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Two die as small jet crashes into Akron, Ohio apartment building


RT
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:13 UTC
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A small airplane crashed into a residential area of Akron, Ohio. Many local residents are without power, and the building is on fire.

Two people have died, Akron police told WEWS-TV. It is assumed they were on board the plane as no one was injured inside the apartment building, and all the residents are accounted for, local officials said.

The small jet, identified as a "Hawker H25B," was on approach to Akron Fulton Airport when it clipped a residential building in the area of Mogadore and Skelton roads in eastern Akron, WJV in Cleveland quoted a FAA spokesman.

Ambulances and firefighters are on the site, local media report. The building is "engulfed in flames," according to local officials, and the emergency crews are working to contain the fire.

The fire had spread to a second apartment building, before the emergency crews put it out, WEWS reported.

Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are on the way, and the investigation will be headed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), according to WJW-TV.

Manufactured between 1983 and 2013, the small jet - officially known as Hawker 800 - has a crew of two and could carry up to 13 passengers.


Comment: There have been several small plane crashes in the last few months:

Update: Reuters is reporting nine passengers were also killed in the crash.

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Pistol

LAPD cops shoot, kill man for 'acting bizarrely' and standing in street


Sputnik
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:59 UTC
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© Mel Melcon/LA TimesLAPD officers near the intersection of Stagg St. and Encino Ave. in Lake Balboa, where an officer-involved shooting occurred.
On Monday, officers from the Los Angeles Police Department took down a man for "acting bizarrely and standing in traffic."

Officers were called to the scene in Lake Balboa shortly after 1:00 PM over reports of the man acting strangely, though no specifics were given other than the fact that he was in the roadway. LAPD Lieutenant John Jenal says a police helicopter flew overhead as officers arrived on the scene and used Tasers on the man "in an effort to de-escalate the situation," before shooting at him with beanbag rounds.

The man, who is described as Latino and in his mid-30s, apparently did not comply, so they shot him to death. The department is now looking into whether he was on drugs, under the influence of alcohol, or had mental health issues. Activists, critics, and residents of Los Angeles have asserted that his mental health is likely something that should have been considered before using lethal force on him.

It was unclear how many shots were fired or whether police were engaged in a struggle before the shooting, Jenal told the Los Angeles Times. None of the officers involved were wearing body cameras, and the incident was reportedly not captured on any surveillance cameras from local businesses.

No officers were severely injured during the incident, and it is unclear whether even minor injuries were sustained, other than perhaps some sore trigger fingers.

Comment: One of many cops who will likely get away with murder leaving the family to suffer the loss.

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Crusader

UK Christian school says girls must wear opaque tights with skirts to prevent rape, sexual assault

David Edwards
Raw Story
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:19 UTC
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A new policy at a British Christian school is requiring girls to cover their legs with "opaque tights" and long skirts as a safety measure against sexual assault.

The Hartlepool Mail reported that parents of students at St. Hild's Church of England School had received a letter informing them of the new policy. The letter says that "in the interest of modesty and to ensure your child is properly safeguarded on their way to and from school, we ask that black tights be worn with skirts at all times".

Carol McEnaney told the paper that her 14-year-old daughter Hannah was handed a pair of tights when she showed up at the school wearing a skirt with socks. "The school said, though, that if she didn't wear tights, she would be put in isolation or sent home," McEnaney explained. "I want to get my point across that girls should have the right to choose."
"My daughter does not dress inappropriately," the mother added. "She's perfectly presentable, and there shouldn't be a problem as the skirt isn't short. It's about knee-height."

Sam Smethers of the Fawcett Society, a charity with the mission of ensuring equal rights for women, argued that the dress code was teaching the wrong lessons to girls. "Girls and young women are being asked to change their behaviour and modify the way they dress and here is yet another example. That's just not acceptable in 2015," Smethers observed. "Modesty and safeguarding don't come into it. What they should be focussing on is opening up a world of opportunity to their young women, not controlling what they wear."

Comment: Another instance of people in positions of authority showing absolute ignorance of rape and sexual assault.
A far better choice would be to educate these young women on the pathology of predators and how they might protect themselves instead conditioning them to accept the blame for such heinous acts.

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Pistol

More Americans fear gun violence than terrorism: poll

Adam Lidgett
Rawstory
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:40 UTC
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More Americans are more worried about being a victim of gun violence than a victim of terrorism, according to a McClatchy-Marist poll released Tuesday. Of the Americans surveyed, 63 percent said they feared they or someone they know would die as a result of gun violence, compared with the 29 percent who said they register terrorist attacks as more of a fear.

The poll also shows a split between Republican and Democrats as to what they perceive as a bigger threat. Some 77 percent of Democrats surveyed viewed guns as a bigger fear over terrorism, while Republicans saw terrorism as a bigger threat by 55-45. Tea party supporters were also skewed more toward viewing terrorism as a bigger threat by a 57-37 percent margin.
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Dollars

Fast-food workers protest for higher wages nationwide


RT
Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:31 UTC
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© ยฉ Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Demonstrators rally during demonstrations asking for higher wages in the Manhattan borough of New York April 15, 2015.
Workers across the country joined in largest-ever strike to hit the fast food industry in the fight for higher wages. They hope to capture the attention of 2016 candidates by striking one year from Election Day.

Hundreds of protesters marched in downtown Brooklyn early on Tuesday, blocking traffic and carrying banners that demand that elected leaders implement a $15 an hour minimum wage and union rights.

In addition to New York City, workers began a walkout of their jobs starting at 6 a.m. in cities Chicago, Atlanta and Kansas City, among others.

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Padlock

Paul Craig Roberts: Regarding the re-enserfment of Western Peoples (hint: you've been screwed)

Paul Craig Roberts
Institute for Political Economy
Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00 UTC
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© sgtreport.comA TPP/TTIP peoples future...it's coming!
The re-enserfment of Western peoples is taking place on several levels. One about which I have been writing for more than a decade comes from the offshoring of jobs. Americans, for example, have a shrinking participation in the production of the goods and services that are marketed to them.

On another level we are experiencing the financialization of the Western economy about which Michael Hudson is the leading expert (Killing The Host). Financialization is the process of removing any public presence in the economy and converting the economic surplus into interest payments to the financial sector.

These two developments deprive people of economic prospects. A third development deprives them of political rights. The Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic Partnerships eliminate political sovereignty and turn governance over to global corporations.

These so called "trade partnerships" have nothing to do with trade. These agreements negotiated in secrecy grant immunity to corporations from the laws of the countries in which they do business. This is achieved by declaring any interference by existing and prospective laws and regulations on corporate profits as restraints on trade for which corporations can sue and fine "sovereign" governments. For example, the ban in France and other counries on GMO products would be negated by the Trans-Atlantic Partnership. Democracy is simply replaced by corporate rule.

Comment: A TTIP October 2014 study by the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University indicates that there will be losses in terms of net exports, net losses in terms of GDP, loss of labor income, job losses, reduction of the labor share, loss of government revenue and higher financial instability among European countries. Best scenario according to Stefan Korzell, Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB): Whether TTIP can create jobs, and 'how many' and 'where' is unclear.

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Bomb

U.S. proxies attack civilians in Latakia, Syria - kill 23, injure 65


RT
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:49 UTC
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© Reuters HandoutSmoke rises in the city of Latakia.
At least 23 people have been killed by shelling in the Syrian city of Latakia. Another 65 were injured, RIA Novosti reported citing a source in local police.

"Twenty-three people have been killed and at least 65 hospitalized with injuries of varying degrees," the police source said.

RT's Lizzie Phelan reports from Syria that the attack took place in a very densely-populated part of Latakia.

"All of the reports so far are suggesting that all of those killed and injured are civilians," she said.

The missiles that struck the city were most likely fired from Grad multiple-launch rocket system, Phelan added.

"Initial reports suggest that the attack was carried out by the Al-Qaeda branch, Al-Nusra Front," Phelan said.

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Powertool

Reviving blue collar work: 4 myths about the skilled trades

Jeemy Anderberg
Art of Manliness
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:19 UTC
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"Consider the reality of today's job market. We have a massive skills gap. Even with record unemployment, millions of skilled jobs are unfilled because no one is trained or willing to do them. Meanwhile unemployment among college graduates is at an all-time high, and the majority of those graduates with jobs are not even working in their field of study. Plus, they owe a trillion dollars in student loans. A trillion! And still, we push a four-year college degree as the best way for the most people to find a successful career?" -Mike Rowe
For better or for worse, what we do for a living often defines us. It's one of the first questions we ask people when we meet them for the first time. It's where we will end up spending 90,000 hours of our life, over the course of 40-some years. Unfortunately, most people count themselves as unhappy with their work (by two to one worldwide!). Pop culture endlessly makes fun of the drone-like office employee, and yet that's where most of us are.

Comment: 6 myths about work

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Footprints

Top University of Missouri leaders resign over racial turmoil

Matt Pearce
LA Times
Mon, 09 Nov 2015 08:12 UTC
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© Bea Costa-Lima / Associated PressUniversity of Missouri President Tim Wolfe on campus Sunday night in Columbia, MO.
The campus coup d'etat was over.

After two top University of Missouri system officials announced their resignations Monday following allegations that they had not sufficiently addressed racial issues on campus, students danced on the quad where activists had set up a tent city. The football team announced that it was ending its strike and would resume practicing for this weekend's football game.

At an outdoor amphitheater, hundreds of students chanted in the sun, "I ... am ... a ... revolutionary!" Social media users around the world joined in, tweeting more than 100,000 times about the day's protest. The uprising was partly a ripple effect from last year's protests in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri again proved itself a cauldron for black radicalism, with students pairing bold physical protests with a social media megaphone to demand a renewed focus on racial inequality from their university administration.

"The frustration and anger that I see is clear, real, and I don't doubt it for a second," said university President Tim Wolfe as he resigned Monday morning at a meeting of the system's governing body, the Board of Curators. "I take full responsibility for this frustration and I take full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred," said Wolfe, a businessman who took charge of Missouri's public university system in 2012. "Use my resignation to heal and start talking again."


Comment: And, here is the student response:



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Light Saber

Activists urge German authorities to ban islamophobic demonstration on anniversary of 1938 anti-Jewish pogroms


RT
Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:44 UTC
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© Fabrizio Bensch / ReutersSupporters of the anti-immigration rightwing movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) gather during their weekly demonstration in Dresden, Germany October 26, 2015.
Tens of thousands of Germans are demanding that authorities ban a PEGIDA demonstration in Dresden on Monday, the anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht 1938 anti-Jewish pogrom under Adolf Hitler.

In an online petition posted on Change.org, activists say it is unacceptable for local authorities to let the far-right, anti-immigrant PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) rally on the anniversary of this notorious date in German history.

They are urging city authorities to "abolish or suspend" PEGIDA's demonstration on this "historically significant day - the Reich's Kristallnacht" - when 1,400 synagogues were torched and residential areas and Jewish cemeteries were destroyed. On the next day, November 10, 1938, around 30.000 German Jews were rounded up and thrown into concentration camps, with hundreds being killed in custody.

Comment: Looks like Germany is at another crossroads.

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