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5 dead, 300 injured after sadistic Israelis gun down Palestinian protesters

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At least five Palestinians have lost their lives and nearly three hundred more sustained injuries when Israeli military forces opened fire on a group of protesters participating in anti-occupation rallies along the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and Israeli-occupied territories.

In breaking news, so far 5 Palestinians were murdered today, with an additional 78 being shot with live rounds, and all together more than 300 sustained related injuries, as a result of Israeli security forces opening machine-gun fire upon a protesting crowd. In this extraordinarily gruesome and brutal scene that unfolded today, we have seen something which unfortunately has become all too common, as the Zionist settler-colonial Jewish supremacist entity, calling itself 'Israel', continues to defy international law, standards of civility, and numerous and standing UN resolutions which call for an end to its bloodthirsty repression and never-ending land-grabs of indigenous Arab lands.

The Gaza Ministry of Health said in a statement that 14-year-old Mohammed Nayef al-Houm was fatally shot in the chest during "The Great March of Return" protests east of Bureij refugee camp on Friday evening.

Comment: Also see: Israel is murdering Palestinian children at 'record rates'


Megaphone

Nightclub evacuated in UK, 40 people treated by paramedics, suspected tear gas

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The Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth, UK was evacuated after suspected tear gas was released, causing some revelers to complain of itchy eyes and shortness of breath. Forty people were treated by paramedics.

Dorset police said in a statement to Metro News that they received a report that some type of irritant, possibly CS spray, had been released within the nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The premises were subsequently evacuated and 40 people were treated by paramedics at the scene. One person was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Comment: See also: France: 7 injured after young man refused entry to nightclub rams crowd with car


Ambulance

3 people seriously injured after being stabbed in Ravensburg, Germany

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Several people have been injured in a stabbing attack in the city of Ravensburg in southwestern Germany. Local police say the suspect has been arrested.

All three victims of the stabbing sustained serious injuries, with one in critical condition, local news site Schwaebische Zeitung said. The attack appears to have been a stabbing spree, with the victims attacked in three separate locations in the old part of the town. The news agency DPA said the victims were found in locations 50 meters apart.

The police apprehended the suspect and cordoned off the area, where the incident took place and are questioning witnesses.

The identity of the attacker was not immediately reported. The police said they would not be available for comments about what happened until they collect the information themselves.

Schwaebische Zeitung reported that one of those injured was a man who was dining in a local cafe with his family when he saw a man, brandishing a knife, run towards them. The man then tried to fight the attacker off with a chair and was injured in the hands and back.

Twitter account @DerSteiger published footage allegedly showing the aftermath of the stabbing attack. (Warning, graphic content).

Sherlock

French imam under investigation over out-of-context quote from sermon calling for 'Muslims to fight Jews'

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A French imam is under scrutiny over a controversial sermon, which says that Muslims will be told to fight and kill Jews on Judgement Day. The cleric is now being investigated for inciting hatred.

The probe into "public provocation to hatred or violence" was opened against Mohamed Tatai, the imam of the newly inaugurated Grand Mosque of Toulouse, prosecutor Dominique Alzeari said on Tuesday.

The Muslim cleric made the controversial comments during his sermon in Arabic in December 2017 in which he cited a Hadith, a sacred text of the words and stories of Prophet Mohammed.

The video with the English subtitles was uploaded by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a non-profit press monitoring organization in Washington DC, in June.

"He [Mohammed] told us about the final and decisive battle: 'Judgement Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews,'" Tatai preached, as cited by MEMRI.

Comment: Is being delusional a crime? If so, most rabbis and priests should be arrested. They too believe in a judgment day in which Muslims, Jews and Christians will all be engaged in an orgy of murder. Jews who do not convert to Christianity will be killed or go to hell, Christians will become the slaves of Jews, Muslims will kill those who do not convert, etc. Actually, if fantasizing about war is a crime, maybe people like Benjamin Netanyahu, John Bolton, and all the politicians like them should also be arrested? We may need a gulag system to process so many hate-crime perps...


Stock Down

Car sales 'collapse' and pending house sales 'plunge' as America's economic slowdown gathers speed

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In late 2018, the bad economic news just keeps rolling in. At a time when consumer confidence is absolutely soaring, the underlying economic numbers are clearly telling us that enormous problems are right around the corner. Of course this is usually what happens just before a major economic downturn. Most people in the general population feel like the party can go on for quite a while longer, but meanwhile the warning signs just keep becoming more and more obvious. I have been hearing from people that truly believe that the economy is "strong", but if the U.S. economy really was in good shape would new vehicle sales be "collapsing"?...
According to the latest estimates released by Edmunds, new vehicle sales for September are expected to collapse both on a monthly basis and year-over-year basis. The company predicted that 1,392,434 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in September, which makes for a estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 17 million. This will be a 5.4% decrease from last month and an 8.3% drop from September of last year.
Those are absolutely terrible numbers.

Eye 2

Ukrainian radical nationalists storm church, injure several congregants and replace locks on doors

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Radical nationalists have reportedly seized a church in western Ukraine, beating the faithful in the process. The violence comes amid expectations of a schism - threatening acknowledgement of an independent church in Ukraine.

According to a statement published on the website of the Moscow-subordinate canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a group of Ukrainian radical nationalists seized by force a church located in the town of Bogorodchany in the Ivano-Frankovsk region of Ukraine.

The radicals overpowered local residents, who tried to stop their raid, beating some of the defenders before throwing them out of the church, the report said. One man had his arm broken while another receive a skull fracture, the statement said. The nationalists then replaced the locks on the doors of the church with new ones, it added.

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Sheriff

Asheville, NC police to undergo special training to avoid physically assaulting innocent jaywalkers

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Crossing the street in a manner deemed "illegal" by the state can and will get you beaten, shot, kidnapped, caged, and even killed. Body Camera footage was released earlier illustrating this dangerous reality. The video shows one police officer restraining a man down while another officer repeatedly punches him in the head after they confronted him for the "crime" of jaywalking. Last month, the citizens of Asheville shelled out $650,000 because of the actions of these officers and now, police are being trained to prevent similar scenarios from playing out in the future.

According to the settlement and release agreement, Asheville will pay a total of $650,000 to Rush and his attorneys. The victim, Johnnie Rush will receive $342,500, which will be paid out in periodic payments. Ferguson Chambers & Sumter, P.A. is set to receive $307,500, according to WLOS.

This week, the Asheville City Council announced that they will be training police officers to stop incidents in which their fellow officers lose control. However, some say it doesn't go far enough.

"APD has updated and revised its Early Intervention System policy. This policy establishes guidelines for a Personnel Early Intervention System (EIS), a pro-active, non-disciplinary system that seeks to identify and positively influence conduct or
performance related problems exhibited by individual employees," Interim City Manager Cathy Ball said.

Cross

Former Vatican ambassador blasts Pope's silence, 'slander' over cover-up claims

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The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced American ex-cardinal has challenged the Vatican to say what it knows about the scandal and accused Pope Francis of mounting a campaign of "subtle slander" against him.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano penned a new missive a month after his initial 11-page document sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church. It was uploaded to a document-sharing site late Thursday.

Vigano denounced the official Vatican silence about his claims and urged the current head of the Vatican bishops' office to speak out, saying he has all the documentation needed to prove years of cover-up by the Vatican about alleged sexual misconduct by ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

Red Flag

Crazed Swedish feminists attack phonetic military alphabet, want it more 'inclusive and diverse'

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Feminists in Sweden are taking on the alphabet, specifically, the phonetic alphabet used in the military to spell out letters over the radio. Activists are calling to make the system more female inclusive and diverse.

Unlike the NATO phonetic alphabet which uses English words like 'Alpha' for 'A' and 'Bravo' for 'B', the Swedish phonetic alphabet has its own time-tested style. It's made up of male first names that are intrinsically Swedish, such as 'Johan' for 'J' and 'Ludvig' for 'L'.

In an op-ed for Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, women's organization Fredrika Bremer Association and non-profit NGO Rättviseförmedlingen - which translates to 'the Equalizers' in English - called out the current alphabet for not being "equal" or "diverse".

Bad Guys

The Kavanaugh circus continues: Ambulance-chaser Avenatti admits latest accuser might not come forward, locks Twitter account (UPDATES)

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Attorney Michael Avenatti said his client might now not come forward against Brett Kavanaugh, and then locked his Twitter public profile from view.

After two days of ginning up publicity with the news he has a "100 percent credible" accuser against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, adding that she has "multiple witnesses to corroborate her story" and that she is "willing to take a polygraph," Avenatti appeared to walk back that assurance in a Tuesday morning tweet.

Comment: Avenatti may have gone a step to far this time in his bid to remain in the public eye. Updates (Sept 28): Two men have come forward claiming to be the real assailants who raped Ford, not Kavanaugh.

A former boyfriend of Julie Swetnick, the third woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, has said that he has evidence that all her claims are bogus and that she has a history of making threats:
"Right after I broke up with her, she was threatening my family, threatening my wife and threatening to do harm to my baby at that time"
It's also been discovered that Julie Swetnick was previously sued for domestic violence and defamation.

Despite the media circus, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of confirming Kavanaugh, so now the vote goes to the Senate floor. The question now is when, as Republican Sen. Jeff Flake wants to delay the vote by 1 week so the FBI can investigate Kavanaugh (something they've already done 5 times). Another week of partisan mud-slinging to distract the media and American populace.

Meanwhile, Zero Hedge reports that Christine Ford's CIA connections suggest she is part of a CIA "honeytrap" against Kavanaugh and a Deep State tactic to harm Trump. That seems rather obvious!