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© Damir Sagolj / ReutersKim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017.
Accounts of the nation's military prowess and threat generally ignore (as noted here) the presence of the 28,500 U.S. troops occupying South Korea, their 38 military installations, and more recently their Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in South Korea - "a U.S. radar system opposed by the Korean people, in the North and South, as well as China."
On September 19, 2017, in the forum of the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to "totally destroy" North Korea.
© Heinz-Peter Bader / ReutersProtesters hold banners in front of the parliament during the swearing-in ceremony of the new government in Vienna, December 18, 2017
Up to 6,000 people gathered in the Heldenplatz area near the official residences of the Austrian president and chancellor, Vienna police said on Twitter. Members of anti-fascist, feminist and left-wing student groups are among those protesting against the coalition between the conservative Austrian People's Party and the nationalist FPO. The demonstrators held banners reading "Nazis out" and "Don't let Nazis govern."
Some 1,500 police officers were deployed in Vienna, Kleine Zeitung newspaper reported. Photos on social media show protesters setting off firecrackers at the rally.The protesters began a fire in Heldenplatz, police later wrote on Twitter.
© Facebook/Erika AndiolaErika Andiola
Andiola is the former National Latino Outreach Press Secretary for Senator Sanders' presidential campaign.
They may not actually be in a position to make demands, however, as Andiola's boyfriend, Democratic political operative Kai Newkirk, has posted that he has reason to believe that "DC Court Pre-Trial Services took initiative to contact ICE about Erika."
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McKellen, known for playing King Lear, Gandalf and Magneto, started out as an actor in the 1960s in the theater, when he claims offering sex for roles was rife.
"When I was starting acting in the early 1960s, the director of the theatre I was working at showed me some photographs he got from some women who were wanting jobs," he told students at the intimate Oxford talk.
"They were actors. Some of them had - and I think these were the initials - DRR: Director's rights respected. In other words, if you give me a job you can have sex with me.
Sexual harassment digests a degenerate thug like Harvey Weinstein with a college student who makes an awkward pass or a well-intentioned boss who compliments a dress.
Comment: Notice the placating sop, accepting Harvey Weinstein as obviously guilty and "degenerate." This is called a virtue signal, to establish "hey, we're hermanos, we hate the same kinds of people." In this position, it's trying to placate the reader, but this is pointless, anyone who agrees with you won't mind, and anyone who minds won't agree.
Are you exhausted with sexual harassment allegations? Their noise and strut are turning into one of those chronic conditions that we schlep around with, like athlete's foot. Or a hangnail.
Comment: Apt analogy.
As I write this, Tennessee State University announces that it considers whistling "in a suggestive manner" to be sexual harassment. Depending on the tune, it may lead to suspension or expulsion. The College Fix explains:
Comment: Notice the placating sop, accepting Harvey Weinstein as obviously guilty and "degenerate." This is called a virtue signal, to establish "hey, we're hermanos, we hate the same kinds of people." In this position, it's trying to placate the reader, but this is pointless, anyone who agrees with you won't mind, and anyone who minds won't agree.
© Lwp Kommunikáció / Flickr
Comment: Apt analogy.
As I write this, Tennessee State University announces that it considers whistling "in a suggestive manner" to be sexual harassment. Depending on the tune, it may lead to suspension or expulsion. The College Fix explains:
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For 60 years those who attend St. Bede's Catholic Church in Hayward have passed by a group of statues out front depicting Mary's appearance to the children of Fatima.
© ERNESTO BENAVIDES/GettyA glass container with a human skull at the museum of neuropathology in Lima, Peru.
While the last part of that story has been contested, it's one that a group of researchers from the Harvard Center for Law, Brain and Behavior turn to when asking the question: What is the relationship, if any, between brain damage and violent crime?
In a new study in PNAS, the group looked at 17 cases of people with brain damage who went on to commit crimes. The cases were described in research articles that included images of each subject's brain. Using these images, the group looked at the areas in the brain that were damaged, and compared them to previously described brain networks.
Comment: When we examine the well-documented cases of altered brain anatomy leading to psychological deviance, it isn't really far-reaching to assume damage to specific brain areas can lead to violence or other antisocial behaviours. While the moral implications can become confusing one needs to remember that, brain damage or not, one is ultimately responsible for ones actions. For a fascinating read on the subject, see Adrian Raine's "The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime".
See also:
- Interview with Adrian Raine: How to spot a murderer's brain
- Using brain scanners to detect violent criminals before they act - but what about psychopaths?
- Postmortem findings reveal convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez had severe brain damage from sports-related head injuries
- Vaccination, social violence, and criminality: The medical cartel's assault on the human brain
© Courtesy of U.S. Department of DefenseVideos show an encounter between a Navy Super Hornet and an unknown object.
So how does a story on U.F.O.s get into The New York Times? Not easily, and only after a great deal of vetting, I assure you.
The journey began two and a half months ago with a tip to Leslie, who has long reported on U.F.O.s and published a 2010 New York Times best seller, "UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record." At a confidential meeting Oct. 4 in a Pentagon City hotel with several present and former intelligence officials and a defense contractor, she met Luis Elizondo, the director of a Pentagon program she had never heard of: the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.
Comment: Rest assured, any "disclosure" about the UFO phenomenon is going to be heavily managed, especially if it's appearing on the front page of the New York Times. The revelation that the Department of Defense has had an ongoing UFO investigation program is news, but it's not very surprising, and the idea that it was dedicated a measly $22 million is suspect. As much as these journalists may think they're exposing something here, the Powers that Be are certainly only revealing what they want to be revealed, steering public perception as they see fit. And this isn't to say that they have a handle on the truth themselves. See also:
- $22M program to investigate UFOs confirmed by the Pentagon
- Disclosure! Pentagon releases footage of USAF jets chasing UFO in 2004 (VIDEO)
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A science editor at BuzzFeed UK raised a few eyebrows last week after some curious remarks about Communism.
"All I want for Christmas is full Communism now," editor Kelly Oakes tweeted - before locking down her account after it was picked by right-wing media and the always ferocious James Woods.
The screenshots tell the story.
Comment: Seems that Buzzfeed has been going full-on pinko commie for awhile now. Maybe this explains their willingness to publish the infamous Trump dossier, despite the fact that it was obvious Fake News. This "news outlet" is clearly unhinged.
See:
- Unhinged left-wing Buzzfeed editor slams Gateway Pundit coverage of NYC Islamist terror attack
- Fending off Libel Suit, BuzzFeed is on Mission Impossible to Prove 'Trump Dossier' is Fact-based
- Idiots, Shills: Buzzfeed's 'crack investigators' discover Russia funded Russian elections
- Russian bank owners take BuzzFeed to court over Trump dossier publication
Comment: Also see: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis