Thursday, March 28, 2024

Outrage as Islamic Star and Crescent Flown From London’s Iconic Westminster Abbey.

Pakistan’s national flag, which features the Islamic star and crescent, flew over London’s Westminster Abbey this week, sparking controversy and eliciting angry reactions from across the country.

The flag was allegedly flown to celebrate “Pakistan Day,” which honors the passing of the Lahore Resolution, which marked the call for a separate Muslim nation within the British Indian Empire in 1940, and the adoption of its first constitution in 1956, declaring itself the world’s first Islamic republic. In addition to flying the Pakistani flag, a special service was held inside the Abbey, attended by officials from the Pakistan High Commission.

Observers online questioned the gesture, citing Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws and documented persecution of Christians, bringing up instances of mass kidnappings of Christian youth who are pushed into forced marriage and extensive violence against Churches on celebration days. Individuals voiced their alarm about the seeming endorsement of a nation where Christians can face violence, threats, and intimidation.

Pakistanis are the second-largest ethnic minority group in the UK, accounting for a vast proportion of the country’s Muslim citizens. Heavily Pakistani-populated enclaves of Britain have a reputation as Muslim ‘no-go zones.’ Controversial London Mayor Sadiq Khan is Pakistani, as is Scotland’s equally controversial First Minister Humza Yousaf. Both are known for their friendly stance towards radical Islamism and alleged anti-Semitic tendencies.

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Health Agency Knew Lockdowns Hurt More than COVID, Hid Info from Public.

Germany’s top health agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), knew in late 2020 that lockdowns could inflict more harm than the COVID-19 virus itself and that the efficacy of mask mandates lacked scientific evidence. The information was withheld until court documents stemming from a two-year legal battle between RKI and German magazine Multipolar were made public.

The documents reveal that RKI researchers explicitly warned their analysis revealed lockdowns in Africa showed “an expected rise in child mortality.” A December 2020 report from the institute cautioned that “The consequences of the lockdowns are in parts more severe than the virus itself,” while an October 2020 document suggested that there was ‘no evidence’ to support that masks could prevent the spread of COVID-19.

RKI also expressed doubts in January 2021 about the viability of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, which was later discontinued after reports of blood clots surfaced.

“The protocols of the RKI crisis team, some of which have now been released, raise considerable doubts as to whether the political measures to deal with the corona pandemic were really taken on a scientific basis,” said Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki.

Lockdowns were one of the most controversial measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. A UK study published last year revealed that lockdowns stunted the emotional and social development of 50 percent of children. Another study from researchers at John Hopkins University and Sweden’s Lund University released last year found lockdowns were “a global policy failure of gigantic proportions.”

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Germany’s top health agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), knew in late 2020 that lockdowns could inflict more harm than the COVID-19 virus itself and that the efficacy of mask mandates lacked scientific evidence. The information was withheld until court documents stemming from a two-year legal battle between RKI and German magazine Multipolar were made public. show more
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Scotlands Cops Are Giving Up on Crime, Shifting Almost All Focus to ‘Hate Speech.’

Law enforcement in Scotland, governed by the Glasgow-born Pakistani separatist Humza Yousaf, will stop investigating certain crimes to free up resources at the same time as Scottish police will begin investigating any and all “hate” incidents under new anti-free speech laws.

The scheme follows a pilot program in the city of Aberdeen and is expected to see tens of thousands fewer crimes allocated to front-line officers, with investigations never going past call center workers in some cases.

Police Scotland has not confirmed exactly which crimes it will not bother investigating, as this would give criminals a “tactical advantage,” but has previously admitted some forms of criminal damage and theft will be included.

Meanwhile, the Hate Crime Act set to come into force on April 1 will see police required to action all alleged “hate” incidents, including offensive online comments and even comedy shows.

The ill-defined legislation makes merely “stirring up hatred” a crime, with police training guidance suggesting people can be arrested for offensive statements “for example on a sign, on the internet through websites, blogs, podcasts, social media etc, either directly, or by forwarding or repeating material that originates from a third party, through printed media such as magazine publications or leaflets.”

Yousaf‘s left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) has admitted the Hate Crime Act will impose “additional demand” on police, resulting in a “resource implication.”

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Law enforcement in Scotland, governed by the Glasgow-born Pakistani separatist Humza Yousaf, will stop investigating certain crimes to free up resources at the same time as Scottish police will begin investigating any and all “hate" incidents under new anti-free speech laws. show more
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Farage Explains Why He Won’t Go to His Local Church.

Nigel Farage, a key figure in the Brexit movement and founder of Reform UK, announced that he no longer attends church due to what he perceives as the Church of England’s capitulation to the so-called ‘woke‘ agenda.

“I won’t go to my local church, I won’t go. I am christened and confirmed in the Church of England, all my family on both sides have been Church of England,” Farage said during an interview with GB News. “I used to believe in it, I used to attend, not every Sunday but regularly during the year, I will not go. It is hopeless, they’ve given up, they’ve surrendered,” he continued.

Farage‘s comments follow calls from Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, Archdeaconess of Liverpool, for “anti-whiteness” and to “smash the patriarchy.” Farage noted that Ms. Threlfall-Homes represents everything wrong with ‘wokeness’ and the Church of England today. “Her name sums it up, I don’t know her personally but I’ll have a bet she’s upper middle class, completely detached from reality,” Farage said.

Farage also criticized the contemporary Church of England’s obsession with slavery and ‘atoning’ for it. “On slavery can I remind everybody that today is the 217th anniversary of the passing of the Abolition of Slavery Act as it became, in parliament,” he noted. “When it comes to this issue. You’d think to listen to some of our lefties, that we are the only country that ever practiced it. No, far from it. Slavery persists to this day. We as a nation have done more to stop slavery than any other nation in the history of our earth.”

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AI Could Make Beer Better. Here’s How…

Belgian researchers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to make their nation’s world-famous beer taste even better.

Researchers from KU Leuven University, led by Professor Kevin Verstrepen, are using AI to explore the intricate complexities of aroma perception.

“Beer — like most food products — contains hundreds of different aroma molecules that get picked up by our tongue and nose, and our brain then integrates these into one picture. However, the compounds interact with each other, so how we perceive one depends also on the concentrations of the others,” Verstrepen said.

The AI models built from these data sets were used to predict taste profiles based on the beer’s chemical composition. The models then suggested enhancements to a commercial beer, such as adding lactic acid and glycerol, which improved panelist ratings on several parameters, including sweetness and body.

“Tiny changes in the concentrations of chemicals can have a big impact, especially when multiple components start changing,” said Verstrepen. And although AI can help brewers understand how to make beer better, it cannot — as of yet — brew the beer for them.

“The AI models predict the chemical changes that could optimise a beer, but it is still up to brewers to make that happen starting from the recipe and brewing methods,” he said.

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