What is Really so Bad about Having a Single Digit IQ? By Chris Knight

     Well, for one thing, low IQs can free one from the death penalty in the US. The killers will not yet be free to roam once more, but under Democrats proposals by the famous AOC, prisons will be emptied, so there will be a second chance. To do good deeds of course, not hack someone to death for the second, third, … time(s).
  https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/20/illegal-alien-charged-murdering-four-americans/

“An illegal alien accused of murdering four Americans over the course of a week in Nevada is set to claim that he is “intellectually disabled” in order to avoid the death penalty. Wilbur Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, a 20-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was charged with murdering 56-year-old Connie Koontz, 74-year-old Sophia Renken, 81-year-old Gerald David, and his 80-year-old wife, Sharon David, between January 10 and 15 after prosecutors said he was looking to steal money from his victims to buy more meth. The state of Nevada is seeking the death penalty. [Public defenders] say information gathered so far shows [Martinez-Guzman’s] IQ is much lower than originally believed and that he may have been exposed to pesticides and fertilizers while working in farm fields in his native country. [Emphasis added] “Based on the investigation to date, there is a good faith basis to believe that Mr. Guzman is ineligible for the death penalty because he may be intellectually disabled. There could be no greater insult to public justice that to execute someone that as a matter of law is ineligible for capital punishment,” Washoe County Public Defender John Arrascada wrote in the Oct. 4 motion. [Emphasis added] So far, prosecutors have said there is not enough evidence to rule out the death penalty for Martinez-Guzman. The illegal alien’s attorneys are looking to have the trial moved to February 2021 despite the current trial date of April 2020. Illegal aliens charged with murder have routinely been using the “intellectually disabled” defense to avoid being put to death. In the case of illegal alien gang member Apolinar Altamirano, who allegedly murdered 21-year-old Grant Ronnebeck in January 2015, was able to be deemed “intellectually disabled” in order to avoid the death penalty.”

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Is Hillary Clinton Going from Crazy to Creepy? By Charles Taylor

     There are plenty of articles out there in internet land, indicating that Hillary Clinton is getting ready for her second run against Donald Trump. The degenerate libtards have never recovered from the Trump victory, and many are still saying that Hillary actually won. Yet, if the Red Queen does intend to run, is she mentally fit to do so? There was the weird head shaking during the last election, like she was some sort of defective toy scaring children, but the media has censored that now, or she is better, or she has the right meds. But, what about this?
  https://nypost.com/2019/10/20/hillary-clintons-sad-sick-conspiracy-theories/
  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-video-feud/

“In her efforts to rationalize her 2016 loss, Hillary Clinton has gone full cuckoo. Vladimir Putin not only robbed her, he’s positioning his “assets” to do it again. Doing a podcast with David Plouffe, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, she insisted that Putin is “grooming” a Democrat for a third-party run next year. “I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She’s the favorite of the Russians,” Clinton raved. She plainly meant Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, as Plouffe said. Never mind that Gabbard ruled out any third-party bid on CNN in August — or that she’s a veteran who put her life on the line for this country. This follows last week’s New York Times story hinting at the same conspiracy theory, which cited at least two former Clinton aides and which Gabbard slammed onstage at last week’s debate. The former secretary of state (who once proudly offered Putin a giant “reset” button) also tarred 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as yet another Russian tool, who might elbow out Gabbard. “That’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which, she might not ’cause she’s also a Russian asset.” Clinton said. “She’s a Russian asset, totally. They know they can’t win without a third-party candidate.” The thought that Americans wouldn’t dare run a third-party candidate on their own — as they’ve done for decades — because it might re-elect President Trump is nowhere on Clinton’s radar screen. In short, she’s doubling down on the actual reason why she lost: her palpable contempt for most Americans.”

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If You Still Have Teeth By Mrs Vera West

     No medical or dental advice is offered here, nor criticisms of the medical or dental professions whom we all love, indeed, worship. But, these items listed below caught my eye. Since the age of 75, I had the policy of having teeth ripped out, and I have never felt better in my life. Getting a wisdom tooth out when I was 60 years young, which caused me agony over a long weekend, was one of the best things in my life, next to having children, or at least, getting them out, as all women know! The relief!!!
  https://articles.mercola.com/what-is-a-root-canal.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3EU6Pg0krO4VpLpruUepRhA2bSvoivqQegpqM5qDhH6jPqkdtCU2P6pas
  https://rootcausemovie.com/?fbclid=IwAR2Fw2VlVjJ5W4OkyKZigiQNBgsuHZDzL8-tk6tYtrtGckAX1ZL9g-Br6_M
  https://hugginsappliedhealing.com/root-canals-contain-toxic-bacterium/?fbclid=IwAR35PTU7LXSbY7RwYT6GU_4coIOpb7-81ew81riMfENrttW9DgZ5gFG4k_g

     It is enough to make one’s remaining teeth ache!

More Shocking Transgender Discrimination By Mrs Vera West

     As our foreign correspondent, Richard Miller from London tells us, the UK is becoming something of a paradise, with the UK police doing their uttermost to serve and protect …  guess who?
  https://summit.news/2019/10/18/uk-police-investigate-transgender-being-turned-down-for-porn-role-as-a-hate-crime/

“UK police are investigating the potential “hate crime” of a transgender woman being turned down for a porn role because she still has a penis. Yes, really. 25-year-old Ria Cooper, who became the UK’s youngest transgender person 10 years ago, received messages on WhatsApp from on anonymous photographer who wanted to have sex on camera and sell the tape. However, when the photographer found out that Cooper still had male reproductive organs, he said he couldn’t work with her because she [has a penis]. This prompted Cooper to alert Humberside Police to this “transphobic behavior” and authorities are now investigating whether a hate crime was committed. A spokeswoman for Humberside Police said: “We received a report of a hate incident yesterday, on Wednesday, October 16. The report has been logged and will be investigated.” The UK’s violent crime rate has risen by 19% in the last year. Fatal stabbings are becoming commonplace in major cities.”

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Letter to The Editor - There is a mystery surrounding this archbishop

To The Australian         Criticisms of British PM Boris Johnson by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, should be taken with a large grain of salt ("Johnson 'pouring petrol on division'", 28/10). Archbishop Welby has a track record of favouring the contemporary, pro-Remain elite culture in the UK that is supported by the benighted left but opposed by advocates for Brexit. As an Australian Anglican, I do not have confidence in his political views. Moreover, the language used by Johnson, which he attacks, has been more than matched by that of commentators on the left. There is a mystery surrounding this archbishop that is comparable to that surrounding French leader Emmanuel Macron. Each, as it were, appeared from nowhere and rose to a great height with astonishing speed. A book on how they achieved their success and what they really stand for might be very interesting.
  Nigel Jackson, Belgrave, Vic

Teething Problems for Australia Becoming Part of Communist China By James Reed

     Does Peter Dutton, despite good intensions, ever go to the CBD of Sydney and examine the demographics, and look at the immigration statistics and make the projections?
  https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/chinese-communist-party-inconsistent-with-australian-values-peter-dutton-and-david-coleman-say/news-story/d19b715d763c49dc3ef395fca5da9eec?utm_source=The%20Australian&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=TodaySHeadlines

“The Chinese embassy has denounced Peter Dutton for suggesting the policies of the Communist Party of China are “inconsistent” with Australian values, warning his “malicious slur” has severely damaged the “mutual trust” between Beijing and Canberra. After the Home Affairs Minister argued the Chinese political system did not support freedom of speech, expression or thought, the embassy issued a statement on Friday night saying: “We categorically reject Mr Dutton’s irrational accusations against China, which are shocking and baseless. We strongly condemn his malicious slur on the Communist Party of China, which constitutes an outright provocation to the Chinese people. Such ridiculous rhetoric severely harms the mutual trust between China and Australia and betrays the common interests of the two peoples.” Mr Dutton and Immigration Minister David Coleman had earlier declared that the policies of the Communist Party were “inconsistent” with Australian values and warned of “considerable attacks on our systems”. Mr Dutton said hacking of Australian systems by state and non-state actors was a “threat” and he also pushed back against foreign influence on university campuses. The Home Affairs Minister, who said the government had no issue with Chinese people or the “amazing Chinese diaspora community”, said “we won’t allow theft of intellectual property and we won’t allow our government bodies or our non-government bodies to be hacked into”.

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No Veggies … We are American! By Charles Taylor

     Why do American toilets smell so bad? Garbage in; garbage out.
  https://www.studyfinds.org/stunning-survey-reveals-1-in-4-adults-has-never-eaten-vegetables/

“The most popular vegetable in America is — corn! That’s according to a survey of 2,000 Americans who were asked which vegetables they liked and disliked the most. However, it turns out the most surprising result of the study may be that a staggering number of adults haven’t eaten any vegetables their entire lives. Overall, a whopping 91.4% of respondents enjoy eating corn. Potatoes came in an extremely close second at 91.2%, while carrots and tomatoes were tied for the third-most-liked vegetable at 89%. Rounding out the top five are onions and green beans, which tied as the fifth-most popular veggies (87%) according to the survey, which was commissioned on behalf of VeggieTracker.com by Dr. Praeger’s. On the other side of the spectrum, the most hated vegetable is turnips. Nearly three in ten respondents (27%) say they dislike the root veggie. Beets were a close second on the dislike list, at 26%, with radishes (23%), and brussels sprouts (21%) rounding out the bottom four. The survey also reveals some shocking numbers — and perhaps a telling truth about the American diet. One in four respondents say they’ve actually never eaten a vegetable at all! And of those who do eat vegetables, the average person only includes veggies in a third of their meals. “Most of us already know they should be eating more vegetables. While more and more people are adopting plant-based diets, there’s still a long way to go toward reaching recommended consumption levels,” says Larry Praeger, CEO of Dr. Praeger’s, in a statement.”

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Of Course it is the Man’s Fault! By Mrs Vera West

     Women are having affairs in record numbers … and it is all men’s fault.
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7555811/The-REAL-reason-fifth-women-affair-told-women-strayed.html

“According to an in-depth sex and relationship survey conducted by Femail, one in five British adult women has had an affair — and 40 per cent of those have been unfaithful to their current partner. What’s more, nearly half of those husbands and partners — 47 per cent, according to the women we polled — remain oblivious to the fact that they were, or indeed are, being deceived. My god, I got too tired to finisjh trhe article, which went on and on about some preciuous snowflake. What we rally need, as my mother used to say is another Great Depression to bring the sploit brats back to reality.

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Science Nerds Question 5 G Tech By Brian Simpson

     We have been presenting material for readers to understand some of the threats involved with the gee-whiz 5G tech that the high tech corporate madmen have ben relentless promoting, delivered to our brains, with no debate, because technology never gets debated only forced upon us. That’s what it means to live in a technocracy. Thus, here is some concerns from a Scientific American article, mainstream stuff, so you know we are in deep trouble;
  https://www.technocracy.news/scientific-american-we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/

“The telecommunications industry and their experts have accused many scientists who have researched the effects of cell phone radiation of "fear mongering" over the advent of wireless technology's 5G. Since much of our research is publicly-funded, we believe it is our ethical responsibility to inform the public about what the peer-reviewed scientific literature tells us about the health risks from wireless radiation. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced through a press release that the commission will soon reaffirm the radio frequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits that the FCC adopted in the late 1990s. These limits are based upon a behavioral change in rats exposed to microwave radiation and were designed to protect us from short-term heating risks due to RFR exposure. Yet, since the FCC adopted these limits based largely on research from the 1980s, the preponderance of peer-reviewed research, more than 500 studies, have found harmful biologic or health effects from exposure to RFR at intensities too low to cause significant heating. Citing this large body of research, more than 240 scientists who have published peer-reviewed research on the biologic and health effects of nonionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) signed the International EMF Scientist Appeal, which calls for stronger exposure limits. The appeal makes the following assertions:

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Peeing in the Rain, Just Peeing in the Rain By James Reed

     Music for this post, Singin’ in the Rain, an oldie but goodie, with great dancing by Gene Kelly Aaaaah, music, how is has sunk into the trash, since even the 1950s. Just look at the second clip celebrating murdering a white woman by one of today’s top “stars,” Rihanna:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3eAMGXFw1o

     Over in the home of racial suicide, Scandinavia, Norwegians have been told by Big sister to pee in the shower to save water, to help with global warming blah, blah:
  https://summit.news/2019/10/17/norwegians-told-to-pee-in-the-shower-to-save-water/

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The Idiot ideology of Anti-Meat By James Reed

As readers know I have developed into a crazed anti-climate change bug-eyed fanatic, but close on my list of manias is defending meat. Yes, yes, yes,  the taste of the juice, the primal blood, that brings back memories of the cave. That must be what the elites hate about meat, and why they embrace male emasculation, ready for the UN New World Order, helpless and bound, like meat itself, in fact:
  http://www.alt-market.com/index.php/articles/3969-why-is-the-elitist-establishment-so-obsessed-with-meat

“For at least the past ten years the United Nations has been aggressively promoting the concept of a meat free world, based on claims that accelerated land use and greenhouse gas emissions are killing the Earth. In the west, militant leftists with dreams of a socialist Utopia have adopted a kind of manifesto in the Green New Deal, and an integral part of their agenda is the end to the availability of meat to the common man (it's interesting the Green New Deal agenda matches almost perfectly with the UN's Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030). Some of these elitists have argued in favor of heavy taxation on meat products to reduce public consumption; others have argued for an outright ban. The problem with this dietary revolution is that it is based primarily on junk science and cherry-picked data, along with outright lies and propaganda. The majority of studies and articles covering this issue are decidedly biased, left leaning and collectivist in nature. Now, I plan to touch on this issue, but what I really want to focus on is the “WHY” of the matter – Why are the elites targeting human meat consumption, and why are they willing to lie about its effects in order to get us to abandon our burgers and steaks? What is the real agenda here...?

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Antifa and the Totalitarian Left By Charles Taylor

     There was to be some talkfest that intellectuals from the Dissent Right were to attend, the Scandza meeting, but it seems that Antifa just collapsed the whole thing. I don’t know much about the would-be speakers, this being a European thing, and I being an American, but some other so-called Dissent Right sites, who spend more time criticising people they don’t like on the Right, than attacking the Left, were laughing about it, and that is where we take off here. From what I have seen, antifa will shutdown anyone that they do not like. How about arranging an anti-climate change seminar? Do you think that it would not be a target? Race is just the tip of the suppression ice berg. Thus, anti-feminists can’t even talk about the limits of feminism, anti-abortionists have no voice, ands it is only a matter of time before those sites who attack people from their side get wiped out too.
  https://www.counter-currents.com/2019/10/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-252-the-siege-of-scandza/
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjii8a_azeQ&feature=youtu.be
  https://trad-news.blogspot.com/2019/10/scandza-nazis-cry-about-muh-rights-and.html

     Thus, Facebook has deleted one of the largest Trump fan pages, because, well Trump must be defeated, and we high techers are going to do it this time, so that a multigendered Republic can be created, anything to deconstruct white males, anything. Posts depicting Trump being murdered a fine and never violate Big Tech’s big policies. Bring on the EMP event that roasts this whole rotten system, for it would be better to hunt rats with a rusty spear than to live as a techno-slave, as we do now.
  https://freedomheadlines.com/the-latest/facebook-deletes-one-of-the-largest-donald-trump-facebook-fan-pages-with-3276000-fans/
  https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/19/ocasio-cortez-we-need-a-multigendered-multigeographic-united-states/
  https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/10/19/barbra-streisand-shares-photo-of-nancy-pelosi-killing-trump/
  https://gellerreport.com/2019/10/cnn-anti-trump-network.html/
  https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/david-limbaugh/2019/10/18/totalitarian-american-left

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Nuclear War Insanity from the Universities? No. By James Reed

     A Princeton University study on the fallout from global nuclear war, has upset our Russian friends, who have interrupted the study, I think incorrectly, as saying that such a war is doable:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD_emIwTS34

“We're continuing our talk about the most important matters. A lyrical digression - American scientists at Princeton University have estimated how many would die in a full-scale nuclear conflict between Russia and the US. The number is not comforting - almost 60 million people killed. If counting the wounded - 96 million people. Why would they conduct such research? We don't understand, but this footage is impressive, and the results are nightmarish. “Nuclear warning shots. Russia launches a nuclear warning shot from a base near Kaliningrad. NATO retaliates with a single tactical nuclear air strike. The tactical plan. Russia sends 300 nuclear warheads via aircraft and short- and intermediate-range missiles to hit NATO bases. NATO responds with 180 nuclear warheads. The number of immediate casualties: 2.6 million over three hours. The counterforce plan. With Europe destroyed, NATO launches a strategic strike of 600 warheads from US land and submarine-based missiles aimed at Russian nuclear forces. Russia launches a retaliatory strike. The number of immediate casualties: 3.4 million over 45 minutes. The countervalue plan. Russia and NATO each target the other's 30 most populated cities, using 5-10 warheads on each city. The number of immediate casualties: 85.3 million over 45 minutes. The number of immediate casualties - 91.5 million, including 34.1 million fatalities and 57.4 million injuries. - What a nightmare, Princeton University... We wish you all happiness and a long life. Anyway, let's reach an agreement...”

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Free speech for Them, But Never for Us (We Must be Replaced) By Paul Walker

     Old Zucky has been busy writing in The Wall Street Journal saying yeah to free speech, while censoring conservatives, because basic human rights are only given out those whom the Left decide are human. Let’s ask Pam, one of the leading victims of Big Tech, what she thinks about this:
  https://gellerreport.com/2019/10/shocker-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-makes-the-case-for-free-speech-in-wsj-oped-while-censoring-and-banning-conservatives.html/

“In an extraordinary oped in the Wall Street Journal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for freedom of speech and freedom of expression. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Extraordinary because Zuckerberg’s Facebook has systematically censored, blocked and banned my colleagues and me on what is the most influential news portal in the world. My newsfeed is still in lockdown. Mr. Zuckerberg, let my thoughts and ideas be free. I have a million and a half followers on Facebook – and that is just my page. That does not include my groups AFDI, SIOA and the other SIO groups. At one time my organic traffic from Facebook was 100,000+ a day, now – because of bans, blocks and shadowbanning the Geller Report newsfeed, it barely reaches 2000. Never Trumpers, on the hand, have enjoyed the benevolence of the little dictator as have left-wing media pages. Facebook has instituted a fake news meter – which is nothing short of digital authoritarianism..  And now Zuckerberg is announcing the creation of an independent Oversight Board that will make binding decisions on what content stays up and comes down. Who will be on this board? … Zuckerberg claims that Facebook is “going to appoint members to this board who have a diversity of views and backgrounds, but who each hold free expression as a paramount value.” Who is that? Outside of my colleagues and I, no one on the left or the RINO right believes in free expression.  On whose side did the elites come down when jihadis opened fire on my free speech event in Garland, Texas.”

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Dissolving Western Europe By Richard Miller

     Gasp! It is amazing to think that Western Europe still has some sort of existence, and has not yet dissolved like an aspirin in water, but patience, it will happen, and as the world exodus begins, it will not be for long for oblivion, and the final tragedy of the commons.
  https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/10/video-from-bosnia-thousands-of-muslim-migrants-scream-allahu-akbar-as-they-head-to-western-europe
  https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/10/bosnia-thousands-of-migrants-shouting.html

     The Left and all matter of progressives need to think through the coming demographics and ask themselves what will ultimately happen to the nuclear weapons, and even the nuclear power reactors, once the entirety of Europe does a Sweden, and beyond.

Peeping Behind the Climate Change Conspiracy By James “CO2” Reed

     How is this for an opening for a Leftoid article; I am impressed and at this late stage of life, I am not usually impressed about much:
  https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-01-16/extinction-rebellion-isnt-about-the-climate/

“Yes, yes, I know. The climate is breaking down. It’s urgent. An emergency. We’ve only got a few years left to ‘fix’ it. Indeed, we won’t fix it. Weather patterns will become increasingly unstable and unpredictable, and the effects it will soon have on how humans around the world grow food will be devastating, likely causing harvests to fail across entire continents and food prices to sky-rocket. Millions have already suffered due to the amplified instability. We’re facing imminent societal collapse (whatever that means), both around the world and in the UK. All of our lives are soon going to radically change. None of this is particularly controversial. When a bus is driving with a certain momentum towards a person, it gets clearer and clearer that it will hit the person. After a certain point, it’s inevitable. And that’s where we stand now, with regards to the momentum of climatic change. The bus is about to hit us. Our lives are about to change. It’s not clear whether or not we’ll survive (as a species). Many species have already been run over. Two hundred species each and every day go extinct.”

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Mainstream Criticism of Einstein By Brian Simpson

     Wow, mainstream, I think, criticism of Einstein, not the usual dreary stuff about quantum mechanics, but for getting an equation wrong. Very interesting. I just wish I understood it and could tell you about it in summary, but have a look anyway:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5T2KcYiOw

The Fall of the Strongman By John Steele

     Here is one of the strongest men in the world, competing against the alleged strongest women in the world, and the woman wins, of course. Not just wins, but thrashes the giant guy, who has deadlifted 500 kg. No, this is a pound for pound contest, and the lighter person always wins, so it was set up from the beginning. I used to watch the antics of big Ed but now he makes me ill. Men can have nothing in this world, not even physical strength. Will, one day, men get angry, and stamp their feet, and maybe kick the can along the road, or write a strongly worded letter to their newspaper?
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGWfRQr0e-E

UK Becoming a Transgender Nation And What’s Wrong with That, Bigot? (That’s Mr Bigot) By Richard Miller

     Good news, good news! Isn’t it about time too?
  https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/police-hunt-criminals-who-say-women-are-adult-human-females/news-story/8040559c699b698dc3532fb2770d24ac
  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/british-chief-police-warns-misgendering-people-form-abuse
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7577477/Now-trans-gay-hate-crime-mean-SIX-months-jail-judges-ordered-crack-down.html

“Judges have been ordered to hand out tough jail terms in a crackdown on transgender and homophobic hate crimes. Offenders found guilty of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexuality should get at least six months in prison, new sentencing guidelines state. And there should be a six-year jail sentence for those convicted of the worst cases of intolerance against gay or transgender people. The instructions, released yesterday by the judge-led Sentencing Council – the statutory body that recommends punishment levels – mean transgender hate offences will receive harsher sentences than domestic burglaries. It comes after police figures revealed reports of hate crimes soared last year, with transgender hate crimes up 37 per cent on the year before. Mr Justice Julian Goose, of the Council, said the guidelines would help the courts take a ‘consistent approach’ to sentencing the offences, adding: ‘Public order is essential for the safe-functioning of society and the law seeks to protect the public from behaviour which undermines this.’ The instructions, which will come into effect on January 1, follow a series of cases in which police have been accused of launching heavy-handed investigations into transgender hate crime allegations.”

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The Death of US Christianity By Chris Knight

     The US, once thought of as a Christian nation, is fast becoming non-Christian. One would have thought that the mass migration of Hispanics would have made the US more Catholic, but no:
  https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/

“The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular,” now stands at 26%, up from 17% in 2009. Both Protestantism and Catholicism are experiencing losses of population share. Currently, 43% of U.S. adults identify with Protestantism, down from 51% in 2009. And one-in-five adults (20%) are Catholic, down from 23% in 2009. Meanwhile, all subsets of the religiously unaffiliated population – a group also known as religious “nones” – have seen their numbers swell. Self-described atheists now account for 4% of U.S. adults, up modestly but significantly from 2% in 2009; agnostics make up 5% of U.S. adults, up from 3% a decade ago; and 17% of Americans now describe their religion as “nothing in particular,” up from 12% in 2009. Members of non-Christian religions also have grown modestly as a share of the adult population.

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