From the Trenches World Report
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My Fox 8 – by Michael Hennessey
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Every year, thousands of people flock to the Dixie Classic Fair. Whether it is the rides, the food or the history, it continues to be an annual favorite.
However, Winston-Salem Councilman James Taylor told FOX8 that some of the people he represents find the “Dixie Classic Fair” name to be “offensive.” Continue reading “‘Dixie Classic Fair’ name in question, council member says some find it ‘offensive’”
A petition calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested for ‘war crimes’ when he arrives in London next month has been signed by over 45,000 people.
Netanyahu will arrive in London on a state visit in September and meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
According to Jewish News, the Iranian nuclear deal and the impasse in the Israel-Palestine peace process will be key issues on the agenda during the visit. Continue reading “45,000 demand Israel PM Netanyahu’s arrest for ‘war crimes’ during UK state visit”
Reuters – by SUI-LEE WEE AND ADAM ROSE
Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday.
At least 700 people were injured, more than 71 seriously, the Tianjin government said on its Weibo microblog, and the official Xinhua news agency said two fires were still burning. Continue reading “Huge blasts at Chinese port kill 50, injure more than 700”
UPI – by Jared M. Feldschreiber
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Aug. 12 (UPI) — The United States Embassy in Vilnius announced a grant of $500,000 to set up training programs for early to mid-career journalists and other media professionals from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to combat Russian propaganda.
The initiative will provide training sessions and journalism workshops in these three countries, and also enable journalists to conduct their own investigations with cash reporting awards. Study trips to the United States to visit newsrooms, journalism schools and to learn about new models for funding will also be provided. Continue reading “U.S. allocates $500,000 for Baltic journalism programs to combat Russian propaganda”
The Oath Keepers and other militia groups are celebrating a victory after a conflict over surface rights for a mine in Montana was taken to court. The militias were brought in to protect mine owners from federal interference.
“We will continue to remain vigilant and on site and make sure what we achieved yesterday is upheld,” spokesman for the militias Chris McIntire told AP on Wednesday, a day after the US Forest Service sought a court ruling over the contested rights. Continue reading “Armed militias celebrate victory in Montana mine stand-off with federal govt”
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Public urination has gotten so bad in San Francisco that the city has painted nine walls with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the offender.
It’s the latest effort to address a chronic problem in a city where the public works director calls himself Mr. Clean: Walls are coated with a clear, liquid repellant material that goes on much like paint. Hit with urine, it splashes back on a person’s shoes and pants. Continue reading “Hold it! San Francisco uses paint to fight public urination”
Does anyone else picture these things being used to put biological agents in the water supply?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles has been blackballed.
The city has completed a program of covering open-air reservoirs with floating “shade balls” to protect water quality. City officials this week dumped the last 20,000 of 96 million black balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir in Sylmar, 25 miles northwest of downtown. Continue reading “Los Angeles covers reservoir waters with ‘shade balls’”
BAGHDAD (AP) — A truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood early on Thursday morning, killing at least 67 people, police officials said, in one of the deadliest single blasts in the Iraqi capital in years.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the explosion, saying it targeted a gathering place of Shiites and vowed more such attacks. The truck hit the Jameela market in the Iraqi capital’s crowded Sadr City neighborhood shortly after dawn, according to two local police officers. They said at least 152 people were wounded at the market, which is the main center for produce and food sales in Baghdad. Continue reading “Islamic State truck bombing at Baghdad market kills 67”
A series of massive explosions at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin killed 17 people, state media reported Thursday, as witnesses described a fireball from the blasts ripping through the night sky.
An AFP reporter at the scene saw shattered glass up to three kilometres (two miles) from the blast site, after a shipment of explosives detonated in an industrial zone raining debris on the city. Continue reading “Chinese media: Massive Tianjin explosion killed 17 people and injured 400 others”
Navajo Times – by Donovan Quintero
As Navajo Nation police and tribal officials went up and down the San Juan River shore Saturday warning community members of contaminated water from the Gold King Mine, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye was making plans for a clean-up as well as possible lawsuits against the mine and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“We are going to be suing for millions- billions of dollars,” Begaye said. Continue reading “Begaye to sue Gold King Mine and EPA”
WALLER COUNTY, Texas — A group of armed members of the New Black Panther Party marched on the Waller County Jail Wednesday afternoon chanting “The revolution is on… Off the pigs,” and “Oink Oink… Bang Bang!” The group of about fifteen Black Panthers exercised their First and Second Amendment rights. The group was met in Waller County by a large contingent of Harris County (Houston) Sheriff’s Office deputies. Continue reading “Armed Black Panthers March in Texas: ‘Off the Pigs’”
Yesterday I posted an article asking for American citizens to send me water samples from the Animas River that the EPA has now heavily contaminated with toxic heavy metals. I want to test the water in my elemental analysis laboratory to expose the EPA’s pollution.
The EPA used to prevent corporations from polluting the rivers, but now the EPA has become the polluter, the liar and the cover-up cartel. In that story, I pointed out the total absurdity of our sickening, corrupt government, where private citizens now have to conduct the science to expose the pollution of the EPA. Continue reading “EPA, FBI, DOJ, FDA, CDC, ATF: Nearly every government agency routinely plots and carries out false flag operations to justify its own existence”
The governor of Illinois signed a sweeping police reform law which establishes wide-ranging rules for body cameras, largely prohibits chokeholds, introduces bias-free policing, and demands more data collection on arrests.
The measure, dubbed the Police and Community Improvement Act, is a compilation of 200 separate pieces of legislation intended to reform policing practices. It passed by a wide margin in the House and Senate and was signed into law on Wednesday by Governor Bruce Rauner. Continue reading “Illinois passes sweeping police reform bill with rules on chokeholds and body cameras”
Late Friday night, neighbors heard gunshots near the scene of what seemed to be a common traffic stop. Now they are demanding answers from police who have so far refused to explain what happened when an officer shot an unarmed 25-year-old woman.
Salem, Oregon Police are saying only that an officer stopped Jacklynn Ford, 25, just after 10 p.m. on Friday.
Ford then allegedly ran away from the officer and without any explanation given thus far, the officer opened fire on her. Continue reading “Woman Runs On Foot From Officer Who Then Shoots and Kills Her After Traffic Stop”
The country’s steelmakers reduced output last month, adding to signs of waning demand in the world’s largest producer as companies grappled with overcapacity, sinking prices and slowing economic growth.
Crude-steel output fell 4.6 percent to 65.84 million metric tons from June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. Continue reading “Steelmakers hit by glut in production, sinking prices”
The Anti-Media – by Claire Bernish
Your computer’s built-in webcam is easy to take for granted if you don’t use if very often. But just because you don’t take advantage of this amazing piece of technology — as a woman in Toronto was recently shocked to learn — doesn’t mean it isn’t being used.
Chelsea Clark’s night watching Netflix with her boyfriend didn’t seem like anything out of the ordinary — until pictures of the couple from that evening were sent to her Facebook account by the hacker who’d taken them from her webcam. Continue reading “Why You Need to Cover Your Webcam RIGHT NOW”
Oregon Live – by Emily E. Smith
A sex abuse defendant who was accused of masturbating during a pretrial court hearing will face deportation under the plea agreement he signed Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Roberto Hernandez-Fabian sexually touched a 13-year-old girl in a car in 2010. He was 26 at the time. He told investigators that the touching was not sexual and he only meant to tickle her. Continue reading “Man accused of masturbating in court faces deportation after plea deal”
Global Research – Health Impact News
Is California becoming a medical police state?
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In a brazen act of medical tyranny, California recently became the first state in the U.S. where lawmakers removed religious exemptions to those opposing vaccines for their children. The bill now signed into law, SB277, faces legal hurdles in court next. Continue reading “California Now Wants to be First State to Mandate Adult Vaccines – Criminal Penalties for those Who Refuse”
