MaliUnited Liberty – by Jason Pye

President Barack Obama came a step closer to engaging in military action in Mali. The Associated Press reports this morning that the White House has notified Congress that 100 military personnel have been sent to Niger, which borders Mali to the east:

In a letter to Congress, Obama says the forces will focus on “intelligence sharing” with French troops fighting Islamist militants in neighboring Mali. He says the American forces have been deployed with weapons, quote, “for the purpose of providing their own force protection and security.” Continue reading “U.S. sends troops to Niger”

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How Many Constitutional Freedoms Do We Still Have?

Preface: While a lot of people talk about the loss of our Constitutional liberties, people usually speak in a vague, generalized manner … or focus on only one issue and ignore the rest.

This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution – and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right. Continue reading “Scorecard: How Many Rights Have Americans REALLY Lost?”

The Contributer – by Dave Johnson

You may have seen charts like the one to the right from the Economic Policy Institute, showing how working people’s wages stopped going up along with productivity gains.

This means the gains went…somewhere else. See if you can guess who got them? (Hint: it’s the 1 percent; this is one driver of the terrible income and wealth inequality.) This breakoff of wages from productivity growth is partly the result of trade agreements that pit Americans against exploited workers in non-democracies. This weakened the bargaining power of unions, moved factories and industries out of the country, devastated entire regions of our country — and gave the giant multinational corporations, Wall Street and the billionaires the leverage they needed. Continue reading “40% Of Americans Now Make Less Than 1968 Minimum Wage”

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore, far left at lectern, appears Thursday at a news conference at the Chicago Military Academy in Bronzeville.Chicago Tribune – by Lolly Bowean, Chicago Tribune reporter

To reduce the homicides and shootings plaguing Chicago streets, elected officials should consider calling on the state and federal governments for help, even the National Guard if necessary, said a retired Army lieutenant general who spearheaded the military response after Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading “Retired general says National Guard could help curb Chicago violence”

Gun measuresAmerican nationals need to show up at these events armed to confront these parasitic communist infringers.  Then let so called law enforcement show themselves as either patriots or lackeys for the insurgency.

LA Times – by Matea Gold and Melanie Mason, Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group that inherited President Obama‘s grass-roots campaign infrastructure faces the first real test of its political might Friday, when it holds a series of volunteer-driven events in support of the president’s gun violence reduction plan. Continue reading “Obama advocacy group plans Day of Action”

Come and Take ItAmmoLand – by AWR Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- Approximately 400 citizens attended a meeting of the Westford, MA Board of Selectmen on Feb. 20 2013 to speak against a proposed ‘assault weapons’ ban, which was ultimately defeated. The crowd “erupted in applause” and greeted the news with a standing ovation.

Robert Jeffries, Vice Chairman of the Board of Selectman and the one who proposed the bill, said he was taken aback by the size of the opposition: “This was meant to be a discussion within the town of Westford. A community discussion that’s gotten way, way beyond that.” Continue reading “Massachusetts Residents Erupt in Applause as ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Withdrawn”

From the Trenches World Report keeps going down again and again.  This is starting to look like a deliberate attack.  Every time the site starts working correctly and our numbers start coming back, it is like a switch is being flipped.  I do not know the motive but I can tell you this.  The server SiteGround’s attitude is that I’m just one poor son of a bitch out here in the middle of nowhere and there is nothing that I can do about them.

We have paid every extortion demand, starting with the $29 per month we were told would be sufficient for our traffic to $68.95 per month (still wasn’t enough) to $107 per month where we are now.  And with no more traffic, the money has changed nothing and the site continues to fail. Continue reading “SiteGround is Trying to Choke From the Trenches Out”

Climate Change Infectious DiseaseHuffington Post – by 

When Rick Ostfeld heard about the sky-darkening flocks of birds descending this winter on Hopkinsville, Ky., he couldn’t help but think of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.”

“I remember watching it multiple times as a kid, just to scare myself,” said Ostfeld, a disease ecologist with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y. Continue reading “Kentucky Birds, New York Rats Raise Disease Risks”

Prograde Hunter Grade AmmunitionAmmoLand

Stevensville, MT – -(Ammoland.com)- Powerful.  Dependable.  Precise.  ProGrade Ammunition knew exactly what it was looking for when it selected the lineup of rounds for its Hunter Grade line of ammunition.

Experts at ProGrade understand hunters choose each piece of gear and equipment with care when they are headed out into the field.  Each specific circumstance and environment dictates what you’ll throw in your pack – including your ammunition.  This is why ProGrade has developed an elite collection of rounds tailored for the hunter to deliver the bone-crushing power needed while on the hunt. Continue reading “ProGrade Ammunition Hunter Grade Rounds Deliver Quick Accurate Kills”

Obama's Gun Ban Machine American's for Responsible SolutionsAmmoLand

Lincoln, NE –-(Ammoland.com)- Thanks to grassroots organizations like the NFOA, and members like you, many senators and congressional representatives have begun to back away from gun control proposals.

Unfortunately, the gun-grabbers now have a new plan. We must ensure that it fails. Continue reading “Obama Re-Election Machine Repurposed to Attack the Second Amendment”

Bluefin TunaHuffington Post – by Joe Satran

Bluefin tuna just can’t catch a break. Weeks after it was reported that overfishing had reduced the Pacific population of the fish, which is popular in sushi bars, by over 96 percent, researchers have found trace levels of radiation still lingering in their flesh almost two years after the catastrophe at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan. And the tuna they studied were caught off the coast of California, 6000 miles east of Japan. Monte Burke at Forbes writes: Continue reading “Bluefin Tuna Caught Near California Still Radioactive Years After Fukushima”

Seafood FraudHuffington Post – by Carey Polis

Oceana, an international ocean advocacy group, has released a report on national seafood fraud [pdf], and the results are disconcerting. The report, which is one of the largest on seafood fraud to date, found that one-third of fish was mislabeled. Continue reading “Seafood Fraud Study By Oceana Reveals Widespread Mislabeling Nationwide”

Organic Prepper

In a pill-popping world, the idea of simply providing your brain and body with what it needs for mental health is nothing short of revolutionary.  1 in 5 Americans currently takes one or more psychiatric drugs on a daily basis.

Psychiatric medications are among the most widely prescribed and biggest-selling class of drugs in the US. In 2010, Americans spent $16.1 billion on anti-psychotics to treat depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, $11.6 billion on antidepressants and $7.2 billion on treatment for ADHD, according to IMS Health, which tracks prescription drug sales.  (Source) Continue reading “Nature’s Prozac: Nutrition for Mental Health”

Barrett News

Barrett opposes those who are illegally disarming the American public from their efficient arms and creating superior armed elitist government agencies.

Elected state officials of New York, having been sworn to protect our Constitution, have instead committed an offense against it and their citizens by stripping inalienable rights duly protected and guaranteed under the Second Amendment. By their deliberate and sinister actions, these officials now cause their state and local policing agencies to enforce these unconstitutional and illegal so called “laws”.   Continue reading “Barrett’s Position Regarding the Assault on Liberty”

Mike Bloomberg Jerramiah HealyHuffington Post – by John Celock

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has not weighed in on the race to succeed him, but he is reaching across the Hudson River to offer support to a key ally in his war against illegal guns.

Bloomberg announced Thursday morning that he is backing Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy (D) in his race for a third term against City Councilman Steve Fulop (D) in the May nonpartisan election. Healy is a founding member of Mayor’s Against Illegal Guns, which Bloomberg started with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (D). MAIG has taken center stage in recent weeks as gun control debates heat up in Washington and state capitols. Continue reading “Mike Bloomberg Endorses Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy”

The price of a gallon of gasoline has risen for the past 34 days in a row as we Americans are being fleeced for the last few dollars we have left in our pockets.  It wasn’t that many years ago when the increase in gasoline prices was put forth as being in direct correlation with supply and demand.  When it finally reached the point that we Americans cut back on our gas consumption because we literally could not afford it anymore, the criminal oil cartels realized they had us right where they wanted us.

Back in the 70s, when this brand of extortion was first tried, American nationals quickly became fed up with the situation and started ripping pumps out of the ground in the middle of the night and the gouging stopped forthwith.  But that was back before we became civilized, or rather, institutionalized into the system.  I mean to attack the poor fellow that owns the gas station would just be the wrong thing to do.  Continue reading “Gas Price Gouging has become the Status Quo”

The Hill – by Ben Geman

John Kerry used his first major speech as secretary of State to make that case that failing to confront climate change means missing big economic opportunities — and worse.

“If we waste this opportunity, it may be the only thing our generation — generations — are remembered for. We need to find the courage to leave a far different legacy,” Kerry said in a wide-ranging address Wednesday at the University of Virginia. Continue reading “Kerry comes out swinging on climate change”

Live: 2 blasts rock Hyderabad, 12 dead, 57 injured; NIA, NSG teams rushedIBN Live – by Preeti Singh, CNN-IBN

Hyderabad: At least 12 people are feared to have been killed in a series of explosions on Thursday evening which took place in Dilsukh Nagar bus stand area of Hyderabad. Two explosions took place in the Andhra Pradesh capital at around 7 pm. Following the blasts, the area was cordoned off. At least 57 people sustained injuries in the blasts.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde confirmed that at least 11 people had died in the two blasts. Addressing mediapersons in Delhi, the Home Minister said that while eight people had died in the first explosion, at least three people were killed in the second blast. He further said that the death toll was expected to rise. The Home Minister also said that it was too early to speak about who carried out the blasts. Continue reading “2 blasts rock Hyderabad, 12 dead, 57 injured; NIA, NSG teams rushed”