From the Trenches World Report
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Knoxville News Sentinel – by Ben Fox
MIAMI (AP) — Tarek El-Sawah is in terrible shape after 11 years as a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, a fact even the U.S. military does not dispute.
During his time in captivity, the weight of the 55-year-old Egyptian has nearly doubled, reaching more than 420 pounds at one point, and his health has deteriorated as a result, both his lawyers and government officials concede. Continue reading “Some at Guantanamo jail too sick to keep locked up”
The Department of Defense unit charged with recovering servicemembers’ remains abroad has been holding phony “arrival ceremonies” for seven years, with an honor guard carrying flag-draped coffins off of a cargo plane as though they held the remains returning that day from old battlefields.
The Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn’t even fly, and were towed into position. The story was first reported on nbcnews.com. Continue reading “Pentagon admits to holding phony arrival ceremonies for soldiers’ remains”
Public Banking Institute – by Jim Morrow and Ira Dember
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Public Banks are … Continue reading “Public Banking — it already works in the United States and is catching on! 20 States are considering some form of state banking legislation.”
Bloomberg – by Ehren Goossens & Mark Chediak
California’s three biggest utilities are sparring with their own customers about systems that store energy from the sun, opening another front in the battle that’s redefining the mission of electricity generators.
Edison International (EIX), PG&E Corp. and Sempra Energy (SRE) said they’re putting up hurdles to some battery backups wired to solar panels because they can’t be certain the power flowing back to the grid from the units is actually clean energy. Continue reading “Battery-Stored Solar Power Sparks Backlash From Utilities”
Nearly two dozen of the commentators who appeared on major media outlets to discuss a possible US military strike on Syria had relationships with contractors and other organizations with a vested interest in the conflict, according to a new report.
The Public Accountability Initiative, a non-profit research group dedicated to “investigating power and corruption at the heights of business and government,” determined that 22 of the pundits who spoke to the media during the public debate over whether the US should bomb Syria appeared to have conflicts of interest. Seven think tanks with murky affiliations were also involved in the debate. Continue reading “US media failed to cite pundits’ ties to defense industry in Syria strike debate”
Electronic Frontier Foundation – by DAN AUERBACH
We’ve long suspected that the NSA, the world’s premiere spy agency, was pretty good at breaking into computers. But now, thanks to an article by security expert Bruce Schneier—who is working with the Guardian to go through the Snowden documents—we have a much more detailed view of how the NSA uses exploits in order to infect the computers of targeted users. The template for attacking people with malware used by the NSA is in widespread use by criminals and fraudsters, as well as foreign intelligence agencies, so it’s important to understand and defend against this threat to avoid being a victim to the plethora of attackers out there. Continue reading “How The NSA Deploys Malware: An In-Depth Look at the New Revelations”
Three hunters were within their rights when they killed a rare albino moose last week in the Nova Scotia wilderness.
But since then they’ve been widely criticized on social media sites, and their action has outraged the indigenous Mi’kmaq people, who regard white creatures as “spirit animals” and believe that killing them brings bad luck. Continue reading “Hunters spark outrage by killing white ‘spirit moose’”
Officials in Britain, Sweden and the US have arrested eight more people in connection with Silk Road, the website for criminal services, as the search for millions of dollars in bitcoins – the currency of choice for online users – steps up a gear.
Britain’s newly unveiled National Crime Agency (NCA) flexed its muscles Tuesday when it detained four suspected drug offenders who used the “anonymous” services provided by Silk Road, dubbed the “Amazon.com of illegal drugs.” Continue reading “Hunt for Silk Road users and Bitcoin fortunes intensifies”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that seven strains of Salmonella Heidelberg bacteria have been identified as being linked to an outbreak in seven states. The outbreak, associated with Foster Farm chicken product, has so far sickened 278 people. The outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are resistant to several commonly prescribed antibiotics. The CDC unit tracking disease outbreaks has been working with less than half its personnel since the government shutdown began, and had had to call back thirty furloughed inspectors. Continue reading “Drug-resistant Salmonella outbreak in seven states”
The Bilzerian Report – by Alcibiades Bilzerian
It’s no coincidence that America’s federal income tax was implemented in the same year as the United States Federal Reserve. A Federal Reserve needs to be backed by a significant, expandable government revenue source to be credible. If a government is operating efficiently, balancing its budget with revenue from tariffs (as America was doing prior to federal income taxation), then a central bank which seeks to print billions or trillions of dollars and set the interest rates for the nation would have no credibility. Expanding tariff revenue is severely limited compared to the ability of a corrupt government to expand income tax revenue, therefore, creating massive government debts through the expansion of the monetary base would inevitably lead to immediate inflation, default, and economic collapse in a tariff-financed economy. Continue reading “America’s Tax Code Is Made By Banksters For Banksters”
Free Wood Post – by Sarah Wood
It seems former presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, has come out saying if he had been president there would’ve been no government shutdown. In fact, he would’ve offered to fund the government with his own cash.
Free Wood Post caught up with Mitt Romney at his New Hampshire estate: Continue reading “Mitt Romney: “If I were president I would’ve funded the government with my offshore bank accounts””
American Free Press – by Victor Thorn
Once restricted merely to conspiracy circles, the term “false flag attack” became part of the popular lexicon during the recent Syrian chemical weapons debacle. Former Representative Ron Paul (R-Tex) referred to allegations that the Syrian government had used sarin gas as a false flag before adding, “The group most likely to benefit from it is al Qaeda.” But even though Muslim revolutionaries were most likely involved in the use of chemical weapons, the source of these heinous attacks can be traced to familiar players. Continue reading “U.S. False Flag Exposed; World Isn’t Buying Syria Story; ‘Peace President’ Fomenting War; ‘Kerry a Liar,’ Says Russia”
Yahoo News – by Stefanie Tuder | ABC News Blogs
What was supposed to be an average monthly special for Kuma’s Corner, a heavy-metal-themed Chicago burger joint, has turned into much more than the restaurant bargained for because they chose to garnish with a communion wafer.
The Ghost burger, honoring the Swedish metal band of the same name, is a 10-ounce beef patty topped with braised goat shoulder, aged white cheddar, ghost chili aioli, and a red wine reduction. Nothing too controversial, except for the addition of an unconsecrated communion wafer – essentially a cracker with a decorative cross – which has sparked thousands of reactions, positive and negative, across Facebook. Continue reading “Chicago Eatery Serves Burger with Communion Wafer Garnish”
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