The Obama Administration wants the USA to no longer control the internet. But yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Sean Duffy introduced a bill to try to stop this:

Notice something from the German press about the soon coming Brexit vote:

June 6, 2016

Is it fear of the opponent, or a clever tactic? EU leaders have gone missing in the run-up to Britain’s EU referendum. At the moment, trips to the dis-United Kingdom are being avoided like the plague. British EU Commissioner Jonathan Hill was the last EU dignitary that dared travel to London – 14 days ago.

The USA and European Union announced a new censorship plan for the internet:

May 31, 2016

U.S. Internet giants reached an agreement with the European Union Tuesday on ways to tackle instances of online hate speech within 24 hours.

Saudi Arabia announced a coalition of 34 Islamically-dominated nations in December 2015 (see ‘Saudi Arabia Announces 34-Nation Islamic Alliance Against Terrorism’ to Protect the ‘Islamic Nation’: Is the King of the South starting to form?) and followed up with a massive military exercise called ‘North Thunder’ in February 2016 (seeWorld’s largest military exercise taking place in Saudi Arabia–a prelude to the King of the South?).

Voice of America (VOA) reported the following:

May 21, 2016

BAGHDAD—Baghdad woke Saturday to the early morning sounds of helicopters flying overhead, most of them heading in and out of the fortified International Zone after protesters defied bullets and tear gas to storm the area.

A couple of readers alerted me to the following:

May 19, 2016

Superbugs will ‘kill every three seconds’

An interview shows that Pope Francis has taken another bizarre turn towards his interfaith agenda and away from real Christianity:

London’s Mayor Johnson made some statements comparing the emerging European Union with attempts at European unity by Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler:

The so-called Islamic State killed people today in Yemen:

May 12, 2016

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that struck a navy base in the southern port city of Mukalla on Thursday morning, killing at least six troops in a rare IS attack in a city once occupied by its rival militant al-Qaida branch.

A reader sent me a link to the following about Germany increasing the size of its army:

May 10, 2016 23:46

Germany is marching towards rebuilding what was once western Europe’s largest army, with a “long overdue” decision to recruit 14,300 additional soldiers over the next seven ...