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WATCH: Two eye witnesses, including pilot, refute official story of Florida airport shooting

Baran Hines
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:33 UTC
Ft Lauderdale airport shooting
© Lynne Sladky/APPeople stand on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a shooter opened fire inside the terminal, killing several people and wounding others before being taken into custody.
In the week following the January 6 shooting at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport, the reports of two witnesses describing multiple shooters have been widely shared across the internet. Their first-person accounts conflict with the events reported by law enforcement officials, who say a single suspect opened fire in a terminal baggage claim area, killing 5 people and injuring 6.

The "lone" shooter has been identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, an Army veteran who is reported to have mental issues. He was arrested without injury by police at the scene and is being held pending possible federal charges. It is claimed he flew from Anchorage to Fort Lauderdale on a one-way ticket, retrieved his handgun from baggage and began firing randomly at people after loading the gun in a bathroom.

Santiago had been recently sent to a hospital in November for a mental evaluation after he walked into an Alaska FBI field office and said the federal government was controlling his mind. He claimed C.I.A. agents were forcing him to watch Islamic State propaganda videos.


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Russians show respect for Donald Trump, propose to name street after him

Sergey Gladysh
The Duran
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:14 UTC
Ryazan Russia
Ryazan, Russia
Several hundred Russians have already signed a petition proposing to name a street in the City of Ryazan after America's incoming 45th president. In the petition Donald Trump is described as a "friend of Russia" and a man who "defends traditional values".

One of the petition organizers, Sergey Bizyukin, has called it a sign of goodwill, which demonstrates the desire of ordinary Russian people for friendly and sustainable relations between Russia and the United States.
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V

Member of Anonymous deconstructs ODNI report on 'Russia hackers'; says, 'It's not how hacking works'


RT
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:12 UTC
Anonymous hacker member
© Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
A member of the hacktivist network Anonymous has debunked the assertion that US intelligence report on Russia's alleged hacking of the DNC proves a particular party's guilt, explaining that such claims show a lack of understanding of how hackers operate.

"The ODNI [Office of the Director of National Intelligence] report wants you to believe that Russian hackers hacked the DNC [Democratic National Committee] based on the evidence that the attacks looked identical to methods used by the same Russian hacking team. But this is not how hacking works in the slightest," video journalist and Anonymous activist Alex Poucher told RT.

"Hackers can either code their own tools to use, or download pre-compiled scripts that are readily available on any exploit database. If two teams download the same exploits and use them, then the attacks will appear to be the same, identical even," Poucher, who has a degree in IT Security, said.

He went on to explain that while a person is actually in America, he or she can log into a VPN (Virtual Private Network) located in Russia and launch attacks from America.

"When this attack is investigated, it will appear that it originated from Russia," he said.

Saying that the report "does not state conclusively anything," it also demonstrates that the US intelligence officials "are still not really sure who hacked the DNC," Poucher said.

Guccifer 2.0, the entity believed to have originally distributed the leaked materials from the Democratic Party, and claimed to have some ties to Russia, "is a deeply suspicious figure," the Anonymous activist said.

"At the end of the day, an insurmountable heap of circumstantial evidence is all this report is, without any proof to back up any of the claims whatsoever, except hearsay," he told RT.

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Heart - Black

Russian hospital probed after woman in plaster cast forced to crawl stairs for X-ray (VIDEO)


RT я знаю / YouTube
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:57 UTC
woman in leg cast climbs stairs
© я знаю / YouTube
Authorities in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan have launched a probe into a hospital after a video has emerged online showing one of the patients with a broken leg crawling down the stairs after having her leg X-rayed.

The republic's prosecutor's office said that the hospital, located in the city of Ufa, should have redirected Tatiana Melenchuk to another medical facility right at the reception desk. However, for some reason, it had not done so, which allegedly forced her to crawl up 28 stairs to the second floor to have her leg X-rayed before returning back in the same humiliating manner.

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Bullseye

Philippines to offer free contraceptives to 6 million women


Sputnik
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:14 UTC
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
© REUTERS/ Kim Kyung-HoonPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte
Of the six million identified, said Philippine economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia, two million are beneath the poverty line. Those two million will be the first to receive free coverage by 2018, with the others to soon follow.

Pernia claimed that 11 Filipinos die every day as a result of complications from pregnancy. He hoped that extended access to contraceptives will lower this number, as well as the rate of teen pregnancy in the country. The Philippine Statistics authority reports that 10 percent of Filipino women aged 15-19 are either pregnant or have already given birth. It is the only Asia-Pacific country where the teen pregnancy rate has increased since the 1990s.

The act also directs government agencies to identify women and couples with "unmet family planning needs." The move is part of an initiative to reduce poverty in the Philippines. A reported 21.6 percent of the population was under the poverty line in 2015, and Duterte's stated goal is to get the number down to 13-14 percent by the end of his term in 2022.

The UN Population Fund released a study in 2016 noting that high teen-pregnancy rates and elevated levels of youth unemployment combined with an overall drop in birth rates were responsible for slower-than-expected economic growth and widespread poverty in the Philippines.
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Fire

Symbolic reality: Fire breaks out at Watergate complex in Washington


RT
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:40 UTC
The Watergate complex
© wikipedia.orgThe Watergate complex
A fire has broken out at one of the condominiums in Washington, DC's iconic Watergate complex, made famous by the 1970s scandal that forced President Richard Nixon to resign from office.

The blaze was reported as Washington was captivated in the throes of another political scandal, as President-elect Donald Trump blasted BuzzFeed and CNN over a "fake news"report alleging he had engaged in sexual perversions while visiting Russia.


According to the DC Fire Department, the fire broke out inside a vacant apartment on the 13th floor.


Located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of the US capital, Watergate is made up of five distinct-looking buildings overlooking the Potomac River and Rock Creek.


In 1972 the Democratic National Committee had its offices on the 6th floor of the Watergate Hotel and Office Building. Operatives from Nixon's re-election campaign broke into the DNC offices, and Nixon attempted to cover it up. Information about the break-in and the cover-up was leaked to the press by the anonymous source known only as "Deep Throat."

Comment: As the above commenter noted, the universe has a sense of humor. Washington is currently going through a political crisis every bit as intense as the Watergate scandal, if not more so.

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Blowback: Police homicides and public backlash making many cops reluctant to carry out their duties

Nina Agrawal
Los Angeles Times
Wed, 11 Jan 2017 19:26 UTC
Disarm police
© Huffington Post
Police officers in the U.S. think their job has gotten harder of late, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.

The public outcry over high-profile police shootings of black Americans, coupled with a recent uptick in fatal shootings of police, has left the majority of officers feeling more concerned for their personal safety and more reluctant to carry out some of their duties, according to the report, titled "Behind the Badge."

"The fact that these incidents have brought so much attention to their job has actually made it harder to execute in certain circumstances," said Kim Parker, director of social trends research at Pew and a lead author on the report, which drew its conclusions from a survey of a nationally representative sample of 8,000 policemen and women.

Comment: If 'making their jobs' harder means police are being forced to consider the ramifications of their actions and show some restraint thus scaling back the cycle of violence, Americans will breath a collective sigh of relief.

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Bizarro Earth

Unhinged tweeters call for a 'purge' on Trump's inauguration day

Piper McGowin
The Daily Sheeple
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:16 UTC
the purge
© Universal Pictures
In case you haven't seen the film The Purge, here's a nice little summary of the plot via Wikipedia:
In 2014, the New Founding Fathers of America, a far right political party inspired by the Founding Fathers of the United States, are voted into office following an economic collapse and pass the 28th Amendment which sanctions an annual national civic tradition called "The Purge", the first of which takes place in 2017. The Purge occurs for 12 hours, from 7 p.m. March 21 to 7 a.m. March 22, during which all crime is legal and all police, fire, and medical emergency services remain unavailable. Restrictions prohibit government officials "ranking 10" from being disturbed, as well as the use of all weapons above Class 4 (explosive devices such as grenades, rocket launchers, and bazookas). Violation of Purge rules results in a summary execution by hanging. The Purge has resulted in unemployment rates plummeting to 1%, low crime, and a strong economy.
Considering the current state of our country under the likes of eight years of George W. Bush (see something say something, torture, war) and eight more years of Obama (economic collapse, more torture, more war, extrajudicial drone killings, and an orchestrated race war agenda), can you imagine what this kind of scenario would look like if it were to happen right here right now in real life?
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Red Flag

Universal basic income equals modern-day feudalism

Daisy Luther
daisyluther.com
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:56 UTC
feudalism
© brainpop
What does the future hold for average people?

Feudalism.

And they'll welcome it with open arms, convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty. The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly.

Here's what I mean.

Have you ever been around people who say things like,
"I can't afford it, but I deserve it..."

"Having [fill in the blank with a material object] is a basic right..."

"Losing that right is okay with me because it's for the greater good."
But the thing is, what we "deserve" is the right to pursue our dreams freely.
  • We deserve what we earn.
  • We deserve to be secure in our life, liberty, and property.
  • We deserve the freedom to go about our lives and decisions as long as we aren't harming the life, liberty, and property of others.
No one owes us anything other than that.
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War Whore

Supreme Court signals it wants fewer 'use of force' police suits

Noah Feldman
Bloomberg
Mon, 09 Jan 2017 19:09 UTC
police brutality
© Scott Olson/Getty Images
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided a police immunity case that sounds small but carries a larger significance. The narrow holding was that a police officer who arrived late at the scene of a confrontation and then shot and killed the suspect without having heard other officers issue a warning is protected from a lawsuit. What really mattered was the reasoning: The court said the officer couldn't be sued because there was no case on the books finding an officer liable under the exact same circumstances.

This decision makes it much harder to sue the police, because almost all confrontations have unique features that could be used to block lawsuits. In essence, the court is signaling that it wants fewer suits against officers in the lower courts, and is chiding the appellate courts for allowing such suits.
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