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Woman at Maryland beach impaled through chest by rogue umbrella


RT
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:29 UTC
Beach
© Mike Blake / Reuters
A woman in Maryland has been airlifted to a hospital after a rental beach umbrella was uprooted by gusty winds and pierced her chest. She is now in stable condition and is likely to survive the freak accident, authorities say.

The 46-year-old woman was impaled by a runaway beach umbrella on Sunday afternoon as she was visiting Ocean City, Maryland. The woman, who was not identified by authorities, reportedly had no chance to react as the rental sunshade was uprooted by the wind and flew across the sand right into her chest.

Lifeguards at the beach rushed to secure the umbrella that continued blowing around.

"Fortunately, it was not life-threatening. But it was significant enough that our EMS personnel didn't feel comfortable removing it. So what they did was actually cut the top part of the umbrella off so she could be transported," Ocean City spokeswoman Jessica Waters said.
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Experts warn statistics underestimate terror threat posed by ISIS women and children returning from Syria


RT
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:43 UTC
ISIS women terror threat
© Metropolitan PoliceSafaa Boular was convicted of plotting to carry out a terrorist attack on the British Museum in London.
Experts have warned about the specific and growing threat posed by women and children who traveled to Syria and Iraq to join jihadists before returning to Britain, claiming statistics have been largely underestimated.

According to research by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) at King's College London, 850 Britons traveled to Syria and Iraq between April 2013 and last month, including 145 women and 50 minors.

Of the 425 who returned to the UK, only two women and four minors were confirmed as being among them, according to the report 'From Daesh to Diaspora: tracing the women and minors of Islamic State.'

"The British citizens that have now been confirmed as returning to the UK have not been differentiated by gender, or age delineation, though women and minors accounted for 23 percent of British IS affiliates in Syria and Iraq," ICSR researcher Joana Cook said.

Comment: One has to wonder what plans Western governments have in mind for all the returning jihadis they are welcoming with open arms.

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Oxford study findings: Fake, misleading social media posts exploding globally

Gregg Gordon
McClatchy
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 06:00 UTC
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© John Ellswick/APFacebook and Instagram ads linked to 'Russian effort to disrupt the US political process' and interfere in the 2016 US elections - released by members of US House Intelligence Committee.
Russia's social media blitz to influence the 2016 U.S. election was part of a global "phenomenon" in which a broad spectrum of governments and political parties used Internet platforms to spread junk news and disinformation in at least 48 countries last year, an Oxford University study has found.

Including U.S. government programs aimed at countering extremists such as Islamic fundamentalists, about $500 million has been spent worldwide on research, development or implementation of social media "psychological operations" since 2010, the authors estimated.

"The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms has emerged as a critical threat to public life," the researchers wrote. They warned that, at a time when news consumption is increasingly occurring over the Internet, this trend threatens "to undermine trust in the media, public institutions and science." In an earlier analysis covering 2016, the researchers found governments and political parties had deployed social media to manipulate the public in 28 countries.

Comment: Would any of those ads change your mind? FYI: To review the Oxford study, go here.

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Several dead, hundreds missing as hydropower dam COLLAPSES in Laos

Miranda Aldersley
Daily Mail
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:05 UTC
Some 6,000 villagers have been left stranded and their homes submerged in flood water after the partially-constructed dam burst on Monday evening
Some 6,000 villagers have been left stranded and their homes submerged in flood water after the partially-constructed dam burst on Monday evening
Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam in southeast Laos.

The accident happened at the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the southeastern province of Attapeu on Monday, sparking flash floods in villages in the area and leaving more than 6,000 people homeless.

The dam, which was still under construction, released five billion cubic metres of water, which is equivalent to over two million Olympic swimming pools.

It is not yet known what caused the collapse.

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San Antonio: Woman arrested in the kidnapping and rape of 11 y.o. boy

Mariah Medina
KSAT 12
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:00 UTC
Laura Garcia
Laura Garcia
A 35-year-old woman is charged with aggravated kidnapping and trafficking of a child after she and an unnamed man snatched an 11-year-old boy from a San Antonio park, drugged him, sexually assaulted him and attempted to sell him for more narcotics, a Texas Department of Public Safety arrest affidavit obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders says.

Laura Garcia is accused of kidnapping the boy on or around Feb. 22. An affidavit says the child was playing with a friend at the park when Garcia and a man came up to him and pretended to be his parents, telling him it was time to go home.

When the child refused to go with them, an affidavit says, they grabbed him and dragged him to a nearby apartment that had "a lot of drugs and needles around."

The child's friend told investigators he didn't tell authorities about the abduction because he thought Garcia and the man were the boy's parents.
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Daily Show's Trevor Noah under fire as outrage machine turns on liberals


RT
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:18 UTC
Trevor Noah
© Eduardo Munoz / ReutersTrevor Noah
Prime-time liberal comedian Trevor Noah is under fire for past offensive jokes and tweets, particularly one poking fun at Aboriginal women. Noah is one of several liberals currently being dragged through the mud for old jokes.

In a 2013 stand-up routine that recently resurfaced online, Noah jokes that while "all women of every race can be beautiful," he has yet to see a beautiful Aboriginal woman.

"Plus it's not always about looks. Maybe Aboriginal women do special things. Maybe they'll just like, jump on top of you and be like," he continued, making a sexually suggestive gesture.

The video was taken down, and Noah apologized via Twitter, but not before the internet noticed. Australian author and indigenous literature academic Anita Heiss said that she was "disgusted and appalled by the comments," and added that his off-color humor "denigrates Aboriginal women." Some Australians are now calling for a boycott of Noah's upcoming Australian tour.
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'Rick and Morty' creator deletes Twitter account after video of him pretending to rape a baby surfaces

John Vibes
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:44 UTC
rick and morty
Dan Harmon, creator of the popular Cartoon Network series Rick and Morty, deleted his Twitter account this week, after a disturbing sketch film that he recorded in 2009 surfaced online. The film was summarized as a parody of the Showtime hit "Dexter," where a vigilante homicide detective hunts down and kills murderers, but the skit was just 5 minutes long and doesn't leave much room for context.

In the video, Harmon introduces himself as the character "Daryl" a therapist who confesses to raping babies. If it was not explicitly stated in the caption that this was intended to be a "Dexter" parody, there would really be no way of knowing, as there is no clear connection with the show or its themes.

"Dexter" is the story of a vigilante cop who kills murderers, while Daryl is the story of a therapist who cons families into allowing him to rape their children.

Some fans of Harmon have rushed to his defense, suggesting that this is dark humor and a matter of free speech. However, there doesn't seem to be any punchline, joke or comedy in the skit, just pedophilia jokes for shock value.
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Six-person group arrested after woman has her throat slit at Manchester hotel


RT
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:40 UTC
UK police
© Hugo Michiels/ Global Look Press
Armed police were deployed at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester, arresting six people on suspicion of attempted murder after a 20-year-old woman had her throat slit.

The woman staggered into the street and flagged down police shortly after 11.10am on Monday in front of the Hilton Hotel on Deansgate, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) reports.

The incident is not believed to be terrorism-related, a GMP spokesman said.

Four men, aged between 20 and 26, as well as a teenager and a woman aged 17 and 20, remain in custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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Black Cat

Democrats eat their own: Comey blasted for tweet warning against the 'socialist left'


RT
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:01 UTC
comey
© Jonathan Ernst / ReutersFormer FBI Director James Comey
Former FBI Director and Trump critic James Comey is being blasted from all sides for calling on Democrat voters to reject progressive candidates and embrace "sensible, balanced" mainstream suit-and-tie politicians.

"Democrats, please, please don't lose your minds and rush to the socialist left," Comey implored in a tweet on Sunday. "This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. America's great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership."


Comment: Fired FBI Director Comey: Vote Democrat or you are a traitor

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Co-founder of deranged Ukrainian activist group FEMEN found dead in Paris - Suicide suspected


RT
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:47 UTC
Oksana Shachko
© ReutersOksana Shachko paints a wall of her room in Kiev
Oksana Shachko, a co-founder of the FEMEN movement, has reportedly killed herself in her apartment in Paris. The group is well-known for organizing topless protests against religion, governments and political figures.

News of Shachko's death was initially shared by her friend on Telegram channel, Paris Burns, on Monday evening.

"Oksana Shachko [one of the founders of FEMEN] committed suicide today, July 23, in her Paris apartment. French police just took her body [for] examination," the message read. It added that Oksana, who worked as an artist, had survived at least two suicide attempts.
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