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From Siberia to the tropics: First shipment of Russian liquefied natural gas delivered in India


Rt
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:56 UTC
Indian men on camels
© Sunil Malhotra / Reuters
A tanker with liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in Russia's Yamal region in northwest Siberia has been delivered to India.

According to first deputy chairman of Novatek's management board, Lev Feodosyev, the shipment is in line with the company's goal to expand its supply geography and increase the presence in key Asian markets.

"The first cargo delivered to the growing Indian market is an important development step in this direction," Feodosyev said.

Comment: See also: Russia to the rescue! Britain receives another gas delivery after record cold causes shortage and 400% price increase

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Professional dungeon master to teach Northwestern University students BDSM practices

Michael Jones
The College Fix
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:01 UTC
BDSM


Northwestern University's Sex Week to also include workshops on kink and masturbation

This year's annual "Sex Week" at Northwestern University will feature a Chicago-based dominatrix named "Lady Sophia" who will teach the students various BDSM practices.

"What better way can you learn about the basics of BDSM than from a professional domme in Chicago? Sophia the Dominatrix runs Chicago Dungeon Rentals and is an established sex educator," student organizers of the event stated on Facebook.

Comment: Why is anyone, these days, bothering with a University education? The last thing one would expect, given the curiculum's recent nosedive into identity politics, is an actual education.

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University "safe" spaces could be having a 'chilling effect' on free speech, MPs warn


RT
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:41 UTC
freedom of speech
Universities should reconsider the idea of 'safe spaces' because of the "chilling effect" they could have on freedom of expression, MPs have warned.

A parliamentary committee expressed serious concerns over higher education safe space policies, aimed at preventing controversial speakers from having a platform for fear their speeches may be offensive.

The Committee on Human Rights, chaired by former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, found that while there is no "wholesale censorship," certain tactics to prevent controversial figures from sharing their opinions could have serious repercussions. "Safe spaces cannot cover the whole of the university or university life without impinging on right to free speech," the report said.
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Big Data Pys-Ops is the new Military-Industrial Complex

Tamsin Shaw
The New York Review of Books
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:26 UTC
Alexander Nix
© Bryan Bedder/Getty Images
Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, addressing the Concordia Summit in New York, September 19, 2016
Apparently, the age of the old-fashioned spook is in decline. What is emerging instead is an obscure world of mysterious boutique companies specializing in data analysis and online influence that contract with government agencies. As they say about hedge funds, if the general public has heard their names that's probably not a good sign.

But there is now one data analysis company that anyone who pays attention to the US and UK press has heard of: Cambridge Analytica. Representatives have boasted that their list of past and current clients includes the British Ministry of Defense, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of State, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and NATO. Nevertheless, they became recognized for just one influence campaign: the one that helped Donald Trump get elected president of the United States. The kind of help the company offered has since been the subject of much unwelcome legal and journalistic scrutiny.

Carole Cadwalladr's recent exposé of the inner workings of Cambridge Analytica shows that the company, along with its partner, SCL Group, should rightly be as a cautionary tale about the part private companies play in developing and deploying government-funded behavioral technologies.


Comment: For more on the shady SCL Group, see: SCL, Parent Company of Cambridge Analytica, is Military-Intelligence Front For British Establishment


Her source, former employee Christopher Wylie, has described the development of influence techniques for psychological warfare by SCL Defense, the refinement of similar techniques by SCL Elections through its use across the developing world (for example, a "rumor campaign" deployed to spread fear during the 2007 election in Nigeria), and the purchase of this cyber-arsenal by Robert Mercer, the American billionaire who funded Cambridge Analytica, and who, with the help of Wylie, Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon, and the company's chief executive Alexander Nix, deployed it on the American electorate in 2016.
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UK government has issued warrants for seizure of Russian capital "of dubious origin"

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:26 UTC
Gavin Williamson
Countries around the world have announced that they would expel Russian diplomats in a show of solidarity with the UK, but now the Queen's government is taking things one step further:
It's preparing to enforce a newly passed law that will allow the government to confiscate or freeze any Russian capital "of dubious origin" - a measure clearly intended to permit a crackdown on Russian oligarchs living in London.
According to Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson, warrants for the seizure of Russian capital and assets of doubtful origin have already been issued, according to Sputnik News. The goal is to ensure that any property attained by unknown means is registered, according to the law. Williams said during his speech that Russia's goal was to divide Europe, but that actions of solidarity by Estonia and other European countries have shown "that's not possible."
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Poll shows French oppose arms sales to Saudi's for their slaughter in Yemen


Reuters
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:14 UTC
French President Emmanuel Macron
© Photo by AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference in the Indian city of Varanasi on March 12, 2018
Pressure has been mounting on Macron to scale back military support for the two Gulf Arab states over concerns that French weapons are being used in the offensive, which marks its third year on Monday.

The two Gulf Arab states are leading a coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi group that controls most of northern Yemen and the capital Sanaa. The conflict has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than three million.

The poll showed that 88 percent of respondents believed their country should stop arms exports to all countries where there is a risk they could be used against civilian populations and specifically 75 percent for those operating in Yemen.

Comment: It's not just France. But when has that ever stopped psychopathic politicians in their lust for power?

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Fire filmed engulfing high-rise apartments in Chechnya, Russia


RT
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:15 UTC
Fire engulfs roof of high-rise in Russia's Chechnya
© Said Tsarnaev / Sputnik
A major fire has consumed the roof and upper floors of a multi-storey block of flats in the city of Grozny. More than 200 people have been evacuated, as firefighters work on extinguishing the flames.

The attic of the 12-storey building in Grozny city center caught fire on Monday evening, spreading across some 200 square meters. According to preliminary reports, no one has been injured in the fire, the region's emergencies ministry has said.

Some 155 firefighters with 44 pieces of equipment were rushed to the scene, eventually managing to extinguish the blaze. Rescuers also had to evacuate mall-goers from a nearby shopping center.

Comment: What's with all these fires around Easter?

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Texas teen beaten and abused with hot cooking oil for refusing arranged marriage

Seraphim Hanisch
The Duran
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 15:06 UTC
Maarib Al Hishmawi

Maarib Al Hishmawi
FOX News reported on March 25th about a teenage girl in Texas who was beaten and had hot cooking oil poured on her, allegedly by her parents. She ran away from home in January of this year, and was not found until mid-March when she was taken in by an organization that cared for her after she ran away.

This all according to San Antonio, Texas, television station KSAT. Now while this is a heinous act on its own merit, there is a further aspect to this that must be attended to.

The girl, Maarib Al Hishmawi, and her parents Abdulah Fahmi Al Hishwami and Hamidyah Sabah Al Hishwami, are all Iraqi immigrants to the United States. The reason for this abuse allegedly is because Maarib's parents had arranged for her to be married to a man in another city for $20,000.
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Coddling snowflakes: All-women's college asks profs not to call students 'women'

Toni Airaksinen
Campus Reform
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:50 UTC
no genders gender neutral
Mount Holyoke College, an all-women's school, is asking professors to avoid calling students "women" or otherwise referring to "the two genders."

The Supporting Trans and Non-Binary Students guide was created by officials at the college, which touts its legacy as an all-women's college, in an effort to promote a "gender neutral" classroom environment.
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Massachusetts high school partners with data analytics company in hopes of detecting early signs of violence in students

Blake Harper
Fatherly
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:14 UTC
young students
© Wikimedia
Schools all across the country are struggling with how to keep their students safe, but a high school in Massachusetts is hoping that AI will help prevent future violence. Shawsheen Valley Technical High School has decided to partner with Social Sentinel, a data analytics company that claims it's able to detect potentially violent behavior in students' online activity before anything violent or dangerous actually happens. Ideally, the program will be able to identify at-risk students, similar to technology used by the Police to help monitor potentially dangerous students.

According to Social Sentinel founder and CEO, Gary Margolis, the AI program has a library of 450,000 violent indicators - including sings of depression, resentment, and isolation. The company also worked with linguists and psychologists to make sure the program would be able to recognize any social media or online behavior that might indicate a student planning to do harm to themselves or others.

Comment: Liberal Authoritarianism & The Great Mills School Shooting

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