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There are two, and only two, scientific definitions of "alt-right".
Frogs, clowns and swastikas
Chuds
Fuentes, Baked Alaska and Evola
Taylor, Molyneux and Spencer
Bannon, Southern and Yiannopoulos
SF, TDS, TRS, 8chan and /pol/
Rebuilding the Reich, one meme at a time
Aleksandr Dugin
Alt-right glossary
Hbdchick
Jason Kessler
JonTron
Buzzwords and dogwhistles
Alt-right glossary (non-Anglophone)
Manosphere glossary
""Well, tough luck, fags. The alt-right is just a euphemism for Nazism.
—The Daily Stormer, actual Nazi website[1]
""By all means, compare these shitheads to the Nazis. Again and again. I'm with you.
—Mike Godwin of Godwin's Law fame, referring to the Unite the Right rally[2]
The alt-right (short for nazi alternative right) is a patriotically correct term for neo-Nazi far-right movement that opposes tolerance, multiculturalism and social justice (items they file under "Cultural Marxism" and "SJW").
The movement is largely internet-based, made up of frustrated late-blooming teens-to-twenty-somethings, and is itself the merger of traditional white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and neo-Confederates overlapping the neoreactionary movement, Gamergate and the manosphere. The alt-right consensus of the day generally rests at the juncture of those three groups. The term originated with Richard Spencer's white nationalist magazine/blog Alternative Right, which was nicknamed "AltRight".
The alt-right wholeheartedly embraces the overt racism, anti-semitism, misogyny, and homophobia typical of neo-Nazi affectations — in Twitter-paced combination with the shitposting, bullying, doxxing, and trolling of 4chan/8chan culture as a lifestyle. You'll find them on /pol/, The Daily Stormer, /r/The_Donald, My Posting Career, Gab, Voat, The Right Stuff, and (most notably) in every unmoderated comment field on any decent website where wholesome and inclusive news reports may go otherwise unprotested.
The frothing vanguard of manufactured outrage, executive producers and core demographic of fake news-driven social media hysteria, perpetually in search of today's new bar for "edgy", they're also the ones who popularized "cuckservative" as a term of abuse for anyone on the right that they consider not racist enough.
Whether they are primarily neoreactionaries who are into white nationalism, or white nationalists dressing their ideas up with neoreactionary jargon, is probably a distinction without a difference. The term "alt-right" has come more generally to signify "Trump supporters who think swastikas are good". In this context, it's just a hip alias for "white supremacists" — with all the extra PR-savvy granted by its plausible deniability for when the need arises.
The Associated Press recommends:[3]
""Whenever "alt-right" is used in a story, be sure to include a definition: "an offshoot of conservatism mixing racism, white nationalism and populism," or, more simply, "a white nationalist movement." Avoid using the term generically and without definition, however, because it is not well known and the term may exist primarily as a public-relations device to make its supporters' actual beliefs less clear and more acceptable to a broader audience. In the past we have called such beliefs racist, neo-Nazi or white supremacist.
1.1 The dawn of shitposting
2 Major themes
2.1 Whites are under attack
2.2 Men are under attack
2.3 Language is under attack
2.4 Ethnostates
2.5 On Religion
2.6 Rehashing the ideas of past losers by new losers
2.7 The need for attention, especially from traditional media outlets
2.8 Doublethink
2.9 Alt-tech
3 Unite the Right
4 Trump cult
5 Yang gang
""The alt-right began with a speech the conservative writer Paul Gottfried gave in 2008, after the Republican Party's electoral wipeout. […] But it was Donald Trump's presidential campaign that brought the movement into the mainstream".
—The Washington Post[4]
The press has been calling it an online phenomenon even though some factions pre-date the internet. 4chan and vloggers are the online element with others having one foot in the real world and the other online. You can trace it back through father's rights and mythopoetics back in the 1980s,[5][6][7] which had some crossover with Christian Identity/Quiverfull in the 1990s.[8][9] Over time it became more myopic and selfish, with Men's Rights, Ladder Theory, PUA, and the Red Pill.[10] Gamergate was the debutante ball for a lot of the reaction which had been building but had no central ladder.[11][12]
The paleocon wing is perhaps the oldest (hence paleo):[13] Pat Buchanan (himself a Nixon aide) founded the news journal which produced Richard Spencer, and you have guys who were once mainstream like Peter Brimelow,[14] who was an aide to Orrin Hatch and editor of Forbes. Then you have the Clinton-era militia groups like the Oath Keepers,[15] who are in or out depending on who you talk to.[16] There's the Silicon Valley neoreaction wing made up of techies and businesspeople where some have considerable weight[17] (see Peter Thiel advising Trump), and others who are just extremely prolific bloggers (Mencius Moldbug).[18] There's the academic HBD/eugenicist wing made up of professors, grad students, and their followers, some of whom are actually affiliated with neo-Nazi parties like Kevin MacDonald. The internet didn't really cause these things so much as it allowed consolidation into the loose coalition of alt-right. There are even more sects, but the point of things like "Unite the Right" is to try to hold all of them together.
Who exactly brought the movement to the mainstream? Richard Spencer, who is best described thus:[19]
Richard Spencer uses chopsticks to deftly pluck slivers of togarashi-crusted ahi from a rectangular plate. He is sitting in the Continental-style lounge of the Firebrand Hotel, near his home in the upscale resort town of Whitefish, Montana, discussing a subject not typically broached in polite company. "Race is something between a breed and an actual species," he says, likening the differences between whites and people of color to those between golden retrievers and basset hounds. "It's that powerful."
We are well into our third round of Arrogant Frog, a merlot that Spencer chose because its name reminds him of Pepe, the cartoon frog commandeered as a mascot by the "alt-right" movement that has been thrust from the shadows by Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Spencer says Pepe could also be seen as the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian frog deity, Kek: "He is basically using the alt-right to unleash chaos and change the world," he says, looking slightly annoyed when I crack a smile. "You might say, 'Wow,' but this is literally how religions arise."
The correct response to Spencer and to the alt-right is "Wow, that's some fucking cringey racialist bullshit."
The dawn of shitposting[edit]
Although the alt-right has only come into prominence in recent years, the truth is that random people using the Internet to spread cringey white supremacist propaganda is nothing new. Perhaps the first example of such would be the 1995 Usenet essay The Long March by Ian P. McKinney of the neo-fascist National Alliance.[20] This essay was infamous not only for its extreme bigotry and logic that would best be described as being not even wrong, but also for being spammed everywhere on the Internet.
The essay begins with a plea, supposedly to those who care enough about the fate of Western civilization, to heed the author's words. The essay then attacks Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh for not being racist enough for McKinney's liking (one can assume that, if the word "cuckservative" existed at the time, McKinney would have used it).
From there, the author proceeds to rattle off a painfully long diatribe in which he fusses about IQ scores, religiously cites The Bell Curve, and uses all other manner of disproven statistics, circumstantial evidence, half-truths, stereotypes, and condescending pseudo-intellectual jargon to reach his main "conclusion": that African Americans are developmentally inferior to Caucasians and that the only reason anyone believes otherwise is because of the fiendish machinations of Jewish communists who have successfully infiltrated the cultural anthropology departments of major universities as part of their sinister plot to overthrow Western civilization.
McKinney argues that racial equality is a "false religion" promoted by fanatical sheeple consisting of liberals and moderate conservatives (and yes, he counts people like Gingrich as "moderates"), and there's also a brief mention of immigration causing white genocide. At least the knowledge that McKinney clearly has a lifetime's supply of tinfoil is of some use, should we need to borrow some for baking.
Major themes[edit]
""Here's how to understand the alt-right: Think about what's right, then think about the alternative to that.
—Stephen Colbert[21]
Superstructure taken from:[22]
Whites are under attack[edit]
""The alt-right is just a euphemism for Nazism.
—The Daily Stormer[1]
Look, it's the alt-swastika!
The subbreddit /r/AltRight defines itself thus:[23]
The Alt-Right, unlike the dominant ideology of the 20th Century (Liberalism/Conservatism), examines the world through a lens of realism. Rather than continue to look at the world through the ideological blinders that Liberalism imposes in its dogmatic evangelism of the Equalitarian religion, we prefer to look & examine social relations & demographics from a perspective of what's real. Thus, racial & sexual realism is a key component of the Alt-Right — perhaps the key component that ties the diverse factions within it together. Another core principle of the Alt-Right is Identitarianism. Identitarianism is the prioritization of social identity, regardless of political persuasion. Thus, the Alt-Right promotes White Identity and White Nationalism.
Men are under attack[edit]
See the main article on this topic: Anti-feminism
In journalist Mike Wendling's book Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House, the alt-right's views on women's rights are explained thus:
They are also opposed to feminism. While some begrudgingly give credit to second-wave feminists and concede that legal equality between the sexes is indeed a valid goal, others argue against any such notions. Some even say that giving women the franchise was a terrible mistake. Many embrace the old conservative lament that "these days" things have "gone too far" and call for a reaffirmation of traditional values. At the same time, other alt-righters are obsessed with porn and the promise of sexual freedom offered by "pick-up artists."
Language is under attack[edit]
See the main article on this topic: Political correctness
"""I am not a Sith. I am a 'Force realist.'" #AltRightStarWars
—Patton Oswalt[24]
The alt-right have effectively co-opted common complaints about "political correctness" into their agenda, using the assumed overzealousness of "politically correct" people and movements to demonize everyone on the left and make their own far-right ideals look palatable in comparison. On this, Wendling writes:
And yet they found traction as their online efforts melded with the current fever-pitch of anti-elitism, and found a willing audience in a concentrated generational backlash against young men. These foot soldiers feel aggrieved by the successes of feminism and the progress made by ethnic minorities, and have also felt rising anxiety as former certainties about race, sexuality and gender crumble. At the same time, some are puzzled and scared — as are many people from the more traditional right as well as the left — by the censorious atmosphere of many university campuses today, a confusing, sometimes barely comprehensible minefield of trigger warnings, privilege checking, safe spaces, and complicated sexual politics. For the alt-right, all of those fall under the umbrella of one of the ideas they loathe the most: political correctness.
Ethnostates[edit]
See the main article on this topic: Ethnocracy
"""I'm just saying that when we die, there's gonna be a planet for the French, a planet for the Chinese, and we'll all be a lot happier."
—Barney Gumble, representative of the cause
While not much different from views expressed by more traditional white nationalists like Tom Metzger, members of the alt-right have called for a "white homeland" and the potential division of the continental United States into ethno-"regions". For example, noted alt-right leader Matthew Heimbach has called for the white region to be named "Avalon".[25]
On Religion[edit]
The alt-right's thoughts on religion are all over the place, but still decidedly intolerant of religious minorities, as Wendling explains:
When it comes to religion there are equally baffling contradictions. The alt-right counts many committed atheists in its ranks and many in the movement scorn monotheistic religious thought. Some embrace a purely cultural notion of Christianity – they prefer cathedrals and incense to church communities and prayer – or even adhere to a pre-Christian paganism. You will also find a few churchgoers and many others who, like Steve Bannon, are fond of talking about the "Judeo-Christian West."
Most importantly, alt-righters see no unity in the Abrahamic religions. Anti-Semitism is rife and goes well beyond sketchy reports of Bannon's comments about Jews. Nazi imagery and "jokes" about gas chambers are one of the alt-right's defining tropes, and debate revolves not around the question of what should or shouldn't be said, but rather about what most irritates its opponents.
As for Islam – as a whole, and not just in its radical extremist form – it is viewed as an existential threat to Western civilization. Some of the less worldly alt-righters in America view Europe as already lost to the invading hoards from the East, despite Muslims making up only 6 percent of the continent's population.
Rehashing the ideas of past losers by new losers[edit]
""The alt-right is a loser's poor fantasy of what a radical revolution looks like. I should know.
—from former neo-Nazi Jacob Bacharach[26]
Any one of these alt-right leaders are basically just taking the ideas of past idiots like David Duke, Tom Metzger and George Lincoln Rockwell (who was such a joke in his day that he was murdered by a bunch of fellow Neo-nazis in 1967 at a laundromat), dusting them off and updating a few words here and there. Then when shit gets crazy, much like alt-right figurehead Gavin McInnes, they abandon the alt-right ship and say the whole thing was just a joke anyways. Nice dodge, guys.
Most who are involved in the movement are attention-seeking media whores who will latch onto anything in order to get a press agent. When judged on accomplishments alone, someone like Milo Yiannopoulos, who can't seem to figure out how to properly book a room at UC Berkeley, stands shoulder to shoulder with a complete nutjob like David Duke, who can't get through an interview without frothing at the mouth about his fake PhD and disavowing his past KKK affiliation.
On substance, they indeed put forth the same vile tenets of white extremism, Nazi ideology and ethnic division as part of their modern agenda. That said, they share the same laughable ineptitude as their forefathers when it comes to making the most basic logical case for their point of view when challenged with the most simplistic line of rational questioning. Some may try to come up with a semi-coherent argument in support of their socio-political position that "white people are good, period" … but then they will flail uselessly when someone brings up the obvious counterargument that there are a hell of a lot of unjustifiable atrocities committed by whites against non-whites and that, no, you really can't blame all that on "Cultural Marxism" or immigrants or the "liberal media" or "the Jews". Realistically, this is an argument that no white supremacist would ever concede, as it goes against their ideology to take personal responsibility for any wrongdoing whatsoever.
The need for attention, especially from traditional media outlets[edit]
For whatever reasons, most of the leaders that have emerged from this new movement have shared the same trait as their glorious forefathers in so far as needing attention from both traditional and non-traditional media outlets, especially the former. This might also be what separates them from your average brainrot neo-Nazi and KKK members who have, up until now at least, only really managed to be able to produce typo-strewn monthly publications and random acts of violence, mostly on their fellow race warriors™.
In being able to actually put a sentence together, traditional media outlets have raced to interview, profile and "examine" this group of "new voices" emerging on the fringes of the right wing. The major issue with this development is that, at the end of the day, they are basically just re-hashing the tenets of the same old racist propaganda for their own gain.
The other problem is, by giving these alt-right figureheads a platform, traditional media outlets have allowed them to spread a damaging underlying message of hatred to many more ears than their incompetent predecessors could have ever dreamed possible and have potentially lent them an air of legitimacy. This has tragic consequences, as witnessed by some of the alt-right-inspired mass shootings. Even when the alt-right tries to walk back from these events as they usually do, they rarely miss an opportunity to take credit for these tragedies by blaming their behavior on black people once the dust has settled.
Doublethink[edit]
In order for the alt-right's massive number of conspiracies, slurs, and insults to make any kind of sense, obscene use of doublethink is basically required. To quote The New York Times:[27]
The anti-Semitism of the alt-right, the newest manifestation of bigotry that combines age-old hatred with internet-era technological savvy, biting wit and a self-conscious sense of irony, shows no more logical consistency than the anti-Semitism of the past. Jews are both all-powerful puppetmasters and sniveling weaklings, rapacious capitalists and left-wing anarchists. The Holocaust never happened, but man, was it cool.
Alt-tech[edit]
Alt-tech refers to a recent phenomenon of various "free speech" internet websites and companies which serve as alternatives to mainstream websites such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Wikipedia, Patreon, GoFundMe, and dating sites. In many cases, these websites are overflowing with typical alt-right content and while many of these websites do not necessarily support the views of the alt-right (with a few exceptions) they tend to have plenty of users who post or upload content that is explicitly in line with the alt-right. "Alt-tech" websites have included PewTube, Gab, WrongThink, Voat, Hatreon, Rightpedia, Goyfundme, and WASP Love. One New York Times reporter had used various "Alt-tech" outlets and found them to be a mess in his own eyes.
The alt-right idea of "free speech" is the protected right to call for the deportation or death of non-whites,[28] trying to get a feel for those who agree with you,[29][30] coordinating efforts to disseminate and refine the ideas espoused in the name of "free speech,"[31] public events to spread the ideas outside of one's social circle,[32] and lobbying from a political standpoint to have those ideas brought into the public discourse.[33][34][35][36] All of this is legal as long as it is done through the magical lens of probable deniability.[37]
Unite the Right[edit]
See the main article on this topic: Unite the Right
On August 12, 2017, various alt-right white nationalist, white supremacist, and anti-Semitic groups held a rally in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia where they protested against the Jews and their supposed plan to replace the white race with non-white immigrants. Cries of "Jews will not replace us" and "You will not replace us" followed by "White Lives Matter" and the Nazi-era slogan "Blood and Soil" were heard. Unfortunately for the protesters, Antifa activists and counter-protesters were standing in their way and what was a simple protest soon turned to violence when a Neo-Nazi named James Alex Fields Jr. killed a woman named Heather Heyer during the rally. This wasn't the only act of violence, though. A protester was seen shooting a gun, three protesters were seen beating a black man, and League of the South Florida members led by Craig Tubbs shoved their shields at counter-protesters. Afterwards, the organizer of the rally, Jason Kessler, was denounced and later sentenced to 50 hours of community service for punching James Taylor. The Daily Stormer insulted the victim killed in the rally during the subsequent media frenzy, resulting in the website being expelled from Google and GoDaddy.com.
Trump cult[edit]
The alt-right: fascists among themselves, fans of societal progress when normies are looking.
""If you don't like the Religious Right, just wait till you see the Post-Religious Right.
—Ross Douthat[38]
The full spectrum from neoreaction through to the alt-right came out solidly for Donald Trump as 2016 Presidential nominee. In an interview with MSNBC, Republican strategist Rick Wilson characterised Trump supporters as an online movement of anti-Semites and "childless single men who masturbate to anime," noting the "Hitler iconography in their Twitter icons and names."[39] Elements of the alt-right have also been sympathetic to Nigel Farage, Vladimir Putin[40] and Brexit—although some white nationalists call for a European superstate built along ethnic lines,[41] not unlike Oswald Mosley's "Europe a Nation" policy[42] or the Third Reich.
Steve Bannon, the former CEO of the Trump campaign and now Trump's Chief Political Strategist ex-Chief Political Strategist in the White House, is also tied in with the alt-right and anti-"establishment" populism; he was the former executive chairman of Breitbart News LLC[43] and "turned Breitbart into Trump Pravda for his own personal gain", according to former Breitbart employee Ben Shapiro. Under his leadership, Breitbart embraced "the white supremacist alt-right", and the website "[became] the alt-right go-to website", according to Shapiro.[44]
Yang gang[edit]
As of early 2019, the American alt-right has had a schism, with many members bizarrely defecting from Trump to Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang. The alt-right's increasing disillusionment with Trump has been due to his failure to get his flagship Build the Wall policy passed despite him trying to blackmail Congress into it using a government shutdown, and his very pro-Israel policies. The attraction to Yang has been on the basis of:
One possibly completely innocent Yang tweet mentioning falling white birth rates
Another, more disturbing tweet, calling Americans underdogs in their own country — a sentiment that ZOG conspiracy theorists would agree with. Worth noting, however, is that his tweet was alluding more to the idea that the deck is stacked against the average American economically.
His opposition to circumcision, which if it was banned (as was proposed in Iceland) might deter further Jewish and Muslim immigration to America, as it is a religious requirement in both religions. However, Yang has tweeted that he would not oppose circumcision for religious or cultural reasons and would not attempt to ban it by law, instead wanting parents to be better informed rather than having the practice "pushed" on them — as is common in the US. How this would manifest itself in the form of federal policy is unclear.
(Probably most importantly) his policy to give $1,000 a month to every American ("Freedom Dividend"), which has nothing to do with alt-right beliefs, but is attractive to many people regardless of their other views.
Many alt-righters now believe that neither Trump nor Yang will help advance their political goals, but at least with Yang they will get $1,000 a month.
Yang has formally disavowed the alt-right's support — as would be expected by any Presidential candidate that wanted to have a shot at winning an election, even Donald Trump did this (reluctantly). But he has also said that he finds their support hilarious.[45]
People should have no illusions that this flip to a Democrat for cynical reasons indicates any fundamental political realignment. After Yang's deputy chief of staff tweeted that the Freedom Dividend was feminist, angry alt-righters sought her social security number and other personal details in order to doxx her.[46]
For those of you in the mood, RationalWiki has a fun article about Alt-right.
Distinction without a difference
Neo-Nazism, of which some of the more hardcore elements of the alt-right are associated with
Identitarianism, a European white nationalist movement that is followed by some members of the alt-right such as Identity Evropa and Richard Spencer
Pepe the Frog, one of the many things that were appropriated by the alt-right
4chan and 8chan, two of the hubs of the alt-right
Gab, alternative to Twitter while not "alt-right" per se does have users over there that follow this ideology
PewTube, "free speech" alternative to YouTube whose users and founder engage in alt-right behavior
Breitbart News, a news service which many in the alt-right follow
Alt-lite, a ever so slightly more moderate version of the alt-right
Netto-uyoku (Japanese version of Alt-right)
I'm not Sith, I'm Alt-Jedi, clarifies Darth Vader
Clinton mentioned the alt-right, and they went berserk. Meanwhile the "alt-light" (the Gamergate-esque subset of the alt-right who didn't quite know what they were getting into) mocked Clinton for suggesting that Pepe had anything to do with fascism.
Alternative Right (Southern Poverty Law Center)
Vox explainer on the alt-right
How they describe themselves, as per Reddit. DON'T BELIEVE THE MSM SHILLS!
Cyanide and Happiness explains: Neo-Nazi Simulator 2016
/r/AltRight - Banned on February 1, 2017 (for doxing). The mods took away the subs that let them torment black people/fat people, "investigate" a fictitious pedophile ring, or share such baubles as "the end goal of feminism is lesbianism". Truly a dark day for America.
/r/theNewRight
Are Jews White? The Atlantic on the Alt-Right's hatred of Jews
Salon's Alt-right series:
"A history of hate: How the alt-right became racist (Part 1)"
"How the alt-right became racist, Part 2: Long before Trump, white nationalists flocked to Ron Paul"
"Rise of the alt-right: How mainstream conservatives' obsession with purity fueled a new right-wing radicalism"
↑ 1.0 1.1 The Rise of Right-Wing Homos by Zeiger (July 23, 2016) The Daily Stormer (archived from 23 Jul 2016 10:55:33 UTC).
↑ By all means, compare these shitheads to Nazis. Again and again. I'm with you. by Mike Godwin (5:03 PM - 13 Aug 2017) Twitter (archived from August 14, 2017).
↑ https://blog.ap.org/behind-the-news/writing-about-the-alt-right
↑ Wiegel, David; Wagner, John (August 23, 2016). "Clinton plans Thursday address in Nevada on Trump and the 'alt-right'". Washington Post.
↑ Blake, Mariah, "Mad Men: Inside the Men's Rights Movement—and the Army of Misogynists and Trolls It Spawned", Mother Jones January/February 2015.
↑ Futrelle, David, "Warren Farrell's notorious comments on date rape: Not any more defensible in context than out of it", We Hunted the Mammoth 3 May 2013.
↑ Lorentzen, Christian, "How Poet Robert Bly Unleashed 'Iron John' and Started the Drum-Thumping Men's Movement of the '90s", NY Mag (8 June 2016, 11:00 am).
↑ Risen, James, "Christian Men Hold Huge Rally on D.C. Mall", NYT 5 October 1997.
↑ Anderson, Dianna, "MRAs for Jesus: A Look Inside the Christian 'Manosphere'", Rewire (30 September 2014, 5:26pm).
↑ Laudsbaum, Claire, "Men's-Rights Activists Are Finding a New Home With the Alt-Right", The Cut (14 December 2016, 11:30 AM).
↑ Romano, Aja, "Notorious men's rights troll launches 'safe space' for Gamergate", Daily Dot (12 Nov 2014, 8:23AM).
↑ Amano, Aja, "How the alt-right's sexism lures men into white supremacy" Vox (14 Dec 016, 2:20pm EST).
↑ Alberta, Tim, "'The Ideas Made It, But I Didn't'", Politico May/June 2017.
↑ Weigel, David, "Four lessons from the alt-right's D.C. coming-out party", The Washington Post 10 September 2016.
↑ Sharrock, Justine, "Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason", Mother Jones March/April 2010.
↑ "'Alt-Right' Declares Flame War On Oath Keepers", Southern Poverty Law Center (15 June 2017).
↑ Piggot, Stephen, "PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel to Address White Nationalist-Friendly "Property and Freedom Society" Conference in September", SPLC (9 June 2016).
↑ Gray, Rosie, "Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement", Atlantic 10 February 2017.
↑ Meet the White Nationalist Trying To Ride The Trump Train to Lasting Power: Alt-right architect Richard Spencer aims to make racism cool again by Josh Harkinson (Oct. 27, 2016 5:00 AM) Mother Jones.
↑ http://www.panix.com/~lan/crusader/spam/racist.html
↑ Stephen Colbert Has the Best Description for the Alt-Right in His Opening Monologue, Vulture
↑ https://whitemansturban.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/dismantling-the-alt-right-mythology/
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20160711091803/https://www.reddit.com/r/altright
↑ "I am not a Sith. I am a 'Force realist.'" #AltRightStarWars by pattonoswalt (9:46 PM - 30 Sep 2016) Twitter (archived from 1 Oct 2016 22:01:42 UTC).
↑ https://www.tradworker.org/2015/03/a-nation-once-again/
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20170105044602/https://www.reddit.com/r/altright/
↑ https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/sunday-review/bernie-bernstein-fake-jews.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
↑ Siegel, Jacob, "Dylann Roof, 4chan, and the New Online Racism", Daily Beast (29 June 2015, 5:25 AM ET).
↑ Op Sea Lion, Stormfront. Retrieved from Pastebin 19 February 2014.
↑ Savvy, Brad, 29 Mar 2018 Tweet, Twitter.
↑ Park MacDonald and Jason Willick, "The Man Who Invented Identity Politics for the New Right", NYMag (30 April 2017 8:55 pm).
↑ Harkinson, Josh, "Cashing in on the Rise of the Alt-Right", Mother Jones (16 June 2017, 6:00 AM).
↑ "Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash", BBC 13 March 2017.
↑ Bernstein, Joseph, "Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream", Buzzfeed (5 October 2017, 3:28 p.m.).
↑ Hayden, Michael Edison, "It's OK to be white: How Fox News is helping to spread Neo-Nazi propaganda", Newsweek (19 November 2017, 10:00 AM).
↑ Lenz, Ryan, "Racists roam the halls of CPAC, and the conservative conference ends in controversy over racist comments", SPLC 26 February 2018.
↑ Fulbright, Alexander, "Nazi imagery on full display at alt-right event in Washington", Times of Israel (21 November 2016, 12:44 pm).
↑ https://twitter.com/douthatnyt/status/704462319074594816
↑ Heather, GOP Strategist Calls Trump Supporters 'Childless, Single Men Who Masturbate To Anime', Crooks and Liars, Jan. 19, 2016.
↑ Everett, Chris (August 4, 2016). "The 'alternative' right has a Putin problem". Comment Central.
↑ Gais, Hannah (June 28, 2016). "Alt-Right Emboldened". The Washington Spectator.
↑ See the Wikipedia article on Europe a Nation.
↑ See the Wikipedia article on Stephen Bannon.
↑ Shapiro, Ben."I Know Trump's New Campaign Chairman, Steve Bannon. Here's What You Need To Know.". The Daily Wire.
↑ Andrew Yang, the 2020 long-shot candidate running on a universal basic income, explained
↑ Andrew Yang Wants The Support Of The Pro-Trump Internet. Now It Is Threatening To Devour Him.
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Homebase not accepting certain gift cards and vouchers – which ones can you use?
Faye Lipson
Home and garden chain Homebase has stopped accepting a wide array of gift cards and vouchers after being taken over by new owners.
As of 27 May, Homebase no longer accepts the following third-party cards and vouchers as payment: Love2Shop vouchers and Flexecash cards; Bonusbond vouchers and its prepaid Mastercards; Compliments vouchers and cards; and 'A Cards'. Homebase is also set to leave the Nectar scheme at the end of the year.
Homebase told us it's still accepting own-brand Homebase gift vouchers bought in its stores, as well as National Garden gift vouchers.
However, shoppers have been left surprised and angry after other gift cards or vouchers were rejected at the store.
One MoneySaver told us: "Just tried to use a Homebase ['A Card'] gift card and due to the Australian takeover [by Wesfarmers] they are no longer able to be used. The only place you can use them is at Argos."
Read our guide to High Street Haggling to learn how to save money at major retail chains.
Tell me more about the vouchers and gift cards Homebase is no longer accepting
Love2Shop, Compliments (formerly known as Capital Bonds) and Bonusbond are all brands of 'multi-store' gift card or voucher that can be spent at a range of retail chains.
They're commonly given as presents, competition prizes or company rewards for customers or employees. You'll know if you have one because they're clearly branded with the Love2Shop, Compliments or Bonusbond logo.
While all three voucher providers have removed Homebase from their online lists of participating retailers, Bonusbond has yet to remove the brand from the list on its automated telephone line.
'A Cards' are branded with the Homebase logo (and sometimes also Argos's), plus a yellow and red 'A Card' logo in the bottom right-hand corner. They were sold to the public by supermarkets and other third-party retailers, or you may have received one from a company as a competition prize, or part of an employee reward scheme.
Citizens Advice told us that as long as there is at least one retailer signed up to a dual- or multi-store voucher scheme, those vouchers are considered usable and the voucher company isn't required to refund the purchaser.
Love2Shop, Compliments and Bonusbond
Love2Shop, Compliments and Bonusbond mention in their online terms and conditions that participating retailers may change over time, so if you're unhappy with the change then unfortunately there's not a lot you can do.
Retailers such as Homebase are able to withdraw from multi-store gift voucher schemes at any time. Even if Homebase is listed or its logo is pictured on your voucher, it can turn it away if it's left the scheme.
People with affected vouchers can't get a refund from Homebase, because they have no contract with the retailer. The contract exists between the person who bought the gift voucher and the gift voucher company – so if, for example, your husband bought you Love2Shop vouchers, he has a contract with Love2Shop.
We asked Love2Shop if it would issue refunds for customers unhappy about the changes, but it didn't want to comment. Bonusbond and Compliments were also contacted for comment but have not responded.
Shoppers have been left surprised and angry after gift cards or vouchers were rejected at Homebase
Argos/Homebase 'A Cards'
These dual-use Homebase/Argos gift cards were issued by Homebase's former owners Home Retail Group, and Wesfarmers are no longer honouring them. However, they can still be spent at Argos.
If you've one of these gift cards and want to spend it at Homebase, sadly there's not a lot you can do. As the card can still be spent at Argos, it's considered usable and you're not entitled to a refund.
But we've heard anecdotally that some customers with these cards have managed to swap them for Homebase's own gift vouchers – which ARE valid in the store – by phoning Homebase's customer service line to complain. This isn't Homebase's official advice though, so we can't promise it'll work.
Homebase is leaving Nectar too – so get your points now
Currently Homebase customers with Nectar cards can collect two Nectar points for every £1 spent online or in store. Those points can be spent on a wide variety of offers and at participating stores. That will end on 31 December 2016, when Homebase leaves the Nectar scheme.
Homebase says: "Following a successful seven-year partnership, and after careful review, it has been agreed that Homebase will leave the Nectar programme at the end of the year. This means customers will no longer be able to collect or spend points in store after 31 December 2016."
So if you're planning to use or collect Nectar points at Homebase, make sure you do it by the end of the year.
What's the background to all these changes?
Home Retail Group sold Homebase in February. Wesfarmers already owns Bunnings – a major home and garden chain in Australia and New Zealand.
It's been widely reported that all Homebase's UK stores will be rebranded as Bunnings within five years, though the firm wouldn't comment on this.
Tips will be guaranteed to go directly to hospitality staff under new laws
The change, which the Government says will be implemented as soon as Parliamentary time allows for it, will make it illegal for employers to withhold tips from their workers.
One in 10 shoppers using buy now, pay later services have been chased by debt collectors, warns charity
One in 10 shoppers using buy now, pay later (BNPL) services have been chased by debt collectors, rising to one in eight young people, according to new research from Citizens Advice.
TalkTalk TV and PlayStation Now are MoneySavers' least-used subscriptions, new MSE poll finds
TalkTalk TV and PlayStation Now are MoneySavers least used subscriptions, a new MoneySavingExpert poll has found. It could be a good prompt to do a direct debit audit and check you're not paying for a service each month that you no longer use.
Groupon threatened with court action after refusing cash refunds
Deals website Groupon faces court action unless it improves how it treats its customers, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said.
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Facing historic growth, Boston seminary buys back space
In Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Donis Tracy
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A seminarian from St. John's Seminary in Brighton, MA holds a rosary as he prepares to participate in a "Grill the Seminarians" discussion April 3 with members of a youth group from St. Patrick Church in Providence, R.I. (Credit: CNS/Chaz Muth.)
After experiencing the most dramatic growth over the last decade in its entire history, St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass., the seminary of the Boston archdiocese, has bought back space it had sold to Boston College in order to accommodate the influx.
BRIGHTON, Mass. — Rapid growth in the number of men entering St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass., to study for the priesthood has prompted the Boston archdiocese to buy back space from Boston College to accommodate the increase.
Monsignor James Moroney, seminary rector, signed a purchase and sale agreement with the Jesuit-run college Oct. 20 to buy back more than 13,000 square feet of space within the current seminary building.
"I am so very happy to be able to announce the purchase of the annex," Moroney said. "Right after I became rector of the seminary, one of the great dreams that both Cardinal (Sean P.) O'Malley and I began to articulate was the restoration of the seminary to a certain wholeness."
By purchasing the annex, located above the present kitchen and refectory space, the current St. John's Seminary buildings will now be owned "free and clear, without any leases or encumbrances of any kind" by the seminary, Moroney said.
Built in 1884 by Boston Archbishop John Joseph Williams, the seminary had seen the number of seminarians dropping significantly, to an all-time low of 22 men studying for the priesthood in 2005.
"Having experienced, in the last 10 years, the most extraordinary growth the seminary has witnessed in its entire lifetime," Moroney continued, "we are in desperate need for space."
He said in September, when the seminarians returned to St. John's Seminary, there were 98 men living at the seminary.
"We had seven more men than space for them," he said with a smile, adding that the St. John's Seminary board of trustees purchased a neighboring house for additional space. The property, called Cheverus House, currently is home to seven of the 12 deacons at the seminary.
The annex became part of Boston College in the early 2000s. Having purchased St. Clement Hall, a building adjacent to the seminary, they asked St. John's Seminary for additional rooms not being used. Because the annex had not been used since the 1960s, the seminary agreed to a 99-year lease on the facility.
With the signing of the purchase and sale agreement, Moroney explained, St. John's Seminary has bought back that 99-year lease.
This comes after "extended discussions" between Moroney, O'Malley and Jesuit Father William Leahy, president of Boston College.
"I doubt there's been a month that has gone by since I became rector when Cardinal Sean and I have not spoken about this," said Moroney, who has been in the post since July 2012.
Moroney noted that since the annex has not been used since the mid-1960s, the rooms "will have to be brought back to the studs" and remodeled. Currently, three different architectural firms have brought their proposals to the seminary's board of trustees.
"There is enormous possibility that our newly returned annex can bring," the rector said.
Tracy writes for The Pilot, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.
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Caruso-Cabrera was a researcher and later a special projects producer for Univision, where she was a producer on a team that won an Emmy Award for a five-part series on children with AIDS. She also received a Broadcaster of the Year (2004) award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She then worked as a reporter for WTSP-TV in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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define('MCSTAT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT', 5);

function mcstat_expect($fp, $string)
{
    $recievedString = '';
    for ($bytes = strlen($string), $cur = 0; $cur < $bytes; $cur++) {
        $recievedByte = fread($fp, 1);
        $expectedByte = $string[$cur];
        $recievedString .= $recievedByte;
        if ($recievedByte !== $expectedByte) {
            $errorMessage = 'Expected ' . bin2hex($string) . ' but recieved ' . bin2hex($recievedString);
            $errorMessage .= ' problem byte: '.bin2hex($recievedByte).' (position '.$cur.')';
            throw new Exception($errorMessage);
        }
    }
}

class MinecraftStatus
{

    public $hostname;
    public $port;

    public $lastError;
    public $stats;

    const SERVER_LIST_PING     = 'Server List Ping';
    const SERVER_LIST_PING_1_7 = 'Server List Ping 1.7';
    const BASIC_QUERY          = 'Basic Query';
    const FULL_QUERY           = 'Full Query';
    private $methodTable;

    function __construct($hostname, $port=25565)
    {
        $this->hostname = $hostname;
        $this->port = $port;
        $this->lastError = null;
        $this->stats = array();
        $this->methodTable = array(
            self::SERVER_LIST_PING     => array('MinecraftServerListPing', 'ping'),
            self::SERVER_LIST_PING_1_7 => array('MinecraftServerListPing', 'ping17'),
            self::BASIC_QUERY          => array('MinecraftQuery', 'basicQuery'),
            self::FULL_QUERY           => array('MinecraftQuery', 'fullQuery'),
        );
    }

    public function ping($useLegacy=true)
    {
        if ($useLegacy) {
            return $this->performStatusMethod(self::SERVER_LIST_PING);
        } else {
            return $this->performStatusMethod(self::SERVER_LIST_PING_1_7);
        }
    }

    public function query($fullQuery=true)
    {
        if ($fullQuery) {
            return $this->performStatusMethod(self::FULL_QUERY);
        } else {
            return $this->performStatusMethod(self::BASIC_QUERY);
        }
    }

    private function performStatusMethod($statusMethodName)
    {
        $method = $this->methodTable[$statusMethodName];
        $arguments = array($this->hostname, $this->port);
        try {
            $newStats = call_user_func_array($method, $arguments);
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            $newStats = false;
            $this->lastError = $e->getMessage();
        }
        $this->stats[microtime()] = array(
            'stats'    => $newStats,
            'method'   => $statusMethodName,
            'hostname' => $this->hostname,
            'port'     => $this->port,
        );

        return $newStats;
    }
}

/*
  ================
  Server List Ping
  ================

  An example of how to get a Minecraft server status's using a "Server List Ping" packet.
  See details here: http://www.wiki.vg/Server_List_Ping
*/

class MinecraftServerListPing
{

    private static function packString($string)
    {
        $letterCount = strlen($string);
        return pack('n', $letterCount) . mb_convert_encoding($string, 'UTF-16BE');
    }

    // This is needed since UTF-16BE text rendered as UTF-8 contains unnecessary null bytes
    // and could cause other components, especially string functions to blow up. Boom!
    private static function decodeUTF16BE($string)
    {
        return mb_convert_encoding($string, 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16BE');
    }

    public static function ping($hostname, $port=25565, $debug=false)
    {
        // 1. pack data to send
        $request = pack('nc', 0xfe01, 0xfa) .
            self::packString('MC|PingHost') .
            pack('nc', 7+2*strlen($hostname), 73) .
            self::packString($hostname) .
            pack('N', 25565);

        // 2. open communication socket and make transaction
        $time = microtime(true);
        $fp = stream_socket_client('tcp://' . $hostname . ':' . $port, $errno, $errmsg, MCSTAT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT);
        stream_set_timeout($fp, MCSTAT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT);
        if (!$fp) {
            throw new Exception($errmsg);
        }
        fwrite($fp, $request);
        $response = fread($fp, 2048);
        $socketInfo = stream_get_meta_data($fp);
        fclose($fp);
        if ($socketInfo['timed_out']) {
            throw new Exception('Connection timed out');
        }
        $time = round((microtime(true)-$time)*1000);

        // 3. unpack data and return
        if (strpos($response, 0xFF) !== 0) {
            throw new Exception('Bad reply from server');
        }
        $responseData = substr($response, 3);
        $responseData = explode(pack('n', 0), $responseData);

        $stats = array(
            'player_count' => self::decodeUTF16BE($responseData[4]),
            'player_max' => self::decodeUTF16BE($responseData[5]),
            'motd' => self::decodeUTF16BE($responseData[3]),
            'server_version' => self::decodeUTF16BE($responseData[2]),
            'protocol_version' => self::decodeUTF16BE($responseData[1]),
            'latency' => $time,
        );

        if ($debug) {
            $stats['debug'] = array(
                'request' => $request,
                'response' => $response,
            );
        }

        return $stats;
    }

    public static function ping17($hostname, $port=25565, $debug=false)
    {
        $handshakePacket = self::packData(
            chr(0) .
            self::packVarInt(4) .
            self::packData($hostname) .
            pack('n', (int)$port) .
            self::packVarInt(1)
        );
        $statusRequestPacket = self::packData(chr(0));

        $time = microtime(true);
        $fp = stream_socket_client('tcp://' . $hostname . ':' . $port, $errno, $errmsg, MCSTAT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT);
        stream_set_timeout($fp, MCSTAT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT);
        if (!$fp) {
            throw new Exception($errmsg);
        }

        fwrite($fp, $handshakePacket);
        fwrite($fp, $statusRequestPacket);

        $response = '';
        self::unpackVarInt($fp, $response); // Length of packet
        $time = round((microtime(true)-$time)*1000);
        self::unpackVarInt($fp, $response); // Packet ID
        $jsonLength = self::unpackVarInt($fp, $response);

        $jsonString = '';
        while (strlen($jsonString) < $jsonLength) {
            $chunk = fread($fp, 2048);
            $jsonString .= $chunk;
        }
        $response .= $jsonString;

        fclose($fp);
        $json = json_decode($jsonString, true);
        if (isset($json['players']['sample'])) {
            foreach ($json['players']['sample'] as $player) {
                $players[] = $player['name'];
            }
        } else {
            $players = array();
        }

        $stats = array(
            'json' => $json,
            'latency' => $time,
            'server_version' => $json['version']['name'],
            'protocol_version' => $json['version']['protocol'],
            'player_count' => $json['players']['online'],
            'player_max' => $json['players']['max'],
            'motd' => $json['description'],
            'players' => $players,
        );

        if ($debug) {
            $stats['debug'] = array(
                'handshake' => $handshakePacket,
                'request' => $statusRequestPacket,
                'response' => $response,
            );
        }

        return $stats;
    }

    private static function packData($data)
    {
        return self::packVarInt(strlen($data)) . $data;
    }

    private static function unpackVarInt($fp, &$response=null)
    {
        $int = 0;
        $pos = 0;
        while (true) {
            $chunk = fread($fp, 1);
            if ($response !== null) {
                $response .= $chunk;
            }
            $byte = ord($chunk);
            $int |= ($byte & 0x7F) << $pos++ * 7;
            if ($pos > 5) {
                throw new Exception('VarInt too big');
            }
            if (($byte & 0x80) !== 128) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return $int;
    }

    private static function packVarInt($int)
    {
        $varInt = '';
        while (true) {
            if (($int & 0xFFFFFF80) === 0) {
                $varInt .= chr($int);
                return $varInt;
            }
            $varInt .= chr($int & 0x7F | 0x80);
            $int >>= 7;
        }
    }
}

/*
  =====
  Query
  =====

  This section utilizes the UT3 Query protocol to query a Minecraft server.
  Read about it here: http://wiki.vg/Query
*/

class MinecraftQuery
{

    private static function getString($fp)
    {
        $string = '';
        while (($lastChar = fread($fp, 1)) !== chr(0)) {
            $string .= $lastChar;
        }
        return $string;
    }

    private static function getStrings($fp, $count)
    {
        for ($stringsRecieved = 0; $stringsRecieved < $count; $stringsRecieved++) {
            $strings[] = self::getString($fp);
        }

        return $strings;
    }

    private static function parseKeyValueSection($fp)
    {
        $keyValuePairs = array();
        while (($key = self::getString($fp)) !== '') {
            $value = self::getString($fp);
            $keyValuePairs[$key] = $value;
        }
        return $keyValuePairs;
    }

    private static function makeSessionId()
    {
        return rand(1, 0xFFFFFFFF) & 0x0F0F0F0F;
    }

    // Verify packet type and ensure it references our session ID.
    private static function validateResponse($response, $type, $sessionId)
    {
        $invalidType = ($response['type'] !== $type);
        $invalidSessionId = ($response['sessionId'] !== $sessionId);
        if ($invalidType || $invalidSessionId) {
            $errorMessage = 'Invalid Response:';
            $errorMessage .= ($invalidType) ? " {$response['type']} !== {$type}" : '';
            $errorMessage .= ($invalidSessionId) ? " {$response['sessionId']} !== {$sessionId}" : '';
            error_log($errorMessage);
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    private static function handleHandshake($fp, $sessionId)
    {
        $handshakeRequest = pack('cccN', 0xFE, 0xFD, 9, $sessionId);

        fwrite($fp, $handshakeRequest);
        $handshakeResponse = self::readResponseHeader($fp, true);
        if (!self::validateResponse($handshakeResponse, 9, $sessionId)) {
            return false;
        }

        return $handshakeResponse['challengeToken'];
    }

    private static function readResponseHeader($fp, $withChallengeToken=false)
    {
        $header = fread($fp, 5);
        $unpacked = unpack('ctype/NsessionId', $header);
        if ($withChallengeToken) {
            $unpacked['challengeToken'] = (int)self::getString($fp);
        }
        return $unpacked;
    }

    private static function startQuery($hostname, $port, $fullQuery)
    {
        $sessionId = self::makeSessionId();

        $fp = stream_socket_client('udp://' . $hostname . ':' . $port, $errno, $errmsg, MCSTAT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT);
        stream_set_timeout($fp, MCSTAT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT);
        if (!$fp) {
            throw new Exception($errmsg);
        }

        $time = microtime(true);

        $challengeToken = self::handleHandshake($fp, $sessionId);
        if (!$challengeToken) {
            fclose($fp);
            throw new Exception('Bad handshake response');
        }

        $time = round((microtime(true)-$time)*1000);

        $statRequest = pack('cccNN', 0xFE, 0xFD, 0, $sessionId, $challengeToken);
        if ($fullQuery) {
            $statRequest .= pack('N', 0);
        }
        fwrite($fp, $statRequest);
        $statResponseHeader = self::readResponseHeader($fp);

        if (!self::validateResponse($statResponseHeader, 0, $sessionId)) {
            fclose($fp);
            throw new Exception('Bad query response');
        }

        return array(
            'sessionId'      => $sessionId,
            'challengeToken' => $challengeToken,
            'fp'             => $fp,
            'time'           => $time,
        );
    }

    private static function unpackBasicPort($fp)
    {
        $unpacked = unpack('vport', fread($fp, 2));
        return (string)$unpacked['port'];
    }

    public static function basicQuery($hostname, $port=25565)
    {
        $vars = self::startQuery($hostname, $port, false);
        $fp = $vars['fp'];

        $stats = array(
            'motd'         => self::getString($fp),
            'gametype'     => self::getString($fp),
            'map'          => self::getString($fp),
            'player_count' => self::getString($fp),
            'player_max'   => self::getString($fp),
            'port'         => self::unpackBasicPort($fp),
            'ip'           => self::getString($fp),
            'latency'      => $vars['time'],
        );
        fclose($fp);
        return $stats;
    }

    public static function fullQuery($hostname, $port=25565)
    {
        $vars = self::startQuery($hostname, $port, true);
        $fp = $vars['fp'];

        $stats = array();
        $stats['latency'] = $vars['time'];

        mcstat_expect($fp, "\x73\x70\x6C\x69\x74\x6E\x75\x6D\x00\x80\x00");

        foreach (self::parseKeyValueSection($fp) as $key => $value) {
            switch ($key) {
                case 'numplayers':
                $key = 'player_count';
                break;
                case 'maxplayers':
                $key = 'player_max';
                break;
                case 'hostname':
                $key = 'motd';
                break;
                case 'hostip':
                $key = 'ip';
                break;
                case 'hostport':
                $key = 'port';
                break;
            }
            $stats[$key] = $value;
        }

        mcstat_expect($fp, "\x01\x70\x6C\x61\x79\x65\x72\x5F\x00\x00");

        $stats['players'] = array();
        while (($player = self::getString($fp)) !== '') {
            $stats['players'][] = $player;
        }
        fclose($fp);
        return $stats;
    }
}

?>

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If I Run
by Terri Blackstock
Get ready for the newest thrill ride from New York Timesbestselling author Terri Blackstock: If I Run!
Casey knows the truth.
But it won't set her free.
Casey Cox's DNA is all over the crime scene. There's no use talking to police; they have failed her abysmally before. She has to flee before she's arrested . . . or worse. The truth doesn't matter anymore.
But what is the truth? That's the question haunting Dylan Roberts, the war-weary veteran hired to find Casey. PTSD has marked him damaged goods, but bringing Casey back can redeem him. Though the crime scene seems to tell the whole story, details of the murder aren't adding up. Casey Cox doesn't fit the profile of a killer. But are Dylan's skewed perceptions keeping him from being objective? If she isn't guilty, why did she run?
Unraveling her past and the evidence that condemns her will take more time than he has, but as Dylan's damaged soul intersects with hers, he is faced with two choices. The girl who occupies his every thought is a psychopathic killer . . . or a selfless hero. And the truth could be the most deadly weapon yet.
Read the first chapter on Goodreads!
Purchase a copy: http://bit.ly/1ZEF914
Terri sent over this fun video where she talks a little about If I Run.
Link: https://youtu.be/X7WMZ94GGcs
Casey Cox is running for her life . . . and she didn't do it.
But those who did aren't about to take the fall.
Casey has had to deal with more tragedy than one person should have to endure. First, she finds her father hanging by the neck in the dining room. Then her best friend Brian, who was investigating the "alleged suicide" on her behalf, is brutally murdered. And Casey's DNA is all over the crime scene.
Dylan Roberts, a recently discharged Army CID investigator diagnosed with PTSD, is also interested in Brian's death. They practically grew up together. The police force is limited in what it can investigate, due to budgetary concerns. And Brian's family wants answers. With nothing but time on his hands, and a longing for justice in his heart, Brian takes up the investigation on the family's behalf.
What initially began as a cross-country manhunt slowly evolves into a full-blown investigation, and for each answer that Dylan finds, more questions emerge. And by the time the questions are all answered, the definition of "justice" has taken on a surprising aspect.
Just when you think you've got Terri Blackstock "pegged," she'll pull the rug right out from underneath ya!
The writing style and format of IF I RUN is unlike anything I've come across . . .but it works! As the story "weaves" its way back and forth between the two main characters, you will find yourself "woven in" as well. And putting the book down after you've started reading?
5 stars for a riveting tale from Terri Blackstock
Terri Blackstock has sold more than six million books worldwide and is a New York Times bestselling author. She is the award-winning author of Intervention, Vicious Cycle, andDownfall, as well as the Cape Refuge, Newpointe 911, the SunCoast Chronicles, Restoration, and Moonlighters series.
Connect with Terri: website, Twitter, Facebook
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Casey Cox doesn't fit the profile of a killer . . . but her DNA is all over the crime scene, and she's now a fugitive. Don't miss Terri Blackstock's next page-turner, If I Run. Unraveling her past and the evidence that condemns her will take more time than Dylan has, the war-weary veteran hired to find Casey. But as Dylan's damaged soul intersects with hers, he is faced with two choices. The girl who occupies his every thought is a psychopathic killer . . . or a selfless hero. And the truth could be the most deadly weapon yet.
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November 21, 2015, part 1 of 1.
In today's show we take a deep look at the psychological underpinning of extremist political movements, and we demonstrate that the extremism and atrocities of ISIS stem from the trauma of people who suffered under the imperial conquest of the United States, rather than being an expression of Islamic ideology, as many have claimed.
We take a look at a recent article by John Pilger which highlights the similarity between the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia during the 70's and the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
ISIS is a product of western Imperialism and mass murder, which dehumanises and radicalises populations, and which can produce in any society the kind of disordered psychopathic traits we seen in both ISIS and the Khmer Rouge.
No jab, no pay, NO WAY!
November 14, 2015, part 1 of 2.
November 14, 2015, part 2 of 2.
Today we return to the topic of vaccines, as the Senate deliberates on the passage of one of the most draconian attacks on personal health freedom anywhere in the world.
The "No jab, no pay" bill, as it's patronisingly called, will see Australian parents stripped of up to $15,000 per year in government benefits for failing to get their children fully vaccinated according to the government mandated schedule.
In the 2nd hour I am joined by Damien Poulsen who is the organiser of a protest movement titled No jab, no pay, NO WAY!.
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Today we cover in detail all the known facts surrounding the bombing of an MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which took place on 3rd October 2015.
The release of the MSF internal review last week has provided further insights on this horrific attack which is being described by Western media and US government sources as a 'mistake'.


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La medaglia per la liberazione di Belgrado è stata un premio statale dell'Unione Sovietica.

Storia
La medaglia venne istituita il 9 giugno 1945.

Assegnazione
La medaglia veniva assegnata ai partecipanti all'offensiva di Belgrado.

Insegne
 La medaglia era di ottone. Il dritto raffigurava in alto la scritta ad arco "PER LA LIBERAZIONE DI" (Russo: «ЗА ОСВОБОЖДЕНИЕ»), sotto la scritta, in caratteri evidenti, la scritta in rilievo "BELGRADO" (Russo: «БЕЛГРАДА»). Le scritte erano circondate da una corona di alloro con sopra una stella a cinque punte. Sul retro la data "20 OTTOBRE 1944" (Russo: «20 ОКТЯБРЯ 1944») sotto ad una stella a cinque punte.
 Il nastro era verde con una striscia centrale nera.

Altri progetti

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The main course themes are the foundations of environmental law, commercial law and human rights. They are addressed on international, regional and national level, always in relation to sustainable development. In particular, the course deals with issues such as the use of land and water, how wildlife is affected by human activities, problems with air pollution, demography and migration, industrial production and consumption, energy resources and security threats of different kinds. Moreover, the course addresses the need for education and spreading of knowledge on sustainable development. The course progresses in four steps. First, students learn about basic facts behind environmental problems. Secondly, focus is on international law and sustainable development. Thirdly, the course deals with the legal norms for the economy, environment and human rights on regional level. Fourthly, the local level is in focus by letting students work on cases selected from their home countries.
Course participants come from many different countries across the world. This international classroom enables learning that benefit from different cultural backgrounds that can be compared and discussed.


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Welsh ministers want help in delivering new development framework
Words: Roger Milne
The Welsh Government has issued a general call for evidence and notification of projects to help it deliver the new national spatial framework – the so-called National Development Framework (NDF).
The administration said it would welcome evidence on issues surrounding the role and scope of the NDF.
Ministers are interested in which national issues should be addressed in the framework (e.g. areas for growth, new infrastructure requirements and how to manage national assets).
The government also wants views on:
• How the NDF can maximise the opportunities from new development and the management of assets to ensure the planning system supports the delivery of the government's key strategic objectives; and
• The NDF's role in shaping the new-look regional strategic development plans and local authority local development plans.
It wants details of projects that:
• Help to deliver the government's planning objectives;
• Are of national importance;
• Can support the delivery of wider projects and initiatives as part of a joined-up and co-ordinated plan; and
• Could not be dealt with at a regional or local level.
Roisin Willmott, director of RTPI Cymru, said: "The NDF provides a valuable opportunity to provide a strategic approach to the delivery of important infrastructure which is needed at a national level. This will help the government, investors and communities alike to ensure we deliver the right infrastructure in the right places. This is an opportunity for everyone to input and support the establishment of this important approach for Wales."
RTPI Cymru will be providing a response to the government. If members would like to contribute they should send their views to [email protected]
The call for evidence document can be found here (pdf).
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Nov6November 6, 2018 • By Marty Fishman • Bookmark the permalink.
This is not a card, it's a freaking GIFT! It must have taken you ages to make, but oh, so, soooo worth every second! That white moose just makes me grin from ear to ear! Your inlaid trees is such a clever and unexpected surprise! So excited to see all the details up close here on your blog! The plaid layer is just superb! I had a shirt like that, but just got rid of it–Lauren did a closet clean out with me and told me it looked horrendous on me. Perhaps red's not my color???! I should have kept it to wrap a journal or something. Hmmmm…Sending big hugs, you creative genius, you!
OOOOH! I haven't been over to SSS, but I see that your wonderful moose card was spotlighted at SSS! Well done, YOU! So deserving; I love this card!


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Home » General Info » Volunteer Program
If you are an individual who wishes to learn more about the Justice System, and at the same time make a significant contribution to your community, we invite you to check out the available Volunteer Placement Opportunities indicated below, that best match your area of interest and personal needs.
If you are interested in one or more of the following volunteer opportunities, please fill out a Volunteer Application.
If you have any questions please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at (805) 289-8624.
Volunteer Placement Opportunities
Children's Waiting Room (2 Locations)
Ventura Hall of Justice
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, California 93009
Juvenile Courthouse
4353 Vineyard Avenue
Oxnard, California, 93036
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Children's Waiting Room at the court remains closed. Parties who bring their child (or children) to court must arrange for an adult to watch the child (or children) during the mediation.
(See Admin Order 21.18)
The children's waiting room was established as a safe haven for children 2½ (toilet trained) to 14 years of age who must accompany their parents to court.
As a volunteer in the children's waiting room, you will be responsible for guiding child's play and activities, interacting with court personnel, and seeing that proper registration and log record procedures are being met. Your presence will bring a sense of calm to children who may feel anxiety in the face of a strange and sometime emotionally charged environment.
Volunteers must provide proof of current certification in CPR (Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation), and a negative T.B. (Tuberculin) test within 60 days of beginning service. Fingerprinting will also be required.
The Self-Help Legal Access (SHLA) Center
Located on the 4th Floor of the Ventura Hall of Justice in Room 400, the Ventura County Superior Court's Self-Help Legal Access Center was established in December 1997 to assist the growing number of self-represented litigants (parties to a lawsuit) in the court. The center is part of a creative public outreach project undertaken by the court to improve access to justice for all members of the community.
The center provides informational assistance in areas of law other than family law and civil harassment restraining orders. It helps self-represented litigants navigate the court system and refers people to community-based resources that can help them with a variety of needs. Because the SHLA Center sees both sides in cases, and must remain neutral, it cannot give legal advice, nor is there any attorney-client relationship developed in the center. Those needing legal advice are referred to State Bar approved lawyer referral services and non-profit legal services programs.
Volunteers in the SHLA Center include attorneys, law students, paralegal students, undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in social work, and occasionally, others who have a background or interest in the legal field. Depending on their level of experience, volunteers assist with intake, directing people to the resources in the center, and referrals to outside resources.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Ventura County
Email: info@casaofventuracounty.org
Website: www.casaofventuracounty.org
Every day in Ventura County, children are removed from their homes by protective services due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment. A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is a volunteer and a sworn officer of the Juvenile Dependency Court for these children. The program is regulated by The California Administrative Office of the Courts and overseen by The Juvenile Dependency Court.
Trained CASAs work one-on-one with the children and help to protect their rights. CASAs assess the circumstances, report their findings to the Court, and advocate for the child. These children are in Court not because they are criminals, but because they are victims. CASAs provide them friendship and support.
In Ventura County, there are close to a thousand children in foster care. Only a small percentage of these children, however, have access to a CASA volunteer. CASA of Ventura County is dedicated to ensuring that every foster child appointed to the program has a qualified CASA volunteer looking out for his or her best interests. With the help of a CASA volunteer, a child is half as likely to languish in the foster care system and more likely to find a safe and permanent home. [See www.casaforchildren.org, "Evidence of Effectiveness".]
CASA of Ventura County is the only program of its kind in Ventura County. It is a volunteer-driven non-profit organization that provides a powerful voice in Court for abused and neglected children in our community.
To learn how to become a trained CASA volunteer or to find out how you can become involved in some other capacity with CASA of Ventura County, please go to www.casaofventuracounty.org.
The Volunteer Coordinator maintains a volunteer file for each participant that maintains hours of service in each assignment and notes unusual achievements for use in writing letters of recommendation.
To maintain courthouse security, prospective volunteers must pass a background check before acceptance into the program. Background check fees are to be paid by the volunteer.
All volunteers are trained in the services they will perform on a one-to-one basis.
Sincere Appreciation
The court is deeply indebted to those public-spirited individuals who provide the essential service in the volunteering of their time and talent. Their generous personal contributions have enhanced the way their fellow citizens experience the Justice System.
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TRIENNIAL PLAN
ICOFORT (ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage), exercising its role as an ICOMOS advisory committee related to fortifications and military heritage, developed this plan for the period from 2019 to 2022, aiming to coordinate the work of its members and officers to comply with its statute and apply participatory management methodologies, which bring together its staff and other agents of society in favor of Cultural Heritage on the types of interest of the committee.
All actions under this plan are based on its institutional mission, as provided for in the bylaws. Actions were created specifically designed so that each aspect of the ICOFORT Mission can be operationalized and generate real and relevant results.
2. MISSION
The International Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage researches and promotes the understanding, protection, conservation, exposing and management of historic fortifications and military heritage (including: tangible and intangible, historical, architectural, artistic and scientific values) which includes:
structures, built or used for military and defensive purposes (including field fortifications, earthworks, fortified towns, naval ports, navigation marks and dredging, military bases, different kind of military accommodation buildings, works of military engineering and other enclaves and constructions);
landscapes and water areas for mainly military purposes (including testing fields, territorial, coastal and naval defense structures and battlefields, naval routes and other sets of cultural and natural heritage);
commemorative monuments and military memorabilia (including war memorials, military decorations, trophies, cemeteries, war graves and cenotaphs, and other plaques or markers);
intangible heritage connected to all these areas of built military heritage.
This mission is carried out through actions aimed at research, training and encouraging knowledge, appreciation, understanding and interpretation of fortifications and military heritage.
3. VISION FOR THE FUTURE
We intend that ICOFORT be the main world reference institution in Fortifications and Military Heritage for researchers, professionals, managers and society in general with representation on all continents and a high capacity to influence public opinion on the importance of this typology of heritage in local sustainable development and in the construction of the individual as a Citizen.
4. PREMISES AND METHODOLOGY
a. Premisses
This plan has the premises of acting with Participation (5.a, 5.b), Sustainability (5.c, 5.d) e Community-based(5.e, 5.f).
Participation: we will involve as many members as possible in all our activities and, at the same time, stimulate the participation of other institutions, researchers and professionals in the exchange of ideas and projects with ICOFORT members.
Sustainability: all recommendations arising from ICOFORT activities should follow principles that favor sustainable solutions
Community-based: ICOFORT's actions should focus on solutions that benefit sustainable development and the inclusion of communities located around the sites.
b. Methodology
This plan presents 6 strategic objectives that summarize the goals desired by the current Bureau for the period 2019-2022. Each Strategic Objective has several Strategic Actions that together will contribute to each goal being achieved. To this, we indicate the Activities necessary for the Actions to be executed, within each year of mandate, of the current Bureau. Each Activity has a Bureau officer and an executive team, who, with the support of other members, must conduct the necessary work.
Those responsible for each Activity should detail the planning for their specific actions, integrated to the other activities of each Strategic Action.
5. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
STRUCTURING: Expand the capacity for international representativeness of ICOFORT through the decentralization of actions and incentive to regional and local initiatives
STRENGTHENING NETWORKS: Act collaboratively through the establishment and strengthening of networks with institutions, researchers, professionals and ICOFORT members
FINANCIAL RESOURCES: Raise funds to support projects and actions of the triennial plan of ICOFORT
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Develop a continuous improvement process to streamline the management of ICOFORT so that the objectives of this plan are achieved
INVOLVEMENT WITH SOCIETY AND MEMBERS: Expand the World Society's interest in Fortified and Military Heritage and the participation of members in ICOFORT discussions and activities
CONTINUITY: to continue with the activities and projects initiated during the management of the previous Bureau
6. STRATEGIC ACTIONS
a. STRUCTURING
Create, regulate and promote ICOFORT Regional Subcommittees
Regulate and promote ICOFORT local groups
Create scientific research groups in the various areas of knowledge related to Fortified and Military Heritage
Create a technical advisory board composed of ex-presidents, ex-vice presidents and ex-secretaries-general to give their opinion on high-level topics at the request of the ICOFORT Bureau
Create a multidisciplinary subcommittee for new member analysis and for monitoring and upgrade of members
b. STRENGTHENING NETWORKS
Establish contact and partnerships with the World Heritage Center and other international organizations of cultural and natural heritage
Establish partnerships with other ICOMOS/ISC
Participate, actively, in ICOMOS activities, events and campaigns
Establish contact and relationship with National Scientific Committees on Fortifications and Military Heritage
Establish partnerships with local government agencies for projects and research on management, conservation, interpretation and reuse of fortified and military heritage, with emphasis on Local and Community Development
Stimulate interaction between ICOFORT members of different continents
Expand membership representation in the regions of Africa, Asia and the Pacific
c. FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Develop fundraising processes and obtain funds that allow the financing of ICOFORT activities
Institutionally support members, subcommittees and working groups or research in the search for financial resources from projects of thematic interest of ICOFORT
d. PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Perform a mapping and analysis of processes to improve existing constraints and add new processes in management gaps
Improve member evaluation and approval processes
Improve proposal process for ICOFORT meetings
Create a normative process for approving the creation and operation of new local groups
e. INVOLVEMENT WITH SOCIETY AND MEMBERS
Promote the ICOFORT Charter on Fortifications and Related Heritage; guidelines for Protection, Conservation and Interpretation
Expand communication with society via social networks, website and online newsletters
Expand the interest of the Society in the Fortified and Military Heritage
Develop actions for emerging professionals
f. CONTINUITY
Conduct the final approval of ICOFORT DRAFT CHARTER on Fortifications and related heritage
Continue supporting projects that had been conducted by ICOFORT or in partnership/support to members
Continuing all scientific cooperation agreements already signed by ICOFORT
7. STRATEGIC ACTIONS FRAMEWORK
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8. MONITORING
Monitoring will take place by publicly following goals through online dissemination tools. Each activity must have indicators that allow the measurement of the work developed by the team.
As with any plan, this is also a path and not a trail, and must be flexible to adapt to new contexts. The participatory nature of planning and execution should encourage the monitoring and adjustments necessary for the objectives to be achieved. And even what is not concluded in the current management, will be an indication of future continuity, for all work at ICOFORT it is a constant addition of steps, towards the maximum objectives defended by ICOMOS in favor of Fortifications and Military Heritage.


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Cloud adoption trumps traditional IT at enterprises: Nasscom round table
Anirban Ghoshal | 17 May, 2019
Cloud adoption in India is growing faster than traditional IT services buoyed by demand from enterprises which are looking towards digital transformation, panellists at the Nasscom-TechCircle round table said.
"Cloud computing in India is growing at a healthy rate and is, in fact, growing faster than traditional IT services and the outlook for the next four years seems very bright," Sangeeta Gupta, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Nasscom, said while discussing cloud adoption in India.
According to a recent Nasscom report, cloud spending in India was estimated at $2.5 billion and is estimated to grow at 30% year-on-year to reach $7.2 billion in 2022.
The report estimates that the growth will come from multiple factors such as increased awareness of cloud, consumerisation of IT, proliferation of the startup ecosystem, diverse landscape of supplier ecosystem, rising investments in infrastructure, talent, strategic partnerships and the impetus from key digital-led government programmes.
However, the report also showed that cloud computing formed only 6% of relevant IT spending in 2018 in the country compared to a global average of 7.9% and an average of 11.4% in leading countries.
Explaining this, Anurag Sharma, vice president and head of growth initiatives at Tech Mahindra, said that cloud adoption in India is going to grow as companies look towards digital transformation.
"The reason of slower cloud adoption in India can be attributed to industries such as services and manufacturing that form the bulk of our GDP. They are yet to take up cloud services. The moment they do so we are going to see an acceleration in the pace of cloud adoption," Sharma said.
Nitin Bawankule, country director, Google Cloud, also seconded Sharma, stating that most enterprises also face challenges such as already large investments in traditional IT infrastructure and shortage of teams that can handle cloud adoption during digital transformation.
"Even if we say that companies can somehow manage the cost of infrastructure, teams, or in other words, shortage of professionals is the biggest hindrance to the adoption of cloud or any other frontier technologies," Bawankule explained.
Sharma also said that enterprises sometimes face challenges during migration to cloud strategy because of the way Indian IT has grown.
"Companies have invested in multiple segments and in building multiple databases. It is not possible to lift and shift all of these databases, applications overnight because it gets too complex," he explained.
Bawankule also seconded Sharma and said that Google takes a different approach with larger enterprises, wherein it takes up one of the most critical applications and moves it to the cloud to show results to the customer.
"Once that is done, we move to the next process," he explained.
You can listen to the entire round table here
According to Nasscom's Gupta, hybridity is beneficial for cloud proliferation but it has come about because enterprises are reluctant to give up their legacy infrastructure. However, she added that some of this reluctance is driven by regulatory statues.
She also said that a hybrid cloud environment gives enterprises the flexibility to build a multi-talented environment.
Sharma seconded Gupta and said that the rapid growth in demand from customers is driving hybridity.
Siddharth Jain, founder and CEO of MyCloudBazaar.com pointed out that cost also drives hybridisation. "Moving lock, stock and barrel to the cloud could be more expensive than running your own data centre. Hence, companies tend to only move certain applications or processes to the cloud keeping the databases on-premise," he explained.
Talking about how policies can help accelerate cloud adoption, Gupta said that there are three or four pillars that the country needs.
"India needs to accelerate the skilling journey and Nasscom along with companies such as Google are trying to push it. Also, a partnership with the industry and academia is going to help a lot," she said.
She added that while enterprises don't need a lot of fillip or help when it comes to cloud adoption, the government could set an example.
Further, she said that the government should also incentivise companies to ensure more data centres are set up in the country.
When asked about how the government can help cloud computing startups, Jain, whose startup is DIPP-certified, said that the government should look at the grassroots level and help startups compete with other large rivals by offering them bids.
Adding to Jain's comments, Gupta said that there were certain flaws with the procurement process and Nasscom was in talks with the government to fix them.
When asked about why cloud or data centres have not extended to Tier-2 and 3 cities and villages, the panellists said that data centres need certain physical infrastructure such as electricity, submarine landing cables, etc, which are absent in rural parts of India.
Gupta said that cities which have such physical infrastructure available should be competing against one other to get more data centres.
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