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Airplane

Small plane crash-lands into rear of parked car on California highway


RT
Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:11 UTC
plane crash landing california highway
© shazzarah / Reuters
A bizarre accident near San Diego, California, featuring a four-seat plane crash-landing into a parked car on Interstate 15, claimed the life of a local roller derby player. Even more bizarre, it's not the aircraft's first emergency landing on this highway.

The single engine Lancair IV reportedly had mechanical problems and touched down along a route that has seen several emergency landings.

Early on Saturday morning, the plane ended up skidding about 250 feet before crashing into the rear of the parked car.
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Red Flag

No longer California dreaming: The exodus of people leaving California is becoming an avalanche

Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:37 UTC
people on beach
Over the past ten years, approximately five million people have moved away from the state of California, and as you will see in this article this mass exodus appears to be accelerating. So exactly why is this happening? Once upon a time, it seemed like almost everyone wanted to live in California. The nearly endless sunshine, the incredible weather, the pristine beaches and a booming economy motivated millions of young Americans to move out there to pursue "the California Dream".

In fact, in the early nineties I actually explored the idea of moving out there myself. But now the California Dream has become a nightmare. Californians are being taxed to death, traffic in the major cities is absolutely horrific, violent crime and gang activity are on the rise, millions of illegal immigrants are putting an incredible strain on social support systems, and the ultra-liberal government in Sacramento seems to have gone completely insane. In addition, the state faces constant threats from earthquakes, wildfires, droughts and mudslides, so it is quite understandable why so many people feel motivated to leave and never come back.
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Heart - Black

The brave shoemaker who filmed an Israeli soldier executing a Palestinian (video)

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:02 UTC
Imad Abu Shamsiya, filmed palestinian execution
© unknownImad Abu Shamsiya at his sewing machine
Update: Jewish Voice for Peace has issued an appeal to protect Imad Abu Shamsiya, titled, "He filmed a killing. Now he's in danger."

As anyone who comes to our site knows, a shocking video was published last Thursday showing an Israeli soldier executing a wounded Palestinian youth as he lay immobile on the street in Hebron's Tel Rumeida neighborhood.

The video was shot by Imad Abu Shamsiya, who lives behind a wall of barbed wire in that neighborhood. As his video ricochets around the world, Abu Shamsiya is facing death threats, law suits and political pressure over his video. And it's not the first time he's come under assault. Jewish settlers want this brave shoemaker and other Palestinians to move out so they can take over his home.

Two months ago Adam Horowitz and I interviewed Abu Shamsiya with the help of Badia Dwaik of Human Rights Defenders, who works closely with Shamsiya.

Abu Shamsiya described conditions in his neighborhood reminiscent to me of the Warsaw Ghetto: a numbers system by which he must enter the neighborhood at this checkpoint near his house. "To get into his house, he has a number. He's not a name he's a number now." Abu Shamsiyah's number is 242, he says in the video below.



Comment: The irony of 'numbering' Palestinians in the occupied territories seems to be lost on the Israelis. Instead of learning from history, the Israelis are intent on repeating it, only this time with the shoe on the other foot. One would think that they would have been the first people to learn from the history of WWII, but instead they have created a bizarro paramoralism by using that history to justify ethnic cleansing, themselves.


Comment: See also: The ultimate trial of Israeli society's morality

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Dollars

The screws are tightening: Chase bank limits cash withdrawals

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan.com
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:12 UTC
no cash symbol
Last month All News Pipeline warned that major banks were preparing to tighten the screws on American account holders starting April 1st.

It appears that the lock down of cash has begun.

Citing criminal activity as a factor, JP Morgan is limiting cash withdrawals at ATM machines.
The bank said there doesn't appear to be fraud involved. But partly due to heightened regulatory scrutiny, banks are paying more attention to large cash transfers that could be a sign of money laundering or other types of shady activity. Typically, the card-issuing bank sets withdrawal limits, not the bank owning the ATM.

Comment: See also:

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Black Magic

Sickening: Four men rape, sodomize 9-year-old girl while mom smoked meth


Fox 59
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:38 UTC
9 year old rapist
© Uintah County Sheriff's OfficeLarson James RonDeau, 36, left, Josiah RonDeau, 20, Randall Flatlip, 26, and Jerry Flatlip, 29, have been booked on one count each of rape of a child and sodomy of a child.
Four men face felony charges after they allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl while her mother was smoking methamphetamine in a garage with a friend she met in jail.

According to a statement of probable cause filed March 30, the alleged assault occurred Easter Sunday at a home in Vernal, Utah.

The 9-year-old victim was with her mother at the home, and the mother was hanging out with a friend she met while incarcerated in jail. As the 9-year-old girl slept on the couch, her mother and that friend went into the garage and get high on methamphetamine.

When the mother returned, her daughter was on the couch but her clothes were in disarray and she seemed upset and wanted to go home. The next day, the girl reported that four men inside the home had taken her into a bedroom before taking turns raping her and then sodomizing her. The girl reported that while one of the men was raping her, he told her he would kill her if she ever told anyone about what was happening.

The girl's mother notified police, who responded to the home. One of the four alleged rapists was identified by the victim from a photograph, and 36-year-old Larson James RonDeau was taken into custody. RonDeau told police that the other three men had traveled to Montana for personal business along with the woman who the girl's mother had been there to visit, Glynda RonDeau. He told police he wasn't sure when they would return to Utah.


Comment: These people are not human beings, they are evil monsters. That poor girl.

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Cut

Spanish Prime Minister to cut traditional siesta and shorten working day to align country with EU counterparts

Matt Payton
The Independent
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:26 UTC
spanish siesta
© ReutersRevellers sleep on a bench after the second running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
The Spanish Prime Minister has announced moves to cut the working day by two hours and bring an end to the traditional siesta, in an attempt to bring the country into line with its European counterparts.

Mariano Rajoy, the head of the centre-right coalition government, wants to scrap the traditional extended midday break.

Mr Rajoy said: "I will find a consensus to make sure the working day ends at 6pm."
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Fire

Baltimore man in critical condition after gas cylinders explode in vehicle

Tim Prudente
The Baltimore Sun
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:21 UTC
Pikesville car explosion
© Youtube/WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore (screen capture)
A Maryland Transit Administration employee suffered severe injuries to his head, hands and chest Monday morning when cylinders of compressed gas exploded at a maintenance facility in Pikesville, the state fire marshal's office said.

David Kotofski, 64, was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He remained in critical condition Monday evening, the fire marshal said.

Kotofski was moving supplies from his personal vehicle to his work truck when the explosion happened about 8 a.m., officials said. The gas cylinders exploded in the trunk of his personal vehicle. The fire burned nine vehicles at the maintenance facility, 4380 Old Court Road.

About 30 people were evacuated from the facility. No one else was hurt.
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Attention

'Catastrophe waiting to happen': Sanders wants to shut down decaying nuclear plant 25 mi. from NYC


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:54 UTC
Indian Point
© Mark Kauzlarich / ReutersDemocratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
The continued operation of the "decaying" 40-year-old Indian Point nuclear power plant up the Hudson River from New York City "makes no sense," said Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders two weeks before the New York State presidential primary.

The two, 1970s-era Indian Point nuclear reactors, situated about 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City and within 50 miles of 20 million residents, have come under increased scrutiny of late as the facility has experienced nine occurrences of technical problems in the past year or so. Four of them were serious enough to shut down the plant, RT's Alexey Yaroshevsky reported in February.

Comment: See also: Cancer rates have soared in areas near Indian Point nuclear power plant

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Map

Arizona: Bees swarm Phoenix mosque; much to the disappointment of bigots, no one seriously hurt


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:38 UTC
Bees
© Adrees Latif/Reuters
Killer bees swarmed into Friday prayers at a Phoenix, Arizona mosque, stinging over 20 people and shutting down the entire street in the process.

Some 20,000 bees attacked the Muslim Community Mosque, causing worshipers to flee as fire crews cordoned off the building and sprayed it with a special foam to subdue the bees.

Local residents were instructed to stay indoors and one man told KNXV-TV how he witnessed the angry bees from his house.

"I don't know, it was just crazy how everyone was running everywhere," he said. "They were making some movements like that ... some people would even fall in the grass over there and then they'd get up and start running."


Many were stung as they quickly covered themselves with blankets and one 24 year old was taken to hospital, but is in stable condition, according to local channel KTVK-TV.

The incident didn't stop actual Islamophobia on Twitter. Right-wing users immediately mocked Muslims, telling them to "buzz off" in some cases.
Tweets from ignorant bigots
© Twitter

Comment: As Islamophobia Rises, Moral Values Decrease

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Alarm Clock

Child survivors of Nepal earthquake sold to rich British families as domestic slaves - report


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:50 UTC
Nepalese children
© Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Vulnerable children, including child survivors of last year's earthquake in Nepal, are being sold to British families as domestic slaves, an investigation by the Sun newspaper has claimed.

The paper says boys and girls as young as 10 are being sold for £5,250 ($7,468) in India's Punjab province, near the Nepalese border. Last April, a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed almost 9,000 people, and sent thousands of Nepalese families across the border to India seeking safety.

The Sun reports that black market gangs are targeting Nepalese refugee children as well as kids from poor Indian families by approaching their relatives to "do a deal." According to the paper, a slave driver, named as Makkan Singh, lined up kids for the paper's undercover reporter, who was posing as a rich Sikh living in the UK, to choose from.

"We have supplied lads who have gone on to the UK," Singh said. "Most of the ones who are taken to England are Nepalese." Singh explained that most families keep the children locked up in India for several years while arranging travel documents. "Take a Nepalese to England. They are good people. They are good at doing all the housework and they're very good cooks. No-one is going to come after you," he said. "India is flooded with boys. Nepal has been destroyed and all the Nepalese are here. "You do the deal, pay me the money and you're away free. You buy the kids and off you go."

Comment: And what is law enforcement going to do about human trafficking? Not much. To get an idea of the enormity of the problem and how it is covered up, see:

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