From the Trenches World Report

Fox News

An 89-year-old Navy veteran who came under heavy enemy fire aboard a landing craft on D-Day is accusing bureaucrats at the Department of Veterans Affairs of slashing his veterans benefits to $6 a month from $300.

Joseph Teson, of Watervliet, N.Y., told WNYT-TV he used to get $300 a month in benefits, about a third of which he would donate to veterans groups. He said the VA cut his benefits to recoup an overpayment of more than $3,000 that he never even noticed.   Continue reading “VA cuts D-Day veteran’s benefits to $6 a month”

Yahoo News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire chewing through the forest of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula has expanded in size, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of 1,000 structures, officials said.

The massive fire south of Anchorage covered nearly 243 square miles and was 30 percent contained, according to a posting Sunday night on the Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team’s Facebook page. It was burning in the 1.9 million-acre Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.   Continue reading “Area evacuated as Alaska wildfire grows”

Fox News

Former Florida congressman Allen West told Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros Friday the Obama administration’s reaction to the plight of the Marine jailed in Mexico on gun charges is “very embarrassing.”

Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who grew up in Southern Florida, was arrested March 31 after he says inadvertently crossed into Mexico with weapons in his truck.   Continue reading “Allen West: Obama administration’s response to jailed Marine’s plight ‘very embarrassing’”

Information Liberation – by Chris

Nassau County, New York police officers raided the wrong home and shot an innocent woman in the chest while she reportedly cowered in a closet begging police not to shoot her. The police claim the officer who shot her with his assault rifle did so because his gun fired “accidentally.” 

Rather than risk trial, police chose instead to absolve themselves of any responsibility and loot taxpayers to pay the woman a $650,000 settlement. Continue reading “Cops Raid Wrong Home, Shoot Innocent Woman Cowering In Closet; Absolve Themselves Of Responsibility & Loot Taxpayers For $650,000 To Pay Settlement”

TIP

Salinas, California:  Local police officers claim they had to use lethal force on a man when he didn’t obey their direct orders and then tried to attack them.

However this video, filmed by an eyewitness, shows that the man tried to back away from officers when he was fatally shot to death.

According to the paper, though, witnesses — including the 19-year-old college student who captured the video footage of the shooting — disagree. The source of the Herald clip, Yoanna Prieto, said the man appeared to be backing away from police the entire time she was filming.   Continue reading “Salinas California Police Caught Red Handed On Camera Executing A Man”

Lone Star Watchdog

Memorial Day is a day we reflect on all the men who went to fight wars to secure our God given liberties. Many have given their life and limb for the cause of freedom. The veterans and their families made many scarifies so we can be free. Many families are still enduring these sacrifices because the men or women who were misled to go fight wars for Israel and the Bankers. They return home with limbs missing and illnesses still needing treatment after leaving the service.

What I read about the VA hospitals having a secret list to deny treatment hoping the veterans will die before they can get treatment, this is nothing new, There has been many concerns about how the VA hospitals about its inefficiency. That goes for any government bureaucracy. But when I hear about a VA worker wishing Veterans would just die because it cost money to treat them.  Something is wrong inside the VA that is really bad.    Continue reading “Exposing Political Hypocrites Praising Veterans Publicly While Selling Them Out In Backroom Deals”

Lew Rockwell – by Thomas DiLorenzo

One of the tenets of militaristic fascism in America is the oft-repeated slogan that “you don’t have to agree with the wars to honor those who fight them for us.”  Something to this effect is repeated thousands of times during Memorial Day bloviations all across the fruited plain.   And it is all complete nonsense.  “Honoring” paid killers for the state for participating in non-defensive, unjust wars only serves to make it more likely that there will be even more unjust wars in the future.  And it rewards individuals for engaging in some of the most sinful and reprehensible behavior known to mankind.   Continue reading “Some Anti-Memorial Day Remembrances”

You’ve heard about them in the news. Charismatic Ponzi schemers target thousands of gullible or inexperienced investors, then rob them of millions. Despite warnings, many people continue to fall for Ponzi schemes.    Continue reading “The Low Down on Ponzi Schemes”

Blacklisted News – End the Lie

The U.S. Department of State on Saturday announced widespread moves to distance the United States from Thailand after the military coup and the suspension of the constitution on Thursday.

The coup began on Thursday as the Thai military suspended the constitution and took control of the government, shut down media outlets and detained the political leaders of Thai parties, all of which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said “concerned” him.   Continue reading “Coup in Thailand: U.S. cuts foreign aid, severs military contact until democracy restored”

New York Post – by Josh Kosman

The collapse of a giant Texas utility is bringing out the inner vulture of private-equity mogul David Rubenstein.

Rubenstein’s Carlyle Group, through its Claren Road hedge fund, snapped up debt in Energy Future Holdings’ Texas Competitive power plants at a steep discount before it went bust last month — hoping to make money when the restructuring played out, sources said.   Continue reading “Rubenstein’s Carlyle Group buys Texas Competitive debt”