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Man raised by wolves for 12 years is understandably disappointed with human life

Anna Verdon
Mirror
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:50 UTC

raised by wolves Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja

Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja was dubbed the "Mowgli" of Spain when he was found with the animals

A man who was raised by wolves in a cave for 12 years has admitted that he feels disappointed with human life.

But the former wolf boy says he struggles with the coldness of the human world and wishes he could go back to living with the animals.

He told the BBC: "I didn't know where to go - I just wanted to escape to the mountains."

Rodríguez was 19 when he was discovered living in Spain's Sierra Morena mountain range.

Comment: Sadly our world provides regular examples of animals with more humanity than some people:

Men much more likely to be struck by lightning

Ashley Williams
AccuWeather
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:00 UTC

Although the odds of being hit by lightning in a person's lifetime are 1 in 13,500, men are much more likely to be struck and killed than women, according to data from the National Weather Service (NWS).

Each year since 1968, lightning strikes in the United States have claimed more male lives than female, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

An NWS analysis of lightning-related deaths reveals that of the 352 people struck and killed between 2006 and 2016, males accounted for 79 percent of all deaths.

More than 90 percent of men were involved in fishing or sports activities at the time of the strike, the report showed.

Comment: The incidence of lightning strikes on people and cattle seems to be increasing:

Mrs Theresa May's war on motherhood

Kathy Gyngell
The Conservative Woman
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:32 UTC

Fathers must share caring more fairly, exhorted Mrs May this weekend with quite astonishing hubris. What's more, she seems prepared to enforce it.

From the publication of her spurious national gender pay gap review, it's taken her a week to deliver a no doubt preconceived solution.

It is exactly as I predicted when the results of this phoney exercise hit the headlines.

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'Boris the Spider': Johnson's good wishes for Skripals met with Twitter skepticism, sarcasm, calls for resignation

Sputnik
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:14 UTC

© Associated Press/ Virginia Mayo
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, March 19, 2018.

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, central to numerous diplomatic gaffes and author of various questionable statements, has expressed on Twitter his delight to the news Yulia Skripal has been discharged from the hospital. The comments to his post, however, appear much less cheerful.

Mr. Johnson has been called out on his misleading claim regarding the source of the nerve agent used in the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England. He has angered fellow diplomats and members of public when he compared the upcoming the World Cup in Russia to the 1936 Olympics under Hitler. All this within a period of one month.

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Russian Su-35 superiority fighter carrying anti-ship missiles spotted over Syria's Tartus

South Front
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:18 UTC

Russian Su-35

A Russian Su-35 multi-role air superiority fighter armed with what looks like Kh-35 cruise anti-ship missiles has just been spotted over the Syrian city of Tartus.

According to reports from local sources, this is not the only Russian jet armed with Kh-35 cruise missiles, which are now flying in this part of Syria and in eastern Mediterranean.

DHS to create database of journalists, bloggers, 'media influencers' so as to track 290,000 news sources

Chicago Sun Times
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 09:58 UTC

The Department of Homeland Security wants to track the comings and goings of journalists, bloggers and other "media influencers" through a database.

The DHS's "Media Monitoring" plan, which was first reported by FedBizOpps.gov, would give the contracting company "24/7 access to a password protected, media influencer database, including journalists, editors, correspondents, social media influencers, bloggers etc." in order to "identify any and all media coverage related to the Department of Homeland Security or a particular event."

The database would be designed to monitor the public activities of media members and influencers by "location, beat and influencers," the document says.

The chosen contractor should be able to "present contact details and any other information that could be relevant including publications this influencer writes for, and an overview of the previous coverage published by the influencer." The request comes amid concerns regarding accuracy in media and the potential for U.S. elections and policy to be influenced via "fake news."

Also, the contractor would have access to a password protected, mobile app that provides an "overview of search results in terms of online articles and social media conversations," in several different languages such as Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

Comment: Yet another level of monitoring, surveillance and suppression? How many Americans are privy or will pay attention to this next Orwellian step?

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The richest 1% on target: Own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030

Michael Savage
The Guardian
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 08:08 UTC

The world's richest 1% are on course to control as much as two-thirds of the world's wealth by 2030, according to a shocking analysis that has lead to a cross-party call for action.

World leaders are being warned that the continued accumulation of wealth at the top will fuel growing distrust and anger over the coming decade unless action is taken to restore the balance.

An alarming projection produced by the House of Commons library suggests that if trends seen since the 2008 financial crash were to continue, then the top 1% will hold 64% of the world's wealth by 2030. Even taking the financial crash into account, and measuring their assets over a longer period, they would still hold more than half of all wealth.

Since 2008, the wealth of the richest 1% has been growing at an average of 6% a year - much faster than the 3% growth in wealth of the remaining 99% of the world's population. Should that continue, the top 1% would hold wealth equating to $305tn (£216.5tn) - up from $140tn today.

Comment: It seems wealth 'trickles up' and then stays there. The general populace has become MMOs - Monetary Manipulated Organisms.

China clamps down on public displays of tattoos, musicians required to cover up following ban on footballers

Shan Jie
Global Times
Sun, 08 Apr 2018 18:28 UTC

A Chinese music festival has reportedly banned artists from showing their tattoos on stage, after players on the Chinese national soccer team covered their tattoos during games last month.

In January, a Chinese media watchdog banned tattoos and several other subculture elements from being shown in broadcasts, a move that triggered heated discussions.

"For most Chinese people, tattoos are related to 'bad guys,'" Zhu Wei, a communication and law analyst said. Showing tattoos in public is not just a personal choice, but involves other people's feelings, he noted.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey raves about article calling for Dem victory in Second 'Civil War'

Joe Simonson
The Daily Caller
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 05:19 UTC

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey aroused controversy after labeling a Medium article "great" that claimed there's no "bipartisan way forward" in the United States and that the country is engaged in a "fundamental conflict between two world views that must be resolved in short order."

Dorsey shared the Medium article on his personal Twitter account Thursday night, with the accompanying acclaim that it was a "great read."

Author and media consultant Peter Leyden and political commentator Ruy Teixeira argued in the article titled "The Great Lesson of California in America's New Civil War" that America is already in the midst of a second major domestic conflict of sorts and the way out is for the rest of the country to imitate California.

"In this current period of American politics, at this juncture in our history, there's no way that a bipartisan path provides the way forward," they wrote. "The way forward is on the path California blazed about 15 years ago."

Essentially, the authors called for a complete marginalization of the Republican Party and its voters since they only care "about rule by and for billionaires at the expense of working people" and not "average citizens."

Comment: Social media has now become a political tool for whomever has control of the process. This is a dangerous betrayal of all who use Twitter if it is able to be subverted to a whim d'jour by 'shadowbanning' any message not deemed 'in vogue' with the censor.

Open season: Supreme Court ruling says cops can kill non-threatening people as long as they say they were scared

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 08 Apr 2018 18:35 UTC

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a police officer who opened fire on a woman from a distance while she stood on her property, claiming he feared for his safety.

In a ruling that will be used to a reinforce a disturbing pattern practiced by police officers across the United States, the Supreme Court has determined that officers who shoot non-threatening citizens are completely justified and cannot face consequences for their actions -- as long as they express to the court that they feared for their safety.

The case of Kisela v. Hughes originated from a police shooting in Tucson, Arizona, in 2010. Police Corporal Andrew Kisela heard a report over police radio about a woman using a kitchen knife to hack a tree and acting erratically in public. He responded to the scene with two other officers.

Comment: The situation is not likely to improve in the future.

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Society's Child

Man raised by wolves for 12 years is understandably disappointed with human life

Men much more likely to be struck by lightning

Mrs Theresa May's war on motherhood

'Boris the Spider': Johnson's good wishes for Skripals met with Twitter skepticism, sarcasm, calls for resignation

Russian Su-35 superiority fighter carrying anti-ship missiles spotted over Syria's Tartus

DHS to create database of journalists, bloggers, 'media influencers' so as to track 290,000 news sources

The richest 1% on target: Own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030

China clamps down on public displays of tattoos, musicians required to cover up following ban on footballers

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey raves about article calling for Dem victory in Second 'Civil War'

Open season: Supreme Court ruling says cops can kill non-threatening people as long as they say they were scared

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