From the Trenches World Report
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Good evening. My name is Greg Bretzing, and I am the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon.
We have quite a bit of information to share with you tonight concerning the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Continue reading “Remarks by SAC Greg Bretzing at a Press Conference to Address the Ongoing Situation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge”
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The city of Commerce City has paid a huge financial settlement for the death of someone’s pet.
The city recently paid $262,500 to the family of a chocolate lab-mix named Chloe, shot and killed by police. The payment was part of a settlement to avoid a federal civil court trial scheduled later this month. Continue reading “Settlement reached in police killing of dog, called largest in U.S. history”
Free Thought Project – by William N. Grigg
Seeking to placate growing public outrage over corruption, abuse, and a lack of accountability in the Chicago Police Department — including an apparently endless string of unjustified police killings, the maintenance of a Gitmo-style “black site,” and a still-festering decades-long scandal involving interrogation through torture — Mayor Rahm Emanuel has sought help from a veteran obstructionist who has performed a similar service as head of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing: Former Washington, D.C. police chief Charles Ramsey, who recently retired after a scandal-plagued term as Police Commissioner in Philadelphia. Continue reading “To Address Police Violence, Rahm Emanuel Hires Notoriously Abusive Cop as His ‘Civil Rights’ Adviser”
Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown
In a move that took place late Thursday, a caravan of dozens of vehicles headed into the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge this afternoon. Plenty of people continue to stay at the refuge.
Ammon Bundy has issued a statement through his attorney to the remaining occupiers to turn themselves in without using any force. According to news reports, he has asked those still there to go home and hug their families. Continue reading “Convoy Heads into Oregon Refuge, Including Heavily Armed Vehicles”
Breitbart – by JORDAN SCHACHTEL
In a step towards joining an Israel boycott, the U.S. is now requiring goods originating from the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria) to be labeled separately from products from the rest of Israel, following the European Union’s crackdown on products from the disputed territories.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has issued new mandates requiring that West Bank products not be marked “Israel,” citing a notice from the year 1997 that offers such instructions. Continue reading “Obama Joins Israel Boycott, Labels West Bank Goods”
The World Health Organization will assemble an emergency committee to deal with what it says is a rapidly spreading Zika virus pandemic. However, scientists believe a vaccine is years away, while doctors say “questions abound” concerning the disease.
The UN-endorsed body says that since the first cases were registered in Brazil in May of last year, as many as 1.5 million people have been affected by the virus in that country alone, while more than 20 other Central and South American states have registered native infections as well. The disease had previously only broken out in small pockets of Africa and Asia. Continue reading “WHO says Zika ‘spreading explosively’ & 4mn may be infected, while ‘no vaccine expected for years’”
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Supreme Court Case – by John Trowbridge
In the original Houston Division case, 31 Federal actors in the United States District Court, United States Department of Justice, and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit taken collectively, committed over a thousand felonies while perpetrating the theft of Petitioner’s house in Montgomery County, Texas. Continue reading “Damages of $37,822,100 demanded of 31 Federal actors in the Houston case; criminal complaint filed with military”
A religious couple in Salmon Arm, B.C., have been convicted of assault for “spanking” their daughter with a mini hockey stick and a skipping rope after learning she had sent nude photos of herself to her boyfriend on Snapchat.
In a case that tests issues of consent, discipline and parental responsibility, provincial court Judge Edmond de Walle found no excuse for the parents’ behaviour. Continue reading “‘Spanking’ over nude Snapchat photo leads to assault conviction for parents”
The benchmark rate of -0.1% means that commercial banks will be charged by the central bank for some deposits.
It is designed to encourage them to use their reserves to lend to businesses in an attempt to counter Japan’s economic slump.
The charge does not directly apply to ordinary customers’ accounts. Continue reading “Japan adopts negative interest rate in surprise move”
Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for a potential independent campaign in this year’s presidential race. His advisers and associates said he was galled by Donald J. Trump’s dominance of the Republican field, and troubled by Hillary Clinton’s stumbles and the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Democratic side.
Mr. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has in the past contemplated running for the White House on a third-party ticket, but always concluded he could not win. A confluence of unlikely events in the 2016 election, however, has given new impetus to his presidential aspirations. Continue reading “Bloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House Run”
Paul Kantner, one of the giants of the San Francisco music scene, died Thursday. Mr. Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, was 74 and had suffered a heart attack this week.
His death was confirmed by longtime publicist and friend,Cynthia Bowman, who said he died of multiple organ failure and septic shock. Continue reading “Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner dies at 74”
New York Post – by Sophia Rosenbaum and Bob Fredericks
Sonic booms from fighter jets flying offshore were mistaken for earthquakes by residents along coastal New Jersey and Long Island on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Residents reported that buildings shook and the ground trembled — but the US Geological Survey said there was no seismic activity in the area.
Aircraft flying faster than 761 mph — the speed at which sound travels — create deafening booms that sound like explosions. Continue reading “Sonic booms mistaken for earthquakes in New Jersey, Long Island”
Computer World – by Patrick Thibodeau
IT workers are challenging the replacement of U.S. employees with foreign visa holders. Lawsuits are on the rise and workers are contacting lawmakers. Disney workers who lost their jobs on Jan. 30, 2015, are especially aggressive.
There’s a reason for this.
The Disney severance package offered to them did not include a non-disparagement clause, making it easier for laid-off workers to speak out. This is in contrast to the severance offered to Northeast Utility workers. Continue reading “Laid-off IT workers muzzled as H-1B debate heats up”