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Germany: Refugees going on repeated holidays in their home countries risk deportation

RT
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 16:22 UTC

Refugees frequenting their war-ravaged countries on vacations will risk being deported from Germany, as such "holidaymaking" means they are no longer in danger at home, the European country's interior minister has warned.

"Syrian refugees that regularly spend holidays at home can't seriously talk about being persecuted in Syria," Horst Seehofer told Bild am Sonntag, adding that those following that logic "should be stripped of asylum."

Immigration authorities are closely following recent developments in Syria so that "repatriations" are carried out "when the situation allows."

His comment came as a wrap-up to the tabloid's report which highlighted Syrians who have consistently visited families or relatives back in their home cities without reporting these trips to German authorities upon return.

Once granted asylum, a refugee is not allowed to travel to their country of origin, family emergencies such as the illness of or death of a close relative being the only exceptions. But a Bild correspondent - himself a Syrian refugee - learned that a sizeable number of migrants manage to cheat the system.

Indiana State Representative arrested for impersonating a cop while searching for cocaine

Elisha Fieldstadt
NBC News
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:00 UTC

An Indiana state lawmaker is accused of impersonating a police officer to find cocaine, driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, according to prosecutors.

Rep. Dan Forestal, a Democrat who was elected to the state House in 2012, approached a couple outside their Indianapolis home Saturday night and told them: "I'm a legit officer doing a drug bust and today is the last day before the Feds descend and start kicking in doors," court documents said.

He then showed them a badge with a silver chain and asked them to tell him where the "people selling drugs" lived.

Earlier in the evening, Forestal, 36, had been at a bar telling customers he was a firefighter, and asking them where he could buy "party favors" like cocaine, a bartender told investigators, according to an affidavit filed in Marion Superior Court on Wednesday.

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Lenient judge gives 7-strike felon 3 years in prison for giving a man permanent brain damage

CBS Los Angeles
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:25 UTC

A 34-year-old Anaheim man with a lengthy criminal history — which included seven prior convictions — was sentenced to just three years in prison for punching a man at a La Habra birthday party last year, leaving him with permanent brain damage.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Roger B. Robbins Thursday sentenced Christian Isadore Dubose to three years in state prison for punching a man so hard it left him with the mental capacity of a 14-year-old, the O.C. District Attorney's Office reports.

Dubose had faced a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

Dubose punched the 34-year-old victim outside a birthday party at a La Habra apartment on April 13, 2018, prosecutors say. Dubose followed the man and his girlfriend outside and then punched him, unprovoked, after accusing him of owing Dubose $200.

Possible reason for radiation spike in Russia's Severodvinsk revealed

Sputnik
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 12:25 UTC

On 8 August Russia's Ministry of Defence reported an explosion of a jet propulsion system at a training ground in the country's Arkhangelsk Region, with later reports confirming the death of seven people in the incident.

Experts from the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Rosgidromet) claim the recent spike in gamma radiation in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region on 8 August following a tragic incident during military trials is connected to the passing of a cloud of radioactive inert gases.

"It is assumed that the increase in the ADER (ambient equivalent dose rate) gamma radiation registered on 8 August, 2019 is associated with the passage of a cloud of radioactive inert gases. The meteorological situation in Arkhangelsk Region contributed to the rapid dispersal of the cloud", Russia's weather service reports about the identified changes in radiation levels from 5 - 16 August, in information published on its website.

Comment: That explanation makes no sense. A radioactive cloud just happened to be passing by at the moment of an 'accidental explosion' involving nuclear devices?

For more on the suspicious incidents Russia, check out: Another massive explosion at an arms depot in Russia

63 killed, 200 injured as blast rocks Afghan wedding hall in Kabul

RT
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:34 UTC

At least 63 people have been killed after a powerful blast rocked a wedding reception in the western part of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Nearly two hundred people have been injured.

The explosion that ripped through the wedding hall bustling with guests claimed 63 lives, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahim confirmed early Sunday, adding that another 182 people have suffered injuries.

Witnesses said the building was packed with guests when the blast struck, as it's Afghani tradition to invite hundreds of people to weddings.

Comment: It's perhaps no coincidence that seemingly pointless attacks like this only give further excuse for the Western presence to continue in Afghanistan:

My son's freshman orientation at Virginia Tech was chock full of leftist propaganda

Penny Nance
The Federalist
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC

Now that I have witnessed college propaganda firsthand, I refuse to ignore the indefensible and discriminatory behavior of the liberal campus bullies anymore.

Are taxpayers funding academic institutions to indoctrinate our kids? That disturbing and irresistible question plagued me during the long drive home last week from college orientation. I doubt I am alone in this wake-up call.

Like many other women, I just sent my youngest child to college. I am so proud of him and his decision to join the Army ROTC and study engineering. He will be attending a revered Virginia institution known for its military Corps of Cadets program.

The centerpiece of the campus is the military parade field featuring beautiful pylons bearing the school's founding principles: words such as "honor," "duty," "brotherhood," and "ut prosim" (that I may serve). The war memorial also bears the names of all known cadets who have given their lives for our nation since World War I.

Fact-checking the 'fact-checkers': Politifact and Snopes flagged just 4% of fake news items coming out of Mueller's witch hunt

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 19:33 UTC

We are told the Trump-Russia Collusion hoax was the greatest political scandal in US history.

Several officials with knowledge of the Deep State spying on the Trump campaign and Trump administration tell us "you can't believe what's coming out."

It is also clear at this point that around 90% of the mainstream liberal media outlets bought into the hoax and sold it to the American public. And now there is proof that even the far left "fact-checkers" bought into the deep state lies. They were all wrong.

Dutch Peace Campaigner, 92, Gets Russian Award For Letter to Putin

Janene Pieters
NL Times
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 16:07 UTC

Albert Gietelink, a 92-year-old man from Almelo, received an award at the Russian embassy in The Hague this week because of a letter he wrote to Russian president Vladimir Putin a few months ago. He wrote the letter because he wants the relationship between Russia and the West to improve. "It is actually sad that 74 years after defeating Nazi Germany we still have a hostile relationship with Russia", he said after receiving his award on Wednesday, RTV Oost reports.

Gietelink sent the letter to the Kremlin, not thinking that anything would come of it. But to his surprise, the Russian embassy contacted him a few months later. A diplomat went to meet Gietelink in Almelo and told him that Russia wanted to distinguish him. The Almelo man traveled to the Russian embassy in The Hague with a group of 15 people on Wednesday. "What I found special was that we were not searched", he said afterwards. "They probably assumed we would do nothing because we stand for peace."

Comment: The following is what Albert Gietelink wrote to Vladimir Putin in his letter:

Dear partner in misfortune, as a 91-year-old European with only a few years to go, I look sadly upon the world today. And you likely feel the same way too. More than 73 years after the terrible war against Nazi Germany, the victors of that time find themselves in a Cold War. Russia played the leading role in that victory. In 1987, the Presidents of Russia and the USA signed the INF peace treaty. In a sense, that meant the end of the Cold War. As a result, those cruise missiles were not placed here. If President Trump's intention to denounce this treaty continues, a new arms race will arise. This is at the expense of better spending for our fellow citizens. And it increases the risk of a military confrontation with catastrophic consequences. Hence my sadness about the world in which you and I live.

Russian culture is a part of the European culture. Considering, for example, literature, music and the visual arts. Last summer, the country opened itself hospitably to foreigners at the World Cup for soccer without any problems. You have overcome the chaos in Russia caused by your predecessor. That has given you great popularity among your countrymen. You are now one of the few powerful people on Earth. This also makes it possible for you to make unpopular concessions in finding compromises on issues with the European Union and NATO. In doing so, you would historically serve peace and well-being to the citizens of Europe. The word Mir in your first name makes me hopeful. I wish you the best of luck and Mir in the new year. Warm regards, Albert Gietelink from Almelo.

Battle cry of the politically homeless and silent majority tired of toxic tribalism

Bridget Phetasy
Spectator
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:48 UTC

Like millions of other Americans, I'm exhausted. But I'm not tired from #Resisting or tired from screaming at a MAGA rally. I'm tired of the toxic tribalism infecting the very foundations of our democracy, straining our relationships, and poisoning our view of our fellow humans.

I'm tired of everyone being outraged, getting worked up over the latest news cycle only to forget about it two hours later. Tired of being afraid to voice my own opinions, of knowing how saying the wrong thing at a barbecue while someone is filming on their iPhone could result in a nationwide clarion call for my head on a pike. I'm tired of rage mobs and cancelations.

2016 was the breaking point, or at least a watershed moment, when the vilification of diverse opinion exploded. Trump vs. Hillary forced everything into a binary, and suddenly bipartisanship and moderation became radical positions to take.

Now, you aren't just voting out of habit or, God forbid, voting for your own interests. Every vote is considered a statement on your personal identity and worth. Your value, who you are, what kind of world you want, whether or not you're a good person or an evil person...it all boils down to which lever you pull. Damn your reasons. Vote for the 'right' person, or else you are a fascist, or a racist, or a globalist, or a communist.

"It will be a crash for sure," said the man who blew the whistle on Boeing's 737Max

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:05 UTC

Ethiopian Airlines captain Bernd Kai von Hoesslin warned about Boeing's MCAS system months before March's fatal crash. And now, he has broken his silence and officially blown the whistle.

von Hoesslin is a Canadian citizen and gave Bloomberg his first interview since leaving the airline. He shared "hundreds of pages of emails, videos and documents" to back up his arguments.

After witnessing the Ethiopian 737 Max 8 crash in March, he knew there wasn't going to be any survivors, he said. He said that he felt a "sense of responsibility" about the crash, after pleading with pilots and managers to look into risks of the 737 Max flight control feature that turned out to be the cause of the crash several months prior in Indonesia.

After the March crash, he feared it had been triggered by the very same feature from the Indonesian crash, the prior October.

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Society's Child

Germany: Refugees going on repeated holidays in their home countries risk deportation

Indiana State Representative arrested for impersonating a cop while searching for cocaine

Lenient judge gives 7-strike felon 3 years in prison for giving a man permanent brain damage

Possible reason for radiation spike in Russia's Severodvinsk revealed

63 killed, 200 injured as blast rocks Afghan wedding hall in Kabul

My son's freshman orientation at Virginia Tech was chock full of leftist propaganda

Fact-checking the 'fact-checkers': Politifact and Snopes flagged just 4% of fake news items coming out of Mueller's witch hunt

Dutch Peace Campaigner, 92, Gets Russian Award For Letter to Putin

Battle cry of the politically homeless and silent majority tired of toxic tribalism

"It will be a crash for sure," said the man who blew the whistle on Boeing's 737Max

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