From the Trenches World Report

The New American – by Alex Newman

To anyone who even casually monitors international agencies — such as the UN, the OECD, and the IMF — it will come as no surprise that those agencies have long wanted stable sources of funding that they could count on, rather than relying on handouts from governments around the world. But it would likely come as a surprise to most that we will likely see the initial operation of a world tax regime to fund international entities by 2015.   Continue reading “A New World Tax Regime”

Fox News

A U.N.-commissioned panel says climate change is hurting the growth of crops, affecting the quality of water supplies and forcing wildlife to change the way it lives – but what if it’s all just smoke and mirrors?

A new report from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), written by an international collection of scientists and published by the conservative Heartland Institute, claims just that, declaring that humanity’s impact on climate is not causing substantial harm to the Earth.   Continue reading “UN finding on climate change is just a bunch of hot air, new report claims”

Reuters – by EMILY STEPHENSON

The eight biggest U.S. banks must boost capital levels by a total of about $68 billion under new rules, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday, prompting industry complaints that less-stringent global standards will give overseas competitors an advantage.

The rules would limit banks‘ reliance on debt, part of efforts to prevent another financial crisis. By 2018, banks must rely more on funding sources such as shareholder equity, rather than borrowing money.   Continue reading “Big U.S. banks must boost capital by $68 billion under new rules”

Seattle PI – by PAUL J. WEBER

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A civil rights summit headlined by four of the five living U.S. presidents began Tuesday in Texas with a top Republican and Democrat expressing common ground on immigration reform and speakers comparing toppled gay marriage bans to racial equality victories in the 1960s.

Former President Jimmy Carter was the first president scheduled to speak later Tuesday at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, which is holding the three-day summit to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.   Continue reading “Civil rights summit opens with immigration talk”

Public Intelligence

The following report and documentation was released by the Florida State Attorney’s Office on March 25, 2014.     Continue reading “Florida State Attorney’s Office Ibragim Todashev Killing Report and Documentation”

Dessert Valley Times – by Mike Donahue

A battered and bruised Dave Bundy, 37-year-son of embattled rancher Cliven Bundy, was released from federal custody shortly before noon Monday after at least four Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rangers dressed in military-type uniforms attacked, beat and took him into custody Sunday afternoon near Bunkerville.

At no time was Bundy, who lives in Delta, Utah, with his wife and five children, told he was under arrest.   Continue reading “More Details on the Arrest of Dave Bundy”

RT News

Those Americans who struggle to correctly point out even the continent Ukraine is located on are more likely to support US military intervention to resolve the crisis and the advancement of US national security interests, a new survey has revealed.

A newly published poll, conducted by three Ivy League professors, revealed that only one out of six Americans surveyed could pinpoint where Ukraine actually is on a world map. The survey also showed a worrying correlation in answers – the further the person thought Ukraine is from its actual geographical location, the more likely he or she was to support military intervention in a sovereign state.   Continue reading “Americans who don’t know where Ukraine is are more likely to support military intervention – poll”

Does anyone still think that there is a left or a right?

New York Daily News

ARLINGTON, Texas — Former President Bill Clinton initially took a back seat to his successor during the national anthem at the NCAA championship game.  Continue reading “Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush spotted together at NCAA championship game”

News 12 New Jersey

LOS ANGELES – (AP) Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life.

A superstar in his youth, Rooney was Hollywood’s top box-office draw in the late 1930s to early 1940s. He epitomized the “show” part of show business, even if the business end sometimes failed him amid money troubles and a seesaw of career tailspins and revivals.   Continue reading “Iconic Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney dies at 93”

RT News

The Toledo Blade newspaper in Ohio has filed a lawsuit against the United States government after two journalists employed by the outlet were detained by the military for photographing a tank plant owned by defense contractor General Dynamics.

Attorneys for the paper filed their lawsuit on Friday, April 4, one week after Blade reporter Tyrel Linkhorn and photographer Jetta Fraser were detained for around an hour-and-a-half after they were approached while taking pictures of the plant from public property outside the premises.   Continue reading “Ohio newspaper suing federal government after two journalists were detained by the military”