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Human trafficking, 'the new crack cocaine,' says Santa Cruz Police Chief

Michael Todd
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Wed, 15 Nov 2017 07:55 UTC
Human trafficking
Most are adults and about 30 percent of Santa Cruz County's human trafficking victims are commanded by female traffickers.

"It's the new crack cocaine," Santa Cruz Police Chief Andy Mills said Wednesday morning to police officers and badged supervisors at the police department's community room. "Except with trafficking, you can sell it over and over."

Every officer raised a hand when asked whether he or she has responded to a sexual-assault case. The cases, too often, lack information, one officer said. Those missing details are common in human trafficking, which includes sexual assault, domestic violence, kidnapping, abuse and other crimes involving victims too vulnerable, or too traumatized, to report their situation. The training, part of a twice-monthly program at the department, was designed to teach officers how to identify the subtle signs of human trafficking - holding a person by means of force, fraud and coercion.

The FBI has identified the San Francisco Bay Area, including Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, as one of the three highest-intensity child sex trafficking regions in the country.
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Cult

China: Sexual abuse of children in franchise-run kindergarten under investigation - UPDATE


RT
Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:07 UTC
Childsilhouette
© Deccan Chronicle
A Chinese kindergarten run by a US-listed group is under investigation after claims of sexual molestation and needle marks on children. Parents say their children were stripped naked, given unknown "white pills" and "brown syrup".

The scandal broke out at the nursery in Beijing's eastern suburb of Guanzhuang. The incidents were reported in two groups; each had some 25 children aged from 2 to 6. The kindergarten is run by RYB Education Institution, which is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Several parents found needle marks on her children's bodies, Caixin media group, which initially reported the story, said on Thursday. Medical examination of eight children confirmed that the injuries were indeed caused by needles, Guanzhuang police later said.

Apart from needles, children were given "white tablets and a brown syrup," a group of parents who staged a protest outside the nursery, told Caixin, adding that they had no idea what these substances were. "Disobedient students were also forced to stand naked or were locked up in a dark room at the kindergarten," one parent said.

Comment: RYB (Red, Yellow and Blue) Education (NYSE:RYB), a Chinese company that provides early childhood education for children aged 0-6, had just debuted on NYSE two months ago. They operate 80 direct and 175 franchise kindergartens in China.

Update: November 26, 2017

More from Disobedient Media:
Former Clinton Foundation Executive Tied To Chinese Kindergarten Abuse Scandal

The Clinton Foundation is no stranger to scandal. However, the charity is facing renewed criticism after it was revealed that one of the foundation's former executives, Joel Getz, was also an Independent Director at RYB Education. RYB Education is the parent company of a Beijing kindergarten at the center of a massive scandal in China that emerged in the wake of allegations toddlers were being injected with drugs and possibly sexually abused. [...]

Joel Getz is shown in a document published by Reuters to have been an independent Director at RYB Education, in addition to his former role at the Clinton Foundation and his work for Yale as Senior Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations.

The Gateway Pundit wrote: "It is important to note that in no way are former President Bill Clinton or his wife Hillary Clinton involved with RYB Education or this scandal. Nonetheless the story is notable, not only because the alleged crimes are so horrific, but also because it raises questions about the judgement of the Clintons as to who they have employed in important roles at their foundation."
"Mr. Getz was instrumental in creating a formal development operation for the Clinton Foundation, which raised in excess of $135 million annually," says his Yale bio.

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Attention

From movement to Act: Femicrats introduce 'ME TOO Congress' bill to overhaul sexual harassment policies

Cristina Marcos
The Hill
Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:55 UTC
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
A pair of female Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation on Wednesday that would overhaul policies to combat and report complaints of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.

The Member and Employee Training and Oversight On Congress Act (ME TOO Congress) Act, authored by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), would require sexual harassment awareness training and reform the process available for staffers to file complaints.

Comment: Stay tuned for what becomes of this. Also see:
Taxpayers have been footing bill for sexual assault cases in Congress since 1995

Legislation introduced in the past with good intentions that have gone off the rails:
The VAWA, The Duluth Model, Feminism and the politicization of domestic violence
The war for tax dollars and the Violence Against Women Act

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Whistle

The TSA is an utter failure. Airport security should be privatized

David Inserra
The Daily Signal
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:25 UTC
TSA screening
© Kevork Djansezian
This year, the Department of Homeland Security carried out covert tests on Transportation Security Administration security, and the results weren't pretty.

The results of the tests showed that the TSA screeners failed to detect weapons, drugs, and explosives almost 80 percent of the time. While the exact failure rate is classified, multiple sources indicate it is greater than 70 percent.

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general carries out "Red Team" tests periodically to check the competence of the TSA's ability to detect and stop fake weapons from getting through airport security.

In 2015, the TSA failed these tests by an even larger margin-95 percent.

Americans need an alternative to the mainstream media. But this can't be done alone.

Sadly, these results are not surprising. The TSA has a history of failing to uphold basic security standards.

Comment: The TSA is here to stay. They do a good job of conducting 'security theater' and turning travel into an extreme hassle.

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Propaganda

Hollywood hysteria: Debra Messing cancels NY Times subscription after Ben Shapiro profile

Chris Enloe
The Blaze
Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:15 UTC
Debra Messing
© SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesDebra Messing cancels New York Times subscription after the newspaper publishes positive profile of Ben Shapiro.
Liberal actress Debra Messing, best known for her star role in "Will & Grace," is not happy with the New York Times and plans to cancel her subscription. Her reason? The paper's journalism.

What happened?

The Times on Thursday published a relatively positive profile on conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who this year has taken the nation by storm. Shapiro has become one of the most influential voices on the right, especially among younger conservatives and libertarians, and his podcast and news website are among the most viewed and listened to in politics.

It would only make sense for the Times, given its status as the leading national newspaper, to profile Shapiro. But not everyone was happy; enter Debra Messing.

What did she say?

Messing replied to a tweet about the Shapiro profile on Friday explaining that she had cancelled her New York Times subscription because of the profile.
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Heart - Black

NYPD attempts to intimidate teen girl raped by two cops

John Vibes
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:07 UTC
police victim
An 18-year-old girl says that she was raped in a police van by two NYPD officers and that nine officers later came to the hospital afterward to intimidate the girl and her mother out of pressing charges.

On September 15, victim Anna Chambers was pulled over by NYPD narcotics detectives Richard Hall and Eddie Martins and accused of having drugs. The officers handcuffed Chambers, forced her into the police van and told her to undress under the pretense of searching for drugs. Both officers then proceeded to rape Chambers and throw her back out on the streets, without finding any drugs or charging her with a crime.

Chambers immediately contacted her mother and they went together to the local hospital for a rape kit examination. While Chambers and her mother were at the hospital, nine officers showed up to intimidate them into remaining silent about what happened.

"They came with nine cops to intimidate her and her mom, to discourage them from coming forward and reporting the rape and sex assault," attorney Michael David, told The Post.

The officers accused Chambers of making a false report, and suggested that she had made accusations against cops in the past, which she has not.
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Handcuffs

Almost all of alleged MS-13 gang members arrested in recent ICE operation were illegal aliens

Spencer Raley
Immigration Reform
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:00 UTC
M-13 gang members
In a new operation that ended on November 16, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested or assisted in apprehending 267 alleged members of the notorious trans-national MS-13 gang. The first phase of the operation, dubbed "Raging Bull," led to 53 arrests in El Salvador. Phase two, which occurred on U.S. soil between October 8 and November 11, led to 214 arrests nationwide.

Almost all of the gang members apprehended in the U.S. were illegal aliens, according to ICE. Of those arrested, 198 were foreign nationals, including 193 illegal aliens. Only 16 were U.S. citizens. Additionally, 64 crossed the border illegally at some point as unaccompanied alien minors (UAMs).

Comment: See also: One-third of 214 arrested MS-13 gangsters were 'unaccompanied alien children'

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Jet3

Report: Huge spike in US military non-combat plane crash fatalities in 2017


RT
Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:59 UTC
USS John S. McCain with a hole on its left portside
© AFPA general view shows the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain with a hole on its left portside after a collision with oil tanker in Singapore.
The number of US servicemen killed in plane crashes has "skyrocketed" in 2017 compared to last year. The gruesome revelation comes just days after three US sailors were killed in a plane crash in the Philippine Sea.

According to Fox News, 22 US military planes have crashed so far this year while flying non-combat operations - up 38 percent from last November.

Thirty-seven US service members have died in these accidents. The current death toll is 130 percent higher than the number of servicemen killed in non-combat crashes from the year before.

The most recent incident occurred Wednesday when a C-2A Greyhound crashed off the coast of Okinawa. Eight of the 11 passengers and crew on board were rescued, but efforts to locate the missing three sailors were called off on Friday.

The US Navy has also suffered a string of disasters at sea. There have been at least five high profile accidents and collisions involving US Navy vessels since January. In two cases, US servicemen were killed. In June, the USS 'Fitzgerald' collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan, killing seven sailors. Then in August, the USS 'John S. McCain', a Navy guided-missile destroyer, collided with an oil tanker 50 nautical miles east of Singapore. The accident left 10 US sailors dead.

Comment: The US is obviously having a hard time piloting their planes and captaining their ships even under 'normal conditions'. Perhaps they should take that as a sign to pack up shop and go home.

But they won't. What will probably start happening is they will retrospectively blame China.

See also:

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Sheriff

Cop beats handcuffed woman unconscious while fellow officers do nothing

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 25 Nov 2017 16:42 UTC
police assault
Mayra Martinez, before and after.
Last year, the Free Thought Project reported on the story of Officer Akinyemi Borisade who was caught on multiple videos beating Mayra Martinez - one while she was handcuffed and the other while she was on the ground at a local strip club.

Now, the videos, along with the officers in them are the subject of a lawsuit filed this week by Martinez.

Martinez, 31, had a bad first day on the job at the local Scores Bar in Jacksonville. That afternoon, she became intoxicated, quit, and refused to leave, so police were called. When police arrived at the bar around 5 p.m., they arrested Martinez and charged her with trespassing and resisting.

According to the police report, Martinez was drunk and belligerent when two officers showed up to remove her from the property. When police tried to place her in handcuffs, Martinez tried to kick and bite officers, according to the report.
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Music

Bahraini cover of Bob Marley's 'No Woman, No Cry' sparks mixed reactions on social media (VIDEO)


RT
Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:13 UTC
Bahraini music
© Tunes Arabia - تيونز أرابيا / YouTube
A choir of Bahraini men singing a cover of iconic Bob Marley's reggae song "No Woman, No Cry" in Arabic garments sparked mixed reactions on Twitter. Some praised the stylish remake and others pointed to the state of women's rights in Gulf monarchies.

A video of the band led by Bahraini singer Mohammed Al Bakri was posted on the Tunes Arabia YouTube channel on Thursday. The Khaleeji-style cover of the Bob Marley song shows the all-male choir dressed in traditional thobes and gowns and even some fiery dancing to the reggae tune.

The song, released in 1974 by Bob Marley and the Wailers, addresses a poor woman growing up in the Jamaican slums, promising that things will be "alright" and asking her not to cry. In Jamaican Patois, the title line is rendered "No, woman, nuh cry," where "nuh" stands for "don't."

Some Twitterati praised the cover, Al Bakri's cover calling it a "kick-ass Bahraini version" of the reggae hit, and even "the best thing I've seen all week." (). Others did not share the excitement saying that "things can't get any weirder." ( )
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