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In a powerful speech to the Dutch legislature, Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), unveiled a distressing account of the profound suffering endured by the Dutch people as a direct consequence of their open border immigration policies. Wilders brought attention to a series of harrowing incidents, shedding light on the severe repercussions borne by his compatriots. During his speech, Wilders recounted a shocking incident involving an Iranian individual who, despite facing deportation orders on two separate occasions, resorted to pouring scalding hot oil on two Dutch immigration workers, resulting in their permanent disfigurement. This desperate act was...

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- In Garland, Texas, on 3 May 2015, Gregory Stevens, a veteran police officer with the Garland Police Department, was working off duty as armed security for the “Draw the Prophet” cartoon contest event. Pamela Geller organized the Draw the Prophet event as a response to Islamic demands that Western Civilization submits to Islamic censorship. The particular demand was no one would be allowed to draw images of the Prophet Mohammed or to mock him or make fun of him. The infamous attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris had occurred just five months earlier, by two Islamists...

This week a dramatic rise in natural gas prices in France. For those who heat their homes with natural gas its 14.3 percent effective Friday. There have been a series of gas hikes through the summer months and into September. Fears in government of reignition of the Yellow Vests movement linked to gasoline at the pump prices that sharply rose almost three years ago along with other energy prices. The hikes rolled back by the government in the face of early Yellow Vests protests... In politics the continuing hype of Eric Zemmour which takes Marine Le Pen down in polls...

Melbourne Australia Latest News The latest from Melbourne Australia where its mid-day Monday is that a group of health care workers protested the vaccine mandate with a silent vigil at Edinburgh Gardens and there were plenty of police on hand. The protest is now over. 94 people were arrested on the beach and park areas of St. Kilda Saturday as they protested against vaccine coercion in the State of Victoria. On Sunday and Monday people asked to meet in local parks picnicking and organizing into local groups widely dispersed across the Greater Melbourne Area. The gradual buildup of protests said...

The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld far-right politician Geert Wilders’ conviction for collectively insulting Moroccans at a campaign rally in 2014. Wilders had been convicted in 2016, and demanded a retrial, arguing the case had been politically motivated and that the finding restricted his freedom of speech. The court ruled Tuesday that the rally speech was not covered by freedom of expression. […] At the 2014 campaign rally in question, Wilders asked supporters if they wanted “fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands. “Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!” his supporters chanted back. “We’re going to take care of that,” Wilders told the crowd....

The trial of Austrian anti-Sharia activist Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff for “denigrating” Islam has major implications for free speech in Europe. (Also read Michael Ledeen: "Islamophobia") The “hate speech” trial of the Austrian housewife and anti-Islam activist Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff resumed at a Vienna courthouse on January 18, following a two-month break in the hearings. Sabaditsch-Wolff, who has been charged with “incitement of hatred” and “denigrating religious teachings” after giving a series of seminars about the dangers of radical Islam, faces a possible three year prison sentence. Her case, which is eerily similar to the one involving the Dutch politician Geert Wilders,...

"The death rate appears not to be linked with the responses of governments..stringency of the measures settled to fight pandemia, including lockdown, did not appear to be linked with the death rate." There's research from French scientists saying that government restrictions taken against the coronavirus have not reduced the mortality rate... "making a statement that it's a different court" New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's view of the Thanksgiving Eve 5-4 decision from the US Supreme Court against Cuomo's restrictions on houses of worship in the state... Breaking News: Iran reporting the assassination of a prominent Iranian physicist. Moshen Fakhrizadeh and...

The State of Oregon now requires everyone entering a business over the age of five to wear a mask-muzzle with no exceptions...Businesses have been told to call police if people enter a business without a muzzle covering their faces... In Miami-Dade County, Florida a coronavirus curfew imposed again... New Jersey Democrat Governor Phil Murphy signing an executive order this weekend extending the: "public health emergency"... Italy ordering more closures and restricted hours over a rise in coronavirus cases... Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announcing a nationwide 'state of alarm' which will impose curfews on all of Spain excluding the Canary...

It is now Saturday in Australia where a coronavirus freedom protest is being attempted in the tightly locked down city of Melbourne. Arrests have already taken place in the city at the gathering site of the protest, the "Shrine of Remembrance". Police acting to prevent the protest from taking place.... Police in a federal operation shooting dead the man wanted in connection with the killing of a "Patriot Prayer" member in Portland..... Facebook removing accounts linked to "Patriot Prayer"...... The FBI arresting two men said to be "militia members: and admirers of Kyle Rittenhouse at the request of Kenosha, Wisconsin...

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..."its result will be to show that Iran cannot be isolated" The words of Iranian Rear Admiral Gholamreza Tahani describing the four day naval exercise in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman involving Iranian Chinese and Russian warships that began today...... A US civilian contractor killed in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base near Kirkuk Friday...... Russia says it will use its own pipe laying vessel to finish the Nord Stream 2 project...... Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced today that a regiment with the Avanguard hypersonic missile system became operational at 3 am Eastern US time........

A Dutch lawyer in a major gangland case has been shot dead outside his Amsterdam home - a crime described by police as exceptionally brutal. Derk Wiersum, 44, was the lawyer for a state witness in a case against members of a violent drug gang, who are accused of five murders between 2015 and 2017. A hoodie-wearing suspect fled on foot. Police chief Erik Akerboom said "with this brutal murder, a new limit has been crossed: now even people simply doing their work no longer seem safe". Jan Struijs of the NPB police union said "organised crime has got totally...

Dutch Migration Minister resigns after ‘underreporting murders and sex attacks by Muslim asylum seekers’ MAY 22, 2019 A Dutch junior justice minister has quit after his department came under fire for appearing to minimize statistics about criminality among Muslim asylum seekers. Migration minister Mark Harbers resigned yesterday in a bad blow to the government just ahead of European elections. Daily Mail (h/t Terry D) His departure adds to the struggle faced by centre-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte as he tries to counter a surge in anti-immigration populists who look poised to win big in the elections on Thursday. Harbers was...

Thierry Baudet has emerged as the leading anti-immigration and euroskeptic voice in the Netherlands. His party's first place finish in local elections has shaken Dutch politics. An upstart right-wing populist party has surged to the forefront in Dutch provincial elections, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Mark Rutte's four-party coalition. Thierry Baudet's Forum for Democracy (FvD) emerged as the top winner in local elections on Wednesday, taking 14 percent of the national vote. The elections determine the makeup of the Senate. In the fragmented Dutch political system, where more than a dozen parties won seats, that relatively small proportion of...

The Battle of Brexit and Prime Minister Theresa May getting help from the European Union leaders with late night action Thursday. The EU leaders agreeing to the extension of the Brexit deadline beyond March 29th so May can continue to arm twist Parliament for her plan..... A top aide of Venezuela's Interim President Juan Guaido has been detained. Guaido's Chief of Staff detained by secret police agents of SEBIN who raided his home early Thursday morning at 2am local time. Guaido demands his immediate release. Roberto Marrero was taken away and his whereabouts are unknown... The latest news on the...

Earlier this week British activist Tommy Robinson, known for bringing to light the growing problem of rape gangs in the UK, met with Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders. The meeting took place in the Dutch Parliament a few weeks after Wilders extended an invitation to Robinson to meet in the Hague. This was their first meeting. Geert Wilders spoke out in support of Tommy Robinson when Tommy was jailed earlier this year by the UK authorities for reporting on a trial of muslim gang rapists, even going to London to speak at a 'Free Tommy' rally. Their meeting in the...

An association of mosques in The Netherlands has demanded Twitter take down Geert Wilders’ account, threatening legal action if the social media giant does not comply. The Turkish-Islamic Cultural Federation (TICF), which represents 144 Turkish mosques in The Netherlands and is connected to the Diyanet, the Turkish directorate for religious affairs, has claimed that Wilders’ criticisms of Islam are in breach of the company’s terms of services, reportsAlgemeen Dagblad. TICF’s lawyer Ejder Köse told the Dutch daily that the group also intends to file complaints against Twitter in Turkey, Morocco, Pakistan, and Indonesia — four Islamic countries where blasphemy is a punishable offence.

While John McCain's 2009 running mate Sarah Palin is being excluded from his funeral services, the man she ran against, former Democrat Vice-President Joe Biden is very much involved. A longtime US Senator, Biden eulogized Senator McCain at a Thursday memorial service in Phoenix saying he always thought of McCain "as a brother"..... At least seven are dead after a tractor-trailer crashed head-on into a packed Greyhound bus along Interstate 40 in northwestern New Mexico..... LATE WORD FROM AMSTERDAM OF A FRIDAY KNIFE ATTACK AT AMSTERDAM'S CENTRAL TRAIN STATION TWO REPORTED INJURED AND THE ATTACKER SHOT BY POLICE AND ARRESTED....

We begin with the latest on the Russia, Syria, Iran situation. The United States is publicly warning Russia and Syria against the use of chemical weapons during the upcoming government offensive in Syria. Heather Nauert of the State Department says that the United States will respond to any verified use of chemical weapons in Syria "in a swift and appropriate manner".... Meanhile, US UN Ambassador Nikki Haley says Iran is using human shield in the war in Yemen where Iran backs the Houthi rebels. Her comments came hours after a United Nations human rights panel reported that the various factions...

US Senator John McCain of Arizona is dead at 81. McCain was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year. He was the son and grandson of US Navy Admirals and.... The public controversy surrounding Senator McCain began... McCain linked to jihadist militants fighting civil wars in Libya and Syria..... Russia is warning of another chemical attack incident in Syria. A spokesman for Russia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that jihadist militants, aided by British intelligence, intend to stage the chemical incident to justify another American, British, French attack on Syrian government facilities...... Italian prosecutors in Sicily are investigating Interior Minister Matteo...