From the Trenches World Report

Washington’s Blog – by Eric Zuesse

While all polls show that as a likely Presidential contender in 2016, Hillary Clinton’s support is wider than anyone else’s, the latest poll from Gallup shows that this extraordinarily wide support is also remarkably shallow, which means that if she were to become the Democratic nominee, the Republican who runs against her in the general election might easily drown her in a pit of negatives that the public doesn’t yet know about. Those negatives exist.   Continue reading “Gallup Finds that Hillary Clinton’s Wide Political Support Is Stunningly Shallow”

Sent to us by a reader who said, “Will the 21st century echo the 19th?”

Southern Arizona Guide

If we think of them at all, we tend to think fondly of our Arizona Territory pioneers. In the shallow backwaters of our imagination, we apply common descriptive terms to their exploits as they settled the West. They were rugged, determined, courageous. But what does that mean in reality?

Most of what we know about their ruggedness, determination, and courage comes from Hollywood movies. We are so often exposed only to general, sanitized, sensationalized, or romanticized versions of pioneering. Think of the 1940 Western, Arizona, starring Jean Arthur and William Holden. Old Tucson was created to make this popular movie and the set played the part of the real Tucson ca. 1860.   Continue reading “A Fate Worse Than Death: How Pennington Street Got Its Name”

Cincinnati – by Sharon Coolidge

A Hamilton County poll worker who has been held up nationally as an example of voter fraud took the stage at a local voting rights rally – outraging Republicans and dismaying even top local Democrats.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, keynote speaker at Thursday’s rally to kick-off the campaign for an Ohio Voters’ Bill of Rights Ohio Constitutional amendment, even hugged Melowese Richardson.   Continue reading “Both parties jeer embrace of fraudulent voter”

Red Ice Creations

We recently highlighted the article, “Forget RFID: Check Out Our Super Trendy Tracked and Traced Future” which examines the ’creepiness’ factor of new wearable technology.

This disturbing trend of the personal use of artificial-so-called-’intelligence’ technology is becoming ubiquitous to modern life, and the auto industry is no exception.   Continue reading “Car camera system detects when you have “road rage”, may intervene”

Boulder Weekly – by Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer

The oil and gas industry has a dirty little secret, make that a dirty big secret … no, make that one of the biggest, dirtiest secrets in U.S. history.

What is no secret these days is that the potential for negative environmental and health impacts as a result of oil and gas exploration and production activity is very real.   Continue reading “America’s dirtiest secret”

Daily Mail – by Will Robinson

Russian soldiers have stormed through the walls of an airforce base in Crimea after a Ukrainian commander ignored demands to leave ordered his troops to ‘stand their ground’.

At least one Ukrainian soldier is reported to have been shot and explosions have been heard at the Belbek base near Sevastapol after a tank broke through the gates.    Continue reading “Russian troops open fire on Ukraine troops after they refuse to vacate Crimea base on orders of defiant commander”

RT News

A rarely reported but highly extensive database managed by a Pentagon law enforcement agency that contains millions of details including criminal records and minor infractions alike is being called into question.

Although the Law Enforcement Information Exchange, or LInX, contains police records pertaining to run-of-the-mill 911 calls and even mere traffic citations, millions of these records concerning harmless civilian activity are stored in a system run by the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the primary law enforcement agency of the US Navy that’s headquartered at the Quantico, Virginia military base.   Continue reading “Pentagon database amasses millions of non-military police records”

RT News

A United States military veteran who was critically injured by the police during an Occupy Wall Street protest in October 2011 will be awarded $4.5 million by the city of Oakland, California.

Attorneys for the man, 26-year-old Scott Olsen, said on Friday this week that city officials have agreed on a multi-million dollar settlement that will resolve a federal lawsuit filed after the Oct. 25, 2011 incident.   Continue reading “Oakland will pay $4.5 million to injured Occupy activist Scott Olsen”

The Weather Channel 

The feel of winter is going to carry over into the first week of spring if you live east of the Rockies. Not only are temperatures going to plunge below average, but we are also watching for the potential of an East Coast winter storm.

Here’s what we know right now regarding this potential storm and the uncertainties.    Continue reading “East Coast Winter Storm Next Week?”

RT News

The cause of the radiation leaks at the United States’ first nuclear waste repository are still under investigation, but in the meantime government officials have decided to move a stalled shipment of waste to a private dump in Texas.

According to Reuters, the shipment of approximately 1,000 barrels of radioactive leftovers to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, was put on hold when the facility began leaking radioactive material in February. On Thursday, the Department of Energy announced it would temporarily relocate those barrels to a rural site in western Texas.   Continue reading “Radiation leaks force transfer of nuclear waste from New Mexico to Texas”

RT News

Thousands of people have trekked across Spain to protest austerity they claim is destroying their country. Under the banner of “no more cuts!” the protesters are calling for an end to the Spanish government’s “empty promises.”

Six “columns” of trains, cars and buses, as well as bands of pedestrians have travelled from Extremadura, Andalusia, Valencia, Murcia, Asturias, Galicia and Aragon, among other Spanish regions, to converge on Madrid in mass protest this Saturday. The demonstration itself has been dubbed 22-M, Marches for dignity.   Continue reading “‘March for dignity’: Thousands arrive in Madrid to protest govt austerity”

Fierce Vaccines – by Nick Paul Taylor

The United Kingdom has lagged behind some of its European neighbors in compensating people who developed narcolepsy after receiving GlaxoSmithKline’s ($GSK) swine flu vaccine. While Finland agreed to pay out in 2011, the U.K. was still knocking back claimants in 2012. Now, though, the U.K. government is reportedly readying to pay 60 people $1.7 million each.   Continue reading “Report: U.K. facing $100M compensation payout relating to GSK’s swine flu vaccine”

Ben Swann – by Michael Lotfi

BOISE, March 21, 2014 – On Thursday, Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) signed a bill, which would effectively nullify future federal gun laws, by prohibiting state enforcement of any future federal act relating to personal firearms, a firearm accessories or ammunition.

S1332 passed the house by a vote of 68-0 and the senate by a vote of 34-0. Alaska and Kansas have also passed similar laws.   Continue reading “Idaho governor signs emergency legislation nullifying all future federal gun laws”