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Wolf-whistling thug punches young woman outside Paris cafe for telling him to 'shut up'


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:47 UTC
woman hit in Paris
© Marie Laguerre / Facebook
A young Paris resident has spoken out against sexual harassment after she was filmed being viciously assaulted by a man whom she told to "shut up" after he wolf-whistled at her.

Marie Laguerre has released CCTV footage of the moment she was hit in the face by a stranger as she walked home in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. She said the incident perfectly illustrates the dangers women face every day.

"It is time for this kind of behavior to end," Laguerre said. "Harassment is every day."

Laguerre had a chance encounter with her attacker on Boulevard de la Villette. She said he cat-called at her, whistled and made "dirty noises." When the 22-year-old shot back at the man his behavior turned violent.
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Attention

Transgender 'woman' murders grandmother with a knife, media decides she's a 'man'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:36 UTC
transgender killer
When is a transgender woman not a woman?

Apparently, when she kills her own grandmother, at which point "she" magically returns to being a "he"!

From AZ Family, "Police: Man killed 81-year-old grandmother because he was tired of caring for her":
A 30-year-old Arizona man was arrested after police said he killed his grandmother because he was tired of caring for her.

Officers arrived at an apartment complex in Chandler early Sunday morning and found 81-year-old Helen Smith dead. Her grandson, Brandon Smith, was later arrested and charged with first-degree in connection with her death.

According to Chandler police, Brandon was frustrated that he was the only one in the family taking care of Helen, who suffered from dementia.
How can they all the sudden call this *obvious* woman a man?

Comment: Zero. Left-wing activists only care if they get to attack Trump or conservatives. In this case, the media adhering to someone's preferred personal pronouns only matters when it suits their agenda. Otherwise, they don't care.

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Sherlock

Former FEMA personnel chief under investigation for sexual harassment and hiring women to be sexual partners for male employees

Lisa Rein
Washington Post
Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:56 UTC
FEMA personnel chief Corey Coleman
© The Washington PostFEMA personnel chief Corey Coleman
The personnel chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency - who resigned just weeks ago - is under investigation after being accused of creating an atmosphere of widespread sexual harassment over years in which women were hired as possible sexual partners for male employees, the agency's leader said Monday.

The alleged harassment and other misconduct, revealed through a preliminary seven-month internal investigation, was a "systemic problem going on for years," said FEMA Administrator William "Brock" Long. Some of the behavior could rise to the level of criminal activity, he said.

Some of the claims about the agency's former personnel chief are detailed in a written executive summary of the investigation provided to The Washington Post. FEMA officials provided other details and confirmed that the individual under investigation, whose name was redacted from the report, is Corey Coleman, who led the personnel department from 2011 until his resignation in June.
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Light Sabers

EU extends Crimea-related sanctions against 6 Russian companies


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:53 UTC
crimean bridge
© Reuters
The European Union has extended sanctions against six Russian companies in connection with their work in Crimea and the construction of a bridge to the peninsula.

According to the Official Journal of the EU, the sanctions will target construction engineering company Institute Giprostroymost, Russia's largest heavy-construction company Mostotrest, engineering and construction corporation VAD ZAO, infrastructure construction firm S.G.M. Group, and shipbuilding and ship-repair company Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard, which is located in Crimea.

The latest measures include freezing the companies' assets in the EU and banning EU-registered individuals and entities from providing the sanctioned firms with any funds. The updated EU sanctions list includes 44 Russian companies and organizations.
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Rocket

America will continue to use Russian rocket engines to fly into space


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:48 UTC
rocket
© AFP PHOTO/HO/ United Launch Alliance / AFP
Russia will continue supplying RD-180 rocket engines, which are used by NASA and the Pentagon, to the United States until at least 2020.

"We signed the contract until 2020, and we will supply our partners with six more RD-180 engines," said Igor Arbuzov, CEO of Russia's Energomash. The RD-180 engines operate at the first stage of the US Atlas V rockets.

The cheaper and more reliable RD-180 engine is developed and manufactured by Energomash and is designed for the US Atlas carrier rockets. The contract was extended by Energomash and United Launch Alliance (ULA), a private supplier to the Pentagon and NASA.
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Stock Down

Iranian rial plummets to record low against dollar - central bank blames 'nation's enemies'


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:43 UTC
rial
© Mushtaq Muhammad / Reuters
The unofficial rate of the Iranian rial plummeted to a record low of 112,000 rials against the dollar on concerns over the imminent return of full US sanctions.

The rial has lost more than a half of its value against the dollar in just four months, having fallen to the 50,000-mark for the first time in March. Iranians have been trying to buy more US currency on the black market for fear the economy can collapse when the US sanctions return.

In an attempt to curb currency speculation which has led to the rial collapse, the Iranian central bank unified the official and unregulated exchange rates. However, there have been reports that black market vendors are inflating the costs of goods imported in US dollars.
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Russian Flag

Poll finds over two-thirds of Russians approve of Putin and almost half see country as going in the right direction


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:39 UTC
putin
© Mikhail Klementyev / Sputnik
Over two-thirds of Russians approve of Vladimir Putin's performance as president, and almost half believe the country is developing in the right direction, an independent opinion poll has revealed.

The Levada Center published the results of an opinion poll on Tuesday, which showed that 67 percent of Russians approve of the actions of President Vladimir Putin. Some 32 percent of respondents said they were not satisfied with Putin's performance, and one percent found the question too complicated to answer.

This differs significantly from Putin's 82 percent approval rating that was recorded in April, between the president's re-election and swearing in for a new presidential term. In the same poll, 17 percent of Russians disapproved of Putin's work, while one percent remained undecided.
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Red Flag

Twitter hires openly anti-Trump researchers to fix Twitter's "conversational health"


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:30 UTC
trump protesters
© Ints Kalnins / Reuters
For the sake of "healthy conversation," Twitter has put together a research team to combat prejudice and discrimination. Soon, conservatives noticed the new task force was staffed with #Resistance members and Trump haters.

The social media giant, which has recently seen its stock plummet just as allegations of political "shadow-banning" swirl, courted more controversy on Monday, after it unveiled its carefully selected (supposedly) professionals that are to measure the platform's "conversational health."

The first team will focus on "examining echo chambers and uncivil discourse and on "intolerance in Twitter conversation," and will be led by Dr. Rebekah Tromble, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University.

The team will also comprise Dr. Patricia Rossini, Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, both from Syracuse University, as well as Dr. Nava Tintarev from Delft University of Technology, and Dr. Dirk Hovy from Bocconi University.
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Car Black

Staggering cost of next-gen Armata tank made Russian army look for cheaper alternatives - Deputy PM


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:30 UTC
Russian Armata tank
© Maxim ShemetovA Russian Armata tank before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, May 5, 2016
The cutting-edge T-14 Armata tank turned out to be too costly for the Russian army which now has to look at cheaper alternatives like the modernized version of time-tested T-72, a high-ranked government official acknowledged.

The T-14 Armata tank, a technological marvel of Russian military industry, is anything but affordable for the army, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Monday. He admitted the Russian military will not be able to purchase the tanks en masse due to their staggering cost.
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Light Sabers

Portland ICE union claims mayor's office violated Constitution by refusing to protect them against harassers


RT
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:23 UTC
Photo from Occupy ICE PDX Facebook page
Photo from Occupy ICE PDX Facebook page
Portland mayor's office violated the US Constitution by telling police not to interfere with a protest against federal immigration policies, a letter sent by their union said.

For over five weeks since mid-June people in Portland have been protesting against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). City authorities refused to get involved, with Mayor Ted Wheeler, who also serves as police commissioner, saying his officers will not be "sucked into a conflict" and "bailout" ICE, an agency that he believed was "on the wrong track". At the peak of the protest the immigration agency's local office was shut down. The protest finally ended on July 25, with the police later clearing the protesters' camp.

Portland newspaper Willamette Weeksaid local ICE officers claimed that city police failed to respond to two calls by his colleagues, who asked for help after being harassed by protesters. One call came from one ICE employee's apartment, where protesters showed up after following his truck.
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