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Eyewitness account of Ukrainian atrocities in Slavyansk: Three-year-old boy nailed to an announcement board

Galina Pyshnyak

Galina Pyshnyak, witness to atrocities committed by Ukrainian "anti-terrorist" troops in Slavyansk.
Preamble: Considering the controversy this eyewitness account has already generated (and will continue to generate), it deserves a thorough review from the standpoint of legal and evidentiary rules. That review will be generated and provided over the next several days. For now, I can offer you my professional expertise, as a courtroom advocate with eight years of experience before all levels of Ontario courts, as well as multiple tribunals and administrative boards, and also the professional opinion of a forensic paediatrician with twenty years of experience investigating crimes against children (which, I hope, will be expanded upon). Both of us believe this account to be genuine, authentic and highly likely to be accepted as truth in court. In considering this testimony, please recall that eyewitness testimony is considered to be direct evidence, which, if believed, does not require any corroborating evidence whatsoever to found a criminal conviction. Further reasoning can be gleaned from the following:
  1. Preamble to the transcript of Galina Pyshnyak's First Interview;
    There is no comment that I can make at this exact moment without bursting into uncensored vitriol and hatred against the Ukrainian Nazis that perpetrated these inhuman, horrific crimes. But comment I must, soon, for I know many will try to dispute this account. For now, allow me to caution the disbelievers among you: my eight years of courtroom experience unequivocally suggest to me that this eyewitness account is genuine and authentic. And, moreover, I have no doubt that former Supreme Court of Canada justices with whom I am acquainted, and the judges on the Ontario Court of Appeal that I know personally, would find it to be the truth.
  2. Preamble to the transcript of Galina Pyshnyak's Second Interview;
    This is an eyewitness account, and, as such, is considered to be direct evidence, which, if accepted by a court, would be sufficient for a finding of criminal liability in the absence of any corroborating documentary, video or audio evidence whatsoever. In my opinion (and in the opinion of others) this testimony would be found authentic and credible if presented in court. Any disbelievers should consider the limitations of their own minds, which, much like my own, refuse to accept the horrific reality of war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed by the Ukrainian forces in Novorossiya. I have already written on this issue here, in relation to Fyodor Berezin's account of the Ukrainian atrocities in the village of Saurovka. My preamble to the first interview given by Galina Pyshnyak may also be helpful.
  3. A reader's comment and response thereto (Second Interview);
  4. Further commentary by a reader (Second Interview); and,
  5. Extensive discussion of Fyodor Berezin's report on Ukrainian atrocities in Saurovka.
Video: Galina Pyshnyak's First Interview (Ukrainian Atrocities in Slavyansk) w/ENG subtitles
Video Subtitles Kindly Prepared by Marcel Sardo (@marcelsardo)


Comment: War zones are a lure for psychopaths. The chaos of such situations creates an environment free from the usual social and legal restraints of normal society. Without these constraints, they are free to act according to their true nature, as described by Andrew Lobaczewski in his book Political Ponerology. If the above report is factual, it is not surprising. Such atrocities are all too common during revolutions, civil wars, and genocides. And Ukraine is carrying out a genocide on the people of Novorussiya. Ukraine is currently ruled by a depraved, psychopathic regime, fully backed by the U.S. With the situations in Gaza and Iraq spiraling out of control, we are not only seeing a repeat of the blight on humanity that was the Nazi regime in Germany; we are seeing its exemplification.


War Whore

Seven dead and dozens wounded in Tripoli airport attacks

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Worst fighting in Libyan capital since 2011 revolution kills at least six after rockets launched against units allied to Khalifa Hiftar

Islamist-led militias launched an attack on Tripoli's international airport on Sunday against units allied to Khalifa Haftar, the former general who has vowed to defeat the jihadis.

Buildings and fuel tanks were set ablaze by artillery, rocket and anti-aircraft fire in the worst fighting seen in the Libyan capital since the 2011 revolution. Thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky and staff and passengers huddled for safety inside airport buildings as battles left at least six dead and 25 wounded.

TV footage showed vehicles on fire after rockets struck the car park. Smoke swirled around planes abandoned on the tarmac. All flights to and from the airport have been cancelled.

The airport is held by militias from the mountain town of Zintan, allied with Haftar, whose forces, backed by sections of the air force, have been battling Islamist brigades in eastern Libya for several weeks.

Star of David

"They started it": Why one Israeli is on the brink of burning her passport

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I can no longer stand by while Israeli politicians like Ayelet Shaked (pictured above) condone the deaths of innocent Palestinian women and children

She is young. She is pretty. She is a university graduate and a computer engineer. She is also an Israeli Parliamentarian - and the reason why I am on the brink of burning my Israeli passport. Because behind that wide-eyed innocent face lurks the Angel of Death.

Ayelet Shaked represents the far-right Jewish Home party in the Knesset. This means she is well to the right of Benyamin Netanyahu, just in case you thought such a thing was not possible.

On Monday she quoted this on her Facebook page: "Behind every terrorist stand dozens of men and women, without whom he could not engage in terrorism. They are all enemy combatants, and their blood shall be on all their heads. Now this also includes the mothers of the martyrs, who send them to hell with flowers and kisses. They should follow their sons, nothing would be more just. They should go, as should the physical homes in which they raised the snakes. Otherwise, more little snakes will be raised there."

A week earlier, just before 17-year-old Mohammed Abu Khudair was snatched and burned alive, Shaked wrote: "This is not a war against terror, and not a war against extremists, and not even a war against the Palestinian Authority. The reality is that this is a war between two people. Who is the enemy? The Palestinian people. Why? Ask them, they started it."

Eye 1

Babies born in Indiana had their blood and DNA stored for research without parents' consent since 1991

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The Indiana State Department of Health has been collecting babies' blood and DNA without their parents' permission since 1991, according to an investigation by a local news station. Now the state wants to know what to do with the blood samples.

When a baby is born in Indiana, as with other states, the state conducts a newborn screening test. A nurse or midwife takes a few drops of blood from the heel of each infant. The blood is collected on a specialized filter paper, which is then sent to the state's Newborn Screening Lab in downtown Indianapolis.

At the lab, researchers conduct tests on the blood for more than 50 medical disorders, including hypothyroidism, sickle cell disease and conditions where a child is unable to process certain nutrients. Parents and doctors are then notified of the results.

"All babies are screened, even if they look healthy, because some medical conditions cannot be seen by just looking at the baby," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. "Finding these conditions soon after birth can help prevent some serious problems, such as brain damage, organ damage, and even death."

Eiffel Tower

French court overturns ban on wearing hijab on the beach

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A French court has suspended a by-law banning wearing religious symbols on a public beach in a Paris suburb. The local mayor maintains the legislation protects the secular community and had previously banned two women from the beach for wearing hijabs.

The Versailles Administrative Court has temporarily reversed the ban in the suburb of Wissous after plaintiffs alleged the by-law "violates the principals of the Republic" and amounts to "religious discrimination" reports AFP. The court will now decide whether to overturn the legislation for good.

The by-law was challenged after the mayor of Wissous refused two women wearing hijabs entry onto a temporary beach. Mayor Richard Trinquier, of the right-wing UMP party, claimed that he was protecting France's commitment to secularism by barring the two women from the public space.

"We wanted to affirm our commitment to secularism to promote community harmony," said Trinquer. He said the legislation was inspired by a 2004 law that made it illegal to wear religious garments or symbols in state schools. According to Trinquer Wissous, the beach should also be subject to the law because it is "an establishment that receives the public" and not "a public place."

Comment: Paranoiac, barbaric discrimination.


Eye 2

Massachusetts man considering legal action against cops who beat him with batons, doused with pepper spray, and shot him with tasers and bean bags at police station

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A Massachusetts man is considering legal action against police officers who repeatedly struck him with batons and shot him with beanbags in a booking room.

Joseph O'Brien had been taken into custody in April 2012 after he was found unconscious in some woods.

A video obtained by WCVB-TV shows that he was initially cooperative, but O'Brien becomes more combative as officers act aggressively toward him.

The two-hour-long video shows two Bellingham police officers strike him repeatedly with their batons and doused with pepper spray as O'Brien - who has one wrist handcuffed to a bar - swings at officers with a phone receiver.

"The police response looks like something out of the Keystone Cops," said former Boston Police Lt. Tom Nolan. "The video should be used as a training video in any police academy to train novice police officers what not to do."

Sheriff

California sheriff's deputy arrested on teen sex charges

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Ken Skogen
A decorated California sheriff's deputy has been arrested on teen sex charges.

Ken Skogen was placed on leave in May after prosecutors began investigating claims that the Placer County sheriff's deputy had engaged in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old volunteer with the sheriff's department.

The claims against the 35-year-old law enforcement officer date back to 2011, when another deputy reported that Skogen had a questionable relationship with the teen.

Skogen was awarded a public safety officer medal for valor in 2009 after pulling an elderly woman from a burning home.

Cult

Deputy police chief and officer in Florida resign after FBI identifies them as KKK members

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Police morale in Fruitland Park, Florida has been shaken after a deputy chief and officer resigned when the Federal Bureau of Investigations identified them as members of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement presented Chief Terry Isaacs with copies of a confidential FBI report last week that allegedly identified Deputy Chief David Borst and Officer George Hunnewell as members of the KKK.

Earlier this year, a Florida Klan leader boasted to WFTV 9 that the organization has "police officers, paramedics, judges...everywhere."

However, Chief Isaacs would only tell reporters for the Orlando Sentinel that the pair belonged to a "subversive organization," because he did not believe he was authorized to release the results of the report.

Airplane Paper

Lightning strike hits Frontier Airlines plane and diverts it to Salt Lake City

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A Frontier Airlines official says one of its planes was diverted to Salt Lake City after it was hit by lightning.

Spokeswoman Tyri Squyres says that Friday night's lightning strike damaged the airplane's weather radar.

Squyres says none of the 168 passengers were injured.

She tells the Denver Post that the plane was traveling to Seattle when lightning hit around 6:50 p.m.

Because of bad weather, she said it was not safe to return to its Denver starting point without the radar system, so it landed in Salt Lake.

The flight remained there for several hours while repairs were made.

Officials with Frontier and the Salt Lake airport didn't immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

Comment: Is is just coincidence that 4 airplanes have had problems in the last 48 hours?


Airplane Paper

Engine failure: Stricken Portuguese airliner 'rains debris' on house, cars below

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A Portuguese airliner suffered engine failure shortly after taking off from Lisbon early on Saturday, scattering debris on cars below and forcing it to turn around.

The TAP Portugal Airbus 330 had just begun its journey to Sao Paulo in Brazil with 268 passengers on board when smoke was seen coming from one of the engines.

"Debris from the engine fell on cars and a house, but no passengers were injured," a police spokesman told AFP.

The plane made an "uneventful landing" at Lisbon airport shortly after the incident, a TAP spokesman said.

"A huge plume of smoke came from one of the engines and a rain of debris hit cars," a young woman who witnessed the incident told local television.

On Tuesday, another Airbus plane belonging to TAP was flying between Lisbon and Amsterdam when it had to land at Paris's Orly airport after suffering cabin depressurisation.

Delays in the delivery of six Airbus aircraft that TAP acquired from other airlines have led to a series of flight cancellations in recent months.

TAP has recently seen significant growth in its operations.

During the first half of this year it flew 5.2 million passengers, 7.2 percent more than in the same period last year. It also opened 11 new routes this summer, including four to Latin America.

Comment: More airplane trouble in the last 48 hours.