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Sunday, 14 December 2014

Criminal cop beats and tasers 76-year-old, gets called 'Goddamned Nazi Stormtrooper'

© YouTube In Victoria, Texas a police officer was just recorded beating and tasering a 76-year-old man who called the cop a "Goddamned Nazi Stormtrooper." These sound like pretty harsh words until you find out that the officer was harassing the man for an expired inspection sticker, even though the vehicle had dealer tags which makes it completely exempt from such stickers.The 23-year-old cop was placed on administrative leave on Friday after beating...

According to Dick Cheney, torture isn't torture when we do it

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday continued his fierce defense of harsh CIA interrogation tactics used in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, saying flatly that he "would do it again in a minute."Cheney said there is "no comparison" between the tactics and the deaths of American citizens on September 11, 2001, adding that the CIA "very carefully avoided" the practice of torture."Torture is what the al Qaeda terrorists did to 3,000 Americans on 9/11," Cheney said on NBC's . "There is no comparison between that and what we did with respect to...

According to Dick Chenney, torture isn't torture when we do it

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday continued his fierce defense of harsh CIA interrogation tactics used in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, saying flatly that he "would do it again in a minute."Cheney said there is "no comparison" between the tactics and the deaths of American citizens on September 11, 2001, adding that the CIA "very carefully avoided" the practice of torture."Torture is what the al Qaeda terrorists did to 3,000 Americans on 9/11," Cheney said on NBC's . "There is no comparison between that and what we did with respect to...

Picture perfect proof that Mars once had wet seasons

© NASA/JPL/Caltech/MSSSCross-bedded sandstones imaged at the edge of Gale Crater's Hidden Valley. It looks like a freeze dried desert now, but this image taken by the Mars Curiosity rover is proof that the red planet once had regular wet seasons, and was capable of supporting life. This layered rock photographed by the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows thick-laminated, evenly-stratified sandstone layers, which are commonly found on...

In 40 years, U.S. neighborhoods stricken by poverty almost triples

© AFP/Mark Ralston Contrary to the perception in the media, poverty - not gentrification - is booming in US neighborhoods. When such conditions double or triple, areas quickly fall into disrepair, services are cut, and crime escalates, according to a new report.Media attention tends to focus on poor neighborhoods that are rapidly undergoing gentrification by way of investments and an influx of wealthier new residents, but a paper by cityobservatory.org...

Terrorists holding up to 20 hostages in an armed siege in a cafe in Sydney

Terrorists were today holding up to 20 hostages in an armed siege in a cafe in Sydney where an extremist flag was being held up in a window. Witnesses reported seeing staff and customers sobbing as they were forced to stand with their hands pressed against the windows of the Lindt cafe.At least two gunmen are involved in the siege but dozens of armed police have sealed off the streets surrounding the site. One gunman is believed to have a shotgun...

Baltimore police officer assaults, tasers woman who filmed them beating man in custody

© Screenshot from youtube.com video Stopping to film Baltimore police officers kicking a handcuffed man, a local woman says she found herself being tasered and arrested while police hurled expletives. She is now suing the department.Kianga Mwamba, 36, claims she was tasered and arrested by Baltimore Police Department officers in March while filming the arrest of another man on her mobile phone. After she was released, she noticed someone had tampered...

New Comet: P/2014 X1 (ELENIN)

CBET nr. 4034, issued on 2014, December 14, announces the discovery of a comet (magnitude ~18) by Leonid Elenin on three CCD images taken on 2014, December 12 with a 0.4-m f/3 astrograph at the ISON-NM Observatory near Mayhill, NM, USA. The new comet has been designated P/2014 X1 (ELENIN).We performed follow-up measurements of this object, while it was still on the neocp. Stacking of 10 unfiltered exposures, 120-sec each, obtained remotely on 2014,...

Study: Over 22 different diseases linked to GMO's

Yet More Evidence GMOs Should be BannedA new study released in September of this year gives even more evidence that GMOs should have been banned before they were ever allowed on the market. Read on to find out how " pinpoints a significant correlation between GMOs and 22 diseases.Why does the biotech industry keep hiding the toxicity of their products? Well, there are numerous reasons - the corruption of the American and international governments,...

Spy equipment found near parliament in Oslo, Norway

© Vidar Ruud/NTB scanpixLeader of the Christian Democrats, Knut Arild Hareide, talks on his mobile on his way to Norway's parliament last month. Spy equipment that can be used to eavesdrop on the mobile phones of politicians and ordinary Norwegians has been discovered in several places in the Oslo area, including close to the country's parliament, newspaper has revealed.The equipment, hidden in fake mobile base stations, can be used to monitor all...

NATO's "Fact Sheet" about NATO will make your eyes bleed

Fact: These gentlemen love NATO Russia. It's a terrible country full of baseless "claims" about NATO: "NATO bombed this, NATO killed that" - so hurtful and malicious. Luckily for us, a public relations intern has compiled a helpful "NATO fact sheet about NATO" in order to thwart this insensitive Russian smear campaign. Or to use NATO's own words:Since Russia began its illegal military intervention in Ukraine, Russian officials have accused NATO...

The West's malicious misrepresentation of terrorism in the Caucasus

© Sputnik/ Igor Mikhalev The latest jihadi attack on the Chechen capital Grozny once again illustrates a dark truth. Namely that in the midst of the United States' seemingly endless "War on Terror" one jihadi terrorist movement is spared all criticism. This is the one which for more than a decade has been waging war on Russia in the Caucasus.This is clearly shown by the way the Western media reported the attack. Though it received scant attention,...

How Russia is fixing America's Syrian mess

The US and its allies aren't the only ones fighting terrorism in Syria. Russia has supported the government there in its anti-terrorist struggle for over the past three and a half years, but it receives barely any Western media acknowledgement for its efforts.This week's meeting that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem had with Putin and Lavrov in Sochi was scarcely reported on in the West, but this doesn't mean that it was insignificant. In fact, it was neglected precisely because of its significance, since it shows that Russia is the main international...

Maker Movement: Inspiring curiosity and teaching children creative skills

© Dan Evans / San Francisco ChronicleChris Cook, right, a founding of Curiosity Hacked, helps children design a logo. With her right hand, my 8-year-old daughter, Kalian, presses the red-hot soldering iron against the circuit board. With her left hand, she guides a thin, tin wire until it's pressing against both the circuit board and the tip of the iron.The tin begins to melt. There is a wisp of smoke, and a metallic smell drifts back to where I...

India and Russia affirm their ties: Productive visit by Putin

© REUTERS/Ahmad Masood Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual summit visit to India this year was a brief affair. Putin came looking for assurances that an India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have no truck with Western attempts to isolate Russia and will continue to be a "time tested and reliable" partner, especially at a time of economic difficulties for Russia.These, he received. India has given the Russians both official as well...
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