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Officer Charged in Violent Abuse of 4-Year Old Boy Will Remain Behind Bars (VIDEO)

A judge refused to reduce bail from $1 million to $50,000 per Michael Abo's attorney's request.

(MCMINNVILLE) - Wednesday was a tough day for the family of a small boy who authorities say, suffered weeks of severe, traumatic abuse at the hands of a reserve police officer named Michael Abo.

Abo and his lawyer appeared in court Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. in McMinnville at the Yamhill County Circuit Court in front of Judge Cynthia Easterday, seeking a reduction in the one million dollar bail amount set for Abo after his arrest on a pair of Measure 11 charges.

Gilad Atzmon on Dieudonné and the Quenelle

The truth is devastating - Palestine is here and the French people are the Palestinians Du Jour...

(LONDON) - If the quenelle is loosely defined as an anti establishment salute, one may wonder why Jews are offended by it and regard it as an ‘anti-Semitic’ gesture? Is it because many Jews actually identify with ‘the establishment’?

And how do we explain the fact that the French government is happy to compromise the most elementary liberties just to appease the French Jewish Lobby (Crif)?

WATCH: The Daily Show Blasts Cable Anchors Over Unwarranted Legal Pot Hysteria

Stewart: "I guess you could say, you’re a f*cking idiot”

(NEW YORK ) - On Tuesday night’s The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart weighed in on cable news freaking out over Colorado’s decision to legalize recreational pot. Stewart blasted Fox’ Billy O’Reilly and his “old timey Americana restoration hour,” for saying pot-smoking is “literally Russian roulette.”

“I think the only difference between a bong hit and pointing a loaded gun at your own skull is that the gun can kill you instantly, and must never be criminalized or restricted in any way ever,” Stewart remarked.

Oregon State Police Reluctant to Investigate Prison Racism Case

A Nazi movie played to please a prison's white supremacist population, drug dealing by guards, Murder, Attempted Murder; yet a former guard's documented exposure of crimes in the Oregon State Prison gains little merit with the state police?

(SALEM) - Former Oregon corrections officer turned Whistleblower, William Coleman, says he survived a nightmarish scenario after trying to expose, "extreme levels of official corruption, racism and hate crimes," while employed at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.

Coleman says he has compelling evidence proving that inmate Terrence Kimble's civil rights were violated at the Oregon State Penitentiary by state officials, but the state police aren't interested.

Jamal Belica with Ariana Zoto in a New Video About Bullying

Jamal's song "Can't Lose: Bullyproof" does us all a service by reminding us of the victims and of our responsibilities to and for them.

(SALEM / BOSTON) - One is entitled to defend oneself. As long as there are bullies—and they will not disappear easily in a society in which the familial fabric has become so torn and loosened—learning a little self-defense can do no harm. Older children should mentor the younger and watch out for the signs of bullying.

When children—the hope of the future—are driven to killing themselves because of the relentless unchecked cruelties of bullies, perhaps it is time to encourage mentoring to protect the vulnerable.

Police Officer Rescues Dog Trapped for 5 Days

The area was very rocky, and Sampson was trapped in the rocks, unable to get out on its own. It appears the dog had been trapped down there for several days.

(CLACKAMAS) - Earlier today, Damascus Police Officer Jerry Rippe rescued a trapped dog named Sampson -- a 5-year-old lab mix -- near Carver.

Greg Herbst, Sampson's owner, said the dog had gone missing on New Year's Day. Herbst had been looking for Sampson daily around the property of his home. Flyers were created and a post on Facebook was made to alert others about the missing dog.

Former Canadian Defence Minister Claims Aliens Refuse to Share Technology Because of Earth`s Wars, Pollution

Paul Hellyer: Aliens would share technology if earth stopped wars.

(MOSCOW RT) - Former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer, the so-called highest-ranked alien believer on Earth, says that extraterrestrials live among us and they refuse to share their advanced technology due to wars and pollution.

Hellyer, who was a Liberal defence minister from 1963 to 1967 under prime minister Lester B. Pearson, went public with his belief in aliens on earth in 2005.

Are US Policy Makers Really that Stupid, or are they Evil?

Is it a surprise that in a world poll this week the US was voted the biggest threat to peace in the world?

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Are US policy makers really stupid or do they have a natural talent for creating violence and hatred? The latest world poll shows the US is considered the biggest threat to world peace and our government’s daily actions and decisions assure us of a continued “number one”.

Iraq for example, just suffered its worst year of violence since 2008 with almost 9,000 deaths in a country that is a failed state wracked with civil wars, sectarian strife, and infested with large Al Qaeda groups, all trying to impose their will and agenda on a devastated nation.

BBC Goes Out on a Thin Limb To Illustrate Israeli Land Theft

"How long will the people involved stay in their jobs?" - Anthony Lawson

(SALEM) - A team from The BBC has stepped onto a long and fragile limb with this new video. It pokes the Israeli apartheid system right in the gut. Israel's political platform is based on the belief that the Jews can do anything they want because they are God's "Chosen People".

If anyone objects they are called an antisemite. The system has been in place for years, but these days the rhetoric is wearing thin.

Let us Triumph this Year in Further Isolating Sri Lanka and March Forward to Our Freedom! TGTE

Dduring 2014, the TGTE intends to take steps towards building the Tamil Diaspora into a vibrant and strong community.

(NEW YORK) - On this New Year Day TGTE appeal to all Tamils spread across the world to join hands with us in the task of moving our Tamil Eelam freedom struggle forward.

While the Sinhala regime dreams of a state of permanent subjugation of the Tamil people and a total cover up of all of its War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide, we are witnessing that the deceit and duplicity of the Sinhala State are being revealed as each year passes since the 2009 massacre of Mullivaaikkal.