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Illinois attorney general sues Oxycontin maker for 'deceptive marketing practices'

Soo Youn
ABC News
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:38 UTC

He says Purdue Pharma's actions tripled its opioid prescriptions in the state.

Illinois has become the most recent state to sue the company that makes Oxycontin, an opioid prescription drug, joining a growing number of states and municipalities pursuing legal means to grapple with the opioid epidemic.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma on Monday, citing "its deceptive marketing practices designed to significantly increase prescriptions issued for opioids," his office announced in a press release.

"Purdue carried out an aggressive and misleading marketing effort to increase prescriptions of opioid painkillers even as communities throughout Illinois and across the country faced an opioid addiction epidemic," the statement read.

Devonshire, UK: Shipyard evacuated after bomb scare

Amy Fenton
The Mail
Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:39 UTC

Large scale emergency incident at Barrow's BAE Shipyard.

Staff at Barrow's shipyard have been evacuated after reports of a bomb on a submarine.

An employee said staff in the Devonshire Dock Hall complex had been told this morning there had been an anonymous tip of a bomb on one of the Astute class vessels at BAE.

It is thought around 1,700 employees were evacuated.

A BAE Systems spokesman: "We can confirm there is an ongoing incident at our Barrow site and we are liaising with Cumbria Police who are carrying out an investigation.

'Ideological delirium': Italian cemetery covers crosses so as not to offend people of other religions

Chris Tomlinson
Breitbart
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:21 UTC

The crosses on graves in an Italian cemetery in Pieve di Cento have been covered with black cloth so as not to offend those who may come from another religion.

The cemetery, which is located in Bologna in a town of around 7,000 people, has also installed motorised blackout curtains in a local chapel following renovations to hide Roman Catholic symbols during ceremonies involving other denominations, Il Giornale reports.

Following the reports of the coverings of the symbols, many have expressed criticism including Forza Italia (Forward Italy) deputy Galeazzo Bignami who denounced the move saying those looking not to offend were disrespecting Christian values and he added, "even more so the memory of our dead, hiding them behind 'motorised tents' in a cemetery to avoid offending other religions."

"If the administrators are ashamed of our tradition and our culture, they should go and hide themselves and not just behind a motorised tent. If they are not able to bring respect for the living at least they have the decency to leave the dead alone and not involve them in foolishness," he added.

Japanese fighter jet 'disappears from radar' over Pacific: Rescue operation underway - UPDATE

RT
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:57 UTC

Comment: Japan's military has confirmed finding debris from the F-35A fighter jet that disappeared. This is the second F-35 crash in the fighter's short history, and the first one outside the US. This plane was less than a year old and was delivered to the JASDF last year...

Boeing is screwed in the civilian sector. Is Lockheed to follow suit in the military sector?

A Japanese stealth fighter jet has disappeared from radar over the Pacific Ocean during a training mission, according to local reports. Radio contact has also reportedly been lost with the plane.

The F35A stealth fighter disappeared at approximately 7.30pm local time Tuesday, reports the Asahi Shimbun. The jet took off with several other aircraft from the Misawa Air Base, roughly 135km northeast of Misawa City, for a regular night-time training exercise about half an hour before the disappearance.

The aircraft is believed to have one pilot on board. A search and rescue operation is already underway, and the Japanese Coast Guard has deployed two patrol ships to look for the aircraft and pilot.

Comment: Another F-35 casualty? Let us hope the pilot is rescued uninjured. How will the US sell such a costly lemon?

UK Council forced to remove 1km of netting set up to prevent birds nesting in cliffs

ITV
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:50 UTC

A local council will partially remove netting on cliffs set up with the intention of preventing migrating sand martins from nesting.

North Norfolk District Council placed the material over more than one kilometre of cliffs at Bacton, around 20 miles north of Great Yarmouth earlier this week.

The authority's intention was to prevent the birds from setting up homes in the sandy banks, in a bid to safeguard homes and a nearby gas terminal from coastal erosion. It says it took advice from Natural England and the RSPB before embarking on the project.

But the netting has caused outrage among conservationists, with video appearing online of birds becoming entangled in the nets.

Comment: The council will need a lot more than nets to prevent coastal erosion, because this problem is global and it's increasing at a serious pace, and so, in reality, it's highly unlikely there is anything they can do to stop it:

Suicide rate among French police continues rising steeply - Deteriorating working conditions blamed

RT
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:56 UTC

Police unions in France have reacted with "great anger" to the news of two more suspected service suicides over the weekend in the country.

"It's a massacre," the UNSA-Police union's Thomas Toussaint told French media. He noted that it took until August last year for the number of suspected or proved officer suicides, currently 25, to reach 2019's level.

A female officer who worked for a suburban Paris station was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Le Parisien. Local media in the town of Ales also reported the discovery of the body of a male officer who had disappeared one week previously.

A senate report released last summer looked at the problems facing law enforcement personnel, including grueling schedules, exhaustion, and heightened tensions caused by recent civil unrest, as well as terrorist incidents, and labelled the issue a "true crisis."

Comment: One wonders whether the police can see the contradiction in violently repressing the Yellow Vest protests on behalf of the corrupt government, which is also to blame for the deterioration in living conditions and this alarming rise in suicides:

Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal #26: Globalization vs Nationalism - The Hidden Causes of The Yellow Vest Protests in France

Who is paying for Monsanto's crimes?

Carey Gillam
theguardian.com
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 20:21 UTC

© Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
And while Bayer may dole out a few billion dollars in damages, who is really being made to pay?’

The chickens are coming home to roost, as they say in farm country.

For the second time in less than eight months a US jury has found that decades of scientific evidence demonstrates a clear cancer connection to Monsanto's line of top-selling Roundup herbicides, which are used widely by consumers and farmers. Twice now jurors have additionally determined that the company's own internal records show Monsanto has intentionally manipulated the public record to hide the cancer risks. Both juries found punitive damages were warranted because the company's cover-up of cancer risks was so egregious.

The juries saw evidence that Monsanto has ghost-written scientific papers, tried to silence scientists, scuttled independent government testing and cozied up to regulators for favorable safety reviews of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.

Comment: Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Caused Problems, New Report Finds

Although the EPA has said it wants to evaluate more evidence of glyphosate's human health risk as part of a registration review program, the agency is not doing any studies of its own and is instead relying on outside data - much of which comes from the agricultural chemicals industry it seeks to regulate...

The EPA is hardly the only industry regulator that relies heavily on data supplied by the agrochemical industry itself.

"The regulation of pesticides has been significantly skewed towards the manufacturers interests where state-of-the-art testing is not done and adverse findings are typically distorted or denied," said Jeffrey Smith, of the Institute for Responsible Technology.
"The regulators tend to use the company data rather than independent sources, and the company data we have found to be inappropriately rigged to force the conclusion of safety."
"We have documented time and time again scientists who have been fired, stripped of responsibilities, denied funding, threatened, gagged and transferred as a result of the pressure put on them by the biotech industry," he added.

Venezuela sabotage and evil Russians: Several video games are now blatant US war propaganda

RT
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:30 UTC

It's long been known that Hollywood works hand-in-glove with the CIA to produce entertainment imbued with unsubtle pro-US messaging - but the use of video games as propaganda, while as common, is less talked about.

A producer for Venezuela-based news outlet Telesur tweeted a video on Monday showing clips from the 2013 game 'Call of Duty: Ghosts' which appear to foreshadow massive electricity blackouts which left Venezuela's capital city Caracas in almost total darkness in March.

"Zealot" Illinois governor signs law raising buying age for nicotine products to 21

Jon Seide
Chicago Sun Times
Sun, 07 Apr 2019 15:31 UTC

© Jon Seidel/Chicago Sun-Times
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Sunday, April 8, 2019, that will raise the buying age for nicotine products in Illinois to 21.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Sunday that will raise the buying age for nicotine products in Illinois to 21.

The new law covers tobacco and vaping products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes and vapes. It takes effect July 1.

Pritzker signed the bill at the Mile Square Health Clinic. He was joined there by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin and Senate President John Cullerton, as well as chief legislative sponsors Rep. Camille Lilly and Sen. Julie Morrison.

Before signing the bill, Pritzker noted that 1.5 million more young people used e-cigarettes in 2018 than in 2016. "We're dealing with an old problem in a new form," he said.

Comment: 'Popcorn lung': E-cigarette flavor chemicals linked to lung disease - study

Comment: Evidently reasoned thinking is becoming increasingly absent from lawmakers decisions, especially when it comes to nicotine. History has taught us that once particular kinds of people reach positions of power, and citizens stand idly by - or worse, cheer them on - while they target specific groups without just cause, it won't be long before they come for another group, and another, until everybody is at the mercy of their demented thinking. The fruits of the hysteria are already clear for all to see:

And for information on the many benefits of tobacco smoking (for some people), see:

And check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: The Truth about Tobacco and the Benefits of Nicotine

Athens, Greece opens its first mosque since 1830 but not everyone is pleased

RT
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:36 UTC

© Global Look Press / George Panagakis
A Greek Orthodox priest demonstrates outside the site of the Votanikos mosque, 2017

The Votanikos Mosque in Athens is set to open its doors to worshippers in the coming weeks, after years of backlash from the Orthodox Church and protests from locals.

Deputy Foreign Minister Marcos Bolaris confirmed on Tuesday that the mosque - financed by the Greek state at a cost of almost €900,000 - will open its doors in the coming weeks. Multiple applications to build the mosque had been debated and stalled since 2000, and construction on the current building finally began in late 2016, albeit after police had cleared protesters from the site.

Until now, Athens remained the only European capital without a mosque. While some Ottoman-era mosques still stand in the city, they serve as archeological monuments instead of houses of prayer. After almost 400 years of often brutal Ottoman occupation, the Greek government has not approved the construction of a single new mosque since Greece secured its independence in 1830.

Estimates of Athens' Muslim population range from less than 100,000 up to 500,000, when illegal immigrants and refugees are taken into account. Until now, these Muslims have been forced to pray in converted living rooms and basements dotted around the city.

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Society's Child

Illinois attorney general sues Oxycontin maker for 'deceptive marketing practices'

Devonshire, UK: Shipyard evacuated after bomb scare

'Ideological delirium': Italian cemetery covers crosses so as not to offend people of other religions

Japanese fighter jet 'disappears from radar' over Pacific: Rescue operation underway - UPDATE

UK Council forced to remove 1km of netting set up to prevent birds nesting in cliffs

Suicide rate among French police continues rising steeply - Deteriorating working conditions blamed

Who is paying for Monsanto's crimes?

Venezuela sabotage and evil Russians: Several video games are now blatant US war propaganda

"Zealot" Illinois governor signs law raising buying age for nicotine products to 21

Athens, Greece opens its first mosque since 1830 but not everyone is pleased

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