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Officer Scot Peterson, the officer who failed to confront Parkland shooter, accused of 'covering up' sexual assault by Broward Sheriff's son

Ryan Saavedra
The Daily Wire
Thu, 24 May 2018 00:01 UTC
Deputy Scot Peterson
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A local Miami news station released an explosive report on Thursday night about a "disturbing assault" that happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years to the day before the tragic shooting in February. The alleged incident involved one of the sons of Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel and was allegedly "covered up" by Officer Scot Peterson, the resource officer who infamously failed to confront the Parkland shooter.

WPLG Local 10 investigative reporter Bob Norman reported Thursday that two 17-year-old students at the school allegedly bullied a 14-year-old freshman boy, with one of the 17-year-olds holding down the student while the other 17-year-old kicked the victim, grabbed his genitals, and then grabbed the victim's own baseball bat and began shoving it against his buttocks "simulating rape" through the boy's clothes.

Comment: See also:

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Family

Half of Americans won't take a vacation this summer due to financial and familial obligations

Shawn M. Carter
CNBC
Fri, 25 May 2018 20:40 UTC
family vacation
Vacation is often a time to relax and refresh. Some experts think it could even make you more productive when you head back to work. But a whopping 49 percent of Americans won't be taking one this summer, and while lack of money certainly plays a role, it's not the only reason so many people are deciding to stay home.

Bankrate, which conducted a survey of 1,000 people aged 18 or older, found that, of the 49 percent who aren't planning a vacation, 50 percent said they can't afford it, 24 percent have other family obligations and 22 percent can't take time off work.

Younger people "are most likely to say they can't go on vacation because there's too much on their plates," the survey notes. "They're also more inclined to say that their financial situation is keeping them from taking time off."

A 2017 GoBankingRates survey found that millennials between 18 and 24 years old had less than $1,000 in savings, which doesn't leave a lot of room for discretionary spending. Nearly half of respondents had nothing saved at all.

Older Americans, on the other hand, are more likely to cite family obligations rather than work-related commitments as the reason they won't take a vacation.

Comment: See also: The average American worker gets less vacation time than a medieval peasant

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Laptop

Propaganda alert: FBI warns Russians hacked hundreds of thousands of routers

Joseph Menn and Sarah N. Lynch
Reuters
Fri, 25 May 2018 19:57 UTC
hacker
© REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/IllustrationFILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017.
The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and could collect user information or shut down network traffic.

The U.S. law enforcement agency urged the owners of many brands of routers to turn them off and on again and download updates from the manufacturer to protect themselves.

The warning followed a court order Wednesday that allowed the FBI to seize a website that the hackers planned to use to give instructions to the routers. Though that cut off malicious communications, it still left the routers infected, and Friday's warning was aimed at cleaning up those machines.

Infections were detected in more than 50 countries, though the primary target for further actions was probably Ukraine, the site of many recent infections and a longtime cyberwarfare battleground.

In obtaining the court order, the Justice Department said the hackers involved were in a group called Sofacy that answered to the Russian government.

Comment: Before getting all worked up about Russia - let's take a look at what the CIA and friends are already doing:

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Radar

Is the TSA a Milgram Experiment?

James Corbett
The Last American Vagabond
Sat, 26 May 2018 20:15 UTC
Transportation Security Agency
Everybody's least favorite homeland security goon squad, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), is back in the news again this week, and for precisely the same reason as it always is: Engaging in the degradation, humiliation, dehumanization and molestation of innocent people which is its real raison d'être.

This time the victim was Jeanne Clarkson, a 96-year-old WWII veteran who the jackbooted thugs of the police state decided would be a fitting target for their "deluxe" treatment, i.e., a full six minutes of groping, patting and molestation. The only reason this even made it as a blip on the news radar (and even then, only in the tabloids and the alt media) was that her daughter had the sense to record the entire ordeal and post it to Facebook, where the post went viral.
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Evil Rays

QAnon is a PsyOp designed to mislead Trump supporters and divide alternative news readers

Ruby Henley
Investment Watch Blog
Wed, 23 May 2018 00:00 UTC
q anon
The Alternative News Media community is deeply divided at this time, and I find it extremely sad that this division has occurred due to a PsyOp from within. Most of you are familiar with the QAnon movement consisting of true Patriots, who have been led by QAnon the Pied Piper.

The YouTube community became totally fixated on the false prophet, QAnon. I cannot begin to count the number of YouTubers, who reported on each "drop" of information the fake entity revealed.

He/she/them made endless errors, such as Hillary Clinton had been arrested and was wearing an ankle monitor, and it became gospel which should not be questioned.

If one did question the gospel of Q, one was immediately attacked - this I know for a fact. It was plainly not acceptable to question Q. Follow the "plan," do not question or doubt, and have "faith."

Errors could always be explained, if you asked the QAnon believers. There was always a reason if Q ended up being wrong, and the reason was never Q's fault. Just do not question the "plan."

Comment: The US intelligence community (and other agents of chaos) know exactly how to play on people's fears - and hopes. During such challenging times as these, all kinds of sophisticated and manipulative "information" is being put out there to drive 'truthers' away from the truth. Without rigorous examination, networking with others, and non-identification it is easy to fall prey to any number of ridiculous ideas; the resurgence of the absurd flat earth theory being one of them.

For more in-depth discussion on 'QAnon', visit this thread on Sott's research forum.

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Pistol

Texas school shooting victim family sues attacker's parents

Jim Vertuno
Yahoo! News
Fri, 25 May 2018 00:01 UTC
Texas shoothing victim family
Texas school shooting victim family sues attacker's parents
The family of one of the students killed in a Texas high school shooting filed a lawsuit against the alleged gunman's parents, claiming the shooter's father didn't properly secure the weapons and were negligent in entrusting him with firearms.

Authorities charged Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student Santa Fe High School, with capital murder in the May 18 attack that killed eight students and two substitute teachers. Investigators said Pagourtzis used a shotgun and pistol belonging to his father that had been kept in a closet.

Texas law states that guns can't be made accessible to children under 17, with exceptions such as hunting or when under parent supervision. Parents can be charged with a misdemeanour punishable by up to one year in jail and $4,000 in fines if the child fires the weapon and causes serious injury or death.

Comment: See also:

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People

Historic landslide victory as Ireland votes to legalize abortion


RT
Sat, 26 May 2018 17:43 UTC
Protesters
© ReutersPro-Choice supporters celebrate at Dublin Castle, Ireland.
In a historic landslide victory, Ireland has voted to effectively legalize abortion, removing a clause in the constitution that had been described by the UN as a violation of women's human rights.

The Irish electorate voted 1,429,981 to 723,632 in favor of repealing the Eighth Amendment of the country's constitution.

Saturday's result removes the equal right to life of the unborn and mother from the constitution. The conservative 1983 law had effectively banned all abortions, leading to thousands of Irish women travelling abroad to countries such as the UK to undergo the procedure.

The Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar said the vote is a "culmination of a quiet revolution." Speaking ahead of the official result on Saturday afternoon, Varadkar said the success of the campaign was down to a number of "very brave women and men" who told their stories and their experiences of how this "hard law created so many hard cases."
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Pistol

California police dog mauls handcuffed, compliant man

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 23 May 2018 11:31 UTC
man mauled by dog
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A traffic stop for expired tags turned into a nightmare for a California man after Alameda County Police unleashed their K9 on a handcuffed man, who was not resisting. The attack was so horrific that the police did something they almost never do-they apologized.

The victim, Joshua Philips was driving a co-worker home early Monday morning when they were pulled over for having expired tags. The police then accused Philips of being intoxicated and placed him in handcuffs.

"He [an officer] asked me if I had a couple drinks. I said, 'yes, I just got off work. I'm making sure my co-worker gets home safely,'" says Phillips.

Comment: 'Accidents' like this happen because, ultimately, the taxpayers are the ones who pay for the damages caused. If the police were held responsible for their actions, 'accidents' like this would never happen.

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Quenelle

Satire: Scotland Yard's draft statement on behalf of Sergei Skripal

Rob Slane
The Blogmire
Fri, 25 May 2018 17:44 UTC
scotland yard headquarters
Warning: It is "highly likely" that this statement contains traces of satire.

"I was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital on the 18th May, more than two months after being poisoned by a military grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia.

Like my daughter Yulia, I find myself in a new and unique set of circumstances than the ones I faced before the 4th March, when I was poisoned by a military grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia.

I am now spending the time of my convalescence seeking to come to terms with my prospects, and looking forward to a future without trepidation, despite having being poisoned by a military grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia.

Comment: Slane hits the mark. It's right in line with the ridiculous "statements" Yulia Skripal has already issued.

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Attention

EU and Asia react as Trump threatens more tariffs - targets auto imports

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Fri, 25 May 2018 17:19 UTC
automobile assembly line cars industry
Partnership with the US is becoming ever more risky

Following the tariffs on aluminum and steel, which the EU has an exemption on until the end of the month, Donald Trump is threatening new tariffs. This time, it's about autos, and the tariff is reported to amount to around 25%, on the pretext that importing cars and trucks from other countries somehow threatens US national security.

The EU is already calling the US out on this excuse, saying that the claim is 'far-fetched', and nearly amounts to a 'provocation', while China and Japan are viewing the move with suspicion and condemnation, observing that the tariffs violate multilateral trade regulations.

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