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Democratic Congressman wants America to 'take up arms' to resist Trump

Tom Suozzi
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New York Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi sounds just like a gun-nut wing nut in talking about the Second Amendment.
New York Congressman Tom Suozzi (D) is taking heat for suggesting that a room full of voters may need to take up arms against the Trump administration if he doesn't follow the law.

"I mean, this is where the Second Amendment comes in quite frankly, because you know, what if the president was to ignore the courts? What would you do? What would we do?" said Suozzi during a Q&A session last week with constituents on Long Island.

"It's really a matter of putting public pressure on the president," he added.

Comment: While Suozzi and his advisors deny that he's advocating armed insurrection, his campaign has doubled down on his comments:
Suozzi political adviser Kim Devlin denied the pol was "advocating for an armed insurrection."

But the Suozzi campaign at the same time seemed to double down on the comments, as they forwarded a line penned by Thomas Jefferson that called for armed resistance.

"What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms," the quote said.



Fire

200 petting zoo animals 'most likely died' in Russian shopping mall fire

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About 200 animals kept at a petting zoo in a shopping mall in Russia's Siberian city of Kemerovo that caught fire on Sunday most likely have died of smoke intoxication, Yevgeny Videman, the zoo's director, told TASS.

"I think they have died choking with smoke. I was the last to leave the premises. There were no humans in. Smoke on the third floor was heavy, people were leaving in panic. I simply closed the door: there was no physical possibility to save the animals. As a veterinarian, I think the animals have choked with smoke," he said, adding that he was receiving calls from people who offered their help. "But no one is let inside the building of the shopping mall, it is cordoned off. There was and there is no possibility to evacuate the animals," he said.

Comment: Further reading: 53 dead, dozens of children missing after tragic mall blaze in Kemerovo, Russia - conflicting reports


Coffee

French waiter in Vancouver claims he was fired for his 'direct, honest' personality

waiter
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A former waiter at a Milestone's Restaurant has filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against the company.
A waiter in Vancouver who was fired for being aggressive with his colleagues says he's not rude - he's just French.

Guillaume Rey has filed a complaint at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against Milestones Restaurant and its parent company, Cara Operations, where he worked as a waiter from October 2015 to August 2016.

Cara and Milestones applied to dismiss the complaint, but tribunal member Devyn Cousineau denied their application earlier this month, paving the way for the complaint to be heard.

In her decision, Cousineau said the restaurant maintains that Rey was terminated for his "aggressive tone and nature" with colleagues, which violates its code of conduct.

But Rey says his co-workers misinterpreted his "direct, honest and professional" French personality.

Cross

Delusional pastor starved toddler to death to exorcise demon gets 99 years in prison

Aracely Meza
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Aracely Meza ordered a 2-year-old boy to fast because she believed he was possessed by a demon.
Aracely Meza cradles the limp body of a 2-year-old boy, praying for God to bring the starved toddler back to life.

The moment was captured on videos that a Dallas County jury watched this week before finding the Balch Springs pastor guilty Friday of felony injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

The 52-year-old will serve 99 years in prison for Benjamin Aparicio's starvation death, one month before his third birthday. Jurors also ordered Meza to pay a $10,000 fine.

Pistol

Police policy: Cop pulls gun, shoots family dog in front of kids, lies about it

Chillicothe cop shots family dog
A police department has determined that its officer acted within policy when he opened fire on a dog in front of two children and then proceeded to fire a stray bullet into a neighboring house.

The department has determined that Officer Traevon Williams should face no consequences for his actions and has simply recommended that he take an online course to learn how to deal with animals after he opened fire in a residential neighborhood and endangered the lives of several innocent people.

The incident occurred on March 8 when Williams was visiting a house for a follow-up investigation. The footage from his body camera shows him walking up to the front porch where two young girls are standing, and asking them if their parents are home.

Stormtrooper

Cop beating innocent man was so disturbing, he was actually charged

Ft Worth cops attack Henry Newson
The body camera video showing a Fort Worth police officer viciously attack and then falsely arrest an innocent man has just been released. However, many are now asking why it took more than a year to indict this cop knowing that investigators had video evidence of the attack the entire time.

The victim in this incident was then-20-year-old Henry Newson who'd just been released from the hospital. As he was waiting for his mom to come pick him up, officer Jon Preston Romer, 38, who was working as security at the hospital, walked up to Newson and began to attack him for no reason.

The subsequent attack led to a lawsuit by Newson and a criminal investigation into Romer.

Handcuffs

Russia's FSB detains nine members of terrorist cell in Siberia

Russian FSB
© Vitaliy Nevar/TASS
Russian law enforcement officials have thwarted the activities of the so-called Krasnoyarsk Jamaat, a terrorist cell linked to international terror groups, the press service of the Federal Security Service (the FSB) in the Krasnoyarsk Region reported on Tuesday.

"Three organizers and six terrorist cell members have been taken into custody. The Investigative Department of the FSB's Directorate in the Krasnoyarsk Region has filed a criminal investigation against them under Part 1 of Section 205.4 of Russia's Criminal Code (organizing a terrorist network) and Part 2 of Section 205.4 of Russia's Criminal Code (participating in a terrorist network)," the press service said.

Jet1

Do Russian airstrikes hit schools in Syria? Yes, when they're commandeered as terrorist training centers

Eastern Ghouta
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Eastern Ghouta
Surrounding the successful Syrian Army operation to clear the East Ghouta region, to the east of Damascus city center, of terrorist forces, allegations that the Russian air force were targeting schools emerged.

No evidence was brought forward that schools full of children and teachers were targeted, but this did not stop the spreading of this rumour.

However, even if it did occur, we must reflect why these things have happened in Syria.

We would like to remind our readers that jihadist groups usually render schools unoperable as they take over the building, expelling teachers and students.

Light Saber

Kim Dotcom wins human rights tribunal case in New Zealand, declares US extradition bid 'over'

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Kim Dotcom
The Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that the Attorney-General broke the law by withholding information from Kim Dotcom, which he says means his extradition case is "over".

In July 2015, Mr Dotcom sent an urgent information privacy request to all 28 Ministers of the Crown as well as almost all Government departments, asking for personal information they had on him, including under his previous names.

Nearly all the requests were transferred to the Attorney-General Chris Finlayson, who declined the Megaupload founder's requests on the grounds that they were "vexatious" and trivial.

The Solicitor-General also said Mr Dotcom had not provided sufficient reasons for urgency.

On Monday, the Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the Attorney-General unlawfully withheld information from Mr Dotcom, meaning he perverted the course of justice.

Comment: The Kim Dotcom saga:


Eye 2

Paris: 85-year-old French-Jewish woman stabbed and burned - she complained to police about threats from neighbor

French police France patrol
Mireille K, an 85-year-old Jewish woman was raped, repeatedly stabbed and burned to death by her Muslim neighbor. He had repeatedly threatened her to burn her, murder her, and taunted her with antisemitic slurs like "dirty Jew." The victim had called the police repeatedly over the past a few months ago to complain about the threats from him but they did nothing.

She survived the Holocaust, but did not survive the hijrah.

This is being covered up like the brutal murder of Sarah Halimi by her Muslim neighbor.

The Trump administration should sign off emergency asylum for French Jews. They are under siege by barbarians.

Comment: This is a horrific crime. However, at this point we do not know if the motivation was related to antisemitism. The original article translated from French says nothing about antisemitic slurs, and although it suggests that the neighbor could be a suspect, it does not mention him being Muslim, nor that the victim had been raped. Furthermore, in order to determine if French Jews in general are "under siege by barbarians" any more than any other group of French people, we need to look into statistics.