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Epic troll: Flyers stating "Islam Is Right About Women" causes media to have a narrative crisis

Brandon Morse
Red State
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:00 UTC
islam is right about women
You think you can dance? Watch this.

Islam isn't particularly known for its fairness to women. In fact, it's well known to be a society that treats them as second class and below, forbidding them to learn basic things such as reading and math. They're used more like servants and breeding stock in many Islam dominated countries and are punished severely for violating any of the strict Sharia laws set for them.

This is a fact that is typically overlooked by a lot of the left, especially feminists. When it comes to Islam's treatment of women, you'll find many a blind eye among the social justice warriors who often go so far as to defend Islam as the "religion of peace" the left claims it is.

Comment: It seems rather obvious that this is trolling, similar to the previous "It's OK to be White" 4chan meme that caused a similar uproar. It's rather stunning that the woke ideology is so self-contradictory that a simple five word sentence can cause a short-circuit.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg says there 'clearly was bias' in controversy over 'censorship' of pro-life group Live Action

Christopher Carbone
Fox News
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 11:58 UTC
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks to meetings for technology regulations and social media issues on September 19, 2019, in Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's handling of a fact-checking controversy involving pro-life group Live Action was biased.

The embattled tech executive discussed the issue during a meeting on Thursday with Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a frequent critic of Big Tech, on a host of topics, including privacy and allegations of anti-conservative discrimination.

"Zuckerberg admitted there "clearly was bias" in the @LiveAction @LilaGraceRose censorship. Said bias is 'an issue we've struggled with for a long time.'" tweeted Hawley, one of several senators who questioned the tech company's fact-checking systems in a letter to Zuckerberg last week.

Comment: See also:

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Bad Guys

Hong Kong protesters vandalize train station, hurl firebombs as police deploy tear gas to stop riot


RT
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:05 UTC
Hong Kong

Hong Kong protesters who vandalized a train station
Hong Kong police have fired tear gas at protesters, who vandalized a train station, erected barricades and started fires, in the latest anti-Beijing demonstration there this weekend.

The Chinese city is enduring its 16th consecutive week of street protests, which initially were aimed at blocking a controversial extradition law but which have continued long after that legislation was dropped. On Saturday thousands of protesters gathered in Tuen Mun, a satellite town located in the New Territories.

Some surreal footage was filmed in the small town, showing activists cowering behind a barricade they'd erected and were hurling bricks by the dozen -and some petrol bombs- with no law enforcement even close.

Comment: See also: Pepe Escobar: Trapped between East and West, Hong Kong protestors are really protesting hyper-capitalism

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Week 45: Undaunted pianist plays on as riot police pursue Yellow Vests through Paris train station


RT
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 20:18 UTC
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Protesters cover their faces in a cloud of tear gas in Lyon, France on September 14, 2019.
Yellow Vest protesters seeking respite from tear gas in a Paris train station were accompanied by an unexpected live soundtrack as a talented pianist played on nearby, undeterred by the melée around him.

Playing on a public piano, the musician added a dreamlike quality to the tense situation.

Comment: Macron has completely underestimated the depth of the French people's anger. Like the Palestinian' Great March of Return, they feel they have nothing to lose.

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A third of American workers' pay is stolen...here's how

Paul Tripp
The Unz Review
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC
Dollars/Pillars
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If you're a member of the working class, 1/3 of your pay has been stolen from you.

You would think this would be front page news every day until the problem is fixed. Not only is that a huge amount of money for a huge portion of the country, but you would expect our left leaning media to be all over this. There is no better evidence that capitalism, at least in its current state, is failing. If the left actually cared about the working class, if the wave of cultural Marxism that has spread through academia and the media was actually about the plight of workers oppressed by a distant and uncaring elite, no fact would be repeated more often than this.

And yet, aside from a handful of articles - such as one from the New York Times in 2011, and another from The Atlantic in 2015 - the issue hardly gets mentioned by the media. And even when it is mentioned, it is often editorialized in a way that distorts the problem and hides its root cause, if not outright lied about by a media with an agenda that has little to do with helping actual workers.
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Cuba: Diplomats' mysterious illnesses may have been a neurotoxin used in fumigation for Zika carrying mosquitos

Marc Frank
Reuters
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:46 UTC
Evacuation of Cuba embassy
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Evacuation of US embassy in Cuba
Fumigation against mosquitoes in Cuba and not "sonic attacks" may have caused some 40 U.S. and Canadian diplomats and family members in Havana to fall ill, according to a new study commissioned by the Canadian government.

The incidents took place from late 2016 into 2018, causing the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to charge that diplomats were attacked by some sort of secret weapon. Canada has refrained from such charges. The United States in 2017 reduced its embassy staff to a minimum and Canada followed more recently, citing the incidents and the danger posed to staff from what has become known as the "Havana Syndrome."

Various scientific studies have yet to identify the cause of the diplomats' cognitive ailments, ranging from dizziness and blurred vision to memory loss and difficulty concentrating.

The Canadian study by a team of researchers affiliated with the Brain Repair Centre at Dalhousie University and the Nova Scotia Health Authority studied Canadian victims and even the brain of a pet dog after its demise in Canada.

The study was the first to include diplomats for whom there was baseline medical testing from before their postings in Havana, so as to better compare with the tests from afterwards. Canada started implementing the practice after diplomats first started complaining of sickness.
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13 US Marines charged in human smuggling case

Morgan Phillips
Fox News
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:28 UTC
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Thirteen Marines have been formally charged with playing a role in the smuggling of undocumented immigrants into the U.S., the Marine Corps announced Friday.

In addition to the smuggling charges, the Marines will face military court proceedings for charges including failure to obey an order, drunkenness, endangerment, larceny and perjury, according to a statement from the 1st Marine Division Press Office.

Two of the Marines were specifically named -- Lance Cpls. Byron Law and David Salazar-Quintero -- but the other names were withheld. These two have also been charged federally with transporting and conspiring to transport illegal immigrants into the country for financial gain. Both were based at Camp Pendleton, in California.

According to a criminal complaint filed in July, Border Patrol agents were making normal rounds when they saw a black car pull off the road around seven miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. They pulled the vehicle over and found Law driving and Salazar-Quintero in the front passenger seat. They had three undocumented immigrants in the back seat; the three reportedly told the agents they were Mexican citizens and did not have documents to enter the U.S. legally.
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Dutch court: War crimes accusations against Israeli Benny Gantz presented

Adri Nieuwhof
The Electronic Intifada
Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC
Ziada family
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Ismail Ziada is suing two Israeli generals for the deaths of six relatives during Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza.
As Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday, one of the leading candidates for prime minister was fending off war crimes accusations in a court in The Hague. Palestinian-Dutch citizen Ismail Ziada is seeking justice for Israel's killing of six members of his family during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Ziada holds Benny Gantz, the Israeli army chief at the time, and Amir Eshel, then the air force chief, responsible for the decision to bomb his family's home in al-Bureij refugee camp. The 20 July bombing that year reduced the three-floor building to rubble, killing Ziada's 70-year-old mother Muftia Ziada, his brothers Jamil, Yousif and Omar, sister-in-law Bayan, and 12-year-old nephew Shaban. A seventh person visiting the family was also killed. Ziada is suing the Israeli generals for more than $600,000 in damages plus court costs.

Gantz is now leader of Israel's Blue and White coalition. After this week's inconclusive election result, he is seeking the support of other parties to put together a government.

In Tuesday's session, the Dutch court heard arguments about whether it has jurisdiction over the case. Lawyers for Gantz and Eshel tried to frame Ziada's legal action as part of "an anti-Israel campaign." Earlier this year, Israel urged the Dutch court to dismiss the war crimes case against Gantz.

This video shows part of Ziada's statement in court:

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A 2M no-show! Area 51 raid flops! Group of YouTubers chat up guards instead


RT
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:55 UTC
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© Reuters/Jim Urquhart
Alienation?
A viral prank that promised to see two million alien hunters breach the gates of Area 51 has ended with a whimper instead of a bang, drawing only a few dozen enthusiasts for the much-anticipated 'raid.'

Initially a mock Facebook event, "Storm Area 51" quickly became a phenomenon that garnered interest from hundreds of thousands of netizens, who signed up to blaze past police and military guards to "see them aliens" at the top-secret Nevada facility. Some celebrities who'd promised to join in heated up the memeful event even more, while the authorities tried to pour cold water on even the idea of a peaceful alien-themed festival, calling it unsustainable.

So what epic action unfolded in the middle of the Nevada desert on Friday morning as the pulled-in reinforcements readied their rifles and K9 guards stood poised at the perimeter? Well, you guessed it - none of it.

Comment: And these from RT, 21/9/2019: No aliens, no party!
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Jeffrey Epstein paid doctors to medicate 'sex slaves' with tranquilizers


Sputnik
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 06:42 UTC
Epstein
© AP Photo / Elizabeth Williams
Victims of Jeffery Epstein said multimillionaire financier and convicted pedophile paid doctors and psychiatrists to prescribe them tranquilizers and anti-depressants.

Virginia Giuffre, who was recruited by Epstein at the age of 16, told the Miami Herald that doctors prescribed her Xanax for the three years, as well as several other victims through recommended doctors.

"There were doctors and psychiatrists and gynecologist visits. There were dentists who whitened our teeth," she told the newspaper. "There was a doctor who gave me Xanax. What doctor in their right mind, who is supposed to protect their patients, gives girls and young women Xanax?"

Sarah Ransome, who was 22 when she was trafficked by Epstein from her native South Africa, said she was taken to a psychiatrist and prescribed Lithium while being on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Comment: See also: Thousands implicated in secret Jeffrey Epstein files, Ghislaine Maxwell fighting to keep them sealed

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