#18: WEF ESCORT REVEALS DAVOS SECRETS
Town rejects woke name change + EU authorizes beetles for consumption + cow masks to fight climate change + Hungary breaks foreign investment records + MORE!
“A DATE AT DAVOS MEANS LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN”
Berlin sex worker Salomé Balthus recently elaborated about her risque escapades in Davos, Switzerland on Twitter after servicing the powerful men who attend the elite World Economic Forum (WEF).
“A date in Switzerland during the WEF means looking at the barrel of a security guard’s pistol at two o’clock in the morning,” tweeted Balthus.
“And then sharing the free chocolates from the restaurant with them and gossiping about the rich.”
In an interview with the German outlet Blick, Balthus elaborated about her dangerous encounter with the bodyguard tasked with protecting some of the most elite members of global society.
“I wanted to go to my own hotel room when a security officer came up to me in the hallway with a gun at the ready,” she explained. "He noticed relatively quickly that no gun would fit under my negligee.”
“We had a great time,” said Balthus. “I also think that the security staff are bored at night.”
Balthus refused to delve any further into the nature of her work, saying her vow to secrecy is akin to a priest’s seal of confession.
“Discretion is part of my job. It would be like a priest breaking the seal of confession,” said Balthus.
Each year the elite patrons who attend WEF fully book escort services.
RESIDENTS REJECT TOWN’S WOKE NAME CHANGE
Residents of “Pantine” (formerly: Pantin) rejected their mayor’s decision to change the gender of their township’s name by tearing off the “e” erected in a public square earlier this month.
As I reported on Jan. 5, Mayor Bertrand Kern released a New Year’s message announcing the name change as an attempt to promote equality between men and women.
"We will add an 'e' to the name of the city because in this way we want to bring awareness to the equality between women and men which is not yet perfect,” said Kern in an announcement.
A few days later, the “e” was torn from its metallic base overnight by disgruntled townsfolk and tossed into the bushes at a nearby skate park.
IRANIAN JOURNALIST: GERMANS ARE DYING AND MIGRANTS WILL INHERIT THEIR LAND
Iranian journalist and commentator Behzad Karim Khani has sparked controversy in Germany after penning a New Year’s Eve piece titled “Integrate yourself!”
Published in the mainstream outlet Berliner Zeitung, the former refugee who was taken in by Germany at 10 years old boasts that migrants would inherit the nation.
Khani argues that the existence of migrants prevents the “Aryan nightmare” from becoming a reality – an allusion to the nation’s Nazi past.
“I think we’re at a point now where we should have an honest look at the situation. Let’s start with the simple statement that we — migrants, foreigners, people with … call us what you like — are not going to leave that easily,” writes Khani.
“And neither will you, dear organic Germans, though, demographically, you’re definitely going away. You’re dying out, and your country needs about 400,000 new workers (every year) over the next 15 years, that’s about a million immigrants a year. We migrants will probably inherit this land. So we could play for time here, which is time you don’t have.”
Khani goes on to blame Germans not only for their historic wrongs but the continued presence of Islamophobia which he argues incited the New Years Ever riots which plagued Germany’s capital, Berlin, and other major cities.
TRANS PEOPLE NOT SATISFIED WITH SURGERIES ARE TRANSPHOBES
A Dec. 28, 2022, peer-reviewed study published in MDPI Healthcare argues that transgender patients who undergo so-called “gender affirming” operations and continue to have self-image problems following surgery are suffering from “internalized transphobia.”
The Dutch study involved 19 participants who were questioned about their procedures and hooked up to stress-indicators.
"Participants often reported having inadequate information about gender and transition, such as stereotypical images of men/women, a focus on gender-contrary characteristics, and 'internalized transphobia,’" write the researchers.
"When participants focused primarily on their gender nonconforming characteristics, they were less satisfied with treatment outcomes, increasing the likelihood of reporting negative feelings, discomfort, and/or requesting reoperations and surgical corrections."
Examples of “internalized transphobia” among patients include an 18-year-old participant who can’t bear to look at themselves naked.
"Some had difficulty accepting their transgender status, sometimes due to 'internalized transphobia' or shame,” argued scientists.
“Other participants found it difficult to accept the non-conforming parts of their gender because they wanted to fit into a stereotypical gender ideal."
EU GREENLIGHTS HOUSE CRICKETS AND BEETLES FOR CONSUMPTION
Europeans could soon find themselves accidentally digesting bugs now that the European Union has approved two new insect-based “alternative proteins” for consumption within the trading bloc.
Beginning on Jan. 24, house crickets will be allowed to be infused into foods and a few days later grain mold beetles will also be approved.
The permits are for two companies, one Vietnamese and the other Dutch, and they last for five years.
“A monumental step for the insect industry,” writes the Dutch company Ynsect.
“This approval of mealworm ingredients within our diets is a huge win for the health of society and the world at large.”
The bug-based meals will come in many forms including frozen, pastes and dry powders. Products that can be produced from the ingredients include granola bars, fake meat and bug pasta.
To date the EU has authorized six alternative proteins and 20 others are under consideration.
“Mealworm protein offers the best of both worlds, as nutritionally beneficial as animal protein, but with a much lower environmental impact,” said Ynsect CEO Antoine Hubert.
HUNGARY’S STABILITY IS ATTRACTING INVESTMENT
Data shows that Hungary had a record year in 2022 when it comes to attracting investment from abroad.
In total the country saw an in-flow of €6.5 billion and 15,000 new jobs.
“The world's largest companies all speak with great satisfaction about the investment conditions in Hungary, they specifically value the political stability and low taxes, and speak highly of the Hungarian workforce, its loyalty and training," said Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.
Recently the Hungarian government has shifted away from relying solely on Western investment and has shored up new contacts elsewhere.
Surprisingly much of the investment (73%) came into Hungary’s nascent electric car industry, followed by the food sector (10%) and the service sector (8%).
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has predicted that 2023 will be an even better year in a recent radio interview.
“I can tell you for sure that in 2023 investment will be even higher, we will set another record,” said Orbán.
COW MASKS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
The dairy and yogurt giant Danone wants to strap masks to cows to reduce methane emissions from burping.
According to France24, the unconventional method is one of many being considered by the mega corporation to fight climate change.
Other technology under consideration includes feeding cows algae additives to reduce gas emissions.
“We will see how we can improve practices in general on farms,” said company spokesperson Jeanette Coombs-Lanot.
Despite this, the United Nations cast doubt over technological solutions to global warming, saying that reducing dairy production would do the trick better.
This isn’t the first time that cow masks have been floated as a potential solution. Students at the Royal College of Art won a contest sponsored by King Charles where they created a cow-mask prototype, according to the outlet Gript.