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Illegal Clinton fundraiser makes secret videotape as insurance against assassination

Alana Goodman
Daily Mail
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:51 UTC
Johnny Chung with the Clintons

Trusted: Johnny Chung's fundraising made him someone the Clinton were keen to be seen with - and to thanks. But when the businessman (left) got caught up in scandal, he feared for his life. Quite how close they were is shown in this picture - signed by Hillary Clinton.

A Chinese-American businessman at the center of a Clinton campaign finance scandal secretly filmed a tell-all video as an 'insurance policy' - because he feared being murdered.

In footage provided exclusively to DailyMail.com, Johnny Chung spills details on how he illegally funneled money from Chinese officials to Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election bid.

The Chinese-American Clinton fundraiser recorded the 'elaborate videotaped testimony' while in hiding in 2000.

He smuggled it to trusted friends and family with instructions to release it to the media in the event of his untimely death because he believed he was at risk of being assassinated.

Chung is believed to still be alive and living in China.

The video was obtained by author and historian Doug Wead for his new book Game of Thorns, which traces Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful 2016 campaign and the Chinese government's long-running operation to buy political influence in Washington.
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Deadly bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan, latest in string of attacks - UPDATE


RFE/RL
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:04 UTC
lahore pakistan bomb scene
© AFP
Pakistani security officials cordon off the site of a deadly bomb attack in Lahore on February 23.
A bomb explosion in the Pakistani city of Lahore has left at least eight people dead and about 20 injured, officials say.

The February 23 blast struck an upscale shopping district, a spokesman for the Punjab provincial police said.

Police said the area had been sealed off and the cause of the explosion, which appeared to target a popular restaurant, was under investigation.

There were reports of a second explosion, but police said that turned out to be a false alarm.

The explosion came one day after authorities announced a national antiterrorism alert after the country was rocked by a spate of attacks that left more than 130 people dead.

On February 16, a militant detonated explosives at a Sufi shrine in Sindh province, killing 90 people. The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for that attack.

On February 13, a Taliban suicide-bomb attack in Lahore killed 13 people.

Comment: The uptick in attacks in Pakistan comes at an interesting time. See: Update (Feb. 24): Pakistani police are now saying this wasn't a terror attack, but a gas leak:
Authorities said on February 24 that the explosion was "an accident" and that there were no indications of explosives.

Earlier, numerous officials sources had said with certainty that the incident was a terrorist attack.

Punjab provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah blamed the error on chaos following the incident and suggested a need for new procedures on communicating with the media in emergencies.


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"Dog Whisperer" Cesar Milan: Millennials too selfish, distracted by technology for dog ownership

Brad Hunter
Toronto Sun
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:07 UTC
Cesar Milan with Tazo
© Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun
Cesar Millan with Tazo a five-year-old Shih Tzu in 2010. Millan visits Pet Valu during his first Canadian tour.
Much-maligned millennials are now getting a ruff ride from dog whisperer Cesar Millan.

The "dog whisperer" barked to the Daily Mail that the me, me, me generation are so distracted by technology, selfish and hampered by their inability to pay attention to other humans, canine ownership would be a disaster.

"They've being given everything, how are they going to maintain a dog?" Millan said. Worse, Millan says millennials are cornering canines into being replacements for babies. "The new generation brought the dog inside. But that's because the new generation don't have children. You need to fill that empty space," he told the tabloid.

"You need to love somebody and you need to touch somebody." He added: "The dog is no longer a worker, it has evolved into becoming a personal fulfillment formula for a human." And millennials? Forget it.

"Millennials shouldn't adopt dogs yet. They are always on their phone and have no idea how to relate on a personal matter," Millan said. "They're not ready to have a one-on-one relationship. A lot of millennials feel independent and can do their own thing, but they have no idea how to relate with other human beings."
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Islamophobia motion in Canada will target moderate Muslims

Tarek Fatah
Toronto Sun
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:32 UTC
Quebec City funeral
© The Canadian Press/Paul Chlasson
Mourners look on as the caskets of three of the victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting are lined up before a funeral at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Thursday, February 2, 2017.
In the wake of the tragic massacre at a Quebec City mosque that killed six Muslims, a motion will be debated in the Canadian Parliament Wednesday asking MPs to "condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination."

Many in the mosque establishment and right-wing Islamic groups in Canada are celebrating this as a victory.

But Muslim critics of the so-called "Motion 103", which mentions only Islamophobia by name and not any other form of religious persecution, are in disbelief that so few members of parliament have objected to this giant step backward and the watering down of our freedom of expression.

Perhaps, since the motion is being put before the Commons by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid, a Muslim Canadian, MPs don't want to be seen as insensitive to Muslim victimhood, or oppose the motion, lest they be labelled racist, misogynist and, of course, "Islamophobic".

Khalid introduced her motion on Dec.1, 2016, before the Quebec City massacre on Jan. 29, 2017.

That said, popular TV host Asif Javaid argues that it "echoes the agenda of Islamists and Islamic extremists in North America who are shamelessly taking advantage of the Quebec City tragedy to advance the international Muslim Brotherhood agenda to silence any critique of Islamism." In a post on his Facebook page Javaid wrote:
"(E)xtremist Muslims who came here as refugees are making preparations to turn Canada into a ... nightmare."

Comment: What a mind-job. Fifteen years of "Muslims are our mortal enemies" rhetoric, now this. Someone must be laughing. This is a bad idea all around, even if it had 'good' intentions. First, it will only make the real Islamophobes double down on their positions, because now they'll feel persecuted for them. They'll only get more resentful. Second, it could criminalize any valid criticism of Islam or the very real "radical Islam" thought-virus and the various "moderate rebels" that espouse it.

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Plant? Kid asks Congressman if he will 'hold Russia accountable for hacking' at town hall meeting

Kyle Olsen
The American Mirror
Fri, 24 Feb 2017 19:22 UTC
Congressman Leonard Lance

Congressman Leonard Lance
While many American children are interested in Pokemon and Minecraft, at least one kid in New Jersey is demanding to know what his congressman is going to do about Russian "hacking".

In what some consider to be a planted question, a child asked Congressman Leonard Lance "will you hold Russia accountable for hacking and how?"

The question, which begins at about 1:20 of this video, was met with cheers from the audience that was frequently hostile to the Republican congressman.

"Yes," Lance replied.
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Army colonel, state employees arrested in another high-profile pedophile bust - Tallahassee, Florida

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:53 UTC
Walt McNeil cupid's arrow pedophile bust
© Joe Rondone/Democrat
Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil speaks about a law enforcement sting entitled Operation Cupid's Arrow, a week-long effort spanning North Florida targeted at child predators, at the FDLE Headquarters on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.
A broad net cast in North Florida by law enforcement officials to catch child predators landed a dozen men — a retired U.S. Army colonel, a high-ranking Florida State University attorney, and the page and messenger manager for the Florida House of Representatives, among others — who were attempting to meet up with young girls.

As part of a major sting, twelve men — ranging from 21 to 70 years of age — were arrested by authorities after they made contact through emails, texts, chat rooms, and Internet ads, with undercover officers pretending to be teen girls.

According to the Tallahassee Democrat, the Crimes Against Children Task Force — run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in cooperation with other agencies — performed the operation.

"If you prey on our children, we will find you and arrest you," asserted FDLE special agent in charge of the Tallahassee Regional Operations Center, Mark Perez.

Comment: This is just the latest in a very interesting trend:
pedophile busts
See also: State Secrets: Sibel Edmonds reveals 'The Untouchables'

And an interesting clip of Trump talking about this issue from Thursday:



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Hate criminals should be registered like sex offenders & banned from certain jobs, inquiry told


RT
Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:56 UTC
Protesters
© Darren Staples / Reuters
Demonstrators from the far-right English Defense League (EDL), central England.
People guilty of hate crimes should be put on an official register and banned from certain jobs, according to a Durham University academic.

The Commons Home Affairs Committee is currently holding an inquiry into hate crime and its consequences.

In written evidence submitted to the inquiry, Thom Brooks, professor of law and government, says a "Hate Crime Offenders Register" would list those guilty of racist abuse or assault. Such an approach would send a "clear signal" about the severity of such offences, he said.

"Given increasing concern about hate crimes, there may be scope for parliament to consider establishing a Hate Crime Offenders Register along the lines of the Sex Offenders Register - and to similar effect.

"Anyone on a Hate Crime Offenders Register could be restricted from working with children and/or working in certain professions. This seems sensible, mirrors current policies in place and would help send a clearer signal of how serious these offences are," he added.

Comment: See also: UK police deny there is any link between reported spikes in hate crimes and Brexit vote

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The difference between justice and social justice, and why the search for social justice continues to erode our freedoms

Gary Galles
Mises Institute
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:16 UTC
trump protest
Recently, Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen wrote in the Washington Post of "The most important phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance" — "with liberty and justice for all."

Allen recognized that justice required "equality before the law" and that freedom exists "only when it is for everyone." But she confused democracy — defined as progressives "build[ing] a distributed majority across the country, as is needed for electoral college victory" — with liberty, which is very different. Similarly, she replaced the traditional meaning of justice ("giving each his own," according to Cicero) with a version of "social justice" inconsistent with it. And her two primary examples of rights — "rights" to education and health care — were inconsistent with both liberty for all and justice for all.

Americans cannot have both liberty and this type of social justice — under whose aegis one can assert rights to be provided education and health care, not to mention food, housing, etc. Positive rights to receive such things, absent an obligation to earn them, must violate others' liberty, because a government must take citizens' resources without their consent to fund them. Providing such government benefits for some forcibly violates others' rights to themselves and their property.
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US government reports heroin-related overdose deaths quadrupled from 2010-15


RT
Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:13 UTC
Heroin needle
© Max und Moritz / www.globallookpress.com
Heroin-related deaths in the US skyrocketed in the span of five years, amounting to a quarter of all overdose deaths by 2015, according to new federal data, presenting another grim snapshot of America's opioid epidemic.

Newly-released data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) on nationwide overdose-related deaths indicate that such fatalities are increasing at a rapid pace, jumping from 38,329 in 2010 to 47,055 in 2014, then to 52,404 by 2015, a 27 percent increase in five years.

Heroin deaths quadrupled in that time period, going from 3,036 in 2010, an 8 percent share of all overdose-related deaths, to 12,989 in 2015, a 24.3 percent share of all overdose-involved fatalities, the NCHS found.
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UK traffickers ferry underage girls to hotel and sell them for sex


Sputnik
Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:03 UTC
Graphic of women with bar code tatto
© Flickr/ Ira Gelb
A mother and three young men are accused of being part of a sex trafficking gang, which forced underage girls to have sex with men for money.

The case was heard at Guildford Crown Court in the UK, Diane Chilcott, 39, used her home as a base by which to ply the teenage girls with alcohol before she and one of the other men, named Daniel Pusey drove them to hotel rooms at the chain, Travelodge.

The foursome stood in the dock accused of continuing to traffic "vulnerable" victims after 20-year-old Pusey was arrested in bed with a 13-year-old girl.
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