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60 men accuse Minnesota priest of molesting them as boys in Guam

Kyle James
The Goldwater
Sun, 06 May 2018 18:06 UTC
Leo Tudela
© MATT WEISS
Priests are supposed to be authority figures who represent an ambassador between God and his followers, so how can a person in such a holy position commit such heinous acts of child abuse? Rev. Louis Brouillard is an example of a man who abused his position in the Catholic church to molest young boys, dozens of them. In fact, over 60 men have come forward to claim Brouillard sexually abused them as young boys.

The now-retired priest lives in Minnesota but the victims he abused for years were in a tiny Pacific island where he worked as a priest for a Catholic church in Guam. Brouillard is a 96-years-old Minnesota native who is now facing tearful victims as they reveal their memories of sexual assault at the hands of the former priest. He lived in Guam for over 30 years before being transferred in 1981 to the Duluth Diocese. Brouillard served as a priest at three churches while he brought teen boys from Guam to live in his apartment.

David Lujan, an attorney representing the abuse victims said, "The unbelievable thing is after Brouillard was finally forced to leave Guam, he was able to influence certain families to send their kids to Minnesota. There were at least three or four kids. Parents thought it was OK. This was a priest from their parish, offering a chance at education." A court record shows Brouillard signed a document in 2016 acknowledging he was guilty of abusing at least 20 young boys. Brouillard wrote in the document about a sex education class he once taught. "Looking back, I realize I crossed the line with some of my actions and relationships with the boys," he wrote. "At the time, I did believe the boys enjoyed the sexual contact."
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Ambulance

Five dead after Indian soldiers shoot rebel protesters in Kashmir


Sky News
Sun, 06 May 2018 18:01 UTC
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Five Kashmir militants, including a rebel university teacher, have been shot dead by Indian soldiers - triggering protests in which five civilians were killed.

Thousands took to the streets in south Kashmir to show support for the dead militants.

Government forces opened fire to break up the protests, according to Shesh Paul Vaid, the director general of police.

Doctors at the scene claimed hundreds of people have been injured.

Government forces swooped on the village of Badigam, in Shopian district, after receiving a tip-off that armed militants were holed up in a house.

The fierce gun battle broke out after rebels refused an offer to surrender.
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Bad Guys

Report suggests Parkland shooter was assigned to Obama-era disciplinary program, superintendent lied

Ryan Saavedra
The Daily Wire
Mon, 07 May 2018 17:31 UTC
Robert W. Runcie
© Aaron Davidson/Getty ImagesSuperintendent Robert W. Runcie
Late on Sunday night, local Florida media reported that the gunman who shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February was assigned to a controversial Obama-era disciplinary program which the Broward County Public Schools superintendent previously denied existed on multiple occasions.

WLRN reports:
Two sources with knowledge of [the shooter]'s discipline records told WLRN he was referred to the so-called PROMISE Program for a three-day stint after committing vandalism at Westglades Middle School in 2013.
Superintendent Robert W. Runcie implemented the PROMISE Program in Broward County Public Schools in 2013 at the behest of the Obama administration's efforts to reduce the number of minority students who ended up in prison from crimes that they committed on campus.

The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro analyzed a report from Real Clear Investigations and wrote that Broward County Public Schools "had rewritten its disciplinary policies to make it nearly impossible to suspend, expel, or arrest students for behavioral problems including criminal activity."
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Passport

Experts: UK Home Office 'abusing' Immigration Act - more than 1,000 highly skilled migrants wrongly face deportation

Amelia Hill
The Guardian
Sun, 06 May 2018 17:08 UTC
Windrush deportee
© Graeme Robertson for the GuardianSaleem Dadabhoy's potential deportation would lead to the loss of 20 jobs, all held by British citizens.
Home Office accused of 'abusing' section of Immigration Act designed to tackle terrorism

At least 1,000 highly skilled migrants seeking indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK are wrongly facing deportation under a section of the Immigration Act designed in part to tackle terrorists and individuals judged to be a threat to national security, MPs and experts have said.

In the latest scandal to hit the Home Office after the Windrush crisis, a range of MPs and immigration experts have criticised the use of the controversial section 322(5) of the act, with two saying the crisis-hit department is truly wicked and abusing its power.

Experts say the highly skilled workers - including teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers and IT professionals - are being refused ILR after being accused of lying in their applications either for making minor and legal amendments to their tax records, or having discrepancies in declared income.

In one case, the applicant's tax returns were scrutinised by three different appeal courts who had found no evidence of any irregularities. The same figures are nevertheless used as the basis for a 322(5) refusal because of basic tax errors allegedly made by the Home Office itself.

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Fire

'Go Now', Hawaii residents given evacuation warning as eruptions spread

Terray Sylvester
Reuters
Mon, 07 May 2018 16:41 UTC
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© US Geological Survey/ReutersA new fissure spraying lava fountains as high as about 230 feet (70 m), according to United States Geological Survey, is shown from Luana Street in Leilani Estates subdivision on Kilauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone in Hawaii, U.S., May 5, 2018.
Geologists compare the volcano activity to an event that took place in 1955 when eruptions continued for 88 days.

Emergency authorities battling lava flows and gas erupting from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano told some residents to "Go now" as a new fissure opened and more structures were destroyed.

Kilauea has destroyed 26 homes and forced 1,700 people to leave their residences since it erupted on Thursday, spewing lava and toxic gas from volcanic vents in a small area of Hawaii's Big Island.

A new fissure opened on Sunday night in the Leilani Estates area some 12 miles from the volcano, prompting a cellphone alert for residents to leave homes to avoid sulfur dioxide gas, which can be life threatening at high levels.
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Snakes in Suits

Ex leader of Jaish al-Islam stole millions to make business in Saudi Arabia and Turkey


PressTV
Sun, 06 May 2018 16:37 UTC
Mohammed Alloush
Mohammed Alloush, former political leader of Syria’s 'Jaish al-Islam' militant group
Former head of the political body of the so-called Jaish al-Islam militant group has reportedly stolen millions of dollars from the money donated by regional sponsors of Takfiri terrorist outfits in Syria, and used the money to buy restaurants and commercial centers in Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The Arabic-language Damascus Now news website reported on Sunday that Mohammed Alloush has appropriated some $47 million over the past few years, and hid it from the leaders of the terrorist organization.

The report added that Alloush then used the money to purchase real estates in Turkey and in Saudi Arabia, including Ewan Restaurant, car washes and body shops in Istanbul besides Rebou al-Sham Restaurant and three textile markets run by Bilal Oyoun in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh.
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Propaganda

Propaganda? 88% of Sweden's gang rapists have foreign background


Sputnik
Tue, 08 May 2018 17:58 UTC
Sweden foreign rape
© AP Photo / David Keyton
Ninety-nine out of the 112 people convicted of group rape in Sweden have a foreign background, a recent survey by the tabloid daily Aftonbladet has revealed. For years, ethnic profiling has been a taboo in the Scandinavian country, but recent surveys of this kind have started to emerge.

Having mapped 58 judgments in cases involving group rape, Aftobladet found a quadruple increase in group rape over only a four-year stretch, with a clear over-representation of migrants.

Of the 112 convicted offenders, 82 were born outside Europe. Twenty-seven of the 112 were born in Sweden, of which only 13 to two Swedish-born parents. In other words, 99 out of 112 group rapists, or just over 88 percent, have foreign backgrounds. The most common citizenship among the perpetrators is Swedish (41); then Afghan (25), Iraqi (9) and Somalian (7).

The survey also found that seven out of 10 perpetrators were aged between 15 and 20 and that the median age of the victims was only 15.

Most of the assaults were found to have been committed indoors, often with grave consequences for the victim. In one of the cases, a girl was later reported to have committed suicide. Many of the offenders surveyed reportedly had a "distorted view of sexuality," trivializing their victims' tears and pleas for mercy.

Comment: This along the same lines as what Voice of Europe reported in 2017. So the question remains, why all the focus on migrant rape cases? Does it have something to do with people assuming migrant = Muslim and thus continue the narrative that Muslims are evil? Or is it simply the end result of how bad immigration policy goes completely wrong? See also:Sweden rape capital of the world? Reality check!

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Post-It Note

Russia ready for the FIFA World Cup - Putin, Infantino receive their FAN IDs in Sochi


RT
Thu, 03 May 2018 17:06 UTC
Putin and Infantino
© Sputnik
Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russia is ready to host the 2018 World Cup, as the country applies the finishing touches to infrastructure ahead of the tournament this summer.

Putin was speaking while visiting the south Russian resort town of Sochi, one of the 11 host cities for the tournament, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. They attended a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Russia 2018 Local Organizing Committee.

"Preparations for the World Cup, which this year will be held in our country, are practically complete. Russia is ready for the tournament," Putin said.
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HAL9000

Investigation into Uber's self-driving car reports it did detect woman but still hit her


Sputnik
Tue, 08 May 2018 14:00 UTC
Uber self driving
© AP Photo / Gene J. Puskar
The self-driving Uber car that killed Helena Herzberg, a bicyclist who crossed the road in the wrong place, "saw" her on the road through its front cameras and a system that determined the distance, but did not consider her appearance a reason for stopping, according to sources close to the investigation of the incident.

The problem lies with the parameters of manual configuration of the system responsible for the logic of object recognition. Typically, the system is set up so that it is not "frightened" by unexpected objects, for example, parked cars near the road. However, in this case, the car did not stop even after the cyclist moved in front of the vehicle - the car simply ignored it.

Comment: So how exactly will they be able to defined "unexpected objects" and why would a parked car be considered unexpected? Sounds like there are some fundamental flaws in how this automated vehicle is supposed to work. See also: Uber suspends self-driving vehicle tests after fatal crash in Arizona

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Che Guevara

'Day for Freedom' protest in England: Thousands march in central London for free speech rally

Patrick Grafton-Green
Evening Standard
Mon, 07 May 2018 14:06 UTC
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Activists Tommy Robinson and Milo Yiannopoulos
A number of scuffles broke out as thousands of people descended on London for a 'Day for Freedom' rally that saw appearances from high-profile far-right speakers.

The rally, which organisers said was to "defend free speech", began at Whitehall in central London at 3pm, with members of the right-wing 'Democratic Football Lads Alliance' and the 'Veterans Against Terrorism' groups in attendance.

Video footage emerged on social media of a number of scuffles breaking out amid a counter-protest by anti-fascism activists.

Counter-activists were filmed chanting "Nazi scum" repeatedly at those attending the march as they walked by.

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