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Putin proposes free land gifts in Russian Far East to foreign citizens with Russian ancestors


RT
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:55 UTC
land granted khabarovsk territory
© Igor Onuchin / SputnikThe land granted as a Far Eastern hectare in the Khabarovsk Territory.
The Russian president has proposed expanding a state program of free land handover to foreign citizens with ancestors born on Russian territory, noting that successful candidates should have a desire to work and create strong families.

"It is necessary to expand the opportunities presented by this program to our compatriots who arrive in the Far East from foreign countries," Vladimir Putin said as he opened the session of the State Council Presidium in Vladivostok on Wednesday.

"Compatriots living abroad" is an expression used by the Russian mass media to describe people of Russian culture and - usually - ethnicity, many of whom stayed in the ex-Soviet republics after the USSR collapsed in 1992. Russian law allows for a simplified naturalization and some other benefits for this group of people, which includes descendants of those born within the present-day borders of Russia.
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Splintering society: Violent political confrontations on the rise in California


CBS Los Angeles
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:42 UTC
white male attacked anti-Trump protesters
© Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
A new study finds that protests in California are getting more violent.

Professor Brian Levin says that their research shows that along with a rise in hate crimes in California that is double what is being seen in the rest of country, that violent political confrontations are also increasing.

The director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino told the joint session of the state legislature last week that violent political confrontations are rising in California by nearly double.

"We are seeing more of these mega rallies of white nationalists in the last two years than in the previous ten to twenty nationally," Levin says.

There were about 13 hostile gatherings in all of 2016. So far this year we've had 15. Many centered in Orange County.
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Nuke

Two Florida nuclear power plants are directly in the path of Hurricane Irma

Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:00 UTC
turkey point reactor shutdown
Hurricane Irma is more powerful than all of the other major Atlantic storms this year combined, and it has an eye as large as the entire Detroit metro area. It is being reported that "upwards of 90%" of Barbuda has already been destroyed by the storm, and it is being projected that some areas of Puerto Rico could be without power "for between four and six months". You may want to view these photos and these videos to get a better idea of the immense destructiveness of this very powerful storm. The latest forecasts have Hurricane Irma making landfall in Florida, but so far the two nuclear power plants in Florida that would be directly in the path of the storm have not even started the process of shutting down...
In anticipation of powerful Hurricane Irma, which projections on Wednesday showed headed straight for South Florida, Florida Power & Light's two nuclear plants were finalizing staffing plans and cleaning up the grounds. But neither Turkey Point nor the St. Lucie plant further up the coast had made the call yet to shutting down the plants.

Peter Robbins, spokesman for FPL, said shutting down a reactor is a gradual process, and the decision will be made "well in advance" of the storm making landfall.
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Pistol

Body cam released of cop shooting reporter holding camera

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:24 UTC
Clark County Sheriff's deputy shoots Andy Grimm
While setting up his camera to cover the news, a Clark County Sheriff's deputy opened fire on Andy Grimm-a local newspaper reporter-after he mistook the man's camera for a gun. On Wednesday, body camera footage of the shooting was released.

The video confirms Grimm's description, showing the cop exit his cruiser and fire two shots with no warning-over a camera and a tripod.

"I thought that was a freaking gun Andy," Clark County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Shaw said as Grimm screams in agony.

As Grimm bleeds out, Shaw realized the severity of what he had done and calls for an ambulance while applying pressure to the wound.

"I love you. I'm sorry brother," he said.
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Eye 1

The slow, poisonous creep of government intrusion into daily life

Jon Caldara
The Denver Post
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:12 UTC
TSA airport check
© Denver Post FilePassengers use the TSA Pre-Check line at Denver International Airport on May 20, 2016.
You know how in a good spy movie the spy has spent years building up a tolerance to some deadly poison, so when he poisons all the drinks, his victims die, but he doesn't? Well, using that as mental model ...

It finally happened. The TSA Pre-Check line at Denver International Airport was longer than the regular TSA line when I was there the other day. This is a small but landmark moment for the Orwellian state.

The TSA is a tiny example of the creeping government poison to which we build a tolerance. It gets a little more invasive by degrees, from using cameras that see us naked through our clothes to a physical pat-down that's usually saved for a third date. We don't even notice it anymore, much less complain.

To get out of the slow TSA line and into the "faster" Pre-Check line we write a check to the feds, get fingerprinted like criminals, and forfeit the privacy of all our travel itineraries to the state. No need for them to subpoena the airlines to find out where we've been or where we're going. We give it to them freely, just so we can get out of a damn line they created in the first place. If this isn't evil genius, nothing is.

Government intrusion creeps so slowly, and our lives are so busy, we rarely notice it. When we do notice it, we simply haven't the time or energy to do more than sigh, or grunt, or chuckle at the absurdity.

Comment: Where will the tipping point be? When will the ordinary citizen have had enough?

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Deplorable! UK police issuing warnings rather than arrests over child sex-abuse, rape and other sexual offences

Virginia Hale
Breitbart
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:50 UTC
Child upset
© Bob Thomas/ Getty Images
Campaigners and politicians have expressed concern over the revelation that Hampshire Police handed more than 100 cautions for rape and other serious sexual offences in the past five years.

Crimes including sex with children under the age of 18 and incest were met by the force with police cautions - formal warnings that serve as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases - according to an investigation by the Hampshire Chronicle.

Since 2014, Hampshire constabulary have cautioned four people for rape, and another six for serious sexual assaults including five counts which were carried out on children under the age of 16.
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German politician storms out of live TV debate


RT
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:22 UTC
Alice Weidel Alternative for Germany
© Global Look PressAlice Weidel of the Alternative for Germany party (AFD).
German politician Alice Weidel walked out on a live televised debate on Tuesday following remarks that she should distance herself from far-right figures in her party.

Weidel, from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, exited the debate airing on public broadcaster ZDF live on air. The candidate in this month's election could be seen gathering her papers and walking away as the audience applauded the remarks from Andreas Scheuer, a member of Merkel's conservative bloc.

Around 40 minutes into the debate Scheuer asked Weidel if she would distance herself from statements made by another of her party's candidates, Alexander Gauland, who described fellow party member, Bjoern Hoecke, as "the soul of the AfD."


Comment: Weidel had already called for Hoecke's expulsion from the party.


Comment: Also see: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

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Book 2

Killary's pastor has own book pulled due to extensive plagiarism

Julie Zauzmer
The Washington Post
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:12 UTC
clinton pastor plagerism
© John Minchillo/Associated PressThe Rev. Bill Shillady.
Hillary Clinton said that the email her spiritual adviser, the Rev. Bill Shillady, sent her on the morning after she lost the 2016 presidential election helped her heal from her devastating defeat.

It wasn't until months later, when Shillady published that email in a book, that it came to light that he had plagiarized the words that so moved the candidate.

Now, less than a month after the book's publication, the publishing house that printed it says it is pulling the book off the shelves because it's riddled with plagiarism.

"Abingdon Press initiated an extensive review of the book and was alarmed to discover other content unattributed by the author. Abingdon Press has zero tolerance for plagiarism," the Rev. Brian K. Milford, the president of the publishing company, said in a statement. "Consequently, we have discontinued sales, will remove existing copies from all sales outlets, and will have them destroyed along with our existing inventory."
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Arrow Down

Video promoting lamb 'enrages' Hindu community in Australia

Dan Murphy
Cattle Network
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:45 UTC
Lord Ganesha
© Courtesy of Meat and Livestock Australia
At its core, every major religion offers a theology that purports to humanity's better nature: Love for one's brethren, prayers of gratitude to a Higher Power and a set of commandments that "encourage" a life governed by moral principles and guided by behavioral norms handed down from on high.

Unfortunately, the love and devotion true believers are required to offer to their Creator/Deity/Supreme Being are rarely translated into respect for others here on Earth.

Especially when those others embrace the "wrong" religion.

Worst of all, the most devout adherents seem to be missing the humor gene. To true believers, there's nothing funny about poking fun at anything related to their theology, which is supposed to provide the blueprint for spiritual enlightenment that makes one immune to petty grievances.

Case in point: A new video promoting Australian lamb, a two-minute clip that features (among other gods) the Hindu deity Ganesha, has "enraged members of the Hindu community in Australia and elsewhere," according to reporting on the independent news website SBS.com. Calls have already begun to have the campaign immediately terminated.
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Smoking

Ireland university announces plans for smoke-free campus, others expected to follow suit

Amy Malloy
The Irish Independent
Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:55 UTC
University of Limmerick
© Irish Independent/stock photo
The University of Limerick has announced its plans for a smoke-free campus - and the news has left some students fuming.

UL president Dr Desmond Fitzgerald said the smoke ban will also include the implementation of vape-free zones.

The smoke-free areas will be all around the campus within the coming months, with some expected to be introduced next month.

Under the policy, 'smoking' includes the use of electronic cigarettes, electronic cigars, electronic pipes or other such electronic nicotine delivery systems intended to simulate smoking.

The students' union said it has "little control over the rollout of the initiative."
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