From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
NEW YORK – New York Police Department officers are patrolling inside private apartment buildings in a program known as Operation Clean Halls.
The program has been lauded by some residents who say they feel safer but vilified by others who say they’re being harassed at home. Many complain they’re illegally stopped and arrested. Continue reading “NYPD program patrols inside private buildings; residents say they’re unfairly stopped”
In a vote of 37-0 (1 absent), the Michigan Senate joined the growing list of of states and municipalities throughout America in passing their version of the Liberty Preservation Act, released by the Tenth Amendment Center. Senate Bill 94 (SB94) now proceeds to the Michigan State House. State Senator Rick Jones, the bill’s sponsor, and grassroots activists forged the bipartisan alliance against the federal law which applies the law of war and indefinite detention to anyone on U.S. soil. Continue reading “Michigan Senate Votes 37-0 to Defeat NDAA”
Occupy Corporatism – by Susanne Posel
Americans For Responsible Solutions (AFRS) has put out an anti-gun ad calling for support for federal legislation to restrict the 2nd Amendment rights of all Americans.
AFRS is a 5019 (c) 4 nonprofit headed by former House Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly. The organization networks and lobbies for gun control while bringing together “likeminded friends” who will propagandize to the public and force Congress to “take a stand for responsible policies, legislators will no longer have reason to fear the gun lobby and their dangerously deep pockets.” Continue reading “MSM Warns Patriot Anti-Gov Groups Planning 2nd Oklahoma City Bombing”
Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson
Just days after announcing a 5-year, $4.5 million contract with Heckler & Koch, the Department of Homeland Security has released details of an identical agreement with weapons manufacturer Sig Sauer, as Forbes publishes an article calling for a “national conversation” about the DHS arms build-up that has been dismissed by the media as a conspiracy theory. Continue reading “DHS To Purchase MORE Firearms As Arms Build-Up Intensifies”
On Saturday night, two undercover police officers shot and killed 16-year-old Kimani Gray. According to the police account, the officers approached Gray when he “adjusted his waistband in what the police describe as a suspicious manner.” When the police asked him to “show his hands,” they claim Gray turned around and pointed a gun at the officers, who fired 11 rounds. The weapon police say belonged to Gray was not fired. Continue reading “Undercover Cops Shoot and Kill a 16 Year-Old Boy in New York City”
LOS ANGELES – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has shaken a wide area of Southern California.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s automated monitoring system places the epicenter in the desert near Anza, about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
The late morning quake was felt sharply in the local area. It was also felt in downtown Los Angeles and in Orange County. Continue reading “Earthquake shakes wide area of Southern California”
Before It’s News – by Alton Parish
North Korea has threatened to nullify the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, according to Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service
The North Korean rhetoric appears to be in response to threatened United Nations sanctions that may be put in place following the Feb. 12 North Korean test of a nuclear weapon, DOD officials said last week. Continue reading “North Korea Threatens Nuclear War As U.S. And South Korea Begin Military Exercise”
Huffington Post – by MUNIR AHMED AND REBECCA SANTANA
GABD, Iran — The presidents of Pakistan and Iran on Monday pushed ahead with a controversial pipeline to bring natural gas from Iran despite American opposition to the project, with both attending a ceremony marking the beginning of construction of the Pakistani side of the pipeline.
The Iran-Pakistan pipeline is intended to help Pakistan overcome its mushrooming energy needs at a time when the country is facing increased blackouts and energy shortages. Continue reading “Pakistan leader breaks ground on Iran pipeline”
He Did NOT Say What You Think He Said
As we noted Friday, Attorney General Holder’s statement that the president will not assassinate non-combatant Americans on U.S. soil with a drone left a huge loophole, and raised more questions than it answered.
Later that day, top constitutional and military law expert Jonathan Turley agreed: Continue reading “The Department of Justice Did NOT Disclaim Murder of Americans by Drone”
The president has a clandestine network targeting a ‘kill list’ justified by secret laws. How is that different than a death squad?
The film Dirty Wars, which premiered at Sundance, can be viewed, as Amy Goodman sees it, as an important narrative of excesses in the global “war on terror”. It is also a record of something scary for those of us at home – and uncovers the biggest story, I would say, in our nation’s contemporary history. Continue reading “JSoc: Obama’s secret assassins”
Beyond the Haze – by Monroe Wolf
In a recent article published by the AP, 15 Cardinals are considered to be in the front running to be the next Pope.
CARDINAL ANGELO SCOLA
CARDINAL ODILO SCHERER
CARDINAL MARC OUELLET
CARDINAL PETER ERDO
CARDINAL GIANFRANCO RAVASI Continue reading “Front Runners For The 112th Pope”
CITY HALL — Chicago’s gun offender registry needs to be expanded to include the names of people busted committing crimes with a gun, Ald. Ed Burke (14th) said Thursday. And Mayor Rahm Emanuel agrees.
The powerful alderman wants to force anyone convicted of a violent crime with a firearm, including kidnapping, assault, robbery and vehicular hijacking, to end up on the list, which now has 584 names on it of those convicted of less serious gun violations. Continue reading “Chicago May Expand ‘Gun Offender’ Registry”
DECATUR, Ga. — A man who claims a police officer planted drugs on him will have the charges dismissed one day before his case was set to go to trial.
But the DeKalb County Solicitor General’s Office said the dismissal has nothing to do with a surveillance video Alphonzo Eleby said proves the officer set him up. Continue reading “Charges dropped against man claiming officers planted drugs on him”
A California camp ranger who was carjacked by fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner is seeking the $1.2 million reward for Dorner’s capture, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Dorner, accused of killing four people and threatening the lives of several dozen more, died following a standoff with police near Big Bear, Calif., when the cabin in which he was barricaded burned down with him inside on Feb. 12. Continue reading “California Camp Ranger Wants $1M Dorner Reward”
The problem is not HOW did they get in there… Although you really have to wonder,
It’s HOW do you get them OUT? – – especially the last one. Continue reading “How did they get in there?”
According to the White House, John Brennan was sworn in as CIA Director on a “first draft” of the Constitution including notations from George Washington, dating to 1787.
Vice President Joe Biden swears in CIA Director John Brennan in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 8, 2013. Members of Brennan’s family stand with him. Brennan was sworn in with his hand on an original draft of the Constitution, dating from 1787, which has George Washington’s personal handwriting and annotations on it. Continue reading “John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights”
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