From the Trenches World Report
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The first female pilot to fly solo for the United States Air Force in its team airshows has been relieved of duty just two weeks into the role.
The Air Force said that Captain Zoe ‘SiS’ Kotnik was removed from her position as commander on Tuesday by Colonel Derek O’Malley due to a ‘loss of confidence in her ability to lead’ the F-16 Viper Demonstration team. Continue reading “First female pilot to fly solo in U.S Air Force’s F-16 Viper Demonstration Team REMOVED from role after two weeks”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce plans Monday to pull back all members of the National Guard who have been deployed to the border with Mexico, saying the state would not be part of the Trump administration’s “manufactured crisis.”
The 360 National Guard troops in California will be redeployed to fight wildfires, expand the state’s Drug Task Force and collect intelligence on drug cartels, Newsom will announce. Continue reading “California governor to order National Guard troops back from border with Mexico”
More than 50 celebrities, politicians, and media organizations could face a lawsuit from the teen at the center of the Covington Catholic High School controversy.
Lawyers representing Nick Sandmann, the teen in a Make America Great Again hat seen smirking at Native American activist Nathan Phillips in the video, sent preservation letters out on Friday. Continue reading “Alyssa Milano, Elizabeth Warren and Jim Carrey are among 50 individuals and media organizations sent letters by lawyers for teen at center of viral Covington Catholic video preparing for potential libel lawsuits”
Just south of Tampa, Fla., students at the Manatee School for the Arts (MSA) roam the hallways past an armed combat veteran who is constantly looking out for threats. By the end of February, another one will be manning a guard shack at at the school’s entrance.
39-year-old Harold Verdecia, a former infantryman in the US army who completed tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, patrols the hallways of Manatee strapped with a 9mm Glock 19X and a Kel-Tec “Bullpup” rifle, according to the Herald Tribune. Continue reading “Florida School Arms Up; Hires Two Former Combat Veterans To Prevent Mass Shootings”
Following California’s lead, Hawaiian lawmakers are seeking to use money gleaned from Aloha State taxpayers to fund their anti-gun propaganda efforts. HB 1541 would establish the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center, a public and privately funded “interdisciplinary” effort to analyze “gun-related violence and its prevention.”
Research into violence perpetrated with firearms isn’t in itself a bad thing. However, the explanatory portion of the Hawaii legislation gives away the game. The bill laments that, “In 1996, Congress passed the Dickey Amendment, with a provision which prevents the use of federal money for gun violence research and prevention,” adding “As a result of this effective ban on gun violence research, funding for gun violence prevention research has declined dramatically.” Continue reading “Aloha to Tax dollars: Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Public-funded Anti-gun Firearm Factoid Factory”
Former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman does not rule out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will retire from politics if he is indicted over corruption charges before the general election in April.
“Although it’s fair to say that the decision is taken to bring charges against Benjamin Netanyahu before the election, his chances of forming a government will be zero,” Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth quoted Lieberman as saying. Continue reading “Lieberman: Israel PM to ‘retire’ if indicted over graft”
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said he refused to enforce Washington State’s latest gun control law, I-1639. According to the Sheriff’s office, a person called into Crime Stoppers to report a threat made on Facebook.
“Sheriff Knezovich is going to get a bullet in his skull,” the post allegedly read. The caller also said he’d shoot anyone who disagrees with I-1639. Continue reading “Here’s Why Sheriffs In Washington State Are Now Receiving Death Threats”
A landmark legal battle is set to unfold between a mother-of-two who says she was arrested for identifying a transgender woman as male, and the alleged victim who has repeatedly reported Twitter users to police for harassment.
38-year-old Kate Scottow from Hertfordshire says that her life has been turned upside down since police arrived at her house on December 1 last year to arrest her, bring her to a station, take her DNA and fingerprints, before opening an investigation that still hasn’t been resolved. Continue reading “UK woman says she was held by police for 7 hours after ‘misgendering’ trans activist on Twitter”
The Telegraph – by Sarah Knapton
Smart speakers like Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri are to be used by the NHS to analyse patient conversations and spot if they suicidal, it has emerged.
A new report published today into the technological future of the health service has called for trusts to embrace robots and artificial intelligence and said that London was already planning to embed AI into its mental health services to pick up those in danger of self harm. Continue reading “Alexa-like bots will listen out for suicidal patients under NHS technology revolution”
Fellowship of the Minds – by DCG
A very dangerous and slippery slope in New York now thanks to Governor Cuomo.
From NY Post: New York City Catholics and abortion opponents voiced outrage Saturday over the lack of justice for an unborn child who was killed in Queens. Continue reading “NYC accused man accused of stabbing pregnant girlfriend gets a pass on baby’s murder because of new abortion law”
John Galton and his girlfriend Lily Forester had finally made it. On a March 2017 evening, the young American couple sat on their balcony above Acapulco, Mexico, counting their blessings. They’d recently moved into a big house on a mountainside and were eyeing an ambitious push into the artisanal bong business.
Galton and Forester were anarcho-capitalists who slipped U.S. drug charges worth 25 years in prison, they said in a YouTube video that night. They’d hopped the border and resettled in what Galton called one of the world’s “pockets of freedom,” a community billed as a libertarian paradise. Continue reading “John Galton Wanted Libertarian Paradise in ‘Anarchapulco.’ He Got Bullets Instead.”
Big League Politics – by Waldo Crane
Enrique Tarrio, who is the Chairman of the Proud Boys fraternal organization, had his personal Chase bank account shut down abruptly earlier this week.
In a letter obtained exclusively by Big League Politics, the bank informs him that he must shut down all of his accounts by April 1st, 2019, without giving a reason. Continue reading “Chase Bank Shuts Down Proud Boys Leader’s Personal Bank Account”
Two youths, aged 14 and 18, have been killed by IDF fire during the latest March of Return protests along the Gaza border with Israel, the 46th week of Palestinian civil disobedience there.
The IDF fired live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas to chase protesters away from the border fence separating Israel from the Palestinian enclave. The two young persons were killed during this latest rally, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, noting that at least 18 others were injured in the clashes. Continue reading “2 Palestinian teens killed in Gaza clashes as IDF praises brave soldiers & border fence”
The Mind Unleashed – by John Vibes
Secretary of the Marquette County Republican Party in Michigan, Dan Adamini, made a series of social media posts implying that protesters, like the ones at a university in California last week, should be shot as they were during the Kent State Massacre. In 1970, the Ohio National Guard killed four students and injured nine others after they were ordered to use live ammunition during protests against the Vietnam War at Ohio’s Kent State University. Continue reading “GOP Leader Forced to Resign After Tweeting “It’s Time for Another Kent State””
R.I.P. Albert Finney
Continue reading “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – Opening Scene”
San Jose Inside – by Jennifer Wadsworth, January 3, 2019
Gov. Jerry Brown signed more than 1,000 new laws into existence during his final year in office—some bizarre, some useful, some designed to temper the disruptive reign of President Donald Trump. The laws, most of which went into effect at the dawn of the New Year, tackle a vast range of issues, from corporate leadership and gun control, to crime, punishment and labor. Here’s a look at some of what was enacted in 2019. Continue reading “More than 1,000 New California Laws Take Effect in 2019”
A primary school has cancelled a play about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution following complaints from a group of Christian parents.
Several families threatened to withdraw their children from the play, which is aimed at 7- to 11-year-olds, as they felt one of the scenes “mocked” a bishop involved in a historic debate on evolution.
Hartford Manor Primary School, a non-religious community school in a village in Cheshire, decided to cancel the musical Darwin Rocks and replace it with a less divisive show following the objections. Continue reading “School cancels play about Darwin and evolution after Christian parents complain”