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Massive fire engulfs high-rise residential building in Milan

RT
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:52 UTC

A large fire has erupted in a high-rise residential building in Milan, engulfing the whole structure within minutes. The blaze has completely destroyed the facade of the building, footage from the scene shows.

The blaze broke out at the 20-story Torre dei Moro high-rise located in the south of the city on Sunday. The fire started on the top floors of the building, which has 16 stories of furnished apartments with lower floors reserved for business. It's unclear what caused the fire.

The fire quickly spread across the building's facade, covered with supposedly fireproof panels. The inferno sent burning pieces of the facade raining into the street and onto adjacent buildings. The blaze, however, has seemingly not spread into the building's internals, so far affecting it only superficially.

Comment: Just two days ago a fire tore through an apartment building in China, with initial reports claiming that no fatalities were registered: Fire tears through Chinese skyscraper as debris falls onto streets below

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Huge fire and explosion at industrial estate in UK's Leamington Spa

'Ultra-vaxxed' Israel sees huge surge in Covid as 'experts' avoid the only logical conclusion

J.C. Rucker
The Liberty Daily
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC

Israel is one of the most vaccinated nations in the world. 80% of their eligible population is vaccinated, far beyond what was once being touted as a "herd immunity" level necessary for life to return to normal. Despite their success in getting their population to have experimental drugs injected into their bodies, the country is suffering through a huge spike in cases. Tuesday had nearly the highest new case total the nation has seen since the pandemic began.

There have been plenty of reasons given for this. Some point to Israel opening up and letting people take off their masks for a short time. Others say it's normal for there to be occasional spikes following mass vaccinations, ignoring literally every successful vaccine in world history. Then, there are those who are trying to move the goalpost, blaming the Delta Variant for forcing us to accept that the vaccine is more of a deterrent than protection.

One particularly clueless news anchor compared the vaccines to watches, saying "Some watches are waterproof while others are water-resistant." She seemed to feel smart after revealing her analogy.

What you won't hear anyone in government, mainstream media, academia, or Big Tech tell us is the only logical conclusion: The "vaccines" aren't working.

Sirhan Sirhan, man who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, granted parole

The Guardian
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:20 UTC

The man who killed Robert F Kennedy was granted parole on Friday after two of the former attorney general, senator and presidential hopeful's sons spoke in favor of release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars.

The decision was a major victory for Sirhan Sirhan, 77, though it did not assure his release.

The ruling by the two-person panel at Sirhan's 16th parole hearing will be reviewed over 90 days by the California parole board. Then it will be sent to the governor, who will have 30 days to decide whether to grant it, reverse it or modify it.

Douglas Kennedy, a toddler when his father was killed in 1968, said he was moved to tears by Sirhan's remorse and said he should be released if he's not a threat to others. He said:

"I'm overwhelmed just by being able to view Mr Sirhan face-to-face. I think I've lived my life both in fear of him and his name in one way or another. And I am grateful today to see him as a human being worthy of compassion and love."

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CNN publishes 'eerily prophetic' interview with ISIS-K commander - Done BEFORE Kabul 'fell' to Taliban

RT
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 20:06 UTC

CNN's airing of an interview with an ISIS-K commander left observers to wonder how the media outlet gained access to the terrorist leader - and protected his identity - two weeks before his group killed nearly 200 people.

The interview was aired on Saturday, with the "senior ISIS-K commander" telling CNN reporter Clarissa Ward at a hotel in Kabul that the group was "laying low and waiting for its moment to strike." That moment apparently arrived on Thursday, when a blast for which ISIS-K took responsibility killed 170 Afghans and 13 US servicemen outside the Kabul airport. Hundreds more were injured.

Environmentally conscious Amish farmers reject toxic large-scale solar power projects

Stop These Things
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC

The Amish community has already declared war on wind power, now it's solar's turn.

A more devout and God-fearing bunch, you'd be hard to find. Shunning many of the trappings of modern society, the Amish might seem backward to some. However, when it comes to taking on America's rent-seeking wind and solar industries, they're in a league of their own.

Threatened by massive solar projects planned [for] their communities, a group of Amish in upstate New York has said "thanks, but no thanks". Here's why:

Comment: The Amish are the backbone of resistance. We should all take a lesson.

See also: How political lunacy sabotaged South Australia's once reliable and affordable power supply

FBI agent tried to profit financially from knowledge of Michigan governor 'kidnapping' plot, defense lawyers claim

RT
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:43 UTC

An FBI agent who helped 'foil' a plot to abduct Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer may have used his knowledge of the case to lend credibility to his private cyber intelligence company, newly filed court documents allege.

Attorneys for five defendants charged with attempting to kidnap the Democratic governor are seeking information about special agent Jayson Chambers, after a BuzzFeed report claimed that the FBI agent may have published tweets about the undercover operation before it was made public. The foiled kidnapping plot - allegedly hatched in retaliation against Whitmer's Covid-19 measures - was initially used as evidence of the domestic threat posed by right-wing extremism. But the narrative began to fall apart after it was revealed that at least 12 undercover informants played major roles in the scheme, leading to allegations of entrapment.

Comment: It wouldn't be the first time.

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'I was thrown in jail and a mental institution, then deported from Singapore... for not wearing a Covid-19 mask'

Chris Sweeney
RT
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 08:00 UTC

Don't like wearing masks? Neither does Benjamin Glynn. But his refusal to wear one, on account of his failure to accept Singapore's right to make them legally mandatory, saw him treated like a terrorist, as he tells RT.

The return leg of Benjamin Glynn's daily commute turned his life upside down. Violent arrests, a prison sentence and time in a mental institution followed, but he vowed, "I would do it all again, I don't regret anything."

Living in Singapore, the Brit and his partner decided to return home with their two kids, booking flights for May 31. On keen runner Glynn's final day at work, he went for a run with colleagues, followed by a few drinks. On the train home, a passenger videoed him not wearing a Covid mask - contrary to the local rules - and uploaded it to citizen journalism website Stomp.

Twenty-four hours later, the police knocked on his door, demanding he come to the station. Glynn said,

"I was happy to have a chat with them. I just thought it would be a conversation and I could go talk to them on the Monday, but they insisted they had to take me then. I objected to that as it was so late; it was my daughter's fifth birthday. But that's when the nightmare began."

Things turned ugly, and officers used batons which led to an ambulance being called due to Glynn bleeding from his knees, elbows and shoulders.

And it got worse and worse:

Switzerland's vaccination centers could be targeted by terrorists, nation's intel agency warns

RT
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 14:19 UTC

Switzerland's vaccination centers are high on the list of potential terrorist targets, the country's secret service has claimed, adding that it was unaware of any concrete plots that could disrupt inoculation efforts.

Swiss daily NZZ am Sonntag reached out to the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) to ask about how the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan might affect security in the mountainous Central European country - but the response they received pointed to a different threat.

The Taliban's return to power doesn't fundamentally change the security situation in Switzerland, the FIS said. Instead, the main danger comes from jihadists who may try to attack infrastructure and places where there are large crowds - specifically, vaccination centers. A spokesperson for the agency told the paper:

"The targets of attack could also be the Covid-19 vaccination centers as well as vaccine transports and vaccine manufacturers."

Comment: Just how realistic is it ISIS-K will go after a mobile 'vaccination bus' with or without guards? Take a deep, deep breath Switzerland!

Teacher removes American flag from classroom, suggests students pledge allegiance to gay pride flag instead

Paul Sacca
The Blaze
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 19:24 UTC

A California teacher instructed her students to pledge allegiance to a gay pride flag after she removed the American flag from her classroom because it made her uncomfortable, according to a report. The school district has allegedly launched an investigation into the incident.

The alleged teacher was exposed by the massively popular "Libs of TikTok" account on Twitter, which has over 176,000 followers. The page shared an apparent TikTok video of the teacher explaining how she handles the morning announcements in her school, which includes the Pledge of Allegiance.

"I always tell my class, 'Stand if you feel like it, don't stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want, you don't have to say the words,'" the teacher said in the video, which has over 1 million views. "So, my class decided to stand but not say the words. Totally fine."

Scottish teachers 'guilt-tripped' with white privilege tests instead of learning how to teach

Frank Furedi
RT
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:18 UTC

Once upon a time, teacher training was informed by the imperative of helping them to become effective educators of subjects like mathematics, physics and history, but that was back when we thought kids should actually learn stuff.

Today, however, the Scottish government wishes to train teachers to develop the skill of dealing with 'white fragility'. In order for Scottish teachers to be able to deal with this imagined problem, they will be given 'white privilege lessons' by designated experts. According to the 38-page document published by Education Scotland, teachers will be asked to take a 'white privilege test'! Why? Because before teachers can effectively guilt trip their students about their 'whiteness', they need to feel uncomfortable and guilty about their own white privilege.

When teacher training is transformed into a medium for guilt-tripping it is evident that something has seriously gone wrong with Scottish education. This philistine initiative for politicising schooling bears the official imprimatur of the Scottish government, making it clear that the imperative of indoctrination has subordinated education to a second-order role in schools north of Hadrian's Wall.

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Society's Child

Massive fire engulfs high-rise residential building in Milan

'Ultra-vaxxed' Israel sees huge surge in Covid as 'experts' avoid the only logical conclusion

Sirhan Sirhan, man who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, granted parole

CNN publishes 'eerily prophetic' interview with ISIS-K commander - Done BEFORE Kabul 'fell' to Taliban

Environmentally conscious Amish farmers reject toxic large-scale solar power projects

FBI agent tried to profit financially from knowledge of Michigan governor 'kidnapping' plot, defense lawyers claim

'I was thrown in jail and a mental institution, then deported from Singapore... for not wearing a Covid-19 mask'

Switzerland's vaccination centers could be targeted by terrorists, nation's intel agency warns

Teacher removes American flag from classroom, suggests students pledge allegiance to gay pride flag instead

Scottish teachers 'guilt-tripped' with white privilege tests instead of learning how to teach

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