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Russian Far East land giveaway gains ground with business guide on using plots effectively


RT
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:53 UTC
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© Igor Ageyenko / Sputnik
The Russian Ministry for Far East Development will soon prepare and release 30 model business plans to develop and use the free 1-hectare land plots that are being offered to citizens for free.

"These will be business plans of a sort that describe how new owners can make proper use of the land. It is important that a potential owner could see how the plot is used by other people, what can be done on a particular land plot and how promising the various types of economic activity are," the head of the ministry, Aleksandr Galushka, said in an interview with Izvestia daily.

He also said the ministry planned to draft several amendments to the law on the free handover of land that would specify several points in the procedure, give additional powers in allocating the plots to regional authorities, and introduce the procedure of taking back the land from owners who lose their Russian citizenship. "Exclusively Russian citizens must make use of our land," Galushka told reporters.
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Pisa, Italy residents petition and protest against mosque construction


RT
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:50 UTC
Pisa
© Unbekannt
Hundreds of residents of the Italian city of Pisa have staged a rally, calling for others to sign a petition against the planned construction of a mosque only 400 meters to the city's main attraction, the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The rally was organized at the city market of the city of some 90,000 residents. According to Ruptly video agency, hundreds of people took part in the protest.

"We have to halt the construction of new mosques to prevent Italy from becoming an Islamic suburb to avoid losing our identity," right wing MP and leader of the 'No Mosque Campaign' Daniela Santanche said.

Comment: These morons should visit Syria for a week, and see what religious freedom and tolerance actually looks like.

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In defense of the burka: How bans do nothing to counter radicalization

Catherine Shakdam
RT
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:34 UTC
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© Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
Brace yourself ladies and gentlemen for Germany can now cure radicalism. In one swift swoop, Berlin has offered to both eradicate radicalism and free women from the diktat of their modesty. Aren't you glad you live in a democracy?

Lost in the throes of a grand debate over its immigration policy and Chancellor Angela Merkel's insistence that refugees should come in their uncontrolled droves, come what may, all in the name of righteous "tolerance", German officials are now actively considering legislating over fashion to address "integration" and radicalization.

Rather than actually formulate, or even legislate against the source of radicalism: unfettered Salafism, or as we should really call it, Wahhabism, Germany, like France, has chosen to focus on the one element it feels comfortable tackling: women fashion, singling out the burka as the manifestation of latent terrorism.
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Fivefold increase in the number of slavery victim reports in the UK


RT
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:23 UTC
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© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
There has been a fivefold rise in the number of slavery victims in England and Wales since 2012, according to the Salvation Army.

The charity says it has supported 1,805 people from April 2015 to March 2016. That's compared to 378 referrals between July 2011 and June 2012 - the first year of the government contract to support victims.

In the past five years, the group has helped nearly 4,500 modern slaves, but Home Office figures estimate there are still between 10,000 and 13,000 slaves in the UK.

Almost half of its referrals had been sexually exploited, 42 percent were victims of labor exploitation working within industries such as agriculture and construction, and 13 percent had been held in domestic servitude, the Salvation Army says.

Comment: More on the modern day slavery problem.

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Symbolic? Black biofilm spreads on Washington D.C. monuments

Kiri Blakeley
Daily Mail
Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:00 UTC
Jefferson Memorial

The normally pure white marble dome of the Jefferson Memorial has turned gray-ish with biofilm, otherwise known as black slime.

Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson have been slimed.

A mysterious black slime has been steadily oozing over Washington DC's most famous monuments, including the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.

The Jefferson Memorial's white marble dome is slowly turning gray from the icky substance, which is called biofilm, and not actually a slime, but more of a powder, reports CBS News.

The black stuff hasalso creeped over the Arlington National Cemetery and on the Washington Monument and the tombstones at Congressional Cemetery, according to NPS.gov.

Comment: This could be a physical manifestation of the ever-increasing degradation of the Washington D.C. political scene.

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Using kids as guinea pigs: UK approved secret experimental drug trials in youth detention centers during 1960s


RT
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:15 UTC
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© Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters
Home Office employees approved plans to carry out experimental drug trials on children at two schools for disruptive teenagers in the 1960s, newly-declassified documents reveal.

Government psychiatrists gave the green light to testing new behavior-modifying drugs on boys at Richmond Hill Approved School in North Yorkshire and girls at Springhead Park Approved School in Rothwell, near Leeds.

The boys, aged 15 and above, were given an anticonvulsant drug in a bid to control their behavior.

But plans for drug trials at Springhead Park were shelved after the headmistress and school managers rejected them.

Comment: Unfortunately children around the world are still being used as subjects in drug trials, often without knowledge or consent.

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LA County proposes millionaires' tax to fund the homeless

Amando Flavio
AnonHQ.com
Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:35 UTC
homeless man
The most populous county in the United States, the County of Los Angeles (LA County), is hoping to institute a new law that will ensure that millionaires living in the county will be taxed to fund homeless programs for the poor.

The law, nicknamed the "millionaires' tax" will pay for housing and other services for the homeless in the county. The County Board of Supervisors has already voted to pursue the new legislation at the state level.

LA County has a population of more than 10 million people. However, the county has one of the highest homeless populations in the United States. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the county is home to almost 47,000 homeless people. The staggering number of the homeless dents the image of the county, which is also considered one of the richest in the United States. In 2012, the Guardian reported that the city of Los Angeles alone in the county, was home to 126,000 millionaires.

Comment: If this bill passes will the money just be frittered away on 'programs' or will it do the one thing that makes a person not homeless?

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Dallas P.D. tries to block the release of information related to their use of bomb robot

Derrick Broze
Activist Post
Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:24 UTC
dallas robot
© The Daily Dot
The Dallas Police Department is attempting to block the release of information related to the use of a bomb robot that was used to kill the sniper who murdered five officers in July.

On July 7, Micah Xavier Johnson attacked a group of police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five officers and injuring two others. Johnson was reportedly upset about the police shootings of black men and wanted to target white officers. After hours of negotiations, Dallas Police Chief David Brown decided to send in a robot armed with a brick of C-4 explosive. The robot detonated the bomb near Johnson on the campus of El Centro College in downtown Dallas. Johnson was killed in the explosion.

"Our bomb robot detonated a bomb where the suspect was," Brown said at the time. "Other options would have subjected officers to great danger."
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"All jihad is local": How the U.S. recruits Daesh fighters by proxy - exploiting local grievances

Jeff Seldin
Voice of America
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:35 UTC
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It is one of the more vexing problems facing intelligence agencies across much of the world - trying to understand the phenomenon that has caused tens of thousands of people to leave their homes and take up arms for the Islamic State terror group.

But a new analysis of the terror group's own entry records suggests while those flocking to the self-declared caliphate come from diverse regions and from a variety of socio-economic background, many share a deep-seated resentment of where they live.

And the study suggests it is a sentiment that IS managed to expertly exploit once and could possibly exploit again.

Comment: Formula: Create regions of instability; exploit existing regions of instability by infiltrating them with radicals, thus maintaining the instability; recruit fighters with utopian visions in order to get them to fight for U.S. foreign policy objectives without them even knowing it. Naturally Rosenblatt and other terrorism researchers leave out the meta role of the U.S. in all of this, but it needs to be said: Daesh serves U.S. objectives, whether individual fighters are aware of it or not. (You can read Rosenblatt's full report here.) Hezbollah's leader knows what's up:



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Buttock slasher: Manhunt by police for cutting 8 women in Tokyo waterpark


RT
Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:58 UTC
Tokyo pool
© Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
Artificial wave pool at Tokyo Summerland in Akiruno, Japan
An unidentified assailant has cut eight young women with a blade at a pool of the Tokyo Summerland water park. All women sustained minor injuries and were hospitalized, while police say the attacker went unnoticed in his actions.

The eight women, all aged between 19 and 23, were swimming in a busy pool when the attacks took place. According to police, cited by local media, an unidentified male would allegedly swim towards the women and, unnoticeably, cut them lightly with some sort of cold blade, aiming for the women's buttocks.

According to the Tokyo Fire Department, all women were transported to hospital after reporting their cuts, and are currently receiving treatment. The department notes that none of their injuries are life-threatening. Security forces are currently at the scene attempting to determine the circumstances of the incident.

It is reported that the assailant fled the scene. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has launched a search operation and is investigating the case. The identity of the man is unknown, as are the motives behind his actions. Police is also trying to determine how the man could enter the premises with a blade unnoticed.

The incident took place at the Tokyo Summerland water park in Akiruno, one of the capital's suburbs. It's one of the largest water parks in Japan, with two pools - indoor and outdoor - and is a popular recreation facility for families and young people during the summer months. It is traditionally rather crowded, especially on weekends.

Comment: Yet another variation on homemade terror. Hopefully this is just some nut case and a one-time incident. Regardless, it reminds us to pay attention out there!

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