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'How's independence working out?' UK's 4th of July newspaper article faces Twitter wrath


RT
Wed, 04 Jul 2018 20:43 UTC
4th July kids
© Mike Segar/Reuters
The UK's Independent newspaper got more than it bargained for when it published an article sarcastically asking how independence from the former British Empire was working out for Americans - on the 4th of July.

The article criticized the "bulbous shape" of US President Donald Trump, the "abysmally sycophantic shape" of both houses of Congress and the "atrophied state" of the judiciary. The author also blasted Trump's so-called "Muslim ban" and wrote that the US was a land that "steals and incarcerates brown-skinned babies" in a reference to Trump's "zero-tolerance" immigration policies.

But Americans were having none of it - and they took to Twitter to let the Independent know about it. Some Twitter users pointed out through memes that a British publication should probably not be lecturing the US on that day in particular, given the fact that it was the British Empire that the Thirteen Colonies declared independence from in 1776.
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Fanning the flames: Establishment media condones harassment and mob violence against Trump supporters

John Nolte
Breitbart
Thu, 05 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
Trump supporters harassement
When not calling Trump supporters "Nazis" as a means to dehumanize us, the establishment media like to whine about the lack of civility in American politics, even as they cover up, ignore, downplay, or straight-up approve of the wave of violence and public harassment we are seeing against supporters of President Trump.

It is open season on Trump supporters, and the media is only fomenting, encouraging, excusing, and hoping for more... The media are now openly calling Trump supporters "Nazis" and are blaming Trump for a mass murder he had nothing to do with. This, of course, is a form of harassment because it incites and justifies mob violence.

Here is the list, so far, and remember that if any one of these things happened to a Democrat, the media would use the story to blot out the sun for weeks. But what we have when it comes to Trump supporters is a media eager to normalize harassment and violence.

Comment: One bright spot is that many are becoming disgusted with the outrageous behavior shown by unhinged leftists who are being encouraged by politicians and celebrities:

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Police release mugshot of mother accused of selling her children

Eddie Cruz
Kristv.com
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:55 UTC
Esmeralda Garza
© Nueces County Jail/KRIS-TV29-year-old Esmeralda Garza, who is accused of selling one of her children and in the process of selling two others.
Jail officials over at the Nueces County Jail have released the mugshot of a mother accused of selling her children.

DPS Troopers released a statement to KRIS 6 News about an investigation and a raid that happened Friday morning, June 29th, 2018 in the Corpus Christi area.

The news release states that agents located a seven-year-old boy, who was allegedly sold by 29-year-old Esmeralda Garza. The boy was purchased by two other males according to jail records.

Investigators added the investigation uncovered that two more children were in the process of being sold. DPS Troopers said Garza was attempting to sell two children, a two-year-old girl, and a three-year-old girl.
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Israel's Supreme Court freezes demolition of Palestinian village


Middle East Eye
Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:12 UTC
Residents of Khan al-Ahmar
© AFPResidents of Khan al-Ahmar wait under a tree after Israeli police declared the village a closed military area on Thursday
Israel faces mounting international condemnation as its security forces prepare to demolish Palestinian village

Israel's Supreme Court ordered late on Thursday a pause on the demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin town of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media outlets reported.

Israel has faced mounting international condemnation as its security forces continued preparations to demolish the town.

On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers cracked down on activists who had come to support the town's residents, injuring 35, four of whom were hospitalised. Thirteen people were arrested, including a teenage girl, a PLO official said.


Comment: 38 wounded, 15 arrested Palestinians by Israeli forces while razing homes near Jerusalem


Comment: See also: Palestine condemns the demolition of the Bedouin village by Israeli authorities in West Bank

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Mexico's president-elect, AMLO waives right for bodyguard protection - 'the citizens will take care of me'

Tom Phillips
The Guardian
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 22:09 UTC
Leftist Amlo has also refused to live in ornate presidential residence and pledged to cut his own salary

AMLO López Obrador
He has just been elected commander-in-chief of a nation mired in an intractable drug conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives in little more than a decade.

But on Tuesday, Mexico's incoming president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, claimed he would waive the right to close protection in a bid to stay close to the people.

"I don't want bodyguards, which means the citizens will take care of me and protect me," López Obrador, or Amlo, as he is best known, told reporters as he called on Mexico's incumbent president, Enrique Peña Nieto, to discuss the transition.

Amlo, a 64-year-old leftist who trounced opponents in Sunday's vote, was repeating an undertaking made on several occasions during his historic campaign - one of several promises designed to bolster his image as a man of the people who will rule for Mexico's 53 million poor.

"I don't want to go around surrounded by bodyguards. I want you to take care of me, I want the people to look after me," Amlo told a rally in Hidalgo state in May.

Comment: Who is López Obrador? Mexico's AMLO, Trump and the error of comparison

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Charity established by Mother Teresa under investigation for black market baby trafficking in India

Jay Syrmopoulos
The Free Thought Projecy
Thu, 05 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
child trafficking mother theresa charity
Police in India have arrested a woman working at Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity for allegedly selling a 14-day old baby, while two other employees at the charity have been detained and questioned regarding other potential cases of black market baby trafficking.

The BBC reported that a complaint registered with the Indian state of Jharkhand's Child Welfare Committee (CWC) led to the arrest and detainment of the charity's employees.

"We have found out that some other babies have also been illegally sold from the centre," a police official told the BBC. "We have obtained the names of the mothers of these babies and are further investigating."

Mother Theresa, who died in 1997, founded the Missionaries Charity in 1950 - which has more than 3,000 nuns worldwide - set up hospices, soup kitchens, schools, leper colonies and homes for abandoned children across the world.

While the Missionaries of Charity still run centers for unmarried pregnant women, they no longer arrange adoptions.

Comment: Black-market baby trade thrives in India after adoption law reform
In late 2015, India changed its adoption rules when the Ministry of Women and Child Development brought all prospective adoptive parents and children together in an online database run by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a body that monitors and regulates adoptions both within India and for couples overseas wanting to adopt from there.
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The system, which also makes it easier for single and divorced people to adopt, may look good on paper, but Arun Dohle, who runs Against Child Trafficking, an NGO that investigates adoption practices and gives assistance to victims, argues that no one is working on the root cause of the problem: corruption and illegal trafficking.

Dohle goes as far as to compare India's legal system of adoption with the black market.

In the black market, "You can buy a baby from a nursing home, you get a new birth certificate, put your name as the parent and everything is fine. You call it adoption so it's a good thing, right?" he said.

"The legal route is the same thing. The only difference is that the shortcut [the illegal way] takes a shorter period of time and is a bit more expensive. The system doesn't work.


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DNA tests are in the works for separated migrant children and parents - aims to prevent traffickers from claiming children

Sonia Moghe, Nick Valencia and Holly Yan
CNN
Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:02 UTC
migrant family asylum
© CNN
Whether this practice is beneficial or unethical depends on who you ask.

DNA tests are being performed on children and parents in an attempt to reunite migrant families separated at the US border, said a federal official with knowledge of the reunifications.

The safety and security is paramount, and it is not uncommon for children to be trafficked or smuggled by those claiming to be parents," the official said.

"To our knowledge, this is a cheek swab and is being done to expedite parental verification and ensuring reunification with verified parents due to child welfare concerns."

The source could not discuss how long the practice has been taking place, if the testing requires consent or if the DNA is stored in a database.

Comment: It's a thorny ethical question, but given Trump's concern about eradicating child-trafficking, this may be one of the more effective ways of thwarting it.

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9 dead following listeria outbreak - UK supermarkets recall potentially tainted frozen vegetables

Caitlin Morrison
Independent
Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:29 UTC
frozen veg
The recall includes bags of frozen sweetcorn and frozen mixed vegetables
Six of the UK's most popular supermarkets have been forced to recall various frozen vegetable products due to concerns over possible listeria contamination.

Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose have all recalled frozen veg, including packets of sweetcorn and mixed vegetables, because they could contain Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause listeriosis.

Health organisations recently warned that an outbreak of the bacterial infection across Europe had been linked to frozen vegetables that were not cooked properly.

Comment: Bacterial and viral outbreaks appear to be on the increase: Be sure to check out:

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European Parliament votes down controversial copyright rules that could have banned memes - final decision only delayed

Andrew Griffin
The Independent
Thu, 05 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
ACTA protest ban on memes
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The European Parliament has voted against an incredibly controversial new set of copyright rules that campaigners claim could "ban memes".

The law will now be sent for a full reconsideration and debate inside the parliament, during which activists will try and remove the controversial Article 11 and 13.

Article 11 has been referred to by campaigners as instituting a "link tax", by forcing tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay to use snippets of content on their own sites. Article 13 adds rules that make tech companies responsible for ensuring any copyrighted material is not spread over their platforms.

Those rules could force technology companies to scan through everything their users post and check it doesn't include copyrighted material. If it is found, the post will be forced to be removed, which campaigners claim could destroy the kind of memes and remixes that spread across the internet.

Comment: Further reading:

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UK study finds only two thirds of Generation Z identify as 'exclusively heterosexual'

Olivia Rudgard
The Telegraph, UK
Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:00 UTC
Women holding hands
© Ted Alibe/AFPResearchers said the statistic showed that the youngest generation were "being affected by more open and fluid attitudes".
Homosexuality is no longer the taboo it once was. But figures suggest that young people are even more open to experimentation than previously thought.

Only two thirds of Generation Z identify as solely heterosexual, in stark contrast to previous generations, a study has found.

Research by Ipsos Mori found that 66 per cent of young people, aged between 16 and 22, are "exclusively heterosexual" - the lowest figure of any generation.

Among millennials, 71 per cent say they are exclusively heterosexual, as do 85 per cent of those in "Gen X", and 88 per cent of baby boomers.

The research group suggested that social media was playing a part, with young people more likely to be aware of different sexualities because of the availability of such information on the internet.
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