future.

Klein said a CNN producer told him the day after the shooting the network some have called the "Clinton News Network" of looking for only one type of person to speak out against guns. Klein told FNC's Laura Ingraham the network was looking for survivors and their families who would, "espouse a certain narrative which was taking the tragedy and turning it into a policy debate."

Comment: CNN is not news. It's an agenda-pushing propaganda factory. See:


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As Dutch Elections Approach, Muslim Think Tank Launches Anti-Freedom of Speech Tool

Dutch Council elections in Turkish

Dutch tolerance: local council election advertisement of Christian Democrats (CDA) political party in the Turkish language
With local Dutch council elections coming up in The Netherlands next month, the extreme left is ramping up their propaganda war against the right. The mainstream media has been making their job so much easier with articles quoting the anti-fascist, anti-Assad and anti-Russia Kafka group, which claims to do research into the far right movement, and by giving the International Socialists the opportunity to proclaim how the bloody Russian October Revolution of 1917 is still a 'source of inspiration' to them.

While mainstream politicians are busy making fools of themselves with their anti-Russia propaganda, a new Dutch political party Forum voor Democratie (FvD) that campaigns for reduced immigration and good relations with Russia, is gaining popularity. Unsurprisingly, the leftist Dutch establishment is doing their level best to besmirch the new party's leaders, hoping they can stop the momentum that seems to be building in The Netherlands. In doing so however, they are creating a dangerous political climate for politicians who don't toe the anti-Russia establishment line.

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Florida school shooting survivor walks out on CNN town hall after refusing to ask 'scripted' question - Update

Colton Haab florida school shooting
© Colton Haab/Facebook
Colton Haab, a student who survived last week's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, refused to participate in a CNN Town Hall on Wednesday night after he was told to ask a "scripted" question.

Haab, a junior at the high school, told Fort Lauderdale ABC affiliate WPLG that CNN invited him to speak at the televised town hall in nearby Sunrise, Florida, and that he and his parents had dressed up for the occasion.

But CNN then told Haab he would have to read a question that CNN had prepared for him:

Comment: CNN's attempts at spin are getting more and more blatant.

Update: CNN in a panic
CNN issued a statement Thursday morning denying that it had asked a shooting survivor to ask a "scripted question" at the CNN Town Hall on guns on Wednesday evening in Sunrise, Florida.

On Wednesday evening, junior Colton Haab, a survivor of last week's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, told local Fort Lauderdale ABC affiliate WPLG that CNN had invited him to appear at the town hall, but he had withdrawn after being asked to recite a "scripted" question.

On Thursday morning, CNN public relations issued a statement denying that anyone had been given a "scripted" question, and inviting Colton Haab to appear on air:
There is absolutely no truth to this. CNN did not provide or script questions for anyone in last night's town hall, nor have we ever.

After seeing an interview with Colton Haab, we invited him to participate in our town hall along with other students and administrators from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Colton's father withdrew his name from participation before the forum began, which we regretted but respected. We welcome Colton to join us on CNN today to discuss his views on school safety.
The CNN Town Hall was stacked heavily in favor of gun control, and speakers were carefully selected. CNN chose, for example, to highlight Emma Gonzalez, a student who has spoken at rallies since the shooting and who has blasted President Donald Trump. Gonzalez was seen clutching a piece of paper as she asked a question of National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch.

Gonzalez attacked Loesch as a mother, telling her, "We will support your two children in a way that you will not."
February 23 Update:

Colton Haab was interviewed on the Tucker Carlson Tonight show adding that he believed the the town hall was also scripted.
Haab said watched some of the CNN town hall but turned it off because he "knew" it was going to be "scripted."

"I watched a little bit of it. I kind of felt like I didn't really need to because I knew as soon as what had happened with me that it was going to be more scripted and wasn't actually going to be actual questions. Then I didn't feel the need to fully watch it," he told Carlson.

"So if CNN was willing to re-word your question, put their own words in your mouth, and as you said you didn't want to go along with that, do you think they did that to other people last night?" Carlson asked.

"Absolutely, from what I did see, I seen a couple people that had asked questions before I did leave my house. And it was a little piece of paper cut out. And I know for a fact that nobody cut their own paper out and wrote their own question. Especially when they were all based off the same topic. So, to me, it from right there it showed this isn't correct. Why do they all have the same size piece of paper with a short little question on it? So, to me it was a total waste of my time, honestly," Haab said.

Update:
Tim Pool points out in this short video that CNN, in their statement denying providing scripted questions to town hall participants, are lying by claiming they have never provided scripted questions. He points out that in information leaked about Donna Brazile's firing from CNN exposed the network of having provided scripted questions to the Clinton campaign. This makes Colton Haab's position even more likely to be true and, at the very least, exposes CNN as liars.





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Twelve indicted in alleged pill mill at HOPE Clinic locations

HOPE Clinic
© CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of W.Va. Mike Stuart announces indictments Tuesday against several people accused of running a “pill mill.”
After a four-year investigation, 12 people involved in a pain clinic in Southern West Virginia were indicted for their roles in an alleged "pill mill," U.S. Attorney Michael Stuart announced Tuesday.

The owners, managers and physicians of HOPE Clinic were among those who were charged in the 69-count indictment that was unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, in Beckley.

HOPE Clinic operated as a pain management clinic in Charleston, Beckley and Beaver, West Virginia, and in Wytheville, Virginia. The indictment alleges that those involved distributed oxycodone and other Schedule II controlled substances outside of their legitimate and intended medical purposes between November 2010 and June 2015.

"Homegrown drug dealers behind the veil of a doctor's lab coat, a medical degree and prescription pad are every bit as bad as a drug dealer or heroin trafficker from Detroit or elsewhere," Stuart said.

Info

Real life 'Westworld' to feature soon in Texas

Westworld
© HBO/Fair Use
"These violent delights have violent ends."

The phrase is borrowed from William Shakespeare and echoes throughout the HBO series Westworld, but hopefully it's not one you'll see on the front gate of the real-life park that, according to Entertainment Weekly, HBO building in Austin, Texas, for this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) festival.

HBO is reconstructing the town of Sweetwater on two acres of rented land as a "Live Without Limits Weekend" experience for festival-goers who want to visit and be a part of Westworld (presumably without the racier themes and activities shown in the series). Between March 9-11, visitors who pre-register for the experience will be picked up by a Delos Shuttle in Austin and transported into the theme park, where they will then be put into groups and given the opportunity to interact with hosts, see the Coronado Hotel and Mariposa Saloon, and sample park-appropriate fare.

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Protests spread through Germany against Merkel and her immigration policies

Protest in Kandel
© Screenshot ARD
Protest in Kandel
Germans are not planning to stop protesting against Angela Merkel and her migration policy. Several demonstrations have already taken place and the next one will be on 24 February.

Most of Germany's protests started after the shocking murder of the 15-year-old Mia, by an Afghan refugee. The girl was attacked and murdered with a knife in a drug store in the town of Kandel.

A few courageous women started protesting in the city after it appeared the mayor was more concerned about xenophobia than about the safety of the citizens. The protest went bigger and later resulted in a march for Mia under the motto: "Kandel is everywhere".

Later there were protests in Cottbus, Hamburg, Dresden and Kandel again. Most protesters are concerned about how Germany is changing under Merkel and about migrant violence against women and girls.


Comment: See also:




Pistol

New York Times writer calls for banks and credit cards to block gun sales

gun control


What Sorkin is suggesting is more of the same, although perhaps with worse consequences. If banks take action where policymakers do not or cannot, they are essentially putting themselves above the law. And if banks start playing that role, where does it end?


What if, for example, banks and credit card companies decided to stop processing payments for any retail purchase of cigarettes? After all, cigarettes are demonstrably bad for all consumers, and secondhand smoke can harm innocent people. Should banks step in to help protect society at large?

Or what if banks decided to stop processing payments for abortion clinics because they believed the practice was immoral? Is it fair for financial institutions to make abortion effectively illegal? What if President Trump called on financial firms to cut off access to environmental groups he believed were delaying projects that could bring jobs to local economies? Maybe banks should freeze Colin Kaepernick's checking account until he stops kneeling during the national anthem?

Many of these examples are extreme, but you get my point. Just because banks can be used to have a dramatic impact on our society doesn't mean they should be.

- From the American Banker piece: Call for Bank Crackdown on Gun Sales Is Deeply Misguided

Comment: For anyone of good conscience to call on financial firms to shadow legislate for any cause is the height of irresponsibility. That anyone could be so blinded by their own agenda to call for corrupt institutions to step in and end personal freedom is simply astonishing. See also:


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Delaware Prop 225 to allow kindergartners to choose own race and gender without parental consent

Delaware Prop 225 protest
Children as young as 5 years old will be allowed to choose their own race and gender identity without approval from their parents under new legislation proposed in Delaware.

The proposed anti-discrimination policy for Delaware public schools has both parents and state legislators up in arms.

Last summer, Gov. John Carney had instructed DOE to deliver clear identity guidance to school districts and charter schools. His focus was to "prohibit unlawful discrimination in educational programs and activities for students, on the basis of any legally protected characteristic." It was to include: Race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity. It was in response to pressure from transgender students and their parents.

Comment: Identity politics insanity is continuing to increase at a rate that is truly alarming. To not take the parent's wishes into consideration, and indeed to even legislate keeping information from parents, is totalitarian in the extreme. How much more insanity can the public take before a tipping point is reached? See also:


Airplane

German government using chartered flights costing 100K euros per flight to deport rejected asylum seekers

German deportation asylum seekers

Looking at Germany’s total number of rejected asylum seekers, the country needs thousands of planes to deport all 226,000 of them.


On Tuesday evening 14 Afghans were deported to their homeland with a chartered plane from Munich Airport.


The rejected asylum seekers were flown back to their homeland with a plane chartered by the Federal Government, Germany's Ministry of the Interior reported.

But Germany's return flights are pretty unsuccessful: On this flight around 58 rejected asylum seekers should have been on board.

Comment: Germany is reaping the fruits of participation in US-led wars as well as its failed open-door immigration policy. The majority of these refugees would not have been seeking asylum in Europe if their countries had not been made completely uninhabitable by the West.


USA

Deputy who stayed outside the building during Parkland school shooting resigns

Trump sheriff meeting
© Eric Thayer / Reuters
FILE PHOTO: US Sen. Marco Rubio, Officer Mike Leonard, First Lady Melania Trump, and US President Donald Trump at the Broward County Sheriff's Office. February 16, 2018.
The Broward County deputy who was on the Parkland, Florida school campus during the fatal shooting has resigned, after it emerged that he stood outside the building and did not confront the attacker.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, confessed to the police that he opened fire with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, killing 17 and wounding 15 people at the the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school last Wednesday. The former student then discarded the weapon and blended in with the students fleeing the building, the authorities said.

Cruz was eventually arrested by an officer from the neighboring town, some hours after the incident. Multiple news outlets questioned why he was never confronted by the armed school resource deputy who was on campus at the time.

Comment: Armed school officer at Stoneman Douglas High School stayed outside and 'did nothing' during shooting