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Who has deported more people than any other US president? Obama

Press TV
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:32 UTC

President Barack Obama has "humanely" deported more immigrants than any US president in history, according to American writer and political activist Mickey Z.

The author of Occupy This Book and Occupy These Photos made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Friday while commenting on a statement by Obama who has denounced Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's plan to use a "deportation force" to deport millions of undocumented immigrants as unrealistic.

"The notion that we're gonna deport 11, 12 million people from this country — first of all, I have no idea where Mr. Trump thinks the money's gonna come from," Obama said on Thursday in an interview with ABC News. "It would cost us hundreds of billions of dollars to execute that."

Comment: A really good guess or he knows this personally because it has already been spent.

"Imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children, and putting them in what, detention centers, and then systematically sending them out," he said."Nobody thinks that that is realistic. But more importantly, that's not who we are as Americans."

Commenting to Press TV, Mickey Z. said, "What's most fascinating to me is the psychological manipulation at play here, because facts don't matter. We're trained to not bother ourselves with how much Trump's alleged plan might cost and to ignore the reality that Obama has 'humanely' deported more human beings than any US president in history," he added.

Comment: The devil you know...isn't much better than the one you don't!

Texas cops respond to suicide attempt by county deputy by killing him

David Edwards
Raw Story
Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:35 UTC

The mother of a Texas deputy said this week that Laredo police officers did not have a good reason to shoot and kill her son after they showed up at his apartment to respond to an attempted suicide.

The Laredo Morning Times reported on Monday that two female officers responded to a suicide attempt at around 11 a.m. The department said that the officers opened fire after "repeated commands to the individual who was armed with a handgun." The man was identified as 25-year-old Cesar Cuellar, a Webb County sheriff's deputy.

Cuellar's mother later told KGNS that officers overreacted. "Don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot, please, please, please. It's my son," the mother recalled telling the officers, according to a translation provided by the station. "Both of them were pointing at him. My son was like this with the gun pointed down, not saying a word. He was surprised, he was frozen. He didn't say a word. They had scared him."

"They shot him, they shot him once and then it took a while and after another boom again. It wasn't continuous but my son never lifted his gun. Never," she insisted. "They shot him without having to, not one reason." The woman said that her son would not have justice until the Laredo officers had their "guns and badges taken away."

In a statement, Laredo Police Chief Raymond Garner promised that there would be a full investigation into the case. "The Laredo Police Department respectfully sends the family, friends and colleagues of Mr. Cesar Cuellar Jr it's most sincerest condolences," Garner said. "The Laredo Police Department is committed to conducting a thorough investigation into this case."

Comment: People are 55 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than a terrorist

How nonprofit hospitals scam the under and uninsured

Lena H. Sun
Washington Post
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:37 UTC

A lot of people who don't have health insurance worry about getting hit with huge bills if they go to the hospital. Most consumers probably don't realize that many hospitals are supposed to let you know if you qualify for free or reduced-price care--and charge you fairly, even if you don't have insurance.

But a recent study found that less than half of nonprofit hospitals surveyed were telling patients they could be eligible for charity care.

There are nearly 3,000 community hospitals in the United States that qualify for tax-free nonprofit status. In return for that tax break—worth $25 billion in 2011 —hospitals are supposed tell the Internal Revenue Service each year how much care they write off for those who can't pay.

Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals are supposed to follow several rules, which take full effect next year.

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Colorado to vote on single-payer state health-care system

David Olinger
Denver Post
Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:49 UTC

Colorado state Senator Dr. Irene Aguilar, right, who is a physician at Denver Health, helps deliver more than 156,000 signatures to put the ColoradoCare health care question on the 2016 ballot,

Colorado voters will decide next year whether this state should be the first to pay for comprehensive health care for residents.

Proponents of a single-payer state system gathered enough signatures to put ColoradoCare on the ballot, the secretary of state's office announced Monday.

They needed 98,492 valid signatures to put a state-governed health care system to a vote. After reviewing a 5 percent sample of the 158,831 signatures submitted, the secretary of state projected that the valid total would be 110 percent of the number required — and certified that Initiative 20, the "State Health Care System," will be on the 2016 ballot.

Residents would choose their own health care providers, but ColoradoCare would pay the bills.

US agrees to EU labeling guidelines for Israeli goods from illegal settlements

Press TV
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:25 UTC

The United States has backed a decision made by the European Union to label goods from the illegal Israeli settlements on the occupied Palestinian land.

The US State Department on Thursday [said] it doesn't consider the new EU rule banning "Made in Israel" tags on goods produced in the occupied West Bank as a boycott of the Zionist regime.

The European Commission "adopted this morning the Interpretative Notice on indication of origin of goods from the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967," Reuters quoted an EU official as saying on Wednesday. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) welcomed the EU rule. PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat referred to the decision as a "significant move toward a total boycott of Israeli settlements, which are built illegally on occupied Palestinian lands."

The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the labeling "a politically motivated and unusual and discriminatory step, that [the European Union] learned from the world of boycotts," referring to the international movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, known as BDS.

US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Thursday that American officials "do not believe that labeling the origin of products is equivalent to a boycott. And as you know, we do not consider settlements to be part of Israel. We do not view labeling the origin of products as being from the settlements as a boycott of Israel," Toner added.

Comment: So here's the deal. If the settlements are not legitimately Israeli, then any labeling decision does not imply a boycott of Israel...sneaky semantics. US gets a half point for threading a needle. Unfortunately, this thimble-full message is about as leverage-flimsy as it gets, more a solidarity ploy for the EU and other Palestinian sympathizers. In turn, Israel will demand more US subsidy. Oh yeah, it just did...

Seven babies' bodies found in German town

The Local
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:47 UTC

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German police have so far been unable to question the previous resident of the apartment where the bodies were found.

The house where the bodies were found in the small town of Wallenfels in northern Bavaria is unremarkable in every way. A home-made butterfly is stuck to a window, reports The Süddesutche Zeitung (SZ).

But the picture of tranquillity is deceptive.

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Russia may launch probe into Facebook after Belgium surveillance disclosure

RT
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:20 UTC

A Russian nationalist MP has asked prosecutors to launch a probe into Facebook and other major social networks after a court in Brussels ruled Facebook must pay a daily fine of €250,000 for its cookie policy tracking non-users.

On Monday, the Belgian court gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking the online activities of non-users in Belgium unless they have their explicit consent, or face a daily fine of €250,000. "If a surfer doesn't have their own Facebook account, Facebook from now on will have to explicitly solicit consent and provide the needed explanations," the Brussels court of first instance said.

Facebook lawyers said they would appeal the ruling.

Comment: Belgium gives Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking non-users or pay €250K per day

Massive fire engulfs building site in heart of London's tech district

Dina Spector
Business Insider, UK
Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:48 UTC

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A building site has caught fire in Old Street, sending huge plumes of black smoke into the air near London's financial district.

A massive fire that broke out Thursday morning in the heart of London's Tech district is now under control, according to the London Fire brigade.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The fire, which broke out before 9 a.m, occurred in a six-storey building that's under demolition on Old Street, the fire department said.

"Crews worked hard to contain this blaze and to stop it from spreading. The main fire was concentrated around the building's central lift shaft. This created a chimney effect, which is why smoke could be seen for miles around during the early stages of the incident," Station Manager Gareth Cook said in a statement.

The blaze was under control by 10:15 a.m., after the first emergency calls started rolling in around 8:44 a.m. Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters were on the scene.

Comment: There was another huge fire in London the previous day: Blaze on London's Fleet Street near Goldman Sachs offices

Daughter gets 18 years for killing mom, texting corpse photo to dad

Margaret Matray
The Virginian-Pilot
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 04:03 UTC

Susan Lee Hutson

Susan Lee Hutson didn't think her daughter was serious when she lifted the shotgun.

She told Rachel she was crazy, that she would tell her dad about this when he got home, Rachel Hutson testified.

Then Hutson pulled the trigger.

Bizarre behaviour: Cop attacks woman in parked car, drags her by hair and punches her

Jackson Marciana
Counter Current
Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:20 UTC

Police officials in Oklahoma just acknowledged what eye-witnesses have said since Saturday morning: that a police officer attacked a woman inside of a parked car, brutally beating her.

The Oklahoma City police say that now they are considering recommending charges against a Yukon police officer as a result of the assault.

The police report, obtained by KOKO states that the innocent woman had reported the attack early on Saturday morning.

The report tells us that witnesses observed 29-year-old Zachary Dean Bradford dragging the woman from her car. He was observed dragging her by her hair and then punching her.

Strangely enough, Bradford then took off his shirt and tucked it in his pants. Right after that he left the scene of the attack.

As for the woman, she told the responding officers that she did not know Bradford before being attacked by him.

She was simply sitting in a vehicle and was talking to one of the witnesses of the attack. That's when Bradford came from a nearby home.

Comment: Police are walking time-bombs. No one can predict when they are going to go off.

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Society's Child

Who has deported more people than any other US president? Obama

Texas cops respond to suicide attempt by county deputy by killing him

How nonprofit hospitals scam the under and uninsured

Colorado to vote on single-payer state health-care system

US agrees to EU labeling guidelines for Israeli goods from illegal settlements

Seven babies' bodies found in German town

Russia may launch probe into Facebook after Belgium surveillance disclosure

Massive fire engulfs building site in heart of London's tech district

Daughter gets 18 years for killing mom, texting corpse photo to dad

Bizarre behaviour: Cop attacks woman in parked car, drags her by hair and punches her

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