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Google spying: Stung by Canada's privacy commissioner for ads linked to personal health history


The Vancouver Sun
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:00 UTC
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© Connie Zhou , AP
Hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the computer servers into a cooling unit to be recirculated at a Google data centre in Mayes County, Okla. The green lights are the server status LEDs reflecting from the front of the servers. European governments are in the forefront of those concerned about Google’s privacy policies.
Google has been caught afoul of the law by displaying web ads linked to a person's health history, according to Canada's interim privacy commissioner Chantal Bernier.

An investigation by her office backed up a man's complaints that he was seeing so-called behavioural advertisements based on his web browsing history. After searching for information about devices to treat sleep apnea, he began to see ads for those devices as he browsed the web.

While behavioural advertising is not illegal, Canada's privacy law does not allow consumers to be targeted based on "sensitive personal information," including their health.

Google's privacy policy outlaws displaying advertisements based on race, religion, sexual orientation or health. But the Mountain View, Calif.-based company acknowledged that some advertisers using its ad-serving platform were not following the policy.
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Harry Reid says "something is going to happen" to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy - standoff compared to Waco and Ruby Ridge


CBS News - Las Vegas
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:34 UTC
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Rancher Cliven Bundy, with his grandson Braxton Louge in tow and armed security guards, leave his ranch house on April 11, 2014 west of Mesquite, Nev.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says "something is going to happen" to get Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy to stop letting his cattle graze on federal land.

"It's obvious that you can't just walk away from this. And we can speculate all we want to speculate to what's going to happen next," Reid told KSNV-TV. "But I don't think it's going to be tomorrow that something is going to happen, but something will happen. We are a nation of laws, not of men and women."

Reid called militias staying at Bundy's Bunkerville ranch "domestic violent terrorist-wannabes."

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., disagreed with Reid, telling KSNV that these militia members are "patriots" and took issue with how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management handled the situation.
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Cop kills teen girl trying to leave party


Truth and Action
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:32 UTC
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19-year-old Samantha Ramsey died last weekend after Deputy Tyler Brockman shot her multiple times as she was trying to leave a house party in Boone County, Kentucky.

Brockman is claiming self defense, stating that she almost ran him over with her vehicle.

The video shows Brockman approaching the vehicle as Ramsey tries to drive away. He shot her off camera, but witnesses seen gasping in the video state it was an execution.

It's hard to fathom self defense on the part of the officer - he approached the vehicle, somehow gets in the way, then feels he's in danger so he has to shoot and kill this unarmed girl at point-blank range, which obviously would render the vehicle out of control.

Seems to be a case of 'do what I say or else', which is an attitude running rampant through law enforcement across this country. We are hiring goons now, not police officers.
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TSA reaches tentative settlement in breast milk lawsuit


CBS News - Los Angeles
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:57 UTC
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The United States Transportation Security Administration has reached a tentative settlement in the highly publicized lawsuit filed by a mother who was allegedly harassed by TSA officers when she requested her breast milk not be x-rayed, authorities announced Tuesday.

The TSA again apologizes to Stacey Armato for the incident that took place at the Phoenix Airport on Jan. 25, 2010 and also agreed to clarify its internal procedures for screening breast milk in the tentative deal.

"We brought this lawsuit for one reason - to bring clarity and policy change for breastfeeding mothers traveling with breast milk," Armato said. "Hopefully what I experienced at the Phoenix Airport in 2010 will never happen to another mother traveling with her breast milk."
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Crazed North Carolina deputy snatches phones from family after recording proves she 'lied'

David Edwards
The Raw Story
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:48 UTC
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A North Carolina officer was caught on video allegedly lying about a retired Marine combat instructor "being aggressive" in his own home, and then took the cell phones away from his family members who were trying to record the encounter.

Retired United States Marine combat instructor Carlos Jaramillo provided the blog Photography Is Not A Crime with video of Onslow County Sheriff's Deputy Natalie Barber responding to his home over the weekend over a dispute between neighbors.

At some point, Barber and Jaramillo began arguing about whether he was legally obligated to provide her with his identification. He offered her a government-issued Veterans Affair card, but the deputy insisted on seeing a driver's license.

That's when Jaramillo informed Barber that he was going to record the incident "for my safety."
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Head of Mass. Social Services agency at center of Pelletier case resigns

Liz Klimas
The Blaze
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:11 UTC
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Massachusetts Department of Children and Families Commissioner Olga Roche resigned Tuesday amid mounting pressure after Oliver’s disappearance and death, and after two infants in families receiving DCF services had died in April 2014. Olga Roche also presided over the horrific mistreatment of Justina Pelletier who is in state custody against her will.
The embattled head of Massachusett's child welfare agency resigned Tuesday under mounting pressure following the deaths of three children, with Gov. Deval Patrick saying it was impossible for her to continue in her job.

Olga Roche's resignation comes after calls from top Democratic lawmakers - including Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray - for Roche to be replaced as commissioner of the Department of Children and Families.

The state's DCF is also involved in the contentious custody battle involving Connecticut teenager Justina Pelletier, who for more than a year has been in state care after her parents disagreed with a diagnosis made at Boston Children's Hospital that contradicted another diagnosis and were then met with allegations of medical child abuse. The Pelletiers continue to petition for the department to return custody. It was recently announced that a reunification plan was in the works to at least send Justina back to her home state.

"I have accepted her resignation because I believe it is not possible for the agency to move forward in this environment with her at the helm," said John Polanowicz, secretary of the state's Executive Office of Health and Human Services, which oversees the DCF.

The agency named Erin Deveney as its interim commissioner. She has been working there for about 30 days following a stint at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

"Olga Roche presided over the horrific mistreatment of Justina Pelletier and the tragic deaths of children in DCF custody," the Pelletier's spokesman Rev. Patrick Mahoney said. "We hope Erin Deveney will correct the systemic injustice of the previous administration by taking immediate steps to free Justina into the loving arms of her family and accepting the reunification proposal."

Comment: Who knows what is happening behind the scenes, but the results speak for themselves: children dead and tortured. See:

Parents lose custody of teen after seeking 2nd medical opinion; girl indefinitely detained in psych ward

Boston Psychiatric Unit's imprisonment of teenager Justina Pelletier needs State investigation into reckless endangerment of psychiatric diagnosing
Based on what can only be described as a "cozy" relationship between the Hospital's "child protection team," its psychiatric staff and the Department of Social Services, the Hospital filed a child abuse or neglect form against Justina's parents.[...]
Another clue in this article:

Mother jailed for refusing to drug daughter with a highly controversial antipsychotic - Child ends up in a mental institution
Maryanne Godboldo endured a mother's worst nightmare when in May 2011 police and social workers burst into her home without a warrant, seized her then 13-year-old daughter, locked the child in a psychiatric hospital and purportedly doped her with dangerous antipsychotic drugs[...] "For every child they put in foster care in Michigan, the state gets $1,200 for the paperwork," she said. "This has become a money making business for taking children."


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A doctor's declaration of independence

Daniel F. Craviotto Jr.
The Wall Street Journal
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:05 UTC
It's time to defy health-care mandates issued by bureaucrats not in the healing profession.
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In my 23 years as a practicing physician, I've learned that the only thing that matters is the doctor-patient relationship. How we interact and treat our patients is the practice of medicine. I acknowledge that there is a problem with the rising cost of health care, but there is also a problem when the individual physician in the trenches does not have a voice in the debate and is being told what to do and how to do it.

As a group, the nearly 880,000 licensed physicians in the U.S. are, for the most part, well-intentioned. We strive to do our best even while we sometimes contend with unrealistic expectations. The demands are great, and many of our families pay a huge price for our not being around. We do the things we do because it is right and our patients expect us to.

So when do we say damn the mandates and requirements from bureaucrats who are not in the healing profession? When do we stand up and say we are not going to take it any more?
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Filipino protesters burn effigy of Barack Obama

Frances Martel
breitbart.com
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:02 UTC
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"No-bama, no bases, no war," chanted an angry crowd of protesters in Manila Monday, infuriated by a ten-year defense deal in which the United States promised support for the Filipino army in the event of any dispute with the country's neighbors growing violent.

According to NBC News, the crowd paraded through the streets with several figurines that appeared constructed with the full detail of a parade float. The centerpiece of the protest, however, was a large dog with the face of the President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III. The dog pulled a chariot controlled by a figurine of President Barack Obama, which was burned in effigy while floating through the streets.

The activists, many members of the Philippines' left wing political party, also threw rotten tomatoes and eggs at the effigies before they were burned, according to the Philippine Star. Opponents believe, the report continues, that significant US military presence in the country violates provisions of the Filipino Constitution.
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Lynchburg, VA: train carrying crude oil derails and bursts into flame

Paresh Dave
LA Times
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:06 UTC

Flames and thick black smoke rose into the air after a train derailed Wednesday afternoon along a river in downtown Lynchburg, Va., toppling more than a dozen oil tanker cars and plunging several into the water.

At least three of the oil tankers were punctured, spilling crude oil, city spokeswoman Heather Childress told the Los Angeles Times. No injuries were reported. The train is operated by CSX, city officials said, but the rail company did not immediately respond for comment.

Authorities said the fire had been contained, though they were not using any extinguishing agents to tamp it down. Instead, they were letting it burn out because of concerns about what other materials the train might be carrying.

Lynchburg police advised motorists to keep away from the area and for nearby businesses to evacuate. Photos from the scene showed several black tanker cars on their side alongside the railroad tracks, but authorities did not immediately say what was inside the containers.

The derailment was along the James River near the Depot Grille restaurant, according to witness accounts on social media.
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Family

America's real unemployment rate: In 20% of families, no one has a job

Michael Snyder
The American Dream
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:17 UTC
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According to shocking new numbers that were just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 percent of American families do not have a single person that is working. So when someone tries to tell you that the unemployment rate in the United States is about 7 percent, you should just laugh. One-fifth of the families in the entire country do not have a single member with a job. That is absolutely astonishing. How can a family survive if nobody is making any money? Well, the answer to that question is actually quite easy. There is a reason why government dependence has reached epidemic levels in the United States. Without enough jobs, tens of millions of additional Americans have been forced to reach out to the government for help. At this point, if you can believe it, the number of Americans getting money or benefits from the federal government each month exceeds the number of full-time workers in the private sector by more than 60 million.
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