From the Trenches World Report

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BANGKOK (AP) – Thailand’s military rulers said Tuesday they are monitoring a new form of silent resistance to the coup – a three-fingered salute borrowed from “The Hunger Games” – and will arrest those in large groups who ignore warnings to lower their arms.

Despite the warning to protesters, the junta offered a reprieve to the country’s vital tourism industry. It lifted the military’s curfew at three popular beach resorts – Phuket, Koh Samui and Pattaya – to ease the impact of the May 22 coup on tourists. Continue reading “Thailand’s junta warns over ‘Hunger Games’ salute”

Huffington Post – by Paul Alias

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A respected chemist famed for dusting off a decades-old recipe for the psychedelic drug ecstasy has died.

Alexander Shulgin died Monday at his Northern California home at the age of 88.

His wife, Ann, says liver cancer was the cause. She says he was diagnosed about a year ago.   Continue reading “Alexander Shulgin Dead: Chemist Some Called ‘Godfather Of Ecstasy’ Dies At 88”

Millard reports the service went very well and he and his friend got a lot of footage.  Being working folk, they probably can’t start editing until tomorrow.  Millard says the You Tube video will be complete as soon as possible and he will be on the site this evening to answer any questions you might have.

(This is not my story, but was forwarded to me by a friend.)

It was a fine summer day…

Well, it would be fine, if it weren’t for all those big yellow dandelions cropping up in the lawn.  My husband, Don, and I tried to eliminate them from our view, but with no success.  They held steadfast.  I was reluctant to use chemicals, thinking of possible harm to our feathered friends who visited the various bird-feeders and bird-houses which Don had built and placed around our yard.   Continue reading “The Color Yellow”

The Empire’s Storm Troopers strike back.  We need to cover this story and get it out on the air nationwide.  My sense is that the mayor, council and the chief of police are all in cahoots.  If one goes down, they all go down, that is why they are striking back and hard.  The objective is to dissuade people from following through on any effort to either remove the mayor, the prosecutor or the chief of police. Continue reading “Albuquerque cops arrest protesters who stormed mayor’s office to demand changes”

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Tenth Amendment Center

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 3, 2014 – Yesterday, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill into law that authorizes the growing and production of industrial hemp within the state, effectively nullifying the unconstitutional federal ban on the same.   Continue reading “SC Gov. Haley signs bill to effectively nullify federal ban on industrial hemp”

RT News

A humungous Earth-like planet found by US astronomers has changed the perception of planet formation. A rocky world found by Kepler space observatory should by rights have become a giant ball of gas, but has remained a planet for billions of years.

The newly discovered Kepler-10c planet has been dubbed ‘Mega-Earth’ thanks to its diameter of 29,000 kilometers and an estimated weight 17 times greater than Earth, which has a diameter of 12,742 kilometers. This makes Kepler-10c the biggest rocky planet ever discovered.    Continue reading “‘The Godzilla of Earths!’ New planet weighing 17 times greater than Earth discovered”

RT News

President Obama has announced a plan to invest $1 billion in stepping up its military presence in Eastern Europe amid the Ukrainian crisis. The White House will send more troops and equipment to the region to “reaffirm” its commitment to NATO allies.

Speaking at a news conference in Warsaw, Obama said America was stepping up its partnership with countries in Eastern Europe with a view to bolstering security. The moves are aimed at upping the pressure on Russia, which Washington has accused of inciting unrest in Ukraine.    Continue reading “Obama pledges $1bn for more troops, military drills in E. Europe”

RT News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly criticized the Obama administration for pledging to work with the new Palestinian unity government on Tuesday, saying he is “deeply troubled” by the decision.

Additionally, Netanyahu’s office threatened to levy further sanctions on the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority over its decision to reconcile with Gaza-based Hamas, which has been labeled a terrorist organization by the US, European Union, and Israel.   Continue reading “Netanyahu ‘deeply troubled’ by Obama’s decision”

RT News

A new analysis suggests that more fatalities than originally reported may have resulted from faulty ignition switches used by General Motors in millions of cars sold during the last decade.

GM has gone on the record to acknowledge that 13 deaths have occurred as a result of the flawed switches, which the manufacturer knew for years were prone to abruptly cause affected automobiles to shut down, seizing the vehicles’ power steering, power brakes and airbag deployment mechanism as a result.   Continue reading “Dozens of additional deaths linked to GM cars with faulty switches”

Press TV

A United Nations human rights body has criticized the Tel Aviv regime for torturing Palestinian children, saying the Israeli military frequently uses them as human shields in its operations.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said on Thursday Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and blockaded Gaza Strip are normally not allowed to have their birth registered, and are denied access to health care, decent schooling as well as safe drinking water. 

“Palestinian children arrested by (Israeli) military and police are systematically subject to degrading treatment, and often to acts of torture, are interrogated in Hebrew, a language they did not understand, and sign confessions in Hebrew in order to be released,” it said in a report. Continue reading “Israeli military uses Palestinian kids as human shields: UN rights group”

The Communist’s new class conflict: So we should make fat women better than skinny women now and we should be ashamed of ourselves for looking down on them because they are fat, just like we should be ashamed of ourselves for looking down on gays and transgendered things. More social indoctrination and reversing of values to degrade this country even more.

Yahoo Shine – by Lilit Marcus

Earlier this year, models Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge, and Chrissy Teigen went topless for the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. But when three plus-size models, including supermodel Robyn Lawley, did a tongue-in-cheek recreation of the photo, it wasn’t a satire – it was a way to show how women of all sizes can be sexy and confident in swimwear.   Continue reading “Plus-Size Models Reimagine the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover”

Christian Mercenary – by T.L. Davis

The past few weeks have been a time of serious re-evaluation. One might only endure a certain amount of outrage before the term loses its meaning; before the outrage becomes merely rage with no means of expression that will not move that line of demarcation between action and consequence to the fore. 

I have not revealed my philosophy concerning the coming counter-revolution in the past simply because it would classify me as one thing or another. People always draw the wrong conclusions. They leap headlong into a definition that suits their opinions and always to the detriment of actual understanding. Karl Popper, an Austrian philosopher and economics professor said a few things that strike me as true, one of them is the statement: Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. The other is this: You can choose whatever name you like for the two types of government. I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence Democracy and the other Tyranny. Continue reading “Retribution”

I guess the War on Terror is over or getting old and they need a new reason to keep the Military Industrial Complex going.

Yahoo News – by Peter Apps

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After more than a decade focused on combating Islamist militancy, Western military planners are once again contemplating potential war between major powers – and how to prevent one happening by accident.   Continue reading “West ponders how to stop – or fight – a new Great War”