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More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup


Reuters
Sun, 23 May 2021 03:21 UTC
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© REUTERS/Stringer/File PhotoA teacher from Yangon University of Education holds a sign with a red ribbon while taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 5, 2021.
More than 125,000 school teachers in Myanmar have been suspended by the military authorities for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers' Federation said.

The suspensions have come days before the start of a new school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of the campaign that has paralysed the country since the coup cut short a decade of democratic reforms.

A total of 125,900 school teachers had been suspended as of Saturday, said the official of the teachers' federation, who declined to give his name for fear of reprisals. He is already on the junta's wanted list on charges of inciting disaffection.

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Fighters opposed to Myanmar's military junta fought with troops in the east of the country on Sunday and claimed to have killed more than 13 members of the security forces, captured four and razed a police station, local media said.

The fighting near the border of Southern Shan and Kayah states was the latest in a resurgence of conflict in parts of the Southeast Asian country since the coup that overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Members of a People's Defence Force, set up since the coup, told the Irrawaddy news service they had killed at least 13 members of the security forces when they overran a police station near the town of Mobye.

They told other media that even more died in a later clash 20 km (13 miles) to the south.

Reuters was unable to reach a junta spokesman for comment on the fighting. State television made no mention of the clash.

Videos shared on social media showed what appeared to be the uniformed bodies of security forces and smoke pouring from the destroyed police post and a police vehicle at Mobye.

Other pictures showed four men who were said to be police with their hands behind their backs, blindfolded with surgical masks.

The Progressive Karenni People Force, a network of local groups, said one fighter had been killed at Mobye.

The town is around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital Naypyidaw and lies near territory held by some of the ethnic armed groups that have fought for greater autonomy for decades.

As fighting spread to Demoso to the south, the army brought reinforcements and armoured vehicles, local media said. The Mizzima news service said thousands of people had fled after dozens of artillery rounds landed in their neighbourhood.
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Israeli police escort Jews to flashpoint Jerusalem site

Joseph Krauss
Yahoo! News
Sun, 23 May 2021 09:41 UTC
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© AP Photo/John MinchilloA crater full of water and sewage remains where the home of Ramez al-Masri was destroyed by an air-strike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli police escorted more than 250 Jewish visitors Sunday to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem where clashes between police and Palestinian protesters helped trigger a war in Gaza, according to the Islamic authority overseeing the site.

The 11-day conflict between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers came to a fragile halt Friday, but left behind immense ruin in Gaza, including hundreds of homes in that have been completely destroyed and many more that were badly damaged, according to the U.N.

With tensions still high, police cleared young Palestinians out of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and barred entry to Muslims under the age of 45, according to the Islamic Waqf, which oversees the site. Muslims who entered were required to leave their IDs with police at the entrance. It said six Palestinians were detained, with four later released.

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'Die Jew.' Jewish family visiting South Florida harassed while walking in Bal Harbour

Carli Teproff
Miami Herald
Fri, 21 May 2021 17:43 UTC
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© Family photoThe Orgen family, from left, Jamie, Karen and Eric.
As a Jewish family visiting South Florida from New Jersey walked along Collins Avenue in Bal Harbour earlier this week, four men in an SUV began hurling insults — and garbage — at them.

"They pulled up and started shouting, 'Free Palestine, f--- you Jew, die Jew," Eric Orgen said Friday. "They also said, 'We're going to rape your daughter. We're going to rape your wife.' Who yells that?"

This incident, which is being investigated by Bal Harbour police, came days before Israel and Hamas announced a cease-fire to end the recent spate of violence between Israel and Gaza. Over a span of 11 days — the cease-fire began Friday — Israel targeted militants across Gaza with airstrikes, while Palestine fired thousands of rockets at Israel.

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The mob made me do it: Rioters claim Jan. 6 crowd at fault


My Northwest
Sun, 23 May 2021 05:05 UTC
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© REUTERS/Shannon StapletonPolice release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021.
Christopher Grider said he came to Washington on Jan. 6 with no intention of rioting. But he got caught up in the mob of angry supporters of then-President Donald Trump as they surged into the U.S. Capitol, breaking through police barriers and smashing through doors.

It wasn't his fault, he said, that he ended up inside the building with a yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flag around his neck as lawmakers ran for their lives.

Grider, 39, a winery owner and former school teacher in Texas is among at least a dozen Capitol riot defendants identified by The Associated Press who have claimed their presence in the building was a result of being "caught up" in the hysteria of the crowd or that they were pushed inside by sheer force.

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Seattle police officer speaks out after Capitol Hill Pride bans LGBTQ officers from this year's events

Katie Daviscourt
The Post Millennial
Sat, 22 May 2021 02:49 UTC
Capitol Hill Pride parade
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A sergeant with the Seattle Police Department, a member of the LGBTQ community, sent a heartbreaking email to Seattle Pride Saturday after Capitol Hill Pride banned Seattle police officers from participating in this year's march and rally.

"Hello my name is [omitted]. I've lived and worked in Seattle for almost 20 years. I have absolutely loved the community the city gave me when I moved here after college from a small town," the sergeant said in an email obtained by The Post Millennial.

"My disabled military veteran husband feels the same way. Pride to us was a monthly reminder each year of the great fortune we have and a chance to show thanks to the previous generation of gays, lesbians, trans for their work and sacrifice making the world more accepting to our folks," he continued.

"The world has shifted in such a positive way towards the LGBTQ community and become so much more accepting that my husband and I were able to achieve our life long dream of adopting two babies," he added. "They are both children of color from that came into our lives from the foster system. I wanted to be able to teach them the values of acceptance, respect, diversity, and inclusion that your organization values."
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'I don't think Big Brother ought to tell me to do it': Rand Paul sets off critics by refusing Covid-19 vaccine


RT
Mon, 24 May 2021 01:46 UTC
Senator Rand Paul
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is being blasted for explaining why he refuses to get a Covid-19 vaccine while all congressional Democrats have been inoculated.

Paul, an ophthalmologist, explained his decision on Sunday during a radio appearance on WABC 770 AM.

The senator said unless evidence comes to light that people who have been infected with Covid-19 are getting reinfected and dying at high rates, he will opt out of the vaccine, noting that having previously had Covid-19, he now has "natural immunity."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has encouraged people who have had Covid-19 to still get vaccinated, saying that "experts do not yet know how long you are protected from getting sick again after recovering," though reinfection is "rare."

"In a free country you would think people would honor the idea that each individual would get to make the medical decision, that it wouldn't be a big brother coming to tell me what I have to do," Paul said. "Are they also going to tell me I can't have a cheeseburger for lunch? Are they going to tell me that I have to eat carrots only and cut my calories? All that would probably be good for me, but I don't think Big Brother ought to tell me to do it."

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Rabbi says Israel is a monster that should be removed from the map

Chris Sweeney
RT
Sun, 23 May 2021 10:05 UTC
Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss
© Rabbi Yisroel Dovid WeissRabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss
Neturei Karta is a Jewish group whose controversial solution to the bloodshed in Gaza is to bring about the end of the Israeli state. RT.com spoke to Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, who explained why they think this is necessary.

It's not often you encounter a Rabbi with a Palestinian flag pinned to their jacket. But then Neturei Karta are anything but conventional.

They are a religious group of Haredi Jews whose name in Aramaic means 'Protectors of the City'. The city in question is Jerusalem and the group is founded on their refusal to accept or recognise the state of Israel. Confused?

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Inspector-general now probing case of Space Force commander who was reassigned after book criticizing 'Marxism' in US military


RT
Sat, 22 May 2021 00:22 UTC
Lohmeier
© USAF/Sr. Airman Darren ScottSpace Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier (shown in this July 2015 file photo) is being investigated over his book (right) criticizing Marxism in the US military
Due to the "complexity and sensitivity" of the case involving a Space Force lieutenant-colonel relieved of command for comments on a podcast and a book blasting Marxism, the Air Force's inspector-general has taken it over.

Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier was in command of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado until last week. He was reassigned and placed under investigation for potentially "prohibited partisan political activity," after appearing on a conservative podcast and self-publishing a book that claimed Marxism has infiltrated the US military through critical race theory.


Comment: Echoing a recent letter signed by 124 generals who warned that the US has "taken a hard left turn toward socialism and a Marxist form of tyrannical government": 120+ retired US generals sign letter questioning Biden's mental health, 2020 election result, warn of 'tyrannical govt'


Comment: Note that under Trump 'critical race theory' training was banned from being by the White House and other government bodies as it was deemed "divisive":

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Degeneracy: Columbia Prep students and parents reel after MANDATORY class on 'porn literacy'

Dana Kennedy
New York Post
Sun, 23 May 2021 18:31 UTC
Columbia Grammar and Prep School porn literacy
© Brian ZakColumbia Grammar and Prep School reportedly did not warn students of Justine Ang Fonte’s raunchy lecture on “Pornography Literacy”.
Parents at the posh Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School are outraged they were never told of a fourth "R" being added to the curriculum: raunch.

In addition to the usual reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic, the school this month launched lessons on porn — without informing families or allowing them to opt out, parents fumed.

When juniors at the $47,000-a-year Manhattan school showed up for a health and sexuality workshop, most thought it was "just going to be about condoms or birth control," a student told The Post.

Instead, it was something called "Pornography Literacy: An intersectional focus on mainstream porn," taught by Justine Ang Fonte, who's the director of Health & Wellness at another elite prep school, Dalton.

Comment: The mind boggles that these "educators" are allowed anywhere near children. Good luck to the parents in draining the cesspool.

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Conservatives launch new advocacy group to fight back against woke mobs, cancel culture

Greg Price
Daily Caller
Mon, 17 May 2021 02:59 UTC
Unsilenced Majority logo
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Four prominent conservative lawyers and activists announced a new organization on Monday that aims to fight back against the "rising tide of left-wing intolerance."

The group "Unsilenced Majority" says they will fight for free expression and target politically-motivated worker firings, cancel culture in education, and "wokeism" in corporate America.
"Today, a new grassroots conservative advocacy organization launched to oppose cancel culture and fight back against the woke mob and their enablers.

"The Unsilenced Majority speaks for an emboldened majority of Americans who recognize the imminent threat that cancel culture poses to our nation. The rising intolerance of cancel culture is breeding fear and paranoia in our politics, across the corporate world, at our children's schools and even in our neighborhoods. It must be stopped. The Unsilenced Majority aims to harness grassroots opposition to fight back against cancel culture before it's too late."
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