December 12, 2017 – Bridge Agents

Can You Operate a Ham Radio Without a License?

December 12, 2017 Bridge Agents

(SurvivalSullivan) – Alot of people shy away from HAM radio because of the license. They either don’t want to take the time and effort to get it, or they simply don’t want the Government tracking them. But is it really true? Can you not use a HAM radio unless you’re licensed? The answer to this question is both Yes and No. Surprisingly, here is a list of uses you can use it for without a license. Listen to FM radio Listen to Emergency Weather Radio Listen to Local municipalities radio communication Scan…

Crisis pregnancy centers often provide false, misleading information

December 12, 2017 Bridge Agents

United States (JR) – Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are pro-life organizations that often offer women incorrect, incomplete or misleading information about their reproductive options. In response, some localities have passed legislation requiring CPCs to make disclosures to their clients. California, for example, passed the Reproductive FACT Act in 2015. Under this law, CPCs must notify clients of public resources available to prevent or terminate pregnancies. It also mandates that CPCs inform their patients if they are not licensed as a medical facility. Anti-choice advocates have taken issue with these requirements. The National Institute…

Starvation and Cholera in Yemen

December 12, 2017 Bridge Agents

(FPIF) – The current war in Yemen has had devastating consequences for the population. The indiscriminate Saudi bombing includes schools, water purification plants, hospitals, and electricity plants, leading to the death of over 10,000 and the wounding of 50,000 more. By the end of 2017, the International Red Cross has projected that over a million Yemenis will have suffered from cholera. So far, 900,000 people have been infected, and 2,000 have did, 1,200 of them children. Faced with no fuel for its water-treatment plant due to a Saudi blockade that relies…

Turkmenistan: Animal Rights Activist Detained

December 12, 2017 Bridge Agents

(HRW) – Police in Turkmenistan arbitrarily detained a prominent animal rights activist, Galina Kucherenko, on December 7, 2017, and are holding her at an undisclosed location, Human Rights Watch said today. Police also detained Kucherenko’s adult daughter, Valeria, but later released her. Turkmenistan’s international partners should urgently and publicly call on the Turkmen government to disclose Kucherenko’s whereabouts and release her immediately. On December 7 at about 11:30 a.m., police broke into Kucherenko’s apartment in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan’s capital, taking the apartment’s metal door off its hinges, and detained Kucherenko and…

Step one of breaking the harassment cycle: take women seriously

December 12, 2017 Bridge Agents

(Conversation) – The issue of sexual harassment at work finally seems to be being taken seriously as a topic of discussion. But the difficult part will be to change the culture that fails to take women’s complaints seriously. Harvey Weinstein’s outing as an alleged serial assailant of young women, including many famous movie stars, has opened the floodgates. Now we find that a British government minister asked his aide to buy sex toys on his behalf and that countless other accusations are swirling around Westminster. Both are evidence of what…

US Police Shot More People as Previously Thought, Mostly Black People – Reports

December 12, 2017 Bridge Agents

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Police officers across the United States shot at 4,098 Americans between 2010 and 2016, double the amount previously known with a higher number of those shot being black, Vice News reported Monday. According to the outlet, of the 4,098 Americans shot between 2010-2016, 1,378 resulted in fatalities and 2,720 were non-fatal, while as many as 700 police missed their targets altogether. Roughly 967 were shot and wounded but survived. Vice News said their data was retrieved from 50 police departments in the United States representing 148,000 officers serving 54 million people. The data shows that police shoot black people at a higher rate than any…

Russia Claims Caspian States Reach Agreement on Sea’s Status

December 12, 2017 Bridge Agents

(EAN) – The five states bordering the Caspian Sea have finally agreed on “all the remaining open key issues” regarding the sea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Lavrov also said the presidents of the five countries will be ready to sign a treaty on the sea next year in Kazakhstan. However, it remains unclear what — if any — compromise has been reached on the most contentious issue: how to divide up the sea, and its rich underwater oil and gas resources. Lavrov made his comments at a meeting…