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Miss Teen USA contest dumps swimsuit round to 'reflect cultural shift' celebrating women

RT
Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:01 UTC

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Miss Teen USA 2007 contestants pose for their official swimsuit photograph in Pasadena, California, in August 2007.

In an attempt to modernize a competition where teenage women are judged on their looks, Miss Teen USA has announced the discontinuation of the swimsuit round. Instead of parading around in revealing bikinis onstage, the contestants will now promenade in athletic wear.

The shift is intended to "celebrate women's strength, confidence and beauty" in a more constructive way than the bikini competition, according to pageant president Paula Shugart.

Shugart said the decision "reflects an important cultural shift we're all celebrating that empowers women who lead active, purposeful lives and encourage those in their communities to do the same," according to USA Today.

Comment: If you want to empower women, don't be a 'beauty pageant'.

The fact that it took until 2016 for the beauty pageant to finally get rid of the swimwear competition frustrated some people, who decided to vent their anger on Twitter. One user said "that Miss Teen USA still had a swimsuit competition is all you need to know about how gross we still were as of yesterday."

Donald Trump sold the pageant in 2015 to WME-IMG after a falling out with NBC following his remarks about Mexicans, with some noting that Trump's departure allowed the competition to finally move away from parading teenage girls in swimsuits. Surprisingly, some were sad to see the end of creepy parade, asking why doesn't the pageant "go all the way and hold competition behind a curtain."

Riot police deployed in Wisconsin park as hundreds of youth pelt officers with bricks, torch property

RT
Thu, 30 Jun 2016 10:40 UTC

Around 100 young adults pelted police with bricks and torched property in Milwaukee's Sherman Park on Wednesday night, local news channel TODAY'S TMJ4 reports, citing a witness.

Police from several MPD districts, along with Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies, made a number of arrests at the scene, according to Fox6Now.

Officers say the windshield of a squad car was broken while a garbage can was set alight, prompting four arrests at the same location the night before, TMJ4 reports.

Test for dangerous drinking water toxin off the charts in upstate New York, state officials deny culpability

Brandon Turbeville
Natural Blaze
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC

In early June at least two residents in the small upstate New York village, Hoosick Falls, were tested to have 50 times the national average of the toxic chemical PFOA (perflurooctanoic acid). Harold and Marion Stevens told News 10 ABC TV that their numbers were 159 and 104 mcg per liter respectively. The nationwide average readings for PFOA are 2.08.

While this may seem like a problem more specific to Harold and Marion, the average reading for residents in Hoosick Falls is 23.5. "The average person up there is about 11 times the national average," said Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, a village representative.

The reasons why the tests were conducted in the first place is because residents of Hoosick Falls launched their own effort to determine whether or not something toxic was in the water after several of them died of rare cancers. These residents suspected a nearby plastics manufacturing site as being the most likely culprit.

Mother kills daughters during family dispute; father tells police the motive was to make him suffer

CBS News
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 01:33 UTC

The father of two young women shot and killed by their mother Friday told police his wife wanted him to suffer, officials say.

Police say Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed her two daughters , 17-year-old Madison and 22-year-old Taylor, at the family's home outside the Houston suburb of Fulshear. Her husband Jason Sheats, 45, survived.

Christy Sheats was killed by a responding police officer when police say she refused to drop her weapon.

Jason Sheats was interviewed by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office Tuesday night, reports CBS affiliate KHOU. He reportedly told investigators his wife had several opportunities to shoot him as well, but he believes she wanted him to live and make him suffer by killing their daughters.

"He felt Christy wanted him to suffer," said Sheriff Troy Nehls. "Christy knew how much he loved Taylor and Madison and how much they loved him."

The shooting reportedly happened on Jason Sheats' birthday. Jason Sheats told police that he and his wife had been struggling with marital problems and had discussed divorce. The day of the shooting, he said his wife also got into a dispute with her eldest daughter, Taylor, reports KHOU. He said his wife wanted to ground Taylor and prevent her from seeing her fiance, whom she planned to marry Monday.

Yemen attack: 42 killed in suicide bombings claimed by Isis

Matt Payton
The Independent
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:18 UTC

Bombers struck as soldiers broke their fast during holy month of Ramadan

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Soldiers gather at the site of a car bomb attack in a central square in the port city of Aden, Yemen, May 1, 2016

Four bomb attacks have killed 43 people at security checkpoints in a southern Yemeni city, in an atrocity claimed by Isis.

The militants struck at sunset as Yemeni soldiers broke their fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

At least 38 of those killed in the attack in the south-eastern coastal city of Mukalla were soldiers.

According to news agency Mukalla Now, another 24 people including children were injured in the blasts.

Comment: For further information on the rebellion in Yemen, see:

Playboy oilman, Chris Faulkner in a frackload of trouble for spending investors' money on strippers and hookers

RT
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:12 UTC

Chris Faulkner declared himself the "Frack Master" on TV and used his self-proclaimed prowess at hydraulic fracturing to woo hundreds of investors to hand over millions. It turns out the only thing they were investing in was Faulkner having a great time.

Faulkner, a major donor to state-level Republicans, is being charged with disseminating false and misleading offering materials, misappropriating millions of dollars of investor funds and attempting to manipulate his company's, Breitling Energy Corporation, stock. The US Securities and Exchange Commission believes that Faulkner defrauded investors to the tune of $80 million.

Faulkner, along with three other related companies and seven other people, is accused of doing less drilling for oil and more drilling for fun.

'They hate us because we're so easy to hate': World poll shows people dislike Americans, like Putin

Sputnik
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:04 UTC

Americans are viewed more negatively today than during the darkest days of the ill-fated Bush era.

A recent Pew Research report suggests that the sun may be setting on America's international hegemony. People polled around the world favor Russian President Vladimir Putin over a leading US presidential candidate for the first time, and a growing number of the world's inhabitants now have a negative view of Washington's economic and political influence.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump appears to be not only one of the lowest-rated politicians among Americans since public opinion polling began in the 1960s, but he also seems to be affecting the country's reputation abroad.

Trump received a negative rating by every single political party around the world, often by a measure of 10 to 1. Even voters from the anti-immigrant, populist UKIP and Forza Italia parties oppose the Republican by a 2 to 1 count. Overall, only 9% of respondents believe that Donald Trump would "do the right thing" in international affairs, compared with 85% who say they have no such confidence.

SOTT Exclusive: Russian humanitarian aid to Syria warms the hearts of many

Bahar Azizi
Sott.net
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:43 UTC

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Refugee kids from Aleppo/Idlib pose for a picture with a Russian soldier. They received humanitarian aid from the Russian army in April 2016.

Since the Western invasion of Syria with proxy armed forces, Russia has frequently delivered humanitarian aid to the country. Here are a few examples from this year and the last:

1. In March 2015, an Il-76 aircraft carrying 20.5 tons of humanitarian cargo was brought to the Syrian port city Latakia.

2. In September 2015, the first Russian tent camp for internal refugees opened in the city of Hamah, western Syria.

"The camp for 500 refugees consists of 25 army tents fully equipped for living, a field kitchen, a canteen, showers, two mobile power generators and a water-storage facility. The dwelling tents are equipped with beds and heating furnaces for cold weather. In case the number of refugees increases sharply, the camp is ready to accommodate up to 1,000 people. Everything needed to set up a camp was delivered to Latakia Airport on September 12 by an Antonov An-124 Ruslan jet. The flight also brought 50,000 sets of disposable tableware and 15 tons of provisions enough to feed 50 people for 30 days."

An additional 80 tons of humanitarian aid was delivered on the same day. In late September, ships with more aid arrived at the port city of Tartus, containing "Food stuffs, medications, clothes, blankets, tents and other living essentials for refugees... along with automotive vehicles for civilian designation and military equipment".

California residents to vote on legalization of recreational marijuana use after over 600k signatures were gathered

RT
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:42 UTC

California residents will get to vote on the legalization of recreational cannabis this November after campaigners gathered more than 600,000 signatures to put it on the ballot.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Tuesday that the initiative, which required just over 402,000 signatures, had passed. If the initiative passes, one in six Americans will live in states where cannabis is legal, including all four states along the Pacific coast, ABC reports.

The new law would allow anyone over the age of 21 to buy up to an ounce of marijuana or edibles at licensed premises - and be entitled to grow up to six plants for personal use.

Maine and Nevada will also vote on legalization in November. Colorado voters legalized the substance in 2012.

Marijuana sales would be subject to a 15 percent sales tax and counties could impose their own fees on top of that. Cultivation taxes will also apply, at $9.25 per ounce of flowers and $2.75 per ounce of leaves.

Michigan governor withholding critical documents from investigators in Flint water crisis

RT
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:31 UTC

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's private attorneys withheld documents related to the Flint water crisis from state lawyers investigating the matter, the state's attorney general said.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told reporters Tuesday that his investigators are being stonewalled by Snyder's private attorneys, who are set to receive more than $1.2 million in taxpayer funds for providing the governor with legal counsel.

"The attorneys with the Department of Attorney General are handling themselves in an exceedingly exceptional fashion," Schuette said at a round table, according to the Detroit News. "But it's the governor's private attorneys who were not providing sufficient information."

Schuette, a Republican, said that his office is currently bargaining with the GOP governor, but will not rule out legal methods to obtain the documents related to the lead contamination of the Flint, Michigan water supply.

"One way or another, we'll make sure we get the documents we need," he said, according to Michigan Radio.

Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

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Jibrish

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HashAttack2

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Society's Child

Miss Teen USA contest dumps swimsuit round to 'reflect cultural shift' celebrating women

Riot police deployed in Wisconsin park as hundreds of youth pelt officers with bricks, torch property

Test for dangerous drinking water toxin off the charts in upstate New York, state officials deny culpability

Mother kills daughters during family dispute; father tells police the motive was to make him suffer

Yemen attack: 42 killed in suicide bombings claimed by Isis

Playboy oilman, Chris Faulkner in a frackload of trouble for spending investors' money on strippers and hookers

'They hate us because we're so easy to hate': World poll shows people dislike Americans, like Putin

SOTT Exclusive: Russian humanitarian aid to Syria warms the hearts of many

California residents to vote on legalization of recreational marijuana use after over 600k signatures were gathered

Michigan governor withholding critical documents from investigators in Flint water crisis

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