In an exotic inhuman protest display of narcissism and stupidity against the sanctions strife between the EU and Russia, hundreds of Dutch pelted each other with around 200,000 forbidden tomatoes in the heart of Amsterdam, not far from the city's Royal Palace.

Pears and apples also came in handy as farmers in the Netherlands voiced their anger and demanded compensation for the steep drop in sales, afterMoscow restricted imports of the EU food products in response to the Brussels-imposed sanctions.


The rally follows a massive drive by some 45 major food growers who registered for EU compensation with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. Under the scheme, farmers could sign up for compensation for either having their produce destroyed or given to the Food Bank.

An African-American man, shot to death by Utah police who claimed he attacked them with a samurai sword, was shot in the back, according to an independent autopsy requested by the man's family.

22-year-old Darrien Hunt, was shot and killed by police while walking around with the souvenir martial arts weapon outside a convenience store in Saratoga Springs, Utah, last Wednesday.

According to the Associated Press, the autopsy concluded that Hunt was shot "numerous times, all from the rear."

"This is consistent with statements made by witnesses on the scene, who report that Darrien was shot to death while running away from police," family attorney Randall Edwards said in a statement. "It would appear difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile these facts with a story that Darrien was lunging toward the officers when he was shot."

According to a statement issued by Utah County Chief Deputy Attorney Tim Taylor, "When the officers made contact with Mr. Hunt, he brandished the sword and lunged toward the officers with the sword, at which time Mr. Hunt was shot. There is currently no indication that race played any role in the confrontation between Mr. Hunt and the police officers."

Bystanders have disputed the police account, with one, Jocelyn Hansen, saying Hunt appeared to be having a normal conversation with the officers.

"They had stopped him, and they were all having a conversation," said Hansen, who was parked nearby at the gas station. "It didn't look escalated or heated at all."

Hansen said she had turned away before hearing gunfire.

"When I looked up, I saw the young man turning away from the police, and I saw what I thought were two 2×4's in his hands, one in each hand," Hansen said. "Then I saw police officers running after him, and they could have both had guns, but I saw one for sure with his gun extended."

According to Hunt's aunt, the sword was a 3-foot long toy sword with a rounded-edge bought at an Asian gift store.

In the past week we released 3 new episodes of Lada Ray Live. Below you will find a super-interesting new episode that was initially recorded on September 1, 2014, but due to other articles and episodes has only been published today. It works together with LRL3: Sold-out EU Politicians vs TRUTH and LadaRayLive 2. Explosion Coming! Moldova/Transnistria - Eurasian Union vs EU.

There are lots more issues to tackle and things to say. But it takes a lot of time and effort to put these together, so I'll be taking a bit of a break. I have several new articles and many various LRL topics in the pipeline, so I'll see everyone again soon!

Few things are more disturbing than looking at the news each day to find yet another shocking case of American police officers using excessive brutality and belligerence against the public. There is no justification for this, and as the list of egregious rights violations by the police grows, more Americans may finally be waking up to what many of us have known for years: our nation is becoming a police state.

With the proliferation of portable handheld and dashboard video cameras, and with the ability to upload and share videos on the web, people can see for themselves what police brutality really looks and feels like, and tension between police and American citizens is visible. A simple Google or YouTube search quickly reveals hundreds of unique cases of cops brutalizing people, often with insane cruelty and hubris, and the list of abuses grows daily.

Many of the most shocking incidents are against women, children, the elderly, the handicapped or the mentally ill. In addition to excessive violence, police are also abusing their powers and illegally stealing money and property from everyday people, while admittedly using traffic and drug laws as revenue generating schemes for government coiffeurs. Most shockingly, though, the police are up-arming themselves with military weapons and equipment, seemingly preparing themselves for something apocalyptic, and are increasingly assuming confrontational and threatening postures when dealing with the public.

Is police brutality and misconduct actually getting worse, or are portable video recorders allowing us to just now see what's been happening all along? More importantly, is this situation going to improve any time soon?

Russia has drafted a plan in response to Western sanctions, which includes various measures, from the softest to the toughest, said Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov.

"We certainly do have a plan. It was devised back when we had just learnt or felt that sanctions were possible," he said in an interview with the Vesti V Subbotu (News on Saturday) program host Sergei Brilev.

At the same time he stressed that disclosing retaliatory measures would be the same as disclosing "the General Staff's operative plans in case of a war."

"I cannot tell you simply what is in it. But what I can tell you is that (it extends) to all levels, possible levels of sanctions, starting from the softest and ending with the toughest," Belousov said.

For the third consecutive month, Russia has seen an increase in industrial activity. According to analysts, this growth is mostly associated with a slight devaluation in the ruble this year and government support for the manufacturing sector as part of the import substitution program, as well as a reaction to EU and U.S. sanctions.

In spite of a stagnation in GDP, Russia has seen an unusual increase in industrial activity. According to research conducted by HSBC Bank and the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Russia has posted an increase in industrial production for the third month in a row.

"The manufacturing sector is quite effective in meeting demand and, in spite of the overall economic situation and expert forecasts, it has maintained positive growth," the Gaidar Institute study reads.

The ISIL Takfiri militants have demolished several Sufi shrines in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, says a UK-based monitoring group.

© UnknownISIL Takfiris

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that dozens of shrines, tombs, and Shia mosques had been destroyed.Among the latest destructions were two shrines and two tombs belonging to Sufi Muslims.

The Observatory also said at least eight terrorists were killed and 40 others wounded in an airstrike by the Syrian army against a training camp in the western side of the province.

The ISIL Takfiris are fighting to bring the province under full control so as to connect it to the city of Raqqa, their stronghold in the north.

The ISIL controls large swathes of Syria's northern territory. The group sent its members into neighboring Iraq in June and seized large parts of land there in a lightning advance.

Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011 with ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently controlling parts of it mostly in the east.

An African-American actress and her white boyfriend have accused two Studio City policemen of detaining her after watching her make out with him, believing she was a prostitute with a client.

Danièle Watts, star of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, wrote on her Facebook page that she was handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police cruiser after failing to provide the officers with ID, according to The YBF.

In her posting, Watts wrote, "Today I was handcuffed and detained by 2 police officers from the Studio City Police Department after refusing to agree that I had done something wrong by showing affection, fully clothed, in a public place. When the officer arrived, I was standing on the sidewalk by a tree. I was talking to my father on my cell phone. I knew that I had done nothing wrong, that I wasn't harming anyone, so I walked away. A few minutes later, I was still talking to my dad when 2 different police officers accosted me and forced me into handcuffs."

According to Watts, she refused to show officers ID - saying she had done nothing wrong - before being placed, crying, in the back of a police cruiser only to eventually be released.

Writing on his own Facebook page, her boyfriend, Chef Brian James Lucas elaborated, "Today, Daniele Watts & I were accosted by police officers after showing our affection publicly. From the questions that he asked me as D was already on her phone with her dad, I could tell that whoever called on us (including the officers), saw a tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl and thought we were a HO (prostitute) & a TRICK (client)."

The battle between citizens concerned about health, safety and the environment and corporate fossil fuel interests continues to escalate in Colorado. Increasingly the battle is also about how much control citizens can exercise through the democratic process over what goes on in their own communities.

In the latest skirmish in what's looking like a long war, a group of organizations filed an appeal today to uphold a fracking ban passed by voters in Longmont, Colorado in 2012. It's one of several such ballots measures passed in the state, including in Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins, despite millions spent by the fossil fuel industry to defeat them.

District court judge D.D. Mallard struck down Longmont's ballot measure in July in a challenge brought by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, finding that the state's ability to develop its oil and gas resources trumped citizen concerns. She wrote, "While the court appreciates the Longmont citizens' sincerely held beliefs about risks to their health and safety, the court does not find this is sufficient to completely devalue the state's interest."

"The people voted to keep fracking away from their homes, schools and parks, and their will should be honored," said Eric Huber, Sierra Club senior managing attorney. "We believe the judge made a mistake in elevating the oil and gas industry over local interests, and trust the court of appeals will see things differently."