Month: July 2024

Canadian Powerlifting Union Suspends Trans-Identified Male For Six Months After Threatening Women Who Had Been Critical Of His Participation In Female Sports

The Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU) has issued a six-month suspension to Anne Andres, a trans identified male competing in women’s powerlifting, for uttering threats and engaging in a campaign of harassment towards several women and sports officials.

Andre’s six-month suspension was recommended by ITP Sports, an arbitrator brought in by the CPU after Andres targeted several women, as well at the Alberta Powerlifting Union (APU), and the CPU, with abuse, death threats, and harassment. In their disciplinary ruling, made based on the decisions of a panel, the CPU deemed Andres’ words “harmful, disparaging, insulting, or otherwise negative.”

In his response to the original complaint which led to his suspension, Andres simply said “Fuck the APU.” They noted that Andres demonstrated “a lack of remorse” despite having removed several of his harassing posts from his social media accounts.

Andres’ conduct included threatening to commit suicide if the APU refused to comply with his demands, lying about having been banned from the female sports category, and bullying and harassing the APU’s executive board.

The anonymous CPU member who brought a complaint against Andres said that she felt Andres had been racist and made her uncomfortable after comparing himself to black women historically forced to use separate drinking fountains than white women. The complainant herself is a black woman. Andres also falsely accused the CPU, APU, International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), and sports officials of wanting access to his medical records and to also, bizarrely, “look at the genitals of kids.”

In an online post referring to both female powerlifter April Hutchinson and Alberta premier Danielle Smith, who this year introduced legislation to protect female sports categories from trans-identified males, Andres wrote:

“That fucking terrible human being from Ontario makes profits off of hate… that self-righteous bitch… goes and talks about how a trans basketball player is hurting women by playing… You fucking sicken me and you promote this kind of thing. There is no hell, but times like this I wish there was so you and Smith can spend eternity suffering… May your generation die painfully and leave the youth to inherit a better world.”

In a separate Instagram post, Andres said that he was “wishing death upon” Hutchinson. 

But despite only handing Andres a 6-month suspension for his menacing abuse, the CPU had previously suspended Hutchinson for two years for calling Andres “a male” and advocating for female-only sports. After a legal appeal, Hutchinson reduced her suspension to one year.

Speaking to Reduxx, Hutchinson explained that she had called Calgary police after hearing Andres make death threats towards her in videos posted online. She said the Calgary police attended Andres’ home and spoke to him, but that nothing further came out of her complaint. 

Should Andres wish to return and compete against women after his 180-day suspension, he will first have to complete the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport “True Sport Clean” education course, as well as their “Abuse-Free Sport Safe Sport Training” course.

Canadian sports performance coach and author Dr. Linda Blade said that Andres’ suspension is not adequate. “The double-standard is breathtaking: the female gets one year for polite disagreement; the male gets only six months for toxic and abusive commentary,” Blade, whose book “Unsporting” is out now, told Reduxx.

Hutchinson is similarly outraged by the metaphorical slap on the wrist handed to Andres.

“Federations, government, and society as whole care more about a man’s hurt feelings and mental health than women’s safety and fairness in sport. I started this fight for fairness not just for myself but for the future of all women’s and girls’ sports,” she said, but added that she was undeterred in her mission to protect women’s sport and return to elite powerlifting.

“I have two beautiful nieces that deserve fair and safe sports when they grow up. I should never have been suspended for fighting for fairness and speaking biological facts—but I would do it all over again. The good news is that in the end I had the powerlifting policy changed at a national and international level. If I can stress one thing it is for women to speak up and use their voices—this is how changes happen. I am looking forward to competing again at Nationals 2025.”

Hutchinson’s advocacy led to changed International Powerlifting Federation rules that force trans-identified males to submit to testosterone and other monitoring requirements. The IPF sets policy for the CPU, which was also forced to change their policy as a result.

Canadian Powerlifting Union Suspends Trans-Identified Male For Six Months After Threatening Women Who Had Been Critical Of His Participation In Female Sports – Reduxx

‘Children will Report Parents for Hate Speech’. Britain is World’s 3rd LEAST Racist Nation

Britain has the most left-wing youth in history and they are not becoming more conservative as they grown older. They are also hugely ignorant of our history, with ½ of school children unable to identify Churchill as Britain’s war time leader and ¼ of children believing he is a fictional character like Sherlock Holmes. At the same time, Britain has the most left-wing teaching profession in its history. NCF Senior Fellow Rafe Heydel-Mankoo explains the disturbing levels of ignorance and intolerance amongst vast swathes of today’s youth and why we should all be concerned. He argues that Britain potentially has a terrifying future if we don’t tackle the left’s stranglehold over education. This is a clip from Rafe’s longer NCF conference speech. To watch the full speech: “The Battle for Young Minds”, please click here:    • Britain has a Terrifying Future if We…  

British Police Name Victims of Children Killed in Mass Stabbing Attack

Merseyside Police Handout

11 children and two adults were stabbed at a mother and baby support centre dance party, three children fatally, the police now publishing their identities.

Merseyside Police say six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar are the girls who were killed by a knifeman who attacked a children’s summer holiday dance party event in Southport, Merseyside on Monday morning.

The force says the images provided were issued by their families who made a request for privacy.

Two of the girls’ families issued statements. Bebe King’s family said: “No words can describe the devastation that has hit our family as try to deal with the loss of our little girl Bebe.”

Alice Dasilva Aguiar’s parents said: “Keep smiling and dancing like you love to do our Princess, like we said before to you, you’re always our princess and no one would change that. Love from Your Hero Daddy and Mummy.”

Eight other children were injured and five of them had been in critical condition. Liverpool’s children’s’ hospital issued an update on Tuesday afternoon and said two remained in critical condition.

Two adults were also injured, police said their understanding was they had tried to prevent the attack and were stabbed themselves for trying to protect the children. One of them, a 35-year-old woman who was the dance teacher leading the event is also in critical condition.

Police are holding a 17-year-old male for questioning. The suspect has not been identified in line with British law as he is a minor, but it has been revealed he comes from a family of Rwandan origin who came to the United Kingdom as refugees from the Rwandan genocide. The suspect was born in the United Kingdom.

The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have both travelled to Southport and expressed sympathy for the victims. Sir Keir Starmer thanked the police officers and paramedics who rushed to the scene: “It’s not what any of them came to work for. But of course, they’re professionals, and they deal with it”.

Despite the British government’s normally very effective work to control the public’s emotions after mass casualty attacks, Sky News notes Sir Keir was nevertheless heckled by the public as he visited the scene today. It states “a number of people did decide to make their feelings known” and that shouts were heard being made at the Prime Minister, including one person who asked “how many more children?”.

The government has told the public to stop speculating about a motive, saying to do so is “unhelpful”.

One victim, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, was of Portugese heritage and that nation’s Prime Minister has issued a statement on the attack on Tuesday. Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said: “It was with deep sadness that I received the news on the attack that yesterday took place in Southport in the United Kingdom, and for which I have no words to describe. On my behalf and on that of the Portuguese Government and People I express heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and to the British Government and People.”

Police Name Victims of Children Killed in Mass Stabbing Attack (breitbart.com)

Leaked emails: Royal Navy personnel should not feel ‘compelled’ to wear uniform in public, as a ‘lower profile would be more appropriate’

By Olivia Murray

Last Tuesday, British authorities arrested a 24-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed a British Army soldier off-duty but in uniform—this week, leaked emails from the Royal Navy reveal that military members are being advised to forgo wearing their uniforms or covering any military insignias in public, because a “lower profile would be more appropriate.”

After the politicians imported the Muslim third world into England, military members now find themselves in enemy territory in their own homeland. 

From Steven Edington’s new report at GB News out this morning:

On 26 July Royal Navy officers were sent an email following the stabbing of an off-duty military officer discussing guidance around wearing uniforms outside of military bases.

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‘There is no ban on the wearing of uniform in public, but personnel should not feel compelled to wear it outside MOD establishments when common sense says a lower profile would be more appropriate,’ the memo continued.

‘Commanding Officers or Heads of Establishment are to provide guidance on what is appropriate for their local circumstances.’

‘This could possibly include not wearing uniform outside the place of work; covering uniform and military insignia when commuting to and from work….’

Let’s go through “local circumstances” that obviously demand a “lower profile” for those in military uniform:

Anywhere near a mosque;

All areas of London, but especially districts like Tower Hamlets, Newham, and Waltham Forest;

A halal grocery store;

Meeting with local constituents at a Methodist church (David Amess); 

Walking along the London Bridge (don’t want to get run down by terrorists in van and then stabbed);

Outside military barracks in Woolwich (Lee Rigby);

And apparently Taylor Swift-themed birthday parties—there are conflicting accounts out now about the assailant’s background, but three precious children are dead so far, and credible reports say the teenaged stabber is a “newcomer” off a dinghy last year, and counter-terrorism officers are already involved in the investigation according to the authorities. Listener discretion advised, but below is an account from a reported eyewitness:

In the wake of the stabbing, some responded to the tragedy like this:

Now, this certainly isn’t to make a pro-war argument for the Western invasion into third world Muslim dumpster nations like Afghanistan and Iraq, but if we for a moment set aside the politicians with their greedy, ulterior ambitions and motivations and just focus on the fact that ordinary British citizens have made the ultimate sacrifice, and brothers and fathers and sisters and mothers never came home after more than a decade of dying in the desert, we see what a disgrace this manufactured migration movement really is—British military forces have spent the better part of the 21st century giving their lives in service of their nation and their kinsmen, warring against a culture that is thoroughly violent and disgusting, and now those barbarians have been invited to set up shop inside the Brits’ own home.

Here’s this, also from Edington:

Harrison Pitt, a senior editor at The European Conservative and a political commentator at the New Culture Forum, said: ‘In a unified national culture, walking the streets while wearing the uniform of the British armed forces would be one of the proudest activities it is possible to imagine.’

‘It is a testament to the damage wrought by diversity and multiculturalism that this simple blessing can no longer be taken for granted.’

The politicians of the West colluded to open the borders and destroy our civilization, using progressive buzzwords like “diversity” and “multiculturalism” and as Pitt calls out, these policy influences have only brought oppression and death—the muezzin call to “prayer” is the death knell for Western civilization and its people.

Image: Free image, Pixabay license.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/leaked_emails_royal_navy_personnel_should_not_feel_compelled_to_wear_uniform_in_public_as_a_lower_profile_would_be_more_appropriate.html

UK: News About Knife Attack on Children “Being Managed”

Just before midday on July 29th, a masked man armed with a knife walked into a sold-out Taylor Swift-themed dance class for 6–11-year-olds in Southport, Merseyside. He went on a bloody rampage described as being “beyond the worst nightmare of any parent,” and “like a scene from a horror movie.”

Three children have died and five other youngsters are in a critical condition. Three other children were also injured and two adults—who are reported to have bravely tried to intervene—are in critical condition.

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Social media was soon awash with speculation about the attacker. Steven Barrett, a barrister who often writes for The Spectator, claims to have been informed by a police officer that “what we are being told about the Southport stabbings is being managed.”

The reappearance of the #EnoughIsEnough hashtag on social media indicates widespread unease with the limited information on the attacker made available by the authorities. Not unlike previous disclosures of ‘mental health’ as an explanation of motive, police use of the phrase “not terror related” now prompts widespread scepticism. Too often, it can look as if the truth is being sacrificed on the altar of ‘good community relations.’

Formally, the selective silence will largely be because the attacker, according to Merseyside Police, is 17 years old. Under British law, the youth cannot be named at this time for legal reasons. Former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley said this morning that “a full picture will probably not be painted until such time as this person stands trial and is convicted. Perhaps only then will we get chapter and verse on this very short life.”

The authorities have also described the attacker as being from Banks in Lancashire, and said that he was “born in” (or was “originally from”) Cardiff, Wales. The Daily Telegraph reported that he moved to the Southport area with his Rwandan parents—who other papers say “escaped the Rwandan genocide and came to the UK”—when he was six. Talk TV refers to him as the “son of Rwandan immigrants.”

Former Tory and later UKIP MP Douglas Carswell also said it is “quite something that I don’t feel I can trust the BBC and other established media sources [for information about the attack] since they suppress—presumably with state collusion—details that don’t fit the narrative.”

Merseyside Police are appealing for any information relating to the case. They say that “the incident is not currently being treated as terror-related and we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.”

The horrific act of violence has absolutely captured the national attention, featuring on the front page of every newspaper today and warranting a message from King Charles III.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/uk-news-about-knife-attack-on-children-being-managed/

Turkey is rewriting the history of Cyprus in a new propaganda book with the foreword by Erdogan

With a fragmentary presentation of documents and photographs, the book promotes the Turkish narrative of Greek Cypriots massacring Turkish Cypriots.

With a presentation of documents and photos, the Turkish presidency is attempting to convince the international community of the need to resolve the Cyprus problem on the basis of two-state solutions.

They hope to achieve this through the book “Who’s to Blame? Today Cannot Be Considered Apart from the Past.” The book’s name is a rhetorical question for Ankara since it places the blame for the division of Cyprus on the Greek Cypriots.

This is the republishing of a French-language book by the Turkish government in 1974. The 93-page edition was released in Turkish and English on the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

However, the weight of the Turkish argument does not fall on 1974 but on the events of the 1960s, events that propagate the Turkish narrative of Greek Cypriots massacring Turkish Cypriots.

The book is an attempt to promote to the international community recognition of the illegal “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,” an entity only recognised by Turkey, and spread the narrative that Greek Cypriots are a danger to Turkish Cypriots.

Absurdly, the Turkish presidency refers to an alleged current pursuit of the Greek Cypriots to union with Greece. At the same time, the book accuses the Greek Cypriot side of propaganda.

Through the published material, Ankara attempts to justify the unjustifiable with its long-held narrative – that the Turkish invasion was done to protect the Turkish Cypriots, who the Greek Cypriots would otherwise wipe out.

In the book, distressing images are published, with corpses, including some dubious authenticity and some real events, which are presented differently. One example is the “Bathtub Crime,” infanticide by a Turkish army doctor blamed on Greek Cypriots.

In a statement on his social media account, Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun said: “I hope this valuable book, which we believe will contribute to a better understanding of the true story of the Turkish Cypriots worldwide, will be auspicious.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even contributed to the foreword of the new edition of the book.

Turkey Is Rewriting The History Of Cyprus In A New Propaganda Book With The Foreword By Erdogan (greekcitytimes.com)

Pope Francis silent on Olympic opening scandal while scandal-plagued Vatican archbishop defends it

Pope Francis Flickr, Yahoo Commons

The often scandalous Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia has issued a contradictory defense of the Olympic opening ceremony featuring a drag queen mockery of the Last Supper, while Pope Francis has remained notably silent about the incident.

In a social media post on July 27, Archbishop Paglia attempted to straddle both sides of the debate surrounding the Olympics’ infamous opening ceremony, which saw drag queens and dancers perform a mockery of the Last Supper, particularly appearing to faux-imitate Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting. 

The show was designed by a homosexual and received instant and near unprecedented condemnation from scores of bishops across the world, along with numerous secular leaders such as Elon Musk and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.

However, Paglia’s response was much more conciliatory than those of some other bishops. “The mockery of the Last Supper at the #OlympicsParis2024, rightly deplored by @Eglisecatho, [French Catholic bishops’ conference] reveals a profound question,” he wrote.

That “profound question” Paglia described as being that “everyone, but really everyone, wants to sit at that table where Jesus gives life for all and teaches love.”

What has been notable by its absence is the complete lack of any comment from Pope Francis or an official position of the Holy See that would have been issued by the press office.

With the Olympics ceremony taking place on Friday night, many Catholics and Vaticanistas were waiting to see if Francis would comment on the scandal during his weekly Sunday Angelus. The Pope customarily makes reference to topical issues around the globe at the end of his Sunday address, often expressing his solidarity with particular groups of people and calling for prayers from Catholics.

Francis made no mention of the Olympic opening ceremony during his Angelus, while nevertheless making a number of special mentions for causes and celebrations around the world.

In fact, Francis did make mention of the Olympics generally but in reference to hunger and arms production. His comments were:

And while there are many people in the world who suffer due to disasters and hunger, we continue to produce and sell weapons and burn resources fueling wars, large and small. This is an outrage that the international community should not tolerate, and it contradicts the spirit of brotherhood of the Olympic Games that have just begun. Let us not forget, brothers and sisters: war is defeat!

Paglia, appointed by Pope Francis as the president of the now scandal-plagued Pontifical Academy for Life, is a notable Vatican official. His Pontifical Academy for Life has been mired by controversy, often spear-led by him personally, regarding the Catholic Church’s moral teaching.

The only other statement from a Vatican official in any capacity regarding the Olympic’s opening ceremony is that from Archbishop Charles Scicluna. The Maltese prelate is adjunct secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and sent a message to the French ambassador of Malta, noting his “distress and great disappointment at the insult to us Christians.” 

The French bishops’ conference was joined by numerous U.S. bishops and others in condemning the Olympics opening ceremony, some considerably more vigorously than others. 

Spain’s Bishop José Munilla termed the show “blasphemous & deplorable,” and added that “[o]ur culture is giving its last breaths in the midst of woke decadence.”

“Fundamentalist Islamism rubs its hands together seeing how we ourselves ‘commit suicide’ spiritually and physically,” Bishop Munilla added.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said the ceremony reflected “secular fundamentalism” having “infiltrated the Olympics, even to the point of blaspheming the religion of over a billion people,” while Bishop Joseph Strickland called it a “new low for our human community.”

To this is added the declaration of Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who attested that by the “sacrilegious and vulgar representation” the Olympics body “has managed in one fell swoop to sully the noble face of the Olympics and to offend millions of believers around the world.”

Nor has the reaction to the drag queen ceremony been limited to religious figures, an aspect that makes the Pope’s silence even more striking.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that “[t]he war on our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today,” and tech billionaire Elon Musk has issued a number of criticisms, including the warning that “[u]nless there is more bravery to stand up for what is fair and right, Christianity will perish.”

Pope Francis silent on Olympic opening scandal while scandal-plagued Vatican archbishop defends it – LifeSite (lifesitenews.com)

One in 20 Syrians now lives in Germany and receives government benefits from Germany

Bildmontage: Heimatkurier

Almost one in twenty Syrians now lives in Germany. According to Statista, their number had risen to 972,000 by the end of the year. That is 16 times more than in 2014, when there were just under 60,000. 22 million people live in Syria itself.

513,534 of the Syrians living in Germany are currently receiving welfare benefits. This is according to the latest figures from the Federal Employment Agency. Most of the others receive support from the Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act.

The number of Afghans in Germany has also exploded in the same period. According to Statista, it has increased six-fold to 419,410 between 2014 and 2023. According to the Federal Employment Agency, almost one in two Afghans, 197,551, receive welfare benefits. Here, too, the majority live on asylum seeker benefits. Afghanistan has around 41 million inhabitants. This means that one in every hundred Afghans now lives in Germany.

And the number is growing. Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has announced her intention to bring a further 10,000 Afghans to Germany. Even security concerns about individuals or forged identity documents are not a problem. The Federal Foreign Office has issued this instruction to the relevant embassies. This is why the public prosecutors in Berlin and Cottbus are now investigating.

The basic income subsidy currently costs German taxpayers almost 50 billion euros a year – and the trend is rising. One in two of the approximately 5.5 million recipients does not have German citizenship, and here too the trend is clearly rising.

However, this could change with the new citizenship law, which comes into force on Thursday. Foreigners who have lived in Germany for five years will then be naturalised. In exceptional cases, the deadline can be reduced to three years. This means that Afghans and Syrians who have been living here since 2019 at the latest will then be able to obtain German citizenship.

Jeder 20. Syrer lebt jetzt in und von Deutschland (jungefreiheit.de)

His wife wants to work and take off her headscarf: Her Turkish husband goes berserk in a German refugee centre

Death threats, beatings and rape: A family man from Turkey will have to answer for these allegations at Bielefeld District Court starting on August 18. The simple reason for the offences, according to the prosecution: the wife wanted to take off her headscarf and go to work after arriving in Germany. As well as in Herford, the attacks on the wife and children are also alleged to have taken place in Frankfurt, Giessen and Bonn.
The accused was initially accommodated in Frankfurt am Main. He had arrived in Germany with his wife and three children in 2023. In the metropolis on the river Main, the man allegedly threatened his wife with death on four occasions and threatened to abduct the children to Turkey when she expressed her desire to work in Germany. He is also alleged to have beaten and kicked the woman on other occasions. It is also alleged that he raped her.

In an accommodation centre in Giessen, he is said to have locked his family in their room. Finally, in the central accommodation centre in Bonn, he is said to have squeezed his wife’s jaw shut with one hand. The result: tooth and cheek pain for over a week. The accused is said to have tried to dissuade his wife from no longer wanting to wear the headscarf. He also assaulted their son.
In the Central Accommodation Centre (ZUE) in Herford, the man is said to have threatened to kill his family members if the son could not convince his mother to accompany his father back to Turkey. In addition, he is said to have strangled his wife for about a minute. Finally, the accused allegedly tried to take the children back to Turkey against his wife’s will. A total of five trial days have been scheduled for the proceedings.

Frau will arbeiten und Kopftuch ablegen: Ehemann in Herforder Flüchtlingsunterkunft rastet aus | nw.de (archive.ph)

What’s Worse for Female Athletes: A Sexist Joke or Being Replaced by Men?

Wikimedia Commons , Titanic Belfast,  CC-BY-2.0

I’m reliably told that there’s some sort of thing underway in Paris where people come from around the world to be chased by other people from around the world. Usually, they call it riots or migrant crime, but now it’s the ‘Olympics’.

The Olympics place a great deal of stress on diversity. That means an opening event featuring a drag queen and contempt for Christianity, and Islamic terrorism and hate across the actual games.

But while drag queens are heavily represented in place of women, there is one outrage directed at women that no one involved with the games will abide.

Eurosport has dropped an Olympic swimming commentator from its Paris coverage for an “inappropriate” comment about women.

British journalist Bob Ballard said on air after Australia won the 4×100-meter freestyle relay on Saturday: “Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like … hanging around, doing their makeup.”

Co-commentator Lizzie Simmonds, who swam at the 2012 London Olympics for Britain, reacted on air by describing the comment as “outrageous.”

“During a segment of Eurosport’s coverage, commentator Bob Ballard made an inappropriate comment,” Eurosport said in a statement Sunday, “To that end, he has been removed from our commentary roster with immediate effect.”

Truly horrifying dad joke. Hopefully, everyone survived the trauma of hearing it live on the air.

Meanwhile, actual female athletes continue to be displaced by men posing as women. But that is progressive and ‘boundary-breaking’. We’re living in the world of ‘What is a Woman’ and a world in which faux outrage over a dumb joke is treated as more seriously than the entire erasure of women.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/whats-worse-for-female-athletes-a-sexist-joke-or-being-replaced-by-men/