100 Christians snatched in overnight raids on underground Chinese church | South China Morning Post

Please never tell me "It can't happen here."

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2177263/100-snatched-china-church-raids-overnight

Huge explosion in online romance scams in Hong Kong in 2018, with victims swindled out of US$57.6 million | South China Morning Post

"when the victims get suspicious, other fraudsters will show up claiming to be police officers and ask the victims to pay handling fees to get their money back."
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/2177139/huge-explosion-online-romance-scams-hong-kong-2018

A note from Rex: Scammers are the mold of the internet. They grow in the dark. Sunshine is the only cure. Trust your friends to shine their light on ALL requests for money.

Summerville man charged with arson for burnt Christmas decor

"Baun was not charged with Grinchery."

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article222842940.html

How can there be any humor in a report like this? It is like making fun of the handicapped. 

My submission for our UDW: Exactly who is in charge of NFL public relations?

UDW is "Upside Down World"

School Principal Bans Candy Canes Because The J-Shape Might Mean Jesus - The Lid

Can it really be THIS bad?

https://lidblog.com/bans-candy-canes/

Is this a little too much?

And here is Chuck Schumer's daughter  (the Facebook do nothing jobber) who just got married in Brooklyn.

 

Elizabeth Weiland (left) and Alison Schumer

Facebook's Corrupt Bargain: Gave Democrat Schumer $50,0000 Then Gave His Daughter a Job

Warner Todd Huston November 19, 2018

https://godfatherpolitics.com/facebooks-corrupt-bargain-gave-democrat-schumer-500000-than-gave-his-daughter-a-job/

Is Facebook wholly sold out to the left? Well, after this story, you'll have to admit that Facebook is just another corrupt part of the Democrat Party now that we know that Facebook not only donated $50,000 to Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer's political campaign, but they also gave his daughter a job.

Seriously, this is the very definition of corruption, back-scratching, and favor-giving. What do you think Facebook expected for their $50K donation and giving a Democrat Senator's daughter a do-nothing job?

As the New York Post reported:

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Facebook employees, including some at the top of its corporate pyramid, have helped fill Schumer's campaign coffers – and he's returned the favor by carrying water for the social media giant in Congress, according to a recent report.

And Alison Schumer, the senator's youngest of two daughters, works as a Facebook product marketing manager – which pays an average of $160,000, according to Glassdoor.com.

"It sure looks hinky," political strategist Susan Del Percio told The Post. "This is an industry that's been trying for years to fend off heavy government regulation by actively cultivating relationships with senators and House members."

So, what does $50K and a fake job to a family member get you?

Well, Schumer has suddenly become a great Facebook booster.

"Facebook is a very powerful force," Schumer said in March, the paper reported. "I think, overall, it's been a very positive force."

Sure, it has, buddy. Positive for your daughter and your own bank account.

The Post detailed some of those donations:

Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the senator $5,200 in 2013.

Sheryl Sandberg, the company's high-profile chief operating officer, kicked in $5,400 – the maximum legal amount – to Schumer's 2016 re-election campaign.

Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch gave the same sum in 2015.

Newly appointed board member Kenneth Chenault has been a loyal Schumer supporter since 1995. Most recently, he gave $1,200 to the senator's 2016 primary election campaign and $2,700 in that year's general election. Chenault has contributed a total of $6,900.

Naturally, Schumer is reluctant to say anything about his daughter's cushy, do-nothing Facebook job.

Meanwhile, Facebook continues its daily attack on the First Amendment and the freedom of speech of any user the social media giant thinks might tend toward being a conservative.

If you are Republican, or lean right, Facebook bans you. If you are a Democrat, Facebook promotes your content and may even give your daughter a high-paying, fake job.

Follow Warner Todd Huston on Twitter @warnerthuston.

 

 

 

Pictures can lie when the photographer (or his bosses) wants them to lie

Learn how easy it is to manipulate people's perceptions of an event that's being covered for the sake of whatever agenda that the powers-that-be at a given news network might have.
An angle makes a world of difference. Fake photography goes with fake news!!!

This just goes to show how easily things can be staged on TV.

 

 

Creating the impression of strength in numbers for Hillary Clinton!

This soldier looks like he was threatening the boy in the first image. It turns out he wasn't.

 

 

 

Not many people turned out for the launch of UK PM Theresa May's campaign bus...

This photo was staged between photographers and a young Palestinian.

 

 

 

The kid in this infamous photo was participating in a pro-immigration demonstration. He wasn't a detained illegal immigrant.

The camera was used to create the illusion of more people.
 

 
Not quite as many people there as was made out...

 

 

 

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