From the Trenches World Report

Your Perception is not Reality

Imagine if it emerged that the Republican chairman of the House or Senate intelligence committee had a Russian spy working on their staff. Think it would cause a political firestorm? Well, this month we learned that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) had a Chinese spy on her staff who worked for her for about 20 years, was listed as an “office director” on payroll records and served as her driver when she was in San Francisco, all while reporting to China’s Ministry of State Security through China’s San Francisco Consulate. The reaction of the mainstream media? Barely a peep.   Continue reading “This may well be the most serious espionage transgression in modern American history”

Middle East Monitor

Israel’s critics often describe the country as being above the law, but until now this has never been brazenly declared by its government. Documents published this week shows a legal representative of the Israeli government audaciously claiming that Israel can “legislate anywhere in the world,” that it is “entitled to violate the sovereignty of foreign countries,” and that it “is allowed to ignore the directives of international law in any field it desires”.

The bold declaration was made in legal materials recently submitted to the Israeli Supreme Court in which the government representative said that the Knesset is allowed to ignore international law anywhere it desires.   Continue reading “Israel declares it is above the law”

Washington Examiner – by Ashe Schow, July 7, 2015

The Affirmative Consent Project, which advocates for “yes means yes” sexual consent policies, has been distributing “consent contracts” to college students across the country.

The contract states in big red letters: “YES! We agree to have SEX!” (emphasis original), and asks participants to take a photo together holding the contract. If a camera can’t be found, then the participants would need to fill out the form included on the back of the contract.   Continue reading “Advocacy group distributes sexual ‘consent contracts’ to college students”

Madness Hub

A student editor at a top university has been fired in a transphobia row after he tweeted that ‘women don’t have penises’.

Angelos Sofocleous, assistant editor at Durham University’s philosophy journal ‘Critique’, was sacked from his post after just three days for writing a tweet deemed ‘transphobic’ by fellow students.   Continue reading “Student editor who retweeted article pointing out that that ‘women don’t have penises’ is fired from university journal”

Fellowship of the Minds – by DCG

It’s always about control.

From The Detroit News: A resolution introduced in Wayne County seeks to encourage state and federal legislators to regulate and limit ammunition sales.

Outgoing District 6 Commissioner Reggie “Reg” Davis submitted the resolution to the commission’s chair, Gary Woronchak, to encourage Michigan and U.S. leaders to adopt policies to end gun violence. If the commission does that, Davis said, he plans to seek passage of an ordinance to adopt the policies for which his resolution calls.   Continue reading “Detroit lawmaker pushes “bullet bill” where you have to purchase ammo through law enforcement and go through mental background check”

Activist Post – by Nicholas West

Biometric identification at U.S. airports has quietly been rolling out at various locations around the world. In some cases, it has been sprung upon the general traveling public without warning, leaving some to question how optional all of this will be as travelers becomes acclimatized to the new boarding process.

Despite many privacy groups warning about the type of incremental “mission creep” we have seen across the spectrum of technological tracking and surveillance, Delta Airlines is taking the lead in bringing about what they call the future of global air travel.   Continue reading “First U.S. Airport “Biometric Terminal” Set For Rollout This Year”

RT

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicts that the internet, as we know it, will split in two within the next decade, with one side led by China. However, Google seems okay with Chinese rule, once it gets to be involved.

“I think the most likely scenario now is not a splintering, but rather a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and a non-Chinese internet led by America,” Schmidt told tech-heads at a private event in San Francisco on Wednesday, organized by investment firm Village Global VC.   Continue reading “Ex-Google CEO: Internet will split in two, with China controlling half”

Activist Post – by Nicholas West

One of America’s oldest insurance companies, John Hancock, has its eyes set firmly on the future. With the arrival of Big Data and the now never-ending stream of information that is available to data brokers on individuals in nearly real time, the lure of using it for customer analytics and behavior modification has become irresistible.

According to a recent announcement cited by Reuters, the company is taking the unprecedented step of “selling only interactive policies that track fitness and health data through wearable devices and smartphones.” Previously, John Hancock created its interactive policies as a supplement to traditional life insurance, but now the “Vitality” program will encompass ALL policies beginning in 2019, as well as converting old policies to the new model.   Continue reading “Life Insurance Company Will Add Fitness Tracking Data to ALL Policies Next Year”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update: Hours after the search began, Reuters  reports that Taiwan police have apprehended Cody Wilson in Taipei after U.S. authorities annulled his passport.

Wilson, 30, was taken to immigration authorities in the capital by officers from Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, according to local media reports and an official from the bureau who asked not to be named. However, two Taiwanese officials denied Wilson was arrested or in custody. His exact status was unclear.  Continue reading “Taiwan Police Apprehend 3-D Printed Gun Pioneer Accused Of Child Sex Abuse”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A 52-year-old day care worker is accused of stabbing five people, including three baby girls no more than a month old, at a short-term residential care facility in Queens early Friday. Police say they recovered a butcher knife and a meat cleaver at the scene, reports NBC New York.    Continue reading “Five Stabbed Including Three Infants At NYC Day Care; Butcher Knife, Meat Cleaver Recovered At Scene”

Welfare money supposed to be used for everyday expenses now being used to by something that only a Saudi Prince can afford and nobody gives a damn. The Apple juggernaut continues to gouge the poor, the rich, the stupid.

Amazingly, Apple has gone unregulated when it comes to the ultimate con game of the 21st century, the separation of your money into its coffers, no matter what the cost to the addicted idiots who hand it over, just because they can.   Continue reading “How Apple Contributes to American Poverty – $1,500 for the iPhone X”

Business Insider

Apple will start assigning so-called “trust scores” for Apple devices in a bid to combat fraud.

First spotted by VentureBeat, a new provision has quietly appeared updated in the iTunes Store privacy page:   Continue reading “Apple will log about how many ‘phone calls or emails you send and receive’ to give your device a ‘trust score’”

Fox News

The two Maryland police officers who were shot while executing a drug-related search warrant late Wednesday had entered the wrong apartment, officials said.

Officers from Prince George’s County Police entered the home of “a law-abiding” resident after an investigation led officers to incorrectly conclude that the address was that of a suspected drug dealer, police Chief Hank Stawinski said during a news conference Thursday.   Continue reading “Two Maryland officers injured in shooting had served warrant to wrong apartment, police say”

Fox News

MELBOURNE, Fla. –  A 22-year-old student pilot suspected of boarding a vacant passenger plane at a central Florida airport early Thursday has been charged with criminal attempt to steal an airplane, officials said.

The Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating and trying to determine a motive in the case, according to Orlando-Melbourne International Airport spokeswoman Lori Booker. She told news outlets the student pilot, identified as Florida Institute of Technology student Nishal Sankat, also faces a visa violation and criminal trespassing charges.  Continue reading “Florida student pilot charged with attempt to steal plane”

Middle East Monitor

The US House of Representatives passed two separate Israel related bills this week, endorsing what is being described as the largest aid package in American history and the appointment of an international tsar to monitor anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel worldwide.

The military aid package of $3.3 billion will be delivered to Israel over the next year. This figure is likely to increase by an additional $550 million as a result of Congress passing a $716 billion defence bill. A further $1 billion has been set aside for the US weapons stockpiles in Israel, which Israel taps into during escalations of violence against the Palestinians and Lebanon. In 2016, the US agreed to give Israel $38 billion in military aid over 10 years.   Continue reading “US Pledges $3.3 Billion in Military Aid to Israel, but Cuts Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians”