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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/tag/ron-desantis/

Ron DeSantis – AMERICAN TODAY

Last month, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced that he would do his part to “drain the swamp” by introducing term limit legislation in Congress — something President-elect Donald Trump has talked about quite a bit. Now on the first day of the 115th Congress, Cruz has made good on his

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/tag/accommodations/

accommodations – AMERICAN TODAY

Is there anything funnier than Hillary trying to convince people she represents everyday Americans? The woman hasn’t driven a car since 1996. It doesn’t get more out of touch than her. For example, check out this list of demands she had when she was running around raking in millions of dollars from giving

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/breaking-our-government-is-hiding-information-from-president-trump/

BREAKING : Our Government is Hiding Information From President Trump

The shadow government, or “deep state” as it’s known is comprised of unelected government bureaucrats, corporations, contractors, paper-pushers, and button-pushers.These are the people who are actually calling the shots behind the scenes and they covertly operate within D.C.The “deep state” is on a mission to destroy President Trump.They successfully took down General Flynn, but they’re not stopping there. According to the Wall Street Journal, intelligence sources say important information is being kept from President Trump. WSJ says US intelligence says it is intentionally concealing information from US president @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/1tYJNENLAR pic.twitter.com/u8hzVDZI2q — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017 From Wall St. Journal: U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter. The officials’ decision to keep information from Mr. Trump underscores the deep mistrust that has developed between the intelligence community and the president over his team’s contacts with the Russian government, as well as the enmity he has shown toward U.S. spy agencies. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump accused the agencies of leaking information to undermine him. In some of these cases of withheld information, officials have decided not to show Mr. Trump the sources and methods that the intelligence agencies use to collect information, the current and former officials said. Those sources and methods could include, for instance, the means that an agency uses to spy on a foreign government. A White House official said: “There is nothing that leads us to believe that this is an accurate account of what is actually happening.” A spokesman for the Office of Director of National Intelligence said: “Any suggestion that the U.S. intelligence community is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true.”Intelligence officials have in the past not told a president or members of Congress about the ins and outs of how they ply their trade. At times, they have decided that secrecy is essential for protecting a source, and that all a president needs to know is what that source revealed and what the intelligence community thinks is important about it. source

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/uh-oh-former-nsa-analyst-dropped-disturbing-bombshell-on-trumps-future/

Uh-oh! Former NSA Analyst Dropped Disturbing BOMBSHELL On Trump’s Future…

If you thought talk of the intel community trying to take out President Donald Trump is the stuff of conspiracy theory and John LeCarre novels, you would be wrong.Not only are they doing it, they’re even confessing to it on Twitter. From Daily Caller: John Schindler, a former National Security Agency analyst and current columnist for the New York Observer, said Wednesday that the intelligence community will go “nuclear” against President Donald Trump.The national security columnist also quoted a senior intelligence official telling him that Trump “will die in jail.” “Now we go nuclear. [Intelligence community] war going to new levels. Just got an [email from] from senior [intelligence community] friend, it began: ‘He will die in jail,’” Schindler tweeted. Multiple intel people have not only been celebrating the leaks on Twitter, but justifying the effort as a legitimate effort to take Trump out.ABC News chief foreign correspondent Terry Moran tweeted, “If this source is for real, talk of a ‘Deep State’ coup aren’t insane. [The president] will ‘die in jail’? Who do you think you are?”The former NSA analyst stood by his comment and said, “Surprisingly, some US spies consider [the president] colluding with [Russian intelligence services] + Kremlin, [including] election theft, to be kinda treason-y.” But once again not only has there been no finding that there was any collusion with Russia, but investigators have actually cleared them of any issues. source

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breakpoint.org

2017-11-27

http://www.breakpoint.org/2017/03/breakpoint-red-dwarf-seven-planets/

Eric Metaxas, John Stonestreet, Marcia Yiapan, Sergio Roa Prado

BreakPoint: Red Dwarf and the Seven

There’s already a world of evidence that life on Earth is unique and intelligently-crafted. But here are seven more pieces of evidence. In the new movie, “Arrival,” a group of scientists try to break the language barrier between humanity and an extraterrestrial race that’s landed on Earth. These visitors have not come to make war, but to offer us a gift. I won’t spoil it for you, but I will say that the film is pervaded by a sense of loneliness and a longing for kinship with someone beyond our world. In this sense, “Arrival” is far from the only alien-related fiction in the news. Last month NASA set off a veritable media shower of conjecture when it announced the discovery of several “earth-like” planets orbiting a nearby star. The kind of breathless speculation journalists churned out about this red dwarf and its seven planets was worthy of a Brothers Grimm fairytale. The Independent proclaimed, “NASA’s ‘Holy Grail.’ ” National Geographic chimed in, “Seven alien ‘Earths’ found orbiting nearby star.” The Sun declared this new solar system “could be teeming with ‘exotic’ alien lifeforms.” And the Toronto Star offered a more touching angle, writing that “the universe looks less lonely” now. But it was NASA’s own illustrations, released alongside the original research in the journal Nature, that really sent the hype into orbit. They include artist’s impressions of tantalizingly Earth-like planets, several with blue-and-green surfaces and liquid water. What was the evidence behind these fanciful drawings and headlines? Not much, as it turns out. Here are the facts. The TRAPPIST-1 system is forty light-years distant, which means absent the invention of warp drive, we won’t be visiting anytime soon. The seven terrestrial planets, thought to be about the size of Earth, orbit a star much smaller, dimmer, and cooler than our Sun. Three of the planets circle the so-called “Goldilocks zone,” or the region in which liquid water is theoretically possible. But their orbits are tiny compared with our own, meaning all three are probably tidally locked. This means one side is trapped in perpetual freezing darkness while the other is constantly scorched by the star. David Klinghoffer at Evolution News points out that NASA has already admitted the problem with red dwarfs like TRAPPIST-1 as hosts for life. Besides being tidally locked, planets in the habitable zone of such stars are probably bathed in radiation that would kill most life. In other words, talk of teeming planets and a less lonely universe was a little premature. But worlds of the right size orbiting the right distance from the right kind of star are only three of the known prerequisites for life. As I explained a couple of years ago in the Wall Street Journal, we now know of dozens of such criteria that must be fulfilled for life to exist. So the likelihood of any of these new planets meeting them all is slim to none. Yet the kind of speculation that swirled around this discovery has become all-too-familiar to those who follow space exploration. The longing for life beyond our planet is obsessive. For decades, we’ve poured resources into the search for celestial neighbors, hoping to establish in real life the kind of contact portrayed in “Arrival.” But the stars, despite our best efforts, have proved silent and barren. But in another sense, our Sun, Earth, and the TRAPPIST-1 system are anything but silent! They declare a cosmic Intelligence Who’s both infinitely mysterious and intimately knowable. Christians recognize that our planet was uniquely designed and fine-tuned to support life—and that’s putting it mildly. Our place in the universe is nothing less than a miracle. So whether there’s life on other planets or not, we can say with confidence that we are not alone. Because the Being Who placed these celestial longings in our hearts dwarfs our strangest science fiction. Further Reading and Information Red Dwarf and the Seven Planets: Fairytales of Alien Life Earth’s unique design, as Eric says, demonstrates the creative God we serve. The challenge in the study of our vast cosmos is to search for truth while avoiding preconceptions. To read more about the latest planetary discoveries, check out the links below. And read Eric’s Wall Street Journal article, “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God,” also linked below (may need subscription). Find a BreakPoint radio station in your area–Click here.

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/cia-sent-guns-syrian-rebels-reportedly-stolen-possibly-used-kill-americans/

CIA Sent Guns to Syrian Rebels That Have Reportedly been Stolen, ‘Possibly Used to Kill Americans’

Democrats know that the way to get rid of bad guys (while ensuring your own protection) is to own a gun. They just like to play stupid. That’s the whole reason why they armed Mexican cartels with guns during Operation Fast & Furious – even though that plan ended up backfiring and some weapons were found to have killed Americans. Now it looks like history is repeating itself, this time in a more volatile part of the world. From New York Times: Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, according to American and Jordanian officials. Some of the stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November that killed two Americans and three others at a police training facility in Amman, F.B.I. officials believe after months of investigating the attack, according to people familiar with the investigation. The existence of the weapons theft, which ended only months ago after complaints by the American and Saudi governments, is being reported for the first time after a joint investigation by The New York Times and Al Jazeera. The theft, involving millions of dollars of weapons, highlights the messy, unplanned consequences of programs to arm and train rebels — the kind of program the C.I.A. and Pentagon have conducted for… CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE >>>

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beforeitsnews.com

2017-11-27

http://beforeitsnews.com/religion/2012/07/second-mandate-lawsuit-dismissed-on-technical-grounds-2418152.html

Cna Daily News - Us

Second mandate lawsuit dismissed on ‘technical grounds’

Second mandate lawsuit dismissed on ‘technical grounds’ % of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents. (Before It's News) Washington D.C., Jul 20, 2012 / 05:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has dismissed a lawsuit by Belmont Abbey College against the federal contraception mandate as being premature. Hannah Smith, senior legal counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which was representing Belmont Abbey College in the case, said that the decision was made “on technical grounds.” Smith explained in a statement that “the judge thinks that the case should be delayed for a matter of months” in order to give the federal government time to “fix” the mandate. On July 18, federal judge James E. Boasberg dismissed the suit filed by the Catholic liberal arts school last year. The suit is the second of the nearly two dozen cases against the mandate to be thrown out. The judge determined that the case was not yet “ripe for decision” because the concerns were still too “speculative.” He noted that the federal government has indicated that it intends to issue future rules on the implementation of the mandate being challenged in the case. That mandate – issued under the authority of the Affordable Care Act – will soon require employers and colleges to offer health insurance plans covering contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs, even if doing so violates their firmly-held religious convictions. Belmont Abbey filed a lawsuit arguing that the mandate violated its religious freedom last November, becoming the first group to do so. Dozens of other organizations followed in the college’s footsteps over the months that followed. In total, 23 lawsuits have been filed by more than 50 plaintiffs, including schools, charitable agencies, states, dioceses and private business owners. On July 17, a judge in Nebraska dismissed another of the lawsuits, similarly ruling that it was not clear that the plaintiffs would suffer immediate harm from the mandate. In both decisions, the judges pointed to the administration’s promise to “accommodate” the religious freedom concerns of objecting groups. However, critics have voiced concern about whether the “accommodation” will be sufficient. They have noted that the mandate was finalized in law months ago, but the accommodation has merely been promised and not placed in law or even formally proposed. Smith emphasized that this ruling “says nothing about the merits of Belmont Abbey’s religious freedom claims, and has no effect on any of the 22 other cases currently pending in federal court.” “It simply delays Belmont Abbey College’s ability to challenge the Mandate for a few months,” she said. Smith stressed that “the court made clear we have the right to re-file the case” if concerns with the mandate are not adequately addressed. While she said that the group is currently “considering our options,” Smith made it clear that the battle for religious freedom was not over. “Belmont Abbey College and the Becket Fund will continue the fight for religious liberty, even if this case is delayed for a few months,” she said. Read more at CNA Daily News – US Source:

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beforeitsnews.com

2017-11-27

http://beforeitsnews.com/religion/2012/06/new-fund-will-help-fight-forced-abortions-in-china-2313867.html

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New fund will help fight forced abortions in China

New fund will help fight forced abortions in China % of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents. (Before It's News) Washington D.C., Jun 27, 2012 / 04:09 am (CNA).- An international human rights group has announced the creation of a new fund to help fight the forced abortions that are often used to enforce the Chinese state’s one-child policy. Bob Fu, president of the nonprofit organization China Aid Association, explained on June 19 that “the clock has started ticking on China’s forced abortion policy.” China Aid, a group that monitors and aids victims of human rights violations in China, has launched a Chinese Children Defense Fund. Money from the fund will help hire lawyers to defend families facing forced abortions, as well as to pay fines to avoid such abortions and to collect more information about coerced abortions and sterilizations in the country. “In the long run, this evil system needs to end and it will end when the Chinese people stand up and demand it,” Fu said. “We stand by ready to help anyone who is victimized in this way.” He pointed to the tragic recent case of Feng Jianmei, a seven-month pregnant Chinese woman who was taken to a hospital and forced to undergo an abortion because she and her husband could not afford the state-imposed fine for having a second child. Because the couple already has one daughter, the state would not grant them permission to have a second child. Reports indicate that when they were unable to pay the 40,000 yuan fine, equivalent to about $$6,300, family planning officials surrounded the house and forcibly took Feng to the hospital. Feng’s husband, Deng Liyuan, wrote on a prominent Chinese microblogging website that authorities had injected his wife with poison to cause the abortion against her will. Family members said that Feng – who is 23 years old – was struggling both physically and psychologically after the abortion. The case drew international attention and anger when graphic photos of Feng lying in a hospital bed next to her aborted fetus began to spread online. According to the Wall Street Journal, Chinese authorities say that have apologized to Feng and her husband. The officials involved in the incident have been suspended, they say, and an investigation is currently underway to bring about a proper legal and disciplinary response. However, critics of China’s one-child policy argue that forced abortions are common in the country, despite technically being illegal, and that authorities only apologize when caught in international media attention. “A life was lost unnecessarily on June 3,” said Fu. “Unfortunately, millions of lives are lost each year in similar circumstances.” “Local officials have admitted that this forced abortion was illegal, we will demand that someone is held responsible,” he added. China Aid has played a critical role in drawing attention to forced abortions and other human rights abuses under China’s brutal one-child policy. Fu recently helped draw attention to the plight of blind Chinese pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng, who spent several years in both prison and house arrest after exposing forced abortions and sterilizations that take place routinely within the country. Chen escaped from house arrest and spent several days at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing before agreeing to be transported to a local hospital to treat the injuries he sustained in escaping. After leaving the embassy, however, he became fearful for the safety of himself and his family and asked to leave the country. Fu spoke to Chen at the hospital and testified before members of Congress regarding his situation. Amid international pressure, Chen was ultimately permitted to come with his immediate family to the United States in order to rest and take classes at New York University. In addition to raising money to help save Chinese women from immediate threats, Fu believes there is an underlying need to put pressure on the Chinese state to show respect for basic human rights. “The international community should also ask the Chinese government to end a practice that makes modern China look barbaric and backward,” he said. “Forced abortions are not a choice but violence against women and their unborn children.” Read more at CNA Daily News – US Source:

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beforeitsnews.com

2017-11-27

http://beforeitsnews.com/religion/2012/06/catholic-charities-mobilizes-against-growing-colorado-fires-2317653.html

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Catholic Charities mobilizes against growing Colorado fires

Catholic Charities mobilizes against growing Colorado fires % of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents. (Before It's News) Colorado Springs, Colo., Jun 27, 2012 / 05:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Both evacuees and residents of the Colorado Springs area are in “utter shock and disbelief” at the major fire threatening the outskirts of the city, a local Catholic Charities official says. Rochelle Schlortt, communications director for Catholic Charities of Central Colorado, said the situation is “just scary.” “You look up and you see the smoke or you see the flames. It’s like the entire mountainside is on fire,” she told CNA June 27. Schlortt said the city’s residents now “live in a fog of smoke,” which creates difficulties for anyone with respiratory problems, while others feel a “constant burning” in their eyes and throats. “Smoke has literally descended and engulfed not only the Colorado Springs city but the entire El Paso county.” Over 30,000 people have evacuated neighborhoods north and west of Colorado Springs, including parts of the Air Force Academy, to escape the Waldo Canyon Fire which began June 23. The fire has burned over 15,000 acres and was only five percent contained as of Wednesday morning, the Denver Post reports. Colorado has suffered several major fires already this year. Schlott explained that he first responders to the Colorado Springs fire are the Red Cross, which is setting up shelters, and the Salvation Army, which is providing evacuees with meals. At the request of the Salvation Army, the Colorado Springs Catholic Charities affiliate is helping to prepare and deliver several hundred meals per day. The Catholic agency is supplying food to three shelters in Colorado Springs and one near the town of Divide. Road closures mean Divide is now a 2.5-hour drive from the city. Schlortt said June 27 that the situation is “very fluid.” “This fire is progressing and putting people out of their neighborhoods on an hourly basis.” Joe Mahoney, executive director of Catholic Charities of Southern Colorado, said his Pueblo-based agency is collecting money to support the Colorado Springs affiliate’s operations. Mahoney, a former disaster response officer for Catholic Charities USA, told CNA he is heading to Colorado Springs to provide assistance in person. Schlortt said that every relief agency in Colorado Springs is responding. Many people are donating funds, volunteering and taking others into their homes. “The entire community is just opening their hearts,” she said. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver has offered financial and staff assistance to its Colorado Springs counterpart to respond to the fires. The Waldo Canyon Fire forced the cancellation of Sunday Mass at two parishes, the Colorado Catholic Herald reports. The novitiate for the Order of the Holy Cross in Cascade was evacuated, as was Mount St. Francis Nursing Home. Activities at St. Francis of Assisi Parish have been cancelled on orders of the fire department. Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs offered prayers for those affected by the fire. “We also pray for the firefighters and volunteers who are working hard to contain the wildfire and serve the needs of those affected,” he said June 26. “We are grateful for your courage, generosity and sacrifice, and we are heartened to see communities rallying together during this trying time.” The bishop will lead a Holy Hour of prayer for fire victims and first responders on June 28 at 7 p.m. at downtown Colorado Springs’ St. Mary Cathedral. Bishop James D. Conley, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Denver, has called for prayer and charitable assistance to the victims of the multiple fires in Colorado. Schlortt also asked for prayers, saying “We need all the prayers we can get.” Victims of other Colorado fires remain in need. Catholic Charities of Denver is continuing to help evacuees of the High Park Fire in Larimer County in the mountains of northern Colorado. That fire, the second-largest in state history, began in a June 9 lightning strike. It burned over 87,000 acres and over 250 homes and is still only 65 percent contained. A 62-year-old woman died in the blaze, the Denver Post reports. Last week, the Denver charity received emergency assistance grants totaling $$20,000 from Catholic Charities USA and from United Way of Larimer County. It has also contributed $$10,000 of its own funds to provide food, clothing, hotel accommodations and other personal items to the victims. It is distributing aid in cooperation with the Red Cross and United Way. It is continuing to monitor the new fire in Boulder County, which is burning 230 acres and has prompted pre-evacuation warnings to over 2,000 phone numbers. “Should the need arise for more extensive relief assistance, Catholic Charities is prepared to respond quickly and effectively to those needs,” the Denver agency said June 27. Donations to support victims of the Colorado Springs fires may be made through the Catholic Charities of Central Colorado website http://ccharitiescc.org. Read more at CNA Daily News – US Source:

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americannews.com

2017-11-27

http://americannews.com/trump-shocks-nation-identity-white-house-leakers-guess-whose-behind/

Trump Shocks The Nation With Identity Of White House Leakers… Guess Whose Behind It

In the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, the White House has been plagued by a series of mysterious leaks. Now, Trump has reportedly identified the ‘rats,’ and he is wasting no time taking swift action against them. According to reports, President Trump has launched a “complete” investigation into the leakers, arguing that “the culprit should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Make no mistake; these lawbreakers are going to spend a significant amount of time behind bars. In fact, if the “full extent of the law” is enforced, the criminals will not be leaving prison until they die. The Justice Department will be conducting the investigation, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions fully supports the efforts. “These leaks cannot be tolerated, and we will make every effort to put an end to it,” he said in a statement. “We have already initiated appropriate steps to address these rampant leaks that undermine our national security.” Following the latest attack in Manchester, the New York Times published photos that revealed critical evidence. Needless to say, the important of keeping intelligence discrete is at an all-time high. What do you think? Do you agree that these criminals need to be taught a lesson?

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/special-report-feds-announce-bombshell-dem-investigation-media-stunned/

SPECIAL REPORT: Feds Announce BOMBSHELL Dem Investigation, Media STUNNED

The controversy around Hillary Clinton and her fabled private email servers are cause for much alarm. It looks like the feds are finally starting to close in!Senate Judiciary Committee leaders sent letters to the former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, as well as other high-ranking officials on the Left. The leaders are investigating the notion that high ranking Democrats interfered with the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton, via Washington Examiner. Four different senators composed the letters before they were sent out. The panel includes Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham, and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse.In reading the various stories run by The New York Times and Washington Post, there seems to be one trend. They claim the FBI received hacked documents that revealed troubling information about Loretta Lynch. She said in multiple emails that she was confident she could keep the Clinton investigation from “going too far.” It’s beyond sick that Lynch would even make such a statement. Hillary is OBVIOUSLY guilty of breaking the law on multiple occasions. There’s no doubt that Hillary is offering Lynch something for her support and protection. Perhaps an endorsement — perhaps money. It could be any number of things.One thing IS for sure, despite everything else. We can be sure there’s a cover-up taking place here. The letters sent out from the Senate are going to reveal some troubling information about how far the left has gone to cover Hillary’s tracks. At this point, Clinton can run from her problems as long as she likes. She’s not going to get away with this scandal. People are waking up and realizing just how corrupt she is, and it’s NOT sitting well with many — even some people on the Left are sick of her lying, are tired of the corruption, and are sick of supporting a dishonest party.It’s ironic that Hillary claims Trump “stole” the election from her, and that the loss was EVERYONE’S fault (but her own). At the same time, she had ALL the tools she needed to win the election illegally, and she couldn’t even do that right. Hillary should start getting nervous right about now. It’s not going to end well for her. Sooner or later, all the people lying, and covering for her, are going to break down. Once that wall of defense gives out, NOTHING will stand between Clinton and a jail cell.The patriots of this country have been waiting for Clinton’s arrest for years. The walls are starting to close in, and soon, we’ll have our wish. Once she’s sitting alone in that jail cell, she’s going to have no one to blame but herself. Russians sure didn’t land her there!

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beforeitsnews.com

2017-11-27

http://beforeitsnews.com/religion/2012/06/supreme-court-upholds-health-care-law-individual-mandate-2320842.html

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Supreme Court upholds health care law, individual mandate

Supreme Court upholds health care law, individual mandate % of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents. (Before It's News) Washington D.C., Jun 28, 2012 / 09:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, drawing cries of disappointment and concern – as well as a commitment to continue fighting – from pro-life and religious freedom advocates nationwide. Christen Varley, executive director of Conscience Cause, a nonpartisan advocacy organization that works to secure and defend religious freedom, said that she was “extremely disappointed” with the decision. “The first line of the First Amendment in our Constitution guarantees all Americans the right to religious freedom, as our forefathers intended,” Varley said. “Now, we have opened the door to a government that sees no limit to the amount of freedoms it can take away.” In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled on June 28 that the law is constitutional, including an individual mandate that requires virtually all individuals to purchase health insurance plans. The justices said that while this mandate does not fall within the powers afforded by the commerce clause, the penalty that people must pay if they refuse to buy insurance can be understood instead as a kind of tax that Congress is authorized to impose under its taxing power. The decision means that the fight over a highly controversial federal contraception mandate will continue. The mandate would have automatically perished if the law had been struck down. Issued by the Department of Health and Human Services under authority granted by the Affordable Care Act, the mandate will require employers to offer health insurance plans that cover contraception, sterilization and early abortion-inducing drugs, even if doing so violates their consciences. The mandate has drawn widespread criticism from individuals and organizations representing a variety of religious and political backgrounds. Lawsuits challenging the regulation have been filed by more than 50 plaintiffs across the country. Bishops from every diocese in the U.S. have spoken out against the mandate, warning that it poses a severe threat to the religious liberty of those who object to it. Varley said that the mandate “represents an egregious affront to religious liberty” and vowed that Conscience Cause would continue working with people of all faiths to petition Congress “to overrule this devastating policy, which undermines our religious freedom.” Critics have also spoken out against a provision under the 2010 law regulating involuntary funding of insurance plans that cover elective abortions. This will take place through a monthly surcharge for all people enrolled in plans covering abortion. Regulations issued under the Affordable Care Act require that the surcharge be at least one dollar per month, but they do not dictate any maximum rate, and nothing prohibits insurance companies from charging substantially more to pay for abortions. This provision completely lacks a religious or moral exemption, and it forbids insurers from telling enrollees how much of their money is going to fund other people’s abortions, making it difficult for them to withhold that portion of their premium. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, which works to elect and mobilize pro-life women, said that the Affordable Care Act was “fundamentally flawed” from the very beginning “because it makes American taxpayers complicit in the deaths of countless unborn children.” “Over the last four years, President Obama has revealed his loyalty to the abortion industry,” Dannenfelser said. “As the presidential race heats up, the Susan B. Anthony List will continue to remind American voters where the President’s allegiance truly lies,” she vowed. “We will not stop fighting until every U.S. taxpayer is freed from under-writing the abortion business.” Read more at CNA Daily News – US Source:

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/tag/charles-krauthammer/

Charles Krauthammer – AMERICAN TODAY

Charles Krauthammer is political commentator and one of the most respected conservative thinkers. Look what he has to say about Iran ransom scandal!In 2008, a young, fresh-faced African American junior senator promised the American public that if he was elected President of the United States, he would have the most

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/tag/constitution/page/2/

Constitution – Page 2 – AMERICAN TODAY

On Monday, the panel on ABC’s The View discussed the Sunday morning terrorist attack in Orlando. Instead of directing their conversation toward the jihadist killer, they focused in on Second Amendment supporters and Christians. Whoopi Goldberg was the first to bring up the tragic shooting, and the murder of singer Christian

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/obama-threatening-dictatorship-trump-wins-election/2/

Obama THREATENING DICTATORSHIP When Trump Wins The Election!

…Democrats who criminally charge children for making a gun of their thumb and forefinger. The real insanity is Democrats who criminally charged a child for burping in class. The truly insane are Democrats who keep electing more Democrats to do the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. The criminally insane are the leftists who cover up and promote the corruption of the Democrat Party. Obama’s concern that Trump will undo everything Obama has worked to inflict on this nation is real. Therefore his threat is real. Trump represents the restoration of Americanism over Obamaism and the transformation of America Obama promised through the Islamization of the West. The Donald’s response is that Hillary is unfit to be president because she has assisted Obama and his policies of weakening America and strengthening Islamic jihadi’s. That this could finally create the Constitutional crisis of which conservatives have been warning will not be on “I told you so” moment. In an interview with Chris Wallace, Hillary was questioned about the findings of FBI Director Comey’s declaration that his findings were that she lied about everything she had said about her emails. Her response was that of the fanatic swindler to die with the lie telling Wallace “that’s not what she heard” and that he misunderstood Comey’s remarks. This is… KEEP READING ON NEXT PAGE>>>

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americantoday.news

2017-11-27

http://americantoday.news/tag/carrier-ac/

Carrier AC – AMERICAN TODAY

In the months leading up to this election, we saw multiple businesses either pack their bags and outright move out of the United States or tell us the move was about to happen. While most politicians were stuffing their faces full of turkey, the president-elect was working the phones trying to

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dailysignal.com

2017-11-27

http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/23/oregon-lawmakers-vote-to-bail-out-planned-parenthood/

Genevieve Wood

Oregon Lawmakers Vote to Bail Out Planned Parenthood

Don’t have time to read the Washington Post or New York Times? Then get The Morning Bell, an early morning edition of the day’s most important political news, conservative commentary and original reporting from a team committed to following the truth no matter where it leads. Email address

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conservapedia.com

2017-11-27

http://www.conservapedia.com/Jonathan_Sarfati

Jonathan Sarfati

From Conservapedia Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D. is a creation scientist, author, and master chess player from New Zealand and Australia. He is affiliated with Creation Ministries International (formerly Answers in Genesis) in Brisbane, Australia. He has authored a paper in the top-of-the-line journal Nature[1] and drew a chess game against world champion Boris Spassky and was for a time the chess champion of New Zealand.[2][3] Sarfati has used his intelligence and extensive knowledge of science to demonstrate the many holes in the theory of evolution such as the impossibility of life arising from non-life. Sarfati is a Hebrew Christian, that is, a Jew who accepts Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He has repeatedly and powerfully attacked liberalism and liberal activist judges, as well as defended Biblical morality against liberal causes like abortion and homosexual "marriage".[4][5][6] Public science Sarfati is a prolific popularizer of creation science, having written numerous books and articles which explain complex scientific concepts to lay audiences. A select bibliography includes: Sarfati and Chess Sarfati's current FIDE rating is a 2244. His highest achieved rating is 2305,[7] 500 points less than Veselin Topalov. Sarfati on Wikipedia In 2006, evolutionist administrators at Wikipedia® attempted to turn the Wikipedia page about Sarfati into an attack piece. This went so far as to go to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.[8] After the evolutionists were not allowed to have their way, they twice tried to get the article deleted.[9][10]

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coed.com

2017-11-27

https://coed.com/tag/university-of-memphis/

University of Memphis

It’s possible that New York City has jaded me over the years, but if I gave money to every homeless... ABOUT Sonia University of Memphis , Sophomore Why did you choose your school and what makes it better than the... Miss COED Tatum Cabot Megan Heintz ABOUT Tatum University of Memphis, Sophomore I love my college because…. I originally did not want to stay in... Miss COED Cristen Quick Megan Heintz ABOUT Cristen University of Memphis, Senior MY COLLEGE KICKS ASS BECAUSE… The unity the students have and their love...

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/airline/

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A Mother and Son were flying Qantas The son (who had been looking out the window) turned to his mother and asked, “If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don’t big planes have baby planes?” The mother, who couldn’t think of an answer, told her son to ask the flight attendant. So the little guy walks up to the galley and asks the flight attendant, “”If big dogs have baby dogs, and big cats have baby cats, why don’t big planes have baby planes?” The flight attendant responded, “Did your mother tell you to ask me that?” The boy said, “Yes, she did”.” “Well then, please tell your mother that there are no baby planes because Qantas always pulls out on time, and ask her explain that to you.” ~Steve~ H/T hujonwi Advertisements

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/804285/Eurovision-2017-chaos-as-streaker-forces-Graham-Norton-interrupt-performance

Minnie Wright

Eurovision 2017: Graham Norton forced to interrupt performance as STREAKER causes chaos

As the votes rolled in, the live broadcast from Kiev, Ukraine, saw last year's champion, Jamala, take to the stage to perform a world exclusive of her song, I Believe In U. However, her beautiful rendition was rudely interrupted by a cheeky fan who climbed up on the stage and began to unbutton his trousers. The streaker, wearing an Australian flag draped around his shoulders, proceeded to bare his bottom for the crowd in full view of the cameras. BBC A streaker invaded the stage at Eurovision BBC The streaker flashed his bum live on air The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Sun, May 14, 2017 Eurovision 2017: Lucie Jones wows but Portugal wins. Play slideshow Getty 1 of 30 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 The venue's security were quick to act, rushing onto the stage and bundling him unceremoniously off the stage, but not before millions of viewers had caught a NSFW eyeful. Later, the BBC's host, Graham Norton, was forced to apologise for the blunder. "It's been brought to our attention that you may have witnessed a bare bottom earlier in this performance," he said. "So I'd also like to apologise if that offended anybody." Fans took to Twitter to express their shock and amusement at the awkward moment, with one saying: "How can we give 12 points to the streaker… Streaker to win!!!" BBC He was quickly removed by security TWITTER Some fans were entertained by the awkward moment

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/804281/Eurovision-2017-Germany-Levina-slammed-for-ripping-off-David-Guetta-Titanium

Minnie Wright

Eurovision 2017: Viewers SLAM Germany's entry for 'ripping off' THIS hit

Levina took to the stage in Kiev, Ukraine, to compete for Germany with her entry, Perfect Life. However, Eurovision Song Contest viewers thought it sounded suspiciously like David Guetta's Titanium, and flooded to social media to criticise her for ripping off the song. "Germany might have heard Titanium before. Could be wrong," one sarcastic fan commented, while another blasted: "Titanium minus the great chorus #Germany." BBC Germany's Eurovision entry Levina received criticism for sounding too much like Titanium BBC Levina performed her song called Perfect Life The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Sun, May 14, 2017 Eurovision 2017: Lucie Jones wows but Portugal wins. Play slideshow Getty 1 of 30 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 "Couldn't think of a song tell you what just bang Titanium on in the background," a third angry fan tweeted. Elsewhere, other fans slammed Levina's song and even went as far as to predict that Germany would finish in last place, with one commented: "Can't wait for Germany to take last place again." Meanwhile, the UK's Lucie Jones wowed fans, but viewers blamed Brexit for her downfall. Her passionate performance of Never Give Up On You seemed to strike a chord with the audience at home but some felt that the UK having voted for Brexit would have ruined her chances in the competition, with one saying: "Lucie Jones you're great and we love you I'm sorry Brexit will steal your chance." TWITTER Eurovision fans blasted Germany for ripping off David Guetta TWITTER One viewer had a sarcastic response to Levina's performance TWITTER One fan predicted that Germany would come last

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/804287/Eurovision-2017-Ukraine-Israel-Imri-Ziv-Portugal-winners-quitting-IBA-Netanyahu

Harry Walker

Eurovision: Viewers left STUNNED as Israel announces it will no longer compete in contest

In an emotional farewell, the country’s vote presenter Ofer Shalom confirmed mounting suspicions that 2017 would be its final year in the flamboyant singing competition. After wowing the crowd in Kiev by speaking fluent Ukrainian, the judge said: “This is IBA Channel One calling from Jerusalem. For the past 44 years Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest winning three times. “But tonight is our final night. Tonight IBA will shut down our broadcasting for ever. “So on behalf IBA let me say thank you Europe for all the magical moments and beautiful years…and hopefully we shall meet again in the future.” The news comes after Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last week closed down Israel’s public broadcasting channel, IBA. GETTY Imri Ziv sang Israel's entry this year The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Sun, May 14, 2017 Eurovision 2017: Lucie Jones wows but Portugal wins. Play slideshow Getty 1 of 30 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 GETTY Imri sang 'I Feel Alive' for his performance IBA will be replaced by a new station, known as Kan, next week. But because Kan won’t be airing the news, it will be unable to join the European Broadcasting Union - a requirement for competing in Eurovision. Israel’s entry for this year’s contest was 25-year-old Imri Ziv. GETTY Benjamin Netanyahu last week closed down Israel's public broadcaster Eurovision 2017 contestants Wed, April 26, 2017 Eurovision 2017: Meet the contestants in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Play slideshow Eurovision 1 of 44 Eurovision 2017: Meet the contestants

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/persian-gulf/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

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While we were transfixed and distracted by the Newt vs. Mitt drama in South Carolina, Obama has quietly begun war with Iran — without informing the American people (or Congress?). This is the startling assertion made by James Rickards in an interview on January 13 with King World News. Rickards is a Senior Managing Director of Tangent Capital in New York, whose advisory clients include government directorates around the world. He is the author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis (Penguin/Portfolio, 2011). Rickards is also the man who had negotiated the release of American hostages from Iran in 1981, and continues to be involved in US national security issues and the Department of Defense. This is what Rickards told King World News about the situation in Iran: “The fact that we, meaning the United States, are on a path to a war with Iran is very clear at this point. It does seem the countdown has begun and it’s coming to a head sooner rather than later. Things are moving very quickly. General Martin Dempsey, who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has arrived in Israel and Israel is integrating itself with the U.S. European Command or EUCOM. So, at this point, the integration of the Israeli and the US operational capability, including NATO based in Europe, is very far along. There are an enormous number of US troops in Israel. I don’t know if people realize that, but they are operating the THAAD system (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense). They oversee weapons that will shoot down incoming Iranian missiles. There are joint exercises going on between the US and Israel. At the same time Iran is conducting war games. There are a lot of moving pieces on the chessboard at this point. This is not just war gaming or thinking about what might happen, the pieces have actually begun to move on the chessboard. For Israel this is really existential. The US would really like to see a world where Iran did not have nuclear weapons, but for Israel it is not a preference. If Iran gets nuclear weapons, Iran has said they will burn Israel to the ground. So, this is not just a strategic rebalancing, this is life or death for the Israelis….. All of the information I have is that the US is going to do it (attack Iran). So the tension between Israel and the United States is being resolved in favor of letting the US actually launch the attack. Part of the reason for this is the retaliation vector. If the US attacks and Israel keeps out, then Iran has no justification for attacking Israel. They (Iran) will attack US targets in the Middle-East, but we’re ready for that, we’re prepared for that. We will suppress the missiles and their air force is a joke, we’ll take that out in the first day. But they do have a serious missile capability. We’ll need anti-missile warfare and we will need to strike those bases. We will need to do a lot of other damage to Iran, cyber warfare, take down the power grid, take down the command and control structure. Do whatever we can to stop them from attacking our assets in the Middle-East. This war will be fought with air power, sea power, cyberwarfare, financial warfare, sabotage, special operation, assassination, things like that. This is already going on. As an example, yesterday a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist had an unlucky encounter with a magnet bomb. So this war is already being fought. The other day the United States sanctioned the Central Bank of Iran. By the way, we’ve been sanctioning them for years, but we’ve been dialing it up little by little. It’s like the frog that’s boiled in a pot of water and doesn’t know until it’s too late that the water is getting hot. President Obama sanctioned the central bank about a week ago. The Iranian currency, the rial, dropped 30% in a single day. Hyperinflation has broken out in Iran. This is financial warfare. My point to the listeners is this is not theoretical, this is not a war game, not an exercise, it’s happening now and the clock is ticking.” Rickards’ startling claim is verified by the UK’s Telegraph this morning. In defiance of Iran’s threat to close the critical Strait of Hormuz, the United States, Britain, and France have deployed six warships to the Strait, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln. The 100,000 ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entered the Persian Gulf yesterday. That we are at war with Iran is also confirmed by a defense expert in the Australian government, a member of a military-strategic e-mail list I’m on. This is what he wrote about Rickards’ claim: “Got back from leave today and had our first major brief. The interesting thing to come out of it was that everyone in the 4 Eyes community regard ourselves at being in warlike mode, even though there is no ‘declared’ war. We are at war. It’s just that the general public can’t see it. We are certainly of the view that we have been at a cyber war for the last 12 years.” God help us. Pray for our soldiers…. ~Eowyn

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/804228/Eurovision-Song-Contest-2017-latest-updates-news-winner-UK-Lucie-Jones-Ukraine-Kiev

Adam Miller, Eurovision Song Contest Uk Act Lucie Jones

Eurovision 2017: Portugal crowned winners - UK brush off Brexit backlash with HUGE result

Salvador Sobral, 27, began the night as favourite to take the trophy, and succeeded after being awarded a monumental 758 points for his prized hit, Amor Pelos Dois. Accepting his Eurovision Song Contest gong, Salvador controversially took a swipe at “disposable” music, offending many fans of the notoriously flamboyant pop contest. “We live in a world of disposable music, fast food music... Music is not fireworks, music is feeling,” he beamed, hailing his victory as a “triumph for music”. BBC Portugal's Salvador Sobral wins Eurovision Song Contest 2017 EPA Salvador Sobral is favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Sun, May 14, 2017 Eurovision 2017: Lucie Jones wows but Portugal wins. Play slideshow Getty 1 of 30 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 It's such an amazing thing to be a part of Eurovision Song Contest UK act Lucie Jones Though, The United Kingdom’s Lucie Jones, 26, walked away from the competition with her head held high after scoring a respectable 111 points, despite predictions she’d fall victim to Brexit backlash. Commentator Graham Norton assured Brexit bashing was non-existent at Ukraine’s International Exhibition Centre in the capital’s Kiev. Portugal Eurovision 2017: Salvador Sobral – Amar Pelos Dois (For The Both Of Us) Her score marked the highest for the UK since Jade Ewan came fifth after landing 173 points in 2009. See below for all the live updates from tonight’s Eurovision Song Contest on the BBC. EPA Lucie Jones performs ballad Never Give Up On You at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 11.32pm: And that’s the UK out of the count as Lucie Jones is stung heavily by the public vote. 11.31pm: Last year’s winner Jamala is bringing the trophy to the stage. 11.28pm: The jury vote is over and Portugal are way ahead of their nearest competition. The United Kingdom are currently smiling with an impressive 99 points and we can officially hold our heads up high. 11.23pm: Another 10 points for the UK from Slovenia. We’re already well in excess of Joe and Jake’s 60 points from 2016. 11.14pm: A massive 12 points from Australia makes Lucie jump off her seat! 11.12pm: Thanks to Iceland who give the United Kingdom another seven points. What’s going on? 11.08pm: Another four points to Lucie from Armenia, bringing us up to 39 at the halfway point; but Portugal are storming ahead. Though, it hurts to be Spain and Germany who are sitting at the bottom on nil points. 11.05: Cyrpus booed after Greece award them 12 points. BBC Lucie Jones jumps off her seat after receiving 12 points from Australia in Eurovison 10.58pm: Israel just confirmed this will be their last ever Eurovision - more to follow… 10.57pm: Albania give the UK another eight points. It’s looking great for Lucie. 10.54pm: San Marino have given Lucie six points! They gave another 12 to Portugal, which was matched by Latvia. 10.53pm: Sweden kick off the vote, handing their 12 points to Portugal. BBC Eurovision hosts announce the juror's vote 10.50pm: The voting is closed! The winner's fate has been sealed. 10.47pm: Graham’s forced to apologise for a “bare bottom” making its way onto screens. 10.46pm: Last year’s winner Jamal reminds us why we’re all in the Ukraine tonight with an epic performance. 10.45pm: Graham’s assured that no one is talking about Brexit affecting our chances tonight. But then, what were our chances before? 10.29pm: Lucie’s been tweeting and at least she’s delighted with her performance. “That. Was. Incredible. UNBELIEVABLE FEELING! Celebrate diversity folks. I will NEVER give up on you,” she wrote alongside a picture of herself clinging onto a Union Jack flag. And she's not the only one as fans across the globe are hailing her routine as "flawless". Though, many are already blaming Brexit for a possible nil points. BBC Lucie Jones Instagrams after Eurovision 2017 10.11pm: And the voting is now open! Who's got your vote? 10.08pm: France have been given the unfavourable honour of closing the night with Alma and her endless legs. Sadly, that might be all she’s remembered for as the track Requiem is offering NOTHING. 10.04pm: Bulgaria boast having the only artist of the night who was born in this century, which, frankly, makes us feel a little bit queasy. Though, that doesn’t stop Kristian Kostov pulling off one of the most confident performances of the night with Beautiful Mess. 10.00pm: Robin Bengtsson’s slick Bruno Mars inspired track I Can’t Go On is another huge favourite that’s hotly tipped to do well tonight, and he’s doing little to suggest otherwise. The treadmills might be little reminiscent of Rylan’s days on The X Factor, but with those eyes, who cares? BBC Belgium's Kristian Kostov is the only Eurovision act born in this century BBC Robin Bengtsson's eyes cause viewer meltdown on Eurovision 9.57pm: Belgium’s Blanche sounds even more bored with her track City Lights than we are. 9.52pm: Make it stop Ukraine! O Torvald bring the noise, and not much else with Time - time to put the kettle on. 9.46pm: Germany have pulled out all the big guns for Levina’s track Perfect Life, roping in Demi Lovato songwriter Kerli for the single. But viewers are panning the single as a "rip off" of David Guetta's Titanium, which isn't an accolade anyone wants on their mantelpiece. BBC Eurovision fans accuse Germany of ripping off David Guetta 9.43pm: Romania are genuinely moving musical mountains with their act Ilinca and Alex Florea and their track, Yodel It. We never knew how much we needed a rap and yodel duet in our lives, but by god now we don't need anything else. 9.33pm: And it’s finally time for Lucie! Well the staging is certainly a marvel, but whether the track will inspire anyone to pick up the phone and vote is another story. She’s nailing the vocal though! Easily the best of the night, and to think she was knocked out of The X Factor by Jedward! BBC Lucie Jones triumphs in Eurovision 2017 9.28pm: Norway’s JOWST are hoping to Grab The Moment. Everyone else is grabbing the mute button. Never mind killing the voice in your head, what about the one coming out of your mouth? 9.22pm: Manel Navorro’s Do It For Your Lover. Well, when three men with guitars bouncing around the stage make Busted look good, you know you’re in trouble. Next.. 9.18pm: Song 15 comes from Greece’s Demy, with This Is Love. Painfully slow start but what better way to salvage this than with a paddling pool? 9.11pm: Meet Isiah Firebrace, the only Eurovison act ever to have never stepped foot in Europe before, and his track Don’t Come Easy. He may not have been to Europe, but that won’t stop him beating the UK. Sorry Lucie. 9.07pm: Jacques Houdek is a name that we won’t forget in a hurry. BBC Jacques Houdek performs for Croatia in Eurovision Graham said it for us, “genius”. Three minutes of utter madness and it’s sensational as Jaques performs a duet - solo - with My Friend, though it seems he couldn’t find any to perform with. 9.04pm: Finally, some of the “lunacy” Graham promised us before. Azerbaijan’s Dihaj and her track Skeletons is suitably bonkers enough, but add a horse in a tuxedo on a step ladder and you’re on to a winner. 8.57pm: Now Salvador Sobral is tipped to be the first Portuguese act to win Eurovision with his stripped back track Amar Pelos Dois. According to Graham, the La La Land inspired song has divided audiences, but those who love it LOVE IT. And we have to say we might be in camp LOVE IT too. That’s 12 points form Express.co.uk! BBC Salvador Sobral performs for Portugal in Eurovision 8.56pm: Denmark are in for a good chance of winning with Anja’s Where I am, according to bookmakers. In fact, Scandinavian female-lead acts have consistently proven to be the most popular among viewers, unsurprisingly. 8.50pm: Now Italy’s Francesco Gabbani is one of the hot favourites, initially THE favourite. Until he brought out… a gorilla. His single Occidentials Karma has been a huge hit across Europe, for reasons unbeknown to us. We're not sure what's worse, bringing out an actual gorilla or putting someone through the torture of wearing that outfit? 8.46pm: Now that monstrosity is over, it’s time for Hungary’s Joci Papai with his song Origo. BBC Francesco Gabbani performs with gorilla at Eurovision 2017 8.41pm: Sunstroke Project are representing Moldova with Hey Mamma - not to be mistaken for the Black Eyed Peas ear-sore; it’s worse. 8.37pm: It’s a sisterly affair for the Netherlands as OG3NE belt out their track Lights And Shadows, which comes complete with subtitles! Stunning harmonies, but this song really belongs in the noughties - never to leave or be heard again. 8.32pm: Song number five is Armenia with their single Fly With Me. Interesting fact from Graham: Armenia are regularly in the top 10 but have never won. Artsvik is in for a great chance with this though, and Graham agrees. BBC Armenia's Eurovision entry Artsvik 8.29pm: It’s been four years since goddess Conchita Wurst won Eurovision with her monumental beard and dress combo, but can Nathan Trent follow in her footsteps? Possibly, Running On Air is definitely the catchiest song so far. 8.25pm: Belarus are up third with their track Story Of My Life, which is basically a take on everything ever performed by Mumford & Sons. Although, she might have saved it with that yodel! 8.21pm: Hopefully Poland’s Kasia Mos will fair a little better. And she’s off to a great start - what a voice! And a great reception from the crowd. Oh, she loves us. We love you too! 8.17pm: Israel’s IMRI kicks of proceedings with his electrifying track I Feel Alive, but will anyone remember him by the end of the night? We’ll remember those flat notes. BBC IMRE kicks off Eurovision 2017 for Israel

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/798064/Barry-Manilow-Frieda-Pinto-Liam-Gallagher-JOSEPH-FIENNES

Jack Teague With Dominique Hines

Day & Night: Barry Manilow praises loyal fans for 'treating him the same' since coming out

WireImage/GETTY Barry Manilow secretly married partner Gary in 2014 but only admitted he was gay earlier this year “You know, I would have been surprised if it had been the other way. I know these people, I know they care about me, they really want me to be happy. I think this was great news for them,” he said on ITV’s breakfast show Lorraine. The Copacabana singer – who secretly tied the knot with his partner of 40 years Gary Keif in 2014 – paid tribute to his supporters who he says have been with him since the early days when he was far from the polished act he is now. “I wouldn’t be here without them. You know when I started off back in the 1800s I was terrible,” joked the 73-year old New Yorker, who also claims he didn’t even want to be famous in the first place. According to the musician it was a stroke of luck that led to his 50-year career. “I never wanted to be a performer and I never even thought of singing. I already had a career as a music director, writing jingles back in the States, so I was happy doing that. “Then suddenly I got a record deal because that was the year of the singer-songwriter. I sent out demos of my songs for other people to sing but I got the record contract.” And the rest, as they say, is history. _________________________________ HAVING tended to portray romantic leads previously Frieda Pinto was grateful to get the chance to show off more of her skill set after being cast as a political activist in new series Guerrilla. “I’ve enjoyed the fi lms I made but my full potential wasn’t explored. I didn’t want to play the pretty girl. I was fed up of playing those little roles,” the Slumdog Millionaire star tells the June edition of Red Magazine. “I didn’t relate to them. I have no problem with supporting characters but I wanted one worth my time, that moved the plot around.” Frieda, 32, adds that as far as she was concerned it wasn’t even a question of if – she felt obliged to portray Jas Mitra in Guerrilla: “I said, ‘No one else can play this part. It is going to be me.” PH Frieda Pinto is 'grateful' for her skill set role as a political activist in new series Guerrilla HE MAY be a rock’n’roll star but football comes fi rst for Liam Gallagher. The former Oasis singer, 44, was an unexpected guest along with his son Gene, 15, at the recording of new online show Red Stripe Presents: This Feeling TV at London’s Nambucca club on Thursday night but demanded that indie band DMA’s be put on early so he could head off again in time to watch his beloved Manchester City play. Liam, who is about to release his fi rst-ever solo album, told Day & Night, “I’m buzzing to be out. I haven’t been to a night like this in ages.” At least he escaped without a sore head unlike us but as his team failed to beat their rivals Manchester United he may as well have drowned his sorrows. _________________________________ 20 years of Britpop Fri, August 14, 2015 Twenty years ago, UK bands exploded on to the music scene causing a battle of the bands style war in the music charts. Play slideshow Getty/EPA 1 of 21 Blur Damon Albarn v Oasis Noel Gallagher JOSEPH FIENNES has defended his controversial portrayal of Michael Jackson that never saw the light of day. The 46-year-old still insists that he doesn’t harbour any regrets about taking on the role and that the furore surrounding the axed show is par for the course in his line of work. FILM MAGIC/SKY ARTS/PLANET PHOTOS Joseph Fiennes claimed he had no regrets in portraying Michael Jackson despite episode axe “In life, you can’t avoid getting into hot water. It’s all lessons and learning,” he says before adding that it is was supposed to be funny and is no worse than other comedy shows. “It’s a satire, so we have to look at it through that lens. Not so long ago, there was a Saturday Night Live sketch where an actress played Michael Jackson and no one batted an eyelid.” Sky Arts pulled the episode of the Urban Myths series after several members of the Jackson family expressed outrage at a white actor being cast as the late pop superstar who died in 2009 aged 50. _________________________________ GETTY Harrison Ford claimed he has no intention to retire anytime soon

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/797289/Tim-Farron-bullied-gay-rights-row-Lib-Dem-commentator-General-Election-2017

Lizzie Stromme, Julia Hartley-Brewer

'He's being BULLIED!' Lib Dem supporter tries to defend Tim Farron over gay sex row

The Liberal Democrat leader has faced tough questions about his views on the LGBTQ community after repeatedly refusing to discuss his views on whether being gay is a sin. Speaking to talkRADIO Stephen Tall defended Mr Farron as he insisted journalists were pursuing the line of questioning simply to put the Lib Dem on the spot. Branding it nothing short of bullying, he said: “There are people who will look for these kinds of issues… I think there is a kind of bullying atmosphere coming into play.” Host Julia Hartley-Brewer did not take kindly to the suggestion as she said: “Oh common, journalists asking a politician about their personal beliefs isn’t bullying.” GETTY • BBC Stephen Tall suggested Tim Farron was being bullied Agreeing with the radio host, Mr Tall said: “No there is nothing wrong with that at all, but I think the expectation that he must not only allow freedom of choice but also he must agree with their choices as well.” However, before he could finish off the thought, Hartley-Brewer cut in: “And I suppose his liberal position is: I don’t have to agree with you or think it is right to say you still got a right to do it.” The exchange came after Mr Farron attempted to halt speculation by telling the BBC he does not believe gay sex is a sin. Journalists asking a politician about their personal beliefs isn’t bullying Julia Hartley-Brewer “I don't believe gay sex is a sin,” he said. The Westmorland and Lonsdale MP, a committed evangelical Christian, explained his view that “as a political leader my job is not to pontificate on theological matters”. He said: “This had become a talking-point, an issue, and in that case, if people have kind of got the wrong opinion of what I think about on these issues then that's something it's right you correct.” Mr Farron added: “Well, I'm quite careful about how I talk about my faith. I don't bang on about it, I don't make a secret of it either. Snap election 2017: The pictures politicians may not want you to see Sat, May 27, 2017 Protests, fights and daleks, it all happened when the politicians hit the campaign trail for the snap election Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 48 A UK Independence Party supporter (L) scuffles with a pro-europe supporter ahead of a visit by UKIP leader Paul Nuttall to Hartlepool

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/800261/Gay-community-vote-Marine-Le-Pen-French-elections

Laura Mowat, Gay Front National Voter

French election shock poll reveals Marine Le Pen winning votes from France’s gay community

Many people in the French gay community plan to vote for Marine Le Pen Gay dating app Hornet polled 5,000 men to discover 36.5 per cent of them will vote for Ms Le Pen. She appears to have most support from younger voters, with about 43 per cent of those those questioned and aged between 18 to 29 supporting Ms Le Pen, and the numbers decreasing for men of an older age category. A spokesperson for Hornet said: “In the older age group, the respondents knew the Front National before Marine Le Pen took over in 2010 with her attempt to de-demonise the extreme right party.

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/12/15/oversold-prenatal-tests-spur-some-to-choose-abortions/

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Oversold prenatal tests spur some to choose abortions

Boston Globe: Stacie Chapman’s heart skipped when she answered the phone at home and her doctor — rather than a nurse — was on the line. More worrisome was the doctor’s gentle tone as she asked, “Where are you?” On that spring day in 2013, Dr. Jayme Sloan had bad news for Chapman, who was nearly three months pregnant. Her unborn child had tested positive for Edwards syndrome, a genetic condition associated with severe birth defects. If her baby — a boy, the screening test had shown — was born alive, he probably would not live long. Sloan explained that the test — MaterniT21 PLUS — has a 99 percent detection rate. Though Sloan offered additional testing to confirm the result, a distraught Chapman said she wanted to terminate the pregnancy immediately. What she — and the doctor — did not understand, Chapman’s medical records indicate, was that there was a good chance her screening result was wrong. There is, it turns out, a huge and crucial difference between a test that can detect a potential problem and one reliable enough to diagnose a life-threatening condition for certain. The screening test only does the first. Sparked by the sequencing of the human genome a decade ago, a new generation of prenatal screening tests, including MaterniT21, has exploded onto the market in the past three years. The unregulated screens claim to detect with near-perfect accuracy the risk that a fetus may have Down or Edwards syndromes, and a growing list of other chromosomal abnormalities. Screening can determine risk for health problems, but only diagnostic tests can prove with certainty that a disease is present. Hundreds of thousands of women in early pregnancy have taken these tests — through a simple blood draw in the doctor’s office — and studies show them to perform far better than traditional blood tests and ultrasound screening. But a three-month examination by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting has found that companies are overselling the accuracy of their tests and doing little to educate expecting parents or their doctors about the significant risks of false alarms. Two recent industry-funded studies show that test results indicating a fetus is at high risk for a chromosomal condition can be a false alarm half of the time. And the rate of false alarms goes up the more rare the condition, such as Trisomy 13, which almost always causes death. Companies selling the most popular of these screens do not make it clear enough to patients and doctors that the results of their tests are not reliable enough to make a diagnosis. California-based Sequenom Inc., for instance, promises on its web page that its MaterniT21 blood test provides “simple, clear results.” Only far down below does Sequenom disclose that “no test is perfect” and that theirs can produce erroneous results “in rare cases.” Now, evidence is building that some women are terminating pregnancies based on the screening tests alone. A recent study by another California-based testing company, Natera Inc., which offers a screen called Panorama, found that 6.2 percent of women who received test results showing their fetus at high risk for a chromosomal condition terminated pregnancies without getting a diagnostic test such as an amniocentesis. And at Stanford University, there have been at least three cases of women aborting healthy fetuses that had received a high-risk screen result. “The worry is women are terminating without really knowing if [the initial test result] is true or not,” said Athena Cherry, professor of pathology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, whose lab examined the cells of the healthy aborted fetuses. In one of the three Stanford cases, the woman actually obtained a confirmatory test and was told the fetus was fine, but aborted anyway because of her faith in the screening company’s accuracy claims. “She felt it couldn’t be wrong,” Cherry said. Companies that sell the screens stand behind their tests, saying they provide much more reliable assurance for expecting mothers than earlier screens. Some say their research focused first on how to accurately identify fetuses with potential genetic defects and only recently have they been able to get enough data to understand how often positive tests are wrong. The article is rather lengthy, read the rest here. More about Stacie Chapman’s story: But Stacie Chapman knew nothing about these uncertainties when Dr. Sloan told her that her unborn son had screened positive for a genetic condition that was largely incompatible with life. Hysterical with grief when she hung up, Chapman phoned her husband at a Las Vegas airport on his way home from a business trip. Together, sobbing, they concluded that their son would only suffer if he survived birth. So, that afternoon, Sloan put her in touch with a nurse who found a doctor who could do the termination the next morning. Chapman spent the afternoon Googling the horrors of Edwards syndrome, with its heart defects, development delays, and extraordinarily high mortality. She was steeling herself for the termination when Sloan called back, urging her to wait, according to Chapman’s medical record. Chapman had a diagnostic test and learned her son did not have Edwards syndrome. A healthy Lincoln Samuel just turned 1 and has a wide smile that reminds Chapman of her recently deceased father. However briefly considered, their decision to abort — informed by the MaterniT21’s advertised 99 percent detection statistic — haunts them to this day. “He is so perfect,’’ Chapman, 43, said, choking up as she watched her son play with a toy lamb. “I almost terminated him.” Lauren Owens/NECIR Stacie Chapman’s son was born healthy, despite the results of a prenatal screening. But Stacie Chapman remains conflicted about the doctor’s first call that set in motion the near termination of her pregnancy. Sloan did not stress that the test was just a screen that could be wrong, she recalled. “I didn’t seek this test out — this test was offered to me by the doctor’s office. They should know how it performs,’’ Chapman said, adding that she would never have considered a pregnancy termination if she had better understood the odds that her result could be wrong. A health professional involved in Chapman’s case who was not authorized by her employer to comment said Sloan initially was unaware that the screen could be wrong a significant amount of the time. Chapman said enormous heartache could have been avoided in her family if companies advertised more scrupulously, or if her doctor had understood the limitations of the screen. As millions of women in the United States and elsewhere expect babies this year, some inevitably will be in the same situation as Chapman. “You know, when I found out [the baby] was fine, my midwife said, ‘You are one in a million, you are so lucky,’ ” Chapman recalls. “But you know? I really wasn’t.” Read the whole article here. DCG Advertisements

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/12/14/sunday-devotional-rejoice/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

Sunday Devotional: Rejoice!

Rejoice (KJV Dictionary definition) To experience joy and gladness in a high degree; to exult. Sometimes, instead of constantly asking and imploring, we need to still our hearts and simply rejoice . . . . 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Brothers and sisters: Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utterances. Test everything; retain what is good. Refrain from every kind of evil. May the God of peace make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it. Peace and Love of Jesus Christ, our Lord, ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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“Decorations on the UMaine campus are therefore reflective of the diversity found in our community”

WABI TV: It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when the halls are decked and trees are topped. But at the University of Maine, you’ll find only snowflakes, snow men and lights. “I noticed that there is a lack of decorations around campus which kind of is unfortunate because it looks nice. It’s the season of greetings and everyone is festive,” says Senior, Matthew Tarsetti. Just this week, wreaths, Christmas trees and Santas adorned the Memorial Union– now they’re gone. “Our trees had gotten taken down I know ATO was having a really nice event to raise food and coats,” says Alyson Binette a Sophomore. Some UMaine staff got an email Monday expressly forbidding Christmas trees, wreaths, Christmas presents, Menorahs or candy canes to be used as decorations in any public areas. “It’s really disappointing, but I feel like it would have been good to benefit the community,” says Binette. The University released a statement saying in part, “…the university makes every effort to ensure that all members – students, employees, alumni and the public – feel included and welcome on campus. Decorations on the UMaine campus are therefore reflective of the diversity found in our community.” But students say banning all decorations with a religious affiliation doesn’t promote diversity. “Embrace them all in a way that makes everyone feel included, recognized, but at the same time appreciated would be really cool,” says Senior, Ryan Walker. “I think we should celebrate cultures rather than try to hide them,” Tarsetti says. Employees in the student bookstore say they were told not to use the phrase, “Merry Christmas.” “We sit here and we talk about how we’re a university that’s about welcoming all different types of people, all walks of life, we have all these different groups like the LGBT, we have up the flag for that…why can’t we support every religion and hang up decorations for every religion?,” says Graduate Student, Meghan Blackford. Dan Demeritt is the spokesman for the University of Maine system. He called TV-5 early Thursday morning to say the email is a misrepresentation of school policy and a clarifying one will be sent out Thursday. Dermeritt says the Christmas spirit is “alive and welcome” at the University of Maine. Demeritt also forwarded TV-5 an email from Connor Scott, identified as a brother of The Beta Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega and University of Maine Board of Trustees Student Representative. It says, “the trees were taken down, as they are every other year, when the philanthropy ended. This year it was this past Sunday, the 7th. This is something that happens every year – though the dates may change a little year to year – and shouldn’t be a surprise to the campus.” DCG Advertisements

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2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/798665/Paul-Burrell-gay-Phillip-Schofield-interview-This-Morning-ITV-Princess-Diana-secrets

Jack Teague With Dominique Hines, Phillip Schofield

Day & Night: It was karma when Burrell revealed all

The 58-year-old Paul went on the daytime ITV show in March to discuss his own private life after coming out as gay. Presenter Phillip, 55, tells Day & Night: “I think he had something he wanted to say. Over the years Paul and I have sparred quite a bit but this time it was a very personal thing. GETTY Phillip Schofield recently interviewed Paul Burrell “He was forced to open up about his private life when he wasn’t ready to, when there were an awful lot of people who had to endure secrets and things that he might have said.” There were an awful lot of people who had to endure secrets and things that he might have said Phillip Schofield Paul, now a florist living in Cheshire, had previously refused to discuss his sexuality despite a 2002 exposé in which an Australian man claimed they had a three-year relationship. However after divorcing Maria Cosgrove, his wife of 32 years, last year Paul married his lawyer partner Graham Cooper, 58, last month. The pair have reportedly been together for up to a decade. GETTY Princess Diana’s butler went on the show to discuss his private life after coming out as gay Phillip, who made a documentary with the Duke of Edinburgh last year, adds: “So although you hate for anyone to be forced to say something that they weren’t ready to say, I did think there was an element of karma here that Paul’s secret got out as had so many secrets that he had given away.” ———————————————————————————— BOND VILLAINS Sun, January 22, 2017 Round-up of the best Bond Villains since 1962. Play slideshow PH 1 of 50 Jaws played by Richard Kiel featured in The Spy Who Loved me and Moonraker Bond scripts too far fetched says Pierce Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has admitted he became increasingly frustrated while playing 007 because it wasn’t realistic. “As the films went on, I wanted Bond to get a little more gritty and real and down and dirty,” says the 63-year-old Irishman who played the spy in four films: Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. The plots were so far-fetched he found it difficult to do his job properly: “However you try to nurse it along, the scripts would come along with the same outlandish scenarios. There were things I read in the script that were so ridiculous, like the invisible car [from 2002’s Die Another Day], but I just tried to act my way through it and believe in it. “You can really give yourself a massive headache and a great amount of stress trying to wangle some sense of believability into it.” Presumably a case of having to Lie Another Day. ———————————————————————————— GETTY Robson Green has revealed that he used to be a ‘huge heavy metal fan’ Robson mellows out with Dolly Grantchester star Robson Green has revealed a rather unexpected and eclectic taste in music. “I used to be a huge heavy metal fan,” says the 52-year-old, who plays Geordie Keating in the ITV1 drama. “I’d travel the country to see Motorhead, Rainbow and bands like that.” But it seems the Northumberlandborn actor’s taste has mellowed considerably with age. His new musical obsession is less of a head-banger and more of a toe-tapper: “Probably the best concert I’ve been to just for spectacle, quality and coming away with a life-affirming sense of wellbeing was Dolly Parton. She was sensational.” Perhaps he had to ditch his love for hard rock during his days as one half of Robson and Jerome. With his Soldier Soldier co-star Jerome Flynn, he enjoyed huge success releasing cover versions of easy-listening hits. Their 1996 single Unchained Melody sold more than 1.8 million copies. ———————————————————————————— Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter has hit out against those who claim that the skin-tight costume she once wore is overtly sexual. “Well, excuse me, women have breasts!” exclaims the 65-year-old, who found fame as the super-heroine (left) in the 1970s. Her comment was made after she was blocked from becoming an honorary gender equality ambassador to the United Nations. Nearly 45,000 people had signed a petition against the appointment as they felt the character she played in the hit show was sexist. Lynda went on to argue that male superheroes also wear revealing outfits but do not face the same criticism. “Superman has got a big pouch in his crotch, so does Spider-Man and Green Lantern – no one has a problem with that.” The former Miss World winner added: “It’s the ultimate sexism to say because she has big breasts and a costume on, that is what you think represents her.” ————————————————————————————

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2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/802488/Eurozone-reject-Emmanuel-Macron-calls-EU-integration

Alix Culbertson

'No special treatment' Eurozone chiefs reject Macron's calls for oppressive EU integration

German politicians have made it clear the French president-elect’s calls for a Eurozone finance minister, a Eurozone budget and joint Euro-country bonds, will be firmly ignored. In a bid to show Mr Macron who is boss, the Germans have dismissed the centrist politician’s proposals less than 48 hours after he won the French election with his year-old Le Marche! party. EU budget commissioner Günther Oettinger, also part of Angela Merkel’s CDU Party in Germany, was not impressed with the 39-year-old’s suggestion for a Eurozone finance minister. Getty Emmanuel Macron has suggested far-reaching Eurozone reforms He said there was no need for one because the EU Commission monitors budget developments, the Eurogroup decides on grants and the European Stability Mechanism is responsible for funding. Mr Oettinger, said: “There is currently no reason to change this structure." Macron WINS: France rejects far right as pro-EU centrist becomes French president Mon, May 8, 2017 Emmanuel Macron won a decisive victory against far-right Front Nationale candidate Marine Le Pen to become the country's youngest ever president at 37 years old Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 15 Macron's slogan is visible in the crowd – translated, it means Mr Macron pushed for a Eurozone budget during his campaign, as well as the implementation of social minimum standards in the EU. However the German leader of the EU’s Conservative European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, scolded Mr Macron, saying he needs to concentrate on reforms in his own country. He said: "Macron can only demand reforms in Europe if he has proved that his own country is capable of reform. “A special treatment for France, just because it is a large and important country, has been excluded.” Getty Manfred Weber, of the EU's EPP, hit out at Macron Mr Macron also spoke about introducing “Eurobonds” in which different countries can group their debts. EU politicians have not taken kindly to the suggestion, especially in Germany where Secretary of State Jens Spahn, said: “Neither the eurozone nor France are suffering from too little debt.” Getty Emmanuel Macron will take over from Francois Hollande on Sunday Getty Macron said Angela Merkel should slash Germany's surplus Gunther Krichbaum, the head of the European Committee in Germany’s parliament, also rejected a “communisation of debts”. While Christian Lindner, head of Germany’s CDU, added: "France does not solve its problems on the nod, but with economic reforms. “We are putting our hopes on Macron, but even he can not create more debt than allowed."

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2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/802069/Theresa-May-IDS-Emmanuel-Macron-plan-scrap-British-border-controls-French-soil

Aletha Adu, Charles Clarke, Former Labour Home Secretary

MPs condemn Emmanuel Macron's plan to scrap British border controls on French soil

During his election campaign the French president-elect pledged to refresh the Le Bouquet agreement, which enables British border officials to carry out migrant checks in France. However, if the agreement is scrapped, British ferry companies will be made responsible for stopping illegal migrants from crossing the English Channel and could even be fined, the Telegraph reports. GETTY Emmanuel Macron faces backlash from Theresa May and other MPs about border controls Migrant crisis: Key locations before and after Tue, April 4, 2017 In these composite images, a comparison has been made between a scene at a key location during the height of the 2015 migrant crisis last year and the view there now Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 10 Aid workers help migrants up the shore after making the crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Sikaminias, Greece It would be very risky Charles Clarke, former Labour Home Secretary A minister requesting anonymity told the newspaper: "What they need to bear in mind is that if they didn't have the Le Touquet agreement it would be the ferry companies who would have the responsibility for doing the checks. They would get a £2,000 fine if they brought someone across." In a bid to maintain a friendly relationship with Mr Macron while asserting a firm position on the border controls, Theresa May said: “He’s been elected, as I say, with a very strong mandate. As for Le Touquet agreement, actually it works for the benefit of both the UK and France. “And obviously the Government elected after the 8th June will be sitting down and talking to Monsieur Macron and others about how that system we have works for the benefit of France as well as the benefit of the UK.” Iain Duncan Smith, a former Conservative leader, said that scrapping British border controls on French soil could see a return of the notorious Sangatte refugee camp. He said: "We forget Sangatte was a nightmare for the Labour Government until they did a deal. "This agreement makes it possible for them to disperse the migrants. It's all bluster and puff - it [Le Touquet] suited them, and it suited us." Charles Clarke, a former Labour Home Secretary, argued that it is unlikely to happen because scrapping border controls in France would only attract more migrants. GETTY Ian Duncan Smith said scrapping controls woud bring the return of the Sangatte refugee camp GETTY Emmanuel Macron dampened his strong views on the border controls during his Downing Street visit

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/04/11/a-form-of-gun-confiscation-has-reportedly-begun-in-new-york-state-heres-the-justification-being-used/

Mike Opelka, Posted On

A Form Of Gun Confiscation Has Reportedly Begun In New York State — Here’s The Justification Being Used.

This is a follow up to a post I did the other day about gun’s and permit’s being taken in N.Y. because of certain medications people have taken. While there may be a correlation between a few mass shooter’s ( Adam Lanza) and Med’s, I don’t think that justifies pulling someones permit or weapons without other factors. https://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/new-york-police-confiscating-firearms-from-people-taking-anti-anxiety-medication/ I’ve found More details and a list of med’s. I would venture to say that at one time or another many , many people have taken one or more drugs on this list. Ever have trouble sleeping say 3-4 yrs ago and had your Doc write you a Prescription for something to sleep? Say Ambien, Lunesta ————————————- ~ Steve ~ —————————————– Apr. 9, 2013 6:30pm Mike Opelka Despite promises from the president and a host of other politicians who are pushing for more gun control that nobody is coming for your guns, the confiscation of guns and gun permits has apparently started in some form in New York State. One attorney representing several people who have been forced to surrender their guns spoke with TheBlaze and alerted us to some disturbing facts: Gun owners are losing their 2nd Amendment rights without due process. HIPAA Laws are likely being compromised and the 4th and 5th Amendments are being violated in some of these cases How did confiscation start happening so quickly? Apparently the gun grabbing was triggered by something inside the NY SAFE Act — New York’s new gun law — that has a provision apparently mandating confiscation of weapons and permits if someone has been prescribed psychotropic drugs. Chapter 55.01 Definitions. (6s) “Psychotropic medication” means a prescription drug, as defined in s. 450.01 (20), that is used to treat or manage a psychiatric symptom or challenging behavior. Some psychotropic medications fall into specific medication classes like antipsychotics or antidepressants. In other cases, the medications may be primarily used for other diseases but have been found effective in controlling behaviors thus making that specific use a psychotropic medication. Below is a list of psychotropic medications or medications with psychotropic uses. This list is not intended to be all-inclusive, however it can act as a resource to alert you to psychotropic medications where regulations like psychotropic monitoring, informed consent or guardianship may impact. If you have any questions about the medication, its intended use or adverse effects please contact the prescribing physician, pharmacist or nurse. Brand Name Generic Name Class Abilify Aripiprazole Antipsychotic Ambien Zolpidem Sleep Medications Amytal Amobarbital Sleep Medications Anafranil Clomipramine Antidepressants Aricept Donepezil Other Asendin Amoxapine Antidepressants Atarax Hydroxyzine Antianxiety Short Acting Ativan Lorazepam Antianxiety Short Acting Ativan Lorazepam Sleep Medications Benadryl Diphenhydramine Antianxiety Short Acting Benadryl Diphenhydramine Sleep Medications Buspar Buspirone Antianxiety Short Acting Butisol Butabarbital Sleep Medications Celexa Citalopram Antidepressants Chloral Hydrate Chloral Hydrate Sleep Medications Clozaril Clozapine Antipsychotics Cognex Tacrine Other Cylert Pemoline Other Cymbalta Duloxetine Antidepressants Dalmane Flurazepam Antianxiety Long Acting Depakote Valproic Acid Other Desyrel Trazadone Antidepressants Doral Quazepam Antianxiety Long Acting Doriden Glutethimide Sleep Medications Effexor Venlafaxine Antidepressants Elavil Amitriptyline Antidepressants Exelon Rivastigmine Other Gabitril Tiagabine Other Geodon Ziprasidone Antipsychotics Halcion Triazolam Sleep Medications Haldol Haloperidol Antipsychotics Inderal Propranolol Other Invega Paliperidone Antipsychotic Klonopin Clonazepam Antianxiety Long Acting Lamictal Lamotrigine Other Librium Chlordiazepoxide Antianxiety Long Acting Lithium Lithium Other Loxitane Loxapine Antipsychotics Ludiomil Maprotiline Antidepressants Lunesta Eszopiclone Sleep Medications Luvox Fluvoxamine Antidepressants Marplan Isocarboxazid Antidepressants Mellaril Thioridazine Antipsychotics Miltown Meprobamate Sleep Medications Moban Molindone Antipsychotics Namenda Memantine Other Nardil Phenelzine Antidepressants Navane Thiothixene Antipsychotics Nembutal Pentobarbital Sleep Medications Neurontin Gabapentin Other Noludar Methprylon Sleep Medications Norpramine Desipramine Antidepressants Pamelor Nortriptyline Antidepressants Parnate Tranycypromine Antidepressants Paxil Paroxetine Antidepressants Paxipam Halazepam Antianxiety Long Acting Phenobarbital Phenobarbital Sleep Medications Placidyl Ethchlorvynol Sleep Medications Pristiq Desvenlafaxine Antidepressant Prolixin Fluphenazine Antipsychotics Prosom Estazolam Antianxiety Short Acting Prosom Estazolam Sleep Medications Prozac Fluoxetine Antidepressants Razadyne Galantamine Other Remeron Mirtazepine Antidepressants Restoril Temazepam Sleep Medications Risperdal Risperidone Antipsychotics Ritalin Methylphenidate Other Rozerem Ramelteon Sleep Medications Serax Oxazepam Antianxiety Short acting Serax Oxazepam Sleep Medications Serentil Mesoridazine Antipsychotics Seroquel Quetiapine Antipsychotics Serzone Nefazodone Antidepressants Sinequan Doxepin Antidepressants Sonata Zaleplon Sleep Medications Sparine Promazine Antipsychotics Stelazine Trifluoperazine Antipsychotics Surmontil Trimipramine Antidepressants Taractin Chlorprothixene Antipsychotics Tegretol Carbamazepine Other Thorazine Chlorpromazine Antipsychotics Tindal Acetophenazine Antipsychotics Tofranil Imipramine Antidepressants Tranxene Clorazepate Antianxiety Long Acting Trilafon Perphenazine Antipsychotics Tuinal Secobarbital Sleep Medications Valium Diazepam Antianxiety Long Acting Vesprin Triflupromazine Antipsychotics Vistaril Hydroxyzine Antianxiety Short Acting Vivactil Protriptyline Antidepressants Wellbutrin Bupropion Antidepressants Xanax Alprazolam Antianxiety Short Acting Xanax Alprazolam Sleep Medications Zoloft Sertraline Antidepressants Zyprexa Olanzapine Antipsychotics Updated thru 1/09 http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/rl_dsl/MedManagement/psychMeds.pdf This is curious because in his January 9th address, Cuomo specifically addressed the issue of confiscation: The Case: On April 1st, a legal gun owner in upstate New York reportedly received an official notice from the state ordering him to surrender any and all weapons to his local police department. The note said that the person’s permit to own a gun in New York was being suspended as well. The gun owner contacted attorney Jim Tresmond (a specialist in gun laws in New York) and the two visited the local police precinct. Mr. Tresmond reportedly went into the precinct and informed the officers that his client, waiting in the parking lot, was coming in to voluntarily surrender his weapons as requested. The local police were aware of the letter because they had already been contacted by the State Police. Apparently, if people do not respond to the initial mailing, local law enforcement is authorized to visit the gun owner at their home and demand the surrender of the firearms. In this case, the gun owner followed the request as written. The guns and permits were handed over and a receipt given to the client. After the guns were turned over, a request for a local hearing was filed and the gun owner is expecting to have his Second Amendment rights restored. But there is more to this story. In our conversation with lawyer Jim Tresmond, we learned that this client, who has never had a problem with the law — no criminal record and or violent incidents on record — did have a temporary, short term health issue that required medication. But how were his client’s private medical information accessed by the government? This appears to be a violation of HIPAA and Health Information Privacy policies at HHS.gov. If it is declared a violation, this becomes a civil rights issue. Some claim that a broad interpretation of this statement from HIPAA might allow the government to have instant access to the medical records and gun ownership records of anyone who is prescribed psychotropic drugs. “A major goal of the Privacy Rule is to assure that individuals’ health information is properly protected while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high quality health care and to protect the public’s health and well being”. That short phrase, “protect the public’s health and well being” is probably going to be cited as the reason governments can require notification of any gun owner who is prescribed a class of drugs used to treat Depression and Anxiety known as SSRI ( Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors). The Mental Health Law provision of the SAFE Act claims The NY SAFE Act is designed to remove firearms from those who seek to do harm to themselves or others. This means keeping the minority of individuals with serious mental illness who may be dangerous away from access to firearms. This law should not dissuade any individual from seeking mental health services they need. The law is clear on what it expects: MHL 9.46 requires mental health professionals to report to their local director of community services (“DCS”) or his/her designees when, in their reasonable professional judgment, one of their patients is “likely to engage in conduct that would result in serious harm to self or others.” The man who was asked/directed to turn over his guns reportedly did not exhibit any signs of violent or dangerous behavior. According to his attorney, the man’s doctor did not report any danger to the authorities. So, who did report it? Also known as MHL 9.46, the law talks about who is supposed to report on mental health risks and which patients qualify: The reporting requirement extends to “mental health professionals,” defined in the law as four professions – physicians (including psychiatrists), psychologists, registered nurses, or licensed clinical social workers. In addition to what Mr. Tresmond called “the laughable diminution of our rights,” the lawyer speculated about additional unintended consequences of releasing this confidential patient information to law enforcement. What if an employer learns that a worker had their firearms confiscated? Could that person’s employment be put at risk? What if your neighbors saw police come to your home and leave with your guns? Could that compromise your safety? Could this kind of confiscation also make people think twice about getting treatment for a temporary mental illness? In an effort to learn how many permits and guns have been rescinded due to this medical exception, TheBlaze has made several attempts to contact the Erie County office over pistol permits where this one incident originated. We have yet to be connected with a real person who can answer these questions. We have also reached out to the Albany office of the New York State Police, but no official response has been received. Mr. Tresmond has also agreed to keep us posted on his client’s efforts to have his Second Amendment rights restored and get back his guns. TheBlaze will continue to monitor this story and we are also interested in hearing from other New Yorkers who may have experienced this type of confiscation. Please send all emails to mopelka@TheBlaze.com. Interview with Jim Tresmond the Atty below. Tuesday, Buffalo radio talk show host Tom Bauerle spoke with Jim Tresmond on WBEN radio. http://audio.wben.com/a/73319182/bauerle-with-jim-tresmond.htm —————————————————————————————————- So let me ask you, if this is the road the Gov tries to go down, just how long before we have our first, second , third,…. Ruby Ridge’s? This could go real bad real Fast. Advertisements

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/shopping/page/2/

Jeff Cullimore, Posted On

Fellowship of the Minds

An old farmer’s Words of Wisdom we could all live by. Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. *Words that soak into your ears are whispered¦….not yelled.* *Meanness don’t just happen overnight. * *Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. *It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.* You cannot unsay a cruel word. Every path has a few puddles. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. The best sermons are lived, not preached. Most of the stuff people worry about, ain’t never gonna happen anyway. Don’t judge folks by their relatives. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. Live a good and honorable life, then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time. *Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.* Timin’ has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’. Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got. The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’. Always drink upstream from the herd. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment. Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in. If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. Live simply, love generously, care deeply,speak kindly, and leave the rest to God. Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you. ~Steve~ H/T FOTM Reader Ken L

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/steve-pieczenik/

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The Easter Egg happens just after the 11:31 mark on the recording. So what’s my point? I actually don’t have a point, just some questions. Peace ♞ For TrailDust’s previous post on speculations that Alex Jones is the supposedly-dead Bill Hicks, see “Re: Bill (Alex Jones) Hicks”. ~Eowyn Advertisements

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/802474/EU-darling-Emmanuel-Macron-banks-flood-Paris-Brexit-WPP-CEO

Lizzie Stromme, Martin Sorrell

EU darling Emmanuel Macron wants banks to flood Paris after Brexit, WPP CEO warns

Martin Sorrell told Bloomberg the pro-EU politician’s win could pose a challenge for Theresa May as she starts exit negotiations with the bloc. Mr Sorrell said: “Mr Macron, the new president, is probably going to take a harder line, a tougher line, in those negotiations. “The good news is that Macron wins, the bad news is I think it is going to be a tougher negotiation for our Prime Minister.” Asked if the “world would leave” the UK once it has left the European Union, Mr Sorrell said Britain might lose some of its supremacy as a finance hub, but not as much as feared. BLOOMBERG • GETTY Martin Sorrell suggested Mr Macron wants banks to flood Paris after Brexit The WPP CEO added Mr Macron was eyeing up London’s bank jobs as he wants them to relocate to France. Mr Sorrell said: “I think generally investment bankers and others are saying New York will gain as a result of Brexit, whether it is hard or soft Brexit, London will lose some… but not all of it. “Obviously the new French president wants to encourage bankers to flood Paris, he’s been very keen on that.” It comes as Arnaud de Breton, chief executive of Paris EUROPLACE, claimed 20,000 City jobs are set to move to France after Mr Macron’s defeat of Marine Le Pen. Mr de Breton said 10,000 bankers, fund managers and other top financiers will make the move, as will 10,000 "indirect" jobs, including accountants, IT specialists and lawyers. The new French president wants to encourage bankers to flood Paris Martin Sorrell Speaking to the Evening Standard, he said: "The next decade will be a French decade. "Now is the time to come back and develop new innovative activities in France and benefit from a more business-friendly environment." Jean-Louis Missika, Paris' deputy mayor in charge of economic development, said: "Mr Macron will make France a world platform for start-uppers, researchers, the innovation economy and fintech. "Now we have the election result, so more companies will start to move activities and people to Paris. "It's possible for all these companies, big or small, to have a foot in London and a foot in Paris because the relationship between the two cities will be more and more tied and important." Macron WINS: France rejects far right as pro-EU centrist becomes French president Mon, May 8, 2017 Emmanuel Macron won a decisive victory against far-right Front Nationale candidate Marine Le Pen to become the country's youngest ever president at 37 years old Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 15 Macron's slogan is visible in the crowd – translated, it means

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/802049/France-dying-Polish-Emmanuel-Macron-election-victory-French-patriotism-Krystyna-Paw-owicz

Aletha Adu

'France is DYING’ Polish MP berates Macron’s election victory for ending French patriotism

Krystyna Pawłowicz, from Poland’s conservative Law and Justice party, said Mr Macron’s victory marks the death of France, as citizens can no longer “fight” for their country. In a post on Facebook, Ms Pawlowicz said: “The French don't have any fight left. “Compared to them, the Poles are mighty in spirit, channelling the full power of Polish patriots. GETTY•WIKIPEDIA Polish MP Krystyna Pawłowicz slams Emmanuel Macron's victory as the death of France Macron WINS: France rejects far right as pro-EU centrist becomes French president Mon, May 8, 2017 Emmanuel Macron won a decisive victory against far-right Front Nationale candidate Marine Le Pen to become the country's youngest ever president at 37 years old Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 15 Macron's slogan is visible in the crowd – translated, it means “We are born, the French are dying. Without God, nor to of threshold, without Faith on Mary.” Her comments seem to be a spin on one of Mr Macron’s final speeches before the second voting round. During a rally, the 39-year-old called on his supporters to fight against the threat of “nationalism”. He added: “My dear fellow citizens, there are not many Frances, there is only one. France, ours. France of patriots in a Europe that protects and that we will have to renew. “The task will be immense. I’m ready, by your side. The fight to be worthy to lead our country begins tonight, and we will win it. Long live the Republic, long live France.” The French president-elect has previously been quick to attack Poland. Last week, Mr Macron drew parallels between Warsaw and Moscow at a major rally in Paris yesterday. In a furious tirade against the eastern European nations, Mr Macron said: "They are not open and free democracies. Every day, freedoms and rules are violated there along with our principles." GETTY Emmanuel Macron vowed to unify France in his first speech as president-elect

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/854167/Barcelona-news-Andres-Iniesta-dressing-room-contract-transfer

James Dickenson

Barcelona news: Barcelona dressing room are unhappy over handling of Andres Iniesta

Iniesta’s current deal at Barcelona expires at the end of the season. Iniesta and Lionel Messi are both involved in contract talks with Barca, although neither have put pen to paper. And Spanish newspaper Sport say the Barcelona dressing room are unhappy with how Iniesta is being treated. Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has claimed there is "an agreement in principle" for Iniesta to stay at the Nou Camp. But Iniesta has denied such claims, responding "When it is a principle of agreement it is understood that everything is done and I understand that it is not the case.

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/854143/Barcelona-news-Ernesto-Valverde-Arda-Turan-Jean-Michael-Seri-transfer

James Dickenson

Barcelona news: Ernesto Valverde to sell Arda Turan and replace him with Jean Michael Seri

GETTY Barcelona news: Arda Turan is for sale at the Nou Camp Barcelona scrapped a move for Nice midfielder Seri during the final days of the summer transfer window. The Spanish giants signed Ousmane Dembele for £96million from Borussia Dortmund as a replacement for Neymar following his £200m move to Paris Saint-Germain. But Spanish transfer website Don Balon say Barca are ready to revive their move for Seri in the January transfer window. Seri publicly admitted his unhappiness at seeing his move to the Nou Camp fall though. But the 26-year-old has dreamed of playing for Barcelona and is willing to consider the switch again in the New Year. Barcelona predicted team to face Getafe Thu, September 14, 2017 Express Sport brings you our predicted Barcelona team for their La Liga clash with Getafe Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 11 Marc-Andre ter Stegen

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2017/03/27/re-bill-alex-jones-hicks/

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Is Alex Jones actually Bill Hicks repackaged? Watching Bill Hicks in action we see a man who was brilliant, hillarious, vulgar, cynical, and quite unfriendly to the anything stupid, especially pancake waitresses and televangelists. What happened in the repackaging, during the brief 2-3 year gap between Bill punching out at the end of the day shift, and Alex punching in for the night shift? Did he put a new mask on, while looking down his nose at patriotism and religion? Is it truly just a new gig, and nothing more? Did he use the new persona as a means of escape from his cynicism? Did the new image give Bill a freedom he had desired, to throw off the sardonic wit, and be free from the demand to be funny? Did he, somewhere along the way have an actual Damascus Road experience? Did Bill begin to see the world differently in his later years than during his standup comedy years? Things don’t look the same to me now as they did in my twenties and thirties. Honestly, the religious types Bill mocks are people that give me the creeps, too. And I know that the things I thought and said before I came to grips with the claims of the Gospel would look pretty bad the the people who know me today. During the later years of his comedy act, Bill shifted towards a more serious criticism of society. He somehow morphed into a mix of Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Richard Prior and George Carlin. And he began looking at what a cool gig Rush Limbaugh had. Puzzled, ~ TD Advertisements

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2012/01/23/u-s-war-with-iran-has-already-begun/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

U.S. war with Iran has already begun

While we were transfixed and distracted by the Newt vs. Mitt drama in South Carolina, Obama has quietly begun war with Iran — without informing the American people (or Congress?). This is the startling assertion made by James Rickards in an interview on January 13 with King World News. Rickards is a Senior Managing Director of Tangent Capital in New York, whose advisory clients include government directorates around the world. He is the author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis (Penguin/Portfolio, 2011). Rickards is also the man who had negotiated the release of American hostages from Iran in 1981, and continues to be involved in US national security issues and the Department of Defense. This is what Rickards told King World News about the situation in Iran: “The fact that we, meaning the United States, are on a path to a war with Iran is very clear at this point. It does seem the countdown has begun and it’s coming to a head sooner rather than later. Things are moving very quickly. General Martin Dempsey, who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has arrived in Israel and Israel is integrating itself with the U.S. European Command or EUCOM. So, at this point, the integration of the Israeli and the US operational capability, including NATO based in Europe, is very far along. There are an enormous number of US troops in Israel. I don’t know if people realize that, but they are operating the THAAD system (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense). They oversee weapons that will shoot down incoming Iranian missiles. There are joint exercises going on between the US and Israel. At the same time Iran is conducting war games. There are a lot of moving pieces on the chessboard at this point. This is not just war gaming or thinking about what might happen, the pieces have actually begun to move on the chessboard. For Israel this is really existential. The US would really like to see a world where Iran did not have nuclear weapons, but for Israel it is not a preference. If Iran gets nuclear weapons, Iran has said they will burn Israel to the ground. So, this is not just a strategic rebalancing, this is life or death for the Israelis….. All of the information I have is that the US is going to do it (attack Iran). So the tension between Israel and the United States is being resolved in favor of letting the US actually launch the attack. Part of the reason for this is the retaliation vector. If the US attacks and Israel keeps out, then Iran has no justification for attacking Israel. They (Iran) will attack US targets in the Middle-East, but we’re ready for that, we’re prepared for that. We will suppress the missiles and their air force is a joke, we’ll take that out in the first day. But they do have a serious missile capability. We’ll need anti-missile warfare and we will need to strike those bases. We will need to do a lot of other damage to Iran, cyber warfare, take down the power grid, take down the command and control structure. Do whatever we can to stop them from attacking our assets in the Middle-East. This war will be fought with air power, sea power, cyberwarfare, financial warfare, sabotage, special operation, assassination, things like that. This is already going on. As an example, yesterday a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist had an unlucky encounter with a magnet bomb. So this war is already being fought. The other day the United States sanctioned the Central Bank of Iran. By the way, we’ve been sanctioning them for years, but we’ve been dialing it up little by little. It’s like the frog that’s boiled in a pot of water and doesn’t know until it’s too late that the water is getting hot. President Obama sanctioned the central bank about a week ago. The Iranian currency, the rial, dropped 30% in a single day. Hyperinflation has broken out in Iran. This is financial warfare. My point to the listeners is this is not theoretical, this is not a war game, not an exercise, it’s happening now and the clock is ticking.” Rickards’ startling claim is verified by the UK’s Telegraph this morning. In defiance of Iran’s threat to close the critical Strait of Hormuz, the United States, Britain, and France have deployed six warships to the Strait, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln. The 100,000 ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entered the Persian Gulf yesterday. That we are at war with Iran is also confirmed by a defense expert in the Australian government, a member of a military-strategic e-mail list I’m on. This is what he wrote about Rickards’ claim: “Got back from leave today and had our first major brief. The interesting thing to come out of it was that everyone in the 4 Eyes community regard ourselves at being in warlike mode, even though there is no ‘declared’ war. We are at war. It’s just that the general public can’t see it. We are certainly of the view that we have been at a cyber war for the last 12 years.” God help us. Pray for our soldiers…. ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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One of the least known, yet most intriguing items regarding the alleged Sandy Hook shooting is the mysterious appearance and disappearance of the two nuns. As you can see by the photos here, they are dressed in old-fashioned habits that look more appropriate in a costume shop than the Catholic Church of 2012. They are also wearing identification badges, which is something I’ve never seen on a real nun before. One of the nuns appears to be concealing something inside her jacket. Notice also their huge feet and clodhopper shoes that led some to speculate that they are really men disguised as nuns. To top it all off, an early Sandy Hook police dispatch on possible shooters reported: “One may be wearing a nun outfit, headed toward Danbury and Stoney Hill in a purple van.” You can hear the short recording on the second video posted here: http://www.helpfreetheearth.com/news706_nuns.html The nuns in these photographs were never identified. https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/sandy-hook-massacre/ Update: Dr. Eowyn discovered this photo of a nun located close to Newtown. She resembles the shorter of the two nuns from the pics above:

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/854199/Liverpool-news-Jurgen-Klopp-Sevilla

Lewis Winter, Frank Lampard On Liverpool

Liverpool news: Jurgen Klopp’s team selection against Sevilla was wrong - Frank Lampard

Simon Mignolet has started five of Liverpool’s seven games this season, with Loris Karius playing the other two. Klopp has stated that Mignolet is his No 1 but played Karius in the 4-0 win over Arsenal in the Premier League and the 2-2 Champions League draw with Sevilla last night. Lampard disagrees with the German’s decision to alternate the stoppers. The Chelsea legend says having the same goalkeeper in every game helps build confidence through the team as well as consistency.

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/854171/Liverpool-news-Joe-Gomez-Michael-Owen

Lewis Winter, Michael Owen On Liverpool Star Joe Gomez

Liverpool news: Joe Gomez is not tall enough to be a centre-back - Michael Owen

Gomez has started the season strongly at Liverpool, having already made three starts in all competitions. The 20-year-old has impressed at right-back, alternating with Trent Alexander-Arnold in that role. Gomez has aspirations of playing in the centre of defence but despite standing at six-foot two inches tall, Owen says he is too short. “He seems himself in the future as a centre-half, I’m not quite sure he’s tall enough,” Owen said on BT Sport. “I just think he needs an extra inch or two to look like a centre-half.

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/854158/Liverpool-transfer-news-Virgil-van-Dijk-Southampton-gossip

Lewis Winter, Rio Ferdinand On Liverpool Target Virgil Van Dijk

Liverpool transfer news: Reds need Virgil van Dijk because he’s a leader - Rio Ferdinand

That is the view of pundit and former England and Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand. Liverpool were interested in Southampton star Van Dijk throughout the summer but the south coast club refused to sell. The Dutchman handed in a transfer request but Saints would still not budge and Liverpool missed out on the 26-year-old. Ferdinand was speaking ahead of Liverpool’s 2-2 Champions League draw against Sevilla last night.

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/sandy-hook-no-deaths/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

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When a person in the United States dies, his/her death is recorded by the federal government. The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is a database of death records created from the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File (DMF). Most persons in the U.S. who had died since 1936, had had a Social Security number, and whose death was reported to the Social Security Administration are listed in the SSDI. Unlike the Death Master File, the SSDI is available free to the public on several genealogy websites, such as Genealogy Bank. The “state of issue” refers to the state that had issued the individual’s Social Security number. On January 20, 2013, I undertook a search on Genealogy Bank for the SSDI of Adam Lanza — the alleged mass murderer of his mother, Nancy Lanza, and 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. To my astonishment, Genealogy Bank had Lanza’s SSDI as December 13, 2012 — a day BEFORE the alleged mass shooting. (See “SSDI says Adam Lanza died a day before Sandy Hook massacre“) Here’s a screenshot I took of Adam Lanza’s SSDI record on the website GenealogyBank.com. The date (1/20/2013) and time (2:29PM) when I took the screenshot can be seen in the lower right corner of the image below. Click image to enlarge After the discovery of Lanza’s 12/13/2012 SSDI went viral, on or around February 2, 2013, Genealogy Bank changed Lanza’s SSDI to 12/14/2012, the day of the alleged massacre. (See “SSDI changed Adam Lanza’s date-of-death from Dec. 13 to Dec. 14, 2012 !!!”) Another genealogy website, Ancestry.com, was slower on the uptake. Three days after Genealogy Bank had changed its SSDI for Lanza to 12/14/2012, Ancestry.com still listed Lanza’s SSDI as 12/13/2012. (See “Ancestry.com still has Adam Lanza’s date-of-death as a day before the Sandy Hook massacre”) Lanza’s curious SSDI aside, I was able to find on Genealogy Bank the SSDI (of 12/14/2012) of all of Lanza’s victims, except one — that of Ana Marquez-Greene, age 6, whose father is jazz musician Jimmy Greene. In my search for Ana, I had used every variation of her name: Ana Marquez, Ana Marquez-Greene, Ana Greene, to no avail. I hypothesized that the lack of a SSDI for Ana Marquez-Greene may be because her parents had not yet obtained a Social Security card/number for her. (See “Dec. 14 was date of death for every Sandy Hook massacre victim, except Adam Lanza“) But wait! Remember what I’d written at the beginning of this post — that the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is a database of death records created from the federal government Social Security Administration’s Death Master File? What if I were to tell you that the Death Master File does NOT contain the SSDIs for any of Adam Lanza’s victims? In other words, according to the United States Social Security Administration’s Death Master File, nobody died at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. That’s exactly what blogger LivingonPlanetZ of Chemtrails: The Exotic Weapon reported on Feb. 22, 2014. LivingonPlanetZ refers us to what he calls an “originating website” — a document published on archives.org (date unknown), titled “Sandy Hook – NO DEATHS, NO VICTIMS; According to SSDI Official Master File.” (You can also read the document in PDF here or here.) The anonymous person who uploaded the 107-page document to archives.org had accessed the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File, updated through January 1, 2014, and searched for Adam Lanza’s victims — in vain. The document says: You are invited to search all of these records for the putative ‘victims’ of the Sandy Hook massacre. The children should all be 6 to 7 years old (“born” 2005-2006), and should have “died” in 2012. The adult “victims” appear in the appendix. (Each entry is followed by a 6-7 digit serial entry number, which demonstrates the continuity of the alphabetical listing – in other words, that they are presented here unaltered.) I did just that and can verify the claim that none of Adam Lanza’s victims is in Social Security’s Death Master File. But before I present my findings, here are the Sandy Hook victims (name, birth date, gender, age at death), according to news accounts: CHILDREN Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female (age 6) Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male (age 7) Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female (age 6) Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female (age 7) Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female (age 6) Dylan Hockley, 03/08/06, male (age 6) Madeleine F. Hsu, 07/10/06, female (age 6) Catherine V. Hubbard, 06/08/06, female (age 6) Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male (age 7) Jesse Lewis, 06/30/06, male (age 6) James Mattioli, 03/22/06, male (age 6) Grace McDonnell, 11/04/05, female (age 7) Emilie Parker, 05/12/06, female (age 6) Jack Pinto, 05/06/06, male (age 6) Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male (age 6) Caroline Previdi, 09/07/06, female (age 6) Jessica Rekos, 05/10/06, female (age 6) Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female (age 6) Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male (age 6) Allison N. Wyatt, 07/03/06, female (age 6) ADULTS Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female (age 29) Dawn Hocksprung, 06/28/65, female (age 47) Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female (age 52) Lauren Russeau, 1982, female (age 29) Mary Sherlach, 02/11/56, female (age 56) Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female (age 27) Here are the search results for each of the above names in the Social Security Death Master File (DMF). In the list below, the names of alleged child victims are colored pink; those of adults are colored green: Charlotte Bacon : DMF has 36 individuals named Charlotte Bacon, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Charlotte Bacon. Daniel Barden : DMF has 6 individuals named Daniel or Danny Barden, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Daniel Barden. Olivia Engel : DMF has one Olivia Engel, but she was born on May 18, 1905. Josephine Gay : DMF has 29 Josephine Gay, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Josephine Gay. Anna Marquez : DMF has 21 Anna Marquez, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Anna Marquez. Dylan Hockley : DMF has no one named Dylan Hockley. Madeline Hsu : DMF has no one named Madeline Hsu. The closest, an individual named M. Hsu, was born on Oct. 27, 1940. Catherine Hubbard : DMF has 68 individuals named Catherine Hubbard, none of whom is the Sandy Hook Catherine Hubbard. Chase Kowalski : DMF has no one named Chase Kowalski. The closest, Chas Kowalski, was born on April 10, 1900. Jesse Lewis : DMF has 565 individuals named Jess or Jesse Lewis, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Jesse Lewis. James Mattioli : DMF has no one named James Mattioli. Grace McDonnell: DMF has 38 individuals named Grace or Gracie McDonnell, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Grace McDonnell. Emilie Parker : DMF has 12 individuals named Emilie, Emilia, or Emiline Parker, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Emilie Parker. Jack Pinto : DMF has 12 individuals named Jack or Jacob Pinto, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Jack Pinto. Noah Pozner : DMF has no one named Noah Pozner. Caroline Previdi : DMF has no one named Caroline Previdi. Jessica Rekos : DMF has no one named Jessica Rekos. Avielle Richman : DMF has 5 individuals with a first name that begins with the alphabet A and a last name of Richman, none of whom is Avielle Richman. Benjamin Wheeler : DMF has 206 individuals named Benjamin (or Benjamine, Benjemin, Benj, Benji) Wheeler, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Benjamin Wheeler. Allison Wyatt : DMF has 4 individuals named Allison Wyatt, none of whom is Sandy Hook’s Allison Wyatt. Rachel Davino : DMF has no one named Rachel Davino. Dawn Hochsprung : DMF has no one named Dawn Hochsprung. Ann Marie Murphy : DMF has 11 individuals named Ann (or Anna) Murphy, 4 of whom are named Ann Marie Murphy, but none of them is Sandy Hook’s Ann Marie Murphy. Lauren Russeau : DMF has no one named Lauren Russeau. Mary Sherlach : DMF has two Marian Sherlach, but none named Mary Sherlach. Victoria Soto : DMF has 50 individuals named Victoria Soto. The closest is a Victoria G. Soto who was born about 1985, married in Texas on July 2, 2011, but is not dead. LivingonPlanetZ posted about the document “Sandy Hook – NO DEATHS, NO VICTIMS; According to SSDI Official Master File” on February 22, 2014. It is noteworthy that a month later, Social Security Administration changed its policy on the public’s access to its Death Master File. On the website of the Social Security Administration, it says beginning March 27, 2014, the public can have only “limited access” to its Death Master File. To gain access to the DMF, we the American people must now jump through several hoops: One must be “certified” (via having one’s application approved) to be granted “limited access”. Only certain people are eligible to be “certified”. One must have a “legitimate” fraud prevention interest, or have a “legitimate” business purpose pursuant to a law, governmental rule, regulation, or fiduciary duty in order to be certified under the program. (The critical word “legitimate” is undefined, which means Social Security Administration’s bureaucrats decide what “legitimate” means.) Those who are “certified” for access to the Death Master File must pay a hefty annual per-person subscription fee of $$995 . Then there’s this cover-their-posterior all-purpose qualifier by Social Security Administration: This [Death Master] file includes the following information on each decedent, if the data are available to the SSA: social security number, name, date of birth, date of death. The SSA does not have a death record for all persons; therefore, SSA does not guarantee the veracity of the file. Thus, the absence of a particular person is not proof this person is alive. But wait! We don’t just have to depend on Social Security’s Death Master File data to know that no one died at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. How do we know that? The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) tells us so! Adan Salazar reports for Infowars, Sept. 24, 2014, that recently released FBI crime statistics show that no murders occurred in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, despite reports that 20 schoolchildren, 6 faculty members, and Nancy Lanza were killed or, in the case of Adam Lanza, committed suicide on December 14, 2012. Click image to enlarge In contrast to the Connecticut report, the 2012 FBI crime report for the state of Colorado shows that 29 murders occurred in the town of Aurora that year, a figure that takes into account the 12 people who died in the Century Theater during the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises on July 20, 2012. To conclude, no one was killed on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. More perverse still, according to the Social Security Administration’s records, none of the alleged Sandy Hook victims ever lived! As the author of “Sandy Hook – NO DEATHS, NO VICTIMS; According to SSDI Official Master File” puts it: ALL of the identities of the “children victims” of the supposed Sandy Hook massacre, are purely fictitious identities, with no record of either birth or death. As to the adult “victims”, the only one with an identity possibly verifiable from the intact SSD Master File, is Victoria G. Soto. The other identities may or may not have been assumed by real people at some time; but the identities themselves are nevertheless fictitious. Secondary copies of the Master File, or perhaps earlier versions, appear to have been altered or “corrected”, to include the fake identities. Such altered copies appear to be in use by popular genealogy search websites, though inconsistently. H/t Nicholas K, Kelleigh N, Victoria M. For Fellowship of the Minds’ other posts on this great deception, go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page. ~Eowyn

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/united-waynewtown-savings-bank-fund/

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United Way/Newtown Savings Bank fund

Santa Claus came to Newtown, Connecticut, on Sunday, February 24, 2013. On that day, an event called “Community Giveaway” took place at Newtown’s Reed Intermediate School, where thousands of town residents came to pick-and-choose from among the thousands upon thousands of gifts donated by generous people from across America and the world. They had felt sorry for the town because of the massacre of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School the previous Dec. 14th. From noon to 3 pm, Sandy Hook School students and their families, as well as the school’s staffers, browsed through the gifts and took the ones they wanted. From 3 to 6 pm, the event broadened its scope to allow other Newtown families to browse and select gifts. Community Giveaway at Newtown’s Reed Intermediate School (photo by Newtown Bee) The thousands of gifts in the Community Giveaway were only a fraction of the donations received by Sandy Hook victims’ funds. Some of the funds are private, such as the Emilie Parker Fund on Facebook created a day after the massacre, which do not make public how much money they’ve received. (Go here and here for some fundraising or memorial sites that have a creation date before the massacre.) But other Sandy Hook victims’ funds do make public the total amount of monetary donations they’ve received. Those donations are in MILLIONS of dollars. Below is a list of the total amounts received by some Sandy Hook victims’ funds. These are only the funds I was able to find: More than $$1,000 was raised “in just over 3 hours” by Newtown High School’s Peer Leadership group The Sandy Hook School Support Fund . The group did it by enlisting seven NHS faculty members to stand in as servers at Pizza Palace Restaurant on February 12, with the restaurant’s customers — many of them students of the teachers — encouraged to tip generously during the special event. $$10,000 raised by Andrew Ernest Newtown Memorial Fund. On February 18, 2013, the teenager traveled to Newtown to deliver in person the $$10,000 he had raised over one month through efforts made at his high school. The Newtown Memorial Fund has a Facebook page and a website . $$1 million raised thus far by the Newtown Memorial Fund , “to provide for the immediate and ongoing needs of those affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.” $$1.3 million raised by the My Sandy Hook Family Fund , started by a group of Newtown parents. According to the Newtown Bee , the $$1.3 million “is already being distributed directly to the 26 victims’ families, with each receiving approximately $$47,000.” Since the $$1.3 million represents only half of the fund’s goal of $$2.6 million, when/if the fund reaches its total, that means each Sandy Hook victim family will get $$100,000 from just this fund alone. $$8.5 million raised by the Sandy Hook School Support Fund $$9 million raised by a United Way/Newtown Savings Bank fund, from which a foundation — the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation Inc. — was created to disperse the funds. The Foundation is headed by a panel of local and state leaders who are in charge of reviewing requests for distributions from the fund. The panel includes Monsignor Robert Weiss of Newtown’s St Rose of Lima parish, former Newtown Finance Director Ben Spragg, Danbury Hospital’s chair of psychiatry Dr Charles R. Herrick, Newtown attorney Anne Ragusa, and former finance committee chair of the Legislative Council Joe DeCandido. Meanwhile, the fund will continue to receive donations. By my count, the above comes to a total of $$19,015,120 — over $$19 million. The $$19+ million represent just the donations I was able to find, most of them from the Newtown Bee, Newtown’s local newspaper. Curiously, when I click on the URLs for the individual news articles I had retrieved just a few days ago, I now get this message: “Page not found: The requested page could not be found.” Just one more oddity on top of the many anomalies about the Sandy Hook massacre. (For FOTM’s posts on some of those anomalies, go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page.) ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/united-way-of-western-connecticut/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

United Way of Western Connecticut

On December 14, 2012, Americans across the fruited plains were horrified and devastated by news of the shooting massacre of 20 first-grade children and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in the peaceful prosperous town of Newtown in Connecticut. The massacre of 20 five- and six-year-old innocent little children was the match that finally ignited a nationwide cry for gun control. As an example, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif) cited the “20 dead children in Newtown” as “a wakeup call” when she introduced Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 — her bill to ban “assault weapons” that include more than 150 rifles, handguns, and shotguns. But it’s not just politicians who are exploiting the death of 20 little children. In recent days, you would have to have a heart made of stone not to get a tad teary-eyed when you see photos and news videos of the Sandy Hook children’s choir singing their little hearts out — on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” at a New York Knicks game, and at the Grammy Awards. Here’s a video of the choir on “Good Morning America” (GMA) on Jan. 15, 2013. In introducing the choir, ABC correspondent Amy Robach said (beginning at the 0:15 mark): “We all know that this is a community, the Newtown community, that is both taking action and trying to find a way to heal. And these children, an amazing group of children right there, most of them from Sandy Hook Elementary School, they found a way to do both.” One of the children in the choir, Kayla Verga, 10, said she was singing for her friend, 6-year-old Jessica Rekos, who was killed in the massacre: “Singing the song makes me feel like she’s with me and she’s beside me, singing along with me.” Another girl, 10-year-old Sandy Hook student Jane Shearin, added, “I really want to be kind to the people who have lost their loved ones and help them to recover from their sorrow.” When I saw the choir, like you, I marveled at how brave and strong these little kiddies from Sandy Hook Elementary School must be — to not only have survived that horrible horrible horrible morning on December 14, but to then muster themselves to help heal the rest of us by touring America singing “Over the Rainbow.” Just to impress on you how amazing these children are, here’s a still shot of the choir from their appearance on GMA: The children, aged six to nine, appeared with singer Ingrid Michaelson on GMA The day before their GMA appearance, the choir had recorded “Over the Rainbow” at the Fairfield, Conn., home of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, two former members of the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club rock bands. Copies went on sale the next day on Amazon and iTunes, with proceeds benefiting the United Way of Western Connecticut and the Newtown Youth Academy. The only problem with the above is this: There are no Sandy Hook Elementary School students in the “Sandy Hook” Newtown Children’s Choir. Matthew Sturdevant, Jenny Wilson, and Dave Altimari report for The Hartford Courant, Feb. 7, 2013: Are the Newtown kids set to sing at the Grammy Awards really from Newtown? That’s the question Newtown’s superintendent is asking, and she’s also asked them to stop performing. Organizers of a Newtown children’s choir that has received widespread attention are defending themselves against concerns raised by the superintendent of schools over whether they have misrepresented the group. Superintendent Janet Robinson took to a national stage, CNN, Thursday to voice concerns about the Newtown choir, organized by Sabrina Post, who runs a performing arts studio in town. Robinson said a handful of parents called her office Wednesday concerned about Post’s history with the school system and about confusion over whether Post’s group includes the same students in a chorus that performed at the Super Bowl. All of those students attend Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 students and six women on Dec. 14. Post was a former Newtown High choral director before she was charged with stealing from the school district by using bogus expense vouchers. She was placed on leave in February 2005 and resigned in June 2005 after agreeing to pay the school board $$11,000. She was also granted accelerated rehabilitation. The choir run by Post made its first national appearance last month, singing “Over the Rainbow” on “Good Morning America.” Copies of the performance, recorded with Ingrid Michaelson and Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of Talking Heads, are being sold on Amazon and iTunes with proceeds going to the United Way of Western Connecticut and the Newtown Youth Academy. The choir performed at a recent New York Knicks game and is scheduled to appear at the Grammy Awards. “I just know that I’ve got a lot of people saying, ‘They’re on “Good Morning America.” These aren’t our kids,” said Robinson. “Why are they using this name?” Post said she was contacted by “Good Morning America” to organize the children’s choir. All of the children are students at her studio. “Everything is done by the book,” said Post. New York producer Tim Hayes, who produced the “Over the Rainbow” project, defended Post and the choir’s fundraising efforts Thursday. “‘I’m a little sad that someone’s personal vendetta is muddying something that’s completely transparent,” said Hayes, who received an email from Robinson on Tuesday telling him to stop working with Post. “She attacked Sabrina and the integrity of 21 little kids.” Hayes said “the office of the superintendent supported the project but didn’t have the ability to do it. So we went to churches; they recommended the Newtown Youth Academy. I went to see for myself if it was doing something good. They said there’s a private music teacher in town, you can ask her, maybe that will help. Sabrina picked up the phone and offered to volunteer her time, her space.” Hayes said Post “never has an opportunity to touch any of the money.” Some town residents Thursday said they were not concerned that there is a choir of children who are not from Sandy Hook Elementary School representing the town and raising money. “I feel that Sabrina Post and her group — she’s very professional, she’s very caring, she’s been very involved with the children,” said Carol Lawson of Newtown, a former elementary school secretary. “And I feel you can’t exploit children without parents’ permission. She is not exploiting those children because those parents would not allow [them] to go to sing with her” if she were. Did you get that? Newtown residents like Carol Lawson aren’t at all bothered that a choir that represents itself as being comprised of students from Sandy Hook Elementary School, actually has no student from Sandy Hook Elementary School. All that matters is if you “feel” that the deception is “well-intentioned” and the deceiver “cares.” It’s all about feeeeeeeelings. Who cares about the Truth? After all, in the Left’s world of moral relativism, truth is what you say it is! One more thing: The United Way of Western Connecticut that gets some of the proceeds from the sale of the Newtown Children’s Choir’s “Over the Rainbow” is the same United Way of Western Connecticut that had put up a webpage, soliciting donations for Sandy Hook victims, on December 11, 2012 — 3 days before the massacre. (See “Sandy Hook RIP/donation webpages created BEFORE the massacre,” Jan. 8, 2013.) H/t FOTM’s Kathy ~Eowyn

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/854039/Real-Madrid-news-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Zinedine-Zidane-Marca

James Dickenson

Spanish press blast Real Madrid slump as PURE LAZINESS after Cristiano Ronaldo return

Ronaldo came back into the Real Madrid side for their opening Champions League game against Apoel Nicosia last night. The Portuguese superstar had an instant impact, scoring two goals in a 3-0 win. Real Madrid have missed Ronaldo recently, enduring successive draws at home to Valencia and Levante. Ronaldo still has one match of his domestic five-game ban to serve when Zinedine Zidane takes his side to Real Sociedad on Sunday (7.45pm). Real can’t really afford another slip-up there, given they are already four points behind top-of-the-table Barcelona. Ronaldo opened the scoring and added a second-half penalty to help ease the strain and see of Cypriot outfit Apoel at the Bernabeu. And after the game, Madrid-based paper Marca put the Real Madrid slump down to ‘pure laziness’. The publication assessed the situation, saying: “Though there have been red cards (some of them unfair and others deserved), suspensions and referee protests, the fact is that Real Madrid's slump is because of their own laziness - as Cristiano Ronaldo proved with a goalscoring return on Wednesday night. “They are the same personnel as a month ago, but not anywhere near the same physically or mentally.” “The debates about the need for a No9 [after Alvaro Morata’s departure] and the absence of one, have become part of the habitual criticism made to the management team of Zidane-Florentino Perez-Jose Angel Sanchez. “In the month of July they were complimented for the signatures of Ceballos, Theo and the youngsters that returned, but that has now become a stick to beat them with. “Such is the day to day life of being at Real Madrid over the last few years.”

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/854175/Real-Madrid-Zinedine-Zidane-Alvaro-Morata-Kylian-Mbappe-Mariano

Jack Wilson, Sky Sports Pundit Terry Gibson On The Lack Of Options At Real Madrid

Real Madrid news: Sky Sports pundit Terry Gibson questions transfer deals

Real allowed Mariano to join Lyon for £9million in June before agreeing to sell Alvaro Morata to Chelsea later in the summer. Boss Zinedine Zidane wanted to bring in a No.9 to replace him and lined up Kylian Mbappe as a potential option. But he couldn't get a deal over the line and it's left Real short of frontline options. Gibson told Sky Sports' La Liga Weekly podcast: "Mariano is an interesting one. I didn't think there was any need for Real Madrid to sell Mariano for 10million euros. "If Morata had left [at that point he hadn't], he'd have been the next in the pecking order, he'd have been more willing to be that back-up striker. "I was surprised they allowed both to leave.

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/851977/Real-Madrid-News-Man-Utd-Tottenham-Isco-new-contract

Joe Short

Real Madrid News: Man Utd and Tottenham snubbed as Isco nears new contract - report

Real Madrid star Isco is reportedly wanted at Man Utd and Spurs Real Madrid are desperate for Isco to pen a new deal as Premier League rivals eye his availability. The attacking midfielder is out of contract this summer, meaning he could begin talks over a free transfer as early as January. The Sun claim both Manchester United and Tottenham are keen to get their hands on the Spain international. But Real president Florentino Perez insists the player will sign fresh terms. “Isco arrived here when he was very young and all he has done is improve,” Perez told radio station Cadena SER.

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/sandy-hook-school-support-fund/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

Sandy Hook School Support Fund

In addition to the the odd behavior of Robbie Parker, dad of a Sandy Hook child victim; professional crisis actors simulating mass casualty events; and the doppleganger photos of parents, here’s more “make crazy” weirdness about the Sandy Hook massacre. We now know of four condolence/donation websites and pages that were created 1-3 days BEFORE the massacre. Please note that the date when a website or webpage is created is not up to the person setting it up. Instead, the date is automatically set by the webpage’s server, such as Facebook, WordPress, etc. 1. “R.I.P. Victoria Soto” Facebook Page Victoria Soto was a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was killed that terrible morning of December 14, 2012. Soto’s friends and family (presumably) created a touching “Rest In Peace Victoria Soto” Facebook page. The only problem is the page was created on December 11, 2012 — three days before Soto was killed. After somebody discovered that and the discovery went viral, excuses were made that the December 10 date was a glitch. If you go to Soto’s R.I.P. Facebook page today, you’ll see that the page’s “Joined Facebook” date is now December 15, 2013, one day after the massacre. Here’s the YouTube video from which I took the above screenshots: 2. United Way “Sandy Hook School Support Fund” The charity organization United Way set up a website, “Sandy Hook School Support Fund,” to convey their condolences to and solicit donation for the families of Sandy Hook victims. Isn’t that touching? Here’s the Sandy Hook School Support Fund webpage: Below is an excerpt from that page: United Way extends our most sincere condolences and prayers to all those families affected by the devastating events in Newtown/Sandy Hook, Connecticut. While the eyes of the world may be on Newtown/Sandy Hook, to several staff, volunteers and contributors, Newtown is home. We will stand with the community and everyone affected directly and indirectly by this tragic event as we face the days and weeks ahead. The only problem is United Way’s Sandy Hook School Support Fund webpage was created on December 11, 2012, three days before the massacre. Ed Thomas of Daily Sheeple did a Google search for ‘Sandy Hook United Way’ and found a cached page dated December 11, 2012, stating “United Way extends our most sincere condolences and prayers to all those families affected by the devastating events in Newtown/Sandy Hook, Connecticut.” As of Jan. 4, 2013, United Way of Western Connecticut said they had already raised over $$6 million for the Sandy Hook School Support Fund. 3. Sandy Hook Elementary Victims’ Fund Another webpage to solicit donation for the victims of Sandy Hook is the Sandy Hook Elementary Victims Fund: But the “About” page for Sandy Hook Elementary Victims Fund has a date of December 13, 2013, one day before the Dec. 14 massacre: Here’s the YouTube video from which I took the above screenshots: 4. “Fundraiser for Families Involved in Tragic Newtown, CT Shootings” on YouCaring: Govtslaves.info on Jan. 8, 2013, reports that the fundraising site Youcaring.com has a “Fundraiser for the Families Involved in the Tragic Newtown, CT Shootings.” The only problem is the fundraiser event was dated December 10 2012, four days before the massacre. You can view the archived page here. I can see how one mis-dated webpage might be due to a computer glitch or snafu, but FOUR? H/t my pal Mark S. McGrew and FOTM’s Miss May. UPDATE: There are two more pre-massacre documents: Update (Dec. 15, 2015): Since this post was published 3 years ago, there have been many more anomalies about Sandy Hook. It is now compelling to any thinking person who dispassionately examines the testimonies of empirical evidence that the massacre was a contrived event — a false flag for the purpose of gun control. Please go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page for the links to all the posts on Sandy Hoax. ~Eowyn

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/cathy-canfield/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

Fellowship of the Minds

In addition to the four memorial-donation webpages for Sandy Hook victims which were created one to three days before the massacre, and the Crisis Management Institute guide on how to talk to children about the massacre which also predated the massacre, here’s another pre-massacre webpage. YouCaring.com is a free online fundraising site. This is how it describes itself: YouCaring.com is a simple, FREE online platform created for people who want to fundraise for causes they care about. From medical expenses, to memorials and mission trips or even pet care — if it’s important to you it qualifies you to set up a free online fundraiser. We provide you with customizable personal fundraising webpages to help you spread your cause and raise support. Good-hearted Cathy Canfield, a child therapist, set up a fundraiser on YouCaring.com to help children in Newtown, CT, to cope with the terrible massacre of 20 first-grade students and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Canfield’s fundraiser page on YouCaring.com does not give a date for its inception, but Canfield referred to the Sandy Hook shootings as “yesterday’s tragedy” and that donation must be made ASAP because her “plan is to leave tomorrow (12.16.12)” for Newtown, CT. All of which suggests that she had created her fundraiser page on Dec. 15, 2012, a day after the Sandy Hook massacre. Indeed, the 20 donations she’s received, totaling at least $$1360 (two donations are of unknown “hidden amount”), are all dated Dec. 16, 2012. This is what her page on YouCaring.com says: Support Free Play Sessions to Connecticut Children Organizer: Beneficiary: Cathy Canfield In response to yesterday’s tragedy, I plan to put my skills to work and provide some much needed help to the children affected by the Sandy Hook Shootings. I practice child-centered play therapy, which I do because it has been proven to work time and again in a wide variety of situations, including trauma, at my private practice www.childrenscounselingofalexandria.com. If a child sees me only once, during that time I can provide emotional relief that they may not otherwise experience right now. In order to do so, i need your help with expenses. I have set my goal at $$1500 to cover my expenses Because I am not going through another agency, this money goes directly towards helping. The plan is to leave tomorrow (12.16.12), so donate what you can right now and tell your friends about it. And if somehow, I cannot raise enough money to go, I will refund any amount donated. After having raised $$1620 of her stated goal of $$2000, Canfield closed down her fundraiser. Here’s a screenshot I just took of Canfield’s page (in case YouCaring.com takes it down): The only problem is this: There’s an article by JesseW, a frequent blogger (therefore a staff member) of YouCaring.com, about Cathy Canfield’s Sandy Hook fundraiser. But JesseW’s blog about Canfield’s fundraiser is dated December 14, 2012, 06:45. (More on the 06:45 time later.) Here’s a screenshot I just took of JesseW’s blog (in case it is scrubbed from the site), followed by the article in its entirety (note that JesseW mistakenly gave the date for the Sandy Hook massacre as December 15, instead of December 14, 2012). Holiday Fundraiser for Newtown Students by JesseW 14. December 2012 06:45 Generosity is a Gift That Keeps Giving For the families in Newtown CT, this holiday season has been one that will be forever engrained with the tragedies that took place on December 15th, 2012. To help, many very generous people have gone well out of their way to express their care and support. Today we want to feature one of these generous and inspiring people, who is giving their best to support their fellow Americans. Meet Cathy Canfield, Cathy is a child therapist from Alexandria, VA who is doing everything in her ability to help the children of Newtown. When Cathy heard about the tragedy that took place on Friday the 15th, she knew that she could help in some way. She wrote a small post on Facebook that mentioned her desire to drive to Newtown and put her skills to good use during this difficult time. After a bit of encouragement from some friends who saw the post, Cathy decided to create a free online fundraiser to help her secure the funds she needed. Not long after, and to much surprise she found that she had raised $$2,100 with the help of her friends. Cathy then proceeded to contact the schools to find where her skills could be best put to use. Unfortunately, the only thing Cathy heard back was that there had already been so much help and support given to the town that they did not know if Cathy could even get an opening. After hearing this news, Cathy decided that she would still try and help in any way possible. She contacted her donors and explained her situation, some requested their donation back and others gave it willingly to Cathy to be used as she saw fit. Cathy is now left with $$1,000 which will go to the people of Newtown. You can visit her fundraising site, or start your own today on YouCaring.com. The “free online fundraiser to help” to which JesseW refers is Cathy Canfield’s Sandy Hook fundraiser page on YouCaring.com — a page that presumably was created on December 15, 2012, a day after the massacre. But why is it that JesseW’s blog about Canfield’s fundraiser has a date of “14. December 2012 06:45”? To the alert reader who asks if the “14” in “14. December 2012 06:45” represents a sequential number assigned to JesseW’s blogs (as in the 14th blog posted by JesseW), I refer you to YouCaring.com’s archived links to all of JesseW’s blogs, especially to page 4 showing a 4-day gap between her “31. December 2012 07:53” blog, “6 Tips For Crowd-funding,” and her “27. December 2012 03:44” blog, “Funeral Fundraiser For a Young Man Shot On Christmas Eve.” In other words, the “14. December 2012 06:45” of JesseW’s blog about Cathy Canfield’s Sandy Hook fundraiser on YouCaring.com, refers to the date, month, year, and time when the article was published on YouCaring.com. Not only is that a day BEFORE Canfield presumably had created her fundraiser on YouCaring.com, there is still another problem with JesseW’s December 14 blog: its time-stamp of 06:45. 06:45 means 6:45 a.m. because YouCaring.com runs on military time as proved by the timestamp on this post: http://www.youcaring.com/blog/post/2013/01/01/Help-Raise-Money-for-A-Family-Who-Lost-Their-Mother-to-Heart-Disease.aspx YouCaring.com’s IP server is in San Antonio,Texas. You can see that for yourself by going to Freewebsitereport.org. San Antonio, Texas is on Central Time — which means a time-stamp of 06:45 is 07:45 Eastern time, which is two full hours before Lanza allegedly shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School. We are told that sometime before 9:30 a.m. EST on December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother with a .22 Marlin rifle at their Newtown home. Adam then drove his mother’s car to Sandy Hook Elementary School. At about 9:35 a.m., Adam shot his way through a locked glass door at the front of the school. Wait. It gets better. YouCaring.com’s server is running on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which means that JesseW’s blog’s time-stamp of 06:45 GMT is actually 01:45 EST, that is, a full seven hours before the massacre. You can see for yourself that YouCaring.com runs on GMT by going here (http://www.hscripts.com/tools/HVLT/apa-version.php), then plug in YouCaring.com’s IP (198.61.196.29), which will show you that the server works on Greenwich Mean Time. To conclude, a blog written by a staff member of YouCaring.com, about a fundraiser for children affected by the Sandy Hook massacre, was posted onto the web on December 14, 2012 — SEVEN hours before the massacre took place. H/t the brilliant FOTM reader Tony who alerted me to JesseW’s blog’s time-stamp, and patiently showed me how to verify the time-stamp. UPDATE: 3 hours after I published this post, a reader “David Burke” wrote a comment (scroll down to read it) alerting me to his blog, wherein he posted a screenshot he took of another blog by JesseW on YouCaring.com: “Fundraiser for the Families Involved in the Tragic Newtown, CT Shootings.” This blog has a date of 10 December 2012 08:56, FOUR days before the Sandy Hook massacre! Here’s the screenshot he took: ~Eowyn

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/sandy-hook-final-report/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

Sandy Hook Final Report

In his recent interview with Wolfgang Halbig, the school safety consultant and former state trooper who calls the Dec. 14, 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting “a contrived scripted event” in the planning for 2-2½ years, Infowars reporter Dan Bidondi said something very intriguing (beginning at the 50:45 mark in the video below): Bidondi said: “Was this whole thing [Sandy Hook shooting] staged? Was it real? You have neighbors reporting the school’s been closed down for God knows how long…. They can’t understand why there were kids in that building because it was condemned.” Indeed, according to local paper The Newtown Bee, nearly 10 months after the shooting on October 5, 2013, a city referendum passed by over 90% authorizing Newtown to move forward with the demolition and rebuilding of Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES) with a $$49.25 million grant from the State of Connecticut. The Bee says: “Anticipating the referendum would pass, town officials already filed environmental paperwork with the state to move forward with asbestos abatement at the former school, which will dovetail with demolition crews who could be on site by the last week in October.” What this means is that even without the alleged massacre, the school would have been demolished because of asbestos contamination. In fact, a search of Newtown Bee‘s archives shows that the town had known about the school’s environmental problems for many years: On October 2, 2002 , The Bee reports that “The Newtown School District could be looking at a $$29.5 million price tag to upgrade its mechanical systems and bring them to code at the four elementary schools and middle school over the next five to six years. Consulting Engineering Services (CES) was hired by the district to study the mechanical systems at Hawley School, Head O’ Meadow School, Middle Gate School, Newtown Middle School, and Sandy Hook School to evaluate the heating and ventilating infrastructure, temperature control, and to see what renovations would need to be performed to upgrade ventilation systems to meet indoor air quality codes. Sandy Hook School … is being recommended by CES to be worked on in 2010 over a nine-month period. It is estimated to cost $$4.5 million for heating and ventilation and $$400,000 for air conditioning. ” That comes to about $$5 million, which is puny compared to the $$49.25 million state grant Newtown received after the alleged shooting massacre for the demolition and rebuilding of the school. On April 7, 2003 , the Bee reported that “Some studies suggest that as many as 68 percent of school district’s have ‘sick’ buildings ranging from mold to asbestos, radon, pesticides, and the use of improperly ventilated areas as classroom space. For the past five years, teachers in Connecticut have had the highest rate of occupational asthma when compared to other professions. “ On March 26, 2004 , the Bee reported that “the Board of Education … received the bad news that there were serious problems with the Sandy Hook elementary school roof .” And then there’s this curious Newtown Bee article of November 7, 2008 , 4 years before the alleged shooting massacre: “ The asbestos levels in Newtown schools pose no threat to the health or safety of those using the schools, according to Superintendent John Reed. The areas in the schools where there is evidence of asbestos … are also considered acceptable and safe.” On October 12, 2012 , two months before the alleged school shooting, there’s this curious letter from reader Charles Hepp to The Newtown Bee about a plan to close an elementary school due to declining enrollment. Hepp wrote, “Six months ago, in April 2012, our Board of Ed voted unanimously to accept a study which laid out a plan for closing an elementary school … the study found that, should our elementary school population fall below 1,500, the BOE should look towards closing an elementary school. We are currently at approximately 1,650 elementary school students.” But then a year after the alleged massacre and after the school had been completely torn down with the demolition workers sworn to confidentiality , The Bee reported on Dec. 2, 2013 that Public Building & Site Commission Chairman Robert Mitchell issued a report that directly contradicts the earlier 2008 assessment that asbestos levels in Newtown’s schools posed no threat to health. Mitchell’s report said “had the town decided to reoccupy the [Sandy Hook Elementary] school on Dickinson Drive, it would have faced a daunting and possibly insurmountable challenge regarding the presence of hazardous materials In a video that you can watch on YouTube, a man who calls himself “Jungle Surfer” claims to have found “proof” that Sandy Hook Elementary School was closed 5 years before the alleged massacre. Using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, Jungle Surfer says he found no Internet activity from the location of SHES at 12 Dickenson Dr, Sandy Hook, CT 06482. Below is a screenshot I took of the Wayback Machine showing the school’s lack of Internet activity since the beginning of the year 2008 through 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. You can also see it for yourself by going here. Click image to enlarge Reader “Christopher Marlowe” wrote this comment on March 7, 2014, on a blog that posted Jungle Surfer’s video on the Wayback Machine: The proof is sublime. The wayback machine isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t lie. The site was accessed each year, from 2000 to 2008, and then NOTHING until 2013. The wayback machine uses the googlebot crawls to preserve pictures of the site on a given day. (Brief research reveals that the bots record a snapshot when the site is updated, but my own testing shows that there is a heavy tie-in to the amount of web traffic….) Other dead sites show a drop-off similar to what we see in the sandy hoax school: social.fm; kozmo.com; webvan.com; urbanfetch.com Or let’s compare apples to apples, shall we? https://web.archive.org/web/20100822170242*/http://fairfield.k12.ct.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140108075830*/http://www.windham.k12.ct.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140215224832*/http://www.westport.k12.ct.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.wilton.k12.ct.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130909145706*/http://www.wethersfield.k12.ct.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130922181029*/http://www.tolland.k12.ct.us/ Another indicator of whether Sandy Hook Elementary School had been abandoned BEFORE the alleged massacre are photos taken by the crime scene investigators of the interior of the school. What follows is a sample of photographs of the alleged crime which I’d culled from “22 Assorted Files” on the (Connecticut) Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection’s website on Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Reports. (An easier way to view the photos is to go to the Sandy Hoax Facebook page. Click here.) The following crime scene photos will be interspersed with relevant quotes from the State of Connecticut’s Final_Report on Sandy Hook published on Nov. 25, 2013, titled Report of the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Danbury on the Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and 36 Yogananda Street, Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. All page references are to the Final Report. 1. The photos were taken at the crime scene in the course of 7 days beginning on the day of the shooting: “On the afternoon of December 14, 2012, the WDMC (Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime) and CDMC (Central District Major Crime) van units began documenting the crime scene and collecting evidence. The units could not begin this process until the scene was declared safe. The scene processing took seven days. The scene was thoroughly processed, with the WDMC van unit handling the interior of SHES and the CDMC van unit covering the exterior. This processing included extensive written documentation as well as taking videos and thousands of photographs and measurements. In addition to the recovery of evidence, bullet trajectories were analyzed and documented.” (p. 16) 2. The Final Report’s “Executive Summary” states: “On the morning of December 14, 2012, the shooter [Adam Lanza], age 20, heavily armed, went to Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES) in Newtown, where he shot his way into the locked school building with a Bushmaster Model XM15-E2S rifle. He then shot and killed the principal and school psychologist as they were in the north hallway of the school responding to the noise of the shooter coming into the school. The shooter also shot and injured two other staff members who were also in the hallway. The shooter then went into the main office, apparently did not see the staff who were hiding there, and returned to the hallway. After leaving the main office, the shooter then went down the same hallway in which he had just killed two people and entered first grade classrooms 8 and 10, the order in which is unknown. While in those rooms he killed the two adults in each room, fifteen children in classroom 8 and five in classroom 10. All of the killings were done with the Bushmaster rifle. He then took his own life with a single shot from a Glock 20, 10 mm pistol in classroom 10. […] It is the conclusion of this State’s Attorney that the shooter acted alone and was solely criminally responsible for his actions of that day. Moreover, none of the evidence developed to date demonstrates probable cause to believe that any other person conspired with the shooter to commit these crimes or aided and abetted him in doing so. Unless additional – and at this time unanticipated – evidence is developed, there will be no state criminal prosecution as result of these crimes. With the issuance of this report, the investigation is closed.” (pp. 1-3) 3. How Adam Lanza gained entrance into the school: “On the morning of December 14, 2012 … Shortly after 9:30 a.m. he approached the front entrance to the school. He was armed with a Bushmaster Model XM15-E2S rifle (also Bushmaster rifle), a Glock 20, 10 mm pistol and a Sig Sauer P226, 9 mm pistol and a large supply of ammunition. The doors to the school were locked, as they customarily were at this time, the school day having already begun. The shooter proceeded to shoot his way into the school building through the plate glass window to the right of the front lobby doors … at approximately 9:35 a.m.” (p. 9) Note the pile of shattered glass outside An inside view of the glass window, with a bigger pile of shattered glass inside. 4. Shootings in the school’s hallways: “The main office staff reported hearing noises and glass breaking at approximately 9:35 a.m. and saw the shooter, a white male with a hat and sunglasses, come into the school building with a rifle type gun. The shooter walked normally, did not say anything and appeared to be breathing normally. He was seen shooting the rifle down the hallway. … As the staff member left the room, the staff member heard gunshots and saw [Principal] Mrs. Hochsprung and [School Psychologist] Mrs. Sherlach fall down in front of the staff member. The staff member felt a gunshot hit the staff member’s leg. Once down, the staff member was struck again by additional gunfire, but laid still in the hallway. Not seeing anyone in the hallway, the staff member crawled back into room 9 and held the door shut. A call to 911 was made…. At the same time the shooter was firing in the hallway, another staff member was at the far east end of the hallway near classroom 1. The staff member was struck by a bullet in the foot and retreated into a classroom. Both Dawn Hochsprung, age 47, and Mary Sherlach, age 56, died as a result of being shot. Both wounded staff members shot in the hallway were later evacuated to the hospital and survived.” (pp. 9-10) _______________ Note: So there were two wounded adults, but we’ve only been told of one, Natalie Hammond (See “Who, Where are the Sandy Hook wounded?”). _______________ Here are some photos of SHES’s hallways: 5. Shootings in Classrooms 8 & 10: “The evidence and witness statements establish the shooter went down the hallway in an easterly direction ultimately entering first grade classrooms 8 and 10. The order is not definitively known. While in classrooms 8 and 10, the shooter shot and killed four adults and twenty children with the Bushmaster rifle. Twelve children survived, one from classroom 8 and eleven from classroom 10. The shooter finally killed himself in classroom 10 with one gunshot to his head from a Glock 20, 10 mm pistol. This is believed to have occurred at 9:40:03. … In all, eighteen children and six adult school staff members were found deceased within the school. Two more children were pronounced dead at Danbury Hospital. Two other adult school staff members were injured and were treated at nearby hospitals and survived.” (p. 10) Recall that Lanza had shattered the glass window at 9:35 am and killed himself at 9:40:03, which means we are to believe that this young man, afflicted with Asperger Syndrome (Wolfgang Halbig says those with Asperger typically have very poor motor skills), shot and killed 26 people in 5 minutes. 6. Photos of bullet holes: 7. Photos of the school’s classrooms: Note the clean carpets and floors, the absence of blood spatter, how in some rooms everything is stacked along the sides and the windows (creating a fire hazard), while other rooms are so cluttered, which also creates a fire hazard. 8. Bullets: You may think: “Maybe the Connecticut State Police had cleared some of the classrooms, pushing stuff to the sides of the room, before they took the photos.” But then, there are many photos (like the one below) of bullets next to yellow crime scene markers, which suggest the photos of the classrooms had been taken as they were, without disturbing or altering the crime scene. 9. Photo of Nancy Lanza’s bedroom: The Final Report says that “Prior to going to the school, the shooter used a .22 caliber Savage Mark II rifle to shoot and kill his mother in her bed at the home where they lived at 36 Yogananda Street in Newtown.” (p. 3) Nancy Lanza had lived in that home for many years, a pricey home in an affluent neighborhood. How could her bedroom walls be bare of pictures, paintings or mirrors? As seen in these photos, does Sandy Hook Elementary School look to you to be an actual active school or does it look abandoned or decommissioned? For all the other posts FOTM has done on the “shooting,” go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page! A big h/t to FOTM’s amanda ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/01/17/another-sandy-hook-fundraiser-that-pre-dates-the-massacre/

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Another Sandy Hook fundraiser that pre-dates the massacre

In addition to the four memorial-donation webpages for Sandy Hook victims which were created one to three days before the massacre, and the Crisis Management Institute guide on how to talk to children about the massacre which also predated the massacre, here’s another pre-massacre webpage. YouCaring.com is a free online fundraising site. This is how it describes itself: YouCaring.com is a simple, FREE online platform created for people who want to fundraise for causes they care about. From medical expenses, to memorials and mission trips or even pet care — if it’s important to you it qualifies you to set up a free online fundraiser. We provide you with customizable personal fundraising webpages to help you spread your cause and raise support. Good-hearted Cathy Canfield, a child therapist, set up a fundraiser on YouCaring.com to help children in Newtown, CT, to cope with the terrible massacre of 20 first-grade students and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Canfield’s fundraiser page on YouCaring.com does not give a date for its inception, but Canfield referred to the Sandy Hook shootings as “yesterday’s tragedy” and that donation must be made ASAP because her “plan is to leave tomorrow (12.16.12)” for Newtown, CT. All of which suggests that she had created her fundraiser page on Dec. 15, 2012, a day after the Sandy Hook massacre. Indeed, the 20 donations she’s received, totaling at least $$1360 (two donations are of unknown “hidden amount”), are all dated Dec. 16, 2012. This is what her page on YouCaring.com says: Support Free Play Sessions to Connecticut Children Organizer: Beneficiary: Cathy Canfield In response to yesterday’s tragedy, I plan to put my skills to work and provide some much needed help to the children affected by the Sandy Hook Shootings. I practice child-centered play therapy, which I do because it has been proven to work time and again in a wide variety of situations, including trauma, at my private practice www.childrenscounselingofalexandria.com. If a child sees me only once, during that time I can provide emotional relief that they may not otherwise experience right now. In order to do so, i need your help with expenses. I have set my goal at $$1500 to cover my expenses Because I am not going through another agency, this money goes directly towards helping. The plan is to leave tomorrow (12.16.12), so donate what you can right now and tell your friends about it. And if somehow, I cannot raise enough money to go, I will refund any amount donated. After having raised $$1620 of her stated goal of $$2000, Canfield closed down her fundraiser. Here’s a screenshot I just took of Canfield’s page (in case YouCaring.com takes it down): The only problem is this: There’s an article by JesseW, a frequent blogger (therefore a staff member) of YouCaring.com, about Cathy Canfield’s Sandy Hook fundraiser. But JesseW’s blog about Canfield’s fundraiser is dated December 14, 2012, 06:45. (More on the 06:45 time later.) Here’s a screenshot I just took of JesseW’s blog (in case it is scrubbed from the site), followed by the article in its entirety (note that JesseW mistakenly gave the date for the Sandy Hook massacre as December 15, instead of December 14, 2012). Holiday Fundraiser for Newtown Students by JesseW 14. December 2012 06:45 Generosity is a Gift That Keeps Giving For the families in Newtown CT, this holiday season has been one that will be forever engrained with the tragedies that took place on December 15th, 2012. To help, many very generous people have gone well out of their way to express their care and support. Today we want to feature one of these generous and inspiring people, who is giving their best to support their fellow Americans. Meet Cathy Canfield, Cathy is a child therapist from Alexandria, VA who is doing everything in her ability to help the children of Newtown. When Cathy heard about the tragedy that took place on Friday the 15th, she knew that she could help in some way. She wrote a small post on Facebook that mentioned her desire to drive to Newtown and put her skills to good use during this difficult time. After a bit of encouragement from some friends who saw the post, Cathy decided to create a free online fundraiser to help her secure the funds she needed. Not long after, and to much surprise she found that she had raised $$2,100 with the help of her friends. Cathy then proceeded to contact the schools to find where her skills could be best put to use. Unfortunately, the only thing Cathy heard back was that there had already been so much help and support given to the town that they did not know if Cathy could even get an opening. After hearing this news, Cathy decided that she would still try and help in any way possible. She contacted her donors and explained her situation, some requested their donation back and others gave it willingly to Cathy to be used as she saw fit. Cathy is now left with $$1,000 which will go to the people of Newtown. You can visit her fundraising site, or start your own today on YouCaring.com. The “free online fundraiser to help” to which JesseW refers is Cathy Canfield’s Sandy Hook fundraiser page on YouCaring.com — a page that presumably was created on December 15, 2012, a day after the massacre. But why is it that JesseW’s blog about Canfield’s fundraiser has a date of “14. December 2012 06:45”? To the alert reader who asks if the “14” in “14. December 2012 06:45” represents a sequential number assigned to JesseW’s blogs (as in the 14th blog posted by JesseW), I refer you to YouCaring.com’s archived links to all of JesseW’s blogs, especially to page 4 showing a 4-day gap between her “31. December 2012 07:53” blog, “6 Tips For Crowd-funding,” and her “27. December 2012 03:44” blog, “Funeral Fundraiser For a Young Man Shot On Christmas Eve.” In other words, the “14. December 2012 06:45” of JesseW’s blog about Cathy Canfield’s Sandy Hook fundraiser on YouCaring.com, refers to the date, month, year, and time when the article was published on YouCaring.com. Not only is that a day BEFORE Canfield presumably had created her fundraiser on YouCaring.com, there is still another problem with JesseW’s December 14 blog: its time-stamp of 06:45. 06:45 means 6:45 a.m. because YouCaring.com runs on military time as proved by the timestamp on this post: http://www.youcaring.com/blog/post/2013/01/01/Help-Raise-Money-for-A-Family-Who-Lost-Their-Mother-to-Heart-Disease.aspx YouCaring.com’s IP server is in San Antonio,Texas. You can see that for yourself by going to Freewebsitereport.org. San Antonio, Texas is on Central Time — which means a time-stamp of 06:45 is 07:45 Eastern time, which is two full hours before Lanza allegedly shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School. We are told that sometime before 9:30 a.m. EST on December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother with a .22 Marlin rifle at their Newtown home. Adam then drove his mother’s car to Sandy Hook Elementary School. At about 9:35 a.m., Adam shot his way through a locked glass door at the front of the school. Wait. It gets better. YouCaring.com’s server is running on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which means that JesseW’s blog’s time-stamp of 06:45 GMT is actually 01:45 EST, that is, a full seven hours before the massacre. You can see for yourself that YouCaring.com runs on GMT by going here (http://www.hscripts.com/tools/HVLT/apa-version.php), then plug in YouCaring.com’s IP (198.61.196.29), which will show you that the server works on Greenwich Mean Time. To conclude, a blog written by a staff member of YouCaring.com, about a fundraiser for children affected by the Sandy Hook massacre, was posted onto the web on December 14, 2012 — SEVEN hours before the massacre took place. H/t the brilliant FOTM reader Tony who alerted me to JesseW’s blog’s time-stamp, and patiently showed me how to verify the time-stamp. UPDATE: 3 hours after I published this post, a reader “David Burke” wrote a comment (scroll down to read it) alerting me to his blog, wherein he posted a screenshot he took of another blog by JesseW on YouCaring.com: “Fundraiser for the Families Involved in the Tragic Newtown, CT Shootings.” This blog has a date of 10 December 2012 08:56, FOUR days before the Sandy Hook massacre! Here’s the screenshot he took: ~Eowyn Advertisements

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/686122/Gold-prices-could-reach-record-highs-amid-fears-for-global-economy

Lana Clements

Gold prices will reach all-time HIGH within 18 months, investor claims

GETTY Gold prices could be about to soar, according to some investors Prices of the precious metal hit a two-year high on Monday amid increased nerves over the global economy. Gold is seen as one of the safest places for cash in times of economic and stock market turmoil. Prices are currently at around $$1,352, but climbed to record highs of $$1,900 during the financial crisis. Josh Saul, chief executive of The Pure Gold Company, said the firm has been taking gold orders all weekend. He added: "There’s been no let-up in demand. “We’ve seen a significant number of non-UK nationals buying gold to protect themselves from currency fluctuations, and we’ve also seen more people turn to gold mid-way through their property purchases. "The Brexit issue has stoked fears of a property slowdown so some clients who had sold their property but had not yet completed on another have pulled out in order to buy physical gold coins and bars." Amid record low yields - or returns - on another safe haven investment government bonds, gold prices could continue to rise, say experts. Swiss Asia Capital's Singapore managing director and chief investment officer, Juerg Kiener told CNBC that he believes gold prices could reach record highs in the next 18 months. He said: "This fall-off in trust is resulting in people looking at different ways to invest, particularly in an environment when the government controls the whole fixed income market, which is negative. "At least (in gold), you don't have negative yields, there is no new supply...and falling production." Meet the richest people on the planet Fri, October 28, 2016 There are 1810 billionaires worldwide and according to Forbes 2016 rich list, Bill Gates is still the richest person on the planet, along with Bill, here are a few others on that all-important list. Play slideshow Getty 1 of 61 Bill Gates - $$75 billion: Co-founder of Microsoft, Bill dropped out of Harvard University and became the richest man in the world

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/686770/Brexit-NOT-financial-crisis-markets-can-cope-Barclays-boss

Lana Clements

Brexit is NOT a financial crisis and 'resilient' markets can cope, rallies Barclays boss

GETTY Brexit is not a financial crisis, said David Wright Barclays vice chairman David Wright has pointed to the recent stock market surge as a sign that the Brexit vote has not fatally hit investor confidence. He told CNBC: "This is a political crisis, it is not, fortunately, a financial or economic crisis." He added: "The good thing is that (the markets) demonstrate the effect and the benefit of all that's been done over the last two or three years in banks like Barclays to strengthen our capital, to strengthen our liquidity and to make us much more resilient in dealing with any sort of crisis." On the day of the outcome of referendum, stock markets registered heavy losses, with bank shares some of the biggest losers. But Britain's FTSE 100 has since fulled recovered and jumped to its highest level in almost a year. Mr Wright said that against the political risks currently taking place Barclays is able to lend and continue functioning as a bank. It comes after Barclays chief executive Jes Staley said the bank is "staying anchored in Great Britain" and is not making any plans to move staff on to the continent. Brexit: What happens next Fri, June 24, 2016 After yesterday's referendum, here is a look at what will happen immediately following the historic vote for Britain to leave the EU. Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 14 Brexit: What to expect next

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/01/08/sandy-hook-ripdonation-webpages-created-before-the-massacre/

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Sandy Hook RIP/donation webpages created BEFORE the massacre

In addition to the the odd behavior of Robbie Parker, dad of a Sandy Hook child victim; professional crisis actors simulating mass casualty events; and the doppleganger photos of parents, here’s more “make crazy” weirdness about the Sandy Hook massacre. We now know of four condolence/donation websites and pages that were created 1-3 days BEFORE the massacre. Please note that the date when a website or webpage is created is not up to the person setting it up. Instead, the date is automatically set by the webpage’s server, such as Facebook, WordPress, etc. 1. “R.I.P. Victoria Soto” Facebook Page Victoria Soto was a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was killed that terrible morning of December 14, 2012. Soto’s friends and family (presumably) created a touching “Rest In Peace Victoria Soto” Facebook page. The only problem is the page was created on December 11, 2012 — three days before Soto was killed. After somebody discovered that and the discovery went viral, excuses were made that the December 10 date was a glitch. If you go to Soto’s R.I.P. Facebook page today, you’ll see that the page’s “Joined Facebook” date is now December 15, 2013, one day after the massacre. Here’s the YouTube video from which I took the above screenshots: 2. United Way “Sandy Hook School Support Fund” The charity organization United Way set up a website, “Sandy Hook School Support Fund,” to convey their condolences to and solicit donation for the families of Sandy Hook victims. Isn’t that touching? Here’s the Sandy Hook School Support Fund webpage: Below is an excerpt from that page: United Way extends our most sincere condolences and prayers to all those families affected by the devastating events in Newtown/Sandy Hook, Connecticut. While the eyes of the world may be on Newtown/Sandy Hook, to several staff, volunteers and contributors, Newtown is home. We will stand with the community and everyone affected directly and indirectly by this tragic event as we face the days and weeks ahead. The only problem is United Way’s Sandy Hook School Support Fund webpage was created on December 11, 2012, three days before the massacre. Ed Thomas of Daily Sheeple did a Google search for ‘Sandy Hook United Way’ and found a cached page dated December 11, 2012, stating “United Way extends our most sincere condolences and prayers to all those families affected by the devastating events in Newtown/Sandy Hook, Connecticut.” As of Jan. 4, 2013, United Way of Western Connecticut said they had already raised over $$6 million for the Sandy Hook School Support Fund. 3. Sandy Hook Elementary Victims’ Fund Another webpage to solicit donation for the victims of Sandy Hook is the Sandy Hook Elementary Victims Fund: But the “About” page for Sandy Hook Elementary Victims Fund has a date of December 13, 2013, one day before the Dec. 14 massacre: Here’s the YouTube video from which I took the above screenshots: 4. “Fundraiser for Families Involved in Tragic Newtown, CT Shootings” on YouCaring: Govtslaves.info on Jan. 8, 2013, reports that the fundraising site Youcaring.com has a “Fundraiser for the Families Involved in the Tragic Newtown, CT Shootings.” The only problem is the fundraiser event was dated December 10 2012, four days before the massacre. You can view the archived page here. I can see how one mis-dated webpage might be due to a computer glitch or snafu, but FOUR? H/t my pal Mark S. McGrew and FOTM’s Miss May. UPDATE: There are two more pre-massacre documents: Update (Dec. 15, 2015): Since this post was published 3 years ago, there have been many more anomalies about Sandy Hook. It is now compelling to any thinking person who dispassionately examines the testimonies of empirical evidence that the massacre was a contrived event — a false flag for the purpose of gun control. Please go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page for the links to all the posts on Sandy Hoax. ~Eowyn Advertisements

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/01/14/sandy-hook-the-curious-case-of-emilie-parker/

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Sandy Hook: The curious case of Emilie Parker

When news came on December 14, 2012, that a gunman had killed 6 adults and 20 young children in Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut, I was in shock — like you were. Even after the many gun shootings of the recent past — in Aurora, CO; Tucson, AZ; Virginia Tech, VA; Columbine, CO — Americans were stricken by this latest massacre because 6 and 7-year-old little children were the victims. A moral barrier was crossed, which even the most cynical among us find intolerable. Since then, however, so many inconsistencies, anomalies, and unanswered questions have arisen about the official version of the Sandy Hook massacre, that doubt and skepticism increasingly are expressed. Where is the school’s security surveillance tape? What about those police and eyewitness reports of other suspicious individuals on the scene, including at least one man wearing camo pants whom police handcuffed? Why is there such a strong resemblance between some of Sandy Hook parents and families and professional “crisis actors”? For these and other anomalies, go to FOTM’s new “Sandy Hook” page. With no intention to downplay the gravity of Sandy Hook or to disrespect the victims and their families, I must ask certain uncomfortable questions about child victim Emilie Parker and her family. I don’t have any predisposed assumptions or conjectures concerning those questions and their implications. I am simply exercising my First Amendment free speech right by asking questions. (My questions below are colored red.) Emilie Parker 1. The “Emilie Parker Fund” Facebook Page On December 14, 2012, angelic-looking 6-year-old Emilie Parker was brutally murdered by Lanza. Reportedly, he had shot every child multiple times, some up to 11 times. On the same day, December 14, someone — either a family member or a friend who has the family’s permission — created the Emilie Parker Fund page on Facebook to solicit donation for her family. Here’s a screenshot of Emilie Parker Fund‘s “Info” page showing its date of creation: The donation page was created a day before the actual memorial page, R.I.P. Emilie Parker, was created on Facebook! Here’s a screenshot of the Info page of R.I.P. Emilie Parker, showing it was created on Dec. 15, 2012, a day after Emilie Parker was killed: If your precious 6-year-old daughter had just been shot to death, would you immediately think about soliciting money from strangers for yourself, as well as have the presence of mind to set up a page on Facebook with the following detailed instructions?: Instructions on the Emilie Parker Memorial Account at America First Credit Union (account #5001359). For AFCU members making a transfer, select the Savings as the type of account, and the last name on the account is Parker. For non AFCU members, the AFCU routing number is 324377516. This account has been shared by several Utah media outlets and can be trusted. Thank you. A PAYPAL account is also available if you use the email brookeprothero@yahoo.com That email address presumably belongs to Brooke Prothero. A woman by that name, Brooke Ann Prothero, has a Facebook page, with an “About” page devoid of information, other than that she lives in Ogden Utah — in which the Parker family had lived before they moved to Sandy Hook, Connecticut. 2. The Strange Behavior of Emilie’s father, Robbie Parker On December 15, 2012, a day after his daughter had been brutally murdered, Robbie Parker choked back his tears (no tear actually materialized) as he made a statement to the press. The only problem is this: Mere seconds before Parker began his anguished tribute to his slain daughter, the grief-stricken dad was laughing and joking! Here he is again, going from grinning happily to being grief-stricken in the blink of an eye: If your precious 6-year-old daughter had died a horrible death just a day ago, would you be smiling, laughing, and joking? 3. Robbie and Alissa Parker smiling with Obama On December 16, 2012, Barack Obama visited Newtown, CT, during which this photo was taken with Emilie’s parents, Robbie and Alissa: From left to right: Robbie Parker (his face obscured, holding a blonde girl), Obama, Alissa Parker, unknown woman holding another blonde girl. If your precious 6-year-old daughter had been brutally slaughtered just two days ago, would you smilingly pose for a photo-op with the president? For that matter, why is Obama smiling? What’s the happy occasion? 4. Emilie’s Double Posing With Obama Then there’s the now-famous photo of a girl who looks very much like Emilie, wearing Emilie’s dress, posing with Obama during his visit to Newtown two days after Emilie’s death: See that angelic-looking blonde girl in that darling black-and-red dress standing in front of Obama? Here’s that girl again in the Parker family portrait below — or is it?: From left to right: mom Alissa Parker, 4-year-old Madeline, Robbie Parker, 3-year-old Samantha, Emilie. Who’s the blonde girl wearing Emilie’s dress posing with Obama? Emilie’s younger lookalike sister, Madeline? To help us compare, I’ve cropped pictures of Emilie and Madeline and put them side by side (see below): 1 = Emilie 2 = Madeline 3a and 3b = unknown girl posing with Obama 5. The Weird Parker Family Portrait Do you remember the Parker family portrait? Did you notice anything strange about it? Here it is, again (take a close look at the yellow circles I’ve drawn on the picture): Good grief. Am I losing my mind? Where are Madeline’s and Samantha’s legs? And isn’t little Samantha’s left hand making a devil’s horn sign, and little Madeline’s right hand also making a devil’s horn? Here’s a blow-up of their hands: Making the devil’s horn hand sign isn’t easy. You try it. A pic I found on the net. This is NOT my hand! Imagine getting a 3- and 4-year-old to do it…. Maybe that’s why the only way to get 3-year-old Samantha to make the sign is to stuff the two middle fingers into her mouth. Devil’s horn sign aside, doesn’t Samantha’s left hand (two fingers in her mouth) look deformed to you? I have not tampered with or photoshopped the Parker family portrait. The picture was taken from the R.I.P. Emily Parker Facebook page. You can verify this for yourself by going to the Facebook page. H/t HenryMakow ~Eowyn Advertisements

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/rally-round-the-flag/

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False flag! False flag! That’s the cry on the Internet as soon as another traumatic incident of mass casualties occurs in the United States. It is said that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were a false flag. Skeptics of the Sandy Hook school massacre suspect it was a false flag. The latest incident — that of the two bombings at the April 15th Boston Marathon — is no exception. I was aware of the latest cries of “False flag!” but was very reluctant to explore their credibility because if proven to be true, I think my last remaining shred of trust in my government would be obliterated. But the cries persist. Notwithstanding my reluctance, I am undertaking a series of posts to explore that subject — in as responsible and careful a manner as I am able and as the gravity of a “false flag” accusation demands. This is the first post in that series. Of all my (too many) years of undergraduate and graduate schooling, hands down the most useful course I’d ever taken was one on epistemology and the philosophy of science, from which I learnt how to think clearly and intelligently. Epistemology is simply a fancy word referring to that branch in Philosophy that studies the nature of human knowledge: The four different types (or domains) of truth claims : Empirical; Analytical (Math & Logic); Metaphysical; and Normative. The criteria we use to evaluate and determine the truth or falsity of any truth claim (which depends on whether the claim is empirical, analytical, metaphysical, or normative). But before one can even begin to evaluate the truth or falsity of some proposition, we must first have a clear idea about what the proposition says. In this case — on whether the Boston bombings were a false flag event — before we examine the evidence (or lack thereof), we must first define the term “false flag” and list the criterial attributes of what constitutes a false flag incident. The definition and criterial attributes, in turn, will serve as our standards against which to assess the evidence. What’s a False Flag? From Wikipedia: The name “false flag” has its origins in naval warfare where a flag other than the belligerent’s true battle flag is used as a ruse de guerre. […] False flag (or black flag) describes covert military or paramilitary operations designed to deceive in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities, groups or nations than those who actually planned and executed them. Operations carried during peace-time by civilian organizations, as well as covert government agencies, may by extension be called false flag operations if they seek to hide the real organization behind an operation. As the term is used in contemporary America, a “false flag” incident is some traumatic public event that is: False: The public are given an untruthful version of the event by the government and the media. The falsity can range from no one actually had been killed or hurt (it was all theater); to some of the alleged victims are real; to all the alleged victims are real but the alleged perpetrator(s) is a fall guy who was set up by the “real” conspirators behind the scenes. Results in a “rallying around the flag” effect: Whatever the true nature of the “false flag” event, the objective is to arouse and manipulate the emotions (fear, anger, outrage, indignation) of the American people so that they’ll “rally around the flag” in an outburst of patriotism, supplying the current White House occupant and his (and his party’s) policies with their support and loyalty. As an example, it is said the Sandy Hook massacre was a contrived event engineered to effect gun control. Conjectures about the massacre range from the extreme of no one in the school was killed (although Adam and Nancy Lanza were), to the 20 students and 6 adults of the school said to be killed really are dead but Adam Lanza wasn’t the killer (which would explain why Social Security had a date-of-death of Dec. 13, 2012 for him — one day before the massacre). This blog on ZeroHedge lists governments from around the world that’ve admitted they carry out false flag terror. What are some of the suggested signature attributes of a False Flag event? 1. Government officials and their mouthpieces use the incident to advance their policy agenda. This most certainly was and is the case with the Sandy Hook massacre. In the case of the Boston bombings, New York mayor Bloomberg already is using the bombings as a pretext, declaring that “our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution have to change” because of the bombings. (See also “Boston Bombing: Getting the sheeple used to the police state“). 2. The co-occurrence of a government drill at the same time as the traumatic event and in around the same place. The purpose of the concurrent drill is to provide special ops personnel (who are the real perpetrators of the false flag incident) and/or professional crisis actors with a cover story should they be seen or caught on film at the false flag event. (See “Remarkable resemblance of Sandy Hook victims and professional crisis actors“) Indeed, the federal government’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducts HSEEP drills/exercises across America, in partnership with local/state governments. HSEEP refers to Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. In the case of Sandy Hook, on the day of the shooting massacre at Sandy Hill Elementary School (SHES), Dec. 14, 2012, HSEEP conducted a “training course” drill, ”FEMA L-366 Planning for the Needs of Children in Disasters,” at 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT, which is about 14 miles from SHES. It is claimed that in the case of the Boston Marathon bombings, there was also a drill both before and during the marathon, and that suspicious-looking private military operatives were seen (and photographed) at the bombings. 3. Lastly, if we have evidence of outright fakery, for example, victims who supposedly were killed or wounded, but aren’t, then the event being a false flag is a no-brainer. Alas, clear and incontrovertible evidence is hard to come by, which is why some find significance in the odd behaviors of Sandy Hook parents, quickly switching from laughing and joking to near-choking on tears, and the absence of tears or of other signs of weeping, such as a red nose; and in memorial, donation, and other Sandy Hook massacre websites having a creation date that predates the massacre. These subjects, and more, will be explored in my posts to come. So put your thinking caps on and stay tuned! Updates: ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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Bruce Archer

Celtic face fresh disciplinary action from UEFA after PSG Champions League thrashing

And the Hoops face fresh disciplinary action from UEFA for failing to control the crowd. European football's governing body has confirmed it has opened proceedings against the club for the incident that soured Tuesday night's Champions League clash in Glasgow. Hoops fan John Hatton appeared in court on Wednesday to admit invading the pitch and assaulting former Monaco frontman Mbappe by attempting to kick him. Hatton pleaded guilty to assault and section one of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act (2012) - which relates to behaviour "likely to incite public disorder" - at Glasgow Sheriff Court, court officials confirmed to Press Association Sport. He was released on bail and the case has been adjourned until October but now UEFA bosses are also set to take action against Celtic. The supporter raced onto the Parkhead pitch late in the first half with the hosts 3-0 down and darted towards 18-year-old superstar Mbappe.

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2017-11-27

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David Wright

Celtic news: Brendan Rodgers slams players after Paris Saint-Germain humiliation

PA Brendan Rodgers says Celtic played like Under-12s against Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain had the game wrapped up in the first half of their Champions League Group B opener as Neymar broke the deadlock in the 19th minute, Kylian Mbappe added a second in the 34th minute and Edinson Cavani netted with a penalty before the break. Celtic performed better in the second half but in the latter stages Mikael Lustig put the ball into his own net before Cavani grabbed his second with a header to hand the home side their record Parkhead defeat in Europe. Rodgers said: "This is a level where you have to look after the ball and you have to make it work for you. "In the first half we didn't do that, we were playing like under-12s at times. So like I say, it is confidence, belief. GETTY Edinson Cavani, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe ran riot against Celtic “We are missing some decisive players as well who can help us at this level but it is always going to be very tough. That is the reality of it. "I don't want to be too harsh on the players. They (PSG) are the potential champions of this tournament and where we are at, with all due respect, and where those guys are at, it is not just one or two levels, it is three or four levels away beyond. "We always have to be competitive and we weren't for that first period but the second half was much better and the supporters acknowledged that." Meanwhile, PSG boss Unai Emery was pleased by his side's start to the competition. Neymar v Anthony Ralston: Best snaps from fiery night at Celtic Park Tue, September 12, 2017 Click for the best snaps of Anthony Ralston's altercation with Neymar Play slideshow Jeff Holmes/REX/Shutterstock 1 of 9 Click for the best snaps of Anthony Ralston's battle with Neymar

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2017-11-27

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Scott Burns At Parkhead, Celtic Boss Brendan Rodgers

Celtic 0 - Paris Saint-Germain 5: Celts stunned by Neymar and star strikers

PSG’s £200million man Neymar opened the scoring and fellow new boy Kylian Mbappe added to the tally before Edinson Cavani’s double – one from the penalty spot – and a Mikael Lustig own goal compounded the hosts’ misery. The French champions looked in a league of their own as Brendan Rodgers’ battlers suffered their worst European loss at Parkhead. It was the first time Celtic have lost five at home since 1895. The Qatari-backed multi-millionaires were a class apart and Celtic’s evening of misery was complete when a fan ran on to the pitch and aimed a kick at Mbappe, which is sure to lead to disciplinary proceedings from UEFA. It was a night when the Group B heavyweights flexed their muscles, with Bayern Munich also winning 3-0 at home to Anderlecht. That puts the pressure on Celtic as they look to take something from their trip to Brussels in a fortnight.

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2017-11-27

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From Wikipedia: Qatar is a country that is ruled by Sharia Law. Islamic polygamy is allowed in the country. Flogging is used in Qatar as a punishment for alcohol consumption or illicit sexual relations. Article 88 of Qatar’s criminal code declares the punishment for adultery is 100 lashes. Stoning is a legal punishment in Qatar. Apostasy is a crime punishable by the death penalty in Qatar. Blasphemy is punishable by up to seven years in prison and proselytizing can be punished by up to 10 years in prison. Homosexuality is a crime punishable by the death penalty. But hey, a million bucks is a million bucks! From Daily Mail: The small Persian Gulf nation of Qatar found an unusual way to say ‘happy birthday’ to former President Bill Clinton: a $$1 million check to the Clinton Foundation. The existence of the ‘birthday’ check was revealed in newly dumped documents on Wikileaks hacked from Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta. The check, reported by the Daily Caller, came following meeting between a Clinton Foundation official and several foreign ambassadors to the U.S. At the time the check was delivered, the Qataris were seeking five minutes of face time with the former president, while also soliciting input on how to make ‘investments’ in Haiti in education and health, a possible reference to charity efforts. ‘Would like to see WJC ‘for five minutes’ in NYC, to present $$1 million check that Qatar promised for WJC’s birthday in 2011, Clinton official Ami Desai wrote in 2012. ‘Qatar would welcome our suggestions for investments in Haiti – particularly on education and health, Desai added. ‘They have allocated most of their $$20 million but are happy to consider projects we suggest. I’m collecting input from CF Haiti team,’ a reference to the Clinton Foundation. The Clinton Foundation had made investments and reconstruction in Haiti a major focus following the devastating earthquake there. The Qataris also inquired about making investments in Haiti for health and education. The email was penned by Clinton Foundation policy director Amitabh Desai. Qatar has been a major beneficiary of the U.S. security umbrella in the Middle East. The small oil-rich emirate also makes substantial purchases of U.S. military equipment. The email also describes meetings with the ambassadors of Brazil, Peru, Malawi and Rwanda. The ambassador meetings appeared to be geared toward soliciting ideas for foundation projects in their countries. In the case of Peru, the ambassador was asked for ideas about ‘which sectors/parts of Peru to focus on in order to create jobs.’ ‘He suggested we speak with his son, an alderman in Lima, about jobs projects for young men who otherwise could be recruited by gangs,’ according to the email. ‘Ambassador also suggested speaking with Minister for Women and Vulnerable Populations, Ms. Ana Jara, for jobs projects for women.’ Hillary Clinton’s campaign has not been commenting on the veracity of specific emails, although it has said all of them may not be accurate. The U.S. intelligence community says Russian intelligence is behind the hack of Democratic officials. The FBI has opened an investigation into the hack of Podesta’s emails. The email was sent to longtime Bill Clinton aide Doug Band, Bruce Lindsey, who chairs the Clinton Foundation board, Clinton aide Justin Cooper, and Laura Graham, the foundation chief operating officer. The foundation did not have immediate comment. It wasn’t immediately clear why the email would have been included in Podesta’s emails, as he was not listed as a recipient. It was posted on the Wikileaks site, which has been dumping thousands of emails believed to have been hacked from Podesta’s account. Podesta this week slammed Russian intelligence for meddling in the election and suggested there is a connection to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Podesta blames Russia for new Wikileaks email hack release. DCG Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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Seth Rich’s activities before being shot

At a little past 4 AM early Sunday morning on July 10, 2016, 27-year-old Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich was shot about a block from his apartment in a residential neighborhood of Washington, D.C. More than 10 months after he was shot, Rich’s murder is still unsolved. Both WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and hacker Guccifer 2.0 had said Rich was the source of thousands of DNC emails that WikiLeaks published, to damaging effect on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. See “Arkancide: Seth Rich was murdered for leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks“ According to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Public Incident report, responding to the sound of gunshots at 2134 Flagler Pl. NW., police officers were on the scene by 4:20 AM and found Rich laying on the ground in the southwest corner of the intersection of W St. and Flagler Pl. NW., having been shot in his back but alive and conscious. He was taken to Washington Hospital Center where, at 5:57 AM or an hour and 37 minutes after police had first found him, was pronounced dead by an attending physician. See “Murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich was alive and conscious when found by police“ According to an anonymous poster on 4chan who claims to be an ER surgery resident at Washington Hospital Center who had operated on Rich’s “small” non-fatal gun wounds in his liver and bowel, Rich was stable and in recovery after his surgery, only to die under suspicious “fishy” circumstances hours later. See “ER surgeon at Seth Rich’s hospital says his wounds were not fatal“ According to a Daily Mail investigation, before he was shot, Rich was a patron at Lou’s City Bar, a sports pub he frequented five or six nights a week. Daily Mail reporter Alana Goodman writes: “Rich showed up alone that evening and sat at his usual leather stool in the corner of the bar. He was a regular at the pub, often showing up straight from the office in a shirt and tie and lugging his laptop bag.” Rich left Lou’s City Bar at 1:45 AM (the bar closes at 2 AM on Saturday nights). Goodman recounts: “Clearly inebriated, he was offered a ride home but refused, saying he was heading to Wonderland, another bar about 10 minutes walk away. No one at Wonderland could recall seeing Seth that morning but the bar shut up at 2:30.” The general manager of Lou’s City Bar is Joe Capone. See his LinkedIn page here, and his Twitter @joecapone0206 here. Now, citizen journalists on 4chan have uncovered that the general manager of Lou’s City Bar, Joe Capone, may have visited the Obama White House at least three times, the last visit being a mere four days before Seth Rich was murdered: White House Logs show that on November 12, 2011, a “Joseph A. Capone” visited the White House as part of a group of 356, beginning 11:30 am and ending at 11:59 pm. White House Logs show that on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, a “Joe Capone” visited the White House at 1:30 pm, as part of a group of 19 people. The appointment (number U43297) was made by caller Alison Kula at 12:00 pm the day before, on October 1, 2012 . The appointment was scheduled to begin on October 2 at 1:30 pm with Felice Gorordo in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building 430bc. According to , Capone et al.‘s visit ended at 11:59 pm. This was Capone’s first visit since records were released in 2009. White House Logs show that on July 6, 2016, a “Joseph P. Capone” visited the White House as part of a group of four, beginning at 12 noon and ending at 11:59 pm. The meeting location was the East Wing of the White House. The appointment (number U38825) had been made a week before on June 29, 2016. The other three people in Capone’s group were Allesandra J. Capone, Michael R. Capone, and Kymberlie N. Jeffery. If this Joseph P. Capone is Lou’s City Bar general manager Joe Capone, then he must be a very special person to get a meeting in the White House’s East Wing, which Wikipedia says “serves as office space for the First Lady and her staff”. Note: The 11:59 pm may be a default ending time. ↓ Click to enlarge ↓ Are 2011 White House visitor “Joe Capone”, 2012 White House visitor “Joseph A. Capone” and 2016 White House visitor “Joseph P. Capone” the same person? Spokeo found a Joseph A. Capone, 56, who lives in Vienna, VA, but has a P.O. Box in Washington, DC. Vienna, VA is 17.2 miles by car from Washington, DC. According to Email Finder, there’s a Joseph P. Capone, who is in his mid-40s and lives in Olney, MD, which is 18 minutes by car from Washington, DC. Update (May 20, 2017): There is photographic proof that the “Joseph P. Capone” who visited the White House on July 6, 2016, four days before Seth Rich was murdered, is indeed Lou’s City Bar general manager Joe Capone. Please see “Proof that owner of bar where Seth Rich was last seen alive visited White House 4 days earlier“. ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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Newtown Selectman William Rodgers

In less than two months, it will be the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre — the shootings on December 14, 2012 by alleged killer Adam Lanza of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And yet we don’t know any more about the killings than we did six months ago. Why? Because the authorities are determined to keep the massacre enshrouded in secrecy. In the United States, death certificates — like birth and marriage certificates — are public domain documents that serve as a mechanism for upholding the integrity of information in which there is a public interest. As an example, death certificates can be and are used to maintain voting integrity by removing dead people from registered voter lists. But Newtown’s town clerk Debbie Aurelia — with the support of the Connecticut state legislature — refused to release the death records of those killed in Sandy Hook, despite Freedom of Information requests from the New York Post, the Connecticut Post, the Associated Press, the Hartford Courant, and other media. The ostensible reason is to protect the “feelings” of the parents of the child victims. Of course, what Aurelia and the Connecticut state legislature wouldn’t explain is how and why the “feelings” of the parents would be “hurt” by the release of the death records of alleged mass murderer Adam Lanza and his mother, Nancy Lanza. Adam Lanza’s death records are especially important because Social Security Death Index initially had his date-of-death (DoD) as December 13, 2012 — one day before Lanza’s alleged shooting rampage. When bloggers discovered this curious fact, SSDI quickly changed Lanza’s DoD to December 14, 2013. See: Now the same excuse is given for gagging the workers and contractors who are tearing down the Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES), allegedly because of asbestos contamination. (The school had been empty since the shooting, its students and faculty were moved to a school building renamed SHES about seven miles away in neighboring town Monroe.) The Associated Press reports (via Fox News), Oct. 15, 2013, that contractors demolishing Sandy Hook Elementary School are being required to sign confidentiality agreements forbidding public discussion of the site, photographs or disclosure of any information about the building where 26 people were fatally shot last December. Selectman William Rodgers said officials want to protect the Newtown school where the 20 children and six educators were killed because “It’s a very sensitive topic” and “We want it to be handled in a respectful way,” The News-Times reported. “We don’t really want those who are there somehow releasing information or recounting impressions of the site, given we are trying to move on, so to speak.” Project manager Consigli Construction has barricaded the property and intends to screen the perimeter to prevent onlookers from taking photographs. Full-time security guards will ensure the site is not disturbed. Families of the victims and school staff visited the site, but public access is barred. The precautions exceed those at other construction sites, town officials said. Jim Juliano, a member of the Public Building and Site Commission, said he believes extra vigilance is needed to shield Sandy Hook families and the community from exploitation, and to prevent the infliction of more pain on the community. Demolition is set to begin next week and be finished before the Dec. 14 anniversary of the shootings. A new school is expected to open by December 2016. Town voters last month accepted a state grant of $$49.3 million to demolish the school and build a new one. H/t Vehonsky Update: On October 20, 2013, citizen journalist Brendan Hunt went to Newtown and took raw footage of the outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School. See “ Citizen journalist’s raw footage of Sandy Hook school ,” Oct. 22, 2013. Re. Newtown Selectman William Rodgers: He’s one of the town’s three-member Board of Selectmen who comprise the city government. (Newtown doesn’t have a mayor.) See his home’s strange $$0 purchase price and date in my post “ The strange purchase date and price of Sandy Hook homes. Update (Aug. 21, 2015): For the construction of a new $$50 million replacement school, also by the same Consigli Construction, go here. See also “Was Sandy Hook Elementary School already abandoned before the massacre?” ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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One of the many curiosities about the Sandy Hook massacre of Dec. 14, 2012 — in which alleged lone gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, allegedly killed 20 kids and 6 adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut — is the absence of lawsuits by the victims’ families. (See my post of March 29, 2014, “Why are there no Sandy Hook lawsuits?”) That has to be a first in notoriously litigious America, where in 1994, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled a cup of hot McDonald’s coffee on herself sued McDonald’s restaurant and was awarded $$2.86 million by a New Mexico civil jury. (The trial judge later reduced the final verdict to $$640,000, and the parties settled for a confidential amount before an appeal was decided.) On Dec. 14, 2014, two years to the day after the alleged massacre, the strange absence of Sandy Hook lawsuits came to an end when, as the AP reports, the families of 9 of the 26 people killed, as well as a teacher who was wounded, filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle that Lanza allegedly used in the shooting. The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit, filed in Bridgeport Superior Court, asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it was designed for military use and is unsuited for hunting or home defense. As attorney Josh Koskoff put it in a release, “The AR-15 was specifically engineered for the United States military to meet the needs of changing warfare. In fact, one of the Army’s specifications for the AR-15 was that it has the capability to penetrate a steel helmet.” The lawsuit claims that Bushmaster is clearly aware that the AR-15 has become the weapon of choice for mass shootings: “Time and again, mentally unstable individuals and criminals have acquired an AR-15 with ease, and they have unleashed the rifle’s lethal power on our streets, our malls, our places of worship, and our schools.” As one of the plaintiffs, Bill Sherlach, put it, the gun industry needs to be held to “standard business practices” when it comes to assuming the risk for producing, making and selling a product. “These [gun] companies assume no responsibility for marketing and selling a product to the general population who are not trained to use it nor even understand the power of it.” The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for the 10 plaintiffs, 9 of whom are the families of: Daniel Barden, child Rachel D’Avino, special ed teacher Dylan Hockley, child Jesse Lewis, child Noah Pozner, child Lauren Rousseau, teacher Mary Sherlach, school psychologist Vicki Soto, teacher Benjamin Wheeler, child The 10th plaintiff is Natalie Hammond, a teacher who was injured in the shooting. The lawsuit names three defendants: Bushmaster Firearms , the manufacturer of the rifle. Camfour, a firearm distributor. Riverview Gun Sales in East Windsor where Adam’s mother, Nancy Lanza, allegedly had purchased the Bushmaster rifle in 2010. There have been two notable lawsuits against gun manufacturers: In 2002, a federal judge in California ruled that Bushmaster and other gun manufacturers were not responsible for a 1999 shooting spree that killed a postal worker and injured five people at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. The judge said a lawsuit by the victims’ families did not show a link between the manufacturers and the shooting rampage. that killed a postal worker and injured five people at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. The judge said a lawsuit by the victims’ families did not show a link between the manufacturers and the shooting rampage. In 2004, in a lawsuit over the .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle used in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings that killed 10 people in 2002, Bushmaster and a Washington state gun dealer agreed to pay $$550,000 and $$2.5 million, respectively, to two survivors and six families. It was the first time a gun manufacturer had agreed to pay damages to settle claims of negligent distribution of weapons. In 2005, Congress and President George W. Bush approved a federal law, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which shields gun makers from lawsuits over criminal use of their products, with 6 exemptions. One of the exemptions is the “negligent entrustment” exemption, defined in the law as “the supplying of a qualified product by a seller for use by another person when the seller knows, or reasonably should know, the person to whom the product is supplied is likely to, and does, use the product in a manner involving unreasonable risk of physical injury to the person or others.” Dan Altimari reports for the Hartford Courant, Dec. 15, 2014, that the Sandy Hook lawsuit will test the 2005 federal law designed to protect gun companies by using the negligent entrustment exemption, normally applied to car accident cases. In a negligent entrustment case, a party (Bushmaster) can be held liable for entrusting a product, in this case the Bushmaster rifle, to another party (Nancy and Adam Lanza) who then causes harm to a third party (Lanza’s victims). Albany Law School Professor Timothy Lytton, who has written a book about the history of lawsuits against gun companies, said an example of negligent entrustment would be the sale of a weapon by a gun retailer to a suicidal person. A negligent entrustment lawsuit would claim the retailer should have known not to sell that person a gun. Lytton said, “The court needs to decide whether they want to extend negligent entrustment from a retailer selling a gun to someone standing right in front of them to the theory that the manufacturer of the weapon is also responsible when the weapon they made is then sold by another party to a third person.” Dennis Henigan, former vice president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said that extending negligent entrustment to the gun manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms is unprecedented, having never before been brought before a court. It is therefore difficult to predict what will happen, although “Most state judges will want to find a way to allow these victims their day in court.” There are rumors on the Internet that financier George Soros, a gun control advocate, had bought Bushmaster. If this is true, we would have good reason to question the Sandy Hook lawsuit and if the lawsuit would ever go to trial. But the rumor is not true. (See my post of Nov. 1, 2011, “Is Soros Buying Up Guns in the U.S.?“) Instead, Bushmaster and other leading gun makers had been acquired by a company called the Freedom Group that the New York Times calls “the most powerful and mysterious force in the American commercial gun industry today.” Behind Freedom Group is the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management (CCM), which is named after Cerberus, the 3-headed dog that guarded the gates of Hades or Hell in Greek mythology. Steve Feinberg, CCM’s chief executive, co-founded CCM in 1992 with William L. Richter, who currently serves as a senior managing director. From The New York Times, Nov. 26, 2011: In recent years, many top-selling brands — including the 195-year-old Remington Arms, as well as Bushmaster Firearms and DPMS, leading makers of military-style semiautomatics — have quietly passed into the hands of a single private company. It is called the Freedom Group — and it is the most powerful and mysterious force in the American commercial gun industry today. […] Even within gun circles, the Freedom Group is something of an enigma. Its rise has been so swift that it has become the subject of wild speculation and grassy-knoll conspiracy theories. In the realm of consumer rifles and shotguns — long guns, in the trade — it is unrivaled in its size and reach. […] Behind this giant is Cerberus Capital Management, the private investment company that […] has been buying big names in guns and ammo. […] “We believe our scale and product breadth are unmatched within the industry,” the Freedom Group said in a filing last year with the Securities and Exchange Commission. […] Mark Eliason, the vice president for sales and marketing at Windham Weaponry, a new competitor of Bushmaster that was established by Bushmaster’s founder […] estimates that roughly 20 percent of the long guns for sale here are made by Freedom Group companies. […] About a third of it [ammunition] comes from the Freedom Group […]. Some gun enthusiasts have claimed that the power behind the company is actually George Soros, the hedge-fund billionaire and liberal activist. Mr. Soros, these people have warned, is buying American gun companies so he can dismantle the industry, Second Amendment be damned. The chatter grew so loud that the National Rifle Association issued a statement in October denying the rumors. “N.R.A. has had contact with officials from Cerberus and Freedom Group for some time,” the N.R.A. assured its members. “The owners and investors involved are strong supporters of the Second Amendment and are avid hunters and shooters.” Mr. Soros isn’t behind the Freedom Group, but, ultimately, another financier is: Stephen A. Feinberg, the chief executive of Cerberus {…] a Princeton graduate who [joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps while at Princeton]. Today, Mr. Feinberg presides over a private empire that rivals some of the mightiest public companies in the land. Cerberus manages more than $$20 billion in capital. Together, the companies it owns generate annual revenue of about $$40 billion — more than either Amazon or Coca-Cola last year. Why Cerberus went after gun companies isn’t clear. […] Cerberus brings some connections to the table. The longtime chairman of its global investments group is Dan Quayle, the former vice president. The Freedom Group, meantime, has added two retired generals to its board. One is George A. Joulwan, who retired from the Army after serving as Supreme Allied Commander of Europe. The other is Michael W. Hagee, formerly commandant of the Marine Corps. For the links to the posts we’ve published on the Sandy Hook mystery, go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page. H/t FOTM’s MomOfIV UPDATE (Oct. 15, 2016) Yesterday, Oct. 14, 2016, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis struck down the lawsuit that families of alleged victims had brought against Remington Arms, the parent company of Bushmaster, the brand of AR-15 that Adam Lanza allegedly used in the alleged massacre of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Bellis cited the 2005 Lawful Protection of Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which protects gun manufacturers from being sued in instances where the gun in question was legally made and sold — which was the case with the AR-15 allegedly used by Lanza. (Source: Breitbart) H/t Will Shanley ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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One of the many curiosities about the Sandy Hook massacre of Dec. 14, 2012 — in which alleged lone gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, allegedly killed 20 kids and 6 adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut — is the absence of lawsuits by the victims’ families. (See my post of March 29, 2014, “Why are there no Sandy Hook lawsuits?”) That has to be a first in notoriously litigious America, where in 1994, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled a cup of hot McDonald’s coffee on herself sued McDonald’s restaurant and was awarded $$2.86 million by a New Mexico civil jury. (The trial judge later reduced the final verdict to $$640,000, and the parties settled for a confidential amount before an appeal was decided.) On Dec. 14, 2014, two years to the day after the alleged massacre, the strange absence of Sandy Hook lawsuits came to an end when, as the AP reports, the families of 9 of the 26 people killed, as well as a teacher who was wounded, filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle that Lanza allegedly used in the shooting. The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit, filed in Bridgeport Superior Court, asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it was designed for military use and is unsuited for hunting or home defense. As attorney Josh Koskoff put it in a release, “The AR-15 was specifically engineered for the United States military to meet the needs of changing warfare. In fact, one of the Army’s specifications for the AR-15 was that it has the capability to penetrate a steel helmet.” The lawsuit claims that Bushmaster is clearly aware that the AR-15 has become the weapon of choice for mass shootings: “Time and again, mentally unstable individuals and criminals have acquired an AR-15 with ease, and they have unleashed the rifle’s lethal power on our streets, our malls, our places of worship, and our schools.” As one of the plaintiffs, Bill Sherlach, put it, the gun industry needs to be held to “standard business practices” when it comes to assuming the risk for producing, making and selling a product. “These [gun] companies assume no responsibility for marketing and selling a product to the general population who are not trained to use it nor even understand the power of it.” The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for the 10 plaintiffs, 9 of whom are the families of: Daniel Barden, child Rachel D’Avino, special ed teacher Dylan Hockley, child Jesse Lewis, child Noah Pozner, child Lauren Rousseau, teacher Mary Sherlach, school psychologist Vicki Soto, teacher Benjamin Wheeler, child The 10th plaintiff is Natalie Hammond, a teacher who was injured in the shooting. The lawsuit names three defendants: Bushmaster Firearms , the manufacturer of the rifle. Camfour, a firearm distributor. Riverview Gun Sales in East Windsor where Adam’s mother, Nancy Lanza, allegedly had purchased the Bushmaster rifle in 2010. There have been two notable lawsuits against gun manufacturers: In 2002, a federal judge in California ruled that Bushmaster and other gun manufacturers were not responsible for a 1999 shooting spree that killed a postal worker and injured five people at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. The judge said a lawsuit by the victims’ families did not show a link between the manufacturers and the shooting rampage. that killed a postal worker and injured five people at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. The judge said a lawsuit by the victims’ families did not show a link between the manufacturers and the shooting rampage. In 2004, in a lawsuit over the .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle used in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings that killed 10 people in 2002, Bushmaster and a Washington state gun dealer agreed to pay $$550,000 and $$2.5 million, respectively, to two survivors and six families. It was the first time a gun manufacturer had agreed to pay damages to settle claims of negligent distribution of weapons. In 2005, Congress and President George W. Bush approved a federal law, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which shields gun makers from lawsuits over criminal use of their products, with 6 exemptions. One of the exemptions is the “negligent entrustment” exemption, defined in the law as “the supplying of a qualified product by a seller for use by another person when the seller knows, or reasonably should know, the person to whom the product is supplied is likely to, and does, use the product in a manner involving unreasonable risk of physical injury to the person or others.” Dan Altimari reports for the Hartford Courant, Dec. 15, 2014, that the Sandy Hook lawsuit will test the 2005 federal law designed to protect gun companies by using the negligent entrustment exemption, normally applied to car accident cases. In a negligent entrustment case, a party (Bushmaster) can be held liable for entrusting a product, in this case the Bushmaster rifle, to another party (Nancy and Adam Lanza) who then causes harm to a third party (Lanza’s victims). Albany Law School Professor Timothy Lytton, who has written a book about the history of lawsuits against gun companies, said an example of negligent entrustment would be the sale of a weapon by a gun retailer to a suicidal person. A negligent entrustment lawsuit would claim the retailer should have known not to sell that person a gun. Lytton said, “The court needs to decide whether they want to extend negligent entrustment from a retailer selling a gun to someone standing right in front of them to the theory that the manufacturer of the weapon is also responsible when the weapon they made is then sold by another party to a third person.” Dennis Henigan, former vice president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said that extending negligent entrustment to the gun manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms is unprecedented, having never before been brought before a court. It is therefore difficult to predict what will happen, although “Most state judges will want to find a way to allow these victims their day in court.” There are rumors on the Internet that financier George Soros, a gun control advocate, had bought Bushmaster. If this is true, we would have good reason to question the Sandy Hook lawsuit and if the lawsuit would ever go to trial. But the rumor is not true. (See my post of Nov. 1, 2011, “Is Soros Buying Up Guns in the U.S.?“) Instead, Bushmaster and other leading gun makers had been acquired by a company called the Freedom Group that the New York Times calls “the most powerful and mysterious force in the American commercial gun industry today.” Behind Freedom Group is the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management (CCM), which is named after Cerberus, the 3-headed dog that guarded the gates of Hades or Hell in Greek mythology. Steve Feinberg, CCM’s chief executive, co-founded CCM in 1992 with William L. Richter, who currently serves as a senior managing director. From The New York Times, Nov. 26, 2011: In recent years, many top-selling brands — including the 195-year-old Remington Arms, as well as Bushmaster Firearms and DPMS, leading makers of military-style semiautomatics — have quietly passed into the hands of a single private company. It is called the Freedom Group — and it is the most powerful and mysterious force in the American commercial gun industry today. […] Even within gun circles, the Freedom Group is something of an enigma. Its rise has been so swift that it has become the subject of wild speculation and grassy-knoll conspiracy theories. In the realm of consumer rifles and shotguns — long guns, in the trade — it is unrivaled in its size and reach. […] Behind this giant is Cerberus Capital Management, the private investment company that […] has been buying big names in guns and ammo. […] “We believe our scale and product breadth are unmatched within the industry,” the Freedom Group said in a filing last year with the Securities and Exchange Commission. […] Mark Eliason, the vice president for sales and marketing at Windham Weaponry, a new competitor of Bushmaster that was established by Bushmaster’s founder […] estimates that roughly 20 percent of the long guns for sale here are made by Freedom Group companies. […] About a third of it [ammunition] comes from the Freedom Group […]. Some gun enthusiasts have claimed that the power behind the company is actually George Soros, the hedge-fund billionaire and liberal activist. Mr. Soros, these people have warned, is buying American gun companies so he can dismantle the industry, Second Amendment be damned. The chatter grew so loud that the National Rifle Association issued a statement in October denying the rumors. “N.R.A. has had contact with officials from Cerberus and Freedom Group for some time,” the N.R.A. assured its members. “The owners and investors involved are strong supporters of the Second Amendment and are avid hunters and shooters.” Mr. Soros isn’t behind the Freedom Group, but, ultimately, another financier is: Stephen A. Feinberg, the chief executive of Cerberus {…] a Princeton graduate who [joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps while at Princeton]. Today, Mr. Feinberg presides over a private empire that rivals some of the mightiest public companies in the land. Cerberus manages more than $$20 billion in capital. Together, the companies it owns generate annual revenue of about $$40 billion — more than either Amazon or Coca-Cola last year. Why Cerberus went after gun companies isn’t clear. […] Cerberus brings some connections to the table. The longtime chairman of its global investments group is Dan Quayle, the former vice president. The Freedom Group, meantime, has added two retired generals to its board. One is George A. Joulwan, who retired from the Army after serving as Supreme Allied Commander of Europe. The other is Michael W. Hagee, formerly commandant of the Marine Corps. For the links to the posts we’ve published on the Sandy Hook mystery, go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page. H/t FOTM’s MomOfIV UPDATE (Oct. 15, 2016) Yesterday, Oct. 14, 2016, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis struck down the lawsuit that families of alleged victims had brought against Remington Arms, the parent company of Bushmaster, the brand of AR-15 that Adam Lanza allegedly used in the alleged massacre of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Bellis cited the 2005 Lawful Protection of Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which protects gun manufacturers from being sued in instances where the gun in question was legally made and sold — which was the case with the AR-15 allegedly used by Lanza. (Source: Breitbart) H/t Will Shanley ~Eowyn

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2017-11-27

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On Dec. 16, 2014, Pakistan experienced the deadliest terrorist attack ever to occur in that country when 7 members of the Pakistan Taliban, aka Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), entered the Army Public School in Peshawar and opened fire on school staff and children, killing 145 people, including 132 schoolchildren. In the BBC news video above, on mourners coming from all over Pakistan to Peshawar, at the 0:03 mark is a picture of an American boy among the Peshawar victims — not just any American boy but Noah Pozner, who we were told was one of 20 children shot to death by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. (See “Dead again: Sandy Hook child victim Noah Pozner also killed in Pakistan Taliban shooting!“) Here’s another better view of Peshawar Noah (circled in yellow): That poor woman above is weeping for an American boy who was “killed” 2 years ago. Even more bizarre is the fact that the Army Public School, Pakistani Authorities, and the media have identified the boy (Noah Pozner) in the photo as Huzaifa Huxaifa. On December 17, 2014, at the end of an article on a photo of a child’s bloody shoe being wrongly attributed to the Peshawar massacre, the BBC admitted that Noah Pozner’s pic mistakenly was included among posters of the Peshawar victims (h/t D.C. Clothesline). This is what the BBC said: Meanwhile, another picture has been circulating online of victims of the Peshawar massacre – but the montage of images includes the photo of a young boy, Noah Pozner, who died in the Sandy Hook massacre in the United States in 2012. Here are my questions. To the BBC: Having admitted Noah Pozner’s pic should not be included among the Peshawar victims, why aren’t you investigating why and who inserted Noah’s pic? To U.S. media: Why aren’t you reporting on and investigating the curious inclusion of Noah Pozner’s pic among the Peshawar dead? Why do you deem this not newsworthy? To Leonard Pozner * : Mr. Pozner, why aren’t you and your ex-wife Veronique Haller Pozner concerned about the inclusion of your son Noah’s picture among the victims of the Pakistan Taliban in Peshawar? Why have you not demanded to know who is responsible for this misuse of your son’s pic? * Leonard Pozner, the father of Noah Pozner, has decried Sandy Hook skeptics in an op/ed, and has gone after bloggers and YouTubers, using his company HONR Network that specializes in getting content removed from YouTube and the Internet. Leonard Pozner’s harassment and intimidation of blogger and college student Timothy Hunter is especially reprehensible. Hunter’s youtube and email were blocked (see his tweet below); he no longer blogs; and Hunter is now so spooked, he won’t even communicate with me although he and I had collaborated on an important post, “Sandy Hook deception: Associated Press stories & photos predate the massacre.” The silence from the BBC, U.S. media, and Leonard Pozner is DEAFENING. Here’s contact info. for the BBC, New York Times, Newtown Bee, Fox News, and Leonard Pozner: BBC: Go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/#anchor On the right, you’ll see “How to Make a Complaint” Click “Online: Make a complaint” Then BBC will make you jump through some hoops, answering a series of questions, before you’re finally brought to a box wherein you can type your letter. New York Times: https://myaccount.nytimes.com/membercenter/feedback.html The Newtown Bee: Mailing address: PO Box 5503, Newtown CT 06470 Ph: 203-426-3141 Fax: 203-426-5169 Email: editor@thebee.com Fox News: Ph: 1-888-369-4762 Sean Hannity’s email: hannity@foxnews.com (my email was bumped back to me with the message “access denied”) Glenn Beck’s email: glennbeck@foxnews.com (my email was bumped back to me with the message “access denied”) The O’Reilly Factor: oreilly@foxnews.com Leonard Pozner, age 47: Note: Leonard Pozner prevailed on WordPress to delete any and all pictures of Noah Pozner, as well as the address and phone number of his HONR Network company. WordPress has threatened to shut down Fellowship of the Minds, despite the fact that the information of the company’s address and phone number is public information that anyone can find by “googling” HONR Network. For the address, and more on Lenny’s harassment of bloggers, go to Dutchsince’s post: http://dutchsinse.com/12072014-social-media-shutdown-due-to-sandy-hook-false-copyrights/ This is the email I sent to the media outlets above. You are welcome to use it as your template for your email: To Editor: Why isn’t (The Newtown Bee) looking into who inserted Sandy Hook child victim Noah Pozner’s picture into posters of victims of the Pakistan Taliban’s shooting massacre at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan? https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/01/07/bbc-admits-but-will-not-investigate-why-pic-of-sandy-hooks-noah-pozner-is-among-peshawar-massacre-victims/ Aren’t you at least curious? ~Dr. Eowyn Fellowship of the Minds For all the posts FOTM has published on Sandy Hook, go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page, especially “No one died in Sandy Hook: Testimony from Social Security Death Master File.” ~Eowyn Advertisements

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From Daily Mail: The BBC has been accused of acting recklessly after targeting children as young as six with a programme about a schoolboy who takes sex-change drugs. Parents are angry that the show, available on the CBBC website, features a transgender storyline inappropriate for their children. And concerned campaigners said it could ‘sow the seeds of confusion’ in young minds. The programme, Just A Girl, depicts an 11-year-old’s struggle to get hormones that stunt puberty, making it easier to have sex-change surgery in the future. One mother, writing on the Mumsnet website, said her daughter had become worried after seeing the video. She said her girl, who likes wearing boys’ clothes and playing football, had ‘asked me, anxiously, if that means she was a boy’. Tory MP Peter Bone said: ‘It beggars belief that the BBC is making this programme freely available to children as young as six. I entirely share the anger of parents who just want to let children be children. ‘It is completely inappropriate for such material to be on the CBBC website and I shall be writing to BBC bosses to demand they take it down as soon as possible.’ Former Culture Secretary Maria Miller voiced her concerns over the BBC tackling the subject in ‘an age-appropriate way’, saying such issues should be raised ‘where children can have support from parents’. And Tory MP Julian Brazier said: ‘This programme is very disappointing and inappropriate. Children are very impressionable and this is going to confuse and worry them.’ Family campaigner Norman Wells said: ‘It is irresponsible of the BBC to introduce impressionable children as young as six to the idea that they can choose to be something other than their biological sex.’ Just A Girl is the fictional video diary of a child who calls herself ‘Amy’ and dresses as a girl. It is hosted on the CBBC website, aimed at children aged between six and 12. In the half-hour programme, Amy – played by an actress – reveals she was born a boy called Ben but has already started using puberty-halting drugs. Such hypothalamic blockers provoked a furore two years ago when The Mail on Sunday revealed an NHS clinic was willing to give them to children as young as nine. Critics cited research claiming that most teenagers confused about their gender never go through with surgery, with many realising they are gay. The BBC row comes amid growing controversy over gender issues, fuelled by a number of high-profile cases. In one, a Christian couple were threatened with having their 14-year-old daughter taken away because they oppose her plans to become a boy. In another, a seven-year-old boy was ordered to be removed from his mother’s care as ‘she was raising him as female’, causing him ‘a great deal of emotional harm’. In Just A Girl, Amy says: ‘When I was born, Mum said Dad was so pleased that he had a boy to take to the football. But Mum knew I was different. She realised early on that I was born in the wrong body.’ She adds: ‘My Mum supported me when I did a PowerPoint presentation to my class about transitioning and that I wasn’t going to come to school in boys’ clothes any more, but girls’ clothes. I wasn’t Ben, I was Amy.’ Later Amy is shown telling a friend, Josh – a boy who wants to be recognised as a girl – that she is on hormone blockers, saying it took ‘ages’ to get them after ‘loads of tests and talks at the clinic’. ‘Once they realised I was trans for real, [I] got them,’ she says. In another entry, Amy tells viewers she has developed a crush on a boy called Liam, but confides: ‘Liam thinks I’m just a girl, but I’m not. I’m trans. And what’s he going to say if he finds out? Stop being my friend? Why? I’m still me, aren’t I?’ Child psychotherapist Dr. Dilys Daws said the programme could confuse children. She said that, while it was natural for youngsters to wonder what it would be like to be the opposite sex, the BBC was irresponsible to feature the ‘extreme’ step of gender change for six-year-olds because they were too young to grapple with such issues. The programme generated hundreds of comments on Mumsnet. One mother, who said her seven-year-old had watched the show, asked: ‘Am I being unreasonable to think this is an inappropriate topic for a young age group?’ Another replied: ‘Don’t think this is remotely suitable for a seven-year-old. To start suggesting that children can be transgender when they’re far too young to actually have a gender is reckless and damaging. A small boy who is told that he can become a girl may take this as meaning that sex changes are possible, that sometime in the future he’ll wake up with a girl’s body.’ Another user added: ‘I don’t think hormone therapy should be normalised any more than 12-year-olds drinking or doing recreational drugs should be normalised.’ Other critics slammed the BBC. Mr Wells, director of the Family Education Trust, said: ‘The more we promote the idea that a boy can be born into a girl’s body and a girl can be born into a boy’s body, and that drugs and surgery can put things right, the more children will become utterly confused. Respecting and preserving a child’s birth sex should be seen as a child protection issue.’ But some parents on Mumsnet were more positive. One wrote: ‘I don’t believe there is “too young” for stuff like this. The earlier you teach your children that everyone is different and that nobody is “normal” the better.’ Dr .Polly Carmichael, a clinical psychologist specialising in transgender children, said: ‘Raising awareness of these issues is the best way to challenge stigma and discrimination associated with identity issues. Programmes like Just A Girl can contribute to a healthy and informed public discussion.’ The BBC said: ‘Just A Girl is about a fictional transgender character trying to make sense of the world, deal with bullying and work out how to keep her friends, which are universal themes that many children relate to, and which has had a positive response from our audience. CBBC aims to reflect true life, providing content that mirrors the lives of as many UK children as possible.’ DCG

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2017-11-27

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Sunday Devotional: ‘I will be with you always’

In the 40 days after He resurrected from the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ appeared several times to His apostles and disciples — in their homes, on the road, by the shores of the lake . . . . Every time, strangely, they at first did not recognize Him because He is transfigured — a mystery that will remain a mystery until, should we be so blessed, we ourselves are transfigured in our “glorified bodies” when we are resurrected from the dead at the end of this world. How precious those times must have been which the apostles shared with their risen Lord. And then, 40 days after His resurrection, His mission on Earth completed, Jesus bade His apostles a last farewell. John 16:4-5, 28; 17:1, 4-5, 13 “I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to the one who sent me…. I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father….” When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come…. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began…. But now I am coming to you….” Acts of the Apostles 1:8-9 “When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.” Every time I read those passages from John, I weep — as I imagine how wrenching it must be for the Apostles to say goodbye to their lord, master and friend forever. But of course, Jesus would not just abandon His apostles, nor us. John 14:19, 18, 16-17 “the world will not see me anymore . . . I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you.” Not only did the Father send us the Holy Spirit, who lives with us and will be in us, Jesus also left us His Body and Blood: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. How very much He must love us . . . . May the joy and peace of Jesus Christ, our risen Lord, be with you! ~Eowyn Advertisements

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2017-11-27

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Last weekend, a planned “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces, descended into violence when what the MSM describe as “white supremacists” clashed with counter-protesters, forcing the city to declare a state of emergency. A white man named James Alex Fields, Jr. rammed his car into a group of counter-demonstrators, killing a liberal, Heather Heyer, and injuring 19. Fields is in police custody, denied bond, and charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding, failure to stop for an accident involving a death, and hit-and-run. Evidence is mounting that the rally and violence may have been staged, although the car crashing into protesters was very real, as you can see in this video: If the rally was staged, what happened in Charlottesville was a false flag — a traumatic public event staged by government to advance its covert agenda. However, the government is not the Trump administration, but the deep state that means to damage, discredit and remove President Trump by aligning him with the rally’s alleged white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Here’s the evidence: (1) The White Supremacist Leader Incredibly, the leader of what the MSM call the rally’s “white supremacist Nazis” is a former avid Obama supporter and Occupy Wall Street protester named Jason Kessler, who supposedly did a 180° reversal and became a Trump supporter. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Rumors abound on white nationalist forums that Kessler’s ideological pedigree before 2016 was less than pure and seem to point to involvement in the Occupy movement and past support for President Obama. At one recent speech in favor of Charlottesville’s status as a sanctuary city, Kessler live-streamed himself as an attendee questioned him and apologized for an undisclosed spat during Kessler’s apparent involvement with Occupy. Kessler appeared visibly perturbed by the woman’s presence and reminders of their past association…. Regardless of Kessler’s past politics, the rightward shift in his views was first put on display in November, 2016 when his tirade against [Vice-Mayor of Charlottesville] Wes Bellamy began.” In 2011, Jason Kessler worked for CNN as an “assignment editor”, but we are to believe that now he’s a neo-Nazi white supremacist? In 2014, Kessler did a public reading of his poem “White Devils”. Would a “white supremacist” do that? More bizarrely still, according to a self-identified Alt-Rightist activist and organizer named Eli Mosley @ThatEliMosley, a former roommate of Jason Kessler says Kessler is a “failed pothead” who “reinvented himself as a white supremacist”. More bizarrely still, Mosley claims that Kessler’s grandmother’s maiden name was Goldberg, which would make Kessler at least part Jewish. (2) Unite the Right If Jason Kessler, the leader of Unite the Right, is suspect, what about his group? There is buzz on the Internet that Unite the Right is a George Soros-funded “honeypot psyop” of Antifa goons disguised as Nazis. InfoWars‘ Alex Jones observed that some of the “white supremacist” protesters at Charlottesville actually were Jewish actors who looked like the cast of the TV sitcom Seinfeld. Jones said: “Nothing against Jews in general, but they are leftist Jews that want to create this clash and they go dress up as Nazis. I have footage in Austin — we’re going to find it somewhere here at the office — where it literally looks like cast of ‘Seinfeld’ or like Howard Stern in a Nazi outfit. They all look like Howard Stern. They almost got like little curly hair down, and they’re just up there heiling Hitler. You can tell they are totally uncomfortable, they are totally scared and it’s all just meant to create the clash.” Alex Jones later made clear that he wasn’t saying that all “Unite the Right” protesters were Jewish actors, but that some of the so-called white supremacists in Charlottesville looked oddly Jewish. Jones explained that his suspicion is not unreasonable given the many hoax anti-Semitic hate crimes that turned out to have been committed by Jews. A recent example is “Fake Terrorist: ISIS jihadist calling for attacks on U.S. & Australia is a Jew who lived with his parents in Florida”. In an effort to verify Jones’ assertion, I found this video from the Charlottesville rally of “white supremacists” carrying flaming torches, making the “Heil Hitler” hand salute, and shouting “We’re standing up for our rights! We’re proud to be white! White lives matter!”. Do some of the “white supremacists” look Jewish to you? (3) Crisis Actors Investigative journalist and founder/editor-in-chief of Disobedient Media William Craddick @williamcraddick tweets: “There were provocateurs on both sides of the crowd fomenting violence and creating justification for martial law.” How many of the protesters, on either side, are real? We know there are “public relations” firms that solicit actors for events, including rallies and protests. Below are a Craig’s List ad by Crowds on Demand — a Los Angeles public relations firm — soliciting “actors and photographers” in Charlotte, NC, to “participate” in “events”, followed by another Craig’s List ad soliciting people for a “Stop Trump” event. See also: (4) The Driver Here is what we are told about James Alex Fields, Jr., 20, the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring others (Heavy.com): Fields recently moved to Maumee, Ohio, from Kentucky. A security officer for Securitas Security Services USA who “performed his duties satisfactorily,” Fields was on previously requested vacation time when he attended the rally. After he was arrested, Securitas promptly fired him on Monday, August 14. An uncle, under the condition of anonymity, told The Washington Post that Fields was raised by his paraplegic mom after his dad was killed by a drunk driver just a few months after Fields was born. Fields has no criminal history. However, according to the AP , his mother had called 911 twice in the past, telling officers that he had beaten her. , his mother had called 911 twice in the past, telling officers that he had beaten her. High school teacher Derek Weimer said Fields had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was on anti-psychotic medication. Weimer also said Fields “really bought into this white supremacist thing. He was very big into Nazism. He really had a fondness for Adolf Hitler.” Fields had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was on anti-psychotic medication. Weimer also said Fields “really bought into this white supremacist thing. He was very big into Nazism. He really had a fondness for Adolf Hitler.” The car that rammed into the crowd in Charlottesville, a gray 2010 Dodge Challenger, was registered in Fields’ name. Charlottesville Police Chief, Al Thomas, said the crash was premeditated. However, according to Ruby Henley of Investment Watch Blog (IWB), citing Tweeter “Whitehouse Plumber” @rharrisonfries (who identifies himself as a retired television broadcast manager and U.S. Navy), James A. Fields “was a supporter of Hillary Clinton and a member of Antifa funded by George Soros.” More confusing still, according to former NSA operative Jim Stone, James Alex Fields Jr. is not who the MSM say he is: “‘James Alex Fields Jr’ – supposedly of Maumee, OH – doesn’t turn up when you search his name on Intelius. Oh, plenty of James A Fields exist, but none 20 years old from OH (or VA or anywhere else in the USA).” Using the people search engine Spokeo, I found there are 5,149 people named “James Fields” in the United States: 365 “James Fields” in Ohio , none of whom is a “James A. Fields,” age 20. In fact Ohio has no 2o-year-old “James Fields”. , none of whom is a “James A. Fields,” age 20. In fact Ohio has no 2o-year-old “James Fields”. 342 “James Fields” in Kentucky , none of whom is a “James A. Fields,” age 20. Nor does Kentucky have any 2o-year-old “James Fields”. Stone claims that the man who actually crashed the car is “a seasoned military veteran” named James G. Field, age 32, and that the name of “the patsy” is actually James Bloom. Indeed, according to The Blade, the name of the paraplegic mother of “James A. Fields, Jr.” is Samantha Bloom, of Florence, Kentucky. Spokeo says there is a “Samantha Lea Bloom,” aka Samantha Meyer, 49, whose most recent address is in Maumee, Ohio, and who had lived in Florence, Kentucky, and Silver Grove, Kentucky. Spokeo has no family members for Samantha Bloom. However, when she was in Silver Grove, she lived with a “James Meyer” (could this be “James A. Fields, Jr.”?) Below are side-by-side pics of the driver in the car (screenshot taken from a video of Charlottesville), James Alex Fields Jr. (who Stone says is really named James Bloom), and James Field, 32. Compare the side of the face and the mouth of the three men. To me, James Field, 32, more resembles the driver: same lean face, same mouth. (5) The Police Charlottesville police were told by the mayor to stand down. Trial lawyer Robert Barnes @Barnes_Law, referring to a tweet by ACLU of Virginia, tweeted that: “ACLU confirms that police were given stand-down order. This invited the violence the city used to shut down a court-permitted protest.” VDare reports: “Antifa,” the openly communist, anti-white and violent thugs who exist solely to attack European-Americans, were out in force in the city, using the cowardly tactics they specialize in: spraying demonstrators with mace, throwing bottles and bricks, and attacking people with weapons (including a homemade flamethrower). It is quite true, as VDARE.com reported, that the police did not protect [Unite the Right] demonstrators from Antifa and did little to prevent confrontations. Attendees of the demonstration, rather than walking a clear path to the park, were instead forced to walk through a line of screaming protesters…. Then activists, totally unprotected by police, were deliberately funneled into a gauntlet of attacking Communists, in a kind of Kill Zone. Injuries on both sides were predictable…. All of this occurred after a “state of emergency” had been declared and demonstrations were supposed to have been halted…. Violence did not just “break out” at Unite The Right. Attendees were attacked—by Leftists and by the police. They worked together as seamlessly as if they had common leadership. The video below shows Charlottesville police standing by, just watching the “killer car” drive by: So wait This is the #Charlottesville car who hit people leaving the scene as police just watch and don't fire or stop it or anything? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/2VwKS1Fjsq — Red Pill (@IWillRedPillYou) August 15, 2017 H/t Jim Fetzer, John Molloy, FOTM‘s DCG, josephbc69, lophatt and maziel. See also: ~Eowyn Advertisements

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express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/879859/pmqs-live-updates-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn-brexit-Eu-exit-bill

Rebecca Perring, Harvey Gavin

PMQs LIVE: 'You've got something RIGHT for once' Commons erupts at May's dig at Corbyn

The showdown comes after last night's crucial vote to transfer EU law into the domestic statute book laid bare striking divisions in both the Labour Party and Mrs May's ruling Tory party. But the prime minister was on good form as she launched a savage attack on Mr Corbyn who she claimed had "brought stagnation to the country". She said: "Labour have backtracked on Brexit, they've gone back on their promises of student debts and they would cause and lose control of public finances. "He may have given momentum to his party, but he brings stagnation to the country," to cheers from her benches. Labour leader Mr Corbyn last night suffered his own backbench rebellion after 19 MPs defied him over the Brexit vote in the Commons. While at least 15 Tory MPs have announced their intentions to vote with Labour against locking the Brexit date into law. BBC PMQ's are set to be dominated by Brexit See below for live coverage of today’s PMQs as it happened... 12:56pm: John Baron MP urged Mrs May to “ignore the siren, defeatist voices” in “preparing to embrace the world when it comes to trade with World Trade Organisation rules”. Mrs May said: “We want to negotiate a good, close partnership with the EU 27. She said the opportunities for overseas trade would mean “more prosperity and more jobs here in the UK”. 12:53pm: Lucy Powell, MP for Manchester Central, said it had been six months since the Manchester terror attack which claimed the lives of 22 people. She said the city had incurred £17million in costs associate with the attack and asked for a “clear and categoric commitment” for the previously promised refund. Mrs May said the “majority of funds would be made available by next week”. 12:50pm: Labour’s Angela Eagle said earlier this year Mrs May claimed she was the only person who could provide a strong and stable leadership, but asked her, why is she crumbling? Mrs May hit back telling her she was a member of a party that can't event decide what it wants from Brexit. 12:48pm: Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal said his constituency was on the “front line” for businesses preparing to leave the EU. He asked for a commitment of £1billion to be set aside to prepare for Brexit. Mrs May said: “We have already made funds available for the preparations and work.” “We hope we’re going to get that good deal and we’re working to get that good deal.” 12:44pm: Tory MP Paul Masterton referred to a violent rape in 2016 perpetrated by a Romanian man. He asked: “Can the PM explain what the Government is doing to stop dangerous individuals entering the country?” He asked for assurances Brexit would not result in the weakening in security cooperation with the EU. Mrs May said: “I’m very clear that we want to maintain that cooperation on security and on criminal justice and law enforcement matters. “It’s important to us all. 12:40pm: The prime minister has been quizzed over what she is going to do about suspected Russia interference, after Boris Johnson said there was no evidence of Russian meddling in the elections. But Mrs May herself warned Russia it would not get away with interference on Monday. She said: "It's all very well for Labour members pointing to the foreign secretary about what he said. "But in my speech I made a specific point of giving examples of Russia interference and they were not in the UK." BBC Mrs May said Corbyn has caused 'stagnation' in the country 12:34pm: Mrs May has been asked to safeguard the NHS and would the PM consider making NHS-trained doctors commit to five years in the NHS to combat the “brain drain” out of the service. Mrs May said Health Education England was looking in to the issue and will report back next year. 12:31pm: The PM has been asked if she belives it is important for MPs to scrutine the EU withdrawal bill. She said: "We will be leaving the EU on 29 March 2019, there is a lively debate going on and that's right and proper. "There are strong views held on both sides of this house. "We are listening to contributions being made and listening carefully to those who wish to improve the Bill. "I hope we can come all together on the decision that the country took to leave the EU." 12:28pm: SNP Ian Blackford has told Mrs May that the Scottish fire and police services are the only ones in the UK that pay VAT. He asks: Will the UK Government now give the £140m back and scrap the VAT? This has been a long standing SNP campaign and we will not give up." The PM said she would look into this and reiterated that when a service is made national instead of regional, they are no longer eligible for VAT to be reimbursed. 12:21pm: Corbyn is facing a huge backlash from the PM today. She told the Commons: "Labour have backtracked on Brexit, they've gone back on their promises of student debts. And they would cause and lose control of public finances. "He may have given momentum to his party, but he brings stagnation to the country," to cheers from her benches. She said her government was building "a country fit for the future, with the best Brexit deal, better jobs, schools and homes our country needs." 12:19pm: Corbyn has accused the Government of protecting the super rich with its economic polices “while the rest of us pick up the bill”. But the PM said:“We have taken £160billion in as a result of the action on tax avoidance and evasion," adding that the tax gap was at its lowest level. She added: "‘If it had stayed at the level it was under the Labour Party, we would be losing the entire police budget.” BBC Theresa May has launched a major attack on Jeremy Corbyn 12:17pm: The PM has just slapped down the Labour leader, saying he has managed to get something right today. She said: "I think this is a major moment - he has got something right today. "We are the government and he is the opposition." 12:14pm: Corbyn has called on the PM to pause the rollout of universal credit. “Does she think it is right to put thousands of families through the trauma of being evidenced because they are in rent arrears?” But May hits back: “The number of people on Universal Credit in rent arrears has fallen by a third.” She says Universal Credit is keeping “more people in work and able to keep what they earn” 12:09pm: May has hit back over Corbyn's claims her government is not doing enough to fund the police and fire services. She reminds him the police and crime commissioner for London is the mayor, Sadiq Khan - a Labour mayor. The PM said: "The last time I checked Sadiq Khan was a Labour mayor. "Or maybe he's not Labour enough for our Labour leader.." BBC Corbyn has called on May to invest more in the police and fire services

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2017/03/28/the-second-american-civil-war-is-already-here/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

The (second) American Civil War is already here

Do you, like I, have the sense that although Clinton lost and Trump won the election, things are even worse than before? Daniel Greenfield, an expert on radical Islam and a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, has written a stunning and searingly truthful article that explains why things are even worse today. That’s because the Left, having lost the election, are now in open rebellion against nothing less than our system of government. We are in a second American civil war — a war that stems from irreconcilable differences between conservatives and the Left who have formed a treasonous anti-government. Nor can our differences be resolved by secession, because the Left do not want to secede. They want total control. Below is Greenfield’s article in its entirety. I cannot recommend it more highly. H/t FOTM‘s Anon The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule. Daniel Greenfield • March 27, 2017 • Frontpage Mag A civil war has begun. This civil war is very different than the last one. There are no cannons or cavalry charges. The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule. Political conflicts become civil wars when one side refuses to accept the existing authority. The left has rejected all forms of authority that it doesn’t control. The left has rejected the outcome of the last two presidential elections won by Republicans. It has rejected the judicial authority of the Supreme Court when its decisions don’t accord with its agenda. It rejects the legislative authority of Congress when it is not dominated by the left. It rejected the Constitution so long ago that it hardly bears mentioning. It was for total unilateral executive authority under Obama. And now it’s for states unilaterally deciding what laws they will follow. (As long as that involves defying immigration laws under Trump, not following them under Obama.) It was for the sacrosanct authority of the Senate when it held the majority. Then it decried the Senate as an outmoded institution when the Republicans took it over. It was for Obama defying the orders of Federal judges, no matter how well grounded in existing law, and it is for Federal judges overriding any order by Trump on any grounds whatsoever. It was for Obama penalizing whistleblowers, but now undermining the government from within has become “patriotic”. There is no form of legal authority that the left accepts as a permanent institution. It only utilizes forms of authority selectively when it controls them. But when government officials refuse the orders of the duly elected government because their allegiance is to an ideology whose agenda is in conflict with the President and Congress, that’s not activism, protest, politics or civil disobedience; it’s treason. After losing Congress, the left consolidated its authority in the White House. After losing the White House, the left shifted its center of authority to Federal judges and unelected government officials. Each defeat led the radicalized Democrats to relocate from more democratic to less democratic institutions. This isn’t just hypocrisy. That’s a common political sin. Hypocrites maneuver within the system. The left has no allegiance to the system. It accepts no laws other than those dictated by its ideology. Democrats have become radicalized by the left. This doesn’t just mean that they pursue all sorts of bad policies. It means that their first and foremost allegiance is to an ideology, not the Constitution, not our country or our system of government. All of those are only to be used as vehicles for their ideology. That’s why compromise has become impossible. Our system of government was designed to allow different groups to negotiate their differences. But those differences were supposed to be based around finding shared interests. The most profound of these shared interests was that of a common country based around certain civilizational values. The left has replaced these Founding ideas with radically different notions and principles. It has rejected the primary importance of the country. As a result it shares little in the way of interests or values. Instead it has retreated to cultural urban and suburban enclaves where it has centralized tremendous amounts of power while disregarding the interests and values of most of the country. If it considers them at all, it is convinced that they will shortly disappear to be replaced by compliant immigrants and college indoctrinated leftists who will form a permanent demographic majority for its agenda. But it couldn’t wait that long because it is animated by the conviction that enforcing its ideas is urgent and inevitable. And so it turned what had been a hidden transition into an open break. In the hidden transition, its authority figures had hijacked the law and every political office they held to pursue their ideological agenda. The left had used its vast cultural power to manufacture a consensus that was slowly transitioning the country from American values to its values and agendas. The right had proven largely impotent in the face of a program which corrupted and subverted from within. The left was enormously successful in this regard. It was so successful that it lost all sense of proportion and decided to be open about its views and to launch a political power struggle after losing an election. The Democrats were no longer being slowly injected with leftist ideology. Instead the left openly took over and demanded allegiance to open borders, identity politics and environmental fanaticism. The exodus of voters wiped out the Democrats across much of what the left deemed flyover country. The left responded to democratic defeats by retreating deeper into undemocratic institutions, whether it was the bureaucracy or the corporate media, while doubling down on its political radicalism. It is now openly defying the outcome of a national election using a coalition of bureaucrats, corporations, unelected officials, celebrities and reporters that are based out of its cultural and political enclaves. It has responded to a lost election by constructing sanctuary cities and states thereby turning a cultural and ideological secession into a legal secession. But while secessionists want to be left alone authoritarians want everyone to follow their laws. The left is an authoritarian movement that wants total compliance with its dictates with severe punishments for those who disobey. The left describes its actions as principled. But more accurately they are ideological. Officials at various levels of government have rejected the authority of the President of the United States, of Congress and of the Constitution because those are at odds with their radical ideology. Judges have cloaked this rejection in law. Mayors and governors are not even pretending that their actions are lawful. The choices of this civil war are painfully clear. We can have a system of government based around the Constitution with democratically elected representatives. Or we can have one based on the ideological principles of the left in which all laws and processes, including elections and the Constitution, are fig leaves for enforcing social justice. But we cannot have both. Some civil wars happen when a political conflict can’t be resolved at the political level. The really bad ones happen when an irresolvable political conflict combines with an irresolvable cultural conflict. That is what we have now. The left has made it clear that it will not accept the lawful authority of our system of government. It will not accept the outcome of elections. It will not accept these things because they are at odds with its ideology and because they represent the will of large portions of the country whom they despise. The question is what comes next. The last time around growing tensions began to explode in violent confrontations between extremists on both sides. These extremists were lauded by moderates who mainstreamed their views. The first Republican president was elected and rejected. The political tensions led to conflict and then civil war. The left doesn’t believe in secession. It’s an authoritarian political movement that has lost democratic authority. There is now a political power struggle underway between the democratically elected officials and the undemocratic machinery of government aided by a handful of judges and local elected officials. What this really means is that there are two competing governments; the legal government and a treasonous anti-government of the left. If this political conflict progresses, agencies and individuals at every level of government will be asked to demonstrate their allegiance to these two competing governments. And that can swiftly and explosively transform into an actual civil war. There is no sign that the left understands or is troubled by the implications of the conflict it has initiated. And there are few signs that Democrats properly understand the dangerous road that the radical left is drawing them toward. The left assumes that the winners of a democratic election will back down rather than stand on their authority. It is unprepared for the possibility that democracy won’t die in darkness. Civil wars end when one side is forced to accept the authority of the other. The left expects everyone to accept its ideological authority. Conservatives expect the left to accept Constitutional authority. The conflict is still political and cultural. It’s being fought in the media and within the government. But if neither side backs down, then it will go beyond words as both sides give contradictory orders. The left is a treasonous movement. The Democrats became a treasonous organization when they fell under the sway of a movement that rejects our system of government, its laws and its elections. Now their treason is coming to a head. They are engaged in a struggle for power against the government. That’s not protest. It’s not activism. The old treason of the sixties has come of age. A civil war has begun. This is a primal conflict between a totalitarian system and a democratic system. Its outcome will determine whether we will be a free nation or a nation of slaves. Advertisements

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2017/06/16/the-left-are-trying-to-start-a-civil-war/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

The Left are trying to start a civil war

After the defeat of Hillary Clinton in last year’s presidential election, the Left are taking America’s decades-old “culture war” to a hot war of actual acts of violence and terrorism. Both before and after President Trump was inaugurated, the Left poured on their hate and death threats. See: But their targets aren’t just Trump and his family. It’s now open season on the Right — Trump supporters, Republicans, AltRight and conservatives: Here are three more less-known recent incidents. (1) Last Tuesday, June 13, 2017, shots were fired at a truck carrying a “Make America Great Again” flag and an American flag on eastbound I-465 in Indiana. Fox59 reports that officers believe the shots were fired from a newer white 4-door Chevrolet Malibu with a Louisiana plate near Emerson Avenue around 4 p.m. The victim and a witness informed police that the Malibu pulled up next to the pickup truck, a passenger held a handgun out of the window and then a male fired several shots. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. The driver of the Malibu is described as a black male around the age of 23; the passenger is a light skinned black male with a sleeve tattoo on his right arm. Indiana state police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the shooting to call 317-899-8577. (2) Yesterday, June 15, threatening letters containing a white powdery substance were placed in the mailboxes of Republican Karen Handel’s neighborhood in Roswell, Georgia. Karen Handel is the former Secretary of State of Georgia (2007-2010) who is currently a candidate for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Special Election. Washington Free Beacon reports that police blocked off Georgia Republican Karen Handel’s neighborhood after threatening letters containing a white powdery substance were left in the mailboxes of Handel and her neighbors. A neighborhood resident posted a picture (see below) of the contents of the envelope she received, including a threatening letter in graphic language, saying: “Your neighbor Karen Handel is a dirty fascist cunt but I’m sure you already knew that. Take a whiff of the powder and join her in the hospital you Bourgeoisie motherfuckers. RESIST THE FASCIST TAKEOVER!!!! STRING UP THE COLLABORATORS!” James Hodgkinson, Rep. Scalise’s shooter, had also ranted about Handel on Facebook, calling her a “Republican bitch”: “Republican Bitch Wants People to Work for Slave Wages, when a Livable Wage is the Only Way to Go! Vote Blue, It’s Right for You!” (3) Antifa post guidelines on how to spike pet treats with sharp objects and scatter them in conservative neighborhoods. Yesterday, /pol/ News Forever @polNewsForever retweeted a tweet calling for targeting areas in Texas “where most altright and far right supporters live” with dog treats “weaponized” with nails. Here’s the original tweet: American Renaissance has put together an anti-Trump hate map showing the Left’s growing violence against the Right — criminal incidents in which Trump supporters were targeted for political reasons. Each marker on the map shows the location of an anti-Trump hate crime: Red markers signify violent crimes; blue markers, property crimes; purple markers, “other” crimes. The above shows that the Left are actively fomenting a civil war, which will happen when the Right have had enough and decide to push back. As with Muslims, where are the voices of “moderate” Democrats/Progressives condemning the Left’s hate rhetoric and acts of violence? Where are the denunciations from Democrat leaders Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, et al.? See also these other posts on the Left’s hate rhetoric and violence: See “Conservative Blogger Found Guilty on 21 Counts for Self-Defense with a Firearm, Faces up to 50 Years in Prison” for what happened to a conservative, Michael Strickland, who fought back. Handel is running neck-to-neck (47% vs. 47%) against Democrat Ossoff in Georgia’s Special House Election. Donate to her campaign here. ~Eowyn Advertisements

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/consigli-construction/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

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Americans are notorious for our litigiousness. One of the many curiosities of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings of December 14, 2012, is that, unlike other school shootings, the families of the alleged victims of alleged killer Adam Lanza had not filed lawsuits. (See my post of March 29, 2014, “Why are there no Sandy Hook lawsuits?”) Two long years after the alleged massacre, however, some of them finally sued, although each victim family had already received MILLIONS of dollars in donations from individual Facebook sites, organized Sandy Hook charities like United Way, and the $$11.6 million Sandy Hook School Support Fund. Some of those Facebook and charity sites, curiously, had been created before the alleged massacre, that is, before the alleged victims actually became victims. See: Three groups of defendants are the targets of lawsuits: The manufacturer, distributor and seller of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle allegedly wielded by Lanza. The town of Newtown and its board of education. The estate of Nancy Lanza — Adam’s mother whom he allegedly had killed before he allegedly drove to the school — for carelessly allowing her son access to the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle that he allegedly used in the alleged massacre. For more on the above lawsuits, please see my post “Sandy Hook families sue Lanza estate, as Newtown demolishes the Lanza home”. Andrew Gorosko reports for The Newtown Bee, August 3, 2015, that the 16 plaintiffs in lawsuits that were filed earlier this year against the estate of Nancy Lanza would receive nearly $$94,000 each in a proposed settlement of those legal claims., according to a July 31 letter by Angelo A. Ziotas to Probate Judge Joseph A. Egan, Jr. Ziotas is the attorney representing one of the litigants, the estate of child victim James Mattioli. The other plaintiffs are: The estates (i.e., families) of child victims Emilie Parker, Grace McDonnell, Jack Pinto, Charlotte Bacon, Jessica Rekos, Daniel Barden, Dylan Hockley, Jesse Lewis, and Benjamin Wheeler . . The estates of adult teachers Rachel D’Avino, Lauren Rousseau, Mary Sherlach, and Victoria Soto . . Teachers Natalie Hammond and Deborah Pisani whom Lanza had wounded, not killed. According to Ziotas, the 16 plaintiffs each would receive equal portions of the $$1.5 million value of a home insurance policy that Nancy Lanza had on her house at 36 Yogananda Street. When that amount is divided by 16, each of the plaintiffs would receive $$93,750 from the insurance firm. According to the lawsuit filed by the majority of the plaintiffs, Nancy Lanza, at some point before the shooting incident, bought a Bushmaster AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle. The suit states: “The weapon was an assault rifle designed for military use in modern warfare. The Bushmaster was built to spray rapid fire and pierce body armor in order to inflict maximum casualties on the battlefield, but was sold to the general public by its manufacturer and various other business entities, even though it had no practical civilian purpose for self-defense or reasonable sporting activities.” The lawsuit claims that Nancy Lanza carelessly and with negligence kept the gun stored unsecured in her home where Adam Lanza had access to it, which was a “substantial factor” in the deaths and injuries of the plaintiffs. The lawsuit filed on behalf of the Mattioli estate states that Nancy allowed her son access to the weapon although she knew or should have known that “his mental and emotional condition made him a danger to others.” The defendant named in the lawsuits is Samuel Starks, the administrator of Nancy Lanza’s estate, who estimated the family home at 36 Yogananda St., to be worth about $$64,000. But the house, in an affluent section of Newtown, was assessed at $$523,000 at one point, according to The Hartford Courant . Vision Government Solutions had the ownership history for 36 Yogananda as: Sold to Estate of Nancy J. Lanza on 2/1/2013 for $$0 Sold to Nancy Lanza on 2/8/2011 for $$0 Note: When a house changes hands from one family member to another, as in a divorce, the sale of the property is usually listed as $$0. See also “The strange purchase date and price of Sandy Hook homes.” The last time I checked, the ownership of the house had reverted to Ryan Lanza, Adam’s older brother. But The Courant says that “The house was donated to the town [Newtown] by a New Jersey bank that took over the mortgage that Nancy Lanza had on the property.” In January, the city of Newtown voted to demolish the Lanza home, just as the city had also demolished Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES), allegedly for asbestos contamination (see “Was Sandy Hook Elementary School already abandoned before the massacre“). The construction workers of Consigli Construction who tore down the school were all sworn to secrecy by signing confidentiality agreements forbidding public discussion of the site, photographs or disclosure of any information about the building. Why the secrecy? Note: The Italian word consigli means “advice or counsel,” as in consigliere to a mafia don or crime boss. The family-owned Consigli Construction Construction is also building a new replacement SHES, with a generous grant of $$50 million from the State of Connecticut, i.e., Connecticut taxpayers. According to The Newtown Bee, in 2002, engineering consultants had recommended to the Sandy Hook school district that SHES be merely renovated with upgrades to the school’s ventilation systems to meet indoor air quality codes, at a cost of $$5 million. The work was supposed to have begun in 2010, over a 9-month period, which meant Sandy Hook Elementary School likely was already abandoned before the massacre. So the same construction company has the lucrative contract to both tear down the asbestos-contaminated old school and rebuild a $$50 million new one. Pretty neat deal. In October 2014, Consigli broke ground for the new $$50 million 87,000 sq.-ft. state-of-the-art school to replace the old 70,000 sq. ft. building. The new building “will include three classroom wings, two of which are two-stories that overlook central courtyards. Breakout spaces in the form of treehouses will be built to create an alternate learning environment. The new school will incorporate the most current and advanced educational approaches, security and design.” For all the posts FOTM has published on Sandy Hook, go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page. ~Éowyn Advertisements

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/brendan-hunt/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

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In less than two months, it will be the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre — the shootings on December 14, 2012 by alleged killer Adam Lanza of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And yet we don’t know any more about the killings than we did six months ago. Why? Because the authorities are determined to keep the massacre enshrouded in secrecy. In the United States, death certificates — like birth and marriage certificates — are public domain documents that serve as a mechanism for upholding the integrity of information in which there is a public interest. As an example, death certificates can be and are used to maintain voting integrity by removing dead people from registered voter lists. But Newtown’s town clerk Debbie Aurelia — with the support of the Connecticut state legislature — refused to release the death records of those killed in Sandy Hook, despite Freedom of Information requests from the New York Post, the Connecticut Post, the Associated Press, the Hartford Courant, and other media. The ostensible reason is to protect the “feelings” of the parents of the child victims. Of course, what Aurelia and the Connecticut state legislature wouldn’t explain is how and why the “feelings” of the parents would be “hurt” by the release of the death records of alleged mass murderer Adam Lanza and his mother, Nancy Lanza. Adam Lanza’s death records are especially important because Social Security Death Index initially had his date-of-death (DoD) as December 13, 2012 — one day before Lanza’s alleged shooting rampage. When bloggers discovered this curious fact, SSDI quickly changed Lanza’s DoD to December 14, 2013. See: Now the same excuse is given for gagging the workers and contractors who are tearing down the Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES), allegedly because of asbestos contamination. (The school had been empty since the shooting, its students and faculty were moved to a school building renamed SHES about seven miles away in neighboring town Monroe.) The Associated Press reports (via Fox News), Oct. 15, 2013, that contractors demolishing Sandy Hook Elementary School are being required to sign confidentiality agreements forbidding public discussion of the site, photographs or disclosure of any information about the building where 26 people were fatally shot last December. Selectman William Rodgers said officials want to protect the Newtown school where the 20 children and six educators were killed because “It’s a very sensitive topic” and “We want it to be handled in a respectful way,” The News-Times reported. “We don’t really want those who are there somehow releasing information or recounting impressions of the site, given we are trying to move on, so to speak.” Project manager Consigli Construction has barricaded the property and intends to screen the perimeter to prevent onlookers from taking photographs. Full-time security guards will ensure the site is not disturbed. Families of the victims and school staff visited the site, but public access is barred. The precautions exceed those at other construction sites, town officials said. Jim Juliano, a member of the Public Building and Site Commission, said he believes extra vigilance is needed to shield Sandy Hook families and the community from exploitation, and to prevent the infliction of more pain on the community. Demolition is set to begin next week and be finished before the Dec. 14 anniversary of the shootings. A new school is expected to open by December 2016. Town voters last month accepted a state grant of $$49.3 million to demolish the school and build a new one. H/t Vehonsky Update: On October 20, 2013, citizen journalist Brendan Hunt went to Newtown and took raw footage of the outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School. See “ Citizen journalist’s raw footage of Sandy Hook school ,” Oct. 22, 2013. Re. Newtown Selectman William Rodgers: He’s one of the town’s three-member Board of Selectmen who comprise the city government. (Newtown doesn’t have a mayor.) See his home’s strange $$0 purchase price and date in my post “ The strange purchase date and price of Sandy Hook homes. Update (Aug. 21, 2015): For the construction of a new $$50 million replacement school, also by the same Consigli Construction, go here. See also “Was Sandy Hook Elementary School already abandoned before the massacre?” ~Eowyn

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fellowshipoftheminds.com

2017-11-27

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/10/22/citizen-journalists-raw-footage-of-sandy-hook-school/

Dr. Eowyn, Posted On

Citizen journalist’s raw footage of Sandy Hook school

Five days ago on Oct. 17, I did a post on contractors demolishing Sandy Hook Elementary School being required to sign confidentiality agreements gagging them from disclosing any information about the building where Adam Lanza allegedly had shot 26 people (20 students, 6 adults) to death on December 14, 2012. FOTM reader Seumas wrote, “What we really need here is someone within relative driving range to go to the site, slip through, and take photographs.” On October 20, 2013, citizen journalist Brendan Hunt (aka Xrayultra Studios) did just that. He went to Newtown, CT, and took raw footage of the outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School, beginning at around the 14:12 mark in the video below. In the video before the 14:12 mark, Brendan gives an introduction to the video; discusses the “second shooter,” the SWAT man in camo pants seen fleeing from the school on the day of the massacre whom police apprehended, then released — news clips about the “second shooter,” Brendan’s attempt to talk to Roy Low, a Newtown resident who had seen police arrest the “second shooter,” — and Brendan’s discovery that the house of Marilyn Gudsnuk, who saw Gene Rosen driving around at the time of the massacre, is now empty and for sale. The school is completely blocked to public access by a wire fence, punctuated with “No Trespassing” signs, which runs along the entire perimeter of the school. So Brendan could only walk along the wire fence, videotaping the exterior of the school. Some points of interest: Brendan says he got glimpses (through windows) of the interior of Sandy Hook Elementary School showing walls with peeling paint, which suggests an asbestos problem. Indeed, a local paper’s report of the Oct. 5 city referendum that passed by over 90% authorizing Newtown to move forward with the state-funded demolition and rebuilding of Sandy Hook School, says this: “Anticipating the referendum would pass, town officials already filed environmental paperwork with the state to move forward with asbestos abatement at the former school , which will dovetail with demolition crews who could be on site by the last week in October.” What this means is that even without the alleged massacre, the school would have been demolished because of asbestos. of the Oct. 5 city referendum that passed by over 90% authorizing Newtown to move forward with the state-funded demolition and rebuilding of Sandy Hook School, says this: “Anticipating the referendum would pass, , which will dovetail with demolition crews who could be on site by the last week in October.” Several broken and boarded-up windows raise the question whether they had been broken by bullets. Here are screenshots I took of broken windows and holes in the wall from Brendan’s video at the 16:17, 17:04, 20:49, 23:37, and 24:42 marks: H/t Before It’s News and FOTM’s Grace For all the posts FOTM’s published on the massacre, go to our “Sandy Hook Massacre” page. Click here. ~Eowyn Advertisements

rumor

express.co.uk

2017-11-27

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/787879/Diesel-cars-pump-more-pollution-trucks-vehicle-emissions-petrol-environment

John Ingham, Sir David King

REVEALED: Diesel cars 'pump out more than TWICE the levels of pollution of trucks'

Sir David King said a large number of diesel cars on the streets of London emit nitrogen oxide or Nox gases at more than 12 times the latest EU limit for new vehicles. And he admitted that he had got it wrong when he went along with plans by the last Labour regime to introduce incentives to buy diesel cars because they were seen as greener for producing less carbon dioxide than petrol models. Sir David spoke out as London mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans to tackle pollution by introducing an ultra low emissions zone across central London from April 2019. GETTY Sadiq Khan has plans in place to tackle London's air pollution problems Drivers of the most polluting vehicles will face a daily charge of £21.50 to enter the heart of the capital. The ULEZ will be expanded across London to the North and South Circular roads by 2021. Meanwhile the Treasury is planning a review of road tax levels for diesel cars amid pressure for a scrappage scheme. GETTY Sir David King revealed that some diesel cars are emitting 12-times the allowed pollution This would pay drivers to hand in older diesels which also emit tiny particulates linked to thousands of premature deaths from respiratory disease. The problem is that the cars are not meeting the standards Sir David King The controversy also follows the Volkswagen scandal where engines met greener standards in the laboratory but not in real conditions on the road. Sir David told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It is every car manufacturer that is producing diesel-driven engines. “We are seeing the average for cars at something like 500mg of Nox per km run compared to heavy duty vehicles at 210mg/km. “That’s only because, I believe, heavy duty vehicles are tested on the road and that’s where the European system needs to be changed.” He also said that many diesel cars fail to meet the latest EU pollution standards. He said: “A large number of diesel-driven vehicles on the road in London are emitting more than 12 times the Euro 6 limit. GETTY Drivers entering the centre of London will soon face an addition charge if they own a polluting car

conspiracy

humansarefree.com

2017-11-27

http://humansarefree.com/2014/01/man-executed-after-claiming-to-have.html

Man Executed After Claiming to Have Pictures of Swedish King in Sexual Situations, Cheating on Wife

Notorious Serbian-Swedish gangster Milo 'Mille' Markovic has been found dead with four bullet wounds to his head in Stockholm. The... http://humansarefree.com/2014/01/man-executed-after-claiming-to-have.html Crime scene: Police and forensic officers investigate the car where gangster Mille Markovic was found shot dead in Stockholm "It sounded like fireworks," a witness told Aftonbladet. "Then I saw two men in dark clothing from afar. They were standing by a car where the sound of fireworks came from. One of them said 'he is dead'." Reluctant monarch: Markovic claimed to have photographs of King Carl XVI Gustaf with naked strippers, and was one of the sources for a biography which claimed the king visited sex clubs and cheated on Queen Silvia Investigation: Police are securing evidence at the scene where witnesses say they saw two men in dark clothes last night following the shots Notorious Serbian-Swedish gangster Milo 'Mille' Markovic has been found dead with four bullet wounds to his head in Stockholm.The 52-year-old was shot dead while sitting in a car outside his home in Ulvsunda, in the western part of the Swedish capital, just after 6pm last night, the engine still running.Markovic was unofficially credited as one of the sources for the controversial 2010 biography about the King of Sweden in which the monarch was accused of attending strip clubs and having extramarital affairs.Markovic gained fame as the owner of 'porn club' Prive and is said to have been one of the main sources for The Reluctant Monarch, a biography of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.The book revealed that the king and his friends had enjoyed the company of 'coffee girls' - women who would 'entertain' the group, consisting of members of the remains of Swedish aristocracy.It also alleged that the king visited underground strip clubs, and that he had been involved in an extramarital affair with a famous Swedish singer in the 90s.Following the publication of the book Markovic claimed that he had compromising photographs of the king with naked women, taken at one of his sex clubs in the 1980s.Markovic had lived under threat for 'a long time' and had been wearing a Kevlar vest as a precaution, a police source told Aftonbladet.According to the source, the reason why Markovic was shot in the head may have been that his killers knew he was wearing the protective vest.Today, Swedish tabloid Expressen revealed that Markovic may have caught his own murder on camera as he had at least two CCTV cameras in operation outside his house.Police are looking for two men said to have left the scene in a white Toyota, but refused to comment on the possible CCTV footage.By Sara Malm, Daily Mail

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sputniknews.com

2017-11-27

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612311049156852-baghdad-blast-dead/

Iraqi Baghdad Hit by Two Explosions, at Least 18 Reported Dead

The Iraqi capital of Baghdad was rocked by two explosions on Saturday. At least 28 people were killed, about 54 injured, local media reported, citing the police and medical services. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Kurdistan24 broadcaster, both explosions occurred in the shopping area of the central Sanak district. The second bomb went off when people started gathering to rescue the wounded in the first explosion. Multiple causalities in a double IED blast that targeted a crowded market in central #Baghdad #Iraq moments ago. pic.twitter.com/eVAamEHUZ2 — Iraqi Day 🇮🇶 (@iraqi_day) December 31, 2016 One of the explosions was performed by a suicide bomber, while the second blast was caused by the put explosives, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told the media. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Video showing the scene of the attack in Sinak, central #Baghdad: Reports describe 2 suicide bombers pic.twitter.com/NUoObRvLMb — Miriam Goldman Eps (@Miriam411) December 31, 2016​ BREAKING: Huge blast in a market in the Al-Sinak area in central #Baghdad. More than a dozen casualties. pic.twitter.com/7jIZS4JreF — Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) December 31, 2016 ​On December 3, a car bomb killed six and wounded a dozen also in the central neighborhood of the capital.

conspiracy

zerohedge.com

2017-11-27

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-02/frontrunning-june-2

Frontrunning: June 2

Unstoppable $$100 Trillion Bond Market Renders Models Useless (BBG) Afghan president fumes at prisoner deal made behind his back (Reuters) Spain to Unveil $$8.6 Billion Stimulus Package (AP) Obama to Urge European Allies to Stay Tough on Russia (WSJ) How fracking helps America beat German industry (Reuters) Frenchman 'admits' Brussels shooting in video (AFP) Heloc Payment Jump to Take Bite Out of Consumer Spending (WSJ) Obama Said to Propose Deep Cuts to Power-Plant Emissions (BBG) Lehman Lesson Lost as Bank Lobby Gains Clout (BBG) WSJ reports that WSJ reporting on Icahn insider trading probe may have killed it (WSJ) U.S. would face hurdles bringing case against Icahn, Mickelson (Reuters) For World Cup, Betting Flows Through Banker-Turned-Bookie (BBG) KKR liquidates former Goldman Sachs traders-run hedge fund (Reuters) McDonald's murder in China sparks outrage (Reuters) Investors Rewarded for Trek Into Little Known Markets (WSJ) Thai oil tanker recovered, cargo taken by hijackers (Reuters) Google Invests in Satellites to Spread Internet Access (WSJ) U.K. Mortgage Approvals Drop as Housing Boom Cools (BBG) Overnight Media Digest WSJ * The Environmental Protection Agency will propose a draft rule on Monday seeking a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 from existing power plants based on emission levels from 2005, according to two people who have been briefed on the rule. (http://r.reuters.com/vem79v) * News of the insider-trading probe of investor Carl Icahn, golfer Phil Mickelson and sports bettor William "Billy" Walters has derailed government efforts to secretly deploy wiretaps, which have been key components of many successful insider-trading cases. Criminal and civil investigators are examining whether Icahn tipped Walters about his plans relating to stocks of several companies, including Clorox Co, according to people briefed on the probe. (http://r.reuters.com/wem79v) * Hillshire Brands Co Chief Executive Sean Connolly is weighing escalating bids from two of the world's biggest meat companies Tyson Foods Inc and Pilgrim's Pride Corp , a unit of Brazilian meat giant JBS SA. Tyson's $$6.1 billion offer - topping Pilgrim's offer of $$5.5 billion - values the Chicago-based company at 35 percent above its share price before the bids. (http://r.reuters.com/num79v) * On Friday Time Inc will become a stand-alone public company as its spinoff from Time Warner Inc is completed. It is going out on its own at a brutal time for print media, as advertisers have shifted spending to online media. Time Inc's ad revenue fell 6 percent between 2011 and 2013, while circulation revenue fell 11 percent, bringing total revenue down 8.8 percent to $$3.35 billion. (http://r.reuters.com/qum79v) * Google Inc plans to spend more than $$1 billion on a fleet of satellites to extend Internet access to unwired regions of the globe, people familiar with the project said. Details remain in flux, but the project will start with 180 small, high-capacity satellites orbiting the earth at lower altitudes than traditional satellites. (http://r.reuters.com/sum79v) * Apple will announce iBeacon plans, its latest product to carry the 'i' prefix, at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apple's iBeacon allows apps to locate a user within a few inches, so that a phone can direct a driver to the nearest open spot in a parking garage or the shortest hot-dog line in a crowded stadium. (http://r.reuters.com/vum79v) * Online music-streaming companies like Sweden's Spotify AB and France's Deezer Inc said in interviews they remain committed to investing for growth instead of pursuing immediate profits, an indication they have no plans to change course after Apple's blockbuster acquisition of Beats. (http://r.reuters.com/wum79v) * Forstmann Little & Co sold 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Inc on Friday to a group of investors, the last step in the more than two-year process of winding down the pioneering buyout firm. A small group of Forstmann Little employees and a Washington, DC, lawyer have been selling the firm's holdings since the November 2011 death of co-founder Theodore Forstmann. (http://r.reuters.com/xum79v) * The Federal Trade Commission on Friday granted antitrust clearance to the planned tie-up of suit sellers Men's Wearhouse Inc and Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc, saying the deal is unlikely to harm consumers. (http://r.reuters.com/bym79v) * The U.S. has grown more attractive as a destination for foreign investment, while Russia and some other emerging markets have faded, according to a survey by A.T. Kearney, a Chicago-based management-consulting firm. (http://r.reuters.com/cym79v) * The debate over who deserves to profit from work that originated at a law firm that collapsed comes to a head on Wednesday when New York's highest court will hear arguments in cases stemming from the bankruptcies of Coudert Brothers LLP, which went under in 2005, and Thelen LLP, which closed in 2008. (http://r.reuters.com/hym79v) FT GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed a deal worth more than $$350 million with UK biotech company Adaptimmune to develop cancer drugs. The owners of German firm Rocket Internet aim to list the venture capital company behind online brands such as retailer Zalando for a market valuation of up to 5 billion euros ($$6.82 billion), and have hired banks Berenberg, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan to review a potential listing on the Frankfurt exchange. The world's largest hotel operator Hilton Worldwide is aiming to launch upscale boutique hotels in the United States and Europe in an attempt to beat competition, and is expected to make an announcement on Monday. An investment of 750 million pounds ($$1.26 billion) in the upgrade of its Plant Oxford has led to the BMW Group's Mini building unit to have most advanced car production techniques with robotic workers. Lastminute.com's Brent Hoberman is to return to the stock market after a nine-year absence with the flotation of Made.com. Hoberman, the chairman of the online furniture retailer, has hired a trio of banks to bring it to the public market. NYT * Voices inside and outside Scotland warn of the implications of independence, even as its supporters say Scotland would be better off by itself. (http://r.reuters.com/bum79v) * The Obama administration on Monday will announce one of the strongest actions ever taken by the United States government to fight climate change, a proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation's power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The regulation takes aim at the largest source of carbon pollution in the United States, the nation's more than 600 coal-fired power plants. (http://r.reuters.com/mum79v) * The revelation that Carl Icahn has become a focus of an insider trading investigation into trades made by the golfer Phil Mickelson and a prominent Las Vegas gambler threatens to leave a mark on a record that Icahn has called "unblemished" and his rivals have called enviable. (http://r.reuters.com/pum79v) * As the first chief executive of a major publishing house to negotiate new terms with Amazon.com Inc since the Justice Department sued five publishers in 2012 for conspiring to raise e-book prices, Michael Pietsch, chief executive of the Hachette Book Group, finds himself fighting not just for the future of Hachette, but for that of every publisher that works with Amazon. (http://r.reuters.com/dum79v) * "Fireman Sam," a cartoon aimed at preschoolers, has long been a hit overseas. Now Mattel Inc and Amazon.com Inc are teaming up to sell the yellow-hatted hero to American children - a potentially controversial experiment that, if successful, could create a new model for marrying television shows with related merchandise. (http://r.reuters.com/zem79v) * Lewis Katz, an owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, died along with six other people when a private jet erupted into a ball of fire as it took off outside Boston. (http://r.reuters.com/dym79v) * Along with operating system updates for mobile and desktop machines, Apple Inc plans to introduce a new health-tracking app at its annual developers' conference on Monday, according to a person briefed on the product. The app for mobile devices will track statistics for health or fitness, like a user's footsteps, heart rate and sleep activity. The health app will most likely be able to connect with a smart watch that Apple is widely expected to release this year. (http://r.reuters.com/gum79v) * After more than five months of negotiations, Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi confirmed on Sunday that it was nearing an agreement that could lead to a sizable investment in Alitalia . In a joint statement, the airlines said Etihad would formally submit a letter to Alitalia's board in the coming days detailing the conditions of a nonbinding offer for a stake of up to 49 percent of the money-losing Italian airline. (http://r.reuters.com/kum79v) Canada THE GLOBE AND MAIL * Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao will unveil on Wednesday what he calls a "transition budget" that will provide a foretaste of the nasty medicine the province needs to swallow to balance its books by 2015-16. (http://r.reuters.com/jyn79v) * Thousands of commuters in the Greater Toronto Area can breathe a huge sigh of relief. A strike that threatened to shut down GO Transit bus service has been averted after a tentative contract agreement was reached between Metrolinx and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587. (http://r.reuters.com/myn79v) Reports in the business section: * Pay for Canada's top executives is on the rise as companies put years of economic downturn firmly behind them. Canadian chief executives saw their total compensation climb by 11 percent in 2013, which marks the fourth straight year of pay gains after a decrease and plateau in 2008 and 2009. (http://r.reuters.com/ryn79v) NATIONAL POST * The sparring between Ontario's three main political camps continued on Sunday, with the Liberals accusing Tim Hudak of adopting the policies of "right-wing extremists" and the Progressive Conservatives demanding Kathleen Wynne "come clean" on the MaRS controversy. The Progressive Conservative party urged Liberal leader Wynne to release all the documents relating to the apparent bailout of the MaRS innovation and research complex in Toronto. (http://r.reuters.com/syn79v) * One week before the Boko Haram terrorist kidnapping in which nearly 300 students were taken from a girls school in northern Nigeria, a similar incident across the border in Cameroon saw an elderly Canadian missionary nun taken hostage with two Italian priests. News broke on Sunday that Sister Gilberte Bussiere, 74, has been freed after nearly two month's captivity along with Father Gianantonio Allegri and Father Giampaolo Marta, both of Vicenza in the northeast of Italy. (http://r.reuters.com/vyn79v) FINANCIAL POST * Whether it's an iPhone or an Android, smartphones are ubiquitous these days and basic cellphones with just texting and calling capabilities are a dying breed. However, there is still demand for basic cell phones with simple voice calls in emerging markets and among frugal consumers in developed markets such as Canada that have little or no need for data on their cellphones. (http://r.reuters.com/wyn79v) * The mood of small business operators in Canada has taken a decidedly positive turn. In fact, their optimism is at the highest point in more than two years - and just shy of levels consistent with steady economic growth, according to the most recent survey. (http://r.reuters.com/zyn79v) Britain The Telegraph SEARCH FOR SHALE GAS HEADS EAST AS IGAS PLANS FRACKING IN EAST MIDLANDS (http://link.reuters.com/gam79v) Andrew Austin, IGas Energy Plc chief executive, told the Telegraph it was preparing to submit planning applications to drill and frack to test the flow of gas at two new locations, one either side of the Pennines. LDC ENTERS INTO EXCLUSIVE TALKS FOR MINI AUTODATA (http://link.reuters.com/jam79v) The private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has entered into exclusive talks to acquire car data firm Clifford Thames in a deal that could value the business at up to 50 million pounds. The Guardian UK EMPLOYERS EXPECT TO HIRE '18 PCT MORE GRADUATES IN 2014' (http://link.reuters.com/kam79v) Employers expect to hire 18 percent more graduates in 2014, up from the modest improvement of 4.3 percent in 2013 - with the finance sector planning to be the most aggressive recruiter as it increases intake by 42 percent. ENERGY UK: TIME TO RETHINK 'GREEN' POWER POLICIES IN BRUSSELS (http://link.reuters.com/mam79v) Energy UK will on Monday use electoral successes made by Eurosceptics to call for a rethink on "green" power policies in Brussels. The lobby group headed by former Conservative MP Angela Knight says it is time to move away from "an emotion driven and expensive agenda." The Times SHIRE SECURES $$5 BLN FUNDING FOR US BID (http://link.reuters.com/kuk79v) Shire has lined up a $$5 billion credit facility from banks led by Citigroup to finance a takeover offer for NPS Pharmaceuticals, an American developer of a new drug for sufferers of a debilitating bowel condition. BAE SAYS SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE WILL "DAMAGE STABILITY" (http://link.reuters.com/bam79v) The boss of Britain's biggest defence group BAE Systems Plc has become the latest business figure to speak out against Scottish independence after declaring that a "yes" vote would damage the "certainty and stability" necessary for investment. Sky News WORKPLACE PENSIONS SHAKE-UP 'COULD BOOST FUNDS' (http://link.reuters.com/dam79v) Radical changes to workplace pensions are set to be unveiled in the Queen's Speech this week, with supporters claiming the shake-up could boost retirement incomes by thousands of pounds. GOVT ACCUSED OF 'HYPING UP' FRACKING HOPES (http://link.reuters.com/fam79v) Shadow energy and climate change secretary Caroline Flint told Sky's Murnaghan programme gas was an "important part of our energy mix" but "more stringent benchmark testing" a year before drilling starts was needed. Fly On The Wall 7:00 AM Market Snapshot ECONOMIC REPORTS Domestic economic reports scheduled today include: ISM manufacturing index for May at 10:00--consensus 55.5 Construction spending for April at 10:00--consensus up 0.7% for the month ANALYST RESEARCH Upgrades Advantage Oil & Gas (AAV) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Alcoa (AA) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill Century Aluminum (CENX) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill Consolidated Water (CWCO) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Brean Capital Diamondback Energy (FANG) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at SunTrust Magnum Hunter (MHR) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel Microsemi (MSCC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman NorthWestern (NWE) upgraded to Buy from Hold at KeyBanc Synovus (SNV) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James TripAdvisor (TRIP) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at Pacific Crest Downgrades BNP Paribas (BNPQY) downgraded to Neutral from Conviction Buy at Goldman Big Lots (BIG) downgraded to Equalweight from Overweight at Barclays Express Scripts (ESRX) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Cowen Infineon (IFNNY) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup Microchip Technology (MCHP) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Quiksilver (ZQK) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at B. Riley STMicroelectronics (STM) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup Sprague Resources (SRLP) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan Theravance (THRX) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at RW Baird Universal Electronics (UEIC) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at B. Riley Volvo (VOLVY) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Xilinx (XLNX) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Zillow (Z) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at Pacific Crest Zillow (Z) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Initiations Akorn (AKRX) initiated with a Neutral at Goldman American Realty (ARCP) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill Ashford Hospitality Prime (AHP) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies Dorian LPG (LPG) initiated with a Buy at UBS GasLog Partners (GLOP) initiated with a Buy at Citigroup GasLog Partners (GLOP) initiated with a Buy at UBS GasLog (GLOG) reinstated with a Buy at Citigroup K2M Group (KTWO) initiated with an Outperform at Wells Fargo K2M Group (KTWO) initiated with an Overweight at Barclays K2M Group (KTWO) initiated with an Overweight at Piper Jaffray NOW Inc. 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On May 12, the company previously reported Q1 EPS of (10c) and Q1 revenue of $$160.5M Bridgepoint (BPI) restates FY13 earnings results Actuant (ATU) will not provide guidance with Q3 earnings report NEWSPAPERS/WEBSITES Dai-ichi Life said to be in talks to buy Protective Life (PL) for $$4.87B, WSJ reports Shire (SHPG) secures $$5B credit facility for NPS Pharma (NPSP) bid, Times of London says Regulators probe trading of Carl Icahn, Billy Walters, Phil Mickelson, WSJ says Lawyers say U.S. up against obstacles bringing case against Icahn (IEP), Reuters reports (CLX, DF) Icahn calls insider trading report 'irresponsible,' Bloomberg says ARM Holdings (ARMH) looking to get into wearables market, WSJ reports Boeing (BA) sees 777 sales to remain strong, WSJ reports Intel (INTC) TV creator, Erik Huggers, departs Verizon (VZ), Reuters reports BARRON’S Cliffs Natural's (CLF) fight with Casablanca won't help stock rebound, Barron's says Dick's Sporting (DKS) recent insider buys appear bullish, Barron's reports Gannett (GCI) could be worth $$34, Barron's says AmTrust Financial (AFSI) shares could be vulnerable, Barron's says RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), American Tower (AMT), and EPR Properties (EPR) have growth potential, Barron's reports Apple (AAPL), Oracle's (ORCL) free cash flow could be driving shares higher, Barron's says SYNDICATE Neonode (NEON) files to sell 5M shares of common stock Tiptree Financial (TIPT) files to sell 31.5M shares of Class A common stock for holders

bias

rightwingnews.com

2017-11-27

http://rightwingnews.com/uncategorized/investigation-finally-reveals-who-funded-sc-democrat-senate-candidate-alvin-greene/

Lori Ziganto

Investigation Finally Reveals Who Funded SC Democrat Senate Candidate Alvin Greene

Investigation Finally Reveals Who Funded SC Democrat Senate Candidate Alvin Greene Originally posted at NewsReal: When the schadenfreude-licious Alvin Greene won the Democrat nomination for senate in South Carolina, the ever delusional Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) accused Republicans of funding Alvin Greene as a “plant” to ensure Senator Jim DeMint’s reelection. Yes, that Jim DeMint. The one who would clearly and soundly trounce any Democrat opponent without trickery of any sort by relying on his policy ideas and sound judgment. Said Clyburn: The motive could very well be to embarrass the Democratic party. This could be embarrassing if we do not get it worked out. Or this could be someone who wanted to ensure a victory [for incumbent Sen. Jim DeMint],” Clyburn said. Clyburn concluded there is a “great possibility” that someone paid for him to run and tampered with the machines. So, an investigation commenced because, really, South Carolina doesn’t have anything better to do with its law enforcement budget, apparently. The investigation has just been completed and guess who funded Alvin Greene? We, the taxpayers did. He paid his own fee from money he had received in military benefits and from unemployment checks he has been collecting. As Erick Erickson at RedState points out, the very same unemployment benefits that Democrats themselves are continuously extending . Via Hot Air: Alvin Greene, the obscure jobless man whose come-from-nowhere victory in the June Democratic primary for U.S. Senate created a national furor, had legitimate sources of income to pay his $$10,400 primary entry fee, law enforcement sources said Friday. × 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know by Sir John Hawkins John Hawkins's book 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know is filled with lessons that newly minted adults need in order to get the most out of life. Gleaned from a lifetime of trial, error, and writing it down, Hawkins provides advice everyone can benefit from in short, digestible chapters. Buy Now He will not, according to SLED, face criminal deception charges for requesting a taxpayer funded attorney in a still pending criminal case against him. The source of Greene’s money is none other than the U.S. government and the S.C. state government, said SLED director Reggie Lloyd. Greene had received almost $$6000 from his military discharge, and another $$3000 from tax refunds.: He also had a few thousand dollars in his bank account before that, and had been receiving $$1100 per month in jobless benefits.: Greene lives with his father, so his expenses are low – just “haircuts and groceries,” as SLED put it. Alvin Greene not only has super keen job creation ideas, but he knows how to budget and save money! Better than most Democrats, I’d say. In the end, I suppose Rep. Clyburn was correct. It certainly is embarrassing. For Democrats. –— Cross-posted from NewsReal Follow Lori : on: Twitter

satire

us.blastingnews.com

2017-11-27

http://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2016/09/the-voice-sticky-rumors-emerge-blake-shelton-adam-levine-band-to-handle-miley-cyrus-001142229.html

Blasting News, Ankur Chopra, Sergida Dolores Baez, Robert Sobel

'The Voice' sticky rumors emerge: Blake Shelton, Adam Levine band to handle Miley Cyrus?

Reports today have #Miley Cyrus doing just fine on "#The Voice," when it comes to getting along with her colleagues in the judges seats. Yet rumors have bubbled up claiming that Cyrus has rubbed some of her fellow judges the wrong way. Behind all the smiles and joking around with each other on-air, it's reported that Miley came on the scene like she was in charge. This reported attitude of hers has caused friction, especially with her co-star Adam Levine. It seems that Levine and Cyrus have gone at it a few times while vying for the contestants to add to their team. Not talking behind the scenes? On "The Voice" the two look cordial, but behind the scenes Adam Levine doesn't talk to Miley and he goes out of his way so he doesn't get put in the position where he has to, according to The Inquisitr. Advertisements Advertisements Miley is not respecting the fact that Adam has been a long-time coach on "The Voice" and he knows the ropes better than she does because of his long-run on the show. Miley acts as if she's in charge? Instead of stepping back and taking advantage of Levine's knowledge about the show, Miley jumps ahead as if she's in charge, said the insider. So that's one fellow coach, but what about her and the Country crooner Blake Shelton, how do these two get along? Not another Miley problem? It seems that Blake doesn't have a problem with her, but rumor has it Gwen Stefani doesn't like the way that Miley flirts with Blake. That rumor may be a bit hard to believe because at 40-years-old, Blake is old enough to be 23-year-old Miley's father. He would have been a teen father, but biologically, he could have been. Advertisements The report also indicates that Blake and Adam actually band together when it comes time to make sure that Miley doesn't get the contestants she's aiming for. That doesn't seem to be the case so far, as she got one of the best to hit the stage during the auditions, Ali Caldwell! When she sang "Dangerous Woman" she had jaws dropping -- she was just that good. She surprised the masses picking Miley for a mentor, when all four judges were vying for her to join their team. Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton are inviting all of #TheVoice judges to their wedding... except Miley Cyrus? https://t.co/YPl69KwnPM — HollywoodLife (@HollywoodLife) August 25, 2016 Wedding with all the judges except poor Miley? The Inquisitr is also reporting that when Blake and Gwen get married around the Christmas holidays this year, all the judges are invited to the wedding except for Miley Cyrus. The reason is that this flirty thing she does with Blake is not something Gwen wants at her wedding. While they plan on inviting all past and present judges, many folks can't see Gwen and Blake being that mean and leaving out Miley. Advertisements What do you think? #Blake and Gwen wedding

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sputniknews.com

2017-11-27

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612311049157942-daesh-homs-syrian-army/

Syrian Army Eliminates Over 120 Daesh Militants in Eastern Homs

Syrian army killed at least 126 Daesh militants in three separate clashes in the eastern part of the Homs province, media reported. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The army repelled the Daesh attack near T4 airbase killing 70 militants as well as destroying seven tanks simultaneously attacking them from another flank and eliminating 50 militants along with three tanks, the Fars news agency reported. At another point, the servicemen targeted an Daesh vehicle, leaving six militants dead. Earlier in December, Daesh recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra in the province. According to various sources, the number of terrorists that took part in the storming of the city reached 5,000 including hundreds of suicide bombers and dozens of armored vehicles. According to the Homs governor, the government forces manages to evacuate some 80 percent of city's civilian population. The civil war has been raging in Syria since 2011, with government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups. The Daesh extremist group, outlawed in Russia and many other countries, has been able to capture large territories in both Syria and Iraq since 2014. Never miss a story again — sign up to our Telegram channel and we'll keep you up to speed!

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zerohedge.com

2017-11-27

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-02/last-two-times-happened-stocks-crashed

Guusja, Not Verified, Chc, Will Ling

Last Two Times This Happened, Stocks Crashed

Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Global growth is languishing, corporate revenues too, but CEOs are trying to show they can grow their companies the quick and easy way. Cheap debt is sloshing through the system while yield-hungry investors offer their first-born to earn 5%. And this cheap debt along with vertigo-inducing stock valuations have created the largest M&A boom the US has ever seen, with May setting an all-time record. There may be a sense of desperation among CEOs as the Fed’s cacophony evokes interest rate increases, the first since July 2006. So companies are issuing all kinds of cheap debt while they still can. Bond issuance has totaled over $$100 billion per month in the US for the past four months, the longest such streak ever, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. And that record issuance doesn’t account for the booming “reverse Yankee issuance,” where US corporations take advantage of the negative-yield absurdity Draghi has concocted in Europe and issue euro-denominated bonds into European markets. “Issuers should realize that the window to lock in low long-term yields for any purpose is closing,” Hans Mikkelsen, a senior strategist at BofA, wrote in a note, according to the Financial Times. And so in May, M&A deals hit an all-time record of $$243 billion. The prior two record months: May 2007 ($$226 billion) and January 2000 ($$213 billion). Not long after those records were set, markets crashed with spectacular results. May included Charter’s $$90-billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House. Charter will issue around $$30 billion in junk-rated debt to accomplish this, likely the second largest junk-debt deal ever, behind that of TXU in October 2007, which is now in bankruptcy [Junk-Debt Apocalypse Later]. May also includes Avago’s $$37-billion acquisition of Broadcom, the largest tech deal since the dotcom bubble blew up. This pressure to buy drives up prices and premiums. And the “synergies” needed to make these deals work even on paper will be harder and harder to come by. “Synergies” is corporate speak for cost-cutting, so mass layoffs, which will be announced with fanfare to push the shares higher. For these companies, it seems the only way to grow revenues is to acquire other companies, and the only way to grow profits is to cut costs. It’s not productive, hurts the economy, and mucks up the future of the company. But what the heck, it looks good on paper. These deals are financed by a mix of shares, new debt, and cash raised with prior debt issuance – the “dry powder.” Much of this debt is in form of junk bonds and junk-rated leveraged loans, which banks then either sell to loan funds or craftily slice and dice and fabricate into highly-rated collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Some of these CLOs are then put through the Wall Street sausage maker again to reemerge as tipple-A rated bonds denominated in yen for the Japanese market. Loading up overleveraged junk-rated companies with more debt – even if it’s cheap – has consequences down the road: US default rates are creeping up, hitting 2% in May, the highest in 17 months, according to S&P Capital IQ’s LCD: There were eight corporate defaults during the month, and all were public. Magnetation and Patriot Coal filed for bankruptcy; Colt Defense and Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Authority/Paragon Casino skipped bond coupons; Warren Resources and Midstates Petroleum inked sub-par bond exchanges; and SandRidge Energy and Halcon Resources completed bond-for-equity exchanges, also below par. The report forecast a default rate of 2.5% by December 2015 and 2.8% by March 2016, assuming cheap debt continues to flow without limits. Once the money dries up, defaults will soar. Layoffs and defaults are the bitter aftertaste of M&A booms. Downgrades are now hailing down on these companies. In May, Standard & Poor’s downgraded 41 issuers with total debt of $$71 billion, but it only upgraded 18 issuers with total debt of about $$43 billion – for a downgrade ratio by count of 2.28x, more than double the ratio of 1.0x in 2014 and 0.89 in 2013. It’s getting messier out there. When our corporate heroes are not busy buying each other’s shares, they’re buying their own shares. In April, S&P 500 companies announced an all-time record of $$133 billion in buybacks. It’s attracting the ire of the largest money managers in the world. Blackrock Managing Director Rick Rieder wrote: While some defend the buyback practice as a method of returning cash to shareholders, others, including my colleague Larry Fink, have argued that some companies today are focusing on maximizing short-term shareholder value at the expense of investing in the future. In my opinion, today’s boom is just one economic distortion created by the Federal Reserve’s excessively accommodative monetary policy. The boom is, in essence, a response to today’s extraordinarily low interest rates…. Using debt to fund buybacks and dividends eventually crowds out long-term investment in the company’s core business and threatens its credit quality, which is, according to Rieder, “what we are seeing today.” Oh, and we almost forgot, there are other consequences. Blackrock’s Rieder: Indeed, the global economy is witnessing a massive redistribution of wealth and income with borrowers, equity shareholders, and short-term investors benefiting; and savers, bondholders and longer-term investors being placed at risk. Monetary policy wins again. Investment bank Natixis just pulled the rug out from under self-satisfied, complacent, monetary-policy-fattened markets. Read… Today’s ‘Liquidity Regime’ Is ‘Far More Dangerous for Investors’

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zerohedge.com

2017-11-27

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-05/incredibly-bearish-bull-market

The Incredibly Bearish Bull Market

Submitted by Lance Roberts via STA Wealth Management, In our daily lives, we use oxymorons on a regular basis. Combinations of words such as "exact estimate," "pretty ugly," and "butt head" are pretty funny when you think about them. Other combinations of words, such "business ethics," have become oxymorons given that major U.S. banks have effectively become criminal enterprises by being allowed to rig forex and LIBOR markets. Those criminal actions, which would have resulted in jail time for anyone else, resulted only in a small fine and a promise not to commit MORE criminal acts for 36 months. That should be sufficient time for the banks to plan their next major caper. I digress. There is another emerging oxymoron: the "bearish bull market" in stocks. Currently, there are things occurring that are very troublesome, and in more normal times, would likely already have investors heading for cover. However, in today's liquidity fueled, Central Bank supported environment, that has yet to be the case. The reason was best described recently by Dr. Robert Shiller: "I call this the 'new normal' boom — it's a funny boom in asset prices because it's driven not by the usual exuberance but by an anxiety." In other words, it is not exuberance about the strength of the economy, job security and global stability that is providing investors the confidence to plunge into markets. It is the "anxiety" of missing out on further gains. This anxiety has fueled by Central Banks which continue to create a liquidity driven environment. The excess liquidity has manifested itself in surging levels of subprime auto loans, student debt, corporate share repurchases, rising levels of margin debt and record levels of mergers and acquisitions. As an example of the latter, Wolf Richter wrote yesterday: "Global growth is languishing, corporate revenues too, but CEOs are trying to show they can grow their companies the quick and easy way. Cheap debt is sloshing through the system while yield-hungry investors offer their first-born to earn 5%. And this cheap debt along with vertigo-inducing stock valuations have created the largest M&A boom the US has ever seen, with May setting an all-time record. These deals are financed by a mix of shares, new debt, and cash raised with prior debt issuance – the “dry powder.” Much of this debt is in form of junk bonds and junk-rated leveraged loans, which banks then either sell to loan funds or craftily slice and dice and fabricate into highly-rated collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Some of these CLOs are then put through the Wall Street sausage maker again to reemerge as triple-A rated bonds denominated in yen for the Japanese market. Loading up overleveraged junk-rated companies with more debt – even if it’s cheap – has consequences down the road: US default rates are creeping up, hitting 2% in May, the highest in 17 months, according to S&P Capital IQ." Think about that for a moment. There is a bit of historical precedent for the outcome of companies issuing junk debt that is repackaged and resold by Wall Street as AAA-rated securities. What could possibly go wrong this time? Economically speaking the story isn't getting much better as economists and bureaucrats scramble to find ways to adjust reported data to make it appear stronger than it likely is. However, the recent string of macroeconomic data points from durable and factory goods orders to retail sales, personal consumption expenditures and import/export data are all suggesting that the "real" economy is much weaker than headline statistics suggests. This is shown clearly in the Economic Output Composite Index which is comprised of the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (a broad measure of 85-subcomponents, the Fed regional manufacturing surveys, the NFIB survey, LEI index, and the Chicago PMI. The correlation between this index and the real economic activity is very high. Notice in the chart above the detachment of the EOCI index from the Leading Economic indicators following the financial crisis. This clearly shows what I meant earlier by reporting bureau's adjusting their reporting to obtain better results. Following the financial crisis, the Census Bureau modified the contents of the index to reflect more of the monetary influences in the economy. This has made the LEI much less reliable as an indicator of the real economy hence the detachment between real economic activity and the indicator itself. However, the real divergence is occurring within the market itself as shown in the chart below. Currently, every single internal measure of momentum and relative strength have not only deteriorated, but are behaving in a manner that only previously existing during the last two major market peaks. This is what I meant by using the oxymoron of the "incredibly bearish bull market." Despite the significant number of economic, fundamental and technical data points that suggest risk has risen to elevated levels, the bullish exuberance in the market remains. This was evidenced by Jeff Saut's recent comments to Barron's when he stated: "...secular bull markets tend to last somewhere around 14 or 15 years. And they tend to compound at a double-digit rate. So, if we are six years into this bull market, it figures there is probably another eight or nine years left. If you compound forward at double digits, you come up with 4300 for a price objective on the S&P 500 some time in 2023 or 2024." With that kind of outlook, and the current general belief that "there is no other alternative (TINA)" to stocks, it is ridiculous not to be currently fully invested in stocks. Right? Of course, this was also the same attitude that existed at the peaks of the last two major bull market runs when the underlying technical breakdowns were sending out similar warnings. While it is hoped "this time will be different," it is likely that it won't be. Importantly, none of this analysis guarantees that the markets are on the verge of the next major collapse. However, it does highly suggest that risk is currently greatly outweighing the potential reward of being aggressively invested in the markets. Considering that it has been more than 3 years since the last 10% correction, it is likely that such a correction in the near future would be the minimum expectation. I previously wrote about "The Coming Market Meltup And 2016 Recession", which discussed the role of the Central Banks in lifting asset prices higher. However, I found this thought from Stifel Nicolaus' Barry Bannister very intriguing: "Investors need to consider the political dimensions of possible interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve with the approach of the 2016 elections.Given the nascent threat to its independence, we doubt the Fed wishes to cause (be blamed for) a recession in an election year." Given the Fed's recent shuffling of stance on "data dependency" and timing or rate of interest rate increases, it certainly seems as if the Federal Reserve is allowing the markets to thrive on the glut of liquidity that currently exists. What happens next is only a guess. However, historically, it hasn't been the outcome that investors were hoping for. But then again, maybe "bearish bull" isn't as much of an oxymoron as it is just a warning.

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theconservativetreehouse.com

2017-11-27

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/02/18/iranian-warships-heading-into-suez-canal/

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Iranian Warships Heading into Suez Canal….**Update** Egypt OKs Iran warships through Suez Canal – Israel now says it prefers to “ignore”

CAIRO — Egypt has agreed to let two Iranian naval vessels transit the Suez Canal, a move that comes despite expressions of concern by Israeli officials, the Egyptian-government’s MENA news agency reported Friday. An Iranian diplomat has said the vessels were heading to Syria for training and that the request to move through the canal is in line with international regulations. Iranian diplomats have offered assurances that the two ships wouldn’t have weapons or nuclear or chemical material, MENA stated. White House spokesman Jay Carney, briefing reporters on an Air Force One flight from California to Oregon, said, “We’re monitoring that, obviously.” “But we also would say that Iran does not have a great track record of responsible behavior in the region,” he said. The move had been widely expected and Iranian officials have insisted the request is in line with international regulations. It would be the first time since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution that Iranian warships pass through the Suez Canal, which links the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. A Suez Canal official said Egypt can only deny transit through the waterway in case of war. Earlier this week, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Iran’s attempt to send warships through the canal was a provocation. Israel’s state-funded Channel One television said Lieberman, a stridently far-right partner in the conservative coalition, had spoken out of turn and that Israels defense ministry “had preferred to ignore” the ships’ approach. Israel considers Iran an existential threat because of its disputed nuclear program, ballistic missile development, support for militants in the region and its threats to destroy Israel. Syria is one of Israel’s neighboring adversaries. It has an alliance with Iran which has deepened along with Tehran’s isolation from the West over its disputed nuclear programme, which the Jewish state sees as an existential threat. Iran is a sponsor of the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah. (Read More) —————— Previous Thread Below ————————————— Atlasshrugs has an interesting perspective on the events unfolding….. Israel Warns It Might Act on Iranian Warships Passing Through Suez Canal Israel is monitoring two Iranian warships about to pass through the Suez Canal for Syria and warn they might act. Israeli’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says that “Israel cannot ignore these provocations,” according to ynetnews.com. “Unfortunately, the international community is not ready to deal with Iran’s repeated provocations,” Lieberman said, according to the Jerusalem Post. Lieberman added that the warships was “a provocation that proves Iran’s nerve and self-esteem is growing from day to day.” Iran announced plans to deploy warships near Israel and dock at a Syrian port for a year, IsraelNationalNews.com reports. A senior Israeli official tells the site that “Israel will know how to deal with it.” Intelligence officials believe that the Iranian warships might be involved in supplying radical Islamic groups in Yemen with weapons, according to UPI.com. Advertisements

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theconservativetreehouse.com

2017-11-27

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/02/18/tea-party-rallies-to-support-governor-walker-official-tea-party-statement/

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Tea Party Rallies to Support Governor Walker – Official Tea Party Statement

Statement About Wisconsin Official statement from Tea Party Patriot founders Jenny Beth Martin and Mark Meckler “In the current situation in Wisconsin, we see Democratic politicians and their constituency standing against democracy. Instead of responding to the will of the people, Democratic legislators are in hiding, and refusing to show for a vote which they are certain to lose. Teachers have closed down the schools. Union thugs have overrun the capitol and are damaging property, and carrying signs with crude abuse and threats. Meanwhile, instead of acting “Presidential” and calling for a restoration of the democratic process, civility and decency, the President and his Organizing for America are actually standing against democracy in Wisconsin. In summary, here is what we see in Wisconsin ; Democratic legislators in hiding and not legislating, teachers on sick-out and not teaching, and students out of school and not learning. Most importantly, we see our President, who is supposed to be a leader, not “leading.” Is it any wonder that public opinion has turned against the President, the Democrats, public employee unions and their thugs?” Information About Wisconsin Rally We would like to thank American Majority for spearheading the rally in Madison tomorrow. They have done an excellent job leading the effort organizing the rally. We have received emails from tea party organizers in Wisconsin thanking us for our show of support for this effort by sending out an email about the rally. Tea Party Patriots will always be there to support local tea party organizers and some of our National Coordinators will be there with you tomorrow. (Read Full Statement Here) Saturday, February 19 · 12:00pm – 3:00pm Wisconsin State Capitol, East Side of the Building http://biggovernment.com/mikeflynn/2011/02/18/winning-the-future-means-winning-in-madison/ Advertisements

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theconservativetreehouse.com

2017-11-27

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/02/18/class-war-is-here%e2%80%99-video-of-socialists-rallying-in-wis-supports-beck%e2%80%99s-theory/

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Class War is Here’: Video of Socialists Rallying in Wis. Supports Beck’s Theory

We are at a crucible point, a distinct moment in our national priority. The situation in Wisconsin is highlighting the importance of the ideological struggle. It is indeed Conservatism VS Liberalism. Right now. This Moment. This “Standoff In Wisconsin” strikes at the very heart of our republic. This is where the decisions need to be made, right here, right now. So the majority of threads will highlight the battle. We are at war, the pressure has been building, the ideologies have been solidified, weapons have made ready. Troops are charged. We are marching toward the first significant battle in this war of ideology. This is our Archduke Ferdinand moment…. FIX BAYONETS !!! ‘Class War is Here’: Video of Socialists Rallying in Wis. Supports Beck’s Theory Recently, Glenn Beck has been predicting that socialists would seize on the unrest in Egypt in order to promote revolution in the United States. There may be no better proof of that than the video below, shot by the MacIver Institute in Madison, WI this week. In it, Socialists clearly root for revolution, see a direct correlation between the riots in Egypt and the unrest in Wisconsin, and hope that the same thing that happened in Egypt can happen in America. “I feel like this response actually partly reflects that we just spent a month watching people hold revolutions and stand up in a way, frankly, I didn’t imagine was possible in the near term,” one woman says. “And I think…that kernel of resistance and defiance is the common thread here and I’m so glad to be a part of it.” Another man announces an upcoming event, “From Cairo to Madison,“ and explains attendees will get instruction on how to ”mobilize workers like they did in Egypt.” He adds, “hopefully we can have something like that here,“ and ”workers unite”:  Advertisements

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theconservativetreehouse.com

2017-11-27

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/02/18/more-nasty-antics-in-idaho/

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More Nasty Antics in Idaho….

I’m going all in to highlight all the ideological lefty hate brought on by public employee unions. So if you get sick of reading this stuff…. Sorry, but this going to spread throughout every state in the union, and it is the fight we need to be in. (via moonbattery) IdahoStatesman – Wisconsin isn’t the only place where attempts to pry the golden spoon out of the mouth of teachers unions has resulted in ugly tantrums: Gov. Butch Otter, longtime lawmakers and an Idaho professor say they’ve never seen political rancor boil into personal attacks like this in Idaho before. So what is it about schools Superintendent Tom Luna’s proposal for revamping Idaho education that brings emotions so close to the surface on both sides? Ignoring the incongruous “on both sides” moral equivalency the left-leaning media always provides when their side is in the wrong, here’s what’s bringing out sinister emotions among union goons: Luna’s plan, which is still in the Senate Education Committee, would replace teacher tenure with rolling two-year contracts, force unions to prove they represent 50 percent of the teachers in a district, limit collective bargaining to salaries and benefits and not allow collective bargaining agreements to extend beyond the end of the state fiscal year. The response: On Saturday evening, Luna said, he encountered an angry man outside his mother’s house in Nampa. The man reportedly identified himself as a teacher opposed to Luna’s plans to increase class sizes and said he had planned to speak to Luna’s mother. Luna reported the incident to Nampa police. Late Monday or early Tuesday, someone slashed two tires on Luna’s vehicle at his Nampa home and spray-painted the word “Luna” with an X through it on the white truck’s passenger door. Nampa police are investigating. After Luna reported the vandalism early Tuesday morning, he went to a Downtown Boise coffee shop for an appearance on live morning television. He was approached by a man who loudly called him “a liar and other choice words” before a police officer intervened and calmed the man down, Luna spokeswoman Melissa McGrath said. What was it a famous community organizer said? “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” If responsible leaders turn yellow and back down to Obama’s union friends, their states will go bankrupt, because the money just isn’t there to keep the feeding frenzy going. But if they don’t, union behavior won’t be getting prettier. Advertisements

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sputniknews.com

2017-11-27

https://sputniknews.com/us/201503021018933704/

To Protect and to Serve? LA Police Brutally Beat, Kill Homeless Man

A shocking video emerged apparently showing police officers firing several shots at a man after trying to subdue him, bringing the issue of police brutality back into the spotlight. A shocking video emerged on Facebook apparently showing police officers shooting and killing a man, known only as Africa, in downtown Los Angeles in broad daylight. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident, filmed by an onlooker, took place on Skid Row outside the Union Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter. Just watched a video, looks like LAPD killed a robbery suspect in cold blood. He was struggling but pinned, I saw no gun #skidrow — Angel (@menkhare) 2 Март 2015 #SkidRow Police shoot #homeless man. I DO NOT see how he was a threat w/ all those cops on top of him https://t.co/RiwsfoTw26 — gurlRUN (@gurlRUN) 2 Март 2015 The police responded to a 911 call about a possible robbery. The suspect started fighting when the officers tried to arrest him, LAPD said. One of the policemen used a Taser on the man but it proved ineffective. During the events of the radio call of a robbery, #lapd officers made contact with a suspect who immediately began fighting officers — LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) 2 Март 2015 #lapd officers attempted to use a #TASER to subdue suspect but suspect continued fighting and resisting. Suspect fell to the ground… — LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) 2 Март 2015 The shooting took place when the man alleged reached for an officer’s service weapon and a struggle ensued. While on the ground,suspect and #lapd officers struggled over one of officer's handgun at which point an officer involved shooting occurred — LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) 2 Март 2015 Los Angeles police Commander Andrew Smith said that a "thorough and complete" investigation would be conducted into the circumstances of the incident, seen by some as yet another example of excessive use of deadly force by the police. The officers, involved in the incident, were placed on administrative leave. The incident sparked backlash on social media. Los Angeles we are coming. #SkidRow — Anonymous (@occupythemob) 2 Март 2015 A group of activists held a vigil in downtown Los Angeles following the shooting.

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sputniknews.com

2017-11-27

https://sputniknews.com/us/201503021018969471/

Police Confirm Homeless Man Gunned Down by LAPD Officers Was Black

The homeless man who was shot dead by Los Angeles Police Department officers right after he got hold of a law enforcer's weapon was an African-American, Cmdr. Andrew Smith with the LAPD Media Relations told Sputnik on Monday. © East News/ Danny Moloshok LAPD Braces for Protests Following Shooting of Homeless Man MOSCOW (Sputnik), Alexander Mosesov — A video of a man shot dead by LAPD officers in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles during an altercation was published online on Sunday. Previously the media made assumptions regarding the race of the victim based on the low-quality video. Another officer at the media relations section told Sputnik on the matter that a special meeting will be soon held at LAPD where the participants "should figure out whether they're going to put out any more information." "If they do, they'll give out a press conference," the officer added. The fatal shooting of a Los Angeles African-American homeless man by police was recorded on video by two police body-cameras, the LAPD said on its Twitter account. “[The] incident was captured on video, including 2 body-cameras on officers at [the] scene,” the LAPD wrote on Monday. The LAPD called the killing an “extreme tragedy,” and called on anyone who may have saw, heard or recorded the shooting to contact the local police department. On Sunday, a video of a man who was shot dead by LAPD officers in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles was published online. The man “forcibly grabbed” one of the several police officer’s holstered guns which resulted in an officer involved shooting (OIS), according to the LAPD. The Los Angeles shooting is the latest in a series of controversial incidents regarding US police officers' excessive use of weapons leading to fatal casualties. The country has seen waves of protests calling for police accountability and racial justice since summer 2014, when black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown, were killed by white police officers in separate incidents in New York City and Ferguson, Missouri.

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sputniknews.com

2017-11-27

https://sputniknews.com/us/201503041019035454/

Homeless Killed by LA Police Used French Man’s Identity

A homeless black man shot dead in Los Angeles by police on Sunday was identified as a convicted bank robber who stole a French citizen's identity, the French consul general in Los Angeles told The LA Times. © AP Photo/ Nick Ut Three Masked Men Open Fire on LA Police - Reports – MOSCOW (Sputnik)The homeless man assumed another person's identity in order to enter the United States more than 15 years ago, Consul General Axel Cruau said, as quoted by the newspaper. According to Cruau, the man killed by police and identified as Charley Saturmin Robinet was not a citizen of France, but used a fake identity and a French passport to come to the United States in the late 1990s. The identity theft is said to have been revealed when the man claiming to be Robinet was arrested for robbing a branch of Wells Fargo Bank in Ventura County, California back in 2000. Cruau was quoted as saying that the real Charley Saturmin Robinet was alive and currently living in France. On Sunday, Los Angeles police shot and killed the as-yet-unidentified homeless man when, approached by officers, he engaged in what appears in a video posted online to be violent physical resistance. The shooting triggered a rally near the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters. The incident in Los Angeles is the latest in a series of fatal casualties when US police have used what many are calling excessive force. Since the summer 2014, the country has seen a wave of protests calling for police accountability in light of the killing of two black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown, by police in New York City and Ferguson, Missouri. A scathing report by the US Justice Department scheduled for release Wednesday states that the predominantly white Ferguson Police Department regularly violated the constitutional rights of its black population.

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rightwingnews.com

2017-11-27

http://rightwingnews.com/column-2/rich-socialists-and-the-bernie-sanders-moment/

Ben Shapiro, Hillary Searches For A Heart

Rich Socialists and the Bernie Sanders Moment

Rich Socialists and the Bernie Sanders Moment California is the land of hypocrites. As I pulled into the parking lot adjacent to my radio station in Los Angeles, I noticed a Mercedes R500 sitting next to me. Between the Mercedes symbol and the R500 label sat a big, fat bumper sticker: “BERNIE SANDERS 2016.” The Mercedes R500 retailed at $$71,000 back in 2006, when the well-off young gentledriver’s parents presumably purchased it. Now, their kid pulls up to the pricey Equinox gym (sticker price: $$160 per month) with a bumper sticker touting the virtues of redistribution of wealth. This is the privileged generation of Americans. They’ve been able to benefit from the free markets of their parents; they can afford to purchase Fine water to sip while running on the world’s highest-end ellipticals, then clean off beneath the rain shower head before heading out to brunch at Gracias Madre. Then, that night, they head off to the LA Memorial Sports Arena to listen to a 73-year-old socialist babble on about the evils of the system that granted them their wealth. America has become so wealthy that its citizens now ignore the source of that wealth. “It’s not all about the money” is an easy thing for rich people to say. But ask the billions around the globe living in abject poverty whether trashing a system that guarantees tremendous baseline economic opportunity seems like a great idea. × 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know by Sir John Hawkins John Hawkins's book 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know is filled with lessons that newly minted adults need in order to get the most out of life. Gleaned from a lifetime of trial, error, and writing it down, Hawkins provides advice everyone can benefit from in short, digestible chapters. Buy Now But this is what happens when no one teaches young Americans the morality behind the system that guarantees economic opportunity: young Americans decide that “higher morality” dictates the death of that system. Young Americans don’t desire an Xbox and a car — they desperately want a feeling of meaning and belonging, none of which capitalism naturally provides. Socialism, however, does. The outcome: California. It isn’t just the incoherence of bumper stickers and car brands that makes California the center of American hypocrisy. It’s the fact that Californians routinely embrace more regulation and higher taxes in order to feel that quick boost of self-esteem, and then spend effort and time attempting to avoid those rules. Nannies expect to be paid in cash, because all the same people who voted for higher employer taxes refuse to pay those taxes. Young Californians only use free market Uber after endorsing higher minimum wage and more restrictions on transportation. Californians take massive tax deductions, but only after voting to raise their own income taxes. None of this makes California more livable. Instead, Californians live in a fantasy world of their own making: a socialist utopia with a thriving black market, in which the popularly backed economy fails while individuals strive to avoid it. All of which runs fine, until the day that Bernie Sanders actually closes the loopholes and cracks down on the cheating. Then the Mercedes turns into a Yugo, and the bumper sticker finally lands where it belongs: on a product of socialism rather than free markets. Ben Shapiro, 31, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, a radio host on KTTH 770 Seattle and KRLA 870 Los Angeles, editor-in-chief of TruthRevolt.org, and senior editor-at-large of Breitbart News. He is The New York Times best-selling author of “Bullies.” He lives with his wife and daughter in Los Angeles. Also see, Hillary Searches For a Heart

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2017-11-27

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NY Police Photographing Homeless 'Waste of Resources' - Advocacy Group

US advocacy group National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Senior Attorney Tristia Bauman claims that NYPD practice of photographing homeless people without their permission misuses scarce resources. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The New York Police Department’s (NYPD) practice of photographing homeless people without their permission misuses scarce resources, US advocacy group National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Senior Attorney Tristia Bauman told Sputnik. “The practice of photographing homeless people to shame them, and to use them as pawns in a battle against the Mayor, is a waste of precious community resources,” Bauman said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the city’s police union wanted to take photographs of the homeless on the streets to post them on its Flickr campaign page. Bauman noted that National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty knows “the civil and human rights of homeless people are violated when they are arrested for performing life-sustaining activities in public when there are no sheltered alternatives.” She also stated the police can and should be an important part in advancing a solution to end homelessness. “But, this practice [of photographing the homeless] will serve no one, and will only further alienate law enforcement from the public at large,” she said. In June 2015, homeless shelters in New York City held an average of 58,761 people every night, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. The National Law Center on Homeless and Poverty is a non-profit organization aiming to prevent homelessness, according to the organization’s web page.

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WATCH: Denver Police Raid Homeless Camp in the Middle of a Snowstorm

On Tuesday morning, during a snowstorm, Denver police raided a homeless encampment and ordered them to take down the tents they had set up to protect themselves from dangerous weather. Police arrived at the temporary tent city around 6AM, amid high winds and 19 degree weather, as the residents of a small homeless community calling itself Resurrection Village, slept and kept dry. ​ Independent media outlet Unicorn Riot was on the scene and livestreamed the dispersal, as officers forced homeless people into below-freezing weather. — Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) December 15, 2015 ​Representatives from Unicorn Riot reported that police suggested that they would have left the people alone if Resurrection Village was placed somewhere unseen. A homeless community member responded to the officer by stating, “If you’re trying to change something, you don’t go and hide, you bring it to the forefront.” An organization called Denver Homeless Outloud wrote on their website about the tent city, prior to the arrival of the police. “Tonight, despite the Urban Camping Ban, we set up tents on this land because it is snowing and we who are houseless must stay warm and dry somehow. Meanwhile, all over the city there is public land–land on which in many cases there used to be affordable housing–land which now sits vacant or is being sold to private developers. We have a responsibility to use this public land to meet the public need!” DHO wrote on their website. In 2012, Denver voted to pass the “Urban Camping Ban,” effectively criminalizing homelessness. According to a survey conducted in January 2015, there were at least 6,130 homeless people in the seven county metropolitan Denver area. Of those counted, 37% were women and 49% were families with children.

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2017-11-27

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Police Shooting of Homeless Mexican Provokes Rally in Washington State

More than 1,000 activists joined a peaceful rally to protest the fatal police shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, an unarmed 35-year-old Mexican-born resident who was killed by police in Washington State. The town of Pasco claims fewer than 68,000 residents of which, according to the most recent census, nearly 56 percent are Hispanic. Panoramic image shows scene as #PascoShooting protesters gather at scene of Antonio Zambrano-Montes shooting. pic.twitter.com/FjHlRCsNzf — Joshua Trujillo (@joshtrujillo) February 14, 2015 Many members of the Hispanic community gathered in Volunteer Park Saturday to commemorate Zambrano-Montes who was killed last Tuesday and to demand justice for his killing. Cell phone video shows the father of two surrendering to police when three of them opened fire, hitting him multiple times in the torso. He died from his wounds. Zambrano-Montes had allegedly been throwing rocks at motorists and then at officers who approached him. The video shows him fleeing from police but he then stopped and turned around when police opened fire. His family has filed a $$25 million lawsuit against the city alleging that the officers killed the Zambrano-Montes "execution style.” The lawsuit identifies the three officers as Ryan Flanagan, Adam Wright, and Adrian Alaniz and alleges Flanagan "has a prior history of official misconduct in civil rights matters.” An aerial view of the anti-police brutality protest at Volunteer Parkin in Pasco #PascoShooting pic.twitter.com/0tLQSFul1M — Sarah Gordon (@SarahGordonTCH) February 14, 2015 They family told reporters Zambrano-Montes wouldn't have been able to understand the officers’ commands. Even then, they argue that the video shows he was clearly non-threatening. "After Mr. Zambrano-Montes reached the other side of the street and got on the sidewalk, he continued to walk away from the officers with his hands out where they could be seen, again showing that he had no knife, no gun or nothing else in his hands that would cause a threat to the three officers who were then lined up on the sidewalk behind… Antonio Zambrano-Montes," the lawsuit alleges. A city spokesperson said the shooting was the fourth fatal officer-involved shooting in Pasco in the last seven months. Another source says it was the seventh in the last 10 months. #PascoShooting | One town's police have killed more people than police in Germany, UK combined http://t.co/n9UdC9ZaSG pic.twitter.com/ezCSFjR7q4 — Namira Islam (@namirari) February 14, 2015 Thursday, the Mexican consul in Seattle wrote a letter to Police Chief Robert Metzger asking asked for a thorough investigation "in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs provision, to which both Mexico and the United States are parties.” Eduardo Baca expressed "deep concern over the unwarranted use of lethal force against an unarmed Mexican national by police officers." After a memorial, family members of Zambrano-Montes led participants on a march during which they chanted “Black lives matter, Hispanic lives matter,” “Hands up, don’t shoot,” and “el pueblo unido jamás sera vencido.