From the Trenches World Report

The Guardian – by Molly Knefel

The verdict in the biggest Occupy related criminal case in New York City, that of Cecily McMillan, came down Monday afternoon. As disturbing as it is that she was found guilty of felony assault against Officer Grantley Bovell, the circumstances of her trial reflect an even more disturbing reality – that of normalized police violence, disproportionately punitive sentences (McMillan faces seven years in prison), and a criminal penal system based on anything but justice. While this is nothing new for the over-policed communities of New York City, what happened to McMillan reveals just how powerful and unrestrained a massive police force can be in fighting back against the very people with whom it is charged to protect.   Continue reading “Cecily McMillan’s guilty verdict reveals our mass acceptance of police violence”

The Lone Star Watchdog

I am becoming more and more convinced that protesting without any liberty teeth bearing arms to back up what the message is useless at this point. Every time there was unarmed peaceful demonstrations protesting unjust government policy. The system sends in agent provocateurs throwing rocks at the police so the thugs in uniform can beat up and abuse defenseless people at will to demonize the opposition.

The method of unarmed non violent marches are coming to the end unless there is firepower and the willingness to use force in self defense against a rogue government be the deterant to keep the peace. Remember at Waco and Rudy Ridge and all the protest at the WTO in Seattle,WA and the G20 in Pittsburgh,PA . The government will not hesitate to use deadly force against its own people, especially when unarmed. Mothers pushing strollers and old ladies returning from the store shopping were indiscriminately abused by the police who had nothing to do with the protesting.    Continue reading “12 Reasons and Suggestions Why We Should Stay Home and Not Attend the DC March May 16, 2014”

Bloomberg – by Jonathan Allen and Annie Linskey

The blue-chip political investment for big business is Clinton Inc.

Twenty-nine of the 30 Dow Jones (INDU) Industrial Average indexcompanies have given money or in-kind support to projects branded by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, according to a review of Clinton Foundation and U.S. State Department reports.   Continue reading “Dow Companies Invest in Clinton — With One Holdout”

AOL

HESPERIA, Calif. – All three lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia were closed in both directions Monday after a construction worker’s blowtorch accidentally ignited the wooden supports of an overpass that was under construction.

The freeway – Southern California’s main connector to Las Vegas – has been closed since 1:30 p.m. because of falling debris, said California Highway Patrol supervisor Carlos Juarez.

Officials said drivers should stay away from the Cajon Pass, which is just south of the area of Interstate 15 closed by the fire.     Continue reading “Bridge fire shuts down I-15 in California”

AOL

A new trend in China has lonely teenagers walking cabbage “pets” on a leash, according to video from geobeats.

Groups of young people were photographed dragging around heads of cabbage at Midi Music Festival in Beijing.   Continue reading “New trend has teens walking something very bizarre on leashes”

Yahoo Shine – by Beth Greenfield

A California public school district has backpedaled after an eighth-grade assignment — to write a persuasive essay on whether or not the Holocaust occurred — came under serious fire and prompted death threats to administrators. 

“We are aware of the controversy surrounding the distribution of an eighth grade Writing Prompt during the third quarter of the academic year,” notes a press release issued Monday by Rialto Unified School District interim Superintendent Mohammed Islam. “The intent of the writing prompt was to exercise the use of critical thinking skills. There was no offensive intent in the crafting of this assignment. We regret that the prompt was misinterpreted.”
Continue reading “California School District Under Fire for Holocaust-Denial Assignment”

Breitbart – by Chriss W. Street

The Associated Press reported Monday that Gen. Herbert Carlisle, Commander of United States Air Forces in the Pacific, acknowledged a significant increase in the activities by Russian long-range strategic aircraft flying along the California coast.

There was no comment about whether the aircraft were nuclear capable, but it has not been since the Cold War ended in the early 1990s that Russian patrols have skirted the West Coast and California.        Continue reading “Russian Strategic Bombers Flying Along California Coast”

RT News

Despite being subpoenaed by Congress to testify on the 2012 Benghazi attack later this month, US Secretary of State John Kerry will not appear before the House of Representatives’ oversight committee as demanded.

The announcement was made Monday by State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, who stated that instead of going before Congress n May 21, Kerry will instead continue with his initial plans to travel to Mexico. Although the Telegraph reports that Harf called the subpoena “a waste of time and taxpayer dollars,” she suggested the department would work something out with the House.   Continue reading “Kerry rejects congressional subpoena over Benghazi”

Eyes Open Report

The California legislator is considering a voluntary program to ‘tax’ every mile residences drive to replace state revenue being lost due to a more frequent use of high miles per gallon vehicles.

The program would reflect similar models used in Washington State and Oregon.

“We want to do as Washington and Oregon have done in a much bigger state with much longer commutes…to make sure that we find out whether it would work, whether the public would like it or not,” Californian Senator Mark DeSaulnier told CBS Los Angeles.   Continue reading “California considers asking residents to voluntarily pay tax on every mile they drive”

End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder

Virtually everything that you do is being watched.  Do you drive a car?  Do you watch television?  Do you use a cell phone?  As you do any of those things, information about you is being recorded and tracked.  We live at a time when personal privacy is dying.  And it is not just governments that are doing this.  In fact, sometimes private companies are the biggest offenders.  It turns out that gathering information about all of us is very, very profitable.  And both government entities and private companies are going to continue to push the envelope when it comes to high tech surveillance until people start objecting to what they are trying to do.  Continue reading “10 Examples Of How “Big Brother” Is Steadily Creeping Into Our Daily Lives”

Before It’s News – by Julie Brinker

As the American Psychiatric Association commenced its annual convention on May 3 in Manhattan, featuring over 65 sessions on psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of military personnel, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) launched a petition requesting the U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee to investigate with public hearings the role of psychiatric drugs in veteran suicides, sudden deaths and recent shootings at Fort Hood and the Washington Navy Yard.    Continue reading “Citizens Commission on Human Rights Launches Petition for Congressional Investigation Into Psychiatric Drugs Behind Military Suicides and Sudden Deaths”

The Daily Bell – by Tibor Machan

It is individualism that the American Founders elevated into political prominence and it is individualism that most politicians and governments, including America’s, find most annoying because it is the bulwark against arbitrary power.

If, as the Declaration of Independence states, individual human beings have unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, no one may violate these rights. Every adult individual is sovereign, a self-ruler and not subject to the rule of others. (This is why Americans are referred to as citizens, not as subjects, like so many around the globe.)   Continue reading “Individualism, The Collectivists’ Nemesis”

Daily Mail

Employees of a fast food restaurant in Texas fled the service counter and locked themselves inside a freezer, convinced they were being held up, after a group of armed men walked in last Thursday.

But the band of gun-toting ‘bandits’ turned out to be members of Open Carry Texas, the pro-gun group, who were on their way to a peaceful demonstration.

The police were equally as convinced they were dealing with a robbery, with at least a dozen officers showing up at the Jack in the Box in Fort Worth.   Continue reading “Terrified Jack in the Box staff lock themselves in the freezer after heavily armed pro-gun group come in for dinner”

Live Science – by Becky Oskin

Mile for mile, there are almost as many earthquakes rattling Oklahoma as California this year. This major increase in seismic shaking led to a rare earthquake warning today (May 5) from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Geological Survey.

In a joint statement, the agencies said the risk of a damaging earthquake — one larger than magnitude 5.0 — has significantly increased in central Oklahoma.   Continue reading “Rare Earthquake Warning Issued for Oklahoma”

Business Insider – by Dylan Love

We’ve previously reported on the realistic potential for malicious artificial intelligence to wreak havoc on humanity’s way of life. Physicist Stephen Hawking agrees it’s worth worrying about.

Current artificial intelligence is nowhere near advanced enough to actually be of sci-fi-movie-style harm, but its continued development has given rise to a number of theories about how it may ultimately be mankind’s undoing.    Continue reading “Stephen Hawking Is Worried About Artificial Intelligence Wiping Out Humanity”