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Swedish no-go zone: Heavily-armed & masked gunmen fire multiple rounds at a family on Malmö beach - Mother killed, child & father hospitalized


The Local, Sweden
Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:15 UTC
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© Johan Nilsson/TTPolice cordoned off the area near the Via Napoli restaurant.
A woman in her 30s has died after a shooting near Ribersborg, a popular beach park in Malmö. The woman was taken to hospital after the shooting on Sergels väg in Malmö shortly before 10am. At 1.18pm police said she had died from her injuries. Another two people who were also taken to hospital, reportedly including a young child, were not injured.

"This is one of the most serious crimes there is so we are deploying all of our resources to investigate it, and also sending officers to speak to people near the scene of the attack who might be disturbed by what has happened," Calle Persson from the Malmö police told The Local earlier in the day. "The area has been cordoned off, we are waiting for criminal technical investigators, and we will send several sniffer dogs who are trained to find discarded weapons, bullets, and empty cartridges."

According to witnesses interviewed by the Kvällsposten newspaper, several masked attackers had fired off between eight and ten shots before escaping through the gardens of a nearby apartment building. "It sounded like two different weapons," the witness said.

Comment: But what Swedish media won't report of course - because it would be 'racist' to do so - is that both the target and the perps are not actually Swedish...

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Arrow Down

Deranged university psychologist: Trump 'may be responsible for many more million deaths' than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao

Julio Rosas
Washington Examiner
Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:14 UTC
Dr. Allen Frances
The former chairman of the Psychiatry Department at Duke University claimed on CNN that President Trump is as bad as the worst dictators of the 20th century, and that his presidency might lead to even more deaths than they did.

While debating the merits of having psychiatrists come out with possible mental health diagnoses on Trump, Dr. Allen Frances said it was an insult to the mentally ill to compare them to him.

Frances, who is against psychiatrists violating the "Goldwater Rule," told CNN doing so will stigmatize people with mental illnesses.

Comment: We've seen a multitude of failed narratives on why Trump is more dangerous than Hitler et al. 'Russia', 'white supremacy', 'xenophobia', etc. And now it's the 'climate'. Of course, many people do see through this nonsense, but it is also clear that that are many who have succumbed to the hysteria of 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'. And it is actually these very people who have been radicalized by a perverse ideology is very close in nature to the destructive ideas spread by 'Hitler, Stalin, and Mao'!

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Attention

Massachusetts neighborhood cancer cluster linked to chemical pollution from abandoned munition and fireworks factory

Jessica Trufant
The Patriot Ledger
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:35 UTC
cancer cluster massachusetts
© Greg Derr, The Patriot LedgerNick Squires, of Hanson, with a map of cancer patients in his old neighborhood of West Hanover on Aug. 19, 2019.

Dozens of people who grew up near the former National Fireworks Co. site, where toxic chemicals are known to have been dumped, now have brain tumors. But experts say it's harder than it seems to pin the disease on any one environmental factor.

Growing up in West Hanover, Nick Squires and his friends thought little of the countless hours they spent playing in the woods and ponds of a 240-acre property where a fireworks manufacturer and other companies are now known to have dumped toxic chemicals for decades.

It wasn't until years later that Squires says he realized that spending so much time living alongside land once considered a sure-fire candidate for a federal Superfund site may have made him and others sick.
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NPC

Obsession with extreme PC behavior is detrimental to the progressive movement

Danielle Ryan
RT
Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:42 UTC
just say no
© REUTERS/David Ryder
The progressive left needs to sort out its priorities. Is "non-gendered" language, for instance, more important than economic fairness? It's time to decide, because failure to properly prioritize could hinder the whole movement.

Even casual observers of US domestic politics could quickly discern that while the right is more homogeneous and cohesive, the left is far more splintered. Conservatives, typically, are more willing to line up behind their chosen one, while liberals and progressives spend a disproportionate amount of time on infighting.

This can be seen in both the top echelons of the Democratic Party (Nancy Pelosi's thinly-veiled attacks on the 'squad,' for example) — and among the lowest rungs (grassroots progressive activists griping at each other over the use of "gendered" language).

While polls show that Republicans are still broadly supportive of Trump (some fanatically so), there are also conservatives, disillusioned by the Trump presidency, whose votes are up for grabs, but who are no doubt put off by the increasingly alienating requirements of modern political correctness.

Comment: With the possible exception of Tulsi Gabbard, the fact of the matter is that the only prize most of the Democratic presidential contenders can see is the accrual of power to the self - that or wrong-headed ideas like the 'Green New Deal' which also just amount to more corporate hand-outs at the expense of decent living standards for most people.

The truth of the matter is the Democrats and, indeed the entire political class, only promise more disaster, in-fighting, and societal implosion as only a precious and disempowered few have the knowledge and the will to do something constructive about the train wreck that is the United States.

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Eye 1

'Watch out world!': 'America's toughest sheriff' Joe Arpaio announces 2020 run for old job


RT
Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:11 UTC
Joe Arpaio
© Reuters / Brian SnyderFormer Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Devout Trump supporter and self-proclaimed 'toughest sheriff in America' Joe Arpaio has announced that he intends to run for re-election for his old job in 2020 at the age of 87, two years after his presidential pardon.

Arpaio, the firebrand former Arizona sheriff known for his staunch anti-immigration stance vowed a return to the glory days of his 'old-school,' tough-on-crime time in office. He's pledged to re-establish what he called 'Tent City Jail,' reintroduce chain gangs, and even return his posse to its former strength. "Watch out world! We are back!" he said in a statement.

Arpaio made the announcement on Sunday, on the anniversary of his pardon by President Donald Trump. The former head of the DEA in Turkey, Mexico City and Latin America was voted out of office in 2016 after 24 years in the job from January 1, 1993 until December 31, 2016, making him Maricopa County's longest-serving sheriff.

Comment: Previously:

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Eye 1

1984: Is Amazon's surveillance apparatus secretly infiltrating police departments?

Eta Onrish
The Organic Prepper
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:50 UTC
Amazon Ring
© Geekwire
Big Tech has come under fire quite consistently for privacy concerns and has even faced big fines for violations (which they can afford). It seems that public attention on this matter has forced them to start going underground, with secret back-end deals with the government at local levels to expand their surveillance capabilities.

If you haven't heard, there is a very useful doorbell camera called Ring. Ring started out as a product called, Doorbot, on the Shark Tank TV show but was rejected. The owners got immediate exposure and millions of dollars from investors after the show, changing the name from Doorbot to Ring. Fast forward five years, and Amazon decides to compete with Google's friendly surveillance system called Nest, and buys Ring for A Billion Freaking Dollars.

Using Ring to expand a surveillance network

Ok, so what? It's a very useful thing to be able to see who's at the door and have a record of someone breaking into your home. The systems, in themselves, aren't an issue. It's when governments start to get involved and big money starts being made that conflicts of interest can lead to misuse and violations of privacy.

It's these very expansions outside of the homeowner's benefit that need scrutiny.
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Stormtrooper

Best of the Web: Policing for profit: How civil asset forfeiture has perverted American law enforcement


ammo.com
Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:00 UTC
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Picture this: You're driving home from the casino and you've absolutely cleaned up - to the tune of $50,000. You see a police car pull up behind you, but you can't figure out why. Not only have you not broken any laws, you're not even speeding. But the police officer doesn't appear to be interested in charging you with a crime. Instead, he takes your gambling winnings, warns you not to say anything to anyone unless you want to be charged as a drug kingpin, then drives off into the sunset.

This actually happened to Tan Nguyen, and his story is far from unique. It's called civil asset forfeiture and it's a multi-billion dollar piggybank for state, local and federal police departments to fund all sorts of pet projects.

With its origins in the British fight against piracy on the open seas, civil asset forfeiture is nothing new. During Prohibition, police officers often seized goods, cash and equipment from bootleggers in a similar manner to today. However, contemporary civil asset forfeiture begins right where you'd think that it would: The War on Drugs.

In 1986, as First Lady Nancy Reagan encouraged America's youth to "Just Say No," the Justice Department started the Asset Forfeiture Fund. This sparked a boom in civil asset forfeiture that's now become self-reinforcing, as the criminalization of American life and asset forfeiture have continued to feed each other.

In sum, asset forfeiture creates a motivation to draft more laws by the legislature, while more laws create greater opportunities for seizure by law enforcement. This perverse incentive structure is having devastating consequences: In 2014 alone, law enforcement took more stuff from American citizens than burglars did.

The current state of civil asset forfeiture in the United States is one of almost naked tyranny. Don't believe us? Read on.

Comment: See also:

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Fire

Best of the Web: Amazon burning? Well maybe not so much

Catte Black
OffGuardian
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:01 UTC
amazon rain forest fire
One of many misattributed photos doing the rounds. This is from another fire entirely.
Statistics indicate this is an average year for wildfires, so why the above-average hysteria?

Today on Twitter OffG stepped into the current panic-inferno and thick forest of screaming hashtags that is the "Amazon Forest Fire Crisis." The results were thought-provoking.

The mainstream media message is very simple. There are "record" numbers of forest fires currently in the Amazon basin. It's mostly Bolsonaro's fault. The G7 - soon to be assembling - needs to act. (Business Insider and The Guardian are also both very keen we send money to some rainforest charities)

Comment: One thing not mentioned in the above article is the sheer number of mainstream media outlets blaming the Amazon fires on you, because... wait for it... you eat too much meat!

amazon fires eating meat
This fits in nicely with the overall Green New Deal agenda. How convenient.

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Seismograph

'Huge tremor' shakes houses in latest fracking induced quake in Blackpool, UK

Ciaran McGrath
Mirror
Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:49 UTC
fracking blackpool
© PABlackpool and the surrounding areas have been hit by a tremor that was big enough to wake people up
Multiple Twitter users have been reporting the quake, which they said occurred at 8.30am, with unconfirmed reports suggesting a magnitude of 2.9.

One said: "Just felt serious earthquake in Marton, Blackpool, about 08.30 hrs.

"The bed and house shook for a couple of seconds. Never experienced anything like that before."

Another added: "8:31 this morning. Bed and wardrobe literally shaking.

"Many reports of earthquake from friends in wide area covering Ansdell, St Annes, Central Blackpool, Kirkham, Staining."

Comment: This is just the latest in a surge of quakes and tremors in the UK directly correlated with fracking:

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Fire

Despite claims on social media, the Amazon is not burning more than usual and does not produce 20% of the world's oxygen

Chris Enloe
The Blaze
Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:01 UTC
Amazon rain forest fire
© Mario Tama/Getty Images


'Despite the widespread claim, the Amazon doesn't produce 20% of the world's oxygen'

While climate change alarmists spread fear over wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, data from NASA shows there is no reason for concern — or there should have been concern in past years.

From media outlets to politicians, the wildfires have sparked a wave of misinformation and hysteria. The wildfires are so frightening because the Amazon produces 20 percent of the world's oxygen, they claim. Others alleged the fires could speed up climate change.

Comment: There's still a lot of unknowns around these Amazon rain forest fires. If this is nothing new and the forest is on fire yearly, is that a bad thing or just part of a natural cycle? Are there particular groups responsible (the mainstream media would have you believe its because you eat too much meat, which is false on its face)?

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