Family of Toddler Injured by SWAT 'Grenade' Faces $1M in Medical Bills

© ABC NewsCorrespondent via 20/20 Alecia and Bounkham Phonesavanh sat down for an interview with ABC's Matt Gutman for ABC News' "20/20." Alecia and Bounkham Phonesavanh never imagined their family would be at the center of a controversy over the militarization of police. But that's exactly where they found themselves when their toddler was seriously injured by a SWAT team, also leaving them with a $1 million medical bill they have no hope of paying."They...

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Those maniacs! U.S. government is seeking any excuse to go to war with Russia

The probable future of Washington D.C. and home to the most concentrated populations of psychopaths on the planet. The world is more nervous about the drift toward nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia than at any time since 1962's Cuban Missile Crisis. When French President Francois Hollande urgently side-tracked his return-flight from a diplomatic mission recently, in order to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport,...

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UK: Metro police investigate murder of three boys in Westminster pedophile ring

© Wikipedia.orgDolphin Square from Grosvenor Road The Metropolitan Police are investigating the suspected murder of three boys in relation to the so-called Westminster pedophile ring, which allegedly serially abused boys during the 1970s and 80s.Officers taking part in the investigation of the so-called "VIP" abuse ring have appealed for victims to come forward with information relating to the inquiry.Detective Superintendent Kenny McDonald, who...

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New study shows 2,000-year downward trend of Northern European summer temperatures

In a paper published in the , Esper . (2014) write that tree-ring chronologies of maximum latewood density (MXD) "are most suitable to reconstruct annually resolved summer temperature variations of the late Holocene." And working with what they call "the world's two longest MXD-based climate reconstructions" - those of Melvin . (2013) and Esper . (2012) - they combined portions of each to produce a new-and-improved summer temperature history for...

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As the U.S. pivots to Asia, China does the Eurasian pirouette

November 18, 2014: it's a day that should live forever in history. On that day, in the city of Yiwu in China's Zhejiang province, 300 kilometers south of Shanghai, the first train carrying 82 containers of export goods weighing more than 1,000 tons left a massive warehouse complex heading for Madrid. It arrived on December 9th.Welcome to the new trans-Eurasia choo-choo train. At over 13,000 kilometers, it will regularly traverse the longest freight...

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Sucker-punching cop shamed by judge for breaking 'Good Samaritan' woman's leg

© Tracy McLaughlin photoMaria (Tony) Farrell leaves Orillia court house A judge in Canada this week lashed out an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer for causing "catastrophic injuries" to a 49-year-old woman who he said was acting as a "Good Samaritan."During the trial that lasted longer than a year, the court heard how Maria "Tonie" Farrell responded to a woman screaming behind a convenience store in 2013, according to QMI Agency reporter...

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Some people really do 'feel your pain'

© iStockphotoSome people looking at this image will feel pain in their leg too. Vicarious pain is real and heart-felt, say Australian researchers, who have revealed the physiological changes that occur when a person literally feels someone else's pain.The findings shed light on this extreme version of empathy, which is experienced by about 20 to 30 per cent of people, says pain researcher Dr Melita Giummarra of Monash University's school of psychological...

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Is U.S. planning anti-Russian false flag in Ukraine?

previous article discussed Russian economist/political analyst Mikhail Delyagin expecting a possible anti-Russian nuclear false flag.Fort Russ now cites intelligence "about impending terrorist attacks on Ukrainian strategic objects, which will justify an attack on Donbass."Foreign nationals and relatives of senior Ukrainian officials were evacuated from border areas, it says.Armored vehicles with Russian and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) symbols...

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Cruel science: The CIA didn't just torture, it experimented on human beings

© AP/Maya Alleruzzo, File Human experimentation was a core feature of the CIA's torture program. The experimental nature of the interrogation and detention techniques is clearly evident in the Senate Intelligence Committee's executive summary of its investigative report, despite redactions (insisted upon by the CIA) to obfuscate the locations of these laboratories of cruel science and the identities of perpetrators.At the helm of this human experimentation...

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John Tefft, the US "Special Ambassador" appointed to Russia

For diplomats of any country, Moscow represents a plum posting. If you are selected to serve there it implies your government has great trust in your abilities and you have had a previous career of meritorious service. Or it means you are John Tefft.Controversy follows John Tefft wherever he goes. This diplomatic pit bull has a disturbing talent for stirring up trouble - exactly the opposite of what diplomats are supposed to do. Whenever he leaves...

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