From the Trenches World Report

Fox News

Texas officials are raising alarm that the Bureau of Land Management, on the heels of its dust-up with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, might be eyeing a massive land grab in northern Texas.

The under-the-radar issue has caught the attention of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who fired off a letter on Tuesday to BLM Director Neil Kornze saying the agency “appears to be threatening” the private property rights of “hard-working Texans.”   Continue reading “Republicans warn BLM eyeing land grab along Texas-Oklahoma border”

Fox News

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Army paratroopers are arriving in Poland on Wednesday as part of a wave of U.S. troops heading to shore up America’s Eastern European allies in the face of Russian meddling in Ukraine.

Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said an initial contingent of about 600 troops will head to four countries across Eastern Europe for military exercises over the next month.    Continue reading “US troops arrive in Poland for exercises across Eastern Europe amid Ukraine crisis”

TheBlaze – by Oliver Darcy

Two Georgia parents who are refusing to allow their children to participate in the state’s standardized tests were confronted by a police officer and told they were trespassing on school grounds when they attempted to meet with administrators and express their opposition to the exams last week.

Mary and Tracy Finney oppose their children taking the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests and had initially sent an email to administrators asking if they could opt out.   Continue reading “Parents Thought They Were Meeting With the School Principal to Complain About State Testing — Instead, They Were Greeted by a Cop”

RT News

Law enforcement officials may now stop US drivers based only on the information gleaned in an anonymous tip phoned in by a caller who dialed 911, the Supreme Court ruled in a tight decision Tuesday.

The high court ruled 5-4 that relying only on a comment from a 911 caller is reasonable because “a 911 call has some features that allow for identifying and tracking callers.” In most cases the justices are split along ideological lines but Tuesday’s decision was enough to split the two most conservative-minded justices, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing the majority opinion and Justice Antonin Scalia leading the dissent.   Continue reading “Police may stop drivers based only on anonymous tip, rules Supreme Court”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old honors student who was among 10 people killed in a fiery Northern California bus crash sued FedEx on Tuesday, alleging that its trucks have a history of catching fire.

The negligence suit that seeks $100 million in damages is the first filed in connection with the April 10 freeway crash in Orland, said A. King Aminpour, the attorney for the plaintiffs. The suit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of Rosa Rivera, mother of Jennifer Bonilla of Los Angeles.   Continue reading “FedEx sued over deadly California bus crash”

Mail.com

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian gunmen in eastern Ukraine admitted on Wednesday that they are holding an American journalist who has not been seen since early Tuesday.

Simon Ostrovsky, a journalist for Vice News, has been covering the crisis in Ukraine for weeks and was reporting about groups of masked gunmen seizing government buildings in one eastern Ukrainian city after another.   Continue reading “Pro-Russian insurgents hold journalist captive”

Mail.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As the kidnappers pulled into a quiet, upscale golf course community, they thought they were about to abduct an assistant district attorney who sent a high-ranking gang member to prison for life, authorities said.

But they had the wrong address and when the prosecutor’s father answered the door, they took him instead. For five days, authorities said the kidnappers held 63-year-old Frank Janssen captive in an Atlanta apartment, tormenting his family by sending text messages threatening to cut him into pieces if police were called or their demands weren’t met. They even sent a photo of him tied up in a chair.   Continue reading “9 indicted in kidnapping of NC prosecutor’s father”

Natural News – by J. D. Heyes

Highly destructive weapons that were once the subject of science fiction movies are fast becoming reality in today’s high-tech world, and that’s not necessarily a good thing for the survival of Mankind.

One of the technologies that the U.S. Defense Department has been working to develop, along with the militaries of a few other great powers, is laser weaponry; currently, the U.S. is leading that race with defensive systems mostly aimed at knocking out incoming ballistic missiles like the Army’s THEL — Tactical High-Energy Laser — and systems that have been developed and deployed on U.S. Navy warships. Continue reading “U.S. Navy unveils railgun that can launch low-cost projectiles at Mach 7 with range of 100 miles”

Natural News – by Carolanne Wright

Imagine strolling through your town and finding the post office surrounded by raised beds, lush with produce that is free for the taking, 24/7. Or a police department with a gratis community vegetable garden, complete with curly kale, carrots, lettuces and onions. And orchards, as well as berry bushes, lining public walkways that offer up fresh fruit — on the house. Sound too good to be true? Not in one innovative hamlet where a veritable paradise of edible landscaping has taken root. What’s more, the community is working towards absolute food self-sufficiency by 2018.  
Continue reading “Enterprising community aims for total food self-sufficiency with free edible landscapes”

Activist Post – by Amanda Warren

Chicago rides on the coattails of a created solution – a quick, crackdown on gun crime via a new special federal unit to deal with violence after this past Easter weekend’s shooting spree which injured at least 35 people and killed 9, including children as young as 11 years old.

This is not an in-depth analysis of information of the new measure – perhaps you, the reader will catch more than meets the eye? A few important points arise upon the news:   Continue reading “A New Federal Crime Unit in Wake of Chicago Shootings”

A big part of the food shortages and food price increases are directly related to the government, through agencies like the EPA and BLM, driving producers out of business by imposing insane regulations on small farmers and ranchers. The Cliven Bundy ranch episode is a case in point. The BLM has driven 52 of the 53 cattle ranchers out of business in the Gold Butte area of Nevada, just so corrupt politicians can make millions of dollars off solar energy and real estate deals. And environmentalists who claim concern for the lands and animals turn the other way, so the hypocrisy in it all is palatable. If you don’t think this is happening all over the West, then you haven’t been keeping up with current events.   Continue reading “Government will blame you and me for food problems”

The Rich Ten

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones date, struck the Philippines in early November 2013, leaving behind a trail of mass destruction. With thousand dead, call for help has been raised by several NGOs and organizations worldwide. Donation requests have been posted on different social networks as well as some popular websites. Meanwhile, spammers have started taking advantage of the situation by sending email containing fake donation requests.   Continue reading “Top 10 Misleading Charities and their Scams”

IRD – by David Kranzler

By now most if not all of you are varying degrees familiar with the stand-off between the Federal Government/Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Cliven Bundy.  I had been observing the developments with a mixture of amusement and disgust until Harry Reid very publicly labelled the large group of citizens helping Bundy defend his cattle as “domestic terrorists.”  That’s  a pretty strong statement from someone who has a history of abusing his power for the benefit of himself and the business interests who put him in office and filled his bank account with a lot of money.   Continue reading “Harry Reid Is The Real Domestic Terrorist”

Live Leak – by Veni

Busted! Congress Catches the President Sending Russia Free Military Aid!
This is NOT Conspiracy or Propaganda.
Letter and Video From members of the Congress of the United States provided.

I wonder what pleases Obama’s supporters more – the fact that he gave Russia this military aid after it invaded Ukraine, or the fact that he tries to keep it a secret.  Continue reading “Congress: Why is the President giving military equipment to Russia after it invaded Ukraine?”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

QUESTION: Is it true that nearly 80% of Nevada is still owned by the Federal Government who then pays no tax to the State of Nevada? This seems very strange if true as a backdrop to this entire Bundy affair.

Via Martin Armstrong of Armstrong Economics,   Continue reading “Martin Armstrong Asks “Do The Feds Really Own The Land In Nevada?””

Politico – by Erica Martinson

Cowboys and Indians rode on horseback onto the National Mall on Tuesday to show President Barack Obama that opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline extends to the U.S. heartland.

“We’re here to show Obama, to show Washington, D.C., the very faces of the people that the decision on the KXL pipeline affects,” protester Dallas Goldtooth told a crowd on the Mall, where the group erected teepees that will remain through Saturday.   Continue reading “Anti-Keystone XL protest rides in”

RT News

News that a powdered version of alcohol, marketed as ‘Palcohol’, was recently approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Bureau (TTB) left many scratching their heads. Now, the government has admitted the controversial approval was issued in “error.”

An industry blog run by Robert Lehrman first broke the story about the TTB approval, including marketing language from its producer touting Palcohol as a good way to sneak alcohol into venues.   Continue reading “Feds accidentally approve, then retract, powdered alcohol with snorting potential”

RT News

The tides may be turning within the National Rifle Association: according to a new report, America’s largest gun-lobbying group has helped advance three bills recently that limit firearm ownership, and more could soon be added to that list.

On Tuesday this week, reporters Laura Bassett and Christina Wilkie wrote for the Huffington Post that the NRA has all but abandoned earlier efforts by the group to halt state legislation that attempt to impose restrictions on legally owning guns. Instead, the HuffPost reporters wrote, the organization’s lobbyists have worked directly with lawmakers in order to craft rules agreeable by both sides that force gun owners with domestic violence records to surrender their weapons.   Continue reading “NRA surprisingly credited with crafting new anti-gun laws”