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Police mistakenly shoot the hero in hostage standoff

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:38 UTC
amarillo gunman
As news of the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida dominated the airwaves this week, a massive hostage situation-which was quickly turning into a mass shooting situation-was foiled by a hero in a church. That hero, however, is now in the hospital after police showed up to the scene and shot him.

The situation was well on its way to becoming one of the deadliest shootings in history as the gunman took over 100 people hostage inside the Faith City Mission church on Wednesday.

"They said there was a gun in the building everyone started running all different ways," said Clay Murdock, a student at Faith City Mission.

According to WLOX, Murdock said he tried to get as many people inside their sound room as possible.

"We're standing in there and everyone starts praying," said Murdock. "I went outside to see what was going on if I could get more people in there and right when as I went outside the guy was standing right in front of me with the pistol."

Murdock then ran outside.
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UK experts fear child abuse cases linked to witchcraft and possession will skyrocket


RT
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:27 UTC
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© Reuters
Witchcraft & possession linked to UK child abuse as experts fear cases will skyrocket
Child abuse in the UK: Increasing links to belief in witchcraft
Faith-related killings of children could rise if the UK does not address child abuse linked to beliefs in witchcraft and spirit possession in a number of communities, according to the authorities.

Government statistics have shown 1,500 potential abuse cases had links to belief in possession and witchcraft.

"These beliefs are very real and on occasion people are going to take this to extremes where a child can be murdered," Inspector Allen Davis, who leads the Metropolitan Police's response to the issue, told the Independent.

"There are a number of ways that an adult will try to rid the child of the evil they believe is within them. They might try to burn it out, cut it out, strangle it out, drowning can be involved, or starving and beating."

Within Britain there are a number of communities with a "genuine belief" in possession and witchcraft. High-profile cases have emerged in recent years, including the killing of Kristy Bamu and Ayesha Ali.

Comment: Voodoo 'cleansing rituals' on children in the US:

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Former CIA whistleblower 'Jeffrey Sterling has become an invisible hero, forgotten by media'


RT
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:45 UTC
Jeffrey Sterling
Journalists never ask about former CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, who has become an invisible man to the media, former US Senate candidate and political activist Arn Menconi told RT.

The US intelligence whistleblower has been released from prison, where he served time after revealing CIA mismanagement of a classified program to the Senate. He had been sentenced to three-and-a-half years under the Espionage Act, but was freed after two years.

However, Sterling was not jailed for what he told senators - he was accused of leaking classified information he shared with the Senate to a journalist. His sentence was considerably shorter than the usual 19-year minimum, reportedly because all the evidence against him was circumstantial.

Arn Menconi, a former US Senate candidate and political activist who petitioned for Sterling's release, explains how he ended up being treated as a traitor.

Comment: See also: James Risen on his life as a NY Times reporter and getting leaked insider info by CIA veterans

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Computer recycler draws Microsoft's ire, faces 15 years in prison

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:20 UTC
Eric Lundgren
Eric Lundgren, an innovative computer engineer, may have to spend 15 months in prison for saving the environment and recycling computers.

Even though Lundgren has a successful computer recycling business, the thought of throwing away or destroying so many PCs was unsettling. So he hatched a plan to copy and sell to refurbishers PCs with Microsoft restore discs. However, when the company learned what he was doing, they tried to put him in prison.

Piracy is a crime and affects the bottom line profits of video game manufacturers, Hollywood films, and software companies like Microsoft. But a Microsoft restore disc is included when someone buys a computer and is available as a free download when someone can prove their product key for Windows belongs to them.

But for people who buy a second-hand computer, if the product key to the copy of Windows does not belong to them (registered with Microsoft) the computer is worthless and must be thrown away.
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WADA officers disrupt Russian figure skating star Zagitova's practice to take doping test


RT
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:51 UTC
Russian figure skater
© Damir Sagolj / Reuters
Alina Zagitova
Olympic figure skating gold medal contender Alina Zagitova was prevented from conducting a full training session on Monday, after a doping officer interrupted the Russian's practice in PyeongChang.

"Zagitova took to the ice as was scheduled, but several minutes later she was forced to leave the skating rink, because a doping officer ordered her to take a doping test. The training turned out to be disrupted," a member of the Russian figure skating squad told R-Sport.

The 15-year-old star, who is making her senior debut this season, is widely considered among the favorites to clinch the Olympic title in South Korea.
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Anti-Trumpists, globalists and people who identify as non-human gather at World Government Summit in Dubai


WND
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 10:02 UTC
Madinat Jumeirah
Yes, globalism is not a conspiracy theory, except for those who practice it.

And that fact was on public display in Dubai this weekend featuring experts like Robert DeNiro on climate change, Goldie Hawn on making kids happy, actor Forest Whitaker on how women and youth are keys to solving global challenges, Grammy winner Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas on technology and development, Malcolm Gladwell on government's role in shaping prosperous societies and Ariana Huffington on the Third Women's Revolution.

You may note the predominance of American presenters, but don't be misled.

This is a very anti-American three-day globalist summit at the Madinat Jumeirah and sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.

Comment: To satisfy our curiosity, here is a short interview with cyborgist Neil Harbisson:



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Israeli occupation authority seizes assets and bank accounts of Jerusalem Orthodox Church


The Palestinian Information Center
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:48 UTC
Jerusalem Orthodox Church
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has seized assets and bank accounts belonging to the Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, totaling over 30 million shekels.

The IOA claimed its measure was taken to collect property tax arrears unpaid by the Patriarchate.

In a statement, spokesman for the Patriarchate Issa Mosleh said "the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem refuses to deal with this Israeli measure as it violates the status quo retained for hundreds of years in the holy city, where its churches and mortmain real estate are exempt from property taxes."
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Man helps capture killer & rapist who escaped 'open prison' in UK


RT
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:48 UTC
Keith Whitehouse
© Avon and Somerset Police
Keith Whitehouse.
An escaped prisoner, who is serving a life sentence for raping and killing a woman, is back behind bars thanks to the intervention of an "eagle-eyed" member of the public.

An extensive manhunt was launched after Keith Whitehouse failed to appear for roll call at Leyhill open prison in South Gloucestershire on Saturday night. He was last seen several hours earlier. In 1991, Whitehouse killed and raped 21-year-old Suzanne Bromiley while on leave from a kidnapping sentence. He met his victim at a day centre for unemployed people.

Whitehouse was known to have psychopathic personality disorder. Nobody looked for him until he killed Bromiley. He was handed a life sentence for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Comment: Whitehouse, a diagnosed psychopath, committed his first murder while on 'home release' in 1991, and it looks like he was on his way to kill again. Clearly there should be no such thing as an 'open prison' for convicted psychopaths.

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The UK banned guns and yet stabbings and violent crime are out of control

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
UK banned guns and now stabbings and violent crime are out of control
When there are reports of a mass shooting, and many politicians and mainstream media pundits respond by pushing for gun control, it is important to take a moment to look at the statistics and whether there is evidence that the proposed laws would make an impact-and in the United Kingdom, that impact is painfully apparent.

The UK has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, putting the burden on its citizens to prove to the government that they are worthy of owning a specific firearm, and their intent for its ownership.

As The BBC reported, "Getting a license is a long and complicated business. Every stage of the process is designed to reduce the likelihood of a gun falling into the wrong hands. It starts with an application form which asks specific questions about why the individual wants a gun, telling them they need to show 'good reason.'"

Comment: In addition, when police force resources are being diverted to inconsequential issues and the UK economy is failing, those most likely to be involved in crime are turning to it: Florida School Shooting: A Culture of Narcissistic Entitlement and Resentment

Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Florida School Mass Shooting: Gun Control, Mental Illness and the Criminal Mind

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Propaganda

Brazil's largest newspaper abandons Facebook for "effectively banning professional journalism" with new algorithm

Jay Syrmopoulos
Truth In Media
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:48 UTC
facebook censored
The largest newspaper in Brazil, Folha de S Paulo, announced late last week that due to Facebook's recent changes to their news feed algorithm resulting in what the paper claims is "effectively banning professional journalism," it would cease publishing content on the social media platform.

The Guardian reported that the popular Brazilian newspaper has an online and print subscription base of nearly 285,000 subscribers and had roughly 204 million page impressions last December, according to the Communication Verification Institute, a non-profit media auditor. The company's Facebook page has nearly 6 million Facebook followers.

The executive editor of Fohla, Sérgio Dávila, told The Guardian that the paper's decision reflected "the declining importance of Facebook to our readers," but added that the recent algorithm changes to Facebook's Newsfeed had precipitated the decision. The paper claimed the new algorithm "privilege[s] personal interaction contents, to the detriment of those distributed by companies, such as those that produce professional journalism."

Comment: Eventually the only way to work around censorship by the tech giants, who collude with Western governments, will be to find alternative open platforms:

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