From the Trenches World Report

The Ugly Truth – by Jonathan Cook

In which country did a senior, state-salaried cleric urge his followers last week to become “warriors”, emulating a group of young men who had murdered a woman of another faith?

The cleric did so with impunity. In fact, he was only echoing other highly placed colleagues who have endorsed a book – again without penalty – urging their disciples to murder babies belonging to other religions.   Continue reading “How the rule of the rabbis is fueling a holy war in Israel”

The Organic Prepper – by Brandon Turbeville

While many are concerned with possible flare-ups in places like Syria, Israel, or the South China Sea, another area where there is the distinct potential for a third world war has always been and still remains to be Ukraine.

While the Western media rarely reports on Ukraine except to remind its readers and viewers that Russia “illegally annexed” Crimea and destabilized democratic Ukraine, the fact is that the area is a powder keg that could bring about direct clashes between Russia and the US or NATO.   Continue reading “Could the Ukraine Conflict be the Start of WW3? Here’s the Background on This Brewing Crisis”

Lew Rockwell – by John J. Baeza, NYPD Truth

Being a police officer was not just a career for me- for better or worse it defined me.  Period.

Both my grandfathers were New York City cops; my late father was a Lt. in the New York City Fire Department; my uncle was a New York City cop for three years before he made the right move and switched over to the New York City Fire Department where he retired as a Battalion Chief. One of my cousins is a cop in the New York City suburbs.  Another cousin is a former New York State correction officer and yet another one is a firefighter in upstate New York. All have worked in some of the toughest neighborhoods and assignments in this country.   Continue reading “The New Police Motto: “Shoot First, Ask Questions Later””

CBC News – by John Paul Tasker

Canada’s most senior federal public servant says he is worried about the nation and the state of its political discourse — fearing it has sunk to such lows that it could lead to an assassination attempt during the next federal election campaign.

Michael Wernick, the clerk of the Privy Council of Canada — the man tasked with serving the prime minister and his cabinet — prefaced his testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair with commentary on what he describes as a “vomitorium of social media” fuelled by unreasonable partisans who have been dangerously whipped up by politicians.   Continue reading “‘Somebody is going to be shot’: Top bureaucrat says partisan mudslinging has gone too far”

World Events and the Bible

Just the other day, Vice President Pence warned Iran’s mullahs are plotting a ‘new holocaust’ against Israel. When I read that, it sounded obvious, they are gearing up for another round of propaganda against Iran, I just did not expect it would escalate so soon.

We now have the Trump Administration saying Iran and Al-Qaeda are working together. That is not the first time the U.S. has made that claim, but it is the first time they are stating it is worthy of war. Continue reading “Iran-Al Qaeda Alliance May Provide Legal Rationale For U.S. Military Strikes”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Law enforcement agencies love their automatic license plate readers. ALPRs do what cops physically can’t: scan millions of plates a year and run them against a number of shared databases. The systems are black boxes. The public is often given little information about how many plate images databases store or for how long. Law enforcement agencies rarely audit the data, providing zero insight on the number of false positives ALPRs return. Non-hit photos are sometimes held indefinitely, creating databases of people’s movements.   Continue reading “Deputies Sued After False ALPR Hit Leads To Guns-Out Traffic Stop Of California Privacy Activist”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Turkey is now venting its wrath as its F-35 standoff with Washington is thrust to the next level, and after Friday President Trump signed a spending bill that blocks further F-35 transfers until November 1st of 2019, which gives the White House a window of time to evaluate if Ankara will indeed move forward with transfer of Russia’s S-400 air defense system to Turkey. Amidst the Pastor Andrew Brunson detention affair which drew widespread media attention last summer Congressional leaders demanded that the over 100 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 stealth jets purchased by Turkey be blocked from delivery. Following Brunson’s release, the bigger security issue became Turkey’s seeking the S-400.    Continue reading “Turkey To Receive Russian S-400 Delivery in July, Rejects US Patriot Systems Offer”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will leave “a small peacekeeping group” of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a U.S. pullout, the White House said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump pulled back from a complete withdrawal.

Trump in December ordered a withdrawal of the 2,000 American troops in Syria on the defeat of the last remnants of the Islamic State militants there.   Continue reading “U.S. to leave 200 American peacekeepers in Syria after pullout”

Yahoo News

Spring tax refunds typically give the economy a boost as the money rolls in and people either pay down debt or go out and spend, so economists and analysts pay close attention to the size of these windfalls.

A new research note from UBS finds that net payments to households are now running below its economists’ forecast, a shortfall of $11.5 billion of the $20 billion in extra cash that the economists had expected compared to last year.   Continue reading “Tax refunds are $11.5 billion behind our forecast: UBS”

South China Morning Post – by He Huifeng

Millions of Chinese individuals and businesses have been labelled as untrustworthy on an official blacklist banning them from any number of activities, including accessing financial markets or travelling by air or train, as the use of the government’s social credit system accelerates.

The annual blacklist is part of a broader effort to boost “trustworthiness” in Chinese society and is an extension of China’s social credit system, which is expected to give each of its 1.4 billion citizens a personal score.   Continue reading “China’s social credit system shows its teeth, banning millions from taking flights, trains”