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Russian military engineers celebrate 319th anniversary of foundation with impressive drill

RT
Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:25 UTC

Russia's Defense Ministry has marked the 319th anniversary of the creation of one of its most technologically advanced military branches by showcasing military engineers storming an enemy hideout in an impressive drill.

A video published by the Defense Ministry on social media shows a Russian military engineers' strike team clad in state-of-the-art combined armor protective suits storming a simulated militants' mine workshop under the cover of armored personnel carriers.

The soldiers' multilayer composite armor consisting of metallic, plastic and ceramic plates covering the whole body allows them to survive even if an explosive device is detonated right next to the strike team.

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France apology after history textbook links CIA to 9/11

BBC
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:01 UTC

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Nearly 3,000 people died when four airliners hijacked by al-Qaeda jihadists were crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania

A French publisher has apologised after a history textbook that appeared in bookshops in recent weeks suggested the 11 September 2001 attacks were probably "orchestrated by the CIA".

Comment: Where's the lie?

The debunked conspiracy theory was apparently highlighted on social media initially by a group of schoolteachers.

The book History of the 20th Century in Flash Cards is aimed at undergraduate students.

Comment: So somehow the truth ended up being printed in a textbook and the PTB went into overdrive trying to course correct, making sure no one for a moment considered it anything more than a crazy 'conspiracy theory'. God forbid new students get any hint of what actually went on on 9/11 and actually be lead to question the official narrative.

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The infantilization of Western culture

Simon Gottschalk
The Conversation
Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:39 UTC

If you regularly watch TV, you've probably seen a cartoon bear pitching you toilet paper, a gecko with a British accent selling you auto insurance and a bunny in sunglasses promoting batteries.

This has always struck me as a bit odd. Sure, it makes sense to use cartoon characters to sell products to kids - a phenomenon that's been well-documented.

But why are advertisers using the same techniques on adults?

To me, it's just one symptom of a broader trend of infantilization in Western culture. It began before the advent of smartphones and social media. But, as I argue in my book "The Terminal Self," our everyday interactions with these computer technologies have accelerated and normalized our culture's infantile tendencies.

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'Russian spies' in Davos: A scandal or clickbait-chasing nothingburger?

Nebojsa Malic
RT
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:51 UTC

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A police officer stands guard ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 20, 2020.

What better way to spice up a snoozy meeting of world elite at a posh Swiss resort than a story of Russian spies? And if details show it's old with nothing to it, that hasn't stopped conspiracy-mongers and attention hungry media.

"And then the plumber pulled out a diplomatic passport," blares (in German) the headline in Sunday's Tages Anzeiger. The Zurich-based daily offered a lurid story of two Russians with diplomatic documents that Swiss authorities hassled way back in August, and ultimately released because, well, they hadn't done anything to warrant prosecution.

At least one of them "pretended to be a plumber," the paper proclaims, scandalized, to the delight of Russia conspiracy theorists everywhere - such as the Guardian's Luke Harding or Eliot 'Bellingcat' Higgins.

Queens of Gamergate Zoe Quinn & Anita Sarkeesian monetized feminist victimhood, then cheated their followers

Sophia Narwitz
RT
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:03 UTC

For the best part of a decade two women have parlayed supposed gamer sexism and death threat allegations into wealth, fame, and a reputation at odds with their actions. Will Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn ever be held to account?

Sarkeesian was an online pioneer of a certain type of feminist game criticism that appeared to dismiss most games as a form of digitalized misogyny and hated playing all of them, while Quinn was a game developer with a thin track record but a flair for drawing attention on the internet, when Gamergate struck.

An avalanche triggered in August 2014 by a single account of Quinn's supposedly unscrupulous personal behaviour, Gamergate was the moment that a prevalent but culturally marginalized hobby came of age as something that truly mattered.

2 more inmates killed in troubled Mississippi prison

Emily Wagster Pettus
ABC News
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:32 UTC

Two inmates were killed Monday night at an understaffed Mississippi prison that has been shaken by other deadly violence in recent weeks.

The state Department of Corrections confirmed the deaths Tuesday but did not immediately release the names of the latest inmates killed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. A chaplain was trying to reach the inmates' families to notify them of the deaths, and the department said it is investigating the deaths.

"At this moment, it appears to be an isolated incident — not a continuation of the recent retaliatory killings," the department said Tuesday on Twitter.

Department spokeswoman Grace Simmons Fisher verified to The Associated Press that the information is accurate.

Georgia uses DNA sample and genealogy to solve rapes from 1999

ABC News
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:14 UTC

Advanced genetic genealogy testing helped authorities solve three Georgia rape cases from 1999, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

The three rapes happened between June and October 1999 within a three-mile radius of each other, Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes said in a press release. In each case, a woman awoke in the wee hours of the morning in her own bed to find an unknown man standing over her.

Each woman reported her assault immediately and underwent testing to collect and preserve semen left by the rapist. Rape kit testing done by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at the time indicated that the the DNA profile from the three kits was identical, but repeated checks never matched to any known offender in a national DNA database.

The district attorney's office began looking into the case again in late 2018 and determined that advanced DNA testing might be appropriate. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, which funds the Georgia Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, approved about $10,000 for testing, the release says.

George Galloway: BBC faces existential threat. In the 21st century, it has nobody left to lie to

George Galloway
RT
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 19:58 UTC

Whoever replaces outgoing BBC Director General Tony Hall, be sure that establishment interests will be in safe hands. But multiple scandals the broadcaster has been involved in damaged it quite possibly beyond repair.

The next director general of the BBC will be formally appointed by Sir David Clementi, educated at Winchester, Oxford and Harvard, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, chair of insurance giant Prudential, a former director of Rio Tinto Zinc, chair of Virgin Money and CEO of Kleinwort Benson. His grandfather was the governor of Hong Kong.

Be sure then that the interests of the establishment are in safe hands.

But in truth, the new DG will be picked by another public-school Eton-and-Oxford blue-blood, Boris Johnson.

New UK govt proposes terrorists take lie-detector tests 'to prove they have reformed'

RT
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:46 UTC

Comment: You didn't really think things would change for the better under Boris Johnson, did you?

© AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas
Banners and pictures on London Bridge in memory of crime victims of central London attack on December 12, 2019.

New legislation that would see terrorists taking lie-detector tests has sparked anger and disbelief online, with many pointing out that the technology is far from foolproof and accusing the government of being soft on crime.

The proposed polygraph testing is part of a slew of new measures drawn up by PM Boris Johnson's government in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack last November which left two people dead.

Yet, the idea of 'toughening up' Britain's counter-terror laws by polygraphing convicted terrorists to prove they no longer pose a threat to society after their release isn't sitting well with many in Britain. Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, never shy of airing his views on controversial matters, seemed to be unimpressed with the idea, tweeting: "What? Is this a joke?"

Comment: The reason they don't treat the 'problem' seriously is because establishment insiders know there isn't really a 'problem' - at least, not one it can't control and game to its advantage, as evidenced by the pattern of much-hyped 'terror attacks' (really, just regular stabbing incidents) taking place in the run-up to political events like elections.

2 killed, 1 critically injured in chaotic stabbing, robbery & arson spree in Barcelona

RT
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 03:54 UTC

Police in Barcelona have connected the dots between a series of apparently random attacks across the city, tying one suspect to two murders, a stabbing and an attempt at arson in the span of a single afternoon.

It all started around 3pm local time, when Barcelona's fire brigade responded to calls about an apartment blaze near the city's Ciutadella Park. Inside the flat they stumbled upon far more than a fire, finding not only evidence of arson, but the body of a man with "signs of violence," and apparently strangled. Police were called to investigate, strongly suspecting foul play.

A video later emerged on social media showing an unidentified man descending the facade of the apartment building as smoke billowed from one of its windows, dressed in beige pants, a dark jacket and a black motorcycle helmet.

Comment: Meanwhile in London yesterday: 3 men killed in London stabbing frenzy - Knife crime doubled since 2014

See also: French police shoot man wielding knife & yelling 'Allahu Akbar'- follows similar incident 2 days earlier (4th January 2020)

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Society's Child

Russian military engineers celebrate 319th anniversary of foundation with impressive drill

France apology after history textbook links CIA to 9/11

The infantilization of Western culture

'Russian spies' in Davos: A scandal or clickbait-chasing nothingburger?

Queens of Gamergate Zoe Quinn & Anita Sarkeesian monetized feminist victimhood, then cheated their followers

2 more inmates killed in troubled Mississippi prison

Georgia uses DNA sample and genealogy to solve rapes from 1999

George Galloway: BBC faces existential threat. In the 21st century, it has nobody left to lie to

New UK govt proposes terrorists take lie-detector tests 'to prove they have reformed'

2 killed, 1 critically injured in chaotic stabbing, robbery & arson spree in Barcelona

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