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Actress Emma Watson
Actress Emma Watson
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Emma Watson came out as 'self partnered' this week. Phew. By doing so, the Harry Potter actress predictably indulged the fragile egos of her female middle class disciples by emboldening them to embrace their 'singledom.' Hurrah.
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The Democrats who control Tucson designated their town an "immigrant welcoming city" in 2012, and the police department adopted rules limiting when officers can ask about the immigration status of people they encounter.
But on Tuesday, given the chance to push the envelope further, the heavily Democratic city voted overwhelmingly not to become an official "sanctuary city" with more restrictions on how and when police officers can enforce immigration laws.
The incongruous result followed a contentious disagreement that divided progressives between those eager to stand up for immigrants and against President Donald Trump, and those who said the initiative would bring nothing more than unintended consequences.
"The city of Tucson, in all respects except being labeled as such, operates as a sanctuary city," Mayor Jonathan Rothschild said in an interview before the vote.
NYPD officers from the 75th Precinct proudly stand over 106 pounds of confiscated hemp thinking it was illegal marijuana.
On Saturday, cops called GreenAngels CBD telling them to come pick up their greenery — but when Levy's brother Ronen arrived at the station house, cops instead slapped cuffs on him.
A day later, the 75th Precinct tweeted a photo of dozens of large bags of what looks like marijuana with the caption, "Great job by Day Tour Sector E yesterday. Working with FedEx and other local law enforcement, they were able to confiscate 106 Lbs. of marijuana, and arrest the individual associated with the intended delivery."
Comment: Much is changing within the topic of CBD and hemp in the US, and it's little surprise that police are behind the learning curve. Check out Sott.Net's Objective:Health show for the low down on CBD:
The controversial law, approved Wednesday despite being condemned as a "war on the poor," will make al fresco snoozing forbidden in most downtown areas, if beds are available in established shelters.
It will be a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
"It's criminalizing the homeless," the Rev. Leonard Jackson, director of the city's Faith Organizing Alliance, complained during a City Hall protest before the law was approved.
Comment: Critics are calling this a 'war on the poor', but allowing homeless people to sleep on the streets when there are actual beds available isn't helping them nor is it helping the local community. The streets of Los Angeles are a prime example of how liberal 'anything goes' policies are destroying the city:
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RT's Keiser Report hosts discuss the issue, with Stacy Herbert reminding that de-dollarization is already happening.
She points out that President Xi Jinping has recently called to accelerate blockchain adoption in China, and Russia's energy giant Rosneft has ditched the greenback in its oil contracts in favor of the euro.
Max Keiser explains that "Other countries feel they are tired to be assailed upon by the highly aggressive American weaponized US dollar Empire, and they are figuring out that they can secede via bitcoin, which is easier to use than gold..."
Alan Dershowitz
Dershowitz and Louis Freeh, the former FBI director who also registered to lobby for Gertler, are apparently arguing for the removal of Treasury Department sanctions that prevent Gertler from doing business in the U.S. In 2017, Treasury explained why it was punishing the Israeli under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, as a "malign" actor who has committed human rights abuses.
Gertler is an international businessman and billionaire who has amassed his fortune through hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) . . . As a result, between 2010 and 2012 alone, the DRC reportedly lost over $1.36 billion in revenues from the underpricing of mining assets. . .
Comment: Gertler has been under scrutiny for at least three years, but just like Epstein (for a very long time), good connections equals a "get out of jail free" card. Dershowitz has been manning the barricades for Getler since last December.
- The New York Times ignores Israeli at heart of NY hedge fund bribery scandal in Africa
- Paradise Papers: Scandal plagued Glencore secretly loaned millions to corrupt Israeli billionaire to secure Congo mining rights
- Alan Dershowitz defends Dan Gertler, an Israeli criminal billionaire who's stolen the wealth and well-being of DR Congo
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The bizarre arson case that was made public this week happened in a village called Balyksa in Russia's Khakassia region in western Siberia. The small isolated community of less than 2,000 residents was hit by a string of inexplicable fires in the past two months. That is, they were inexplicable until law enforcement found proof that they were man-made.
But it's the identity of the suspected perpetrator that made the case special. The arsons were pinned on none other than the chief of the village's fire brigade. The 26-year-old man was caught on a CCTV camera when he was setting on fire a wooden garage in late October, the local branch of the news program Vesti reported on Wednesday.
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Thanks in large part to the intrusive nature of the internet in our daily lives, an annoying trend has taken root where any and every thing we say comes under scrutiny from complete strangers. More so now as a new community of victim olympians scour the net for things to take umbrage with.
Did you know you're not supposed to say "blind spot" anymore? You know, that thing everyone has on the periphery of their vision. It might sound absurd that such a common phrase could be deemed offensive, but as we now live in clown world, that's exactly what has happened. The same goes with "turn a blind eye" and "tone deaf."
The reasoning for this is that such terms are viewed as "ableist", a word that by its dictionary definition means "discriminating against disabled or handicapped people." Now maybe it's because I don't suffer from the mental handicap that is being "woke", but I struggle to see how "tone deaf" is discriminatory.
Florida school's resource officer arrested after video shows him slamming 15-year-old girl to ground
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Broward County Sheriff's Office Deputy Willard Miller was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, for allegedly slamming a 15-year-old girl.
Broward County Sheriff's Office Deputy Willard Miller was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, for allegedly slamming a 15-year-old girl.
Surveillance footage released by the Broward Sheriff's Office shows Deputy Willard Miller, who was working as a school resource officer at Cross Creek School in Pompano Beach, grabbing a 15-year-old student by the neck and throwing her to the ground.
Miller, 38, turned himself in on Tuesday and was charged with one count of child abuse without great bodily harm, a felony, according to the sheriff's office, which released video of the Sept. 25 incident on Tuesday.
The office's Internal Affairs Division launched an investigation "upon immediate review of the video" on Sept. 27 and placed Miller on restricted administrative assignment, the office said in a statement.
After further investigation, detectives formally presented the case to the State Attorney's Office on Oct. 23. He was suspended without pay on Oct. 28.
Comment: Its bad enough when an officer acts in this way at a regular school - but in a school for children with emotional and behavioral disabilities ?! What the heck kind of training are these people getting??
Comment: The mass media makes it seem like this is a movement that is gaining ground and is here to stay but it couldn't be further from the truth. This movement is composed of a minority of people, but is forced upon the western world to weaken and unravel societies and change them into a Orwellian playground for the elites.