Welcome to Sott.net
Sat, 16 Oct 2021
The World for People who Think

Society's Child
Map

X

Tennessee Gov. Lee says Nashville autonomous zone won't 'be tolerated'

Catlin McFall
Fox News
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 22:43 UTC
Nashville autonomous zone
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a warning to demonstrators looking to set up an autonomous zone in front of the state Capitol Friday, saying that "lawlessness, autonomous zones, and violence will not be tolerated."

According to a local news outlet, a large group of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd in police custody and racial injustice in the U.S., reportedly intended to set up an autonomous zone in front of the Capitol in solidarity with the demonstrations in Seattle.

The Seattle occupation, which has taken over several blocks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood declaring itself an autonomous zone, is reportedly a demonstration of a society without law enforcement - the demonstration comes amid nationwide protests calling to "defund the police."

Seattle's East Precinct was cleared Monday, after protesters clashed with police officers following days of demonstrations.
      Read More...
Rocket

Iraqi base hosting US troops comes under missile attack


Sputnik
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 21:43 UTC
taji base
© CC0
In March, more than 15 medium-sized missiles hit the Taji base. Three soldiers died and 12 more were injured as a result of the attack.

A rocket has hit Iraq's Taji military base which hosts the US-led coalition forces, according to Al-Arabiya TV channel.

No injuries or damage have so far been reported.

Last time the Taji military base came under attack was in March when three soldiers were killed and 12 more injured after 15 medium-sized missiles hit the base.

Following the attack, the US carried out precise attacks on five munition depots owned by the Shiite 'Kataib Hezbollah' network in Iraq. Six people were killed in US airstrikes targeting several facilities in Iraq, including an airport in Kerbala which was under construction, Iraqi security service said.

Comment: The majority of Iraq wants the U.S. out of the country. The U.S. knows it. Trump seemingly wants to leave, but his "advisers" won't let him. Expect more of the same before the U.S. finally leaves - if it ever does.

See also:

      Read More...
Cupcake Choco

Swiss retail giant pulls 'Moor head' chocolates from shelves after racism controversy reignites online


RT
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 19:32 UTC
Mohrenkopf, Moor's Head
© Marion Wellmann from Pixabay
Migros, Switzerland's largest supermarket chain and employer, has become embroiled in an online racism debate after removing the beloved, if controversial, 'Mohrenkopf' (Moor's Head) candies from its stores.

There were queues around the corner at many Migros outlets on Thursday following the announcement that it would no longer stock the popular confectionary, produced by Swiss firm Dubler.
      Read More...
Propaganda

Snowflake Logic: Cop accused of racism for citing research that police are shooting African-Americans 'less than we ought to'


RT
Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC
Defund Police protests
© REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant
Protesters across the US have demanded to 'defund the police' after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Major Travis Yates of Tulsa, Oklahoma is refusing to apologize and rejects accusations of racism, saying he was quoting research and not his personal opinion in a radio show appearance. The Tulsa PD has disavowed his remarks.

Yates made waves this week when his opinion piece about the wave of George Floyd protests went viral. "It's over America. You finally did it. You aren't going to have to abolish the police, we won't be around for it," he wrote in his piece, published by RT.

Comment: See also:

      Read More...
Chess

'Far right' and BLM protesters clash in London, police intervene


Bloomberg
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 12:00 UTC
BLM far right
© metro.co.uk
BLM and 'far right' protesters clash in London
Hordes of angry, white males, many of them chanting soccer slogans, swept into central London Saturday, fighting with police who were trying to keep them away from social justice demonstrators. "Racist thuggery has no place on our streets," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Twitter.

The protests following George Floyd's death continued their global spread, focused on social injustice and colonial histories. In Paris, police used tear gas to disperse protesters, who were prevented from a march and were forced to demonstrate at Place de la Republique.

Earlier, thousands attended peaceful Black Lives Matter protests across Australia on Saturday as part of an anti-racism campaign highlighting deaths of indigenous people in custody.

Comment: See also: History and psychology predict protests and riots after lockdowns

      Read More...
Family

It's unanimous: Minneapolis City Council votes to replace it's police force with 'community-led public safety system'

Cristina Laila
Gateway Pundit
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 04:05 UTC
Justice sign
© Getty Images
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously voted a resolution to replace the police with a 'community-led public safety system.'

Get out while you can!

The radical left is pushing to "defund the police" following the death of George Floyd.

By "defund the police," the left means replacing the police with Sharia patrol, Black Panthers, La Raza and other anti-Christian, anti-white social justice enforcers.

Reuters reported:
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a community-led public safety system to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the city's police. According to the resolution, the city council will begin a year-long process of engaging "with every willing community member in Minneapolis" to come up with a new public safety model. The council commissioned a new work group to deliver recommendations by July 24 on how to engage with community stakeholders to transform the public safety system.

Comment: Council members also said:
"The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, by Minneapolis police officers is a tragedy that shows that no amount of reforms will prevent lethal violence and abuse by some members of the Police Department against members of our community, especially Black people and people of color," five council members wrote in the resolution.

The city's mayor, Jacob Frey, has stopped short of vying to abolish the police department, although he said this week he supported "massive structural reform to revise a structurally racist system."


      Read More...
Wine n Glass

Argentine pastor turns church into a bar to protest unequal coronavirus restrictions

Uki Goñi
The Guardian
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:23 UTC
Pastor and church/bar
© Facebook/Reuters/Agustin Marcarian
Where there is God's will, there is a Way...
An evangelical church in Argentina has reopened as a bar in protest against the lockdown on religious services that remains in place despite the gradual opening up of other activities around the country.

Bar tables were placed inside the church and pastors dressed as waiters carrying bibles on their trays in a mock service as part of call for religious services to be allowed during Argentina's coronavirus lockdown.

"We are standing here today dressed like this, carrying a tray, because it seems this is the only way we can serve the word of God," pastor Daniel Cattaneo, dressed as a waiter, said as he opened the "worship bar" at the Comunidad Redentor (Redeemer Community) evangelical church in the city of San Lorenzo, in Argentina's central province of Santa Fe. Cattaneo told local media of Wednesday's event:
"So, apart from the breaded veal headed for table four, here goes the word of God from the house of the Lord to all nations. We want to exercise our constitutional right to practice our faith," Cattaneo told local media of Wednesday's event. "Bars can open, shops can open, why are they discriminating against us?"
      Read More...
Oscar

The Academy bends the knee, will impose 'diversity standards' for Oscars eligibility, sets Best Picture at 10 nominees


USA Today
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 17:06 UTC
oscars statue
© REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
The Academy is making big changes to itself and the Oscars.

On Friday, amid the national conversation about systemic racism sparked by the death of George Floyd, the Academy announced sweeping plans aimed at swiftly furthering its diversity and inclusion initiatives, including setting the best picture category at 10 nominees, rather than a fluctuating number, starting with the 2021 Oscars ceremony.

The changes are a new phase of the organization's ongoing efforts, known as "Academy Aperture 2025," to tackle issues of equity and diversity within the Academy and its gilded award show. Eligibility for those awards will soon include inclusion standards. The Academy is creating "a task force of industry leaders, appointed by David Rubin" which "will include governor and A2020 Committee chair DeVon Franklin, to develop and implement new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars eligibility by July 31, 2020," it said in a news release.

Comment: Given that Hollyweird is one of the epicenters of 'wokeness', the imposition of virtue-signalling policies like 'unconscious bias training' and diversity benchmarks was inevitable.

      Read More...
Star of David

After several long minutes of pleading — Israeli Border Patrol shot Eyad al-Halaq anyway

Naim Mousa
Mondoweiss
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:53 UTC
Eyad al-Halaq
© Social Media
Eyad al-Halaq suffered from autism
On May 30, Israeli Border Patrol - a unit of the Israeli police which usually occupies checkpoints and security posts - shot and killed in broad daylight Eyad al-Halaq, an autistic Palestinian man from East Jerusalem. Official statements by spokespersons of the Israeli police force and officers on the ground indicated that al-Halaq was suspected of wielding a weapon, plotting to carry out a 'terrorist' attack because he was 'wearing gloves,' one of the guidelines put in place by the Ministry of Health in order to combat the coronavirus outbreak. However, eyewitness testimony, evidence on the scene, or lack thereof to support the police's testimony, and accounts about al-Halaq and his personality paint a far, far different picture.

I spoke with one of Eyad's relatives, who prefers to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation and harassment by Israeli police (I will simply refer to them as Amir), in order to uncover the truth behind the horrific incident behind al-Halaq's death. We must first explore who Eyad was and how he lived his life whilst under occupation.

Comment: Killing of unarmed, autistic Palestinian in Jerusalem sparks outrage

      Read More...
NPC

Not woke enough: Kristen Bell children's book preaching tolerance savaged for 'colorblindness' & ignoring real racism


RT
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:41 UTC
Actress Kristen Bell
© Reuters / Phil McCarten
Actress Kristen Bell
American actress Kristen Bell's debut into the world of children's literature has gotten off to a rocky start, with her story about a "purple person" widely condemned for trivializing racism - despite having nothing to do with it.

Bell says her first children's story - 'The World Needs More Purple People' - is meant to encourage kids to "look for similarities before differences" and to be inquisitive and open minded toward different viewpoints. Taking 'purple' to be a thinly veiled reference to skin color, however, netizens soon came out in force to denounce the story for brushing racism under the rug, and Bell herself as a "privileged white woman" ignoring the plight of real people of color.

Though the story itself makes no reference to race, containing no discussion of skin color and no purple-skinned characters, critics overwhelmingly interpreted the book as a tone-deaf lesson on 'colorblindness' - apparently not having read it.
      Read More...
Amazon Smile
Revolt! T-shirts