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"Nestlé Waters North America is asking the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for permission to increase allowed pumping from 150 to 400 gallons-per-minute at one of its production wells north of Evart," MLive reported on Monday.
"The DEQ Water Resources Division conducted a site review and signed-off on the pumping increase in January, but the Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance is approving the permit," the report continued. The agency is accepting public comment on the proposal (pdf) until Thursday, Nov. 3.
While Nestlé and other bottled water companies have rankled many communities for privatizing their public water supply, the news particularly stung in Michigan, where citizens have faced a years-long nightmare over lead contamination in their drinking water. Many residents of Flint are still forced to rely on bottled water for cleaning, cooking, and bathing as government delays have hampered efforts to replace the corroded pipes.
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The attack came after a week of heavy fighting in Fadhiliya village, where Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by coalition airpower were battling Isis militants as part of the push to recapture Iraq's second largest city.
Pictures showed villagers uncovering bodies from a pile of rubble that had been a home. The house was hit twice, and some of the rubble and shrapnel was thrown up to 300 metres.
"We know the difference between, airstrikes, artillery and mortars, we have lived for over two years surrounded by fighting," said Qassim a brother of one of the dead, speaking by phone from the village. Troops fighting in the area and a local MP also said the deaths were caused by an airstrike.
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Katrina Bookman went from being the winner of the largest slot machine payout in history to being the winner of a steak dinner overnight. The mother of four was gambling at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens, when the machine told her she won $42,949,672 in late August. "I can't even describe the feeling, like my whole body just got numbed," Bookman told WABC.
She captured the moment with, what else, a selfie. She was then surrounded by other casino patrons and escorted off the floor by security who told her to come back the next day for a decision.
She used that time to allocate $1 million of the winnings to her son who hoped to buy a barbershop and donate a large portion to the community. Unfortunately, her joy was short lived, because when she returned, she was informed that the machine had malfunctioned and voided her winnings. Instead, the casino representative told her that she would receive a complimentary steak dinner for her troubles.
Comment: Shucks. Maybe her lawyer will prove she still has a 'steak' in this!
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The school's "Bull Moose Party" student group held a pro-Trump demonstration on campus Tuesday, during which members built a wall around a flagpole to express their support for the candidate, but several counter-protesters showed up to disrupt the event, calling Trump "a rapist" and mocking their peers for supporting his presidential bid.
"We built a wall around the American flag to show our support for Donald Trump," Bull Moose Party President Chris Baker told Campus Reform. "Our club wanted this to symbolize our goal to protect our land, our nation, and our flag."
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Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline stand-off with police in this aerial photo of Highway 1806 and County Road 134 near the town of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., October 27, 2016
Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline stand-off with police in this aerial photo of Highway 1806 and County Road 134 near the town of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., October 27, 2016
Protesters were allegedly trying to build a makeshift bridge on Wednesday, according to reporter Jason Patinkin on the site.
RT sources confirmed that police used mace and rubber bullets on protesters.
Late Tuesday President Barack Obama said the US Army Corps of Engineers is considering ways of rerouting the Dakota Access Pipeline amid an eight-month-long protest staged by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
In the video, prominent Ross donor Benjamin Barber expresses his opinion about blacks who vote Republican by comparing them to Nazis.
"Have you heard of the Sonderkommandos? Jewish guards who helped murder Jews in the camps. So there were even Jews that were helping the Nazis murder Jews! So blacks who are helping the other side are seriously fucked in the head. They're only helping the enemy who will destroy them. Maybe they think 'if I help them we'll get along okay; somehow I'll save my race by working with the murderers,'" said Barber at a fundraiser for Ross on the Upper West Side of New York City on September 19, 2016.
Comment: Anyone who pours their energy into major political campaigns in hopes of change can be rightly described as f**ked in the head, no?
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A man takes picture of the model of a widebody jet, which is planned to be developed by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation at an air show, the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, November 2, 2016.
A man takes picture of the model of a widebody jet, which is planned to be developed by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation at an air show, the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, November 2, 2016.
Manufacturers Russia's United Aircraft Corporation and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) have announced the start of the search for suppliers. They didn't provide any details on financing or technical specification.
"We will choose suppliers who have rich experience in development, whose products are competitive globally, and who can continually guarantee quality from the development stage until the planes go into operation," Guo Bozhi, general manager of COMAC's wide-body department told Reuters.
US firms Honeywell and United Technologies Corporation have reportedly discussed the jet with COMAC officials at the air show.
The Russia-China joint venture will start this year, according to Guo. The firms plan a maiden flight in 2022 and deliveries to begin in 2025 or later.
"A wide-body jet is an extremely complicated product, which will require a lot of skills (to develop) and require broad industrial knowledge," Guo told reporters. "China and Russia each have their own advantages."
The news came after Tamara Francis-Fourkiller, a tribal leader from the Caddo Nation tribe in Caddo County, Oklahoma, was arrested at Standing Rock. Francis-Fourkiller was released after spending two days in jail, but her family says she was just an innocent observer in the clashes between militarized law enforcement and Native American activists, or "water protectors."
[UPDATE 11/1 4:35 pm EST: A statement from Red Owl Legal Collective/National Lawyers Guild that is advising Standing Rock has issued a statement saying the $2.5 million has not been received yet. We are waiting on confirmation from the Caddo Nation tribe.]
Kaepernick, in other words, wants to teach young people how to be the change — to educate themselves and stay healthy and safe.
On Saturday, Kaepernick hosted a free youth camp called Know Your Rights — a "free campaign for youth to raise awareness on higher education, self empowerment, and instruction to properly interact with law enforcement in various scenarios," the website explains.
Hundreds of black and Latino children attended the camp, which took place in Oakland, according to the New York Daily News, and the quarterback now plans to expand the program beyond the Bay area.
"We're here today to fight back and give you all lessons to combat the oppressive issues that our people face on a daily basis. We're here to give you tools to help you succeed," Kaepernick told attendees, the Daily News reported. "We're going to give you knowledge on policing history, what the systems of policing in America were based on, and we're also going to teach you skills to make sure you always make it home safely."
Comment: Public shaming over the Flint water crisis has certainly done nothing to alter the agenda of Michigan's corrupt officials: