Trump to Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend at Huge Biker Rally Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share on Reddit Share on Google+ E-mail

Donald Trump is planning a Memorial Day weekend visit with one of his favorite constituencies: bikers.

As motorcyclists stream into the nation’s capital for Rolling Thunder, their largest annual gathering, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is planning an appearance on Sunday, campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said.

“I am doing it in honor of the great bikers who have been totally supportive of my campaign and now I want to be supportive of them,” Trump said in a statement to Bloomberg Politics. “I look forward to it!”

The bike rally, called the “First Amendment Demonstration Run,” begins at noon Eastern time on Sunday, starting at the North Pentagon parking lot and circling the National Mall.

At Trump rallies, motorcycle enthusiasts frequently line the entrances to show their support as protesters do the opposite just steps away. A central part of his appeal to them: a shared belief that self-interested politicians are degrading the military, ignoring veterans and running “a sad government,” as a letter about this weekend’s ride published in December by Rolling Thunder organizers said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-26/trump-to-celebrate-memorial-day-weekend-at-huge-biker-gathering

 

 

Belgian vice PM admits: Muslims celebrated in the streets after Brussels jihad massacre, media ignored them

In the days following terrorist attacks in Brussels, street celebrations broke out in several places in Belgium, the county’s vice prime minister said.

Jan Jambon made the statement about the March 22 bombings, which killed 35 people, on Wednesday during a symposium titled “Terrorism, Israel and International Law” and organized by the Dutch anti-racism and pro-Israel lobby group CIDI, or the Center of Information and Documentation on Israel, in The Hague.

Jambon, a rightist politician, made the remark while acknowledging Belgium has a jihadism problem. One of Europe’s smallest countries, Belgium is the continent’s biggest per capita source of jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq, CNN reported. In February, Jambon revealed Belgium’s intelligence services have flagged 451 citizens as jihadists.

But, Jambon said, racial profiling of jihadists is ineffective. He also said jihadists hail from various backgrounds, “including doctors, lawyers, and common criminals,” and not only from poor environments. Only one in six jihadists comes from a poor home in Belgium, he said. Jambon urged better pan-European cooperation on terrorism.

Jambon’s statement on street celebrations follows criticism of the media’s failure to cover such events, including by the prime minister of the Flemish Region, one of the federal Belgian state’s three autonomous states. Flemish Prime Minister Geer Bourgeois said that shortly before the attacks, which are believed to have been the work of Islamic State terrorists, his region’s public broadcaster did not report on riots by Muslims. The attacks happened four days after the arrest of Salah Abdelslam, a suspected terrorist alleged to have been involved in terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris last November.

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/03/belgian-vice-pm-admits-muslims-celebrated-in-the-streets-following-the-brussels-jihad-massacre-media-ignored-them

Yoga in Riverdale Park to celebrate 10th anniversary with Nepal fundraiser

 In honour of the 10th anniversary of Yoga in the Park, organizer and longtime Leslieville resident Trixie Montanile is planning a fundraiser for Nepal Sunday, Aug. 30.

The event, which will run from 4 to 7 p.m. at Riverdale Park East, near Gerrard Street East and Broadview Avenue, will feature recording artist David Hickey along with international yoga teacher Rachel Fallon, who will be leading a yin yang mandala flow yoga class.

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5816667-yoga-in-riverdale-park-to-celebrate-10th-anniversary-with-nepal-fundraiser/