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Argentina: Victims of Vatican priests' sexual violence demand justice


Sputnik
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 21:31 UTC
At least 22 children with hearing disabilities were sexually abused by Catholic priests at a school for deaf-mute minors in Argentina. Sputnik Italy spoke with Marco Lodi Rizzini, the press secretary for the local branch of a Catholic school for deaf children.

Catholic priest
© ShuttershockCatholic priest
Police arrested 82-year old priest Nicola Corradi and four other suspects who are facing charges of sexual and physical child abuse at the Antonio Provolo Institute in northwestern Mendoza province.

If found guilty the accused could be sentenced to up to 50 years in prison. "Before he was arrested in Argentina, Don Corradi committed similar crimes at a school for the deaf in Verona, Italy, where he served before he was ordained priest. He later moved to Argentina" Marco Rizzini said in an interview with Sputnik Italy.

Hundreds of children were reportedly sexually assaulted over the years by priests and religious brothers at the school in Verona.

"None of them was brought to justice or even defrocked. Some of them are already dead and six are still serving now. They are old now, live in Verona and keep working with children!" Marco Rizzini fumed.

Comment: Psychopaths choose activities that will put them in contact with the most vulnerable and will give them the best chances to get away with their crimes. They also protect each other to the point that their misdeeds are institutionalized, apparently.

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Eye 1

Americans under surveillance: NSA to disclose how many are under their watchful eye

Dustin Volz
Reuters
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 02:49 UTC
NSA aerial view
© ReutersAn undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, Maryland.
The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic communications have been caught in the crosshairs of online surveillance programs intended for foreigners, U.S. lawmakers said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.

The estimate, requested by members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, is expected to be made public as early as next month, the letter said.

Its disclosure would come as Congress is expected to begin debate in the coming months over whether to reauthorize or reform the so-called surveillance authority, known as Section 702, a provision that was added to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 2008.

"The timely production of this information is incredibly important to informed debate on Section 702 in the next Congress— and, without it, even those of us inclined to support reauthorization would have reason for concern," said the letter signed by 11 lawmakers, all members of the House Judiciary Committee.

The letter was sent on Friday to National Intelligence Director James Clapper. It said his office and National Security Agency (NSA) officials had already briefed congressional staff about how the intelligence community intends to comply with the disclosure request.
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Attention

London Muslim woman 'could hardly breathe' after being dragged on ground by hijab in sickening attack


RT
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:44 UTC
Woman attacked
© Luke MacGregor / Reuters
A Muslim woman in east London had her headscarf pulled off and was dragged along the ground in a "sickening" attack in east London.

The 27-year-old woman had been visiting a friend at a hair salon when two white youths approached her from behind and tried to rip off her hijab before pushing her onto the ground and dragging her a few meters along the pavement. Witnesses say she was left highly distraught and lay on the ground for around twenty minutes before being helped into a nearby Turkish restaurant, where the young woman called emergency services.

"The poor girl was shaking like a leaf, we had to sit her down and give her water before she could speak," a waiter at the Fes restaurant told the Evening Standard.

"She told us two white guys shoved her then dragged her along the floor by her headscarf and left her on the pavement. She was having a panic attack when we saw her, and could barely breathe.

"It's sickening that people can do this," the waiter said.

Comment: See also: Wave of racist bullying and vandalism spreads fear across US after Trump victory

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Propaganda

Reds under the beds: Bloomberg hypes the 'Russian' climate threat

Eric Worrall
Watts Up With That?
Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:27 UTC
Putin
© kremlin.ru
Bloomberg has joined a chorus of voices hyping up the alleged Russian threat. But the real threat is to President-elect Trump.
Russia Wins in a Retreat on Climate Change

By Noah Smith

President-elect Donald Trump has signaled ambivalence about many policies, such as Obamacare and infrastructure spending. But on at least one issue, his attitude is crystal-clear: climate change. Trump has vowed to withdraw from the Paris agreement designed to limit fossil-fuel use, and presented himself as a champion of the coal industry. His transition team even demanded that the Energy Department make a list of names of employees who worked on climate change. U.S. national policy seems set for an epic shift away from alternative energy and carbon reduction.
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Who would win from a retreat in the war on climate change? Oil, coal and gas industries around the world, obviously, as well as coal-burning power companies. But the biggest winner probably would be another country: Russia.
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Without oil and gas, Russia's economy would be a shambles, and sharp declines in energy prices in the 1990s and again in the past three years sent its economy into deep recessions.
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Fire

2 killed in 40-vehicle pileup after tractor-trailer plunges off highway, icy weather conditions (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)


RT
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:55 UTC
accident
© Stephen Phillippo / YouTube
Two people have been killed and at least 11 injured in a major traffic incident on a highway in South Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday morning.

"We have approximately about a 40-car pileup on the northbound side of I-95 near the Washington Boulevard exit," Baltimore City Fire Chief Roman Clark told reporters, adding "there was a tractor-trailer that actually went over the embankment."
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Sun

Justice maybe? Ex-NYPD chief to stand trial in Occupy Wall Street police brutality case


RT
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 04:29 UTC
NYPD brutality
© Canal de AlvaroCorzoV / YouTube
Former New York Police Department Chief and current commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management Joseph Esposito will stand trial for police brutality and malicious prosecution related to the arrest of an Occupy Wall Street protester.

John Scott Dekuyper, 58, was arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest in Times Square in October 2011. While he was only one of 92 people arrested in Times Square, video footage taken at the scene depicted an officer repeatedly punching Dekuyper in the head. Now over five years later, a judge has granted Dekuyper permission to file a civil rights suit against Esposito and two officers involved, Shreeganes Meade and Patrick Mullane.

According to Dekuyper's attorney, the conflict began when he joined an Occupy Wall Street march from Manhattan's Lower East Side up to Times Square. Once the participants reached the tourist hub, a messy melee broke out between protesters and law enforcement. Esposito, who was acting NYPD chief, responded and attempted to corral the crowds by blocking the protesters off with barriers and ordering police horses to go into the crowds.

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Propaganda

Syrian activist believes Aleppo Twitter girl Bana is the 'ultimate propaganda stunt'


Sputnik
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 19:46 UTC
Bana Alabed Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612161048599179-aleppo-bana-twitter/
© AFP 2016/ Thaer MohammedSyrian Bana al-Abed is filmed by her mother as they prepare to post on Twitter in English about life in the besieged eastern districts of Syria's Aleppo, on October 12, 2016
A Syrian activist Maytham Al Ashkar contacted the 7-year-old Twitter star, Bana Alabed, on November 27, offering to evacuate her family from eastern Aleppo. After a month, someone who identified herself as Bana's mother responded. "What happened after, convinced me that Bana's account is the ultimate propaganda stunt," Maytham told Sputnik.

Bana's account, designated by Twitter as "verified", was set up three months ago, and has since gathered over 310,000 followers. The tweets, written by both Bana and her mother, Fatemah, who says she taught her daughter to speak English, depict life under siege in east Aleppo.
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Bulb

End of faithless electors? Judge orders electors in Colorado to vote for Hillary in accordance with state law - same in Alaska


Sputnik
Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:56 UTC
trump hillary
© AFP
A federal judge has ordered presidential electors in Colorado to vote for Hillary Clinton, after they filed a lawsuit seeking the right to vote for someone else, in an attempt to block the election of Donald Trump.

Colorado electors Polly Baca, a former state Senator, and Robert Nemanich, have campaigned for the right to vote against the will of the people, seeking to choose a candidate they think would be a better president. The duo filed a lawsuit arguing that presidential electors have a constitutional right to cast their vote for any qualified candidate, regardless of the November 8 election outcome.

Laws regarding electors vary from state to state, but in Colorado they dictate that an elector must vote for the presidential ticket that receives the most votes during the election. The penalty for breaking this law can include a $1,000 fine or up to one year in prison.

Though Baca and Nemanich are both Democrats, they were willing to vote for a Republican candidate other than the President-elect, if electors bound to him also switch, in an attempt to deny Trump the 270 electoral votes required to win. Only one Republican, Texas elector Chris Suprun, has agreed to go along with their plan.

Comment: (Link to the text of the lawsuit here.)

A federal judge in Seattle, Washington, and another in San Jose, California, also rejected attempts by electors to avoid being fined for disregarding the state's presidential popular vote. Thankfully the judiciary system is not bending to the attempts of so-called Hamilton electors to go against federal law because they are precious snowflakes who aren't able to handle losing. Also, it is part of Congress' duty to ensure a peaceful transition of executive power after an election:
Sec. 2. The Congress declares it to be the purpose of the Act to promote the orderly transfer of the executive power in connection with the expiration of the term of office of a President and the inauguration of a new President. The national interest requires that such transitions in the office of President be accomplished so as to assure continuity in the faithful execution of the laws and in the conduct of the affairs of the Federal Government, both domestic and foreign.

Any disruption occasioned by the transfer of the executive power could produce results detrimental to the safety and well-being of the United States and its people. Accordingly, it is the intent of the Congress that appropriate actions be authorized and taken to avoid or minimize any disruption. In addition to the specific provisions contained in this Act directed toward that purpose, it is the intent of the Congress that all officers of the Government so conduct the affairs of the Government for which the exercise responsibility and authority as (1) to be mindful of problems occasioned by transitions in the office of President, (2) to take appropriate lawful steps to avoid or minimize disruptions that might be occasioned by the transfer of the executive power, and (3) otherwise to promote orderly transitions in the office of President.
Update (December 16): The Colorado challengers appealed on Friday.
The Tenth Circuit on Friday evening denied the Colorado electors' request for an injunction. A three-judge panel found that the electors failed to point to specific provisions of the US Constitution that supported their argument, and didn't show how they would suffer irreparable harm if the court denied their request for an emergency injunction.
A similar lawsuit in Alaska, brought by a Clinton supporter, has been righteously squashed:
A federal judge in Alaska has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a Hillary Clinton supporter seeking to prevent the state's three electoral college voters from casting votes for President-elect Donald Trump.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess said the electoral college is spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. He said in a written order that Janice Park's remedy rested not with the courts but with the constitutional amendment process.

Park, of Anchorage, claimed that electors casting votes for Trump would violate her Fifth Amendment right of equal protection and deny her the principle of one person, one vote. She based her claim on the fact that Clinton is winning the popular vote but will lose the electoral college.


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People

Polish police use force as thousands block parliament protesting new media restrictions law


RT
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 19:25 UTC
Polish people protests
© Wojtek Radwanski / AFPPeople shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration by opposition supporters and Committee for the Defence of Democracy movement (KOD) outside the Polish parliament on December 16, 2016.
Police have demanded that thousands of protesters blocking the Polish parliament building in Warsaw to disperse, warning that otherwise force may be used. The opposition initially blockaded the parliament building in protest at new media restrictions on covering its work.

The protests were triggered by new proposals put forward by the ruling Law and Justice party to limit media access to parliamentary debates. According to the new rules, only five TV stations will be permitted to cover the sessions. The proposal also envisaged limiting the number of reporters allowed in the premises.

The move has drawn strong criticism from independent media and opposition MPs, who attempted to block the key vote on budget by occupying the parliamentary podium in protest against what they see as a clampdown on the media.

Comment: 'Democracy' in question: How stable are western democracies? Not very, according to researchers

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Attention

Violent Russophobia in modern Ukrainian newspaper: "Daddy, kill Russians!"

Natalia Lapina (translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard)
Stalker Zone
Sun, 06 Nov 2016 19:22 UTC
daddy kill russians
Much is said about the violation of the Constitution and human rights, frankly Goebbels propaganda deployed today in Ukraine. And here is one more confirmation.

It is such a printed newspaper that is distributed to children on the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, controlled by the government in Kiev.

This little rag is called "Kropivach". Such a low-budget publication with black-and-white images and articles for which parents have to pay with their own money. After reading this trash there is a desire to wash your hands and put the authors up against the wall, editors and distributors of this "highly spiritual" masterpiece of Ukrainian thought.

Now to the point. Each article of this abomination deserves a separate study. But I will briefly tell you about each one.

The first column flaunts a photo of a Ukrainian girl in a wreath and the inscription in Ukrainian: "Daddy, kill Russians!"

And underneath is written the word "attention" in three languages. English, German (how can the "non-fascists" omit it?) and Ukrainian. Further is some description of what will be discussed.

Comment: As if that isn't enough, just check out these billboards. Ironically, the Ukro-nazis don't realize how Stalinist they actually are:

ukraine billboard
"A "Domestic" separatist:
- Mocks national symbols
- Awaits the coming of the "Russian world"
Punishment: 7-12 year prison sentence
See, hear - phone 0 800 501 482"
ukraine billboard
"Do you speak the occupier's language? [i.e.: Russian] Undoubtedly you are helping the occupier!"
ukraine billboard
"Domestic separatist? We are coming for you! Punishment: 7-12 year prison sentence"
ukraine billboard
"How to identify a separatist? [From bottom left clockwise]
- Talks about how life was better in the past [in the USSR]
- Wears a St George's ribbon [symbol of Russia's victory in WWII]
- Believes the Russian media
- Believes that power in Ukraine was seized by fascists
- Blames America for everything
- Uses the following vocabulary: "Junta", "Maidanites", "Russians are our brothers", "Crimea is ours"
- Shouts that Ukrainian gangs created a war in the Donbass"


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