From the Trenches World Report
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NGA is a super-secret agency who has been utilizing SPY SATELLITES for the past 45 years to spy on Americans. It’s a fact. This information is then transmitted to the CIA, DARPA, NAVEL INTELLIGENCE, FBI, et al.
This agency was employed to spy on the Branch Davidians months before the seige at Waco, Tx. Continue reading “Has anyone ever heard of the “National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency?”
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers are making emergency repairs to a broken sewer line that’s spewing about 1 million gallons of wastewater per day into a Mississippi River tributary in Memphis, an official said Wednesday.
This is the third sewage spill in Memphis in the past three weeks. Continue reading “3rd sewage line breaks in Memphis, spills waste into river”
DUBAI—Saudi Arabia is set to secure a $10 billion loan from international banks as the kingdom seeks to address a budget shortfall caused by the fall in oil prices, according to five bankers close to the transaction.
Saudi Arabia increased the loan size from an initial target range between $6 billion and $8 billion, after receiving strong demand from a wide range of global banks, said the people familiar with the matter. The terms of the loan have been agreed and only requires the documentation to be finalized, said the people. Continue reading “Saudi Arabia Set to Secure $10 Billion Loan to Address Budget Shortfall”
The War on Cash has many fronts.
The latest battle is for the face of the currency itself, and the central bankers, who control the front anyway, have imposed a symbolic defeat against the leaders in America’s past who have fought against the stranglehold of the money makers.
Naturally, there are liberal politics at play, fighting for every inch of ground in the war for ideological re-engineering. History is being whitewashed, various figures of antiquity rolling in their graves…. Continue reading “Andrew Jackson, Who Fought Central Bank, Removed from $20 As “Public Concern for Liberty” Erased”
A US Border Patrol agent came across a depression in the ground along the US-Mexico border while on patrol 2 miles east of the Calexico, California, border crossing.
The agent approached the area — near the All-American Canal — on foot, but the ground gave way, revealing a hole 18 inches in diameter, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement. Continue reading “An agent discovered another tunnel on the US border after nearly falling into it”
DETROIT (Reuters) – Three Michigan state and local officials were criminally charged on Wednesday in connection with the state attorney general’s investigation into dangerous lead levels in Flint’s drinking water, a crisis that has fueled widespread public outrage.
Genesee District Judge Tracy Collier-Nix authorized charges against Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) employees Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby. Continue reading “Michigan officials charged in Flint water crisis”
CNS News – by Robert J. Olson and Herbert W. Titus
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case ofBirchfield v. North Dakota, an important Fourth Amendment case that should be of interest to everyone who drives a car.
In recent years, the legislatures of some states have criminalized a driver’s choice to assert his constitutional right not to be subject to an unlawful search and seizure. These legislatures have enacted laws which make it a crime for a driver to refuse to consent to searches and seizures via breathalyzer and blood chemical tests after being placed under arrest after a routine traffic stop. Continue reading “Drive a Car — Waive Your Constitutional Rights”
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Shortly after Woodrow Wilson took office there began in Colorado one of the most bitter and violent struggles between workers and corporate capital in the history of the country.
This was the Colorado coal strike that began in September 1913 and culminated in the “Ludlow Massacre” of April 1914. Eleven thousand miners in southern Colorado … worked for the Colorado Fuel & Iron Corporation, which was owned by the Rockefeller family. Aroused by the murder of one of their organizers, they went on strike against low pay, dangerous conditions, and feudal domination of their lives in towns completely controlled by the mining companies. … Continue reading “Ludlow Massacre: April 20, 1914”
LA Times – by Patrick McGreevy
Four months after the San Bernardino mass shooting, state lawmakers on Tuesday gave initial approval to five gun control bills, including measures that would outlaw assault rifles with detachable magazines, ban possession of clips holding more than 10 rounds and require homemade guns to be registered with the state.
The bills approved by the state Senate Public Safety Committee were introduced in response to the December shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead and 22 others wounded at the hands of two terrorists. Continue reading “California lawmakers advance gun control measures in response to San Bernardino massacre”
CNS News – by Terence P. Jeffrey
“Lawfully” does not mean “legally.”
Welcome to what Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the Supreme Court on Monday is the “immigration world.” Or, more accurately, welcome to the new world President Barack Obama — through his solicitor — is asking the Supreme Court to join him in declaring. Continue reading “Obama Administration Tells Supreme Court ‘Lawfully’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Legally’”
Politico – by Nolan D. McCaskill
Chaos erupted at a Virgin Islands Republican Party Territorial Committee meeting regarding delegates over the weekend, and the pandemonium has been further muddled by wildly differing tales from the Virgin Islands’ GOP leadership that now include accusations of battery and defamation.
The Territorial Committee sought to correct the record Monday, issuing a “statement of facts to correct false representations.” In it, the committee charges Gwendolyn Hall Brady “physically attacked” its parliamentarian after Saturday’s meeting adjourned. Continue reading “Virgin Islands GOP meeting descends into chaos”
DENVER (AP) Colorado officials and tribal leaders are urging public schools to eliminate Native American mascots unless they partner with tribes, calling it a unique way to address a national debate over what many consider derogatory symbols in high schools and sports such as the National Football League.
A state commission on Monday recommended the partnerships to ensure mascots, nicknames and logos respect Native American history. A collaborative approach honors school traditions while educating the community about tribal culture, said Gov. John Hickenlooper, who appointed the panel. Continue reading “Colorado panel urges schools to drop Native American mascots”
The Tennessean – by Joel Ebert
The House of Representatives on Monday voted to let Tennessee become the first state in the nation to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement on the grounds of the 10th Amendment.
The 10th Amendment states that the federal government possesses powers only delegated to it by the U.S. Constitution and that all other powers are reserved for the states.
The move comes as a result of the chamber’s 69-25 vote on a resolution that directs the state’s attorney general to sue the feds. Continue reading “Tennessee set to sue federal government over refugee resettlement”
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Washington Examiner – by Rudy Takala
The IRS is struggling to ensure that illegal immigrants are able to illegally use Social Security numbers for legitimate purposes, the agency’s head told senators on Tuesday, without allowing the numbers to be used for “bad” reasons.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen made the statement in response to a question from Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., during a session of the Senate Finance Committee about why the IRS appears to be collaborating with taxpayers who file tax returns using fraudulent information. Coats said that his staff had discovered the practice after looking into agency procedures. Continue reading “IRS chief: Agency encourages illegal immigrant theft of SSNs to file tax returns”
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday.
The uptick in American fighting forces — and the decision to put them closer to the front lines — is designed to help Iraqi forces as they move to retake the key northern city of Mosul. Continue reading “US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to Iraq”
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The Oppressed U.S. Taxpayer
This year, Americans’ day of tribute to their federal overlords falls on April 18. As calculated by the Tax Foundation, the average American will work from January 1 to April 24 (Tax Freedom Day) to pay his share of taxes to all levels of government with some $3.3 trillion to be forked over to the federal government and $1.6 trillion to state and local jurisdictions.* Continue reading “A Morally Sound Tax Reform Proposal”
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The first two are pictures taken in upstate JooYork on Friday at a job site, not a damn cloud in the sky, seriously nothing no planes dropping Chem no natural clouds. Then on Saturday Erving further upstate it seriously looked like missile launches across the sky. 30 years ago I’d have to imagine people would think we were under attack. Most didn’t even bat an eye when I pointed this out. Heavy heavy heavy metals, our creeks are mostly dead save the Chem trout “the state” stocks. Continue reading “Upstate Spray”
Yahoo News – by Elena Holodny, Business Insider
Saudi Arabia threatened to sell up to $750 billion worth of US assets held by the Kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be sued over 9/11, reports The New York Times’ Mark Mazzetti.
Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, personally passed on the message last month during a trip to Washington, according to The Times. Continue reading “Saudis threaten to sell $750 billion US assets if Congress passes bill that would let 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia”
The impassioned election-year debate over President Obama’s immigration executive actions lands Monday before a short-handed Supreme Court, where justices will consider a fundamental question: how much power does the president truly have?
The justices plan to hold 90 minutes of oral arguments dealing with Obama’s bid to spare millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. Continue reading “Battle over Obama immigration actions lands before Supreme Court”
A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off the coast of Ecuador late on Saturday, sending confused residents streaming into the streets of the capital Quito and spurring warnings of strong waves on the Andean nation’s coast.
“I was in my house watching a movie and everything started to shake. I ran out into the street and now I don’t know what’s going to happen,” said Lorena Cazares, 36, a telecommunications worker in Quito. Continue reading “Strong 7.8 earthquake hits off coast of Ecuador”