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A man in his fifties was raped by a teenager in a restroom stall in a major department store in Manchester, England. So far there is no information on the race, ethnicity, or religious affiliation of the young miscreant.
In other news, maps circulating among migrants in Greece show that one of the planned new routes for the migration may overwhelm popular tourist resorts on the coast of Croatia.…
…On this day in 1794 Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. This invention had a major impact on the growth of cotton which had been a luxury item because of the labor needed to hand pick the seeds from the cotton.
No news today. Slept too late and besides, its all Trump all the time. I am sick of Trump Trump Trump.…
Bulgaria and Albania are taking measures to prevent a possible influx of migrants across their border with Greece, now that Macedonia has closed its border. Italy is coordinating with Albania to patrol the Adriatic, fearing that the migrants may reroute through Montenegro or Italy itself.
In other news, a mob of violent protesters swarmed an arena tonight in Chicago where Donald Trump was due to speak at a rally. The rally had to be cancelled, due to security concerns. Dozens of people were arrested.…
During the Michigan primary, the Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders carried the Arab-American vote, outpolling Hillary Clinton 2-1. One of the secrets to Comrade Sanders’ success was his strategy of campaigning in Arabic in Dearborn and other predominantly Arab areas around Detroit.
In other news, the Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency because of the migration crisis, and ordered troops deployed along the border with Romania.…
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21 Reasons To Never Ever Step Inside A Whole Foods Again…
…What right does any group of people have to tell us to change our clocks?…
…On this day in 1894 Coca-Cola was bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph Biedenharn.…
• The remarkable George Martin has died at 90
• Descendants of Rollo, Viking founder of Normandy, exhumed
Rollo is a cool name
• Luxurious College Apartments, Built on Debt…
I hope that Trump can sweep the March 15 primaries…so we can end this PAINFUL nomination process. We’re going to need a little time for wounds to heal, before we unify against Hillary.
And PLEASE no more debates!…
…On this day in 1888 the Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.…
The Public Prosecutor in the Netherlands has finally released the list of charges that Geert Wilders will face in his upcoming trial. They are:
1. Deliberately insulting a group of people because of their race; and
2. Inciting hatred or discrimination against these people.
Mr. Wilders is being charged with four variants of each of these offenses — complicity, commit, incitement and “doing it complicity”.
In other news, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Macedonia have now announced that they will close their borders, effectively shutting off the migration route through Greece to Central Europe. This action was undertaken with EU approval, which is surprising, given that just a few weeks ago the European Commission told Austria it was violating international law and the human rights of migrants by limiting the number of “refugees” that could cross its borders every year.… …
Female residents of the northern Swedish town of Östersund have been warned by police officials not to leave their homes at night, after six recent incidents in which unaccompanied women were viciously attacked by men of “foreign appearance”. There is no official indication that these brutal incidents had anything to do with either Islam or mass immigration.
In other news, more than 1,300 new cases of Female Genital Mutilation were reported in England over a three-month period, according to the government’s health statistics agency.…
• Restoring the world’s oldest library
• Looking for Satan in All the Wrong Places - Some think the Devil can be found in the Hebrew Bible. Are they right?
• Via Drudge: AG Lynch Testifies: Justice Dept. Has ‘Discussed’ Civil Legal Action Against Climate Change Deniers
• Why Are Liberal-Run Institutions Such Hotbeds of Racism and Sexism?…
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The problem with tariffs
I Love My White Male Privilege! (video) …
The local chapter of AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) made significant gains in local elections in the German state of Hesse. AfD received 13.2% of the vote, making it the third-largest party in Hesse.
In other news, a 14-year-old Muslim girl in Bologna filed a complaint with the police alleging that she had been hit with blunt objects and otherwise abused by members of her family for acting too “Western”.…
The local chapter of AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) made significant gains in local elections in the German state of Hesse. AfD received 13.2% of the vote, making it the third-largest party in Hesse.
In other news, a 14-year-old Muslim girl in Bologna filed a complaint with the police alleging that she had been hit with blunt objects and otherwise abused by members of her family for acting too “Western”.…
The Wussification of America
Inside Bob Dylan's Historic New Tulsa Archive: 'It's an Endless Ocean'
Scientists who found gluten sensitivity evidence have now shown it doesn't exist …
• 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines Litter the United States
• What the haters miss about the joys of New York living
• Student Claims Sorority Rush Counts as Hazing Because it’s Stressful…
Miramax, one of the largest movie production and distribution companies in the world, has been acquired by a media group based in Doha in Qatar. The group is associated with Al Jazeera, and already owns some thirty TV channels.
In other news, some German cafés have stopped selling pork sausages to avoid offending newly-arrived migrants.…
An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an unidentified “Asian” man in a bakery in Leeds. The unfortunate victim was targeted while her mother was checking out at the cash register.
In other news, migrants who have given up trying to cross over to Britain from Calais are relocating to other ports in Normandy to try their luck there.…
French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron warned that if Britain chooses to leave the European Union, France may withdraw permission for the UK to maintain border controls in Calais, which would cause migrants to flood the Channel tunnel. Meanwhile French President François Hollande said that Britain would definitely face “consequences” if it left the EU.
In other news, two Italians held hostage by the Islamic State in Libya were killed. According to one report, they were used as human shields by ISIS during an attack by Libyan government forces.…
…On this day in 1836 after a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
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• I will be Helen Mirren when I am 70, goddammit.
• Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar Is Getting a Makeover …
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