From the Trenches World Report

The Desert Sun – by Morris Beschloss

According to the BP 2014 statistical world energy review, the U.S. has achieved world-leading natural gas production, by reaching a new all-time high of 328 billion cubic feet per day (BCPD). World usage of natural gas is about 24% of all primary energy consumed, behind oil’s 33% and coal’s 30%. Over the past five years, U.S. natural gas production has grown over 20%.

This is obviously due to the capturing of natural gas as a by-product to the massive shale expansion, as the shale “fracking” revolution seems to continue its unprecedented growth. No other global energy-producing nation has come close to matching U.S. production gains, while leap-frogging Russia in 2009, along with Qatar and Iran, previous global natural gas leadership aspirants.   Continue reading “U.S. Now World’s Leading Natural Gas Producer”

MassPrivateI

Documents released last week by the City of Oakland reveal that it is one of a handful of American jurisdictions attempting to upgrade an existing cellular surveillance system, commonly known as a stingray.

The Oakland Police Department, the nearby Fremont Police Department, and the Alameda County District Attorney jointly applied for a DHS grant to “obtain a state-of-the-art cell phone tracking system,” the records show.       Continue reading “Police across the country are upgrading their “stingray” tracking capabilities”

MassPrivateI

Almost 13,000 agencies in all 50 states and four U.S. territories participate in the military “recycling” program, and the share of equipment and weaponry gifted each year continues to expand. In 2011, $500 million worth of military equipment was distributed to law enforcement agencies throughout the country. That number jumped to $546 million in 2012. 

Since 1990, $4.2 billion worth of equipment has been transferred from the Defense Department to domestic police agencies through the 1033 program, in addition to various other programs supposedly aimed at fighting the so-called War on Drugs and War on Terror. For example, the Department of Homeland Security has delivered roughly $34 billion to police departments & colleges.      Continue reading “More than 100 college police departments receive armored vehicles, assualt rifles”

Raw Story – by Reuters

Steven Sotloff, a U.S. journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, also held Israeli citizenship, Israel said on Wednesday after apparently withholding the information in a bid to stem the risks to the captive.

“Cleared for publication: Steven Sotloff was #Israel citizen RIP,” tweeted Paul Hirschson, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.   Continue reading “Slain US journalist Steven Sotloff also had Israeli citizenship: official”

Yahoo News – by Liz Goodwin

One freezing day last December in the tiny town of Palestine, Ark., a young man climbed into the police department’s Humvee, turned it on, and drove off on a joy ride.

“It never crossed my mind” that anyone would do that, Palestine Police Chief Stanley Barnes said Wednesday of the incident. The Humvee, which the town of fewer than 700 people got for free through a controversial Pentagon program that gives old military equipment to local police departments, doesn’t have keys. But it’s easy to look up how to start one.   Continue reading “How does a police department lose a Humvee?”

KVOA 4 News

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) – Authorities in northwestern Arizona are searching for an 8-year-old girl reported missing from her home.

Bullhead City police were called to the home of Isabella Grogan-Cannella about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Her family says “Bella” wasn’t in her bed or anywhere in the house.   Continue reading “8-year-old girl reported missing in Bullhead City, Arizona”

Food Freedom USA

Warning….. I smell bacon: This story may just be the most horrendous police state story to date. This is very sad and sick to see the mentality of someone you believe is out to protect and serve. Anyone hiding behind a badge and decapitating a childs pet in it’s own yard is absolutely deserving of the title Pig. Atwater Police Chief Trevor Berger left the severed head next to the boy’s chicken coop.   Continue reading ““Pig” Kills Backyard Chicken”

RT

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday authorized the deployment of an additional 350 American troops to Iraq, where they will be charged with protecting US diplomats and facilitates in Baghdad.

According to Reuters, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said the deployment means that 820 American military troops will be operating in Iraq as part of the US effort to beef up diplomatic security against Islamic State militants.   Continue reading “Obama orders 350 additional troops to Iraq”

RT

More than a dozen “fake cell phone towers” could be secretly hijacking Americans’ mobile devices in order to listen in on phone calls or snoop on text messages, a security-focused cell phone company claims. It is not clear who controls the devices.

ESD America, which markets heavily-encrypted cell phones built within the body of a Samsung Galaxy S3, said it was able to locate numerous towers intercepting mobile communications – but does not know who is running them.   Continue reading “Fake cell phone ‘towers’ may be spying on Americans’ calls, texts”

RT

If the massive supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park erupted again, scientists believe it would blanket much of the United States in ash and potentially sever communication as well as travel between the country’s coasts.

According to a new study published by the US Geological Survey, cities about 300 miles away from the volcano’s location in Wyoming would be covered in up to three feet of ash as a result of a supereruption, the largest kind of volcanic eruption possible. More than 240 cubic miles of material would be expelled into the atmosphere, reaching cities like New York and Los Angeles on both sides of the United States.   Continue reading “Yellowstone supervolcano eruption would be disastrous for entire US – study”

Mail.com

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 15-year-old Indianapolis girl whose burned body was found over the weekend was likely abducted and killed by someone she didn’t know, police and family members said Tuesday.

Dominique Allen’s death was a homicide resulting from asphyxiation, Marion County Chief Deputy Coroner Alfarena Ballew ruled Tuesday. A man walking his dog found Allen’s body in his backyard on the city’s near northwest side Sunday, police said.   Continue reading “Police: Death of teen whose body burned was random”

End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder

Has there ever been a nation more hooked on drugs than the United States?  And I am not just talking about illegal drugs – the truth is that the number of Americans addicted to legal drugs is far greater than the number of Americans addicted to illegal drugs.  As you will read about below, more than 30 million Americans are currently on antidepressants and doctors in the U.S. wrote more than 250 million prescriptions for painkillers last year.  Sadly, most people got hooked on these drugs very innocently.  They trusted that their doctors would never prescribe something for them that would be harmful, and they trusted that the federal government would never approve any drugs that were not safe.  And once the drug companies get you hooked, they often have you for life.    Continue reading “30 Million Americans On Antidepressants And 20 Other Facts About America’s Big Pharma Nightmare”

AmmoLand

Albion, New York – -(Ammoland.com)- Joseph Palumbo, co-owner of the Albion Gun Shop, released information today that New York State Police officers from the Narcotics Enforcement Unit demanded the shop’s release of all customers who purchased New York SAFE Act compliant rifles under threat of a warrantless SWAT Team Raid.

Since the passing of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (S.A.F.E.) Act, the New York State Troopers Narcotics Enforcement Unit has been delegated to enforce the S.A.F.E. Act and to handle all matters pertaining to the S.A.F.E. Act.   Continue reading “New York State Police Demanding Gun Shop Handover Gun Customers ID”

Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

Greenville News:

Marina Lambrou, owner of the Boston Pizzeria on Woodruff Road, said she knew some of her customers had permits to carry concealed weapons before the law changed in February to allow permit holders to take their guns into establishments that serve alcohol.

Lambrou chose not to prohibit guns, and she said the issue hasn’t been a problem.

Continue reading “In Greenville, S.C., No Issues As Gun Owners Dine Out With Guns”