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Parody and charity: E-shop profiting from Macron quotes & controversies is helping homeless migrants


RT
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:48 UTC
Enlysee boutique Macron parody
© enlyseeboutique.fr
A T-shirt featuring 'champion' Emmanuel Macron and a poster depicting his protester-beating bodyguard as president - this satirical e-shop knows how to profit from catchphrases and controversies involving the French leader.

The e-platform dubbed 'Enlysee' differs by just one letter from the official site of the French presidency online souvenir shop, but its content is far more diverse. Unlike its official counterpart, which offers a pen with a French tricolor and posters of Emmanuel Macron, the parody website uses its wit at full volume.

On it, you can buy a T-shirt with Macron depicted as "a champion of the Earth". Braver customers can purchase a T-shirt about the 'Breton mafia' or a poster showing Macron's scandalous ex-bodyguard Alexandre Benalla as the president of the French Republic.

Comment: It's unlikely they will run out of ideas anytime soon as Macron so generously provides an endless stream of 'witticisms' and scandals. A few recent examples:

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Attention

11 y.o. boy kills his grandma then himself after being asked to clean his room


RT
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:50 UTC
crime scene
© Reuters / Nancy Wiechec
An 11-year-old boy is believed to have fatally shot his 65-year-old grandmother and then himself after he was asked to clean his room, according to Arizona police.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said they received a call from a man in Litchfield Park claiming his grandson killed his wife before turning the gun on himself just after 5pm on Saturday, reports the Arizona Daily Independent.

Doyle Hebert said the couple had full custody of the boy and claims he snapped after the child's grandmother, Yvonne Woodard, repeatedly asked him to clean his room and pick up after himself throughout the day.

Hebert alleges that his grandson shot Woodard in the back of the head after they had sat down to watch TV. He claims that after his wife was shot, he chased his grandson briefly before returning to help her, which is when he heard the second gunshot and watched his grandson take a few steps before falling to the ground.
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No Entry

Egypt looking to ban wearing of Niqabs in public places, used to conceal identities of criminals, terrorists


Sputnik
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 19:07 UTC
niqabs egypt
© AP Photo / Boris Roessler
The debate over a full-face veil ban has ongoing in Egypt for some time already, ever since the Egyptian government took strong, decisive action against political Islam in the wake of the ouster of Islamist President Muhammad Morsi back in 2013.

Egyptian lawmaker Ghada Ajami told Egyptian Streets in a phone interview on Sunday that she had introduced to the country's parliament a bill that would ban the face veil in public places, citing her concerns over a high percentage of crimes being committed in niqabs.

In the event of non-abidance, the bill stipulates 1,000 EGP ($55) in fines being slapped on women who continue to wear the niqab in public places like restaurants, parks or social and educational institutions. Repeated offenses will carry even higher fines, if the bill becomes law.
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Red Flag

Brazilian businessman kills soccer star, cuts off genitals for raping his wife

Sam Morgan
New York Post
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 11:56 UTC
Daniel Correa Freitas
© EPADaniel Correa Freitas
The businessman who allegedly killed Brazilian soccer player Daniel Correa Freitas says he did so after finding the midfielder in his underwear trying to rape his wife.

The Sao Paulo star's body was discovered in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, a city in Brazil's southern state of Parana, with his genitals cut off and almost decapitated.

The suspects have been named as Edison Brittes Junior, 38, his wife, Cristiana Brittes, and their 18-year-old daughter, Allana Brittes.

Edison has given his version of events, telling the Brasil Urgente program on TV Bandeirantes that he found the midfielder, 24, at his daughter's birthday party.
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Heart - Black

Khashoggi's fiancé: Trump administration 'devoid of morals,' not doing enough about husband's murder

Tom Embury-Dennis
The Independent
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:13 UTC
Hatice Cengiz Jamal Khashoggi
© John Stillwell/PAHatice Cengiz, the fiancee of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a memorial event for her fiance at the Insitution of Mechanical Engineers in London
The fiancé of Jamal Khashoggi has launched a scathing attack on the US government over its handling of her partner's killing by Saudi Arabian officials, branding the Trump administration "devoid of moral foundation".

Hatice Cengiz, in a column for the Washington Post, called on the international community to bring her partner's killers to justice and to find his missing body, which Turkish authorities say was dissolved in acid.

Ms Cengiz's op-ed was published exactly a month after Mr Khashoggi failed to reappear from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October. Turkey alleges he was murdered by a hit squad authorised by the "highest levels" of the Saudi government.
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Bizarro Earth

Pakistan police file charges against hundreds who violently protested against release of woman on death row for blasphemy


RFE/RL
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:49 UTC
pakistan protest
Protests against the acquittal were held across Pakistan.
The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy after eight years on death row has pleaded for asylum from Western countries, saying his family was in great danger in Pakistan.

"I am requesting [U.S.] President Donald Trump to help us to leave [the country], and I am requesting the prime minister of the U.K. help us and as far as possible grant us freedom," Asia Bibi's husband said in a video message, news agencies reported on November 4.

The husband, Ashiq Masih, also called on Canadian leaders for help.

Bibi, a 54-year-old mother of four, was sentenced to death in 2010 for allegedly insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad -- a charge she has denied.

The case has attracted global attention, and several countries have offered Bibi asylum.

The Supreme Court overturned Bibi's conviction on October 30, sparking three days of violent, nationwide protests by hard-line Islamists demanding Bibi's execution.

Comment: So it seems some followers aren't content with her leaving the country and they will only be happy once she's back on the death row. At least the authorities are showing some sanity: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Bacon n Eggs

Tofurky is suing over Missouri's definition of 'meat'

Kate Yoder
Grist
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:01 UTC
veggie burger
© Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune / TNS via Getty Images
On Tuesday, Missouri became the first state to ban "meat" from the product labels of plant-based and lab-grown alternatives. The new law, part of a larger agricultural bill, prohibits "misrepresenting a product as meat" if it doesn't come directly from an animal. Violators are subject to a fine of $1,000 and - wait for it - a year in prison.

Harsh punishment for calling vegetarian sausage "sausage," huh? Tofurky seems to think so. The vegan company filed a lawsuit against Missouri on Monday to block the law, joined by the Good Food Institute, Animal Legal Defense Fund, and American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri. The suit seeks to defend the right to market meatless products with meaty words on First Amendment grounds.

The Missouri Cattlemen's Association lobbied to pass the law. The beef industry has been working to protect what it calls "beef nomenclature" with stricter labeling rules, which could potentially leave environmentally friendlier plant-based or lab-grown options with some unappetizing names (anyone want some textured vegetable protein for dinner?). In April, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association president wrote to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to raise the alarm over the "flagrantly deceptive food product labels proliferating the marketplace."

Comment: God forbid a law gets passed to force food producers to say exactly what their product is. The fact that the truth is "unappetizing" should be a red flag to anyone actually considering eating these products. 'Textured soy protein isolate patty' doesn't sound good to you? Then why eat it?

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Eye 1

"She was murdered!" Ukrainian civil activist who was investigating corrupt officials dies following acid attack


RT
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:39 UTC
Ukraine journalist Katerina Gandzyuk murdered
© Instagram / anna4ernenkoMemorial for Ukrainian activist Katerina Gandzyuk
Ukrainian activist Katerina Gandzyuk has died at a Kiev hospital, where she had been treated after surviving an acid attack this summer. A group of far-right veterans of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine are suspected of the attack.

The exact causes of her death have not been established, yet Ukrainian law enforcement has already re-qualified the acid attack case as a "deliberate murder." Ukrainian media in turn reports that she likely died due to a blood clot. Gandzyuk was a prominent "civil activist" with strong anti-Russian views, who took part in virtually all the unrest in the country over the past two decades - both in the so-called Orange Revolution in 2004 and the 2014 Maidan coup.

The death of 33-year-old Gandzyuk prompted protests across the country, with activists taking to the streets, demanding justice and urging the authorities to investigate attacks on other activists. A candle-lit vigil was held in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev. The activists carried placards reading "She was murdered" and "Who ordered to murder Katerina Gandzyuk?"

Comment: Could it be that this anti-Russia, pro-coup activist finally began to uncover the nefarious underbelly of the real players in Ukraine and was targeted by the very people she helped bring to power? Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: 'Revolution' in Ukraine: A history of manufactured chaos

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Cell Phone

Pew Research: Nearly half of young users have deleted Facebook from their phone in the last year

Matt Rosoff
CNBC
Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:45 UTC
Sheryl Sandberg Facebook
© Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.
Facebook's year of scandals is driving young users away from the platform, according to a Pew survey.

Pew surveyed more than 3,400 U.S. Facebook users in May and June, and found that a whopping 44 percent of those ages 18 to 29 say they've deleted the app from their phone in the last year. Some of them may have reinstalled it later.

Overall, 26 percent of survey respondents say they deleted the app, while 42 percent have "taken a break" for several weeks or more, and 54 percent have adjusted their privacy settings.

Comment: One look at the recent headlines about Facebook and it seems little wonder people are deleting it in droves.

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Heart - Black

Truck crashes hitting 31 cars, bus drives off bridge, and other accidents, leave more than 20 dead in China

Steven Jiang
CNN
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:05 UTC
China bus crash
A truck hit 31 cars and killed at least 15 people after the driver lost control Saturday night near an expressway toll booth in northwestern China, Chinese authorities said.

More than 40 other people were injured in the accident in the city of Lanzhou. Local police, in a statement released Sunday, faulted the truck driver, saying he lost control of his vehicle after continuously braking on a lengthy downslope leading to the toll gates.

The driver, who had never driven on this expressway before, panicked and did not steer away from traffic when his brake failed, according to the authorities.

In another road accident, police in northwestern China said a bus in the city of Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, lost control Saturday afternoon, swerving into traffic and killing at least two people. Another five people were injured.

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