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Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre demands identities of eight high-profile John Does named in civil lawsuit she filed against Ghislaine Maxwell be unsealed

Lawyers for Prince Andrew’s accuser have asked a judge to unseal documents containing ‘vast swathes of information’ about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘sex trafficking operation.’

Attorneys for Virginia Roberts Giuffre said Judge Loretta Preska should publicly release material from the 2015 civil lawsuit she filed against Maxwell that include references to eight anonymous John Does.

The individuals are identified in court documents only as ‘Non-Parties 17, 53, 54, 55, 56, 73, 93 and 151’. It is not clear if one of them is the Duke of York.

H/T Linda

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"Woke Royals"

German court jails former Syrian intelligence officer for life

A German court has sentenced a Syrian former intelligence officer to life in prison in a case the UN rights chief said could lead to accountability for other perpetrators of the war’s “unspeakable crimes”.

Anwar Raslan, a former colonel loyal to the regime who later defected and gained asylum in Germany, was deemed by the judge at Koblenz higher regional court to have verifiably overseen the murder of at least 27 and torture of at least 4,000 prisoners at a detention facility in Damascus.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia"

Oh Canada! Muslima traitor who joined ISIS and was inexplicably allowed back is under investigation for terrorism, war crimes

A ~~Canadian woman~~ traitor who was held for two years at an ISIS detention camp in Syria is now under investigation for terrorism offences and war crimes. However, her lawyer has suggested RCMP officers are exploiting their powers by both monitoring and investigating the ~~Calgary mother~~ ISIS Slag, according to court documents recently filed at the Calgary courthouse.

A publication ban protects the 30-year-old woman’s identity. CBC News will call her “S.A.,” as she was previously identified in Federal Court.

In late 2021, the woman was issued emergency travel documents and returned to Canada, landing in Calgary in late November to reunite with her five-year-old daughter, who eight months earlier had been released to the woman’s sister and American diplomat Peter Galbraith.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

71 new charges: Waukesha parade killer Darrell Brooks had to lean out of window because victim on windshield blocked his view, prosecutors claim

The Waukesha Christmas Parade killer leaned out his window to steer because someone had landed on his windshield and was blocking his view after he drove his SUV through the crowd, prosecutors said in a criminal complaint that added 71 new charges against him.

Darrell Brooks, 39, steered his Ford Escape for five blocks through the parade route in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, suburb of Waukesha on November 21, killing six people and injuring dozens more.

Authorities estimate that the SUV reached speeds of up to 25 mph and said some people landed on the hood, with Brooks carrying them along.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•Terrorism - Domestic, USA

Indonesian woman flogged 100 times for adultery, man gets 15 lashes

An Indonesian woman has been flogged 100 times in Aceh province for adultery while the male involved, who denied the accusations, received just 15 lashes.

Ivan Najjar Alavi, the head of the general investigation division at the East Aceh prosecutors’ office, said the court handed down a harsher sentence for the woman after she confessed to investigators she had sex outside of her marriage.

Judges found it difficult to convict the man, who was then the head of the East Aceh fishery agency and also married, because he denied all wrongdoing, Alavi said.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's war on women

RCMP Releases Guide to Reporting Suspicious Incidents

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 10, 2022 /CNW/ – The RCMP, in collaboration with various law enforcement partners, has produced a guide to inform and assist Canadians on how and when to report suspicious incidents to police with a view to keeping Canadians safe.

The public is an important ally in the fight against criminal activities. If anyone is concerned that someone is considering, planning, or preparing to commit an act of violence, or is supporting, inciting or counselling others in committing violent acts, they should immediately contact their local police service or the RCMP.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society"

‘Havana syndrome’: US baffled after new cases in Europe

Four more US diplomats working in Geneva and Paris have fallen ill with a suspected neurological illness known as “Havana syndrome”, US media report.

Three diplomats became sick in the Swiss city and one in the French capital last summer, with some 200 people affected over five years.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the American government was working to get to the bottom of the mystery.

There are fears an adversary may have targeted diplomats with microwaves.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•USA, WTF?

‘Rust’ armorer blames Alec Baldwin for shooting because he skipped a ‘cross draw’ training session in lawsuit against firm that she claims supplied live ammunition

The armorer for doomed western ‘Rust’ – where a cinematographer was shot dead by a live bullet in October – is laying part of the blame on gunman Alec Baldwin for failing to attend a training session.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a lawsuit in a Bernalillo County, New Mexico court on Wednesday that claims Baldwin, 63, ignored a request to attend a ‘cross draw’ session about a week before the tragedy.

The rookie armorer also faulted assistant director David Halls for failing to follow set protocol when he allegedly handed Baldwin the weapon without first calling on her to inspect it, according to the lawsuit.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•Hollywood

Russia says Ukraine talks hit ‘dead end’, Poland warns of risk of war

VIENNA/MOSCOW, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Poland’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Europe was closer to war than any time in the last 30 years as Russia gave a bleak assessment of diplomatic efforts this week to defuse tensions over Ukraine.

Russia said it was hitting a dead end as it tried to persuade the West to bar Ukraine from joining NATO and roll back decades of alliance expansion in Europe.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•Russia, Ukraine

Canada to join Mexican narco state in complaint about U.S. auto industry move

OTTAWA — Canada will sign onto a complaint against the United States over its interpretation of how free trade should apply to the continental auto industry, another sign of souring ties between the two neighbours.

Trade Minister Mary Ng said on Thursday that Canada would join Mexico in asking for a dispute settlement panel under the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact.

… Mexico and Canada are also unhappy about proposed U.S. tax breaks for American-based manufacturers of electric vehicles. This, they say, could undermine the highly integrated North American auto industry.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•Canada, Mexico, USA

CNN viewership plummets by as much as 90% from last year in both overall audience and in coveted 25-to-54 demographic

Scandal-scarred CNN has seen its viewership nosedive by a staggering 90 percent both overall and in the critical demographic coveted by advertisers in the first week of the new year as compared to last year.

The once-proud leader in cable news averaged just 548,000 viewers during the week of January 3, a precipitous drop from the nearly 2.7 million viewers for the same week in 2021, according to the most recent ratings.

Those numbers were supercharged by the the left-leaning network’s coverage of the January 6 Capitol Riot, which resulted in CNN having its most-watched day since Ted Turner launched the news outlet in 1980.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•The Media

MI5 names Christine Ching Kui Lee as Chinese agent infiltrating Parliament & greasing MP’s palms

MI5 has issued a rare warning to MPs that a Chinese agent has infiltrated Parliament to interfere in UK politics.

An alert from the security service said Christine Ching Kui Lee “established links” for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with current and aspiring MPs.

She then gave donations to politicians, with funding coming from foreign nationals in China and Hong Kong.

It comes after a “significant, long-running” investigation by MI5, Whitehall sources told the BBC.

One of the MPs funded by Ms Lee was Labour’s Barry Gardiner, who received over £420,000 from her in five years.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", UK

The Royal We … Wee

Prince Andrew will likely be asked about ‘private parts’ in sex assault case: lawyers

Prince Andrew will almost certainly be asked about his private parts in his sex-assault lawsuit — and his accuser’s attorneys will likely try to depose Queen Elizabeth II, according to a lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein victims.

The 61-year-old UK royal will be called on to give a deposition under oath after failing Wednesday in his bid to toss the lawsuit filed by longtime accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre — leaving nothing off the table.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"Woke Royals"

A tax on the unvaxxed would be legally and ethically questionable — even if it worked

The pandemic is now in its 23rd month and a highly contagious new variant is running rampant. Safe and effective vaccines are readily available and unvaccinated citizens are contributing disproportionately to a medical crisis that makes life harder and more dangerous for everyone.

So there are surely some — perhaps many — among the vaccinated who would like to see the unvaccinated suffer significant consequences for their intransigence, up to and including financial penalties. Ideally, such consequences also would minimize the number of people who remain unwilling to get the shot.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Ontario reports 9,909. new Covid cases .. and Canadian truckers crossing U.S. border now exempt from new COVID-19 rules

Ontario reports 35 new COVID-19 deaths; hospitals caring for record number of patients

Ontario reported 35 new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, with hospitals reporting a new all-time high for combined acute and ICU admissions in the province.

The Ministry of Health said that there 3,630 people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday, up from 2,472 one week ago.

Of those, there were 500 adults in intensive care, up 162 from one week ago.

Individuals who are fully vaccinated represent 78.1% of Ontario’s total population and account for 181 of Ontario's 500 ICU admissions.

There are 9,909 new cases of #COVID19.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 13, 2022

Canadian truckers crossing U.S. border now exempt from new COVID-19 rules, feds say

The federal government is backing down from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for cross-border Canadian truckers just days before the new rule was set to take effect.

A spokesperson for the Canadian Border Services Agency told Global News Wednesday that unvaccinated Canadian truckers crossing from the United States will remain exempt from testing and quarantine requirements after arriving in the country.

by Blazingcatfur•January 13, 2022January 13, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"