What's in the News? 2.0

[Lustful Bride]

The same man who back in the Obama era was freaking out about FEMA Concentration Camps has now turned around and is pro-concentration camp. 3:04 mark.

The irony is completely ignored or lost on so many of these nuts how they scream constantly about countless conspiracy theories, but when it happens to someone who isn't them they are more than happy to support it.

[Tolvo]

That clip does remind me of how frustrating it was seeing people who were liberal propping up Glenn Beck since he was anti-Trump. They forgot he is a part of extremist Christian views getting to Africa and his books helped found laws such as those about executing gay people, he's been openly highly xenophobic, racist, homophobic, every few years he rebrands as being "rational" and a "realist" and people eat it up till he then turns it to being about exterminating a minority he hates. Same thing happened when Bush started criticizing Trump publicly, while still campaigning for and financially supporting him, people have such short memories it's frustrating.

https://www.glaad.org/blog/heres-thing-glenn-beck

[Sara Nilsson]

To add to the things a black person can't do in USA. Play music.

Arizona law enforcement officials arrested a man who allegedly killed an innocent teenager in a brutal stabbing early Thursday morning. Although the teen didn’t know the suspect or apparently do anything to his alleged killer, authorities say the man committed the fatal act simply because he felt threatened by the music the teen was playing.

On Thursday, police in Peoria, Ariz. charged 27-year-old Michael Paul Adams with the first-degree, premeditated murder of 17-year-old Elijah Al-Amin. According to the Arizona Republic’s review of court documents, Adams allegedly slit the boy’s throat and stabbed him with a pocketknife at a Peoria Circle K gas station.

https://www.theroot.com/police-white-man-reportedly-killed-teenager-because-te-1836150008

Yeah he felt threatened by the music, so killed a 17 year old. Seems.. reasonable.... *sighs and headdesks*

[clonkertink]

Jesus. I'm pretty sure this is exactly the kinda shit Ice Cube was talking about when he said, "Ain't nothin' to it. Gangsta rap made me do it." More music that would no doubt make this guy feel threatened.

[Oniya]

Jesus. I'm pretty sure this is exactly the kinda shit Ice Cube was talking about when he said, "Ain't nothin' to it. Gangsta rap made me do it." More music that would no doubt make this guy feel threatened.

'Blame it on the boogie'?

[Missy]

"GOLDFINGEEER! - *off-note saxophone stab* - He's the man, the man with the Midas touch..." :)

I'm fairly sure that amount of gold is an umpteenth number of times the sum of all gold that's ever been mined here on Earth.

Well the thing is these types of asteroids are fairly common in-system, in fact there's enough M-type asteroids to dwarf the amount of all metals ever mined on earth and then you get to your C-type asteroids, many of which likely have metallic cores.

The reason you don't see a lot of metals planetside is because most of it bonds to iron and then sinks to the planetary core where it's inaccessible.

Essentially if asteroid mining becomes a thing, rare minerals stop being even remotely rare.

[Skynet]

After using his wealth and connections to evade the law, Jeffrey Epstein just got arrested for charges of sex trafficking dozens of minors, which include the very same girls he sexually assaulted.

Hopefully he'll be put in an actual prison and not be allowed to leave it for 12 hours a day like what happened last time.

[gaggedLouise]

The main route to Mount Everest has become so crowded in the last couple of years that climbers are now seeking new and tougher routes to the peak - in order to show that it can still be a real achievement to ascend it. Without sherpas, too.

:)

[TheGlyphstone]

The main route to Mount Everest has become so crowded in the last couple of years that climbers are now seeking new and tougher routes to the peak - in order to show that it can still be a real achievement to ascend it. Without sherpas, too.

:)

I'll just do it the easy way.

https://thetopofmounteverest.com/#home

[Sara Nilsson]

ALL THE CONTENT WARNINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/03/trial-push-for-lesser-sexual-abuse-charge-as-victim-did-not-fight-back

seriously content warning! Please do NOT read if you are triggered by sexual abuse

Prosecutors in the trial of six young men accused over an attack on a 14-year-old girl in the Spanish town of Manresa have argued they should face the lesser charge of sexual abuse instead of rape because the girl was drunk, under the influence of drugs and did not fight back.

The trial has been dubbed the Manresa Manada after the notorious case of five men who called themselves La Manada, “the wolf pack”, who were accused of raping a teenager in Pamplona but were initially found guilty of the lesser offence of sexual abuse. Last month the supreme court increased their sentences from nine to 15 years, ruling that they had committed rape.

Yeah, lets repeat what we already know is a stupid thing. Fucking hell. And people are whining that men are the real victims because of fake accusations that make up a TIIIIIIIIIIIIIINY portion of all rape cases. Fuck all this. As a survivor this hurts me to read, my heart goes out to the poor girl.

[Lustful Bride]

Toxic Algea blooms in Missisipi.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/all-mississippi-beaches-close-as-toxic-algae-bloom-blankets-states-coast/ar-AADZ1di?ocid=spartanntp

[Tolvo]

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-principal-not-everyone-believes-holocaust-happened-1447899

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190705/spanish-river-highs-principal-refused-to-call-holocaust-fact

A principal of a school in Florida when asked about how the school would cover the Holocaust in classes by a parent replied that the school would offer subjects with the Holocaust in it as a choice since they do not want to force lessons about it on people who may not believe it happened. As far as I know the principal is now on administrative leave.

[Oniya]

Looks like 'Tommy Robinson' has some legal problems.  Back in 2018, there was a trial revolving around a child-grooming ring.  There were reporting restrictions so that the defendants couldn't claim a bias if they were found guilty.  'Tommy Robinson' took it upon himself to livestream from outside the courthouse and 'aggressively confront and question' some of the defendants - and broadcast that on Facebook.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48887440  (I have not previewed the video included in the article, which does not auto-play.  Might possibly be triggering to some, due to the confronting and questioning of a sexual groomer.)

He was jailed on the day of the broadcast, but was released two months into the 13-month sentence after an appeal.  Recently, it was decided that it was in the public's interests to bring fresh proceedings, which found him (again) guilty of 'contempt of court'.

[Tolvo]

The video isn't really trigger heavy, which is honestly quite surprising. Mostly just him yelling to the guy if he feels guilty or not and calling his bag a prison bag. Only at the very end he says what his alleged crimes were.

Also what a dumb as shit move on his part, going after pedophiles is good but this could have seriously hurt the case against him. I'm also not sure which person in specific that was or if there was much public knowledge of the evidence against him, so no idea if there was a lot of good reason to be certain he was a pedophile or if it was an assumption.

https://www.outsports.com/2019/7/7/20684231/mlb-rays-giants-supreme-court-amicus-brief-anti-discrimination-workforce-rights-lgbtq?utm_campaign=outsports&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

2 MLB Teams(Rays and Giants) are working with hundreds of other companies to ask the Supreme Court for more LGBTQIA+ protections for workers.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/06/trans-inclusive-lesbians-lead-pride-london-march-anti-trans-protest/?fbclid=IwAR0RzXd-K-VaACHhdBJ1KhC5YATTirGOTNIDBBnOqWJysdD545Jk04lfOtQ

L with the T, G with the T, and B with the T, which are groups that show cis queer allies to transgender people, were leading the march in London Pride. This is in response to last year when transphobic hate groups crashed the parade and marched demanding to the Drop the T, to remove trans people from pride among other things.

[Mechelle]

On the "Tommy Robinson" story, he has gone after alleged Moslem paedophiles, saying that they never face justice - an odd proposition as he is hindering their trial - but he makes no comment when members of his own, or formerly his own, English Defence League face similar charges.

[Oniya]

The video isn't really trigger heavy, which is honestly quite surprising. Mostly just him yelling to the guy if he feels guilty or not and calling his bag a prison bag. Only at the very end he says what his alleged crimes were.

Also what a dumb as shit move on his part, going after pedophiles is good but this could have seriously hurt the case against him. I'm also not sure which person in specific that was or if there was much public knowledge of the evidence against him, so no idea if there was a lot of good reason to be certain he was a pedophile or if it was an assumption.

I'm really glad that the video wasn't that bad.  'Shock journalists' in the States tend to go for the jugular, so that's what I was expecting when I wrote the warning.

As for his interference, whether the guy was a Jerry Epstein-level (yes, we know he's a criminal) or just a 'we think he might be'), that kind of public spectacle can be used by any defense attorney as grounds for a dismissal on the basis of 'My client couldn't get a fair trial!' 

On the "Tommy Robinson" story, he has gone after alleged Moslem paedophiles, saying that they never face justice - an odd proposition as he is hindering their trial - but he makes no comment when members of his own, or formerly his own, English Defence League face similar charges.

I'd spotted a few references to his racist biases in some of the other articles.  I went with BBC's because I consider them fairly reliable.

[Tolvo]

Yeah I was surprised he didn't go extreme in that livestream since typically he does and calls for genocide and ethnostates and such as he's a Neo Nazi. It's weird to see an open Neo Nazi show restraint in that scenario.

[Lustful Bride]

So apparently we almost had a Global Catastrophe due to a Russian nuclear sub, and the crews may have saved many lives. The fact that they mention nothing wrong happening with the reactor, followed by them saying it has been sealed makes me think we almost had Chernobyl 2.0 but at sea this time.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/stricken-russian-nuke-sub-crew-prevented-planetary-catastrophe/ar-AAE1Fn5?ocid=spartanntp

[Tolvo]

Huh that's the second time the crew of a Russian Sub prevented nuclear catastrophe.

https://news.sky.com/story/record-libel-payout-after-heather-mills-settles-phone-hacking-claims-11758787?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48906110

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/media/heather-mills-news-corp-libel/index.html

Heather Mills has apparently won an undisclosed sum of money in her case against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers/News of the World/News Corp  for the hacking of her phone to use for their news stories. Those in the UK may know the story well of her mistreatment by various tabloids that used personal information from her phone and various open lies about her that they published to attack her and use her to make money. It has been stated it is the largest sum of money ever won in a libel case. This is good to see as they attempted to destroy her life in a number of ways, and have done the same to many others as is mentioned in the articles.

[Mechelle]

In one of the more ironic developments, Tommy Robinson/ Yaxley-Lennon, who has spent his life demonising asylum seekers-seekers, is asking President Trump for political asylum.
He already has a non-political conviction for fraud, so I am not sure if this would be granted.

[RedRose]

I don't find it on a normal famous site but what https://scramnews.com/former-nazi-ss-soldiers-coaching-next-generation-far-right-germany/

Found on regular Frenchsites

[Tolvo]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-mcgrath-kentucky-mitch-mcconnell-gets-challenger-in-retired-fighter-pilot-amy-mcgrath/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/amy-mcgrath-challenges-gop-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-for-senate.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/politics/amy-mcgrath-mitch-mcconnell/index.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/452117-kentucky-democrat-announces-challenge-to-mcconnell

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marine-combat-aviator-amy-mcgrath-announces-senate-campaign-against-mitch-mcconnell-after-narrow-house-defeat

https://twitter.com/AmyMcGrathKY/status/1148544945265020928

Amy McGrath, a retired Marine, Fighter Pilot, and Democrat, has announced her campaign to challenge Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat in Kentucky.

[TheGlyphstone]

Reading the CNN and Fox articles side-by-side is a fascinating example of how media-spin can shape one set of facts in two drastically different ways. Not super related to the topic, it just struck me as mildly amusing.

[Tolvo]

Massive trigger warnings for pedophilia and rape, in the video with interviews of the victims of Catholic Clergy the victims in detail describe their harassment, assaults, and rapes.

https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kamala-harris-san-francisco-catholic-church-child-abuse/

It is being reported that Kamala Harris has been in essence protecting members of the clergy who rape children, and has been keeping their records from the public. She has not been cooperating with victims and has refused all requests to make the records public. This includes her keeping private and off the record any evidence her predecessor's office collected which contained a ton of evidence against clergy members who are pedophiles. Attorneys in the local area have reported Kamala Harris would block any efforts to prosecute clergy members for raping children when possible.

[Oniya]

So this is interesting.

https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-the-true-origins-of-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-a-yahoo-news-investigation-100000831.html

They've managed to trace the conspiracy theory (that Seth Rich was murdered by the DNC instead of simply being a victim of a random robbery) back to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(Russia))

Much like the InfoWars theories, this one has provided no end of stress and harassment to the family of the victim - in this case being told that they are either pawns or deliberately concealing information.