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Acclaimed photographer & video journalist killed in Libya while working for RT's video agency


RT
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:41 UTC
Mohamed Ben Khalifa photographer RT
© Acclaimed photographer & video journalist working for RT's video agency killed in Libya clashes
Mohamed Ben Khalifa
Colleagues are mourning the death of Mohamed Ben Khalifa, a freelance photographer who worked for RT's video agency Ruptly and AP. Khalifa was killed by a stray shell south of Tripoli while on the job.

Ben Khalifa was killed on Saturday near Libya's capital, Tripoli, which has seen a flare-up of violence between rival militias since Wednesday. AFP reported, citing security sources, that the photographer came under shelling which targeted the positions of the group he was embedded with.

Ben Khalifa is survived by his wife and five-month-old baby daughter.

Condolences have been pouring in to the family of the 35-year-old from the journalist community in Libya, where he was known as one of the leading photographers, and beyond.

Comment: Journalism has become one of the most dangerous professions in the world.

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On track: First kilometer of train link for Crimean Bridge complete


RT
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:46 UTC
Construction of the railway part of Crimean Bridge
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Construction of the railway part of Crimean Bridge.
Train movement on the railway part of the newly-built Crimean Bridge is scheduled for December. The railroad across the bridge will link the transport systems of Crimea and mainland Russia.

"As of today, the first kilometer of the main line's rail track has been completed, more than 1.5km of station tracks are ready," Crimea Inform news agency reported Friday.

According to the statement, a new Kerch-Yuzhnaya station is currently under construction with a fleet of tracks for freight, passenger and suburban trains. The existing station at Bagerovo is being reconstructed.
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American homeschoolers are networking with Russian homeschoolers: Will 'upend' US democracy shrieks Clinton-linked Center for American Progress

Charles Bausman
Russia Inisder
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:49 UTC
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© European Press Agency
This is very funny. The Center for American Progress (Wikipedia) is a major liberal foundation, basically, a front organization for the Clinton machine, which is now searching for a reason to exist. Major funders include Bill Gates, the Ford Foundation, and the United Arab Emirates. They have a news site, ThinkProgress, which ran an 'investigation' headed by this intellectual heavyweight, Casey Michel.

He quotes an 'expert' who says that homeschoolers are often 'Christofascists', and cites me, whom he describes as 'rabidly anti-semitic', linking to a Daily Beast article. He finds it alarming that I ran a favorable article about a big pro-Christian homeschooling conference recently held in St. Petersburg. It was written by Father Joseph Gleason, the American editor of Russian Faith who homeschooled his 8 children. Michel frets that Russian Faith, which I publish, is 'Kremlin linked', whatever that means.

Do read all about this frightening development that threatens the very foundations of our great Republic. Russian Christian homeschoolers are flourishing, and networking with and benefiting from the experience of Americans who have developed excellent Christian curriculums, books, and study materials. We can't have that now, can we! Shut it down!
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Paul Joseph Watson: What they are not telling you about the Yellow Vests

Paul Joseph Watson
Sott.net
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
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There is a full-fledged and authentic 'European Spring' underway right now that the mainstream media - despite all its efforts - has been attempting to water down, mislabel and undercut with its bogus reportage. There are also blatant attempts by the governments of France, the UK and Germany - in cahoots with the same rotten corporate media establishment - to police political behavior and thought now that the Yellow Vests have brought the destructive policies of neo-liberalism and Globalism front and center to be discussed and remedied. The clash is something to behold, and its underpinnings, for all their implications, beg to be understood.

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Only second day on job, newly elected sheriff arrested for stealing meth right out of evidence room

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
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You know the drug war is a failure when the police state can't keep their own sheriff's from stealing and abusing drugs like meth.

To those who frequent the Free Thought Project, you will know that positions of power often attract unscrupulous individuals, who seek out this power to give themselves an advantage that doesn't come with being an average Joe. We see this from cops to politicians to priests who seek out these positions to prey on the weak or exploit their power for personal gain. One case out of West Virginia highlights this tendency of power corrupting quite well as a meth addict sought out the job of sheriff, won it, and was arrested on the second day on the job.

In 2017, the newly elected sheriff of Roane County, Bo Williams was arrested and charged with grand larceny. Williams was caught stealing methamphetamine from the evidence room for his personal consumption.
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Laura Loomer crashes NYC women's event - shouts that the March doesn't represent Jews


RT
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:40 UTC
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© Reuters
The Women's March was held in New York City on January 19, 2019
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer broke onto the stage during Women's March in New York, accusing the event of anti-Semitism.

Conservative firebrand Loomer made her way to the main stage as Agunda Okeyo, the director of the Women's March New York City, was giving her opening remarks. She approached the speaker and attempted to hold on to the mic.

"The Women's March does not represent Jewish people. The Women's March is the real Nazi march. The Women's March hates Jews," Loomer shouted as security escorted her off the stage.

Loomer yelled the name of Women's March leader Linda Sarsour and other organizers, calling them "Jew-haters."

Comment: Love her or hate her, independent journalist Laura Loomer has a knack for getting her views publicized.

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At least 73 people killed, dozens injured in Mexico gasoline pipeline explosion - UPDATE


RT
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 03:53 UTC
mexico pipeline explosion
© Reuters / Mexican National Defence Secretary
A pipeline explosion north of Mexico City has killed at least 21 and injured more than 70 people who had been gathered around the ruptured Pemex line collecting free fuel. Another blast came minutes later near San Juan del Rio.

The pipeline had been spewing fuel for several hours near Pemex's Tula refinery, and hundreds of people had reportedly gathered round with plastic containers and even vehicles to grab whatever fuel they could carry - rendering the eventual explosion that much more deadly. Videos posted on social media, apparently from the scene, show flames shooting dozens of meters upwards as people scurry around screaming.

Pemex said in a statement that the fire was because of illegal siphoning at the Tuxpan-Tula pipeline in Tlahuelilpan.

The site has been secured by the Mexican Army, according to Hidalgo state Governor Omar Fayad. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has made cracking down on fuel thieves a priority, stating that the siphoning cost the government over US$3 billion in 2018.


Comment: Gas-related explosions and other fires from around the world in recent times include: Update: On 20th Jan. CNN reports:
At least 73 people were killed in central Mexico after a ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded Friday evening, the governor of the State of Hidalgo, Omar Fayad, said Saturday in a news conference in Mexico City.

At least 74 people were injured, with seven of those under the age of 18 and one was 12 years old, Fayad said. He said some of the minors will be transferred to Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas.

Alejandro Gertz Manero, general prosecutor of Mexico, said Saturday night that the investigation has just started but that a "preliminary belief" is that static electricity from the clothing of people around the pipeline may have caused the blast.

He noted a large number of people were around the pipeline, some of whom were wearing clothes made with synthetic fibers that could "generate electric reactions.

"He said no arrests have been made and that witnesses will be interviewed Sunday.The fire resulting from the pipeline explosion has been extinguished, Mexican Secretary of Public Security Alfonso Durazo said on Twitter, and rescue teams have begun to recover bodies.


Residents in the immediate vicinity of the pipeline, which runs from the cities of Tuxpan to Tula, have been evacuated, State oil company Pemex said.

Pemex said an investigation into the cause of the blast was underway. The company initially had said the explosion was caused by illegal taps in the pipeline. The governor of the State of Hidalgo, Omar Fayad, called on the community not to steal gasoline.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who visited Tlahuelilpan and met with officials at a command center, said pipelines will be monitored to avoid fuel theft.

"To guarantee that there are no fuel shortages, it has been fundamental the participation of the armed forces, the military, marines and federal police," he said. "If necessary, we will re-enforce the surveillance strategy. Another method will be the increase of fuel transportation capacity."

He said his administration is working to acquire and buy fuel tanks to increase fuel by 25%.

The explosion comes as gas stations in several Mexican states and the country's capital have been running dry for nearly two weeks.The López Obrador administration closed key pipelines in an effort to crack down on fuel theft, which the Mexican leader said cost the country an estimated $3 billion last year.

Drivers in Mexico have grown desperate. Family members take turns waiting in long lines for gas. Some comb social media for clues about which stations are open. Others have simply decided to leave their cars at home.

Pemex said a new gas distribution system will have long-term benefits that outweigh any short-term cost. Pemex said the explosion would not affect gasoline distribution in Mexico City. Authorities have blamed fuel theft for previous explosions in Mexico. In 2010, a pipeline blew up in the state of Puebla, leaving 28 people dead and scores injured.
The horrifying aftermath of the pipeline blast in Mexico has been captured in a disturbing video that shows terrified people, engulfed by flames, fleeing for their lives. The footage shows crowds of panicked people running to escape the massive wall of fire, many of whom are covered in flames.

Warning: Footage contains distressing scenes




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'I find it disgusting': Quebec comedian Mike Ward appeals $42K penalty for joke about disabled boy

Giuseppe Valiante
National Post
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:32 UTC
Comedian Mike Ward
© Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
Comedian Mike Ward speaks to the media at the Quebec Appeal Court, Jan. 16, 2019 in Montreal.
Comedians in Quebec will be afraid to make controversial jokes if a 2016 ruling against Mike Ward by the province's Human Rights Tribunal is upheld, lawyer Julius Grey said Wednesday.

Grey sought to convince a panel of three judges on Quebec's Appeal Court that a joke about drowning an "ugly" disabled boy might have been distasteful - but it must remain legal in a free and democratic society.

Ward, a popular Quebec comedian, is appealing a Quebec Human Rights Tribunal ruling that his performances included discriminatory comments about a young disabled singer, Jeremy Gabriel. The tribunal ordered Ward to pay $35,000 in moral and punitive damages to Gabriel and $7,000 to his mother.

Comment: Odd that two stories have come up in the past week coming out of Montreal where stand-up comics are being chastised. Montreal, being the home of the long-running 'Just For Laughs' comedy festival, seems to have become infected by the SJW virus, where people's feelings are more important than the right to free speech. Ward is absolutely right in his assessment - once people can be legally prosecuted for making jokes, comedy is finished (which is probably fine to the SJWs who are known to have absolutely no sense of humor).

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Monster Frozen project: Italian extreme runner's documentary crew stranded after vehicle succumbs to -60°C Russian cold


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:15 UTC
Winter
© Sputnik / V. Yakovlev
Oymyakon, Yakutia.
The project of Italian extreme runner Paolo Venturini, who wants to test his resolve in Russia's coldest place, met a hiccup this week. The car they loaned from local rescue services failed due to extreme cold weather.

Venturini came to Russia's Yakutia because the region claims the title of the world's coldest place. A village called Oymyakon may not be even beyond the polar circle, but its long distance from the Pacific Ocean and high altitude result in an extreme local climate, with temperatures ranging from as high as 30 degrees Celsius at the peak of summertime to as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius during winters. The official temperature record in the place is -67.7°C, according to the data of a local weather station, while locals claim one year it went below -70 °C.

This is exactly what the Italian wants for his Monster Frozen project - a marathon run in the extreme Russian cold. Venturini said he has spent two years preparing for the challenge, designing special clothes, training inside an industrial freezer and gathering the crew, who will support and film his endeavor.

The team arrived in Yakutia on Thursday, but they met an unexpected hurdle. The truck they loaned from the regional rescue service failed as they were travelling to Oymyakon. The vehicle got stranded about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from a weather station, a spokesman for the service told the media.
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Zimbabwe: Security forces attack fuel price demonstrators, government shuts down the internet

Robert Gearty
Fox News
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 20:49 UTC
injured in Zimbabwe
© AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
An injured man received assistance at a hospital Thursday after an alleged assault by a group of uniformed soldiers in Harare, Zimbabwe. AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
Zimbabwe has imposed an internet shutdown as demonstrators protesting a steep fuel increase were attacked by security forces, according to reports.

The African country's largest internet service provider - Econet - says it has been ordered to cut services until further notice.

Access to Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter has been intermittently blocked since protests broke out on Monday, according to the BBC.

At least three people have been killed and 600 people have been arrested.

"We were served with another directive for total shutdown of the internet until further notice," Econet said in a text message Friday, according to Agence France-Presse.
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