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Openly homophobic, a segregationist, Israel's transportation minister says he works for God

Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:00 UTC

"I work for God", said the newly appointed Israeli Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich upon his appointment last week.

Smotrich made it clear that he does not work for Netnayahu as such, but for God, and for the "people of Israel," codified Hebrew language for "Jews":

I am not the prime minister's man, I am a man of the people, I am a man of the public who sent me, and - I hope I'm not starting an outrage here - I work for God and do what I believe is good for the State of Israel and the people of Israel, according to my worldview.

Smotrich is co-leader of the Union of Right-Wing Parties, the merger which got the Kahanist Jewish Power party elected in April. Subsequently, Netanyahu's failure to assemble a governing coalition led to a vote to dissolve the Knesset in late May, and new elections are set for September 17th.

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Parents of University of Utah student killed after weeks of harassment and complaints to police sue the school

NTD
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:00 UTC

A $56 million lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that the University of Utah failed to protect a student who was killed by an ex-boyfriend she had complained about to police more than 20 times.

Lauren McCluskey's death on October 22 on the Salt Lake City campus occurred because the university refused to respond to numerous reports of stalking, abuse, intimidation and dating violence and other behaviors prohibited under the federal Title IX law, according to the wrongful death suit filed in US District Court.

Jill McCluskey said she and her husband repeatedly asked University President Ruth V. Watkins "to take responsibility and to hold individuals accountable" for their daughter's death, and emailed Watkins in December 2018 offering to form a partnership to address what they saw were safety deficiencies.

"The university has taken no responsibility for Lauren's preventable death," Jill McCluskey told reporters. "No one has been disciplined or held accountable in the campus police or housing. The university must pay a large amount so that they realize it is in their interest to believe women and act with urgency when their female students ask for help," she said, describing the lawsuit as a "last resort."

73-year-old hiker found alive after 1 week in Angeles Nat'l Forest

Nouran Salahieh and Kareen Wyntern
KTLA 5
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 11:37 UTC

Eugene Jo is shown on a flier tweeted by Montrose Search and Rescue on June 24, 2019.

A 73-year-old hiker was found alive Saturday in the wilderness, a week after being reported missing in Angeles National Forest, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

Teams from at least five counties combed through rugged terrain for days, searching for Eugene Jo, who was separated from his group on June 22, on a trail near near Mount Waterman.

Jo was airlifted to Huntington Memorial after his rescue, but did not appear to have sustained any traumatic injuries, the Sheriff's Department said in a news release.

The hiker hadn't eaten in at least five days when he was found by the sheriff's Altadena Mountain Rescue Team at about 11 a.m., authorities said.

Fair comment or racism? Award-winning German feminist artist under fire over 'Islamophobic' cartoons

RT
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:12 UTC

A German feminist artist who has been honored by a journalist group for her caricatures, is now facing a fiery backlash over a series of "racist" and "Islamophobic" cartoons - many of them relentlessly poking fun at Sharia law.

Franziska Becker's works have come under the spotlight after the Female Journalists Association (Journalistinnenbund) awarded her a prize for her "keen-witted and sharp-tongued" depiction of men and women. The group hailed Becker as "one of the most prominent, feminism-oriented successful personalities" - but the praise hit a nerve with some Germans.

Criticism began amassing on social media shortly after news of the award broke. Sibel Schick, a contributor to women's Missy Magazine and TAZ outlet - and, ironically, a self-described pro-choice feminist - was one of the first to post some of Becker's cartoons which she dubbed "anti-Islam and racist."

One caricature depicts a kindergarten where children - girls all wearing headscarves - are seen playing with toy "suicide" trucks or hijacked planes. Others are building a mosque and erecting a minaret.

Huge late-night explosion that has left Kilmarnock, UK residents mystified (Update)

Ross Dunn
Daily Record
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:09 UTC

Kilmarnock residents were woken by a huge explosion in the early hours of this morning.

The mysterious event saw some people from the John Walker estate, just off Western Road, in the town woken from their slumber because the bang was so loud.

Video footage captured by a resident's CCTV shows the night sky lighting up just after 1am.

Many reported hearing a loud bang followed by a bright light.

Some theories suggest that the explosion could have been a power generator or an electrical transformer.

Comment: The Daily Record reports the explosion and flash of light came from a high voltage underground cable fault:

A Scottish Power spokeswoman told the Standard that the incident was the result of a "high voltage underground cable fault."

The spokeswoman added: "Power was restored to properties in less than an hour.

"We apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Japan to resume whale-hunting after 30-year ban, ignores global outcry

RT
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:58 UTC

From today, Japan's whalers are officially permitted to hunt and kill whales following Tokyo's controversial decision to quit an international ban on commercial whaling. The move triggered upset among environmentalists worldwide.

According to a government decision announced last year, Tokyo is leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which placed a ban on commercial hunting of the endangered species back in 1986. The withdrawal came into effect on June 30. This means that, from that day, Japanese whalers will be able to resume the killing of whales for meat. However, Japan will be restricted to hunting the mammals only in its exclusive economic zone and territorial waters.

Construction of border wall panels underway in California

David Aaro
Fox News
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 15:57 UTC

New reinforced panels are being used to strengthen the border wall in the Calexico area of California.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers, announced a new panel installation on an 11-mile section of wall within the Border Patrol's San Diego sector on Thursday.

The new panels will replace the existing secondary barrier with 30-foot tall steel bollards as well as technology improvements, according to the CBP.

CBP says the El Centro and San Diego Sectors have been experiencing high levels of illegal-immigrant traffic. They hope this new addition to the wall will help support the Department of Homeland Security in hindering illegal crossings, and in quelling drug and smuggling activities.

John McAfee hits out at US media's anti-Cuba propaganda: 'Wake up, America'

RT
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:43 UTC

Computer programming giant John McAfee has been out and about shopping for groceries in Cuba and he has something he wants to tell American news consumers about how their media portrays that country.

Mainstream American news outlets have had, pretty much, nothing good to say about Cuba since 1953. Annoyed by this endless stream of negativity, the 73-year-old businessman took to Twitter to correct some inaccuracies he detected in the reporting following a grocery run on Saturday.

Comment: Though John McAfee has an unconventional life so far, he has been a consistent thorn in the side of the US.

43-year-old El Salvador migrant dies in US border custody

Colleen Long
ABC News
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 09:39 UTC

A 43-year-old El Salvadoran man who crossed into the U.S. with his daughter collapsed at a border station and later died at a hospital, officials said Saturday.

The man had been held about a week at the Rio Grande Valley central processing center in McAllen, Texas, according to a law enforcement official. The official said the man, who had health issues, had been medically checked.

The daughter was still in U.S. Border Patrol custody, but officials had requested an expedited transfer to a shelter run by the agency that manages children who cross the border alone, the official said. The official did not know the daughter's age.

The child will be in a shelter until she is released to a sponsor, but that process could take weeks. The official was not authorized to divulge details of an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The_Donald: Reddit censors the Internet's most influential Trump supporters

Ian Miles Cheong
Human Events
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:17 UTC

Reddit has been home to the largest pro-Donald Trump community on the Internet since even before the 2016 election.The_Donald - the name of the group - is now censored, joining the growing list of conservative voices silenced or stifled by Big Tech.

The community hosts over 755,000 subscribers, most of whom are avowed supporters of President Trump.

"They decided that claiming we were threatening cops might get conservatives against us, but at the end of the day it's just political censorship." - The_Donald moderating team

Speaking to Human Events, Shadowman3001 - a self-identified spokesman for The_Donald's moderating team - believes the censorship of the community may be less than coincidental.

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Society's Child

Openly homophobic, a segregationist, Israel's transportation minister says he works for God

Parents of University of Utah student killed after weeks of harassment and complaints to police sue the school

73-year-old hiker found alive after 1 week in Angeles Nat'l Forest

Fair comment or racism? Award-winning German feminist artist under fire over 'Islamophobic' cartoons

Huge late-night explosion that has left Kilmarnock, UK residents mystified (Update)

Japan to resume whale-hunting after 30-year ban, ignores global outcry

Construction of border wall panels underway in California

John McAfee hits out at US media's anti-Cuba propaganda: 'Wake up, America'

43-year-old El Salvador migrant dies in US border custody

The_Donald: Reddit censors the Internet's most influential Trump supporters

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