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Two FISA tales for two Americas

Axios
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 17:26 UTC

On MSNBC, Rachel Maddow was literally laughing. Over on Fox News, Sean Hannity put up his dukes.

At 9 last night, you could just flip between the two and see an encapsulation of our two Americas - total dismissal of the memo's import, vs. the assertion that it's "only about 15 percent of what's coming."

So, Rachel, how was your day?

"This thing?! This was two weeks of: This memo is going to end everything. This memo, have you heard about the memo? Hashtag: Release the memo! This memo will make Donald Trump innocent. This memo will put Robert Mueller in jail. It will abolish the FBI. The Justice Department will have to rename itself the Donald J. Trump & Family Private Security Task Force."
"I mean, I can't believe this is it."
"I don't really believe in the whole Cable News Wars idea. I know people who work across the street at the Fox News Channel. I've got friends that work there. I think we're all doing our own thing in our own way best we can."
"But, oh my God, right? ... [T]his ... hyping and huffing and puffing and working their audience up into a frenzy for two solid weeks."
"And apparently, despite all of that, ... they either didn't know or they didn't notice that this thing they have been clamoring for and hyping for two solid weeks, ... it actually disproves their whole point."
"They release this memo to prove that the dossier started everything. The memo says the dossier didn't actually start anything."

Comment: This is only the latest example of the media war on Trump.

Police get in 45-minute standoff with tiger before realizing it was a stuffed animal

Tamar Lapin
NY Post
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:03 UTC

A Scottish farmer frantically called cops to report a tiger in his cow shed, sparking an armed police standoff - only to learn it just was a large, cuddly stuffed animal.

Bruce Grubb, 24, was throwing a housewarming party when he spotted the bizarre sight and called police, fearing his pregnant cows were about to be devoured.

Now "I feel a bit silly for calling the police, but I thought it was a real emergency," he told the Scottish Sun. "I had absolutely no doubt it was real. I got a hell of a scare."

Denmark plans legislation banning 'face veils' in public

RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:56 UTC

Denmark's government has announced it plans to fine people for covering their face in public, while the left-wing opposition wants a cap on 'non-Western foreigners' entering the country.

The center-right government announced on Tuesday that it plans to bring forth legislation making it illegal for people to cover their faces in public. The proposals include fines of up to 10,000 Danish kroner ($1,660) for repeat offenders, Reuters reports.

The move echoes other European nations, such as France, which restricts the wearing of Muslim garments like the burqa and the niqab. Opponents say the wearing of such clothing is oppressive to women and/or incompatible with so-called 'Western values.'

Comment: If Poulsen wants to have a leg to stand on with regard to the values of the Danish society, then the abhorrent normalization of pedophilia will have to be addressed first.

Lebanon's Higher Defense Council: Beirut threatens to 'confront' Israel over possible wall on 'Lebanese land'

RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:05 UTC

© Ali Hashisho / Reuters
A wall decorated with graffiti is seen at Kfar Kila village near the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon, November 7, 2017

Lebanon's Higher Defense Council said Wednesday it had issued a directive to resist Israeli plans to build a border wall on Lebanese land, as military tension between the two former foes continues to mount.

"This wall, if it is built, will be considered an assault on Lebanese land," the secretary general of Lebanon's Higher Defense Council said in a statement after meeting senior government and military officials, as cited by Reuters.

The statement also said that the Higher Defense Council "has given its instructions to confront this aggression to prevent Israel from building [the wall] on Lebanese territory." The council did not elaborate on how it intends to confront Israel.

Comment: See also: Israeli Defense Minister warns Syria and Lebanon: Don't test us

Feminist to open luxury island resort - for elitist women only

RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:49 UTC

A luxurious island resort exclusively for women is set to open off the coast of Finland, with a strict no-men policy in force.

The brainchild of entrepreneur Kristina Roth, 'SuperShe Island' aims to inspire women and allow them to focus on themselves without the distraction of the opposite sex. The island will open to guests in June, but those interested in taking a testosterone-free vacation must apply in advance for exclusive membership, according to the website.

The promotional video for the island showcases an idyllic resort offering relaxation and luxury, however simply being a woman will not be enough to make the cut - the finances required for basking in this all-female environment have yet to be revealed.

Comment: Both men and women have various social clubs where they each get together to spend time with members of the same sex. There's nothing detrimentally sexist about that. That said, in general, well adjusted men and women also enjoy each other's company. And here's the kicker - not everything in life is about gender or sex. And when interactions are about gender or sex - that's okay too! It's a pretty fundamental biological dynamic that continues the human species. This is where feminists go off the rails. They interpret perfectly normal interactions as harmful in one way, shape, or form, and make everything about sexual power dynamics. If Roth wants to build a 'woman only' resort, fine. If she wants to make it into a feminist island, okay, whatever. But while she is at it, maybe she could persuade all the world's feminists to take up residence and leave the rest of the human race alone.

'Foreign rivals refuse to use same elevator as us': Russian skater on doping backlash

RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:15 UTC

Russian speed skater Olga Fatkulina says that doping allegations against Russia have formed a negative attitude towards the national team, with foreign rivals even refusing to use the same elevator as Russian competitors.

"Of course the attitudes of foreign athletes have changed after the doping scandal erupted. I noticed all these glances and whispers behind my back. Some athletes [covertly] took pictures of me with their phones. Undoubtedly I felt that unfriendly atmosphere. Sometimes foreign competitors even refused to use the same elevator as us. These unpleasant moments affected us," Fatkulina said talking to RT in South Korea.

"I was upset I couldn't prove that the allegations against us are groundless. I just tried to ignore all those moments," she added.

Comment:

French farmers' protest against EU subsidy cuts stretches into second week - Travel chaos in Occitanie region

Pascal Pavani
RFI
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:25 UTC

Protesting farmers brought the ringroad of France's fourth-largest city to a halt in a protest against a possible cut in European Union subsidies on Wednesday. Meanwhile in Paris, the government unveiled proposals to ensure they get a fair price for their produce from big supermarket chains.

There were traffic jams on the ringroad of Toulouse, the south-western city that is home to the headquarters of European planemaker Airbus, from 6.30am as more than 100 tractors blocked commuters.

Farmers from across the region set fire to piles of tyres, palettes and hay and grilled sausages for picnics on the motorway under the watchful eye of the police.

Comment: 10 days later, the protests are still going strong. Farmers have created so many roadblocks on highways and national roads that it is difficult to leave some towns and cities, much less the region. Train lines in and out of cities are also blocked.

French farmers have been protesting about the terrible prices they get for their produce for years, but little has changed.

In the meantime, President Macron has hinted that he is willing to consider a complete overhaul of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, something French governments have until now always resisted touching.

Sixteen 'rogue' Russian businessmen hiding in UK have requested safe passage home to Russia in exchange for amnesty

RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:51 UTC

Sixteen Russian businessmen hiding in London and other places from authorities in Russia for various criminal offences are asking Moscow to allow them to come home in return for amnesty.

The list, prepared by Russian business ombudsman Boris Titov, has been forwarded to the Kremlin, according to the official.

Each case should be considered separately, said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, who confirmed that the Kremlin has seen the list.

Titov said that many rogue businessmen can't return to Russia as even though their cases are de facto closed, they remain open in Russian courts.

Comment: See also:

Man who accused UK Parliament members of hosting pedophile abuse parties charged with possession of child porn

RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:52 UTC

The man who accused former UK PM Sir Edward Heath of hosting child abuse parties where boys were raped and tortured has been caught with child porn. 'Nick' has been charged for making and possessing indecent images of children.

The man, aged in his 40s, is known only as 'Nick' and cannot be named for legal reasons. He came forward in 2014 accusing Heath, ex-Home Secretary Leon Brittan, former conservative MP Harvey Proctor, and D-Day veteran Lord Bramall.

The allegations sparked a £3 million ($4.18 million) investigation by police. Nick claimed the child abuse parties were held at the former prime minister's home in London, and in Dolphin Square, Pimlico, as well as the Carlton Club.

No arrests were ever made as part of the investigation, and many of the men and their family members died before their names were cleared in the bungled 'Operation Midland.'

Comment: Considering how pervasive pedophilia is among the British elites and the extent to which the evidence has been routinely covered-up, it's difficult not to wonder if Nick has been targeted to be used as an example in order to discourage others from making accusations, no matter how well founded.

They want docile: HRW study reveals US nursing homes routinely drug elderly patients with powerful antipsychotics just to make life easy for staff

RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:43 UTC

elder abuse, antipsychotics nursing homes

Thousands of nursing home patients across the US regularly receive strong antipsychotics, without being properly diagnosed or even informed of the side-effects, to make life easier for overworked staff, a rights monitor has found.

The latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), published Monday, sheds light on disturbing practices thriving in US nursing homes, where thousands of residents are routinely doped up. Every week, more than 179,000 people, mostly the elderly living with dementia, become victims of poor practice, according to the study, titled "'They Want Docile': How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia."

"The problem here is that medications are being used not to treat a medical condition, but to control the behavior of residents who are considered difficult to control," acting director of the Health and Human Rights Division at HRW, Diederik Lohman, told RT. Instead of investigating the cause of the 'difficult' behavior, staff are often "very quick to start prescribing medications which have a strong sedative effect." They are "basically drugging people into a state when they are constantly sedated," Lohman said, calling it "an abuse of practice and it needs to stop."

Comment: The pharmaceutical cartel once again benefits from lax oversight which enables the industry to flood institutions with drugs, taking advantage of vulnerable populations who aren't able to resist the abuse:

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Society's Child

Two FISA tales for two Americas

Police get in 45-minute standoff with tiger before realizing it was a stuffed animal

Denmark plans legislation banning 'face veils' in public

Lebanon's Higher Defense Council: Beirut threatens to 'confront' Israel over possible wall on 'Lebanese land'

Feminist to open luxury island resort - for elitist women only

'Foreign rivals refuse to use same elevator as us': Russian skater on doping backlash

French farmers' protest against EU subsidy cuts stretches into second week - Travel chaos in Occitanie region

Sixteen 'rogue' Russian businessmen hiding in UK have requested safe passage home to Russia in exchange for amnesty

Man who accused UK Parliament members of hosting pedophile abuse parties charged with possession of child porn

They want docile: HRW study reveals US nursing homes routinely drug elderly patients with powerful antipsychotics just to make life easy for staff

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