Fears Mount of Massive Loss of Life After Tonga Tsunami

Mark Clouse January 19, 2022

Rescuers can still get little, if any, aid to the hardest islands hit by the underwater Tongan volcanic eruption and the subsequent tsunami that followed. Some islands are wholly covered in mud, ash, or both, so rescuers fear that the current death toll of 2 could go dramatically much higher.

Tonga tsunami: Runway ash hampers relief efforts as scale of damage emerges

From www.bbc.co.uk
2022-01-18 07:38:12

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Ash cloaking a runway has hampered relief efforts to Tonga, as the scale of the damage from a volcanic eruption and a tsunami becomes clear.

New Zealand is trying to send clean drinking water and other supplies but planes cannot land at the main airport.

Some of Tonga’s small outlying islands have suffered substantial damage, aid agencies say.

Two people have been reported dead, but with communications limited there are fears the true toll could be higher.

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China Still Has a Peng Shuai Problem

Mark Clouse January 19, 2022

World Tennis Star Peng Shuai has not been seen from since a video showed her being interviewed by what is presumed to be a Chinese State sponsored foreign journalist. In that bizarre video, Peng Shuai said everything was great and there was nothing to any of the allegations she made that a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party leader sexually assaulted her.
The world has not stopped talking about Peng Shuai, however, with a Yale Student, presumed to be a Chinese-American, writing anonymously in the college’s new journal in support of the tennis star, and still asking the Chinese Communist Party, and Chairman Xi, to reveal, “Where is Peng Shuai?”

‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ Yale student demands answers, calls for China divestment

From www.thecollegefix.com
2022-01-18 05:02:50
Margaret Kelly – Assistant Editor
Excerpt:

A Yale student, writing anonymously to protect family in China, speaks out against the Communist Party’s ‘oppressive regime’

An anonymous student penned an op-ed in the Yale Daily News to declare support for Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai and call for the university’s divestment from China.

The Chinese Communist Party will try to make the world forget Peng, the author stated, for her allegations of sexual assault against a former party official:

A month after Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai publicly accused a former Communist Party official of sexual assault, I still don’t know if she is safe and free. But I know how the oppressive regime will bury her: Peng Shuai won’t be made a martyr. She won’t be charged. She will disappear from the public, except for a few official publicity stunts. Finally, after months and years, she will be forgotten. Or so planned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Russia Warned to Stay Out of Ukraine by Germany

Mark Clouse January 18, 2022

German Chancellor warns of ‘serious’ consequences if Russia threatens Ukraine

From www.rawstory.com
2022-01-18 03:44:00
DPA
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russia to de-escalate the crisis along the border with Ukraine, where there has been a massive build-up of Russian troops.

The situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border worries the governments in Berlin and Madrid and is “very, very serious,” said Scholz on Monday in the Spanish capital during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

“Military aggression against Ukraine would have serious political and economic consequences. That’s why it’s our job to do everything we can to avoid such a development, which in the end everyone would be worse off for,” he said.

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Prince Harry Says UK No Longer a Safe Space

Mark Clouse January 18, 2022

Prince Harry Says It’s Not Safe to Return to the UK

From www.popsugar.com
2022-01-16 18:40:03
Princess Gabbara
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Prince Harry says it’s unsafe to return to the UK with his wife, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, due to a lack of security. In an effort to avoid missing Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee this summer, Harry is threatening legal action against the British government, seeking police protection whenever he and his family are in Britain. On Saturday, the Duke of Sussex’s legal representative issued a statement detailing why additional security is needed beyond his own private security team. “Prince Harry inherited a security risk at birth, for life. He remains sixth in line to the throne, served two tours of combat duty in Afghanistan, and in recent years his family has been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats,” Harry’s legal representative wrote. “While his role within the institution has changed, his profile as a member…

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The Weaponized Migrants Used by Belarus to Attack the EU

Mark Clouse January 18, 2022

Belarus deploys migrants in clash with European Union – Kashmir Reader

From kashmirreader.com
2022-01-17 21:18:00

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The key to this migrant crisis has been Putin. He has been Lukashenko’s benefactor and guarantor.

When Alexander Lukashenko crushed a nationwide revolt against his fraudulent presidential victory, he had been hampered by sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union since the summer of 2020, which were biting hard. In response, Lukashenko began offering safe passage for Middle Easterners to Europe, first to Minsk, capital of Belarus, and then, often by government bus, to Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. The motive behind this was to force EU to ease its sanctions against Belarus, by directly threatening an immigration flood tide. In some cases, migrants had even paid five to ten-thousand dollars to come to Belarus, reflecting money profiteering by Lukashenko’s regime. However, there were also others, mostly economic migrants, who had come with minimal expense.
The migrants fleeing the war-torn countries included Afghans, Iraqis and ethnic Kurds. The desperation…

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France Fines One Of Its Presidential Candidates for Hate Speech

Mark Clouse January 18, 2022

Eric Zemmour: Far-right candidate found guilty of hate speech – BBC News

From www.bbc.com
2022-01-17 13:34:19

Excerpt:

Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been fined €10,000 (£8,350) by a Paris court for hate speech.

The case was launched over a TV appearance, where he described unaccompanied migrant children as “thieves”, “rapists” and “murderers”.

Former broadcaster Zemmour is known for his anti-Islam and anti-immigration views.

His lawyer said he would appeal against the court’s decision.

Reacting to the verdict on social media, Zemmour complained that his freedom of speech was being restricted, and said there was an “urgent need to drive ideology out of the courts”.

He made the comments in September 2020 on the CNews television channel, where he used to work as a pundit.

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Canada Thinks Critical Thinking is Racist? That’s What It Seems….

Mark Clouse January 17, 2022

Canada appears concerned that one of their junior high schools chose to assign students with the task of providing reasons for supporting immigration and reasons for not supporting immigration. In the mind of a leftist (and Canada has gone full Tankie Left at this point), all immigration is good immigration and no nation-state could possibly have any reason to regulate or control immigration from anywhere (other than European nations) other than being racist. Now the government is looking into this exercise in critical thinking and considering deeming critical thinking racist (that last part might be made up, but, in essense, that’s what’s happening here).

‘Racist’ junior high immigration assignment has advocates calling for curriculum change

From www.cbc.ca
2022-01-17 09:30:00

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Anti-racism advocates and a university professor are calling an assignment handed out at a junior high school in St. John’s “racist” and say it could result in bullying and discrimination.

A textbook assignment that was sent to CBC News by a concerned parent asked students to write down two reasons why immigrants and refugees should be allowed into the country — and two reasons why they should not be.

The textbook provides a list of reasons why immigrants and refugees should be allowed in the country; for example, “Canada is a big country with room for many more people” and “Immigrants provide new ideas and skills.”

Delores Mullings, a professor of social work at Memorial University, says she’s concerned with the textbook’s suggestions for opposing migration: newcomers “may take jobs away from resident Canadians,” and “Some immigrants draw on social welfare programs and services,” according to the textbook.

Students were asked to use these graphs to debate why immigrants should or should not be allowed into Canada. (Name withheld)

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EU Targets Poland, Hungary, Claming Non-Leftism is UnDemocratic

Mark Clouse January 17, 2022

EU Prepares to Cut Billions in Funds to Anti-Democratic Members – BloombergQuint

From www.bloombergquint.com
2022-01-17 09:23:48

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The European Union may move in a matter of weeks to punish countries that don’t uphold the bloc’s democratic standards by withholding emergency pandemic aid as well as payments from the EU’s trillion-euro budget. Poland, which has clashed with the EU on multiple rule-of-law fronts, stands to miss out on more than 130 billion euros ($149 billion) from the bloc’s seven-year budget.

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Another Drone Assault Hits Balad Air Base in Baghdad

Freedomist Editor January 17, 2022

Drones attack Balad Air Base hosting US troops near Iraqi capital

From www.presstv.ir
2022-01-15 08:49:00

Excerpt:

An air base housing US military forces and warplanes in the north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad has been hit by drones amid a rise in attacks on the positions of US occupation forces in the Arab country.

Sabereen News, a Telegram news channel associated with Iraqi anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi, reported that a number of combat drones hit the military compound 64 km north of Baghdad, on Saturday morning.

Sirens immediately sounded at the military compound, and the sound of gunfire could be heard from the site, it said.

The drone attack also sent dense plumes of smoke rising above the targeted area.

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Dealing with the Underwater Tonga Volcano Fallout

Mark Clouse January 17, 2022

Major Blast in Tonga Create Tsunami and Heavy Ash Fall

From www.discovermagazine.com
2022-01-15 16:45:00
Erik Klemetti
Excerpt:

The first major volcanic eruption struck today in the island nation of Tonga. Over the past few weeks, the small volcanic island of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai had been experiencing minor but impressive explosions. However, on January 14-15, the eruption became much more violent, sending ash over 60,000 feet (18 kilometers) into the skies. The blast also generated a tsunami that hit many of the islands in Tonga, destroying homes and buildings across the country.

UPDATE January 15, 7 pm ET: News continues to trickle in about this eruption. Current estimates for the ash column put it closer to 100,000 feet (~30 kilometers), which means it punched into the stratosphere. It released a siginificant amount of sulfur dioxide as well. The tsunami that raced across the Pacific Ocean created waves over 3 feet (1 meter) tall in places like Santa Cruz, California and the Oregon coast. There might even have been a “meteo-tsunami” in the Caribbean generated by the pressure wave in the atmosphere. We detected the pressure wave here in Ohio at ~9:45 am ET, with our seismometer also seeing a low frequency (<20 Hz) signal, which could be the shockwave passing the midwest.