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'Real' assassin arrested in staged hit on anti-Putin journalist as official story unravels

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 14:24 UTC
Oleksiy Tsimbalyuk
Supposed "hitman" Oleksiy Tsimbalyuk
The Ukrainian government's staged assassination of anti-Putin journalist Arkady Babachenko has taken an even stranger turn, as evidence has emerged that his would-be "Russia-ordered" assassin and the man who supposedly hired him, both say they worked for Ukrainian counterintelligence, casting serious doubt on the official story.

To review, Ukrainian authorities announced last Tuesday that Babachenko had been assassinated after returning home from the store. On Wednesday, Babachenko appeared at a press conference with Ukrainian authorities who said that the faked assassination was an elaborate sting to bust an actual hit planned by Russia.


Comment: Fake News: "Delusional" Kiev accuses Russian intelligence of plot to murder journalist Arkady Babchenko


Only now we find that the hitman, Oleksiy Tsimbalyuk, is an outspoken critic of Russia who says he worked for Ukrainian counterintelligence - a claim Ukraine initially denied but later admitted to be true. Meanwhile the guy who supposedly hired Tsimbalyuk, Boris L. German, 50, also says he worked for Ukrainian counter-intelligence, a claim Ukraine denies as its immediately destroys the carefully scripted, if rapidly imploding, Ukrainian narrative meant to scapegoat Russia for what has been a "fake news" story of epic proportions, emerging from the one nation that not only was the biggest foreign donor to the Clinton foundation, but has made fake news propaganda into an art form.
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What it means to be Christian in modern-day Western Europe


The Pew Research Center
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:41 UTC
Church Western Europe
© Arterra/Getty Images
The majority of Europe's Christians are non-practicing, but they differ from religiously unaffiliated people in their views on God, attitudes toward Muslims and immigrants, and opinions about religion's role in society

Western Europe Christian identity poll
Western Europe, where Protestant Christianity originated and Catholicism has been based for most of its history, has become one of the world's most secular regions. Although the vast majority of adults say they were baptized, today many do not describe themselves as Christians. Some say they gradually drifted away from religion, stopped believing in religious teachings, or were alienated by scandals or church positions on social issues, according to a major new Pew Research Center survey of religious beliefs and practices in Western Europe.

Yet most adults surveyed still do consider themselves Christians, even if they seldom go to church. Indeed, the survey shows that non-practicing Christians (defined, for the purposes of this report, as people who identify as Christians, but attend church services no more than a few times per year) make up the biggest share of the population across the region. In every country except Italy, they are more numerous than church-attending Christians (those who go to religious services at least once a month). In the United Kingdom, for example, there are roughly three times as many non-practicing Christians (55%) as there are church-attending Christians (18%) defined this way.

Comment: Check out the rest of the report here.

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'Red Alarm' Over Stockholm Metro becoming 'no-go zones' for "outnumbered" personnel


Sputnik
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:23 UTC
Stockholm Metro
© AFP 2018 / SVEN NACKSTRAND
Contrary to Swedish politicians repeatedly denying the very existence of "no-go zones," four stations in Stockholm Metro have reportedly become extremely dangerous for personnel, who only are able to perform their duties with the help of extra police. A local guard admitted to being "outnumbered" and "exposed to threats and stones."

As of today, four stations in Stockholm Metro (Rinkeby, Tensta, Rissne and Hjulsta, all located in blighted urban areas) are marked with a code symbolizing the highest danger, the Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported.
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The Department Of Homeland Security is planning to compile a list of all bloggers, journalists and "social media influencers"

Michael Snyder
The End of the American Dream
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:05 UTC
Dept of Homeland Security
Many were hoping that once Barack Obama was out of office we would see less of this Big Brother surveillance nonsense, but instead it seems to be getting even worse. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security has just announced that it intends to compile a comprehensive list of hundreds of thousands of "journalists, editors, correspondents, social media influencers, bloggers etc.", and collect any "information that could be relevant" about them. So if you have a website, an important blog or you are just very active on social media, the Department of Homeland Security is going to put you on a list and will start collecting information about you. The DHS has already announced that it will hire a contractor to aid in monitoring media coverage, and they will definitely need plenty of help because it is going to be a very big job...

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Sinister: MI5 to warn UK school teachers about 'suspected terrorists'


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 08:57 UTC
London Bridge and Borough Market terror attacks.
© Tom Nicholson / Global Look PressMembers of the public embrace after laying flowers to mark one year since the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attacks.
MI5 plans to warn teachers and police about terrorism suspects, Home Secretary Sajid Javid will reveal in a new counter-terrorism strategy designed to prevent a repeat of London's year of terror in 2017, which claimed 36 lives.

Neighborhood police officers, head teachers, and social workers will now be informed about terrorism suspects in a bid to put a stop to attacks and turn people away from extremism. On Sunday, the anniversary of the London Bridge terrorist attack, Javid highlighted a review that revealed some of those involved in the 2017 attacks were already known to MI5.


Comment: And somehow telling teachers would have helped things?


The home secretary said that the domestic security service had "learned lessons" and will share information with "other organizations" in the future - including local authorities, schools, and front-line police officers. They will offer people support to help deradicalize suspects and inform the security services if their behavior becomes an issue.


Comment: One wonders what behaviour is now classified as an 'issue'?


Comment: The encroaching police state under guise of 'the war on terror'. Lest we also forget the sinister leaks repeatedly revealed between UK intelligence services and terror attacks: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Perfidious Albion: If Russia is a Rogue State, What is the UK?

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How the media controls the narrative that controls the world

Caitlin Johnstone
Medium
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:00 UTC
MSNBC host Joy Reid
MSNBC host Joy Reid still has a job. Despite blatantly lying about time-traveling hackers bearing responsibility for bigoted posts a decade ago in her then-barely-known blog, despite her reportedly sparking an FBI investigation on false pretenses, despite her colleagues at MSNBC being completely fed up with how the network is handling the controversy surrounding her, her career just keeps trundling forward like a bullet-riddled zombie.

To be clear, I do not particularly care that Joy Reid has done any of these things. I write about war, nuclear escalations and the sociopathy of US government agencies which kill millions of people; I don't care that Joy Reid is or was a homophobe, and I don't care that she lied to cover it up. The war agendas that MSNBC itself promotes on a daily basis are infinitely worse than either of these things, and if that isn't obvious to you it's because military propaganda has caused you to compartmentalize yourself out of an intellectually honest understanding of what war is.

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Ireland launches consultation into drug laws, addiction specialist suggests following Portugal's decriminalization model


Irish Examiner
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:55 UTC
Addiction specialist Dr Garrett McGovren
Addiction specialist Dr Garrett McGovren
Ireland needs to follow Portugal's example when it comes to drugs according to a leading medic.

Addiction specialist Dr Garrett McGovren says the Portuguese who decriminalised drug use nearly 20 years ago have the lowest number of fatal overdoses in Europe.

The Government yesterday launched a public consultation to find out the general opinion on our own laws.

It is considering scrapping criminal convictions for people caught with drugs for their own use.

Comment: This review comes on the heels of a high profile case where Vera Twomey campaigned for a license for cannabis derived CBD oil to treat her daughter's epilepsy. In praise of her battle she received a "people of the year" award.

A similar debate occurred years ago in the UK where the government drugs advisor, Dr David Nutt, recommended decriminalisation and was promptly sacked.

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Taiwan loses communication with F-16 fighter jet during largest annual drill - Search ongoing

Joseph Yeh
Taiwan Focus
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:07 UTC
f-16
F-16
A F-16 fighter jet went missing in northern Taiwan on Monday while participating in an annual military drill, the Air Force has confirmed.

The signal of the F-16, which is based in Hualien in eastern Taiwan, disappeared from radar screens at 1:43 p.m., nearly half an hour after it took off from Hualien Air Base, the Air Force said in a statement.

The military has launched a search to locate the whereabouts of the missing single-seat jet, series number 6685, which was being flown by a major surnamed Wu (吳), according to the statement.

Comment: The F-16, like the F-35, seems to be plagued with technical problems:
F-16s jets cost around $22 million each. They were developed and built by General Dynamics. Current production is managed by Lockheed Martin.


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15-year-old kidnapped by gov't - and his parents jailed for giving cannabis to help stop son's seizures

Jay Syrmopoulos
Free Thought Project
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
Cannabis Seizures
"I'm willing to face the jail time or the consequences for it if it will help my son," said a mother who was arrestest for letting her son use cannabis to treat his seizures.

A teenager who suffers from seizures was forcibly separated from his parents and put into state custody, while his parents were jailed and charged with reckless conduct after they provided their son with marijuana to control his seizure disorder.

Matthew and Suzeanna Brill say they let their 15-year-old son, David, smoke cannabis in a desperate attempt to control his severe epileptic seizures. The couple told the New York Times that their son was having numerous seizures a day and that the pharmaceutical drugs he was prescribed to control his epilepsy failed to work.
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Destruction of Bedouin village approved by Israeli court - despite protest by US Congress and EU

Jaclynn Ashly
Mondoweiss
Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00 UTC
Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank
© Jaclynn AshlyKhan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank
Children laugh and play in the small Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, located east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, jumping on tin sheets laid out on the ground and throwing any object they retrieve from the dirt at one another.

The children's loud giggling and the wide smiles of the women, who energetically offer visitors tea and juice, belie the reality: the entire community could be demolished by the Israeli government at any moment.

Last week, Israel's Supreme Court ruled to allow the state to demolish Khan al-Ahmar, including a medical clinic, mosque, and a school made from mud and tires built by an Italian NGO almost a decade ago. The demolition could be carried out at any time as of next month.

"We can't do anything except wait for the Israelis to come," Eid Abu Khamis, a leader of the Bedouin in the area and a resident of Khan al-Ahmar, told Mondoweiss. "Unlike Israel, the United States does not fund us to obtain F-35 jets. We don't have tanks. We have nothing but our people's will and resilience."

"If they come to demolish the village, they will have to forcibly carry me off the land if they want me to leave," Abu Khamis said. "We are not leaving and we will continue to resist by remaining on our land."
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