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Super Bowl mayhem: Philadelphia,'city of brotherly love' has gone on a frenzy of looting, shooting and torn up light poles (VIDEO)


RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:08 UTC
Mayhem in Philly, PA
© Aaron P. Bernstein / Getty Images / AFP
February 4, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A blast of unknown origin has occurred in Philadelphia and several people have reportedly been injured in street violence amid celebrations of the Philadelphia Eagles' victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

Celebrations of the historic Super Bowl victory of the Philadelphia Eagles led to havoc on Sunday night, as cheering crowds damaged property and turned cars upside down, and an explosion was reported in the city.
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Climate change and the choice of bringing children into this world

Maggie Astor
The New York Times
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC
An incorrect perception of 'climate change' courtesy of the NY Times
© Credit Josh Haner/The New York Times
An incorrect perception of 'climate change' courtesy of the NY Times
Add this to the list of decisions affected by climate change: Should I have children?

It is not an easy time for people to feel hopeful, with the effects of global warming no longer theoretical, projections becoming more dire and governmental action lagging. And while few, if any, studies have examined how large a role climate change plays in people's childbearing decisions, it loomed large in interviews with more than a dozen people ages 18 to 43.


Comment: Right off the bat the NY Times frames the discussion incorrectly; citing spurious sources and giving credence to the now-debunked mass psy-op of anthropogenic 'global warming'. See: And regarding 'Global Warming's' chief proponent and profiteer:


A 32-year-old who always thought she would have children can no longer justify it to herself. A Mormon has bucked the expectations of her religion by resolving to adopt rather than give birth. An Ohio woman had her first child after an unplanned pregnancy - and then had a second because she did not want her daughter to face an environmental collapse alone.

Comment: But alas, even if the people interviewed for this article are feeling responsible for the environment and questioning the possibility of having children based on ideas that are false - their concerns are not entirely misplaced. Because as we've been documenting here on Sott.net, in addition to the strong possibility of a mini-ice age, there is also the increased probability of world-wide earthquakes, meteor impacts, economic collapses, war, and other things that would make any potential parent think twice about bringing a child into this world. As well they should.

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Fourteen year old epileptic child the latest victim in Israel's dehumanization of Palestinian children

Jonathan Cook
The National
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC
Erez border crossing,
© AFP
Ghada was taken to the Erez border crossing into Gaza, seen here from the Palestinian side
The teenager locked up in Gaza, despite never living there, was viewed simply as a package, to be delivered to whatever location was on the docket

How did a 14-year-old Palestinian girl who has never set foot in the open-air prison of Gaza find herself being dumped there by Israeli officials - alone, at night and without her parents being informed?

The terrifying ordeal - a child realising she had not been taken home but discarded in a place where she knew no one - is hard to contemplate for any parent.

And yet for Israel's gargantuan bureaucratic structure that has ruled over Palestinians for five decades, this was just another routine error. One mishap among many that day.

A single, abstract noun - "occupation" - obscures a multitude of crimes.

What crushes Palestinian spirits is not just the calculated malevolence of Israel's occupation authorities as they kill and imprison Palestinians, seal them in ghettos, steal land and demolish homes. It is also the system's casual indifference to their fate.

Comment: One of many - Israel's treatment of Palestinian children is cruel beyond measure, yet the international community does little to nothing other than make occasional feeble protests with no real consequences. Israel takes this as tacit acceptance and continues to act with impunity.

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Propaganda

ISIS-supporting teacher showed terrorist propaganda clips to students, court hears


RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:34 UTC
ISIS supporter
© Dado Ruvic / Reuters
A teacher accused of plotting terrorist attacks in the UK has admitted to showing pupils Islamic State propaganda videos in class, saying he wanted to give kids a more 'holistic view' of the group.

Umar Haque, 25, is one of four men accused of plotting one or more terrorist attacks in the UK and is currently on trial at London's Old Bailey. The men had allegedly identified prominent landmarks in the capital, including Big Ben, Heathrow Airport and the Houses of Parliament for their terror campaign.

During his trial, Haque - who also faces charges of training children in terrorism at an east London Mosque - said he agreed to show an Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) video following a request from one of his students.

He also admitted to being an "official supporter of ISIS" when answering questions about a stash of magazines about the group.
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Clucking hell: Ministry of Defense pays $2.8mn in compensation for scaring animals to death


RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:03 UTC
Poultry
© Brian Snyder / Reuters
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid out almost £2 million (US$2.8 million) in compensation to farmers over the last four years because its low-flying aircraft have scared pigs, lambs, birds and horses to death.

Some £250,000 has been given to poultry farmers because MoD helicopters and planes have left hens so spooked they trampled each other to death, according to the Daily Mail. Some hens who survived were so scared they were unable to lay any more eggs.

A spokesman for the British Egg Industry Council told the newspaper: "Low-flying aircraft can cause the birds to smother in a panic reaction. Smothering is when the hens all pile in on top of each other, sometimes against an obstacle such as a wall.

"The ones at the bottom suffocate. Many hundreds of birds can be lost in this way. The other possible effect on hens from stress is that they go out of egg production and the eggs the hens do produce are often poorly shelled and not fit for the table market."
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N. Korea obtained missile parts through the Berlin embassy


RT
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:54 UTC
N. Korean Embassy Berlin
© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
North Korean Embassy, Berlin, Germany
North Korea obtained materials for its arsenal of ballistic missiles through its embassy in Berlin, Germany's top intelligence chief has revealed.

Hans-Georg Maassen, head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BfV), is set to detail how Kim Jong Un's administration has attempted to buy high-tech parts for its weapons in a new documentary about Kim Jong Un. Preview information of the film suggests that North Korea used offices in Germany to facilitate its clandestine nuclear and weapon procurement operations.

An investigation by the German broadcaster NDV found that the intelligence services found evidence of procurements as recently as 2017, according to a press release.

We found out that there were procurement activities from there, in our view, with regards to the rocket program, and partly the nuclear program," Massen told NDR. "If we find such things, we prevent it. But we cannot guarantee that this can be detected and prevented by us in all cases."

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Attention

Turkish Muslim authority states only demons eat left-handed


RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 01:18 UTC
turk eating
© Nasir Kachroo / Global Look Press
Turkey's highest religious authority has said that every pious Muslim must only use their right hand to eat and drink - because, apparently, only demons are left-handed.

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), which is an official state institution, issued a fatwa (decree) Saturday, implying that those who happen to be born left-handed should switch sides for their own good, at least when it comes to the dinner table. The fatwa came in response to a question on eating with the left hand.

"Establishing general principles regarding eating and drinking, the Prophet Muhammad did not regard eating with the left hand as pleasant," the watchdog said, adding that the Prophet "attached great importance to this issue and warned his community that demons eat and drink using their left hand."

"It is the duty of every Muslim to adhere to the advice and guidance of the Prophet on eating and drinking with the right hand," Dyianet stated on its official website.
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Israel demolishes only school in Bedouin Palestinian community, children gather to protest


RT
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:01 UTC
Palestinian kids
© RT
Palestinian students now without a school.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have demolished the only educational facility in a Bedouin Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. The demolition was reportedly aimed at paving the way for an Israeli settlement project.

Israeli soldiers backed up by a helicopter knocked down the two-classroom facility located in the Abu Al-Nawwar community situated east of Jerusalem early on Sunday. The Israeli police and members of the IDF Civil Administration "stormed" the community, cordoned off the area and demolished the building that served as the community's only school, the Jordanian Petra news agency reports, citing local community member Dawood Jahaleen.

Footage from the Ruptly video news agency shows the school children standing around the demolished building and sitting on the rubble as they wave Palestinian flags. The children, who came to the ruins of their school, were also holding placards that read: "It is my right. Do not demolish my school" as well as "We are steadfast despite all [the Israeli efforts]. We are not leaving our land."


Comment: Israel -- without shame, more of the same.

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Info

Turkish Media Disclose New US Plan to Help Kurdish Militants to Build Bomb-proof Tunnels in Manbij


FARS
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:28 UTC
Kurdish forces
© FNA
The US forces plan to help the Kurds in the town of Manbij in Northeastern Aleppo to build bomb-proof tunnels to resist against the Turkish Army's possible attack on the town, a Turkish media outlet reported on Monday
The Turkish-language Yeni Safak daily reported that the US forces are planning to build modern tunnels in the Kurdish-held town of Manbij in Northeastern Aleppo after the Kurdish forces' US-built tunnels in the town of Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo were destroyed in the Turkish troops' attacks.

The daily said that the new tunnels are capable of resisting against cement-piercing bombs, adding that identifying the exact location of the tunnels is not simply possible too.

Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said Sunday If the PYD/PKK terror group does not leave Syria's Manbij, Turkey would move there and towards East of Euphrates River.

Comment: See also: US reportedly sets up military base to protect Kurdish/SDF stronghold in Manbij

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Megaphone

German court bans outdoor Muslim call to prayer

Simon Kent
Breitbart
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:23 UTC
minaret
© Denis Balibouse / Reuters
The announcement of the traditional Muslim call to prayer via public outdoor loudspeakers has been banned by a German court.

The Gelsenkirchen Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia issued the ban on Friday Muezzin calls, endorsing the local municipality's withdrawel of the mosque's original permit for gathering Muslims over loudspeakers, the local Westfalen Post reports.

The city of Oer-Erkenschwick first gave permission for the loudspeaker calls - also known as adzhan - by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (Ditib) in 2013. Every Friday afternoon since the local imam issued two-hour public prayer calls until a local couple complained to the city over its permit to the mosque.

The complainants - who live just 900 metres from the mosque - said they felt affected by the muezzin's reputation for being against religious freedom. Their legal counsel stated: "This lawsuit is not only about the loudspeaker permit, but in particular about the inherent messages that are publicly distributed in the muezzin call."
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