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Bomb

US fighter jets bomb their own spotters during training exercise; 1 dead


RT
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 21:09 UTC
fighter jet
© Antonio Bronic / ReutersA F-16 fighter jet
Two F-16 fighter jets were engaged in a training exercise on Tuesday night, when unspecified bombs they dropped at the range hit the ground party that was supposed to provide them with guidance, officials at the Holloman Air Force Base said.

Though based at Holloman, the aircraft involved belong to the 54th Fighter Group, part of the 56th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona.
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Handcuffs

New petition calls for the arrest of George Soros

Melissa Dykes
The Daily Sheeple
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:19 UTC
soros arrest petition
Although it hasn't received very many signatures yet, someone decided to use Obama's "We the People" White House petition website to put up a request under President Trump for an international arrest warrant to be issued for George Soros.

Petitioner A.B. wrote:
George Soros is a menace to the free world and stands in the way of making America great again. He is guilty of the following crimes:

1) Financially supports open sedition in major American cities resulting in millions of dollars of property damage as well as loss of life.

2) Attempts to manipulate democratic elections by donating millions of dollars to his preferred candidates.

3) Seeks to curtail American sovereignty. In his own words: "The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States ... Changing [the] attitude and policies of the United States remains my top priority."

4) Is a currency manipulator. Soros initiated a British financial crisis by dumping 10 billion sterling, forcing the devaluation of the currency and gaining a billion-dollar profit.

Comment: See also:

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2 + 2 = 4

Cartwheeling choir teacher arrested for indecent exposure in Oklahoma


News9
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 09:59 UTC
Lacey Sponsler
© Osage County JailLacey Sponsler
Police in northern Oklahoma say they've arrested a substitute teacher on an indecent exposure complaint after she reportedly did a cartwheel in front of students while wearing a skirt but no undergarments.

The Pawhuska Police Department says a student recorded the incident on a cellphone. Police Chief Scott Laird says the incident reportedly happened during a high school choir class in Pawhuska, about 100 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.

The substitute teacher, whose name has not been released, was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Pawhuska police say she remains jailed Wednesday morning.
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Arrow Up

Half of Britons think Trump should visit UK, while a third are against it


Sputnik
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:55 UTC
trump
According to the poll results, 49 percent of Britons believe Trump's proposed state visit later this year should happen, while 36 percent are against it. A further 15 percent are undecided on the matter. Half of those polled oppose the US president's refugee ban, with 29 percent of those polled considering the ban a good idea.

The poll revealed that 49 percent of UK citizens would be appalled or disappointed is a similar ban were adopted by the United Kingdom. A total of 27 percent said they would be delighted or pleased by it. The poll has been conducted among 1,705 adults on January 30 and 31 about their views on Trump's visit, and 6,926 adults have been surveyed on the same dates about a potential UK travel ban.

The proposed state visit of Trump after his inauguration as the US president for a meeting with the Queen has provoked mass protests in the country and has seen nearly 1.7 million people sign a petition barring the visit. It follows the US president's order signed on January 27, according to which Syrian refugees are barred from entering the United States and a three-month block is put on any entrants from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Libya.
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Red Flag

San Francisco's $750 Million Millennium Tower is slowly sinking - who will pay to fix it?

James Tarmy and Kartikay Mehrotra
Bloomberg
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:18 UTC
Millenium Tower
© David Paul Morris/BloombergMillenium Tower
Nina Agabian, a retired director of research in global health science at the University of California, bought a 29th-floor apartment in San Francisco's Millennium Tower in 2010. "It was supposed to be a wonderful building," she said in January, sitting in a leather chair in the building's vast, low-lit, owner's-club level. "For many of us, who left our business lives to start our older years, this had become a nice, comfortable place."

The building, which opened in 2008 and was touted as the most luxurious tower in San Francisco, became a beacon of the city's burgeoning wealth, attracting tech millionaires, venture capitalists, and even the San Francisco 49ers retired quarterback Joe Montana.

The 58-story tower's shine faded on May 10, 2016, when Agabian attended a homeowners association meeting and was informed that the building had sunk 16 inches into the earth and tilted over 15 inches at its tip and 2 inches at the base, according to suits filed by residents and the city of San Francisco. "You can imagine how distressed we were to know that, for one, our lifetime investment and savings are at risk," she said. "And we have no idea whether or not there's a fix to it, and if there is a fix to it, what it will entail."

The building, meanwhile, continues to sink.
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Smoking

Hitler-style fascism: Woman faces €250,000 fine per cigarette if she smokes on her balcony after 8pm


RT
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:41 UTC
no smoking sign
© Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
A Berlin woman has been told she faces six months in jail or a €250,000 fine if she smokes on the balcony of her apartment after 8pm.

The woman, who has been named as Uta F., has lived in her apartment in the quiet Hellersdorfer area of Berlin since 2008 and it seems her habit of an evening cigarette on her balcony has caused great upset to one of her neighbours.

Marcel P., who lives in the apartment directly above Uta, was so bothered by the smoke wafting into her home that she filed a lawsuit.

According to the German newspaper B.Z., the complaint states that "a considerable amount of tobacco smoke... enters the applicant's home through the predominantly prevailing west wind".
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Red Flag

Judge rules student expelled for sexual misconduct can't defend himself, even though evidence shows he may have been the victim

Robby Soave
reason.com
Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:18 UTC
Amherst College
© David EmmermanAmherst College
Remember Amherst College student "John Doe," who was expelled for sexual misconduct, even though he had good reason to believe that his accuser had actually assaulted him? A judge recently blocked Doe's attempt to subpoena his female accuser's text messages on grounds that re-litigating the matter "would impose emotional and psychological trauma" on her.

Consider the implications of this decision. According to Seattle District Judge James Robart, a student who believes Amherst violated his due process rights, wrongfully expelled him, and ignored subsequent evidence that his accuser, "Sandra Jones," was the actual violator of the college's sexual misconduct policies, does not deserve the opportunity to make his case because someone else's feelings are more important.

Whatever happened to believing the victim?

The incident in question took place years ago, during the late night / early morning hours of February 4-5, 2012. Jones was Doe's girlfriend's roommate at the time. Jones went to Doe's dorm room and sexual activity ensued: Jones performed oral sex on Doe.
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Sheriff

Veteran Calgary cop publicly resigns over ongoing issues with bullying and harassment in the workplace

Meghan Potkins
National Post
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:04 UTC
calgary cop resign harassment
© Jim Wells / PostmediaWard stood in front of the Police commission and cited bullying and harassment as the reasons for her resigning her position
A veteran female police officer publicly resigned Tuesday at a tense meeting of the Calgary police commission, citing ongoing issues with bullying and harassment in the workplace.

It came at the end of a meeting in which commissioners questioned CPS on ongoing efforts to reform the force in response to a scathing 2013 workplace review first reported by Postmedia that revealed sexual harassment, intimidation and bullying within the force.

"I have been bullied, sexually harassed, degraded and chastised. The stresses of this have had a tremendous impact on not only me and my mental and physical health, but also my family," Jen Ward said, reading from a statement.

The 14-year veteran officer — who also goes by the surname Magnus — said her efforts to bring to light issues around bullying, harassment, sexual assault and nepotism were unwelcome to some members of the CPS executive.

Comment: There appears to be a systemic problem in Canadian law enforcement over its treatment of officers, particularly female:

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Arrow Up

Anti-American sentiment in Russia dropping as Trump opens door to reconciliation

Amy Kellog
Fox News
Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00 UTC
trump russian doll
It wasn't so long ago that anti-American sentiment in Russia was at a whopping 80 percent. But that number is dropping - recent polls show it now hovers at 56 percent.

Some of that, pollsters say, has to do with President Trump indicating he wants to improve relations with Moscow. But it was also about time for the pendulum to start swinging the other way, according to Denis Volkov of the Levada Center, Russia's independent pollster.

"Before the Russian government stood the question, 'what next?' We managed to convince our population on Crimea policy, Ukraine, Syria, the USA. But now, we had to make some steps toward the U.S., to get us out of this confrontation, partly because the Russian government wanted to get rid of sanctions."

According to Volkov, the government has been gradually putting the brakes on the state television's propaganda to get the public ready for possible reconciliation.
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Gear

Four suspects accused of kidnapping and live streaming torture of 18yo disabled Chicago man, receiving death threats

Kiri Blakeley
The Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:30 UTC
Covington, Cooper, Hill and Covington
© Chicago Police DepartmentBrittany Covington, 18, of Chicago; (clockwise from upper left) Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; and Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago. Each is charged with a hate crime, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Defense attorneys for the four suspects accused of tying up and torturing a mentally disabled man while they live streamed it on Facebook are complaining that the foursome have received death threats.

'It is sad and unfortunate that many have commented on these young men and women without knowing all the facts,' said Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli after a hearing on Friday. 'They have been denounced in the media before anything has been proven.'

She said that 'sensationalized, pervasive media coverage' threatens to poison the jury pool. Neil Toppel, a public defender for one of the defendants, cited an online post calling for the 'public execution' of the defendants and their supporters.

'There was a posting that invited a Good Samaritan to publicly execute these defendants by law or if not by mob,' Toppel told reporters. 'And said anybody that supports them should be executed as well.'


Public defenders are representing all of the suspects.
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