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Antifa is the moral equivalent of neo-Nazis

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Last weekend in Berkeley, Calif., a group of neo-communist antifa - "anti-fascist" - thugs attacked peaceful protesters at a "No to Marxism in America" rally, wielding sticks and pepper spray, and beating people with homemade shields that read (I kid you not) "No Hate." The Post reports how one peaceful protester "was attacked by five black-clad antifa members, each windmilling kicks and punches into a man desperately trying to protect himself." Members of the Berkeley College Republicans were then stalked by antifa goons who followed them to a gas station and demanded they "get the [expletive] out" of their car, warning, "We are real hungry for supremacists and there is more of us."

The organizer of the anti-Marxism protest is not a white supremacist. Amber Cummings is a self-described "transsexual female who embraces diversity" and had announced on Facebook that "any racist groups like the KKK [and] Neo Nazis . . . are not welcome." The protest was needed, Cummings said, because "Berkeley is a ground zero for the Marxist Movement."

USA

SOTT Focus: The Changing Face of Manhood

Men in crisis
The signs are everywhere. If you're a middle aged man, you probably know a peer who has killed himself in recent years. At least one. If you're a parent, you may have noticed that your daughter's friends seem a little more on the ball than your son's. They get better grades. They smoke less weed. They go to more prestigious colleges. If you're an employer, you may have noticed that your female employees show up on time, whereas the young men often don't. And of course if you live in this country, you've just seen a horrifying series of mass shootings, far more than we've ever had. Women didn't do that. In every case, the shooter was a man.

Propaganda

Fake news doesn't pay: Newsweek exec confesses revenue has collapsed

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© Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast
Two weeks ago, Newsweek Media Group Chief Content Officer Dayan Candappa said the company had just five weeks to turn around its business, or it might have to shutter for good.

"I wish I could varnish this, it would be an easier conversation to have," Candappa said in audio of the meeting obtained by The Daily Beast. "I think we can pull out of this, but we have to execute with the precision of a brain surgeon. Really, we have to do everything right."

In the private conversation with top editors on Feb. 21, lasting nearly 90 minutes, the CCO acknowledged a litany of what he described as "significant" financial problems the company faced.

An office raid by the Manhattan district attorney amid an investigation into the company's finances and ties to mysterious church-affiliated Olivet University have created a number of embarrassing headlines for the company, as had newly surfaced allegations of workplace harassment by Candappa when he was employed by Reuters (an internal probe at Newsweek cleared him).

Comment: No wonder! See:

Newsweek quotes Putin out of context to make him appear anti-semitic

They should take a few tips from RT who, in speaking the truth, are doing great:


Pistol

Trump links violence to video games, shows reel where CIA character goes on mass killing spree in Russian airport

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© Erik Tham / Getty ImagesOutcry as Trump links violence to video games, shows reel with gaming massacre at Moscow airport
President Trump highlighted extreme violence in video games with the help of a stomach-churning compilation including a video game massacre in a Moscow airport. Critics lashed out at the suggestion that gaming causes violence.

Featuring gore-filled clips from popular titles such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2; Wolfenstein; Dead by Daylight; Sniper Elite; and Fallout 4, the video montage was reportedly shown during a White House roundtable discussion attended by representatives from the video game industry, lawmakers, and video game critics.

According to the Washington Post, after playing the video for the roundtable attendees, President Trump asked the group: "This is violent, isn't it?"

WARNING: GRAPHIC SCENES

Family

Philosopher states the obvious: There is no such thing as a "sex change"

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Talk of "sex change" is a scientific misnomer, argues philosopher Ryan T. Anderson in a recent article, since it is impossible to change someone's sex by bombarding them with hormones or performing cosmetic surgery on them.

A person can pretend to be a member of the opposite sex, Dr. Anderson notes, but it will never be more than play-acting since one's biological sex is a physical reality outside the individual's control.

"Modern science shows that our sexual organization begins with our DNA and development in the womb, and that sex differences manifest themselves in many bodily systems and organs, all the way down to the molecular level," Anderson writes.

Because biological sex is a result of genetic makeup, determined by chromosomal configuration, medicine cannot turn a girl into a boy.

"Cosmetic surgery and cross-sex hormones can't change us into the opposite sex," Ryan writes. "They can affect appearances. They can stunt or damage some outward expressions of our reproductive organization. But they can't transform it. They can't turn us from one sex into the other."

Comment: It's amazing that we even need to have this discussion. Idiocracy is one step closer. Next year, will we be reading the following headline? "Philosopher breaks ranks to say that plants crave water, not electrolytes."


Camera

One year after Marines United scandal, nude photos of female military personnel still being shared online

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© Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
More explicit pictures of female Armed Forces personnel have been shared online without their permission. The scandal comes just one year after the alarming trend among all branches of the military was first discovered.

Just 55 Marines have been punished for their involvement in a 'Marines United' Facebook group, which boasted 30,000 serving and retired members of the military before being shut down. The scandal extended to all branches of the military and involved some 131,000 photos of women, some explicit and taken without their permission, spread across 168 social media sites via Google Drive.


Undeterred, the group's administrators and 400 dedicated members have since moved to smaller photo-sharing websites and forums where they can leer at their comrades. Two weeks ago photos once again emerged on a new Facebook group called "Blame Marines United (Non-Butthurt Edition)," reports Vice News.

Comment: There's a relatively simple solution to this problem, but it's very un-PC: make the military all-male again. The decision to allow women into all branches of the military has been a disaster by pretty much any measure: lowered fitness standards, lowered combat efficiency, increasing resentment, increasing fraternization, converting the military into a welfare department for single mothers, and, of course, a predictable increase in sexual misconduct. Maybe it's finally time to admit the military made a big mistake? Who are we kidding, that'll never happen. (For more on the topic see Stephen Baskerville's The New Politics of Sex).


Attention

The migrant crisis ain't over: EU bracing itself for fresh migrant surge

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The European Union is bracing itself for a fresh surge of migrants in the spring and summer of 2018, as the bloc continues to struggle with the ongoing crisis.

While often described in the past tense, the migrant crisis is far from being resolved, with a meeting of EU interior ministers on Thursday anxious to prepare the continent for increased pressure on its land and maritime borders as the weather improves, the Financial Times reports.

Despite numbers having declined from their 2015 high due to a multi-billion euro deal with the Turks to stop them from letting migrants cross freely into Greece and the Italians taking action against NGO "rescue" ships acting as a "taxi service" for Libya-based people-smugglers, the numbers crossing the Mediterranean still stood at 172,301 in 2017.

The EU has done a poor job of mitigating the associated security risks, with its own "rescue" efforts failing to coordinate effectively with police authorities and pass on information about new arrivals, due to "ethical" considerations and data protection rules.

Comment: In other words, the EU is screwed. And Europeans have to look no further than the EU bureaucracy and their own spineless leaders for creating this insoluble problem in the first place. Thanks to their reckless decision making and passivity, they have sown the seeds of their own nations' destruction. No, the migrants won't "take over" and institute sharia law or anything like that, but society will continue to polarize and fracture along ideological lines until there is nothing but chaos - a total lack of national unity. Social problems will escalate, crime will skyrocket. And "there's nothing we can do about it". There's always the chance it isn't too late, but that would require some real leaders. Good luck with that.


Network

Jewish students in UK campaign against Palestinian home demolitions by IDF

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The rubble of a home demolished by the IDF, with a tin shack that a family now has to live in, in Umm al-Khair.
'#Don'tSettleForThis' initiative claims Israeli policy 'runs counter to basic Jewish values of justice'

Jewish students around the UK have launched a campaign against the Israeli government's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes in the West Bank.

The students are drawn from 15 universities across the country, including Oxford, the LSE and Edinburgh, and have asked to meet Middle East Minister Alistair Burt to make their thoughts heard.

The group, many of whom have attended visits to Israel and the West Bank with British Jewish group Yachad, also told uncritical Jewish community leaders that the Israeli demolitions "runs counter to basic Jewish values of justice".

Their campaign, dubbed #Don'tSettleForThis, sees the next generation of Jews voice their opposition to Israeli policy from campuses including Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, Goldsmiths, Leeds, LSE, Nottingham, Southampton, Sussex, UCL, Warwick and York.

Comment: The students mentioned in the article are correct. Israel is not only demolishing Palestinian houses, but with malevolent acts as these, and others, it is demolishing its own future.


2 + 2 = 4

Aging Bronx Zoo kangaroo suffering from arthritis gets cryotherapy treatment

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© CCO
Although the procedure seems quite exotic, it helps to diminish painful symptoms and increase mobility of the joints.

An old kangaroo named Dave, living in the Bronx Zoo in New York City, is getting cryotherapy treatment for arthritis, AP reported.

Black Magic

Argentina's animal farm of horrors: Shocking animal mutations discovered

A PIGLET born with a human-like face is the latest shocking mutation to be discovered in Argentina where such deformities are believed to be caused by pesticides and GM crops.

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© CENA pig with human facial features was born in Argentina
The discovery was made when the piglet was spotted next to its mother after she gave birth to eight young in the rural area of Santo Domingo in Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina.

However, the human-like piglet died a few hours later due to breathing difficulties.

Pig and goat breeders Walter Oscar Velez and wife Roxana Noemi Villarreal, who also produce charcoal at their farm, said that they are at a loss for an explanation.

It is the latest in a number of horrific mutations in the country which is at the centre of a row over the use of pesticides and genetically modified foods.

Other recent cases include a goat born with two heads in the same province, a calf with two heads and six legs in the north-eastern province of Entre Rios, a goat with a human baby's face in the centre of the country and a real-life spider pig born with eight legs in El Galpon in north-eastern Argentina.

Comment: Glyphosate is well known to be incredibly toxic and destructive to the environment. That's what makes it so effective as weed killer. Nothing survives. See also: