From the Trenches World Report
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What happens when your state or city has massive unfunded pension liabilities, no direct access to the Fed’s money printer and can’t tax your state any further because you’re driving people out in droves?
You take on more debt, using whatever you can think of as collateral.
Continue reading “California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt”
Wildlife experts in New Mexico say birds in the region are dropping dead in alarming numbers, potentially in the “hundreds of thousands.”
“It appears to be an unprecedented and a very large number,” Martha Desmond, a professor at New Mexico State University’s department of fish, wildlife, and conservation ecology, told NBC’s Albuquerque affiliate KOB. Continue reading “Birds are dropping dead in New Mexico, potentially in the ‘hundreds of thousands’”
LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say is a step towards genetically enhancing livestock to improve food production. Continue reading “Scientists create gene-edited animals as ‘surrogate sires’ to boost food production”
The top communications official at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has suggested that supporters of US President Donald Trump should “buy ammunition” ahead of the 2020 election.
HHS assistant secretary for public affairs Michael Caputo made the comments in a Facebook Live video on Sunday, The New York Times reported. Continue reading “Official urges Trump supporters to ‘buy ammunition’ for use against ‘hit squads being trained all over” US”
New technology is being used to protect professional athletes from COVID-19. This includes at least one NFL team requiring players and staff to wear electronic “SafeZone” tags as seen in the video below.
From NBC News: Continue reading “NFL Team Requires Players and Staff to Wear Electronic Tags That Record Who They Meet and Alert Social Distancing Violations”
The economic recovery has stalled, and in some cases, reversed. The $600 unemployment benefits that Americans received following the virus pandemic that crashed the economy in March-April expired on July 31, which means a fiscal cliff has been underway for 44 days (as of Sept. 14).
Millions of people are still out of work, their emergency savings wiped out, and insurmountable debts are increasing. As former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen warned in August, Congress’ inability to pass another round of stimulus checks could weigh on the economic recovery. Continue reading “Massive Lines Form Outside Virginia Food Bank As Demand Hits One Million Meals Per Month”
President Donald Trump had called for the death penalty to be used for Julian Assange before changing his mind about the Wikileaks founder, the Old Bailey heard.
US lawyer Eric Lewis claimed rumours Mr Trump had been aided by foreign powers in the 2016 election continued to be viewed by the American leader as “undermining his legitimacy”, according to his witness statement presented to Assange’s extradition hearing. Continue reading “Trump ‘wanted Julian Assange executed’ but now hopes to ‘keep him quiet in jail’”
At some point, people will get sick of this.
Black Lives Matter activists occupied a Trader Joe’s in Seattle this week, claiming to be protesting “lack of access to grocery stores” and explaining to patrons “how capitalism exploits the working class.”
That “capitalism” line is straight from Marxism. BLM founders do admit to being “trained Marxists.” Their training is trickling down. Continue reading “Straight Outta Marxism: BLM Protesters Take Over Grocery Store to Protest Lack of ‘Access’ to Grocery Stores”
Suspicions of looting have driven some residents of an Oregon county to illegally stop unfamiliar drivers at gunpoint, all while much of the county is under an evacuation order as wildfires rage.
Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said several people in the county, in efforts to “protect property,” had been conducting armed checkpoints, stopping cars they didn’t recognize. Continue reading “Oregon residents are illegally stopping drivers at gunpoint during wildfire evacuations, sheriff says”
A bipartisan group of House members is introducing a stimulus proposal that aims to break a month-long stalemate in negotiations and distribute $1.5 trillion of aid to the economy before the election.
The middle ground proposal from the group dubbed the “Problem Solvers Caucus” includes provisions like a second round of stimulus checks, an extension of extra unemployment benefits, aid to small businesses and schools, election aid, among others. Continue reading “Coronavirus stimulus: Bipartisan caucus unveils $1.5 trillion proposal, including checks and extra unemployment benefits, in attempt to break gridlock”
Anti-Empire – by Marko Marjanović
Are handshakes oh so slightly unhygienic? Of course, they are. That is the point!
That is why a handshake is the greeting of equals. A sign not just of respect, but of a measure of trust, and a sign of equality that is the prerequisite to exploring mutual interest. Continue reading “Now They’re Coming After Handshakes, and They Know Exactly What They’re Doing”
Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy
A federal judge ruled on Monday that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine’s coronavirus orders, which shut down the state, closed businesses and limited gatherings, were unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV agreed with the plaintiffs claim that Wolf’s business shutdown and stay-at-home orders violated certain constitutional rights. Continue reading “U.S. Federal Judge Strikes Down Pennsylvania’s COVID Mandates as Unconstitutional”
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law legislation which would expunge criminal convictions for inmate firefighters so they can qualify for civilian firefighting jobs after their release from prison.
“Inmates who have stood on the frontlines, battling historic fires should not be denied the right to later become a professional firefighter,” Newsom, as he signed the law on Friday which allows prisoners to petition courts to expunge their convictions after receiving “valuable training and place themselves in danger assisting firefighters to defend the life and property of Californians.” Continue reading “California Offers Path For Inmate Firefighters To Expunge Criminal Records”
Bob Woodward writes that Trump’s Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, and Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, spoke together about taking “collective action” to remove President Trump from office. General Mattis said Trump is “dangerous. He’s unfit.” Continue reading “The United States & Its Constitution Have Two Months Left”
Mint Press News – by Raul Diego
Alleged Russian interference in the 2020 presidential election is headline news, once again, as a Ukrainian lawmaker is charged by the Trump administration “in a sweeping plot to sow distrust in the American political process,” reports the Associated Press. Microsoft also made claims that it detected “hacking attempts targeting U.S. political campaigns, parties and consultants” by agents from Russia, China, and Iran. In a September 10 blog post, Microsoft’s Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President of Customer Security & Trust, listed three groups from each region that Microsoft “observed” carrying out their cyber operations. Continue reading “How a Senate Inquiry Revealed the Israeli Surveillance Industry’s Role in Orchestrating Russiagate”
Joe Biden called for gun control less than 24 hours after two LA County deputies were shot in the head and wounded during an ambush in Compton.
‘Weapons of war have no place in our communities,’ the former Vice President tweeted. ‘We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.’ Continue reading “Biden calls for ‘gun control’ less than 24 hours after two LA County sheriffs were critically wounded in ambush while they sat in their squad car”
It’s now abundantly clear that left-wing arsonists are setting many of the wildfires that are exploding across Western states. Naturally, Oregon fire officials have now “officially” denied the fires are being set by human beings, instead claiming all the fires are Trump’s fault because of “climate change.”
In case you’re trying to keep track of all this, when left-wing terrorists set fire to buildings in cities, that’s known as “peaceful protesting.” But when left-wing terrorists set fire to forests in nature, that’s called “climate change.” Continue reading “Left-wing arsonists are setting many of the wildfires in Western states… but why?”
This graph shows where my mind goes every time I ask myself how far the S&P 500 is likely to fall before it finds a solid bottom.
As you know, I don’t make predictions based on charts, but clearly there is intense convergence of longterm support around the 2,000 level and strong indication of a subliminal desire in the market to keep plumbing the bottom to find that depth. Continue reading “Technically, This is Where I Think the S&P Will Find Strong Support and a Final Resting Place”
Its very obvious this is not “cLimAtE cHanGe” and is being done by asshats setting shit on fire.
A man in Oregon was arrested early Monday for setting “multiple” fires along a freeway in Portland, hours after he was released from custody for setting another brush fire along the same roadway, according to police.
The Portland Police Bureau said in a news release that officers were dispatched around 3:37 a.m. Monday to a report of “multiple fires” burning along the west side of the Interstate 205 freeway. Continue reading “Oregon man arrested twice in 12-hour span for starting ‘multiple’ fires near Portland freeway”