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Court orders release of body cam videos in Vegas shooting but not casino surveillance footage

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:10 UTC
Stephen Paddock Vegas shooting
More than four months after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history, a judge has ruled that police must release 911 calls, the remaining Body Cam footage from their officers and other records within the next 30 days. But the repeated requests for the release of the Mandalay Bay Hotel's surveillance footage seem to have been ignored once again.

Nevada state court Judge Richard Scotti ruled that the records must be released to the media outlets that have been requesting them-with the first requests coming in hours after the Oct. 1 shooting-but that the department is allowed to redact the names, social security numbers and "portions of videos in which people could be easily recognized."

"If the government contended that the requested records were confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure, then the government had a duty to redact confidential information and produce the non-confidential portions of the records," Scotti said.

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Medvedeva v Zagitova: Russian figure skating sensations set to compete for Olympic medal


RT
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:48 UTC
Evgenia Medvedeva(R) , Alina Zagitova(L).
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Evgenia Medvedeva(R) , Alina Zagitova(L).
With most leading Russian sports figures barred from the 2018 PyeongChang Games, the country's medal hopes are mainly tied to Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova, who are expected to achieve podium places in figure skating.

Soviet and Russian figure skaters have traditionally dominated pairs events since 1964, when Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov claimed the first gold for the USSR at the Innsbruck Games.

Since then, several generations of Russian-born skaters have dominated places on the Olympic podium, extending an impressive winning streak for the country that lasted for several decades.

Despite being a figure skating powerhouse with winning traditions in pairs, ice-dancing and even men's single events, the coveted Olympic gold in the lady's competition had proven elusive for Russia up until the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when Adelina Sotnikova earned the maiden Olympic title for her country.

Comment: More on the Olympics: A historic event: North Korea is going to the Olympics

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Cold therapy! Russian ice swimming celebrity dives into freezing waters of Lake Baikal


RT
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:41 UTC
Andrey Bugay ice swimming
© Ruptly
Neither subzero temperatures, nor the thick ice on Lake Baikal can keep a Russian thrillseeker from taking a swim. And cold water wetsuits are apparently for cowards when just trunks will do.

Russians seem to just love it cold - Andrey Bugay, from an ice swimming club in the city of Irkutsk near Lake Baikal, has proven that again. The ice swimming enthusiast took his plunge during the 'Winter on Baikal' swimming festival in the first days of January when temperatures fell to -20C.


Comment: Thrill seeking aside, becoming adapted to cold can actually be quite beneficial:

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A historic event: North Korea is going to the Olympics

Alex Ward
Vox
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 02:30 UTC
Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik of North Korea
© Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik of North Korea train during a practice session ahead of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
A North Korean army has entered South Korea - an "Army of Beauties," that is.

That's the colloquial name for North Korea's 230-strong, all-female cheerleading squad. They form part of the country's delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which also includes athletes, artists, and politicians - many of whom already arrived ahead of the games.

It's a pretty historic moment for North Korea, since it's the first time the country will compete in the Winter Olympics in eight years. Their participation comes after months of tension - and the threat of possible nuclear war - with the United States and South Korea, the host country.

In January, Pyongyang agreed to let its citizens compete in the Winter Games. Now North Koreans will be able to ski down mountains, figure skate, and play hockey against some of the best athletes in the world. More symbolically, North Koreans will also march under one flag with South Koreans during the opening ceremony - a rare moment of unity for a divided region.
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Westminster pedophile-ring accuser fired from his job and accused of child abuse


RT
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:54 UTC
Dolphin Square
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An alleged fantasist who sparked a police investigation into a supposed pedophile ring in Westminster has been dismissed from his role as a school governor after being charged with child abuse offences.

The man, believed to be in his 40s and who can only be identified as 'Nick' for legal reasons, is responsible for launching a police inquiry into the supposed child-abuse ring back in 2014.

He alleged that senior politicians, including former prime minister Sir Edward Heath, abused children as young as seven while taking part in sex parties with minors at Dolphin Square, a block of private flats close to the Houses of Parliament. He also claimed that three young boys were killed in the course of the abuse.


Comment: Bombshell report: Police confirm former UK Prime Minister raped dozens of children and the government covered it up


Nick, who is already being investigated for supposedly inventing the accusations, is facing charges relating to his alleged possession and creation of 'Category A' images - the most serious level of child exploitation material. He has denied the charges and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed that he will face trial.

Comment: It appears as if this 'Nick' person is the sacrificial lamb in a pervasive and ongoing pedophile scandal in which the most powerful perpetrators never see charges. It's quite unlikely that justice will ever be served.

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100 people die from 'risky masturbation practices' in Germany every year

Kate Buck
Metro
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:42 UTC
Risky masturbation practices
© Getty
‘Risky masturbation practices’ are killing Germans
As many as 100 people are dying every year in Germany from 'risky masturbation practices', a new study has shown.

Oxygen deprivation is the most common cause of death in people who are searching for the 'ultimate orgasm', according to forensic examiner, Dr Harald Voss.

The body of a man was reportedly found in Hamburg covered in sliced cheese with pantyhose pulled up over his upper body while he was wearing a diving suit and a raincoat.

He has placed a plastic bag over his head was sat in front of a heater that was switched on, reports The Local.

Another man was found just before the new year who had died from auto-asphyxiation when he was wrapped in chains in a room where 'pornographic images were present'.

Comment: It would appear natural selection still has a 'hand' in our evolutionary cycle.

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People

Freemason chief admits to secret handshake

Kate Buck
Metro
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:27 UTC
masonic handshake
© gnosticwarrior
Although it has not been confirmed, there is a possibility these could be the secret handshakes.
The Chief Executive of the Freemasons has admitted that there is a secret handshake, but anyone caught doing it outside the society would face 'disciplinary action'.

Today, the Freemasons put a full page advertisement in a number of national newspapers today saying they should stop being 'undeservedly stigmatised' and saying that they are a victim of discrimination.

It came after The Guardian wrote an article claiming that there were two lodges set up in Westminster that MPs and journalists were secretly operating in.

Dr David Staples, the Deputy Grand Master of Ceremonies for the United Grand Lodge of England, told Metro.co.uk: 'I think enough is enough and The Guardian article was the straw that finally broke the camel's back.

'The clear influence that they want people to believe is that in Westminster there are groups of MPs who are meeting up and discussing nefarious things, which is totally false.
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Russian nuclear engineers busted for using supercomputer to mine cryptocurrencies


RT
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:56 UTC
nuke engineer
© Christinne Muschi
A worker checks the fans on miners at the cryptocurrency farming operation.
A powerful supercomputer located at a Russian nuclear research facility in Sarov was reportedly targeted by a pair of engineers who wanted to use it to mine cryptocurrencies.

"There has been an attempt of unsanctioned use of workplace computing capacities for personal gain, including for so-called mining," the press service of the Sarov nuclear weapons facility told Interfax on Friday. The statement said the employees involved have been arrested and are facing criminal charges.

The remarks, which didn't provide further details about the case, came in response to reports on social media on Thursday saying the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) had busted two nuclear engineers. The men had apparently attempted to set up an internet connection on the top secret supercomputer in Sarov to use it for mining cryptocurrencies.

The Sarov facility, which is usually called Federal Nuclear Center, is Russia's counterpart to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. It's a historic developer of nuclear weapons that is still very much involved in keeping Russia's arsenal ready and up-to-date.
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Life Preserver

Modern "Liberals" Are 1950s Authoritarians

Caitlin Johnstone
Medium
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:25 UTC
Rob Reiner Brennan Clapper
In the hit 1970s sitcom All in the Family, Rob Reiner played Michael Stivic, whose progressive countercultural 1960s sensibilities made him a perfect foil for his bigoted, conservative father-in-law Archie Bunker's struggles to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
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Evil Rays

America's Crisis - An Ubiquitous Culture of Spin

Chris Kanthan
Sott.net
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:03 UTC
Media reality
Trump famously said that if he shot a person on 5th Ave, he still wouldn't lose any supporters. Shocking as it may be, he was quite right. Of course, on the other side, the damning evidence of Clinton corruption in the WikiLeaks emails didn't really sway any Hillary voters. The reason is that the discourse in America has become extremely divisive and partisan. People live in their own ideological echo chambers where critical thinking doesn't exist. However, the problem goes beyond politics - this fact-free, stubborn, narcissistic, illogical and spin-loving attitude has become pervasive in every aspect of our society. The most dire challenge that America faces is not financial, geopolitical or environmental. It is the crisis due to the death of logic and objectivity.

Let's start with some examples in politics.
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