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Facebook will censor Conservative posts but ignore threats to murder children

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 01 May 2018 12:10 UTC
facebook death threat free thought project
Over the past month, the social media giant, Facebook, has been in countless headlines ranging from the scope of their data collection to rampant censorship of peaceful groups. The world is now finding out that the social media network they agreed to join is also in the business of mining their data, controlling the narrative, and stifling free speech.

Many have suspected that the rife censorship, removal of pages, and banning of members has long been the means by which Facebook is able to push a deliberate agenda. Even the interface of the entire platform, according to its creators, is designed to create a feedback loop in which "bad actors can manipulate large swaths of people to do anything you want."

Indeed, Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice president of user growth at Facebook recently stated at a public discussion at the Stanford Graduate School of Business,"Everybody else has to soul-search a little bit more about what you're willing to do. Because your behaviors, you don't realize it, but you are being programmed. It was unintentional, but now you gotta decide how much you're willing to give up, how much of your intellectual independence."
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Star of David

Israeli activist & her children receive death threats after she calls IDF soldiers 'terrorists'

Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss
Tue, 01 May 2018 12:10 UTC
Adi Shosberger
© Ronnie Barkan
Adi Shosberger, protesting snipers
Israeli human rights activists who promote BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) and speak harshly against Israeli policy are often subject to campaigns of exclusion and sometimes to death threats. While their stories pale in comparison to the stories of Palestinians (who are often shot dead just for protesting their rights), they need to be told and heard once in a while.

Thus I will tell the story of Adi Shosberger, the Israeli activist who called Israeli soldiers "terrorists" who are participating in a "massacre of innocent civilians", telling them they were brainwashed into joining a "terror army", as featured in a video which went viral in Israel just over two weeks ago. The incitement against her following the video release resulted in death threats, harassment and intimidation of her children, slashing of tires, garbage on the lawn etc. Adi required protection from fellow activists, as the police have taken her situation very lightly.
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Fire

Watch INSANE footage of skyscraper collapsing in fireball - São Paulo, Brazil

George Martin
Daily Mail
Tue, 01 May 2018 12:00 UTC
Photos emerging from the scene showed the gigantic blaze

Photos emerging from the scene showed the gigantic blaze engulfing the entire 26-floor structure
A residential tower block collapsed in Brazil after a huge blaze tore through the building in the middle of the night - leaving several residents trapped.

One person has been confirmed dead so far - with further fatalities expected to be announced over the coming hours.

The catastrophic collapse was caught on camera in the city of Sao Paulo as horrified onlookers filmed the unfolding carnage.

In the clip, posted on Twitter, the 26-storey building can be seen smoldering from the blaze with flames licking up the side of the structure from several windows.

The block then suddenly bursts into a bright ball of fire - before a whole side of the building comes crashing down to earth.





Comment: Let's watch that again without the annoying video ads:


NUTS!!!

Comment: RT cites Brazilian outlet Folha as reporting that:
The massive fire struck two buildings in Largo do Paissandu on Tuesday, causing one of the properties to suddenly collapse. The neighboring building is still ablaze but fire crews are on the scene.
Question: how does fire 'strike' two tall buildings simultaneously?

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Eye 1

George Washington University students who protest Israel's human rights abuses in Palestine threatened for their BDS activities

Jesse Rubin
Mondoweiss
Tue, 01 May 2018 07:56 UTC
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© Divest This Time
Student arrives at George Washington University divestment vote with a member of the anti-BDS group 'Canary Mission' (right) continuing efforts to intimidate students.
After being delayed a week because of threats to their safety, the George Washington University (GW) student Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution to divest from nine companies known to be complicit in Israel's violations of Palestinian human rights.

Around 1 a.m early Tuesday morning, by a vote of 18 to 6 with 6 abstentions, resolution SR-S18-21: The Protection of Palestinian Human Rights Act passed, making George Washington the second university in just a week to pass a divestment resolution. Barnard College's student body voted in favor of a similar resolution by a record breaking margin in a campus-wide referendum on April 18.

The GW resolution, sponsored by student Senator Josh Gomez, along with Eden Vitoff, Jessica Martinez and Shaheera Jalil Albasit, calls on the university to divest from the following companies: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Elbit Systems Ltd., Caterpillar Inc., CEMEX, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Comment: The BDS movement is a clear threat to the genocidal campaign being waged by Israel against the Palestinians, and Israel has a lot to lose were more Americans to become wise to their actions at home and their corrupting influence in the US: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Western Order Break-Up? New Middle East? New Korea?

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Bizarro Earth

Video shows US cop taser distressed ER nurse knowing he had heart condition and his mother was a patient in the hospital, witnesses refute police version of events


Sputnik
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:00 UTC
police tase ER nurse mother treated
© Facebook/Ethan Raymond
Tennessee police used a taser stun gun on a nurse at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga on Thursday after he refused to leave the emergency room where his mother was being treated. Officers charged the nurse with two counts of assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.


Comment: What US police consider assault these days would barely get you detention in kindergarten.


According to reports, 42-year-old Roger W Davis, a nurse at the hospital, was arguing loudly with the hospital's staff in the lobby on Thursday. Davis' mother was reportedly being treated in the hospital's emergency room at the time, though it is unclear what Davis and the staffers were arguing about and whether it involved Davis' mother.

​Davis allegedly refused to leave the hospital after officers arrived at the scene and asked him to exit the building. The video footage shows Davis' father, who was also in the hospital, urging Davis to comply with the police officers' orders.

Comment: Understandably the man was distressed but he is not violent; the response of the US police demonstrates just how cowardly and psychopathic they really are, and as evidenced by the witnesses, US citizens are all too aware of it:


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Bad Guys

Massacres in Brazil have doubled since arrival of military in slums


teleSUR
Tue, 01 May 2018 07:56 UTC
Security forces search residents of the Manguinhos favela complex.
© Reuters
Security forces search residents of the Manguinhos favela complex.
While the motives of the massacre are unknown, investigators have not discarded the possibility of a milita group carrying out the murders.

Five people were killed, along with a military police officer, in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area Saturday. The massacre occurred in Vila Operaria neighborhood, while the police officer was killed in Jacarepagua neighborhood.

The investigation, conducted by the Baixada Fluminense Homicide Precinct, indicates that hooded gunmen fired in the direction of the five victims in Vila Operaria, killing three men and two women. The victims were identified as Marlon de Souza (19); Rosangela de Souza Ribeiro (49); Douglas Carneiro (35); Carla Gomes Maria (37); and Felix Fonseca da Silva (46).

Comment: Unsurprisingly, the chaos overtaking Brazil is the signature of US interference: Brazil, the Assassination of Justice; a Coup in a Coup
The judge who persecuted Dilma and Lula, Sergio Moro is one of the many judges or judicial employees co-opted by Washington, which in fact now maintains a kind of School of the Americas for police forces in El Salvador. Moro's conviction of Lula is a legal monstrosity, since - as in the Dilma case - there is no evidence in the case for which he was convicted, which makes him a political hostage, not only from Brazil, but from Washington which favored the former informant for the Southern Command, the current president; Michel Temer.
See also:

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Heart - Black

Social services remove child of Britain's oldest parents who spent £100,000 on surrogate

Michael Hamilton
The Sun
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:37 UTC
grandparents child

Couple become Britain’s oldest new parents — only to have baby taken into care, stock image
A couple have become Britain's oldest new parents - only to have their baby taken from them by social services.

The 63-year-old mum and her partner, 65, are "devastated" after bosses stepped in and took the child from them.

The couple's age is thought to be a factor in fears over the one-year-old's well-being. A source said: "They are devastated.

Social services have been dealing with them since last year and told them to make improvements in how the child was being looked after.

Comment: What is wrong with the West? Parenting is no longer seen as an honourable duty with consideration for the child and society but merely an act which fulfils the ambitions of narcissistic adults.

Then there's the question of social services who do an extremely difficult job, but who too often have been shown to either fail to act in cases of extreme abuse, or remove children without good reason.

All these trends we see throughout the West are signs of a society in terminal decline: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Tammi Stefano - The Truth About Child Protective Services

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Quenelle - Golden

'With my head held high': Conscientious objector freed after 110 days in Israeli prison

Orly Noy
+972
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:05 UTC
The Israeli army had sentenced Helman to six separate prison sentences for his refusal to be conscripted into the military and, in his words, 'take part in the occupation and Israel's policies of oppression vis-a-vis the Palestinians.'

Matan Helman

File photo of Matan Helman (Photo by Edo Ramon/Mesarvot)
"But I believe that I am following my truth and that is what will keep me strong in prison," he added, "and I have a lot of support from my friends and those around me."

Military service in Israel is compulsory for non-Orthodox Jews and for young men in the Druze community. A small but growing movement of youngsters has taken a public stand in refusing to be conscripted, almost always resulting in prison sentences.

Helman has served his six prison sentences in "Military Prison 6," where most male conscientious objectors are held alongside soldiers who have been imprisoned for various other reasons.
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Gold Bar

If you want to preserve your wealth for times of turmoil, buy physical gold


RT
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 06:41 UTC
gold
© Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters
Gold, which is traditionally seen as a safe haven, is usually subject to the whims of supply and demand. Its value changes quickly, pushing the bullion price to extremely high levels at times.

The yellow metal also makes a habit of performing poorly when the stock market is doing well. But gold is the ultimate store of value, according to precious metals expert Ronan Manly of Singapore's BullionStar.

"What this means is that gold retains its purchasing power over long periods. Gold's purchasing power is not eroded by inflation as it is an inflation hedge," the analyst told RT. "In contrast, fiat currencies such as the US dollar are not stores of value. Fiat currency purchasing power is consistently eroded by inflation, and over time fiat currencies, such as the US dollar, lose nearly all of their purchasing power relative to gold."


Comment: See:

Widely accepted as a safe haven, gold is commonly seen as financial insurance in times of crisis, conflict or war, with investors rushing to the asset during these periods, according to Manly. He compares the precious commodity to a "safe harbor when there is geopolitical turmoil."

Comment: Silver too.

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2 + 2 = 4

Jordan Peterson explains the gender pay gap to the media

Suzanne Venker
Washington Examiner
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:14 UTC
Peterson
© Image courtesy screenshot
Jordan Peterson is the clinical psychologist and author of the book "12 Rules for Life."
Earlier this year I rented an office in a building I now share with a man named John, a husband and father who sells insurance. One of the first things I (and, I'm sure, he) noticed after about a month is that John is always at his desk, but I am not. Some days I'm not in my office at all; some days I come in at 9 or 10 a.m. and then leave at 2 p.m.; and still other days I might not arrive until close to lunchtime. I don't think I've ever left my office later than 4:30 p.m.

That's because my work schedule is entirely based on my teenage kids' schedules and on the countless errands I have to do on any given day that are related to, well, life. But no matter what time I arrive or what time I leave, John is always there.
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