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Truck drives into protester group blocking entrance to ICE detention center


RT
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:39 UTC
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© Never Again Action
A video made by protesters shows the moment a pickup truck drives into sit-in demonstrators blocking the street entrance to an ICE detention center in Rhode Island. A crowd starts banging on the car then gets pepper-sprayed.

Protesters had gathered at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center in Central Falls, Rhode Island, on Wednesday evening, with dozens of activists blocking the entrance to the center's parking lot.

Organized by Never Again Action, a newly-formed Jewish group protesting US immigration policy, the act of civil disobedience quickly turned ugly. Footage shows a truck driving through a line of sitting protesters in an attempt to enter the blocked entrance.

Comment: The driver should not have been so aggressive. On the other hand, if these virtue-signallers are 'putting their bodies on the line', shouldn't they be prepared for the possible consequences?

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Autopsy finds broken bones in Jeffrey Epstein's neck, deepening questions around his death

Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
The Washington Post
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 05:31 UTC
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© Mary Altaffer/AP
The Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.
An autopsy found that financier Jeffrey Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones, according to two people familiar with the findings, deepening the mystery about the circumstances around his death.

Among the bones broken in Epstein's neck was the hyoid bone, which in men is near the Adam's apple. Such breaks can occur in those who hang themselves, particularly if they are older, according to forensics experts and studies on the subject. But they are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation, the experts said.

The details are the first findings to emerge from the autopsy of Epstein, a convicted sex offender and multimillionaire in federal custody on charges of sex trafficking. He died early Saturday morning after guards found him hanging in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan and he could not be revived.

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These 3 lawsuits are protecting the rights of companies like Beyond Meat to call their products 'burgers', 'hot dogs,' and other words associated with meat

Carmen Reinicke
Business Insider
Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:21 UTC
beyond meat burger
© Facebook/Beyond Meat
As demand for plant-based meat and dairy alternatives is booming, so is legislation around how such products can be labeled in grocery stores - and lawsuits protecting the free speech rights of companies that make them.

In nearly half of the states in the US, bills have been announced or passed that would monitor how products derived from plants are labeled when sold to consumers. A number of the labeling laws try to make it illegal to use works like "milk," "burger," and "rice" to describe anything made from plants.

The reasoning? States argue that it is misleading to use words associated with meat or dairy to describe a product that does not come from an animal.

Comment: When it comes down to it, it's rather unlikely that customers are unaware that the meat alternatives they're buying are not actually meat. The same could likely be said of milk alternatives and whatever other fake animal products exist now or in the future. For one thing, the alternatives are far more expensive than the real thing. It's understandable that meat industries would want to protect their brands, so to speak, but this seems like a silly place to be making a stand.

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Archaeology

'Extraordinary Find': Woolly Mammoth tooth discovered in US Creek by Minor


Sputnik News
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC
Wooly Mammoth Tooth
© Courtesy of The Inn at Honey Run in Millersburg, Ohio
Jackson Hepner was playing in a creek bed near The Inn at Honey Run in Millersburg, Ohio, in July when he found a fossilized tooth from a woolly mammoth, an extinct cousin of the modern elephant.

"I found the mammoth tooth about ten yards upstream from the bridge we had our family pictures on. It was partially buried on the left side of the creek. It was completely out of the water on the creek bed," the 12-year-old wrote in a letter obtained by the inn.
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Attention

At least 6 Philadelphia police officers shot during firefight - may be multiple gunmen - UPDATES


CBSPhilly.com
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:12 UTC
police shot philadelphia
© CBS3 Philadelphia
Police converge on Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood in Philadelphia
At least six Philadelphia police officers were shot during an active firefight in Philadelphia's Nicetown-Tioga section and rushed to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police said. Another officer suffered a non-shooting injury during the incident.


The officers were taken to Temple University Hospital, where dozens of officers have surrounded the hospital.

Comment:

UPDATE 6:30 pm EDT: The local CBS affiliate reports a seventh officer injured. It also reported the shooter(s) was livestreaming (no platform mentioned) the incident. Efforts were being made to cut off the gunman's media access.

6:42 pm EDT: Suspect still holed up apparently with a rifle. More shots fired. Entire street is being cleared.

10:30 pm EDT: From CBS3:
At least six Philadelphia police officers were shot during a gun battle in Philadelphia's Nicetown-Tioga section and rushed to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. Two officers and three others who were trapped inside the home with the shooter were safely evacuated several hours after the standoff began. The gunman remains armed inside the house.

"We have gone from a hostage situation to a barricade," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said.

Ross said that the two officers and three others inside the home took fire during the incident.



"We are trying to get him to come out peacefully, but he is refusing to do so," Ross said.

All six officers wounded in the shooting have been released from the hospital. Another officer injured in a car crash on the way to the scene still remains hospitalized

Sources tell CBS3 the suspect was live-streaming some of the shootout while he barricaded himself inside the home.
UPDATE 15/08/2019 12:03 am EDT: CBS3 reports the suspect shooter has been taken into custody
A suspected gunman has been taken into custody after he allegedly shot six Philadelphia police officers in the city's Nicetown-Tioga section Wednesday. The suspect surrendered to police shortly after midnight, following more than a seven-hour-long standoff.

All six police officers were released from the hospital Wednesday night. A seventh officer, who was injured in a car crash while responding to the scene on the 3700 block of North 15th Street, remains in the hospital.



Two officers, who were trapped on the second floor of the residence, were safely evacuated, along with three hostages, while police say the gunman remained on the first floor.

Additionally, two women and two children were escorted by SWAT and Philadelphia Police from the scene. They told CBS3 that they were inside the home on the second floor at the time of the shootout and that police saved them.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has provided a tentative identification:
Police sources identified him as Maurice Hill, 36 — a Philadelphia man with a lengthy history of gun convictions and of resisting attempts to bring him to justice.

Just before he exited the residence, loud booms could be heard, apparently from police projectiles. He was then placed into an awaiting police van and taken to Temple University Hospital to be evaluated.
More on Maurice Hill's background from the Inquirer:
Public records show that he [Hill] has been arrested about a dozen times since turning 18, and convicted six times on charges that involved illegal possession of guns, drug dealing, and aggravated assault. He has been in and out of prison; the longest sentence handed him came in 2010, when a federal judge gave him a 55-month term.

And, his record would indicate, he does not like to go to prison. In 2008, he was convicted of escaping, fleeing from police, and resisting arrest. Along the way, he beat criminal charges on everything from kidnapping to attempted murder.

Hill also spent time in federal prison. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations after he was caught with a Smith & Wesson .357 and later a Taurus PT .45 semiautomatic. His prior felony convictions should have barred him from owning those weapons. U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond sentenced him to four years and seven months in prison.

More recently, Hill was convicted of perjury in 2013 and sentenced to seven years of probation. He appeared before Common Pleas Court Judge Rayford Means for three different alleged violations of probation — at least two of them related to new cases, which he later beat.

In one of those cases, Philadelphia police arrested Hill in May 2014, after spotting him driving an unregistered scooter. But when officers tried to stop him, he raced down an alleyway against traffic on a one way street and then onto a sidewalk, sending pedestrians scattering, court records say. Hill crashed the scooter and then fled on foot but was apprehended. He was charged with driving without a license, recklessly endangering another person, and fleeing police, but later was acquitted on all counts.

Philadelphia police arrested Hill again in October 2014 on charges of drug possession and false imprisonment.


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Red Flag

Unconstitutional and tyrannical Red Flag gun confiscation laws are coming fast - and have a wide range of frightening implications

Adam Palmer
The Organic Prepper
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC
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Within minutes of the tragic mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, gun control fanatics were predictably not letting a crisis go to waste by calling for extreme measures of gun control. The usual suspects were at it - Soros organizations, MSM, left-wing extremists, and Democratic Party members - but, interestingly enough, they were joined by many Republican lawmakers as well. While Lindsey Graham, a Senator who has scarcely seen a right in the Bill of Rights he hasn't wanted to carve up for dinner, is no shocker, others in staunchly red states have also joined the call for stricter gun control measures. Most surprising, however, is that President Donald Trump has jumped on the bandwagon, calling for "red flag laws" among other egregious measures to deal with the recent spate of shootings in the United States.

The response from Trump's base has been a mix of personality cult support and virulent opposition, hinting that Trump, if he goes forward with his "red flag" proposal, could be shooting himself in the foot for 2020. After the last few years, it is clear that nothing Trump could ever do would convince a leftist to vote for him. However, he can convince his own supporters to stay home in 2020 and that appears to be what is going to happen if he doesn't quickly pull an about-face in the manner that he has done in the past in regards to many of his positive attempts to govern (Syria, Afghanistan, etc.).

So what is the problem with Red Flag laws?

For those that may not be aware, "Red Flag" Laws are allegedly devised to disarm individuals who may be at high risk to commit violent acts before they are able to do so. These "red flags" can be thrown up by law enforcement, mental, and medical professionals regarding a person's mental state and/or capacity to do harm. In some cases, family members and others can also trigger the gun confiscation order. A number of states in the US already have such laws, Maryland being the most memorable example.

Comment: A psychiatric Gestapo is being formed that is threatening to scare anyone who disagrees with a number of tyrannical policies - into psychological submission, or prison. As institutionalized group-think congeals around a number of political, social and economic issues expect the oppression to grow and grow until a violent rebellion is likely to be the response.

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Stock Down

Plummeting stocks at Dow, S&P & NASDAQ, signs of 2008-style crash up ahead?


RT
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:50 UTC
dow drops
© Reuters
Stock fell and demands for bonds rose as the markets interpreted Treasuries rates as a signal preceding a recession. Dow Jones has closed down 800 points, with other stock indexes plunging as well.

US stocks dropped between two and three percent across the board by early Wednesday afternoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was down 800 points, NASDAQ down over 240 points, and the S&P 500 dropping 85 points.

The slide was attributed to the "inverted gap" in rates for short- and long-term US Treasury bonds, which was taken as a warning that normally precedes a recession. Goldman Sachs Group led the rout of financial stocks, falling by four percent.

Comment: The system wasn't reformed after the crash a decade ago and so the corruption which benefited the establishment continued, but it seems that reality has finally begun to bite: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal #26: Globalization vs Nationalism - The Hidden Causes of The Yellow Vest Protests in France

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BREAKING: Multiple officers shot in Philadelphia amid massive police response to automatic gunfire

David Chang
nbcphiladelphia.com
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:22 UTC
philadelphia shooting
At least four Philadelphia police officers were shot in the city's Nicetown section Wednesday afternoon, officials said, prompting a massive response to the North Philadelphia neighborhood.

Frantic calls from responding officers came in around 4:30 p.m., according to audio obtained via Broadcastify.

"Officer calls for everything you got. SWAT, long gun," a law enforcement officer can be heard saying on the audio. "I got an officer shot."

SkyForce10 remains over the scene as an unidentified gunman continues to fire at dozens of police officers nearly 30 minutes after officers descended on the corner of 15th and Butler streets.
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Attention

Americans have reached a record-breaking level of mortgage debt. Yes, it's worse than 2008

Jacob Passy
MarketWatch
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 02:10 UTC
houses
© Getty Images
Low mortgage rates have helped push U.S. mortgage debt to the highest level ever. The last time Americans had nearly this much mortgage debt was back in 2008, but delinquencies are lower.

In the second quarter of 2019, Americans' mortgage balances totaled $9.4 trillion, $162 billion more than the previous quarter, according to data released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This surpassed the previous peak of $9.3 trillion in mortgage debt recorded back in the third quarter of 2008.

Overall, mortgage originations increased by $130 billion from the previous quarter to $474 billion as Americans sought to take advantage of low rates, particularly through refinancing. This marked the highest quarterly loan volume since the third quarter of 2017.

Mortgage balances represent the largest component of household debt — and the boost in mortgage originations helped drive total household debt in the U.S. to its highest level ever, $13.86 trillion.
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Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life for Iraq shootings

Ashraf Khalil
PBS News Hour
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:22 UTC
nicolas slatten
© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Blackwater Worldwide security guard Nick Slatten (center) leaves the federal courthouse after being arraigned with 4 fellow Blackwater guards on manslaughter charges for allegedly killing 14 unarmed civilians and wounding 20 others in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad, in Washington, January 6, 2009.
A federal judge has sentenced a former Blackwater security contractor to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq.

Judge Royce Lamberth issued the sentence Wednesday after friends and relatives requested leniency for Nicholas Slatten, who was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in December.

Prosecutors charged that Slatten was the first to fire shots in the September 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad. In all, 10 men, two women and two boys, ages 9 and 11, were killed.

The defense had argued that Slatten and other Blackwater contractors opened fire only after they saw what they mistakenly thought was a potential suicide car bomber moving quickly toward their convoy.

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