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Fired cop tried to hire hit man to murder woman because it was cheaper than child support

David Edwards
Raw Story
Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:19 UTC
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© KXASSamantha Dean was murdered in February of 2015
Investigators revealed this week that a fired Austin police officer was accused of trying to hire someone to murder a pregnant former lover for $5,000 because she wanted him to pay child support.

Last month, 32-year-old then-officer VonTrey Clark told a Texas Ranger that he had an affair with homicide victim Samantha Dean. Clark said that the relationship was "off-and-on over the last six or seven years, and that he believes he is the father of Dean's unborn child, Baby Dean," according to court documents.

The department fired Clark after he disobeyed orders by fleeing to Indonesia, which does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S.

A warrant to search Clark's home this week accused Clark of trying to hire a hitman to murder Dean. Aaron Williams, who was described as a close friend of Dean's, told investigators that the former officer was planning "to pay someone $5,000 to kill Dean and her baby due to Dean wanting Clark to pay child support for the baby."
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Snakes in Suits

Group of women accuse judge of harassment, intimidation, and sexual assault

David Ferguson
Raw Story
Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:11 UTC
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Judge Jeffrey Scott Joy
A group of Pennsylvania women say that a district judge harassed, intimidated and physically assaulted them in court and at their homes after they appeared in his courtroom.

According to Fox Channel 43 News, a 31-year-old woman filed a complaint with Pennsylvania State Police alleging that York County District Judge Jeffrey Scott Joy, 50, made two visits to her home and on the second visit, he groped her and licked her without her consent.

Joy first visited the woman's apartment to investigate a child abuse complaint against another person. She said that after he left, Joy called her and offered to help her out with money if she needed it. He also expressed interest in buying a painting from her.

He reportedly made the second visit to finalize arrangements on the painting and while there made increasingly aggressive sexual advances toward the woman, attempting to fondle her breasts and buttocks and to lick her breast.

State Police say there are also investigating claims by other women against Joy, including one woman who claims that Joy made lewd and inappropriate remarks to her when she was in his courtroom.

Comment: This guy is obviously a predator who needs to be removed from the bench.

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Heartless: Student who took selfie with dying patient in hospital engulfed in public outrage after incident goes viral

Ed Cara
Raw Story
Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:16 UTC
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© TwitterMaría José González is feeling the burn after a image of her posing next to one of her patients, seemingly taken without permission, has become viral
Some selfies just shouldn't be taken.

It's a lesson that María José González, a dentistry student at the Valle de México University (UVM), may never forget.

As originally reported by Proceso magazine , González has spent the past month engulfed by public outrage after a self-taken image of her smiling next to a seemingly very sick patient was first leaked onto Facebook and has since gone viral.

The pic, originally shared via the instant messenger Whatsapp, contained a none-too-flattering comment from González as well. "I was on duty and saw a woman dying and then took a selfie," González reportedly wrote, complete with an inappropriate emoji.
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46 million Americans stand in line at food banks for dwindling supplies

Michael Snyder
theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:21 UTC
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Those that run food banks all over America say that demand for their services just continues to explode. It always amazes me that there are still people out there that insist that an "economic collapse" is not happening. From their air-conditioned homes in their cushy suburban neighborhoods they mock the idea that the U.S. economy is crumbling. But if they would just go down and visit the local food banks in their areas, they would see how much people are hurting. According to Feeding America spokesman Ross Fraser, 46 million Americans got food from a food bank at least one time during 2014. Because the demand has become so overwhelming, some food banks are cutting back on the number of days they operate and the amount of food that is given to each family. As you will see below, many impoverished Americans are lining up at food banks as early as 6:30 in the morning just so that they can be sure to get something before the food runs out. And yet there are still many people out there that have the audacity to say that everything is just fine in America. Shame on them for ignoring the pain of millions upon millions of their fellow citizens.

Poverty in America is getting worse, not better. And no amount of spin from Barack Obama or his apologists can change that fact.

This year, it is being projected that food banks in the United States will give away an all-time record 4 billion pounds of food.

Over the past decade, that number has more than doubled.

And that number would be even higher if food banks had more food to give away. The demand has become so crushing that some food banks have actually reduced the amount of food each family gets...
Food banks across the country are seeing a rising demand for free groceries despite the growing economy, leading some charities to reduce the amount of food they offer each family.
Those in need are starting to realize what is going on, so they are getting to the food banks earlier and earlier. For example, one food bank in New Mexico is now getting long lines of people every single day starting at 6:30 in the morning...
"We get lines of people every day, starting at 6:30 in the morning," said Sheila Moore, who oversees food distribution at The Storehouse, the largest pantry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and one where food distribution has climbed 15 percent in the past year.
Does that sound like an "economic recovery" to you?

Comment: With unemployment numbers misrepresented and the amount of layoffs coming, the world is going to find it impossible to live. There are a whole lot of uncounted people in these statistics. These numbers do not represent people who live in places where there are NO food banks. They don't represent people who too ashamed to ask for help or are just getting by eating less.

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Hundreds of thousands take to the streets in Brazil in anti-government protests

Anna Edgerton, Paula Sambo and Peter Millard
Bloomberg
Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:07 UTC
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© Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty ImagesDemonstrators protest against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, on Aug. 16, 2015.
Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in anti-government protests as President Dilma Rousseff tries to rebuild her coalition and outlast a political crisis.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators came out by mid-afternoon in the country's largest cities to denounce corruption and economic mismanagement, in many cases demanding impeachment or Rousseff's resignation.

Waves of people marched toward Congress in Brasilia, beside the beach in Rio de Janeiro, and down Sao Paulo's main drag. They chanted anti-government slogans and carried Brazilian flags, handmade signs and effigies of politicians that were the subject of their indignation.

"I'm outraged at Brazil's corruption in general, especially the government," said Gustavo Raulino, a 38-year-old engineer from Brasilia, who said he was protesting against the worsening political crisis and weak economy.

Comment: Is Brazil seeing the beginnings of a color revolution?

The Truth Perspective - Color revolutions as modern warfare - 15 August 2015

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Chrysler recalls hackable Jeeps, media still silent on Michael Hastings' death

Russ Baker
WhoWhatWhy
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:37 UTC
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© Jeep Cherokee: (CONCAVO WHEELS / Flickr), Code (*n3wjack's world in pixels / Flickr)In a landmark decision, Fiat Chrysler has recalled 1.4 million Jeep Cherokees after tests showed that the cars could be remotely hacked — but most news outlets have still failed to question the mysterious death of journalist Michael Hastings, who said his car showed signs of being manipulated.
Recently, the Los Angeles Times noted the landmark action taken taken by Fiat Chrysler to recall 1.4 million Jeep Cherokees, after tests showed the cars could be remotely hacked.

Researchers demonstrated a software vulnerability in the Jeep's Uconnect dashboard computers. By hacking into a Jeep driven by a Wired magazine writer, they were able to commandeer the dashboard functions as well as the steering, transmission, and brakes.

This suggests that people like former US counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke — and a handful of outfits including WhoWhatWhy — were onto something in raising the possibility of foul play in Michael Hastings's death.

Comment: See also:

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Post-It Note

DOJ argues that banning the homeless from sleeping outside is unconstitutional

Carey Wedler
The Anti Media
Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:59 UTC
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For the last several years, cities across the United States have responded to the problem of homelessness in the way governments tend to tackle dilemmas: by criminalizing the undesired behavior. In addition to banning feeding those without shelter (in some cases criminalizing the elderly for doing so), local governments have outright banned the homeless from sleeping or panhandling in public. Now, however, the Department of Justice is arguing that it is unconstitutional to bar the homeless from sleeping outside.

In a statement of interest filed this week in a little-known Idaho case on the subject, the DOJ explained its position:

"When adequate shelter space exists, individuals have a choice about whether or not to sleep in public. However, when adequate shelter space does not exist, there is no meaningful distinction between the status of being homeless and the conduct of sleeping in public. Sleeping is a life-sustaining activity—i.e., it must occur at some time in some place. If a person literally has nowhere else to go, then enforcement of the anti-camping ordinance against that person criminalizes her for being homeless," it reads.
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Alabama woman kidnapped, beaten, killed for food stamps; 3 women charged

Nina Golgowski
nydailynews.com
Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:02 UTC
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An Alabama woman was beaten over several days until dead when she refused to give three women access to her boyfriend's food stamps, authorities say.

A 911 call over screams heard inside of a mobile home in Birmingham led to the discovery of Miranda Michelle Lynch's battered body on a bathroom floor Friday, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

The 34-year-old woman's housemate, Karen Kirby, 57, was the only one found with her body. But it wasn't long before authorities say Kirby's daughter and a friend were collared in the monstrous crime too.

Kirby, her daughter Susan Otts, 39, and Tamara Giarrusso, 43, were later arrested and charged with kidnapping and capital murder for the heinous attack that was described by one deputy as "driven by pure greed."

"I didn't think this story could get any worse but obviously as we have learned, it can and it did,'' Chief Deputy Randy Christian told AL.com.

Comment: The economy hasn't truly collapsed yet. Imagine the chaos once it does.

Should one prepare for a collapse or not?

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1 killed, 1 injured as light aircraft crashes onto railroad track in Long Island, New York


RT
Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:53 UTC
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One person has been killed and another injured after a light aircraft crashed onto a railroad track in Hicksville, Long Island, on Sunday morning. A small fire was reported at the scene of the incident.

The plane crashed onto the tracks of South Oyster Road, according to Nassau County police, as cited by NBC New York. The Hawker Beechcraft BE35 light aircraft crashed at 07:48 ET (11:18 GMT).

The plane had taken off from Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach and was heading towards Morristown in New Jersey, Nassau County Police Department spokesman Gary Shapiro said. However, the pilot had radioed to say that the aircraft was experiencing altitude difficulties before the crash took place.
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A woman who works in the area said one of her co-workers heard the plane coming down, ran outside and pulled at least one person out of the plane.

"My co-worker saw the plane upside down and said that plane's going down. He told me to call 911 and then I saw him pulling somebody out of the plane and putting them on the ground," said eyewitness Luz Perez, according to ABC New York.

She said the person told a co-worker that there was one other person still in the plane.
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Killing Cecil: A metaphor of Western colonialist exploitation of Africa

Eric Draitser
New Eastern Outlook
Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:00 UTC
cecil the lion
In yet another sickening display of ecocide and neocolonialism, an American dentist has set social media ablaze with his reprehensible killing for sport of Cecil, a majestic lion long since one of the major attractions in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.

Condemnations have poured in from all corners of the globe as animal rights activists, environmental justice advocates, and people of conscience have publicly condemned Cecil's killer, an dentist from Minnesota named Walter Palmer, for his despicable and illegal slaughter for sport of this powerful symbol of Zimbabwe, and the natural wonder of Africa. Palmer, a self-described "lover" of hunting, paid $55,000 to his local guides to aid in his killing of the beloved lion who lived on protected nature preserve land. Palmer has now become the target of an angry social media campaign that has gone mainstream as millions have directed their outrage at his disgusting act.

However, in the midst of this firestorm of anger, it seems no one has paused to consider the symbolic and historic significance of this heinous act. While condemning Palmer individually, no media outlets deem it worthy to consider the fact that Palmer's crime is, in microcosm, an example of the sort of colonialist exploitation that the allegedly civilized West has perpetrated on Africa for more than five centuries. Indeed, the symbolic resonance of this episode goes far deeper than just the killing of a powerful emblem of Zimbabwe's independence.

Comment: Western nations would do well to consider that their policies may ultimately backfire. China is now investing in education and development in South Africa.

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