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California U.S. Customs office receives envelope with suspicious powder; 50 quarantined, 3 sick


RT
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:21 UTC
Police line
© Reuters
Up to 50 people have been quarantined after an employee opened envelope with a suspicious powdery substance in an United States Customs office in Alameda, California.

A 2:43 pm emergency call was made reporting the employee feeling sick immediately after opening the envelope, KNTV reported.

Two more people also felt sick. Fire officials say their symptoms are not deadly, but the workers are receiving treatment under quarantine, and a HAZMAT crew is on location telling others to stay away from the area.

Fire officials established a "hot zone," an area where safety equipment is required to avoid the risk of infection.

Police Lt. Jill Ottaviano told El Cerrito Patch that some people were eventually allowed to leave the building.

"Once we identify what it is," Alameda Fire Department Spokesman Juan Medrano told the San Francisco Chronicle. "we can figure out how to deal with the substance itself and what levels of decontamination are needed."
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Cold-hearted world: Passengers applaud as 7-year-old boy having allergic reaction removed from plane


King 5
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:01 UTC
boy with allergies removed airplane
7-year-old Giovanni, his mom, Christina Fabian, and dad, George Alvarado
Instead of sightseeing on a ferry, 7-year-old Giovanni, his mom, Christina Fabian, and dad, George Alvarado should have already boarded a flight.

"We were on Flight 171," said Fabian.

But the trip from Bellingham back home to Phoenix was interrupted by Giovanni's allergic reaction. "He began to get very itchy and he was scratching all over. He started to get hives, so we informed the flight attendant who informed us that there's dogs on every flight and just smirked, which minimized his experience for me," said Fabian.

The allergic reaction delayed take off, and soon the family was told they'd have to deboard. "We understood. They helped us off the plane, but as we gathered our stuff the people toward the back of the plane clapped," said Fabian. Giovanni's feelings were crushed by the clapping.

"People who don't have sadness, they don't understand," he said.
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Psychopath? Israeli rabbi colonel: Rape of Palestinian women during war is permissible


Days of Palestine
Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:00 UTC
Religious soldiers
“As in war the prohibition against risking your life is broken for the benefit of others, so are the prohibitions against immorality,” the rabbi said.
In order not to weaken soldiers' ability during war, they can do whatever they want including rape.

Israeli Rabbi Colonel Eyal Qarim of the Israeli Military Rabbinate has permitted Israeli Jewish soldiers to rape Palestinian women.

The permission came as an answer for this question: "Is it allowed in our days for an Israeli occupation soldier, for example, to rape girls during a fight, or is such a thing forbidden?"

"The wars of Israel are religious wars, in which they differ from the rest of the wars the nations wage among themselves," the Israeli Jewish rabbi said.

Comment: Imagine an ideology, bolstered by religion, that has, as its highest values: domination, war, brutality and death for the sake of bolstering its imperial ambitions. Imagine, also, that this sect has tremendous political, economic and societal powers world-wide, and has a mandate to wipe out or subjugate a very large percentage of the world's population in order to fulfill these ambitions. Then put the pathological statements made by Israeli Rabbi Colonel Eyal Qarim into this context and what he says doesn't seem so shocking, does it?

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Attention

Passenger train derails in Netherlands after hitting hydraulic crane at crossing


RT
Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:35 UTC
train derailment netherlands
© ANP / AFP Emergency services intervene on the scene of a derailed passengers train near Dalfsen, eastern Netherlands, on February 23, 2016
At least one person has been killed and 10 injured after a passenger train derailed after hitting a hydraulic crane on a crossing in the Netherlands, officials told Dutch radio.

The incident took place near the town of Dalfsen, in the northeast of the country.

"There were not too many people on the train. The evening train is usually full, but not in the mornings," Mayor Han Noten told Dutch radio broadcaster NOS. He added that at least 10 people received non-life-threatening injuries.
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Oscar

Programming fail? Most Americans don't care at all about Academy Awards

Ashley Rae Goldenberg
MRCTV
Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:40 UTC
oscars
Despite all of the controversy over the Oscars being #SoWhite, the reality is that a majority of Americans don't actually care about the Academy Awards at all.

YouGov asked 1,000 Americans from Jan. 21-22 about their opinions on the alleged racial controversy in the Oscars. One of the questions was, bluntly, "How much do you care about the Academy Awards?"

In response, a vast majority — 62 percent — responded that they do not care "at all" about the Academy Awards. The poll found 29 percent of respondents care "a little" about the Oscars, while only seven percent care "a lot."

Comment: SOTT Satire Desk: the 2015 'Oscars'

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Thanks NATO: Libya facing humanitarian crisis from food insecurity and lack of life-saving medicine


RT
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:06 UTC
hospital libya
© Anis Mili / Reuters
One million people in Libya will soon be in need of immediate help if medicines are not delivered soon, according to a UN humanitarian official, who added that the problems will be "a real issue" and could start within a month.

"Our estimation is that by the end of March, Libya may run out of life saving medications which will impact about 1 million people," said Ali Al-Zatari, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya, as cited by Reuters.

Political unrest in the North African country is not helping matters, making it difficult to coordinate deliveries of life-saving medicines. Al-Zatari says there is a drastic shortage of pharmaceuticals needed to try and treat diseases such as cancer, while he is also worried about the state of hospitals in Libya, which are not receiving adequate funding.

Comment: What was once a thriving and prosperous democracy is now in complete chaos, courtesy of the US' exportation of 'democracy and freedom'.

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Is the war in Ukraine starting up again? Illegal shelling moves from outskirts to the cities on eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day

Ollie Richardson (translator)
Fort Russ
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:52 UTC
Yasinovataya
23.02.16 Yasinovataya
To be brief, it has begun. Indeed the fighting in Donbass has resumed. More precisely, the firing of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements. Again, after dark, Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeyevka, Yasinovataya feels the charm of the "truce". If before we were informed of the shelling on the outskirts of the city by daily summaries from Basurin, now we hear for ourselves that there is almost nothing left of the ceasefire.

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, the Ukrainian army began to congratulate the armed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic in the evening of the 22nd February. At approximately 18:00 the attack on the Yasinovataya post, Oktyabrsky, the Airport began.

Comment: Coincidentally (or not), the resumption of UAF shelling, which is a blatant violation of the Minsk agreements, came on the same day that Russia and the U.S. announced their ceasefire plans for Syria. Was this just a cynical 'congratulations' to commemorate Defender of the Fatherland Day? Or does it signal a full resumption of the illegal war on the people of Donetsk and Lugansk? Whatever the case, it demonstrates the total disregard of the Ukrainian authorities for peace. Let's hope the Syrian ceasefire is more successful.

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Solving homelessness: Far less expensive to provide housing than to leave homeless on the streets

Matthew Yglesias
Vox.com
Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:50 UTC
homeless shelter, homelessness
© Jewel Samad/AFPThe new Central Union Mission shelter in Washington, DC
The final week of January saw an annual ritual in government statistical gathering that few people know about — the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Point-in-Time survey of the homeless population, in which HUD recruits volunteers around the country to go out and try to count up all the homeless people living in America. This year, White House Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough even joined up, volunteering as part of the San Francisco PIT crew.

Counting the homeless is, of course, a critical element to making appropriate homelessness policy. But good policy also requires greater awareness of a discovery that research continuously confirms — it's cheaper to fix homelessness by giving homeless people homes to live in than to let the homeless live on the streets and try to deal with the subsequent problems.

The most recent report along these lines was a May Central Florida Commission on Homelessness study indicating that the region spends $31,000 a year per homeless person on "the salaries of law-enforcement officers to arrest and transport homeless individuals — largely for nonviolent offenses such as trespassing, public intoxication or sleeping in parks — as well as the cost of jail stays, emergency-room visits and hospitalization for medical and psychiatric issues."

By contrast, getting each homeless person a house and a caseworker to supervise their needs would cost about $10,000 per person.

Comment: There is a distinct difference between cultures and city governments that are truly empathic and thus willing to work toward solving the problems that create homelessness and those who are psychopathic and would rather avoid responsibility by keeping those less fortunate out of sight and out of mind. People need to understand that these problems can be solved if there is a concerted effort and a willingness to do so.

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Question

Former cop busted for selling drugs 'suicided' in Ohio jail


RT
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:07 UTC
deaths ohio jail
© Jorge Cabrera / Reuters
Two inmates died in the same night at Delaware County Jail, north of Columbus, Ohio. One was a former detective who was facing federal charges for possession of drugs with intent to distribute. The other was serving time for drunk driving.

Tye Downard, 43, hanged himself early on Monday morning after being arrested for selling drugs that he had seized as a law enforcement officer. The former member of the Franklin County drug task force was facing up to 20 years, WSYX reports. Authorities claim that he had pocketed $35,000 from drug sales.

Downard had not been placed on suicide watch and was found unresponsive during a routine hourly check.

Comment: The detective charged with selling drugs "hanged himeself"??? More likely, he was considered a threat to the rest of the force possibly involved in a drug ring.

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People

Despite a deluge of propaganda America's attitude towards Russia has actually improved in 2016

Bradford Richardson
The Hill
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:03 UTC
antenna lies propaganda media
© Flickr/ fliegender
After dropping to a new low in 2015, Americans' view of Russia has improved slightly this year, according to a new Gallup poll.

Thirty percent of respondents report having a favorable impression of Russia, compared to 65 percent who view the country unfavorably.

In 2015, only 24 percent of respondents said they had a positive view of Russia amid aggression in Ukraine and interventions in the Middle East in defiance of U.S. policy.

Comment: Despite this improvement, the fact that roughly 40% of Americans see Russia as a 'critical threat' shows the utter disconnect between the US and reality. Thank the corrupt Western media for this.

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