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Best of the Web: Yellow Vests reject Macron's 'rubbish' tax cuts, protest across France for 24th straight week


RT
Sat, 27 Apr 2019 13:46 UTC
yellow vests Strasbourg April 27 2019
© AFP / Patrick HertzogProtesters take part in an anti-government demonstration called by the "Yellow Vest" (gilets jaunes) movement in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 27, 2019.
Unrelenting Yellow Vest activists have marched in Paris and other French cities for the 24th straight weekend, just days after Emmanuel Macron tried to placate the protest movement with promises of lower taxes.

The demonstrators who assembled in Paris, Toulouse and Strasbourg on Saturday appear to signal that despite the French president's recent concessions to the group, the Yellow Vest movement is alive and well.



Oh Thursday, Macron held the first major press conference of his two-year presidency, in which he announced that he wanted to implement "significant" income tax cuts.


Comment: Just think about that; it's the first time in TWO YEARS he has deigned to have a press conference.


Comment: Interesting sidenote about this week's protest in Paris; the police, while still numbering in the thousands, did not violently suppress it (though they did in Strasbourg).

This is likely because the trade unions and Melenchon and his liberal-lefty friends decided to join the Yellow Vest Paris protest this week...

See also: Macron offers Yellow Vests €5bn in tax cuts, asks French to 'work more' in return

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Massive fire strikes Russian missile-producing facility

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:29 UTC
Russian media sources have confirmed a major fire is ongoing at Krasnoyarsk's Machine-Building Plant (also commonly known as " Krasmash") in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, after stunning images and video began appearing on social media Friday.
Krasmash facility
The Krasmash plant is known for producing some of the most advanced missiles in Russia's ballistic arsenal.

Comment: The blaze has been distinguished, according to TASS:
The fire at the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant (Krasmash), producing ballistic missiles and space rocket components, has been put out, the Russian emergencies ministry said on Saturday.

"The blaze was completely extinguished at 04:17 Moscow time," the ministry's press service said.

According to earlier reports, the fire broke out at a warehouse, rented by a local manufacturer of refrigerators, and engulfed the area of about 24,000 square meters. The roof of the building, where about 50,000 refrigerators were stored, has partially collapsed.

The regional branch of the emergencies ministry said no casualties had been reported. An emergency source told TASS that the fire posed no danger to the workshops where the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and Sineva submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) were made.

The Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant, established in 1932, produces rocket and space equipment, including ballistic missiles and base booster modules for the Zenit and Proton carrier rockets.


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Massachusetts judge and court officer charged with helping man evade immigration agent

Alanna Durkin Richer
SF Gate
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:52 UTC
Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph
© Steven Senne, APDistrict Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph departs federal court, Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Boston after facing obstruction of justice charges for allegedly helping a man in the country illegally evade immigration officials as he left her Newton, Mass., courthouse after a hearing in 2018.
A Massachusetts judge was indicted Thursday on charges that she helped a man who was living in the U.S. illegally sneak out a back door of the courthouse to evade a waiting immigration enforcement agent.

Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and former court officer Wesley MacGregor were charged with obstruction of justice based on accusations that they schemed to let the man escape after a hearing last year on charges that included drug possession.

The charges against Joseph and MacGregor were swiftly condemned in a statement from the state's attorney general, who called the case "a radical and politically-motivated attack" on the courts by federal authorities.

Lawyers, judges and advocates have criticized President Donald Trump's administration for stepping up immigration arrests at courthouses, saying it is disrupting the criminal justice system and scaring people away from halls of justice.
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"Vote against parties they oppose the most": 1 in 10 EU voters support populist parties


Deutsch Welle
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 11:16 UTC
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When Europeans head to the polls next month to elect a new Parliament, most will vote based on whom they oppose rather than whom they support, according to a new study. Extremist, populist parties stand to benefit.

Around 10% of voters plan to use their vote in the European Parliament elections to back far-right or right-wing populist parties, according to a study published by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Friday.

Most other EU citizens will use their ballots to thwart parties they oppose rather than support a particular group. The researchers said this type of "negative" voting could benefit political movements on the fringes and make it more difficult to form a majority in Parliament.

Comment: This reflects the indignation the European electorate feel after well over a decade of deteriorating living standards and deceitful politicians: Also check out SOTT radio's:


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New York Times pulls 'anti-semitic' cartoon in response to harsh criticism


RT
Sat, 27 Apr 2019 23:49 UTC
demonstrator wears a skullcap
© Reuters / Fabrizio BenschA demonstrator wears a skullcap in front of a Berlin synagogue
The New York Times has apologized for printing a cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog leading an apparently blind Donald Trump. Israeli media and Twitter observers were outraged.

The cartoon, which ran in the international print edition of Thursday's paper, featured Netanyahu depicted as a guide dog wearing a Star of David on his collar, leading President Trump, wearing the dark glasses and skullcap of a Jewish retiree.

The cartoon was printed on its own with no caption, and was not linked to any of the articles on the same page.


Comment: Once again a strong critique of Trump's seemingly blind allegiance to the belligerent and destructive policies of Israel's government - and Netanyahu's leadership in particular - gets conflated with anti-semitism. Geeze, the NY Times finally gets it right about something important - and they decide to pull it!

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In 'stunning decision', Bayer shareholders dump CEO over disastrous Monsanto purchase

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:57 UTC
Bayer CEO Werner Baumann
Bayer CEO Werner Baumann
Bayer, also known as IG Farben back in the day, survived World War II (which it helped fund for Hitler's war effort while recruiting an army of slave workers), but it may not survive the worst acquisition in its history: the disastrous $63 billion purchase of Monsanto in 2018, which also brought over the infamous carcinogenic weed-killer Roundup, and with it countless lawsuits and legal charges.

old bayer advertisement

Comment: Well, you knew someone's head was gonna roll on Bayer's disastrous Monsanto purchase. There was no way shareholders were going to be cool with the massive lineup of lawsuits in the wings, potentially costing them billions. Quite frankly, it couldn't have happened to a nicer company, and one hopes the damage is going to extend far beyond one fired CEO.

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Best of the Web: Sequence complete? Now gunman opens fire at a San Diego synagogue, on Jewish Sabbath - 1 person dead, 3 injured


NBC News
Sat, 27 Apr 2019 22:26 UTC
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One person died after a 19-year-old man walked into a Chabad synagogue in a San Diego suburb Saturday morning and shot people inside, and the suspect is in custody, the sheriff said.

Three other people were injured in the shooting at Chabad of Poway, which occurred around 11:23 a.m., and those people are hospitalized and stable, San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore said.

"This individual was with an AR-type assault weapon and opened fire on the people inside the synagogue," Gore said.

An off-duty Border Patrol agent in the area fired at the suspect as he fled the Chabad of Poway and struck his car, Gore and San Diego Police Chief David Nislei said at a news conference.

A San Diego police officer en route to the scene saw the suspect's vehicle and "the suspect pulled over, jumped out of his car with his hands up," Nislei said. As the suspect was being placed in custody, police "clearly saw a rifle sitting on the front passenger seat," Nislei said.

Comment: Like in Christchurch, this one's been given a backstory, complete with a manifesto-I-wrote-just-this-morning-and-uploaded-to-social-media-on-my-way-to-the-shooting. The only thing that's different is that they replaced instances of 'Muslims' with 'Jews'.

This is, presumably, the third in their sequence of shoot-em-ups at places of religious worship. First they massacred Muslims during Friday prayers in Christchurch on March 15th; then they massacred Christians on Easter Sunday, and now they've 'rounded out the plot' by targeting Jews on a Saturday.

The two Western attacks, of course, were nothing compared with the Sri Lanka multi-site attacks. Our Dear Leaders, it seems, retain some capacity to 'rein it in' when going on the blitz with 'our own kind'.

In any event, it's full-steam ahead in the Global Manufactured Clash of Civilizations...

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Natalie Portman explains how her veganism relates to women's issues: 'We're exploiting female bodies'

Raechal Shewfelt
Yahoo!
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:01 UTC
Natalie Portman
© Jesse Grant/Getty Images for WE DayNatalie Portman speaks onstage at WE Day California on April 25, 2019, at the Forum in L.A.
Natalie Portman used to think about herself as a vegan and, separately, as someone who advocates for women's rights. Not anymore.

"Only after I became active in women's issues did I realize that my veganism was related to those very issues," Portman told 16,000 students at WE Day California, a celebrity-packed celebration of youth activism Thursday at the Forum in Los Angeles. "Dairy and eggs don't just come from cows and chickens, they come from female cows and female chickens. We're exploiting female bodies and abusing the magic of female animals to create eggs and milk."

Portman, who's been a vegetarian since she was 9 and a vegan for about eight years, continued: "Mothers are separated from children to create milk. Animals are sick and in crowded, prison-like conditions to make dairy and eggs. It doesn't take a lot to draw the line from how we treat animals to how we treat humans."

Comment: This is a clear indication of how simply caring isn't enough. One has to combine that compassion with knowledge, otherwise we get swept up in movements based on lies and our caring becomes misdirected by nefarious players. Ms. Portman would do well to put that Ivy League education to good use and find out the truth about veganism, women's rights and environmental issues. Maybe then she would be inspiring the youth she speaks to to make changes that may actually have a positive impact on the world.

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Former Russian ISIS recruit credits orthodox priest with helping her find 'inner harmony'


RT
Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:18 UTC
Varvara Karaulova
© Ruptly
Former Moscow university student Varvara Karaulova, who has just been released following her conviction for attempting to join ISIS terrorists in Syria, said an Orthodox Christian priest helped her to find inner harmony in jail.

Karaulova was sentenced to four-and-a-half years behind bars by a court in December 2016, but her lawyer secured a parole release earlier in April.

In a brief interview with RT shortly after she left the prison in the city of Vologda, 460km north of Moscow, Karaulova said that her freedom hasn't yet sunk in, and that "it's a lot to grasp" for her. The young woman legally changed her name to Aleksandra Ivanova as her case unfolded, but she now says she can hardly associate herself with the new identity.

Karaulova said that she talked a lot to an Orthodox priest who helped her find "inner harmony" while she was serving her sentence. "Appreciate your loved ones. Appreciate what you have. Even if it seems insignificant, it is significant. But you have to pay a high price to understand this," she said as she fought back back tears.
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Man arrested for allegedly setting church on fire twice

Anthony Rivas
ABC News
Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:14 UTC
Burnt church pews
© April Gamiz/The Morning Call via APBurnt pews following a fire in Bethlehem, Pa., that broke out at Iglesia Pentecostal De Bethlehem Church on April 23, 2019.
Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a suspect in connection to two separate arson fires at the same church earlier this week.

Wilmer J. Ortiz Torres, 43, was arrested Friday and charged with arson, burglary and criminal trespass in the two fires that occurred between Tuesday and Thursday at the Iglesia Pentecostal de Bethlehem, police said in a statement.

The first of the fires erupted on Tuesday just before midnight. Police said that "it appears an individual entered the sanctuary area of the church and intentionally started the fire."

Although the fire had already burned itself out by the time firefighters arrived, heavy smoke could be seen emanating from the building and firefighters had to vent the building to allow the smoke to escape. There were no injuries reported and the damage appeared to be due mostly to smoke, soot and heat.
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