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Poll finds millenials blame baby boomers for making things worse for their generation

Steve LeVine
Axios
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:49 UTC

Beset by big college loans, inheriting two wars, and facing an uncertain future of work, a majority of millennials say baby boomers have made things worse for them - and a lot of boomers agree, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.

Why it matters: If it persists, the generational divide could turn into political rivalry as the generations compete for limited tax dollars - millennials seeking government help as automation takes hold, and boomers insisting on promised levels of Social Security and Medicare.

The poll found that 51% of millennials (18- to 34-year-olds) blame boomers (54- to 69-year-olds) for making things worse for their generation. Just 13% said boomers had improved things. Generation X wasn't pleased with the boomers, either.

'Digital Resistance': Schoolchildren trick Russian officials into erecting monument to banned internet messenger Telegram

RT
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:11 UTC

A group of children in a Russian village used a donation from a local legislator to erect a memorial to the banned Telegram messenger near the building that hosts the village administration.

The monument is made of plywood, painted blue and looks like a paper plane, which is one of the emblems of the Telegram messenger. An inscription on a board installed nearby reads "Digital Resistance," the Nevskiye Novosti website reported on Friday.

The head of the village administration, Vitaly Ovlakhovsky, told reporters that he had agreed for the installation of the monument, but did not know about its "revolutionary meaning." He added that the children showed him a contract with a member of the village council, Vladimir Petrov, who donated his personal money for the installation. The plan therefore appeared to be legitimate.

Vladimir Petrov, in turn, said that he was sure that his donation would be used to purchase a notebook computer necessary for the children's studies, but also noted that he liked the idea with the monument. "They should not have lied to me. I could even have helped them, because I am not very fond of the story with this messenger," he said. "Of course, we should observe the laws, but what is going on right now makes life difficult for millions of people who use various internet services," he added.

Missouri school security officer arrested for tasering 14yo student

CBS Chicago
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:16 UTC

A Missouri school security officer has been arrested after allegedly using a stun gun on a 14-year-old student.

According to reports, the head of school security at Normandy Middle School confronted a half-day student who was preparing to leave the building at around 11 a.m. Central time on April 20. School surveillance videos then show the security guard using his weapon on the teen.

"The video shows the security person pin the student against the wall and jab him with a stun gun," Normandy Police Chief Frank Mininni said, via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "From the pictures of the injuries I've seen, he had some red welts."

Delta apologizes after woman with MS is tied to a wheelchair using towels

Joshua Rhett Miller
New York Post
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:07 UTC

A woman with multiple sclerosis wants Delta Air Lines to improve its service for disabled passengers after she claims she was tied to a wheelchair following an international flight earlier this month.

Maria Saliagas was diagnosed with the central nervous system disease five years ago, but didn't want her deteriorating health to stop her annual trips with her husband to Europe. So prior to her April 1 flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam, her son made arrangements with Delta officials to ensure that the proper wheelchair would be waiting for her on the other side of the Atlantic, WSB-TV reports.

But the wheelchair with special straps to help her sit up straight wasn't there, prompting Delta employees to improvise, Nathan Saliagas told the station.

Homelessness crisis: Numbers staying in B&Bs 1000% higher than stats released by US govt

RT
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:19 UTC

Over 50,000 people are living in B&Bs with nowhere to go - dwarfing the government's figure of about 5,000, a bleak report on homelessness has revealed. Charity Justlife is now warning thousands are "forgotten in statistics."

Using data gathered from Freedom of Information requests to local authorities, along with other information from the government's Rural and Urban Classification for Local Authority Districts data, Justlife estimates that at least 51,500 people were living in B&Bs in the year to April 2016. Government figures show that a mere 5,870 official B&B placements were recorded.

One B&B resident, referred to in the report as Malcolm, told of his experience of living in temporary accommodation for 18 months. "I'm totally depressed living there," he said. You can't have anything nice. Things just go missing.

"You see, there aren't working locks on all the doors. In my room there are bare wires hanging out and I have no light. I also feel quite vulnerable because anyone can get in or is let in and it gets me down."

Vatican training over 250 priests to perform exorcisms due to rash of reported demonic possessions

Callum Henderson
vt.co
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:32 UTC

What's your favourite scary movie? Mine would have to be the 1973 spine-chiller The Exorcist. The characters, mood and premise have become so iconic over the years that everybody is well-versed in what the ceremony entails. But there's something quintessentially spooky about the concept, even if you don't believe in God or an afterlife. Just imagine how terrified and helpless you'd feel if one of your loved ones had their body held hostage by some demonic entity.

In real life, exorcisms are rare, used in only the most extreme of circumstances. Nowadays the church is far more likely to believe that a person speaking in tongues and frothing at the mouth is mentally ill, rather than practising witchcraft. Actually, getting an exorcism to take place is no easy matter.

The papacy insists on proof that the subject truly is possessed, and not faking or delusional, which means that many criteria have to be fulfilled before a priest will accept that the cause is supernatural.

Apparently, the Vatican-backed International Association of Exorcists, which represents more than 200 Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox priests, intends to train over 250 soldiers of God from 50 countries around the world in the exorcism ceremony, to combat Satan's agents on Earth.

Prison sued by transgender inmate over right to practice witchcraft

Michael Gordon
Charlotte Observer
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:23 UTC

One of North Carolina's most notorious all-male prisons is the focus of a court fight over religious liberty led by a transgender witch.

Jennifer Ann Jasmaine says in her handwritten, federal lawsuit that Lanesboro Correctional Institution is blocking the practice of her spiritual beliefs, which happen to be rooted in witchcraft.

Jasmaine, a former Mecklenburg County Jail inmate, filed her complaint this month. In 2015, as inmate Duane Fox, she sued Maury Correctional Institute in Hookerton on the same grounds.

A spokesman for the state prison system contacted by the Observer declined to comment on the case.

Jasmaine, 40, says the chaplains in charge of religious services at Lanesboro have violated her constitutional rights by restricting when, where and how she can practice Wicca, the modern-day religion based on ancient pagan beliefs. The prison also has refused to provide the foods Wiccans are supposed to eat, her lawsuit says.

Jimmy Carter blasts US imperial actions in Middle East - 'Bordering on war crimes'

Sputnik
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:17 UTC

Former US President Jimmy Carter has said that US military strikes in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen often result in high civilian casualties and has given Donald Trump advice on the upcoming talks with North Korean chief Kim Jong-un.

In an interview with The New York Times Carter, who had earlier said American drone strikes in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen often result in high civilian casualties, was asked whether he thinks this "contradicts our claim to be a peaceful nation devoted to human rights."

"I think sometimes we have bordered on committing war crimes. I don't think that we adhere to a just approach to war, where we are supposed to make armed conflict a last resort and limit our damage to other people to a minimum," the ex-president noted.

Comment: Carter is being a bit too diplomatic. The actions of the US are absolutely war crimes, going by the standards of the Geneva Conventions.

"I think our country is known around the world as perhaps the most warlike major country there is. China hasn't been at war with anybody since 1979," he added.

'Man, this is a tough crowd': Kids ask White House press secretary to justify Syria airstrikes

RT
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:29 UTC

Budding reporters, aged from four to 13, took part in a mock White House briefing as part of Thursday's 'Take your child to work day' and showed they were not afraid to get stuck in at a press briefing.

One little girl tackled press secretary Sarah Sanders directly on Trump's decision to launch airstrikes on Syria. She asked: "Why did our country bomb another country?" Warding off any suggestions she was a possible plant, the girl added that she came up with her question all by herself.

"Man, this is a tough crowd," Sanders responded before attempting an explanation.

"The president wanted to make sure some of the people in the world that weren't being very nice to other people and did some really bad stuff that we made sure they knew that wasn't okay," she said. "So sometimes we have to take action like that to deter, which means prevent other countries from doing bad stuff. So that's what we were hoping to get accomplished."

UK intent to expose 'filthy money' allegedly sheltered by Russians in British offshores

RT
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:44 UTC

The British parliament is set to approve legislation forcing the country's offshore territories, such as the Virgin and the Cayman Islands, to disclose the identities of those benefiting from assets kept in their jurisdictions.

Parliament will vote on the draft, proposed by Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge, as early as next week, reports The Times. UK tax havens have up to now been exempt from the current law, which requires the names of those holding such assets to be made public. The proposal, strongly supported by the Labour Party's frontbench, is supposedly aimed at tackling money laundering and, by extension, criminality, corruption and oppression, including in Russia.

The move comes more than a month after the alleged poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury. London immediately accused Russia of being behind the attack, but has refused to provide evidence.

"Mrs May has so far led the world in taking a stand against Russia's challenge to international norms," said the former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, as quoted by the media. "But if she is to deliver on her promises she must ensure that filthy money fueling the worst abuses isn't sheltering under a British flag anywhere in the world."

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Society's Child

Poll finds millenials blame baby boomers for making things worse for their generation

'Digital Resistance': Schoolchildren trick Russian officials into erecting monument to banned internet messenger Telegram

Missouri school security officer arrested for tasering 14yo student

Delta apologizes after woman with MS is tied to a wheelchair using towels

Homelessness crisis: Numbers staying in B&Bs 1000% higher than stats released by US govt

Vatican training over 250 priests to perform exorcisms due to rash of reported demonic possessions

Prison sued by transgender inmate over right to practice witchcraft

Jimmy Carter blasts US imperial actions in Middle East - 'Bordering on war crimes'

'Man, this is a tough crowd': Kids ask White House press secretary to justify Syria airstrikes

UK intent to expose 'filthy money' allegedly sheltered by Russians in British offshores

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