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Explosion at apartment complex as Paris rocked by another fire


RT
Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:42 UTC
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A powerful explosion was caught on camera during a major blaze which ravaged a multi-story building in the French capital's 19th arrondissement. Authorities have yet to establish the cause of the incident.

The blaze, which erupted somewhere between the first and fifth floors of the eight-story building at the intersection of Macdonald Boulevard and Pierre Mollaret, began around 9pm local time. Witnesses heard at least one violent explosion, which was recorded and has been widely shared on social media.

Around 100 firefighters and multiple firetrucks and ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene in an effort to contain the blaze, which, a fire department spokesman said, spread quickly and engulfed several floors.


Comment: Saturday 12th January: Suspected 'gas leak' triggers explosion in central Paris, reports of injuries

Tuesday 5th February: ANOTHER fire tragedy strikes Paris: 10 dead, 30 injured at residential blaze in 16th Arrondissement

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Ireland: Predator convicted of extreme double-rape attack gets 18 years

Ruaidhrí Giblin
Irish Examiner
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
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A man who broke into his ex-partner's home before subjecting her and her teenage foster daughter to a series of violent rapes described as a "night of horror" has lost an appeal against the severity of his 18-year prison sentence.

The 38-year-old Limerick man, who cannot be named, threatened the child's foster mother with a knife during the seven-and-a-half-hour ordeal which only ended when he fell asleep the next morning.

He pleaded guilty 10 days before his trial was due to commence at the Central Criminal Court to six counts of rape at a house in Co. Limerick on the night of September 10, 2016. He had originally faced 17 counts on the indictment with additional charges of rape, making a threat to kill, assault and false imprisonment.

Comment: And that is why some countries still have the death penalty.

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Teacher slams UK govt bid to make teachers & nurses responsible for fighting knife crime, blames Tory cuts


RT
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:21 UTC
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© Global Look Press / Alex Cavendish
Friends and Families of Knife-crime victims across the UK protested opposite Downing Street in London
A teacher on the BBC's political debate show Question Time gave a Tory minister a severe dressing down, accusing his government of not being "fit for purpose" due to its inability to address the current knife-crime epidemic.

The audience member, who said she had worked in education for 15 years, lashed out at the UK government live on air, with Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Jeremy Wright in the firing line.

Comment: Here's what Jordan Peterson has to say on the topic of knife crime in the UK:


Many on social media are blaming the funding cuts to police and youth services and calling for the PM to resign:


May recently held a "Serious Youth Violence Summit" to pay lip service to address the growing concerns about public safety amid a string of knife attacks throughout London. John Apter, national chair of the Police Federation for England and Wales had this to say following the event:
He said he was "cynically optimistic", but added that the Government should take responsibility for policies that have left public services "stripped to the bone" and police "firefighting" when it comes to dealing with crime.

Mr Apter, who represents rank-and-file officers, said: "Whilst I fully accept we have to look forward, I think the Government and the Prime Minister in particular has to shoulder some of the responsibility for the Government's failed policies. What she's done to policing is unforgivable and she's now seeing the impact of that."

He also described proposals which could make police, along with teachers and nurses, accountable for failing to spot warning signs that youngsters are becoming involved in knife crime as "a bit of an insult".

"We already have that level of accountability and we already highlight if we fear that somebody is going down that path," he said.

"My plea is that this cannot be just a talking shop or a photo opportunity.

"It's got to be something meaningful and credible because the country deserves something to come out of this."


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Liberty leads the people: The fight for a decent life in Gaza

Amjad Ayman Yaghi
Electronic Intifada
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:35 UTC
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© Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency
David vs Goliath: 20-year-old Palestinian A'ed Abu Amro braving IDF sniper-fire on 22 October 2018. He was shot in the leg by an Israeli sniper two weeks later...
The photograph by Mustafa Hassouna that made Aed Abu Amro an instant icon.

When Aed Abu Amro held a Palestinian flag aloft during one of the Great March of Return protests last year on the boundary between Gaza and Israel, the last thought on his mind was that he would become an internet sensation.

But a picture of the shirtless Aed, slingshot and flag in hand and enveloped by the smoke from tear gas, went viral almost instantly.

It sparked comparisons with a painting from the European Romantic period and made him an instant icon of the Palestinian resistance.

The photo was taken on 22 October by Mustafa Hassouna of the Turkish Anadolu press agency. And it so happened that in composition, lighting and motif, the picture closely resembles "Liberty Leading the People," a painting by the French painter Eugène Delacroix.
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Judge halts sales of high-capacity ammo magazines in California

Don Thompson
AP
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 18:49 UTC
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© AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
A federal judge on Friday halted sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines in California, giving state officials a chance to appeal his order last week that allowed their sale for the first time in nearly 20 years.

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez barred further sales until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers whether to reinstate the state's ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets.

But the judge said those who bought the extended magazines since his initial order a week ago may keep them without fear of being prosecuted while the appeal proceeds.

Hundreds of thousands of gun owners may have bought the magazines since Benitez threw out the state's ban last week as infringing on their Second Amendment right to bear arms, said Chuck Michel, an attorney for the National Rifle Association and the California Rifle & Pistol Association who filed the lawsuit that led to the ruling.
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World Congress of families representative: 'Supporting family values is not fascism, it's caring for the future of humanity'


RT
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:08 UTC
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© Reuters / Ilya Naymushin
"Family values are in danger because there are very powerful international lobby groups pushing for gender rights, introduction of same-sex marriage, abortions, euthanasia as well as legalization of drugs and prostitution. We think that this is destructive to the ‘natural family’ and a madness that will bring humanity to destruction."
Standing strong for traditional family values is not fascism, as the mainstream media often insinuates, but merely a concern for the future of humanity, Aleksey Komov, of the World Congress of Families (WCF), has told RT.

Liberal media, spurred on by hate-mongering "watchdogs" like the Southern Poverty Law Center, have lost their collective mind over the 13th WCF meeting that took place in Verona, Italy in late March, labeling the attendees "far-right" and "neo-Nazis" who attack women and roll back the rights of sexual minorities.

Komov, who represents the WCF at the UN and in Russia, dismissed these claims as "complete fake news," arguing that the World Congress of Families was being held simply because "it's important to support the family for any healthy society, so that people can have children and nations can flourish in the future."

Comment: More on the WCF event: Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Family March at World Congress of Families Conference in Verona, Italy

While feminists and the far-left laud the destruction of traditional families in the West, where single motherhood has skyrocketed, with a concurrent increase in childhood poverty, abuse and neglect, Russia has gone in the opposite direction, and is flourishing:

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Huge turnouts across France for 21st straight weekend of Yellow Vest protests


RT
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:29 UTC

Comment: And once again, RT France is pretty much the only network in France accurately reporting on it...


yellow vest protest acte XXI

Acte XXI, 6 April 2019. Month 6...
More than a dozen people have been arrested as Yellow Vest protesters flood the streets of French cities, marking the 21st consecutive week of mass demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron and his government.

Some 21 protesters were arrested in Paris on Saturday morning, local media reported, citing police. Eric Drouet, one of the leaders of the Yellow Vests, was fined 135 euro ($150) for violating public protest laws. The ruling was slammed by his lawyer who said that "if Drouet wants to have a cup of coffee at the Champs-Elysees, he has an absolute right to do so."

Nevertheless, the rallies in the French capital and elsewhere remain largely peaceful. The Yellow Vests are singing songs and holding placards as they march to denounce the policies of Emmanuel Macron and demand his resignation.


Comment: The French police officers' union estimates there were 110,000 protesters this time (throughout France, or just in Paris? We're unsure).

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Twitterati roast sociology professor triggered by "men working" sign

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:56 UTC
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© Caitlyn Collins/Twitter
UPDATE: She deleted the tweet, but the Internet never forgets.

"Thank you for being so brave and harassing the working class"

She thought she was making a stand for feminism, but ended up becoming a total laughingstock.

From the luxury of her air-conditioned vehicle, Washington University in St. Louis assistant professor of sociology Caitlyn Collins was triggered as she passed a road sign that said "men working," tweeting a photo of it next to her own salty face.

Collins demanded to know from the workers whether there were any women on the crew.

"What? Oh. I don't know. I'm just here," responded one of them.

Comment: Progressive hypocrisy is breathtaking, isn't it?

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Family

Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Family March at World Congress of Families Conference in Verona, Italy


The Local, Italy
Sat, 06 Apr 2019 14:08 UTC
world congress families

End-of-conference pro-life march at the World Congress of Families event in Verona, Italy, at the end of March 2019
Several tens of thousands of people have marched in support of the ultra-conservative World Congress of Families on Sunday, on the final day of their conference in northern Italy.


Comment: Not ultra-conservative, just conservative - predominantly Christian, though not exclusively.

Which, relative to the actual ultras on the liberal-left, is still fairly liberal.


Participants in the city of Verona carried pink and blue balloons and placards with slogans such as "Yes to life, not to abortion", an AFP correspondent saw.

Supporters travelled by train and coach from all over Italy to attend the march, which came a day after protesters staged their own demonstration denouncing the organisation's anti-abortion, anti-gay stance.

Before the march started at around midday, those gathered listened to a message from the organisers of the Congress. "The family, fundamental pillar of our society, must be at the centre of government policies," they said in their closing statement.

Comment: A US-founded, Russian-friendly, normal conference addressing concerns of the silent majority, the naturally conservative populations ruled by secular elites. This is the best of the West.

CNN's report on it called it a "conference of hate" and reminded its ultra-liberal audience that it took place in a city that was "home to one of the headquarters of German Intelligence during the Nazi occupation and in the 1970s, a far-right [NATO] terrorist network."

The UK's Independent focused on the negatives by labeling it an "anti-LGBT+ and anti-abortion conference," and suggesting that its real crime was providing a venue for discussing positive solutions to reversing the West's declining birth rates.

Here's a more objective report on the event, from American participant Dr Steve Turley:


And Turley's speech at the conference:




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Mohawked lib brags about yelling, chasing elderly man in MAGA hat out of Starbucks, karma arrives swifty

Tom Tillison
BPR
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:01 UTC
MAGA hat assault
© Facebook
One of the biggest problems with the Trump-hating media spewing its propaganda against President Donald Trump is that there are too many simple-minded folks in the U.S. who actually believe the rubbish.

Rubbish such as the insinuation that if you support secure borders and the rule of law, and don't want migrants by the thousands flowing into the country unchecked, then you hate brown people, which is the media-inspired stigma attached to every red MAGA hat in America.

The latest example of low-information liberals reacting to what they see on MSNBC and CNN was seen in a Palo Alto, Calif., Starbucks, where a woman with an affinity for Mohawks took to Facebook to boast about confronting an elderly man wearing a MAGA hat.

Comment: It's unlikely to dissuade anyone from anything. The left is currently so unhinged that they think it's acceptable behavior to scream at and harass an elderly man in public because he's wearing the wrong kind of hat. And this is just one in a long line of incidents involving people in MAGA hats being harassed. You can't reason with these people and even the publicized consequences of their actions are unlikely to deter others in their tribe from doing the same.

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