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Why Japan won’t repeat the West’s mistakes on immigration: You must follow the rules to stay — and those who do not are welcome to leave
 
06/26/2024 9:13:24 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
The Spectator ^ | 06/26/2024 | Olivia Jia
Japan has become another piece of fodder for the West’s culture wars. After a recent visit with his family, talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel praised the country for its clean toilets and lack of litter, only to be lambasted by right-wing pundits such as Ben Shapiro, who accused the comedian of having leftist beliefs that are completely at odds with what makes Japanese society so safe and orderly. Namely, Shapiro argued, Japan is a closed-off nation, unpersuaded by arguments to allow mass migration, and its homogeneity and “unique culture,” along with a strict legal system, help…Japan has become another piece of...
 

White West Virginia couple forced their adopted black children to work as slaves and live in barn
 
06/25/2024 3:10:40 PM PDT · by Morgana · 32 replies
Daily Mail UK ^ | June 25, 2024 | Alexa Cimino
A wealthy white West Virginia couple have been accused of forcing their adopted black children to work as slaves and live inside a locked barn. Donald Ray Lantz, 63, and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62 of Charleston, West Virginia, plead not guilty on Tuesday to multiple new charges after their kids were found locked in a dilapidated shed after allegedly laboring on the surrounding farmland. The judge presiding over the case said the couple targeted their five kids - aged 16, 14, 11, nine, and six - because of their race and they were 'used basically as slaves.' According to the...
 

‘Fatties for Palestine’ is a new low for the narcissistic, woke West
 
06/25/2024 7:03:48 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 30 replies
The Telegraph ^ | 6/13/2024 | Tom Slater
After a prolonged, deafening silence, the fat community has finally taken a stand on Gaza. Introducing “Fatties for a Free Palestine”, the latest woke social-media trend to take the Middle East’s most intractable, awful conflict and reduce it to a fashion statement. This is the brainchild of Hannah Moushabeck, a Palestinian American author and activist, in collaboration with designer Phoebe Wahl and a lifestyle blog called Fat Girl Flow. Essentially, it looks like a t-shirt design with pretensions to being a political movement. For $39 you can get your hands on a standard or a cropped tee, emblazoned with “Fatties...
 

US condemns ‘shocking’ video of Palestinian tied to hood of army car in West Bank
 
06/24/2024 12:03:02 PM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 31 replies
The Times of Israel ^ | JUNE 24, 2024 | JACOB MAGID
WASHINGTON — The US condemns the “shocking” video of a wounded Palestinian tied to the hood of a military vehicle by IDF soldiers in the West Bank over the weekend. “This practice is absolutely unacceptable. Humans should never be used as human shields. The IDF should swiftly investigate what happened and hold people accountable,” US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says, when asked about the clip during a press briefing.
 

Drone attack causes damage to vessel west of Yemen's Hodeidah
 
06/23/2024 6:30:34 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 5 replies
Reuters ^ | 6-22-24 | Reuters
A drone attack caused damage to a merchant vessel 65 nautical miles west of Yemen's Hodeidah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and British security firm Ambrey said on Sunday. "All crew members are reported safe, and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call," UKMTO said in an advisory note. In a separate note, Ambrey identified the vessel as a "Liberia-flagged fully cellular container ship", without providing its name. It said no injuries were reported.
 

'Denazification' must be implemented in Gaza and the West Bank if we are ever going to see real peace
 
06/23/2024 5:22:40 AM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 32 replies
Israel Hayom ^ | 6/23/24 | Zina Rakhamilova
With the current Palestinian opinion polls, any idea of a realistic "day after" plan must address the radical and Islamist elements of Palestinian society. It has been eight and a half months into the war between Israel and Hamas, and we have seen 105 hostages released, seven hostages rescued and most of the Hamas battalions destroyed by IDF forces. There is much debate on whether or not the military campaign against the Gaza-run terror group has been "successful", yet the question nobody seems to have an answer to is what happens the day after. How do we truly eradicate Hamas...
 

‘Let us leave’: United Methodist churches still blocked from disaffiliating in Alabama-West Florida Conference
 
06/22/2024 6:37:00 PM PDT · by fwdude · 38 replies
AL.com ^ | June 18, 2024 | Greg Garrison
Delegates from United Methodist churches that voted to leave the denomination but have been blocked from disaffiliating spoke up in frustration on Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. A group of 44 churches that wanted to disaffiliate had sued the conference and appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled it is a matter that must be decided by the church, not secular courts.
 

Cornel West Campaign Submits “Double the Required Number” of Signatures for Michigan Ballot Access
 
06/22/2024 4:05:11 PM PDT · by Angelino97 · 31 replies
Independent Political Report ^ | June 20, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans
Independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West announced on Thursday that his campaign submitted enough signatures to put him and his running mate, Melina Abdullah, on the Michigan state ballot this year. According to a press release by the campaign on Thursday, West submitted signatures that his campaign described as “exceeding double the required number” to the Michigan Secretary of State’s office this week to appear on the ballot as an independent. The campaign did not specify the exact number of signatures submitted. Information provided by the Michigan Department of State indicates that to qualify for the ballot as a candidate...
 

THE BBC: West provoked Ukraine war, Nigel Farage says
 
06/21/2024 7:23:43 PM PDT · by RandFan · 94 replies
BBC ^ | June 21 | BBC
Nigel Farage has said the West "provoked" Russia's invasion of Ukraine by expanding the European Union and Nato military alliance eastwards. The Reform UK leader told the BBC that "of course" the war was President Vladimir Putin's fault. But he added that the expansion of the EU and Nato gave him a "reason" to tell the Russian people "they're coming for us again". In an interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson, Mr Farage was challenged over his judgement and past statements, including when he named Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world leader he most admired in 2014. "I said...
 

West provoked Ukraine war, Nigel Farage says
 
06/21/2024 11:45:07 AM PDT · by JonPreston · 173 replies
Yahoo News ^ | 6/21/24 | Becky Morton
Nigel Farage has said the West "provoked" Russia's invasion of Ukraine by expanding the European Union and Nato military alliance eastwards. But he added that the expansion of the EU and Nato gave him a "reason" to tell the Russian people "they're coming for us again". In an interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson, Mr Farage was challenged over his judgement and past statements, including when he named Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world leader he most admired in 2014."I said I disliked him as a person, but admired him as a political operator because he's managed to take...
 

The West’s War on Critical Thinking
 
06/20/2024 3:44:46 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 16 replies
American Thinker ^ | 20 Jun, 2024 | J.B. Shurk
The human mind is now the primary focus of global military planners. Nobody enjoys being manipulated. I have never met anyone who remarked, “I’m so glad people cleverer than I tricked me into doing what they wanted.” Yet we are all bombarded each day with messages from people and institutions vying to shape our thoughts and control our behaviors. Television commercials push us to buy certain products. Politicians describe domestic and foreign threats in such ways that only they can provide necessary solutions. Religious leaders choose which doctrines of their faiths must be diligently observed and which ones can be...
 

Removal of gray wolves from US West wreaked havoc on ecosystem: Study
 
06/19/2024 1:19:47 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 43 replies
The Hill ^ | 06/19/2024 | SHARON UDASIN
The historic removal of gray wolves from the U.S. West facilitated the rise of mid-ranking predators across the region, wreaking havoc on historical ecosystem dynamics, a new study has found. Yet just how much havoc — both to their immediate prey and much farther down the line — remains unclear due to a dearth of data, according to the study, published Wednesday in BioScience. The disappearance of wolves particularly led to a spike in elk populations, which then damaged plant communities through overgrazing, per the study. Also of note was an upswing in medium-sized carnivores like coyotes that threaten smaller...
 

Watch: female Palestinian-Hamas terrorist explains how Palestinian Muslims took to the streets of Gaza and the West Bank to celebrate the London bombings on July 7 2005
 
06/18/2024 3:43:04 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 3 replies
LizaRosen ^ | June 18, 2024
Watch: female Palestinian-Hamas terrorist explains how Palestinian Muslims took to the streets of Gaza and the West Bank to celebrate the London bombings on July 7 2005As the death toll in London rose, the Palestinians' celebrations became wilder. According to her non-Muslim… pic.twitter.com/jTrQro4YhV— Liza Rosen (@LizaRosen0000) June 18, 2024
 

Zuppardi’s Apizza celebrates 90 years in business in West Haven
 
06/17/2024 8:26:56 AM PDT · by Puppage · 13 replies
WTNH Television ^ | 06/17/24 | Bailey Wright
WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – A West Haven staple is turning 90-years-old this week.Zuppardi’s Apizza will celebrate their 90th business birthday on Monday with an anniversary party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 179 Union Ave. restaurant.
 

New York times Nicholas Kristof "What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?"
 
06/15/2024 9:24:15 PM PDT · by Cronos · 132 replies
New York times ^ | 15th June 2024 | Nicholas Kristof
As Democrats make their case to voters around the country this fall, one challenge is that some of the bluest parts of the country — cities on the West Coast — are a mess. Centrist voters can reasonably ask: Why put liberals in charge nationally when the places where they have greatest control are plagued by homelessness, crime and dysfunction? I’ll try to answer that question in a moment, but liberals like me do need to face the painful fact that something has gone badly wrong where we’re in charge, from San Diego to Seattle. ...the truth is that too...
 

Putin says Russia could deploy missiles in striking distance of the West
 
06/15/2024 5:15:31 AM PDT · by 4Runner · 79 replies
Reuters ^ | June 06, 2024 | Samia Nakhoul and Guy Faulconbridge
<p>ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he could deploy conventional missiles within striking distance of the United States and its European allies if they allowed Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with long-range Western weapons. Putin, in his first face-to-face meeting with senior editors of international news agencies since the war in Ukraine began, said the West was wrong to assume Russia would never use nuclear weapons, and said the Kremlin's nuclear doctrine should not be taken lightly.</p>
 

The Heat | The West Rejected Putin's Peace Plan | Heorhiivka Has Fallen. Military Summary 2024.06.14 Video— 1/2 hour
 
06/14/2024 2:11:14 PM PDT · by Phoenix8 · 16 replies
YouTube ^ | 6/14/2024 | Military Summary Channel
 

Ukraine’s draft woes leave the West facing pressure to make up for the troop shortfall
 
06/14/2024 2:08:14 PM PDT · by Mariner · 36 replies
The Conversation via Yahoo ^ | June 14th, 2024 | Nicolai N. Petro, University of Rhode Island
Ukraine’s current military recruitment campaign is not going according to plan.Announced on April 16, 2024, the drive was aimed at enlisting hundreds of thousands of young Ukrainian men to help push back against a Russian invasion that has gained momentum in recent months.But the effort has been met with public skepticism, draft dodging and opposition to unpopular, heavy-handed attempts to root out those not heeding the call to sign up. It has left Ukraine struggling to fill the positions officials say are needed to beat back the invading army. Rather than solving Ukraine’s problems, the draft effort is multiplying them....
 

The West Is Sick of the New Woke Jihadism
 
06/14/2024 7:51:16 AM PDT · by artichokegrower
Real Clear Politics ^ | June 14, 2024 | Victor Davis Hanson
The West Is Sick of the New Woke Jihadism By Victor Davis Hanson - RCP ContributorJune 14, 2024 The West Is Sick of the New Woke JihadismFR159526 AP What are the mobs in Washington defiling iconic federal statues with impunity and pelting policemen really protesting? What are the throngs in London brazenly swarming parks and rampaging in the streets really angry about? Occupations? They could care less that the Islamist Turkish government still stations 40,000 troops in occupied Cyprus. No one is protesting against the Chinese takeover of a once-independent Tibet or the threatened absorption of an autonomous Taiwan.
 

The West Is Sick of the New Woke Jihadism
 
06/14/2024 7:51:16 AM PDT · by artichokegrower
Real Clear Politics ^ | June 14, 2024 | Victor Davis Hanson
The West Is Sick of the New Woke Jihadism By Victor Davis Hanson - RCP ContributorJune 14, 2024 The West Is Sick of the New Woke JihadismFR159526 AP What are the mobs in Washington defiling iconic federal statues with impunity and pelting policemen really protesting? What are the throngs in London brazenly swarming parks and rampaging in the streets really angry about? Occupations? They could care less that the Islamist Turkish government still stations 40,000 troops in occupied Cyprus. No one is protesting against the Chinese takeover of a once-independent Tibet or the threatened absorption of an autonomous Taiwan.
 
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