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German Journalist Given Seven Month Sentence for Meme Mocking Government’s ‘Hatred’ of Free Speech

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/0 ... ee-speech/

Germany has been accused of violating basic Western values yet again, as a news editor in Germany faces a hefty fine and a seven month prison sentence for posting a meme mocking the government’s “hatred” of free speech.

The Bamberg district court in Bavaria sentenced Deutschland-Kurier editor David Bendels this week to seven months in prison on probation and a fine of nearly sixty per cent of his annual income, or 210 ‘daily rates’, for posting an image on social media of Interior Minister Nancy Faeser holding an altered sign.

The common meme tactic of changing the words on signs held by politicians for satirical purposes was used to make Faeser’s sign read: “I hate freedom of speech”.

Bendels was initially convicted in November, and the ruling was confirmed on Monday, finding that he had committed “defamation directed against people in political life,” Die Welt reported on Tuesday.

According to Bendels, it is the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany that a journalist has been threatened with prison for breaching the statute.

[flyboy71]

Almost a parallel to Douglass Mackey

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High Flow Shower Heads Are Back! Trump Signs Executive Order to End War on Relaxing Showers

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... ump-signs/

President Trump on Wednesday ended Joe Biden and his handlers’ war on high-pressured showers and clean hair.

In December 2021, the Biden regime restored 2013 regulations on how much water can be carried through showerheads. Under the earlier rule, the entire shower was considered under rules restricting flow to 2.5 gallons per minute.

Today Trump brought back the high-powered showers.

This story would obviously be way too controversial for the snowflakes at the Group DIY Brewery...
Or, have the sensitive children there grown up? Probably not.

[Tubetec]

So no 125% tarrifs on mobile phones and some other electronic components related mainly to communications devices,
Stands to reason really when you think about it , you dont need to limit the range and scope of your own propaganda machine ,of which the smart phone is the primary vehicle for the dissemination of .

I personally think the EU would have been much better off bringing in a raft of new legislation to properly regulate (Mainly US)social media companies and its responsibillities ,
Its absolutely without doubt the corrosive effect social media has had , especially on the young , but right across society and politics .

Heres a headline from yesterdays paper ,
Tax cuts not off the table in Budget if tariff war ‘de-escalates’, says Paschal Donohoe

then this morning that changes to
‘All options need to be on the table’ – Paschal Donohoe supports threatening US with tax on Big Tech .

If the EU gives social media a big kick in the bollocks Ireland has the most to loose , but our so called light touch regulation has failed misserably .

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So no 125% tarrifs on mobile phones and some other electronic components related mainly to communications devices,

It's more categories than what's being reported.

Full list of exempted HTS categories:

8471 – Automatic data processing machines and units thereof (e.g., laptops, desktops, servers).

8473.30 – Parts and accessories for automatic data processing machines (e.g., computer parts).

8486 – Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits.

8517.13.00 – Smartphones and other telecommunication apparatus for cellular networks.

8517.62.00 – Machines for the reception, conversion, and transmission/regeneration of voice, images, or other data (e.g., modems, routers).

8523.51.00 – Solid-state non-volatile storage devices (e.g., flash memory, SSDs).

8524 – Media for the recording of sound or other phenomena, not elsewhere specified (can include CDs, DVDs, etc.).

8528.52.00 – Monitors capable of directly connecting to an automatic data processing machine (e.g., computer monitors).

8541.10.00 – Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

8541.21.00 – Transistors with a dissipation rate of <1 W.

8541.29.00 – Other transistors.

8541.30.00 – Thyristors, diacs, and triacs (semiconductor switching devices).

8541.49.10 – Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) – chips mounted in discrete packages.

8541.49.70 – Other LEDs, not listed elsewhere.

8541.49.80 – Infrared LEDs.

8541.49.95 – Other light-emitting semiconductor devices.

8541.51.00 – Silicon-based photovoltaic devices (solar cells), whether or not assembled in modules or panels.

8541.59.00 – Other photovoltaic devices.

8541.90.00 – Parts of the goods of heading 8541 (e.g., parts for diodes, transistors, LEDs).

8542 – Electronic integrated circuits (e.g., microprocessors, memory chips).

https://content.govdelivery.com/bulleti ... P_WIDGET_2

8541 are transistors and other discrete devices; 8542 are most of the "amplifier" ICs we use.
PC boards and PCB assemblies are not exempted.

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Mother Arrested, Held In Police Cell In UK, For Confiscating Her Own Daughters' iPads

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mot ... ters-ipads

A mother was arrested and jailed for seven hours after she confiscated iPads from her own children because she wanted them to concentrate on their homework.

Yes, really.

It’s the latest insane story of police overreach from the backwards UK, where stabbings are just an everyday occurrence and robberies are not even investigated, but people saying mean words about the ‘wrong’ things are thrown in prison.

Vanessa Brown, 50, a history teacher was arrested & held for seven-and-a-half hours by @SurreyPolice for stealing 2 iPads. They were at her mother's house, who was also questioned.

The LBC report notes:

History teacher Vanessa Brown, 50, spent seven-and-a-half hours in a custody cell on March 26 this year, following a claim she had stolen two iPads which were traced to her mother’s house in Cobham, Surrey.

Yet it transpired that the two devices belonged to her daughters, and Ms Brown had merely confiscated them to encourage them to focus on their schoolwork, a fact Surrey Police has now acknowledged.

“I find it quite traumatic even talking about this now,” Ms Brown recalled.

“At no point did they [the officers] think to themselves, ‘Oh, this is a little bit of an overreaction for a moment, confiscating temporarily her iPads and popping over to her mum’s to have a coffee’. It was just a complete overreaction.

It isn’t made exactly clear who reported the iPads stolen, but it seems to have been the ex-partner of the woman.

[Tubetec]

Its an odd situation for sure , like war of the roses ,with kids in the middle .
I wouldnt be at all surprised if Daddy got a warning for making a vexatious complaint and wasting Police time .

Parents have to be able to impose limits on social media time with kids , its going to cause ructions of course due to the addictive nature of the thing .
Zucks hollow,emotionless, 1000 yard stare , he knows well the damage hes causing , he's like a modern day Pied Piper.

Irelands previous prime minister and his administration were the architects of 'light touch regulation' of social media ,they put their own popularity ahead of the common good and for that they need to be held to account .

[Tubetec]

There seems to be a fair amount of concern being voiced by expat Americans this side of the pond , peoples social media content is being profiled , if they show any kind of dissent towards the regime they get set aside for special treatment on re-admission to the US .

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Report: Scientists Look to Dim the Sun to Counter ‘Runaway Climate Change’

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/0 ... te-change/

The UK government is poised to approve experiments that seek ways to dim sunlight and deflect it away to fight “runaway climate change,” a report Wednesday claims. According to the Daily Telegraph, a host of possible options for climate control are being considered by scientists with government approval alongside £50 million in taxpayer funds:

Outdoor field trials which could include injecting aerosols into the atmosphere, or brightening clouds to reflect sunshine, are being considered by scientists as a way to prevent runaway climate change. Aria, the Government’s advanced research and invention funding agency, has set aside £50 million for projects, which will be announced in the coming weeks. Prof Mark Symes, the programme director for Aria (Advanced Research and Invention Agency), is reported by the Telegraph to have confirmed there will be, “small controlled outdoor experiments on particular approaches”. “We will be announcing who we have given funding to in a few weeks and when we do so we will be making clear when any outdoor experiments might be taking place,” he said.

They have been doing stratospheric aerosol injection into the upper atmosphere since the 1990s. This is simply an attempt to normalize what they've already been doing. LBJ talked about weather modification in the early 1960s, it was used in Vietnam, and in the last 10 or so years John Brennan of the CIA publicly spoke about it. It's now outlawed in two states with a dozen or more states having bills introduced.

The snarky gaslit posters (or should I say posers) over at the GDIY Brewery deny this is happening and anyone stating fact and providing evidence to that forum's hyenas is treated as a complete loon.

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