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Palestinian teen dies after being hit with an Israeli gas canister


PressTV
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:58 UTC
Palestinian mourners
© ReutersRelatives of Palestinian teen Hassan Iyad Shalabi , 14, who was killed during a protest at the border fence between the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied territories, mourn during his funeral in the central Gaza Strip on February 9, 2019.
A Palestinian teenager has died in the Gaza Strip four days after being hit by a tear gas canister during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between the eastern Gaza Strip and the occupied territories.

Spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qidra, said in a statement that Hassan Nabil Ahmed Nofal, 17, died late on Tuesday at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City from the wounds he suffered Friday when he hit in the head by the cartridge.

Nofal was hit when the canister was fired several meters from him during a "Great March of Return" protest east of Bureij refugee camp.

Fourteen-year-old Hassan Iyad Shalabi was fatally shot in the chest during an anti-occupation demonstration east of the city of Khan Yunis, located about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Gaza City.

Hamza Mohammed Roshdi Ashtiwi, 17, died east of the Gaza Strip after he was hit in the neck with a live bullet.
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Best of the Web: Haitian protesters call for Russian intervention as they revolt against US puppet government


RT
Sun, 17 Feb 2019 15:31 UTC
haiti protests feb 2019
© AFP / Hector Retamal“Down with Americans, long live Putin!” chanted around 200 demonstrators in the capital Port-au-Prince on Friday, some holding up printouts with the face of the Russian president.
As the poorest Caribbean state descends into chaos caused by the corruption of its elites, protesters on the streets are calling for help from a man who has never set foot in the country - Vladimir Putin.

"Down with Americans, long live Putin!" chanted around 200 demonstrators in the capital Port-au-Prince on Friday, some holding up printouts with the face of the Russian president.

Protesters burned the American flag as criticism of the links between Washington and the unpopular government of President Jovenel Moise. They called Moise, elected in 2016, a US-installed puppet, who is surviving due to US reluctance to exert international pressure.


Comment: What Smedley Butler Found Out in Haiti

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Pirates

North Macedonia police reportedly prevent ISIS-backer terrorist attack


RFE/RL
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:36 UTC
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Fighters from the Balkans, including Macedonia, are shown in a propaganda film by the Islamic State insurgent group in 2015.
Police in North Macedonia have prevented a planned "terrorist act" by supporters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, the Western Balkan country's Interior Ministry says.

The ministry on February 15 said the authorities launched several raids after exchanging intelligence with a "partner country" regarding IS supporters' "potential plans and intentions for committing a terrorist act."

It said the raids took place in "several locations...taking away objects and devices related to the possible attack."

The U.S. Embassy in Skopje on February 15 also issued a security alert to its citizens traveling to the country, warning of "a heightened risk of terrorist attacks inspired by extremist ideology in North Macedonia."
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Russian Flag

Supreme Trolling: One year on from Skripal false-flag chemical attack, enormous Russia flag mounted on Salisbury cathedral


RT
Sun, 17 Feb 2019 15:46 UTC
salisbury cathedral russia flag
Sublime
The English city synonymous with the poisoning of a Russian double-agent woke to a peculiar sight this morning - an enormous Russian flag waving down from Salisbury's cathedral, famed for its 123-meter spire.


Comment: Troll-lol-lol-lol!


The flag, which appeared overnight or early Sunday, was unfurled atop scaffolding encasing part of the famous site as it undergoes maintenance repairs. It's not clear whether the banner was an act of supreme trolling against Russia, or a peculiar indication of support for Russia.


Comment: Oh it's pretty clear it's an act of supreme trolling against the British, French and Israelis who concocted the Skripal Saga.


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Houston cop lied about drug buy that led to a deadly no-knock raid

Michelle Homer
KHOU 11
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:11 UTC
Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas
© KHOUDennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were killed during a drug raid in southeast Houston.
In a bombshell development, the undercover cop who led a drug raid that ended with a deadly shootout last month is now the target of a criminal investigation.

The narcotics officer lied in the search warrant affidavit about a drug buy that never happened, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo confirmed Friday.

"That's totally unacceptable. I've told my police department that if you lie, you die," Acevedo said. "When you lie on an affidavit, that's not sloppy police work, that's a crime."

The case agent and three other HPD undercover officers were shot during the raid on Harding Street. Homeowners Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were killed in the shootout.
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NYC mayor tears into Bezos for betraying 'everyday people' with Amazon HQ cancellation


RT
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 11:49 UTC
amazon protest
© Reuters / Shannon Stapleton
Crusading NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio attacked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for canceling the company's heavily subsidized move to Queens, slamming "the definition of 1 percent" for his "disrespectful" treatment of New Yorkers.

"Why does this company believe that it can make such arbitrary decisions with no regard for the people? With no regard for government?" de Blasio asked, seemingly without a glimmer of self-awareness, during an appearance on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Public Radio on Friday.

"Here's Bezos and here's Amazon, the definition of one percent. Look how little regard there was for everyday people!" the mayor insisted. "It just dispels the notion that these big corporations are willing to be good citizens and good neighbors."


It was arguably the same "everyday people" who were the most vocal in their opposition to Amazon's headquarters move, which would have seen the trillion-dollar company given billions of dollars in tax breaks to relocate. New Yorkers were not given a chance to weigh in on the move, and many found de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo's wooing of the e-commerce behemoth - including Cuomo's joke he'd change his name to "Amazon Cuomo" if it would convince Bezos to relocate - unseemly.


So when Bezos called Amazon's fly-by-night decision to pull out of the deal after hitting a bit of turbulence "disappointing and disrespectful to the people of New York," the irony was palpable - and Lehrer wouldn't let the mayor get away with it.

Comment: See also:

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Tim Ballard: I've fought sex trafficking at the border. This is why we need a wall

Tim Ballard
Deseret News
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:48 UTC
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© Evan Vucci, APPresident Donald Trump listens as Timothy Ballard, CEO of Operation Underground Railroad, speaks during an event on human trafficking in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Washington
Critics have recently rejected the idea that building, expanding or strengthening a barrier or "wall" along our southern border would do anything to combat sex trafficking. Though many of these critics do noble work in various capacities, even in the human trafficking space, they all have one thing in common: they have never utilized the wall to rescue sex trafficking victims and therefore they do not understand its power for good, its power to rescue trafficked children.

In contrast to the critics, I worked 12 years as a special agent/undercover operator for Homeland Security Investigations, 10 of which included a tour combating sex trafficking on the southern border. Since that time I have continued the fight as CEO of the anti-trafficking organization Operation Underground Railroad, or O.U.R. Furthermore, I have worked closely with the heads of every U.S. agency whose job it is to find and rescue children being trafficked across the southern border. In fact, I was with them all in the White House just a few days ago discussing how border barriers help combat trafficking.

Altogether, we are the ones - and the only ones - who have utilized or are utilizing the border wall to rescue children. We are the experts. And we all agree that the building, expansion and strengthening of the border wall has been one of many effective tools, and will continue to be an effective tool, in the rescuing of trafficked children.
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Best of the Web: Yellow Vest protesters who have lost eyes, limbs demand justice from Macron

Igor Ogorodnev
RT
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:35 UTC
Yelow vest lost eye
© (L) Facebook / Fiorina Jacob Lignier; (C) Jacob Maxime; (R) YouTube / TVLPhotos show protester Fiorina Jacob Lignier before and after she was struck by a police gas grenade.
France gathered for the 15th week of Gilets Jaunes protests, with the injury toll of the worst civil unrest in decades now resembling that of a small war. Yet despite pleas from victims, Emmanuel Macron is tightening the screws.

"This is not normal. We are in France, one of the oldest and best democracies in the world," says Fiorina Jacob Lignier, who lost her eye at a demonstration in Paris on December 8. "We usually condemn from afar other countries where this occurs, that this is happening here is unbelievable."

Lignier, a 20-year-old philosophy student, traveled from the northern city of Amiens to march on the Champs-Elysees to protest against fuel taxes with her boyfriend, Jacob Maxime.

He told RT that they were marching with a column of peaceful demonstrators, when a group of masked radicals began to vandalize a shopfront more than 50 yards away.

Comment: S.O.S. Russia S.O.S.

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Amazon HQ decision a win for delusional far left Democrats, a loss for workers

Lisa Mascaro and Steve Peoples
AP News
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:28 UTC
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
© AP Photo/Kathy Willens, FileThe picture of sanity?
What is happening to the Democrats?

Captivated by a handful of liberal superstars, they are venturing where the party has long feared to tread: Steep taxes on the rich. Abolishing an immigration enforcement agency. Proposing "economic transformation" to combat climate change. Gleefully waving goodbye to a big business - and its jobs.

On Thursday, newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a chorus of cheers as Amazon announced it was abandoning plans to build a sought-after headquarters in New York City. Activists berated the online giant for a $3 billion package of tax breaks she said the city could better invest in hiring teachers or fixing the subway.


Comment: Spellbinder AOC has convinced people that well-paying job opportunities are bad and the solution to all life's problems is to just tax people who are financially successful and give it away to everyone else.


Comment: Many in the Democratic party, and in particular these "rising superstars", are so ideologically possessed that they've completely lost touch with both the average American, and reality itself, yet in their grand hubris they believe that they know how to solve all the worlds' problems. They may very well end up with a rude awakening.

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Grand opening of discount Russian food store sweeps Leipzig, Germany


RT
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:01 UTC
A segment of the graffiti painted wall at the East Side Gallery in Berlin
© Christian Reister / Global Look PressA segment of the graffiti painted wall at the East Side Gallery in Berlin
A Russian grocery retailer was nearly forced to close during its grand opening week in Germany when a huge crowd of Leipzig locals arrived and gobbled up almost the entire inventory.

The promising slogan 'Only Lowest Prices Everyday' evoked an enormous demand during the first days after the opening that toppled the most optimistic forecasts. The buying fever was reportedly triggered by very attractive prices for foodstuff and basic goods offered by the grocery store that had been opened in early February in a location where an Aldi market once stood.

Mere, a food discounter belonging to one of Russia's largest thrift shop chains Torgservis, offers a wide range of goods, from dairy products and coffee to canned food and sausages, manufactured mostly in Eastern European countries.

Comment: Russia continues to excel in its endeavors.

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