From the Trenches World Report

Mail.com

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, who already faces a murder charge in a man’s shooting death last year, has been indicted on new murder charges in an unrelated 2012 double slaying in Boston.

The victims in that killing, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, were shot to death as they sat in a car in Boston’s South End on July 16, 2012. Police have said they were shot by someone who drove up alongside in an SUV and opened fire.   Continue reading “Aaron Hernandez indicted in Boston double slaying”

Mail.com

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A video showing an aide to Turkey’s prime minister kicking a protester held on the ground by special forces police sparked outrage Thursday, tarnishing the Turkish leader’s image ahead of his expected run for president.

Turkish newspapers also published photographs showing the adviser kicking the protester and identified him as Yusuf Yerkel, a deputy chief of staff at Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office and adviser to the prime minister.   Continue reading “Turkey outraged as PM’s aide kicks protester”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City minister who was the subject of an Associated Press investigation about misspent 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina charity funds has agreed to repay $1.2 million that he took from his congregation to buy an 18th-century farmhouse on seven acres in rural New Jersey.

The Rev. Carl Keyes and his wife, the Rev. Donna Keyes, who jointly led the Glad Tidings Tabernacle in Manhattan, signed a legal judgment Wednesday settling a probe by the New York attorney general into a series of questionable church financial transactions.   Continue reading “NYC minister to repay $1.2M after AP probe”

Lost in America

The Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases.  Soon to follow will be Popeye’s Chicken, Pizza franchises and the chain of barber and beauty shops which operates inside the gates of our military facilities.  Reason?  Obama’s mandate that all companies who do business with the federal government pay a $10.10 per hour minimum wage.    Continue reading “Burger King Fleeing Military Bases”

Eric Peter’s Autos

MILWAUKEE, WI — A young woman had her neck broken in four places after her vehicle was T-boned by a police officer who blew through a stop sign.  Even though she was completely sober, the police charged with drunk driving and tried to shift the blame onto her instead of the party at fault.  When evidence surfaced that showed her innocence, it was hidden and ignored.  The deputy responsible was never punished.   Continue reading “Wisconsin Hero Causes Wreck, Cripples Girl – And Charges Her With Fake “DUI””

The Black Sphere

Ok, we are all dying from the moment we are born, but I now believe there is something to Karl Rove’s supposed rumor of Hillary Clinton’s brain damage.

Understandably, anybody who remains a Liberal after age 30 is technically brain-damaged in my opinion, but Hillary has other issues.    Continue reading “It’s official: Hillary Clinton is dying”

21st Century Wire

Whenever a First Lady tries to astro-turf over a political event to boost White House approval ratings – it never ends well.

Michelle Obama made a big splash on Twitter and Facebook this week, but it only took a few days before the predictable blow-back to her PR stunt has turned into a storm of ridicule. 

Her detractors are right point out how her own husband has sanctioned the murders of thousands of innocents across central Asia and Africa, but is immune from giving any testimony, nor any prosecution as he claim Presidential privilege.
Continue reading “Michelle Obama’s Kony-style ‘Boko Haram’ PR Stunt Inspires Viral Anti-drone Campaign”

Harris County Commissioners hired Texas’ premiere appraisal expert to investigate whether Harris County Appraisal District is fairly assessing home owners and commercial properties.  Harris County Commissioners noticed a disturbing pattern of deep discounts in commercial properties they were purchasing at condemnation for right-of-way (or roads).  There was a perception that the assessed value set by Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) was often only 35 to 65% of the purchase price when they were purchasing commercial property.  They hired appraisal expert Ted Whitmer to determine the market value of a number of large commercial properties in Harris County.   Continue reading “Harris County Commissioners Investigate HCAD”

Lew Rockwell – by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD

Modern medicine has spawned great things like open heart surgery and corneal transplants, but it also harms people when its practitioners follow treatment guidelines based on fallacious theories. My grandson became gravely ill when he was 2 months old after his heart and kidneys started to fail. Studies showed that he had an underdeveloped aortic arch that restricted blood flow to most of his body, known as hypoplasia of the transverse aortic arch. A surgeon (a colleague of mine at the University of Washington) operated on him, placing this 10-lb. infant on a heart-lung machine, cooling him to a low temperature and then draining out his blood. With the machine turned off and no blood circulating through the body—for 19 minutes—to obscure what he needed to do, the surgeon enlarged the aortic arch by stitching a (pericardial) patch onto it. Now, three years later, this fortunate child is a healthy, active little boy and is developing normally.   Continue reading “Fallacies in Modern Medicine: HIV/AIDS”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

Breitbart Texas reported this weekend that the Mexican government gave uniforms and assault rifles to hundreds of vigilantes in the country, creating the Rural Police Force. Authorities made the decision in response to the increasingly menacing drug cartels in the country. Recent reports state that vigilantes who did not join the Rural Police Force are resisting the Mexican government’s effort to demobilize them.

The Washington Post reported that over the weekend, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto began to rein in and demobilize vigilantes who did not join the newly-formed Rural Police Force.   Continue reading “Mexican Government Attempts to Disarm Resistant Anti-Cartel Vigilantes”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks “the commercial acquisition of submachine guns [in] .40 Cal. S&W.”

According to the solicitation, the Dept. of Agriculture wants the guns to have an “ambidextrous safety, semiautomatic or 2 round [bursts] trigger group, Tritium night sights front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore group) and scope (top rear), stock collapsible or folding,” and a “30 rd. capacity” magazine.   Continue reading “Dept of Agriculture Orders Submachine Guns with 30 Round Clips”

This Can’t Be Happening – by Dave Lindorff

Almost a year after an FBI agent shot and killed, under suspicious circumstances, a crucial witness in the Boston Marathon bombing case during a botched midnight interrogation in an Orlando apartment, serious questions are being raised about the FBI agent who fired seven shots into Chechen immigrant Ibragim Todashev last May 22.

Two investigations, one by the FBI itself and one by the Florida Attorney General’s office, exonerated the FBI in the shooting death, claiming the agent, never identified, had been acting in self-defense, when Todashev allegedly ran at him with a raised broom handle. Continue reading “Agent Who Killed Tsarnaev Pal During Grilling had Brutal, Corrupt History”

Courthouse News Service

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) A junior high school suspended a student and turned him over to police because of a “doodle” he drew showing a person being hanged, his father claims in court.

Robert Bernard Keller sued the Beaverton Police Department and Beaverton School District in Federal Court. Beaverton is a suburb of Portland.      Continue reading “Student Turned Over to Police for a Doodle”

Natural Society – by Paul Fassa

According to a January 17, 1995 issue of Canadian magazine Weekly World News, honey and cinnamon’s combined effects are proven and recognized as valid for several health issues including cancer and arthritis. But this 1995 hard copy magazine’s news item about honey and cinnamon didn’t get picked up on the Internet until 2006.   Continue reading “Two Common Kitchen Items to Combine for Amazing Health Benefits”

Last night six of us took a step back in time and watched a silent film, “The General” starring Buster Keaton from 1926. With popcorn by Darlene!

Thanks to Bill the carpenter, another wall was erected at the Mess Hall this morning.   Continue reading “Molon Labe – NBC Report”

Huffington Post – by Matt Sledge

NEW YORK — A civil liberties lawyer challenged members of a New York City Police Department oversight board on Wednesday over an apparent city investigation into a leaked stop and frisk memo.

At issue is a memo that allegedly hamstrings the ability of investigators on the Civil Complaint Review Board to investigate stop and frisks that occur when police are issuing summonses for minor violations, such as public consumption of alcohol.   Continue reading “NYPD Oversight Board Challenged Over Stop And Frisk Leak Investigation”

RT News

A ruptured oil pipe near the city of Glendale, Los Angeles County, has caused a massive leak as 50,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto streets, which is knee high in some places, the Los Angeles Fire Department reports.

The leak from a 20-inch pipe was first reported at around 12:15 am local time. The oil line was remotely shut off, the Los Angles Fire Department (LAFD) said in a press release. The oil spill has covered approximately a half-mile area, and is knee deep in some spots. The leak, which was sprung near 5175 W. San Fernando Rd., has spill has affected some commercial businesses.    Continue reading “‘Knee Deep’: 50,000 gallons of oil spills on LA streets”