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Hail Mary: Guam priest molested 20 boys, told to pray

RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:03 UTC

When the Catholic Church learned that a priest working at the US island territory of Guam abused some 20 children, the only suitable response it found was to advise him to pray, the cleric, now based in Minnesota, has revealed in an interview. Reverend Louis Brouillard, 95, admitted to repeatedly molesting boys while serving and teaching at Guam from the 1940s to the 1970s. Guam is an island in the Pacific known for housing a US Naval base.

After confessing his crimes to a local priest, Brouillard was not specifically told to stop, he told the AP. In fact, Brouillard was simply advised by other Church members to "do better" and repeat Hail Mary prayers. When Brouillard was pressed on about how many boys he abused, he replied: "I have no idea. Maybe 20."

Moreover, the cleric claimed he thought the boys were enjoying it: "At that time, when I was that age, I got the impression that kids liked it, so I went ahead. But now of course, I know it's wrong and I'm paying for it," he said.

Comment: This is the statement from a priest, an ordained messenger of 'the evils of sinning.'

Brouillard cannot be prosecuted for his abuses at this time due to the current statute of limitations for child molestation, which is currently at two years.

Comment: Pedophilia has long been associated with the Catholic Church. Like the three monkeys who speak, see and hear no evil, it is only recently any movement to address this problem has surfaced. Too little, too late, too holy to fail.

Traveler FYI: Under its emergency declaration Turkey can detain American nationals for 30 days

Sputnik
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 01:24 UTC

US citizens should be aware that they could be detained for up to 30 days under the current state of emergency in Turkey, the US Embassy in Ankara said in a routine travel message.

"The first decree issued by the government of Turkey under the state of emergency increases legal detention periods without charge from a maximum of four days to a maximum of 30 days," the Embassy stated on Monday. "If you are arrested or detained, ask police or prison officials to notify the US Embassy or Consulate immediately."

The Turkish government imposed a three-month state of emergency following a failed military coup in the country on July 15.

Anyone who cannot provide identity documents when requested by police is subject to a fine or imprisonment, the Embassy explained and advised US citizens to carry identity documents and cooperate with Turkish authorities.

The state of emergency also imposes restrictions on public gatherings. The Embassy encouraged US citizens to be aware of local events and large demonstrations or rallies.

'Case of the shooting soldier': The shot heard throughout the country

Uri Avnery
CounterPunch
Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00 UTC

On June 28, 1914, the Austrian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, visited Sarajevo, the main town of Bosnia, then an Austrian province. Three young Serbian inhabitants of Bosnia had decided to assassinate him, in order to achieve the attachment of Bosnia to Serbia. They threw bombs at the car of the archduke. All three failed to harm him.

Later on, one of the assailants, Gavrilo Princip, chanced upon his intended victim again. The archduke's car had made a wrong turn, the driver tried to reverse, the car stalled, and Princip shot the duke dead.

That was "the shot heard around the world". This small incident led to World War I, which led to World War II, with altogether some 100 million dead, to Bolshevism, Fascism, Nazism and the Holocaust. Yet, while the names of Lenin, Stalin and Hitler will be remembered for centuries, the name of Gavrilo Princip, the most important person of the 20th century, is already forgotten. (Because he was only 19 years old, Austrian law did not allow him to be sentenced to death. He was sent to prison, where his death from tuberculosis went unnoticed in the middle of World War I.)

For some reason, this insignificant person who made history reminds me of an insignificant young Israeli named Elor Azaria, whose act may well change the history of the State of Israel. The facts of the case are quite clear.

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United stoners of America: More than 33 million U.S. citizens smoke pot

RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 02:24 UTC

A very dank Gallup poll found that 13 percent of American adults currently smoke marijuana. That comes out to 33 million Americans, meaning if they all gathered to make their own state, it would have a higher population than Texas - probably chiller, too.

The percentage of Americans who smoke weed has nearly doubled in the past three years, according to a recent Gallup poll. In 2013, the pollster found 7 percent of Americans were actively toking. By July, that number had increased to 13 percent.

A large part of this increase may be due to the decriminalization of marijuana on a state level. While the federal government still considers marijuana to be a Schedule 1 drug - grouped with heroin, date rape drug GHB and bath salts, nearly half the states have legalized medicinal use of pot.

The Gallup poll confirmed that legalization does play a part in the increase, noting that residents of the Western states where four states have legalized marijuana were significantly more likely to smoke than in the rest of the country.

Home set ablaze, 13 hurt when IDF drone crashes in Arab village

Xinhua News Agency
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:20 UTC

A drone belonging to Israel's Aerospace Industries crashed on Tuesday in an Arab village in northern Israel, lightly wounding at least 13 people and setting an empty home ablaze, officials said.

A spokesman for Israel's emergency medical teams said that all of the injuries suffered from breathing difficulties after the drone crashed into a home in Zalafa, an Arab village north of the city of Umm al-Fahm.

Nearly a dozen of firefighting crews struggle to quell the fire, which severely damaged the house, said Yoram Levi, a spokesman for the fire service, adding that the house was still under construction and empty at the time of the crash.

The reason of the accident was still unclear, according to a statement released by the Aerospace Industry, Israel's government-owned manufacturers of weapons and civil aviation products, saying that the accident happened "during a training flight."

Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper reported that the drone was a Heron 1 type, which has been in service of the Israel Defense Forces for over a decade.

Reckless Tennessee man charged with killing 11 year old daughter after first day at school

RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:14 UTC

The father of an 11-year-old girl was arrested after she was reportedly shot and killed at their Hendersonville, Tennessee home when she came back from her first day at school.

On Monday, Timea Lashay Batts got off the school bus at her house and told her dad that she had been shot, her father told police, as reported by local media.

The 29-year-old father, Timothy Batts, now faces charges including reckless homicide, false reporting, possessing a firearm as a felon and tampering with evidence.

Comment: In 2012, Batts was charged with attempted criminal homicide for allegedly shooting a driver in Nashville, the Nashville City Paper reported.

Polish octogenarian arrested for drugging, swindling suitors met through lonely hearts ads

Yahoo! News
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:05 UTC

Polish authorities have arrested an 80-year-old woman who allegedly drugged and then robbed a string of senior citizen suitors she met through newspaper lonely hearts adverts.

During dinner, the predatory pensioner sprinkled lorazepam -- a drug prescribed to treat anxiety but which induces sleep -- onto her victim's food, a regional court in Brzesko, southern Poland, heard.

In one case, she stole 8,000 zloty (1,800 euros, $2,000) in jewellery, electronics and cash from a 78-year-old who had invited her to his home in the nearby village of Szczurow, the online edition of the Polska Times reported Tuesday.

"I'd never have imagined this lady was capable of doing something like this, nor that she's 80," said district prosecutor Andrzej Lesniak.

Evidence gathered by local police suggests the woman, identified only as Janina M., used the same technique to rob a string of lovelorn seniors. The woman has denied any wrongdoing.

During the course of their investigation police found she had eight previous convictions for theft and fraud. If found guilty, the octogenarian faces up to 20 years behind bars.

Elderly New Jersey man beaten with crowbar for wearing Trump t-shirt

Sonia Owchariw
NorthJersey.com
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:43 UTC

A 62-year-old male was assaulted in a Friendly's parking lot for wearing a Donald Trump T-shirt, Bloomfield police reported Tuesday.

The victim was walking on West Passaic Avenue in Bloomfield at 5:41 p.m. Wednesday when a male in an older gray compact vehicle questioned him about his shirt of the Republican presidential candidate. The suspect directed profanities at the victim as he continued to follow the victim.

The suspect followed the victim to the restaurant at 1243 Broad St. The suspect then approached the victim armed with a crowbar. An altercation occurred, with the suspect striking the victim several times, police said.

The victim sustained injuries to his forearms, hands and thighs. He was treated at the scene.

The suspect fled prior to police arrival, according to authorities.

Comment: American society is strange. After a barrage of media commenting on Trump and his supporters leaning in the fascist direction, the anti-Trump demographic seems to have dusted off the old Brownshirts for a little old fashioned stormtrooping. See also: Man holds up Hillary sign at RNC, Trump sign at DNC - see what happens

Couple arrested after leaving 2yo son at home alone to play Pokemon Go

The Toronto Star
Mon, 01 Aug 2016 11:55 UTC

© AP
This undated booking photo provided by the Pima County Sheriff shows Brent Daley, left, and his wife, Brianna, who were accused of leaving their 2-year-old son alone for up to 90 minutes to go play the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game

An Arizona couple have been accused of leaving their 2-year-old son alone for up to 90 minutes to go play the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game, in a case that a local sheriff called "beyond comprehension."

Brent Daley, 27, and Brianna Daley, 25, were arrested after a neighbour found the boy crying outside the couple's home in a southeastern Phoenix suburb Thursday night, the Pinal County sheriff's office said Monday.

The child was barefoot and wearing a diaper and a T-shirt, authorities said.

The couple initially told deputies they went to buy gas but then said they had gone in search of virtual Pokemon creatures in their neighbourhood for about 90 minutes, the sheriff's office said.

This one picture sums up the ridiculousness of the Olympics and glaring income inequality

Vic Bishop
Waking Times
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:07 UTC

The 31st Olympic summer games are underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and thousands of athletes and spectators from around the world have gathered for the event which will serve as prime time entertainment for the next couple of weeks. Every four years an insane amount of money is dumped into the spectacle as host cities and the Olympic committee construct arenas, stadiums and press quarters, leaving megalithic ruins in their wake.

Most of the news coverage about the events in Rio are centered around the pomp and splendor of athleticism, hoping to portray the affair as an opportunity for the world to feel united in sport, yet the truth is always hidden from the highlights and coverage: the world is suffering from terrible inequality and the fallout of economic tyranny, and the divide between the haves and have-nots is now greater than it has ever been.

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Society's Child

Hail Mary: Guam priest molested 20 boys, told to pray

Traveler FYI: Under its emergency declaration Turkey can detain American nationals for 30 days

'Case of the shooting soldier': The shot heard throughout the country

United stoners of America: More than 33 million U.S. citizens smoke pot

Home set ablaze, 13 hurt when IDF drone crashes in Arab village

Reckless Tennessee man charged with killing 11 year old daughter after first day at school

Polish octogenarian arrested for drugging, swindling suitors met through lonely hearts ads

Elderly New Jersey man beaten with crowbar for wearing Trump t-shirt

Couple arrested after leaving 2yo son at home alone to play Pokemon Go

This one picture sums up the ridiculousness of the Olympics and glaring income inequality

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