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Another child placed in foster care by CPS dies in custody

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Child Protective Services (CPS) are investigating the death of a 6-month-old girl who was placed in foster care in Texas.

According to a spokesperson from CPS, the baby, Aaliyah Rodriguez, was living in a foster home with her 2 older brothers, a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old.

The foster family was certified by Therapeutic Family Life, a private foster care agency.

According to FOX, the children were in the custody of CPS after marks appeared on the youngest boy's body.

CPS filed cases against the mother, Anastasia Hernandez, in 2014. However, they only convicted the youngest boy's father of abuse and did not suspect her of harming her children.

The baby was unresponsive on Monday and was rushed to the hospital from foster care. There she was placed on life support.

However, it was too late as she died yesterday.

Comment: CPS has a dark history of taking children from parents using flimsy excuses, then putting them into the 'care' of others where they are in even more danger of physical and sexual abuse. In other instances, where children are in real danger, CPS has been known to ignore the situation until a child has died due to a lack of timely intervention. For more background on CPS, listen to our SOTT Radio Network interview with Tammi Stefano: The Truth About Child Protective Services.


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Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats crashes killing nine

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Norway, Philippines ambassadors among those killed in Gilgit helicopter crash
A Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to inspect a tourism project crashed on Friday killing seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was traveling to the mountainous northern region of Gilgit on a separate aircraft when the accident happened. He returned to Islamabad, his office said.

Norwegian Ambassador Leif Larsen, Philippine Ambassador Domingo Lucenario and the wives of the ambassadors of Malaysia and Indonesia were killed, along with two pilots and a crew member, military spokesman Asim Bajwa said in Twitter posts.

He said initial information indicated the cause was a technical fault.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed they shot down the aircraft but witnesses on the ground, and in other helicopters on the trip, reported nothing to indicate any firing.

Malaysian state media identified the wife of the ambassador as Habibah Mahmud, while Indonesia said its ambassador Burhan Muhammad was injured and his wife, Heri Listyawati Burhan Muhammad, was killed.

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US 'Justice' Department announces civil rights probe into Freddie Gray's murder

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© Reuters / Eric ThayerPolice gather at North Ave and Pennsylvania Ave in Baltimore, Maryland April 28, 2015.
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced a federal civil rights investigation into the legality of the Baltimore police department's use of force and whether there are "systemic violations" as well as any pattern of discriminatory policing.


The announcement came less than one month after the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man injured in police custody, sparked outrage in Maryland's largest city, although the department's wider investigation is not specifically tied to his case.

"This investigation will begin immediately and will focus on allegations that Baltimore Police Department officers use excessive force, including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches, seizures and arrests, and engage in discriminatory policing," U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said.

Comment: Thanks McJustice Department!

  • Iraqis murder US soldiers on the battlefield while Freddie Gray murders himself in a police van



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'Please give me a Russian passport': 72 year old Dutchman asks Putin for citizenship

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A 72-year-old Dutch citizen has written a letter to Vladimir Putin asking for a Russian passport. He explained his intentions by saying he loves Russia, admires Peter the Great and is tired of anti-Russian propaganda in Europe.

"When I served in the army of the Netherlands, I was brainwashed with the words 'the Russians are coming!'" Gerhard Reyndsen wrote in a letter to Putin, as cited by TASS.

"I said Russia will not come, because they saw a lot of grief and war, they want peace, and Americans are much more dangerous," said Reyndsen, adding that right after that he was dubbed "a communist" by his commander.

"I have always irritated my family, because I thought there was a lot of anti-Soviet propaganda [in Europe]," says the Russian fan.

Reyndsen says he's always taken an interest in Russian history. He knows a lot about the House of Romanov, the imperial dynasty which ruled until the 1917 October Revolution, and Peter the Great, the tsar who reigned at the turn of the 18th century.


Comment: Recently a schoolgirl living in Donetsk, Nastia Koptyeva, wrote a heartfelt letter to the Russian President. More and more ordinary people are recognizing Vladimir Putin not only as a strong World leader, but also a 'man of conscience'. No wonder he has an approval rating (88%), that his international counterparts can only dream of, and that he was named the most influential person in the world by Time Magazine.

Is Putin incorruptible? U.S. insider's view of the Russian president's character and his country's transformation


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South Sudan humanitarian crisis escalates

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© globalrefuge.orgSudanese refugees set up camps in neighboring countries having fled from violence and waring factions.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has warned this week about the potential humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, where renewed outbreaks of fighting have caused over two hundred thousand people to flee across the border into Ethiopia.

The fighting broke out in South Sudan at the end of 2013 in December, and since then over two hundred thousand people have been forced to flee their homes. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned that the number is set to increase.

The UNHCR representative in Gambella, Ethiopia, Alexander Kishara, has stated that registration processes have indicated increasing numbers of refugees crossing the border into Ethiopia, adding that "UNHCR is also working with partners to provide water, sanitation and shelter".

The UNHCR has observed the arrival of around one thousand new refugees per month during the first few months of 2015, increasing sharply to four thousand in the month of April. There are around 190,000 in the area around Gambella and a further 3,000 in Benishangul-Gumuz. Now in early May, the entries at various checkpoints into Gambella region number some ten thousand.


Comment: Sudan has been in a state of conflict since its independence from Britain in 1956. A bloody civil war gripped the nation from 1983 to 2005 resulting in the secession of Southern Sudan. This splitting of the country has cost many lives and created a humanitarian crisis of mammoth proportions. Over four million are internally displaced as a result of years of war and upheaval. Ethiopia is Africa's largest refugee-hosting country with nearly 700,000 refugees from neighbouring countries, including South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea.


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Iowa using incinerators to cope with chicken casualties of avian flu

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Iowa is struggling to dispose of more than 20 million chickens, ducks and turkeys affected by avian flu, as the epidemic spreads. Landfills are reluctant to accept any more birds, prompting authorities to bring in portable incinerators.

Six more outbreaks were discovered Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of H5N2 bird flu in northwestern Iowa to 34. Five cases involved commercial chicken farms in Sioux County, while one affected a backyard flock of ducks in O'Brien County.

The Associated Press estimates that 21 million chickens and half a million turkeys will need to be destroyed in 11 Iowa counties, with another 7 million birds in Wisconsin and Minnesota affected as well. The three states have declared an emergency due to the epidemic.

Comment: SOTT Exclusive: Should we be worried about latest outbreak of avian flu viruses?


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SOTT Focus: Modern Music: Promoting pedophilia to adults and sexual debauchery to children

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Human beings seem to thrive both cognitively and affectively when they are exposed to any number of the infinite combinations of melody, harmony and rhythm that make up a particular piece of what we know as "music". Music has the potential to enrich our lives, to enable us to learn about ourselves and others around us and experience and interact with reality in dynamic and creative ways. Music can have profound and unique effects on our well-being, it can help us cope with the stresses that life brings and can make us feel happier in ourselves, and it can also make our brains happier! But there's a darker side to music.

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California farmers desperate for water, but at what price? O&G industry selling them fracking wastewater

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In the midst of the troublesome California drought, innovation sprouts up, invention being the mother of necessity. But just like the aftermath of the BP oil spill, how often are people allowed to actually embark on saving the day, versus the insulting "solutions" foisted on the world by the very corporations responsible for part of the problem?

It should not then be surprising that companies like Chevron are extending their magnanimous offer of "crop water" in the form of fracking waste chemicals - for a price, of course.

If one didn't know any better, it almost appears that we are systematically being undercut and sickened to death (she said sarcastically). After all, we already use our own baked sewage sludge to fertilize non-organic crops. And no, the treatment does not stop heavy metals, hundreds of chemicals, drug residues and stomach virus that reside on or within the plants. That's why the name "biosolids" was picked for the practice.

Care2 reports that Big Oil has farmers over a barrel, so to speak. To the tune of of 21 million gallons of waste water per day — sold to Kern County for farming for $30 per acre-foot, and potentially damaging the end product - our food. Untreated, untested. They are getting rich, while normally they'd be required to pay for disposal.

Comment: It's bad enough that the fracking poses serious risks to those who live near drilling areas, as it has been found to contaminate groundwater supplies, to be responsible for earthquakes, and produces numerous health hazards. Now everyone will be unwitting guineas pigs as residues of these chemicals will no doubt be in our produce.


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Craigslist car ad ends in death of Illinois college student

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© FOX 2 NOWPolice found a missing Illinois college student’s sports car in the lot of a Missouri trucking school before discovering his dead body about 400 yards away, authorities say.
A Missouri man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting dead an Illinois college student looking to sell his car to the suspect during a meeting arranged through online classified website Craigslist, police said.

Michael Gordon, a 24-year-old St. Louis resident, was arrested on Tuesday and was being held in a county jail
on $1 million bond, Florissant Police Department spokesman Tim Fagen told a news conference late on Wednesday.

The body of Taylor Clark, a civil engineering student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, according to his Twitter page, was found at the truck driver training center where Gordon worked.

Comment: Take caution when buying and selling of personal goods no matter where one advertises. Meet in a well lit and busy parking area and best to never go alone! There are predators answering ads just for the opportunity to do harm. What a tragic loss of lives.


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Divide and conquer in Garland, Texas - 'The violence sticks with you'

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When an outspoken opponent of radical Islam sought to mock Muhammad in Texas, home to one of the nation's largest Islamic communities, local Muslims were encouraged to ignore her, and they did.

No one protested when Pamela Geller's cartoon contest attracted about 200 people to suburban Dallas Sunday, even though some Muslims in Texas were already feeling aggrieved and fearful over growing anti-Islamic sentiment in the state.


Comment: It's not just Texas, either. Anti-Muslim hate crimes are sky-rocketing due to the "War on Terror" propaganda that equates all Muslims with terrorists and fuels a massive military and security industry.


Then, two men with attack rifles drove in from Arizona and opened fire on officers guarding the conference center in Garland. Both were shot dead, an officer was shot in the leg, and from the other side of the world, the Islamic State group made an unproven claim of responsibility.

Comment: The FBI is reaching out to their community for recruitment and monitoring, and though it's understandable the Muslim community would want to present as peaceful an appearance as possible, the Terrorism Industry has no intention of playing nice. See:

  • FBI organizes almost all terror plots in the US
  • The Sting: How the FBI created a terrorist
  • Inside the FBI's terror factory: Manufacturing the War on Terror