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Israeli ambassador launches anti-Semitism complaint against Dutch parody song for mocking Israel's human rights record

Jonathan OfiR
Mondoweiss
Fri, 25 May 2018 15:19 UTC
Martine Sandifort
The Israeli song "Toy", sung by Netta Barzilai, won the Eurovision song contest on the 12th of May. Israel was euphoric. Benjamin Netanyahu called Barzilai "Israel's greatest ambassador" and said "next year in Jerusalem," a reference to the contest venue in 2019.

Barzilai herself was very aware of her political role, and said in an interview that "we have done something crazy [fantastic] for Israeli Hasbara" (Hebrew, Kan Israeli news). Isabel Kershner of the New York Times noted how "many Israelis hailed it as a diplomatic victory and national vindication."

But all that occurred just a couple of days before one of the bloodiest single massacres in Israeli history, the killing of 62 Palestinian Gazan protesters, injuring over 3,000, with over 1,360 shot by Israeli soldiers using live ammunition - and that massacre was occurring simultaneously with Israel's celebration of the US Embassy inauguration in Jerusalem, in a split-screen reality.

But how long can the split-screen reality last? On Saturday, Dutch comedian Martine Sandifort appeared with a satirical version of the Israeli song, using a backdrop of footage involving Palestinian protests against Israeli forces, the separation wall etc. This appeared on the prime time Sanne Wallis de Vries's satirical show.

Comment: See also: WaPo brands academic who criticized Israel's murder of civilians as 'anti-Semite'

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Desperate times for mainstream media: Chicago Sun-Times leaves front page blank, pleads for subscribers: 'We need you to be there for us'

Joe Concha
The Hill
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:42 UTC
Chicago Sun-Times
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The Chicago Sun-Times left its front page blank in a plea for subscribers on Monday in an effort to "protect the long-term survival" of its newsroom.

The unorthodox appeal comes one month after the 174-year-old newspaper completed a round of layoffs as it struggles with falling advertising revenue from its print edition.

The Sun-Times has been working to build digital subscriptions for content that readers in the past have gotten for free.

Comment: Another example of vulture capitalism.

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English 'official speak': Were Yulia Skripal's words dictated?

Catte
Off-Guardian
Thu, 24 May 2018 00:00 UTC
Yulia Skripal interview May 23 2018

Yulia Skripal allegedly making voluntary statement May 23 2018
Yulia Skripal's surprise video statement and walkabout yesterday has, as usual in this case, raised more questions than it has provided answers. The MSM has predictably addressed none of those questions and been content to simply air the video along with portions of her statement, laced with anti-Russian commentary and distorted summaries of the backstory. Fortunately those in the alt media are free to try to do a little better.

Reuters broke the story, and claimed an exclusive, but have not yet clarified their bureau chief Guy Faulconbridge, whose name appears on the article actually, spoke to Yulia in person.

The strange prelude to the statement in which we see Yulia walking amongst foliage in a "secret location" as if she's auditioning for a commercial or doing a promo for a true-movie about herself is surreal and bizarre. Why not a simple piece to camera? Why put her through the added ordeal of being taken to the woods somewhere and asked to wander about smiling? Are they trying to prove she's ambulatory? Happy? free?

If so they have failed on two of the three counts. She doesn't seem happy or even comfortable, and certainly doesn't appear to be free to speak her own thoughts. Whose idea was it to film her in this location? How much duress was she under to comply.

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Wikipedia censorship: Article on "editor" Philip Cross deleted & author life-banned


The Off Guardian
Tue, 15 May 2018 15:14 UTC
mystery man

Who is Philip Cross?
Wkipedia contributor "Mojito Paraiso" recently tried the experiment of creating an entry for "Philip Cross" the apparently pseudonymous editor/contributor who has been a persistent defamer/disinfo source, making rapid-fire and negative editing of the Wikipedia entries for many alt-media and "pro-Russia" journalists and commentators.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the article was disappeared very rapidly. And in what looks a lot like overkill, Mojito_Paraiso was then banned from editing in perpetuity. Apparently defaming John Pilger, George Galloway, Media Lens etc is acceptable Wikiconduct, but drawing attention to the persona responsible is a banning offence

Comment: It is long past time to rethink Wikipedia as a creditable source of information.

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Video footage shows cop trying to shoot dog but killing innocent mother instead

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 26 May 2018 15:32 UTC
Autumn Steele
On Thursday, during a federal court hearing in Davenport, Iowa, officials revealed that the confidential police video - a key piece of evidence in exonerating a cop who killed an innocent mom - does not corroborate the cop's claims that he was bitten by a dog before firing the fatal shots that accidentally killed the mother of two.

As TFTP previously reported, the Burlington police department released a 12-second clip from a Burlington Police officer's body cam showing him shooting and killing Autumn Steele.

The alleged dog bite is a key component in the case which allowed police officer Jesse Hill to be justified in firing the shots that killed Steele in January of 2015. According to the official story, the German shepherd jumped on Hill's back and bit his thigh, causing him injuries which required treatment.

The shooting was justified and Hill not disciplined, according to investigators, because Hill was in fear of his life during the dog attack and therefore did nothing wrong when he fired his weapon multiple times - and hitting Steele in her chest, killing her.
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Republican congressman Rohrabacher says homeowners should be able to refuse selling to gays and lesbians


Liberty Headlines
Sat, 26 May 2018 15:02 UTC
Rohrabacher
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Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa told a group of California real estate agents this month that it should be OK for homeowners to refuse to sell their homes to gays and lesbians, prompting the National Association of Realtors to withdraw its endorsement.

"Every homeowner should be able to make a decision not to sell their home to someone (if) they don't agree with their lifestyle," the congressman said, according to The Orange County Register.

Rohrabacher, who is prone to off-the-wall statements and positions, told the paper in an interview, "We've drawn a line on racism, but I don't think we should extend that line. ... A homeowner should not be required to be in business with someone they think is doing something that is immoral."

His coastal Orange County contest is considered crucial for Democrats seeking to retake control of the House. But the late entrance of well-known Republican Scott Baugh into the race ignited fears that the congressman and Baugh would win more votes than any of the Democrats on the ballot, and lock the rival party out of contention in November.
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Opioids are being found in sea creatures off the coast of Seattle

Markab Algedi
Collective Evolution
Fri, 25 May 2018 13:12 UTC
seattle
The opioid epidemic is openly being reported in the media as a sort of plague that characterizes the decade we're currently living in, and it's a fair assessment. The media isn't hesitant to cover it anymore because for one, it's undeniable that it's happening, and two, the opioid epidemic gives authorities, pharmaceutical corporations and others power. It provides people who receive research grants, and government agencies who want to crack down on herbal medicine all the justification they need to do what they do.

Seattle, Washington and the surrounding area has long been notorious for its problem of opiate and opioid addiction. From heroin to oxycodone and the various analogues of opioids that pharma corporations have profited from prescribing to addicts such as buprenorphine and methadone, it's all firmly saturated into the state of Washington, comparable to California.
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Poetic justice: Pedophile who raped baby found dead in cell with penis chopped off

Daniel Newton
NeonNettle
Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:36 UTC
dead pedophile

A pedophile who was part of a sick gang that drugged and raped babies has been found dead
A pedophile who was part of a sick gang that drugged and raped babies has been found dead in his prison cell with his penis chopped off.

James King, 31, who changed his name from Robin Hollyson, was jailed for 24 years for raping a three-month-old baby and filming it.

A fellow prisoner, John Denham, confirmed to the inquest that inmates at HMP Bristol took contacts on King.

King was part of a sick gang that took delight in drugging and raping babies described by a judge as "evil beyond rational understanding"
"In the worst nightmare, from the very deepest recesses of the mind, at the darkest hour of the night, few can have imagined the terrifying depravity which you men admit."

Comment: See also: Revealed: Child sex abuse gang 'with tentacles that go round the world'

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Three people reportedly killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza, no injuries to IDF soldiers


RT
Sun, 27 May 2018 11:55 UTC
Israeli tank
© Reuters
Three men have been killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza, Palestinian and Israeli media said, citing the Gaza Health ministry. The incident comes days after the resumption of March of Return protests.

The men were killed near the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, an official from the Health Ministry said, as cited by Arabic language media and AFP.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces released a statement saying that their tank "targeted a military observation post in the southern Gaza Strip a short while ago." It added that "no injuries to IDF soldiers were reported," without revealing details of any civilian casualties.
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Heart - Black

Memorial Day: The Pawn of War

Philip A Farruggio
Information Clearing House
Fri, 25 May 2018 00:00 UTC
US military men pawn of war
She would always have the brightest smile as she stood at the intersection of Avenue T and Ocean Ave in Brooklyn, N.Y. circa 1968. She was our crossing guard and we all loved Mrs. Lombardo. Each morning and afternoon during school days she would greet each and every kid who passed by her post. On Sundays, before and after each Catholic Mass at St. Edmunds church , she would be there, again with that contagious smile. The young kids loved her as one would love a favorite aunt, and the seniors, who seemed to make up a majority of each Sunday mass, enjoyed the special care Mrs. Lombardo offered them. Then, perhaps sometime in 1968, her son Tommy joined the Marines along with his childhood buddy Pete Haros, of the Haros Coffee shop on Avenue U. A year later Pete returned to the coffee shop from his tour of duty in Vietnam unscathed. Tommy returned in a box! Mrs. Lombardo still took up her post on that corner, but the sparkling smile was replaced by what this writer remembers as a 'Mona Lisa smile' or half frown. As with the lady in the famous portrait, Mrs. Lombardo had too much to say without saying a thing.

Memorial Day is around the corner once again, and it seems ' The Dogs of War ' are at it as always. Fifty plus years ago there were 58,220 Tommy Lombardos who would never see the smiles of their Moms ever again. Factor that in with approximately 2 million Vietnamese who lost their lives, and one can deduce what our empire's imperial presence meant. For what? For whom? Yet, each and every year spanning these decades, our empire's handlers and their compliant, embedded media sell us this fake and false bill of goods. They honor those dead as ' fallen heroes ' when they should be apologizing for using them as pawns for the geopolitical game they play.

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