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Orlando shooting: Victims' families are suing Google, Facebook & Twitter for allegedly radicalizing attacker

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:57 UTC

© Carlo Allegri / Reuters
FILE PHOTO: "Pray for Orlando" is pictured on a pole in chalk at a makeshift memorial outside Pulse night club following last June's shooting at the night club in Orlando, Florida

Google, Facebook and Twitter are being sued by the families of those killed in June's Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando. They allege the three tech giants helped to radicalize gunman Omar Mateen.

Families of three of the victims have filed a civil suit stating that the companies provided "material support" to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) by giving them a platform to disseminate their views, Fox news has reported.

"Without Defendants Twitter, Facebook, and Google (YouTube), the explosive growth of ISIS over the last few years into the most feared terrorist group in the world would not have been possible," the lawsuit states.

The suit was filed in the Eastern District of Michigan by the families of Tevin Crosby, Javier Jorge-Reyes and Juan Ramon Guerrero, who all perished in the deadly assault.

Security guard Mateen, 29, killed 49 people and injured another 53 during the assault on June 12. IS quickly claimed responsibility for the atrocity through their Amaq news agency and Mateen professed allegiance to the terrorist group during a 911 call he made from the nightclub.

However, it was later found that he was not a member of the group but had been radicalized by their ideology.

The families are claiming that the three web platforms "provided the terrorist group ISIS with accounts they use to spread extremist propaganda, raise funds, and attract new recruits."

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National police union expects Trump to move towards police state

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:21 UTC

The FOP is the largest police union in America, boasting more than 330,000 members, across 2,200 departments. This month, they began circulating an internal document meant to define their expectations of the Trump presidency. The expectations are nothing short of pro-police state and anti-freedom.

In the document, the union attempts to distance themselves from the notion that this is an actual list of demands, but their intent is unmistakable as the FOP publicly proclaimed their unwavering support of the Trump presidency prior to the elections.

The list ends with the following 'disclaimer':

This document is a predictive summary of potential actions that the Trump Administration may take in its first 100 days and is based on statements from the campaign and media reports up to the time the document was distributed to FOP members. It is not an advocacy document and does not represent the FOP's agenda for the first 100 days of the incoming Administration. It is an advisory to our members as to what may happen when the new Administration takes over

However, the newly proposed list, titled, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: The First 100 Days, lays out the police agenda quite clearly with a prediction of executive action to reinstate so many of the tyrannical practices overturned by the last two administrations.

Comment: Trump has not yet done anything to suggest he's going to create the "most massive police state the world has ever known." That idea seems like hyperbole from a liberal SJW who is upset that Clinton lost the election. A Clinton Administration would have been more likely to continue the stripping of civil rights and liberties began by the Bush and Obama Administrations. To bemoan the election of Trump seems to miss that fact. How about we wait and actually see what Trump does before resorting to hysterical cries of creating a police state before he's even been inaugurated?

Survey finds adolescents on social media have reduced satisfaction in life

Jeanna Smialek
Bloomberg
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:13 UTC

Children who chat on social media suffer the consequences, a British survey finds.

The research digs into why social media-active adolescents report lower satisfaction with their lives, and it's the lead item in this week's research wrap. We've also taken a look at the flattening college wage premium, how Americans die on the job, and how central banks' large-scale asset purchase programs worked out.

Honey, get off the internet.

Kids who spend more time chatting on social websites feel reduced satisfaction about all parts of their lives except for their friendships, research from the Institute of Labor Economics shows. Looking at a national sample of British children between the ages of 10 and 15 collected from 2010 to 2014, the researchers found that spending one hour a day chatting on social networks reduced the probability of a kid being completely satisfied with his or her life overall by about 14 percentage points.

Meet the Russian hero doctors saving lives in Aleppo

Sputnik
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:38 UTC

In Syria, in addition to its military operations, Russia is also a engaged in a humanitarian campaign, providing food, medicine, and medical services to civilians in need. In the ruins of Aleppo, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) recently deployed an airmobile hospital to help treat those suffering from injury or illness.

The Aleppo deployment was announced last month, when President Vladimir Putin ordered sending a mobile field hospital to the city.

Arriving in the country in early December, doctors from Emercom's Tsentrospas medical team quickly began their work to assist city residents. On Monday, EMERCOM reported on the results of their work thus far, calculating that they have treated over 1,250 people, including 462 women and 375 children. Between Sunday and Monday alone, 63 people appealed to them for help of which 22 patients were taken into surgery, with the other 41 given therapeutic assistance.

Soon after their deployment, Tsentrospas's first order of business was to help treat patients suffering from very basic ailments, including colds and dehydration. Personnel took note of the fact that civilians in the city had been subjected to starvation, and most hadn't had access to any sort of medical assistance for a long period of time. Personnel soon handed out medicines to treat illnesses, and provided prescription drugs to patients following consultations with the help of translators.

Defending the rural voice in Electoral College, leveling the play field between a republic and a democracy

Bill Barrow
AP
Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:06 UTC

As members of the Electoral College prepare to choose Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, some Republican electors say they are defending rural and small-town America against big-state liberalism and its support for national popular vote leader Hillary Clinton.

But the picture is more complicated. "Our Founding Fathers established the Electoral College because those larger states, those larger areas, don't necessarily need to be the ones that rule," said Mary Sue McClurkin, a Republican elector from Alabama.

In Trump's hometown of New York City, which Clinton won easily, Democratic elector Stuart Appelbaum countered that "we're electing the president of the entire country," so "the will of the entire country should be reflected in the results." It's an expected argument given the unusual circumstances of the 2016 election. Clinton won some 2.6 million more votes than Trump in the nationwide tally. But Trump is [on] line to get 306 of the 538 electoral votes under the state-by-state distribution of electors used to choose presidents since 1789.

Trump won rural areas, small towns and many small cities, including in states Clinton carried. Clinton won in the largest urban areas, including in Trump states.

Former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, a GOP elector, said Democrats' strength on the coasts is enough to justify the Electoral College. "A presidential election decided each time by either California or New York," he said, would leave voters in Alaska and many other places "with no voice" in presidential politics.

Comment: Voters love or hate the Electoral College, depending on perception of its function and bias to individual candidate election numbers. If it should come to pass that citizens wish to eliminate the EC, perhaps knowing what it does and why is important should be a precursor to making that decision.

Obama: Drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic off limits

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:45 UTC

President Barack Obama is ready to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in the US Arctic and parts of the Atlantic; Bloomberg cites sources familiar with the matter. The block on sales would restrict American oil production. The move could reportedly come on Tuesday and would limit future oil and gas leasing in US waters.

The president is expected to evoke a provision in a seldom used 1953 law to preserve coral reefs, marine sanctuaries and walrus feeding grounds, the agency reports. The measure aims to respond to an outcry from environmental protesters who have been seeking to lock in protections before President-elect Donald Trump and his administration enter office. Canada may announce similar plans at the same time, the sources said.

Using the provision will draw a legal challenge, though there is scant legal precedent. Once Donald Trump takes office, he may rescind Obama's order, but it could take years of litigation as the statute does not include a provision for reversal.

The Republican-led Congress could also introduce legislation to eliminate the underlying provision empowering Obama's move. "Congress didn't give the president that power to undo a withdrawal. Trump may claim it. And it may even get upheld," said Niel Lawrence, Alaska director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, as quoted by the agency.

Comment: One of Obama's last hurrahs. ("Hurrah!")

Cops abuse paraplegic during arrest, disabled man pleads for help (VIDEO)

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:57 UTC

A video uploaded to Facebook over the weekend has caused quite the debate online showing Battle Creek police officers apparently abusing a disabled African American man.

The incident happened on Thursday, Dec. 15 as police pulled over a driver for a suspended license. The video shows cops yelling at the man they just pulled over as he lays on the ground immobilized. The driver is politely telling police that he needs his walker to get up and instead of giving it to him, they yell in his face.

"You dragged me out of the car bro," says the driver as he lays there helplessly on the ground. "Look what you just did to me." "How would you like to get up," asks one officer. "I can't get up without my walker," responds the driver. The driver continues to plead with the officers for his walker, but they hold it just out of reach while screaming in his face.

Comment: See also:

Cop nearly kills handcuffed boy by shoving him through window - loses only 5 days vacation

Study finds sex with AI celebrity robots could soon replace intercourse between couples

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:30 UTC

According to a new study, intercourse between long term couples is expected to dwindle in the not so distant future, being saved only for special occasions, because robots will be taking care of people's basic sexual needs.

In as few as 25 years, engaging in bedroom romps with artificial intelligence will be seen as a completely normal, but this may also put you at risk of having your "deepest perversions" revealed to total strangers.

"It could be that we are so busy with our lives, we are so embedded in our technological narrative that the idea of engaging in long-distance sex and robot sex is actually a natural process in our evolutionary cycle," Dr. Trudy Barber from Portsmouth University said at the International Congress of Love and Sex with Robotics on Monday.

The scientist, who is a leading figure in the study of technology's impact on our sexuality, believes that machines will help us cherish "the real thing" and make our "real-time relationships more valuable and exciting."

Ukraine neo-nazi thug lawmaker praises 'heroic' Turkish terrorist who killed Russian Ambassador

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:43 UTC

Volodymyr Parasyuk kicking Vasyl Hrytsak.

What else would one expect from a neo-nazi, Ukraine lawmaker?

The failed state of Ukraine, run by a combination of CIA spooks, neo-liberal technocrats, and neo-nazi thugs appointed by US neocon (Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs) Victoria Nuland, has never exhibited one hint of proper diplomacy and statesmanship since the Maidan coup in 2014.

Volodymyr Parasyuk, a Ukrainian nationalist lawmaker, who is suspected of committing war crimes against his own people in the Donbass, praised the murder of Russian Ambassador Karlov...calling the jihadists Turkish killer a 'hero'.

Comment: Yes, this idiot: Rage unleashed: Ukrainian brawler MP makes political point with his fists after debate

Get over it: Clinton's snowflakes need to quit whining about the Electoral College

James E. Campbell
Market Watch
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:25 UTC

The Founding Fathers got it right, and California is proof.

Shocked and appalled by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, some supporters of Hillary Clinton have turned to minimizing and even delegitimizing Trump's election. In an era of severe political polarization, in an election with two candidates seen from the outset in highly unfavorable terms, after the most brutal campaign in modern history, and with an outcome that astonished just about everyone, these reactions are understandable, but wrong.

Many diehard Clinton supporters cannot bring themselves to believe their candidate could lose to Donald Trump. They think: How could such a crude and inept con man be elected president? Even after it has happened, it is unthinkable, a nightmare. So, the election must not have been fair.

Those on the fringe raise the specter of diabolical Russians hacking away at our democracy. More grounded Clintonians have less malevolent bogeymen — our Founding Fathers. As they see it, the election's outcome should be blamed on a dysfunctional and archaic electoral-vote system. Hillary won the national popular vote. She should be president. It is as simple as that. The Electoral College should go the way of Trump University.

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Society's Child

Orlando shooting: Victims' families are suing Google, Facebook & Twitter for allegedly radicalizing attacker

National police union expects Trump to move towards police state

Survey finds adolescents on social media have reduced satisfaction in life

Meet the Russian hero doctors saving lives in Aleppo

Defending the rural voice in Electoral College, leveling the play field between a republic and a democracy

Obama: Drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic off limits

Cops abuse paraplegic during arrest, disabled man pleads for help (VIDEO)

Study finds sex with AI celebrity robots could soon replace intercourse between couples

Ukraine neo-nazi thug lawmaker praises 'heroic' Turkish terrorist who killed Russian Ambassador

Get over it: Clinton's snowflakes need to quit whining about the Electoral College

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