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Cash cow: Police find 'anti-idling' laws a useful method of revenue generation

An innocent man was violently arrested and taken to jail after a police officer accused him of leaving his car running while he was in a convenience store.

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In a bizarre case that shows the increasing overreach of the police state in the United States, their oversight has apparently grown to the point where officers are targeting drivers who leave their cars running while they walk into a convenience store to make a purchase.

A recent incident was caught on cell phone recording as bystanders tried to make sense out of the scene that led to Craig Williams being arrested, even though it appeared that he has done nothing wrong. It did not seem to matter to the arresting officer that he was on private property and had not been called to the scene as no crime had been committed. He simply saw that Williams left his car running and attempted to make contact with Williams who reportedly did not want to speak with the officer.

The so-called "crime" of leaving a car running unattended costs citizens $250 in fines, another stream of what extortionists call "revenue." Williams was apparently unaware of not only the law but the reason why he was being detained, apprehended-even though he was not running-and arrested, all for the crime of wanting to keep his car running.

Defense Attorney Mark Reichel told ABC10 that when a motorist is being cited for this infraction, they are technically under arrest by California law. "If you are still not giving out the driver's license, you are still not willing to sign the ticket, they can actually arrest you for resisting an arrest, obstructing an officer," he said.

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'My driver sisters': Saudi Arabia reportedly starts redesigning traffic signs for women

Saudi woman
© Reem Baeshen / Reuters
Saudi Arabia has reportedly started redesigning traffic signs for women ahead of Day X - June 24 - when all females will be allowed to drive on the roads.

"My driver brothers, my driver sisters. Your commitment to traffic regulations protects your life and the lives of others," the signs read, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel reported on Saturday.

Women were banned from the roads in the conservative kingdom until September 2017, when King Salman of Saudi Arabia issued a historic decree, ordering that women be allowed to drive. The Saudi Department of Traffic later confirmed that women would also be allowed to drive bikes and trucks.

Fire

Disney World: Fire-breathing dragon bursts into flames during parade in Orlando, Florida

Dragon on fire
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A fire-breathing dragon went up in flames during a parade at Disney World, Florida on Friday. Onlookers remained calm during the incident, apparently under the mistaken belief that it was part of the show.

The dragon float caught fire during the daily Festival of Fantasy Parade in Magic Kingdom. Videos from the scene show flames and plumes of black smoke rising from the robotic dragon's head.

Heart

Beagle Freedom: Giving Fido a new life after the research lab

LAb research dogs rescued
Every day, in labs across the United States, researchers experiment on thousands of cats and dogs. They test new surgical techniques, inoculate the animals with experimental drugs and remove organs, all in the name of advancing human knowledge and developing consumer products such as face creams and window cleaners.

Until recently, no laws covered what should happen to animals that survive the lab relatively intact. That is quickly changing.

Maryland last month became the seventh state since 2014 to require all research facilities to make efforts to adopt out healthy, surviving cats and dogs to homes.

The changes are coming despite opposition from top universities that have long been sensitive to animals' well-being, their representatives say, but don't want the extra paperwork that might go with adoption programs. Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and several private and public universities in California initially opposed the measures. Some dropped their opposition, though, after gaining some concessions in the wording of the bills.

Johnson & Johnson, makers of pharmaceuticals and health and beauty products, said in an email to Stateline that it believes healthy dogs that it uses in testing should be placed for adoption (the company says it doesn't test on cats), and that is the company's practice in Belgium. "We have also adopted out dogs in the US on a limited basis," wrote Kellie McLaughlin, a company spokeswoman. "Based on those successes, we are creating an internal policy that would allow us to adopt out as a standard practice."

The laws do nothing to impede research; they only create a pathway for surviving animals to find their way to welcoming homes and new experiences as beloved pets.

Comment: See: The Health & Wellness Show: The Quackery and Cruelty of Animal Medical Research
Seventeen to 100 million mice, rats, birds, rabbits, cats, dogs, primates and other animals suffer and die in laboratories every year in the U.S. They comprise the research subjects in chemical, drug, food, cosmetics and medical training exercises to assure that products are safe for human use. But is this really the case? Though there is little mention of animal medical research, or vivisection, in the mainstream press these days, scientists, medical doctors and animal activists have railed against animal experimentation for decades. Does animal research do anything to advance human health and wellness? Despite all the years of experimentation, has it ever led to any cure or breakthrough? Can the results of research conducted on an entirely different species even be extrapolated to human beings? Is vivisection just a way for people in white lab coats to get away with torturing animals?



Star of David

Dawabsheh family survives second Israeli illegal settler arson attack

Dawabsheh family Israel settles burn home
© Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu AgencyA member of the Palestinian Dawabsheh family stands in her living room after it was set alight by Jewish settlers in the West Bank on 11 May 2018
Jewish settlers set fire to a house belonging to the Dawabsheh family in the village of Duma near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus early this morning, according to eyewitness.

"A group of settlers attacked my home at dawn today, breaking a window and throwing a Molotov cocktail inside before fleeing the scene," Yasser Dawabsheh said.

"We were lucky that I was able to hear them when they attacked, so I was able to evacuate all my family," he said.

"Fire crews reacted quickly and put out the fire before the whole house burnt down," he added.

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Israel is planning to close border crossing with Gaza Strip - Reports

Closing of Gaza Strip
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Israel is planning to close the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip after being damaged, Reuters reported Saturday. The destruction is reportedly connected with border violence, which erupted amid numerous attempts by Palestinians to break through the security fence.

According to the Israeli military, the destruction is connected with border violence that erupted amid numerous attempts by Palestinians to break through the security fence.

"The crossing will remain closed until the damage caused by the riots is repaired and will reopen in accordance with a situation assessment," the Israeli military said in a statement.

Heart - Black

Seven people found dead in Australia's worst mass shooting in two decades

Australian policeman
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Mass shootings are not common in Australia, which has strict gun laws. However, guns still make their way into the country through organized crime rings.

Seven people, including four children, have been found dead at a home near Margaret River in Western Australia in the worst mass shooting in more than two decades.

The bodies of two adults with gunshot wounds were found outside and five others inside the house in the small town of Osmington, ABC News reported.

Police are treating the incident as a murder-suicide and have confirmed they are not looking for any suspects. They are also trying to get in touch with the victims' relatives.

Hourglass

'Only minutes to spare': Teen clings to 300ft cliff face in heart-stopping, helicopter rescue

Rescue
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A 13-year-old boy hanging on to a 300ft sheer cliff face was rescued by a British Coastguard helicopter crew with "only minutes to spare," according to the rescue agency.

The extraordinary rescue took place in Langdon Bay, east Kent on Friday, after the boy became stuck in the middle of the steep cliff while attempting to climb it. According to the Coastguard, the child was some 175ft from the bottom of the cliff when he became immobilized.

Video captured by a camera mounted to the rescue chopper shows the moment when the HM Coastguard Lydd aircraft arrived on the scene and found the child "desperately clinging on by his fingernails to the perilous cliff face."

Attention

'They're trying to kill him': Pamela Anderson calls on Kanye to help free Assange

Pamela Anderson
Actress-turned-activist Pamela Anderson has become one of the most vocal allies for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and now she wants Kanye West's help in setting him free.

Cooped up in the confines of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, the WikiLeaks founder has not set foot outside out of fear that he could be extradited to the US. Amidst all this, the UN has found that Assange's years inside the embassy amount to arbitrary detention.

Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has been an unlikely ally for the Australian recently, and, in an open letter published online, the Canadian actress pleaded with fellow celebrity Kanye West for help in bringing Assange to freedom.

Comment: Over the last week Kanye has faced huge backlash over his public support for Trump and has now officially been shunned by Hollywood and libtards. He appears to be fighting the battle for free speech, so hopefully he will consider Anderson's request and use his platform to promote Julian Assange's case.


Rocket

Syrian SA-22 air defense system hit by Israelis was either off-line or out of ammo according to former Russian Air Force commander

Pantsir-S1
© Evgeny Biyatov'It was either disabled or out of ammo': How Israelis hit the Syrian SA-22 air defense system A Pantsir-S1 (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) air defense system
A functional SA-22 would never let a missile reach it, a former deputy head of the Russian Air Force told RT. The Russian-made system filmed getting hit by an Israeli missile in Syria was either turned off or out of ammo.

Following a massive airstrike on what it called Iranian targets in Syria on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have released footage taken aboard a Spike NLOS cruise missile, which is seen hitting what appears to be a Pantsir-S1 (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) air defense system.

There can be only two possible explanations for a successful strike against a Pantsir-S1: "One is that it had already used up its ammunition reserve. The other is that it was simply turned off; it wasn't battle ready," Aytech Bizhev, a former Russian Air Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief, said.

"There can be no third option as it wouldn't have let itself to be destroyed... When it's battle-ready it performs constant surveillance of enemy aircraft and has a very fast reaction time. It would've brought down those cruise missiles with either its cannons or own missiles," he explained.

Comment: See also: Russian MoD: Pantsir-S1 repelling US strikes on Syria showed 100% effectiveness