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Syrian Archive: Salvaging online videos as proof of war crimes in Syria

France 24
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:49 UTC

Image archived on Syrian Archive, showing cluster bombs in Maarat Al Numan in northern Syria after a bombing in August 2017

Every day, social media platforms delete hundreds of videos showing atrocities in the war in Syria because they are deemed too violent. Yet a Syrian computer programmer living in Germany realised the incredible value of these videos as proof of war crimes, so since 2014, he has been working to save, verify and catalog these videos on his website.

On a typical day, Hadi al Khatib sits at a computer in Berlin, Germany - where he has been living since seeking refuge there in 2015 - and gathers dozens of videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. He then works with a team made up of six journalists and human rights activists to verify the content. If the team is able to trace and verify the footage, then they post it on the website al Khatib built, called Syrian Archive.

Together, the team has verified about 4,300 videos, which include more than a 1,000 instances of illegal weapon use. The task they've set themselves is daunting, though in total they've gathered more than 1.2 million videos.

Israeli settlers vandalize Nabi Saleh with graffiti threatening 'death to Ahed Tamim'

Jaclynn Ashly
Mondoweiss
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:49 UTC

On Thursday night, when residents of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank were sound asleep in their homes, Israeli settlers crept through the village's streets, vandalizing walls with graffiti threatening jailed teen activist Ahed Tamimi and her family.

Some of the graffiti reads: "Death to Ahed Tamimi," "There's no place in this world for Ahed Tamimi," and another demanding that the Tamimi family be "kicked out of the country."

Bassem Tamimi, Ahed's father, told Mondoweiss that none of the village's residents had seen the settlers enter the village, but that the incident occurred at some point after 1 a.m. "The settlers wrote that Ahed should be killed in order to scare the residents in Nabi Saleh," he said.

Comment: Further reading: Ahed Tamimi's village, Nabi Saleh, declared "closed military zone" by Israeli occupation

Daughter's journal exposes sister's secret incestuous relationship with her father

Steve Robson & Rachael Burford
The Mirror
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:49 UTC

A wife learned her long lost daughter was pregnant with her dad's child by reading about the alleged incestuous affair in one of her other children's journals, it has been claimed.

Steven Pladl, 42, left his wife to start a relationship with 20-year-old Katie Pladl, who has now reportedly borne his child.

Steven told his other children that they should start referring to their eldest sibling as their "step-mom", according to court documents.

The couple are now facing criminal charges after police uncovered the horrendous scandal.

Comment: The International Business Times reports that the two are now being held in a detention center and awaiting extradition to Virginia. They have been issued a $1 million bond.

Students hate on quotes from Trump's SOTU, until they are told they are actually Obama's

Ben Kew
Breitbart
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:19 UTC

Some students reacted negatively to quotes they believed were from President Donald Trump's recent State of the Union Address, until realizing they were actually quoting Barack Obama.

Campus Reform's Cabot Phillips spoke to students outside John Jay College in New York City, who unanimously criticized the supposed Trump quotes, describing them as "warmongering," "aggressive," and "immature."

The quotes, taken from some of Obama's State of the Union addresses, included threats to destroy the Islamic State, statements of America's military strength, and attacking China's economic policy.

Comment: The first guy in the video might have been ignorant about the speech, but he was quite on the mark with his comment about ISIS. However, it is interesting to see how quickly they changed their tune once they found out it was Obama's speech. See also: Trump's SOTU hasn't happened yet, but these students already hate it

Snowflakes are today's fascists!

Stephen Pollard
Daily Mail
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:18 UTC

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If we close our minds to ideas that upset us, the long-term consequence is that our minds will atrophy. We will no longer be able to think for ourselves, writes Stephen Pollard (photograph of Hitler Youth members burning books, dated 1938).

Last weekend I, along with many around the world, commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day. As editor of the country's leading Jewish newspaper, The Jewish Chronicle, it is a memorial of particular significance.

Through editing the newspaper, I am confronted daily with the legacy of that unique evil, including the suppression of debate, the distortion of truth and even the burning of books at the heart of that terrible chapter in our history.

I know, too, that the Third Reich's totalitarian impulse - that only one type of question and one type of answer are legitimate, and all else must be extinguished - is far from unique because repressive regimes the world over continue to ban freedom of enquiry and freedom of expression.

We must be on our guard.

Comment: While it's easy to mock the snowflakes due to their ludicrous and hilarious hyper-sensitivity, it's hiding a more ominous agenda. What happens when we conceded liberties in the face of absurd protest? The above author lays it out, yet how many are listening?

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Cop robs disabled man of his opioid prescriptions while on duty - gets caught on film

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 10:40 UTC

A police officer who has been a member of his department for more than 15 years was arrested and charged with distributing and possessing prescription opiate medications, which he stole from a disabled man while he was on duty.

Christopher Michael Barnett, a sergeant with the Hagerstown Police Department, was arrested after he was caught stealing from a disabled man who was physically unable to leave his bed. WJLA News reported that Barnett entered the man's apartment using "a phony pretense," and he then began to go through the man's bottles of prescription painkillers.

When a caregiver arrived later and noticed that several of the man's pills were missing, he called the police department, and Barnett was the one who was put on the phone. The report claims that Barnett was quick to hang up the phone, and decided to return to the apartment in person.

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Pilot of Russian Su-25 posthumously conferred Hero of Russia award

Sputnik
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:02 UTC

Maj. Filippov will be posthumously conferred the Hero of Russia award, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.

The pilot of the Su-25 bomber that had been shot down in Syria blew himself up after he was surrounded by terrorists, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Masonic Lodges for politicians and journalists operating at Westminster secretly

RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 10:49 UTC

Two lodges for Freemason MPs and political journalists are continuing to operate secretly at Westminster, it has been revealed. The 'brotherhood' is said to be so covert most lobby reporters are unaware of its existence.

According to the Guardian, the Chambers are still home to the New Welcome Lodge, which recruits MPs, peers and parliamentary staff, and the Gallery Lodge, reserved for the political press corps. Freemasonry records reveal that a third lodge called the Alfred Robbins Lodge, also for journalists, carries on gathering in London on a regular basis.

Military helicopter crashes in residential area in Kanzaki, southern Japan

RT
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 10:24 UTC

A Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) helicopter has crashed in a residential area in Saga Prefecture, according to police.

The crash occurred in the city of Kanzaki, NHK reported, citing the Ministry of Defense. The chopper was reportedly a Boeing AH-64 attack helicopter attached to a base in Kumamoto Prefecture.

A house is burning near a kindergarten as a result of the crash, according to Kanzaki City Hall. The city is sending out staff and fire brigades to investigate the situation.

Turkish proxy forces capture huge cache of anti-tank missiles and weapons destined for the Kurdish YPG in Syria's Afrin - VIDEO

Paul Antonopoulos
Fort Russ News
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 10:06 UTC

Large amount of anti-tank missiles and weapons captured by Turkish-backed forces

Turkish-backed forces have captured a large amount of anti-tank missiles and weapons from a smuggler.

Large amount of anti-tank missiles and weapons captured by Turkish-backed forces

The smuggler was leaving jihadist-held territory and heading towards Afrin where the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) are engaged in an intense conflict with the Turkish military and their Syrian proxies.

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Society's Child

Syrian Archive: Salvaging online videos as proof of war crimes in Syria

Israeli settlers vandalize Nabi Saleh with graffiti threatening 'death to Ahed Tamim'

Daughter's journal exposes sister's secret incestuous relationship with her father

Students hate on quotes from Trump's SOTU, until they are told they are actually Obama's

Snowflakes are today's fascists!

Cop robs disabled man of his opioid prescriptions while on duty - gets caught on film

Pilot of Russian Su-25 posthumously conferred Hero of Russia award

Masonic Lodges for politicians and journalists operating at Westminster secretly

Military helicopter crashes in residential area in Kanzaki, southern Japan

Turkish proxy forces capture huge cache of anti-tank missiles and weapons destined for the Kurdish YPG in Syria's Afrin - VIDEO

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