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Extinguisher

NYPD upgrades to triple strength pepper spray; the old stuff was powerful enough

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Only in the twisted minds of NYPD officials would "more powerful weapons" be a solution to prevent their officers from killing people. Sadly, this is no joke. The NYPD recently announced that they are planning to stock more powerful and potent pepper spray, and they actually claim that this would be intended to prevent police from shooting people.

The potency that has been used by the NYPD and other departments previously is already highly dangerous with a concentration of just .21% capsaicinoids. The new spray will be concentrated at .67% which will undoubtedly be more dangerous and far more painful. The NYPD has already begun rolling out the new concentration and has equipped over 19,000 officers with the new mixture.

NYPD Deputy Chief, Edward Mullen, claimed in an interview with the Daily News that a higher concentrated pepper spray would help officers subdue unruly suspects more easily.

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Syrian refugee children found working in Turkish factories

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© Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
H&M and Next, two of Europe's biggest garment retailers, have found Syrian refugee children working in their supplier factories in Turkey, according to a report by a company ethics watchdog.

Of the 28 major brands questioned by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRCC) about conditions at their supplier factories in Turkey and the potential exploitation of undocumented Syrian children and adults, only H&M and Next confessed to finding children working in the factories.

The admission has sparked concerns that the problem may be much more widespread and that many of the companies are keeping quiet about abuse.

Both H&M and Next said that after identifying the children they took action to return them to school and to support their families.

Comment: Exploiting a crisis to take advantage of defenseless, vulnerable children who have already experienced more horror than any child should endure is beyond reprehensible.

10,000 refugee children missing in the EU - Europol chief of staff


Music

Really bad idea: Musician plans trip to Syria to serenade ISIS with songs of peace and love

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The Daily Sheeple Editors Note: The author was torn between using the word "bad" in the title of this story and the word "dumb"; while "bad" was chosen in the final version, it should be duly noted that "dumb" equally applies. Thank you.

And in other news, this is happening today.

A singer from Portland, Oregon named James Twyman is heading on over to an ISIS-controlled, war-torn Syrian village to quote "serenade ISIS with songs of peace in a bid to defeat their savage regime" in a plan he has referred to as an "unprecedented spiritual experiment" but what may also be referred to as "suicidal" and/or "the worst idea anyone has ever had ever".

The plan:

Comment: This is a prime example of an extreme lack knowledge and awareness. Not only did Twyman miss the memo that ISIS is fully funded creation of the US government, he obviously has no clue about psychopathy. You can't appeal to a psychopath's conscience. He doesn't have one. Sending buckets of love and light at a gang of murderous head-choppers will assuredly result in the opposite of what Twyman intends. He'll be lucky if he escapes with his life.


Eagle

Psychopathic Maine Governor wants to 'bring the guillotine back' and hold 'public executions' for drug offenders

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Maine Governor Paul LePage has a solution for, what he feels, is his state's lax punishment of drug dealers: "What I think we ought to do is bring the guillotine back."

Apparently, the recent proposal to jail drug traffickers for a minimum of four years wasn't quite draconian enough for LePage, as he told WMOV, "We could have public executions and we could even have, you know, we could even have [guessing] which hole it falls in." No further explanation was offered for that last part, but in the context, it would seem he was referring to executed an person's decapitated head.

LePage also called the ACLU the "worst organization in the State of Maine" for protecting the press and others who criticized him extensively this month for a rather astonishing comment made during a town hall meeting, which spoke volumes on his sudden call for a medieval death penalty:

Comment: Never mind that the incarceration rate for drug offenses has already spiraled way out of control and solved nothing, and never mind that the entire 'war on drugs' is a sham for reasons too many to enumerate here, it is individuals like Maine Governor Paul LePage who may ultimately be the most dangerous to the fabric of society that we have to be on the watch for.

This is the same guy who sought to remove a mural in the state Department of Labor building depicting the history of the labor movement. He is one of the pathocrats; a political animal and pathological fascist who is not only hopelessly out of touch with the average person and the issues that they are faced with, but spreads ideas that are mostly punitive in nature and do nothing to uplift the people he is sworn to serve.


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American way: Flint's emergency manager prioritized cost savings over public safety

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A little over a week ago, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder released hundreds of pages of e-mails related to Flint from 2014 and 2015. One of the attachments, an assessment of Flint's water system by a private water corporation, is very significant.

In February 2015, almost a full year before the news of widespread lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, gained headlines, the world's largest private water corporation, Veolia, deemed Flint's water safe. They were hired by the city to assess the discolored water that many residents had been complaining about—a General Motors plant had even stopped using Flint's water because it was rusting car parts.

But while Veolia, a French transnational corporation, deemed Flint's water to be "in compliance with State and Federal regulations," they concluded that "aging cast-iron pipe" was creating "aesthetic issues including taste, odor, and discoloration."

Their report didn't mention lead, but they recommended spending $50,000 to add corrosion control chemicals to Flint's drinking water because iron was leaching from the city's pipes.

The city didn't heed Veolia's advice, but regardless, someone should have known that lead was likely leaching into Flint's water as well.

Comment: What is more disturbing is that moral bankruptcy has become so commonplace within the U.S.


Bad Guys

'Endless' US aggression has turned Iraq into a dystopian nightmare

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© AFP 2016/ AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

Decades of US-led aggression raped and pillaged Iraq, killing millions of its people, creating dystopian conditions for survivors.


Humanitarian crisis conditions are deplorable, exacerbated by endless US aggression, using ISIS and other takfiri terrorists as imperial foot soldiers, along with low oil prices complicating things further.

Iraq needs over $1.5 billion in aid this year alone. Baghdad called for international community help, its migration and displacement minister Jassim Mohammed al-Jaff, saying:

Comment: Further reading:


Post-It Note

Anonymous letter from Germany: 'People are shocked, people are scared'

ZDF's Dietmar Schumann
ZDF's Dietmar Schumann. He paid a Russian bum $800 to lie in his Putin documentary. Outstanding!
We recently wrote one of our volunteers in Germany to ask what ever happened with that extraordinary story which broke in mid-December about the main German television station ZDF paying a young Russian man to lie about fighting in the Ukraine in a vicious hatchet job documentary film about Putin called "Machtmensch Putin".

Our headline at the time was "BUSTED: Fake Info in German Putin Film Could Explode into Major Scandal (Video)", and we really thought this might be the straw that breaks the camel's back, because Germans are already up in arms about their media's hard line against Russia.

Hearts

Indiana elementary school principal dies after pushing students away from runaway school bus

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© The Sun UKSusan Jordan
Longtime Amy Beverland Elementary School Principal Susan Jordan always put students first. It's a commitment she literally gave her life for Tuesday afternoon.

The Beverland principal of 22 years pushed several students out of the path of a wayward bus in front of the school and sacrificed her own life to protect them. The bus struck Jordan and two 10-year-old students who are now in critical but stable condition at Riley Hospital for Children.

Jordan died at the school, the Indianapolis Star reports. "Quite frankly, ladies and gentlemen, we are talking about a legend," Lawrence Township Schools Superintendent Shawn A. Smith said at a press conference, according to the news site. "As superintendent of schools and a representative of the entire school community, we lost a great educator today," he said.

"Susan was an amazing educator," the school board said in a statement Tuesday. "She had a remarkable way of making everyone she came into contact with feel valued and important. She has a passion for children that is unmatched."

Police Sgt. Kendale Adams told NBC News the incident appeared to be a "freak accident." "The female bus driver told firefighters that she is not sure what caused the bus to accelerate and jump the curb but reported in the instant that the accident occurred she saw principal Jordan push several students out of the way before she was tragically killed," fire Capt. Rita Reith said, adding that the driver and 25 children aboard the bus were not injured.

The Star highlighted a video posted to YouTube in May filled with glowing testimonials from students, faculty and staff commending Jordan for her decades of service to the school.


Stormtrooper

EU troops accused of sexually abusing African children

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Soldiers from a United Nations peace-keeping force and a European mission have been accused of sexually assaulting minors as young as seven-years-old in the Central African Republic. Some children alleged their attackers exchanged food for sex.

A UN probe has revealed reports accusing UN peacekeepers, members of a European mission, and troops in France's Sangaris operation of sexually abusing children.

Although there is mounting evidence suggesting UN peace keepers have sexually assaulted minors, this latest probe unearthed allegations against European Union troops (EUFOR).

Two girls said they were raped by EUFOR troops while two others say they were paid to have sexual relations with EUFOR soldiers.

The four children were aged between 14 and 16 at the time of the alleged attacks. Three of them said they believed their attackers were from Georgia.

Unprecedented in such cases, the UN released the nationalities of the accused peace keepers. They hail from Bangladesh, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

UN investigators also interviewed two children who said they were sexually abused by soldiers in France's Sangaris unit.

"The girl said she had performed oral sex on French soldiers in exchange for a bottle of water and a sachet of cookies," the interviewees' statement read. "Both she and the nine-year-old boy said that other children were abused in a similar fashion in repeated incidents involving several French soldiers."

Comment: Psychopaths are always ready to take advantage of the most desperate and vulnerable.


Fire

Over 80 killed, children burnt to death, 62 victims treated for burns in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

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© www.presstv.ir Boko Haram
Boko Haram militants killed 86 people, including children, in their recent attack on villages in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday. Horrifying details of the attacks emerged on Sunday.

The Saturday night assault on the outskirts of the Nigerian city of Maiduguri - the birthplace of Boko Haram - lasted for hours, targeting villages and camps housing some 25,000 refugees, AP has reported, citing survivors and soldiers at the scene. By Sunday afternoon, 86 bodies had collected, officials said, adding that another 62 victims were being treated for burns.

Comment: See also: African Muslims & Christians stand united - show Americans how not to let ISIS win