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Report: Christian persecution and genocide worse now than at 'any time in history'

Christina Maza
Newsweek
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:42 UTC
ArmenianChurch
© Getty ImagesDamaged Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs, Raqqa, Syria
The persecution and genocide of Christians across the world is worse today "than at any time in history," and Western governments are failing to stop it, a report from a Catholic organization said.

The study by Aid to the Church in Need said the treatment of Christians has worsened substantially in the past two years compared with the two years prior, and has grown more violent than any other period in modern times. "Not only are Christians more persecuted than any other faith group, but ever-increasing numbers are experiencing the very worst forms of persecution," the report said.

The report examined the plight of Christians in China, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Turkey over the period lasting from 2015 until 2017. The research showed that in that time, Christians suffered crimes against humanity, and some were hanged or crucified. The report found that Saudi Arabia was the only country where the situation for Christians did not get worse, and that was only because the situation couldn't get any worse than it already was.

Comment: "Trump administration will redirect aid money formerly granted to the United Nations to the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, satisfying a long-standing conservative policy priority." "As with other USAID programs, this money will likely be granted to private NGOs." And, what do we know about CIA tool USAID?
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Workers clean Santa Ana River homeless encampments: Tons of human waste, hazardous material and nearly 14,000 hypodermic needles

Theresa Walker
The Orange County Register
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 06:02 UTC
A syringe found by county workers
© Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNGA syringe found by county workers cleaning up trash around a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River Trail in Anaheim, on Wednesday, February 14, 2018.
Orange County Public Works released eye-popping figures Thursday, March 8, on the total amount of debris, needles and hazardous waste removed when crews cleaned up the area along the Santa Ana River Trail once populated by the encampments of homeless people.

Here's what was collected between Jan. 22 and March 3 from a more than two-mile stretch of bike trail roughly from I-5 in Orange to Ball Road in Anaheim, according to OC Public Works spokesman Shannon Widor:
  • 404 tons of debris
  • 13,950 needles (approximate number based on what disposal containers hold)
  • 5,279 pounds of hazardous waste (human waste, propane, pesticides and other materials)
Before and after photographs published by the Register last week show stark differences at different spots along the trail, as does a video the county posted Feb. 28 on YouTube.


Comment: The problem of homelessness in California (which happens to have one of the largest economies in the US) has reached a critical stage, and the state's civil leaders are scrambling to address the myriad of problems the state is faced with - but the way to achieve this is anything but clear.

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East Ghouta: Woman and 3 children reportedly killed as militants open fire on civilians


RT
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:45 UTC
Eastern Ghouta
© Sputnik
A woman and three children were killed as militants opened fire on civilians to prevent them leaving Syria's Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian SANA news agency reports. The victims were attempting to escape via a safe passage.

The four civilians were trying to pass through a recently opened humanitarian corridor from Jisrein to Mlekha during the twelfth humanitarian pause, SANA reported citing its journalist on the ground on Saturday.

The same area saw an increased number of confrontations between locals and militants after the opening of Jisrein-Mlekha checkpoint on Thursday, according to spokesman for the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, Major General Vladimir Zolotukhin.

Comment: The Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation is holding talks with the leaders of the illegal armed units on the withdrawal of the second group of militants from the Damascus' suburb of Eastern Ghouta, the center's spokesman, Maj. Gen. Vladimir Zolotukhin, said.
"The intensive negotiations between the representatives of the Center for Syrian reconciliation and the leaders of the illegal armed units of the Syrian opposition are underway in order to reach the agreement on the withdrawal of the second group of militants from the Eastern Ghouta de-escalation zone," Maj. Gen. Vladimir Zolotukhin said.

The Russian official pointed out that the situation remained tense.

"The shelling of Damascus residential areas and its closest suburbs is underway. Militants from Eastern Ghouta fired 12 mortar shells of the 120-mm caliber within the last 24 hours. There are massive damages, one person was killed and nine civilians were injured," Zolotukhin stated.
Militants in Eastern Ghouta plan staging a chemical attack on March 11 to accuse of it the Syrian governmental forces, Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mehdad told reporters on Saturday.
"We have received information that militants in Eastern Ghouta plan staging a chemical attack between Misraba and Bitsava," he said. "For that, the Tahrir al-Sham militants plan killing several women, and we expect this "performance" may take place on March 11."


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Who is the demon? German man imprisoned for trampling daughter to death during exorcism


RT
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:04 UTC
Court
© Chris Ryan / Getty Images
A German man has been jailed in Switzerland for trampling his mentally-challenged daughter to death while trying to exorcise a demon. The 50-year-old was also accused of sexually assaulting his daughter in an effort to revive her.

The unnamed man told the Frauenfeld District Court in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, that he was simply giving his daughter a "massage" to drive out a demon during the night in question in January 2016, DW reports.
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'Pharma bro' price-gouger Martin Shkreli sentenced to 7 years in prison


RT
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:25 UTC
Shkreli
© Amr Alfiky / ReutersMartin Shkreli arrives at U.S. District Court on August 2, 2017.
Disgraced pharma executive Martin Shkreli will spend 84 months behind bars and forfeit $7.4 million, a New York judge ruled after hearing his tearful plea. The prosecutors asked for 15 years in prison for defrauding investors.

Shkreli, 34, was sentenced by US District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in a Brooklyn federal court on Friday. He was convicted last year of three counts of security fraud after misleading investors in two failed hedge funds. During the trial, his defense team had argued that many of his investors made hefty profits anyway.

Shkreli became notorious in 2015, after acquiring the rights to the antiparasitic medication Daraprim and raised its price by more than 5,000 percent. The drug was being used to treat AIDS patients. The price hike earned him the moniker "the most hated man in America."

Comment: Notice that Shkreli was convicted of defrauding his investors, NOT for callously pricing his products out of the reach of most of his clients.

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Bad Guys

Flashback 35 government-funded migrant store owners arrested in Fed raids for trafficking, drug dealing, money laundering


100%FedUp.com
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:57 UTC
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© KMOVOfficials outside Northway Market, St. Louis
Thirty-five St. Louis convenience store owners were arrested in federal raids this week. Can you believe there are 35 Muslims that own convenience stores that were all connected in this crime but the Feds took so long to bust them? Did you wonder how that could be? The crime they committed is bad enough because it involves drugs BUT the bigger crime is that our government is giving your hard-earned dollars to these scumbags to start a business:

Judicial Watch reports:
The U.S. government gives refugees on public assistance special "loans" of up to $15,000 to start a business but fails to keep track of defaults that could translate into huge losses for American taxpayers, records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal. The cash is distributed through a program called Microenterprise Development run by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Since 2010 the program has granted thousands of loans to refugees that lack the financial resources, credit history or personal assets to qualify for business loans from commercial banks. Most if not all the recipients already get assistance or subsidies from the government, according to the qualification guidelines set by the Microenterprise Development Program. It's a risky operation that blindly gives public funds to poor foreign nationals with no roots in the U.S. and there's no follow up to assure the cash is paid back. The idea behind it is to "equip refugees with the skills they need to become successful entrepreneurs" by helping them expand or maintain their own business and become financially independent.

Comment: The problem appears to be oversight. Many immigrants start productive businesses, adding to the wealth and vibrancy of their adopted community. The Office of Refugee Resettlement should be treating its clients like any other commercial bank, keeping close tabs on their activities, and requiring repaying of the seed capital.

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Twitter, surprisingly, refuses to comment on Louis Farrakhan's anti-Semitic tweets

Chris Ciaccia
Fox News
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:26 UTC
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan
Twitter has refused to comment on anti-Semitic tweets from Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, including one where he writes "the Jews have control over those agencies [FBI] of government."

When reached for a response by Fox News, a Twitter spokesman said the company does not comment on individual accounts. The spokesman pointed Fox News to the company's help center, where it details its enforcement options and its approach to enforcement philosophy and policy development.

The 84-year-old Farrakhan posted several bizarre tweets regarding Jews this week, including the aforementioned tweet about government agencies, specifically the FBI.

"The FBI has been the worst enemy of Black advancement," Farrakhan wrote on Twitter. "The Jews have control over those agencies of government."

Comment: Twitter has been cracking down on 'abusive' speech recently. Though free speech is preferable to censorship, why is Twitter silent now?
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Aussie airline Qantas bans staff from using 'gender-inappropriate' language


RT
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:47 UTC
Qantas airline
© David Gray / Reuters
Australian airline Qantas has instructed staff to no longer use phrases like "guys," "mum and dad," "husband" and "wife." The new rules also advise male crew members not to "manterrupt."

The airline issued the instructions to its 30,000 employees via an information pack sent to staff as part of its 'Spirit of Inclusion Month.' The pack advised staff to refrain from using potentially offensive terms like "husband" and "wife" because they "can reinforce the idea that people are always in heterosexual relationships," according to Sydney's Daily Telegraph.

"[A]lways referring to 'mum and dad' can make many families feel excluded - both same-sex couples and single-parent families... Words like 'love,' 'honey' or 'darling,' even when used as terms of endearment, often offend. In the workplace, it is best to avoid these sorts of words."

Comment: See more nonsense on 'gender-inappropriate' language: Social Justin Warrior Trudeau corrects woman saying "mankind" - makes her say "peoplekind" instead (VIDEO)

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Trump's tougher work requirements for food stamp recipients has anti-hunger advocates worried

Teri Webster
The Blaze
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:06 UTC
grocery line
© Ljupco/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is looking for ways to get more people off of food stamps.
Anti-hunger advocates said they plan to resist the Trump administration's latest announced efforts to get people off food stamps, The Hill reported. They have said President Donald Trump's plans would boot thousands of unemployed people off the program.

In his 2018 budget, Trump proposed limiting the number of state waivers for the work requirement for receiving aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, The Hill reported. Limiting the number of waivers would force people back into the workforce, supporters of the move say.

"We can totally understand in a bad economy or in certain isolated cases someone might need an exception ... however, today we have 6 million open jobs, we're approaching all-time low unemployment and employers are having a hard time filling jobs," Sam Adolphsen, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability, told The Hill. "Now is not the time to be waiving the work requirement."
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New report: California's sanctuary city laws responsible for 5K crimes committed by illegal immigrants

John Binder
Breitbart
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:55 UTC
ICE arrest
© Gavin Hellier/Getty Images
The state of California and the sanctuary city laws that make it a safe-haven for criminal illegal aliens is likely responsible for at least 5,000 crimes that were committed by criminal illegal aliens released by local authorities rather than being handed over to federal immigration officials.

According to data conducted for Breitbart News by the Center for Immigration Studies' Director of Policy Jessica Vaughan, the state of California - which refuses to hand over criminal illegal aliens to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency - makes up about half of all non-cooperation with federal immigration officials in the U.S.

For example, roughly 50 percent of the ICE detainers - the hold that federal immigration officials place on a criminal illegal alien - ignored by local sanctuary city authorities across the U.S. occurred in California.

In mid-2017, ICE Director Thomas Homan revealed that about 10,000 criminal illegal aliens had been released by sanctuary cities across the U.S. and went on to commit more crimes. This figure, though, could be even higher for the year of 2017.

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