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Ohio State University on lockdown - active shooter reported on campus


Sputnik
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
ohio state university shooter
Ohio State University Campus has been placed on lockdown as an active shooter has been reported.

​An active shooter alert has been issued for the Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, OSU emergency management team announced on Monday.
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Army Corps won't 'forcibly remove' DAPL protesters, potential for more arrests


RT
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:53 UTC
Pipeline protest
© Stephanie Keith / ReutersActivists will not be forcibly removed according to a statement.
The US Army Corps of Engineers will not forcibly remove Standing Rock activists from a disputed protest camp in North Dakota, according to a statement. It previously said the Oceti Sakowin camp would be closed on December 5.

"The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking a peaceful and orderly transition to a safer location, and has no plans for forcible removal," it said in a statement on Sunday, adding that "those who choose to stay do so at their own risk as emergency, fire, medical, and law enforcement response cannot be adequately provided in these areas."

It did warn, however, that "those who remain will be considered unauthorized and may be subject to citation under federal, state, or local laws."

The statement comes after authorities announced on Friday that they were "closing the portion of the Corps-managed federal property north of the Cannonball River to all public use and access effective December 5, 2016."

Comment: See also:
  • Sheriffs across US refusing to send police and equipment to Standing Rock as outrage and costs grow
  • Police Departments refuse to continue at Standing Rock, Lawmakers call their actions "inappropriate"


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Bullseye

Professor Jordan Peterson exposes the creeping dictatorship of the gender-rights movement

Lea Singh
Life Site
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 15:29 UTC
gender ideology
For anyone who has doubts about the totalitarian tendencies of the radical left, and in particular the creeping dictatorship of gender-rights ideology, this program is a must-see. On Oct. 26th, Dr. Jordan Peterson appeared on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, and defended himself valiantly against three gender-rights activists. He was asserting his right to stick to the English language rather than adopting the various newly-minted personal pronouns, like xe, thon, zer and a singluar 'they', to refer to those who identify with a multitude of alternative gender identities. At the present time, Bill C-16 threatens to make it a violation of human rights for anyone to refuse to use these pronouns. The Agenda debate paints a very disturbing portrait of the intolerant and anti-truth society that is descending upon us.

Dr. Peterson was unwavering in defence of the truth and showed not the slightest signs of being intimidated by the left-wing barrage against him. Nonetheless, the following exchange shows just how serious the situation has gotten in our formerly free Western paradise:
Paikin: Are you prepared to suffer the consequences that society may deem you need to suffer because of your views?
Peterson: Yes, I'm prepared to do that....I think that the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal is probably obligated by their own tangled web to bring me in front of it. If they fine me, I won't pay it. If they put me in jail, I'll go on a hunger strike. I'm not doing this, and that's that. I'm not using the words that other people require me to use, especially if they're made up by radical left-wing ideologues.

Comment: More on Dr. Peterson's valiant fight for truth:

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Arrow Down

Germany to repatriate 100k rejected asylum-seekers to home countries in 2016


RT
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:31 UTC
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© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
Around 100,000 rejected asylum-seekers are expected to soon be returned from Germany to their home countries, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced, adding that around one-third of the deportations are likely to be forced.

Speaking at a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) regional conference in Neumünster on Friday, Merkel said that around 60,000 of those deported will return to their home countries through voluntary repatriation programs, while around one-third will face compulsory deportations, Die Welt newspaper reported.

Those returning home under repatriation programs will reportedly be given a plane ticket and an unspecified amount of start-up aid to be used once they have settled back into their nations of origin.
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Attention

May and other senior members of Western governments snub Castro funeral, but Corbyn's going


RT
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:11 UTC
Corbyn and Castro
© Reuters
Senior members of the British government will apparently snub the funeral of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Prime Minister Theresa May failed even to issue a statement on Castro's death over the weekend.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn meanwhile confirmed he will be attending the funeral, which will take place on December 4.

Senior figures in most Western governments are not expected to travel to Havana, including British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who will send Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan instead. PM May is yet to comment on Castro's death.

Comment: Tributes to Fidel Castro from around the world

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Sheriffs across US refusing to send police and equipment to Standing Rock as outrage and costs grow

Claire Bernish
Free Thought Project
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:16 UTC
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In response to an increasingly furious public outcry, sheriffs from around the country have refused to send personnel and equipment to assist the Morton County Sheriff's Department in guarding construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

A massive campaign of angry phone calls and indignant emails to departments planning to travel to North Dakota succeeded in persuading multiple sheriffs — elected officials — the brutal tactics used against peaceful Standing Rock Sioux and other water protectors have been a gross abuse of power.

That law enforcement have employed disproportionate force against water protectors is irrefutable; and while Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier might technically be tasked with ensuring Dakota Access can proceed where legally permitted, he is indisputably responsible for protecting people exercising their First Amendment rights.
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Dollars

Paid mercenaries? Uncovered emails suggest oil company funding DAPL protest crackdown

Justin Gardner
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
standing rock, #nodapl
© Reuters
December 5 will be a fateful day in the saga of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests, as the Army Corps of Engineers announced they will close all lands north of the Cannonball River, which includes the Oceti Sakowin protest camp.

We can expect that the camp will be forcibly cleared and protesters evicted by the same militarized police forces - and possibly National Guard - that have been acting as protection services for Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind DAPL.

What makes this even more concerning is that veterans, possibly numbering in the hundreds, have committed to join the protests on Dec. 5-7 to stop DAPL and defend water protectors. They are organizing "like a military unit" and say they are prepared to take a bullet, rubber or otherwise.

The gathering of militarized police forces protecting the 1,172-mile-long, 30" diameter oil pipeline is not just from North Dakota, but includes at least six other states — Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, and Nebraska. This multi-state force is only possible by abusing a law meant to aid states in times of natural disaster.

Comment: The heavy handed response from the police to what has been an essentially peaceful protest suggests that police forces are more sympathetic to the industry, so perhaps they understand who their masters are. That said, some police departments are finally showing signs of conscience and are now refusing to take part in the crackdown on protesters.

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Light Saber

Police Departments refuse to continue at Standing Rock, Lawmakers call their actions "inappropriate"

Isiah Holmes
The Fifth Column
Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:28 UTC
#nodapl
© Arlo Iron Cloud
Widespread outrage over both the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and violent police crackdowns rages on. That outrage is spreading even to police agencies now returning from deployment to the reservation.. Two departments have already refused to return, citing personal and public objections. As if that wasn't enough, an army of sympathizers is re-purposing social media to combat police efforts in Standing Rock.

Minnesota's Hennepin County Sheriff's Department is among that group. Lawmakers, according to MPR News, found police activities in Standing Rock "inappropriate". It's to the point where they're considering rewriting legislation to avoid future deployments to incidents like the pipeline resistance.


Comment: "Inappropriate" is putting it mildly.


Police officials, of course, declined to comment on their return from North Dakota or their feelings on what's happening there. It's also made the task of rebuilding trust with the community an even loftier uphill battle. "I do not support Sheriff Stanek's decision to send his deputies to North Dakota", says LT. Governor Tina Smith, "nor did we approve his decision to begin with. I do not have any control over the Sheriff's actions, which I think were wrong, and I believe he should bring his deputies home if he hasn't already."


Comment: What they're refusing to take responsibility for: destroying a young woman's arm or shooting a tear-gas grenade into another woman's face.


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Bizarro Earth

Flashback Massive oil pipeline break under N.D. farmer's wheat field


CBS News
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:43 UTC
The site of an underground oil pipeline break on a farm north of Tioga, N.D., Thursday, October 10, 2013. At least 20,6000 barrels of oil was spilled.
© KXMBThe site of an underground oil pipeline break on a farm north of Tioga, N.D., Thursday, October 10, 2013. At least 20,6000 barrels of oil was spilled.
North Dakota farmer who discovered an oil spill the size of seven football fields while out harvesting wheat says that when he found it, crude was bubbling up out of the ground.

Farmer Steve Jensen says he smelled the crude for days before the tires on his combines were coated in it. At the apparent break in the Tesoro Corp.'s underground pipeline, the oil was "spewing and bubbling six inches high," he said in a telephone interview Thursday.

What Jensen had found on Sept. 29 turned out it was one of the largest spills recorded in the state. At 20,600 barrels it was four times the size of a pipeline rupture in late March that forced the evacuation of more than 20 homes in Arkansas.
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Fire

Russian aircraft protects Haifa, Israel, from wildfires - Abbas sends firetrucks and men


Sputnik
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:45 UTC
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© AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit
Russian Emergencies Ministry Be-200 amphibious aircraft have protected the Israeli city of Haifa from new wildfires, a spokesperson for the Russian Emergencies Ministry told RIA Novosti Sunday.

Israel has been affected by severe fires that are considered to be the worst in Israel's history since 2010. A number of countries, including Russia, Italy, the United States and Greece had provided Israel with assistance in struggling with several blazes in various parts of the country, including near Jerusalem, Haifa, Hadera and Zichron Yaakov.

"During the last 24 hours, Be-200 aircraft had been extinguishing wildfires in the vicinity of Haifa and Jerusalem. Thanks to joint activities of the Russian pilots with the Israeli fire-fighting land group, the city of Haifa, which had already suffered from wildfires, was saved from fire," the spokesperson said.

Comment: Abbas offered Palestine's help as well:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and expressed gratitude to him for sending fire trucks and firefighters to assist Israel in extinguishing wildfires, prime minister's press service said in a statement.

The Palestinian Authority provided Israel with eight fire trucks and dozens of firefighters to extinguish the wildfires, according to reports.

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening, contacted Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen and thanked him for sending firefighters to assist in extinguishing the fires. The Prime Minister also appreciates the fact that Jews and Arabs alike opened their homes to those affected by the fires," the statement reads.
See also: Al-Qaeda linked Palestinian militant group 'claims responsibility' for devastating Haifa blaze

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