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Florida teacher faces termination after drowning raccoons in class

Tom Ciccota
Breitbart
Thu, 17 May 2018 18:57 UTC
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A teacher at Forest Hill School in Ocala, Florida, is facing termination from his position after a video of him drowning raccoons in front of his students was posted to the internet.

The teacher, Dewie Brewton, was captured on video drowning raccoons in a garbage bin in front of his students. A concerned mother reported the teacher to school officials.

"When the raccoons tried to come up for air, they had metal rods and they held them down with metal rods. And when the raccoon would try to pop its head up, they held water hoses in its face to drown it," one student's mother told a local news station.

The mother argued that the teacher's conduct was inappropriate and strange. "I don't think that's the way to treat any animal. Whether it is a raccoon or (another animal) you just don't torture an animal and kill it like that. They should have trapped the animal and had somebody take them and relocate the animals," another parent said in a comment.
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Boeing 737 with over 100 on board crashes shortly after takeoff at Cuban airport


RT
Fri, 18 May 2018 18:44 UTC
Plane crash
© Adalberto Roque / AFP
A Boeing 737 has crashed after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Havana. The plane belongs to Cubana de Aviación and was reportedly carrying over 100 on board.

The plane reportedly crashed shortly after takeoff. It was bound for Holguin, a domestic flight of about one hour and 20 minutes.
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Sacramento residents disturbed by government drone flying overhead


CBS Sacramento
Wed, 16 May 2018 18:01 UTC
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Neighbors say they're furious over a drone that's flying over the neighborhood, and we've found out it's tied to a government agency not many people have even heard of.

The mysterious drone has been spotted during late-night hours, hovering over residential neighborhoods and looking down on homes.

John Mattox first spotted the mysterious drone about a month ago.

"The drone would fly over here, come over my neighbor's house, fly over our house right here," he said. "You come home from work, it would be operating, go to bed it was still operating, and this would repeat day after day."

His neighbors in Sacramento's upper Land Park neighborhood wondered what it was doing.
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Is the German media beginning to shake off Atlanticist control?

Sergio Weigel
The Saker
Thu, 10 May 2018 17:28 UTC
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In Germany the most powerful political force is the media which has been chasing politicians to make the policy their masters, "neoliberal" think tanks, bank and industry lobbies and Atlanticist think tanks aka Washington, wanted. But German state media had recently cracked open the narrative.

Something strange has happened in German media. After years of streamlined and very constrained news coverage of the Syrian war with the clear goal to form public opinion in the sense of Washington, German state media suddenly cracked open the narrative regarding the alleged gas attacks in Douma. On the Skripal case they were still in full lockstep with the Anglo-American narrative. However, when the White Helmets staged a chlorine gas attack in Douma shortly after, at least some state media didn't march in lockstep. Instead, news anchors used careful phrases like "alleged gas attack" or "possible gas attack". I noticed it immediately and it raised my eyebrows. That's unusual, I thought. Every stupid White Helmet lie before was just repeated as fact, yet this time they seemed more cautious. Then the unthinkable happened. A "Western" journalist, Uli Gack from ZDF, actually went down there to Damascus to visit a refugee camp and ask the locals about what happened. This was then broadcast on the daily news show Heute Journal (Today's Journal). See for yourself:
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Texas AG will prosecute Mexican woman for voter fraud in three elections

Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
Mon, 14 May 2018 17:48 UTC
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
© Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks about a lawsuit he filed against the federal government to end DACA during a press conference in Austin, Texas, on May 1, 2018.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday he will prosecute a Mexican woman charged with stealing an American citizen's identity and then using it to cast ballots in three presidential election years.

Laura Janeth Garza was spotted after the American woman went to get a passport, only to have the State Department discover Ms. Garza had already gotten one in her identity. Federal officials alerted Texas, which conducted a probe and found Ms. Garza illegally registered and cast ballots in 2004, 2012 and 2016, Mr. Paxton said.

"This case demonstrates my office's commitment to protecting the integrity of elections," the attorney general said in a statement announcing the prosecution.

She is being charged with two counts of illegal voting, both stemming from the 2016 election, according to indictments filed last week in Montgomery County, north of Houston.

One charge is for knowingly voting in an election she was not eligible for, and the other charge is for impersonating someone else - in this case a woman named Angie Yadira Zamora, according to the indictment.
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Vegas cop shoots woman holding a shovel as she walks away

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 17 May 2018 17:40 UTC
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In their sixth citizen shooting of 2018, Las Vegas police have shot a young woman for holding a shovel. LVMPD officer Ondre Wills is now on paid administrative leave after dumping seven rounds into Sommer Richards, 34, as she turned to walk away from him.

According to police, they were called to the area because the tiny 120 lb woman was either intoxicated or mentally ill and threatening neighbors with a broom and a skillet. When police arrived, they saw her holding a shovel.

According to witnesses, the woman asked a family in front of their residence for a cigarette and they told her they did not have one. Richards, who was clearly in a mentally diminished state, then held out the frying pan and pointed it at the family in a threatening manner before moving on. The incident was so minor that this family never called 911.

Richards then walked to another house where she kissed a resident on the shoulder who then went inside to call 911 after a verbal dispute broke out.
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Hamas-brainwashed terrorist? Nope! Canadian doctor shot in both legs by IDF while he was treating injured Gazans

Tarek Loubani
Mondoweiss
Thu, 17 May 2018 17:24 UTC
Tarek Loubani
© Khalil Hamra/Associated Press
Dr. Tarek Loubani, a physician from London, Ont., was treating gunshot wound patients in Gaza when he became one himself.
On Monday May 14, while treating patients with gunshot wounds in Gaza during the Great March of Return, Canadian physician Tarek Loubani was shot in both legs by Israeli forces. One medic on his team, Musa Abuhassanin, was killed while attempting to providing care Palestinian protesters. Loubani published an account that noted he and the medical staff were wearing "high visibility clothing" and when they approached injured Palestinians, they did so with their hands raised as to show soldiers they were unarmed medical professionals.

After Loubani was wounded, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for an investigation and issued a statement, "We are appalled that Dr. Tarek Loubani, a Canadian citizen, is among the wounded - along with so many unarmed people, including civilians, members of the media, first responders, and children."

WARNING: Graphic images and content.

A few days ago, I wrote about our first day of field trials for an open source 3D printed tourniquet in Gaza. The Glia team worked overtime to address and fix the problems we identified. Thanks to help from the 3D printing, engineering and open source communities, we got lots of feedback and felt that we were ready for today.

Good news first: The tourniquets worked well

The only bit of good news in this report has to do with the tourniquets. We left the packaging issues to later (Failure #2), and instead focused on the mechanical issues we identified (Failures #3 and #4). We pulled all old models and tested buckles to see if they would break - we thought this issue was a low likelihood of recurrence, even though we will be testing alternative buckle designs later.

The tourniquets worked well. We recovered the 100 units given to Hayat Center for use in the field, giving us an inventory of 200 deployed units. One hundred units were distributed in the field today, and one hundred held in reserve for May 15. Seventy-eight (78) tourniquets were deployed to patients who met criteria. There were no failures of the device in any cases.

Comment: The Middle Ages are calling, Israel. They want their values back.
IDF statement gaza killings march of return
© IDF/Twitter
IDF statement of March 31, since removed, saying that every bullet’s destination was known to command, in Gaza.


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US embassy baptized with blood of innocent people shot by Israeli snipers

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik
Fri, 18 May 2018 18:44 UTC
Palestinian demonstrators
© AFP 2018 / MAHMUD HAMS
Palestinian demonstrators burnt tyres near the Gaza-Israeli border, east of Gaza City, as Palestinians readied for protests over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018
On the very hour of the US opening its embassy in Jerusalem, hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians, including children, were being slaughtered by Israeli snipers.

Nearly 60 people, including eight children, were brutally murdered in cold blood by Israeli sharpshooters. At least a thousand others were injured from bullet wounds, many of whom will be maimed for life. More bloodshed is expected in coming days.

What kind of criminal world are we living in? When news channels can report this carnage as if it's somehow normal. Where is the outrage of Western pundits who foam at the mouth over alleged atrocities elsewhere?

While American and Israeli dignitaries were regaling themselves with hosannas about their "shared values" of "democracy" and "peace", only a few miles away thousands of Palestinians in Gaza were being shot at for daring to demand respect for their human rights.

Comment: See also: What really happened last week in Golan: New rules of engagement established in Israel-Syria-Iran conflict

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Debunking 18 claims Israel uses to justify this week's Gaza massacre

Riham Darwish
Mondoweiss
Thu, 17 May 2018 15:44 UTC
gaza protests
© Ashraf Amra/APA Images
Palestinian protesters gather during a demonstration where Palestinians demand the right to return to their homeland, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the "Nakba", and against U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem at the Israel-Gaza border, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2018.
After spending a great deal of time online, I read and watched endless virtual conversations about who's at fault and who's not in the wake of the over 60 casualties in Gaza on Monday. Discussions varied from whether Israel is exercising a righteous act of self-defense, or if Palestinians are legitimately organizing a peaceful protest; whether it is a conflict between two equals who are both guilty, or it is between an army of a state and an occupied territory packed with civilians?

It's mind-blowing how people have the energy to keep repeating the same claims over and over again for days and weeks, ignoring outside information. That is why I have decided to spare others the time, effort, and emotion, by writing out the most common claims I have seen regarding the events of the Great March of Return, followed by my responses. Those interested in fact-checking these common falsehoods, can find them in one place.

The one claim that I will not deal with, one of the most popular, is that of: "The Bible say God give the land of Israel to the Jewish people?" Fundamentalists, regardless of faith, will never see beyond their own holy books. This list isn't for them and I won't bother trying to change their minds.
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France's richest are getting richer faster than in any other country this year

Devon Pendleton
Bloomberg
Wed, 16 May 2018 09:32 UTC
paris france
© Fabrice Dimier / Bloomberg
Talk about making a fashion statement.

France's two richest people -- luxury titans Bernard Arnault and Francois Pinault -- added $22.3 billion to their fortunes this year, helping to make their country the most hospitable for wealth creation among billionaires.

Read also: Luxury stocks are reshaping France's CAC 40

The nation's 13 richest people have collectively become $27.6 billion wealthier -- a relative increase of 12 percent -- since January. That's almost double the gains seen by the richest in Japan, the second-best performing country on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The 500 wealthiest people in total have gained less than 1 percent.
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