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Drone sighting halts departures at London Heathrow Airport

BBC
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:29 UTC

Departures at Heathrow were temporarily stopped after a drone was reported to have been sighted. Flights from the west London airport resumed about an hour after police said a drone had been seen. A Heathrow spokeswoman had said it was a "precautionary measure" to "prevent any threat to operational safety".

It comes after last month's disruption at Gatwick Airport which saw thousands of people stranded when drones were sighted.

The spokeswoman said:

"We continue to work closely with the Met Police to respond to reports of drones at Heathrow. Based on standard operating procedures, working with Air Traffic Control and the Met Police, we have resumed departures out of Heathrow following a short suspension. We continue to monitor this situation and apologise to any passengers that were affected by this disruption."

The Metropolitan Police said they received reports of a drone sighting near Heathrow at about 17:05 GMT.

Comment: Nothing convinces the purchase of anti-drone equipment better than hovering drones over the airports and the liability issues for thousands of people at any given time.
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Beijing school maintenance man attacks primary students with hammer, injures 20

Laurie Chen
South China Morning Post
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:49 UTC

Twenty pupils at a Beijing primary school were wounded on Tuesday in a hammer attack that police said had left three seriously injured, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Police in the Xicheng district of the city said in a statement on Weibo that they had detained a 49-year-old male suspect surnamed Jia, who was a former repair worker at the school.

Jia was a migrant worker from Heilongjiang province whose contract had ended at the start of the year, and police suspect that the attack was motivated by anger at having his employment terminated.

Another former maintenance worker at the school surnamed Liang suggested that the suspect was angry because he had been let go at the end of his probation period.

The attack happened at Xuanwu Normal Experimental Affiliated Number One Primary School just after 11.15am.

Several of the pupils were taken to the intensive care unit of the nearby Xuanwu Hospital following the attack.

Russian Patriarch Kirill warns humans' enslavement by technology will facilitate their control by the 'Antichrist'

The Moscow Times
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 07:01 UTC

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that humans' dependence on modern technology will result in the coming of the Antichrist.

In an interview with Russian state media, Patriarch Kirill explained he does not entirely oppose gadgets, but warned against "falling into slavery" to smartphones.

Patriarch Kirill said that the collection of user data including "location, interests and fears" will make it possible for humans to be controlled by external forces.

"Control from a single point is a harbinger of the coming of the Antichrist," Kirill told the state-run Rossia-1 TV network on Orthodox Christmas Monday.

Comment: Even technology experts would tend to agree that such dependencies have literally hijacked our minds resulting in a devolution of our cognitive, ethical and spiritual functions:

BFMTV journalists cowering in their offices after being chased through streets of Rouen by Yellow Vests

RT
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:00 UTC

Journalists with French TV station BFMTV have opted to cover anti-government demonstrations from the office, after a camera crew was attacked at a rally. The protesters say BFMTV peddles 'fake news'.

On the eighth consecutive weekend of anti-government protests across France, three BFMTV journalists and their security detail were chased through the streets of Rouen, after some protesters took offense to their presence.

One of the attacked journalists told Le Parisien that the crowd turned on the team after a cameraman tried to film a protester's banner. "30 people turned against us," the reporter said. "Threw eggs at us and insulted us. Our security exfiltrated us with difficulty, because some demonstrators barred the road with garbage can

Video footage of the fleeing journalists quickly did the rounds on social media, and other journalists jumped to the embattled team's defense.

Comment: BFMTV has been accused of being a govt mouthpiece and disseminating fake news by Yellow Vest protesters - they can now simply make up their stories from the comfort of their offices with no pretense of 'on-the-scene-coverage': Parisian Yellow Vests take on 'fake news' TV channel for spreading disinfo

Belgium commercial court supports local taxi firms by banning Uber in Brussels

RT
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:41 UTC

The ruling allows only drivers with a Brussels taxi license and a special lamp light on the roof to operate in the Belgian capital.

A Belgian commercial court has supported local taxi firms and said that world-famous Uber services are outlawed in Brussels, according to local media reports citing the court decision.

The court order was issued on December 18 by the Dutch-speaking tribunal of commerce, Belgian news outlets La Libre Belgique and La Derniere Heure said on Thursday. The ruling allows only drivers with a Brussels taxi license and a special lamp light on the roof to operate in the Belgian capital, which hosts headquarters of NATO and EU Commission as well as offices of many other key international organizations.

Each noncompliance may result in a €10,000 ($11,300) fine for the platform, local media said.

The move is aimed to clarify a decision originally made in 2015, which ordered the US-based company to close its low-cost service with unprofessional drivers, Uberpop, in Brussels while the more expensive UberX service remained unaffected. The December order apparently targets all Uber services, however, the French-speaking side is still considering the case.

Neither kosher, nor halal: Belgium outlaws Muslim-Jewish animal slaughter practice

RT
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:44 UTC

A ban on the Muslim and Jewish methods of ritually slaughtering animals has come into force in Belgium. Supporters of the move herald it as a humane development while critics have slammed it as an attack on religious freedom.

The ban brings Belgium in line with European Union regulations that require animals to be stunned, so they can't feel pain, before slaughter. However, Jewish and Muslim religious laws require that animals are conscious when they are killed.

Kosher and Halal methods of slaughter involve the animal being killed with a single cut to the neck which severs critical blood vessels. Advocates claim the animal loses consciousness in seconds and it doesn't suffer during the process.

Comment: The question to ask is: Would one simply cut the throat of a human being if helping them to die, and minimal suffering was the primary concern?

So why then would one do this to other earthlings?

Comment: Good call, Belgium.

Muslims and Jews living there: suck it up, cupcakes.

Birmingham mayor claims Angela Davis lost civil rights award due to 'local Jewish pressure'

Josefin Dolsten
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:33 UTC

© Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Busboys and Poets
Angela Davis speaks onstage at the Busboys and Poets' Peace Ball: Voices of Hope and Resistance at National Museum Of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2017.

The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, said that a civil rights institute withdrew an award for activist Angela Davis due to pressure from the Jewish community.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said in a statement posted on its website over the weekend that it was no longer giving Davis the human rights award.

The group said that "supporters and other concerned individuals and organizations, both inside and outside of our local community, began to make requests that we reconsider our decision" after it nominated the activist in September.

'Make Trudeau a drama teacher again!' Hundreds of yellow vest protesters caravan across Manitoba, Canada

CTV News
Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:37 UTC

Hundreds of yellow vest protesters in Manitoba criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's policies by staging a multi-vehicle caravan that stretched for several kilometres.

Their "Yellow Vest Virden-Brandon vehicle convoy" was made up of trucks, semi-trucks and cars driving along the province's Highway 1, between Virden and Brandon, Man. Organizers say it stretched for nearly 10 kilometres.

Protester Ash Swereda told CTV Winnipeg, "we need some changes."

"We got millions of people that want to work and no work, no future," he said.

Fellow protester Sonny Black said he wanted more federal support for pipelines and jobs in Canada's oil industry.

Black works in the oil and gas sector and said he was worried about, "everything Trudeau is doing to kill it."

Comment: There's more similarity between the Yellow Vests in France and the similar ones popping up in Canada than may first seem apparent: Both groups are protesting against the elite's heavy handed attempts to lay all the austerity measures that result from their fantasy climate change non-issue into the laps of the already-struggling average citizen. Hopefully this will catch on in Canada as much as it has in France - it's time for Canadians to be uncharacteristically fed up!

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American Psychological Association considers 'traditional masculinity' to be 'harmful'

Brianna Heldt
Townhall
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:51 UTC

According to the American Psychological Association (APA), being a traditional man is now considered on par with a mental disorder.

For the first time ever, the APA has issued a set of guidelines for how to approach men and boys, specifically, within a counseling practice. The new APA protocols for mental health professionals working with men and boys--released in August and available to read in their entirety in a document titled APA Guidelines for the Psychological Practice with Boys and Men--were recently summed up on the APA's website by the statement that "research finds that traditional masculinity is, on the whole, harmful."

"The main thrust of the subsequent research is that traditional masculinity - marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression - is, on the whole, harmful," the January article from the APA goes on to read. "Men socialized in this way are less likely to engage in healthy behaviors."

Progressive beliefs about a number of hot-button social justice and political issues such as sexism, patriarchy, and male privilege seem to be behind the new guidelines. More specifically, modern conceptions of gender appear to be driving the organization's updated approach to men.

Comment: So in other words, the social justice radical left has impregnated what's supposed to be an authorative structure based on evidence backed research with their ideology and political agendas. Not that the APA cares, they were all too happy to help out the CIA with their torture program when it suited them.

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Second body found in home of Democratic megadonor Ed Buck in California

Samuel Chamberlain
Fox News
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:04 UTC

A man died early Monday at the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck, his attorney confirmed to Fox News -- 17 months after a male escort died in the same apartment.

Attorney Seymour Amster told Fox News the unidentified victim was a "longtime friend" of Buck and said the two had known each other for 25 years. Amster said the victim "reached out for [Buck's] help" Sunday night and began acting "in a bizarre way" after he arrived at Buck's apartment.

"As far as we're concerned, this is an accidental death," said Amster, who added that police had released the scene and Buck was not under arrest.

Comment: LA cops investigating prominent Democratic donor after gay prostitute found dead at his home

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Society's Child

Drone sighting halts departures at London Heathrow Airport

Beijing school maintenance man attacks primary students with hammer, injures 20

Russian Patriarch Kirill warns humans' enslavement by technology will facilitate their control by the 'Antichrist'

BFMTV journalists cowering in their offices after being chased through streets of Rouen by Yellow Vests

Belgium commercial court supports local taxi firms by banning Uber in Brussels

Neither kosher, nor halal: Belgium outlaws Muslim-Jewish animal slaughter practice

Birmingham mayor claims Angela Davis lost civil rights award due to 'local Jewish pressure'

'Make Trudeau a drama teacher again!' Hundreds of yellow vest protesters caravan across Manitoba, Canada

American Psychological Association considers 'traditional masculinity' to be 'harmful'

Second body found in home of Democratic megadonor Ed Buck in California

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