Archives for October 2016

US Warplane Attacked School Near Iraqi Mosul, Casualties Reported

“The number of civilian casualties will only increase.”

A group of young Turks stage an anti-US protest outside the Parliament before a visit by US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in Ankara, Turkey, Frday, Oct. 21, 2016. Carter met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other top leaders and defense officials in Ankara amid escalating tensions between Turkey and Iraq over Turkish military operations in northern Iraq as allied forces move to retake Mosul from ISIS.

A US Air Force jet attacked a school near the Iraqi city of Mosul, the Russian General Staff said. "There are new cases of [US-led] coalition's airstrikes on civilian targets. On October 24, US Air Force's tactical aircraft launched missile and bomb strikes on a school building in the village of Tall Kayf located 14 kilometers north of Mosul

Female Veterans Release Anti-Trump Ad

“The problem with Blue Falcons, like Donald Trump, is they get you killed.”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Hd2oCPOlU Donald Trump likes to boast about the endorsement he’s received from military personnel, but he’ll have to work a lot harder to win over those who serve if he is elected as the next Commander-in-Chief. As was recently reported, 55 generals denounced the Republican Presidential candidate in a historic

UK Police Six Times More Likely To Stop And Search Black People

Black people in Britain are more likely to be stopped and searched by police than white people, according to new official figures.

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Stop and search has always been a controversial method used by police officers in England and Wales and has always disproportionately targeted black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in Britain. According to official figures released in 2013, 27 percent of stop and searches were not based on reasonable grounds for suspicion and concerns,

Evidence Reveals Possible Link Between Voting Machines And Clinton Foundation

According to OpenSecrets, the company who provided the alleged glitching voting machines is a subsidiary of The McCarthy Group, a major donor to the Clinton Foundation.

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Could these connections be enough to implicate the Clinton Foundation in the alleged early vote rigging in Texas? As usual, the internet has come through as the ultimate watchdog while the supposed safeguards of our democracy have failed. A Gab user by the name “Special Prosecutor Will Logan” has found some stunning information.  Note: as

Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users By Race

Facebook’s system allows advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other “ethnic affinities” from seeing ads.

Image credit: David Sleight/Pro Publica/CC

Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. That’s basically what Facebook is doing nowadays. The ubiquitous social network not only allows advertisers to target users by their interests or background, it also gives advertisers the ability to exclude

CETA: Canada Has Challenged The EU’s Chemical Regulations 21 Times

Canada – like the United States – takes issue with the European approach to regulation, which is described as the ‘precautionary principle’.

A man protests against international trade agreements TTIP and CETA in front of EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.

The Canadian government raised concerns over the European Union’s regulations on chemicals on more than 20 occasions over the course of a decade, according to a letter seen by Energydesk. In a note sent to the Belgian government on October 19, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) claims that the Canadian state challenged the