CLG: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft join forces to target 'terrorist propaganda'

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07 December 2016

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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft join forces to target 'terrorist propaganda' | 05 Dec 2016 | Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are joining forces to more quickly identify the worst terrorist propaganda [aka actual news the globalists want to ensure will never see the light of day] and prevent it from spreading online. The new program announced Monday would create a database of unique digital "fingerprints" to help automatically identify videos or images the companies could remove. The move by the technology companies, which is expected to begin in early 2017, aims to assuage government concerns [!] -- and derail proposed new federal legislation -- over social media content that is seen as increasingly driving terrorist recruitment and radicalization, while also balancing free-speech issues.

 

Security raised at L.A. rail line after threat warning from foreign country --Officials did not identify the country. | 05 Dec 2016 | Federal and Los Angeles officials said on Monday they had been alerted by authorities in another country to a "specific" threat against the city's Red Line commuter rail system, prompting them to beef up security and alert the public. "This threat is imminent...it is very specific," Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck told an evening news conference. "But the credibility still needs to be vetted."

 

Warning about 'imminent' plot to blow up Universal City station prompts heightened security across L.A. | 05 Dec 2016 | An overseas tip about an imminent bombing of the Metro Red Line's Universal City station has forced federal and local law enforcement in Los Angeles to swiftly ramp up security across its sprawling transit system, authorities said Monday. An anonymous man warned of a potential attack on Tuesday and provided the information on a tip line abroad, according to Deidre Fike, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's office in Los Angeles...Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said that area law enforcement reviews threats "constantly" but that this particular incident was "very specific" and forced a rapid response.

 

Terrorism Conviction of a Wiretapped American Is Upheld on Appeal | 05 Dec 2016 | A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the 2013 conviction of a Somali-American man for trying to detonate a bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., rejecting his arguments that the F.B.I. had entrapped him and that the government had unconstitutionally intercepted his emails without a warrant. The ruling -- by a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco -- was particularly important because it upheld the government’s use of emails gathered without a warrant under the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. The law permits the government, on domestic soil, to collect phone calls and emails of noncitizens abroad, even when they are communicating with an American.

 

Australia approves indefinite detention of convicted terrorists | 01 Dec 2016 | Australia's government on Thursday approved legislation that strengthens the country's terrorism laws by allowing convicted terrorists to be held without charge after serving a prison sentence. Under the legislation, the attorney general may ask a court to indefinitely detain a convicted terrorist 12 months before their sentence expires on the grounds that the convict would pose an unacceptable risk of committing an act of terrorism upon release. The Supreme Court would then have to approve the extended detention given the risk of the prisoner committing a serious terror offense after being freed.

 

Carter: US, Partners Need to Stay in Iraq [to Continue Wasting Billions on Nation-Building] After ISIS Defeat | 03 Dec 2016 | The American military, along with its international partners, will need to remain in Iraq [to waste billions more of taxpayer dollars] even after the expected defeat of the ISIS [I-CIA-SIS] group, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday. Carter said the U.S. and its coalition partners must not stop after completing the current campaign to expel ISIS from Mosul [and bring them here]...He did not say how long this continued U.S. military presence might be necessary or how many troops would be required.

 

Vladimir Putin signs new Russian information security doctrine | 06 Dec 2016 | The necessity for a new edition of Russia's doctrine on information security is the result of foreign states intensifying their efforts in information and psychological strategies to affect the internal affairs of other sovereign countries and destabilize them, the document says. The doctrine states that the limitless flow of information has a negative impact on international security, as it can be employed to pursue geopolitical and military goals, thus favoring organized crime, extremists, and terrorists. In the meantime, the doctrine notes, Russian government agencies, scientific centers, and military industries are being targeted by foreign intelligence services by means of electronic and cyber surveillance.

 

Moscow slams West for staying silent on Russian hospital bombing | 06 Dec 2016 | The Russian Foreign Ministry has criticized western leaders after none appeared to condemn the shelling of a mobile Russian hospital by militants in Syria. Two Russian medics were killed after around a dozen of shells hit the facility in Aleppo. "On December 5, a Russian military medic died as a mortar shell fired by militants directly hit the reception ward of a Russian mobile military hospital set up in Aleppo. Two medical specialists were also severely injured and one of them later died," the ministry said. "However, no words of condemnation can be heard from western capitals," it added, criticizing western governments for their "politicized approach" to the assessment of the situation in Syria.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin Calls for Cooperation on 'International Terrorism' With Donald Trump Administration | 01 Dec 2016 | Russian President Vladimir Putin reached out to President-elect Donald Trump in a nationally televised address Thursday, appealing to the U.S. to join in Russia's "fight against international terrorism." The Russian leader said the Kremlin was ready to work with a new administration..."It is important to normalize (ties) and begin to develop a bilateral relationship," Mr. Putin said in an address to top government and state officials. Mr. Putin spoke by phone with Mr. Trump shortly after the U.S. election and voiced a similar hope of cooperation with Washington.

 

Moscow and Syrian opposition in secret talks to stop Aleppo fighting - report | 01 Dec 2016 | Leaders of the Syrian opposition are now holding negotiations with Russian representatives to end the fighting in Aleppo, the Financial Times has reported, citing four anonymous Syrian opposition figures. The US is allegedly not aware of the talks. The talks are taking place in Ankara, brokered by Turkey, and Washington is not participating in the negotiations, the sources told the international daily. "The Russians and Turks are talking without the US now. It [Washington] is completely shut out of these talks, and doesn't even know what's going on in Ankara," one of the Syrian opposition representatives told FT. [Good! That's the way to do it!]

 

Sweden charges 5 teenage refugees with beating, gang-raping boy for over an hour | 06 Dec 2016 | Five asylum seekers, who arrived in Sweden as unaccompanied minors, have been charged with raping a young Afghan male teen at gunpoint in a premeditated assault in Uppsala, a city outside Stockholm. Swedish state prosecutor John Stromback told AP and local media outlets that two of the alleged perpetrators, who are all aged 16 or 17, were "annoyed with the victim," who they knew socially. Four of the defendants are Afghans, while a fifth has requested a Farsi interpreter for legal proceedings.

 

Arrest of refugee in rape and slaying in Germany threatens Merkel's immigration policy| 05 Dec 2016 | The arrest of a 17-year-old Afghan refugee suspected of raping and killing a young German medical student turned into a political maelstrom Monday, with opponents pointing to Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision last year to welcome more than a million migrants into the country. Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel tried to calm the brewing storm by insisting it was unfair to blame all refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq for a single criminal act, but the fallout from the slaying of 19-year-old Maria Ladenburger nonetheless left the government on the defensive.

 

Angela Merkel endorses burka ban 'wherever legally possible' | 06 Dec 2016 | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the wearing of full-faced veils should be prohibited in the country "wherever it is legally possible". At a meeting of her CDU party, she backed a burka ban in schools, courts and other state buildings. It is widely accepted that a total ban would violate Germany's constitution.

 

UN ruling to free WikiLeaks' Assange to stand after British appeal rejected | 30 Nov 2016 | The United Nations has rejected a UK appeal against its previous ruling in favor of Julian Assange as "inadmissible," thus requiring both London and Stockholm to end the WikiLeaks founder's "arbitrary detention." Earlier this year, a case was concluded at the UN, in which the body instructed the UK and Sweden to take immediate steps to ensure the WikiLeaks founder's liberty, protection and enjoyment of fundamental human rights. The UK has appealed the ruling twice, with the UN rejecting its second appeal on Wednesday by pronouncing it "not admissible," Justice for Assange reported, adding that the decision marks the end to London's "attempt to overturn the ruling."

 

10 Reasons Julian Assange is dead or compromised? #ProofOfLife #WhereIsAssange | 27 Nov 2016 | [This video details] a list of reasons that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, is dead or compromised, as well as strange things happening at WikiLeaks.

 

Seabrook nuclear plant officials quizzed about gun-tampering response | 03 Dec 2016 | (NH) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking more information from officials at NextEra Energy Seabrook nuclear power plant about an incident in which someone stuffed material into the barrel of a rifle used by security guards. In a Dec. 1 letter, the NRC requested information on the type and effectiveness of corrective action taken against a guard after a foam earplug and two pieces of rolled paper were found inside the barrel of a gun...Based on the interviews, the NRC's Office of Investigation determined the security guard deliberately placed the material in the rifle barrel.

 

Boeing Said to Offer Talks on Air Force One After Trump Tweets | 06 Dec 2016 | Boeing Co. executives told officials on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team that the cost of a new version of Air Force One could be lowered if the government agrees to reduce its requirements for the plane, people familiar with the discussions said. The company’s executives reached out to Trump’s staff after the Republican said on Twitter on Tuesday that plans for a new Air Force One should be canceled because of "ridiculous" costs.

 

Trump Slams Boeing Air Force One With 'Cancel Order!' Tweet | 06 Dec 2016 | President-elect Donald Trump said the latest Air Force One order should be canceled because of "ridiculous" costs at Boeing Co., taking aim at plans to replace jets that are among the most visible symbols of the American presidency. "Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion," Trump said Tuesday on Twitter. "Cancel order!" Boeing is the latest major company to be singled out by Trump, who last week announced a deal with United Technologies Corp. to keep a U.S. factory open instead of moving production to Mexico.

 

SoftBank CEO Tells Trump He'll Invest $50 Billion in Startups | 06 Dec 2016 | SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son told President-elect Donald Trump he would create 50,000 new jobs in the U.S. through a 50 billion investment in startups and new companies...

 

Al Gore just had 'an extremely interesting conversation' with Trump on climate change | 05 Dec 2016 | As Donald Trump continues to indicate that he might be willing to change his position on climate change, which he has long called a" hoax," the president-elect met Monday with former vice president Al Gore, a prominent activist in the fight against global warming. Gore was in New York for the Climate Reality Project's 24-hour live broadcast, "24 Hours of Reality," and was invited to Trump Tower to discuss the topic by Trump's oldest daughter, Ivanka, who is not registered with a political party and has pushed her father to adopt some positions usually promoted by Democrats.

 

Crowd shouts 'No Romney!' at Trump 'Thank You' rally | 04 Dec 2016 | As President-elect Donald Trump stood onstage during the debut night of his "thank you" tour and teased that he was about to announce a surprise Cabinet pick, some in the Ohio crowd bellowed: "No Romney! No Romney!" The possible selection of Romney, who has been on Trump's shortlist for secretary of state despite being a forceful critic throughout the campaign, has been met with trepidation from many of the working-class voters that propelled the Republican to his astonishing victory...Then there’s the Russia twist: Russian politicians are concerned about reports that Trump would even consider Romney as secretary of state because of Romney's harsh stance on Russia. Trump has said he would like to improve U.S.-Russian relations.

 

Donald Trump kicks off victory tour with Cincinnati rally, Cabinet announcement | 01 Dec 2016 | Fifty days away from his inauguration to the White House, President-elect Donald Trump took a victory lap in Ohio Thursday, re-litigating old election grudges, making news with a Cabinet announcement, and sounding very much like he was still campaigning for office. Capping off days of speculating about his pick for Secretary of Defense, Mr. Trump teased an official announcement at Cincinnati’s U.S. Bank Arena -- by telling the raucous crowd that it would be retired Gen. James Mattis.

 

Twitter Threatens to Kill Trump's Account | 30 Nov 2016 | ...Twitter [has stated] that they would consider banning President-elect Donald Trump's account, an unprecedented move that would surely destroy the social media website. A Twitter spokesperson told Slate this week that it would consider banning government officials, including president elect Trump, if its rules against "hateful conduct" were violated. "Twitter Rules prohibit violent threats, harassment, hateful conduct, and multiple account abuse, and we will take action on accounts violating those policies," a spokesperson recently told media outlet Quartz. "The [capriciously-applied, so-called] Twitter Rules apply to all accounts."

 

Stelter: The Media 'Need' to Refer to Trump as an 'Authoritarian' 'Strongman' | 04 Dec 2016 | CNN's Brian Stelter took his anti-Donald Trump bias to new heights Sunday during his show "Reliable Souses," where he argued that the media had to start referring to the president-elect as an authoritarian.

 

SUNY prof berates pro-Trump colleagues, demands explanation | 01 Dec 2016 | Samford University [Birmingham, AL,] recently declined to recognize a prospective Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter because of the group's "inflammatory" anti-Communist stance. Karalee Geis, the student spearheading the effort to establish the group on campus, told Young America's Foundation that she and other would-be YAF members spent at least 20 minutes presenting their case to the Faculty Senate, which then convened privately for another half-hour to discuss whether to approve the group.

 

MIT philosopher proposes 'code of conduct' for academics in Trump era --The proposed code is similar to some of the points made by other academic groups since the election, including a petition advancing the notion of 'sanctuary campuses' for undocumented students, and the American Association of University Professors'condemnation of [their definition of] hate crimes. | 30 Nov 2016 | Academics (and journalists) have been accused in the aftermath of the presidential election of being "out of touch" with the American electorate. At the same time, academics have played important leadership roles in eras and places in which free expression has come under threat -- as some believe it is now in the U.S. ..Rachel Barney, a professor of classics and philosophy at the University of Toronto (and a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen), this week proposed what she's calling the Anti-Authoritarian Academic Code of Conduct. [LOL! It should read: 'Authoritarian Code of Conduct.']

 

Virginia schools ban 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' 'Huckleberry Finn' over racial slurs | 01 Dec 2016 | A Virginia school has temporarily banned two American classics after a parent said her high school-age son was negatively impacted by the racial slurs they contain. The decision to remove "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain and "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee came after a parent filed a complaint, WAVY reported. The parent cited excessive racial slurs as the reason for wanting the books banned, Superintendent Warren Holland told the news station.

 

Media Praises Change of Classic Song 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' | 06 Dec 2016 | Several media outlets are praising recent changes that a couple made to the classic song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" after some accused it of being an anthem for date rape. The Daily Caller on Monday night highlighted some of the compliments coming from various media outlets, such as CNN, People, and the Huffington Post. Much of the praise comes from a newer version of the song stressing consent in its lyrics.

 

Breakfast Brand Kellogg's Blacklists Breitbart, Declares Hate for 45,000,000 Readers| 30 Nov 2016 | Kellogg Co. announced on Tuesday its decision to pull ads from conservative media giant Breitbart.com because its 45,000,000 monthly conservative readers are not "aligned with our values as a company." In response, Breitbart News, one of the world's top news publishers, has launched a #DumpKelloggs petition and called for a boycott of the ubiquitous food manufacturer...Kellogg's offered no examples of how Breitbart's 45 million monthly readers fail to align with the breakfast maker's values.

 

The Interview: Michael Rectenwald - NYU Professor | 01 Dec 2016 | "[CLG Founder] Michael Rectenwald drops by to talk about his experience at New York University that resulted in him being forced to go on paid leave for the rest of the semester."

 

Man crashes chair over head of 69-year-old female Trump supporter in election argument, police say | 01 Dec 2016 | (PA) An argument over the recent presidential election in the lobby of a Donora high-rise apartment complex ended with a resident of the building hitting a 69-year-old woman over the head with a chair, police said. Matthew Pugh, 27, of Donora Towers, 685 Meldon Ave., was arrested Wednesday on a warrant obtained by Donora police on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment...Donora police Officer Keith Charlton said Pugh is a supporter of Hillary Clinton, who lost to Donald Trump in the presidential vote. The woman apparently made a comment either against Clinton or in support of Trump, sparking Pugh's attack, said Charlton.

 

Electoral College voter: I'm getting death threats | 30 Nov 2016 | A college student from Michigan said Wednesday that he has received death threats after being chosen to cast an Electoral College vote for his state in December. Although the presidential election was won by Donald Trump on November 8, it's not official until December 19, when all 538 members of the Electoral College will come together to cast their votes. Michael Banerian, the youth vice-chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, will be one of his state's 16 electors."...I have been inundated with death threats, death wishes, generally angry messages trying to get me to change my vote to Hillary Clinton or another person, and unfortunately, it's gotten a little out of control." Banerian said.

 

Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump | 05 Dec 2016 | I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States. Since the election, people have asked me to change my vote based on policy disagreements with Donald J. Trump. In some cases, they cite the popular vote difference. I do not think president-elects should be disqualified for policy disagreements. I do not think they should be disqualified because they won the Electoral College instead of the popular vote. However, now I am asked to cast a vote on Dec. 19 for someone who shows daily he is not qualified for the office.

 

Half of Detroit votes may be ineligible for recount | 06 Dec 2016 | One-third of precincts in Wayne County could be disqualified from an unprecedented statewide recount of presidential election results because of problems with ballots. Michigan's largest county voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, but officials couldn't reconcile vote totals for 610 of 1,680 precincts during a countywide canvass of vote results late last month.

Jill Stein drops Pennsylvania recount because her campaign cannot pay $1m bond...despite raising nearly $7million --The former presidential candidate raised millions to fund statewide election recounts in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan --Trump's team launched formal legal bids to stop recounts in all three states | 03 Dec 2016 | Green Party candidate Jill Stein has abruptly dropped her bid to seek a recount of the presidential election vote in Pennsylvania, it was revealed Saturday. Stein said the decision was made after a court ruling ordered that voters who requested the recount to p-y a 1million bond...

Pelosi fends off challenge to leadership | 30 Nov 2016 | House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday fended off a challenge to her long leadership reign, defeating Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) in a closed-door vote prompted largely by Donald Trump's unlikely ascension to the White House. Pelosi got 134 votes to Ryan's 63 -- winning 68 percent of the votes after declaring before the election that she had the support of two-thirds of the caucus.

Army denies Dakota pipeline permit, in victory for Native tribes | 04 Dec 2016 | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Sunday it turned down a permit for a controversial pipeline project running through North Dakota, in a victory for Native Americans and climate activists who have protested against the project for several months. A celebration erupted at the main protest camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, where the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and others have been protesting the 1,172-mile (1,885-km) Dakota Access Pipeline for months...That stretch required an easement from federal authorities. The Obama administration delayed a decision on the permit twice in an effort to consult further with the tribe.

 

Seattle doctor at Standing Rock: 'People had sheets of ice hanging off them' | 23 Nov 2016 | Dr. Robie Sterling finished his residency at Swedish Medical Center a few months ago. Not long after, he traveled to North Dakota with two other doctors from Sweden. But he was alone in the medic tent when the radio call came in Sunday evening. There was a confrontation happening at the front line. Sterling: "Police were starting to shoot the rubber bullets." Police also used water sprays and tear gas. Sterling says the camp had just started to prepare for incidents like this, but they were far from ready. Physicians and volunteers worked through the night as protesters and police clashed.  Camp organizers estimate more than 200 were injured, and at least 17 hospitalized. Sterling says people arrived with sheets of ice hanging off them. They were treated for hypothermia.

 

Judge declares mistrial in Michael Slager trial | 06 Dec 2016 | A prosecutor vowed Monday to retry a white former police officer charged with killing an unarmed black motorist in North Charleston, South Carolina, after the jury failed to reach a verdict following 22 hours of deliberation. The judge declared a mistrial on the fourth day of deliberations in the murder trial of Michael Slager, the former North Charleston officer. "We will try Michael Slager again," 9th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson said in a statement expressing disappointment that Slager was not convicted in the five-week murder case in state court.

 

Oakland warehouse fire: Officials release names of 9 more victims | 06 Dec 2016 | Authorities late Tuesday identified nine more victims who died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire on Dec. 2. The meticulous search for bodies in the rubble of the devastating Fruitvale District warehouse fire continued Tuesday night while authorities worked to contact the remaining families...Although a cause or origin has not been officially determined, officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say they are looking at a refrigerator as a possible source of the blaze that has killed 36.

 

Oakland concert struck by deadly fire was promoted by L.A. dance label 100% Silk | 03 Dec 2016 | The fire believed to have killed as many as 40 people in an Oakland warehouse on Friday night occurred at a concert thrown by a Los Angeles-based label called 100% Silk. Though details of the incident are still emerging, the blaze broke out at an artist’s space as part of an event called Golden Donna 100% Silk West Coast Tour.

 

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