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Israeli police forcibly evict Ethiopian monks in Jerusalem - Ethiopia then denies any plans to move embassy there


Times Of Israel
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:23 UTC
Ethiopia denies ever having considered move or recalling ambassador after footage shows police rudely addressing, evicting Ethiopian monks from Jerusalem complex
© Channel 10 News screenshot
Ethiopia denies ever having considered move or recalling ambassador after footage shows police rudely addressing, evicting Ethiopian monks from Jerusalem complex
Ethiopian monks gather outside an Ethiopian Church owned complex from which police evicted them on May 31, 2018. The eldest, aged 84, stands on the left.

Ethiopia has reportedly been considering moving its embassy to Jerusalem, but will no longer do so following a recent incident where Israeli police forcibly evicted Ethiopian monks from a complex owned by the Ethiopian church in Jerusalem.

"Moving the Ethiopian embassy to Jerusalem was under consideration," said Eliezer Yasu Gil, a lawyer representing the embassy told Channel 10 on Monday. "For now this process is frozen."

A spokesperson for the Ethiopian embassy, however, on Wednesday denied that moving the embassy was under consideration and said the lawyer did not represent the mission.

Comment: From monks supposedly attacking a police officers 'hand' to female Palestinian medics being a threat to Israel's snipers, considering Israel's track record, it isn't surprising how their version of reality so damningly conflicts with the evidence provided: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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CrossFit gym fires owner, employee for cancelling gay pride event due to religious beliefs

Todd Starnes
Toddstarnes.com
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
CrossFit Gym LGBT
A controversy over gay pride and religious beliefs has resulted in the closure of an Indianapolis CrossFit gym and the firing of a CrossFit "spokesman" who called gay pride a "sin."

Crossfit Infiltrate coaches had organized a special workout program in honor of Pride Month without the permission of the local gym's owner.

Brandon Lowe canceled the event and explained the reason why in a note, Buzzfeed News reports.

"We believe that true health forever can only be found within humility, not pride," he wrote. "Humility is seeing oneself as they truly are, and as God truly defines them to be. As a business we will choose to deploy our resources towards those efforts and causes that line up with our values and beliefs."
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Australian High Court rules man can sue Google for defamation over search results


Associated Press
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:24 UTC
Milorad Trkulja
© Metro
An Australian man who alleges Google defamed him on Wednesday won a court battle to sue the search engine giant.

Milorad "Michael" Trkulja was shot in the back in 2004 in a restaurant in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city.

The Australian High Court unanimously ruled in favor of Trkulja, supporting his allegation that a Google search of his name could indicate to an ordinary person he was "somehow associated with the Melbourne criminal underworld."

Trkulja had successfully argued in the Victoria state Supreme Court in 2012 that Google defamed him by publishing photos of him linked to hardened criminals of Melbourne's underworld.
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Roger Waters dons keffiya to make a statement for the Palestinian cause at French Open

Emma Fiala
MintPress News
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:54 UTC
roger waters keffiyeh french open
© Michel Euler/Associated Press
British musician and member of the Pink Floyd band Roger Waters presents the trophy of the men’s final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, June 10, 2018.
Waters' wearing of a keffiyeh in the pubic eye may seem a small gesture in light of the impending threat from Israel, but his actions and willingness to be vocal and engage on the topic have brought the issue to the attention of countless people.

On Sunday, Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters and actress Lea Seydoux unveiled the Musketeers Cup at the French Open. The trophy was carried into Court Philippe Chatrier hidden in a brown box and unveiled by both Waters and Seydoux before play began.

Waters didn't let the opportunity pass without making a statement in front of fans and cameras. The musician, who has never been shy when it comes to his opinions on world politics and human rights, has a history of using his platform to send a message, either directly or indirectly. In the case of the French Open, Waters opted for a subtle approach when he donned a Palestinian keffiyeh during the ceremony.

Comment: Kudos to Roger Waters for standing up to the pressure of Israel. His voice is an important one.

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Moon

New Jersey sociology professor under investigation over claims moon landing was faked and promoting other conspiracy theories


Circa
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
Fake Moon landing conspiracy
School officials at William Paterson University are reviewing videos that show a professor telling students the moon landing was faked and promoting other conspiracy theories.


Freshman student Benny Koval, of Fair Lawn, says she raised concerns after sociology professor Clyde Magarelli said things in class that she says made her and others uncomfortable. Magarelli - who has taught at William Paterson since 1967 - did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Comment: Conspiracy theories about the Moon landing come up yet again

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Red Flag

Cyberbullying on the rise as 40% of American adults have experienced online abuse

Jessica Dolores
Natural News
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:01 UTC
social media
Cyberbullying is becoming more rampant, with experts saying that 40 percent of American adults have experienced some form of online abuse. In fact, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Justice Statistics and Cyberbullying Research Center says that 52 percent of students have been cyberbullied. Yet, this same percentage of teens do not tell their parents they have been cyberbullied.

So why is cyberbullying on the rise?

Brain image studies from neuroscientist Molly Crockett's psychology lab showed that the reward center in people's brains shifts to high gear when they respond to moral outrage. The behavior makes them feel good, so people tend to express moral outrage again. Challenging social norms entails risks because people may direct their anger on the attacker. But Crockett's lab found that it also boosts the attacker's reputation.
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Smoking

'Pretty coercive': Alaska legislature expands smoking ban to include bars, restaurants, and taxis

Benjamin Dietderich
The Heartland Institute
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:42 UTC
No smoking
© Reuters
The Alaska Legislature approved a bill that would prohibit the use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes in privately owned spaces such as bars, restaurants, and taxis

Senate Bill 63 would expand the state's ban on tobacco use in government-owned spaces to include the interior and immediate exterior of many businesses.

The Alaska Senate approved S.B. 63 in March 2017. The state's lower chamber approved the bill in May 2018 and sent it to Gov. Bill Walker for consideration.

Lost in the Smoke

Ninos Malek, a professor of economics at De Anza College, says the rights of property owners typically get ignored in debates about smoking bans.
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Chess

The key word to focus on in the Trump-Kim show

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:25 UTC
US Air Force F-16 fighter jet
© Agence France-Presse/ Kim Hong-ji
US Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in a joint drills at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea last December. The war games are set to end, but will the US fully withdraw from the peninsula?
By reaffirming the Panmunjom Declaration, the US President has committed to bringing its military back from South Korea and thus a complete denuclearization of the South as well as the North

The Trump-Kim geopolitical reality-TV show - surreal for some - offered unparalleled entries to the annals of international diplomacy. It will be tough to upstage the US President pulling an iPad and showing Kim Jong-un the cheesy trailer of a straight-to-video 1980s B-grade action movie - complete with a Sylvester Stallone cameo - casting the two leaders as heroes destined to save the world's 7 billion people.

Away from the TV, the former "Rocket Man", now respectfully recast in Trump terminology as "Chairman Kim", did strike a formidable coup by completely erasing the dreaded acronym CVID - or "complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization" - from the final text of the Singapore joint statement.
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Plan to split California into three states gains momentum as initiative qualifies for November ballot


Liberty Headlines
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
California split
California's 168-year run as a single entity, hugging the continent's edge for hundreds of miles and sprawling east across mountains and desert, could come to an end next year - as a controversial plan to split the Golden State into three new jurisdictions qualified Tuesday for the Nov. 6 ballot.

If a majority of voters who cast ballots agree, a long and contentious process would begin for three separate states to take the place of California, with one primarily centered around Los Angeles and the other two divvying up the counties to the north and south. Completion of the radical plan - far from certain, given its many hurdles at judicial, state and federal levels - would make history.

It would be the first division of an existing U.S. state since the creation of West Virginia in 1863.


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Handcuffs

Child sex offender sting nets in arrest of 2,300 suspects including Secret Service employee


RT
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:29 UTC
handcuffed man
© Boris Roessler / Global Look Press
A three-month operation has resulted in the arrest of more than 2,300 suspected child sex offenders, including a Secret Service employee, the Justice Department has announced. The investigation also identified 383 abused children.

The nationwide operation, dubbed "Broken Heart," ended in May. Conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) taskforces working in all 50 states, the operation was carried out by more than 4,500 law enforcement agencies at federal, state, local and tribal levels.

The operation targeted individuals suspected of producing or possessing child pornography, engaging in online enticement of children for sexual purposes, sex trafficking of children, and traveling across state lines or to foreign countries to sexually abuse children.
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