mardi 31 janvier 2017

SCotUS nominee - Neil Gorsuch



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Fur-fetishists arrested; charged with child rape

While investigating what was expected to be a relatively boring case of a Pennsylvania man arranging a sex meetup with an officer posing as a young boy on the internet, police discovered the man was part of a circle of friends who had already been raping a real child repeatedly over an 8-year period, sometimes while wearing fursuits and dressing the boy up as a cartoon character. Five individuals have been arrested; police are still investigating the possibility of other victims, or participants.


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My youthful theory on the existence of ghoststs

Looking at a diagram of the human brain and nervous system I thought that there was a possibility that the glow that would occur between the brain and nerves would somehow be preserved when a person died. This would account for the appearance of ghosts as glowing entities.

Sadly I was wrong and ghosts do not exist.


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Proof of Immortality, V for Very long discussion

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman1917 (Post 11695099)
Neither is there a singular "functioning brain", there are multiple neurons and connections between them, and they are a changing array.



Would you then, by the same standard, agree that we could not discuss there being a cardinality to "brains"?

There is a standard definition of 'brain' (in neurology,medicine) the definition of 'self' or 'sense of self' is lacking. (Even by the low standards of the R&P forum)

Mod InfoContinued from here
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Populists winning in Europ; End of the EU?

So, the USA has officially started it's first year of the thousand-year Trumpenreich.

But what about us here in the EU?

This year will see the Netherlands and France voting, and populists are doing well in the polls.

Personally, I think that Wilders and Le Pen will do worse than projected, and will then be sidelined by a coalition (any coalition, no matter how uncomfortable).

But if, if they win, they have both promised Frexit and Nexit referenda. And France leaving the EU would probably kill the Euro.

And that will probably mean that I will be poor and jobless by 2018.

Is there any chance that Wilders, and more importantly, Le Pen could come to lead their respective nations? Or is this a political impossibility?


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Can TOBS Defeat Radical Islamic Terrorists?

TOBS is an acronym for my Theory of Body Signals, which I've posted on several other forums. Simply put, God communicates with us via "Body Signals" which manifest as itches, muscular twitches, pulses, pains and cramps on various parts of the body.

For instance, let's say I think an evil thought. As the thought runs through my mind, I get a muscular twitch on my left leg. Then I think a good thought and I get an itch on my right thigh.

With God's help over decades, I've managed to crack the code. Here are some of my findings:

Right side of the body symbolizes Good
Left side of the body symbolizes Evil

Legs = Thoughts
Arms = Actions

Right ear = God's Mercy
Left ear = God's Justice

Cheeks = "God didn't say that"
Nose = Choose

So let's say I'm a radical Muslim intent on blowing up a crowded marketplace. As I strap on a bomb underneath my clothing, I think of the great reward in paradise that Allah has waiting for me. Immediately my left cheek muscles start having a violent spasm, indicating that Allah didn't say that. I disregard my cheek spasm at first, but it keeps going until finally I scratch it.

Now if I knew the TOBS code, I would easily figure out that Allah doesn't justify terrorism or jihads. So I'm spreading the TOBS code in hopes that my Muslim friends around the world will be persuaded to truly submit to Allah and put a stop to jihads and terrorism. Once everyone knows TOBS and understands what it means, maybe we can finally have world peace, as people everywhere understand God's will.

bb


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FBI Worried About Infiltration of Local Law Enforcement by White Supremacists

FBI so worried about white supremacist infiltration of police it hesitates to share info with them.

Quote:

White supremacists and other domestic extremists*maintain an active presence in U.S. police departments and other law enforcement agencies. A striking reference to*that*conclusion, notable for*its confidence*and the policy prescriptions that accompany*it, appears in*a*classified FBI Counterterrorism Policy Guide from April 2015, obtained by The Intercept. The guide,*which details the process by which the FBI enters individuals on a terrorism watchlist, the Known or Suspected Terrorist File, notes that “domestic terrorism investigations focused on militia extremists, white supremacist extremists, and sovereign citizen extremists often have identified active links to law enforcement officers,” and explains in some detail how bureau policies have been crafted to take this infiltration into account.

Although these right-wing extremists have posed a growing threat for years, federal investigators have been reluctant to publicly address that threat or to point out the movement’s longstanding strategy of infiltrating the law enforcement community.

No centralized recruitment process or set of national standards exists for the 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, many of which have deep historical connections to racist ideologies. As a result, state and local police as well as sheriff’s departments present ample opportunities for white supremacists and other right-wing extremists looking to expand their power base.

In a heavily redacted version of an October 2006 FBI internal intelligence assessment, the agency raised the alarm over white supremacist groups’ “historical” interest in “infiltrating law enforcement communities or recruiting law enforcement personnel.” The effort, the memo noted, “can lead to investigative breaches and can jeopardize the safety of law enforcement sources or personnel.” The memo also states that law enforcement had recently become aware of the term “ghost skins,” used among white supremacists to describe “those who avoid overt displays of their beliefs to blend into society and covertly advance white supremacist causes.” In at least one case, the FBI learned of a skinhead group encouraging ghost skins to seek employment with law enforcement agencies in order to warn crews of any investigations.

That report appeared after a series of scandals involving local police and sheriff’s departments. In Los Angeles, for example, a U.S. District Court judge found in 1991 that members of a local sheriff’s department had formed a neo-Nazi gang and habitually terrorized black and Latino residents. In Chicago, Jon Burge, a police detective and rumored KKK member, was fired, and eventually prosecuted in 2008, over charges relating to the torture of at least 120 black men during his decadeslong career. Burge notoriously referred to an electric shock device he used during interrogations as the “nigger box.” In Cleveland, officials found that a number of police officers had scrawled “racist or Nazi graffiti” throughout their department’s locker rooms. In Texas, two police officers were fired when it was discovered they were Klansmen. One of them said he had tried to boost the organization’s membership by giving an application to a fellow officer he thought shared his “white, Christian, heterosexual values.”
I bet Jeff Sessions can exacerbate fix this.


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Ok, this Republican move is one I can support...maybe (H1B changes)

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Would make it MUCH harder to justify bringing in H1B workers to replace US workers (which is supposed to be illegal in any event).

Now I have to wonder what they might have hid in the language that isn't so good...


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Make america great again.

At work and just had a terrible thought, no sources or anything and it might just be my paranoid mind.
Could 'make america great again' be code for 'make Christianity great again'? Is he planning on dragging the world into a global religious war, could some of the things he's done like approving the oil pipelines be part of gearing up for such a thing?

Please tell me my mind is running away with itself.


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March for Science

Apparently there's a "March for Science" planned.

Quote:

March for Science is an effort comprised of dozens of independent, nonpartisan coordinators. Recent rhetoric has inspired us to march on Washington D.C. and in Satellite Marches across the country. Our mission statement is as follows:

THE MARCH FOR SCIENCE CHAMPIONS PUBLICLY FUNDED AND PUBLICLY COMMUNICATED SCIENCE AS A PILLAR OF HUMAN FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY. WE UNITE AS A DIVERSE, NONPARTISAN GROUP TO CALL FOR SCIENCE THAT UPHOLDS THE COMMON GOOD, AND FOR POLITICAL LEADERS AND POLICYMAKERS TO ENACT EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
Its facebook page has about 300k likes in a couple of days, so looks like it could be big.


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Australia/USA Refugee Deal

Can someone help me understand this.

A deal was struck between Obama an Turnbull (Australian Prime Minister) about some refugees being held on Nauru and Manus islands. The deal is now under threat because of Trump's incumbency.

Whether the deal is honored or not is another issue. What I can't understand is why the deal was made at all.

The ruling right wing coalition government in Australia, have long trumpeted their stance that illegal immigrants will not find asylum in Australia, so they put them in not so savory places such as Nauru and Manus.

The theory behind this is the boats will be stopped, if those wishing to come to Australia this way, will not get what they want. All the time while espousing this idea, (and wiping a tear from their eye), claiming the motivation behind it is to stop boat people from drowning at sea.

Now if these people are going to finish up in the USA were is the deterrent?


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lundi 30 janvier 2017

Split brain does not lead to split consciousness

Here is a new study which claims this and I would like to know what you think:

Quote:

Split brain does not lead to split consciousness
Date:
January 25, 2017
Source:
Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA)
Summary:
A new research study contradicts the established view that so-called split-brain patients have a split consciousness. Instead, the researchers behind the study have found strong evidence showing that despite being characterized by little to no communication between the right and left brain hemispheres, split brain does not cause two independent conscious perceivers in one brain.
Taken from: http://ift.tt/2jxu5EY

The study is already used by believers that it destroys the the motion that split-brain patients have split consciousness: http://ift.tt/2klN8q3

However the study itself has also some problems why I am sceptical and this is what I found without reading the full study so far:

1. The study uses only TWO patients which is little:

Quote:

For their study, Pinto and his fellow researchers conducted a series of tests on two patients who had undergone a full callosotomy.
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2. The study was not replicated yet:

Quote:

In the coming period, Pinto plans to conduct research on more split-brain patients to see whether his findings can be replicated.
Taken from: http://ift.tt/2jxu5EY

I have not read so far the whole study but from this short story I am very careful to claim that this little study disproves the split-brain consciousness.
This is however what I found and I would like to know what you think.


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Just when you thought it couldn't get crazier, Kocks oppose Trump

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Mind you, the Koch's don't exactly have a clean record when it comes to racism (and even Nazi ties), and their objection seems to be mostly related to fiscal matters, but good grief!


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Breaking: Trump's "Voter fraud" expert registered in 3 states

Source: AP

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This on top of the already disclosed fact that multiple staffers, including Steve Bannon (the Nazi) and Goldman-Sachs sleeze Steven Mnuchin as well as Trump's son-in-law and his younger daughter Tiffany are all multiple-registered.

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Will the AG investigate THIS fraud? Nope. She just got fired.

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Is there no one in the government who will remove these criminal usurpers?


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Quack 'Clinical Trials' in Africa

This is something I've been following on and off for a while ever since Mark Crislip covered it in two episodes of QuackCast (Episodes 63 & 86, linked below), what is happening is that peddlers of Quack medicine are going to Africa and performing 'Clinical Trials' of whatever woo they happen to be pushing, frequently they have more money than the legitimate charitable groups trying to improve healthcare in Africa, and they peddle a message that finds receptive ears.

QuackCast - Episode 63: Without Borders
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QuackCast - Episode 86: The Species in the Feces
http://ift.tt/2jPDcBN

Myles Power has been looking into a 'clinical trial' in Uganda where it appears that promoters of MMS conned the Ugandan Red Cross into providing support for this kind of fake medical research, which is purely designed to get marketing footage for their product. His investigation has been hampered by the fact that many of the participants have refused to reply to his emails. Linked below are his starting post and his most recent entry where he explains what he thinks happened based on the evidence he has.

Myles Power: The Email that Opened a Can of Worms

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Myles Power: How a Video Manipulated You into Thinking MMS Can Cure Malaria

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The UK should stay in the EU

The UK should stay in the EU....warts (EU) and all. The EU is not perfect - far from it - but that does not mean it is good.

For its part, it about time for the EU to demand that the UK switch to the Euro and become fully integrated. Like I said, the EU is not perfect, but that does not mean it is good.

Otherwise, the UK will end up being a lick-spittle toady of the US of A. And if you think being a part of the EU is humiliating and economically disadvantageous...just wait until you see what the guys from Washington and New York got planned for ya'! By the time they are through with the UK, the UK will be nothing but a place of cheap labor for Amurica'!

Think about it. Do ya' really want to be making goods for Wal-Mart?


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Trump's Ban



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Quebec City Mosque Attack - False Flag?

Usual suspects are talking about whether "Soros" funded this:

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Sounds like a lone wolf, self-radicalization example of terror.

This is our place to post any false flag accusations that are only now being feverishly assembled by the Tinfoil Massiv!


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Rumours of EO allowing discrimination against LGBT to come this week

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Quote:

An executive order from President Donald Trump opening up discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of religious belief is expected sometime this week, possibly as soon as today.

Several sources spoke with LGBTQ Nation on the condition of anonymity who have told us that the order will allow for discrimination in a number of areas, including employment, social services, business, and adoption.

From what we’ve heard, the executive order could be far-reaching, and could include: making taxpayer funds available for discrimination against LGBTQ people in social services; allow federally funded adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ parents; eliminate non-discrimination protections in order to make it possible to fire federal employers and contractors based on their sexual orientation or gender identity; and allow federal employees to refuse to serve people based on the belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman, and that gender is an immutable characteristic set at birth, which would impact a broad range of federal benefits.

The order is expected to come in the packaging of so-called “religious freedom,” which argues that someone’s religious beliefs should be enough to prevent them from having to provide goods and services to members of the LGBTQ community if doing so would conflict with said beliefs.


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Obama Weighs In

Well, that didn't take long. Obama's actually had vacations in Hawaii that lasted longer than his respectful silence on his successor's policies.

11 days. That's it. George W. Bush has kept his mouth shut for over 8 years now, and Obama lasted 11 days. And when he opens is yap, he even dishonestly characterizes his successor's actions:

Quote:

"The President fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion," said Kevin Lewis, spokesman for the former president, in a statement.
The executive order on immigration does not discriminate against individuals because of their faith or religion. It discriminates based on their country of origin. That's a pretty big difference.

I predicted that the former narcissist-in-chief wouldn't be able to keep silent. Doesn't matter though. It won't take long for people to tune him out. They were already doing it for the last year anyway.


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2020 Primaries

Even though the 2020 primaries probably won't start for another 2 years, that doesn't mean we can't make early predictions now.

Here is the only poll available after the election:

Quote:

Public Policy Polling 12/6-7/16
Biden 31%
Sanders 24%
Warren 16%
Don't know 14%
Booker 4%
Franken 3%
Gillibrand 3%
Cuomo 2%
Brown 2%
Castro 0%


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Don't watch Trump on TV live

Our President is going to announce his Supreme Court nominee live on TV Tuesday night.

If you don't support our President, I recommend not watching his speech live. It's the equivalent of being in the audience for a live speaker but turning your back on the speaker.

Low TV ratings will send Trump a message that even he might appreciate.


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Mexico's Outrage . . .

I have observed that many people who oppose Trump's policies regarding the wall and the import tax (a matter which hits home for me) keep referring to the idea that Trump's actions will result in pissing off Mexico and the Mexican Nationals who come do all their shopping here. This will result in them not coming and spending their money here anymore and to initiate a trade war with us. These are usually people I know who are on the left side of the political spectrum.

What I don't understand is why these left-leaning people want to appease Mexico? Forget all the rhetoric about security and "America First." The truth is that Mexico is one of the most extreme examples of income inequality in the Americas. Those Mexican Nationals that come to buy the things they can't find in Mexico can only do so by exploiting the majority of Mexicans who live in poverty. The whole reason we have a problem with illegal immigration in the first place is that the people of Mexico are oppressed and exploited. Shouldn't we want the rich Mexicans to stay home and spread their wealth in their own country, even if it means we lose out on some of their spending?

I say if the Mexicans get angry and don't want to come here to spend as much money any more, that's a good thing for Mexico and by extension, the US. They will stay home and develop the infrastructure and economy to create/import the goods they want at home which will create jobs for the oppressed poor people of Mexico. In turn, those people won't need to flee across the border to us. Forcing Mexico to take care of Mexico could be the best thing to happen for all of us.


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UK Petition to ban Trump

You seen this?

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Wait a second, and then press F5. It is increasing by over 300 people a second.


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Why does maps of the CMB not show the Milky way?

I have looked at some maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background, such as the one in the Wikipedia article on the CMB:
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I wonder why the Milky way is not visible as a smudge across the cosmic equator. Do these microwaves pass right through a galaxy without being absorbed in any way?


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Could our British members please explain to me what is going on in this article?

http://ift.tt/2k881me

So Corbyn is trying to stop the Conservatives from turning the UK into a European version of a Carribean sweatship/tax haven and Labor's rank and file are opposed to his doing so? I don't get it.


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dimanche 29 janvier 2017

Québec mosque shooting.

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Quote:

...Six people have been killed and eight injured at a mosque in Québec City, police have said, in a shooting Canada’s prime minister denounced as a “terrorist attack...”.
Oh baby baby it's a wild world.


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Usurper has removed the Judicial Branch as part of the government on Whitehouse.gov

Heard about this on my FB and checked it out. It has been removed from the list of branches of the government and is not present as of a few minutes ago.

Go to whitehouse.gov and see for yourself. Just in time for several serious legal challenges to the Regime to hit the courts.


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Hypocrite Republicans raise debt ceiling $9 trillion and Trump wearing out Order pen

Remember when Republicans claimed to be so worried about the Debt that we couldn't borrow so much as one more cent?

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Remember all those "unConstitutional"Executive Orders (despite the fact that Obama actually issued very few compared to other office holders)?

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Ryan defends Trump's orders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f8WQKe5484

Do as we say, not as we do...the motto of the Republican usurpers.


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If you were to build a massive wall on our south border how would you do it?

I thought about how to build the wall and came up with a dirt cheap solution. Just dump nuclear waste into the Rio Grande river. Heck the waste could come from Mexico with them paying the US to take it. Trump makes an impassable barrier with Mexico with them paying for it. WIN! Does this solution make me genius or libtard?


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How big a building to fit the entire human population?

The answer may surprise you


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Might be the same people that had the Grand Canyon ant heap. Very informative and fun....and a bit eye opening.


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Director of Intelligence, Chairman of Joint Chiefs out, Nazi in at NSC

The DNI and the Joint Chiefs have been reduced to the role of errand boy while Steve Bannon is in as a fixture of the Usurper's National Security Council.

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Is there really a war on Christianity?

I often see the term "war on Christianity". Is there really activity against Christians in the free world? I guess in Muslim countries there may be but not in America or Europe or anywhere else in the world.


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Trump broke immigration law.

Trump's Executive Order is based on this law:

http://ift.tt/1WFbczp

It is from 1952 and states:

(f) Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by President
Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate. Whenever the Attorney General finds that a commercial airline has failed to comply with regulations of the Attorney General relating to requirements of airlines for the detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers traveling to the United States (including the training of personnel in such detection), the Attorney General may suspend the entry of some or all aliens transported to the United States by such airline.


However, the 1965 Immigration Reform Act stated:

(a) Per country level
(1) Nondiscrimination
(A) Except as specifically provided in paragraph (2) and in sections 1101(a)(27), 1151(b)(2)(A)(i), and 1153 of this title, no person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person’s race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence.

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So according to current Federal law, Trump's Executive Order is ILLEGAL


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Obama Iraqi Ban 2011?

I've seen a story do the rounds on twitter that Obama banned Muslim refugees in 2011 for 6 months?

Any links I find seem to be from far right websites so would appreciate the facts.


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My thougts are transmitted for real

I've been suffering from real thought-broadcasting for a long time.
My thougts and all five senses are transmitted to other people for real, like uncontrollable telepathy.
It is not thought-broadcasting in schizophrenia. Do you have any idea how to cure it?
I'd really appreciate it if you could help me. Thanks.


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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Trump bans Muslims

On Friday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Trump decided to ban refugees and many Muslims travelers/immigrants.

Why? Because he thinks they are all terrorists, or could be terrorists.

75 years ago the USA banned Jewish refugees, cause they thought they were all Communists or could be Communists.

Same bigoted ****, different decade.



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Woman kicked off plane for badgering Trump supporter

As much as I despise Donald Trump, I cannot condone what this woman did. Behavior like this, is the kind of thing that gives ammunition to the alt-right and could just as the progressives desire to make Hillary Clinton 'go away' because she 'offended' them, lead to appalling consequences.

Quote:

A viral video has surfaced showing a woman harassing Scott Kotesky, a Trump supporter on board an aircraft flying from Seattle to Baltimore. This follows the Trump inauguration that had recently taken place.

...

She threatened to throw up in his lap, saying that he made her ill and telling him that he should get off the plane.
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samedi 28 janvier 2017

Usain Bolt finally stripped of 1st medal, 7 years after first scripted date

Usain Bolt finally stripped of first medal, 8 yrs after Beijing Games

Jan 25, 2017
Usain Bolt finally stripped of his first medal, 7 years after the first scripted date
ONE world title out of TWENTY (11 at World Championships and 9 at Olympic Games) is all it takes to officially strip from Bolt what some falsely consider his ultimate milestone, the triple triple at the Olympics.
First headlines, which in a psy-op (in this case setting the stage to accuse Bolt of doping) play a key role:
- either suggest that it's already the script's climax, the execution of Usain Bolt, omiting that at this point it's still about Nesta Carter from Jamaica's relay: "SportsFlash Videos - Usain Bolt stripped of Olympic Gold";
- or simply omit that it starts with Beijing (word not mentioned in headlines) 2008 (word also omitted in article): "Usain Bolt loses gold medal after relay teammate found guilty of doping".

Reminder of Last Prophet's words from Jul 2016, before the Rio Olympics, referencing articles from 2015 and 2009:
Usain Bolt won't be stripped only from 3 Olympic medals as predicted 2009 but from at least 6. Or will it be the triple triple, 9?
Athletics, the base sport, despite bombed to oblivion for decades now, still the #1 sport at the Olympics.
Bolt set countless milestones in athletics, and this one above all:
Fastest man ever and, as predicted by Last Prophet in an article published hours later, Aug 2009, FOREVER.
One of the consequences of illuminati forced to postpone the BIG BANG again and again (and it will also not take place before the 2016 Games):
Bolt can again write History:
- setting yet another milestone, the triple (100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m relay) triple at the Olympics (Beijing, London, Rio);
- breaking again his own records for world titles, all uninterrupted since 2008 except for the 100 m in 2011, when he was disqualified by a false start.
In any case Bolt will be stripped of more world titles than Armstrong's 7 Tour titles, alias ALL of them, as precised by Last Prophet in 2005, when Lance retired.

Bolt casted in the figurative genocide in sports
Russian athletes, first ones to be banned from the Olympics just because of their nationality.
Bolt blackmailed to participate as "supporter of Russia's ban" alias the ongoing figurative genocide (just for being, in this case russian) in sports, before global genocide during the BIG BANG.
The grotesque was previously pushed to the utter limits: start of mass executions of kenyan and ethiopian athletes with accusations of doping.
All this possible because of what was explained and is as simple as this:
"Putin" & Russia gov = Kenyatta & Kenya gov = Ethiopia gov = Jamaica gov = traitorous illuminazi agents.

Reminder from 2015:
After the illuminati were again forced to postpone the BIG BANG leading to have the athletes compete for the world titles again at Beijing:
Illuminazi will terminate Usain Bolt after his Beijing races at the stadium where he became the fastest man ever AND as predicted 2009 FOREVER.
The previous statement is literally what Last Prophet predicted in 2008, albeit at the end of the day Beijing stands for World Championships 2015 not for Olympics 2008.
This as what started with Ben Johnson at Seoul 1988, portrayed at that time as an exception, is served as "one out of 3 medalists on dope" now, at the end of the show.

Notes
Jan 25, 2017
SportsFlash Videos - Usain Bolt stripped of Olympic Gold
http://ift.tt/2jCNcAK
Usain Bolt loses gold medal after relay teammate found guilty of doping
http://ift.tt/2jCLNtX

CONTEXT
All explained years ago. From 2009, timestamp verifiable in Web Archive:

Ongoing execution of Usain Bolt, in two acts: falsely accused of doping in Beijing and stripped shortly after.
It's also a parallel script to actor "Obama arrested, stripped", will "confess the most sophisticated conspiracy in the History of Politics" on TV to Oprah Winfrey (at the end of the day it was Lance Armstrong who started the series of confessions to Oprah).

Doping conspiracy echoed by NOBODY ever since it was exposed in the web, 1999:
"Doping improves performance in running, jumping and cycling" is a lie sold by the illuminati through false accusations to the champions.

Marion Jones was the first champion forced to confess what she didn't do.
The climax for the Gitmo type of "confessions": Lance Armstrong, who otherwise would have been jailed and also stripped not only of titles but of everything.

Goals include:
- Marketing the chemical industry, the agenda of increased use of drugs, or in other words fulfilling the illuminati religion's "Black is White";
- Discourage youth to get into athletics, destroying the principle of "healthy mind in healthy body", required to totally brainwash youth;
- stage justice, again with the illuminati religion's "Black is White": the biggest deceivers in human history (illuminati, black) combat fraud (justice, white);
- Divert attention from the fact that humans reached the physical limits, part of various agendas, starting with "theory of evolution" (hoax created by illuminati).
http://doping-conspiracy.blogspot.co...t-will-be.html

BASICS
6666 New York Win 4 Lottery Pick on Trump's inauguration predicted by Last Prophet - UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE
http://end-times-prophet.blogspot.co...uguration.html

Reminder from Dec 2016
The original date for the act "Osama resurrects" was Easter Sunday. It had to be postponed SIX times, three of them already after the act "missing Boeing 777".
Obama Bin Laden resurrection: FINAL COUNTDOWN: 2016 and 3 weeks beyond: perfect 6666 matrix after 6 failed Easter Sundays
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Time for secession?

Let's admit it, the West coast and the Northern East Coast states will simply never agree.

We want social democracy and they want Conservative libertarianism.

We want inclusion/diversity/tolerance, while they want white homogenuity and bigotry.

We get in their way, they get in our way.

Why continue this?

Maybe rather than continuing the endless fight, we should just divorce.

California, Oregon, Washington, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachussets, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, secede from the Union and form a new nation or join Canada.

If this happens, the new Liberal/Moderate nation can create the Social Democratic state we want, and the rest of the country can create the Libertarian Conservative Christian White nation they want.

No more extreme obstructionism. We all get to have the countries we always dreamed of.

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The Trials of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito: Part 24

Mod Info Part 23 was getting long and slow to respond, so I have split the thread to this new part 24. As usual the split point was arbitrary, and posters are free to copy and paste from previous iterations of the thread.
Posted By:Agatha


Quote:

Originally Posted by Ergon (Post 11689796)
Try to stay on topic, which is the Meredith Kercher case. You responded to my communique from the Court Press Office that the case hadn't been ruled admissible with a claim it 'wasn't accurate'. Would you care to substantiate that, or do you want to open a new thread where you can make all the ad hominems you wish?

I was totally on topic. I was commenting on the credibility of sources for the case. I would never consider the guy who tells everyone he's God as a credible source. This is not where I get my information. It's not that this person might not be right. After all a broken watch is right twice a day. However it's also wrong more than 99 percent of the time. Not exactly a quality track record.


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Trump, Lüggenpresse and darn journalists

I'm starting this thread just to link/quote valuable press articles regarding Trump's era and commenting why we think they're valuable or precise.

The first one is:

NYT's Trump’s Impulses Now Carry the Force of the Presidency - by Peter Baker

No matter it's vox populi, I'm impressed with his accurate depiction:
  • «He sits in the White House at night, watching television or reading social media, and through Twitter issues instant judgments on what he sees. He channels fringe ideas and gives them as much weight as carefully researched reports.»
  • «He thrives on conflict and chaos
  • «... he now serves as commander in chief and his 140-character pronouncements carry the power of an Olympian lightning bolt.»
And the way he describes how all this interferes with the normal development of the presidential office.


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Sign the petition!

Sign the petition y'all!

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Boycott Trumps America

Maybe should be in politics but not sure.

Anyway I have had enough. While that shredded wheat in a suit is in charge America and American business is not getting any more of my money if I can avoid it.

It seems my government is going to embrace him and validate him so while it might well be a futile gesture its all I have left.

I will be watching closely how companies react to Trumps tantrums and voting with my cash appropriately.

Its a pity we dont seem to have much in the way of Mexican business to support here in the UK.

I will also be writing to my mp to express my disgust with May and her visit to the orange buffoon.


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It's Over

America was once the land where oppressed and enslaved people could look to as a model of freedom.

It's over.

The USA is no longer a model of freedom. You can dismantle the Statue of Liberty any time now. (False advertising and all)

Link: [Donald Trump's executive order on immigration – the full text]


Worth pointing out: the 9/11 terrorists were mostly Saudi Arabian, with one UAE, one Egyptian, and one Lebanese citizen. None of these countries are on the list. This is obviously not about terrorism. It's about which countries Trump Inc has not received bribes from yet.

Sorry, Americans: you're clearly assets of Trump Inc now.


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vendredi 27 janvier 2017

Tell me about the Titanic....

The Titanic sank after it cruised at an unsafe speed through iceberg-cluttered waters on a nearly moonless night, and apparently the lookout didn't have binoculars because he didn't have the key to the locker where they were stored. Question: Did the ship use some kind of lighting? Even with the technology of the time, a tightly focused spotlight shining ahead from the bow might have given them time to act. If they didn't, why not?


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Bill Nye says humans will never colonize Mars but.....

This is far fetched but could humans not one day build space stations and orbit Mars and work on Mars during the day and live in the space station at night?

Bill Nyes biggest objection to a human colony on Mars is the weak gravity that would harm the health of humans trying to live there and an infant born on Mars would be a disaster. Even if the child survived its heart would not be able to work properly if the child ever came to earth.

Humans could live on the station, get their education on the station , farm on Mars and overall stay in the station when the work is over.

You would have to make sure the station had the same gravity as the earth.


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Is common courtesy now a "microaggression"?

For those who don't know what a microaggression is:

Quote:

a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority.
I just got back from the Dollar Store where I experienced something unusual. This store has 2 single-width doors, one for entry and one for exit. However, for the past couple of weeks, the exit door has been broken, so everyone enters or exits through this one door.

As I was leaving, I noticed a woman approaching the door, so I did what I always do....I opened the door and held it open, allowing her to enter first. I do this for everyone, whether you're a big burly construction worker or a frail little old lady. The normal response is a "thank you" or just a nod of the head....Heck, even no response is acceptable IMO.

However, this woman said "I can get my own door! THANK YOU!" as she walked through the door...then mumbled something under her breath as she walked off. I was taken aback...and I looked at the cashier with a puzzled look, and she just rolled her eyes and shook her head as to say "Don't worry about it, she's just a jerk".

Did I do something wrong? Is holding a door open for someone a "microaggression" that belittles the person who has the door opened for them? Or is it just common courtesy to show respect to your fellow human? I'm confused.


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Cancer and soccer and artificial turf

Here is an interesting interaction of everyday common sense evaluation and genuine scientific analysis. What would appear to be a clear case of cause and effect is found to be not so under closer scrutiny.


Soccer players' cancers ignite debate over turf safety


Quote:

Originally Posted by CNN
Jean Bryant, a Seattle mother of three boys, remembers the moment when her friend Amy Griffin first mentioned those "little black dots."

It was about seven years ago, and their children were in preschool together. Griffin, assistant head coach of women's soccer at the University of Washington, mentioned to Bryant how "it was weird" that some of her current and former players, especially goalkeepers, had been diagnosed with cancer.

Griffin turned to Bryant and said she wondered whether cancer was somehow associated with those "little black dots" on the artificial turf fields where they play, which were then replacing natural grass fields. Those dots are recycled tire crumbs. "I didn't think much of it until my son," Bryant said. Years after that conversation, just before he turned 14, Jack Bryant was diagnosed with cancer. He's a soccer goalie...

...However, the study results from the Washington State Department of Health investigation did not suggest that soccer players are at an increased risk for cancer due to the tire crumbs.

The results showed that the cancer rate among soccer players in the investigation, based on Griffin's list, was actually less than expected compared with the cancer rate among all Washington residents of similar ages.

For the players' cancer cases to be a cluster, there would have to be a greater-than-expected number of cases of the same type of cancer, according to criteria listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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[Split From] Disgraceful! Richard Spencer Sucker-Punched While Giving Interview

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphic Oracle (Post 11687510)
When one advocates for violence against other demographic groups, one no longer gets to invoke a right to bodily safety because they've demonstrated they don't believe one exists.

Leave it to a Delphic to talk nonsense just get a real job ffs it's the modern age.


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Metallic Hydrogen

Harvard researchers believe they've created metallic Hydrogen - which would be a very big deal.

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However, some are skeptical

"Complete garbage," is how Eugene Gregoryanz from Edinburgh University described the research. "Like everybody else who works with hydrogen at high pressures, I am appalled by what is being published in Science."

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Are we entering a brave new era of room temperature superconductors and other good stuff? Or is Eugene right?


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Claim that Trump did not indicate policies he will pursue II

Some two 2.5 months ago i asked, whether the claim 'that Trump did not sufficiently indicate his political intentions to have any idea, what he will do as president' can be filed under "complete nonsense", because he made clear what to expect.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com...d.php?t=313867

Now after first week in office, can someone offer opinion whether Trump acts in any way one could not expect from his pro-election promises and statements for rechecking whether the claim was reasonable?

Checking what he has done in his first week against what he promised:
http://ift.tt/2fHK7w7

it seems he tries several things he promised; e.g.:
"Five actions to restore security
and the constitutional rule of law:

FIRST
, cancel every unconstitutional executive action,
memorandum and order issued by President Obama.

SECOND
, begin the process of selecting a replacement
for Justice Scalia from one of the 20 judges on my list,
who will uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution.

THIRD
, cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities.

FOURTH
, begin removing the more than two million
criminal illegal immigrants from the country and cancel
visas to foreign countries that won’t take them back.

FIFTH
, suspend immigration from terror-prone regions
where vetting cannot safely occur. All vetting of people
coming into our country will be considered “extrem""

For Number 1, 4 and 5 first steps are already obvious. Number 2 is in the informal first stage (informal vetting of potential candidates)

Also from page 2 of this list of various "promises":
"Fully-funds the construction of a wall on our southern
border with the full understanding that the country of
Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost
of such wall;"

if i read the news correctly, the first decisions regarding the building of the wall are already underway and Mexico seems to be aware about Trump wanting Mexico to pay for the wall and already offered some suggestion what they think about that, which shows that at least Mexico expects Trump trying to keep that promise.


And i have not noticed a single issue Trump did, that was completely unexpected. His selection of secretaries and other staff decisions even include some people no one could accuse of being part of the Washington "swamp", e.g. that former BreitbartNews operative. That he still selected also a host of republican politicians for jobs was expectable, as he needs the republican majority to get anything done.

So it seems still correct to file claims that one did not know what to expect from Trump as "complete nonsense".

or was it more the issue that nobody could believe he realy meant in earnest his promises of for example building a wall or stopping immigration from certain muslim majority countries?


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"We have a fire in the cockpit!" -- Apollo I + 50 years

50 Years Later, NASA Creates Tribute To 3 Astronauts Who Died In Space Race

Quote:

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts during a routine test on the launchpad. The accident shocked NASA as the agency was rushing to meet President Kennedy's 1961 challenge to have men on the moon by the end of the decade.

The test was a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 1 crew — Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. The ultimate goal was to check out the command module, NASA's first three-man spacecraft that would take astronauts to the moon.

The crew was rehearsing the real launch, which was about a month away. They were suited up and in the capsule running through checklists and testing equipment.

But something sparked in the oxygen-rich environment. Within seconds, the capsule filled with flames, smoke and toxic gases.
Starting today and for the first time, KSC will place the hatch from Apollo I on public display.


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UK - Tax the super-rich !

This could alternatively be in Non-US Politics or Economics, Business and Finance - Mods feel free to move as required.

There is a suspicion that the super rich (both individuals and companies) manage to get away with a lot when it comes to taxation. This is vehemently denied by the tax authorities but this report on the BBC website caught my eye.

Quote:

The taxman's failure to get tough with the super-rich risks undermining confidence in the whole system, MPs warned in a report on Friday.

HM Revenue and Customs must avoid the impression it has "one rule for the rich and another for everyone else," the Public Accounts Committee said.

In a scathing report, PAC chairwoman Meg Hillier said HMRC's claims about its success "just don't stack up".
Naturally, HMRC deny that this is the case, but in an era or rising income and wealth inequality where a greater and greater proportion of the nation's income and wealth is flowing into the pockets of a small group of people, I found this statistic illuminating:

Quote:

Since HMRC set up a specialist unit dealing with so-called high net worth individuals in 2009, the amount of income tax they paid had fallen by £1bn, the report said. This was despite income tax receipts from the public as a whole rising by £23bn over the same period.
Now this could represent a change in the way that the super-rich are making money, less in terms of income, more in more tax-efficient ways:

Quote:

But while HMRC said this had resulted in the collection of an additional £2bn in tax. it was unable to explain why the income tax they paid fell by 20% - from £4.5bn in 2009-10 to £3.5bn in 2014-15 - when the overall income tax take rose by 9% £23bn.
I wouldn't be shocked to find a similar story with respect to corporate taxation as well.

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jeudi 26 janvier 2017

The Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock has been set by scientists at 2.5 minutes to midnight, the closest to Armageddon it's been since 1953. And Trump hasn't even confronted North Korea yet.

(warning -- Autoplay)
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Origin of seances

What is the best information on the origin of seances? Did these predate the time of the Fox sisters? I understand that Cagliostro may have presided over some but so much relating to him is controversial. Thoughts?


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Trump to give Press credentials to Infowars????

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Alex Jones, owner and main personality for Infowars, says that Trump has or will offer his group press credentials for the White House and their daily press briefings.

Infowars is notorious for saying 9-11 was not done by Al Qaeda or Muslim terrorists, but by Israel or agents in our government.

They've also suggested the Sandy Hook Massacre never happened, and martial law was going to be imposed by Obama.

These "people", cannot get press credentials for the White House.

It would be like Der Sturmer getting Press crendentials in Germany and allowed into the Bundestag. This would be an unacceptable and unforgiveable move by Trump.


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RIP Tam Dalyell

Backbench MP for several decades, at times a thorn in the side of both his own and opposing parties, though highly respected by many of different political persuasions.

Poser of the West Lothan Question (on what rôle Scots MPs ought to have following devolution), tenacious in demanding answers about the sinking of the Argentinian ship General Belgrano during the Falklands War, and about who really carried out the Lockerbie bombing, amongst other things. Contributed to New Scientist magazine for over thirty years in the form of its Westminster Diary column.

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(pron. DAY-ell)


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POLL: Driverless Cars are going to become mandatory by 2050

No elaboration required.


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The WALL

CNN reports that the Whitehouse proposes a 20% tax on goods from Mexico to pay for "The Wall".

If Mexico then slaps a 20% tax on goods it imports from the USA, which country loses the most?


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All Criticism of Dear Leader is Forbidden...

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Guy never heard of the First Admendment,apparently.


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State Department resignations.

http://ift.tt/2kxxfJI


In the past week:
-Patrick Kennedy - State Department’s long-serving undersecretary for management

-Joyce Ann Barr - Assistant Secretary of State for Administration

-Michele Bond - Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

-Gentry Smith - Director of the Office of Foreign Missions

-Gregory Starr - Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security

Lydia Muniz - director of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations



It is gonna be one hell of a thing.


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Alarming new trend with live streaming

I was wondering what people are thinking about this scary new trend of live streaming suicides. First it was Kathryn Davis, the 12 year that live streamed on facebook. Then it was a young girl from Miami just the other day. And today it appears that a rapper has done it. Could the live stream option of facebook cause a rise in suicides? Possibly giving the idea to young kids who weren't contemplating it before or hadn't reached that low?


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Audible.com App

Anyone else run into an issue with switching books from audible app to their new phone? I recently replaced my phone with a much newer model. I have quite a few audio books as I have a two hour commute for work each day. I downloaded the books onto the new phone and get nothing but failed playback. Audible support is no help, won't get back to me. I already tried the obvious, deleted and redownloaded the books. Deleted books, uninstall/reinstall the app, and download books. All lead to the same result. Anyone else ever had this issue or could recommend an audio book app and store that are equal to audible?


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Going cheaper with my next smartphone. A mistake?

Or more accurately. How big is the difference actually between a cheap, a mid-range, and an expensive smartphone?

I bought my eleven-year-old daughter a Motorola G3 €130 six months ago.

It doesn't have a physical home button, it needed an SD card and I find the interface not that great. But apart from that, how much worse is this thing compared to my fancy iPhone 6?

I watch Youtube and Netflix, do my mail, follow some courses, and browse Twitter.
No plans for VR headsets or fancy games.

I'm thinking of getting a mid-range Samsung for my next phone (still have to look through their extensive and confusing range).

Anyone experienced here? Will I go mad from slow reaction times and ruing my eyes with a bad resolution screen?


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Happy New South Wales Day.

On this day in 1778, the first fleet arrived from England and landed on the east coast of "Terra Australis" at the site that would later be known as Sydney. This marked the beginning of the occupation of this land by the British.

This day is commemorated as "Australia Day" and is celebrated with fireworks every year. However, in more recent years, it has become a day marked by protests. Many are dubbing this "Invasion Day" to recognize the displacement of the Aboriginal population and the atrocities inflicted on them by the British settlers.

Some are calling for Australia Day to be celebrated on a different date. The problem is when? Strictly speaking, Australia didn't come into being until January 1, 1901. So the logical date should be January 1. The problem is that if we celebrated Australia Day on January 1 then there would be one less public holiday every year.

In spite of the controversies that flare up on Australia Day, we will likely celebrate the founding of the colony of New South Wales on January 26 for the foreseeable future.


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Government agencies start unofficial twitter accounts to bypass Trump's twitter ban

The National Park Service, The EPA and NASA have all launched unofficial twitter accounts which Trump can't control. All three are tweeting about climate change, in defiance of Trump's wishes.

Summed up by this tweet from NASA:
Quote:

Science is not a partisan issue. Science is the foundation of our society—we owe so much to peer-reviewed scientific research. #resist
Direct links to the twitter feeds:

https://twitter.com/AltNatParkSer
https://twitter.com/altUSEPA
https://twitter.com/RogueNASA


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mercredi 25 janvier 2017

Global Warming to get some new Ideas...

It's about time for "Global Warming" to get some new ideas, so Donald Trump has helped this issue by Ordering the EPA to take down their lying website: http://ift.tt/2k6qbap

God Bless America and death to Baby Seals!

Everybody should love this move!

And if you don't like this, then you are an enemy of mankind - the terrorist of the worst sort that needs to be exterminated with extreme prejudice.

You either love this, or you hate the President....we know who you are.

Deal.


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Thanks for stepping up other countries!

Dutch respond to Trump's 'gag rule' with international safe abortion fund

Quote:

Up to 20 countries have indicated support for the Netherlands’ plan to set up an international safe abortion fund to plug a $600m funding gap caused by Donald Trump’s reinstatement of the “global gag rule”, the Dutch international development minister, Lilianne Ploumen, said on Wednesday.

Ploumen took soundings from a number of her colleagues around the world on Tuesday evening after the Netherlands said it would act to mitigate the impact on hundreds of charities around the world.

The “global gag rule”, also known as the Mexico City policy, was reimposed by Trump on Monday, and bans US federal funding for NGOs in foreign countries that provide abortion services or abortion advocacy.

‘We’re in talks with 15 to 20 countries and we’ve also spoken to foundations,” Ploumen told the Guardian. “As well as contacting a number of European countries that we work with on these issues, we’re also in touch with countries in South America and Africa, as well as the foundations. It’s important to have the broadest possible support for the fund.”

Ploumen did not identify which countries had been approached or how much money the Dutch government might commit to the scheme. She said the aim would be to continue support for existing programmes being run by organisations such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), the International Planned Parenting Federation and Marie Stopes International.

“These are successful and effective programmes: direct support, distributing condoms, making sure women are accompanied at the birth, and making sure abortion is safe if they have no other choice,” she said.
This is important work and it needs to continue.


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Roads to skepticism

I made my road to skepticism through amateur astronomy before the other sciences, study of religions and history, etc. Did many of you come to it through studying particular scientific issues?


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Trump Signs Papers to Build The Wall.

Is this different from the Berlin Wall in 1961?


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Free audiobooks?

I run quite a lot and I've exhausted all the music in the whole world and am finding it hard to find new stuff. I'm also getting quite bored of Doctor Who audio dramas. So I'm looking for suggestions of other audio works that I can listen to, and which won't cost me a fortune.

Since I've not read as many classic books as I ought to I've just started in on the Sherlock Holmes canon (somewhat ironically starting off with one of the ones I have read), which I got from archive.org, which has led me to https://librivox.org/

Does anyone else know of any good sources of free audio books? I'm sure it'll mostly be restricted to classic books, as they're more likely to be in the public domain than more modern works (although there may be some modern works, I'm sure). I'm more looking for suggestions of archives which have a selection of free works (and they don't have to be restricted to books - plays, etc. can be good, too), but if there are any suggestions of individual works I can get from somewhere that would be appreciated, too.

The only thing I'm not really interested in is stuff like the first chapter of something free as an enticement to buy the rest of the book. A first chapter wouldn't last the length of a run (I did all three parts of "A Scandal In Bohemia" and most of the first part of the next story today), and if I were to spend money on a work I'd be much more likely to get the ebook version as I'm starting to get into a position where my "upcoming books to read" pile is getting a little small.

Oh, and as I want to practice my German, simple German-language stuff is a good idea. I've listened to the German language version of Harry Potter and enjoyed that although, again, at the moment I'd rather find things which are free than things I need to pay for.


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A Better Health Care Plan

So this was a little odd.

Recently, I've been seeing this ad on tv promoting the new up-and-coming health care plan. It doesn't give details, but gives the url to ABetterHealthCarePlan.com to learn more.

So I went there.

It's main thing on that page is a big youtube of, you guessed it, the same commercial.

And underneath, the following optimistic text:

Quote:

Our Congress is fighting for us: lowering costs, providing more control and more choices to pick a plan that meets our needs, not a plan that Washington mandates.
Besides that, nothing. Except a big friendly button you can press that declares I'm In, if you want to give your name and email address.

And at the bottom: Paid for by American Action Network, Inc. (A 501(c)(4) ‘action tank’)

A very odd commercial all in all. Looks like the Action Network's current 'plan' is just to get your info for fundraising.


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Idaho State Rep criticizes women politicians for spreading their legs to get ahead.

http://ift.tt/2j5ugft

Idaho State Representative H. Scott(R) was censured by the state GOP and removed from all committee assignments for saying that women in the legislature only advanced by spreading their legs.

Oh, the punchline for those who don't want to read the link? H. stands for Heather. This is a women making this statement.


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PLEASE TELL ME WHY YOU KILL

Over the years religious ideologies have been the underlying motive for killing thousands of people across the world.

Slaughtering by Islamic Extremists seems to increase. (See attached information). I have become more than used to news reports on war battles, suicide attacks, spree shootings, stabbings, hijackings, kidnappings and even beheading.

I believe that right now somewhere, individuals with extreme religious beliefs are planning to wipe out others, even if it means sacrificing themselves and indiscriminately killing members of their own religious.

Religion is meant to bring love and peace, so I believe. How could anyone justify killing fellow human beings in the name of his god? I don’t know the answer. Would someone, preferably a person involved in or close to this practice, please inform me?

I just want to understand.

ATTACHMENT: LIST OF “ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACKS” published by wikipedia encyclopaedia

2015

•Afghanistan January 5, 2015 – A car packed with explosives drove up to the headquarters of EUPOL Afghanistan, a European police-training organization, in Kabul and detonated. Taliban claimed responsibility. 1 killed 16 wounded.[89]
•Iraq January 6, 2015 – Two suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the town of Al-Jubba while Iraqi soldiers were resting, killing 10 soldiers plus the two attackers. Clashes following the bombings left 13 security personnel dead and 21 wounded.[90]
•France January 7–9, 2015 – A series of five attacks in and around Paris kill 17 people, plus three attackers, and leave 22 other people injured.
•Nigeria January 8, 2015 – 2015 Baga massacre. Boko Haram attacks town of Baga in northern Nigeria killing at least 200 people. Another 2000 are unaccounted for.[91]
•France January 9, 2015 – The Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis kills 4 and injures 9 people.
•Lebanon January 10, 2015 – In the 2015 Jabal Mohsen suicide attacks 9 people died and 30+ were wounded.
•Egypt January 29, 2015 – January 2015 Sinai attacks. 44 killed, several wounded.
•Pakistan January 30, 2015 – Suicide bomber killed at least 55, injuring at least 59 in a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan.[92]
•Pakistan February 13, 2015 – Heavily armed militants killed at least 19 people and wounded more than 40 after they stormed into a Shiite mosque during Friday Prayer in a suburb of Peshawar.[93]
•Denmark February 14–15, 2015 – 2015 Copenhagen shootings. A gunman opened fire at the Krudttoenden café and later at the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen, killing two civilians and injuring five others.[94]
•Nigeria March 7, 2015 – Five suicide bomb blasts leave 58 dead and 143 wounded in the 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing.
•Pakistan March 15, 2015 – Suicide bombers kill at least 15 people in attacks on two churches in Lahore.[95]
•Tunisia March 18, 2015 – Bardo National Museum attack. Militants linked to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack the Bardo National Museum with guns, killing 21 people and injuring around 50.[96]
•Yemen March 20, 2015 – 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings. 135 killed in bombings on several mosques by ISIL.[97]
•Libya March 25, 2015 – ISIL affiliates, The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in Libya carried out suicide bombings in the city of Benghazi. Twelve were killed and 25 wounded. Five additional dead during attacks with a local militia.[98]
•Somalia March 27, 2015 – Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack. 20+ dead 28 wounded.
•Kenya April 2, 2015 – 148 people—most of them Christian students—killed in Al-Shabaab's Garissa University College attack before Easter weekend Holidays.[99][100]
•Saudi Arabia April 8, 2015 – In the city of Riyadh two policemen are shot dead. ISIL is blamed to be behind the attack.[101][102]
•Somalia April 14, 2015 – Militants of Al-Shabaab attack a government building in Mogadishu in the 2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack. 17 dead 15 wounded.
•Iraq April 17, 2015 – A series of bombings by the ISIL occurred through Baghdad. 40+ killed 59+ injured.[103]
•Iraq April 17, 2015 – A car bomb exploded at the entrance of the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq. ISIL took credit for the attack. 3 killed 5 wounded.[104]
•Afghanistan April 18, 2015 – A suicide bomb detonated in front of a bank in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. ISIL claims responsibility. 33 killed 100+ injured.[105]
•Somalia April 20, 2015 – A minivan of UN workers was bombed by Al-Shabaab in the Puntland region of Somalia. 9 dead 4 injured.[106]
•Bosnia and Herzegovina April 27, 2015 – At the Zvornik police station terrorist attack in the city of Zvornik, Republika Srpska, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an armed member of a Wahhabist movement opened fire on the police. In the shooting, a police officer was killed, two others were injured, and the attacker was killed by police.[107]
•Iraq May 3, 2015 – Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad, Iraq. Nineteen were killed and an unknown number wounded. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks.[108]
•United States May 3, 2015 – Two gunmen attacked the Curtis Culwell Center during a 'Draw Muhammad' cartoon art exhibit in Garland, Texas . 2 dead (perpetrators) 1 injured.[109][110][111][112][113]
•Afghanistan May 3, 2015 – Taliban militants overran checkpoints in Warduj, killing 17 policemen.[114]
•Afghanistan May 4, 2015 – A government bus was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul, killing one person and injuring 15 others.[115]
•Iraq May 10, 2015 – Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad, Iraq and surrounding towns of Taji and Tarmiyah. ISIL claims responsibility. 14 were killed and wounding 30.[116]
•Afghanistan May 10, 2015 – A bus carrying Afghan government employees was attacked in Kabul by a suicide bomber, killing 3 people and injuring 10. Taliban claimed responsibility.[117]
•Pakistan May 13, 2015 – A bus carrying Shia Muslims was attacked by six armed gunman who rode up in motorcycles. Several Islamist groups claim responsibility. 45 dead 13 injured.[118]
•Afghanistan May 14, 2015 – A hotel that was hosting a cultural event was attacked by Taliban fighters in Kabul leaving 14 dead including an American, an Italian, and 4 Indians.[119]
•Afghanistan May 17, 2015 – A Taliban suicide attack near the entrance of Hamid Karzai International Airport targeting a European police training vehicle. 3 dead 18 injured.[120]
•Afghanistan May 19, 2015 – A suicide car bombing detonated in the parking lot of a Justice Ministry building in the diplomatic section of Kabul, killing 4 people wounding 42.[121]
•Libya May 21, 2015 – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a military checkpoint outside of Misrata killing himself and two guards.[122]
•Saudi Arabia May 22, 2015 – A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque during prayer in the al-Qadeeh village. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack. 21 dead +90 injured.[123]
•Afghanistan May 25, 2015 – Taliban militants killed 19 policemen and six soldiers during a siege at a police compound in Nawzad District of Afghanistan.[124]
•Kenya May 26, 2015 – Al-Shabaab militants attacked two police patrols which turned into a gun battle north of Garissa, 5 police officers were injured but they were able to kill both of the attackers.[125]
•Iraq May 28, 2015 – Two car bombs were set off minutes apart targeting the Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel and the Babylon. 10 killed and 30 wounded.[126]
•Saudi Arabia May 29, 2015 – A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in Dammam detonating the bomb in the parking lot. 4 killed, unknown injured.[127]
•Iraq June 1, 2015 – Three suicide bombers in Humvees attacked an Iraqi police station in the Tharthar region in Northern Anbar Province. 41 dead, 63 wounded.[128]
•Turkey June 5, 2015 – 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings – Twin bombing of a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) rally. 4 dead, over 100 injured.[129][130]
•Iraq June 13, 2015 – Four suicide SUV car bombs went off in an Iraqi police station in the Hajjaj near Tikrit and Baiji. 11 dead, 27 injured.[131]
•France June 26, 2015 – Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack – Beheading in a factory near Lyon, head marked with Arabic writing and Islamist flags. Gas canisters planted provoked a fire. 1 dead, 11 injured.[132]
•Kuwait June 26, 2015 – 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing – 27 people killed in explosion at Shia Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City, medical sources tell Al Jazeera. Claimed by ISIL
•Tunisia June 26, 2015 – 2015 Sousse attack – Attack in Tunisia against two tourist hotels, over 28 people died.
•Somalia June 26, 2015 – Battle of Leego (2015) Attack on AMISOM base in Somalia with a car bomb, assault rifles and RPGs, causing over 30 military deaths.
•Nigeria June 26–30, 2015 – Boko Haram kills at least 200 people as they gun down and bomb villages, mosques, and other public space.[133]
•Israel June 29, 2015 – 2015 Shuvat Rachel shooting attack on civilian car, 1 death.
•Nigeria July 5, 2015 – Two bombs explode at an elite restaurant and mosque, killing at least 15 people in Jos.[134]
•Nigeria July 7, 2015 – A bomb explodes in a government office in Zaria, killing 20 people.[135]
•Cameroon July 13, 2015 – 2 suicide bombers explode in a bar in the town of Fotokol and kill 13 people, including a soldier from Chad who was killed in the second explosion.[136]
•United States July 16, 2015 – 2015 Chattanooga shootings
•Nigeria July 17, 2015 – Two Nigerian towns are attacked by two suicide bombers, killing 62 people.[137]
•Turkey July 20, 2015 – 2015 Suruç bombing Suicide bombing killed 33 people and injured 104 in Kurdish majority city of Suruç. ISIL claims responsibility.[138]
•Nigeria July 22, 2015 – A series of explosions at two bus stations in Gombe kill about 40 people.[139]
•Cameroon July 26, 2015 – A suicide bomber kills at least 14 people at a popular nightclub in Maruoa, just three days after 2 suicide bombers killed 20 people in the same town.[140]
•India July 27, 2015 – 2015 Gurdaspur attack Three Islamic terrorists of Pakistani origin from Indian-administrated Kashmir disguised in army uniforms attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur District of Punjab, India. The attack resulted in the deaths of 3 policemen, 4 civilians and 15 others were injured. All 3 attackers were killed by the Indian security forces.[141]
•Nigeria August 11, 2015 – 47 people are killed as explosions erupt at a crowded market in the town of Sabon Gari.[142]
•Iraq August 13, 2015 – 2015 Baghdad market truck bombing A truck bomb in a Baghdad market killed more than 70 and injures 200.[143]
•France August 21, 2015 – 2015 Thalys train attack Shooting and stabbing in train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris injures 5. The incident is believed by French police to be an Islamist terrorist attack.[144]
•Nigeria August 28–30, 2015 – Boko Haram members massacre 79 people in 3 different Nigerian villages. 68 alone were killed in the village of Baanu.[145]
•Nigeria September 10, 2015 - Explosion at a refugee camp for people fleeing Boko Haram kills at least 2.[146]
•Iraq September 17, 2015 – Two suicide bombings in Baghdad killed 10 and injured 55. ISIL claims responsibility.[147]
•Germany September 17, 2015 – Rafik Y, an Islamist of Iraqi descent attacked and injured a police officer with a knife in Berlin. 1 injured, 1 dead (perpetrator).[148]
•Nigeria September 21, 2015 – At least 54 people were killed by multiple explosions in Nigeria.[149]
•Yemen September 24, 2015 – A bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Sana'a killed 25 and injured dozens more during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Claimed by ISIL.[150]
•Bangladesh Italy September 29, 2015 – Three men on a motorbike shot and killed an Italian aid worker. The attack has been claimed by ISIL.[151]
•Nigeria October 1, 2015 – Multiple suicide bombings by Boko Haram in North-East Nigeria killed 14 people (including the bombers) and injured 39.[152]
•Israel October 1, 2015 – Gunmen opened fire on a car near Nablus on the northern West Bank, killing a man and woman. 4 of their 6 children were also in the car and witnessed the attack, but were uninjured. The attackers have been praised by Hamas.[153][154]
•Australia October 2, 2015 – 2015 Parramatta shooting. A NSW Police
Force civilian employee was shot dead outside NSW Police Force headquarters on Charles Street, Parramatta, Sydney by a 15-year old lone gunman. The gunman then engaged with NSW Police Special Constables in a shootout before being killed, 2 dead.[155]
•Bangladesh Japan October 3, 2015 – A Japanese man was shot and killed in a similar fashion to an Italian aid worker killed 4 days earlier. The attack has been claimed by ISIL.[156]
•Iraq October 3, 2015 – In Baghdad, two suicide bombings in Shiite majority neighbourhoods kill at least 18 people and injure 61. Attack claimed by ISIL.[157]
•Afghanistan October 5, 2015 – Two suicide bombings in Kabul targeted an Afghan intelligence centre. 3 people were injured in the attack, claimed by the Taliban.[158][159]
•Somalia October 7, 2015 – Militants of Al-Shabaab ambushed and killed the nephew of Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. 2 dead.[160]
•Turkey October 10, 2015 – In the 2015 Ankara bombings 102 people were killed and over 400 others injured. According to two high ranked sources in the Turkish security forces ISIL is most likely responsible.[161][162]
•Chad October 10, 2015 – Multiple suicide bombings in Chad killed 33 people and injured 51. The attack is believed to be the work of Boko Haram.[163]
•Afghanistan United Kingdom October 11, 2015 – A bomb attack in Kabul, targeting a British military convoy injured 7 Afghan civilians. The attack has been claimed by the Taliban.[164]
•Nigeria October 22, 2015 – 20 people were killed in the northeast state of Borno, Nigeria in a Boko Haram attack.[165]
•Nigeria October 23, 2015 – Two separate mosques were attacked by suicide bombers, killing 42 in Nigeria.[166]
•Niger October 28, 2015 – Boko Haram militants attack a village in Niger, gunning down 13 people and allegedly burning down houses and cars during the rampage.[167]
•Egypt Russia October 31, 2015 – Bomb on board a Russian jet brings it down in Sinai, bound for St Petersburg, killing 224 people.[168]
•Lebanon November 12, 2015 – Twin suicide bombings kill 42 people in the capital city of Beirut.[169]
•France November 13, 2015 – A series of terrorist attacks in Paris kill 137, and wound 368. They involved a series of coordinated attacks which consisted of mass shootings and suicide bombings. This incident was the most fatal event on French soil since World War II.[170]
•Iraq November 13, 2015 – A Suicide bomber kills at least 21 at a Shia funeral.[171]
•Philippines Malaysia November 17, 2015 – A Malaysian national is beheaded by Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines.[172]
•Nigeria November 17, 2015 – A suicide attack at a market in Yola killed more than 30 people and hospitalised more than 80. The attack is thought to be the work of Boko Haram.[173]
•Bosnia and Herzegovina November 18, 2015 – A lone wolf Islamist killed two soldiers and injured civilians in Sarajevo. 3 dead 5 wounded.[174]
•Nigeria November 18, 2015 – Two explosions rock a phone market in Kano killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 100. Boko Haram is suspected to be behind it.[175]
•Mali November 20, 2015 – Bamako hotel attack. Gunmen yelling "Allahu Akbar" storm a hotel in Bamako, Mali. At least 19 killed, and more than 160 were taken hostage.
•Iraq November 20, 2015 – A Suicide bomber detonates inside a Shiite mosque killing 10 people, other bombings in the area killed another 5 people.[176]
•Cameroon November 21, 2015 – Suicide bombers affiliated with Boko Haram kill at least 10 in northern Cameroon.[177]
•Nigeria November 22, 2015 – 8 people among women and children demise when a female suicide bomber is reduced to pulp.[178]
•Tunisia November 24, 2015 – At least 12 people were killed in a bus bombing in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. ISIL claimed responsibility for this attack that targeted a bus transporting members of the Presidential Guard.[179]
•Egypt November 24, 2015 – In the November 2015 Sinai attack which occurred a day after the second round of parliamentary elections closed, militants attack a hotel housing election judges in the provincial capital of al-Arish in Egypt's North Sinai. 7 dead, 10+ wounded[180]
•Niger November 25, 2015 – Boko Haram invades a village and shoots indiscriminately residents and also fire rockets, killing 18.[181]
•Nigeria November 27, 2015 – 21 killed in Boko Haram suicide attack on a Shia procession in Nigeria[182]
•Egypt November 28, 2015 – Islamist gunmen killed four security personnel in an attack at a police checkpoint in Saqqara. 4 dead[183]
•Mali November 28, 2015 – Militants fired rockets on a MINUSMA peacekeeping forces base in northern Mali. Ansar Dine claimed responsibility. 3 dead, 20 wounded.[184]
•United States December 2, 2015 – In the 2015 San Bernardino attack, married couple Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik shot and killed 14 people and injured 22 others in a killing spree that the FBI was investigating as "act of terrorism".[185][186]
•Chad December 5, 2015 – Four female suicide bombers from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram attacked the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad, killing at least 15 people and injuring 130.[187]
•Yemen December 6, 2015 – The governor of the southern port city of Aden in Yemen, Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was killed in a car bomb attack. The assassination was claimed by ISIL.[188]
•Afghanistan December 8, 2015 – In the 2015 Kandahar Airport attacks several Taliban members attacked the Kandahar Airport and surrounding area. 70+ killed, 35 injured.[189][190]
•Egypt December 8, 2015 – An explosive device by Islamists targeting a military convoy went off in Rafah. 4 dead 4 injured.[191]
•Iraq December 9, 2015 – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the doorway of a Shiite mosque. 11+ dead 20 injured.[192]
•Afghanistan Spain December 11, 2015 – In the 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul, Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the Spanish embassy. 6 dead, several injured.[193]
•Syria December 11, 2015 – In the Tell Tamer bombings three truck bombs by ISIL killed up to 60 people and injured more than 80 in the town of Tell Tamer.[194]
•Syria December 12, 2015 – Islamists detonated a car bomb near a hospital in central Homs. 16 killed, 54 injured.[195]
•Iraq December 12, 2015 – A militant detonated his explosives in a truck at an Iraqi position near the Saudi border. 6 dead, 14 injured.[196]
•Nigeria December 13, 2015 – Boko Haram Islamists, at least some using machetes, attacked residents of the villages of Warwara, Mangari, and Bura-Shika. 30 killed and 20 injured[197]
•Afghanistan December 21, 2015 – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed six and wounded three in Kabul, Afghanistan near Bagram Airfield.[198]
•Nigeria December 26, 2015 – Boko Haram gunmen raided Kimba village in northern Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching their homes. 14+ killed.[199][200]
•Afghanistan December 28, 2015 – A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least one person and wounded 33 in an attack on a road near a school close to Kabul International Airport.[201]
•Nigeria December 28, 2015 – Fourteen Islamist female suicide bombers aged 12–18 attempted to simultaneously attack the city of Maiduguri. Seven of the bombers were shot dead by Nigerian forces while three managed to escape and detonate themselves in Baderi general area and near a Mosque, killing 26 people and wounding another 85.[202]
•Pakistan December 29, 2015 – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the front entrance of a regional branch of the National Database and Registration Authority in the north-western city of Mardan, Pakistan. The blast killed 26 people and more than 50 were wounded.[203]
•Russia December 29, 2015 – A gunman opened fire on a group of local residents who were visiting a viewing platform at the fortress in Derbent, Dagestan, southern Russia, killing one and injuring 11. ISIL claims responsibility.[204]

2016

•Afghanistan January 1, 2016 – A Taliban suicide bomber detonated himself in a French restaurant called 'Le Jardin' in Kabul. 2 dead 15 injured.[205]
•India January 2, 2016 – In the 2016 Pathankot attack suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attacked an Indian air base killing 7 security force members. Several injured.[206]
•Iraq January 3, 2016 – Five Islamist suicide bombers attack an Iraqi military base. 15 dead and 22 injured.[207]
•Afghanistan January 4, 2016 – A Militant drove a truck packed with explosives to the armored gates of a compound for civilian contractors near Kabul's airport before detonating. 30 people injured, including children.[208]
•Libya January 7, 2016 – In the Zliten truck bombing Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb at the police training camp al-Jahfal in the coastal town of Zliten, Libya. 50+ dead 100+ wounded.[209]
•France January 7, 2016 – In the January 2016 Paris police station attack an Islamist from Morocco wearing a fake explosive belt attacked police officers with a meat cleaver. He was shot dead.[210]
•Libya January 7, 2016 – A car bombing at a checkpoint in the Libyan oil port of Ras Lanuf left seven people dead and 11 wounded.[211]
•Egypt January 8, 2016 – In the 2016 Hurghada attack two militants armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare stormed the Bella Vista Hotel. 3 injured.[212]
•France January 11, 2016 – A 15-year old Turkish ISIL supporter attacked a teacher from a Jewish school in Marseille with a machete. 1 injured.[213]
•Iraq January 11, 2016 – ISIL gunmen detonate suicide vests in a shopping mall, killing at least 20 and wounding more than 40 people.[214]
•Turkey January 12, 2016 – In the 2016 Istanbul bombing an ISIL suicide bomber kills 10 tourists and injures 15 more in the historical centre of Istanbul.[215]
•Indonesia January 14, 2016 – In the 2016 Jakarta attacks 4 assailants kill 2 and injure 24 in a terrorist attack in Jakarta. The attack was orchestrated and financed from ISIL in Syria.[216]
•Somalia January 15, 2016 – In the El Adde attack, Al-Shabaab terrorists attack an African Union Kenyan army base in El-Adde. 63+ killed, several injured.[217]
•Burkina Faso January 15, 2016 – In the 2016 Ouagadougou attack Islamist gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. 20+ killed. 15+ injured.[218]
•Pakistan January 21, 2016 – At least 22 killed in attack on Bacha Khan University, Pakistan. The Taliban claim responsibility for the attack.[219]
•Somalia January 22, 2016 – Al-Shabab attack on beachside restaurant leaves 20 dead.[220]
•Cameroon January 25, 2016 – Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have blown themselves up in a market in Cameroon, killing at least 25 people and injuring 62 others.[221]
•Nigeria January 30, 2016 – Boko Haram gunmen raided a Nigerian village, at least 65 people were killed and 136 others injured.[222]
•Ivory Coast March 13, 2016 – In the 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings Al Qaeda gunmen stormed 3 hotels in the beach resort city of Grand-Bassam in the Ivory Coast, leaving 18 people dead.[223]
•Iraq March 20, 2016 – In Anbar, Iraq, ISIL suicide bombers kill at least 24 at municipal building[224]
•Belgium March 22, 2016 – 2016 Brussels bombings includes two suicide bombings in Brussels Airport and one bombing in Brussels Metro that resulted in 35 deaths and more than 300 wounded.[225]
•Yemen March 25, 2016 – Three ISIL suicide bombers strike security checkpoints in the Yemeni city of Aden, killing 26 people.[226][227]
•Iraq March 25, 2016 – 30 people killed and 95 injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a football stadium in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[228][229]
•Pakistan March 27, 2016 – The 2016 Lahore suicide bombing targeted Christians who had gathered on Easter in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. The blast, by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Pakistani Taliban faction, killed at least 70 people and injured 300 others.[230][231]
•Afghanistan April 19, 2016 – The April 2016 Kabul attack targeted a security team responsible for protecting government VIPs in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack killed 64 people and wounded 347. It was the Taliban's biggest attack on an urban area since 2001.[232]
•Bangladesh April 23, 2016 – Attackers hacked a university professor to death in the city of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack stating that they assassinated him "for calling to atheism in the city of Rajshahi in Bangladesh".[233][234]
•Bangladesh April 25, 2016 – Two gays rights activists were hacked to death in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. An Al-Qaeda affiliated group claimed responsibility for the attacks and stated they killed the two as they were "pioneers of practicing [sic] and promoting homosexuality in Bangladesh".[235][236]
•Iraq May 11, 2016 – At least 40 people were killed and 60 injured in a car bomb attack on a market in Baghdad. ISIL claims responsibility.[237]
•United States June 12, 2016 – 49 people were killed and 53 injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The shooter, Omar Mateen, pledged allegiance to ISIL by specifically calling police and journalists several times during the incident.[238][239]
•France June 14, 2016 – Two French citizens, a police officer and his wife were stabbed to death in Magnanville, France by a man swearing his allegiance to ISIL.[240]
•Jordan June 21, 2016 - ISIS Soldier infiltrates refugee camp at a Jordanian army post near Rukban, killing 6 and wounding 14.[241] ISIL later claimed responsibility.[242]
•Pakistan June 22, 2016 – Assassination of Amjad Sabri, claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused Sabri of blasphemy.[243]
•Bangladesh July 1, 2016 – Gunmen killed 20 hostages in the affluent Gulshan Thana neighborhood of Dhaka. Thirteen hostages were rescued; two police officers and six terrorists were killed. One terrorist was taken into custody. ISIL claimed responsibility, but according to Bangladeshi officials, the attack was carried out by homegrown militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.[244] On August 27, Bangladeshi police killed three militants whom they accused of perpetrating the Dhaka attack, including Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a 30-year-old Canadian citizen born in Bangladesh, who was described as "one of the main suppliers of funds and arms for several recent attacks".[245]
•Iraq July 3, 2016 - July 2016 Baghdad bombings Two coordinated bomb attacks killed over 300 people and injured over 221 others.[246]
•Indonesia July 4, 2016 - A suicide bomber has attacked a police station in Central Java, killing himself and injuring a police officer.[247]
•Iraq July 7, 2016 – A coordinated attack involving suicide car bombers, suicide bombers on foot, and gunmen against the mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi, a Shi'ite holy site in Baghdad, killed at least 56 people and injured 75. ISIL claimed responsibility.[248]
•Germany July 18, 2016 – A 17-year-old Afghan refugee injured five people seriously, two critically, with a knife and hatchet on a train near Würzburg. The attacker was shot dead when he attacked the arriving police officers.[249]
•Germany July 24, 2016 – A suicide bombing outside a wine bar in Ansbach, Germany, in which a bomber tried to bomb a large music festival going on at the time. After detonation, he injured 15, 4 seriously. Many videos were discovered of him pledging allegiance to ISIL and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The bomber was the only fatality.[250]
•France July 26, 2016 – A priest's throat was slit and four nuns were taken hostage in a church in Rouen, France. The IS-linked Amaq news agency said "two soldiers of the Islamic State" had carried out the attack. The two terrorists were shot dead by the French authorities. One of the men was known to the French intelligence services (as reported by French TV channel M6) and was on the French government's terror watch-list, known as the S list.[251]
•Pakistan August 8, 2016 - 77 people were killed and over 100 injured by a suicide bombing at a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.[252]
•India September 18, 2016 - 2016 Uri attack - Four armed militants attacked on Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri area of Baramulla district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. 18 Soldiers were killed in the ambush and 19 were injured.[253]
•United States November 28, 2016 – 2016 Ohio State University attack, 11 people were hospitalized for injuries after a car ramming attack and mass stabbing occurred at Ohio State University. The perpetrator, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was a Muslim Somali refugee and legal permanent resident of the United States.[254]
•Germany December 19, 2016 - 2016 Berlin attack during which a truck was driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, left 12 people dead and 56 others injured.[255]


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