From the Trenches World Report

RT News

Seattle looks set to become the first US city to introduce cash machines that will cater solely for crytocurrency bitcoin. Canada was the first to install bitcoin ATMs and there are plans to introduce cash points in London and Singapore this year.

Las Vegas-based company, Robocoin, has announced the installation of the first automated teller machines (ATMs) in Seattle later this month. Following in the footsteps of Canada, which introduced the machines last year, the new ATMs will come equipped with scanners that recognize government-issued identity, such as passports and drivers’ licenses.   Continue reading “Seattle to become first US city to pioneer bitcoin ATMs”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton

Wikileaks has released a secret cable from then—U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to former child star-turned-U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Shirley Temple Black which shows the more amorous side of Kissinger:   Continue reading “Henry Kissinger, Shirley Temple and MK Ultra?”

Latino Daily News

More than a score of people were arrested Monday at a peaceful vigil staged in front of the White House to protest deportations and support immigration reform that would regularize the status of millions of illegal immigrants.

The protest was organized by the United Methodist Church and was supported by immigrants and activists, who turned out to sing hymns and pray for those who decided to stage the protest despite warnings from law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House.   Continue reading “Immigration Activists Protesting in Front of White House Arrested”

The American Conservative – by PHILIP GIRALDI

The connection between America’s wars in the Middle East—and its wars more generally—with the more fundamentalist forms of Christianity in the United States is striking. Opinion polls suggest that the more religiously conservative one is, the more one will support overseas wars or even what many might describe as war crimes. Fully 60 percent of self-described evangelicals supported torturing suspected terrorists in 2009, for example. That is somewhat puzzling, as Christianity is, if anything, a religion of peace that only reluctantly embraced a “just war” concept that was deliberately and cautiously evolved to permit Christians—under very limited circumstances of imminent threat—to fight to defend themselves.   Continue reading “Old Testament Armed Forces”

Natural News – by Jonathan Benson

The statement “everything causes cancer” has become a popular hyperbole, and one that some people use as rhetorical fodder to excuse their own dietary and lifestyle failures, particularly as they pertain to cancer risk. But the truth of the matter is that many common food items have, indeed, been scientifically shown to increase cancer risk, and some of them substantially. Here are 10 of the most unhealthy, cancer-causing foods that you should never eat again:   Continue reading “Top 10 most unhealthy, cancer-causing foods – never eat these again!”

ABC News

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northeast of Barbados early Tuesday, jolting thousands from their sleep but causing no reported damage or casualties.

It also was felt in the nearby French Caribbean island of Martinique.

Barbados Police Constable Chris Greg told The Associated Press by telephone that the earthquake was felt throughout the island.   Continue reading “Strong Earthquake Shakes Barbados”

EO History – by Dan Calabrese

Bet you didn’t know this.

I’ve decided to reprint a piece of work I did nearly five years ago, because it seems very relevant today given Hillary Clinton’s performance in the Benghazi hearings. Back in 2008 when she was running for president, I interviewed two erstwhile staff members of the House Judiciary Committee who were involved with the Watergate investigation when Hillary was a low-level staffer there. I interviewed one Democrat staffer and one Republican staffer, and wrote two pieces based on what they told me about Hillary’s conduct at the time.    Continue reading “Flashback: Hillary Clinton fired for lies, unethical behavior”

Pure Inside Out – by Randa Khalil & Lina Baker

A perennial vegetable of the Lily family, the asparagus plant (Asparagus officinalis) is native to the Eastern Mediterranean area.

The origin of the name “asparagus” comes from the Greek ‘asparagos’ meaning ‘sprout’ or ‘sparrow’.   Continue reading “Asparagus: Extraordinary Health Benefits”

Paul Craig Roberts

A number of confirmations have come in from readers that Washington is fueling the violent protests in Ukraine with our taxpayer dollars. Washington has no money for food stamps or to prevent home foreclosures, but it has plenty of money with which to subvert Ukraine.

One reader wrote: “My wife, who is of Ukrainian nationality, has weekly contact to her parents and friends in Zhytomyr [NW Ukraine]. According to them, most protesters get an average payment of 200-300 grivna, corresponding to about 15-25 euro. As I additionally heard, one of the most active agencies and ‘payment outlets’ on EU side is the German ‘Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’, being closely connected to the CDU, i.e. Mrs. Merkel’s party.”   Continue reading “US and EU Are Paying Ukrainian Rioters and Protesters”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

Yet another banker has committed suicide, with a JP Morgan forex trader leaping to his death from the top of the firm’s Chater House headquarters in Hong Kong.

Over the past few weeks at least seven bankers have died under mysterious circumstances, including another JP Morgan senior manager who jumped off the top of a skyscraper in London last month.   Continue reading “Another JP Morgan Banker Leaps to His Death”

MassPrivateI

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now seeking a vendor to build and operate a smartphone-based national database of vehicle license plate information that would be shared with law enforcement.

Under the DHS plan, an agent could snap a photo with a smartphone, upload it to the database, and immediately be notified whether the plate is on a “hot list” of “target vehicles.”    Continue reading “Why a national license plate database should worry every American”

New York Daily News – by Barry Paddock , Rocco Parascandola , John Marzulli AND Dareh Gregorian

They’re the NYPD’s most-sued cops, and Peter Valentin’s their king.

Valentin, a hard-charging Bronx narcotics detective whose online handle is “PistolPete,” has been sued a stunning 28 times since 2006 on allegations of running slash-and-burn raids that left dozens of lives in ruins while resulting in few criminal convictions.   Continue reading “Detective is NYPD’s most-sued cop, with 28 lawsuits filed against him since 2006”

RT News

Properly mobilized people can become a massive online force capable of blocking ‘dangerous bills’ and changing government policies, Josh Levy of the Free Press told RT. The participants of The Day We Fight Back campaign say their call to action is simple.

RT: What are the protesters trying to achieve? How exactly are they supposed to ‘fight back’?   Continue reading “Online revolts can stop govt: Yesterday we defeated SOPA, today we battle NSA”

Filming Cops

NORTH CAROLINA — A cop who said “We don’t have time for this” and then killed a 90-lb mentally ill boy has been indicted by a grand jury for voluntary manslaughter.

Bryon Vassey “had no choice” to shoot the child because he left his Taser home?

Bryon Vassey entered the home of a family who called 911 for medical help after their schizophrenic child had an episode.   Continue reading “Cop “Had No Choice” to Shoot and Kill Mentally Ill Child Because He Left His Taser Home?”

WND

WASHINGTON – The world’s most powerful Internet search engine has accused WND of using “hate speech” and has threatened to block ads on the news site over its use of the term “black mobs” in news stories and columns reporting on a two-year epidemic of racial attacks in the U.S.

In response, WND is preemptively blocking Google ads in content in which that phrase appears in past and current stories, including this one. Other ad providers have agreed to step in and fill the gap.   Continue reading “Google Accuses WND of Bad Behavior”

Reuters

China said on Monday it was “extremely concerned” by a report that Japan has resisted returning to the United States more than 300 kg (660 lb) of mostly weapons-grade plutonium, the latest dispute between the two Asian neighbors.

Japan’s Kyodo news agency said that Washington had pressed Japan to give back the nuclear material which could be used to make up to 50 nuclear bombs. Japan had resisted, but finally given in to U.S. demands, it added.   Continue reading “China concerned at Japan holding weapons-grade plutonium”