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South Carolina lawmaker proposes statewide ban on gender reassignment surgery for minors

Matt Margolis
PjMedia
Sat, 30 Nov 2019 08:18 UTC

A South Carolina State Representative has filed legislation that, if it were to pass, would ban gender reassignment surgery and/or treatment for minors. State Rep. Stewart Jones was inspired to take this action by the James Younger case in Texas, where the 7-year-old Texas boy's mother was gonna force him to undergo gender reassignment without the consent of the father, who said the boy doesn't even believe himself to be a girl.

Last month, we reported that Ginny Ehrhart, a Republican state representative in Georgia, wants to make it a felony to perform gender transition surgeries on minors. Since then, others with common sense in different states are following suit.

State Rep. Jones told the Post and Courier gender reassignment surgery has "almost been weaponized, and this is to protect children." Jones' legislation does not seek to ban gender reassignment surgery for legal adults over the age of 18. "For a child, it's a whole different matter," Jones says. "Somebody under 18, they can't buy cigarettes and alcohol, and so they shouldn't be able to have a sex change."

His bill, H. 4716, is designed to prevent kids from being pressured by adults with an agenda into having damaging, irreversible surgery, and punishes doctors who perform gender reassignment medical treatment. Here is what the bill states.

Comment: Amen!

Cyprus appoints investigator in Israeli-owned 'spy van' probe

Tzi Joffre
Jerusalem Post
Sat, 30 Nov 2019 07:17 UTC

According to WiSpear, the van was only in Cyprus for demonstration and field-testing purposes on company-owned devices and with the knowledge of local authorities.

Cyprus police have enlisted the help of an independent criminal investigator in their investigation of a surveillance van owned by an Israeli intelligence veteran, according to the Washington Post.

Tal Dilian, the owner of the "spy-van," spent 24 years in the IDF in an elite combat unit and as chief commander in the technological unit of the IDF's Intelligence Corps and is now a multimillionaire surveillance-tech dealer, according to Forbes. Dilian co-founded Circles, a smartphone surveillance company, in 2010 and earned millions when the company was sold.

After a short hiatus, Dilian founded Intellexa, which aims to provide what Dilian called "the good guys" with the ability to hack and spy on encrypted communications. He wants the right balance to be found with citizens having privacy, but with authorities also still having the ability to spy on them. WiSpear, a Cypriot company that sells long range mission intelligence vehicles, is owned by Dilian as well.

The spy-van, a converted GMC ambulance equipped with millions of dollars of surveillance equipment, can access any phone with a 1-kilometer radius and read their WhatsApp messages, Facebook chats, texts, contacts and more from the phone. The tech in the van can also recognize your face wherever you travel, listen in on your calls, and locate all the phoneσ in an entire country within minutes, according to Dilian, adding that every 15 minutes, he can know where you are.

Comment: Here's the Forbes original article with the video they recorded in Dilian's offices in Cyprus, where Dilian is bragging about the surveillance capabilities of his van, which proves that trying to enter the van in Cyprus as "meteorological equipment" was clearly an act of deception on his part.

An Israeli intelligence veteran turned surveillance dealer steps out of the shadows... and his $9 million hacking van

'Seattle is Dying': Documentary of homelessness and drug problems in the city

Eric Johnson
KOMO News
Thu, 14 Mar 2019 23:00 UTC

Seattle Is Dying. It's a harsh title. Someone on social media even called it a "hopeless" title. I'll admit to you that I wrestled with the name for some time. Too dramatic, I wondered? Too dark? In the end I went with it because I believe it to be true. I believe that Seattle is dying. Rotting from within.

Seattle is Dying

Bordered by beautiful mountain ranges and gleaming waters, Seattle is one of the most desirable spots to live in the United States. According to Seattle is Dying, a documentary produced by the local KOMO news outlet, the appeal of the city is giving way to rampant crime, homelessness and disgrace.

After tackling issues related to homelessness and drug addiction in previous documentaries, the outlet decided to focus on how these elements impact the quality of life for residents and what can be done to curb the tide of despair that has gripped their beloved city.

The scope of the problem is distressing, and its visual evidence can be seen on nearly every corner. Junkyards hiding under overpasses, tents set up on the side of highways, disturbed members of the homeless community shouting obscenities on downtown streets.

Italian police seize guns & explosives, arrest 19 in another raid on 'new Nazi Party' organizers

RT
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 02:35 UTC

© Reuters / Polizia di Stato Handout
Weapons seized in police raids on a far right group that planned to create a new Nazi party, in an unidentified location in Italy, November 28, 2019.

Police raids across Italy have exposed alleged efforts by ultranationalist militants to form a modern-day Nazi Party, making over a dozen arrests and uncovering a cache of military-grade firearms, explosives, and Nazi memorabilia.

The hardline activists sought to create an "openly pro-Nazi, xenophobic, anti-Semitic group" which they would dub the "Italian National Socialist Workers' Party," according to prosecutors based in Sicily, who have led the two-year investigation, codenamed "Black Shadows." Police in 16 towns in Sicily and Italy took part in the probe.

The weapons captured in the raids include military-style and hunting rifles, pistols, knives and even a crossbow. Police did not specify what type of explosives were found.

Comment: Of course they're related. And they're all under the heel of Western intelligence agencies. How else would they get hold of an unused, new French-made air-to-air missile?!

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'Teacher of the Year' arrested in Texas for giving student oral sex twice in the classroom

Chacour Koop
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:15 UTC

A high school teacher in Texas is accused of giving a student oral sex two times in a classroom, media outlets report.

Just last year, the school district named her "Teacher of the Year."

Randi Chaverria, 36, a family and consumer science teacher at Round Rock High School, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of an improper relationship between and educator and a student, KXAN reported. The student told investigators that Chaverria had called him to have sex on several occasions during the fall semester, KXAN reported.

According to an arrest affidavit, she gave the student oral sex two times in a classroom, KVUE reported. Police obtained text messages that support the student's claims, the Austin TV station reported.

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Petrol bombs, gas canisters, chemicals seized by Hong Kong police as PolyU campus standoff ends

RT
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:50 UTC

© Global Look Press/Xinhua
Thousands of petrol bombs were abandoned on the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)

Hong Kong police have completed searches at the Polytechnic University, removing a disturbingly vast arsenal of urban warfare weapons, including firebombs and hazardous liquids, from the recently besieged campus.

Police officers from explosive ordnance teams have secured hundreds of petrol bombs, cans of gas and buckets of chemicals after they cleared the Polytechnic University (PolyU) early on Friday.

The find adds to 3,800 petrol bombs, 921 gas canisters and 588 chemicals, including acid and other corrosive liquids, recovered the previous day, local media report.

Police have also found over 40 damaged cars parked outside the campus; the protesters are believed to have siphoned petrol from them to make Molotov cocktails - a weapon widely used in recent street battles.

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Tough luck, Aussies! Pentagon won't compensate Australia for faulty Boeing fighter jet that went aflame on takeoff

RT
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:35 UTC

The Australian taxpayer will foot the bill for a $85 million (AUS$125 mn) Growler fighter jet that burst into flames on the runway due to an engine fault. The US Navy will not reimburse Australia for the "dud" warplane.

Boeing's engineering woes are not limited to the civilian field. Before design flaws sent two of the Seattle firm's 737 MAX 8 aircraft diving into the ground, before the company was accused of carrying out "shoddy work" on its flagship 787 Dreamliner, and before the fuselage of its upcoming 777X failed critical pressure testing in September, one of Boeing's military aircraft also suffered a dramatic mishap.

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft burst into flames while attempting takeoff during a joint exercise with the US Air Force in Nevada last January. As the plane's pilot gunned it down the runway at full power, a high-pressure compressor inside one of the engines broke into three pieces, which tore the jet to pieces as they exploded out of the engine housing. The airplane came to a halt engulfed in fire and beyond salvage.

Since the crash, the Australian government has tried to claim compensation from the US Navy for the loss of the $85 million plane. The faulty Growler was one of 12 purchased from Washington in 2017.

Ukraine facing $3bn budget revenue shortfall with Russian gas transit contract in limbo

RT
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:12 UTC

Kiev has missed the opportunity to ink a new profitable gas transit deal with Moscow, Ukrainian politician Victor Medvedchuk said on Friday after another day of fruitless talks between Russia, Ukraine and the EU.

With the current agreement set to expire after December 31, "for the moment, there are hardly any mechanisms that could prevent the loss of transit of Russian gas through Ukraine..." he said.

According to the politician, the creation of a "gas consensus" with the participation of Ukraine, Russia and EU operators was the only "beneficial option" for Kiev.

He pointed out that since the Ukrainian side didn't do that, all other results of the talks will be negative for Kiev. "With the termination of gas transit to Europe, we will lose revenue to the state budget in the amount of about $3 billion," he said.

The deal for Russian gas supplies to Ukraine and those transiting to Europe expires at the end of this year. The final signing of a new agreement has to happen before December 13, when European operators finish filing applications for Russian gas supplies. But talks between the sides have stalled.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky are expected to discuss problems regarding the negotiation of a new gas deal when they meet other European leaders in Paris on December 9.

Russia & China complete their first cross-border mega highway bridge

RT
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:06 UTC

The construction of a bridge over the Amur River to link Russia and neighboring China has been completed in the Far East. The historic road is first of its kind between the two states and is set to boost economic ties.

The bridge links the cities Heihe in northern China and Russia's far eastern city of Blagoveshchensk located on the opposite banks of the Amur River, also known as Heilongjiang by the Chinese. The bridge is more than 1km long (0.6 miles) and is a part of key 19.9km (12.4 miles) two-lane highway project.

The ambitious $300-million construction project was started in December 2016 and the two parts of the massive cable-braced bridge were joined together at the end of May. The new milestone was reached on Friday, when local authorities announced the end of the construction works paving the way for the opening, scheduled for April 2020.

"The bridge has a strategic importance for us. It is a very serious perspective for our region," the governor of the Amur Region, Vasily Orlov, said during a special ceremony marking completion of the project.

Hunter Biden suspected of smoking crack in DC strip club's VIP room

Joe Marino, Elizabeth Rosner and Bruce Golding
Page Six
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:49 UTC

Hunter Biden was suspected of smoking crack inside a strip club where he dropped "thousands of dollars" during multiple visits — at the same time he held a seat on the board of a controversial Ukrainian natural gas company, The Post has learned.

The incident, which took place at Archibald's Gentlemen's Club in Washington, DC, late last year, represents the most recent alleged drug use by Biden, 49, who has acknowledged six stints in rehab for alcoholism and addiction that included a crack binge in 2016.

Workers at Archibald's, located about three blocks north of the White House, said Biden was a regular there, with two bartenders and a security worker all instantly recognizing his photo and one worker identifying him by name.

Comment: Hunter Biden is also being sued for paternity by a stripper at a separate club in DC. Apparently he frequented that club around the same time he was dating his brother's widow, with one source saying he was "well known."

Security worker Ranko Petrovic said Biden — the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic front-runner to challenge President Trump next year — would routinely hole up in a VIP room and drink during his visits.

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Society's Child

South Carolina lawmaker proposes statewide ban on gender reassignment surgery for minors

Cyprus appoints investigator in Israeli-owned 'spy van' probe

'Seattle is Dying': Documentary of homelessness and drug problems in the city

Italian police seize guns & explosives, arrest 19 in another raid on 'new Nazi Party' organizers

'Teacher of the Year' arrested in Texas for giving student oral sex twice in the classroom

Petrol bombs, gas canisters, chemicals seized by Hong Kong police as PolyU campus standoff ends

Tough luck, Aussies! Pentagon won't compensate Australia for faulty Boeing fighter jet that went aflame on takeoff

Ukraine facing $3bn budget revenue shortfall with Russian gas transit contract in limbo

Russia & China complete their first cross-border mega highway bridge

Hunter Biden suspected of smoking crack in DC strip club's VIP room

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