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'What in God's name!' Twitter rages over Televangelist pleading with flock to buy him 4th private jet


RT
Thu, 31 May 2018 13:42 UTC
Jesse Duplantis
© Jesse Duplantis Ministries / Twitter
US televangelist Jesse Duplantis wants his congregation to chip in to buy him a new private jet - his fourth - because God told him so, apparently.

Duplantis implored his congregation to help fund private jet number four because, if Jesus was alive today, he "wouldn't be riding a donkey."

According to Duplantis, whose wealth is valued at least $40 million, he hesitated about the purchase, until he remembered a tip God gave him back in 1978, "I didn't ask you to pay for it. I asked you to believe for it." Duplantis took the divine message to mean 'ask your flock to fork out for it.'

The evangelical preacher explained the need for a fourth private jet on his 'This week with Jesse' show, in which he stood next to framed pictures of his fleet of jets before pointing out that the aircraft he bought 12 years ago required refuelling, meaning he had to pay "exorbitant" refuelling costs.
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Cell footage of Parkland shooter plotting massacre released

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 30 May 2018 13:37 UTC
nikolas cruz
Cellphone footage has been released that shows Nickolas Cruz in the hours before he opened fire on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The disturbing videos give insight into a deranged individual who excitedly plotted the massacre and looked forward to the fame and notoriety it would bring him.

"Hello, my name is Nik, and I'm going to be the next school shooter of 2018. My goal is at least 20 people with an AR-15 and a couple tracer rounds," Cruz said as he filmed himself before carrying out a shooting that killed 17 people.

"The location is Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida. It's gonna be a big event, and when you see me on the news, you'll know who I am," Cruz said. He then chuckled and said in a high-pitched tone, "You're all going to die! Pew pew pew pew pew. Ah yeah. Can't wait."

In the next video, Cruz is wearing what appears to be a bright orange shirt, khaki shorts, black tennis shoes, and a black cast on his arm. With the camera aimed at the ground, he can be heard saying, "Today is the day. The day that it all begins. The day of my massacre shall begin. All the kids in school will run in fear and hide. From the wrath of my power, they will know who I am."

"I am nothing. I am no one. My life is nothing and meaningless. Everything I hold dear I let go," Cruz said in a monotone voice. In addition to a troubled past that included dozens of incidents in school and numerous reports to the police, Cruz was also reportedly taking antidepressants for depression and emotional issues.


Comment: Cruz obviously has emotional issues - a lot of them. Shallow affect, immaturity, superficial theatricality. Cruz lives life like it's a video game, because he lacks the ability to see other people as actual people. He only thinks of himself, sees himself as a victim, and resents other people for being normal.

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Danish MPs greenlight ban on wearing full face veils in public


RT
Thu, 31 May 2018 13:35 UTC
Women in niqab Christiansborg Palace
© Mads Claus Rasmussen / Reuters
Women in niqab at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 31, 2018.
Danish lawmakers have voted in favor of a law prohibiting the wearing of full face veils, such as the niqab or burqa, in public. A repeat offender won't face prison as proposed, but could receive a $1,600 fine.

The majority of Danish MPs (75 against 30, with more than 74 absentees) adopted the law commonly referred to as the 'burqa ban' on Thursday after weeks-long negotiations. Thus the country joined other European countries, which have already introduced similar restrictions, including Austria, Bulgaria, and the Netherlands.

"It's a good day for Denmark," one of the parties that introduced the law, right-wing Dansk Folkeparti (The Danish People's Party (DPP) wrote on a Facebook page announcing the measure.
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Israel approves construction of 2,000 illegal homes in West Bank


Sputnik
Thu, 31 May 2018 12:19 UTC
Israel settlement
© REUTERS / Ammar Awad
This is the first Israeli approval of settlements in the West Bank since the US diplomatic mission was officially transferred to Jerusalem, a move which aggravated Palestinian protests, causing bitter resentment and anger throughout the Arab world.

Israel has given the green light to the construction of 1,958 new settlement units in the West Bank, Peace Now, an Israeli movement monitoring settlements activity, told AFP.

According to the settlements watchdog, about 700 homes have already been totally approved, whereas the rest have moved through the first stage of approval.

Comment: Further reading:

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Churchgoers told not to confess sex abuse secrets to Church of England clergy because they will be 'duty bound' to tell the police

Olivia Rudgard
The Telegraph
Wed, 30 May 2018 17:22 UTC
Church minister
© Lynne Cameron /PA
Church of England canon law states that information divulged during confession must be kept secret.
Christians have been told not to confess sex abuse secrets to Church of England clergy because they will tell the police.

Guidance from the diocese of Canterbury says clergy must tell penitents that if their confession "raises a concern about the wellbeing or safeguarding", the priest will be "duty bound" to tell the "relevant agencies".

Church of England canon law states that information divulged during confession must be kept secret.

The issue was raised during the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse earlier this year, amid concerns that evidence of abuse could be kept from the authorities.

The national church is currently considering the issue after a review was launched in 2014, and a working group is due to discuss in December.

Comment: Funny, the church didn't seem all that 'duty bound' to report sex abuse when it was one of their own doing it. See also:

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'Pale and listless, impossible to teach, staff paying for basic necessities': Documentary Children of Austerity exposes reality of life in Britain


RT
Tue, 29 May 2018 15:37 UTC
UK PM Theresa May axes unit devoted to preventing child poverty
© Getty
Latest figures showed 3.9m children - one in four - in the UK are growing up in relative poverty
"Pale and listless" children are the real-life victims of Tory welfare cuts, the president of the National Union of Teachers says in a newly released Redfish documentary.

Under the Tories, who have been in power for eight years, it's now estimated that 30 percent of children - 4.1 million minors - are now growing up in poverty.

A UK teachers union reported earlier this year that nearly 90 percent of teachers find it "all but impossible for them to teach," and often have to provide their pupils with basic necessities such as food, clothes and sanitary items.

Comment: The UK economy was failing before but it went into freefall with the implementation of austerity. Lest we forget, back in 2007/8, the big financial institutions lost their capital gambling in the markets ponzi-schemes and, amid warnings of worldwide economic collapse, the public purse was emptied to bail them out. It is that debt that was shouldered by the public that was then used as excuse for austerity.

Overtime a government driven propaganda campaign has brainwashed swathes of people that, actually, it's 'benefit-scroungers' who are the cause for the country's problems. The fact that even those in work are still earning below poverty wages have to resort to food banks or borrowing money from predatory lenders just for the basic necessities is lost on a detached elite who, while freezing salaries for nurses and doctors, felt it right to award themselves another pay rise, taking the total to £11,000 in just 3 years.

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'They're out to kill gay football fans': UK tabloids ramp up Russia World Cup fear campaign


RT
Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00 UTC
Football hooligans
© Igor Kritskiy / Global Look Press
British tabloids have gone into overdrive, throwing all their weight into fear mongering in the lead up to the World Cup. Papers are now claiming that Russian hooligans are threatening to kill gay and transgender fans.

RT's Anastasia Churkina detailed some of the more outrageous stories published by the British press. "We've seen headlines talk about things such as 'Russia about to unleash its hooligans,' how the police are 'thuggish' in Russia, how there is a threat of being 'whipped by Cossack horsemen,' as well as talk of racism and hackers breaking into your phone through wifi, while you're there as a fan," she said.

Despite the British tabloid's best attempt at undermining the World Cup host nation, UK head of Football Policing Mark Roberts previously said that he has faith in Russia's ability to host a safe and enjoyable event.
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Pocket Knife

Train knife attack: One man killed, policewoman and passenger injured in Flensburg, Germany


RT
Thu, 31 May 2018 09:53 UTC
Police ribbon
© Lukas Barth
A man has been shot dead by police after he attacked a person on a train with a knife and then injured a policewoman on a train near Flensburg station in northern Germany.


The man allegedly took out his weapon at around 7 pm local time (1700 UTC) while on board the fast train that had traveled to Flensburg via Cologne and Hamburg, according to Bild.
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Aircraft window cracks in violent turbulence forcing emergency landing in China


RT
Wed, 30 May 2018 22:54 UTC
China airplane
© tnk_b2727 / Instagram
Frightened passengers of a Beijing Capital Airlines flight said their aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its windows cracked amid violent turbulence.

About an hour after flight JD421 departed the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Tuesday, en route to Nha Trang in Vietnam, the Airbus 321 experienced unexpected turbulence. The aircraft was affected so hard it was forced to return for an emergency landing.

"After flying for more than an hour, the plane suddenly bumped violently," a passenger identified as Mr. Zheng told one of the local newspapers. "After so many plane rides, I have never encountered such severe air jolts. Many children in the cabin were frightened and crying."

Passengers reported seeing a "crack on the windshield" after the pilot announced that the plane suffered a malfunction. The airline, however, later stated that its plane was forced to turn around because of a "general aircraft failure," and that a crack was actually in the porthole outside of the cockpit.

Capital Airlines provided a 400 yuan ($62) compensation to each of the 211 passengers before flying them out on an evening flight.

Tuesday's incident happened just weeks after Sichuan Airlines 3U8633 made an emergency landing in southwest China, due to a broken cockpit window that sucked a co-pilot halfway out of the aircraft at 32,000 feet. Despite the terrifying experience, the co-pilot and another crew member suffered only minor injuries.


Comment: Chinese pilot lands flight after window falls off, copilot nearly sucked out of plane
"The windshield cracked suddenly and gave a huge bang. I looked aside and found half of the co-pilot's body was already outside the window. Fortunately his seat belt was fastened,"



Comment: A lot of extreme turbulence is being reported of late. From Fasten your seat belt - severe turbulence is on the rise:
"It is predicted there will be more and more incidents of severe clear-air turbulence, which typically comes out of the blue with no warning, occurring in the near future as climate change takes its effect in the stratosphere," Dr Paul Williams, a Royal Society research fellow at Reading University, said last week.
Has something changed in the stratosphere? See also:

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Instant Karma: Big game hunter gored to death by wild buffalo moments after killing another member of its herd

Tom Barnes
The Independent
Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00 UTC
African buffalo
© Rex
African buffalo can weigh up to 1,000 kg

A big game hunter was reportedly gored to death by a wild buffalo moments after he had killed another member of its herd.

Professional hunter Claude Kleynhans had been leading a group on an expedition along the banks of South Africa's Levubu River in the northern province of Limpopo.

The 54-year-old and his party had shot and killed a buffalo and were preparing to load it into their vehicle when they were blindsided by another member of the herd, the Bosveld Review reported.

Another guide ran back to the hunting lodge to seek help, but the animal's horn reportedly pierced Mr Kleynhans' femoral artery - killing him almost instantly.
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