Princeton Math Prof Dares To Challenge University’s “Systemic Racism” Narrative Tyler Durden Sun, 09/13/2020 – 16:15 Authored by Jezzamine Wolk via Campus Reform, A mathematics professor at Princeton University is now calling out the Ivy League institution’s president, Christopher Eisgruber, after he released a letter to the community regarding his plans to “combat systemic racism” at Princeton. The president’s…
“Fishy As Hell”: Graham Slams ActBlue Over Anonymous Donations After Group Drops Nearly $200 Million On Biden Campaign
“Fishy As Hell”: Graham Slams ActBlue Over Anonymous Donations After Group Drops Nearly $200 Million On Biden Campaign Tyler Durden Sun, 09/13/2020 – 15:50 Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has sounded the alarm following a Fox News report that ActBlue – a leftist nonprofit political action committee (PAC) which has donated $194 million to the Biden…
Beijing Says TikTok’s Algorithm “Not For Sale” As Deadline Looms
Beijing Says TikTok’s Algorithm “Not For Sale” As Deadline Looms Tyler Durden Sun, 09/13/2020 – 15:25 As both ByteDance and Washington dig in their heels in a dispute over a potential sale of TikTok’s US-focused business, the Chinese tech upstart has just sent out its latest trial balloon in what has become a rapidly escalating…
WATCH Colombians scuffle with riot squads in Bogota as outcry over police brutality intensifies
Fuelled by the death of an unarmed local man at the hands of police, protests against law enforcement brutality continued for the fourth night in Bogota, and descended into turbulent clashes with heavily armed riot squads. Hundreds of people flooded the streets of the Colombian capital to confront officers – who were equipped with riot…
Aussie minister warns foreign journos against ‘slanted view’ in spy row with Beijing, as cops crush lockdown dissent at home
Australia’s Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, warned foreign journalists that they may be investigated if they give a “slanted view” of the country. Meanwhile, cops in Victoria have crushed lockdown protests with an iron fist. Dutton’s comments came several days after the arrest of Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist with China’s CGTN broadcaster, and after…
‘I couldn’t breathe’: Aussie woman dragged from car in dramatic altercation with police at lockdown checkpoint (VIDEO)
A confrontation over a windscreen-mounted mobile phone saw a Victoria woman violently pulled from her vehicle by armed police, who allegedly wrestled her to the ground. The dramatic arrest was captured by the phone’s camera. Natalie Bonett, 29, began filming her ordeal shortly after engaging in an argument with police who stopped her at a…
Popular Wrestler Executed In Iran Despite Plea From Trump & Olympic Committee
Popular Wrestler Executed In Iran Despite Plea From Trump & Olympic Committee Tyler Durden Sat, 09/12/2020 – 16:20 Despite a months-long global outcry, Iran has executed a nationally famous champion wrestler on Saturday. 27-year old Navid Afkari had been convicted of the 2018 stabbing and murder of a security guard during a wave of anti-government unrest, which…
‘The Atlantic’ Escalates Its TDS-Tantrum, Urges End To Nobel Peace Prize After Second Trump Nomination
‘The Atlantic’ Escalates Its TDS-Tantrum, Urges End To Nobel Peace Prize After Second Trump Nomination Tyler Durden Sat, 09/12/2020 – 15:55 Authored by Stephen Kruiser via PJMedia.com, Trump Derangement Syndrome at ‘The Atlantic’ Reaches a Fever Pitch The poor dears. The Atlantic is a magazine that will be 163 years old two days before the presidential…
Google ‘Geofence’ Warrants Keep Locking Up Innocent People Who Were In Proximity Of A Crime Scene
Google ‘Geofence’ Warrants Keep Locking Up Innocent People Who Were In Proximity Of A Crime Scene Tyler Durden Sat, 09/12/2020 – 15:30 Months ago we detailed an incredibly scary and Orwellian tool in the local police arsenal known as a “geofence warrant”. As described at the time it’s essentially a virtual dragnet over crime scenes…
Former Al Jazeera head asks Twitter to help compile list of Arab journalists supportive of mending ties with Israel
The former head of Qatar’s Al Jazeera news network wants a list of Arab journalists who backed the decision by the UAE and Bahrain to mend ties with Israel. He said it was for documentation purposes, not to shame them. “For the purpose of documentation: who are the journalists, writers and politicians who supported UAE…
Iran executes champion wrestler over killing of security agent amid violent 2018 anti-govt uprising
Iranian athlete Navid Afkari, whose trial gained global attention and the intercession of Donald Trump, was executed over alleged complicity in murdering a member of security forces during anti-government rallies two years ago. The execution was carried out on Saturday by judicial authorities in Adelabad prison in Shiraz, Fars province, state-affiliated media reported. Navid Afkari…
Vastly outnumbered by police, Melbourne’s anti-lockdown ‘freedom walk’ ends up in multiple arrests (VIDEOS)
Dozens of Melburnians defied stern warnings from the police and turned up at a banned anti-lockdown rally, which was swarmed by throngs of officers who used full force to impose harsh Covid-19 restrictions. Dubbed a ‘freedom walk’, the rally hit the streets of central Melbourne earlier on Saturday. Police geared up for a massive turnout…
Escobar: From 9/11 To ‘The Great Reset’
Escobar: From 9/11 To ‘The Great Reset’ Tyler Durden Fri, 09/11/2020 – 16:20 Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, Davos types issue a new “with us or against us” ultimatum eerily reminiscent of the old 9/11 world… 9/11 was the foundation stone of the new millennium – ever as much indecipherable as the…
Big-Tech & Black Gold Battered As Bonds & Bullion Bounce Back
Big-Tech & Black Gold Battered As Bonds & Bullion Bounce Back Tyler Durden Fri, 09/11/2020 – 16:00 “Margin Calls, Gentlemen!” Stocks are down for the second week in a row with Nasdaq leading the plunge (worst week in almost six months)… The mega-tech heavy index is now down almost 11% from record highs… The Dow…
Illinois And The Mail-In Voting Election Mess
Illinois And The Mail-In Voting Election Mess Tyler Durden Fri, 09/11/2020 – 15:45 Authored by Mark Glennon via Wirepoints.org, The Illinois General Assembly held no hearings when it passed legislation this spring to vastly expand mail-in voting in the state. That’s right, no hearings were held on historic changes to the most important element of…
200 police called in after Kurdish protesters abuse female conductor & force train stoppage in Germany
Around 80 Kurdish demonstrators who were returning from rallies caused a train to be stopped near Hamburg on Thursday. A massive police force was deployed to restore order, with clashes erupting and arrests made. The trouble on the train started as soon as the people, described as “activists” by the German media, boarded in the…
10 EU countries agree to take in 400 minors from Greece following Moria camp blaze
A total of 400 unaccompanied minors left homeless after a devastating fire at the biggest migrant camp in Greece will receive shelter in ten European Union states, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Friday. Germany and France will take in the bulk of the minors, each offering refuge to between 100 and 150, Seehofer…
‘Like dog eating own vomit’: Top Victoria cop erupts in anger as he repeats warning against joining Melbourne anti-lockdown rally
A top Victoria police officer minced no words when reminding Melbournians that joining this weekend’s anti-quarantine rally is unlawful and “selfish.” It comes as an alleged leader of the upcoming action was arrested again. “As I’ve previously said, as was repeatedly said, it is at the moment unlawful to leave home to engage in protest…
Steele “Acted Crazy” – FBI Handler Says “People’s Ears Were Bleeding”
Steele “Acted Crazy” – FBI Handler Says “People’s Ears Were Bleeding” Tyler Durden Thu, 09/10/2020 – 16:40 Authored by Eric Felten via RealClearInvestigations.com, “Crazy” was the term the FBI agent used to describe the behavior of Christopher Steele, author of the now-debunked Trump-Russia dossier. “I’ve seen crazy source-related stuff in 20 years in New York…
JPM Becomes First Wall Street Bank To Demand Traders Return To The Office
JPM Becomes First Wall Street Bank To Demand Traders Return To The Office Tyler Durden Thu, 09/10/2020 – 16:20 Citigroup just made history earlier today by appointing the first female CEO of a Wall Street megabank. Now, JPMorgan is setting a precedent of its own: becoming the first bank to demand that traders get back…
“I’m Over-Leveraged…” – Watch Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Sell Stocks Into Close
“I’m Over-Leveraged…” – Watch Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Sell Stocks Into Close Tyler Durden Thu, 09/10/2020 – 16:15 The US stock market lost ground in the late Thursday session, as technology stocks lost steam. Robinhood traders tried to buy-the-dip in the morning but were monkey hammered from 10:00 ET and beyond. The short-lived rally on Wednesday trapped newbie traders into…
France’s Macron wants to avoid escalation amid EU-Turkey tensions, seeks common approach on Ankara in Europe
European Union states should have a more unified position and avoid escalating tensions with Turkey, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. “It is up to Turkey to clarify its intentions,” Macron said in Corsica where he will host seven Mediterranean littoral members of the EU for talks. They will include the EU’s strained ties…
