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More bad news for Monsanto: The hits keep coming

Katherine Paul
Organic Consumers Association
Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:49 UTC
Truth Frequency Radio
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In a few weeks, Monsanto will go on trial again. And when it does, the pesticide-maker won't be able to suppress evidence that the company ghostwrote scientific studies and otherwise tried to influence scientists and regulators in an attempt to hide the potential health risks of its flagship product, Roundup weedkiller.

This week, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, the federal judge in San Francisco overseeing 620 cases involving Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller and cancer victims, ruled that the evidence could be introduced in the upcoming trial. According to a Reuters report, Chhabria said the documents were "super relevant."

Chhabria's ruling almost guarantees that the documents in question will play a role when, on February 25, a jury in San Francisco Federal Court, begins hearing the case of Edwin Hardeman vs. Monsanto. Hardeman alleges that Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer.

Hardeman's case follows the August 10, 2018, $289-million judgment (later reduced to $78 million) awarded to DeWayne "Lee" Johnson, a former school groundskeeper who also sued Monsanto for causing his non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Monsanto's appeal of the $78-million judgment is still pending.
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Evil Rays

Drug-addled man bites dog and then FBI agent during nude neighborhood rampage


RT
Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:03 UTC
doggy
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A drug-addled Virginia man sank his teeth into his dog - and later an FBI agent as well - during a nude neighborhood rampage.

Cory Phillips first bit his dog, then knocked down a neighbor, before taking a clothing-free stroll around his Manassas neighborhood that ended with him chewing on the neck of an off-duty FBI agent, according to a police report.

Prince William County police were summoned to the neighborhood on Tuesday morning "to investigate a man who was walking around the neighborhood naked," the statement says, and arrived to find the nude dude standing in the middle of the street.

The cop, unable to convince Phillips to heed his commands, opted to pepper spray the naked man, determining he was "under the influence of an unknown substance," when Phillips charged at the FBI agent - who had merely "stopped to assist the officer," according to the report - and chomped down on his neck.
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Cop under fire for filming woman walking home and making racially insensitive comments after he confiscated her car


RT
Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:47 UTC
detroit police
© Reuters / REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A Detroit police officer is under intense fire for filming a Snapchat video of a black woman as she did the "walk of shame" in freezing cold temperatures after he confiscated her car.

Officer Gary Steele, an 18-year veteran, has been reassigned with the Detroit Police Department while an internal investigation into the incident is carried out. However, the reassignment is not enough for some people who are taking to social media to call for Steele to be fired.

Steele seized and towed 23-year-old Ariel Moore's car on Tuesday night after he pulled her over for having an expired registration. A Snapchat video, posted by Officer Steele, shows Moore as she walks through snow and sub-zero temperatures while one of the officers says "walk of shame in the cold."

Adding insult to injury, Snapchat stickers posted on the footage read: "What black girl magic looks like" and "celebrating Black History Month." It ended with one of the officers saying, "Bye, Felicia."
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Bad news for America's MIC: Germany officially knocks F-35 fighter jet out of competition to replace Tornado

Sebastian Sprenger
Defense News
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:30 UTC
U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning
© U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
Three U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct flight training operations over the Utah Test and Training Range on Feb 14, 2018.
Germany's Ministry of Defence has officially ruled out the F-35 joint strike fighter as a choice to replace its aging Tornado fleet, Defense News has learned.

An official from the ministry confirmed that the F-35 is not a finalist in the competition, which seeks a replacement for the 90-jet fleet. The news was first reported by German site AugenGeradeaus.

The move is not altogether surprising. Berlin for some time has officially favored an upgraded version of the fourth-generation Eurofighter Typhoon, built by a consortium of Airbus, Leonardo and BAE Systems, as the Tornado replacement. The main argument is to keep European companies involved in building combat aircraft and, perhaps even more importantly, staying clear of disturbing Franco-German momentum in armaments cooperation.
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Jonathan Haidt interview asks what is underlying the polarization in America?

Erich J. Prince
Merion West
Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:41 UTC
Jonathan Haidt
© Merion West
Jonathan Haidt
"In a sense, the Founding Fathers feared democracy because of the tendency of people to be carried away by their passion and easily led astray by demagogues, and I think that our modern polarization, augmented by social media, could well bring their worst fears to reality." - Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist whose research focuses on moral psychology. He is currently serving as the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the Stern School of Business of New York University. Much of Dr. Haidt's work had explored how different cultures viewed morality, before he began studying the different psychological features of progressives and conservatives. He has become an expert on political polarization. Although he was a progressive for much of his life, Dr. Haidt now examines all political groups with equal scrutiny and considers himself to be a centrist. He is the author of three books for general audiences: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, and, with Greg Lukianoff, The Coddling of the American Mind. Dr. Haidt is also the co-founder of the Heterodox Academy, an organization that encourages ideological diversity at universities. He joins Merion West's Erich Prince to discuss The Righteous Mind, political tribalism, his personal journey to the center of the political spectrum, and the sources of political division today.

Comment: More from Johnathan Haidt:

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Sweetwater, FL. cops attack entire family during warrantless raid

Jessica Lipscomb
Miami New Times
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:01 UTC
Sweetwater police beating
On a Wednesday night in early January, about 20 officers wearing tactical vests and carrying assault rifles raided a family's home in Sweetwater.

Sweetwater police were looking for James Castro, a 40-year-old registered sex offender accused of slamming his car into a cop during a drug sting earlier that day. But Castro wasn't at home; instead, only his mother, two younger brothers, and pregnant girlfriend were there.

Surveillance footage from the home shows what happened next. One officer can be seen throwing punches at James Castro's brother Christian. When his mother, Ana Schaublin, tries to intervene, the cop pushes her aside and another officer holds her against the front door.

"They punched me and threw me away," Schaublin told WPLG the next day. "They're animals."
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Red Flag

Parents protest alleged strip search of 4 middle school girls

Ashley Biviano
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:48 UTC
school meeting
© Ashley Biviano / Staff Photo
Tuesday's Binghamton School Board meeting was standing room only as the community demanded action regarding the alleged strip search of four middle school girls last week.
A firestorm of protest erupted at Tuesday's Binghamton school board meeting over an alleged strip search of four 12-year-old girls at East Middle School.

Nearly 200 community members packed the board room, leaving standing room only, to ask the school board why no action has been taken in response to last week's alleged searches.

Members of the community charged that four black female students were questioned and strip-searched by the school nurse and assistant principal after suspicion of possessing drugs. A statement distributed by local organization, Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow, alleged the girls were searched for "appearing hyper and giddy during their lunch hour."

"The children were instructed to remove their clothing, and felt shamed, humiliated and traumatized by the experience," according to the Progressive Leaders statement.

The school district late Wednesday afternoon issued a statement that said the matter was brought to its attention and was investigated.
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Feminist charged with sexual assault after groping reporter on camera

Chris Menahan
Information Liberation
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:49 UTC
owen shroyer
A feminist filmed allegedly sexually assaulting Infowars reporter Owen Shroyer while taking part in the Women's March earlier this month has been arrested, according to Shroyer.

He shared the news Wednesday on Facebook:

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USA

More MAGA hat madness: Restaurateur vows to refuse service to anyone wearing the 'racist' accessory

Naomi Lim
Washington Examiner
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:39 UTC
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt,
A California restaurateur will refuse service to any prospective patron donning a red "Make America Great Again" hat, according to reports.

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, the award-winning chef, cookbook author, and owner of a couple of restaurants south of San Francisco, claimed on social media over the weekend that the hats sold by President Trump's campaign were linked with racial animus.

"It hasn't happened yet, but if you come to my restaurant wearing a MAGA cap, you aren't getting served, same as if you come in wearing a swastika, white hood, or any other symbol of intolerance and hate," Lopez-Alt wrote in a now-deleted string of Twitter posts, multiple outlets reported. "MAGA hats are like white hoods except stupider because you can see exactly who is wearing them."

Comment: Trump Derangement Syndrome strikes again.

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Eye 2

My mother, the psychopath: Daughter reveals how she was subject to 22 YEARS of abuse including beating and choking

Chloe Morgan
Daily Mail
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:57 UTC
British writer Olivia Rayne
A woman has revealed how she grew up in terror of her mother who appeared completely normal to the outside world, but subjected her to years of abuse in a harrowing new memoir.

In My Mother the Psychopath, British writer Olivia Rayne, now 27, reveals how she only realised the extent of her mother's issues as she entered adulthood.

Olivia, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, recalls how her French mother, Josephine, would lock her in the bathroom all night from the age of three as punishment for waking her up by crying.

Joesphine's behaviour was unpredictable and she could switch from being overly loving and generous to violent, beating Olivia, ripping her hair out, strangling her and telling her she was 'ashamed to be her mother'.

'I'm better now, it's true, but the damage done can never be undone. It's still there, itching quietly beneath the surface, like a sharp metal wire cutting into me for too long,' Olivia said.
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