From the Trenches World Report
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Next time you’re chatting with a customer service agent online, be warned that the person on the other side of your conversation might see what you’re typing in real time. A reader sent us the following transcript from a conversation he had with a mattress company after the agent responded to a message he hadn’t sent yet. Continue reading “Be Warned: Customer Service Agents Can See What You’re Typing in Real Time”
Earlier today, Trump’s chief economic advisor Larry Kudlow poured cold water on expectations for an imminent resolution of the US-China trade war when he said that negotiations in the run up to this week’s G-20 talks “haven’t yielded any progress”, and unless something changes, the “administration will move ahead with the next phase of tariffs.” Continue reading “China Ambassador Warns Of “Dire Consequences” If No Deal, Hints At “All Out” War”
5:55 p.m. Trial ends for the day
5:34 p.m. Defense attorney questions whether David March placed the call
Defense attorney James McKay attacked on cross-examination an investigator for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office who said he took a damning statement from McKay’s client, David March, following the shooting death of Laquan McDonald. Continue reading “Cop cover-up trial Day 1: Defense questions if detective ever made critical call”
Missouri State Representative Bruce Franks Jr has released appalling bodycam footage he fought to obtain for four years, in which officers who arrested him brag openly about the brutality they used when dealing with protesters.
Franks alleges he was refused medical treatment despite reportedly suffering a concussion and a torn rotator cuff during his violent arrest. Continue reading “‘I kicked him like there was no f**king tomorrow’: Cops joke about brutality in bodycam VIDEO”
The Organic Prepper – by Meadow Clark
How would you like to pay a 163% meat tax every time you want a steak or a burger? What about when you want some bacon with breakfast, or when you’re craving a ham sandwich?
After much talk, economists and so-called health experts have finally decided what’s best for society: no steak for you! Continue reading “Brace Yourselves: A 163% Meat Tax Could Be Coming”
Fifth Avenue is a beggar’s bazaar.
Staten Island has second-class city services.
Ozone Park stinks.
The city’s noisiest mosque is in Cypress Hills. Continue reading “This is what New Yorkers hate most about the city”
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Tuesday that it will award President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner the highest honor the country gives to foreigners, the Order of the Aztec Eagle.
The Foreign Relations Department said Kushner earned the award “for his significant contributions in achieving the renegotiation of the new (trade) agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada.” Continue reading “Mexico to grant highest honor to Jared Kushner”
1791-1941 (150th Anniversary of The Bill of Rights)
Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, Feb 20, 1941
Special to the Brooklyn Eagle
Sag Harbor, Feb 20 —– Students at the Pierson High School here will goosestep from class to class tomorrow under the watchful eyes of “Storm Troopers” alert to punish the slightest infraction of the institutions “new order” Continue reading “L.I. School Scraps U.S. Bill Of Rights – But Only for a Day So Students Can Compare Nazi Bans With Freedom Here”
Panic ensued Tuesday at Walter Reed hospital in Bethesda, Md., after an active shooter exercise was thought to be an actual shooting.
The U.S. Navy said in a tweet Tuesday that there was no shooter at the hospital and that the incident was an “ad hoc drill by tenant command.” Continue reading “Panic at Walter Reed after exercise mistaken as active shooter”
Veterans Today – by Enkidu Gilgamesh
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Archive: TWFTT 11-27-18
President Emmanuel Macron is once again finding that the French do not respond well to reform.
Thousands of demonstrators known as “Yellow Jackets” due to their fluorescent garb descended into the streets across France over the weekend to protest planned tax hikes on gas. Continue reading “Who are France’s ‘Yellow Jacket’ protesters and what do they want?”
Illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border is expected to hit the highest level in a decade next year, as border-crossings surged to record levels last month.
Last month, illegal immigration at the southern border soared to the highest level for a single month since April 2014, marking the most southwest border crossings since President Trump was elected in 2016 on a platform to reduce immigration to the country. Continue reading “Illegal Immigration Under Trump On Track to Hit Highest Level in a Decade”
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) received two more F-35I aircraft this weekend, bringing the IAF’s total inventory of fifth-generation fighters up to 14.
Since receiving its first pair of F-35Is in December 2016, Israel’s inventory of F-35 jets has grown at a slow and steady pace. The IDF officially cleared its first F-35 aircraft for live operations last December. Israel is the only nation in the Middle East with active F-35 aircraft that are ready for operations, the Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Continue reading “Israel Grows Stealth Arsenal With More F-35 Fighter Jets”
Arkansas Democrat Gazette – by Linda Satter
A federal agent testified Friday that Harold “H.L.” Moody, who was fired last week from his job as special events coordinator for Pulaski County Youth Services, distributed child pornography and smoked methamphetamine out of a glass pipe while seated at his desk in the county administration building during regular work hours.
Jason Bennett, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations, said an agent who was participating in an undercover capacity in a video-conferencing application used by child pornographers took “screen shots” of Moody sitting at his desk and conversing with others in the secret chatroom on more than one occasion between Aug. 29 and Oct. 12. Continue reading “Arkansas political consultant charged in child porn case used meth at county job, federal agent says”