Society's ChildS


Ambulance

18 dead and dozens injured as trains collide in Karachi

Asim Khan / Raza Jafferi
Dawn
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 10:23 UTC
Rescuers workers use heavy machinery on the car of a train
© ReutersRescuers workers use heavy machinery on the car of a train
At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 injured when two passenger trains collided Thursday morning near Karachi's Landi Railway Station, hospital officials said.

Witnesses described watching in horror as Zakaria Express from Multan rammed into Fareed Express from Lahore, which was parked there, with the roar of the crash swiftly followed by the screams of people trapped inside.

Railway officials gave green signal to the train coming from behind by mistake, and it went on to hit the train at rest, said Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Labour Senator Saeed Ghani.

Comment: See also:

Read More...
Stormtrooper

Public servants or corporate security?: An open letter to law enforcement and National Guard in North Dakota

Winona LaDuke, Ann Wright, Zoltán Grossman
CommonDreams
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:16 UTC
dapl_police
© Tom Stromme / The Bismarck Tribune via APA row of law-enforcement officers faces Dakota Access pipeline protesters along North Dakota Highway 6, south of St. Anthony, North Dakota, on October 10, 2016.
So you joined law enforcement or the National Guard because you wanted to uphold the law, protect innocent civilians against the bad guys, and help your community in times of need. Instead, they're having you blockade unarmed people who are trying to hold a prayer vigil, chasing them with armored vehicles and ATVs, raiding their tipis and sweat lodges at gunpoint, and shooting them (and their horses) with pepper spray, concussion grenades, tasers, and rubber bullets. You thought you'd be the cop on the beat or the citizen soldier, and they've made you into the cavalry riding in with Custer.

If you signed up for the National Guard, you swore a solemn oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States...against all enemies, foreign and domestic." This is a good time to read the text of that Constitution, including the First Amendment that prohibits abridging the free exercise of religion, or "the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Article Six of the Constitution defines "all Treaties made" (including those with Native nations) as "the supreme Law of the Land."

Comment: Sigh! Unfortunately it is likely falling on deaf ears....these thugs have no conscience.

Read More...
USA

U.S. militia groups prepare for trouble as presidential election nears

Justin Mitchell and Andy Sullivan
Yahoo News
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
militia groups
Down a Georgia country road, camouflaged members of the Three Percent Security Force have mobilized for rifle practice, hand-to-hand combat training -- and an impromptu campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

"How many people are voting for Trump? Ooh-rah!" asks Chris Hill, a paralegal who goes by the code name "Bloodagent."

"Ooh-rah!" shout a dozen militia members in response, as morning sunlight sifted through the trees last weekend.

As the most divisive presidential election in recent memory nears its conclusion, some armed militia groups are preparing for the possibility of a stolen election on Nov. 8 and civil unrest in the days following a victory by Democrat Hillary Clinton.

They say they won't fire the first shot, but they're not planning to leave their guns at home, either.

Comment: Unfortunately, even if Trump wins, it is quite likely that these same individuals will some day feel compelled to bear arms then - because whoever wins, the US 'deep state' sets the policies - not the president.

Read More...
Heart - Black

School bus attacked in North Memphis, no students on board


RT
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:40 UTC
School bus
© Mike Blake / Reuters
Police are searching for a suspect responsible for vandalizing a school bus outside of an elementary school in Northern Memphis. They responded to reports of the bus receiving gunfire, but later determined that it was a rock.
Read More...
Cow Skull

Draining them dry: Michigan plans to triple amount of groundwater Nestlé pumps, while Flint residents still rely on bottled water

Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
nestle
The state of Michigan has reportedly issued preliminary approval for bottled water behemoth Nestlé to nearly triple the amount of groundwater it will pump, to be bottled and sold at its Ice Mountain plant, which lies roughly 120 miles northwest of the beleaguered community of Flint.

"Nestlé Waters North America is asking the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for permission to increase allowed pumping from 150 to 400 gallons-per-minute at one of its production wells north of Evart," MLive reported on Monday.

"The DEQ Water Resources Division conducted a site review and signed-off on the pumping increase in January, but the Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance is approving the permit," the report continued. The agency is accepting public comment on the proposal (pdf) until Thursday, Nov. 3.

While Nestlé and other bottled water companies have rankled many communities for privatizing their public water supply, the news particularly stung in Michigan, where citizens have faced a years-long nightmare over lead contamination in their drinking water. Many residents of Flint are still forced to rely on bottled water for cleaning, cooking, and bathing as government delays have hampered efforts to replace the corroded pipes.

Comment: Public shaming over the Flint water crisis has certainly done nothing to alter the agenda of Michigan's corrupt officials:
Nestle's ties to the Michigan water crisis

Activist, documentary filmmaker and Flint resident Michael Moore elaborated on the connections between Nestle and Michigan's government in a Feb. 1 report on The Huffington Post:

"[Gov. Rick] Snyder's chief of staff throughout the two years of Flint's poisoning, Dennis Muchmore, was intimately involved in all the decisions regarding Flint. His wife is Deb Muchmore, who just happens to be the spokesperson in Michigan for the Nestle Company — the largest owner of private water sources in the State of Michigan.


Read More...
Attention

Family of 8 killed by U.S. coalition airstrike in Mosul

Fazel Hawramy and Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:10 UTC
Fadhiliya
© Ruptly
Eight civilians from one family, three of them children, were killed by a US airstrike on their home a few kilometres outside Mosul, relatives, officials and Kurdish troops fighting in the area say.

The attack came after a week of heavy fighting in Fadhiliya village, where Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by coalition airpower were battling Isis militants as part of the push to recapture Iraq's second largest city.

Pictures showed villagers uncovering bodies from a pile of rubble that had been a home. The house was hit twice, and some of the rubble and shrapnel was thrown up to 300 metres.

"We know the difference between, airstrikes, artillery and mortars, we have lived for over two years surrounded by fighting," said Qassim a brother of one of the dead, speaking by phone from the village. Troops fighting in the area and a local MP also said the deaths were caused by an airstrike.

Comment: According to the Russian MOD, the Americans conducted 25 sorties and 21 airstrikes yesterday on Mosul and its suburbs. Iraqi forces claim they have killed over 1,100 ISIS fighters (375 in airstrikes).

Read More...
Cardboard Box

Slot machine 'win' of $43M jackpot denied


RT
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 03:53 UTC
Katrina Bookman
© The Black Loop
Katrina Bookman thought she had won the jackpot - but the slot machine had gone to pot. It told her she'd won $42.9 million, but after being escorted out by security, all she got from the casino was a steak dinner.

Katrina Bookman went from being the winner of the largest slot machine payout in history to being the winner of a steak dinner overnight. The mother of four was gambling at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens, when the machine told her she won $42,949,672 in late August. "I can't even describe the feeling, like my whole body just got numbed," Bookman told WABC.

She captured the moment with, what else, a selfie. She was then surrounded by other casino patrons and escorted off the floor by security who told her to come back the next day for a decision.

She used that time to allocate $1 million of the winnings to her son who hoped to buy a barbershop and donate a large portion to the community. Unfortunately, her joy was short lived, because when she returned, she was informed that the machine had malfunctioned and voided her winnings. Instead, the casino representative told her that she would receive a complimentary steak dinner for her troubles.

Comment: Shucks. Maybe her lawyer will prove she still has a 'steak' in this!

Read More...
Bullseye

Penn State: Hillary supporters crash pro-Trump rally and rip up students' signs

Kassy Dillon
Campus Reform
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:12 UTC
Penn state Trump rally
© Image via Twitter: @DailyCollegian
A pro-Trump rally at Penn State University went south when counter-protesters harassed their Trump-supporting classmates and vandalized their campaign signs.

The school's "Bull Moose Party" student group held a pro-Trump demonstration on campus Tuesday, during which members built a wall around a flagpole to express their support for the candidate, but several counter-protesters showed up to disrupt the event, calling Trump "a rapist" and mocking their peers for supporting his presidential bid.

"We built a wall around the American flag to show our support for Donald Trump," Bull Moose Party President Chris Baker told Campus Reform. "Our club wanted this to symbolize our goal to protect our land, our nation, and our flag."
Read More...
Pistol

Police shoot rubber bullets at Dakota Access Pipeline protesters


RT
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 17:51 UTC
dapl
© Morton County Sheriff's Office / ReutersProtesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline stand-off with police in this aerial photo of Highway 1806 and County Road 134 near the town of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., October 27, 2016
There are reports of another standoff between state police and protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline, where according to sources rubber and mace might have been used, with one protester being rushed to a clinic.

Protesters were allegedly trying to build a makeshift bridge on Wednesday, according to reporter Jason Patinkin on the site.

RT sources confirmed that police used mace and rubber bullets on protesters.

Late Tuesday President Barack Obama said the US Army Corps of Engineers is considering ways of rerouting the Dakota Access Pipeline amid an eight-month-long protest staged by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
Read More...
Hardhat

Top Democratic donor says blacks who vote Republican are 'f**ked in the head'


Project Veritas
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 17:43 UTC
Benjamin Barber
In a new video released by Project Veritas Action, a top Democratic donor is caught on camera disparaging members of the African American community at a fundraiser for North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Deborah Ross.

In the video, prominent Ross donor Benjamin Barber expresses his opinion about blacks who vote Republican by comparing them to Nazis.

"Have you heard of the Sonderkommandos? Jewish guards who helped murder Jews in the camps. So there were even Jews that were helping the Nazis murder Jews! So blacks who are helping the other side are seriously fucked in the head. They're only helping the enemy who will destroy them. Maybe they think 'if I help them we'll get along okay; somehow I'll save my race by working with the murderers,'" said Barber at a fundraiser for Ross on the Upper West Side of New York City on September 19, 2016.

Comment: Anyone who pours their energy into major political campaigns in hopes of change can be rightly described as f**ked in the head, no?

Read More...