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Palestinian Authority: Israel's armed settler militias should be blacklisted

Israeli settler
© The Levant News
Israeli Settler
On Friday the Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned Israeli settlers' attacks on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, stressing that settlers are "criminal armed militias" who should be added to the international terror blacklist, Al Watan Voice reported.

A statement issued by the PA's foreign minister announced:
"The armed settler militias who opened fire and threw stones at the Palestinian vehicles and homes in the Nablus neighbourhood of Huwara, should be added to the international terror blacklist. This aggression aimed to cause premeditated murder under the official protection of the Israeli occupation forces."
Israeli occupation settlers and forces raided the south of Nablus and attacked Palestinian protesters, Safa news agency reported, wounding 134 of them. Pointing out that such aggression aims to reinforce the occupation of Palestinian territories, the statement declared:
"These criminal attacks reflect the organised state terror which is carried out by the different arms of the Israeli occupation, including the terror settlement groups.

"The disastrous 'Deal of the Century' affords a political cover for the Israeli expansionist colonial projects and the continuous settlement violations, which are being carried out under the official protection of the Israeli army."

Newspaper

First confirmed coronavirus death in US, travel restrictions implemented

King county
© Reuters
Washington state health officials speak about the first patient death from novel coronavirus in the United States

Washington State has announced on Saturday three new cases of the virus including the person who died in King County.

The Trump administration has announced on Saturday additional travel restrictions affecting Iran, Italy, and South Korea. This is in response to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. following its first death from the virus.

The travel ban will be extended to foreign nationals who visited the three countries in the past 14 days, said by Vice President Pence. Furthermore, the State Department is also increasing its travel advisory to Americans not to travel to parts of Italy and South Korea affected by the virus.

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Hardhat

Expert says US job situation can improve even more if Trump ends H-4 Visas, OPT Program

india tech sector US jobs
© Associated Press/Aijaz Rahi/File
President Trump can shore up jobs for American professionals and graduates by ending the H-4 visa program and the Optional Practical Training (OPT) that gives away thousands of U.S. jobs to foreign nationals every year, an immigration expert says.

In an exclusive SiriusXM Patriot Breitbart News Daily interview at CPAC, NumbersUSA's Chris Chmielenski said there is still action the Trump administration can take executively to end the outsourcing of Americans' white-collar jobs to foreign workers.

Two of those actions, Chmielenski says, is ending the H-4 visa program — where at least 100,000 foreign family members of H-1B visa-holders take U.S. jobs — and the OPT program that gives discounts to giant tech corporations for hiring foreign graduates over young professional Americans.

Comment:
Trump signs 'Buy American, Hire American' executive order
'Hire Americans': New Trump executive order to crack down on work visas for foreigners
Trump administration to propose ending rule allowing spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in U.S.


Attention

Humanity is making a very important decision when it comes to Assange

Assange
The propagandists have all gone dead silent on the WikiLeaks founder they previously were smearing with relentless viciousness, because they no longer have an argument. The facts are all in, and yes, it turns out the US government is certainly and undeniably working to exploit legal loopholes to imprison a journalist for exposing its war crimes. That is happening, and there is no justifying it.

So the narrative managers, by and large, have gone silent.

Which is good. Because it gives us an opening to seize control of the narrative.

It's time to go on the offensive with this. Assange supporters have gotten so used to playing defense that it hasn't fully occurred to us to go on a full-blown charge. I've been guilty of this as well; I'll be letting myself get bogged down in some old, obsolete debate with someone about some obscure aspect of the Swedish case or something, not realizing that none of that matters anymore. All the narrative manipulations that were used to get Assange to this point are impotent, irrelevant expenditures of energy compared to the fact that we now have undeniable evidence that the US government is working to set a precedent which will allow it to jail any journalist who exposes its misdeeds, and we can now force Assange's smearers to confront this reality.

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People 2

Absurd victim culture hits the courts: Woman gets paid for career she MIGHT have had but gave up for marriage and kids

Newlyweds celebrate their marriage
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In an unusual divorce case, a woman has been awarded not only half of the assets she and her husband owned, but also a large payout for potential earnings she would have earned had she never given up her career to have children.

The judgement in London could have dangerous implications for future marriages ending in years to come, thanks to a court ruling over "relationship-generated disadvantage."


Comment: And if the husband hadn't gotten married in the first place, he would've been able to keep all the money spent on his family. This ruling is ridiculous, as is the very concept of a "relationship-generated disadvantage". Every choice you make is a sacrifice of all the other choices you could have made. If you make the choice, you live with the consequences.


A judge used the term to explain why a woman was being awarded a payout from her husband of 10 years for sacrificing her career as a solicitor. The couple share two children, both of whom the woman cared for full-time.

"The husband's career took precedence. I accept that it is unusual to find significant relationship-generated disadvantage that may lead to a claim for compensation but I am clear that this is one such case," the judge said about his ruling.

What makes the decision especially egregious is that the divorcing woman was not only awarded £400,000 for her supposedly stymied career, but also half of the £10 million she and her husband had in assets. The husband is also a solicitor. One would assume the splitting of assets would prove suitable compensation for one person's career 'taking precedence' over their partner's in a relationship, but now that is not enough.

Attention

SHOCKING: Mother of US hostage Austin Tice says her son is alive in Syria and Trump wants to bring him home but US officials are blocking negotiations

Austin Tice
American journalist Austin Tice disappeared in Syria on August 13, 2012.

The former Marine reported for The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers, the AP, CBS and others.

** The Gateway Pundit reported on Austin's disappearance in 2012.

In August Austin's parents pleaded for the return of their son.

Comment: #FREEAUSTINTICE Vanished: The Story of U.S. Journalist Austin Tice who went missing in Syria in 2012




Syringe

Washington Governor Jay Inslee declares state of emergency Saturday as state sees first death from coronavirus in the US

Washington state coronavirus death
© KOMO News
Officials say a man in his 50s came to EvergreenHealth Medical Center with serious respiratory issues and tested positive for COVID-19. He had no history of travel or known contact with anyone suffering from COVID-19.

Apart from the man who died, three presumptive positive cases of coronavirus were confirmed Saturday in King County.

EvergreenHealth confirms that there was also a second patient who tested positive for the virus. They remain in isolation and are receiving treatment. The patient was also not linked to any outside U.S. travel.

Two additional cases came from the LifeCare Center in Kirkland, including an employee in her 40s who remains in satisfactory condition and another women who is a resident and in her 70s. She remains in serious condition at EvergreenHealth Hospital. Both had not traveled outside of the U.S.

Eye 1

Dutch Pedophile Who Wanted to Start a Political Party Arrested for Child Pornography Possession

Nelson Maatman
© NPO
Pedophile Nelson Maatman was arrested on February 18th, 2020, for the possession of child pornography.
Dutch reporter Danny Ghosen conducted an interview with pedophile and 'pedoactivist' Nelson Maatman who was planning to establish a political party in order to legalize sexual abuse of children. The political party he wanted to create was to be titled 'the party for family, love, freedom and diversity', with its main aim to overthrow laws that prohibit sex with children, claiming he wants to "make the world a better place". Nelson says he's sexually attracted to young boys between the age of 4 to 14, and also wants to give rights to children, allowing them to decide what happens to their bodies:
Ghosen: What would you specifically like to change with your political party?
Pedophile Nelson: I want everyone in the Netherlands to be equal. That free speech is once again respected and that children also get rights and are no longer treated as second-class citizens. And that they also get things like voting rights, for example.
Ghosen: And what else? Because I guess that's not the only thing?
Pedophile Nelson: No. Of course, we also want everyone to be able to decide what happens to their bodies, including children yes.
Ghosen: So, you want to walk up to a 2 or 3-year-old child and ask "do you want to have sex?" - but a 2 or 3-year-old can't decide that, they're not fully developed. How do you see this, explain it to me.
Pedophile Nelson: If a 2 or 3-year-old child hasn't developed enough, then why are they capable of answering questions such as "do you want an ice cream" or "do you want to go to the playground"?
Ghosen: But you can't compare those two things,
Pedophile Nelson: I think you can. I think those things are very easy to compare.
It is absolutely sickening.

In the video, you can also see Ghosen and Nelson standing near the University of Amsterdam where Nelson is going to give a lecture about pedophilia and freedom of speech in the Netherlands. He told Ghosen that he expects around 50 students to attend his lecture, and that he has given frequent lectures at the university on this topic.

Comment: See also the following SOTT articles:


Hotdog

US robotics company launches 'fast food robot', boasts that it costs less to employ than minimum-wage workers

robot arm fast food
Burger-flipping robots are changing the food service industry by offering their services to restaurants for about $3 an hour.

Miso Robotics' machine named Flippy is "the world's first autonomous robotic kitchen assistant that can learn from its surroundings and acquire new skills over time," according to the company's website.

This is good news for restaurant owners because it would cost them less to employ Flippy than a minimum-wage worker, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

The article continued:
Off-the-shelf robot arms have plunged in price in recent years, from more than $100,000 in 2016, when Miso Robotics first launched, to less than $10,000 today, with cheaper models coming in the near future.

As a result, Miso can offer Flippys to fast-food restaurant owners for an estimated $2,000 per month on a subscription basis, breaking down to about $3 per hour. (The actual cost will depend on customers' specific needs). A human doing the same job costs $4,000 to $10,000 or more a month, depending on a restaurant's hours and the local minimum wage. And robots never call in sick.

Comment: That analogy doesn't work in this case. The worker the robot would replace won't suddenly become a robot technician. In any case, a high minimum wage combined with the lowering cost of robots sounds like too tempting of an offer for businesses to pass on. See also:


TV

'Exposed butt cheeks, twerking & simulated orgies': FCC receives thousands of complaints over Super Bowl Halftime Show

Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show
© REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton
Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's Super Bowl 2020 performance sparked outrage in the US, with many viewers condemning the sexual nature of the show which was compared to 'soft porn' inappropriate for a family event.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received a total of 1,312 complaints from outraged viewers condemning the organizers for converting the highly-anticipated sporting event into a "disgraceful and amoral" show.

The vast majority of the viewers who shared their anger with the FCC were outraged with the singers' tight-fitting outfits and gyrating dance moves which they found offensive and non-family friendly.

"I do not subscribe to The Playboy Channel, we do not buy porn for $20 a flick, we simply wanted to sit down as a family and watch the Super Bowl," one complaint read. "God forbid we expected to watch football and a quick concert but instead had our eyes molested."