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Those in US who call for detente with Russia are branded Putin's puppets - The Nation's chief-editor tells RT

RT
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 13:17 UTC

A protest against Donald Trump in New York City in 2017

Any person calling for a better relationship between the US and Russia nowadays risks being branded an agent of the Kremlin, Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editor and publisher of The Nation magazine told RT.

Many establishment people in the US, who have been traumatized by Donald Trump's election as well as domestic political debate over the ties between the two nations, got hurt, the veteran staff member of the progressive US publication told RT's Sophie Shevardnadze.

"Trump was a shock to the American system, and I think for many Americans, particularly Democrats, I am sad to say. Instead of looking deeply into themselves and looking at their own pathologies and problems that America has, the financial crisis, the inequality, the disinformation, the dark money, the suppression of the vote, it's easier to blame others," she said.

Since Russia was blamed for imposing Trump on the country, he and Russian President Vladimir Putin got intertwined in the minds of many, and opposing one means automatically opposing the other.

Catherine Austin Fitts: 'We are living with maximum uncertainty'

Greg Hunter
USA Watchdog
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC

Financial expert Catherine Austin Fitts has said for years that the economy was not going to crash, but be on a "slow burn." How long can they make this heavily indebted game last? Fitts says, "Our problem as investors is we don't know. If you look at all the information we need to make an intelligent assessment, we don't have access to that information. I have said many times this is a military question. Who has the biggest weapons and who has the ability to deliver force and control? So, we are living with maximum uncertainty. . . . Clearly, we are headed into a new currency world that's part of a new control system, but the answer is we don't know when. My fear with many, many commentators is they are underestimating the power and endurance of the system. I am always getting yelled at because people think I am pro-empire. I am not saying I am pro-empire or I am for the things they are doing to keep it going."

Fits adds that things are so uncertain that "the old system could go five years or five months."

Painfully misguided: "Vegan Mondays" is now law In Berkeley, California

Cait Corcoran
One Green Planet
Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:00 UTC

This past Thursday, Berkeley, California became the first city ever to declare "Green Mondays." This new law requires vegan-only food to be served at events and city meetings once a week. The campaign will be working alongside Green Monday U.S., an organization that encourages residents to slow down climate change by consuming plant-based foods.

Kate Harrison, a council member who helped author the Green Monday resolution, explains, "I'm not asking people to give up meat, I'm asking us to all think about what it is that we do every day, how we can reduce our meat consumption."

Comment: The push from the mainstream to try and get more and more people to adopt veganism to 'stop climate change' is so woefully misguided it's pathetic. It's simply driving an increasing number of people to compromise their health for absolutely no good reason. It won't stop climate change, it is not more green. It's only encouraging the populace to become malnourished while feeling that they're helping the planet.

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RT France reporter shot in the face during police crackdown on Yellow Vest protesters in Paris

RT
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:33 UTC

RT France reporter Lucas Leger says he was hit by a "police shot" in the face during the mayhem in downtown Paris as riot police were trying to disperse the Yellow Vest protesters.

Leger, who is covering the standoff, posted a selfie with a wound on the right side of his cheek.

Smoking banned in Scotland's prisons, E-cigs given out for free instead

BBC
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:00 UTC

Tobacco sales ceased last week

Scotland has introduced a smoking ban in prisons as part of an effort to help inmates quit.

It is estimated about 72% of Scottish prisoners smoke regularly, although sales of tobacco ceased in last week in preparation for the ban on Friday.

Comment: Many things are banned in prisons, but they're still widely available.

Vaping is still allowed and the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has offered e-cigarette kits free of charge to prisoners who want them.

Comment: Ahh, vaping, the 'healthy' alternative: Vaping damages DNA and may increase cancer risks, says study

The SPS chief executive said the ban would bring "significant improvements".

Comment: Any objective data to back up that spurious statement?

The date of the ban was announced following a major report into prison workers' exposure to second-hand smoke in July 2017.

Comment: Contraband is big business in prison and so tobacco will just become another item for smugglers, and at rates that will require prisoners to engage in shady activity in order to be able to afford them. Making more work for already overstretched wardens in the process.

However it's no surprise to see this legislation enacted, because councils in the UK are considering threatening tenants with homelessness if they don't comply with their no smoking policies. All in the name of 'health promotion', of course.

Now, where have we seen this duplicitous behaviour before? Anti-smoking campaigns aren't new: The Nazis' forgotten drive to eliminate tobacco from the Reich

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And check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: The Truth about Tobacco and the Benefits of Nicotine

Declining Empire: Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

Mike Stobbe
AP News
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:50 UTC

© David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File
In this Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, a fentanyl user holds a needle near Kensington and Cambria in Philadelphia. Suicides and drug overdoses helped lead a surge in U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. U.S. health officials released the latest numbers Thursday, Nov. 29. Death rates for heroin, methadone and prescription opioid painkillers were flat. But deaths from the powerful painkiller fentanyl and its close opioid cousins continued to soar in 2017.

Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live.

Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. It was the most deaths in a single year since the government began counting more than a century ago.

The increase partly reflects the nation's growing and aging population. But it's deaths in younger age groups - particularly middle-aged people - that have had the largest impact on calculations of life expectancy, experts said.

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Poll: Nearly half of Russians don't like Trump

RT
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:25 UTC

Russians have greatly changed their opinion of US President Donald Trump over the past year, with nearly a half of them now thinking negatively of him, Russian sociologists have found.

According to the latest research conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), 46 percent of Russian citizens have expressed a negative opinion of the US leader. The findings are based on interviews with 1,500 Russian citizens, conducted across the country late in November.

The fresh figures record nearly a twofold growth compared to the FOM's poll conducted last June, when only 25 percent of respondents viewed Trump negatively. 13 percent of the respondents have expressed a positive opinion of the US leader, while 41 percent were indifferent. Favorable views of Trump among Russians tanked twofold as well; last year 24 percent of Russians thought well of him.

Hunting Boko Haram: Nigerian warrior 'queen' leads flintlock-armed fight against Islamist extremists

RT
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:37 UTC

Aisha Bakari Gombi Anit-Boko Haram Vigilante

They used to hunt animals with spears and sticks, but now, wielding ancient rifles and led by a fearless warrior 'queen', a Nigerian vigilante squad goes after Boko Haram, one of the most violent jihadist groups in Africa.

Boko Haram roughly translates to 'Against Western Education'. Its ruthless militants have been plaguing Sub-Saharan Africa for decades.

The Islamists know no mercy, as their attacks wreak havoc on Nigerian towns and rural villages. When they aren't setting off bombs, they raid the area for hostages. While doing so, Boko Haram often targets women and girls.

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Doctors Without Borders report: 'Thousands of complex wounds' to Gaza protesters require urgent treatment

Doctors Without Borders
Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:51 UTC

Thousands of people shot by the Israeli army during protests in Gaza this year are overwhelming the Gazan medical system with complex wounds, infections, and disabilities, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.

MSF personnel work in four hospitals and five postoperative clinics in the Gaza Strip, providing dressing changes, physiotherapy, and plastic and orthopedic surgery. The cumulative needs of wounded patients are creating a medical emergency, as the lack of appropriate treatment in Gaza's crippled health system leads to a high risk of infection, especially for patients with open fractures.

"Osteomyelitis is a deep infection of the bone," Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb, MSF medical referent in Gaza, wrote recently. "If it goes untreated, it can lead to non-healing wounds and increase the risk of amputation. And as time goes on, it gets worse. These infections need to be treated as soon as possible. It's terrifying to think they could lead to amputation for these young men. But the infection is not easy to diagnose and there is currently no structure in Gaza for analyzing bone samples to identify it."

Stamping out intellectualism: Syrian woman reports her son was killed by Daesh for doing science

Sputnik
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:45 UTC

Sputnik has spoken with a Syrian woman, whose son was captured and killed by terrorists for doing science.

Um Muhannad from Southern Syria's As-Suwayda was freed by the terrorists a month ago. Along with the other released captives, she was welcomed by the whole city. She had spent three months in captivity and heard nothing of her 19-year-old son, who had also been captured. Back at home, she learned that the terrorists had executed him.

'We didn't really worry when he was arrested. They told us they were going to question him and then he'd be free. Then I got captured. I've been thinking of Muhannad for all three months of my arrest. I was worrying a lot as I couldn't get in touch with my family, but I wasn't expecting such bad news. It's really hard', Um Muhannad told Sputnik.

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Society's Child

Those in US who call for detente with Russia are branded Putin's puppets - The Nation's chief-editor tells RT

Catherine Austin Fitts: 'We are living with maximum uncertainty'

Painfully misguided: "Vegan Mondays" is now law In Berkeley, California

RT France reporter shot in the face during police crackdown on Yellow Vest protesters in Paris

Smoking banned in Scotland's prisons, E-cigs given out for free instead

Declining Empire: Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

Poll: Nearly half of Russians don't like Trump

Hunting Boko Haram: Nigerian warrior 'queen' leads flintlock-armed fight against Islamist extremists

Doctors Without Borders report: 'Thousands of complex wounds' to Gaza protesters require urgent treatment

Stamping out intellectualism: Syrian woman reports her son was killed by Daesh for doing science

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