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Attention

Swedish boar found with record levels of radiation 32yrs after Chernobyl disaster

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Thirty two years on from the Chernobyl disaster, the highest ever radiation level measured in wild boar meat in Sweden has been recorded - a whopping 25 times greater than the safe limit for meat consumption.

The radioactive animal, shot in Tierp Uppsala County on the eastern coast of Sweden, was found to have a radiation level of 39,706 becquerel per kilo by the Radiation Safety Authority. The safe limit set by the Swedish Food Agency for meat consumption is 1,500 becquerel per kilo.

"It is the highest value we have measured since we invited hunters to send us samples," Paul Andersson at the Radiation Safety Authority told Jaktjournalen.

Sheriff

Do not call the cops! South Carolina police shoot and paralyze innocent man reporting burglary

Bryant Heyward
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An innocent man called 911 for help while his home was being burglarized. However, when police showed up, the robber got away and they shot the innocent man instead-leaving him paralyzed for life

Dashcam footage captured the disturbing scene as Deputies Keith Tyner and Richard Powell of the Charleston County Sheriff's Department arrived at the home of then 26-year-old Bryant Heyward, who had called 911 after he'd just been the victim of a home invasion. Heyward had fended off the two intruders who were threatening his home and his life, only to be critically shot and paralyzed by those who he had desperately called for help.

Now, the cops responsible for leaving an innocent man paralyzed for doing the right thing and calling them-will not be held responsible. The cop who shot the man in the neck-on video-was said to have "acted appropriately" by his superiors and will not be charged.

"We have concluded that Deputy (Keith) Tyner acted appropriately in response to an apparent deadly threat," Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Heather Weiss said in a letter to state investigators last week, "and that there is insufficient evidence to merit criminal prosecution."


Attention

French sports news outlet condemns IOC's ban of more Russian athletes from Olympics despite no evidence of guilt

Russian athletes banned olympics
© SputnikSergey Ustyugov (L), Anton Shipulin (R)
French sports news outlet Ski-nordique has condemned the International Olympic Committee's reported decision to exclude leading Russian athletes from the 2018 PyeongChang Games, stressing no evidence of guilt has been presented.

In an article titled "Shipulin et Ustiugov privés de JO" (Shipulin and Ustiugov excluded from the Olympic Games), journalist Mirko Hominal slammed the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Invitation Review Panel, which was granted the right to approve Russian athletes for the upcoming Winter Games, for its reported decision.

Following the IOC decision to ban Russia from February's Games in South Korea, the Olympic governing body ruled that "clean" Russian athletes will be able to compete under a neutral flag, provided their status is confirmed by the IOC-appointed panel.

Comment: State Duma representative and two-time Olympic biathlon champion Sergey Chepikov sees the recent move for what it is - a political maneuver:
If someone thought before that sport is removed from politics... all doubts have now evaporated. I consider the actions of the IOC to discredit the Olympic movement. The IOC requires a restructuring, to put it lightly. It is hard to analyze it using common sense," Chepikov told RT.

"There is so much negative information in the last couple of days, in particular, about Anton Shipulin, about our skiers...I believe that the IOC's actions have already overtly signaled that this organization is in need of fundamental reformation," he added.

Spokesman for the State Duma committee on physical culture, sports, tourism and young people's affairs Dmitry Svishev said he believes the ban on national symbols at PyeongChang is inadmissible.

"I don't understand how the ban can possibly be controlled. We must wait for clarification from the IOC. In the instance of confirmation it is possible to consider it a blatant violations of the rights of citizens," Svishev told RT. He also said he expects Russia to react severely in the event fans will not be allowed to display the flag.
See also:

The US-Inspired Olympic Ban on Russia: Another Pyrrhic Victory for the Ailing Empire of Chaos
The new Cold War has destroyed the Olympics
Leaked email to IOC President Bach: 'WADA has been used for politics from the beginning'


Bizarro Earth

"I just signed your death warrant": US Olympic doctor Nassar sentenced to 175yrs

Larry Nassar
© Brendan McDermid / ReutersLarry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, is escorted into the courtroom during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January 24, 2018
Disgraced former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 175 years in prison for the sexual abuse of some 98 Olympic athletes, the majority of whom were children at the time of his crimes.

Nassar was the doctor for the US gymnastics team for 20 years. He faced lawsuits from 140 women accusing him of sexual abuse during this time. US Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney was among Nassar's victims and had called for the maximum sentence possible.

"I just signed your death warrant," Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar in imposing the penalty, after condemning his years of abuse.

Comment: See: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Predators Among Us - Interview With Dr. Anna Salter


2 + 2 = 4

Chilliwack school official protests 'transgender education' — and pays the price

Long-time trustee slapped with human rights complaint by school district employees after he criticizes curriculum supplements on gender identity
children in class
© Postmedia NewsThe union representing employees of the Chilliwack School District in B.C. has laid a human rights complaint against a long-time trustee because he has questioned the school board's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity curriculum.
Barry Neufeld, a long-time trustee of British Columbia's Chilliwack School District, hadn't planned to find himself at the centre of a legal battle, whose outcome could have far-reaching consequences for gender-related teaching programs across Canada.

But on Jan. 22, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF, on whose board I sit), announced it will be defending Neufeld against a human rights complaint laid on behalf of Chilliwack School District employees. Complainant CUPE Local 411 bases its grievance on a school district policy stating staffers have the right to "operate, work or learn in an environment free from harassment."

Comment: I'm a pediatrician. How transgender ideology has infiltrated my field and produced large-scale child abuse


Laptop

7 year old girl groomed online by ROBOT in a case police can do nothing about

girl online
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A UK schoolgirl was being "groomed" online by a robot in one of the first cases of its kind to be flagged to police in Britain. Her angry mother says she was "sickened" by messages sent to her seven-year-old.

Amy Hollands from Gravesend in Kent found the messages on her daughter Gracie Holland's iPad. Suggestive messages like "I dare you to do something naughty to me" were sent by Cleverbot - an artificial intelligence web app. Not understanding the statement, Gracie replied: "What swearing?"

In another exchange the machine said to Gracie it "tutches your body while kissing" (sic).

Bad Guys

Britain's acid attack epidemic is spreading from London into neighboring counties

Hertfordshire acid attacks
Dwane Matterson (right), a 26-year-old from Enfield, and Aaron Boyce (left), a 19-year-old of no fixed abode, and two other men forced their way into a property in the small market town of Hitchin spraying the homeowner with an acid substance.
Britain's acid attack epidemic is spreading from its focal point in Sadiq Khan's London to the historic Home Counties which surround it.

Figures released following a Freedom of Information request to the local police force have revealed that Hertfordshire, a traditionally peaceful county which was recently ranked the best place in Britain to raise a family by the UK Better Family Life Index, has experienced a sharp uptick in acid attacks, The Comet reports.

The county, home to the famous St. Albans Cathedral, suffered just one reported attack in 2013, but this had risen to eight by 2016 and an all-time high of nine the following year.

Comment: See also: London crime wave: Theft, burglary, rape, violent crime and homicide skyrocket


Monkey Wrench

Top official in Germany's far-right AfD party resigns after converting to Islam

Muslim praying
© Angelika Warmuth/ AFPA Muslim prays during a midday prayer at the "Blue Mosque" in Hamburg, May 2, 2013
A former top-tier member of Alternative for Germany's regional branch - once a critic of Islam and "an engaged Christian" - is now a Muslim convert. He says it is a private issue.

The 48-year-old Arthur Wagner "resigned on January 11 from the state board on his own volition. Only afterwards was it known that he had converted to Islam," his spokesperson confirmed to Reuters.

The news seems particularly surreal given the fact that Wagner said in July last year - a month before the 2017 general election - that Chancellor Angela Merkel had made "a giant mistake" to open Germany's border to migrants from Muslim-majority countries, according to Tagesspiegel newspaper.

Eye 1

US Army soldier accused of ISIS links was obsessed with videos of beheadings & suicide bombings

U.S. Army Sergeant Ikaika Erik Kang
© ReutersU.S. Army Sergeant Ikaika Erik Kang
A Hawaii-based US Army soldier who is accused of providing material support to ISIS was obsessed with terrorist videos, laughing at them and insulting the victims, an unsealed FBI affidavit and other court documents show.

The papers unsealed on Monday and seen by AP include revelations from an FBI informant, who the soldier - Ikaika Erik Kang - believed to be an ISIS member. Kang was assigned to Schofield Barracks, a US Army installation in Honolulu and served with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade before his arrest in July 2017.

The soldier began researching Islam in 2014 and was obsessed with ISIS videos showing beheadings and suicide bombings, according to the unnamed informant. He could watch them four or five hours each day and more on the weekends, the informant recalled, remembering "feeling sick to his stomach, while Kang laughed and insulted the victims"of terrorist attacks.

Pills

Big Pharma under fire: NYC sues eight companies for deceptive marketing and flooding the market with opioids

pill bottle
© John Moore / Getty Images North America / AFP
New York City is suing eight companies that make or distribute prescription opioids for their role in the ongoing opioid crisis. The suits aim to recover $500 million for current and future costs combating the epidemic.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said opioids killed more people in the city in recent years than car crashes and homicides.

"Big Pharma helped to fuel this epidemic by deceptively peddling these dangerous drugs and hooking millions of Americans in exchange for profit," Mayor de Blasio said in a statement about the suits filed in New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday. "It's time [to] hold the companies accountable for what they've done to our city, and help save more lives."

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