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If there has been one meme that defines much of 2018 I would have to say it’s been the emergence of what I call the “Celebrity CEO.” And nowhere has this phenom been taken to 11 than what we’ve experienced from Silicon Valley. However, what takes it up another notch is just how overarching and politically driven this group decided they were to become via anointing themselves by decree, using their platforms and products as a cudgel against any and all that did not adhere to their viewpoints of right and wrong. Regardless if it would pass the standards of...

A nativity scene in Ilford has been “destroyed by idiots”.The British Pakistani Christian Association (BCPA) paid for and installed the statues to remind people in the High Road of the real meaning of Christmas. Yet, in an attack on Christianity, the Virgin Mary and Joseph have been smashed and the infant Jesus was decapitated. A local non-religious resident told the Ilford Recorder the incident was “religious desecration”. She said: “It is three days before Christmas and this happens”. Further saying, “Any other religion and there would be an outcry and it would have been fixed already. “It is a desecration...

Hamza Piccardo is one of Italy’s most prominent Muslim leaders. In the past he has claimed that “polygamy is our civil right” and now he has written to Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini requesting he “establish an electoral process leading to the election of a democratic representation of Italian Muslims.” He is the founder of the Union of Italian Islamic Communities (UCOII) and is known for his assertion that Italians should not “undervalue polygamy’s demographic effect,” which he believes would help Italy’s low birthrate and the need for foreign workers and should be considered a civil right as much...

Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding in recent months. In a series of tweets, Trump appeared to questions why he had put Mattis in his Cabinet in the first place, and said deputy defense secretary Patrick Shanahan will take over as acting secretary on Jan. 1 to cover the accelerated departure. The sudden change strips Mattis of any chance to further frame national security policy or...

The 1985 charity-hit for the starving people of Africa ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ called for us to spare a thought of starving Africans, but this Christmas – it’s time to start our charity at home and shine a light on our own horrors here in the UK, and think of the victims of the vile Rape Gangs that steal the childhood of thousands of young girls – and quite possibly boys, the #1400 campaign is trying to do that – despite a ‘Media Blackout.’ Last week, Politicalite along with Unity News Network and Alt News Media attended an event...

After enduring a deluge from multiple hurricanes earlier this year, the Carolinas are about to be flooded with something else far more preferable – jobs. Pharma companies based in both North and South Carolina are hiring for hundreds of positions, according to reports. In Raleigh, N.C., RedHill Biopharma is expecting to hire some additional employees following a $25 million underwritten offer in August and a $20 million underwritten public offering earlier this month. Speaking to WRAL TechWire, RedHill Chief Executive Officer Dror Ben-Asher noted that the funding will be used to support the company’s commercial capabilities. With the anticipation of...

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The Chinese navy has successfully tested a new submarine-launched nuclear-capable ballistic missile that can reach all of the United States, a capability that it did not previously have, according to reports. The missile, dubbed the Julong-3 (JL-3), is set to be deployed with China’s next generation of ballistic missile submarines which are currently under development but are soon to be deployed. Chinese officials have denied that the test of the Julong-3 took place, but a U.S. military source has confirmed to The Diplomat that the launch took place in November. The missile is likely to be deployed aboard Type...

An Indonesian pop band lost its bass player and road manager after a tsunami struck the beach where the band was performing Saturday night, according to reports. In a news release, the band named Seventeen confirmed the deaths of bassist M. Awal Purbani, also known as Bani, and road manager Oki Wijaya, the Jakarta Post reported. Four others associated with the band - guitarist Herman Sikumbang, drummer Andi Windu Darmawan, crew member Ujang, and Dylan Sahara, wife of vocalist Riefian Fajarsyah -- remained missing, according to the paper.

He scaled Mount Everest and the very best peaks on the six different continents. He skied to the North and South poles. Now, Victor Vescovo, the multimillionaire co-founder of a personal fairness firm in Dallas, Texas, needs to be the primary individual to go to the deepest level in every of the 5 oceans. This week, Vescovo was set to full the primary dive within the yearlong Five Deeps Expedition, piloting a titanium-alloy, 12.5-ton submersible down 8408 meters to the deepest a part of the Atlantic Ocean, within the Puerto Rico Trench. Five Deeps could seem like a conceit undertaking,...

Theologist Ann Heberlein warns in Swedish newspaper Nyheter Idag for the dangers of Islamism. “Evil,” wrote Hannah Arendt in “Responsibility and Judgement”, are things that make us think “this should not have happened”. In the midst of Christmas preparations, evil is making itself known – first an act of terror at a Christmas market in Strasbourg. A man shoots irrationally straight into a group of people who drink Glühwein and buy Christmas gifts. Five people die and ten are injured. This should not have happened. Barely a week after the massacre in Strasbourg, two young women, Norwegian Maren, 28, and...

Much like other immigration reforms President Donald Trump has attempted to enact since entering office, this new policy is due to receive court challenges. “Pushing asylum-seekers back into Mexico is absolutely illegal under U.S. immigration law,” senior director at Human Rights First, Eleanor Acer, told reporters Friday, according to the Daily Beast. “This scheme will increase, rather than decrease, the humanitarian debacle at the border.”

"We've been reporting year-over-year increases of the positivity rates for almost all three of these illicit drug classes," he said, referring to marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines. "As we break it out by industry we're seeing a number of industries with those same results." Still, the rate of growth stood out. The retail industry, for instance, saw a 43 percent increase in positive test results for cocaine between 2015 and 2017, Quest's analysis showed. And eight sectors saw at least 20 percent increases in positive marijuana test results over the same period, as more states loosened laws restricting the drug... "Absolutely,...

<p>A North Texas man has been arrested after being accused of shooting his wife's laptop computer because she was playing loud music on it. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that 44-year-old Gary Lykins has been charged with deadly conduct for discharging a firearm. He remained jailed on Saturday, held with no bond. Jail records didn't list an attorney for Lykins. Police say they were called to Lykins' Fort Worth home around 2 a.m. Saturday. Authorities say his wife received minor injuries from computer debris after Lykins fired his weapon. Authorities say Lykins barricaded himself in his home before he was taken into custody.</p>

The intervention was questionable in the first place, and the reasons for staying are murky. Donald Trump is looking to make a precipitate exit from Syria. His advisers, most of the leading opinion writers in the country, and all the great and the good of America’s foreign-policy elite are crying out at the blunder they anticipate it will be. The president is handing a gift to Vladimir Putin and Iran. The president is betraying our allies. Disaster. I don’t think so. You may remember that the U.S. Congress refused to authorize intervention in Syria in 2013, when President Obama kicked...

One Central Austin couple's Christmas decorations are stirring up some controversy. In their front yard sits a nativity scene showing baby Jesus in a cage in with "ICE" written on it, Mary and Joseph separated outside of the cage and a quote from the Statue of Liberty written on a scroll. It's all in protest of children being detained at the border and separated from their families... "If anyone is offended by our display, please know that we want to start this dialogue and have people thinking about why children are in cages," Naranjo said. This isn't the first time...

Chuck Schumer vows to continue his government shutdown forever rather than fund a wall: President Trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall, plain and simple. Schumer claims the Democrats are “open to discussing any proposal as long as they do not include anything for the wall.” Sure they are. This is all theater, of course. Hugh Hewitt says the shutdown is Schumer’s fault

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved a dollar coin to celebrate the LGBT experience and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada. The coin is already generating backlash, with opponents of the Trudeau government questioning whether the prime minister hasn’t done enough already to promote identity politics in Canada. According to CBC News, Trudeau gave his blessing to the coin on Dec. 14. The dollar coin, dubbed a “loonie” in Canada because a loon appears on one side of the coin, will be issued by the Royal Canadian Mint and be circulated throughout Canada as...

Because Democrats politicize everything, it’s very likely that the current government shutdown could last into 2019, according to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney, who is also the incoming Acting White House chief of staff. In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Mulvaney said that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who will likely reclaim the Speaker’s gavel in a few weeks, is intentionally stalling efforts to negotiate and resolve the partial shutdown, which began at midnight Saturday and affects one-quarter of the federal workforce. Mulvaney also insisted that POTUS Donald Trump “refuses to go along to...

Come one, come all! Mark the date on your carefully inclusive, diverse and politically correct calendar. On January 7, The Privilege Institute will hold its 20th annual White Privilege Conference in beautiful and exciting Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We need another week to be ready for registration. Thanks for your patience. Registration now opens January 07, 2019. WPC20 will be held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 20-23, 2019. You also won't want to miss our 20th anniversary dinner celebration which will feature new music from Jasiri X and local Iowa blues legend Kevin "B.F." Burt. In case you've forgotten, here...