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Jordan Peterson: YouTube's new father figure

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Professor Jordan Peterson
Self-help guru Jordan B. Peterson teaches today's men to find what they are missing. Like countless men, I recently discovered the online lectures of Jordan B. Peterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto who rose to Internet fame and notoriety in November of 2016. The obscure professor had posted videos to his small YouTube channel voicing opposition to Canada's Bill C-16, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender identity — a concept that can include "misgendering" people by refusing to refer to them by their preferred pronouns. Peterson denounced the postmodernist motivations of the law, whose totalitarian end game, he believed, was to criminalize free speech.

As things are wont to unfold on the Internet, Peterson's videos and media coverage snowballed until he eventually caught the eye — and became a three-hour guest on — popular YouTube channels such as the Rubin Report and the Joe Rogan Experience. Peterson's animated divertissements won instant fans through his particularly engaging mix of topics: free speech and political correctness, the history of totalitarianism, personality traits and psychological well-being, hero's-journey mythology, and the stories of the Old Testament.

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Attention

'Potential terrorist attack': One killed and 10 injured after van ploughs into pedestrians near Muslim center & mosque in north London - UPDATES

Finsbury Park attack
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There are at least 10 people involved in the incident in Finsbury Park, North London
Multiple casualties are reported in London's Finsbury Park, where a vehicle drove into pedestrians, many of whom are believed to be Muslims coming out of the local mosque after prayers. Police have arrested one person and ambulances are on the scene.

London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement that "there are a number of casualties being worked on at the scene" of the apparent attack, which took place at Seven Sisters Road.

A white van ploughed into people outside the Muslim Welfare House, close to the Finsbury Park Mosque. The suspected attacker has been described as a white male, and is seen being arrested in an eyewitness video. Police did not immediately disclose his identity, only revealing that he is 48 years old.


Comment: London Metropolitan Police have confirmed the death of one man at the scene of the attack. Ten people injured in the attack have been transported to hospitals, and another two were provided medical assistance at the scene after suffering "minor injuries," the police said in a statement.

Updates: Videos from the aftermath available here. The driver of the van was taken to the hospital as a precaution, after which he will be taken into custody.
Eyewitness Abdulrahman Saleh Alamoudi, who got the suspect on the ground and held him, told BuzzFeed that the man "was screaming 'I'm gonna kill all Muslims.'"
The witness also said the attacker said "kill me" as he was held to the ground.

Security minister Ben Wallace told Sky News:
"This man was not known to the authorities in the space of extremism or far right extremism and he clearly took advantage of a simple weapon, a vehicle, to make an attack on people going about their business."
The attacker was filmed blowing a kiss and laughing moments after the attack. He was reportedly laughing as he was taken away by police.


The Metropolitan Police are treating the case as a terrorist attack.

Online, the gullible loser ISIS twitter brigade is using the attack to call on more gullible losers to "wake up" to "the war starting now in your own streets".

Update: The terrorist has been named as 47-year-old Darren Osborne, a father-of-four from Cardiff, Wales.


Question

London's Grenfell Tower blaze killed 500 residents: Local resident

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Flames and smoke coming from Grenfell Tower in west London after a fire broke out there on June 14, 2017.
British media have censored the death of hundreds of people who have lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, a local resident has said.

The more than 500 people unaccounted from Grenfell Tower fire are dead, Nadia, whose family name was not given, told Press TV.

London Police Commander Stuart Cundy told reporters on Saturday that 58 people are feared dead in the fire.

According to reports, however, the building was home to about 600 people.

Nadia told Press TV's correspondent in London, Camilia Shambayati, that only 76 out of some 600 people who were living in the building where she grew up, had been accounted for and more than 500 residents were still missing.

Nadia has identified herself on social media as DJ Isla where she has a large following.

"Where are the missing people? Where is the list of the 500, 600 people living in that building," she asked.

"Where is everyone," she further asked, adding, "Little kids are asking: 'Where are my friends?'"

She insisted that the missing residents had all died and the UK media, particularly BBC, had censored the news.

"Everyone has died and no one is telling them," she said, adding that, "the news can't pick it up" referring to the alleged media blackout of the fatalities.
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The charred remains of the Grenfell Tower in Kensington, west London, on June 17, following the June 14 fire at the residential building.
On Wednesday June 14, a massive fire erupted at London's Grenfell Tower.

The building is a 24-story, 67-meter high tower block with 120 separate apartments in North Kensington, west London.

The cause of the fire, where many of the residents were Muslims, is not yet known and the deadly incident is under investigation.

Attention

Does Russia force underage girls to take virginity tests? Western corporate media says 'Yes', reality says 'Nope'

Western anti-russian propaganda

Save all the fragile pale women from Russia
Did you know that Russian doctors are required by law to check the "integrity" of each and every young Russian hymen, and then report any signs of sexual activity to the police?

We didn't know either! Until of course we read this brave report published by the Independent:
Doctors in Russia have reportedly been instructed to perform virginity tests on underage girls.

[...]

[H]ealth minister Vladimir Shuldyakov said doctors must follow the order and "inform police about all cases when virginity was lost as well as about cases of pregnancies and abortions involving girls under 16 years old."

The order instructs doctors to check the "integrity of the hymen" and look for signs of damage.
Where to begin?

Comment: Just when you think the anti-Russian propaganda cannot possibly get any more hysterical...


Sherlock

Paris counter-terrorism unit launch investigation into Champs-Elysees incident - Update: car contained 'number of firearms and explosives'

Car burned
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A burned car is seen on the Champs Elysees avenue after an incident in Paris, France, June 19, 2017.
The Paris prosecutor's counter-terrorism unit has opened an investigation into an incident at the Champs-Elysees Monday in which a man drove a car into a police vehicle.

Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet claimed the suspected attacker was "most probably" dead following the incident.

"It looks like this was a deliberate act," he added.

"The individual is likely dead and was presumed armed," Paris police spokesperson Johanna Primevert told reporters.

In a tweet, the Ministry for the Interior said the suspected attacker was "neutralized" and that the bomb disposal unit was at the scene.

Info

Burnt to ashes: London police release first interior images of Grenfell Tower, 79 people now confirmed dead

Grenfell Tower
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The inside of the Grenfell Tower, London June 16, 2017
London Metropolitan Police say 79 people are confirmed dead in the Grenfell Tower fire. Commander Stuart Cundy said five victims had been formally identified but would not give further details.

The revised death toll comes as images showing the burned-out interior of the London tower block are released.

The video of homes reduced to ash and twisted metal were released by the Metropolitan Police on Sunday


Comment: Huge fire engulfs West London Grenfell Tower apartment block - UPDATES


Heart - Black

Seattle cops kill pregnant, mentally ill mom in front of her 3 kids

Charleena Lyles and kids

Charleena Lyles and children
On Sunday, a pregnant mother's 911 call to police ended tragically after cops showed up to her home and killed her. A community is now mourning the loss of Charleena Lyles whose three children will now grow up without their mom.

Earlier this month, Lyles, 30, called police because she feared her ex-boyfriend may try to harm her. Lyles, who reportedly suffers from mental health issues, was arrested during that call for allegedly arming herself with a pair of scissors. After the arrest, she was released under the condition that she get some help with her mental health issues.

On Sunday, Lyles called the police again — this time, to report an attempted burglary. The officers who responded to the mother's 911 call this time, however, were apparently less accommodating when it came to dealing with a mentally ill woman. When officers saw Lyles, armed with a knife, two of them opened fire and killed her.

Why Lyles had a knife is unclear. However, if she was suffering from delusions, she could have simply feared the police after they showed up. How or why police shot is still unclear, with the department only stating that officers were 'confronted' by a woman with a knife.

Fire

Twelve arson attacks disrupt German railways, police suspect anti-G20 activists

A departure board at the main train station in Dresden, eastern Germany, shows delays in traffic
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A departure board at the main train station in Dresden, eastern Germany, shows delays in traffic on June 19, 2017.
A number of intercity railways in Germany have been hit by simultaneous arson attacks, according to police. Investigators suspect involvement of far-left groups trying to disrupt the upcoming G20 summit.

Cable duct fires of rail signaling equipment affected intercity railways in several Germany's federal states, including Berlin, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saxony, federal police said in a statement.

"According to the first evaluations, it might be a deliberate arson attack. The investigations into this [incident] and motives behind it are ongoing, a politically motivated crime cannot be ruled out," the statement reads.

In all, 12 cases of arson have been reported. Railway connections in several locations - the eastern cities of Leipzig and Dresden, western cities of Cologne and Dortmund, as well as long range intercity lines between Berlin and Prague - has been disrupted, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said in a statement.

Whistle

Man knifes customer after getting the wrong drink at Starbucks

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A trip to Starbucks ended violently on Sunday, after two customers got into argument over a wrong drink order, and one of them was stabbed.

The man who was stabbed was not pursuing criminal charges, but was taken to the hospital after a verbal argument took a sharp turn.

"He was sitting on the curb, and his hand was bandaged up. There was blood everywhere in the foyer," witness Kimberly Anderson said.

Bloodied napkins littered the ground outside the Starbucks on Northwest Highway in northwest suburban Park Ridge.

Starbucks said there was an altercation between two customers Sunday afternoon. It escalated into what witnesses described as a stabbing.

Heart - Black

Israel: Bedouin woman murdered by relatives in 'honor killing'

Hanan al-Bahiri
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Hanan al-Bahiri
Three men have been charged with kidnapping and burning their relative, a 19-year-old divorced woman, in a Bedouin town in southern Israel, according to state prosecutors. The accused reportedly believed the woman would shame the family by dating other men.

Hanan al-Bahiri went missing on May 3 after speaking on the phone to her mother on the way home in the town of Lakiya. Her mother, Dalal al-Bahiri, contacted the police, prompting a search. The woman indicated her suspicion of Hanan's uncle and two other relatives, Haaretz reports.

The victim's uncle, Younis al-Bahiri, 45, his son Muhammad, 25, along with Sager al-Bahiri, 25, were among six family members who were detained three weeks after Hanan al-Bahiri's disappearance.

"The defendants kidnapped the deceased in order to murder her and caused the death of the deceased with premeditation, after they decided to kill her and killed her in cold blood, without any provocation preceding the act," the Southern District's prosecution said in its indictment, as quoted by Haaretz.