From the Trenches World Report
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Mint Press News – by Alan Macleod
The national security state and the military are joining forces with the police and national guard to counter the nationwide protest movement that has exploded since the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd on Monday. Continue reading “National Guard, Now Authorized to Use Live Ammo, Flood America’s Streets”
Veteran traders couldn’t help but laugh when they checked US equity futures last night and saw that – as some probably had suspected they might – Dow futures were tracking for a 100-point jump at the open. With so much emergency liquidity still sloshing around the financial system, it seemed the most near-term risk many could fathom was a probable spike in new coronavirus infections in the coming weeks, hardly an imminent, overnight risk. Continue reading “Beijing Retaliates: Trade Deal On Verge Of Collapse As China Halts Some US Farm Imports”
The Guardian – by Nina Lakhani
A record number of Americans face hunger this year as the catastrophic economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to leave tens of millions of people unable to buy enough food to feed their families.
Nationwide, the demand for aid at food banks and pantries has soared since the virus forced the economy to be shutdown, resulting in more than 40m new unemployment benefit claims, according to the latest figures. Continue reading “‘People are going to go hungry’: pandemic effects could leave 54m Americans without food”
As they walked through the bodies strewn throughout the overran trenches, one officer could not help but comment on the composition of the dead laying everywhere:
“Old men with silver locks lay dead, side by side with mere boys of thirteen or fourteen. It almost makes one sorry to have to fight against people who show such devotion for their homes and their country.” Continue reading “The Last Trench”
A man was shot dead in Louisville after police officers and the Kentucky National Guard “returned fire” while clearing a large crowd early Monday.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad said in a statement that at around 12:15 a.m. his officers and the national guard were sent to a parking lot to break up a crowd. Continue reading “One dead in Louisville after police and national guard ‘return fire’ on crowd”
Mysterious pallets of bricks have been filmed throughout major riot hotspots across the country, in what appears to be more evidence that organized groups are using the George Floyd protests to incite chaos and terrorism throughout the US. Continue reading ““It’s A Setup”: Mysterious Brick Piles Appear Throughout Major Protest Cities”
Continue reading “Israeli security experts trained “vast numbers” in Minneapolis”
St. John’s Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia burned Sunday night, having been set ablaze by rioters in another long night of nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer dug his knee into the handcuffed man’s neck until he stopped breathing. Continue reading “Rioters Burn Historic St. John’s Church in D.C., Deface Monuments Across the City”
Just as we have been saying , since they came in for Occupy Wall Street.
Perhaps people will Wake Up. I hope so..’
Meanwhile, we Trenchers will sit back, watch, and prepare.
NEW YORK (WABC) — New York City leaders say small groups of people have turned peaceful protests into heated clashes with police. Continue reading “NYC officials blame protest violence on small group of ‘anarchists’”
There are perks for being able to lie to TV audiences with a straight face. Matt Lauer was making $25 million a year just to co-host NBC’s morning program. He had perks. He demanded a button be placed on his desk so that he could electronically lock Gentile women inside his office. But that was before The MeToo# Movement.
You wonder why the Media pays so much money? More on that later. Continue reading “Whopping Tales Of The Mainstream”
Rioters burn a homeless man's belongings.
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— Daft Arse. (@RancidChipFat) May 31, 2020
We humans often watch and wonder at wildlife. But a defense agency’s new initiative turns the tables—it aims to deploy marine animals to keep an eye on human activity.
The agency wants to know if sea life ranging from bioluminescent plankton to goliath grouper can serve as components of underwater surveillance systems capable of detecting the enemy’s oceangoing drones, large nuclear submarines and other underwater vehicles. The research effort is called Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS). Continue reading “Military Tries Out Fish as Underwater Spies”
New York Post – by Jackie Salo
New video shows a Seattle cop stop his colleague from using his knee to pin a protester by the neck during demonstrations against the killing of George Floyd — who died after being restrained in the same manner.
Journalist Matt McKnight shared footage Saturday night of two officers tackling a white protester to the ground outside of a T-Mobile store. Continue reading “Seattle cop removes colleague’s knee from protester’s neck, video shows”