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Rescue dogs die when van breaks down during transport

Anthony Mcdougle
Mississippi Clarion Ledger
Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:47 UTC
animal shelter
© Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg AmericanSouthern Pines Animal Shelter was transporting dogs from Hattiesburg to Minnesota when its van broke down Friday, July 6, 2018, near Sardis. About a dozen animals died.
Eleven of 50 dogs being transported by an animal rescue group from Hattiesburg to Minnesota died Friday when the van carrying them broke down on Interstate 55 in north Mississippi.

The van had left the Southern Pines Animal Shelter about 1:30 p.m. Friday before being forced to stop near Sardis, about four hours into the trip.

The two volunteer drivers discovered the dead dogs as they worked to unload them.

Southern Pine Rescue group director Ginny Sims told WREG a veterinarian with the group was sent to investigate the causes of death. Sims said she believes carbon monoxide poisoning from a mechanical malfunction, and not heat, may have been to blame.

"We are committed to helping save the lives of pets in need, and any life lost in our care is something we take very seriously," the organization said on its Facebook page Saturday.

Witnesses said the van was on the side of the highway for two to four hours, with dozens of kennels outside, before area animal rescue groups could provide assistance.
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Syrian refugee girl cries as she gets prosthetic legs in Istanbul clinic


Associated Press
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 12:36 UTC
Maya Meri
© REUTERSMaya's father Muhammed Ali Meri was also born without lower limbs, and crafted tin-can legs for his daughter to walk on.
The 8-year-old Syrian girl, quietly crying in an Istanbul clinic, was overwhelmed by the new set of prosthetic legs she had just received and taken aback by the cameras pointed at her by journalists attending the fitting.

Maya Meri has been in the spotlight since images of her plight hit social media last month. She was filmed in a camp for the displaced in Syria's northwestern Idlib province walking around on contraptions her father made from tuna cans, plastic tubes and fabric.

"I thought of doing something that would protect her while on the ground from stones and other things, so I made these limbs for her," said her father, Mohammed.

Maya was born without legs because of a condition called congenital amputation. Her story moved one Turkish prosthetics specialist to reach out to Turkey's largest humanitarian organization, which evacuated her from Syria.
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French shipping giant caves to US pressure, announces it will 'end business with Iran'


Sputnik
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 12:14 UTC
French shipping company
© AP Photo / Stephen Morton
French shipping company CMA CGM, one of the world's largest cargo shipping companies, recently announced that it will stop doing business with Iran out of fear of becoming embroiled in US sanctions against the nation.

"Due to the Trump administration, we have decided to end our service for Iran," CMA CGM chief Rodolphe Saade said, according to the Times of Israel.

"Our Chinese competitors are hesitating a little, so maybe they have a different relationship with Trump, but we apply the rules."

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Man who buried kitten alive after stepping on it charged with animal cruelty

Caroline Corrigan
wate.com
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 10:50 UTC
kitten buried alive
A heartbreaking picture of a kitten that was buried alive in Erwin is receiving hundreds of shares on social media.

Donna Stapleton of Erwin said she first saw the picture of Warrior the kitten on Unicoi County Animal Shelter's Facebook page.

"It just broke my heart," Stapleton said. "I couldn't believe that somebody would do that."

In the photo, 6-week-old Warrior is lying on a blanket covered in dirt and blood.

Warrior was transported to a local animal clinic where he later died from his injuries.

According to Unicoi County court documents, the kitten was rescued from a shallow grave on Pinecrest Road in Erwin.

Essie Foster lives nearby and said she couldn't believe something so horrific could happen in her neighborhood.

"Yeah I was shocked and a lot of people was shocked, you know hearing of that," Foster said. "Whoever done it, I think they need to be punished for it."
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Dr. Peterson is so popular because men ALSO experience suffering

Fionn Shiner
Conservative Woman
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:37 UTC
Man on stairs
As ubiquitous as the man himself are the frequent mischaracterisations of Jordan Peterson in Left-leaning publications. The latest on offer is from Helen Lewis at the New Statesman. Her attempted takedown seems to scuttle along haphazardly, not failing to mention that he is white and male (yuck) and to demean his followers.

The most telling sentence from Lewis is: 'But because he's writing for sad young white men - and their problems are, you know, real problems, not like anorexia or rape or sexual harassment at work - he's a public intellectual.

Comment: Does the feminist narrative about "toxic masculinity" contribute to male suicide rates?

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India: Five charged by police in death of rape victim's father

Nigam Prusty
Yahoo!
Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:01 UTC
India rape protest
© REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File PhotoA woman reacts at a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state, in New Delhi, India April 12, 2018.
Indian police on Saturday charged five people, including the brother of a lawmaker from the ruling party, in relation to the death of the father of a teenage girl raped last year.

Atul Singh Sengar, the brother of the arrested lawmaker, along with four others were accused of brutally assaulting the rape victim's father who "sustained serious injuries", federal police said in a statement. The five are in custody.

More than 100 rapes are reported in India every day, but strong political overtones have crept into this particular case.

The rape victim's father died in April while in the custody of police in northern Uttar Pradesh state, ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Military and intelligence identity and tracking data exposed in another fitness app fiasco


RT
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 03:38 UTC
U.S. army officers west of Mosul, Iraq, August 10, 2017.
© Suhaib Salem / ReutersU.S. army officers west of Mosul, Iraq, August 10, 2017.
Fitness company Polar was forced to suspend its activity map after it was used to unmask some 6,500 military and intelligence officers, including those at nuclear sites, in combat in Syria and stationed at the North Korean border.

The vulnerability that allowed virtually anyone to identify individuals working at top-secret locations, such as military bases overseas, by sifting through exercise regimens of people in that area, has been jointly reported by Bellingcat and the Netherlands' De Correspondent.

The revelation was made possible thanks to the Finnish company's Polar Flow feature that shows workout activity of the users of its app down to the tiniest detail on a global searchable map. Polar, unlike some other apps, tracks and publishes exercise information in full, including routes, dates, time, duration and place of the exercise. By analyzing the start and end points of workouts, it is reportedly possible to locate the homes of users. From there, hundreds of servicemen were identified by searching social media for their full names, which they chose to provide publicly on the Polar app.

Comment: This isn't the first time this has happened and one would think that a memo would have been sent out after the last débâcle: Secret US military bases and CIA "Black" sites accidentally revealed by fitness app

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Haitian government suspends fuel price hike amid widespread riots


Yahoo!
Sun, 08 Jul 2018 00:01 UTC
fuel riots Haiti
© Dieu Nalio Chery/APPeople walk past a barricade during a protest over the cost of fuel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday July 6, 2018
The Haitian government suspended a fuel price hike Saturday after widespread violence broke out across the capital and in the northern city of Cap-Haitien.

Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant had originally said the country needed to raise prices to balance the budget and gave no indication he would back down.

But his administration bowed to pressure after demonstrators took to the streets in protest.

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Sexualizing children: California university encourages child 'sex play,' tells parents to let kids watch porn

Calvin Freiburger
Life Site
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:43 UTC
kids playing
© Shutterstock.com
It's "completely normal" and "generally harmless" for children as young as four to touch each others' genitals, and parents should allow children to watch pornography, according to a University of California website.

Operated by UC-Santa Barbara students specializing in human sexuality, SexInfo Online bills itself as an authority on a wide variety of sex-related topics, from health issues to pregnancy to sexual habits.

On Wednesday, The College Fix called attention to the website's alarming advice on "Childhood Sexuality," which covers how parents should react to their children engaging in masturbation and "sexual play." Neither the school nor the sociology department, which maintains the website, responded to the Fix's requests for comment.

Comment: The modern history of child-rearing has seen its fair share of damaging advice being propagated, but the modern move towards sexualizing children at younger and younger ages is truly disturbing. While its sold under the umbrella of education, what is more apparent is the corrupting influence on young minds and bodies. It seems the real goal is widespread depravity.

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American sour grapes: 'Migrant workers helped Russia build stadiums and smooth-running FIFA World Cup'

Angela Charlton & James Ellingworth
Associated Press
Thu, 05 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
Russian migrant workers
Behind the veneer of Russia's smooth-running World Cup are legions of migrant workers from Central Asia, who built the stadiums and keep them running, staff concession stands, and clean up after fans who revel through city streets.


Comment: And how happy they are to work.


They are among millions of migrants who perform menial jobs across Russia, and face routine police harassment and ethnic profiling.


Comment: Menial work? It's called real work, something most US media staff - and most US elites generally - know very little about.


They are accused of depressing wages and plotting terrorism, yet unlike in Europe or the U.S., no one talks of building a border wall to keep them out. That's because they form a pillar of the economy and aid Vladimir Putin's geopolitical strategy - and without them, Russia might not have managed to host a World Cup at all.


Comment: Ok, so are you saying that's a good or bad thing? Cause it sounds like you're saying both!


As world-class soccer unfolds in their midst, orange-vested migrant workers take selfies with fans and steal glimpses of a match on a co-worker's cell phone, or watch replays on a dormitory TV after a 12-hour shift. You won't hear them complain.


Comment: Exactly. So what's the problem? Is the AP about to tell us that they may not outwardly complain, but inside, they're seething!?!?!


Comment: Amazing. Even when briefed with bashing Russia's World Cup to bring it down a peg or two, they still end up (between the lines) praising the country's successes.

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