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Nigerian government launches Fascist smoking ban; heavy fines, jail terms for smoking in public

Wale Odunsi
Daily Post
Sat, 17 Jun 2017 19:32 UTC
Smoking is healthier than fascism

Smoking: it's healthier than Fascism!
The Nigerian Government has launched a campaign to ban smoking in public places including motor parks, shopping malls and health care centres.

Ministry of Health in a communiqué yesterday said according to Section 9 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015, once convicted, offenders are liable to a fine of at least N50, 000 and/or six months' imprisonment.

Tagged the Clean Air Campaign, the ministry said the law would be taken seriously to protect and promote the citizens' right to health, life, physical integrity and safety. It reads, "The World Health Organisation estimates that worldwide, second-hand tobacco smoke is currently responsible for the deaths of about 600,000 people yearly, 80 per cent of which occur in low-income and middle-income countries like Nigeria.

"Smoking in public places is now banned in Nigeria. Section 9 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015 stipulates that offenders, once convicted, are liable to a fine of not less than N50,000 or not less than six months' imprisonment, or both.

Comment: More anti-smoking hysteria based on lies. See:

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Propaganda

The Times taken to task over their 'lone wolf' presentation of the Finsbury Park attack


RT
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:49 UTC
Finsbury Park attack

Screenshots from thetimes.co.uk
The Times newspaper is facing a barrage of criticism for its coverage of the Finsbury Park attack after its front page headline labeled the white attacker a "jobless lone wolf" and not a "terrorist."

Twitter user and journalist Sunny Hundal tweeted: "This is a parody of newspapers playing down white extremism, right? Wait, no, it's their actual splash #lonewolf."

"It's almost like there [is] an inherent bias at work," he added.

Comment: More on the Finsbury Park attack:

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Pistol

7 injured in Myrtle Beach shooting

Amy B Wang
Washington Post
Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:37 UTC
myrtle beach shooting 2017
At least seven people were injured early Sunday morning in Myrtle Beach after someone began shooting during a crowded street fight, police said.

The chaotic scene was captured and streamed on Facebook Live by a man staying at a nearby hotel.

Bubba Hinson told the Myrtle Beach Sun News that he was in town for a firefighters' convention when he spotted a large crowd blocking traffic on the street below his room at the Holiday Sands North hotel.

"I thought they were dancing. That's why I started filming it," he told the newspaper. "Then, they started fighting. Then, they started shooting."

(Warning: The video below contains graphic content and profanity.)
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USA

When it comes to money management, Americans are completely backwards

Catey Hill
Moneyish
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:25 UTC
money dinero
© Imagen ilustrativa/Amr Dalsh / Reuters
You can take this to the bank: Americans are messed up about money.

A slew of new surveys and data have come out revealing that we don't save enough, we spend money we don't have, we have our financial priorities backwards — and more. Here are five new stats that prove Americans are backwards about money.

1. About 1 in 4 literally have no emergency savings. A survey released Tuesday by Bankrate.com found that 24% don't have even a single dollar saved for an emergency. And that's just one of many surveys showing how little we have saved: A survey released in January by Bankrate found that nearly 60% of Americans wouldn't have enough savings to pay for a $500 expense if it came up unexpectedly. What's more, more than one in five say they'd slap down their credit card to pay that expense and more than one in would mooch off family to get the cash. Experts recommend that Americans have a least three to six months of income in the bank to pay for unexpected emergencies.
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Heart - Black

Culture of violence: Cops force woman to beat her mentally disabled grandson with a belt

Justin Gardner
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:40 UTC
cop belt
Two cops with a fondness for corporal punishment are under criminal investigation for possible child abuse, after telling a woman to beat her 9-year-old grandson with a belt.

As The News Tribune reports, the officers not only urged to do it — contradicting the advice of Catholic Community Service workers who were present — but showed her how. They suggested she could use a small extension of her hand, since she was physically limited, and said it was her legal right to beat the boy.

Even more astonishingly, the boy was bleeding from broken glass after a panicked rage episode, and had a diminished mental capacity - which the officers knew about from a previous encounter. The boy had been committed to a hospital in April, and then in May was choked and abused by a babysitter.

On June 5, the boy had a breakdown when his grandmother went to get prescriptions following a back surgery and asked two therapists to watch him for the brief period. When she returned, he had broken all the glass he could find and locked himself in the house.
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Wolf

Black-market baby trade thrives in India after adoption law reform


News Deeply
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:53 UTC
Majeda Bibi and her son
© News Deeply
Majeda Bibi narrowly escaped losing her son to trafficking after undergoing what she says was an unnecessary cesarean section.
The recent uncovering of a major baby-trafficking racket in eastern India has brought the issue of Indian adoption into the spotlight. Experts say tough laws and long waits to adopt often mean prospective parents turn to the illegal trade without even realizing it

Kanon Sarkar, 27, gave birth to her second daughter in July 2014 at a nursing home in rural West Bengal, a state in eastern India.

But six hours after delivery at the home, which functions as a small health clinic, the doctor told Sarkar her baby had an unexplained heart problem and had to be taken to Kolkata, the bustling capital, for urgent treatment. The mother and child went to Kolkata as instructed, but the next day, without proper explanation, the baby was declared dead.

The staff at the hospital gave Sarkar a corpse, wrapped in white with only the eyes visible, so the family could submerge the body in a river that runs through their village, in accordance with Hindu tradition.

Comment: See also: Two high-level government child trafficking rings busted - U.S. media silent

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Attention

Three Ethiopian asylum-seekers in Germany accused of violently raping woman '3 times each'


RT
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:08 UTC
German police
© Axel Schmidt / Reuters
A 28-year-old woman in Muhlhausen, Germany has identified three Ethiopian men who she claims repeatedly raped and beat her during a local carnival. The victim revealed some of the horrifying details in court.

The three suspected attackers, between 23 and 29 years old, were identified by the victim in regional court in the federal state of Thuringia earlier this week.

"Each of them raped me three times," the woman said during her hours-long statement before the court, German media reported.
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Bad Guys

Al-Shabaab car bomb kills up to 10, injures 20 outside government building in Mogadishu


RT
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 16:34 UTC
explosion site in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia
© Faisal Isse / Global Look Press
Explosion site in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia June 20, 2017.
Al-Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for a massive suicide bomb attack at a government building in Mogadishu Tuesday that killed up to 10 people and injured at least 20 others.

"More than 10 persons died, 20 others were wounded. The explosion destroyed the building of Wadajir District headquarters. More than 10 cars were destroyed in the explosion," Abdifatah Omar Halane, a spokesman for the Mogadishu mayor, said, as cited by Reuters.

Al-Shabaab's stated aim is to expel peacekeeping forces and topple the federal government in Somalia in order to impose Sharia law throughout the nation.
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Camera

Six children killed in a week taking 'the ultimate selfies' across Russia

Will Stewart
Daily Mail
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:35 UTC
Denis Kondakov, 17, died after climbing on top of a pile of gravel and then reaching up to touch a high-voltage electric cable while being watched by two teen girls

Denis Kondakov, 17, died after climbing on top of a pile of gravel and then reaching up to touch a high-voltage electric cable while being watched by two teen girls
Six youngsters have died within a week trying to take 'the ultimate selfie' in Russia.

Ustinya Zembakhtin, 10, brother Sergey, 13, Vladislav Khoroshinkin, also 13, Maria Svitlenko, 14, 15-year-old Sergey Kustov and 17-year-old Denis Kondakov all perished in the last seven days at the start of the school holidays.

Three of the youngsters were killed at the same time while trying to pose in front of an oncoming freight train, while three more died in separate incidents after touching high-voltage electric cables.

Ustinya, Sergey and Vladislav all died on the Trans-Siberian railway track close to Vladivostok as they posed for a selfie on 11 June in front of an oncoming freight train.

Lera Sengeevskaya, 13, told how she pleaded with them to get off the track as the train approached.
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Attention

'No safe place': Man who fled Raqqa and lost daughter blames US-led strikes for civilian deaths


RT
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:30 UTC
Syrian man who claims his daughter died in a US-led airstrike while fleeing the Islamic State
© RT
A Syrian man who claims his daughter died in a US-led airstrike while fleeing the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, told RT about the horrifying events of his escape and claims the US-led coalition has an alarming tendency to target civilians.

"Coalition planes struck the district of Dariya, I was with my daughter at the time, and just like that, she perished in the blast, I lost my leg. More often than not, US planes hit civilians, not Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL]," Abu Abdullah told RT Arabic.

The man's face has been blurred on the footage for security reasons.
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