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Liberia imposes 12-month moratorium banning the practice of female genital mutilation


RT
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 07:17 UTC
Children
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Liberia's outgoing leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed an executive order last week banning the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) for 12 months, but the moratorium may not be enforceable claim rights activists.

Sirleaf, Africa's first female president, handed over power to former soccer star and president-elect George Weah on January 22, having signed the Domestic Violence Bill as one of her final acts as head of state. The move has not been widely publicized in Liberia as it took place on the eve of Weah's inauguration.

"While we applaud former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for signing (the Executive Order on the Domestic Violence Bill), it is too early to celebrate as there is still a long way to go before there is zero tolerance to FGM in Liberia," Grace Uwizeye, part of Equality Now's End Harmful Practices team which campaigns to end FGM, told RT.

"The law itself is not strong enough to deter communities from practising FGM. If someone is found guilty, a judge can either determine counselling or a fine as punishment for perpetrators."

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Home Depot giving one-time cash bonuses to employees after passage of tax reform legislation

Lauren Thomas
CNBC
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:42 UTC
Home Depot
© Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press
Home Depot is awarding its hourly employees in the U.S. a one-time cash bonus of as much as $1,000 following the passage of new tax legislation.

The bonus amounts will be determined based on a person's length of service, similar to Walmart's strategy. All of Home Depot's U.S. hourly workers will get at least a $200 bonus, a spokeswoman told CNBC, and the maximum payout is $1,000 for workers who've served at least 20 years.

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The Health & Wellness Show: Toxic Feminism and the War on Men


Sott.net
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:00 UTC
feminismo occidental
Feminism was once defined as the "qualities of females" and for a while was considered a belief in equality between the sexes. From these fairly benign beginnings, modern-day feminism has morphed into something quite ghastly and destructive. Feminist leaders blame the 'patriarchy' for all the ills of society and, in their mad quest for power, hope to start a social revolution and restructure society from the ground up. Perpetuating gender myths, bemoaning the so-called 'rape culture' and toxic masculinity, naming and shaming men through the #MeToo movement and tearing down the traditional family structure, to name just a few of their tactics, are all done under the guise of empowering women. But what will be the cost? Can normal relations between men and women survive this onslaught? Do we really want a world overrun with hysterical harpies and emasculated men?

Join us for this episode of The Health and Wellness Show where we'll discuss this toxic worldview which, like all radical ideologies, will only lead to chaos and misery.

Running Time: 01:46:37

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Russia's State Duma wants to ban practice of 'baiting stations' to train hunting dogs, but Senate opposed


Meduza
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:05 UTC
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© Lev Fedosyev / TASS / Vida Press
A hunting dog trains at a baiting station in the Murmansk region, June 2015
The name of the game is cruelty: Why Russia's State Duma wants to ban 'baiting stations' in the training of hunting dogs, and why the Senate is opposed

In mid-January, the State Duma created a mediation committee to review draft legislation that would ban "baiting stations," where hunting dogs are trained to attack leashed wild animals. Co-sponsored by Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the bill passed the lower house of Russia's parliament in December 2017, before running into rare opposition from the Federation Council, which soon voted down the draft legislation. Senators argue that the law, which is intended to protect wild animals against cruelty, would actually "destroy hunting dog breeding" in Russia. The legislation's supporters in the Duma say the Senate only rejected the law because of lobbying by "high-placed hunters."
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DOJ sparks backlash from 'snowflake' mayors after threatening to subpoena sanctuary cities

Jake Gibson & Alex Pappas
Fox News
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:02 UTC
Jeff Sessions criminal alien immigration
© Associated Press
“Protecting criminal aliens from federal immigration authorities defies common sense and undermines the rule of law," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The Justice Department on Wednesday threatened to subpoena 23 jurisdictions if they don't turn over information about their "sanctuary" policies -- triggering a backlash from mayors across the country who pulled out of a White House meeting.

In letters to New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and other jurisdictions, the Justice Department demanded records relating to whether these localities are "unlawfully restricting information sharing by law enforcement officers with federal immigration authorities."

"I continue to urge all jurisdictions under review to reconsider policies that place the safety of their communities and their residents at risk," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement. "Protecting criminal aliens from federal immigration authorities defies common sense and undermines the rule of law."

Comment: As Tucker Carlson said in his interview with Sessions, 'If you can ignore immigration law with basically impunity ... then why is any federal law enforceable?'



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Cop robbed innocent man at gunpoint and filed false report claiming he was the victim to cover his tracks

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:45 UTC
New York police
When a New York Police Department officer reported that he was robbed at gunpoint, his colleagues took his words seriously and arrested the alleged armed robbers. But surveillance footage showed a very different story in which the only one who was at fault was the officer who claimed he was the victim.

Anthony Delacruz, 34, claimed he was the victim of an ambush in which he was held at gunpoint outside of a nightclub while he was off-duty. According to a report from the New York Post, Delacruz said he was robbed by five men who stole his gold chain, Rolex watch, and a gold ring.

However, the claim that Delacruz's Rolex was stolen was later retracted, and when officers found a shell casing at the scene that matched Delacruz's department-issued gun, they realized that his story did not add up.

Comment: Hopefully this officer is held accountable for his egregious abuse of power.

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'They were like animals': French go nuts for discounted Nutella (VIDEO)


BBC
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:17 UTC
nutella
© Inconnu
A discount on Nutella has led to violent scenes in a chain of French supermarkets, as shoppers jostled to grab a bargain on the sweet spread.

Intermarché supermarkets offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 (£3.90) to €1.40.

But police were called when people began fighting and pushing one another.

Comment: While Black Friday in Europe was a rather civilised affair when compared to America,they were not so cordial when it came to discounted Nutella, which just goes to show that every country has their thing that can turn them.

Here's what Nutella is actually made of:
nutella

55% of Nutella is sugar based.
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Cops whisper to each other to turn off body cams as they beat and rob man

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:08 UTC
cop beat man camera off
Two Richmond County Sheriff's deputies recorded themselves beating a man and breaking department policy to cover it up-yet neither of them were fired. Their disturbing actions were captured on both of their body cams, that is, until they turned them off to hide their crimes.

Deputy Charlie Walker and Deputy Christopher Moores were shaking down a man on his bicycle last October when the brutality and subsequent cover-up was captured on film.

"I'm not going to tell you again, get on the fucking ground!" one deputy yells at the non-violent man who can't seem to comply fast enough with the officers who then began beating him.

"Get on the fucking ground," the cop yells at the man who is apparently confused as to why he is being stopped. As the officers beat the man with their batons and put him in handcuffs, that's when they made sure not to catch any more of their misconduct on film.

"Turn it off," the deputy whispers, letting each other know that they did not want to record what was going to happen next.

Comment: If you're a cop, you can also get a vacation - sometimes even paid by the taxpayer - for many other things.

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If you homeschool your children you'll be treated like a criminal

Michelle Malki
Townhall
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:01 UTC
david turpin court
It's elementary. Education control freaks will use any excuse to crack down on competition. With two million K-12 students now educated at home (including our 9th grade son), the temptation to exploit the most marginal cases of alleged child abuse by home-schoolers has proven irresistible to statist politicians and government apologists.

Take the case of David and Louise Turpin's 13 starving children, reportedly found tethered to their beds after one of the siblings escaped and contacted police. The Turpins' "house of horrors" in Riverside County, California, grabbed international headlines last week -- and lured a parade of publicity hounds. Former neighbors in Texas claimed they suspected physical abuse by the parents but did nothing at the time. These thirsty fame-seekers will, however, be appearing on "Dr. Phil" later this week to slurp up their 15 minutes of leechdom.

Louise Turpin's half-sister, Teresa Robinette, who also sat on the sidelines for years, miraculously found the energy and motivation to wake up early for an interview on NBC's "Today Show," where she gregariously gossiped about family secrets.

Another of Louise Turpin's sisters, Elizabeth Flores, dry-cried and show-sniffled on ABC's "Good Morning America" about her "love" for the Turpin children whom she claims to have tried to Skype unsuccessfully "for 20 years." How heroic of her. Flores also confessed that David Turpin allegedly spied on her while she showered. For some reason, it was more urgent for Flores to report this information to "GMA" anchor Robin Roberts and millions of strangers tuned into the boob tube than it was to tell her sister. Or her nieces and nephews. Or authorities.

Comment: The government has invested large amounts of money to indoctrinate your children with their propaganda, and want to keep them out of your hands. They want obedient slaves, not free-thinking talented and capable people who dare question the status quo. See also:

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'Addictive' social media should be regulated the same as tobacco industry - tech CEO Benioff


RT
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:29 UTC
Keyboard
Popular social media platforms are deliberately designed to be addictive and should be regulated in the same way as cigarettes, says American entrepreneur and tech CEO Marc Benioff.

The Salesforce chief executive was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, when he made the suggestion that governments should become more involved in the tech world.

"There is some regulation but there will probably have to be more," Benioff told CNBC.

"I think you'd do it exactly the same way you regulate the cigarette industry. Here's a product, cigarettes, they are addictive, they are not good for you. Maybe there is all kinds of different forces trying to get you to do certain things. There are a lot of parallels," he said.
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