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Spain's "king of porn" arrested, faces allegations of child sexual abuse


thelocal.es
Mon, 09 May 2016 19:27 UTC
Ignacio Allende Fernández.
© Wikipedia
Ignacio Allende Fernández.
Police in Spain said Saturday they were trying to identify children who had been forced to appear in pornographic videos after they arrested the country's "king of porn". The investigation was launched after a minor lodged a complaint alleging she had been asked at a Madrid bar to appear in porn films, a police statement said.

"While she accepted at first, she subsequently refused. Still she was forced... to film such scenes after consuming drugs," it said.

Press reports named the director as Ignacio Allende Fernandez, or Torbe as he is known, adding that he been remanded in custody pending further police inquiries. Police, who are appealing for witnesses to come forward to help identify potential child victims, described the man detained on April 25th as "a famous director and producer of Spanish porn films".

He faces allegations of sexual abuse of children, dissemination of child pornography and human trafficking. Police also announced the arrest in April of a Ukrainian man "linked to an international network that brought Ukrainian women (to Spain) to film pornographic scenes, often against their will".

"They lured girls who had financial problems at home, gave them the necessary documents to enter Spain and once they were here they would ... lock them up, often in the office where the recordings took place," the statement said.
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Heart - Black

Protecting their own: Video showing school cop punch and choke small student is deleted by police

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00 UTC
police abuse philadelphia school

Philly students' group accuses cop of attacking black student and having video deleted
In yet another disturbing video of police escalating violence in a public school, a Philadelphia school cop was caught on video in an intense altercation with a student.

According to the Philadelphia Student Union, of which the alleged victim, Brian Burney, is a member, the incident was all over a dispute over using the bathroom.
On Thursday, May 5th, Brian Burney, a member of the Philadelphia Student Union, was assaulted by a school police officer while attempting to use the bathroom at his school, Benjamin Franklin High school. During 9th period Brian attempted to use the the bathrooms on the 4th and 3rd floor but they were both locked. On the 3rd floor he was told by Officer Jeffery Maciocha that he needed a pass. Brian didn't have one. In a moment of frustration, and argument ensued and Brian threw an orange against the wall. The cop retaliated by punching him twice in the face, slamming him down and began choking him. Many students gathered around and yelled at the officer to get off of Brian.
According to the group, one student recorded the interaction but was told to delete it. All that is left is a brief clip showing the officer, who is twice the size of Burney, on top of him employing a full nelson.

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Bandaid

Neo-nazi Ukrainians turn on Western journalists, leak their data for 'collaborating with terrorists' in E. Ukraine

Andrew Korybko
The Duran
Thu, 12 May 2016 16:20 UTC
azov

Just your average moderate Ukrainian Maidan protestor.
Having long threatened and murdered Russian journalists - to the West's silence - Ukraine now turns on the West's journalists to the West's dismay.

The hyper-nationalist Ukrainian "Mirotvorets" (Peacekeeper) website is at it again, this time publishing the personal data of over 4,000 journalists that one time or another reported from Eastern Ukraine, including those from Reuters, the New York Times, and CNN. The organisation defended its actions as exposing people who it deemed had "collaborated with terrorists", but the reality is that they were carrying out a very crude intimidation campaign aimed a muffling any remaining semblance of journalism in Ukraine.


Comment: What terrorists? Ukrainian court reveals the obvious: DPR and LPR are not terrorist organizations


"Peacekeeper" has already been linked to the killings of Oles Buzina and Oleg Kalashnikov, both of whom were murdered shortly after the website shared their home addresses, so it's clear what they're trying to do with their latest stunt.
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Pirates

Iraqis know Washington supports ISIS; U.S. can't convince them otherwise

Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
Wed, 11 May 2016 16:14 UTC
mccain
They took out Saddam in two weeks, but they can't finish IS in two years?" asked Falih, another Iraqi who asked that his last name not be used out of security concerns. "It just doesn't make sense."

This latest report serves as a reminder of just how thin the US-led international game of supporting extremist militants has become.

The most comical part of this story is how US military court scribes at the Associated Press are still in denial that Iraqis are harboring ill will against the US for suffocating (via crippling sanctions), bombing and destroying, looting and occupying their country over the last 25 years.

Aside from numerous reports showing US weapons and equipment being dropped "by accident" and then used by ISIS, it's undeniable by now that the US have been the primary driver in fueling the rise and growth of this militant fighting group over the last 7 years.

Associated Press writers are very careful to frame this narrative and advance the establishment's favorite meme that the debacle of Iraq was down to US "government incompetence", rather than inherent malice - even though history clearly demonstrates that malice has been omnipresent in US foreign policy for at least the last 70 years.
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Sheriff

Ferguson's new police chief puts crooked cops on notice in first speech

Evette Dionne
Revelist
Wed, 11 May 2016 15:55 UTC
New Police Chief Delrish Moss

New Police Chief of Feguson Delrish Moss
The Ferguson police department has been in turmoil since the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown— but a newly-appointed police chief hopes to correct the deep-seeded wrongs. It starts with clearing the department of crooked cops, which is the new police chief's goal.

On May 9, Delrish Moss — a veteran of the Miami police department — took his oath at the Ferguson Community Center, and immediately warned corrupt police officers that abuse toward citizens won't be tolerated. In his first speech as Ferguson's first African-American police chief, Moss offered powerful words about the department he hopes to create.

"If you work hard, if you stay honest and committed, if you maintain respect for the community and do your job well, we will get along just fine," he said during his remarks. "If you fall short of that, and it's through a mistake of the head, we will work to correct that. But if you do it with malice, if you do the job in a way that disrespects the badge that you hold, I will see to it that you are either removed from police service, or further prosecuted."

Comment: We wish new Chief of Police Delrish Moss much success as he works to heal Ferguson of its wounds, and serve as an example of what healthy constructive policing looks like. Unfortunately though, there are far too many Fergusons in the U.S. right now who require just this kind of rehabilitation, and the sad fact of the matter is that after the egregious murder of Michael Brown, the appointment of Delrish seems more like the slight release of our national pressure valve than anything comprehensive or intended to better the police state of affairs in the U.S. as a whole.

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Arrow Down

Anti-LGBT hysteria: NC high school to allow students to carry pepper spray to defend themselves

Travis Gettys
The Raw Story
Thu, 12 May 2016 01:15 UTC
pepper spray
© Shutterstock
A North Carolina high school will allow students to carry pepper spray, razors and other items which one board member suggested they might need to defend themselves against transgender classmates they encounter in the bathroom.

The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education removed prohibitive language in its policy on defensive weapons this week but will continue to debate which items will be allowed on campus, reported the Salisbury Post.

One school board member said pepper spray and other chemical irritants should be allowed in case a court strikes down the state's controversial HB2, better known as the anti-LGBT "bathroom bill."

"Depending on how the courts rule on the bathroom issues, it may be a pretty valuable tool to have on the female students if they go to the bathroom, not knowing who may come in," said board member Chuck Hughes.

Comment: Justice Dept. challenges North Carolina transgender law as violation of civil rights

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Gold Coins

Swiss town becomes first state entity to accept bitcoin for payments

Jamey Keaten
Phys.org
Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00 UTC
bitcoin
© AP/Eric Gay
In this Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 file photo, Jon Rumion holds a receipt with a QR code after making a transaction at a bitcoin machine, in Austin, Texas. A Swiss town that is billing itself as a hub for the digital currency industry will accept bitcoin for some payments starting this summer, in what proponents call a worldwide first by a government body and a sign that "crypto finance" is growing in legitimacy.
A Swiss town that is billing itself as a hub for the digital currency industry will accept bitcoin for some payments starting this summer, in what proponents call a worldwide first by a government body and a sign that "crypto finance" is growing in legitimacy.

The town council in northern Zug last week approved plans to accept payments of up to 200 Swiss francs (about $200) for municipal registration fees starting July 1, in what Mayor Dolfi Mueller called Wednesday an "experiment" aimed at making the digitally-minded town a pioneer in finance.

Many in Zug tout the town's reputation as part of "Crypto Valley," with some 15 companies linked to the digital currency business. The council's move is designed in part to help those firms, while providing a coming-of-age push to bitcoin, which has been used widely already in private-sector transactions.

Niklas Nikolajsen, CEO of financial services company Bitcoin Suisse AG in Zug, said the city's decision is "the first example of a state entity that accepts bitcoin."

Comment: Behind the Headlines: Bitcoin, Gold and the Cashless Society

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Apple Green

Not political: Turkish fruit and vegetables face total ban in Russia


RT
Thu, 12 May 2016 14:41 UTC
Turkish apples
© Fatih Saribas / Reuters
Russia's agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has announced plans to halt the remaining imports of fruit and vegetables from Turkey next week.

"We are considering restrictions on the remaining fruit and vegetable products which have not yet been banned," said the agency's deputy head, Yulia Shvabauskene, as quoted by Interfax.

Rosselkhoznadzor is going to impose ban on imports of products still allowed on the Russian market, including marrows, lemons and grapefruit, due to the systematic violations of sanitary requirements.
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Black Magic

FBI's manufactured terror plots often directed against Jewish community, driving more division between Jews and Muslims

Aviva Stahl
AlterNet
Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00 UTC
FBI Seal

Recent alleged terror plots reveal deeply troubling patterns in the FBI's practices.

Since 9/11, the FBI and NYPD have solved dozens of terror plots that its own agents and assets manufactured, including some against synagogues. Even if the plots were less than real, the foiled "attacks" have greatly impacted both the defendants and their alleged victims, spreading fear among Jewish-Americans and triggering panicked reports about heightened threat against Jews.

The arrest [3] this April of James Medina, a recent convert to Islam with an extensive criminal history, may be the latest evidence of the disturbing practice. An FBI affidavit showed an FBI source suggesting that Medina bomb the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Hollywood, Florida on a Jewish holiday.

The source even encouraged Medina to claim the attack in the name of ISIS—a group he had no affiliation to. "Yeah, we can print up... something and make it look like it's ISIS here in America," Medina said, one of a series of statements evincing an erratic mental state.

"Aventura, watch your back," he continued. "ISIS is in the house."

The FBI ultimately gave Medina a fake bomb and arrested him. He is now on trial for planning to commit an act of terror with a weapon of mass destruction, a charge that could land the 40-year-old in prison for life.

Although there is still much to be known about Medina's case, it appears to be part of a broader pattern. Before his arrest, there were several other Muslim men, most of whom had mental illnesses or developmental disabilities, who were drawn into FBI dragnets and encouraged by federal law enforcement agents to attack Jewish institutions.

Among the most shocking cases was that of Ahmed Ferhani, a young, clinically bipolar Muslim teen currently serving a 10-year sentence in prison for terrorism-related charges.

Comment: The FBI is the domestic equivalent of the CIA. Where the CIA funds, trains and provides all kinds of support for terrorist forces in the Middle East, the FBI helps create terrorism - or the perception of terrorism on U.S. soil. In targeting Jewish-Americans via hand-picked Moslem patsies, the FBI further ramps up Islamophobia, feeds the national security state apparatus and pushes Jews into identifying with Israel's victimhood narrative. This is psychological warfare we're seeing, pure and simple.

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Heart - Black

French teen broadcasted suicide on Periscope after naming the man who 'raped' her


RT
Thu, 12 May 2016 13:19 UTC
train
© Charles Platiau / Reuters
A French teenager has broadcast her suicide on social media, showing viewers the moment she jumped in front of a train in Paris. The girl announced on the video she was a victim of sexual violence, naming the man who she claimed raped her.

Using the live video-streaming app Periscope, the 19-year-old shared the suicide with around 1,000 viewers on Tuesday afternoon, according to France Info.

"What's about to happen will be very shocking, but I'm not doing it for the hype, I am doing it to send a message," she said before jumping in front of the RER C train at Egly station, Metro News reported.

People watching the video commented on her remarks, saying: "We're waiting" and "Give us a hint."

Before jumping, the girl "spoke of a rape and named the aggressor," a judicial source said, as quoted by AFP. The source said the claim is being treated with caution at this stage.

In addition to the Periscope footage, the suicide was also captured on CCTV video at the station, which is located in a suburb about 25 miles south of central Paris.

Emergency crews pronounced the woman dead at the scene. Police seized the woman's phone and have since launched an investigation.
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