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Airborne poo rained into sunroof of car after plane fly-by, Canada motorist says


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 22:56 UTC
Airplane
Authorities in Canada are investigating claims that human feces fell through a motorist's sunroof after falling from a passenger jet and that it has happened more than once.

Canada Transport is reportedly looking into an incident which occurred last month along -and possibly thousands of miles above- a junction in Kelowna, British Columbia. According to Susan Allan, she was driving through an intersection near Spall Road and Bernard Avenue when she was met by a nasty and very smelly surprise.

The shocked Kelowna motorist told Castanet news that her car was "inundated" by a smelly brown liquid which appeared to come from a passing plane.
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Attention

Citizen's petition forces Danish parliament to debate minimum age restriction of 18 for circumcisions


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:35 UTC
circumcision
A petition calling for the introduction of an age restriction for circumcision is to be debated in the Danish parliament. If passed, the bill imposing limits on the procedure would be the first of its kind in the world.

The proposal was forced onto the agenda after more than 50,000 people signed a citizens' petition calling for a minimum age of 18 for circumcision. The bill is scheduled to be debated in the autumn but appears unlikely to pass, given the lack of support from the country's government.

Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen has publicly criticized the bill, saying that it would be "incomprehensible" to Denmark's allies to pass a law restricting circumcision.

Speaking to Danish newspaper Altinget, Samuelsen said: "From an American point of view, it will be incomprehensible. Up to 60 percent of American men have been circumcised. From Israel's point of view, and from large parts of the Muslim world, it will be completely incomprehensible."

Comment: Circumcision is child abuse and traumatizes infants and children:

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Pistol

'I'm going to defend my life': Homeowner uses AK-47 to kill armed burglars

Scott Berson
Miami Herald
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 22:09 UTC
Memphis homeowner AK-47
© Fox 13 Broadcast/Screenshot
A Memphis man has not been charged after police say he shot and killed two burglars who had been ransacking his home. The man said he came home to find two people in his home who shot at his friend, and shot both with an AK-47 rifle.
A Memphis, Tenn., man's Friday night turned gruesome when he and a family friend came home to find two gunmen rummaging through the house.

"I see my house being ransacked and the dog was still going hysterical in the cage," the homeowner, who was not identified over fears for his safety, told WMC. That's when one of the two intruders noticed the homeowner and his friend and said "Hey, they are here," the homeowner told the station.

"He picked up his weapon, turned around and points them at me," the homeowner told the Fox 13. "Two pistols."

One of the guns jammed, however, and the intruders ran toward the back of the house, the man told WATN. By this point his friend had also run out of the home, and the intruders had gotten at least one weapon to work and were firing at the friend, the man told the station.
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Rose

Janice Kortkamp: An American Housewife in Syria - Damascus, Part I

Janice Kortkamp
Eurasia Future
Wed, 30 May 2018 21:22 UTC
janice kortkamp
I've visited Syria five times in the past two years, spending almost a month each time traveling around the country often on my own with Syrian friends as guides and translators. Other times I've been with small tour groups I've organized of other writers and activists from around the world with interest in seeing reality on the ground there for ourselves. Many other Americans and Europeans have also gone throughout the war years either in tour groups or fact-finding delegations; like me, several have gone multiple times. My own journeys started after four years and thousands of hours of research since November of 2012. After those four years, I determined I had to go myself and see if what I had learned about the country, people, and war matched reality. Like all the other travelers in the groups I've organized, I'm always longing to be back.
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Attention

Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian baker who refused to bake wedding cake for gay couple, noted 'impermissible hostility' toward religion


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:47 UTC
Supreme court ruling Christian baker gay wedding cake

In a 7-2 decision, the justices said that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had shown “impermissible hostility” toward religion when it found that the baker, Jack Phillips, violated anti-discrimination laws by refusing to bake the requested cake.
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Christian baker from Colorado who, on religious grounds, had refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. It declared that the case against the baker violated his religious rights.

In a 7-2 decision, the justices said that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had shown "impermissible hostility" toward religion when it found that the baker, Jack Phillips, violated anti-discrimination laws by refusing to bake the requested cake.

The justices did not, however, clarify whether a cake is the type of expressive act protected as free speech by the First Amendment. Nor did they issue a ruling on the specific circumstances under which people may seek exemption from anti-discrimination laws.

The ruling was authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who also authored the 2015 ruling to legalize gay marriage nationwide. Despite his pro-gay marriage judicial work, Kennedy is a staunch advocate for free speech and religious freedom.

Comment: For more on the case:

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Pistol

Man on 'rampage' shot by police at Berlin Cathedral


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:30 UTC
Berlin Cathedral
© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
Police is seen in front of the Berliner Cathedral after a German policeman shot a man at the building, Germany, June 3, 2018.
German police have opened fire on a man said to be "rampaging" at Berlin Cathedral. A police officer was also injured in the incident, which police say was not linked to terrorism.

The Berlin police department confirmed in a Twitter post that an officer had opened fire at a "rampaging" person in the Berlin Cathedral, adding that the suspect had been shot in the leg.

One officer was also injured, police said, adding that the exact circumstances of the incident are still unclear. They further revealed that the suspect is a 53-year-old man, and added that, so far, there is no evidence suggesting that he may have had any "terrorist or Islamist motives."

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Satellite

Satellite images reveal Russian military arsenal at Hmaymim Airport in Latakia

Leith Aboufadel
Al Masdar News
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:11 UTC
Satellite images on Hmaymim Airport
Satellite images dated on May 26th revealed the Russian military's air assets that are currently deployed at the Hmaymim Airport in southwest Latakia.

Twitter user @Obretix tweeted that the Russian military currently has the following aircraft at the Hmaymim Airport:
  • 9 Su-24
  • 2 Su-25
  • 10 Su-30
  • 6 Su-34
  • 4 Su-35
  • 1 Il-76
  • 1 An-26
  • 1 An-30
  • 2 A-50
  • 1 Il-38
  • 1 Il-20/22

Comment: See also: Satellite images reveal increased number of Russian warplanes in T-4 Airbase

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Pirates

British teen found guilty of plotting terrorist attack on British Museum


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:11 UTC
British Museum
© Tim Ireland / Global Look Press
Teenager Safaa Boular has been found guilty of plotting a grenade and gun terrorist attack on London's iconic British Museum. She is one of the youngest females to be convicted of terrorism offenses in the UK.

The 18-year-old, who lived at home with her mother, Mina Dich, 44, in Vauxhall, London, was accused of plotting terrorist attacks in London with her Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS, ISIL) partner, Naweed Hussain. She was also found guilty of attempting to travel to Syria to commit acts of terrorism. Boular denied the two counts of preparing acts of terrorism.
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Fire

Grenfell inquiry: Evidence deems fire service's 'stay put' policy a failure, safety measures were inadequate killing at least 72 people


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:21 UTC
Grenfell Towers
© Stephen Lock / Global Look Press
The inquiry into events that resulted in the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower last year has been told that safety measures were inadequate, and that the authorities advice for residents to "stay put" had failed.

At least 72 people died as a result of the fire, which has been described by RT's Nadira Tudor as the "worst loss of domestic life since World War Two."
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Bomb

Dire conditions: Europe's largest prison housing radicalized inmates 'starting to explode'


RT
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:00 UTC
Prison
© Christian Hartmann / Reuters
A major French prison, which houses more than a hundred radicalized inmates, is overcrowded, understaffed and "starting to explode," a correctional officers' union warns. It says the guards suffer attacks and commit suicide.

Europe's largest prison Fleury-Merogis is in dire condition, the representative of the CGT Penitentiaries Union told RT. "Every day in France, there are prison supervisors who are attacked violently; every day we have security problems because all the proposals are not yet in place," Ambroise Koubi said. He added that the authorities offered to send in extra 1,100 supervisors, but so far it didn't happen.

"Fleury-Merogis is starting to explode already. Because we are tired of this. You are the first TV channel I'm telling this to, but yesterday we had a suicide," Koubi said, adding that the prison had 10 other suicide cases since January, with supervisors among the victims.

The prison, situated north of Paris, housed several well-known jihadists. Among them was Salah Abdeslam, who organized the Paris shootings in November 2015, Amedy Coulibaly, who attacked a kosher store in January 2015, and the Charlie Hebdo attacker Cherif Kouachi. The jail currently has over 120 radicalized inmates, says the penitentiaries union official.
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