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October 29, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
News
World

South Korea Upholds Ban on Buggery in Military: Undermines Nation’s ‘Fighting Power’.

The Constitutional Court of Korea has declined to overturn laws against “anal intercourse” or “any other indecent act” in the South Korean military, ruling by 5-4 in favor of retaining the prohibitions laid down in the Military Criminal Act.

Judges determined that, even if consensual, homosexual acts risk “causing serious harm to preserving the fighting power of the nation’s armed forces” if committed while soldiers are in service.

LGBT lobby groups have expressed anger and disappointment at the ruling, with Amnesty International describing the “continued endorsement [of] the criminalization” of sodomy in the South Korean military as a “distressing setback in the decades-long struggle for equality in the country.”

Around 30 percent of the South Korean population is Christian, and Christian groups have been part of the pushback against the LGBT lobby in the country. Earlier this year, the Seoul Queer Culture Festival – the biggest Pride-style event in South Korea – was not licensed to go ahead at its annual venue, with a Christian youth concert taking place there instead.

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The Constitutional Court of Korea has declined to overturn laws against "anal intercourse" or "any other indecent act" in the South Korean military, ruling by 5-4 in favor of retaining the prohibitions laid down in the Military Criminal Act. show more
October 28, 2023
Culture

Friends Star Matthew Perry Dead After Drowning in Jacuzzi.

Matthew Perry, most famous for playing Chandler Bing on the popular TV sitcom Friends, has died at age 54, according to early reports from TMZ. Law enforcement sources revealed to TMZ that the actor was found in a jacuzzi at a Los Angeles residence on Saturday. Responding units were initially summoned to the scene for a cardiac arrest. TMZ sources also disclosed that no drugs were identified at the site, and foul play is presently not suspected in Perry’s death.

Details pertaining to the circumstances of Perry’s death remain limited. Perry’s last post on Instagram illustrated him relishing a jacuzzi dip; the caption, reading, “Oh, so warm water swirling around makes you feel good? I’m Mattman,” has taken on a haunting significance. Following the announcement of his passing, fans of the actor quickly flocked to social media to pour out tributes and express their disbelief and sorrow.

Offscreen, Perry confronted multiple issues, causing concern among fans. Notions of a return to his erstwhile habits surfaced as observers noted his occasionally disheveled appearance. Perry relocated to a new Los Angeles home earlier this year, and his recent memoir revealed significant details about his personal battles with addiction. Perry’s death has left the broader Friends community and millions of viewers worldwide mourning his loss.

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Matthew Perry, most famous for playing Chandler Bing on the popular TV sitcom Friends, has died at age 54, according to early reports from TMZ. Law enforcement sources revealed to TMZ that the actor was found in a jacuzzi at a Los Angeles residence on Saturday. Responding units were initially summoned to the scene for a cardiac arrest. TMZ sources also disclosed that no drugs were identified at the site, and foul play is presently not suspected in Perry's death. show more

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October 28, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Politics
Religion

‘No Right to Sodomy in the Constitution’ – Speaker Johnson Stands by 15-Year-Old Remarks.

Mike Johnson, the newly-minted Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is standing by an article he wrote some 15 years ago when the Supreme Court overturned state laws criminalizing sodomy, saying: “Go pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it – that’s my worldview. That’s what I believe, so I do not apologize for it.”

Speaker Johnson insisted he “genuinely love[s] all people regardless of their lifestyle choices,” explaining his view on the matter “is not about the people themselves” but about the fact he is “a Bible-believing Christian.”

As a senior counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, Johnson argued strongly against the Lawrence v. Texas ruling overturning sodomy laws in 13 states. He agreed with the late Justice Anton Scalia that the laws were “not about the persecution of a minority, but whether states have authority to regulate dangerous sexual conduct,” and expressed concern about “the exponential spread of STDs and HIV” – which to the present day is largely contracted and spread by people who engage in male-on-male sexual acts, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Contrary to the Lawrence justices, Johnson insisted there was “no right to sodomy in the Constitution.”

Johnson also predicted the ruling would have enormous ramifications in “the battle for the culture” and pave the way for “the homosexual lobby’s ultimate prize – the redefinition of marriage.”

The Supreme Court ruled same-sex couples had the same right to marry as heterosexual couples in 2015.

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Mike Johnson, the newly-minted Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is standing by an article he wrote some 15 years ago when the Supreme Court overturned state laws criminalizing sodomy, saying: "Go pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it – that’s my worldview. That’s what I believe, so I do not apologize for it." show more
October 27, 2023
Jake Welch
Culture
UK

WATCH: UK Woman Fined for Silently Praying Outside Abortion Clinic.

A British Christian woman was fined by the authorities after she silently prayed outside of an abortion clinic in the English city of Birmingham earlier this month.

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who has already received two fines for praying outside other clinics in the UK, was told by a Community Support Officer that she would be issued with a fixed penalty notice because she was praying “for the lives of unborn children” within the facility’s “buffer zone” of 150 meters.

Her actions failed to comply with the “Anti-Social Behaviour Order,” according to the two officers in the video, despite the fact she was not staging a protest outside the facility.

Vaughan-Spruce has since confirmed that she was not within the buffer zone as an act of protest but merely to pray, arguing: “This is the third time I have been treated like a criminal for peacefully, silently, and imperceptibly praying for women who are likely facing one of the worst days of their lives.”

“The UK government urgently needs to clarify that silent thoughts can never be illegal – even if those thoughts are in disagreement with the views of the State,” she added.

Britain made it a crime to undertake any action considered “interference” with access to abortions last year. As a result, merely attempting to “advise or persuade” someone from getting an abortion or to “inform about abortion services” is considered an offense in the UK capable of landing someone up to six months in prison, according Clause 9 of the Public Order Bill.

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A British Christian woman was fined by the authorities after she silently prayed outside of an abortion clinic in the English city of Birmingham earlier this month. show more
October 26, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
News
Politics

1 in 4 Americans Now Say ‘Patriots May Have to Resort to Violence to Save the Country’.

There has been a major increase in the number of Americans who agree that “Because things haven gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country” – with a sharper rise among Democrats and Independents than Republicans.

While only 15 percent of Americans agreed political violence may be necessary in 2021, the figure has risen to 23 percent as of 2023.

This sentiment is highest among Republicans, having risen from 28 percent to 33 percent, but the rise has been more significant among Democrats, almost doubling from seven percent to 13 percent. Independents have also seen a sharper rise, from 13 percent to 22 percent.

Similar changes can be observed when examining Americans’ religious and ethnic backgrounds. The feeling that political violence may be necessary is greatest among white evangelicals and mainline Protestants, having risen from 24 and 18 percent to 31 and 25 percent, respectively – but there has been a more pronounced rise among black Protestants, from 12 percent to 24 percent.

Hispanic Catholics are actually slightly more likely to believe political violence is necessary than white Catholics, at 21 percent versus 20 percent (up from 17 and 16 percent in 2021.)

People who describe themselves are religiously unaffiliated or religious but non-Christian have also seen steep rises, from 12 percent to 23 percent and from nine percent to 23 percent.

People in these groups were not broken down by ethnicity or by particular religions such as Islam, however.

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There has been a major increase in the number of Americans who agree that "Because things haven gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country" – with a sharper rise among Democrats and Independents than Republicans. show more
October 25, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
News
World

Japan’s Supreme Court Says You Don’t Need to Lop Your Cock Off to be ‘Trans’.

The Supreme Court of Japan has overturned strict laws preventing people from legally changing gender unless they have followed through on transition surgery.

Under laws dating from 2004, Japan had required anyone who wished to change their gender to be at least 18, diagnosed with gender dysphoria by two doctors, and to have gone far enough down the path of “transition” that they had “no reproductive glands” or only reproductive glands that had “permanently” lost their natural function.

In addition, people asking to change their gender are required to be unmarried and to have either no children or only children who have reached adulthood, to protect the interests of their families.

Now, however, unelected judges have ruled the laws requiring people to be sterilized before legally changing gender “[restrict] a person’s free rights not to have their bodies invaded against their will” and “[cause] an extreme physical and economic burden,” and are therefore unconstitutional.

The ruling is opposed by a group of legislators known as the League of Diet Members to Protect the Safety and Security of Women and Women’s Sports, who believe the previous system kept natural-born women relatively safe from biological males accessing women’s spaces.

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The Supreme Court of Japan has overturned strict laws preventing people from legally changing gender unless they have followed through on transition surgery. show more
October 23, 2023
Jake Welch
Culture
Politics

Kanye West ‘Ye’ Abandons 2024 Presidential Aim.

Rapper Kanye West – also known as “Ye” – has pulled out of the 2024 presidential election, according to his attorney Bruce Marks, who recently stated, “He’s not a candidate for office in 2024.”

West’s political committee, Kanye 2020, reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that it possessed a mere $23,000 cash on hand in its October filing, with supposed director of political operations Milo Yiannopoulos – a long-standing homosexual grifter – no longer registered on the committee’s payroll. 

A source close to West admitted the chance of Kanye running is “beyond remote” at this point and that there are “no plans” to reverse course. Another described the ill-fated campaign as “dysfunction and malfunction from the beginning.”

The rapper floated his intention of running for president in 2024 last year but failed to receive any momentum as a result of comments made on Alex Jones’s Infowars, in which he declared his love for Adolf Hitler.

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Rapper Kanye West – also known as "Ye" – has pulled out of the 2024 presidential election, according to his attorney Bruce Marks, who recently stated, "He's not a candidate for office in 2024." show more

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
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MTV
October 19, 2023
Culture
News
War

MTV Music Awards in Paris Scrapped Amid Gaza War, Increased Terror Risk.

Paramount Global has announced the cancellation of the 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), saying it does not seem like an appropriate time for such a celebration – but also indicating fear of a radical Islamic terror attack played a role in the decision.

“The MTV EMAs are an annual celebration of global music. As we watch the devastating events in Israel and Gaza continue to unfold, this does not feel like a moment for a global celebration. With thousands of lives already lost, it is a moment of mourning,” the company said in a statement.

The awards ceremony, held every year since 1994, was due to take place in Paris, France – currently on high alert for acts of terrorism after violent protests over the conflict in Gaza, and a possible terror attack in Arras which saw a Chechen refugee stab a schoolteacher to death in broad daylight why crying “Allah hu Akbar!”

MTV said confirmed the awards were canceled “out of an abundance of caution for the thousands of employees, crew members, artists, fans, and partners who travel from all corners of the world to bring the show to life.”

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Paramount Global has announced the cancellation of the 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), saying it does not seem like an appropriate time for such a celebration – but also indicating fear of a radical Islamic terror attack played a role in the decision. show more
October 18, 2023
Culture
News
Politics

RFK Suddenly Wants Reparations for Black Americans, Just as Biden is Losing Them to Trump.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced his support for issuing reparations black Americans, just as recent polling shows President Joe Biden hemorrhaging black votes to former President Donald J. Trump. The CIA-run campaign now believes federal dollars should be used to rebuild black infrastructure such as banks and businesses, and to provide direct redress payments or tax credits to the descendants of victims of Jim Crow.

This week, popular black rap artist ‘Waka Flocka Flame’ endorsed Trump, as an increasing number of Black Americans report they were more financially secure under Donald Trump.

Now, as a result of the clear ploy to use RFK to as a spoiler, anti-Trump candidate, the so-called “independent” is arguing that repair is necessary for communities targeted by discrimination.

Murdoch’s New York Post reported the move as a shift to the left of Biden, with neocon, pro-DeSantis reporter Diana Glebova attempting to insinuate this was not a spoiler move for the communities within which Trump is making historic inroads.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced his support for issuing reparations black Americans, just as recent polling shows President Joe Biden hemorrhaging black votes to former President Donald J. Trump. The CIA-run campaign now believes federal dollars should be used to rebuild black infrastructure such as banks and businesses, and to provide direct redress payments or tax credits to the descendants of victims of Jim Crow. show more

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
I feel like I keep having to explain this to people lately, which is frustrating, but maybe it’ll encourage me to do a podcast about it soon
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October 18, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Education

WATCH: Drag-Loving ASU Prof Lunges at Turning Point Activists, Then LIES About Attack.

Arizona State University (ASU) instructor and Drag Queen Story Hour organizer David Boyles, who claimed he was assaulted by Turning Point USA citizen journalists interrogating him on his efforts to foist graphic “sex education” on children, appears to have lied about key details of the incident.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Boyles had claimed he was “confronted by two right-wing fascists” on October 11th.

“One filmed on his phone while the other shouted horrible and incendiary things at me,” Boyles said, alleging he “moved to block the camera” and “the other one jumped me from behind, slamming me to the pavement and causing the injuries you see above.”

“They then ran off like the cowardly pieces of shit that they are,” he added.

CCTV footage shared by Turning Point USA boss Charlie Kirk, however, reveals Boyles’s account to be untrue, showing the professor lunging aggressively and persistently at the cameraman, making physical contact in what can only be described as an assault. Only at this point did the other man, TPUSA’s Kalen D’Almeida, push Boyles away from from his colleague. The pair do not flee the scene as Boyles claimed, either, with D’Almeida even appearing to offer a hand to help him back to his feet, while they continued recording.

“Our reporter used his constitutionally-protected speech to ask a taxpayer-funded employee some simple questions,” Kirk said, including “Why is he the Phoenix sponsor of Drag Queen Story Hour” and “Why is [he] publishing books about minors having sex with adults?”

Boyles, accused by D’Almeida of wanting to create a “different America” where “little boys are sodomized by people like you,” has previously published graphic book drafts detailing the sexual experiences of a 17-year-old minor who leaves his Christian family to “orbit” a highly sexual and “unapologetically queer” tutor.

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Arizona State University (ASU) instructor and Drag Queen Story Hour organizer David Boyles, who claimed he was assaulted by Turning Point USA citizen journalists interrogating him on his efforts to foist graphic "sex education" on children, appears to have lied about key details of the incident. show more