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German prosecutors want to try 'ISIS wives' alongside fighters


RT
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:50 UTC
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Women who travelled to Syria and Iraq to join terrorist groups such as Islamic State should be put on trial along with the fighters even if they did not personally take up arms, according to the German Prosecutor General's Office.

"We have reasons to believe that these women are also [liable to prosecution] over membership in a terrorist organization," Public Prosecutor General Peter Frank told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily as well as the MDR and NDR broadcasters.

So far, the German law allows people to be prosecuted over membership in a terrorist organization only if they formally swore allegiance to any such group and fought for it. However, it is not the case for German women, who travelled to the Middle East to marry Islamic State fighters and who claim that they had never touched any weapons.

The number of such women and even underage girls detained by the Iraqi forces in the territories previously controlled by Islamic State extremists is growing, according to the German media. And this fact apparently worries German authorities.

The German Federal Criminal Police have already launched investigations against four German women, who joined Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and are currently held in Iraqi detention facilities, including the 16-year-old 'ISIS bride' captured in July, who has since turned 17. However, in case of their repatriation to Germany, all these women are unlikely to face any trial at home under the current legislation.
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Ambulance

Western sanctions result in Syrian children suffering from shortages of medicine


Sputnik
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 13:03 UTC
Medical personnel in the largest hospital in Syria's Latakia have voiced alarm over sanctions imposed by the West that have been blocking imports of lethal drugs in the war-devastated country.

Tishreen Hospital in Syria
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Maria, a young doctor who was born in the Russian city of Khabarovsk and spent her whole life in Syria, has shared with Sputnik her concerns about the treatment of babies in Syria and has explained why the mortality rate among premature babies and in the children's oncology department has increased in the last few months.

The children's ward at the largest hospital in Syria's Latakia is almost empty, with only a weak cry of a child able to be heard at the end of a corridor.
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Pocket Knife

Calif. man claims 'Russian mind control' made him stab his mother 42 times


Sputnik
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 12:55 UTC
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A man who murdered his own mother with a knife claims he was under the influence of 'Russian mind control' at the time he committed the atrocity, a case highlighting the negative consequences of the mainstream media 'blame it on Russia' witch-hunt to mental health and public safety.

Kristian Rouz - Over the past 12 months, the failing mainstream media have manufactured an abundance of conspiracy theories involving Russia - from Russia allegedly being responsible for President Trump's victory in last year's election, to Russia having presumably staged Brexit in the UK.

Comment: Seems like "blame Russia for everything" is catching on!

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Cell Phone

Mobile device ban in French schools to start next school year

Kim Willsher
The Guardian
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:14 UTC
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The French government is to ban students from using mobile phones in the country's primary, junior and middle schools.

Children will be allowed to bring their phones to school, but not allowed to get them out at any time until they leave, even during breaks.

A proposed ban was included in Emmanuel Macron's successful presidential election campaign this year.

Jean-Michel Blanquer, the French education minister, said the measure would come into effect from the start of the next school year in September 2018. It will apply to all pupils from the time they start school at age of six - up to about 15 when they start secondary school.

Comment: It's interesting that the article has an overall negative slant to the ban on cell phones for French children. Most of the quoted comments are about how it's difficult or impossible to implement, inconvenient and unnecessary. But it's likely that the only perceived negative of mobile devices is that they're a distraction. If one considers the actual harm done by these devices, banning them for school children seems like the least we can do. See:

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Ambulance

IDF kills wheelchair-bound Palestinian with no legs during Gaza protest


RT
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 03:16 UTC
Abu Thurayeh
A disabled Palestinian man missing both legs is among those killed by Israeli security forces that opened fire on demonstrators in the West Bank and along the border with Gaza, Gaza's health ministry said.

Abu Thurayeh, 29, was shot dead east of Gaza City, according to Gaza's health ministry as cited by the Times of Israel. He is one of four Palestinians who were killed during a protest over the decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

Abu had lost his legs in an Israeli attack on Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. "He was injured in 2008 by an Israeli helicopter that targeted him after he brought down the Israeli flag and raised the Palestinian flag along the border," his brother Samir said. "It did not stop him from demonstrating for Jerusalem. He went alone every day to the border."


Comment: Israelis killed four Palestinians in clashes and riots in the days after Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.


In another protest, an Israeli policeman punched an old lady in the face after her fingers touched his face:




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Magnet

Commie-karma in action: Facebook bans feminists for "men are scum" posts, the Left is eating its own

Chris Black
IWB
Wed, 06 Dec 2017 22:15 UTC
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If you're not up to date with the politically correct lingo, you should know that the concept of protected classes was created by leftists and it's pretty much similar with the notion of identity politics. Basically, a protected class, whether we're talking about minorities (blacks, Hispanics, "people of color") or women/transgenders/gays/lesbians/whatever sexual so-called oppressed minority by the "patriarchy" (it all relates to Marx's class war with a twist, now it's a gender/sex/ethnicity war but the scope is the same, divide and conquer) has immunity/protection from "hate crime laws" which are destroying conservative movements on the Internet (Facebook, YouTube are cracking down on conservative users/groups/channels like there's no tomorrow).

Now we just got word that world's first and most famous "protected group", i.e. feminists, got shafted by Facebook. It seems like Mark the Zucc decided to take away the "hate speech" protection from feminists as they're not shielded anymore from derisive comments targeted at their archenemy: men. Today's story is about a group of "feminist" (in reality man-haters) comedians that got suspended (read Zucced) from Facebook for posting brilliant arguments on their social media accounts, the likes of "men are scum" and similar new-age feminist palaver.

Comment: Dividing the world into "oppressed" and "oppressive" categories just gives license for the "oppressed" groups to treat the "oppressive" groups oppressively. Such people can seemingly only see other people in terms of such categories, not as individuals. As a result, they are blind to reality: variations within groups are greater than variations between groups. In other words, every such category or group (gender, race, religious, ethnic, etc.) has horrible people, and great people. That nuance gets erased when entire groups are seen as better or worse than others. And then, the pathological elements in the "better" group are free to treat all those in the "worse" group atrociously. The grand irony is that such a description not only describes racist ideology such as Nazism, but also the "progressive" ideology of social justice.

But by its very nature, such an approach can't help but turn on itself. Thus this latest example: sexist feminists being called out on their sexist behavior. They set the precedent, thinking themselves "protected" from suffering the same consequences meted out to their category-enemies. But that can only last so long.

See also: Women being banned from Facebook for calling men 'Scum'

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Stock Up

Americans like Melania: 54% approval rating, up 17 points since January

Julia Manchester
The Hill
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 21:59 UTC
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A majority of Americans have favorable views of first lady Melania Trump 11 months after President Trump took office, according to a new Gallup poll.

Fifty-four percent of Americans polled said they viewed the first lady favorably, up 17 points from January when only 37 percent of Americans viewed her favorably.

By comparison, President Trump is viewed unfavorably by a majority of Americans in the poll. Fifty-six percent view the president unfavorably, while 41 percent view him favorably.

While the first lady's popularity has climbed by double digits in the poll, the president's has stayed relatively the same from his 40 percent to 55 percent favorable-unfavorable rating from January.

The first lady got a later start in Washington than her husband. While the president took office in January, the first lady didn't move into the White House until June, after her son finished the school year.

Comment: So Melania is pretty much on par with Hillary Clinton's first year as FLOTUS, taking into account the margin of error. Considering the uphill battle the Trumps have had to face since entering the White House, that's something of an accomplishment. If you also take into account the people who like the Trumps, but are still afraid to admit it publicly, her numbers may be even higher. It's people like that who got Trump elected after all. And with PR like this, it'll be a surprise if the number of Americans who think similarly doesn't keep rising: Child visiting Christmas White House says Melania "like an angel" - inside view of First Lady's Christmas decorations

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Question

Hunting warlocks: Why?

Rod Dreher
The American Conservative
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 23:51 UTC
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A lot of you have sent me a link to Claire Berlinski's powerful essay denouncing what she calls "The Warlock Hunt". It really is as good as you say.

Berlinski starts by recounting some of the accusations women have made against men for sexual harassment in recent weeks. Then:

Comment: Burn the warlock: #MeToo has morphed into a moral panic that poses as much danger to women as it does to men

The Trials of Masculinity, Feminism and the Modern Male

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Propaganda

It's not only Russian outlets being censored in the 'free web'

Suliman Mulhem
Sputnik
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:59 UTC
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Despite RT conceding to US demands to register as foreign agents, Google has announced its intention to "de-rank" their articles, in a bid to reduce the exposure and reach of content published on both sites. Russia's foreign ministry subsequently warned such a move would constitute censorship.

At this point, it's unclear if other US search engines are also considering similar measures.

Given Google's market monopoly - some sources suggest the tech giant accounts for over 90 percent of all search engine traffic - the restriction of Sputnik and RT content in its search results is undoubtedly a major blow to net neutrality.

As free and unimpaired access to information is a cornerstone of democracy, and since the internet is contemporarily the largest, most-readily available hub of information, it's unsurprising Google's announcement has been dubbed an attack on democracy, and triggered an outcry.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised concerns over the economic implications of weakening net neutrality, while vowing to defend it.

Comment: While it's true that there is already widespread censorship ongoing, now that net neutrality in the US has been repealed, even alternatives like the above suggested might not be an option anymore.

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Dollars

CBO calculates legalization of 2M 'dreamers' would cost $26B

Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
Dollar
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Legalizing 2 million illegal immigrant "Dreamers" would cost the government $25.9 billion over the next decade, as those now-legal people would claim more tax, education and other benefits they haven't been able to get before, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday.

The CBO also said newly legalized Dreamers would sponsor 80,000 more immigrants to enter the country as part of "chain migration."

Immigrant-rights activists have argued that legalizing Dreamers would be a financial boon to the country, but the CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation suggested otherwise, saying that while they would pay somewhat higher taxes in to the government, they would take far more out of it.

The findings could be a blow to activists who have demanded the bill be included in any year-end spending deal. Congress already struggles to find offsets for other spending, and digging a hole more than $25 billion deeper could be difficult.
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