From the Trenches World Report

Freedom in Our Time – by William Norman Grigg

The right to buy weapons is the right to be free. – A.E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shops of Isher”

The presence of a single, non-violent citizen openly carrying a firearm is sufficient to cause panic in people habituated to the evil idea that only state functionaries should be armed. So acutely alarmed  do such people become that their first reaction is to call the police, thereby inviting the intervention of additional armed strangers who – owing to the indoctrination they’ve received, and the “qualified immunity” they enjoy – are immeasurably more dangerous than the first.    Continue reading “Eeek! An Armed Citizen!”

Politico – by Josh Gerstein

The Central Intelligence Agency has the right to keep secret a draft history of its involvement with the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion more than five decades ago, a split federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled, 2-1, that the CIA can withhold the volume about the 1961 operation against Cuba in its entirety under a Freedom of Information Act exemption that protects government agencies’ interest in receiving candid advice.   Continue reading “CIA wins secrecy for Bay of Pigs history”

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Be Your Own Leader – by Dana Gabriel

As an extension of the North American Leaders Summit which was held in February, the defense ministers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico quietly met last month to discuss continental security issues. During the conference, they addressed shared defense and security challenges. This includes threats posed by cyber attacks and transnational criminal organizations. The North American security relationship has evolved with Mexico being increasingly viewed as a valued part of the continental defense team. The U.S., Canada and Mexico are building the framework for greater cooperation on common security issues. They are expanding security arrangements and are further establishing new institutions at a continental level. The trilateral defense ministers meeting, which received very little media attention is part of the process of integrating military planning and coordination into a North American security perimeter.
Continue reading “Trilateral Defense Ministers Meeting Continues to Build North American Security Framework”

These intellectual midgets cannot win a debate on the weight of its merit. Nor can they convince their opponents of which they speak is correct. So it always boils down to attacking the opponent with baseless attacks. So as to deflect the obvious, that their ideas, or ideologies, are moot.

These creatures will stop at nothing to have their way.  All the more reason for us to pull out ALL the stops, at finishing them off. When the time comes …and it can’t come soon enough for me, as I am sure you’d agree. When the “race card” is played, it’s a sign of desperation, and weakness.   Continue reading “Do You Oppose Gun Control? Eric Holder Knows That You are a Secret Racist”

The Free Thought Project

The NYPD is the biggest police force in the country, with over 34,000 uniformed officers patrolling New York’s streets, and 51,000 employees overall — more than the FBI. It has a proposed budget of $4.6 billion for 2013, a figure that represents almost 15 percent of the entire city’s budget.

NYC’s population is a little over 8 million. That means that there are 4.18 police officers per 1,000 people. By comparison, Los Angeles, the second largest city in the U.S. with 3.8 million people, has only 9,895 officers–a ratio of 2.6 police per 1,000 people.   Continue reading “Nine Terrifying Facts about America’s Biggest Police Force”

Huffington Post – by Gerry Smith

Rense.com – by Devvy Kidd

Here we go again. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal all want to be the next U.S. president. The only problem is, just like the impostor in the White House, Barack Obama (known aliases used: Barry Soetoro, Barry Obama, Barack Dunham and aka Barry Dunham), all three are constitutionally ineligible, contrary to declarations from their campaign managers, ignorant journalists and partisan mouth pieces.

Jonathan Tilove, The Times-Picayune: “They (Jindal’s parents) arrived Feb 1, 1971, and a bit over four months later, on June 10, 1971, Piyush Jindal was born at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, a natural-born U.S. citizen, who like every other child born in America, could, constitutionally, grow up to be president.”   Continue reading “Prez Run: Rubio, Jindal & Cruz All Constitutionally Ineligible”

The Washington Post – by Fred Barbash

Here’s a title you can’t help but read, even though it’s in a highly technical scholarly journal: “A case of musical preference for Johnny Cash following deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens.”

It’s published in the May issue of Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience.

And it’s one of the more unusual tales recently from the field of neuroscience, already famous for stories so fantastic that not even the authors can fully explain them, which is the case here.   Continue reading “How a brain treatment for OCD turned a man into a Johnny Cash fanatic”

Constitution.org

Second Congress, Session I. Chapter XXVIII
Passed May 2, 1792,
providing for the authority of the President to call out the Militia

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, to call forth such number of the militia of the state or states most convenient to the place of danger or scene of action as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose, to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper; Continue reading “Militia Act of 1792”

ABC News – by  STEFANIE TUDER

Not many restaurants have the chance to respond to a customer’s review in a smart, effective and cheeky way. Atomic Grill in Morgantown, West Virginia, however, managed to do just that.

After a customer posted a review on UrbanSpoon — which has since been deleted — requesting that the servers show more skin, owner Daniel McCawley took matters into his own hands.   Continue reading “Restaurant Responds to Review Requesting Servers ‘Show Some Skin’ In Clever Way”

Press Herald – by David Hench and Jessica Hall

A tractor trailer that spilled its load of 16 to 20 million honeybees when it rolled over in Delaware was headed for blueberry fields in Washington County.

The bee shipment of 460 crated hives originated in Florida and was intended to pollinate fields owned by Allen’s Blueberry Freezer Inc. of Ellsworth. The tractor-trailer overturned on the sharp curve of an on-ramp to Interstate 95 near Newark, Delaware just after 6 p.m. Tuesday.   Continue reading “Crashed truck with millions of bees was headed to Maine blueberry fields”

Huffington Post – by Kim Bellware & Jillian Berman

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Police arrested a rabbi and others who took part in a protest on the campus of McDonald’s headquarters on Wednesday afternoon.

After protesters passed through a security kiosk onto McDonald’s property, police issued an order to disperse and began arresting protesters lined up behind a barrier erected in front of a headquarters building. Despite the arrests, the atmosphere seemed collegial. “We’re all on the same team,” a police officer told the unnamed rabbi.   Continue reading “McDonald’s Protesters Arrested Outside Corporate Headquarters”