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Study: 41% of US adults are burdened by online harassment


RT
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:32 UTC
on line harassment
© Getty
Online harassment is all too common in the US, according to a new poll that finds over 40 percent of adults claim to have been targeted. Even more people confirm having witnessed others being harassed.

Forty-one percent of US adults concede that they have experienced harassment online, while 66 percent claim that they have seen others being badgered. Offensive name-calling is cited as the most common way people experience these hurtful situations, according to a study released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.

Men are more likely than women to be harassed while online. The final tally for the comparison is 44 percent to 37 percent, in favor of men. However, women are more likely to get unwanted sexual advances on the internet. Fifty-three percent of women say they have received an explicit photo on the internet that they did not request, the study showed.

Comment: See: No kidding: Internet trolls and politicians share traits in common with psychopaths

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Bomb

Roadside bomb devastates Venezuela's National Guard during anti-govt protests


RT
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:32 UTC
Caracas Venezuela National Guard protests
© Carlos Becerra / AFPMembers of the National Guard are caught up in a blast during protests in Caracas on July 10, 2017.
A powerful roadside bomb went off during massive anti-government protests in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, leaving seven members of the National Guard injured.

Footage taken at the scene shows a powerful explosion hitting a convoy of National Guard officers riding motorcycles.

Seven officers were injured in the blast, commander-in-chief of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) Major General Sergio Rivero Marcano confirmed to the Venezuelan media, adding that five of them suffered third-degree burns while two others received second-degree burns.
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Brick Wall

Luxury apocalypse-safe bunkers for sale: Good for protection against natural disasters and nuclear attack, only a few million bucks

Yarra Elmasry
The Independent
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:52 UTC
luxury bunkers
The luxury apartments were originally missile silos
The luxury apartments were originally missile silos

The super-rich and ultra-paranoid are preparing for the breakup of civilisation by purchasing of apocalypse-safe bunkers worth millions of pounds.

The 15-storey underground luxury compounds are said by the sellers to be able to withstand everything from extreme weather like tornadoes, to a full blown nuclear attack.

Located in the US state of Kansas, the hardened structures were originally missile silos, built by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

But in 2008 Larry Hall bought the decommissioned site and has subsequently spent $20m (£15.5m) converting it into luxury apartments.

His company, Survival Condo, is now selling them for prices ranging from $1.5m (£1.2m) to $4m (£3.1m). Buyers can purchase a half-floor or full-floor unit.
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Members of online 'pedophile hunters' told to join police force


RT
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:25 UTC
Swing set
© Rolf Kremming / Global Look Press
Members of vigilante 'pedophile hunter' groups could be made special constables to help officers in their online search for child sex groomers, a police and crime commissioner has suggested.

Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent Jeff Cuthbert told BBC Wales that the groups, which track down and confront groomers then post the video on social media, were "intent on playing what they see as their part," and saying they had secured many convictions.

"What we don't know is how many potential perpetrators have got away with it because it's not been done properly, or walked away because it's not stood up in court, so it's a question of balance," he said.

"I would encourage members of these groups to become special constables or police volunteers so as to mediate that risk and to ensure that they have the right training and skills."

"We need to find a way to ensure that this type of activity is carried out as safely as possible, with appropriate focus on minimizing the risks to the volunteers and the subjects of their activity, while maximizing the chance of getting a conviction," he added.

"Working within the policing framework, with their assistance and support is the best way forward."

Comment: See also: Modern day slavery: Police Chief warns that London is a hotspot for human trafficking

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Fire

As Arizona burns, state plans to help firefighting ex-cons turn into professional firefighters

Craig Bannister
CNS News
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:03 UTC
arizona wildfires
Arizona is letting inmates out of prison to fight fires, and now it wants to help them turn that experience into a career.

After successfully using work-release inmates to fight fires, Arizona will now spend $1.5 million to create a professional ex-con fire crew, Gov. Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.) has announced. "I want it to be easier for individuals released from prison to stand up and protect their communities," Gov Ducey says in a July 7 opinion piece for Tucson.com:

"That's why the new state budget I signed a few weeks ago is investing $1.5 million to create a post-release fire crew. (The existing program enlists current inmates; the new program enlists released inmates.) We're giving Arizonans a real second chance to turn their lives around in a meaningful and productive way."
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Whistle

Thinking he's a suspect, UK cops taser their own race relations advisor


RT
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:46 UTC
taser
© Carl De Souza / AFP
A police officer has been charged for allegedly tasering her force's own race relations advisor after she reportedly mistook him for a criminal suspect.

PC Claire Boddie has been charged with assault for allegedly tasering Avon and Somerset Police's race relations advisor, Judah Adunbi, during an incident in January.

Adunbi, a 63-year-old grandfather, was initially arrested for assaulting a police officer, but the case was dropped within days.

Boddie and her partner were searching for a suspect when they encountered Adunbi.

After an altercation, Boddie used the 50,000 volt electroshock weapon she had been issued to subdue him from close range.
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USA

Less work, more video games: The state of young men in America

Michael Snyder
Economic Collapse Blog
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:35 UTC
video game
If you could stay home and play video games all day, would you do it? According to a brand new report that was released by the National Bureau of Economic Research on Monday, American men from the ages of 21 to 30 are working a lot less these days. In fact, on average men in this age group worked 203 fewer hours per year in 2015 than they did in 2000. So what did they do with all of that extra time? According to the study, a large portion of the time that young men used to spend working is now being spent playing video games.

It is certainly no secret that young men like video games. But the study found that in recent years the amount of time young men dedicate to gaming has shot up dramatically...
Comparing data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) for recent years (2012-2015) to eight years prior (2004-2007), we see that: (a) the drop in market hours for young men was mirrored by a roughly equivalent increase in leisure hours, and (b) increased time spent in gaming and computer leisure for younger men, 99 hours per year, comprises three quarters of that increase in leisure. Younger men increased their recreational computer use and video gaming by nearly 50 percent over this short period. Non-employed young men now average 520 hours a year in recreational computer time, sixty percent of that spent playing video games. This exceeds their time spent on home production or non-computer related socializing with friends.
Those are some absolutely staggering numbers.

But how can these young men get away with spending so much time playing video games? After all, don't they have bills to pay?
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Ambulance

Yemen reports sharp increase of cancer-related deaths and birth defects caused by British-made cluster bombs

Al Mayadeen - translated by Samer Hussein
Fort Russ News
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:23 UTC
Saudi bombing in Yemen
Alia Faisal Abdullatif Al Shaba, Yemeni Human Rights Minister and a member of the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council cabinet, confirmed the increased number of cancer-related deaths and birth defects, resulting from the British-made cluster bombs, that are being dropped by the Saudi aviation on the Middle East's most impoverished country.

During a meeting with the High Commissioner for Human Rights Office in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa, Laith Al Amud, she expressed her condemnation of the ruling of the British High Court to continue allowing the export of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. The two also discussed the humanitarian situation in the country.

Comment: Good grief! Yemen's population is severely suffering: Yemen's cholera outbreak 'spiraling out of control' amid Saudi war

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Life Preserver

Unprecedented: State of Oregon plans to decriminalize all drugs, including heroin and methamphetamine

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 09 Jul 2017 00:00 UTC
war on drugs
In an unprecedented move, Oregon is on its way to becoming the first state to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and ecstasy, while also lowering the penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor in some drug-related cases.

Two groundbreaking bills were passed by the Oregon legislature this week, and will go to the state's Democratic governor, Kate Brown, for approval. House Bill 3078 reduces drug-related property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. It passed in the state House with a vote of 33-26, and in the Senate with a vote of 18-11.

House Bill 2355 seeks to decriminalize at least six hard drugs, as long as the user does not have any prior felonies or more than two prior drug convictions. It passed in the state House with a vote of 36-23, and in the Senate with a vote of 20-9.

Comment: It's well past time to try a new tactic as the War on Drugs has been a complete failure having only served to enrich the prison-industrial complex while destroying the lives of millions.

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Question

Woman bites into fellow diner's arm at New York steakhouse

Jaclyn Weiner
New York Post
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:17 UTC
Peter Luger steakhouse
© Bryan Pace/NY Daily NewsThe chomping perp gnawed on the victim's right forearm at the prominent Williamsburg restaurant on Broadway near Driggs Ave.
What, the steak wasn't good enough?

A woman eating lunch at Peter Luger Steakhouse in Brooklyn took a bite out of another diner's arm Sunday, cops said.

The incident unfolded around 4:10 p.m. inside the South Williamsburg staple as stunned patrons were chowing down on its succulent cuts and famous sauce, according to police.
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