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For decades, nuns in India have faced sexual abuse and rape from priests

Tim Sullivan
Associated Press
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 20:02 UTC
nuns in india
© AP Photo/Manish Swarup
The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin quietly overhead. They spill out in church meeting halls bathed in fluorescent lights, and over cups of cheap instant coffee in convent kitchens. Always, the stories come haltingly, quietly. Sometimes, the nuns speak at little more than a whisper.

Across India, the nuns talk of priests who pushed into their bedrooms and of priests who pressured them to turn close friendships into sex. They talk about being groped and kissed, of hands pressed against them by men they were raised to believe were representatives of Jesus Christ.

"He was drunk," said one nun, beginning her story. "You don't know how to say no," said another.

At its most grim, the nuns speak of repeated rapes, and of a Catholic hierarchy that did little to protect them.
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Attention

Germany: Driver ploughs his car into a group of Syrian and Afghan migrants in xenophobic attack - UPDATE

Justin Huggler
Telegraph
Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:04 UTC
Bottrop Germany
© Marcel Kusch/dpaPolice sealed off the scene in Bottrop after a man ploughed his car into a group of migrants on New Year's Day
A man drove into a crowd of pedestrians celebrating the New Year in the west German town of Bottrop on Tuesday in an apparent xenophobic attack.

The driver targetted a group of Syrian and Afghan migrants in the attack shortly after midnight. Police are investigating whether he has any far-Right links.

One woman was in critical condition following the attack, while three others received serious injuries. The victims have not been named but are believed to include Syrians and Afghans.

The driver escaped the scene of the attack and fled to the nearby city of Essen, where he was captured by police. He has not been named but is believed to be a 50-year-old resident of Essen.

When he was arrested he made several xenophobic remarks, according to police.

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UPDATE 01.02.19 RT reports authorities are investigating the incident as terror-related and may have been caused by a combination of racism and a mental disorder. The suspect, identified as Andreas N., is an unemployed German national. Local news sources claim he had been previously admitted to a mental facility and treated for schizophrenia.

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Heart

'Beautiful moment of respect': Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova praised for comforting injured opponent Wang


RT
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:20 UTC
maria sharapova
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Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has won praise after comforting opponent Wang Xinyu after the teenager was forced to retire injured in the pair's match at the Shenzhen Open.

Wang, who had entered the tournament through a wild card, took the first set against the five-time Grand Slam winner on a tie-break.

However, the 17-year-old suffered intense cramps during the second set, first taking a medical timeout at 3-2 down before ultimately forfeiting two matches as she struggled to continue before pulling out.

Comment: Sore loser Serena Williams could learn a thing or two about sportsmanship from Maria Sharapova. The 'cultural guardians' tried to make people believe Williams was someone worthy of looking up to, whereas Sharapova was 'a cheat'. Reality says something rather different.

Sharapova was roasted over the coals for testing positive for melodonium, a drug which only became illegal to use 6 months before she tested positive. Plus, there are many questions about how many athletes were even made aware of the rule change making melodonium a banned substance. Williams, meanwhile, regularly takes hardcore steroids - 'legally' - something which either explains or goes with her on-court behavior:

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Birthday Cake

Ukraine rings in New Year by marking birthday of Nazi hero Stepan Bandera with torch-lit parades


RT
Tue, 01 Jan 2019 19:31 UTC
Activists Kiev
© ReutersActivists of Ukrainian nationalist parties hold torches as they take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the birth of Bandera in Kiev.
While the world celebrates the new year, Ukraine has marked the birthday of Stepan Bandera, a nationalist leader and Nazi ally, regarded as a hero by many in the country. From 2019, the day is an official holiday.

Thousands of people carrying Ukrainian flags, torches and chanting pro-Bandera slogans marched in the center of Kiev on Tuesday. A similar event - on a smaller scale - was held in city of Lvov in the west of the country.
Crowd Kiev
© Reuters
While Ukrainian nationalists have been gathering annually for the birthday anniversary of Bandera, this year January 1 became an official national holiday. The legislation was approved this December by the Ukrainian Parliament.

Comment: Here's Graham Phillip's report from Europe's only openly fascist country:


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Target

Overreaction? US border agents tear gas 'rock-throwing' migrants on Mexican border


RT
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 02:29 UTC
Teargas migrant
© Reuters/Mohammed Salem
US border patrol have deployed tear gas against migrants in Tijuana, just across from San Diego. The authorities say they repelled an attack by "violent" rock-throwers. Media reports suggest the action was uncalled for, however.

Videos and photos circulated by various media outlets show plumes of yellowish smoke billowing up from the fence separating the US from Mexico. In footage provided by Reuters, a man is seen picking up and throwing a tear gas canister back over the barrier while a group of Spanish-speaking migrants cheers and whoops loudly. As the cloud drifts closer to those gathered, migrants can be seen covering their faces and fleeing, with some choking on the fumes.

The incident took place on New Year's Eve, with migrants telling Reuters that they expected security to be lax during the first night of 2019 due to celebrations. However, it turned out not to be the case: as the migrants prepared to climb the fence, US Customs and Border Protection agents retaliated with tear gas and arrested 25 people, including two teenagers.
migrants teargassed
© REUTERS/Mohammed SalemMigrants are seen injured after US border agents pelt them with tear gas.

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NPC

Campaign contributors for Bernie Sanders seek to address 'sexual violence, harassment and toxic masculinity' on 2016 campaign

Alex Thompson
Politico
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:51 UTC
bernie sanders
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More than two dozen women and men who worked on Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign are seeking a meeting with the senator and his top political advisers to "discuss the issue of sexual violence and harassment on the 2016 campaign, for the purpose of planning to mitigate the issue in the upcoming presidential cycle," according to a copy of letter obtained by POLITICO.

"In recent weeks there has been an ongoing conversation on social media, in texts, and in person, about the untenable and dangerous dynamic that developed during our campaign," they wrote.

Organizers of the effort said they did not intend for the letter to become public, but they confirmed that they sent it to senior Sanders officials on Sunday afternoon.

Comment: Bernie Sanders was a catalyzing force in 2016 for the radical leftists in the US who desired a socialist shift in American domestic policy. Now it appears they have set their targets on Sanders himself, proving that no one is immune to attacks from the Left, no matter your allegiance to the Party. The snake begins to eat its own tail it seems.

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Best of the Web: Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin announce plans to leave Patreon in protest of censorship of political commentators

Charlie Nash
Breitbart
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:39 UTC
dave rubin and jordan peterson
Dr. Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin are set to leave crowdfunding platform Patreon on January 15 in protest over the company's censorship of political commentators, including Carl Benjamin, known online as Sargon of Akkad.

In a video published on January 1, Peterson and Rubin set the date for their departure from Patreon, with Peterson claiming it was "unethical" to continue working with the platform.

"It's not something I'm thrilled about by any stretch of the imagination so you and I have been talking for a couple of weeks now ever since this scandal around Carl Benjamin, or Sargon of Akkad, broke we decided a while back that we were going to do, well, a variety of things," declared Peterson. "We're going to announce our departure from Patreon, which is what we're doing in this video. I'm going to leave Patreon January 15th."

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Arrow Down

'Taxpayer's money shouldn't be spent on political stunts': London mayor Khan blasted for spending £2.3M on pro-EU New Year extravaganza

Matt Dathan
The Sun
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:34 UTC
London 2019 New Year fireworks
The display featured songs from European musicians and The London Eye was even lit up to resemble an EU flag
London mayor Sadiq Khan has been blasted for spending £2.3million on his pro-EU New Year extravaganza.

The London Eye was turned into the EU flag by blue and yellow fireworks.

The slogan "London is Open" was repeated over loudspeakers in seven languages, with Remainer Mr Khan saying he wanted to highlight our ties with Europe.

Songs such as We Are Your Friends, Stay and Don't Leave Me Alone accompanied the fireworks.

Critics last night said the money should have been spent tackling violent crime in the capital, which has soared under Mr Khan's watch.

Tory Charlie Elphicke warned: "Sadiq Khan needs to respect the referendum and move on to focus on London's spiralling crimewave.

Comment: Well Khan has certainly made it even more obvious that Brexit is a farce intended to pacify the masses whose opinions and needs are clearly unimportant:

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Pistol

New mayor of small Mexican town assassinated shortly after swearing in ceremony

Niv Ellis
The Hill
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:31 UTC
Mayor Alejandro Aparicio Santiago
Aparicio became mayor at midnight and took the oath of office at a public event at 10 a.m. He was interviewed by reporters and spoke with citizens before the shooting, which happened at 12 p.m.
The new mayor of a city in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca was killed shortly after being sworn in Tuesday, the state's governor confirmed.

Alejandro Aparicio Santiago, the new mayor of the small city Tlaxiaco, had just been sworn in and was on his way to a meeting at city hall when gunmen opened fire, fatally injuring him and wounding four others, the Associated Press reported.

Santiago died after being taken to a hospital,

Oaxaca Gov. Alejandro Murat condemned the killing in a tweet, and said a suspect was already in custody.

Comment: Running for office in Mexico is a risky venture, but even ordinary citizens are threatened where organized crime and drug cartels take control:

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USA

Kanye West jumps back on the Trump train in his first 2019 tweets


RT
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:43 UTC
Kanye West
© Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
Kanye West's on-again, off-again love affair with US President Donald Trump seems to be on again for 2019, as the controversial rapper redeclared his support for the president in a New Year's Day tweetstorm.

"Trump all day," West wrote in the first post, adding a series of green dragon emojis and following it up with a tweet that read: "Just so in 2019 you know where I stand."


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