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Good Samaritan extortion: Pastor facing $100 a day fines for helping homeless women & children on his own church's property

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:34 UTC
pastor fined
Proving once again that the state has no interest in helping people, the state of Delaware is attacking a pastor who would dare attempt to help the homeless. Pastor Aaron Appling of Victory Church West in Dover is being threatened with a $100 per day fine by county officials for allowing a 21-year-old homeless woman to live in an RV in the back of the church property.

Because Appling didn't go through the right channels of extortion and get his own property approved by the government to do with it what he wishes, officials are promising to extort him.

According to NBC Philadelphia, Kent County officials sent Appling a letter stating his church isn't zoned to let homeless people stay on the property. The letter warns that if the church doesn't act quickly, they could be fined $100 a day.

To be clear, a fine is backed by the threat of violence from the state for non-payment. If Appling continues to be a good samaritan by providing a woman with shelter and refuses to pay the $100 per day fine, he will receive a visit from armed agents of the state demanding payment.
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Take 2

German journalist poses as intern to spy on RT Deutsch but turns into mainstream media doubter in only two days


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:14 UTC
RT Germany newsroom
© Evgeny Biyatov / Sputnik
A German undercover journalist enrolled as an intern at the RT Deutsch studio to spy on "Putin's propaganda broadcaster," but things didn't exactly go as planned. After just two days, the man began to question the mainstream media bias - and his own worldview.

German youth magazine Neon planted journalist Martin Schlak at the RT Deutsch office in Berlin. His mission was to find out how "Russia's truth" - to use his own term - is being made.

"I'm a spy," Schlak admits.

He writes he was eager to learn if RT's daily work would live up to the terms used by German mainstream media to describe it, such as "Putin's propaganda broadcaster" and "the Kremlin's weapon of hybrid warfare."

Comment: This poor guy must have suffered a serious case of cognitive dissonance.

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Blackbox

'Babel' nightclub in Sweden rocked by powerful explosion


The Local - Sweden
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:18 UTC
Babel explosion
© AFP/Andreas Hillergren/Scanpix Sweden
A popular nightclub in Malmö was damaged in a powerful explosion in the early hours of Monday.

No one was injured in the blast, which was heard across large parts of central Malmö shortly after 1.30am on Monday.

Babel, a popular nightclub and concert venue in the Möllevången area, was damaged in the explosion, which shattered windows on the first floor. A car parked on the street outside was also damaged.

Police examined the property overnight. The explosion is believed to have been intentional, but in the morning it was still unclear what had caused the detonation.

"It's not a New Year's rocket exactly, but obviously something more powerful," police spokesperson Kim Hild told regional newspaper Sydsvenskan.

As The Local has previously reported, while Sweden is generally a peaceful, safe country with low crime rates, police have had difficulty addressing violence in its third-biggest city.

In recent years, there have been grenade attacks, shootings and incidents of car arson.
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Heart - Black

UK 'Killer clown' scares woman into premature birth


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:51 UTC
Clown
© Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
Clowning around isn't so funny anymore.
A UK woman who was eight months pregnant prematurely gave birth after she was startled by a 'killer clown'. The woman is said to be doing well after a 17-year-old frightened her as part of the bizarre craze.

The latest victim of the clown craze was reported on Facebook by a friend of the woman, who described the incident saying a "stupid 17-year-old kid" jumped on the mother-to-be dressed as a clown in Whitwick, Leicestershire.

"It's a nonsense craze that needs stopping," she added.

Comment: See also:
  • Copycat clowns spread to the UK prompting police to threaten jail time

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People

Public opinion poll shows ethnic tensions in Russia at all-time low


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:21 UTC
Russian language students testing
© Kirill Kallinikov / Sputnik
For work patent issue, foreign citizens are undergoing electronic testing of Russian language knowledge at the Uniform Migration Center, Moscow Region.
The share of the Russian population which claims to feel ethnic tensions in the areas where they live is now 18 percent - the lowest since 2005, when researchers first addressed the issue, reports the independent public opinion center Levada.

Their research reveals that 79 percent of the respondents saw no, or very little, signs of ethnic tensions in the areas where they reside, with four percent saying the question was too complicated for a simple, direct answer.

At the same time, the share of the population which sees the possibility of violent mass conflicts on ethnic grounds was 14 percent this year, compared to 12 percent a year ago, and only 10 percent in 2009. The vast majority of Russians (84 percent) do not believe that ethnic tensions in the country could result in violence.

Comment: Contrast this with the refugee hysteria in Europe and the rising racial tensions within the United States.

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War Whore

Cop caught chasing after women while publicly masturbating — said he had to do it to stay awake, gets placed on paid vacation

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:52 UTC
Cop publicly masturbating
Killing a man by tasering him to death while in handcuffs won't get you charged as a law enforcement officer. However, whipping out your penis and masturbating will, as a Pennsylvania cop is quickly learning.

Bethlehem police officer Glenn C. Woolard is now backpedaling, claiming that the multiple instances of women reporting his public masturbation — next to them — were just a big misunderstanding.

Woolard, 35, allegedly confessed to state police during an interview Friday that he was masturbating in his parked car in a parking lot on North Krocks Road in Lower Macgunie Township Sept. 27, according to a criminal complaint.

During the same interview, he also confessed to masturbating again a week later, this time, while driving down the road.

Comment: See also: Dashcam evidence of cop raping women while on duty leads to his arrest

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Fire

Symbolic: Fire breaks out in Berlin's landmark Europa-Center tower


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:56 UTC
Europa-Center building fire
© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
Smoke and fire is seen on the roof of the Europa-Center building in Berlin, Germany October 11, 2016.
A fire has broken out at the Europa-Center building complex, one of Berlin's landmarks, reports on social media indicate. Photos and videos on Twitter show huge plumes of smoke rising from the roof of the high-rise.

Flames broke out on the rooftop of the 21-storey high-rise tower, Berliner Zeitung reported on Tuesday.

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Gear

Confrontations escalating: South Korean coastguard threatens to shoot Chinese fishing boats


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:47 UTC
korean coast guard south china sea
© Arun Sanksr / AFP
Violent confrontations could escalate between South Korea and Chinese boats found fishing in its waters after the US ally sanctioned a greater use of force, including the use of firearms, to control its sea border.

The threat of lethal force comes as China publically berated the US over its operations close to artificial islands Beijing has built in the South China Sea, and its plan to deploy a missile defense system to South Korea.

China's ambassador was summoned by South Korean officials to protest the latest clash off the Korean peninsula's west coast, in which a coastguard patrol boat sank last week after being rammed by a Chinese fishing vessel. There were no reported casualties.

Three Chinese fishermen were killed last month when a fire broke out on their boat after a South Korean coastguard threw flash grenades into their cabin.

In response to the frequent skirmishes, South Korean coastguard officials announced on Tuesday they would authorize the use of handguns and onboard cannon to attack Chinese vessels they deem threatening.
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Clipboard

14 reasons why 'the Trump tapes' don't matter by Dilbert creator Scott Adams

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:09 UTC
Dilbert creator Scott Adams

Dilbert creator Scott Adams
None other than anti-Trump GOP establishmentarian Erick Erickson (yeah seriously) threw down the gauntlet at Dilbert Creator Scott Adams following the Access Hollywood recording in which Donald Trump said bad things eleven years ago...

Well, he didn't have to wait long... Challenge accepted!
I'll give you my thoughts, in no particular order.

1. If this were anyone else, the election would be over. But keep in mind that Trump doesn't need to outrun the bear. He only needs to outrun his camping buddy. There is still plenty of time for him to dismantle Clinton. If you think things are interesting now, just wait. There is lots more entertainment coming.

2. This was not a Trump leak. No one would invite this sort of problem into a marriage.

3. I assume that publication of this recording was okayed by the Clinton campaign. And if not, the public will assume so anyway. That opens the door for Trump to attack in a proportionate way. No more mister-nice-guy. Gloves are off. Nothing is out of bounds. It is fair to assume that Bill and Hillary are about to experience the worst weeks of their lives.

Comment:

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People

Kim Dotcom runs 'Trump vs Clinton vs Putin' Twitter poll: Guess who is winning?


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:18 UTC
Trump, Putin, and Clinton
© Sputnik / Reuters
He's not American, nor in the race for the White House, but Vladimir Putin is a more popular choice for US President than Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in a new Twitter poll conducted by Kim Dotcom.

The Russian president is currently polling at 58 percent, with Trump at 24 percent and Clinton on 18 percent with over 6,000 votes cast. The poll asking "Who do you want to be the next President of the United States?" was posted on Twitter by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom.

Putin's lead in the polls comes as no surprise as the US sees an election bitterly disputed between two of the least popular candidates in history.

Sunday's debate saw Trump attacked over a video which emerged of him boasting about being able to "grab" women "by the p*ssy," in a conversation with TV host Billy Bush in 2005.

Clinton faced further attacks over the use of a private email server and a Wikileaks release which included transcripts of some of her paid speeches before Wall Street firms.

Comment: From the Edgar Cayce readings:
What then of nations? In Russia there comes the hope of the world, not as that sometimes termed of the Communistic, of the Bolshevistic; no. But freedom, freedom! that each man will live for his fellow man! The principle has been born. It will take years for it to be crystallized, but out of Russia comes again the hope of the world.


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