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Protest: Crowd bangs pots outside WH during Trump speech


RT
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 06:54 UTC
protester
© Ruptly
A noisy protest took place outside the US White House while President Donald Trump was delivering his first address to Congress, with dozens of activists banging pots and pans while chanting "No more Trump!' Footage shot by Ruptly news agency shows several hundred protesters rallying outside the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, expressing their discontent with the new president's policies and his team.

The demonstrators first gathered in Columbus Circle for what was dubbed a "Festival of Resistance," before marching to the White House. They banged pots and pans while chanting "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here," "No justice, no peace," and "This is what democracy looks like." Many also carried banners reading "We resist white nationalism," "God resist Trump's fascism," and "Impeach coward Trump," among others.

"The people running this government are bullies," one of the organizers said in her speech to the crowd. The rally was organized by Spark Impeachment, a public movement pushing for mobilization and action that could lead to Trump's impeachment.


Comment: Though there are congress members who are more than 'sympathetic' to this protest and lust over Trump being impeached, it is not likely to happen. As there are no grounds needed to call for impeachment, burden of proof would be on the Dems and they need to really face the fact that Trump isn't stupid. In that Republicans hold both houses of Congress means it would most likely be an exercise in futility and a self-served black eye for the Dems. Bang on!

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Black Cat

Two California teens charged in brutal beating death, stealing $1.14

Allie O'Brien
KRON4
Tue, 28 Feb 2017 06:58 UTC
Handcuffs
© KRON4
Two Oakland teenagers have been charged with murder for the brutal beating death of a 55-year-old man in a West Oakland park early Wednesday morning, said prosecutors.

Jabari Jones, 19 and Breshawn Clark, 18, were arraigned on Friday in connection with Piliip Fai Low's death and are scheduled to return to court on March 20 to enter pleas.

Witnesses saw Jones punch Low and stomp on him at Lowell Park in the 1000 block of 12th Street early Wednesday morning, Oakland Police Officer Jose Barocio wrote in a probable cause statement.

The two teenagers left the area but returned later to stomp on Low some more while Clark stole $1.14 from him, Barocio said,

The teenagers left for a third time but returned again while Low was still laying on the ground and not moving and Jones assaulted him once more, Barocio said. At one point Jones and Clark placed Low inside a shopping cart and threw him into water, Barocio said.

Eventually a 12-year-old child who was walking to school saw Low lying motionless in the park and called 911, according to Barocio.
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Attention

Indonesian man collapsed during a public flogging, revived & caned again


RT
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 22:53 UTC
Man flogged
© Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFPThe man collapsed as he was getting caned by a religious officer.
Herizal bin Yunus, 27, collapsed after being struck eight times in a public flogging. Once revived and checked by attending healthcare professionals he was subsequently caned a further 14 times.

Yunus hails from the province of Bandah Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the only province in the country that imposes strict Sharia law, reports AFP. He was one of eight people flogged on Monday for breach of Islamic law.
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Red Flag

Judge rules students at high school who identify as transgender can use bathrooms that corresponds to their gender identities


NBC News
Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:10 UTC
inclusive restroom
© Elaine Thompson / AP
A federal judge on Monday ruled that three transgender students at a Pennsylvania high school, including the sister of a singer who performed at President Donald Trump's inauguration, can use bathrooms that correspond to their stated gender identities while their lawsuit challenging the school district's policy continues.

The judge said in issuing a preliminary injunction that the three — two students born anatomically male who now identify as female and one born anatomically female who identifies as male — were reasonably likely to win the case on equal protection grounds.

U.S. District Judge Mark Hornak said the Pine-Richland School District north of Pittsburgh has not demonstrated its policy advances an important governmental interest, nor is there evidence that personal privacy is being threatened.

"Other than perhaps one report received by the high school principal in October 2015 from a student that 'there was a boy' in the girls bathroom ... followed by a parent inquiry along the same lines in early 2016, there have been no reports of 'incidents' where the use of a common restroom by any one of the plaintiffs has caused any sort of alarm to any other student," the judge wrote.

Comment: It should be fairly simple. People should use the bathroom according to their anatomical situation, regardless of how they identify. If one has male genitals, they use the men's bathroom. If they have female genitals, they use the women's bathroom. Unless your plumbing has been correspondingly modified, those should be the standards that the states should follow and enforce.

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Red Flag

Mississippi lawmaker kills bill that would have allowed domestic abuse to be used as grounds for divorce


RT
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:55 UTC
Mary Merrill-Gutierrez
© Lucy Nicholson / ReutersMary Merrill-Gutierrez
Domestic abuse will not be the 13th ground for divorce in the state of Mississippi, after State House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Andy Gipson (R-Braxton) torpedoed Senate Bill 2703, urging the need for "policies that strengthen marriage."

Gipson said "if a person is abusive, they need to have a change in behavior and change of heart," and claimed that abuse was already grounds for divorce under "Habitual cruel and inhuman treatment if proved by credible testimony."

Many are concerned that this sends the wrong message to victims of domestic violence. And the requirement to have a witness to the abuse often forces children to take the stand to testify, Mississippi Today reported.
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Pirates

Terror-rat king Baghdadi reportedly admits defeat in Iraq while terrorist commanders flee Mosul


Sputnik
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:38 UTC
Al-Baghdadi
© AFP 2016
Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has acknowledged the terrorist group's defeat in Iraq, urging his supporters to take refuge in the country's mountainous regions, independent Iraqi news network Alsumaria reported.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the infamous terrorist group Daesh (ISIL/ISIS), gave a speech in which he admitted that his organization had suffered defeat in recent hostilities in Iraq, the independent Iraqi news network Alsumaria quoted a source in Nineveh province as saying on Wednesday.

Al-Baghdadi's speech came amid reports that Daesh commanders based in the western part of Iraq's Mosul are fleeing the city.

"Calling his speech a farewell address, al-Baghdadi circulated it among Daesh preachers and explained what was going on with the group. The preachers started talking about the defeats Daesh is suffering in Nineveh province and other parts of Iraq," the source said.
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Human rights watchdog condemns obscure Israeli law that 'detains people based on speculation'


Sputnik
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:26 UTC
Israeli soldier IDF BDS
© AP Photo/ Mussa Qawasma
The Unlawful Combatants Law allows the Israeli military to detain civilians based on suspicion and gives the detainees no traditional legal protections, the director of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights said Wednesday.

"[The Unlawful Combatants Law] provides the Israeli military with a legal framework to incarcerate civilians without the protections pertaining to fair trial and based on mere suspicion, not evidence. This law needs to be abolished," Issam Younis was quoted as saying in his organization's joint statement with Human Right Watch (HRW).
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People 2

People going nuts: Woman killed husband after arguing over burnt casserole

Brian C. Rittmeyer
Trib Live
Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:00 UTC
Teresa Drum
Teresa Drum and the husband she killed
A Frazer woman charged with killing her husband Monday night claimed he shot himself when she called 911, police say in court documents.

But police say Teresa Drum, 38, did not call 911 until after sending a picture of her husband's dead body to a friend and taking a shower to "rinse off."

Allegheny County Police charged Teresa Drum with criminal homicide in the death of her husband, Dennis Drum Sr., 42. She is being held in the Allegheny County Jail without bail.

Frazer police were dispatched to the couple's home in the 800 block of Crawford Run Road about 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Gary Perrin, who lives a few doors down across the township line in Indiana Township, said he didn't know about the incident until Tuesday morning. A longtime resident, Perrin didn't know the Drums.

"It's a shame," he said. "Anytime it happens anywhere, it's a surprise."
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Heart - Black

Report finds British zoo responsible for deaths of almost 500 animals


RT
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:08 UTC
animal in cage
© Walz, U. / www.globallookpress.com
South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria, north west England, has been found responsible for the deaths of 486 animals in its care, some of which perished from avoidable causes, including emaciation and hypothermia.

Campaigners have called for the zoo's license to be removed, after a report found an abnormal 12 percent death rate among its animals between 2013 and 2016.

Cases such as an African spurred Goliath tortoise, which died after being electrocuted by an electric fence, were "preventable" according to the Captive Animals Protection Society.

In another incident, the decomposing body of a squirrel monkey was discovered behind a radiator, while snow leopards Miska and Natasja were found partially eaten in their enclosure in 2015. Vets later raised questions over the feeding and nutrition of giraffes at the zoo.
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Fire

Exorcists strip 'possessed' woman naked, burn her on bonfire


RT
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:53 UTC
exorcism ritual
© File photo Jan Sochor / Gettyimages.ru
An exorcism ritual in the Nicaraguan village of El Cortezal resulted in death after a "possessed" woman was thrown on a bonfire, local media report.

Juan Gregorio Rocha Romero, a pastor in a local evangelical group, accused Vilma Trujillo of being possessed by a demon.

"God told her he was going to remove that evil spirit from her and asked us to start a fire as that's where the spirit was going to be expelled," he told La Prensa.
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