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Facebook wants your phone number, cites threat from 'state-sponsored actors'


RT
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:30 UTC
Facebook
© Dado Ruvic / Reuters
Facebook is urging users to add security to their accounts, citing possible attacks by nation-state hackers. The company did not say whether it would send text alerts in case of US government snooping, or if the phone numbers provided will be kept safe.

The popular social media platform recently added a feature called Login Approval, which sends users a text message with a unique log-in code if their account has been accessed from a new device or browser.

"We will notify you if we believe your account has been targeted or compromised by an attacker suspected of working on behalf of a nation-state," Facebook's Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos announced.

Comment: You can almost guarantee "state-sponsored actors" doesn't include the US spy institutions.

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Montana daycare owner hit in face with shovel attempting to stop drunk father from taking children

Brendan Kelly
Opposing Views
Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:41 UTC
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© GoFundMe
A day care owner in Montana was hit in the face with a shovel after refusing to let three children go home with their father, who was drunk and does not have legal custody, reports Fox 8.

A GoFundMe page created for the day care owner identifies her as Martha McClure, from Ronan, Montana.

Police say Francis Joseph Jackson, 31, showed up at McClure's day care center with an unidentified woman on Oct. 7.

McClure knew that Jackson's parental rights were suspended and that he was not allowed to have contact with the children. She reportedly told authorities she smelled alcohol on his breath.

The day care owner tried to escort Jackson from the building when he hit her. He began throwing toys, including a tricycle, at the window to try to get back inside the building, according to The Associated Press.

McClure was fighting Jackson outside of the day care when Jackson's girlfriend hit her in the face with a shovel before both suspects fled.

According to the GoFundMe page, McClure had eye surgery on Oct. 12 and has "a long road of healing ahead of her."

Jackson was taken into custody on Oct. 12 in Washington. He faces aggravated burglary charges and is being held on $100,000 bond. His girlfriend, who is also accused of assaulting McClure, is still at large.

Comment: This woman was trying to prevent a possible tragedy (and kidnapping) and was assaulted for it. Society is certainly disintegrating more and more.

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Attention

Disintegration of society: Passenger choked on Southwest Airlines flight for reclining her seat

Stephanie Chuang and Andrew Blankstein
NBC Bay Area
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:30 UTC
sw airlines passenger choked
A Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Sunday night was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after a passenger allegedly choked the woman in front of him for reclining her seat.

The FBI is investigating, although no arrests were made early Monday morning.

"An individual was detained for questioning following the return of a Southwest aircraft to LAX based on allegations of an assault involving a fellow passenger," according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimillier. "No arrest has been made at this time and the investigation is continuing."

Southwest Airlines also confirmed to NBC News that the pilot made an emergency landing because of a "rapidly escalating situation" between two passengers. A spokeswoman said that 136 customers - all but the man involved - were switched to another flight and eventually made it to San Francisco International Airport by 1:48 a.m. Monday.
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Hypocrisy in action: Saudi Ambassador attempts to justify horrendous human rights record

Sophie McAdam
Activist Post
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:00 UTC
Saudi execute Ali Mohammed al-Nimr
The Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdallah Y Al-Mouallimi, spoke to BBC current affairs program Newsnight this week in an attempt to justify the country's horrendous human rights record.

The Arab nation is currently planning to behead and then publicly crucify a 21-year-old protester, who was a child at the time of his alleged 'crime.' As if that weren't horrific enough, consider this gross hypocrisy: Saudi Arabia sits on the United Nations' Human Rights Council - and as the interview demonstrates, many of the votes that allowed this to happen came from its "friends in the West." They are our leaders, folks.

Anchor Emily Maitland is visibly angry as she tells Al-Mouallimi: "The world is looking at you with outrage right now." Her interviewee refuses to discuss the tragic case in question, relating to a young man named Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr who faces a cruel and inhumane death. He was just 17 when he was arrested for taking part in a demonstration. Ali was allegedly tortured into a confession, and convicted in an unfair trial which ended in him being condemned to a medieval-style death. Every appeal has been denied, and Amnesty International's campaign to stop the execution has so far been unsuccessful.

Comment: Appointing Saudi Arabia to head the UN Human Rights council is beyond belief. According to The Independent, by June 15 of this year Saudi executions reached one hundred, "far exceeding last year's tally and putting it on course for a new record", and the Kingdom is set to beat its own grisly, primitive record of one hundred and ninety two executions in 1995. In addition, since March, Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen - with no UN mandate - destroying schools, hospitals, homes, hotels, public buildings, and an Internally Displaced Persons camp, generating "a trail of civilian death and destruction" which may have amounted to war crimes, according to Amnesty International.

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Actions speak louder than words: Russia to supply four generators to Cuba


RT
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:05 UTC
Cuban and Russian flags
© Reuters
The Russian government has ratified an agreement to provide generators at the Maximo Gomes and Este Habana power plants in Cuba.

According to the Russian government website, the Maximo Gomes power plant in Mariel municipality will be equipped with a 200 MW unit, while Este Habana in Santa Cruz del Norte municipality will have three 200 MW generators installed.

Inter RAO - Export, a subsidiary of Russian energy producer Inter RAO will team up with Energoimport, which is a part of Union Electrica of Cuba. Union Electrica is a Cuban state energy company with a total capacity of 3.7 GW specializing in the generation of electricity from thermal and hydro power and the country's renewable sources of energy, and also the transmission and distribution of electricity.

The financial details of the deal will be disclosed in a further contract.

Comment: So here we go again with Russia and Cuba working together to improve the lives of the people with action. In contrast to the US just opening an embassy in Cuba as a gesture with no real action plan.

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Evil Rays

Bad idea: UK town to pilot WiFi 'smart pavement' and street furniture

Kevin Samson
Activist Post
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:01 UTC
wifi sidewalk
© Virgin Media
Awareness continues to increase surrounding the health dangers of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) emanating from our daily gadgets, as well as from the rise of the Smart Grid. For example, a prominent neuroscientist went on record in a lecture to the medical community itself where he exposed the many health risks as well as an industry-wide attempt by telecom to cover up the negative consequences. A world-renown biochemist is seeking to abolish WiFi in schools. And a British ER physician has made it her mission to educate people about what steps they can take to minimize exposure and damage to WiFi. A slew of peer-review scientific studies support the warnings of these experts.

So what happens when your entire city becomes one giant WiFi signal?

Telecom giant Virgin Media has been given the green light to begin doing just that. Coverage will be enabled by "discreet street furniture" and the "UK's first Smart Pavement."

The pilot will begin with a focus on the center of the town of Chesham, UK where all 21,000 residents and businesses can use the network. The Chiltern District Council has joined forces and is touting the increased connectivity at massively increased speeds up to 166Mbps - 7X the average in the UK.

Comment: For more on why this is an incredibly awful idea see:

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Pistol

Detroit: Pastor kills brick-wielding man during church service

George Hunter and James David Dickson
The Detroit News
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:42 UTC
City of God Church
© facebook
City of God ministries storefront church on Grand River in Detroit.
Violence marred a church service Sunday when a man with a brick attacked the pastor, who whipped out his Glock handgun and fired several shots, killing the man, Detroit police said.

The incident happened about 15 minutes into the 1:30 p.m. service at the City of God ministries storefront church on Grand River near Lahser, Assistant Chief Steve Dolunt said.

"The pastor had had issues with the man before," Dolunt said. "He had been threatening him to do bodily harm. He walked into the service and went after the pastor with a brick. The pastor pulled out his Glock and fired several shots. I think he hit him four or five times, and the man died."

The victim was identified as Deante Smith, Dolunt said. The pastor remains in police custody.

After questioning the pastor, police will submit a warrant request to prosecutors, who will then decide whether the shooting was justified.
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Heart

Fiancé calls off wedding, so bride-to-be treats Sacramento's homeless to a free four star reception


RT
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:49 UTC
homeless man eating at wedding banquet
© David McNew / Reuters
After one California groom-to-be cancelled his $35,000 wedding at the last minute, the bride-to-be's family decided not to surrender to despair and turn the already paid-for banquet into a dream come true for some unlikely guests - Sacramento's homeless.

The bride's mother, Kari Duane, said she couldn't believe her ears when her 27-year-old daughter Quinn called her to say that the wedding just wasn't going to happen because her fiancé had called it off.

But the deposits for the reception were already paid, and instead of calling it off, the local homeless were invited for a weekend meal at one of the city's finest venues, the Citizen Hotel. An elderly woman who lives in a shelter, unable to afford rent, was the first to arrive, half an hour early.

"I was thinking at that moment, if she's the only person that comes tonight, this was worth it," the bride's mother told KCRA-TV.

But then more homeless people started to turn in - individuals, as well as families with grandparents and even newborns.

"When you're going through a hard time and a struggle for you to get out to do something different and with your family, it was really a blessing," Rashad Abdullah, who arrived with his spouse and their five children, told the broadcaster.
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Take 2

Empire files: The United States' Unofficial Religion - The War on an Idea

Abby Martin
YouTube
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:22 UTC
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The Empire has a range of weapons to maintain its power: from its courts to its military. But it also has effective ideological weapons.

Everyone in the United States knows that "socialist" or "communist" is considered a bad word. How did things get that way? Abby Martin explores the history of anti-communism in the US, and the heavy repression of an idea that became an unofficial religion.
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Pistol

Hospital shooting: Minnesota deputy killed by patient


Sputnik
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 12:18 UTC
sherriff shot minnesota hospital
© Flicker
A sheriff's deputy in the Midwest US state of Minnesota has been fatally shot by an inmate receiving treatment at a local hospital, local authorities said Sunday.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said Sandberg, 60, was shot when his firearm was seized during a struggle at the St. Cloud Hospital early Sunday.

"I would hope that everyone would keep Investigator [Steven] Sandberg's wife and daughter in their thoughts and prayers," Aitkin County Sheriff Scott Turner said at a press conference.
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