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'Variable Speed Limits' allow police to change speed limits on a whim - Video
States begin installing 'Variable Speed Limits' (VSL) and granting law enforcement access to speed limits, which can be changed on a whim, now possible for the police to change speed limits using VSL's. States like Wyoming, Oregon, Georgia, Washington, Utah, New Jersey, Florida and Minnesota. have already begun using them. The USDOT is paying states $1 billion to use VSL's to create 'aggressive congestion-relief programs'. In the UK Sun claims, police used VSL's to fine 40,320 motorists, 21 million euros or roughly $25 million dollars.
Porsche owner shoots homeless man over alleged noise plea
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/403097-woman-shoots-homeless-man-porsche-tennessee/
A 26-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after shooting a homeless man who allegedly asked her to move her Porsche because she was playing music in the car at 3am.
Gerard Melton, 54, was trying to sleep on the sidewalk in Nashville, Tennessee, when he “became disturbed” by exhaust fumes and loud music coming from Katie Quackenbush’s luxury SUV, Metropolitan Nashville Police said. A heated argument followed, which culminated in Quackenbush allegedly getting out of her vehicle and firing two shots at Melton before getting back into the Porsche and fleeing the scene.
Pyongyang’s nuclear program aims to ‘deter hostile US policy’ – N. Korea ambassador to Russia
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/403062-no-us-sanctions-will-make-cnahnge-stance/
No sanctions will make North Korea change its policies, says the country’s ambassador to Moscow. The diplomat added that North Korea’s nuclear program will help his country better deter the “hostile policy of the US”.
“We have lived under US sanctions for decades. Under the harshest of sanctions. But we have acquired everything we wanted to. If the US hopes that our position would be shaken and changed, that is an illusion,” Kim Yong-jae told the Russian media.
Plastic Fibres Found in Tap Water Around the World
The US had the highest contamination rate, at 94%, with plastic fibres found in tap water sampled at sites including Congress buildings, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters, and Trump Tower in New York. Lebanon and India had the next highest rates. European nations including the UK, Germany and France had the lowest contamination rate.
ALERT: An Incredibly Fast And Deadly Super Bug Is Spreading In China: “Substantial Threat To Human Health”
There is a substantial threat to human health in China, and it could become a global epidemic if not contained. As an antibiotic resistant super bug is making its way across the country. Researchers concluded that the triple-threat posed by this new superbug poses a “substantial threat to human health because they are simultaneously hypervirulent, multidrug resistant, and highly transmissible.”
K. pneumoniae (ST11 CR-HvKP) is a deadly combination of two previously known strains of pneumonia; one which shrugs off all but the toughest antibiotics, and the other which is classified as “very severe” and “hypervirulent” in terms of lethality and how quickly it spreads.
Credit company warns 143mn people may be affected in data breach
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/402407-equifax-data-breach/
Equifax Inc. says a breach of their system may affect 143 million people in the US. About 209,000 credit card numbers were also compromised, marking one of the worst breaches in US history due the scope and importance of information exposed.
The Equifax breach is different than other situations where data is compromised, due to the possibility that consumers may not be aware they are customers of the company. This occurs because Equifax obtains its data from credit card companies, retailers, banks and lenders which report on credit activity of individuals to credit reporting agencies.
Tsunami warning as 8.0 quake strikes off south-western Mexico coast
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/402415-tsunami-quake-mexico-shore/
Eight countries have received tsunami alerts after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck 120 kilometers southwest of Mexico, according to US Geological Survey data.
The epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 33 km (21 miles), 123 km (76 miles) southwest of the town of Pijijiapan, not far from the Guatemalan border.
The US Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves are likely to follow in eight neighboring countries, including Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.
School makes at least 75 students take blood and urine tests over 1 empty beer can
75 students were detained and ordered to undergo blood and urine testing, all because one can of beer was discovered at a high school football game in New Jersey. Students who refused the screening faced five days of suspension under school district policy. “Students proceeded to emergency rooms in Dover, Denville, Morristown and Livingston,” “The emergency departments at Dover and at Morristown were not given any warning of what was coming, and were overwhelmed;” less than five produced a positive test result for alcohol.
1.4mn more bogus Wells Fargo accounts emerge with Congress asleep at the wheel
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/401667-wells-fargo-unwanted-accounts/
Tally of fake Wells Fargo accounts balloons to 3.5 million, the financial giant has only paid fines. Wells Fargo employees transferred money from a customer’s bank account and placed it into another account the employee created and that the customer did not know about. The bank paid out $185 million after three government lawsuits relating to the illegal banking activity. Wells Fargo employees admitted thousands of workers created the false accounts in an attempt to meet the bank’s sales targets and receive a bonus. Last year, the bank reported 2.1 million unwanted accounts that it created without customers’ consent. Revealed charging 500,000 people for auto insurance they didn’t need or asked for. Wells Fargo has stated it has stopped this particular sales target initiative.
Armed Taco Bell workers shoot, kill robbery suspect
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/06/armed-taco-bell-workers-shoot-kill-robbery-suspect.html
Investigators say five Taco Bell employees were in the store when the suspects came in wearing masks and ordered them to get on the ground. Three of the employees opened fire, striking the suspect. A second suspect fled the scene. Police said no arrests had been made.
Terrorists Face Crushing Defeat in Eastern, Central Syria
Link: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201709071057164577-terrorists-defeat-syria/
In the past two weeks Syrian forces have inflicted a crushing defeat on the Islamic State terrorist group (also known as IS, ISIL or Daesh) in the eastern and central parts of the country, winning the battle near Deir ez-Zor, exceeding the significance and scale of all previous victories, chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff Col. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy said on Wednesday.
Price gouging complaints hit Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/402256-florida-hurricane-irma-price-gouging/
The Florida Attorney General’s Office has received over 140 complaints about businesses allegedly taking advantage of people’s preparations for Category 5 Hurricane Irma, which may hit the state’s southern coast this weekend.
Some took to social media with screenshots from retailers, which appear to indicate drastic price hikes for goods like water and airplane tickets.
Israeli planes strike Syrian positions in Hama province - Syrian Army
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/402270-syrian-military-israel-strike/
An Israeli plane has targeted Syrian army positions in the Hama province, killing two servicemen and causing material damage, Syrian general command said in a statement.
The incident took place early on Thursday, when an Israeli aircraft launched several missiles from Lebanese airspace, targeting Syrian Army positions near the city of Masyaf in Hama province. The attack killed two servicemen and inflicted material damage, SANA news agency reports, citing Syrian general command’s statement.
China Moves on New World Order: Will Buy Oil With Gold-Backed Currency—Bypassing US Petrodollar
China is preparing to denominate crude oil futures contracts in Chinese yuan to be convertible into gold. The move would allow oil exporting countries to bypass benchmarks denominated in U.S. petrodollars. The move by the Chinese will allow oil exporting countries such as Iran and Russia to bypass U.S. sanctions by trading in yuan instead of U.S. dollars.To make the yuan denominated contracts more appealing, China intends to make the yuan fully convertible to gold on the Shanghai and Hong Kong exchanges.
Hundreds scuffle with police over US THAAD launcher deployment in South Korea (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/402228-south-korea-thaad-protest/
Nearly 400 people showed up in front of the community's administrative building to protest the deployment of the advanced US missile defense system. The standoff occurred near the future site of the rocket launchers at the US base in Seongju.
Another Dead Hillary Clinton Associate, Special Agent Kurt Smolek Found Dead in a River
The lifeless body of Diplomatic Security Special Agent Kurt Smolek was found in the Potomac River on Wednesday evening. Smolek (45) had been declared a “critical missing person” in a tweet released by the police department of the District of Columbia.
390,000 Syrians Eligible To Bring Their Families to Germany in 2018
Link: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/30/390000-syrians-eligible-bring-families-germany-2018/
The German government expects that by 2018 there will be around 390,000 Syrians with approved refugee status making them eligible to make advantage of family reunification rules.
Currently, there are around 267,500 Syrians with approved asylum status who are candidates for the family reunification scheme If each person eligible were to bring three other family members each, the number of migrants coming to Germany could increase by well over a million in the span of a year. From January 2015 to June 2017 the German government granted 230,000 family reunion visas.
Finnish Response: Fighting Terror With Automatic Weapons, Repealing Citizenship
Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201709041057061708-finland-terrorism-submachine-guns/
The Turku stabbings that killed two and injured eight have left a deep scar on Finnish society and spurred the authorities into action. To counter terrorism, Finland plans to equip all police patrol units with submachine guns. Furthermore, the government plans to re-write citizenship laws and criminalize the harboring of undocumented migrants. Asylum seekers whose claims were rejected will be subjected to threat assessment and detention, if necessary. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä stressed that no one, including the Church, may interfere in legally binding deportation decisions.
Yellowstone Approaches Record Levels Of Seismic Activity
Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/09/yellowstone-approaches-record-levels-seismic-activity.html
A cluster of earthquakes at the Yellowstone Park volcano is the most active it’s been in recent history. The earthquake count is up to 2,357 since June with the largest having a magnitude of 4.4. A swarm of earthquakes is rather normal for Yellowstone, but the number of quakes is approaching a new record.
The current swarm is approaching the record set in 1985 when three months brought over 3,000 earthquakes. In 2010 a swarm brought over 2,000 earthquakes over a month. The last volcanic eruption within the caldera [crater] was 70,000 years ago
US ready to use ‘nuclear capabilities’ to defend itself & allies from N. Korea – Trump
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/401902-trump-pyongyang-nuclear-capabilities/
“President Trump reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to defending our homeland, territories, and allies using the full range of diplomatic, conventional, and nuclear capabilities at our disposal,” the White House said in a statement.
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