From the Trenches World Report
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Ben E. King, the R&B singer known for generation-defining classics like “Stand By Me” and “Spanish Harlem,” has died. He was 76.
King’s publicist Phil Brown earlier confirmed the singer’s death to the Associated Press, but did not immediately return messages seeking a cause of death. Continue reading “‘Stand By Me’ singer Ben E. King dies; ‘there is another soldier gone’”
WASHINGTON – Emergency crews are at the scene of what D.C. Fire and EMS is calling a “catastrophic collapse” of a four-story parking garage at The Watergate.
D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Tim Wilson says the structure collapsed around 10 a.m. The collapse may be construction-related, according to Wilson. Continue reading “Parking garage collapses at Watergate in DC”
The build up for Jade Helm is massive to say the least. Reports are coming in from all over the US of a tremendous amount of military activity and build up of equipment and vehicles that definitely goes well beyond what the stated number of military personnel would need for this drill. Continue reading “Operation Jade Helm: Massive Military Drill Across 9 States for “Unconventional Warfare””
Kudos to MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough for being willing to talk about the many crimes and scandals of Hillary Clinton, even on a network as liberal as MSNBC. He did so again on Wednesday when he threw a little bit of a hissy fit over what he perceives as a tremendous double standard among Democrat pundits.
But I worked with guys in Congress that went golfing like one or two times in Ireland, and then six months later put a bill on the floor of the House, and they went to jail, and we’re sitting here going, wait a second, wait, now maybe he just got paid three times the amount. Maybe Belarus or telecom companies or maybe this — come on. We’re not naive babes in the woods. Continue reading “Hillary Clinton’s Crimes are Worse than Bob Menendez’s, but He’s the Only One Facing Prison Time”
Maryland State legislator Patrick McDonough, the guest host of a drive-time radio program on Wednesday morning, discussed the possibility of revoking food stamps from the parents of protesting Baltimore youth.
Later during the same broadcast, McDonough called for a “scientific study” of what he called the “thug nation” in the black community. McDonough is a Republican member of the state’s House of Delegates who represents a suburban area northeast of the city. Continue reading “Maryland Legislator Discusses Taking Food Stamps From Parents Of Protesting Youth”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
Cops across the nation are frustrated by the media largely ignoring police officers killed in the line of duty, while sensationalizing the death of suspects shot by the police.
“I felt this around the country, there is a frustration around the nation… A lot of cops get shot and killed each year, and that doesn’t get a lot of media coverage,” said James Comey, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, during a news event attended by Breitbart Texas. Continue reading “FBI Director: Police Frustrated By Media Ignoring Blue Deaths”
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief of police for the port of Los Angeles was indicted on federal corruption charges involving a program to help citizens report criminal activity at the port, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday.
Ronald Boyd, 57, was named in a 16-count indictment that includes charges of wire fraud involving bribery and kickbacks. Continue reading “Los Angeles ports police chief indicted on corruption charges”
The great Harry Callahan used to say that we need to know our limitations. Since some of them cannot be overcome, egalitarianism can only be achieved if standards are brought down to the lowest common denominator. Lawsuits are useful in this regard. Here’s how this principle is applied to law enforcement:
[Rebecca] Arndt, 48, is one of 12 decorated Colorado Springs policewomen suing the city of Colorado Springs for what plaintiffs say is an unfair fitness test that disproportionately affects women over the age of 40. Nearly 40 percent of the department’s women in that demographic failed the test the first time around, the lawsuit claims.
Continue reading “Unfit Sue to Eliminate Physical Standards for Police Officers”
Denial might be a river in Venezuela.
For the past year, the government has been trying to sugar coat the economic demise of the country
National Geographic – by Wendy Koch
Cars that run on a synthetic fuel, made from water and air, represent the cutting-edge of innovation now sweeping the auto industry. In a German factory, Audi is making “e-diesel” that uses— rather than emits—carbon dioxide.
The carbon-neutral fuel contains no sulfur or fossil oil. If it catches on and is produced for a mass market, it could make internal combustion engines much cleaner in the future. Continue reading “Cars That Run on Air and Water? Audi Rolls Out E-Diesel”
United Liberty – by Matthew DesOrmeaux
After the oral arguments finally took place this week, almost everyone expects the Supreme Court to overturn state bans on same-sex marriage at the end of their session in June. But there may be a surprising reason why they do so that has nothing to do with discrimination against gays and lesbians.
The majority of the oral arguments dealt with the 14th Amendment “equal protection” argument that same-sex couples deserve the same access to the civil (not religious) institution of marriage that “traditional” opposite-sex couples do. It’s a compelling argument that declares the dignity of committed gay and lesbian couples is no less than straight couples. But it’s not what might clinch the majority vote on the court. Continue reading “The Supreme Court Will Overturn Gay Marriage Bans, But Not Because They Discriminate Against Gays”
Body-cam video has been released as a part of a lawsuit filed against the West Jordan Police Department in Utah, showing an officer kicking in a door and releasing a police K9 on a man seated, surrendering on his couch, with his hands raised.
The video shows Lee Hoogveldt seated on a sofa after police enter his home on March 24, 2013. After commands from officers, he raises his hands in the air before a police dog jumps up and chews on his face for 15 seconds. Continue reading “Video Shows Officer Break Down Door, Release K9 On Seated Man With Hands Raised”
The Russian and Chinese Navies are to hold a joint exercise in the Mediterranean Sea in mid-May, a first in that part of the world. A total of nine warships from the two countries are to participate, Beijing said.
“The aim is to deepen both countries’ friendly and practical cooperation, and increase our navies’ ability to jointly deal with maritime security threats,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said on Thursday in a monthly news briefing. Continue reading “China, Russia to hold first-ever Mediterranean naval exercise”
Off the Grid News – by Daniel Jennings
Federal agents seized all of the money in an organic farmer’s bank account even though he and his family were never charged with a crime – and simply because they made an innocent mistake in depositing their money.
Randy and Karen Sowers innocently watched the government take $62,000 of the money they had made selling milk from grass-fed cows and eggs from cage-free chickens at Washington, D.C.-area farmer’s markets. Continue reading “Feds Seize $62,000 From Innocent Organic Farmer Because The Bank Teller Gave Him Bad Advice”
Why did the 40,000-pound superconducting magnet cross the country? The full answer to this twist on the old joke is complicated, but here’s the short version: to unlock the secrets of the atom.
Pristine, particle-tracking magnets are rare enough to count on two hands. Most of these one-of-a-kind engineering feats sit at the heart of some of the most ambitious physics experiments in history and were built specifically to discover new facets of matter. Continue reading “Giant electromagnet arrives at Brookhaven Lab to map melted matter”
