From the Trenches World Report

RT News

Moscow has imposed sanctions on Canada in response to sanctions that Ottawa earlier introduced against some Russian officials in connection with the situation in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.

“This step comes in response to unacceptable actions by the Canadian side which seriously hurt bilateral relations,” the Ministry’s spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich, said.   Continue reading “Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions against Canada”

Patriot Action Network

Big Guy landed Air Force Won at Schiphol airport this morning to begin his whirlwind trip to calm the nerves of a world that once relied on U.S. strength for all their defense needs:

President Barack Obama departed Sunday night for a six-day whirlwind tour through Europe and the Middle East that was supposed to be an ordinary trip to friendly countries to discuss nuclear security and trade while basking in the glow of the new Pope. Continue reading “The Obamas Abroad: Looking For the Secret Trap Doors”

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Bloomberg – by Ben Moshinsky

Coroners in London are preparing to investigate two apparent suicides as unexpected deaths by finance workers around the world have raised concerns about mental health and stress levels in the industry.

The inquest into the death of William Broeksmit, 58, a retired Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) risk executive found dead in his London home in January, will start tomorrow. The inquest for Gabriel Magee, a 39-year-old vice president in technology operations at JPMorgan Chase (JPM) & Co., who died after falling from the firm’s 33-story London headquarters, is scheduled for late May.   Continue reading “Banker Deaths Leave Industry Concerned as Coroners Probe”

RT News

Former American president is aware his emails could be monitored by US intelligence agencies excessively “liberalized” under President Obama so he prefers to send letters via ‘snail mail’ to ensure the privacy of correspondence.

In an interview with the NBC TV channel dedicated to the publication of his new book, ‘A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power’, 89-year-old Jimmy Carter said he does not trust electronic communications because they could be monitored.   Continue reading “Jimmy Carter entrusts secrets to snail mail: NSA might monitor his email”

RT News

Attorneys for a 62-year-old anti-fracking activist from Pennsylvania are in court on Monday attempting to overturn a ruling that keeps their client from stepping foot in nearly half of the county she lives in.

Since October, a preliminary injunction filed against Vera Scroggins of Brackney, PA has barred the retired nurse’s aide and grandmother from being on the property of any part of Susquehanna County leased by Cabot Oil and Gas — a Texas-based energy company that conducts shale gas extraction in the region through the controversial practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.   Continue reading “Anti-fracking activist asks court to lift ban keeping her from local hospital, grocery store”

RT News

In an expanded attempt to continue the hunt for warlord Joseph Kony, President Obama has authorized the deployment of military aircraft and about 150 Special Operations forces to Uganda.

According to the Washington Post, the administration notified Congress of the deployments as they began on Sunday, and the troop movement was later confirmed to Reuters by the Defense Department.   Continue reading “US sends more troops, aircraft to hunt down Kony”

Mail.com

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) — The Coast Guard could soon reopen the Houston Ship Channel that was the scene of an oil spill over the weekend.

The channel is one of the nation’s busiest seaports. Coast Guard Warrant Officer Kimberly Smith says the goal is to reopen part of it sometime Monday. The closure has forced more than 80 ships to wait to enter or leave the bay.   Continue reading “Texas ship channel could partly reopen after spill”

Mail.com

GULBERWICK, Scotland (AP) — In the late winter dusk, hundreds of Vikings are marching down to the beach, bearing flaming torches. Their studded leather breastplates glint in the firelight as they roar and sing.

It’s a scene that would have struck terror into the hearts of Dark Age Britons — and also perhaps an unsettling one for modern politicians on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate. The fearsome-looking participants in a Viking fire festival known as Up Helly Aa live in Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands, a wind-whipped northern archipelago where many claim descent from Scandinavian raiders. They are cool to the idea of Scotland leaving Britain to form an independent nation, and determined that their rugged islands — closer to Norway than to Edinburgh — will retain their autonomy, whatever the outcome of September’s referendum.   Continue reading “Scotland’s Vikings go own way in independence vote”

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Jr Books Online – by Viktor Suvorov

Chapter 15. Spetsnaz‘s First World War

I was standing on the top of an enormous skyscraper in New York when I saw King Kong. The huge gorilla surveyed Manhattan triumphantly from a dizzy height. Of course I knew it wasn’t real. But there was something both frightening and symbolic in that huge black figure.   Continue reading “The Inside Story of the Soviet Special Forces”

New York Times – by THOMAS FULLER and CHRIS BUCKLEY

PEARCE AIR FORCE BASE, Australia — Malaysia’s prime minister said Monday that further analysis of satellite data confirmed that the missing Malaysian airliner went down in the southern Indian Ocean. The announcement narrowed the search area but left many questions unanswered about why it flew to such a remote part of the world.

Experts had previously held out the possibility that the jet could have flown north instead, toward Central Asia, but the new data showed that it could have gone only south, said the prime minister, Najib Razak.   Continue reading “Malaysian Leader Says Flight 370 Ended in Ocean”

My Fox DC

Parents of students at a California high school are reacting to news that a long-time male high school science teacher is going to return after spring break as a woman.

The teacher, Gary Sconce, informed the Yosemite School District that he will be back in the classroom April 22 as his “true self,” a woman by the name of Karen Adell Scot, KFSN-TV reported Thursday.   Continue reading “Transgender teacher to return to California classroom as ‘true self’”

Yahoo News – by Kristina Lindborg, Christian Science Monitor

Ana was a good student in middle school. She got above-average grades, seemed poised and self-possessed, and, like many of her friends in her charming coastal town north of Boston, was on a probable path to college. Then, during her freshman year in high school, she decided to experiment with drugs and alcohol.

One night she got very drunk with some friends and loved it. She says it made her feel like “the person she wanted to be.” Before long she was also smoking marijuana. Soon after, a friend gave her some prescription painkiller pills to try, which Ana (not her real name) says made her feel even better than the alcohol.   Continue reading “Why heroin is spreading in America’s suburbs”

Mother Jones – by Mariah Blake