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Rare white lion set to be auctioned off, shot by trophy hunters

Dave Burke
The Mirror, UK
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:36 UTC

A rare white lion is set to be auctioned off to be shot by trophy hunters - in spite of a huge worldwide campaign to save him.

The majestic animal, named Mufasa, was confiscated three years ago when he was a cub, along with another baby lion called Soraya.

Animal lovers want to move him to a sanctuary, but authorities in South Africa have instead announced he will be sold at auction.

Because Mufasa is infertile, the only value he would have is to be bought by a hunting company and then shot.

There are said to be less than 300 white lions like Mufasa in the world, with just 13 still living in the wild.

'Nazi-era' song sung by Christian Democrats' youth wing has Germans fuming

RT
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:39 UTC

© Reuters / Hannibal Hanschke
Actors dressed as German Wehrmacht soldiers stand during the shooting of a scene of 'Valkyrie' film.

The Christian Democrats' youth wing was filmed yelling out a song sung by Wehrmacht soldiers in the 1930s, causing quite a stir in Germany and an accusation of getting closer to the far-right.

Over a dozen members of the Junge Union (Young Union), CDU party's youth wing, has been filmed singing the 'Westerwald Song' in a Berlin pub. And the timing could not have been worse. It was the day Germany remembered the victims of the Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, when devastating pogroms against Jews took place across Nazi Germany.

In the video filmed by a local artist, the Union's members are heard singing: "Today we want to march, to try out a new march in the lovely Westerwald."

'Punitive, mean-spirited & often callous': UN shreds legacy of austerity in UK

RT
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:16 UTC

Austerity policies have inflicted "great misery" on the British people, the United Nations poverty envoy has found, following a fact-finding mission in the UK.

Philip Alston, the UN's rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, slammed the "punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous"policies, undertaken as a "political choice" rather than for economic necessity.

The damning 24-page report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next year.

Alston's stunning declaration focused on Britain's rising level of child poverty, the "Orwellian" Universal Credit scheme and the increasing reliance on food banks to feed Britain's hungry.

Comment: As it was in Victorian England (when it was the largest economy on Earth), so it is today. Some people take a really, really long time to learn the basics of human relationships.

Decorated US Navy Seal is under investigation for war crimes in Iraq

Sputnik
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:39 UTC

The Navy SEAL was nominated for the Silver Star - the armed forces' third-highest honour - after returning from his latest tour in Iraq less than a year ago.

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a highly decorated Navy SEAL medic and sniper, is under investigation for committing war crimes in Iraq.

Gallagher served with the elite SEALs for almost 20 years, but is currently being detained and facing severe punishment for indiscriminately shooting at civilians and performing his reenlistment ceremony while posing with the corpse of a teenage Daesh militant who he stabbed to death.

He has been charged with premeditated murder, bringing "discredit upon the armed forces" and obstruction of justice, in addition to several other charges, for which he is likely to be handed a life sentence if found guilty.

Airline asks passengers to cough up money for plane repairs in order to take off

RT
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:02 UTC

A Polish airline has apologized after passengers waiting to take a delayed flight were asked by staff to cough up extra cash in order to help settle a repair bill so their airplane could finally take off.

The unusual extra charge occurred on Poland's flagship carrier, LOT Polish Airlines, before a scheduled return flight to Warsaw from Beijing on November 12.

Issues with the Boeing Dreamliner arose in the Chinese capital during the after-flight checkup, when it was noticed that the aircraft's hydraulic pump had broken down.

Already grounded for 10 hours, passengers were then solicited by a member of the airline staff to help raise cash in order to pay the Boeing repairman, who demanded cash to settle the bill before carrying out the repair.

FYI, saying 'men aren't women' now qualifies as 'hateful speech' on Twitter

RT
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:05 UTC

Twitter's crusade against "hate speech" has vanquished yet another meany face. A prominent Canadian feminist says that the company flagged a tweet she wrote which meekly suggested that men aren't women. Isn't Twitter fun?

Meghan Murphy, editor of Canada's leading feminist news portal, Feminist Current, was recently informed by Twitter that two of her tweets had violated the platform's rules against "hateful conduct."

One of the offending tweets stated that "men aren't women," while the other asked: "How are transwomen not men?"

"This is f*cking bullshit @twitter. I'm not allowed to say that men aren't women or ask questions about the notion of transgenderism at all anymore?" Murphy tweeted. "That a multi billion dollar company is censoring BASIC FACTS and silencing people who ask questions about this dogma is INSANE."

Comment: See also: Feminist poster banned because it could 'offend trans people'

Tucker Carlson: Ocasio-Cortez has 'good point' in criticizing tax breaks for Amazon

Joe Concha
The Hill
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:00 UTC

Tucker Carlson (L) Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(R)

Fox News host Tucker Carlson says Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) "has a very good point" in criticizing Amazon for receiving taxpayer subsidies for its new headquarters, asking, "How does that work?"

Carlson admitted on his prime-time program late Tuesday that while he hated "to admit it," he agreed with Ocasio-Cortez's perspective.

"Jeff Bezos, who is the world's richest man, will receive more than $2 billion in subsidies from you, the taxpayer," he stated. "New Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had this to say: 'Amazon is a billion-dollar company. The idea it will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax rates at a time when a subway is crumbling in our communities need more investment, not less, is extremely concerning to residents here.'"

"I hate to admit it, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a very good point," Carlson continued. "It's hard to argue with the internal logic, the richest man in the world just got $2 billion in taxpayer subsidies. How does that work?"

Family of Palestinian woman murdered by illegal settlers finds no justice, still searching for answers

Yumna Patel
Mondoweiss
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:13 UTC

It all happened within seconds. Aisha al-Rabi, 48, was sitting in the car with her husband Yaqoub, 51, laughing and jesting with their youngest daughter, 8-year-old Rama.

The parents of eight children were on the way home to their village of Bidya, in the northwestern occupied West Bank, after visiting one of their daughters in Hebron on October 12.

Yaqoub and Aisha were excitedly discussing plans for the engagement of one of their daughters in two weeks. The next moment, Aisha was unconscious, blood spilling from her head.

Comment: So long as the illegal settlers serve Israel's goal of absorbing the entirety of Palestine, don't expect to see any sort of justice. The Palestinians are lesser beings in the Zionist view. Justice is a concept that doesn't apply to them.

#BelieveAllWomen fail: Selfie saves man from 99 year prison sentence after his ex-girlfriend falsely accuses him of assault

RT
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:58 UTC

The maniacal obsession with taking selfies is often derided, but on this occasion a single random snap turned out to be a life-saver for a man who faced spending the rest of his life in jail for a crime never committed.

It all unraveled when Texan Cristopher "CJ" Precopia, 21, was accused by his high school ex-girlfriend of breaking into her home in Bell County, assaulting her, carving an "X" onto her chest and cutting her face, ABC reports.

In a handwritten statement to police obtained by the outlet's Austin affiliate KVUE, the woman wrote, "I could hear the slices being made and it stung a lot."

His lawyer, Rick Flores, said Precopia was taken aback when officers from the Temple County Police Department showed up with an arrest warrant in September 2017.

When his client asked them on what grounds they were taking him into custody, the officers responded "something along the lines of, 'Don't act like you don't know what we're talking about," Flores said.

Comment: The accuser should be prosecuted and held liable for Precopia's legal fees. See also:

Russian crime boss dines on caviar and crab while in prison and the Kremlin is outraged

RT
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:51 UTC

Revelations that a brutal Russian gang lord, convicted of organizing murders and extortion, turned his prison cell into a hotel room with cellphone, delicacies and parties, are "outrageous," the presidential press-secretary said.

The photos of Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz, nicknamed 'Zlodey' (the Villain), munching on crab meat, caviar and kebabs, while serving his almost 20-year prison term, have caused a vast public outcry after surfacing online earlier in November.

The criminal also held parties with other inmates and used a mobile phone with internet access, which is strictly forbidden for prisoners.

As one of the bosses of the infamous Tsapok gang, Tsepovyaz was jailed in 2013 for his part in organizing a massacre in Kushchevskaya, southern Russia. In the 2010 incident, a farmer and his guests, 12 people including 4 children, were slaughtered.

"It's an outrageous, disgusting situation," Dmitry Peskov, the president's press secretary said.

Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

.. .. are wheel barrel sales are up too?

Jibrish

I doubt any pureblood would object to the "vaccinated" being masked, but if they (the "vaccinated") still feel unsafe then maybe their problem is...

HashAttack2

I said this would happen...now they are looking to mandate companies with less that 100 employees...shits getting real, people[Link]

Bezel Bub

it's all a lie ! :O

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Society's Child

Rare white lion set to be auctioned off, shot by trophy hunters

'Nazi-era' song sung by Christian Democrats' youth wing has Germans fuming

'Punitive, mean-spirited & often callous': UN shreds legacy of austerity in UK

Decorated US Navy Seal is under investigation for war crimes in Iraq

Airline asks passengers to cough up money for plane repairs in order to take off

FYI, saying 'men aren't women' now qualifies as 'hateful speech' on Twitter

Tucker Carlson: Ocasio-Cortez has 'good point' in criticizing tax breaks for Amazon

Family of Palestinian woman murdered by illegal settlers finds no justice, still searching for answers

#BelieveAllWomen fail: Selfie saves man from 99 year prison sentence after his ex-girlfriend falsely accuses him of assault

Russian crime boss dines on caviar and crab while in prison and the Kremlin is outraged

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