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Italian nurse accused of killing 38 patients she 'found annoying'

Lina Batarags
Opposing Views
Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:39 UTC
Nurse Daniela Poggiali
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Modal Trigger Nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested for allegedly killing up to 38 patients whom she found annoying.

Officials said that a nurse in northeast Italy might have killed as many as 38 patients because she found them - or their relatives - annoying.

Daniela Poggiali, who lives in the town of Lugo, was taken into custody over the weekend.

The 42-year-old nurse was booked for the alleged slaying of 78-year-old patient Rosa Calderoni, who died from an injection of potassium.

Calderoni had been admitted to the hospital with a routine illness before she died unexpectedly.

As reported by the Central European News, tests showed that Calderoni died with a high amount of potassium - which can provoke cardiac arrest - in her bloodstream.

Calderoni's death triggered an investigation, which reportedly revealed that 38 others had died mysteriously while Poggiali was on duty.
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Hysteria: Elementary school child forced to sign anti-suicide contract for pointing a crayon at classmate

Joel Christie
The Daily Mail
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 03:59 UTC
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Inappropriate: A five-year-old Alabama girl was made to sign this contract after pretending a crayon was a gun
  • Incident occurred at E.R. Dickson Elementary School in Mobile, Alabama
  • Girl's mother said they tried to assess whether her child was depressed
  • Minors cannot sign contracts in Alabama
An Alabama mom is furious that her five-year-old daughter was forced to sign a contract saying she will not hurt herself or anyone at school after she pointed a crayon at a classmate.

The incident occurred at E.R. Dickson Elementary School in Mobile.

The mom, only identified as Rebecca, said the school asked her toddler, Elizabeth, whether she was depressed, which the little girl did not understand.

'They told me she drew something that resembled a gun,' Rebecca told WPMI-TV.

'According to them she pointed a crayon at another student and said, ''pew pew''.'

Comment: The authoritarian followers running school systems in the US have become absolutely insane and are punishing children for nothing more than using their imaginations.

Hysteria! Elementary school boys suspended for pointing pencils and making machine gun noises

Hysterical USA - 7 year old Brooklyn student accused of eating breakfast pastry 'into shape of a gun': suspended for two days

Hysteria: Philadelphia fifth-grader searched, threatened, called a murderer over paper gun

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Halloween prop puts Obama's name on a tombstone, draws complaints

Travis Gettys
Rawstory
Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:46 UTC
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Obama's tombstone
Oklahoma woman said she was "absolutely offended" by her neighbor's Halloween display, which included a tombstone with President Barack Obama's name on it.

"He is the president of the United States, and it actually is about respect," said Jamila Phillips, who recently moved to the neighborhood in Edmond. "It's a total respect thing because this person is still alive."

Her neighbor, Dwayne Dockens, told KOCO-TV he's displayed the tombstone with Obama's name for the last three years without complaint.

"We made them a few years ago back when it was a big deal, questions up about his birth certificate," Dockens said. "And we made all these ourselves, so just thought it was kind of humorous and, you know, went ahead and put him in there, as well."

The wooden tombstone reads "Obama ? - " and is placed among others reading "Imma goner" and "I told you I was sick."
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Cop breaks into Colorado family's home, fatally shoots resident in the back without explanation

David Edwards
The Raw Story
Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:00 UTC
Cops
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Police officers aiming their guns
A Colorado family said that it was stunned over the weekend when an officer broke down their door, and fatally shot one of the residents in the back without an explanation.

Sara Lindenmuth told KRDO that a Rocky Ford police officer forced down the door to their home sometime after her brother-in-law, 27-year-old Jack Jacquez, came home around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning.

She recalled that the two men started shouting at each other.

"He was standing next to his mom, his back turned toward the officer and then he shot him twice in the back and then pepper sprayed him," Lindenmuth said. "Then they hand cuffed his fiancé, for reasons I don't know why. And the mom went to call the cops and the cop took her phone and threw it against the wall."

Comment: Escalating police violence and brutality is being witnessed and suffered by people around the country in towns large and small; the police are now far more dangerous to people than criminals. Calling the police puts you, your family and pets in mortal danger:

Police are more dangerous to citizens than criminals

Seven reasons US police brutality is systemic, not anecdotal

Police killed 77 people throughout the U.S. just in September

U.S. police have killed over 5,000 civilians since 9/11

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The USA is number one...but only when it comes to violence

Prof. Lawrence S. Wittner
War Is A Crime
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:30 UTC
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American politicians are fond of telling their audiences that the United States is the greatest country in the world. Is there any evidence for this claim?

Well, yes. When it comes to violence and preparations for violence, the United States is, indeed, No. 1. In 2013, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the U.S. government accounted for 37 percent of world military expenditures, putting it far ahead of all other nations. (The two closest competitors, China and Russia, accounted for 11 percent and 5 percent respectively.) From 2004 to 2013, the United States was also the No. 1 weapons exporter in the world. Moreover, given the U.S. government's almost continuous series of wars and acts of military intervention since 1941, it seems likely that it surpasses all rivals when it comes to international violence.

This record is paralleled on the domestic front, where the United States has more guns and gun-related deaths than any other country. A study released in late 2013 reported that the United States had 88 guns for every 100 people, and 40 gun-related deaths for every 400,000 people―the most of any of the 27 economically developed countries surveyed. By contrast, in Britain there were 6 guns per 100 people and 1 gun-related death per 400,000 people.
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Marc Faber's likely final appearance on BNN due to claims of gold market manipulation

Chris Powell
GATA
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00 UTC
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Marc Faber
Financial letter writer Marc Faber made on Friday what likely will be his last appearance on Business News Network in Canada -- not because of failing health or retirement but because he declared that the monetary metals markets are manipulated.

As soon as Faber made his declaration on BNN's "Business Day" program, moderator Frances Horodelski cut him off, asserting that time had run out.
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California police field reports of creepy clowns


Reuters
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:18 UTC
Clown Masks
© Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Finished clown masks sit in a pile before being packaged for shipment at a factory in Morelos, Mexico, on July 3, 2014.
Reports of creepy clowns carrying knives and other weapons have been scaring people in the California city of Bakersfield for the past week, police said on Sunday.

In the latest incident, a person telephoned the Bakersfield Police Department on Saturday night, reporting a clown armed with a firearm, said watch commander Lieutenant Jason Matson.

"We've been having sightings all over the city," Matson said. "They range from anywhere from a guy carrying a gun to a guy carrying a knife running up to houses."

The Bakersfield Californian newspaper reported earlier in the week that at least some of the reports were hoaxes. Matson said he did not know whether the incidents were pranks.
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No, you're supposed to attack peaceful demonstrators: Ventnor's K-9 dog attacks and injures police handler

Elisa Lala
The Press of Atlantic City
Mon, 04 Aug 2014 10:00 UTC
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© Dave Griffin
Ventnor Police Department's Jamie Pirchio and K-9 partner Niko, graduate during the Atlantic County Police Training Center, John “Sonny” Burke Canine Training Facility, Atlantic County K-9 Scent Class #29 Graduation held at the Alton Theater at Stockton State College in Pomona.
Ventnor Police Officer Jamie Pirchio was recently attacked by her K-9 partner, Niko, causing injury to her legs, arms and hands and requiring same-day surgery.

Pirchio is on medical leave and Niko is in a kennel where he will stay until the department determines whether he can remain on the force, Police Chief Michael Miller said.

Pirchio was attempting to feed the animal at their Northfield home when it got distracted and turned on her, attacking her legs, arms and hands, Miller said.

She attempted to regain Niko's attention during the attack by using a toy, as she was taught in their training. Pirchio was able to get the dog back in its cage and run to her neighbor's house where she screamed for help.

Northfield resident Bob Webb, a retired police officer whose home Pirchio ran to, said he and his wife had just returned from church and were in their house eating breakfast when they heard Pirchio's screams.
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Health

Israel, Palestine draft joint Ebola response plan


RT
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:26 UTC
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© Reuters/Baz Ratner
To draft a joint action plan to prevent Ebola, Israeli and Palestinian officials held a meeting over weekend, while Tel Aviv is introducing hospital drills and setting tighter border controls to curb the threat of the deadly virus.

In a series of efforts to prevent the Ebola virus from spreading into Israel, COGAT, the Defense Ministry unit responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, announced that Israeli and Palestinian officials met to discuss an action plan.

"During the meeting, updates were exchanged between the parties, and transfer of information was agreed upon by way of additional meetings to take place in order to further track the issue," said COGAT.

The discussion focused on a number of issues including special training in advanced epidemiology for Palestinian and Jordanian doctors, a source familiar with the matter told AFP.

"There are contacts with the Israeli side regarding this within the context of WHO's instructions on fighting this virus, which is a global task," Assad Ramlawi of the Palestinian health ministry told AFP. "There are common crossings and we have contacts on this, nothing more or less."
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Explosion at Saskatchewan gas facility prompts evacuation


The Canadian Press
Sat, 11 Oct 2014 20:57 UTC
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© The Canadian Press
An explosion and fire at a gas pumping station in Saskatchewan on Saturday prompted an evacuation.

RCMP said the blast occurred at a TransGas facility near this small community, northeast of Saskatoon.

Police say there have been no injuries reported.

The area around the facility that was being evacuated is just over three kilometres.

TransGas is a subsidiary of Crown-owned SaskEnergy, and company spokesman Dave Burdeniuk said several buildings at the site were damaged but there were no employees there when the incident happened.

Burdeniuk said automated equipment shut the facility down and vented off any remaining natural gas that was in the pipes, which he said isn't toxic.
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