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Special Prosecutor: Michigan State University hampered probe of its Nassar dealings

Jeff Karoub
AP
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:04 UTC
Special counsel Bill Forsyth press conference
© Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via APSpecial counsel Bill Forsyth, center, answers questions, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, during a press conference in Lansing, Mich., regarding the independent Special Counsel's investigation into Michigan State University's handling of the sexual abuse scandal involving disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar. Assistant Attorney General Christina Grossi, left, and Special Agent David Dwyre, listen.
A special prosecutor on Friday accused Michigan State University of stonewalling his investigation into the school's handling of the sexual abuse scandal involving disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar and called for "top-down cultural change" at the school.

Bill Forsyth released a report that accuses the school of fighting the release of certain relevant documents and releasing others that were heavily redacted or irrelevant. It says such actions hampered the investigation.

"Their biggest concern was the reputation of the university," Forsyth said at a news conference in Lansing that was livestreamed.
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Attention

Tennessee man diagnosed with Cruetzfeldt-Jackob Disease - the human version of Mad Cow Disease


WSYX/WTTE
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 20:24 UTC
CJD Cruetzfeldt-Jackob Disease mad cow
© WTVF, Gibson family, CNN NewsourceA Tennessee man has been diagnosed with a disease few have heard of, it's Cruetzfeldt-Jackob Disease. Also known as CJD, it's the human equivalent to Mad Cow Disease.
A Tennessee man has been diagnosed with a disease few have heard of, it's Cruetzfeldt-Jackob Disease. Also known as CJD, it's the human equivalent to Mad Cow Disease. The diagnosis has changed his family's lives forever.

WTVF reported that the patient, 32-year-old Tony Gibson, was a happy and healthy father until his symptoms began to show one year ago.

His Danielle Gibson, said he started acting strangely, and that he became very forgetful.

"I had to start labeling the rooms in our home. He would get lost going to the grocery store, and someone would call me and say we have your husband," said Danielle.

Comment: What a tragedy for a young family as no apparent cause has been mentioned. The condition takes a long time to manifest, so the source could be anything from contaminated meat or game, or a possibly a medical procedure.

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Che Guevara

Activists clash with police at massive Catalan pro-independence rally in Barcelona


RT
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 20:03 UTC
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© Reuters / Juan MedinaProtesters and police clash in Catalonia independence protests
Demonstrators have flooded the streets of Barcelona, blocking the city airport and major roads to protest against a rare visit by Spanish government ministers who are set to meet pro-independence Catalan leaders.

Protesters have disrupted railway services and blocked Barcelona airport as well as main roads leading to and from the city. At one point, they began throwing firecrackers and trash cans at riot police. Officers responded by detaining at least 13 of protesters.

A visit by Spanish Cabinet ministers to the city, during which they hope to come to terms with leaders of Catalan independence movement, is thought to have ignited the protest.

Comment: And prophetically:

Europe will reap what Spain has sown - Catalonia gathers support from secessionist movements around the world

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Pistol

Suspect detained after shootout in Vienna historic center; witnesses say several gunmen involved


RT
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:21 UTC
Vienna shooting Dec 2018
© REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerPolice are not treating the incident as a terrorist attack as of yet; witnesses said several gunmen went on shooting spree.
One person has been killed and one injured in a shootout at a popular tourist restaurant in the Austrian capital's historic center. It's yet unclear who is behind the incident and what their motives are.

The incident took place in the traditional Austrian Figlmueller restaurant located just a few hundred meters away from Vienna's iconic St. Stephen's Cathedral. Two people with gunshot wounds were found near the restaurant, the local police department said, adding that the details of the incident are still unclear.

Rescue services said that at least one person was killed in the shooting, dying of a serious head injury. Another injured person is also in critical condition, suffering from a head injury as well.

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Toys

'Adulting' classes for millennials needed because parents were too lazy to teach them to be adults - Ben Shapiro

Ben Shapiro
Newsweek
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:15 UTC
millennials
© iStock34 percent of 18-34 adults in America still lived with their parents as of 2015, up from 26 percent a decade before.
This week, America learned about something the millennials l ike to call "adulting." The term started as a sort of quasi-joke-whenever a millennial would do something age-appropriate rather than radically immature, this was an act of "adulting." Now, though, millennials apparently require training in being an adult.

According to CBS News, Rachel Flehinger has co-founded an Adulting School, which now includes online courses. Skills taught include basic sewing, conflict resolution, and cooking, among others. CBS suggests that the need for such classes springs from the fact that many millennials "haven't left childhood homes," given that 34 percent of 18-34 adults in America still lived with their parents as of 2015, up from 26 percent a decade before.

There's a good deal of truth to this. If you're living at home, with mom and dad doing their best to spoil you, you're less likely to know how to do laundry, cook, or balance a checkbook. Dependency breeds enervation.

Comment: Dr. Jordan Peterson has a few comments on the matter::



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Eye 1

Data 'sharing': Amazon's Alexa sends thousands of recordings to the wrong user

Joseph Archer
The Telegraph
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:30 UTC
Amazon Alexa
Amazon accidentally sent recordings made by its Alexa voice-activated assistant to the wrong user raising fresh privacy concerns about the use of digital devices.

Amazon confirmed what it described as "an unfortunate case that resulted from a human error," adding that it was an "isolated incident."

German magazine c't reported that a user had asked Amazon to send him all of the data the company had stored on him.

The man, who wasn't identified and who had never used one of Amazon's voice-activated assistants, received 1,700 audio files made inside a stranger's home.

Comment: Despite Amazon's assurances, this wasn't an 'isolated' case. Amazon can't be trusted with your privacy:

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Sheriff

Berlin police chief creates 'safety feeling', but fears to jog outside own office


RT
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:28 UTC
German police
© FILE PHOTO REUTERS/Florian Ulrich
The head of Berlin police publicly claimed the German capital has become more secure, but media reports said not quite - at least outside the official's own office where she doesn't jog fearing for her safety.

Barbara Slowik, chief of the German capital police, tried her best to ensure the public that the 3.7-million city is in safe hands. She told the Die Zeit newspaper that security situation was appalling when she was appointed as the head of Berlin police department.

Now, things have changed after police deployed mobile patrols to various public places, she claimed, adding, "I intentionally created the feeling of safety."

"This was a deliberate measure to ensure that safety feeling," Slowik reiterated, "so that citizens and tourists know - police are here watching." The comment looked robust at a glance, but then something went wrong.
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Bad Guys

Islamic State threatens US and EU cities with drone attacks in chilling new poster after Gatwick chaos


RT
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:24 UTC
isis poster
Islamic State poster circulating online
Terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has launched a new propaganda campaign against the West, threatening US & EU cities with drones, in a new poster prompted by the travel chaos at London's Gatwick Airport.

The post, circulating on social media, shows a photoshopped image of a drone carrying cargo with the terrorists' logo, ominously flying over New York city, with five separate scenes of carnage at the bottom, seemingly the aftermaths of attacks on Western cities carried out by IS.

Attached is the tagline: "Sender: The Islamic State."

It comes on the back of travel chaos that has brought London's Gatwick Airport to a standstill due to drones hovering in the skies above. All departing flights had to be grounded and incoming planes diverted to other airports, including Dublin, Glasgow, Amsterdam and Paris.
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Eye 2

Two Scandinavian backpackers hacked to death in Morocco by 'ISIS terrorists' with one filmed being beheaded

Andrew Koubaridis
news.com.au
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:20 UTC
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
Two Scandinavian backpackers were hacked to death and one beheaded in what is believed to have been a terrorist attack in Morocco.

Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were knifed and beheaded on camera while camping in the Atlas Mountains.

Their bodies were found on Monday morning.

Footage of the horrifying attack has been shared on social media and has caused outrage in Morocco. The footage shows a blonde woman screaming while a man cuts her neck with what appears to be a sharp kitchen knife.
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Stop

Appeals court ruling: Colleges must censor and block online services if they offend someone

Greg Piper
The College Fix
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Campuswalk
© RobartsCensorship? Speak 'not', a word.
Dissenting judge to university: Appeal this immediately

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, not his death, which happens in the spring. When it comes to dead litigation, it's apparently the opposite. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has resurrected a lawsuit against the University of Mary Washington for not meddling enough in its students' lives.

Here's some background: A location-based social media app called Yik Yak used to exist. It let users post things anonymously in a given geographic area, such as around colleges. Unsurprisingly, a lot of people posted boorish and offensive things. Even less surprisingly, people with fascist tendencies demanded their universities identify and punish those people.

A feminist group at UMW took this to the next level by filing a lawsuit last year alleging the public university failed to protect them from a "sexually hostile environment." Also named as a defendant was the university's former president Richard Hurley, who allegedly retaliated against the plaintiffs ... by publicly defending the school against the students' claims. I'm not kidding.

The lawsuit's other legal reasoning was not particularly convincing. The plaintiffs said UMW should have shut down Yik Yak by banning the app from the campus network. This would not have stopped anyone with a data signal from using the app. Which is basically everyone.

A federal judge knocked down the lawsuit a year ago, saying that implementing the plaintiffs' demands "may have exposed the university to liability under the First Amendment."

Comment: There are several options, but only one 'choice': freedom of speech.

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