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The unrelenting witch-hunt of Julian Assange continues

George Galloway
RT
Mon, 13 May 2019 15:50 UTC
Ai Weiwei assange
© AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is pictured with a mask of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a demonstration in support of Assange at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on May 2, 2019.
When told of the death of a political rival the 19th-century French statesman Talleyrand supposedly asked: "I wonder what he meant by that?"

I rather felt the same when woken to the news that Sweden now wants to extradite Julian Assange on long abandoned "sex-charges" from 2010.

What do they mean by that? Inevitably at this stage, one must speculate but I don't need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows. I think they mean no good.

The US extradition application is already before the British courts and public opinion about the persecution of the whistleblower Assange has begun to turn. Even amongst those recently most hostile to the WikiLeaks founder - the very journalists who once waited upon his every word.

The grossly disproportionate charges being lined up in the US justice system - for a man who on any honest reading AT WORST merely facilitated a leak of truthful information of great public interest and published it - might well find an honest British judge unpersuaded of the justice of the US case. Perhaps the US or British government - itself scarcely in need of another long bitter national controversy - had seen the same straws in the wind as me, a change of climate with regard to Julian Assange.

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Pistol

Woman who claimed to be pregnant killed by Texas cop during arrest scuffle

Morgan Winsor
ABC News
Tue, 14 May 2019 20:02 UTC
police shooting
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A graphic video shows a police officer in Baytown, Texas, fatally shooting a woman, Pamela Turner, who can be heard in the video saying she is pregnant.
A Texas police officer shot and killed a 44-year-old woman while trying to arrest her Monday night, authorities said.

A police spokesperson has since confirmed that the woman, identified as Pamela Turner, was not pregnant at the time of the shooting.

The unnamed officer involved in the shooting came across the woman while patrolling an apartment complex in the city of Baytown, some 27 miles east of Houston. He apparently recognized her from previous encounters and knew she had "outstanding warrants," according to a statement from Lt. Steve Dorris of the Baytown Police Department.

A struggle ensued when the officer attempted to arrest her for those warrants, Dorris said. The officer deployed his Taser on the woman, but, as he was trying to handcuff her, she apparently got hold of the device and used it on him.

The officer drew his gun and fired multiple rounds at the woman, striking her at least once. The officer then attempted to render aid to the woman but she was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Dorris.

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Dr. Tim Ball: A new approach to explaining the big lie of 'climate crises' is needed

Dr. Tim Ball
Drtimball.ca
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
Dr. Tim Ball
© Unknown
I thought about making this my last article on climate for this or any other website except my own. I planned the action some time ago, but it was the recent headline in the Telegraph that triggered this penultimate move. It said, "Climate change is a risk investors can't ignore: Black Rock latest to sound the alarm on environment." Climate change is not a risk factor. Current climate and climate changes are normal and well within the pattern of change over history, certainly the last 10,000 years. The world believes otherwise, despite efforts by me and others to make the correct information available.

This means that after 50 years (1968-2019) of trying to educate the public about the weather, global warming, and climate change I achieved little or no change in understanding, attitude, or most importantly, policy on the world stage. My attempts to counter the massive deception that began as human-caused global warming (AGW) and later shifted to human-caused climate change, fell short. The deception is now what people accept, although they don't necessarily believe. Because of that it is now the underlying reason for all policy on energy and environment that are the mainstay of these business-world views, indeed all views.

Comment: Dr. Ball underscores the starkness of the situation when he acknowledges that - even amongst the 15% who "are competent and comfortable in science" and see the climate deception - he was still unable to convince them that their critiques of bad science will go unnoticed without people first understanding the climate alarmists' motives - which is total economic/political control. In other words, it's not really about 'saving the planet' or 'our children's future' at all.

To better understand the motives behind our governments' misguided goals and policies on climate change, see Andrew M. Lobaczewski's, Political Ponerology (A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes).

Another good source: Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

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Heart - Black

Cruel and insensitive: UK threatens Indian woman IN COMA with deportation


RT
Tue, 14 May 2019 19:57 UTC
Indian woman in a coma
An Indian woman in a coma after surgery has been denied permanent residency in the UK and threatened with deportation. An immigration barrister told RT that, although legally correct, the Home Office's policies lack flexibility.

Bhavani Esapathi, 31, who arrived in the UK on a student visa, was in a vegetative state when she received a letter from the Home Office stating that her application for 'leave to remain', a British term for permanent residency, was rejected.

The woman is currently undergoing treatment for Crohn's disease, a condition which causes inflammation of the digestive tract and sometimes leads to life-threatening complications.

Esapathi claimed that the specific drug therapy that her illness requires is unavailable in India. The Home Office, however, made clear that Esapathi's circumstances don't justify her staying in the country and suggested that she could at least get "palliative care" in India.
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Arrow Down

Louise Mensch gets Twitter-snarked after her attack on presidential candidate Mike Gravel for speaking with RT


RT
Mon, 13 May 2019 12:23 UTC
Louise Mensch
© The Duran
Louise Mensch
Twitter-famous conspiracy theorist Louise Mensch has been bombarded by snarky comments after she accused former US senator Mike Gravel of betraying his country. His treasonous crime? Agreeing to an interview with RT.

Gravel, who is currently running for president, shared a clip from his appearance on RT's Going Underground on Twitter, noting that he was "honored" to come on the show and discuss the US-backed coup in Venezuela.


Mensch, who is British, apparently thought that the former Alaska senator's performance was an affront to the crown - or something.

"Traitor," Mensch tweeted in response to the video.

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Footprints

Armed patriots pledge continued patrols as monthly border crossings reach 100K

Victor Skinner
The American Mirror
Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00 UTC
Border Wall
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An armed group of citizen patriots patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico have vowed to continue operations to assist Border Patrol despite an eviction from their previous camp.

Jim Benvie, spokesman for the newly formed Guardian Patriots, told the Las Cruces Sun News numerous "volunteer patriots" continue to patrol sections of the New Mexico border and work in conjunction with Border Patrol officials, though they've moved to a new location on private property.

"Nobody who's been on the border left. There's been no breakup. Everyone is still here," Benvie said, disputing media reports that the group had packed up after the arrest of Larry Mitchell Hopkins, the self-proclaimed "commander" of the United Constitutional Patriots New Mexico Border Ops. Hopkins is currently held without bond in Albuquerque on federal weapons charges unrelated to the border activities, according to the news site.

Just a few days after the arrest in mid-April, Union Pacific evicted the group from their camp near a border fence that company officials claimed was on railroad property. The fallout followed allegations by the American Civil Liberties Union that the Constitutional Patriots were detaining migrants and children at gunpoint.

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Bizarro Earth

'Revolutionary Communists' descend on UCLA seeking 'overthrow of the system'

Arik Schneider
Campus Reform
Tue, 14 May 2019 16:15 UTC
revolutionary communists
Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party of America launched an advertising campaign at the University of California-Los Angeles in early May by chalking and distributing signage in an apparent effort to recruit college students to subscribe to their communist ideology.

The group set up signs, handed out flyers, and wrote out chalk markings, as seen in photos obtained by Campus Reform, even after being asked by staff and housing officials to stop their activities. The group's distributed manifesto condemned capitalism, as well as "jokes" based on race, gender, nationality, etc. Chalked markings on the ground and walls asked students to speak.
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NPC

Buzzfeed & the outrage mob hound foul-mouthed 14yo off YouTube


RT
Tue, 14 May 2019 19:04 UTC
Soph Be Not Afraid video
© YouTube / Gamer Felonies
A screenshot from Soph's now-removed video
Buzzfeed's Joseph Bernstein and a horde of Twitter liberals have launched a crusade against a politically incorrect 14-year-old YouTuber, resulting in a block from the platform.

The high school freshman, who goes by the name of 'Soph,' was described by Bernstein as "YouTube's newest far-right, foul-mouthed, red-pilling star." In her videos, Soph blends pop-psychology, 4chan filth, and every form of "-ist" speech known to man to savage the social justice movement, Islam, 'men's rights activists,' and of course, feminism.

"The site's executives have only themselves to blame," tutted Bernstein, before castigating the platform for deliberately ignoring "toxic content" as a growth strategy.
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Family

Good idea: San Francisco set to make history with law banning use of facial recognition technology

Julia Conley
Common Dreams
Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00 UTC
facial recognition
© Steffi Loos/Getty Images
San Francisco could become the first city to ban the use of facial recigntion technology by city agencies.
"The harms of unchecked surveillance are very real and they often impact immigrant and communities of color disproportionately."

Civil liberties advocates on Monday eagerly awaited the results of a vote by San Francisco officials on the city's use of facial recognition technology - hoping the city's Board of Supervisors would vote to ban the surveillance tool.

The board is set to vote Tuesday on the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, a law that advocates say would make history and potentially encourage other cities to ban the use of facial recognition technology, which is being used increasingly by police and private companies.

Since San Francisco is the "most technologically advanced city in our country," privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya told the Associated Press, the city's rejection of cameras which can capture anyone's image for use by the police or city agencies could send a strong message to other government officials.
"The people of San Francisco and their elected representatives deserve an open and democratic process that answers critical questions before City departments acquire or use surveillance technology." -Nathan Sheard, Electronic Frontier Foundation
The technology is also unpopular with the public. A majority of respondents in a 2018 poll by the Brookings Institution said they were opposed to facial recognition being used in stores, airports, and stadiums. Last November, 60 percent of San Francisco voters approved a measure to strengthen data privacy protections in the city.

Comment: States, cities and towns across the US should take the people of San Francisco's example and let their voices be heard on this issue.

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Newspaper

'5G ties uncovered': RT America's Rick Sanchez on what's behind NY Times hit piece


RT
Tue, 14 May 2019 21:40 UTC
The New York Times vs. RT
© RT
RT America news anchor Rick Sanchez hit back at the New York Times over the paper's claim that airing any questions about the safety of 5G technology is a Russian plot. The Times has a vested interest in 5G through Verizon.
"This weekend the New York Times wrote a malicious hit piece about us, which had an impact on me personally, because I've always admired the New York Times," Sanchez said on Monday night's newscast.
Sanchez called the NY Times headline "completely biased and wrong," reminding viewers that The News With Rick Sanchez and other RT America shows have aired concerns from scientists and scholars that the radiation involved with 5G technology might pose a health hazard - something that is very much an open question still.
"Only the New York Times chose to make this about us - not even so much about our coverage, but rather about our intentions, suggesting that we only covered this story because of President Putin. The Times argues that we are conflicted and they question our integrity and our intentions," Sanchez said. "They're wrong."
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