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Riots erupt in Tel Aviv after Arab man killed by police

Tel Aviv
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Arab residents of the Jaffa district of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv are rioting following the death of an Arab man who was killed by the police on Friday night, the police said in a statement on Saturday.

Dozens of protesters burned tires, trash bins, clashed with the police, broke windows of a patrol car and marched through a central street of Jaffa, which is popular with the tourists.

"A group of young people clashed with the police forces, throwing stones at them... Three people suspected of participating in the riots were detained," the statement read.

Roses

In Afghanistan, Russians are now remembered with much affection

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This is not what you are supposed to be reading. All remembrances of the "Soviet Era" in Afghanistan has been boxed and then labeled as "negative", even "toxic". No discussion on the topic is allowed in 'polite circles', at least in the West and in Afghanistan itself.

Afghanistan is where the Soviet Union was tricked into, and Afghanistan is where the Communist superpower received its final blow. 'The victory of capitalism over communism', the official Western narrative shouted. A 'temporary destruction of all progressive alternatives for our humanity', replied others, but mostly under their breath.

After the horrific, brutal and humiliating period of Gorbachev/Yeltsin, Russia shrunk both geographically and demographically, while going through indescribable agony. It hemorrhaged; it was bathing in its own excrement, while the West celebrated its temporary victory, dancing in front of the world map, envisioning the re-conquest of its former colonies.

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CBO: 15 million would opt out of Obamacare if allowed; Republicans to put forward 'skinny repeal'

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By next year, 15 million people would opt out of the Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, if one of its key provisions - individual mandate - were repealed today, shows an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office.

Getting rid of Obamacare's individual mandate, which imposes financial penalties on people who don't buy insurance, would leave 15 million uninsured, according to the CBO.

The congressional body tasked with estimating the budget impact of proposed bills said by 2026 the number of uninsured as a result of repealing the individual mandate would be 16 million people.


Comment: Suggestion: Stay Healthy!


Attention

Small nation's big Victory: al-Nusra terrorists driven out of Lebanon

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Fierce fighting has ended in the Aarsal Barrens on the Lebanese-Syrian border and al-Nusra Front has been forced to leave - Sputnik tells the story from the frontline.

I can no longer hear any bullets whizzing. Fierce fighting has ended in the Aarsal Barrens on the Lebanese-Syrian border. The al-Nusra Front (a terrorist organization banned in many countries) has been forced to leave. Hezbollah fighters are preparing firing positions and observation points in the newly liberated territory. A field hospital has been established in a cherry garden behind the lines. A few groups of militants have been surrounded and are trying to talk their way out.

Lebanese resistance fighters have brought me to the frontline, where I can see caves that were turned into prison cells, dugouts, and a place in the gorge where Nusra militants made car bombs. Mine clearing is in full swing at the infrastructure facilities.

Chart Pie

Kid Rock shock: Huge lead in Michigan GOP Senate Primary poll

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Popular musician Kid Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, has been flirting with a Senate run in Michigan and a poll out Friday shows him far ahead in the Republican primary and within the margin of error in the general election.

Ritchie has yet to decide whether to run for office, and released a statement on Wednesday about all the speculation in which he announced he is starting a non-profit group to encourage voter registration.

"One thing is for sure though...The democrats are 'shattin' in their pantaloons' right now...and rightfully so!," Richie said in the statement. "We will be scheduling a press conference in the next 6 weeks or so to address this issue amongst others, and if I decide to throw my hat in the ring for US Senate, believe me... it's game on mthrfkers."

The poll released by Trafalgar Group shows that indeed it will be "game on" if Ritchie runs. The musician leads among potential Republican candidates with 49.62 percent. In second is "undecided" with 28.10 percent.

In a general election match-up, Democratic incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow leads with 43.37 percent and Ritchie is at 41.17 percent. However, when including voters who are leaning towards either candidate, Ritchie leads with 48.6 percent and Stabenow is at 46.09 percent.

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Press freedom: Israel raids Ramallah media complex, including RT, France24, Al-Quds

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Israeli servicemen on Saturday morning raided PalMedia complex headquarters in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, where the offices of several media outlets, including RT, are situated, the broadcaster said.

According to RT, no one of the company's staff members was injured during the raid.

The broadcaster added that such news outlets as Al-Mayadeen, France24 and Al-Manar, as well as the Al-Quds TV channel also had offices in the PalMedia complex.

The RT broadcaster added that the soldiers searched the office of Al-Quds during the raid.

This is not the first time, when Israeli servicemen raided the building with RT office as the similar incident took place in Ramallah in June 2014.


Comment: Just remember, Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Repeat this to yourself everyday, lest you be convinced otherwise.

RT adds some details to the raid:
Witnesses told the Ma'an News Agency that 10 Israeli army vehicles had surrounded the building before carrying out the search.

Several doors and editing rooms were damaged while some computers and other property were taken away.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that Israeli forces had "seized media equipment and documents used for incitement" from a media office in Ramallah, though did not say which agency they were specifically targeting.

The satellite channel Al-Quds said the search was directed at them.

The Palestinian Union of Journalists condemned the raid, which it said had led to "the destruction of property and the theft of equipment, computers and archival materials belonging to the satellite channel Al-Quds," adding, that it was "an obvious attempt to drown out the voice of the Palestinians and make the Palestinian narrative invisible."

The Palestinian Ministry of Information also released a statement denouncing the raid, saying, that targeting the media "proves Israel's intentions to prevent the guardians of truth from continuing their media, national, and ethical role of transferring the message of our people's desired freedom."



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Iowa foster parents finally arrested after 68 accusations of child abuse over past ten years

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Police were reportedly called to a house in Ankeny, Iowa, 68 times over the past 10 years to investigate allegations that a couple was abusing their adopted children with disabilities before making an arrest.

John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested Thursday on felony charges of child endangerment causing bodily injury, according to the Des Moines Register.

The couple were arrested after their 21-year-old adopted daughter, Krystal Bell, gave the Ankeny Police Department videos she secretly filmed for more than a year, documenting the extent of the abuse at the Bell house.

"I actually feel happy. I feel relieved a little bit, but then at the same time I feel like we haven't had enough justice yet. They should have a lot more coming to them than what they have right now," Krystal said, according to WHO.

One of the videos reportedly shows John repeatedly hitting his 16-year-old autistic son.

Comment: The sad truth is that many of the foster homes children are placed into are often worse than the ones from which they were removed. Child Protective Services is not an advocate for children but is a sinister organization that routinely kidnaps children where they are put into the care of those who emotionally and sexually abuse them; some are even 'lost' within the system into a human trafficking nightmare. See:


People

Study shows Clinton lost because PA, WI, and MI have high casualty rates and saw her as pro-war - UPDATE

Hillary Clinton
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Last fall I winced whenever Hillary Clinton or her surrogates promised regime change in Syria. Don't these people get it? Americans don't want to be waging more wars in the Middle East.

Now an important new study has come out showing that Clinton paid for this arrogance: professors argue that Clinton lost the battleground states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan in last year's presidential election because they had some of the highest casualty rates during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and voters there saw Clinton as the pro-war candidate.

By contrast, her pro-war positions did not hurt her in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California, the study says; because those states were relatively unscathed by the Middle East wars.

Comment: The following is the Abstract from the study mentioned 'Battlefield Casualties and Ballot Box Defeat: Did the Bush-Obama Wars Cost Clinton the White House?'. Obviously Hillary is as insensitive as she is stupid for having ignored and dismissed a whole segment of the voting public.
America has been at war continuously for over 15 years, but few Americans seem to notice. This is because the vast majority of citizens have no direct connection to those soldiers fighting, dying, and returning wounded from combat. Increasingly, a divide is emerging between communities whose young people are dying to defend the country, and those communities whose young people are not. In this paper we empirically explore whether this divide-the casualty gap-contributed to Donald Trump's surprise victory in November 2016. The data analysis presented in this working paper finds that indeed, in the 2016 election Trump was speaking to this forgotten part of America. Even controlling in a statistical model for many other alternative explanations, we find that there is a significant and meaningful relationship between a community's rate of military sacrifice and its support for Trump. Our statistical model suggests that if three states key to Trump's victory - Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin - had suffered even a modestly lower casualty rate, all three could have flipped from red to blue and sent Hillary Clinton to the White House. There are many implications of our findings, but none as important as what this means for Trump's foreign policy. If Trump wants to win again in 2020, his electoral fate may well rest on the administration's approach to the human costs of war. Trump should remain highly sensitive to American combat casualties, lest he become yet another politician who overlooks the invisible inequality of military sacrifice. More broadly, the findings suggest that politicians from both parties would do well to more directly recognize and address the needs of those communities whose young women and men are making the ultimate sacrifice for the country.



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Public acceptance of polygamy at 14-year high in U.S.

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Despite being outlawed and widely denounced as immoral, the practice of polygamy is seeing a resurgence of American acceptance, according to a new poll.

American attitudes toward polygamy may be shifting, as 17 percent of people say they accept the practice, the highest rate in 14 years.

That figure is up 3 percent from a poll conducted in 2016 and the practice is also at its highest acceptance rate since 2003.

These findings come from a Gallup values and belief poll which, conducted May 3-7. The practice of having multiple spouses has grown in acceptance over a period of 15 years, according to Gallup.

The last five years have shown that the percentage of Americans who think polygamy is morally acceptable increased from a little more than one in 10 in 2012 to nearly 20 percent this year.

Comment: Tangentially related, watch the following video:

This guy could've gone further. "What if I identify as a 6'5'' polygamist Chinese pedophile?" "Well, it's not my place to judge. If that's who you want to identify as, good for you!" Anything goes: the logical result of postmodernism.


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Three people arrested on suspicion of arson following wildfires in southeastern France

french riviera fires july 2017
© GettyEvacuated people take refuge on the beach and look at a fire burning the forest in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France
Two teenagers are in custody on suspicion of arson following wildfires in southeast France.

The boys, both aged 16, are accused of starting a single blaze in the village of Carro on the French Riviera.

Officials say this particular fire devastated 150 hectares (370 acres) of land.

Comment: Ecological catastrophe: Thousands forced to evacuate as massive wildfires rage across French Riviera and Corsica