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The author criticized that France's President Emmanuel Macron keeps the army in the barracks while the population remains defenseless. Macron must be measured on whether he guarantees security in his own country if he wants to demonstrate military capability against Russia. #Frankreich #Sicherheit #Militär #RU #FR (translated)

The author described a video as disturbing and wrote that a large cross had fallen on a priest during a mass in Ecuador. Believers on-site and people who were watching the service live on the Internet witnessed the incident. Despite rescue attempts, the priest died. #Ecuador #Kreuz #Priester #EC (translated)

In a knife attack at a retirement home in Olfen, an 86-year-old woman was killed and two other women were seriously injured, while the perpetrator, a 72-year-old man who also lived in the home, no longer poses a threat. #Messerangriff #Seniorenheim #NordrheinWestfalen (translated)

Martin Reichardt thanked the CSU for documenting the appearance of Vice President Andrea Lindholz and Bernd Kaiser for a comment he reportedly adopted. Reichardt recalled a statement made by Left Party MP Gebel in March. She had countered him in the Bundestag by saying that the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, but he was still more sensitive. According to Reichardt, this remark was met with thunderous applause; no one was offended by the wording. Gebel had also miscalculated by 7,000 nerve endings. This week, Reichardt hinted that Gebel did not know her own sexual organ. Lindholz subsequently spoke of an invasion of privacy and misogyny, and imposed a fine on him, he wrote. Reichardt accused the Bundestag of double standards: when a left-wing politician aims below the belt, it is cheered, while the same wording from a conservative is regarded as an attack on the dignity of parliament. He described this as a whiny double standard and demanded that the parliament not measure with a double yardstick. #Doppelmoral #Klitoris #Bundestag #Doppelmoral #Bundestag #Politik (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that ten years ago in Hamburg, the then 16-year-old Victor was killed. An unknown assailant attacked him from behind with a knife at the shore of the Alster and seriously injured him multiple times; the perpetrator pushed Victor's girlfriend into the Alster. Victor later died in the hospital. The perpetrator has not been found to this day. The case became known as the Alster murder. Two weeks after the crime, the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the murder. However, the German authorities did not classify it as an Islamist attack, Kussmann wrote. She also recalled the murders of Samuel Paty six years ago and Maria Ladenburger ten years ago. Kussmann again shared a post that Victor's mother published a year ago. At that time, she inquired with the public prosecutor's office and learned that the investigations were ongoing, but there was no new status update. According to the public prosecutor's office, the composite image was not created based on information from Victor's girlfriend, but due to the observation of a third person who had seen a suspicious individual near the crime scene. Due to fewer individual characteristics, the public prosecutor's office considers the image to be "limitedly relevant." #GerechtigkeitFürVictor #AlsterMord #Erinnerung (translated)

Torsten Heinrich wrote that he has never rented from a corporation, but from private individuals who had invested in real estate alongside their jobs. He knows at least seven people who over decades built up to 150 apartments through saving and loans. Two of them constructed and rented out multi-family houses with loans; several started from scratch, including one person from a refugee family. Heinrich argued that private real estate investments also need to be measured against other investment options. Real estate has already performed poorly compared to government bonds or index funds; the main argument for them is the possibility of value appreciation, which is tax-free after ten years. However, this is countered by high renovation costs, as well as work and hassle with tenants. In contrast, paper investments require hardly any effort and, according to him, do not entail additional payments, such as for new insulation or heating regulations. According to Heinrich, the abolition of tax exemption after the holding period is another reason not to invest in real estate. Anyone assuming that the taxation of private real estate sales has no impact on construction activity is effectively making an intellectual capitulation statement. #Immobilien #Investment #Vermietung (translated)

Pope Leo XIV shows himself in good condition after his cancer operation, celebrates a mass in the hospital, and could proceed with his planned trip to South America in November, while ongoing examinations confirm an improvement in his health. #PapstLeo #KrebsOP #Genesung (translated)

The Vatican has released the first photos of Pope Leo XIV after his lung cancer operation, in which he is celebrating a mass in the hospital and showing signs of his recovery, while his planned trip to South America is still pending. #PapstLeoXIV #Lungenkrebs #Vatikan (translated)

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a mass at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome to thank the medical staff who cared for him after his surgery to remove a cancerous nodule from his lung, while announcing an improvement in his health condition. #PapeLéonXIV #Convalescence #HôpitalGemelli (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that the French teacher Samuel Paty was murdered on October 16, 2020, in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by an 18-year-old Chechen. The 47-year-old regularly addressed Mohammed cartoons from Charlie Hebdo in class regarding freedom of speech. A Muslim student, who according to Kussmann was not present during the relevant class, felt offended in her religion and told her father about it. According to Kussmann, the father urged Muslims to take action against Paty and spread a video about him. An Islamist who was already known to the police in France supported the call. The later perpetrator, Abdullah Ansorov, learned about the incident through the video, asked students about Paty's habits, and offered money for information. On October 16, he confronted Paty on his way home and beheaded him with a 35-centimeter-long knife; shortly thereafter, he was shot by the police. Kussmann regarded the case as a sign of the advanced influence of Islam in European schools. She also wrote that Paty had been reported for distributing pornographic materials to minors and had in turn filed a complaint for defamation. The reaction from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sparked outrage: he had not commented for 14 days and then stated that freedom of expression is not limitless and should not harm anyone. #SamuelPaty #Meinungsfreiheit #Islam2020 (translated)