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Ricky Gervais slams PC police, calling cancel culture a 'weird sort of fascism'

Ben Kew
Breitbart
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:53 UTC

British actor Ricky Gervais raged against the rising tide of political correctness and cancel culture in the wake of the Black Lives Matter uprising, describing it as a "weird sort of fascism" fueled by trendy myths.

"There's this new, weird sort of fascism of people thinking they know what you can say and what you can't," Gervais said in an interview with talkRADIO. "There's this new trendy myth that people who want free speech want to say awful things all the time. This just isn't true. It protects everyone."

Gervais also bemoaned the growing level of exaggeration across the political divide, a trend he says is worsened by social media."If you're mildly left-wing on Twitter, you're suddenly Trotsky, right?" he said. "If you're mildly conservative, you're Hitler and if your centrist and you look at both arguments, you're a coward."

Comment: Gervais is becoming the modern version of George Carlin, skewering fake Hollywood virtue signaling and throwing the truth in their faces. His Golden Globes monologue earlier this year is a must watch for anyone who wants to see what a courageous social commentator looks like:

North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents

Joel Burgess
USA Today
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:10 UTC

In an extraordinary move, the Asheville City Council has apologized for the North Carolina city's historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties to Black residents and voted to provide reparations to them and their descendants.

The 7-0 vote came the night of July 14.

"Hundreds of years of Black blood spilled that basically fills the cup we drink from today," said Councilman Keith Young, one of two African American members of the body and the measure's chief proponent.

"It is simply not enough to remove statutes. Black people in this country are dealing with issues that are systemic in nature.

The unanimously passed resolution does not mandate direct payments. Instead, it will make investments in areas where Black residents face disparities.

Comment: The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island has also signed an order to pursue reparations for Black and Native American residents.

Not publicizing black & brown mugshots is not fixing the racial problem with the justice system - it's hiding it

Helen Buyniski
RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:16 UTC

News outlets and even police departments are ending the publication of jail booking photos, claiming they foster stereotypes because minorities are more often arrested. But hiding inequities in the system doesn't fix them.

The Sacramento Bee, the Orlando Sentinel, the Houston Chronicle and a number of other city papers across the US have curtailed the practice of publishing "mugshot slideshows," image galleries showing booking photos of arrested individuals who haven't yet been convicted of crimes.

With exceptions for celebrity mugshots, suspected serial killers, "threats to public safety," and "hate crime" suspects, the move is intended to counter racial stereotypes about criminality.

The papers have a point about the galleries' lack of context - a wordless array of scowling black and brown faces may indeed give the false impression that this is what all criminals look like. Some of the most destructive and dangerous criminals, the ones stealing your (or your parents') retirement savings or bombing civilians in the Middle East are unlikely to ever appear in one of these "rogues' galleries" (or, alas, to be arrested at all). And publishing a person's mugshot before they're even tried for a crime does impinge on the prisoner's constitutional right to the presumption of innocence.

Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier

Raphael Satter
Reuters
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 06:07 UTC

© Cyabra/Handout via REUTERS
A combination photograph showing an image purporting to be of British student and freelance writer Oliver Taylor (L) and a heat map of the same photograph produced by Tel Aviv-based deepfake detection company Cyabra is seen in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters. The heat map, which was produced using one of Cyabra's algorithms, highlights areas of suspected computer manipulation. The digital inconsistencies were one of several indicators used by experts to determine that Taylor was an online mirage.

Oliver Taylor, a student at England's University of Birmingham, is a twenty-something with brown eyes, light stubble, and a slightly stiff smile.

Online profiles describe him as a coffee lover and politics junkie who was raised in a traditional Jewish home. His half dozen freelance editorials and blog posts reveal an active interest in anti-Semitism and Jewish affairs, with bylines in the Jerusalem Post and the Times of Israel.

The catch? Oliver Taylor seems to be an elaborate fiction.

NYPD chief of department injured during protest on Brooklyn Bridge

Tina Moore, Julie Marsh
New York Post
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:43 UTC

© Gabriele Holtermann
NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan bandages his pinky fingers which he injured during a scuffle with protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge today.

NYPD officers were bloodied and battered by anti-cop activists on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday — as Mayor de Blasio continued to exclude cops from his ambitious plan to stem the violence plaguing the city.

Surveillance video shows an unidentified man on the bridge's walkway leaning over a fence and using a cane to whack cops over their heads as they arrested a counter-demonstrator against a "unity" march on the roadway.

Photos posted on the NYPD's Twitter account show the wounded cops with blood streaming from their scalps and over their faces. "The officers sustained serious injuries. This is not peaceful protest, this will not be tolerated," the department wrote.

Chief of Department Terence Monahan — the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer — suffered a broken finger during the clashes on the bridge, sources said.

Video shows Monahan climbing the fence to trade blows with an anti-cop activist during a wild brawl on the walkway between counter-demonstrators and uniformed bicycle cops.

© NYPD
Other NYPD officers were also injured during the scuffle, including Lt. Richard Mack (right), from NYPD's Strategic Response Group

Comment: The consequences show how wise it was to change the rules of engagement in the middle of a pandemic and a civil protest movement.

Turkey authorities sign protocol confirming Hagia Sophia be preserved as world heritage site

Sputnik
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:30 UTC

Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) have signed a protocol confirming that Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, recently converted into a mosque, will be preserved as a global heritage site after the change of status, Culture Minister Mehmet Ersoy said on Thursday. He told reporters:

"There is no need to worry, Hagia Sophia will be guarded as it used to. We sign a protocol, which says it will be preserved as a global heritage site in compliance with international standards. Restoration works in the buildings will be accelerated. Foreign tourists will be able to attend Hagia Sophia free of charge,"

The Diyanet head, Ali Erbas, added that the Turkish government expects an increased flow of visitors to Hagia Sophia.

"Hagia Sophia is a heritage of the entire humanity, it is one of the best historical and cultural sites, and we feel honoured to preserve it. I believe that the number of people coming there both for prayer and for a visit will grow to millions."

Sane Georgia governor bans mask mandates. Hysterical Savannah mayor complains

RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:15 UTC

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has prohibited cities from forcing residents to wear masks in public, voiding requirements put in place by some local governments. The move led to one mayor hurling incendiary accusations at Kemp.

The ban on mandatory face coverings was part of a new executive order which extended state measures purportedly put in place to fight the spread of coronavirus. Although Kemp has encouraged voluntary mask-wearing, his order made it clear that cities and counties could not coerce people into donning a face covering. The move voids orders adopted by at least 15 local governments across the state, including the city of Savannah, local media reported.

Angered by the order, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson claimed the governor "does not give a damn about us" and was putting lives at risk.

Comment: One sane governor fighting against a group of hysterical politicians who are only concerned with keeping their phony jobs. If only more governors were as courageous as Brian Kemp.

The governor of Tennessee is also staying sane, saying that he is not considering any business closures or a mandated mask order.

Victims of Germany's child molesting 'experiment' tell RT of their nightmare that lives on: 'We're just a pile of misery'

RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:16 UTC

Decades ago, they fought for survival every single day - now they have to motivate themselves to live. RT listened to heartbreaking memories of two German men placed in the foster care of a known pedophile by Berlin authorities.

Last month, a damning report by Germany's University of Hildesheim revealed that the Berlin Senate orchestrated a crackpot scheme that saw vulnerable children being placed in the care of known pedophiles for decades.

This was a part of a harrowing "experiment" by controversial sexologist Helmut Kentler, whose perverted teachings claimed that sexual contact with adults does no harm to children. Pedophiles taking care of them would only "emancipate" their "sexuality," as Kentler repeatedly put it in countless books and on TV.

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Valuing time, work & Christian principles are 'white people' things? US citizens' taxes fund museum promoting crackpot 'anti-racism' theories

Nebojsa Malic
RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:50 UTC

museum african american history protest BLM

© Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla
People march from The National Museum of African American History and Culture to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to mark the Juneteenth holiday June 19, 2020 in Washington, DC

Nuclear family, rational thinking and planning for the future are just some of the 'white' things whose very existence offends people of color, according to a US government-run museum in Washington. It only gets worse from there.

"Whiteness (and its accepted normality) also exist as everyday microaggressions toward people of color," is not a message one might expect to find on the website of a Smithsonian Institution museum. Yet there it is, part of the topic titled 'Whiteness' in a series called 'Talking About Race', second from the top of the home page of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

There is no way to tell how long it has been up on the site, but it was brought to the public eye on Tuesday by Claremont Institute president Ryan P. Williams, who described it as "divisive propaganda."

Comment: Here is the full summary graphic from the museums exibition. What were once considered marks of good character, and traits necessary to have a liveable society, are now symptoms of 'white supremacy'. The world has gone bonkers. [Click image to enlarge]

Playtime's over: Police shut down 'CLAT', Portland protesters' short-lived CHAZ-style 'autonomous zone'

RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:40 UTC

Portland police have brought a swift and unceremonious end to a newly-created 'autonomous zone' in the city, which was seen by many as an offshoot of a now-defunct protester camp in Seattle.

Protesters camping out at the Chinook Land Autonomous Territory (CLAT) were ordered by law enforcement to leave the area on Thursday morning. Several arrests were made due to non-compliance, according to local media.

Videos and photographs show police and federal officers clearing out the streets around Portland's Lownsdale Square Park, the location of the short-lived 'autonomous' zone. The park sits across the street from the city's federal courthouse, which has been under siege for the past several weeks by demonstrators.

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Society's Child

Ricky Gervais slams PC police, calling cancel culture a 'weird sort of fascism'

North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents

Not publicizing black & brown mugshots is not fixing the racial problem with the justice system - it's hiding it

Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier

NYPD chief of department injured during protest on Brooklyn Bridge

Turkey authorities sign protocol confirming Hagia Sophia be preserved as world heritage site

Sane Georgia governor bans mask mandates. Hysterical Savannah mayor complains

Victims of Germany's child molesting 'experiment' tell RT of their nightmare that lives on: 'We're just a pile of misery'

Valuing time, work & Christian principles are 'white people' things? US citizens' taxes fund museum promoting crackpot 'anti-racism' theories

Playtime's over: Police shut down 'CLAT', Portland protesters' short-lived CHAZ-style 'autonomous zone'

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