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Dollars

Crowdfunding campaign raise £50,000 in bid to force full Parliament vote before initiating Brexit

Theresa May
© Neil Hall / ReutersBritain's Prime Minister Theresa May
Supporters of the UK remaining in the EU have launched a crowdfunding effort to legally prevent Tory Prime Minister Theresa May initiating Brexit without a full vote on the issue by MPs in Parliament.

So far 1,400 people have contributed to the People's Challenge crowdfunder, bringing the total revenue to more than £50,000 (US$65,000). Head campaigner Grahame Pigney told the Press Association on Tuesday the campaign is for everyone - pro-EU or otherwise.

"What we're doing is on behalf of everybody - not just experts, not just on behalf of a few people interested in this, but 65 million citizens in the UK," he said.

"They all have these rights. Whether they use them or cherish them, they all have these rights and Parliament needs to make the decision rather than the government in some sectional, political interests.

Cross

OKC mother accused of beating daughter to death goes before judge

Juanita Gomez
Juanita Gomez, 49, of Oklahoma City stands accused of First-Degree Murder in the death of her 33-year-old daughter, Geneva.

A judge denied her bond, but she had a lot to say to the judge during her video arraignment, Monday afternoon.

Gomez spent her time before the judge complaining about the jail conditions and also spoke up about not needing a public defender - claiming she already had a lawyer.

"Yes sir he believes in God like me," said Juanita Gomez during her video arraignment. "Yes he's the best in town."

Syringe

Illinois lawsuit claims pharma company Insys marketed opioid drug at high-volume prescribers

subsys opioid drug
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In a lawsuit filed by the state of Illinois, Insys Therapeutics Inc. has been accused of deceptive marketing practices involving a cancer drug and using "sham" speaking events to target doctors known to frequently prescribe opioid drugs.

The lawsuit filed late last week by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan alleges that Insys did not market its drug Subsys, designed and approved to manage cancer pain, to oncologists but rather to doctors with a reputation for high-volume approval of opioid prescriptions. Subsys is a spray that contains the synthetic opioid fentanyl; the drug generated nearly $330 million in 2015.

"This drug company's desire for increased profits led it to disregard patients' health and push addictive opioids for non-FDA approved purposes," Madigan said in a statement. "It's this type of reprehensible and illegal conduct that feeds the dangerous opioid epidemic and is another low for the pharmaceutical industry."

Quenelle - Golden

Brazilian social movements: 'If Rousseff is impeached there will be struggle'

Rio de Janeiro Brazil protesters Rousseff coup
© Pilar Olivares / ReutersSupporters of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff, show a banner that reads "Out Temer" (L) in reference to interim President Michel Temer, during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 29, 2016.
Journalists and political scientists all see this as a way to get Dilma Rousseff out of office. It is clear looking at the composition of Congress, where about 60 percent of members face corruption charges, Michael Fox, producer for TeleSUR English channel, told RT.

Hundreds of people gathered outside Congress in Brazil's capital Brasilia to support suspended president Dilma Rousseff, whose impeachment trial is underway.

On Monday, Rousseff appeared before the Senate to defend herself on charges of financial corruption. She also reiterated that her government, unlike that of the interim president, had been legitimately elected by millions of Brazilian voters.

Before speaking to the Senate, the ousted president was warmly welcomed by her supporters.

Comment: Further reading: The coup against Dilma Rousseff is disastrous for Brazil


Bomb

Five killed as car bomb explodes outside Somali president's residence, nearby hotels destroyed

Car bomb in Mogadishu
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A car bomb went off outside the Somali president's residence in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least five soldiers, police said, as cited by Reuters. The blast caused the partial destruction of nearby hotels.

"A suicide car bomb exploded outside the presidential palace. So far two hotels opposite the palace are partially destroyed," Major Mohamed Ali, a police officer, told Reuters by phone.

One of the hotels damaged in the blast was Somali Youth League Hotel located some 550 meters from Villa Somalia which serves as the official residential palace and principal workplace of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Sheeple

Notting Hill Carnival in London sees violence and shameful police behavior as cops "twerk" with women in the street

notting hill carnival
© Peter Nicholls / ReutersPerformers participate in the children's day parade at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain August 28, 2016
London's Notting Hill Carnival is celebrating its 50th anniversary, but among the colorful costumes and vibrant music have been four stabbings - one of which left a 15-year-old fighting for his life in hospital. Over 400 people have sought medical help.

The annual event, aimed at celebrating Caribbean culture, took a violent turn at around 4:25 p.m. local time on Sunday, when emergency services were called to a stabbing at Wornington Road. The 15-year-old victim was rushed to hospital, and another man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

Just minutes later, police were called to a fresh stabbing on Notting Hill's iconic Portobello Road. Less than an hour later, two more men were stabbed at Ladbroke Grove. They were also taken to hospital.

As of midnight Sunday, the London Ambulance Service said it had treated 411 patients for various injuries, and taken 77 to hospital, AP reported. It tweeted a photo of paramedics setting up extra beds along the street as its treatment center became overwhelmed.

Quenelle

Telling it like it is: "If Clinton was you or me, she'd be in prison" - The Kaepernick interview US media is ignoring

Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, is quickly becoming the talk of the nation. However, more people are concentrating on the man's seating preference over the truth he spoke defending that preference.

Yes, Kaepernick chose not to stand for the national anthem. So what?

Americans are more outraged over a single NFL player's personal decision than they are about the criminal government who rules over them.

During an interview on Sunday, Kaepernick made a powerful point which has conveniently been ignored by the media as they use this incident to tug at partisan heart strings. Hillary Clinton is a psychopath criminal, who knowingly broke the law — and she is one of the choices for president of the United States.

Red Flag

Alive woman having difficulty proving she's not dead to US government

zombies
© Eloy Alonso / Reuters
A Utah woman is trying everything she can think of to convince the US government that she is not dead, but they're not buying it and want to reclaim all of her pension and medical payments since July of 2014.

Barbara Murphy, 64, from Roy, Utah, was declared dead by the US federal government in August after a death certificate from 2014 with her name on it was linked to her social security account.

Now the government wants to back date the thousands of dollars in state pension and medical payments that she has received since July 2014. Except Murphy is, in fact, not dead, but still alive and kicking.

Following a declined credit card purchase, Murphy learned that the bank had frozen her account after being informed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that she had died.

V

Police fire tear gas grenades towards crowd protesting Rousseff impeachment vote in Sao Paulo

tear gas grenades
© Nelson Almeida / AFPPolice fire tear gas grenades at supporters of suspendend president Dilma Rousseff holding a demonstration during her impeachment trial in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 29, 2016
Police in Sao Paulo have used tear gas to disperse a crowd of supporters of suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on the day she is set to testify at her impeachment trial to deny accusations of hurting the economy with alleged budget manipulations.

Thousands of the president's supporters have taken to the streets across all major Brazilian cities, ahead of an impending Senate vote on permanently removing the country's first female leader from office. The body temporarily suspended President Rousseff's powers for up to six months in May.

To protest her potential impeachment process thousands flocked to the streets in Brasilia, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. In Sao Paulo, the violent scuffles with police began unfolding at around 7:00pm local time, when activists from the Frente Povo Sem Medo (people without fear) movement decided to continue their march which took a direction that had not approved by the security forces.

After the official rally ended, several dozen people remained on Paulista Avenue next to Sao Paulo Art Museum (MASP). Cordoned by the military police, some protesters tried to pierce through the police lines forcing officers to use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the group, which retaliated by launching petrol bombs at police.


Health

Two dead, 41 hurt in bus crash involving Louisiana flood relief

Bus crash
A bus with an unlicensed driver spun out of control near New Orleans on Sunday, killing two people and injuring 41, while taking volunteers to help with Louisiana flood relief, officials said.

St. John the Baptist Fire District Chief Spencer Chauvin was among those killed in the early morning crash after the chartered bus slammed into him as he tried to help victims of another accident, Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Melissa Matey told reporters at a news conference.

Two other firefighters were injured in the crash, one critically, and a passenger in another vehicle struck by the bus died at the scene, the spokeswoman said.