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Inclusivity gone wrong: German kindergartens cause uproar for banning pork 'out of respect' for Muslim children

RT
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 07:53 UTC

Responses have become so heated that daycare centers are under police protection after banning pork to please Muslim children.

An attempt at inclusivity has backfired after two German kindergartens banned pork out of "respect for a changing world." The controversy even saw the police involved, but parents told RT it was blown out of all proportion.

A couple of daycare centers in the eastern city of Leipzig caused a stir earlier this week when they decided to exclude pork from their menus because several of the enrolled children were Muslim. "Out of respect for a changing world, only pork-free meals and snacks will be ordered and served starting from July 15," they explained in a letter to parents.

The move sparked outrage on social media and prompted accusations of kowtowing to the country's Muslim minority, with the hashtag 'Schweinefleisch' (pork) occupying the top trending spot on Twitter. National and local politicians also chimed in, slamming the pork ban as inappropriate. Heated debates forced the kindergartens to put the pork ban on hold, and police were called in for protection.

Comment: Attempts to placate Muslim populations have been causing backlash from the native Europeans, and things aren't getting any less heated:

Troubled nuclear firm in South Carolina kept radioactive trash in leaky bin

ABC News
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:02 UTC

Westinghouse Electric Co. nuclear fuel factory

Federal authorities say a nuclear plant in South Carolina kept radioactive trash in a leaky 40-foot shipping container, raising concerns that uranium has once again seeped into the surrounding soil.

The State reports the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state environmental officials are now investigating the Westinghouse Electric Co. nuclear fuel factory in Hopkins. The leak was discovered about two months ago. Last week, a sealed plant drum filled with rags, laboratory waste and mop heads caught on fire. No injuries were reported.

Rebuilding Aleppo: Before & after photos show reconstruction of key Syrian sites destroyed by Western-led bombings

RT
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:05 UTC

Syria's ancient city of Aleppo was filled with bustling markets and historical buildings before it was engulfed in the devastating conflict. Now, before and after photos show progress in rebuilding its war-torn sites.

The reconstruction challenge is stark: In December 2018, the UN cultural agency UNESCO said 10 percent of Aleppo's historical buildings had been destroyed, and as much as 60 percent of the Old City, a World Heritage Site, was severely damaged.

Friendly 'persuasion'? California judge slashes $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million, but rejects appeal to strike entire punitive award

Tina Bellon
Reuters
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:50 UTC

Bayer faces Roundup cancer lawsuits by more than 13,400 plaintiffs across the United States.

A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million.

Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superior Court in Oakland said the jury's billion-dollar punitive damages awards were excessive and unconstitutional, but rejected Bayer's request to strike the punitive award outright.

Under Smith's final order, California couple Alva and Alberta Pilliod would receive roughly $17 million in compensatory and $69 million in punitive damages, down from $55 million and $2 billion, respectively.

The plaintiffs still have to formally accept the reduced award.

Comment: Monsanto / Bayer has never had any qualms about greasing palms or using threats to persuade authorities to act in their best interests:

Double standards: YouTube's new ad policy brands keyword 'Christian' as unacceptable, but 'Muslim' is still approved

RT
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:44 UTC

When the founder of a Christian veterans group tried to upload a YouTube ad for his organization, he received an odd rejection, informing him the keyword "Christian" was no longer acceptable under the site's ad targeting policy.

Chad Robichaux, founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, a charitable group that helps veterans overcome wartime trauma, took to Twitter with a screenshot detailing his encounter with the tech giant.

So one of the keywords to boost the ad was the word 'Christian,' which we use regularly. The ad was denied specifically because of the use of the word 'Christian.'

Comment: Google is reflecting the trend among liberals to denigrate and alienate Christians:

Comedian Norm Macdonald slams 'racist' Bette Midler for claiming Trump pays black people to pose in event photos

Hannah Bleu
Breitbart
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00 UTC

Midler tweeted a photo of a Trump campaign event with the caption: “Look, there are African American men in this shot! How much did he pay them to be ‘blackground’?”

Actor-comedian Norm Macdonald slammed actress Bette Midler, calling her a "racist" for insisting that President Donald Trump pays black people to pose in the background of photos at his events.

On Wednesday, Midler tweeted a photo of a Trump campaign event with the caption: "Look, there are African American men in this shot! How much did he pay them to be 'blackground'?"

Norm Macdonald did not mince words, tweeting, "Oh, Christ. Bette's a racist, too. Fucxk," to his one million Twitter followers.

Comment: There's been an epidemic of 'hoof in mouth' disease among Hollywood liberals ever since Trump was elected. Bette is only one among many who have succumbed.

Study: Democrats tend to be LESS tolerant of diversity than Republicans - And the more educated they are, the LESS tolerant they become

Arlie Hochschild
The Guardian
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:20 UTC

A new survey found Democrats live with less political diversity despite being more tolerant of it - with startling results

In a surprising new national survey, members of each major American political party were asked what they imagined to be the beliefs held by members of the other. The survey asked Democrats: "How many Republicans believe that racism is still a problem in America today?" Democrats guessed 50%. It's actually 79%. The survey asked Republicans how many Democrats believe "most police are bad people". Republicans estimated half; it's really 15%.

The survey, published by the thinktank More in Common as part of its Hidden Tribes of America project, was based on a sample of more than 2,000 people. One of the study's findings: the wilder a person's guess as to what the other party is thinking, the more likely they are to also personally disparage members of the opposite party as mean, selfish or bad. Not only do the two parties diverge on a great many issues, they also disagree on what they disagree on.

Comment: Take stock of reality, in other words. But is that what happened after 2016? No, they crafted the most spectacularly unhinged political theater in known human history, blaming the leader of a foreign country for losing an election in their own.

The findings in this study probably replicate, to one extent or another, across the globalized 'Western' liberal-cosmopolitan island chain from NYC to London to Paris and beyond. It's not just that the West is divided into two camps, but that one of those camps is a clear minority, dominates the levers of power, and is rendering itself not only irrelevant but a danger to the continuation of human civilization.

Fair play to the Guardian for publishing these findings, which, of course, are devastating for most of its columnists' daily commentary...

FBI finds bodies sewn together 'like Frankenstein' in human chop shop

Ebony Bowden
New York Post
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:30 UTC

Buckets of body parts, a cooler filled with male genitalia and a woman's head sewn onto a male torso "like Frankenstein" were found by FBI agents during a raid on an Arizona body donation center, a new lawsuit reveals.

The stomach-churning scene was discovered by FBI agents at the now-shuttered Biological Resource Center in 2014 as part of a multi-state investigation into the illegal trafficking and sale of human body parts, as reported by the Arizona Republic.

Details of the grim find were revealed in a lawsuit filed against the center this week by 33 defendants whose loved ones' bodies were donated to the facility under the guise they would be used for scientific purposes.

Comment: Considering the gruesome finds, there was more going on than just illegally and immorally selling on body parts.

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Southwest Airlines: 737 Max planes won't be ready for holidays, Boeing should pay for losses

Kyle Arnold
Dallas News
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:13 UTC

Southwest Airlines said Thursday it doesn't plan to fly its grounded 737 Max jets through the holidays and has asked Boeing, the plane's manufacturer, for compensation to help pay for losses.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines also said it is dropping service to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey as it tries to juggle a smaller fleet.

"We have had preliminary discussions with Boeing regarding compensation for damages due to the MAX groundings," Southwest said in a statement. "We have not reached any conclusions regarding these matters."

German prosecutors charge ex-SS soldier for denying Holocaust

The Local
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:13 UTC

German prosecutors said Wednesday they have filed charges against a former SS soldier for incitement and disparaging the memory of Nazi victims, after the 96-year-old made inflammatory remarks in an interview broadcast on television.

The accused was not named by prosecutors but he is understood to be Karl Münter, who had previously been convicted in France over his role in the killing of 86 people in the northern French village of Ascq during World War II.

Münter told journalists in an interview broadcast by German channel ARD last November that those killed in Ascq were themselves to blame for their deaths.

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Society's Child

Inclusivity gone wrong: German kindergartens cause uproar for banning pork 'out of respect' for Muslim children

Troubled nuclear firm in South Carolina kept radioactive trash in leaky bin

Rebuilding Aleppo: Before & after photos show reconstruction of key Syrian sites destroyed by Western-led bombings

Friendly 'persuasion'? California judge slashes $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million, but rejects appeal to strike entire punitive award

Double standards: YouTube's new ad policy brands keyword 'Christian' as unacceptable, but 'Muslim' is still approved

Comedian Norm Macdonald slams 'racist' Bette Midler for claiming Trump pays black people to pose in event photos

Study: Democrats tend to be LESS tolerant of diversity than Republicans - And the more educated they are, the LESS tolerant they become

FBI finds bodies sewn together 'like Frankenstein' in human chop shop

Southwest Airlines: 737 Max planes won't be ready for holidays, Boeing should pay for losses

German prosecutors charge ex-SS soldier for denying Holocaust

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