“The video appears to depict the police sergeant spitting on the arrestee. That is outrageously unacceptable…” interim police commissioner says.

US Aircraft Carriers Withdrawn From Persian Gulf The Saker reports that on the heels of Russia’s surprising display of cruise missile capability, all US aircraft carriers have been removed from the Middle East. http://thesaker.is/u-s-carrier-strike-groups-locations-map-oct-16-2015/

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Distant star with very unusual flickering habit dims drastically every few years…

Breitbart | “I don’t think it posed a national security problem,” Mr. Obama said Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”

Daily Mail | FBI agent says she could be prosecuted just for failing to tell Obama.

Fox News | Common Core backers are sneaking a social and political agenda into nationalized curriculum, say critics.

RT | Growing numbers of Islamic State militants in Syria have become discontent with their command.

Zero Hedge | On one level, it’s easy to forgive those who fall victim to unintended consequences when their actions were clearly meant to promote the greater good.

Zero Hedge | The European Commission will release €2 billion to Greece in the coming days to help the country manage the current migration crisis.

London Telegraph | A failed experiment to cut Russia from the World Wide Web stokes fears of Chinese-style online censorship.