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Utah sheriff investigates claims of 'ritual child sexual abuse'; 120 tips received

Allan Stein
The Epoch Times
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:01 UTC
utah county sheriff
© Allan Stein/The Epoch TimesA Utah County Sheriff's Office cruiser sits parked at the public safety complex in Spanish Fork, Utah, on June 27, 2022.
An investigation by a Utah sheriff into allegations of "ritualistic child sexual abuse" has shocked residents as more than 120 purported victims and those who claim to know them have come forward.

The Utah County Sheriff's Office, which is leading the investigation, has solicited help from the FBI, which confirmed that it's assisting, as well as other law enforcement agencies.

The alleged abuse occurred for two decades, from 1990 through 2010. In recent weeks, dozens of witnesses have come forward with information via phone calls, text messages, and emails.

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Stock Down

Eurozone sees record spike in food prices, consumers buying less


RT
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:28 UTC
supermarket meat shelf
© Andy Rain/EPAConsumer costs in the 19-member currency bloc soared in June, statistics show
Consumers in the Eurozone continued to cut spending on food, drinks, and tobacco last month amid a spike in prices, EU statistics office Eurostat reported on Wednesday.

Data shows that costs rose by 8.9% last month on an annual basis, compared with 7.5% growth in May.

Despite a marginal overall increase in retail spending, sales of food, drinks, and tobacco fell on the month by 0.3%, compounding the 2.3% slump recorded in April.


Comment: At a time when they should be stocking up for when the situation really begins to bite: 'Most challenging period in history': Tajikistan's President urges citizens to stockpile 2 years worth of food amidst global instability


Comment: Some countries are warning household gas will be rationed, and to a limited extent certain food items already have been. However it's likely that, soon enough, many more items will be restricted, both because of panic buying - as happened during the lockdowns - but also because of the looming 'apocalyptic' food shortages. Which begs the question: why would the government in the Netherlands be so determined to shut down huge numbers of farmers amidst soaring food costs and shortages?

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Arrow Up

Explosion damages controversial Georgia Guidestones - UPDATE: Monument demolished


RT
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:08 UTC
georgia guidestones
The mysterious and controversial granite monument in rural Georgia was a tourist attraction
A mystery-shrouded monument in the US state of Georgia was severely damaged in an explosion early on Wednesday. State and local authorities are investigating the incident as a bombing. The granite Georgia Guidestones were built in 1980 and featured messages for humanity in eight languages with a dedication to the "Age of Reason."

"The preliminary information indicates that unknown individuals detonated an explosive device at around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6th," the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement, adding that authorities in Elbert County asked for its assistance with the investigation. The site is currently cordoned off until bomb disposal technicians can examine it.

One of the wings of the monument has been "completely destroyed" and the capstone damaged, according to Christopher Kubas, executive vice president of the Elberton Granite Association.

Comment: CCTV footage of the explosion has emerged on Twitter:


UPDATE: Footage now shows the guidestones being demolished:




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Snakes in Suits

PA Dem pushed COVID lockdowns during taxpayer-funded Jersey Shore vacay, records show

Chuck Ross
The Washington Free Beacon
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:05 UTC
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania lieutenant governor
© Getty ImagesPennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman (D.)
Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman (D.) took a taxpayer-funded security detail on a family vacation to the Jersey Shore while publicly advocating strict coronavirus lockdowns.

Pennsylvania state police spent $3,500 for overtime, food, and lodging during Fetterman's trip to Ocean City, N.J., from June 24-27, 2020, according to records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Fetterman, the Democratic Senate nominee for Pennsylvania, made the trip amid a surge of cases in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health warned at the time against nonessential travel. New Jersey's governor threatened to crack down on Jersey Shore revelers because of a spike in cases there two days before Fetterman's junket.

Fetterman has aggressively pushed lockdowns, masking, and other measures to fight the pandemic. He vowed in March 2020 that he and his family would "stay at home, minimizing social interactions and trips to indoor public places." He criticized "a small, tiny minority" of anti-lockdown protesters in May 2020, and said "renegade counties" in his state had caused COVID-19 outbreaks by violating his administration's stay-at-home orders. He also said school closures, which have caused learning and behavioral setbacks for school kids, were "an absolute necessity" in the fight against the virus.
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Pistol

A quarter of Americans open to taking up arms against government, poll says

Victoria Bekiempis
The Guardian
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:48 UTC
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© Samuel Corum/AFP/Getty ImagesUS Capitol, Washington DC
Survey of 1,000 registered US voters also reveals that most Americans agree government is 'corrupt and rigged'

More than one quarter of US residents feel so estranged from their government that they feel it might "soon be necessary to take up arms" against it, a poll released on Thursday claimed.

This survey of 1,000 registered US voters, published by the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics (IOP), also revealed that most Americans agree the government is "corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me".

The data suggests that extreme polarization in US politics - and its impact on Americans' relationships with each other - remain strong. These statistics come as a congressional committee is holding public hearings on the January 6 insurrection.

Comment: Suppression of public sentiments and actions, denial of personal rights, persecution of the innocent and encouragement of collective fear reveal the police state, lockdowns and social programming intent to divide and conquer Americans individually and collectively.

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NPC

Georgetown law professor: Americans are 'slaves' to the U.S. Constitution

Dave Huber
The College Fix
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 19:01 UTC
Rosa Brooks
© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
A Georgetown University law professor says Americans are "slaves" to the U.S. Constitution as their adherence to that document — written by a "tiny group of white slave-owning men" — has turned the country into a "war zone."

Rosa Brooks made the comparison yesterday on MSNBC's Joy Reid show and highlighted the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.

"[T]here are people all over the world who have lived during armed conflicts, and when does the mortar fall on your house, when does the soldier or the tank come down the street and just kill you," Brooks said. "We are now living in that world, too, and we have brought it on ourselves."

"That world" obviously would be due to the Second Amendment to the Constitution, and according to Brooks "we are essentially slaves to a document that was written more than 230 years ago."

Comment: These mass shooting events always seem to have strange inconsistencies that no one dares mention. Which leaves the NPCs to rehash the same talking point over and over and over...

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Airplane

Airbus wins $37 billion China jet deals in blow to Boeing


Bloomberg
Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:05 UTC
Airbus
© Krisztian Bocsi/BloombergThe assembled fuselage of an Airbus A320 narrow-body passenger twin-engine jet airliner.
Airbus SE won one of its biggest-ever orders for 292 airliners worth more than $37 billion from four Chinese airlines, a coup for the European manufacturer as it tussles with Boeing Co. for dominance in Asia's largest economy.

China Eastern Airlines Corp. will buy 100 A320neo narrow-body jets, while Air China Ltd. will take 64 units, with its Shenzhen Airlines subsidiary acquiring 32 more, according to separate company filings Friday. China Southern Airlines Co. said earlier it would buy 96 A320neos, as well as lease additional planes.

The announcements represent China's first major jetliner orders in about three years and helps cement Airbus's position in the market, where the European manufacturer has built an advantage thanks to a local final assembly line. Boeing has historically counted China Southern as its biggest customer, but business has slowed for the manufacturer in the wake of two crashes of its best-selling 737 Max model and as political tensions rise between Washington and Beijing.

Comment: Some deals took took flight while others were left on the tarmac:
China's state-owned airlines have 2,070 Airbus jets in their combined fleet at the end of May.

The A320 aircraft, a single-aisle jet that can carry between 150 and 180 passengers depending on configurations, is listed at US$101 million each. Bulk purchases are entitled to steep discounts from catalogue prices, and the aviation industry's rule of thumb halves the total list price for an estimate of the order's value.

The bulk order showed how China - the world's second-largest aviation market after the United States - is showing "momentum" in its recovery from the traveling slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Airbus said.

They must also compete with China's ambition for a piece of the global aviation market via the locally assembled Comac C919, which completed its first pre-delivery test flight in May.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is in talks with its counterparts in Vietnam and Thailand to allow their respective airlines to increase passenger flights to two each week from one, according to media reports in June.

The CAAC said it was negotiating with selective countries to gradually and steadily increase regular international passenger flights, a move that would be conducive for the sustainable development of the industry, according to a report by Global Times.

Total demand for global air travel in April, as measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) terms, was up 78.7 per cent from the same month a year ago, as recovery in air travel continued after more countries lift Covid-related border restrictions, according to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).


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Bad Guys

US-Mexico border is world's deadliest - UN


RT
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:34 UTC
dead body
© Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesMigrant death
The 2,000-mile (3,200km) border between the US and Mexico is the world's deadliest land migration route, a recent UN study claimed. Some 728 migrants died or disappeared there last year, an increase of more than 50% since 2020.

Published by the International Organization for Migration, a UN body, the report labeled 2021 as the deadliest year for migration in the Americas since 2014, when it began collecting data. More than 1,200 migrants died or disappeared in the region last year, with 728 dying or vanishing along the US-Mexico border alone, 53% more than in 2020.

Edwin Viales, author of the report, said:
"The number of deaths on the United States-Mexico border last year is significantly higher than in any year prior, even before Covid-19. Yet, this number remains an undercount due to the diverse challenges for data collection."
The number of migrants attempting to enter the US illegally fell during 2020, amid a worldwide slump in travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, and with the Trump administration enforcing tough security measures at the border. However, Border Patrol officers encountered more than three times as many illegal immigrants in 2021 as in 2020, and more than 1.5 million arrests have been reported this year, on track to outstrip last year's record total of 1.7 million.
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Attention

US power companies brace for supply crisis - Reuters


RT
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 17:02 UTC
power lines
© Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images
American power providers are facing supply shortages that stem from increased pressure on the grid due to record-high temperatures, as people boost the use of air conditioning, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

According to Refinitiv data, the weather in the US has already been some 21% warmer than the 30-year average.

"Federal agencies responsible for power reliability, like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), have warned that grids in the western half of the country could face reliability issues this summer as consumers crank up air conditioners to escape the heat," the report states.

Power companies are worried they will not be able to find the spare parts to fix equipment fast enough to avoid outages, with some of them already reporting problems due to the heat. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), for instance, had to ask customers to cut back on energy use and turn up the temperature on air conditioners after six power plants went offline during a heat wave in mid-May.
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Arrow Down

Judge strikes down Los Angeles school's vaccine mandate as illegal

Martin Walsh
Conservative Brief
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC
stop mandate
© California Healthline
A Los Angeles judge has struck down L.A. Unified's student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that the school district "exceeded its authority" and that "the power to require children to be vaccinated to attend school lies with the state."

The Los Angeles Times reported:
"The ruling, however, has no immediate effect within the L.A. Unified School District, because the district in May postponed its mandate until at least July 2023 — a move that aligned with the state decision to pause its own school vaccine requirement until then. LAUSD was the first of the nation's largest school systems to institute a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for students, and despite the delay, school board members were resolute in defending it against lawsuits."
Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff's ruling represented a significant win for "Let Them Breathe," a California-based group that has opposed mask and vaccine mandates.
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