From the Trenches World Report

Yahoo News – by  Dylan Stableford

In a speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s spring meeting in Las Vegas over the weekend, former Vice President Dick Cheney slammed the “isolationists” within the GOP, defended the National Security Agency spy program and, of course, criticized President Barack Obama.

Cheney’s remarks were closed to the press, but audio of the speech obtained by Mother Jones was posted online Tuesday.   Continue reading “In secret recording, Dick Cheney blasts GOP isolationists, NSA critics, Obama”

USA Today

A magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck Tuesday evening off northern Chile, triggering a tsunami warning for the South American coast.

The powerful quake’s epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean about 60 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile, and 12.5 miles deep, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake occurred at 8:46 p.m. local time (7:46 p.m. ET).   Continue reading “Powerful quake strikes off Chile; tsunami warning posted”

RT News

A Saudi Arabian man injured by one of the two bombs that detonated at last year’s Boston Marathon is suing conservative commentator Glenn Beck in federal court for defamation.

Abdulrahman Alharbi, then 20, was among the hundreds hurt during last April’s footrace in the metropolitan Massachusetts city after a pair of homemade pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three. Now nearly a year later, attorneys for the man have filed suit against Beck in response to erroneous on-air remarks he made repeatedly about their client in the aftermath.   Continue reading “Boston Marathon bombing victim sues Glenn Beck”

SOTT – by Alex Sosnowski, Accuweather

Severe thunderstorms on Wednesday will threaten 18 million people from northern Texas to eastern Kansas, much of Missouri and southern Illinois. The threat on Wednesday includes the potential for a couple of strong tornadoes.

The severe weather on Wednesday is part of a multiple-day severe weather event that will continue through the end of the week and will reach parts of the Midwest, East and South.    Continue reading “Severe thunderstorms from Dallas to St. Louis – hail, high winds, flash flooding, possible tornadoes”

Common Dreams – by Lauren McCauley

Four more workers have now tested positive for radiation after being exposed to a February leak from an underground nuclear waste dump near Carlsbad, New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday, bringing the total number of contaminated workers to 21.

The announcement came a day ahead of a DOE plan to send a team of experts into the half-mile deep Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to set up bases from which they can begin to investigate the cause of the leak. First detected Valentine’s Day weekend, officials later announced that the facility’s leak was believed to be releasing radiation into the air.   Continue reading “Contamination Even More Widespread After Nuclear Dump Site Leak”

Huffington Post – by Alexandra Zaslow

Since the devastating mudslide hit Washington on March 22, rescue dogs have been tirelessly searching for buried victims.

Rescue crews announced Sunday that some dogs are taking a two-day break, the Associated Press reported. The dogs who arrived more recently from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue their search.     Continue reading “Meet The Unsung Heroes Of The Mudslide Search: These Brave Rescue Dogs”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dunlap had written a warning to the US government that pushing the military into civilian affairs combined with a series of wars America could not win would lead to a coup. He won an award from General Colin Powell. But the reasons why the coup happened was a little more complex.

The U.S. military previously had to stand up to both the Bush and Obama administrations and their push to war. Literally hundreds of officers had been fired for refusing to accept Presidential orders that originated either  on Wall Street or in Tel Aviv. Some like Admiral Fox Fallon became famous but most received no publicity until after the coup had succeeded.   Continue reading “Looking Back At America’s Only Successful Military Coup”

Independent – by Adam Withnall

ABC News – by EILEEN SULLIVAN

The Obama administration has conducted warrantless searches of Americans’ communications as part of the National Security Agency’s surveillance operations that target foreigners located outside of the U.S., the administration’s top intelligence official confirmed in a letter to Congress disclosed Tuesday.

These searches were authorized by a secret surveillance court in 2011, but it was unclear until Tuesday whether any such searches on Americans had been conducted.   Continue reading “US Confirms Warrantless Searches of Americans”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
Matthew 26:27-29   Continue reading “Claim: We Found the Holy Grail: “The Cup Which Touched the Lips of Jesus Christ””

Environmental Working Group – by Thomas Cluderay

Should chemicals we encounter every day be safe?

You’d think the answer would be an obvious and resounding “yes.” But if you ask chemical companies – or some lawmakers – they say that “safe” is relative. In their view, chemical companies should be able to use dangerous chemicals if restricting their use to protect people would be too costly.   Continue reading “House Bill Would Weaken Already Feeble Protections Against Harmful Chemicals”