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Viking Sky cruise ship safely arrives at Norwegian port after engine disaster

RT
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:13 UTC

A luxury cruise ship that was left floating due to engine failure and nearly crashed into the rocks in rough waters has safely arrived in the port of Molde on the west coast of Norway, with over 900 people on board.

The Viking Sky was towed to safety by two tugboats, with one sailing in front of the vessel and the other behind it.

The luxury cruise ship, which set sail with almost 1,400 passengers and crew aboard, sent out an SOS signal on Saturday. It was drifting in rough waters near a rocky coast after all its engines stopped working.

At one point, it approached land at a distance of just 100 meters, with passengers posting dramatic photos. But the crew was eventually able to start one of the engines and avoided crashing.

Russian bar patrons narrowly escape a 'chainsaw massacre' as man goes berserk

RT
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:49 UTC

An ordinary night out in Russia ended up like a scene from a horror movie - as a man attempted to cut people at a bar into pieces with a chainsaw.

The hair-raising incident occurred in the port city of Nakhodka on Russia's Pacific coast. The bar's clientele, however, managed to escape the rampage as people were quick to react, disarming the perpetrator, local media report.

A video that surfaced online shows people bravely surrounding the man as he brandishes a chainsaw. Screams of fright are heard in the background as people attempt to get the would-be horror movie villain to the ground.

Yale rescinds student's admission as defendants charged in $25 million college entrance scam set to appear in Boston federal court

Bill Hutchinson and Brian Hartman
ABC News
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:17 UTC

Yale University has rescinded the admission of a student that officials at the school say was involved in a nationwide college entrance scam that ensnared 50 people, including Hollywood actresses and chief executive officers, some of whom are set to appear Monday in a Boston federal courtroom.

The ousted student, who was not identified, is the second person from the Ivy League college caught up in the coast-to-coast scandal in which federal prosecutors allege dozens of wealthy parents lied and paid massive bribes to get their children into elite schools.

Rudolph "Rudy" Meredith, the former head women's soccer coach at Yale, was arrested in the federal probe dubbed "Varsity Blues" and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services wire fraud. Prosecutors said Meredith, 51, was paid a $400,000 bribe by William "Rick" Singer, identified by authorities as the ringleader of the scam, to accept a student even though the applicant did not play soccer.

The Yale student's parents had allegedly paid Singer $1.2 million to get their daughter into the prestigious Connecticut school, prosecutors said.

Fake News for sale: Guardian and Open Philanthropy Project ink deal to pen stories

Frank Mitloehner
GHGGuru Blog
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:01 UTC

It's a frightening prospect to think any person or entity with significant funds could buy editorial time or space to promote a specific ideology, but that's what's going on between the Guardian and the Open Philanthropy Project (OPP).

In 2017, the daily U.K.-based newspaper sought and received a grant from OPP to regularly print editorial content in support of OPP's well-established animal rights agenda. OPP is paying the Guardian $886,600 (USD) to publish a series titled "Animals farmed." It consists of a steady stream of articles that paint animal agriculture as inhumane, unhealthy and dangerous to the environment.

Before going any further, let me be clear about something. In this day and age, newspapers are under increasing pressure to find sources of revenue to replace subscriptions and lost advertising dollars, for example. The Guardian has been transparent in its solicitation and receipt of funds from OPP and even includes a statement of funding and the OPP logo on all stories that are written under the terms of the grant. I don't admire the Guardian's selling of its editorial space, but at least it's not keeping it a secret. Although honesty is the best policy, the Guardian's actions still fall short of my view of what journalism should be about. I'm sure others would agree.

Comment: "Editorial independence" our butts! The Guardian has become little more than a propaganda rag that's increasingly been pushing the global veganism agenda. This article clearly illustrates why that is - it's all about the money, folks! This is reminiscent of the recent Keto Crotch hubbub - this isn't news, it's paid copy designed to sway readers in a direction deemed beneficial for those footing the bill. From one perspective, it's advertising. From another, it's paid propaganda. But however you look at it, it ain't news.

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DoS attack forces New Zealand Police to shut down gun confiscation website

Luis Valdes
The Truth About Guns
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00 UTC

And some folks say gun owners don't have a rebellious streak in them. With less than 24 hours, the NZ Police was forced to shut down their gun confiscation website due to massive amounts of online trolling.

Comment: No doubt the recent massacre in New Zealand is being used for all manner of political agendas - including, as with this story, disarming citizens.

French soldiers allowed to 'open fire' if lives are threatened by Yellow Vest protesters this weekend as the military is drafted to help police

Peter Allen
The Daily Mail
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:49 UTC

French police will be allowed to open fire if lives are threatened by Yellow Vest rioters this weekend, the military governor of Paris said today. Pictured: protesters setting up a barricade on the Champs-Elysees last Saturday

French soldiers will be permitted to 'open fire' if lives are threatened by Yellow Vest rioters this weekend, the military governor of Paris said today.

General Bruno Leray's ominous words highlight the growing law and order crisis faced by President Emmanuel Macron as he faces up to the increasingly violent social movement.

It has now been confirmed that the French Army will support some 5,000 police trying to keep order during the 19th Yellow Vest Saturday demonstration in a row in Paris at the weekend.

General Leray told Franceinfo Radio on Friday: 'If their life or that of the people they defend is threatened, they can go up to opening fire.'

There was widespread rioting across the French capital last Saturday, with banks, high-end shops, and restaurants looted and burnt out.

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Tens of thousands rally against EU copyright bill

RT
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:19 UTC

People protest against the planned EU copyright reform in Berlin

Tens of thousands of protesters marched all across Europe to vent their anger at the controversial EU copyright bill critics say will curb freedom to upload content on social media platforms like YouTube or Tumblr.

Europe saw massive rallies on Saturday with countless protesters united by a motto 'Save our Internet'. In Germany alone, as many as forty demonstrations took place. Munich and Berlin were the venues for the largest protests, with 40,000 and 30,000 people taking part.

Many were seen holding hand-made banners that read "We are not bots," "Make art not articles" or "Yes to copyright, not to censorship."

Comment: Article 13 is completely ludicrous and appears to be proposed by people who know approximately nothing about how technology actually works. Is the EU trying to get itself banned from the internet?

German migration boss: Only 35% of migrants qualify for asylum

RT
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:02 UTC

German police officers check the passports of bus passengers on the highway from Austria.

Only 35 percent of migrants arriving in Germany qualify for asylum, while the remainder lack valid reasons, have no documentation or use forged IDs, the head of the country's migration service said.

"Too many people without a reason for asylum" arrive in the country, Hans-Eckhard Sommer, who is in charge of BAMF (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees), complained in an interview with the Welt am Sonntag paper.

With its lavish welfare programs, Germany had been the dream destination for refugees from the Middle East and North Africa since the massive migrant crisis broke out in Europe in 2015. The country took in around one million refugees that year, with influx still remaining high for years later.

Russian tourist arrested after attempting to smuggle drugged orangutan in airline luggage

Toyin Owoseje
Independent
Sat, 23 Mar 2019 18:32 UTC

© AFP/Getty Images
A rescued two-year-old orangutan resting inside a rattan basket, after a smuggling attempt by a Russian tourist at Bali’s international airport.

A Russian tourist has been arrested in Bali after attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan home in his luggage.

Quarantine officials at Ngurah Rai International Airport detained Andrei Zhestkov on Friday after he passed through a security screening before a planned flight back to Russia.

According to authorities, the two-year-old primate was found sleeping in a rattan basket. Mr Zhestkov prepared for the trip by packing baby formula and blankets for the orangutan.

"We believe the orangutan was fed allergy pills which caused him to sleep. We found the pills inside the suitcase," Bali conservation agency official I Ketut Catur Marbawa said in a statement.

Four students kicked out of fraternity after racist video surfaces

Phil Helsel
NBC News
Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:37 UTC

The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity said it has expelled four members at a chapter at the University of Georgia after video surfaced appearing to show men using a racial slur about black people and talking about picking cotton.

"Tau Kappa Epsilon is disgusted, appalled and angered by the remarks shown in a video of four expelled members," the national fraternity said in a statement. "TKE will not tolerate any actions such as these that would be defined as racist, discriminatory and/or offensive."

The video, which has not been verified by NBC News, appears to show one white man using a belt to slap another who is under covers in bed, and someone saying "pick my cotton" followed by an expletive. The person being hit says, "I am not black."

In the video, when someone else says "you're not using the right words," a racial slur can be heard.

A spokesman for Tau Kappa Epsilon said the video shared on social media is the video in question. The fraternity said it was made aware of the video on Friday, and the event was not a Tau Kappa Epsilon function.

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Society's Child

Viking Sky cruise ship safely arrives at Norwegian port after engine disaster

Russian bar patrons narrowly escape a 'chainsaw massacre' as man goes berserk

Yale rescinds student's admission as defendants charged in $25 million college entrance scam set to appear in Boston federal court

Fake News for sale: Guardian and Open Philanthropy Project ink deal to pen stories

DoS attack forces New Zealand Police to shut down gun confiscation website

French soldiers allowed to 'open fire' if lives are threatened by Yellow Vest protesters this weekend as the military is drafted to help police

Tens of thousands rally against EU copyright bill

German migration boss: Only 35% of migrants qualify for asylum

Russian tourist arrested after attempting to smuggle drugged orangutan in airline luggage

Four students kicked out of fraternity after racist video surfaces

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