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Delusional narcissist Obama says there's 'still hope' as long as we train 'a million Baracks & Michelles'

Daniel Chaitin
Washington Examiner
Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:37 UTC
Obama
© AP
Former US President Barack Obama
Former President Barack Obama said Monday these are "challenging times" but he remains hopeful because of the next generation of leaders that he aims to guide.

Touching on his "third act," the 44th president spoke of programs that have become a central pillar of his Obama Foundation and its $500 million presidential center project in Chicago.

He told a packed arena at Bell MTS Place how he plans to create a "university for social change" that will serve as a hub for young people in the U.S. and around the world who are skeptical of the "old institutions."
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CCTV footage shows fatal Amazon delivery Boeing 767 crash in Texas

Peter Martinez
CBS
Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:40 UTC
amazon boeing crash texas
As crews continue to search a bay off southeast Texas for clues as to how a Boeing 767 cargo plane nose-dived into shallow water, a cadaver dog found the remains of the third and final victim of the doomed flight. Sheriff Brian Hawthorne of Chambers County, Texas, said an identity has not been released.

Tuesday's development came days after the Houston-bound Atlas Air plane crashed Saturday, leaving a large "extremely hazardous" debris field along Trinity Bay, some 35 miles east of the city. Flight 3591 had three people on board. Authorities identified two victims so far: Conrad Aska, the 44-year-old first officer and co-pilot, and Sean Archuleta, a 36-year-old jump-seat passenger, according to Hawthorne.

The plane essentially disintegrated upon impact after losing radio contact approximately 30 miles southeast of Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Crews have been using airboats and helicopters to comb through the wreckage, where chunks of the plane can be seen across the muddy landscape.

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Digital drivers licenses and smartphones will be searched by police


MassPrivateI
Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:56 UTC
cellphone check
© IEEE Spectrum
For years the push to replace physical drivers licenses with digital drivers licenses has relied on one thing; privacy.

But all of the "fake news" the public has been fed about their privacy is about to come "crashing" down, literally.

A Nevada bill if passed would allow police to search everyone's smartphones.

Nevada bill AB200 allows police to search the phones of everyone involved in a car crash.

"An act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing a peace officer at the scene of a traffic crash to use technology to determine if a driver was using a handheld wireless communications device at the time of the crash; requiring the suspension of the driver's license of a driver who refuses a request by a peace officer to use such technology; providing penalties;and providing other matters properly."

Comment: See also:

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Horrifying: Georgia girl, 14, kept in dog cage, starved, tortured before being buried in yard alongside brother

Stephen Sorace
Fox News
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:13 UTC
Mary Crocker Elwyn Jr.
© Effingham County Sheriff’s Office
Mary Crocker, 14, left, and her brother Elwyn Jr., who was 14 when he vanished in November 2016.
Mary Crocker, the 14-year-old Georgia girl found buried next to her brother in the family's backyard last year, was forced to live in a dog cage almost 24 hours a day while starving and being beaten before she died, authorities said Tuesday.

Investigators released the disturbing new details about the alleged abuses and deaths of Mary and her brother, Elwyn "JR" Crocker Jr., who was two years older, during a preliminary court hearing. Five relatives had allegedly abused Mary as punishment for misbehaving, authorities said.

Abby Brown, an investigator on the case, testified that Mary's confinement to a tiny dog cage nearly 24 hours a day had left her joints swollen from contorting her body to fit inside, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Relatives once duct-taped her to a ladder to see if her body would straighten out, Brown said.
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Tommy Robinson to face new contempt of court charges

Georgia Diebelius
Metro
Thu, 07 Mar 2019 22:47 UTC
Tommy Robinson
© Danny Lawson/PA
Tommy Robinson addresses a protest outside the BBC’s offices in Salford on Saturday.
Contempt of court proceedings are set to be brought against Tommy Robinson after it was deemed in 'the public interest' to do so. The Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox QC MP, concluded today that Stephen Yaxley-Lennon will face proceedings later this month. Contempt of court is punishable by up to two years in prison, and/or a fine.

The contempt of court case was referred to the Attorney late last year, by Nicholas Hilliard QC, the Recorder of London.

On May 25, Yaxley-Lennon, was found to be in contempt of court.
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HRW report: ISIS child suspects arbitrarily arrested, tortured in Iraq


Human Rights Watch
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:00 UTC
Iraqi children
© Associated Press file/Bram Janssen
The report by Human Rights Watch estimates that 1,500 children are being held in detention for alleged Islamic State affiliation, often after dubious accusations and confessions obtained through torture.
Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged Islamic State (also known as ISIS) affiliation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The prosecutions are often based on dubious accusations and forced confessions obtained through torture.

The 53-page report, "'Everyone Must Confess': Abuses against Children Suspected of ISIS Affiliation in Iraq," shows that Iraqi and KRG authorities often arrest and prosecute children with any perceived connection to ISIS, use torture to coerce confessions, and sentence them to prison in hasty and unfair trials. International law recognizes children recruited by armed groups primarily as victims who should be rehabilitated and reintegrated into society.

"Children accused of affiliation with ISIS are being detained, and often tortured and prosecuted, regardless of their actual level of involvement with the group," said Jo Becker, children's rights advocacy director for Human Rights Watch. "This sweeping, punitive approach is not justice, and will create lifelong negative consequences for many of these children."
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65 torched cars & firebombs: French city hit with 4th night of anti-police violence


RT
Thu, 07 Mar 2019 07:05 UTC
grenoble riots
© AFP/ Jean-Pierre Clatot
Rioters torched cars and hurled Molotov cocktails from the rooftops as the French city of Grenoble saw the fourth consecutive night of unrest, sparked by the death of two teenagers in a police chase.

Footage filmed by Ruptly shows vehicles engulfed in flames after they were overturned and torched by rioters in Grenoble, southeastern France, with firefighters and police deployed at the scene.

Wednesday marked the fourth consecutive night of the unrest rocking the city. The new round of riots erupted at around 9pm. Local media reported that people were seen throwing stones and Molotov cocktails from the rooftops at the police officers.

Comment: What did they expect the police to do? Not chase after them? It's likely that many of those rioting are hijacking the situation as an excuse to cause mayhem. Europe has seen a rise in this kind of violence which erupts for often no justifiable reason, in particular areas and countries, and it differs greatly to legitimate protests like that of the Gilet Jaunes, who don't just wait for nightfall to attack police:

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Williamson announces military ready to help in knife crime, prompts derision on social media


RT
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:42 UTC
gavin williamson
© AFP/Justin Tallis
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson AFP / Tolga Akmen (R) A British police forensics officer.
UK armed forces stand "ready to respond" to the current knife crime epidemic blighting the country, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has declared, leading to much mockery on social media.

Williamson made the remarks during a question-and-answer session on Tuesday night in which he insisted the Ministry of Defense is always available to assist Home Secretary Sajid Javid to "tackle this problem [knife crime]."

The intervention has prompted much derision on Twitter, with many questioning how military personnel could ever provide necessary support to a highly complex issue.

Comments ranged from: "What's he going to do - sail a Trident submarine up the Thames and nuke the bastards?" to "Don't stop there, Gav. Any squaddies [soldiers] available for nursing duties?"


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Hardhat

Italy: Bulldozers demolish camp housing 1,500 illegal African economic migrants, scene of multiple fatal fires

Lorenzo Tondo
The Guardian
Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:23 UTC
migrant camp italy
More than 1,500 people are being ousted from the refugee camp at San Ferdinando, in southern Italy, in the largest eviction since Italy's rightwing populist government's immigration measures kicked in.

On Wednesday morning, almost 1,000 paramilitary police officers surrounded the 400 shacks where the migrants have lived since the camp was established in 2010, near Gioia Tauro, in Calabria. As people were ushered out clutching their few possessions, bulldozers demolished the shanty town of cardboard and wood huts in a matter of hours.

"As promised ... we went from words to actions," said the interior minister, Matteo Salvini, head of the far-right League party. The majority of the camp's inhabitants are from sub-Saharan Africa and worked in nearby farmers' fields as illegal agricultural workers for paltry, exploitative wages.

In February, the mayor of San Ferdinando, Andrea Tripodi, said the camp was a danger to health and a fire risk. Four people have died in fires there over the past year.

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Red Flag

Arizona Sen. Martha McSally: Prevalence of sexual abuse in military is a national security threat


CBS News
Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:08 UTC
Martha McSally
© CHRIS ALBERT / CBS NEWS
Sen. Martha McSally speaks to "CBS This Morning"
A hearing on sexual assault in the military Wednesday was personal for Sen. Martha McSally. The freshman Arizona Republican revealed before the Senate Armed Services Committee she had been raped by a superior officer while serving in the Air Force.

In her first interview since coming forward with the revelation, McSally told "CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell she spoke out to "give the perspective of why I am advocating so strongly for women in the military." A portion of the interview will air Thursday on "CBS This Morning," with more of McSally's comments airing on Friday.

"If anybody last night or 50 years ago has also been through a sexual assault, I just want to give them some hope. I want to shine a flashlight for them, that today can be a new day. That they can find some healing in their own lives," McSally said. "They can find their own purpose and not be held back and not be stopped from fulfilling all of their potential in life because of the awful things that they were victimized from. Don't let your assaulter rob you of your future. Don't do it."
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