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Kashmir: More than a thousand villagers flee as India and Pakistan trade heavy border fire

Rifat Fareed
Al Jazeera
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:14 UTC
Kashmir Pakistan India
© Shuaib Bashir/Al Jazeera
Border residents in Indian-administered Kashmir have migrated to makeshift shelters as India and Pakistan trade heavy fire
As fighting along the border between India and Pakistan rages, more than 1,000 Kashmiris flee the violence.

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir .- Hundreds of residents have fled their homes along the border following an escalation of cross-border attacks between India and Pakistan.

Nasir Ahmad Naqash, deputy commissioner of northern Baramulla district, told Al Jazeera ceasefire violations have intensified in Uri sector first time in 15 years, as the area has been largely peaceful since the 2003 truce signed by the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals.

"More than 1,000 villagers have fled their homes due to the shelling. Many people have been provided shelter in the campus by the government while others have gone to live with their relatives," Naqash said.

Nazir Ahmad, 40, a resident of Churunda village, 120km from the main city of Srinagar, fled his home on Saturday and is living in a state-run higher secondary school with his family in Uri town.

"On Saturday, we heard the announcement from the other side asking civilians to shift to safer places. It panicked everyone and most of the villagers left their homes. This is for the first time in many years that the shelling has intensified," he told Al Jazeera.

Comment: Last December: Pakistan and India exchange fire in disputed Kashmir territory, 4 Indian soldiers killed

For context, see: 70th Anniversary of India-Pakistan Partition: Tragic Lessons for Humanity

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Ontario man buys bag of meth and is filmed leaving crack house in police car (VIDEO)

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
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A bizarre video posted online appears to show a police cruiser picking a man up from a house where he has just purchased meth and giving him a ride.

A video was posted online using Facebook Live that appears to show a man buying meth inside of a residential house and then walking outside, and getting into the backseat of a police car that is parked on the side of the street.

The scene is bizarre, to say the least, and it starts with a man who is dressed in plainclothes, dancing about in a kitchen, and exclaiming, "No more cocaine for this little camper!" The video is fixed on the man as another person, who is not shown, places a few "shards" of what appears to be methamphetamine, on the piece of aluminum foil the buyer is holding.

The man continued to babble as he scurried down the stairs to the front door of the house. The cameraman followed him and commented, "He's going out into a f-ing police car. Is that supposed to be one of our friends?"


Comment: The buyer came in a cop car, left in a cop car, and didn't even try to hide the fact. It's almost as if this is business as usual!

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'Confronting Whiteness' workshop at Stanford University cancelled

Nathan Rubbelke
The College Fix
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:08 UTC
racism
A workshop at Stanford University scheduled for this week and focused on the topic of "confronting whiteness" has been canceled.

The event's facilitator, Stanford student Alli Martin, told The College Fix in a brief email on Monday that the event, titled "Confronting Whiteness: An Antiracism Workshop" was called off.

Comment: SJW madness: Stanford University introduces course to 'abolish whiteness'

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Slap on the wrist? Middlebury College disciplines student who published evidence-free list of alleged rapists


The College Fix
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:47 UTC
Activist receives letter in permanent file
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Middlebury College recently disciplined one of its students after she published an evidence-free list of alleged student rapists, naming specific Middlebury students without providing any verification at all for the claims made against them.

Elizabeth Dunn has been disciplined "in the form of a letter in [her] file," according to the school newspaper, The Middlebury Campus.

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Germany's "lying press", liberal bias in the mainstream media

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:08 UTC
Fake News headline


"We have a journalism that simply works according to its own political agenda of its journalists, who act more as political activists than as neutral reporters."

Over the course of the past two years, the German media has been taking harsh criticism for manipulating, censoring, and omitting news coverage.

Media criticism is a phenomenon that isn't limited to Germany but has essentially become common place in the west as people are increasingly becoming aware that what is being peddled to them as "news" is often either entirely false or twisted in some fashion in order to advance a political agenda.

In a recent interview with Voice of Europe, a German journalist, Anabel Schunke, detailed how this perception has come about, and describes several examples of German media's news manipulation.

Comment: Fake News liberal bias is an issue everywhere in the Western world and beyond, and Germany is no different. While more and more people turning to alternative sources may send a message to the mainstream press, it's unlikely this will change much - the propaganda machine has a purpose, and little anyone does will cause it to deviate.

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Um, congratulations? Saudi Arabian women now allowed to join the military


RT
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 16:55 UTC
muslim female soldiers
© Mohamed Al Hwaity / Reuters
A woman checks a weapon exhibited at an event to celebrate the selection of Abha as the capital of Arab tourism for the year 2017, in Abha, Saudi Arabia April 20, 2017.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will now allow women to apply for military service in a historic move. The decision comes as part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 social program launched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

Women in governorates including Riyadh, Makkah, al-Qusaim, and al Madina can apply for the rank of soldier, Saudi's General Security division announced in a statement Sunday. Prince Mohammad launched the Vision 2030 initiative to wean the country off its major dependence on oil revenues while also diversifying its economy, which includes expanding economic opportunities for women.

In order to become a soldier, however, a woman must fulfill 12 conditions, including: being of Saudi origin, raised in the Kingdom, unless her father had to live abroad because of a 'government-related responsibility.' In addition, applicants must be 25 to 35 years of age, hold at least a high school education, and must pass a mandatory medical check up.

Comment: From TeleSur:
Frontline combat remains strictly prohibited but security personnel positions have been opened to the women, a BBC report stated. The provinces in which the women can serve are Riyadh, Mecca, al-Qassim and Medina.

The deadline for the submission of applications will expire on Thursday. There are 12 requirements that the applicants must meet. They are:
  1. Must be a Saudi Arabian
  2. Must be Saudi-raised (unless lived with their father who was posted overseas on official assignments)
  3. Must hold a high school diploma
  4. Must be between 25 and 35 years old
  5. Must be at least 155 centimeters tall
  6. Must have "good weight to height ratio"
  7. Must pass a mandatory medical check-up
  8. Must not be married to a non-Saudi national
  9. Must not have a criminal record
  10. Must not be an ex-government employee
  11. Must possess a national ID card
  12. Must reside in the province of where employment is being sought
The recruitment of women to the army comes from Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud implementing various modernization programs under Vision 2030. The programs are focused on improving women's rights in the extremely conservative kingdom.

Saudi women who are of the Muslim faith will still be required to wear the Abaya and be separated from males who are non-relatives.


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The phenomenon of Jordan Peterson

Bishop Robert Barron
NC Register
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:34 UTC
Jordan Peterson's new book, an elaboration of 12 basic psychological rules for life, makes for bracing and satisfying reading
Dr.Jordan Peterson
© Adam Jacobs, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dr.Jordan Peterson delivering a lecture at the University of Toronto in 2017
Like many others, I have watched the Jordan Peterson phenomenon unfold with a certain fascination. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you don't spend a lot of time on social media, for Peterson, a mild-mannered psychology professor from the University of Toronto, has emerged as one of the hottest personalities on the internet. He is followed by millions of people, especially young men. His lectures and presentations-cool, understated, brainy, and blunt-are avidly watched and commented upon. And his new book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, is a number one bestseller all over the world. Moreover, Peterson's spirited and articulate opposition to the imposition of speech codes in his native Canada has made him a controversial political player, a hero of free speech to his supporters and a right-wing ideologue to his detractors. His interview with Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News, during which Peterson's interlocutor revealed herself as a hopelessly biased social justice warrior, has, as of this writing, been viewed 7.5 million times.

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Acadia University reduces Professor's course load and launches investigation after complaints from students

Brett Bundale
CBC News
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:14 UTC
Nature of complaints against Rick Mehta 'concerning for the university,' says vice-president
Acadia University
Acadia University has launched a formal investigation into complaints against a professor over controversial comments he made on social media and in the classroom.

Heather Hemming, vice-president academic at the Wolfville, N.S., school, said in a letter to professor Rick Mehta that the university has received complaints from students, faculty and others with concerns about his views.
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California has worst 'quality of life' in the nation, study finds

Alyssa Pereira
SFGate
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:02 UTC
California mountains
© Tan Yilmaz/Getty Images
This national park tucked away in Northern California often goes forgotten, but it offers all the beauty of other popular outdoor destinations without the crowds—especially in the winter.
Stop bragging about your beaches, mountains and culture, Californians. The latest study by U.S. News editors say all those amenities add up to nothing short of the worst "quality of life" in the United States.

The annual Best States ranking was part of a study that scored all 50 states across eight categories: health care, education, economy, opportunity, infrastructure, crime and corrections, fiscal stability, and quality of life.

More weight was given to scores in categories that, based on a survey, "mattered most to people." Due to that factor, health care and education were weighted the heaviest (16 percent), followed by state economies (14 percent), citizen opportunities (13 percent), and then infrastructure, crime and corrections, fiscal stability and quality of life. The data was derived from management consulting firm McKinsey & Company's Leading States Index.

Comment: Sounds like California isn't all sunshiney beaches and beautiful mountains. It seems that when it comes to the important stuff, sunny California just doesn't stack up.

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Jordan Peterson on the nihilism that can create a school shooter

Charlotte Hays
Independent Women's Forum
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:01 UTC
school hallway
Canadian philosopher Jordan Peterson's remarks on what produces school shooters on Tucker Carlson last night are so worth hearing that I am simply going to post the Youtube link to the interview and urge you to listen to it.

I haven't been caught up in the Jordan Peterson craze, but last night Peterson addressed aspects of the shootings that are too often missed or left unsaid. Key among these is what Peterson called the "nihilism" that affects school shooters.

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