From the Trenches World Report

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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’”

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”