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Germany Warns of Possible Threat to US Facilities in Spying Scandal

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“Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned American sites in the country could be at risk of attack from people angry about the NSA spying scandal. The message has worried officials in Rhineland-Palatinate, where the Rammstein air base is located.  The domestic intelligence agency warned in an Oct. 30 letter that ‘an emotional response from certain segments of the population cannot be ruled out’ and recommended that ‘security measures aimed at protecting US facilities in Germany should be increased.’ The agency said the background behind the ‘potential threat’ was ongoing discussions about the ‘collection of Germans’ data by the United States.'”

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-warns-of-possible-threat-to-us-facilities-in-spying-scandal-a-932928.html

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Ex-Army sergeants accused of working as drug cartel’s killers-for-hire

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“A 48-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant was accused of being the ringleader of a five-man squad that acted as a hit squad for drug traffickers, CNN reported on Friday. Authorities accused Hunter of recruiting his team over the course of the past year and promising them ‘tons of cocaine and millions of dollars’ for their involvement, and turned over their resumes to undercover agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, posing as members of a Colombian drug cartel. Hunter also allegedly boasted about doing multiple ‘bonus jobs,’ as contract killings are often referred to, and expressed interest in doing as many of them as possible. Hunter was in the Army from 1983 to 2004.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/27/ex-army-sergeants-accused-of-working-as-drug-cartels-killers-for-hire/

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Man killed by half-ton of marijuana

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“A man carrying 500 kilos of pot in his car lost his life when the illegal merchandise in the back of the vehicle slammed into him during an auto accident.  The victim was traveling from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul to Sao Paulo this past Saturday when he refused to stop at a Federal Highway Patrol roadblock.  A chase ensued over a three mile stretch of road, which ended with a fatal crash against a tree after the man lost control of his car.  The impact resulted in the man being crushed against the steering wheel by the bricks of marijuana he was transporting.”

http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/09/17/20545876-man-killed-by-half-ton-of-marijuana

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NJ Supreme Court Says Judges Can’t Do Stand Up Comedy

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“For the humorously challenged, exposing the funny takes several ingredients. First, you need to be in a position to observe everyday occurrences that can be mocked or exposed for ridicule. Then you need the ability to craft a joke about that topic. Finally, you need the ability to deliver that joke. Vince Sicari has those ingredients. He’s also a part-time judge in New Jersey, which is the sort of thing I didn’t know existed (part-time judges, not the great state of New Jersey). Unfortunately that apparently makes him the bane of the legal system, as the New Jersey Supreme Court has ordered him to step down from the bench if he continues working in comedy.”

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130919/10354424583/not-funny-nj-supreme-court-says-judges-cant-do-stand-up.shtml

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Cardboard officer cuts crime by 67% at Mass. subway stop

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“The burly officer watching over the bike racks at a Boston-area transportation hub is a real stiff.  As part of an effort to cut crime at the Alewife MBTA subway and bus station in Cambridge, transit police placed a cardboard cutout of a police officer in the bicycle cage. Hundreds of people use the racks daily.  Deputy Chief Robert Lenehan says the fake cop, along with video cameras and a new lock, has cut bike thefts by 67 percent.  It’s also a money saver. Lenehan estimates it would cost $200,000 a year to have an officer watch over the cage full-time.  The cutout is actually a picture of real MBTA Officer David Silen. Silen says the split second thieves take to glance at the cutout is enough to discourage them.”

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/08/06/cardboard-officer-cuts-crime-mass-subway-stop/piPlP03USOf6jfQim87KQM/story.html

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California hunger strike: judge approves force-feeding of prisoners

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“Jail officials in California have been given permission to force-feed hunger strikers who are entering their seventh week of a statewide protest against prison conditions. The order strikes out directives recently signed by some prisoners that they be allowed to die.
US District Court Judge Thelton E Henderson ruled that California prison doctors may force-feed selected inmates who are near death, even if they had previously signed orders asking not to be resuscitated.  About 136 California inmates are taking part in a hunger strike that began on 8 July demanding an end to a policy of housing inmates believed to be associated with gangs in near-isolation for years.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/california-hunger-strike-force-feeding

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Copyright Lawyers vs Patent Lawyers Smackdown: And The Winner Is…

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“You may remember a rather wonderful court case from 2012 that pitted copyright lawyers against patent lawyers over the issue of whether submitting journal articles as part of the patenting process was fair use. Well, we now have the judge’s decision. US Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Keyes sided with the patent lawyers, ruling that the reason they made unlicensed copies of the articles was to comply with the law for submitting applications to the patent office — and not to compete within the market for scientific journals.  The USPTO had already thrown its weight behind the idea that copies of scientific articles submitted as part of the patent application were indeed fair use.”

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130809/08184724123/copyright-lawyers-vs-patent-lawyers-smackdown-winner-is.shtml

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Glenn Greenwald’s Partner ‘Was Carrying A Stunning Amount Of Sensitive Documents’

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“The Daily Telegraph’s David Barrett tweeted out some of the details from the statement made Friday by Oliver Robbins, deputy national security adviser for intelligence, before U.K. judges. ‘The material seized is highly likely to describe techniques which have been crucial in life-saving counter-terrorist operations, and other intelligence activities vital to U.K. national security,’ Robbins said. ‘The compromise of these methods would do serious damage to U.K. national security and ultimately risk lives.’ The government told The Guardian newspaper that it had ‘no confidence in their ability to keep the material safe.'”

http://www.businessinsider.com/david-miranda-glenn-greenwald-documents-national-security-2013-8

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Fidel Castro denies Cuba refused Edward Snowden asylum

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“Castro, in the same article, praised Snowden, who disclosed the existence of secret US government surveillance programs used to scoop phone and Internet data on a vast scale. ‘I admire how brave and just Snowden’s declarations were, which in my opinion provided a service to the world by revealing the disgustingly dishonest politics of the powerful empire that lies and deceives the world,’ Castro wrote. ‘It is absolutely clear that the United States will always try to put pressure on Cuba as it does with the UN or any public or private institution in the world, that is one of the characteristics of that country’s government and it would not be possible to expect anything else.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/fidel-castro-denies-cuba-refused-edward-snowden-asylum/

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Rumsfeld: Obama hasn’t justified Syria attack

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“Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday night that President Barack Obama had not done enough to justify an attack on Syria. ‘One thing that is very interesting, it seems to me, is that there really hasn’t been any indication from the administration as to what our national interest is with respect to this particular situation,’ Rumsfeld told Fox Business Network host Neil Cavuto. Rumsfeld criticized the Obama administration for being in a ‘withdraw mode’ and an ‘apology mode.’ He said the lack of U.S. assertiveness on the world stage had created a power vacuum that was being filled by those who didn’t share American values or interests.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/rumsfeld-obama-hasnt-justified-syria-attack/

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