From the Trenches World Report

Fox News

The Obama administration said Monday it has “indications” chemical weapons were used in Syria earlier this month, and is investigating whether the Assad regime might have been responsible.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki discussed the allegations a day after French President Francois Hollande said France also had indications the regime is still using chemical weapons.    Continue reading “Obama administration: ‘Indications’ chemical weapons used, again, in Syria”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

Irate Chinese citizens savagely beat five government bureaucrats during an incident that escalated into a 1,000 strong riot on Saturday in another telltale sign of the Communist country’s increasing social tensions.

The disturbance began after members of the Chengguan municipal police, China’s widely loathed bureaucrats who enforce government regulations against street vendors, began harassing and beating a woman in the Cangnan County of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province.   Continue reading “Chinese Citizens Beat Government Bureaucrats During Mass Riot”

This Can’t Be Happening – by Linn Washington, Jr.

The spirited protest outside the front door of the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton where nearly 150 demonstrators bashed NJ Governor Chris Christie for scandalous obstruction unrelated to Christie’s headline dominating Bridgegate debacle featured the youngest offspring of two of the most legendary stars in reggae music history.

That 4/20 demonstration against Christie’s restrictive implementation of NJ’s medical marijuana law plus Christie’s opposition to legalization or even decriminalization of marijuana included remarks from Makeda Marley, the youngest daughter of reggae legend Bob Marley and Jawara McIntosh, the youngest son of reggae luminary Peter Tosh.   Continue reading “NJ Gov Christie Castigated for Roadblocks on Cannabis”

The Ulsterman Report

What happened, and may continue happening at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada is resonating across the country, much to the panicked chagrin of the Mainstream Media.  Here’s a great clip of Assemblywoman Michele Fiore not backing down to the openly snide and derisive questioning of MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. (I still say Chris Hayes is actually a more feminine version of Rachel Maddow.   Continue reading “Nevada Assemblywoman Shreds MSNBC Host Over Bundy Ranch Conflict”

The Black Sphere

Politicians wonder why we want accountability for our money, well when a state pays $12 million to DEAD PEOPLE, it does raise a few flags.

According to this report, the Illinois Medicaid program paid an estimated $12 million for medical services for people listed as deceased in other state records, according to an internal state government memo. Auditors identified overpayments for services to roughly 2,900 people after the date of their deaths.   Continue reading “$12 million paid to DEAD people in IL Medicaid”

The News Doctors

Slavyansk (Ukraine) (AFP) 4/20/2014 8:33:27 PM

US Vice President Joe Biden will begin a two-day visit to Ukraine on Monday, hours after a fragile Easter truce was shattered and pro-Kremlin rebels in the country’s east appealed for help from Russian “peacekeepers”.

Biden’s arrival in Kiev comes after a deadly gunfight gunfight killed at least two pro-Russian militants, an incident which sparked “outrage” in Moscow.   Continue reading “US Vice President Heads To Ukraine After Fragile Truce Shattered”

Naked Security – by John Hawes

Technology giant NEC’s Hong Kong branch is promoting a small, “easy to install” appliance which will enable businesses to monitor their customers based on facial recognition.

From a recent NEC press release:

The new Mobile Facial Recognition Appliance enables organizations in any industry to offer an ultra-personalized customer experience by recognizing the face of each and every customer as soon as they set foot on the premises.  

Continue reading “Facial recognition – coming soon to a shopping mall near you”

RT News

Katsutaka Idogawa, former mayor of Futaba, a town near the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant, is warning his country that radiation contamination is affecting Japan’s greatest treasure – its children.

Asked about government plans to relocate the people of Fatuba to the city of Iwaki, inside the Fukushima prefecture, Idogawa criticized the move as a “violation of human rights.”

Compared with Chernobyl, radiation levels around Fukushima “are four times higher,” he told RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze, adding that “it’s too early for people to come back to Fukushima prefecture.”   Continue reading “Fukushima radiation killing our children, govt hides truth – former mayor”

RT News

BP, the fifth largest company in the world, is refusing to foot the bill for US government-sponsored studies into its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, including research into its impact on marine life, according to documents seen by the Financial Times.

The US government in July requested $148 million from BP to fund research work into the consequences of the spill, which started on April 20, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico.   Continue reading “BP caps cash pipeline to research worst oil spill in US history”

Mail.com

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a 16-year-old boy is “lucky to be alive” and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii stowed away in a plane’s wheel well, surviving cold temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen.

“Doesn’t even remember the flight,” FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu told The Associated Press on Sunday night. “It’s amazing he survived that.” The boy was questioned by the FBI after being discovered on the tarmac at the Maui airport Sunday morning with no identification, Simon said.   Continue reading “Teen OK after riding in wheel well of Hawaii jet”

NPR – by Dina Cappiello

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change.

A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 percent more greenhouse gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline.   Continue reading “Study: Fuels From Corn Waste Not Better Than Gas”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While the White House has continually threatened further sanctions against Russia for non-de-escalation (even as it un-de-escalates itself), the specifics of the additional sanctions have been sparse. German CEO warnings over blowback from economic sanctions… the “nonsense” of replacing Russian gas with US gas… the Russian warnings of “interdependence” and “boomerangs”… all reduce the West’s arsenal of financial sanctions. But, as The Times of London reports, perhaps the US has found a crucial pain point for Putin – a sanctions regime that would target Putin’s personal wealth, which includes a reported $40 billion stashed in Swiss bank accounts.   Continue reading “This Means War: US To Target Putin’s Personal $40 Billion Stash”