From the Trenches World Report
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A Northern California man dependent on oxygen died just 12 minutes after Pacific Gas and Electric shut down power to the area as part of an effort to prevent fires.
El Dorado County Fire Chief Lloyd Ogan said on Friday that a call was placed to the fire department from Pollock Pines after 3.30am on Wednesday. Continue reading “California man, 67, who relied on oxygen pump dies 12 minutes after PG&E cut down power to his home to prevent wildfires”
Reuters reports, citing defense or administration sources, that the US is set to send thousands of additional troops to Saudi Arabia in the wake of last month’s Aramco attacks.
“The United States is planning to send a large number of additional forces to Saudi Arabia following the Sept. 14 attack on its oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran,” according to a breaking Reuters report. Continue reading “US To Send ‘Thousands’ More Troops To Saudi Arabia”
Under a long-term deal sealed by the Obama administration, a Chinese Communist company was set to control the second-busiest container port in the United States. In an unreported Trump administration victory, the Communists are out after a drawn-out national security review forced a unit of China-based COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. (Orient Overseas Container Line—OOCL) to sell the cherished container terminal business, which handles among the largest freight of imports into the U.S. Continue reading “Trump Rids Major U.S. Container Port of Chinese Communist Control”
Though there remains deep Congressional division over President Trump’s Syria actions, a group of Republican US House members are moving forward to introduce sanctions against Turkey in response to its incursion against America’s Kurdish partners in northern Syria, at a moment Turkey’s army has stepped up air and artillery strikes along a “border on fire,” as reports describe. Twenty-nine House Republicans have said they would back such a punitive move against the NATO ally, and have introduced legislation toward that end. Continue reading “House Republicans Threaten Turkey Sanctions As Trump Vows “We’re Slowly Getting Out Of Middle East””
Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns
Little Rock, AR — Veteran Little Rock police officer Robert ‘Bobby’ Ward appeared to be enjoying a quiet peaceful night at his home this past summer when Sherwood police officers received a 911 call for a noise complaint. However, when the egos of the cops collided all hell broke loose.
When Sherwood police officers arrived, Ward and the officers both agreed they heard no noise coming from his home and Ward directed the two officers to another location “over there,” he said. Continue reading “Cop Stands Up to Bully Officers for Harassing Him, Gets Beaten, Arrested and Fired”
In America, we like to think we are free. It’s ingrained in us as children, and it’s fair to say that we enjoy broader rights overall than people living elsewhere. However, there are still a surprising number of ways you can unfairly lose your freedom in this country that you might not even realize, and one of them is medical kidnapping. As difficult as it may be to believe, hospitals are keeping patients against their will for profit, and the law helps them get away with it. Continue reading “Law allows hospitals to literally kidnap you for profit… you are the property of the medical industrial complex”
The ‘Open Skies’ treaty which the US signed in 1992 and went into effect in 2002 is the agreement which allows Russian surveillance planes to occasionally fly over the heart of North America, in an unusual arrangement which has US residents understandably freaking out when they might look up and see a large Russian Tu-214ON aircraft overhead. Continue reading “Trump To Exit ‘Open Skies’ Treaty, Banning Russian Recon Flights Over US”
A King County supervisor in Seattle, Washington, is arguing for a novel way to ease the homeless crisis — sending them out of town with a one-way bus ticket.
Councilmember Reagan Dunn said that the program, which is called “Homeward Bound,” would reunite people struggling with homelessness with family members who could take care of them. Continue reading “Seattle looks at novel way to ease homeless crisis — give them a one-way bus ticket out of town”
In our shit town!!!!!
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a leading 2020 Democrat presidential primary candidate, is vowing to “fight” for back pay for illegal aliens.
As part of Warren’s “Empowering American Workers and Raising Wages” plan, illegal aliens who have worked illegally in the United States — sometimes by stealing Americans’ identities and Social Security numbers — would become eligible to receive back pay for their previous work by amending the National Labor Relations Act. Continue reading “Elizabeth Warren’s Workers Plan Will Provide Back Pay to Illegal Aliens”
Every week, thousands of Mexicans cross the border into the U.S. on temporary visas to sell their blood plasma to profit-making pharmaceutical companies that lure them with Facebook ads and colorful flyers promising hefty cash rewards.
The donors, including some who say the payments are their only income, may take home up to $400 a month if they donate twice a week and earn various incentives, including “buddy bonuses” for recruiting friends or family. Continue reading “Pharmaceutical Companies Are Luring Mexicans Across the U.S. Border to Donate Blood Plasma”
update2: The Kurdish-led and (formerly) US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have begun firing back on invading Turkish forces, which are being supported by F-16 jets, already bombarding densely packed civilian areas inside Syria near the border. Now busy defending themselves against Turkish air and ground forces, the SDF has announced “the suspension of all operations against ISIS.” Continue reading “As Syrians Flee Turkish Airstrikes, Congressional Leaders Vow Erdogan Will “Pay A Heavy Price””
The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of education have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.” –Albert Einstein
Presidential candidate Julián Castro tried to lead LGBTQ and disabled migrants across the border from Mexico into the United States, but the Border Patrol had other ideas.
Castro tried to help eight gay and lesbian asylum-seekers and a deaf woman with her three relatives across the bridge from Mexico to Texas. They had been waiting under President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. Continue reading “Julián Castro tries to lead LGBTQ migrants across the US-Mexico border, and it does not go very well”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the United Nations is facing its “worst cash crisis” in nearly a decade because 64 of its 193 members have not paid their annual dues — including the United States, its largest contributor.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general has written to all members saying “the organization runs the risk of depleting its liquidity reserves by the end of the month and defaulting on payments to staff and vendors.” Continue reading “United Nations could run out of money in a few weeks, Secretary General warns”
De’andre Sommervile made a mistake that a lot of 21-year-olds have probably made at one point or another: He overslept for an important appointment.
Unlike most 21-year-olds, Sommerville got sentenced to jail for his mistake, and will now have a criminal record. Continue reading “21-year-old Florida man sentenced to ten days in prison after he overslept for jury duty in a civil trial, causing a 45-minute delay”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
New York, NY — Flexing his mighty blue privilege granted to him by his badge, a former NYPD cop was acquitted on felony child rape and sex abuse charges this month — despite filming the interactions with the 15-year-old victim himself. Instead of going to jail for years, like he should have, this cop will likely escape any actual accountability. Continue reading “Cop Acquitted for Rape, Despite 5 Videos Showing Him Having Sex With a Child”
Big League Politics – by Jose Nino
During a chilling exchange during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on banning assault weapons, Dr. RaShall Brackney, Chief of the Charlottesville Police Department, stated that she supports a ban on a broad range of guns.
While fielding a question on potentially banning hunting rifles, she said, “I believe any weapon that can be used to hunt individuals should be banned.” Continue reading “Charlottesville Police Chief Wants to Ban All Guns”
Daily Caller – by William Davis
Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris re-iterated her support for a mandatory gun buyback program Wednesday, saying a government under her leadership may confiscate “as many as 10 million” guns.
The 2020 presidential candidate was asked by MSNBC host Craig Melvin how she would get existing “assault weapons” off the streets, noting that the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban did not include a confiscation program. Continue reading “Kamala Harris Says She Might Confiscate ‘As Many As 10 Million’ Guns”
A New Jersey police department recently implemented new technology that allows 911 operators in the area to stream live video from callers’ smartphones with the touch of a button.
While callers will still have to give their consent to such monitoring, some media outlets have dubbed the technology a slippery slope towards automatic surveillance, whereby Big Brother will one day have immediate access to people’s smartphones without their consent. Continue reading “The government can now activate your phone camera to stream live video of whatever you are seeing”