Society's ChildS


Quenelle

President of Kazakhstan praises 'Putin the peacemaker' in new autobiography


Fort Russ
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:27 UTC
Putin Nazarbayev
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in his book "The Age of Independence" has spoken of his high appreciation of the effectiveness of his many years of cooperation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The book is written in the genre of historical journalism and reflects the author's view of the modern history of Kazakhstan and its future, published on Thursday.

"The importance of relations between Kazakhstan and Russia was evidenced by the intensity of contacts at the highest level. My long-term fruitful interaction with Vladimir Putin is an international and political phenomenon that is exceptional in its saturation and effectiveness, "the Kazakh leader said.
Read More...
Propaganda

'Please spare us the thought police!' Top-selling German newspaper says new online hate speech law should be abolished

Michelle Martin
Reuters
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:21 UTC
hate speech
A new law meant to curtail hate speech on social media in Germany is stifling free speech and making martyrs out of anti-immigrant politicians whose posts are deleted, the top-selling Bild newspaper said on Thursday.

The law which took effect on Jan. 1 can impose fines of up to 50 million euros ($60 million) on sites that fail to remove hate speech promptly. Twitter has deleted anti-Muslim and anti-migrant posts by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and blocked a satirical account that parodied Islamophobia.

"Please spare us the thought police!" read a headline in Wednesday's Bild above an article that called the law a "sin" against freedom of opinion enshrined in Germany's constitution.

The law requires social media sites to delete or block obviously criminal content within 24 hours but Bild Editor-in-Chief Julian Reichelt said it could be applied against anything and anyone since there was no definition of what was "manifestly unlawful" in most cases.

Comment: See also:

Read More...
Pistol

Police respond to bogus 911 call by killing grandfather in his own home

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 12:34 UTC
Mark Steven Parkinson
A family is heartbroken after their grandfather was shot and killed in his own home by police officers who arrived at the house in the middle of the night, and opened fire 30 seconds after they claim that they saw him in the kitchen with a firearm.

Video has yet to be released and details are still emerging from the Jan. 1 shooting that killed Mark Steven Parkinson, 65. Police have admitted that the beloved grandfather was not the target of the alleged welfare check that was being carried out by the sheriff's deputies who knocked on his front door.

The deputies were initially dispatched after police received an anonymous 911 call around 3 a.m. that requested a welfare check at the residence. A report from the Walker County Messenger claimed that during the call, "information was provided that stated a female at the residence was threatening to kill herself and her children."

The call did not originate from the Parkinson residence.

Comment: You don't even need to be the one to make the call anymore. If they just happen to show up at your door, someone's likely to get shot. Questions are for later. See also:

Read More...
Network

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cancels industry trade speech over death threats


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:59 UTC
Ajit Pai
© Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters
Weeks after repealing net neutrality, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai canceled a planned appearance at a tech industry trade show because of death threats, according to a report.

On Wednesday, Gary Shapiro, president of Consumer Technology Association (CTA), released a statement that said Pai would not be attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year.
Read More...
Pocket Knife

London Mayor's response to knife crime epidemic: £10,000 on 'knife wands' for schools, effectiveness not being tracked

Jack Montgomery
Breitbart
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:01 UTC
London Mayor Khan and Juncker
© OLIVIER HOSLET/AFP/Getty Images
London Mayor Sadiq Khan's response to the knife crime epidemic overtaking his city has been to issue metal-detecting 'knife wands' to schools - but City Hall is not tracking how many times they are being used, or how many knives are being confiscated, if any.

Seventy-six schools across the capital are already using the wands, under what City Hall described as "Sadiq's robust and comprehensive knife crime strategy", and is "urging" more to take up his offer to provide them.

Breitbart London asked the mayor of London's office how long the initiative had been planned, and whether it was a response the Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) figures, as well as where it has already been rolled out, how effective it has been in driving down knife crime, and how much it is expected to cost.

Comment: Seems like a rather impotent response to the problem. And if spending the money and making the effort, why not track how effective the strategy is? But while Breitbart seems to have it in for the Mayor, it isn't really clear if anything he's done has actually lead to this increase in crime. See also:

Read More...
X

Outrage in Turkey after religious affairs agency approves child marriage as young as nine, later retracts


Arab News
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:02 UTC
Turkish girls
© ReutersIn this file photo, Turkish students wait for the arrival of President Erdogan.
Turkey's religious affairs state agency came under heavy criticism on Thursday from the main opposition party after it reportedly said girls as young as nine could marry under Islamic law.

The Diyanet religious affairs directorate said on Tuesday the minimum age for girls to marry was nine, while for boys it was 12, according to Turkish media including Hurriyet daily quoting the agency's official website.

The post, which took the form of an explanatory statement on Islamic law, has since been taken down, after a backlash from the opposition and women's rights groups.

The head of the High Commission of Religious Affairs Ekrem Keles on Thursday told Hurriyet that the earliest age for a girl to marry is 17 and 18 for a boy.

Comment: More bizarre opinions from Turkey's directorate on religious affairs:

Dumped by text? That's nothing - top religious body in Turkey okays divorce by text message

Read More...
Info

'Fire and Fury': Hope Hicks' family, friends say she'll need therapy after she leaves Trump

Anna Giaritelli
Washington Examiner
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 12:43 UTC
Hope Hicks and Donald Trump
© media.gq
Family and friends of Hope Hicks believe the White House communications director will have to seek professional counseling after she leaves her job in the administration, according to a report published Thursday.

"Following the Trump victory and her [Hope Hicks] move into the White House, her friends and intimates talked with great concern about what kind of therapies and recuperation she would need after her tenure was finally over," an excerpt from Michael Wolff's forthcoming book "Fire and Fury" stated, as reprinted in GQ.

Hicks, 29, was the first person President Trump's campaign hired in 2015. She had worked for Matthew Hiltzik's New York-based public relations firm before jumping to Ivanka Trump's fashion brand, where the eldest Trump daughter recommended Hicks for her father's campaign.

Comment: See also:

Read More...
Health

Flashback California Democrats propose to spend $1 billion dollars on health care for illegal immigrants

Hank Berrien
The Daily Wire
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:58 UTC
california immigrants
© Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Democrats, who have a monopoly of power in California politics, are proposing to spend $1 billion a year to provide health care to illegal immigrants living in the state. Medi-Cal, which is the state's Medicaid program, would eliminate legal residency requirements.

The proposal was offered as part of a $4.3 billion proposal from San Francisco Democrat Assemblyman Phil Ting, the head of the Assembly budget committee. According to NBC Bay Area, 7% of people residing in California lack health coverage, many of them illegal immigrants.

California has already eliminated legal residency requirements for Medicaid coverage for people under 19; Ting's proposal would extend that to all ages.

Comment: Sounds like the democrats have been smoking to much of the green stuff. Then again, being a sanctuary state, why not make more enticing for people to come stay illegally? Though the sign below turned out to be a fake, it sums it up nicely - democrats need the votes!

california road sign
© Kambree Kawahine Koa/TwitterA fake Sanctuary State sign placed on the 15 Freeway between California and Nevada.


Read More...
Health

Flu crisis strikes the UK: Operations cancelled, no beds available, long waits

Liam Deacon
Breit Bart
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 12:00 UTC
NHS flu crisis
© David Sillitoe for the GuardianMany hospitals have come under the cosh since Christmas amid very cold weather and higher than usual prevalence of flu.
The number of people forced to wait long periods in ambulances rose dramatically during the Christmas period, whilst Britain's hospitals were dangerously full.

National Health Service (NHS) figures show 16,893 patients waited more than 30 minutes in ambulances at Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments in the week before New Year's Eve.

This represents a 42 per cent rise on the 11,900 which endured half hour handover waits the week previously. Those stuck for more than an hour almost doubled, shooting up by 95 per cent to 4,700 compared to 2,400 the week before.
Read More...
Ambulance

Carbon monoxide leak kills teen, sickens 41 others in New Jersey


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 03:49 UTC
new jersey
© Dan Bowens/Twitter
Dozens of people were forced out of their apartments into blizzard conditions in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, as a carbon monoxide leak poisoned at least 41 people and killed a teenager.

A 13-year-old girl is dead and three of her relatives are in critical condition Thursday evening, following the poisonous gas leak in a 12-unit apartment building, WNBC reported.

A total of 41 people were treated, including 27 police officers, about 20 percent of the police force, according to WNBC.

Many of the exposure victims were children, according to WABC. Kids were reportedly seen fainting, as emergency responders set up a triage outside the residential building.
Read More...