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US gov investigating Apple over intentionally slowing down older model phones

RT
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:07 UTC

The US government has reportedly opened up an investigation into tech giant Apple amid a torrent of lawsuits alleging the company used an iPhone update to intentionally slow down older models.

According to Bloomberg News, citing sources with knowledge of the matter, the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have requested information from Apple as part of a probe into whether or not the company's not-so-helpful update violated securities laws. The inquiry is still in its early stages, according to the sources.

While consumers and even foreign governments - French authorities launched an investigation of their own in early January - have cried foul over the company's "planned obsolescence," the US government probe will focus on whether Apple misled investors about the performance of older phones.

Creepy landlord caught on film offering to waive rent for women that had sex with him

RT
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:02 UTC

A sleazy Welsh landlord has been caught offering women free rent in exchange for regular sex. The man was covertly filmed saying he would waive the £650 ($920) per month rent in exchange for sex once a week.

An undercover reporter caught up with the landlord in Cardiff. He had advertised an annex on Craigslist for £650 ($920) per month, but said "a reduced deposit/rent" was available for "alternative payments."

"I don't want to suggest anything that makes you run a mile but I want to help you out," the landlord was recorded saying on an ITV hidden camera. "I don't know if you have heard of a sort of a friends-with-benefits sort of arrangement."

Eating their own: Perpetual liberal victims just accused the New York Times of being a white supremacist, Nazi paper

Townhall
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:58 UTC

On Saturday, Ross Douthat published a column for the New York Times arguing that White House Senior Policy Advisor Stephen Miller should be included in negotiations about immigration policy because he represents the opinions of tens of millions of Americans. Somewhat predictably, the Times's liberal readership was none too pleased by the idea that proponents of increased restrictions on legal immigration would be given a seat at the table alongside proponents of amnesty, and many took to Twitter to express their displeasure. Some more unhinged commenters labeled the Times a "white supremacist paper," while others were content with simply suggesting that Douthat is a racist.

Because Saturday was Holocaust Memorial Day, some Twitter leftists apparently thought that Douthat's piece was promoting Nazism or attacking Jews. Canadian film producer and actress Nadine Van der Velde was especially perturbed:

Comment: The end result of this victim-based ideology is to burn everything to the ground, including the very structures that support the ideology.

Hawaiian officials resign, wrong button-pushing employee fired over false missile alert

RT
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 01:21 UTC

Two senior Hawaii emergency agency officials have resigned after the employee responsible for January's false missile alert was fired. The staffer apparently has a history of failing to distinguish between drills and real threats.

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) administrator Vern Miyagi stepped down Monday. "Gen. Miyagi, a respected military leader and honorable man, has taken full responsibility and submitted letter of resignation today," state Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Joe Logan, the Agency's military chief, said at a media conference.

He added that the employee who erroneously set off the missile alarm was sacked Friday. Retired Brig. Gen Bruce Oliveira, who is leading the probe, revealed that the employee who sent the island state into a frenzy of anxiety and panic has a history of mixing up trials and actual threats.

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Ultra-nationals swear in vigilante brigade to 'enforce Ukrainian order' in streets of Kiev

RT
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:59 UTC

Some 600 members of the so-called National Brigades - a vigilante unit drafted from the ultra-nationalist Azov Battalion have marched through Ukraine's capital, Kiev, saying they're ready to use force to impose "Ukrainian order."

During a "swearing-in" ceremony in the center of the Ukrainian capital over the weekend, hundreds of new members swore allegiance to National Brigades and their agenda, which includes "patrolling", "protecting" and "cleansing our streets of the rot like alcoholics and drug addicts", as police looked on. The entire ceremony was captured on video and promoted on the Brigades' Facebook page.

Hypocrite: Dem Senator Gillibrand outraged at Trump's alleged 'sexism' - but changes tune over Bill Clinton scandals

Carlos Garcia
The Blaze
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 02:00 UTC

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Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to tone down her outrage when she was challenged about allegations of sexual assault against former President Bill Clinton, and recent revelations against Hillary Clinton.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) appeared to change her tone completely Monday when challenged by Meghan McCain to express the same outrage against former President Bill Clinton as she had been displaying against President Trump.

Here's the video of the interaction:

Yankees, get the hell out! Iraqis outraged after US-led coalition kills 8, injures 20 in botched air strike

RT
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:59 UTC

Locals recounted grizzly details of a US-led coalition attack that reportedly killed at least 8 Iraqis Saturday, calling on American forces to leave the country. The Coalition said the incident is under investigation.

"We demand the departure of the American forces for having trampled upon the blood of children and civilians," Al-Sheikh Qater Al-Samawad, a Member of Al-Obeid tribe in Al-Anbar told RT following the alleged strike.

At least eight Iraqis were reportedly killed and 20 wounded in the botched raid conducted by US-led coalition forces operating in Al-Anbar province, according to reports. Local police said civilians and police were wrongfully targeted by a Coalition air strike after Iraqi forces misidentified police vehicles as part of a terrorist convoy.

Not for the faint-hearted - Chinese snow sweeper clears skywalk at 2,000 meters height

RT
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:04 UTC

A Chinese snow sweeper was captured in hair-raising footage doing a job for which most people are unlikely to volunteer - shoveling away snow on a shaky path 2,000 meters above the ground.

26-year-old Zhang Dongdong gained popularity among netizens after he was videoed clearing a skywalk at the cliff on one of the Five Great Mountains of China, Huashan Mountain (Mount Hua) in northwest China's Shaanxi province, according to local media. It usually takes Zhang around an hour to get rid of the snow.

Teenage girl killed along Turkish border in missile attack from Kurdish militants in Syria

Sputnik
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:58 UTC

Missiles fired from Syria have hit the Turkish border district of Reyhanli in the southern Hatay province, killing a teenage girl and injuring at least one civilian, local media reported on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, the NTV channel reported that at least two people had been injured in southern Turkey's Reyhanli as a result of rocket fire from Syria. According to the channel, those injured were taken to a hospital, with no information on their condition available.

The Anadolu Agency later reported that an injured teenage girl had died in hospital from wounds sustained in one of the attacks, carried out by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party's (PYD) militants. One more civilian was reportedly injured, two houses and several cars were also damaged.

Sweden grants Iraqi man custody of children he conceived with 13 year old cousin he married and raped

Chris Tomlinson
Breitbart
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:04 UTC

The Swedish government is under fire from critics after giving an Iraqi man custody of children he conceived with a then-13-year-old girl who was raped by the man after being sent to Iraq to marry him in 2007.

The girl, given the name "Alicia" to hide her identity, travelled to Iraq to marry her 23-year-old cousin in 2007 and said she was raped by him on the night of their wedding, Dagens Nyheter reports.

She then became pregnant sometime later that year and travelled back to Sweden where she gave birth to twins in Gothenburg. In 2009, Alicia travelled back to Iraq where she asked for a divorce, which was supported by her father if she gave up her rights to her children under "Iraqi law".

"After my divorce, my ex-husband's family came to me. They pushed the children out of my arms, pushed them into a car and left. I just cried and screamed," Alicia told Swedish media.

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Society's Child

US gov investigating Apple over intentionally slowing down older model phones

Creepy landlord caught on film offering to waive rent for women that had sex with him

Eating their own: Perpetual liberal victims just accused the New York Times of being a white supremacist, Nazi paper

Hawaiian officials resign, wrong button-pushing employee fired over false missile alert

Ultra-nationals swear in vigilante brigade to 'enforce Ukrainian order' in streets of Kiev

Hypocrite: Dem Senator Gillibrand outraged at Trump's alleged 'sexism' - but changes tune over Bill Clinton scandals

Yankees, get the hell out! Iraqis outraged after US-led coalition kills 8, injures 20 in botched air strike

Not for the faint-hearted - Chinese snow sweeper clears skywalk at 2,000 meters height

Teenage girl killed along Turkish border in missile attack from Kurdish militants in Syria

Sweden grants Iraqi man custody of children he conceived with 13 year old cousin he married and raped

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