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Poor snowflakes: Sex therapist claims city's Hillary-supporting women have lost their libido over Trump victory

Ryan Parry West
Daily Mail
Sat, 24 Dec 2016 16:12 UTC
donald trump
© Carlos Barria/ Reuters
  • Kimberly Resnick Anderson claims the agony of seeing their beloved Hillary Clinton defeated has sapped the libidos of the women of Los Angeles
  • Sex therapist claims the 'Trump bedroom effect' is still running weeks after his victory over Hillary Clinton
  • One man told her his wife knew he supported Trump and 'she wants nothing to do with me in the bedroom. It's as if I am suddenly the enemy'
Sex is off the menu this Christmas - at least in Los Angeles - and according to a leading expert it's all President-elect Donald Trump's fault.

Sex therapist Kimberly Resnick Anderson claims Trump winning the presidency has led to a widespread loss of libido in the bedroom among her clients. Dubbing it 'The Trump Bedroom Backlash' Resnick Anderson says she has seen it time and again in her office. But she claims it is more widespread than just what she describes as the 'mecca for progressives and liberals'.

The certified sex expert told DailyMail.com: 'Since Trump won a common complaint in my office is that women get more easily annoyed when their husbands or boyfriends initiate sex.

'There are so many women complaining about it, I dubbed it "The Trump Bedroom Backlash".
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God poll: Religious beliefs take a dive during 2016 in Britain


RT
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:22 UTC
man pew
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Terrorist attacks, controversial election results, and the deaths of a string of beloved celebrities might have caused many to lose faith in God, a recent poll suggests. According to a YouGov poll for the Times, a total of 4 percent of Britons lost their faith in the almighty between February and December 2016 - falling overall to 28 percent. Atheism went up by five points, from 33 to 38 percent.

Agnosticism, or the belief in some superior power, remains stable at 20 percent. Fourteen percent of those quizzed replied they did not know what to believe in. Having "no religion" has been on the rise over recent years. A 2015 British Attitudes Survey showed how atheism had gone from 15 percent in 2011 to 25 percent four years later. Believing in God was something half of Britain still happily acknowledged in 1991, but only 35 percent of Brits felt the same way by 2008.

And while the YouGov poll did not make any direct links between the annus horribilis of 2016 and the loss in faith, the drop in religious belief was higher in the last 11 months than the 1 percent year-on-year average.

Another survey by the same group did, however, find that nearly half of all the EU referendum 'Remain' voters did not hold any religious beliefs. And despite the fact that the majority of 'Leavers' were aged 65 or over, the number of non-believers among Euroskeptics was actually 35 percent. Yet figures quoted by the Times suggest that 46 percent of 18 to 24 year-olds actually reject the idea of God or a higher power, while only a quarter of those aged 65 and over feel the same.

Despite the Church of England (CofE), Catholic and Methodist congregations dwindling in numbers, mosques and independent churches, especially Pentecostal denominations, are reportedly booming. A CofE spokesman commented only that polls were "questionable" things.

Comment: God's poll numbers are dwindling, if you can 'believe' that! Maybe this calls for a "Reverend-um"?

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Wreath

Naughty & nice: 'Santa bandit' robs bank while handing out candy canes (VIDEO)


RT
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:48 UTC
Santa robber
© Memphis Police Department est.1827 / FacebookThe man handed a note to the teller demanding money.
A crook tarnished Santa's good name when he wore a mask of Father Christmas while robbing a bank in Tennessee. He wished people a happy holidays and handed out candy canes before making his getaway with an unknown amount of cash.

Memphis Police Department shared security camera footage of the incident in the hope the public can help identify the assailant. After handing out the candy to a number of staff and customers, the man is seen producing a piece of paper from his pocket and handing it to a teller.

A statement from police said he had "handed candy canes to several employees and customers and wished them a merry Christmas," before making the demand.

Comment: See also: Snow, Santa and smiles: RT sees children in post-war Homs getting back to normal life

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Attention

Unconstitutional laws: Florida Supreme Court ruled 150 death row inmates be resentenced


RT
Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:52 UTC
Inmates
© Darren Whiteside / Reuters
At least 150 death row inmates in Florida will need to be resentenced after the state's supreme court ruled that they had been convicted under unconstitutional laws.

Florida has the second largest population of death row inmates in the US, with nearly 400 people awaiting execution. On Thursday, the state's supreme court ruled that nearly half of those inmates needed to be resentenced.

Comment: See also: DPIC report finds capital punishment convictions and public support waning in US

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Toys

Children don't exist to advance our politics

Ian Tuttle
National Review
Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:09 UTC
Radical Feminist Polly Dunning with son
© Martine PayneA lifetime of woe ahead for this poor innocent child.
Polly Dunning has managed to compose perhaps the creepiest sentence ever written: "By having sons, we do feminism a great service."

The line appears in Wednesday's Sydney Morning Herald, in a piece entitled "Having a Son Went from a Dilemma to Being the Most Valuable Lesson of My Life." "I've always been a feminist," Dunning writes. But after longing for a daughter, she discovered that she had become pregnant with (horror!) a son. She describes the anxiety that followed:
There were two parts to the feeling: I had to mourn the life I thought I was supposed to have, the elder daughter of my two girls (why do we plan things we cannot control?!), and I had to come to terms with having a relationship with a son that I had never really considered. There were dark moments in the middle of the night (when all those dark thoughts come), when I felt sick at the thought of something male growing inside me.

Comment: The article in the Sydney Morning Herald has since amended the line above to read:
There were dark moments in the middle of the night (when all those dark thoughts come), when I felt sick with worry thinking about how I would go about raising a son.
Looks like the editors of this devouring mother have forced her to eat her own words.


Comment: A more appropriate title for Polly Dunning's op-ed might be "How to effectively raise a self-hating male".

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Calendar

Five reasons why 2016 was the best year in ages

Brendan O'Neill
Spiked
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:00 UTC
EU Flag torn
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Not since 1989 has there been such a brilliant political shake-up.

It is a testament to their cushioned, detached lives that so many in the political and media classes have described 2016 as the worst year ever. They've moaned about 2016. Memed about it. Written books about it. 'Dark Age', 'populism', 'fascism', 'END TIMES' - the keywords of the 2016 haters.

I guess none of these people lost their homes in 2008, eh? Or their jobs in the fallout from that crash. Or their feeling of political power over the past three decades of rising technocracy and shrinking democracy. Never mind their historical illiteracy. What does 2016 have on 1347 or 1914 in terms of awfulness? Nothing, of course. If you think 2016 was an unspeakably bad year, then all that tells us is you've led a cloistered, lovely life, blind to the economic deprivations and sense of political exclusion experienced by others these past years. Bully for you.

Sadly, these people's narrative, their Brexit-bashing, Trump-fearing interpretation of 2016 as a most awful year, is becoming the narrative. Because they have the newspaper columns, the book contracts, the platforms. Everyone who disagrees with them is 'post-truth'. Every vote that toppled their Third Way worldview was an act of hatred. Every revolt against the EU is racism, every criticism of Hillary misogyny, and every mention of 'the elite' evidence that people are beholden to a new fascism, because didn't the Nazis also bash 'the elites'? 'Sixteen reasons why 2016 was the worst year ever', their mad headlines declare.

Enough. We can't let their tantrums, their petty fury that their political outlook has taken a pounding, come to define 2016. For this has been the most exciting political year since 1989. Here are five reasons why.
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Eye 2

Texas man arrested in Colorado for killing wife and infant child, found with throats cut

Crimesider Staff
CBS News
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:23 UTC
Craig Vandewege
© CBS DFWShanna Vandewege, Craig Vandewege, and their son Diederick
A Fort Worth man has been arrested in Colorado on capital murder charges for the slayings last week of his wife and their 3-month-old son at their Texas home, reports CBS DFW.

Authorities aren't saying what evidence they have linking 35-year-old Craig Vandewege to the deaths of his 36-year-old wife, Shanna, and their son, Diederick. Both had their throats slit and were found in their beds.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports Craig Vandewege called 911 on Dec. 15, saying he came home and found the woman and child dead. According to the paper, Vandewege met briefly with homicide detectives Monday, but told officials he needed to consult a lawyer before he said more. He reportedly left the police station and never got back in touch with investigators.
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No Entry

When faced with Israeli government bullying 'Guardian' newspaper doesn't support colleague facing deportation threat

Jonathan Cook
Mondoweiss
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 00:00 UTC
The Guardian
© REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Israel is reported to be ready to expel an award-winning Australian journalist and writer, Antony Loewenstein, after he asked a too-probing question of an Israeli politician at a media event last week. Government officials have said they are investigating how they can deny him his work visa when it comes up for renewal in March.

It is unsurprising to learn that Israel has no serious regard for press freedom. But more depressing has been the lack of solidarity shown by journalistic colleagues, most especially the Guardian newspaper, for which he has regularly worked as a freelancer since 2013. Not only has the paper failed to offer him any support, but its management and staff reporters have hurried to distance themselves from him.

A deferential foreign press

Loewenstein has been under fire since he attended the event in Jerusalem, hosted by the Foreign Press Association (FPA), on December 12. According to the Israeli media, he asked former government minister Yair Lapid: "Is there not a deluded idea here that many Israeli politicians, including yourself, continue to believe that one can talk to the world about democracy, freedom and human rights while denying that to millions of Palestinians, and will there not come a time soon, in a year, five years, 10 years, when you and other politicians will be treated like South African politicians during Apartheid?"
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Eye 2

FBI found 37,000 child porn images in trash of ex-Olympic gymnastics doctor


RT
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:10 UTC
blurred pictures
© Reuters
A former Olympic gymnastics doctor has been arrested and faces federal charges on two counts of possession of child pornography after FBI investigators found at least 37,000 images and videos of child pornography in his garbage. Some videos show the doctor sexually assaulting girls under the age of 12.

Larry Nassar served as the US gym team physician during four Olympic Games before he left in fall 2015. He also worked as a doctor at Michigan State University before being fired in September. He had been cooperating with police.

In addition to the federal charges Nassar was charged last month with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person younger than 13 by the Michigan Attorney General's Office. He had been free on a $1 million bond.

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Whistle

UFC Fighter-Turned-Cop Fired For Blowing the Whistle on Fellow Cop for Rape

John Vibes
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 00:00 UTC
UFC fighter turned police officer Sean Gannon
UFC fighter turned police officer Sean Gannon
UFC fighter turned police officer Sean Gannon has been fired and was asked to turn in his gun and badge after he blew the whistle on a dirty cop and turned him in to the FBI.

Gannon conducted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit recently, where he stated,
"Hello, I'm UFC Vet Sean Gannon, the only guy to ever defeat Kimbo (RIP) bareknuckle. AMA. Actually ask me anything for the next 17 hours because after turning in a dirty cop to the FBI, I've been ordered to turn in my badge and gun at 7:00pm, and I'll likely be ordered to not discuss my case further."
Gannon then linked to a page on mixmartialarts.com where the situation was already explained more in depth.

Gannon says that Sgt. Detective Trent Holland was assigned to a gruesome murder case that took place in Boston, and instead of doing his job, he framed innocent black teens and fabricated evidence. Gannon also says that Holland is guilty of at least one case of sexual assault and that the department helped him cover it up. He had reportedly taken evidence of both of these transgressions to the FBI, and was quickly suspended and then fired as a result.

Comment: Great sentiments for officers with a conscience. Unfortunately, police departments are overrun with psychopaths and they typically don't respond well to pleas for compassion.See also: Patience, respect and compassion: How to become an officer of the peace

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