Airline Sues Passenger for Missing Flight

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A method commonly used by airline passengers to get cheaper fares is at the center of a court row between a German airline and one of its customers.

Lufthansa has taken a passenger, who didn’t show up for the last leg of his ticketed journey, to court in an apparent bid to clamp down on “hidden city” ticketing.

The practice involves passengers leaving their journey at a layover point, instead of making a final connection. . .

Back in 2014, United Airlines and Orbitz filed a civil lawsuit against 22-year-old Aktarer Zaman, who founded the website Skiplagged.com, which helps travelers find cheaper flights by using the “hidden city” strategy. (Read more from “Airline Sues Passenger for Missing Flight” HERE)

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Pope Francis Makes Shocking Revelation About Another Scandal Same Week Research Reveals 80% of Priests are Gay

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By Townhall. It’s not just the sexual abuse of children, mostly boys, by Catholic priests that have rocked the church—earlier this week Pope Francis confirmed that the mistreatment of women has been a problem in some congregations around the world as well.

In a shocking revelation, the pope said nuns have and continue to be sexually abused by Catholic bishops and priests, going so far as to say some have been sexual slaves.

The scope of the abuse of nuns by clergy members first came to light with the publication at the beginning of February of the monthly Vatican magazine “Women Church World.” The edition included Francis’ own take on the scandal — long known about by the Vatican but virtually never discussed — in which he blamed the unchecked power wielded by priests and higher clergy across the Catholic Church for such crimes.

An Associated Press journalist who first reported on the scandal last year asked Pope Francis on his flight home from the Arabian Peninsula on Tuesday whether enough was being done by the Church hierarchy to address the problem.

The pontiff conceded that it was a problem and said more action was needed. He insisted the will to confront the abuse is there, and stressed that the problem is not new, and that the Church has been working to address it for some time. (CBS News)

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Explosive: Expose by French Researcher Claims 4 out of 5 Priests are Homosexual

By Connor Boyd. Eighty per cent of Vatican priests are gay and living in the closet, according to an explosive new book to be published next week.

The 570-page expose, titled In the Closet of the Vatican, claims that four in five clerics in the Roman Catholic Church are homosexuals – but aren’t necessarily sexually active.

French sociologist and journalist Frederic Martel, who spent four years conducting 1,500 interviews for the book, found that some priests maintained discreet long term relationships, while others lived double lives having casual sex with gay partners and using male prostitutes.

Martel, a former adviser to the French government who is openly gay, claims he spoke with 41 cardinals, 52 bishops and monsignors, 45 papal ambassadors or diplomatic officials, 11 Swiss guards and more than 200 priests and seminarians as research for the book. . .

Although the book doesn’t conflate homosexuality with the child sex abuse in the church, Martel claims gay priests do not want to report abuse on children in case their on homosexuality is exposed – according to sources familiar with the book’s contents. (Read more from this story HERE)

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America Is Pro-Israel Because Americans Are Pro-Israel

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America is pro-Israel because Americans are pro-Israel

Social media is ablaze reacting to the Twitter insinuation of anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., that Jewish-Israeli money is the real reason why American policy is very supportive of the state of Israel.

Omar’s anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are proven incorrect by virtually every legitimate polling company in the United States that measures Americans’ support for the Jewish state. In fact, last year, according to Gallup, U.S. support for Israel hit a two-decade high. The statistic is incredibly impressive when you consider how hostile and unfair much of the legacy media has been in covering Israel over the past few years.

There are many reasons why Americans support the nation of Israel, which is by far the most free country in the Middle East. For conservatives, it’s largely about our shared classical liberal and Western values. Others cite Israel’s modern economy, impressive technologies, its culture of tolerance, entrepreneurial spirit, respect for the rule of law, insistence upon equality and human rights, and its democratic governing process.

Americans are not fooled into supporting Israel, as Omar seems to imply. America supports Israel because the vast majority of Americans are pro-Israel at our core. (Read more from “America Is Pro-Israel Because Americans Are Pro-Israel” HERE)

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Catholic Church Hierarchy Under Fire for Heresy and Rape of Nun

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By The Independent. An Indian nun who says a bishop raped her 13 times and was urged by church officials to keep silent about it has been told the case is going to trial.

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who maintains his innocence, will be charged and face trial by a special prosecutor on accusations of rape and intimidation, police said. . .

The church acknowledged the accusations only after five of the woman’s fellow nuns mutinied and publicly rallied to her side to draw attention to her year-long quest for justice, despite what they described as heavy pressure to remain silent.

The case is part of a larger problem in the church that Pope Francis addressed on Tuesday for the first time after decades of silence from the Vatican. He acknowledged that sexual abuse of nuns by clerics was a continuing problem.

At a time when church attendance is low in the West, and monasteries are being closed across Europe and America, the Vatican increasingly relies on places such as India to keep the faith growing. (Read more from “Catholic Church Hierarchy Under Fire for Heresy and Rape of Nun” HERE)

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Former Cardinal Issues Manifesto in Thinly Veiled Attack on Pope

By Reuters. A cardinal who was sacked from a senior Vatican post by Pope Francis has written his own “Manifesto of Faith,” in the latest attack on the pontiff’s authority by a leading member of the Church’s conservative wing.

Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, 71, a German who was the Vatican’s doctrinal chief until 2017, issued the four-page manifesto on Friday via conservative Catholic media outlets.

He said “many bishops, priests, religious and lay people” had requested it. He did not say how many and why he was issuing it now. . .

Mueller said he wrote it “in the face of growing confusion about the doctrine of the faith”.

He said some Church leaders “have abandoned the people entrusted to them, unsettling them and severely damaging their faith”. He warned against “the fraud of (the) anti-Christ”. (Read more from “Former Cardinal Issues Manifesto in Thinly Veiled Attack on Pope” HERE)

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Coming to America? Mom Arrested in Front of Kids for ‘Misgendering’ a Transgender ‘Woman’

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(Editor’s note: the mainstream press engages in the PC fiction that men can be women and vice versa. Thus, the improper use of pronouns in the article below. Our apologies)

A mother was arrested in front of her children and jailed after referring to a transgender woman as a man online.

Three officers detained Kate Scottow, a 38-year-old masters’ student, at her home in Hertfordshire, England and locked her up for seven hours last December. Her photograph, DNA, and fingerprints were taken, and she remains under investigation. . .

Scottow allegedly tweeted “defamatory” comments about Hayden amid a “toxic” online debate over proposed changes to the UK Gender Recognition Act, according to High Court papers obtained by The Mail on Sunday. She has been accused of a “campaign of targeted harassment” against Hayden, allegedly motivated by her “status as a transgender woman.”

Writing last week on Mumsnet, a popular British parenting website, Scottow said: “I was arrested in my home by three officers, with my autistic ten-year-old daughter and breastfed 20-month-old son present.”

“I was then detained for seven hours in a cell with no sanitary products (which I said I needed) before being interviewed then later released under investigation … I was arrested for harassment and malicious communications because I called someone out and misgendered them on Twitter.” (Read more from “Coming to America? Mom Arrested in Front of Kids for ‘Misgendering’ a Transgender Woman” HERE)

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More Than 50 Polar Bears Invade Village, Sparking State of Emergency

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A polar bear invasion is terrorizing Russians on a remote Arctic island with more than 50 beasts besieging one town.

A state of emergency has been declared on Soviet nuclear testing archipelago Novaya Zemlya as the beasts enter the front doors of apartment blocks.

Despite the siege, residents have been warned they face prosecution is they shoot the endangered species.

People are “afraid to go outside” and “daily life is in turmoil”, said deputy head of local administration, Aleksandr Minayev. . .

The focus is the town of Belushya Guba where 52 polar bears have been counted scavenging for food in local dumps and wandering around the settlement. (Read more from “More Than 50 Polar Bears Invade Village, Sparking State of Emergency” HERE)

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The Dossier: The Iranian Regime’s ‘Death to America’ Deception

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Iranian leader falsely claims ‘Death to America’ is about Trump, not America

In a sermon Friday, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the terrorist regime in Iran, claimed that the infamous “Death to America” chants that he leads every Friday after prayers are not actually directed at America, but at President Trump and his associates.

“As long as America continues its wickedness, the Iranian nation will not abandon ‘Death to America’,” the Ayatollah pledged, seemingly contradicting himself. “‘Death to America’ means death to Trump, [National Security Adviser] John Bolton, and [Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo. It means death to American rulers,” he added.

Of course, the regime in Tehran has chanted “Death to America” during every presidency since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. It’s not about President Trump. Iran’s fundamental mission under the theocratic regime is to spread the Shiite Islamic revolution far and wide, through violent force, by arming jihadi terrorist organizations, and by circulating anti-Western, anti-American propaganda and messaging.

Khamenei is simply trying to garner support in the West for Iran’s ambitions, hoping he can fool gullible Western progressives into believing that his issues are with the president and not with the West as a whole.

US-China trade deal deadline approaches without resolution

As a March 1 deadline for the imposition of punitive tariffs nears, the U.S.-China trade talks appear to have stalled.

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that “the two nations are far from an agreement” and that fears continue to grow that failing to secure an agreement will result in devastating economic consequences for the two superpowers.

U.S. and Chinese negotiators will meet next week in an attempt to strike a deal before tariffs go into effect.

Caravan migrants plot new US entry routes in response to border security boost

Central American migrants are said to be reconsidering their normal paths of illegal entry into the United States, as the Trump administration prepares to bolster security measures on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Reuters reports:

“Some Central American migrants seeking entry into the United States but stalled near a Texas crossing said on Wednesday they are considering moving to another part of the border, where they may have a better chance of lodging a speedy asylum claim.”

The report adds:

“Mulling their next move from the dusty Mexican town of Piedras Negras, just south of the Eagle Pass crossing on the U.S. side, the latest group of around 1,700 caravan migrants want to avoid a potentially months-long wait for a chance to plead their case for asylum.

Khashoggi madness continues in Congress

The Khashoggi-obsessed Congress is demanding that the Trump administration sanction Saudi Arabia for its role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Islamist who had been living temporarily in the United States and contributing columns to the Washington Post prior to his demise.

For the truth on Khashoggi, read my columns at Conservative Review. (For more from the author of “The Dossier: The Iranian Regime’s ‘Death to America’ Deception” please click HERE)

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Woman Who Outed Clinton’s Faith Healer as Child Rapist Found Dead; Son Writes on Facebook, “They Killed My Mother”

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By News Punch. The woman who outed Bill Clinton’s faith healer as the leader of a child sex ring has been found dead amid a total media blackout. . .

According to local Brazilian reports, Sabrina Bittencourt, the activist who initially unmasked John of God, turned up dead over the weekend. The story is nowhere in the english-speaking press yet.

From Cartacapital.com.br (translated from Spanish):

The death of Bittencourt, who was 38 years old, was confirmed in a note by Maria do Carmo Santos, president of the NGO Victims United.

“The group Victims United reports with regret the death of Sabrina de Campos Bittencourt occurred around 9 pm this Saturday, February 2, in the city of Barcelona, ​​Spain, where he lived. The activist committed suicide and left a farewell letter stating the reasons for taking her own life. We urge everyone not to try to get in touch with any family member, to keep them from asking questions that are painful at this difficult time. Two of Sabrina’s three children still do not know what happened, and her father, Rafael Velasco, is trying to protect them. Sabrina’s fight will never be forgotten and we will continue, with the same force, defending minorities, especially women who are daily victims of machismo. “

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Faith Healer With Millions of Followers Ran A “Sex Slave Farm and Sold Babies to Highest Bidder”

By Mirror UK. He was Brazil’s most famous faith healer whose “miracle surgeries” drew millions of pilgrims from across the globe. . .

And Bill Clinton, singer Paul Simon and supermodel Naomi Campbell are among the other celebrities rumoured to have visited him. . .

But two months ago, his world crumbled when he was accused of sexually abusing a Dutch woman, live on TV. . .

Brazilian activist Sabrina Bittencourt, whose investigations led to Teixeira’s arrest in December, now claims the celebrity medium ran a baby trafficking operation where children were “farmed” in Brazil before being sold to childless couples around the world.

Shockingly, she claims young girls were held captive in remote farms where they were forced to produce babies – before being murdered after 10 years of giving birth. (Read more from “Faith Healer With Millions of Followers Ran A “Sex Slave Farm and Sold Babies to Highest Bidder” HERE)
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Son Claims, “They Killed My Mother”

By Natalia Penza. Sabrina Bittencourt, 38, died at her home in Barcelona just days after accusing John of God – real name Joao Teixeira de Faria – of running a ‘sex slave farm’.

She claimed young girls were held captive in a farming operation which exported babies on the black market.

The women would be murdered after ten years of having babies in the alleged scheme run by the 77-year-old celebrity faith healer, who was arrested last year after hundreds of women accused him of abuse, she said.

Ms Bittencourt left Brazil and was forced to live under protection after receiving death threats.

Her eldest son Gabriel Baum confirmed her death, writing on Facebook: ‘She took the last step so that we could live. They killed my mother.’ (Read more about the woman who brought down Clinton’s faith healer HERE)

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Iron Alliance: U.S. To Purchase Israel’s Iron Dome Weapons Defense System

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By Daily Wire. On Wednesday, the United States Army confirmed that plans have been finalized to buy two of Israel’s Iron Dome weapons system batteries for $373 million.

The two batteries will include 12 launchers, two radars, two battlement management centers, and 240 interceptors, the Times of Israel reports.

In a statement, U.S. Army Col. Patrick Seiber said that the Army will determine if the system can be used to protect U.S. military service members.

“The Iron Dome will be assessed and experimented as a system that is currently available to protect deployed U.S. military service members against a wide variety of indirect fire threats and aerial threats,” Seiber said, according to CNN. “While Iron Dome has been in operational use by the Israeli Air Force since 2011 and proven effective in combat, it should be noted that the U.S. Army will assess a variety of options for its long-term IFPC solution.”

“No decisions have been made regarding the fielding or experimentation of Iron Dome in specific theaters,” Seiber added. (Read more from “Iron Alliance: U.S. To Purchase Israel’s Iron Dome Weapons Defense System” HERE)

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Netanyahu Hails U.S. Purchase of Israeli Iron Dome Batteries

By The Times of Israel. The Israeli Defense Ministry and US Department of Defense on Wednesday confirmed that the US Army will buy Israeli-developed Iron Dome batteries to defend deployed American troops.

Announcing the purchase, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also serves as defense minister, said the deal was proof of the strength of the relationship between the two countries, before warning Israel’s enemies not to test the strength of the country’s “iron fist.”

“This is a great achievement for Israel and yet another expression of the strengthening of our powerful alliance with the US and an expression of Israel’s rising status in the world,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “Israel has an Iron Dome and an iron fist. Our systems know how to deal with any threat, both in defense and in attack. I would not recommend our enemies to try us.” (Read more from “Netanyahu Hails U.S. Purchase of Israeli Iron Dome Batteries” HERE)

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Pope Francis Says Islam and Christianity Will Promote Common Values

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Upon returning from his historic Apostolic Journey to the Arabian Penninsula, specifically the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis said that the Islamic world and the Christian world will work together to promote “common values.”

Speaking before his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Pope Francis discussed his meeting with the Great Imam of Al-Azhar and their signing of the document on the Human Brotherhood, which condemned all forms of religious violence, and the spreading of authentic values throughout the world.

“The Great Imam of Al-Azhar and I signed the document on the Human Brotherhood, in which together we affirm the common vocation of all men and women to be brothers in. As God’s sons and daughters, we condemn all forms of violence, especially those with religious motivation, and we commit ourselves to spreading authentic values and peace throughout the world,” Pope Francis said. “It gives so much pressure to move forward in the dialogue on human brotherhood.”

The Holy Father said the document was meant to give a “clear and decisive sign” that different religions can respect each other in dialogue. He also denounced the temptation to see a “clash between Christian and Islamic civilizations.”

“In an era like ours, in which the temptation to see a clash between Christian and Islamic civilizations is strong, and also to consider religions as sources of conflict, we wanted to give a further, clear and decisive sign that instead it is possible to meet, it is possible to respect and dialogue, and that, despite the diversity of cultures and traditions, the Christian and Islamic world appreciate and protect common values: life, family, religious sense, honor for the elderly, the education of young people, and others,” the Pope said. (Read more from “Pope Francis Says Islam and Christianity Will Promote Common Values” HERE)

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