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Mr. Potato

Hysterical politcians: Jogger in London bumps into David Cameron, tackled by police and taken to jail


"He goes out for a run and gets taken down like a terrorist"

The jogger who was manhandled to the ground after running into David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has said he had "no idea" why police officers jumped on him.

Dean Farley, a 28-year-old hospital worker from Leeds, questioned the Prime Minister's security arrangements.

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Protect the corrupt politicians at all costs, even from joggers.
He said he had been able to just "run between them" as he headed to a lunchtime appointment with his personal trainer at the gym.

"I had a quick look across the road and ran across the road and all I saw was a bunch of men in suits come out of the side of the Civic Hall," said Mr Farley.

"I could not see any uniformed police as I crossed the road and there was no cordon.

"It begs the question how good is security if I managed to run between them before they stopped me.

"I dodged in and out and around and the next thing I knew I have got half a dozen suited men haranguing me and manhandling me to the floor.

"The whole while I am asking what is going on and 'Who are you?'

Bad Guys

Oklahoma youth pastor arrested for sexual abuse of children in his care

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© KOTVTimothy Shawn Cato is accused of eight counts of sexual abuse (KOTV)
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma said that they arrested a youth pastor for allegedly sexually abusing children who he was supposed to have been helping.

Court documents obtained by KWTV indicated that 50-year-old Timothy Shawn Cato used his status as a youth pastor and a volunteer at an Oklahoma Department of Human Services children's shelter to gain the trust of children, and then sexually abuse them.

"Some of the victims indicated that they had met him through a program at a church where he was a, what they referred to as a commander of their group, that would do scouting-like activities for boys of a younger age," TPD Sgt. Mike Brown said.

Comment: Sexual predators often take positions where they have easy access to vulnerable children. The best protection that parents and concerned caretakers can offer children is to educate themselves so they may have a better understanding of how these predators operate and learn how to spot them. Read Dr. Anna Salter's book Predators, pedophiles, rapists and other sex offenders.

See also:

SOTT Talk Radio interview with Anna Salter

Sexual predators in the religious scene


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Researchers claim increase in infant deaths due to oil drilling in Utah basin

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Researchers said that over a dozen infant deaths in one Utah basin over the last year may be related to a recent increase in oil drilling.

In a Sunday report, the Denver Post talked to scientists about the possibilities that the dead babies were "victims of air pollution fed by the nearly 12,000 oil and gas wells in one of the most energy-rich areas in the country."

"I suspect it is real - that there is a relationship," University of Missouri School of Medicine researcher Susan Nagel, Ph.D, told the Post.

"Scads of medical studies have concluded that air pollution can harm embryos. Drilling is a documented contributor to that pollution. It is a given that some of the harmful chemicals released in drilling, like benzene, toluene and xylenes, can cross the placental barrier and cause heart, brain and spinal defects," the paper points out

Comment: It has been well documented that fracking chemicals and air pollution from oil drilling have negative consequences on the health of populations and is disastrous for the environment, yet the vast sums of money generated by the industry enables it to buy off politicians and the EPA.

What fracking can do to your health

The Perils of Fracking: Environmental and Health Risks Greater Than Claimed by Gas Industry

Environmental impact of the petroleum industry


Stop

Suicided? French-Israeli entrepreneur Thierry Leyne - partner in Strauss-Kahn's new investment bank - 'throws himself from Tel aviv window'

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Thierry Leyne, the French-Israeli entrepreneur who last year started an investment firm with disgraced former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, committed suicide on Thursday by jumping out of his Tel Aviv apartment, Le Figaro reported. He was 49.

Last year, Leyne and Strauss-Kahn started the Paris-traded firm Leyne, Strauss-Kahn & Partners, after Kahn had bought a 20 percent stake to help develop the investment-banking franchise of Leyne's company, Luxembourg-based Anatevka SA.

Leyne had taken Anatevka public in March 2013 before partnering with Strauss-Kahn.

The new partnership was part of Strauss-Kahn's efforts to revive his career after he was charged in 2011 of criminal sex, attempted rape, sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment and the forcible touching of a chambermaid in a Manhattan hotel.

Strauss-Kahn denied the charges, which were later dropped. He settled the maid's lawsuit in 2012.

Comment: Sure, nothing suspicious about this death, which happened just several hours before another banker's suicide. And nothing strange about the fact, that Thierry Leyne was Strauss-Kahn's partner.

Wow, somebody sure has it in for DSK, first trumped-up rape charges, now this.

"Honey Traps" and the Strauss-Kahn Affair: A Stealthy Coup d'état at the IMF?


Star of David

Exodus to Berlin: Thousands of young Israelis flee Zionism

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A growing exodus of young Israelis to Berlin has not only shocked Israel's far right leadership but has highlighted the growing disillusionment with Zionism among Israel's younger generation.

As Israeli commentators noted, the trend would encourage the late Israeli leader, Yitzhak Rabin to turn in his grave. He once described those who fled Israel as a "cascade of wimps" and a "fallout of cowards." Ravit Hecht, a columnist with Israel's oldest daily newspaper, Ha'aretz, has blamed ultranationalists for the exodus, and there may well be substance to her claim. "Berlin is a lovely city, but it is sucking away all the forces that we desperately need here, especially now," she wrote. Of course, it's not Berlin that's doing the sucking, but Israel, in a different sense of the word.

Comment: They are right to see no future in an extremely ponerized society. Good on them for getting out while they still can. See also:

Israel: A cornered rat

Israel's Jewish Exodus

BBC Poll: Israel's global image plummets


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South Carolina police impose checkpoints, deploy drones at high school football game

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© WCIVAt the entrance to a Summerville High School football game, police officers scan fans with metal detectors and examine personal belongings in a bin.
Summerville - Fans were startled by the heavy presence of police officers, drone surveillance, and warrantless checkpoints upon entry at the local high school football game.

The prison-like security at Summerville High School was called "the reality of the world we live in today." As students and fans filed into the homecoming football game on Friday, October 24th, 2014, they were forced to place their belongings in a bin for police examination, then walk through a metal detector. Stadium-goers were restricted from bringing certain items into the stands.

"It is very scary to come here tonight," said Summerville resident said Ann Almers to WCIV. "It's such a change, I've been coming to the stadium for so many years. Now we have armed guards. I couldn't carry my purse, I forgot my phone. I'm a little out of sorts."

Fans also were quick to notice the conspicuous presence of police officers mixed among the crowd and perched on the rooftops, surveillance drones whirring overhead, and even SWAT team members ready for action.

Alarm Clock

Thirty jaw-dropping U.S. domestic violence statistics

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© PressTVSelf-portraits taken by Angela Brower, 37, from Tennessee after her ex-partner punched and beat her.
The number of American troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq between 2001 and 2012 was 6,488. The number of American women who were murdered by current or ex male partners during that time was 11,766. That's nearly double the amount of casualties lost during war.

Women are much more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence with 85 percent of domestic abuse victims being women and 15 percent men. Too many women have been held captive by domestic violence -- whether through physical abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse or a combination of all three.

We are inundated with news stories about domestic violence, from athletes beating their significant others in public elevators or in their own homes to celebrities publicly abusing their girlfriends. This problem is not one that will go away quickly or quietly.

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to an end, discussions about intimate partner abuse and its horrible repercussions should not. In an attempt to illustrate the gravity of abuse all genders (but largely women) face in the U.S., we rounded up 30 statistics on domestic violence.

Domestic violence is not a singular incident, it's an insidious problem deeply rooted in our culture -- and these numbers prove that.

3: The number of women murdered every day by a current or former male partner in the U.S.

38,028,000: The number of women who have experienced physical intimate partner violence in their lifetimes.

Comment: If you need help read How to Spot A Dangerous Man Before You Get Involved and Women Who Love Psychopaths by Sandra Brown, M.A.

Also see our discussion on the Forum here. You can also listen to the SOTT editors' interview with Sandra Brown here.


Arrow Up

France unemployment rate hits new record

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Jobless rate in France has hit an all-time high for September, with official statistics showing nearly 3.5 million people have claimed unemployment benefits, Press TV reports.

According to figures released by the French Labor Ministry on Friday, unemployment has witnessed a 0.6-percent rise since last month, hitting a new record high of 3.43 million.

The new figures came after a modest 0.3 rise in the European country's jobless rate in August.

"Let's be honest, we are failing," French Labor Minister Francois Rebsamen told Le Parisien newspaper.
Critics say the harsh austerity measures adopted by the French government have consigned many citizens to unemployment."The economic and social policies of the government not only do not work, but they directly attack the economic wellbeing and rights of the average citizens. This has also led to political crisis because the government is losing its legitimacy day after day," Pierra Khalfa, with the Paris-based Copernic Foundation, told Press TV.
France, Europe's second-biggest economy, is grappling with political and economic crises, which are seen as the worst since French President Francois Hollande took power in May 2012.

Attention

Texas man throws dog at Starbucks window after being banned

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© KHOU-TV, HoustonStarbucks the chihuahua
Larry McHale charged with animal cruelty for allegedly throwing a Chihuahua against a Starbucks window, breaking its leg.

A Houston man was charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly threw a 4-pound Chihuahua at a Starbucks window.

Witnesses said the man, Larry McHale, was causing a commotion around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the Starbucks coffee shop, from which he had been banned the last three months.

One witness said McHale yelled and smashed a bottle on the ground.

"He harasses customers every time. He comes in and starts chaos," Starbucks manager Jasmine Hyder told KHOU-TV, Houston.

He then allegedly picked up a Chihuahua and threw it against the restaurant's window.

Pistol

Boy shot 9 times for laughing at neighbor

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© Family photoKobe Jones
Charges were pending for a man accused of shooting to death his 13-year-old neighbor in Gary, Indiana.

A Gary, Ind., man allegedly shot his 13-year-old neighbor nine times because the boy laughed at him.

Kobe Jones, 13, died Friday after he was shot multiple times while standing on his front porch, police said.

A neighbor, whose name wasn't released, had gone door-to-door trying to find out information about a burglary at his home while he was away. Kobe allegedly laughed at the man's misfortune when the man came to his house.

"I was told that my son was laughing and the guy shot him dead," Kobe's father, Kaunda Jones, said.

The suspect and his girlfriend were observed leaving the scene after the shooting and they were both arrested. Charges were still pending for the couple, who remain in police custody.