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Namibia follows South Africa calling for constitutional change to expropriate white-owned land


RT
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:09 UTC
Herero women in Namibia Reuters
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Herero women in Namibia
Namibian President Hage Geingob has called for a change to the constitution to allow the government to expropriate land from white citizens and redistribute it to the majority black population.

"Many Namibians were driven off their productive land," Geingob said during his opening speech at a national land policy conference in the capital Windhoek.

According to him, the "willing-buyer willing-seller principle has not delivered results." Under the practice the land owner must first offer the government an option to buy the farmland. The government can then buy the land and redistribute it.

Geingob said that careful consideration should be given to expropriation, stressing that "the fundamental issue is the inequality..."

He also pointed to similar proposals made by South Africa's government, claiming "We also share a burning land issue and a racialized distribution of land resources with South Africa."
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Political divide in United States the worst it's ever been


StudyFinds
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:44 UTC
republican democrat symbols
It may not be so hard to believe during this murky political landscape, but a new study finds the divide between Democrats and Republicans is the worst it's ever been, more so than many people may even think.

The research, conducted by Zachary Neal, an associate professor of psychology and global urban studies at Michigan State University, is among the first to measure polarization not only by examining the frequency of parties working together, but also by demonstrating how they've grown more distant than any other time in modern history.

Neal points out that neither side is to blame for the growing rift. Regardless of the party that holds the majority in Congress or controls the White House, the political divide has widened all the same.

Comment: The impact of the current divide in politics isn't just seen in the ineffectiveness of government, but it is also having far-ranging influences into US society. Both sides take part for sure, but it is easily seen that the 'progressive' left in America are setting the tone and the right naturally reacts.

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Circus continues: Kavanaugh's Yale classmate admits he 'is not certain' judge was in fraternity house during 'shocking' party


RT
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:15 UTC
Anti-Kavanaugh protest
© Jeenah Moon / Reuters
Anti-Kavanaugh protest in New York City, NY, October 1, 2018
Tad Low, who was Kavanaugh's Yale classmate in the late 1980s, wrote an accusatory letter about a salacious party taking place in Kavanaugh's house. However, he "isn't certain" if the future judge was present during the event.

Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) forwarded a letter from Tad Low, who says he was an undergraduate student at Yale in 1987-88, and was present at a "shocking ceremony" taking place inside Kavanaugh's fraternity house, involving "a semi-circle of cheering frat brothers watching a local prostitute perform a public sex act."

"I can't say for certain that Judge Kavanaugh was present in the frat house during the event," Low admits, but suggests the FBI could examine his "meticulous personal calendars" to check.

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According to reports, Al-Nusra agrees to disband and withdraw from Idlib after pressure from Turkish intelligence


Sputnik
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 14:43 UTC
Idlib, city
© Reuters/Ammar Abdullah
City of Idlib, Syria
Terrorist organizations Jabhat al-Nusra* and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have agreed, under pressure from Turkish intelligence, to disband and withdraw their forces from the demilitarized zone in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, Al Watan newspaper reported, citing sources with knowledge of the situation.

Al-Watan newspaper reported, citing sources close to the Turkish Revolutionary People's Liberation Front, that Turkish intelligence had held several meetings with the leadership of these two groups.

The sources said that Turkish intelligence had put pressure on the groups' leaders, while also pledging that the government would not carry out a military operation in Idlib.

Comment: Until we receive further confirmation, lets remain cautiously skeptical. If the news seem too good to be true, they probably are! After all, just two months ago Al-Nusra rejected Turkey's demands.

But if the information turns out to be genuine, then the light is finally appearing at the end of the tunnel for Syria!

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Fighting Father Dave: Australia's pro-Palestine, pro-Putin celebrity priest

Michael Tare
Russian Faith
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC
Why a fearless and fiery Anglican priest travels to war-torn countries, supports Putin in Syria, and believes that Christians must unite to fight the lies of Western liberal governments

Australia Father Dave, Fighting priest

Decades ago, he opened a boxing club in Dulwich Hill, then a drug-ridden, poverty-stricken area of Sydney. Having been a tempestuous teenager himself, he knew that channeling aggression, pain and anger productively could transform the lives of young men.
Australian born Anglican priest 'Fighting' Father Dave, 55 years old, is a vivid character, dynamite in a religious world which too often closes its eyes to the lies and crimes of the Western governments and media.

Decades ago, he opened a boxing club in Dulwich Hill, then a drug-ridden, poverty-stricken area of Sydney. Having been a tempestuous teenager himself, he knew that channeling aggression, pain and anger productively could transform the lives of young men.

The liberal press both loves and hates him. On one hand, his work in helping the underprivileged in Sydney cannot possibly be critiqued by even the most virulent of social warriors.

Films have been created with about his life and work. In the very heart of Sydney, a vibrant mural of him sprawls on the wall of a building which, among other things, houses the American embassy. It was done by Luke Cornish, the most famous street artist in Australia. (Though the artist, who won the illustrious Archibald prize for his portrait of another Christian leader, is known for some rather blasphemous artworks, he seems to find the insuppressible life force of some of Sydney's spiritual leaders irresistible).

Comment: Another example of a true social justice warrior who is putting his energy towards improving the lives of others and their communities - not tearing them apart. See also:

Real 'social justice' is sometimes found in the shadows - or why those claiming to care for the downtrodden are quite often full of crap

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Unhinged leftist, Whoopi Goldberg, implies that Trump Jr.'s kids may have 'tendencies' to abuse women


RT
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:56 UTC
Whoopi Goldberg
© Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg has said that the only reason Donald Trump Jr. would need to be worried for his sons' safety in the #MeToo era would be if he believed his sons had the "tendencies" to abuse someone.

In a recent interview with the Daily Mail TV, Trump Jr. said that he worries more for his sons than his daughters given the current political climate, and discussed the possibility of men being falsely accused of sexual misconduct or assault.

During Tuesday's episode of ABC's 'The View' talk show, Goldberg had a strange interpretation of that comment, suggesting that Trump Jr. must be worried that his sons could potentially assault someone in the future.

Comment: Expect no repercussions for Whoopi. The left, apparently, feels free enough to say the most heinous things.

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French gangster with history of daring prison escapes finally captured months after his latest breakout


RT
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:40 UTC
French special police forces
© Francois Lenoir / Reuters
Members of French special police forces (BRI)
Three months after a spectacular prison break, Redoine Faid, the most wanted gangster in France and notorious for his escapes of a blockbuster genre, has been arrested by the authorities in his hometown, local media report.

Following his spectacular escape from Reau prison near Paris in July with the help of a helicopter, Faid had been on the run for months. The Brigade for Research and Intervention (BRI) unit only managed to track down and arrest him early Wednesday morning, around 4:00am, in his hometown of Creil.


Comment: French gangster makes a daring escape from prison in a helicopter


The gangster was arrested along with three alleged accomplices, including his brother, Rachid Faid, local media reported. French authorities also seized weapons during the search of the criminals' hideout.

Comment: Next time, Faid, you may want to rethink hiding out in your own hometown.

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Creepy: 'Presidential alerts' can now be sent to every Americans' cell phone with no way to opt out

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:31 UTC
Trump texting
This week, on Oct. 3, every single cellphone in the United States will receive a text message from president Donald Trump and there is no way to stop it.

While it likely won't be the case for future alerts, Wednesday's test text message will not have anything to do with politics. Instead, it is a nationwide test of a new system called a "presidential alert" which was recently created and will be implemented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The government claims the new FEMA system will only be used in case of a crisis which affects the entire nation-like an imminent nuclear attack. As we've yet to have a crisis which has effected every single town in every single state simultaneously-even on 9/11-the justification behind this measure seems sparse at best.
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Father of World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee launches radical startup to take power back from Google & Facebook

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee
A revolutionary startup was recently announced by the "father of the world wide web" which plans to radically decentralize the internet to give it back to the people.

"For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it," Tim Berners-Lee told Vanity Fair last month. "I was devastated" he said while going through a litany of harmful and dangerous developments of the past three decades of the web.

That's why "the Father of the World Wide Web" has launched a start-up that intends to end the dominance of Facebook, Google, and Amazon, while in the process letting individuals take back control of their own data.
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Theocratic totalitarianism: Saudi woman loses legal battle to marry man she loves - because he's a musician


Sputnik
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 08:13 UTC
justice
© Eric Gaillard / Reuters
A Saudi woman recently lost a legal battle to marry the man of her choice because he is "religiously incompatible" with her, as he plays a musical instrument, a Saudi newspaper reported Tuesday.

According to the Okaz newspaper, the suitor asked for the unidentified woman's hand in marriage two years ago. The woman is a 38-year-old bank manager from the region of Qassim, which is north of the kingdom's capital of Riyadh. However, the woman's family objected to the suitor, who is a teacher, claiming that the man was not religiously compatible with them because he played the "oud," a type of lute popular across the Middle East.

Under Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system, a woman must have a male guardian - either a father, brother, husband or son - to make decisions on her behalf, including where she can travel or whom she can marry. In this case, the woman's family nixed the proposal apparently because of their belief that instrumental music is forbidden under Islamic law, a belief that exists among particularly conservative Muslims. Such Muslims believe that only vocal music is "halal" or permissible.

The woman wasn't ready to take no for an answer, however. She took her case to court, but a lower court sided with her family, agreeing that making music made him an unacceptable partner, Okaz reported Tuesday. An appeals court also ratified the lower court's decision.
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