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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Organizers and Leaders of Charlottesville’s Deadly Rally Raised Money With PayPal | Southern Poverty Law Center

Jason Kessler’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., last Saturday devolved into a melee of far-right demonstrators, antifascists (antifa), counter-protesters, and police — ultimately resulting in dozens of injuries and three deaths.

Source: Organizers and Leaders of Charlottesville’s Deadly Rally Raised Money With PayPal | Southern Poverty Law Center

‘This Is Sick’: Unscripted and Unhinged Trump Reverts to Defending Neo-Nazis | Common Dreams

In what many observers characterized as an “unhinged” display for a president, Trump repeatedly assured reporters that he watched the events that unfolded over the weekend “very closely,” and came away with the conclusion that anti-racist protesters—who Trump claims “came charging in without a permit”—were “very violent,” and argued that there were many “good people” among the white supremacists who participated in the so-called “Unite the Right” rally on Saturday.”I think there’s blame on both sides and I have no doubt about it,” Trump said of the violence that left one woman dead and dozens injured.

Source: ‘This Is Sick’: Unscripted and Unhinged Trump Reverts to Defending Neo-Nazis | Common Dreams

AP Update Trump equates killers with protesters against hate

when asked repeatedly whether this was an act of terror, Trump wouldn’t clearly condemn it as such, saying: “You can call it terrorism. You can call it murder. You can call it whatever you want.Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke seemed thrilled, tweeting a link to Trump’s latest comments Tuesday and saying: “Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa,” referring to the Black Lives Matter movement and an anti-fascist group.

Source: News from The Associated Press

Trump says it anew: blame ‘on both sides’ in Charlottesville – Chicago Tribune

Donald Trump said Tuesday that counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville acted violently and should share the blame for the mayhem that left a woman dead and many injured.Speaking at Trump Tower in Manhattan, the president called the events of Saturday at the “Unite the Right” rally a “horrible thing to watch,” but he emphasized that both sides acted irresponsibly.”You had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent,” Trump said. “No one wants to say that, but I’ll say it right now: You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent.”Trump’s remarks came a day after he belatedly condemned the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups that organized and participated in the rally. He had faced mounting pressure from lawmakers and civil rights groups over his failure to do so during his initial reaction to the violence, when he denounced violence “on many sides.”

Source: Trump says it anew: blame ‘on both sides’ in Charlottesville – Chicago Tribune

This Week in Egypt 2017: Week 33 (Aug 7-13)

Nervana

Top Headlines 

  • Two passenger trains have collided in northern Egypt, killing at least 36 people
  • Head of Egypt’s railway department resigns after deadly train collision
  • ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on a patrol car that killed four Egyptian policemen in North Sinai
  • Egypt’s budget deficit fell to the lowest level in five years
  • Strike continues at Mahalla factory as workers negotiate with officials

 

train crash 2017

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Main Headlines

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  • Egypt’s budget deficit fell to…

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Anti-vaccine myths ‘debunked’ in new campaign to counter low immunisation rates – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

“Many young parents wouldn’t have been around when the scourge of polio had people in iron lungs, seeing the horrible complications from measles,” Professor Brendan Murphy said.”Parents need facts and that is what this campaign does. Get the facts.”Immunisation is incredibly safe, and it does save lives.”

Source: Anti-vaccine myths ‘debunked’ in new campaign to counter low immunisation rates – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Are smartphones really making our children sad? | Technology | The Guardian – AKA how to write another ho-hum best seller claiming technology is ruining kids.

In 19teens – dime novels are ruining our children. 1920s – Talkies and radio are ruining our kids. 1940s – juke boxes, photobooth selfies, swing are ruining our kids. 400 BC This modern “writing” on paper is ruining our kids.

US psychologist Jean Twenge, who has claimed that social media is having a malign affect on the young, answers critics who accuse her of crying wolf

Source: Are smartphones really making our children sad? | Technology | The Guardian

Charlottesville: Trump under fire after failing to denounce white supremacists | US news | The Guardian

The Republican senator Cory Gardner of Colorado tweeted: “Mr President – we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.”

Source: Charlottesville: Trump under fire after failing to denounce white supremacists | US news | The Guardian

Car rams into crowd during white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia | News | DW | 12.08.2017 Car rammed counter-protesters of racists!

A witness meanwhile told the AFP news agency that he estimated a dozen people had been hurt in the collision – which he called “intentional.” He added that one female got “tore up” after the car “backed up and they hit again.”

Source: Car rams into crowd during white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia | News | DW | 12.08.2017