From the Trenches World Report

NBC Bay Area – by Lisa Fernandez, Bryan Carmody and Christie Smith

Someone’s been vandalizing compact Smart cars in San Francisco, flipping the tiny vehicles on their front and rear ends in the city’s streets.

NBC Bay Area found four of the targeted Smart cars between Sunday night and Monday morning. Two were found in the Bernal Heights neighborhood on Anderson Street, and another was found a bit south on Sweeny and Bowdoin streets, closer to the Portola district. They were either sitting on their headlights, rear bumpers high in the air, or vice versa.   Continue reading “Vandals Flip Smart Cars Over in San Francisco”

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I know what I’m about to present to you is difficult to believe. Please read the following and ask yourself, does it sound like I don’t know what I’m talking about? Do I sound like an irrational or delusional person? Most importantly, considering everything that’s going on, does what I’m positing sound completely implausible?

There are too many details to provide so I’m going to try to keep it brief. I’m a very outspoken activist. About four years ago I began waking up every half hour or hour on the hour. Prior to that I hadn’t ever had any sleeping problems. For several months I thought I was just having trouble sleeping. I started seeing a doctor and a neurologist. I even went to a sleep lab. At the sleep lab I slept fine and I was given no explanation why this would be happening.   Continue reading “Unwarranted Surveillance”

Las Vegas Review-Journal – by HENRY BREAN

Crockett Lives

“Like Manchurian candidates, we have been made into Manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.” – Bryant H. McGill

Name recognition.  It’s why corporations spend millions plastering their emblems on every stray sporting venue that seats more than 5 people; why jingle writers drive Cadillacs; why, in politics as in nursery schools, rhyme is always more effective than reason; and why Hillary Clinton, according to a March poll conducted by the Associated Press, is viewed more favorably than crab lice by 1,016 randomly chosen American idiots.   Continue reading “The Name Game”

New York Daily News

INDIANAPOLIS — FBI agents on Thursday were still removing thousands of artifacts ranging from arrowheads to shrunken heads and Ming Dynasty jade from a house in rural central Indiana.

A 91-year-old man amassed the vast collection over several decades, perhaps since he began digging up arrowheads as a child.   Continue reading “FBI raids rural Indiana home for ancient artifacts”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Over the weekend the world was gripped by the drama surrounding the mysterious murder-homicide of the former CEO of Dutch bank ABN Amro and members of his family, and whether there is more foul play than meets the eye. However, that is nothing compared to what just happened in the tiny, and all too quiet Principality of Lichtenstein, where moments ago the CEO of local financial institution Bank Frick & Co. AG, Juergen Frick, was shot dead in the underground garage of the bank located in the city of Balzers.   Continue reading “Another Dead Banker: CEO Of Liechtenstein Bank Frick Murdered In Broad Daylight”

AmmoLand – by Ken Blanchard

Upper Marlboro, MD –-(Ammoland.com)- Our friend Otis McDonald has passed away.

It is with a heavy heart that I write this post. I also know that Otis has been suffering on and off physically for some time.

He was born September 17, 1933 and passed away April 4, 2014 at the age of 79.   Continue reading “Gun Rights Activist Otis Mcdonald Passes Away”

Press TV

The Obama administration’s policies in Ukraine and Russia reveals that the United States is the “most undemocratic” nation on earth, contrary to what the US government claims, a journalist in Missouri tells Press TV. 

“Despite all the rhetoric from the United States about being a democracy, we’re basically the most undemocratic country in the world,” said Dean Henderson, an author and columnist at Veterans Today.    Continue reading “US sanctions on Russia over Crimea ‘act of war and provocation’: Journalist”

Mail.com

BERLIN (AP) — Michael Guhle met the love of his life on the beach of a little fishing village in Vietnam. Thi An Nguyen was selling freshly cooked mussels and fruit to the German tourist and they immediately clicked. Soon the Berlin nursing home worker was saving up all of his money and vacation days to visit Nguyen.

Marriage was supposed to bring them together. Instead, it was the beginning of a long ordeal apart. Germany blocked Nguyen from entering the country after she flunked the language test that Germany requires aspiring immigrants to pass — even those married to Germans.   Continue reading “Married couples separated by German language test”

Mail.com

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Strange, sad and macabre, the discovery of the skeletal remains of twin brothers Andrew and Anthony Johnson has mystified neighbors and others in Chattanooga and beyond. Each man was found seated in an easy chair inside the modest home they shared for decades, and where they apparently died together about three years ago, with no obvious signs of foul play.

Even while they were alive, though, the 63-year-old twins were something of a mystery to their neighbors, who occasionally saw them wearing surgical masks while gardening but never saw them with visitors.   Continue reading “Mystery surrounds death of Tenn. twins in home”

Mail.com

SAN DIEGO (AP) — With their 1-year-old daughter improving after a U.S. Navy ocean rescue, her parents defended their decision to sail with two young children on a trip around the world aboard a 36-foot sailboat.

The child who fell ill during the voyage and her family were heading to San Diego aboard the warship where she can receive further medical treatment after their rescue Sunday from their stalled sailboat hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast.   Continue reading “Baby improving after ocean rescue by US Navy”

RT News

In the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, a group of activists have declared their region independent from Kiev. This comes after protesters stormed a local government building last night.

Mass demonstrations against the country’s new leadership started peacefully on Sunday, but the situation quickly escalated.   Continue reading “Donetsk activists proclaim region’s independence from Ukraine”

RT News

A NASA spacecraft that has been orbiting the moon for months is set to conclude its mission, with a bang when it smashes into the far side of the celestial body later this month.

On April 11, ground controllers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California will command the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) to carry out its final orbital maintenance maneuver prior to a total lunar eclipse on April 14-15.   Continue reading “NASA spacecraft to rock dark side of the moon”

RT News

Edward Snowden is to be awarded the Ridenhour Prize for truth-telling along with filmmaker and journalist Laura Poitras, who aided the whistleblower in disclosing numerous documents about government surveillance.

The annual accolade honors acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society. This is the 10th year the prize has been presented. It was established by the Nation Institute and the Fertel Foundation in honor of the investigative journalist Ronald L. Ridenhour, who helped expose the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.   Continue reading “Snowden, Poitras honored with Ridenhour truth-telling award”

RT News

As Ukraine is caught in a socio-political whirlwind, Russia is locked in a standoff with the US, and Europe is counting losses from the transcontinental crisis, we talk to a very special guest on SophieCo. A former US Congressman, presidential candidate, and a man with nationwide support for his views on what government should be. A legend of American politics, Ron Paul is on our show today.   Continue reading “Economic sanctions are an act of war – Ron Paul”

My News 3

LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3.com) — A son of Mesquite rancher Cliven Bundy has been arrested by Bureau of Land Management rangers.

Dave Bundy was arrested about 4:30 p.m. Sunday as he was in a car parked along State Route 170 near Mesquite.

“He was there to do some filming when about 11 federal agents pulled up and arrested him,” Bundy told News 3. “They said he was outside of the First Amendment area and they took him down. We don’t know where he is now.”   Continue reading “Son of rancher in public land dispute arrested by BLM”

Hang the Bankers – by Clark Kent

American and British intelligence hope to take advantage of social media platforms, like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, in an effort to spread disinformation and propaganda, as well as potentially foment public protests, recent Snowden leaks claim.

According to Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first broke the news on the Snowden NSA leaks, an Orwellian-style dystopia is lurking on the horizon as western spy agencies see an opportunity for manipulating public opinion and disseminating state propaganda by exploiting global internet giants, such as Flickr, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.   Continue reading “US and UK intelligence planning to infiltrate social media to spread propaganda and disinformation”