From the Trenches World Report

New York Post – by Jeane MacIntosh

A change to the Marine Corps’ uniform hats could take the hard-nosed Leathernecks from the Halls of Montezuma to the shops of Christopher Street.

Thanks to a plan by President Obama to create a “unisex” look for the Corps, officials are on the verge of swapping out the Marines’ iconic caps – known as “covers” — with a new version that some have derided as so “girly” that they would make the French blush.   Continue reading “Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hats”

Before It’s News – by Alton Parish

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University are making efforts to forge ahead with the scientific studies of traditional Chinese medicine and put the result to good use. They have recently published the new book Authentication of Valuable Chinese Materia Medica

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are making efforts to forge ahead with the scientific studies of traditional Chinese medicine and put the result to good use. They have recently published the new book Authentication of Valuable Chinese Materia Medica and at the same time exploring the mechanism for Chinese medicine compound prescriptions in preventing elderly or chronic diseases. PolyU will also host an international conference on related topics next month.   Continue reading “Science Validating Traditional Chinese Medicine”

Before It’s News

NO place to hide! Better, faster than Google Earth… and if I was the NSA I’d give it away free too…

Now, being a Conspiracy theorist, I don’t suspect a thing and am using this myself because it doesn’t have the big shaded areas you can’t see on Google Earth, it’s much faster and more accurate, with quite a bit of fun watching it show you places on way to the surround-video movie of your house, whatever.    Continue reading “Quite Incredible! A 3-D “Home Position” Finder Without the Google Earth Hassles – Faster and Higher Res, too”

SoMD News – by Amanda Scott

RT News

Los Angeles is considering a ban on the cultivation, sale and distribution of genetically modified organisms, which would make the city the largest GMO-free zone in the US.

Los Angeles City Councilmen Paul Koretz and Mitch O’Farrell introduced Friday a motion to curb growth and proliferation of GMO seeds and plants within the city.    Continue reading “Los Angeles may become largest GMO-free area in the US”

RT News

Pakistan’s top officials have not only had knowledge of the US drone program that is now deeply unpopular in the country, but have quietly been authorizing it for years, according to a report based on classified documents and internal Pakistani memos.

The Washington Post published a report Wednesday describing a top-secret Central Intelligence Agency file which, using maps and aerial photos taken between 2008 and 2011, details dozens of drone attacks.   Continue reading “CIA consulted with Pakistani government in conducting drone strikes – report”

RT News

NASA has just set a new record for communication speeds in space by firing lasers at the moon and achieving download speeds five times faster than via the radio signals we currently employ for the task.

The information beamed by lasers on Earth was sent to a probe named Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), launched last month with the aim of measuring the Moon’s hardly evident atmosphere while orbiting it. Aboard that probe are a series of lasers mounted onto the outer hull.   Continue reading “NASA hails new era of laser-fast interplanetary internet”

MassPrivateI

The U.S. and Canada are strengthening integrated cross-border intelligence sharing and law enforcement operations. Canada’s own electronic eavesdropping agency is also working hand and hand with the NSA. They are both increasing data collection and surveillance in the North American Homeland.

Homeland Security Market Research stated the U.S. Homeland Defense (HLD) & Counter-Terror Intelligence market will grow from $20 billion in 2010 to $24 billion by 2014. (read more here)   Continue reading “Canada & Mexico part of the U.S. Homeland work with the NSA/DHS to spy on citizens”

MassPrivateI

As for how we can protect ourselves from these intrusions into our privacy? Aside from everything mentioned above in Jacob Appelbaum’s Q&A workshop, which included some brief remarks about open-source software and an in-depth discussion on maintaining anonymity by using the Tor Network and how to secure your cell phone and computer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has provided a 12 step program – originally publish in 2002 and still very relevant today – with some suggestion on how we can protect our online privacy:    Continue reading “How to protect yourself on social networks from data collection by govt’s and corporations”

Examiner – by Dave Gibson

On Friday, Pulaski County sheriff’s deputies arrested Mohammed Mahmoud Omar Mefleh, 34, and Antoine Clela, 31, after they reportedly tried to lure a 12-year-old girl into their vehicle.

The pair repeatedly stopped in front of the victim’s home where she was playing with another young child, all the while asking her for “sexual favors,” according to deputies.   Continue reading “Foreign soldiers tried to abduct, sexually assault 12-year-old girl in Missouri”

Washington’s Blog

A Devastating and Secret Report By The Senate Intelligence Committee Documents In Detail How The C.I.A.’s Brutalization of Terror Suspects During The Bush Years Was Unnecessary, Ineffective, and Deceptively Sold To Congress, The White House, The Justice Department, and The Public

We’ve extensively documented that:

1. Torture harms our national security   Continue reading “Senate Intelligence Committee and Head CIA Lawyer Admit Torture Was Unnecessary”

SOTT – by Charles Piller, The Sacramento Bee

When Staff Sgt. Troy Torres and his wife, Sgt. Lori Torres, joined the California National Guard more than five years ago, they were stirred by patriotism and persuaded by something more tangible – the prospect of paying down some student loans.

Each was promised $20,000 in loan repayments over six years, an enticement for recruits. Now, the Guard is asking for it back.    Continue reading “As National Guard claws back recruitment incentives, soldiers feel pain”