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'Sickening, if true': Ex-NY police chief says 27 cops reportedly assigned to protect BLM mural as violent crime soars


RT
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 08:00 UTC
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© Reuters / Mike Segar
As New York grapples with a wave of deadly shootings and violent lawlessness, Mayor Bill de Blasio has reportedly devoted three shifts of nine police officers to protecting the Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower.

Bernard Kerik, who was police commissioner of New York under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said he heard Thursday that de Blasio has one sergeant and eight other officers assigned to guarding the Fifth Avenue mural during each of three daily shifts. "Violence, shootings, and murder is up in NYC and this clown has three sergeants and 24 cops guarding a mural! If true, #SICKENING," Kerik tweeted.


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The Russians are coming, again! Poorly understood cybercrimes play perfectly into political agendas

Helen Buyniski
RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:26 UTC
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© Shemetov, (R) Getty Images / Bill Hinton
Foreign hackers are determined as ever to steal technology, meddle in elections and skew foreign policy, but fear not! The CIA has apparently been authorized to deliver preemptive cyber-strikes based on partisan mythmaking.

US, UK and Canadian intelligence dropped a 16-page report on Thursday accusing "Russian hackers" - specifically APT29, the "Cozy Bear" hacking group of 'Russiagate' fame - of targeting unspecified entities involved in developing the (increasingly controversial) Covid-19 vaccine.

However, the report is fraught with the same factual pitfalls plaguing previous unsubstantiated "Russian hacking" tales, seemingly designed to capitalize on the general population's ignorance about cyber-attacks - or vaccines, for that matter. While Democrat-linked cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike specializes in attributing state actors to malware attacks, more reputable companies avoid doing so based solely on the malware used, since hacking groups often exchange tools or even collaborate.
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'History is what it is. Leave it that way': Netizens furious as RAF decides WW2 mascot name is offensive, replaces its gravestone


RT
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:08 UTC
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© Wikipedia
The grave marking the resting place of the mascot of a WW2 RAF squadron has been updated to be more politically correct, sparking accusations that the British military is trying to whitewash history.

The black Labrador had belonged to Wing Commander Guy Gibson, and served as the mascot of the 617 Squadron. The dog, named N****r, was known for drinking copious amounts of beer with the RAF pilots. The canine was hit by a car on the same day that the squadron carried out a famous raid on two German dams in May 1943. Illustrating the dog's importance to the squadron, their mascot's name was used as a codeword to confirm that one of the German dams had been destroyed.

A memorial created shortly after the mascot's passing, located at RAF Scampton, listed the dog's name and the circumstances of his death. However, the WW2-era headstone was recently modified, with the Labrador's name being replaced with "The Dog."

Comment: The rewriting of history, regardless of the motives, is not something to be celebrated, it's something to be feared.

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Propaganda

NY Times sued for $10 million for making up COVID-19 story


WND
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:20 UTC
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© Official White House photo by Tia DufourPresident Donald J. Trump answers reporters' questions at a press conference Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in the Rose Garden of the White House.
'Not right for mainstream media to lie about and target conservative Christians'

The New York Times is being sued for $10 million for reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic that students at Liberty University were victims after university officials decided to reopen campus after a break.

Paul Bedard's "Washington Secrets" column in the Washington Examiner reported that in a 100-page suit filed in Virginia's Lynchburg Circuit Court, the university charged that New York Times reporter Elizabeth Williamson and photographer Julia Rendleman ignored "No Trespassing" signs to tour the campus when it was trying to keep away outsiders who might be infected with the coronavirus.
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Cocaine use at new highs, increased vaping use in young people, report finds, but cigarette, alcohol consumption down

Sophie Scott, Penny Timms and Mary Lloyd
ABC News
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:57 UTC
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© Emma MachanYoung Australians are taking less illicit drugs compared to 20 years ago.
More young Australians are experimenting with vaping, even if they've never smoked cigarettes, but they are turning away from alcohol and illicit drugs.

The latest national snapshot of household drug use showed one-in-five young adults who didn't smoke had tried e-cigarettes.

In 2016, just over 2.5 per cent of people aged 18-24 were vaping.
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'This is an attack on the church.' Jesus statue beheaded at SW Miami-Dade Catholic church

Carli Teproff
Miami Herald
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:14 UTC
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© Archdiocese of MiamiA statue of Jesus was beheaded at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Kendale Lakes July 15, 2020
A statue of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd that has been in the courtyard of a Kendale Lakes Catholic church for decades has been beheaded and police are trying to figure out who is behind the act.

The statue, which sits behind the church at 14187 SW 72nd St., was desecrated sometime Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

"This is an attack on the church," said Mary Ross Agosta, a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Miami. "This is not only private property, it is sacred property."

Ross Agosta said church personnel found the statue with its head on the ground just before 8 a.m.

"This is not something you can trip over and say, 'Oh, sorry,' " she said. "Someone did this intentionally."

Comment: So not just statues of "racist" figures in history - but all statues, and all figures of history - or in this case religious figures. What insanity we're seeing on display.

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Epstein's other 'recruiters': Four more women accused of supplying young girls for him

Ryan Fahey
Daily Mail
Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
  • Sara Kellen, Adriana Ross, Lesley Groff and Nadia Marcinkova are under investigation for their role in Epstein's sex-trafficking ring, according to reports
  • The four women are accused of helping to procure and groom the girls
  • In one case a previous victim went on to help groom other young women
  • Ms Kellen, dubbed Maxwell's 'lieutenant', 'flew on the lolita express almost as many times as the disgraced couple'
  • Reports suggest that Ms Maxwell moved 36 times before her arrest last week
Epstein Accomplice
© Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos Getty/YouTube
Four more women accused of supplying young girls for billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to abuse are facing investigation as it's revealed Ghislaine Maxwell moved house 36 times in a year before she was caught by the FBI.

Sara Kellen, Adriana Ross, Lesley Groff and Nadia Marcinkova are being investigated for their alleged role in Epstein's sex-trafficking ring, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph.

Ms Kellen, dubbed Ghislaine Maxwell's 'lieutenant' by Epstein's victims, is said to have flown on the paedophile's 'lolita express' almost as many times as the disgraced couple.

Comment: The Maxwell Family Business: Espionage

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Light Sabers

Portland police say protesters threaten to burn down the precinct for clearing occupied parks


RT
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
Portland Police
© Portland Police
Protesters in Portland, Oregon are said to have threatened to torch a police station, hours after law enforcement cleared out a street encampment. The acting Homeland Security chief has arrived in the city to assess the situation.

Demonstrators descended on several areas in downtown Portland on Thursday evening, with dozens of activists surrounding the Portland Police Bureau's Southeast Precinct building. Officers requested that demonstrators vacate the area after they "heard chants stating the crowd around Southeast Precinct wants to enter the property and burn down the precinct." The police force warned that anyone who trespasses on the property would be subject to arrest and crowd control munitions.
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Former Israeli Health Ministry Director General: We are heading towards a winter lockdown

Daniel Nisinman
The Jerusalem Post
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:33 UTC
Bnei Brak
© Ammar Awad/ReutersA street in Bnei Brak as Israel enforces a lockdown, April 3, 2020.
Former Health Ministry director-general Prof. Gabi Barbash fears that Israel is heading for to another lockdown next winter.

In an interview with 103FM radio, Barbash, who is the former director-general of the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv as well as former Health Ministry director-general, said that due to the coronavirus outbreak coinciding with the expected return of the seasonal flu, the upcoming winter is going to be exceptionally challenging. "We are headed to a long lockdown in the coming winter," he said.

Barbash further commented on the government's decision to impose new restrictions, which will come into effect Friday at 5:00 p.m.The decision is part of a larger package of restrictions intended to curb the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

Comment: "...since the chances of being infected with coronavirus in the open air are low." And that, concisely, is the rebuttal on lockdown protocol. Stringing together even two pieces of proven logic is more than most 'authorities' care to consider.

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Homeland Security Chief Wolf blasts Portland city leaders for failing to quell 'violent mob,' protect citizens


RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:12 UTC
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© REUTERS/Terray SylvesterPolice disperse protesters in Portland, Oregon on June 13, 2020
The Trump administration is rebuking Portland officials for enabling a violent siege that has dragged on for nearly eight weeks, firing the latest salvo in a clash with leftist mayors over failures to restore order to US cities.

Portland's leaders "refuse to restore order to protect their city," acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf said in a statement issued Thursday. He provided a 47-day timeline, stretching from May 29 to July 15, chronicling a series of attacks on property and people by "violent anarchists."

The statement came two days after Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said his biggest concern was the violent tactics that federal law enforcement officers were using against protesters. "We do not need or want their help," he added, and suggested that federal officers "stay inside their building or leave Portland altogether."

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