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Sheriff

Cop charged for stomping innocent man as K9 chewed off 'hunks of flesh'

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:53 UTC
Frank Baker
On the night of June 24, 2016, Frank Baker - an innocent man - 'fit the description' of a 'black man' in the area, so he was attacked by police and their K9. For several minutes, Baker was beaten, tasered, and viciously mauled by their K9. Now, over two years since that night, the officer responsible for the most vicious attack may be held accountable.

On Wednesday, officer Brett Palkowitsch, 31, was charged with one count of deprivation of rights for kicking the innocent man while a K9 tore him apart, literally.

"The indictment alleges that Palkowitsch used unreasonable force when he kicked arrestee [Baker] repeatedly while [Baker] was on the ground and in the grips of a police canine, resulting in bodily injury," said a news release from the Minneapolis' FBI office, which investigated the case.
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NPC

Gillette ad waxes nostalgic about the fathers the Left has yanked from boys' lives

Chad Felix Greene
The Federalist
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:11 UTC
Gillette ad
© Gillette ad
Culture continuously recycles itself. The revolutionary social ideas of the past are now considered conservative and backward, and the new radical enlightenment often reflects what was once viewed as not progressive enough. One of the more profound ways this cycle has manifested has been in the role of men and masculinity in our society. Today, the left seems to be longing for the father figure they so arrogantly dismissed, mocked, and demonized decades ago.

From an endless stream of TV dads portrayed as childish, selfish, lazy, drunk, clownish, and failures to the celebration of childhood independence and maturity, the role of fathers has been largely removed from our media-driven notion of life. We have been encouraged to view dad as a humorous, but optional, counterpart to our primary parent, mom, who manages to keep our lives running smoothly mostly on her own, if not in spite of him. The media today appears surprised at the resulting cultural consequences.

Gillette, a men's shaving company, released a new ad titled, "The Best a Man Can Be," targeting their key demographic with a sobering and stern lecture on what failures men have become in our society.

Comment: Clueless: P&G challenges men to shave their 'toxic masculinity' in Gillette ad

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Arrow Down

Frenchman jailed for 6 months for attempting to organize Yellow Vest blockade of refinery


RT
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:00 UTC
Yellow vests Marseille
© Reuters / Jean-Paul PelissierProtesters take part in a demonstration of the "yellow vests" movement in Marseille, France, January 12, 2019.
A 28-year-old Frenchman has been sentenced to six months in jail after he published a Facebook post attempting to organize a 'Yellow Vest' blockade of a local petrol refinery, according to local reports.

Hedi Martin was arrested in Port-La Nouvelle, southern France on January 3, shortly after publishing the post on Facebook, la Dépêche reports. In his post, Martin called for a 'Yellow Vest' blockade of the petrol refinery in the coastal town, urging people to "stand up to the CRS [riot police]," according to WSWS.

State prosecutors noted video footage of Martin on his Facebook page at several Yellow Vest protests in the region, and criticized him for allegedly resigning from his short-term contract at a chocolate factory to "spend between four and seven hours every day" demonstrating.

Comment: Instead of listening to the demands of a majority of the French people, the state is moving to criminalize organized protest and plans to ban 'known-troublemakers' from participating in demonstrations:

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Star of David

UN reports Israeli demolition & seizure of West Bank Palestinian structures rose 10% in 2018


Mondoweiss
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
israel demolitions palestine
© OCHAA four-story building blown up on punitive grounds in Al Am’ari refugee camp (Ramallah) on 15 December.

Each month the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs releases a report on demolitions and displacement in the West Bank. Click here to download the full report as a PDF.

In December, 39 Palestinian-owned structures were demolished or seized by the Israeli authorities, the same as the 2018 monthly average, displacing 56 people and affecting over 270 others. Two of this month's demolitions were on punitive grounds and the rest were due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain.

About 70 per cent of the structures targeted this month were in Area C. The largest incident took place on 4 December in Beit Hanina - Al Marwaha, a community on the 'Jerusalem side' of the Barrier, where eight commercial structures were demolished and goods were confiscated. Five families, who reported a financial loss of almost NIS 1.5 million, were affected. In another incident, the livelihoods of 70 people were affected by the demolition of a leather store on the margins of Al Bireh city (Ramallah).
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Fire

Somali-based Al-Shabaab claims Nairobi hotel attack was vengeance for Trump's recognition of Jerusalem


RT
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:49 UTC
Kenyan security forces officer
© Reuters / Baz RatnerA Kenyan security forces officer on the scene at the DusitD2 complex
As the death toll in the Nairobi hotel attack hit 21, including UK and US citizens, Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group Al-Shabaab claimed it was revenge for US President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The Somali-based militant group claimed responsibility for pelting the five-star DusitD2 hotel and business complex in Nairobi with grenades shortly after 3pm local time, before a suicide bomber entered the lobby and blew himself up. Occupying the upscale hotel for almost 20 hours, the gunmen killed at least 21 people in total, including the 40-year-old American CEO Jason Spindler who had survived the 9/11 attacks in New York.

Special forces flushed out the militants, and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday afternoon that all the terrorists had finally been "eliminated."

Comment: See also:

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Bad Guys

Texas man indicted for creating fraudulent campaign PACs, using funds for personal financial gain

Michael Burke
The Hill
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:39 UTC
Texan Kyle Gerald Prall fake PAC
© GettyPrall allegedly raised more than $300,000 in contributions to "Feel Bern," more than $165,000 in contributions to "Trump Victory" and more than $73,000 in contributions to "HC4President," and spent little of that money for political purposes and pocketed much of it.
A Texas man has been indicted in federal court on counts including mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering that stem from allegations that he raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for fraudulent political committees.

Kyle Gerald Prall is accused of setting up political committees named "Feel Bern," "HC4President" and "Trump Victory" and soliciting donations he claimed would support the candidacies of Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Prall was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Austin.

Prall allegedly raised more than $300,000 in contributions to "Feel Bern," more than $165,000 in contributions to "Trump Victory" and more than $73,000 in contributions to "HC4President," according to the indictment. He spent little of that money for political purposes and pocketed much of it, according to the indictment.
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Pistol

In Germany? KKK police raid seizes guns, knives in a surprising location

David Brennan
Newsweek
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:10 UTC
KKKWeapons
© The Telegraph
Police in Germany have seized more than 100 weapons in a series of raids targeting members of an extreme right-wing group claiming to be part of the Ku Klux Klan.

Officers descended on 12 apartments in eight German states on Wednesday, looking for evidence linked to a group calling itself the National Socialist Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Deutschland.

Two hundred officers were involved in the searches, according to The Associated Press, targeting properties in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Saxony Anhalt and Thuringia.

Among the more than 100 weapons discovered were air guns, swords, machetes and knives, Baden-Württemberg prosecutors said.

Seventeen people-between the ages of 17 and 59-were targeted, though Deutsche Welle noted that no arrests had been confirmed. Around 40 people are under investigation for links to the group, investigators said.

Comment: See also: Study finds Ku Klux Klan underground cells currently active in Germany

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Snowflake

Google executive sparks meltdown after using the word 'family'

Peter Hasson
The Daily Caller
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:13 UTC
google
© Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
A Google executive sparked a fierce backlash from employees by using the word "family" in a weekly, company-wide presentation, according to internal documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Many Google employees became angry that the term was used while discussing a product aimed at children, because it implied that families have children, the documents show. The backlash grew large enough that a Google vice president addressed the controversy and solicited feedback on how the company could become more inclusive.

TheDCNF received the documents from a source who insisted upon anonymity in order to share them.

One employee stormed out of the March 2017 presentation after a presenter "continued to show (awesome) Unicorn product features which continually use the word 'family' as a synonym for 'household with children,'" he explained in an internal thread. That employee posted an extended rant, which was well-received by his colleagues, on why linking families to children is "offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong."
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Chess

War on free media: RT to seek Judicial Review of Ofcom's Dec 20 breach findings


RT
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:29 UTC
rt studios
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev
RT seeks judicial review of Ofcom decisions related to the broadcaster.

"Today RT has informed Ofcom that it will be seeking Judicial Review of Ofcom's decisions and process in its breach findings of 20th December against the network. Ofcom investigated 10 RT programmes, and decided that 7 were in breach; we firmly believe that none were in breach. RT is left with no choice other than to seek Judicial Review of the matter.

RT determinedly adheres to the Ofcom Code. Ofcom itself has recognised that RT's compliance record 'has not been materially out of line with other broadcasters.'
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Russian Flag

Poll finds almost half of Russians see USSR collapse as shameful


RT
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:28 UTC
ussr soviet memorabilia souvenir
© Sputnik / Ruslan Krivobok / FileUSSR-themed memorabilia sold in a souvenir shop in Moscow.
The collapse of the Soviet Union is considered a reason to be ashamed by 45 percent of Russians according to a recent opinion poll. The only option that scored higher is Russia's failure to eradicate poverty.

The poll conducted in late 2018 by the Levada Center is its latest study of what Russians are proud and ashamed of about their nation. The demise of the USSR saw a rebound in popularity from a low point of 28 percent in mid-2015, and is at a level comparable with the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The only more popular answer is Russia's failure to eradicate poverty, which was named as a reason to be ashamed by 61 percent of the people polled. This answer has topped Levada's polls for decades.
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