From the Trenches World Report

ARS Technica – by Cyrus Farivar 

The American Civil Liberties Union has lost in its attempt to get the city of Sarasota, Florida, to hand over city records pertaining to the use of stingrays, or fake cell tower surveillance devices.

As we reported earlier this month, the ACLU asked a Florida court for an emergency motion (PDF) that would require the city to make its stingray records available via a public records request. These devices, which are also known as international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catchers, can be used to track phones or, in some cases, intercept calls and text messages.   Continue reading “Judge allows US Marshals’ seizure of stingray records, dimisses lawsuitCyrus Farivar”

Natural Society – by Christina Sarich

It’s sad when one of the biggest ‘super powers’ can’t even export a quintessentially American food to another country because it is too toxic to eat. But apples treated with diphenylamine (DPA), a substance which keeps them from turning brown for months at a time when they are kept in storage, is now a sore spot for importers of American apples.   Continue reading “The Reason Europe Bans American Apples”

Fox News

More than 500 armed Mexican military and law enforcement personnel have crossed the U.S. border without permission over the past decade, raising questions over why a U.S. Marine remains jailed in Mexico for a similar offense.

The startling figures were provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in a letter to Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske reported that roughly 525 armed Mexican soldiers and police jumped the border since 2004, in 152 separate incidents.    Continue reading “Double Standard? Hundreds of armed Mexican officers crossing US border, despite Marine stuck in jail”

The Organic Prepper

The headline on Drudge Report caught my attention yesterday, In large font, it screamed “Prices for Meat, Poultry, Fish and Eggs are at an All-Time High.”

To those of us who have been watching the alternative news, this is no surprise. Mac Slavo of SHTFplan wrote about it HERE.  Lizzie Bennett of Underground Medic warned us HERE.  Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse Blog and The End of the American Dream has been shouting this from the rooftops for more than a year – HERE and HERE are two recent examples. Between the drought in California, the virus that killed off a bunch of baby pigs, and overall inflation because of an increase in fuel prices, every bite you put in your mouth is costing more this year, and those prices will continue to rise.   Continue reading “How to Survive Skyrocketing Meat Prices (Without Becoming a Vegetarian)”

Yahoo News – by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement, the Social Security Administration has been closing dozens of field offices, forcing more and more seniors to seek help online instead of in person, according to a congressional report being released Wednesday.

The agency blames budget constraints.   Continue reading “Social Security closes offices as baby boomers age”

Huffington Post

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name “Washington Redskins” on Wednesday on the grounds that the football team’s name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus in violation of federal trademark laws banning offensive or disparaging language.

“We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be cancelled because they were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered,” the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board wrote in its opinion Wednesday.   Continue reading “U.S. Patent And Trademark Office Cancels Redskins Trademark”

The Guardian – by Mark Tran

Islamist militants have attacked Iraq‘s largest oil refinery in the city of Baiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, as Iran raised the prospect of direct military intervention to protect Shia holy sites.

A top security official told the Associated Press that fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) had begun their attack on the refinery late on Tuesday night. The attack continued into Wednesday morning, with militants targeting it with mortar shells, starting a small fire on the periphery.   Continue reading “Isis insurgents attack Iraq’s biggest oil refinery”

New Zeal – by Trevor Loudon

Despite the more apparent than real “collapse of communism” the Communist Party USA has never given up its ties to the still very influential Russian communist movement.

Russian comrades reaffirmed their commitment to American communism, in these greetings sent to last weekend’s CPUSA national convention in Chicago.   Continue reading “Russian Communists Reaffirm Ties to American Comrades”

Warning Signs – by Alan Caruba

It is depressing beyond words that we will have to endure two and a half more years of an endless stream of lies about climate change from President Obama.

On June 14 he gave a commencement speech to graduates of the University of California at Irvine, using it to tell Big Fat Lies, not the least of which was that the Earth’s temperatures were rising when in fact they have been falling for nearly eighteen years.

It is an endless source of wonder to me that no part of the mainstream media disputes him when he says things like this. For years now they have been reporting the evidence of increasingly cold weather worldwide.   Continue reading “Obama Talks Climate Change While Iraq Implodes”

Press TV

Reuters – by Vladimir Soldatkin and Nidhi Verma

MOSCOW/NEW DELHI, June 17 (Reuters) – Some oil companies are pulling foreign staff from Iraq, fearing Sunni militants from the north could strike at major oilfields concentrated in the Shi’ite south despite moves by the Baghdad government to tighten security.

Iraqi officials say the southern regions that produce some 90 percent of the country’s oil are completely safe from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has seized much of the north in a week as Baghdad’s forces there collapsed.   Continue reading “Oil majors cut staff in Iraq on fears violence will spread”

Mint Press News – by Katie Rucke

It turns out that those who have cursed at a police officer for apparently not using his brain or said an officer was being “stupid” may not be as far off the mark as the American public might hope.

Although it’s not widely known, federal courts have ruled since 2000 that police departments can legally opt to not hire someone simply because he or she scores too high on an intelligence test. The millenium ruling followed a lawsuit filed in 1999 by Connecticut resident Robert Jordan, who was told by the New London Police Department that they only interview candidates who score 20 to 27 points on an intelligence test.   Continue reading “Can Someone Be Too Smart To Be A Cop?”

We have a new police alert here in Las Vegas from the police. It would seem the Bloods are up to their old tricks again and are having a new initiation again.

They are recruiting new Bloods and will have them drive around at night with their headlights off and when they get flashed, warning them their lights are off the initiation will be to follow them and shoot everyone in the car.

This happened a few years ago and it looks like they are at it again. This is probably only in the big citys but it’s wise to be aware everywhere.