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Count Dankula: Vlogger crowdfunds £85K to appeal Nazi pug case, says he 'can't allow' anyone the same ordeal

RT
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:47 UTC

A YouTube comedian who was fined £800 after teaching a pug to do a Nazi salutes while he made anti-Semitic comments has racked up over £85,000 on a crowdfunding page he set up to reverse the precedent set by his conviction.

Mark Meechan - also known as Count Dankula - was fined at a Scottish court on Monday after he posted a "grossly offensive" video on YouTube of the dog responding to phrases such as "gas the Jews." He is now calling on people to fund his defense as he fears his conviction could set a precedent for courts to convict without considering relevant context.

Meechan claims the court only managed to deliver a guilty sentence after they "willingly ignored" the context of the video, which he said had twice been stated.

"This conviction will be used as an example to convict other people over the things they say and the jokes they make, it sets a standard where courts will be able to willfully ignore the context and intent of a person's words and actions in order to punish them and brand them as criminals," Meechan wrote on his GoFundMe page.

Russian hockey gold medalist Kovalchuk donates his Olympic bonus BMW to cancer charity

RT
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:18 UTC

Former NHL player and 2018 Olympic gold medalist Ilya Kovalchuk donated the money he made after selling his Olympic gold medal bonus BMW to a boy who was diagnosed with cancer.

Last month, the Russian star forward auctioned his new BMW X5, which had been presented by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) as a bonus for winning gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. The car was sold at the symbolic price of 7.1 million rubles, which reflected Kovalchuk's signature jersey number of 71.

The winner of the auction turned out to be another star Russian player, Columbus Blue Jackets left winger and Kovalchuk's good friend Artemi Panarin, who had long dreamed of helping children with health problems.

"I had saved up money to help children, but I didn't know where should I spend it," Panarin explained.

US Human Rights Report whitewashes Israeli high crimes

Stephen Lendman
stephenlendman.org
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:35 UTC

Four Palestinians have been killed and 650 others injured near Gaza border

Annual State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices omit US high crimes - the most egregious human rights abuser over a longer duration in world history from inception.

Each year, its horrendous abuses over the past 12 months are airbrushed from the State Department report.

It greatly downplays Israeli high crimes. In previous years, its report on the Jewish state headlined "Israel and the Occupied Territory."

Its current one is titled "Israel, Golan Heights, West Bank and Gaza."

Zionist zealot US ambassador to Israel David Friedman reportedly asked the State Department to stop calling the Occupied Territories occupied.

Last year he was quoted saying (illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land) "are part of Israel."

Comment: While the U.S. blames Assad for killing babies with chemical weapons (something for which there is no evidence), Israel can shoot Palestinian children in the head in broad daylight with impunity. U.S. concern for human rights is a joke. They have no such concern, and the subject is only used as a stick with which to beat its ideological enemies. The crimes of its allies are ignored.

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China's report on human rights outlines US hypocrisy

TeleSUR
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:04 UTC

Among the problems raised by the report is the United States' habit of violating human rights in other countries.

China released a report titled "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017," in response to the human rights report on China released by the U.S. State Department on April 20.

The report points out that the United States continuously poses as "the guardian of human rights" and a "human rights judge," while maintaining a dismal human rights record of its own.

Among the problems raised by the report are the United States' habit of violating human rights in other countries, systematic racial discrimination, flaws in democracy, and a widening wealth gap.

The report criticizes U.S. military operations for resulting in heavy civilian casualties, and says that the U.S. military has in recent years bombed at least 12 schools, 15 mosques, 15 bridges, as well as residential neighborhoods, hospitals, cultural relics and a refugee camp.

Comment: Have a look here for the full report.

Nazi pedophile sect: German prosecutors visit Chile for updates on sex crimes investigation of a WWII immigrant 'colony'

RT
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:44 UTC

The progress of an investigation into an infamous Nazi pedophile sect that abused and tortured children has prompted German prosecutors to visit Chile.

Colonia Dignidad was initially established as an immigrant community by a group of Germans after World War II. The 13,000-hectare (50 sq mile) mountain "colony" lay in an isolated region 350km (217 miles) south of Santiago.

It was home to approximately 300 people from Nazi Germany and their descendents. In 1961 it was taken over by Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi corporal and medic.

Human rights activists slam new French bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration

RT
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:38 UTC

After more than 60 hours of heated debate, France's National Assembly has adopted a controversial immigration bill that speeds up the asylum process and steps up deportations, all aimed at controlling illegal immigration.

The new legislation, approved by 228 votes in favor to 139 against, was adopted on first reading late on Sunday and is on its way to the Senate for debate.

One of the key changes is that failed asylum seekers awaiting deportation can be held for up to 90 days, double the existing period of 45 days, but less than the 135-day period the government had initially aimed for, according to Le Parisien.

The deadlines for filing asylum applications or appealing against a rejection have also been altered. Asylum seekers will now have 90 days to file an application (down from 120 days) and a fortnight to appeal a rejection.

The new legislation came under fire, as being too tough, by human rights activists and opposition members.

Comment: A group of lawmakers from Macron's own party abstained from voting on the bill. Maybe they have something in common with these people: Poll shows over half "dissatisfied" with President Macron

Russia ready to build Nord Stream 3 & provide Europe with as much gas as it needs

RT
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:09 UTC

Gazprom, Russia's leading natural gas producer, says it's ready to supply as much blue fuel as Europe wants. The company is ready to build the Nord Stream 3 pipeline, if necessary.

"We have proven reserves, we have transport, we are building new transport routes. If Europe is ready... I do not rule out new gas transportation projects - Nord Stream 3, for example," said Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee Aleksandr Medvedev in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

More than 17 million children in Brazil live in poverty

teleSUR
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:18 UTC

The study also revealed that 5.8 million children live in extreme poverty.

More than 40 percent of infants and youth in Brazil up to 14 years of age live in poverty, according to a new study titled "The Scene of Infants and Adolescents in Brazil." The percentage represents a total of 17.3 million people nationwide.

Conducted by the Abrinq Foundation, the study also revealed that of the total number of youth and adolescents living in poverty, 5.8 million, or 13.5 percent, live in extreme poverty.

The research compares and contrasts Brazil's social indicators to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, of which the South American country is a signatory along with 192 other countries.

Comment: It's not just Brazil:

Russia made billions from US sanctions that turned ruble to rubble

RT
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:14 UTC

The latest US sanctions, which sent the Russian currency to its steepest drop in the past three years, surprisingly helped to boost the country's budget with an extra 232 billion rubles ($3.8 billion).

The decline in the value of the ruble, as well as recent purchases of hard currency by the Central Bank of Russia, brought an additional inflow of money for the Russian government.

The re-assessment of foreign-exchange reserves shows that, at the peak of the ruble crash, when the national currency fell to over 65 rubles to one dollar, Russia's sovereign wealth fund reaped a profit of some 470 billion rubles ($7.6 billion). However, the subsequent strengthening of the Russian currency wiped out nearly half of the gains.

Syria controversy: There is no good reason to believe the official narrative

Max Blumenthal
Truthdig
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:50 UTC

© Hassan Ammar / AP
A Syrian poses as he gathers with his family in the Marjeh Square in Damascus on April 15. Syria’s President Bashar Assad spoke that day to a group of visiting Russian politicians, saying that a campaign of "lies" and misinformation in the U.N. Security Council accompanied Western missile strikes against his country.

Editor's note: Reports of a chemical attack in Syria have generated controversy and conflicting claims about what happened and who was responsible. The April 7 event is still under investigation. On Thursday, Truthdig columnist Sonali Kolhatkar wrote a column titled "Why Are Some on the Left Falling for Fake News on Syria?" Truthdig contributor Max Blumenthal questions her analysis. Below is his response. You can read Kolhatkar's take here.

This month, the United States, the United Kingdom and France launched airstrikes in Syria in flagrant violation of international law and entirely on the basis of images that had appeared on social media.

To date, no concrete evidence of a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government in Douma has been produced to support the Trump administration's justification for the allies' bombing in response. The only sources of what State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert described as "our own intelligence" on chemical warfare allegations were the White Helmets and the Syrian American Medical Society.

The U.S. government has funded both groups, and they operate exclusively alongside Salafi-jihadi militants, including the local affiliate of al-Qaida and Islamic State. Both groups also are avowedly dedicated to stimulating support for a Western-led war of regime change against Syrian President Bashar Assad. Neither, therefore, can be considered credible sources of intelligence.

Comment: Excellent rebuttal from Blumenthal. The arguments coming from western media and government are always the same. They conveniently ignore the information that is available coming from the ground and call it "Russian propaganda". They'll also cite sources that when traced back, are either funded by those that want regime change or have questionable credibility. Considering the track record they have of twisting or omitting information to suit their agenda, there's no reason why they wouldn't do it in this case, as they have over previous events in Syria. It is almost certain that the same tactics will continue to be used in future campaigns orchestrated by imperialist western powers, and essential for people to remain skeptical when it comes to the 'official line'.

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Society's Child

Count Dankula: Vlogger crowdfunds £85K to appeal Nazi pug case, says he 'can't allow' anyone the same ordeal

Russian hockey gold medalist Kovalchuk donates his Olympic bonus BMW to cancer charity

US Human Rights Report whitewashes Israeli high crimes

China's report on human rights outlines US hypocrisy

Nazi pedophile sect: German prosecutors visit Chile for updates on sex crimes investigation of a WWII immigrant 'colony'

Human rights activists slam new French bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration

Russia ready to build Nord Stream 3 & provide Europe with as much gas as it needs

More than 17 million children in Brazil live in poverty

Russia made billions from US sanctions that turned ruble to rubble

Syria controversy: There is no good reason to believe the official narrative

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