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New law in North Tonawanda, NY will fine and jail parents if their children are caught bullying

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New York passes an anti-bullying law that will fine and jail parents if their child is caught bullying another minor.

As Americans continue to become more and more dependent upon the state to manage their daily lives, a new law that was just approved in New York epitomizes this irresponsible and outright complacent practice. On Oct 1., a new law went into effect that will jail parents if their child is found bullying other minors.

According to WBNG:
Members of the North Tonawanda Common Council hope the new law will put a stop to bullying by holding parents accountable for their children's actions. Parents could be fined $250 and sentenced to 15 days in jail if twice in a 90-day period their child under 18 violates the city's curfew or any other city law, including bullying.

North Tonawanda officials say the law is geared toward minors who repeatedly bully other children in public places.

This law comes after four teens were reportedly kicked out of North Tonawanda Middle School for alleged bullying.

Chalkboard

Does 'white privilege' prevent us from correctly defining an act of 'terrorism'?

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On 1st October, Las Vegas suffered one of the worst mass shootings in US history. One of the most celebrated cities in the United States saw at least 58 people killed and over 500 injured in what appears to have been an act of mindless slaughter. In trying to make sense of the carnage, many people are expressing indignation that the gunman, an elderly white male, is not being described as a terrorist as, say, a Muslim shooter might have been in similar circumstances. This discrepancy, it is alleged, is evidence of 'white privilege.'

Considering that white Americans have been culpable for more deaths in 2017 and more successful mass shootings than Islamists, it is understandable that some people struggle to make sense of the fact that attacks labelled 'terrorism' get a disproportionate amount of coverage. They protest that, due to the nation's racial biases, white assailants of all sorts are probed for personal circumstances and psychological issues which might protect them from the unique stigmatization attached to the word 'terrorist.' In this subtle but important way, it is alleged, the media and political classes are white-washing the most despicable of crimes.

Comment: On another level we can say that many of these 'hate crimes' and 'mass shootings' events are, indeed, acts of terrorism; as SOTT has pointed out on numerous occasions, these atrocities are very likely set up by elements of the State - for political purposes ie. to enact further legislation, to keep the public subject to authoritarian governance, etc.

The recent tragedy in Las Vegas is only the latest iteration of this:


Black Magic

UN withdraws several personnel in Malawi amidst 'blood-sucking vampire' scare and lynchings

Malawi UN soldiers
© Junior D. Kannah / ReutersMalawi UN soldiers
Vigilante mobs have begun summarily executing people suspected of being "blood-sucking" vampires, leading the UN to recall several staff members from both the Phalombe and Mulanje districts of Southern Malawi. Five people have been killed since mid-September.

"While His Excellency President Arthur Peter Mutharika was attending the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York recently, he received reports of very distressing and agonizing allegations of blood-sucking incidents in some parts of the country," a statement from the office of the President of Malawi read, as cited by The Malawi Voice.

"The President also received reports of very disturbing instances of mob justice carried on persons suspected to be connected to the alleged blood-sucking incidents."

Comment: Reminds us of another similar story that recently caught our eye - from Uganda:

Psychopathic plague: Children are being sacrificed by witch doctors in drought-stricken Uganda



Heart - Black

Soldier admits to helping Sergeant kill his Army wife PFC McClaine

Charles Robinson, Shadow McClaine, Jamal Williams-McCray
One of the two Fort Campbell Soldiers on trial in the slaying of Private First Class (PFC) Shadow McClaine. SPC Charles Robinson pleaded guilty Thursday morning saying he was supposed to be paid $10,000 dollars by PFC Shadow McClaine's ex-husband Sergeant Jamal Williams-McCray to help him kill her and hide the body.

Army SPC Charles Robinson III faced a court-martial Thursday morning at Fort Campbell in the slaying of Private First Class (PFC) Class McClaine, who went missing around Sept. 2, 2016. Her car was found Sept. 13 in Nashville. Her skeletal remains were found off Interstate 24 in Robertson County on Jan. 23.

As the proceeding began, Army SPC Charles Robinson pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice.

Target

Columbus statues in US vandalized on Columbus Day

Statue of Christopher Columbus
© Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Chicago / Facebook
Statues of Christopher Columbus, thanks to whom Europeans discovered and colonized the Americas, were vandalized in Illinois, Rhode Island and in three cities in Connecticut on the national holiday dedicated to his memory.

The Columbus statue in Chicago's Arrigo Park was splattered with red paint, and words "mass murderer" and "decolonise" were spray-painted on the sidewalk next to the monument.

Sheriff

Governor of Puerto Rico promises 'hell to pay' for those delaying water, food deliveries

Puerto Rico emergency Hurricane Maria
© Carlos Barria / ReutersA local resident washes her hair with water from a pipe on the side of a road days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, near Ciales, Puerto Rico October 4, 2017.
Governor Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico has ordered an investigation over water and food distribution on the hurricane-battered island after complaints that the supplies were not reaching the people in some areas.

"If there is a place, a locality that is not delivering food to the people of Puerto Rico that need it, there's going to be some hell to pay," Rossello said on Monday, according to Reuters.

Rossello said the government was trying to identify problems in the distribution pipeline, looking to ensure that local leaders deliver resources to people as soon as they arrive in the municipality.

Stock Down

NFL: Now officially the least popular pro sports league in the U.S.

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While mainstream media outlets like the New York Times have continued to assert that the dip in NFL ratings that began last season is in no way connected to the controversy surrounding players kneeling during the National Anthem, yet another poll has reaffirmed what many football fans have suspected for weeks: The protests have transformed the NFL into the least popular professional sports league in America.

From the end of August to the end of September, the favorable ratings for the NFL have dropped from 57% to 44%, and it has the highest unfavorable rating - 40 percent - of any big sport, according to the Winston Group survey provided exclusively to Secrets.

Worse for football, which was already seeing lower TV ratings and empty stadium seats, the month of protests and calls from President Trump for fans to boycott the league or "walk out" of games if they see players taking a knee has apparently turned off men aged 34-54 - one of the league's most important demographics and a troubling sign that the league isn't in touch with its fans. The Winston Poll from the Washington-based Winston Group found that the attitude of those fans went from an August rating of 73 percent favorable and 19 percent unfavorable to 42 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable, a remarkable turn against the sport.

Ambulance

Two soldiers dead, 6 injured in accident at Fort Jackson

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Two soldiers died and six more were injured, two critically, in what's being called an accident at Fort Jackson, the U.S. Army's largest training installation.

The Friday afternoon incident involved a military vehicle and a troop formation, according to garrison public affairs officer Pat Jones, who said the injured soldiers were immediately evacuated to an off-post hospital.

The incident occurred in the training areas of Fort Jackson, rather than the public areas, according to public affairs officer Mike Pond.

A military vehicle struck the soldiers while they were in formation, according to The Associated Press. No details were given about the type of vehicle involved.

The cause of the accident is being investigated by Fort Jackson officials, said Jones, adding if there was criminal activity or intent to harm that will be determined by the investigation.

Star of David

What's behind American support for Israel: Religious fanaticism

religious fanaticism
© NYTimesThe Capture Rapture
A poll from Bloomberg Politics contains a finding that, if you really think about it, is quite remarkable. Almost half of all Americans want to support Israel even if its interests diverge from the interests of their own country. Only a minority of Americans (47 percent) say that their country should pursue their own interests over supporting Israel's when the two choices collide. It's the ultimate violation of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address warning that "nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded. ... The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave."
Poll Israeli vs US interests
© Bloomberg Politics Poll
It is inconceivable that a substantial portion of Americans would want to support any other foreign country even where doing so was contrary to U.S. interests. Only Israel commands anything near that level of devoted, self-sacrificing fervor on the part of Americans. So it's certainly worth asking what accounts for this bizarre aspect of American public opinion.

The answer should make everyone quite uncomfortable: it's religious fanaticism.

Comment: Reminder this poll was taken in 2015. Likely not a lot has changed, in fact, the glazed-eye policies and automatic deference to Israel has grown.


Bomb

Bomb scare: Lausanne train station evacuated

Lausanne trainstation
© Wikipedia file photoLausanne, Switzerland rail station
The central station of Lausanne, Switzerland was briefly shut down over a bomb scare, as a "suspicious package" was found at the scene, prompting disruption in train traffic. The threat turned out to be a false alarm.

The suspicious object was discovered at the Lausanne central station on Sunday afternoon, Swiss media report. "It's an abandoned suitcase," Tribune de Geneve newspaper cited Christian Bourquenoud, spokesman for the Vaudoise police, as saying.

The premises of the train station have been cordoned off by the police and bomb disposal teams arrived at the scene to check the package. All train traffic has been suspended, and an adjacent metro station was also closed.

The abandoned luggage was busted open with a water cannon by a bomb squad, which discovered nothing in it but personal belongings of a traveler who lost it. Following the operation, the cordons were lifted and railway traffic returned to normal.