From the Trenches World Report

Police State USA

LOS ANGELES, CA — A scandal has been discovered inside the LAPD, in which nearly half of the squad cars in one division had their recording equipment tampered with, making accountability more difficult for the dozens of officers involved.  The troubling discovery was exacerbated by police supervisors who made little effort to keep the oversight commission informed.

An audit of the Southeast fleet showed that out of about 160 vehicles, 72 were discovered to have had antennas removed, the LA Times reported.  The antennas are part of a system that allows cruiser footage to be accompanied by detailed audio, even when the officer is far away from his vehicle.  The audio is collected through microphones worn on officers’ clothing, which is sent back to the cruisers via a transmitters attached to officers’ belts.   Continue reading “Recording equipment went missing in half of LAPD cars examined”

Celebrity Magnet – by Kristyn Clarke

(PCM) News that is sending shock waves through the world of pro-wrestling is that iconic wrestler The Ultimate Warrior has passed away at the age of 54.  The Ultimate Warrior, whose real name is James Brian Hellwig, had just appeared on Monday night RAW and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during Wrestlemania this past weekend.   Continue reading “Iconic Wrestler The Ultimate Warrior Has Passed Away At The Age Of 54”

Reuters – by DAVID ALEXANDER

The U.S. Navy is planning sea trials for a weapon that can fire a low-cost, 23-pound (10-kg) projectile at seven times the speed of sound using electromagnetic energy, a “Star Wars” technology that will make enemies think twice, the Navy’s research chief said.

Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, the chief of Naval Research, told a round table group recently the futuristic electromagnetic rail gun had already undergone extensive testing on land and would be mounted on the USNS Millinocket, a high-speed vessel, for sea trials beginning in 2016.   Continue reading “U.S. Navy to test futuristic, super-fast gun at sea in 2016”

RT News

Another US military ship is set to be deployed in the Black Sea amid the Ukrainian crisis. The US Navy destroyer Donald Cook will join the USS Truxtun, whose stay in waters bordering Russia was extended to ‘conduct drills’ with Romania and Bulgaria.

“We’ll also send another ship to the Black Sea within a week,” Derek Chollet, the US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs told the House Armed Services Committee, as he said the Department of Defense sanctioned to prolong USS Truxtun’s stay in the Black Sea “to conduct exercises with Romanian and Bulgarian naval forces,” after it left the region on March 21.   Continue reading “Second US Navy destroyer heads to Black Sea”

The Patriot Post

It’s a simple theory: More guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are more likely to prevent criminal negligence. This isn’t just the conjecture of right-wing extremists as the Left would have you believe; rather, it has strong statistical support in study after study.

You can now add another analysis to that mix – according to economist Mark Gius, more guns still equal less crime.   Continue reading “Concealed Carry and Murder Rates”

Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg

Last year, lots of powerful groups tried to get a war going in Syria. It seemed to me that the necessary ground work hadn’t been done and that they might not be able to pull it off. Thankfully, that’s how it happened.

And by “necessary ground work,” I’m not referring to the military operators the US government had in Syria for a year or two prior; I’m talking about making the American populace eager for a new war. That’s a crucial and often ignored factor.   Continue reading “The War Drums are Beating”

Deal Book – by Andrew Ross Sorkin

It is the talk of the Valley.

A high-stakes negotiation is taking place in Silicon Valley among some of the biggest names in the industry — Apple and Googleamong them — over accusations that they were involved in a collusion to prevent their employees from being hired at rival companies. The employees filed a class-action suit, contending that the illegal hiring practices cost employees $9 billion in lost wages. Now the companies are locked in mediation sessions, hoping to settle the case in the next several weeks.   Continue reading “Tech Firms May Find No-Poaching Pacts Costly”

Mail.com

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango, who was denied asylum in the United States but stayed illegally for years, died Tuesday at age 61.

Onyango, whose immigration status was reported by The Associated Press days before Obama’s election in 2008, had been treated in recent months for cancer and respiratory problems, Cleveland attorney Margaret Wong said. She died in a Boston rehabilitation center, said Wong, who represented her in her immigration case.   Continue reading “Obama aunt who stayed in US illegally dies at 61”

Mail.com

DETROIT (AP) — A teenager and two men were charged Tuesday in the brutal beating of a suburban Detroit man after he accidentally hit a child who stepped off the curb into the path of his truck.

Police, meanwhile, credited a nurse with saving the life of driver Steve Utash by stepping between him and the half-dozen or more men who punched and kicked him after the April 2 accident on the northeast side of Detroit.   Continue reading “3 charged in Detroit mob beating of motorist”

Weapons Man

If you can call what passes for justice in North Korea — the whim of the latest inbred midget king of the inbred midget Kim Dynasty — “Justice,” that is. South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo:

The North Korean regime has shut down the Workers Party department once headed by purged eminence grise Jang Song-taek and executed or interned 11 high-ranking officials, sources said Sunday.   Continue reading “The Justice, it Burns!”

AOL

If you catch yourself looking up at the night sky this evening, you might notice what looks like a bright star with an orange tint. That’s actually the planet Mars. Here’s HLN:

‘The planet is expected to line up with Earth and the Sun. It happens every two years. You should be able to get a good look tonight.’   Continue reading “Look up! Mars expected to light up night sky”

Continue reading “How to Predict a TSA Patdown”

AOL – by JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press

A Houston woman was convicted of murder Tuesday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe, hitting him at least 25 times in the face.

Prosecutors said Ana Trujillo used her high heel shoe to kill 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson during an argument at his Houston condominium in June.   Continue reading “Jury Reaches Verdict in ‘Stiletto Stabbing’ Trial”

A man and a woman were having a quiet, romantic dinner in a fine restaurant.

They were gazing lovingly at each other and holding hands. The waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed the woman slowly sliding down her chair and under the table – but the man stared straight ahead.

The waitress watched as the woman slid all the way down her chair and out of sight under the table. Still, the man stared straight ahead.           Continue reading “A Romantic Dinner”

You may have heard on the news about a Southern California man who was put under 72-hour psychiatric observation when it was found he owned 100 guns and allegedly had 100,000 rounds of ammunition stored in his home. The house also featured a secret escape tunnel. By Southern California standards, someone owning 100,000 rounds is considered “mentally unstable.”

In Michigan, he’d be called “The last white guy still living in Detroit.”   Continue reading “100 Guns and 100,000 Rounds of Ammo”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

One of the purported successes of Michelle Obama’s tenure as First Lady of the United States has been to help Americans get fit and eat right.

She’s launched a wide array of initiatives targeting Americans receiving government nutritional benefits, as well as school lunch programs across the nation. Nowhere have the First Lady’s efforts been more visible than in the cafeteria’s of America’s schools.   Continue reading “Michelle Obama’s School Lunches In Pictures: “Is That Photo Taken From Death Row?””