From the Trenches World Report

Press TV

Former Republican congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has said that “the Pentagon’s lost trillions have nothing to do with defense, adding that the “money propping up the high lifestyles of those connected to the military-industrial complex.”

Dr. Paul, a three-time American presidential candidate and the founder of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, made the remarks in an article published by his website on Monday.   Continue reading “Pentagon’s ‘lost’ trillions went to people connected to US military-industrial complex: Ron Paul”

International Organization for Migration

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is expected to be the first, intergovernmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner. It presents a significant opportunity to improve the governance on migration, to address the challenges associated with today’s migration, and to strengthen the contribution of migrants and migration to sustainable development.  The process to develop this Global Compact for Migration started in April 2017. The General Assembly will then hold an intergovernmental conference on international migration in December 2018 with a view to adopting the Global Compact.    Continue reading “Global Compact for Migration”

Patriot Rising

I can’t take it anymore.  I have heard so much mindless propaganda urging us to vote that I was forced to push back.  This is like shooting fish in a barrel.

First, if voting is so great, why we do have to be constantly harangued, bullied, hectored and bribed into engaging in this marvelous activity?  Why do only half or less of the population vote in any given election?  Let’s ask the question a different way.  What percentage of kids fail to show up when Mom says, “breakfast is ready”?  They show up because they expect to receive a major benefit from showing up, especially when weighed against the minimal costs of running downstairs and grabbing a chair.   Continue reading “What’s So Great About Voting?”

MSN

Their blue and white, three-bedroom home was hidden on a Concow vineyard. It was cheery and bright with potted plants outside and a hammock strung between two trees.

For a while, the Duncan family had hope it survived. They had left a sprinkler running on its roof. But four days after they fled from the Camp fire, a friend texted them a photo of what was left of their home. Nothing.   Continue reading “Death toll rises as rain brings new dangers to California’s burn zones”

Living Freedom – by Claire

An American friend has been in Tijuana and is scheduled to return home after this week. In the last few days we’ve exchanged messages about the Honduran migrants who’ve begun arriving there so dramatically to claim asylum in the U.S.

What follows is his three-part report from the scene — or rather, just off the scene. Tijuana is a large city, over 1.5 million people, and what’s happening varies depending on where you are and whom you’re talking with.   Continue reading “Dispatches from Tijuana”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

President Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly signed a memo late Tuesday allowing troops stationed at the border to act in a law enforcement capacity and use lethal force, if necessary, according to Tara Copp of Military Times.    Continue reading “White House Authorizes Lethal Force At The Border”

Incredibly, royal subject Trump has given the Saudi Prince a pass on suspected mastermind of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The whole world knows what went on here, everything points to a corrupt Saudi Prince, but Trump is playing his Trump card, oil. Another one of many blatant cons he’s trying to splash on Americans thinking we are going to buy it.   Continue reading “Trump Gives Saudi Prince A Big Wet Kiss – Wants Us to Buy his Bag of Crap”

Breitbart

Local police officers in Tijuana arrested 34 caravan migrants for misdemeanor charges including drug possession and public drunkenness. They were turned over to Mexican immigration authorities.

Through a news release, Tijuana Police revealed that under order from the mayor, they began carrying out various inspections and checkpoints, netting 34 arrests. Some migrants were reportedly in possession of methamphetamine and cocaine.   Continue reading “Tijuana Police Arrest 34 Caravan Migrants for Drugs, Drunkenness”

It’s bad enough that we have to eat foods from countries who hate America, it’s something else when our government tells us not to eat it, especially produce we have been eating for decades, as more than ever, we are eating lettuce mixed with crap, literally.

American Nationals are eating crap more than ever now as more and more truck loads of unhealthy produce cross our boarders, and worse yet, produce which is grown here in America. We give jobs to border crossers who hate what America stands for, they pick our lettuce, they also crap on it. This has never really been a problem, until we started letting wet backs run rough shot on American territory.    Continue reading “Americans Eating Lettuce From Hell – Thank You NAFTA”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Some of the 5,800 US troops deployed to the southern US border right before the midterm election may be withdrawn as early as this week, however Trump administration officials concerned about ending the mission too soon are set on delaying their departure, according to the Los Angeles Times.    Continue reading “Troops Deployed To Southwest Border Begin Withdrawal As Migrant Caravan Arrives”

Forward

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is increasingly family-friendly and helpful, largely to the credit of Adva Levin.

Levin, a content producer and designer, is the founder Pretzel Labs, an Israel-based voice design studio that focuses on creating experiences for families. In an interview with Forbes, she explained that she implements that focus in applications for Alexa, such as with Kids Court (for settling fights between kids) and Out the Door (a fun way to get them ready for school).   Continue reading “This Israeli Is Making Alexa’s Voice Sound Like One Of Your Family”

ProPublica – by Derek Kravitz and Marshall Allen

Medical devices are gathering more and more data from their users, whether it’s their heart rates, sleep patterns or the number of steps taken in a day. Insurers and medical device makers say such data can be used to vastly improve health care.

But the data that’s generated can also be used in ways that patients don’t necessarily expect. It can be packaged and sold for advertising. It can anonymized and used by customer support and information technology companies. Or it can be shared with health insurers, who may use it to deny reimbursement. Privacy experts warn that data gathered by insurers could also be used to rate individuals’ health care costs and potentially raise their premiums.   Continue reading “Your Medical Devices Are Not Keeping Your Health Data to Themselves”

WOKV

The Finance Director of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested on dozens of charges in connection to a scheme that defrauded the Sheriff’s Office and associated Benevolence Fund of more than $700,000.

SJSO says 47-year-old Raye Brutnell admitted to the fraud and claimed she did it because of the “financial strain” her family was facing.    Continue reading “St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Finance Director Arrested For $700,000 Fraud Scheme”

There will be no broadcast of The Word From the Trenches today, still can’t talk.

Have a great Thanksgiving everybody!

Daily Mail

An American missionary was killed with arrows shot by protected tribesmen living on a remote Indian island after he arrived there in a bid to convert them to Christianity.

John Allen Chau, 27, of Vancouver, Washington, paid local fishermen to help him get to North Sentinel Island, one of the world’s most isolated regions in India’s Andaman islands.    Continue reading “American missionary, 27, killed by protected tribesmen on remote island”