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Boat

While Europe makes room for refugees, the Japanese ask: Why not us?

Anna Fifield
The Washington Post
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 06:37 UTC
When Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, was visiting Egypt earlier this year, he pledged $200 million in aid for refugees displaced by the rise of the so-called Islamic State. "We are going to provide assistance for refugees and displaced persons from Iraq and Syria," he said.

Now, as a torrent of refugees flows out of the Middle East and into Europe, many people are wondering why rich Gulf nations and the United States are not doing more to help. And some in Japan are also wondering if the country should be doing more than giving money.

After all, Japan has offered zero resettlement places for refugees from Syria, according to Amnesty International, although the Japan Association for Refugees says three were granted refugee status in 2013.

Either way, there have been mounting calls here for a more inclusive policy.

Comment: There was no need for people to be homeless and in need of resettlement if the Western pathocracies had refrained from meddling in and destabilizing Middle Eastern and Asian societies. By no fault of their own (except that they managed to survive), the increasing masses of refugees have become a global problem and a growing crisis.

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Airplane

British Airways plane catches fire at Las Vegas airport - 2 injured


RT
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:56 UTC

A London-bound British Airways flight caught fire at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the airport stated. Two minor injuries have been reported and the fire was quickly extinguished.

The incident was caught on video and captured in images by those at the airport. One video was posted online by Twitter user Paul Berberian:


The plane was a British Airways Boeing 777 with 275 seats, McCarran officials confirmed via Twitter. There were 159 people and 13 crew members on board Flight 2276
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Pistol

Seventy percent of Britons oppose selling arms to dictators


RT
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:53 UTC
guns
© Reuters
British people oppose the UK selling weapons to undemocratic countries and violent dictatorships, according to a survey carried out by polling firm Opinium.

The research found up to 70 percent of UK adults feel it is wrong to sell arms to dictatorships. Of the remaining 30 percent who condone selling arms to dictators, more than half are men.

The news comes as the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair takes place in London, attended by a large number of prospective buyers from authoritarian regimes around the world.

The survey is just the latest blow to one of Britain's last remaining manufacturing sectors - an industry heavily subsidized by the taxpayer.

On Monday it was announced that rules governing the industry since 1968 would be subject to sweeping reviews.

The new Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) - a Ministry of Defence (MoD) initiative that began in January - is expected to do away with existing guidelines on how arms companies profit.

Comment: So, just convince people that the dictators are democratically elected and the democratically elected are dictators!

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Vinyl

Petty Americans play wrong anthem after Russian wins wrestling gold


RT
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 02:33 UTC
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© Kim Kyung-Hoon / ReutersRussia's Roman Vlasov
Mixing up anthems is a trap that many events and organizations have fallen into. The World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas has followed suit, with the award ceremony paused mid-song, followed by an awkward version of the correct tune.

Two-time Greco-Roman wrestling world champion Roman Vlasov (2011, 2015) had to defeat two world champions en route to the finals, where he faced Danish Mark Madsen. The Russian thought all his hard work had finally paid off, and it was time to relax and bask in his glory.

But several seconds into the song he realized that something was very out of place... that's because the song that was blasting through the speakers was actually Mikhail Glinka's 'Patrioticheskaya Pesnya' (Patriotic Song) - a piece very briefly used as the Russian anthem during the tumultuous '90s, before Vladimir Putin's administration reinstated the world-famous melody at the turn of the millennium.

Comment: The Americans are taking every chance they can get to show that their petty, vindictive ways know no bounds.

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Heart - Black

Muslim girl brutally attacked in London amid soaring rate of hate crimes


RT
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:25 UTC
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© BreakNews / YouTube
Disturbing footage showing a hijab-wearing teenager being knocked unconscious on the streets of east London has been republished to demonstrate the reality of soaring rate of racial hate crimes in Britain.

The video shows Tasneem Kabir, 16, being ambushed by Michael Ayoade, 34, as she walked to college in Plaistow on the afternoon of November 13, 2012.

The attacker, originally from Nigeria, was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to two "vicious" attacks that left Kabir laying helpless on the ground with a smashed lip and broken teeth.

The attack on Kabir is just one of the many cases of Islamophobia investigated by the BBC's "Inside Out" London special "Behind the Veil," which aired Monday evening.

In the program, one young Muslim woman spoke about women's experiences of being attacked, verbally abused and spat at on the streets of London.

One victim told the BBC many Muslim girls are "scared" to report incidents to the police.

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Heart - Black

Hungarian reporter fired after being caught on video kicking and tripping refugee children


PressTV
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:16 UTC
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A Hungarian camera operator has been filmed kicking and tripping up refugee children, fleeing the police at the country's southern border with Serbia. In the footage released on social media on Tuesday, the N1TV channel camerawoman, identified as Petra Laszlo, can be seen tripping up an asylum seeker carrying a child and kicking a running child in a separate incident.

The channel announced they fired Laszlo after the footage went viral, stating that she had "behaved in an unacceptable way" at the border. "The camerawoman's employment contract has been terminated with immediate effect as of today, we consider the matter closed."

The incident took place as scores of asylum seekers breached a police line at the Serbian border where thousands of refugees have been passing through for the past month.

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Snakes in Suits

Walter Palmer, man who killed Cecil the lion, returns to work after going in hiding due to intense social backlash


RT
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 01:30 UTC
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© Eric Miller / ReutersWalter Palmer
Greeted by protesters, Walter Palmer, accused of killing a rare, internationally known Zimbabwean lion named Cecil in July, has returned to work at his suburban Minneapolis dental practice.

About a half dozen protesters shouted "Murderer" and "leave town" as Palmer, 55, entered the River Bluff Dental clinic in Bloomington, Minnesota. Palmer had no comment as he entered the clinic, which was shut down in late July amid a surge of protests and public outcry. The clinic re-opened in mid-August without Palmer.

"He did something really bad and he really knows it," Veronique Lamb, a tourist from Brussels who was present at the clinic Tuesday morning, told Reuters. "Hopefully this has opened the eyes of people to this horrible business. It's very sad."

Palmer is wanted for extradition by the Zimbabwean government after paying $55,000 for killing the country's local favorite lion, 13-year-old Cecil. He has yet to be charged with a crime for the killing.
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Eye 2

Corporate arrogance: "We Are Enbridge and We Don't Go Around Anything"


Op-Ed News
Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:03 UTC
Enbridge oil pipeline north dakota
© James BotsfordJames and Krista Botsford
The disruptive phone calls came at dinnertime, and were not the usual telemarketing solicitations. The caller identified as a representative from a multinational oil company that wanted to run a 24-inch pipeline through farmland owned by James and Krista Botsford. The caller was not selling anything, but wanted the Botsfords to sell a right of way through their North Dakota land. This pipeline would push 300,000 barrels of oil a day to ports in Superior Wisconsin. The crude oil, pumped straight from the Bakken Oil Fields, could not be sold on the world market until it was processed at refineries on Lake Superior.

Every time that James Botsford answered the persistent ringing of the phone, he told the caller in no uncertain terms that he and his wife were not interested. Issue number one, he did not want to participate in a private enterprise that would increase global warming and threaten the lives of his heirs. This was a moral imperative and no amount of persuasion, including money, would make him change his mind.

The calls continued, and finally FEDEX packages began to arrive with contracts and offers of money. The honey pot grew, and the amount of money offered escalated from about $25,000 to about $50,000. Still, Botsford's answer was "No."

In a final heated and somewhat ugly exchange over the phone, Botsford suggested to the caller in no uncertain terms that the company just go around the property.

"They (the caller) said they were Enbridge and they don't go around anything - they go through it," Botsford says.

Comment: All in a day's work for a psychopathic corporation. Profits are the only reality they recognize. They take no notice of the harm they cause, whether on a personal or global scale.

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Pills

US faces severe shortage of psychiatrists as demand grows


RT
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:55 UTC
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© Christophe Simon / AFP
The majority of US states face a shortage of psychiatrists, while the need for specialists is growing. Health care providers and policymakers are working on ways to attract new talent, but many medical students are reluctant to take up the call.

According to a recent study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, 59 percent of psychiatrists are 55 or older, the Associated Press reported, making them the fourth oldest group of doctors practicing in 41 medical specialties. Consequently, it is very likely that many will soon retire or accept fewer patients.

In the 18 years between 1995 and 2013, the total number of adult and child psychiatrists in the US rose by just 12 percent, from 43,640 to 49,079, while the number of physicians grew by 45 percent. During that time, however, the US population increased by about 37 percent, the Association's statistics show. In addition, millions of Americans have become eligible for mental health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

"I'm not aware of any part of the country where it is easy for our members to find psychiatrists," Charles Ingoglia, a vice president of the National Council for Behavioral Health, told AP. The council coordinates a network of 2,300 not-for-profit clinics nationwide that provide psychiatric help.

Comment: The psychiatry field is in a mess with a questionable reputation: The "institutional corruption" of Psychiatry: A discussion with the authors of 'Psychiatry Under the Influence'

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Dollar

Colorado unexpectedly raises $150 million from marijuana sales

Michelle Toh
Yahoo News
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:31 UTC
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Colorado has brought in more than $150 million in marijuana tax revenue, according to official state data.

That doesn't make it a budgetary panacea, warn lawmakers.

"The big lesson we tell other states is you probably shouldn't legalize marijuana if you want to make money - that's not why you do it," said J. Skyler McKinley, deputy director of the governor's Office of Marijuana Coordination, to the Huffington Post. "You do it because you think that a regulated marketplace might be safer than an unregulated marketplace, or you believe that the war on drugs didn't work."

Comment: Cash strapped states may look at this story and consider legalizing marijuana as a way to gain tax revenue. Of course if those states make big money on prisons, then no dice.

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