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Baltimore man in critical condition after gas cylinders explode in vehicle

Tim Prudente
The Baltimore Sun
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:21 UTC
Pikesville car explosion
© Youtube/WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore (screen capture)
A Maryland Transit Administration employee suffered severe injuries to his head, hands and chest Monday morning when cylinders of compressed gas exploded at a maintenance facility in Pikesville, the state fire marshal's office said.

David Kotofski, 64, was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He remained in critical condition Monday evening, the fire marshal said.

Kotofski was moving supplies from his personal vehicle to his work truck when the explosion happened about 8 a.m., officials said. The gas cylinders exploded in the trunk of his personal vehicle. The fire burned nine vehicles at the maintenance facility, 4380 Old Court Road.

About 30 people were evacuated from the facility. No one else was hurt.
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Attention

'Catastrophe waiting to happen': Sanders wants to shut down decaying nuclear plant 25 mi. from NYC


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:54 UTC
Indian Point
© Mark Kauzlarich / ReutersDemocratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
The continued operation of the "decaying" 40-year-old Indian Point nuclear power plant up the Hudson River from New York City "makes no sense," said Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders two weeks before the New York State presidential primary.

The two, 1970s-era Indian Point nuclear reactors, situated about 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City and within 50 miles of 20 million residents, have come under increased scrutiny of late as the facility has experienced nine occurrences of technical problems in the past year or so. Four of them were serious enough to shut down the plant, RT's Alexey Yaroshevsky reported in February.

Comment: See also: Cancer rates have soared in areas near Indian Point nuclear power plant

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Arizona: Bees swarm Phoenix mosque; much to the disappointment of bigots, no one seriously hurt


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:38 UTC
Bees
© Adrees Latif/Reuters
Killer bees swarmed into Friday prayers at a Phoenix, Arizona mosque, stinging over 20 people and shutting down the entire street in the process.

Some 20,000 bees attacked the Muslim Community Mosque, causing worshipers to flee as fire crews cordoned off the building and sprayed it with a special foam to subdue the bees.

Local residents were instructed to stay indoors and one man told KNXV-TV how he witnessed the angry bees from his house.

"I don't know, it was just crazy how everyone was running everywhere," he said. "They were making some movements like that ... some people would even fall in the grass over there and then they'd get up and start running."


Many were stung as they quickly covered themselves with blankets and one 24 year old was taken to hospital, but is in stable condition, according to local channel KTVK-TV.

The incident didn't stop actual Islamophobia on Twitter. Right-wing users immediately mocked Muslims, telling them to "buzz off" in some cases.
Tweets from ignorant bigots
© Twitter

Comment: As Islamophobia Rises, Moral Values Decrease

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Alarm Clock

Child survivors of Nepal earthquake sold to rich British families as domestic slaves - report


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:50 UTC
Nepalese children
© Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Vulnerable children, including child survivors of last year's earthquake in Nepal, are being sold to British families as domestic slaves, an investigation by the Sun newspaper has claimed.

The paper says boys and girls as young as 10 are being sold for £5,250 ($7,468) in India's Punjab province, near the Nepalese border. Last April, a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed almost 9,000 people, and sent thousands of Nepalese families across the border to India seeking safety.

The Sun reports that black market gangs are targeting Nepalese refugee children as well as kids from poor Indian families by approaching their relatives to "do a deal." According to the paper, a slave driver, named as Makkan Singh, lined up kids for the paper's undercover reporter, who was posing as a rich Sikh living in the UK, to choose from.

"We have supplied lads who have gone on to the UK," Singh said. "Most of the ones who are taken to England are Nepalese." Singh explained that most families keep the children locked up in India for several years while arranging travel documents. "Take a Nepalese to England. They are good people. They are good at doing all the housework and they're very good cooks. No-one is going to come after you," he said. "India is flooded with boys. Nepal has been destroyed and all the Nepalese are here. "You do the deal, pay me the money and you're away free. You buy the kids and off you go."

Comment: And what is law enforcement going to do about human trafficking? Not much. To get an idea of the enormity of the problem and how it is covered up, see:

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Bad Guys

Former Alabama soccer coach pleads guilty to child porn charges


Go Upstate
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:21 UTC
David Jacobs Barrow and Kristian Danette Griffin.
© ABCDavid Jacobs Barrow and Kristian Danette Griffin.
A former north Alabama volunteer soccer coach already facing a 30-year sentence on human trafficking charges has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in a neighboring county.

Multiple news outlets reported Monday that 59-year-old David Jacob Barrow was given a 30-year sentence in Marshall County, which will run concurrent with a 30-year sentence he was given last week in Madison County.

Barrow admitted to filming girls inside restrooms at Guntersville High School and at the school's soccer field. He was arrested during a 2014 state soccer tournament.

Barrow was accused in Madison County of taking naked pictures of a young girl and paying 30-year-old Kristian Danette Griffin in cash and drugs to bring two 10-year-old girls to his house.

Griffin has also been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Comment: Behind the Headlines: Predators Among Us - Interview With Dr. Anna Salter

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You can now experience cremation in Virtual Reality


Sky News
Sun, 03 Apr 2016 18:58 UTC
Virtual Cremation
© Screen Capture
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to lie down in a chamber in the moments before your cremation? Well, now you can. It's probably not for the faint-hearted, but an attraction in Shanghai is offering people the chance to 'experience death and rebirth'.

They lie down in a mock-up cremation chamber as simulated flames pass over them. Participants then make their way through a small circular hole to experience 'rebirth' and join their friends. One person who took part in the simulation in the Chinese city was Lu Siwei.

He said: "This is a really interesting feeling. It at least gives you the chance to calm down, and brings you back to earth to think about some of life's problems. I think this (feeling) is different.

"When you walk through that door, you will experience some changes in your mentality, and it will be different from what it was before you entered.

"I think this is really great, and very worthwhile."
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Dollar

March gun sales break records yet again for 11 straight record-setting months

Stephen Gutowski
The Washington Free Beacon
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:40 UTC
Woman holding gun
© AP
Gun sales broke records yet again in the month of March.

The FBI performed 2,523,265 firearms-related background checks between March 1 and March 31, according to the agency's records. That's a new record for the month. It's nearly 35,000 more checks than the previous record set in March 2014.

Despite the new record, March saw the fewest checks of any month so far in 2016.

The March record is the eleventh straight monthly record for background checks. The unprecedented streak, which began in May 2015, has included all-time records for both monthly and yearly sales. With 7,682,141 checks processed through the FBI's National Instant Background Check System, 2016 is currently on pace to set another all time yearly sales record.

FBI background checks are widely considered a reliable gauge for gun sales because all sales conducted through federally licensed firearms dealers must include one. Some states also require private sales between non-dealers to include a background check. However, many states do not.

Many states also require FBI background checks as a part of the process for obtaining a gun carry permit. The FBI does not consider background checks a perfect record for the exact number of guns sold each month. "Based on varying state laws and purchase scenarios, a one-to-one correlation cannot be made between a firearm background check and a firearm sale," the agency noted on their background check report.

The sustained gun sales records coincide with increasingly aggressive gun control rhetoric from many Democrats, including President Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Comment: The number one driver of gun sales in America

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Telephone

Idaho mother calls 9/11 to report missing son, cops show up, smash his face, break teeth

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:39 UTC
Amy Olzan's son
© ABC
On March 13, after not being able to find her 12-year-old son for an extended period, Amy Olzak called the Idaho Falls Police Department to report him missing. Instead of helping her son, however, according to Olzak and multiple witnesses, the officer who responded brutally attacked this young boy.

"I just wanted them to help me find where he was," said Olzak. Ironically, this would never happen.

After spending all day looking for him with friends, Olzak finally located her son. Olzak then called the police to inform them that she no longer needed their services. However, police were not done yet.

"I just wanted them to be aware. They came over. I talked to an officer for a minute, and he walked over to my son. Then he put my son's hand behind his back and like lifted him up in the air and slammed his face into the trunk of a car," said Olzak.
The car belongs to Olzak's friend, Courtney Beck, who also witnessed the officer attack this child.

"He put his arm behind his back and his head into the back of trunk hard enough that it chipped his tooth and then placed him under arrest," said Beck. There was "absolutely no reason for it," she added. Another witness Jessica Bowles said she was in awe as she watched a full grown male police officer attack a small child. "I walked up closer and saw a chipped tooth, blood, and two fats lips," said Bowles.


Comment: Whatever the police do, they don't often suffer the consequences. As a result, they have become more bold with their violence. Violence, a celebrated ideal in the U.S., has become the new normal for kids living in a police state.

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Dollar Gold

Ignoring sanctions: Italians planning to invest in Crimea


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:19 UTC
black sea yalta crimea
© Sergey Malgavko / Sputnik The Black Sea coast in the Yalta region, Crimea.
Undaunted by sanctions, investors from Italy have arrived to Crimea in search of 500 hectares of land to create an agro industrial park on the peninsula.

The businessmen are interested in building greenhouses and develop wine growing, livestock breeding and processing agricultural goods.

"We are here because Crimea really needs to be developed. The climate here is similar to what they have in Tunisia. That's why we would like to grow here the same products we cultivate in Tunisia. We want to create a 500 hectare agro industrial park in Crimea," said Francesco Lo Ludice, a member of the delegation after a meeting with Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Ruslan Balbek.

Comment: Crimea has done well since its reunification with Russia; the economy is thriving and Russian support has enabled it to develop its industries, making it an inviting country for foreign investors.

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Whistle

Huey P. Newton Gun Club and New Black Panthers thwart anti-Muslim protest in Dallas


RT
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:52 UTC
New black panthers Dallas
© Ruptly
A gun-toting anti-Muslim hate group protesting at a mosque in Texas weren't expecting to be confronted by armed members of the New Black Panther party and the Huey P Newton Gun Club.

The Bureau of American Islamic Relations (BAIR) enjoys showing up at Muslim prayer centers armed with firearms in an effort to intimidate people trying to worship.

They also dress in army gear, perhaps inspired by the Bundy Gang.
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