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'Bleak future': State in Malaysia will enforce sharia law with public canings


RT
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:13 UTC
Malaysia public canings
© Beawiharta / Reuters
A state in Malaysia governed by a conservative Islamist party has amended its laws to allow public canings for crimes against sharia law. Critics have called the move unconstitutional, with one politician saying it indicates a "bleak future" for the country.

The amendment was passed by the assembly of Kelantan to more closely align the state's policies with Islamic criminal law, Kelantan deputy chief minister Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said, as quoted by Bernama state news agency.

"Caning can now be carried out inside or outside of prison, depending on the court's decision," Mohd Amar said.

This is in line with the religion, which requires that sentencing must be done in public," he said.

Comment: Thank you, Saudi Arabia!

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Phoenix

A place called Gaza: Closer to hell than to heaven

Irwin Jerome
Counter Currents
Sun, 09 Jul 2017 00:00 UTC
Gaza stop the killling
The recent confessional "I Like Gaza", written by Uri Avnery - Peace Activist, Journalist, founding member of the peace bloc Gush Shalom, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the news magazine Haolam Hazeh, founding member of the Knesset, founding member of the Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, and columnist for Internet - will break the heart of anyone who has ever anguished over the plight of the Palestinian peoples; especially over the ensuing long decades since the Zionists first invaded Palestine in 1948, with the blessings of the world, and Israel ever since has continued its heinous, incessant racist, apartheid persecution of the Palestinian people, again with the continued blessings of the world.

Sadly, this persecution now includes the Palestinian peoples themselves, caught in the grip, as they are, of a fatal death spiral as they viciously fight and squabble; as oppressed peoples predictably often do amongst themselves once they're forced to 'circle the wagons' and then begin shooting each other over what few scraps of power and hegemony remain. What is now occurring in Gaza could spell the final chapter in this ugly saga of what human beings everywhere, since time immemorial, seem hopelessly destined to do to one another in whatever contentious theatre of human endeavor.
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People 2

'Ladies and gentlemen' scrapped to make London Tube announcements gender neutral


RT
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:14 UTC
London Tube passengers
© Kevin Coombs / Reuters
London transport workers have been told to stop using the phrase "ladies and gentlemen" in announcements as part of a city-wide push to become more gender-neutral.

The order follows months of campaigning by LGBTQ activists, who appealed to London Mayor Sadiq Khan to change the language used by train and bus drivers, which they described as "polite but really belonging to yesterday," according to the Evening Standard.

The Transport for London (TfL) rule book used to state: "When using the Public Address (PA) system, you must start all service information announcements with 'Ladies and gentlemen,' except for routine announcements such as 'mind the gap' and 'stand clear of the doors.'"

Now staff will use terms such as "good morning everyone." All new pre-recorded announcements are also set to be changed to new phrases.
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TV

Melania Trump and Putin's long dinner chat: Russian TV loved it


Russia Insider
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:07 UTC
Putin and Melania Trump
Russians are generally relieved that relations haven't been derailed by what they call 'American political schizophrenia'.

A lesser president might have been intimidated by the fierceness of the campaign. The world is lucky that Trump survived the school of Manhattan real estate - next to that, the depredations of panty-waists like Comey must not impress.

This Russian news report about Melania's role trying to end the meeting that dragged on forever and her subsequent dinner with Putin gives an interesting view on how Russians view the meeting.
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Folder

Court rules list of 'dirty' Los Angeles sheriff's deputies to remain secret


RT
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:57 UTC
Los Angeles Police car
© Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
The names of Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies who've lied, stolen, used excessive force or falsified reports cannot be handed over to prosecutors, even in pending criminal cases, a California appeals court ruled.

The decision was made by the state's 2nd District Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
"Notifying an outside agency, even a prosecutor's office, that a deputy has an administratively founded allegation of misconduct involving moral turpitude cannot be characterized as anything other than disclosing information obtained from the peace officer's personnel file," Appellate Judge Douglas Sortino wrote in the 65-page opinion.
Judge Tricia Bigelow concurred in the decision.
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Handcuffs

Horrifying video shows prison guards watching man throw up blood for hours until he dies

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:17 UTC
Police watch man die
Horrifying video, exposed through a new lawsuit shows an inmate begging to be taken to the hospital as he violently throws up blood — all the while, prison officers stand by and simply watch him die.

For seven hours, Douglas Edminsten writhed in agony as blood spewed from his mouth. Instead of getting the dying man the help he was begging for, prison officers sadistically stood by and watched him die.

"It made me sick to my stomach," said attorney Glenn Valdez, after seeing the video for the first time. "I'm watching somebody die right in front of my eyes."

As KOB reports, Edminsten suffered for seven hours, and at some points he appeared to be unconscious. The other inmates were so scared for him that they read Bible passages and even formed a prayer circle.

"We know the inmates and everyone else were trying to get help, but nothing happened," Valdez said. "He couldn't call himself or do anything that we take for granted. So without the guards to call, he's dead."
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Pistol

Minneapolis police face public wrath for shooting two support dogs


RT
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:00 UTC
injured dog
© Jennifer LeMay / Facebook
Minneapolis police are in the eye of a storm for shooting two dogs after video footage of the incident was captured and shared online by the owner.

To justify the heavy handed action, police said the dogs "charged" at them, which appears to be contradicted by the footage.

The footage, recorded on Saturday, shows an officer climbing a fence and entering a backyard where he shot the two dogs, Ciroc and Rocko.

Both animals are support dogs for Jennifer LeMay's sons, who suffer from anxiety, the Star Tribune reports.
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Pills

US versus opioid manufacturer: First settlement reached over pills on black market


RT
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:00 UTC
opioid pills
© Global Look Press
For the first time, the US Justice Department has reached a settlement with a major manufacturer of opioids. Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals will pay $35 million in a case involving the company's highly addictive pills ending up on the black market.

The deal establishes new standards that require the company to track its drugs as they flow through the supply chain to consumers, according to the Justice Department.
"Mallinckrodt's actions and omissions formed a link in the chain of supply that resulted in millions of oxycodone pills being sold on the street," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.
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Dollar

What sanctions? West investing in Russia via Bahamas and Bermuda companies

KtovKurse - translated by Inessa Sinchougova
Fort Russ News
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:35 UTC
World trade graphic
The Bahamas and Bermuda have provided a quarter of direct investment into the Russian economy in the past year.

These countries are investing more than the UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan and China put together, and the amount of revenue from offshore jurisdictions has doubled over the past two years.

This distribution of foreign investments has changed with the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions. Until 2013, the largest flow of direct investment came from Cyprus, Ireland, Luxembourg, the UK and France. With the introduction of sanctions in 2014, offshore investments dominate. Over the past three years, the inflow of funds from the Bahamas and Bermuda increased from 5.4 to 8.2 billion dollars (a quarter of all direct foreign investment in Russia).
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Green Light

Small town in Minnesota allows Satanic monument in city park

Kate Raddatz
CBS News - Minnesota
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:36 UTC
Satanic monument
© CBS
A small Minnesota town is getting a lot of attention for a Satanic monument coming to their veterans park.

The monument going up for The Satanic Temple — which features an upturned helmet atop a black cube — will soon be at the site of the Veterans Memorial Park in Belle Plaine.

It is being built by a group of Satanists out of Massachusetts, and it will be the first Satanic monument on public property in United States history.

The city is allowing the monument to be built after a religious freedom group threatened to sue over another statue, which features a soldier praying over a grave marked with a cross.
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