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Robot

Dubai: World's first 'robocop' to begin patrolling the streets


RT
Mon, 22 May 2017 13:56 UTC
robot cop
© Ruptly
The world's first robot policeman has officially joined Dubai's police force. While it's not exactly the Robocop from the movie, officers in the United Arab Emirates may want to get used to them, as the bots may soon account for a quarter of their colleagues.

The autonomous Robocop entered the line of duty on Sunday by greeting guests and patrolling the halls at the three-day Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC). Plans are in place to have the machine on the streets in popular Dubai areas when the expo ends on Tuesday evening.


Comment: They've done it. Dubai to put 'robocops' on the streets in two years

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Bullseye

Professional hunter crushed to death by falling elephant


RT
Mon, 22 May 2017 11:12 UTC
elephant
© Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
A professional South African hunter was killed by a falling elephant while on a safari in Zimbabwe. It comes just weeks after his missing friend was found to have been eaten by crocodiles.

Theunis Botha, 51, was on a game hunt in Gwai, Zimbabwe with a group of hunters on Friday when they stumbled upon a herd of breeding elephants, according to Netwerk24.
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USA

The U.S. economy has left behind and forgotten the lives of millions

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Sun, 21 May 2017 00:00 UTC
left behind
The evidence that the middle class in America is dying continues to mount. As you will see below, nearly half the country would be unable "to cover an unexpected $400 expense", and about two-thirds of the population lives paycheck to paycheck at least part of the time. Of course the economy has not been doing that well overall in recent years. Barack Obama was the only president in all of U.S. history not to have a single year when the economy grew by at least 3 percent, and U.S. GDP growth during the first quarter of 2017 was an anemic 0.7 percent. During the Obama era, it is true that wealthy enclaves in New York, northern California and Washington D.C. did thrive, but meanwhile most of the rest of the country has been left behind.

Today, there are approximately 205 million working age Americans, and close to half of them have no financial cushion whatsoever. In fact, a new survey conducted by the Federal Reserve has found that 44 percent of Americans do not even have enough money "to cover an unexpected $400 expense"...
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People

Dozens of cities worldwide join 'March Against Monsanto'


RT
Sun, 21 May 2017 22:29 UTC
Demonstrators holding posters reading
© Ivan Alvarado / Reuters Demonstrators holding posters reading "Monsanto Out" attend a protest against seeds company Monsanto in Santiago.
Hundreds of activists around the globe joined an international march against the multinational biotech and agribusiness corporation Monsanto. The demonstrations were held under the slogan, "Keep GMOs out of your genes."

"We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison. That's why we March Against Monsanto," the organizers of the 6th annual march said in a statement. http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/home/

The activists argue that "research studies have shown that Monsanto's genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumors, infertility and birth defects."
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Bad Guys

Docs found in Mosul show ISIS conducted 'Nazi-style' chemical experiments


RT
Sun, 21 May 2017 22:23 UTC
remains of the University of Mosul
© Marko Djurica / ReutersA woman walks in front of the remains of the University of Mosul, which was burned and destroyed during a battle with Islamic State militants, in Mosul
Islamic State tested poisonous chemicals on prisoners in a bid to produce easily-obtainable chemical weapons for local use and potential terrorist attacks in the West, records recovered from Mosul by Iraqi soldiers and obtained by The Times show.

Arabic-language notes detailing experiments with thallium sulfate and "a nicotine-based compound" were reportedly discovered hidden inside the University of Mosul by an Iraqi special forces unit during the current operation to recapture the city, which has been under the control of the radical Islamist group since 2014.

The UK newspaper reports that British and US forces verified the papers as those belonging to Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS/ISIL).
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Jet3

Still digging up the truth: 9/11 defense lawyers push for access to unredacted 28 pages

Brian P. McGlinchey
28 Pages
Fri, 19 May 2017 22:44 UTC
star wars 9/11 still more believable than the official story meme
Leads pointing to Saudi Arabia "were either not followed up or were purposefully dead-ended because it didn't fit the narrative"

In a Wednesday hearing at Guantanamo Bay, attorneys representing five men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks argued in support of a motion requesting that Army Colonel James Pohl compel the government to share an unredacted version of the final chapter of the report of a 2002 congressional intelligence inquiry.

The 28-page chapter details a wide variety of connections between Saudi government officials, suspected Saudi intelligence assets and the 9/11 hijackers, and were completely classified by the George W. Bush administration. Though they were declassified in July 2016, the public version has 97 redactions adding up to roughly three pages of content, and the defense attorneys want to know what's still hidden from view.

Comment: For more information: Evidence That a Frozen Fish Didn't Impact the Pentagon on 9-11 and Neither Did a Boeing 757

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Heart - Black

American police state: Cops beat father for ecstasy pills, dept says they 'did a good job'

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 21 May 2017 11:00 UTC
man beat by cops over ecstasy
In the land of the free, if you are in possession of an arbitrary substance deemed illegal by the state, police will claim the legal authority to kidnap, cage, beat, and/or kill you. This scenario plays out like a broken record in towns across America, every minute of every day. Despite police force and violence proving to be an utter failure at preventing and deterring drug use, the state, like a deranged maniac, continues to wage this futile war on drugs.

A wise person once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. If we are to hold this definition true, the state needs to see a doctor — and soon.

The most recent instance of this insanity comes from Englewood, Illinois in which police found a man with some pills people take that make them feel good, ecstasy. For being in possession of those pills, police claimed the legal right to assault and kidnap Mr. Jermain Milan. And, as the dramatic cell phone footage shows, assault and kidnap him they did.
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Question

Olympic National Park, for some reason, has no search and rescue procedure

Jesse Major
Peninsula Daily News
Sun, 07 May 2017 16:09 UTC
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park, which had more than 3 million visitors last year, does not have written procedures for searches for people reported missing in the park.

"Olympic National Park does not have park-specific written guidelines or policy related to missing persons so uses the National Park Service policy," ONP Acting Superintendent Lee Taylor wrote to the Peninsula Daily News in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

She referred the PDN to the National Park Service Search and Rescue Reference Manual, which states that "every park unit with a SAR [search and rescue] Program will prepare a park SAR Plan approved by the superintendent."

Acting Assistant Superintendent Brian Winter said Thursday he does not know why Olympic National Park does not have a park SAR plan. Winter said he would investigate.

Comment: Hundreds of people go missing in national parks all over the country. It's unbelievable that Olympic National Park has no plan in place.

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Bizarro Earth

School behavioral specialist lifts teenage student by the neck (VIDEO)


RT
Sun, 21 May 2017 16:33 UTC
school behavioral specialist
© NP / YouTube The school behavioral specialist, pictured right, has been suspended over the incident.
Surveillance footage of a school behavioral specialist lifting a 13 year old boy by the neck and pushing him along a corridor has been released as part of a court hearing into the employee's conduct.

Joseph Golden, 50, is facing charges of misdemeanor simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child over an incident at a school in the Woodland Hills School District in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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Biohazard

Ebola spreading again: Infections up 800% in last week, officials race to track down 400 possible contacts

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan
Fri, 19 May 2017 16:24 UTC
World map of ebola spread
Last week three suspected Ebola infections were detected in a remote region of the Congo. Since then, World Health Organization officials have been scrambling to contain the virus.

Their efforts appear to have failed.

The contagion continues to spread, and though it's nowhere near the 11,000 people who were infected during the outbreak in 2014, the infection rate has spiked over 800% in just the last seven days, with at least nine new cases reported in the last 24 hours:
The number of suspected cases of Ebola has risen to 29 from nine in less than a week in an isolated part of Democratic Republic of Congo, where three people have died from the disease since April 22, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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The risk from the outbreak is "high at the national level," the W.H.O. said, because the disease was so severe and was spreading in a remote area in northeastern Congo with "suboptimal surveillance" and limited access to health care.

"Risk at the regional level is moderate due to the proximity of international borders and the recent influx of refugees from Central African Republic," the organization said, but it nonetheless described the global risk as low because the area is so remote. (NY Times)
The 2014 outbreak likewise started in a remote region of Africa, but containment efforts were ineffective and the virus eventually spread to the United States and Europe.
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