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Hunger Free Schools Act of 2015 to allow for free meals to all students in Baltimore

Sebastian Murdock
The Huffington Post
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:08 UTC
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Baltimore children attending public schools won't have to go another day in class hungry thanks to a new state program.

On Tuesday, Maryland State Delegate Keith Haynes (D) spoke at Beechfield Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore to give the good news, the Baltimore Sun reported. Haynes is the chief sponsor of The Hunger Free Schools Act of 2015, a state law that allows any school and school district with at least 40 percent of its population considered low-income to offer free meals to all its students.

That number means every single school in Baltimore is eligible, Haynes told The Huffington Post.

Comment: It's long past time school systems started taking an active role in helping feed the growing number of hungry children in America. Now if only they would stop punishing those that are taking active steps ahead of the curve, and made such a program national policy.

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Russell Brand: Why does America really care about FIFA?

Russell Brand
The Trews
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:33 UTC
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In the latest episode of The Trews, Russell Brand points out the hypocrisy of the U.S.-led attack on FIFA in relation to the ongoing corruption in the Western financial sector.

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Egg shortage in America as bird flu has killed 45 MILLION chickens and turkeys

Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:30 UTC
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Did you know that 25 percent of all egg production in the United States has already been taken offline due to the bird flu crisis? You aren't hearing much about this in the mainstream media, but at this point bird flu has claimed the lives of 45 million chickens and turkeys in America. When I wrote about this a month ago, the number of dead birds was sitting at about 20 million. In just 30 days, the death toll has risen by an astounding 20 million. This is a major crisis and it is already causing egg shortages around the country, and yet very few people seem alarmed about this? Why is that?

And it isn't just one strain of the bird flu virus that we are talking about. Right now, there are two strains which are spreading like wildfire.

Comment: For more info:

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Let the world know: Family suffered fascist shelling in Gorlovka

The Saker
The Saker
Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00 UTC
Family Home Shelled Ukraine
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Comment: His words say it all.


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More economic indicators show we are heading into recession

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:00 UTC
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If we are not heading into a recession, why does our economy continue to act as if that is precisely what is happening? As you will see below, we learned this week that factory orders have declined year over year for six months in a row. That is something that has never happened outside of a time of recession. We have also seen new orders for consumer goods fall dramatically. In fact, the only time we have seen a more dramatic decline in that number was during the last recession. And when you add these two items to what I have written about previously, the overall economic picture becomes even more disturbing.

Corporate profits have fallen for two quarters in a row, our exports fell by 7.6 percent during the first quarter of 2015, and U.S. GDP contracted by 0.7 percent during Q1. Even though Barack Obama and the mainstream media are willingly ignoring them, the truth is that these numbers are absolutely screaming that we are going into a new recession.

Comment: There is more than enough evidence that the economy is in dire straights, but the PTB are unlikely to give the masses any warning as they are too busy preparing for the aftermath.

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Blaming the victim: Lawyer for youth pastor accused of rape says underage girl is lying since "she consented 6 times after rape"

David Edwards
Raw Story
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:57 UTC
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© WPXIFormer youth pastor Daniel Jack
The lawyer for a Pennsylvania youth pastor who has been charged with rape suggested this week that the underage victim may have been lying because she consented to sex on other occasions.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, court documents filed against 31-year-old Daniel Allen Jack of Amplify Church alleged that the youth pastor first met the victim in December 2014 when she joined the church youth group.

By January, Jack was using text messages to gain the trust of the girl, the complaint alleged. And he created fake identities on Google and gave her a second cell phone so the two could talk privately.


Comment: The above behavior by Jack can be easily identified as "grooming", something sexual predators routinely engage in with underage victims.


Before Easter, Jack was said to have taken to girl to his parents' home, where he suggested that the two should have sex. But when he started kissing and touching her, she cried and refused to cooperate, the complaint said.

When she refused to have sex with Jack again, he allegedly held her on the floor and forcibly raped her.

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Rhode Island couple charged with murder after body found on property covered up by concrete


Yahoo News
Mon, 01 Jun 2015 23:54 UTC
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© Mary Murphy/Providence Journal via AP, PoolSteven Pietrowicz, Jr., center, of Burrillville, R.I., is arraigned on a murder charge in Providence District Court in Providence, R.I., for the murder of Domingo Ortiz of Worcester, Mass.
A Rhode Island couple was ordered held without bail Monday in the killing of a Massachusetts man whose body was found under newly poured concrete at the couple's home nearly a month after he went missing.

Steven Pietrowicz, 39, and Michelle Morin, 40, were arraigned on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of a police officer. A bail hearing was scheduled for June 15.

Morin was arrested late Saturday in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she and Pietrowicz previously lived. She waived extradition Monday and agreed to be returned to Rhode Island to face charges.

Pietrowicz was already in custody on charges of domestic assault.

Comment: Looks like a case of domestic violence turned to murder.

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African children put in harm's way in Israeli 'baby warehouses'

Delphine Matthieussent
Yahoo
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:52 UTC
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© AFP Photo/Jack GuezChildren from families of illegal African immigrants gather at a so-called day-care center in southern Tel Aviv
It is nap-time at Felizia's daycare center, a squalid street-level flat in Tel Aviv where loud pop music drowns out the miserable cries of dozens of children and babies cooped up inside.

Run by a corpulent Ghanian woman, it is one of dozens of unlicensed establishments which have sprouted up across Israel's commercial capital offering an "affordable" child-minding service to thousands of illegal African immigrants who have to go to work.

Characterized by filth and squalor, they have been uniformly denounced by both rights groups and the media as "baby warehouses".

So far this year, five babies -- all only several months old -- have died in these so-called daycare centers.

Comment: So sad to see young children suffering at the hands of this woman who sees child care as only a business. It seems right now there's not too many affordable choices for African immigrants who need to work.

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Nearly 400 female Mounties attempt to join class action sex harassment suit against RCMP


RT
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:01 UTC
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Nearly 400 female employees of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are asking a British Columbia judge to be allowed to join a class action lawsuit against the federal police force over sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

The original lawsuit was filed by veteran RCMP officer Janet Merlo. Her case has been stuck in various courts for three years.

"My name is on there, but there's 400 ladies standing behind ... from nine provinces and all the territories," Merlo told CBC News. "It speaks to a problem that's systemic and that's nationwide."

David Klein, the lawyer representing the 363 women, said that the Mounties' work environment is toxic for women.

"Day after day, week after week, year after year, they were subjected to degradation, humiliation, and demoralizing comments and behavior. Comments and behavior that were not adequately addressed by management," Klein told journalists outside the British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday.

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Seattle: CPS workers kidnap social media darling

Heather Callaghan
Activist Post
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:46 UTC
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Bubby Everson...Bubby Everson...how do I know that name? Wait, didn't I send him stickers?

You may have - along with a birthday card. Back in February, he became a national sensation when a social media campaign asked for cards and stickers to fulfill his one birthday wish for his 9th year of living. His autism was highlighted heavily on the news and his spirit captured hearts everywhere. Thousands and thousands of people responded to the request - so much so, that the parents had to rent a storage locker.

Even the President and his family sent Bubby a birthday card!

So of course, he would be removed from his home in May after the media attention died down. The attention he received is what got attention from CPS workers....

Comment: See also: Endless war on children: Exposing child 'protective services' abuses

For more listen to this episode of The Truth Perspective - Interview with Tammi Stefano: The truth about Child Protective Services

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