Iran Demands US Team Be Kicked Out Of World Cup Over Altered Flag

Iran is demanding that the US Soccer team be disqualified from the World Cup going into Tuesday's much anticipated US-Iran match, after more off-field controversy has sent tensions to boiling point.

A Saturday social media post across the official social media accounts of the US Soccer Federation (USSF), including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram - featured an altered version of the Iranian national flag without the Islamic emblem in the center. US Soccer said it was to show solidarity with the ongoing 'anti-hijab' protest movement which has been raging for over two months inside Iran.

"We wanted to show our support for the women in Iran with our graphic for 24 hours," the US Soccer federation said. The USSF said this was in "support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights."

In response, Iran's soccer federation said the move "disrespected the national flag of Islamic Republic of Iran," and additionally that it was "unethical and against international law."

It is driving outrage inside Iran, given that state media is describing that the US is "removing the symbol of Allah" from the Iranian flag. According to a description in the Associated Press:

The Islamic Republic emblem, designed in 1980, is four curves with a sword between them. It represents the Islamic saying: "There is no god but God." It also resembles a tulip or lotus.

In response, on Sunday Iran state media called for the US team to be immediately booted from the World Cup for the intentionally "distorted image" of the flag.

Tasnim news agency said in a statement, "By posting a distorted image of the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its official account, the US football team breached the FIFA charter, for which a 10-game suspension is the appropriate penalty." It emphasized: "Team USA should be kicked out of the World Cup 2022."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-demands-us-team-be-kicked-out-world-cup-over-altered-flag

Arsenic found in body of jailed ex-Georgian president – lawyer

Mikhail Saakashvili’s health has reportedly seriously deteriorated while in custody

Nail clippings taken from jailed former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili have tested positive for arsenic, his lawyer has claimed ahead of a court hearing involving his client. The ex-leader’s supporters have maintained that he is gravely ill and has had toxic heavy metals in his body.

Shalva Khachapuridze, who represents Saakashvili, said on Monday that the results of the toxicology test of his client’s samples would be available later in the day. The presence of the poisonous element was confirmed to him in a phone call, he told journalists on Monday, according to the private television station Mtavari Arkhi.

Saakashvili sneaked into Georgia in 2021 ahead of municipal elections, despite the risk of being arrested and facing prosecution on various charges. At the time, he had already been sentenced in absentia based on some of the charges, while others were still pending. On Friday, he is set to appear before a court over the most recent alleged transgression – an illegal crossing of the national border, Khachapuridze said.

The attorney stated that his client would probably have to use a wheelchair to attend the proceedings because he can no longer walk properly.

Saakashvili’s supporters have previously claimed that his condition has significantly deteriorated in Georgian custody. He has reportedly been diagnosed with at least 17 ailments, including tuberculosis and dementia.

Earlier in November, a doctor from a Georgia-based NGO claimed that hair samples taken from Saakashvili had shown traces of mercury and two other heavy metals, which she assessed to be evidence of a possible poisoning.

The claim was supported by the politician’s mother, but Saakashvili himself stressed in a statement posted on social media that he was not making any allegations of foul play. The Georgian Justice Ministry reacted by asking the national forensic bureau to examine the high-profile inmate.

Saakashvili’s health is set to be mentioned in an upcoming report by the European Parliament (EP) on the progress made in the implementation of the 2014 Association Agreement with Georgia. The document may tie the country being given candidate status to the former president’s release, according to amendments adopted this month by the EP’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The country’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, downplayed the pressure from the EU. Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, who also serves as the party’s secretary general, asserted that the draft report’s content was “worth nothing,” because it included wrong interpretations of what was happening in Georgian politics.

https://www.rt.com/news/567318-saakashvili-arsenic-court-trial/

Chinese Bots Flooding Twitter With Porn and Escorts to Bury News of Massive Protests Against COVID Lockdowns

The Chinese people have had enough of the brutal “zero-Covid” policies of the authoritarian CCP controlled country.

Citizens have been suffering under the cruel measures for years leading to isolation, starvation and even suicide.

Angry protesters have gathered all over China, including Tsinghua university in Beijing, with massive protests against the authoritarian regime’s zero-Covid policies. Demonstrations have occurred recently in multiple in cities – including Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou.

The regime is apparently using Chinese bots to flood Twitter with porn and escort ads to stop the spread of news about the protest and make it more difficult for users to access information.

The New York Post reports:

Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jinping.

Searches for major Chinese cities that have seen mass protests will “mostly see ads for escorts/porn/gambling, drowning out legitimate search results,” said Air-Moving Device, sharing a series of charts.

“Data analysis in this thread suggests that there has been a significant uptick in these spam tweets,” the outlet said, sharing data retweeted by Stanford Internet Observatorydirector Alex Stamos.

The “vast majority” — more than 95% — appear to be spam accounts that “tweet at a high, steady rate throughout the day, suggesting automation,” the analysis said.

Twitter user Mengyu Dong shared images of some of the bot’s work including examples of dormant bots that suddenly are tweeting thousands of tweets a day.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/chinese-bots-flooding-twitter-porn-escorts-bury-news-massive-protests-covid-lockdowns/

IMPOSSIBLE: Maricopa County Lost 291,930 Election Day Votes? – Sock Puppet Account Claims Indies Went for Hobbs – When Dems Had Only 17% ED Turnout

This is interesting.

We will update this as we gather more information.

Maricopa County originally announced that on Election Day over 540,000 voters visited one of the 223 vote anywhere centers in the county.

But then when the votes were counted Marcopa County announced that 248,070 Election Day ballots were counted.

Somewhere along the way Maricopa County lost 291,930 votes based on their own reporting.

Is this an issue?

Republicans had more registered voters than Democrats this cycle.

And don’t forget this from an earlier post…

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier —

Despite Only 17% Democrat Turnout on Election Day – Katie Hobbs and Democrats Are Winning Over 50% of Maricopa County Election Day Totals

On Election night at 8 PM Uplift Data released its final hourly results on the Arizona and Maricopa County elections.

Throughout the election cycle, Uplift posted the latest updates on mail-in ballot counts on its website as ballots arrived in the weeks leading up to Election Day. This was a great tool for Democrats to understand the real-time results. On Election Day Uplift tracked the hourly reported results from precincts across Maricopa County.

When the polls closed at 8:00 PM MT Uplift released its final analysis from the day.

Maricopa County turnout numbers on Election Day at 8:00 PM:

Republicans received 52.7% of the vote.

“Other” received 30.7% of the vote.

Democrats received 16.6% of the vote.

The “other” category is likely independents leaning Republican and Republican voters who refuse to talk to liberal pollsters.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/impossible-maricopa-county-lost-291930-election-day-votes-sock-puppet-account-claims-indies-went-hobbs-dems-17-ed-turnout/

Balenciaga Designer Exposed for Posting Disturbing Photos Linked to ‘Satanic Ritual, Cannibalism, Child Mutilation’

Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga is under fire again after the child pornography scandal brought to light to company’s obsession with satanic rituals, including the disturbing posts of the company’s stylist.

Lotta Volkova, a stylist and consultant born in Russia, has been instrumental to the creative visions of Vetements, Sies Marjan, and the controversial Balenciaga.

Volkova’s Instagram page has been getting a lot of attention in the wake of the recent Balenciaga campaign controversy.

Volkova’s sick obsession with evil, Satan, and child mutilation was exposed by internet sleuths. It is not clear if the images were styled by Volkova or were just simply shared on her social media.

Some of the screenshots from her now-private Instagram account are shown below.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/getting-worse-balenciaga-designer-exposed-posting-disturbing-photos-linked-satanic-ritual-cannibalism-pedophilia-child-mutilation/

New Disney Christmas Series Shows Children Holding Signs “We Love You Satan”

Disney’s new Christmas series called Santa Clauses is receiving backlash after a scene in the movie depicts children holding signs reading “We Love You Satan”.

The Santa Clauses is a new children’s tv series on Disney and is a reboot of the film Santa Clauses starring Tim Allen.

Defenders of the series claim the scene where children are holding the letters which spell out “We Love You Satan” is supposed to say “We Love You Santa” and is just one of the many comedic scenes in the movies but parents aren’t laughing.

Per the New York Times, Disney’s “direct-to-consumer unit racked up $1.5 billion in losses” in the recent quarter.

The major losses resulted in Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek being replaced with former CEO Bob Iger.

Many parents canceled their Disney subscription after Disney went on a “woke” brigade and even reportedly offered financial help to its employees’ children who wanted gender reassignment surgery.

Creating series which indoctrinate children to love satan is helping the company sell subscriptions either.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/new-disney-christmas-series-shows-children-holding-signs-love-satan-video/

Video: Fauci Blames Trump For China’s COVID Cover Up

Brags that GOP investigation of him is “not going to happen”

The overlord of science Anthony Fauci blamed President Trump Sunday for China’s continued obfuscation of the origins of COVID, claiming that it was Trump’s “anti-China approach” that encouraged the Communist state to be non-cooperative.

Now that he has retired, Anthony Fauci is devoting even more time to his favourite hobby, appearing on the news, shilling for China, and telling people to get booster shots.

In his latest appearance on CBS’ Face The Nation, Fauci declared “What happens is that if you look at the anti-China approach, that clearly the Trump administration had right from the very beginning, and the accusatory nature, the Chinese are going to flinch back and say, Oh, I’m sorry, we’re not going to talk to you about it, which is not correct. They should be.”

“I think that horse is out of the barn, and they’re very suspicious of anybody trying to accuse them,” Fauci continued, adding “We need to have an open dialogue with their scientists and our scientists, keep the politics out of it. And let the scientists- because these are scientists that we’ve known for decades, and we’ve collaborated with them.”

https://summit.news/2022/11/28/video-fauci-blames-trump-for-chinas-covid-cover-up/