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Japan's Shuri Castle in ruins as inferno ravages 600 year old UNESCO site

RT
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:57 UTC

An inferno has erupted inside Japan's Shuri Castle, completely leveling parts of the 600-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site as emergency responders struggle to contain the flames.

The castle, located in Okinawa's provincial capital of Naha, went up in flames early Thursday morning. Its main hall and a nearby building have so far been destroyed, while another structure on the site continues to burn.

People in the area were evacuated, but no injuries have yet been reported. Dramatic photos on social media show the castle's main hall entirely engulfed in flames as its roof began to cave, shortly before collapsing altogether.

Aerial footage taken before and after sunrise depict the progress of the fire as it tore through the site.

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Arctic kindergarten killing: Man cuts sleeping boy's throat in Russian daycare center 'on the orders of Satan'

CNBC
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:56 UTC

Russian Investigative Committee

A horrifying tragedy has occurred in an Arctic Russian city, when a local man sneaked into a daycare center and knifed a six-year-old boy in his bed. Some reports suggest the perpetrator was having a psychotic episode at the time.

The shocking killing happened on Thursday in Naryan-Mar, one of the northernmost cities in Russia, located in the Nenets autonomous region. According to local law enforcement, the killer made his way into a daycare center during nap time. Once inside, the man killed the six-year-old boy right in his bed.

The man was apprehended and identified as a 36-year-old local resident. The police said he was intoxicated when he committed the gruesome crime.

'Powerful countries strongly motivated to de-dollarize' - US analyst

Eustance Huang
CNBC
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 01:35 UTC

Anne Korin from the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

The U.S. dollar has been the world's major reserve currency for decades, but that status could come under threat as "very powerful countries" seek to undermine its importance, warned Anne Korin, from the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.

"Major movers" such as China, Russia and the European Union have a strong "motivation to de-dollarize," said Korin, co-director at the energy and security think tank, on Wednesday.

"We don't know what's going to come next, but what we do know is that the current situation is unsustainable," Korin said. "You have a growing club of countries — very powerful countries."

Comment: China, and a number of other countries, have also been loading up on gold - the US not being one of them (at least officially).

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New rules: Beijing to 'defend China's honor' with new morality guidelines for citizens

Lily Kuo
The Guardian
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 02:58 UTC

China has released new "morality" guidelines for its citizens on everything from civic education and how parents should teach their children to rubbish sorting and the appropriate etiquette for raising the national flag.

The "Outline for the Implementation of the Moral Construction of Citizens in the New Era" calls on Chinese citizens to be honest and polite, to be "civilised" when dining, travelling, or watching a sports competition, and "defend China's honour" while abroad.

The guidelines, focusing heavily on promoting patriotism, also called for the formulation of "national etiquette" for things such as singing the national anthem, raising the national flag, or ceremonies for when one joins the ruling Chinese communist party (CCP).

Such etiquette should "enhance people's attitude toward the party and country and organise a collective sense of identity and belonging", according to the document, released by the party's central committee and the state council. It also called for citizens to "carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng", a former soldier who has been heavily used in party propaganda campaigns since the 1960s.

Comment: From Sixth Tone: China Issues Guideline for 'Building Citizens' Morality'

Wondering how to be a civilized citizen in the eyes of the Chinese government? Now there's a guideline for that. The updated version also includes a section on "cyberspace ethics" that instructs individuals and businesses to "promote positive content and provide moral education, as well as strengthen supervision of social media platforms and public accounts."

Attaching a definition to civic morality has been a priority for the Chinese authorities in recent years, as evidenced by the introduction of a social credit system aimed at reinforcing desired behaviors. Individuals can now be blacklisted for a wide range of offences — including drunk driving, tax fraud, and defaulting on loans — and temporarily barred from air or high-speed rail travel, or from taking the national civil service exam.

More bad news: Dozens of Boeing 737NG jetliners grounded worldwide due to cracks

CBS News
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 04:09 UTC

Boeing announced Thursday up to 50 of its popular 737NG planes had been grounded after cracks were detected in them, in another blow to the U.S. aircraft maker following two deadly crashes.

Australian national carrier Qantas became the latest airline to take one of the planes out of the air, as it said it would urgently inspect 32 others but insisted passengers had nothing to fear. The announcement by Qantas came after authorities in Seoul said nine of the planes were grounded in South Korea in early October, including five operated by Korean Air.

Boeing had previously reported a problem with the model's "pickle fork" -- a part that helps bind the wing to the fuselage. This prompted U.S. regulators to early this month order immediate inspections of aircraft, which had seen heavy use.

Following the Qantas announcement, a Boeing spokesperson on Thursday told AFP in Sydney that less than five percent of 1,000 planes had cracks detected and were grounded for repair.

The spokesperson did not give an exact figure, though five percent equates to 50 planes of 1,000 inspected.

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A mouse bridge, river surf, gigantic spy HQ: How the German govt. blows taxpayer cash

RT
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:17 UTC

The German taxpayers union has revealed how the authorities built a rodent bridge, paid for a gold nest, and blew public funds on other extravagant purchases.

The 'Black Book' of government spending is published every year by the German Taxpayers Federation (BdSt). It lists 100 examples of what the authors say are the most outrageous and ridiculous ways in which officials spend the taxpayers' money.

Road bridge for... MICE (which they don't even know how to use)

A highway in Thuringia runs right through a hazel dormouse habitat. Fearing that the critters will not be able to cross the road safely, authorities spent about €93,000 ($103,740) on building a separate bridge for them. The constructions require mice to climb up 7-meter (23 feet) wooden rungs and run down a narrow 20-meter (66 feet) passage above the road.

The officials are now wondering whether the mice actually use the bridge or not.

Damascus: Syrian army ready to accept Kurdish fighters, urged to join forces

Sputnik
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:42 UTC

The Syrian government on Wednesday called on Kurdish fighters in the northeast to join the Syrian army and security forces to stave off "common enemy" Turkey, the SANA news agency said.

"The Army and Armed Forces General Command are ready to receive the members and the units who are willing to join it from these groups and to settle the status of those who haven't joined the compulsory and the reserve military service and the wanted."

The Defence Ministry said the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces should join its ranks after their backer, the United States, started pulling forces this year.

For its part, the Interior Ministry invited Kurdish internal security units, known as Asayish, to join and promised to provide services to residents in the country's northeast.

Kanye enters the culture war with 'Jesus is King' - and it's a rebellion

John Lee Reed
RT
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:32 UTC

With his latest release, 'Jesus is King,' Kanye West has obviously and aggressively entered the culture war. He declared the most divisive and dangerous truth imaginable.

The title of the album alone is THE culture war from a Christian perspective. During Jesus' trial, Pilate said that he could find no fault with him because he saw his kingship as philosophical and not practical. His flippant response to Jesus' explanation of his kingship as being "not of this world" in the Gospel of John is the sarcastic "What is truth?" Pilate was worried about actual zealots, not philosophers.

But to declare 'Jesus is King' is an epic middle finger to the decadence and cynicism of the modern West. This isn't Bob Dylan's 'Slow Train Coming,' it's much more like Dylan going electric or maybe even Jon Lennon's death. This declaration is a shock to the system that Kanye has been a part of for a long time. The old Kanye is dead and the new Kanye is gonna be just as crazy as the old one but in a totally different direction.

This was the most rock 'n' roll thing he could do. He is being truly rebellious for the first time. It's the exact same attitude that caused him to snatch that mic away in defense of Beyonce.

Female comedians & their defenders, triggered by study finding men funnier than women, squirm out of science

RT
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:06 UTC

A study confirming the stereotype that men are funnier than women has kicked off a wokeness tantrum of epic proportions, with comedians, media, and Twitter warriors all piling on (and misinterpreting) the research.

Some 63 percent of men are funnier than the average woman, researchers analyzing 28 studies comparing men and women's humor-producing abilities found in a study published earlier this week - and the PC police are demanding their heads. The researchers, from Aberystwyth University and the University of North Carolina, reviewed studies from all over the world in which subjects' humor was assessed without knowledge of their sex, minimizing the opportunity for their detractors to blame any sort of bias, but that hasn't stopped the screams of indignation.

Professional offense-takers have come out of the woodwork to criticize the study - many of whom have misconstrued its conclusions, perhaps not having actually read it.

'Totally demon possessed': Drag queen's SHOCKING 'abortion' act in bar stuns social media

RT
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:54 UTC

A video showing a drag queen staging a gruesome self-performed abortion using fake blood, guts, and a plastic fetus has invoked 'God's wrath' in the comments section and defensive replies from supporters.

Footage of the performance, uploaded to Facebook on Monday, has already amassed over 318,000 views, 5,000 shares, and 6,100 comments. Many claimed the simulated act was a satanic abomination, while others tried to allay their fears with remarks like: "Satan isn't real. Neither is God. Calm down."

The New York-based drag queen in question, Blair Back, said it was a performance from a cannibal-themed drag show at an unspecified location (Ke$ha's song 'cannibal' provides the musical accompaniment to the performance) and called on people to "Stop over thinking about it!!!!"

Comment: Western society is headed down a road towards a reality more like Sodom and Gomorrah than anything considered "Enlightened" with disgusting acts like this.

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Society's Child

Japan's Shuri Castle in ruins as inferno ravages 600 year old UNESCO site

Arctic kindergarten killing: Man cuts sleeping boy's throat in Russian daycare center 'on the orders of Satan'

'Powerful countries strongly motivated to de-dollarize' - US analyst

New rules: Beijing to 'defend China's honor' with new morality guidelines for citizens

More bad news: Dozens of Boeing 737NG jetliners grounded worldwide due to cracks

A mouse bridge, river surf, gigantic spy HQ: How the German govt. blows taxpayer cash

Damascus: Syrian army ready to accept Kurdish fighters, urged to join forces

Kanye enters the culture war with 'Jesus is King' - and it's a rebellion

Female comedians & their defenders, triggered by study finding men funnier than women, squirm out of science

'Totally demon possessed': Drag queen's SHOCKING 'abortion' act in bar stuns social media

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