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Teva Pharmaceuticals at the heart of a drug price-fixing conspiracy investigation

David McLaughlin
Bloomberg
Fri, 10 May 2019 14:37 UTC
medications
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. helped mastermind a sweeping conspiracy among generic drugmakers to raise prices for medicines, according to a new antitrust lawsuit filed by states that stems from a five-year investigation of the companies.

More than a dozen current and former executives at top generic-drug makers, including Mylan NV and a unit of Pfizer Inc., were sued on Friday by more than 40 states led by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong.

"We have hard evidence that shows the generic drug industry perpetrated a multi-billion dollar fraud on the American people," Tong said in a statement Friday. "We all wonder why our health care, and specifically the prices for generic prescription drugs, are so expensive in this country - this is a big reason why."

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Ukraine resumes oil transit to European consumers through the Druzhba pipeline


RT
Sat, 11 May 2019 15:01 UTC
Oil workers
© Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin
Ukrainian energy company Ukrtransnafta has resumed crude transfers to the EU along the Druzhba pipeline, after the supplies were halted due to contamination.

The crude started running through the pipeline at 11:35am GMT on Saturday, Ukrtransnafta wrote on Facebook. The transit was resumed after specialists from Hungarian firm MOL "conducted additional analyses of the oil currently held in the pipeline and confirmed their readiness to accept it," the company's statement adds.

The crude deliveries were suspended on April 25, after the European importers refused to take in Russian oil over quality concerns. Russian company Transneft, which controls the Russian segment of the pipeline, later said the oil was contaminated intentionally with organic chloride compounds. Four suspects have already been arrested for two months in connection with the case and an investigation is ongoing.
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Judge rules against Syracuse University for ignoring myriad problems with rape accuser's claims

Greg Piper
College Fix
Fri, 10 May 2019 14:18 UTC
ashamed man
University didn't record accuser's testimony: 'technical difficulties'

"Jane Roe" initially said the vaginal sex was consensual. Later, she said it wasn't.

Syracuse University rejected her two other nonconsensual claims about other forms of sex, but upheld the one that she switched during the investigation.

This is only one of many reasons that a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the private university by an accused student.

In his memorandum and order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge David Hurd approved Title IX and breach-of-contract claims to move forward against Syracuse.
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Zombie Nation: 46% of Americans have taken a Pharma drug within the last month

Michael Snyder
End of American Dream
Wed, 08 May 2019 00:00 UTC
Phrama drug pile
If it seems like about half the country is on drugs, that is because it is actually true. According to a new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics, almost half of all Americans have taken a pharmaceutical drug within the past 30 days, and that officially makes us "the most medicated country in the world". And needless to say, those dealing these drugs are becoming exceedingly wealthy at our expense. The average American spends $1,200 a year on prescription drugs, but of course many Americans spend far more than that and others spend nothing at all. In recent years there has been a tremendous backlash against the big pharmaceutical corporations, because many of them have become exceedingly greedy. As you will see below, prices have been raised on 650 different drugs this year alone. Once they get their claws into you, the pharmaceutical giants want to get every last penny out of you that they possibly can.

Without a doubt, there are some pharmaceutical drugs that greatly help people. In fact, many people wouldn't be alive today without them.

Comment: FDA medical adviser: 'Congress is owned by pharma'

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'Sanctuary City' Oakland going broke, forced to use gas tax money to keep lights on

Joel B. Pollak
Breitbart
Sat, 11 May 2019 11:04 UTC
Oakland California
© Eric Thayer / Getty
The City of Oakland is in such dire financial straits that it is planning to use $2.9 million from state gas tax revenues to keep the city's lights on, rather than using the money to fix pothole-riddled roads, for which the funding was intended.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday that the city is facing severe financial shortfalls, despite a booming economy that has seen wealthier households relocate from San Francisco across the bay to gentrifying neighborhoods.

The problem is that the city's costs are rising faster than its growing revenues, thanks partly to pension obligations - an increasingly common challenge for large, Democrat-run cities that made ambitious promises to public sector unions.
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Should the BBC have fired Danny Baker even if it believed he was 'unintentionally racist'?

Igor Ogorodnev
RT
Fri, 10 May 2019 03:29 UTC
Danny Baker
© Twitter/Getty ImagesDanny Baker and the offending tweet.
With sensitivity to perceived racism growing all the time, how important should intent be when society punishes someone for stepping over the line?

On Wednesday, BBC radio presenter and comedian Danny Baker posted a black-and-white retro photo meme that showed a chimp accompanied by two well-dressed chaperones, with the caption "Royal baby leaves the hospital."

If we believe that this was a joke mocking the mixed-race origins of the newborn Archie, whose mother Meghan Markle is half black, then there is clear-cut cause for dismissal. Characterizing black people as simians has a long and inglorious history.

But what if we take the furious Baker at his word - that his "mind is not diseased" so he didn't think of the "possible connotations" and deleted the tweet voluntarily as soon as he was alerted to them.

Comment: Perhaps the BBC should focus on the very real scandals it's currently embroiled in, such as how it has actively protected pedophiles and pushed propaganda that incites war: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Nxivm sex-cult members presented Hillary Clinton with illegal campaign donation

Chris Spargo
The Daily Mail
Thu, 09 May 2019 21:30 UTC
Nancy Salzman Clare Bronfman Nxivm
© Associated PressRaniere and his co-defendants reportedly gave money that was reimbursed by Nancy Salzman (left) and Clare Bronfman (right)
Nxivm members presented Hillary Clinton with illegal campaign donation at event in hopes of 'obtaining political influence to further their agenda'

It seems that Hillary Clinton may have unknowingly played a large role in the racketeering charges that Nxivm founder Keith Raniere is currently facing in court.

Court documents filed by the US Attorney's office prior to the trail detail how multiple members of he cult - including all five of the defendants who were indicted in the case - exceeded the legal limit for campaign donations when giving money to Clinton's first campaign for president.

Comment: NXIVM sex-cult prosecutors claim evidence for illegal Clinton campaign contributions seeking "political influence"

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'Bitcoin is fool's gold': Peter Schiff weighs in on calls to replace gold with cryptocurrencies


RT
Fri, 10 May 2019 21:20 UTC
Bitcoin
© Reuters / Dado Ruvic
The value of digital currencies cannot be on par with gold, veteran stock broker and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff, told RT's Keiser Report as they discussed the recent #DropGold campaign.

Last week, a New York-based crypto-asset investment firm Grayscale Investments (Grayscale), ran a TV commercial, showing people pulling shopping cart full of gold bars, trying to convince investors that bitcoin is "displacing gold" as we live in a "new financial era."

The "ridiculous" advertisement is just a farce, according to Schiff, who stressed that cryptocurrencies, and bitcoin in particular, have nothing in common with the precious metal and have "no intrinsic value" other than people willing to buy it.
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Michigan police thwart serial killer who'd killed two women and planned to kill more


AP
Fri, 10 May 2019 21:14 UTC
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A 26-year-old mid-Michigan man killed two women, intended to kill two more and texted a former girlfriend that he "had been ridding the demons of some dear friends of his," authorities said Friday.

Police found the bodies in separate locations after the man showed Eaton County sheriff's deputies cellphone photos of the bodies following a traffic stop on Interstate 69, about 108 miles (174 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.

Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth said the deputies "saved many more lives."

"There is no doubt the suspect was on a killing spree," Wriggelsworth said. "The investigation has identified two additional potential victims that the suspect had planned to kill. They have all been contacted and are all safe."

Neither of the other intended victims were the ex-girlfriend, investigators said.
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'Why do we fuel the war?' French peace activists manage to stop arms shipment to Saudis - report


RT
Fri, 10 May 2019 20:45 UTC
French protesters
© Jean-Francois Monier / AFP
A ship that was set to carry arms to Saudi Arabia has apparently left France without them, a day after a protest at port. Activists rallied to stop the delivery, saying the weapons could be used to slaughter civilians in Yemen.

The Bahri-Yanbu, a cargo ship that was meant to deliver the latest shipment of French weapons to the Gulf kingdom arrived in the port Le Havre on Thursday. Protesters gathered there to denounce their government's refusal to stop arms trade with Saudi Arabia after reports revealed that French weapons have been used by Riyadh in its four-year-long military campaign in neighboring Yemen.
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