Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Armstrong, IA — The people of Armstrong, Iowa have apparently been the victims of a top-down violent theft scandal run by the mayor, the police chief, and two others. Now after holding the town hostage for years, four of the ring leaders from this small Iowa town are behind bars.

Starting Friday afternoon, three city officials, including Mayor Greg Buum, City Clerk Tracie Lang and former City Clerk Connie Thackery were arrested on more than two dozen criminal charges filed by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. Continue reading “Police Chief, Mayor, Others Arrested for Running Theft Ring, Carrying Out Violence for Cash”

There will be no broadcast of The Word From the Trenches today as the internet is still out.

I have talked to a technician I know and it seems the only people who have Centurylink internet in this town are the businesses and the Californians who have gotten the new upgrade. So I guess we are going to have to get the new upgrade, which is exactly how they got rid of the old dial-up, but hey, it will be fiber optics. Just think how much more spyware they can add. Continue reading “Trencher Alert”

Health Impact News – by Times of Israel

Excerpts:

The University of Oxford plans to test its AstraZeneca-produced COVID-19 vaccine on children for the first time, it was announced on Saturday.

The trial seeks to recruit 300 volunteers between the ages of 6 and 17, with up to 240 receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and the remainder a control meningitis vaccine. Continue reading “Experimental COVID Vaccine Trials Expanded: Children as Young as 6 to be Injected in Trials in Israel”

Unlimited Hangout – by Whitney Webb

Since the Coronavirus crisis began in earnest earlier this year, the strain on hospitals in the US and around the world has been the subject of a considerable number of media reports. However, hardly any media attention has been given to the dramatic and unsettling changes that have been made to hospital and healthcare information technology (IT) systems and infrastructure under the guise of helping the US healthcare system “cope” with the surge in data as well as an unsettling uptick in cyberattacks.  Continue reading “Meet the IDF-Linked Cybersecurity Group “Protecting” US Hospitals ‘Pro Bono’”

Video Rebel’s Blog

8 million people joined in the subreddit group WallStreetBets to stop Big Players from Naked Shorting Game Shop. A Naked Short happens when someone sells stock they do not own. Many of the subreddit participants made lots of money even doubling and tripling their initial investment. A lot of that was financed on a shoe string by people using their Stimulus Checks. Those checks are free money.

The next Big Thing on the subreddit group WallStreetBets might be to use their March Stimulus checks to buy silver. We are told there is already a shortage of physical silver available. This will force Big Players from the Bullion Banks to buy silver to cover their shorts. That will drive up the price of silver. Continue reading “Stimulus Checks Can Take Down The Deep State”

The White House

Three years ago today, a lone gunman took the lives of 14 students and three educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever.

For three years now, the Parkland families have spent birthdays and holidays without their loved ones. They’ve missed out on the experience of sending their children off to college or seeing them on their first job after high school. Like far too many families, they’ve had to bury pieces of their soul deep within the Earth. Like far too many families — and, indeed, like our nation — they’ve been left to wonder whether things would ever be okay. Continue reading “Statement by the President Three Years After the Parkland Shooting”

Natural News – by Ethan Huff

In 2017, four states had laws in place that expressly recognize gold and silver coins as legal tender: Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah. Since that time, nine more have joined them.

Arizona, Wyoming, Texas, Kansas, Louisiana, Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, and South Carolina all now accept gold and silver as cash, their representatives and residents recognizing that Federal Reserve Notes and other fiat currencies will eventually hyperinflate and collapse. Continue reading “Many states already recognize gold and silver as legal currency, which will come in handy once fiat currency crashes”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Updated (1726 ET): Weather forecast models suggest the polar vortex will continue pouring Arctic air into much of the central US through Feb. 20. This means nat gas prices could rise even higher early next week as electricity demand continues to soar over the weekend as Americans crank up their thermostats and watch Netflix shows or mine Bitcoin.  Continue reading ““Power Bills To The Moon”: Chaos, Shock As Electricity Prices Across US Explode”

The Intercept – by Lee Fang, Aída Chávez

Amazon, one of the largest corporations in the world, supplies state-of-the-art facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies, provides the military with a range of technology services, and is now building out its security operation with over a dozen former FBI agents.

The tech conglomerate, which began as an online bookseller, is rapidly hiring for its global security center in Arizona. As the firm expands and faces new challenges, including increased antitrust scrutiny, counterfeiting issues, and pressure from worker activism, the company is staffing up with former FBI agents, with a focus on security and intelligence-gathering ability. From 2017 to 2020, the $1.6 trillion technology behemoth hired 20 former FBI agents, at least two of whom appear to be responsible for monitoring the labor-organizing activity of its workers to keep unions out. Continue reading “Former FBI Officials Tapped for Amazon’s Growing Security Apparatus”

NBC News

A 78-year-old woman died shortly after being inoculated at a mass vaccination site in Los Angeles County, health officials announced Saturday, though there was no evidence the vaccine was at fault.

The patient’s family said she had a history of heart illness, said Dr. Michael E. Morris, director of Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s vaccination program, in a statement. Continue reading “California woman, 78, dies after vaccination, though no sign of link”

ABC 13

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you want the COVID-19 vaccine and aren’t in line to get it, there are still a number of vaccine trials- some involving kids.

Lakshy Patel is in the eighth grade and going to school virtually hasn’t been easy. Continue reading “COVID-19 vaccine trials to include participants as young as 6 months”

Health Impact News – by James Tapper, The Guardian

Excerpts:

People with learning disabilities have been given do not resuscitate orders during the second wave of the pandemic, in spite of widespread condemnation of the practice last year and an urgent investigation by the care watchdog.

Mencap said it had received reports in January from people with learning disabilities that they had been told they would not be resuscitated if they were taken ill with Covid-19. Continue reading ““Do Not Resuscitate” Notices Given to Covid Patients with Learning Disabilities in UK”

Our internet has been out since yesterday afternoon. Our Verizon mobile wi-fi, which is our back up, is running as slow as a sloth on Quaaludes.

We were able to get two posts up this morning before the wi-fi slowed down to the point that it would no longer allow us to go forward.

Putting up articles with the mobile wi-fi is impossible, we will be lucky if this notice goes up.

We are supposed to have our internet back at 4:00 this afternoon. If so we will get everything caught up then and tomorrow we will be contacting Verizon to praise their excellent service.

Apologies.