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Hungary declares LGBT+ activists will be barred from schools as EU opens inquiry into law restricting promotion of homosexuality

RT
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:34 UTC

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People gather in front of a huge rainbow balloon put up by members of Amnesty International and Hatter, an NGO promoting LGBT rights, at Hungary's parliament in Budapest, Hungary, July 8, 2021.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared on Thursday that his country would bar LGBT+ activists from schools under a new law restricting promotion of homosexuality, despite pressure from the EU to rescind the legislation.

In a post shared on his official Facebook page, Orban responded to the European Commission's decision to open an inquiry into the country over the legislation that prohibits the promotion of homosexuality within schools.

"The European Parliament and the European Commission want that we let LGBTQ activists and organisations into the kindergartens and schools. Hungary does not want that," Orban said, standing by the legislation.

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'Won't go back into the building': Reporters who 'SURVIVED' Capitol riot mocked as Vice says they're still struggling with trauma

RT
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 21:55 UTC

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Shane Jason Woods (center in black coat) is one of four alleged Capitol rioters who have been charged with crimes involving the press, such as destroying camera equipment.

The Capitol Hill press corps found little sympathy on social media after Vice News posted an article saying that some journalists remain so traumatized by the January 6 riot that they're undergoing therapy and struggling to sleep.

In fact, Tuesday's Vice article said, some of the reporters who "survived" the riot still won't even go back into the Capitol to do their jobs, despite the fact they continue to cover Congress. "One longtime Capitol Hill reporter opted for early retirement shortly after living through the riot," the media outlet said.

Bloomberg News reporter Erik Wasson told Vice that he's suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and he fears that such an incident will happen again. "It feels like one of those horror movies, like the end of 'Jaws,'" he said. "Everything feels copacetic on the beach, but you wonder if there's anything out there."

Comment: Reporters definitely used to be made of sterner stuff than this. Whether they've bought into the hype about the events of January 6th, or are simply basking in the glory of being a "survivor," their response is disingenuous. Things may have been a little hairy at times during the event, but this was hardly on the ground war reporting. If grandmas snapping selfies and people walking unimpeded into a building causes "trauma," you're probably in the wrong business.

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Vienna terror attack: Police search suspects' homes in Germany

Deutsche Welle
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:29 UTC

The homes of two alleged accomplices were searched in Germany

German police announced Wednesday they raided the homes of two alleged accomplices of the November 2020 terror attack in Vienna that left four dead and more than 20 injured.

The German Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe said the two accused, Blinor S., a national of Kosovo, and Drilon G., a German national, are believed to have had advanced knowledge of the attack and failed to report that such an attack was imminent.

The raids were carried out in their homes in Osnabrück and Kassel.

Before Kujtim Fejzulai, a dual citizen of Austria and North Macedonia, was killed by police following the attack, the two alleged accomplices visited him for several days in July 2020. Shortly before their visit, Fejzulai acquired the weapon he used in the attack.

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Chicago officer, two Federal Agents injured in shooting near police station

Zachary Evans
National Review Online
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 07:37 UTC

A Chicago police officer and two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents were shot on Wednesday morning amid a rise in shootings in the city.

Chicago Police superintendent David Brown told reporters at a press conference that the officer and two agents were working an undercover operation. The three were traveling in the same unmarked car and were shot while attempting to merge onto a freeway near the 22nd Chicago Police District headquarters.

"One of the ATF agents was hit in the hand, another was hit in the side/torso area, and our Chicago police officer [was] hit in the back of the head" in a "graze wound," Brown said.

All three officers were hospitalized in stable condition, and none have life-threatening injuries.

Brown noted that the Chicago officer is the 36th member of Chicago police to be shot so far this year. Brown could not reveal whether police believed there to be one or multiple suspects, but said they were not in custody at this point.

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Huge fire and blast on container ship rocks Dubai's Jebel Ali port

RT
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 20:29 UTC

A huge fireball has been seen rising over a port in Dubai as the UAE's largest city was rocked by a major blast. The blaze broke out within a container stored on a ship anchored in the Jebel Ali port, the city government has said.

Local residents reported hearing a loud bang across the city late on Wednesday, with some eyewitnesses posting footage and photos of the blaze in the distance. It's not clear what caused the incident.

Opinion: What is Trump to Us?

Angelo Codevilla
American Greatness
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

To be worthy of following, post-Trump leadership must become consistent in deed with the insight that vaulted Donald Trump to public attention.

Donald Trump became the political vehicle for the American people's resentment of an overweening, corrupt ruling class. Trump's invaluable contribution to the Republic was to lead Americans publicly to disrespect that class.

Americans elected Trump to preserve freedoms and prosperity against the encroachments of that class. But instead, he became the catalyst by which that class cohered to transform the American Republic into an oligarchy.

During Trump's presidency, more wealth passed from ordinary Americans to oligarchs, and more freedoms were lost than anyone imagined possible. As we consider how to remedy these losses, Trump's fateful combination of things said and unsaid, of things done and not done, must be part of our search for the persons and policies most likely to lead republican Americans out of our quandary.

UK schools are 'overtly' politicising sex & gender issues - British education watchdog warns

RT
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:46 UTC

British education watchdog Ofsted has warned that schools are using "overtly political materials" to instruct students on sex, sexual orientation and gender reassignment due to "increasing political sensitivities" in these areas.

Recent research by Ofsted into how gender issues are taught in schools found that staff sometimes "inadvertently" include political material in their classes.

Summarising the findings, Ofsted corporate strategy director Chris Jones identified one such instance in which schools and parents did not "see eye-to-eye" on the "content and age-appropriateness" of materials used to teach primary school children about same-sex relationships.

Comment: Laws suddenly being rolled out across Europe may make it increasingly difficult for schools to resist the warped ideological propaganda:

Twitter bemoans 'snowflake generation' after UK regulator re-rates 'violent', 'discriminatory' films such as Rocky and Flash Gordon

RT
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:38 UTC

Classics films including Star Wars, Rocky and Flash Gordon have had their content advisory ratings ratcheted up by Britain's film-screening board, in what has been described as a victory for 'woke' culture.

In a newly-released report outlining its activities during 2020, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) explained why it issued new ratings for popular titles such as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Rocky, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring and Flash Gordon.

The organisation reclassified several fan favourites from Parental Guidance (PG) to 12A, meaning no child under the age of 12 should watch without adult supervision. Films with PG ratings are considered appropriate for children around eight and up.

For example, the iconic 1976 boxing drama Rocky was initially given a PG rating, but its 2020 theatrical re-release was slapped with a 12A label for "moderate violence, mouthed strong language and domestic abuse."

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was similarly "reclassified upwards" to 12A for moderate fantasy violence, bringing it in line with the other two films in the trilogy.

Comment: Welcome to movie jail. Personal tolerance and opinions? What are those?

Cuomo unveils 7-point plan to combat 'disaster emergency' of gun violence

Bernadette Hogan, Bruce Goldingr
New York Post
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:39 UTC

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday declared a state of "disaster emergency" over gun violence across New York — and announced $138 million in new spending to try to stop the surge in shootings.

Speaking at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, Cuomo said:

"Gun violence and crime should be the top priority for every mayor in this state because every city has been affected by it. It's a matter of saving lives — and New York's future depends on it. People are not coming back to this city — they are not coming back to any city — until they know it's safe."

Cuomo made no mention of hiring more cops, although he said he wanted to "rebuild the police-community relationship."

Comment: How is this guy still in office? A leader in saving lives? That's a joke, right?

Estonian consul in St. Petersburg detained after being 'caught red-handed' by FSB 'receiving classified secret documents'

RT
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:05 UTC

Russia's FSB security agency announced on Tuesday that it had detained Estonia's top diplomat in the country's second city, St. Petersburg. Consul Mart Laette is accused of receiving "classified materials" from a Russian citizen.

In a statement issued through the agency's press service, officials said that Laette has been taken into custody after being "caught red-handed while receiving materials of a classified nature from a Russian citizen."

The FSB stated that such activities

"are incompatible with the status of a diplomatic representative and are clearly hostile in nature towards the Russian Federation. Measures will be applied to the foreign envoy in accordance with the norms of international law."

However, responding to the allegations, Estonian government officials said that the detention was "a set up" and the charges against Laette were "groundless."

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Demore

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Society's Child

Hungary declares LGBT+ activists will be barred from schools as EU opens inquiry into law restricting promotion of homosexuality

'Won't go back into the building': Reporters who 'SURVIVED' Capitol riot mocked as Vice says they're still struggling with trauma

Vienna terror attack: Police search suspects' homes in Germany

Chicago officer, two Federal Agents injured in shooting near police station

Huge fire and blast on container ship rocks Dubai's Jebel Ali port

Opinion: What is Trump to Us?

UK schools are 'overtly' politicising sex & gender issues - British education watchdog warns

Twitter bemoans 'snowflake generation' after UK regulator re-rates 'violent', 'discriminatory' films such as Rocky and Flash Gordon

Cuomo unveils 7-point plan to combat 'disaster emergency' of gun violence

Estonian consul in St. Petersburg detained after being 'caught red-handed' by FSB 'receiving classified secret documents'

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