From the Trenches World Report

The Register – by John Leyden

CIA officers allegedly hacked into the US Senate Intelligence Committee’s computers to find out what the oversight committee had found out about its controversial detention and treatment of terror suspects.‬

The oversight committee had managed to get its hands on unapproved material, or so the CIA feared, the New York Times reports. In response, the agency allegedly went as far as hacking into the Congressional network to find out what it knew and perhaps where the leaked material came from, an unnamed official told the paper.   Continue reading “CIA snoops snooped on Senate to spy spy torture report – report”

Haaretz – by Zvi Bar’el

For the first time in many generations, a dhimma (protection agreement) was signed between the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) – an Islamist branch of Al-Qaida – and leaders of Raqqa’s several thousand Christians. Members of ISIS gave the latter three options: accepting the agreement, converting to Islam, or risking death.   Continue reading “Under threat, Syria’s Christians sign accord with Islamists”

Natural News – by J.D. Heyes

When a historic earthquake created a massive tsunami that destroyed part of the Fukushima Daiichi power station in northern Japan in March 2011, causing meltdowns at three of the plant’s six nuclear reactors, a radiological disaster ensued.

As part of the effort to control damage and lend assistance, President Barack Obama ordered the U.S. Navy to respond to what would become the worst nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union in the mid-1980s.   Continue reading “More than 100 Navy members struggle for justice as radiation slowly kills them”

Natural News – by J. D. Heyes

There is something seriously wrong in the fertile Yakima Valley region of Washington. A surging number of babies are being born with major birth defects, and the reasons why are eluding state health officials.

As reported by CNN, a nurse in the area, Sara Barron, was the first to report on a particularly horrifying condition: anencephaly — a condition in which babies are born without much of their brain and skull.   Continue reading “Surge in babies born without brains in Washington State”

Mark Koernke is urging everyone living near a river and/or floodplain to go out and get sandbags now.  Don’t wait for the thaw, everyone knows it is coming, it always does.

Ask your county government.  Some counties have them at their fire stations. They give them away for free.

AmmoLand – by Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- Members of the Burlington City Council have worked out a strategy to attack second amendment rights in Vermont, where there is a strong preemption law that prevents local governments from enacting separate firearms laws.  David Codrea noted it months ago.

The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs wanted to find out how and why the City was attempting to attack second amendment rights.  A public records request was filed in September of 2013.   The Acting President of the Federation is Chris Bradley.   From the burlingtonfreepress:   Continue reading “Council Members, Burlington, VT “Keep the Crowd Down””

The New American – by Bob Adelmann

With a Senate committee voting to confirm Dr. Vivek Murthy (shown) as the new U.S. surgeon general 13-9 last week, he is expected to win confirmation to the post by the full Senate later this week.

If there were a candidate more perfectly qualified to occupy the bully pulpit as surgeon general in the Obama administration, one would be hard pressed to find him.   Continue reading “Anti-gun Doctor Expected to be Confirmed as Surgeon General”

Huffington Post

The handling of raw fish at three New York City Chinatown markets has led to an outbreak of a rare skin infection.

The city’s health department has identified 30 people with the infection– caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium marinum– all of whom handled live or raw seafood at the Chinatown markets in Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.   Continue reading “New Yorkers Warned Of Rare Skin Infection Outbreak Caused By Raw Fish In Chinatown”

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The Washington Free Beacon, March 18, 2013

Gen. James Mattis, known to his troops as “Mad Dog Mattis,” is retiring after 41 years of military service.

The Marine Corps Times is calling Mattis the “most revered Marine in a generation.”

Mattis has been commander of the United States Central Command since 2010 and led the 1st Marine Division into Iraq in 2003.   Continue reading “The Best from ‘Mad Dog Mattis’”

Daily Mail

Michelle Obama, her daughters and her mother plan a week-long solo visit to China this month that includes meetings with China’s first lady and high school and university students – and that will likely cost U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars.

President Obama and his family have come under heavy scrutiny for the unprecedented high travel costs during his time in office – and a week-long trip to China for four members of the First Family, members of the Secret Service and other members of the White House staff will likely cost several millions of dollars.    Continue reading “Michelle Obama plans pricey trip to China as the First Family is criticized for spending hundreds of millions of dollars traveling on the taxpayer’s dime”

The Daily Caller – by Patrick Howley

Lois Lerner fears for her life if she testifies openly before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday, according to her attorney.

House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa announced Sunday that Lerner will testify at Wednesday’s hearing, but Lerner’s attorney Bill Taylor said that Lerner will seek to continue invoking her Fifth Amendment rights and will also seek a one-week delay of her testimony.   Continue reading “Lois Lerner fears for her life if she testifies at Wednesday’s oversight hearing”

WESH News – by Claire Metz

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —A witness who helped rescue a family after their mother allegedly drove her minivan into the ocean tells WESH 2 that one of the children was screaming that their mother was trying to kill them.

Tim Tesseneer, of Rutherfordton, N.C., said he was one of the two men to first reach the minivan.   Continue reading “Rescuer: Pregnant mom intentionally drove van with 3 kids inside into ocean”

RT News

A new state-of-the-art headband is being developed by Tufts University scientists that could help facilitate communication between the human brain and computers.

The new technology – currently being crafted at the university’s Human Computer Interaction Lab – would be capable of scanning an individual’s brain activity, determining whether the person is mentally aware enough to handle the task at hand, fatigued, or even bored with what they’re doing.   Continue reading “Scientists work on backing up human brain with computers”