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At the end of a long gravel road in East College Station, the world’s first cloned cat — now 15 years old — lives in what longtime Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science researcher Duane Kraemer describes affectionately as a “kitty barn.”
CC, also known as Copy Cat, was born in December 2001, the result of the 87th attempt at cloning a cat by Kraemer’s lab at Texas A&M after several years of trying.
Continue reading “First cloned cat ‘like any other’ 15 years later”
A pilot from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier safely ejected from a fighter jet, according to a statement from the Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.
The pilot was quickly recovered by a helicopter and is being assessed by the medical team on board the carrier. There are no injuries at this time, the statement said.
The pilot ejected from his F/A-18E Super Hornet as it was on its final approach to land on the USS Carl Vinson. The Navy said the plane had been conducting “routine flight operations during a transit in the Celebes Sea.” The body of water is north of Indonesia and south of the Philippines. Continue reading “US pilot ejects from jet approaching carrier headed for Korean peninsula”
We saw this monstrous thing in town today, didn’t know what it was. We had traffic backed up, they had to lift up the traffic lights to get it through. Wondered if anyone at the Trenches might know.
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Archive: TWFTT 4-21-17
San Francisco Patch – by Randy Miller
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A massive power outage hit downtown San Francisco Friday morning, leaving thousands without power, closing a BART station, and affecting traffic signals in the area. Pacific Gas & Electric officials say that “crews are working safely and as quickly as possible to restore power,” but they have yet to report an official time that power will be restored. PG&E Spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said about 90,000 PG&E customers were affected at one point. She did not know the cause of the outage or when it would be resolved. Continue reading “San Francisco Power Outage Affecting More Than 78,000 Residents”
(WJBK) – A second doctor has been arrested in connection with a female genital mutilation investigation in Detroit.
Fakhruddin Attar, 53, and his wife, Farida Attar, 50, of Livonia, were both arrested and have been charged with conspiring to perform female genital mutilations on minor girls out of Dr. Attar’s medical clinic in Livonia. Continue reading “2nd doctor arrested, wife charged in connection with female genital mutilation investigation”
Portland — City officials in Portland are planning to turn “poop into power” with a brand new facility, The Oregonian reported Thursday. From the article:
“The Portland City Council unanimously approved on Wednesday the construction of a $9 million facility to convert methane gas in the city’s sewer system into natural gas. City officials plan to sell that natural gas through a Portland-based natural gas distributor to governments and organizations looking to replace diesel fuel in cars, buses, garbage trucks and other fleets of vehicles.” Continue reading “‘Poop into Power’: Portland Plans to Harvest Natural Gas from Sewer System”
Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish
Punta Gorda, FL — She only intended to support police — whose collective, national reputation has been sullied by countless questionable killings — so, Mary Knowlton attended the Citizens Academy to try and understand the dangers of policing firsthand.
Instead, the 73-year-old retired librarian discovered too late why the pervasive fear of law enforcement in the United States is not only perfectly justified, it’s sound advice — Punta Gorda Police Officer Lee Coel fatally shot Knowlton during a demonstration for which she volunteered — because the inexcusably inept cop had loaded live instead of blank rounds in his firearm. Continue reading “Graphic Video Released Showing Cop Kill Elderly Librarian During a Police Demo”
Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville
If anyone gave any credibility to what came out of the mouth of United States officials before, the Trump administration has done everything possible to eliminate what was left of America’s reputation on the world stage. What is even more concerning, however, is that the statements made by the United States are no longer couched in nuance hidden between the lines but are now open statements of intended aggression and obvious preparation for the next military assault. Continue reading “U.S. Sec. Of Defense Mattis Claims Syria Still Has Chemical Weapons; Laying The Groundwork For A New False Flag?”
Somehow on Wednesday, a Nissan driving on a Southern California freeway got wedged into the rear wheels of a tandem truck.
Motorist Brian Steimke caught the conclusion of the incident on his cellphone on Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass.
As Steimke passed the Nissan, the driver could be seen waving frantically, trying to get the truck driver to stop — to no avail. Continue reading “Car dragged by truck for miles, truck driver oblivious”
Another Day in the Empire – by Kurt Nimmo
Trump’s AG wants to arrest Julian Assange.
It’s not clear how he plans to do this. Assange is in the Ecuadoran embassy in London. Continue reading “What’s Next? A Swat Raid On Julian Assange?”
Campus Reform – by Anthony Gockowski
Georgia Gwinnett College tried to dispel a First Amendment lawsuit by claiming that it removed a preacher from campus because his discussion of the Gospels “rose to the level of ‘fighting words.’”
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit in December challenging the Georgia college’s restrictive speech policies after student Chike Uzuegbunam was repeatedly prohibited from discussing his Christian faith on campus, even after he had obtained permission to do so in one of the school’s free-speech zones. Continue reading “College argues that preaching the Gospel is ‘fighting words’”
Common Dreams – by Jon Queally
The Trump administration in the United States has prepared criminal charges in order to arrest Julian Assange, founder and publisher of the media outlet WikiLeaks, CNN reported on Thursday.
Citing “U.S. officials familiar with the matter,” CNN reports the Justice Department “investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks dates to at least 2010″—which is around the time when WikiLeaks first gained international attention after it published thousands of leaked classified documents, including footage of military helicopter attack on civilians in Iraq. U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning was ultimately convicted for being the source of those leaks and is still serving a sentence in a U.S. military prison. Continue reading “As Reports of Assange Arrest Warrant Emerge, Who Will Defend WikiLeaks?”
The federal agency responsible for deporting illegal immigrants is in serious trouble, with overwhelmed officers that can’t keep up with monstrous workloads and repeatedly lose track of hardcore criminals inside the United States. Hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens with criminal records have been released by authorities in the U.S. and the Homeland Security agency responsible for keeping track of them, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is doing a miserable job, according to a new audit made public this week by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General. Continue reading “Overwhelmed U.S. Deportation Officers Lose Track of Thousands of Criminals—“You might work 18 hours a day, but you still won’t get caught up.””
Chicago Tribune – by Jim Puzzanghera
Pesident Trump, who has vowed to dismantle the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform law, will take aim at two of its pillars on Friday.
During an appearance at the Treasury Department, Trump is scheduled to sign two presidential memos ordering six-month reviews of the 2010 law’s authority for regulators to designate large firms as a risk to the financial system and to try to shut them down with minimal collateral damage if they’re on the verge of failing, the White House said. Continue reading “Trump targets key Dodd-Frank financial regulations and taxes in new executive actions”
As members of Congress wind up their Easter break back in their districts, a website honoring former President Barack Obama is providing “progressives” with the information and tools they need to disrupt town hall meetings that lawmakers are holding over the remainder of this week.
Visitors to the townhallproject.com website can find everything from detailed information on each scheduled town hall meeting to how to make signs and even specific questions to ask to push the agenda on a range of talking points including: investigating President Donald Trump, Trump’s “starvation budget” on foreign policy, climate change, supporting illegal aliens, and LGBT rights. Continue reading “Obama Operatives Direct Town Hall Disruptions Nationwide”
