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80% of bitcoin mined, fear rises that it will become another fiat currency


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:42 UTC
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© Michael Weber / Global Look Press
As bitcoin gets closer to its 21-million-unit limit, enthusiasts say buying the cryptocurrency will gradually become much harder, making it more valuable. Others say it will stop being decentralized.

Over 16,800,000 BTC have been mined as of January 13. It is impossible to predict when all the 21 million will have been mined. Some are saying that it can be done in five years, others argue that will not happen in the next 100 years, as mining will become more difficult.
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Tunisian police clash with anti-austerity protesters on 7th anniversary of 'Arab Spring'


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:34 UTC
Anti-austerity Tunisian protestors
© Youssef Boudlal / Reuters
Protestors shout slogans during demonstrations on the seventh anniversary of the toppling of president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, in Tunis, Tunisia January 14, 2018.
Police used tear gas against protesters, who hurled rocks and set tires on fire in Tunisia on the 7th anniversary of the 'Arab Spring,' after a week of a widening crackdown on anti-austerity protests and nearly 800 arrests.

Hundreds of youth protesting price hikes and tax increases announced by the cash-strapped Tunisian government on January 1 clashed with police in two neighborhoods of the capital, and in the city of Feriana on the Algerian border.

Protesters hurled rocks and other projectiles, set off fireworks and set rubbish and tires on fire as anti-austerity protests, which have been raging in the country over the past week, again turned violent on Sunday evening after a two-day respite.

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Cops raid local park and arrest more than a dozen people for feeding the homeless

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:28 UTC
police arrest homeless feeders
In spite of the myriad of stories over the years, in which police and governments across the United States have been exposed as tyrants, cities and their armed agents continue to persecute good people who help those less fortunate than them. The latest case of police oppressing those who'd dare to help the homeless comes out of El Cajon, California this week in which more than a dozen good Samaritans were arrested.

In October of last year, the El Cajon City Council unanimously voted to ban the act of sharing food on city-owned property. This ban was put in place for the ostensible purpose of preventing the spread of hepatitis A.

While the government held the fear of hep A over everyone's head as a reason to not share food, their hypocrisy was revealed in the details of the law.

If a group of people attempts to hand out food as a charitable act, they are in violation of the law and are subject to arrest. However, if a group of people hands out food for non-charitable acts-such as birthday parties, group events, etc.-then they are not in violation of the law and are not subject to arrest.

Comment: More on feeding bans throughout the US:

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Russia: Conservative Christian TV station offers 'sodomites' a one-way ticket to California

Leo Standish
Russia Insider
Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:12 UTC
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A Russian television channel has offered any sodomite their dream come true. A chance to get away from all the bigotry of a Christian country and enjoy living out deviance in a more open, gay friendly society, California.

Since the offer was made they have received both criticism and pleas for help. The following clip taken from said channel has the story with transcript below.
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Man suspected of rape & killing spree detained in Russia as he prepared to flee the country


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:26 UTC
Man in the jail
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Police have arrested a man suspected in a series of murders and rapes of women spanning a period of 22 years in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. The man was about to flee the country, police say.

The news was broke Monday by Russian Interior Ministry, which said the suspect is a Ekaterinburg local born in 1970. He is being detained over a string of killings and rapes from 1992 to 2014 in different parts of the city.

In order to catch the suspect, nearly 17,000 people were questioned over the last eight years. Investigators are now trying to establish whether the accused could have committed other crimes.

Comment: See also: Grotesque and cunning: Siberian butcher cop & other Russian serial killers

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Deneuve apologizes to sex assault victims but stands by criticism of #MeToo


Sputnik
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:19 UTC
Catherine Deneuve
© AFP 2018/ John MacDougall
Catherine Deneuve
A legendary French movie star issued an apology to women who became victims of sex assaults and who took offense with the letter critical of the #MeToo campaign that she signed along with some 100 others.

In a letter published by French newspaper Liberation, Catherine Deneuve explained that while she did sign an open letter that decries #MeToo, she does not necessarily support the opinion of its other signatories.

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Criminalizing sexual licentiousness: 1,000 Danish minors charged with 'child porn distribution'


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:07 UTC
online teen
© JuliaK / Getty
More than 1,000 Danish young people have been charged with child pornography offences for sharing a sex video involving two 15 year olds on Facebook Messenger.

The charges followed an extensive, co-ordinated police effort that dates back to March 2015, when the video was widely shared online and gained national attention as "one of the worst sexual violations recorded on camera in Denmark."

"It's a very big and complex matter that has taken a long time to investigate. Not least because of the large number of charged. We have taken the case very seriously as it has major implications for those involved when such material is spread. And it must be stopped," said investigator and police inspector Lau Thygesen from North Zealand Police.

Comment: An international, US-launched, Western-wide dragnet operation was launched because a private US social media company ratted out some teens in Denmark giggling over a video of two other teens in Denmark having sex.

And they're to be treated under Danish/EU law as if they were adults engaging in the production and distribution of kiddie porn, as IF it's the same thing.

What is completely nuts here is not that teens are regularly having sex and/or are exposed to it - it's that the social problem has been CRIMINALIZED on a par with actual sex crimes.

This is the ever-worsening pattern of fallout from the 'sexual revolution' and 'women's liberation movement': each new problem which it creates begets more problems that mandate further intrusion by the state (the Western suprastate in this case).

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'Aesthetic' intimate surgery on the rise in Finland


Sputnik
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:42 UTC
surgeons
© CCO
Finland has seen a rise among women seeking intimate cosmetic surgery for reasons that aren't strictly medical. The Finnish Gynecologist Association is highly critical of the new trend, which involves operations such as labial rejuvenation, vagina tightening and hymen restoration.

Finnish gynecologists have sounded the alarm over a surge in operations on the lower abdomen carried out for aesthetic reasons, at women's requests. According to the Finnish Gynecologist Association (FIGO), methods involving laser treatment, among others, are not scientifically proven and may result in serious damage.

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US Border Patrol union president says morale could not have been lower under Obama, but Trump support is helping

Anna Giaritelli
Washington Examiner
Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:09 UTC
morale US Border Patrol
© AP / Eric Gay
"Last year [2016], morale was probably about as low as it could get. So, with the new administration showing the support that they're showing, it's helped, but it can only do so much," Jon Anfinson, president of Local 2366 in the National Border Patrol Council, told House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Chair Martha McSally, R-Ariz., on Tuesday.
A union president for Border Patrol agents based around Del Rio, Texas, testified Tuesday morale could not have been lower among law enforcement personnel prior to President Trump's entering the Oval Office and has risen in his first year in office.

"Last year [2016], morale was probably about as low as it could get. So, with the new administration showing the support that they're showing, it's helped, but it can only do so much," Jon Anfinson, president of Local 2366 in the National Border Patrol Council, told House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Chair Martha McSally, R-Ariz.

Comment: Morale may be improving, but the agency still has a long way to go: US Border Patrol losing agents faster than they can hire them due to remote working conditions, competition with other agencies

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Trump effect? Toyota and Mazda to build $1.6B assembly plant in Huntsville, Alabama

David Shepardson
Reuters
Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:04 UTC
toyota mazda plant alabama

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said the plant will “provide jobs for decades to come for Huntsville and Alabama. It vaults Alabama to the top as an industry leader in producing the next generation of cars that will power our nation.”
Toyota Motor Corp and Mazda Motor Corp said on Wednesday they will build a $1.6 billion joint assembly plant in Alabama that will employ up to 4,000 workers, a boost for President Donald Trump, who wants automakers to expand U.S. production.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda and Mazda Chief Executive Officer Masamichi Kogai joined Alabama Governor Kay Ivey in Montgomery at an event to announce the decision.

"Welcome to sweet home Alabama," Ivey said to the two executives, after saying the anticipated 4,000 workers at the plant to be built in Huntsville would earn an average of $50,000 a year.

The plant will produce 300,000 vehicles a year and should open on a 2,500-acre former cotton field in 2021, about 14 miles from Toyota's engine plant in Huntsville.

Trump tweeted Wednesday night that the announcement was "Good news" for the U.S. economy.
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