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Former Uber driver tries to blame 2016 shooting rampage on 'devil' app that 'literally took over mind and body'

Tom Berman and Enjoli Francis
ABC News
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:38 UTC
Jason Dalton
Jason Dalton, who pleaded guilty to murder and assault, got life in prison.

In never-before-seen interrogation tapes, Jason Dalton, the former Uber driver who pleaded guilty to a 2016 shooting spree in the Kalamazoo, Michigan, area that left six dead and two severely wounded, explained in detail how he claimed the ride-sharing app had "guided" him to kill unsuspecting residents.

During the 2016 interrogation, tapes of which ABC News' "20/20" obtained, Dalton told investigators that he'd been working for Uber for less than a week and had noticed something unusual about the mobile app.

"The minute that I logged on, to be honest with you, I don't know what happened," he is heard telling investigators in tapes. "I know you guys are going to have a hard time believing this, but it literally took over (my) mind and body."
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Bullseye

Jussie Smollett taken into custody by Chicago police over allegedly lying about attack

Morgan Winsor and Mark Osborne
ABC News
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:20 UTC
Jussie Smollett
© Invision/AP, FILE
Jussie Smollett attends an "Empire" event in Los Angeles, May 20, 2016.
Jussie Smollett has been charged with felony disorderly conduct.

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was arrested in Chicago early Thursday morning for allegedly filing a false report of a crime, police said.

Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi announced via Twitter early Thursday that Smollett "is under arrest and in custody of detectives."

Smollett turned himself in at 5:15 a.m. local time and made a statement to police before being taken into custody. His lawyers, Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson, were not present at the time but they released the following statement the night before, "Like any other citizen, Mr. Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked. Given these circumstances, we intend to conduct a thorough investigation and to mount an aggressive defense."
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X

The silencing of academics

Joanna Williams
Sp!ked
Wed, 06 Feb 2019 00:01 UTC
Cambridge
© Getty

A toxic culture of sniping and censorship has swamped academic life.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission of England and Wales, along with other higher-education organisations, has published new guidelines designed to enshrine freedom of expression as the default position on campus. There's surely no better illustration of the low regard for free speech on some campuses: the state is having to enforce free speech on students and academics who are desperately defending their right not to be offended. Tragically, this is where we are right now in UK universities. Radical students do not demand freedom of speech in order to criticise the establishment, but instead demand protection from speech.

Since the new guidelines were released we've had students insisting on their right to No Platform feminists like Germaine Greer and Linda Bellos, while their overgrown veneraters in academia and the media blithely insist that free speech is alive and well. Politically motivated head-burying is unhelpful; as Tom Slater has discussed on spiked this week, campus censorship is not a myth.

Comment: Because the current generations have never had to fight for freedom of speech, it seems they don't really know what it is or have any understanding of its value. Freedom of speech means that others have the right to offend you, and you have the right to argue, disagree or ignore them. That so many go the route of trying to shut down voices they disagree with has truly grave implications at all levels of our society.

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Attention

Self-proclaimed white nationalist arrested for planning a 'mass terror attack', the government says

Lynh Bui
Washington Post
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:47 UTC
Christopher Paul Hasson white nationalist
A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist was arrested after federal investigators uncovered a cache of weapons and ammunition in his Maryland home that authorities say he stockpiled to launch a widespread domestic terrorist attack targeting politicians and journalists.

Christopher Paul Hasson called for "focused violence" to "establish a white homeland" and said, "I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth," according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland. Though court documents do not detail a specific planned date for an attack, the government said he had been amassing supplies and weapons since at least 2017, developed a spreadsheet of targets that included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and searched the Internet using phrases such as "best place in dc to see congress people" and "are supreme court justices protected."

"The defendant intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country," the government said in court documents filed this week, arguing that Hasson should stay in jail awaiting trial.
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Propaganda

Lara Logan is right about media bias, but she overlooks a greater threat

John Elliott
Intellectual Takeout
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:01 UTC
Lara Logan
© Chris Corbin,US Air Force
Lara Logan is a world-famous journalist unafraid to venture into hot war zones. She nearly died during the "Arab Spring" in Cairo when a mob of Muslim men sexually assaulted her.

Logan is making headlines again, but for a different reason. In an interview with the Mike Drop podcast, she asserts that the American media is absurdly left wing and supportive of Democrats. She calls it a "disaster for this country," adding that she is likely committing "professional suicide" by giving the interview.


Comment: See: 'I'm Committing Professional Suicide': CBS Star Reporter Admits 'Mostly Liberal' Journalists are Now 'Political Activists'


Logan left CBS News a few months ago and apparently decided to open up. If anyone is qualified to discuss media bias, then it is a veteran of this established television network.

Comment: Logan's candid remarks aren't newsworthy because they're not telling us anything new - the left-leaning bias of legacy media (and social media) is well established at this point. What's interesting about it is that an insider is confirming what the media themselves deny. While the MSM stand behind their supposed integrity as unbiased and objective, Logan calls them out for what they are - political activists. It's refreshing to have the constant media gas-lighting exposed for what it is.

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Star of David

Bizarro world! France threatens to boycott Eurovision over Israeli TV show that predicted French contestant as Muslim, gay...and a terrorist


RT
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:35 UTC
israel eurovision
© Meged Gozani
Mali Levi and Roy Miller in the 2019 Israeli miniseries "Douze Points."
France has reportedly threatened to boycott the Eurovision song contest in protest over an Israeli television series which portrays France's entry in the popular competition as a terrorist.

Set to air in May, the three-part series called Douze Points ('twelve points' in French, the highest score you can receive at Eurovision) is about a French-Algerian Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist posing as a gay man who manages to secure a place in the high-profile international song contest - ostensibly in hopes of carrying out a heinous terrorist attack live on television. The program will air the same week as Eurovision 2019, which is being hosted by Israel.

The fictional Israeli series has apparently rubbed French authorities the wrong way - perhaps because France will be represented this year by Bilal Hassani, a gay Muslim.

Comment: One dark possibility is that Hassani was selected afterwards to fit with a script.

But the show is presumably as its creators claim: a send-up of Israelis' obsession with terror.

Which leaves this a freakishly hilarious coincidence.

When Zionisms collide!

This show has it all: terror, entertainment, LGBT-ness, Muslim migrants... and the Israeli security services, of course, saving the day.

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Quenelle - Golden

The Yellow Vests' bold movement is causing the French ruling class to lose their mind

Le yéti and translated by Le Saker Francophone
The Saker
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC
yellow vests
The explosion of hysteria that struck the ruling class in the aftermath of Act 14 shows that the Yellow vests are scoring decisive points.

Everything, they have tried everything, but none of the scare tactics they used to cast anathema and discredit on their opponents will have worked. The demonization of the Yellow Vests accused in November of being under the influence of the extreme right - failed! The stigmatization of the supposed violence of the bad Yellow vests - failed! The attempt to introduce the venom of the migratory problem on the roundabouts - failed!
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Heart - Black

UK: Maajid Nawaz, LBC radio host, does not 'harbour hate' towards his attacker

Mattha Busby
The Guradian
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC
Maajid Nawaz
© Maajid Nawaz/Twitter
Maajid Nawaz, LBC radio presenter and Quilliam Foundation leader.
Presenter criticises far left and far right after 'racially motivated' attack outside theatre

The LBC radio presenter Maajid Nawaz has said he does not "harbour hate" towards the man who attacked him outside a theatre in central London, as police investigate after reports of a racially aggravated assault.

Nawaz was hit from behind outside the Soho theatre on Monday after 7pm by a white man who the presenter described as "a racist coward", posting a photo of the cut to his forehead caused by a punch with what could have been "a signet ring".

He criticised far-left social media users for politicising his attack by highlighting his centrist views, which they apparently claimed "legitimise rightwing hate". Nawaz is the founder of the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-extremism organisation.

Comment: Maajid Nawaz: Case study of an (ex) status-driven extremist?

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Binoculars

Mexican officials deport 25 MS-13 gang members from migrant caravan in Mexico

Jacqui Heinrich and Travis Fedschun
Fox News
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC
ms-13 members deported
At least 25 people affiliated with the MS-13 gang were deported from Mexico after they were revealed to be concealed within the caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants just across the U.S. border, immigration officials said Tuesday.

The caravan first arrived in Piedras Negras, Mexico, two weeks ago across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, when officials from the Instituto Nacional de Migración identified 10 gang members from Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13.

But after warehouse scuffles with police last week, officials discovered and deported 15 additional MS-13 "agitators," INM Media Deputy Director Aline Juarez told Fox News.

In addition to the gang members, a total of 70 Central American migrants have been deported to their home countries, while about 1,500 have been granted humanitarian visas to move freely within Mexico.
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Star of David

Israel using Palestinian prisoners and children as guinea pigs to test weapons and pharmaceuticals


Middle East Monitor
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:59 UTC
Palestinian activists protest

Palestinian activists take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons
Israeli Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian revealed yesterday that the Israeli occupation authorities issues permits to large pharmaceutical firms to carry out tests on Palestinian and Arab prisoners, Felesteen.ps reported.

The Hebrew University lecturer also revealed that the Israeli military firms are testing weapons on Palestinian children and carry out these tests in the Palestinian neighbourhoods of occupied Jerusalem.

Speaking in Columbia University in New York City, Shalhoub-Kevorkian said that she collected the data while carrying out a research project for the Hebrew University.

"Palestinian spaces are laboratories," she said. "The invention of products and services of state-sponsored security corporations are fueled by long-term curfews and Palestinian oppression by the Israeli army."

Comment: Just when one thinks there is nothing more despicable that the Israeli's could inflict on the Palestinian population, they manage to reach a new level of malevolence.

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