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Migrant caravan stops in southern Mexico town after fights breaks out over rumors of kidnapped child

Keith Griffith
The Daily Mail
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:27 UTC
US border wall california
© Associated Press
Defense Secretary Mattis said on Sunday that military equipment is already moving to the southern US border. Pictured above are mounted border patrol agents at a newly constructed section of border wall in California.
A second caravan is heading for US despite resolute Trump deploying 800 US troops to the Mexican border

Coordinators of a caravan of several thousand Central American migrants moving through southern Mexico urged its members to rest Sunday. At first the migrants vowed to press on anyway but later changed their minds amid reports that a child had been abducted.

The migrants said they would stay and hold a meeting Sunday in Tapanatepec.

Late Saturday night, groups of migrants were running through the town's streets saying a migrant's child had been snatched. Something similar led to a panic at an earlier stop, but was not confirmed.

Comment: Townhall adds:
Tensions have been growing intense between those traveling on the caravan. Some of the illegal immigrants have relied on hitchhiking to travel between towns instead of walking the entire way. Part of the problem: as soon as seats become available, abled-body men rush to those vehicles, leaving women and children to walk.

A local nun scolded the men for their actions. She also said her church arranged for five vehicles to transport only women and children to their next stop in Niltepec, about 33 miles away.

A few people disagreed with the nun's assessment.

"To me it's bad because there has to be equality because we are all struggling on this path," Hector Alvarado, 25, told NBC News.

Rosa Bonilla, who is a single mother traveling with an almost 2-year-old and a 10-year-old disagreed that men shouldn't be allowed on the vehicles. She believes husbands should be allowed on the van as well because they help protect the women and children.

"If we go alone anything could happen," Bonilla said.

The Mexican government seems to be in limbo, trying to decide whether or not they should help the caravan's travelers press on or stop them from heading towards the United States. On Saturday, the Mexican government stepped in to help caravan riders for the first time. Grupo Beta, Mexico's immigrant protection agency, gave rides to those falling behind and passed out water, The Washington Post reported.

To try and force more caravan riders to apply for asylum, around a hundred federal police dressed in riot gear blocked a rural highway in southern Mexico. Police eventually let the caravan continue after Mexico's National Human Rights Commission reminded them that the stretch of highway, which lacked shade, water and restrooms, was not safe for the illegal immigrants.

The caravan still has 1,000 miles to go if they go through the McAllen, Texas point of entry. If they change routes and head towards San Diego, they're looking at another 2,000 miles.


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Attention

ISIS kills 4 at Libyan police station, kidnaps several others


Sputnik
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:35 UTC
benghazi
© REUTERS / Esam Omran Al-Fetori
A total of four people, including the son of a local official, were killed on Monday in the attack on police station in central Libya committed by Daesh terrorists, local authorities said.

"Currently, four people from the al-Fuqaha area have died as a result of the attack. Among them is the son of the chairman of the local council in the Jufra district," the Municipal Council of the Jufra district wrote on Facebook.

The representative of the council told Sputnik that Daesh terrorists also kidnapped a large number of young men as well as the employees of the police station that was attacked.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Libya remains in crisis and noted that any aggravation of the situation in the country should be prevented.

Comment: Thanks, NATO. Libya wouldn't be the country it is today without you.

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Bomb

Female suicide bomber blows herself up in Tunis, Tunisia, injures 8 police, 1 citizen


RT
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:20 UTC
tunis suicide bomb scene
© Tarek Amara / Reuters
Police close off the area near the site of an explosion in the center of the Tunisian capital Tunis, Tunisia October 29, 2018.
A woman has blown herself up in an apparent terrorist attack in Tunisia's capital, reportedly injuring eight police officers. People were seen running for their lives after the bomb exploded on a busy street.

The explosion took place on Habib Bourguiba avenue, central Tunis, near the city's Municipal Theater.
I'm at the scene where a woman blew herself up in central Tunis. Initial reports suggest six police officers were killed. pic.twitter.com/HWxLevXGvt

- Anelise Borges (@AnneliseBorges) October 29, 2018
Witness Mohamed Ekbal bin Rajib told Reuters that he was "in front of the theater and heard a huge explosion and saw people fleeing." Ambulances also could be heard rushing to the scene.

Several ambulances and police are already on the scene, as videos uploaded to social media show officials examining the body of the woman and trying control panicked crowds.

Comment: Is something afoot in Tunisia? America is quietly expanding its secret war in Tunisia

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Hammer

It's all 'the rage': New Yorkers take a swing at conventions by breaking dishes, old electronics

Miguel Moreno
The Epoch Times
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
rage guy
© Men's Health
Just break stuff.
New Yorkers are picking up aluminum bats not to play ball, but to take a swing at mom's forgotten dishes and obsolete technology - all while beating the stress out of themselves.

In August 2018, Jeffrey Yip opened The Rage Cage in Manhattan where couples, friends, and lone berserkers can unleash their aggression on electronics and more for the sake of de-stressing or having fun.

The Rage Cage is not the first business to open "rage rooms," (also known as destruction rooms) in the United States. Since 2008 various rage rooms have opened across the nation, and this is the second in New York City.

The growing number of rage rooms has not only caught the attention of hot-heads, but also psychologists who have raised concerns over the nature of the practice and the long-term effects of venting anger in a violent way to relieve stress.

Comment: While these facilities are a 'smashing success', they are not a substitute for therapy nor do they alleviate the causes of an aggression problem. And surely, there are more 'constructive' ways to have fun and not literally 'go to pieces.'

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Gold Bar

Illegal possession: Russian arrested carrying 13kg of gold in rucksack


RT
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:12 UTC
gold in backpack
© FSB press service
The gold seized by FSB in Yakutia.
A man has been detained in Russia's far-eastern region of Yakutia after being caught with a rucksack full of gold. Possession and transportation of the precious metal is heavily regulated.

The 52-year-old man was busted in the forest carrying a bag with about 13kg (29lbs) of gold in the form of bullion and "non-uniform powder", the local branch of the FSB told journalists. The market worth of the treasure is estimated at over $500,000. The man, who failed to explain how he came into possession of the gold, is facing up to five years in prison for illegal possession of the metal.

Yakutia, also known as the Republic of Sakha, is one of the biggest centers of gold extraction and processing in Russia. However regulations on precious metals and gemstones are pretty restrictive - a measure meant to limit theft, unlicensed prospecting, as well as their use for payment for illegal activities. Individuals may possess them, but only as jewelry or as bullion purchased through a bank.

Still some people answer the age-old call of gold, either hoping to legalize their treasures in some way or simply hoping that the restrictions would be lifted someday. Just a week ago a man in Yakutia was sentenced to two years in prison for illegal possession of over 28kg (62lbs) of the metal, which he claimed to have purchased from a stranger he never saw again, RIA Novosti reported.
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Beer

Reykjavík plunged into a state of emergency as US troops drink up all their beer


RT
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:18 UTC
beer glasses
© Reuters/ Nguyen Huy Kham
It was only supposed to be a pit stop, but some 7,000 US troops taking part in mass NATO drills nonetheless managed to deplete some bars and restaurants, in Iceland's capital Reykjavik, of all their beer, according to local media.

The troops stopped in Iceland over the weekend while on their way to Sweden and Finland for a 300,000-strong NATO exercise. In total, some 50,000 of the forces participating are US troops.

But, apparently unconcerned about moderating their intake of booze just before Trident Juncture 18, thought to be NATO's biggest military exercise since the Cold War, the troops plunged several bars in downtown Reykjavik into a state of emergency as they went nuts on their beer.
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Hammer

Moving ahead: Russian company partnering with Gazprom to build world's northernmost railway in Arctic


RT
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:30 UTC
arctic railway russia
© Gazprom
Gazprom Russian energy giant Gazprom will work with Russian Railways on the construction of a railroad which will run to the new Arctic port of Sabetta, on the western shore of the Ob river estuary, on the Yamal peninsula.

The project is set to be transferred to federal ownership so that the federal budget could back the potential investors, according to an unnamed government source, as quoted by Russian business daily Vedomosti. The partners are reportedly in talks with Russia's largest independent natural gas producer Novatek.
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Propaganda

Independent writer Tom Peck gets schooled on history after faulty quote comparing Owen Jones' statement to Hitler


RT
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:11 UTC
wax model hitler
© Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch FAB/JOH
A wax figure of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler seen at an exhibition in Berlin
The Independent's Sketch Writer, Tom Peck, opened himself up to a social media hammering after attacking fellow journalist Owen Jones, comparing his statements to those of Hitler.

The only problem being that Jones, responding to the Brazilian presidential election, was quoting Marxist theorist Rosa Luxemburg, who was killed by the Freikorps, a forerunner to the Nazi Party.

Peck, later deleted the tweet, but not before it could be screen-shotted.
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Dollar Gold

They're in the money: Wealth of world's billionaires surges 20 percent in 2017


RT
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:12 UTC
yacht marina
© Reuters / Eric Gaillard
A joint report by UBS and PWC showed that world's billionaires' wealth enjoyed its greatest-ever increase last year, hitting $8.9 trillion shared among 2,158 individuals.

"The past 30 years have seen far greater wealth creation than the Gilded Age" the report said. "That period bred generations of families in the US and Europe who went on to influence business, banking, politics, philanthropy and the arts for more than 100 years. With wealth set to pass from entrepreneurs to their heirs in the coming years, the 21st century multi-generational families are being created."

More than 40 of the 179 new billionaires created last year inherited their wealth, the report said. "A major wealth transition has begun. Over the past five years, the sum passed by deceased billionaires to beneficiaries has grown by an average of 17 percent each year, to reach $117 billion in 2017. In that year alone, 44 heirs inherited more than a billion dollars each."
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Books

What free speech? 53% of college students are too intimidated to disagree with their professors


RT
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:25 UTC
Vanderbilt University
© Reuters / Harrison McClary
Students are pictured on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
US college campuses have traditionally been known as havens of free speech among students, but now professors are increasingly sharing their opinions - and many undergraduates are afraid to disagree with them, a new survey found.

Some 800 full-time undergraduate students at private and public four-year universities took part in the survey earlier this month that was conducted by McLaughlin & Associates on behalf of Yale University's William F. Buckley, Jr. Program.

More than half of those students (52 percent) said that their professors or course instructors express their own unrelated social or political beliefs "often" in class, according to the poll results that are due to be released next week, but were seen in advance by The Wall Street Journal found.

But unlike their professors, the young people find it more difficult to speak up. The survey found that 53 percent of the students polled often feel "intimidated" in sharing their ideas, opinions, or beliefs if they differ from their professor's. That's an increase of four percentage points from three years ago.

Comment: If you want an indoctrination-free education you might be safer enrolling in YouTube University and getting a library card rather than attending an American college.

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