Seven Arrested After Philadelphia Federal Buildings Defaced With Antifa-Related Graffiti

Seven Arrested After Philadelphia Federal Buildings Defaced With Antifa-Related Graffiti Seven people were arrested after a group of "about 50 people, all dressed in black" defaced and vandalized several Federal buildings in Center City Philadelphia on New Year's Eve. The large group was spotted by officers at the Robert Nix Federal building on the 900 block of Market Street, about 5 blocks away from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, where windows had been smashed in, according to ABC Philadelphia.  Police witnessed a 25 year old man throwing a brick through windows before fleeing the scene on foot with another 24 year old man and two 23 year old women. They were all eventually arrested and damage to the building was estimated to be about $3,000 - which we're going to guess that collectively, between the four of them, they don't have enough money to make good on. The same group of vandals also left "Antifa-related" graffiti at the Federal Detention Center at 7th and Arch streets, near the Ben Franklin Bridge.  Later in the evening, three other people were arrested, including a 25 year old man and two women, aged 22 and 26. Officials said the man was carrying what was likely a molotov cocktail and that the group "had more plans" for the evening. The man had a glass jar with a fuse going into a bottle that had "a strong flammable odor". He also had plastic container with white powder labeled "Fire Starter." Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Mike Cram said: "During a search, they recovered Molotov cocktails and some other devices which have not been identified." But our take is that the real crime was a couple of nerds in their 20's "drawlin" just to impress the women they were with. We're sure that after the Philadelphia PD lets them out of their holding cells, it'll be back to Xbox, Cheez-Doodles and Mountain Dew in mom's basement - while, of course, romanticizing the story about the one day they "fought for freedom" they'll no doubt be telling for years.  Tyler Durden Sat, 01/02/2021 - 17:00
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Proposed House Rules Seek To Erase Gendered-Terms Such As 'Father', 'Mother', 'Son', & 'Daughter'

Proposed House Rules Seek To Erase Gendered-Terms Such As 'Father', 'Mother', 'Son', & 'Daughter' Authored by Mimi Nguyen Ly via The Epoch Times, Leaders in the House of Representatives announced on Friday a rules package for the 117th Congress that includes a proposal to use “gender-inclusive language” and eliminate gendered terms such as “‘father, mother, son, daughter,” and more. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-Mass.) announced on Friday that the rules package includes changes that would “honor all gender identities by changing pronouns and familial relationships in the House rules to be gender neutral.” A separate announcement from McGovern (pdf) said that the Democratic rules package will make “Changes [to] pronouns and familial relationships in the House rules to be gender neutral or removes references to gender, as appropriate, to ensure we are inclusive of all Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioners and their families—including those who are nonbinary.” James McGovern (D-Mass.) speaks during a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 21, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Terms to be struck from clause 8(c)(3) of rule XXIII, the House’s Code of Official Conduct, as outlined in the proposed rules (pdf), include “father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandson, [and] granddaughter.” Such terms would be replaced with “parent, child, sibling, parent’s sibling, first cousin, sibling’s child, spouse, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, half-sibling, [and] grandchild.” According to the proposed rules, “seamen” would be replaced with “seafarers,” and “Chairman” would be replaced with “Chair” in Rule X of the House. Pelosi and McGovern said that the overall package “includes sweeping ethics reforms, increases accountability for the American people, and makes this House of Representatives the most inclusive in history.” The rules package includes removing floor privileges from former Congress members who have been convicted of crimes related to their House service or election. It would also make it “a violation of the Code of Official Conduct for a Member, officer, or employee of the House to disclose the identity of a whistleblower.” It also establishes a new Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, to “investigate, study, make findings, and develop recommendations on policies, strategies, and innovations” to “[empower] American economic growth while ensuring that no one is left out or behind in the 21st Century Economy.” The rules package will be introduced and voted on once the new Congress convenes. Tyler Durden Sat, 01/02/2021 - 13:00
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Gold Stater & Distater of Greece

from Junius Maltby: TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
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Boycotts, Bans, & Book-Burning: 8 Outrageous Incidents Of Ivy League Leftism In 2020

Boycotts, Bans, & Book-Burning: 8 Outrageous Incidents Of Ivy League Leftism In 2020 Authored by Benjamin Zeisloft via Campus Reform, The Ivy League is a group of the United States' eight most prestigious universities. The schools produce many of the nation’s future political leaders, businessmen, scientists, and engineers. The Ivy League is also rife with leftism, as Campus Reform reported throughout 2020. 1. Harvard University Students at Harvard asked administrators to ban Trump administration alumni from serving as faculty members, teaching fellows, and guest speakers. An open letter to Harvard administrators said that although Harvard usually hires officials from outgoing presidential administrations, students are “extremely concerned” about the Trump administration’s impacts on “fundamental democratic institutions.” The students request a “system of accountability” for “high-level political appointees and Trump administration consultants before they are invited as fellows or to teach or speak on campus.” Harvard, according to US News and World Report, is the nation’s second highest-ranked university. 2. Cornell University Students at Cornell University can use their status as a “person of color” to exempt themselves from the university’s flu vaccine mandate. “Students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color (BIPOC) may have personal concerns about fulfilling the Compact requirements based on historical injustices and current events,” said Cornell Health’s vaccine requirement FAQ. Cornell, according to US News and World Report, is the nation’s eighteenth highest-ranked university. 3. Yale University The U.S. Department of Justice concluded an investigation into Yale, stating that it illegally discriminates against White and Asian-American applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. White and Asian-American applicants have a one-tenth to one-fourth chance of admission compared with African-Americans who have the same or similar qualifications, according to the Justice Department. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Eric Dreiband stated that it is “past time for American institutions to recognize that all people should be treated with decency and respect and without unlawful regard to the color of their skin.” Yale, according to US News and World Report, is the nation’s fourth highest-ranked university. 4. University of Pennsylvania Students at the University of Pennsylvania boycotted classes on Election Day in the interest of “wellness.” However, they also used the boycott to push demands oriented toward defunding the school’s police department. One student told Campus Reform that canceling classes on election day is “unreasonable all around,” since it teaches students that “if you don’t get your way in something or don’t like the result of something, you can just avoid your responsibilities.” The end result is a “breed of entitled citizens,” the student added. Penn, according to US News and World Report, is the nation’s eighth highest-ranked university. 5. Dartmouth College More than 1,000 students, alumni, and faculty at Dartmouth signed a petition demanding that the school dissociate itself from the conservative student newspaper the Dartmouth Review. The Review addressed the letter with an editorial entitled “An Overdue Response to the College Jacobins.” “It was only a matter of time before the crosshairs would be set on The Review, and in the typical fashion, it manifested in an attempt to stifle rational discourse by appealing to a higher power,” the conservative newspaper stated. “It’s unfortunate that this type of intellectual cowardice has come about on campus, and I would argue that it is antithetical to the pursuits of liberal institutions such as our own wherein debate ought to be fundamental in the search for higher truth. I guess in the post-modern age, truth no longer matters much. Go figure.” Dartmouth, according to US News and World Report, is the nation’s thirteenth highest-ranked university. 6. Brown University Students at Brown created a “Burn Brown Book,” which contained a progressive wish list that included defunding the police and "free" college. Written entirely in memes and slang, the book tells students — who pay nearly $60,000 in tuition each year — how to “dismantle” the institution. A series of articles shows readers the necessary information to successfully carry out their insurrection. One essay argues that Brown should adopt Critical Muslim Studies and Critical Hawai’ian Studies departments as valuable “decolonial disciplines that unsettle white, liberal, secularism as normative.” 7. Princeton University The Daily Princetonian — Princeton University’s student newspaper — published an editorial encouraging the university to punish “racist speech.” “For too long, White people, and particularly White men, in this country and on this campus, have held the power to decide what constitutes acceptable speech and action,” says the piece. “They have consistently deemed racist, and particularly anti-Black, fictions acceptable.” The Daily Princetonian suggests “anti-racist training for those who transgress the harassment policy.” 8. Columbia University Columbia Law’s Human Rights Institute criticized the Trump administration on its website in a piece entitled “Human Rights Must be at the Top of the Biden Agenda.” “The past four years highlight how calculated disregard for human rights at home and abroad disrupts lives, fuels fear and insecurity at our university, and leads to injustice in our communities and around the world,” said the group. The group then suggested that the Biden administration undo Trump's “regressive policies” that inflicted “significant harm.” Tyler Durden Fri, 01/01/2021 - 21:05
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"Bomb Cyclone" Detonates Over Alaska's Aleutian Islands Unleashing Hurricane Force Winds

"Bomb Cyclone" Detonates Over Alaska's Aleutian Islands Unleashing Hurricane Force Winds A monster storm explosively intensified in the northern Pacific near Alaska's Aleutian Islands on New Year's Eve, battering the region with hurricane-force winds, heavy seas, and torrential rains, according to Reuters.  "It's the most intense storm ever recorded in the North Pacific, excluding typhoons," said Brian Brettschneider, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientist with the National Weather Service (NWS).  The storm is classified as a "bomb cyclone" after meteorologists recorded barometric pressure of 921 millibars, a record-low reading for the region, equivalent to the center of a Category 4 hurricane.  Wind Speed Map In western Aleutians, waves greater than 50 feet were seen with winds more than 80 mph, or on par with a Category 1 hurricane. The islands are barely populated, and the storm poses a limited risk to humans, but the area is a heavily used commercial shipping route between Asia and the US.  Wave Height Analysis  Brettscheneider said the real threat of the storm is aircraft or vessels in the region.  Unlike hurricanes, these large and powerful storms go unnamed," Capital Weather Gang's weather expert Jeff Halverson wrote back in 2015.  The National Weather Service's (NWS) Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) tweeted Thursday night:  "Here is the latest surface analysis showing a strong storm with winds to #hurricaneforce moving toward the Bering Sea. The central pressure is 921 MB making it one of the strongest storms to ever impact the North Pacific. Winds are expected to reach 95 kts near the low center!"  Satellite imagery of the storm is impressive.  Global mosaic visible/IR imagery shows just how large the strong low impacting the North Pacific is. Notice how far the sprawling cold front (long band of clouds stretching SW) extends from the cyclone. pic.twitter.com/276m3z4Xlq — NWS OPC (@NWSOPC) January 1, 2021 Late last night, NWS-OPC tweeted: "The #HurricaneForce low near the Aleutians continues to produce extreme conditions. Buoy 46071 (circled in red) is observing seas greater than 50 ft. Note in the insert the 58 ft measurement." The jet stream is likely to carry the weather disturbance into the Pacific Northwest next week.  Tyler Durden Fri, 01/01/2021 - 18:35
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US Dollar as “Global Reserve Currency” amid Fed’s QE and US Government Deficits: Dollar Hegemony in Decline

by Wolf Richter, Wolf Street: Other options also shaky. Central banks leery of Chinese RMB, its share still irrelevant.  Euro’s share is stuck. But the yen’s share has been rising. The US dollar’s position as the dominant global reserve currency is an immensely important factor in supporting the ballooning US government debt, the Fed’s drunken money-printing, and […]
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The FBI KNEW: Bureau had emails a year ago showing Hunter Biden angling to use VP dad’s leverage to land Burisma board gig

(Natural News) If you still had doubts that the FBI is nothing more than a gatekeeper for the DC swamp and the deep state the swamp rats protect, this should dispel them. As we’ve previously reported, Hunter Biden has questionable “business” ties to oligarchs in Russia and Ukraine, as well as to companies either ‘managed’...
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