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  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Conservative COVID Tyranny Unacceptable, Vaxx Warp Nine, All The Way With Ray

    05/15/2021 8:02:02 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 7 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 5/15/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    Vaccine Deaths: A Rough Formula We've seen almost four thousand deaths in the USA as we moved over 100 million people "fully vaccinated" against COVID-19. The new number up to May 7th stands at 4,027 dead just released by the CDC... So lets say 100 million fully vaccinated people will equal four thousand deaths. If the world gets to four billion fully vaccinated people that will mean 160,000 deaths... Newsdump Alert: Israeli Attack Destroys Foreign Media Building In Gaza... Worldwide Freedom Protests Today Protests today and they took it up Portland Place in London to the BBC, which is a...
  • The death of common sense and how our police are losing the plot

    05/10/2011 10:15:57 PM PDT · by malkee · 19 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | April 28 2011 | Richard Littlejohn
    A beach bar singer on the Isle of Wight has been arrested for performing the song Kung Fu Fighting. Simon Ledger stands accused of racially aggravated harassment. He was entertaining a crowd enjoying the Easter sunshine when a man reported to be of Chinese origin took offence at the lyrics and complained to police. Mr Ledger was subsequently int erviewed and is now facing formal charges. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1381373/Kung-Fu-Fighting-racist-row-Death-common-sense-police-losing-plot.html#ixzz1M17Nu7O1 ~snip~ So what in heavenÂ’s name were the Isle of Wight Plod thinking when they decided to arrest Mr Ledger, who has included the song in his act for years? They...
  • Cops to quiz Kung Fu Fighting singer (arrested in UK for singing Everybody Loves Kung Fu Fighting)

    04/27/2011 12:28:54 PM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 35 replies
    The Sun UK ^ | JAMIE PYATT and DAN SALES
    A PUB singer is set to be quizzed by cops tonight after he was accused of "racism" for belting out the chart hit Kung Fu Fighting as two Chinese people walked past. Simon Ledger was arrested in a Chinese restaurant after a complaint was made to police. The singer is set to be interviewed by cops at 8pm tonight after his bail comes to an end. Simon, 34, often performs the song in Sandown, Isle of Wight. He said: "I hadn't even seen these two." Now he fears he could get a criminal record. Cops sprang into action and arrested...
  • Olympic artists angry (Kung Fu Students)

    08/16/2008 4:46:29 AM PDT · by Virginia Ridgerunner · 26 replies · 154+ views
    Aftenposten.com ^ | August 14, 2008 | Kristoffer Rønneberg
    The Kung Fu pupils in the opening ceremony of the Olympics have spent the last year cooped up in a military camp outside Beijing. Conditions have been bad. "They weren't even given enough food," says their trainer. This news adds to the criticism of the Beijing Organizing Committee. Viewers from around the globe marvelled at the Opening Ceremony last Friday. One of the most spectacular features was the martial arts display by 2008 pupils from the famous Shaolin Centre in Henan province. With coordinated movements, they showed the Tai Chi variant of Kung Fu; a popular way to relax for...
  • China kung fu monks seek apology for ninja affront

    08/31/2007 6:27:43 AM PDT · by decimon · 116 replies · 3,161+ views
    Reuters ^ | Aug. 13, 2007 | Unknowable
    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, is demanding an apology from an Internet user who said its monks had once been beaten in unarmed combat by a Japanese ninja, Chinese media reported on Friday. Shaolin Temple, in the northern province of Henan, became famous in the West as the training ground for Kwai Chang "Grasshopper" Caine in the 1970s "Kung Fu" TV series. Ninjas -- professional assassins trained in martial arts -- date back to mediaeval Japan. "The so-called defeat is purely fabricated, and we demand the Internet user to apologise to the whole...