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Women employed at migrant centers are having sex with migrant 'kids'


Sputnik
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:28 UTC
refugees
© AFP 2018/ TT NEWS AGENCY / STIG-AKE JONSSON
In addition to posing financial difficulties and severe integration problems, it's been found that the migrant crisis in Sweden has a morbid underside in the form of unethical sexual relations between the newcomers and staff.

Three women employed at a refugee accommodation center in Örnsköldsvik Municipality were discovered to have started intimate relationships with unaccompanied tenants in their teens. The incident was ultimately discovered by the municipality and the police were contacted.

Comment: Imagine if those refugees were female...

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German city imposes ban on new refugees, anti-migrant sentiment increases

Barbara Woolsey
The Telegraph
Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:08 UTC
anti-migrant sentiment
© Chad Buchanan/Getty ImagesThe anti-migrant sentiment has increased over recent months
An eastern German city has imposed a temporary ban on new refugees in an effort to stem a number of recent violent incidents.

Cottbus, about 120 kilometres southeast of Berlin, has been rocked by violence from refugees and right-wing extremists since the start of this year.

Earlier this week, Brandenburg state police reported that two male Syrian teenagers were arrested under the suspicion of injuring a German teenager in the face with a knife.

The 16-year-old sustained non life-threatening injuries in what started as an altercation between Syrian and German school acquaintances near a tram station.

The incident happened just days after a group of three Syrian asylum seekers, aged 14, 15 and 17 years old, attacked a man and his wife outside a shopping center, according to a police statement. The 15-year-old was handed a "negative residency permit" by authorities, effectively ordering him and his father to leave the city.
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Pistol

Manhattan, NYC: 3 injured in shooting near Empire State Building


RT
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:11 UTC
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Three people have been injured in midtown Manhattan following a shooting, police say. None of the injuries are life-threatening.

The shooting happened at 4:40pm local time on West 31st Street near Penn Station. Police said three men were injured and rushed to Bellevue Hospital with no life-threatening injuries. No arrests have yet been made.

Paramedics and the police immediately rushed to the scene which is just a stone's throw away from the Empire State Building.

At least one gunman remains on the loose, NBC New York reports, citing police. The shooting appears to have followed some sort of argument.
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Brick Wall

Out of touch: CNN reporter admits Russia obsession on air, despite voters lack of interest


RT
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:31 UTC
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CNN political reporter Maeve Reston half-joked about her network's obsession with all things Russia, but at the same time admitted that the voting public simply doesn't care about the "Russiagate" conspiracy.

Reston was discussing voter sentiment with CNN's White House Correspondent Sara Murray on Sunday's 'Inside Politics' show when she made the surprising on-air remark.

"I'm so interested to see how the Russia investigation affects things, because so far, out in these districts when you talk to people about Russia, and that's all we talk about at CNN basically, they say they don't care," Reston said.

Comment: Clearly CNN doesn't care what people want or think and will likely continue to peddle its anti-Russia lies until it fails as a company.

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Outspoken Canadian professor stokes free-speech debate at East Coast university

Brett Bundale
Global News
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:48 UTC
Acadia University
© Natasha Pace/ Global NewsAn associate professor at Acadia University is facing a growing backlash over incendiary social media comments
An associate professor at Acadia University is facing a growing backlash over incendiary social media comments, stoking a national debate about free speech on campus amid calls for his ouster from the Wolfville, N.S., school.

Rick Mehta, a psychology professor and advocate of free speech, has commented publicly on a range of controversial issues from decolonization to multiculturalism, prompting both public outcry and support.

While his defenders say his voice is an antidote to political correctness run amok, his critics say his online comments attack marginalized people and perpetuate harmful stereotypes.

The acrimonious debate has spurred a Halifax-based activist to launch a petition demanding his removal from the small-town Nova Scotia university, while a counter-petition is calling for him to stay in the classroom as a beacon of freedom of expression.
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Dollars

'Cards are faster': More US businesses are banning cash


CBS News
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:50 UTC
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More businesses around the U.S. are declining to accept cash payments, forcing customers to use credit and debit cards only.

At busy New York City lunch spot Two Forks, owner Michael Kaplan has banned cash to keep the lines moving faster. "With every cash transaction, the payment process was slowing down significantly," he said in an interview with CBS News.

Yet while cash is now barred at the fast-casual restaurant, most customers seem to be embracing the switch.

"I never have cash on me -- I always have my card on me. So for me, it's pretty much easier," said Two Forks customer Alex Yanoff.
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Alt-right shindig turns violent as protester punches and chokes a partygoer

Ross Keith, Esha Ray & Rich Shapiro
New York Daily News
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:03 UTC
man on stretcher
© Kevin C. DownsA 56-year-old partygoer at the Night for Freedom alt-right gala was attacked by a protester and taken away in an ambulance late Saturday.
Violence erupted outside an alt-right gala in Midtown Saturday when a black-clad protester punched and choked a partygoer, cops said.

Far-right provocateur Mike Cernovich was inside the event at the FREQNYC nightclub on W. 50th St. when the fisticuffs broke out about 10:30 p.m.

"I saw him hit the old man," said witness Ali Thomas, 24. "One hit. He swung hard. He hit him hard. The old man's head hit the curb."

The 911 caller said initially that the 56-year-old was in cardiac arrest after the fight, according to fire officials. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, officials noted.

Cops arrested the alleged assailant, David Campbell of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, authorities said.
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Largest ponzi scheme in China's history uncovered: 200 million investors may have lost everything

Tyler Durden
Sero Hedge
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:37 UTC
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Zhang Xiaolei, founder of Qbao.com, the online platform also known as Qianbao
China has had its share of ponzi-like investment scheme blow ups in the past, most recently last April as we described in "Investors Rage After 3 Billion Yuan Vanish From China's Largest Private Bank" and previously in "Chinese Investors Find Out They Got Fleeced By A $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme." But nothing quite like this, and no, it does not involve cryptocurrencies.

According to the Asia Times, at the height of its business operations, online investment company, Qbao.com, had around 200 million registered users. With its "get rich quick" promises and tantalizing tales of up 80% returns, the company had a cult-like following with investors known as Baofen or fans of Qbao, not to mention potential clients clamoring to sign up for the financial firm's products, leading to as many as 2 million new users every day in late 2017. Even the full name of the company, Qianbao, had the veneer of success, as it translates into "money treasure."

Unfortunately for up to 200 millions ordinary Chinese, dreams of overnight riches became a nightmare when the founder of the site, Zhang Xiaolei, was placed in police custody after turning himself in just before the start of the new year.
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Up close and personal view: Construction begins on world's largest underwater restaurant (PHOTOS)


RT
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 18:06 UTC
Underwater restaurant
© MIR / Snøhetta
Construction has commenced on what is set to be the world's largest, and Europe's first, underwater restaurant. The extraordinary project will transform a concrete container into an up close and personal view of subsea life

Expected to open in March 2019, the aptly-named Under will sit on the southernmost tip of Norway in the Lindesnes region. Founder of the project Gaute Ubostad describes the venture as a "mixture of madness and reason."

Construction for the submerged dining experience is taking place on a barge and once complete, the structure will be lowered into the sea and attached the foundations on the seabed via steel rods. The entire structure will weigh between 1,500 and 2,000 ton when finished - or the equivalent of 1,500 cars, according to those involved.

The underwater restaurant, designed by the architectural firm Snohetta, will look like a thick, rectangular pipe made out of rough concrete. Part of it will sit on the shore while the remainder lies submerged six meters below sea level, resting on the seabed.
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Study of children's book baddies show strong gender bias


RT
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 17:43 UTC
Sexism children's books
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Everyone's heard the tale of wicked witches hailing from the West but, a new study proves the gender bias doesn't stop there, as males are twice as likely to be given leading roles and portrayed as monsters in children's books.

Analysis of the 100 most popular children's picture books in the UK last year found rampant casual sexism in children's reading material. Villains were eight times more likely to feature as male, lead characters are 50 percent more likely to be men, and as such are 50 percent more likely to have speaking parts.

The study, carried out by The Observer and market research company Nielsen, found female characters are absent from about a fifth of the best selling kids books of the year - and when they do appear, it's typically as creatures like birds, cats and insects. Males, meanwhile, are often cast as dragons, bears and tigers.

Comment: See the new Sott Focus which takes the study of gender bias even further: Four Feminist Lies We Take For Granted

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