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Will anyone care? French police plan protest against 'public hatred' they face


RT
Fri, 06 May 2016 14:23 UTC
French police
© Charles Platiau / ReutersFrench CRS riot police secure a position at the Place de la Nation after clashes with youths who protest against the French labour law proposal during the May Day labour union march in Paris, France, May 1, 2016.
French police are set to protest against the level of brutality they are receiving from members of the public. A major police union says 300 officers have been hurt since the start of the year and the police will stage a protest on May 18.

Police believe they have been unfairly treated by the public for simply trying to do their job. A major French police union, Alliance, says that police are already stretched following a step up in security following November's terrorist attacks. The organization says there is a mounting "anti-cop hatred" becoming evident in France.

"We have gone from being embraced by the crowds after the Charlie Hebdo killings to being attacked repeatedly in the streets," Philippe Lavenu, from the Alliance police union, told The Local.
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Crusader

Good Christian! Tow truck driver leaves woman on the roadside because she had a Bernie Sanders sticker on her car

James Forsythe
DEADState
Thu, 05 May 2016 12:55 UTC
Tow truck driver
© Screen shotA North Carolina truck driver reportedly denied service to a woman on Monday after he noticed the vehicle’s “Bernie 2016” bumper sticker.
A North Carolina truck driver reportedly denied service to a woman on Monday after he noticed the vehicle's "Bernie 2016" bumper sticker.

According to WHNS-TV, Kenneth Shupe said he received a call to pick a stranded woman, Cassy McWade, on the local interstate. Upon seeing "a bunch of Bernie Sanders stuff" on her car, he told her "very politely" that he couldn't tow a socialist and to "call the government" for a tow.

"Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and He just said, 'Get in the truck and leave,'" Shupe said. "And when I got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed."

"Every business dealing in recent history with a socialist minded person I have not gotten paid every time I deal with these people I get 'Berned' with an 'e' not a 'u'."

Shupe said he will not do business with Bernie Sanders supporters because he is a "conservative Christian" who supports Republican candidate Donald Trump.

He claims that he "respects their beliefs," even though he would leave a lone 25-year-old woman who suffers from arthritis and other health issues stranded on a busy interstate. He hopes "they respect" his views.

"Had she been disabled, would I have towed her car? No ma'am," Shupe said. "I would have pulled forward and sat there with her to make sure she was okay until another wrecker service showed up to get her home safely, but I still would not have towed her car."

Comment: Who would Jesus tow?

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Black Magic

German 'house of horrors': Couple arrested for torture, murder of at least 2 women lured via dating website

Mark Piggott
International Business Times
Tue, 03 May 2016 23:08 UTC
Forensic experts in Hoexter
© Getty Images/Marcel Kusch/StringerForensic experts arriving to secure evidences at a house in Hoexter, northwestern Germany, where a man and his ex-wife are suspected of having kidnapped, abused and killed 2 women.
Police in Germany fear there may be more victims after arresting a couple over the torture and murder of two women they lured via dating sites.

A 46-year-old named only as Wilfried W due to strict German privacy laws, has denied wrongdoing but his ex-wife, 47-year-old Angelika B, is reported to have confessed to one charge of manslaughter, saying she had been under her ex-husband's spell at the time.

The couple were arrested after a 41-year-old woman, named as Susanne F, died from blunt trauma wounds to the head. Wilfried and Angelika had reportedly been driving the badly-injured woman home when their car broke down.

As they waited for a taxi, Susanna's condition deteriorated and she died in hospital, her injuries arousing suspicion ."There was serious physical abuse - beating, being chained to a radiator, having to sleep on a cold floor," said prosecutor RalfMeyer.

The couple are also suspected of killing and dismembering a 33-year-old woman called Annika W, who responded to a lonely hearts ad and moved into the house in 2013. Annika died of her injuries on 1 August 2014. Meyer added that Angelika told investigators when Annika died she and Wilfriend "put the body in a freezer and later burnt the body parts in a fireplace."

Comment: See also:

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2 + 2 = 4

Public college in Spain forces students to take 'exorcism class'

Emma Anderson
The Local - Spain
Thu, 05 May 2016 11:00 UTC
Exorcist
© Public domain/Wikimedia CommonsFather José Antonio Fortea Cucurull, who is leading the seminar on exorcism.
A publically funded college in Spain has told students that it is compulsory to attend a course given by a priest who is an expert in exorcisms.

The University College of Barberán and Collán (Colegio Mayor Universitario Barberán y Collán) is connected to the public research institute Complutense University of Madrid, and is also funded by Spain's Defence Ministry.

But some of its curriculum doesn't seem quite typical of a publicly-funded institute.

The college is requiring its 196 students - who are all members of military families - to attend a theological conference focused on "the fields related to the devil, exorcisms, being possessed and hell", according to newspaper El Diario.

A woman who answered the phone at the college told The Local that there was seminar about exorcism, but could not immediately confirm other details.

The seminar called "The Evil" is set to take place on Thursday evening and will be led by Father José Antonio Fortea Cucurull, author of such works as "Summa dæmoniaca" - a treatise on demonology which includes a manual for exorcists.

Comment: Among the Many Counterfeits, a Case of Demonic Possession

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Arrow Up

Help instead of handcuffs: Louisiana police implement program to offer addicts treatment instead of locking them in cages

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 05 May 2016 00:00 UTC
louisiana police operation angel
Covington Police Chief announces Operation Angel
On Monday, Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, District Attorneys, and other government officials from the Eastern part of Louisiana came together to make a courageous and revolutionary statement — "It is time to treat addiction as a disease and not a crime."

Louisiana is one of, if not the worst state in the union when it comes to Draconian laws on the books that target those caught with drugs. Back in 2011, the Associated Press reported on the case of Cornell Hood II, who received a life sentence for possessing two pounds of pot. Hood received the maximum sentence under Louisiana's habitual drug offender law because he had three prior marijuana convictions, although none of them were significant enough to result in even a single day of jail time.

Mulitple decade sentences in the state of Louisiana for possessing a plant are not uncommon and, in fact, they've lead the state to the highest incarceration rate in the world. Louisiana imprisons more of its people, per head than any of its U.S. counterparts which by default makes them first in the world for locking people in cages. Louisiana's incarceration rate is nearly five times Iran's, 13 times China's and 20 times Germany's.

Due largely in part to the war on drugs, in just the past two decades, Louisiana's prison population has doubled. One out of every 86 Louisiana citizens is behind bars, and that rate is far worse for black men. One in 14 black men is behind bars in Louisiana with one in seven either being in prison, on parole, or on probation.

Comment: New report shows the absolute uselessness of the war on drugs

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Bulb

Justice Dept. challenges North Carolina transgender law as violation of civil rights

Ralph Ellis
CNN
Thu, 05 May 2016 20:27 UTC
transgender bathroom
The Justice Department has sent letters to North Carolina's governor and university system leaders notifying them that the state's transgender law violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act, according to a Justice Department official.

House Bill 2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, puts in place a statewide policy that bans individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex. The federal letters said, "Access to sex-segregated restrooms and other workplace facilities consistent with gender identity is a term, condition or privilege of employment. Denying such access to transgender individuals, whose gender identity is different from their gender assigned at birth, while affording it to similarly situated non-transgender employees, violates Title VII."

The Justice Department letters ask for a response by May 9 on "whether you will remedy these violations of Title VII." Gov. Pat McCrory issued a statement, but didn't specifically say what the state will do.
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Yoda

Putin's popularity continues to ride high in latest Russian poll


RT
Thu, 05 May 2016 20:21 UTC
putin tee shirt
© Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik
Over 80 percent of Russians approve of the work of their president, and the number of Vladimir Putin supporters is high even among members of opposition parties, according to the latest public opinion research.

The government-owned agency VTSIOM reported on Thursday that the share of Russians who said they are happy with Vladimir Putin's performance as president is 82 percent. Even more Russians - 84 percent - said they are ready to vote for Putin at the presidential elections.

According to the same research, 76 percent of members of Russia's Communist Party said they are satisfied with Putin as the leader of their country and 79 percent of Communists claimed they would give Putin their support at presidential polls.

Members of the Liberal Democratic party hold similar views, with 69 percent claiming general approval of Putin's current policies and 76 percent promising to vote for the incumbent in the next presidential polls.
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War Whore

Army captain sues Obama for unconstitutional war against ISIS

Melissa Dykes
Mint Press
Thu, 05 May 2016 20:14 UTC
Army Capt. Nathan Smith
Army Capt. Nathan Smith
Most Americans don't even know how many countries their government is currently bombing (it was at least seven by 2014). Obama dropped 23,144 bombs in Middle Eastern countries in 2015 alone. By that count, you'd think ISIS would be erased from the face of the planet.

Instead, more and more "boots" are being placed "on the ground" in Iraq and Syria all the time. Just because no one has said it's an official "war" doesn't make it anything less... and people aren't even paying attention anymore to whether or not the wars our government is waging are actually Constitutional or not.
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Colosseum

Russian conductor Gergiev leads orchestra in ruins of Palmyra


RT
Thu, 05 May 2016 18:38 UTC
palmyra orchestra
© RT

Comment: At this same location, the U.S.-backed Daesh psychopaths conducted a mass execution of Syrian soldiers. The Russians played music. That says all you need to know about the difference in mentality between the two 'superpowers'.


A Russian symphony orchestra led by Valery Gergiev has given a unique performance in ancient Palmyra, recently liberated from Islamic State militants. The concert was devoted to the victims of extremists, and intends to instill hope that peace can triumph over war and terrorism.

The symphony orchestra concert was titled "Praying for Palmyra - Music revives ancient ruins" and was performed in the Roman Theater of Palmyra, one of the few sites still largely intact after Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) captured the city. The venue served as the main site for the annual Palmyra festival prior to the terrorists' rampage in the region.

The musical show commemorates those who fell while liberating the city from IS, and also backs the tremendous efforts needed to restore Palmyra's ruined architectural gems, the organizers said.

Gergiev was among the first to offer support to the embattled city, which was devastated by terrorists during its 10-month occupation. Palmyra was liberated by Syrian troops with Russian air support in March.

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Padlock

Illinois school district installs fingerprint scanners in school cafeterias

Victor Skinner
EAG News
Wed, 04 May 2016 18:19 UTC
Fingerprint scanner
Students and faculty at Harrison Street Elementary School just love the new thumbprint scanner in the school's lunch line, but civil rights experts are warning parents about serious privacy concerns with the technology.

The Geneva Unit District 304 replaced a different biometric scanner system for school lunch lines this year with devices from a local company, PushCoin Inc., that read students' thumb prints to track their accounts, the Daily Herald reports.

"It's good, because you don't have to carry your own money or anything like that," fifth-grader Quinlan Bobeczko told the news site. "It's just there. Your thumb is easy, because you just have to put your thumb on (the device)."

Officials in several area school districts are watching District 304 in hopes of installing similar devices in their schools.

East Maine Elementary District 63 spokeswoman Janet Bishop said the district hired PushCoin Inc. this spring to begin offering the thumb scan option this month, and Lake Zurich Unit District 95 board president Doug Goldberg said schools there will implement the biometric scanners in the 2016-17 school year, the Daily Herald reports.

Comment: Privacy concerns raised as more than one million pupils are fingerprinted in UK schools

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