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Saturday, 20 December 2014

Protesting police brutality is "stupid s**t," police across the nation lash out against opposition

The president of the New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, Patrick Lynch, was recorded in a private meeting last week candidly expressing his contempt and level of disrespect for those who wish to hold police accountable.Lynch even went so far as to call those who dare criticize the violent nature of the NYPD, "enemies." "If we won't get support when we do our jobs, if we're going to get hurt for doing what's right then we're going to do...

12 cops raid the house of a mother and daughter after mistaking her for a male fugitive

Massillon, Ohio - An Ohio mother and her 3-year-old daughter woke up to the horrifying scene of a dozen men dressed in military attire, armed with assault rifles, standing over their bed last week.Kaiti Glazier said she and her daughter Nadiah were sleeping inside their home on 10th Street Southeast when these paramilitary cops from the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force stormed into her bedroom."When I woke up they were all in here (the bedroom) . . . I was like, 'What?' And it's just 'Hands up! Hands up!' " she said."I was like, 'What...

Malaysian wannabe-IS members taking bank loans to fund 'one way trip' to martyrdom

© AFP/ISIL Malaysian wannabe-IS members have been applying for loans in banks, as well as getting rid of most of their property, in order to fund what they believe to be a one way road to martyrdom, the citing investigation papers on five cases.Sources close to the police investigation told the publication that many of the suspects have taken out the loans with no intention of ever paying them back as they believe they are on a one way road to martyrdom....

Surprise! Another study confirms USDA Dietary Guidelines on fats are wrong

A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine made waves through the mainstream media. In a stunning meta-analysis of the relationship between dietary fats and heart disease that included over 600,000 people, the researchers came to the following conclusion:"Current evidence does not clearly support cardiovascular guidelines that encourage high consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids and low consumption of total saturated fats."This...

25 homes evacuate an unstoppable gas leak in another Ohio fracking 'incident'

© Unknown Another day, another toxic spill thanks to fracking:About 25 families in eastern Ohio have been unable to live in their houses for the past three days because of a natural-gas leak at a fracking well that crews cannot stop.Bethany McCorkle, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the state agency that regulates oil and gas, said crews lost control of the Monroe County well on Saturday. [...]The well is not on fire,...

U.S. sends four Guantanamo prisoners home to Afghanistan

© Reuters/Bob StrongThe frontier road parallels the security fence leading to the Northeast gate at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, March 8, 2013. Four Afghans held for over a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent home, the Pentagon said on Saturday, the latest step in a gradual push by the Obama administration to close the jail.The men were flown to Kabul overnight aboard a U.S. military plane and released to...

Stratfor head: Yanukovich overthrow "most blatant coup in history"

In a December 19th interview in the Russian magazine , George Friedman, who is the Founder and CEO of Stratfor, the 'Shadow CIA' firm, says of the overthrow of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych that occurred on February 22nd of 2014: "It really was the most blatant coup in history." Perhaps he is saying this because of the videos that were uploaded to the Web which showed it to be so, but this statement by him contradicts the description that...

New York cop fired for stopping fellow officer from choking suspect; denied pension

© Countercurrentnews.comFormer Buffalo Police Officer Cariol Horne She was fired for trying to stop a fellow officer from abusing a suspect. Now, former Buffalo Police Officer Cariol Horne is in a battle to get her pension."November 1, 2006, there was a call of an officer in trouble at 707 Walden," Cariol Horne recalls.The officer in need of assistance was Gregory Kwiatkowski. He was responding to a domestic dispute at the aforementioned address,...

2 New York police officers shot dead in 'execution style' ambush

© Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP Two NYPD officers have been shot dead by a suspect who ambushed their patrol car 'execution style' in Brooklyn. The perpetrator was chased by police and reportedly died of a self-inflicted gun wound.Both officers succumbed to gunshot wounds to the head, City Councilman Robert Cornegy said at a news conference according to CBS New York.The shooting took place in Brooklyn outside of the Tompkins Houses at around 3pm....

Villagers in Kazakhstan use 'guard wolves' for protection

Mr Zhylkyshybay says he takes his wolf, Kurtka, for walks through the village "You can buy a wolf cub for just $500 (£320), they say, and hunters are adamant that if treated well the wild animal can be tamed," the KTK television channel reports. Nurseit Zhylkyshybay, from the south-eastern Almaty region, tells the channel he bought a wolf cub, Kurtka, from hunters three years ago, and the animal is perfectly happy wandering the yard of his house....

Ya think?! Ferguson prosecutor says witnesses lied under oath to grand jury

© Reuters/Cristina Fletes-BoutteSt. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch Some witnesses obviously lied while testifying under oath to the Ferguson grand jury that ultimately declined to indict 18-year-old Michael Brown, said the St. Louis county prosecutor in charge of the case, Bob McCulloch.Speaking with KTRS radio, McCulloch said his goal was to have any individual who claimed to be a witness testify before the grand jury."Clearly some were...

More meteor scribblings in the sky? Strange glowing cloud spotted in sky above Siberia

© Biysk A strange-shaped cloud materialised in the early morning sky above Siberia just minutes after the launch of a rocket sending satellites into space. Glowing orange as it was touched by the rays of the rising sun, it cast a ghostly spectre against the clear winter sky.For a while it was unclear what had caused the trails of vapour over the southern Altai region, with many even speculating about the possibility of UFOs.[embedded content]However,...

New bizarre-looking species breaks record for world's deepest fish

Aberdeen University researchers have set a new record for the deepest fish ever found (shown in red ring) A never-before-seen fish has been caught on camera, setting a new depth record in the Pacific Ocean.The world's deepest fish was captured on camera at depths of 8,145 meters (26,700 feet) in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. The newest discovery breaks a depth record set in 2008 by nearly 500 meters (1,640 feet).The previously...

Snowy owl sightings on the rise across the upper US

If you have a passion for birds or even if you're so-so about them, you're going to love this. All the indicators are present telling us this year is going to be witness to another snowy owl eruption across the upper United States. That means for us up here on the Range, too!Last year, 2013-2014, we saw what was possibly the largest eruption of snowy owls during the last century. This year could be even better. There have already been 44 snowy...

North Korea says it can prove it wasn't behind Sony hack

© Reuters/KCNAKim Jong Un North Korea has proposed a joint investigation with the United States into the hack attack against Sony Pictures, according to the state news agency, KCNA.The offer comes as the FBI formally accused Pyongyang of the attack on Friday and US President Barack Obama promised to "respond proportionally" to the online breach.North Korea says it can prove it has nothing to do with the cyberattack on Sony, the KCNA news release...

Hugging as form of social support protects people from getting sick

Psychologists go to surprising lengths in new study to show how much a hug can help. Being hugged reduces the deleterious effects of stress on the body, according to new research which intentionally exposed people to a cold virus.Hugging acts as a form of social support and protects people from getting sick and even reduces their illness symptoms if they do get sick.The study, published in the journal , asked 404 healthy adults how much social support...

Rare Arctic gyrfalcon seen in Madbury, New Hampshire

© Hanne & Jens Eriksen/VIREO The largest of the falcons, a rare gyrfalcon, was seen in Madbury during the past week, according to the Audubon Society's rare bird alert.Fast like a peregrine falcon and wearing a faint mustache, gyrfalcons live in the Arctic.According to the Peregrine Fund, the birds of prey are very sensitive to changes in the environment.The group said pesticides, loss of habitat or a decrease in prey can affect populations...

Elder abuse: Anti-psychotics increasingly prescribed to make life easier for nursing home staff

Dignity for the elderly: The elderly are twice as likely to be prescribed anti-psychotic drugs as people in their 40s, even though they are linked to a higher risk of premature death in older people More than half of prescriptions for anti-psychotic drugs in Britain are for conditions other than serious mental illnesses, say researchers.And the elderly are twice as likely to be prescribed the drugs as people in their 40s, even though they are linked...

30 die as cold wave hits north India

© AFP PhotoAn Indian local walks with his yak at Kufri, near Shimla, India, on December 13, 2014. In some of the heaviest spells of snowfall Uttarakhand has seen in recent times, 30 people, according to the State Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre, have died in the hills in the last two days.Himachal Pradesh also recorded heavy snowfall. The icy winds coming from these hill region swept Uttar Pradesh as well, leading to drop in temperatures....

US: Northwest storms bring heavy rain, strong winds through Christmas; blanket interior West with snow

As the train of storms from the Pacific Ocean continues, rounds of rain and mountain snow will fall on areas from the Northwest to the Intermountain West and Rockies through Christmas Day.A strong storm will affect the Northwest this weekend with gusty winds, heavy low-elevation rain and high-elevation snow.A second storm will roll ashore on Tuesday with falling snow levels in the Northwest and heavy snow farther inland in the West.Northwest Storm...

Conscienceless senator blocks suicide prevention act, saying it's too expensive

22 Veterans a day are so broken by grief, shame, horror or trauma they resolve not to live another day. Despite an epidemic of astonishing proportions - 22 veterans a day so broken by grief, shame, horror or trauma they resolve not to live another day - retiring, grandstanding, incoherent obstructionist Sen. Tom "Dr.No" Coburn, R-Okla., took his final stand against humanity by single-handedly blocking the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American...

SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Is President Hollande growing a spine?

Two weeks ago, French president Hollande decided to make an impromptu visit to Russia's president Putin. The visit in itself was, if not courageous, at least different from Western leaders' previous tactics of isolating the Russian president. The good mood of the Russian president made people wonder if something had happened and whether Hollande had been cured of the Bulgarian symptoms. © EPA/LETAHas Hollande after the meeting with Putin started...

4 Dead and 14,000 evacuated after flooding on the Thailand - Malaysia border

© Bomba MalaysiaFlood evacuations in Kelantan, Malaysia. Heavy rain and flooding has continued in southern Thailand and is now also affecting areas along the Thailand-Malaysian border. At least 4 states in Malaysia have suffered from severe flooding. Several southern provinces in Thailand have been under water for the last week.Across the region a total of four people have been reported as killed in the floods and 14,000 people evacuated (12,000...
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