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1 dead, several injured after man plows car into bus stop in Germany


Deutsche Welle
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:00 UTC
Germany bus stop crash
Driver plows car into pedestrians at German bus stop, killing one

Recklinghausen police have said that several people were injured and one killed in the incident. They have, however, warned that no assumptions should be made at this point.

On Thursday afternoon a 32-year-old man drove his car into a group of pedestrians waiting at a bus stop in the German city of Recklinghausen, near Dortmund. The crash injured seven people, including the driver, and killed an 88-year-old woman.

The cause of the accident, which took place shortly before 3 p.m. local time (1400 GMT/UTC), is not yet known.

The driver reportedly swerved out of his lane, crossing onto the wrong side of the street before plowing into the crowded bus stop.

"Police experts are working intensively on determining the cause. The area around the accident has been closed off," local police said on Twitter.

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In defense of male stoicism

Ben Sixsmith
Quillette
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:01 UTC
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I dealt with the most stereotypically feminine of mental illnesses in the most stereotypically masculine way. After acknowledging that I was anorexic, and deciding that I had no wish to be, I put my head down and tried to recover with the minimum of fuss. I told almost nobody about my condition, and almost never discussed it with the people I had told. I had two sessions with a therapist - almost missing the first after getting myself lost and terrifying pedestrians by running up to them, wild-eyed, to ask for directions to the mental health center - and then abandoned them out of embarrassment and reticence. I did not want to talk, and I did not cry, and I had no wish to hold anyone's hand or be hugged.

As a means of recovery, I would not recommend this. I was fortunate enough to have a family who supported me as I recovered, and someone less privileged would need additional support. Had I been more open to professional help, meanwhile, I might have made a quicker and more comprehensive recovery, and if someone feels as if it might be good for them I have no reservations about advising people to seek it.
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France protests: Police threaten to join protesters, demand better pay and conditions

David Brennan
Newsweek
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:52 UTC
Yellow vest protesters clash with police
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Yellow vest protesters clash with police in Paris, on December 15. French officials met with police trade union leaders to work out a deal to soothe anger in law enforcement ranks regarding overwork, unpaid overtime and difficult working conditions.
The French government is desperately trying to keep its exhausted police force onside following weeks of violent protests demanding economic reforms, improved living standards and the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.

On Wednesday, French officials met with police trade union leaders to work out a deal to soothe anger in law enforcement ranks regarding overwork, unpaid overtime and difficult working conditions, Le Monde reported.

But some activists are calling on police to walk out on government negotiations, close down police stations and join the "gilets jaunes" - or yellow vest - protesters with whom they have been facing off since November 17.

Comment: It's easy to see why the police would be against fighting their own countrymen with whom, fundamentally, they agree. France is a mess, and police officers are suffering as much as the rest of the country. If Macron loses control of the police things will really start to go downhill for the French government. It's hard to see any other option than to concede to the demands of the Gilets Jaunes, but this seems unlikely, and the whole confrontation may end up escalating.

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YouTube removes 58 million videos featuring hateful or inappropriate content

Sarah Whyte
ABC
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 07:06 UTC
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YouTube uses more advanced machine learning technology to flag content that violates its guidelines.
YouTube was once seen as safe space, free from government regulation and censorship.

But the dark side of the sharing platform has been laid bare in a report that reveals in the past three months, it has had to remove 58 million videos that were posting hateful or inappropriate content.

Catherine Archer, a lecturer at Murdoch University who specialises in social media, said it is the tip of the iceberg.

"I guess it's starting to admit the problem, but the whole point of YouTube was being able to upload a video without being a professional," she said.

Comment: Anyone with two firing neurons can see that the type of content being removed from YouTube is being done within an ideological framework. More than likely, they are removing actual hateful, racist content, but much of what is getting removed is nothing of the sort. A significant part of the problem lies in the fact that it's difficult to teach a machine to detect intent, and context isn't taken into account. And when you've got human workers who are ideologically indoctrinated policing content along with the computer algorithms, you essentially just have two different types of machines doing the work.

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New York judge rules 'no basis' to dismiss Weinstein sex assault case

Michael R. Sisak and Jim Mustian
Associated Press
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Harvey Weinstein
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Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in New York. Judge James Burke will decide on the future of his sexual assault case, which has been clouded by allegations that police acted improperly in the investigation that led to his arrest.
A New York judge declined to dismiss sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein Thursday, rejecting the disgraced Hollywood titan's fierce push to have his indictment thrown out.

Judge James Burke's ruling buoyed a prosecution that appeared on rocky ground in recent months amid a prolonged defense effort to raise doubts about the case and the police investigation.

It was also welcome news for the #MeToo movement, which took off last year after numerous women accused Weinstein of wrongdoing. About a half-dozen women, including actress Marisa Tomei, showed up to court wearing t-shirts from the anti-abuse organization Time's Up.

Weinstein's lawyers argued the case had been "irreparably tainted" by a detective's alleged coaching of a potential witness and one of the accusers. They also said the grand jury that indicted Weinstein should have been shown friendly emails he exchanged with his two accusers after the alleged attacks.

But Burke ruled that Weinstein's prosecutorial misconduct claims had "no basis" and that prosecutors were under no obligation to give the grand jury evidence favorable to the defense. He denied Weinstein's demand for a hearing to examine the police investigation and rebuked his lawyers for what he said were "speculative" claims that political pressure had led to the charges.
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Americans waking up to Israel's brutal and discriminatory tactic but Washington still ignores them

Jonathan Cook
The National
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 21:29 UTC
Ramallah refugee camp
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Palestinians watch Israeli soldiers during clashes at Al Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
With opinion now evenly split between those who favour a one or two-state solution, many in the US are turning their attention to the systemic inequities faced by Palestinians

Two years of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as a Middle East peacemaking team appear to be having a transformative effect - and in ways that will please neither of them.

The American public is now evenly split between those who want a two-state solution and those who prefer a single state, shared by Israelis and Palestinians, according to a survey published last week by the University of Maryland.

And if a Palestinian state is off the table - as a growing number of analysts of the region conclude, given Israel's intransigence and the endless postponement of Mr Trump's peace plan - then support for one state rises steeply, to nearly two-thirds of Americans.
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Gilets Jaunes Protests Spread to Canada: Thousands Say NO to Justin Trudeau's Globalist Government

Timothy C. Trepanier
Sott.net
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:45 UTC
A recent demonstration in a northern Alberta city was a clear message rejecting Trudeau's anti-pipeline, pro-carbon tax, open borders, globalist agenda

GP Convoy
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A convoy of over 600 vehicles in Grande Prairie, showed support for oil pipelines.
The people are fed up. They have had enough, and they are making their voices heard.

The gilets jaunes ('yellow vest') protests against excessive taxation without representation that have erupted across France over the last month are now spreading to different parts of the world. Recently, there have been similar demonstrations in other European countries, including Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, the UK and Sweden.

Partially inspired by the mass uprising of the people in France, residents of Grande Prairie, Alberta, held a large public demonstration in a downtown park last Sunday. The event was billed as a "pro-pipeline rally", and was coordinated in response to the Canadian government's inept handling of, and interference with, four different oil pipelines that were slated to bring Alberta oil to the world market.

The failure of the government to oversee the successful implementation of even one of the proposed pipelines have lead to record low prices for Canadian oil, with devastating results to the local industry and economy.
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"There is no facepalm big enough for this": Biohacker self-injects DNA sequence constructed from Bible and Koran verses

Joe Brophy
The Sun
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:07 UTC
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High-school student Adrien Locatelli translated religious passages into DNA codes to build unknown proteins

A biohacker injected himself with DNA sequence made from parts of the Bible and Koran in a risky experiment because he "wondered whether it would be possible".

The high-school student risked potentially fatal consequences after conducting the procedure without any knowledge of the effects the proteins would have on his body.

Mr Locatelli, who claimed the bizarre experiment was the first of its kind, converted all of the letters in the holy books into a DNA sequence.

Comment: Apparently there were some effects, but probably not what Locatelli may have been looking for:
Using an online tool, the teenage biohacker was able to translate the nucleotide (building blocks of DNA and RNA) information into protein sequences which he then injected into each of his thighs.

The high-school student had no idea what effect injecting the unknown proteins into his body might have in what he claimed it was a one-of-a-kind experiment. He experienced no adverse side-effects apart from a swollen leg, which lasted for several days. It is unclear whether the Bible or the Koran verse proteins induced the swelling.

"Recent studies have shown that any information can be encrypted using DNA and stored in this form. I became the first living thing in which the text is stored. This is very symbolic, even if it does not bear any benefit," Locatelli said in his published research.

Locatelli was widely derided in the online scientific community, which was seemingly bemused as to his methodology and motivation for the utterly bizarre experiment.





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Thirteen years too late: LA bishop resigns following child sex abuse allegations - church knew since 2005

John Antczak and Nicole WinfieldI
Associated Press
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Monsignor Alexander Salazar
© Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP
Los Angeles auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Alexander Salazar - Pope Francis has accepted his resignation following allegations of misconduct with a minor in the 1990s.
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Alexander Salazar, following an allegation of sexual misconduct with a child in the 1990s, officials said Wednesday.

The Vatican announced the resignation in a one-line statement. It was the latest in a string of misconduct allegations against bishops to come to light this year, following the scandal of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington that exposed how bishops have largely avoided punishment for improper behavior.

Pasadena police recommended in 2002 that Salazar be charged with committing a lewd act on a child, but prosecutors declined to bring charges over a lack of evidence, Lt. Jesse Carrillo said. He had no further information.

The current archbishop of Los Angeles, the Most Rev. Jose Gomez, said the archdiocese learned of the claim in 2005. Gomez said the archdiocese forwarded the complaint to the Vatican office handling sex abuse cases.

Gomez said that office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, imposed precautionary measures against Salazar and that a further investigation by the archdiocese's independent review board found the allegation to be credible.

Comment: The grand jury report about Catholic priest abuse in Pennsylvania shows the church is a criminal syndicate: 'It is time to face the horrible truth: The Catholic church is a pedophile ring'

Unfortunately, the Catholic Church is just one tentacle of the hydra:

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French police to stage 'Gilets Bleus' protests: "We are middle class too. When we take off our uniforms, we become Yellow Vests"


The Local
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:39 UTC
Local police Yellow vest
© Agence France-Presse
Police face Yellow Vest protests
French police are being urged close police stations on Wednesday as part of a protest over pay and conditions - including a demand to be paid the 23 million hours of overtime they are owed - as the government scrambles to quell growing unrest among the country's forces of law and order.

After the yellow vests, it's now the turn of the blue vests (gilets bleus) to show their anger as French police unions are calling on officers to picket France's police stations on Wednesday and only answer emergency calls as they fight for better working conditions and pay.

Talks were held between police unions and the Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Tuesday but they failed to find a solution to quell the anger.

Comment: It's curtains for globalist control of France if this becomes a thing.

More from RT:
Speaking to RT on Wednesday, French police union representative Loic Travers said that when some officers are not in uniform "they become Yellow Vests" because they identify with the protesters' cause.

"We are middle class, or even lower, because of our salaries, our origin. That's why some colleagues feel that they are Yellow Vests. The cause of the Yellow Vests really resonate with the police," Travers said.


In an open letter to French lawmakers on Monday, Denis Jacob, the spokesman for national police union Alternative Police, said that police "risk their lives" daily to maintain public order and safety, but are now at a "breaking point" and feeling that "they too are affected by the demands of the Yellow Vests." Police officers are feeling "exhaustion, weariness and deep anger," the letter said.

The last thing that the French government would want as social unrest continues across France is for the police to begin striking in large numbers. Police unions have been in discussions with the French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner since Tuesday.


One concession already offered to police is a €300 ($340) bonus to officers who have been deployed during Yellow Vest protests - but the unions say it's not enough and are demanding that 23 million hours of overtime be paid.


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