From the Trenches World Report
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Truthstream Media – by Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
Forget Syria; Lindsey Graham is going straight for Iran.
The Republican Senator from South Carolina announced on Saturday that he is going to officially approach Congress to seek military authorization for a strike on Iran to destroy the nation’s nuclear program. Continue reading “Sen. Lindsey Graham to Congress: ‘Let’s Just Blow Up Iran’”
Dissident Voice – by Ron Jacobs
This week, the Vermont news media published stories stating that the Pentagon is considering building a Ground-based Midcourse Defense base in Jericho, Vermont, a small town near Burlington and Montpelier. When people think about Vermont, Jericho is what people think of; wooded lands, dairy farms, older houses and a blend of Yankee families whose roots go back generations and newer residents looking for tranquility, beauty and a good place to raise their kids. There is no reasonable argument for a missile base in Jericho, Vermont. Indeed, there is no reasonable argument for this missile base to be built anywhere. Continue reading “A Missile Base in Vermont… Really?”
ARLINGTON, TX—Marking the Cowboys’ season opener against the Giants in traditional fashion, Dallas fans were reportedly treated to a thrilling halftime show Sunday night that featured the execution of a Texas state prisoner.
“That was the best halftime show I’ve seen in years—there was this awesome light show with Toby Keith’s ‘American Ride’ playing over the sound system while a priest administered the last rites,” said 46-year-old Cowboys fan Alan Kierstead, adding that he especially enjoyed when Cowboys cheerleaders formed the shape of a skull around the stage and performed an elaborate dance routine before the convicted felon was injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital. Continue reading “Satire: Dallas Cowboys Halftime Show Features Execution Of Texas Prisoner”
Project Camelot – by Kerry Cassidy
Following my intuition has always served me well, and the investigation I have been doing into the death of Michael Hastings, Rollingstone Reporter, is no exception.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/9/fbi-releases-redacteddocumentonmichaelhastings.html Continue reading “Who Killed Michael Hastings?”
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Common Dreams – by Glenn Greenwald
It has been previously reported that the mentality of NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander is captured by his motto “Collect it All”. It’s a get-everything approach he pioneered first when aimed at an enemy population in the middle of a war zone in Iraq, and has now imported onto US soil, aimed at the domestic population and everyone else. Continue reading “Inside the Mind of NSA Chief Gen. Keith Alexander”
Typhoon Man-yi advanced toward central Japan on Sunday, bringing heavy rains as officials warned of floods and strong winds, the Meteorological Agency said.
The season’s 18th storm, swirling in Pacific waters south of the archipelago, was packing gusts up to 108 kph and moving north-northwest, the agency said.
It was on a direct course to hit Monday morning, possibly around 9 a.m. in Shizuoka Prefecture, the agency said. Continue reading “Typhoon Man-yi heads for Chubu”
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A magazine in Arizona has decided to pull its October issue from newsstands, after mistakenly advising that a mushroom that can cause hallucinations is edible.
Arizona Highways Magazine announced Friday that in its October 2013 issue, it mistakenly included an item advising that the fly agaric mushroom is edible. Continue reading “Magazine Mistakenly Advises Eating Dangerous Mushroom”
Yahoo News – by Dylan Stableford
A North Carolina police officer was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Saturday after police say he fatally shot an unarmed man who had apparently just survived a car crash in Charlotte and was looking for help.
The victim, Jonathan Ferrell, a 24-year-old former Florida A&M University football player, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene early Saturday morning. Continue reading “Police officer charged in fatal shooting of unarmed man who had just survived car accident”
Activist Post – by Tony Cartalucci
In Reuters’ “Syrian Rebels Slam U.S.-Russia Deal, Say Assad Is Moving Chemical Weapons To Lebanon And Iraq,” Qassim Saadeddine of the so-called “Free Syrian Army” rejected the recent Syrian-Russian proposal to turn over Syria’s chemical weapons for independent verification and destruction, vowing to block UN inspectors should they enter Syria to carry out the task. Continue reading “Syria’s “Rebels” Threaten UN – Will Use US Weapons”
Washington Post – by Zachary A. Goldfarb
President Obama declared that the United States is still prepared to act militarily to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons despite the decision to pursue a diplomatic deal and not strike Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons.He also acknowledged that his approach to the Syria crisis has been uneven, but defended it as producing the right results. Continue reading “Obama says Iran shouldn’t misinterpret U.S. response to Syria”
Activist Post – by Heather Callaghan
What is with the fresh round of stories about law enforcement (enjoying?) shooting animals? Animals who might not be that injured. Animals shot in front of families. Animals shot for no reason but the thrill of the kill? But then imagine afterward, you being the one who might be under arrest – and getting your car impounded!
When other countries are emulating the exact same actions, that’s a sorry sign. Continue reading “Cop Prevents Animal Rescue, Shoots, Threatens Arrest”
IntelliHub – by Shepard Ambellas
NEW YORK — With all of the media rhetoric and hype about the Syrian situation it’s hard to catch every report. However, this one is important.
According to a recent write-up, the FBI handed out a warning during an energy conference which took place about one week prior to the 12th anniversary of the September 2001, attacks, which in turn prompted the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) to release a statement to its members. Continue reading “FBI Warns: Terrorists to Attack Fuel Storage Plants Inside U.S.”
President Obama has signaled that he intends to nominate Larry Summers (Samuelson) to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank. Janet Yellen is the only major competitor for the position. She is currently on the Federal Reserve Board. If she resigns along with Bernanke and the two others who have announced their departure, the composition of the FED Board and its policy will change radically in just a few months. Continue reading “Larry Summers Has 3 FED Exit Paths. All Equally Bad.”
Wake Up America – by Susan Duclos
After Barack Obama’s amateurish handling of the Syria “red line” issue, and Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin making a complete chump of Obama while making him look weak, incompetent and ineffective, Obama tells George Stephanopoulos on ABC News’ This Week, “My suspicion is that the Iranians recognize they shouldn’t draw a lesson — that we haven’t struck (Syria) — to think we won’t strike Iran.” Continue reading “Now Obama Talks Tough On Iran…. We’re In Trouble!!”
Canada Free Press – by Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh
While Americans demand vociferously the defunding of ObamaCare in hopes of getting rid of the most destructive and freedom-robbing piece of legislation passed in modern times, Congressmen pretend to make valiant efforts to do so via various proposals that only low information and extremely naïve voters can believe to be true. Continue reading “Defund ObamaCare? Not Happening”
The Sleuth Journal – by Gaye Levy
In a recent giveaway, the question asked was “What pioneer skill do you feel will be the most valuable following a disaster, collapse or other “stuff” hits the fan scenario?”. There were hundreds of responses and of those, a significant number of folks indicated that the most valuable skill needed was the ability to find and purify water.
The concept of safe drinking water is pretty easy to wrap you head around since it is common knowledge that our bodies need water to sustain life. Luckily for us, there are a myriad of filtering, storage and collection systems available to help us plan for those times when fresh drinking water in unattainable. What we, as prepper’s tend to forget, however, is that there is a lot more to water storage than drinking water. Continue reading “Water Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink”
Militia News – by John Whitehead
News headlines to the contrary, there is actually more taking place right now than just the Obama administration’s conveniently distracting push for military action against Syria.
We’re still having our privacy rights ravaged by the surveillance state. The latest revelations confirm long-standing fears that there is nothing private from the government, which has used a variety of covert, unconstitutional tactics to gain access to Americans’ personal data, online purchases and banking, medical records, and online communications. The government’s methods include the use of supercomputers to hack through privacy settings, collaborations with corporations to create “back doors” for NSA access into encrypted files, and the use of strong-arm tactics against those technology and internet companies who refuse to cooperate. Continue reading “Farewell Janet Napolitano, We Won’t Miss You.”
Militia News – by Richard R. Allen
The short answer to the question in the title of this missive is yes. Let us look at how I arrived at this.
We start with a quote from the Federalist Papers specifically No. 78: “No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.” Continue reading “Can Local Sheriffs Refuse To Enforce Gun Control Laws?”
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