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Priests and nuns watch porn - Pope


RT
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:16 UTC
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© Getty Images / Mondadori Portfolio / ContributorThe pontiff warned future clerics against succumbing to the 'soul-weakening' sin.
Viewing online pornography is a widespread "vice" that even nuns and priests are not alien to, Pope Francis said earlier this week.

Speaking to seminarians, the 85-year-old pontiff called on each of the aspiring clerics to think if they "have had an experience or had a temptation to watch pornography in the digital world."

"It is a vice that so many people have, so many laymen, so many laywomen, and also priests and nuns," the Pope said.

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Kiev street renamed to honor neo-Nazis


RT
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:05 UTC
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A street in Kiev previously named in honor of Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky was officially renamed on Wednesday to celebrate the "heroes" of the notorious Azov Battalion, many of whose members openly proclaim neo-Nazi ideology.

Malinovsky, a Ukrainian by origin, liberated much of southern Ukraine, including his home city of Odessa, from the Nazis in 1943-1944. Twice a Hero of the Soviet Union, the marshal served for ten years as the country's minister of defense. Remarkably, the ceremony to rename the street that used to bear his name took place exactly 65 years after he was appointed to the ministerial post on October 26, 1957.

According to the Azov Battalion website, the renaming ceremony was attended by representatives of the Kiev City Council and the Obolon District administration.

Also in attendance were members of the battalion itself. Its founder and first commander, Andrey Biletsky, nicknamed the 'White Ruler' by fellow Neo-Nazis, explained that the new name of the street, 'Heroes of the Azov Regiment', is "primarily about those who will not return" and those "who are in captivity."

The official renaming of the street took place about two months after the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly Klitschko, announced a decision by the Kiev City Council to rename 95 streets in the city.
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It's no surprise many Brits would prefer 'some form of dictatorship'

Timur Fomenko
RT
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 01:40 UTC
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Western pundits may believe that the UK's chaotic democracy is 'healthier' than China's strong-arm leadership model, but many people don't think so.

It's been a highly turbulent week in British politics, even by modern-day chaotic standards. Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned 45 days into her term, to be succeeded by her former leadership rival Rishi Sunak.

On the other side of the globe, China concluded its 20th national party congress, which saw leader Xi Jinping reappointed for an unprecedented third term. The mainstream media like to say that he is the "most powerful Chinese leader since Mao."
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Majority of Americans say transgender movement has gone 'too far' in targeting minors: poll

Hannah Nightingale
The Post Millennial
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:01 UTC
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A new poll has revealed that a majority of Americans believe that the transgender movement has gone "too far" in its encouragement of minors to pursue medicalized gender transitions.

The poll was conducted by McLaughlin and Associates for Summit.org between October 12 and 17 of 1,000 likely general election voters nationwide.

In response to the question, "Do you believe the transgender movement has gone too far by encouraging underage minors to use drugs and surgery to transition to the opposite sex," 65 percent of likely voters agreed with the question, while 21 percent disagreed. 14 percent of respondents said they "don't know."

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Elon Musk enters Twitter HQ with literal sink: 'Let that sink in'

Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
The Post Millennial
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:01 UTC
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On Wednesday, Elon Musk tweeted a video showing him entering Twitter's headquarters in California, carrying a sink as he joked on the social media platform, "let that sink in!"

The Space X and Tesla CEO also changed his bio, which now simply states "Chief Twit," and has his location set at Twitter HQ.

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Darrell Brooks found guilty on all 76 counts in Waukesha Christmas Parade murders, ending weekslong trial

Jim Riccioli
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:15 UTC
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Darrell Brooks reacts as the guilty verdict is read during his trial in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Brooks, who is representing himself during the trial, is charged with driving into a Waukesha Christmas Parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more.
Almost a year after a devastating attack on a hallowed city tradition, a jury convicted Darrell Brooks Jr. of killing six people and injuring dozens of others by driving through the 2021 Christmas parade. The victims ranged in age from 8 to 81.

After deliberating about 90 minutes Tuesday night before it was sequestered, the jury told the court it had verdicts about 9:45 a.m. Wednesday. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow began reading them shortly before 11 a.m., starting with the first-degree intentional homicide counts. It took her about 25 minutes to read the guilty verdicts on all 76 charges.

As the judge read, a relative of Virginia Sorenson, a member of the Dancing Grannies who was killed, put a small container of her ashes on the bar separating the gallery from the rest of the courtroom.

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Germany announces plan to legalise cannabis for recreational use

Philip Oltermann
The Guardian
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:51 UTC
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© Michele TantussiGerman health minister Karl Lauterbach also wants to make it legal to privately grow up to three cannabis plants.
Germany wants to make it legal for adults to purchase and own up to 30g of cannabis for recreational use and to privately grow up to three plants, the country's health minister has announced, saying the intended outcome could set a precedent for the rest of the European continent.

"If this law comes to pass, it would be the most liberal project to legalise cannabis in Europe, but also the most regulated market", the Karl Lauterbach said at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday. "It could be a model for Europe."

The overriding goal of making it legal to buy and smoke cannabis in Germany, the Social Democrat politician said, was to better protect young people, who were already consuming the drug in increasing numbers after obtaining it on the black market.


Comment: Since when did politicians care about protecting the young, who've been buying it on the black market for nigh on two decades, risking a criminal record in doing so?


Comment: Perhaps the last comment as least reveals part of the real agenda; control and profit of the very lucrative cannabis market. And, notably, at a time when Europe's economies are crashing, and people are increasingly restless.

See also: "One of the most valuable medicines we possess": The Victorian doctor who promoted medical cannabis

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Terrorist attack kills 15 in Iran: Multiple gunmen opened fire on a shrine in the city of Shiraz


RT
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:25 UTC
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© WikipediaFILE PHOTO: A view of the Shahcheragh shrine in Shiiraz, Iran, August 14, 2015
Gunmen killed 15 people and wounded another ten in an attack on a Shiite shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, state-run news agency IRNA has reported. The attack has been described as a "terrorist operation" carried out by sectarian extremists.

The attack took place at the Shahcheragh shrine during the late afternoon, as pilgrims were visiting the Shiite holy site. The gunmen opened fire with Kalashnikov rifles after entering the courtyard of the shrine, unnamed security sources told Fars News.

One woman and two children are among the victims, and two gunmen have been arrested. A manhunt is underway for a third attacker.


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See also: Iranian police claim woman arrested over hijab died of heart attack in custody - incident sparked protests

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Germany is dismantling wind farm to expand coal mine

Michael Kern
Oil Price
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:32 UTC
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A wind farm is being dismantled in western Germany to make way for an expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in a "paradoxical" situation highlighting the current prioritization of energy security over clean energy in Europe's biggest economy.

The dismantling of at least one wind turbine at the wind farm close to the German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy giant RWE, has already started. RWE says that lignite, or brown coal, has been mined from the Garzweiler coalfields for over 100 years.

RWE also said at the end of September that three of its lignite-fired coal units that were previously on standby would return to the electricity market on schedule in October.

Comment: Well, it's an unusual victory for common sense, and it will help contribute towards Germany's energy independence, but it won't totally solve their immediate, much more critical energy supply problems.

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Protests erupt in Romania's capital against NATO troops in the country, financing of Kiev


News Front
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:23 UTC
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Residents of Romanian cities came out to mass protests against the transfer of NATO troops to the territory of the country and the policy of the country's authorities to provide assistance to Ukraine. This is reported by "Russian Spring".

The protesters demand to stop funding the Zelensky regime in Kyiv and "feed Ukraine."

Comment: Many more in Europe will begin to question whether they should be sending tens of billions of euros in cash and weapons to Ukraine as they struggle to pay for food or energy

As reported in Blankets for schoolchildren as energy bills set to triple: The Czech Republic is paying a terrible price for Europe's gas sanctions:
"The help for Ukraine bothers me even more now as I need help too, but I'm not entitled to social benefits, and if I am, it's not automatic, and there's much bureaucracy behind it," said Jiří Richter.
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