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Money pit: Pentagon bans some F-35 jets from flying as fuel system flaws discovered

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:38 UTC

Some older-issue F-35s were removed from flight missions after new problems were discovered in the jet's faulty fuel system. The news comes only a couple of weeks after the Pentagon grounded the entire F-35 fleet.

The F-35s, which have accumulated more flight hours, will now be given detailed inspections, according to the Joint Program Office, which is the Pentagon-run management and acquisition body. In a vague statement, the JPO said "the analysis has identified two additional fuel supply tubes that require inspection."

A spokesman for the agency, who confirmed the news to the Marine Corps Times, refused to tell an exact number of jets affected by the grounding order. However, one source close to the controversial program said that several dozen F-35s would be grounded if necessary.

Comment: Is the F-35 the world's most expensive death trap?

Russia to fine Google for failing to implement blacklist laws

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:20 UTC

The US-based tech giant Google will be fined in Russia because it failed to integrate a mandatory blacklist of sites into its architecture. Russian law states that search engines are not to provide links to banned sites.

Google's failure to abide by the rules, which was reported by the Russian communications watchdog RKN, will cost it between $7,600 and $10,600 under the current legislation, which will probably not be that big of punishment for the multibillion dollar enterprise.

Crazed woman stabs and slashes 14 children at kindergarten in southwest China

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:00 UTC

A total of 14 children are being treated for stab and slash injuries after a woman wielding a kitchen knife attacked pupils at the gate of a kindergarten in Chongqing, southwest China, according to police.

The attack took place as the children were being led back to class from a nearby park after their morning exercise on Friday.

Identified by local police only by her surname, Liu, the 39-year-old assailant was apprehended by the kindergarten teachers and security guards.

One witness told CNN that elderly people out shopping had intervened to stop the woman, adding that "the teachers were dumbstruck."

Distressing footage of her arrest has surfaced online, showing a fierce confrontation between the woman, flanked by police officers, and angry bystanders.

Is religious conversion an addiction? Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor converts to Islam

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:30 UTC

Sinead O'Connor, the eccentric Grammy-winning Irish singer who famously ripped up a photo of the Pope live on television, has announced her conversion to Islam, a decision that has been met with both congratulations and scorn.

In a tweet disclosing her new religious beliefs - as well as her new name - O'Connor said that she was "proud to have become a Muslim," and that accepting Islam as the true faith is "the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey."

Comment: Her string of erratic behavior suggests that she's not mentally stable.

Backlash: UK bakery blasted for selling 'Gingerbread persons'

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:43 UTC

Ginger bread persons have had online confectionary crusaders in full voice this week.

In yet another tedious example of modern 'outrage culture,' a bakery has come under fire for 'bowing' to the PC thugs and making their gingerbread confections gender neutral, however, the witless whinging may be decades late.

North Yorkshire-based Thomas The Baker has drawn a lot of unwanted attention online after Twitter fundamentalists highlighted the use of the term "ginger people" to refer to "gingerbread men," a tea-time treat dating as far back as the 16th Century.

Comment: As the SJWs try to impose their delusional world view on more and more people, they increase the likelihood that there will be more backlash against them and their ideology.

Hanford nuclear plant employees told to 'take cover' over incident

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:26 UTC

Employees at the Hanford Vit Plant - one of the US' largest nuclear waste processing facilities - have been told to "take cover." The alert was issued as a precaution, the company operating the facility said.

The employees at the waste treatment plant were allegedly told to "go to the closest Take Cover facility" and avoid "eating or drinking until further notice," according to the text message published by the people on social media.

Comment: The Hanford plant has a long history of dangerous incidents.

Were Disney's beloved classics really influencing weak women and gropers?

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:28 UTC

ICYMI

Disney's Snow White, Cinderella even The Little Mermaid seemed like innocent stories to the generations of children who enjoyed them, but now some believe they were turning us all into monsters.

Actresses Keira Knightley and Kristen Bell are just the latest to join the woke movement which believes that the Disney princesses who were waiting for princes to save them, being kissed without a written legal agreement in advance, or even making sacrifices for true love, are just setting the wrong example.

Reports: Google paid top exec $90m but kept sexual misconduct claims against him quiet

Gabrielle Canon
The Guardian
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:43 UTC

Details of the sexual misconduct allegations that caused Android creator Andy Rubin to resign from Google in 2014 have come to light

Google gave a $90m severance package to Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android mobile software, but concealed details of a sexual misconduct allegation that triggered his departure, the New York Times has reported.

According to unnamed sources who spoke to the Times, Google investigated and found credible claims from a female employee, who said Rubin forced her to perform oral sex in a hotel room in 2013.

Soon after, Larry Page, Google's former CEO, asked for his resignation. However, the company continued to pay him millions of dollars in installments of $2m a month for four years.

Comment: Andy Rubin has denied the accusations. The Telegraph reports:

former Google senior executive, who reportedly received a £70m pay-off after he was accused of sexual harassment by an employee, has hit back at the allegations, saying they are part of a "smear campaign". [...]

"Specifically, I never coerced a woman to have sex in a hotel room. These false allegations are part of a smear campaign to disparage me during a divorce and custody battle," he said.

"Also, I am deeply troubled that anonymous Google executives are commenting about my personnel file and misrepresenting the facts."

Mr Rubin began dating his accuser while married to his former wife in 2012. In March the following year his accuser tried to break off the relationship, according to The New York Times.

They agreed to meet in a hotel, where Mr Rubin is alleged to have pressured her into performing a sex act, and the relationship ended that evening. A year later, the accuser filed a complaint to Google's human resources department and told officials about the relationship.

Sara Carter: Second-wave of migrant caravan highly organized, majority are men with MS-13 and other gang members

Vivek Saksena
BPR
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC

Members of the violent MS-13 gang are among the 7,000-strong migrant army heading towards the United States, according to award winning reporter Sarah Carter.

According to a renowned investigative reporter who just returned from Central America, the caravan of migrants and illegal immigrants from Honduras headed toward the U.S. southern border contains a disproportionate number of men, including some affiliated with dangerous gangs.

"Some of the people within the caravan were actually tattooed with MS-13 markings," award-winning reporter Sara Carter revealed Wednesday evening on Fox News. "It wasn't the majority of people, though, but what I can tell you is the majority of people that were in the caravan and the people I interviewed on the ground there were men."

Listen to her full report below:

The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed this to be true, saying in a statement that "there are individuals within the caravan who are gang members or have significant criminal histories."

Comment:

'Death food': Monsanto's best-selling herbicide glyphosate now found in pet food as well as cereal

RT
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:10 UTC

Two new studies show how extensively Monsanto's best-selling herbicide glyphosate has permeated our food chain. Designated carcinogenic by some health authorities, it was found in over 40 pet foods and breakfast cereals.

Researchers at Cornell University found glyphosate in all 18 of the dog and cat food brands they surveyed, including one product that was certified GMO-free. They stressed that the chemical was present in low concentrations - lower than those typically found in human food, at least - but glyphosate's effect on domestic animals in any concentration is unknown, and studies have found human cells to show negative effects when exposed to levels of glyphosate-based herbicides far below those deemed "safe" by regulators.

They were unable to track the source of the glyphosate, though a correlation with fiber suggested it was coming from plant material. Interestingly, the GMO-free product revealed glyphosate levels higher than many of the processed feeds, suggesting that merely following organic procedures is not enough to mitigate the invasive effects of agricultural chemicals.

Comment: See also: Monsanto shrugs as Glyphosate destroys ecosystem

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Society's Child

Money pit: Pentagon bans some F-35 jets from flying as fuel system flaws discovered

Russia to fine Google for failing to implement blacklist laws

Crazed woman stabs and slashes 14 children at kindergarten in southwest China

Is religious conversion an addiction? Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor converts to Islam

Backlash: UK bakery blasted for selling 'Gingerbread persons'

Hanford nuclear plant employees told to 'take cover' over incident

Were Disney's beloved classics really influencing weak women and gropers?

Reports: Google paid top exec $90m but kept sexual misconduct claims against him quiet

Sara Carter: Second-wave of migrant caravan highly organized, majority are men with MS-13 and other gang members

'Death food': Monsanto's best-selling herbicide glyphosate now found in pet food as well as cereal

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