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AAASofA: "Pentagon fires a warning shot against EPA's 'secret science' rule"... Riiiight.

David Middleton
Watt's Up With That
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:52 UTC

Guest ridicule of the American Association for the Advancement of Science of America by David Middleton

This little gem was in my morning email from the AAASofA:

As is often the case, this really dumb article in Science (as in She Blinded Me With) was originally published by Energy & Environment Greenwire (a publication that has almost nothing to do with energy), kind of like The Grauniad citing SkepSci...

Internet sh*tstorm: Moon landing movie stirs controversy by leaving out American flag

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:44 UTC

One small step for man, one giant sh*tstorm for the internet. A new Canadian-directed Neil Armstrong biopic drew fierce criticism after it left out the iconic planting of the star-spangled banner on the moon.

'First Man' opened to rave reviews from audiences at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday for Canadian actor Ryan Gosling's portrayal of astronaut Neil Armstrong. Faithfully depicting the 1969 moon landing, the movie did leave out one important detail: Armstrong's planting of the American flag, which still stands motionless on the moon today.

American flags could be seen in the background in several shots, but the omission still rankled American viewers. How could Hollywood write such a towering American achievement out of history?

Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) led the charge. "This is total lunacy," he tweeted. "The American people paid for that mission,on rockets built by Americans,with American technology & carrying American astronauts. It wasn't a UN mission."

Immigration agents detain over 100 undocumented workers in Texas raid

Justin Wise
The Hill
Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:02 UTC

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly detained more than 100 undocumented immigrants on Tuesday as part of a raid at a manufacturing company in Texas.

ICE detained 160 workers at a trailer manufacturer known as Load Trail, according to ABC News. The network notes that the company had been previously charged with knowingly hiring undocumented workers.

"I knew these were clearly illegals. This is not the way we are supposed to be hiring," Katrina Berger, the Department of Homeland Security's special agent in charge of investigations, told ABC News. "They told me to keep doing my job - that if they were visited by ICE again, they would simply pay the fine and go on."

Washington cat killer claims 13th victim; animal shelter offers a $36K reward

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:30 UTC

An animal sanctuary in Washington has offered a reward of $36,000 to anyone who can help identify an individual suspected of a string of cat mutilations across the state.

Some 13 animals have been found dead in Washington in recent times, with the last feline victim found on Thursday in Thurston County, near Olympia in the northwest of the state.

All of the cats have been found in public places, with the latest apparently surgically slit and splayed. In some cases, the cats' spines have been removed and in others, the organs have been laid out beside the body, according to The New York Times.

"Kind of like an arsonist goes back to the scene of fire. They want people to find these animals," Thurston County Animal Services Officer Erika Johnson told the newspaper. "It's for shock value. It's like a trophy."

Over half of all Russians think internet users should be held responsible for reposting extremist material

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:04 UTC

Over half of all Russians think that internet users must bear responsibility for sharing and reposting extremist material, and a third of them supported punishing reposters to the same extent as the original authors.

In a recent poll, researchers from the Public Opinion think tank asked Russians if they thought it right that the law orders responsibility both for original placement of extremist information on the internet and for simply sharing it with other internet users.

The survey found that 55 percent of respondents said they approved of the current situation whereby authors and spreaders of extremist information both face responsibility for their actions. Of those, 33 percent said that, in their opinion, the punishment for spreading extremist materials must be the same as the one ordered for its creation and original publishing. 7 percent said they supported even harsher sanctions for reposters of extremist materials.

'Our humanitarian work is greater than the Israeli occupation': Gaza's battle-hardened medics always on duty

Amjad Ayman Yaghi
The Electronic Intifada
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:35 UTC

Since the beginning of the Great March of Return at the end of March, the Israeli military has left no doubt that it will not feel restrained in dealing with Gaza's demonstrations.

With rules of engagement that have left at least 125 demonstrators dead, more than 5,000 wounded by live fire, among them over 800 children, the message is clear: Protest and risk death and injury.

But even those not protesting are not safe. Israeli forces have killed two journalists and at least 90 have been injured. Three medics have also been killed.

Still they come: demonstrators, journalists and, of course, medics.

Argentinian peso continues its collapse despite interest rate hike

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:33 UTC

Efforts by the Argentinian central bank to stabilize the national currency by raising a key interest rate to 60 percent have done little to soothe rapidly deteriorating sentiment in Latin America's third-largest economy.

The peso, which has lost over half its value against the US dollar since the start of the year, plunged more than 15 percent following news of the rate hike. It was trading at 38.53 peso per dollar on Friday.

Argentina's central bank, which on Thursday sharply raised interest rates from 45 to 60 percent, said the move was in "response to the foreign exchange rate situation and the risk of greater inflation."

The regulator had already increased interest rates four times since April, most recently on August 13. The rate hikes were prompted by a sudden weakening in the peso after a drought hampered farm exports earlier in the year.

Explosion hits Russian munitions factory, leaving at least 3 dead several injured

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:16 UTC

An explosion has hit one of the biggest Russian munitions factories in the Nizhny Novgorod region, reportedly killing at least three people and injuring several more. Some may still be trapped under rubble.

"We have discovered three dead in the rubble," the local emergency services chief said after what the Sverdlov plant in Dzerzhinsk said was a "bang" at one of its mines' disposal facilities. The official said that a part of the wall collapsed and it is too early to say whether any staff remain under the debris.

At least four people were injured in the accident, according to Interfax, citing the local governor. Earlier, Russian media reported that five people were sent to hospital, including a woman with 80 percent burns to her body.

It is thought ammonal explosive caused a blast in one of the workshops of the Sverdlov plant, and a fire engulfed an area of around 100 square meters. The blaze was completely extinguished by firefighters at around 1pm local time (10:30am GMT).

The Sverdlov plant is more than 100 years old and is currently one of the biggest munitions facilities in Russia, located around 400 km (249 miles) from Moscow. It produces industrial explosives, detonators and booster leads for the mining industry.

Migrant in Germany suspected of hundreds of crimes can't be deported because nobody knows where he's from

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:07 UTC

A migrant suspected of committing hundreds of crimes has been let roam free in the German city of Frankfurt because the authorities have been unable to establish his identity and country of origin for decades.

Little is known about the man, as no one knows his name, let alone his age or nationality. The only more-or-less verifiable fact known about him is that he arrived in Germany some 20 years ago, in 1998, without any identity documents. He has lived on the streets of German cities ever since and currently resides in Frankfurt, according to the German Bild daily.

The list of the crimes that the unidentified migrant has allegedly committed over this period is extensive. Some 542 criminal proceedings have been opened against him during these years, according to the German police.

"One third of the investigations were related to possession and purchase of drugs," Ruediger Buchta, a high commissioner with the Frankfurt police, told the German media, adding that the migrant's other alleged offenses included "fraudulent acquisition of services like fare dodging," as well as "assault, theft, robbery" and numerous "offenses against the Residence Act."

Louisiana State Police sued for withholding 'Antifa list' of anti-Trump petitioners

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:06 UTC

Louisiana State Police are being sued by a Harvard lecturer over their alleged refusal to release a list of anti-Trump petitioners that they had. He says it originated from a neo-Nazi website, and was named "Antifa list."

Harvard Law School lecturer Thomas Frampton is suing Louisiana State Police (LSP) over its alleged failure to release a list of thousands of citizens who had signed a petition against US President Donald Trump. According to the lawsuit, the list comes from a hoax roster that originally showed up a year ago on neo-Nazi conspiracy theories website, 8Chan, WGNO reports.

The list was discovered by New Orleans civil-rights attorney William Most. Frampton is now taking action against the LSP's Baton Rouge police department on his behalf.

The LSP's alleged implication with neo-Nazi groups drew the ire of the public, some of whom went as far as to accuse the "racist" police force of taking orders from white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan.

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AAASofA: "Pentagon fires a warning shot against EPA's 'secret science' rule"... Riiiight.

Internet sh*tstorm: Moon landing movie stirs controversy by leaving out American flag

Immigration agents detain over 100 undocumented workers in Texas raid

Washington cat killer claims 13th victim; animal shelter offers a $36K reward

Over half of all Russians think internet users should be held responsible for reposting extremist material

'Our humanitarian work is greater than the Israeli occupation': Gaza's battle-hardened medics always on duty

Argentinian peso continues its collapse despite interest rate hike

Explosion hits Russian munitions factory, leaving at least 3 dead several injured

Migrant in Germany suspected of hundreds of crimes can't be deported because nobody knows where he's from

Louisiana State Police sued for withholding 'Antifa list' of anti-Trump petitioners

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