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Panama Papers Stink: Social media users slam media's focus on Putin


Sputnik
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:51 UTC
putin
© Sputnik/ Sergey Guneev
Dozens of high-profile politicians, including current world leaders, have been directly linked to the biggest data leak in history, but mainstream media has focused on the person who was not mentioned in the Mossack Fonseca documents at all - Russian President Vladimir Putin, causing a social media firestorm.

Putin's name was splashed all over the headlines as details on more than 11.5 million secret files covering Mossack Fonseca's four decades of operation started to emerge. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred to the coverage as "Putinophobia" that has become so severe that it is "practically impossible to speak well of Russia or any type of actions Russia does, or any success Russia enjoys."

​"World leaders actually named in the #PanamaPapers but Putin, who is NOT named, is used by all media covering story?" Stacy Herbert asked on Twitter, referring to Saudi King Salman, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the current president of Argentina Mauricio Macri among others.

"Pictures of President Putin could be found on the front pages of highly-respected news publications around the globe. The Guardian and the Mail Online were both at it, despite the fact that in the 11.5 million documents that were published; Putin's name was not mentioned once," Jose Alvarez observed, commenting on a CNN story on the Panama Papers.
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USA

Why patriotism is a lie: Tales from two soldiers

Chris Hedges
Common Dreams
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:18 UTC
Trump rally
© Charles Rex Arbogast / APSupporters, at left, of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump face off with protesters after a rally was canceled last month at the University of Illinois, Chicago, over security concerns.
When Rory Fanning, a burly veteran who served in the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion and was deployed in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2004, appeared at the Donald Trump rally in Chicago last month he was wearing the top half of his combat fatigues. As he moved through the crowd, dozens of Trump supporters shouted greetings such as "Welcome home, brother" and "Thank you for your service." Then came the protest that shut down the rally. Fanning, one of the demonstrators, pulled out a flag that read "Vets Against Racism, War and Empire."

Click here to see a YouTube video of Rory Fanning being ejected from a Donald Trump rally. During the incident he was doused with a drink and struck.
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Pistol

LAPD officers shoot innocent man in the head -- he lives on to speak out and sue them

Andrew Emett
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:52 UTC
crime scene escena del crimen
© Desconocido
Shot in the head for holding a towel, a disabled man filed a civil rights lawsuit against the LAPD on Monday for attempting to kill him without reason or warning. Although witnesses assert the man did not pose a threat to anyone, the officer immediately jumped out of his patrol car and shot him without issuing any commands.

At 6:35 p.m. on June 19, 2015, LAPD Officer Cairo Palacios and his unidentified partner were sitting in their patrol car stuck in traffic when they noticed a man standing on the sidewalk attempting to flag down the officers. According to LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith, the cops heard 48-year-old Walter DeLeon calling out to them saying, "Police, police."

Comment: Insanity! Will this madness ever stop?

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Heart - Black

Town council removes child's headstone because it was 'offensive'

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:41 UTC
max's headstone
Grieving mother, Jo Corbett-Weeks has been forced to relive her tragic loss after the gravestone she had built for her son's grave was removed by town officials.

Weeks experienced every parent's worst nightmare several years ago when she lost her little boy, Max. Max was only 4-years-old when he died from complications relating to his severe epilepsy.

For nearly three years, Weeks scraped together the money to pay for her son's specially made headstone of a teddy bear holding a star. On the headstone was a touching tribute to Max.
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Airplane

Small plane crash-lands into rear of parked car on California highway


RT
Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:11 UTC
plane crash landing california highway
© shazzarah / Reuters
A bizarre accident near San Diego, California, featuring a four-seat plane crash-landing into a parked car on Interstate 15, claimed the life of a local roller derby player. Even more bizarre, it's not the aircraft's first emergency landing on this highway.

The single engine Lancair IV reportedly had mechanical problems and touched down along a route that has seen several emergency landings.

Early on Saturday morning, the plane ended up skidding about 250 feet before crashing into the rear of the parked car.
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Red Flag

No longer California dreaming: The exodus of people leaving California is becoming an avalanche

Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:37 UTC
people on beach
Over the past ten years, approximately five million people have moved away from the state of California, and as you will see in this article this mass exodus appears to be accelerating. So exactly why is this happening? Once upon a time, it seemed like almost everyone wanted to live in California. The nearly endless sunshine, the incredible weather, the pristine beaches and a booming economy motivated millions of young Americans to move out there to pursue "the California Dream".

In fact, in the early nineties I actually explored the idea of moving out there myself. But now the California Dream has become a nightmare. Californians are being taxed to death, traffic in the major cities is absolutely horrific, violent crime and gang activity are on the rise, millions of illegal immigrants are putting an incredible strain on social support systems, and the ultra-liberal government in Sacramento seems to have gone completely insane. In addition, the state faces constant threats from earthquakes, wildfires, droughts and mudslides, so it is quite understandable why so many people feel motivated to leave and never come back.
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Heart - Black

The brave shoemaker who filmed an Israeli soldier executing a Palestinian (video)

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:02 UTC
Imad Abu Shamsiya, filmed palestinian execution
© unknownImad Abu Shamsiya at his sewing machine
Update: Jewish Voice for Peace has issued an appeal to protect Imad Abu Shamsiya, titled, "He filmed a killing. Now he's in danger."

As anyone who comes to our site knows, a shocking video was published last Thursday showing an Israeli soldier executing a wounded Palestinian youth as he lay immobile on the street in Hebron's Tel Rumeida neighborhood.

The video was shot by Imad Abu Shamsiya, who lives behind a wall of barbed wire in that neighborhood. As his video ricochets around the world, Abu Shamsiya is facing death threats, law suits and political pressure over his video. And it's not the first time he's come under assault. Jewish settlers want this brave shoemaker and other Palestinians to move out so they can take over his home.

Two months ago Adam Horowitz and I interviewed Abu Shamsiya with the help of Badia Dwaik of Human Rights Defenders, who works closely with Shamsiya.

Abu Shamsiya described conditions in his neighborhood reminiscent to me of the Warsaw Ghetto: a numbers system by which he must enter the neighborhood at this checkpoint near his house. "To get into his house, he has a number. He's not a name he's a number now." Abu Shamsiyah's number is 242, he says in the video below.



Comment: The irony of 'numbering' Palestinians in the occupied territories seems to be lost on the Israelis. Instead of learning from history, the Israelis are intent on repeating it, only this time with the shoe on the other foot. One would think that they would have been the first people to learn from the history of WWII, but instead they have created a bizarro paramoralism by using that history to justify ethnic cleansing, themselves.


Comment: See also: The ultimate trial of Israeli society's morality

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Dollars

The screws are tightening: Chase bank limits cash withdrawals

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan.com
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:12 UTC
no cash symbol
Last month All News Pipeline warned that major banks were preparing to tighten the screws on American account holders starting April 1st.

It appears that the lock down of cash has begun.

Citing criminal activity as a factor, JP Morgan is limiting cash withdrawals at ATM machines.
The bank said there doesn't appear to be fraud involved. But partly due to heightened regulatory scrutiny, banks are paying more attention to large cash transfers that could be a sign of money laundering or other types of shady activity. Typically, the card-issuing bank sets withdrawal limits, not the bank owning the ATM.

Comment: See also:

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Black Magic

Sickening: Four men rape, sodomize 9-year-old girl while mom smoked meth


Fox 59
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:38 UTC
9 year old rapist
© Uintah County Sheriff's OfficeLarson James RonDeau, 36, left, Josiah RonDeau, 20, Randall Flatlip, 26, and Jerry Flatlip, 29, have been booked on one count each of rape of a child and sodomy of a child.
Four men face felony charges after they allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl while her mother was smoking methamphetamine in a garage with a friend she met in jail.

According to a statement of probable cause filed March 30, the alleged assault occurred Easter Sunday at a home in Vernal, Utah.

The 9-year-old victim was with her mother at the home, and the mother was hanging out with a friend she met while incarcerated in jail. As the 9-year-old girl slept on the couch, her mother and that friend went into the garage and get high on methamphetamine.

When the mother returned, her daughter was on the couch but her clothes were in disarray and she seemed upset and wanted to go home. The next day, the girl reported that four men inside the home had taken her into a bedroom before taking turns raping her and then sodomizing her. The girl reported that while one of the men was raping her, he told her he would kill her if she ever told anyone about what was happening.

The girl's mother notified police, who responded to the home. One of the four alleged rapists was identified by the victim from a photograph, and 36-year-old Larson James RonDeau was taken into custody. RonDeau told police that the other three men had traveled to Montana for personal business along with the woman who the girl's mother had been there to visit, Glynda RonDeau. He told police he wasn't sure when they would return to Utah.


Comment: These people are not human beings, they are evil monsters. That poor girl.

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Cut

Spanish Prime Minister to cut traditional siesta and shorten working day to align country with EU counterparts

Matt Payton
The Independent
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:26 UTC
spanish siesta
© ReutersRevellers sleep on a bench after the second running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
The Spanish Prime Minister has announced moves to cut the working day by two hours and bring an end to the traditional siesta, in an attempt to bring the country into line with its European counterparts.

Mariano Rajoy, the head of the centre-right coalition government, wants to scrap the traditional extended midday break.

Mr Rajoy said: "I will find a consensus to make sure the working day ends at 6pm."
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