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Secret Service looking at agent who suggested she wouldn't defend Trump from bullet

Susan Crabtree
The Washington Examiner
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:57 UTC

A senior U.S. Secret Service agent posted Facebook condemnations of President Trump during the past seven months, including one in which she said she wouldn't want to "take a bullet" for him.

She explained herself saying she viewed his presidential candidacy as a "disaster" for the country, and especially for women and minorities.

Kerry O'Grady, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Denver district, oversees coordination with Washington-based advance teams for all presidential candidate and presidential trips to the area, including all upcoming or future trips by the president, vice president or Trump administration officials.

Treated like 'dogs in cages': Juvenile prisoners sue detention centers for abominable abuse

Molly Willms
Courthouse News Service
Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:44 UTC

Juvenile offenders in Wisconsin claim in court that they are treated "like dogs, in cages" by guards who liberally use pepper spray without cause and are quick to resort to solitary confinement.

In a federal class-action lawsuit filed Monday in Madison, the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and the Juvenile Law Center claim that at least 15 to 20 percent of residents at Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls are locked in solitary confinement at any given time.

"The State of Wisconsin operates the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and the Copper Lake School for Girls, which incarcerate approximately 150-200 youth who are as young as 14 years old, in remote northern Wisconsin," the complaint states. "The State routinely subjects these youth to unlawful solitary confinement, mechanical restraints and pepper spraying."

The alleged infractions that warrant punishment forbidden by the United Nations as torture include "being loud and disruptive," in the case of a girl with ADHD, and failing to remove shoes in another case, according to the ACLU and the JLC.

Wisconsin's juvenile prisons have been under scrutiny since a federal raid in December 2015, when Department of Justice agents descended on the facilities to investigate reports of child abuse and cover-up by staff, according to local news reports.

Comment: One important measure of a democracy is how a society treats its children. What can be said about a nation that tortures its youth?

Irish university cancels conference on Israel's legitimacy - 'Zionists pressure' and threats of protests

Middle East Monitor
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:21 UTC

A university in Ireland has cancelled an academic conference which was scheduled to debate the legitimacy of the state of Israel at the end of March. The Irish Times reported that the university advised the organisers to come up with special security plans if they wanted the university to host the event at another date.

The conference entitled "International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism," was scheduled to take place at University College Cork (UCC) from March 31st to April 2nd, featuring speakers on both sides of the debate.

Contrary to expectations, the UCC Management Team, which is charged with the management of operations, decided at a meeting earlier this week not to allow individual academics working in UCC to host the conference, claiming that it will cause disruption for students and staff.

The management team stated that the university security infrastructure and staffing is inadequate to deal with the level of security required for the event given that it had already received notice of protests. They added that bringing in additional security would have cost implications.

Comment: One way to stifle free speech. Threaten to make the occasion unaffordable to the hosts.

Woman dies in southwestern Colorado home explosion

9News
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:26 UTC

A woman was killed in a house explosion in the southwestern Colorado town of Rico.

Dolores County fire chief Mike Zion says the house was leveled in the explosion, which happened at about 4:30 p.m. Monday. Zion says it looks like the blast was caused by a propane leak. Zion says the powerful explosion blew the house's doors 100 yards away, but the house did not catch fire.

The woman's name has not been released. Two other people who lived in the house were not home at the time of the explosion.

Department of Justice blocks Aetna-Humana health insurance megamerger

Carolyn Y. Johnson
Washington Post
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:25 UTC

Aetna's proposed $34 billion merger with rival Humana is illegal under antitrust law.

A federal judge has prohibited the merger of two health insurance giants, Aetna and Humana, upholding the Justice Department's decision that the $37 billion deal would hurt competition and raise prices for consumers.

"The Court is unpersuaded that the efficiencies generated by the merger will be sufficient to mitigate the anticompetitive effects for consumers in the challenged markets," U.S. District Judge John D. Bates wrote in his 158-page opinion.

In July, the Justice Department sued to block the merger, arguing that it would reduce competition in the Medicare Advantage market and in some of the exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act. Medicare Advantage plans are Medicare health plans offered by private insurers.

"We are reviewing the opinion now and giving serious consideration to an appeal, after putting forward a compelling case," Aetna spokesman T.J. Crawford said. The companies' merger agreement, which has already been extended twice, will expire Feb. 15.

Humana did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Duterte slams Catholic Church for being 'corrupt & full of sh*t'

RT
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:00 UTC

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has unleashed his colorfully-worded wrath on the Catholic Church again, saying the organization is corrupt, "full of sh*t," and accusing priests of sexual abuse.

Duterte on Tuesday accused the Church and its bishops and priests of corruption, womanizing and said he was abused by a priest as a student of Ateneo de Davao University. He also said three Cabinet secretaries had been molested.

Speaking to the families of Special Action Forces who died in Mamasapano in 2015, Duterte advised the crowd to read "Altar of Secrets" by Aries Rufo to discover the truth about church officials, saying he would resign if its allegations were untrue. He added he might pen his own book about the Church, entitled "Hypocrisy."

Politicians around US move to criminalize protest behaviors

Sarah Cronin
AntiMedia
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:00 UTC

Indiana passed a bill on Wednesday that authorizes police officers to shut down highway protesting "by any means necessary." S.B. 285, as it is known, obliges a public official to dispatch all available officers within 15 minutes of discovering any assembly of 10 or more people who are obstructing vehicle traffic.

The bill then authorizes the responding officers to clear roads "by any means necessary."

Critics are calling it the "Block Traffic and You Die" bill, an apt name for a bill that has co-opted the phrase "any means necessary," used famously in speech delivered by Malcolm X during the Civil Rights movement, turning it into a threat against government dissent (with no apparent awareness of the irony).

Comment: From the Ludlow Massacre to Occupy Wall Street the US Govt has always cracked down violently on protests. But these riots are not aimed at remedying a group's lost or alienated rights but are rather aimed at the removal of an elected President of the United States. With the increasingly antisocial nature of the protests it's hard to blame the authorities for taking action to protect the citizenry.

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Prankster social experiment: What happens when you wear a Trump hat in New York city?

Kaileen Gaul
Dailymail.com
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:00 UTC

© twitter@JoeySalads
Joe Salads posted a video on Monday that appeared to show people being rude to him for his 'Make America Great Again' hat

A notorious YouTube star risked the wrath of New Yorkers on Saturday by walking around the city wearing a 'Make America Great Again' cap following the women's march.

Joey Salads - real name Joseph Saladino - donned the hat bearing Trump's signature slogan as part of an apparent social experiment in Manhattan's Union Square.

And the right-on citizens of the Big Apple did not disappoint, with Salads being spat at, called a 'racist piece of s*** and even having the baseball cap ripped from his head and thrown to the floor in disgust.

Choosing to wear a white 'MAGA' cap and not the more distinctive red version, Salads, 22, was filmed walking around the busy square for two hours by a friend a few paces in front.

Almost 80 percent of voters in New York backed Hillary in the election over the city's own son Trump and an estimated 400,000 protested for equality the day after the president's inauguration.

Strolling along the streets proudly and with a grin on his face, for the first 30 seconds or so of Salads' two minute clip only a few people are sparked by the cap.

Bill would require teaching of California students about Russian interference for Trump

Jill Tucker
San Francisco Chronicle
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:26 UTC

Unwilling to wait for history to become, well, history, a Marin County legislator wants to make sure state schools teach students about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, requiring the topic in history classes.

Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, said he is introducing a bill to require the State Board of Education to develop curriculum to ensure "all California students will learn how the Russian government conspired to influence the United States Presidential Election to elect Donald Trump," according to his office.

"The work of 17 intelligence agencies including the FBI and CIA confirmed Russian interference in our election," he said. "This is a threat to our democracy and must be treated with appropriate significance in American history."

While federal authorities have said Russia was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the leaking of Hillary Clinton's campaign emails, a full inquiry into the matter is pending. Congressional leaders have called for further investigation into Russian involvement, as well as the handling of information by FBI Director James Comey in the lead-up to the election.

Comment: There hasn't been any conclusive evidence presented, nor has it been fully investigated, and this nut Assemblyman Marc Levine already wants his preferred version of history written and taught to children.

"Obama says he hasn't "commented on WikiLeaks generally," and that the "conclusions of the intelligence community with respect to the Russian hacking were not conclusive as to whether WikiLeaks was witting or not in being the conduit through which we heard about the [Democratic National Committee] DNC e-mails that were leaked." "

Obama makes incredible admission about WikiLeaks in final press conference

Freezing Smog Chokes Europe

Yahoo! News
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:56 UTC

Heavy pollution enveloping much of Europe prompted emergency measures across the continent on Tuesday.

A toxic cocktail of extreme cold, no wind and heavy burning of coal and wood for heating has left many regions shrouded in smog. In many countries, including Britain, France and Brussels, officials have cautioned against physical exertion for children and the elderly, and for people with respiratory problems.

Officials in Paris have ordered older, more polluting vehicles off the road since Monday, and cut the price of public transport. Speed limits have also been reduced in many parts of France.

In London, a cloud of freezing smog forced the cancellation of around 100 out of 1,300 flights at Heathrow airport for the second day in a row, while Met Office forecasters had a "severe" warning in place for all of England.

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Society's Child

Secret Service looking at agent who suggested she wouldn't defend Trump from bullet

Treated like 'dogs in cages': Juvenile prisoners sue detention centers for abominable abuse

Irish university cancels conference on Israel's legitimacy - 'Zionists pressure' and threats of protests

Woman dies in southwestern Colorado home explosion

Department of Justice blocks Aetna-Humana health insurance megamerger

Duterte slams Catholic Church for being 'corrupt & full of sh*t'

Politicians around US move to criminalize protest behaviors

Prankster social experiment: What happens when you wear a Trump hat in New York city?

Bill would require teaching of California students about Russian interference for Trump

Freezing Smog Chokes Europe

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