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Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Police State: Abusive cop picked to head police reform commission

© whitehouse.gov Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey, one of two co-chairs apppointed by President Obama to head a commission on ways to demilitarize local police, is known for leading repeated bloody and abusive crackdowns on protesters when he was Washington, D.C.'s chief a decade ago, according to a civil rights attorney who won millions in damages for 100s of citizens attacked by D.C. police."If the president's idea of reforming policing...

UK: Sexism, harassment are becoming part of daily life for young girls - study

© Reuters/Darren Staples Girls as young as seven are experiencing sexual taunts from boys, according to Girlguiding UK. The charity says sexism and harassment are becoming a part of daily life for British girls.Sexual taunts at a young age intensify into sexual harassment during girls' teenage years, the youth charity claims. Almost 60 percent of girls and young women aged 13 to 21 report sexual harassment at school or college.Meanwhile, 20 percent...

Research study shows essential oils can kill 90% of breast cancer cells

There is a myriad of natural foods and compounds that have been studied for their disease-preventing and even disease-treating abilities. While the pharmaceutical industry pushes patented drugs that cause numerous side-effects, researchers are unveiling how we can use nature's gifts to prevent and treat ailments ranging from diabetes, to arthritis, to even cancer. For example, Chinese researchers have shown how oils as simple as chamomile or thyme...

Monkeys aren't fooled by luxury prices

© zhrkznn/iStockphotoUnlike humans, monkeys don't assume high price means better quality. Monkeys do not share our irrational preference for more expensive, branded goods over cheaper equivalents, researchers have found.A study in capuchin monkeys, published today in , showed that unlike humans, they are less swayed by price and more likely to choose based on personal preference. Co-author Professor Laurie Santos, from Yale University, says the...

'Functionally obsolete' draw bridge crashes down on mega yacht

© WSVN7 There was no party for a mega yacht called "RockStar" after a draw bridge unexpectedly came down on the passing vessel.Chopper 4 was over the scene as the ship called the "Rockstar," was being towed from Fort Lauderdale to Miami.The yacht, which costs a little more than quarter of a million dollars to charter for a week was waiting for a visit from the Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission before it could...

Israel: Netanyahu fires two ministers, dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he would dissolve parliament and seek early elections and ordered the dismissal of his Finance and Justice ministers."The prime minister plans to call for parliament's dissolution as soon as possible and to go to the people and get a clear mandate to lead Israel," a statement from his office said.Netanyahu, who leads the right-wing Likud party, also said he ordered the dismissal of Finance Minister...

Stop the insanity! Dennis J. Kucinich: Speak out against proposed legislation H. Res. 758 by US congress to "greenlight" war on Russia

© John Shinkle/POLITICORepresentative Dennis J. Kucinich: one of the very few voices of sanity left in US political spheres. H. Res. 758.Russia's response to the terror unleashed by western-backed neo-nazis in Crimea and Odessa came after the local population appealed to Russia to protect them from the violence. Russia then agreed to Crimea joining the Russian Federation, a reaffirmation of an historic relationship.The Western press begins its narrative...

Greek protesters smash cars, clash with police in Athens (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

At least 15 people have been arrested after a peaceful support rally for jailed hunger strike anarchist turned into violent confrontation with police. Authorities used tear gas and stun grenades to quell rioters carrying Molotov cocktails.As an estimated between 8,000 and 10,000 protesters marched through the central Athens shouting slogans in support of Nikos Romanos, the imprisoned anarchist who is staging a hunger strike as he demands the right...

Tampa Christian-based homeless program forces impoverished to work for free

© You TubeTom Atchison Christian-based Florida homeless program catering to recovering alcoholics and drug addicts has been accused of providing work crews to businesses and local events, then keeping their pay without them ever seeing it in exchange for room and board.In an investigation conducted by the , New Beginnings CEO Tom Atchison is accused of exploiting residents staying in his residences by farming them out as unpaid labor, including...

Psychopaths in action: Corporate bribery and corruption grease the gears of global capitalism

© Tax CreditsThough substantial, report authors say that the documented cases of corporate bribery are only "the tip of the iceberg." Large multinational corporations are behind the majority of documented bribes worldwide, with most payers and takers hailing from rich nations, according to a study released Tuesday by the 34-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).The report, which evaluated data obtained from 427 bribery...

More posturing in Western media - The myth of the "reckless" Russian Air Force

© Unknown Western media trumpets ridiculous claims by a comically obscure "think-tank" that is loaded with pro-NATO politiciansWhat I wanted to talk about today is the emergence of a disturbing meme - that whenever aircraft of the Russian Air Force conduct sovereignty patrols or reconnaissance flights, they endanger civil aviation.This notion has been floated by several sources lately, and it is bulls***. The first I noticed it (more accurately,...

Bibi bets big: Netanyahu fires key centrist ministers 'plotting coup'

© Reuters / Jim HollanderIsrael's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (L) and Finance Minister Yair Lapid (R) attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 23, 2014. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he would be calling early elections, firing two of his key ministers prior to the dissolution of the Knesset and suggesting they were plotting a putsch against him.Netanyahu fired Finance and Justice Ministers Yair Lapid...

Humans are capable of precognition on a subconscious level

Over the past few decades a significant and noteworthy amount of scientific research has emerged contributing to the notion that human precognition could very well be real, and that we all might possess this potential -amongst various other extended human capacities. Thanks to the research by various scientists presented in this article, extended human capacities are beginning to exit the realm of superstitious thinking, delusion and irrationality...

FLASHBACK: Eye witness releases video recorded right after shooting of Michael Brown

Officer Darren Wilson was caught on cellphone footage looking at Michael Brown's lifeless body after he fired six shots at the unarmed teen on a Ferguson, Missouri street on August 9 A woman who claims she saw a police officer shoot dead Michael Brown has released video of his lifeless body in the street as the cop who killed him paces back and forth.Piaget Crenshaw lives in an apartment with a balcony overlooking the street in Ferguson, Missouri...

SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Updates from Ukraine and Novorussia: Poroshenko shipped arms to rebels, Givi promises a surprise

Donetsk International Airport: before. After months of operations at the Donetsk airport, Lieutenant Colonel "Givi" (call-sign) of the Novorussian Armed Forces and his battalion "Somali" are apparently on a break, resting from the constant fighting taking place there. The airport itself is an interesting topic. Once a modern international hub (rebuilt in 2012 for around USD $875 million), it is now a steaming pile of rubble. After. Why the stubborn...

Is nearsightedness an epidemic?

© Unknown For Christine Wildsoet, a professor of vision science and optometry at the University of California--Berkeley, the coffee shop hosts some of the worst offenders. There are the new moms chatting while their babies are parked in front of iPads, and the dads reading while their toddlers play games on cellphones."I just don't know what the implications of new technology [are] going to be" on kids' eyesight, says Wildsoet, who studies myopia,...

4-year old boy savaged by family's rottweiler in New Port Richey, Florida

The dog is currently under a 10-day rabies quarantine. Kathryn Monroe is still trying to come to grips with what happened to her great grandson on Sunday. "I know we're all heartbroken. We're in tears." Said Monroe. "He's fighting for his life. That's all I can say. His one ear was severed, it's horrible."Pasco County Sheriff's Deputies say 4-year old Jasper Debow Bridgeman was bitten by the family's Rottweiler at his grandmother's home at 9136...
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