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Man uses pregnant wife as human shield - police kill her in shootout with husband

Warner Todd Huston
Breitbart
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:10 UTC
Alteria Woods
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A pregnant woman whose baby's father used her as a human shield during a shootout with police in Gifford, Florida, was shot and killed during the melee.

Sheriff's officers raided the home of Andrew Coffee IV and his father, Andrew Coffee III, on March 19. The Indian River Sheriff's Office labeled the Coffee home, located in Gifford, a town just south of Orlando, Florida, a "known drug house."

Officials said that the elder Coffee had unknowingly walked out of the house right into the hands of police, who were preparing for the raid, but the suspect's son was still inside the house and was forewarned of the SWAT raid in the making, CBS 12 reported.

Subsequently, Andrew Coffee IV grabbed his four-month pregnant girlfriend, 21-year-old Alteria Woods, and tried to use her as a human shield as he opened fire on police. The officers returned fire, killing Woods. Coffee IV was then taken into custody.
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Revenge porn victim sues Tumblr for failing to remove sex video of her at age 17

Julia Marsh
New York Post
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 02:11 UTC
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Tumblr acts as if it's a staunch champion of women's rights by supporting such groups as Planned Parenthood — but it still refuses to help tackle revenge porn, victims say.

A 27-year-old Bronx woman sued the blogging site in Manhattan Supreme Court last week after a tape of her having sex with her boyfriend 10 years ago, when she was just 17, was posted in December and shared 1,200 times.

The post included the woman's name and a link to her Facebook page. She only learned that the private X-rated video was on the site when strange men started contacting her through Facebook with obscene messages such as, "Did you like the way #*&$,,,? Sure looks like you did."

"I was devastated," the woman told The Post. "I haven't stopped crying since."

Tumblr finally removed the video three weeks after it was posted — a day after a reporter contacted the company. But there are still plenty of other private, sexually explicit photos and videos being posted as part of so-called "revenge porn'' by ex-lovers and others, victims say.
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Vatican "embraces science", gathers scientists to stave off mass extinction

Amando Flavio
AnonHQ.com
Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:54 UTC
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The Roman Catholic Church has long opposed Science—a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

For example, the 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei was forced by the church to retract his so-called heretic theory that the Earth moves around the Sun. Threatened with torture and interrogated for 18 days in prison, Galileo promised to never again teach his theory to the public. He was then put under house arrest for the rest of his life at a small farmhouse outside of Florence, Italy.

In fact, Galileo was lucky to have been put under house arrest by the church. Some who tried to predict the universe, based on evidence and reasoning at the time, were brutally killed or banished by the church. The Italian astronomer, Giordano Bruno, who argued that the universe was infinite, was burned to death by the church. The church believed then that such teachings were a direct threat to the teachings of the church, hence the effort to eliminate people who held those views.

But as time went by, humanity realized progress was impossible without relying on empirical evidence and reasoning; the church's attitude towards science began to change.

The church proved it had embraced science when in 1936, Pope Pius XI established the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican. The goal of the academy is to promote progress made in mathematical, physical, natural sciences and empirical knowledge in general.

Comment: Wouldn't it be ironic if the Catholic Church "finally embraced science" only to find out that the things they are trying to stave off are actually natural occurrences, and even perhaps somewhat "mystical" in nature? See, for instance, SOTT editor Pierre Lescaudron's book: Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World

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UK rapist who underwent sex change surgery moved to all-women's prison

Aine Fox
Independent, UK
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 08:34 UTC
HMP Bronzefield prison
© PAHMP Bronzefield, Britain's first purpose-built prison for women in Ashford, Middlesex.
Convicted sex offender Jessica Winfield, formerly Martin Ponting, relocated to HMP Bronzefield

The convicted rapist was previously held at top-security Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire, one of Britain's toughest jails.

Ten years ago Winfield complained of being victimised by staff and inmates because she was at that time a male transsexual. She wrote to prisoners' newspaper Inside Time to say she was given a "hard time because of my sexuality, possibly through lack of understanding and empathy".

One of Ponting's victims described the fact he was allowed a sex change as "diabolical". She told the newspaper: "There are not enough words to describe him and the evil he has done. It is diabolical they have allowed him to have a sex change and diabolical that he could be freed this year. He may have changed physically but his brain is still the same."

A Prison Service spokesman said: "We do not comment on individuals."

Comment: One of Winfield's victims further described the prison's preferential treatment as 'a kick in the teeth':
"You can change somebody's genitals but it's not going to take away the urge and impulse inside them to do horrific things to children.

"I feel like it mocks the people he offended against. It is a kick in the teeth for me and his other victim."
It's apparent that Ponting is playing on emotions, making himself/herself out to be the victim:
"So not only do I have the problem of dealing with serious emotional issues surrounding my gender reassignment sex change but also added pressures and issues due to comments and abuse from certain individuals.

"I have changed my name to that of a female to prove to the authorities and everyone concerned that I am very serious about my gender and that I do not feel right being a man.

"I feel like a female trapped in a male body," the transsexual inmate added.

But Winfield's brother, Nigel, 49, steered away from defending the accused and said: "The best they could do is throw away the key.

"He is a menace to the public and people need to be warned about him."

David Hines, founder of the Victimcare charity, also hit out at the decision to fund Winfield's £10,000 (about US$12,500) operation to transition to female, highlighting the incongruence in giving money to a double rapist while charities striving to support people's wellbeing struggle to "make ends meet."


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About time! 800 families file lawsuit against Saudi Arabia for role in 9/11

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00 UTC
911 Lawsuit
For the first time in history, families of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks are using a new law and are going after Saudi Arabia in a lawsuit for their role in the attacks. In this landmark lawsuit, the families of 800 victims are suing Saudi Arabia for aiding the hijackers.

For more than a decade and a half, Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush kept secret the alleged role Saudi Arabia played in the September 11 attacks on America. Becuase of the cozy relationship the US has with the terrorist nation, special interests within the government have chosen to protect their Saudi friends instead of telling Americans the truth about what happened that fateful day.

Only because of the vigilance of those seeking the truth is this lawsuit now a reality.

This lawsuit is possible because last year, the U.S. House of Representatives, following the lead of the Senate, passed a bill, the "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act" (JASTA), allowing Americans to sue Saudi Arabia over 9/11. When the bill made it to the President's desk, however, Obama quickly showed his loyalty to Saudi Arabia and vetoed it. However, that was only the beginning of the rollercoaster.

Comment: When will these families bring a lawsuit against Israel??

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UN announces that the worst food crisis since World War II is occurring right now: The global famine begins

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:00 UTC
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We always knew that this would start happening. Earlier this month, I wrote about the severe economic problems that are plaguing South America, but up to this point I have neglected to discuss the horrific famines that are breaking out all over Africa. Right now there is a desperate need for food in South Sudan, Somalia, northeast Nigeria, Eritrea and Kenya. And Yemen, even though it is not technically part of Africa, is being affected by many of the same factors that are crippling nations all over eastern Africa. The United Nations says that more than 20 million people could die from starvation and disease if nothing is done. When I write about economic collapse, this is the kind of thing that I am talking about, and we are starting to see alarming conditions spread across the globe. Many believe that we could never possibly face this kind of food crisis in the western world, but unfortunately wishful thinking will only get you so far.

The United Nations was formed in 1945, and the UN has just announced that what we are facing this year is "the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the UN". The following comes from a CNN article entitled "20 million at risk of starvation in world's largest crisis since 1945, UN says"...
"We stand at a critical point in history. Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the UN," UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said Friday.

"Now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. Without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death. Many more will suffer and die from disease."

Comment: The Western world is, with the sharp increase in devastating earth changes, the high prospect of economic collapse and the all around chaos those in power are spreading - likely to feel much of this suffering first hand in the not-too-distant future.

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Conservative students say they have been 'violently threatened' at liberal Minnesota college


The College Fix
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:09 UTC
Violent liberal snowflake
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Four in five students at St. Olaf College, a Lutheran liberal arts school, voted for the Clinton/Kaine ticket in 2016, while Trump/Pence drew 1 in 10 and Johnson/Weld 1 in 20.

But it's not only that feeling of marginalization that has led conservative students to stay in the closet at the Minnesota school known for its music program, according to student newspaper Manitou Messenger:
Of the 12 students interviewed by the Manitou Messenger, several have been violently threatened because of their political beliefs, and almost all of them feel as though they can't speak up about politics on campus - in class, online or with their friends. ...

On the night of the election, a student in the Pause threatened to beat up [College Republicans President Emily] Schaller, calling her a "f***ing moron." Over the next couple of days, she overheard multiple students threaten to hurt the next conservative or Republican they saw. Vice President of St. Olaf College Republicans Kathryn Hinderaker '19 had a similar experience.

"I think one of the hardest things was, the second day, I went into Buntrock and someone yelled from the bottom, 'if you voted for Trump, you better be f***ing scared.' Everyone clapped and applauded," Hinderaker said. "Obviously, it didn't feel super safe."
Like some liberal students who felt unsafe after the election, a St. Olaf conservative student said she "went home for awhile" because of the animus toward conservatives in her classes. She said online harassment led her to transfer to another school after the fall semester.
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Fake News study: Trust in stories on social media depends more on who shared them, not who wrote them


RT
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:58 UTC
Fake news experiment
© Media Insight ProjectOne is fake, one is real, but it is the person sharing, who makes the difference.
Social media users are becoming increasingly skeptical about news outlets, and now decide whether to believe a story based on whether a person they trust has shared it, not where it came from, says a landmark US study.

"The experimental results show that people who see an article from a trusted sharer, but one written by an unknown media source, have much more trust in the information than people who see the same article from a reputable media source shared by a person they do not trust," write the authors of the research, conducted by the Media Insight Project.

For the experiment, the authors took a real news article about diabetes, and placed it in a simulated Facebook feed in front of 1,489 adult Americans. But while the text was the same for all participants, several things were different.

For some users, clicking on the article produced a link to AP, a real news agency, for others DailyNewsReview.com, a fake website, made up for the experiment.
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California cops murder unstable mentally ill man whose father sought help by calling for ambulance


RT
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:56 UTC
Desmond Phillips
© KRCRDesmond Phillips
The family of a mentally ill man in the throes of an "episode" called 911 seeking medication for the young man. Police in northern California responded with excessive force, killing the 25-year old amid at least 10 gunshots, the family and neighbors say.

Desmond Phillips, 25, a Sacramento native, was killed by police officers with the Chico (California) Police Department on March 17. The officers forced their way into the apartment of Desmond's father, David, believing Desmond posed a threat to family members, according to reports.

As he had done twice in the past, David Phillips Sr., Desmond's father, contacted local paramedics to help his son access medication, the family said, as Desmond has a mental disorder and was acting erratically, local news outlets have reported.

"My dad called the ambulance to come take him to the hospital so they could get him some medication," David Phillips Jr., Desmond's brother, told KTXL, adding that the encounter "should've been handled way different. They didn't have to pull out their guns."

The Chico Police Department said Desmond was "hostile" to first responders with the Chico Fire Department who initially responded to the scene, at Desmond's father's home. Police officers were then dispatched to the home. They reported that Desmond was "pacing in a small living room area and was seen holding two knives," Chico police Chief Michael O'Brien said, according to KTXL. David Phillips Jr. said Desmond was holding a butter knife and a smaller knife used to cut vegetables, according to KRCR.
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Judge orders Google to hand over data on anyone who searched for a certain name

Josie Wales
Anti Media
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:31 UTC
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A Minnesota judge recently signed a search warrant ordering Google, Inc. to hand over personal information on anyone who searched a specific name, a decision that could set an alarming precedent that would render the fourth amendment virtually ineffective with regard to online privacy.

According to the application for the warrant, filed by Detective David Lindland of the Edina Police Department, authorities are trying to locate an individual who used a fake passport to trick a credit union into transferring $28,000 out of an Edina man's account. Police say the passport image showed up in a Google search but was not available on Yahoo or Bing. The warrant does not mention whether or not they searched Ask.com, DuckDuckGo, Ixquick, or any other of the many search engines available to the public.
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