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Dollars

State Department spending $592,500 to push the ideology that "ideals of masculinity" in Kenya are contributing to terrorism

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© iStockThe State Department announced a new taxpayer-funded study that suggests "ideals of masculinity" in Kenya are contributing to terrorism.
Taxpayer-funded study blames terrorism on 'ideals of masculinity'

he State Department announced a new $600,000 taxpayer-funded study that suggests "ideals of masculinity" in Kenya are contributing to terrorism.

The department's Bureau of Counterterrorism is seeking a nonprofit group to "explore gender identities of boys and men in Kenya." The grant proposal states that men being "tough, heterosexual, aggressive, unemotional, and achieving" can make them vulnerable to joining Islamic extremist groups.

Propaganda

The Young Turks 'alt-news' site now more pro-establishment than ever

cenk uygur
Last August I made a note of the fact that The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur had retweeted a fan who said that he gets his news from Uygur and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, because "they report the REAL NEWS." I said at the time that this was Cenk's way of officially formalizing TYT's position as MSNBC's ugly little sister.

Once a relatively reliable outlet for anti-establishment progressive values, TYT has been growing more pro-establishment by the day, joining Rachel Maddow in the relentless promotion of the Russiagate psyop, with Uygur even going so far as to predict ten months ago that the scandal could have President Trump out of office within six months. Since that time no evidence of collusion has been produced and Trump has devolved into a more aggressive anti-Russia hawk than his predecessor, effectively invalidating the entire premise of the scandal.

And now they've recruited Dan fucking Rather.


Comment: The Young Turks also received funding from the Clinton machine. Guess where their loyalties lie.


Fireball

'Meteor' car commercial at the right time!

Meteor Commercial
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This commercial, which came out about a week and a half ago, has plenty to laugh about.

The joke, of course, is that this sucker is so roomy you can fit more than what you'd first grab fleeing your home if, says, a meteor was about to strike.

The secondary joke is that Americans have become so materialistic that they'd go back for seconds and thirds if they felt they could.

What makes it funniest, though, is it must have turned a few heads given the way a giant fireball streaked across the Michigan sky last week.

Ice Cube

Siberian policemen rescue bus passengers trapped as temperatures sank to -40 degrees Celsius

Policemen saved 22 passengers from a bus that had broken down in the Khanty-Mansiysk Region
frozen glass
© Vyacheslav Prokofiev/TASS
Policemen saved 22 passengers from a bus that had broken down in the Khanty-Mansiysk Region and got stuck in the middle of nowhere as temperatures sank to -40 degrees Celsius, regional police authorities said on Tuesday.

"On January 22, Nefteyugansk District policemen rescued 22 bus passengers from freezing on the 730th km of the Tyumen-Khanty-Maniysk highway. The car's timing belt had broken. The highway patrolmen - police lieutenant Ruslan Kadyrov and police captain Vitaly Kozhevin - helped the passengers get on another bus that was going in the same direction," the press service reported.

Briefcase

New Jersey spent $42mn in taxpayer money settling crimes committed by police

NJ Police
© FILE PHOTO Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Local authorities in New Jersey have spent $42 million in taxpayer money to settle allegations of crimes committed by police, including murder, abuse and sexual misconduct, according to an explosive new report.

Abuse of power by police left at least 19 people dead, 131 injured, and seven documented sexual assaults, plus dozens of other offenses from false arrest to harassment, according to a two-year investigation by the USA Today Network.

Newspaper

Nude man slips down sex shop steps; in critical condition

Ambulance.
© Politie
A man is in critical condition after falling down the stairs in sex shop Candy Shop in Tilburg on Monday night. The naked, unconscious man was rushed to hospital by ambulance, Omroep Brabant reports.

Two ambulances, a trauma helicopter, three police cars and motorcycle officers were deployed to the shop on Korvelseweg. The police refused to say anything other than this was a "medical issue" to the broadcaster.

Newspaper

Danish inventor reportedly tied up, tortured Swedish freelance journalist before murdering her

Peter Madsen
© REUTERS/ Scanpix Denmark/Ida Marie Odgaard
Peter Madsen, the Danish inventor charged with murdering Kim Wall, reportedly tied up and tortured the Swedish freelance journalist before killing her, an indictment published Tuesday states.

According to prosecutors, Madsen allegedly planned the murder before meeting up with Wall. He brought tools such as pipes, screwdrivers and a saw onto his home-built submarine so that he could torture the writer. These tools were used to hit, cut and stab Wall.

Comment: Submarine owner accused of killing Swedish journalist kept snuff videos in his workshop - UPDATE: Body parts of journalist found


Sheriff

Arizona family sues for $5 million after cop refuses to apologize for beating autistic teen

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Following a national outcry surrounding the violent takedown of an autistic boy by Officer David Grossman, the Buckeye Police Department began conducting damage control. As the world lashed out at the department for mistreating Connor, an innocent autistic boy in such a violent and callous manner, the parents simply asked for an apology-one that would never come.

As ABC 15 reports, after the incident, the Leibel family through an attorney sent Buckeye Police Chief Larry Hall a letter with three requests: (1) Grossman apologize face to face (2) Grossman perform community service in the autism community (3) Buckeye institutes autism training for officers.

The letter then said, "If these terms are agreed to first, any financial component of this case will be quickly resolved."

All the department had to do was agree to those terms, an apology, teach cops not to beat up autistic kids, and have the abusive cop who did beat up an autistic kid volunteer at some local events in the autism community. They refused to do any of it.

Padlock

Los Angeles teen arrested for sitting wrong way on the train, swarmed by over a dozen cops

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Dramatic footage has just been released showing 18-year-old Bethany Nava, a West Hollywood resident, getting arrested for having her foot on the subway seat in front of her. According to the Facebook live video, Nava was riding the Red Line Metrorail when the confrontation with police occurred.

An unnamed LAPD officer, a sergeant, had reportedly asked Nava to remove her foot from an adjoining seat but she didn't immediately comply. "It doesn't matter. You're getting off the train right now. I already told you what to do but you disobeyed me," he told her in a normal voice. He then ordered her to stand up and told her she would be getting off the train at the next stop. "I paid to be on the train, asshole!" Nava told the officer as he laid his hands on her and pushed her off the train.

"I'm 18. He's taking me off the train for having my foot on the fucking seat," she told the person recording. The officer whose badge number is 5203, was then surrounded by concerned citizens who accused him of abusing his badge and being on a power trip.

Network

Montana governor signs executive order forcing net neutrality

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© Ronen Tivony / Global Look Press /File
Following the repeal of net neutrality by Federal Communications Commission, Montana Governor Steve Bullock brought it back to the state through an executive order.

The order said that any internet service provider with a government contract cannot block or charge more for faster delivery of websites to any customer in the state.

"If you want to do business in Montana," the Democratic Governor told the New York Times on Monday, when he signed the executive order, "there are standards on net neutrality you will have to follow."


The new rule would affect any new or newly renewed contract inked after July 1 of this year. The list of providers that would likely be affected includes some of the industry's biggest names. AT&T, Charter, CenturyLink and Verizon all currently have contracts with the state.

Comment: A bold move by Montana. The lawsuits are sure to follow. But can the big telecoms afford to file a suit in every US state? It would be interesting to watch!