Posts Tagged ‘terms’

Nancy Pelosi Bans ‘Gender’ Terms Like Mother, Daughter, Father, Son in New Congress Rules

Nancy Pelosi has introduced a rules package that eliminates the use of gendered terms like ‘mother’ ‘father’ ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ from the House. Pelosi (D-CA) and Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-MA) unveiled the rules for the 117th Congress on Friday, which contain “future-focused” proposals. In an official press release, the House Rules Committee said […]

Nancy Pelosi Bans ‘Gender’ Terms Like Mother, Daughter, Father, Son in House Rules

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-MA) unveiled the rules for the 117th Congress on Friday, which contain “future-focused” proposals, including the elimination of gendered terms, such as “father, mother, son, and daughter.” “This package, which will be introduced and voted on once the new Congress convenes, includes sweeping ethics […]

What lies ahead for ‘the Squad’, as they eye second terms in U.S. Congress

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Greek prosecutor seeks 13-year jail terms for leaders of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn

ATHENS — A Greek prosecutor on Tuesday called for 13-year prison sentences for the leading members of infamous neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, nearly a week after their conviction in a landmark trial. Prosecutor Adamantia Economou said the sentences should be imposed on long-term leader Nikos Michaloliakos and six other former Golden Dawn lawmakers, including Ioannis […]

Netanyahu may be just as corrupt and disruptive, but he’s no match for Trump in terms of crazy

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FLASHBACK: Netflix Show Featured 10-Year-Old Trans Kid as a ‘Top’ in Explicitly Sexual Terms

Netflix’s new French film ‘Cuties’ has been subject of much controversy on social media, as it features a plot involving preteen girls twerking on camera, with more problematic revelations surrounding Netflix’s positions on the sexualization of children coming to the fore. Cuties features a dancing troupe of pre-pubescent girls twerking as they come of age. […]

Royal Navy Goes Woke, Bans ‘Offensive’ Terms ‘Seaman’ & ‘Unmanned’

The British Royal Navy has caved to the far-left “woke” mob and banned terms now deemed “offensive”because they were too “male-themed.” The UK’s military branch is following in the footsteps of the Canadian Navy, which recently replaced the word “seaman” with “sea-person”. Britain’s Navy will now replace “seaman” in rank titles and ban the use […]

Nothing to hide? israel considers ban on filming IDF soldiers, 5yr jail terms for offenders

The controversial legislation states that anyone who “filmed, photographed, and/or recorded soldiers in the course of their duties, with the intention of undermining the spirit of IDF soldiers and residents of Israel, shall be liable to five years imprisonment,” according to reports in Hebrew-language media earlier in May. Fist-size gunshot wounds, pulverized bones, inadmissible use […]

Lavrov has ‘no regular terms’ to describe US threat to attack Syrian troops

Sergey Lavrov was referring to accusations voiced by US Representative at the UN Nikki Haley, who said the US may take military action in Syria in the same way it did last year in response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun. US prepared to act on Syria if UN Security Council won’t – […]

Bahraini courts hand down prison terms to three Shia clerics

Press TV – Courts in Bahrain have separately handed down prison sentences between six months and one year to three Shia Muslim clerics as the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown and persecution of the members of the religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. Informed sources, requesting anonymity, told […]

Colombia’s AGC and government exchange views on terms for surrender and peace

nsnbc : Colombia’s right-wing neo-paramilitary Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC), a.k.a. Los Urabenos, on Tuesday published a video through the press, suggesting its willingness to […]

Google Blocking Key Search Terms For Left Websites

Note: In a previous article we reported that Popular Resistance had also seen more than a 60% drop in visits to our website since April when Google changed its search functions. This report goes further into how Google is blocking key search terms. See Google’s New Search Protocol Restricting Access To Leading Leftist Web Sites. KZ […]

France to Effectively Decriminalize Cannabis by Ending Prison Terms

Anna Hunt, StaffWaking Times The French government is about to make some drastic changes to the enforcement of cannabis use laws. A government spokesperson revealed that by the end of 2017, France will end all prison terms for cannabis users. Existing Policy Current French law states that cannabis use is a criminal offense. It […]

Are Israeli terms on criminals applicable on Israeli criminals?

By Motasem A Dalloul Israeli Housing and Construction Minister Yoav Galant said that Bashar al-Assad has no place in this world over his crimes, what about Israeli criminals? Speaking at an Israeli defence conference held in Jerusalem, the Israeli Housing and Construction Minister Yoav Galant called on Tuesday for the assassination of the Syrian regime […]

The First 100 Days of Donald Trump’s Presidency in Military Terms

Why Turkey coup bid fail?

Alwaght- The experts who are following the Turkish social and political developments for years have described the coup attempt by some army units against the Turkish government as highly strange and at the same time complicated move. The coup was conducted in such an uncalculated way as if it came down from nothing, and actually […]

Are Humans Wired to Sleep Twice a Day? The Benefits of a Two-Phase Sleep Cycle

26th May 2016 By Christina Lavers Contributing writer for Wake Up World Until recently, most of us just assumed that sleep is a nocturnal activity that naturally occurs in one long block. Today, largely thanks to historian and researcher Roger Ekrich, this long held assumption is being revisited. Ekirch published a study that examined hundreds of […]

British PM Cameron stands by ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’ comment on Trump: spokesman

British Prime Minister David Cameron stands by his description of Donald Trump’s proposal for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States as “divisive, stupid and wrong”, a spokesman said on Monday. Trump, when asked about Cameron’s criticism, said such comments indicate he is unlikely to have a good relationship with the British prime […]

‘Oblivion Season’ wins best title of 2016 at US filmfest.

Produced and directed by Abbas Rafei, the 93-min feature narrative film Oblivion Season has won the award of Best Feature Film at the Around Films International Film Festival (ARFF) in the US. Competing with films from the US, Russia, Germany, Argentina and France, Oblivion Season won the best title of 2016 at the American event. […]

Iran oil minister to skip Doha output freeze meeting

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh will not attend this week’s meeting among leading global oil producers to cut production, Iranian media reported Wednesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members and non-OPEC oil producers are expected to discuss freezing oil output to curb oversupplies on Sunday, April 17, in the Qatari capital of Doha. […]

Turkey’s Military Campaign Targets all Kurds, Not Just a Certain Party

Syria 360 Ahmad Shiwesh and Eyaz Ciziri QAMISHLI – The Turkish army forces have been bombing the Kurdish city of Nusaybin southeastern Turkey for weeks. At least seven neighborhoods in the city have been under heavy bombardment, according to Sara Kaya, mayor of Nusaybin city and member of the Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP). People of […]

European Commission: “Even the Remotest Places of This Planet” will be “Diverse”

Opening remarks of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans at the First Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights Brussels, 1 October 2015 Thank you very much. I can’t begin to tell you how glad I am that you are all here. This for me is already at the beginning a highlight in my career as a member of […]

Extremely rare – Python attacks sleeping boy in Australia

     A mother awoke to blood-curdling screams after her six-year-old son was attacked in his bed by a three-metre long carpet python. The boy, Tyler, was sleeping in the top bunk in his bedroom at his family home near Macksville, on the NSW Mid North Coast, on Friday night when the snake bit him several […]

7 ISIS members detained in Urals prepared terrorist acts for Moscow, St. Petersburg – FSB

After terror acts in Russia’s two largest cities, as well as the Sverdlovsk Region, where the city of Ekaterinburg is located, members of the terror group planned to flee to Syria where parts of territory are under control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The gunmen were planning to carry out “high-profile terrorist attacks using […]

7 ISIS members detained in Urals prepared terrorist acts for Moscow, St. Petersburg – FSB

After terror acts in Russia’s two largest cities, as well as the Sverdlovsk Region, where the city of Ekaterinburg is located, members of the terror group planned to flee to Syria where parts of territory are under control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The gunmen were planning to carry out “high-profile terrorist attacks using […]

7 ISIS members detained in Urals prepared terrorist acts for Moscow, St. Petersburg – FSB

After terror acts in Russia’s two largest cities, as well as the Sverdlovsk Region, where the city of Ekaterinburg is located, members of the terror group planned to flee to Syria where parts of territory are under control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The gunmen were planning to carry out “high-profile terrorist attacks using […]

7 ISIS members detained in Urals prepared terrorist acts for Moscow, St. Petersburg – FSB

After terror acts in Russia’s two largest cities, as well as the Sverdlovsk Region, where the city of Ekaterinburg is located, members of the terror group planned to flee to Syria where parts of territory are under control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The gunmen were planning to carry out “high-profile terrorist attacks using […]

7 ISIS members detained in Urals prepared terrorist acts for Moscow, St. Petersburg – FSB

After terror acts in Russia’s two largest cities, as well as the Sverdlovsk Region, where the city of Ekaterinburg is located, members of the terror group planned to flee to Syria where parts of territory are under control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The gunmen were planning to carry out “high-profile terrorist attacks using […]

7 ISIS members detained in Urals prepared terrorist acts for Moscow, St. Petersburg – FSB

After terror acts in Russia’s two largest cities, as well as the Sverdlovsk Region, where the city of Ekaterinburg is located, members of the terror group planned to flee to Syria where parts of territory are under control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The gunmen were planning to carry out “high-profile terrorist attacks using […]

7 ISIS members detained in Urals prepared terrorist acts for Moscow, St. Petersburg – FSB

After terror acts in Russia’s two largest cities, as well as the Sverdlovsk Region, where the city of Ekaterinburg is located, members of the terror group planned to flee to Syria where parts of territory are under control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The gunmen were planning to carry out “high-profile terrorist attacks using […]

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