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Bizarro Earth

Delusional RealDoll creator thinks his sex-robots will teach people to love again

Tracy Clark-Flory
Vocativ
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 17:20 UTC
sex robots love
© R. A. Di Ieso
The workshop of sex doll manufacturer RealDoll is filled with dozens of naked, headless female figures hanging from the ceiling by metal hooks. Their heads, sculpted with supple, parted lips and adorned in permanent makeup, await them in another room. Scattered around are uncannily realistic parts yet to be to assigned a body: Pert little nipples, tidy, bright pink labia, and tufts of pubic hair. A wall of breasts, from perky to surgically enhanced, displays the many sizes, shapes, and skin tones on offer. It looks like a laboratory for an idealized feminine form — a literal experiment in objectifying the female body.

It is surprising, then, that CEO Matt McMullen says his latest project, an anatomically correct female robot capable of basic conversation, will demand to be treated as much more than an object. Not only that, but he argues that his red-headed, green-eyed robot, Harmony, could teach us to be better humans.

"We're trying, in a way, to train people to be nicer to each other," McMullen says. "People zero in on the whole sexual aspect of what we're doing with the robot and being able to just do whatever you want, whenever you want, but we want to actually simulate the kindness and the legwork that goes into building a connection."


Comment: A connection...with a robot. How about just making an effort to connect with an actual human being?!

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Gold Coins

New Hampshire cops call SWAT after veteran pays parking fine with pennies

Ben Keller
Photography Is Not A Crime
Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:48 UTC
Billy Spaulding and NH police
New Hampshire cops accompanied by a member of the SWAT team escorted a Marine Corps veteran out of city hall last Monday after he attempted to pay a parking ticket with pennies.

Manchester police not only violated the Coinage Act of 1965 that states all coins are legal tender for debts by escorting Billy Spaulding out of city hall, they violated his friend's First Amendment rights by claiming he needed their permission to record the interaction.

Spaulding knew they were well within the law, but ultimately obeyed police as they escorted he and his friend out of city hall on March 27.

Spaulding, who spent eight years in the Marines, was also open carrying a pistol that day, which is legal, but thankfully, police respected that law.

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Info

Federal judge blocks Indiana's abortion ultrasound mandate


RT
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:31 UTC
ultrasound
© Ton Koene / www.globallookpress.com
A federal judge has blocked an Indiana state law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion, finding that it creates "clearly undue" burdens on women and is unconstitutional.

In July, then-Governor Mike Pence, who is now US vice president, enacted the mandate when he signed House Enrolled Act No. 1337. Days later, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) against Indiana's Department of Health and other local officials.

On Friday, US District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled with Planned Parenthood, granting a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the mandate.
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Pistol

New Jersey teen pleads guilty in terrorist/ FBI 'plot' to assassinate Pope

Gina Cherelus
Reuters
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:30 UTC
Pope Francis
© Max Rossi / Reuters
A New Jersey teen pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to terrorists in what media called an ISIS-inspired effort to kill Pope Francis in 2015 during a public Mass in Philadelphia, according to a statement by federal prosecutors.

Santos Colon, 17, admitted on Monday in a federal court in Camden, New Jersey, that he attempted to conspire with a sniper to shoot the Pope during his visit in Philadelphia and set off explosive devices in the surrounding areas.

Colon engaged with someone he thought would be the sniper from June 30 to August 14, 2015, but the person was actually an undercover FBI employee, according to prosecutors. The attack did not take place, and FBI agents arrested Colon in 2015.

"Colon engaged in target reconnaissance with an FBI confidential source and instructed the source to purchase materials to make explosive devices," prosecutors said in a statement on Monday.
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Briefcase

Swiss man on trial for defamation after 'liking' Facebook posts


RT
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:42 UTC
Facebook like button
© Brendan Smialowski / AFP
A Swiss man is on trial for 'liking' Facebook posts that accused an animal rights activist of racism and anti-Semitism. The prosecution has accused him of defamation in the landmark case.

The 45-year-old defendant from Zurich is facing charges after becoming involved in an online argument within the animal rights community - by merely 'liking' eight Facebook posts.

Those posts accused Erwin Kessler, the president of the animal protection association Vereins gegen Tierfabriken, of racism and anti-Semitism.
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Bomb

US finally admits "ISIS HQ" that we blew up was actually an innocent family's home

Claire Bernish
Free Thought Project
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:22 UTC
Arab woman war
Overnight from September 20 through 21, the U.S.-led coalition carried out an airstrike against a family home — putatively believed to be a strategic Islamic State target — killing four members of the Rezzo family and wounding others on scene.

Airwars reports, "University professor Mohannad Rezzo; his 17-year old son Najib Mohannad Rezzo; his brother Bassim's wife Miyada Rezzo and their 21-year old daughter Tuka Rezzo" perished together, as bombs intended for Islamic State leaders instead heedlessly destroyed a family.

But, unironically, it took until April Fool's Day 2017 for U.S. officials to concede the coalition's heinous error.

"This report was opened and a credibility assessment completed in 2015. However, the report was never officially closed or reported publicly. I do not know why that was," Colonel Joe Scrocca, Director of Public Affairs for the Coalition, told Airwars. "The case was brought to our attention by the media and we discovered the oversight, relooked [at] the case based on the information provided by the journalist and family, which confirmed the 2015 assessment, and officially closed the report in February."
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Smoking

Anti-smoking fascism: New laws come into effect in Britain in a few weeks

Joshua Nevett
Daily Star
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:31 UTC
Menthol cigarettes and rolling tobacco
© Getty Images/Ocado
Six new laws aiming to crackdown on "harmful" and "dangerous" cigarettes killing more than 120,000 Brits a year are coming into force.


Comment: These numbers are estimates, not based on real data. They also take no account of the health damage from extraordinary levels of pollution from diesel vehicles, especially in places like London.


Under the new rules small packs of rolling tobacco and menthol cigarettes will be banned outright. Packs of 10 cigarettes will also no longer be available from shops.

It comes after smokers were hammered with a government price hike that saw the cost of a premium 20 deck soar to £10.26.

The government gave shops a year to adjust after rolling out the new laws in May last year. Now the changes will come into full force from May 20, 2017.

Here are the six laws that smokers need to be aware of.
  • Ten decks of cigarettes will not be available to buy in shops;
  • All packets of rolling tobacco under 30g will disappear from shops;
  • The cheapest packet of fags will cost £8.82 from May 21;
  • Menthol cigarettes will be outlawed completely by 2020;
  • Plain cigarette packets with graphic images will be introduced;
  • Some flavoured tobacco will be made illegal.

Comment: Just like Russia, smoking gets blamed for all sorts of troubles it doesn't cause. Tobacco does not cause cancer and is not unhealthy for everyone. Educate yourselves and light up!

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Snakes in Suits

Sick and Heartless Iowa politician, Shannon Lundgren, calls for women who miscarry after 20 weeks to carry dead fetuses to full term

Mike Moffitt
San Francisco Chronicle
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 21:38 UTC
Shannon Lundgren
Iowa Rep. Shannon Lundgren
An Iowa state representative is under fire after saying women who miscarry after 20 weeks of pregnancy should be forced to carry their dead fetuses to term.

During a hearing Wednesday of Senate File 471, which would clear the way for a state ban on abortions after the 20-week mark, Republican Rep. Shannon Lundgren — the manager of 471 — faced a question from fellow Rep. John Forbes, a Democrat.

Noting that he has a daughter who is 20 weeks pregnant, Forbes asked that under the bill, would his daughter have to carry her child to term even if a doctor told her there was no longer a heartbeat.

"Is that good medicine?" Forbes wondered.

Lundgren's response:

"This bill wasn't written for the intent to protect or govern on the side of the woman. It was written to save babies' lives, giving the choice and being the voice of those babies...that don't have one. I understand what you're saying—this fetus, this baby, is not alive. I would concur that in that instance, if your daughter's life is not in danger, that yes, she would have to carry that baby."
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Sheriff

To protect and serve: Woman who was told to stop calling police killed in AK-47 massacre


Sputnik
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:56 UTC
police line
© Fotolia/ Dominik Herz
Police in Florida told a local woman to stop calling emergency services, and hours later she and one of her sons were dead, shot by a violent boyfriend with an assault rifle.

According to reports, Latina Herring and her eight-year-old son were shot and killed, and four others were wounded last week, after Herring's boyfriend fired an AK-47 assault rifle at them.

Herring is reported to have called the 911 emergency hotline several times on March 27, according to Rawstory.com, claiming that her boyfriend was drunk and displaying erratic behavior, making false accusations and displaying rage-based emotions.

In a recording of the calls, an officer is heard assuring Herring that, "We're going to handle it," before telling her, "Just stop calling 911 and making accusations that you don't know about."
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Star of David

Together, we prevail: Message from BDS activist undergoing Israeli interrogation

Omar Barghouti
Mondoweiss
Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:35 UTC
Omar Barghouti
Omar Barghouti
Dear friends and colleagues,

Finally, I was allowed to access my email account after 12 days of being banned from doing so during the most intense phase of the ongoing interrogation I am subjected to by the Israeli authorities.

The BNC statement on this issue accurately sums up this latest chapter in the Israeli regime's war on the BDS movement.

Due to a gag order, I am not allowed to delve into any facts about the case. I am thus denied the ability to even refute the vicious lies published by Israel's regime against me. I am in no hurry to do so, though, as their main objective — attempting to tarnish my reputation and, by extension, hurting the BDS movement — has clearly failed.
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