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Corsican nationalists send 'strong signal' to Paris with landslide election victory


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:35 UTC
Corsica Giles Simeoni Pe a Corsica
© AFPCandidate for the Pe a Corsica nationalist party for Corsican regional elections Gilles Simeoni (3rd L) celebrates with supporters in Bastia, on the French Mediterranean Island of Corsica, on December 3, 2017.
Corsican nationalists seeking greater autonomy from France sent a "very strong signal to Paris" with a landslide victory in the first round of territorial assembly elections Sunday.

The final results show that the governing Pe a Corsica (For Corsica) - an alliance of Femu a Corsica and Corsica Libera - won 45.36 percent of the vote. In contrast, President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Republic on the Move (LREM) trailed in fourth (11.26 percent).

Two years after their breakthrough win in regional elections, the nationalists are poised for victory in the final round of voting on December 10.
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New Caledonia prepares to vote on independence from France


France 24
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:51 UTC
New Caledonia France referendum
© Nicolas Petit, AFPPrime Minister Édouard Philippe and some of the young New Caledonians designated electoral “ambassadors” on December 2 as part of an effort to mobilise the youth vote.
A year ahead of the deadline for a referendum on independence from France, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe is visiting the semi-autonomous overseas territory of New Caledonia to help oversee preparations for the 2018 vote.

"The stakes for New Caledonia are considerable," French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said on Saturday at his first press briefing in the Caledonian capital Nouméa. Residents must decide by next November whether the archipelago will opt for full sovereignty, the result of an almost 30-year-long process.

Both Britain and France laid claim to parts of New Caledonia during the first half of the 1800s, but the archipelago became a French possession in 1853 when it was seized by Napoleon III and was used as a penal colony for much of the next half-century.
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Propaganda? 82 percent of people sent to prison in Sweden for gang rape are foreign


Voice of Europe
Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:25 UTC
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Swedish newspaper Friatider says a large amount of data from the Criminal Data System was secretly provided to "Nordfront". Together with "Gang Rape Sweden" they published the judicial database last Friday.

The leaked data discloses: Decision date, name, social security number, court, destination number, date of judgment, period of imprisonment, region and place of investigation for the prosecution and verification of suspects.

Files of 168,000 sentences that were given between 10 May 2004 and 8 January 2015 were published. Of the 83,656 individuals involved, 37,735 (or 45 per cent) were foreign born, Nordfront writes. Of the people sentenced to 9 and 10 years in prison, 70 per cent and 68.8 per cent were foreign born.


Comment: While they don't explicitly say it, it appears that they're suggesting it's the Muslims that are to blame.

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NFL 'scrambles' as fans decide to stay home

Jeff Barker
The Baltimore Sun
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:51 UTC
Ravens Jaguars NFL kneel national anthem
© Business InsiderRavens and Jaguars players kneel and lock arms during national anthem
It seems paradoxical: The Ravens, who have sold out every home game since they arrived in Baltimore in 1996, are advertising tickets for Sunday's contest at M&T Bank Stadium.

But this is where the Ravens find themselves in 2017: Contemplating the prospect of empty seats, and appealing to fans to "Win Together. Purchase your tickets today!" even as the team is contending for what would be its first playoff berth since 2014.

Thousands of fans are trying to resell their tickets to the sold-out game Sunday against the Detroit Lions at 71,000-seat M&T Bank Stadium via Ticketmaster, the team's official resale outlet, or StubHub. Seats were available this week in almost every section; an $80 ticket for an upper end zone seat could be had for as little as $29.
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Democrat demands bulletproof plexiglass ban because it's an 'indignity to minorities'

Chris Menahan
Information Liberation
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:51 UTC
Cindy Bass
According to Philadelphia 8th District Councilwoman Cindy Bass, shopkeepers protecting themselves with bulletproof plexiglass represents an "indignity" to her constituents and should therefore be banned.

From Philly.com:
For Jeff Liu, the thick plexiglass window that separates him from patrons at his Germantown beer deli, Kenny's Seafood & Steak, is a matter of safety. For City Councilwoman Cindy Bass, the barrier window is an insult.

The plexiglass partition serves to protect workers from crime, but it also cuts them off from customers - a literal and metaphorical divider between their worlds.

Several years ago, after Liu argued with a man selling drugs in the Wayne Avenue deli's lobby, the man returned with a rifle and shot Liu's car, shattering its windows, Liu said.
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Former cop to be sentenced in videotaped killing of unarmed black man


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:46 UTC
North Charleston police officer Michael Slager shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott
© ReutersNorth Charleston police officer Michael Slager (R) is seen shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he runs away, in this still image from video in North Charleston, South Carolina
The former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager will be sentenced and fined this week in the federal civil rights case over the the shooting death of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man who fled a traffic stop in 2015.

Slager's murder trial ended in a hung jury in December 2016. In May, he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating Scott's civil rights, under a plea deal that dropped state charges and two other federal charges.
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Baltimore marks 320 homicides, higher than 2016 total


RT
Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:17 UTC
Baltimore police
© Reuters
A series of shootings resulted in Baltimore's 320th homicide this year. Killings continue as the Maryland city becomes the nation's murder capital, pulling ahead of New York City in raw numbers and Chicago in terms of homicides per capita.

A police investigation is under way into a triple shooting in the southern Baltimore neighborhood of Brooklyn, which left one man dead and two wounded on Sunday.

These shootings come after Baltimore saw its 319th homicide of 2017 last week, surpassing the 318 killings of 2016. That grisly number still does not match the 344 homicides Baltimore saw in 2015.
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Women being banned from Facebook for calling men 'Scum'

Taylor Lorenz
Daily Beast
Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:00 UTC
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© AP Photo/ Matt Rourke
Women had accounts banned from Facebook for responding to male trolls with sentences like 'men are trash,' in part because the company classifies white men as a protected group.

When comic Marcia Belsky sarcastically replied "men are scum" to a friend's Facebook post back in October, she never anticipated being banned from the platform for 30 days.

That was exactly what happened.

Belsky was shocked at the severity of the punishment considering her relatively innocuous comment, and immediately spoke to her fellow female friends about the ordeal. They could relate.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, countless women have taken to Facebook to express their frustration and disappointment with men and have been promptly shut down or silenced, banned from the platform for periods ranging from one to seven days.

Women have posted things as bland as "men ain't shit," "all men are ugly," and even "all men are allegedly ugly" and had their posts removed. They've been locked out of their accounts for suggesting that, since "all men are ugly," country music star Blake Shelton "winning the sexiest man isn't a triumph."

Comment: Being banned from Facebook for calling men scum isn't really the issue here. That's one of the few things they are doing right. The larger issue with Facebook and all other social media platforms is that you are only allowed to see what they dictate and deem worthy of the narrative they want to push. See:

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Smoking

South Korea extends smoking ban to pool halls, other indoor sports facilities

Kim Min-Joo
The Korea Herald
Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:45 UTC
S. Korea anti-smoking campaigners
© Ministry of Health & Welfare
Pool halls, screen golf studios and other indoor sports facilities are among popular leisure destinations for jaded urban dwellers to blow off some steam, often followed by a puff of cigarette.

However, these indoor sports and leisure facilities are going smoke-free under the new legislative ban that came into force Sunday.

With the latest amendment to the National Health Promotion Act, the smoking ban has been extended onto some 56,000 indoor sports and leisure facilities nationwide, including 21,980 pool halls and 9,222 indoor golf studios.

Lighting up in these facilities is now an offense carrying up to a 100,000 won ($92) fine
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India: Two doctors fired after 'dead' baby wakes up on way to funeral

John Bacon
USA Today
Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:52 UTC
Inda hospital
© Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesHospital MAx de Shalimar Bagh
A hospital in India fired two physicians and promised an investigation after a baby who was declared dead woke up in a bag while the family was driving to his funeral.

The case has sparked outrage across the country, police are involved, and the New Delhi health minister has threatened to cancel the hospital's license.

Max Healthcare in New Delhi issued a statement saying the "unfortunate incident" occurred Thursday following a premature delivery of twins after a five-month pregnancy. The second child was stillborn; the first was declared dead a short time later.

The babies were placed in plastic bags and the family was driving to the crematorium when they saw movement. They opened the bag to find the live child.
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