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IDF stops joint Jewish-Palestinian olive harvest because threat of 'settler' violence

idf burin
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IDF and Border Police officers declaring a 'closed military zone' in Burin, October 25 2019.
Approximately 100 activists from the NGO Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) and the Israeli grassroots movement Standing Together gathered on Friday to participate in the season's 17th joint olive harvest in the West Bank, but were subsequently driven out by the IDF and Border Police forces, according to new footage.

The harvest is taking place in several locations across the northern West Bank, according to Standing Together, in the Palestinian villages Yusuf, Burin and Atara and "done in solidarity with Palestinian farmers who live in the West Bank."

The organization's director Roula Daud, who took part in organizing the event, said that the activists "will not surrender to government-supported settler violence. We will stand together, Jews and Arabs, with the residents of the West Bank."

That is, following a recent incident where, according to Rabbis for Human Rights, five RHR volunteers and Palestinian farmers were attacked by settlers from the Yitzhar area two weeks ago, while participating in the annual harvest in the villages Burin and Hawareh. The NGO said that the attackers cut the olive trees following the alleged assault.


Comment: Theft, assault, destruction of property: typical 'settler' values.


80-year-old Rabbi Moshe Yehudai, alongside four other volunteers, was reportedly attacked by a group of over 30 settlers armed with crowbars. Yehudai was evacuated by a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance with a broken arm. A resident of Yitzhar was arrested for allegedly participating in the attack, but was released from custody. The suspect claimed that he was "attacked" by an officer during his interrogation.


Comment: What a typical 'settler' reaction: violently assault an elderly man, then cry like baby when arrested, then get away with it.


2 + 2 = 4

Russian schools teach students to handle an AK-47 to mark 100th birthday of Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov
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Russian weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov pictured in 2007.
Schools across Russia have been told to teach pupils how to strip and assemble an AK-47 to mark the 100th birthday of Mikhail Kalashnikov.

The Russian Ministry of Education published the guidelines, that called for the nationwide school lessons, today.

Russian general Kalashnikov was born on November 10, 1919 and is known for developing the AK-47 assault rifle. He is revered as a public figure in Russia and passed away in December 2013, at the age of 93.

A publication by the education ministry said the special lessons would take place on the anniversary date of November 10 and will teach students more about their country's history and culture.

The guidelines included several different suggestions for how schools can engage in patriotism and foster cultural identity among the students on the anniversary date.

Comment: Meanwhile in America...


Black Magic

Trans woman has child porn ruling overturned because she "struggled with her identity"

gender confusion
A 22-year-old man who thinks he's a "woman" has been given a free pass after being caught with graphic child pornography on his mobile phone, which a judge decided is not that big of a deal after all since the man belongs to the Cult of LGBTQP.

"Vetea" Joseph Bunton, who was 18 at the time when child rape and other horrific sexual images were discovered on "her" phone, had previously plead guilt to this crime. "She" was then convicted of illegally possessing child porn, and subsequently slated for an appropriate sentence - that is until Bunton and "her" lawyer decided to play the LGBTQP get-out-of-jail-free card.

Bunton's lawyer actually tried to argue that his client does "not present as a person who is a risk to children," claiming that "she" was simply acting "in the context of low self-esteem and lack of confidence due to teenage sexual adjustment issues" when "she" decided to download child porn on "her" phone. The judge ultimately reversed the decision.

Bunton "herself" then tried to argue that "she" only downloaded child porn "out of curiosity and at a time when she was struggling with issues concerning her transgender identity and sexual identity." In other words, it's everyone else's fault that Bunton chose to download child porn because they didn't openly accept and applaud Bunton for suffering from gender dysphoria.

No Entry

Whistleblower Zach Vorhies speaks out on why Google snuffed natural health sites

Zach Vorhies
In mid-September 2019, Maryam Henein published a video interview with Google whistleblower Zach Vorhies.1 The interview is broken into four parts, all of which have been included in a playlist further below.

In the featured video above, Vorhies and Maryam Henein, a journalist and functional medicine consultant, discuss Google's suppression of natural health information from holistic health sites such as Mercola.com with Sayer Ji, founder of Greenmedinfo.com — another victim of Google's censorship.

I also recently interviewed Vorhies for nearly two hours and will release that incredibly detailed video in the near future. In it, he discusses the tactics Google used to intimidate him into submission after they learned he had turned into a whistleblower.

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Shoe

Trans athlete Rachel McKinnon is a cheat and a bully

Rachel McKinnon trans athlete
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Rachel McKinnon interviewed on Sky News, October 18, 2019.
So why are we humoring him?

Rachel McKinnon — the so-called defending "world champion" of women's track cycling — is a man. I'll repeat that so my meaning cannot be misconstrued. He is a man.

Maybe my kind-hearted reader is offended by this blunt phrasing. Why am I calling McKinnon a man — when, perhaps for complicated reasons, he would rather be called a woman? Why don't I compromise and call him a "trans woman," as others do? Or be polite and address him by "she/her" pronouns, like everyone else in the media?

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Eye 2

Woman found dead in house with 140 snakes seemingly strangled by python in Oxford, Indiana

Python
A 36-year-old woman in Oxford, Indiana, was recently found dead in a makeshift "snake sanctuary" that was home to 140 snakes. The victim, Laura Hurst, was found lifeless on the floor of the home with a reticulated python around her neck. It's a bizarre story from top to bottom, and it starts with the home's owner, who happens to be the local sheriff.

As the Journal & Courier reports, Benton County Sheriff Don Munson owns the home but doesn't actually live there. He's apparently a snake enthusiast and was (or perhaps still is) a snake breeder who sells the animals. Hurst is reported to have owned some of the snakes in the house, and Munson lives right next door.

Bullseye

Help Mother Nature: Don't drive electric cars, ignore paper bags & forget about organic food

small farm greenhouse
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Eco-consciousness has become a winning marketing strategy, but products sold as eco-friendly often aren't. From solar panels to paper straws, many of our supposed environmental saviors are making the problem worse.

The fight against climate change is poised to make a lot of people very, very rich. The world is expected to invest some $90 trillion in new infrastructure to stave off climate doom over the next ten to 15 years, according to a report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, and manufacturers of consumer products want a piece of the action, with study after study revealing customers will pay more for "sustainable" and earth-friendly products. A third of consumers buy based on a brand's environmental impact, according to Unilever, with a fifth explicitly favoring green messaging.

Not all products sold as sustainable, however, actually are. In fact, some are worse for the environment than the products they've replaced. But there is a reluctance to tear away from the warm fuzzy feeling that comes with doing good for the planet, even when the virtue one is signaling is wholly imaginary.

Comment: What a mixed bag of information. But the author(s) are right to point out the futileness and/or hypocrisy of most "green" purchases. The problems are real, but way more complicated than the tiny, feel-good suggestions being marketed to the average customer. One of the most practical ways to address all the problems above, if even a small way, is to buy from local farmers and small businesses.


Pocket Knife

Attacker threatens teen girl with knife, 'yells Allahu Akbar' inside police station on Reunion Island

police on Reunion Island
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File photo of police on Reunion Island
A man armed with a knife threatened a 16-year-old girl in the hallway of a police station on Reunion Island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. The attacker also shouted 'Allahu Akbar', according to local reports.

Police managed to disarm the man and arrested him at the scene. Fortunately, the teenager was not injured by the attacker, but was reportedly taken to hospital to be treated for shock.

Megaphone

Pakistani cleric leads anti-govt protest in Pakistan, demanding immediate resignation of PM Khan

Pakistan protest
© Reuters/Akhtar Soomro
Supporters of religious and political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal participate in the Azadi March (Freedom March) to protest the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan November 1, 2019.
Hardline Islamist cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman has presented Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan with a two-day ultimatum, demanding his resignation and threatening continued demonstrations against the Khan government.

Addressing a crowd of anti-government protesters in Islamabad on Friday - many from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Party - Rehman stated "the Gorbachev of Pakistan must go," calling Khran a traitor and a puppet.

"We give him two days to resign, otherwise, we will decide about the future."


Attention

New Epstein autopsy photo reveals broken neck bones

Epstein fractures
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Newly released photo shows three fractures in Epstein's neck.
A never-before-seen photo from Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy shows the late pedophile suffered three fractures to his neck — injuries a forensic pathologist hired by his family claims are more consistent with homicide than suicide.

Epstein, 66, had two breaks on each side of his thyroid cartilage, near the Adam's apple, and one above it on the left side of his hyoid bone, according to the image provided to Law&Crime Wednesday by Dr. Michael Baden.

"Those three fractures are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation," said Baden. "I've not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case."

In suicidal hangings, the binding "usually goes up under the mandible — the jaw bone — which is a tough bone. It doesn't fracture," Baden explained. "In manual strangulation, or ligature strangulation, fractures can occur."

Baden, the host of HBO's Autopsy, was hired by the pervert's brother, Mark Epstein, to observe his autopsy after he was found hanged Aug. 10 in his Manhattan lockup, while awaiting trial on child sex-trafficking charges.

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