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Monsters are real: IDF attacks funeral for murdered Palestinian teenager


PressTV
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:01 UTC
IDF steps on child, gun at her head
© www.algemeiner.comIDF brutality includes children.
Israeli forces have attacked the funeral of a Palestinian teenager who was shot to death by the Tel Aviv regime's troops last month, injuring dozens of mourners.

On Monday, at least 50 Palestinian mourners were injured in clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians near East al - Quds (Jerusalem). The Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the mourners.

On Sunday, Mohammed Sinokrot died from injuries after being shot by Israeli forces in the city's Wadi al-Joz neighborhood on August 31.

Following the news of his death, clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israelis in several areas of the occupied city, including Wadi al-Joz, the Issawiya and At-Tur.

Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets, and live rounds at Palestinian protesters in the districts.


Comment: The IDF isn't just satisfied with the murder of children; their sadism prompts them to attack even those mourning their dead.

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Attention

Woman bites another woman, calls it "zombie game"

Chelsea Gorrow
registerguard.com
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:39 UTC
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A woman who claimed she was "playing the zombie game" allegedly broke into another woman's house to bite her early this morning.

The Coos County Sheriff's Office responded to an Eighth Street home in Lakeside where a 37-year-old victim told deputies she had been attacked by an unknown female.

The victim said a woman in a dark hooded sweatshirt and jeans broke into the residence and pushed her down the stairs, pulled her hair and bit her. The attacker then left the home and went outside to sit in the victim's vehicle, the victim told deputies.

Comment: For more information on possible causes of this bizzare behavior see:

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Syringe

Ebola scare: U.S. air marshal stabbed with a needle in Nigeria's Lagos Airport


RT
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:00 UTC
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© Reuters/Kai PfaffenbachA fire brigade paramedic wearing a sealed protective suit closes the door of a special fire brigade ambulance during a drill for the crew, in Frankfurt August 21, 2014.
A US air marshal has been forcefully injected with a syringe at Nigeria's Lagos Airport and has been taken to hospital amid fears he might have contracted Ebola.

It wasn't immediately clear what was in the syringe after the incident occurred Sunday. The name of the marshal has not yet been revealed, AFP reported.

Fears the syringe could have been infected with the Ebola virus spread quickly, as Nigeria remains one of the West African countries where the deadly epidemic is currently raging.

Authorities were taking all the necessary precautions, but preliminary tests suggested that the marshal wasn't in any danger, according to the FBI.

"Out of an abundance of caution, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted an on-scene screening of the victim when United Flight 143 landed in Houston early Monday morning," the FBI said in a statement.

"The victim did not exhibit any signs of illness during the flight and was transported to a hospital upon landing for further testing. None of the testing conducted has indicated a danger to other passengers."
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Poll: 12% of Russians citizen consider mass political protests, 7% ready to take part


RT
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:32 UTC
Readiness to take part in protest actions has plunged to all-time low in Russia. Those who see themselves at street rallies say they would do so for an improvement of living standards rather than to change the political reality.
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© RIA Novosti/Ramil SitdikovA rally of opposition supporters in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square.
According to research conducted by established independent pollster Levada-Center in late August, only 12 percent of Russians consider mass political protests possible and the share of those who are ready to personally take part in them is even lower, at 7 percent. Levada specialists say this is the lowest result in their company's history, which dates back to 2003. Similar research conducted by the same agency in February this year gave the results of 23 and 10 percent respectively.

The share of Russians who allow the possibility of protests over the economic and social situation in the country was slightly higher at 17 percent, but only 8 percent of citizens claimed they could personally take part in such rallies. In February this year, the number of those who expected economic protests was at 28 percent, while 10 percent said they could take part in them.

The most recent surge in street rallies and pickets took place before and after the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2011 and 2012. Before it about 35 percent of Russians said they expected political and economic protests and 15 percent said they could participate in them.

Comment: The citizens of Russia probably don't feel the need to protest. From RT, August, 2014:
"Also in early August, the Levada Center published the results of the poll in which it questioned Russians about their appraisal of Vladimir Putin's policy as the country's leader. Eighty-seven percent of those polled said they approved of the president's actions. This was also an increase compared to 83 percent in May and 72 percent in March.

Deputy Director of the Levada Center Aleksey Grazhdankin told the press that a possible explanation for the current boost of Vladimir Putin's popularity was the extreme politicization of everyday people's lives, caused by the Ukrainian crisis and the subsequent Western sanctions against Russia."

Putin's popularity continues to rise, with 82 percent of Russians saying they'd vote for him if elections were to be held
See also:
Poll: Most Russians see sanctions as tool to weaken nation, but feel no effect

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Income inequality in U.S. unlikely to improve according to Harvard study


RT
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:29 UTC
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The widening gap between America's richest and the middle and working classes is unsustainable and is unlikely to improve a survey released on Monday by the Harvard Business School has found.

The study which is called "an economy doing half its job" said that while large American companies were showing signs of recovery and were maintaining their competitive edge on the world stage, many middle and working class US citizens were struggling, as were small businesses.


Comment: For some perspective on just how difficult the daily struggle is for most Americans, see:
US poverty Levels: 49.7 million are poor, and 80% of the total population is near poverty


The new survey was designed by the Harvard Business School (HBS) and is the latest in a series of surveys on their US Competiveness Project. Every year HBS asks alumni worldwide to share their views about the state and future of the US business environment and US competiveness. In addition to this, the 2013-2014 survey also focused on three key areas: competitiveness, education, workforce skills and transportation infrastructure.

On balance respondents were pessimistic about the trajectory of US competitiveness. 47 percent saw a decline in the next few years, while just 33 percent thought things would improve.But respondents were less negative than in past surveys. For example, in 2011, 71 percent thought US competitiveness would deteriorate.

Jan W Rivkin, co-chair of the project, said the findings of the 2013-14 survey showed that while firms might be looking healthier citizens were likely to be struggling more and more.
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Ambulance

UK to join America in sending military, humanitarian personnel to fight Ebola outbreak


RT
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:06 UTC
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© Reuters / 2TangoHealth workers wearing protective clothing prepare to carry an abandoned dead body presenting with Ebola symptoms at Duwala market in Monrovia August 17, 2014
Britain has announced it will send military and humanitarian experts to Sierra Leone to set up medical treatment centers in areas affected by the Ebola outbreak.

A 62-bed facility will be built and operated by military engineers and medical staff. The medical center will become operational within 8 weeks. The health facility is in addition to the UK's 25 million pound package of support to contain and control the disease. This includes multilateral support as well as direct funding to aid agencies operating on the ground, the official press release by the UK government said on Monday.

Comment: The Ebola outbreak is spiraling out of control. For more information, check out:

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Monstrous: Peacekeepers in Somalia rape women who seek aid and medicine


RT
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:44 UTC
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© Reuters / Siegfried ModolaKenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers, who are part of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), march to their armoured vehicles before an area patrol on the outskirts of the controlled area of the old airport in the coastal town of Kismayu in southern Somalia
Peacekeepers in Somalia used humanitarian aid to lure women and teenagers, who come to ask for medicine and food, and to rape them, HRW said on Monday. The victims often conceal it fearing reprisals, while the troops are immune from local prosecution.

The HRW report "'The Power These Men Have Over Us': Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by African Union Forces in Somalia" has documented the sexual exploitation and abuse of Somali women and teenagers in two bases of The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) since 2013.

The soldiers used humanitarian assistance to coerce women into sexual activity. There are also allegations of raping women who came seeking water or medical assistance.

Comment: For an even wider perspective of the traumas Somalia has witnessed in only the past three years, check out:

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Handcuffs

Destroying the evidence: Oregon man assaulted and arrested for filming police SWAT raid


RT
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:18 UTC
Gresham OR man arrested filming police
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Footage recently posted to YouTube shows an Oregon man being arrested for filming, or "interfering" with, a militarized police raid across the street from his apartment.

The man - whose YouTube account is Skylow Production - said he was sleeping at his Gresham, Oregon apartment at around 4 a.m. local time on Sept. 2 when he heard the sound of broken glass and flash bang grenades.

"I grabbed my iPad and ran outside as fast as I could to see what was going on," he said in the video's description. "There were 5 or more tank/military trucks just cruising through my neighborhood," which is "right across the street from Mt.Hood Community College."

In the video, two law enforcement officers, decked out in military gear, approach the man filming across the street, telling him to go back inside, as he was supposedly "interfering" in the execution of a search warrant.

"You go inside right now....it's a lawful order....go inside right now," one officer said while swinging at the iPad.

A third officer can be heard saying over a loudspeaker, "All neighbors stay inside and away from windows." The two cops addressing the man filming the action then turn around and begin handcuffing the man, as they say "quit resisting us."

Comment: Despite the fact that it is perfectly legal to film the police, it is common for people to be assaulted / arrested for the practice. Fact is, in the US militarized police state, they don't want any evidence of their crimes. And sadly, not much would be done anyway as the police generally get away with almost any form of brutality these days!

A Disturbing Trend: Many Innocent Americans Arrested for Legally Filming On-Duty Public Servants

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American passenger's girlfriend says 'Something is being covered up': Investigation to find missing MH370 has been sabotaged

Ashely Collman
Daily Mail UK
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:49 UTC
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Loss: Sarah Bajc's (left) boyfriend Philip Wood (right) was one of 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which went missing last March 8
Six months after her boyfriend went missing on Malaysia Airlines flight 370, an American woman is losing faith that the plane will ever be found - believing something in the investigation is being covered up.

Sara Bajc's boyfriend Philip Wood, 50, was one of 239 passengers and crew on the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, which mysteriously disappeared off radar last March 8. Despite a massive search effort, no sign of the plane was ever found.

Now Bajc and other family members of the missing passengers are demanding raw data on the disappearance be released for independent analysis, no longer trusting the Malaysian investigation.

'I think that if the existing investigation team is left in charge ... we may not ever find the plane. Because I believe there are active steps being taken to interfere with finding the plane,' Bajc told NBC News.

Bajc says she isn't sure how much is being covered up, but knows something is being concealed.

'Failure to release information - whether its obfuscation, you know, actually covering something up - or dishonesty... creating false evidence or just hiding something, right? We don't know why or what is being covered up, but something is being covered up,' she added.
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Attention

Ebola cases may be underreported by as much 'double or triple'

Mike Opelka
Theblaze.com
Sun, 07 Sep 2014 08:41 UTC
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© Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty Images
Despite knowing that he had symptoms of the Ebola virus, a Nigerian diplomat boards a plane in Liberia and flies from that small country to his nation's capital city of Lagos, a city with 21 million people. The man was fleeing a quarantine meant to contain the Ebola virus. Instead, his body - now a host for the disease - was transporting the highly contagious and deadly, single-strand virus to Nigeria's largest city.

It sounds like a plot from a medical sci-fi thriller, but it is not fiction.

This is quite real.

The diplomat was treated by a doctor and appears to have survived. However, the doctor was not so fortunate. He died less than three weeks after the encounter.

The Nigerian doctor who visited the diplomat in his hotel room and became infected with Ebola also saw hundreds of patients - operating on at least two of them before he ultimately passed away from the disease.

Nigeria's government acted quickly to try to stop the outbreak from engulfing the region. However, with hundreds of people who had close contact with the now-deceased doctor and several others who were infected, it may be a losing battle.
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