From the Trenches World Report
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The US House of Representatives voted 253-166 this week to overturn a controversial rule to protect America’s clean water in spite of a growing scandal in Flint, Michigan over poisonous levels of lead.
Representatives approved a resolution back by the Senate in November that blocks the Environmental Protection Agency’s “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. Continue reading “US House votes to block clean water rule as Flint scandal grows”
A man who implanted a microchip containing his airline booking details into his hand was able to use it to pass effortlessly through security to his flight.
Andreas Sjöström, vice president of digital for technology consulting company Sogeti, had the near-field communication chip (NFC) about the size of a grain of rice injected into his hand with a syringe, before using it at Stockholm Arlanda Airport to pass through security and board his plane.
Continue reading “Man uses microchip implanted in hand to pass through airport security”
Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner
While Nevadans were celebrating the holidays under solar-powered lights, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted unanimously to increase a monthly fee on solar customers by 40% while reducing the amount they get paid for excess power sold to the grid. Adding insult to injury, they made the rate changes retroactive, sabotaging consumer investments in solar energy.
This single move by government regulators will effectively kill the solar industry in Nevada and put an end to the surge of people seeking to detach from the grid by harnessing their own energy from the sun. Just as importantly, it serves to protect the profits of Nevada’s public utility company, NV Energy. Continue reading “Sunny Nevada Just Killed The Solar Industry With 40% Tax Hike, Derailing The Off-Grid Movement”
Haier is best known as a manufacturer of household goods including washing machines, refrigerators and microwaves. In recent years, it has sought to expand into new international markets, including the U.S.
The sale, which is the third largest acquisition of a U.S. company by Chinese investors, has been approved by the boards of both firms,GE (GE) said. Continue reading “China’s Haier buys GE’s appliance unit for $5.4 billion”
The economy is collapsing around us, and if you aren’t already prepared, it’s time to get with it ASAP, because Wal-Mart is closing 269 stores. If that doesn’t ring loud, clanging warning bells for you, then nothing will convince you of the need to prepare for economic collapse.
If you listened to the State of the Union address (listen for free) last week, you heard President Obama accuse those who criticized the financial situation in the United States of “peddling fiction.” However, with oil prices plummeting, stock markets around the globe tanking, and businesses shutting their doors left and right, it seems that the only peddler of false tales is our fearless leader himself. When the biggest retailer in America is struggling to stay afloat, I call BS (Baloney Sandwiches) on the notion that “our economy is recovering.” Continue reading “Still Think the Economy is “Recovering”? Walmart Is Closing 269 Stores, Including These”
New York Post – by Julia Marsh
Facebook users, beware: That tag you’re about to apply to a post may be used against you in court.
A New York woman faces a year in jail for violating an order of protection involving her former sister-in-law — because the violator linked the woman in a Facebook post that called her “stupid.” Continue reading “Woman faces year in jail for tagging former in-law on Facebook”
Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish
Simpsonville, KY — Guns, drugs, and $30,000 stolen from an evidence locker at the Simpsonville Police Department on November 6th had police and the community scratching their heads — until Kentucky State Police apparently solved the mystery when they arrested award-winning Officer Terry Putnam on the job last week.
Putnam, however, maintains his innocence. Continue reading “Award Winning Cop Exposed as Thief After Stealing $30K in Cash, Drugs & Guns from Own Department”
The Daily Sheeple – by Piper McGowen
Maybe “obsessed” is too strong of a word. Maybe the phrase “constantly tolerate” is better.
Why are we constantly inundated with Kardashian stories in the media?
It’s a valid question, since this vapid, talentless group of people most well-known for strutting around half naked take up more headlines than actual relevant events which could potentially matter to a person’s daily life. Continue reading “Occult Agenda: Why Did They Program The Sheep To Be Obsessed With The Kardashians?”
Free Thought Project – by John Vibes
Los Angeles, CA — Assemblyman Mike Gatto Southern of California lawmaker introduced legislation this week that would require owners of drones to get insurance and license plates, similar to the requirements for motor vehicles. The bill is called the Drone Registration/Omnibus Negligence-prevention Enactment (DRONE) Act of 2016 and would tighten the restrictions on personal drones even further than they have been already.
“If cars have license plates and insurance, drones should have the equivalent, so they can be properly identified, and owners can be held financially responsible, whenever injuries, interference, or property damage occurs,” Gatto told CBS. Continue reading “Drone Legislation to Require Owners To Buy Insurance, Get License Plates – Constant GPS Tracking”
Breitbart – by JAMES DELINGPOLE
The climate alarmists have come up with a brilliant new excuse to explain why there has been no “global warming” for nearly 19 years.
Turns out the satellite data is lying.
And to prove it they’ve come up with a glossy new video starring such entirely trustworthy and not at all biased climate experts as Michael “Hockey Stick” Mann , Kevin “Travesty” Trenberth and Ben Santer. (All of these paragons of scientific rectitude feature heavily in the Climategate emails) Continue reading “Climate Alarmists Invent New Excuse: The Satellites Are Lying”
World oil prices slumped more than 6 percent to below $29 a barrel on Friday, as a further fall in the Chinese stock market and the prospect of an imminent rise in Iran’s crude exports deepened fears of a longer supply glut.
After closing higher for the first time in eight sessions on Thursday, U.S. and Brent crude futures slumped to new 12-year lows, taking this year’s losses to more than 20 percent, the worst two-week decline since the 2008 financial crisis. Continue reading “Oil plunges below $29 on prospects of more Iranian crude, China worries”
Register Guard – by Jack Moran
A federal jury on Thursday ruled that Oregon State Police Capt. Rob Edwards violated a Eugene man’s civil rights by kicking him in the upper chest after chasing down his speeding motorcycle on Crow Road.
The eight-member jury heard evidence in a trial in U.S. District Court in Eugene earlier this week, and spent about four hours Thursday deliberating before returning a verdict that supports Justin Wilkens’ excessive-force claim in regard to the kick. Continue reading “Federal jury rules in favor of speeding motorcyclist, against Oregon State Police trooper”
A New York police union chief has claimed victory over Quentin Tarantino after the Oscar-winning film-maker’s new western, The Hateful Eight, struggled at the box office.
Patrick J Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York, was one of the first officials to call for a boycott of the Pulp Fiction director following his appearance at a rally in support of campaigners against police brutality on 24 October. Continue reading “Police union claims victory as The Hateful Eight struggles at box office”
The number of military-style firearms that can be temporarily jury-rigged to become automatic weapons has increased “dramatically” in Canada over the last decade — and so has the public-safety risk.
That’s the stark conclusion of an internal RCMP laboratory report on improvised methods for upgrading semi-automatic weapons, and for illegally altering magazine clips to allow for rapid continuous fire. Continue reading “Rifles converted to automatic fire an increasing risk, RCMP internal report warns”
Epic Games barred an American professor from playing its online game Paragon because someone who has the same name as him is on a US gov’t blacklist.
Muhammad Zakir Khan, an assistant professor at Florida’s Broward College, had tried to sign up for the beta of first-person shooter Paragon. Continue reading “Gaming companies work with the Feds to ban Americans from playing online games”
Guns America – by S.H. BLANNELBERRY
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services has a strict policy when it comes to the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding foster parents that leave many with a precarious choice: go unarmed and keep the children or arm oneself and risk losing the children.
To explicate, under the state DHS’s “Weapons Safety Agreement,” foster and adoptive parents must agree to keep their weapons locked up when their not in use, to not carry their firearms if a child is present (there is an exemption if one is required to carry a gun for work, e.g. a police officer) and to keep any firearm in an automobile unloaded, disabled and stored in a locked container. Continue reading “Oklahoma Foster Parents Forced to Choose Between Guns and Children”
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR
This is the last of four articles analyzing the new US Department of DefenseLaw of War Manual. The first article was posted November 3. The second article was posted November 4. The third was posted November 5. Continue reading “The Pentagon’s Law of War Manual: Part four”