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Welcome to Brazil! Brazil unveils scary 'Robocop' suit to protect super-elite police unit during World Cup

Donna Bowater
The Telegraph
Wed, 14 May 2014 11:33 UTC
The paramilitary police riot body armour.
© AFP/GETTY The paramilitary police riot body armour.
There will be a RoboCop style to the face of policing in Rio when football fans turn up for the World Cup in Brazil next month.

Members of a special unit set up for the tournament and the 2016 Olympics in Rio have been given 200 sets of the 22lb "RoboCop" protective equipment, which is flame resistant to up to 427C.

It includes a helmet and vest that protects the back, chest and shoulders, plastic shin pads, a pepper spray mask and a belt for a.40 calibre pistol, stun gun, handcuffs and baton.

The Major Events Police Battalion, a branch of the military police, was formed in January this year in response to widespread public demonstrations during last year's Confederations Cup.

That tournament was marred by ugly clashes between police and demonstrators as thousands protested against public spending on the World Cup. Rio de Janeiro will host seven games during the competition, including the final on July 13.
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Operation American Spring: "30 Million" Militias promise to oust Obama and top officials this Friday


RT.com
Thu, 15 May 2014 16:01 UTC

A retired United States Army colonel expects as many as 30 million like-minded individuals will descend on Washington, DC this week and demand that President Barack Obama and other members of his administration be booted from office.

Those are just some of the demands that Col. Harry Riley, founder of "Operation American Spring," said he'll ask the Obama administration to adhere to when militia members and patriots of all sorts arrive in the nation's capital on Friday and begin demonstrating against a government the group considers to be in violation of the principles established by the founders of the country.

"We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi and Eric Holder as a start toward constitutional restoration," Riley told the Before Its News website during an interview earlier this year.

"They have all abandoned the US Constitution," he said, and "are unworthy to be retained in a position that calls for servant status."

Comment: For sure this is an idea whose time has come, but are the American people really up to a 'revolution'? More to the point, do Col. Riley and those who plan to join him in D.C. (we'd be VERY surprised if anywhere near 30 million people showed up) represent the 'American people'? Riley and his followers are sponsored by the 'Tea Party'. Riley himself says that he plans to "oust President Obama from office and put him in Gitmo" to stop him "turning America into a socialist-fascist-communist-Marxist dictatorial, tyrannical system."

During an appearance last month on a birther radio program, Riley predicted that his protest campaign will work because "it's bathed in prayer" and "under God."

Are these ideas that 30 million American people resonate with? Does Riley understand the real problems in the USA and their source? Recently, there have been almost daily reports of psycho US cops either brutalizing or murdering innocent civilians. Why isn't Riley concerned about, or organizing a rally to protest that?

Whatever the case, since Riley said his protest was "sort of like an Arab Spring for the USA", there is little doubt that the CIA and FBI will be all over it.

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'My husband kills kids with drones': Michelle Obama's viral pic fuels anti-drone campaign


RT.com
Thu, 15 May 2014 15:36 UTC
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When US First Lady Michelle Obama appeared in a picture supporting the 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria, she was praised for taking a stand against Boko Haram. But others quickly subverted her message and turned it into an anti-drone campaign.

Michelle Obama appeared in the viral image last week, holding up a sign that said "#Bring Back Our Girls." The hashtag quickly spread online, hitting home with an online audience that had read about the tragic kidnapping of the schoolgirls by a radical Islamist group.
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SOTT EXCLUSIVE: More erratic behavior - Baltimore man drives truck into TV station to 'expose the multiverse'

Andrés Perezalonso
Sott.net
Thu, 15 May 2014 14:17 UTC
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A bizarre incident in Baltimore Tuesday saw a man claiming to be the incarnation of both King Tut and Jesus Christ steal a truck and smash it into the local WMAR-TV station. According to the UK Independent, Vladimir Mehul Baptiste explained to the police that he did not want to hurt anyone, but rather wished to "expose the multiverses" by "closing the multiverse that WMAR-TV represented".

Baptiste is being charged with three counts of attempted second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree assault, theft of a motor vehicle and further burglary charges.

According to his curious worldview, people regularly disappear into alternative universes; recent examples include the missing Malaysian Airlines airplane and the 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria. He also believes that his parents were "running the multiverses" and need to be exposed.

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Scientist resigns over pressure from global warming liars


The Global Warming Policy Foundation
Wed, 14 May 2014 00:00 UTC
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© UnknownSwedish Professor Lennart Bengtsson
It is with great regret, and profound shock, that we have received Professor Lennart Bengtsson's letter of resignation from his membership of the GWPF's Academic Advisory Council.

The Foundation, while of course respecting Professor Bengtsson's decision, notes with deep concern the disgraceful intolerance within the climate science community which has prompted his resignation.

Professor Bengtsson's letter of resignation from our Academic Advisory Council was sent to its chairman, Professor David Henderson. His letter and Professor Henderson's response are attached below.

Dr Benny Peiser, Director, The Global Warming Policy Foundation

Comment: It has become clear that the battle over man-made CO2 global warming (lately referred to as "climate change") lies between real science and politics/power. When money and power are at stake, science often loses. Professor Bengtsson is just the latest casualty among an army of good scientists driven from their professions.

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Ruptured pipeline spews 10,000 gallons of oil onto Los Angeles streets


RT
Thu, 15 May 2014 15:53 UTC
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© FILE PHOTO. Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha
A ruptured oil pipe near the city of Glendale, Los Angeles County, has caused a massive leak as 10,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto streets, which is knee high in some places, the Los Angeles Fire Department reports.

Earlier in the day as much as 50,000 gallons had reportedly spilled onto the streets, but Captain Jamie Moore, a public information officer with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), later revised the figure.

The leak from a 20-inch pipe was first reported at around 12:15 am local time. The oil line was remotely shut off, the (LAFD) said in a press release. The oil spill has covered approximately a half-mile area, and is knee deep in some spots.

"We are on hand vacuuming up the spilled oil, mopping up what's left behind and pressure washing the area with a soap solution," Reuters cites Moore as saying. "The responders are mopping what's on the ground with absorbent diapers." The cleanup is expected to take 24 hours.

The leak, which was sprung near 5175 W. San Fernando Rd., has affected some commercial businesses. Four people at a nearby business were evacuated with respiratory complaints, and two people were transferred to a hospital, the Associated Press said, citing a fire official.

"Oil is knee-high in some areas," the fire department said in a statement. "A handful of commercial businesses are affected."

Comment: How symbolic that this happens on the same day the US announces it's lifting its 40-year export ban on oil.

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American Dreams: US ranks first in terrible treatment of new mothers

Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
Wed, 14 May 2014 18:47 UTC
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© Photo: Kaitlin M/ Creative Commons/ FlickrThe U.S. is one of only three countries that does not require paid maternity leave for new mothers.
The United States is the only Western country, and one of three in the world, that does not require some kind of paid maternity leave for new mothers, said a new United Nations study released Tuesday.

Published by the International Labour Organization, an agency of the UN, the study - Maternity and Paternity at Work: Law and Practice Across the World (pdf) - surveys national law and practice on both maternity and paternity at work in 185 countries and territories.

Among the findings, the ILO reports that the U.S., Oman and Papua New Guinea are the only three countries that fail to provide any "cash benefits paid during maternity leave."
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'Revenge porn' is now a felony in Arizona; subject to fines and label of sex offender


RT
Thu, 01 May 2014 22:43 UTC
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© Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFPArizona Gov. Jan Brewer
"Revenge porn" is now a felony in Arizona, with perpetrators who post sexually explicit images or videos online without a person's consent subject to jail time and the label of sex offender.

The Arizona Legislature unanimously passed the bill last week, and Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) signed it into law on Wednesday, MSNBC reported. Arizona is the ninth state to pass a law against revenge porn, also known as non-consensual pornography, but is the first to make it a felony without an exception for lawful purposes, according to the Daily Dot.

The law makes it a crime "to intentionally disclose, display, distribute, publish, advertise or offer a photograph, videotape, film or digital recording of another person...if the person knows or should have known that the depicted person has not consented to the disclosure."

The only exceptions are when reporting illegal activity to law enforcement, lawful practices of medical treatment, or images involving "voluntary exposure" in public, according to the Phoenix New Times.
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Russian MPs propose new Eurasian Song Contest to replace 'mad' Eurovision


The Local, Austria
Thu, 15 May 2014 06:27 UTC
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© Wikimedia Russia's Tolmachevy Twins
Russian lawmakers have proposed creating their own version of Eurovision after Europe's premier song competition was won by a bearded Austrian drag queen who promotes gay rights.

Lawmakers in the Kremlin-controlled parliament picked up on swelling outrage in the socially conservative country at Conchita Wurst's weekend triumph by proposing a Russian-based contest in which family values prevail.

"The last Eurovision contest's results exhausted our patience," Communist Party deputy Valery Rashkin told the Interfax news agency.

"We must leave this competition. We cannot tolerate this endless madness."

Rashkin said he would push for the creation of a "Voice of Eurasia" songfest instead, which would primarily group nations from the former Soviet Union.
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Odessa massacre victims did not die from smoke but died in seconds says emergency service chief


RT
Thu, 15 May 2014 04:18 UTC
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© Reuters / Yevgeny VolokinPeople wait to be rescued on the second storey's ledge during a fire at the trade union building in Odessa May 2, 2014.
Victims of the Odessa fire massacre died within seconds, but not from smoke or carbon monoxide suffocation, the head of Odessa's emergency service department, Vladimir Bodelan, said on his Facebook page.

Violent clashes erupted on May 2 between rival rallies of anti-government protesters and radicals supporting the coup-imposed authorities in Kiev. The confrontation led to a tragedy that left 42 people dead and over 200 injured as nationalists burnt the protester camp and then set fire to the Trade Unions House with anti-Kiev activists trapped inside. According to witnesses, many of those who managed to escape the flames were then strangled or beaten with bats by radicals.

"I'm sure that 99.9 percent of the people were killed in the Trade Unions House within seconds and did not suffocate from smoke...[or burn in the] fire. But there are forensic experts, we will wait for their findings," Bodelan said.

Bodelan was by the building when it was set on fire and said that even before the smoke spread inside, he saw people leaning outside windows trying to take a breath of fresh air.

"I cannot explain why they were having such trouble breathing, but I am 100 percent sure that it was not because of the smoke caused by the fire," Bodelan said.

He added that there was a bang after the fire started inside the building, which apparently extinguished the blaze on the central staircase. "In that second, a few people jumped from the building...The majority of them were alive and they were even able to walk on their own two feet. But a couple dozen meters later, they lost consciousness and fell to the ground, with their tragic end known to all."

He witnessed rescuers carrying more than 350 individuals out of the building while others who managed to jump out of the windows were heavily beaten by radicals - which led to many choosing to stay inside the building.

Bodelan said that several thousand individuals who were gathered outside the building prevented firefighters from getting close to the scene of the fire for quite some time.

"The worst thing in this situation was that fire brigades that arrived at the site on time could not begin putting out the fire because the attackers were shooting and resisting," he said.

All of Bodelan's attempts to increase police presence in the area went unanswered.

"I was forced to negotiate with activists, who looked to me as heads of fighter units, that we could work calmly," he said.

Forty-two of those killed in the massacre have been identified by both local and social media. Up to 48 people are still considered missing, according to various sources. Over 60 people remain in hospitals, 26 of whom are in grave condition.

Residents of Odessa gathered last weekend for a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the May 2 bloodshed.

Comment: Time will tell if the truth comes out from the investigation, but a number of people will try to excuse themselves and point the blame elsewhere. See also:
Shades of 911: US-backed anti-Russian attacks by 'Right Sector' in Ukraine sees 'jumpers' from burning building
Odessa and Mariupol massacres expose true face of fascist Kiev regime
As U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt admits 'no Russian involvement in Odessa massacre', German government advisor Christoph Hörstel sez: 'CIA agents are all over place'
Odessa tragedy survivor tells how 'many people were strangled after escaping the fire'
How the Odessa massacre went down: Genocide in Novorossiya and swan song of Ukrainian statehood
Kiev junta brought in 4,000 Right Sector fascists for Operation Odessa
Agents provocateur: Crucial investigation into the role of the junta in the Odessa massacre (MUST READ!)

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