From the Trenches World Report

Mail.com

BAGHDAD (AP) — The spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiite majority called for a new, “effective” government Friday, increasing pressure on the country’s prime minister a day after U.S. President Barack Obama challenged him to create a more inclusive leadership or risk a sectarian civil war.

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s comments at Friday prayers contained thinly veiled criticism that Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in office since 2006, was to blame for the nation’s crisis over the blitz by Sunni insurgents led by an al-Qaida splinter group that seeks to create a new state spanning parts of Iraq and Syria and ruled by its strict interpretation of Islamic law.   Continue reading “Top Shiite cleric calls for new government in Iraq”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — All but closing the books on one of the most lurid crime cases in New York history, the city has agreed to a $40 million settlement with five men who were falsely convicted in the vicious 1989 rape and beating of a Central Park jogger, a city official said Friday.

The official had direct knowledge of the agreement but wasn’t allowed to discuss it publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The deal still needs the approval of the city comptroller and a federal judge.   Continue reading “AP source: Settlement in Central Park jogger case”

Breitbart- by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas—Militia groups in Texas and across the nation are responding to the Texas Border Surge announced Wednesday night by the offices of the Governor, Lt. Governor and Texas House Speaker. An announcement was made on several new media outlets including Facebook.

The alert to the civilian militia groups, which includes many groups who showed up at the Clive Bundy ranch in Nevada, calls on all able bodied militia members to converge on the Laredo sector of the Texas/Mexico border. A man who identified himself on a national conference call as “Ruthless” said their objective it to “put up a man-fence” to prevent the illegal aliens from crossing the border in their area of control.   Continue reading “Texas Border Crisis to be Complicated by Militia”

Blacklisted News

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pentagon spending on defense contractors skyrocketed, totaling $3.3 trillion over the past decade.

The years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks have been a boon to defense contractors. Back in 2001, Defense Department contracts totaled $147.9 billion. After that, contract spending went up every year to a high of $402 billion in 2008. Add up the full decade of post-9/11 spending on defense contractors and it comes to $3.3 trillion – nearly as much as the entire federal government spent in 2012.   Continue reading “Defense Contractors Have Scored Over $3.3 Trillion Bonanza Since 9/11”

New York Daily News – by  GLENN BLAIN , KENNETH LOVETT

You can inhale — but only if the pot’s been vaporized.

New York State’s medical marijuana bill, the Compassionate Care Act, is expected to be passed in Albany Friday.

But the bill contains a controversial proviso: patients can’t get their dose of the drug by smoking it, even though some experts say that’s the best way to deliver its medicinal properties.   Continue reading “New York’s medical marijuana bill slammed by advocates for prohibiting smoking”

The Lone Star Watchdog

I came across this article from a Tea Party website this morning. It is about time, if it is true, that the states or We the people secure the border instead of waiting for Washington DC to act. So far, I hear nothing happening to stop Obama’s lawless invasion from the southern border by passing the rule of law.

I hear of rumors of Gov Perry thinking about calling forth the militia organized or unorganized. I say do not wait for orders from Washington or Austin. Take personal initiative and secure the border regardless. It our country and we live here. Enough is enough.. We either grab the bull by the horns or we will lose our republic.   Continue reading “Is the Texas Militia Headed to the Border?”

The Guardian – by Nafeez Ahmed

Robert David Steele, former Marine, CIA case officer, and US co-founder of the US Marine Corps intelligence activity, is a man on a mission. But it’s a mission that frightens the US intelligence establishment to its core.
With 18 years experience working across the US intelligence community, followed by 20 more years in commercial intelligence and training, Steele’s exemplary career has spanned almost all areas of both the clandestine world.   Continue reading “The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% – ex CIA spy”

AmmoLand – by Alan Korwin

PHOENIX, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- Felons aren’t federally banned from owning guns.

They can’t carry them in any way of course, or ship, transport, possess or receive them, but nothing in law appears to ban felons from actually owning firearms.

If a person was convicted of a felony and owned an entire collection in a home in another state, for example, that doesn’t violate anything.   Continue reading “Monster Gun Loophole Discovered for Convicted Felons”

AmmoLand – by Alan Korwin

PHOENIX, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- Because even the image of a gun is disturbing to a tax-funded Illinois school principal, Theresa Nolan, she wants to censor the image and “use a logo of anything but a gun”.

“The amount of actual information on the subject of guns or the Bill of Rights leaking into her school’s curriculum and her students’ skulls is probably below zero, if she can’t even put up a no-guns-allowed sign out of such dire dread,” said one person who refused to be identified.   Continue reading “Gun Banner to Ban Guns on Gun-Ban Signs”

Oil and Gas – by Nick Snow

US Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) introduced an updated version of his earlier bill aimed at accelerating federal approvals of LNG export projects. The new measure accounts for the US Department of Energy’s proposal to revise the process for determining whether such projects are in the US national interest, he explained on June 18 (OGJ Online, May 29, 2014).

“Colorado’s natural gas has an important role to play in creating jobs and promoting global stability,” said Udall, who is a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member. “By speeding up [DOE’s] review of pending [LNG] export facilities, my bill would cut red tape and complement the agency’s newly announced review process.”   Continue reading “Udall introduces updated bill to accelerate LNG export approvals”

It Ain’t Holy Water

There’s a network of freight trains that runs the length of Mexico, from its southernmost border with Guatemala north to the United States. In addition to grain, corn or scrap metal, these trains are carrying an increasing number of undocumented immigrants whose aim is to cross into the U.S.

And despite the many deadly challenges it poses, more and more children — both with adults and alone — have been making the risky journey. That prompted President Obama this week to warn of “an urgent humanitarian situation.”   Continue reading “Ride The Beast Train”

Disclose TV

Last Wednesday, a small power station in Nogales, Arizona was the site of a mysterious bomb attack that left no injuries, nor any witnesses. The assailant(s) broke into the facility sometime between 4pm Tuesday and 8 am Wednesday, and planted a small incendiary device on the valve of a 50,000 gallon diesel tank. The device managed to burn the surface of the steel, but failed to ignite the fuel inside the container. If they had succeeded it could have disrupted power for 30,000 people.

The FBI is currently investigating the attack, but have no leads as far as we know. There were no signs of vandalism that are often left behind by environmental terrorists, who would normally be suspected in an electrical grid attack. The FBI is currently looking into several other incidents that were reported earlier this year:   Continue reading “Who’s Responsible For The Latest Attack on America’s Power Grid?”

Politico – by James Hohmann

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker participated in a “criminal scheme” to coordinate fundraising for Republicans trying to beat back efforts to recall him and state senators from office, local prosecutors argue in court documents released Thursday.

Walker, his chief of staff and others were involved in the coordination effort with “a number of national groups and prominent figures,” including Karl Rove, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz alleged.   Continue reading “Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of ‘criminal scheme’”