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'Completely unacceptable': Anger as power company shuts off supply to 800,000 over California wildfire fears


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:37 UTC
electric lines
© REUTERS / Elijah Nouvelage
Around 800,000 PG&E customers in California are facing power cuts this week after the company announced it would take the drastic measure in order to limit the risk of their power lines sparking serious fires.

Some 20,000 customers are already affected, as the roll-out began in some places at midnight local time and will continue to be widened out to 34 counties across California.

Law enforcement in the affected areas are warning motorists to take extra care on the streets and to bear in mind that traffic lights will not be functioning over the shut-down period.

The power cut is being implemented out of fears that unusually high winds could bring lines down, sparking forest and scrub fires that could burn out of control. This summer, the company permanently retired a high-voltage line that sparked the worst wildfire in the state's history.
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Hundreds of young trans people seeking help to return to original sex

Sally Lockwood
Sky News
Sat, 05 Oct 2019 20:39 UTC
ruby detransitioning trans
Ruby is now 21 years old but first began identifying as male at 13.
Hundreds of young transgender people are seeking help to return to their original sex, a woman who is setting up a charity has told Sky News.

Charlie Evans, 28, was born female but identified as male for nearly 10 years before detransitioning.

The number of young people seeking gender transition is at an all-time high but we hear very little, if anything, about those who may come to regret their decision.

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Bad Guys

At least 19 cars burned and EXPLOSION rocks barber shop in Stockholm suburb


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:59 UTC
Gothenburg
© AFP / TT News Agency / Adam IhseFILE PHOTO. Burned cars are pictured in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Some 19 cars have been torched in the northern Stockholm suburb of Marsta, while a small explosive device went off near a local barber shop. No suspects have been detained so far.

The early hours of Monday turned out to be very restless for the residents of the area, as they were woken up by at least two loud bangs which triggered a massive police and firefighter response.

It turned out an explosive device went off in front of a barber shop, heavily damaging its entrance, while cars were set alight in at least three locations across the neighborhood. Some 19 vehicles were destroyed by fire, according to local media.

Footage from the scene shows the smashed up barber shop, as well as multiple cars ablaze.

Comment: One wonders just how much longer the people of Sweden will tolerate the escalating crime epidemic: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

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Canadian Federal government cuts reimbursements for military health care, hospitals on the hook for millions

Mercedes Stephenson and Amanda Connolly
Global News
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:54 UTC
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The federal government has quietly rolled back what it pays hospitals to take care of military members, according to multiple sources.

Global News has confirmed with sources within the military, provincial and federal governments that the federal government made major changes this spring to the fees it reimburses to hospitals when they provide health care to military members - and that's leading to fears some members could be denied health care services.

Under the Canada Health Act and provincial health acts, members of the military are not eligible for public health coverage under provincial plans.
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Best of the Web: Extinction Rebellion: The upper-middle-class death cult we should ridicule out of existence

Brendan O'Neill
Spiked
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:01 UTC
extinction agenda
© Getty
Yesterday, in London, I witnessed an eerie, chilling sight: I saw a death cult holding a ceremony in public.

The men and women gathered outside King's Cross station and formed a circle. They swayed and chanted. They preached about End Times. 'What will you do when the world gets hot, what, what?', they intoned, conjuring up images of the hellfire they believe will shortly consume mankind. They sang hymns to their god - science. 'We've got all the science / All that we need / To change the world / Hallelujah', they sang, rocking side to side as they did so.

They demanded repentance. 'Buy less, fly less, fry less', said one placard. Catholics only demand the non-consumption of meat on Fridays, as an act of penance to mark the day of Christ's death. This new religion demands an end to meat-consumption entirely, as penance for mankind's sins of growth and progress.

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Family

More than 16,000 flee violence in Indonesia's Papua region


Al Jazeera
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 22:03 UTC
Indonesia Papua residents violence airport
© Antara Foto/Gusti Tanati/ReutersSecurity officers stand guard as residents from Wamena arrive at Sentani Airport in Jayapura
Residents evacuate Wamena city, military says, following deadly protests fuelled by racism against indigenous Papuans.

More than 16,000 scared residents have fled an unrest-hit city in Indonesia's Papua region, the military said on Monday, as one of the deadliest eruptions of violence in years sparked calls for an independent investigation.

Several dozen people were killed when violence broke out in Wamena city last month, with some victims burned alive when buildings were ablaze, and others stabbed in the chaos, according to authorities.

Since mid-August, Papua has been hit by waves of mass protests and violence fuelled by racism against indigenous Papuans by Indonesians from other parts of the archipelago, as well as calls for self-rule in the impoverished region.

The majority of Papuans are Christian and ethnic Melanesian with few cultural ties to the rest of Muslim-majority Indonesia.
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Passenger train from Germany showing signs of radioactivity causes alarm in Moscow


RT
Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:12 UTC
train
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A passenger train that arrived to Moscow from Germany was evacuated and inspected for elevated levels of radiation after causing alarm on the border crossing with Belarus. Officials said those on board were not in danger, however.

One of the cars in the train, which originated in Berlin, is said to have registered increased levels of background radiation during an inspection on the Belarus-Russia border. Upon arrival at Moscow's central Belorussky station on Tuesday evening, the entire train was evacuated, and the platform was sealed off by the police.

Specialists from the government watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, nuclear waste management company Radon, and city services personnel were all involved in the inspection. A mobile laboratory, which allows for rapid on-site analysis of samples, has also been deployed.
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Fire

Baghdad protests: 15 killed in clashes with police


Sputnik
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:19 UTC
BaghdadProtesters
© AP/Hadi MizbanAnti-government protesters take over a vehicle before they burn it during a demonstration in Baghdad.
At least 15 people were killed in Baghdad following clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters as police continue to exert violence in ongoing rallies in the city, the Shafaq news agency reported on Monday, citing health officials.

According to the health sources, as cited by Shafaq, renewed clashes took place in the Sadr City suburb. Police used tear gas and bullets against the protesters.

On Sunday, the Waid news agency reported that clashes in Iraq's capital had renewed during the night, with the Iraqi Interior Ministry putting the overall death toll at 104 since the protests broke out last week.

On Saturday, Mustafa Saadun, the head of the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, announced that about 450 people had been detained during the ongoing protests, with half of them being released.

Comment: From RFE/RL, 7/10/2019: Iraqi president condemns violence, vows reforms
Iraqi President Barham Salih has condemned violence against protesters after more than 100 people were killed in less than a week during antigovernment demonstrations across the country.

The wave of protests -- the deadliest unrest since the Islamic State (IS) extremist group was declared defeated in Iraq in 2017 -- is seen as the first major challenge to Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi's government, nearly a year since he came to power.

In a televised speech on October 7, Salih also announced a series of measures to combat corruption and provide the better job opportunities and services demanded by protesters.

Iraqis have called for an end to a political system that has existed since 2003 when U.S.-led forces overthrew Saddam Hussein.

Afterward, a government-appointment system was installed that is based on sectarian or ethnic quotas, rather than on merit, Renad Mansour, a research fellow at Chatham House, told BBC.

"Aggrieved Iraqis say this has allowed Shia, Kurdish, Sunni and other leaders to abuse public funds, enrich themselves and their followers and effectively pillage the country of its wealth with very little benefit to most citizens," he said.

"The right to protest and freedom of expression are guaranteed by the Iraqi Constitution," Salih said. A committee of independent figures will be formed to open a dialogue with the protesters and come up with a "binding roadmap" to help the government fight corruption and provide better services.

Salih also proposed a government reshuffle and a review of the electoral law that meets the "national ambitions" of the people.
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Rebellion in Iraq: Is someone trying to destabilize Iraq?

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Ellen DeGeneres shredded by fans for failing to understand why being friendly with George W. Bush is worse than 'problematic'


RT
Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:30 UTC
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© Reuters / Matthew EmmonsBush and his wife at the fateful football game - just a normal friendly couple
Viewers tore into TV comedian Ellen DeGeneres after she offered a lukewarm 'can't we all just get along' explanation for laughing it up with former president and regime-change aficionado George W. Bush at a football game.

Assuming the fans' initial rage had to do with "a gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a conservative Republican president" at a Dallas Cowboys football game over the weekend, DeGeneres stressed that just because her political views didn't align with the president who started two long and bloody wars, didn't mean they couldn't be friends.

"I'm friends with George Bush. In fact, I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have," she said on her show on Tuesday, comparing her disagreements with Bush to disagreeing with her "friends who wear fur."

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Footprints

Presidential candidate Julián Castro escorted migrants to US southern border; all were returned to Mexico

John Binder
Breitbart
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00 UTC
Julian Castro
© TwitterFormer HUD Secretary Julian Castro
Democrat presidential hopeful and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro escorted a group of migrants to the United States-Mexico border, but they were all returned to Mexico.

On Monday, Castro traveled to the Brownsville, Texas, region of the southern border where he escorted 13 migrants in Mexico to U.S. Border Patrol agents in an effort to get them released into the interior of the country while their asylum claims were adjudicated.

The Texas Civil Rights Project confirmed that all the migrants escorted to the border by Castro were returned to Mexico as part of President Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy. Castro said the migrants identify as "members of the LGTBQ community" who have been "beat up," and one is disabled.

"We presented them to these border agents and said that they should not be ... they should not be in Mexico," Castro said.

"The Trump administration has chosen cruelty," Castro said. In a separate post, Castro accused Trump of purposefully "killing people."


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