From the Trenches World Report

International Policy Digest – by Fahim Masoud

The five republics of Central Asia (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan) are endowed with an immense amount of natural resources and are located in the center of Eurasia.

The collapse of the Soviet Union made it possible for these Central Asian states to develop independent relations with the rest of the world. However, the emerging economic and geopolitical significance of these five republics to China is currently defining the international relations of these republics. Kazakhstan in particular has attracted the interest of the Chinese government. Geographically, Kazakhstan shares a border with China’s western province, Xinjiang. Politically, Kazakhstan is still a dictatorship. China, unlike the United States and European powers, registers no objections to the Kazakh government’s human rights abuses. This makes China’s political and economic transactions with the Kazakh government much easier.   Continue reading “Central Asia: A Region of Strategic Importance to China”

Press TV

On Thursday, Sergei Aksyonov rejected opponents’ accusations that he will fix the outcome of an upcoming referendum on Moscow’s orders, Reuters reported.

He pointed out that Crimeans will deliver a “Yes” vote to accepting Russian sovereignty without recourse to fraud.   Continue reading “80% of Crimeans back union with Russia: Crimea PM”

NewsMax – by John Gizzi

By increasing exports of natural gas to friendly countries, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton believes the United States can “tell Russia to go stick it.”

Expanding America’s natural gas exports will “help our friends across the globe” as well as send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin over his recent actions in Ukraine, Upton said Wednesday in a strongly worded speech to an event hosted by ConservAmerica in Washington, D.C.   Continue reading “House Energy Chairman: Build Pipeline, ‘Tell Russians to Go Stick It’”

New York Post – by Jeane MacIntosh

The son of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine killed himself in a Mexico City hotel, sources told The Post on Thursday.

Jeffrey Corzine, 31, was the youngest of Corzine’s three children with ex-wife and childhood sweetheart Joanne Corzine.   Continue reading “Jon Corzine’s son dead in apparent suicide”

Henry Makow – by ‘Sonja’, Nov.11 2009

People in the West see Putin and Russia through the rose colored glasses [provided by the mass media.] Well, the reality is not rose colored at all.

After gangsterism and anarchy of Yeltsin’s reign, people wanted “a strong hand”. And here comes Putin. In the first place everybody was suspicious. Within half-year he rose from a little-known bureaucrat to Prime Minister and President. He was appointed by Eltsin himself.   Continue reading “Flashback: Putin’s Russia – Illuminati Controlled & Corrupt”

Motherboard

In his January speech regarding the NSA’s surveillance activities, President Obama called for an end to the controversial metadata collection program “as it currently exists.” Vague as it is, that statement did signal that the administration would attempt to reshape the NSA’s activities for the better.   Continue reading “The Numbers In Your Phone Can Reveal Your Illness, Religion, and Gun Purchases”

Graham Cluley

If you’re a bad guy wanting to blast a website off the internet, the obvious method is to use a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

DDoS attacks typically use a botnet of computers in a co-ordinated attack, driving web traffic to a particular site. The victim site can’t cope with the barrage, and – unless properly prepared – falls over.   Continue reading “Hackers trick 162,000 unsuspecting WordPress sites into launching DDoS attack”

Klamath Basin Crisis – by LACEY JARRELL, Herald and News 3/12/14

 

Water user representatives say a proposed agreement can subside upper Basin water conflicts, but some ranchers aren’t buying it.

 

During a community meeting at the Bly Fire Hall Monday, Andrea Rabe, consultant to the Sprague River Water Resource Foundation and the Fort Klamath Critical Habitat Landowners, and Dani Watson, a representative of the Upper Klamath Water Users Association, met with upper Klamath Basin farmers and ranchers to lay out the nuts and bolts of the recently released Proposed Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement.   Continue reading “Details of Klamath Basin water pact discussed; water, well restrictions with, without a settlement outlined”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

When it comes to health and nutrition, it seems like everything old is new again. Many foods or health protocols that used to be commonly enjoyed were later attacked and discredited by industry-funded “scientists” trying to sell toxic substitutes like vegetable oil or aspartame.

But as health awareness has radically increased over the last two decades, many “old” things are new again. In this article, I share my list on many of these “old” things which are suddenly back in vogue.   Continue reading “In health and nutrition, what’s old is suddenly new again”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

You can’t get blood out of a rock.  Traditionally the United States has had a consumer-driven economy, but now years of declining incomes and rising debts are really starting to catch up with us.  In order to have an economy that is dependent on consumer spending, you need to have a large middle class.  Unfortunately, the U.S. middle class is steadily shrinking, and unless that trend is reversed we are going to see massive economic changes in this country.  For example, in poor neighborhoods all over America we are seeing bank branches, car dealerships and retail stores close down at an alarming rate.  If you didn’t know better, you might be tempted to think that “Space Available” was the hottest new retailer in some areas of the nation.    Continue reading “19 Signs That The U.S. Consumer Is Tapped Out”

Disinfo – by Matt Staggs 

This is the first I’ve ever heard of it, but apparently clarithromycin, an antibiotic sold under the brand name Biaxin can cause psychosis, agitation, mania and delirium in about 3% of patients. Maybe Officer Colas has a case.

Via   Continue reading “Cop Who Went on Violent Rampage Said Antibiotic Made Him Psychotic”

Daily Slave

It is completely insane that there are people in the so-called freedom and patriot movement that support Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.  This is a man who has completely sold his soul to the interests of international Zionism.  If his previous meetings with neo-conservatives and his trip to Israel wasn’t bad enough, his recent opinion piece published in Time Magazine conclusively proves which side he’s on.  Paul says that he is supportive of taking decisive measures against Vladimir Putin’s alleged aggression even though there is no proof that any real Russian invasion of Crimea has taken place.     Continue reading “Rand Paul firmly supports Zionist agenda against Russia”

Reuters – by GREG TORODE

From high-resolution satellites to advanced warships, China’s military build-up is on full display in the hunt for a missing Malaysian jetliner – putting Asia on notice as to what Beijing might do in the future to further assert its regional presence.

Now in its sixth day, the search for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 and its 239 passengers and crew has exposed tensions between Beijing and Kuala Lumpur, with Chinese officials from Premier Li Keqiang on down criticizing Malaysia’s handling of the crisis. China has sent a team of envoys and investigators to Malaysia to deepen its involvement.   Continue reading “A nervous region eyes robust Chinese response to missing Malaysian plane”