From the Trenches World Report
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New Zealand MP Maggie Barry has not been put off official duties in London by an uncovered plot to kill the Queen.
The plan to stab Queen Elizabeth was foiled by British police, who arrested four Islamic terror suspects.
The suspects were allegedly planning to stab the 88-year-old monarch to death at the Royal Albert Hall, The Sun reported. Continue reading “Queen Elizabeth murder plot foiled”
ABC News – by LOLITA C. BALDOR, AP
The top U.S. military officer has designated five U.S. bases where American troops would be housed and isolated for 21 days upon returning from Africa after serving in the Ebola response mission, U.S. officials said Friday.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed a plan that lists Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, as bases where troops would be quarantined. The U.S. also will use two bases in Italy and Germany for returning troops based in that region. Continue reading “Military Names 5 US Bases for Ebola Mission Troops”
The mayor of Ferguson is expecting more protests in the city over the killing of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in August, warning the authorities to be prepared for the “worst.”
James Knowles told local media that there is a possibility of a mass protest after a grand jury delivers its decision on whether to indict the officer.
The jury is expected to make a decision as early as mid-November, the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office said.
On August 9, Darren Wilson gunned down 18-year-old Brown, claiming it was an act of self defense. Continue reading “Ferguson braces for ‘worst’ after grand jury decision”
The top US military commander says the United States is learning from Israel’s tactics on how to limit civilian casualties in a war, despite the international outcry over the regime’s brutality in Gaza.
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the Pentagon has sent a team to see what lessons could be learned from the recent Israeli invasion of Gaza on how to limit civilian casualties.
Dempsey said the Pentagon had sent the team of senior officials and non-commissioned officers three months ago “to include the measures they took to prevent civilian casualties and what they did with tunneling” in US military operations. Continue reading “Dempsey: US sent team to Israel to learn war tactics”
Reuters – by PHIL STEWART AND ROBERTA RAMPTON
President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday.
Obama’s decision greatly expands the scope of the U.S. campaign and the geographic distribution of American forces, some of whom will head into Iraq’s fiercely contested western Anbar province for the first time to act as advisors. Continue reading “Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands”
I hope I didn’t cause too much concern with my last email.
We have had people calling and asking if they need to come to the ranch.
We do not need anyone to come to the ranch. There is nothing to do here
except work the ranch. We are not expecting anything to happen here.
We are asking for you to send some letters and emails. Continue reading “Carol Bundy: We don’t need anyone to come to the ranch”
New York Daily News – by Jason Molinet
A hospitalized patient went on a rampage at a Minnesota hospital on Sunday, attacking four nurses with a metal pole before being tased, wrestled to the ground and then dying while cuffed in the street three blocks away.
The violent attack, caught on surveillance video released to the public on Thursday, shows Charles Emmett Logan, 68, of St. Paul, Minn., wildly swinging a metal pole that he took from his hospital bed at St. John’s Hospital, Twin Cities.com reported. Continue reading “Crazed attacker hurts four nurses in Minnesota hospital rampage, dies in handcuffs after being tackled by cops”
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister blamed “militant Islamic incitement” for growing tensions in Jerusalem, especially at a contested holy site that was ringed Friday by hundreds of Israeli riot police as about 15,000 Muslims performed weekly prayers there.
The prayers ended peacefully, though clashes erupted again later in the day between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem, at the main Israeli checkpoint on the outskirts of the city and at several locations in the West Bank. Continue reading “Heavy security at contested Jerusalem shrine”
SEATTLE (AP) — FBI Director James Comey says an agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter during a 2007 criminal investigation, a ruse the news organization says could undermine its credibility.
In a letter Thursday to The New York Times, Comey said the agent “portrayed himself as an employee of The Associated Press” to help catch a 15-year-old suspect accused of making bomb threats at a high school near Olympia, Washington. It was publicized last week that the FBI forged an AP story during its investigation, but Comey’s letter revealed the agency went further and had an agent actually pretend to be a reporter for the wire service. Continue reading “FBI says agent impersonated AP reporter”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
This is the big problem with fiat currency – eventually the temptation to print more of it when you are in a jam becomes too powerful to resist. In a surprise move on Friday, the Bank of Japan dramatically increased the size of the quantitative easing program that it has been conducting. This sent Japanese stocks soaring and the Japanese yen plunging. The yen had already fallen by about 11 percent against the dollar over the last year before this announcement, and news of the BOJ’s surprise move caused the yen to collapse to a seven year low. Essentially what the Bank of Japan has done is declare a currency war. And as you will see below, in every currency war there are winners and there are losers. Let’s just hope that global financial markets do not get shredded in the crossfire. Continue reading “It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired The First Shot”
The employment situation in the US has been outright rosy. Initial unemployment claims have been bumping along near record lows. Whether or not companies are hiring, at least they’re not axing people in massive numbers. The unemployment rate of 5.8% is practically comfort inducing. OK, we can smell the odor of the details underneath, but hey. And for September, the Challenger Job Cut Report raved about 2014 being “on pace to be the lowest job-cut year since 1997.”
Got it. Things are good. Continue reading “Layoffs Explode In America’s Big Old Tech Companies”
Next Gov – by Aliya Sternstein
Law enforcement officials nationwide now have the ability to search multiple sensitive databases, including spy agency intranets and homeland security suspicious activity reporting – with a single login.
The breakthrough in interconnectivity is expected to close information gaps that, among other things, have contributed to the rise in homegrown terrorism and school shootings. Continue reading “Rap Sheets, Watchlists and Spy Networks Now Available With Single Click”
According to the Weather Channel, its 6am “Wake Up with Al Roker” beat both CNN’s New Day” and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”this month: Continue reading “Weather Channel Morning Show Beats CNN, MSNBC”
Breitbart – by Jonathan Strong
The first battle over the direction of the GOP since Tuesday’s tidal wave election is quietly building as conservatives race to construct a plan to stop President Obama’s executive amnesty.
Huddling in Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) office Wednesday, top conservative aides sketched out a plan to include language prohibiting Obama from issuing employment permits to illegal aliens in an upcoming “omnibus” spending bill – and settling for a four-week stopgap bill if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid balks in the last days of his rule. Continue reading “The Conservative Plan To Stop Obama’s Executive Amnesty”
Unemployment rate drops to lowest level since July 2008
The Labor Department released last month’s employment figures Friday morning, and the report shows that the U.S. labor market has continued to post steady gains while some stubborn weak points still exist. Here are some key points from the October jobs report.
What you need to know: October was the 56th straight month of private-sector job gains in the U.S., and monthly gains have averaged about 227,000 so far this year. The job market has been steadily improving, which is good news. However, on the downside, hourly wages have struggled to make gains and the number of long-term unemployed is still almost 50% higher than it was before the recession hit. Continue reading “Economy Adds 214,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.8%”
Voice of America – by Sok Khemara
A leaked ASEAN document, a draft of the chairman’s statement for next week’s summit, notes progress on a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea and urges the group’s members to peacefully resolve their maritime disputes with China.
A senior government source from an Association of Southeast Asian Nations member, who did not want to be named, gave the document to VOA this week. The statement is a draft of the communique that would typically be released at the end of an ASEAN summit, such as the one being held in next week in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Continue reading “ASEAN Document Pushes Talks on South China Sea”
Resister in the Rockies – by Ironwill III
So the Republicans have seized the Senate, giving them control of Congress. What do these election results mean for you?
Not much.
Øbamacare won’t be repealed. Your taxes won’t be cut. Alphabet Agencies won’t shrink. The debt won’t get fixed. The wars won’t end. LEO’s won’t stop conducting No-Knock warrant raids on the wrong homes. You’ll still go to jail for selling raw milk. You still don’t ‘own’ your home. You’ll still have to pay for welfare. TSA will still violate you when you fly. The border is still wide open. Your assets can still be confiscated. Etc…. Continue reading “Mid-Term Elections – What To Expect Now”
A First Nations woman in Northern Ontario faces thousands of dollars in fines and a stop-work order on the cabin she is attempting to build in the place where she grew up.
Darlene Necan is a member of the Ojibways of Saugeen First Nation, but she’s been unable to acquire housing in that community, about 400 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, since the reserve was created in the late 1990s. Continue reading “Homeless woman fined for building her own home”
NOVEMBER 6–A police report detailing a fight last month between members of Michael Brown’s family over the sale of commemorative t-shirts identifies the late teenager’s mother as one of the “attackers” who beat and robbed vendors selling the merchandise from a tent in a Ferguson, Missouri parking lot.
A copy of the Ferguson Police Department report was provided yesterday by city attorney Stephanie Karr. When TSG requested the document two weeks ago, Karr noted that Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, was “described in the report” and had “specifically requested that the report be withheld from the media.” Continue reading “Michael Brown’s Mother Named As Robbery Attacker”
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Be Your Own Leader – by Dana Gabriel
The globalist controlled Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) have called on the U.S. to work more closely with Canada and Mexico to build a new North American partnership for the future. The pivot to North America would focus on greater trilateral cooperation in areas such as energy, economic competitiveness, border management, law enforcement and continental perimeter security. Throughout the years, the incremental steps towards a North American Union have been used to further chip away at the sovereignty of all three NAFTA countries. Continue reading “Building a New North American Partnership for the Future”
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Wolf Street – by Wolf Richter
Breitbart – by John Nolte
Time – by Laura Lorenzetti
CBC – by Jody Porter
The Smoking Gun