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Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier

Raphael Satter
Reuters
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 06:07 UTC
Oliver Taylor NOT
© Cyabra/Handout via REUTERS
A combination photograph showing an image purporting to be of British student and freelance writer Oliver Taylor (L) and a heat map of the same photograph produced by Tel Aviv-based deepfake detection company Cyabra is seen in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters. The heat map, which was produced using one of Cyabra's algorithms, highlights areas of suspected computer manipulation. The digital inconsistencies were one of several indicators used by experts to determine that Taylor was an online mirage.
Oliver Taylor, a student at England's University of Birmingham, is a twenty-something with brown eyes, light stubble, and a slightly stiff smile.

Online profiles describe him as a coffee lover and politics junkie who was raised in a traditional Jewish home. His half dozen freelance editorials and blog posts reveal an active interest in anti-Semitism and Jewish affairs, with bylines in the Jerusalem Post and the Times of Israel.

The catch? Oliver Taylor seems to be an elaborate fiction.
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NYPD chief of department injured during protest on Brooklyn Bridge

Tina Moore, Julie Marsh
New York Post
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:43 UTC
NYPD chief hurt
© Gabriele Holtermann
NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan bandages his pinky fingers which he injured during a scuffle with protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge today.
NYPD officers were bloodied and battered by anti-cop activists on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday — as Mayor de Blasio continued to exclude cops from his ambitious plan to stem the violence plaguing the city.

Surveillance video shows an unidentified man on the bridge's walkway leaning over a fence and using a cane to whack cops over their heads as they arrested a counter-demonstrator against a "unity" march on the roadway.

Photos posted on the NYPD's Twitter account show the wounded cops with blood streaming from their scalps and over their faces. "The officers sustained serious injuries. This is not peaceful protest, this will not be tolerated," the department wrote.

Chief of Department Terence Monahan — the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer — suffered a broken finger during the clashes on the bridge, sources said.

Video shows Monahan climbing the fence to trade blows with an anti-cop activist during a wild brawl on the walkway between counter-demonstrators and uniformed bicycle cops.

two injured
© NYPD
Other NYPD officers were also injured during the scuffle, including Lt. Richard Mack (right), from NYPD's Strategic Response Group

Comment: The consequences show how wise it was to change the rules of engagement in the middle of a pandemic and a civil protest movement.



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Turkey authorities sign protocol confirming Hagia Sophia be preserved as world heritage site


Sputnik
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:30 UTC
Hagia Sophia
© Reuters/Murad Sezer
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) have signed a protocol confirming that Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, recently converted into a mosque, will be preserved as a global heritage site after the change of status, Culture Minister Mehmet Ersoy said on Thursday. He told reporters:
"There is no need to worry, Hagia Sophia will be guarded as it used to. We sign a protocol, which says it will be preserved as a global heritage site in compliance with international standards. Restoration works in the buildings will be accelerated. Foreign tourists will be able to attend Hagia Sophia free of charge,"
The Diyanet head, Ali Erbas, added that the Turkish government expects an increased flow of visitors to Hagia Sophia.
"Hagia Sophia is a heritage of the entire humanity, it is one of the best historical and cultural sites, and we feel honoured to preserve it. I believe that the number of people coming there both for prayer and for a visit will grow to millions."
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Sane Georgia governor bans mask mandates. Hysterical Savannah mayor complains


RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:15 UTC
face mask
© REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has prohibited cities from forcing residents to wear masks in public, voiding requirements put in place by some local governments. The move led to one mayor hurling incendiary accusations at Kemp.

The ban on mandatory face coverings was part of a new executive order which extended state measures purportedly put in place to fight the spread of coronavirus. Although Kemp has encouraged voluntary mask-wearing, his order made it clear that cities and counties could not coerce people into donning a face covering. The move voids orders adopted by at least 15 local governments across the state, including the city of Savannah, local media reported.

Angered by the order, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson claimed the governor "does not give a damn about us" and was putting lives at risk.

Comment: One sane governor fighting against a group of hysterical politicians who are only concerned with keeping their phony jobs. If only more governors were as courageous as Brian Kemp.

The governor of Tennessee is also staying sane, saying that he is not considering any business closures or a mandated mask order.

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Victims of Germany's child molesting 'experiment' tell RT of their nightmare that lives on: 'We're just a pile of misery'


RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:16 UTC
Child abuse
© Futureceylon.com
Decades ago, they fought for survival every single day - now they have to motivate themselves to live. RT listened to heartbreaking memories of two German men placed in the foster care of a known pedophile by Berlin authorities.

Last month, a damning report by Germany's University of Hildesheim revealed that the Berlin Senate orchestrated a crackpot scheme that saw vulnerable children being placed in the care of known pedophiles for decades.

This was a part of a harrowing "experiment" by controversial sexologist Helmut Kentler, whose perverted teachings claimed that sexual contact with adults does no harm to children. Pedophiles taking care of them would only "emancipate" their "sexuality," as Kentler repeatedly put it in countless books and on TV.

Comment:

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Bizarro Earth

Valuing time, work & Christian principles are 'white people' things? US citizens' taxes fund museum promoting crackpot 'anti-racism' theories

Nebojsa Malic
RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:50 UTC
museum african american history protest BLM
© Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla
People march from The National Museum of African American History and Culture to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to mark the Juneteenth holiday June 19, 2020 in Washington, DC
Nuclear family, rational thinking and planning for the future are just some of the 'white' things whose very existence offends people of color, according to a US government-run museum in Washington. It only gets worse from there.

"Whiteness (and its accepted normality) also exist as everyday microaggressions toward people of color," is not a message one might expect to find on the website of a Smithsonian Institution museum. Yet there it is, part of the topic titled 'Whiteness' in a series called 'Talking About Race', second from the top of the home page of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

There is no way to tell how long it has been up on the site, but it was brought to the public eye on Tuesday by Claremont Institute president Ryan P. Williams, who described it as "divisive propaganda."

Comment: Here is the full summary graphic from the museums exibition. What were once considered marks of good character, and traits necessary to have a liveable society, are now symptoms of 'white supremacy'. The world has gone bonkers. [Click image to enlarge]
whitness characterisistics racism
© NMAAHC


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Quenelle

Playtime's over: Police shut down 'CLAT', Portland protesters' short-lived CHAZ-style 'autonomous zone'


RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:40 UTC
CLAT autonomous zone portland
© Twitter / @R3volutionDaddy ; @SheriffReese
CHAZ-wannabe Chinook Land Autonomous Territory (CLAT)
Portland police have brought a swift and unceremonious end to a newly-created 'autonomous zone' in the city, which was seen by many as an offshoot of a now-defunct protester camp in Seattle.

Protesters camping out at the Chinook Land Autonomous Territory (CLAT) were ordered by law enforcement to leave the area on Thursday morning. Several arrests were made due to non-compliance, according to local media.

Videos and photographs show police and federal officers clearing out the streets around Portland's Lownsdale Square Park, the location of the short-lived 'autonomous' zone. The park sits across the street from the city's federal courthouse, which has been under siege for the past several weeks by demonstrators.
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Bizarro Earth

Portland protesters burn effigy of cop wearing KKK hood after vandal arrested

Mellissa Klein
New York Post
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:25 UTC
Portland protest
Protesters in Portland, Oregon set fires and burned an effigy of a cop wearing a KKK hood after police arrested a vandal at the city's federal courthouse, according to a report.

The unrest erupted after federal officers nabbed a protester who appeared to be writing "RIP Dominique Dunn" on the court building, according to The Oregonian.

The paper estimated there were about 200 demonstrators at the site.

Comment: From the same protest:



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NPC

NY Times has double standards & serves the woke mob? Bari Weiss' shocking resignation letter only states the obvious

Nebojsa Malic
RT
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:25 UTC
bari weiss resignation new york times nyt
© BariWeiss.com/screenshot
Resigning from the New York Times, writer Bari Weiss lamented the degradation of language in service of ideology. Yet for three years, she was all too happy to be the paper's token centrist and demonize anyone to her right.

In the resignation letter she made public on Tuesday, Weiss calls out the US paper of record for being more committed to the political narrative than the truth. Any piece that "does not explicitly promote progressive causes" gets published "only after every line is carefully massaged, negotiated and caveated," she writes. Language itself is "degraded in service to an ever-shifting laundry list of right causes," while some of her colleagues nod along, hoping that would protect them.

The letter was quickly praised by some on the right. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called it "eloquent, profound, incisive — and true," while the president's son Donald Trump Jr. said it exposes the paper's tendency to attack "anyone who breaks from the far-left narrative."

Comment: Further reading on Ms. Weiss, as she slides into irrelavency:

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Bad Guys

Twitter gives thumbs down to replacing toppled UK slave trader statue with figure of BLM protester - UPDATE: Bristol City Council takes it down


RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:11 UTC
BLM statue replace slave trader UK Jenn Reid
© Twitter / @BenBirchallUK
Activists in Bristol, UK have installed a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester where a monument to 17th century slave trader Edward Colston stood before it was destroyed last month. The action drew a mixed response online.

The black resin and steel figure was erected in Bristol by a small team led by artist Marc Quinn at around 5am local time, the Guardian reported. It is said they worked as quickly as possible fearing that officials could arrive to stop them.

The sculpture is a re-creation of a photo of Black Live Matter protester Jen Reid standing on an empty pedestal with her fist raised shortly after the statue of Colston was toppled last month.

Comment: Bristol City Council was not impressed with the DIY memorial, who had it removed:
A black resin and steel statue, erected secretly in the dark of night where the figure of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston once stood in Bristol, has been removed by the city council after just one day.

Despite the artist claiming it would be "extremely difficult to move," council contractors removed the Reid statue at roughly 5:20am local time on Thursday morning.

The removal of the over 100-year-old statue of the wealthy merchant, politician, and slave owner Colston came amid a groundswell of anti-racism protests across the world in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

However, the replacement statue itself caused controversy and generated heated debate online, with many Bristolians praising the gesture, but others decrying how disrespectful it was.



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