The White House has authorized employing strategic assets in South Korea more frequently. The announcement comes as Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington conduct unprecedented aerial war games. Continue reading “US to Station More Nuclear-Capable Assets on Korean Peninsula”
Year: 2022
The Pentagon announced that it is setting up a new command, based in Germany, to oversee the training and equipping of Ukraine’s military during its fight with Russia, the New York Times reported on Friday. The command is named Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, or SAG-U. Continue reading “Pentagon Vows To Support Ukraine for ‘As Long As It Takes,’ Launches New Command”
Common Dreams – by Julia Conley
As environmental advocates call on regulators to “lead with sound science” regarding the proposed release of thousands of genetically engineered mosquitoes on a weekly basis in central California, eight Democratic lawmakers on Thursday demanded that officials reject the proposal without an in-depth review of its potential impacts. Continue reading “‘Too Many Unknown Factors’: California Lawmakers Object to Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes”
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Near-record low natural gas prices have hurt the industry, but a technology that can turn cheap gas into more profitable diesel could keep demand high and mitigate the impact of falling costs. Continue reading “Turning natural gas into diesel fuel”
If voters approve a pending ballot measure, Oregon would have the strictest gun laws in the nation—which opponents claim would virtually end the legal sale of firearms in the state. Continue reading “Opponents Setting Out Unintended Consequences Of Oregon’s Gun Control Measure”
Investigative journalist Tayler Hansen attended the Beto O’Rourke rally Thursday night in Dallas, Texas.
During the rally Tayler screamed out a question at Beto on trans surgery for kids. Continue reading “Journalist Tayler Hansen Choked Out and Body-Slammed at Beto O’Rourke Event after Screaming Out Question on Transitioning Children”
The Pentagon on Friday announced a new tranche of military aid to Ukraine. The $400 million weapons package includes Soviet-era tanks, outdated anti-air missiles, and miniature kamikaze drones. Continue reading “New US military aid for Ukraine revealed”
The Daily Sceptic – by Debbie Lerman
In previous articles I discussed the probability that Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator, was not a representative of the public health agencies but, rather, was appointed by the National Security Council. I now have proof that this was, indeed, the case. I have also uncovered documents that show: Continue reading “U.S. Covid Response Taken Over By National Security Council in March 2020 to Impose Pre-Prepared Lockdown Plan, Evidence Shows”
Early voters dropping off ballots in Berks County, Pennsylvania, are confronted by a sight surprising for elections in the United States: A pair of uniformed sheriff’s deputies armed with guns and tasers guarding the ballot box. Continue reading “Law enforcement ratchets up presence in voting process as some sheriffs push election conspiracy theories”
The Daily Sceptic – by Chris Morrison
Ahead of COP27, the ecologist Dr. Susan Crockford has launched a hard-hitting attack on the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the World Economic Forum (WEF), King Charles and Sir David Attenborough. The two men are said to “parrot WWF activist nonsense” that they naïvely accept as science. Dr. Crockford is an acknowledged zoology expert on polar bears, whose work on their recently growing Arctic populations has effectively removed them as a green poster story. She says it is clear that many of the goals of the WWF are shared by the WEF, and these complement the vision the King and Attenborough share for the future. “They all want a return to a world with fewer people that live meagre, circumscribed lives, while the rich carry on their jet-setting ways.” Continue reading “COP27 Is About a Jet-Setting Elite Trying to Make a World of Fewer, Poorer People Who “Live Meagre Lives”, Says Ecologist”
There will be no broadcast of The Word From the Trenches today.
We have errands to run and will not be back in time.
Be back up Monday.
A special civil jury in Northern California found a former longtime sheriff guilty on all six counts of corruption and willful misconduct in a case involving the issuing of concealed-carry weapons permits in exchange for campaign donations. Continue reading “California sheriff found guilty of corruption”
The State Department is giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to the personal data of more than 145 million Americans, through information from passport applications that is shared without legal process or any apparent oversight, according to a letter sent from Sen. Ron Wyden to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and obtained by Yahoo News. Continue reading “State Dept. gives law enforcement, intelligence agencies unrestricted access to Americans’ personal data”
A leaked email from a Fresno, California hospital has revealed stillbirth rates have risen dramatically, reports NTD . The staff member who leaked the email says that the increase coincides with the rollout of the experimental Covid vaccines. Continue reading “Exposed: Leaked Hospital Email Reveals Explosion of Stillbirths”
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets are suspending Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay, saying they were dismayed by his failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” Continue reading “Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games without pay”
Four months after a Northern California district attorney cleared officers who shot and killed a man at a checkpoint during evacuations for the Lava Fire, the man’s family has a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $20 million in damages. Continue reading “Fatal shooting at checkpoint during Northern California Lava Fire spawns $20 million suit”
Pfizer announced on Tuesday that an experimental RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects newborns against severe illness for at least six months after birth. Continue reading “Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects newborns against severe illness”