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Joe Quinn
Sott.net 2015-12-01 16:27:00
To understand what is happening on the geopolitical global scene today, you have to understand what has been happening on that same scene for the last 100 years, because it hasn't really changed much. The US Empire has been the world's only (and 'greatest') superpower since at least the end of the Second World War. Once the Empire had achieved that position, it was determined to keep it. Russia was supposed to have been destroyed as a result of the 1939-45 war, but Russian ingenuity and hardiness, and Stalin's surprising independent streak, forced the Empire to accept a division of the world between 'East' and 'West'. As soon as the lines were drawn, however, the Empire sent its agents out to continue and complete the process of global conquest. Apart from the few overt US military forays (Korea, Vietnam, the odd turkey shoot in Latin America) the Empire relied primarily on covert operations to expand its control. In Western Europe - a prized piece on the 'grand chessboard' - the US Empire established 'stay-behind' networks made up of paramilitary groups from various backgrounds and espousing right-wing, fascistic ideologies. The rationale for 'mining' Europe with weapons caches and nutjobs trained in sabotage and bloody mayhem was that, in the event of a Soviet invasion and occupation of Europe, 'resistance fighters' would form the West's front-line in the coming war with the Soviets.
These groups were created and funded as part of the Truman Doctrine, which pledged to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures". A Soviet invasion was never on the cards, of course, and thus this 'support' took the form of CIA funding, training and arming of minority groups that used extreme violence to 'correct' any European political or social drifts towards 'the left', or anything that opposed the Empire's interests. In their spare time, many of these groups involved themselves in arms- and drug-smuggling and other racketeering, much of it also under the control of the CIA and other Western intel agencies. This aspect of the Truman Doctrine was the beginning, in earnest, of the US National Security State's covert foreign policy, which has comprised the bulk of all US foreign policy over the past 70 years. Most of the details of that foreign policy has not only been kept from the American people, but from most American politicians also. In December 1947, United States National Security Council (NSC) Directive 4-A "secretly authorised the CIA to conduct these officially non-existent programs and to administer them" in such a way that "removed the U.S. Congress and public from any debate over whether to undertake psychological warfare abroad." | ||
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RT
2015-12-01 12:35:00
Well-known French meteorologist Philippe Verdier was fired from a national TV channel after publishing a book challenging the mainstream narrative on climate change. He is now able to do just that on RT France, covering the UN climate summit in Paris. Verdier has thanked RT for the opportunity, saying that the Russian channel has enabled him to exercise his freedom of speech. "Thanks to RT in Paris I can do my job of journalist and have the freedom of speech, and I can cover as I want, the COP21 [Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]," Verdier told RT.
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Comment: Another brilliant, albeit small, asymmetric counter-move by the Russians! Verdier was fired precisely because his book was published in the run-up to the event, and they would not allow his views to be associated with any coverage of the event.
But now he's going to be front and center thanks to RT! Does the Russian government believe the global warming lie, or use it for the same 'grab-and-control' reasons as Western governments? Probably not. They appear to pay it lip service because, after all, to be a 'denialist' is equivalent to being a 'murderer of polar bears and bunny rabbits', but they have probably figured out that climate change follows natural cycles, and that Western elites are using the notion that man regulates this mechanism in order to tax people into grinding poverty and block industrial development in non-Western countries. | |
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Mark Steel
The Independent 2015-11-26 03:10:00
The Government hasn't grasped the extent to which Western governments are so discredited This looks simple enough then. We'll bomb the same people as Putin is bombing, in the same places, co-ordinated with Putin. But we won't actually be on the same side as Putin, and maybe we'll make that clear by painting gay rainbow flags on our bombs. And we're backing Turkey - although we're not backing Turkey when they sneakily align with Isis against the Kurds, but that's easy to get round. We'll arrange a job share. Isis can have them on Mondays to Wednesdays, then we'll get them from Thursday until Saturday, and on Sundays they can have the day off or back someone else such as the Cornish nationalists. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond explained it clearly, when he answered Dennis Skinner's question "Is Turkey a reliable ally, given that it shot down a Russian jet, and has assisted Isis against the Kurds?" Hammond replied "I see that old habits die hard, and the Honourable Gentleman remains an apologist for Russian actions." This must mean we are supporting Turkey, against Russia as well as on the days they're opposing Isis, though we're on Russia's side when they're against Isis so we could end up supporting and opposing Russia and Turkey against each other at the same time, causing us to fall through a break in space and we'll have to be rescued by Doctor Who. To simplify matters even more, Hammond seems to suggest it's a disgrace to defend Russia's shameful action of its plane being shot down. Look at the litter they've caused, they could have crashed more tidily. Is it any wonder we're never on their side except for when we're on their side? | |
Comment: Would that this were only satire, rather than the truth of the matter. The West is being run by buffoons that Putin must alternately coax and shame into something resembling constructive action.
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Sott.net
2015-12-01 19:36:00
In his latest appearance on PressTV's World News, Sott.net editor Joe Quinn was asked to comment on US President Obama's statements regarding the shooting down of a Russian Su-24 bomber by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet last week. Have a listen to US foreign policy explained in under 3 minutes...
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Comment: For a more detailed explanation of US foreign policy, check out Joe's latest article:
Russia versus NATO's Gladio 2.0: Turkish jihad from China to Syria | ||
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RT
2015-12-01 13:53:00
As Islamic State commits atrocities throughout Syria, the militant group continues to make money from human trafficking and sex slavery. RT spoke with three people who managed to flee the violence. One woman spoke about the brutal acts committed by Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL). "They cut off heads and kidnapped girls and women and took them to Raqqa. What were the slaves guilty of? This is a sin," she told RT. A man spoke of the hypocrisy surrounding ISIS, recalling that while the group insists that females remain modest, they strip their slaves to make money. "They forced women to be fully covered and never show any part of the body," he said. However, they made their slaves strip in order to sell them. Women are not allowed to show anything. If someone was caught on the streets during prayer, she would be given 100 lashes."
Sex slavery and human trafficking has been a typical method of raising revenue for ISIS. Earlier this month, the remains of up to 80 enslaved Yazidi women were discovered in Iraq. The women were believed to be between the ages of 40 and 80, leading to speculation that the group was only after younger women. | ||
Comment: What is happening in Syria is standard operating procedure for the NATO/US cabal. To get an idea what Russia is trying to prevent from happening in Syria, read about the Moriartys' experiences in Libya. Also, listen to the SOTT editors' interview with the Moriartys: NATO Slaughter: James and Joanne Moriarty expose the truth about what happened in Libya
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Michael Snyder
Economic Collapse Blog 2015-12-01 19:51:00
Why hasn't the U.S. bombed the oil wells that ISIS controls into oblivion by now? Would you believe that it is because the Obama administration "didn't want to do environmental damage"? Former Deputy Director of the CIA Michael Morell has publicly admitted that we have purposely avoided damaging the main source of income for ISIS, and his explanation for why we were doing this is utterly bizarre. But at this point what could the Obama administration say that would actually make sense? Everyone now knows that ISIS has been making hundreds of millions of dollars selling oil in Turkey, and that this has been done with the full knowledge and complicity of the Obama White House. This is potentially the biggest scandal of the entire Obama presidency, and yet so far the Republicans have not jumped on it. If you or I even gave five bucks to ISIS, we would be arrested and hauled off to Guantanamo Bay. And yet Barack Obama is allowing ISIS to funnel massive quantities of oil through our NATO ally Turkey, and he is not doing anything to stop this from happening. It is a betrayal of the American people that is so vast that it is hard to put into words. | |
Comment: Check out: Russia versus NATO's Gladio 2.0: Turkish jihad from China to Syria
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Sputnik
2015-12-01 19:18:00
French politician Nicolas Dhuicq believes that the Turkish government may be attempting to carry out a campaign which amounts to an indirect form of ethnic cleansing in northern Syria, resettling abandoned villages in the north of the country with Turkic-speaking peoples. Speaking with Radio Sputnik France on Tuesday, Dhuicq, an MP in the French National Assembly and a member of the legislative body's Defense Commission, said that he thinks "that Mr. Erdogan seeks, like the Ottoman Empire did before him, to move people and resettle several villages in northern Syria with Turkic-speaking peoples." The MP explained that he has access to information which leads him to believe that "these villages, abandoned by Syrians, will be settled by Uighurs from China." | |
Comment: It seems all of these psychopaths think alike:
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Sputnik
2015-12-01 18:49:00
The Turkish government's decision to open its airspace to French aircraft carrying out airstrikes against Daesh in Syria, and give logistical assistance to France's aircraft Charles de Gaulle at the port of Mersin is based on questionable legal grounds, leading Turkish lawyer Ali Riza Aydin told Sputnik. "When two countries participate together in military action, according to Turkey's constitution that has to be approved by the Turkish parliament," said Aydin. "At the present time it is unclear whether France is acting in the framework of the international agreement among the countries of the Alliance, or its forces are in Turkish airspace at Turkey's request, as was the case with the deployment of Patriot air defense systems in Turkish territory." "This issue has to be investigated, in order to find out whether the Turkish-French agreement is in accordance with the norms of constitutional law," said Aydin, a former constitutional court judge. | |
Comment: With Britain and Germany set to join in on the war party, lack of a coordinated coalition could create unintended consequences while they argue who the 'enemy' terrorists are.
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Sputnik
2015-12-01 18:30:00
The Russian Navy transport ship Yauza was met by a Turkish Navy submarine while passing through the Dardanelles on Monday, Russia's RT reports, citing Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News. The Russian ship, which was passing from the Aegean Sea into the Sea of Marmara, is believed to have been on its way to the Black Sea. The video accompanying the news report was reportedly filmed in the city of Canakkale, on the southern coast of the Dardanelles, at their narrowest point. The Turkish sub is said to have been accompanying a Turkish coast guard vessel. | |
Comment: Hopefully Turkey doesn't make another 'mistake' here.
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South Front
2015-12-01 17:59:00
International Military Review (Dec. 1)
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RT
2015-12-01 17:56:00
In the wake of the arrest of a Chicago, Illinois cop for the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made the embattled police superintendent go and created a police accountability task force. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was forced to resign overnight after the meeting with the mayor. The controversy surrounding the McDonald case ‒ and the gang execution of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in early November ‒ became too much for McCarthy to be able to remain on the job, they said. Though McCarthy's record "is a strong one, and one he can be proud of," Emanuel said at a press conference. "I'm grateful for his service to the city," the mayor said, noting that McCarthy, 56, had modernized the department and brought results in the 4.5 years since Emanuel hand-picked McCarthy to serve as superintendent. But "now it is time for fresh eyes and new leadership," he added. | |
Comment: Is McCarthy just the fall guy for Emanuel?
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Linn Washington, Jr.
Counter Punch 2015-12-01 17:34:00
On the topic of torture the nation of Turkey could teach some gruesome techniques to ISIS, the terrorist movement executing a savage reign across Syria and beyond (reportedly with Turkish government support). That reality of brutality in Turkey - another problematic American ally - is a fact known all too well by Turgay Ulu, a Turkish journalist who endured a 15-year imprisonment in Turkey, where he was tortured. During Ulu's long imprisonment, Turkish authorities justified his conviction on their claim that they had evidence against him - - evidence authorities obtained from two other victims of torture. "I was tortured with electro shocks," Ulu said during an interview earlier this year in Berlin, Germany where he is a leading figure in a movement for refugee rights. Ulu's long imprisonment in Turkey led many, including Amnesty International, to consider him a political prisoner. Ulu was released from a Turkish prison in 2011 and he immediately fled to Europe. Ulu was initially arrested in 1996 when Turkish authorities accused the then 23-year-old of belonging to two communist organizations. Ulu admits being a "Marxist" activist in Turkey but denies membership in those two organizations. A report Amnesty International released in 2006 examining serious flaws in Turkey's justice system cited Ulu's case. That AI report noted it was "highly improbable" that Ulu would be involved in "two ideologically unrelated" armed organizations. "They tortured me but I still would not talk to the police," Ulu said. "When I did not talk to the police they said that was proof that I was a terrorist because I did not talk." | |
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RT
2015-12-01 17:27:00
Russia's economic sanctions could cost Turkey up to $20 billion, or three percent of the country's GDP, according to members of Turkey's Republican People's Party's (CHP). "Turkey earned around $6 billion in exports and $7 billion in tourism revenue from Russia. There is also extensive suitcase trade traffic between the two countries. Turkey's suitcase trade has declined from $8.5 billion in 2013 to $6 billion in 2014. Turkey can lose up to $20 billion, three percent of its annual GDP if the crisis escalates with Russia," CHP Deputy Osman Budak told Hurriyet Daily News. The Antalya region, known for its Mediterranean resorts, is going to be hit hard, according to Budak's fellow CHP members. | |
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Sputnik
2015-11-29 12:05:00
In what might come as a surprise, Zbigniew Brzezinski, a prominent geopolitical strategist and a former National security advisor, downplayed tensions between the United States and Russia, as well as between Moscow and Ankara after the Su-24 bomber was shot out of the Syrian skies by the Turkish Air Force. All sides opted for a measured response to what transpired on November 24 in the Syrian airspace, the analyst said in an interview with Politico. | |
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Barbara Starr
CNN 2015-12-01 16:19:00
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will send "a specialized expeditionary targeting force" aimed at conducting more raids in Iraq. A U.S. official tells CNN that decision means that there will be additional U.S. Special Operation forces on the ground in Iraq to fight ISIS. Carter made the remarks testifying before the House Armed Services Committee. "Next, in full coordination with the Government of Iraq, we're deploying a specialized expeditionary targeting force to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and to put even more pressure on ISIL," Carter said. "These special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture ISIL leaders." | |
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Press TV
2015-12-01 03:33:00
The staff at the state-funded BBC's headquarters of the state-funded BBC and surrounding buildings in central London have been evacuated briefly due to a suspicious vehicle. The Metropolitan Police said the alert, which is now over, was not specific to the BBC, and related to a vehicle parked on nearby Regent's Street. In addition to the BBC, Portland Place in central London is also home to the Chinese and Polish embassies, Kenyan High Commission and the Royal Institute of British Architects, as well as several schools and hotels. | |
Comment: Interesting timing with the UK motion to airstrike ISIL in Syria on the quick table for passing. Reason? ISIL is now a "terrorist threat to the UK." Voila.
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Press TV
2015-12-01 01:40:00
The UK cabinet has approved a motion to pave the way for the country to extend its airstrikes against ISIL militants from Iraq to Syria. The motion was approved unanimously by the cabinet ministers at their weekly meeting, devoted entirely to Syria. The motion says that ISIL presents a direct threat to the UK, that it presents an unprecedented threat to international peace and security. It also says that the increased military action is legal in line with the UN charter.The ministers said it is "illogical" to carry out strikes in Iraq but not Syria as ISIL militants don't recognize the border between the countries. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said the UK is already a target for ISIL extremists and the threat has "intensified". The motion is set to be voted on Wednesday. Comment: This is complicated. You have an "enemy" who doesn't recognize borders - how convenient. You have a counter-strike country that, by international law, is supposed to recognize and abide by borders...but is independently electing to forego that restriction and invade. It seems sovereign status is dwindling down to a precious few, and we can guess who they are. | |
Comment: We must ask: how big a threat is ISIL to the UK, or any other country supporting it? The Russians are systematically taking care of ISIL in Syria, removing that "threat to the UK." This is mostly about fear perception management of its citizenry and the global opinion of the UK, not about deactivating ISIL for self protection.
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PressTV
2015-11-30 11:21:00
"The US Republican senators who seek troop deployment in Syria are in pursuit of driving Russia out of the Arab country and establishing America's foothold there", says an army veteran. Former US Army Psychological Warfare officer Scott Bennett told Press TV's Website on Monday that the latest call by senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham for US boots in Syria showed their "aberrant and distasteful element of American politics." His comments come on the heels of a Reuters report that Republicans McCain and Graham pushed on Sunday for Washington to nearly triple the US military force levels in Iraq to 10,000, and send an equal number of troops to Syria to 'counter' Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in both countries. | |
Comment: Could it be that Russian support against ISIL in Syria throws a monkey wrench into the fold? If the sole intention of the US in Syria was to eradicate ISIL then Russia's efficiency in dealing with ISIL is a non-issue. However, if the presence of ISIL supports a motive for a regime change that benefits the US then it becomes clear as to why the US would rather Russia not help.
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Alana Semuels
Welfare reform has driven many low-income parents to depend more heavily on family and friends for food, childcare, and cash.The Atlantic 2015-12-01 21:17:00
Pity the married working mom, who barely has time to do the dishes or go for a run at night, much less spend a nice evening playing Boggle with her husband and kids. But if married working parents are struggling with time management these days, imagine the struggles of low-income single parents. Single-parent households (which by and large are headed by women) have more than tripled as a share of American households since 1960. Now, 35 percent of children live in single-parent households. | |
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Eva Decesare
The Free Thought Project 2015-12-01 00:00:00
Coweta County, GA — American police have once against demonstrated that their agenda is not to protect and serve, but to dominate and control by any means necessary. On November 20th, sheriff deputies in Coweta County, Georgia were summoned to help subdue a man having a psychotic breakdown and ended up tasing him to death. Thirty-two-year-old Chase Sherman, together with his fiancée, Patti Galloway and his parents, Kevin and Mary Ann Sherman, were returning from a vacation. During a layover at the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, Chase started having hallucinations and acting agitated. According to his father, he "got nervous ... about planes crashing, and he just didn't feel comfortable on a plane. ... He thought nobody recognized him. I said, 'Chase, we're fine. We're going to get a car and drive home.' He didn't know where he was at." So they rented a car to drive the rest of the way to their home in Florida. Chase's fiancée told his parents that he may have smoked "Spice"—also known as "synthetic marijuana"—before they had left on the five-day trip, which may have been the cause of the episode. | |
Comment: Another senseless murder at the hands of cops who are being trained to use lethal force under all too many circumstances. And then claim they had to defend themselves. Where have we heard that before? The viscousness has become institutionalized on a national level.
See also: What happens when two cops expose the militarization and corruption of their Department | |
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Mondo Weiss Editors
The following press release was issued by Students for Justice in Palestine at San Jose State University:Mondo Weiss 2015-12-01 20:06:00
San Jose State University Students Pass Resolution to Divest from Corporations that profit from the Israeli Occupation. | |
Comment: Bravo San Jose State!
See also: Student government at University of California - Davis passes vote to boycott Israel | |
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Steven Rosenfeld
AlterNet 2015-11-30 00:00:00
Researchers trace the super rich's biases and political values. The richest Americans increasingly are taking over the levers of power and shaping the political debate, despite opposing views held by a majority of Americans, a new and unprecedented academic study of the top 1 percent has confirmed. The super-rich are more politically active than average Americans, financing and contacting elected officials and knowing many on a first-name basis. Their agenda, which is often cited by public officials across the country, emphasizes private profit-making and is skeptical of almost every public program to address economic inequality, the study by Chicago-based university researchers found. The top 1 percent's social agenda, while "more liberal than others on religious and moral issues, including abortion, gay rights, and prayer in school," is still "much more conservative than the non-affluent on issues of taxes, economic regulation, and social welfare," the researchers found. | |
Comment: The super-rich, whether they have become wealthy by legal or illegal means, are quite out of touch with the struggles and hardships of everyday working class people. And this may be understating things quite a bit! They are simply so short-sited that they cannot see how connected they are to everyone else. But there well may be a day when these attitudes come back to bite them in a very big way.
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RT
2015-12-01 16:29:00
A document released by the courts over the FBI's use of National Security Letters (NSLs) and gag orders show the agency used secret interpretations of the Patriot Act to demand extensive access to sensitive web history and location data - without a warrant. "For more than a decade, the FBI has been demanding extremely sensitive personal information about private citizens just by issuing letters to online companies like mine," Nicholas Merrill, former owner of Calyx Internet Access and a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement. The document released on Monday, in which the agency had demanded access to user data, was sent to Merrill by the FBI over a decade ago. | |
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Andrew Emett
The Free Thought Project 2015-12-01 18:00:00
With the ability to read their mail and record their phone conversations, state prisons have increasingly been filing lawsuits against inmates with over $10,000 in assets. In cases of blatant retaliation, prison officials have also been targeting inmates who won civil suits against the departments for prison beatings and denying medication. In 1846, Michigan introduced the first correctional fee law authorizing counties to charge prisoners for the cost of medical care. According to a report released earlier this year from the Brennan Center for Justice, at least 35 states are currently authorized to charge inmates for medical treatment. And at least 43 states allow officials to charge prisoners for the cost of their own imprisonment. While incarcerated on a drug conviction, Johnny Melton received a $31,690 settlement over the wrongful death of his mother. After learning of the settlement, the Illinois Department of Corrections sued Melton and won nearly $20,000 to cover the cost of his "care, custody, treatment or rehabilitation" during his 14 months served at the state's Logan Correctional Center. | |
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Sputnik
2015-12-01 17:02:00
Mexico intends to increase its exports of agricultural products to Russia, the Mexican envoy to Moscow told Sputnik Tuesday. The comments come as new niches for food suppliers emerged in the Russian market after earlier in the day the Russian government banned the import of a range of fruit and vegetables as well as chicken and chicken products from Turkey, effective from January 1, 2016. "We've always wanted to increase our trade, it is not a short-term aim and is not dependent on the political situation at the moment," Ruben Beltran said. Beltran added that Mexico expects Russia's agricultural watchdog to clear the way for its agricultural products. | |
Comment: Nice move Mexico!
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Andrew Emett
Free Thought Project 2015-12-01 16:16:00
Accused of deleting the surveillance video of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald's death,several officers appeared in recently released screenshots tampering with Burger King's computers before the footage mysteriously disappeared. Although 86 minutes of the surveillance video have gone missing, including the moment that McDonald was gunned down, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez claims no one tampered with the footage. Surrounded by officers and suspected of breaking into cars on October 20, 2014, Laquan McDonald, 17, was attempting to walk away from a group of Chicago cops when Officer Jason Van Dyke exited his patrol car. According to initial reports, McDonald was armed with a knife and lunged at Officer Van Dyke. Fearing for his life and the lives of his fellow officers, Van Dyke shot the teen in the chest out of self-defense. But according to witness statements and police dashcam video, McDonald was walking away when Van Dyke opened fire. After McDonald had collapsed to the ground in a near-fetal position, Van Dyke continued firing his weapon until emptying his clip. As Van Dyke began reloading his gun, a fellow officer had to order him to cease firing at the dying teen. | |
Comment: From the video above it's clear that Laquan McDonald was walking away fromVan Dyke and posed no threat at the time. So with no real threat, Van Dyke still empties his entire clip into McDonald, killing him. And then Van Dyke and his fellow officers try to cover up the murder. These acts of carnage have now become standard operating procedure for US cops.
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RT
2015-12-01 16:31:00
The Obama administration has announced stricter regulations for 20 million travelers from countries in its visa waiver program, and also appointed a new adviser to deal with Islamic State militants to bolster security following the terror attacks in Paris. Citizens of the 38 nations participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) will now be screened for past travel to countries the US considers terrorist safe havens, the White House has said. The US government will also move up the deadline for all VWP travelers to begin using passports with embedded security chips and seek to establish customs checkpoints in seven VWP countries, where passengers and their baggage could be inspected before entering the US. | |
Comment: Who Is Rob Malley?
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Telegraph
2015-12-01 03:51:00
Blast heard at Bayrampaşa station believed to have been caused by power transformer. A loud explosion has been heard at a major train station in Istanbul, according to local reports. The blast was reported at Bayrampaşa metro station, which has suspended all trains. Turkish station Haberturk repored one person was killed and speculated the explosion may have been caused by a power transformer. | |
Comment: Reports indicate more than one explosion heard. No reasons have been forthcoming as yet.
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CNN
2015-12-01 16:05:00
Drug maker Imprimis Pharmaceuticals just found a backer to distribute its $1 alternative to Daraprim, the infection-fighting drug whose price was hiked 5,000% by Turing Pharmaceuticals. Express Scripts (ESRX), a major manager of prescription drugs, announced Tuesday that it will offer patients the low-cost Imprimis drug, instead of Daraprim, starting as soon as this week. | |
Comment: A happy ending to the insatiable greed of Valeant - the company that hiked the price of this drug by 5000%.
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