Australia has forbidden Candace Owens from entering the country, rejecting her visa application ahead of a planned national speaking tour. According to The Guardian, Australia’s immigration minister, Tony Burke, said she had the “capacity to incite discord.” Candace Owens banned from visiting Australia ahead of speaking tour. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/e6JONXkBki — AF Post (@AFpost) October 27, 2024 “From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [infamous Nazi doctor Josef] Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Burke said, according to The Guardian. “Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else,” Burke added. The Jerusalem Post noted that Jewish groups previously called for her visa to be canceled in August. What are your thoughts on Candace Owens being banned? Right move or wrong move? pic.twitter.com/iU29F4K0Ph — Alex James (@actualAlexJames) October 27, 2024 From The Guardian: Owens had scheduled a five-date speaking tour of Australia in November, with events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Tickets ranged from $95 for general admission to $295 for a VIP meet and greet and $1,500 for a private dinner with the conservative media personality. She has courted controversy with incendiary claims about Jewish, transgender and Muslim people. In July, she appeared to cast doubt on well-documented Nazi medical experiments on prisoners, calling such accounts “completely absurd” and “bizarre propaganda”. The US Anti-Defamation League, which works to combat antisemitism, has accused Owens of coming to “embrace and promote antisemitic tropes and anti-Israel rhetoric”, noting comments where she called Judaism a “pedophile-centric religion”. LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation Glaad has pointed to allegedly anti-trans comments from Owens, including calling the trans equality movement “evil” and “satanic”. She has also claimed “white supremacy and white nationalism is not a problem that is harming Black America”. Owens’ Australian tour had been opposed by some local Jewish groups while the opposition home affairs spokesman, James Paterson, called her “a dangerous antisemite and a conspiracy theorist” during a Sky News interview. However, the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) criticized the decision. “We have called out Candace Owens for spreading unhinged bizarre antisemitic conspiracy theories including an allegation that human sacrifices around Passover were done in Europe by ‘Frankists’ who established Israel! However we have NOT called for her to be banned from Australia. Jewish values support for free speech and debate. We also see it as a strategically flawed proposal,” the AJA stated. The group said banning her may be counter-productive. “Sometimes attempting to ban a speaker can have the opposite effect and fuel more interest. It may also encourage ugly conspiracies that Jews seek to control who can speak, exercising undue power. If Candace Owens is banned, it hands her an ‘I told you so’ excuse to perpetuate that allegation,” the AJA wrote. “AJA is more concerned with the failure of the Labor government to deal with the real threats to our community such as antisemitism at universities and importing thousands from Gaza with minimal security. The ban would give the Government the false appearance of acting against antisemitism, in effect throwing us a few crumbs while ignoring the big issues,” it added. CANDACE OWENS VISA BANNED We have called out Candace Owens for spreading unhinged bizarre antisemitic conspiracy theories including an allegation that human sacrifices around Passover were done in Europe by “Frankists” who established Israel! However we have NOT called for her… pic.twitter.com/Ct9zhpb9yw — Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) October 26, 2024 From the Jerusalem Post: The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) called the decision a “victory for truth.” The visa cancellation of Owens, “a known peddler of dangerous rhetoric against Jews and other groups, and unapologetic Holocaust denial,” is a victory for “the millions of Jewish souls and millions of others whose memory she so shamelessly desecrated,” the ADC added. The ADC, along with Annetta Able, the oldest surviving victim of Dr Josef Mengele, and her daughter Daphne, have fought to prevent Owens from holding the events. The ADC lamented Owens’ “vile revisionism,” in which she claimed that the atrocities of Dr. Mengele, who subjected many Jews to experiments and torture, were “propaganda.” “This is more than just a visa being revoked. This is a tribute to every single survivor who bore witness to the horrors of Auschwitz,” the ADC added.

The Democrat Party, A Threat to Democracy RFK Jr.’s Vice Presidential candidate, Nicole Shanahan, released an ad, The Big Cheat, exposing the Democrat election fraud that stole an election from Bernie Sanders, kept Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from competing, and installed a woman who had no chance of becoming the candidate on her own. When […] The post Nicole Shanahan’s Ad, The Big Cheat, Swinging an Election appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

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For a musical group that only recorded together for less than four years, The Mamas and The Papas created a long-lasting legacy of music that defined a new era of music in the mid to late 1960s. Our Top 10 Mamas And The Papas Songs list defines a band that crossed the genres of folk, pop, and rock into grooving musical nuggets filled with luscious harmonies. The Beatles influenced so many groups in the mid-1960s and beyond. John Phillips took the folk music that he had been writing and created a sound influenced by The Beatles into his original sound The post Top 10 Mamas And The Papas Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

A new study proposes the intriguing idea: alien life may not need a planet to survive. Published in the journal Astrobiology, the research challenges conventional thinking, suggesting that certain organisms might thrive in the depths of space, fundamentally reshaping how we approach the search for extraterrestrial life. Traditionally, scientists focus on planets in the search for life, with Earth as the only example we know of. Earth’s gravity, thick atmosphere, and abundant chemical elements—like carbon and oxygen—create ideal conditions for life. Sunlight provides a continuous energy source, making planets, in theory, the natural candidates for sustaining life. However, the authors of this study argue that life could exist in an entirely different environment—free-floating in space. While it may seem far-fetched, this concept has precedent: astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) survive in space, albeit with substantial resource support from Earth. Simpler life forms, they suggest, might manage on their own. In fact, the microscopic tardigrade has demonstrated survival in the vacuum of space, hinting at the possibility of life beyond planetary surfaces. A community of free-floating organisms in space would need to overcome unique challenges. First, it would require a way to maintain internal pressure against the vacuum of space, likely by forming a protective membrane or shell—a feat many organisms on Earth already achieve. Second, sustaining liquid water would be essential. Earth’s atmosphere naturally provides insulation for this, but a space-based colony would need to generate a greenhouse effect without an atmosphere. Some Earth organisms can regulate internal temperatures to mimic this effect, suggesting that a similar adaptation could work for a floating space colony. Furthermore, a space colony would need to address the loss of light elements that planets typically retain via gravity. To sustain itself, such a colony would likely begin with a store of essential elements like carbon and oxygen, then rely on a closed-loop recycling system to conserve resources. Scientists say a space biocolony would also need to be in the habitable zone of its star to get as much light as possible. Such a biocolony could span up to 100 meters and be housed within a thin, transparent shell. This shell would stabilize internal water and temperature, maintain necessary pressure, and facilitate a greenhouse-like effect to sustain life. While we don’t yet know if such life forms exist, this research opens up exciting possibilities for the future of space exploration. Beyond current metal habitats supplied by Earth’s resources, future space stations or colonies might incorporate bioengineered materials, creating self-sustaining ecosystems that more closely resemble living organisms. The post Alien Life May Not Need a Planet To Survive appeared first on Anomalien.com.

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Who is Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious mastermind behind Bitcoin? According to a new HBO documentary, the answer is Peter Todd. "Who?" I hear readers asking. Todd is unknown outside the crypto world. However, he is renowned within it. A Bitcoin core developer who has played a major role in improving the cryptocurrency’s security and scalability, Todd is a legitimate expert in cryptography and decentralized systems. The Canadian has been a vocal figure in privacy, security, and blockchain governance debates. However, I argue HBO misses the mark — and badly at that. Todd himself denies the claim, and his denials make sense when you look at other candidates. Well, one in particular. This leads us to Paul Le Roux, a South African-born criminal mastermind whose technical genius made him virtually undetectable — until his empire grew too vast to ignore. Le Roux operated in the shadows for years, evading authorities while building a vast transnational crime syndicate. But like all empires built on secrecy and greed, it eventually attracted the wrong kind of attention — for LeRoux, anyway.To be clear, the grizzled geek isn’t your typical criminal; he’s one with a deep understanding of encryption, one of the foundational elements of Bitcoin. He created E4M, an open-source disk encryption software, which later inspired TrueCrypt — one of the most advanced encryption tools. This background in cryptography aligns perfectly with the skills needed to develop a secure, decentralized currency like Bitcoin. Le Roux’s work in encryption wasn’t just theoretical; he was actively applying this knowledge, which is exactly what someone like Satoshi Nakamoto would need to create a technology like Bitcoin. The mind and the motivation The timing of Le Roux’s disappearance from public view is another piece of the puzzle. Satoshi Nakamoto stopped communicating with the Bitcoin community in December 2010. Le Roux, having run a global criminal empire involved in everything from drug trafficking to arms smuggling, was arrested not long after. The fact that Satoshi went silent just as the walls closed on Le Roux appears to be more than a coincidence. Furthermore, Bitcoin itself, as a concept, fits perfectly into Le Roux’s world. His criminal empire required an untraceable and anonymous way to move money across borders. Bitcoin, designed to allow peer-to-peer transactions without the need for banks or governments, would have been an ideal solution. If anyone had the motive to create such a tool, it was Le Roux. His illegal activities thrived on invisibility and untraceable financial systems, and Bitcoin provided exactly that. The structure of Bitcoin — decentralized, largely anonymous, and resistant to control at the time of his dealings — would have been the perfect financial instrument for someone running a vast international criminal network. There are also direct links between Le Roux and the Bitcoin community, albeit subtle ones. During the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit involving Craig Wright (a man who also claims to be Satoshi), a court document included a reference to Le Roux’s Wikipedia page. This raised suspicions that Wright had access to Le Roux’s hard drives or other materials connected to Bitcoin’s creation. While this connection remains entirely speculative, it adds another intrigue to the theory. It’s possible that Wright, who has been widely discredited as Satoshi, may have stumbled upon information linking Le Roux to Bitcoin, which could explain why he included that reference in the legal case. Then, there’s Calvin Ayre, whose connection to both Wright and LeRoux deepens the mystery surrounding Bitcoin’s origins. Despite widespread skepticism, Ayre, a gambling magnate, reportedly backed Wright's claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto. The theory suggests that Ayre may know Wright isn't the real Satoshi, but he continues supporting him in gaining access to the private keys.But wait, there’s more. What’s in a name? Le Roux’s alias, “Paul Solotshi Calder Le Roux,” might be one of the most compelling clues linking him to Bitcoin’s creation. The middle name “Solotshi” is strikingly close to “Satoshi,” don’t you think? It’s easy to imagine a criminal of Le Roux’s caliber adopting a clever variation of his name to hide in plain sight, especially in the midst of developing something as revolutionary as Bitcoin. Yes, I know, many will brush it off as a coincidence, but the similarity between the names is pretty hard to overlook. Even after his arrest, Le Roux remained connected to Bitcoin in surprising ways. In 2020, while serving his prison sentence, he told a Manhattan judge that he planned to start a Bitcoin mining business after serving his time. The grizzled guru specifically mentioned his desire to design faster, more efficient mining hardware. Again, maybe it’s all just coincidental. Then, again, maybe not. Although there’s no definitive proof that Paul Le Roux is Satoshi Nakamoto, the circumstantial evidence paints a rather compelling picture. Le Roux's mastery of cryptography, the suspicious timing of his vanishing from the public eye, his criminal motivations, and his tendency to use aliases all line up with the profile of Bitcoin’s mysterious creator. Le Roux is certainly a far more plausible candidate than Peter Todd. Todd, though respected in the cryptography community, has never been associated with the kind of large-scale, secretive operations that would require something like Bitcoin. His skills are undeniable, but he lacks the shadowy, high-stakes background that aligns so well with the motivations behind Bitcoin’s design.

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