From the Trenches World Report

ABC News – by LOLITA C. BALDOR, AP

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a two-pronged warning to Asia Pacific nations Sunday, announcing that the U.S. will send two additional ballistic missile destroyers to Japan to counter the North Korean threat, and saying China must better respect its neighbors.

In unusually forceful remarks about China, Hagel drew a direct line between Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea region and the ongoing territorial disputes between China, Japan and others over remote islands in the East China Sea.   Continue reading “US sending 2 warships to Japan to counter NKorea”

The Guardian – by Orlando Crowcroft

The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has said Israel may take “unilateral action” against the Palestinians after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, signed 15 international conventions that could pave the way for a renewed attempt to gain United Nations statehood.

Speaking at his weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said: “Unilateral actions from the Palestinians will be answered with unilateral actions from our side”. He blamed the Palestinians for the current impasse over the US-sponsored peace talks.   Continue reading “Israel may take ‘unilateral action’ over Palestinians UN move says PM”

Against Crony Capitalism – by Nick Sorrentino

Beer, many of us love it. I definitely count myself a fan. A nice hefewiesen on a hot day while grilling burgers is one of the great gifts of life. But stouts, ales, lagers, pilsners, porters, and bocks all have their place. Variety is the spice of life, and beer. And that is why craft brewers have sprouted up like barley shoots all over our great nation over the last decade. It is a golden age for beer drinkers. Never before have beer consumers had so much quality and so much variety.   Continue reading “Bill would require Florida craft brewers to sell beer to distributors, then buy it back for resale”

Earth Sky – by Deborah Byrd

Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador erupted powerfully and explosively on Friday (April 4, 2014), sending a 6-mile (10-km) column of ash skyward. AP reports that the initial five-minute explosion shot hot gas and rock onto the volcano’s northern and northwestern flanks and that a second, four-minute explosions and five lesser tremors followed.

According to AP, Ecuador’s geophysics institute said Friday’s blast occurred at 6:10 p.m. local time.   Continue reading “Throat of Fire volcano in Ecuador erupts explosively”

Yahoo News – by JOHN HANNA

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators gave final approval Saturday to a bill that would nullify city and county gun restrictions and ensure that it’s legal across the state to openly carry firearms, a measure the National Rifle Association sees as a nationwide model for stripping local officials of their gun-regulating power.

The House approved the legislation, 102-19, a day after the Senate passed it, 37-2. The measure goes next to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. He hasn’t said whether he’ll sign it, but he’s a strong supporter of gun rights and has signed other measures backed by the NRA and the Kansas State Rifle Association.   Continue reading “Kansas lawmakers OK bill to void local gun rules”

Town Hall – by Cortney O’Brien

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s gun restrictive SAFE Act has been the source of much controversy in New York. The bill is a burden for gun owners who simply want to carry their firearms and it bans AR-15 assault rifles with military-style features.

Now, one Missouri-based gun manufacturer, Black Rain Ordnance, has produced an AR-15 rifle that is compliant with New York’s rules. Based on Black Rain Ordnance’s description of the new gun, it’s easy to tell they’re a little bitter (emphasis added):   Continue reading “Gun Company Changes Design of AR-15 To Comply with ‘Second Amendment Trampling’ NY SAFE Act”

CBS Connecticut

HARTFORD (CBS Connecticut) _ An estimated crowd of more than 3,000 gun rights supporters rallied outside the State Capitol Saturday in opposition to gun control measures passed a year ago in response to the Sandy Hook School Tragedy.

Among those attending the rally was Bill Stevens, a Newtown father who says he’s heartbroken by what happened in his town, but added, “It wasn’t the AR-15 that killed 26 innocent people in my town, it was a mentally ill shooter who pulled the trigger and this law does nothing to address that.”   Continue reading “Gun Rally Brings Thousands of Supporters to State Capitol”

Video Rebel’s Blog

I am writing about the Bankers who are driving 7 billion people off a cliff towards the certain destruction of our economic life. Money is a difficult subject to understand but I think it is worth the effort if it prevents Wall Street and the City of London from starving half a billion people to death and risking World War III for the rest of us.

I want to start with a simple but basic equation: M x V = P x T. The Money Supply M times the Velocity V or the number of times money changes hands in a year equals Prices times Transactions. We are already in a Depression. The real inflation rate in America is 8.5% so even if economic growth is 1.5% the economy is contracting 7% a year. Native born Americans under 55 have lost 4.9 million jobs since 2007. Depressions used to be called Monetary Contractions. Real wages are contracting. We have doubled the number of people receiving Disability since 2007 because the government needs to hide millions of unemployed people.   Continue reading “The Counterfeiting Cannibals of Canal Street”

Backyard Chickens

So, you’re interested in raising chickens?  You’ve embarked on a fun and exciting journey! BYC (BackYardChickens) is FULL of great information. If your question isn’t answered in our Learning Center Articles then we promise there is an answer on our chicken forum.

Below are the absolute basics of raising chickens. For more detailed information please explore the rest of the site and join our forum.   Continue reading “How To Raise Backyard Chickens In Your City – The Basics Of Raising Chickens”

The New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

As the grassroots revolt against Common Core grows stronger, attention to lessons contained in textbooks approved for use within the Common Core curricula is increasing, as well.

One of the chief criticisms of the standards mandated as part of the Common Core education program is that it is one-size-fits-all, federally funded, and permissive of fundamental errors that affect the quality of education of students.   Continue reading “Common Core-approved Textbooks Rewrite Second Amendment”

The Lone Star Watchdog

Any Candidate that has taken money from AIPAC needs to be aware that they are in danger of losing their seat in the House or Senate. Supporting Israel is a foreign entanglement we can not no longer afford as a nation.  Israel wants American soldiers to fight their wars.  These wars have ran the nation into the ground economically as well as weakened our readiness of our armed forces to defend ourselves if we come under attack on our borders because troops are deployed worldwide.

The reason why Israel is screaming for wars is not because Iran might with a nuclear missiles or have a nuclear weapons is just a cover story for a pretext for another war as a distraction of Israel’s political and domestic failures.  Also Iran is not part of the International Banking system run by the robber barons. Any Candidate courting Israel is not speaking for the interest of their constituents. But for a rogue foreign power responsible for the instability of the middle east and in Eastern Europe.   Continue reading “A Message to the Tea Party: Nothing Good Happens Supporting the Nation of Israel.”