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Paris prosecutor: France faces 'very high' terrorism risk

RT
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:18 UTC

The terrorist threat in France remains "very high," according to the Paris public prosecutor. He said the threat used to come from the outside, but is currently rooted "within" the country, making the fight against it even harder.

This change is driven by "the disintegration of the caliphate, due to the military situation in Iraq and Syria," Prosecutor Francois Molins told European broadcaster RTL. "This is why Daesh (an alternative name for Islamic State) tells its fighters: 'Do not join us, stay at home, and commit terrorist acts on your national territories.'"

Fewer and fewer French jihadists want to visit Iraq and Syria, Molins said. And yet, it's hard for law enforcement officials to track down "people not previously known to the intelligence services."

Nassar victim Aly Raisman slams US Olympic Committee not acknowledging role in sex assault scandal

RT
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:02 UTC

US gymnast Aly Raisman, one of the alleged sexual abuse victims of team doctor Larry Nassar, slammed the US Olympic Committee (USOC) for not acknowledging their role in the scandal.

Raisman, who represented the US squad in two Olympic tournaments - in 2012 and 2016 - in which she earned three gold medals, has posted a lengthy statement on Twitter, condemning the USOC for not addressing the issue, which affected hundreds of gymnasts treated by Nassar.

"For the past week, survivors came forward to courageously face a perpetrator of evil and to share their painful stories," Raisman wrote, regarding the victims' statements at Nassar's sentencing hearing, in which the gymnasts detailed the abuse they suffered at the hands of the former team doctor - a position he held for more than 20 years.

"Many of them, myself included, claim the USOC is also at fault. Was the USOC there to 'focus on supporting the brave survivors'? No. Did they issue any statement then? Crickets," she said.

Liberals livid after deal for gov shutdown ends without agreement on protection of immigrants

Elana Schor
Politico
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:09 UTC

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United We Dream executive director Cristina Jiménez, whose group has mobilized its grass roots to push for Dreamer protection, tweeted that "Dems failed to fight & use their leverage to protect immigrant youth."

Liberal activists are furious with Democratic senators after most of them agreed to reopen the federal government without a firm path to shielding young immigrants from deportation.

As the third day of the shutdown dawned, liberal advocates and immigration groups fired off a joint statement blasting as "unacceptable" Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's offer merely to hold a vote on immigration - with no promises for action from the House or White House - in exchange for Democratic votes to reopen the government. But three hours later, Democratic senators agreed to just those terms - sparking anger on the left.

"Millions of people flooded the streets of every major American city to stand up to Trump this weekend," tweeted Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of the influential activist network Indivisible. "Your constituents want you to fight. How can you possibly not understand that?"

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Crimea given green light to open 'Russian Las Vegas' casino zone next year

RT
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:54 UTC

A casino zone will be opened in Crimea next year, according to the head of the Russian region, Sergey Aksenov. The project, which was first announced in 2014, has now been given the green light.

The opening is scheduled for September next year, and the land will have been allocated by this February, Aksenov told TASS.

"There is a large operator ready to invest in the project. There are subtleties, mostly linked to the Western sanctions, so there is a need to remain anonymous about who will do it," Aksenov said. The unnamed casino operator is ready to invest 8 billion rubles (about $150 million) in the project, he added.

Oops: Hawaii governor late in retracting false missile alert because he 'forgot' his Twitter login

RT
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:48 UTC

Governor of Hawaii David Ige failed to avert moments of horror for citizens caused by a false ballistic missile alert as he did not know the login and password for his Twitter account, local media have reported.

On January 13, an emergency alert of an incoming ballistic missile and calls to seek shelter caused panic among Hawaii residents. It took officials more than half an hour to retract the false warning and reassure the terrified residents that there was no danger.

The retraction of the alarm might have come earlier though...

Ige was aware of the false alert just two minutes after it went out to residents' phones, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper. However, the governor confessed that he could not access social media to tackle the situation immediately as he could not recall the password for his Twitter account.

Cathy Newman interview with Jordan Peterson highlighted how feminist zealots want to crush rational thinking

Melanie Phillips
The Times
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:40 UTC

If you want to know what the culture war is about, look no farther than the spectacular eruption in Britain during the past few days over Jordan Peterson, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto.

Peterson came to prominence in 2016 when he refused to adhere to a proposed new Canadian anti-discrimination law, under which it was claimed that personal pronouns would have to be replaced by preferred transgender activist terms such as ze or zir.

The issue for him was liberty. No one, he declared, had the right to dictate what language people should use.

For this stand, he was compared to Hitler, had his lectures drowned out by white noise and was forced to rely on crowdfunding after his grant application to continue his academic research was rejected. He said he feared for his life.

Israeli man rapes, murders elderly neighbor, feeds remains to dog

Sputnik
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:29 UTC

An Israeli citizen has been jailed for life after violently raping and murdering his 66-year-old neighbor in 2014.

The Beersheba district court sentenced Avraham Yalma, 37, to life imprisonment with an additional 15 years in jail after convicting the man for raping and murdering his elderly neighbor who was a volunteer helping Holocaust survivors.

According to the judge's verdict, Yalma met the victim upon her return from volunteer work, took her to his apartment, ruthlessly raped and murdered her. He then left the dead body on the floor and let his dog, an American Staffordshire Terrier, feed on the victim's remains.

School shooting in Kentucky leaves one student dead, five other students shot

RT
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:10 UTC

One student has been confirmed dead and at least five students were shot Tuesday morning at a high school in Kentucky. The school was placed on lockdown and emergency responders are already on scene.

The suspect has been apprehended by police according to Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin who confirmed the "tragic shooting" by saying one person has been confirmed dead with "multiple others wounded", however much is still unknown, he wrote on Twitter.

"Please do not speculate or spread hearsay...Let's let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us," he wrote.

Oxford University wants women to get better grades in math and science exams - so they now get extra time

Alex Matthews
Daily Mail
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 11:19 UTC

Oxford University has extended time for maths and computer science exams in a bid to help women get better grades (file photo)

Oxford University has extended time for maths and computer science exams in a bid to help women get better grades.

Undergraduates were given 105 minutes to complete their papers, rather 90.

There was no change in difficulty or the length of questions and female students were said to do better as a result.

Dons trialed the changes to allow women to achieve higher results, with just seven female maths finalists achieving firsts last year compared with 45 men.

The proposals were put forward to reduce the 'undue effects of time pressure' which the prestigious university believe effects women more than men, reports the Sunday Times.

Comment: See also: Five Feminist Lies We Take For Granted

Inspectorate alleges sex abuse victims in UK prison being strip-searched too often

RT
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:12 UTC

Sex abuse victims in prison are being "over" strip-searched in embarrassing and degrading punishments in a UK jail, which houses both female and male inmates.

Use of force at Peterborough women's jail has also been branded "too high" by concerned officials who found the jail to be "unsafe" for inmates. Conditions at the jail were heavily criticized over concerns that the women are neglected, while operations are focused on the men's side because it poses more danger.

HMP and YOI Peterborough is the only prison in England and Wales that holds both women and men on a single site. HM Inspectorate of Prisons found formerly abused women in the prison, many of whom have experienced rape and molestation, are "too often" forced to remove their clothes before being searched.

Comment: There indeed should be records of strip-searching. Since there isn't, one has to question how the inspectorate reached the conclusion that it is being over-used and targeting victims of sex abuse.

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Society's Child

Paris prosecutor: France faces 'very high' terrorism risk

Nassar victim Aly Raisman slams US Olympic Committee not acknowledging role in sex assault scandal

Liberals livid after deal for gov shutdown ends without agreement on protection of immigrants

Crimea given green light to open 'Russian Las Vegas' casino zone next year

Oops: Hawaii governor late in retracting false missile alert because he 'forgot' his Twitter login

Cathy Newman interview with Jordan Peterson highlighted how feminist zealots want to crush rational thinking

Israeli man rapes, murders elderly neighbor, feeds remains to dog

School shooting in Kentucky leaves one student dead, five other students shot

Oxford University wants women to get better grades in math and science exams - so they now get extra time

Inspectorate alleges sex abuse victims in UK prison being strip-searched too often

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