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-Great Cultural Revolution
School District Tells Principals To Create Fake Curriculum To Send Parents After Complaints Of Indoctrination
[DailyWire] Faced with complaints from parents about the indoctrination of children, an official in Rockwood School District, Missouri, instructed teachers to create two sets of curriculum: a false one to share with parents, and then the real set of curriculum, focused on topics like activism and privilege, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Wire.

Natalie Fallert, EdD, 6-12 Literacy Speech Coordinator, wrote to all middle and high school principals that parents had repeatedly complained that “we are pushing an agenda,” “we are pushing Critical Race Theory (I had to look this one up!),” “we are making white kids feel bad about their privilege,” we are “stereotyping,” “we are teaching kids to be social activists,” and “we are teaching kids to be democratic thinkers and activists.”

Rockwood School District encompasses 20,000 students across overwhelmingly white towns west of St. Louis, including Ballwin, Chesterfield, Wildwood, and the town of Fenton, which has 15 black people, or 0.3% of the population.

It includes four high schools, all of which were ranked among the top 20 in Missouri by U.S. News & World Report. It is currently searching for a new interim superintendent.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/29/2021 04:44 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  instructed teachers to create two sets of curriculum...

That might be difficult for most of the faculty as 'Original Thought' has been discouraged in Education for decades, and they were probably never taught how to perform that.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/29/2021 8:23 Comments || Top||

#2  In this day and age sending your kids to public schools is child abuse.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/29/2021 8:28 Comments || Top||

#3  ...Note that there's nothing about Dr Fallert being reassigned/suspended/fired. The only thing RSD is sorry for is that she got caught.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/29/2021 8:49 Comments || Top||

#4  I'll bet a few of these 'administrators' getting tarred and feathered might help them self-correct.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 04/29/2021 9:41 Comments || Top||

#5  This is an admission they know what they are doing is wrong.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 04/29/2021 10:11 Comments || Top||

#6  No, silly RJ! It's the parents who are wrong! Uneducated! Unwoke![/sarc]
Posted by: Bobby || 04/29/2021 12:20 Comments || Top||

#7  Went to school during segregation until 8th grade when desegregation was implemented. Black students were way behind. To cover the lack of learning up black schools faked a lot of things per black student discussions with their new white teachers.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 04/29/2021 13:31 Comments || Top||

#8  That's when the school district admins aren't arranging to rape minors [literally].
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/29/2021 13:34 Comments || Top||

#9  Spouse works as an Admin in big City school system. Says about 1/2 public schools teachers are too lazy to write a set of lessons let alone two.
Posted by: Lonzo Hapsburg5562 || 04/29/2021 14:08 Comments || Top||

#10  I think Missouri is a recall state. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Tom || 04/29/2021 14:51 Comments || Top||

#11  'Fake, but accurate?' Isn't that the mantra?
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/29/2021 15:04 Comments || Top||

#12  If they put half this energy into actual education, these students could flash card The Periodic Table of Elements.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/29/2021 15:53 Comments || Top||

#13  I'm too lazy to look up the administrator's picture to check my prejudice.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 04/29/2021 16:17 Comments || Top||

#14  ^I did. No.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/29/2021 16:19 Comments || Top||

#15  FALLERT, 41, lives at 3527 Gracie Waggoner Road. She and her husband, Derrick, have two children. She is the coordinator of literacy and speech for grades 6-12 for the RockwoodSchool District. She received a bachelor’s degree in communication management and public relations from MissouriStateUniversity in 1998, a master’s degree in education and classroom teaching from MissouriBaptistUniversity in 2005 and is pursing a doctorate degree in education and teacher leadership at MaryvilleUniversity.

She is a member and teaches children’s church at GoodNewsCommunityChurch, volunteers with the Boy Scouts and has been an ACT tutor. She is a member of the National Council Teachers of English, International Literacy Association and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

She taught high school English in the district from 2010-2017 before taking her current job with Rockwood.

What are the biggest problems facing the school district and how would you address them?

Fallert: Technology and innovation have changed the world, and our schools need to continually make adjustments to ensure students are prepared. These changes need to be research and curricular-based so the district is being good stewards of tax dollars. The district needs to sustain an innovative and secure environment that fosters student growth and attracts and retains top teachers. My passion for education and professional career keep me abreast of research-based educational practices.

Why should voters elect you to this position? List your goals, if elected.

Fallert: My professional experience of 18 years in public education teaching English, working on professional development and writing curriculum and assessments have given me a unique advantage to serve on the board. I will earn a doctorate in education next month from MaryvilleUniversity, where I have been schooled in educational areas of finance, law, coaching and ethics. As the mother of 8-year-old twin boys, I plan to use my professional knowledge and passion for education to keep the community focused on our most prized possessions and their academic futures.
Posted by: Woodrow || 04/29/2021 23:06 Comments || Top||

#16  Back in my day in California public schools a "C" grade was failing in Rhode Island.1961.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 04/29/2021 23:59 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
Louisville Police: Department struggles to recruit as murders rise by 75 per cent
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] More than 230 cops have left Louisville Metro Police Department since 2020

  • Departures come amid sharp spike in violent crime in the Kentucky city

  • Murders have risen by 75 per cent, while non-fatal shootings have gone up by 84 per cent

  • Department has been in turmoil since March 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor

  • Taylor, 26, fatally shot by cops executing no-knock search warrant at her home

  • Department of Justice announced it was reviewing policing in Louisville
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Its not just the the poor pay for such a job.

Louisville Metro Police Department.
Salary for recruit in the academy = $39,998.40 or 19.22 p/hr
Salary for officer upon graduation = $45,489.60 or ($21.890 p/hr
+ State Incentive = $ 4,000.00

Total Take Home of $49,489.60 = 23.79 p/hr



I am betting it also has to do with:
* Being Shot at and vilified for enforcing the law.
* Being treated like scum 1 second and being called by the same idiots for help the next.
* Having their actions 2nd guessed by Touchy-Feely "SOCIAL ______" cause types that are only trying to incite the community for power and not fix the root cause ---> the Voter Plantation.
* Having less rights and access to equal justice in the media and the courts than the arrested criminals trying to injure or kill them.
* Having to follow a Political Agenda based arrest procedure that places them at great risk of death.
* Watching the media create fake news for profits despite the facts. Just to promote click-bait, political agenda / Social Cause advancement.

America Needs to face the Fact that:
* MOST cities run by Minorities / Liberal Democrats are failing.
* Most of the Businesses have moved outside the city tax base due to the citizens seeking safer shopping environments.
* A large portion of their voters are on the "handout wagon" and not a Tax Revenue source.
* Such Minority Controlled and Ran cities tend to have disproportionately HIGH Crime Rates.

The problem facing the next generation is what I call the Interstate Crime Virus creep of Minority Run Metro's.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/29/2021 6:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Our urban utopias should require no policing. Yet another manufactured crisis.

[sarc off]
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/29/2021 6:56 Comments || Top||

#3  The cops that are still in these blue areas are just propping up the corruption that is there.

All should resign and leave the people to their wonderful new utopia.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/29/2021 9:07 Comments || Top||

#4  #1 agree 100%.

However, after Kim Klacik, an attractive candidate who promised actually to do something in Baltimore, got 27% of the vote, I'm not optimistic.
Posted by: Tom || 04/29/2021 14:53 Comments || Top||


North Carolina protests kick off as judge REFUSES to release bodycam of Andrew Brown Jr being shot dead by cops: Family will only be allowed to watch 'redacted' footage
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  As judges - and jurors - become more cowardly about "the possibility of unrest" resulting from their decisions, justice will inevitably move along to another, more "open-sourced" venue...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/29/2021 7:13 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
ANDSF Showcases Air Force as Country Braces for US Pullout
[ToloNews] The Afghan National Army (ANA) on Wednesday showcased its military capabilities in various parts of the capital Kabul as NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
and US colleagues prepare to withdraw from the country in the next few months.

Dozens of aircraft, among them transportation carriers and bombers, were showcased in Kabul.

Speaking on the occasion, Gen. Yasin Zia, the acting Minister of Defense, said that the ANA has also established a counter-terrorism intelligence cell for the Afghan Air Force (AAF) to help direct the operations independently.

Zia said that over the past six months, more than 7,000 Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
fighters were eliminated in operations by the Afghan cops.
Assuming that number is real, well done, guys!
The Afghan National Army has over 170 military aircraft including ten types of military helicopters which were provided by the US.

"The main thing for us today is financial assistance and the purchase of weapons and other equipment from the companies—all contracts for purchase are solid—these issues will not go to zero once the foreigners leave the country," said Zia.

"If they (Taliban) do not make peace, the army will give them a well-measured response," said Abdullah, a member of the Afghan National Army (ANA).

"We will continue our services within the army with higher morale than ever before," said Arifa, an ANA officer.

"We do not suggest war to anyone, but if anyone tries to take over any of our cities, then they have seen the outcome of such a move in the past," said Yasin Zia, referring to the Taliban.

There are around 350,000 soliders serving in the ranks of the Afghan cops.

The ANDSF is now preparing to shoulder the overall security responsibility of Afghanistan in less than five months once foreign forces leave.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  There are around 350,000 soliders serving in the ranks of the Afghan cops.

Will bet the house payment that north of 25% of them are ghosts, and another 50% will run for the hills and burn their ID cards when the Taliban come back.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/29/2021 8:48 Comments || Top||

#2  ^You forgot 25% who are Taliban.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/29/2021 8:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Kipling and his “hustle the east “ comment :

Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East."
Solo from Libretto of Naulahka
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/29/2021 11:40 Comments || Top||

#4  The North Vietnamese ended up with several squadrons of F-5s after they overran Saigon.
Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 || 04/29/2021 15:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Firstly, I don't see any plans for a pull out. If there is , they will still take your money. Because the Afghans have by now become leeches like the Pakistanis. They won't let go of that sweet 'military aid to fight terror'... like ever.

If the people in DC would just forget Afghanistan exists for a year, the Afghans would have to switch sugar daddies and invite China.

And that's when the real fun would begin.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/29/2021 17:17 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Farmaajo to Address Anxious Somalia Public as Allies Flee His Camp
[All Africa] Somalia's President Mohammed Farmaajo was on Tuesday evening expected to deliver a national address, as more of his closest allies fled his camp over a simmering electoral dispute.

A statement from his official residence; Villa Somalia, said the President will address the public on national TV, to "brief them on the latest development in the country and the upcoming elections."

The announcement followed two days of tensions in Mogadishu after the military fractured along clan lines with soldiers fighting one another, and divided on sides supporting a two-year extension for Farmaajo and those opposed.

It also came just minutes after leaders of Hirshabelle and Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
, which had backed him all through the controversy withdrew their support, and demanded an "immediate" election and termed any extension as "illegal."

State Presidents Abdi Karie Qoorqoor of Galmudug and Ali Abdullahi Hussein of Hirshabelle decamped on Tuesday, joining a growing voice against President Farmaajo's recent extension of his term by two years.

South West joined the camp later in the day. Led by, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohammed Laftagareen, South West issued a statement renouncing support for term extension and demanding immediate elections.

The three joined Said Abdullahi Deni of Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
and Ahmed Madobe of Jubbaland in voicing their opposition to a decision two weeks ago by the Lower House of Parliament to extend their term and that of Farmaajo, ostensibly to allow time for universal suffrage.

South West, Hirshabelle, Galmudug had all stuck with Farmaajo, especially since their recent respective elections are perceived to have been influenced by Villa Somalia.
Garowe Online reports on the president's address:
The United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
says tens of thousands of Mogadishu residents fled their homes this week after rival groups of soldiers clashed in the streets on Sunday amid a standoff over President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed’s extended stay in power.

The president bowed to growing pressure overnight and announced in a national address that he would prepare the country for elections that have been delayed since early February. He also said he would speak on Saturday to parliament, whose lower house this month approved a two-year extension of his mandate that he signed into law to the anger of Senate leaders, the opposition, and some in the international community.

The president in his address vowed that this week’s scenes of festivities between rival soldiers would not be repeated, while many Mogadishu residents who had feared a return to open warfare in Somalia sighed with relief.

Now the federal government and regional states are expected to return to talks soon on how to proceed with the election. Somalia has not held a direct one-person-one-vote election in decades as it rebuilds from some 30 years of conflict.
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
Libyan Army: We welcome any member of the new Libyan Government in Benghazi and any city under our control
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Libyan MP: Turkish Plot to Control Libya has Failed
[LIBYAREVIEW] Saad Imgheib, a member of the Libyan Parliament stated that the Arab people had suffered greatly from backwardness, injustice, oppression, and humiliation during the era of the Ottoman empire.

He added that despite this, Arab relations with the Ottoman Turkish Republic have been excellent. Until recently, Arab markets were one of the most vital for the Ottoman Turkish economy, and Ottoman Turkish products of various kinds have succeeded in these local markets.

"It is not only Ottoman Turkish products that have invaded our homes but also Ottoman Turkish TV series. Thus, our Arab societies have become captives of a Ottoman Turkish economic and cultural invasion. Erdogan’s ambition exceeds control of Arab markets, allowing him to dream of controlling the entire Arab world," he said.

"The Ottoman Turkish interference in the affairs of Arab countries came with the launch of what was known as the Arab Spring revolutions, using the Moslem Brüderbund organization as a tool in these countries to do what he wanted," Imgheib stated.

"Fortunately, the plot failed in Egypt, then in Syria and Tunisia, and now the plot is failing in Libya because of the hostile and colonial policies in the region. Today, the Ottoman Turkish President has found himself a pariah in Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and the US, and besieged by internal crises threatening his grip on power. He had only found welcome in the Arab world, which has now become aware of the plots being hatched against it," the MP stressed.

Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Tunisia's Chahed Will Reportedly Replace Mechichi
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Former Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, head of the Long Live Tunisia movement, is a candidate to replace PM Hichem Mechichi, according to leaks made by some opposition parties.

Chahed will likely be named prime minister after the Islamist Ennahda Movement pressured Mechichi to implement a cabinet reshuffle, which President Kais Saeid strongly opposes.

Political sources agree that Chahed is supported by the President, and Ennahda does not mind naming him as PM, especially that it supported him in 2017 and 2018 following demands to oust him.

Political parties are considering several possible scenarios to solve the current crisis between the president, prime minister, and speaker.

Some are suggesting removing Mechichi from office, a demand supported by Saeid as a condition to launch political dialogue.

Leading Ennahda member Rafik Abdel Salam accused the president on Tuesday of willingly fabricating the political and constitutional crisis.

Abdel Salam warned that some people want to use the president as a tool to fight their battles by proxy and eliminate their opponents through coups and military trials.

Chahed has urged political parties to commit to a truce, especially since the government is not politically supported, and the parliament is ravaged by crises, noting that it will lead to solving the constitutional and political crisis.

In a related development, MP of the Democratic Bloc Hichem al-Ajbouni accused Ennahda of escalating the crisis with the President by supporting the prime minister, under the pretext of preserving government stability.

During a radio interview, Ajbouni said the PM yielded to the blackmail of Ennahda and its allies through recent appointments in the Ministry of Interior.
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Africa Subsaharan
Aides to Nigerian Lawmakers Protest Non-Payment of 22 Months Salary Arrears
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Protests against Chad's new military leadership turn deadly
[Al Jazeera] Demonstrations turned deadly as thousands protested in Chad against the rule of a transitional military council headed by the son of late President Idriss Deby who was killed last week by rebels.

The military-led government said on Wednesday at least five people died in the protests, but a local NGO reported nine fatalities — seven in the capital and two in the south. The Chadian Convention for the Defence of Human Rights said 36 people were also maimed and 12 arrested.

The opposition coalition called for the demonstrations despite a ban on protests. Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, and there were also demonstrations in other parts of the nation.

Demonstrators carried signs demanding that power be handed to civilians. The protesters also ransacked a petrol station and burned tyres throughout N’Djamena.

Chad’s military announced on April 20 that Deby had been mortally maimed during a visit to troops north of the capital, who were battling an anti-Deby rebel group. The announcement of his death came just hours after he had been confirmed the winner of presidential elections held earlier in April.

The military then appointed a council to lead an 18-month transition to new elections, putting Deby’s son, Mahamat Idriss Deby, 37, in charge of Chad in the first change of power in more than three decades.

The appointment of the younger Deby provoked an immediate outcry from both Chad’s political opposition and the rebel forces blamed for his father’s killing. The rebels threatened to attack the capital after the military government said it will not negotiate with them.
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
Iran’s FM Zarif backs Yemen ceasefire and a return to talks during meeting with Houthis
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Crown Prince: Saudi Arabia, Biden Administration Agree on 90% of Issues
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  The Saudis DO know which way the wind is blowing.

However, like all weathervanes, look for them to change their minds as soon as the wind shifts.
Posted by: Tom || 04/29/2021 14:55 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm sure the Saudis have a lot to contribute to the cause of world peace. As long as the Big Guy gets 10% of course.
Posted by: jpal || 04/29/2021 22:05 Comments || Top||


Saudi Crown Prince: Anyone Harboring Extremist Thought Is a Criminal, Will Be Held Accountable
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince and modernizer of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
as of 2016. The Turks hate him, so he must be all right, despite the occasional brutal murder of Qatar-owned journalists...
, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, stressed on Tuesday that "we cannot advance... with the presence of turban thought in the Kingdom."
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Sounds like the Democrats.
Posted by: Spoter B || 04/29/2021 0:05 Comments || Top||

#2  I seen dis movie before...
Posted by: Raj || 04/29/2021 8:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Boy, am I in trouble.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/29/2021 19:09 Comments || Top||


Europe
France unveils new counterterrorism and intelligence bill
[AlAhram] One measure will extend the use by French intelligence services of algorithms to track down Death Eaters online, a method already being trialed since 2015 to monitor messaging apps

The French government on Wednesday unveiled a new counterterrorism and intelligence bill aiming at better preventing attacks, notably via a greater surveillance of bad boy websites.

The bill, which had been in preparation for months, was formally presented in a Cabinet meeting just days after a French police official was killed inside her cop shoppe in what authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack.

In a news conference, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the text will strengthen French intelligence services' power to watch people's online activities.

Extremists ``are using less and less phone lines and more and more internet connections,'' he said.

Darmanin said that using algorithms will notably enable intelligence services to spot someone who has accessed bad boy websites several times.

The Tunisian national who killed a police employee in Rambouillet, south of Gay Paree, on Friday had watched bad boy videos just before carrying out his attack, a counterterrorism prosecutor said.

Prime Minister Jean Castex stressed that the bill has been part of the government's broader counterterrorism policies since the beginning of French President Emmanuel Macron's term in 2017.

Several security laws have been passed, about 1,900 additional intelligence jobs have been created and 36 attacks have been thwarted over the past four years, Castex said. The government also created in 2019 the job of national counterterrorism prosecutor, in order to better coordinate investigations related to attacks.

Darmanin said that it is becoming harder to track down Death Eaters as attacks are no longer being carried out by people who previously fought in Syria or Iraq.

Amid other measures, the bill would also give authorities greater power to strictly limit the movements of people convicted of terrorism for up to two years after they get out of prison.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1  strictly limit the movements of people convicted of terrorism

I suggest feeding them rich, fattening food, slowly poisoning them with a debilitating agent. One day the jail officials shout 'diabetic!' with forge test reports and all. Amputation of legs follows, and they release the individual, playing humanitarian saviors of life.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/29/2021 3:29 Comments || Top||

#2  PLEASE RE-POST TOMORROW
Merci en avance

20 French generals, 100 senior officers and 1,000 active duty soldiers have signed an open letter to Macron and his defense minister warning of civil war and chaos unless the government defends the nation and cracks down on Muslim separatism and "critical race theory" radicalism.

Monsieur le Président,
Mesdames, Messieurs du gouvernement,
Mesdames, Messieurs les parlementaires,


L’heure est grave, la France est en péril, plusieurs dangers mortels la menacent. Nous qui, même à la retraite, restons des soldats de France, ne pouvons, dans les circonstances actuelles, demeurer indifférents au sort de notre beau pays.

The time is dire; France is endangered; mortal dangers threaten. Those of us who -- even in retirement -- remain Soldiers of France, cannot in the present circumstance stand sit idle as our great nation recedes.

Nos drapeaux tricolores ne sont pas simplement un morceau d’étoffe, ils symbolisent la tradition, à travers les âges, de ceux qui, quelles que soient leurs couleurs de peau ou leurs confessions, ont servi la France et ont donné leur vie pour elle. Sur ces drapeaux, nous trouvons en lettres d’or les mots « Honneur et Patrie ». Or, notre honneur aujourd’hui tient dans la dénonciation du délitement qui frappe notre patrie.

Our beloved tricolor banners are not just a flourish: they symbolize the tradition. across the ages, of those who regardless of race or faith, have served France or given their lives for her. These flags are emblazoned with gold letters that spell out Honor and Country. And yet that honor bids that we speak out against the disintegration which strikes at our country.

- Délitement qui, à travers un certain antiracisme, s’affiche dans un seul but : créer sur notre sol un mal-être, voire une haine entre les communautés.... c’est la guerre raciale que veulent ces partisans haineux et fanatiques. Ils méprisent notre pays, ses traditions, sa culture, et veulent le voir se dissoudre en lui arrachant son passé et son histoire.... .

Disintegration: across the "anti-racists," this is fixated on one outcome: to create in our land disaffection and hatred within our communities. What these hate-filled partisans and zealots seek is a race war. They despise our country, our traditions and our culture, and wish to see it dissolve as it tears itself away from its past and its history.

Délitement qui, avec l’islamisme et les hordes de banlieue, entraîne le détachement de multiples parcelles de la nation pour les transformer en territoires soumis à des dogmes contraires à notre constitution.

-- Disintegration: by those Islamist throngs in our suburban ghettoes who seek to peel off and transform their own piecemeal nation into a servile territory under dogmas that violate our constitution.

... Les périls montent, la violence s’accroît de jour en jour. Qui aurait prédit il y a dix ans qu’un professeur serait un jour décapité à la sortie de son collège ? Or, nous, serviteurs de la Nation, qui avons toujours été prêts à mettre notre peau au bout de notre engagement – comme l’exigeait notre état militaire, ne pouvons être devant de tels agissements des spectateurs passifs.

The storm gathers. Violence increases each passing day. Who would have predicted ten years ago that a high school teacher would one day be decapitated on school grounds?

And yet we, the servants of the nation, who have always been ready to give our all to the very limits of our devotion, as our military oath requires -- we cannot sit and watch these actions as passive spectators.
Posted by: Jeremiah Bucket5991 || 04/29/2021 23:21 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
CBC radioq has removed their interview with the Barnard College academic who wrote about his vision of gassing and bombing white people
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Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  They are not very bright, are they?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/29/2021 2:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Closet scum, coming out boldly in a time of cowardly race pandering.

Poster idea :

HOW MANY
BEN PHILLIPES
DO YOU HAVE
FOR FRIENDS?
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/29/2021 3:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Is this how you get tenure at Barnard College?
Posted by: Raj || 04/29/2021 8:52 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ it's certainly not a disqualifying event
Posted by: Frank G || 04/29/2021 8:55 Comments || Top||

#5  The race war is inevitable.
Posted by: Snoper Tojo5167 || 04/29/2021 9:13 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, he is a Term Assistant Professor of Film.
Posted by: Snoper Tojo5167 || 04/29/2021 9:21 Comments || Top||

#7  His t-shirt is a lie then...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 04/29/2021 9:49 Comments || Top||

#8  here is his blog page marketing his book

http://benphilippe.com/sure-ill-be-your-black-friend-cover-release/

he brags about how he can have plausible deniability by resorting to fictioning
Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/29/2021 10:33 Comments || Top||

#9  1984: The How-To Guide For Dummies™
Posted by: magpie || 04/29/2021 14:54 Comments || Top||

#10  Bring it
Posted by: Enver Gloque7955 || 04/29/2021 22:14 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
India third largest military spender globally behind US, China
[OneIndia] India is the third highest military spender behind the United States and China, according to the latest military expenditure database prepared by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

It said that the US accounted for 39 per cent of the money spent on military globally, followed by China at 13 per cent and India at 3.7 per cent. In 2020, the US spent USD 778 billion. China spent USD 252 billion and India USD 72.9 billion, the report also said.
And the American spending listed here does not include record numbers of weapon acquisitions by private American citizens for their personal use.
The report also noted that the spending during the pandemic in 2020 had gone up when compared to 2019. India's spending grew by 2.1 per cent from 2019 and in the case of China it was at 1.9 per cent.

The US on the other hand increased its spending by 4.4 per cent when compared to its expenditure in 2019.

The US military spending was 3.7 per cent of its GDP and in the case of China and India it was 1.7 per cent and 2.9 per cent respectively. While the spending between 2011 and 2020 dropped by 10 per cent for the US, in the case of China and India the it grew by 76 per cent and 34 per cent respectively.

The military spending in Asia and Oceania was 2.5 per cent higher in 2020 than in 2019 and 47 per cent higher than in 2011, continuing an uninterrupted upward trend since at least 1989" and attributed the rise "primarily to increases in spending by China and India, which together accounted for 62 per cent of total military expenditure in the region in 2020, according to SIPRI.

The other top spenders were Russia with USD 61.7 billion, UK at USD 59.2 billion, Saudi at USD 57.5 billion. "Global military expenditure rose to $1981 billion last year, an increase of 2.6 per cent in real terms from 2019" and the "five biggest spenders in 2020, which together accounted for 62 per cent of global military expenditure", the report said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I think you will find that most of the nuclear expenditure is listed here.
Posted by: BernardZ || 04/29/2021 6:28 Comments || Top||

#2  I recalled an observation some time ago that said the largest armed bodies in the world were something in order like; Soviet Union, United States, China, the American public. In the last year, I suspect the fourth place body has moved far ahead in the standings.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/29/2021 7:22 Comments || Top||

#3  So if Russia is down the list, what are they spending all their oil money on? How many daschas does Pooty-poot own?
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/29/2021 8:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Russia is playing a very poor hand masterfully.
Posted by: Tom || 04/29/2021 14:56 Comments || Top||

#5  Second largest population, so is it a big deal?
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/29/2021 15:05 Comments || Top||

#6  If it worries the ChiComs, I’m good with it.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/29/2021 19:04 Comments || Top||


International-UN-NGOs
US disagrees with rights group’s accusation that Israel committing ‘apartheid’
[IsraelTimes] The United States voices disagreement with Human Rights Watch’s allegation that Israel is committing "apartheid" against the Paleostinians but says it is committed to condemning abuses.

"It is not the view of this administration that Israel’s actions constitute apartheid," a State Department spokesperson says.

US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body....
’s State Department, however, says it won’t "offer public evaluations of reports by outside groups" — a shift from Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
’s administration which loudly berated advocacy groups that criticized ally Israel.

The spokesperson renews a call on both Israel and the Paleostinians to "refrain from unilateral actions that exacerbate tensions" including settlement activity and incitement to violence.

Human Rights Watch in a report yesterday said that Israel is "committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution," saying Israel had an "overarching" policy to "maintain the domination of Jewish Israelis over Paleostinians."

Israel, which is facing an investigation at the International Criminal Court opposed by the United States, denounced the report and accused the New York-based group of having an anti-Israel agenda.

Israel’s ambassador to the United States said the report was full of "lies and fabrication" that were "bordering on antisemitic."
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/29/2021 01:32 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Israel is the only western society to deny construction permits to people on the grounds of race. Until 1992, so did South Africa.

Israeli law also restricts where non-Jews may live.
Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 || 04/29/2021 15:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Race, huh? What Race are you referring to?
Posted by: Frank G || 04/29/2021 15:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Apartheid is for wusses. Think old testament.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/29/2021 16:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Israel is the only western society to deny construction permits to people on the grounds of race.


Uh-huh.

You sure you don't just hate them because they're Jewish?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/29/2021 17:58 Comments || Top||

#5  If Jews are a race what are Palestinians then? Some kind of sub-race?
Posted by: jpal || 04/29/2021 20:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Israel is the only western society to deny construction permits to people on the grounds of race. Until 1992, so did South Africa.

How ignorant. Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis are both Semites, Sheger Thromotch7944. Some Israeli Jews are Chinese, some are from Africa...and a very few Israeli Arabs have a larger or smaller portion of African DNA, either descended from pilgrims who stayed on or slaves whose children were allowed to survive. Ditto for Palestinian Arabs, by the way. So racism is exactly the wrong concept, my dear, along with apartheid.

Incidentally, the legal penalty for a Palestinian who sells property to a Jew is death. Arab Israelis who sell to Jewish Israelis are often shunned or beaten up by their communities. The situation is much more nuanced than Evil Joooos Bad!
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/29/2021 22:08 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Three officials arrested for discharging unregistered containers in Basra
[SHAFAQ] The Federal Commission of Integrity caught an officer and a commissioner of the Border crossings Authority, and a customs broker in Umm Qasr port, for discharging unregistered containers.

The Commission’s Investigation Department said that one of its teams in Basra was able to arrest the perpetrators who were discharging containers without registering them or showing the official transactions.

The department added that the team also caught the customs clearance agent, adding that it was able to locate the broker’s car and find the transactions.

The customs clearance agent confessed that the containers were taken out of the port, noting that some of them contain cycle of violences.
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  It's not smuggling if nobody asks.
Posted by: ed in texas || 04/29/2021 21:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Somebody didn't get paid...
Posted by: SteveS || 04/29/2021 22:21 Comments || Top||


Kurdistan's President calls Parliament to speed up the process to approve Special Court for ISIS Crimes
[SHAFAQ] Kurdistan’s President, Nechirvan Barzani, on Wednesday, praised the Cabinet for approving the law of the Special Court for ISIS Crimes.

Barzani said on Twitter "approving the draft law on ISIS crimes by the Council of Ministers is a source of satisfaction," expressing thanks to "the friends Mr. Karim Khan, head of the international investigation team (UNITAD) and his team."

Barzani called the Kurdistan Parliament to speed up the process of approving the Law "to achieve justice for the victims."

Earlier today, Kurdistan’s Council of Ministers approved the draft law of the Criminal Court to investigate ISIS bandidos bully boyz and prosecute them for their war crimes, massacres.
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  What's this 'special court' and 'prosecute' nonsense? Just kill the prisoners you already have. I expect better from commie muslim tribal factions.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/29/2021 13:38 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Poll: Hamas will win parliamentary and presidential elections
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Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  "Or we'll kill you."
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/29/2021 8:24 Comments || Top||


Palestinian Parties Reject Canceling Elections
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Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Participants agreed to full restoration of the nuclear deal, Moscow's ambassador to the U.N. says
[SHAFAQ] The parties negotiating a revival of the Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
nuclear deal agreed on Tuesday to speed up efforts to bring the United States and Iran back into compliance, Russia’s envoy to the talks said.

"The discussions proved that participants are guided by the unity of purpose which is full restoration of the nuclear deal in its original form," Mikhail Ulyanov, Moscow’s ambassador to the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Twitter after senior diplomats met in Vienna. "It was decided to expedite the process."

Russia's Ulyanov added that there are plans to hold a new bilateral meeting between the delegations of Moscow and Washington on April 29th.

"The Iranians seek to ease sanctions as much as possible; while the Americans believe that some sanctions are not related to the nuclear agreement and therefore can be kept." He said.

Iran, Britannia, China, La Belle France, Germany and Russia began a third round of meetings in Vienna on Tuesday to agree steps that would be needed if the 2015 agreement, which was abandoned by US in 2018, is to be revived.

The main differences are over what sanctions the United States will need to remove, what steps Iran will need to take to resume its obligations to curb its nuclear programme, and how to sequence this process to satisfy both sides.
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


After Leaked Audio, Zarif Favors 'Adjustment' Between Military, Diplomacy
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday he favors a "smart adjustment" between the military and diplomatic spheres, in his first public reaction to leaked audio of him bemoaning the military's influence.

Mohammad Javad Zarif
...Persian foreign minister, Mouthpiece of Mullahs, good friend of John Kerry and similar exemplars of Merkin values...
also said he regretted that the leak had triggered "domestic infighting," amid a furious reaction from conservative figures and media outlets.

"I was very sorry that a secret theoretical talk regarding the need for synergy between diplomacy and the (military) field ... turns into domestic infighting," Iran's top diplomat said on his Instagram account.

"Honest and passionate" argument in a private setting had been misconstrued as "personal criticism," AFP quoted him as saying.

But Zarif also appeared to stick by the core argument that he made in the leaked audio.

He said on Wednesday that the "main point" of his remarks in the audio -- in which he says the military has too much influence on diplomacy -- is emphasizing "the need for a smart adjustment of the relationship between" diplomacy and the military.

Zarif also said on Wednesday he saw a need for "setting priorities through legal structures and under the great purview of the supreme leader," Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani
...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man...
has ordered a probe to identify who leaked the "stolen" three-hour recording.

His moderate government has sought to downplay the remarks, which were leaked ahead of the June elections and as Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and world powers discuss ways to revive a 2015 nuclear accord.

In Iran "the military field rules," Zarif said in the audio tape, published by several media outlets outside Iran on Sunday. "I have sacrified diplomacy for the military field rather than the field servicing diplomacy".

Comments he made about Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations arm who was killed in a US Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
last year, especially hit a nerve, with Zarif specifically addressing that in his Instagram post.

"I have had the honor of deep friendship and cooperation with haj Qasem (Soleimani) for more than two decades," he wrote, noting that he has repeatedly reminded the world of Soleimani's "humanity, peacefulness and courage".

He also defended his track record by stressing that he has "always followed the country's internally agreed policies and strongly defended them".

"Safeguarding the country's interests and... (those of) the patient and valiant people of Iran is an oath I will stand by until the last moment," Zarif pledged.

"But I have considered appeasement and self-censorship in expert opinion to be a betrayal," he added.
Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Senior US Delegation Headed to MiddleEast amid Concerns about Iran Deal
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Posted by: Fred || 04/29/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  The delegation will be led by Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council's Middle East policy coordinator, and State Department counselor Derek Chollett.... While the final itinerary was unclear, there were tentative plans for the team to visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan. Bloomberg News was first to report the news of the trip.
Posted by: b || 04/29/2021 8:48 Comments || Top||



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