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Ben & Jerry's slated for condemning 'white privilege' riot on Capitol Hill: 'Stop making these damn Bolsheviks rich!'


RT
Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:02 UTC
Ben & Jerry's ice cream
© Reuters / Hannah McKayAn ice cream of Ben & Jerry's, a Unilever brand, is seen at their shop in London, Britain, October 5, 2020
Ben & Jerry's has diversified from the ice cream business, appointing itself an expert on national security and racism. Its explanation of the Capitol Hill riot as "white supremacy" left a sour taste in some customers' mouths.

Ben & Jerry's is no stranger to corporate activism, and has released several #Resistance-pleasing flavors during President Donald Trump's term in office: a vegan dessert honoring kneeling NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a 'Pecan Resist' flavor to fundraise for anti-Trump organizations, and 'Save our Swirled Now', another vegan flavor to raise awareness of climate change.

The Vermont company also regularly issues proclamations on current events, from a lengthy post this summer declaring its support for the Black Lives Matter movement to a pro-immigration lecture aimed at the UK government this fall. However, the company has taken an even more solemn tone after pro-Trump protesters vandalized the US Capitol on Wednesday.
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28 times media and Democrats excused or endorsed violence committed by left-wing activists

Tristan Justice
The Federalist
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:00 UTC
Kenosha riot car dealership
© UnknownKenosha, Wisconsin: Car dealership on fire
After excusing and ignoring riots from leftists all year, Democrats and their allies in the media are ready to condemn riots now that the turmoil has shifted to fit their narrative.

On Wednesday, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building. It was an astonishing display of anarchic protest that delayed congressional certification of the Electoral College vote formally handing former Vice President Joe Biden the keys to the White House.

The scenes from the dark day of disaster demonstrations illustrated a deteriorating country, repulsed millions, and traumatized a nation still recovering from the death, despair, and disruption that came to define the dystopian months of 2020. Above all, what happened Wednesday served as a grim reminder that the institutional stress test of 2020 has followed us into 2021.
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Footprints

'It's gonna be like this wherever you go!' Trump supporters confront, heckle Lindsey Graham at DC airport


RT
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:07 UTC
Lindsey Graham
© Susan Walsh/ReutersSenator Lindsey Graham
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) was confronted by angry Trump supporters in Washington, DC, blasting him as a "traitor." The confrontation follows the Republican criticizing the president over the US Capitol riot.

As Graham walked through Reagan National Airport surrounded by police officers, furious protesters surrounded him and screamed, claiming the election "was rigged" and demanding the senator "audit our vote."

"It's gonna be like this forever wherever you go for the rest of your life," one protester says to Graham.


Comment: The events surrounding this fault-ridden election have flushed out those who seek truth, justice and repair for America versus those who remain glued to a self-serving fantasy bent on destroying the country from inside-out. Riding the fence goes nowhere.

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Footprints

Beyond DC: Protests held in California, Utah, Michigan, Washington state, Oregon, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Arizona

Emily Shapiro
ABC News
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 12:17 UTC
LA protesters
© Ringo Chiu/AFP/Getty ImagesSupporters of President Trump protest in Los Angeles, January 6, 2021.
As rioters stormed Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., protesters in support of President Donald Trump -- mostly unmasked -- convened in cities across the U.S.

California

Pro-Trump and anti-Trump protesters gathered at Los Angeles City Hall at about 1 p.m. PT., the Los Angeles Police Department said.

When some pro-Trump protesters attempted to "take" an intersection, they were met by anti-Trump protesters, resulting in a physical confrontation, police said. "The LAPD's Metropolitan Division was at the scene but did not engage in any crowd management or crowd control," police said.

An unlawful assembly was declared and six people were arrested: three for carrying unpermitted items while attending a public demonstration, two for failing to disperse and one for resisting/obstructing an officer.


Comment: Confrontations minimal, MAGA protests around the country were reported to be orderly and law-abiding.

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Fire

Massive explosion at a Chinese battery factory sends a huge mushroom cloud into the air, killing one and injuring 20

Billie Thomson
Daily Mail
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:04 UTC
Ningxiang explosion
A battery factory in southern China's Hunan Province was rocked by an explosion yesterday evening, according to authorities. One person has died and another 20 have been injured
A massive explosion has torn through a Chinese battery factory, leaving one dead and 20 injured, according to authorities.

Dramatic footage shows the blast sending a giant mushroom cloud into the air yesterday evening in Ningxiang, southern China's Hunan Province.

Six people were seriously wounded while 14 sustained minor injuries, the local government said on Friday. Officials were investigating the cause of the incident.

The explosion occurred in the factory of Brunp Recycling Technology, which is reported to be the biggest company in China to recycle scrapped and old lithium-ion batteries.

Comment: There have been a number of explosions at industrial plants all over the world in recent years, and, whilst some can be explained by negligence or accidental causes, it would appear that some are related to the shifting conditions on our planet, and others are likely due to sabotage:

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NPC

Pseudo-reality: Michigan State prof says telling someone you can't understand their accent is 'linguistic racism'

Dave Huber
The College Fix
Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:25 UTC
can't hear you
A linguistics and education professor from Michigan State University claims that telling somebody that you can't understand him is an example of "linguistic racism."

More specifically, it's "racist" to ask a person to repeat what he said because you "don't understand [his] thick accent" (does anyone actually say that ... especially the "thick" part?).

Another example is someone "openly say[ing] only English is to be spoken in the workplace" despite the presence of multilingual employees.

So says Professor Peter De Costa, who in an interview with MSU Today defines "linguistic racism" as "acts of racism [...] perpetuated against individuals on the basis of their language use."

De Costa places some of the blame for current linguistic racism on the outgoing presidential administration due to its "jingoistic sentiments that target speakers who do not use the dominant language." Those who don't (or can't) speak English, the prof says, are "perceived as being unpatriotic and unwilling to embrace American values."

There's also the president's "false labeling" of COVID-19 as the "Wuhan Virus" which "fueled xenophobic resentment" against Chinese and Chinese-Americans. Such gave the virus an "ethnolinguistic quality," De Costa says, which subjected that demographic to "blatant dehumanization" and "unnecessary ostracization."

Comment: This is what happens when you combine an academic's IQ, a ridiculous theory, and an academic's tendency to not want to appear as an idiot. They assume that other smart people understand the ridiculous theory, and so they strive to 'understand' it. When they do, they turn into very smart idiots like this professor.

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Stock Up

Rasmussen: Trump's approval rating rises after DC protests


Newsmax
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:19 UTC
Trump
© Boston GlobeUS President Donald Trump
The Rasmussen poll, one of the most accurate polls of the 2020 election, finds President Trump's approval is actually rising after Wednesday's protests.

As Democrats move to impeachment and some establishment Republicans call for the 25th Amendment to remove Trump, the poll finds 48% approve of the President's job performance.

A source close to the polling firm tells Newsmax that the rolling survey saw Trump's approval soar to 51% on Thursday night.

Trump's approval has been up overall, jumping from 45% just before Christmas.

"Americans are disgusted that cities burned for months and Washington and the media did nothing," our source says, "But they still like Trump."

Comment: Totalitarian states need a large population of "domestic terrorists" against which to battle. They have successfully managed to create a pseudo-reality in which that is true. For a long time, the U.S. was seen as the world-standard for "freedom and democracy." For many years, this has been a lie. Now it's an absurd joke. Welcome to 2021.

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Eye 1

UK police threaten lockdown fines over snowball fights, backtrack following online backlash


RT
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 20:29 UTC
snowball
© pxfuel.com
Police in England have deleted an angry Twitter message and issued a clarification, apparently trying to save face after being ridiculed for seemingly threatening to impose fines for throwing snowballs amid a Covid-19 lockdown.

"We were trying (to) highlight that leaving your home to carry out acts of antisocial behaviour could be considered a breach of the Covid-19 regulations," West Mercia Police tweeted on Friday. "On reflection, we really didn't word this very well. Sorry."


Comment: Evidently the police don't get it, because it's not about how it was worded, it's that these 'emergency powers' are now being routinely abused by the police, and this serves as a prime example. It would appear that the police no longer see themselves as servants of the public, 'keepers of the peace', and an increasing number are instead willing, callous enforcers of a totalitarian government.


The incident in question occurred late Thursday night, when three people were allegedly seen throwing snowballs at the homes of elderly residents.

Comment: Using the manufactured 'crisis' as cover the establishment have sufficiently corrupted the system of law that they've successfully legalized criminal activity within all areas of government, and they're now pushing for new laws aimed at recruiting children as spies, as well as the ability to prosecute those speaking out against lockdowns, and at giving police the power to break into people's homes over the mere suspicion citizens are 'breaking lockdown'.

See also: Two women out walking in England fined £200 each for 'taking unnecessary exercise and drinking beverages'

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Light Saber

Best of the Web: Journalist A.J. Cooke: I covered the Capitol Protest- there were NO riots

A.J. Cooke
National File
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:23 UTC
protester injured capitol building Ashlie Babbit
EMS transport Ashli Babbit away from the Capitol Building
The mainstream narrative of the shooting of Ashli Babbitt is a horrifying stream of lies

Words cannot express the shock and disbelief I felt after witnessing the immediate aftermath of the Capitol Hill Shooting. But that didn't compare at all to the horror of turning on the news and seeing brazen, flagrant lies about what I'd just witnessed.

There was no "riot" at the United States Capitol Building. There was no "massive armed assault".

There were hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters blanketing downtown D.C. while maybe a few dozen troublemakers engaged in trespassing and petty vandalism at the Capitol Building.
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Heart - Black

60 dead and search underway after Indonesian Boeing 737 MAX confirmed crashed into Jakarta Bay

Simon Calder
Independent
Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:11 UTC
SJY182
© Louis Anderson / AFPRelatives of passengers on board missing Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182 wait for news at the Supadio airport in Pontianak.
There are fears for the passengers and crew aboard a domestic flight in Indonesia after officials lost contact.

According to FlightRadar 24, Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 from Jakarta to Pontianak on the island of Borneo departed from the Indonesian capital's airport at 2.37pm local time (7.37am GMT).

The 452-mile flight is scheduled to take 95 minutes.

The Boeing 737-500 flew a short distance north of the airport and above the Java Sea before contact was lost.

Comment: RT confirms the crash and the ensuing search operation:
Indonesia's transport minister has confirmed that a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying more than 60 people on board crashed into Jakarta Bay.

Transport minister Budi Karya Sumadi said the jet crashed near an island in the bay. He told a news conference that 62 people had been aboard, including 12 crew. Local media is reporting that 56 passengers and six crew were on the aircraft.

Jakarta Provincial Fire and Rescue Service announced on its Twitter account that searchers found debris in Jakarta Bay as they search for the missing plane.

The head of Indonesia's Basarnas search and rescue agency, Bagus Puruhito, said teams had been dispatched to search the waters north of Jakarta but no radio beacon signal had been detected.

Flightradar24 said that Flight SJ182 "lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta".

Sriwijaya Air said in a statement it is still gathering more detailed information regarding the flight before it can make any statement.

FlightRadar24 data indicates the plane was a Boeing 737-500 series which was 27 years old. Pontianak is a city on the island of Borneo, part of the Indonesian archipelago.


Sriwijaya
© DKI Jakarta Provincial Fire & Rescue ServiceRescuers found debris while searching for the missing Sriwijaya Air passenger plane.
Jakarta Provincial Fire and Rescue Service announced on its Twitter account that searchers have found debris as they frantically sweep the area in search of the Sriwijaya Air jet, which lost contact with aviation authorities shortly after departing from Jakarta on Saturday.

Footage on social media shows searchers holding up wires and other bits of material that were found floating in the bay during the operation.

"Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 lost contact. Several debris were found in the area where the Jakarta - Pontianak plane lost contact. Hope to see you soon. The sweeping continues," the fire service and rescue service wrote on Twitter.

The plane was travelling from Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province and lost contact shortly after taking off on Saturday. Local media is reporting that 56 passengers were on board the aircraft.
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