5 men arrested after allegedly responding to fake ad for 'sexual services from minors' posted by police



Five men were arrested for allegedly trying to obtain sexual services from a minor after they reportedly responded to a fake ad police had posted online.

The Durham Regional Police Service in Ontario, Canada, revealed that it posted the fake advertisement that offered sexual services from minors as part of a sting operation which resulted in a series of arrests and many charges.

Undercover police posted the ad, according to Durham Radio News, which authorities said was visited more than 6,600 times in a span of just four days. Police also said they received messages from more than 600 different phone numbers.

"An ad was published to create the illusion that individuals can purchase sexual services from minors," police said, according to Global News. Police also posed as minors online as part of the operation as well.

Investigators subsequently arrested five men between the ages of 28 and 48 years old, laying 15 charges in total.

Krish Subiah, 37, Rajwant Singh, 30, Mahbubar Rahman, 48, Sarangan Kirupamoorthy, 28, and Rajasekaran Natarajan, 38, were all arrested.

All five men were charged with luring a child for the purpose of obtaining sexual services (under 18 years), obtaining sexual services (under 18 years), and invitation to sexual touching (under 16 years).

The ad was part of an ongoing initiative called Project Firebird aimed at going after individuals who are looking to obtain sexual services from children, CP24 reported. The project also involves supporting victims and potential victims.

"This project would not be possible without the support of the Ontario government funding to our Children at Risk of Exploitation (CARE) unit," police said, per Insauga. "Our CARE unit has specialized teams that pair police officers with child protection workers to proactively identify, investigate, locate, and engage children and youth who are at high risk of child sex trafficking."

The arrests came a week after a 21-year-old man, also in the Toronto, Canada, area, was charged for allegedly sex trafficking a teenage girl.

The Toronto Star reported that the teen was forced into the sex trade "while the male exercised control over numerous aspects of her life, while profiting from it."

A man named Elijah Grey was arrested and charged with human trafficking under 18 years old, receiving material benefit under 18 years old, advertising sexual services, and making child pornography.

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Outrageous undercover operation infiltrates 'Fat Studies' conference



We want to think of academia as the key to the world of knowledge, with keymasters being the best among us. Unfortunately, what we know as the world of higher education has become a farce.

Steven Crowder exposes the riveting academic world of the academic discipline known as fat studies. Home to peer-reviewed think pieces such as "Overcoming Fear of Fat" and "Queering Fat Embodiment." Yes, this is being taught by professors at some of the world's most prestigious institutions. There's even an annual fat studies conference at Massey University, where all the brave and beautiful postgrads can submit their essays and present them in their safe space.

In this video, you will hear from fat studies scholars who teach students about all the ways fat women are "oppressed by small white men," the ways "science has oppressed fat women," and a call for "new fat ethics."

Crowder went under cover as Sea Matheson, a fat pride activist, who submitted "her" very own fat studies paper for a presentation titled "Embracing Fatness as Self-Care in the Era of Trump." Due to COVID, the in-person conference was canceled, but luckily, there was still a virtual conference.

Crowder's abstract was accepted by the chairwoman Cat Pause, a self-described fat study scholar who scheduled Matheson to speak alongside other intellectual titans.

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'I never thought it would be relevant again': Sting's new video of 1985 hit 'Russians' will give you CHILLS



Sting took to Instagram Saturday to revive his 1985 song "Russians" amid the Russia-Ukraine war, in what the Grammy winning artist called "a plea for our common humanity."

"I’ve only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I never thought it would be relevant again," the video was captioned. "But, in the light of one man’s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, unthreatening neighbor, the song is, once again, a plea for our common humanity. For the brave Ukrainians fighting against this brutal tyranny and also the many Russians who are protesting this outrage despite the threat of arrest and imprisonment - We, all of us, love our children. Stop the war."

First released on "The Dream of the Blue Turtles," Sting's first solo album after parting ways with The Police, the song “Russians,” is about the Cold War. In it Sting sings, "There is no monopoly on common sense, on either side of the political fence. We share the same biology, regardless of ideology. Believe me when I say to you, I hope the Russians love their children, too."

Watch the video below:


The Instagram post, which has been viewed over 1million times as of this writing, includes information on where people can send supplies to help those affected by the war.

MUSIC: Here are inspired versions of 'The First Noel,' 'Silent Night,' and other sacred Christmas songs you should listen to today



As you celebrate this Christmas Day and look for music to get you pondering spiritual truths as well as to provide beautiful atmosphere wherever you are, check out these inspired versions of sacred Christmas songs:

Over the Rhine

The indie band from Ohio with poetic Christian underpinnings has long been a favorite of mine, and the group's evocative Christmas album "The Darkest Night of the Year" is one I've spun every year since its 1996 release.

Standout tracks include "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," "Greensleeves (What Child Is This)," and "O Little Town of Bethlehem," offering sounds that transport listeners back in time to old-fashioned parlor pianos, horse-drawn carriages, and quiet fields of snow.

Here's the opening song — an atmospheric instrumental version of "The First Noel" — that haunts with a lonely cello:

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Jeff Bjorck

Jeff Bjorck has been recording solo piano music over the last 25 years and has six very fine albums under his belt. One of them — "The Wondrous Gift" — is full of inspired interpretations of a dozen faith-based Christmas songs.

Among the standouts are "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing," "Coventry Carol," and "Silent Night." For an immediate example of Bjorck's style, check out "Silent Night" below. It begins with gentle, almost yearning notes and then moves into the familiar melody — yet accented by memorable, creative flourishes that escort the song into new vistas:

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Phil Keaggy

A guitarist like no other — always in the conversation as among the world's best — Phil Keaggy has released a few Christmas albums over his long career, but for my money his finest is an offering alongside the London Festival Orchestra: "Majesty & Wonder: An Instrumental Christmas."

Full of creative approaches to faith-filled Christmas songs, Keaggy takes on the historic "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" along with "Good Christian Men Rejoice" among others. Below check out his version of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" that employs brand-new music on his classical guitar alongside the age-old melody:

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Don Peris of the Innocence Mission

The Innocence Mission hit the indie, alterna-folk scene in the late 1980s, and the band's guitarist — Don Peris — years later offered an instrumental Christmas album "Brighter Visions Beam Afar" which has remained one of my favorites ever since.

Simple and unassuming — just like his band from the fields of rural Pennsylvania — Peris employs plaintive, gentle finger-picking that puts the listener into a reflective emotional place.

Most definitely lend an ear to "Away in a Manger," "O Come All Ye Faithful," and "Angels We Have Heard on High" — the latter of which you can listen to right now:

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Kemper Crabb

Kemper Crabb may be familiar to some fans of early 1980s contemporary Christian music as the creator of the heralded album, "The Vigil." But Crabb years later also released an album just for this season titled "A Medieval Christmas."

With a resonant, reverent voice and instrumental accompaniment that matches the ambition of the title, Crabb turns out memorable versions of "Good King Wenceslaus," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and a show-stopping "Let All Mortal Flesh":

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Sting

When he was with the Police, Sting penned a lesser-known tune for "Synchronicity" titled "O My God" in which the world-weary, angry protagonist — presumably him — shakes his fist at his creator and implores "take the space between us / fill it up some way." Clearly Sting didn't believe Jesus already accomplished that miracle.

So it was an eye-opener a couple of decades later to encounter Sting's solo offering "If on a Winter's Night..." which contains sacred Christmas songs such as "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" — a German carol that first appeared centuries ago — and the even older "Gabriel's Message":

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Jeff Johnson

Veteran keyboard player and Christian songwriter Jeff Johnson has been producing excellent music with his own Celtic-styled flair for decades. His "Prayers of St. Brendan: The Journey Home" is one of my all-time favorites.

What's more, Johnson just may be the king of Christmas music — at least for listeners who care deeply about the proper focus of the day – and has released a whopping seven Christmas albums over the years.

Within them he covers the lion's share of sacred songs you know, as well as some that aren't often sung by carolers on snowy street corners — such as "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" from "A Quiet Knowing: Christmas" with Brian Dunning and John Fitzpatrick as well as "Once in Royal David's City" and "Wexford Carol" from "Under the Wonder Sky" with Dunning and Wendy Goodwin:

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Bono and the Edge of U2

As a big U2 fan for many years — all the way back to when I first read the words "to claim the victory Jesus won" from the "Sunday Bloody Sunday" lyrics before I turned to Christ — the band greatly disappointed me with its 2018 endorsement to repeal Ireland's abortion ban.

But perhaps faith in some form remains, particularly for lead singer Bono, who has been vocal about his belief in Jesus for many years. Maybe that's why I got a lump in my throat when I played video of him and guitarist the Edge performing "O Holy Night" for a Dublin crowd on Christmas Eve a few years back. "Fall on your knees," indeed.

Merry Christmas, one and all.

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