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Transmarginal inhibition: The trauma that forever changed us

Teodrose Fikre
The Ghion Journal
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:21 UTC
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You never come out on the other end of trauma the same. Witnessing horrors real time and going through the experience of mind bending pains is something that alters reality and induces an endless stream of sadness and haunting memories. This is why veterans who fight in wars come back home and become homeless or why children who suffer unimaginable ordeals end up enduring a life of distress as adults. Though some endure agonies that are more excruciating than others, all of us in time experience the traumas that life brings and the ennui that comes with it.

I write this in light of the attempted terror attack that took place this afternoon as a depraved soul tried to snuff out innocent lives in order to advance an ideology of hate. Targeting civilians and exterminating men, women and children who have nothing to do with combat are actions of depraved souls. Violence can't birth peace nor can hate be the answer to hate; killing non-combatants to advance a political, economic or religious manifestos is pure evil. Whether the people blowing up lives and buildings call their targets infidels or collateral damage is a difference without a distinction. This is the pure folly of waging a war against terror; destroying nations and unleashing a bloodletting upon the masses will only create more terrorists and lead to a never ending campaign of tit for tat carnage.

Comment: The author is describing the effects of a deliberate program of transmarginal inhibition being practiced on populations around the world, breaking the spirit of common people and rendering them torpid in the face of growing tyranny.

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Convicted: Californian man kidnapped, sexually assaulted two underage boys for years - tried to get son to silence or kill victims


True Viral News
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:58 UTC
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A Riverside County man was convicted this week of 22 counts involving the kidnapping and sexual assault of two underage boys, whom he threatened to kill and then tried to keep from cooperating with investigators, officials said.

Randy John Morasch, 55, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to a Dec. 8 Riverside County District Attorney's Office news release.

From 2005 to 2009, and from 2013 to 2014, Morasch offered employment, lavish gifts and housing to two separate, underage boys at his home in Aguanga, east of Temecula, Deputy District Attorney Marcus Garrett said in an interview.

At his home, Morasch sexually assaulted the victims, threatened them with violence and told them he would kill them or out them as homosexuals if they exposed the activities taking place, Garrett said.

Morasch met the first victim, a 16-year-old runaway, at a feed store in 2005. He offered the boy employment in construction and promised him ammunition to shoot guns at the home, Garrett said.

Comment: No doubt, Morasch probably thinks of himself as a good person: he did a lot for those teens, and that's how they repay him? By trying to ruin his life? That's the criminal mind for you.

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Stating the obvious: American NGO finds there is no freedom of speech in Ukraine

translated by Inessa Sinchougova
Fort Russ
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:55 UTC
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The American NGO "Human Rights First" has criticized restrictions on freedom of speech in Ukraine in its recent report "Democracy in Danger: Ukraine at the Crossroads on the Fourth Anniversary of Euromaidan."

"The media in Ukraine are largely controlled by influential people who use these platforms to promote the interests of their political and business partners."

At the same time, the Ukrainian government silences critics, those who doubt the commitment of the country of democracy.
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Russia's FSB has foiled ISIS-linked bomb plot targeting New Year celebrations and Russian 2018 presidential election


RT
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:47 UTC
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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled the plot of a terrorist group which planned to bomb New Year celebrations. The group also reportedly intended to target the March presidential election.

Russia's security services thwarted terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, that were to occur during the presidential election campaign and New Year holidays, FSB Director and head of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee Aleksandr Bortnikov said on Monday.

The bombings were planned by members of an ISIS-affiliated group, a separate statement by the FSB press service said. Three nationals of Central Asian countries were arrested, and two AK-47 assault rifles, two improvised bombs and other explosive materials were seized during the operation.
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Moscow court issues arrest warrant for WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov on charges of drug trafficking


RT
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:40 UTC
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© Netflix / Global Look PressGrigory Rodchenkov
The former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, is facing charges of trafficking highly potent illicit drugs in his home country. Rodchenkov's testimony on alleged state-run doping instigated a wave of sanctions against Russia.

Rodchenkov, who fled Russia at the end of 2015, has been charged in absentia for illegally trafficking dangerous substances, Interfax reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation.

The latest development comes in the wake of the Basmanny District Court in Moscow issuing an arrest warrant for Rodchenkov on charges of abusing his powers in office. The fugitive doctor, who is reportedly living in the US under the FBI's witness protection program, will be immediately arrested if he ever returns to Russia.

Rodchenkov supervised doping control at the Moscow laboratory, and he has repeatedly accused Russia of doping violations, including during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in which he claimed to have played a key role.

Comment: The testimony of a known criminal fugitive is hardly a credible source of information. The IOC apparently is willing to listen to anyone who wants to claim Russia was a state sponsor of doping, even someone like Rodchenkov who has every reason to lie and to try and make Russia look bad.

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Six Weinstein victims file anti-racketeering RICO lawsuit, alleging widespread criminal enterprise

Colleen Long
Associated Press
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:22 UTC
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The federal anti-racketeering law has been used since the late 1970s to bring down mob bosses. Could it be used to prosecute Harvey Weinstein?

Lawyers for six actresses who say they were sexually assaulted by the movie producer filed a lawsuit Wednesday in New York arguing that Weinstein was, essentially, a racketeer who used a legion of assistants, casting agents, security firms, gossip writers and others to supply himself with a steady stream of unwilling sexual partners and silence their complaints.

Their anti-racketeering suit was filed in a civil court, but it prompted discussions about whether prosecutors could make a similar criminal case.

Maybe, said G. Robert Blakey, a professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame law school who helped write the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. But it wouldn't be easy.

"It would take imagination and intestinal fortitude," he said. "Prosecutors have been singularly lacking in both when it comes to women making complaints of sexual assault against powerful men."
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Steve Bannon rallies the Alabama right for Roy Moore's final stand

Alexander Nazaryan
Newsweek
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:46 UTC
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© Alexander Nazaryan for NewsweekA Moore supporter in Dothan, Alabama.
As a fiddle ensemble played a rendition of The Beatles' All You Need Is Love, about 200 Alabamians filled a bright, remodeled barn in the countryside outside of Dothan, not far from the border with Florida.

Near the entrance was a display of a Southern swamp, replete with snakes and gators emerging from algae-occluded depths. The swamp symbolized-as it must in the age of President Trump-the fetid political culture of Washington. And where there's an allegorical swamp these days, there must be someone promising to drain it. In this case, it was Roy S. Moore, the former chief justice of Alabama and, for one more day, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.

The rally in Dothan took place just hours before polls opened across the state in a special election that pits Moore, a religious conservative, against Doug Jones, a former prosecutor whose campaign has become a nationwide liberal cause in recent weeks, as Democrats seek a major victory ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Though such a victory may have once seemed quixotic in this deeply red state, allegations that Moore harassed several women (including teenagers) have made the contest closer than it might have otherwise been.

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The reasons Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Republicans should be natural allies

Scott Adams
Scott Adams Blog
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:33 UTC
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© CNNSeptember 16th, 2017. An unusual moment of reconciliation happened when pro-Donald Trump speakers allowed a Black Lives Matter activist to take the stage during the Mother of All Rallies in Washington D.C.
One of the big changes in our national consciousness, thanks to President Trump, is that many of us are starting to see politics in terms of "deals." We are also thinking about a growing economy. Compare that approach to the Obama/Bernie/Clinton worldview that is more about wealth transfer in a world of scarcity. For my purposes today, you don't need to decide which approach is better. I only make the claim that we are more focused on the Art of the Deal than at any time in American politics. This is one of the many ways President Trump is in our heads.

And the deal-making mindset, along with some lucky coincidences, has created the greatest opportunity for improvement that the African-American community has seen in decades. At the same time, Republicans have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to earn a larger share of the black vote in 2018 and beyond. All we are missing is the right deal. Is there a potential deal that is good for President Trump and the GOP while also being good for BLM?

Yes. And it isn't even hard.

I'll get to that deal after some necessary context. (It's worth your time.)

Comment: As a Trump Supporter, I agree with Scott's position, with the caveats that in no way can any policies be race specific. If the race of the police officer or the victim is to appear in a report, it must always appear, and be accurate.

I agree, if these are the demands of BLM, then I support them, they are reasonable, and nothing like the Marxist clap-trap some other questionable "leaders" of BLM used to release. These changes wouldn't just help the Black Community, but all communities and America.

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Break the internet! Massive movement takes shape this week to save net neutrality

Jake Johnson
Common Dreams
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
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Major websites and social media platforms are teaming up for an "epic" online demonstration to show what the web would look like without net neutrality

In addition to making their voices heard in the streets, net neutrality defenders have planned a massive online demonstration this week ahead of the FCC's scheduled vote on chairman Ajit Pai's deeply unpopular plan to kill the open internet, which critics have denounced as "naked corporatism."

Slated to begin Tuesday-and continue through to the scheduled vote by the Republican-controlled FCC on Thursday-the "Break the Internet" protest is aimed at showing "the world what the web will look like without net neutrality."

The demonstrations will vary widely, depending on the platform. "Facebook and LinkedIn users will 'break' their profiles by changing their relationship status to 'Married' (to net neutrality) or adding a new 'job' of 'Defending Net Neutrality,'" Fight for the Future noted in a press release on Monday. "Websites and apps will participate by doing something to 'break' their platform and encourage their users to contact Congress."

Many major websites have been working in conjunction with activists to drive calls to Congress since the day Pai unveiled his plan to eliminate net neutrality rules just before Thanksgiving. According to Battle for the Net, over 833,000 calls have been made since November 21.

Comment: See also:

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Saudi Crown Prince's liberalization? Saudi Arabia to finally open first cinemas in early 2018


RT
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:43 UTC
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Cinemas will open to the public in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia in 2018, the kingdom's culture ministry has announced. The lifting of the ban follows several other steps by the Saudi Crown Prince touted as liberalization of the country.

"As the industry regulator, the General Commission for Audiovisual Media has started the process for licensing cinemas in the Kingdom," Minister of Culture and Information, Awwad bin Saleh Alawwad, said in a statement on Monday.

"We expect the first cinemas to open in March 2018," he added as cited by Reuters.
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