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Disgusting! Police dept. covering up details as cop charged with first-degree rape of disabled person

Rachel Blevins
Free Thought Project
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 14:32 UTC
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Nearly five years after two men were accused of sexually assaulting a disabled person, a sheriff's deputy has been charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual assault.

The charges were confirmed in a report from the Ithaca Voice, which noted that both Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Walters and another man named Matthew Pinney, are facing felony charges for an assault that was carried out in Walters' home on Feb. 2, 2013.

There are very few details available about the victim of the assault. The report claimed the men "had sexual intercourse and sexual contact with a person who was incapable of consenting 'by reason of being physically helpless.'"
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Refugee backlash: Austria's nationalist coalition calls for benefit cuts to immigrants


France 24
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 20:40 UTC
Future Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (L) of the conservative People's Party (OeVP) and incoming vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache of the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) struck a deal to form a coalition government on Friday VIENNA
© AFPFuture Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (L) of the conservative People's Party (OeVP) and incoming vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache of the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) struck a deal to form a coalition government on Friday VIENNA
The head of Austria's far-right hailed on Sunday plans by his incoming government to slash benefit payments for immigrants, a day before he was due to be sworn in as vice-chancellor.

"It will no longer happen for migrants who have never worked here a single day or paid anything into the social system to get thousands of euros in welfare," Heinz-Christian Strache said.

In a post to his 750,000 followers on Facebook, the head of the Freedom Party (FPOe) called it "very important point when it comes to fairness for the Austrian population."

Comment: Check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

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Reasons why I quit teaching

David Solway
American Thinker
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:03 UTC
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Some years back, I decided I had to quit the teaching profession to which I had dedicated half my life. The modern academy, I felt, was so far gone that restoration was no longer possible. Indeed, I now believe that complete collapse is the only hope for the future, but as Woody Allen said about death, I'd rather not be there when it happens.

Three reasons determined my course of action. For one thing, administration had come to deal less with academic issues and more with rules of conduct and punitive codes of behavior, as if it were a policing body rather than an arm of the teaching profession. Woe betide the (male) student accused of sexual assault or misconduct; the administration will convene an extra-judicial tribunal to punish or expel the accused, often with a low burden of proof. It will find ways to shut down conservative speakers. It will browbeat faculty and students to attend sensitivity training sessions on matters of race and gender. It will strike task forces to deal with imaginary issues like campus rape culture and propose draconian measures to contain a raging fantasy. The administration is now beset by two basic compulsions: to expand its reach at the expense of the academic community and to ensure compliance with the puritanical norms of the day. I thought it prudent to take early retirement rather than wait for the guillotine to descend.
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Secret Santa pays off over $40,000 in layaways at New Jersey Walmart

Katherine Rodriguez
Breitbart
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:45 UTC
A secret Santa paid off more than $40,000 worth of layaway orders at a New Jersey Walmart over the weekend.

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Store managers told WTXF that they suspect a local businessperson paid the $40,000 in layaway orders for more than 200 customers at the Millville Walmart.

Jaquetta Maddox, one of the customers who benefited from this secret Santa's generosity, said she is grateful for this early "Christmas blessing," especially after she and her family had been evicted from their home earlier in the year.
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8 dead as suicide bombers target Methodist church with 400 people inside, in Pakistan


TeleSur
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 12:00 UTC
A police man directs families to safety following the terrifying attack in Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta, Pakistan Dec. 17. | Photo: Reuters
© ReutersA police man directs families to safety following the terrifying attack in Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta, Pakistan Dec. 17.
An attack on a Methodist church in Quetta, Pakistan by a pair of suicide bombers killed at least 8 deaths and wounded 45 others on Sunday according to officials.

Two gunmen approached the packed cathedral armed with explosive vests and firearms just as service began at Bethel Memorial Methodist Church on Sunday morning.

The pair were stopped at the gate by church guards and a dispute ensued, causing one attacker to detonate his vest while his partner exchanged gunfire with police before being shot down.

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Power outage at Atlanta airport traps travelers in planes and terminals

Demi Douglas and Phil McCausland
NBC News
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 10:17 UTC
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A huge power outage brought the world's busiest airport to a standstill over the weekend, ruining holiday travel for thousands with hundreds of flights on Monday already canceled.

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta lost power shortly after 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, leaving passengers trapped inside airport terminals and some in planes on the tarmac for hours.

By late Sunday, the airport had canceled 1,173 flights and delayed 207, according to FlightAware.com. Delta Air Lines, which is headquartered in Atlanta, said it was canceling another 300 flights, mostly to Atlanta, on Monday.


Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said a fire at the main substation powering the airport triggered the outage, which caused the Federal Aviation Administration to put a ground stop in place, slowing or halting inbound air traffic.

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'Child Trafficking' investigation launched on NGO that attempted to fly 120 children from Venezuela to Peru


Telesur
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:39 UTC
child trafficking NGO Venezuela Peru
© FacebookA statement on the NGO's Facebook page denies any wrongdoing and accuses the Venezuelan authorities of acting in an "arbitrary manner."
An investigation is being launched into a Venezuelan NGO which yesterday attempted to fly more than 100 children to Peru, allegedly to be reunited with their parents, in what Venezuela's Attorney General has called a case of "child trafficking."

Several members of 'Union Venezolana en Peru' (Venezuelan-Peru Union), which Attorney General Tarek William Saab said is not registered, have been arrested and the children's passports cancelled.

"Yesterday we were informed of the unprecedented action - unprecedented in our republican history - of an undocumented NGO allegedly chartering a flight to Peru with 120 children on board, using fraudulent powers and travel permits," Saab wrote on his Twitter account Saturday.

Comment: An undocumented NGO flying 120 children out of the country? It sure sounds suspiciously like this could have been a front for a child-trafficking operation.

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Saudi Arabia begins exploration of uranium


Sputnik
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 22:41 UTC
Riyadh night view
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announced in 2015 a plan for the country's economic development until 2030, stipulating the cessation of oil dependence.

Saudi Arabia has begun exploring the country's uranium deposits within a program of developing alternative sources of energy, the Saudi al-Okaz newspaper reported Sunday, citing the head of the kingdom's geological administration, Zahir Nawab.

Comment: If Saudi Arabia can do it, Iran can do it.

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60-year-old Palestinian woman dies of heart attack during IDF raid on her home


Ma'an News Agency
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 21:16 UTC
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A 60-year-old Palestinian woman suffered a fatal heart attack overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday when Israeli army soldiers raided her home in the village of al-Zubeidat, north of Jericho in the northeastern occupied West Bank.

Official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency reported that Hamda Zubeidat, 60, suffered a heart attack after Israeli soldiers threw a stun grenade at her house during a raid on the town.

Despite efforts to revive her, Wafa reported, Zubeidat died shortly after.

"The soldiers raided the village after midnight, causing panic and fear among residents, throwing stun grenades at homes," Wafa reported, adding that "no reason was given for the raid."

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.

Israeli raids into Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps are a near-daily occurrence.

The UN reported that between November 21- December 4, Israeli forces carried out 100 search and detention raids across the West Bank. 2017 has seen a bi weekly average of 75 search and detention raids, according to the UN.

Meanwhile, prisoners rights group Addameer recorded 6,198 Palestinians were detained by Israel as of October.

Comment: No reason given because no reason needed. The IDF just enjoys terrorizing the population whose land it illegally occupies. See also: IDF kills wheelchair-bound Palestinian with no legs during Gaza protest

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Millennials face the scariest financial future since the Great Depression

Michael Hobbes
Huffington Post
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 20:30 UTC
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Like everyone in my generation, I am finding it increasingly difficult not to be scared about the future and angry about the past.

I am 35 years old-the oldest millennial, the first millennial-and for a decade now, I've been waiting for adulthood to kick in. My rent consumes nearly half my income, I haven't had a steady job since Pluto was a planet and my savings are dwindling faster than the ice caps the baby boomers melted.

We've all heard the statistics. More millennials live with their parents than with roommates. We are delaying partner-marrying and house-buying and kid-having for longer than any previous generation. And, according to The Olds, our problems are all our fault: We got the wrong degree. We spend money we don't have on things we don't need. We still haven't learned to code. We killed cereal and department stores and golf and napkins and lunch. Mention "millennial" to anyone over 40 and the word "entitlement" will come back at you within seconds, our own intergenerational game of Marco Polo.

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