The Moral Obscenity of Kim's North Korea

The Moral Obscenity of Kim's North Korea: 
"...The feature I'm talking about is the raw moral obscenity of Kim's North Korea.

...For decades, reports of the Kim-family regime's atrocities have been seeping out of North Korea, including a landmark report in 2003 from the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea on North Korea's prison camps ("The Hidden Gulag"), and another groundbreaking report in 2012 on what amounts to North Korea's system of political apartheid ("Marked for Life: Songbun, North Korea's Political Classification System").

The evidence, especially the testimony from defectors, has been so harrowing that a few years ago even the United Nations finally took serious notice, and set up a Commission of Inquiry (widely referred to as the COI), which in 2014 produced a 372-page report on human rights -- or the complete absence thereof -- in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea.

This report, one of the best things to emerge in our time from an often morally obtuse UN, concluded, in the words of a summary released by the UN (boldface is mine):

...crimes against humanity have been committed by officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, pursuant to policies established at the highest levels of the State. These crimes against humanity entail extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender grounds, the forcible transfer of populations, the enforced disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation...

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Sharia Law Advocate to Give Commencement Speech at Taxpayer-Funded University | Fox News Insider

Sharia Law Advocate to Give Commencement Speech at Taxpayer-Funded University | Fox News Insider:

"There's been some controversy after the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health announced a pro-Palestinian Sharia Law advocate will serve as the school's commencement speaker.

“I am delighted to confirm that Linda Sarsour will indeed speak at our June 1 commencement at the Apollo Theater,” said Barbara Aaron, chief of staff to the school’s dean, Ayman El-Mohandes."

107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud | Ars Technica

107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud | Ars Technica:
"The journal Tumor Biology is retracting 107 research papers after discovering that the authors faked the peer review process. 
This isn’t the journal’s first rodeo.
Late last year, 58 papers were retracted from seven different journals— 25 came from Tumor Biology for the same reason.
It’s possible to fake peer review because authors are often asked to suggest potential reviewers for their own papers.
This is done because research subjects are often blindingly niche; a researcher working in a sub-sub-field may be more aware than the journal editor of who is best-placed to assess the work..."

AM Fruitcake

History for April 24

History for April 24 - On-This-Day.com:
Edmund Cartwright 1743, Robert Penn Warren 1905, Shirley MacLaine 1934 - Actress


Jill Ireland 1936, Sue Grafton 1940 - Author, Barbra Streisand 1942 - Singer


1805 - The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.


1915 - During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.


1944 - The first B-29 arrived in China, over the Hump of the Himalayas.


1953 - Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.


1961 - U.S. President Kennedy accepted "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.


1967 - Soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft crashed with a tangled parachute.


1990 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL. It was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.


2003 - A U.S. official reported the North Korea had claimed to have nuclear weapons.

Breaking: Country Now Telling Its Citizens To "Cover Up Crosses" For Muslims [Details] - Conservative 101

Breaking: Country Now Telling Its Citizens To "Cover Up Crosses" For Muslims [Details] - Conservative 101:

"Recently in Sydney, Australia, two Christians who were riding on a train and had cross pendants visible outside of their shirts were attacked by a Muslim gang who screamed “F*ck Jesus!” at them. Train officials watched this happening and did not intervene.

The Muslim gang beat up the man and ripped the cross off of his neck and stepped on it. "

Australia Makes Massive Move Against Immigrants, Muslims

Australia Makes Massive Move Against Immigrants, Muslims:

"Australian politicians plan to pass a bill that would make immigrants take an “Australian values” test and have a higher level of English proficiency as a precondition to citizenship, Reuters reported Thursday.

“What we are doing is strengthening our multicultural society and strengthening our values,” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in the Australian capital of Canberra. “Australian citizenship should be honored, cherished. It’s a privilege.”

The bill is expected to pass through Parliament and become law."

The way we were-----linda ronstadt and the stone ponys - different drum (1967)

Why Some Scientists Are Embracing Activism - WSJ

Why Some Scientists Are Embracing Activism - WSJ:
"...Many scientists have traditionally avoided public political activism, out of concern they would be perceived as lacking scientific objectivity.
And many researchers who aren’t participating in the marches—or the upcoming Peoples Climate March on April 29—noted that the sciences are far from a homogeneous group with shared political goals.
Molecular biologist Maryam Zaringhalam says she's participating in the March for Science to stand up for three groups she identifies with and sees as under attack: women, immigrants, and scientists..." 

WAR ON COLLEGE MEN: Professor Says Male Student’s Paper Was So Triggering She Had Trouble Disting…

WAR ON COLLEGE MEN: 
Professor Says Male Student’s Paper Was So Triggering She Had Trouble Distinguishing Him From Her Rapist. 
“The student cited a men’s rights advocacy group, referenced a case where a woman raped a man, questioned whether feminism was relevant, and said that concerns about gender inequality were overblown. . . . 
She said she was so upset that she could no longer grade papers or read. . . . 
She recounts screaming ‘Zero! You get a f*cking zero!’ at the computer screen as she graded the student’s two-page paper, saying that she also felt that simply by writing the paper, he had undermined her authority as an instructor.”

"If your mental health is that fragile, and leads to such sexist reactions, you probably shouldn’t be teaching. 
And by “probably,” I mean “definitely.” 
The behavior is inexcusable, and that she would write about it in anything other than a tone of abject self-criticism is unforgivable."-Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 10:00 am

DOJ Sends a Letter to Nine Sanctuary Cities: Comply With Federal Immigration Laws or Lose Your Grant Money - Katie Pavlich

DOJ Sends a Letter to Nine Sanctuary Cities: Comply With Federal Immigration Laws or Lose Your Grant Money - Katie Pavlich:

"Acting Assistant Attorney General Alan Hanson sent a letter Friday to local government officials in nine different suspected or declared sanctuary cities and counties,  demanding proof of compliance with federal immigration laws.

The letter, sent to officials in Sacramento, Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, New York City, Miami Dade County, Milwaukee County and Cook County, notes that these jurisdictions receive U.S. government grant funding. If it is to be renewed, cooperation with federal immigration authorities is expected. "

Your tax dollars at "work"-----Sharia-Advocate Sarsour to Give Graduation Address at CUNY « Clarion Project

Sharia-Advocate Sarsour to Give Graduation Address at CUNY « Clarion Project:
"Pro-sharia activist Linda Sarsour was chosen to give the commencement speech by a division of CUNY, (City University of New York).
CUNY is part of the public university system of New York City, and the largest urban university in the United States.
Sarsour was selected chosen to give the address to CUNY’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy at their June 1 ceremony. 
Sarsour was recently arrested in New York for blocking traffic along with other protesters outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City. 
She had been warned several times by police officers before being removed for disorderly conduct...
Her “credentials” include:

• Supporter of Sharia law. Sarsour has tweeted:....

• Belittling the lack of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. Sarsour tweeted:

“10 weeks of PAID maternity leave in Saudi Arabia. Yes PAID. And ur worrying about women driving. Puts us to shame.”

• Belittling other activists who stand against sharia law. Sarsour tweeted: “Brigette Gabriel=Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She’s asking 4 an a$$ whippin’. I wish I could take their vaginas away – they don’t deserve to be women.”...

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