From the Trenches World Report
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CBS Pittsburgh – by Christine D’Antonio
MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Two people were injured in a Moon Township house explosion Saturday evening.
According to officials at the scene, the explosion happened in the 1600-block of Charlton Heights Road around 6:30 p.m.
“It sounded like an airplane went down. I just heard this huge explosion and I came up and all I saw was the flames and the house is just completely gone,” David Plitt said. Continue reading “2 Injured In Moon Twp. House Explosion”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles have closed, and the city attorney says more will be shutting their doors soon, following a voter-approved crackdown.
Thirty-eight pot shops that do not comply with a municipal ballot measure approved earlier this year are in the process of being shuttered, City Attorney Mike Feuer said. Another 42 shops have decided on their own to close since July, when the new law took effect, he said. Continue reading “LA cracking down on pot dispensaries under new law”
All Gov – by Danny Biederman, Noel Brinkerhoff
From major metropolises to small towns, America’s police forces increasingly resemble military units, thanks in part to billions of dollars in free equipment from the Pentagon.
The giveaways to date are valued at $4.2 billion, which the Department of Defense began distributing after Congress adopted legislation in 1997 authorizing the little-known 1033 Program. It appeared in fine print buried inside the National Defense Authorization Act (pdf). Continue reading “$4.2 Billion in Military Hardware Donations Fuels Militarization of U.S. Police Forces”
While in Vietnam from ’71’ to ’72 there was an Easter Offensive. Biggest one since Tet ’68. My job was to take requests from the field and alert airbases around Vietnam for specific information on tactical air strikes. Our information was usually classified Secret for specific targets. Strangely, a document with no cover sheet landed on my desk. I looked at it and it was a Top Secret CIA document which predicted that Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam would all fall. They all did 3 years and how many hundreds of thousands of deaths later.
Activated during the LA Riots in ’92 I was surprised to see that our activation orders read OPERATION GARDEN PLOT. Not many people know this but active duty USMC from Camp Pendleton were put on the streets of Long Beach (there was major rioting there as well as other cities. The orders were made a week before the Marines set foot in Long Beach. Continue reading “A Veteran’s Report From the Trenches”
Educate Yourself – by Ken Adachi
Keith Howe sent me a link to a short comment posted to Rumor Mill News on Oct. 8 from a reader named ‘Maryhrt’ who provided a link to the (193 page) June 28, 2012, Supreme Court Ruling on the constitutionality of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare. The ruling is cited as 567 U.S.__2012. People should take the time to download this ruling and read it in its entirety.
The Air Force is firing the two-star general in charge of all of its nuclear missiles in response to an investigation into alleged personal misbehavior, officials told The Associated Press on Friday.
Maj. Gen. Michael Carey is being removed from command of the 20th Air Force, which is responsible for three wings of intercontinental ballistic missiles — a total of 450 missiles at three bases across the country, the officials said. Continue reading “Air Force general in charge of nuclear missiles to be fired, officials say”
ABC News – by MATTHEW DALY Associated Press
Under pressure from governors, the Obama administration said Thursday it will allow some shuttered national parks to reopen — as long as states use their own money to pay for park operations.
Governors in at least four states have asked for authority to reopen national parks within their borders because of the economic impacts caused by the park closures. All 401 national park units — including such icons as the Grand Canyon and Yosemite and Zion national parks — have been closed since Oct. 1 because of the partial government shutdown. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees have been furloughed, and lawmakers from both parties have complained that park closures have wreaked havoc on nearby communities that depend on tourism. Continue reading “Feds Will Let States Pay to Reopen National Parks”
WASHINGTON – President Obama signed a bill late Thursday to pay death benefits to families of fallen soldiers during the partial government shutdown.
The move came after the White House drew heavy criticism from Republicans over White House press secretary Jay Carney’s comment earlier in the day that it was “not necessary” to sign the bill since a charity already had stepped in to foot the expenses. Continue reading “Obama signs bill to pay death benefits to families of fallen soldiers”
ABC News – by Anneta Konstantinides
As Week 2 of the government shutdown continues, new websites have begun popping up to give furloughed workers and frustrated Americans alike an outlet to express their anger.
Especially after they’ve knocked back a couple. Continue reading “Congress Got You Down? New Site Lets You Drunk Dial Them”
Reuters – by Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing
Former rebel gunmen freed Libya’s prime minister on Thursday after holding him for several hours in reprisal for the capture by U.S. forces at the weekend of a Libyan al Qaeda suspect in Tripoli.
“I am fine, thank God,” Ali Zeidan tweeted after his release. “If the aim of the kidnapping operation was for me to present my resignation, then I won’t resign. Continue reading “Libyan PM freed after being seized over US raid”
Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. Russia is deploying new offensive military vehicles in the Southern Military District covering the territories around the Caspian Sea and Black Sea
APA reports quoting Russia’s Defense Ministry that military units of the Southern Military District will acquire more than 450 modernized military vehicles including trucks, self-propelled artillery systems, armored vehicles and various missile complexes. 100 missile-artillery systems, including Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems, 120-caliber 2S9 Nona-C self-propelled howitzers, Chrysanthemum-S anti-tank missile complexes will be included in the inventory of regional military units. Continue reading “Russia deploying offensive military vehicles in territories around Caspian Sea and Black Sea”
Janet Yellen is currently the Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Previously, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton, and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Continue reading “Everything You Need to Know About Janet Yellen”
The latest House GOP gambit in the fiscal fight is … wait for it … a supercommittee.
But Republicans aren’t calling it a supercommittee since that’s the term for the failed panel that brought us the the sequester.
Instead, it’s called the Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth. The special panel would have 20 members, evenly divided between the House and Senate, who would recommend a budget for fiscal 2014 (which began Oct. 1), and craft details of a new debt ceiling and spending cuts. Continue reading “House GOP’s Latest Idea: A Fiscal Supercommittee, Sort Of”
Washington Times – by Andrea Noble
Truck drivers will descend on the Beltway on Friday for a political rally protesting causes ranging from the government shutdown to low wages for drivers — but claims the group planned to shut down the region appear to have been overstated.
Originally billed “Truckers to Shut Down America,” the protest is now called “Truckers Ride For The Constitution” after the organizing group’s original social media sites were shut down. Continue reading “‘Truckers Ride for the Constitution’ to take to Beltway in protest”
The Weekly Standard – by JERYL BIER
Maryland’s Health Connection, the state’s Obamacare marketplace, has been plagued by delays in the first days of open enrollment. If users are able to endure long page-loading delays, they are presented with the website’s privacy policy, a ubiquitous fine-print feature on websites that often go unread. Nevertheless, users are asked to check off a box that they agree to the terms.
The policy contains many standard statements about information automatically collected regarding Internet browsers and IP addresses, temporary “cookies” used by the site, and website accessibility. However, at least two conditions may give some users pause before proceeding. Continue reading “Obamacare Marketplace: Personal Data Can Be Used For ‘Law Enforcement and Audit Activities’”
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ALBANY, NY – On October 7, 2013, the Albany, NY Common Council unanimously passed Resolution 80.92.13, becoming the first city in America to prohibit indefinite military detention without charge or trial, specifically under the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, to declare it is not a “battlefield” and resolve that its citizens and residents are not subject to “detention under the law of war.” Continue reading “Victory! New York Capitol Unanimously Passes Anti-NDAA Resolution 11-0”
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