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94,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled at air station in Virginia, no evacuations ordered


RT
Fri, 12 May 2017 11:08 UTC
Oil spill
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Crews are scrambling to keep the clean up of a major jet fuel spill at a military airport in Virginia Beach as "environmentally conscious as possible." Officials say the majority of the spill at the Naval Air Station Oceana has been contained and no evacuations were ordered.

On Thursday, Navy spokesman Jim Moir said that fuel leaked from a tank into a ditch outside the base, according to a press release obtained by Associated Press.

Moir said the spill occurred when the fuel was being transferred from a truck to a storage tank Wednesday night and went unnoticed until 6:30am the next morning.

Another Navy spokesman, Tom Kreidel, told WAVY that roughly 94,000 gallons of JP-5 jet fuel had spilled, however, the Navy later said they were working with the city of Virginia Beach and the US Coast Guard to figure out the exact amount.

Crews were able to prevent most of the fuel from traveling off the base, US Coast Guard and Navy officials said Thursday.
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Hypocritical much? John Oliver uses Trump tax loophole to avoid paying levy on $9mn NYC penthouse


RT
Fri, 12 May 2017 13:34 UTC
John Oliver
© Lucy Nicholson / ReutersJohn Oliver
US political satire show host, John Oliver, reportedly used a tax loophole exploited by Donald Trump in the 1980s, to buy a $9.5 million penthouse apartment in a building that was formerly owned by the billionaire turned President of the United States.

On Last Week Tonight, Oliver has positioned himself as an everyman, highlighting the cruel injustices in his adoptive home country.

However, it has now come to light that Oliver (net worth $5 million) and his number one target Trump may, in fact, have something in common.

In 2014, John Oliver discussed the ever-widening wealth gap in the United States. But mere months before the segment aired, however, Oliver hired high-profile legal firm Proskauer Rose LLP to handle his complex tax matters.

Comment: Another season of John Oliver: Shameless pro-establishment shill

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Cell Phone

This is what a Russian found inside a Chinese phone 'click-farm'

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Fri, 12 May 2017 12:29 UTC
Chinese woman on click farm
© Weibo
On the day when Snapchat erased billions of market cap from investors (and founders) accounts - as the MAUs-means-money model seems to break - we thought it worthwhile taking another glimpse into the hush-hush world of 'click-farms' and the fakenews of the latest social network fads.

In 2014, we first exposed the world to the 'click-farm' where nothing is what it seems, and where social networking participants spend millions of dollars to appear more important, followed, prestigious, cool, or generally "liked" than they really are. As we detailed at the time, social networking has been the "it" thing for a while: for the networks it makes perfect sense because they are merely the aggregators and distributors of terabytes of free, third party created content affording them multi-billion dollar valuations without generating a cent in profits (just think of the upside potential in having 10 times the world's population on any given publicly-traded network), while for users it provides the opportunity to be seen, to be evaluated or "liked" on one's objective, impartial merits and to maybe go "viral", potentially making money in the process. Of course, the biggest draws of social networks also quickly became their biggest weaknesses, and it didn't take long to game the weakest link: that apparent popularity based on the size of one's following or the number of likes, which usually translates into power and/or money, is artificial and can be purchased for a price.
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Heart - Black

8 princesses from United Arab Emirates stand trial for 'continually abusing' servants


RT
Fri, 12 May 2017 12:19 UTC
United Arab Emirates Middle East Princess
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Eight princesses from the United Arab Emirates who brought their servants to Belgium and "abused them continually" have gone on trial.

Back in 2008, Princess Shekha Alnehayan, as well as her seven daughters, arrived in Brussels and booked a luxury suite - which is an entire floor, according to the Tribune de Geneve media outlet - at the Conrad Hotel for several months.

The Alnehayans are among the numerous wealthy families in the UAE, and came into the spotlight when they purchased English Premier League soccer club Manchester City back in 2008.
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Megaphone

French workers occupy factory, threaten to blow it up in protest over possible closure


RT
Fri, 12 May 2017 12:19 UTC
GMS Factory French Protest Seizure
Workers at a car component factory in central France have occupied the plant and are threatening to blow it up in a radical protest against their bosses as the site risks closure.

The workers at the GM&S auto-suppliers plant in the Creuse region, north of Limoges, have told Renault and Peugeot they are ready to blow up the factory if their demands are not met.

Some 280 jobs at the site are under threat after the plant went into receivership back in December, and workers accuse the two car giants of blocking negotiations for a takeover of the factory and of making too few orders.
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TASS photographer responds to "absurd" charges about Trump-Lavrov photoshoot

Alexandr Scherbak
Russia Insider
Fri, 12 May 2017 12:19 UTC
President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
© Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
TASS photographer Alexandr Scherbak has responded to the insane US media hysteria alleging that he is some sort of KGB propaganda agent who "tricked" America with his devious photographs of Sergey Lavrov shaking hands with Donald Trump.

Alexandr has a very simple message for his American colleagues: Please preserve your professional dignity.

The below text was posted on his Facebook page:

Comment: Further reading: US Media Loses The Plot Over Lavrov Meeting With Trump

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Bomb

Pakistan suicide bombing kills 25, injures deputy Senate leader


RT
Fri, 12 May 2017 12:24 UTC
Abdul Ghafoor Haideri
© Mian Khursheed / Reuters Abdul Ghafoor Haideri
A suspected suicide blast in Mastung, in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, has left 25 people dead and 35 injured, including Deputy Senate Leader Abdul Ghafoor Haideri.

Speaking to local media, Haideri, who has been moved to a military hospital in Quetta, said he was not seriously hurt and was saddened by the deadly attack. His convoy was the target of the roadside explosion, reported Reuters.

"We received 20 bodies so far and over 35 injured," Shafi Zehri a doctor in Mastung told reporters.

Images corroborated by RT show the extent of the explosion, which destroyed Haideri's vehicle.
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Hezbollah dismantles military positions on now safe Lebanese-Syrian border area


Sputnik
Thu, 11 May 2017 12:19 UTC
Hezbollah soldier
© AP Photo/ Bassem Mroue
The Lebanon-based movement Hezbollah has dismantled its military positions on the border with Syria as the mission of securing the area has been completed, the movement's secretary general, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, said Thursday.

"There is no need in our presence on the Lebanese eastern borders after they are safe now. We have dismantled our bases there," Nasrallah told Al Manar broadcaster.

He added that the presence of Hezbollah fighters in settlements along the Syrian border did not contradict the mission of providing assistance to local people.
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Snowflake

Snowflake protection zone: Colorado university to transform residence hall into 'social justice living environment'

Anthony Gockowski
Campus Reform
Wed, 10 May 2017 14:53 UTC
SJWs, precious snowflakes
The University of Colorado at Boulder recently announced plans to transform one of its residence halls into a "Social Justice Living Environment" in the fall.

According to a press release on the matter, the Hallett Hall will be split into three "Living Learning Communities," one for "LGBTQIA-identified students and their allies," another for "students passionate about diversity," and a third for "black-identified students and their allies."

The hall already hosts the "Spectrum LLC" for "LGBTQIA-identifying students," offering "social and educational activities focusing on community dialogue and support," as well as access to gender-neutral bathrooms.

Starting next school year, Spectrum will be joined by a "Multicultural Perspectives LLC" featuring programs, initiatives, and volunteer opportunities relating to "social justice topics."

Comment: Universities aren't really helping to prepare these students for life in the real world by pandering to their social justice syndrome. Dr. Jordan Peterson posits a much more practical solution for those who want to change the world - "Truth is the proper route to societal improvement -- and that starts with the individual".



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ICE arrests nearly 1,400 in its 'largest gang surge' ever, majority are US citizens


RT
Fri, 12 May 2017 00:29 UTC
ICE arrests
© U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Federal immigration agents have concluded a six-week anti-gang operation, seizing close to a half-million dollars, almost 20,000 ounces of narcotics and over 200 guns, as well as making 1,378 arrests, the majority of whom were US citizens.

On Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the "largest gang surge" to date conducted by its Homeland Security Investigations. It concluded with a total of 1,378 arrests made.

The operation targeted "gang members and associates involved in transnational criminal activity, including drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, human smuggling and sex trafficking, murder and racketeering," according to the press release.

Federal immigration agents have concluded a six-week anti-gang operation, seizing close to a half-million dollars, almost 20,000 ounces of narcotics and over 200 guns, as well as making 1,378 arrests, the majority of whom were US citizens.

Those arrested included 1,098 on federal or state criminal charges, with 21 arrested on murder-related charges and seven for rape and sexual assault.

A total of 280 individuals were arrested for immigration violations and will be "processed administratively for removal from the United States," Deputy Executive Associate Director Derek Benner said at a news conference.

The majority of the 933 arrested people were US citizens and 445 were foreign nationals from 21 countries in South and Central America, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.

Comment: See also : Raging opioid epidemic eats away at Baltimore - becoming a rotting, decaying war zone

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