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Propaganda alert: Apple iPhone criminals' 'device of choice' due to encryption


RT
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 04:14 UTC
Apple black flag
© Christian Hartmann / Reuters
Criminals have been favoring Apple iPhones in their criminal activities because of the strong encryption the devices have, three US law enforcement groups said in a court filing.

The groups said they knew about "numerous instances," in which criminals switched from burner devices to iPhones, but didn't name any specific examples.


Comment: That's a nonsensical claim, because it's dirt simple to add strong encryption to Android-based phones too, and Android phones are cheaper, easier to obtain, and have better features than iPhone. Therefore to think criminals favor iPhones over other types of "burner phones" only due to Apple's encryption is ridiculous.

(Note that a "burner phone" is simply a phone not intended to be kept and used for any significant amount of time; they're typically discarded by the user after brief use to avoid being tracked and monitored).


Their brief, however, cited a call intercepted by New York authorities, in which a criminal branded the iPhone encryption system a "gift from God."
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Health

Continued humanitarianism: Russia delivers 3.5 tons of aid to Syria's Latakia province


Sputnik
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 20:10 UTC
russia delivers aid to syria latakia
© Sputnik/ Ali Abrahim
The specialists of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation delivered food and drinking water to the residents of the settlement of Latakia as well as provided them with medical treatment, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Russian center for Syrian reconciliation has delivered 3,5 metric tons of humanitarian aid to the settlement in Syria's northeastern province of Latakia, the center said in a newsletter published Saturday.

"Russian Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides in the Syrian Arab Republic has transported 3.5 tons of humanitarian aid in al-Suria (Latakia province)," the newsletter published in English on the website of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Comment: Russia continues to show its decency, good nature, and concern for others with its many humanitarian aid deliveries.

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Cut

Alabama lawmaker proposes bill to have pedophiles pay for their own castration


RT
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 19:04 UTC
scalpel
© Nicholas Rigg/Getty Images
An Alabama lawmaker is seeking to offer pedophiles an alternative to prison: castration. Since 2011, State Rep. Steve Hurst has proposed that sex offenders be either chemically or surgically castrated, but now he wants them to pay for it too.

Hurst has filed legislation that would legally require offenders convicted of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 12 to be surgically castrated before being released from prison. HB 365 is something of a passion project for Hurst, but this year he added an additional twist, requiring sex offenders pay for the operation.

Surgical castration removes a man's testicles and could become the harshest penalty for sex offenders in the country.

Internationally, laws regarding physical castration have received severe pushback. In 2009, the Council of Europe's Anti-Torture Committee criticized the Czech Republic for surgically castrating sex offenders. The committee called it, "invasive, irreversible and mutilating."

Comment: Can a sex offender still have sex after surgery?
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How can someone who's been castrated still commit rape?

He can still have an erection. In general, castrated men experience a much-diminished sex drive, because their bodies have very low levels of the male hormone testosterone. This lowers the frequency, strength, and duration of erections, and can cause hot flashes, vertigo, loss of body hair, and breast growth. But depending on the individual, it may be possible for him to become aroused and even to ejaculate, although his erection may be modest and there won't be any sperm in his semen. Even if a castrated man can't maintain an erection, he can temporarily reverse the effect by taking testosterone. Also, rapists aren't necessarily driven by sexual desire; a lower sex drive won't prevent attacks that are motivated by a desire for power.

Surgical castration, also called orchiectomy, involves the physical removal of the testicles, which produce 95 percent of a man's testosterone. However, the small amount still produced by the adrenal glands could be enough to allow some sexual function to remain. According to one study from the 1960s of about 1,000 German sex offenders who had been castrated, 65 percent men immediately felt their libido plummet, but 18 percent were able to have sex 20 years later. Based on the small amount of data that exist on this subject, it appears between zero and 10 percent of sexual offenders who are surgically castrated repeat their crime.


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People

Don't shoot the messenger: If you don't warn the people, their blood could be on your hands

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:57 UTC
Apocalyptic
Why are so few voices warning the people about what is coming? We stand at the door of a period of distress that will be unlike anything that any of us have ever known before. And even though the signs are all around us, very few individuals appear to be willing to stand up and sound the alarm.

Instead, there seems to be a large number of people that are quite eager to criticize the watchmen. Earlier today, I was having a conversation with a very prominent voice in the alternative media, and we were reflecting on this. There are so many individuals out there that love to shoot arrows at those that are sounding the alarm, and yet they are doing so little to make a difference themselves.
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Arrow Down

Monsanto's dirty dealings — chemical reform bill could grant the evil empire legal immunity for PCB pollution

Carolanne Wright
Wake Up World
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 13:43 UTC
Monsanto
Facing a surge in lawsuits across the United States, chemical giant Monsanto has been given a gift of sorts from the government — one that could let the corporation off the hook for its role in decades of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pollution, effectively saving the company millions of dollars in settlements.

Pay no mind to research that demonstrates PCBs are exceptionally toxic to humans, wildlife and the environment. Also turn a blind eye to the fact that Monsanto knew for decades the chemical was extremely poisonous. And ignore that the corporation not only continued to manufacture the chemical after recognizing its toxicity, but decided it was a good idea to dump tonnes of raw PCBs into a creek adjacent to the chemical plant, essentially poisoning an entire community over the course of 40 years. For the grand finale, lets add a provision into a chemical reform bill, which protects Monsanto from lawsuits concerning said PCB contamination.

Comment: See more: Inside the church of pro-GMO activism: Genetic engineering, twisted science & altered truth

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USA

More Trump rally madness: Security discharges multiple pockets of angry protesters


RT
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 18:42 UTC
Donald Trump
© Carlos Barria / Reuters
A Donald Trump campaign rally in New Orleans took a menacing turn Friday after the politician's security clashed with pockets of angry protesters among the crowd.

For once the Republican frontrunner struggled to get his words out, as security tried for several minutes to maintain order in a crowd containing people opposing Trump's bid for the White House.

Footage broadcast from the rally in Louisiana shows the billionaire businessman becoming increasingly irate as he is disrupted by protesters shouting out during his speech.

It came hours before Louisiana polling stations opened for the latest round of primaries.

Comment: Make Donald Drumpf Again: John Oliver tackles Donald Trump - The result is awesome

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Newspaper

Turkish Zaman journalist: 'We will never kneel before Erdogan'


Sputnik
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 18:05 UTC
Zaman newspaper protester
© REUTERS/ Kursat Bayhan
Despite the police raid on Turkey's best-selling newspaper on Friday, journalists in Turkey are determined to stand up for free speech, Emre Soncan, a journalist for Zaman and the English-language Today's Zaman, told Sputnik.
​"Our main headquarters are in Istanbul and yesterday a Turkish court, which is allegedly under the control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ordered the seizure of Zaman newspapers, and police forces yesterday raided our headquarters in Istanbul and took over the management of our newspapers."

"Thousands of our readers were outside our building chanting 'free media cannot be silenced,' and unfortunately the Turkish police used water cannon and tear gas, and some of my journalist colleagues were wounded in this police raid."

"Today in Ankara where I am working, we are expecting the same thing, we are expecting the police force to come and take over our newspaper."
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Roses

Citing discrimination, New York women protest the 'tampon tax'


RT
Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:32 UTC
tampons
© Marcos Brindicci / Reuters
New York women have taken their "tampon tax" fight to court, suing over the taxation of feminine hygiene products, accusing the state of double standards and gender discrimination. They seek to end the "unlawful" tax and force refunds to 5 million women.

"A tax on tampons and sanitary pads is a tax on women. The Tampon Tax is irrational. It is discrimination. It is wrong," the five plaintiffs ‒ Margo Seibert, Jennifer Moore, Catherine O'Neil, Natalie Brasington and Taja-Nia Henderson ‒ wrote in the class-action complaint, filed in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

The women claimed that New York collects about $14 million each year in sales tax on menstrual products from the ‒ in their estimates ‒ the 5 million women who live in the Big Apple, each of whom spends an average of $70 on such items annually.

At the same time, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance does not impose any taxes on what it defines as medical items, including those that are largely used by men, such as Rogaine or condoms.
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Sheriff

Psycho cop rams car with grandma and children in it, deletes dashcam evidence

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:47 UTC
southfield police
© Deb Jacques/C&G Newspapers
This week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District ruled that on an officer, who violently endangered the lives of an innocent grandmother and her three grandchildren by repeatedly ramming his car into theirs, is not immune from a lawsuit.

On Oct. 24, 2011, Cheryl McCarty was driving her three young grandchildren to school when she was stopped by Southfield police officer Keith Birberick. Birberick accused her of illegally passing a school bus.

Claiming that she hadn't passed a school bus, McCarty voiced her discontent with the several hundred dollar ticket she was receiving for it. She also informed the officer that she planned to file a complaint with the Mayor's Office over this incident.
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Heart - Black

Unbelievable! Alabama cop receives a slap on the wrist after raping a car crash victim

John Vibes
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:36 UTC
Samuel H. McHenry II
Samuel H. McHenry II
Former state trooper, 36-year-old Samuel H. McHenry II managed to get off with minimal jail time after raping a car accident victim and leaving her stranded afterward.

McHenry pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual misconduct under a plea deal and managed to avoid more serious charges that were originally filed against him. McHenry originally faced charges of rape and sodomy but he was able to cut a deal and get those charges dropped and replaced with less serious charges.

Under the plea deal, McHenry will have his state certification revoked and will be unable to be a police officer, and he received a 182-day jail sentence. The sentence does not even have to be served at the same time, he has the freedom to go in a few days at a time and go back home, as long as he serves all 182 days within the span of a year.
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