Year: 2018

Newser – by Jenn Goodman

It’s Halloween season, meaning candy corn, Mallomars, pumpkin spice everything, and … cookies with human remains? That’s the snack that at least one California student reportedly brought to Da Vinci Charter Academy High School in Davis, per the San Francisco Chronicle, containing the not-appetizing ingredient of a grandparent’s ashes.

The Chronicle says it was her grandmother’s remains, FOX40 says it was her grandfather’s, but either way, Lt. Paul Doroshov of the Davis Police Department says nine students were reportedly given the cookies on Oct. 4 (it’s not clear how many, if any, ate the cookies), and students are speaking to the media about their experience, per KCRA.   Continue reading “Cops: Cookies With Human Remains Possibly Doled Out at School”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While President Trump would love it if the Western media, along with prominent executives in tech and finance, would buy Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s claims that he had “no knowledge” of the confrontation at the Saudis’ consulate in Istanbul that’s believed to have precipitated the killing of insider-turned-Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, yet more evidence has emerged this morning to contradict the official Saudi narrative.   Continue reading ““They Cut Him Up While He Was Still Alive”: Grisly Details Of Saudi Journalist Killing Emerge”

Burlington Free Press – by Elizabeth Murray

The number of candidates targeted by negative messages this election season seems to have increased, according to a Vermont State Police detective. And, the manner in which a death threat was sent to a candidate for the Vermont House of Representatives — through the mail — is the first he’s seen in 13 years with the agency.

Police are investigating a threatening letter sent through the mail to Deserae Morin, a Republican candidate from Colchester, the agency said this weekend.   Continue reading “Police investigate threats against Republican candidate for Vermont House”

The Organic Prepper

Americans are eating fake foods. It’s sad but true that many American staples are fraudulent. Going to the grocery store and searching for whole, nutritious foods is like running a gauntlet of lies.

The American food system is as fake as a toupée. I remember an Eastern European female basketball player being on Jay Leno and going on and on about how fake American food tasted. She even compared our fruit to wax fruit displays. That’s actually astute considering that a lot of produce is covered in wax to protect it for longer periods on store shelves. Since then, I’ve heard other foreigners bemoan American food for its fakery. Waxy tasting chocolate, bland produce, neon-colored party snacks that sent them running to the nearest bathroom.   Continue reading “3 TOTALLY FAKE Foods in Just About Everybody’s Kitchen”

CNBC – by Tucker Higgins

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether users can challenge social media companies on free speech grounds.

The case, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-702, centers on whether a private operator of a public access television network is considered a state actor, which can be sued for First Amendment violations.   Continue reading “Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could determine whether Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies can censor their users”

PJ Media – by Debra Heine

Maoist revolutionaries across the country are demanding violent revolts on Election Day to protest what they call a “bourgeois farce,” according to their recent posts on social media. As Far Left Watch reports, the Red Guards of Austin escalated its war against “imperialism” last week by placing severed pig heads at “polling places and campaign offices” in and around the Austin, Texas, area.

The group is calling for revolutionary violence rather than participation in the “bourgeois elections.” Red Guards LA shared the grotesque photos on Twitter:   Continue reading “‘Red Guards of Austin’ Place Severed Pig Heads in Front of Campaign Offices”

Bloomberg – by Thomas Black

Buying a used business jet is getting harder — and that’s a sign of a long-awaited shift in the market for luxury planes.

Only a dozen or so pre-owned Falcon 7X planes are on the market now, down from about 35 a year and a half ago, says Steve Varsano, an aircraft broker in London. When a client wanted to buy the Dassault Aviation SA model, the tightening market pushed him to bid sight-unseen on a plane in India. Continue reading “Luxury-Jet Market Is So Hot That Even Used Planes Are Selling”

People – by Christina Dugan

Dennis Hof, the owner of the Nevada brothel where Lamar Odom was found unconscious from a drug overdose three years ago, has died. He was 72.

According to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office, Hof was found dead at the Love Ranch in Crystal, Nevada. Detectives and Deputies are currently on the scene conducting an investigation.   Continue reading “Dennis Hof, Owner of Nevada Brothel Where Lamar Odom Had a Near-Fatal Overdose, Dies at 72”

My deepest apologies to all, but we will no longer be putting up any photos on From the Trenches unless they are personal photos sent to us from Trenchers.

We do not need photos to accomplish our mission, I know sometimes they help to brighten the day and that 99% of them are harmless, but it is what it is.

Middle East Monitor

Israel and the US sent secret military delegations to Ukraine to train against the Russian S-300 missile defence system which was shipped to Syria last month.us

The Israeli and US delegations arrived in Ukraine, where members of the Ukrainian military allegedly instructed them on “the capabilities of the [S-300] system, as well as running through various possible scenarios,” the Times of Israel reported.   Continue reading “Israel, US secretly trained against Russia’s missile system in Ukraine”