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Norwegian frigate collides with oil tanker off country's coast


RT
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:42 UTC
KNM Helge Ingstad
© NTB Scanpix/Marit Hommedal via Reuters
The Norwegian Navy frigate "KNM Helge Ingstad" after a collision with a tanker.
A Norwegian Navy frigate returning from a NATO exercise collided with an oil tanker off Norway's coast. Eight people received light injuries in the incident while the warship started slowly sinking.

The early morning collision, which involved the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad and the tanker Sola TS, happened off Norway's western coast near an island chain on which the municipality of Øygarden is located.

Unlike the warship, the tanker, which carries around 625,000 barrels of crude, was mostly undamaged in the incident and no signs of an oil spill were reported. The ship was still ordered to return to port for inspection.

The frigate, which reportedly received a long tear in the hull's starboard side, started to take on water and listed dangerously. A tank of helicopter fuel was damaged and leaked some of its content, local media say. The crew of 137 was ordered to abandon ship, which was moved closer to land to prevent it from capsizing.
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taken to hospital after fall


RT
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:11 UTC
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
© Reuters/Jonathan Ernst (file photo)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the leading liberal-leaning member of the US Supreme Court, has been taken to hospital on Thursday morning. She fell in her office on the previous night.

According to the Supreme Court's Public Information Office, the 85-year-old fractured three ribs on her left side during the fall.

She is being treated at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

The incident, relating to the health of a member of the top court in America, may fuel fears among the blue political camp that the Trump administration would be able to appoint yet another conservative justice and potentially overturn previous decisions on issues like abortion.
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People 2

Border Force finds 11 children inside a refrigerated lorry at UK port


RT
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:06 UTC
UK enforcement
© REUTERS/Richard Pohle/Pool
11 children, some as young as 12 were found inside a refrigerated container on a lorry entering the UK. The group of 21, who are thought to be from Vietnam, were discovered at Newhaven's port in East Sussex, on Thursday.

The group was reportedly discovered following a tip-off from a member of the public, Border Force officers searched the vehicle, finding 21 people who, according to the Home Office, 'presented themselves as Vietnamese.'

11 of them were confirmed to be minors, the remaining 10 adults were interviewed by immigration officers. Two were subsequently deported, the rest - all thought to be in their 20s - will now be under Home Office supervision while their immigration cases progress.

The group was concealed within a shipment of sparkling water that was being transported by a Romanian national, who has been charged with assisting unlawful entry into the UK.

The suspect, named as 29-year-old Andrut Mihai Duma, is being held in custody. He is expected to appear at a hearing at Lewes Crown Court on November 26. The case is being headed by the Immigration Enforcement, a Home Office division responsible for policing human trafficking, among other remits.

The group's discovery follows that of 31 people - including children under the age of five - who were found in the back of a lorry in Portsmouth in September.
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Wedding Rings

Poll finds almost 75% of Republic of Ireland residents want a United Ireland

Kate Hickey
IrishCentral
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:00 UTC
United Ireland poll

The people have spoken! Republic of Ireland poll show people are in favor of a reunification of Ireland and want to plan towards a referendum.
First of its kind tracking poll shows the majority of Republic of Ireland residents are in favor of a United Ireland and there should be an all-island citizens assembly established.

The first survey of its kind the "Unifying Ireland Tracking Poll" commissioned by Fianna Fail Senator Mark Daly showed that 73.4% of residents in the Republic of Ireland would be in favor of unifying the people of Ireland.

The face to face survey was carried out by Brandtactics on behalf of Senator Daly. The anonymous survey conducted in September and October, in the Republic of Ireland provinces of Munster, Leinster, and Connaught with a 500-person sample. What makes it unique is that this is the first of four tracking polls that will be carried out - meaning four of the questions will remain the same while three will vary.

Senator Daly said, "I commissioned Brand Tactics to carry out the polling and we will follow on with tracking polls every 4 months to obtain the views and options of the Irish people on the main aim of the Irish state in our constitution."

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'They were threatening me and my family': Tucker Carlson's home targeted by protesters

Allyson Chiu
The Washington Post
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 05:56 UTC
Tucker Carlson
© Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Politicon
Tucker Carlson speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center in October.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson was at his desk Wednesday evening, less than two hours before his 8 p.m. live show, when he suddenly started receiving multiple text messages.

There was some sort of commotion happening outside his home in Northwest D.C.

"I called my wife," Carlson told The Washington Post in a phone interview. "She had been in the kitchen alone getting ready to go to dinner and she heard pounding on the front door and screaming. ... Someone started throwing himself against the front door and actually cracked the front door."

Comment: The far left continues to escalate things to absurd levels. It's not enough to call people they disagree with politically Nazis and fascists, or even accost them in public, now the new norm is to harass people at their homes. Things are getting really crazy out there!

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75,000 Russian expats spying in London? Their handlers' workload must be a nightmare!

Simon Rite
RT
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:04 UTC
russian dancers
© Getty Images / Sebastian Meyer
Members of the Russian National Dance Show pose backstage at the Russian Winter Festival in Trafalgar Square, January 13, 2007 in London, England
The true scale of the workload facing Russia's foreign intelligence agents has been revealed by a London based think tank, which estimates half of all Russian expats in the British capital are spies or informants.

I'm no mathematician, but that seems like a hell of lot of work to get through. In essence, the report from the right-wing Henry Jackson Society - never one to exaggerate scant evidence to justify its existence - suggests that anywhere up to 75,000 Russians are providing intelligence to around 500 spy runners. The paperwork must be a nightmare and the lunches on expenses a massive drain on the Russian budget.

The Henry Jackson Society has collected quotes from all the usual suspects (in this report they're called Russia-watchers) added in some facts that appear to be dug up from a Google news search, and titled its report 'Putin Sees and Hears It All'. It's the perfect subject for this kind of think tank, because they can say almost anything they want.
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Red Flag

Claims of voter suppression amid broken voting machines and four-hour long lines mar Georgia governor race


RT
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:32 UTC
georgia voting lines
© Reuters / Lawrence Bryant
Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, Stacey Abrams, has refused to concede the race to her Republican opponent Brian Kemp after widespread allegations of voter suppression put a question mark over the results.

Kemp currently holds a small lead over Abrams, but voters in majority black neighborhoods have made numerous complaints about mysteriously broken voting machines, missing power cables and extremely long delays at polling stations, in what many see as an attempt to suppress those likely to vote for Abrams, who is vying to become the first-ever black female governor.

Abrams' campaign claimed there had been an "incredible amount of irregularities" recorded on voting day and said it would wait for the thousands of absentee ballots and mail ballots which have yet to be counted. Things became so hectic at polling stations that a judge decided to order a number of them stay open later than usual. More than 3.9 million people cast their votes on Tuesday, almost 95 percent of Georgia's 2016 presidential turnout, an outstanding result for midterms.
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Antifa surround home of Tucker Carlson, calling him 'racist scumbag' and threaten him - 'We know where you live'


RT
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 12:53 UTC
antifa
© Twitter / @SmashRacismDC
Antifa activists stage a protest in front of Fox News channel host Tucker Carlson in Washington, DC, November 7, 2018
A group of incensed Antifa protesters surrounded the home of FOX News star Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night. They rang the doorbell and chanted, calling the conservative host a "racist scumbag" for his support of the border wall.

Videos showing the small but rowdy group of self-described "anti-racist activists" rallying outside what appears to be the home of the Tucker Carlson Tonight host were posted by the group Smash Racism DC on Wednesday evening.

The protesters brought multiple posters with them, placing one that read "stop racism" by Carlson's door. At one point, a protester ran up to the front porch and knocked on the door.

The crowd, meanwhile, shouted threatening and abusive chants at Carlson: "Tucker Carlson, we will fight! We know where you sleep at night!"
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People

US voters re-elect lawmakers facing criminal indictments & corruption charges, because why not?


RT
Wed, 07 Nov 2018 23:39 UTC
The U.S. Capitol building is seen at sunrise
© Reuters / Jim Bourg
The U.S. Capitol building is seen at sunrise on the day of the U.S. midterm election in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2018.
Embarrassing social media photos could easily sink a congressional campaign, but several lawmakers have shown that you can be charged with corruption and embezzlement and still win re-election.

American voters took partisan politics to a whole new level on Tuesday, after Republican congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins - both of whom face federal indictments for crimes including embezzlement and securities fraud - won re-election. As long as the Democrats don't win, right?
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Mr. Potato

Can anyone take a joke? The death of comedy in the age of outrage

Andrew Doyle
Sp!ked
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:01 UTC
Pete Davidson SNL
Once again senior politicians are taking the time to publicly react to the work of comedians. In a recent edition of Saturday Night Live, regular cast member Pete Davidson made a joke about Dan Crenshaw, a Republican congressional candidate in Texas. Renshaw wears an eye patch due to an injury he sustained during his time as a Navy SEAL, which prompted Davidson to liken his appearance to that of 'a hitman in a porno movie', before adding 'I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or whatever'. In the inevitable Twitterstorm that ensued Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, called on the NBC television network to apologise.

By now the phenomenon has become depressingly predictable: a comedian makes a joke, is denounced on social media, and issues an apology soon after. In this instance, the final step seems less likely to be taken, given that the target of the joke in question is on the political right. Whether the joke is best classified as 'punching up' or 'punching down' is a matter for debate. Some would argue that powerful public figures such as politicians are always fair game, but does this apply when the punchline relates to a war injury?

Comment: It's impossible to have a sense of humor when the slightest offense makes one react in outrage. Political correctness and comedy simply don't mix. This is why the popular trope that "the Left can't meme" is valid - memes are supposed to be funny, not a virtue signal.

left can't meme

Not funny.
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