From the Trenches World Report

USA Today – by Casey Nolen

FERGUSON, Mo. — At least two protesters were arrested and some businesses were damaged Tuesday night after a memorial to Michael Brown was destroyed in a fire. The confrontation reignited tensions in the St. Louis suburb that was rocked by violence this summer after Brown, an unarmed teenager, was shot by a Ferguson police officer.

Police responded Tuesday evening to a reported break-in of a beauty supply store on West Florissant Avenue, according to multiple reports. Then several gunshots were heard and approximately 200 people gathered at the site where demonstrations were held following the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, 19, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.   Continue reading “Tensions flare in Ferguson after Brown memorial burns”

Mail.com

CANADENSIS, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state police are defending themselves against complaints that they have unfairly denied residents access to their homes during the manhunt for a suspected killer.

The massive search for 31-year-old Eric Frein, who is charged with killing one trooper and wounding another, has resulted in frequent unannounced and indefinite roadblocks in the village of Canadensis. Some people have ended up sleeping in their cars because their neighborhoods were cordoned off.   Continue reading “Residents chafe over search for ambush suspect”

New York Times – by Laurie Goodstein

The Vatican said on Tuesday that it had placed under house arrest and opened criminal proceedings against one of its former ambassadors, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who has been accused of sexually abusing boys he met on the street while serving in the Dominican Republic.

It is the first time the Vatican will hold a criminal trial on charges of child sexual abuse, and it comes as Pope Francis has been trying to set a new tone of rigorous attention in the long-running abuse scandal.   Continue reading “Former Vatican Ambassador Is Facing Sexual Abuse Trial”

Times of Pol – by James Stemfield

This article is based on actual first hand impressions of the author, who has travelled to Cuba by himself. The pictures were taken during the trip.

Early morning in socialist Cuba. Year 56 of the Revolution, elsewhere known as 2014. You wake up in your government-issued housing unit and you’re all covered in sweat, because not even the crappy fan that has been blowing on you all night can counter the exhausting combination of heat and humidity that prevents your sweat from evaporating. You’re a sticky mess, and the day hasn’t even started. An air conditioning machine would be a great idea, if it didn’t cost you about a year’s worth of wage. And even if you can get your hands on one, you wouldn’t be able to pay the monthly costs, since the state-owned monopolist electricity company’s rate rises exponentially when using more, because remember – a real socialist doesn’t waste.   Continue reading “At Least There’s Sunshine in Havana: A Day in Socialist Cuba”

Breitbart – by Chriss W. Street

The European Union and United States government-funded Global Carbon Project (GCP) released their latest Atlas that tracks annual CO2 emissions by 196 countries in cooperation with Sunday’s People’s Climate March and President Obama’s keynote speech at the United Nations Global Climate Summit Tuesday. The GCP report warns that man-made global warming is accelerating and names China as the chief culprit. However, GCP blames consumption in Europe and the United States for high levels of CO2 emissions and supports continued UN exemptions from enforcement for China.   Continue reading “Climate Summit: UN Exempts World’s #1 Polluter from Stricter CO2 Enforcement”

I guess China Mart is trying to pave a way to make a bank for all of the illegal immigrants who shop there.

New York Times – by HIROKO TABUCHI and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG

Here comes Wal-Bank.

After years of thwarted efforts to break into banking, Walmart is making its biggest foray yet into everyday financial services.   Continue reading “Walmart Prepares to Offer Low-Cost Checking Accounts”

KRGV 5 News

PHARR – Two teenagers from Mexico are jailed for their part in firearm burglaries on several ranches in the McCook-Lynn area.

Julio Zapien Calderon, 17 years old, was arraigned on nine counts of burglary. A 14-year-old boy was also charged in connection with the break-ins. His name cannot be release because he is a minor.

Bond for each suspect was set at $450,000 dollars each.   Continue reading “Mexican Teenagers Arrested Stealing Firearms”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — A South Texas 47-year-old man is accused of giving out cocaine in Donna, Texas in order to secure votes for candidates in the 2012 school board elections. He will reportedly appear in federal court next month to face charges of voter fraud and conspiracy.

Frankie Garcia gave voters either a baggie of cocaine or $10 to secure their votes, an indictment obtained by Breitbart Texas claimed.     Continue reading “Texas Border School Board Election Rigged with Cocaine and Cash, Say Authorities”

Mail Online – by Martin Gould

Police on Tuesday brought in an armored siege vehicle as the hunt for alleged cop killer Eric Frein moved into its 11th day.

‘The Rook,’ described by its manufacturers as ‘six tons of pure responsive force’ will allow officers to shield themselves as they hunt for Frein in dense woodland in northeast Pennsylvania.

The tracked vehicle was brought to a police staging post just south of the village of Canadensis where police are focusing their search.    Continue reading “Six-ton armored siege vehicle called The Rook with bullet-proof platform brought in as net closes on survivalist wanted over cop’s murder”

The Last Resistance

What defines politics? More specifically, what defines what is, and is not “political?” Some things are inherently political, in that they relate directly to politics. Platforms, and issues that are regulated necessarily by law, and issues that affect our lives in a corporate sense are, by nature, political. But what about everything else? What is up for grabs? What have we unnecessarily made political? Some things have been painted with a coat of politics when they shouldn’t have any political nature at all, and things which should unite us have become wedge issues to be used as partisan tools.    Continue reading “CBS Refuses Commercial Containing Pledge Of Allegiance”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

According to the Washington Post [1], the World Health Organization has announced a program which would round up Ebola victims across Liberia and herd them into “Ebola death camps” in order to isolate them from their families.

Although they aren’t called “Ebola death camps” — the sweet-sounding public name for the facilities is “community care centers” — their purpose is “to move infected people out of their homes and into ad hoc centers that will provide rudimentary care,” says the Post.   Continue reading “Ebola death camps unveiled in Liberia; disease victims to be rounded up and removed from their own homes by force”

Mail.com

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The man who killed two former co-workers and then himself at a UPS shipping center Tuesday had told some people that he was having problems at work but never suggested the situation might turn violent, his pastor said.

A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the information, identified the shooter as Joe Tesney of suburban Trussville. Tesney and his wife have two children, and they’ve been members at NorthPark Baptist Church since 2003, said the church’s pastor, Bill Wilks.   Continue reading “Pastor: UPS gunman was ‘troubled’ over work”

Mail.com

ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school board proposal to focus history education on topics that promote citizenship, patriotism and respect for authority, providing a show of civil disobedience that the new standards would aim to downplay.

The youth protest in the state’s second-largest school district follows a sick-out from teachers that shut down two high schools in the politically and economically diverse area that has become a key political battleground.   Continue reading “Denver area students walk out of school in protest”