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  • Sam Brinton helped craft model school policy keeping parents in dark about kids' gender change

    12/15/2022 2:44:53 PM PST · by ConservativeInPA · 15 replies
    FoxNews ^ | December 15, 2022 | Jessica Chasmar
    Model school policy partly crafted by Brinton says 'great sensitivity needs to be taken in what information is communicated' with 'unaffirming' parents Sam Brinton, the non-binary former federal government official who is now facing the possibility of significant prison time, played a key role in developing a model school policy adopted in multiple states that instructs school districts to keep "unaffirming" parents in the dark about a potentially suicidal child’s gender identity or sexual orientation.—-break—- Before joining the federal government, Brinton was in charge of advocacy and government affairs at the LGBTQ youth suicide prevention nonprofit The Trevor Project, where...
  • Why isn’t the assassination attempt on Donald Trump bigger news?

    06/25/2016 7:56:31 AM PDT · by Starman417 · 36 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 06-25-16 | Brother Bob
    Ah Washington Post, you've done it again. Here you have a legitimate, under-reported story, and you manage to find a way to drop in some good old fashioned radical left wing bias. From your 6/21 edition: The No. 1 trending question related to Donald Trump on Google right now is "Who tried to shoot Trump?" Which means a lot of people don't know the answer. Which is probably because the assassination attempt on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee hasn't been covered as a major news story. The answer, authorities say, is Michael Steven Sandford, a 20-year-old British citizen who...
  • Anti-Trump Protester Arrested After Trying to Take Police Officer’s Gun at Vegas Rally

    06/19/2016 4:05:27 PM PDT · by bobsunshine · 33 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 19, 2016 | Jim Hoft
    Authorities in Las Vegas arrested a 19-year-old man after he allegedly tried to disarm a police officer at the Donald Trump presidential rally. Fox News: Las Vegas Metro police said Michael Sanford approached a uniformed officer and started a conversation looking to get an autograph. Minutes into the conversation, Sanford attempted to disarm the officer, police said. Authorities said officers assigned to the rally were able to take Sanford into custody with little disruption at the venue. No other incidents or injuries were reported.
  • Briton jailed over Trump death plot

    12/13/2016 11:58:44 AM PST · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 43 replies
    BBC.com ^ | 12/13/16 | BBC
    A British man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison over his attempt to grab a gun in an alleged bid to kill Donald Trump. Michael Sandford, 20, pleaded guilty in September to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and disrupting an official function. He was accused of grabbing a policeman's gun at a rally in Las Vegas in order to shoot at the candidate. His mother says "he is remorseful over what he did". Sandford, from Dorking in Surrey, had faced up to 10 years in prison over the alleged assassination plot....
  • We Are Not Letting EU Go German Finance Minister Warns That Britain Could Still Be Paying

    11/18/2016 2:31:27 PM PST · by Enlightened1 · 26 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 11/18/16 | JAMES TAPSFIELD
    Britain could be forced to write cheques to Brussels until 2030 despite leaving the EU, the German finance minister has warned. Wolfgang Schauble delivered his blustering warning as Theresa May flew into Berlin for talks with Angela Merkel and other world leaders. Mr Schauble said post-Brexit Britain would be bound by tax rules restricting it from granting incentives to keep investors in the country. He also insisted there will be no special deal to curb freedom of movement if the UK wants to remain part of the common market. Signalling that the bloc is determined to take a tough line...
  • Macedonia seals hotel after Briton dies of suspected Ebola

    10/09/2014 11:11:31 AM PDT · by AAABEST · 68 replies
    Reuters ^ | 10/09/2104 | -
    SKOPJE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A British man with symptoms of the Ebola virus died in Macedonia on Thursday and authorities said they had sealed off a hotel where he stayed, keeping another Briton and hotel staff inside. A Health Ministry official said the man had arrived in the capital, Skopje, from Britain on Oct. 2 and had been rushed to hospital at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Thursday, where he died several hours later.
  • MV Seaman Guard Ohio: India police arrest crew of US ship

    10/18/2013 1:09:35 AM PDT · by TexGrill · 5 replies
    BBC News ^ | 10/18/2013 | BBC
    Police in India say they have arrested the crew of a US-owned ship accused of illegally entering Indian waters with a huge cache of weapons. MV Seaman Guard Ohio was detained on 12 October by the Indian Coast Guard and is anchored at Tuticorin port in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Its 35-member crew include Indians, Britons, Ukrainians and Estonians. The vessel, owned by a private US-based security firm, is registered in Sierra Leone, officials say. The US embassy in the capital, Delhi, told the BBC they had "no comment" to make on the reports. A police official in...
  • A Royal Charter for a regulated press is a terrible idea: either the press is free, or it is not

    12/08/2012 3:26:23 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 4 replies
    Telegraph - UK ^ | December 8, 2012 | Iain Martin
    Who could object to something that sounds as nice as a "Royal Charter"? With echoes of Magna Carta and Royal proclamations spreading cheer, the term is almost soothing: medieval but in a good way. "My liege, the herald is here at the drawbridge with the new Royal Charter." "Oh excellent news, please show the fellow in.".... [SNIP] .....The difficulty with a Royal Charter is that it brings the press within the orbit of the government and Parliament as surely as statute does. Once a decade, the government – in theory parliament but in effect government – would decide whether or...
  • Assange: How a cosy chat with the president of Ecuador turned into a diplomatic headache for Britain

    08/19/2012 12:15:01 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 13 replies
    Telegraph - UK ^ | August 19, 2012 | Harriet Alexander, Philip Sherwell in New York and Hugo Carro in Quito
    One was an Australian computer hacker; the other a head of state. They did not speak each other’s language; and their first encounter was a videolink conversation across 6,000miles. ....“Welcome to the club of the persecuted!” a beaming Mr Correa[President of Ecuador]told the grinning Australian. ...on Mr Assange’s Russian television chat show in May, the Ecuadorean discussed at great length his resentment of American“imperialism”, and his vehement dislike of big business, media barons and “elites”. ..........Mr Assange nodded knowingly....... The two men laughed and joked as they congratulated each other on their pariah status. ......On Thursday, Mr Correa’s government announced...
  • Human rights law to be reviewed (European Convention Article 8 brings immigration chaos)

    07/03/2011 2:29:56 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 3 replies
    Telegraph UK ^ | July 2, 2011 | David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent
    A consultation paper to be launched within days will open up a debate on the future of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees "the right to a family life". Article 8 is increasingly being used by foreign criminals and illegal immigrants to dodge deportation. A highly-placed source told The Sunday Telegraph that the issue would be raised in a paper on immigration to be issued by Home Secretary Theresa May before Parliament breaks up for the summer. It comes as this newspaper can reveal that a new Article 8 test case has created a "loophole"...
  • Western culture celebrated today at the royal wedding

    04/29/2011 1:53:23 PM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 133 replies · 1+ views
    April 30, 2011 | Vanity
    Instead of spending another day immersed in Middle Eastern names, culture, religion, death and destruction, the world was treated to western culture, etiquette and a Christian gathering in the House of the Lord, to celebrate the marriage of a man and a woman who love one another. It was a beautiful ceremony, in a beautiful setting. It was uplifting. It was a happy, joyous day. I wish the newlyweds a loving and productive life. Queen Elizabeth can take a bow now that the British royal family will be in good hands after she's gone.
  • A Letter to America (You deserve better, cousins. And we expect better)

    03/11/2011 3:25:03 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 20 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | March 11, 2011 | Mr. Hannan is a member of the European Parliament
    ......As a Briton, I see the American republic as a repository of our traditional freedoms. The doctrines rooted in the common law, in the Magna Carta, and in the Bill of Rights found their fullest and most sublime expression in the old courthouse of Philadelphia. Britain, as a result of its unhappy membership in the European Union, has now surrendered a large part of its birthright. But our freedoms live on in America. Which brings me to my country's present tragedy. The fears that the American patriot leaders had about a Hanoverian tyranny were, in retrospect, exaggerated. The United Kingdom...
  • Briton jailed for Daniel Pearl's murder is 'likely to be freed'

    01/20/2011 5:07:19 PM PST · by Nachum · 8 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 1/20/11 | Declan Walsh
    US investigators say concocted evidence was used to convict Omar Saeed Sheikh for killing of Wall Street Journal reporter A new investigation into the death of the American journalist Daniel Pearl says that the British jihadist jailed for his murder is likely to be released because Pakistani officials used tainted evidence. The report, by a collective of American investigative journalists, asserts that Pakistani prosecutors knowingly used perjured evidence to suggest that Omar Saeed Sheikh and three other men were in the room where the Wall Street Journal reporter was killed in 2002. American officials have found evidence based on "vein...
  • Caravanner, 61, prosecuted for having Swiss Army knife in his glove box...(UK)

    04/24/2010 9:28:15 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 24 replies · 707+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | April 15, 2010 | Rodney Knowles
    MailOnline - Caravanner, 61, prosecuted for having Swiss Army knife in his glove box... to cut up fruit on picnics By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:53 PM on 15th April 2010 Rodney Knowles 'Stupid law': Rodney Knowles, who walks with the aid of a stick, poses with the penknife found in his glove compartment A disabled caravanner who kept a penknife in his glove compartment to use on picnics has blasted the authorities after being dragged through court for possessing an offensive weapon. Rodney Knowles, 61, walks with the aid of a stick and had used the Swiss...
  • Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis

    04/24/2010 8:39:29 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 49 replies · 1,413+ views
    One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey on Friday. Commissioned by the online takeaway food service Just-Eat.co.uk, the survey found that 18 percent of Britons believe that haggis is a hilltop-dwelling animal. Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument while 4 percent admitted to thinking it was a character from Harry Potter.
  • U.S. Assures Fretful Britons: It’s Much Ado About Nothing

    09/24/2009 5:59:06 PM PDT · by Pan_Yan · 24 replies · 651+ views
    NYT ^ | September 24, 2009 | HELENE COOPER
    PITTSBURGH — For the record, no, the White House was not snubbing Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain. Such a thought is “silly and absurd,” the White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said Thursday. The United States still has a special relationship with Britain, he said. The only reason the White House turned down five requests from the British for a meeting between President Obama and Mr. Brown this week is that they talk all the time, he said. “Stop reading those London tabloids,” Mr. Gibbs said, swatting down the fuming by the British media that the prime minister was being...
  • Briton found America in 1499

    08/29/2009 12:03:39 AM PDT · by OldSpice · 36 replies · 1,365+ views
    The Daily Mirror ^ | 29 Aug., 2009 | By Tom Pettifor
    The first Briton sailed to the New World only seven years after Columbus, a long-lost royal letter reveals.Written by Henry VII 510 years ago, it suggests Bristol merchant William Weston headed for America in 1499.In his letter the king, right, instructs his Chancellor to suspend an injunction against Weston because "he will shortly with God's grace, pass and sail for to search and find if he can the new found land".Bristol University's Dr Evan Jones believes it was probably the earliest attempt to find the North-West Passage - the searoute around North America to the Pacific. He said: "Henry's...
  • Al-Qaeda warns of 'spectacular attacks' on UK

    08/17/2009 2:27:57 PM PDT · by Sammy67 · 39 replies · 3,554+ views
    ExpressIndia ^ | 8/17/09
    London In an astounding revelation, Al-Qaeda extremists have claimed that home-grown terrorists are plotting to attack targets in Britain. According to reports, in an internet magazine read by thousands of Islamic extremists Al-Qaeda has labeled Britain and Europe as a bigger enemy than the United States. It further says that the strikes are being planned by terrorists living in Britain and others overseas, and warns of “spectacular attacks”, 'The Sun' reports
  • Qaeda in North Africa says killed British hostage

    06/02/2009 11:11:20 PM PDT · by rdl6989 · 7 replies · 574+ views
    Reuters ^ | Wed Jun 3, 2009
    DUBAI, June 3 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa wing said on Wednesday it had carried out a threat to kill a British hostage. The report was carried on a website used by al Qaeda-linked groups. The group had said it would kill the Briton if the British government did not release cleric Abu Qatada, whom it is holding in prison.
  • How Democracies Perish British Edition (A conservative MP arrested criticizes the government)

    12/02/2008 7:05:07 PM PST · by Sammy67 · 6 replies · 684+ views
    http://pajamasmedia.com/ ^ | 12/2/08 | Roger Kimball
    The horrific story of the latest adventure conducted by the religion of peace in Bombay riveted the public’s attention to such an extent that one of the most egregious violations of political freedom in a Western democracy has, at least on this side of the Atlantic, gone almost without comment. I mean the sudden arrest in London last week of of Damian Green, a conservative MP and Shadow Minister for Immigration, who was seized by anti-terrorist personnel from the Metropolitan police, held for questioning for 9 hours, and whose private papers and computer files in his home and office in...