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Over 1000 ecstasy tablets found in cake puzzle near University of California


RT
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:57 UTC
Ecstacy
© riversideca.gov
A cake-pop puzzle used to stash more than 1,000 ecstasy tablets and destined for college students at the University of California, Riverside was intercepted by local police after a tip-off from the Department of Homeland Security.

The discovery was made Wednesday at a residence in the 3000 block of Iowa Avenue near University of California, Riverside, according to a statement released by the Riverside Police Department.

The package was posted from the Netherlands and contained 1,015 Ecstasy (MDMA) pills in the 1,000-piece Ravensburger Puzzle that pictured cake pops.
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2 dead, 3 critical in Kansas shooting


RT
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 23:50 UTC
Hesston shooting
© Dave Kaup/Reuters
Two people have died and three victims remain in "critical" condition after a shooter opened fire at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas. The shooter has been shot and killed by law enforcement, according to reports on the Harvey County police dispatch.

The Hesston Record reported that the shooter has been shot by law enforcement and was carrying an AK-47 at the time.

An Excel Industries employee believes five victims were shot, according to KAKE.

Excel is a manufacturer of turf care products. Hesston is a city in central Kansas about 36 miles north of Wichita.

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9 Tanzanian poachers charged with shooting down anti-poacher helicopter, killing pilot


RT
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:11 UTC
Helicopter
© AFP
Nine Tanzanian poachers have been charged with the murder of British pilot Roger Gower, who had been patrolling the Maswa game reserve when his helicopter was shot down in January.

Gower, from Birmingham, had been tracking the elephant poachers at the reserve, which is located near the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania. He is believed to have been flying over the carcass of an elephant the men had killed when he was shot down.

Appearing in a Tanzanian court on Wednesday, prosecutors said they plan to use ballistic evidence from the scene of the crash, as well as the DNA of three elephants the men had killed, to prove the men's involvement.

In addition, the poachers have been charged with being in possession of $15,000 worth of ivory. "Some of the accused pleaded guilty to being in unlawful possession of firearms and elephant tusks, while others denied the charge," said Yamiko Mlekana, senior government prosecutor, earlier this month.

Gower had been working for the Friedkin Conservation Fund, which oversees a number of wildlife conservation projects in Tanzania.

It is understood that the 37-year-old was able to land the helicopter after it had been shot at, but died from injuries before being rescued, BBC reported. Former Tanzanian Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Lazaro Nyalandu, described the actions of the poachers as "evil and sad."

Gower's brothers have set up an online fund seeking £75,000 in donations to help anti-poaching efforts in Tanzania.

Comment: The barbaric lengths poachers will go to in their hunt and destruction of nature's bounty is unbelievable.

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California cops kill parents sleeping in car

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:56 UTC
Kisha Michael and Marquintan Sandlin

Kisha Michael and Marquintan Sandlin
On Sunday, police responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle parked on Manchester Boulevard around 3:10 am. When police arrived, they engaged in a 45-minute long standoff before opening fire on the man and woman inside the vehicle, killing them both.

In the news release on Monday, following the shooting, police claimed that the woman in the car had a gun. Scott Collins, a spokesman for the Inglewood Police Department said that the couple refused to obey the officers' commands to exit the vehicle. The officers then feared for their safety and opened fire on the car — killing the couple.

The woman was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting, and the man succumbed to his injuries after paramedics transported him to a local hospital, according to the LA Times. The shooting seemed like an open and shut case until the next day.

Mayor James Butts, while responding to questions about the shooting, opened up a huge can of worms — both the man and the woman were unconscious.
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Unbelievably corrupt: Michigan officials still refuse to test water for disease despite major outbreak of Legionnaires


Sputnik
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:36 UTC
Flint Michigan
© Flickr/ DonkeyHotey
Despite a major uptick in cases of Legionnaires disease in the city of Flint, which has already left ten people dead, Michigan is refusing to test the city's contaminated water supply to conclusively link the bacteria to the likely source.

Legionnaires disease is a deadly waterborne bacterial infection that has infected 87 Flint area residents since June 2014. The average for Genessee County is around a dozen infections per year.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder acknowledged the spike last month, but has stalled on testing the water to confirm that officials were not just poisoning the people of Flint with toxic levels of lead.

Comment: If it weren't for these corrupt idiots this situation wouldn't be turning into such a total disaster.

Further reading:
The emails reveal that government officials were completely dismissive of the countless complaints that were made against the tap water. Members of Snyder's administration mocked residents who complained, saying that they were merely whining about the"aesthetics" of the water and played off their concerns as "initial hiccups." The governor's chief of staff said in one email "I can't figure out why the state is responsible except that [State Treasurer] Dillon did make the ultimate decision so we're not able to avoid the subject."

Emails reveal dismissive attitude of state officials in Flint water crisis


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Federal court rules filming the police 'with no expressive purpose' can get you arrested

Derrick Broze
Activist Post
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:12 UTC
filming police
© liberty voice
A federal appeals court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that filming the police without a specific challenge or criticism is not constitutionally protected.

The cases of Fields v. City of Philadelphia, and Geraci v. City of Philadelphia involve two different incidents where individuals were arrested for filming the police. Richard Fields, a Temple University student, was arrested after stopping to take a picture of a large group of police outside a house party. Amanda Geraci, a legal observer with CopWatch Berkeley, attended a large protest against fracking in September 2012 and was arrested while filming the arrest of another protester.

Both Fields and Geraci are seeking damages from the Philadelphia Police Department for violating their Constitutional right to videotape public officials. Previous rulings have found the public has a right to record police as form of "expressive conduct," such as a protest or criticism, which is protected by the First Amendment.

Comment: You heard it, folks. Express your purpose in filming the police before pushing the record button. Otherwise, go to jail.

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Apple says FBI order violates first amendment and vows to enhance security


RT
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:47 UTC
apple
© Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Apple plans to argue that being forced to comply with an FBI court order to disable security features on an iPhone would infringe on the company's First Amendment rights. Meanwhile, the company is reportedly promising to make its product harder to hack.

The FBI is trying to coerce the global technology giant into helping it to determine the passcode on the work phone used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, who killed 14 people and injured 22 at an office party in December with the help of his wife. The FBI wants the company to create special software to disable security features that, among other things, render the iPhone unreadable after 10 incorrect entries of the passcode.

Apple's lawyer, Theodore Boutrous, told the Los Angeles Times that forcing the company to write software would "breech its free speech rights under the First Amendment."

Comment: Kudos to Apple in this case. It just remains to be seen where the story ends. With every mini-crisis confronting the American populace (false-flag or not), the pathocrats in charge manage to vector events in the worst possible direction: more power to themselves, less freedom for the rest of us. That's the way it's always been, and it's a symptom of a much wider dynamic at play. In context, the intel agencies already have a huge amount of power when it comes to spying on ordinary citizens. As Bush said, the Constitution is just a piece of paper; American 'freedoms' are a fantasy, and that won't change any time soon. The fact that this issue is even a debate says it all. At this rate, American society has nowhere to go but down. (Just look at the presidential candidates!)

Further reading: Tampering with evidence? Apple execs say San Bernardino iPhone password changed while in government custody

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Despicable: Los Angeles city officials seizing tiny houses from homeless

Gail Holland
Los Angeles Times
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:05 UTC
tiny houses, homeless
Escalating their battle to stamp out an unprecedented spread of street encampments, city officials have begun seizing tiny houses from homeless people living on freeway overpasses in South Los Angeles.

Three of the gaily painted wooden houses, which come with solar-powered lights and American flags, were confiscated earlier this month and seven more are planned for impound Thursday, a Bureau of Sanitation spokeswoman said.

Elvis Summers, who built and donated the structures, was out Wednesday with a flat-bed trailer, trying to move houses scattered up and down Harbor Freeway bridges into storage.

"These people are beaten down so hard, you give them any opportunity to be normal, it lifts them up," Summers said.

The houses were removed as part of a street cleanup requested by the office of Councilman Curren Price, who represents the neighborhood, sanitation spokeswoman Elena Stern said.

Comment: This is absolutely shameless. There is really no excuse for such a heartless response - it's clear these officials have no conscience and are simply attempting to make the problem disappear rather than cooperate with those who are actively trying to help these people.

Banning homelessness: Cruel and unusual punishment?

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With 88% animal kill rate? PETA wants to close Guantanamo, turn into animal 'empathy center'

Gregory Korte
USA Today
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:14 UTC
Guantanamo Bay torture center
© H. Darr Beiser/USA Today
Razor wire tops one of the several fences surrounding Camp One of Camp Delta, part of the detention facility holding enemy combatants from the Afghanistan conflict.
What would become of the Guantanamo Bay military prison if President Obama is successful in closing the facility? A prominent animal rights group has a proposal.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent the Obama administration a petition Wednesday, asking it to turn the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center into what it's calling the "Guantanamo Bay Empathy Center."

"As we all know, 'Gitmo' is now associated with torture, violence, and prejudice," wrote PETA president Ingrid Newkirk said in a letter to the State Department special envoy for Guantanamo closure, Lee Wolosky. "We would like to change that impression in the most forward-looking way possible by turning it into an "empathy center" where the values of justice, respect, understanding, and compassion for all beings would be taught."

Comment: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is a place where some of the most sadistic and cruel acts against human beings have taken place. According to PKA, PETA in Virginia killed 88.3% of the animals it received in 2014. That connection creates an entirely different impression.

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Truth is stranger than fiction dept: 'Idiocracy' has become a documentary - screenwriter Etan Cohen


RT
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:32 UTC
Idiocracy movie US culture
© Solomon Sloan / YouTube
Idiocracy was a 2006 cult classic that portrayed America's future as a world run by idiots. If you think that sounds awfully familiar, you are not alone. Etan Cohen took to Twitter to admit that he saw parallels between his fiction and our reality.

The comedy sci-fi movie followed a hapless Army librarian and a prostitute who agreed to be suspended in frozen animation for 500 years. When they emerge, they discovered that the world is essentially run by cave men named after corporations and products who live in plastic huts. The politics of 2505 depicted in Idiocracy look more like the beginning of a wrestling match than insightful debate and the country is led by a violence loving, foul mouthed, ignoramus of a president.

Screenwriter Etan Cohen tweet out "I never expected #idiocracy to become a documentary."
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