https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-steve-king/republican-congressman-steve-king-would-humanity-exist-without-rape-incest-idUSKCN1V4238?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29

(Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Steve King wondered aloud on Wednesday whether the human race would still exist without rape and incest, setting off calls by Republicans and Democrats alike for him to step down, just months after he was condemned for remarks widely regarded as racist.

King made his remarks as he explained his anti-abortion position at a breakfast event in his home state of Iowa, the Des Moines Register reported.

“What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?” King said in remarks to 50 members of the Westside Conservative Club during the event in Urbandale. The newspaper posted a video of the event on its website.

“Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages that happened throughout all these different nations, I know that I can’t say that I was not a part of a product of that,” he added.

Fellow Republican Representative Liz Cheney, a self-described conservative from Wyoming, said on Twitter, “Today’s comments by @RepSteveKingIA are appalling and bizarre. As I’ve said before, it’s time for him to go. The people of Iowa’s 4th congressional district deserve better.”

King last November was re-elected to his ninth term in Congress with just over 50 percent of the vote after years of double-digit victories, after being roundly criticized for support of candidates with white supremacist affiliations. Democrat J.D. Scholten who lost to King last year is again running to unseat King in 2020.

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To keep your home cool with central air conditioning while also optimizing energy efficiency (and therefore cost), keep the temperature at 78 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

The suggestion comes from Energy Star, a federal program managed jointly by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency that provides information to consumers about energy efficiency practices that not only save consumers money, but also improve air quality and protect the environment.

With record-breaking heat waves becoming the norm, finding ways to beat the heat without busting your budget might seem mystifying, which is why Energy Star provided consumers with a set of energy-saving recommendations on how to best manage central air conditioning in warmer spring and summer months.

According to Energy Star, keeping your central air thermostat set to 78 degrees is optimal for both cooling and energy efficiency, but this recommendation only applies to the times when you are home.


http://www.fox5ny.com/news/federal-energy-program-suggests-keeping-thermostat-set-at-78-degrees-82-while-you-sleep

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As the anti-extradition bill protests rage on in Hong Kong, the number of Hong Kong citizens immigrating to Taiwan has surged by 28 percent this year.

As clashes between Hong Kong protesters and police continue to flare up, and Beijing is showing no signs of backing down, immigration from the special administrative region to Taiwan has increased by 28 percent from January to July of this year, according to data from Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior. In addition, a Bloomberg report found that 9.4 percent of all new immigrants in Taiwan in the first half of this year were from Hong Kong.

Bloomberg reported that entrepreneurs, salespeople, and managers seeking higher social status said they believed that democratic Taiwan had a better quality of life than Hong Kong, including cheaper housing prices, more jobs, and a safer living environment. Steven Chen, a 37-year-old retail salesman in Hong Kong, said, "I want to move to Taiwan because Hong Kong is in a period of white terror and ruled by the police, which scares me."

He said that since July 1, he has participated in every Hong Kong street anti-extradition bill protest, during one of which he was almost hit by a plastic bullet, and he felt that his life and safety was threatened. Chen said, "I saw no future for the city when it returned to China some 20 years ago, but now it’s dangerous to live in as the police are not protecting people."

Chen also said that he borrowed NT$6 million from relatives and friends and applied for a permanent residence permit from the Taiwanese government through the investment immigration program.


https://potatonewstoday.com/

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From Discover on Google https://www.thedailybeast.com/fluoridated-water-during-pregnancy-linked-to-lower-iqs-study-published-by-jama-pediatrics-says
>What do you think?
>Reputable? Or too conspiracy?
>I want to know
>pic unrelated

1 Ppl appearing as figures of light on surveillance

2 Epstein is dead...scalpel slice on throat...dig

3 Psychwards illegally detaining patients to milk insurance $ and test experimental drugs

4 Langolier World - Humans being sold as "Hi-Tech Toys" Think outside of the box

5 Extraordinary abilities are real. Less marvel, more jedi.

6 The DEW attack in CA wasn'tt what anyone thought...no one has the right narrative, not even the ...'.

7 Technology isn't the only way to control the weather...cf Butterfly Effect, then think

8 Academia and Scientific community has been compromised

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/396772/indonesian-defence-minister-calls-for-papuan-crackdown

15 August 2019


Christian West Papuan fighters have killed a member of the Indonesian Sunni Muslim police in their ongoing war against Indonesia's occupation and genocide of Christian West Papuan people.

Over half a million West Papuan civilians have been raped and massacred by Indonesian military since the occupation began in 1963. Henry Kissinger was a member of the board of the company Freeport-McMoran which runs Grasberg mine in West Papua with the Indonesian government and military. Richard Holbrooke has been another ardent supporter of Indonesia. Among other governments, the USA, Australia, UK and Israel have all sold weapons to Indonesia and trained their military. Despite Indonesia's false show of support for Palestine it has clandestine relations with Israel. The Corbyn Labour party has therefore taken a stand with both Palestinians and West Papuans against Israel and Indonesia.

https://jakartaglobe.id/context/police-detective-found-dead-after-taken-hostage-by-armed-group-in-papua
https://en.antaranews.com/news/131064/100-mobile-brigade-personnel-dispatched-to-papua-ntt-police-chief
https://jakartaglobe.id/context/unknown-group-takes-police-detective-hostage-in-papua
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/revenge-children-join-papua-rebels-indonesia-190711070101513.html
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/08/08/tni-member-arrested-for-allegedly-selling-weapons-to-armed-criminal-group.html
https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/west-papuas-quest-for-independence/

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Boy, 12, suffered permanent brain damage after bullying incident at Los Angeles school:

The boy was bullied so badly, he is now suffering from permanent brain damage and it is the school's fault. The boy was 12 years old at the time.

Video of the incident, which took place at Animo Westside Middle School back in January of 2018, shows the boy being pushed and punched by an 8th grader before other students crowd around them.

According to the lawsuit, he was then put in a chokehold in an effort to make him pass out. A teacher is seen walking by in the video, but instead of stopping the incident, she appears to continue on her way.

The complaint alleged that the 12-year-old boy lost consciousness twice.

"That's not kids being kids. Kids should never be like that," said Ben Meiselas, the family's attorney. "That was a violent and almost lethal assault, and the school district, Green Dot, took absolutely no measures to protect my client."

MRI images of the boy's brain show a noticeable difference between the left side and right side, according to the complaint, which claims he also suffered permanent spine damage and post-traumatic sleep disorder.

https://abc7chicago.com/boy-12-suffered-brain-damage-after-bullying-incident-at-la-school-lawsuit-says/5467188/

Florida man arrested for having Trump-shaped ecstasy pills.

https://abc7ny.com/florida-man-arrested-for-having-trump-shaped-ecstasy-pills/5481502/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/uighur-muslim-china-sterilisation-women-internment-camps-xinjiang-a9054641.html?utm_source=reddit.com

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49411760

>After a blistering attack on coalition partner Matteo Salvini, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he will tender his resignation.

>Mr Conte said Mr Salvini had been "irresponsible" in creating a new political crisis for Italy for "personal and party interests".

>Mr Salvini, the leader of the nationalist League party, had tabled a no-confidence motion against Mr Conte.

>He also said he could no longer work with his coalition partners Five Star.

>The League and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement formed a coalition to govern just 14 months ago with Mr Conte as an independent as prime minister.
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In summary, the appeal of the disgraced cardinal George Pell has been dismissed.

On the first ground – that the jury acted unreasonably in coming to a guilty verdict – the judges dismissed the appeal by a margin of two to one. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson and the president of the court of appeal Justice Chris Maxwell found against Pell, while Justice Mark Weinberg agreed with Pell’s lawyers.

On the second and third grounds the judges dismissed the appeal unanimously.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2019/aug/21/cardinal-george-pell-appeal-sexual-assault-conviction

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The Democratic chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission on Friday challenged President Donald Trump to provide evidence of the voter fraud he insists cost him New Hampshire in 2016 or quit talking about it.

In a letter to Trump, Ellen Weintraub said the country's democracy depends on "the American people's faith in our elections. Your voter-fraud allegations run the risk of undermining that faith."

Weintraub's missive came a day after Trump complained to reporters — and to his supporters at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire — that he had narrowly lost the Granite State because of fraudulent voting, a claim for which there is no evidence.

"New Hampshire should have been won last time, except we had a lot of people come in at the last moment, which was a rather strange situation," Trump told journalists. "Thousands and thousands of people, coming in from locations unknown."

At the rally, he told the crowd that New Hampshire was "taken away from us."

Trump crushed his Republican rivals in the New Hampshire primary in 2016 but lost the state's four electoral votes to Democrat Hillary Clinton that November by fewer than 3,000 votes.

Trump campaign officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Weintraub's letter.

Weintraub said Trump should provide his evidence to the public and the appropriate law enforcement authorities.

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See, unlike our sorry ass violent country, those Canadians take justice into their own hands.

The two accused killers, who killed and most likely raped one of our own, and murdered her Crocodile Hunter boyfriend...and some old fart, was found dead.

"Long live people justice."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/americas/canada-manhunt-suspects-bodies-found/index.html

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/17/report-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-share-antisemitic-cartoon/

Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) both reportedly shared an antisemitic cartoon by an artist who participated in Iran’s Holocaust denial contest on their respective Instagram accounts on Friday, according to Forward editor Batya Ungar-Sargon.
Ungar-Sargon noticed that Omar and Tlaib had each shared the image on their Instagram “stories.” Both were barred from entering Israel Thursday because of their support for the “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement. Tlaib then applied for a humanitarian visa so she could visit her grandmother in a Palestinian village, promising not to promote boycotts of Israel while traveling there. Her request was granted, but she then turned down the offer Friday, claiming that Israel was trying to silence her.

The cartoon Omar and Tlaib reportedly shared shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his hand over Tlaib’s mouth, and U.S. President Donald Trump with his hand over Omar’s mouth. Both leaders are shushing the congresswomen. A Star of David — the symbol of the Jewish faith — appears in the center of the image, implying that Jews are responsible for the act of silencing.

The image is antisemitic on its face. The theme of Jews controlling world leaders, who in turn do their bidding, especially in suppressing criticism, has been a common theme in antisemitic propaganda since Nazi Germany, and remains a frequent feature of antisemitic cartoons in the Arab and Muslim world. The New York Times faced criticism for a similar antisemitic cartoon it published in its international edition in April.

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A man wearing a mask shaped like an old TV set spent a night leaving old TV sets on the porches of over 50 homes in Virginia this past weekend, and no one has any idea why.

In what has been described as a real-life episode of The Twilight Zone, a mysterious character wearing a fake TV set on his head spent a night carefully placing over 50 old TV sets on the porches of dozens of houses in Henrico County, Virginia. When residents woke up on Sunday they just found the bizarre gifts in front of their front doors and started looking around for whoever left it. Then they started calling police to report the unusual gifts. As of yet, no one knows the reason behind “TV Santa Claus”‘ August delivery run.

No one really knows if there was one deliveryman or more, as apart from some freaky footage captured by residents’ smart doorbells, there were no reported sighting of suspicious activity in Henrico County. Police think the person caught on camera may have had a helper wearing the same outfit, but they can’t be sure.

The deliveryman filmed by one of the residents’ smart doorbell is wearing a blue jumpsuit, brown boots, black gloves, and a big mask shaped like an old TV set. He can be seen dropping a TV set on the porch before turning around and walking away, but not before waving to the camera in a really creepy way. Still, the police think he poses no threat and have announced that they don’t plan to investigate further.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/08/14/someone-left-old-tvs-outside-homes-virginia-while-wearing-tv-his-head-no-one-knows-why/

https://www.odditycentral.com/news/mystery-over-man-with-old-tv-set-mask-leaving-old-tv-sets-on-peoples-porches.html