UFC Legend Holly Holm Calls Out ‘Sexualization of Children’ In Post-Fight Interview

UFC legend Holly Holm spoke out against the “sexualization of children” after picking up a win in San Antonio on Saturday night.

Holm’s win over Yana Santos marked the first in a little over two years for the former Women’s Bantamweight champion. After a close first round, the 41-year-old managed to take Santos down in the second. From there it was more or less domination for the future hall of famer, who departed from her usual boxing style in favor of a ground attack that Santos had no answer for.

After her win, Holm took the opportunity to condemn the “sexualization of children” in society. “Something’s been on my heart and I feel like I have the platform to say it, I need to say it,” Holm said. “I just feel it’s really sad all the sexualization of our children right now and we need to protect them whatever that may be. Let’s protect the children, please!”

The former champion later clarified her statement at the post-fight press conference. “You know there’s a lot of things, I don’t ever want to be… I’m not even a real political person,” she said. “I don’t like to put that stuff around any of my social media… but there’s also just right and wrong. I feel like everybody should be on the same side on that. I don’t feel like that has anything to do with left side, right side or anything like that. I feel like everybody should be wanting to protect their children.”

“There’s a lot of child trafficking. I mean that’s like the extreme part. There’s a lot of levels to it. You see it almost being more accepted and I think that’s really sad. I feel like we should all do what we can. A lot of people don’t know what to do. But at least if I can have a voice on it then that’s something I can speak out on. And it’s just to get everybody together to protect children,” Holm continued.

https://nationalfile.com/ufc-legend-holly-holm-calls-out-sexualization-of-children-in-post-fight-interview/

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North Korea fires ballistic missile toward East Sea - Yonhap

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1640128013613293569

Looking pretty rough John

REPORTER: "People who go to Davos to talk about climate change fly private…"

JOHN KERRY: "They offset and they are working harder than most people I know to be able to try to effect this transition."

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1640105818518323203

Manitoba family sues AstraZeneca after son's stroke following COVID jab

The lawsuit names the defendants as the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Canada's attorney general, and the Ontario-based Verity Pharmaceuticals, who manufactured the AstraZeneca shot.

A Manitoba family alleges their son suffered a stroke after getting the COVID jab from AstraZeneca Canada.

Jackson Troy Reimer, now 23, got vaccinated while working at the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in 2021, supposedly "in excellent health" at the time.

Now, he is unable to work or care for himself.

According to a statement of claim filed in Manitoba's Court of King's Bench on March 16, Reimer started feeling dizzy, losing his vision and having severe headaches six days after getting the jab.

The lawsuit said a CT scan at Vancouver General Hospital found Reimer had a hemorrhagic stroke, requiring two platelet infusions and a subsequent craniotomy to stop bleeding in his brain.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lawsuit-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-1.6787374

Big Tech, weapons, tax havens, even Rupert Murdoch – secrets from the Future Fund investment vault

The secretive Future Fund’s chairman Peter Costello might not like it, but Freedom of Information requests are peeling back the lid on the Fund’s weighty overseas investments.

Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big Oil are the top of the pops in a newly released list of Future Fund Investments across the United States, United Kingdom and a range of tax havens, notably among the Cayman Islands.

These revelations come on top of revelations earlier this year about ethically and environmentally questionable Future Fund investments in China.

The latest FOI drilling into the side of the vault also shed light on the Fund’s investments in arms manufacturers, Chinese companies operating out of the Caymans as well as politically controversial investments in Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing media empire.

It’s so infuriated Senator Barbara Pocock, who has been pursuing the Fund’s investment practices the Senate. “It should not take FOI requests for Australian citizens to find out where their own money is being invested. The Future Fund is suffering from a corrosive secrecy disease.

The public should know about these Future Fund investments in carbon polluting fossil fuels, in arms manufacture and in companies based in tax havens – not to mention the Murdoch and Fox media empires. It’s time to come clean.

Big Tech

In what may be its largest investment in a single publicly listed foreign company, the Future Fund holds a $793 million stake in tech giant Microsoft. Other very large Future Fund tech investments include Google owner Alphabet ($559.9m), NVIDIA ($346.8m), Cisco Systems ($288.2m), Meta Platforms ($256.4m) and Intel Corp ($240.0m). Amazon comes in with a rather more modest investment of $187 million.

Given the vital importance of IT and telecommunications policy for Australian governments, business, our economy and society, disclosure of the nature and scale of these publicly funded investments is clearly in the public interest.

However, it only comes after the Future Fund was forced to abandon its deep preference for secrecy and resistance to scrutiny through FOI.

Pharma, energy and mining

Big Pharma and healthcare are another favoured destination for the Future Fund’s investments with a $279.4m stake in Pfizer, $257.7m with Johnson & Johnson, and $258.4m with United Health Group.

Big Oil and other carbon polluting sectors enjoy significant Future Fund backing. Coming in well above the $200 million threshold is US energy giant Exxon Mobil ($262.4m) which tops a long list of American and British oil, gas and other energy supply and distribution companies including Occidental Petroleum ($24.9m), Chevron ($65.5m),Edison International ($158.9m), National Grid (181.4m), Glencore ($21.8m) and Marathon Petroleum ($34m), as well as multinational miner Rio Tinto ($63m).

Also among the Future Fund’s many energy and mining investments is a stake in the controversial mining and fracking equipment and services supplier Halliburton ($7.3m).

Vehicle investments

Investments in the US automotive sector include Elon Musk’s electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla ($114.0m), but that commitment is smaller in size that the Fund’s stake in General Motors ($139.4m) and only slightly ahead of that in Ford Motor ($107.5m).

https://michaelwest.com.au/big-tech-weapons-tax-havens-even-rupert-murdoch-secrets-from-the-future-fund-investment-vault/

Hamilton County first grade teacher indicted on multiple sexual abuse charges involving students

A first grade teacher at Wallace A. Smith Elementary School in Ooltewah has been indicted on sexual abuse charges against multiple minors.

The teacher, Duane Sanders, has been taken into custody by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and is awaiting booking, according to a news release.

Last week, school officials met with District Attorney General Coty Wamp, who revealed there was probable cause to believe Sanders had sexually abused multiple first grade students, a news release stated.

Police were notified of an allegation of inappropriate behavior on March 3, and Hamilton County Schools officials said they were notified two weeks ago of a Department of Children’s Services investigation into Sanders, a news release stated.

Sanders was suspended without pay pending the outcome of the investigation.

A Hamilton County grand jury handed down a multiple-count indictment for Sanders on Monday, according to a news release.

Police officials in the news release said the indictment will remain under seal. The investigation remains ongoing and more victims may be identified.

“We are heartbroken at the thought that any school system employee would harm a child,” school officials said.

According to an archived page on the district’s website, Sanders was recognized as an “HCS Hero” in April 2021. The page, which has been removed, states that Sanders had been part of Hamilton County Schools since 2009, when he began as a substitute teacher. In 2014, he became an educational assistant and then a certified teacher in 2017.

A parent was quoted on the page saying Sanders led the school’s safety patrol at the time and hosted after-school reading programs for students.

Sanders was also quoted.

“I have supported changes during COVID-19 by finding ways for students to work together in groups and still do the fun things like reader’s theater, games, and planting and growing plants,” Sanders said. “We have had to be creative to try to catch kids up on lost learning.”

The district is offering counseling and support services to any family or student in the district who may need it.

School officials said they will continue to work with law enforcement to identify any other potential victims of abuse.

If anyone has information or if they know of a child who may have been a victim, please contact the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at 423-622-0022 or the Department of Children’s Services at 877-237-0004.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/hamilton-county-first-grade-teacher-indicted-on-multiple-sexual-abuse-charges-involving-students/

Adam Kinzinger Linked to Pro-Ukraine Organization Which Allegedly Scammed People Out of MILLIONS of Dollars

Worthless RINO Adam Kinzinger spends his days on Twitter and CNN bashing actual Republicans and pushing reckless policies in Ukraine.

If you disagree with Kinzinger, he calls you a traitor to the Republic and melts down over even the most innocuous tweets.

His obsession with Ukraine may have gotten the best of him, though. Kinzinger might be in serious hot water because a Ukraine-centered non-profit he is a board member of is being accused of scamming people out of millions of dollars.

Independent journalist Jordan Schachtel was first on the story.

As reported by the Post Millennial, the story starts with a man named James Vasquez who formerly worked for Ripley’s Heroes. Vasquez boasted about joining the Ukraine army in 2022 to fight the Russians and bragged about his supposed exploits, including “taking out seven Russian tanks.”

This caught Kinzinger’s attention and he started promoting Vasquez. He urged Twitter to verify his account and posed together with the supposed hero.

There was just one problem: Vasquez lied about everything. Now Ripley’s Heroes is being investigated by the federal government.

They do seem close, don’t they?

Here is some more background on the story via the New York Times:

Last spring, a volunteer group called Ripley’s Heroes said it had spent approximately $63,000 on night-vision and thermal optics. Some of the equipment was subject to American export restrictions because, in the wrong hands, it could give enemies a battlefield advantage.

Frontline volunteers said Ripley’s delivered the equipment to Ukraine without required documentation listing the actual buyers and recipients. Recently, the federal authorities began investigating the shipments, U.S. officials said.

In his defense, the group’s founder, a retired U.S. Marine named Lt. Col. Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV, provided deal documents to The Times. But those records show that, just as the volunteers said, Ripley’s was not disclosed to the State Department as the buyer.

Kinzinger either participated in a vile scam that defrauded innocent people who thought they were helping veterans or he is just a vain moron and useful idiot. Either way, this a horrible look for the former congressman.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/adam-kinzinger-linked-to-pro-ukraine-organization-which-allegedly-scammed-people-out-of-millions-of-dollars/

Latex spill in Delaware river causes Philly residents to turn to bottled water

City authorities have advised against consuming the water after latex finishing material was dumped into Bristol, Pennsylvania's Otter Creek.

Residents in and around a Philadelphia suburb are being told to not drink or use tap water as officials are "monitoring" the Friday release of "hazardous materials" into a local creek, Breaking 911 reports.

According to the outlet, city authorities have advised against consuming the water after latex finishing material was dumped into Bristol, Pennsylvania's Otter Creek. "As cleanup measures are underway, authorities advise the public to avoid the water and surrounding area," the publication reported.

Bristol is located about 23 miles from the center of Philadelphia, where officials have claimed that there is no evidence to prove the water is contaminated, but people should avoid consuming the water as a precaution.

"Philadelphia Water Department customers in the city are recommended to use bottled drinking water beginning at 2:00 pm today until further notice out of an abundance of caution," Philadelphia authorities said on Sunday.

As reported by ABC 6, the US Coast Guard has said that the materials spilled into the waterway, which connects to the Delaware River, from a ruptured pipe from local chemical plant Trinseo PLC.

"It hit the roof of a building, went down a gutter, from the gutter it went to a storm drain, from the storm drains it found another outfall basin, from there it started to leak into the river," Trinseo Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering Tim Thomas told the outlet.

ABC reports that "an estimated 8,100 gallons of latex finishing material, a water-soluble acrylic polymer solution was released into the creek."

According to Michael Carroll, Philadelphia's deputy managing director for transportation, infrastructure, and sustainability, "the health risks are very low if present at all. No acute effects are associated with low level exposure."

"Our best information is that people who ingest water will not suffer any near-term symptoms or acute medical conditions. We foresee no reason to seek medical attention related to this event," he said, adding that the water intakes at the Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant on the Delaware River were closed after the incident "to maintain minimum levels of water in the system to avoid any damage to our equipment to continue supplying water for including fire safety and other needs."

"Contaminates have not been found in our system at this time," Carroll said.

"Nonetheless, because we cannot be 100 percent sure that there won't be traces of these chemicals in the tap water throughout the afternoon, we want the public to be aware so that people can consider switching to bottled water to further minimize any risk. Therefore, we are notifying the public in the customer service area that they may wish not to drink or cook with tap water… Additionally, there is no concern over skin exposure or fire hazard. Bathing and washing dishes do not present a concern. Likewise, we have no concern over inhaling fumes at the levels we are evaluating."

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-latex-spill-in-delaware-river-causes-philly-residents-to-turn-to-bottled-water