https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-suspected-muslim-rebels-storm-temple-kill-monks/a-47147387

Thailand: Suspected Muslim rebels storm temple, kill monks

Black-clad gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead two Buddhist monks and wounded two others in southern Thailand. Separatist violence which first flared in 2004 has seen an uptick in recent weeks after a three-year lull.

Thai military police stand in front of temple (Reuters/S. Boonthanom)
Thailand's military leader and prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha on Saturday vowed to "punish" those responsible for storming a Buddhist temple near Malaysia's border, killing two monks.

Suspected Muslim gunmen dressed in black arrived at the Rattanaupap temple in the southern province of Narathiwat on motorbikes at around 7:30 p.m. local time on Friday (1230 UTC), officials said.

They then entered the building from the back and shot dead two monks, leaving two others wounded. One of those killed was the temple's abbot.

Read more: Thousands evacuated as Storm Pabuk strikes Thailand beaches

No group has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack, the first to target monks for more than three years.

Security stepped up at temples and mosques

Local monks were told to suspend morning alms collection starting from Saturday in Thailand's three most southerly provinces. Security was also stepped up to protect Islamic leaders, after an imam in the same region was shot dead last week.

The temple attack was one of several violent incidents in Narathiwat on Friday, including a roadside bombing that wounded five members of the security forces, and a shootout between paramilitary rangers and five armed men that left one of the gunmen dead.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/politics/donald-trump-clemson-food/index.html?fbclid=IwAR14qS4EyP7VZSjgazHgP20lgliZUI8TCmFfIb57WwjJjgDAKeIRbx7QMws

President Donald Trump is personally paying for the meals that will be provided to the Clemson University football team during their national championship celebration at the White House on Monday night, CNN has learned.

Earlier Monday, Trump told reporters, unprompted, that he is serving "McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King's with some pizza."

"I think that would be their favorite food, so we'll see what happens," he added.

"The President wanted to host a fun event to celebrate the College Football National Champion Clemson Tigers," deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told CNN in a statement.

"Because the Democrats refuse to negotiate on border security, much of the residence staff at the White House is furloughed -- so the President is personally paying for the event to be catered with some of everyone's favorite fast foods," he said.

Returning to the White House on Monday evening from a brief trip to New Orleans for a speech, Trump told reporters that he was providing the Tigers with the fast-food dinner -- "paid for by me" -- as a result of the shutdown.

"Because of the shutdown, you know we have the great Clemson team with us, the national champions. So we went out and we ordered American fast food, paid for by me," Trump said. "Lots of hamburgers, lots of pizza."

"We have some very large people that like eating. So I think we're going to have a little fun," he added.

Standing behind a table brimming with fast food, Trump promoted the dinner for Clemson as "great American food."

"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he added, noting the smorgasbord of pizza, "300 hamburgers, many, many french fries -- all of our favorite foods."

The display included boxes of Big Macs, chicken nuggets and Filet-O-Fish.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/girl-16-forced-use-colostomy-13866091

The teenager, from Australia, severely injured her bowel trying to mimic acts she had seen in violent online porn, according to a shocking report
A 16-year-old girl must use a colostomy bag for the rest of her life after severely injuring her bowel during rough group sex.

The teenager's shocking injury happened after she tried to copy aggressive sex acts from porn she had seen online.

Experts say her horrific case is just one of a string of recent examples, which have caused porn-addicted men and women to suffer life-changing injuries.

It is believed to be particularly prevalent in Australia.

>While the most common types of "harassment" reported were "sexual stories or jokes that were offensive" and "offensive remarks about appearance, body or sexual activities," more serious transgressions were also common, including offensive gestures and touching, as well as unwelcome attempts at conversation about sexual matters.

>Two-thirds of the harassers were male. Only a third of the victims said they "took action" following the harassment. The survey was conducted by management consultancy Deloitte in the form of a confidential online questionnaire.
Keyword: Survey

> Last year, Jan Beagle was promoted to head the UN's task force on sexual harassment while she herself was under investigation for the same offense.
>The task force was formed in response to the #MeToo movement, which found vocal supporters among the UN's ranks.

Meanwhile 90% of fortune 500's have Employee Resource Groups (segregated Labor Unions), including one that actively promotes a preferred sexual activity LGBT, that is not considered sexual harassment. These Segregated Labor union are behind every movement. https://youtu.be/k0Cih7Ut93g


https://www.rt.com/news/448909-un-sexual-harassment-survey/

Frenchman sets off on crazy Atlantic voyage from Canary Islands

http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2019/01/06/man-in-barrel-sets-sail-from-spain-in-three-month-bid-to-reach-caribbean-using-only-ocean-currents/

The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk has died in hospital, a day after being stabbed at a charity event.

Pawel Adamowicz, 53, was attacked on stage in front of hundreds of people on Sunday.

He was taken to hospital for stab injuries and underwent five hours of surgery at a local hospital.

A 27-year-old with a criminal record has been arrested over the attack. Police believe he used a media pass to gain access to the stage.


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https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jewish-representation-in-Congress-now-three-times-that-of-nation-as-whole-576414

Jews make up 2 percent of the US population, so Congress as a whole is more than thrice as Jewish as the country in general.

More than 6 percent of the new Congress is Jewish, with 34 Jews among the total of 535 lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate.

Jews make up 2 percent of the US population, so Congress as a whole is more than thrice as Jewish as the country in general, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center on religion in the new Congress, which was inaugurated Thursday.
The number is even larger in the Senate, where eight of the 100 members are Jewish. That’s 8 percent, for the math challenged.

This Congress has four more Jews than its predecessor, which had 30 Jewish members. But it’s far from the most Jewish Congress ever. That was the 1993 Congress, which boasted 51 Jews — nearly 10 percent of the total.

All of the Jews in the Senate are Democrats, as are all but two in the House. The Republican exceptions are Reps. Lee Zeldin and David Kustoff, from New York and Tennessee, respectively. They are the only non-Christian Republicans in the Congress, according to Pew.

Congress as a whole is overwhelmingly Christian — even more so than the country. Seventy-one percent of Americans identify as Christian, compared to 88 percent of Congress. Both Protestants and Catholics are over-represented on Capitol Hill.

The most underrepresented group is unaffiliated Americans. Twenty-three percent of Americans don’t identify with a religion, but that’s true of just a sole member of Congress — new Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Unitarians are also represented in Congress.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/philippine-vote-on-muslim-self-rule-puts-christians-on-edge-11548039823

Voters in a Muslim-majority region in the Philippines will decide on a proposal for greater self determination, a pivotal attempt at peace that tests the fragile relationship between Muslims and a Roman Catholic minority concerned about creeping Islamic authority.

To most of the four million people on the southern island of Mindanao, the vote offers a hopeful end to decades of conflict between armed groups and the government in this overwhelmingly Catholic country of 100 million people. The fighting claimed...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_conflict

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bud_Dajo#Aftermath

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_Rebellion