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According to left, the ridiculous lesson of the Jussie Smollett hoax isn't to be more skeptical of hate crimes, but to be more unquestioning!

Ian Schwartz
RealClear Politics
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC
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On his FOX News program, Tucker Carlson said the official story that people will be told of the Jussie Smollett saga is that a hate crime may not have occurred in this specific case but hate crimes overall are common and on the rise.

"So this is the new official story, the one you are going to be hearing for a long time, the one your kids will be learning about in school and it's this," Carlson said Friday. "A specific hate crime may not have happened in this case, but hate crimes overall are incredibly common and the incidence of them is rising, so the lesson of Jussie Smollett isn't to be more skeptical of hate crimes, but to be more credulous."

"CNN wants that to be your take away from the whole thing. It doesn't matter that its anchor slandered and defamed almost half the country over a lie. There is a much more important point here, listen," he said.

"Hate hoaxes are so common that you could write a whole book about them and people have, it's all public," Carlson said. "You ought to look it up. Spend an afternoon reading the stories before they get scrubbed off the internet. It's an education. You will never believe CNN again. Trust me."


Comment: Indeed: The Jussie Smollett Hate-Crime Hoax is Nothing New in Trump's America


Comment: And don't miss the less formal analysis:



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A Harvard law professor is representing Harvey Weinstein, but students say this makes them feel unsafe, and are demanding his resignation

Robby Soave
reason
Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:05 UTC
Harvey Weinstein
© Carlo Allegri / Reuters / Newscom
Ronald Sullivan's choice of clients is "not only upsetting, but deeply trauma-inducing," according to activist students.

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. is a law professor at Harvard University and faculty dean of Winthrop House, one of the college's 12 residential houses. He was the first black man to serve in such a position, and also directs Harvard's Criminal Justice Institute and Trial Advocacy Workshop. In 2008, he advised the campaign of then-Sen. Barack Obama on criminal justice issues. He represented Michael Brown's family in their suit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, and his work has led to the release of over 6,000 wrongfully incarcerated people.

You might expect Sullivan to be in good standing with the progressive activist community at Harvard. You would be wrong.

Earlier this month, more than 50 students attended a protest demanding that Sullivan resign his position as dean over alleged #MeToo failings. The Association of Black Harvard Women also wants him gone. "What has been made especially clear is that you have failed us," they wrote in a letter. "You have failed the Black women in this community, not only as one of the few Black Faculty Deans on campus but also as a community leader-someone who we respected and looked to for guidance."
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Cashless society: Danish government moving towards eliminating all cash


The Local
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC
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© File photo: Kristian Djurhuus/Ritzau Scanpix
The government is considering giving stores and gas stations the option of becoming cash-free as a measure against crime.

Lawmakers are to consider easing current rules which make it compulsory for the vast majority of stores to accept cash payments, DR reports.

Suggested changes to the rules would allow businesses such as petrol stations, convenience stores and clothing shops to choose to only accept card and online forms of payment.

Such a measure would provide additional security for stores, Business Minister Rasmus Jarlov said.

"Fewer people use cash today, so we think there should be a balance between the difficulty and security risks placed on business owners and the benefits of accepting cash," Jarlov told DR.

Comment: See also: The Globalist's action plan for a cashless society

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Political bias is destroying people's faith in journalism

Lara Logan
New York Post
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:54 UTC
Lara Logan
© Chris Corbin,US Air ForceJournalist Lara Logan
Lara Logan, former correspondent for "60 Minutes," caused a stir last week when, on a podcast called "Mike Drop," she said that too many in the media have become "political activists." Here, she explains to The Post how one-sided reporting has undermined the credibility of the press.

I was a working journalist before I could legally drink. On Saturday nights in Durban, South Africa, when most kids in high school were partying with friends, my last job was to hand deliver first-edition copies of the Sunday newspaper where I worked to the police station, the fire station, the hospital and the morgue.

It was a violent time in South Africa. The people had risen up against the injustice of Apartheid to fight for freedom and the region where I grew up was one of the bloodiest. So I persuaded the guys on night shift at the morgue to break the rules and tell me how many dead bodies they had received. I asked so many questions, they gave in and let me count the bodies myself. It mattered because no one knew how many people were dying every night in the political violence. The police had a habit of clearing the dead from the streets so the government could hide the truth.

But on that one night, every week, in that one place, I knew the truth. And no one could take it from me because I learned it first hand.
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Central American migrant caravan tries to rush Texas border

Ildefonso Ortiz, Brandon Darby
Breitbart
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC
Border protection lineup
© US Customs and Border ProtectionCBP training
A group of Central American migrants tried to rush one of the international ports of entry from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, into Laredo, Texas. The move forced U.S. authorities to shut down the gateway.

The incident took place at Port of Entry #1 in Nuevo Laredo when a group of about 30 walked to the international bridge and jumped into the vehicle lane in an apparent attempt to cross into Texas and request asylum.

According to Mexican journalists on the ground, the move was met with a show of force from U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who blockaded the bridge and stopped all traffic until the migrants turned around. About two hours later, authorities allowed pedestrians with travel documents into Texas, while migrants were asked to leave the area.
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Not Russians?! Five athletes arrested in doping raids at world ski championships


Reuters
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:37 UTC
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Five athletes from Austria, Kazakhstan and Estonia were arrested on Wednesday in anti-doping raids at the Nordic skiing world championships in the Austrian resort of Seefeld, police said.

The raids were part of a broader operation targeting a Germany-based "criminal organization" suspected of having carried out blood doping for years, the Austrian police said.

A 40-year-old sports doctor is believed to be at the center of the organization, the police said in a statement, adding that he was also arrested in Germany on Wednesday.

In total nine people were arrested in 16 raids in Seefeld and Germany, the Austrian police said, adding that the operation was coordinated with the German authorities. One of the athletes was caught in the act of doping, officials said.

Munich's state prosecutor's office said the investigation was triggered by statements made by Austrian cross-country skier and doping offender Johannes Duerr to a German broadcaster earlier this year.

Duerr, who was caught doping during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, had talked to German broadcaster ARD in January.

Comment: Police walked in on Austrian skier Max Hauke and caught him 'blood doping', the practice of boosting the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream in order to enhance athletic performance:



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Ikea being sued for discrimination for catalog marketed toward ultra-Orthodox Jews that excluded pictures of women


i24NEWS
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:46 UTC
Ikea
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Ikea in Israel is being sued for gender discrimination over a catalog marketed towards the ultra-Orthodox community intentionally excludes pictures of women and girls.

The Israeli branch of the Swedish furniture branch in the past was forced to apologize for the catalog that had been scrubbed of images of females.

The marketing campaign was Ikea's first such attempt to reach out to the Jewish ultra-Orthodox community, which makes up around 10 percent of Israel's population and lives in compliance with a strict interpretation of Jewish laws.

The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday was petitioned to approve the multi-million dollar suit against Ikea filed by the Israel Religious Action Center, a Jewish Reform advocacy group, and Hannah Katsman, a modern Orthodox woman.
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Why not? Colombian proclaims himself 'interim president' in Guaido parody


RT
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:21 UTC
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© TwitterColumbia's 'new president' is sworn in.
A man donning a replica of the Colombian presidential band copied Venezuelan oppositional leader Juan Guaido as he proclaimed himself the interim president of Colombia in protest of the US-backed coup next door.

A video by RT America's Dan Cohen showing Colombian Alejandro Muñoz, described as a social researcher, artist, and writer, being sworn in as Colombia's interim president in a public square, has gone viral on Twitter.

Muñoz was protesting a meeting of the Lima Group in Bogota on Monday, attended by US Vice President Mike Pence and the leader of Venezuelan opposition, self-proclaimed 'interim president' Juan Guaido.

Cheered on by fellow activists, Muñoz wasted no time upon taking on his new 'role', shaking hands with a policeman and acting all presidential by issuing a bunch of new orders.
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#MeToo and the great due-process revival

David French
National Review
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:41 UTC
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© Brian Snyder/Reuters
I was traveling Friday and missed a rather interesting and consequential story. Lisa Borders, the CEO of Time's Up, an "organization born of the #MeToo movement that advocates for safe and harassment-free workplaces," has resigned. Why? Because her son was accused of sexual assault. But that's not what makes the story truly notable. Family troubles can cause people to press pause on their careers all the time. What's notable is that the CEO resigned in part to advocate for her son's innocence:
Borders made it clear to Time's Up leadership that she planned to proactively defend her son, someone close to the situation who was not authorized to discuss it publicly, and so spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Washington Post. This created a difficult tension within the organization, whose mission revolves around believing survivors of sexual abuse.
In response, Time's Up put out a statement that said, in part, that it "unequivocally supports all survivors of sexual harassment and abuse" and that "all of our actions were fully guided by our support for survivors." Here's the statement in full:
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Poll finds nearly 90% of Britons feel UK leadership spurns public


RT
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:37 UTC
no brexit
© Reuters/Henry Nicholls
With Brexit looming and British society facing deep social divides, a new poll suggests there are some things which still unite almost everyone in the UK, such as feelings of fear, dissatisfaction and distrust.

Sky Data's yearly 'State of the Nation' poll, published Tuesday, highlights some troubling trends in British society's self-perception. Those who conducted the poll hoped to "shed light on the mood of the nation" ahead of the UK's exit from the European Union, and what they found out was anything but encouraging.

When participants were asked whether they feel their political leaders care about people "like them," a whopping 87 percent of respondents marked either not very much, or not at all. Interestingly, people across all age groups, political allegiances and regions responded with fairly consistent cynicism regarding their politicians' motivations for public service.
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