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How Ahed Tamimi was slapped first, and why no one is talking about it

Jonathan Ofir
MondoWeiss
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
Ahed Tamimi slapping Israeli soldiers
© Unknown
The video of Ahed Tamimi slapping Israeli soldiers, which last week caused heated debate in Israeli society concerning the soldiers supposed lack of response, or 'restraint' as it were, needs no lengthy introduction these days. The discussion was rather exclusively about the slap, and the humiliation - of the Israeli soldiers, that is. Should they have reacted violently? Was their supposed 'restraint', 'good for the Jews or bad for the Jews'? Was it good to be such a 'most moral army' or was it counterproductive to Israel's image and deterrence?

In this writing, I am going to talk about another slap that has hardly featured in any coverage of this case - a hard slap that was given to Ahed Tamimi by the 'restrained' soldier, just 5 seconds before her now-famous slap back to the soldier from Ahed. In a 3-minute video posted on Shehab Agency Facebook page, one can witness this slap from the soldier at 0:59. It comes after some rather relatively gentle pushing and demands from Ahed for the soldiers to go away - the soldiers who are occupying her family lawn, that is, the force which had just shot her cousin Mohammed in the face and put him in coma. There is even another slap at Ahed from the soldier at 0:23, a quicker and less forceful one, which Ahed hardly reacts to at the point. But it is the forceful slap in 0:59 that causes Ahed to go livid, where she manages to slap the the soldier 5 seconds later.

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People 2

Indoctrination succeeding? Study finds 27% of California students are gender 'nonconforming'

Dr. Susan Berry
Breitbart
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
transgender book
© AP Images
A new study released at UCLA finds 27 percent of California's young people between the ages of 12 and 17 self-report that others view them as gender 'nonconforming" at school.

The study - which has a margin of error of about six percent - was based on the inclusion of two questions in the California Health Interview Survey that were asked of 1,594 California young people between the ages of 12 and 17.

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Few are ready to pay to rebuild Iraq after IS defeat, $100B estimate

Susannah George, Lori Hinnant
The Denver Post
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 10:34 UTC
Al-Nuri Mosque
© PBSal-Nuri Mosque, Mosul, Iraq
For nearly 2½ miles along the western bank of the Tigris River, hardly a single building is intact. The warren of narrow streets of Mosul's Old City is a crumpled landscape of broken concrete and metal. Every acre is weighed down by more than 3,000 tons of rubble, much of it laced with explosives and unexploded ordnance.

It will take years to haul away the wreckage, and this is just one corner of the destruction. The Iraqi military and U.S.-led coalition succeeded in uprooting the Islamic State group across the country, but the cost of victory is nearly incalculable.

Three years of war devastated much of northern and western Iraq. Baghdad estimates $100 billion is needed nationwide to rebuild. Local leaders in Mosul, the biggest city held by IS, say that amount is needed to rehabilitate their city alone.

So far no one is offering to foot the bill. The Trump administration has told the Iraqis it won't pay for a massive reconstruction drive. Iraq hopes Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries will step up, and Iran may also take a role. The U.N. is repairing some infrastructure in nearly two dozen towns and cities around Iraq, but funding for it is a fraction of what will be needed. As a result, much of the rebuilding that has happened has come from individuals using personal savings to salvage homes and shops as best they can.

Comment: The LEAST that should be done is to recompense for physical loss and shame on any country that doesn't own its part.

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MSM and FBI pushed fake terror attack though their patsy refused to do it to 'Keep Fear Alive'

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
Jameson composite
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The mainstream media is praising the FBI after their agents targeted a "terrorist" who refused to go through with an attack they were attempting to set up.

It is no secret that agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation often look for and take advantage of vulnerable individuals on the internet by gaining their trust and convincing them to carry out attacks - but even in a case where the "terrorist" backed out of the attack, the mainstream media is still celebrating the FBI's diligence in the War on Terror.

"FBI thwarts alleged plan to carry out terrorist attack in San Francisco on Christmas," the Washington Post reported, claiming that the agency was able to prevent "a possible terrorist attack at San Francisco's Pier 39 after arresting a man who told undercover agents he wanted to carry out an Islamic State-inspired suicide bombing at the popular tourist destination on Christmas Day."

The New York Post joined in with the headline "FBI thwarts ISIS-inspired Christmas terror attack on San Francisco," and the claim that the suspect was "former US Marine sharpshooter" Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, who was discharged from the military for fraudulent enlistment, and now works as a tow truck driver.

Comment: 'Theme and Variation': The 'non'-scenario with Jameson is right out of the FBI playbook and in line with previous 'terrorist' attacks in the US such as took place in San Bernardino, Sandy Hook, Orlando...

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Arrow Up

Russia to create a public blacklist of hotels inflating prices for 2018 World Cup


The Moscow Times
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:23 UTC
price gouging hotels world cup
© PixbayThe Federal Agency for Tourism plans to publish a blacklist of such hotels in early 2018.
Russia's Federal Tourism Agency has said that it will create a public blacklist for hotels that hike their prices for the 2018 World Cup.

The agency has already identified several hotels guilty of price inflation in Volgograd and Saransk, among other cities. Prices for hotel rooms in these cities rose 40 times, the head of the agency Oleg Safonov was cited as saying by the Izvestia newspaper on Thursday.

Comment: Russia will do everything it can to make World Cup 2018 a celebrated sports festival - Putin

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Stock Up

Game on: China offers tax breaks to foreign firms to boost investment and counter US incentives


South China Morning Post
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 02:00 UTC
Ripped Dollar
© Strategic Culture Foundation"we're here"
China is responding to Washington's tax overhaul by offering foreign companies a break on Chinese taxes in a bid to retain investment. The measure announced late on Thursday is Beijing's first major reaction to the United States' decision to cut corporate tax rates. It follows a flurry of promises by communist leaders to spur growth in the slowing, state-dominated economy by opening more industries wider to overseas companies.

Foreign firms will be exempt from withholding taxes on profits they reinvest in industries specified by Beijing, the finance ministry and tax agency said. It is also retroactive to January 1, 2017, meaning such companies will receive a refund on taxes paid this year.

Beijing wants to "attract foreign investors after a host of countries unveiled similar measures to lure foreign and domestic investment", Xinhua reported.

Comment: China's toe is in the door. We shall see how big a footprint it makes.

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Cops going crazy! Policeman terrorizes and uses taser gun on innocent people at pizza parlor

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
terror cop tazes
A power-tripping cop was captured on video terrorizing and torturing innocent people with his taser inside a pizza restaurant for no reason.

In a testament to the above the law mentality of police in America, a veteran Pittsburgh was captured on video terrorizing innocent people with his taser at a pizza restaurant. The incident shows the sheer arbitrary and callous nature of the cop as he shoots the taser prongs into an innocent worker as another innocent woman sat in between them.

Officer Ronald Hough, a 23 year veteran of the force who serves on the department's motorcycle division is now under investigation for his assault on Dominic Reale, 46, whose father owns Villa Reale Pizzeria and Restaurant. Both the city's Office of Municipal Investigations and the Citizen Police Review Board are now investigating.

According to Reale's attorney, Joel Sansone, Hough is a regular customer at the pizza restaurant and the two of them had actually eaten together before the incident.
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UK bishop says American evangelicals support Trump "uncritically"

Harriet Sherwood
The Guardian
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:09 UTC
trump bible
A senior Church of England bishop has lambasted conservative evangelical Christians in the US for their "uncritical support" of Donald Trump, urging them to reflect on how their endorsement of the president relates to their faith.

Paul Bayes, the bishop of Liverpool, said "self-styled evangelicals" risked bringing the word evangelical into disrepute, and added there was no justification for Christians contradicting God's teaching to protect the poor and the weak.

Bayes told the Guardian: "Some of the things that have been said by religious leaders seem to collude with a system that marginalises the poor, a system which builds walls instead of bridges, a system which says people on the margins of society should be excluded, a system which says we're not welcoming people any more into our country.

"Whenever people say those kinds of things, they need to be able to justify that they're saying those things as Christians, and I do not believe it's justifiable."

He said he regretted that "people who call themselves evangelical in the US seem to be uncritically accepting" positions taken by Trump and his allies.

Comment: Uhm, the evangelicals have ALWAYS voted right, so this is a blatantly political statement. We'll try to make it simple. Most evangelicals are conservative. Trump is a conservative. Evangelicals voted for Trump. It's not that difficult to understand. On top of that, isn't it the nature of most religious believers to accept uncritically positions they may not otherwise accept?

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At least 10 people killed after two gunmen open fire at Coptic Christian church near Cairo


RT
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:44 UTC
Mar Mina Church Cairo Egypt
© ReutersPeople are seen outside the Mar Mina Church in the Helwan district on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
At least ten people have been killed in a gun attack on a Coptic Christian church south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, according to reports.

Two gunmen opened fire at a Coptic church in the Helwan district, reported Al-Ahram. The death toll currently stands at ten people, with at least a further five injured, according to Egypt's Health Ministry.

A spokesperson for the government said the wounded have been transferred to Nasser Hospital for treatment.
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Green Light

IOC approves neutral parade uniform designed by Zasport for 'Olympic Athletes from Russia'


RT
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:44 UTC
Russian Olympic uniforms
© zasportcompany / vk.com
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the parade uniforms for 'Olympic Athletes from Russia' who will compete at the 2018 Winter Games, following the decision to ban Russia from participating.

The uniforms will be produced by Russian clothing company Zasport. "We have received an official letter from the IOC in which it approved our clothes collection designed for the Russian athletes who will perform under a neutral flag," Zasport head Anastasia Zadorina told TASS on Friday.

"Our representative in Lausanne showed all the design drafts [to the IOC members] which received no criticism. We haven't changed the kit's fit and design, but according to the IOC's restrictions, we have replaced Russian flag as well as coat of arms and Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) logo with OAR and 'Olympic Athlete from Russia' inscriptions."

She also added that the company will have to remake part of the uniform which has already been made, adding that the uniforms will be grey, white, and red.

Comment: See also: Russian Olympic 'Fans House' in PyeongChang to be allowed to use national emblems

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