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Don't Turn Into a Right-Wing Snowflake

Michael Krieger
Liberty Blitzkrieg
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 20:40 UTC
Trump
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But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg...Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. Give a loose rein to them, they will support the true religion by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of their investigation.

- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
Here's a prediction. Right-wing snowflake culture will expand exponentially in the coming years, and its rise will be cynically and intentionally fueled by Donald Trump himself. Having proved himself a fake populist on most issues that actually matter, Trump has no choice but to move more enthusiastically into the culture war to deflect away from his obvious betrayal on economic populism and keep his diehard supporters in heat. In other words, he'll do exactly what mainstream Democrats and Republicans have been doing for decades, which is distract the public and keep it fighting while oligarchs grab what little is left. This works out just fine for billionaire Trump and the Goldman Sachs guys running his administration.
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French Bretons rally for independence in solidarity with Catalonia


RT
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 20:40 UTC
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Several hundred pro-regional independence activists have marched through the streets of Nantes, calling for reunification with the Brittany region of France and greater autonomy from the central government in Paris.

While the city of Nantes is officially part of the Pays de la Loire region, the district is historically and culturally tied to Brittany, one of 18 French regions.

On Saturday, a rally attended by some 300 native Bretons demanded the city be incorporated into the region of Brittany, which they argued should subsequently declare its independence from the central government in Paris.
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'Scientist' Bill Nye & race activist Shaun King command five-figure speaking fees at UAA


The College Fix
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:32 UTC
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The student newspaper for the University of Alaska-Anchorage used public records requests to see how much the school was paying invited speakers, and some of them command a nice sum.

The Northern Light looked at data via the campus Student Life and Leadership over the last three years. The priciest speaker was Bill Nye "The [Fake] Science Guy" who cost the school over $40,000 for 135 minutes worth of time: a 60-minute "performance" followed by a 30-minute Q&A session, then concluding with VIP gathering "for a maximum of 45 minutes."
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Body cam shows cop lied about shooting, killed driver needlessly

Jack Burns
Free Thought Project
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00 UTC
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Body cam footage is proving a police officer blatantly lied in his account of a shooting that killed a man who was approached while sleeping in his car.

Body camera footage is giving new insight into the case of a 20-year-old man who was shot and killed by police after they approached him while he was sleeping in the front seat of his car-and its revelations are giving hope to the man's family, as they pursue a wrongful death lawsuit.

When Derek Adame was approached by Police Officer Joseph Gruver on Nov. 26, 2016, in Surprise, Arizona, he was reportedly asleep in his vehicle. Adame had parked his 2016 Nissan Sentra on the side of the road in a residential neighborhood, but when Gruver ran the vehicle's plates, the car came back as stolen. Someone in the neighborhood called the police to report the suspicious vehicle, but before the sun rose in the morning, Adame would be killed, shot by Gruver.
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OJ Simpson released from Nevada prison 26 years early for good behavior


RT
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:54 UTC
O.J. Simpson
© Jason Bean / ReutersO.J. Simpson arrives for his parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Centre in Lovelock, Nevada, U.S. July 20, 2017.
OJ Simpson has been released from the Nevada prison he called home for the last nine years. 'The Juice' was set free just after midnight on Sunday, prison officials confirmed.

Sentenced in 2008, Simpson served nine years of a 35-year sentence for his part in a botched armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel in September 2007. The former NFL star led five men to the Palace Station hotel in what he claims was an effort to retrieve personal items stolen from him. Two of the men were carrying handguns but Simpson denied he was aware of this fact.

His release from the Lovelock Correctional Center comes two months after he was granted parole. Among the reasons given for granting Simpson parole were that he complied with prison rules, had no previous criminal convictions and posed a minimal safety risk to the public.
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Brazil's former president Lula ahead in presidential election polls despite corruption allegations

Paul Antonopoulos
Fort Russ News
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:44 UTC
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is leading polls before the 2018 presidential election despite corruption allegations that might prevent him from running as a candidate.

The Folha de S.Paulo newspaper on Saturday published a Datafolha survey that claimed at least 35 percent of people polled said they would support Lula in a first-round vote.

This is an increase from the nearly 30 percent a June poll found.

Former environment minister Marina Silva and right-wing congressman Jair Bolsonaro trailed with 13 percent to 17 percent of support respectively.
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School teacher arrested for choking students with jump rope


RT
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 12:51 UTC
Peter Samhammer
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A 64-year-old gym teacher has been arrested and charged with four felony counts of child abuse after choking elementary school kids with a jump rope to "discipline" them.

Detectives responded to reports of child abuse at the Herndon Barstow Elementary in Fresno, Florida on Thursday afternoon.

Peter Samhammer reportedly used a jump rope to discipline several children, aged between nine and eleven, by tightening it around their necks briefly before releasing them. The children were left with rope burns on their neck and shoulder areas.
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Knife attacker kills 2, shouts 'Allahu Akbar' - shot dead by French soldiers


RT
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:07 UTC
Saint-Charles train station in Marseille
© AFPThe Saint-Charles train station in Marseille
Two people have been killed during a knife attack at a Marseille train station, according to police. The assailant, who was reportedly shouting 'Allahu Akbar,' was shot dead by an army patrol at the scene.

The incident took place at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille on Sunday.

The French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said on Twitter that he immediately went to the scene of the attack.
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Mentally disabled man dead after being taken down and punched in the head by Texas police


RT
Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:09 UTC
Texas police
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The Texas Rangers have launched an investigation into a local police department after a mentally disabled man, who also lived with chronic pain, died shortly after an altercation with officers.

Police in the city of Temple responded to a call about a disturbance at a downtown apartment building at approximately 7:30pm local time Thursday.

The man whom they encountered, and believed to be the cause of the disturbance, appeared intoxicated. When police attempted to arrest him, he resisted and began shouting again.

As the struggle continued, the man, later identified as Stephen Gayle, began showing signs of distress and an ambulance was called to the scene. He was taken to Baylor Scott and White Hospital but died shortly thereafter, at approximately 9:07pm.
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NFL ticket sales down after protests

Carlos Garcia
The Blaze
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:30 UTC
Washington Redskins
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According to one metric of ticket sales, the NFL is taking a beating, and some say it's because of the protests during the national anthem.

How much are ticket sales dropping?

TickPick, a seat ticket reseller, says that they're seeing a drop in ticket sales of 17.9 percent. While there is a normal seasonal drop from week to week, last year it was only 10.8 percent. The drop this year is their steepest since 2014.

Another ticket reseller, TicketCity, says sales have plummeted by 31 percent.
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