From the Trenches World Report

RT News

No city or county in Oklahoma will be allowed to set their own mandatory minimum wage or employee benefits, according to a law signed by Republican Governor Mary Fallin on Monday.

The new law, formerly known as Senate Bill 1023, comes amid a nationwide movement pushing lawmakers to raise the minimum wage across the US. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, although a number of states have raised their standard and US President Obama proposed raising the national minimum to $10.10.   Continue reading “Oklahoma prohibits towns from setting own minimum wage standards”

RT News

​It’s been two-and-a-half years since the United States government unveiled an insider threat program to keep classified networks and sensitive intelligence secure, but the officials in charge would literally rather storm away than speak about it.

From the floor of Congress last Thursday, US Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) acknowledged that the interagency Insider Threat Task Force established in 2012 “for deterring, detecting and mitigating” future potential risks “was intended to train federal employees to watch out for insider threats among their colleagues.” But media reports in the years and months since, as the senator put it, have suggested “that this program might not do enough to distinguish between true insider threats and legitimate whistleblowers.”   Continue reading “FBI agents storm out from Senate hearing to avoid testifying on Insider Threat program”

Paul Craig Roberts

The CIA director was sent to Kiev to launch a military suppression of the Russian separatists in the eastern and southern portions of Ukraine, former Russian territories for the most part that were foolishly attached to the Ukraine in the early years of Soviet rule.

Washington’s plan to grab Ukraine overlooked that the Russian and Russian-speaking parts of Ukraine were not likely to go along with their insertion into the EU and NATO while submitting to the persecution of Russian speaking peoples.  Washington has lost Crimea, from which Washington intended to eject Russia from its Black Sea naval base. Instead of admitting that its plan for grabbing Ukraine has gone amiss, Washington is unable to admit a mistake and, therefore, is pushing the crisis to more dangerous levels.   Continue reading “Washington Drives The World To War”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — A special New York Police Department unit that sparked controversy by tracking the daily lives of Muslims in an effort to detect terror threats has been disbanded, police officials said Tuesday.

NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis confirmed that detectives assigned to the unit had been transferred to other duties within the department’s Intelligence Division. An ongoing review of the division by new Police Commissioner William Bratton found that the same information collected by the unit could be better collected through direct contact with community groups, officials said.   Continue reading “New York police disband unit that spied on Muslims”

Miami Herald – by PHILIP MARCELO

BOSTON — A man taken into custody near the Boston Marathon finish line late Tuesday, the anniversary of the deadly pressure cooker bombings, had a rice cooker in his backpack and was being charged with possession of a hoax device, police said.

The man was stopped by an officer who saw him acting suspiciously, including walking down the middle of a street barefoot in pouring rain, Police Superintendent Randall Halstead said. The man dropped the backpack and told the officer it contained a rice cooker, he said.   Continue reading “Man charged with hoax near marathon finish line”

Before It’s News – by Tom Dennen

The federal government is now petitioning to have these signs removed, or Washington state will be denied additional monies for interstate highways.

It seems the Obama government uses intimidation and ignores the first amendment when they want to silence someone.    Continue reading ““Anti” Obama Signs Northbound on Route I-5, 88 Miles South of Seattle. “I Just Changed the Promise””

The Tap

The insanity of the world and the orwellian masses acceptance of what is “normal” reminds me of an Aldous Huxley observation:

“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. “Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives, that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does.” Continue reading “Being well-adjusted in an insane world, means you are not normal”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

In keeping with the tradition of the FBI’s position on gun rights, it appears the Bureau is working overdrive to monitor and harass gun owners and the gun shops that sell to them.

While government surveillance of gun purchases and gun owners is nothing new, a recent visit by an FBI Counterterrorism agent to a Columbia, South Carolina gun shop has only reinforced the knowledge that the U.S. government is growing more and more concerned by the prospect of a well-armed populace – particularly one that prefers to live without constant government interference in their personal lives.   Continue reading “FBI Visiting Gun Shops to Investigate “People talking about Big Government””

Newsmax – by Cheryl K. Chumley

Add the U.S. Postal Service to the list of federal agencies seeking to purchase what some Second Amendment activists say are alarmingly large quantities of ammunition.

Earlier this year, the USPS posted a notice on its website, under the heading “Assorted Small Arms Ammunition,” that says: “The United States Postal Service intends to solicit proposals for assorted small arms ammunition. If your organization wishes to participate, you must pre-register. This message is only a notification of our intent to solicit proposals.”   Continue reading “US Postal Service Joins in Federal Ammo Purchases”

Taxicab Depressions

America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

Claire Wolfe, 101 Things to Do ‘Til the Revolution (1996)

I had a very memorable and thought-provoking passenger a while back that I never wrote about because while I found him fascinating, he seemed a little too political for what was always intended to be a fun blog to read and some cheap therapy for your humble driver and writer. But in light of all the scandals that have erupted lately and the EpicClusterSharknadoF#@k that is ObamaCare, I have been thinking about a few things he said to me, so I’m going to commit them to paper (or pixels), if only for my own reading. So if you just want to read about moron drunks and belligerent whores, skip this post…     Continue reading “The Pig Trap”

Business Insider – by BRETT LOGIURATO

Now that he’s out of office, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his efforts to battle the National Rifle Association and expand gun control laws.

Bloomberg detailed his plans in an interview with the New York Times published Monday — in which he predicted his crusades against guns, smoking, and obesity would serve him well in the afterlife.    Continue reading “Mike Blomberg: ‘I’ve Earned My Place In Heaven — It’s Not Even Close’”

Bearing Arms – by Bob Owens

The April 15 deadline to register firearms deemed “assault weapons” under Governor Cuomo’s NY SAFE Act has been met by hordes of New York Gun owners not rushing to register firearms, and the ceremonial burning of registration forms.

Unofficial estimates suggest that as few as 3,000-5,000 of the estimated 1-2 million firearms that have been redefined as “assault weapons” under New York’s utterly arbitrary and blatantly unconstitutional law have been registered. Literally dozens of gun owners in the state of 19.57 million (2012) residents will take the opportunity to register today.   Continue reading “Up To One Million New Yorkers Seize Opportunity To Not Register Their Firearms Ahead of NY SAFE ACT Deadline”

A plane passed  through a severe storm. The turbulence was awful, and things went from bad to  worse when one wing was struck by lightning.

One woman lost it  completely.

She stood up in the front of the plane and screamed,  ‘I’m too young to die,’ she cried. Then she yelled, ‘If I’m going to die, I  want my last minutes on earth to be memorable! Is there anyone on this  plane who can make me feel like a WOMAN?’   Continue reading “Only A Texan Can Make You Feel Like A Woman”

IB Times – by Hannah Osborne 

China is planning to increase its military capabilities in space in reaction to US and other world powers developing astronomical weapons.

According to the Xinhua news agency, China’s president Xi Jinping has told the military to increase its space defence capabilities.

He said officers should “speed up air and space integration and sharpen their offensive and defensive capabilities”.   Continue reading “China Planning ‘To Militarise Space’ Against US Anti-Satellite Weapons”