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Russia virtually free of anti-Semitism says head of Russia's Federation of Jewish Communities


RT
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:51 UTC
Russian Jews
© Alexandr Kryazhev / SputnikJews in the prayer room of a synagogue in the Jewish community center, Novosibirsk, during the opening ceremony
The head of Russia's Federation of Jewish Communities has told reporters that over the past years manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country have been at a minimal level and boiled down to day-to-day cases.

"As far as Russia is concerned, here we have mainly day-to-day anti-Semitism and even this is on a minimal level," Aleksandr Boroda said in an interview with Interfax.

He added that radical groups with extremist views existed everywhere in the world, including the United States, and that the current situation in European countries had prompted many European Jews to seek repatriation to Israel.

Boroda told reporters that, outside of Israel, the Jewish population in Russia of about 1 million was the second largest in the world after the United States with 5.4 million.
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Teen from south London becomes 6th arrested in connection with Parsons Green terrorist attack


RT
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:29 UTC
Parsons Green Tube entrance
© Chris J Ratcliffe / AFP
A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack on Parsons Green Tube station last Friday that injured 30 people.

The teenager, from south London, has become the sixth person to be held in custody over the incident on the District Line train.

He was arrested after a warrant was executed in Thornton Heath around midnight on Thursday.

A homemade bomb partially exploded in a white bucket towards the rear of the train during rush-hour on Friday.

Comment: Explosion at London's Parsons Green station being investigated as terrorist attack [UPDATES]

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Briefcase

Keeping their secrets safe: Government organizations have been suing citizens for making FOIA requests

Aaron Kesel
Activist Post
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
FOIA, freedom of information act
The U.S. government is suing citizens requesting public records all over the country, violating the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA). The government is stating that it is in "good faith" to take away more of our rights, intimidate us and delay FOIA requests, thus challenging the notion of transparency and, in turn, the Open Government Initiative.

Throughout the U.S. government, a growing number of organizations, school districts, municipalities, and state agencies have filed lawsuits against citizens for making FOIA requests to obtain public information. The governmental bodies argue that they are doing so to let the court decide a matter that isn't quite clear legally such as when the documents may be shielded by an exemption or privacy laws. But that's causing problems, and becoming a new way for governments to hide information from taxpayers and even news organizations or individual journalists.

The practice, although highly ridiculed and uncommon, has been going on for years according to Columbia Journalism Review.
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Evil Rays

Man kills baby girl, then wanders streets with big, bloodied knife in Southern Russia (VIDEO)


RT
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:17 UTC
Russian man with knife
© Похвистнево-Информ / YouTube
A man armed with a huge knife was filmed in southern Russia in a tense standoff with cops. Media said he had been wandering the streets after killing the baby daughter of his niece and injuring the mother. Police had to use firearms to arrest him.

The tragedy happened Tuesday morning in the city of Astrakhan, home to over half a million people.
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Sheriff

Police repeatedly punch man & smash his face into the pavement for trying to help them (GRAPHIC VIDEO)


RT
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:09 UTC
police arrest beat man
© Joce Smith / Facebook
Three investigations are underway after footage showing undercover and uniformed officers savagely beating a man who allegedly attempted to help them carry out an arrest was posted online.

"It's not a professional representation of a police officer for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police," Elizabeth Pittinger of the Citizen Police Review Board said of the incident, particularly the foul language used by the officers, according to CBS. "It should not be tolerated."

"Whether or not the use of force was reasonable, appropriate and necessary will be determined by other facts from witness accounts and other sources of information," Pittinger said.
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Snakes in Suits

Parasitic overseers: Lazy Westminster peers claim millions...for doing nothing


RT
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:36 UTC
House of Lords Parliament London
© Kirsty Wigglesworth / AFPA general view shows the House of Lords chamber in session at the Houses of Parliament in London.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, unless you're a peer in the House of Lords, in which case there's also free air travel, train fares, taxi rides and a whole lot of taxpayer-funded perks for... well, nothing.

For years angry Britons have endured reports of wealthy, unelected Lords claiming for things they can well afford.

Yet a new report has added strength to the already bloated case for abolishing the second chamber, after it revealed millions of pounds are being paid in expenses, while Lords barely do their jobs.

In fact, one in seven Lords did not speak at all during the 2016/17 session, yet claimed £1.3 million (US$1.75 million) just for attending debates.
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Robot

Jack Ma: AI is going to change the future, manufacturing no longer the main engine of creating jobs


RT
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:30 UTC
Jack Ma, Alibaba Group
© Brendan McDermid / ReutersJack Ma, Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group
The founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Jack Ma, has warned people should be prepared for significant disruptions to the job market as artificial intelligence (AI) is going to change the world.

"In the last 200 years, manufacturing [has brought] jobs. But today -- because of the artificial intelligence, because of the robots -- manufacturing is no longer the main engine of creating jobs," he said in a speech at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York City.

Instead, small businesses using the internet to extend their markets will lead economic growth this century, Ma added.

"Talking about manufacturing, we should not be talking Made in China, Made in America," he explained. "It's going to be 'Made in Internet."

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Sheriff

Traveller in Birmingham, UK mauled by police dog

Andy Wells
Yahoo! News, UK
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:04 UTC
Traveller mauled by police dog
© Mirror
This is the shocking moment a traveller was apparently mauled by a police dog that refused to let go of his leg.

Mobile phone footage shows the man, named in reports as Andy Cash, on the floor with the dog's jaws firmly fixed on him."

Mr Cash can be seen being dragged across the ground trying to defend himself, while a policeman desperately tries to pull the dog away.

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Attention

Poll: 19% of Washington college students think violence against "fascists" is good

Cabot Phillips
Campus Reform
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:42 UTC
antifa protesters
© Natalie Behring/AFP/Getty ImagesSince when do Americans tolerate political violence?
As acts of political violence in America increase in regularity, a new poll shows that many college students have no problem with it.

Of those surveyed, a startling 19 percent claimed to support the use of violence to silence speakers they find offensive, the same perspective held by the increasingly violent Antifa groups around the country.

Wanting to see what college students in Washington, D.C. thought of Antifa, Campus Reform took to the campus of American University to ask students their opinion of the violent leftist organization recently labeled a domestic terror organization by the Department of Homeland Security.

Immediately, the students made it clear that they had no problem with the controversial group.

"I like them...beating up fascists is good," said one supporter, while another claimed they were simply trying to "educate" their political adversaries, and violence was many times "a very powerful tool."

Watch the full video to see what the rest of the students had to say:


Comment: Ponerogenesis in action. Note to braindead ideologues: condoning and engaging in violence against groups you see as politically evil is what made the Nazis evil.

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40 million people across the world live in modern slavery, 152 million children in forced labor


RT
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:00 UTC
modern slavery child labor
© Global Look PressChildren working risky environment inside Aluminum pot factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh
At least 40 million people across the globe live in modern slavery, while 152 million children from 5 to 17 years old are currently involved in child labor, a new report reveals.

"The fact that as a society we still have 40 million people in modern slavery, on any given day shames us all," said Andrew Forrest AO, chairman and founder of the Walk Free Foundation which, along with the International Labour Organization (ILO), contributed to the report.

Women and girls "are disproportionately affected by modern slavery," representing almost 29 million, or 71 percent of the overall total, the report says, adding that slavery is not "merely a historical relic."
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