From the Trenches World Report

Mediaite – by Noah Rothman

A hotly contested Democratic congressional primary in North Carolina ended in a standoff last week when the race between former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken and Asheboro businessman Keith Crisco resulted in a draw. With just 369 votes separating the two candidates, the race was slated to head to a runoff. On Monday, however, it was confirmed that Crisco suddenly passed away.   Continue reading “Clay Aiken Just Won the Democratic Primary… Because His Opponent Died”

High Times – by Mike Adams

Stoners, smokers and medical marijuana tokers could soon have the option to partake in their daily doses of the leaf by nose.

Cannabis Biotech, a subsidiary of Puget Technologies, recently announced that the company has produced a transmucosal method for delivering cannabis into the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity. Marijuana users, specifically those prescribed the herb for medicinal purposes, would be able to administer a standard and reliable dose of medicine by inhaling a marijuana mist rather than be subjected to some of the harsh carcinogens commonly associated with smoking weed.   Continue reading “Marijuana Nasal Spray is Here”

New York Post – by Emily Smith

Karl Rove stunned a conference when he suggested Hillary Clinton might have brain damage.

Onstage with Robert Gibbs and CBS correspondent and “Spies Against Armageddon” co-author Dan Raviv, Rove said Republicans should keep the Benghazi issue alive.

He said if Clinton runs for president, voters must be told what happened when she suffered a fall in December 2012.   Continue reading “Karl Rove: Hillary may have brain damage”

Mail.com

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Under the guns of their captors, dozens of barefoot girls sat huddled together wearing gray Muslim veils as they chanted Quranic verses in Arabic. Some Christians among them said they had converted to Islam.

“I swear to almighty Allah, you will not see them again until you release our brothers that you have captured,” the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist network threatened, an assault rifle slung across his chest.   Continue reading “Boko Haram demands release of fighters for girls”

Mail.com

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a New Hampshire police officer was shot to death after he responded to a domestic disturbance at a home that later exploded and burned.

The gunman is presumed dead in the ensuing blaze. Attorney General Joseph Foster says Monday night 48-year-old Steven Arkell of Brentwood was shot to death when he answered the call in a suburban neighborhood.   Continue reading “Authorities: New Hampshire officer shot to death”

The Harvard Crimson – by THEODORE R. DELWICHE and ALEXANDER H. PATEL

Although the Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club dropped its sponsorship of a reenactment of a satanic “black mass” ritual earlier in the night, members of the New York-based Satanic Temple gathered for what appeared to be a black mass on the second floor of the Hong Kong restaurant and lounge shortly after 10 p.m. Monday.

About 50 people, mostly dressed in black and some wearing face makeup, were present for the ceremony. A consecrated host, believed by Catholics to be the body of Christ, was not used in the ritual.   Continue reading “Even as Harvard Group Drops Sponsorship, Black Mass Underway at Hong Kong”

The Atlantic – by Alan Taylor

Industrialization brought massive changes to warfare during the Great War. Newly-invented killing machines begat novel defense mechanisms, which, in turn spurred the development of even deadlier technologies. Nearly every aspect of what we would consider modern warfare debuted on World War I battlefields.   Continue reading “World War I in Photos: Technology”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

A murder or assault conviction is no guarantee an immigrant will be deported or even remain in detention, an internal Department of Homeland Security document reveals. 

According to the document, obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies and shared with Breitbart News Monday, last year the Obama administration released 36,007 immigrants convicted of a nearly 88,000 crimes, including homicide and sexual assault.    Continue reading “ICE Released Murder, Sexual Assault, Kidnapping Convicts in 2013”

Adask’s Law

The Wall Street Journal reports in “Five Reasons Why You are Poor” that, according to the Federal Reserve,household net worth rose to $80.6 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2013, up from $70.83 trillion for the same period in 2013–an increase of nearly $10 trillion over the last four quarters–thanks to rising values of homes and U.S. stocks.   Continue reading “Eleven Reasons Why You and Your Family are Poor–and Likely to Stay Poor”

KBTX News

HEARNE, Texas The attorney for a Hearne officer who shot and killed 93-year-old Pearlie Golden said the council’s decision to terminate his client was a “knee-jerk reaction.”

Hearne City Council members met to discuss possible disciplinary action against Officer Stephen Stem on Saturday. It took them less than 30 minutes to reach a unanimous vote to fire him.   Continue reading “Attorney: Officer Stem Deeply Disappointed with Council’s Decision”

The Hoss USMC

After one spending the last week observing the Bundy ranch and family, as both security and as press, I think I have a pretty good picture of the situation in Bunkerville. There are several issues at play here.

The least understood, and most reported on, is that the Bundys have not paid grazing fees and taxes. The taxes claim is total bullshit. What is at issue is that Mr. Bundy has refused to pay fees for services that the BLM no longer provides, and hasn’t for very many years. The BLM has in fact been actively using those fees to create a less friendly climate for ranchers and dairy farmers, the latter of which no longer exist. The Bundys have even tried to pay the appropriate fees to local or state governments.   Continue reading “Bundy Ranch, Domestic Terrorists, and Freedom Fighters”

Xaviant Haze, March 21, 2013

The rise of the robot in the 21^st century can be directly related with the rise of drone technologies perfected by the United States Military. Drones or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle) have unexpectedly become popular in the mainstream media mostly due to conspiracy theories and Kentucky senator Rand Paul’s epic13 hour filibuster before congress. Senator Paul schooled the congressional committee on how drones are currently being used to kill innocent civilians in Pakistan and Afghanistan and how the use of drones over American skies could potentially be used from everything to unwarranted spying to capturing and killing terrorist and criminals. Drones for spying and warfare can come as small as mosquitos, and these drones can do everything from record conversations to emitting deadly bio-chemical weapons. The uses of drones have grown so much that they comprise over 30% of all US Military aircraft. But the real dangers of drones are the warning signs they signal for the eventual steps towards the A.I. becoming aware.    Continue reading “SKYNET is Real”

The Nation- by Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Is Rand Paul trying to change his Israel spots? Perhaps. In recent weeks, despite the fact that Paul has long positioned himself as a skeptic of the US-Israel alliance and opposes neoconservative-style interventionism abroad, he has been making at least a feint in the direction of Israel, various hardliners, and—as we learned this week from a funny but revealing piece in The New York Times—Rupert Murdoch, too.    Continue reading “What’s Behind Rand Paul’s Israel Feint?”

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All Gov -by Steve Straehley

Score one for Mitt Romney. The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that corporations, as well as individuals, may sue for damage to reputation. In 2011, Romney said that “Corporations are people” because “Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people.”

In 1997, Texas Disposal Systems was competing with Waste Management of Texas for trash-hauling contracts in Austin and San Antonio. At one point, Waste Management issued an “alert,” which was distributed to Austin community leaders, calling into question the environmental safety of Texas Disposal’s landfill.   Continue reading “Texas High Court Rules Corporations can Collect Damages for Defamation”