From the Trenches World Report
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An 83-year-old retired engineer in Michigan underpaid his property taxes by $8.41. In response, Oakland County seized his property, auctioned it off to settle the debt, and pocketed nearly $24,500 in excess revenue from the sale.
Under Michigan law, it was all legal. And hardly uncommon. Continue reading “A Michigan Man Underpaid His Property Taxes By $8.41. The County Seized His Property, Sold It—and Kept the Profits.”
Turkey’s state-run media is reporting the United States is planning two new military bases in Syria’s oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province, which are currently under construction, after US special forces convoys were seen patrolling the area in the past days.
Anadolu Agency, citing local sources, said the bases were under construction as evidenced by the influx of heavy equipment: Continue reading “US Constructing Two New Bases In Syria’s Oil-Rich Region: Report”
Smart Cities Dive – by Katie Pyzyk
Continue reading “San Jose, CA to become largest US city to ban natural gas”
Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten
In 2018, Detroit had 25 times the national average of reported justifiable homicides. The police chief of Detroit, James Craig, supports the residents’ right to self defense. He supports the issuance of concealed carry permits. From detroitnews.com:
The county’s report shows there were 289 homicides in Detroit in 2018, although the county lists all homicides, whereas Detroit, like most cities, doesn’t include justifiable homicides in its report because those aren’t crimes. Continue reading “Detroit Justifiable Homicides 25 times the National Average, Murders lowest in 50 years”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
New York, NY — Despite marijuana being legal in some form in over half the country, police officers across the country still take pride in kidnapping, caging, and even killing people they catch with this plant. Despite a major majority of Americans supporting legal weed, cops still go out of their way to prosecute people for possessing it, even CBD. The ridiculous nature of depriving people of their freedom over a plant came to a head this week in New York after “hero” cops took to bragging about a massive “marijuana” bust. But because these cops were so gung-ho on arresting people for a plant, they are now the laughing stock of the internet after they bragged about seizing 106 pounds of entirely LEGAL hemp. Continue reading “Internet Owns NYPD After They Bragged About Stealing 106 lbs of LEGAL Hemp for Cancer Patients”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Keene, NH — Since General John Stark coined the phrase in 1809, the state motto of New Hampshire has been “Live Free or Die.” As the police state continues to encroach on our freedoms and oppress individuals, this motto has become laughable as prisons are filled with non-violent drug offenders and victimless “criminals.” The state should definitely rethink this motto, especially considering the following case of a child tackled by a cop for walking away from him. Perhaps the new motto should read, “Live as free as we arbitrarily say you can and if you get too free, we will tackle you from behind and beat your ass.” Yeah, that sounds much more accurate. Continue reading “Video Shows Cop Smash 15yo Boy Into a Wall, Slam Him to the Ground for Walking Away”
A crucial element of Israel’s defence system is at risk of becoming compromised after its advanced surface-to-air interceptor missile known as “David’s Sling” was found intact by Syrian forces and handed to the Russians to reverse engineer the technology.
Israeli sources reported that missiles fired in 2018 during what is believed to be its first known operational use, landed intact inside Syrian territory. One of the interceptor missiles failed to strike its target and another fell inside Syria. The interceptor landed intact in Syria and is believed to have been swiftly recovered by Syrian military forces and handed over to the Russians. Continue reading “‘Crucial’ Israeli missile technology handed to Russia by Syria forces”
Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns
He shot Lt. Col Michael Bell, Sr’s son in the head execution style. Kenosha police officer Alberto Gonzalez, that is. Michael Bell, Jr. was unarmed, at his home, and was being roughed up by Kenosha police, again, this time in his driveway. Continue reading “Decorated Lt. Col Exposes Cops Who Murdered His Son, Shows Evidence of High-Level Cover-Up”
A former Boeing quality control engineer turned whistleblower has leveled serious allegations against the embattled plane manufacturer, claiming defective emergency oxygen systems were knowingly installed on 787 aircraft.
John Barnett, who worked at the company for 32 years, alleged that up to a quarter of Boeing’s 787 aircrafts’ oxygen systems could be faulty and would not work in an emergency. The 787 Dreamliner is the company’s state-of-the-art airliner used on long-haul routes across the globe. Continue reading “Boeing whistleblower claims faulty emergency oxygen systems KNOWINGLY installed on 787 fleet”
Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten
The sky was blue, the wind light, the temperature mild, and there were thousands of Second Amendment activists at the Rally for the Second Amendment on the 2nd of November, 2019. Counting was imprecise without a good overhead image of the crowd. About half an hour before the rally I counted a quarter and estimated about 500. The crowd swelled as start time approached. My best estimate was over 2,000 activists were in the crowd at peak attendance. Te rally started on time at 12:30. Continue reading “2nd Amendment Rally on 2 November in Washington, D.C.”
A suspect was arrested near the Arizona border with Mexico in connection with the deaths of nine U.S. citizens – six children and three women – Monday who were living in a Mormon community about 70 miles south of Douglas, Ariz., investigators said early Wednesday.
The victims’ convoy came under fire during the day in an ambush by gunmen believed to be affiliated with a drug cartel in Mexico. Continue reading “Mexican cartel massacre: Suspect with 2 hostages, assault rifles, bulletproof SUV arrested in border town”
Under a cloud of complaints, investigations and lawsuits, a controversial Vancouver cryptocurrency exchange has shut its doors with more than $16 million owing to customers.
The B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) obtained an order last week appointing an interim receiver to oversee the Einstein Exchange, after filing a petition in B.C. Supreme Court claiming exchange founder Michael Ongun Gokturk could not be reached. Continue reading “B.C. cryptocurrency exchange shuts doors owing more than $16M to customers”
The United States exported more petroleum than it imported in September, running a petroleum trade surplus for the first time in records that go back to 1978.
The U.S. exported $15 billion of petroleum products in September and imported $14.7 billion. The result was a surplus of $252 million, according to Commerce Department data released Tuesday. Continue reading “U.S. Ran Its First Petroleum Surplus in At Least 40 Years”
A new report from Bloomberg details how African swine fever has likely been exported to Russia. This could be problematic for Russia, due in part that if the hog-killing disease spreads, it could start wiping out large swaths of herds, as it has already done in China.
In the last several months, about 60 cases of African swine fever have been reported to Russian authorities in the Amur Oblast region in Russia, a federal district that borders China in the Russian Far East. Continue reading “China Exports African Swine Fever To Russia”
A report by Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Thursday said that Han Chinese men have been assigned to monitor the homes of Uyghur Muslim women while their husbands are held in Chinese re-education camps.
These men, portrayed as “relatives” of the Uyghurs, “regularly” sleep in the same beds as the women they monitor. Continue reading “Report: China Sending Han Chinese Men to Sleep with Wives of Uyghur Detainees”