From the Trenches World Report

Hopefully people aren’t voting because they know it changes nothing.

LA Times – by DAVID ZAHNISER

Alarmed that fewer than one-fourth of voters are showing up for municipal elections, the Los Angeles Ethics Commission voted Thursday to recommend that the City Council look at using cash prizes to lure a greater number of people to the polls.   Continue reading “Panel wants L.A. to look at using prizes to boost voter turnout”

Zero Gov – by Bill Buppert

The days of Mayberry RFD are long over and done with. The police serve and protect the rulers and no one else.

Frequent visitors to my site know that cops are a favorite topic here. No political bad actor can possibly deny the freedom of one human being absent the police enforcement mechanism to do so. Police have been and remain the primary existential threat to human liberty; all on display in the latest clown posse shenanigans in Missouri. The huge statist police occupation of America is Exhibit A of how important that maxim seems to be to the powers that be. The latest mischief by the law enforcers in Ferguson, MO point to some systematic and oft-repeated concerns about police brutality, quickness to violence and secure blanket immunity to ensure that bad cops (is there any other?) evade punishment for crimes that would put the taxpaying proles in the hoosegow.   Continue reading “An Intrusion of Coproaches: Sheriff Andy is Shown the Door”

Police State USA

SAN JOSE, CA — A 19-year-old woman was shot in the street during an erratic episode involving a cordless drill.

At around 10:36 a.m. on August 14th, 2014, five San Jose police officers responded to the 700 block of Blossom Hill Road with a report of a woman threatening her family.   Continue reading “Mentally-ill California woman shot by police while holding cordless drill”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas—Breitbart Texas has learned that a story released yesterday by the Associated Press (AP), and subsequently picked up by other news outlets across Texas, is not correct. While there are Texas National Guardsmen on the border, they are not part of the Texas controlled deployment of 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard (TNG).

Yesterday, the AP reported that the deployment of TNG forces had begun as part of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s deployment of 1,000 soldiers to a portion of the Rio Grande Sector of the Texas-Mexico Border.  Subsequent to the AP’s report, several media outlets across Texas picked up the story. The outlets quoted TNG Master Sergeant Ken Walker as saying that several dozen soldiers deployed in the Rio Grande Valley are part of the up to 1,000 troops called up by Perry last month.    Continue reading “AP, Most Media Wrong on Texas Guard Border Deployment”

Your typical “Problem-Reaction-Solution” story here:

Yahoo News – by Michael Isikoff

U.S. counterterrorism officials have dramatically ramped up their warnings about the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), concluding that the well-armed group is expanding its ambitions outside the Middle East and may be planning terror attacks against western Europe — and even the U.S. homeland.   Continue reading “ISIL could pose threat to US, Europe, officials say”

Concealed Nation – by Brandon

A few months ago, we asked the question: Should you carry while at home? This recent home invasion is one of many examples that shows us just how quickly your day can change, and helps to answer the question for those who decide to put their firearms away when they get home.

Two lowlifes broke into a home in Pittsburgh that just had a new security system installed which included video cameras. Some of the crime, including the break-in, was caught on the camera.   Continue reading “This Is Why We Recommend Carrying Even While Inside Your Own Home”

Raw Story – by Muriel Kane, Dec 4, 2011

The extreme militarization of American police forces has been brought to public attention by the tactics employed against Occupy protesters, which often appear more appropriate to counter-terrorism operations than to the control of non-violent protest. According to investigative journalist Max Blumenthal, however, the proper term for this ruthless suppression of dissent should be “Israelification.”   Continue reading “Flashback – Report: Israeli model underlies militarization of U.S. police”

Breitbart – by Merrill Hope

DALLAS, Texas — Room 1060 at the Earl Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas was the most compassionate place on earth, Monday, August 11, for minors who were in the various stages of the legal process for “Hearings on Removal Procedures” because they entered the United States through Texas illegally. This was the big rescheduled immigration court date, the result of the August 4 “no-show Monday.”   Continue reading “Illegal Minors Have A Field Day in Dallas Immigration Court”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

In response to an inquiry about unaccompanied minors from one of its school divisions, Virginia’s Department of Education issued a memo this month reminding its 132 divisions about their obligation to educate all children.

“In light of the heightened media coverage of the issue of undocumented immigrant children, VDOE provides the following updated information for your use in responding to community questions or issues,” says the memo distributed to the commonwealth’s 132 school divisions and obtained by Breitbart News.   Continue reading “Immigrant Children to Be Classified as ‘Homeless’ to Avoid School Enrollment Documentation Requirements”

The Telegraph – by Donna Bowater

Continue reading “‘Water war’ in Brazil as Rio’s supply threatened”

Yahoo News – by Saliou Samb

CONAKRY (Reuters) – Staff with the World Health Organisation battling an Ebola outbreak in West Africa see evidence the numbers of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimates the scale of the outbreak, the U.N. agency said on its website on Thursday.

The death toll from the world’s worst outbreak of Ebola stood on Wednesday at 1,069 from 1,975 confirmed, probable and suspected cases, the agency said. The majority were in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, while four people have died in Nigeria.   Continue reading “Evidence suggests Ebola toll vastly underestimated: WHO”

ABC News – by Chris Good

The Secret Service said it is “aware” of a photo that appeared to show an image of an ISIS flag in front of the White House.

If authentic, the photo showed a hand holding up an image of a flag for ISIS (also known as ISIL or Islamic State), displayed on a smartphone, on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House fence. That area, closed off to street traffic, is frequented by thousands of tourists every day.   Continue reading “Secret Service ‘Aware’ of Apparent ISIS Flag Photo in Front of the White House”

AmmoLand

USA –-(Ammoland.com)- Complete and legally accurate knife law information available on revised American Knife & Tool Institute website.

The American Knife and Tool Institute has launched a revised version of its popular website, www.AKTI.org, with improved features for members and accurate information about the laws that impact knife businesses and knife owners in every state.   Continue reading “American Knife & Tool Institute Updates Website Featuring Knife Laws By State”