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The age of human-animal hybrid chimeras has begun

Michael Snyder
End Of The American Dream
Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:47 UTC
Hybrid
© YouTube Screen Capture
Human-animal mutant creatures make for great material for science fiction writers, but we aren't supposed to be creating them in the real world. In so many ways, the technological advancements that we have made as a society are outpacing our ability to handle those advancements, and this field is certainly a glaring example of that reality. Just because we can create human-animal hybrid chimeras does not mean that we should. Genetic modification is a particularly dangerous science, because we are literally tinkering with the future of our planet. And when it comes to humans and animals, those are two things that definitely should not mix. Unfortunately, they are being mixed, and this could have enormous implications as our society plunges into a very uncertain future.

During all of the chaos surrounding the 2016 presidential election, a stunning announcement by the National Institutes of Health went unnoticed by almost everyone. The following comes from a Huffington Post article entitled "The Island of Dr. Moreau For Real"...
In August 2016, the National Institutes of Health announced that it was lifting its ban on research that introduces stem cells from humans into animal embryos. Stem cells have the ability to evolve into any human cell and can grow into any human tissue. The goal of this type of research is to grow human tissues and eventually human replacement organs in animals. What an innovative way to improve upon transplantation medicine! But to realize this potential, we would create an organism that is part animal and part human! These hybrids are the stuff of ancient mythology. These mixtures of different animals are called chimeras after the mythical ancient Greek creature that was part lion, snake and goat. One goal of today's research is to produce tissues and organs for experimentation that will improve our understanding of human disease. An alternative and longer term goal would be to produce organs directly for human transplantation. Imagine an infinite source of human organs - one wears out and you produce a new one as a replacement.
When human stem cells are introduced into an animal embryo, that creature becomes part human.

So does a part-human creature have rights?

If so, how do those rights differ from those of a full human?
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'Adolf, Germany needs you!' AfD investigates regional leader over Hitler posts on WhatsApp


RT
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:28 UTC
Adolf Hitler
© HEINRICH HOFFMANN / AFP
An Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary hopeful has shared a photo of Hitler with the words "Missed since 1945." The scandal comes days after another senior member called Berlin's Holocaust Memorial "a monument of shame."

Elena Roon, a chairwoman and a parliamentary candidate in the Nuremberg area, shared the image of Adolf Hitler among fellow members in a closed WhatsApp group, local media reported.

The photo came alongside the captions: "Missed since 1945 ... Adolf, please get in touch! Germany needs you! The German people!" In another photo of the Fuhrer sent by Roon on the messenger, Hitler is portrayed ruffling his hair, saying "Islamists... I forgot them!"
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Tracking employees via biometric badges is a growing trend in the enterprise

Scott Carey
Computerworld UK
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:11 UTC
biometric badges
© iStock Photo: Shironosov
From company issued Fitbits to staff ID badges equipped with microphones, the field of employee biometrics has developed a great deal over the past few years.

While many companies track workforce data, this has traditionally been basic HR information like headcount, succession plans and competencies. Now, with wearable biometric technology companies can start to dig a lot deeper into how their staff operate on a day-to-day basis.

Naturally the first thing that comes to mind when discussing this subject is the "creep" factor around your employer knowing not just where you are during the day but the possibility of cross-referencing it to your state of health at the time. So could your boss connect a heavy Thursday night to late attendance on Friday morning?
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Red Flag

Lone British charity that offers treatment to pedophiles facing closure over lack of funding

Mary Baines
RT
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:56 UTC
stop
© Michaela Begsteiger / Global Look Press
Jack Dawson was a teenager when he realized he was attracted to young boys. His fantasies led him to seriously self-harm.

Dawson, who uses a pseudonym to tell his story, says he has never offended against a child - directly or indirectly through child pornography. Between 1972 and 1975, he underwent intense National Health Service (NHS) psychoanalytic psychotherapy for his pedophilia, which he says resulted in complete cure.

Due to stigma, it is difficult to know how many pedophiles there are in Britain. The National Crime Agency in 2015, however, estimated up to 750,000 men are interested in having sex with children. That implies that as many as one in every 35 adult males is on the pedophile spectrum.

Despite this, Britain's only nationwide agency tasked with offering treatment to pedophiles before they become child molesters, the Specialist Treatment Organisation for the Prevention of Sexual Offending, known as StopSO, could close next month due to a lack of funding.

The current shortage of treatment options for non-offending pedophiles is "absolutely appalling," according to Dawson, who believes there should be a "major social effort" to help pedophiles before they ever act on their urges.

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Gear

Witch hunt: 'Did you hack Pentagon, FBI or CIA?' Russian programmer arrested, kept clueless about charges


RT
Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:33 UTC
Password to hysteria
© Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters
A Russian programmer who was taken into custody at the behest of US authorities in Spain last month has told RT he still hasn't been told of the exact nature of his alleged crimes, while his wife claims his detention is "almost certainly politically-motivated."

"My conditions are fine, I am being satisfactorily fed, and have access to my legal team, but there is no information about the charges, so we are waiting for the US to make a statement," Stanislav Lisov said to RT by phone from Martorell, a town near Barcelona, where he is being held.

The FBI claims that Lisov, 31, is the creator and administrator of NeverQuest, a banking trojan that has defrauded thousands of people, allegedly to the tune of $5 million.

The US agency, which obtained an Interpol arrest warrant, said it has been investigating the suspect since 2014 and is now demanding his extradition.

Comment: Lisov is guilty of course: Guilty of being a hapless Russian programmer, an easy target and existing in the hysterical Western climate of political witch hunts that will stop at nothing to demonize Russia.

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Handcuffs

Michigan prisoners face an extra 5 yrs for throwing bodily fluids at guards


RT
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:24 UTC
Prison
© Stephen Lam / Reuters
Inmates at Michigan jails will soon be seeing a new sign around their facilities warning them that throwing bodily fluids at working guards is a felony punishable by an additional five years behind bars.

The Officer Dignity Initiative will take effect this month and will add five years to the sentence of any inmate that throws food, urine, blood, feces, spit or other bodily fluids at a guard. The initiative is the result of a partnership between the corrections officers' union, the Department of Corrections, the Michigan State Police and the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, according to USA Today.

Comment: See also:

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Book

Ukrainian publishers angry about govt-imposed Russian book ban


RT
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:50 UTC
ukraine russian book ban
© Global Look Press via ZUMA Press
Publishers in Ukraine are angry about a government ban on books imported from Russia. They claim they are losing business due to the abrupt decision by Kiev, and local authorities are failing to provide any compensation.

Books from Russia account for up to 60 percent of total sales in Ukraine.

In January, the Ukrainian government imposed a three-month ban on Russian books, saying it needed time to create a mechanism to filter "anti-Ukrainian propaganda from Russia."
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Sheriff

German police raid apartments of 4 Turkish imams suspected of spying for Ankara


RT
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:44 UTC
German police
© Oliver Berg / www.globallookpress.com
German police raided the apartments of four imams suspected of spying for the Turkish government on followers of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of organizing last year's failed coup.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office (GBA) said the imams had acted on an order issued on September 20 last year by the Turkey-based Diyanet religious authority, which claims the Gulen movement was behind July's failed coup.

"The suspects are suspected of having collected information about members of the so-called Gulen movement and passed it on to the general consulate in Cologne," the GBA said in a statement.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said the four imams were members of Ditib, Germany's largest association of mosques, which brings clerics from Turkey to serve around three million people of Turkish background living in Germany.
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Report from leading think tank: Millions of UK families on brink of poverty


RT
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:47 UTC
Poverty in the UK
© Eddie Keogh / Reuters
Rising prices and stagnating incomes have left millions of British families on the very brink of poverty, a report from a leading think-tank has warned.

According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), between 2014 and 2015 up to 19 million people were living below the Minimum Living Standard (MLS) - up by four million since the financial crisis back in 2008.

The MLS figure corresponds to what the public thinks is a fair amount of money for a decent living.

Chief executive of the JRF, Campbell Robb, said: "This could be a very difficult time for just-managing families as rising inflation begins to bite into finely-balanced budgets.

"The high cost of living has already helped push four million more people below an adequate income, and if the cost of essentials such as food, energy and housing rise further, we need to take action to ease the strain," he said.

Comment: Austerity: That wonderful neoliberal gift that guarantees that the most disadvantaged of a given society suffer for the pathological contrivances, manipulations and greed of the elite.

But the world is catching on to the scam.

See also:

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Passport

Complaint filed by 23yo DACA recipient 'unlawfully detained' by ICE


RT
Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:52 UTC
us deportation protests DACA
© Stephanie Keith / Reuters
Despite having no criminal record and working papers, a 23-year-old "dreamer" protected under Obama's DACA immigration order has been detained by immigration enforcement agents.

Daniel Ramirez Medina was arrested on Friday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came to his father's house. It is not known why they were seeking to arrest his father, but Ramirez was arrested as well despite having working papers through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

His arrest is the first involving recipients of DACA.

Ramirez's status within the DACA program was renewed, meaning his status was reviewed and disclosed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) twice.

On Monday, Ramirez petitioned the Western District of Washington courts. His claim said that "despite DHS having twice determined that Mr. Ramirez poses no threat to national security or public safety, he was taken into custody and is being unlawfully detained by ICE."

His petition, obtained by The Stranger, notes that DHS maintains a toll-free "Law Enforcement Support Center Hotline" for DACA holders who believe they have been unlawfully arrested. Ramirez's attorney contacted the hotline but was told they could not help.

Comment: More on the DACA program:

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