From the Trenches World Report
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Footage of the 10 July arrest shows Sandra Bland’s car being pulled over for failing to signal and then an ensuing confrontation with the officer.
There are several jumps during the 52-minute film, which has had more than one million views on YouTube.
But Texas authorities say it was not edited and that it will be re-uploaded. Continue reading “Sandra Bland death: Texas officials deny editing arrest video”
Say hello to the Sacklers, the newest members of Forbes’ 2015 List of Richest US Families, who collected a fortune from a national opioid addiction epidemic. Worth $14 billion, they’re the 16th richest family in the country. Although they’re richer than the Mellons, the Busches, or the Rockefellers, you’ve probably never heard of them.
But you’ve almost certainly heard about the product that put them in the 1% of the 1%. The Sacklers own 100% of Purdue Pharma, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company that makes Oxycontin, the opiate analgesic that helped spark a new generation of pain pill and heroin addicts. Continue reading “Family That Made a Fortune off National Oxycontin Epidemic Has Just Landed on Forbes’ Richest List”
Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are urging President Obama to use executive power to unilaterally change the way background checks for gun purchases are handled.
They began their push 10 days ago and it has since been joined by Representative Jim Clyburn (D-SC-6th). The State reports that Clyburn’s bill is titled “The Background Check Completion Act.” Continue reading “Democrat Senators Urge Obama to Extend Instant Gun Background Checks”
The Navy Times – by David Larter
A Navy officer and a Marine fired their sidearms hoping to kill or subdue the gunman who murdered five service members last week in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to multiple military officials familiar with internal reporting on the tragedy.
It remains unclear whether either hit Muhammad Abdulazeez, who was shot and killed on July 16 after he gunned down four Marines and a sailor at the Navy Operational Support Center in Chattanooga. It’s also unclear why they were armed, as it is against Defense Department policy for anyone other than military police or law enforcement to carry weapons on federal property. Continue reading “Sources: Navy officer, Marine fought to take out Chattanooga gunman”
U.S. and Israeli authorities arrested four people in Israel and Florida on Tuesday in connection with several fraud schemes tied to last summer’s massive data breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co, according to news reports.
The hacking of JPMorgan’s computers compromised information in 83 million household and small business accounts, making it one of the largest such breaches in history. Continue reading “Three Israelis arrested in relation to JPMorgan hack, securities fraud”
The Free Thought Project – by John Vibes
Gaithersburg, Maryland – A high-ranking NIST officer was recently forced to resign after creating an explosion inside of a government lab while attempting to manufacture methamphetamine.
According to NBC News, the explosion happened at the Gaithersburg, Md. campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, around 7:30 PM on Saturday. Continue reading “Government Agent Blows Up Federal Lab While Making Meth — No Arrests, No Charges”
Every student is given a “THREAT ASSESSMENT” by police and school administrators!
Schools and police are using V-STAG to assess a students threat level:
“The Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines (V-STAG) is a school-based manualized process designed to help school administrators, mental health staff, and law enforcement officers assess and respond to threat incidents involving students in kindergarten through 12th grade and prevent student violence.” Continue reading “American students are given threat assessments”
Troy Goode’s family said police hogtied him face down on a stretcher and wouldn’t let his wife accompany him to hospital, where he died hours later. Authorities said the man was on LSD at the time of arrest and probably died from a heart condition.
The 30-year-old chemical engineer from Memphis, Tennessee died two hours after his detention by Southaven police, who were called to respond to a disturbance near a shopping complex. A video shot by a bystander showed Goode being wheeled on a stretcher to an ambulance. He was lying face down with his hands and legs tied behind his back. Leg irons and handcuffs were used. Continue reading “Mississippi police ‘hogtie’ asthmatic man who dies later in hospital”
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old neighbor girl out of her Utah home by asking for help looking for his lost cat, then strangled her and left her body in a field with a shirt around her neck, prosecutors said.
The 15-year-old boy tried to entice another girl with a similar ruse at another girl’s house in suburban Salt Lake City about 20 minutes before he knocked on the door of victim’s Kailey Vijil’s home, according to the charging documents. Continue reading “Utah teenager charged with aggravated murder in girl’s death”
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — Police dashcam video shows a Texas state trooper tried to pull Sandra Bland out of her car, then drew his stun gun and threatened her after the woman who authorities say later killed herself in a jail cell refused to follow his orders.
The roadside encounter swiftly escalated into a shouting confrontation, the video released Tuesday shows, as the officer attempted to drag 28-year-old Sandra Bland from her vehicle, with the officer at one point saying, “I will light you up,” as he held the stun gun. Continue reading “Dashcam video shows confrontational Texas traffic stop”
Yahoo News – by Philip Pullella
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of young people at the end of the first day of his trip to the Italian city of Turin. Continue reading “Pope says weapons manufacturers can’t call themselves Christian”
In what seems a lot like a strawman for just how much they can pressure the population, AP reports California water regulators proposed a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for a group of Central Valley farmers accused of illegally taking water during the drought. This would be the first such fine for holders of California’s oldest (most senior) claims to water, and follows suits from the farmers to the government arguing their ‘law changes’ are illegal. Continue reading “California Regulators Slap Farmers With Record $1.5 Million “Water-Taking” Fine”
Readers who’ve been with me for a while know that I bring a different perspective to events and trends. And that is because, despite mountains of propaganda on all sides, I refuse to forget about the Individual and his enormous potential.
Once again, in the case of medical drugs, I take up that sword.
The addiction to medical drugs is fueled by the invention of a disease-label for every conceivable behavior and human reaction under the sun. Continue reading “American Addict: the medical police state”
Natural Society – by Robert Harrington
Everyone knows that there is a big difference between edible mushrooms and the poisonous kind. Toxic mushrooms are certainly out there in the fields, but they have been identified over the years so that there is little chance of them being harvested by trained and experienced pickers. There are certainly ways anyone can tell which mushrooms are poisonous and which are safe to eat – read on to find out how. Continue reading “How to Know Which Mushrooms Are Safe to Eat and Which Are Toxic”
“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”
The quote above comes from the philosopher Bertrand Russell. Psychological research has now shown he was right. Continue reading “Why The Incompetent Don’t Know They’re Incompetent”
California’s water-challenged residents know what it’s like to deal with ecological trouble in their own backyards, so it was only fitting that the Golden State’s Gov. Jerry Brown did a little preaching Tuesday at the Vatican’s climate-focused meeting of mayors from around the world.
Brown got downright biblical in his remarks before an audience of some 60 concerned officials from such cities as Stockholm and San Francisco, as well as one eco-conscious Pope Francis, warning of dire consequences that are scripturally guaranteed if a global reform effort isn’t launched soon. Brown’s office later published his remarks: Continue reading “California Gov. Jerry Brown at Vatican’s Climate Summit: ‘God Is Not Mocked’”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offences into law, including a new article establishing liability for the violation of mandatory requirements for the labeling of food products that contain GMOs.
Putin signed the new bill on the last day of 2014 TASS news agency reported.
The bill which was submitted by the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) imposes fines for vague or unclear labeling on food products containing genetically modified ingredients. Continue reading “Russian President Putin Signs GMO Labeling Liability Law”