From the Trenches World Report

USA Today – by Doug Stanglin

The U.S. Justice Department charged Thursday that an investigation of the Albuquerque police force found that the department “engages in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force.”

The allegations were contained in a letter from Jocelyn Samuels, acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, to Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry and Police Chief Gorden Eden.   Continue reading “Justice: Albuquerque police use ‘excessive force’”

Intellihub – by John Vibes

BUNKERVILLE, NEVADA (INTELLIHUB) — Earlier today, we reported on the intense standoff that is taking place at Bundy Ranch, where a rancher’s land has been surrounded by federal agents who are seeking to forcibly remove his livestock from disputed land.

The dispute has been initiated by a bureaucracy called The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, or BLM .  Since 1993, the federal agency has been attempting to annex areas of land that have been occupied by the same family of ranchers for many generations.  The land was occupied by this family well before the creation of the agency in 1946.   Continue reading “Could BLM leaseholds for fracking operations be the reason for recent Bundy Ranch standoff?”

Huffington Post -by JEFF BARNARD

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Hauling a truckload of logs to a Southern Oregon mill last fall, Chris Hill noticed a sheriff’s deputy behind him and flashed his lights to warn a UPS driver coming the other way.

The deputy pulled over Hill on U.S. Highway 140 in White City and handed him a $260 ticket for improperly using his headlights, saying another deputy had seen the flashing lights from behind the UPS truck and alerted him to stop the log truck because of the signaling.   Continue reading “Flashing Headlights As Speed Trap Warning Is Protected Free Speech, Oregon Judge Rules”

Examiner

This week charges of rape, torture, murder and child trafficking were filed against members of a Satanic cult referred to as the Ninth Circle. Five judges of the International Common Law Court of Justice in Brussels Belgium agreed to consider evidence against PopeFrancis, Pope Ratzinger, Jesuit Superior Adolfo Pachon, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Prince Philip, members of the British Royal Family, plus prominent Canadian and American politicians and corporate officials.   Continue reading “Pope, US, Canadian, European leaders in court for murder, trafficking children”

Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg

It has been interesting to see large numbers of people pay attention to Bitcoin in the past year or so. The reason for that attention was the exchange price of Bitcoin, which made a lot of early adopters wealthy. (One of the few times when the right guys got rich.)

The idea of getting rich quick always sells, and it did this time too. Along with it came a lot of investment talk, complaints about volatility, well-publicized government raids, central bank reports, and threats from tax men.   Continue reading “Bitcoin is a Revolution, not an Investment”

AOL – by Robert Jablon

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies mistakenly shot to death a hostage who was fleeing from a knife-wielding attacker at a West Hollywood apartment, authorities announced Thursday.

John Winkler, 30, an aspiring television producer, died at a hospital following Monday night’s confrontation.

“Taking the life of an innocent person is a police officer’s greatest nightmare,” Interim Sheriff John Scott said at a news conference.   Continue reading “Los Angeles County deputies shoot unarmed man”

WND

The National Popular Vote effort, which could see the 14 states with the largest populations decide the presidency, is more than halfway to its goal of legally bypassing the Electoral College established in the Constitution.

Last week, the Maine state Senate voted in support of the plan one week after both houses of the New York legislature overwhelmingly supported it.

Now the governors of both states will need to decide whether to formally back the National Popular Vote, or NPV.    Continue reading “Scheme to neutralize 36 states’ votes advances”

Daily Paul – by Jdayh 

CenturyLink – by Gene Johnson

SEATTLE (AP) — After a year of requests, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it is giving Washington state access to an FBI database so it can conduct nationwide background checks on people who apply to run legal marijuana businesses.

In a statement first provided to The Associated Press, the department said allowing the checks is consistent with its priorities in letting legal marijuana experiments in Washington and Colorado move forward — including keeping people with troublesome criminal histories out of the industry.   Continue reading “Feds OK pot background checks by Washington state”

This communist is running for mayor of Toronto against the now world famous Rob Ford. As you read the article notice how she says that only the government is allowed to have guns. You know she is off track when even the Toronto city police chief disagrees with her and cites Chicago as a failed experiment in banning hand guns.

The Star – by Daniel Dale