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Ukraine to censor Russian books & music in latest oppressive move against its Russian-speaking citizens


Khaleej Times
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:15 UTC
Donetsk ukraine market
© ReutersA woman walks past structures at a local market destroyed by Ukrainian military shelling in Donetsk.
Ukraine's parliament on Sunday voted through two laws which will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining cultural ties between the two countries following Moscow's invasion.

One law will forbid the printing of books by Russian citizens, unless they renounce their Russian passport and take Ukrainian citizenship. The ban will only apply to those who held Russian citizenship after the 1991 collapse of Soviet rule.

It will also ban the commercial import of books printed in Russia, Belarus, and occupied Ukrainian territory, while also requiring special permission for the import of books in Russian from any other country.

Comment: If only the Ukrainian parliament was as concerned about its neo-Nazi problem, it might not be in the mess it's in right now. Moreover, these new laws restricting the rights of its Russian speaking inhabitants are actually an addition to the numerous anti-Russian, and anti-democratic, policies Ukraine has been pursuing for many years now. It's also likely that these new laws will be rather shortlived, because Russia's deNazification of the country continues apace and soon enough much larger regions will be liberated from the rule of the corrupt government:

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Pirates

You're gonna die out': Antifa try to shut down women's rights event in Bristol, England

Katie Daviscourt
The Post Millennial
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:08 UTC
antifa bristol
A women's rights group in Bristol, UK spoke out against gender ideology on Sunday and were met with intimidation by members of Antifa who gathered to disrupt the event, attempting to shut it down.

The women were surrounded and harassed by men dressed in black bloc who yelled obscenities and accused them of being "transphobic fascists."

"You're gonna die out! You're gonna die out!" Antifa militants threatened, as they shielded their identities behind masks.

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Rocket

Disney's 'Lightyear' FLOPS in opening weekend after controversy over lesbian kiss and decision to ax conservative star Tim Allen as voice of Buzz

Rachael Bunyan
Daily Mail
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:25 UTC
buzz lightyear toy story disney
'Lightyear' opened in 4,255 locations domestically and in 43 markets overseas - but 14 Muslim-majority nations banned the movie from playing in their cinemas because Disney included a lesbian kiss.
Disney's animated movie 'Lightyear' flopped in its first weekend in theaters, with the new Toy Story spin-off film earning $51.7 million in North America.

Not only did the movie open lower than expected, but it also failed to conquer 'Jurassic World: Dominion', which held on to the first-place spot with $58.7 million in its second weekend.

Expectations were high for 'Lightyear', an origin story about the movie that inspired the space ranger action figure in the 'Toy Story' movies, with some analysts pegging the movie for a $70 million North American debut. But it didn't come close to that figure.

Comment: It can generally be stated that people don't want to be preached at when sitting down to watch a movie, whether they 'support the cause' or not. Disney obviously has to learn this lesson the hard way. Get woke, go broke.

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Health

Male blood donor, 66, turned away from clinic after he refused to answer a question on whether he was pregnant

Graham Grant
Daily Mail
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 00:32 UTC
leslie sinclair
Leslie Sinclair, 66, was told to fill in a form which asked whether he was expecting a child or had been pregnant in the past six months.
Over nearly 50 years, Leslie Sinclair has given a formidable 125 pints of blood.

But on his last trip he was turned away after refusing to answer a question on whether or not he was pregnant.

Mr Sinclair, 66, was told to fill in a form which asked whether he was expecting a child or had been pregnant in the past six months.

Comment: Clearly they don't need the blood that badly if they're willing to turn people away because they won't comply with ideological nonsense.

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Info

Transgender athletes are banned by world swimming's governing body FINA from competing against women: Separate 'open category' will be set up

Melissa Koenig and Lizzie May
Daily Mail
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 07:18 UTC
lia thomas snapped
Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who smashed women's records this year, will be banned from competing against biological women in international events after the world swimming's governing body announced on Sunday that it is barring transgender athletes who went through male puberty.

FINA, the international sports federation for swimming, announced on Sunday that it is changing its policies so that transgender women can only compete in the organization's women's races if they have completed their transition by the age of 12.

They will then have to prove to the federation that they have continuously suppressed their testosterone levels since that time.

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Megaphone

Indigenous groups in Ecuador defy curfew to protest fuel price hike


Al Jazeera
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 21:46 UTC
ecuador protest 2022
© Cristina Vega Rhor/AFPIndigenous people kept up protests in most of the country's 24 provinces, including Imbabura, Cotopaxi, and Pichincha where President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency.
Indigenous groups in Ecuador have defied a state of emergency imposed in three provinces as they continue to protest against the government's economic policies amid rising inflation and unemployment.

Demonstrators demanding cheaper fuel and food price controls blocked roads on Saturday, in a sixth day of sometimes violent demonstrations.

Police said Indigenous people kept up protests in most of the country's 24 provinces, including Imbabura, Cotopaxi, and Pichincha, where President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency late on Friday.

Ecuador has been hit by rising inflation, unemployment and poverty exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Fuel prices have risen sharply since 2020, almost doubling for diesel from $1 to $1.90 per gallon and rising from $1.75 to $2.55 for petrol.

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Protests intensify over India's military recruitment drive, govt tweaks scheme


Reuters
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 21:33 UTC
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© ANIPatna District Magistrate Dr. Chandrashekhar Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) MS Dhillon flag march as a precautionary measure during Bihar shutdown called to protest against the Agnipath Recruitment Scheme in Patna on Saturday.
Protesters in India's eastern state of Bihar damaged public property and ransacked offices in a railway station on Saturday, expressing outrage at a new military recruitment plan and demanding the government reverse course.

The government has introduced a scheme called Agnipath or "path of fire" designed to bring more people into the military on four-year contracts to lower the average age of India's 1.38 million-strong armed forces.

A top military general, Lieutenant General Anil Puri, told NDTV news channel that the aim of the plan was to make the military more modern and effective.

Comment: Germany also recently announced major plans to expand its military.

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Attention

Explosion and huge fire at Shanghai petrochemical plant kills one


The Guardian
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:29 UTC
Petrochemical fire
© Xinhua/REX/ShutterstockFires burn at the Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co on Saturday after breaking out around 4am in Shanghai, China.
At least one person was killed in a large fire at a Shanghai chemical plant that shot clouds of smoke across the city on Saturday, state media reported.

The fire at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co plant in outlying Jinshan district broke out around 4am but was brought under control later that morning, according to state news agency Xinhua.

"The fire at the scene has been effectively brought under control and protective burning is currently being carried out," Xinhua said.

Comment: See also: Massive fire breaks out at electrical substation in Australia

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Bizarro Earth

UK paratroopers banned from NATO deployment after footage of orgy at barracks surfaces

Patrick Reilly
The Guardian
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 08:07 UTC
Gen. Sir Patrick Sanders
© Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesGen. Sir Patrick Sanders told his generals and commanding officers in a letter he would not “risk the mission or the reputation of the British army” by sending the troops abroad.
Hundreds of British paratroopers were banned from a NATO deployment after videos surfaced of an orgy with a civilian woman in the barracks that had some soldiers watching on, according to reports.

Eight paratroopers serving in the UK's 16 Air Assault Brigade were under police investigation over a video of them having sex with a civilian woman who had been snuck into the Merville barracks in Colchester, it was revealed earlier this month.

The woman had been snuck into the barracks as many as 31 times over the past five months, according to The Times of London.
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Attention

Massive fire breaks out at electrical substation in Australia

Peter Vincent
Daily Mail
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:01 UTC
Tallawarra Power Station fire
A Transgrid depot near the Tallawarra Power Station on the shores of Lake Illawarra, burst in flames in dramatic scenes after reports of explosions ringing out on Saturday afternoon
Hundreds of thousands of people have been warned to stay indoors as dense black smoke from a burning electricity substation overwhelms residents south of Sydney.

A Transgrid depot at Dapto near the Tallawarra Power Station, on the shores of Lake Illawarra, burst in flames in dramatic scenes after reports of explosions ringing out on Saturday afternoon.

The blaze took the Tallawarra station, which supplies up to 200,000 homes in NSW, offline for two hours, causing customers to go without power on a chilly afternoon.

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