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Exposing the inhumanity: Obama admin has to remind Louisiana flood responders not to discriminate against victims

RT
Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:07 UTC

© Brendan Smialowski / AFP
A man navigates a boat of rescued goats past a partially submerged car after flooding on August 16, 2016 in Gonzales, Louisiana.

With torrential rains and fatal flooding battering parts of the southern US, the Obama administration has urged affected states to abstain from discrimination and provide emergency aid, regardless of race, color and origin.

"Discrimination has no place in the disaster response and recovery process," Director Willisa Donald of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said.

A 16-page "guidance" memo released Tuesday recalled cases of African-Americans being discriminated against while looking for help in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

"In the days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, numerous media reports showed images of African Americans stranded on roofs in New Orleans. These images exposed significant inequalities in access to emergency response and recovery efforts," said the guidelines issued jointly by the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security and Transportation.

Comment: More coverage on the flooding in Louisiana:

Navajo Nation sues EPA over toxic gold mine spill which turned Animas River yellow

RT
Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:57 UTC

© EPA / Reuters
Waste water from the Gold King Mine collects in a holding pool in San Juan County, Colorado, on August 7, 2015.

Leaders from the sovereign Navajo Nation have filed a lawsuit against their next-door neighbors, the Americans, and their Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for playing a part in the spilling of 3 million gallons of toxic waste into the Animas River in Colorado and New Mexico.

The "reckless" environmental disaster last year contaminated the major river with nasty acid and metals leading to long-term effects for wildlife and communities around the area.

The incident, which is also known as the "Gold King Mine Spill," occurred when contracted workers from the EPA attempted to drain some of the toxic water from the mine, but instead a huge blowout sent arsenic, lead and mercury into the river, turning it yellow and pouring over 888,000 pounds of toxic metals into the water.

Protecting pedophiles: College ignored complaints about sexually abusive teacher for 15 years

RT
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:35 UTC

Students at Clifton College

A peeping-tom teacher found by his pupils half-naked and tied to his chair kept his job despite years of complaints to three successive headmasters, according to a report by an independent investigator.

Jonathan Thomson-Glover, 53, was jailed for three-and-a-half years for filming pupils naked over a period of 17 years at the prestigious Clifton College in Bristol.

He taught German and was a house master responsible for the welfare of hundreds of teenagers at the leading public school, which charges its pupils £33,000 (US$43,000) a year.

At Thomson-Glover's trial at Bristol Crown Court last year, he was found to have placed concealed cameras in school showers and studies, and in a bedroom where children were encouraged to engage in sexual activity.

Comment: It' s no surprise that complaints were ignored for so long - pedophilia is practically institutionalized in the UK. Cover-ups and blocked investigations into predatory activities are routine.

Aleppo residents displaced by al-Qaeda 'rebels' are the real victims

Sputnik
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:41 UTC

A Syrian residential quarter called "1070," located in Aleppo, was captured by al-Nusra Front at the end of July. The residents of the quarter are now barely making ends meet in areas of Aleppo.

The 1070 quarter is referred to this because there are 1,070 residential apartments built in the area. Residents of this quarter, which was previously a haven for many local refugees, have been forced to flee their homes to escape the violence of the militants.

In areas of Aleppo, which are under the control of the Syrian Army, a small camp for fleeing civilians has been organized. Those who did not get a place in the shelter, sleep on mattresses under the scorching sun.

Talking about his ordeal and the horrors inflicted by the al-Nusra Front terrorists, one resident who fled 1070 named Samer told Sputnik how he ran for his life.

Car bomb rocks Turkish police station near Iran border killing 3 and injuring 40

Sputnik
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:14 UTC

A car bomb blast struck Turkey's eastern province of Van near the Turkish-Iranian border followed by intense fighting.

Local authorities have not yet confirmed who is behind the strike in Van although residents suspect that the attack was carried out by PKK terrorists opposed to the Erdogan regime. Local reports indicate that three have been killed and 40 have been wounded by the major terror attack with ambulances continuing to swarm to the scene to tend to the victims of the lethal strike.

There has been reportedly the outbreak of shooting or armed clashes in the wake of the blast. Reports from the Dogan news station indicate that the target was a station that also serves as a police barracks.

Largest Afghanistan province could fall to Taliban at any time

Sputnik
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:43 UTC

As Lashkar Gah, the besieged capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, is suffering a major humanitarian catastrophe, officials warn that it may not be long before the whole province falls to the Taliban, Nasima Naiazi, a member of the provincial legislature, told Sputnik.

"There is heavy fighting going on in Helmand where the Taliban militants have resumed their offensive in Hermsar and Lashkar Gah. The situation is changing every hour, but the Taliban controls the southern districts of the province," Nasima Naiazi said.

She added that with the local airport in Lashkar Gah was now closed, dozens of flights had been cancelled and the roads all blocked by the militants; there was virtually no access to Kabul from Helmand.

Comment: Mission accomplished? Fifteen years and counting...

Bully cop violently pins petite teacher against patrol car, dangles her a foot off the ground

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:32 UTC

A disturbing video was uploaded to Twitter Monday afternoon showing a cop holding a small woman up off the ground while smashing her against his patrol car. The woman was an innocent school teacher, and the cop was a bully.

According to the victim, who looks like a little girl in the video, but is actually a 32-year-old woman named Shadon, she was assaulted for no reason at all. The lack of an arrest in the incident is evidence of this claim.

According to Shadon, she was arguing with a man who was harassing another woman. When officers saw this, they perceived her as a threat. So, without question or just cause, this 250-pound cop tossed this 90-pound woman around like a rag doll.

"It was harassment, and I asked for the police officer's badge - they wouldn't give me no names, no numbers or nothing - so I left - I never knew this was being recorded," Shadon said in an interview with FOX 5.

As soon as the Twitter user, @MacAndCheeks, posted the video, it quickly went viral sparking outrage toward the DC police department.

Judge orders American swimmers to stay in Rio after giving conflicting testimony about being robbed, but Ryan Lochte is already back in US

Taylor Barnes
USA Today
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:25 UTC

Ryan Lochte

A Brazilian judge ordered two U.S. swimmers not to leave the country, according to court documents obtained Wednesday. Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen were ordered to stay in Rio three days after they said they were robbed at gunpoint. Attorney Jeff Ostrow told USA TODAY Sports that Lochte was already back in the United States as of Tuesday afternoon.

Judge Keyla Blank said she based her ruling on inconsistencies in the testimony of the two swimmers, who said they and two teammates were robbed at gunpoint after a late night out.

Blank wrote in her filing that there were questions about a gap between when the swimmers said they left France House and arrived at the athletes' village. The swimmers said they departed France House at about 4 a.m., while a surveillance video showed they checked back in to the athletes village at 6:56 a.m., the judge wrote. Such a trip during early morning hours would take 30 to 40 minutes. She also indicated that images from the France Club indicate a different time of departure than the one the men allege.

She said they did not appear to be physically or psychologically shaken by the alleged crime. "They arrived with their psychological and physical integrity unshaken," she wrote, also noting that the swimmers appeared to be joking with each other and did not appear to be upset. She watched surveillance video of the swimmers arriving at the athletes village.

Comment: To be fair, people respond differently to traumatic experiences. It can be common for people to laugh and look happy after experiencing trauma, as a coping mechanism.

Wife of ISIS commander surrenders to Afghan police after being pressured to become suicide bomber

Frud Bezhan
Radio Free Europe
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:25 UTC

An Afghan security officer patrols during ongoing clashes between government forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in Nangarhar, one of three provinces along Afghanistan's porous border with Pakistan where IS has been active in recent months.

Afghan woman has surrendered to police claiming that her husband, a local commander for the militant group Islamic State, (IS) was pressuring her to carry out a suicide bombing, officials said. The woman, whose name has not been revealed, turned herself in on August 16 in the northern province of Jowzjan, along the border with Turkmenistan.

The case underscores the ongoing threat from militants in Afghanistan, where IS fighters appear to have been building a presence for more than two years as they compete with the Taliban to spearhead antigovernment and anti-Western efforts. IS devotees have claimed responsibility for a number of recent deadly attacks against Afghan civilians and security forces.

The would-be bomber reportedly remains in custody, and the details of the case were provided to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan by Afghan authorities. They say her husband, Qari Zia, is a former Taliban commander from Jowzjan Province who crossed over to IS and is now based in the extremists' stronghold of Nangarhar, in eastern Afghanistan.

"Qari Zia...encouraged his wife to carry out a suicide attack," Rahmatullah Turkistani, the police commander of Jowzjan Province, said. "He wanted his wife to come to Nangarhar to receive training in preparation for a suicide attack."

Turkistani said the woman was traveling to Nangarhar when she surrendered to security forces in Jowzjan's provincial capital, Sheberghan. She is being held in a women's shelter in the city while police investigate her claims. The police commander said Zia had repeatedly telephoned his wife to urge her to go to Nangarhar's provincial capital, Jalalabad, where authorities believe he is hiding.

Poll: Majority of Texans would support secession if Killary wins the election

Will Axford
Chron.com
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:37 UTC

If anyone needs proof that the presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton truly is dividing the country, they should look to Texas.

According to poll results from Public Policy Polling released Tuesday, three out of five Texans who support Donald Trump said they would support seceding from America if Hillary Clinton becomes president.

Data from the left-leaning polling firm shows that Trump leads Clinton by a margin of 50 percent to 44 percent in Texas. This is far from the landslide win for Mitt Romney in the 2012 election. Four years ago, Romney beat President Barack Obama 57.2 percent to 41.4 percent.

According to the polling results from PPP, only one out of four Texans support seceding from America generally. But when faced with the possibility of a President Hillary Clinton, a majority of Texans said they'd rather leave.

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Society's Child

Exposing the inhumanity: Obama admin has to remind Louisiana flood responders not to discriminate against victims

Navajo Nation sues EPA over toxic gold mine spill which turned Animas River yellow

Protecting pedophiles: College ignored complaints about sexually abusive teacher for 15 years

Aleppo residents displaced by al-Qaeda 'rebels' are the real victims

Car bomb rocks Turkish police station near Iran border killing 3 and injuring 40

Largest Afghanistan province could fall to Taliban at any time

Bully cop violently pins petite teacher against patrol car, dangles her a foot off the ground

Judge orders American swimmers to stay in Rio after giving conflicting testimony about being robbed, but Ryan Lochte is already back in US

Wife of ISIS commander surrenders to Afghan police after being pressured to become suicide bomber

Poll: Majority of Texans would support secession if Killary wins the election

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