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JK Rowling says she got 'death & rape threats'... but doubles down on transgender position


RT
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:53 UTC
J.K. Rowling
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JK Rowling poses for a portrait while publicizing her adult fiction book 'The Casual Vacancy' at Lincoln Center in New York.
Criticism of 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling's views on the transgender movement has spilled over into "death and rape threats," but she has responded to it with even greater vehemence, sparking fresh outrage on social media.

"I've ignored fake tweets attributed to me and RTed widely. I've ignored porn tweeted at children on a thread about their art. I've ignored death and rape threats. I'm not going to ignore this," Rowling tweeted on Sunday, in response to a tweet accusing her of calling people who take medication "lazy."


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Anti-racist? Frederick Douglass statue in New York removed from base and damaged

Carlin Becker
Washington Examiner
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:58 UTC
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A statue depicting abolitionist Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, was damaged after it was removed from its base.

The statue in Maplewood Park was toppled from its base over the weekend and left near the Genesee River gorge. It was found around 50 feet from its pedestal and "had been placed over the fence to the gorge and was leaning against the fence."

Both the base and lower part of the statue were damaged as well as a finger on its left hand. According to police, there was no sign of graffiti on the statue, which is now getting repaired, or in the park.

Comment: There is no 'why' in this act. It doesn't fit the ideology of BLM or any who seek reform or justice, as misguided as they may be. It just goes to show that this 'movement' isn't a movement or even an ideology. It's just people who want to watch the world burn.

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Baltimore protesters go haywire as they knock down Columbus statue & dump it in water


RT
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:32 UTC
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The Christopher Columbus Monument that once stood in the Harbor East neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
A Christopher Columbus statue in Baltimore, Maryland has been toppled by a group of people, who used ropes to tear it down before tossing it into the water. The mayor's office said it stands with the protesters.

Videos show a large group of demonstrators pulling down the Christopher Columbus statue near the Little Italy neighborhood in Baltimore on Saturday night.

Vandals used ropes to knock the monument from its pedestal, which eventually came crashing down to the loud cheers and applause from the gathered crowd. Police were a no-show at the spectacle.

Comment: From the Baltimore Sun:
Del. Kathy Szeliga called watching the video of the Columbus monument's destruction "heartbreaking."

She was among elected officials and Italian-Americans who gathered at the statue late last month to urge city and state leaders to protect the statue, fearing it would be destroyed.

Szeliga, a Republican who represents Harford and Baltimore counties, said she understands that people have differing views on Columbus. She had hoped there could be a public discussion about the statue's fate, such as whether to move it. Instead, she accused Young and city leaders of purposefully ignoring the threats to the statue and tacitly approving its destruction.

"They turned a blind eye while mobs tore down this statute," Szeliga said.

Del. Nino Mangione, a Baltimore County Republican of Italian ancestry, said his phone lit up with text messages about the statue Saturday night.

"I am just sick and tired of Baltimore really looking like it's some third-rate horror movie because of the absolute inaction of an irresponsible few in leadership," Mangione said. "I just couldn't believe watching that video. It really disgraces all of Baltimore."
Listen to the shreiks of mindless glee in the first tweet. The barbarians are well inside the gate. Good luck to their enablers when the mob turns on them.

Portland protesters barricade streets and declare new 'autonomous zone' outside mayor's residence

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"Slums of the future" expected following England's radical property reforms

Tom Wall
The Guardian
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 07:15 UTC
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Boris Johnson lays a brick during a visit to a Barratt Homes development in Bedford, last November. The prime minister has backed plans to allow buildings to be repurposed without full planning permission.
Thousands of tiny, substandard "rabbit-hutch" flats could be created in commercial buildings left empty by the coronavirus economic slowdown under planning reforms championed by Boris Johnson.

University College London professor Ben Clifford - who recently completed a government review of housing produced outside the conventional planning system - said allowing developers to turn a wider range of commercial properties into flats without planning checks could lead to a wave of substandard conversions.

"Unless there are proper safeguards, we could see even more poor-quality, tiny flats being crammed into commercial buildings lacking amenities and green space," he said. "These could be what others have rightly called the slums of the future."

Comment: As an example of what's considered acceptable housing for a family in Britain these days:



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Trump claims media is reporting high Covid-19 numbers to misinform people about mortality rate


RT
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 21:14 UTC

Comment: Trump, by the way, grokked this from the beginning. But like all world leaders, he apparently had to go do whatever they told him to, or else...


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© Reuters/David Ryder.
People get tested for Covid-19 in Seattle, Washington
President Donald Trump has tweeted that the high number of Covid-19 cases in the US is actually a good thing as it is due to expanded testing, but the "fake news media" refuses to cover the shrinking mortality rate.

"Cases, Cases, Cases! If we didn't test so much and so successfully, we would have very few cases. If you test 40,000,000 people, you are going to have many cases that, without the testing (like other countries), would not show up every night on the Fake Evening News," the president tweeted on Saturday.

He continued, "In a certain way, our tremendous Testing success gives the Fake News Media all they want, CASES. In the meantime, Deaths and the all important Mortality Rate goes down. You don't hear about that from the Fake News, and you never will. Anybody need any Ventilators???"
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Latest incident: Transformer explosion triggers a fire at Iran's Zargan power station


RT
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 18:11 UTC
Iranian power station blaze
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Iranian power station blaze
A large blaze has erupted at a power station in southwest Iran, causing brief electricity outages in the area. The incident is the latest in the string of mishaps at strategic facilities across the country.

The fire broke out on Saturday at the Zargan plant, located in the city of Ahvaz. Footage from the scene, which has been circulating online, shows a large column of black smoke coming from the facility.


A fire department official told local media that the blaze was caused by a transformer, which exploded after overheating. The fire was promptly contained by firefighters, limiting damage to the facility.

Comment: There seems to be unusually close timing for a cluster of similar incidents, all of which could be as indicated...or something more? Benny Gantz weighs in:
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has hinted that recent explosions, which took place in Iran over the last few weeks, might not be related to Israel's activities. While he acknowledged that Tel Aviv does undertake some efforts against the Islamic Republic, not everything bad that happens in Iran is necessarily the result of Israel's actions, the official stressed.

"A nuclear Iran is a threat to the world and the region, as well as a threat to Israel. And we will do everything to prevent that from happening [...] Everyone can be suspicious of us all the time. But not every event that happens in Iran is connected to us."

At the same time, the defence minister refused to "refer to any individual event" in his speech, only saying that Israel will do anything in its power to "prevent Iran from spreading terror".
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Huge group of armed Black protesters march on Confederate monument in Georgia

Bob Brigham
Raw Story
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 19:39 UTC
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Armed black protesters marched in Geogia on Independence Day to protest one of the largest Confederate monuments in the world.

"Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, a nine-story-high bas-relief sculpture carved into a sprawling rock face northeast of Atlanta, is perhaps the South's most audacious monument to its pro-slavery legacy still intact," Reuters reported on Friday. "The monument - which reopens on Independence Day weekend after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close for weeks - has faced renewed calls for removal since the May 25 killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died during an arrest by a white police officer who pinned his neck to the ground with a knee."

Upon reopening, a huge group of armed Black protesters marched through Stone Mountain.

Here are some of the scenes from the protests:


Comment: Some more clips of the march:



Official response so far:
Despite many on social media reacting to clips of the Saturday demonstration with worry, officials say the protesters conducted their business peacefully.

"It's a public park, a state park. We have these protests on both sides of the issue from time to time. We respect people's First Amendment right," John Bankhead, a spokesman for the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, told WXIA-TV.


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Third day of riots in Portland as protesters besiege federal courthouse

Joshua Rhett Miller
New York Post
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:54 UTC
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A police officer runs among tear gas in Portland.
Portland police used tear gas against protesters who had erected barricades and shot fireworks at the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in the city. Friday was the third riot in Portland this week.

Several hundred activists marched on Friday evening into the streets around the courthouse in downtown Portland, bearing makeshift shields and diverse materials they used to erect some barricades, police said.

In the early hours of Saturday, the situation became increasingly volatile, with Portland police declaring a riot at around 4am local time. Officers deployed tear gas and pushed the protesters away from the courthouse.


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USA

Michigan state passes controversial bill to microchip humans voluntarily 'to protect their privacy'


GreatGameIndia
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 19:26 UTC
Microchip
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The Michigan House of Representatives has passed a controversial bill to microchip humans voluntarily in the state under the guise of protecting their privacy. The Microchip Protection Act would allow Michigan employers to use microchipping of their workers with their consent. However, research has shown that RFID transponders causes cancer.

The plan to microchip humans is sponsored by Rep. Bronna Kahle under the guise of protecting the privacy of workers. The stated objective of the bill is that it will protect the privacy rights of Michigan workers and promote further growth for job providers as it relates to microchipping - a cutting-edge technology on the rise that increases workplace efficiency.
"With the way technology has increased over the years and as it continues to grow, it's important Michigan job providers balance the interests of the company with their employees' expectations of privacy."

"Microchipping has been brought up in many conversations as companies across the country are exploring cost-effective ways to increase workplace efficiency. While these miniature devices are on the rise, so are the calls of workers to have their privacy protected."

Rep. Bronna Kahle, the Republican who sponsored the bill, said in a press statement.
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Smoking

Several casinos ban indoor smoking citing COVID-19 concerns

Ed Silverstein
casino.org
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 17:36 UTC
Parx Casino
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Multiple Pennsylvania gaming properties are now smoke-free after recent directives from state regulators to improve worker and player health.

Among them is The Meadows Racetrack & Casino, located in Washington, which announced on social media that smoking was "phased out in the casino" and it reopened Saturday (July 4) morning "as a 100% smoke free facility."

The decision was made after an order from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, according to WPXI, a local TV station.

Another Pennsylvania TV station, WGAL, reported that Hollywood Casino, located in Grantville, also banned smoking. It also follows a decision by the Department of Health and Gaming Control Board.

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