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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

The NYPD is essentially refusing to do its job and yet New York hasn't collapsed into chaos

© Flickr New York, NY - The NYPD has basically stopped doing its job since the murder of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu earlier this month, according to reports in the New York Post and New York Daily News, and yet the city hasn't descended into total chaos.The reported that arrests were down 66% in the week following the deaths of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, compared to the same period in 2013.For certain offenses, the arrest...

The psychopathic police state: War on Black America

© Unknown Black Americans are in the eye of the storm. Militarized cops target them nationwide.According to Operation Ghetto Storm, police, security guards, and other self-appointed enforcers kill black youths and adults on average every 28 hours."(S)tate-sanctioned killings." Casualties of war. Ongoing daily against black Americans. Compounded by other systemic abuses.Including judicial unfairness. Get tough on crime policies. Mandatory minimum...

Thousands of fish, animals dying in Turkey Creek, Florida

[embedded content]Palm Bay - Thousands of fish and animals are dying in a local waterway, and longtime residents say it's not just an ordinary fish kill.Turkey Creek in Palm Bay is known for its clean, fresh water. It flows into the Indian River Lagoon downstream, and it's there in the lagoon where most fish kills happen, not in the creek.Chris Jones grew up along Turkey Creek."You can get out and be in old Florida, natural Florida, the way it was...

U.S. student loan debt exceeds $800 billion for 2014

From November 2013 through November 2014, the aggregate balance in the federal direct student loan program--as reported by the Monthly Treasury Statement--rose from $687,149,000,000 to $806,561,000,000, a one-year jump of $119,412,000,000.The balance on all student loans, including those from private sources, exceeded a trillion dollars as of the end of the third quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York."Outstanding student loan...

Dumb move: Georgia not happy Kiev appointed Georgian fugitives to govt positions

© AP/ Markus SchreiberPrime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili The appointment to the Ukrainian government of fugitives from Georgia, searched by Interpol, could harm relations between the two countries, said Saturday Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili.He said he personally informed the President Piotr Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk that this practice would affect relations between Tbilisi and Kiev."I cannot explain...

Former Ukrainian ambassador to US: Ukraine is "prelude to WWIII"

Departing Ukrainian Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak (left) confers with Mikhail Umanets, Ukraine's First Deputy Minister of Energy, at a reception hosted by the Ambassador at the Ukrainian Embassy. "This [U.S-Russian conflict that's being carried out in Ukraine] is a prelude to World War III. A lot of people know this." So says Yuri Shcherbak, who was Ukraine's Ambassador in Washington during 1994-1998.Dr. Shcherbak was one of Ukraine's few progressives...

Calf rescued from sinkhole in Alachua County, Florida

© John Haven, UF College of Veterinary MedicineAn Alachua County firefighter descends into a sinkhole to rescue a 2-day-old calf that fell in. A mama cow's mournful lowing for her lost newborn ceased and was replaced with a joyful gallop after a team of Alachua County firefighters and staff at the University of Florida veterinary college rescued a 2-day-old calf from a sinkhole Saturday.The technical rescue team members put training to the test...

2014: The pedophilia scandals that swallowed Britain whole

In 2014, a series of often seemingly intertwining child sex abuse stories have engulfed the UK in what has become the biggest scandal of modern times. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the whole country feels duped, dirtied, and, worse, connected in some way. Culprits and alleged culprits have included celebrities, the social services and police (whose systemic failures resulted in an estimated 1,400 children being sexually exploited in...

Large sinkhole appears on street in Bangor, Maine

© News CenterA 12 to 15-foot sinkhole that's 30 feet deep in the middle of Bangor's Hammond Street downtown. Drivers are avoiding one big pot-hole on Hammond Street TuesdayPublic Works says a sinkhole developed overnight.They say it's about 8 to 9 feet deep, 30 feet long, 15 feet wide and it's still growing. No one was driving on the road when part of it collapsed around 1 A.M.Public Works believes old infrastructure is to blame.Public Works says...

Horse rescued from a sinkhole in Oxford, Florida field

Bizarre scene: Owner Maryann Marsh tries to comfort Nate the horse after he was found in a sinkhole in his pasture in Oxford, Florida There was no time for horsing around at a stable in Florida last Friday after a sinkhole nearly swallowed up one of the equines.Nate, a 30-year-old nag living at TMMA Farms in the rural community of Oxford, was found with his head poking out of a grassy pasture while the rest of his body lay trapped below ground.It...

22-day old baby found starved to death in Florida; parents charged with murder

© Mirrror.co.ukBetsey Kee Stephens The parents of a 22-day-old baby found starved to death in Florida have been charged with first-degree murder, police said on Tuesday, accusing them of neglecting the suffering infant.Ruby Stephens, 23, and Roy Stephens, 48, of Indiana were visiting relatives in central Florida on Dec. 23 when they called for emergency help after discovering the baby was unresponsive in their car, according to Lakeland Police.Betsey...

The truth is self-evident: We love surveillance

Happy New Year to all our readers!As a token of our appreciation, when you donate $20 or €20 you will receive a fabulous and unique 2015 Sott calendar. For more details see the bottom of this page:Happy New Year 2015: Sott.net - Shining ever brighter, thanks to YouA big thank you to all our readers who continue to help us keep shining the light in these increasingly dark times!...

Dead humpback whale washes up on Little Cranberry Island, Maine

© Erin FernaldTriomphe, a humpback whale born off the Dominican Republic, was found dead recently on a Little Cranberry Island beach. Scientists from the College of the Atlantic have identified the carcass of a 36-foot humpback whale that washed ashore on Little Cranberry Island on Christmas Day as Triomphe, a nearly 7-year-old male."The pigmentation on the flukes was sufficient to identify the individual," said Rosemary Seton, research associate...

German elites split, forced to betray long-time Russian partners

© Reuters/Tobias SchwarzCIA spy in Germany Few countries have invested more heavily in Russia than Germany has, rushing in to exploit new trade opportunities that opened up after the Cold War ended. More than 6,000 German companies set up operations there, and Russia became a major customer for German cars, pharmaceuticals and machinery.But now the rush is going in reverse. The announcement last week by the German chemical giant BASF that it had...

Saudi King Abdullah hospitalized, oil suddenly paying attention

Earlier today, Saudi Arabia's stock market fell sharply with the Tadawul All Share Index plunging following a Saudi state TV report that King Abdullah had been admitted to hospital for tests. As shown in the chart report, the index tumbled as much as 6% in the minutes after the Saudi Press Agency report which quoted a brief royal court statement.But while the ill king of the King, aged 90, is hardly news to the discounting stock market, a few more nuanced interpretation of not just what happens if and when the King passes away but what Saudi succession...

Radioactive leak detected at Ukraine's Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant

© www.seogan.ruZaporozhskaya Nuclear Plant A radioactive leak has been detected at Ukraine's Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe, a media report says, citing the country's emergency services. Ukrainian officials have denied the report.LifeNews published what it claims is a leaked report by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, which denies an earlier assessment by the plant's authorities that the radiation at the facility is...

SOTT FOCUS: Connecting the Dots: 2014 - Year in Review

© SOTT.net "So, we made it through 2012 and now, we've got another year notched on our belt in addition: we made it through 2013 and the world still hasn't ended. Or has it?I would propose that the World As We Knew It ended on 11 September 2001, over 12 years ago. We don't live in the same reality anymore (in case you haven't noticed)."~ Laura Knight-Jadczyk, 'Happy New Year 2014?' 2014 has been quite a year! The elites have pulled out all the stops...
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