From the Trenches World Report
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Saudi Arabia has become the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. The lucky machine is Sophia the Humanoid, who was designed to look like Audrey Hepburn.
News of Sophia’s citizenship was announced at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Continue reading “Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to humanoid robot”
Former child star Corey Feldman revealed on Wednesday he survived a “near-death experience” after two trucks apparently tried to run him over — all because he’s working to expose what he calls a pedophlia ring that’s plagued Hollywood for decades.
The star posted an ominous video to social media explaining what he plans to do, and described how his physical safety is in danger because of this plan. Continue reading “Corey Feldman claims he’s being targeted for death for trying to expose Hollywood pedophile ring”
ZNet – by Greg Nichols for Robotics
Birds decimate crops, costing farmers tens of millions of dollars each year.
To stop that from happening, farmers have employed all kinds of gimmicks, from traditional scarecrows to nets.
If you’re ever driving through bucolic pastures and hear a boom suggestive of artillery, it’s probably a propane gun set off to scare away birds. Continue reading “Farmers are firing automatic lasers at hungry birds”
Farm industry lobbyists and the GOP chairman of the House Judiciary Committee will try again on October 24 to pass a bill that would let companies import an army of 1 million low-wage visa-workers for a wide variety of Americans food-sector jobs.
“Rep. Goodlatte’s proposal would devastate America’s current and future farmworkers,” said a statement from the Farmworker Justice group, which continued: Continue reading “Food Industry Sets Tuesday Vote To Import 1 Million Visa-Workers”
International correspondent Will Ripley just told the world on Twitter that North Korea is very serious with the threat to test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading “North Korean Official Warns: Take the Threat of “Strongest Hydrogen Bomb Test Over the Pacific”…”Literally””
LAS VEGAS (INTELLIHUB) — According to actual law enforcement communications from the night of the Oct 1 massacre, a private company named Battlefield Vegas worked hand-in-hand with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department after receiving orders to deliver three armored vehicles to South Central Aera Command as strike teams were being dispatched to numerous casinos along the strip. Continue reading “Private paramilitary firm worked hand-in-hand with LVMPD on the night of the Las Vegas massacre”
List Verse – by Shelley Kuziak
Three types of militias were formed at the beginning of the Civil War—partisan rangers, guerrillas, and bushwhackers. Partisan rangers were legitimate groups that were authorized by the government to work with the army. Guerrillas provided local defense of family and community. Bushwhackers were extremists who viewed violence as a sport or who saw an opportunity for profit or vengeance. By the end of the “brother against brother” war, with emotions running high, most militias were bushwhackers, even those that began with noble intentions. The following militias were effective and well organized. Continue reading “10 Militias That Waged Guerrilla Warfare In The Civil War”
The following is the text of Sen. Jeff Flake’s remarks from the floor of the U.S. Senate on Oct. 24, 2017, as prepared for delivery. Ronald J. Hansen, political reporter for The Republic and azcentral, annotates the speech here. Click on yellow highlighted text to learn more.
Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles. Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours to hold indefinitely. We are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is certainly not the point of seeking office. And there are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles. Continue reading “Read Flake’s bombshell Senate speech: ‘Mr. President, I rise today to say: Enough’”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
In the federal government’s relentless and futile pursuit to control what Americans can and cannot put into their own bodies, all too often, innocent people become the victims of state-sponsored violence. Since its inception during the Nixon years, the drug war has not only failed at its task but it’s served to create a massive opioid epidemic and eviscerated rights—all while fostering corruption and violence within the government. At the head of this violent and corrupt beast is the government office known as the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA. Continue reading “Video Released Showing DEA Agents Execute 2 Women, a Child, and a Man”