Taliban arrest British couple in their 70s for teaching mothers

A British couple in their seventies have been arrested by the Taliban, apparently for teaching parenting skills to mothers over 30.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who loved Afghanistan so much that they married in Kabul in 1970 after meeting at Bath University, have been running training projects in schools there for 18 years and stayed after the Taliban’s sudden return to power in 2021.

Barbie Reynolds even became the first woman to receive a certificate of appreciation from the Taliban.

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Americans were told a ‘multi-racial boom’ would radically change the nation. Experts say it was a ‘lefty’ plot

Game of Life – featuring dangerous looking white people in what may be an intact family.

Five years ago, it looked as if the racial and ethnic make-up of America was undergoing an unprecedented shift, with a large drop in the number of people classified as ‘white’.

The US Census Bureau’s 2020 tally showed a 276 percent jump in the number of multiracial people, while the white-only group fell from 72.4 percent of the population to 61.6 percent over that decade.

Now, it seems, this shift had more to do with how federal government demographers classified people than any actual changes in the make-up of the 331,449,281 people recorded in the census.

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British historian’s lecture on colonialism cancelled at B.C. theology school

A Vancouver theology school has cancelled a public lecture that was slated for next month by a renowned British historian over his views on Indian Residential Schools and colonialism.

Esteemed ethicist and theologian Nigel Biggar — regius professor emeritus of moral and pastoral theology at the University of Oxford — now says he’s “ashamed to be an alumnus” of Regent College, which called off his March 6 lecture.

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Military now accepting recruits with asthma, ADHD, the undead, and other conditions amid staffing shortage

Military now accepting recruits with asthma, ADHD and other conditions amid staffing shortage

As the Canadian Armed Forces continue to try and dig out of a deep recruitment hole, they’re starting to give new recruits with medical conditions a shot at joining the military rather than automatically turning them away.

Maj.-Gen. Scott Malcolm, the military’s surgeon general, says the forces will now consider applicants with “any and all conditions” for enrolment, including ADHD, anxiety and asthma.

“With all medical conditions there’s a spectrum,” said Malcolm. “So those that are on the lower end to medium spectrum are unlikely to have any challenges getting in.”

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MSNBC cancels Joy Reid’s lefty show as network makes major shakeup

MSNBC liberal mainstay Joy Reid’s show has been canceled as part of a major overhaul by the network’s new president Rebecca Kutler, according to a report.

The 7 p.m. program hosted by Trump critic Reid, 56, will be replaced by a new panel show featuring co-hosts Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders Townsend, the New York Times reported, citing insiders.

Pity as she was a reliable loon.

h/t Mauser

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Australian Defence Force officer stripped of security clearance over loyalty to Israel

An officer in the Australian Army has been stripped of his security clearance because Asio believes he is more loyal to Israel than Australia, and at risk of being exploited by the Mossad.

The man told Asio interviewers he did not view Israel as a foreign government and that he would share classified information with the Israel Defense Forces if they asked for it.

Asio said the officer, who is Jewish and served 19 years in the Australian military, withheld information from Australian officials about training courses he had undertaken in Israel – where he is not a citizen – which included self-defence, security and firearms training.

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That worked out great in LA!

Firemen are too male and too white, say chiefs

Britain’s fire service is too male and too white, a report has claimed.

The report, which was commissioned by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), found that the fire service was “institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic”.

It said firemen in Britain were not “diverse” enough because the service’s proportion of women and ethnic minorities is less than in wider society.

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