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Austria’s Foreign Ministry says its IT systems are the target of a “serious cyberattack” and authorities have taken counter measures. The ministry said Sunday that “due to the severity of nature of the attack it cannot be ruled out that this is a targeted attack by a state actor.” In a statement, the ministry noted that some other European countries have been hit by “similar attacks” in the past, without elaborating. It said the attack was swiftly discovered and “counter measures were immediately put in place.”

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s conservative People’s Party and Green Party leader Werner Kogler presented their government’s program. The new coalition government in Austria pledged to fight anti-Zionism in addition to antisemitism, in its written program released on Thursday. As a part of that fight, Austria will not support any initiatives in international organizations, like the UN, that question Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish...

Several Palestinian clans have rejected The Convention of the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, a move widely seen as a revolt against the PA. Critics of the treaty claim that it goes against Arab and Islamic norms and teachings. “This treaty is unacceptable to Arabs and Muslims,” remarked Palestinian activist Abu Ghassan Shaheen. “It goes against our religion and traditions.” On Saturday, leaders of large Palestinian clans in Hebron called on the PA to withdraw from the treaty. They also called for banning feminist groups from entering Palestinian schools. The clan leaders expressed opposition to the PA’s...

by Sheri Urban With the Democrats plowing ahead with their impeachment of President Trump, and an almost certain Senate trial looming, Rudy Giuliani just lobbed a major bombshell into D.C., after a 2-week trip to uncover corruption in Ukraine, and clear his friend and client Donald Trump. Stunning Democrats and their media allies, Sen. Lindsey Graham has invited Rudy Giuliani to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss Ukraine. Rudy tweeted... “Budapest | Kiev | Vienna… “After hundreds of hours & months of research, I have garnered witnesses & documents which reveal the truth behind this...

North Korea has again conducted what's being called a "crucial test" at its Sohae Satellite Launching Ground.... Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying Friday that US will "respond decisively" if any US or Iraqi personnel are harmed in rocket attacks on bases in Iraq.... Well congratulations are in order to: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson "Al" Johnson is the winner of the British General Election getting his majority in Parliament to implement what he calls: "Brexit" but what he also said yesterday is a: "new partnership" with the European Union...... "The Sword Dance Strikes Back" Israel also embracing the Gulf...

Lovely Scene From Austria VIDEOS AT LINK............. Muslim migrants try to disrupt the Austrian parade of St. Nicholas. They was met with force from patriots. They forgot Krampus (horned-devil type creature) are in attendance and aren’t taking any of their [crap] this year. Hat tip to Katie Hopkins… Bloody marvellous. Migrants try to disrupt the parade of St Nicklaus in Austria Only to forget the #Krampus (horned-devil type creature) are in attendance and aren’t taking any of their sh*t this year. pic.twitter.com/4Dnvs5IrSS — Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) December 9, 2019

Ran across this on the Interwebs today. Migrants in Tyrol tried to pull the masks of festival-goers. Instead, they were chased down and beaten.Austria fights back! Krampus vs migrants (YouTube)Good to see those who fight for cherished traditions that are all too often cancelled for "security reasons" (i.e. fear of offending Muslims).It was only a few years ago the Austrian region of Tyrol wanted to cancel this festival altogether worried the grotesque Krampus masks would frighten immigrants.Austrian town reassures asylum-seekers over unusual Christmas tradition

The American people and the world are witnessing a revolution of openness brought on by none other than the frank, brusk, always to the point methods of President Trump. This was on full display this week as Trump held public press conferences with world leaders during the NATO meeting in London, and repeatedly had shockingly open and honest discussions — the things that have always been kept behind closed doors in the past, and then reported via leaks through a partisan media. Trump’s method forces difficult issues out into the light without the bias filter. With French President Emmanuel Macron,...

A distinctive jutting jawline seen in dozens of pictures from the Habsburg dynasty of Spanish and Austrian kings was caused by inbreeding, researchers have found. The family intermarried multiple times, securing power and influence across a European empire for 200 years - but it carried with it an unusual by-product. The distinctive ‘Habsburg jaw’ can be seen in dozens of paintings, and researchers analysed the deformity, comparing it to the degree of relatedness in the kings and wives pictured in the images. Professor Roman Vilas from the University of Santiago de Compostela said, "The Habsburg dynasty was one of the...

Arutz Sheva spoke with Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), at a gathering of its Standing Committee in Geneva, Switzerland. How more challenging and scary has being a Jew in Europe become? "It's very challenging, as an individual and as a community." You're referring to fears of anti-Semitism? "Yes. We witnessed an attack on Yom Kippur in eastern Germany, not ISIS - Neo-Nazis. In the last years, no Jews were killed by neo-Nazis in Europe. It's a whole new phenomenon." "We have problems today from the left and the right and the center. This is...

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Andrew Weissmann, who served as one of Robert Mueller’s top deputies on the Russia probe, offered a Ukrainian oligarch a sweetheart deal in 2017 in exchange for information on President Donald Trump, according to a new report. In July 2017, Weissmann, who has been labeled Mueller’s “pit bull” because of his aggressive prosecutorial style, met with attorneys representing Dmitry Firtash, an energy magnate who was indicted on bribery charges in 2014, reports The Hill. The story cites sources familiar with Weissmann’s offer and defense memos written in meetings with the prosecutor. One of the defense memos said that Weissmann claimed...

Austria: Married Muslim migrant temporarily marries two non-Muslim teens in mosque OCT 25, 2019 3:30 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER Temporary marriage or pleasure marriage, i.e. prostitution behind the hypocritical fig leaf of a “marriage” with a time limit, is an established Shi’ite concept that is also prevalent among some Sunnis. It has been practiced among Sunnis in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, although Sunnis ostensibly reject it. Shi’ites justify temporary marriage, mutah, by their reading of Qur’an 4:24: And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for...

Teresa Heinz Kerry: A Potential First Lady With Maltese Family Ties- Vincent Camilleri Friday, September 12, 2003 ‘Of all the potential First Ladies in recent history, she is certainly the most accomplished.’ This is how Vogue Magazine described Teresa Heinz Kerry in its March 2003 edition. I had the honour to meet and have a very pleasant conversation with Ms Heinz Kerry in 1987. It happened in Vienna, where I was posted as head of the Maltese delegation to the CSCE Follow-Up meeting, during a diplomatic reception hosted by ambassador Warren Zimmermann, head of the US delegation to the conference....

The controversy over President Trump’s pullout on the Turkish–Syrian border will settle down quickly. It is another useful debunking of ancient shibboleths and decrepit truisms, like the long-impregnable encrustation of false wisdom that moving the U.S embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would unleash hell upon the whole Middle East. There are about 35 million Kurds, approximately half of them in Turkey, where they make up about a fifth of Turkey’s population. A century ago almost all the Kurds had been in the Ottoman Empire, which the Allied powers broke up after World War I, a foolish decision that is on...

Whatever you do, don't call Austrian Green Party politician Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek a "corrupt oaf" or "lousy traitor of the people" on Facebook. If you do, the European Union (E.U.) has ruled that Facebook can be forced to take your comments down, regardless of where you are in the world. In all likelihood, you have no idea who Glawischnig-Piesczek even is, but you should definitely worry about today's ruling and how it impacts your ability to express your opinions about politicians online. I blogged about this case back in June when the E.U. was first considering it. Glawischnig-Piesczek is a retired...

The polls have closed in Austria's special election called after a video sting operation against the anti-mass immigration Freedom Party. The Freedom Party is still standing in spite of the situation, but with a reduced share of the vote..... The talks to form a new government continued in Israel Sunday..... As Israel moved into the Rash Hashanah New Year holiday, details of the upcoming pre-indictment hearing involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out. The evidence review hearing will be spread out over two weeks and start on Wednesday...... From Saudi Arabia news of the murder of a bodyguard of King...

[UPDATED] AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR Sebastian Kurz: “Islam is not part of our culture. Not part of our history. And never will be” SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 BY BARENAKEDISLAM After the 2017 election, the anti-Islamization right wing People’s Party led by Sebastian Kurz formed a coalition with the extreme right wing Freedom Party. But after a scandal involving Freedom Party party chief Heinz-Christian Strache, it was decided to hold a snap election tomorrow. But what can be expected from the snap election on Sunday (29 September)? Various opinion polls suggest that Sebastian Kurz’s centre-right People’s Party (OVP) will comfortably win the election again,...

"Before the breathin' air is gone...." "Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time" The song with those lyrics by Three Dog Night "A Walk In The Country" moving up the Top 40 chart 49 years ago today. I was young back then with fear of nuclear catastrophe being put into me among other things but also the fear of environmental catastrophe.... Fear when I was young expressed into the cassette recorder microphone. It of course reminds me of Greta Thunberg's rage this week: "You stole my childhood" Wow! I was young, I was bullied and sexually...

The Overcomer I've pushed through the wings and stepped onto the Throne, I AM now with The LORD never alone, Vanquished the flesh across the Threshing Floor, Now Heaven is open as never before, The Eyes of Understanding now cover me, For now it is through His eyes I see, The wings represent the rest I now know, For now as Enoch it is with The LORD that I go . . .