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Violent history: Police release information on numerous calls for service and warnings over behavior of Florida school shooter

RT
Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:42 UTC

© Mike Stocker / Reuters
Nikolas Cruz, facing 17 murder charges in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 19, 2018.

Police have released 23 calls made to the home of attacker Nikolas Cruz, in a bid to deflect criticism over handling the Parkland, Florida school shooting. The final call, however, shows serious concerns were not acted on.

Last week, Cruz shot dead 17 of his former classmates and teachers in his assault rifle rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The Broward County Sheriff's Office published a document on Friday listing all the service calls to Cruz's home going back to 2008, when he was just nine years-old.

"In the interest of full transparency, we are making available the list of all 23 calls for service at the Cruz home," the sheriff's office said. "18 involved Nikolas Cruz. None appeared arrestable under Florida law. However, two of the calls remain under internal investigation."

Comment: Florida School Shooting: A Culture of Narcissistic Entitlement and Resentment

Most mass shootings targeting schools occurred after the Gun-Free School Zones Act became law

Chris Reeves
Townhall
Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:30 UTC

During Wednesday's White House listening session, President Trump told survivors of last week's Florida school shooting that he supported allowing teachers to carry concealed firearms to protect their students.

On Thursday morning, Trump reiterated his position on Twitter:

Comment: After 11 US school shootings this year, is it time to arm teachers?

Jordan Peterson is giving hope to young men searching for answers

B.J. Bethel
The Sydney Morning Herald
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC

© Rene Johnston / Toronto Star/ File
Jordan Peterson giving a lecture at the University of Toronto last year. Peterson is the author of bestselling self-help book 12 Rules for Life.

Dayton: Could the plight of today's 20-something white American male be cured with a self-help book?

For thousands, the answer appears to be a surprising yes.

The author, Jordan Peterson, is a clinical psychologist and college professor from Canada. He derives answers from theology, psychiatry and philosophy for questions about life, gender roles, and other hot button topics. His book, 12 Rules of Life: An Antidote to Chaos, is currently No. 6 on Amazon.com and is No.1 in self-help categories.

Flipping the pages, this isn't a book of Oprah Winfrey mantras on positivity. It's theme is simple - life is not supposed to be easy. In fact, life is "a catastrophe." Peterson's advice runs the gamut from the simplistic and common-sense - standup straight with your shoulders back at all times, and don't forget to make your bed and clean up your room in the morning - to the more life-changing and revelatory. Happiness is a worthless pursuit in life, according to Peterson.

Comment: Jordan Peterson is helping disillusioned boys become men - Here's why liberals hate that

Florida governor announces proposed ban on bump stocks, raising age for buying firearms

RT
Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:22 UTC

Governor Rick Scott declared that he wants to raise the age limit for buying a firearm in Florida to 21. The announcement comes after last week's mass shooting in a Parkland high school that killed 17 people.

"We will require all individuals purchasing firearms to be 21 or older," Scott said in a statement on Friday. "There will be exceptions for active duty, reserved military and spouses, national guard members and law enforcement."

The governor also announced a complete ban on the sale of bump stocks, the attachments which enable semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly. He did not call for the ban of any specific type of weapon.

Comment: While the new restrictions may somewhat mollify the anti-gun activists, they are probably not going to be that effective in halting future shootings. Criminal minds always find ways to circumvent laws and often doing so is a motivating factor.

Questions remain about Russia's massive underground shelters

Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:44 UTC

Did you know that the Russians have a massive underground complex in the Ural mountains that has been estimated to be approximately 400 square miles in size? In other words, it is roughly as big as the area inside the Washington D.C. beltway. Back in the 1990s, the Clinton administration was deeply concerned about the construction of this enormous complex deep inside Yamantau mountain, but they could never seem to get any straight answers from the Russians.

The command center for this complex is rumored to be 3,000 feet directly straight down from the summit of this giant rock quartz mountain. And of course U.S. military officials will admit that there are dozens of other similar sites throughout Russia, although most of them are thought to be quite a bit smaller. But that is not all that the Russians have been up to. For example, Russian television has reported that 5,000 new emergency nuclear bomb shelters were scheduled to have been completed in the city of Moscow alone by the end of 2012.

Comment: 5,000 new emergency underground shelters built in Moscow 'in case of nuclear attack'

Most Americans don't realize this, but the Russians have never stopped making preparations for nuclear war. Meanwhile, the U.S. government has essentially done nothing to prepare our citizens for an attack. The assumption seems to be that a nuclear attack will probably never happen, and that if it does it will probably mean the end of our civilization anyway.

Saudi Arabia wants US deal for nuclear power - but with the option of enriching weapons-grade uranium

Middle East Monitor
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:47 UTC

Saudi Arabia is moving swiftly to become the next country in the Middle East with nuclear power. The Kingdom is on the verge of striking a deal with the US for the purchase of nuclear reactors despite concerns over its refusal to accept stringent restrictions against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman, who is the de facto ruler of the country, has ambitious plans to diversify the country's energy source and is in the market to purchase nuclear power reactors. The potential for lucrative deals is too good to be missed and the Trump administration is thought to be mulling over loosening US law to win Saudi contracts, worth billions. The Kingdom has refused to be bound by stringent US regulations that restrict reprocessing and enriching uranium for the production of nuclear weapons.

With competitors like Russia and China waiting in the wings, Trump is keen to strike a deal with the Saudi's and breathe new life into the American nuclear industry.

Finalists to build nuclear power stations along the Kingdom's desolate Arabian Gulf strip will be announced in the coming months, but it's not certain if the US will be the one to strike the deal. Israel, despite having its own nuclear arsenal, is strongly opposed to any other country in the Middle East acquiring nuclear weapons and with alliances constantly shifting in the region it may try to derail any deal.

'Publicly hang and slice him to death' - S. Korean MPs demand N. Korean delegate execution

RT
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:14 UTC

More than 70 South Korean lawmakers are calling for the leader of the North's Olympic delegation to be publicly hanged and "sliced to death." The demands came at a protest outside the presidential Blue House in Seoul Friday.

North Korean General Kim Yong Chol will lead an eight-member delegation that will attend the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics Sunday to kick off a three-day visit. The former spymaster is widely believed to have coordinated a series of attacks against the South, including the torpedo attack which sank the Republic of Korea Navy Pohang-class corvette, killing 46 crew. Pyongyang has repeatedly denied responsibility for the incident.

"Kim Yong Chol is a diabolical war criminal who attacked the South... He deserves death by hanging in the street," the party's parliamentary floor leader Kim Sung-tae said in a statement, as cited by AFP. "Even if the heavens split in two, we cannot allow such a heinous criminal - who must be sliced to death - to be invited to the Olympics closing ceremony."

Kim Yong Chol, the former head of the North's Reconnaissance General Bureau, has also been accused of involvement in the shelling of Yeonpyeong island in the Republic of Korea in 2010, which killed four people. Unification Ministry spokesman Baek said the sinking of the Cheonan was "certainly the North's work" but added that "there are limits to pinpointing those who were directly responsible." Yong-chol, 72, was the chief military negotiator during previous inter-Korean talks, between 2006 and 2008.

Russian military: Militants in Eastern Ghouta hinder civilian exits

Sputnik
Sat, 24 Feb 2018 02:57 UTC

"Situation in Eastern Ghouta has been exacerbated. Illegal armed formations has been denying citizens the right to freel[y] exit the controlled areas. Most of the civilians badly need urgent medical aid," the center's statement read.

Eastern Ghouta is one of Syrian de-escalation zones, established during the Astana talks, with Russia, Iran and Turkey serving as guarantors of the agreements. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Syrian capital of Damascus and its suburbs subjected to shelling by insurgents.

"The Syrian capital is subject to sustained provoking shelling. Over the last 24 hours, 33 mines have been fired by insurgents from Eastern Ghouta targeting various regions of Damascus and settlements nearby. Civilian casualties and destructions have been reported," the statement said.

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US diplomats who fell ill in Cuba are victims of new neurological syndrome but there's no proof they were attacked

Richard Stone
Science
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:00 UTC

© LEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS/Newscom
A new report says diverse symptoms of personnel affiliated with US Embassy in Havana constitute a novel syndrome.

U.S. diplomats who fell ill in Cuba are victims of a new neurological syndrome, according to brain researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). But the team was unable to shed light on the malady's mysterious cause, which the U.S. Department of State has characterized as a "health attack."

From late 2016 through August 2017, as many as 24 U.S. citizens affiliated with the U.S. Embassy in Havana reported symptoms ranging from vertigo and sleeplessness to cognitive impairment. Many described hearing loud or disconcerting sounds before the onset of symptoms, or pressure sensations in their ears akin to the baffling that occurs in a moving car with the windows cracked open. "They felt something weird going on," and when they moved away from the perceived exposure, some of "the symptoms abated," says Douglas Smith, director of UPenn's Center for Brain Injury and Repair. The State Department called in the UPenn group after initial examinations of diplomats at the University of Miami in Florida revealed persistent and inexplicable symptoms. The UPenn team's report on the diplomats' health appears in today's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

The coincidence of the diplomats' impairment and the auditory phenomena fueled speculation they were victims of a "sonic attack." Last summer, citing what it saw as Cuba's inability to protect U.S. diplomats, the State Department pulled most of its personnel out of Cuba and expelled from the United States a corresponding number of Cuban diplomats. The Cuban government has denied knowledge of an attack and has cooperated with the U.S. investigation, which is being spearheaded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Practicing his 2nd Amendment rights: Gun-toting dad protects family from home intruder

Dave Urbanski
The Blaze
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:24 UTC

© KIRO-TV
A husband and father in Washington state came face-to-face with an intruder who was outside his children's bedroom window early Monday morning, his face just inches from the glass. But Dad had a gun — and used it.

A husband and wife were asleep inside their Spanaway, Washington, home after 2 a.m. Monday when they heard noises and footsteps outside and saw an exterior motion light turn on, police told KIRO-TV.

When the husband went inside the room where his children - an infant and toddler - were sleeping, he came face-to-face with a frightening sight, the station said: A man crouching in the window well.

"My wife and I are still kind of in shock," the husband and father, who didn't want his name released, told KIRO. "I opened a curtain and there was a threat immediately in my face."

In fact, the suspect was crouched down with his face just inches from the glass, detectives told the station.

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Winternights3

Someone deport this monstrous POS back to hell, or wherever. Anywhere with a good stockade 😤and his kids too

slbeaudry

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sbc

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sbc

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Society's Child

Violent history: Police release information on numerous calls for service and warnings over behavior of Florida school shooter

Most mass shootings targeting schools occurred after the Gun-Free School Zones Act became law

Jordan Peterson is giving hope to young men searching for answers

Florida governor announces proposed ban on bump stocks, raising age for buying firearms

Questions remain about Russia's massive underground shelters

Saudi Arabia wants US deal for nuclear power - but with the option of enriching weapons-grade uranium

'Publicly hang and slice him to death' - S. Korean MPs demand N. Korean delegate execution

Russian military: Militants in Eastern Ghouta hinder civilian exits

US diplomats who fell ill in Cuba are victims of new neurological syndrome but there's no proof they were attacked

Practicing his 2nd Amendment rights: Gun-toting dad protects family from home intruder

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