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Northern Ireland: Police make arrests in courthouse car bombing deemed a terrorist attack by the 'New IRA'


FRANCE 24
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:21 UTC
car bomb explosion
© AFP
The Police Service of Northern Ireland tweeted a photograph of a suspected car bomb outside a courthouse in Londonderry.
Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday they suspect Irish Republican Army dissidents were behind a car bombing outside a courthouse in the city of Derry/Londonderry. Two men in their 20s have been arrested.

The device was placed inside a hijacked delivery vehicle and exploded Saturday night as police, who had received a warning, were evacuating the area. There were no reports of injuries.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland posted a photograph of a vehicle in flames and urged the public to stay away.

Police and army bomb-disposal experts remained at the scene on Sunday.

Comment: From RT: The area was put on lockdown and nearby buildings were evacuated.


Police have arrested two people in connection with the attack:
Police say they have now arrested two individuals. Law enforcement officials also announced that the main line of inquiry is that the New IRA, an alliance of republican militant groups that have conducted similar attacks in Londonderry, is responsible for the attack.

According to law enforcement, those responsible for the assault "have shown no regard for the community or local businesses" and "care little about the damage to the area and the disruption they have caused." No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb, which authorities have described as "crude."

Police received a warning after the delivery van was hijacked. Authorities were then tipped off that a device had been left in the courthouse. Law enforcement immediately began to evacuate the area, with the bomb detonating about 15 minutes later.

car bomb scene
© Reuters / Clodagh Kilcoyne
A forensic officer takes a photograph of the scene of a suspected car bomb in Londonderry, Northern Ireland January 20, 2019.


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Pumpkin

'SNL' roasts BuzzFeed over discredited Trump-Cohen report

Daniel Chaitin
The Washington Examiner
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:06 UTC
buzzfeed saturday night live
© NBC Studios
'Ya'll are BuzzFeed. You do memes and lists'

Saturday Night Live mocked BuzzFeed News for its bombshell report last week claiming lawyer Michael Cohen told special counsel Robert Mueller that President Trump ordered him to lie to Congress about his business dealings in Russia.

In the show's first episode of 2019, "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che knocked the BuzzFeed report that earned a rare statement from Mueller's office disputing its claims.

Comment: BuzzFeed has a long history of dodgy reporting. Cohen is the latest.

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Sheriff

LAPD detective exposes revenge porn extortion plot by fellow officer

Bill Hutchinson
ABC News
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:08 UTC
Ysabel Villegas
© KABC
Ysabel Villegas speaks to the press on Jan. 16, 2019.
A veteran Los Angeles police detective who investigated sex crimes alleges she became a victim of "revenge porn" perpetrated by a fellow officer who she had been in an extramarital affair with, and that it turned violent and left her vulnerable to extortion when she broke off the relationship.

Detective Ysabel Villegas, who has served for 30 years in the Los Angeles Police Department, went public this week with the seamy allegations against Officer Danny Reedy.

"He released intimate photos of me, extorting me. He was extorting and harassing me, and then released the photos in November because I broke up with him in August. It was revenge to ruin my reputation and embarrass me in front of our peers," Villegas alleged in an application for a permanent restraining order against Reedy.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Blancarte granted Villegas' restraining order on Tuesday, saying her claims against Reedy were "some of the most serious allegations that I've ever had to read in this courtroom."
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NPC

Compelled speech: California state senator announces that only 'gender neutral' pronouns will be permitted during committee hearings

Amanda Prestigiacomo
The Daily Wire
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
Hannah-Beth Jackson California gender neutral

California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson - another gender ideologue
California knows no bounds when it comes to radical LGBT activism. On Thursday, State Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee chair Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) announced that only "gender neutral" pronouns will be permitted during committee hearings.

"Our first order of business is to approve the committee rules. I'd like to note - in respecting the fact that we are now a state recognizing the non-binary designation as a gender - he and she, we are now merging them so we are using what my grammar teacher would have had a heart attack over: we are using the phrase 'they' and replacing other designations so it's a gender neutral designation: 'they,'" announced the Democrat. "Basically, that's the primary reforms and revisions to the committee rules."

"In the spirit of gender neutrality for the rules of this committee, we now designate the chair as 'they,'" Jackson corrected the record.

Comment: Humpty Dumpty deserved to fall: Standing up to compelled speech and 'velvet' totalitarianism

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Hardhat

Finnish study confirms Jordan Peterson's take on Nordic feminism and gender equity in employment


Sputnik
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:43 UTC
Jordan Peterson
© Gage Skidmore/Jordan Peterson
Dr. Jordan Peterson
Canadian psychology professor and online guru Jordan Peterson has often referenced the "Scandinavian paradox", citing stark gender differences in "progressive" Nordic countries despite their commitment to equality. A recent Finnish study gives fuel to the embattled thinker's standpoint, citing welfare state as one of the underlying reasons.

A fresh analysis called "Glass Ceiling Paradox" by Finnish think-tank EVA has addressed the issue of low proportion of female managers in Finland, despite the Nordic country potentially offering more equal opportunities compared to its less "feminist" peers.

In Finland, the proportion of women in senior positions is 32 per cent, which is below the OECD average, the report stressed. This is still a far cry from 44 per cent in Latvia, an OECD member state, which, unlike Finland and its fellow Nordic countries, seldom gets any praise for its gender equality.

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Arrow Down

Athens police fire tear gas at protesters rallying against Macedonia name deal

Michele Kambas
Reuters
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:33 UTC
Greeks rally Athens against Macedonia name change

Locals said the Athens rally was the largest in decades, easily outdoing rallies against austerity in previous years.
Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside parliament on Sunday as tens of thousands of Greeks rallied in Athens to protest against a name deal with Macedonia.

Central Athens turned into a sea of people holding blue and white Greek flags as thousands came from all over the country to rally against the accord to name the ex-Yugoslav state North Macedonia.

Many Greeks believe the name Macedonia implies a territorial claim over their country's own northern region of that name.

The issue evokes strong emotions among Greeks who consider Macedonia, the ancient kingdom ruled by Alexander the Great, to be an integral part of their homeland and heritage.

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Star of David

Israel to shut UN run Palestinian schools in east Jerusalem


The Times of Israel
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 06:22 UTC
Palestinian school Jerusalem
© Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90
A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017.

National Security Council said to decide on revoking permits from UN agency for Palestinian refugees, to be replaced next year by city-run schools using Israeli curriculum

Israeli officials are reportedly set to revoke permits for schools in East Jerusalem run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

The move would come as the latest strike against the UN Relief and Works Agency, which has seen its budget slashed by the US and its activities in East Jerusalem increasingly curtailed by Israel.

Israel's National Security Council decided to revoke permits allowing UNRWA schools in the city's Palestinian neighborhood to operate, starting next school year, Israel's Hadashot TV news reported Saturday.

According to the report, the UNRWA schools will be replaced by schools run by the Jerusalem municipality and under the aegis of the Israeli Education Ministry.

The network said the decision was reached during a National Security Council meeting last month to discuss expelling UNRWA from East Jerusalem following US President Donald Trump's decision to end American funding for the agency.

Comment: See also:

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Fire

2 killed, 22 injured in fire that tore through 3 buildings at Courchevel ski resort, France


BBC
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:34 UTC
Courchevel fire

Footage shows rescuers trying to use ladders to help people escape
Two people have been killed and at least 22 injured, four seriously, in a large fire at the Courchevel ski resort in the French Alps, police say.

The fire started before dawn on Sunday in a building housing seasonal workers. In all, three buildings were affected.

Seventy firefighters battled to bring the blaze under control. The cause has not yet been confirmed.

Footage from the scene shows fire crews using ladders to try to rescue people from inside the three-storey building.

One video, posted on social media, shows at least one person jumping from an upper floor window in an attempt to escape the blaze.

Comment: See also: Huge gas explosion at university in Lyon, France

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TV

BBC Question Time Staff caught drumming up audience antagonism against Diane Abbott before filming - and is now getting an earful about it!

Tom D. Rogers
Evolve Politics
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce
Members of BBC staff, including the new BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce, have been accused of making fun of the Labour Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott and stoking negative audience sentiment towards her during a warm-up session before filming of Thursday's edition of Question Time.

Since last night's edition of Question Time aired, numerous matching allegations from people claiming to have been in the audience have emerged.

Following the episode, Jyoti Wilkinson, a Parliamentary staff member for Labour MP Chris Williamson, tweeted:


Comment: Here are some more responses to the obviously skewed and appalling treatment of Abbot by the BBC:







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Megaphone

Drunk female trooper's sexual assault on male Windsor Castle guard let off 'because she's a woman'

Mark Nichol
Daily Mail
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:00 UTC
Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes

Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes, 25, molested her shocked comrade after returning to the regiment’s base in the early hours following a drunken night out last Sunday
Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes, 25, molested her shocked comrade after returning to the regiment's base in the early hours following a drunken night out last Sunday

A female soldier from the regiment that Prince William and Prince Harry belonged to has been disciplined after sexually assaulting a male colleague on guard duty close to Windsor Castle.

Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes, 25, a private in the prestigious Household Cavalry, molested her shocked comrade after returning to the regiment's base in the early hours following a drunken night out last Sunday.

Army sources have told this newspaper that Tpr Holmes forced herself against the younger soldier, tried to kiss him and rubbed her body against his before being pulled off by a furious officer who reacted to the male soldier's cries for help.

Comment: If the offender was a man the reactions from the authorities would be extremely different and therein lies part of the problem. It also seems likely that the soldiers contesting the judgment wouldn't be so outraged if the cases with male offenders were judged fairly: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Weinstein's Weinergate Goes Nuclear: Where is society at with #MeToo?

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