Year: 2014

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Bad welds, dents and damaged coatings discovered at the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline have led to safety regulators imposing two extra conditions on the implementation of the project’s northern segment.

The two new conditions have been added to a list of 57, which project implementers, TransCanada Corp, agreed to three years ago, AP reports. The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has thus amended the environmental impact statement on Keystone XL released by the State Department in January.    Continue reading “‘Horrible’ pipeline defects prompt new rules for Keystone XL construction”

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Some $1.9 billion is to be spent on clearing abandoned or unusable properties in Detroit. Around 70,000 unusable properties across the city will need to be cleared in the next five years – at a cost of $1.9 billion to the taxpayer.

Uninhabited or unusable properties make up one in five of all the city’s properties.   Continue reading “Clearing up Detroit’s dilapidated buildings to cost $1.9bn”

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Google will build a car without a steering wheel.

It doesn’t need one because it drives itself. The two-seater won’t be sold publicly, but Google said Tuesday it hopes by this time next year, 100 prototypes will be on public roads. Though not driving very quickly — the top speed would be 25 mph.

The cars are a natural next step for Google, which already has driven hundreds of thousands of miles in California with Lexus SUVs and Toyota Priuses outfitted with a combination of sensors and computers.   Continue reading “Google: We’re building car with no steering wheel”

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BEIJING (AP) — China is targeting popular smartphone-based instant messaging services in a monthlong campaign to crack down on the spreading of rumors and what it calls infiltration of hostile forces, in the latest move restricting online freedom of expression.

Such services incorporate social media functions that allow users to post photos and updates to their friends, or follow the feeds of companies, social groups or celebrities, and — more worryingly for the government — intellectuals, journalists and activists who comment on politics, law and society. They also post news reports shunned by mainstream media.   Continue reading “China cracks down on instant messaging services”

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog has gone on sale, with one coin selling for $15,000 on Tuesday.

The coins date from 1847 to 1894 and have been valued at $11 million. Several coins were auctioned at the Old San Francisco Mint at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, and one of them — an 1874 $20 double eagle that is usually worth $4,250 — sold for $15,000.   Continue reading “California couple’s buried gold coins go for sale”

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Someone is dropping envelopes full of cash across San Francisco — and causing an international frenzy on social media.

An anonymous man with the Twitter handle @HiddenCash has been hiding money throughout the city since Friday, leading scores on a scavenger hunt. His Twitter following exploded from a few hundred Friday to more than 80,000 and counting by midday Tuesday.   Continue reading “Anonymous “HiddenCash” creates social media frenzy”

This year I took my mom to a Memorial Day parade held at Turkey Brook Park in Mount Olive Township in New Jersey.  I could not help but notice that all the American flags in the parade had a gold fringe on them.  I have heard the topic of the gold fringed flag brought up on several occasions during the Trenches Livestream cast. 

I found various pages on the Internet that address the issue.  Does anyone else have any further information about how these flags have come to be in every courtroom, municipal building, etc.? Continue reading “Gold Fringed Flag”

Hello Trenches,

I’ve been hunting around for ways to slow or stop a no-knock raid with “lawful to use” security devises. 

Here are some links to some products I found for little money with a quick internet search.    Continue reading “Why get out of bed for that NO-KNOCK RAID?”

How long have they really had this? 

C-Net – by Michael Franco

Thanks to her kick-butt skill of telekinesis (my secret superhero power wish), longtime X-Men alum Jean Grey can move things with her mind. And she’s not the only one.

New research out of the Technische Universität München (TUM) in Germany is hinting that mind control might soon reach entirely new heights — even by us non-mutants. They’ve demonstrated that pilots might be able to fly planes through the sky using their thoughts alone.   Continue reading “‘Mind pilots’ steer plane sim with thoughts alone”

Raw Story – by Travis Gettys

A California veteran suffered a stroke that eventually killed him nearly three years ago after police beat him up when he tried to leave a Veterans Hospital with a shunt in his arm, according to a lawsuit filed by the man’s family.

Jonathan Montano grew impatient May 25, 2011, after waiting four hours for dialysis at the VA hospital in Loma Linda, and he told a nurse he intended to leave with the needle apparatus in his arm so staffers at a VA hospital in Long Beach would not have to insert a new one.   Continue reading “Cops caused fatal stroke by beating CA veteran tired of waiting at VA hospital, suit claims”

The Daily Caller – by Michael Bastasch

Despite being soundly rejected a few years ago, cap-and-trade will soon get its U.S. encore — but not in Congress. The Obama administration will likely use its executive power to unilaterally impose carbon dioxide emissions trading systems.

The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil regulations for existing U.S. power plants early next month. For months, onlookers have been speculating about what could be included in the EPA’s rule for existing power plants.   Continue reading “EPA To Unilaterally Push Cap And Trade On Carbon Emissions”

Town Hall – by Leah Barkoukis

I know, the last thing you’d expect from the Obamas is hypocrisy. Alas, I bring you yet another example, this time regarding school lunches. First Lady Michelle Obama has been widely criticized among hungry students across the U.S., a result of school meal nutrition standards that she successfully lobbied for in 2010. Twitchy has done a great job capturing the reactions and photos to some of these lunches and it’s not pretty (click here, here, and here for examples). But CNS News decided to dig a little deeper. What exactly are Michelle O’s daughters eating at lunch? Is it in any way comparable to the lunches in our nation’s public schools? Obviously, the answer is no:   Continue reading “Public School Kids Rebel Against Michelle Obama’s Healthy School Lunches As First Daughters Get Meatball Subs, Ice Cream”

Lew Rockwell – by David Hathaway

The imagined look and persona of an agent provocateur in most people’s minds probably couldn’t be further from the truth.  Most would probably picture the obscure, silent individual lurking in the back of the room while doing his best to conceal his identity and his movements.  If you accept that image, you have also accepted the notion that the provocateur is really just peeking in on, documenting, and recording pre-existing criminal activities and shady plans going on around him.  You haven’t faced the reality that the whole show is the production of the provocateur.   Continue reading “Are You Talking to a Provocateur?”