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8 guards, 7 inmates hospitalized after CA super-max prison riot

Pelican Bay State Prison
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Officers opened fire on a group of inmates after a major riot broke out at a maximum security prison in California. Eight staff members and seven inmates were sent to the hospital with significant injuries

Officials are investigating the incident which resulted in 15 people being sent to hospital after violence broke out at the Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California Wednesday, according to a press release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) obtained by RT.

The incident began at 10:25am when guards tried to break up a fight between two inmates. The officers used "chemical agents and batons" to subdue the fighting inmates, Vicky Waters, press secretary for the CDCR said.

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Cop rips out window, beats driver, arrests family, for asking reason for traffic stop

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Calvin Jones was apparently kidnapped, choked unconscious, and caged in his underwear, all for wanting to know why he was pulled over in a traffic stop by Taylor police.

It all started when Jones and his wife were pulled over by a Taylor Police Department officer in April 2016. At the same time the officers' dashcam was recording, Jones' wife was also recording the incident on her cell phone.

Michigan law states a citizen is required to present identification upon request. The video shows Jones refused at first, only wanting to know what crime he was suspected of committing.

That's when the conflict escalated. The unnamed officer told Jones he was going to be arrested if he didn't present his ID.

Again, Jones asked to know what crime he was suspected of committing. Instead of explaining the reason for the stop and the subsequent reason for being arrested, the officer chose to grab the car window, break it, and drag Jones out through his window.

Jones told the ACLU he was then choked unconscious. His wife was also arrested when she refused to hand over her cell phone, choosing instead to toss the phone.

Presumably, she didn't want the police to erase her cell phone footage of the incident as TFTP has reported often occurs.

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Rocket science fail: Former SpaceX technician sues company for cutting corners

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© Joe Skipper / ReutersJustin Blasdell, a SpaceX technician from November 2010 until April 2014, is suing the company for wrongful dismissal
A former SpaceX technician alleges in a lawsuit that the company's corporate culture forces technicians to cut corners, break federal law and places both human lives and millions of dollars at risk.

Justin Blasdell, a SpaceX technician from November 2010 until April 2014, participated on marquee projects including the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.

"What we've got here is a classic whistleblower case where an honest, hard-working test technician has been spurned for doing his job diligently and making ethical recommendations that were not popular with management and followed by the unceremonious, retaliatory, wrongful termination of our client," Blasdell's legal counsel Carney Shegerian said in opening statements at the trial on Tuesday, according a press release from Shegerian.

Blasdell's legal team claims the SpaceX failed to mark and serialize parts, making it impossible for him to guarantee quality and safety of key components of the company's rockets. When he raised such concerns, he claims he was told to sign off on the documentation regardless of whether he could verify their quality.

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Honor roll student banned from graduation because of shirt

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© NBC CharlotteThe shirt Summer was wearing the day she was suspended.
The Harrisburg, N.C. high schooler was told she was in violation of the school's dress code

A senior at Hickory Ridge High School in Harrisburg, North Carolina was recently suspended for wearing a shirt that showed her collarbones.

Summer, an honor roll student with a 4.4 GPA, told NBC Charlotte that she was sitting in the cafeteria last week when the school's principal asked her to put on a jacket because her shirt went against the school's dress code. According to NBC Charlotte, Summer's shirt partially showed her shoulders and exposed her back.

Although Summer reportedly told her principal she thought her shirt was "fine" to wear at school, she complied with the principal's request and put on a jacket. Unfortunately, the principal was still not satisfied and asked Summer to change her outfit all together.

"I completely understand why a dress code is put into place but I feel like after I put on that jacket it should have been subdued," Summer told NBC Charlotte.

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Social media reveals chaos in Philippines Marawi as ISIS battle government forces

A government troop gestures to people evacuating Marawi city, southern Philippines
© Romeo Ranoco / ReutersA government troop gestures to people evacuating Marawi city, southern Philippines May 24, 2017.
Photographs and videos shared across social media platforms are revealing utter chaos in the Philippines city of Marawi as government forces and militants linked to Islamic State battle for control.

Marawi, which is colloquially known as the 'Islamic city' is the focal point of a dramatic outbreak of violence on the archipelago's southern island of Mindanao.

Heavily armed insurgents laid siege to a prison, seized hostages in a church and paraded through the streets in Marawi in a show of force.

The crisis spurred Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to invoke martial law on the entire island of Mindanao and the city was subject to a blackout Tuesday as government forces engaged with militants and snipers patrolled the streets.

Comment: After a year or two of the Philippines President dissing the West and turning towards Russia and China, "ISIS" militants launch a large scale attack on government forces....how very coincidental.


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Fox's Tucker Carlson makes ratings hay ridiculing #Russiagate hysteria

Tucker Carlson
© Fox NewsCarlson pummeling a hapless Russiagate truther last night
Russia truthers get daily shellackings on Fox's top shows

Much of the alternative media is in chicken-little mode, moaning and groaning about the special counsel development - with ominous talk of a 'soft-coup' underway, worries of impeachment, etc.

Funny, you wouldn't get that impression watching Fox's most important news slot, Tucker Carlson's 8pm news and political analysis show.

It has almost become a daily ritual, where he laughs at and ridicules the baloney coming from the 'Russiagate' conspiracy theory.

Carlson's is the biggest and most influential news show in America. His colleague Sean Hannity, who comes on at 10, is the second, and Hannity is no less scathing about the Russiagate story.

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Troops deployed, ministries evacuated after violent protesters smash Brazil govt buildings

Riot police officers clash with demonstrators in Brasilia, Brazil
© Paulo Whitaker / ReutersRiot police officers clash with demonstrators in Brasilia, Brazil, May 24, 2017
Brazilian government ministries have been evacuated amid massive protests in the country's capital, Brasilia. Demonstrators reportedly attacked and even "plundered" some ministerial buildings. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades.

Some 35,000 people have taken to the streets of Brasilia to express their discontent with the current Brazilian leadership and to demand early presidential elections, Globo reported.

Protesters are marching to the presidential palace to demand an end to austerity reforms, AFP reports, with chants of "Out with Temer!" filling the air.

Police stopped their advance by using tear gas but the protesters retaliated by throwing stones at the officers.

Pirates

Manchester mosque set on fire - possible 'retaliation' for concert bombing

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The door of an Islamic center in Oldham, outside Manchester, was set alight in an arson attack hours following the suicide bombing at the nearby Manchester Arena in which 22 people died.

"Last night at around 2am somebody has started a fire through our letterbox. The door is completely burnt down. Very soon after a member of the public was walking past and called the fire brigade. Thankfully nobody was inside at the time," Mohammad Saddiq, the imam of the Qasmia Zahidia Islamic Centre told the Daily Mail. "We have no idea why somebody would target us. We are a religious and educational center. I've been involved her for three years and never dealt with anything like this."

Police are currently examining CCTV footage from the arson site but Saddiq believes the attack may have been a response to what the government believes was a terrorist act perpetrated by UK-born Muslim man Salman Abedi, 22.


Comment: The psychos responsible for UK foreign policy must be delighted. The psychos in ISIS must be delighted. What people don't seem to realize is that ISIS and other similar groups thrive on this kind of violent, polarizing response (assuming it is what it appears to be). And they deliberately try to provoke it. People also don't seem to realize that western "deep states" also thrive on it, using heightened public outcry to justify foreign interventions. The solution? Don't fall for either side. A united front of Muslims and non-Muslims against jihadism and western "democracy-promotion" is possible. Both sides just need to get over themselves in order to see it.

See also: Crowds flee Ariana Grande concert in Manchester following reports of explosion; at least 22 killed and 59 injured - UPDATES


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Duma approves unified blacklist of persons who commit or are connected with corruption crimes

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© Valeriy Melnikov / SputnikAwaiting trial, former Governor of Kirov Region, Nikita Belykh seen in custody at Moscow's Basmanny Court for accepting a bribe.
Russia's Lower House has approved a bill that would create a nationwide registry containing the names of civil servants who were fired due to "loss of trust" connected with corruption. The bill passed its second reading without discussion, with 415 of 450 Lower House MPs supporting it and no one voting against it, RBC's news site reported on Wednesday.

The bill was prepared and drafted by the Russian Labor Ministry in early 2015 and received approval from the government in August of 2016. The current version would require Russian state agencies to create and maintain a nationwide list of officials fired over corruption scandals or crimes, presumably making it more difficult for them to get a new job. The new rules would apply to civil servants at the federal and municipal levels, military personnel, law enforcement agents, state corporations, and other state organizations, such as the Central Bank.

The main purpose of the list is to prevent anyone fired for corruption from ever taking an official post or place in a government agency or corporation.

Comment: Dishonor and Disincentives: A universal blacklist approach to decreasing 'repeat' and 'criminally upgrading' offenders.


USA

Poll finds two-thirds of American voters believe mainstream media publishes fake news

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A majority of US voters across the ideological spectrum believe the traditional news media reports a lot of fake news, according to a poll by Harvard University and Harris Polling on Wednesday.

"Sixty-five percent of voters believe there is a lot of fake news in the mainstream media," a news report explaining the poll revealed. "That number includes 80 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 53 percent of Democrats."

The Hill, which had exclusive access to the poll, reported that many conservatives believe media outlets have loosened reporting standards on President Donald Trump to include material from anonymous sources that would not be reported about a more traditional Republican or Democratic presidential administration,