From the Trenches World Report
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Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas
The hacktivist collective Anonymous vowed to wreak havoc on “banking and other financial institutions” this week and quite possibly may already have as it has been reported by hundreds that Chase Bank ATMs are still not dispensing cash at this time and haven’t since Friday night. Continue reading “Operation Icarus continues, banking systems taken down, Chase Bank ATMs not dispensing cash”
The federal government has transferred around $2.2 billion worth of military gear to local police departments around the country since 2006, according to a new report.
Released by the non-profit government transparency group Open the Books, the report, titled The Militarization of Local Police Departments, says the equipment includes “helicopters and airplanes, armored trucks and cars, tens of thousands of M16/M14 rifles, thousands of bayonets, mine detectors, and many other types of weapons.” Continue reading “Feds Transferred $2.2B Worth Of Military Equipment To Police Since 2006”
The story of how cops stole $20,000 from Guillermo Espinoza, a construction worker with no criminal record, is sadly familiar in most respects: In July 2013, while driving through Arkansas on his way to Texas, Espinoza was pulled over by a state trooper who discovered a large amount of cash in the car, which he viewed as inherently suspicious. The money was seized and eventually forfeited based on vague allegations of drug-related activity. But there’s a twist: There was so little evidence of such activity that local prosecutors decided to drop the forfeiture case. The judge would not let them, and last week a state appeals court declined to review that astounding decision because Espinoza had missed a filing deadline. Continue reading “Arkansas Trooper Steals $20,000, Because Nobody Innocent Carries That Much Cash”
Police in Pennsylvania were accused Wednesday of disguising a license plate reading vehicle as a Google Street View car.
Noticed at around 10 am EST by security and cryptography researcher Matt Blaze, the white SUV was seen with a large Google Maps sticker on one of its rear windows. Continue reading “Police Accused Of Disguising License Plate Reading Vehicle As Google Car”
New York Daily News – by Nicole Hensley, Christopher Brennan, Sasha Goldstein
A man armed with a knife stabbed two people to death during a rampage in Taunton, Mass., that injured at least four, according to authorities.
The spree started when Arthur DaRosa crashed a car 40 miles south of Boston, leaving his vehicle and stabbing two people inside their home around 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn said the suspect then drove to a local mall and stabbed at least four more people at the shopping center. Continue reading “Two dead after man goes on knife rampage at home and mall; later shot by off-duty cop”
Well, it’s shit… that’s right, shit!
Shit may just be the most functional word in the English language.
Consider: Continue reading “The most functional English word”
Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington
President Barack Obama’s two-day trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month cost taxpayers over $3.1 million in hotel and motorcade costs alone, according to contracts released by the State Department.
In what some described as a “futile” trip, the president met with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries on April 20 and 21. Continue reading “Hotel and Motorcade Costs for Obama’s Two-Day Riyadh Visit Total $3.16 Million”
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently released a document called Evidence on the Carcinogenicity of Fluoride and Its Salts that highlights the many health hazards caused by the consumption of fluoride. And the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) recently submitted a compilation of its own to OEHHA, which is soon to make a final decision concerning fluoride’s toxicity, providing additional evidence that fluoride causes cancer. Continue reading “Undeniable evidence from numerous studies proves that fluoride causes cancer”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
Should we be alarmed that the number of job cuts announced by large U.S. companies was 35 percent higher in April than it was in March? This is definitely a case where the trend is not our friend. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, U.S. firms announced 65,141 job cuts during April, which represented a massive 35 percent increase over the previous month. And so far this year overall, job cut announcements are running 24 percent higher than for the exact same period in 2015. Meanwhile, on Thursday we learned that initial claims for unemployment benefits shot up dramatically last week. In fact, the jump of 17,000 was the largest increase that we have seen in over a year. Of course the U.S. economy has been slowing down for quite a while now, and many have been wondering when we would begin to see that slowdown reflected in the employment numbers. Well, that day has now arrived. Continue reading “The Next Employment Crisis Is Here: Job Cuts At U.S. Companies Jump 35 Percent In April”
With sweeping executive orders from President Obama slamming down the gauntlet on gun rights, Americans across the U.S. have eyes wide open as to their rights of gun ownership and self-defense.
Many people who have never owned a gun decided now is the time. Seasoned owners started moving to increase their arsenal with additional types of calibers and firearms. This wake-up call has caused Americans to start exercising the 2nd Amendment rights before it is too late. Continue reading “Sheriff’s Office Overwhelmed with Concealed Carry Permit Applications”
Microsoft has made a change to an update for Windows 7 that can prevent certain systems from booting. While you might expect me to say, “good news, the software giant has fixed the problem”, in fact what Microsoft has done is switch the update from “optional”, to “recommended”. So, on some systems, it will now install, and break Windows 7 automatically.
There is good news though, and that’s you can solve the problem and get your computer working again by (can you guess?) upgrading to Windows 10. Hooray! Continue reading “Now Microsoft is breaking Windows 7 to get users to upgrade to Windows 10”
True Activist – by Amanda Froelich
Though stigma still surrounds the cultivation and use of cannabis, more and more people are realizing that the crop isn’t only beneficial for the environment, it may seriously help individuals who suffer from afflictions such as cancer.
In the past, True Activist has shared powerful stories of individuals healing themselves from debilitating conditions with cannabis oil. Now, a story has surfaced of a Hollywood stuntman curing his stage 4 cancer with the aid of the plant. He’s now on a mission to reduce the stigma associated with using hemp, and hopes that in the future, medical marijuana is legally available to everyone. Continue reading “Hollywood Stuntman Claims Cannabis Oil Cured His Stage 4 Cancer”
Captain Daniel Dusek, the former deputy director of operations for the Navy’s 7th Fleet has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for his treasonous involvement in a bribery scandal.
Dusek pleaded guilty last year (2015) to conspiracy to commit bribery, admitting he traded classified information for luxury gifts and access to prostitutes. He was sentenced to 46 months on Friday. Continue reading “Daniel Dusek is a traitor”
(Reuters) – General Motors (GM.N) said on Friday it will close four North American plants that primarily make cars and not SUVs or trucks, for two weeks due to a parts shortage linked to the recent earthquake in Japan.
GM looked at parts availability and its North American plant operations and decided that these four plants would close to ensure adequate parts supply, a company spokeswoman said. Continue reading “GM to temporarily idle four North American auto plants”
Anti-Media – by Claire Bernish
Fascism doesn’t often sweep in overnight and take over some hapless nation’s government; rather, it gradually seeps into the cultural fabric — as is quietly taking place all around the globe, evidenced by an upsurge in sales of riot equipment that has gone largely unnoticed.
A new report from analysts with industry research group, Sandler Research, forecasts the Global Riot Control System Market for the next four years — but beyond a burgeoning market to parallel the expanding global police state, it appears world governments are also keenly aware of civilian discontent. Sandler predicts the market will have an annual growth of 3.5 percent, and makes a telling juxtaposition, emphases added, involving the United States: Continue reading “New Report Proves US Law Enforcement Preparing for Rioting on a National Scale”
Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
There are 55.3 million Latinos in America, nearly triple the 1980 population, and those under 18 years old are the largest group, a demographic fact likely to influence the future of the country, according to Census figures.
A new analysis from the Pew Research Center, found that the vast majority are of “Mexican origin,” and most of the younger Latinos were born in the United States to immigrants. Hispanics represent over 17 percent of the total U.S. population and 21 percent of all millennials, said Pew. Continue reading “American future: 55 million Latinos in U.S., one-third under 18”