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Cheese

Resourcefulness: Russians learn to make own home products amid food embargo

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Many Russians have started to make their own food as foreign companies had to leave the Russian market due to restrictive measures, Austrian newspaper Die Presse wrote.

The boom especially concerns the cheese industry, with an increase in sales of special tools for making cheese and the growing popularity of cheese making courses.

Mozzarella and Ricotta cheese from Italy, Camembert from France, Feta from Greece — Russians have had to abandon these delicacies. Many European food companies left the Russian market due to trade restrictions imposed by Russia in response to the economic sanctions by the West.

Radar

Western media in awe of living conditions at Russia's airbase in Syria

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Russian soldiers in Syria live in neat housing units, eat in a clean canteen and wear crisp new uniforms, AP journalists reported after visiting the Hemeimeem Airbase in Latakia.

The first thing the journalists noticed was that the Russian military involved in the airstrike campaign in Syria bore absolutely no resemblance to the old, Soviet-style decaying force that Western journalists are often willing to create in their mind when describing the Russian army.

"Soldiers at the base are visibly proud of their crisp new uniforms and comfortable sand-colored high boots, a stark contrast with the drab Soviet-style military attire worn until recently," — AP reported.

Comment: The Russians know how to get things done.


Arrow Down

New tricks in civil forfeiture scheme: Cops now using card swipers to steal funds from prepaid cards

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Civil asset forfeiture (CAF) is coming under increased criticism around the country, as the immoral nature of this drug war weapon becomes exposed. New Mexico became the first state to make meaningful reforms, and even law enforcement officers are speaking out against CAF.

CAF amounts to outright theft from innocent people since cash and assets can be taken with no conviction of a crime. It brings millions in revenue to police departments so they can turn around and get more gadgets of oppression.

Case in point—the Electronic Recovery and Access to Data (ERAD) Prepaid Card Reader. This tool, developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is increasingly being deployed by local police departments.

The ERAD allows cops to swipe prepaid cards, check the balance, freeze the account and take all the money. The ostensible purpose is to go after "bad guys" with "dirty money," as drug traffickers are turning to prepaid cards instead of bundles of cash when traveling.

However, this ERAD-enabled moral crusade by government will undoubtedly bring about more theft from innocent people, including those with no actual drugs and harmless users who might have a joint lying around.

Comment: The Great American Highway Robbery Scheme: Cops in the US can legally steal your money under 'civil asset forfeiture law'


2 + 2 = 4

High school students are overwhelmingly tired, stressed and bored

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© AP/Erik Hill, Anchorage Daily NewsStudents appear nervous as they prepare to take a 30-minute science test at the GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon on Feb. 20, 2014, at the Hilton Anchorage Hotel in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.
When they're at school, the kids are decidedly not all right.

New survey findings suggest that when asked how they feel during the school day, USA high school students consistently invoke three key feelings: "tired," "stressed" and "bored."

The researcher who led the study warns that such negative feelings can influence young people's attention, memory, decision making, school performance and social lives.

"It's hard to concentrate and it's hard to do well in school if your brain is constantly having to respond to stress," said Marc Brackett, a researcher in the Yale University Department of Psychology and director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

Comment: With the mindless drivel disguised as education today, is it any wonder that students are so dissatisfied?


Gold Coins

Overstock CEO holds 3 months of food, $10 million in gold for employees in preparation for the next collapse

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Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne's crusade against naked short sellers in particular, and Wall Street and the Federal Reserve in general, has long been known and thoroughly documented (most recently with his push to use blockchain technology to revolutionize the multi-trillion repo market).

But little did we know that Overstock's Chairman Jonathan Johnson is as vocal an opponent of the fiat system, and Wall Street's tendency to create bubble after bubble, if not more than Byrne himself. That, and that his company actually puts its money where its gold-backed money is and in preparation for the next upcoming crash, has taken unprecedented steps to prepare for what comes next.

Comment: Here is a maverick with perspicacity. His warning and preparedness is something to take note of.


Sheriff

Florida SWAT cop who shot and killed unarmed man during pot raid won't be charged

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Derek Cruice was a kind and loving young man who was murdered in cold blood by state agents because he allegedly sold a plant that is legal in five states.In March, a heavily militarized police SWAT team, knowing that Cruice had never been convicted of a crime, descended on his home on Maybrook Drive in Deltona.Police briefly knocked and then used a battering ram to bust down the door, sending multiple heavily armed storm troopers into the house.

Friends who were inside the home explained that police fired their weapons without hesitation. They described how it was blatantly obvious that Cruice was unarmed, as he was wearing basketball shorts and no shirt.Cruice was shot in his face and died on scene.The friends were also quick to point out that there were no weapons. In fact, a police search of the property revealed that there were no weapons at all.

The entire assault on private property and subsequent murder was carried out to "protect" society from a person who had harmed no one, and, in fact, provided a beneficial and life-saving product to the community.Police, however, were unapologetic in regards to the trespass and the murder. This week, they managed to convince a grand jury that their actions were just.

On Wednesday, a grand jury decided that the peace officer, Deputy Todd Raible, who shot and killed this beloved member of the community, did so because he is an apparent "hero" in the war on drugs, and they decided not to indict him."After two days of testimony and in deliberation, the grand jury declined to indict Deputy Raible on a manslaughter by culpable negligence charge," said State Attorney R.J. Larizza.

Derek's mom, Sheila Cruice is left heartbroken after hoping for six months that at least some semblance of justice may be served in this heinous attack. "I want justice for him because he did not deserve to die so young, and not in this manner. Not in this manner," said Sheila Cruice. "Why did they use so much force? But it's just hard. It's a struggle. There was no history or reason in my son's background, ever, to go in there with such force."

Comment: SWAT cop guns down unarmed man for trying to answer door during pot raid


Fire

Sweden arsons continue: Two more planned refugee shelters set ablaze

Two more shelters intended for refugees went up in flames in Sweden, continuing a recent series arson of attacks that police believe are directed against arriving asylum seekers amidst the migrant crisis in Europe.

In the latest incident, a children's summer camp in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna, located about 112 kilometers west of the country's capital of Stockholm, was engulfed in flames. The camp was planned to host about 60 asylum seekers.

The firefighters received a call reporting the ablaze at around 11 pm local time (9 pm GMT) on Friday, but the camp's main structure had already been almost completely destroyed by the time they arrived at the scene.

There were no people inside the building at that time, and nobody was injured in the incident.

Wine n Glass

Plane forced to make an emergency landing after drunken passenger strips, demands sex from flight attendant

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A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after a drunk Irishman reportedly took off his clothes, swung his penis around and even demanded sex with a flight attendant.

The Sun Express flight from Dublin to Turkey was forced to land in Belgrade, Serbia due to altercations between the man and flight staff.

Fellow passengers reported that the man's friends cheered him throughout the incident.

A Serbian Interior Ministry spokesman said the 'Irish citizen... was visibly intoxicated, aggressive and very rude.

Attention

Another tragedy: Multiple injuries at Oklahoma State University parade as car rams into crowd

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At least two people are reported to have been killed and several more injured after a vehicle crashed into a crowd during the homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University in the city of Stillwater.

The incident took place on Saturday morning, leaving many people injured, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lieutenant John Vincent, told AP, without revealing further details.

The Stillwater News Press puts the death toll at two people adding that more than a dozen more have been injured.

Camcorder

Cellphone video captures explosion at radiological storage building in Nevada

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Cellphone video recorded the day an explosion rocked a small community in Nye County was released Thursday.
The explosion happened near Beatty, Nev. at a site once run by US Ecology.

In the 40-second cellphone video released by the Nevada Department of Public Safety, you can see the explosion in the shooting from the ground causing massive plumes of smoke. The explosion caused the facility to go up in flames.

State officials said the fire started in one of 22 covered trenches used to store low-level radioactive material like gloves or lab equipment. This caused the closure of U.S. 95 in both directions Sunday and Monday.

The fire eventually burned itself out. Government officials surveyed the area with a helicopter Monday, but the results came back negative for gamma radiation. Ground crews said they also didn't find any radioactive waste around the fire. The all clear was given, and the area was reopened Monday at 5:30 p.m.

Government officials are still looking into what caused the explosion at the radiological storage facility.