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Red Flag

Dangerous precedent: Court removes 17-year-old daughter from parents because they did not support grant her transgender hormone treatment

Amanda Prestigiacomo
The Daily Wire
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:18 UTC
trans protesters
On Friday, Ohio parents were denied custody of their daughter for not being supportive enough of her alleged transgenderism.

The 17-year-old biologically female child identifies as a boy and claims she has suicidal thoughts over her parents' lack of support for her transgenderism (they won't, for example, call her by her new chosen male name). The parents were fighting for custody of their daughter back from the state in an effort to stop potential transgender hormone treatment.

An attorney representing the parents, whose names have not been disclosed because of privacy concerns, argued that the girl was not "even close to being able to make such a life-altering decision at this time." Representatives of the girl argued that a "medical team" claimed that the treatment was a matter of life and death.

Hamilton County Judge Sylvia Sieve Hendon granted custody to the girl's maternal grandparents, who are open to transgender hormone therapy. The teenager has been living with them since 2016.

Comment: Totalitarianism, here we come.

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Red Pill

History and pattern of mass shootings needs to be understood before people demand more gun control

Suzanne Hammer
Freedom Outpost
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC
gun control protest
© Jonathan Drake / Reuters

Until the government noose is loosened from around the necks of the citizens and the "nanny police state" abolished, anti-constitutionalists and government will continue the "look, squirrel" method of distraction to prevent focus on who is causing the problem and what exactly that problem is.

Yesterday, the united States suffered another mass shooting incident in a school in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 students. Right on cue, anti-constitutionalists called for the government to implement a solution in the form of gun control. Activist actors, like Michael Keaton, used social media to blame the shooting on the "weak disgusting" NRA and Republicans, as well as five other shootings occurring since Columbine High School in 1999. At a candlelight vigil in Parkland for the shooting victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, chants of "no more gun" broke out. The Associated Press declared the suspected shooter, Nikolas Cruz, belonged to a "white nationalist group" when no evidence exists to support such a claim. Moreover, a report claimed the FBI received a warning about Cruz in September 2017 when a comment on a YouTube video, using the name "Nikolas Cruz," stated, "I'm going to be a professional school shooter."

Does a pattern emerge here similar to other mass shootings and/or bombings since 1999? Yes, it does. The outline above makes it clear. Unfortunately, many citizens are not getting it.

Comment: Behind the Headlines: Florida School Mass Shooting: Gun Control, Mental Illness and the Criminal Mind

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Light Sabers

US Air Force to abandon surveillance crafts and satellites due to Russian and Chinese military superiority


Sputnik
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:03 UTC
reaper drone
© AP Photo/ Eric Gay
The US Air Force is about to abandon expensive surveillance aircrafts and satellites, opting for an information network out of concerns over Russia's and China's increased space capabilities.

The United States has decided to ditch a $7 billion surveillance aircraft program in favor of an information network that connects sensors from manned and unmanned aircraft, satellites, ships at sea and ground troops.

"In a contested environment, an integrated air, space, ground network is more resilient than a single point," said Heather Wilson, Air Force Secretary, as cited by SpaceNews.
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Red Flag

Oxfam chief executive tells British MPs he has received 26 new accusations of sexual misconduct since Haiti scandal broke


RT
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:38 UTC
Oxfam chief executive Goldring
© Majed Jaber / ReutersOxfam chief executive Goldring visits Al Zaatri refugee camp in Jordanian city of Mafraq in 2013
The British charity, Oxfam, has received 26 fresh accusations of sexual misconduct since the breaking of the Haiti scandal, MPs have been told by chief executive Mark Goldring.

"Across Oxfam Great Britain we have had about 26 stories, reports come to us which were either new reports come out as a result of the stories, or earlier stories where people said, 'I didn't necessarily report this at the time,'" Oxfam chief executive Goldring told the Commons International Development Committee.

"Over an extended period of time, I am not talking about recent cases," Goldring added. "We really want people to come forward wherever they are and whenever this happened. Some of those cases relate to the UK, some of them relate to our international program."

Goldring also told MPs that, according to an internal investigation, no sex workers used by charity employees were underage. When the scandal initially broke there were suggestions that some of the prostitutes used by Oxfam staff may have been under 18.

Comment: It was previously reported that an internal investigation at Oxfam revealed Haitian Oxfam director Roland van Hauwermeiren engaged in a 'Caligulia-style' orgy with Haitian prostitutes at his villa rented by Oxfam through public charity funding. The internal inquiry also discovered that a 'culture of impunity' existed during the operation to help Haitians after the devastating 2010 earthquake.Considering all the revelations, it's not hard to understand why people are taking their money elsewhere instead of supporting an organization that seems to be doing the opposite of what it was set up to do.

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Propaganda

Wapo pundit compares inconsequential actions of 13 Russian 'internet trolls' to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor attacks


RT
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 01:09 UTC
Pearl Harbor
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Following the underwhelming indictment of 'Russian trolls' for alleged meddling in the 2016 US elections, some US pundits have doubled down, comparing their actions to the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

Washington Post political columnist Karen Tumulty made the glib comparison in a piece published Sunday. While admitting there was "no loss of life," Tumulty claimed Russia was guilty of "an act of war nonetheless, a sneak attack using 21st-century methods."

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Bullseye

Historian Mary Beard criticizes #MeToo campaign: 'Stop collecting scalps'


RT
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:30 UTC
Mary Beard
© Ray Tang/ Global Look PressMary Beard
Classicist Mary Beard has risked the ire of the #MeToo supporters, suggesting the campaign should focus less on "isolated" incidents of misconduct and do more to tackle the wider issue of sexual harassment.

The broadcaster and historian also said the Times Up campaign, which was launched in response to the Hollywood sexual abuse scandal, should invest more effort in trying to protect women rather than holding men to account for single incidents of inappropriate sexual behavior.

She seemingly excused "one-off" perpetrators, stating "we all we all have bits of mistaken casual behavior."

While acknowledging the campaign's success in making sex abuse against women subject of public debate, Beard expressed doubt over its obsession to "collect scalps."
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Family

Local communities, not government intervention hold the key to halting mass shootings

Jen Kuznicki
Conservative Review
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC
Parkland Florida shooting
© Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The mass killing this week in Parkland, Florida, by a 19-year-old troubled young man undoubtedly hurts the arguments and intentions of law-abiding gun owners everywhere. Unfortunately, if reports are true, this case gives those clamoring for gun control space and momentum because of several failures of what is expected with current laws now in place.

For instance, law-abiding gun owners assume that there are sufficient background checks, since they themselves have to answer to whether they are mentally ill and so forth on forms before purchasing firearms. In this case if the shooter had never been declared mentally ill by a court and if nobody connected the dots between one stray comment on a YouTube account that prompted an investigation by the FBI and a comment on the shooter's Instagram account which CBS reported resulted in an alert to the Broward County Sheriff's Office a year before the purchase of the gun, the argument that there are cracks in the system has legs.

As a responsible gun owner, I don't want people like the shooter being able to attain high-powered rifles. That is not to say I want gun control, but I think responsible gun owners assume that the papers we fill out serve a purpose and someone who is a potential threat would be flagged.

When the Left automatically attacks the NRA they're attacking law-abiding gun owners who don't want people like the Parkland shooter getting a gun either. If we could cut through all of the lightning rod hysteria and address the problems - and there are a plethora with this case - perhaps we could do some good.

Comment: See also:

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Pistol

School shooting fallout: Ohio sheriff offers free concealed carry classes to teachers

Timothy Meads
Townhall
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:26 UTC
shooting range
On Sunday afternoon, Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones announced that he will be offering an opportunity for educators to learn how to defend themselves and potentially protect the lives of their students.

Sheriff Jones tweeted that he will offer free concealed carry classes to teachers in Butler County, OH. Jones emphasized that there will be a limited number.

On Thursday, he shared a Facebook video, saying, "the current way we do things in the school system needs to be changed." He also called for "armed guards in the schools, we need to look at metal detectors. This is not going to stop or go away, but we need to be prepared and not have our heads in the sand."
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Chess

Report: German intel seeks new spy satellites to become 'independent of US'


RT
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:34 UTC
BND Federal Intelligence Service
© The inscription 'Bundesnachrichtendienst' ('Federal Intelligence Service', BND) seen on the facade of the Federal Intelligence Service' new headquarters in Berlin, Germany.The inscription 'Bundesnachrichtendienst' ('Federal Intelligence Service', BND) seen on the facade of the Federal Intelligence Service' new headquarters in Berlin, Germany.
Berlin has launched a new satellite program for its intelligence service (BND) in an attempt to escape US influence in spying matters, Die Zeit daily reports. The project has already proven to be costlier than planned.

Germany plans to spend €400 million ($465 million) on two of the "latest-generation satellites" for its foreign intelligence service. The budget committee of the German parliament (Bundestag) already approved the financing of the costly project back in early November 2017.

The two reconnaissance satellites, which are now being constructed by the Bremen-based aerospace company OHB, are expected to be able to identify and capture images of objects as small as an A4 paper sheet. They are scheduled to be launched into orbit in 2022, where they will be able to keep an eye on "any place on Earth" within 24 hours, according to a "top secret" intelligence document obtained by Die Zeit.
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Star of David

Sarah Silverman attacked for saying 'Jews must stand up to Israeli wrongdoing'


RT
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:34 UTC
Sarah Silverman
© Alberto E. Rodriguez / AFPSarah Silverman
Jewish-American actress and comedian Sarah Silverman is facing an avalanche of criticism and praise online after saying that Jews should denounce the Israeli government for its wrongdoing.

Silverman took to Twitter to show her support for detained Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, who is facing up to 10 years in prison after slapping an Israeli soldier.

"Jews have to stand up EVEN when - ESPECIALLY when - the wrongdoing is BY Jews/the Israeli government,"Silverman said, adding a link to an Amnesty International campaign calling for Tamimi's release.

Comment: Further reading: The IDF vs The Teenage Girl: Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Arrested For Slapping Soldiers Who Shot Boy
Since 2000, at least 8,000 Palestinian children as young as 12 have been arrested and prosecuted by the Israeli military. The Israeli military detention system is notorious for the ill-treatment of children.The extent to which Shin Bet interrogators practice torture has been described as 'institutional'. In its 2016 report, Amnesty International found that Israeli forces and Shin Bet personnel had "tortured and otherwise ill-treated Palestinian detainees, including children, particularly during arrest and interrogation", with methods such as "beating with batons, slapping, throttling, prolonged shackling, stress positions, sleep deprivation and threats".


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