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Heartless: Oregon woman freezes to death after eviction from senior housing for $388 in late rent

Kenneth Lipp
U.S. Uncut
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00 UTC

Karen Batts, 52, died from hypothermia Saturday in the Smart Park parking garage in Portland, Oregon, homeless over $338 in delinquent rent. Batts is the second person to freeze to death, alone, on Portland's streets in 2017.

Police were called to 730 SW 10th Avenue on Saturday afternoon because of reports that a woman was in the parking garage removing her clothes.

While it may seem counter-intuitive, hypothermia victims will often frantically remove clothing as the condition worsens because nerve damage can cause them to feel very hot, like they are on fire.

Batts had been living at a building for seniors and people with disabilities managed by Cascade Management, Inc. and Northwest Housing Alternatives, LLC, designed to be affordable for persons of limited means, until October, when she was evicted.

Comment: The changing face of the homeless: Elderly, sick and disabled are increasingly finding themselves on the streets

No charges for California cop who fatally shot man holding e-cigarette device mistaken it for a weapon

RT
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:57 UTC

© Sandy Huffaker / Reuters
Protesters hold candles at a vigil during a protest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man on Tuesday by officers in El Cajon, California, U.S. September 28, 2016.

The San Diego County police officer who fatally shot a distressed black man who was "acting erratically" and holding a vape pen that police mistook for weapon will not be charged with a crime, the county district attorney has announced.

Law enforcement officers are required to make "split-second decisions," San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Tuesday in announcing that Richard Gonsalves, a police officer in El Cajon, California, acted justifiably when he shot and killed Alfred Olango on September 27, 2016. Gonsalves will not face criminal charges, Dumanis said.

"The law recognizes police officers are often forced to make split-second decisions in circumstances that are tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving," Dumanis said at a press conference, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. "As prosecutors we have an ethical duty to follow the law and only charge individuals when we have proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The only reasonable conclusion was the officer's actions were justified."

The fatal shooting of Ugandan refugee Olango, 38, was captured on video by an onlooker and a business surveillance camera. The footage was released to the public days later, triggering protests in the San Diego suburb. A demonstration over the district attorney's announcement is planned for Monday, January 16.

Comment: See also:

Cop killers & killer cops: Lives lost in officer-involved shootings in 2016

Retired police officer's viewpoint on police shootings in America: Law, policy, & accountability

Paypal founder Peter Thiel: The age of Apple is over

RT
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:01 UTC

Arguably the most desired smartphone in the world, Apple's iPhone, is losing popularity, says PayPal co-founder and first Facebook investor Peter Thiel.

When asked if "the age of Apple is over" by The New York Times, Thiel answered: "Confirm. We know what a smartphone looks like and does. It's not the fault of Tim Cook, but it's not an area where there will be any more innovation."

In October, Apple reported its first annual revenue decline in 15 years, as for the first time iPhone sales slumped. In the three months ending September 24, the Cupertino, California company said its revenue dropped about nine percent year on year.

Apple's annual sales fell to $216 billion in the 2016 fiscal year ending September 30, down from a record $234 billion the year before.

The company's sales in China, once a catalyst for growth, declined 30 percent year on year as the tech company faces competition from local producers like Xiaomi and Huawei that make more affordable smartphones with a similar set of functions.

Some analysts say the the world may have reached "peak Apple," as nearly everyone who wants and can afford an iPhone and other products already has one.

The iPhone was first launched in June 2007, transforming the telecoms industry. However, Apple is facing increased competition from smartphones running on Google's Android, and other gadgets.

Thiel co-founded PayPal in 1999 and became Facebook's first outside investor after acquiring a 10.2 percent stake for $500,000 in 2004.

Former Microsoft workers sue over PTSD caused by the porn they had to watch as part of their content monitoring duties

Sputnik
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:56 UTC

Employees of Microsoft's Online Safety Department are turning to the court to get compensation from their employer over post-traumatic syndrome (PTSD) caused by viewing hundreds of thousands of pornographic images.

There were times when the internet was a kind of unmoderated wild west, with freely available porn. Nowadays governments and companies fearful of punishing litigation seek to control online content, hiring people to check what is sent and posted. To achieve this aim, these employee watchdogs get to see a whole lot of porn.

Not only the NSA and the FBI, but Microsoft as well is among those spying on you. At least two separate corporate departments — an Online Safety Team and a Digital Crimes Unit — browse through everything that users upload within the tech giant's suite of online tools, enjoying a 'god-like' status. If a corporate snooper finds illegal content, the user is quickly banned and the infringement is reported to law enforcement.

All of this became widely known following the filing of a lawsuit, cited by the Daily Beast, by Henry Soto and Greg Blauert, two former Online Safety Team employees, who are demanding compensation for post-traumatic disorder that they experienced after years of viewing a wide variety of questionable content.

While spying on people is controversial enough, it should be noted that according to the lawsuit, members of the Online Safety Team were transferred from other departments involuntarily.

According to the lawsuit, both Soto and Blauert watched "horrible brutality, murder, indescribable sexual assaults, videos of humans dying and, in general, videos and photographs designed to entertain the most twisted and sick-minded people in the world" on a daily basis, for years. To get an impression of this work, one must imagine watching someone being tortured, raped or killed for eight hours a day, bathroom breaks and a light lunch included. Over time, both men began to suffer various forms of mental instability.

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Russian tech expert named in Trump dossier says no intelligence officials ever contacted him about accusation

KEVIN G. HALL AND TIM JOHNSON
McClatchy
Wed, 11 Jan 2017 23:31 UTC

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An image of Alexsej Gubarev from the Russian website of Servers.com, which is owned by his parent company, XBT Holding.

A Russian venture capitalist and tech expert whose name and company are mentioned in the now-notorious document alleging connections between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian hackers says no intelligence officers have ever contacted him about the accusations, which he says are false.

A report compiled by a former Western intelligence official as opposition research against Trump was made public Tuesday when BuzzFeed posted its 35 pages. The document included unsubstantiated claims of collusion between the Trump campaign team and the Kremlin.

It also alleged that global tech firm XBT Holding, with operations in Dallas, was instrumental in the hack of leaked Democratic Party emails that embarrassed Hillary Clinton and fellow Democrats.

XBT, owner of Dallas-based enterprise-hosting company Webzilla, is run by a successful Russian tech startup expert, Aleksej Gubarev. In a phone interview from Cyprus, where he said he'd lived since 2002, Gubarev said he was surprised to see his name in the report.

"I don't know why I was there," Gubarev said, adding that perhaps a competitor sought to discredit him. "I still don't understand the true reason for this report."

WATCH: Two eye witnesses, including pilot, refute official story of Florida airport shooting

Baran Hines
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:33 UTC

© Lynne Sladky/AP
People stand on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a shooter opened fire inside the terminal, killing several people and wounding others before being taken into custody.

In the week following the January 6 shooting at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport, the reports of two witnesses describing multiple shooters have been widely shared across the internet. Their first-person accounts conflict with the events reported by law enforcement officials, who say a single suspect opened fire in a terminal baggage claim area, killing 5 people and injuring 6.

The "lone" shooter has been identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, an Army veteran who is reported to have mental issues. He was arrested without injury by police at the scene and is being held pending possible federal charges. It is claimed he flew from Anchorage to Fort Lauderdale on a one-way ticket, retrieved his handgun from baggage and began firing randomly at people after loading the gun in a bathroom.

Santiago had been recently sent to a hospital in November for a mental evaluation after he walked into an Alaska FBI field office and said the federal government was controlling his mind. He claimed C.I.A. agents were forcing him to watch Islamic State propaganda videos.

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Russians show respect for Donald Trump, propose to name street after him

Sergey Gladysh
The Duran
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:14 UTC

Ryazan, Russia

Several hundred Russians have already signed a petition proposing to name a street in the City of Ryazan after America's incoming 45th president. In the petition Donald Trump is described as a "friend of Russia" and a man who "defends traditional values".

One of the petition organizers, Sergey Bizyukin, has called it a sign of goodwill, which demonstrates the desire of ordinary Russian people for friendly and sustainable relations between Russia and the United States.

Member of Anonymous deconstructs ODNI report on 'Russia hackers'; says, 'It's not how hacking works'

RT
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:12 UTC

A member of the hacktivist network Anonymous has debunked the assertion that US intelligence report on Russia's alleged hacking of the DNC proves a particular party's guilt, explaining that such claims show a lack of understanding of how hackers operate.

"The ODNI [Office of the Director of National Intelligence] report wants you to believe that Russian hackers hacked the DNC [Democratic National Committee] based on the evidence that the attacks looked identical to methods used by the same Russian hacking team. But this is not how hacking works in the slightest," video journalist and Anonymous activist Alex Poucher told RT.

"Hackers can either code their own tools to use, or download pre-compiled scripts that are readily available on any exploit database. If two teams download the same exploits and use them, then the attacks will appear to be the same, identical even," Poucher, who has a degree in IT Security, said.

He went on to explain that while a person is actually in America, he or she can log into a VPN (Virtual Private Network) located in Russia and launch attacks from America.

"When this attack is investigated, it will appear that it originated from Russia," he said.

Saying that the report "does not state conclusively anything," it also demonstrates that the US intelligence officials "are still not really sure who hacked the DNC," Poucher said.

Guccifer 2.0, the entity believed to have originally distributed the leaked materials from the Democratic Party, and claimed to have some ties to Russia, "is a deeply suspicious figure," the Anonymous activist said.

"At the end of the day, an insurmountable heap of circumstantial evidence is all this report is, without any proof to back up any of the claims whatsoever, except hearsay," he told RT.

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Russian hospital probed after woman in plaster cast forced to crawl stairs for X-ray (VIDEO)

RT я знаю / YouTube
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:57 UTC

Authorities in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan have launched a probe into a hospital after a video has emerged online showing one of the patients with a broken leg crawling down the stairs after having her leg X-rayed.

The republic's prosecutor's office said that the hospital, located in the city of Ufa, should have redirected Tatiana Melenchuk to another medical facility right at the reception desk. However, for some reason, it had not done so, which allegedly forced her to crawl up 28 stairs to the second floor to have her leg X-rayed before returning back in the same humiliating manner.

Philippines to offer free contraceptives to 6 million women

Sputnik
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:14 UTC

Of the six million identified, said Philippine economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia, two million are beneath the poverty line. Those two million will be the first to receive free coverage by 2018, with the others to soon follow.

Pernia claimed that 11 Filipinos die every day as a result of complications from pregnancy. He hoped that extended access to contraceptives will lower this number, as well as the rate of teen pregnancy in the country. The Philippine Statistics authority reports that 10 percent of Filipino women aged 15-19 are either pregnant or have already given birth. It is the only Asia-Pacific country where the teen pregnancy rate has increased since the 1990s.

The act also directs government agencies to identify women and couples with "unmet family planning needs." The move is part of an initiative to reduce poverty in the Philippines. A reported 21.6 percent of the population was under the poverty line in 2015, and Duterte's stated goal is to get the number down to 13-14 percent by the end of his term in 2022.

The UN Population Fund released a study in 2016 noting that high teen-pregnancy rates and elevated levels of youth unemployment combined with an overall drop in birth rates were responsible for slower-than-expected economic growth and widespread poverty in the Philippines.

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Society's Child

Heartless: Oregon woman freezes to death after eviction from senior housing for $388 in late rent

No charges for California cop who fatally shot man holding e-cigarette device mistaken it for a weapon

Paypal founder Peter Thiel: The age of Apple is over

Former Microsoft workers sue over PTSD caused by the porn they had to watch as part of their content monitoring duties

Russian tech expert named in Trump dossier says no intelligence officials ever contacted him about accusation

WATCH: Two eye witnesses, including pilot, refute official story of Florida airport shooting

Russians show respect for Donald Trump, propose to name street after him

Member of Anonymous deconstructs ODNI report on 'Russia hackers'; says, 'It's not how hacking works'

Russian hospital probed after woman in plaster cast forced to crawl stairs for X-ray (VIDEO)

Philippines to offer free contraceptives to 6 million women

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