SOTT FOCUS: Nationwide protests against police brutality in AmeriKKKa: Wilson gets away with murder, Anonymous: #HoodsOff "The war is on!"

© www.wxyz.comProtesters awaiting the grand jury decision. Riots in Ferguson, Missouri and protests nationwide as another cop gets away with murderThe Darren Wilson grand jury announcement has rekindled the frustration and anger of protesters against police brutality, leading to a renewed wave of clashes with riot gear-clad police. The demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, erupted into violence, with businesses being set on fire and looted and law...

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SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Dancing around the question of Ukraine's federalization

© Reuters / Eric VidalEuropean Council President Herman Van Rompuy (R) welcomes Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L). More calls are coming in to federalize Ukraine. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy jumped on the bandwagon with his 5-year political anniversary speech in Paris this week. As reported by RT:Quoting "1,000 deaths" in the country since the cease-fire agreement was reached in Minsk on September 5, Van Rompuy said he could...

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UN agency declares state of emergency after heavy rains, flooding in Gaza - thousands homeless

© AFP/Mahmud HamsPalestinian men in the back of a pickup truck make their way through a flooded street during heavy rains in Gaza City on November 27, 2014. A United Nations agency has declared a state of emergency in the besieged Gaza Strip after two days of heavy rains and flooding in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a Thursday statement that hundreds of...

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Zip your lips. It's never a good idea to talk to the police

In my recent interview, Serfdom is the New Normal -Talkin' Oligarch Blues with Perpetual Assets, I mentioned the dangers of talking to the police in light of the recent epidemic of shady civil asset forfeitures . What many people fail to realize, is that you aren't obligated to have casual conversations with police when you have been pulled over. In fact, such conversations are often used solely to manufacture an excuse for further action against...

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The 'crazy-making' aspects of fundamentalist Christianity

© Jeff WellsPat Robertson I am thirty years old and I am struggling to find sanity. Between the Christian schools, homeschooling, the Christian group home (indoctrinating work camp), and different churches in different cities, I am a psychological, emotional, and spiritual mess. - A former evangelical Christian If a former believer says that Christianity made him depressed, obsessive, or post-traumatic, he is likely to be dismissed as an...

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Stepfather accused of raping, beating 3-year-old Florida girl to death

© WFTV A 3-year-old Florida girl was reportedly raped and beaten by her new stepfather, who had married the child's mother just one week before she died.Charlie Brame died Monday at an Orlando hospital and investigators say her body showed signs of recent severe sexual and physical abuse and "aggravated child abuse with severe brain trauma," reports the . Her stepfather, Pascal Kaufmann, 19, allegedly told police the girl stopped moving on Saturday...

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Fracking: Irving, Texas reports 5 earthquakes in 4 days

© NBC Dallas-For WorthA map of this week's earthquakes. The city of Irving, Texas has experienced five earthquakes in four days, leading some critics to blame increased seismic activity on nearby fracking operations.The first earthquake, Saturday night, was a magnitude 3.3 quake that was felt by hundreds of North Texans. A 2.5-magnitude quake hit on Sunday, followed by two more on Monday, magnitudes 2.2 and 2.3. And a fifth 2.7-magnitude earthquake...

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Surprise! Submarine drone finds Antarctic ice thicker than previously thought

© Still from YouTube video/AntarcticSurvey A new type of 3D mapping revealed Antarctic sea ice could be much thicker than previously estimated, shows a study done with the help of a yellow robotic submarine named .The new study, published in , showed that average ice thickness in Antarctica is between 1.4 meters and 5.5 meters. The maximum thickness recorded was 17 meters.Also, 76 percent of the mapped ice has been tagged as 'deformed,' the study...

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SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Russian economist Mikhail Khazin: On gold, the imminent collapse of Western neo-liberalism, and Eurasianism

Mikhail Khazin. Mikhail Khazin is a mathematician and economist in Russia (graduated from Moscow State University in 1984). After working in various government and banking positions, he was discharged from his position as Deputy Chief of the Economic Directorate for attempting to fight corruption during Russia's failed experiment at privatization in 1997. Since 2000, he has worked as a consultant. He's an acquaintance of President Putin and is well...

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