From the Trenches World Report

RT News

The wreck of the famous flagship Santa Maria, aboard which Christopher Columbus discovered America, has reputedly been found off the coast of Haiti, an underwater discovery that may be one of the most important in history.

“All the geographical, underwater topography and archaeological evidence strongly suggests that this wreck is Columbus’ famous flagship, the Santa Maria,” Barry Clifford, a top underwater archaeological explorer and the leader of an expedition to the site, told the Independent.   Continue reading “The wreck of Columbus’ Santa Maria may be found after 500 years”

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The Department of State is shopping around for hundreds of pounds of plastic explosives and detonator devices, a new report reveals, raising concerns regarding an American agency that usually deals with foreign policy, not dynamite procurement.

Even after several solicitations for explosives were posted publically on the website where federal offices can ask for quotes from contractors, however, representatives at the United States State Dept. have reportedly laughed at questions from reporters wanting to know why the requests have been made.   Continue reading “State Department buying massive cache of explosives, journalists claim”

RT News

A federal fund employed to improve roads, bridges, and ports in the United States is dangerously bare, the Obama administration told Congress.

According to the White House, over 112,000 ongoing projects – that come with around 700,000 jobs – could fall idle without action in Congress to boost the Highway Trust Fund.

US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the project delays would have a terrible effect on commerce.   Continue reading “Crucial infrastructure funding for roads, bridges is fading – White House”

RT News

A California woman who was pulled over, handcuffed, and forced to kneel while at least four police officers pointed guns at her can sue the police department over their erroneous license plate reader result, a US federal judge ruled Monday.

Denise Green, who works for San Francisco as a municipal driver, first sued the police department for wrongful detention and excessive force after she was accosted in the March 2009 incident. US District Judge Richard Seeborg initially dismissed her suit, asserting that the police reasonably believed Green was a suspected car thief because of the information transmitted on a vehicle-mounted license plate reader.   Continue reading “Driver handcuffed at gunpoint over license plate-reader error”

All Voices – by rsa76

U.S. corporation Monsanto plans to launch production of genetically modified marijuana, and companies such as Drug Policy Alliance y Open Society Foundation are going to create our own brand, which will be produced under cannabis, information portal La Red 21.

Organization of Open Society Foundation is under the control of the shareholder Monsanto, billionaire George Soros. Company Drug Policy Alliance y Open Society Foundation, funded by Monsanto will be responsible for market development of transgenic seeds of marijuana, particularly in Uruguay.   Continue reading “Monsanto plans to patent genetically modified marijuana brand in Uruguay”

The West Wire News

Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has been appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, a privately-owned natural gas company operating in the Ukraine since the year 2002. Burisma Holdings has become a considerable player within the Ukrainian natural gas and oil industry, with licences covering  the Dnieper-Donets, Carpathian and Azov-Kuban basins. The production capability has reached over 10,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOEPD) which has left the company with considerable reserves.   Continue reading “Joe Biden’s Son Appointed to Board of Directors of Ukraine’s Largest Gas Company”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

After writing one of my most recent articles with regard to what typically happens when a currency collapse occurs, due to a currency devaluation, takes down a country’s economy as the Chinese are gobbling up all of our important economic assets, many people wrote to me asking me when is the total collapse going to happen. The short answer is that I have a hard time predicting the actions psychopaths. All of us have a hard time predicting the action of others who are so different from the mainstream of America because most of us do not.   Continue reading “Proof that Most Politicians and CEO’s Are Certifiably Insane”

The Daily Smug

EMF Stands For Electromagnetic Fields Many do not know what this is, but soon I believe we will be forced to learn more than we ever wanted to know about it.  It is a threat to our society.  It can cause illness symptoms in infants, children and adults.  Those at highest risk are the individuals with low immunity.

People who are sensitive to EMFs may experience symptoms like:   Continue reading “How Hidden EMF’s All Around You are Frying Your Thyroid Gland”

C-Net – by Leslie Katz

If the world starts looking like a scene from “Matrix 3” where everyone has Agent Smith’s face, you can thank Leo Selvaggio.

His rubber mask aimed at foiling surveillance cameras features his visage, and if he has his way, plenty of people will be sporting the Personal Surveillance Identity Prosthetic in public. It’s one of three products made by the Chicago-based artist’s URME Surveillance, a venture dedicated to “protecting the public from surveillance and creating a safe space to explore our digital identities.”    Continue reading “Anti-surveillance mask lets you pass as someone else”

NBC News – by Erin McClam

The Veterans Administration, engulfed in a scandal over delays in patient care, says it has put two North Carolina employees on leave because they may have taken part in “inappropriate scheduling practices.”

Preparations for a national audit ordered by Eric Shinseki, the VA secretary, found that the two employees may have engaged in the inappropriate scheduling at a VA hospital in Durham between 2009 and 2012, NBC affiliate WNCN reported.   Continue reading “Two on Leave in North Carolina, VA Checks ‘Inappropriate Scheduling’”

Eagle Tribune

LAWRENCE — Police, joined by agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, arrested 40 people for selling counterfeit items at two flea markets yesterday.

“This is an effort to support local, legitimate businesses who have complained of these individuals selling bogus merchandise,” Interim Lawrence Police Chief James Fitzpatrick said of the sweep last night.    Continue reading “Authorities raid flea markets”

USA Today – by Kim Hjelmgaard

Europe’s highest court ruled Tuesday that people have the “right to be forgotten” and can ask Google to remove some sensitive information from Internet search results.

The judgment was handed down by the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union in a development that highlights ongoing battles between supporters of privacy rights and those who advocate for freedom of expression.   Continue reading “Europe’s top court tells Google to ‘forget’”