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— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 18, 2023
Author: Blazingcatfur
Germany’s broken promise to rebuild its military
As a new defense minister steps up, the Bundeswehr is no stronger than it was a year ago
Germany has a new defense minister. The funny thing is that nobody really knows who he is, what he stands for, and whether he’s capable of doing his job.
Boris Pistorius will take over the ministry from Christine Lambrecht, whose one-year tenure was about as embarrassing and gaffe-prone as the Bundeswehr itself. There are too many blemishes on her record to examine in a single post — we would be here all day. But one of the more notable misfires was her tone-deaf New Year’s Eve video, where she reminded viewers that a war was going on in Europe as a fireworks display went off behind her. For many in the German defense establishment, Lambrecht’s departure can be summed up in two words: good riddance.
Some Tits More Equal Than Others
Facebook, Instagram will lift ban on bare breasts — but only for trans, non-binary
Facebook and Instagram will allow transgender and non-binary users to flash their bare breasts — but women who were born female and who are eager to “free the nipple” are out of luck, according to Meta’s advisory board.
Meta’s Oversight Board — an independent body of experts which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called the company’s “Supreme Court” for content moderation and censorship policies — ordered Facebook and Instagram to lift a ban on images of topless women for anyone who identifies as transgender or non-binary, meaning they view themselves as neither male or female.
Transgender activists in Britain are learning they are not unopposed, even by politicians
In what Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is calling a “full-frontal attack” on the Scottish Parliament, the U.K. Conservative government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has decided to block the Scottish National Party’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill under Section 35, stating that the draft law would conflict with the U.K.’s Equality Act.
Except Canada where the mentally ill are used as a woke battering ram… Canadian Catholic school trustee fighting gender ideology hit with set back in court
Free goodies are migrant magnets exacerbating the border crisis
My sister-in-law, a nurse on Cape Cod, wants to visit New York City and is struggling to find an affordable hotel.
If she were a Venezuelan migrant who’d just arrived in the Big Apple on a bus from the southern border, she’d have a shot at a room at the four-star Row, steps from Times Square. Or a room at a SpringHill Suites by Marriott, a Holiday Express or a Comfort Inn. Free of charge.
Welcome to Hotel America! Newly arriving migrants are also getting three meals a day courtesy of room service, snacks at any time — and, at some hotels, computer facilities and playrooms for the kids. All paid for by local taxpayers.
The Islamist Plan to Conquer East Africa: U.S. Missing in Action
Jihadist terrorism poses an existential challenge to Africa’s nation-states. While North Africa has been Islamic for a millennium, the Sahel, that part of the continent south of the Sahara, remains under siege by affiliates of the global Islamist networks, Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
France, after a ten-year effort, has abandoned its responsibility to safeguard the sovereignty of its former colonies. Consequently, the Sahel’s counterterrorist mission now rests upon the shoulders of a group of regional states called the “G5” : Burkina Faso, Chad. Mali. Mauritania, and Niger.
Are white mercenaries fighting in the DRC conflict?
Western diplomats are deeply worried about the sudden appearance of Eastern European mercenaries in the volatile eastern Congo. Despite denials by Kinshasa, rumors abound that it hired the notorious Russian Wagner Group.
Located on an unpaved side street near the international airport of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Hotel Mbiza usually caters to businesspeople or government delegations from the capital, Kinshasa. But since around Christmas of 2022, white military personnel from Eastern Europe have fully booked the hotel.
“There are dozens, maybe even a hundred white men in uniform,” a local journalist said. He asked for anonymity for security reasons. “They wear a variety of uniforms with no national flags, and pistols on belts,” he said.
The journalist added that soldiers of the Congolese presidential guard closely guarded the hotel entrance. They told him foreigners had booked all the rooms for an extended period. “It is now the headquarters of the whites,” explained a soldier at the entrance, who refused to say more.
Competing Religions Threaten War Within NHL
Flyers’ Provorov cites religion for boycott on Pride night
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not participate in pregame warmups when the team wore Pride-themed jerseys and used sticks wrapped in rainbow Pride tape.
The 26-year-old Provorov boycotted the pregame skate with his teammates before Tuesday night’s game against Anaheim as the Flyers celebrated their annual Pride night in celebration and support of the LGBTQ+ community. He played nearly 23 minutes in Philadelphia’s 5-2 victory.
“I respect everybody’s choices,” Provorov said after the game. “My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. That’s all I’m going to say.”
Big Gay vs. the Russian Orthodox Church, 1st round goes to the Orthodox.
The NHL just got shirted by DeSantis in Florida for their racism, not sure if they’ll kick up too much of a fuss this go round.
Just finished watching a game on Sportsnet and all they could talk about was Ivan Provorov’s refusal to wear the Flyers LGBTQ+ pride night jersey.
Get over it! Stop forcing your religion on to everyone.
Happy to see someone stood their ground. pic.twitter.com/NZ10hD5WT6
— Wake Awake (@WakeAwake1) January 18, 2023
The NHL keeps providing me new reasons why I don’t bother watching any longer.
Gunfire damages North Carolina substation, no outage caused
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina utility said an electricity substation was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday but that it caused no power outages.
The damage comes after a gunfire attack on multiple substations in Moore County knocked out power to more than 45,000 customers for several days in early December. There have been no arrests in those shootings.
While Gov. Roy Cooper said the attacks last month in central North Carolina raised “a new level of threat,” federal authorities and cybersecurity experts have long warned that the U.S. power grid could be a prime target for attacks.
Art professor sues after firing over Prophet Muhammad images
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course, while the university admitted to a “misstep” and plans to hold public conversations about academic freedom.
In her lawsuit, Erika López Prater alleges that Hamline University — a small, private school in St. Paul — subjected her to religious discrimination and defamation, and damaged her professional and personal reputation.
“Among other things, Hamline, through its administration, has referred to Dr. López Prater’s actions as ‘undeniably Islamophobic,’″ her attorneys said in a statement. “Comments like these, which have now been published in news stories around the globe, will follow Dr. López Prater throughout her career, potentially resulting in her inability to obtain a tenure track position at any institution of higher education.”
What a travesty.
PBS Launching ‘Unprecedented’ Climate Change Programming Effort: ‘Nothing Is a Greater Threat than Our Changing Climate‘
PBS is going full-throttle on climate change activism, with its CEO declaring that no greater threat exists today than global warming.
The federally funded broadcaster announced Monday it is launching an “unprecedented multi-year” programming effort focused on climate change, including multiple documentaries and a campaign to target students with “climate-focused content.”
Unidentified suspect sought for sex assault on TTC bus
Investigators need help identifying a man who is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman on a TTC bus.
What’s behind Canada’s drastic new alcohol guidance
In Canada, it should be Dry January all year round, according to new national recommendations that say zero alcohol is the only risk-free approach.
If you must drink at all, two drinks maximum each week is deemed low-risk by the government-backed guidance.
The advice is a steep drop from the previous recommendation, published in 2011.
Those guidelines allowed a maximum of 10 drinks a week for women and 15 drinks for men.
We need a party that will rid us of government.
‘The cartels are basically running this border’: US authorities have lost control of the southern border to Mexican drug lords
An Arizona county official spoke out on the difficulty of enforcing the southern border shared with Mexico as cartel trafficking operations intensify.
Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines told Fox News: ‘The cartels are basically running this border.’
He added: ‘This is not a political discussion. This is a national security issue.’
GTA Convicted Via Rail terrorist argues psych report could overturn verdict
One of the men convicted in a high-profile terrorism case involving a plot to derail a Via Rail train wants access to a psychiatric report about his co-accused, arguing that its findings could result in him having his convictions overturned.
It’s an argument that has “merit,” according to Ontario’s top court, which is now weighing whether to turn over the report.
Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were tried together and convicted by a jury in 2015 of a number of terrorism-related offences, though only Esseghaier was found guilty of conspiring to derail the Via Rail passenger train from New York to Toronto. Jurors deadlocked on that charge in relation to Jaser.
This is the sort of bullshit one comes to expect of our justice system.
Always in the news…
Harrowing footage shows moment accused bike path terrorist is shot by NYPD cop
French Islamic State fighter and wife on trial in Paris for terrorism
Dutch police arrest alleged IS security chief for war crimes
For Nigerian priest burned to death, it wasn’t his first brush with terror