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Woman at AOC Town Hall insists that "we must eat the babies" to stop climate change - Update

Tyler Durden
Zerohedge
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 06:45 UTC
eat the babies girl

Update: and there you go.

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In a clip that has gone viral across social media platforms, a woman who was, in all likelihood, an opposition plant, confronted AOC during a town hall in Corona, Queens last night and insisted that her 'Green New Deal' wasn't enough and that instead "we must eat the babies" to stop climate change from destroying the world.

Comment: Comment:

Update 10/04/19

It was all a prank:
Just as we anticipated, the woman who confronted AOC at her town hall in Corona was, in fact, a plant sent by a pro-Trump group.

According to Gizmodo, the 'let's eat the babies' woman has ties to LaRouche PAC, a right-wing group that supports President Trump. The group was founded by former Communist Lyndon LaRouche. LaRouche, who died earlier this year at the age of 96, was one of the original American political provocateurs.

LaRouche's followers took credit for the prank in a Tweet Thursday night, claiming that "sometimes, only satire works."

Either the "we must eat the babies" gal is one of the most brilliant trollers we have ever seen - or her outburst is yet another marker for the end of Western Civilization.

More on the social hysteria that we are now seeing spread like some kind of mind virus:

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Police officer stabs four of his fellow policemen to death in Paris - UPDATE: Killer had 'converted to Islam' and 'heard voices' before rampage

Jack Montgomery
Breitbart
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:23 UTC
French police
© MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images
Four police officers have been stabbed to death at a headquarters building near the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France.

The perpetrator "was involved in an argument with someone and then erupted in anger, targeting other police colleagues before being neutralised," according to a source quoted by The Sun.

"The attacker is believed to have been an administrative officer working in a secure part of the building - making it very easy for him to walk around freely. He would have had security clearance.

"One victim is dead, along with the attacker. Others are in intensive care."

French media now reports that the death toll has risen to four, however.

Comment: UPDATE 4 Oct 2019

RT reports that the name of officer-gone-postal is Michael Harpon, a 16-year-vet of Paris police HQ, someone who had no professional reprimands during that time, and who "recently converted to Islam." His wife has been telling local media that he 'heard voices' the night before the attack...
The Paris police attacker "heard voices" during an agitated "fit of dementia" the night before murdering four of his police colleagues in a deadly knife rampage, according to his wife.

Computer expert Michael Harpon was shot in the head by a police officer after killing three men and one woman with a ceramic knife in a frenzied attack at police headquarters in Paris on Thursday. Two other people were hurt during the incident but their injuries are not believed to be live-threatening.

In the aftermath of the bloodbath, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said Harpon, who was a recent convert to Islam, had "never shown any behavioural problems" during more than 15 years with the force.

Investigators questioning Harpon's wife Iham say he became "incoherent" during a deranged episode on Wednesday night before waking "abruptly" on the morning of the killing spree, BFM reported.

The 45-year-old, who was born in the French Caribbean territory of Martinique, had worked for the police since 2003 without ever raising any red flags with authorities. Officials say there is no indication that the attack was an act of terror but added that no theory has been ruled out at this stage of the investigation.

"It is important to emphasise you are not a terrorist because you are Muslim and converting to Islam is not an automatic sign of radicalisation. The facts need to be looked at carefully," government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye told Franceinfo radio on Friday. "We do not have any indication that the perpetrator was radicalised," she added.
The government can say that, but that's not the message that people are being hit with by this incident.

Some form of mind control was likely in play here. Harpon did not just 'randomly go postal'. He was probably 'worked on'.

Given the close proximity to Notre Dame, this appears intended to compound the demoralization France felt at seeing Note Dame go up in flames earlier this year.

It also comes just as the police themselves are starting strikes and mass protests.

If they join the Yellow Vest rebellion in sufficient numbers, it's curtains for the regime.

Much is at stake in Paris, so 'every little bit helps' in terms of distracting, demoralizing and dividing police and people alike.

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Joker filmmaker enrages 'woke culture' advocates by (accurately) blaming the tyranny of outrage for death of comedy

Helen Buyniski
RT
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:21 UTC
'Why so serious?' indeed...
© Reuters / Mario Anzuoni
'Why so serious?' indeed...
Filmmaker Todd Phillips triggered more than a few 'woke' critics when he blamed the overly sensitive climate engulfing comedy - in which any controversial material becomes 'problematic' - for killing comedy, but he was right.

What Phillips called "woke culture" - a pathological eagerness to avoid insensitivity that weaponizes the worst excesses of political correctness - has made comedy all but impossible because it has made the cost of failure too high. A single failed joke can cost a comedian their livelihood if it offends the wrong people - and who can create when their hands are tied?

"It's hard to argue with 30 million people on Twitter," Phillips pointed out, "so you just go, 'I'm out.'" He added that he is far from the only "f***ing funny guy" who has done the risk-benefit analysis and found comedy to be not worth the penalty for offending modern audiences, and said he finds it "astounding" how much "the far-left can sound like the far-right when it suits their agenda."

Digging through a comedian's old work to find something offensive, holding it up as a beacon to muster popular outrage against that person, and getting them "cancelled" has become a competitive sport for a small but vocal segment of the Left. This group, which has made a lifestyle out of taking offense, has also declared open season on social media, sifting through decade-old tweets and posts in the hope of unearthing something inflammatory. When they find it, the offending tweets are generally taken out of context and often read as serious when they were originally meant as sarcastic or ironic - as jokes. But most outrage mob victims are so traumatized by the experience of being piled on by the whole of Woke Twitter that they simply beg their tormentors for forgiveness until the bullies get bored and move on.

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First in a decade: Yellow Vests end French austerity plans, finally

Ramin Mazaheri
The Saker Blog
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:00 UTC
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© AFP 2019 / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD
The Yellow Vests forced the French government to not present an austerity-laden annual budget for the first time in a decade.

You should be saying, "Wow, that is a historic achievement."

Please be clear: this is joyous, uplifting, pro-democracy, once-in-a-decade good news! An end to austerity is why France elected Francois Hollande in 2012, whose slogan was, "The change is now" - the "change" was away from far-right, neoliberal austerity.

The entire history of austerity is pretty pathetic, and I have covered it daily from the beginning:

It was first a screaming conservative-capitalist reaction to the huge plunge in global economic growth. When the hysteria wore off and some sort of logical, verbal explanation became required, they decided it was necessary to appease the "confidence fairy" of investors. When people tired of belt-tightening to avoid giving financial speculators a bit of indigestion, it became necessary in order to appease Brussels' totally arbitrary "3% fiscal deficit rule". And then...people just stopped talking about it altogether, as I wrote. Austerity went on so long it was just viewed as unstoppable and vitally necessary - the idea of a spending program instead of spending cuts stopped being discussed after Marine Le Pen lost the presidential election. Emmanuel Macron's first budget was the 2nd-harshest in postwar French history.

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NPC

Fresh clashes between police & protesters in Hong Kong - petrol bombs and live fire


RT
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 01:57 UTC
protester hong kong molotov cocktail
© Reuters / Jorge Silva
Intense riots and violent clashes between demonstrators and police broke out across Hong Kong streets on Tuesday. Dozens were arrested and one protester was hurt after police reportedly fired a live round to fend off attack.

The rioters set makeshift barricades on fire and hurled petrol bombs and bottles at police officers, who responded with tear gas and water cannons. The most intense street fights are said to have taken place in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong, China's self-governing territory.

At least 96 people were detained for violating public assembly laws and carrying weapons and firecrackers, as well as owning dangerous chemical substances, local media stated.

Comment: The peaceful, democracy-loving protesters managed to amass quite an arsenal.
Hong Kong police have seized weapons, armor and materials used to create Molotov cocktails, which they said belonged to radical groups among the protesters labeled 'pro-democracy' by western media.
hong kong body armor protesters
© Hong Kong Police
Body armor seized from protesters in Hong Kong
According to the police, on Monday and Tuesday they targeted 48 locations throughout the city that they suspected were connected with violent protesters, who have been waging street battles against the police force for several months.

The police arrested 51 people, including seven women, who were aged between 15 and 44, and charged them with various crimes related to the rioting.
weapons seized hong kong protesters
© Hong Kong Police
Molotov cocktails and swords seized from Hong Kong protesters
The authorities published photos of the items they discovered during the raid, which include several suits of body armor, various melee weapons as well as chemicals and glass bottles used in the manufacturing of petrol bombs - a weapon routinely deployed by the protesters to cause chaos in Hong Kong.
weapons protesters hong kong
© Hong Kong Police
Slingshots seized from Hong Kong protesters
firecrackers seized hong kong
© Hong Kong Police
Firecrackers seized from Hong Kong protesters
Mass anti-government protests first gripped the Chinese city in March, when thousands took to the streets to protest an extradition bill that they deemed an attack on Hong Kong's autonomy under the so-called "one country, two systems" arrangement. The bill has since been revoked, but the protest movement's demands have continued to grow and it has become more violent in its approach.

Peaceful protest demonstrations in Hong Kong, which have been the prime focus for Western media coverage, take place against the backdrop of vandalism, harassment of businesses deemed loyal to the central government and outright rioting.
It begs the question, who is funding this latest 'Color Revolution™'? The usual suspects of course:

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Israel can't meme: The IDF's latest cringy Twitter gaffe


RT
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 01:03 UTC
israel IDF mean girl tweet
© IDF/Twitter
The Israeli military has fired off a 'Mean Girls'-inspired insult at its Iranian enemies, the latest in a series of hit-or-miss social media misadventures. Israel's GIF specialists seem to be a bit obsessed with Tehran.

"There's no one meaner than the mean girls of the Middle East," the Israel Defense Forces quipped from its Twitter account on Thursday, alongside a photo of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani and military commander General Qasem Soleimani, all three photoshopped into the Illinois high school portrayed in the movie 'Mean Girls'.

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Bad Guys

Nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill up to 125 million says report

Doyle Rice
USA Today
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:47 UTC
Pakistan
© ARSHAD ARBAB, EPA-EFE
People shout slogans during an anti-India protest in Peshawar, Pakistan, 13 September 2019. Tensions are high in the region after the Indian government on 05 August pushed a resolution through parliament that removes the special constitutional status granted to the disputed Kashmir region, a decision condemned by Pakistan. Kashmir has been a matter of dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 when both countries became sovereign states.
As many as 125 million people would die within days if India and Pakistan waged a nuclear war, according to a scientific study released Wednesday.

That's more than the death toll during all six years of World War II.

"Such a war would threaten not only the locations where bombs might be targeted but the entire world," said study co-author Alan Robock, a professor of environmental sciences at Rutgers University.

In the weeks and months after the explosions, a global climate catastrophe could follow, triggering mass starvation as crops failed across the planet.
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Domingo resigns as LA Opera's general director, cancels appearances amid #MeToo shaming for unproven accusations


RT
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 21:24 UTC
Placido Domingo
© picture-alliance/dpa/V.Prokofyev
Placido Domingo
American opera lovers will now have to travel to Europe to see superstar Placido Domingo. The singer canceled his last remaining US performances amid a furore over anonymous and still unproven sexual assault accusations.

Domingo resigned as general director of the Los Angeles Opera on Wednesday, and withdrew from his scheduled performances in the city. The 78-year-old tenor, who helped found the company, announced that recent sexual assault allegations had "compromised" his ability to enjoy his work.

According to an August report by AP, 20 women - among them singers, dancers, and colleagues of Domingo - claimed that the Spanish singer inappropriately touched, kissed and otherwise harassed them, and pressured some into sexual relationships. The allegations are as of yet unproven, and all but two of the women chose to stay anonymous.

LA Opera had opened an internal investigation into the allegations.

Comment: See also:
LA Opera: Plácido Domingo to be investigated for multiple sexual harassment charges - Update: Spain's Royal Theater backs Domingo - Update: 11 new accusers

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Incident involving N. Korean poachers in Russian waters: Confrontations, falsehoods and rights

Konstantin Asmolov
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00 UTC
coast guard vessel
© Unknown
On 17 September 2019, the Federal Security Service (FSS) of the Russian Federation reported that more than 80 DPRK citizens, engaged in poaching in Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Sea of Japan, were detained. Coast guards apprehended two fishing schooners, with 21 people on board one of them and 45 on the other. According to FSS, the crew of the second schooner attacked members of the boarding team from Russia's border patrol vessel. As a result, three coast guards suffered injuries of various severity, and one of them was shot with a firearm. The border guards confiscated prohibited fishing gear and the illegal catch from the apprehended vessels.

On 18 September, the FSS of Russia released a video from the scene of the incident. It shows the inspection of one of the detained schooners, the interception of a motor boat and coast guards having to use their flare gun. The FSS also stated that some poachers were injured too.

This news item attracted the attention of not only the author of this article but also other media for three reasons. Firstly, although confrontations do occur during inspections of poacher vessels and at times people sustain injuries, this time around, rumors began circulating immediately afterwards that neither boat hooks nor other equipment had been used during the incident; instead an armed fight had broken out.
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Brick Wall

30 years later, billions of euros spent, Germany marks the fall of the wall. Did reunification fulfill promises?


RT
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:28 UTC
German gate
© dpa
It's Unity Day in Germany, one of the most cherished dates in its modern history. Hopes ran high after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but despite huge money injections, lingering inequality still bites eastern Germany.

Celebrated every year on October 3, German Unity Day marks the anniversary of reunification between the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD) and the socialist German Democratic Republic (DDR) in 1990. It came just a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a major symbol of the Cold War. Speaking ahead of the date, Chancellor Angela Merkel called the country's economic progress since then "a great success," but added that "there is still a lot to do."

Indeed, eastern Germans are no longer put on 13-year waiting lists to buy a Trabant - a tiny ride that was one of the most iconic symbols of the DDR. They also no longer have to queue for bread or dodge the prying eyes of the Stasi - the notorious state security service well-known and feared far beyond the German borders. But getting rid of it did not create a BRD 2.0 for the people in the former socialist part of the country.
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