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Health officials warn against synthetic pot as 22 users report bleeding from the eyes and ears

Kate Thayer
Chicago Tribune
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:55 UTC

© Kelley McCall / AP
This Feb. 15, 2010, file photo shows a package of K2, which contains herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

State and local health officials issued a warning Thursday about a new symptom of synthetic pot -excessive bleeding from the eyes and ears.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 22 people in the past few weeks visited emergency rooms with severe bleeding after using a synthetic cannabinoid product.

Most of those affected were in the Chicago area, but health officials warned the contaminated products could also be present elsewhere across the state, said department spokeswoman Melaney Arnold.

Though synthetic pot has long been considered dangerous, severe bleeding is not a known side effect, said Dr. Melissa Millewich, an emergency room physician at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

"This bleeding is not expected, at least in such a significant population so quickly," she said.

Comment: California teen dies after smoking synthetic marijuana sprayed with chemicals

Moscow tells Britain, 'Prove YOU didn't poison Skripal or we will consider it an attack on Russian citizens'

Sara Malm
The Daily Mail
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:46 UTC

Victims: Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33

Russia as demanded that London provide proof that British spies did not carry out the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that their analysis of the assassination attempt has them to believe in 'a possible involvement in it of the British intelligence services'.

The Ministry says that in the absence of proof of British innocence, Moscow will regard the incident as an attempt on the lives of Russian citizens on foreign soil.

'An analysis of all the circumstances ... leads us to think of the possible involvement in it (the poisoning) of the British intelligence services,' the foreign ministry said in a statement.

'If convincing evidence to the contrary is not presented to the Russian side we will consider that we are dealing with an attempt on the lives of our citizens as a result of a massive political provocation.'

Comment: We Can Actively Assume That Skripal Was Poisoned by The British Government

Florida cops kill unarmed Dad over window tint, use his dead finger to unlock his phone

Rachel Blevins
theFreeThoughtProject.com
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC

A family is claiming that after shooting and killing a man during a traffic stop over illegal window tint, officers visited the funeral home and demanded access to his dead body so that they could unlock his phone with his fingerprint.

A heartbroken family is speaking out and accusing police of visiting a funeral home and using a dead man's finger to unlock his phone after officers shot and killed him during a traffic stop for illegal window tint.

Linus Phillip, 30, was approached by two Largo Police officers at a gas station, who alleged that the windows on his black Nissan sedan were too dark. Officers Matthew Steiner and Prentice Ables claimed that when they were talking to Philip, they smelled marijuana coming from inside his vehicle and attempted to detain him.

Philip responded by getting into the driver's seat of the vehicle. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Steiner "found himself trapped halfway in the vehicle as Phillip put it in reverse and accelerated with the driver's side door open."

Senator Grassley: Fake schools are operating visa mills for foreign "students" in exchange for profit

Katie Pavlich
Townhall
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:17 UTC

When it comes to visa overstays, foreign students are least likely to leave the U.S. upon expiration compared to other visa eligible groups. In fact, in 2016 alone 79,000 students failed to go home when their visas lapsed.

According to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a number of student visas are handled by individuals working at "schools" that have been set up as fronts for other businesses. The visa process at these "schools" is not being handled by proper immigration officials at the Department of Homeland Security, but instead by individuals gaming the system for profit.

In a letter sent to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielson, Grassley says the Student and Exchange Visa Visitor Program is not only lacking oversight, but is acting as a mill to pump out visas to "students" who will likely overstay. Further, these visas make students eligible to work in the U.S. and many individuals apply not to attend school, but to gain employment.

Moscow says Poland's purchase of US-made Patriot poses threat to Russia's security

Press TV
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:38 UTC

Russia has slammed a military deal between Poland and the United States to provide Warsaw with the advanced Patriot anti-missile system, saying it poses a serious threat to Russia's borders.

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday that Moscow saw Poland's announcement about an agreement with Washington to buy the Patriot as an "element of destabilization of the military and political situation in Europe and a threat to Russia's national security."

Zakharova, however, reiterated that Russia possessed the required means to protect its borders in case of any threat from Poland. Russia's "defense resources are sufficient to ensure the impregnability of our borders and the protection of our territory," she said.

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So much for the 'free market': Washington tells Ankara they can't buy Russian weapons

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:31 UTC

The U.S.-made F-35 Lightning fighter jet - an embarrassingly expensive, non-functional lemon

America wants to financially starve Russia's military hardware business

Turkey is on the receiving end of a bit of jealousy from their American partners. Washington has sent a formal notification to Ankara informing them that if they purchase Russia's S-400 surface-to-air missiles, that the US will not sell the Turks American F-35 jets.

This isn't the only such instance of Washington throwing its weight around when it comes to telling other countries that they can't purchase military hardware from the Russians. Already this year, a statement was made that if Iraq was to make such a purchase of Russia's S-400 systems, sanctions would be imposed. Washington's friendly notice was reported by ekathimerini:

Comment: Turkey should take the U.S. up on that dare. They'd come out ahead.

Artist distributes posters instructing people how to delete Facebook

Dale Berning Sawa
The Guardian
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:10 UTC

Jeremy Deller, the Turner prize-winning artist, has developed an effective sideline in timely political posters. Last week, in the wake of revelations about Cambridge Analytica, posters the artist had designed were handed out at Liverpool's Lime Street and London's Euston stations. Printed on bubblegum pink paper, they instructed commuters how to delete their Facebook profiles. According to Rapid Response Unit News (RRU), the Liverpool-based news bureau who commissioned and distributed the posters, copies were also plastered inside Facebook's London headquarters.

The posters explain in six steps how to delete a Facebook account, from "Go to Facebook's deletion page" and "type in the captcha code" to suggestions for what to do if the code doesn't work. Step six specifies that "total account deletion can take up to 14 days".

Deller told the Guardian that the impetus for the posters was "a combination of reading about Facebook's involvement in the US election, and Mark Z's faux naive lack of accountability."

Comment: This is why you shouldn't delete your FB account and should continue using it to bypass the MSM.

Never mind about Facebook, Google is the all-seeing 'big brother' you should know about

RT
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:05 UTC

The Cambridge Analytica scandal put Facebook through the wringer in recent weeks, losing the company $100 billion in stock value and prompting a global debate on internet privacy.

The social media giant was forced to apologize and overhaul its privacy and data sharing practices, but it still remains in the media spotlight and in the crosshairs of the Federal Trade Commission, which says it may be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines.

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On the Russian diplomat expulsion: 'Ireland should have avoided jumping on this bandwagon'

Danielle Ryan
The Journal
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 01:04 UTC

Russia was the first country to recognise Irish independence and we have always enjoyed a positive relationship with Moscow, writes Danielle Ryan.

If Leo Varadkar finds it appropriate to expel a Russian diplomat at the behest of Theresa May, it's about time he considered expelling the US military from Shannon. The time has come for Ireland to either drop the pretence of being a neutral country - or to actually start acting like one.

The US and Canada, along with 14 EU countries, have said they will expel Russian diplomats in response to the chemical attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in early March, which the UK has blamed on Moscow.

The key moments of the rugby rape trial

Ashleigh McDonald
The Journal
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:04 UTC

The trial lasted nine weeks and was the subject of intense media scrutiny over the period due to the high profile nature of the defendants.

Ulster Rugby Players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding have been found not guilty of the rape of a student at Belfast Crown Court.

The trial lasted close to nine full weeks and was the subject of intense media scrutiny over the period due to the high-profile nature of the defendants.

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Society's Child

Health officials warn against synthetic pot as 22 users report bleeding from the eyes and ears

Moscow tells Britain, 'Prove YOU didn't poison Skripal or we will consider it an attack on Russian citizens'

Florida cops kill unarmed Dad over window tint, use his dead finger to unlock his phone

Senator Grassley: Fake schools are operating visa mills for foreign "students" in exchange for profit

Moscow says Poland's purchase of US-made Patriot poses threat to Russia's security

So much for the 'free market': Washington tells Ankara they can't buy Russian weapons

Artist distributes posters instructing people how to delete Facebook

Never mind about Facebook, Google is the all-seeing 'big brother' you should know about

On the Russian diplomat expulsion: 'Ireland should have avoided jumping on this bandwagon'

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