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Europe's largest Buddha statue unveiled in Russia


RT
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:15 UTC
Buddha
© Instagram / @dargyeling_lagan_khurul
The largest Buddha statue in Europe, sitting at a whopping 12.5 meters high, has been unveiled in Kalmykia, western Russia.

The 'Golden Abode of the Buddha-Shakyamuni' weighs 30 tons and is the largest statue of the Maitreya Buddha (Buddha of the Coming) in Europe, according to TASS.
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Brick Wall

Busted! Syrian refugees try to sneak into Greece masquerading as Ukrainian volleyball team


RT
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:39 UTC
syrian refugees fake ukraine volley ball team
© Hellenic Police / astynomia.gr
Greek police have caught a group of migrants from Syria attempting to fool migration control by posing as a volleyball team from Ukraine.

Ten Syrian refugees were arrested at Athens International Airport over the weekend, police said. In an attempt to fool migration control, they all dressed in identical uniforms, brought a number of similar sports bags, and two volleyball balls.
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Arrow Up

Chick-fil-A sales have more than doubled since LGBT boycott began


RT
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:35 UTC
Chick-Fil-A
© AFP / Andrew RenneisenThe exterior of Chick-Fil-A in New York City
The third largest US fast food restaurant chain, Chick-fil-A, has more than doubled its annual sales since the company was boycotted by gay rights activists for donating to organizations that opposed same-sex marriage in 2012.

In 2018, the chain had $10.5 billion in total sales, which amounts to a 16.7% increase in a year, according to the Journal & Courier outlet. It makes the increase in Chick-fil-A's annual sales bigger than that of Starbucks, which is America's second largest restaurant chain behind McDonald's.

The exponential growth of Chick-fil-A's profits and the chain's expansion, by nearly 700 restaurants, remained unhindered despite the company facing a massive backlash in 2012 when sales totaled $4.6 billion. Back then CEO Dan T. Cathy, the son of founder and devout Baptist S. Truett Cathy, said that he supported traditional families.

Earlier, the firm found itself in hot water after supporting Christian organizations, including those that opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage and promoted gay conversion therapy.
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Green Light

DC climate change protesters disrupt morning commute by blocking key intersections

Will Vitka
WTOP
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:48 UTC
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© Twitter/Unicorn RiotPeople chained themselves to ladders at Massachusetts Avenue at 18th Street as part of the climate protests Sept. 23, 2019.
D.C. police arrested at least 26 climate protesters who used a sailboat, vans, cars and sit-ins Monday to block key intersections around the District.

Chances are likely that, if you're driving, you're going to see some kind of delay.

"If you're coming in anywhere near the National Mall, you're going to be impacted by this," NBC4's Adam Tuss told WTOP.

Drivers heading into D.C. from Virginia have been hit the hardest.

Protesters are blocking or impeding traffic at 14th and C streets SW, 16th and I streets, 18th and Massachusetts Avenue and the 700 Block of New Jersey Avenue. New York Avenue remains blocked at North Capitol Street, Florida Avenue and 4th Street.

Comment: Such a great way to win people over to your (false) cause -- tick them off and make them late for work.

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Children as young as six are to be given compulsory self-touching lessons that critics say are sexualising youngsters

Sanchez Manning and Mark Hookham
Daily Mail
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:54 UTC
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© Shutterstock/Morenko AndreyChildren as young as six are being taught about touching or ‘stimulating’ their own genitals in lesson that are part of a controversial new sex and relationships teaching programme called All About Me (stock image)
Children as young as six are being taught about touching or 'stimulating' their own genitals as part of classes that will become compulsory in hundreds of primary schools.

Some parents believe the lessons - part of a controversial new sex and relationships teaching programme called All About Me - are 'sexualising' their young children.

One couple told last night how they were so disturbed they withdrew their sons from lessons at a school where the programme is already being taught.

All About Me is being rolled out across 241 primaries by Warwickshire County Council and could be adopted by other local authorities next year as part of the Government's overhaul of Relationship and Sex Education (RSE).

Family campaigners and religious groups warned that vague guidelines issued by the Department for Education meant schools could soon be providing sexual material to young children that many parents would consider inappropriate.

Comment: A disturbing over-reach of government and school authority. Six-year-olds do not need this information. They should be taught how to be a good person, not the best ways and places to touch themselves. This 'All About Me' program, which is an odd name for a children's sex education program, sounds like a bad Cosmo magazine article about masturbation geared towards children and is likely to only make life more difficult for everyone involved.

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'The One Where They Commit War Crimes': IDF tweet celebrating Friends sitcom's 25th anniversary spectacularly backfires


RT
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 22:57 UTC
IDF friends
© Twitter / IDF
The Israel Defense Forces tweeted out a video recreating the title sequence of Friends on the sitcom's 25th anniversary. Judging from social media reactions, even the IDF's friends thought it was in bad taste.

The video posted on the IDF's official English language account shows a group of young soldiers in front of a fountain with the title 'IDFriends'.

"Our soldiers couldn't think of a better way to celebrate #Friends25 than celebrating... with friends," the tweet read.

Whoever is running the Twitter account has surely failed in the art of 'Unagi', as the post mostly attracted unfriendly reactions, many of which were inspired by the sitcom.

Comment: See also: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Eye 1

'Not one person helped us': Women describe Jeffrey Epstein's tangled web

Julie K. Brown
Miami Herald
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:59 UTC
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For two decades, Jeffrey Epstein built a sex trafficking enterprise that reached across state borders and spanned the globe. Using an almost bottomless quarry of wealth and connections, he not only employed recruiters around the world, but enlisted the help of an array of seemingly legitimate people — from hairdressers to psychiatrists to immigration lawyers and dentists.

Even doctors who prescribed his victims birth control and screened them for sexually transmitted diseases.

While many of his survivors were underage, there were countless others who were 18 to 23, a group of women who have been reluctant to come forward because, despite the ordeal they went through, they are ashamed and believe that the public doesn't look at them as victims at all.
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Wall Street

British travel giant Thomas Cook goes bankrupt, leaves 600,000 tourists in limbo


RT
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:59 UTC
Thomas Cook
One of the world's oldest travel firms, Thomas Cook Group, has entered compulsory liquidation effective immediately. With all flights and tours cancelled, the collapse will affect hundreds of thousands travelers around the world.

It is estimated that at least 600,000 people all across the globe will be affected, forcing governments to coordinate with insurance companies and other airlines to help their citizens return home. "All Thomas Cook bookings, including flights and holidays, have now been cancelled."

The UK's civil aviation watchdog has pledged to help 150,000 Brits currently abroad, but the fate of the remaining customers remains unclear. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reassured British travelers that "in the worst-case scenario, the contingency planning is there to avoid people being stranded."


Comment: They're looking at the largest mass repatriation of Brits since WW2.


Comment: Bloomberg reports:
While the [British] taxpaper faces a £100m bill to get Thomas Cook's customers home, investors who bet on the firm's collapse could enjoy a payday.

Hedge funds who bet against Thomas Cook's bonds are in line for a £250m windfall -- exactly the amount which the government declined to pump into the firm.

They'll profit through credit default swaps - insurance that pays out when a company fails to repay its bonds.
This is what happens when govt is effectively run by financial terrorists and banksters: they'll bail themselves out, but plunder everyone else.

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Over 50,000 people pack Texas stadium to greet leaders Modi and Trump


RT
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:41 UTC
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© APU.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk around the NRG Stadium waving to the crowd during the Howdy, Modi! event in Houston on September 22, 2019.
Over 50,000 people showed up for the 'Howdy, Modi' event in Houston, Texas, giving India's PM a rock star-level welcome. President Donald Trump joined him on stage as the two leaders lauded US-India ties.

The massive rally, held at Houston's NRG Football Stadium, launched some 90-minute music and dance show featuring around 400 artists entertained the audience who gathered hours in advance. People were chanting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name long before he appeared in a welcome for a foreign leader rarely seen on the American soil.


The spectacle was both campaign event for Trump and the show of the "strategic partnership between the world's oldest and largest democracies," as the White House put it. Although it comes amid ongoing trade disputes between the two nations, the tensions were not reflected in the speeches that lauded strong ties and friendship, receiving ovations from the audience.

Comment: That's populists for you: they're very popular!

Which is why the fake news media in both countries calls them both supremacist nazis...

Their speeches in full:

Modi is one hell of a public speaker. No teleprompters for him!

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YouTube reverses verification reforms with apologies after user uprising threatened bottom line


RT
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 01:14 UTC
YouTube
© Reuters/Dado Ruvic
YouTube is reversing course - and apologizing profusely - after an attempt to strip popular channels of their verification checks nearly triggered an uprising. Management listening to the users - is this a social media first?

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki took to Twitter on Friday to grovel before the enraged YouTube community, apologizing for the "frustration and hurt" caused by the mass un-verification and for "missing the mark" with the rollout. "We heard loud & clear how much the badge means to you," she tweeted, alluding to the deluge of angry comments all YouTube management accounts received on Thursday.


Comment: See also:

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