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Toys

50 shades of steamy oatmeal: Sex and drugs in the new Muppets Show

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I think we all know I have a sense of humor, but come on, this is just... wrong. And call me prude if you want, but deep down we all know there's an agenda here, and it has to do with your kids' innocence.


Comment: Modern Music: Promoting pedophilia to adults and sexual debauchery to children


Quenelle - Golden

Way to go! Ukrainian journalist resigns in order to join independence movement

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A journalist with one of Ukraine's pro-government television channels has tendered her resignation and sided with the independence supporters in Lugansk.

"The channel belongs to a former Verhovna Rada deputy and is fully dependent on the views of its owners, shareholders and the official policy of the Ukrainian government, propagated by all our media outlets even when the local people we interviewed thought otherwise... I simply refused to do this any longer," Alla Grushko told a news conference in Lugansk.

"We were not allowed to put out materials, which were inconsistent with the pro-Ukrainian line... Only the ones where the Kiev troops are the good guys, where Ukraine is fighting for its territory and that Ukraine is always right," Alla added.

Comment: These psychopaths don't react kindly to journalists who tell the truth:


Heart

Real-life superhero, Phoenix Jones, thwarts attempted murder in Seattle

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© @thePhoenixJonesPhoenix Jones in costume.
Vigilante superheroes have long been a part of American culture because everyone knows that police don't actually keep us safe, even if it is on a subliminal level. This is the main reason why people love stories about superheroes so much, because they show us real crime fighters that actually don't disrupt the lives of innocent people, as police do on a daily basis.

As American streets become more heavily policed, and at the same time more dangerous, real superheroes are actually beginning to come out of the woodwork and make a difference. They aren't writing parking or speeding tickets, and they aren't hunting down non-violent drug users, but they are actually going after the violent criminals that police are too lazy and busy to deal with.

Comment: The world could use more superheroes; people using not just their brawn, but also their brains to fight evil and injustice everywhere.


Family

Naked-jogging Alabama couple arrested after leaving 1 year old alone on beach

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© Screenshot/KPLCCody and Monique Bourgeois
An Alabama couple was arrested after allegedly leaving their 1-year-old daughter alone on a beach while they jogged naked several miles away, KATC reports.

Cody and Monique Bourgeois were arrested two after police found the child alone on the beach, covered with mosquito bites and a sunburn, KPLC reports. They were charged with child desertion and obscenity.

Authorities suspect drug use played a role in the incident. The child is in the care of her grandmother and child protective services is investigating.

People

Crowd turns on Houston deputy after handcuffing, arresting youth for riding hoverboard in mall

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A cell phone video (below) showing a crowd yelling at a deputy while he arrests Jesse Valdez inside the Willowbrook Mall in Houston on Sept. 19 has gone viral.

The video was filmed by Valdez's brother, Michael Roulhac, who asked the Harris County deputy at least 20 times why he was arresting his sibling, notes the Houston Chronicle.

Early in the video, the deputy says that he is arresting Valdez for not obeying his orders, but doesn't say what those orders are.

Valdez was riding a mini Segway, also known as a hoverboard, in the mall when he was confronted by the deputy.

"The officer asked me to get off the Segway, and I asked him if this is a rule, or the law that I have to get off the Segway," Valdez said at a press conference on Sept. 21, notes ABC 13. "Instead of politely answering my question, he used force and took me off the Segway."

After handcuffing Valdez, the deputy keeps his knee planted in the young man's back. Later in the video, he aims a Taser at point-blank range in Valdez's back, causing the crowd to yell.

Mall security guards came on the scene with dogs, and formed a circle around the deputy and Valdez.


Evil Rays

California school district implements iris scanners on buses after student's death

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The Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency is using biometric iris scanners on special needs buses to prevent tragedies like the recent death of an autistic student who was abandoned on his school bus.

Hun Joon "Paul" Lee, a 19-year-old autistic student, was left on a contracted school bus in a district parking lot for hours Sept. 11, when he was found unresponsive laying in the aisle. A substitute driver picked him up at 8:30 a.m. and his parents believe he never got off the bus. Lee's mother realized something was wrong when his bus didn't arrive after school, NBC Los Angeles reports.

The nearby Antelope Valley Transportation Agency, meanwhile, is conducting a pilot program with iris scanners on special needs buses in hopes of preventing a similar tragedy from occurring in that district.

"Students will biometrically (iris) scan identity as the board and exit the school bus," according to a Monday press release. "The IRITRANS system will notify the driver visibly and audibly if the child is about to get on or off at the wrong bus stop. When the bus reaches the end of its daily route, the driver simply ends the route on the IRITRANS mobile device and if all students have not exited the bus, the device will notify the driver both visually and audibly to recheck the bus."

"Lost or sleeping kids. It happens every year in most school districts nationally only we rarely hear about it," IRITRAK president John DeVries said. "Kids left sleeping on a bus is at epidemic proportions nationally."

Comment: Just goes to show, in an overt way, what school really is.


Life Preserver

Hundreds of NYC workers homeless, more signs of the US economic woes

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Responding to a New York Post report stating that more than 300 New York City municipal employees didn't earn enough to be able to afford a place to live, the mayor has offered to find them permanent housing.

During a press conference on Monday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted there were people working for the city that were homeless, though he disputed the number initially reported.

"What we're facing now, this is becoming more and more of an economic problem. Meaning people have been displaced from their homes by the high cost of housing, even if they're working," de Blasio said at City Hall.

"We're going to make sure in every case, particularly with working folks, that we look for every opportunity to get them to permanent housing. "

The mayor questioned whether the number of homeless city employees was over 300, with his spokeswoman Ishanee Parikh saying records showed that only 83 shelter residents have identified themselves as city employees.

Comment: The divide between the haves and have nots is growing wider. When you work 40 hrs a week and still can't afford a place to live, then there's a serious problem. Meanwhile bankers and the elite are stacking billions off the backs of American workers.


Cross

Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. and the controversies surrounding him

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© Kevin Lamarque / ReutersU.S. President Barack Obama (R) smiles as he welcomes Pope Francis upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington September 22, 2015.
Pope Francis has finally landed in the US for his first-ever visit to the country. The papal swing through the Northeast is guaranteed to captivate Americans, but the popular pontiff is likely to draw praise and criticism on numerous contentious issues.

The Bishop of Rome's arrival comes at a delicate time for the Church in the US, which suffered damaging setbacks after a child sex abuse scandal. Although Catholicism is still the second-largest religion in the US, the number of Catholics in the US has declined and Pope Francis will be searching for ways to rejuvenate his flock.

So far, Pope Francis has defied being categorized on the traditional left-right spectrum of American politics, but his anticipated comments on a range of issues, from gay marriage and abortion to climate change and prison reform, will undoubtedly be seized upon for their political implications. Here are 10 of the most controversial issues surrounding the visit.

Stock Down

Is Deutsche Bank about to go down and take Europe with it?

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Is something about to happen in Germany that will shake the entire world? According to disturbing new intel that I have received, a major financial event in Germany could be imminent. Now when I say imminent, I do not mean to suggest that it will happen tomorrow. But I do believe that we have entered a season of time when another "Lehman Brothers moment" may occur. Most observers tend to regard Germany as the strong hub that is holding the rest of Europe together economically, but the truth is that serious trouble is brewing under the surface. As I write this, the German DAX stock index is down close to 20 percent from the all-time high that was set back in April, and there are lots of signs of turmoil at Germany's largest bank. There are very few banks in the world that are more prestigious or more influential than Deutsche Bank, and it has been making headlines for all of the wrong reasons recently.

Just like we saw with Lehman Brothers, banks that are "too big to fail" don't suddenly collapse overnight. The truth is that there are always warning signs in advance if you look closely enough.

Heart - Black

Report finds deported Mexicans subject to theft, abuse and separation of family by border agents

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A new report reveals rampant abuse by US Customs and Border Patrol agents towards migrants being deported to Mexico. One in three men and women said they were subjected to some type of abuse, whether verbal or physical, and often robbed.

The report, which was based on first-hand accounts, found that 38.4 percent of Mexican migrants reported abuse, most often verbal, and that two-thirds of migrants had been separated from their immediate family on being deported.

The report argues that the percentage could be even higher, because abuse "can deter [people] from making complaints."

The report, entitled "Migrant Abuse and Family Separation at the Border," was commissioned by the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the US and the Kino Border Initiative, a bi-national organization promoting humane immigration policies.