Rome fell due to rise of homosexuality: Expert A top Italian history professor has caused outrage after he claimed that the Roman Empire fell due to the rise of homosexuality. Roberto De Mattei, 63, a devout Roman Catholic, had already raised eyebrows by saying the Japan tsunami was "divine punishment", and now with his latest claim he faces calls to resign. "The collapse of the Roman Empire and the arrival of the Barbarians was due to the spread of homosexuality," the Daily Mail quoted the vice-president of Italy's prestigious Centre for National Research as saying in a radio interview. "The Roman colony of Carthage was a paradise for homosexuals and they infected many others. The invasion of the Barbarians was seen as punishment for this moral transgression. "It is well known effeminate men and homosexuals have no place in the kingdom of God. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/rome-fell-due-to-rise-of-homosexuality-expert/773986/ End of days: Is Western civilisation on the brink of collapse? AH, the good old days, when predictions that “the end is nigh” were seen only on sandwich boards, and the doom-mongers who carried them were easy enough to ignore. If only things had stayed so simple. The sandwich boards have mostly gone and the world is still here, but the gloomy predictions keep coming, and not all of them are based on creative interpretations of religious texts. Scientists, historians and politicians alike have begun to warn that Western culture is reaching a critical juncture. Cycles of inequality and resource use are heading for a tipping point that in many past civilisations precipitated political unrest, war and finally collapse. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23731610-300-end-of-days-is-western-civilisation-on-the-brink-of-collapse/ 10 Indications That Western Society Is Collapsing Western civilization has brought us stirring works of art and beautiful forms of music. It has brought us the concept of representative democracy in which every person is created equal and has equal rights before the law, which has freed countless people from the tyrannical regimes of unelected bureaucrats. https://listverse.com/2018/04/13/10-indications-that-western-society-is-collapsing/ Americans Still Greatly Overestimate U.S. Gay Population Americans' estimate of the proportion of gay people in the U.S. is more than five times Gallup's more encompassing 2017 estimate that 4.5% of Americans are LGBT, based on respondents' self-identification as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. https://news.gallup.com/poll/259571/americans-greatly-overestimate-gay-population.aspx Study shows link between homosexuality and pedophilia The report entitled Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse, shows that while homosexual men make up less than three per cent of the adult male population, they commit a disproportionate number (one third or more) of child sexual molestations. Dailey’s report is being sent to parents, youth groups, school administrators, Catholic bishops, and religious organizations. https://theinterim.com/issues/society-culture/study-shows-link-between-homosexuality-and-pedophilia/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJftVx0TXI

1st Infantry Division: The Big Red One Tracing its heritage to the First World War, the 1st Infantry Division, also know as the ‘‘Big Red One,’’ became the most recognized U.S. Army formation of World War II. Early wartime training was conducted under Maj. Gen. Donald Cubbison, and Maj. Gen. Terry de la Mesa Allen led the division to England and Africa in 1942. Major General Clarence R. Huebner assumed command during the Sicilian operation in July 1943. Returning to England in November, the division went ashore at Omaha Beach on 6 June as part of Major General L. T. Gerow’s V Corps. Throughout the war the 1st Infantry Division was composed of the Sixteenth, Eighteenth, and Twenty-sixth Infantry Regiments, plus the Fifth, Seventh, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Field Artillery Battalions. For D-Day the division was reinforced with the 116th Infantry of the Twenty-ninth Division. https://www.historyonthenet.com/1st-infantry-division/ MEC falls victim to a consumer attack on guns that is powerful but capricious When it comes right down to it, which companies get hurt in a consumer boycott is to some extent arbitrary. Ultimately, MEC announced it would bow to growing pressure and stop selling products from Vista Outdoor, a U.S. company that produces guns and ammunition. Responding to pressure MEC's response, ending the sale of such non-lethal items as Bushnell binoculars and Jimmy Styks paddleboards, demonstrates the power of consumer boycott action. But it also reminds us about its capriciousness. In a world full of wickedness, amid the companies we use regularly, MEC must be among the most benign. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/florida-shooting-banks-mec-1.4557194 Can liberal democracies survive identity politics? Almost two decades ago Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the victory of liberal democracy. Today he’s seeing the system shattered in large part by identity politics—the subject of his latest book. Identity politics describes when people adopt political positions based on their ethnicity, race, sexuality or religion rather than on broader policies. Though it started on the left, it has been more potent on the right: it fueled Donald Trump’s election and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/30/can-liberal-democracies-survive-identity-politics Trudeau is an insult to feminism – and to seriousness The past two weeks have not been kind to Justin Trudeau’s image. He decked his family out in colourful costumes, dragged them halfway across India, and wound up with the worst press of any Canadian PM on any foreign trip that anyone can remember. Canada-India relations are now in possibly their worst shape ever. After that, he came home to introduce his relentlessly ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5EHPW20hG4