From the Trenches World Report

Epoch Times – by Joshua Philipp

China’s state-run media have declared Australia a threat to its national security, after Australia finalized a 25-year military pact with the United States.

The United States currently has 1,200 troops from the Marine Corps and Air Force training with Australian troops for humanitarian and disaster relief. The defense agreement will increase the number of U.S. troops at Darwin in northern Australia to 2,500.   Continue reading “China Declares Australia a Military Threat Over US Pact”

Waging NonViolence – by Anna Lekas Miller

On Tuesday, a group of activists from the London Palestine Action group chained the doors shut at the UAV Engines factory in Staffordshire, England, then scaled and occupied the roof. Their demands? That the U.K. government end the factory’s manufacture and export of parts used on Israeli drones in light of the recent events in Gaza.

The UAV Engines factory is one of two U.K.-based subsidiaries of Elbit Systems, a company producing electronic military communication systems and unmanned aircraft systems, including the Hermes drone, which is used by the Israeli Air Forces. As such, Elbit Systems is a frequent target of the Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions movement, which targets companies that supply infrastructure to and profit off of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.   Continue reading “UK activists shut down weapons factory in protest of Israel’s assault on Gaza”

We cannot allow this to take over our Republic.
These people are complete savages.

Truthstream Media – by Melissa Melton

We’ve all heard that coffee is bad for you. Or is it good for you? Butter and eggs used to be bad for you, but now they’re good…or are they?

The mainstream media is constantly reporting on new scientific medical studies, dishing out more advice than a doctor on what (and what not) to consume to maintain our health.  One month, something will kill you, the next month, it’ll save your life.

Take this recent example. A couple weeks ago, The Telegraph reported that, based on a new scientific study, all adults over the age of 50 should take aspirin every single day as a preventative measure to stave off cancer and heart disease.     Continue reading “You Would Have to be Insane to Blindly Follow the Mainstream Media’s Medical Advice”

Computer World – by Jaikumar Vijayan

A data breach at Supervalu Inc., one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the U.S., could affect thousands of people who shopped at the company’s stores between June 22 and July 17.

The breach may also affect customers from several other major grocery store chains for which Supervalu provides IT services as a third-party provider.    Continue reading “Grocery stores in multiple states hit by data breach”

AmmoLand – by Rob Morse

Southern California –-(Ammoland.com)  District Court Judge Catherine Blake said military style rifles are unusual and dangerous.  That wasn’t an easy decision to reach.  Judge Blake concluded the government needs guns for its protection, but you don’t.  It is her conclusion that doesn’t make sense.  She said our modern semi-automatic magazine fed rifles are unusual.  Maybe we shouldn’t expect much acuity from her given that she was appointed by President Clinton.   Continue reading “A Judge Distorts Gun-Facts”

CNN – by Ralph Ellis, Jason Hanna and Shimon Prokupecz

Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Saturday declared a state of emergency and implemented a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew in Ferguson, where the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager sparked a week of protests and sporadic looting.

“I’m committed to making sure the forces of peace and justice prevail,” Nixon said at a community meeting. “If we’re going to achieve justice, we first must have and maintain peace.”   Continue reading “Missouri governor imposes curfew in Ferguson, declares emergency”

USA Today – by Niraj Warikoo

DETROIT — A Detroit-area school district with a growing Arab-American population has agreed to improve its programs for students with limited English skills and to potentially hire more educators of Arab descent.

In a 31-page agreement with the Department of Justice, the Crestwood School District in Dearborn Heights says it “shall take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal and meaningful participation by” students with limited English skills.   Continue reading “Mich. district to boost programs for immigrant students”

Yahoo News

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexico’s foreign ministry late Friday protested Texas Governor Rick Perry’s deployment of National Guard troops to the southern US border to halt the surge of child migrants.

Mexico “reiterates, in a firm and categorical way, its rejection of this measure,” read a statement from the foreign ministry.

“No circumstance at all or change in border security exists that justifies this measure taken by the state.”   Continue reading “Mexico protests Texas National Guard troops on US border”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

A Texas rancher who spends $20,000 a year repairing damage that illegal immigrants do to his land says his biggest fear is getting sued by illegal immigrants who may get hurt or killed trespassing on his private ranch.

Presnall Cage, a Brooks County rancher who has found numerous dead illegal immigrants on his ranch, told the Guardian that he and other landowners were angered by “a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a neighbor” in 2007 by the family of illegal immigrants.    Continue reading “TX Rancher: Biggest Fear Is Getting Sued By Illegals Trespassing on Land”

Yahoo News – by Jason Sickles

FERGUSON, Mo. — Six months before he shot and killed an unarmed teenager, police Officer Darren Wilson earned a commendation for his “extraordinary effort in the line of duty.”

Yahoo News confirmed the award through the February 11 Ferguson City Council meeting minutes and photos Wilson’s father posted to his Facebook page.

“Very proud of my son, Darren Wilson on his receiving a Commendation from his Police Department,” John Wilson wrote on February 11. “Congratulations Son.”   Continue reading “Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson earned police honor before fatal shooting”

IJReview – by Justen Charters

 April, U.S. policymakers authorized a Crisis Support Package for Ukraine. While the White House had previously released information on what the package would cover, it wasn’t until Thursday that the government published a report detailing how the U.S. would help fund a project for a border fence to help separate Ukraine and Crimea.

From Fedbizopps.gov, here is a screenshot of the contract awarded:   Continue reading “The Federal Government Bought A Border Fence…For A Country Nearly 6,000 Miles Away”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

Based on reports, police officers in Ferguson, Missouri have drastically scaled back their response to violent protests, rioting and looting.

Likely, criticism from the media and the public about the military gear and tactics being used by officers has forced them to scale back their level of force.

This lack of police presence and response created one of the worst nights of looting in Ferguson last night. Even the convenience store Michael Brown is accused of robbing was looted.   Continue reading “Last Night in Ferguson: Lack of Police Response Forces Business Owners to Arm Themselves”

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A scientist with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declined to tell superiors that a worker had mixed a lethal strain of bird flu with a more benign one, even though that mixed strain was shipped out to another laboratory.

According an internal investigation into the matter, the dangerous bird flu cocktail was then administered to chickens as part of a US Department of Agriculture (USDA), in which all of the chickens ended up dying. As a result, USDA officials took another look at the bird flu samples in May and notified the CDC that a deadly strain of the virus was detected inside.   Continue reading “Lethal bird flu cocktail sent out of lab accidentally, went unreported – CDC”

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Pop-up advertisements seem to have been irritating users online since the dawn of the World Wide Web. Now the man responsible for creating the code that ushered in an age of internet whack-a-mole is apologizing for the lack of privacy he brought about.

“I wrote the code to launch the window and run an ad in it. I’m sorry. Our intentions were good,” Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT and principal research scientist at MIT’s Media Lab, wrote in an essay for The Atlantic.   Continue reading “Creator of pop-up ads apologizes for inventing ‘internet’s original sin’”

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