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Self-proclaimed psychic detective brings the paranormal to police work

John Kapetaneas and Lauren Effron
ABC News
Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:11 UTC
Troy Griffin psychic detective
Troy Griffin walked across a bridge in Colorado, searching for a body.

He brought search dogs and a team of volunteers with him, but his main set of tools are his visions.

Griffin is a self-proclaimed psychic detective. Shunning the crystal ball, tarot cards and tea leaves of his fellow intuitives, he says he uses his psychic powers to solve crimes.

"I've worked on ... about a 100 cases overall," Griffin said.

He says he's built a business out of bringing the paranormal into police work, charging up to $250 an hour for his investigative work.

He recently worked a missing person's case that gripped the nation. Kelsie Schelling, 21, was eight weeks pregnant and disappeared in February 2013 after making a late night drive from her home in Denver to see her boyfriend in Pueblo, Colorado. Her family never saw or heard from her again.

Four years after her unsolved disappearance, Schelling's mother Laura Saxton is still searching for her daughter and is grateful for Griffin's help.

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Brick Wall

Another brick in the wall - modern education and the system of deception

Paul Philips
Waking Times
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:45 UTC
Canadian Education Association
© Canadian Education Association
Like many things — the food industry, the medical-pharmaceutical establishment, the mainstream media - the hidden corporate/bankers who control our governments have also standardized the education system through funding.

Many years ago in the USA, for example, much money was poured into education by the Rockefeller-created National Education Association, with the help of the Carnegie Foundation and later on the Ford Foundation. The result of the efforts of such organizations can be seen worldwide today in the real purpose of the education system which is to teach children and young people: 1) Reward comes from accurate memory recall from heavy repetition. 2) Non-compliance will be punished. 3) Acceptance that 'truth' and what is 'real' comes from authority.

Thus, the real purpose of the education system is to cultivate conformity and prohibit critical thinking about anything of real importance.

Starting at 4 years old (and what could be a better age to start a mass indoctrination?)and finishing by the time an individual comes out of the education system, some 12 years plus on, children have had more than their fair share of programming and brainwashing, and as a result are unable to really think for themselves. Moreover, any genuine outside-of-the-box thinking with significant potential humanitarian or Mother Earth-friendly benefit is ignored, quashed, ridiculed or suppressed by the influence of those hidden controllers if it is perceived as a threat to any of their businesses.

But, as Einstein said, 'real thinking is to think the unthinkable...'

Comment: The Health & Wellness Show: Weapons of mass instruction: The perils of education - Brainwashing, Indoctrination and Robot Factories

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Brick Wall

800 Mexican students build 'human wall' in defiance of Trump's hostile rhetoric (VIDEO)


RT
Sat, 18 Feb 2017 13:12 UTC
wall
© Ruptly
The human wall protest in Juarez was one of many planned throughout the coming days and saw over 800 students form up along the US-Mexico border in solidarity and protest.
A 'human wall' of over 800 students was formed along the border between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, in a show of solidarity against US President Donald Trump's anti-Mexican rhetoric.

The chain began at the site where Pope Francis gave his speech at Cruz del Migrante on the banks of the Río Grande a year ago, in which he decried forced migration as a "human tragedy."

Comment: See also: Not a wonderful plan: Trump calls for 20% import tax on Mexican products to pay for border wall

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Folder

New Cleveland prosecutor uncovers dozens of child sexual assault cases that have been ignored

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:20 UTC
Michael O'Malley

Michael O'Malley
In the land of the free, those tasked with 'protecting' society — often and with extreme prejudice — fall far short of providing anything resembling actual safety. Instead, law enforcement in America often chooses profit over people. An outrageous case out of Cleveland Ohio proves this point by illustrating that authorities are more interested in making pot busts than they are prosecuting those who rape children.

When prosecutor Michael O'Malley first took office last month, he began looking into hundreds of cases marked 'inactive' in the computer system. As he began reviewing those cases, he found dozens of instances of rape and sexual assault cases involving children that he said prosecutors "ignored."

"There was a conscious decision (by prosecutors) to make some of these cases inactive," O'Malley said. "It's outrageous."

O'Malley has discovered around 70 cases so far, but because there are more than 1,900 cases in the system, he expects to find even more.

The incompetence and sheer failure of prosecutors to close these cases are more glaring than the thousands of rape kits that are collecting dust in police departments across the state as many of these cases involve an actual confession from the suspect.

Comment: This child sex abuse coverups are nothing new. Police all over the world have been implicated.

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Books

Tested for your safety: Book publishers hire 'sensitivity readers' to flag potentially offensive content

Everdeen Mason
Chicago Tribune
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:09 UTC
Veronica Roth

Recently, author Veronica Roth - of "Divergent" fame - came under fire for her new novel, "Carve the Mark." In addition to being called racist, the book was criticized for its portrayal of chronic pain in its main character.
Before a book is published and released to the public, it's passed through the hands (and eyes) of many people: an author's friends and family, an agent and, of course, an editor.

These days, though, a book may get an additional check from an unusual source: a sensitivity reader, a person who, for a nominal fee, will scan the book for racist, sexist or otherwise offensive content. These readers give feedback based on self-ascribed areas of expertise such as "dealing with terminal illness," "racial dynamics in Muslim communities within families" or "transgender issues."

"The industry recognizes this is a real concern," said Cheryl Klein, a children's and young adult book editor and author of "The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults." Klein, who works at the publisher Lee & Low, said that she has seen the casual use of specialized readers for many years but that the process has become more standardized and more of a priority, especially in books for young readers.

Sensitivity readers have emerged in a climate - fueled in part by social media - in which writers are under increased scrutiny for their portrayals of people from marginalized groups, especially when the author is not a part of that group.

Comment: Its understandable that authors would want to portray their characters in a culturally realistic way but certain social climates, like this one, fear of offending peoples' delicate sensibilities can override an author's artistic license.

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Biohazard

Mystery illness plagues residents one year after historic US gas leak

Carey Wedler
Anti Media
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:58 UTC
Porter Ranch, California, gas leak
A year after the largest methane leak in U.S. history was sealed in Porter Ranch, California, residents are continuing to experience significant adverse health consequences. As SoCalGas — the company responsible for the blowout — uses fabricated gas shortages to justify reopening the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility, which has been shut down indefinitely since the leak occurred, a local doctor is now speaking out.

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Jet2

Two F-15s scrambled to intercept unresponsive aircraft over West Palm Beach where Trump is staying


FOX News
Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:10 UTC
US F-15 fighter jet
© Reuters
Two F-15s caused a 'sonic boom' as they raced from their base in Homestead, Fla., Friday to intercept an unresponsive general aviation aircraft that flew near Palm Beach during a stay by President Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

The jets flew at supersonic speeds and residents were startled by the loud boom, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, said in a statement. The two fighters were able to establish communication with the aircraft. This incident occurred at about 7 p.m. ET. No further details were immediately available.

"The intent of military intercepts is to have the identified aircraft re-establish communications with local FAA air traffic controllers and instruct the pilot to follow air traffic controllers' instructions to land safely for follow-on action," the statement read.
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Attention

One person dead, up to 25 injured in passenger train derailment in Belgium


RT
Sat, 18 Feb 2017 15:23 UTC
Train wreck
© Eric Vidal / Reuters
Rescuers and police officers stand next to the wreckage of a passenger train after it derailed in Kessel-Lo near Leuven, Belgium February 18, 2017.
A passenger train has derailed on the way from Leuven to Brussels in Belgium, killing at least one person and leaving up to 25 people injured, according to local media reports.

The Leuven fire department has confirmed to local media that two people are in critical condition and 23 others have been injured. 14 people have already been transferred to local hospitals for treatment.

"The victim who died, was not on the train," Leuven mayor Louis Tobback told VTM. "A judicial inquiry should determine what that person was doing there," he added.
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Cell Phone

About time: Toronto school bans cellphones from class

Laura Beeston
The Star
Sat, 18 Feb 2017 15:52 UTC
cellphone
Earl Grey Senior Public School students were told this week that they would have to leave their cell phones in their lockers during and between classes starting Tuesday.

The school is enforcing the ban after staff, parents and students looked "to minimize distractions in the classroom and reduce the inappropriate uses of the devices during the school day," school principal Bill Vatzolas wrote in a letter to parents this week.

The Grades 7 and 8 students will be permitted to use their devices during lunch hour with restrictions, Vatzolas wrote. But the rules will be: no social media, no texting, no taking or viewing photos and videos.
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Briefcase

Police shooting of unarmed Texas teen ends in settlement for $3.25 million, officer fired


RT
Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:42 UTC
David Joseph
© kxan / YouTube
David Joseph
The city council of Austin, Texas, has approved a $3.25 million settlement with the family of African-American teenager David Joseph, who was fatally shot by a city police officer in 2016. The settlement is the largest of its kind sanctioned by the city.

The Austin City Council authorized the settlement on Thursday minutes after Mayor Steve Adler announced the sum, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

The settlement stems from a February 8, 2016, encounter during which Officer Geoffrey Freeman, also a black male, fired twice at a nude, unarmed Joseph, 17, in response to calls that a man was harassing residents in a North Austin neighborhood.


Comment: The wanton abuse and murder of innocent or unstable people will never end in the U.S. until every guilty officer - and their superiors - are made to account for their grisly behavior. So, keep suing and incarcerate (not merely fire) the guilty!

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