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Ryanair pilot faints mid-air as thunderstorm causes plane to be diverted on way to Italy

Phoebe Southworth
Daily Mail
Sun, 26 Aug 2018 17:43 UTC
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A Ryanair pilot fainted as his plane was being diverted during a thunderstorm.

The flight from London Stansted to Palermo in Italy was forced to land 67 miles away in Trapani because of the treacherous weather on Thursday evening.

As the plane approached the runway, the co-pilot passed out and the captain was forced to land the plane himself.

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Men who don't work full-time have a higher rate of divorce

Faith Moore
PJ Media
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:01 UTC
man kisses wife
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In a study called "Money, Work, and Marital Stability," Harvard sociology professor Alexandra Killewald made an interesting discovery: "husbands' lack of full-time employment is associated with higher risk of divorce." Killewald - who studies how gender shapes "the mutual relationships between family circumstances and work outcomes in the United States" - glumly concludes from her research that "the husband breadwinner norm persists."

When asked recently by Steve Calechman of fatherly.com to speculate as to why husbands not working might contribute to higher divorce rates, Killewald talked about the harmful effects of this gender expectation. "If the expectation [to work] is from him, he could become depressed, drink more, and do other unhelpful behaviors for the marriage," Killewald said. "It's also possible that wives expect husbands to work full-time and when they don't, they think that's a signal about not being a good husband," she continued. Her final speculation (none of these scenarios were backed by any research) was that "other people around the couple could have opinions about him being out of work and that could affect the stability [of the marriage]."

Comment: The infection of feminist ideology into the modern home have had a number of pernicious effects on families. Instead of decrying traditional gender roles as "toxic", perhaps it would be more beneficial to examine why they are what they are and find ways of working with them to the benefit of all.

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From WWII relics to modern US drones: Spoils of Syrian war displayed in Russia (VIDEO, PHOTOS)


RT
Mon, 27 Aug 2018 09:05 UTC
So-called 'hell cannons' on display during Army-2018 forum
© RuptlySo-called 'hell cannons' on display during Army-2018 forum
Weaponry captured from militants during the anti-terrorism campaign in Syria has been put on display in Russia. RT highlights the most peculiar trophies, which range from WWII relics to modern drones, used by US special ops.

The weapons have been put on display at the Army-2018 forum, which is being held outside Moscow near the city of Kubinka. Small pieces are displayed in a pavilion while larger objects, such as tanks and cars, are out in the open.


Some of the weapons are more suited to a collector's closet or a museum rather than to an actual war zone. The WWII relics include StG 44s, made in Nazi Germany. The war castoffs made it into Syria from Eastern Germany in the 1960s, when the latter country transitioned to Soviet weaponry.
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Informed tweeters decimate arms giant Lockheed Martin's tribute to John McCain


RT
Sun, 26 Aug 2018 21:15 UTC
John McCain
© YouTubeJohn McCain inspecting a Lockheed Martin-made F-35 jet.
It's rare for a military contractor to go out of its way to highlight ties to elected officials, but US defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin wrote a most heartfelt eulogy to the late John McCain. Its sentiment was not appreciated.

On Sunday, a day after the American politician's death, the Maryland-based company took to its Twitter to call the long-serving Arizona senator "an exceptionally courageous leader and a true patriot."

But, with the combination of McCain's reputation as a fierce advocate of US foreign intervention and Lockheed's line of work, this was never likely to attract the say-something-nice-or-nothing-at-all crowd.

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Gov't employee arrested after harassing NYC teen who was raped by cops

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 26 Aug 2018 20:59 UTC
A NYC teen who accused two undercover NYPD officers of raping her while handcuffed is facing continual harassment for fighting her case.
Anna Chambers & Corey Guskin
© The Free Thought Project
A process server has been arrested for "impersonating an officer" after he served a subpoena to Anna Chambers, the alleged rape victim who says she was sexually assaulted when two undercover NYPD officers took her away from her friends in an NYPD van in September 2017.

Corey Guskin, 59, was caught on camera insulting Chambers apparently harassing her by not leaving her door steps after serving her with the legal documents. The video, which has now gone viral, shows Guskin recording Chambers as she insists he leave. He calls the alleged rape victim a "stupid bitch."

Chambers gained national attention to her case when she accused NYPD Detectives Richard Hall and Eddie Martins of raping her after they arrested her for marijuana possession on Coney Island Sept. 15th of 2017. As TFTP reported, Chambers used social media to voice her outcry for justice. She stated she was never actually arrested, just dropped off near the police station after she says Hall and Martins had their way with her, both men raping her while she was still in handcuffs.
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Ontario Premier denies issuing directive to stop staff using the term 'climate change'


RT
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC
Ontario Premier Doug Ford
© Carlo Allegri / ReutersOntario Premier Doug Ford.
Leaked emails asking civil servants to stop using the term "climate change" on social media have landed Doug Ford in hot water as Ontario reels from a spike in forest fires. The premier's office calls the emails "false."

Emails published on the Toronto-based blogTO show messages sent by Ontario Parks Social Media Coordinator Anne MacLachlan and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry's Director of Communications Services Lisa Sarracini. The two emails appear to be directing staffers that, as "per Premier's Office direction, we are not allowed to mention climate change in social media content at this time."

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Trash bags with human flesh found in NYC's Bronx


RT
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC
Police line Do not cross
© Sergio Flores / Reuters
Two bags containing human remains have been discovered in the Bronx, New York City, triggering a massive police response. The gender of the victim remains unknown.

Police have set up a large crime scene investigation in Crotona Park South and Franklin Street on Friday afternoon, after a local park employee discovered two suspicious bags by a sidewalk.

The employee immediately called his boss who rushed to the scene where the park officials discovered flesh and hair inside the bags, and called the police. Upon their arrival at the scene, officers confirmed that there was a body in the bags, ABC 7 New York reports.
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Absurd Political Correctness: Conor Daly loses Lilly Diabetes sponsorship over remark his father made over 30 years ago


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Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC
Conor Daly
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Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly's No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver's father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.

Lilly said in a statement Friday that its sponsorship was intended to raise awareness for treatment options and resources for people living with diabetes.

"Unfortunately, the comments that surfaced this week by Derek Daly distract from this focus, so we have made the decision that Lilly Diabetes will no longer run the No. 6 at Road America this weekend," Lilly said.

Primarily an IndyCar driver, Conor Daly is making his NASCAR debut at the rural Wisconsin road course Saturday with Roush Fenway Racing. Messages left for a team spokesman seeking comment were not immediately returned on Friday night.

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'We don't shoot women' says Israeli lieutenant, but Kristin Foss is shot for second time in a week in Palestine

Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 20:20 UTC
Kristin Foss
Kristin Foss
"We don't shoot women", a Lieutenant in the Israeli army said yesterday, when asked why they shot a Norwegian activist in Kafr Qaddum Saturday last week, shortly before shooting her again.
Israeli activist Matan Cohen posted this exchange and occurrence yesterday on his Facebook with photos from the scene.

This time Kristin was not shot in the abdomen, but in the foot, by a rubber-coated steel bullet. I was alerted to Kristin's injury by her Facebook update from the clinic:
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Iranian F-5 fighter jet crashes at air base, pilot killed


RT
Sun, 26 Aug 2018 19:45 UTC
Iranian F-5 fighter jet
© Ebrahim Norouzi / Fars News / AFPIranian F-5 fighter jet
An Iranian Air Force F-5 fighter jet crashed on a training mission in the southwestern Khuzestan Province. The pilot was killed, while the co-pilot survived and was hospitalized.

The jet was flying a training mission when it crashed while trying to land on a runway at Dezful Air Base in the southwestern Khuzestan Province on Sunday, Iranian media reports.

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