From the Trenches World Report

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

Only a day after Obama’s announcement that he had authorized “targeted strikes” inside Iraq in order to combat the Islamic State (IS) advance, the United States has indeed followed through with their threat.

At least two waves of airstrikes against a variety of targets have already taken place inside Iraq. One of the airstrikes apparently struck an IS mortar position and an IS convoy near Erbil. IS fighters had advanced to within a half hour’s distance from Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdish region. According to a Pentagon spokesman, two FA-18s that took off from an aircraft carrier in the Gulf were involved in the airstrike.    Continue reading “The Real Reason The US Is Bombing Iraq”

Breitbart – by Michelle Moon

West Nile Virus cases have been increasing across California with the uptick in incidents, including two deaths resulting from the virus, leading to a warning and precautionary measures for residents across the state.

Sixteen human cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed just this week according to California’s West Nile Virus Website, adding to a year to date total of 35 symptomatic cases in ten separate counties. This is compared to just 18 cases at this time last year. Sacramento and Shasta counties have seen one case each of human death from the virus this year. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed those first two deaths this week according to a press release.   Continue reading “Two Dead as West Nile Virus Creeps Across California”

Yahoo News – by Carey Gillam

GUTHRIE Oklahoma (Reuters) – Inside the small U-Haul rental office in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Tami Boxley routinely deals with something that once was rare: the rattling, booming roll of the earth.

In the last week alone, residents of Guthrie, pop. 10,191, have felt five quakes rock the town a half hour’s drive from Oklahoma City.   Continue reading “‘Houses are bouncing;’ quakes trigger controls on Oklahoma oil industry”

National Review – by Joel Gehrke

The Census Bureau calculates that one person enters the United States legally, on net, every 40 seconds.

The Census Bureau’s U.S. and World Population Clock lists  “components of population change” on the website: “one birth every 7 seconds;” “one death every 13 seconds;” “one international migrant (net) every 40 seconds;” making for a “net gain of one person every 12 seconds.”

The Census provides some background on the immigration debate in the United States on August 3rd, apropos of the 131st anniversary of the law banning people from immigrating to the United States if they were likely to need government assistance.   Continue reading “Census Bureau: One New Migrant Enters U.S. Every 40 Seconds”

Natural Society – by Christina Sarich

Maybe once the White House garden is completely devoid of all pollinating insects and animals, like bees, birds, and butterflies, President Obama and the First Lady will take notice of the obvious effects neonicotinoids (neonics) are having on our ecosystem. A recent meta-analysis of over 800 studies confirming the damage that pesticides are doing to these vital creatures is adding to the media buzz, giving bees and butterflies the attention they deserve.   Continue reading “Bee Crisis Gets Extra Attention: 800 Studies Reveal Why Bees are Dying”

The Real Revo

He is right. The air strikes will not stop the Islamic State. President Obama is so afraid of being called a war monger that he has ordered US aircraft to drop a few bombs on some small targets. IS will not be deterred by this half-assed action.

McCain is wrong, though, when he says these puny actions, “showed a “fundamental misunderstanding of the threat”. Obama didn’t misjudge his enemy. He ordered a couple of bombs to be dropped in an effort to silence political people in the united States who have been demanding he do something about the rape, genocide, and destruction. His actions are purely political – for American consumption.   Continue reading “McCain Is Right And He’s Wrong – As Usual”

Natural Blaze

New study compared warning and withdrawal rates for drugs released before and after the drug industry increased funding to the FDA to expedite drug approvals

What’s safer: a newly approved drug or one that has been on the market much longer? Newer drugs have a one in three chance of acquiring a black box warning or being withdrawn for safety reasons within 25 years of their approval, according to a new study by researchers from Cambridge Health Alliance /Harvard Medical School, Boston Medical Center (BMC)/Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), City University of New York School of Public Health, and Public Citizen.    Continue reading “One-Third of FDA-Approved Drugs are Withdrawn for Safety Concerns”

RT

In 2016, the Russian military will start deploying two advanced weapons, the fifth-generation fighter jet PAK FA and the long-range surface-to-air missile systems S-500, chief of the Russian Air Forces said.

Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev gave an outline of his branch’s modernization plans, including the build-up of Arctic infrastructure, in a radio interview with the Russian News Service station on Sunday.   Continue reading “Russia to deploy fifth-gen fighters, S-500 missiles in 2016”

RT

Former Congressman Ron Paul said the US knows ‘more than it is telling’ about the Malaysian aircraft that crashed in eastern Ukraine last month, killing 298 people on board and seriously damaging US-Russian relations in the process.

In an effort to inject some balance of opinion, not to mention pure sanity, into the ongoing debate over what happened to Malaysian Flight MH17, Ron Paul is convinced the US government is withholding information on the catastrophe.    Continue reading “Ron Paul: US ‘likely hiding truth’ on downed Malaysian Flight MH17”

RT

Extremists from the Islamic State have killed at least 500 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said. Some of the victims were buried alive.

The killings reported by Iraqi Human Rights Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to Reuters add to a long list of atrocities reportedly committed by the radical group in Iraq and neighboring Syria, where it wants to create a caliphate.   Continue reading “ISIS killed 500 Yazidis, buried some alive incl women and children – Iraq”

Mail.com

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say the 18-year-old black man who was shot and killed by police in suburban St. Louis was unarmed.

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson told The Associated Press that the man who was killed did not have a gun. Police have not disclosed his name, but family members say it was 18-year-old Michael Brown.   Continue reading “Police: Black teen shot in Missouri was unarmed”

Removing the Shackles

There are movies out there that every time you watch them you catch something new- something that you hadn’t noticed when you watched it previously, something that you didn’t remember, or perhaps didn’t recognize for what it was.  Some times when you watch a movie – even one that you’ve seen many times before- when you literally have a huge WOW moment when suddenly you “get it”.   Continue reading “The Matrix: Shackles for the Mind”

The Tap

This week, Paul Craig Roberts argued that unless Russia soon fulfills on its thus-far merely verbal threat to stop supplying gas to Europe (now that the new Obama-controlled Ukraine is hostile to Russia and already owes Russia billions for gas transited and continuing to transit through Ukraine to Europe), there will be an increasingly likely if not already inevitable nuclear war.   Continue reading “Putin should cut off the gas to Europe. Paul Craig Roberts.”

SHTF Plan – by Brandon Smith, Alt Market

Not long ago, I felt compelled to address the idea of self defense as a moral imperative in an article titled “Violence In The Face Of Tyranny Is Often Necessary.” My intention was to perhaps undo some of the propaganda conditioning that Americans have suffered over the decades that has taught them that “all” forms of violent action are “immoral”, including the defense of one’s person, one’s property, and one’s freedom.

The recent uprising at Bundy Ranch in Bunkerville, Nev., confirmed my predictions that many Americans are tired of playing by rules chartered by the establishment and are ready to take measures outside of the boundaries set by the system. The reality is that change will never come without consequence and cost, and when faced with an entrenched tyranny, if the citizenry cannot present the threat of physical consequence to their oppressors, the oppressors have no motivation to relinquish power.   Continue reading “Organized Community Defense Is America’s Last Hope”

Jon Rappoport

In recent articles, I stated it’s a mistake to jump to a conclusion about what’s really making doctors and nurses sick in African Ebola clinics. (see here and here).

Here’s a missing factor in understanding what is happening to some of those doctors and nurses.

I’m not talking about Ebola. I’m talking about physiological shock, huge and sudden dehydration, and more.   Continue reading “Is this really why Ebola health workers are collapsing?”

UT San Diego – by Jeanette Steele

The ailing skipper of a San Diego-based Navy cruiser retreated to his cabin for several weeks in the middle of a recent deployment, leaving the crew to largely fend for itself.

A Navy investigation made public this week reveals that the Cowpens was in considerable disarray during a recent solo deployment that included a near-brush with a Chinese warship and providing disaster relief to the typhoon-rocked Philippines.   Continue reading “Report: Navy skipper abdicated command”