Society's Child

With Telford and other child exploitation scandals, there's an elephant in the room: A casual attitude towards underage sex

Norman Wells
The Catholic Herald
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC

A casual attitude towards underage sex is putting children in terrible danger

What do Torbay, Liverpool, Rochdale, Thurrock, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Bristol and Somerset have in common? All have been the subject of serious case reviews published within the past five years in connection with child sexual exploitation. That's without mentioning Professor Alexis Jay's independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.

In all nine regions, a clear picture emerges of a culture in which underage sexual activity is viewed as relatively harmless so long as it is perceived to be consensual.

To that growing hall of shame, we must now add Telford. According to an 18-month Sunday Mirror investigation, an estimated 1,000 girls suffered sexual exploitation and abuse in the Shropshire district over a period of 40 years.

Comment: The 'casual attitude' toward underage sex is a result of the elite's attempt to normalize pedophilia and a radical feminist agenda to destroy women and men, the family and traditional values by promoting promiscuity, eroticism, prostitution and homosexuality.

China and Russia further cut their holdings in US Treasuries

RT
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:24 UTC

Moscow and Beijing have cut their holdings in US Treasury securities. Russia sold $5.3 billion in January and has sunk to 16th place of the largest holders of American debt.

It is the lowest level for the country since February last year.

"We absolutely do not hold American securities exclusively. The main thing is that these securities should be liquid. So should be the state that issued them," said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov in an interview with NTV this week.

Russia also invests in the securities of European countries.

So much for economic sanctions: Russia's inflation rate lower than US'... for first time ever

RT
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:21 UTC

Low inflation is not always good for the economy. However, for Russia, whose economy has been dominated by skyrocketing inflation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it's a good sign.

Inflation in Russia now stands at 2.18 percent, and for the first time ever it is lower than US inflation, which is currently 2.2 percent. This is another record low for Russia. In 2017, consumer prices rose by only 2.5 percent. In 2016, there was 5.4 percent growth. Thus, inflation has more than halved in a matter of a couple of years.

Such low inflation is unprecedented for Russia. For almost a quarter of a century the economy has lived through much higher rates of consumer prices growth. In the 1990s there was hyperinflation typical for the poorest countries: 2,509 percent in 1992, 840 percent in 1993, and 215 percent in 1994.

The situation improved only in 2000, when prices rose by 20 percent. The last time inflation in Russia was double-digit was in 2015 - 12.91 percent. And this year, inflation is approaching just 2 percent, half of the Central Bank of Russia's target of 4 percent per annum.

'Top moment of his life': Russian NHL player brings young fan to tears after giving him hockey stick

RT
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:10 UTC

New York Rangers winger Pavel Buchnevich gave one 12-year-old fan the 'top moment of his life' when gave him his hockey stick in the warmup before Thursday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Rangers fan Benjamin was attending the game wearing a Severstal Cherepovets jersey, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) at which Buchnevich began his career, with the player's name on the back.

When Benjamin waved to his idol during the warmup session, Buchnevich immediately spotted his old jersey and skated to the boards to toss one of his sticks to the boy - prompting the boy to burst into tears.

"I'm wearing this jersey tonight, my grandpa got it for me from a Russian website," the Rangers season-ticket holder said after receiving the stick.

Amazon's Tokyo headquarters raided on suspicion of antitrust violations

RT
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:18 UTC

Japanese regulators on Thursday have raided Amazon's Tokyo headquarters on suspicion of antitrust violations. The company has come under the watchdog's scrutiny for the second time in two years.

The Japanese Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) said the firm was suspected of improperly forcing suppliers to shoulder part of the costs incurred for selling their products at a discount. Amazon Japan said it was "fully cooperating" with the JFTC, but declined to provide any details.

In 2016, the JTFC has also raided the firm's offices on suspicions it had unfairly demanded from retailers to set prices on Amazon Japan lower than prices for those products listed on other e-commerce sites. Regulators ended the investigation last year when Amazon Japan agreed to stop the practice.

Amazon has been operating in Japan since 1998. The country was one of the first international expansions for the US firm. It is Amazon's second-largest market outside the US, after Germany, with sales of $10.8 billion in 2016.

London ad exec sends email to entire office ranking female colleagues by attractiveness

RT
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:09 UTC

A top London advertising executive ended up in hot water after sending an email to his whole office, ranking his female colleagues by attractiveness. The email was sent on his last day of employment - International Women's Day.

Now-former executive at 'The&Partnership,' Paul Martin, sent the email on his last day, which ranked his 'Top Five,' 'Top Five - If I'd Had a Few Too Many,' and 'Bottom Five' female co-workers.

One female colleague was described as sexually acceptable "after seven pints and a bag of pork scratchings." Another comment about a colleague read: "If you were the last girl on Earth, I would use you as bait to trap a wild animal I would be happier f******."

In the email, Martin reminded his colleagues that his top-five lists were based solely on looks. "Please bear in mind that this is based solely on looks and has nothing to do with personality; if it were, there might be some right munters in there and that would defeat the whole point of trying to sexistly objectify people (on International Women's Day, of all days)," Martin wrote.

CCTV footage of Parkland shooting confirms Deputy remained outside during massacre

RT
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:17 UTC

© Broward County Sheriff's Office / Reuters
CCTV footage of then-Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson during the Parkland school shooting.

By order of a judge, the Broward County Sheriff's office has released surveillance video of the horrific Parkland school shooting in February. The police force said the footage justifies action against Deputy Scot Peterson.

The footage from four security cameras at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland shows Peterson, accompanied by a school security guard, waiting outside the school's building 1200 while 19-year-old gunman Nikolas Cruz rampaged inside and around the site. Seventeen students and staff were killed in the massacre.

Comment:

Too. Much. Stupid.

Derek Hunter
Townhall
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:01 UTC

What a stupid time to be alive.

Maybe there was always this much dumb in the world and we just didn't notice it because the Internet didn't exist, or maybe it's new. Whatever the case, the amount of "public stupid" has never been higher.

Since this is a column and not a book, I'm limited in just how much I can cover here, but suffice to say, if stupid were a marinade and society a steak, we'd be penetrated all the way through this week.

So here, in no particular order, is just some of the stupid that happened this week (so far, considering we're only half way through it).

Comment: It was quite a week for stupid. Here's some more:

UK PM May confirms ban of ministers and Royal family from World Cup in Russia

RT
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:50 UTC

UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed Wednesday that no ministers or members of the Royal family will travel to the FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia this summer, including President of the English FA Prince William.

May also said 23 Russian diplomats will be expelled in retaliation for the country's suspected involvement in the nerve-agent attack on former British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, UK.

All who been identified as undeclared intelligence officers. They have just one week to leave," she said. "This will be the single biggest expulsion for over 30 years, and it will reflect the fact that this is not the first time the Russian state has acted against our country."

Comment: Russian Football Union VP Nikita Simonyan likely mirrors Russian sentiment regarding the ban - he considers it of little import:

Soviet football icon Simonyan, who won an Olympic gold medal and reached the quarter-finals of the 1958 World Cup, called for sport to not become mixed up in politics.

"It's not that important, that the officials aren't coming, that's their problem. What's important, is whether the [England] team wants to come. The World Cup is held once every four years," the 91-year-old said on Wednesday.

YouTube to crack down on 'conspiracy videos'

Barbara Ortutay
Yahoo! News
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:30 UTC

YouTube says it's cracking down on conspiracy videos, though it's scant on the details.

Conspiracy videos abound on YouTube, whether it's about the Earth being flat or school shootings being staged. YouTube, its parent Google, Facebook and Twitter are all facing challenges with the spread of misinformation, propaganda and fake news.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said at a conference Tuesday that the company will include links to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia to try to debunk videos espousing conspiracy theories.

But Wikipedia itself has had its share of credibility issues, as the service lets anyone edit its content, whether that person is a pedigreed expert or an online troll. Though Wikipedia has tried to address that - in part by restricting edits on high-profile or controversial pages - it isn't immune from hoaxes and its own conspiracy theories.

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Society's Child

With Telford and other child exploitation scandals, there's an elephant in the room: A casual attitude towards underage sex

China and Russia further cut their holdings in US Treasuries

So much for economic sanctions: Russia's inflation rate lower than US'... for first time ever

'Top moment of his life': Russian NHL player brings young fan to tears after giving him hockey stick

Amazon's Tokyo headquarters raided on suspicion of antitrust violations

London ad exec sends email to entire office ranking female colleagues by attractiveness

CCTV footage of Parkland shooting confirms Deputy remained outside during massacre

Too. Much. Stupid.

UK PM May confirms ban of ministers and Royal family from World Cup in Russia

YouTube to crack down on 'conspiracy videos'

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