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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

MINISTER ASKS FEDS TO INVESTIGATE AFTER BEING THREATENED WITH EVICTION FOR HOSTING BIBLE STUDY IN APARTMENT COMPLEX

THEY WOULD NEVER THINK OF DOING THIS TO MUSLIMS
MINISTER ASKS FEDS TO INVESTIGATE AFTER BEING THREATENED WITH EVICTION FOR HOSTING BIBLE STUDY IN APARTMENT COMPLEX
BY HEATHER CLARK
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — An elderly minister who had been conducting Bible studies in the community room of an apartment complex in Virginia has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as he has been ordered to cease holding the offerings in the building under threat of eviction.
According to the complaint, Ken Hauge and his wife, who live at The Evergreens at Smith Run in Fredericksburg, received a “Notice to Cure Default or Quit” surrounding complaints in regard to the Bible studies, as well as the viewing of weekly films in the club room.
“Landlord has received a series of complaints over the last several months regarding your conduct at the community,” it read. “Specifically, landlord has learned that you have hosted Bible study classes in the club room and have recently opened up these Bible study classes to non-residents of the community.”
“Landlord has received complaints from other residents that when they attempt to use the club room while you are hosting a Bible study class, they are being ‘harassed’ and pressured to join the Bible study class, making them feel so uncomfortable that they leave the club room to avoid confrontation,” the notice claimed.
It also alleged that Hauge’s presentation of a “religious” film each Sunday night in the club room, followed by a group discussion about the movie, has resulted in similar complaints. Some residents reportedly complained that Hauge was using the room for counseling sessions for both tenants and non-residents, and that it prevented them from using the area for activities that they had previously scheduled.
“[M]ultiple residents have stated to landlord that they feel uncomfortable using the club room due to the frequency of religious activities and the interactions with you and your guests (both residents and non-residents) when the complaining residents attempt to use the club room,” the notice outlined.
It pointed to various rules about the community, such as that “conducting any kind of business” in the building is prohibited, and that tenants cannot disturb the “comfort” or “convenience” of others. The notice further provided a list of events that are acceptable at the Evergreens, such as birthday parties, wedding receptions, potluck dinners and social activities—none of which included Bible studies.
Under threat of eviction, the notice demanded that Hauge submit a request form and deposit in advance of any activity to allow for time to determine whether that event is permissible, but also advised that Bible studies and “religious” movie screenings will not be allowed, classifying them as business operations.
“[C]ease conducting any business operations in the apartment and the community (including, without limitation, the club room) other than expressly permitted under your lease. Bible study class, religious movie screenings and counselings sessions are not permitted ‘at home’ business operations, nor permitted activities in the club room,” the notice read.
The Hauges deny the allegations and have retained representation from the First Liberty Institute, which after writing a letter to the owners of The Evergreens, filed a formal complaint with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Hauges contend that the Bible study was only for residents and was never open to the public, and that any claims they pressured others to join are false.
They state that, conversely, they were the ones who endured harassment from some upset residents who objected to the gathering.
“For example, this individual has confronted Hauge in the hallway and subjected him to profane rants concerning the Bible study. Similarly, some residents have attempted to disrupt Bible study meetings by causing noise in the community room,” the complaint reads.
“Other Bible study attendees have received disparaging comments concerning their religious beliefs while encountering these individuals in the hallways. Bible Study attendees felt intimidated by this behavior, concerned that they might similarly be confronted in the hallway and subjected to profane rants and disparaging comments,” it states.
The Hauges also note that they did go through the proper channels to apply for permission, but were repeatedly told to call the event a “book review” and not a Bible study, and after that matter was resolved, the offering was placed on the community calendar by staff.
The formal complaint also contends that the various films that are being viewed on Sunday evenings by a handful of residents cannot be considered religious, as they are general documentaries or travelogues, and any mention of religion is incidental.
“[T]he notice mischaracterizes Hauge and other residents’ habit of watching a documentary or travelogue in the community room as ‘religious movie screening,’ which it also considers a prohibited business activity. The handful of residents who gather to watch the programs on Sunday night do so informally, desiring simply to share a casual activity with others in order to fill an otherwise empty evening,” it states.
The Hauges further argue that they have never held any counseling sessions despite the allegations in the notice. And while they have held mid-week Bible studies for residents and have offered documentaries in the club room on Sunday nights, neither of those events can be considered business activity.
“Primarily, the notice fabricates a lease violation by mischaracterizing Hauge’s Bible study and religious practice as a business activity prohibited in either the community room or the apartment. Hauge may be a minister by profession, but he led the Bible study in his personal capacity and on his own time,” the complaint reads. “Such studies are a common practice among Christians, who often gather outside of their churches to study the Bible and develop friendships in their spare time.”
The filing argues that while the notice suggests that the Bible study was unauthorized, The Evergreens “have been aware of the Bible study for approximately a year and a half, even approving its community room use and listing it on the resident calendar for a time.”
The Hauges believe that leadership at The Evergreens is rather listening to hostile voices of complaint without looking into whether there is any validity to the claims, and are themselves unfairly targeting the practice of religion as its new community room policy bans any use for “religious services or for other religious purposes.”
“For fear of losing their home, the Hauges complied with the notice and policy by ceasing to hold Bible study meetings pending resolution of this matter. We respectfully request that the department investigate … and take all appropriate action,” the letter reads.
“It is both shameful and illegal to threaten elderly residents with eviction simply for holding a Bible study,” Lea Patterson, associate counsel for First Liberty Institute, said in a press release. “Treating residents unequally simply out of hostility to religion violates federal law and taints Virginia’s long history of religious freedom.”
The Community Realty Company, which owns The Evergreens, told reporters following the Hauge’s filing that the minister and his wife have not “been denied the right to practice their religion in their apartment, nor have any other of the residents.”

PROJECT VERITAS EXPOSES DEMOCRAT IN MISSOURI: "PEOPLE JUST CAN'T KNOW THAT"~MCCASKILL HIDES AGENDA FROM VOTERS, "SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE BAN"

PROJECT VERITAS EXPOSES ELDERLY DEMOCRAT WHO KEEPS HER GUN CONTROL PLANS SECRET
HER STAFF THINKS VOTERS ARE STUPID & 
WON'T CHECK HER OUT
STAFFER SAYS MCCASKILL GETS MONEY FROM 
CHUCK SCHUMER
TOTAL FRAUD
MISSOURI: "PEOPLE JUST CAN'T KNOW THAT"~MCCASKILL HIDES AGENDA FROM VOTERS, "SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE BAN"
Skip to 2:49 for the beginning of the report. Project Veritas Action Fund has released a third undercover video from campaigns during this 2018 election season. This report exposes how incumbent Senator McCaskill and individuals working on her campaign conceal their liberal views on issues in order to court moderate voters.

James O'Keefe Interviews McCaskill Staffer 

Featured in Undercover Video

PART 2: McCaskill Campaign Hides Planned Parenthood Contributions "to get the moderate voters"

McCaskill Campaign "Essentially" Lies to Get Elected; 

Campaign Hides PPFA Contributions

James O'Keefe: McCaskill's Response is Outrageous


UK: PLANE PASSENGERS HALT DEPORTATION OF MUSLIM WHO TURNS OUT TO BE CONVICTED GANG RAPIST

UK: PLANE PASSENGERS HALT DEPORTATION OF MUSLIM WHO TURNS OUT TO BE CONVICTED GANG RAPIST
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/10/uk-plane-passengers-halt-deportation-of-muslim-who-turns-out-to-be-convicted-gang-rapistrepublished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
The self-righteous Leftists on this plane live in a bubble. They think society will always be as it is today. They discount reports about jihad activity as “Islamophobia.” They decry any hint of the idea that rape gangs are operating in accord with Qur’anic principles as “racist” and “bigoted.” But that bubble is going to burst.
“Plane mutiny kept a gang rapist in the UK: Somali man whose deportation from the UK was stopped by plane passengers raped a 16-year-old girl in London and his accomplice went on to fight for ISIS,” by Martin Beckford, The Mail on Sunday, October 15, 2018:
A Somalian whose deportation from Britain was dramatically halted after airline passengers staged a mutiny demanding his release can be exposed today as a convicted gang rapist who was being kicked out of the country because of his sickening crime.
Officials escorting Yaqub Ahmed on a flight from Heathrow to Turkey were forced to abandon his deportation when around a dozen holidaymakers who felt sorry for him angrily intervened shortly before take-off.
At one stage during the astonishing episode, filmed on mobile phones, one traveller complained: ‘They’re separating him from his family’, while others chanted ‘take him off the plane’.
When harassed security guards caved in and walked 29-year-old Ahmed off the Turkish Airlines flight, he was seen thanking those on board for their support as they cheered and applauded.
One person was heard declaring: ‘You’re free, man!’
But the passengers who thought they were doing a good deed were unaware that the man they were defending had been sentenced to nine years in jail for his part in a vicious gang rape of a teenage girl – and that another member of his gang later fought for Islamic State in Syria.
Today The Mail on Sunday can reveal how Ahmed and three other youths preyed on a 16-year-old stranger after she became separated from her friends during a night out in London’s Leicester Square, in August 2007.
In a planned attack, they lured her back to a flat in Crouch End, North London, by pretending her friends were waiting for her there – then gang-raped her.
The gang, aged between 18 and 20, were caught when neighbours heard the girl’s cries for help and rang police.
All four men denied rape, despite DNA evidence. They were found guilty at Wood Green Crown Court and each jailed for nine years. Police detective Emma Bird said at the time: ‘The sentences given out by the judge reflect the seriousness of this offence.’
Ahmed, 18 at the time of the rape and living in Clerkenwell, North London, is thought to have been granted refugee status after arriving in Britain from war-torn Somalia as a boy….

MACRON SAYS THE “EPICENTER” OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE IS NOW IN AFRICA

Macron Says the "Epicenter" of the French Language is Now in Africa

MACRON SAYS THE “EPICENTER” OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE IS NOW IN AFRICA

French President makes more bizarre comments on national identity

BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/macron-says-the-epicenter-of-the-french-language-is-now-in-africa/republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
During a visit to Armenia, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the “epicenter” of the French language is now not in Paris, but in Africa.
“The French language does not belong to any of us but belongs to everyone. She emancipated herself from her bond with the French nation to welcome all imaginaries,” said Macron.
Asserting that the French language was being “enriched with new meanings” thanks to “the youth in Africa,” Macron claimed that Paris or France could no longer be viewed as being at the root of the French language.
“When I speak French, I speak our French languages. Its epicenter is neither on the right nor on the left of the Seine. It is probably in the Congo Basin or somewhere in the region,” he said.
This is not the first time that Macron has made comments that have antagonized critics of mass immigration who feel that the French identity is slipping away.
During a trip to Denmark back in August, Macron asserted that “true” Frenchmen and Danes “do not exist” and that everyone is now a “European”.
Earlier this year, the former investment banker also insisted that “unprecedented” mass migration was Europe’s “destiny,” citing a book by American journalist and professor Stephen Smith, who estimates that the number of Africans living in Europe will grow from nine million to between 150 million and 200 million within the next 30 years.
Macron’s globalist rhetoric hasn’t done much for his approval ratings, which have been hovering at around 29 percent – an all time low.

TRUMP SAYS HE DOESN’T TRUST ‘VICIOUS’ PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE~POTUS HAS REPLACEMENTS "ON STANDBY"

TRUMP SAYS HE DOESN’T TRUST ‘VICIOUS’ PEOPLE 
IN THE WHITE HOUSE~POTUS HAS REPLACEMENTS 
"ON STANDBY"
BY STEVE WATSON
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/trump-says-he-doesnt-trust-vicious-people-in-the-white-house/;  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
In a candid interview with CBS host Lesley Stahl Sunday, President Trump admitted that he does not trust certain people in his administration and that he has replacements ‘on standby’.
Following up on comments made by his wife Melania during an interview last week, in which she said there are people who work in the West Wing she can’t trust, Trump told the ’60 Minutes’ host “I feel the same way.”
“I don’t trust everybody in the White House. I’ll be honest with you.” Trump declared, saying that he feels he has to be ‘guarded’ at all times.
“I’m not a baby. It’s a tough business. This is a r– this is a vicious place. Washington DC is a vicious, vicious place.” The President said.
“The attacks, the– the bad mouthing, the speaking behind your back.” Trump added.
When Stahl brought up reports suggesting that the day to day running of his Administration is chaotic, with a ‘resistance’ within the administration, Trump said they are ‘fake news,’ and that anyone who he deems untrustworthy can be easily replaced.
“I have people now on standby that will be phenomenal that will come into the administration,” Trump said, declaring “They’ll be phenomenal.”
“More people are gonna go?” Stahl asked, to which Trump replied “At some point, everybody leaves. People leave. That’s Washington.”
Trump could not be drawn on talk of Defense Secretary James Mattis leaving, noting only that he’s “sort of a Democrat.”

PORTLAND MAYOR LETS THE GOONS RULE AS ANTI-TRUMP VIOLENCE ESCALATES

PORTLAND MAYOR LETS THE GOONS RULE 
AS ANTI-TRUMP VIOLENCE ESCALATES 
BY R. CORT KIRKWOOD
SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/30334-portland-mayor-lets-the-goons-rule-as-anti-trump-violence-escalates?vsmaid=1515&vcid=3987republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, thinks it’s just fine if leftist goons swarm the streets, immobilize traffic, and threaten motorists, federal employees, and anyone the totalitarian brownshirts have a mind to declare their enemy.
But Portland isn’t the only city where the thugs have attacked. As they swarmed the streets in Portland last week, their comrades in New York vandalized a Republican Party office and left a warning: The wave of violence is just beginning.
It began the day Donald Trump was elected and hasn’t stopped.
In Portland
The trouble began in Portland this summer, when Occupy ICE, a different but related group of radical stormtroopers, began harassing employees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mayor Ted Wheeler did nothing, saying the federal government is responsible for protecting its own employees and property. But Wheeler is a radical leftist on immigration who, at least ideologically, supports the so-called occupiers.
Angry at President Trump for enforcing border security laws, Wheeler refused to act. The Occupy ICE terror campaign included following one ICE employee to his home. ICE union chief Chris Crane complained in writing to Wheeler to no avail, and the union has now asked the federal government to step in and for Wheeler to relinquish his control of city police.
But Wheeler’s latest letter was tied to events during the summer, not the street terror last week, when Wheeler and city cops stood by and permitted Antifa goons to seize control of the streets. The goons, supposedly protesting the fatal shooting of a Patrick Kimmons, a black man, by police, even terrorized a 74-year-old motorist trying to get through their human shield. They smashed a window on his Lexus.
Wheeler professed himself “appalled” at the violence, but he wasn’t appalled enough to call out police simply watching the terror attack unfold. “I support the decision of the Portland Police Bureau not to intervene at that time,” Wheeler said.
What if the thugs had killed the man?
On top of that, when the Patriot Prayer and other so-called Alt-Right groups marched on Saturday for law and order at the street memorial for Kimmons, Antifa struck with pepper spray. The two groups fought briefly before police intervened.
New York Anti-GOP Vandalism
Meanwhile, brownshirts in New York vandalized the Metropolitan Republican club, headquarters for the Manhattan party. The goons painted the anarchist A inside a circle on the door and broke a window.
Tonight, we put the Republican Party on notice, in defiance to the policy of mass misery they have championed.
The U.S. government has established concentration camps around the country for Latino people, shamelessly murdering black people, and continues its war machine that has slaughtered Muslim people with impunity for decades. The so-called “Land of the Free” leads the world in incarceration rates per capita, all the while profiteering in the new plantation within the prison walls....
Our attack is merely a beginning. We are not passive, we are not civil, and we will not apologize. Those of good conscience and clear mind know this state of oppression cannot remain. The US fascist political system is one of the most savage institutions in history and we will combat it relentlessly until all are free of American barbarism.
Long Wave of Violence
The attacks in Portland and New York continue the wave of left-wing violence that began the day Trump was elected president in 2016. Protesters burned a limo and wrecked stores in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day, and ever since, leftists have attacked conservatives and Republicans with the encouragement of top Democratic leaders, who now include Hillary Clinton.
Last week, the failed presidential candidate said “You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about,” — a not-so-subtle signal to the Left to continue vicious attacks like that in New York.
Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has openly and repeatedly told supporters to harass and terrify Republicans and conservatives in public; advice that radical goons have taken. Waters told a crowd that “God is on our side,” and recently reiterated her advice: Most recently, anti-Trump, #MeToo lunatics verbally attacked Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and his wife at a restaurant because Cruz supported Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The couple were forced to flee the shouting kooks.
But the Left hasn’t been all talk. Masked goons have repeatedly escalated to violence, as in Portland and in Berkeley, where a leftist professor skated on felony assault charges after he nearly killed someone with a bike lock.
Most recently, a teacher in Minnesota suggested assassinating Kavanaugh. In September, an anti-Trump loon attacked a GOP candidate for Congress with a switchblade.

FRENCH RIGHT LEADER MARINE LE PEN ORDERED TO TAKE PSYCHIATRIC TESTS FOR OPPOSING JIHAD TERROR

FRENCH RIGHT LEADER MARINE LE PEN 
ORDERED TO TAKE PSYCHIATRIC TESTS 
FOR OPPOSING JIHAD TERROR 
REPORT BY ROBERT SPENCER
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer discusses the recent court order in France, requiring Marine Le Pen to undergo psychiatric tests for posting material critical of the Islamic State (ISIS). France is beginning to use Soviet tactics against dissidents; where will it end?

BEN GARRISON: "WE HAVE A REPUBLIC; IF YOU CAN KEEP IT"