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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Doctor assaulted by police at dying son's birthday, tasered so many times he had a heart attack

Montgomery, OH - Dr. Randal Cox was hosting his terminally ill son's 18th birthday when six police officers from two different precincts showed up to his door.When Dr. Cox opened the door he was attacked by the officers. The incident was captured on cellphone video from one of the guests at the party."Somebody grabbed me around the neck, they body slammed me then multiple people got on top of me then I started getting Tased," said Cox.Cox was then arrested and hauled off to jail in front of his son, who was left devastated at what would be his...

Caught On Tape - Folks Jumped The White House Fence, Again

Just weeks after WhiteHouseFenceJumperGatesaw the head of the Secret Service dispatched - having been disappointed not to be able to implement her reforms that would ensure the safety of the White House, the agency reports:*MAN STOPPED AFTER JUMPING WHITE HOUSE FENCE: SECRET SERVICE What is worse - much worse - is this african-american chap proceeds to kick and harass the guard dogs sent to dispatch him... an egregious act in anyone's book.*AGENTS...

SOTT FOCUS: Ottawa under attack: 'ISIS' assault on Canadian capital another false-flag terror event

In Ottawa today, in an event "unprecedented in Canada's history", someone shot dead - at point blank range - one of the two soldiers who stand guard at Canada's National War Memorial. From there the suspect(s) hijacked car(s) and made their way to Parliament Buildings, where they opened fire in close proximity to Canadian government ministers and legislators. Canada's capital city is currently on lockdown as thousands of personnel from multiple security...

CIA pressure in Brazilian elections

Over two thousand Brazilian political activists, intellectuals, people of art and culture signed a manifest on October 26 highlighting the hostile actions of Washington aimed at prevention of Dilma Rousseff election victory. The document is posted to social nets. It says the coming to power of Aécio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - PSDB), who serves the interests of tycoons, will inflict irreparable...

Demented jackal attacks devotees inside temple severely injuring 3, India

Indian jackal Devotees sleeping inside the dargah Shehdana Wali got the scare of their life when a jackal entered the premises late on Wednesday and attacked three youths, injuring them severely.The animal seemed to have gone berserk as it first bit into a youth's legs and clawed at him. As the devotees tried to save him and themselves, the jackal attacked two other youths - 19-year-old Faiz and Arif (24). The duo, along with 25-year-old Farman...

Vanished without a trace: Rescuers vow to find helicopter that went missing in Tyva Republic

© Russian Ministry of EmergenciesThe rescue involves 435 people assisted by 88 units of hardware. Rescuers vow to find helicopter that vanished in strong winds on 10 October.There is still no trace of the missing Mi-8 helicopter that went missing Tyva Republic on 10 October with 12 people on board.Emergency teams have scoured 36,562 kilometres in a huge operation that has involved aerial searches and interviews with more than 600 potential witnesses,...

North America to experience spectacular sunset due to partial solar eclipse October 23

© Reuters / Abdel-Halim Shahaby Much of North America will experience a solar eclipse on Thursday, with the moon covering up to 70 percent of the sun in the late afternoon. Along most of the East Coast and Midwest, the event will occur during sunset, allowing for dramatic photography."Sunsets are always pretty. One sunset this month could be out of this world. On Thursday, Oct. 23rd, the setting sun across eastern parts of the USA will be red, beautiful...

Premonition of things to come? Two state Governors declare state of emergency over Ebola

© News Blaze When most of us think of a State of Emergency, we think of isolated natural disasters like hurricanes, winter storms or a flood that passes through. In those cases it's quite obvious when the emergency is over. But what if an emergency is declared for something that hasn't happened yet? How will we know when it's over?Both Pennsylvania and Connecticut governors recently declared a State of Emergency, not because a disaster is taking...

FLASHBACK: Bears kill eight within a week in Orissa state, India

Several people are reported to have been seriously injured in the bear attacks A dozen others have been injured in attacks by bears from forestry in the area around Kotpad village.Angry villagers last week chased the bears and beat one of them to death, the officials said.They say that the bears could have turned violent following excessive consumption of intoxicating flowers.The flowers come from mahua trees, which are used by local tribes to brew...

Bear attacks elderly man in Sweden

© ReutersA female bear and its three cubs were slaughtered in Sweden after nearly killing an elderly man. A bear and its cubs were put down after nearly killing an 80-year-old pensioner in northern Sweden. Hunters were authorised to slaughter the female bear after it pounced on the elderly man while he was fishing by a lake in Homnabo.The man, who has not been named, attempted to escape when he spotted the bear, but it quickly caught up with him...

Whitewash: Obama chief of staff handling redactions for Senate's CIA torture report

© AFP Photo / Brendan SmialowskiChief of Staff Denis McDonough White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough is deeply involved in negotiating how much to redact from a classified US Senate probe into the CIA's post-9/11 detention and interrogation program, according to a new reportMcDonough is playing a top role in hashing out what will be available to the public upon release of an abbreviated executive summary for the 6,000-page report, Huffington...

Ebola scare motivating interest in immune system functioning and alternative therapies

© FP Dominique Faget We are witnessing a stunning reversal of events in the face of the present Ebola scare consuming North America. The drum beatings of fear played all to often by the mainstream media have given way to a symphony of personal empowerment, education, and a mass social movement to take back our health freedom.The threat of Ebola initially grabbed headlines and paralyzed millions who lacked understanding. Answers were sought amidst...

5 hours of record rainfall as Palm Beach County floods again in Florida

© NBC Record levels of rain have once again inundated areas of south east Florida. Parts of Palm Beach county were badly affected, in particular the city of West Palm Beach where roads were blocked and several cars stranded in the flood water.National Weather Service recorded the following rainfall levels:Port of Palm Beach - 9.13 inches (230 mm) Palm Beach - 8.21 inches (208 mm) Riviera Beach - 5.49 (140 mm)Lake Worth - 3.32 (84 mm)Palm Beach Airport...

BEST OF THE WEB: Turmoil in Hong Kong, terrorism in Xinjiang: America's covert war on China

Seriously?! China is facing increasing pressure along two fronts. In its western province of Xinjiang, terrorists have been stepping up destabilization and separatist activities.In China's southeast Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, protests have disrupted normality in the dense urban streets, with protest leaders seeking to directly confront Beijing while dividing and destabilizing both Hong Kong society and attempting to "infect" the...

Soldier and one gunman shot and killed near Ottawa parliament as 3 separate shooting incidents occur

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team responds to a reported shooting at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada Oct. 22, 2014 Heavily-armed police cleared Canada's Parliament building today and are searching for three suspects after a trio of shooting incidents near the Parliament left a soldier wounded. Gunfire was heard inside Parliament.One of the three suspects was "dealt with," according to a spokesman for the Ottawa Police.The gunfire...

President Israel: Our country is suffering from an epidemic of violence that must be treated

© AFP Photo / Pool / Ronen ZvulunIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin: “It is time to honestly admit that Israeli society is sick – and it is our duty to treat this disease”. Israel is suffering from an epidemic of violence that must be treated, the country's President Reuven Rivlin said. After the latest bloody conflict in Gaza, Jews and Arabs seem to have lost the capacity for dialogue, as relations have reached a new low.It is time to honestly admit...

Venezuelan gang and Colombian paramilitary assassinated Serra

© Photo: AVNPresident of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, during his speech in the Miraflores Palace. The president of Venezuela called for the elimination of terrorist groups operating in the country.Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, revealed on Wednesday details of the investigation into the murder of legislator Robert Serra. The young legislator and his partner were murdered in their apartment two weeks ago.Maduro spoke from the presidential palace,...

The 2011 English summer riots: Courts accused of 'collective hysteria'

© unknown A review of sentencing following the 2011 English riots has shown that sentences were much harsher than realised at first.And just as people got caught up in the riots and acted out of character the study, carried out by The University of Manchester and Liverpool John Moores University, found that the courts themselves got caught up in a similar kind of collective hysteria.Dr Hannah Quirk, a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Justice...
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