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Norwegian rescuers not optimistic about finding missing Russian helicopter crew


Tass
Fri, 27 Oct 2017 21:07 UTC
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© EPA-EFE/Birger Amundsen
There is next to no chance that any of the eight Russians who were onboard the Mi-8 helicopter that crashed off the island of Spitzbergen on Thursday is alive, a spokesman for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway told TASS on Friday.

"To be honest, it is most likely that everyone onboard crashed into the ocean with the helicopter. It is not very realistic to hope to find anybody alive. What we hope might have happened is that someone hit the water outside the helicopter and maybe was able to get to the shore. It is still a search and rescue operation, but this is more of a formal thing," the spokesman said.

More than 24 hours have elapsed since the beginning of the rescue operation but so far it has yielded no results. All the rescuers have found are spots of fuel and air bubbles on the water surface several kilometers off the place the helicopter was to land at. According to Norwegian rescuers, several vessels will continue the search operation through the night. In the morning, helicopters will join the operation.
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'Clinton Cash' movie goes viral on Amazon (VIDEO)

Amy Moreno
Truthfeed
Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00 UTC
Clinton Cash
In light of the Uranium One Scandal, and the revelation that Hillary paid MILLIONS to fund the Trump-Russia dossier, the public has a renewed interest in the movie that exposes the Clintons for who they truly are.

"Clinton Cash" is the name of the film, which is highly recommended.

The movie is number-one on Amazon, but you can watch it here!

Watch the video:


Comment: It's a wonder that Bezos hasn't yet found some reason to pull the plug on this movie!

"Clinton Cash": Book on Clinton crime family corruption sells out on Amazon amid Uranium One scandal

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Alberta gender unicorn resource slightly revised after controversy, 'but the content largely remains the same'

Andrea Huncar
CBC News
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 21:04 UTC
'We wanted to focus on the content and to avoid the distractions,' says Alberta Teachers Association

The Gender Unicorn
© Alberta Teachers' AssociationThe gender unicorn has been removed from an Alberta teachers handbook to create LGBTQ-friendly classrooms.
The Alberta Teachers Association has revised a resource guide for LGBTQ-friendly classrooms that sparked controversy last year. The revised version of the "Prism Toolkit for Safe and Caring Discussions About Sexual and Gender Minorities" no longer contains a few elements seized on by critics.

"Comrades" has been removed from a suggested gender-neutral pronouns to address girls and boys. Also gone is an illustration of a purple cartoon "Gender Unicorn" asking where you fall on the gender spectrum.
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War against truth: Censorship of YouTube demanded by New York Times and Wall Street Journal

Andre Damon
World Socialist Web Site
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:28 UTC
You Tube censorship
In two articles appearing Tuesday on the front pages of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, the newspapers laid out justifications for censoring the online streaming service YouTube, alleging the the service is helping disseminate Russian propaganda.

The articles note the substantial reach of RT, the international television network funded by the Russian government, on YouTube, which is owned by Google. RT's videos have as many views as CNN, and substantially more than Fox News.

Citing a January 6 report by the US director of national intelligence, the Times describes RT as the "Kremlin's 'principal international propaganda outlet' and a key player in Russia's information warfare operations around the world."

The article complains of RT's "prominent presence on YouTube's search results," which have allowed it to gain "one of the largest online audiences of any news organization in the world."
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Texas elementary school counselor arrested for sexual relationship with student

Jackie Salo
New York Post
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:17 UTC
Barbara Lynn Orpineda
© Smith County JailBarbara Lynn Orpineda
An elementary school counselor in Texas faces charges over a sexual relationship with a student.

Barbara Lynn Orpineda, 31, was arrested Wednesday night on charges of sexual assault of a child and engaging in an improper relationship with a student, news station KLTV reported.

Orpineda was placed on administrative leave from her job as a counselor at Arp Elementary School after the school became aware of the allegations.

Arp Independent School District officials said two parents and a student reported on Oct. 11 that the teacher was sexually involved with a student.

Comment: See also: Behind the Headlines: Predators Among Us - Interview With Dr. Anna Salter

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NAACP issues a travel warning for black passengers on American Airlines

Molly Olmstead
Slate
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:20 UTC
American airlines
© Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe organization is also calling for a meeting with the company to discuss what it sees as a pattern of discriminatory behavior.
The NAACP has issued a travel warning for black travelers flying on American Airlines and called for a meeting with the company to discuss what it sees as a pattern of discriminatory behavior, the organization announced Tuesday.

"The NAACP for several months now has been monitoring a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines," the press release said. "Booking and boarding flights on American Airlines could subject them to disrespectful, discriminatory or unsafe conditions."

The statement cited four specific events in explaining its conclusion that the airline has a "corporate culture of racial insensitivity and possible racial bias." The first appeared to reference a November incident in which a North Carolina NAACP leader charged he was removed from a flight after reprimanding two white men who had harassed him. The second incident involved a complaint from a black passenger who said she was bumped from first class to coach but her white friend, whose ticket she also booked, wasn't. In the third incident, Tamika Mallory, activist and one of the co-chairwomen of the Women's March movement, claimed she was kicked off a flight after complaining to a gate agent about a change in her seat assignment. In the fourth, a Harvard Law student said she was booted from her flight after she asked her stroller be retrieved from checked baggage during a five-hour delay.

Comment: Seriously? Black rights group NAACP teams up with CNN and DNC to issue 'travel advisory for Missouri'

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Gold Star widow recounts condolence call from President Trump

Trace Gallagher
Fox News
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:12 UTC
Michelle Black
Michelle Black said when it comes to the ongoing investigation into her husband’s death, the military is giving her guidance, but she’s not watching the news or following the day-to-day details.
Michelle Black is primarily focusing on her 9- and 11-year-old sons these days. She said she's making sure, in the wake of their father's death, they are physically and emotionally OK.

Special Forces soldier Bryan Black was among four soldiers killed in Niger earlier this month during a mission that remains somewhat unclear. The military is still trying to determine if the soldiers were randomly targeted or if they were led into an overwhelming ambush.


Comment: Three American special forces soldiers killed, two wounded in terrorist ambush in Niger


Michelle Black wants the nation to know her husband was more than a Special Forces soldier. He was also a master chess player and avid sportsman, she said, who spoke three languages, including Arabic and the local dialect in Niger, which made him something of a celebrity among his unit. She says most of all, he was an amazing husband and father.
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Man knocks a woman out cold; bystanders take pictures and selfies instead of calling 911


RT
Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:07 UTC
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© Global Look Press
Disturbing footage has emerged showing a man punching a woman in the face and knocking her out in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Instead of helping the victim, bystanders snapped photos and videos of her motionless body and stole her cellphone.

The surveillance video shows a woman approaching a man in the neighborhood of Beechview. The man responds by kicking her leg out and punching her, causing the woman to collapse on to the sidewalk, unconscious.

A group of men can later be seen walking over to the woman - but instead of helping her, they pull out their cellphones and begin snapping photos and videos. They also appear to take the woman's cellphone from her.
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'Disillusioned jihadist' who fought in Syria wants to come home, face trial in Britain


RT
Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:07 UTC
Jihadis ISIS
© Global Look Press
A British man who went to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), says he wants to return to the UK to face trial. Shabazz Suleman, 21, from Buckinghamshire, is thought to have been in Raqqa for the past three years.

According to the Times, Suleman disappeared while on a family holiday in Turkey in 2014. He was then willingly traded into the hands of IS as part of a mass prisoner swap between the group and Turkey in the same year.

But as early as June 2015, Suleman, who claims one of the main reasons he joined the terrorist group was because he "disliked the [British] government for its foreign policy long ago," said he had become a "disillusioned jihadist."

Suleman reemerged in May this year after nine months of silence, saying he had been jailed for going absent without leave, but that a Sharia court ruling had freed him.
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Sweden's sexual assault and gang violence crises present a feminist paradox

Paulina Neuding
Quillette
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:59 UTC
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Sweden prides itself on being a beacon of feminism. It has the most generous parental leave in the developed world, providing for 18 months off work, 15 of which can be used by fathers as paternity leave. A quarter of the paid parental leave is indeed used by men, and this is too little according to the Swedish government, which has made it a political priority to get fathers to stay at home longer with their children.

Sweden has never ranked lower than four in The Global Gender Gap Report, which has measured equality in economics, politics, education, and health for the World Economic Forum since 2006. Of all members of Parliament, 44 percent are women, compared to 19 percent of the United States Congress. Nearly two-thirds of all university degrees are awarded to women. Its government boasts that it is the "first feminist government" in the world, averring that gender equality is central to its priorities in decision-making and resource allocation.

But while Swedish women rank among the most equal in the world, they increasingly fear for their physical safety on the streets. Reported sex crimes increased by 61 percent between 2007 and 2016. Meanwhile a rise in gang violence among men-the number of victims injured by gunshots increased by 50 percent between 2004 and 2016-indirectly affects the safety of women. Police admit that rape cases are piling up without being investigated because resources are being drained by gang violence and shootings.
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