From the Trenches World Report

RT News

“Data brokers” track, categorize and sell personal health information for marketing use, a new US Senate report reveals. Data groupings include rape victims and HIV-positive individuals, those with depression and dementia, and womens’ gynecologist visits.

Hundreds of so-called “data brokers” in the US maintain databases made up of Americans’ sensitive health details. A report by the Senate Commerce Committee says the companies are legally allowed to withhold from individuals what data is collected, how one is categorized and who buys the information.   Continue reading “‘Data brokers’ selling personal info of rape victims to marketers – report”

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky has issued a statement saying that he asked President Putin for a pardon for “family reasons” and is glad “there has been a positive decision.” It comes as the ex-oil tycoon arrived in Germany after being released from jail.

However, he stressed that the issue of admission of guilt was not raised. Khodorkovsky said he had sent his letter to President Vladimir Putin on November 12.   Continue reading “Khodorkovsky: Admitting guilt issue was not raised, I asked for pardon for family reasons”

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It’s shaping up to be another multi-billion dollar year for Facebook, but don’t expect the social networking site to pay it forward: according to a new analysis, the website will pay no taxes this year and will instead likely receive a federal refund.

That’s according to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), who on Tuesday this week released the 2013 edition of his annual “Wastebook” report detailing instances of what he considers unnecessary government spending.   Continue reading “Facebook won’t pay taxes again, will get refund instead”

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 2012 fracking law allowing gas companies to drill anywhere in the state without regard to local zoning laws is unconstitutional.

The court’s decision called the state’s Marcellus Shale drilling law, Act 13, unconstitutional given restrictions it placed on municipalities’ rights. The ruling also sent back to Commonwealth Court – one of Pennsylvania’s appellate courts – challenges by local townships and individuals to the law’s provisions that barred doctors from passing along to patients the health risks associated with shale drilling, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.   Continue reading “Fracking opponents in Pennsylvania dealt rare victory by state court”

Hang the Bankers – by Clark Kent

ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, DynCorp, G4S, Walmart and McDonald’s are just a few of the companies that the mega ‘charity’ supports.

With an endowment larger than all but four of the world’s largest hedge funds, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is easily one of the most powerful ‘charities’ in the world. According to its website, the organization ”works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.”   Continue reading “The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation exposed”

CBS DC

SEOUL (CBS DC) – Tensions between North and South Korea kicked up a notch after a threatening fax was sent from Pyongyang to Seoul on a special communications line between the two rival capitals.

In it, the North’s National Defense Commission warned it could strike “without notice,” reports South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.

The move came as conservative groups and North Korean defectors held rallies against Kim Jong-Un regime.   Continue reading “North Korea Threatens To Strike South ‘Without Notice’”

Fellowship of the Minds – by Dr. Eowyn

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) is the nation’s leading advocacy organization for love, support, and positive life change for the ex-gay community, their families, and individuals with unwanted same-sex attractions.

Yesterday, in the wake of Cable TV network A&E’s “indefinite suspension” of the Phil Robertson, the star of the ratings-giant Duck Dynasty, for his alleged “anti-gay” comments in a GQ magazine interview, PFOX issued this press release.   Continue reading “Ex-gays point out the hypocrisy of firing “Duck Dynasty” Phil”

The Organic Prepper

Let’s face it:  There is something very, very wrong with kids today. It seems as though there are hordes of young psychopaths running around, wreaking havoc on others.

Two recent examples, and the reasons that I refer to these young people as psychopaths, are the “Knockout Game” in which a mob of youths target a random victim and punch him or her in the face, hoping to knock them unconscious with one blow, and the boy in Texas who got away with the murder of 4 innocent people because he was too wealthy to be punished like a normal person would have been.   Continue reading “What’s Wrong with America’s Kids? A Look at Christmas Then (1913) and Now (2013)”

These idiots get angry and threaten to kill football players over a fantasy football game, but don’t say a word about the numerous violations of our Bill of Rights and Constitution.

CBS Detroit – by Ashley Dunkak

ALLEN PARK (CBS DETROIT) – Ever get death threats over a bad day at the office? Thanks to Twitter, it happens to NFL players on a regular basis.   Continue reading “Crazed Fantasy Football Fans Threaten Violence, ‘Four Bullets For Each Of You Bit****’”

Mother Jones – by Nick Baumann

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Springer

Organizations looking to hire new staff should rethink their clandestine use of social networking websites, such as Facebook, to screen new recruits. William Stoughton of North Carolina State University, lead author of a study published in Springer’s Journal of Business and Psychology, found that this practice could be seen as a breach of privacy and create a negative impression of the company for potential employees. This spying could even lead to law suits.   Continue reading “Social network spying could lead to low returns”

The Daily Sheeple – by Chris Carrington

The government is not content with  interfering in our children’s education. It is not content with dictating to us with what they are and are not allowed to eat and drink. They are not even content with allowing us to chose appropriate medical care for our kids.

A plethora of government agencies have decided to open up their websites to kids in a blatant attempt at brainwashing them.   Continue reading “Government Agencies Add Children’s Pages To their Websites”