From the Trenches World Report

GEAB N°84

In the present confrontation between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian crisis, the image of the Cold War inevitably comes to mind and the media are obviously fond of it. However, contrary to what it gives us to understand, it’s not Russia that seeks the return of an iron curtain but really the US. An iron curtain separating the old powers and emerging nations; the world before and the world afterwards; debtors and creditors. And this in the crazy hope of preserving the American way of life and the US’ influence over “its” camp in the absence of being able to impose it on the whole world. In other words, go down with as many companions as possible to give the impression of not sinking. Continue reading “Europe dragged into a division of the world between debtors and creditors: the United States’ desperate solutions for not sinking alone”

Before It’s News

This letter via the great Kevin Jackson comes from a black Marine going by the name of Charlie Delta:

The media distorts information to the point of social division. This is a photo of myself and the resilient, often charismatic, and maybe not so tactful Cliven Bundy. He’s a cowboy and a helluva family man, not an orator.

One thing he definitely isn’t – a racist. I found his comments to not only be NOT racist, but his own view of his experiences. Who the heck are we to determine another man’s perspective on the world around him?! Just because Picasso’s view of the world was abstract, does it negate the fact that his art was genuine?   Continue reading “Black Marine, Acquaintance Of Cliven Bundy, Says Listen To My Experience With Clive Bundy”

Western Rifle Shooters

What are the motivations of insurgents? What the motivations of the Counter-insurgents? Has violence become necessary? Why or why not?

It is these questions that guarantees that no two situations will be the same. That’s not to say that lessons cant be learned or that strategies cant be applied with equal or better success, however one shouldn’t forget that they can also be applied with a negative impact to the mission or to the entire campaign. Insurgency and counter insurgency are very fluid. Song and dance. It is a chess game played by the higher in command, and a checkers game played by the ground level soldiers, rebels, police, etc.   Continue reading “More Thinking On The Coming Excitement”

WND – by AARON KLEIN

The new head of the U.S. pardon office is not only deeply tied to former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers – as WND exclusively reported Wednesday – but also to Ayers’ wife, Bernardine Dohrn, a co-founder with him of the domestic terrorist group.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Deborah Leff, currently a senior adviser to Attorney General Eric Holder, will take over the Office of the Pardon Attorney, where she will oversee vetting federal inmate applicants for presidential grants of clemency.   Continue reading “New Obama pardon chief tied to ex-domestic terrorist Dohrn”

The Hartford Courant – by DAVE ALTIMARI

The FBI has released about 175 pages of heavily blacked-out documents from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre investigation.

Of the 175 pages released in response to a Courant Freedom of Information request, 64 were completely redacted and most of the other 111 pages were heavily redacted. The Courant submitted the request in January after state police released a report on the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting that left 20 first-graders and six women dead at the Newtown school.   Continue reading “FBI Releases Heavily Blacked Out Sandy Hook Records”

Huffington Post – by Inae Oh

Each new day seems to bring another strange development in the highly-publicized bid to ban horse carriages in New York City.

Friday’s cover of The Daily News — which has launched its own campaign in support of carriage drivers — is dedicated to a report the FBI is now peripherally involved in the debate, with agents probing a claim that threats were made against former mayoral candidate Christine Quinn.   Continue reading “Is The FBI Now Involved In NYC’s Crazy Horse-Carriage Debate?”

Update: Apparently, we won’t be moving until early next week.  I did not realize they do not work on the weekend and there is ‘Migration Assessment’ that has to take place before the big move.

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In a recent study, a team of French researchers discovered that the way pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are currently evaluated for safety is entirely misleading. 

Under current regulatory practice, only some of the ingredients are tested for toxicity, and the patented formula as a whole is not tested at all.  When these researchers tested the whole formula, they discovered that some pesticides are, in fact, up to one thousand times more toxic to humans than they are commonly presumed to be.    Continue reading “Pesticides Found to be Far More Toxic than Previously Believed”

The Washington Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz

A Russian intelligence-gathering ship has been operating off the U.S. East Coast and near the Gulf of Mexico for the past month, the Pentagon said Thursday.

“We are aware that the Russian ships Viktor Leonov and Nikolay Chiker are currently operating in waters that are beyond U.S. territorial seas but near Cuba,” said Lt. Col. Tom Crosson, a Pentagon spokesman. “We respect the freedom of all nations, as reflected in international law, to operate military vessels beyond the territorial seas of other nations.”   Continue reading “Pentagon: Russian Spy Ship, Tug Operating Near U.S.”

Continue reading “I’ve never seen a car like this”

Los Angeles Times – by Frank Shyong

A man believed to be armed with a shotgun barricaded himself inside of a disabled veterans facility in Woodland Hills on Friday and has threatened to kill himself, authorities said.

Los Angeles police responded to reports of a barricaded gunman in the 6500 block of Corbin Avenue around 7:30 a.m., said Los Angeles police Cmdr. Andy Smith. Helicopters and a  SWAT team were dispatched to the scene and authorities have evacuated the surrounding areas, Smith added.   Continue reading “Man barricaded in veterans hall threatening to kill himself, cops say”

Mail.com

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Aubrey Stewart was standing next to his family’s car three years ago when a massive branch from a city-owned tree suddenly broke and crashed down on him, breaking the then-15-year-old’s spine and leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

Jacksonville officials had been warned about the rotting tree, so they quickly reached a $3.5 million settlement with Stewart’s parents to pay for his care and to make their home wheelchair accessible. But most of that money has never been paid.   Continue reading “Paralyzed teen waiting on $3.5 million settlement”