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Antifa hotbed Portland sees 22 police cars vandalized on May Day

antifa portland vandalized car
© Debra Heine
Vandalized Portland police car.
In Portland's first reported May Day disruption, nearly two dozen police cars were vandalized in the northeast section of the city early Tuesday morning, police say.

At about 5 a.m. this morning, a total of 22 patrol cars in a police precinct parking lot were vandalized with what appears to be latex paint on windows and doors, KGW reported.

Comment: It could have been worse for Portland

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Bulb

New poll shows 63% of Brits say mass migration is too high

UK Border
In what should serve as another reminder that the British public want to see an end to mass migration, YouGov have found that 63% of Brits think the current level of migration is too high - with only 22% saying they support levels seen at the moment.

Support for slashing levels of migration includes 84% of Conservative voters, 49% of Labour even 43% of LibDem supporters.

poll immigration

Comment: But who cares what the thoughts (however sensible) or the will (however practical) of the people are anyway.


Star of David

Psychopathic Israeli radio hosts fantasize about rape and murder of leftist 'filth' who called soldiers 'terrorists'

Shai Goldstein and Leah Lev maavi

Shai Goldstein and Leah Lev
Recently a video of human rights activist Adi Shosberger calling Israeli soldiers near the Gaza fence "terrorists" circulated widely in Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned the video as an "outrageous absurdity".

But the hosts on the Breakfast Club radio show on the Maariv channel 103 FM went further. Host Shai Goldstein said that he "feels like killing that woman", and called her "stupid", "retarded", "little bitch", and "filth." His co-host Leah Lev echoed his views.

I mentioned the reaction before, but I've now transcribed the entire conversation because it is so hair-raising. Maariv is the 3rd largest news outlet in Israel, and is considered mainstream and centrist.

Bug

Cadets quit Austin police: Expose department for training cops to see public as 'cockroaches' they're at war with

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Nearly a dozen police recruits quit their training program and are now calling out the department for trying to teach them aggressive tactics that do not serve or protect the public.

It takes at least four years of college for an enlisted person in the military to become a military "officer," which is quite a contrast from the mere nine months it takes for a police officer to earn the title. But according to a group of 10 former Austin Police Department recruits who wanted to become peace officers, just like the military, the Austin PD is training "warriors" instead of "guardians."

The former recruits are now blowing the whistle and claiming that the type of mentality they encountered is not what they signed up for and is not representative of the greater Austin community. KVUE writes:
Summer Spisak, a 38-year-old former tech employee who participated in nine weeks of the eight-month academy last year, said instructors told her and other cadets they would "punch them in the face" if they said they wanted to be police officers to help people.
Spisak and others are now sounding the alarm for the public, saying police are being trained to view community members as the enemy and not as their fellow citizens. "It's so different from what is portrayed...It's so different from my expectation of the Austin Police Department," Spisak concluded.

2 + 2 = 4

Appalling US scores: 65% of public school 8th graders not proficient in reading; 67% not proficient in math

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Sixty-five percent of the eighth graders in American public schools in 2017 were not proficient in reading and 67 percent were not proficient in mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress test results released by the U.S. Department of Education.

The results are far worse for students enrolled in some urban districts.

Among the 27 large urban districts for which the Department of Education published 2017 NAEP test scores, the Detroit public schools had the lowest percentage of students who scored proficient or better in math and the lowest percentage who scored proficient or better in reading.

Only 5 percent of Detroit public-school eighth graders were proficient or better in math. Only 7 percent were proficient or better in reading.

In the Cleveland public schools, only 11 percent of eight graders were proficient or better in math and only 10 percent were proficient or better in reading.

In the Baltimore public schools, only 11 percent were proficient or better in math and only 13 percent were proficient or better in reading.

In the Fresno public schools, only 11 percent were proficient or better in math and only 14 percent were proficient or better in reading.

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Heart

Russian oncologist diagnosed with cancer makes the most of his remaining time by launching awareness project

Russian doctor Andrey Pavlenko cancer education project
© Такие Дела / YouTube
Pavlenko committed to dedicating his remaining time to three goals: growing his oncology center, securing his family’s well-being, and launching a media effort to help other people navigate the sea of information available about the diagnosis.
A Russian doctor with a less than five percent chance of recovery from stomach cancer if chemotherapy doesn't work, is making the most of his time, running a project to educate people about the disease.

When Andrey Pavlenko, a 39-year-old oncologist from St. Petersburg, began to feel stomach pains, he assumed it was an ulcer he had developed due to an irregular eating routine - and he went in for a gastroscopy.

The news was devastating - third-stage stomach cancer. Pavlenko, known as one of the best oncologists in Russia, knew his chances, but says he only allowed himself to be upset for a moment. Learning about the cancer - which he is dealing with almost every day - was a little bit easier for him than for the average patient, "but I was quite anxious at first," the doctor told Russian media outlet Afisha.

"The tremor came, although I am very robust psychologically," Pavlenko noted. "And then there came a hot wave from inside my head. But it faded away in a minute."

Pistol

Texas father was told his son had to die like Alfie, but he resisted with guns and his son lived

George Pickering Sr Alfie
As the tragic story of baby Alfie begins fading from headlines, it is important to point out what allowed this situation to unfold like it did. Guns. Before throwing your arms in the air and screaming out, "how the hell does this child's death have anything to do with guns?" consider the following truth: The majority of the United Kingdom is unarmed, leaving most guns in the hands of criminals and government. When only government has guns, they can make decisions-like kidnapping a baby and starving him to death-without fear of recourse from the citizens, or even the family.

Officials in the UK sentenced baby Alfie to death this year when they denied his parents the ability to fly to Italy to receive free treatment at no cost the British government. The decision was entirely arbitrary as it had no bearing on Britain's healthcare system. They had nothing to lose by allowing the family to fly to Italy and they had everything to gain.

Instead of allowing the family a last stitch effort to save their baby's life however, the state effectively kidnapped him and had armed police officers standing outside the hospital to make sure he was left there to die. His parents, Kate and Tom, were helpless to resist.

Airplane

Newark bound Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Cleveland due to broken passenger window

Southwest flight emergency landing broken window

A Southwest spokeswoman said the decision was made to divert the plane "for maintenance review of one of the multiple layers of a window pane."
A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Newark made an emergency landing Wednesday due to a broken passenger window.

Flight No. 957, which took off from Chicago Midway Airport, was diverted to Cleveland, Ohio, just before 11 a.m. - two hours after taking off, according to Flight View.

It landed safely at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, officials said.

Pictures posted on Twitter show several cracks in one of the Boeing 737-700's windows.


Bad Guys

Secret documents suggest 7,000 UK personnel may be complicit in Saudi slaughter of Yemeni civilians

house destroyed Yemen
© Mohammed Dhari / Global Look Press
house destroyed in airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 19, 2018
To what extent is the UK aiding the Saudi intervention in Yemen? A new report suggests help is more hands-on than just defense deals.

Never seen before documents published as part of a new paper titled 'UK Personnel Supporting the Saudi Armed Forces - Risk, Knowledge and Accountability', suggest that some of the functions carried out by British personnel and arms companies in the Gulf kingdom may be more than what the Government is willing to admit.

According to the report, British arms deals to Saudi Arabia dating back to to 1985 have contained secret support clauses for British-made aircraft which tie British contractor and government personnel to Saudi military action, even if the UK is not itself involved directly.

These aircraft, namely Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, have been conducting continuous airstrikes against targets in Yemen since the country erupted into civil war in 2015, with strong claims made by human rights organizations that war crimes are being conducted, including the use of cluster munitions.

Road Cone

Live video shows Armenian protesters blocking traffic, railways & airport as protest leader loses PM bid

Armenian anti-government protesters
© Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Armenian anti-government protesters block a road in Yerevan, Armenia. May 2, 2018.
Anti-government protesters disrupted traffic in Armenia's capital, blocking railways and roads leading to Yerevan International Airport, after the parliament voted against opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan's bid for interim PM.

Protesters managed to block streets connecting downtown Yerevan to residential districts, disrupting transportation in Armenia's capital, footage from the scene shows. Yerevan's metro system has also been paralyzed as demonstrators sit on the tracks, preventing trains from passing.

Comment: See also: Armenia isn't undergoing a color revolution - Armenians are just fed up with Sargsyan