From the Trenches World Report

The York Daily Record – by Josh Boak

WASHINGTON — More than 35 percent of Americans have debts and unpaid bills that have been reported to collection agencies, according to a study released Tuesday by the Urban Institute.

These consumers fall behind on credit cards or hospital bills. Their mortgages, auto loans or student debt pile up, unpaid. Even past-due gym membership fees or cellphone contracts can end up with a collection agency, potentially hurting credit scores and job prospects, said Caroline Ratcliffe, a senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank.   Continue reading “Study: 35 percent in US facing debt collectors”

ABC News

Israel slammed Gaza with a barrage of airstrikes overnight in what was the heaviest bombardment in the three-week conflict. At least 60 died in the strikes in Gaza overnight.

Symbols of Hamas control came under fire, including TV headquarters, government offices and the home of a top leader. Israel said it targeted more than 70 sites and hit 10 “terror operatives.”   Continue reading “Israeli Airstrikes Slam Gaza”

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Defense One – by Kevin Baron

Syria is now the “predominant battleground for extremists” plotting to attack the United States, as the number of foreign fighters now has exceeded 12,000 and is rising rapidly, the United States counterterrorism chief said on Friday.

The new figure issued by Matt Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, represents a stunning 50 percent increase in just three months of fighters flocking to Syria, where Olsen said al-Qaeda veterans have traveled to take advantage of the lawless war zone to recruit and train jihadists to attack the West.   Continue reading “The Number of Foreign Fighters in Syria Now Exceeds 12,000 and Rising”

SHTF plan. com – by Mac Slavo

In January the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the next plane could bring a pandemic.

At the time, they were referring to highly contagious strains of deadly flu virus, but in reality any killer virus could travel around the globe in less than a day.

In March we warned that the deadly Ebola virus, which kills upwards of 85% of its victims, was spreading at an alarming pace in West Africa. It was so serious that governments in the region had locked down their borders. The following month in April, officials in the U.S. and Canada were alerted that the virus may have made its way to North America, though no follow-up information was provided after the initial report. Then, just last month, the World Health Organization issued a dire warning – Ebola could go global.    Continue reading “ALERT: Delivered By Airplane: Ebola Now Threatens 21 Million People In Major Metro Area”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (INTELLIHUB) — President Barack Obama is back at it again, now threatening the use of Executive Orders once again to possible provide 5 million illegal migrants temporary citizenship by summer’s end, reports say. This would apply to about 5 million of 11 million migrants who have overextended their visas.

Now some like myself speculate that House Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit against Obama is nothing more than smoke and mirrors for the American people as Boehnerhas turned down the idea of impeachment on numerous occasions, showing that they are all two peas of the same pod.   Continue reading “Obama to grant 5 million illegals temporary citizenship status”

Publius Forum – by Warner Todd Huston

Fox Business Network’s John Stossel released a very disturbing report on the abuses of Americans at the hands of Border Patrol agents who are stopping cars 100 miles inland from our borders all across the nation–not just in the southwest. They are breaking into cars, tazing Americans, detaining them, and then releasing them with no charges after this violent encounter. Meanwhile they are letting Illegals run across the border free as you please !

Stossel found that the U.S. border Patrol is allowed to set up roadblock for 100 miles inland from the outer border of our entire country. But, as it happens, the largest portion of the country’s population lives within 100 miles from a border.   Continue reading “Border Patrol Attacking Americans, Letting Illegals Go”

ABC News – by JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press

In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach “a very serious matter” and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time.

The treaty confrontation comes at a highly strained time between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and Putin’s grant of asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.   Continue reading “US: Russia Violated 1987 Nuclear Missile Treaty”

The Slog – by John Ward

This is what a German pilot-cum-air technology expert Peter Haisenko has just published on the subject of the MH17 disaster (my emphases):

‘The misfortune of the Malaysian MH 017 is known to all. The flight
recorder is in England and is being evaluated. What can come of this?
May be more than you want to accept….if you look at the image of
Cockpit-Fragments, this picture is certainly shocking.   Continue reading “New MH17 Sensation: German experts point finger at Ukrainian air-force jets.”

USA Today – by Yousef Al-Helou, Jennifer Collins and John Bacon

GAZA CITY — Ten Palestinians were reported killed Monday when a missile hit a refugee camp here and nine Israeli soldiers died in multiple clashes as a major Muslim holiday brought no respite from tragedy in this troubled region.

Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants roared on as Muslims celebrated the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the completion of month-long, dawn-to-dusk fasting for Ramadan. Hamas had agreed Sunday to hold fire ahead of the holiday, but even a strong statement from the U.N. Security Council calling for an “immediate and unconditional” cease-fire failed to keep the peace.   Continue reading “Holiday brings no respite from death in Gaza, Israel”

Infowar – by Adan Salazar

Should a hurricane or other life-threatening, catastrophic weather event impact South Texas, illegal aliens occupying various shelters will be first in line to get “to safer ground,” a National Weather Service coordinator says.

At a meeting last week, emergency managers in the Rio Grande Valley region addressed the reality that, in addition to picking up the tab for putting the immigrants up, they have also accepted responsibility for their safety. That means ensuring illegal aliens have a safe evacuation from temporary and permanent shelters during an emergency.   Continue reading “In Event of Emergency, Illegals to be Evacuated Before Citizens”

The New American – by Alex Newman

The U.S. government often manufactures and creates the alleged “terrorism threats” it purports to be fighting, in some cases even prodding mentally challenged dupes into bogus “plots” that authorities concocted in the first place, according to a newly released report highlighting the troubling practices. Perhaps the most outrageous finding: Almost every high-profile domestic terror case across America since the September 11 attacks featured the “direct involvement” of government agents or informants. In some cases, virtually the entire “terrorism” plot — from start to finish — was actually led and financed by government operatives.   Continue reading “Feds Often Create Terror Threats, Study Finds”

Aljazeera – by Mohammed Omer

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Umm Ahmed Abu Sahwish holds stones in her hands. They are now all that’s left of her demolished home. “My home is gone and only stones remain,” the 65-year-old says.

Hundreds of homes here have been destroyed, and unexploded Israeli missiles litter the ground at the entrance to the town, at Gaza’s northern tip near the border with Israel. The local hospital, emergency rescue equipment, and infrastructure have also incurred heavy damage from Israeli shelling.   Continue reading “‘Only stones remain’: Gaza lies in ruins”

New York Post – by Selim Algar, Larry Celona, Jamie Schram and Antonio Antenucci

An NYPD detective and two US Marshals were shot in a wild firefight with a fugitive child molester inside a smoke shop in the heart of Greenwich Village on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Suspect Charles Mozdir was killed during the shootout, while the officers received non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

The officers were trying to nab Mozdir — a 32-year-old wedding photographer sought since 2012 for molesting a kid in California — when bullets started flying around 1:10 p.m. in the Smoking Culture NYC shop at 177 W. 4th St.   Continue reading “Fugitive dead after shooting 2 US Marshals, cop in West Village”

Yahoo News – by MATTHEW LEE and JULIE PACE

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration pushed back strongly Monday at a torrent of Israeli criticism over Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest bid to secure a cease-fire with Hamas, accusing some in Israel of launching a “misinformation campaign” against the top American diplomat.

“It’s simply not the way partners and allies treat each other,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.   Continue reading “US fuming over Israeli criticism of Kerry”

Well, this would save us a lot of the fighting if the N.K’s took care of this part.

Yahoo News

Seoul (AFP) – A top-ranking North Korean military official has threatened a nuclear strike on the White House and Pentagon after accusing Washington of raising military tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The threat came from Hwang Pyong-So, director of the military’s General Political Bureau, during a speech to a large military rally in Pyongyang Sunday on the anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.   Continue reading “N. Korea threatens nuclear strike on White House”

Chron – by Kolton Parker

SAN ANTONIO – Photos showing dozens of members of the militia groups on the U.S.-Mexico border carrying semi-automatic rifles and wearing masks, camouflage and tactical gear provide one of the first glimpses into the group’s activities on the border.

Members of the militia groups, who say they have 10 active “teams” along the state’s southern border, are seen at campsites, walking along the Rio Grande River, pointing rifles and pistols out of frame and flipping off the camera in the photos obtained by the San Antonio Express-News.   Continue reading “Photos show border militias moving across Texas”

They are searching my neighborhood right now. We were wondering what all the sirens and copter cover were. It is directly overhead.  

News 4 stated they were 2 US Marshals. That is all I know, other than it is very loud and I do not plan on stepping outside.

DNA Info by Danielle Tcholakian, Murray Weiss and Aidan Gardiner

WEST VILLAGE — Two law enforcement officers and a fugitive were wounded during a shootout in the West Village Monday afternoon, sources said.   Continue reading “U.S. Marshal and NYPD Detective Wounded in Village Shootout”