From the Trenches World Report
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Duke University researchers have found hazardous levels of mercury hundreds of miles downstream from Peruvian gold mines.
Researchers have determined that the health risks taken on by artisanal, small-scale gold miners extend far beyond the miners themselves. Continue reading “Mercury from gold mines accumulates hundreds of miles downstream”
The Daily Bell – by Anthony Wiles
As we predicted long ago, cannabis is rapidly emerging as an industry. Those of us who saw the opportunity knew the large money would be made as the market gradually developed venture-capital and IPO participation. That’s what is occurring now.
Ultimately, this is going to be a worldwide industry, one of our largest and most popular. The promise is immense and the possibilities are still not fully understood by most. But the starter’s gun has sounded. Venture capitalist extraordinaire Peter Thiel has now taken his first big cannabis position. Continue reading “Top Speculator Peter Thiel Makes a Big Bet on the Cannabis Industry”
Information Liberation – by Chris
The New York Post is reporting the NYPD’s slowdown in issuing parking tickets is “costing the city $10m a week in revenue.”
From the perspective of the state’s tax-victims, that means taxpayers are saving $10m a week. Continue reading “NYPD ‘Slowdown’ Saves Taxpayers $10M A Week In Parking Ticket Fines”
The New American – by Alex Newman
With terrorists rampaging through Paris for a second time this week after gunmen massacred 12 victims in the Charlie Hebdo attack, at least four more victims are dead as panic grows across the city and even the nation of France. And thanks to draconian gun-control laws severely infringing on the French people’s right to keep and bear arms, actual and potential victims of the ongoing slaughter have been left largely defenseless, to cower in the face of Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs and other weaponry. Despite all of that, rather than discussing more respect for gun-rights and liberty, experts say it is unlikely that the people of France under Socialist Party rule will be able to even have a real debate any time soon — much less lawfully protect themselves from terrorists and criminals. Continue reading “Amid Terror in Paris, Gun Control Leaves French Defenseless”
All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff, Steve Straehley
Claiming to be on the side of the working poor, House Republicans, along with a dozen Democrats, this week adopted a bill that would redefine the full-time work week under Obamacare from 30 hours to 40 hours.
GOP lawmakers say the rule established under the Affordable Care Act that mandates that employers with 50 or more workers offer insurance to those working at least 30 hours a week caused employers to cut workers’ hours to avoid paying for healthcare. Under the Republican bill, these workers would now have to work 40 hours a week to be assured of coverage. Continue reading “House Republicans Pass Employer-Supported Bill Changing Definition of “Full-Time Worker” from 30 Hours to 40 Hours”
Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas
COLORADO (INTELLIHUB) — “Recent calls for attacks against law enforcement officers by foreign terrorist organizations and recent reports released by the U.S. Senate Select Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s Detention Interrogation Program may exacerbate tensions or even spark violence against officers, intelligence personnel, government officials, and their families.”, says a recent bulletin issued by the Colorado Information Awareness Center (CIAC). Continue reading “Terror scare: Law enforcement and military urged to deactivate all personal social media accounts”
Top Secret Writers – by Gabrielle Pickard
Pages of Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) papers were released by the National Security Agency (NSA) on Christmas Eve. These previously top secret documents show hundreds of instances of the NSA unlawfully spying on Americans and how the rights of citizens have been violated during the last decade.
While most of the documents are heavily redacted, the IOB reports shows how routinely and easily the NSA “unintentionally” collects data on citizens of the United States. Continue reading “NSA Posted Large Amount of IOB Reports on Christmas Eve”
All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff, Danny Biederman
In an effort to reduce state and federal royalty payments and maximize subsidies from the U.S. government, coal companies have set up subsidiaries to essentially sell the coal they mine to themselves. In some states, nearly half of all coal produced is sold this way.
The fact that these companies are selling such a large percentage of coal back to themselves, rather than to a utility or power plant, constitutes “a fundamental shift in how the coal industry does business,” Claire Moser of the Center for American Progress (CAP) wrote at Climate Progress. Continue reading “Coal Companies Gain Federal Subsidies by Selling Coal to Themselves”
Guns Save Lives – by Sam Cadle
Milwaukee, WI – Information from a source tells me that this shooting was a self defense shooting that took place. It is believed that this was a robbery that turned into a defensive gun use and the shooter is a Wisconsin CCL holder. Currently news sources are stating that the shooter is in custody and the suspect is deceased. Continue reading “CCL Holder Shoots Robbery Suspect in WI”
Sovereign Man – by Simon Black
When the Soviet Union was dying out and privatization schemes and free market measures were being implemented, it was like the Wild West out there.
With a bit of street smarts, insights, the right contacts, information, and access to capital, you could grab or build a fortune.
That’s how most Russian billionaire tycoons amassed their wealth. By being in the right place at the right time and taking action. Continue reading “Forget Cuba opening up to the US, watch out for Venezuela”
Follow me on a few twists and turns down the rabbit hole.
Start with this untitled June 27, 1994, document, stored at the National Security Archive at The George Washington University.
It was written by a CIA advisory committee, and forwarded to the Presidential Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, which was preparing public hearings in 1994. Continue reading “CIA mind-control program: did it really end?”
Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon
File this one under weird defensive gun uses.
An attempted armed robber, who actually ended up being armed only with a toy gun, ended up being shot by one of his potential victims.
According to local media reports: Continue reading “Armed Robber Tries to Rob a Store and is Shot by That Store’s Owner as He Tried to Rob a 2nd Store”
Natural Society – by Christina Sarich
Peripheral neuropathy, which is characterized by sharp pain or numbing and tingling, affects people of all ages. But the cure isn’t some outlandish and expensive pharmaceutical medicine – it’s a vitamin found easily in fish or supplements. Patients suffering from a loss of muscular control, painful tingling, numbness and loss of sensation in their limbs don’t have to undergo invasive surgeries or take debilitating meds – they may be able to simply take high doses of Vitamin B12. This vitamin benefits many other diseases as well. Continue reading “Inexpensive Vitamin Treats ‘So Many Diseases’ it Threatens Big Pharma”
The Watchers
Jon Rappoport