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New York Daily News – by Thomas Tracy
A Bronx man allegedly brutalized by cops for defending his brother is suing the NYPD for an assault that “exceeded all reasonable bounds of decency,” court papers show.
Troy Gerard, 46, was hospitalized for five days after cops fractured his face and shattered his eye socket during a Memorial Day weekend clash in East Harlem, according to hospital records and court documents. Continue reading “Bronx man suing NYPD over assault”
A man who lived for weeks with a decomposing human corpse has been sentenced to five years in prison. He and his girlfriend had allegedly been collecting the victim’s benefits and social security.
Police found the body of Tiffany Kain, 33, on Halloween in 2013 after a well-being check in Todd LaDuke’s house, where it had been kept for around three weeks. Kain had suffered from spina bifida and multiple sclerosis, according to Wfmynews2.com. Continue reading “Forcing kids to live with decomposing body lands FL man in jail”
ISTANBUL (AP) — His head bowed and hands clasped in front of him, Pope Francis stood Saturday for two minutes of silent prayer facing east inside one of Istanbul’s most important mosques, as he shifted gears toward more religious affairs on the second leg of his three-day visit to mainly Muslim Turkey.
Following in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who visited Turkey in 2006, Francis prayed alongside the Grand Mufti of Istanbul, Rahmi Yaran, who had his palms turned toward the sky in a Muslim prayer, inside the 17th-century Sultan Ahmet mosque. Continue reading “Pope prays in Istanbul mosque in new outreach”
NEW YORK (AP) — Some well-off Manhattan residents paid $100 Friday for the honor of eating a candlelit holiday dinner with homeless people at a church, an intersection of two worlds that left one down-on-his luck man thinking the seemingly impossible.
“What if a love connection happened tonight between the haves and the have-nots?” 44-year-old Craig James said before guests arrived. James, who has been homeless since losing a security job four years ago, also volunteers at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, where the dinner occurred. Continue reading “NY dinner puts wealthy and homeless at same tables”
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed murder charges against former President Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of hundreds of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade rule, citing the “inadmissibility” of the case due to a technicality.
The ruling marks another major setback for the young activists who spearheaded the Arab Spring-inspired uprising nearly four years ago — many of whom are now in prison or have withdrawn from politics. It will likely reinforce the perception that Mubarak’s autocratic state remains in place, albeit led by a new president, former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. Continue reading “Egypt court drops murder charges against Mubarak”
KMOV 4 News – by Adam McDonald
FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOV.com) — This St. Louis woman’s picture and story has spread through social media, she’s now ready to talk about what happened to her shortly after the grand jury announcement was made in the death of Michael Brown.
Dornella Conners is now blind in her left eye after she and her boyfriend, De’Angelas Lee, stopped at a gas station in the 10,000 block of Halls Ferry in north St. Louis County early Tuesday morning. Conners says as she and her boyfriend were driving away from the station multiple police officers showed up. Continue reading “Pregnant woman loses eye after police shoot bean bag at her”
ABC News – by DENISE LAVOIE, AP
Jaime Caetano was beaten so badly by her ex-boyfriend that she ended up in the hospital. So when a friend offered her a stun gun to protect herself, she took it.
Caetano, who is homeless, never had to use it but now finds herself at the center of a contentious Second Amendment case headed to the highest court in Massachusetts. Continue reading “Homeless woman’s stun gun spurs 2nd Amendment case”
The Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft
On Friday night Communist protesters gathered outside the Ferguson, Missouri police department.
They handed out literature and chanted:
“The only solution is a Communist revolution.” Continue reading “#Ferguson Protesters Wave Commie Flags – Hand Out Commie Leaflets – Chant About Revolution”
The Atlantic – by Allen McDuffee
Last week, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved draft legislation to amend the country’s Basic Law to declare that Israel is “the national homeland of the Jewish people” instead of a “Jewish and democratic state,” as it had been since the state’s founding in 1948, he had to tamp down criticism that the law codifies discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel—20 percent of the country’s population.
“There are those who would like the democratic to prevail over the Jewish and there are those who would like the Jewish to prevail over the democratic,” said Netanyahu. “Both of these values are equal and both must be considered to the same degree.” Continue reading “Israel’s Foreign Minister Wants to Pay Israeli Arabs to Leave”
A UN report has condemned the United States for violating the terms of an international anti-torture treaty. The panel took Washington to task for police brutality, military interrogations, and capital punishment protocols.
“The Committee is concerned about numerous reports of police brutality and excessive use of force by law enforcement officials,” the paper released by the UN Committee Against Torture says, adding that in particular this brutality is seen against persons belonging “to certain racial and ethnic groups, immigrants and LGBTI individuals.” Continue reading “UN panel slams US for police brutality, torture, botched executions”
Washington Post – by Missy Ryan
The U.S. military will subject Syrian rebels taking part in a new training program to psychological evaluations, biometrics checks and stress tests under a screening plan that goes well beyond the steps the United States normally takes to vet foreign soldiers, a sign of the risks the Obama administration faces as it expands support for armed groups in Syria.
Officials said the screening program, developed chiefly by the U.S. Central Command, will rely on what was described as a “common core” of screening protocols, including running trainees’ names through U.S. and foreign intelligence databases, collecting biometric data and, when possible, seeking information from fighters’ home communities. Rebel commanders will be subject to additional screening. Continue reading “U.S. will use psych evaluations, stress tests to screen Syrian rebels for training”
Land Destroyer Report – by Tony Cartalucci
Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) published a video report of immense implications – possibly the first national broadcaster in the West to admit that the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) is supplied not by “black market oil” or “hostage ransoms” but billions of dollars worth of supplies carried into Syria across NATO member Turkey’s borders via hundreds of trucks a day.
The report titled, “‘IS’ supply channels through Turkey,” confirms what has been reported by geopolitical analysts since at least as early as 2011 – that NATO member Turkey has allowed a torrent in supplies, fighters, and weapons to cross its borders unopposed to resupply ISIS positions inside of Syria. Continue reading “Germany’s DW Reports ISIS Supply Lines Originate in NATO’s Turkey”
Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville
Fresh on the heels of American airstrikes in Raqqa, Syria that devastated Syrian infrastructure and killed a number of innocent civilians, the United States has publicly condemned airstrikes by the Syrian military in the same location targeting ISIS militants.
Indeed, on November 26, a new report from the United Nations addressed the issue of civilian deaths at the hand of the American airstrikes, citing 50 dead civilians since the start of the air campaign. The report stated that “The international coalition continued airstrikes against ISIL in Syria on a near-daily basis with reports of some 865 people killed, including 50 civilians, in Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Hasakeh, Idlib and Raqqa since strikes began.” Continue reading “Obama to Assad: Stop Bombing ISIS and Let Us Bomb Civilians”
A video shot by a Facebook user in downtown Austin, Texas on Friday morning reveals the sounds of either a fully-automatic weapon or a rapidly fired semi-automatic weapon in her vicinity. The shooter fired over 100 rounds according to Austin police sources.
The video, initially uploaded by Corina Platt, was shot during the shooting rampage by an as yet unidentified gunman who has been described as a 51-year-old white male. He is said to be an Austin resident and has a criminal record according to statements made Austin Police Chief Acevedo during a Friday morning press conference. Continue reading “Video Reveals Sounds of Intense Rifle Shooting in Texas’ Capital City”
Plan D of Course!
But first, recall that Plan A was to install freezing pipes at the head of the trench leading from Reactor 2 turbine building to create an ice plug so that the extremely contaminated water that had been sitting in the trench since the very beginning of the nuclear accident could be pumped out. TEPCO started the work in April this year.
That failed. The ice plug didn’t quite form. Continue reading “#Fukushima I NPP: Plan C Also Failed in Plugging Reactor 2 Trench… Now What?”
How can this BUFFOON have any support or ability to run for president again? He’s on probation for a felony, he’s got the mentality of a two year old and he’s destroyed Texas. Have people forgotten about the last presidential election that quickly? I mean come on. Maybe it’s the glasses. He didn’t have glasses the last time he ran. Yea, that must be it. (rolling my eyes) Unbelievable…..
Politico – by Kenneth P. Vogel
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is inviting hundreds of prominent Republican donors and policy experts to a series of gatherings next month that are intended to rebuild his damaged national brand and lay the foundation for a potential 2016 presidential campaign, fundraisers and organizers confirmed to POLITICO. Continue reading “Rick Perry ramps up: Texas governor invites GOP donors to December sessions to discuss 2016.”
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Barack Obama last year told a cheering crowd in Cape Town that a $7 billion plan to “Power Africa” would double electricity output on the world’s poorest continent and bring “light where currently there is darkness”.
A year later, the U.S. president’s flagship project for Africa has already achieved 25 percent of its goal to deliver 10,000 megawatts of electricity and bring light to 20 million households and businesses, according to its annual report. Continue reading “Obama plan to ‘Power Africa’ gets off to a dim start”
Magnesium is extremely important for your health because it is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Magnesium is fourth most prevalent mineral in the body and is partially responsible for countless aspects good, sound health. Roughly 50% of our body’s total magnesium is stored in our bones, while the remaining part of magnesium is predominantly found in the cells of body tissues and organs. Only 1% of magnesium is available in blood, although the human body is very good at regulating a constant level of magnesium in the blood. Continue reading “Health Benefits of Magnesium”
The Best Years in Life – by Tony Isaacs
An almost sure fire way to help lessen symptoms and speed recovery of a cold is to take a combination of colloidal silver and some of nature’s best cold fighters: echinacea, vitamin C, zinc, olive leaf extract and garlic.
Take plentiful amounts of vitamin C (up to 1,000 mg of vitamin C an hour for the first 6 hours and then up to 1000 mg three times daily thereafter) and one to three cloves of freshly minced garlic that has been allowed to sit for 15 minutes, along with the amounts specified on the product labels for olive leaf extract and zinc. Take plenty of echinacea – at least three to four times the amount on the label. It is best to have the echinacea in extract form so you can gargle with it too, as echinacea has antiseptic qualities and soothing qualities that can help with the sore throat when gargled and swallowed. Continue reading “Natural Remedies for the Common Cold”
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