Category Archives: Fail!

US presidential elections: Darkness falls in Washington | In English | EL PAÍS

The victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections is terrible news for democrats around the world. At the same time it is also a source of satisfaction and opportunity for enemies of democracy.The devastating victory of an unpredictable and dangerous demagogue plunges the world into a state of complete uncertainty, and one with immediate economic and geopolitical repercussions. The shock suffered by democratic voters in the US is the same as that being experienced in the capitals of Europe, which now risk seeing themselves abandoned by Washington at a particularly difficult historic moment because of a conjuncture of external threats and an important internal crisis of identity.

Source: US presidential elections: Darkness falls in Washington | In English | EL PAÍS

Sharia Courts in UK – A Minefield | Nervana

In short, some Muslims may want the psychological comfort that their social and domestic issues are governed by the guidance of their faith, but they fail to realize the complexity of translating their intention into a solid, transparent, and fair practice in Britain. There are many, often conflicting, interpretations of Sharia. Implementing a modern version of Sharia is a minefield even in native Muslim countries. Therefore, it is disingenuous to play the anti-Islam card while campaigning for Muslim law councils in Britain. The last thing Muslims want are courts that rubberstamp regression under the auspices of Islam.

Source: Sharia Courts in UK – A Minefield | Nervana

Donald Trump blames India, China for ‘greatest job theft’ – Times of India {Solution: Don’t let people like Trump move jobs out of USA!-LOL)

Donald Trump said US companies were moving out jobs to countries like India, China, Mexico and Singapore. “We are living through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. There’s never been a country that’s lost jobs like we do, so stupidly, so easy to solve,” he added.

Source: Donald Trump: Donald Trump blames India, China for ‘greatest job theft’ – Times of India

Italian priest blames earthquakes on gay civil unions | World news | The Guardian – the disease is “manism!”

The radio station distanced itself from Cavalcoli’s views and the Vatican has issued a stinging rebuke, saying the idea of a vengeful God was “a pagan vision” dating from “the pre-Christian era”.Archbishop Angelo Becciu, number two in the Vatican’s powerful secretariat of state, said Cavalcoli’s comments were “offensive to believers and disgraceful for non-believers”.Becciu asked for forgiveness from quake victims and reminded them they had the “solidarity and support” of Pope Francis.However, Cavalcoli refused to back down, insisting to another radio station that earthquakes were caused by “the sins of man” and telling the Vatican to “read their catechism”.It is not the first time comments by members of the Italian clergy have embarrassed the Catholic church.Last month a priest was suspended from his parish in Trento after apparently defending paedophilia during a live TV interview, arguing that “children often seek affection”. Fr Gino Flaim of the San Giuseppe and Pio X parish claimed he “understands paedophilia” but added, “I’m not sure about homosexuality.”When asked to explain his comments he told the La7 channel: “Paedophilia is a sin, and like all sins has to be accepted also.” He went on to describe homosexuality as “a disease”.Following his suspension the priest said his words “do not represent the positions of Trento archdiocese and the general sentiment of the parish”.In 2012 another Italian priest sparked outrage by delivering a Christmas message that claimed women were to blame for men’s violence towards them because they wore “filthy clothes” and served “cold suppers”.AdvertisementFr Piero Corsi put a leaflet on his church’s noticeboard in San Terenzio, north-west Italy, asserting that 118 women killed by men in Italy that year only had themselves to blame.“Is it possible that men have turned crazy all of a sudden? We don’t believe so. The point is that more and more women provoke, fall into arrogance, believe [themselves] to be independent and exacerbate tensions,” the leaflet read.“Children are left outside alone, homes are dirty, meals are served cold … clothing is filthy. They [women] trigger the worst instincts leading to violence and sexual abuse. They should do a self-examination and think: did we ask for it?”The priest received a torrent of abuse after a scan of the leaflet was posted online, and his Facebook account was closed.Senior religious figures distanced the church from Corsi’s comments and he was forced to resign.

Source: Italian priest blames earthquakes on gay civil unions | World news | The Guardian

Two Women Were Branded As Witches and Buried Alive In Assam, But We Are Still Quiet About Witch-Hunting – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

In Assam, two women, both related, were pushed into a well and buried alive on the night of October 31. They were murdered after being branded as witches. According to one of the three men accused of the crime, their actions were justified because the women had “used black magic to infest with insects the well from which we drink water.”This news made us all do a double take: are women still being murdered because someone thought she was a witch, or decided to call her a witch? Depressingly, this isn’t a stray crime — according to these completely horrifying statistics, a ‘witchcraft’-related death is reported almost every third day in India. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data shows that 2,290 people – mostly women — were killed in India between 2001 and 2014 for witchcraft, and we can guess what these numbers have become in 2016.

Source: Two Women Were Branded As Witches and Buried Alive In Assam, But We Are Still Quiet About Witch-Hunting – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

Woman tried to end relationship with attacker several times before she was stabbed, doused in petrol – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) {Too often and it has to stop}

A woman who was stabbed six times and doused in petrol received dozens of threatening calls and messages only two days before the attack, court documents reveal.Angela Jay, 28, was attacked when her boyfriend of two months, Paul Lambert, 36, ambushed her inside her home in Port Macquarie on the NSW mid north coast about 6:00pm on Thursday.She was stabbed multiple times and doused in petrol, but survived, and remains in hospital in a serious condition.

Source: Woman tried to end relationship with attacker several times before she was stabbed, doused in petrol – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A Militia Gets Battle Ready for a ‘Gun-Grabbing’ Clinton Presidency – The New York Times – Self-delusion is stronger than speedballs for those who fear being smaller than Georgia Peanuts.

It was all part of the militia’s efforts to be armed, ready and united for looming threats, especially if Mrs. Clinton is elected, Mr. Hill said. He mentioned his two children. “The security and safety of my kids motivates what I do,” he said.Mr. Hill, who calls his group a “defensive militia,” predicted unrest and violence from extremists on both sides no matter who wins the presidential election. If Mrs. Clinton wins, he said, millions of gun owners will march on Washington at the first attempt to restrict gun ownership.“If the people decide they can no longer suffer the inequities,” he said, “I’d be with the people and I’d take my guns up to Washington, D.C.”

Source: A Militia Gets Battle Ready for a ‘Gun-Grabbing’ Clinton Presidency – The New York Times

CDC reports first US cases of drug-resistant Candida auris | CIDRAP

In today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), investigators describe seven C auris cases that occurred from May 2013 to June 2016. The cases involve patients at hospitals in four states—New York, Maryland, Illinois, and New Jersey—who had been hospitalized with serious underlying medical conditions. The other six cases are still under investigation.The announcement comes 3 months after the agency warned US healthcare facilities about the emergence of the serious fungal infection, which was first identified in the ear of a Japanese patient in 2009 and since then has been identified in patients in several other countries. The CDC received the case reports after that clinical alert was issued.In the countries where it has previously been identified, C auris has most commonly caused healthcare-associated infections such as bloodstream infections, wound infections, and ear infections and has been associated with high mortality. CDC investigators report that 5 of the US patients had bloodstream infections, 1 had a urine infection, and 1 had an ear infection. The median time from hospital admission to detection of the infection was 18 days.Four of the patients died, but it is unclear if their deaths were caused by the C auris infection.”This is a serious global health threat for which we want to rigorously prepare for in the United States,” Tom Chiller, MD, MPHTM, deputy chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch at the CDC, told CIDRAP News.

Source: CDC reports first US cases of drug-resistant Candida auris | CIDRAP

With Hillary Clinton, We’ve Seen This Witchhunt Before | Dame Magazine

With Hillary Clinton, We’ve Seen This Witchhunt BeforeWe’ve seen unprecedented level of murderous vitriol spewed at the Democratic presidential candidate. But it’s just another chapter in a long history of demonizing women seeking power.

Source: With Hillary Clinton, We’ve Seen This Witchhunt Before | Dame Magazine