From the Trenches World Report
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The US supreme court delivered a landmark endorsement of electronic privacy on Wednesday, ruling that police must obtain a warrant to search the contents of cellphones seized from people they have arrested.
All nine justices joined the ruling on a case hailed by civil liberties campaigners as a crucial test of the rights of individuals to be protected against intrusion into their ever-expanding digital lives. Continue reading “Supreme court endorses cellphone privacy rights in sweeping ruling”
Nearly three-quarters of Germans oppose having permanent NATO military bases in Poland and the Baltic states as a buffer against Russia, a new poll reveals. The opinion reflects a growing trend within Europe opposing further NATO eastern expansion.
In the Forsa poll for the Internationale Politik magazine’s latest edition slated for Friday, 74 percent of those surveyed were against the idea, while only 18 percent supported it, Reuters reports. Opposition to NATO expansion in Eastern Europe remains highest in former Communist eastern Germany, Forsa said. Continue reading “74% of Germans oppose permanent NATO bases in Poland and Baltics”
Despite saving wounded Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell in Afghanistan and helping ‘Lone Survivor’ make tens of millions in profits at the box office, Mohammad Gulab is struggling to protect his family from an endless stream of Taliban attacks.
In 2005, the rural village dweller lived in a small town in the mountainous Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan, along the contentious border with Pakistan. While in the wilderness near his home, Gulab discovered the severely wounded Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell.Shot in the leg and suffering from fractures in three vertebrae, Luttrell desperately needed water and medical care after his unit was involved in a firefight with the Taliban. He was the sole survivor from his unit of four. Continue reading “Afghan hero behind ‘Lone Survivor’ film being hunted down by Taliban”
The wealth gap in the US has been widening since the Great Recession despite the 2008 financial crisis destroying billions of dollars in wealth. The recovery saw the richest restore much of their losses – unlike average Americans, researchers found.
The wealthiest 5 percent of Americans had 24 times the wealth of the average household in 2013, up significantly from 16.5 times as much in 2007, AP said, quoting a study by the University of Michigan. Continue reading “US wealth gap widens since Great Recession – study”
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge moved closer Wednesday to indicting Princess Cristina, the sister of newly proclaimed King Felipe VI, in a corruption and embezzlement investigation centering on her husband.
Wrapping up a four-year pre-trial investigation, Palma de Mallorca investigative magistrate Jose Castro kept her on a list of suspects he thinks should stand trial. He said Cristina is suspected of two counts of cooperation in tax fraud and one of money-laundering. The judge said her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, is accused of embezzlement and fraud. Neither has been formally charged. Continue reading “Court moves closer to indicting Spanish princess”
With Iraq in crisis, many corporate news accounts treat the US war there as if it was something that was done to us, and the ensuing chaos proof that the good intentions of a US superpower cannot overcome tribal grievances.
Michael Crowley‘s cover story for Time (6/19/14), “The End of Iraq,” might be the quintessential example. He writes: Continue reading “TIME on Iraq War: What Did We Do to Deserve This?”
Philly.com – by Stephanie Farr
A PHILADELPHIA cop who allegedly pushed her own children to fight other kids – and who, on at least one occasion, allegedly jumped in a fight to punch a 14-year-old girl – was arrested yesterday on numerous assault and child-endangerment charges, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.
Officer Tamika Gross’ propensity for fighting has twice been detailed by the Daily News, once in 2009 when she got into a street fight with another woman while she was on duty and once in 2013, when she allegedly brought her 16-year-old suspended daughter back to Lincoln High School to fight a 14-year-old girl over a boy. Continue reading “Cop arrested for allegedly fighting a kid”
Natural Society – by Christina Sarich
In an appalling attempt to patent yet another seed, Monsanto has resorted to fraud to try to gain rights to a tomato which contains a naturally occurring resistance to a fungal disease called botrytis. The tomato is not genetically modified, but Monsanto manipulated documents to make the plant look ‘invented’ by biotech when the plant’s true maker is Mother Nature, herself.
Representatives of No Patents on Seeds! have called attention to this shady play of the biotech industry to try to outrun their failing genetic experiments. The original tomatoes used for this patent came from the international gene bank in Gatersleben, Germany, and they have shown this resistance for ages, well before biotech started monkeying with our food supply. Continue reading “Monsanto Tries to Patent & Control Natural, Non-GMO Tomatoes”
Florida veteran Larry Murphree has been charged by his homeowners association for displaying an American flag in his flower pot, Fox News reported.
“When I first moved here, I loved it. … But it’s just gotten more … nitpick more and more,” Murphree told WAWS.
WTLV reported that each day Murphree keeps the flag in the pot is a $100 fine. The homeowner is now being billed $8,000 for violation and attorney fees. Continue reading “Florida man may lose home over display of American flag”
This is the most disturbing story I’ve had the displeasure to write about, not only does Big Brother spy on us, our families & kids they’re collecting their Iris’s!
Worcester, MA – It takes less than a minute to enter a child’s information into a national missing person’s database. All it takes is a photo, some general information like height and weight, and a quick scan of your eyes.
It’s happening across the country! Continue reading “Police/DHS are entering kids Iris’s into a NATIONAL DATABASE”
Huffington Post – by Nigel Duara
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has affirmed the legality of the U.S. government’s bulk collection of phone and email data from foreign nationals living outside the country — including their contact with U.S. citizens — in denying a man’s motion to dismiss his terrorism conviction.
It was the first legal challenge to the government’s bulk data-collection program of non-U.S. citizens living overseas after revelations about massive, warrantless surveillance were made public by former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden. Continue reading “Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Bulk Surveillance Is Legal”
It’s no secret that the United Nations, with assistance from members of the Executive and Legislative branches in the United States, has been actively working to reduce Americans’ accessibility to firearms. In 2012 President Obama, along with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, spearheaded a backdoor move that would have imposed gun control on the United States through foreign means by signing a global disarmament initiative known as the Small Arms Treaty. Though that attempt failed, mass shooting incidents at Sandy Hook and elsewhere have kept the pressure on gun owners with the President having made repeated suggestions that he would mandate gun restrictions through Executive Order should state and federal legislatures fail to act. Continue reading “United Nations Seeks US-based Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Specialists”
Town Hall – by Michelle Malkin
Imagine how much better off America’s veterans would be if the federal government spent more time delivering actual care and less time compiling tyrannical lists. The death-inducing secret waiting lists for patients are just the tip of the iceberg.
Did you know, for example, that the VA keeps a database on “disgruntled” and “disruptive” vets that results in arbitrarily restricted care? Continue reading “Exposed: How the VA Red-Flags ‘Disruptive’ Vets”
WASHINGTON – The first contingent of U.S. military advisers arrived in Iraq Tuesday to assess conditions and begin assisting Iraqi security forces after Islamist militants have seized several key cities.
The Pentagon said 90 American personnel arrived from outside the country, and 40 were already in Iraq as part of the U.S. Embassy’s defense staff.
The advisers are part of up to 300 military personnel authorized by President Obama last week in response to the crisis in Iraq, where a Sunni extremist group, called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has taken control of Mosul, Iraq’s second-biggest city, and other towns in recent weeks. Continue reading “U.S. military advisers begin work in Iraq”
(Pamela Wood) Michael Anthony Peroutka and David Whitney, who are vying for the same seat on the Anne Arundel County Council, are members of the League of the South, an organization whose stated goal is the secession of Southern states.
Peroutka also believes elected officials should return to a “Biblical worldview” of the founding fathers, and Whitney preaches at his Pasadena church that God is essential in government and that current political leaders are “wicked and corrupt.” Continue reading “SPLC Labels Two “Constitution Teaching Candidates” Extremists”
GeoEngineering Watch – by Dean Wigington
What happened to Jesse Ventura? No matter what there was not to like about Jesse, one always felt that he at least was making an effort to expose uncomfortable truths. Now, with Ventura’s latest piece which focused on “chemtrails” (of course Ventura avoided the scientific terms of “geoengineering” and “climate engineering”), he has taken a giant leap into the disinformation camp. Does Ventura present any real data? No. Does he make any effort to use science terms that relate to climate engineering like “solar radiation management” (SRM) and “stratospheric aerosol geoengineering” (SAG)? No, again. Doesn’t Ventura see any sign of respiratory related disease increasing worldwide? Does he see no increase in diseases related to aluminum exposure like autism and Alzheimer’s? Every known ailment connected to these two factors is going virtually off the charts. What is Jesse’s “oracle of truth” for his total disinformation piece? None other than geoengineer Ken Caldeira, former employee of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Continue reading “Shining More Light On Jesse Ventura’s Disinformation Campaign With Geoengineer Ken Caldeira”
The Guardian – by Jon Swaine
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Common Dreams – by Peter Hart
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SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo
USA Today – by Jim Michaels
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