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Heat, mold, rats and lack of medical care: Former workhouse inmates sue city of St. Louis over hellish and inhumane conditions

Robert Patrick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00 UTC

Inmates at St. Louis Medium Security Institution, known at the City Workhouse

Seven former inmates of the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the workhouse, sued the city Monday claiming that inadequate ventilation, medical care and sanitation create "hellish and inhumane conditions" and violate inmates' constitutional rights.

The suit, filed by the nonprofit ArchCity Defenders law firm in U.S. District Court, says that St. Louis officials have ignored the problems for years. It seeks a judge's order that would close the workhouse or fine the city $10,000 per day until problems are fixed.

St. Louis Corrections Commissioner Dale Glass declined to comment about pending litigation Monday. But he rejected claims about mold and infestations of insects or rodents, and said guards were not being bitten by snakes and inmates were not being bitten by spiders.

Feminists protected Bill Clinton from sexual assault allegations in the 90s - It's time for them to make things right and hold him accountable

Caitlin Flanagan
The Atlantic
Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:06 UTC

The most remarkable thing about the current tide of sexual assault and harassment accusations is not their number. If every woman in America started talking about the things that happen during the course of an ordinary female life, it would never end. Nor is it the power of the men involved; history instructs us that for countless men, the ability to possess women sexually is not a spoil of power; it's the point of power. What's remarkable is that these women are being believed.

Most of them don't have police reports or witnesses or physical evidence; many of them are recounting events that transpired years-sometimes decades-ago. In some cases, their accusations are validated by a vague, carefully couched quasi-admission of guilt; in others they are met with outright denial. It doesn't matter. We believe them. Moreover, we have finally come to some kind of national consensus about the workplace; it naturally fosters a level of romance and flirtation, but the line between those impulses and the sexual predation of a boss is clear.

4 dead in California school shooting, attacker killed by police

RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:01 UTC

Four people have been killed and there are reports of multiple injuries in a shooting at a Rancho Tehama elementary school in northern California. The attacker is also dead, reportedly killed by police.

Five people have been killed, including the shooter, KNVN-TV reported. Two children are among the injured.

The shooting began "right about 8 am," local time (1600 GMT), according to Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnson. The attack reportedly started at a nearby home before moving to the school.

Israel denies entry to seven French officials for 'supporting boycott movement'

RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:08 UTC

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Seven members of a 20-person delegation from Europe have been denied entry to Israel for apparently calling for a boycott on products made by Israeli companies in occupied Palestinian territories, local media report.

The delegation, which includes French members of the European Parliament, members of the French parliament and mayors of French cities, is expected to arrive next week.

On Monday, the Israeli Interior Ministry announced seven of the European officials would not be allowed to enter Israel, the Haaretz newspaper reported. The banned individuals are "senior politicians who consistently support the boycott against Israel and promote it,"Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said. The newspaper says that the Israeli authorities made their decision after discovering that the European officials had called for a boycott of Israel.

The Democratic Party cannot and should not be saved - former activist's story in photos

Zach Haller
Medium
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:00 UTC

By now it is well known that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party instructed the mainstream media that Clinton would be the nominee regardless of how the American people voted in the primary. This was famously exposed in the infamous "Pied Piper" memo that surfaced in Clinton campaign manager John Podesta's email leaks before the election.

Comment: Pizzagate: Podesta pedo perps and Clinton's international child sex trafficking ring exposed

Part of this failed and ultimately discredited strategy was an instruction to the media to elevate Trump by inflaming his divisive and offensive campaign rhetoric. As a result, Trump received billions in free airtime through the primary, facilitating his win on the Republican side and setting the tone for a hostile general.

Comment: Media networks ignore bombshell Russia/Uranium/Clinton revelations - until Trump tweets

It is lesser known that a continuation of this politicized media strategy is still in place today, owned and operated by the same corrupt Clinton cronies that handed Trump the White House to begin with.

Around 700 ISIS corpses being stored in refrigerated containers for nearly a year in Libya

RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:52 UTC

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Ali Tuwaileb who is in charge of a high security anti-organised crime complex in Misratah where the bodies of Islamic State (IS) group fighters are being stored opens one of the refrigerated containers at a make-shift morgue on October 26, 2017

Hundreds of corpses of slain Islamic State militants have been kept in refrigerated containers in an improvised morgue in Misrata, Libya since December of last year, still awaiting a decision on their fate.

Around 700 bodies have been kept inside multiple containers in Misrata at temperatures low enough to prevent decomposition, AFP reveals. The improvised morgue has housed slain jihadists since December 2016, when Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was driven out of the coastal city of Sirte - the jihadists' last bastion in Libya.

The corpses are stored in numbered and classified bags, and each body has a file and DNA sample, which allows their nationalities to be identified. Most of the dead bodies belong to foreign fighters who came from abroad to fight alongside IS, which previously recruited large numbers of foot soldiers from Africa's poorest countries.

Comment: Libyan officials have gone beyond their civil duty in waiting for these militants to be identified. They need to get in gear and find a place in the desert to bury the bodies so their society can move on.

France considering setting age of sexual consent at 13 after man is acquitted of raping 11yo girl

RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:04 UTC

The French government is considering setting the minimum age for sexual consent following a controversial decision by a jury to spare a man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. The verdict has sparked a public outcry and calls to revise the law.

The bill, if adopted, will set a benchmark in French law on sexual violence, as it will for the first time define the age limit under which any sexual intercourse with a minor is legally considered rape.

"The question of the age below which the minor's consent is presumed not to exist is crucial, because there are obviously extremely shocking and unacceptable situations," French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said, as cited by RTL radio.

Regarding the age of consent, Belloubet said that the age of 13 "is worth considering," while noting that the final decision in each case should lie within the discretion of the judges.

Comment: Previously: Man acquitted of rape of 11 year old girl by French juror s

Journalism professor calls US ban of RT 'backdoor censorship'

RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:57 UTC

To force RT America to register as a foreign agent is "unprecedented," Professor Chris Chambers says. Around 400 entities and individuals are registered as 'foreign agents' under the 1938 law. Until now, the list only contained a handful of news outlets.

RT America host Ed Schultz spoke with Chambers on Monday, following a similar reaction from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which called the US government's designation of RT America under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) "a troubling precedent" and a "bad idea."

FARA became law in 1938, when the US sought to prevent Nazi propaganda before officially entering World War II.

Schultz said it was "selectively applied to RT to put pressure on perspectives some people in the government, especially Democrats, would rather not hear."

Thousands to pray rosary on Irish coasts to protect nation from abortion

Lifesitenews.com
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:58 UTC

A small group of young people and a self-described "dinosaur" are organizing a mass recitation of the rosary that will stretch around Ireland's coasts, spiritually uniting Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic in their shared love of life and faith.

Comment: Given the complete abandonment of the people by governments across the Western world, we can't argue with this approach as a last resort. You never know, it may be much more effective (and safer) than street protests. Once the specter of abortion has been banished, the Catholic people of Europe can unite in prayer for god (or the universe) to smite the left-wing Marxists in government (and wherever else they lurk) and restore sanity to Western social and political affairs. In such an endeavor, it would be wise to address all appeals to St. Martin, patron Saint of Lost Causes.

Transexual man claims to be 'transracial', says he 'feels Filipino'

Garin Flowers
USA Today
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:29 UTC

Ja Du, born a white male named Adam, now considers himself a Filipino.

He even drives what he calls a Tuk Tuk, an Asian-derived vehicle used for public transit in the Philippines.

Ja Du is part of a small but growing number of people who call themselves transracial. The term once referred only to someone (or a couple) of a one race adopting a child of another, but now it's becoming associated with someone born of one race who identifies with another.

Comment: It should also be associated with people who may have a few screws loose.

Ja Du says he grew up enjoying Filipino food, events and the overall culture.

Comment: This whole "identify" business is just beyond ludicrous. When a white male can "identify" as a Filipino woman and people think it's normal, it's a sure sign that society is doomed.

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Society's Child

Heat, mold, rats and lack of medical care: Former workhouse inmates sue city of St. Louis over hellish and inhumane conditions

Feminists protected Bill Clinton from sexual assault allegations in the 90s - It's time for them to make things right and hold him accountable

4 dead in California school shooting, attacker killed by police

Israel denies entry to seven French officials for 'supporting boycott movement'

The Democratic Party cannot and should not be saved - former activist's story in photos

Around 700 ISIS corpses being stored in refrigerated containers for nearly a year in Libya

France considering setting age of sexual consent at 13 after man is acquitted of raping 11yo girl

Journalism professor calls US ban of RT 'backdoor censorship'

Thousands to pray rosary on Irish coasts to protect nation from abortion

Transexual man claims to be 'transracial', says he 'feels Filipino'

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