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The number of elderly people taking antidepressants has more than doubled in two decades – despite no increase in the numbers with depression.
A major British study also reveals that the majority of over-65s who take the drugs do not have depressive symptoms. Continue reading “Number of elderly on anti-depressants doubles in 20 years”
“Racism is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
— Albert Einstein, 1946
“The Germans as an entire people are responsible for these mass murders and must be punished as a people if there is justice in the world and if the consciousness of collective responsibility in the nations is not to perish from earth entirely.”
— Albert Einstein, 1944
“I get most joy from the emergence of the Jewish state in Palestine. It does seem to me that our kinfolk really are more sympathetic (at least less brutal) than these horrid Europeans.”
— Albert Einstein, 1919
As the death toll nears 100 people killed and with thousands injured in a week of intense demonstrations, the Iraqi government on Saturday announced the lifting of a curfew in Baghdad as calls came for it to resign.
In the worst violence seen since the declared defeat of the Islamic State group in March, security forces fired live ammunition into crowds of people protesting across Iraq against corruption, unemployment and a lack of services. Continue reading “Nearly 100 dead as calls grow for Iraqi government to resign over protest response”
Activist Post – by Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Repeating “You write propaganda, right?”, officer held passport until he received an affirmative answer.
A passport screening official held a Defense One journalist’s passport until he received an affirmative answer to this repeated question: “You write propaganda, right?” Continue reading “U.S. Customs Officer Harasses “Defense One” Journalist at Dulles Airport”
Activist Post – by Edward Hasbrouck
We’ve been trying for years to find out what the real story is with respect to ID requirements for travel by train, especially on Amtrak.
Amtrak and Greyhound ID policies and practices are of paramount importance to the mobility of undocumented people and people who, whether or not they are eligible for or have chosen to obtain government-issued ID credentials, don’t want to show their papers to government agents as a condition of exercising their right to freedom of movement. Continue reading “Do I Need ID to Ride a Train?”
A JPMorgan Chase employee was punched outside the company’s main Hong Kong offices amid increasingly violent political protests in the city, leading the firm to tell workers that it was increasing security and that they should avoid the building over the weekend.
Thousands of Arab Israelis held protests Friday at the conclusion of prayers, a day after a general strike over a wave of deadly violence within the minority community.
Protesters blocked roads, including sections of the major highways in the north of the country. Demonstrators carried signs with slogans such as “our children’s blood is not cheap” and chanted slogans about what they say is police inaction on the issue. Continue reading “Thousands of Arab Israelis march, block roads to protest deadly crime wave”
STRASBOURG, France — Denial of the Holocaust is not a human right, a European court ruled on Thursday, throwing out a complaint by a German neo-Nazi politician.
Udo Pastoers, who served in the local parliament of the northeastern region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, was convicted in Germany in 2012 after giving a speech in 2010 in which he appeared to cast doubt on whether the Holocaust really happened. Continue reading “Holocaust denial not a human right, European court rules”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Chattanooga, TN — Over the years, the Free Thought Project has reported on some utterly bizarre behavior from law enforcement. From judges stealing women’s underwear to police officers offering homeless people sh*t sandwiches, this behavior never ceases to amaze and infuriate. Adding to this long list of “weird sh*t cops do” is the following story out of Chattanooga, in which a police officer stripped to his underwear and “baptized” a woman he was arresting for having a marijuana roach. Continue reading “Cop Kidnaps Woman, Strips to His Underwear to Then ‘Baptize’ Her in a Lake — Lawsuit”
The Mind Unleashed – by John Vibes
For the past few years, a large auto show called H2oi held near the end of September has attracted tens of thousands of car enthusiasts to Ocean City, Maryland, for a weekend of partying and showing off their custom-built vehicles.
In 2016, the organizers of H2oi were forced to cancel the event, after city officials refused to issue permits, citing reckless driving and rowdy crowds. However, thousands of people still showed up to Ocean City that year, and created their own unsanctioned celebration, which strained an already complicated relationship between the local police and many members of the east coast car community. Continue reading “Police Lost Control of Tourist Town After Violently Cracking Down on Popular Car Show”
A leading Evangelical leader has called upon Christians in America to stand in solidarity with their Jewish brothers and sisters over the High-Holidays after the most fatal year for American Jewry since the founding of the republic. Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations and show host of the popular weekly Christian television show “Focus on Israel” which reaches a global audience of over two billion viewers has called upon American Christians stand vigil outside synagogues during the High Holidays, due to the increase in anti-Semitic attacks, which resulted in 12 deaths in Synagogue shootings this year. Continue reading “‘Christians should protect synagogues over High Holidays’”
NEW YORK—The United Nations, during events in Geneva and New York this week, is being urged to investigate the Chinese regime for killing prisoners of conscience for their organs.
Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Sept. 24, London-based lawyer Hamid Sabi presented findings from a report released in June by the China Tribunal, an international panel of lawyers and experts convened to investigate claims that the Chinese regime has been forcibly extracting prisoners’ organs for transplant. Continue reading “Experts Call on UN to Investigate China’s Killing of Religious Dissidents for Their Organs”
A mysterious subway singer who stunned passengers with her performance has been revealed as a classically trained musician who was made homeless after falling ill and racking up huge medical bills.
Emily Zamourka, 52, became a viral sensation after a police officer captured her singing at a subway station in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Continue reading “Mysterious viral LA subway singer is revealed as classically trained musician who was made homeless”
Organized shoplifting, known as ‘grab and dash’ are groups of thieves who rush into stores and steal armloads of merchandise, and they are on the rise in California. Law enforcement and the retail industry blame California’s Proposition 47 that sets $950 as the amount a person can steal without facing felony charges. Even when thieves are caught, their fines usually are less than the amount they steal. -GEG Continue reading “California Law Allows ‘Grab and Dash’ Theft Rings to Steal $950 in Merchandise Before Facing Felony Charges”
Several Antifa members crowded around an elderly woman with a rolling walker, blocking her from crossing a street outside a college in Canada, where they held a rally against a local MP, ending with scuffles and arrests.
The ugly scene took place amid a loud Antifa protest outside Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario on Sunday. Video of the event, shared on social media, shows an elderly couple attempting to cross the street on a marked crosswalk as four masked protesters deliberately loom over them, blocking their path. Continue reading “Shock and outrage as masked Antifa crowd blocks and shouts at elderly couple in Canada”