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'The Rope': Daredevil's spine-chilling tightrope stunt above violent waves hits dramatic snag (VIDEO)

RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:04 UTC

Heartstopping, newly-released drone footage shows the moment a daredevil slackliner lost his footing on a highwire suspended above jagged rocks and crashing waves, at an infamous Portuguese surfing spot.

A group of highliners, known as Western Riders, connected a wire between two cliffs in Nazaré, Portugal - the location of the biggest wave ever surfed, according to the Guinness World Records.

Brazilian highliner Emerson Machado pulled off the elaborate stunt as monster waves crashed beneath him.

'Truth about Tech': Former social media execs launch campaign against 'erosive' social networks

RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:24 UTC

Ex-Silicon Valley executives, who helped to build Google and Facebook into the tech giants they are today, are joining forces to challenge the companies' "erosive" effect on society and create a cultural awakening.

The Center for Humane Technology - co-founded by Tristan Harris - a former design ethicist at Google, is working with non-profit Common Sense Media to launch its Truth about Tech campaign.

The center's supporters also include Sandy Parakilas, a former Facebook operations manager; Lynn Fox, a former Apple and Google communications executive; Dave Morin, a former Facebook executive; Justin Rosenstein, who created Facebook's Like button and Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook.

The group claims that "our society is being hijacked by technology" and the tech giants are profiting from the problem. "We can't expect attention-extraction companies like YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, or Twitter to change, because it's against their business model," the campaigners say, pointing out that "our attention is massively profitable."

USA Gymnastics pedophile doctor Nassar receives additional 125yr prison sentence on top of his previous 175yr sentence

RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:14 UTC

Former USA Gymnastics doctor and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar has been sentenced to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison, following on from his earlier sentence of up to 175 years.

Nassar has been accused of sexually abusing 265 women throughout his career. Some 140 of the accusations stem from his 20-year career as the doctor for the US gymnastics team.

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"Cycle mob" ride wrong way down NYC street attack drivers who confront them (VIDEO)

Wale Aliyu
NBC News
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 18:25 UTC

A roving mob of bicyclists rode the wrong way down Manhattan streets and attacked drivers who confronted them. Dashcam video shows them surrounding one Uber driver's car. Wale Aliyu reports.

A mob of dozens of bicyclists roamed through the streets of Manhattan against traffic and attacked drivers who confronted them, witnesses say, and police say an officer was injured after being hit by a driver trying to chase down the unruly group.

America's failing infrastructure: Three fatal AMTRAK crashes in 49 days

Thomas Lifson
American Thinker
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC

Horrible news from South Carolina this morning. If America is going to have a passenger rail system, we have to do much better than this. Via The State:

A crash involving an Amtrak passenger train and a freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, left at least two people dead and more than 50 injured.

Pine Ridge train incident update: @CountyLex confirms two fatalities, more than 50 injured transported to the hospital. Shelter for passengers open at Pine Ridge Middle School. Media update @SCEMD at 6:30 a.m. #alert

- SCEMD (@SCEMD) February 4, 2018

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Selling off a nation: Britain's first 'no win no fee' "private police force"

Holly Christodoulou
The Sun
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 10:25 UTC

Britain's first 'private police force' has 100 per cent conviction rate

A PRIVATE police force probing hundreds of crimes including murder and rape has a 100 per cent conviction rate.

The firm - Britain's first - has successfully prosecuted more than 400 criminals and is led by former Scotland Yard senior officers.

TM Eye is now believed to bring more private convictions than any other organisation except for the RSPCA, Daily Mail reports.

The company has a service called "My Local Bobby", which costs wealthy homeowners around £200 a month and involves a guard patrolling their streets.

Comment: For the most part, this was never necessary before, so why now? If the police were receiving adequate funding and were run by an honest, sane, government, there'd be no need for private policing. However, as with the NHS, the UK pathocrats are looking to privatise every social service in order to reap the benefits for themselves and their industry friends. Though their catastrophic track record when privatising public services paints a bleak picture for Britain:

Florida Sheriff: Robbers should 'keep in mind' number of gun owning residents

Timothy Meads
Townhall
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 13:34 UTC

A Florida Sheriff has warned would-be robbers in Vero Beach that there is a decent chance that they will be breaking into somebody's home who happens to have a gun, after one burglar suspect was shot in the head and thigh by a law-abiding citizen. Indian River County Florida Sheriff Deryl Loar said that he hoped the incident would serve as a warning to future criminals.

Indian River County Florida Sheriff Deryl Loar announced Friday afternoon that a 25-year old man who shot an intruder in his home will not be charged, reports ABC 25 West Palm Beach Florida. Sheriff Loar noted the high number of Indian River County residents who legally own firearms in his county and warned potential criminals to remember that statistic the next time they want to rob a house. "Just shy of ten percent are lawfully possessing firearms," Sheriff Loar told the media. "That's something (robbers should) keep in mind."

As for the incident itself, authorities say that 25-year old Taylor Reese heard a man breaking down his door on Thursday night. Reese then grabbed his gun and was suddenly face to face with two men robbing his home. One of those men fired several shots at Reese, but missed. Reese then returned fire and hit one of the suspects twice, once in the head and once in the thigh.

After investigating, police determined that Reese was well within his rights of self-defense to shoot at the suspects. One of the suspects is actually a juvenile who ran from the scene Thursday night, but turned himself in on Friday. The man who was shot is still recovering in the hospital, but injuries do not appear fatal.

Syrian Archive: Salvaging online videos as proof of war crimes in Syria

France 24
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:49 UTC

Image archived on Syrian Archive, showing cluster bombs in Maarat Al Numan in northern Syria after a bombing in August 2017

Every day, social media platforms delete hundreds of videos showing atrocities in the war in Syria because they are deemed too violent. Yet a Syrian computer programmer living in Germany realised the incredible value of these videos as proof of war crimes, so since 2014, he has been working to save, verify and catalog these videos on his website.

On a typical day, Hadi al Khatib sits at a computer in Berlin, Germany - where he has been living since seeking refuge there in 2015 - and gathers dozens of videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. He then works with a team made up of six journalists and human rights activists to verify the content. If the team is able to trace and verify the footage, then they post it on the website al Khatib built, called Syrian Archive.

Together, the team has verified about 4,300 videos, which include more than a 1,000 instances of illegal weapon use. The task they've set themselves is daunting, though in total they've gathered more than 1.2 million videos.

Israeli settlers vandalize Nabi Saleh with graffiti threatening 'death to Ahed Tamim'

Jaclynn Ashly
Mondoweiss
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:49 UTC

On Thursday night, when residents of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank were sound asleep in their homes, Israeli settlers crept through the village's streets, vandalizing walls with graffiti threatening jailed teen activist Ahed Tamimi and her family.

Some of the graffiti reads: "Death to Ahed Tamimi," "There's no place in this world for Ahed Tamimi," and another demanding that the Tamimi family be "kicked out of the country."

Bassem Tamimi, Ahed's father, told Mondoweiss that none of the village's residents had seen the settlers enter the village, but that the incident occurred at some point after 1 a.m. "The settlers wrote that Ahed should be killed in order to scare the residents in Nabi Saleh," he said.

Comment: Further reading: Ahed Tamimi's village, Nabi Saleh, declared "closed military zone" by Israeli occupation

Daughter's journal exposes sister's secret incestuous relationship with her father

Steve Robson & Rachael Burford
The Mirror
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:49 UTC

A wife learned her long lost daughter was pregnant with her dad's child by reading about the alleged incestuous affair in one of her other children's journals, it has been claimed.

Steven Pladl, 42, left his wife to start a relationship with 20-year-old Katie Pladl, who has now reportedly borne his child.

Steven told his other children that they should start referring to their eldest sibling as their "step-mom", according to court documents.

The couple are now facing criminal charges after police uncovered the horrendous scandal.

Comment: The International Business Times reports that the two are now being held in a detention center and awaiting extradition to Virginia. They have been issued a $1 million bond.

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Society's Child

'The Rope': Daredevil's spine-chilling tightrope stunt above violent waves hits dramatic snag (VIDEO)

'Truth about Tech': Former social media execs launch campaign against 'erosive' social networks

USA Gymnastics pedophile doctor Nassar receives additional 125yr prison sentence on top of his previous 175yr sentence

"Cycle mob" ride wrong way down NYC street attack drivers who confront them (VIDEO)

America's failing infrastructure: Three fatal AMTRAK crashes in 49 days

Selling off a nation: Britain's first 'no win no fee' "private police force"

Florida Sheriff: Robbers should 'keep in mind' number of gun owning residents

Syrian Archive: Salvaging online videos as proof of war crimes in Syria

Israeli settlers vandalize Nabi Saleh with graffiti threatening 'death to Ahed Tamim'

Daughter's journal exposes sister's secret incestuous relationship with her father

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