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Joe Quinn
Sott.net 2015-09-30 11:05:00
You may, or may not, have noticed the growing body of evidence over the past year or two that strongly suggests that the U.S. government and its European "allies" are not really serious about destroying "ISIS". The first hint came early last year when the jihadi mercenaries took large swathes of Iraq and Syria, and the West did nothing but wring its collective hands and fret, and resolve to bolster the fighting capability of the wonderful "rebels". The second hint came this year when the U.S. and their partners began piecemeal airstrikes against "ISIS" that appeared to merely spur the head-choppers on to more success. The third hint came with reports that weapons supplies being sent to "Syrian rebels" were 'accidentally' ending up in the hands of the head-choppers. The most recent confirmation that Western politicians and military types effectively view "ISIS" as 'their guys' came in the last few weeks when the Pentagon reacted to news that Russia was in the process of establishing an air base in western Syria, from which to attack all foreign forces in Syria involved in the four-year-long attempted coup against the Syrian government. | |
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2015-09-30 14:16:00
The Russian military has launched airstrikes against Islamic State militant targets in Syria. The move was approved after a request from President Bashar Assad to Vladimir Putin, who has also expressed concern about the number of Russian extremists in the country. [Editor's note: Go to full article and read timeline from the bottom up.] 30 September 2015 19:21 GMT "There is an illogical contradiction in the Russian position, and now its actions in Syria," Carter said. He has reportedly described Russia's operation as essentially "pouring gasoline on [the] fire." 19:10 GMT Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter would not say if the US gave Russia any advance warning of coalition airstrikes over Aleppo on Wednesday, but said that the talks between the two countries' defense ministries would cover what kinds of information should be exchanged going forward to avoid incidents of friendly fire. US-led airstrikes in Syria will continue despite Russia's actions, Carter said, adding that the coalition doesn't "intend to make any changes in our air operations." 19:00 GMT US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that Pentagon had no confirmations of reports of civilian casualties during airstrikes carried out by Russia on Wednesday. He noted that the US and its coalition partners make sure that there are no civilian casualties when performing their strikes, despite reports of the contrary. | |
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Finian Cunningham
Strategic Culture Foundation 2015-09-29 20:04:00
While there were several points of apparent accord reached between the US and China during President Xi Jinping's state visit, the issue of cybercrime will continue to be a source of tension going forward. Tension that will be unilaterally and cynically exploited by Washington for its ulterior geopolitical aim of demonising and browbeating China. The problem partly stems from Washington being able to propagate its sly, prejudicial attitude towards China. Smiles and handshakes aside, the United States' official mentality harbours and projects a demeaning presumption of Chinese guilt over cybercrime. That mentality is manifest in the arrogant way that the United States government during President Xi's visit managed to appoint itself as «judge and jury» to arbitrate on this contentious issue. Washington's truculent attitude is quite a feat of reality-inversion considering its own proven global NSA spying operations, as revealed by Edward Snowden; as well as its known state-sponsored hacking operations against countries, such as when it ravaged Iran's civilian nuclear facilities back in 2010 with the Stuxnet virus. That cyberattack was personally ordered by President Barack Obama, according to the New York Times. | |
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Robert Parry
Consortium News 2015-09-28 19:46:00
"Strategic communications" or Stratcom, a propaganda/psy-op technique that treats information as a "soft power" weapon to wield against adversaries, is a new catch phrase in an Official Washington obsessed with the clout that comes from spinning false narratives, reports Robert Parry. In this age of pervasive media, the primary method of social control is through the creation of narratives delivered to the public through newspapers, TV, radio, computers, cell phones and any other gadget that can convey information. This reality has given rise to an obsession among the power elite to control as much of this messaging as possible. So, regarding U.S. relations toward the world, we see the State Department, the White House, Pentagon, NATO and other agencies pushing various narratives to sell the American people and other populations on how they should view U.S. policies, rivals and allies. The current hot phrase for this practice is "strategic communications" or Stratcom, which blends psychological operations, propaganda and P.R. into one mind-bending smoothie. I have been following this process since the early 1980s when the Reagan administration sought to override "the Vietnam Syndrome," a public aversion to foreign military interventions that followed the Vietnam War. To get Americans to "kick" this syndrome,Reagan's team developed "themes" about overseas events that would push American "hot buttons." | |
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South China Morning Post
2015-09-30 19:39:00
Japan has lost a key Indonesian high-speed railway contract to China, dealing a heavy blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is seeking to take advantage of infrastructure exports for economic growth. Sofyan Djalil, head of the Indonesian National Development Planning Agency, told Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Tuesday that Indonesia planned to accept the Chinese proposal, Suga said. The decision came after Jakarta dropped both Chinese and Japanese high-speed railway construction proposals earlier this month because of the high financial costs and offered to consider a cheaper medium-speed railway. But Sofyan told Suga that China recently made a new proposal to build the high-speed rail link between Jakarta and the West Java provincial capital of Bandung without Indonesian fiscal spending or debt guarantee. Sofyan was visiting Japan as special envoy of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. | |
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Sputnik
2015-09-30 13:06:00
Iraq's decision to sign an intelligence-sharing accord with Syria, Iran and Russia has US Defense Department officials worried about what intelligence the Iraq government is going to share with its allies against terror, and the information it may contain regarding the US armed forces. Surprised US defense officials are concerned about the decision by Iraq's Joint Operations Command to share intelligence with Syria, Iran and Russia in an effort to coordinate action against the Islamic State. "We were caught by surprise that Iraq entered into this agreement with Syria, Iran and Russia. Obviously, we are not going to share intelligence with either Syria, or Russia, or Iran," Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday. | |
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teleSUR
2015-09-30 19:03:00
Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine will go back to being a state under occupation, and that Israel must bear responsibility for the breakdown of peace agreements. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, hours after Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza, announcing that his country will no longer abide by the peace agreements with Israel, and that Palestine will go back to being a state under occupation. "Israel has thus left us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the continuation of those agreements while Israel continuously violates them," he said. "As long as Israel is not committed ... we for our part are not committed and Israel must bear full responsibility," he argued, making it clear however that Palestine will not resort to violence. Abbas had hinted he would drop a "bombshell" in his speech. Early in the speech he said, "The continuation of the status quo is unacceptable, because it means giving in to brutal force inflicted by the Israeli government." teleSUR's correspondent in Gaza, Noor Harazeen had reported Tuesday, before Abbas' speech, that his announcement might involve a threat to dissolve the Oslo Accords, which set up the current governance arrangement, known as the two-state solution, between Israel and the Palestinian Authority 20 years ago, and re-declare Palestine an occupied territory. Abbas declared Wednesday, "We will not accept temporary solutions or a fragmented state," continuing, "We will seek to form a national unity government." | |
Comment: Given Putin's insistence that international law be followed, Abbas' speech points up once again, the failure of the UN to do its mandated duty.
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Julian Borger
The Guardian 2015-09-29 19:13:00
Saudi Arabia has called on Bashar al-Assad to give up power or be removed by force, raising the global stakes at a time when the Russians are shipping troops and military hardware to Syria in an effort to prop up its beleaguered leader. The threat was made on Tuesday by Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Adel Al-Jubeir. "There is no future for Assad in Syria," Jubeir told journalists at the UN general assembly."There are two options for a settlement in Syria. One option is a political process where there would be a transitional council. The other option is a military option, which also would end with the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power. This could be a more lengthy process and a more destructive process but the choice is entirely that of Bashar al-Assad." The foreign minister did not specify how Assad would be forcibly removed, but pointed out that Saudi Arabia is already backing "moderate rebels" in the civil war. The Saudi intervention fueled an already heated row at the UN over Syria's future, where the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, issued a forthright defence of the Syrian regime, describing it as fighting a lonely and "valiant" battle against Islamic State extremists. | |
Comment: Russia has put the pedal to the metal, with the start of air strikes. Hopefully change is (literally) in the air. Stay tuned.
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teleSUR
2015-09-30 18:24:00
Israel has conducted fresh strikes on Gaza, over a year after killing more than 2,500 Palestinians in an offensive against the enclave. Israel's military confirmed early Wednesday it had conducted at least four overnight airstrikes on Gaza, the Palestinian enclave they brutally pounded last year for 51 days, killing over 2,500 people. The strikes hit sites belonging to Hamas, the political body that administers Gaza. No injuries have been reported. An Israeli military spokesperson claimed the strikes were in response to a rocket fired from Gaza late Tuesday. It's unclear who launched the rocket; rogue militant groups within Gaza boast a history of firing rockets without approval from Hamas. In the past, Hamas has condemned rogue rocket attacks, Although Israeli army spokesperson Peter Lerner told Reuters that Tel Aviv continues to hold Hamas responsible for all rocket attacks. Tuesday's rocket was intercepted by Israel's missile defense system and the military says no one was injured. | |
Comment: Ever the bully, Israel is getting it's blows in while the world is distracted by the Syrian crisis.
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I used to say President Obama is a great orator. In retrospect, particularly in view of his speeches over the past two years, I would have to modify my appraisal: Mr. Obama is a mind-numbingly effective orator -- with major emphasis on 'mind-numbing' -- whose powers of persuasion are both awe-inspiring and reality-altering. But great? I think not. You see, great orators don't insult their audiences by lying and using their enormous gifts to wreak havoc on the world, demean other world leaders, and generally inflict listeners with self-serving propaganda. Great orators ennoble, enlighten, inspire! There is so much deception, obfuscation, manipulative innuendo, faulty logic, sheer raw hypocrisy in his recent U.N. speech, I could write volumes. But it's not worth your time or mine, since so many of the lies upon which he built this petty and self-aggrandizing show have been repeated with such relentless regularity, they are part of the accepted collective wisdom of both the American public and the government propaganda apparatus, aka the main stream media. I'll just throw out a few comments. Like Yemen being bombed by the U.S.-supported tyrannical government of Saudi Arabia? Like Iraq? Or Libya? Or Afghanistan? Or any of the 30+ countries the U.S. has attacked or effected regime change by proxy? | |
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RT
2015-09-30 18:11:00
Russia has struck eight Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) targets in Syria, the country's Defense Ministry said, adding that civilian infrastructure was avoided during the operations. "Today, Russian aerospace force jets delivered pinpoint strikes on eight ISIS terror group targets in Syria. In total, 20 flights were made," spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said. "As a result, arms and fuel depots and military equipment were hit. ISIS coordination centers in the mountains were totally destroyed," he added. Konashenkov said that all the flights took place after air surveillance and careful verification of the data provided by the Syrian military. He stressed that Russian jets did not target any civilian infrastructure and avoided these territories.
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Comment: Despite the fact that the U.S. military has been caught off guard with how quickly Russia has taken over the battle against ISIS, the Russian military looks entirely prepared and competent to do what the West has been
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Sputnik
2015-09-30 18:11:00
The Soros-sponsored "White Helmets," one of the largest NGOs operating on the territory of Syria, is busy with cooking up lies instead of protecting the human rights of the Syrian people. The "White Helmets," a controversial quasi-humanitarian organization, is playing dirty in Syria: the NGO has been spotted fabricating "evidence" of Russia's "disastrous" involvement in Syria. The organization has published a photo on its Twitter account, depicting a bleeding girl claiming that the poor child was injured together with a number of civilians during the Russian airstrike launched on September 30. | |
Comment: It is great to see the lies exposed for all to see.
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RT
2015-09-30 17:36:00
The US will open "lines of communication" with Russia to avoid "misjudgment and miscalculation" as a US-led coalition conducts strikes against ISIS in Syria. Moscow is assisting government forces in their fight against the terror group. "This morning, [Defense] Secretary [Ashton] Carter directed his staff to open lines of communication with Russia on deconfliction," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook told reporters at a press briefing. Pentagon officials have stressed the need for "deconfliction" with regards to the coalition and Russian forces. The two sides are set to discuss their respective actions in order to reduce the risk of accidents. "The purpose of these deconfliction discussions will be to ensure that ongoing coalition air operations are not interrupted by any future Russian military activity, to ensure the safety of coalition air crews and to avoid misjudgment and miscalculation," Cook said. | |
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Medhi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan breaks down the real costs of the global campaign to fight 'terrorism'.Al Jazeera 2015-09-30 17:54:00
After 14 years, $4.4tn, and hundreds of thousands of deaths - has the so-called war on terror made the world a safer place? In the Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan exposes the failures of the global military campaign to fight "terrorism".
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Sputnik
2015-09-30 18:48:00
Lawyers representing families of some 9/11 terror victims have accused the US government of withholding crucial information about the attacks, which they say hindered their attempts to sue the state of Saudi Arabia for the alleged funding and support of terrorist group al-Qaeda. Those representing the families of victims said they will appeal the decision of US District Court Judge George Daniels, who ruled that there wasn't enough evidence to prove Saudi Arabia was involved in funding the group, or the 2001 attacks. "The allegations in the complaint alone do not provide this court with a basis to assert jurisdiction over defendants," Daniels wrote in his ruling. However, lawyers bringing forward the complaint promised to appeal the decision. James Kreindler, an attorney for one of the plaintiffs' groups, said the judge "got it wrong", while another attorney, Jerry Goldman said he was confident that an appeal would "render the justice that... the families of the victims of the attacks on 9/11 so rightly deserve." Central to complaints about the case and ruling were accusations that crucial pieces of information were held from claimants by the US government, which lawyers believe could have influenced the final decision. "Evidence central to these claims continues to be treated as classified," lawyer Sean Carter said. "The government's decision to continue to classify that material certainly factored into this outcome." Questions Remain Over Alleged Saudi Involvement The decision represents a major setback for the families of those killed in the 9/11, with representatives pushing for billions of dollars worth of damages, if they can prove that Saudi Arabia was involved in supporting al-Qaeda. | |
Comment: See also: Saudi ties to 9/11? Yep, but they also mean U.S. ties to 9/11
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David Connett
The Independent 2015-09-29 20:37:00
The Justice Minister says there is 'little evidence of corporate economic wrongdoing going unpunished' A promise to make it easier to prosecute companies that fail to stop economic crimes such as fraud and money laundering through beefed-up corporate responsibility laws has been abandoned by the Government. In a surprise U-turn, the Justice Minister, Andrew Selous, said the Government was no longer considering creating a new criminal offence as"there was little evidence of corporate economic wrongdoing going unpunished." The Conservatives had pledged in their manifesto to strengthen powers to curb corporate misbehaviour, following widespread criticism of the failure to hold major companies such as international banks and other global financial institutions to account for scandals such as rigging the Libor index, tax evasion and insurance mis-selling. Critics, who described the move as "incomprehensible, misguided and a serious failure of political will", accused the government of watering down the UK's anti-corruption measures - pointing out that it sat awkwardly alongside David Cameron's tough anti-bribery message, which he reinforced during a trade mission to South-east Asia earlier this year. | |
Comment: Another decision which benefits those fellow Establishment 'snakes in suits' in the City of London, and further highlights the increasing inequality and political hypocrisy that exists in the UK. Recently the Bar Council has also warned that government plans toincrease court fees for a second time would unbalance civil justice, giving rich people and big businesses an unfair advantage. See also:
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Deirdre Fulton
Common Dreams 2015-09-28 20:37:00
As EU-US trade talks flounder, France doesn't rule out 'an outright termination of negotiations' While public opposition to the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)—the massive proposed "trade" deal between the European Union and the United States—has grown steadily since negotiations started two years ago, new signs suggest that official government backing is also faltering across Europe. In an interview with French regional newspaper Sud Ouest published Monday, Junior Trade Minister Matthias Fekl said TTIP negotiations were favoring American interests and "either weren't advancing or were progressing in the wrong direction." "If nothing changes, it will show that there isn't the will to achieve mutually beneficial negotiations," he said, before adding: "France is considering all options including an outright termination of negotiations." Meanwhile, a group of more than 55 UK members of parliament (MPs) has signed onto a motion expressing major concerns about the mammoth trade pact, which civil society groups have dubbed a corporate giveaway. Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP, put forward the Commons motion, and it has now been signed by every member of the Scottish National Party group at Westminster, as well as the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. Politico's Paul Ames wrote of the "cooling ardor on both sides of the Atlantic" earlier this month, saying that since talks began in July 2013, the trade deal "has lost some of its shine." "Concern over the impact of TTIP has united disparate groups," he wrote, "from French farmers to German constitutional lawyers and politicians on the left and right." | |
Comment: More information on this sweetheart 1% proposal:
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RT
2015-09-30 18:19:00
The principal of a South Dakota high school was wounded by a gunshot Wednesday morning. Authorities say that a student is suspected to be the perpetrator, and is in custody. All other students have been reported as safe. The shooting took place at Harrisburg High School in the town of Harrisburg, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Principal Kevin Lein only suffered a flesh wound, according to Superintendent James Holbeck.
Harrisburg, South Dakota, high school principal Kevin Lein shot by student:http://t.co/I9VXOCdfXO #breaking pic.twitter.com/4L8uw3HRPU— Heavy.com (@HeavySan) September 30, 2015
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Comment: Thank goodness the principal didn't get killed.
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FBI to begin tracking police shootings, data to be submitted voluntarily by law enforcement agencies
RT
2015-09-29 19:57:00
The FBI will begin tracking information on officer-involved shootings for its annual crime report. However, relevant data will continue to be submitted by law enforcement agencies on a voluntary basis, leading critics to call the upcoming data unreliable. "[T]o address the ongoing debate about the appropriate use of force by law enforcement, we plan to collect more data about shootings (fatal and nonfatal) between law enforcement and civilians, and to increase reporting overall," FBI Director James Comey said in amessage introducing the 2014 Crime in the United States report. The report comprises statistics and information provided by law enforcement agencies to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. It measures the nation's crime problem. Currently the program only collects data on the number of justifiable homicides reported by police as well as information about the felonious killing and assault of law enforcement officers. | |
Comment: Police are infamous for covering up their crimes, and often it is only when the civilian population forces the issue through social media and local news outlets that their malfeasance comes to light. This latest initiative by the FBI sounds more like a PR campaign than any real attempt to document police brutality or hold law enforcement agencies accountable.
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Charles Hugh Smith
Oftwominds.com 2015-09-18 00:00:00
This chart of median household income illustrates why so many of us feel poorer-- we are poorer in terms of the purchasing power of our income. A rising tide raises all boats, from rowboats to yachts--this is the narrative of "prosperity." A rising tide is also the political cover for rising inequality: if the guy in the rowboat makes $100 more a month, he feels like he's participating in the prosperity. Meanwhile, the guy in the speedboat is making $1,000 more a month and the guy in the yacht is making $1 million more a month. But this doesn't bother the guy in the rowboat, for two reasons: 1. He thinks of himself as a guy who is currently in a rowboat on his way to buying a speedboat 2. Studies have found that our sense of wealth and "falling behind" is not defined by our actual increases in income or wealth, but by how we're doing relative to our peer group. If everyone else in rowboats is making $200 more a month in the rising tide of prosperity, the guy making only $100 more feels like he's falling behind--even if his absolute income and wealth is rising. | |
Comment: With the increasing signs pointing to a global economic meltdown, it may not be long before the masses finally wake up to the fact that they have been duped, and they decide it's time to bring out the pitchforks.
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Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post 2015-09-30 15:41:00
A recent poll conducted by YouGov revealed that a sizable portion of the American public is open to the idea of a military coup in the United States. The poll was conducted amid the continual polling that takes place during the U.S. Presidential election yet it did not focus on the elections per se, but the potential lack of elections in the future. The YouGov poll surveyed 1,000 people online and determined that 29% of Americans, over a quarter of the population, could imagine supporting a military coup against the civilian government. Only 41% could not imagine supporting a coup. The numbers supporting a potential coup were highest among Republicans with 43% of them saying they could envision supporting a coup, 29% of independents followed, with Democrats trailing at 20%. | |
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Russian Times
2015-09-30 14:40:00
Two US agricultural workers have simultaneously sued Monsanto, claiming that the company's weed-killer herbicide caused their cancers. They have also accused the bio-tech giant of pressuring regulators to downplay the risks from its Roundup herbicide. In his lawsuit against Monsanto, 58-year-old former farm worker Enrique Rubio said he believes that the bone cancer he was diagnosed with back in 1995 was a result of his work with Monsanto's weed-killer. | |
Comment: Comment: 'Decades of experience within agriculture and regulatory reviews using the most extensive worldwide human health databases ever compiled on an agricultural product contradict the claims in the suit which will be vigorously defended'
How can Monsanto claim that they have the most extensive worldwide human health databases ever compiled and completely deny the following negative health impacts of their products?
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RT
2015-09-30 13:49:00
The Avtotor plant in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad is about to begin assembling Ford trucks. The vehicles will be adapted specifically for the Russian market and comply with European safety standards. "We are in a pre-production stage of the four most popular models - tow trucks and road construction machinery ... Actual production will depend on market conditions, as well as currency and inflation that have a direct impact on this," Avtotor told RIA Novosti. | |
Comment: Once again the economic sanctions and attack on the ruble on Russia are having the opposite effect much to the chagrin of the West.
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RT
2015-09-30 09:12:00
The Sci-Fi predicted future of crime prevention is here. Hitachi has unveiled a system capable of predicting crimes before they actually occur. Dubbed Hitachi Visualization Predictive Crime Analytics (PCA), the system is able to process huge amounts of data from a variety of sources and then process it using machine-learning to establish patterns of potential violent behavior that humans might simply overlook. "A human just can't handle when you get to the tens or hundreds of variables that could impact crime," Darrin Lipscomb, an executive in Hitachi's Public Safety and Visualization division, told the Fast Company. Hitachi acquired the technology after purchasing two crime monitoring tech companies - Avrio and Pantascene - in September 2014. PCA uses real-time social media and internet data feeds to make calculations and pin-point potential crime scenes down to a 200-square-meter spot. The system alsoallocates relative threat levels to every situation. | |
Comment: For more information on this disturbing technological trend, see also:
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | |
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RT
2015-09-30 13:08:00
Fourteen people were shot in Chicago over just 15 hours, as the week got off to a bloody start. The latest burst of violence follows two straight weekends where more than 50 people were shot. Chicago Mayor Emanuel said he was angry and "enough is enough." Six people were killed and at least eight others injured in the 15-hour span between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The first of the shootings occurred Monday evening, when a family on its way back from an outing was gunned down in New City's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. A pregnant mother and grandmother were left dead, as were three others. An 11-month-old boy was wounded, police said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "You have an innocent family coming home from a family outing. Somebody opens fire on two women, a child and two men," Chicago Deputy Police Chief Eugene Roy told the media, according to the Huffington Post. "In a second, two generations of that child's family were wiped out." | |
Comment: It is not looking well for Chicago. As conditions worsen in the city, there will be more violence and no amount of policing will help. The root causes of the economic depression in Chicago must be addressed. Chicago's house prices are dropping worse than Detroit's.
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RT
2015-09-30 12:30:00
At least six people were killed and dozens injured after parcels containing explosives caused massive explosions in several locations in Liucheng county and Liuzhou city, in China's north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, CCTV reported. Up to 15 explosions were heard across the city between 3.15pm and 5pm. Of those killed, five were certified dead at the blast sites, and one died after being rescued. | |
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Reagan Ali; S. Wooten and M. David;
Counter Current News 2015-09-29 11:05:00
The Transportation Security Administration has just announced that they will no longer search African American women's hair at airport checkpoints. The TSA made headlines for this practice after American singer, songwriter, model, and actress, Solange announced to the media that her hair was publicly searched by TSA officers, when she was traveling back in 2012. Now, Neuroscientist, Malaika Singleton of Sacramento, CA and Novella Coleman have filed suit against the TSA, prompting their agreement to stop searching Sub Saharan African hair. Singleton tells the blog Black Girl Long Hair that she was "on her way to an academic conference in London when she was accosted by TSA officers who declared the need to publicly screen her sisterlocks". She recalls, "I was going through the screening procedures like we all do, and after I stepped out of the full body scanner, the agent said, 'OK, now I'm going to check your hair." BGLH notes that "The TSA agents pulled and squeezed Singleton's hair on her way to the conference and again when she returned home. Singleton then proceeded to contact the American Civil Liberties Union only to learn that a complaint had been filed by Novella Coleman, one of three black lawyers working there who also wore sisterlocks." Coleman says this happened on two separate occasions. She asked the TSA officers why they were searching her hair of all things. They said that her hair was determined to have "abnormalities." The TSA responded to the lawsuit by e-mailing the ACLU, announcing that they will retrain their officers to no longer single out people with African hair.
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RT
2015-09-28 00:41:00
Tens of thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Moldova's capital, Chisinau, demanding the president and current government resign and early elections be held. The demonstrators have threatened to continue protests until their demands are met. From 30,000 to 50,000 people gathered on the streets of Moldova's capital on Sunday for the demonstration, according to the organizers, RIA Novosti reported. The protesters waved Moldovan flags and chanted "Victory!""Moldova!" and "Down with the thieves!" | |
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WBNS-10TV
2015-09-26 20:15:00
A federal court jury in Cleveland has convicted a cardiologist of ordering unnecessary medical tests, performing unnecessary procedures and submitting fraudulent billsin what prosecutors say was a $7.2 million scheme. Fifty-six-year-old Harold Persaud of Westlake was convicted Friday of one count of health care fraud, 13 counts of making false statements and one count of engaging in illegal monetary transactions. Prosecutors say Persaud billed Medicare and private insurers for more expensive procedures than were performed, falsified stress tests to justify unnecessary heart catheterizations and referred patients for heart bypasses they didn't need. | |
Comment: Unfortunately, this psychopathic doctor is not alone in gaming the system to enrich himself:
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Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse 2015-09-29 21:39:00
A lot of people out there expected something to happen in September that did not ultimately happen. There were all kinds of wild theories floating around, and many of them had no basis in reality whatsoever. But without a doubt, some very important things did happen in September. As I warned about ahead of time, we are witnessing the most significant global financial meltdown since the end of 2008. All of the largest stock markets in the world are crashing simultaneously, and so far the amount of wealth that has been wiped out worldwide is in excess of 5 trillion dollars. In addition to stocks, junk bonds are also crashing, and Bank of America says that it is a " |
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