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Poland wants more US troops near Russia


RT
Sun, 03 Apr 2022 08:28 UTC
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski
© Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesPolish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is shown at an event last week in Warsaw.
Warsaw would like to see Pentagon boost its military presence in Europe by 50%, ruling party leader says

A top Polish leader has called for the US to dramatically expand its troop presence in Europe, to deploy more forces along Russia's borders and possibly to station nuclear weapons in Poland.
"Poland would be pleased if the Americans increased their presence in Europe from the current 100,000 soldiers up to 150,000 in the future due to Russia's increasing aggressiveness," Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said, in an interview published on Sunday by German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
Kaczynski, who also heads Poland's ruling political party, said 75,000 of Washington's troops in Europe should be permanently stationed on NATO's eastern flank, along borders with Russia. Those deployments would nearly match the approximately 80,000 US troops that the US had stationed in all of Europe before Moscow launched a military offensive against Ukraine in February.

Comment: It looks like Poland is completely in line with the western anti-Russia propaganda. They haven't learned anything from the history. If they don't change their course, it will bring them a lot of problems in the near future.

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Bad Guys

Elon Musk slams corporatist moralism of ESG pushed by World Economic Forum

Hannah Nightingale
The Post Millennial
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 01:57 UTC
elon musk
On Saturday, Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk once again slammed corporate rules designed to guide ethical investing, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria, as the "Devil Incarnate."

"I am increasingly convinced that corporate ESG is the Devil Incarnate," Musk said in a Twitter reply joking that not doing laundry complies with this criteria.


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Arrow Down

School named after the first Prime Minister of Canada changed to random Indigenous person no one has ever heard of

Joe Warmington
Toronto Sun
Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:15 UTC
Peel District
Cancelling the FIRST Prime Minister of Canada...
It didn't take long for the Peel District School Board to erase Sir John A. Macdonald and 200 years of Canadian history.

Until Wednesday, a Brampton school had been named after Canada's first Prime Minister for decades.

Not anymore.

Just hours after the board renamed the school, the Sir John A. Macdonald sign was taken down and replaced.

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Bizarro Earth

States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising


My North West
Sat, 02 Apr 2022 04:45 UTC
fentanyl
© Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, FileFILE -A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend at the Nogales Port of Entry is shown during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Nogales, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal -- illicitly produced fentanyl.
As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wrought by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

In statehouses across the country, lawmakers have been considering and adopting laws on two fronts: reducing the risk to users and increasing the penalties for dealing fentanyl or mixing it with other drugs. Meanwhile, Republican state attorneys general are calling for more federal action, while some GOP governors are deploying National Guard units with a mission that includes stopping the flow of fentanyl from Mexico.

"It's a fine line to help people and try to get people clean, and at the same time incarcerate and get the drug dealers off the streets," said Nathan Manning, a Republican state senator in Ohio who is sponsoring legislation to make it clear that materials used to test drugs for fentanyl are legal.

Comment: See also: US Coast Guard seizes over $1 billion worth of drugs at Everglades, Florida

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Bizarro Earth

Mass shooting in Sacramento leaves 6 dead, 9 injured

Sam Raskin
New York Post
Sun, 03 Apr 2022 07:59 UTC
roadblock
A roadblock is set a block away from the scene of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, April 3, 2022.
AP
At least six people were shot dead and 10 others injured in a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento on Sunday, according to local police.

The Sacramento Police Department announced about 8 a.m. in a tweet that officers at the scene "located at least 15 shooting victims, including 6 who are deceased," in the early morning incident.

Police officers patrolling the area heard an unknown number of gunshots fired around 2 a.m. Sunday and encountered a "large crowd," Police Chief Kathy Lester told reporters.

"This is a really tragic situation," she said, adding that 10 people were either rushed or took themselves to local hospitals.

The conditions of the 10 who were wounded by gunfire was not immediately disclosed. It's unclear how many shooters fired off bullets.

Comment: Footage of the incident has appeared on Twitter. And, notably, two of the videos were recording a street fight at the time:



Violence and crime in the US appears to have gotten even worse since the lockdowns, and particularly in 'liberal' states like California, and so it's little wonder that these states have also seen an exodus of up to a quarter of a million people in just the last year:

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California corporate diversity law ruled unconstitutional

Robert Jablon
AP
Sat, 02 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC
Gavel
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A Los Angeles judge ruled Friday that California's landmark law mandating that corporations diversify their boards with members from certain racial, ethnic or LGBT groups is unconstitutional.

The brief ruling granted summary judgment to Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group that sought a permanent injunction against the measure that was signed into law last year. The ruling didn't explain the judge's reasoning.

The measure requires corporate boards of publicly traded companies with a main executive office in California to have a member from an "underrepresented community," including LGBT, Black, Latino, Asian, Native American or Pacific Islander. The lawsuit argued that violated the state's constitutional equal protection clause. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the decision:
"declared unconstitutional one of the most blatant and significant attacks in the modern era on constitutional prohibitions against discrimination."
Messages seeking comment from the state weren't immediately returned Friday evening.
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NPC

Well duh: Anti-Russian sanctions don't work- Poland


RT
Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:56 UTC
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
© Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesPolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks at a press event in Otwock, Poland, April 2, 2022.
The recovery of the Russian ruble indicates that the West's sanctions on Moscow are not serving their purpose, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday. A large number of states, including all the EU's members, imposed restrictions on Russia after it attacked Ukraine in late February.

"I must say this very clearly: the sanctions we have imposed so far don't work. The best evidence is the ruble exchange rate," Morawiecki said on Saturday.

"The ruble exchange rate, this litmus test, has returned to the level it was before the Russian aggression against Ukraine. What does it mean? It means that all economic, financial, budgetary, and monetary measures have not worked as some leaders wished. It needs to be said very loudly," he added, speaking at a center for Ukrainian refugees in Otwock near Warsaw.

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Bad Guys

Ukraine permits mass Russian property seizures


RT
Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:10 UTC
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada in Kiev
© Getty Images / Pavlo BahmutA sitting of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada in Kiev, Ukraine, February 23, 2022
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) voted on Friday to expand a law which allowed Russian government property to be nationalized by the Ukrainian state. The rule now extends to Russian citizens in Ukraine, those with a "close relation" to Russia, and Ukrainians who publicly support or ignore Moscow's ongoing military operation.

The measure passed with 305 out of 450 votes, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced in a Telegram post. President Volodymyr Zelensky last month banned the largest parliamentary opposition party.


Comment: And the West claims Ukraine is a democracy?!


According to Ekonomichna Pravda, a Ukrainian news outlet, the amendment will allow the Ukrainian government to seize and nationalize the property of Russian citizens in Ukraine, people with "a close relationship" with Russia, and legal entities operating in Ukraine but whose beneficiary is the Russian Federation, or in which the Russian Federation owns shares.

Comment: See also: The Nazis of Ukraine

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Teenager is jailed for six weeks for racially abusing Marcus Rashford after Manchester United star missed Euro 2020 final penalty

James Robinson
Daily Mail
Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:32 UTC
Marcus Rashford
© REUTERS/Peter PowellPeople look at messages of support on the Marcus Rashford mural after it was defaced following the Euro 2020 Final between Italy and England.
A teenager has been jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on Twitter after the Euro 2020 final.

Justin Lee Price, 19, of Worcester, directed a slur at the 24-year-old Manchester United striker after he missed a penalty in England's Euro 2020 final defeat against Italy last summer.

The tweet, posted on July 11, and which included a link to Rashford's account, read: '@SzzOGz @MarcusRashford YOU F****** STUPID N***** MISSING A FREE PEN MY DEAD NAN COULD HAVE SCORED THAT'.

Comment: Sky News reports:
A Kick It Out spokesperson told Sky News: "Kick It Out welcomes the sentence handed to Justin Lee Price. It is unacceptable that footballers continue to endure racist hate and abuse online, as well as in stadiums.

"However, it is reassuring to see the individuals responsible being suitably punished for their actions, and upcoming online safety legislation should facilitate that further.

"If we are to ensure that this is a step towards guaranteeing consequences for racism and discriminatory abuse in football, we hope the relevant authorities are inclined to take cases of a similar nature just as seriously in future."
While the comments were unacceptable, jail time seems excessive, how many of us said stupid things as a teenager? The "upcoming online safety legislation" is also worrying, this same legislation could be applied to any number of 'hate crimes' such as pro-Russian sentiment, anti-lockdown comments, or criticism of gender non-conformity. See here for a rundown of the new UK Government legislation, below are some interesting quotes:
Companies must continue to take responsibility for stopping harmful material on their platforms. These new measures will make it easier and quicker to crack down on offenders and hold social media companies to account.

The new communications offences will strengthen protections from harmful online behaviours such as coercive and controlling behaviour by domestic abusers; threats to rape, kill and inflict physical violence; and deliberately sharing dangerous disinformation about hoax Covid-19 treatments.
This offence will make it easier to prosecute online abusers by abandoning the requirement under the old offences for content to fit within proscribed yet ambiguous categories such as "grossly offensive," "obscene" or "indecent". Instead it is based on the intended psychological harm, amounting to at least serious distress, to the person who receives the communication, rather than requiring proof that harm was caused. The new offences will address the technical limitations of the old offences and ensure that harmful communications posted to a likely audience are captured.
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Arrow Up

Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell conviction after juror error

Zachary Evans
National Review
Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:28 UTC
Ghislaine Maxwell
© Jane Rosenberg/ReutersGhislaine Maxwell listens during closing arguments in her trial in New York City in a courtroom sketch, December 20, 2021.
A Manhattan judge upheld Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction on sex-trafficking charges on Friday, after one of the jurors in her trial failed to disclose that he was sexually abused as a child.

Maxwell was found guilty in December 2021 of five of six charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, in connection with her longtime friendship with Epstein, who himself was charged with sex trafficking of minors in 2019.

One of the jurors later told several media outlets that he was a victim of sexual abuse during childhood, but he had indicated that he was not a victim of sexual abuse on a jury questionnaire before the trial. The man, identified as Juror 50, said he told other jurors about the abuse he experienced during deliberations, in comments to Reuters.

However, U.S. Circuit Judge Alison Nathan ultimately concluded that the juror did not intentionally hide his prior experiences.

Comment: See also: Meet Ghislaine: Heiress to an Espionage Empire

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