The Verge – by Felicia Shivakumar

A new generation of plane-sized autonomous delivery vehicles is capable of carrying hundreds of pounds for hundreds of miles. They’re called cargo drones. They are fast, more environmentally friendly, and could completely change the cargo industry.

Delivery drones are being tested today that are designed to drop a single item nearby a target, which is a more local solution. Over the past few months, Amazon announced plans to drop packages at customers’ doors, Alphabet’s Wing got FAA approval to make deliveries in the US, and UPS said it was testing its own tech by delivering medical supplies to hospitals in Northern Virginia. But there are concerns about safety and how the Federal Aviation Administration will regulate them.  Continue reading “Giant cargo drones will deliver packages farther and faster”

Institutional Investor – by Ben Ruffel

The tone was apocalyptic: “The U.S. federal budget is on an unsustainable path . . . . The scale of the nation’s projected budgetary imbalances is now so large that the risk of severe adverse consequences must be taken very seriously.” The growth in the American federal debt and deficit would soon produce a “fundamental shift in market expectations and a related loss of confidence both at home and abroad,” and the resulting “fiscal and financial disarray” would “depress economic activity much more than the conventional analysis would suggest.”  Continue reading “The $22 Trillion Question – Is the end nigh for the world’s safest investment?”

Global Research

The Gun Violence Archive is an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 2,500  law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence.

GVA is an independent data collection and research group with no affiliation with any advocacy organization.   Continue reading “America’s “Gun Violence Archive”. Data on Incidents and Casualties, Geographic Distribution”

Global Research – by Alison Weir

An article in the Times of Israel reports that “Jewish leaders are meeting with Senate Democrats today.” According to the report, this is an annual event. A quarter of the Senate was in attendance (see list below).

All except one of the organizations represented by the Jewish leaders at the meeting advocate for Israel.  Continue reading “US Senators Meet with Jewish Leaders in Semi-secret Annual Event”

The winners of the June Auction are:

  • Bill of Rights Flag: $30 Swifty Lomax
    • Drawing winner: Ed Teach
  • Midland WR120 NOAA Weather Alert Radio with Weather Alert: $45 Adam
  • Six CPD AR-15 .223/5.56 30-Round Stainless Steel Magazines: $33 Bob
  • One Silver and One Copper Prospector Series Rounds: $25.01 Galen
  • The Great Impersonation: How the Anti-Christ has Deceived the Whole World: $50 Swifty Lomax
  • Gun master GM223AR 17Piece .223/5.56 Rifle Cleaning Kit: $10 Norm
  • The Political Art of David Dees – Volume 1: $20 Ernest
  • Dees Volume 3 – The Artwork of David Dees: $30 Christine

Thank you to all who participated, we do appreciate it.  Continue reading “June Auction for From the Trenches (And a Drawing)”

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Archive: TWFTT 6-14-19

Humans are Free

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WEEK) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered the state’s Medicaid program to begin covering the costs of sex reassignment surgeries for transgender people.

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services will develop administrative rules to offer coverage to people diagnosed with gender dysphoria to pay for genital and breast-related surgeries.  Continue reading “Medicaid to Begin Covering Sex Reassignment Surgeries”

Fox 10

PHOENIX (FOX 10) – Phoenix Police are investigating an incident of alleged misconduct by some of its officers after a video surfaced of them responding to a shoplifting incident.

Police say they were provided video on June 11 of officers taking two individuals into custody while investigating a shoplifting incident last month near 32nd Street and Roosevelt. It involved a man and a woman with two small children after the suspect vehicle was stopped not far from the scene of the theft.  Continue reading “Phoenix Police investigating officers after video shows alleged misconduct”

Idaho News

BOISE, Idaho (AP and CBS 2 News) — The Idaho Supreme Court says law enforcement officers can’t arrest someone for a misdemeanor unless they have a warrant or actually saw the crime being committed.

The unanimous ruling made Wednesday has advocacy organizations and law enforcement scrambling because it likely means police will have to dramatically change how they respond to some domestic violence calls.  Continue reading “Idaho Supreme Court: Officer didn’t see misdemeanor? Arrest not OK”

Global Research – by Washington’s Blog

First published in May 2015, this article reveals not only that the ISIS is a creation of US intelligence, it  also confirms that the Caliphate Project was designed in Washington.

See Screenshots Below from the title page as well as excerpts:  Continue reading “The Caliphate Project, Made in America. Declassified U.S. Government Documents Confirm the US Supported the Creation of ISIS”

Times of Israel

Tens of thousands of people were celebrating in Tel Aviv’s streets Friday as the famously gay-friendly city put on one of the world’s larger Pride parades.

Rainbow flags flooded the streets, and organizers said some 250,000 people were expected to take part in the annual event.  Continue reading “With glitz and glamor, Tel Aviv celebrates Mideast’s largest Pride parade”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

For a moment on Thursday, it appeared that the US Navy had produced the ‘smoking gun’ to which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had alluded during his statement from earlier in the day: CENTCOM footage which the Navy said purported to show Iran’s IRGC ‘caught in the act’ of trying to remove an unexploded  mine from the Kokuka Courageous, one of the two tankers damaged in Thursday’s attacks.  Continue reading “Japanese Tanker Owner Denies Ship Hit By Mine, Says Crew Saw “Flying Objects” Before Attack”

Conservative Tribune – by Ben Marquis

With the Democratic Party continuing its steady march toward socialism, some of its more radical members have become more forthright in stating their intentions to fundamentally transform the U.S. into a completely different nation from what it was founded as.

Just this year alone, self-proclaimed democratic-socialist New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled her “Green New Deal” initiative, which laughably attempted to cloak a complete socialist overhaul of the nation’s economy.  Continue reading “AOC Had the ‘Green New Deal,’ Is Bernie’s Camp Now Considering a Dem. Socialist ‘Bill of Rights?’”

The Blaze – by Aaron Colen

Former NFL running back Herschel Walker succinctly expressed his opposition to a proposed California plan to pay for health insurance for thousands of illegal immigrants in a tweet earlier this week.  Continue reading “NFL legend rips California illegal immigrant health care plan when ‘streets are littered with homeless legal residents’”