Rock singer Chrissie Hynde has got herself into trouble with women’s groups for suggesting that when a pretty young girl goes to hang with a biker gang while wearing next to nothing and out of her face on drugs she is kind of asking to be raped. Luckily, on BBC Radio 4 this morning, a woman called Laura Bates, British-Empire-Medal-winning founder of the “everydaysexism” project, was on hand to explain why Hynde’s antediluvian views are wrong, wrong, wrong! They are, young Laura told us – with all the benefit of her 29 years in such hellholes as a Somerset private school, St John’s College, Cambridge and the BBC studio where Woman’s Hour is recorded – a classic case of “victim-blaming.” When a woman gets raped, Laura explained, it is never in any way her fault and has nothing whatsoever to do with how provocatively or otherwise she is dressed. That’s
Month: August 2015
Iran Deal: Breitbart Plan to Use States Gains Momentum
As the fateful vote on the Iran deal draws nearer in Congress, support is building for an idea first proposed at Breitbart News: use the states to maintain existing sanctions on Iran, and add new ones.
People Smugglers Now Using Jet Skis to Get Immigrants into Europe
Fifteen people have been arrested in Spain this month for smuggling migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar on the back of high-powered jet skis. Each smuggler can carry one or two migrants while they make the eight-mile journey from Morocco to southern Spain across one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, The Local says. When they arrive, they ditch the migrants in shallow waters before speeding back to Morocco. If they spot police patrols approaching them they will often throw the migrants overboard at full speed before escaping. In the space of 72 hours alone, Spanish police intercepted six jet skis before chasing seven people through the coastal town of Tarifa. On another occasion they had to rescue two migrants and a people smuggler who had fallen into the sea in rough conditions and were in danger of drowning. A spokesman said: “These journeys are posing a serious risk to the lives
Gold Set for Best Month Since January as Stock Market Rout Lifts Safe Haven
DAILY PRICES Today’s Gold Prices: Bank Holiday in UK today Friday’s Gold Prices: USD 1,125.50, EUR 998.23 and GBP 730.99 per ounce. (LBMA AM) Last week gold and silver prices fell and gave up some of the gains from the previous week. Gold was 2% lower on Friday and indeed 2% lower for the week […]
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NO LIMIT: Germany Will Take As Many Immigrants As Come, Claims Top Official
Germany will accommodate as many immigrants as make their way to the country, so says the head of the country’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees Manfred Schmidt. Speaking to the German newspaper Der Spiegel, Schmidt acknowledged that the numbers of people coming into Germany has quadrupled in the last year, with 800,000 asylum applications expected in 2015. “Probably these figures are still rising,” he said, in a stark admission that there is no end in sight to the hundreds of thousands making their way into Europe. While many of the would-be immigrants come from Syria, Schmidt also acknowledged the case for refugee and asylum status being based on economic hardship – one of the greatest concerns of the proponents of controlled immigration to Europe. If Europe opens the doors to those who are defined as living in poverty, this would mean billions of people would have valid asylum claims for European nations. “There
ALL Migrants Fleeing War and Persecution Can Come, Says French Prime Minister
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has claimed that all migrants fleeing war or persecution can come to Europe, potentially triggering another huge wave of people attempting to settle across the continent. The claim, which would open Europe up to hundreds of millions, if not billions of people able to claim “legitimate” refugee or asylum status, comes as most European countries struggle to cope with processing the hundreds of thousands already entering Europe. “Each asylum demand must be examined rapidly,” Valls told his fellow Socialist Party members at a rally yesterday. Those “fleeing war, persecution, torture, oppression, must be welcomed,” he said. Just taking into account the top 15 countries, ranked by the number of deaths caused by war in 2014, means over 837 million people would qualify for legitimate immigration into Europe, according to Valls. The population numbers of countries currently at war is obviously far higher than this. According to AFP, Valls quoted
Putin Pumps Iron to Show Russians His Healthy, Wholesome Side
From Reuters The Kremlin has released pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin working out at the gym with Prime Minister Dmitrty Medvedev, images apparently aimed at shoring up Putin’s rugged, masculine image as his popularity dips. Wearing a white T-shirt, track suit trousers and running shoes, Putin is shown on muscle-building apparatus in a publicity stunt that recalled previous shots of him shirtless riding a horse, flying a supersonic jet and hunting a tiger. Putin’s approval ranking has been dented by a sluggish economy and free-falling rouble whose value has halved since last year due to a decline in the oil price and Western sanction over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis. After their workout, at Putin’s Black Sea’s residence of Bocharov Ruchei, near Sochi, the two politicians were shown on television grilling meat and having tea, adding to the healthy and wholesome picture. Putin’s rating remains very high by
Jake Arrieta Throws No-No as $300 Million Dodgers Hitless Again
The Los Angeles Dodgers managed zero hits for the second time in their nine days of existence as the first $300 million team in baseball history. At least this time a great pitcher, Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs, held them hitless. Arrieta lowered …