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Local residents reported hearing a loud bang across the city late on Wednesday, with some eyewitnesses posting footage and photos of the blaze in the distance. It's not clear what caused the incident.
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Local residents reported hearing a loud bang across the city late on Wednesday, with some eyewitnesses posting footage and photos of the blaze in the distance. It's not clear what caused the incident.
To be worthy of following, post-Trump leadership must become consistent in deed with the insight that vaulted Donald Trump to public attention.
Donald Trump became the political vehicle for the American people's resentment of an overweening, corrupt ruling class. Trump's invaluable contribution to the Republic was to lead Americans publicly to disrespect that class.
Americans elected Trump to preserve freedoms and prosperity against the encroachments of that class. But instead, he became the catalyst by which that class cohered to transform the American Republic into an oligarchy.
During Trump's presidency, more wealth passed from ordinary Americans to oligarchs, and more freedoms were lost than anyone imagined possible. As we consider how to remedy these losses, Trump's fateful combination of things said and unsaid, of things done and not done, must be part of our search for the persons and policies most likely to lead republican Americans out of our quandary.
Americans elected Trump to preserve freedoms and prosperity against the encroachments of that class. But instead, he became the catalyst by which that class cohered to transform the American Republic into an oligarchy.
During Trump's presidency, more wealth passed from ordinary Americans to oligarchs, and more freedoms were lost than anyone imagined possible. As we consider how to remedy these losses, Trump's fateful combination of things said and unsaid, of things done and not done, must be part of our search for the persons and policies most likely to lead republican Americans out of our quandary.
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Recent research by Ofsted into how gender issues are taught in schools found that staff sometimes "inadvertently" include political material in their classes.
Summarising the findings, Ofsted corporate strategy director Chris Jones identified one such instance in which schools and parents did not "see eye-to-eye" on the "content and age-appropriateness" of materials used to teach primary school children about same-sex relationships.
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Sly "Rocky" Stallone gestures during the filming of his movie Rocky 6
Sly "Rocky" Stallone gestures during the filming of his movie Rocky 6
In a newly-released report outlining its activities during 2020, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) explained why it issued new ratings for popular titles such as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Rocky, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring and Flash Gordon.
The organisation reclassified several fan favourites from Parental Guidance (PG) to 12A, meaning no child under the age of 12 should watch without adult supervision. Films with PG ratings are considered appropriate for children around eight and up.
For example, the iconic 1976 boxing drama Rocky was initially given a PG rating, but its 2020 theatrical re-release was slapped with a 12A label for "moderate violence, mouthed strong language and domestic abuse."
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was similarly "reclassified upwards" to 12A for moderate fantasy violence, bringing it in line with the other two films in the trilogy.
Comment: Welcome to movie jail. Personal tolerance and opinions? What are those?
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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo
Speaking at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, Cuomo said:
"Gun violence and crime should be the top priority for every mayor in this state because every city has been affected by it. It's a matter of saving lives — and New York's future depends on it. People are not coming back to this city — they are not coming back to any city — until they know it's safe."Cuomo made no mention of hiring more cops, although he said he wanted to "rebuild the police-community relationship."
Comment: How is this guy still in office? A leader in saving lives? That's a joke, right?
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DSP of the FSB of the Russian Federation
DSP of the FSB of the Russian Federation
In a statement issued through the agency's press service, officials said that Laette has been taken into custody after being "caught red-handed while receiving materials of a classified nature from a Russian citizen."
The FSB stated that such activities
"are incompatible with the status of a diplomatic representative and are clearly hostile in nature towards the Russian Federation. Measures will be applied to the foreign envoy in accordance with the norms of international law."However, responding to the allegations, Estonian government officials said that the detention was "a set up" and the charges against Laette were "groundless."
Comment: See also:
- Broadcaster exposes 'secret' US military base in Estonia
- Increasingly Demented McCain: Place troops in Estonia permanently, deter Russia
- UK sends Apache helicopters 'close to Russia's border' for "deterrent" training exercises in Estonia
- Mysterious drone detected during NATO drills in Estonia
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Woman receives Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Arequipa, Peru
Woman receives Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Arequipa, Peru
The lambda mutation, or C.37, appears to have emerged in Peru last August — and is being blamed for the country having the highest pandemic death rate in the world.
The concerning strain has since spread to around 30 countries, mostly in Latin America — but also as far as the UK, which has recorded at least eight cases, according to government figures. There are no known cases of the lambda strain in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In Peru, lambda has accounted for 81 percent of new infections tested for variants since April, according to the World Health Organization. The South American nation currently has by far the highest mortality rate in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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Masked health workers cross Camana River to inoculate elderly with Pfizer-BioNTech
Arequipa, Peru • July 2, 2021
Masked health workers cross Camana River to inoculate elderly with Pfizer-BioNTech
Arequipa, Peru • July 2, 2021
Comment: Another variant brings on the scare publicity. Fear makes anything real. Will this one pan out?
See also:
- New variant scare tactics are an own goal
- Government officials use Delta variant COVID scare to put Sydney and its suburbs under lockdown
- Israel COVID-19 study finds South Africa variant able to 'break through' Pfizer vaccine
- South Africa halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine after trial shows 'minimal protection' against new variant
- Vaccinated Israelis may need to quarantine because of Delta COVID-19 variant
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Israeli security forces confront Palestinians gathering outside the Israeli Central Court in east Jerusalem on June 10, 2021, during a protest over Israel's planned evictions of Palestinian families from homes in the eastern sector's Silwan district
Israeli security forces confront Palestinians gathering outside the Israeli Central Court in east Jerusalem on June 10, 2021, during a protest over Israel's planned evictions of Palestinian families from homes in the eastern sector's Silwan district
According to Arieh King, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, the municipality proposed to the Palestinian residents that they can be moved elsewhere, but they refused. "God gave us this land, and who are we to give this land to somebody else? The law is the law. Any illegal building should be demolished in Jerusalem."
Bustan neighbourhood, he confirmed, is going to be demolished for "a park, public buildings, street lights, everything." As a leader in the settler movement, King planning for more settlers to move to occupied Jerusalem in order to ensure that "it is the eternal Jewish capital".
Comment: See also:
- Israeli forces close archeological site of Sebastia to make room for settlers' intrusion
- Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and steal land with impunity: Imagine the outrage & calls for sanctions if any other state did it
- Palestinian children picking wild flowers arrested by Israeli forces at illegal settlers demand
- Israeli settlers exploit coronavirus to take over West Bank land with military backing: Violent attacks spike in April
- Israeli settlers' racism is no aberration. It's part of an apartheid system
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Images from the March 23, 2021 carjacking
Images from the March 23, 2021 carjacking
The girl was 13 when she and another teen girl tried to carjack Mohammad Anwar, 66, in March. The now 14-year-old will be released from custody when she turns 21, according to FOX 5 Washington, D.C.
The girls allegedly assaulted Anwar, a Pakistani immigrant and grandfather, with a Taser near the Navy Yard metro station. Video of the attack shows Anwar hanging on to the car as the suspects drove the vehicle, ultimately crashing and flipping it over on a nearby street.
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FILE PHOTO: A Greek municipal police officer pictured on patrol in the capital city, Athens.
FILE PHOTO: A Greek municipal police officer pictured on patrol in the capital city, Athens.
Police said the attack occurred in a suburb of the capital when a man wounded passersby apparently indiscriminately with a large knife outside a grocery store.
Comment: In the past few years, all over the planet seemingly random attacks, often with knives, are on the rise; below is just a small selection of incidents:
- 3 dead after knife attack by Somali immigrant in Germany (25th June)
- Young father executed in street amid spike in violence across US, Democrat activist claims he had it coming (21st June)
- Knife attacker kills six and injures 14 in Chinese city, THIRD incident this month (6th June)
- Man attacks multiple people with knife near train station in Frankfurt, Germany (26th Jan)
- Austrian attacker was under surveillance as known jihadist but 'mistakes' led to investigation being dropped (Nov 2020)
- Deadly knife attacker in Dresden was under German 'intelligence surveillance' on the day of the attack (Oct 2020)
- China school stabbing: Video shows blood-soaked kids rushed to hospital after security guard stabs 39 (June 2020)
- The Truth Perspective: Journey Into Darkness: Inside the Criminal Mind
- Behind the Headlines: Florida School Mass Shooting: Gun Control, Mental Illness and the Criminal Mind
Comment: Laws suddenly being rolled out across Europe may make it increasingly difficult for schools to resist the warped ideological propaganda: