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Creepy 'new girlfriend' video probed as lead in 7-yo missing teen case


RT
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 05:54 UTC
Altered Dimensions/YouTube
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Police are investigating a possible lead relating to a 2009 missing person case after a disturbing video featuring a screaming tied up teenager introduced as the author's "new girlfriend" went viral seven years after it was first posted on YouTube.

The video was originally posted in 2009, but has only recently gained popularity and many believe it is connected to missing Wisconsin teenager Kayla Berg. Titled "Hi Walter! I got a new GF!" the video was uploaded in October 2009, two months after Berg disappeared.

In it, a man talks about his new girlfriend before leading the camera to a basement bathroom. "I know she hates cameras, Walter, but I'm going to show you her anyway. You ready?" he asks, before opening the door to reveal a girl tied up on the floor, screaming.

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Malcolm X had it right: 'Psychological warfare' tactics used against African-Americans and Muslims

Eric Ortiz
Truthdig
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC
Malcolm X
© Malcolm X Network / YouTubeMalcolm X in 1963
Muslims were a polarizing subject in the United States long before the 2016 presidential race.

In a 1963 interview at the University of California, Berkeley, Malcolm X discussed the nature of Islam and African-American rights with sociology graduate student Herman Blake and professor John Leggett. The civil rights leader explained why he did not believe in racial integration and condoned violence for African-Americans in the name of self-defense.
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The dangerous and growing corporate monopoly on artificial intelligence by tech giants

Josie Wales
Anti Media
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC
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In a race to corner the artificial intelligence market, the world's largest tech companies are in a frenzy to buy out smaller AI companies at an alarming rate, heading toward what could potentially be the most dangerous monopoly in history. According to a report by CB Insights updated on October 7, close to 140 private artificial intelligence companies have been consolidated in the last five years.

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is in first place with 11 acquisitions, the most notable being DeepMind Technologies, which Google purchased for $600 million in 2014. The British startup was just four years old at the time of the acquisition and has been used to create free apps with the National Health Service and conserve energy by controlling the air conditioning units at Google's data centers. Deepmind made headlines in March 2016 when AlAlphaGo became the first computer program in history to beat a top-level Go player.
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'Angry men ripe for radicalization': EU think tank report suggests prisons are breeding grounds for terrorists


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:27 UTC
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European prisons have become 'breeding grounds' for extremist movements, a report by a UK think tank said, adding that in jails, jihadists are able to find plenty of "angry young men" who are "ripe" for radicalization.

The report titled "Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus" by London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) was released on Tuesday.

The authors of the report said they made a database containing the profiles of "79 recent European jihadists with criminal pasts."

"Fifty-seven percent of the individuals in our database (45 out of 79 profiles) had been incarcerated prior to their radicalisation, with sentences ranging from one month to over ten years, for various offenses from petty to violent crime."

Comment: So what are the prisoners angry about in the first place? FBI study states the obvious: US military operations abroad the reason for homegrown terrorism

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Internal combustion engine to be banned in Germany by 2030

Bill Howard
Extreme Tech
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:28 UTC
Car on Assembly Line
© Extreme Tech
Germany invented the gasoline engine and diesel engine. Now, Germany's Bundesrat wants the internal combustion engine banned starting in 2030. The resolution by one of Germany's two legislative bodies (analogous to the US Senate or British House of Lords) isn't binding, but it had bipartisan support. It suggests the days of the internal combustion engine car are finite.

Other code phrases in the resolution, once deciphered, suggest Germany wants to roll back tax credits favoring diesel engine cars, and push for further incentives to ramp up the sales of electric vehicles.
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© Extreme TechGottlieb Daimler’s first “motorized carriage,” circa 1892.
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The disgraceful debate: Trump sways debate focus group, takes votes from Killary


CBS New York
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 18:22 UTC
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The moment Trump won the debate and won the hearts of millions: "You'd be in jail." The state of democracy in the U.S. may be deplorable, but at least it's entertaining.
Bob Schieffer was not a fan of Sunday night's presidential debate.

The CBS News contributor and former "Face the Nation" host called the debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump "disgraceful."

"How have we come to this? This is supposed to be a campaign for the most powerful office of the land. Here we're marching in women into the hall who supposed to have some relationship with one of the candidate's spouses. What's that supposed to prove?" Schieffer said, citing women who claim former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault sitting in Trump's box at the debate. "I mean this is what they do in a Banana Republic. This is the United States of America.

"I just hope to God I don't see another campaign like this one. America can do better than what we have seen here tonight. This was just disgraceful," Schieffer said.


Comment: The U.S. may not be a banana republic per se, but it sure as heck isn't a democracy. What do you expect, Schieffer? This debate was the perfect representation of the state of American democracy in generations. In fact, this election will go down in history as the first truly American election, in which American values were for the first time laid bare for all the world to see.


Comment: Trump says some disgraceful things. Clinton and her supporters do, too. You just don't hear about them as much as you do Trump. Could have something to do with the fact that Clinton has the support of practically the entire MSM complex. Here's Clinton's foreign policy spokesman Jesse Lehrich telling Trump, "go f*** yourself" after Trump made the point that Captain Khan would not be dead if he'd been president. And here's a collection of Killary's despicable language and the deplorable way she treats people she considers beneath her. It's too explicit to quote in full, but here's a representative sample:
- "F*** off! It's enough I have to see you s***-kickers every day! I'm not going to talk to you, too! Just do your Goddamn job and keep your mouth shut." Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with "Good Morning." From the book "America Evita" by Christopher Anderson, p.90

- "Stay the f*** back, stay the f*** back away from me! Don't come within ten yards of me, or else! Just f***ing do as I say, Okay!!?" Hillary screaming at her Secret Service detail. From the book "Unlimited Access" by Clinton 's FBI Agent-in-Charge, Gary Aldridge, p.139


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Good Samaritan extortion: Pastor facing $100 a day fines for helping homeless women & children on his own church's property

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:34 UTC
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Proving once again that the state has no interest in helping people, the state of Delaware is attacking a pastor who would dare attempt to help the homeless. Pastor Aaron Appling of Victory Church West in Dover is being threatened with a $100 per day fine by county officials for allowing a 21-year-old homeless woman to live in an RV in the back of the church property.

Because Appling didn't go through the right channels of extortion and get his own property approved by the government to do with it what he wishes, officials are promising to extort him.

According to NBC Philadelphia, Kent County officials sent Appling a letter stating his church isn't zoned to let homeless people stay on the property. The letter warns that if the church doesn't act quickly, they could be fined $100 a day.

To be clear, a fine is backed by the threat of violence from the state for non-payment. If Appling continues to be a good samaritan by providing a woman with shelter and refuses to pay the $100 per day fine, he will receive a visit from armed agents of the state demanding payment.
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Best of the Web: German journalist poses as intern to spy on RT Deutsch but turns into mainstream media doubter in only two days


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:14 UTC
RT Germany newsroom
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A German undercover journalist enrolled as an intern at the RT Deutsch studio to spy on "Putin's propaganda broadcaster," but things didn't exactly go as planned. After just two days, the man began to question the mainstream media bias - and his own worldview.

German youth magazine Neon planted journalist Martin Schlak at the RT Deutsch office in Berlin. His mission was to find out how "Russia's truth" - to use his own term - is being made.

"I'm a spy," Schlak admits.

He writes he was eager to learn if RT's daily work would live up to the terms used by German mainstream media to describe it, such as "Putin's propaganda broadcaster" and "the Kremlin's weapon of hybrid warfare."

Comment: This poor guy must have suffered a serious case of cognitive dissonance.

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'Babel' nightclub in Sweden rocked by powerful explosion


The Local - Sweden
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:18 UTC
Babel explosion
© AFP/Andreas Hillergren/Scanpix Sweden
A popular nightclub in Malmö was damaged in a powerful explosion in the early hours of Monday.

No one was injured in the blast, which was heard across large parts of central Malmö shortly after 1.30am on Monday.

Babel, a popular nightclub and concert venue in the Möllevången area, was damaged in the explosion, which shattered windows on the first floor. A car parked on the street outside was also damaged.

Police examined the property overnight. The explosion is believed to have been intentional, but in the morning it was still unclear what had caused the detonation.

"It's not a New Year's rocket exactly, but obviously something more powerful," police spokesperson Kim Hild told regional newspaper Sydsvenskan.

As The Local has previously reported, while Sweden is generally a peaceful, safe country with low crime rates, police have had difficulty addressing violence in its third-biggest city.

In recent years, there have been grenade attacks, shootings and incidents of car arson.
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UK 'Killer clown' scares woman into premature birth


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:51 UTC
Clown
© Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFPClowning around isn't so funny anymore.
A UK woman who was eight months pregnant prematurely gave birth after she was startled by a 'killer clown'. The woman is said to be doing well after a 17-year-old frightened her as part of the bizarre craze.

The latest victim of the clown craze was reported on Facebook by a friend of the woman, who described the incident saying a "stupid 17-year-old kid" jumped on the mother-to-be dressed as a clown in Whitwick, Leicestershire.

"It's a nonsense craze that needs stopping," she added.

Comment: See also:
  • Copycat clowns spread to the UK prompting police to threaten jail time

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