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The Mind Unleashed – by John Liberty
On Friday November 30th, former President George H.W. Bush passed away at the age of ninety four, according to a statement released by his friends and family. Continue reading “The Forgotten Legacy of George H.W. Bush That the Media Won’t Tell You About”
Breitbart – by Thomas D Williams, PhD
To celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, the Robious Middle School in Midlothian, Virginia, has banned any Christmas carols that mention the name of Jesus.
School administrators reportedly explained they had made the decision to “avoid singing anything of a direct sacred nature” in order to be “more sensitive to the increasing diverse population at the school.” Continue reading “Virginia School Bans Christmas Carols Mentioning ‘Jesus’”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Wallingford, CT — On June 14th, Gary Joseph King had gotten into an argument at his house which prompted a neighbor to call the police. Several officers arrived to the call that night and placed King in handcuffs at which point Officer Joseph Smith lost his temper and began a disturbing assault on the handcuffed man. For assaulting a handcuffed man and knocking him unconscious in the process, Smith was given a two week vacation in the form of a suspension. Continue reading “Cop Seen on Video Beating, Choking, Knocking Handcuffed Man Unconscious—No Charges, Not Fired”
The Christian Post – by Samuel Smith
A Texas father who objects to his ex-wife pushing their 6-year-old son into identifying as a girl is in danger of losing custody of the child after he was accused of “abusive behavior.”
Walt Heyer, a former transgender woman who is now outspoken against the push for children to identify as transgender, has highlighted the case of James Younger, who since the age of three has undergone social transitioning to be identified as a girl. Continue reading “Texas dad could lose custody of 6-y-o son for not affirming transgender identity”
In parallel with the highly criticised migration pact, the UN has also prepared a refugee pact. Both these treaties are intended to be signed at the conference in Morocco on 10-11 December.
Even if the pact is not legally binding, it refers to obligations. Thus, a kind of soft laws that restrict the sovereignty of the countries. Some of the points included in the refugee pact are as follows: Continue reading “Warning: The UN’s Refugee Pact is even worse than its Migration Pact and both will be signed in December”
Independent – by Maya Oppenheim
Virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home have the capacity to analyse how happy and healthy a couple’s relationship is, research has found.
In-home listening devices will soon be able to judge how functional relationships are as well as interrupt an argument with an idea for how to resolve it, the study said. Continue reading “Alexa and Google Home have capacity to predict if couple are struggling and can interrupt arguments, finds study”
I’ve never been to Vermont but I’ve heard it’s wonderful. Sounds like many residents are determined to keep it that way – at least in Burlington (estimated population 42,452 in 2015): Continue reading “Victory Against Verizon by Angry Vermonters Who Don’t Want Small Cell Towers Installed Throughout Their Community”
IMEMC News – by Celine Hagbard
In a ruling that directly violates international law and conventions against the use of torture, the Israeli High Court ruled Monday that Israeli intelligence officers were justified in their use of torture against a Palestinian prisoner. The ruling sets a precedent for the future use of torture and the expansion of such techniques used against Palestinians held in Israeli custody.
The case, which involved Palestinian prisoner Fares Tbeish, was brought to the Israeli High Court after lower courts ruled that the torture was justified. Continue reading “Israeli High Court Rules to Allow, Expand Use of Torture”
Earlier this month a number of Jewish organisations in Argentina launched a petition against the former Pink Floyd front man after he participated in an event put on by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to pressure Israel to change its Palestinian policy.
Arthur Stark, Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations, and Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein have been urging companies sponsoring rock legend Roger Waters’ scheduled Mexico tour to pull their support ‘in view of the hostile, bigoted, and anti-Semitic comments’ made by the musician ‘on numerous occasions’. Continue reading “US Jews Urge Sponsors of ‘Bigoted’ Roger Waters to Pull Tour Support”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Smithville, OH — A disturbing video shows the reality of what education in a police state looks like as a non-violent teen was tasered by school resource officer over an argument about a dress code violation.
According to Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Doug Huner, the teen was being non-compliant and refusing to obey officials in regard to a disciplinary issue. So, the school resource officer intercepted the defiant teen. Continue reading “School Cop Tasers Peaceful Child Over Dress Code Violation—Twice”
Fifth Avenue is a beggar’s bazaar.
Staten Island has second-class city services.
Ozone Park stinks.
The city’s noisiest mosque is in Cypress Hills. Continue reading “This is what New Yorkers hate most about the city”
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) received two more F-35I aircraft this weekend, bringing the IAF’s total inventory of fifth-generation fighters up to 14.
Since receiving its first pair of F-35Is in December 2016, Israel’s inventory of F-35 jets has grown at a slow and steady pace. The IDF officially cleared its first F-35 aircraft for live operations last December. Israel is the only nation in the Middle East with active F-35 aircraft that are ready for operations, the Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Continue reading “Israel Grows Stealth Arsenal With More F-35 Fighter Jets”
Arkansas Democrat Gazette – by Linda Satter
A federal agent testified Friday that Harold “H.L.” Moody, who was fired last week from his job as special events coordinator for Pulaski County Youth Services, distributed child pornography and smoked methamphetamine out of a glass pipe while seated at his desk in the county administration building during regular work hours.
Jason Bennett, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations, said an agent who was participating in an undercover capacity in a video-conferencing application used by child pornographers took “screen shots” of Moody sitting at his desk and conversing with others in the secret chatroom on more than one occasion between Aug. 29 and Oct. 12. Continue reading “Arkansas political consultant charged in child porn case used meth at county job, federal agent says”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Milwaukee, WI — Disturbing body camera footage was recently released showing Milwaukee police shoot an unarmed man on a rooftop. The man was holding nothing but his cellphone and had committed no crime when an officer opened fire.
The newly-released body camera footage shows multiple officers chasing Jerry Smith Jr., who was 19 at the time. The officers have Smith cornered on a rooftop as they yell at him to put up his hands. According to police, officers thought Smith was armed. He was not. Continue reading “Police Shoot Unarmed Teen Holding a Cellphone Trying to Call His Mom”
The Lord of the Rings series has been branded ‘racist’ by a science fiction writer who claims orcs are discriminated against and written as inferior.
American author Andy Duncan said British author JRR Tolkien depicted evil creatures such as orcs as ‘worse than others’ and said this had ‘dire consequences for society’. Continue reading “Science Fiction writer claims the Lord Of The Rings series is ‘racist’ because it discriminates against orcs”
A scientist claims to have helped create the world’s first genetically-modified humans during laboratory work in China.
The DNA of twin girls was altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life, Chinese researcher Dr He Jiankui says. Continue reading “Chinese scientist claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited BABIES – twin girls altered to resist HIV infection”