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Florida child dies after being scratched by rabies-infected bat

Ryan Gillespie
Orlando Sentinel
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:50 UTC
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A 6-year-old Eustis boy reportedly died of rabies Sunday at an Orlando hospital after being scratched by a sick bat that Lake County officials said had been living in his home.

Henry Roque confirmed his son Ryker Roque's death to NBC News after previously telling the "Today" show that Ryker became infected when the bat scratched him.

Lake County deputies responded to the Eustis home about two weeks ago after they were told the family's pit bull may have had rabies. When they arrived, somebody told them the residents were at the hospital with their son, who had been scratched by a bat, sheriff's Maj. Chris Delibro said.

"We're told the bat had been in the house for a week or two prior to the boy going to the hospital," Delibro said.

During that time, authorities said the bat may have come in contact with the dog.
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Ohio Trump supporter viciously assaulted while wearing patriotic T-Shirt

Cassandra Fairbanks
Gateway Pundit
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
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A Proud Boy from Ohio was violently attacked in the lobby of his apartment building while wearing a patriotic t-shirt on Monday - which he believes was the reason for the attack.

Andrew Caster, 31, just moved into a new building in Columbus about a month ago. On Monday evening, he was in the lobby using the free wifi and wearing his "American Freedom" shirt when he was viciously assaulted by another resident.

"Out of nowhere this guy comes in, he must have seen his shirt, and he picked up a mop bucket and started smashing him in the back of the head," the administrator on the official Proud Boys Twitter account, who prefers not to be identified at this time, told the Gateway Pundit.

Comment: Although the motive for the attack is unclear, considering the current political climate of hysteria and the not so subtle hints condoning violence from the media and politicians, it's not that far-fetched to assume the attack was political.

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Seattle experiences melt down after city officials roll out new soda tax

Jeff Reynolds
PJ Media
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:17 UTC
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The sign at Costco explaining the jacked-up price of a case of Gatorade has gone viral.

On January 1, Seattle had several new progressive laws go into effect. Along with mandatory paid sick leave, mandates for employers to post work schedules 14 days in advance, and severe restrictions on short-term rental platforms (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.), Seattle imposed a massive new soda tax - 1.75 cents per OUNCE on sugary drinks.

In response, at least one major retailer advertised in detail the reason for the significant increase in prices.

Comment: Ahh, the liberal braintrust at work again. The only thing this tax does is hurt the businesses inside of Seattle. Since people can go to outside municipalities for tax free drinks ($1.75 per ounce, so a 2 liter bottle has 67 ounces...yeah I think they'll drink somewhere else), eventually they'll just do that, tanking revenue for branches of stores within the city.

You are witnessing the anatomy of a civil economy collapse.

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California sinks into economic abyss with highest poverty rate in the US

Michael Walsh
PJ Media
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:59 UTC
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This just in from what was once the best state in the Union:
Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That's according to the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.

Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it's worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state's per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).
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Ahed Tamimi's village, Nabi Saleh, declared "closed military zone" by Israeli occupation


Ma'an News Agency
Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:37 UTC
Nabi Saleh
The Israeli army declared the central occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh -- home to imprisoned teenage activist Ahed al-Tamimi -- a closed military zone on Saturday, closing off all entrances and exits. Official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency reported that that Israeli forces set up barriers on the main road that leads to Nabi Saleh and prevented Palestinians, including journalists, from entering the village.

Wafa quoted Bilal al-Tamimi, the father of 16-year-old Ahed who was detained by Israeli forces last month over a video of her slapping and kicking an Israeli soldier, as saying that soldiers are preventing non-residents from entering the village.

However, Wafa reported that some Palestinians were able to enter by taking alternative yet longer routes to participate in a protest in the village.

Dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear severe tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces suppressed the protest, which was held in support of Ahed and in rejection of US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

While Wafa said that the closure was enforced to prevent people from accessing the protest, some have speculated that the closure was taken as a punitive measure against the residents of Nabi Saleh, specifically the Tamimi family.

Comment: Repeat: "There is no military occupation of Palestine." There you go. Now you can live in the soft fuzzy dream world where Israel is the "only democracy in the Middle East".

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Regulator crackdown continues, Bitcoin crashes to 6-week low - China may ban the cryptocurrency


RT
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:11 UTC
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The price of top digital currency bitcoin dipped below $12,000 on Tuesday for the first time since December 5, following reports of a further crackdown on the cryptocurrency market.

Bitcoin slumped by almost 15 percent, trading at $11,816 as of 10:30am GMT. The cryptocurrency's market capitalization currently stands at around $198 billion.

Other virtual currencies including ethereum and ripple have also dipped significantly. Ethereum was trading at $1,090, down more than 18 percent in the last 24 hours; while ripple fell by almost 26 percent to $1.37 per token.

Regulators across the globe, in countries including China, India, Brazil and South Korea, have been warning investors about the risks of trading in cryptocurrencies.

Comment: Brazil joined China and India in banning cryptos from their financial market.
The South American country's securities regulator has prohibited local investment funds from buying digital cash, Reuters reports. Cryptocurrencies cannot be considered financial assets, the regulator ruled.

Earlier in December, Brazilian authorities published a warning about the risks associated with digital currencies. Brazil has had seven public hearings on bitcoin before finally cracking down on it.

"According to a study by Credit Suisse, Brazil's productivity has not risen since 1981, and it's not going to rise if the government keeps banning everything that can make us more productive," Brazilian media commentator and popular YouTube blogger Raphaël Lima said, criticizing the decision. "And with an official 12.4 percent unemployment rate, anything that can generate a job should be welcomed with wide-open arms."
China is contemplating a complete ban:
According to an internal memo from a government meeting seen by Reuters, Beijing will continue to apply pressure to the virtual currency trade and prevent the growth of risks in that market.

National and local authorities should ban venues that provide centralized trading of digital currencies, including bitcoin as the biggest one, Vice Governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Pan Gongsheng said.

Regulators need to ban individuals or institutions that provide market-making activities, guarantees, or settlement services for centralized trading of the currencies, such as online "wallet" service providers, he said.

"The financial work conference clearly called for limiting 'innovations' that deviate from the need of the real economy and escape regulation," Pan said, referring to last week's meeting.

He added that the authorities should block domestic and foreign websites, close mobile apps that provide centralized virtual currency trading services to Chinese users, and sanction platforms that provide cryptocurrency payment services. He also called for local authorities to investigate services that help people move funds overseas.

Once a global hub for bitcoin trading and mining, China accounted for more than two-thirds of the world's bitcoin-mining operations. Recently, however, Chinese regulators started cracking down on virtual currencies, explaining it as a fight with capital outflow. They claimed the trade in cryptocurrencies was being used by Chinese citizens to move cash abroad.

Last year, regulators banned initial coin offerings, shut down local cryptocurrency trading exchanges, and limited bitcoin mining.


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School bus crashes into building, injuring 48


RT
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:05 UTC
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© Rene Priebe / dpa / AFPPolice and firefighters secure the area around a schoolbus that crashed into a shop on early January 16, 2018 in the southern German town of Eberbach, near Heideleberg
Forty-three children and five adults were injured after a school bus veered off the road and plowed into a building in western Germany, police said.

The school bus hit a building on Tuesday morning in the city of Eberbach, in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Ten of those injured were seriously hurt, police said in a statement.

The bus, which regularly takes schoolchildren from neighboring communities to Eberbach, veered off the road, crashed into several cars, and rammed straight into the building.

It is not yet clear what caused the accident.

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Top British primary school bans hijabs and fasting on school grounds in "crusade" against Islamization


RT
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:53 UTC
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A decision by one of Britain's top primary schools to ban girls aged under eight from wearing hijabs and religious fasting has divided Muslim parents at the school.

St Stephen's primary school in Newham, East London has banned pupils from fasting on school days during Ramadan for the sake of their health and safety. Chairman of the school Arif Qawi said some pupils as young as eight were fasting during the religious month despite Muslim clerics usually advising that children do not have to fast until they have reached puberty.

Qawi called on the Department of Education to "step up and [take the issue] out of our hands."He told the Sunday Times: "We did not ban fasting altogether but we encouraged them to fast in holidays, at weekends and not on the school campus.

"It just seemed wrong. It is common sense," he said. "Here we are responsible for their health and safety. If they pass out on campus... it is not fair to us."
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'Canterbury Cannibal' who plotted to kill & eat teenage girl relocated to Nebraska jail


RT
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:38 UTC
Dale Bolinger, the “Canterbury Cannibal”
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A US man convicted of plotting to kill and eat a 14-year-old girl in England turned up in a quiet community in Nebraska making locals feel uneasy. Authorities have said that the man is still jailed and closely watched.

The story of Dale Bolinger, dubbed the "Canterbury Cannibal" by media, hit the headlines back in 2013-2014. A former nurse who worked at a Thanet Hospital in Kent, Bolinger was arrested after he attempted to meet a 14-year-old girl via the Dark Fetish Network (DFN) in the UK.

He reportedly bought an axe before meeting the girl at a train station. The girl, however, never showed up. Bolinger was convicted of trying to eat the teenager and was sentenced to nine years in prison in Canterbury, England.
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Georgia firefighter makes incredible lifesaving catch as child thrown from 3rd floor balcony


RT
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:23 UTC
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Astonishing newly released footage shows a team of Georgia firefighters displaying incredible athletic skill and bravery, catching children as they're thrown by their desperate father from a ladder two stories up.

More than 45 firefighters battled a raging inferno at a Georgia apartment complex in DeKalb County outside Atlanta on January 3, rescuing a total of 12 people in the process. A firefighters' union released footage of the heroics, which has quickly become an online sensation.

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