From the Trenches World Report

Haaretz – by Bradley Bursten

Longtime National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre Thursday addressed criticism of his organization following the Florida school massacre, and his combative defense included expressions of dog-whistle anti-Semitism reminiscent of the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” with descriptions of a powerful plot to destroy America’s freedom by “European-style Socialists” who he said had taken over the Democratic Party.

LaPierre vowed that the NRA intends to go far beyond its role as a gun lobby, to warn Americans that all of their individual freedoms are being destroyed by a condescending intellectual elite. “I promise you this – the NRA will not only speak out, the NRA will speak out louder and we will speak out stronger than ever before,” with its own television station and expanded media operations to resist “the Socialist corruption of our government.”  Continue reading “NRA chief LaPierre identified the enemies of his organization, and of America, as Jews – from Karl Marx to Bernie Sanders”

ABC News

Police are asking the public for help finding a missing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee who went home sick 10 days ago and hasn’t been seen or heard from since.

Timothy Cunningham, 35, went to work on Feb. 12 and left sick, the Atlanta Police Department said. Cunningham, who studied at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is a commander in the Public Health Service and has been sent to respond to public health emergencies including the Ebola virus and the Zika virus, according to the CDC.   Continue reading “Missing CDC employee left work sick 10 days ago, hasn’t been seen since, police say”

Daily Mail

The Trump administration is considering an offer from Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson to pay for at least part of a new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, four U.S. officials told The Associated Press.

Lawyers at the State Department are looking into the legality of accepting private donations to cover some or all of the embassy costs, the administration officials said.

The discussions are occurring as the new embassy clears its final bureaucratic hurdles.   Continue reading “Sheldon Adelson offers to pay millions for new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem”

Florida Governor Rick Scott

Today, I am announcing a major action plan. I will be working with the legislature aggressively over the next two weeks to get it done.

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I’ve broken my action plan down into three sections. Gun laws, school safety, and mental health. We must get this done in the next two weeks.   Continue reading “Florida Governor announces new action plan on guns, school safety, and mental health”

The Organic Prepper

Selco interviewed by Daisy Luther

Let’s talk about martial law. This is when the normal law of the land is suspended and the authority comes from the military or federal government.

One recent example of undeclared martial law in the US was when the police were looking for the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and went door to door, forcing innocent people to come outside with their hands on their heads at gunpoint, while their homes were searched without warrants.    Continue reading “Selco on Martial Law: Forget your “movie illusions about being a freedom fighter””

The Power Hour

A basic precept to remember is that the Bill of Rights is separate
from and supreme over the Constitution and is the final check over the
Constitution and its officers. This Bill of Rights check is administered
directly by people on Grand and Trial Juries. The following are examples
why the Bill of Rights is supreme.

Article 1 of the Bill of Rights places a limitation (or check) on
the law making power of Congress. “Congress shall make no law… abridging
the freedom of speech, or the press…”   Continue reading “The Bill Of Rights Is Separate And Supreme”

Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in the United States, the internet and broadcast news alike are inundated with commentary about why this keeps happening in America. Some blame guns, others blame mental health, and still others confidently blame false flag events and crisis actors.

But one commonality among numerous mass killings in the United States remains absent from these conversations. It is always reported when details of the shooter are published, but the widespread connection is rarely acknowledged: A mounting number of mass shooters have ties to the military, including Nikolas Cruz, who was a member of his school’s military prep organization, JROTC (Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps).  Continue reading “Nobody Wants to Talk About What Many Mass Shooters Have in Common”

Yahoo News

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest privately-owned bank holding company and a major car rental chain said Thursday they will stop promotions aimed at National Rifle Association members.

The Nebraska-based First National Bank of Omaha will not renew its contract to issue the group’s NRA Visa Card, spokesman Kevin Langin said in a statement.

“Customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the NRA,” Langin said.  Continue reading “US bank halts NRA credit card, car rental firm ends discount”

The Hill

The Oregon legislature passed a bill Thursday banning anyone with a domestic violence conviction from owning a firearm, according to KOIN 6 local news station.

The state has banned those with domestic violence or stalking convictions from owning guns since 2015, but a loophole in the law allowed abusers who aren’t living with, married to or have children with the victim to have their guns, according to OregonLive.  Continue reading “Oregon legislature passes bill strengthening state’s gun laws”

USA Today

ALBANY, N.Y. — A collective approach to fighting gun violence could help states in the Northeast, governors said Thursday.

Democratic governors of Northeastern states announced they have formed a coalition, “States for Gun Safety” to work together in the battle against gun violence.

The governors of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island said they would sign a memorandum of understanding to develop ways the states can jointly address the scourge of illegal guns and develop shared law-enforcement efforts.  Continue reading “Gun violence: Northeast governors form coalition to fight illegal guns”

Ars Technica – by Cyrus Farivar

Last November, a 74-year-old rancher and attorney was walking around his ranch just south of Encinal, Texas, when he happened upon a small portable camera strapped approximately eight feet high onto a mesquite tree near his son’s home. The camera was encased in green plastic and had a transmitting antenna.

Not knowing what it was or how it got there, Ricardo Palacios removed it.   Continue reading “Man removes feds’ spy cam, they demand it back, he refuses and sues”

SHTF Plan – by Brandon Smith, November 13, 2013

It is natural for a society to search for explanations and motivations in the wake of a man-made tragedy. It is also somewhat natural for people to be driven by their personal biases when looking for someone or something to blame. In recent years, however, our country has been carefully conditioned to view almost every criminal event from an ideological perspective.

The mainstream media now places far more emphasis on the political affiliations and philosophies of “madmen” than it does on their personal disorders and psychosis. The media’s goal, or mission, if you will, is to associate every dark deed whether real or engineered to the political enemies of the establishment, and to make the actions of each individual the collective shame of an entire group of people.  Continue reading “Is It Wrong To Be ‘Anti-Government’?”

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.”

H. L. Mencken

US Embassy in Cambodia

More than 20 representatives from U.S. colleges and universities will be available to speak with Cambodian students about degree programs, admission requirements, and scholarship opportunities in the United States at the EducationUSA Fair in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Other exhibitors at the fair will provide information about student visas, U.S. government exchange programs, and EducationUSA advising.

In Siem Reap, EducationUSA Fair 2018 will take place on March 13, 2018 at Somadevi Angkor Resort & Spa from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. In Phnom Penh, the event will be held at the Grand Ballroom of InterContinental Hotel on March 15, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Continue reading “EducationUSA in Cambodia”

Daily Mail

Parkland massacre gunman Nikolas Cruz was able to escape the Florida campus undetected because security guards were watching surveillance footage on a 20-minute delay.

The confusion caused police to believe that Cruz was still on school premises, even though he had already left and was on the way to Subway and McDonald’s.

Police searched for the gunman for 26 minutes using security cameras before realizing he wasn’t inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.  Continue reading “Security footage on delay let Florida shooter escape”