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L. Ron Hubbard's Great Grandson Speaks Out Against Scientology

This is a powerful spoken work piece by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's great grandson, Jamie DeWolf, who stands up against the religion his great grandfather founded:



Let's hope the delusional followers get something out of this rather than ignore it.

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After Attack, Reclusive Amazon Tribe Feared Missing

From Live Science: "An uncontacted Amazon tribe that made headlines earlier this year after being filmed from the air is feared missing after presumed drug traffickers overran the Brazilian guards posted to protect the tribe's lands." More here.

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London Riots - Part 2

From The Daily What:

Live Updates: Guardian, BBC, Sky News, Telegraph map of all disturbancesin London and elsewhere.

Above: Cleanup volunteers at Clapham Junction raise their brooms in counter-protest.

Latest Events: Rioting in London spreads to Bromley, Camden, Merton, Wembley, Wimbledon, Beckton, Southwark, Barking, Dagenham, and Greenwich; incidents outside London reported in Leeds, Nottingham, Medway, Oxford and Reading; 2,000 youths reportedly rioting in Manchester; 111 officers injured; 563 arrested, 105 charged; 16,000 police officers deployed in London tonight, up from 6,000; Parliament recalled; UK PM David Cameron: “These are sickening scenes… This is criminality, pure and simple, and it has to be confronted and defeated”; video: London Mayor Boris Johnsoncastigated by residents for inactivity; ballistic test finds no evidence Mark Duggan fired at police before being shot; first fatality: 26-year-old shot in Croydon dies.

Fighting Back: As promised, the Met posts CCTV stills of rioters suspected of criminal activity; help identify the London rioters; Google Group using facial recognition tech to identify rioters; Riot Clean Up: How/where to help; cleanup efforts hampered by health and safety rules; residents of Peckham post positive messages on boarded up store struck by looters; below: cleanup volunteers cheer police in Clapham.

More here.

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London Riots - Part 1

From The Daily What:

Riots erupted in the North London area of Tottenham last night, ostensibly over the recent shooting of 29-year-old Mark Duggan by the Metropolitan Police near Tottenham Hale station.

Duggan was reportedly a target of an ongoing police investigation into gun crime in London’s black communities, and was shot after allegedly firing on a Specialist Firearms Command officer with an illegal handgun.

A protest march organized by family and friends of Duggan turned violent after a rumor that police officers assaulted a teenage girl caused longstanding tensions to boil over. Many shops were looted and vehicles were set on fire, including two police cars and a double-decker bus. Several buildings sustained heavy damage after being petrol bombed by the rioters.

Duggan’s family said they did not condone the actions of the rioters and his brother asked that they refrain from “mak[ing] this about my brother’s life.”

When all was said and done, 55 people had been arrested, 29 were injured (26 officers and 3 others) and the London Fire Brigade had put out a total of 49 fires. All injured persons have since been released from hospital; the arrested remain in custody under various charges.

The Met has launched an investigation into the riot, and are asking anyone with information on those involved to get in touch. Police are also warning locals against “ill-informed speculation” posted on social networking sitesconcerning nascent riot activity taking place tonight in other parts of London. Additional rioting was reported in Wood Green and Enfield Town, where youths reportedly smashed store windows and attacked a police car.

More here.

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San Francisco gay married couple loses immigration battle

From the San Francisco Chronicle: "Citing the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration denied immigration benefits to a married gay couple from San Francisco and ordered the expulsion of a man who is the primary caregiver to his AIDS-afflicted spouse.

Bradford Wells, a U.S. citizen, and Anthony John Makk, a citizen of Australia, were married seven years ago in Massachusetts. They have lived together 19 years, mostly in an apartment in the Castro district. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services denied Makk's application to be considered for permanent residency as a spouse of an American citizen, citing the 1996 law that denies all federal benefits to same-sex couples.

The decision was issued July 26. Immigration Equality, a gay-rights group that is working with the couple, received the notice Friday and made it public Monday. Makk was ordered to depart the United States by Aug. 25. Makk is the sole caregiver for Wells, who has severe health problems."

More here.

Let's hope this gets overturned.

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BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan

From USA Today: "A BP refinery in Indiana will be allowed to continue to dump mercury into Lake Michigan under a permit issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management." More here.

This is unacceptable!

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SEAL Team Six members killed when a rocket-propelled grenade brought down their helicopter

From CNN: "In the single deadliest loss for U.S. troops since the Afghan war began in late 2001, 30 service members died early Saturday when a helicopter carrying them went down while they were reinforcing other troops, officials said.

Insurgents are believed to have shot down the CH-47 Chinook, a U.S. military official said. The Taliban claimed militants downed the helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade.

Among the 25 U.S. special operations forces killed in Wardak province were 22 Navy SEALS, considered to be the "best of the best." Seven Afghan troops also died."

More here.

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5 Projects You Won't Believe the US Government Is Working On Read more: 5 Projects You Won't Believe the US Government Is Working On

From Cracked: "The mad inventor from the James Bond movies, Q, is real. Only there are lots of him, and they have a lot more money at their disposal. In the real world, they're called DARPA -- the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency." List here.

Big Brother is bigger than we ever thought.

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Inside Australia’s Reincarnated Jesus Cult

From disinfo.com: "Alan Miller is an affable young Aussie who claims to be Jesus Christ returned to Earth. (And his girlfriend says she’s Mary Magdalene to boot.) Miller has amassed several dozen worshipers, “television soap stars” among them, who have moved onto his sixteen-acre woodland compound in Queensland to be closer to their prophet. Being the son of God, he naturally has some entertaining life stories up his sleeve, including the time he gave relationship advice to Gandhi (in heaven)."



Never underestimate the power of a cult.

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