Double Standard

UK: 67-Year Old Man Sentenced to 8-Months for Having a Laser Jammer and Flipping Off Police

The judge said that the man's actions “strike at the heart” of the justice system and his sentence must act as a deterrent. The attack on the man's free speech is a warning to others who dare to criticize the government and authorities. Law enforcement and the justice system have set a double-standard that divides people and stokes hatred. [...]

Fake news creates real reactions? If so, we are in worse shape than ever.

For the last week, the news headlines have been full of a new “scandal” regarding data mining and targeted ad campaigning based on that data. The parties involved were the Social Media giant Facebook and a group called Cambridge Analytica, a firm that built profiles of about fifty million Facebook users and used them for target political advertising.

UK Pop Star Lied about Taking in Refugees. She Rented to Diplomats Instead

Lily Allen is a popular singer and entertainer in the UK who is known for her support of mass immigration. Last year, she welcomed several refugees into her luxury home, but then sent a request to her fans to house her and her two children over Christmas, because the foreigners would not leave her home. Later it was discovered that she did not open her home to refugees at all. Instead, she rented the property to wealthy diplomats who she claimed she could not evict because they had diplomatic immunity.

Irak : double attentat de l’EI à Nassiriya, 84 morts, 93 blessés. Qui en a entendu parler ?

En arrière-plan, une photo de Nassiriya en Irak après le double attentat, le 14 septembre 2017
Il y a moins d’un mois, le 14 septembre 2017, dans la province de Dhi Qar en Irak, aux alentours de la ville de Nassiriya, 84 personnes ont trouvé la mort dans un double attentat revendiqué par daesh ; 93 personnes ont été blessées.