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'Face of terror': Boston sgt suspended over leak of Tsarnaev's arrest photos


RT
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:18 UTC
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After Boston Magazine published previously unseen photographs of the night of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev's capture, in response to a now controversial Rolling Stone cover, the man who released the pictures has had his badge revoked.

The new images, which were provided by Sgt. Sean Murphy, a tactical photographer with the Massachusetts State Police, were accompanied by a statement written by Murphy, who was angered by the magazine cover of Tsarnaev, arguing that it promoted an unfair image of the suspected terrorist.

"The truth is that glamorizing the face of terror is not just insulting to the family members of those killed in the line of duty, it also could be an incentive to those who may be unstable to do something to get their face on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine," wrote Murphy.

Comment: What ever happened to innocent till proven guilty, Dzhokar Tsarnaev has already been convicted by the MSM with garbage like this from Rolling Stone, they just parrot the "official" narrative which has so many holes in it that you could call it Swiss cheese!

For a more objective analysis read:

The True Face of Boston Terrorism

Strategy of Tension - Boston Marathon bombing

Ink Blot Tests and 'actors' at the Boston bombings

Why there were no 'actors' at the Boston Marathon bombing

'It's all a hoax!' Boston Bombings and "Crazy Conspiracy Theories"

Lambs to the Slaughter: Boston lockdown for manhunt of bombings 'suspect'

Listen:

SOTT Talk Radio: Baghdad to Boston - Terrorism Strikes the American Homeland

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The experience of being brown in America

Badtux
Badtux the Snarky Penguin
Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:44 UTC
Another blogger asked the question, "why is it always about race when a white person kills a black person? Why is it never about race when a black person kills a white person?"

For real? I really need to explain this to people? Here, watch a video:


Okay, you're back? Good. Here's why it's about race: It's about race because it's about race.
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11-month-old Gabriella Luong dies in hot car in Alabama, mother 'had too many things on her mind'

Sarah Rae Fruchtnicht
Opposing Views
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:34 UTC
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July 17, 2013: This image shows flowers and notes left near the site where an 11-month-old girl died after being locked inside an SUV
An 11-month-old girl died Thursday after she was left inside a hot car in Homewood, Ala., for hours because her mother "had too many things on her mind."

Gabriella Gi-Ny Luong's mother, Katie Luong, was thinking about other things as she drove to work Wednesday morning. The baby was asleep in her car seat, presumably in the backseat. Luong forgot to drop her off at the babysitter's. She proceeded to work and left the baby in her SUV, completely forgetting that the infant was even there. She didn't realize the baby was in the car the baby-sitter called her Wednesday afternoon.

Gabriella was found unconscious in her car seat. It was 91 degrees outside.

Police said they received a call at 1:30 p.m. about a baby locked in a vehicle. Gabriella was pronounced dead at the hospital. She had been in the car for roughly three and a half hours.
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Detroit: largest US city to file for bankruptcy (for now...)


BBC News
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:13 UTC
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Detroit may be gearing up for a battle with creditors the day after it became the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with $18bn (£12bn) of debt.

Creditors fear they will not be paid, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said, adding the city is "basically broke".

Court papers filed on Thursday night listed 100,000 entities as creditors to the city. But unions have described the bankruptcy filing as a power grab.

Detroit, once a symbol of US industrial power, has faced decades of decline.

It is seeking protection from creditors who include public-sector workers and their pension funds.

Detroit's problems stem from declining industry. Public services are nearing collapse and about 70,000 properties lie abandoned.

Mayor Dave Bing has vowed that public services will keep running and wages for public workers will be paid.
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Repugnicans reject proposal to ban gun sales to suspected terrorists

Eric W. Dolan
The Raw Story
Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:22 UTC
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A proposal to ban the sale of firearms to individuals on the FBI's terrorist watch list was defeated by House Republicans on Wednesday.

Reps. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and David Price (D-NC) offered an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill that would have given the U.S. Department of Justice authority to block suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms and explosives.

"Terrorists are knowingly exploiting our laws," Lowey said, citing American-born al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn.

The amendment was defeated in the House Appropriations Committee by a 19-29 vote.

"Americans expect our government to keep guns out of the hands of felons, domestic abusers, the mentally ill, and terrorists," Lowey said in a statement. "A suspected terrorist cannot board a plane but can pass a background check to buy a gun. It is absurd that my Republican colleagues opposed our amendment to close this dangerous gap in our gun safety laws."

Comment: No doubt the NRA has been busy greasing the palms of congress. It is equally obvious the PTB need to keep the gun violence and chaos at high pitch, so they can continue to spy on us and "protect us" from the evil terrorist threat - a "threat" which is a complete fantasy.
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For an interesting discussion on the gun control debate listen to this SOTT Talk Radio Broadcast:
Gun Control USA: Do Guns Protect Civil Liberties?

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Double Standards: Iowa law enforcement agent fired after reporting republican governor's car for speeding

David Ferguson
The Raw Story
Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:59 UTC
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Larry Hedlund was fired for doing his job, and now intents to sue the state of Iowa
An agent of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) claims he was fired from his job after reporting Gov. Terry Branstad (R)'s vehicle for speeding. According to the Des Moines Register, Larry Hedlund, 55, intends to sue the state after being fired at the end of a 2 and a half month investigation that could leave him unemployable in law enforcement.

"I've been treated like a criminal," Hedlund, who has a 25-year record with the Division with no previous discipline issues, said to the Register Wednesday. "The best analogy I can give you is that they investigated me like I was a murderer, and in the process they murdered my career."

DCI officials would not comment on personnel matters to the Register, but paperwork Hedlund provided to the paper said that he was being dismissed from the division due to "negative and disrespectful messages" he emailed to subordinates about DCI leadership, for misusing a state vehicle and for being "deceptive" with supervisors.
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Air Force drone crashes and explodes in Florida, shutting down highway


RT.com
Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:59 UTC
A United States military drone presumed to be a QF-4 crashed, exploded and sent up a large black cloud of smoke Wednesday morning at Tyndall Air Force Base.


Local news outlets from the Florida panhandle region reported Wednesday morning that an unmanned aerial vehicle crashed on the drone runway at Tyndall AFB during take-off at 8:20 a.m. EST that morning.

Eyewitnesses told WJHG News that the drone "came in hard and fast" before it crashed.

According to the network, Tyndall officials said the drone was carrying a small self-destruct charge and "had to be destroyed for safety considerations during its return to base following a routine operation."

Following the accident, the UAV reportedly went up in flames and started a ground fire, prompting authorities to close nearby Highway 98. They've reported no injuries.
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23-yr-old engineer ends life. Reason: A crow sat on his head


Bangalore Mirror
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:47 UTC
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Anand V H was all of 23, and an engineering graduate to boot. But he was superstitious too - so superstitious that he ended his life on Thursday, all because a crow perched itself on his head -- twice -- the previous day. Anand committed suicide allegedly by consuming poison at his rented accommodation on 3rd Cross, 5th Main, Manjunath Nagar in Rajajinagar. The incident came to light Thursday morning after his older brother, who was in Gadag (420 km from Bangalore near Dharwad), got worried and came to check on him.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Anand got very upset after a crow sat on his head on Wednesday. He immediately called up his mother and narrated the entire incident to her, expressing fears that it augured ill - a belief among a section of Hindus. His mother tried to allay his fears and told him to visit the Hanumantharaya Swamy temple and light a lamp. Anand, however, was not convinced and went home and locked himself up before taking the drastic step.

"My brother had called my mother, Parvathi, and told her about the crow. He was very tense when he spoke. My mother rushed to an astrologer and on his advice told Anand to pray at the Hanumantharaya Swamy temple," V H Hampanna, elder brother of the victim, told Bangalore Mirror.
He went on to add that a few minutes later he called up Anand, but didn't get any response. He presumed his younger sibling was resting as he used to wake up by 5.30 am to go to work and take a nap after returning from work around 4.45 pm.
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Siberian driver kills pedestrian for walking slowly


RIA Novosti
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:53 UTC
A 77-year-old man was fatally beaten by the driver of a Lexus in Novosibirsk because the driver "did not like" that the man "was crossing the road slowly," police said Friday.

The driver, aged 59, hit the pedestrian several times in the face, inflicting injuries that later proved fatal, police said in a statement posted online.
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Reports confirm austerity leads to deepening recession in Europe

Stefan Steinberg
World Socialist Web Site
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:42 UTC
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A series of new reports confirm that the policy of austerity dictated by the troika - the European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund - after the financial crisis of 2008 is plunging Europe ever deeper into recession.

On Tuesday the European Union's statistics agency issued a report stating that in the month of May, imports to and exports from the euro zone both fell over 2 percent. Euro zone exports to the rest of the world fell by 2.3 percent in May after a sharp decline the previous month.

The decline in both imports and exports reflects the contraction of the European economy as a whole. After years of austerity, social spending cuts and growing mass unemployment, the broad mass of European consumers can no longer afford many commodities they took for granted only a few years ago.
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