From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Right Wing News – by William Teach
Lovely that so many students stood around and watched, and even took video. Sadly, nothing new in school or society.
The kid who came in to defend the blind student has been hailed by a hero. By the school? Not so much Continue reading “Report: Student Who Came To Blind Kids Defense Kicked Off Football Team”
The Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner
Etowah County, AL — A disturbing pattern is emerging out of Alabama that highlights the budding field of authoritarianism as the state ramps up its kidnapping of babies and arresting of mothers — for no reason.
In August of 2014, Casey Shehi gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Despite being born four weeks premature, little James was exceptionally strong. However, the celebration of James’ birth was quickly turned into a nightmare when the state got involved. Continue reading “Alabama Cops Using Draconian Law to Steal Babies and Lock Up their Mothers at Alarming Rate”
On Sunday night people all across the United States will be treated to a sight that hasn’t been seen since 1982: The supermoon lunar eclipse is coming.
A result of two rare astronomical events occurring at the same time, a visibly larger, and red-colored moon will appear in the sky. The super moon lunar eclipse won’t occur again until 2033, so you won’t want to miss it. Continue reading “Supermoon Eclipse: 5 Answers To Your Questions”
Wall Street Journal – by Heather Haddon
New Jersey Democrats unsuccessfully attempted on Thursday to override Gov. Chris Christie’s veto of a gun-control bill when most GOP supporters of the legislation decided not to buck the presidential candidate.
The legislation would have prevented people with a documented history of mental illness from expunging that record to buy a gun. Continue reading “Lawmakers Fail to Override Christie Veto”
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has reversed itself and put back into place an older standard for warrantless searches by police during car stops.
Police can now search a vehicle without a warrant if they have probable cause to believe there is contraband or evidence of a crime as long as the circumstances that led to the probable cause are unforeseeable and spontaneous. Continue reading “State high court reverts back to old warrantless search rule”
Most of the questions I receive on my website AskaPrepper.com are about EMP’s and Faraday Cages.
What I realized is that there are a lot of EMP myths generated by movies and even some internet sources. The situation is so bad that the United States Air Force Space Command commissioned Bill Nye to make a video for the Air Force called “Hollywood vs EMP” (which is not available to the public). It seems that the Air Force wanted to make sure that Hollywood fiction would not confuse those who must deal with real EMP events. (Source) Continue reading “EMP Myths and Facts. What’s BS and What’s True?”
Speaker John Boehner, who rose from bartender’s son to the most powerful man in Congress, will retire at the end of October, ending a tumultuous five-year tenure atop the House of Representatives.
Boehner, 65, planned to leave Congress at the end of 2014, one of his aides said Friday morning, but returned because of the unexpected defeat of Eric Cantor. Continue reading “Speaker John Boehner retiring from Congress at the end of October”
NEW YORK (AP) — The training session asked workers how they would respond to troubled people — a drug user, an abuse victim or someone with bipolar disorder — that they might encounter on the job.
They weren’t doctors or therapists, and their employer, a wide-ranging youth outreach organization called The Door, isn’t only a counseling center. But mental health how-tos are part of everyone’s training, whether they’re career advisers or basketball coaches, and reaching out to offer help is part of everyone’s job. Continue reading “NYC plan trains lay people as mental health screeners”
Independent – by Paul Gallagher
The motor industry has been accused of withholding a report that reveals US cars are substantially less safe than European vehicles – for fear that the findings would hamper the drive to harmonise safety standards as part of the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal.
The major study was commissioned by the car industry to show that existing EU and US safety standards were broadly similar. Continue reading “Car industry ‘buried report revealing US car safety flaws over fears for TTIP deal’”
New cellphone footage allegedly shows Delaware police officers in a fatal encounter with a man in a wheelchair on Wednesday. The officers had responded to a call reporting that the man had shot himself. A relative called the death an “execution.”
The video allegedly depicts the grizzly shooting of Jeremy McDole, a 28-year-old African-American who was sitting in a wheelchair, by three white Delaware police officers. Continue reading “‘Execution:’ Cellphone footage shows Delaware cops shooting man in wheelchair”
Washington’s Blog – by Eric Zuesse
America’s best and most reliable video ducumentarian of war-crimes and of lies by the U.S. Government is now being hit by a new Youtube policy of blocking income to, or even obliterating, videos that Youtube determines to be about “Controversial or sensitive subjects and events, including subjects related to war, political conflicts, natural disasters and tragedies, even if grahic imagery [unsuitable for children] is not shown.” (That’s from the statement by Youtube.)
He asserts that, “This change is essentially an attack on independent journalists who cannot afford the video and sponsorship infrastructure used by the corporate media.” Continue reading “Youtube Escalates Censorship”
MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Kids at the Mercer Island School District are now banned from playing the popular childhood game of tag on the playground.
Parents told Q13 Fox News they had no idea about the ban until their kids told them. Now, moms and dads are asking why they weren’t part of the decision-making process.
“Good grief, our kids need some unstructured playtime,” said mom Kelsey Joyce. Continue reading “School district bans game of tag to ‘ensure physical, emotional safety of students’”
FORT BEND COUNTY – A man is in jail today after allegedly making a threatening phone call to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office.
Gustavo Garcia is in the Fort Bend County Jail under $50,000 facing a third degree felony charge for making a terroristic threat. Continue reading “Man accused of making terroristic threat to FBCSO”
Giant Sequoiasgrowing in California’s Sierra Nevada are among the largest and oldest living things on earth, but scientists climbing high up into their green canopies say they are seeing symptoms of stress caused by the state’s historic drought.
Patches of brown, dead foliage are appearing more than in past years, say researchers studying the iconic trees, which only grow naturally in the Sierra Nevada. Continue reading “California’s Giant Sequoias under threat from drought”
