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Murdered by an Israeli sniper, Palestinian nurse Razan Al-Najjar is just an afterthought in the Western press

James North
Mondoweiss
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 21:34 UTC

Let's say Hamas fired a rocket that killed a young Israeli nurse while she was tending to the wounded from earlier rockets. Is there any doubt that the mainstream media would cover her death extensively, with photos, and interviews with friends and family?

But when Israeli snipers murdered a 21-year-old Palestinian nurse named Razan Al-Najjar yesterday, the mainstream media was nearly silent. Today's New York Times print edition only includes her as an afterthought, in a report by the usually reliable Rick Gladstone about Israel's latest defeat at the United Nations. Gladstone's article notes only that "A 21-year-old Palestinian health worker was killed. . ." Gladstone's editors could not be bothered to add her name, or to change the passive sentence to report who actually killed her.

By mid-morning in New York, the Times did start to rectify its error. A report went up, datelined KHUZAA, Gaza Strip, that includes basic background about this remarkable young woman, including an interview with her father, Ashram. A photograph shows desperate Gazans trying to carry her body to safety after the Israeli sniper shot her. The report did include a no comment from Israel's military spokesman, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, who is normally voluble when he is inventing violence by Gazans.

Black Stanford student slams Black Lives Matter - 'white liberal in black face'

Sarah Taylor
The Blaze
Thu, 31 May 2018 19:39 UTC

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A Stanford University student makes strong remarks during a College Republicans event on Tuesday. Ebbie Banks tackled the Black Lives Matter movement, which he said he believes is contrary to black family goals.

Ebbie Banks, a black Stanford University student, took the spotlight during a College Republicans event on Tuesday night and railed against the Black Lives Matter movement, calling it "white liberals in black face."

What are the details?

On Thursday, The College Fix reported that Banks, a freshman, made the comments during a "Make Stanford Great Again" event hosted by the College Republicans, and featuring Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens.

During his remarks, Banks tackled the Black Lives Matter movement, which he said he believes is contrary to black family goals.

According to The College Fix, Banks believes that the movement "does not champion the need for strong black families with husbands and fathers as the role models."

During the Q&A portion of the event, Banks stood up and said, "I've been researching Black Lives Matter and I've been understanding the politics and how they are funded by white liberals."

"Recently," he continued, "I've been feeling like [Black Lives Matter is] white liberals in black face. ... It's because the white liberals are all about feminism, LGBT - white liberals don't really care about black people. I realize, white liberals don't really care about me, bro. I'm off the plantation, bro! I'm off the plantation, bro!"

71% of Brits think mass immigration has made their communities more divided

Westmonster
Wed, 30 May 2018 19:28 UTC

The vast majority of people think immigration has made communities more divided - 71% to be precise.

A Demos survey shows just 9% of people think immigration has made the communities where migrants have settled more united.

The numbers are even more stark in areas that have experienced high levels of migration. 78% of Brits in areas that have experienced large-scale migration say that it has made their community more divided.

It's obvious that, for the most part, people are not happy with the current mass migration policy that's been in full force in Britain for a good number of years now.

They feel their communities are more divided and a large number of people feel it's been bad for their area.

The next time a rabid lefty calls you 'far right' for wanting to reduce immigration, tell them that the vast majority of people agree with you.

Comment: It's because they're right. Immigration only works with integration. It's almost as if someone wanted to destroy and divide Western societies.

US reputation is in the crapper: 'It's incredibly expensive to be poor in America' - Redacted Tonight

RT
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:49 UTC

The Redacted Tonight team takes a look at the striking number of poor people - 40 million - living in the United States, despite the country having a reputation as being one of the wealthiest and most successful in the world.

"About 40 million live in poverty, 18.5 million in extreme poverty, and 5.3 million live in Third World conditions of absolute poverty," writes Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, in his new report.

"40 million continue to live in poverty. 40 million people! That's almost like the population of France. That's a lot. Or it's like 7 Irelands!" said the show's host, John F. O'Donnell.

The report says that, despite the US being among the world's most powerful and technologically-advanced nations, its inequality level is higher than in most European states, and that Americans "live shorter and sicker lives compared to those living in all other rich democracies." At the same time, the US is home to over 25 percent of the world's 2,208 billionaires.

Florida couple sues McDonald's for unwanted cheese on their Quarter Pounders

Zlati Meyer
USA Today
Tue, 22 May 2018 18:03 UTC

Any way you slice it, a lawsuit filed against McDonald's is going to get more than a quarter-pound of attention when it comes to pricing policies.

Two McDonald's customers are suing the burger chain, alleging they were forced to pay for cheese they didn't want on their Quarter Pounders and Double Quarter Pounders.

The diners say they have to spend 30 to 90 cents for slices of cheese they don't want and must ask to have excluded from their burger orders, according to documents filed In the lawsuit seeking class-action status in federal court in Florida this month.

Defendants Cynthia Kissner and Leonard Werner say in their suit that they were forced to order the McDonald's Quarter Pounders with cheese - and then had to remove the offending slices. Store and drive-through signs have been changed to omit the cheese-free options.

The lawsuit accuses the Oak Brook, Ill.-based fast-food giant of breaking antitrust laws by creating what's called an "illegal tying arrangement" and says what it's doing is unfair deceptive and misleading.

Disney feels the Bern: Sanders slams CEO's $423mn bonus while staff struggle to make ends meet

RT
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:24 UTC

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders took aim at Disney and ABC News on Twitter, delivering a stinging tweet that took aim at both corporate media self-censorship and Disney's failure to adequately pay workers.

"I have a feeling ABC will not be asking on its nightly news program tonight how Disney can make $9 billion in profits while three-quarters of Disneyland employees can't afford basic living expenses," Sanders wrote on Twitter.

Manchester Muslims demand local don't walk their dogs in public because it is 'impure'

cvikas.com
Thu, 31 May 2018 17:49 UTC

In Manchester, pamphlets have been distribute by a group called Public Purity have demanded that Brits do not take their dogs out in public as dogs are considered impure in the Islamic faith. The groups message is that British citizens must do certain things that may be considered uncomfortable in order to make its Muslim citizens feel more at home.

Why exactly this type of whiny, ultimatum inducing behavior would make citizens of a non-Islamic nation care how its Muslim residents feel is unclear. What is clear, however, is that this type of intrusive behavior from Muslim immigrants helps to explain British citizens unwillingness to remain in the European Union.

University of Memphis first to offer free tuition for spouses, children of fallen soldiers

Zach Crenshaw
Fox 13
Tue, 29 May 2018 09:03 UTC

Next year, the University of Memphis will help cover the tuition of children and spouses of fallen service members.

The U of M is the first college in the country to ensure students who qualify for the Folds of Honor scholarship will not have to pay a dime for their education.

"I'm excited for Memphis to be spearheading something as exciting news," said Celeste Von Ahnen, who lives in Memphis.

The details of the program are not entirely finalized, but a university spokesperson told FOX13 in a statement that, "there will be a possible cap on how many will be admitted and that it is only for Tennessee residents."

'Mom never married, waited for him' - Soviet pilot found in Afghanistan after 30 years may soon return home

RT
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 16:23 UTC

Soviet pilots at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan on January 1, 1989.

A Soviet pilot who went missing in Afghanistan in the 1980s has reportedly been found and may soon return home. His daughter, who never knew her dad, says her mom was hoping for a miracle for 30 years and never married again.

News that a Soviet military pilot, who went missing after his plane was shot down in Afghanistan, is still alive made headlines in Russia on Friday. The chief of the Russian Paratrooper Union, Valery Vostrotin, refrained from naming the aviator for ethical reasons.

The Russian Embassy in Kabul confirmed to RT Russian that a person calling himself a former Soviet pilot was discovered, but said his identity is yet to be established.

Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that the mission pilot was First Lieutenant Sergey Pantelyuk, who didn't return from a combat mission in 1987. Pantelyuk's daughter Larisa told the paper that Sergey's disappearance was a tremendous blow for her mother. "My mom's hair went grey in an instant when she learned that my dad went missing in Afghanistan. She never married again and kept waiting for him."

UK judge says people should dull their kitchen knives in an effort to fight crime

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 16:18 UTC

The United Kingdom, a country known for its strict gun laws, is now battling soaring knife crime rates, and as bans on the utensils have failed, one judge is now suggesting that citizens should be forced to dull their kitchen knives in an effort to help prevent crime.

Luton Crown Court Judge Nic Madge said he fully supports a government ban on knives, according to a report from The Telegraph. The logic he used to argue for new legal restrictions was eerily similar to the talking points used by politicians in the United States who seek stricter gun control laws.

"Why we do need eight-inch or ten-inch kitchen knives with points?" Madge said. "Butchers and fishmongers do, but how often, if at all, does a domestic chef use the point of an eight-inch or ten-inch knife? Rarely, if at all."

The judge acknowledged that the government can only do so much, and while it can ban certain large knives, it is not likely that it will be successful in banning all kitchen knives-and convincing the public to comply. Because of this, he argued that the public should turn their attention to corralling "lethal knives which are potential murder weapons" that can be found in every kitchen.

Comment: See also: Chuck it in the bin: UK police offer 'amnesty' for surrendering knives

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Society's Child

Murdered by an Israeli sniper, Palestinian nurse Razan Al-Najjar is just an afterthought in the Western press

Black Stanford student slams Black Lives Matter - 'white liberal in black face'

71% of Brits think mass immigration has made their communities more divided

US reputation is in the crapper: 'It's incredibly expensive to be poor in America' - Redacted Tonight

Florida couple sues McDonald's for unwanted cheese on their Quarter Pounders

Disney feels the Bern: Sanders slams CEO's $423mn bonus while staff struggle to make ends meet

Manchester Muslims demand local don't walk their dogs in public because it is 'impure'

University of Memphis first to offer free tuition for spouses, children of fallen soldiers

'Mom never married, waited for him' - Soviet pilot found in Afghanistan after 30 years may soon return home

UK judge says people should dull their kitchen knives in an effort to fight crime

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