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'Damn Russia's enemies!' Video shows WITCHES' coven in Moscow to cast spells... in support of Putin

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Enemies of Russia, beware. A group of Russian witches have gathered to hold a "Circle of Power" in support of President Vladimir Putin, casting spells they believe will increase Russia's power and damn its foes.

The coven, which calls itself 'The Empire of the Strongest Witches' held the special ceremony in a Moscow mansion on Tuesday, after determining that Putin was in need of a little extra support against evil forces.

Wearing black cloaks and reading from spell books, the witches used their magic powers to instill new strength in Russia and help Putin cope with international problems.

"He who hears and does not hear, who sees and does not see, who was and will be, will not forget my word: Rise the great power of Russia, direct the path of Vladimir Putin truly and righteously, through my word," one incantation went.

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Dutch city street names 'too white' or 'too male' will be made more diverse

Rotterdam sign
© Donald Trung Quoc Don(Chữ Hán/ 徵國單)/Wikimedia CommonsHennekijnstraat street sign in Rotterdam.
The local government of Rotterdam has decided to name all new streets in the city after women and minorities after complaints by some local politicians that the current names are too male and too white.

The Dutch city's government announced that it would be accepting the proposal to make the city's street names more "diverse" a year after the initiative was put forth by left-wing party Democrats 66 (D66), the GreenLeft, and the Labour party, Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reports.

Councillor Nadia Arsieni, of the D66 party, was the one to initially recommend the proposal and said she was happy the local government had accepted it saying, "A sample showed that a large number of the streets were named after men of Western origin. That does not fit in the Rotterdam of today."

Deputy Mayor Bert Wijbenga explained that diversity was the main motivation for the move and said,
"In order to give substance to more cultural diversity, the policy rules stipulate that the attribution of names of women and other underrepresented groups from society should be preferred for personal names," and added, "diversity is at the forefront."
Wijbenga also announced that there were no intentions to rename existing streets stating that, "there will always be room for the great men of Rotterdam."

Comment: The new normal has its signs everywhere. When exactly will life be perfect?


Quenelle - Golden

France's Yellow Vest movement maturing into broad-based citizens' coalition

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© Reuters / Benoit TessierYellow Vest protesters take part in a demonstration holding a banner that reads “Angry but not fascist” in Paris on January 26, 2019.
At its first "Assembly of Assemblies" in late January, this grassroots democratic revolt brought together many people who had never participated in politics.

"The danger," Yanis warned, "is that the constant stream of information becomes its own type of ignorance. It's very easy to forget the human need to educate oneself, and to forge one's own opinion. What we need is for speech and debate to free themselves everywhere, that they fill every part of daily life, that everyone express themselves, respectfully of course."

What Yanis was recalling was his own initial reaction to the eruption of France's Yellow Vest revolt in late November 2018. "At the beginning, there was this fear," he continued. "The movement had been covered in media as a ploy of the far right and the fascist movement. I hesitated to go at first just because of that. But I finally decided that it was all the more important to go if that was actually the case, in order to not abandon the battle to them."

Red Flag

Dutch former anti-Muslim politician converts to Islam

Joram van Klaveren
© Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesJoram van Klaveren
A former member of Geert Wilders' far-right Dutch party announced Monday that he has converted to Islam.

Joram Van Klaveren said he made the switch from critic to convert while writing a book about Islam. "During that writing I came across more and more things that made my view on Islam falter," he told Dutch radio.

Van Klaveren was a member of parliament for the Freedom Party (PVV) from 2010 to 2014, but quit the party after Wilders' asked supporters during a rally in 2014 if they wanted more or fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands, to which the crowd chanted "Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!"

Attention

'Split second decision': Illinois cop shoots and kills woman's service dog

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Juniper, who was shot by police last week, was an American Staffordshire Terrier.
A former resident's dog was shot and killed by a Mount Carmel Police officer last week during an investigation regarding the owner, Jennifer Weir's, missing property.

She had returned to her former residence on Second Street Wednesday, Jan. 16, when she said she found some things were missing and she presumed her ex-husband had taken them.

According to Weir, her ex-husband was not supposed to be present at the residence due to a protective order.

As Weir showed the Mount Carmel officer, yet unidentified, around the property to detail what was missing, she let her dogs out the back door. Her 11-year-old dog, a female American Staffordshire Terrier named Juniper, approached the officer outside. Juniper was only in the officer's presence because of a gate that Weir believes her ex-husband left open.

Weir said Juniper was shot once injuring her and then shot again, killing her. At the time the dog was killed, she was facing Weir, she said.

Weir said her dog is known throughout town and barks at people but would never bite anyone.

Handcuffs

Danish Jehovah's Witness sentenced to 6 years in Russian court for 'extremist offences'

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© Reuters / Andrew OsbornDennis Christensen leaves after a court session in Oryol.
Danish Jehovah's Witness Dennis Christensen has become the first member of the religious group to be jailed for extremist offences in Russia. The group has been banned in the country since 2017.

A district court in Oryol, some 320km south of Moscow, sentenced Christensen to six years in prison after finding that he was the "de facto leader" of a local branch of Jehovah's Witnesses, and had been responsible for organizing its activities.

Christensen, a 46-year-old construction worker and son of a Jehovah Witness missionary, had been living in Russia since 2000. He and his wife Irina were preaching for years, although Christensen was not officially a member of the group, the court heard.

He pleaded not guilty, claiming that he had been merely practicing his religion, in accordance with the Russian constitution. Before the verdict was announced, he shouted, calling for religious freedom to be protected in Russia.

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No Entry

French officials will temporarily close a mosque whose imams called for armed jihad and Sharia law

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Fearing potential terrorist attacks, the south-eastern city of Grenoble will temporarily close a mosque in which imams were allegedly calling for "armed jihad." Over 400 worshippers attended the mosque each day.

The Al-Kawthar mosque, located in a populous Rue des Trembles district of Grenoble, has become fertile soil for disseminating "ideas and theories that provoke violence, hatred and discrimination," the local prefecture said. It claimed the imam legitimized "armed jihad... Sharia and discrimination against women."

The imam's sermons allegedly stirred up hatred towards those practicing other religions. It is thought that over 400 Muslims attended the Al-Kawthar each day, according to French media.

Attention

Texas man dies from exploding vape pen

William Brown
© KTVT/Family PhotoWilliam Brown died of a massive stroke after the e-cigarette he was using exploded and tore his carotid artery.
A 24-year-old Fort Worth man died last month after his vape pen exploded in his face, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.

William Brown was at a vaporizer store in Keller when it happened. His grandmother, Alice Brown, said he had just purchased the device and was using it for the first time in her car.

He died at John Peter Smith Hospital two days after crawling from the car to the trunk area where he collapsed on the pavement, she said. She said she believes William was attempting to get help. Brown said somebody who saw William called an ambulance.

The medical examiner ruled William Brown's cause of death as penetrating trauma from an exploding vaporizer pen. His left carotid artery was severed, the report says. Alice Brown said doctors at JPS told her that William suffered a stroke inside the car and eventually had bleeding in his brain.

Gold Coins

Patreon CEO says the company's generous business model is not sustainable as it sees rapid growth

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Crowd-funding service Patreon announced its latest benchmark Wednesday, with more than 3 million patrons supporting content creators each month through the company's platform.

Patreon allows illustrators, authors, podcasters, musicians and other independent creators to receive crowd funding directly from their audience.

The number of active patrons supporting artists on the platform in 2019 has seen significant growth, up 1 million over the last year, the company said. The company is also on track to pay out $500 million to content creators in 2019, pushing the company to surpass $1 billion in payouts since its inception in 2013.

Comment: As Jordan Peterson said, "Patreon has learned nothing". Adding a bunch of features no one cares about is not going to solve their problem of multiple people exiting the platform due to their biased ousting of people with political viewpoints they don't agree with. Why set up your business around a platform you could be kicked off if you say something the morality police deem unacceptable?

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Arrow Down

High school students disqualified from debate after quoting Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson

Ben Shapiro
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A pair of Utah high school seniors lost a debate round because they read quotes from Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro and clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson, who were deemed "white supremacists" by the judge.

Layton High School senior Michael Moreno and his debate partner, whom The Daily Wire will not name, were participating in a round with a topic relating to immigration. The specific topic of the round was "Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reduce restrictions on legal immigration." Moreno and his partner were arguing in the negative, meaning they were arguing against the other team's plan to reduce restrictions on legal immigration.

Instead of arguing in the affirmative, Moreno told The Daily Wire, the other team read a "slam poem" about how terms like "legal" and "illegal" are dehumanizing. In documents provided to The Daily Wire, these students quoted from numerous professors critical of assimilation and the notion that immigrants must act American to live "the good life."

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