From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Jigsaw, a small subsidiary of Google, is working on multiple technological projects that would work to censor speech on the Internet and increase monitoring of its users, according to an article published on Wired.
Under a veil of protecting people from abuse by authoritarian regimes and “online trolls,” Jigsaw founder and president Jared Cohen is releasing a set of tools known as ‘Conversation AI.’ Continue reading “Google Developing Tools to Suppress Online Speech, Protect Elites’ Feelings”
Ars Technica – by Sean Gallagher
The New York City Police Department takes in millions of dollars in cash each year as evidence, often keeping the money through a procedure called civil forfeiture. But as New York City lawmakers pressed for greater transparency into how much was being seized and from whom, a department official claimed providing that information would be nearly impossible—because querying the 4-year old computer system that tracks evidence and property for the data would “lead to system crashes.” Continue reading “NYPD can’t count cash they’ve seized because it would crash computers”
Connecticut police are being sued by the ACLU over trumped up criminal charges against a protester filming his DUI checkpoint experience. The officers inadvertently recorded themselves with the protester’s confiscated cell phone.
“Our client is a guy who is very concerned with privacy, and who protests DUI checkpoints around the capital region here in Hartford, Connecticut,” the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement on the lawsuit. “He feels they’re both unconstitutional and a waste of money. He has done public records investigations, for example, and recently found that for every two man hours put into a checkpoint, it yields one minor traffic citation – almost always for defective equipment. He was well-known to police, who also knew that he is a peaceful privacy and open-carry gun rights activist.” Continue reading “‘Gotta cover our ass’: Connecticut police made up charges, ACLU lawsuit charges”
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An unarmed black man killed by a white Oklahoma officer who was responding to a stalled vehicle can be seen in police video walking away from officers and toward his SUV with his hands up before he approaches the driver’s side door, where he drops to the ground after being shocked with a stun gun then fatally shot.
Tulsa police helicopter footage was among several clips released Monday showing the shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher and its aftermath. In that video, a man in the helicopter that arrives above the scene as Crutcher walks to the vehicle can be heard saying “time for a Taser.” He then says: “That looks like a bad dude, too. Probably on something.”
Continue reading “Video shows Tulsa man had hands up before police shooting”
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria, where a cease-fire is faltering further after airstrikes hit an aid convoy overnight (all times local): 2:15 p.m. A member of the Syrian Civil Defense — a group of volunteer first responders also known as the White Helmets — has criticized the U.N. humanitarian aid agency for suspending all convoys in Syria.
Ibrahim Alhaj told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Syrian civilians will pay the price for the decision. The U.N. humanitarian aid agency’s decision came after deadly airstrikes on aid trucks the previous night that activists said killed at least 12 people, mostly truck drivers and Red Crescent workers. Continue reading “The Latest: Syrian volunteer criticizes UN move on convoys”
Business Insider – by Maxwell Tani
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said his vice-presidential role model would be Dick Cheney.
“I frankly hold Dick Cheney in very high regard in his role as vice president,” Pence said when asked in an interview with ABC that aired on Sunday who his vice-presidential role model would be. Continue reading “Mike Pence: I’d model my vice presidency after Dick Cheney”
Across the world, more and more people are asking: Why is marijuana banned? Why are people still sent to prison for using or selling it?
Most of us assume it’s because someone, somewhere sat down with the scientific evidence, and figured out that cannabis is more harmful than other drugs we use all the time—like alcohol and cigarettes. Continue reading “Why Is Marijuana Banned? The Real Reasons Are Worse Than You Think”
Aging is inevitable, but are age-related problems such as poor vision absolute givens? Contrary to popular belief, your vision is largely dependent on your lifestyle. Nourishing your eyes with appropriate nutrients throughout the years can go a long way toward maintaining good eyesight well into your senior years.
Moreover, even if your eyesight has started to deteriorate, evidence suggests you can stop the deterioration. You may even be able to turn back the clock, as it were, and improve your vision. Continue reading “How Your Diet Can Significantly Improve Your Vision”
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has again cancelled an event in California as a result of her health and the campaign is claiming she is being treated for pneumonia. The cancelation marks the third day–following Monday and Tuesday of last week–that the candidate’s health has pulled her from the campaign trail.
Questions surrounding her health ramped up after she collapsed at the 15th memorial service for the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Cancels Event in California, Campaign Says Pneumonia is Back”
Here are a two pics I took Saturday in the North side of the Lowes in Carson City Nevada. For contrast, I included one from the next day, from the South side of the same parking lot, of what the sky should look like. Continue reading “Blue skies??”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
If you tried to put up a large cross in a public park in New York City there would be lawsuits flying all over the place, but apparently an ancient pagan arch that served as a gateway to the Temple of Baal is no problem at all. On Monday, September 19th, a reconstructed version of Palmyra’s Arch Of Triumph (also known as the Monumental Arch) will be erected in New York City. Specifically, it will be located in City Hall Park in Manhattan. The organization behind this project is known as the Institute for Digital Archaeology, and they have confirmed the location and the date on their official website… Continue reading “Arch That Was A Gateway To The Temple Of Baal Is Going Up In New York’s City Hall Park On Monday”
U.S. health officials on Monday continued to advise pregnant women and their partners to consider postponing non-essential travel to Miami to avoid the risk of exposure to Zika, even as Florida Governor Rick Scott declared the city’s Wynwood neighborhood Zika-free and invited visitors to return.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami had been considered an area of active Zika virus transmission from June 15 to Sept. 18, 2016. It urged pregnant women who lived in or traveled to the neighborhood to consider getting tested for Zika. Continue reading “Florida declares neighborhood Zika free; CDC remains cautious”
Retail gasoline prices surged due to continuing problems with Colonial Pipeline Co’s gasoline line that carries fuel to the U.S. East Coast, as the company started to construct a bypass line around the leak.
Colonial said on Saturday evening that it would construct a bypass that circumvents the leak, which occurred more than a week ago in Shelby County, Alabama. It is unclear when construction will be completed but the company has previously said it anticipates reopening the line, which can carry up to 1.2 million barrels of gasoline a day, later this week. Continue reading “Gasoline prices spike as Colonial begins bypass around damaged line”
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) participated on Sunday in a conference held by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in New York.
Speaking during the event, Shaked slammed the BDS movement, calling it “a new extension of terrorism.” Continue reading “Justice Minister: BDS movement is a terror organization”
Reports have identified the suspect responsible for stabbing nine people at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota as Dahir Adan, a recent immigrant from Somalia.
According to Ahmed Adan, the suspect’s father, his son immigrated to the United States 15 years ago. As AP reported: Continue reading “Under Secretary Clinton, U.S. Permanently Resettled 31,000 Somali Migrants”
Three patients limp into three different doctors’ with the same complaint….they all have trouble walking and may require hip surgery…
Patient 1. Is examined within the hour, is X-Rayed the same day, and has a time booked for surgery the following week. The total cost for the operation is $2400.00
Patient 2. Goes to the E.R. is examined within the hour, is X-Rayed the same day, and has a time booked for surgery the following week. Gets no bill for copay or deductible. In fact gets no bill at all. Cost for this patient $0.00. Continue reading “Hip Surgery”
Rita Katz (born 1963) is a terrorism analyst and the co-founder of the Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence Group, a private intelligence firm based in Washington, DC.
The Institute tracks global terrorist networks, and intercepts and distributes messages, videos, and advance warnings of suicide bombings from terrorist groups’ communications networks.[2][3] Continue reading “Andrew Midkiff’s Mideastern Target”
Police have arrested Ahmad Rahami, wanted in connection with the bombings in Elizabeth, New Jersey and the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, after a shoot-out in Linden, New Jersey.
Two officers were reported injured, one struck by a car and another by gunfire, after they responded to reports of a suspect shooting at passing cars in Linden, a city just south of Elizabeth. Continue reading “New York bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami arrested in Linden, NJ after shootout with police”
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the stabbings of nine people at a Minnesota mall as a potential act of terrorism, a finding that would realize long-held fears of an attack in the immigrant-rich state that has struggled to stop the recruiting of its young men by groups including the Islamic State.
A young Somali man dressed as a private security guard entered the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud over the weekend wielding what appeared to be a kitchen knife. The city’s police chief said the man reportedly made at least one reference to Allah and asked a victim if he or she was Muslim before attacking. Continue reading “Minnesota mall stabbing could be realization of terror fears”
AL-MOGHEER, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has demanded a detailed explanation from Israel about the killing of a 28-year-old Jordanian by Israeli troops last week. Israeli police have said Said Amro came out of a gate of Jerusalem’s Old City with a knife in each hand, shouted “God is Great” and rushed at officers before being shot dead.
The state news agency Petra says Jordan’s information minister met Monday at the Foreign Ministry with the Israeli ambassador to Jordan and asked for explanations. Also Monday, hundreds attended Amro’s funeral in the town of al-Mogheer, chanting “Death to Israel.” Continue reading “Israel asked for explanation about killing of Jordanian man”