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Study finds opioid prescriptions on the rise in UK despite poor results


RT
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:17 UTC
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© Diez, O. / Global Look Press
The prescription of highly addictive opioids by GPs in England is steadily rising, especially in deprived areas, a new study shows. The rise comes despite the drugs being potentially dangerous and the ongoing US opioid crisis.

Published in the British Journal Of General Practice, the research found an increase in long-term opioid prescriptions by doctors "despite poor efficacy for non-cancer pain, potential harm, and incompatibility with best practice."

The study found a clear north-south divide. Almost all of the low-prescribing areas were in the south of England while nine of the 10 highest-prescribing areas, including Blackburn, Middlesbrough and parts of Liverpool, were in the north. The exception was Bristol.

The number of prescriptions for opioids was higher in areas of socio-economic deprivation, the study added.
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Russian Skiing Federation chief: Rodchenkov was recruited by foreign special services in Canada


RT
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:10 UTC
Grigory Rodchenkov
© Viktor Chernov / Global Look Press
Grigory Rodchenkov
The president of Russia's Cross-Country Skiing Federation, Yelena Valbe, thinks that former Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory head Grigory Rodchenkov was recruited by foreign special services while working in Canada.

Fugitive doctor Rodchenkov, whose testimony formed the basis of the anti-Russian Olympic campaign, has become a hot topic once again with the Winter Games underway in South Korea.

Last weekend he was featured in the CBS program 60 Minutes, where he once again claimed to have played a key role in the Sochi 2014 "doping scheme," which in his words was backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, and discussed the doping situation in the global Olympic movement.

In her recent interview with kp.ru, Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation chief Valbe said that information provided by Rodchenkov cannot be treated as trustworthy, as the 59-year-old doctor might suffer from mental illness.
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Julian Assange loses proposal to have his UK arrest warrant dropped


RT
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:02 UTC
Assange
© Justin Tallis / AFP
An arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be dropped, a British judge has ruled. His lawyers had argued it was no longer in the public interest to arrest him.

Assange has spent more than five and a half years living in a single room inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. He took refuge in the building in a bid to avoid extradition to the US over his role in publishing leaked diplomatic and military records.

The Wikileaks founder was wanted in Sweden for a rape investigation when he sought protection in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012. Swedish prosecutors dropped the investigation last year, but the British warrant for violating bail conditions still stood.

Judge Emma Arbuthnot struck down all five points put forward by his lawyers, stating she doesn't think Assange's fears he would have been extradited from Sweden to the US are "reasonable."
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Court of Arbitration for Sport Secretary General: No proof of doping does not equate to innocence


RT
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:56 UTC
Olympic Athletes from Russia
© Rob Schumacher / Reuters
The Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony
Court of Arbitration for Sport Secretary General Matthieu Reeb has told RT that he sees nothing illegal or odd in the International Olympic Committee refusing athletes entry, even in the absence of evidence of doping violations.

"The duty of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) was to show that the athletes involved in this case were guilty of an anti-doping rule violation. The fact that you cannot establish the evidence of guilt does not mean that you have established the innocence of the athletes," Reeb said in an exclusive interview with RT.


Comment: That's the exact opposite of the way law has been governed since the signing of the Magna Carta! Innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around. But apparently the IOC thinks they know better than common law and when it comes to Russian athletes, they all are guilty no matter that they've never actually tested positive for doping. Talk about an upside-down, unfair interpretation of law!


The IOC and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have been on the brink of an open confrontation due to their conflicting decisions on Russian athletes over doping allegations. The Russian Olympic team was officially banned from the 2018 Winter Games, leaving a reduced delegation of Russian athletes eligible to compete at the Games under a neutral flag.

Some of the sportsmen turned to the CAS to gain admission to the Olympic Games, and last week the Lausanne-based court upheld the appeal of 28 athletes and coaches. However, the IOC still refused to invite them to the games, and even voiced the suggestion that "urgent reform in internal structure" is needed following the "extremely disappointing" decision.
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Caitlin Johnstone: How establishment propaganda gaslights us into submission

Caitlin Johnstone
Information Clearing House
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:10 UTC
gaslighting
The dynamics of the establishment Syria narrative are hilarious if you take a step back and think about them. I mean, the western empire is now openly admitting to having funded actual, literal terrorist groups in that country, and yet they're still cranking out propaganda pieces about what is happening there and sincerely expecting us to believe them. It's adorable, really; like a little kid covered in chocolate telling his mom he doesn't know what happened to all the cake frosting.

Or least it would be adorable if it weren't directly facilitating the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people.

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Russian state bank to cancel debts of plane crash victims


RT
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:55 UTC
lights
© Kirill Kallinikov / Sputnik
Sberbank has announced that the bank will cancel the debts of victims who died in the plane crash that occurred in the Moscow region on Sunday.

The Saratov Airlines An-148 was on its way to Orsk when it crashed a few minutes after taking off from Domodedovo Airport. All 65 passengers on board died, along with its six crew members.

Comment: See also: Over 200 body fragments found at crash site of Russia's An-148 airplane near Moscow

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Taking Liberties: USA hockey goalies may be forced to ditch statue masks


RT
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:35 UTC
Hockey mask
© Brian Cassella / Global Look Press
The US Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team are working with the IOC to see whether their goalies at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games will be forced to remove their masks with the image of the Statue of Liberty.

Goalies Nicole Hensley and Alex Rigsby will wait to see if their goalkeeper's masks featuring the image of the iconic statue in New York Harbor will be declared a 'political symbol', and therefore in violation of International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules.

Under IOC Guidelines Regarding Authorized Identifications, no item may feature the wording or lyrics from national anthems, motivational words, public/political messaging or slogans related to national identity.

The statue's image adorns the left side of Hensley's helmet, whereas Rigsby's includes a stamp depicting the statue on the chin. Rigsby's also includes a USA crest on the top, a drawing of the famous V-J Day kiss photograph in Times Square, and a bald eagle - the national US symbol.
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Sweden deporting American student for having too little funds in bank account, but welcomes 'former' ISIS terrorists with open arms


Voice of Europe
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC
Miranda Andersson, American student deported Sweden

Miranda Andersson - Private picture
American student Miranda Andersson, was told to leave Sweden after she didn't have enough money in her bank account for a short period.

Andersson, who studies at the Uppsala University, transferred some money to her parents' account in the United States for safe-keeping.

Therefor her balance dropped below the ($10,126), the amount foreign students should have in their bank account to get a residence permit.

The American student immediately returned the money to her Swedish bank account when she realised her error.

Comment: While these insane liberal policies appear to make little sense, these decisions are part of an overall objective to radically change European countries by completely overwhelming the native population. For more background on the crisis, see: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

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Evil Rays

Vlogger Logan Paul's scandalous videos trigger new YouTube punishment laws


RT
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:08 UTC
Youtube
© Reuters
Youtube logo.
Tasteless videos by scandal hit vlogger Logan Paul have seemingly led YouTube to reconsider how it punishes people who carry out "heinous pranks" or "demonstrate cruelty" online.

YouTuber Logan Paul recently had his ad revenue on the site suspended following outrage at his videos, which appeared to show a suicide victim in Japan, as well as one where the vlogger tasered a dead rat.

Paul, who has 16 million online subscribers, was also slammed for disrepecting Japanese culture for a December video showing him donning traditional dress and fighting in Tokyo. In the clip, the controversial internet star is also filmed buying and then smashing up a Gameboy color before trying to return it to the shop.
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Books

School district removes two literary classics cuz snowflake students say they make them 'uncomfortable'

Chris Enloe
The Blaze
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:21 UTC
empty schoolroom
© Getty
A school district in Minnesota is removing two literary classics from their list of required reading because they make students feel "uncomfortable."
American literary classics "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" are read by most high school students nationwide. But students in Duluth, Minnesota, will no longer be required to read the novels.

And the reason why encapsulates political correctness culture.

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the books will be dropped from high school English classes' list of required reading in an effort to "be considerate of all students" because the books contain racial slurs.

The books were required reading for ninth- and 11th-grade English classes in Duluth Public Schools, but will be optional next school year.

Comment: History isn't pretty. Trying to protect students from that fact by removing all evidence of it from the curriculum is not doing these students any favours. It just encourages them to remain helpless within their little snowflake bubble.

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