From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Radley Balko’s new book, “Rise of the Warrior Cop,” details how America’s police forces have grown to look and behave more like soldiers than neighborly Officer Krupkes walking the beat. This new breed of police, frequently equipped with military weapons and decked out in enough armor to satisfy a storm trooper, are redefining law enforcement. Continue reading “Radley Balko: “Once a town gets a SWAT team you want to use it””
Sometimes letting kids do things without you can be scary. They could get lost, get hurt, come into contact with trees… Wait, what?
At a time when we have seen helicopter parents and backlash to the helicoptering and free-range parents and backlash to them too, we have some sympathy for the educators who may not be sure what parents will take issue with next. But then again, is this really necessary? Continue reading “The Most Unnecessary School Permission Slip Ever?”
Natural News – by Jonathan Benson
A Pittsburgh area woman recently met the heavy hand of local law enforcement during an intense 12-hour police roundup, which serves as yet another reminder about the fragility of our individual liberties. As reported by WTAE News in Pittsburgh, police officers barged into Robyn Ruckman’s home after demanding that she procure proper identification for an arrest warrant, all over uncut grass that was the responsibility of her landlord. Continue reading “Gestapo cops in Pittsburgh forcefully barge into woman’s home over uncut grass”
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has announced that she’s headed to California, where she’ll be the president of the University of California school system. Twitter is already aflame with jabs mocking the move, as users wonder, for example, how DHS will further militarize a school system already known for pepper spraying peaceful protesters at a sit-in. Might she carry on her support for immigration reform to erect a militarized border around UC campuses? Continue reading “Drones Above California? Stop and Frisk Across the Country? What the Shake Up at DHS Could Mean for the Nation”
As Canada’s military continues its five-year investigation into charges that its officers told subordinates in Afghanistan to ignore cases of child abuse, Afghanistan’s former ambassador to Canada says both countries are guilty of ignoring the scandal.
Omar Samad, ambassador from 2004 to 2009, said he advised the Afghan foreign ministry in 2008 about media reports that some Canadian soldiers said they had been told not to get involved in cases of child sexual abuse involving Afghan soldiers, police and interpreters. Continue reading “Canada, Afghanistan both guilty of ignoring child-sex scandal: former ambassador”
This is how American nationals look out for one another.
WHTM 27 News – by Sari Heidenreich
A missing Lancaster Township girl is safe after two teens heroically saved her from an abductor Thursday night, said Manheim Township Police.
“Me and Chris, which is another boy who helped me, we were riding around,” on our bikes, said Temar Boggs. “We noticed his car and the car had the little girl in it.” Continue reading “Lancaster Township girl abducted; saved by two teenagers”
In my opinion. I do not see President Obama finishing his second term. I do think the election fraud committed did not reflect the real will of the people. The new scandals that are revealed daily in the alternative media and a reluctant mainstream press shows the dam is bout to break. Continue reading “10 reasons Why Obama has Lost the Element of Surprise to Use a Crisis to Bring in Martial Law.”
During a Thursday morning arraignment hearing outside of Washington, DC, jailed activist Adam Kokesh refused to answer questions from a judge and was told that he’ll continue to be locked up without bond.
Kokesh, 31, will likely now stay in a northern Virginia detention facility until a preliminary hearing scheduled for October 2 is held. He was arrested Tuesday evening at his Herndon, Virginia home and charged with drug and gun felonies. Continue reading “Gun rights activist Adam Kokesh to stay in jail after refusing to speak to judge”
The asset bubbles the Fed’s money-printing and bond-buying binge has created are spectacular, the risk-taking on Wall Street with other people’s money a sight to behold. Among the big winners were mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts – and those who got fat on extracting fees. But now the pendulum is swinging back, and the bloodletting has started. Continue reading “Mother Of All Bubbles Pops, Mess Ensues”
The Washington Post – by Ed O’Keefe
House Republicans successfully passed a Farm Bill Thursday by splitting apart funding for food stamps from federal agricultural policy, a move that infuriated the White House and congressional Democrats who spent most of the day trying to delay a final vote.
Lawmakers voted 216 to 208 make changes to federal agricultural policy and conservation programs and end direct subsidy payments to farmers. But the measure says nothing about funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, which historically constitutes about 80 percent of the funding in a Farm Bill. Continue reading “Farm Bill passes in House, without food stamp funding”
Government’s Interpretation of Spying Turns 200 Years of American Law On Its Head
Senators Wyden and Udall – both on the Senate Intelligence Committee, with full access to information on the spying program – have said that for at least 2 years that the government was using a “secret interpretation” of the Patriot Act which would shock Americans, because it provides a breathtakingly wide program of spying. And see this. Continue reading “Government’s “Secret Interpretation” of Patriot Act: “EVERYTHING” Is Relevant … So Spy on EVERYONE”
In the twenties of the last century the world, and especially the United States, experienced an economical high. As a result of this, share and stock prices rose to unprecedented heights, beyond reasonable values. The underlying economy had decreased in strength without this being reflected on the stock exchange. Investors were euphoric and stock prices were forced up against all economic logic. (1)
In my view the causes for the rise of the Dow Jones to unprecedented highs were the introduction of a new calculation method for the Dow on 1 October 1928, the introduction of the Dow-divisor, the extension of the Dow from 20 to 30 funds on 1 October 1928 and splitting the stock between October 1928 and November 1929 which was the last part of the acceleration phase of the second industrial revolution. These 3 factors caused the Dow to rise exponentially from 238 tot 381 points in de period October 1928 to September 1929, while the underlying economy strongly diminished in strength. Continue reading “Market crash 1929, mystery unraveled?”
A secretive branch of the U.S. Department of Justice was deployed to South Florida in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize rallies, including one headlined by the Rev. Al Sharpton, calling for the arrest and prosecution of George Zimmerman.
Records obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, under the Freedom of Information Act, showed that members of the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service were sent to South Florida in March and April of 2012 to help manage protests, The Daily Caller reported Wednesday. Continue reading “Report: Justice Dept. Backed Trayvon Martin Rallies”
Big Banks Move Into Uranium Mining, Petroleum Products, Aluminum, Ownership and Operation Of Airports, Toll Roads, and Ports, and Electricity
Top economists, financial experts and bankers say that the big banks are too large … and their very size is threatening the economy. Continue reading “Giant Banks Take Over Real Economy As Well As Financial System … Enabling Manipulation On a Vast Scale”
What’s the greatest way to derail a movement?
While there are many ways, from discrediting the leadership to jailing the participants, there is one nearly surefire way to kill a political movement.
Pretend you fixed the problem.
On June 26th, 2013, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell signed HB69, a bill that, according to some, would “nullify” the detention provisions in the NDAA. It does nothing of the sort. Although it seems to demonstrate Alaska’s will to stand up for the liberty of its citizens, and tries to take on gun control as well, this law does nothing to protect the inalienable rights of the people. Continue reading “Alaska Defeats NDAA?”
Current problems associated with the end of the third industrial revolution
Humanity is being confronted with the same problems as those at the end of the second industrial revolution such as decreasing stock exchange rates, highly increasing unemployment, towering debts of companies and governments and bad financial positions of banks. Every production phase or civilization or other human invention goes through a so called transformation process, a transition. Continue reading “Without knowledge of the past there is no future”
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