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Chicago park closed after child's body parts found in lagoon


Skynews
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 09:53 UTC
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The remains are thought to belong to a child aged between two and four as police search through missing persons cases.

A child's feet, hands and head were found in a lagoon in Chicago. The head and other body parts of a young child have been discovered in a lagoon in a west Chicago park.

A search was launched at Garfield Park after someone reported seeing an object floating in the water at the lagoon on Saturday afternoon. Detectives discovered the badly decomposed remains, which also included hands and feet, as investigators searched through the waist-high water over the weekend. Part of Garfield Park has been closed off during the search

Police said on Sunday that officers had found additional body parts, but did not release any further details. The Chicago Sun Times reported that a child's head had been found. A 20lb weight was also found nearby, authorities said. Jason Ervin, alderman for the district, said investigators had told him the victim was likely aged between two and four and said there was no indication the remains were from more than one child.
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Star of David

Flashback What was and what is: Palestine pre-1948, before Zionism/Israel

PalestineATW
Youtube
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00 UTC
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© UnknownNakba 1948
The video contains pictures of different Palestinian cities during the 1920's and 1930's, before the creation of the state of israel by the zionists in 1948.
Video dedicated to Palestinians of all religions across the globe
And all those longing to return to a peaceful & free homeland
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Brussels police fire water cannons as protesting farmers use tractors to break police cordon


RT
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:50 UTC
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Police have used water cannon during a farmers' protest in Brussels. Hundreds of protesters were throwing stones, eggs and firecrackers at officers and used two tractors to try and break through a cordon.

At least one police officer has been injured in the clashes with protesters, Ruptly video agency reports from the scene.

The farmers arrived in the EU capital on tractors to express their anger over falling milk and meat prices.


"Prices have gone down 30-40 percent for most farmers and our farms are really going bankrupt like this," Sieta van Keimpema, vice-president of the European Milk Board farmers group, told AP.

According to organizers, at least 6,000 farmers have gathered in Brussels and some 2,000 tractors are currently blocking traffic in and around the city.

"The milk price is under or around 28 cents [per liter, about 0.2 gallons]. And this is not enough even to cover the costs," Heinz Thorwarth, a farmer from Fuchsstadt, southern Germany, told AP.
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Fire

'Fireball in the sky' erupts after pipeline explosion near Canada-US border


cbc.ca
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:58 UTC
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© Jeff FrenchJeff French, the fire chief in Emerson, Man., took photos of this fire burning Saturday night at a TransCanada natural gas pipeline station in Kittson County, Minn.
Officials looking into cause of large fire at compressor station that took 4 hours to extinguish

A few homes were evacuated Saturday night near the Canada-U.S. border after a pipeline fire about 50 kilometres southeast of Emerson, Man., lit up the night sky. A TransCanada spokesperson said the fire started in the yard of the St. Vincent Compressor Station at about 9 p.m CT in Kittson County, Minn.

Fire crews initially received reports of an explosion, said Jeff French, the fire chief in Emerson. "When we got there it was just one big fireball with a big rumbling," said French. "You could hear the rumble probably 20 kilometres away." French said the flames were also visible kilometres from the compressor station. "It just looked like a huge fireball in the sky," said French. "It makes it look that much bigger when it's dark. It was probably 40 feet high; it was probably 10 to 15 feet wide at the base."

The fire burned until about 1:10 a.m. Sunday, TransCanada said. One or two homes in Dominion City were evacuated Saturday night as a precaution, French said, adding people were allowed back in their homes about an hour later.

'A big boom'

French could not confirm if there was indeed an explosion, but said he spoke with people in the area who reported hearing "a big boom." TransCanada said the facility has been shut down and the pipeline has been isolated.

No injuries have been reported. Investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.
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Airplane

Military exercise to make East Coast air traffic collision avoidance systems unreliable for entire month of September

Melissa Dykes
The Daily Sheeple
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:13 UTC
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Something fishy is going on.

As posted on Aviation International News and the National Business Aviation Association, the Department of Defense suddenly informed the Federal Aviation Administration that a military exercise will make the TCAS and ADS-B surveillance systems unreliable on the East Coast (and up to 200 nautical miles offshore) for the whole month of September from one am EDT September 2nd until midnight EDT on October 1st.

The TCAS is otherwise known as the traffic collision avoidance system. It does exactly what it sounds like it does: it helps pilots avoid mid-air collisions. ADS-B stands for Automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast, which Wikipedia describes as "a cooperative surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked."

For these things to suddenly be unreliable sounds like a very bad thing, although the FAA has said this poses no safety risk.

Comment: Is something coming in September? Why are so many people storing food and supplies?

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New York Police fire 84 shots at suspect, miss 83 times...

Sebastian Murdock
Huffington Post
Sun, 06 Sep 2015 11:46 UTC
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"I couldn't believe how long it was going on."

An attempted murder suspect who fired at New York police was apprehended only after police engaged him in a gun fight, firing a barrage of bullets.

Of the 84 total shots cops fired, one struck the suspect.

Early Friday morning, 27-year-old Jerrol Harris ran from police after allegedly robbing a Brooklyn man, then shooting the victim in the arm as he fled, according to multiple news reports.

When police identified Harris, the suspect immediately began to fire on the cops, police said.

"He fired at them, and they fired back," NYPD Deputy Commissioner Stephen Davis told the New York Daily News. "That's when he was hit."

The incident took place in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn at about 1:15 a.m., starting when 52-year-old Leon Faison discovered Harris inside his car attempting to steal items, ABC 7 reported. Harris then shot Faison in the arm before running off, according to police.

Comment: The NYPD rarely misses taking a life. Is there something symbolic or unconscious going on here with these officers? Was the NYPD told to start missing shots to restore faith in the department? Does Mr. Harris have a special force field?!

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Family

Russian MPs seek to outlaw 'baby boxes'


RT
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:06 UTC
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© Mihail Mokrushin / RIA Novosti
Lawmakers from the nationalist party LDPR have proposed a law banning the practice of so-called 'baby boxes' - containers that allow parents to anonymously leave unwanted newborns at hospitals or orphanages.

Vitaly Zolochevsky has prepared a bill that would punish those who "install or use specially-equipped facilities for anonymous abandoning of the underage children," with fines of up to 500,000 rubles (about US$7,500) or correctional labor with restrictions on travel for up to two years.

The same bill also introduces punishment for those who abandon their children with fines up to 200,000 rubles (over $3,000), and up to five years of correctional labor or prison time.

Zolochevsky told popular daily Izvestia that he sought to outlaw baby boxes because they practically encourage parents to give away their children by offering a simple and safe way to do so.

Comment: See also: Europe mulls banning 'boxes' for abandoned babies

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Red Flag

Swiss police fire rubber bullets, pepper spray during pro-refugee protests in Zurich


RT
Sun, 06 Sep 2015 09:29 UTC
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A pro-refugee demonstration in Zurich has ended with riot police firing rubber bullets after leftist protesters intervened in the rally. People have taken to the streets to criticize European governments in their handling of the ongoing crisis.

Dozens marched in Zurich's Helvetiaplatz on Saturday, which is a popular spot for various demonstrations in Switzerland's largest city. The rally was originally organized by concerned citizens, Ruptly agency reported. The protesters said they were eager to welcome the refugees and wanted to express their concern over the inaction of some EU leaders and governments.

As the peaceful demonstration proceeded, a group of left-wing people intervened in the protest, Ruptly reported. Although originally restricted to a static demonstration by authorities, the newer protesters attempted to march to the city center. To halt their progress, riot police used rubber bullets and pepper spray.

But the picture is not uniform across all of Europe. Germany's Wurzburg on Saturday saw 300 people march down central roads with banners and welcoming messages with no reported police attempts to disperse the demonstration - although the pressure is now on, and several incidents have taken place since the arrival of the first several hundred refugees by way of Austria.

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House

Portland property sellers are telling Californians to GTFO

Keisha Hatchett
Yahoo News
Sat, 05 Sep 2015 02:38 UTC
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© www.weaselzippers.us “No Californians” Stickers Being Slapped On Real Estate For Sale Signs
Portlanders have had it with those board shorts and kale smoothies, and now they're rising up to stick it to the Californians--literally. According to the Oregonian, upset citizens are placing "No Californian" stickers on For Sale signs throughout the city. The state is currently receiving an influx of out-of-state buyers, forcing housing prices to skyrocket.


Comment: Oregon has always had this California bias, nothing particularly new. They just periodically need a new excuse.


Realtor Lori Fenwick was notified of the incidents when one of her buyers sent her a photo of a defaced sign. She shared her findings with a real estate group on Facebook and quickly learned that she wasn't the only victim. Three other realtors piped up including Quinn Irvine of M Realty. "A lot of these homes are going into bidding wars and going over ask price," he said. "And a lot of these guys are getting outbid. And I think they're going around to agents who have properties that have sold over ask price and putting anti-California stickers."


Comment: Fenwick complained that somebody covered her name on one of her signs, replacing it with a phrase: "STOP THE BUBBLE." Fenwick also stated that the realty company pays for the proprietary signs and not for public defacing by putting stickers on them, especially covering the agent information.


Comment: Out-of-state buyers are coming from everywhere, not just California (the "sticker-face" on this article). Buyers do not control bubbles...the PTB and the banksters do. Perhaps Oregon should acknowledge that, in these testy economic and earth-changing times, at least their RE is desirable and selling?

NAR released a new study in March analyzing the impact of rents rising faster than renters' incomes on home buying trends. Data surrounding income growth, housing costs, and changes in share of renter and owner-occupied housing units were compiled from 70 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas over a five year period. The study finds the gap between stronger rent growth and weaker income growth is increasing barriers to homeownership. In Oregon, permit issuances for new private housing registered declines of 21% first quarter 2015 and a 16% decrease from fourth quarter 2014. This leaves the existing homes market as the main "product du jour." Supply and Demand.

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Missing Medivac airplane may have collided with larger Boeing airplane in Senegal

Diadie Ba
Yahoo! News
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 11:40 UTC
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A Senegal-bound medical evacuation plane with seven people aboard appears to have collided with a much larger Boeing plane shortly before vanishing from radar screens, Senegal's aviation authority said.

The private Senegalair plane was carrying a French patient as well as a doctor, two nurses and three crew members from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Senegal's Dakar on Saturday night. But it overshot the coastal capital by more than 100 km (60 miles) and then vanished above the Atlantic Ocean.

Search and rescue efforts continued on Monday.

"According to initial information, there was a collision between two aircrafts and we are seeking to either confirm or to rule this out with the technical investigation," said the director general of Senegalese civil aviation authority ANACIM, Magueye Marame Ndao, in a statement.

At 1813 GMT on Saturday, about an hour before vanishing, the medevac plane crossed paths with a Boeing B737 800 operated by Ceiba International Airlines about 555 km from Dakar, the statement added.

The Ceiba flight, originally due to fly from Dakar to Benin's capital Cotonou, later landed in Malabo in Equatorial Guinea where the airline is based. Ceiba was not immediately available for comment.

Among the other passengers on board the plane were two Algerians and a citizen of Congo, the aviation authority previously said, without specifying if that meant Democratic Republic of Congo or Republic of Congo.
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