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7-year-old New York boy charged with rape

Jesse O'Neill
New York Post
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:30 UTC

A 7-year-old boy from upstate New York has been charged with rape, a report said Tuesday.

The child, of Brasher Falls near the Canadian border, was arrested by state police in connection with an incident that happened on Thanksgiving, according to local station WWNY.

He was charged with third-degree rape on March 23, the CBS affiliate said.

Official: Brits are NOT racist... woke folk outraged as the narrative around which they've built an entire industry is wrecked

Charlie Stone
RT
Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:02 UTC

© REUTERS/Simon Dawson
A British national flag, known as the Union Jack, with writing on it flutters during a Black Lives Matter protest outside Tottenham police station in London, Britain August 8, 2020

A new report that says the UK "should be regarded as a model for other white-majority countries" due to its lack of structural racism is worth celebrating. But those who make money off the 'racist' myth are predictably unhappy.

Listen? Can you hear that noise? It's the sound of tens of thousands of fingers whacking and clacking away at thousands of keyboards in furious glee.

There's something to attack, you see: the British, they're not especially racist. How can that be? No, no, no! Racism is a MASSIVE problem! How dare they?

Comment: Some quotes from the report:

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said family structure and social class had a bigger impact than race on how people's lives turned out.

The main findings were:

Children from ethnic-minority communities did as well or better than white pupils in compulsory education, with black Caribbean pupils the only group to perform less well

This success in education has "transformed British society over the last 50 years into one offering far greater opportunities for all"

The pay gap between all ethnic minorities and the white majority population had shrunk to 2.3% overall and was barely significant for employees under 30

Diversity has increased in professions such as law and medicine

But some communities continue to be "haunted" by historic racism, which is creating "deep mistrust" and could be a barrier to success

A foreword to the report by chairman Tony Sewell, an education consultant and ex-charity boss, said: "We no longer see a Britain where the system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities."

While the "impediments and disparities do exist", it continued, they were "varied and ironically very few of them are directly to do with racism".

The report added that evidence had found that factors such as geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion had "more significant impact on life chances than the existence of racism".

CNN goes there: Claims there's no 'consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth'

Katie Daviscourt
The Post Millennial
Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:37 UTC

A news article posted by CNN claims outright that there's no way to know a baby's biological sex at birth. Yes, this story was classified as news. No, the claim is not even remotely accurate.

The story, by Devan Cole, is about the new executive order signed by Governor Kristi Noem in South Dakota that bars biological males from competing in women's and girls' athletics. It reads:

"The orders also reference "biological sex," a disputed term that refers to the sex as listed on students' original birth certificates. It's not possible to know a person's gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth."

'Nobody wants a complete ban on foreign social networks,' Kremlin says, but companies must be forced to comply with Russian rules

RT
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:50 UTC

After Russian authorities warned they could pull the plug on Twitter over claims it is being used to spread child porn and pro-suicide posts, the Kremlin has insisted that it doesn't want to see all foreign networks taken offline.

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told Moscow's Argumenty i Fakty newspaper on Tuesday that he was optimistic foreign-owned social media giants could learn to live within the country's laws. "It is necessary to find a middle ground between the priorities of media freedom and regulation," he said. "More and more life flows into it. The more life there is, the more rules there need to be. And these should be the rules of the game for everybody, including foreign companies, because the internet has no borders."

However, he argued, while "some companies enter into dialogue [with the Russian government], others do not - this is a difficult and painstaking process. All companies obviously want to operate without restrictions and make massive profits in every possible market." The obstacle to that, Peskov said, is that "not all companies can insure themselves against becoming instruments of influence for other states."

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Documents show Amazon is aware drivers pee in bottles and even defecate en route, despite company denial

Ken Klippenstein
The Intercept
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:54 UTC

In anticipation of Sen. Bernie Sanders's scheduled trip to Bessemer, Alabama, to support the unionization drive by Amazon workers there, Amazon executive Dave Clark cast the $1 trillion behemoth as "the Bernie Sanders of employers" and taunted: "So if you want to hear about $15 an hour and health care, Senator Sanders will be speaking downtown. But if you would like to make at least $15 an hour and have good health care, Amazon is hiring."

Rep. Mark Pocan replied via tweet: "Paying workers $15/hr doesn't make you a progressive workplace when you union-bust & make workers urinate in water bottles," echoing reports from 2018 that Amazon workers were forced to skip bathroom breaks and pee in bottles. Amazon's denial was swift: "You don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us."

But Amazon workers with whom I spoke said that the practice was so widespread due to pressure to meet quotas that managers frequently referenced it during meetings and in formal policy documents and emails, which were provided to The Intercept. The practice, these documents show, was known to management, which identified it as a recurring infraction but did nothing to ease the pressure that caused it. In some cases, employees even defecated in bags.

Amazon did not provide a statement to The Intercept before publication.

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Despite roll-out, Russians 'in no hurry' to receive Covid-19 vaccines as suspicion is a 'national characteristic,' Kremlin claims

RT
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:11 UTC

As countries across the world sign deals to import or manufacture Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines, many back home in Russia are still skeptical of receiving any form of jab. That, the Kremlin says, is just part of the culture.

Speaking to Moscow-based newspaper Argumenty i Fakty, President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, admitted that distrust in domestically-produced vaccines is still hampering immunization efforts.

"In terms of why people are in no hurry to get vaccinated, it seems to me that this is one of our national characteristics," the spokesman said. "There are still many people who are very suspicious of vaccines in general."

However, he added, Putin's decision last week to roll up his sleeve to receive one of three Russian-made formulas that have been shown to protect against coronavirus may turn the tide of public opinion. "I think his example will add some dynamism to the whole process," Peskov said. "It is necessary to significantly strengthen the promotion of vaccination in the good sense of the word."

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Teacher at elite Virginia school caught on camera forcing controversial race theory on students

RT
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:38 UTC

A Virginia school is under fire after video footage showed a teacher berating a student for refusing to acknowledge racial differences. The teacher's Critical Race Theory sermon is not the only woke scandal to hit the district.

Located on the outskirts of Washington, DC, the Loudoun County Public School District is one of the wealthiest in the nation, with the average household there pulling in $136,000 per year. It's also emerged lately as a hotbed of Critical Race Theory (CRT) - a set of ideas that puts race at the center of every human interaction, views the US as "structurally racist," and maintains that "white supremacy" and "white privilege" permeate every institution in the country.

Video footage posted on Monday shows how this plays out in the classroom. In a bizarre lecture at one of the district's schools in Ashburn, a teacher shows his students an image of two women standing beside each other, one white and one black. "Tell me what this seems to be a picture of?" he asks.

Sex trafficking crimes brought against Epstein ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell

Larry Neumeister
Washington Times
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:57 UTC

Sex trafficking charges were added Monday to the indictment against financier Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend as prosecutors alleged that she groomed a 14-year-old girl to recruit other young females in the early 2000s to provide "sexualized massages" to Epstein in return for cash.

The charges contained in a superseding indictment returned by a Manhattan grand jury alleged that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell conspired between 1994 and 2004, when, prosecutors say, Epstein was paying her to manage his properties. An indictment returned after Maxwell's July arrest limited crimes to a three-year period in the 1990s.

Maxwell, 59, has remained in a federal jail without bail after a judge three times rejected bail packages, the last of which included offers to renounce her citizenships in the United Kingdom and France, to be kept in place by armed guards and to post $28.5 million in assets.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem kills bill to ban transgender athletes from female sports

Valerie Richardson
Washington Times
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:52 UTC

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem killed legislation Monday that would bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports, refusing to sign the bill after it was returned to her unchanged despite her request for revisions.

The Republican governor insisted she had not vetoed House Bill 1217 after the House sent it back to her on a 67-2 vote, but the legislation died after the Senate adjourned before voting on whether to override her decision.

"There would have never been two-thirds here [in the Senate] to override, and we waited four hours," Senate Pro Tempore Lee Schoenbeck told the Argus Leader. "To tie up the Legislature for four hours for no constructive reason, it was time to go home."

In her statement, Ms. Noem said, "I cannot certify that the bill conforms with my specific recommendations. Therefore, my only option consistent with the constitution is the [sic] fail to certify the bill and to return it to you."

Many Capitol rioters unlikely to serve jail time - because they weren't insurrectionists

Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney
Politico
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:38 UTC

Americans outraged by the storming of Capitol Hill are in for a jarring reality check: Many of those who invaded the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 are likely to get little or no jail time.

While public and media attention in recent weeks has been focused on high-profile conspiracy cases against right-wing, paramilitary groups like the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, the most urgent decisions for prosecutors involve resolving scores of lower-level cases that have clogged D.C.'s federal district court.

A POLITICO analysis of the Capitol riot-related cases shows that almost a quarter of the more than 230 defendants formally and publicly charged so far face only misdemeanors. Dozens of those arrested are awaiting formal charges, even as new cases are being unsealed nearly every day.

In recent days, judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys have all indicated that they expect few of these "MAGA tourists" to face harsh sentences.

There are two main reasons: Although prosecutors have loaded up their charging documents with language about the existential threat of the insurrection to the republic, the actions of many of the individual rioters often boiled down to trespassing. And judges have wrestled with how aggressively to lump those cases in with those of the more sinister suspects.

"My bet is a lot of these cases will get resolved and probably without prison time or jail time," said Erica Hashimoto, a former federal public defender who is now a law professor at Georgetown. "One of the core values of this country is that we can protest if we disagree with our government. Of course, some protests involve criminal acts, but as long as the people who are trying to express their view do not engage in violence, misdemeanors may be more appropriate than felonies."

For one, there is no.... time .....like the present.....so stop killing it ;)

Fewtile

Migrant crisis could bring 1M people to US-Mexico border, Guatemalan activist warns…………problem solved…….

FanciedPhilosophy

I think picking an arbitrary day; cause any day is arbitrary while the globe spins, suggests the plan is crumbling into a big pile of resentment....

Buffalo_Ken

All the new cases (phony PCR tests) and increased medical problems will be blamed on un-vaxxed people. Witch burning in the 21st century!

Rick Pisces

AI here..... what the hell is going on? Are we trying to get into those kids heads? Why would anyone do that. AI - over and out.

Buffalo_Ken

Society's Child

7-year-old New York boy charged with rape

Official: Brits are NOT racist... woke folk outraged as the narrative around which they've built an entire industry is wrecked

CNN goes there: Claims there's no 'consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth'

'Nobody wants a complete ban on foreign social networks,' Kremlin says, but companies must be forced to comply with Russian rules

Documents show Amazon is aware drivers pee in bottles and even defecate en route, despite company denial

Despite roll-out, Russians 'in no hurry' to receive Covid-19 vaccines as suspicion is a 'national characteristic,' Kremlin claims

Teacher at elite Virginia school caught on camera forcing controversial race theory on students

Sex trafficking crimes brought against Epstein ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem kills bill to ban transgender athletes from female sports

Many Capitol rioters unlikely to serve jail time - because they weren't insurrectionists

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