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Censorship, manipulation, and conditioning in the USA

Lawrence Davidson and Janet Amighi
Redress Information & Analysis
Fri, 09 May 2014 08:15 UTC
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Most Americans assume the United States government speaks "the truth" to its citizens and defends their constitutional right to "free speech" (be it in the form of words or dollars). On the other hand, it is always the alleged enemies of the US who indulge in propaganda and censoring of "the truth".

Shutting down the academics

In practice it is not quite that way. Washington, and more local American governments as well, can be quite censoring. Take, for instance, the attempt to censor the boycott of Israeli academic institutions - institutions engaged in government research that facilitates illegal settlement expansion and the use of Palestinian water resources. In this case, the fact that a call for boycott is an age-old, non-violent practice also falling within the category of free speech, is mostly disregarded. Instead we get a knee-jerk impulse on the part of just about every American politician to shut down debate, even to the point where various state legislatures threatened their own state colleges and universities with a cut-off of funds if they tolerate the boycott effort on their campuses.
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Cult

Pedophile and TV presenter Rolf Harris used celebrity status to molest girls as young as seven, jury told

Peter Walker
The Guardian
Sun, 11 May 2014 03:04 UTC
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The veteran entertainer Rolf Harris is a serial molester of girls and young women who for decades used his celebrity status to publicly grope a string of victims on the assumption they would never dare to complain about him, a court has heard.

Harris, 84, indecently assaulted girls as young as seven or eight, doing so "with impunity", often when others were nearby, seemingly finding the risk of discovery an extra sexual thrill, prosecutors said.

Harris was known at one Australian TV channel as "the octopus" because of the way he put his hands all over women, Southwark crown court, in south London, was told.

One of the alleged victims was the daughter of a family friend, who Harris first assaulted when she was 13, continuing to do so for many years, the court heard, grooming her "like a pet". The jury was read a letter from Harris to the girl's father in which he admitted a sexual relationship - while insisting it began when the girl was of legal age - and begged for forgiveness.

"When I see the misery I have caused [the alleged victim] I am sickened by myself. You can't go back and change things that you have done in this life - I wish to God I could," Harris wrote.

Comment: Yet ANOTHER famous BBC personality arrested for pedophilia offences going back decades
More British celebrities arrested on rape and assault charges

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Sheeple

Kindergarten cop: California kids could face misdemeanor charges over bullying


RT
Sat, 10 May 2014 13:41 UTC
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Young kids could face misdemeanor charges for bullying, according to a new law proposed in southern California.

The legislation in the city of Carson would target anyone from kindergarten age to 25 who makes another person feel "terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed or molested," AP reported.

First-time offenders could be fined $100, while a second infraction would cost $200, and a third-time offense could entail a criminal misdemeanor charge.

Adults who are involved in bullying would be charged with either an infraction or a misdemeanor, which could see them put behind bars.

The law is also set to deal with different forms of cyber-bullying.
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Info

London 2016? Olympic chiefs 'look to plan B' as Brazil's preparations slammed


RT
Sat, 10 May 2014 15:07 UTC
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Handout image released by the Organizing Committee of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games showing the celebration of the 1,000 days to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games milestone
Olympic officials have secretly asked London if it could host the 2016 Summer Olympics in an emergency amid concern that Rio is so far behind on its preparations it may not be ready in time, British media claim.

The International Olympic Committee has been voicing growing concerns that preparations in Brazil, which is due to host the Games in 2016, are woefully behind schedule.

Less than two weeks ago, IOC vice president John Coates branded Rio's preparations as "the worst I've experienced."

Coates said that some venues had not even been started, other infrastructure was severely delayed and water quality was also a major concern.

"The IOC has formed a special task force to try to speed up preparations, but the situation is critical on the ground," he said, calling the intervention "unprecedented."

However, at that time there was no talk of finding another host city. But apparently the panic has reached a critical point.

"At a comparable planning stage in 2004 Athens had done 40 percent of preparations in infrastructure, stadiums and so on. London had done 60 percent. Brazil has done 10 percent - and they have just two years left. So the IOC is thinking, "What's our plan B?" an unnamed source told the London Evening Standard.

"Obviously, the answer would be to come back to London. It's very unlikely, but it would be the logical thing to do," the source added.
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Airplane

FAA official: Drone, jetliner nearly collided over Florida


CNN
Sat, 10 May 2014 13:55 UTC

A Federal Aviation Administration official warned this week about the dangers of even small unmanned aircraft, pointing specifically to a recent close call involving a drone and a commercial airliner that could have had "catastrophic" results.

Jim Williams, the head of the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) office, discussed various potential perils during a presentation Thursday to those attending the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo. A video of his talk in San Francisco, and those of others, to those who operate, create or otherwise are involved or interested in such unmanned aircraft was posted to YouTube.

After saying "the FAA has got to be responsive to the entire industry," Williams referred to a pair of incidents in which drones caused injuries to people on the ground. One came at an event at Virginia Motor Speedway in which an "unauthorized, unmanned aircraft" crashed into the stands, and in the other a female triathlete in Australia had to get stitches after being struck by a small drone.

Then, Williams segued to a pilot's recent report of "a near midair collision" with a drone near the airport in Tallahassee, Florida. The pilot said that it appeared to be small, camouflaged, "remotely piloted" and about 2,300 feet up in the air at the time of the incident.

SkyCall: The drone that's your personal tour guide

"The pilot said that the UAS was so close to his jet that he was sure he had collided with it," Williams said. "Thankfully, inspection to the airliner after landing found no damage. But this may not always be the case."

According to the FAA, the incident took place on March 22 and involved as U.S. Airways Flight 4650 going from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Tallahassee.

Flightaware.com lists that flight as a CRJ-200, with a capacity for 50 passengers.
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Black Magic

'Smirking' Louisiana cop shot 'friendly' dog during trespassing arrest

Travis Gettys
The Raw Story
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:43 UTC
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© Justice for Azry/FacebookBrandon Carpenter and his dog Arzy.
A homeless man said a Louisiana cop shot and killed his dog Monday during his arrest on trespassing charges.

Officers were called about 7:20 a.m. to the parking lot of the Southwest Daily News in Sulphur, where two transients from Maine had just hopped off a freight train.

A caller said the pair looked suspicious, and police found them with a large black dog hanging around the newspaper's box trucks.

Officers placed Brandon Carpenter and his friend, Logan Laliberte, in handcuffs and made them lie down on the ground while they investigated.
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Colosseum

Squatter wins £400k three-bedroom house thanks to law from Roman times

Ben Burrows
Mirror
Thu, 08 May 2014 16:13 UTC
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© PAFor sale: Best is now set to own the house valued at as much as £400,000
A squatting builder has won a £400,000 house for FREE in a landmark legal victory - thanks to a law that dates back to Roman times.

Keith Best has spent over a decade renovating 35 Church Road, Newbury Park in Ilford in north east London after finding it in 1997.

He says he found the house empty in 1997 and that no one has challenged his ownership of the semi-detached dwelling since then.

The original owner, a Doris May Curtis, died and her son had not been seen since 1996.

Best applied to register title to the property on the basis that he had been in 'adverse possession' or 'squatters title' as it is known for a period of 10 years.

His lawyers say the 'adverse possession' principle dates back to Roman Law and allowed "someone in possession of a good without title to become the lawful proprietor if the original owner didn't show up after some time".
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FCC protests: Save the Internet!


Fight for the Future
Sat, 10 May 2014 15:52 UTC
FCC protest
FCC protest at 445 12th St SW, Washington, DC, all day, all night, until May 15.
Fight for the Future: Sign the petition to the FCC!
We're camping out day and night on the FCC's doorstep to defend net neutrality and keep the Internet free from discrimination and "slow lanes"

The FCC is proposing new rules that will be great for Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon, but terrible for the rest of us. This agency has been surrounded by corporate lobbyists for too long. Help us surround FCC headquarters with people who love the Internet and want to keep it open.
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Ambulance

Shooting at FedEx warehouse in Georgia; 6 hospitalized

Pamela Engel
Business Insider
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:40 UTC
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© Kelly J. Huff/ReutersA Cobb County police officer escorts a worker out of the FedEx warehouse in Kennesaw, Ga., on Tuesday following a gunman's rampage.
Six people were transported to a local hospital after a shooting at a FedEx facility in Kennesaw, Georgia, WSB-TV reports.

FedEx employees were being told to leave as they showed up to work Tuesday morning, according to 11Alive News.

The suspect in the shootings died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to WSB-TV.

The shooter also had explosive devices that weren't used, according to the Associated Press.

It's so far unclear exactly why the shooting took place.
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Alarm Clock

Ann Maguire murder suspect a suicidal loner; complained of bullying

James Tozer and Sophie Freeman
The Daily Mail, UK
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:31 UTC
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  • Classmates said he loved heavy metal music, felt he was an outcast
  • Threatened to commit suicide after reporting he had been bullied
  • His mother, a human resources manager, seemed 'attentive'
  • 'Really clever' but suffered from bouts of depression, peers claim
A drawing of a Grim Reaper figure emblazoned on his Facebook profile gives a chilling insight into the 15-year-old suspect's troubled background, which was being investigated by police last night.

Classmates told yesterday how the middle-class teenager, who loved heavy metal music, felt he was an 'outcast'.

They said he had previously threatened to commit suicide after complaining of bullying and had experimented with drugs.

Neighbours added that he would not make eye contact with them or acknowledge their greetings as he walked past.
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