Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Nigeria is becoming an outpost of hell...

Islamists slaughter 43 children asleep in school dormitory


Abubaker Shekau, centre, the leader of Boko Haram, vowed to continue his campaign
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  • Abubaker Shekau
    Abubaker Shekau, centre, the leader of Boko Haram, vowed to continue his campaignAFP/Getty Images
Some were burnt alive, others had their throats slit, many more were shot or killed by hand grenades when terrorists in northern Nigeria attacked a dormitory full of schoolchildren yesterday.
“They were slaughtered like sheep,” said a teacher at the boarding school for girls and boys aged 11-18.
The attack, which bore the hallmarks of the Islamist militants Boko Haram, left at least 43 people dead, just hours after President Jonathan had pledged that security “will improve”. The promise appeared to ring particularly hollow yesterday when it emerged that the President’s 70-year-old uncle
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Riverman Reports - Inc. Huttz World : Living dead capitalism...

The Riverman Reports - Inc. Huttz World : Living dead capitalism...: It’s Capitalism. (Photo credit: eyewashdesign: A. Golden ) The  American socialist , G.S. Evans, calls this “Living Dead Capitalism” –...

Living dead capitalism...

It's Capitalism.
It’s Capitalism. (Photo credit:eyewashdesign: A. Golden)
The American socialist, G.S. Evans, calls this “Living Dead Capitalism” – a capitalism no longer capable of addressing contemporary human obligations but which, by super-efficiently funnelling the fruits of its own automatising ingenuity upwards to the dwindling number of real persons directing investment flows, continuously concentrates the “surplus value” of its non-humanworkforce in fewer and fewer human hands.
Chris Trotter
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Blackphone: Spy-proof phone coming to the market


Anti-NSA Phone Coming To Market

A new encrypted smartphone might quickly become your best ally against the NSA’s far-reaching draconian powers. The Blackphone is being marketed as a device unlike other phones, in that it’s firstly a security-minded electronic device and secondly a communications apparatus.
Despite Obama’s assurances about NSA reforms, most Americans continue to be skeptical of the agency’s marketed commitment to protecting privacy where it can. So, there’s definitely a market for this kind of thing.
Silent Circle, the encryption firm behind the Blackphone, is familiar with the public’s desire for privacy as they once were one of the biggest providers of encrypted email. That is, before they had to shut their doors when the FBI came pounding on the door with a security breach request…
In partnership with Geeksphone, an independent, Spain-based phone manufacturer responsible for Firefox OS developer devices, Silent Circle hopes to “provides users with everything they need to ensure privacy and control of their communications, along with all the other high-end smartphone features they have come to expect.”
Though not much is known about its non-functional specs — whether you’ll be able to take pretty pictures with it, for instance — the Blackphone will allow users to make secure phone calls, video chats, text exchanges, and file transfers independent of existing vendors and carriers.
If you can’t wait to get a hold of the Blackphone, mark Feb. 24 on the calendar. On that day, the phone will be officially unveiled to the world at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Who knows how long before it’ll hit stores and render the NSA irrelevant?

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Monday, January 20, 2014

UK Govt could be considering compulsory English language skills for welfare beneficiaries


English, do you speak it? UK govt mulls tightening welfare benefits for immigrants

Published time: January 20, 2014 03:28
Reuters / Stefan Wermuth
Reuters / Stefan Wermuth
The UK government reportedly plans to effectively strip welfare benefits from those immigrants who cannot speak English. Under the draft law taxpayer-funded translators and welfare documentation will not be available in other languages but English.
In order to encourage newcomers to learn English the British government wants to get rid of the foreign language information manuals designed for immigrants to claim government benefits. The Prime Minister also wants the UK government offices to save money and stop paying translators, as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spends roughly £5 million per year on translation services for claimants.

In 2011 DWP used interpreters 271,695 times, statistics released under the Freedom of Information Act show. Most of the taxpayers’ money, some £3.5 million, was paid into the Big Word account, an outsourced company responsible for providing translation services in more than 140 languages, including Vietnamese, Urdu and Gujarati. Statistics also revealed that claimants use phone interpreters up to 22,000 times per month while face-to-face translators are used 13,000 times a year.

The measures, authored by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, were to be announced on Monday, the Daily Mail reports.
Reuters / Eddie Keogh
Reuters / Eddie Keogh

However, the announcement has reportedly been postponed due to a dispute with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Conservatives hope the changes will be confirmed later this week if the Liberal Democrats can be persuaded.

Currently the inability of immigrants to speak English does not bar them obtaining benefits. Translation services are available in local councils and at all Job centres.

The vast majority of voters will think this idea is plain common sense. It is unreasonable to expect taxpayers to spend huge sums on translators when people should be learning to read and write English,”one Tory insider told the Daily Mail.

“The principle is a good one but it needs to be introduced in a way that’s fair and reasonable,” Liam Fox, the former Defence Secretary said. “If it is, it will meet with general public approval. The ability to speak English is one of the most empowering tools in the labour market and we should be encouraging as many people as possible to learn it.”

According to a recent poll by the Ipsos Mori, 63 percent of Britons supported tightening the welfare system. In general, however, British people do not seem to mind migrants coming to the UK, if they learn English, get a job, pay taxes and become part of their local community. According to the poll 72 percent of people aged between 35 and 44 support migrants’ right to come to the UK

Monday, January 13, 2014

The Riverman Reports - Inc. Huttz World : Cannibal ate man's flesh for revenge for the murde...

The Riverman Reports - Inc. Huttz World : Cannibal ate man's flesh for revenge for the murde...: A man who ate another man's flesh in the Central African Republic has told the BBC he was seeking "revenge" for the mu...

Cannibal ate man's flesh for revenge for the murder of his family...



A man who ate another man's flesh in the Central African Republic has told the BBC he was seeking "revenge" for the murder of family members.
The man, who calls himself "Mad Dog", was in a Christian mob who attacked a Muslim in the capital Bangui.
He said he had been "angry" because Muslims killed his pregnant wife, his-sister-in law and her baby.
At least 1,000 people have been killed since violence broke out in the Christian-majority country in December.
Tens of thousands have also been forced to flee their homes in the sectarian conflict.
However correspondents say fighting appears to have eased in Bangui after rival militiamen laid down their arms in a truce brokered by the French military.
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Thursday, January 09, 2014

THE ACTUAL TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE NEGATES THEIR AGENDA OF SWEEPING POVERTY UNDER THE RUG...


Friday, January 03, 2014

Cannabis overdose kills 37 in Colorado's first day of legalisation...

English: Great Seal of the State of Colorado
English: Great Seal of the State of Colorado (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization


893242-drugs-overdoseColorado is reconsidering its decision to legalize recreational pot following the deaths of dozens due to marijuana overdoses.
According to a report in the Rocky Mountain News, 37 people were killed across the state on January 1st, the first day the drug became legal for all adults to purchase. Several more are clinging onto life in local emergency rooms and are not expected to survive.
"It's complete chaos here," says Dr. Jack Shepard, chief of surgery at St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver, "I've put five college students in body bags since breakfast and more are arriving every minute.
"We are seeing cardiac arrests, hypospadias, acquired trimethylaminuria and multiple organ failures. By next week the death toll could go as high as 200, maybe 300. Someone needs to step in and stop this madness. My god, why did we legalize marijuana? What were we thinking?"
Rainin' Fire in the Sky
Colorado and Washington state approved the sale of marijuana for recreational use in November though statewide ballot measures. Under the new policies pot is legal for adult use, regulated like alcohol and heavily taxed.
One of the principal arguments of legalization advocates was that cannabis has long been considered safer than alcohol and tobacco and was not thought not to cause overdose. But a brave minority tried to warn Coloradans of the drug's dangers.
"We told everyone this would happen," says Peter Swindon, President and CEO of local brewer MolsonCoors, "Marijuana is a deadly hardcore drug that causes addiction and destroys lives.
"When was the last time you heard of someone overdosing on beer? All these pro-marijuana groups should be ashamed of themselves. The victims' blood is on their hands."
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