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'We see you very well': IDF's tweet threatening children with sniper fire enrages social media users


RT
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 09:04 UTC
Palestinian protesters
© Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
Palestinian protesters
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman has tweeted an image of a group of Palestinian children seen through a sniper's lens, along with an ominous warning.

Avichay Adraee, the IDF Arabic spokesman tweeted the image on Friday, which appeared to be stamped with red letters reading, "We see you very well."

"Whoever thinks he can evade the lens of our forces is wrong, we see you clearly, and we will not allow anyone to threaten security of #Israel and the citizens of it. Enough with your naivety and self-endangerment," Adraee wrote.


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Backpage.com, website notorious for its sex marketplace, seized by U.S. authorities

Sarah N. Lynch, Lisa Lambert
Reuters
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:52 UTC
backpage
© backpage.com via Reuters
An image of the current home page of the website backpage.com shows logos of U.S. law enforcement agencies after they seized the sex marketplace site April 6, 2018.
U.S. law enforcement agencies have seized the sex marketplace website Backpage.com as part of an enforcement action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a posting on the Backpage website on Friday.

A Phoenix FBI official said that there was "law enforcement activity" on Friday at the Sedona, Arizona home of Michael Lacey, one of the founders of Backpage.

Glenn Milnor, FBI Special Agent and Media Coordinator, referred further inquiries to the Department of Justice.

The Department of Justice will provide more information at 6 p.m. EDT (1000 GMT), according to the website posting, which said U.S. attorneys in Arizona and California, as well as the Justice Department's section on child exploitation and obscenity and the California and Texas attorneys general had supported shutting down the website.

Lawmakers and enforcement officials have been working to crack down on the site, which is used primarily to sell sex and is the second largest classified ad service in the country after Craigslist.
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Craig Murray: Here's an 'extremely boring' video I did for Sky News about Skripal - don't watch It

Craig Murray
Craig Murray Blog
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
Craig Murray video
I have managed to get hold of a copy, which you can see here, of my lengthy interview with Sky News about the Skripals yesterday, which Sky refused to put online because they allege I was boring. With the warning you might therefore be very bored, you may watch it if you wish.


Comment: You have to forgive Kay Burley of Sky News - some of these media people find objective reasoning and inquiry to be a little boring.

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Baltimore PD gun task force members arrested for theft and drug dealing


Daily Mail
Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:37 UTC
baltimore gun task force
© Baltimore PD
An extra GPS tracker was the first clue that helped bring down the Baltimore Police Gun Task Force (Pictured l-r Evodio Hendrix, Marcus Taylor, Wayne Jenkins, Jemell Rayam, Maurice Ward)
It was a case that would rock Baltimore to its core. An elite police squad robbing its own citizens, stealing thousands of dollars and re-selling confiscated drugs.

There were homeless men and construction workers who were robbed, prisoners who claimed they were framed, and a shed where ecstasy and heroin were stored.

What sounds like a plot out of a Hollywood film became reality in March 2017 when seven of the eight men who made up the Gun Trace Task force were arrested.

They became one of America's most corrupt police force, and their entire world came crashing down due to one rogue GPS tracker, according to the BBC.

Comment: More on the Baltimore PD's corruption:

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'Don't be evil': Thousands of Google employees are in revolt - demand company desist from supporting US war

John Vibes
Free Thought Project
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
Google revolt
More than 3,100 Google employees are calling for the cancellation of a controversial drone program and saying that they want out of the business of war.

Last month, a press leak revealed that Google has been working with the U.S. Department of Defense on a drone program called "Project Maven," which is being developed to scan images in drone footage and identify targets.

Prior to it being reported in the news, this project was unknown to most Google employees, even those who were working on different aspects of the project.

The company was so secretive about the project and kept their employees so compartmentalized, that thousands of talented engineers had no clue that they were aiding a war effort. Now, many of those employees are speaking out, and demanding that the company cancel its work on the controversial program.

This week, a letter that was signed by over 3,100 Google employees, addressed to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, stated that they did not want to be involved "in the business of war."

Comment: Wow - who would have thought there were 3,100 employees at uber liberal Google who were awake and strong enough to take such a stand. Good on them. They are setting the example for all people of conscience who see how they may be unwittingly made to contribute to the malevolent US war-making monstrosity.

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German justice minister to press Facebook on its algorithms

Thomas Escritt
Reuters
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:01 UTC
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German Justice Minister Katarina Barley said she planned a further meeting with Facebook to discuss the impact of its algorithms on the social network's users, adding that recent disclosures of privacy violations were probably not isolated.

Facebook said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, more than previous estimates.

"I plan a further discussion with Facebook to discuss the question of algorithms [which] govern how people are categorized according to their usage of data," Barley told reporters on Thursday.

Comment: It seems like Facebook is getting slammed for what we all knew they were doing all along. It's never been anything more than a user information grab, dressed up as a social media platform.

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Pro-Lula protesters close roads and highways in 16 Brazilian states

G1
g1.com
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:46 UTC
In defense of Lula at the ABC Metalworkers' Union
© Midia Ninja
Protesters opposed to the arrest of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are protesting around the country.

Friday (April 6th) until 5:00pm is the deadline given by Judge Sérgio Moro for Lula to present himself to the headquarters of the Federal Police in Curitiba.

Pro-Lula acts occur in at least 16 states. A woman was shot in the leg at one of the blockades in the state of Paraíba.

Sérgio Moro issued the arrest warrant for Lula after the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF-4) sent the judge a letter authorizing the execution of the sentence of the former president in the case of the Guarujá triplex. The court sentenced Lula to 12 years and a month in prison, beginning the sentence in a closed regime.

On Thursday night (April 5th), the Workers' Party (PT) defense filed a new habeas corpus petition to avoid arrest. According to Lula's lawyers the Superior Federal Court (STJ) denied the request. STJ does not acknowledge issuing a ruling on Lula's new habeas corpus.

Since Thursday night Lula has been in the ABC Metalworkers' Union in São Paulo, where protesters are also gathered in support of the former president. According to military police, there are about 1 thousand people on the scene.

Comment: (UPDATE) The deadline has passed and Lula continues in the ABC Metalworkers' Union. The protests have spread to 22 states.

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Hard questions for Israel as video shows unarmed teen shot in back by IDF sniper

Raf Sanchez
The Independent.ie
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:40 UTC
Palestinian tear gas Gaza
© Agence France-Presse
A Palestinian demonstrator throws back a teargas canister towards Israeli forces during clashes in Hebron.
In the battle of narratives between Israel and the Palestinians, the short life of Abdel Fattah Abd al-Nabi is the current frontline.

The 18-year-old was one of 15 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops on Friday as they confronted mass demonstrations at the Gaza border. Video footage appears to show Mr al-Nabi was unarmed and shot in the back by a sniper as he ran away from Israeli positions.

Images of his death have been shared around the world and both Israel and Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza, have raced to give their own spin on the shaky mobile phone video of his final moments. The fight to define one life, and one death, has become a proxy for the broader conflict.

The Israeli military has accused Mr al-Nabi of being "an active operative of the Hamas terror organisation's military wing", the Qassam Brigades. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said 10 of Friday's 16 dead had known links to terrorism and involved in violence when they were killed.

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One-third of millennials surveyed aren't sure the Earth is round


CBS News - Pittsburgh
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:28 UTC
Planet Earth
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A new survey has found that a third of young millennials in the U.S. aren't convinced the Earth is actually round. The national poll reveals that 18 to 24-year-olds are the largest group in the country who refuse to accept the scientific facts of the world's shape.

YouGov, a British market research firm, polled 8,215 adults in the United States to find out if they ever believed in the "flat Earth" movement. Only 66 percent of young millennials answered that they "always believe the world is round." Science teachers across the U.S. will be shaking their heads after learning that nine percent of young adults answered that they have "always believed" the planet was flat.

Another nine percent said of young adults said they thought the planet was spherical but had doubts about it. In a disturbing display of indecision, 16 percent of millennials said they weren't sure what the shape of the planet was.

Comment: See also: The real conspiracy: Flat earth is a psyop

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Mentally ill New York mother charged in brutal decapitation of her 7-year-old son

George Silvarole
syracuse.com
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:54 UTC
Hanane Mouhib
© Monroe County Sheriff's Office via AP
An upstate New York woman has been charged with murder following the death of a 7-year-old boy in Monroe County.

Hanane Mouhib, 36, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, 13WHAM reported. She is being held at the Monroe County Jail without bail.

Mouhib allegedly killed her son, Abraham Cardenas, in their home in Sweden, New York, on Thursday night, the Democrat & Chronicle reported. Mouhib used a large kitchen knife to stab Abraham in both the upper left area of his back and in his neck, and severed his head from his body, according to investigators.
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