From the Trenches World Report

Mail.com

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington has become the latest state to halt executions, with Gov. Jay Inslee issuing a moratorium on the death penalty for as long as he’s in office.

The first-term Democrat said during Tuesday’s announcement that he hopes it will enable officials to “join a growing national conversation about capital punishment.” Inslee said he came to the decision after months of review and meetings with victims’ families, prosecutors and law enforcement.   Continue reading “Washington Gov. Jay Inslee suspends death penalty”

Signs of the Times

The coal slurry spill in West Virginia Tuesday morning wasn’t nearly as bad as this one in Inez, Kentucky, 11 years ago, but the risk is always there, especially when regulators don’t regulate. Officials of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection don’t yet know how much coal slurry has leaked from a facility in Kanawha County, West Virginia. But a DEP spokesman characterized it as “significant.”

It has already blackened Fields Creek not far from where it empties into the Kanawha River. State officials and those at West Virginia American Water say the spill is no threat to drinking water supplies. Indeed, Jimmy Gianato, the director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management at the state’s Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, said: “I don’t think there’s really anything to it. It turned out to be much of nothing.”    Continue reading “‘Significant’ spill of coal slurry taints creek in West Virginia”

Infowars – by Adan Salazar & Kit Daniels

Atlanta residents ransacked neighborhood grocery stores in frantic preparation for their second major snowstorm of the year, waging fights over food items and leaving destruction and empty shelves in their wake, a stunning precursor to what will ensue once a major crisis impacts the U.S.

After three inches of snow shut the city down two weeks ago, causing major havoc and leaving miles of cars stranded on immobile roadways, the residents of Atlanta took heed and shopped early.   Continue reading “Panicked Shoppers Fight Over Food Amid ‘Snowpocalypse’”

The Organic Prepper

What’s the difference between an arm-chair survivalist and the real deal? The difference between someone who could get by for a few weeks and someone who could thrive indefinitely?

One word – action.

I was lucky enough to meet someone who is the real deal recently.  Mark is a long-term survivalist, and he graciously answered about a million questions about his lifestyle.  The end result was, I learned a lot, including how little I actually know in comparison to someone who lives an off-grid, non-consumer life every single day. Even better, I have permission to share this information with the rest of you in the form of a new series: Long-Term Survival.   Continue reading “Long-Term Survival: These Are the 5 Tools You MUST Have in Your Bug-Out Kit”

Lohud

NEW YORK — An Italian-U.S. investigation into drug smuggling has resulted in two dozen arrests — including seven in the New York City area.

Anti-Mafia police in Italy say the operation targeted a cocaine trafficking route between South America and the Italian port of Gioia Tauro.

Officials say undercover agents in both countries prevented the delivery of cocaine hidden in shipments of coconuts and pineapples. They also confiscated heroin and marijuana.   Continue reading “NYC arrests in Italy-US drug crackdown”

CenturyLink – by LUCAS L. JOHNSON II

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Investigators said Tuesday that a package sent to a rural Tennessee home exploded, killing a lawyer who lived there and injuring a woman.

Killed was 74-year-old Jon Setzer and 72-year-old Marion Setzer was in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Hospital on Tuesday, police said.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation officials declined to say what kind of package was sent to the Lebanon home.   Continue reading “Package explodes, killing Tenn. lawyer at home”

This happened right down the road from our house!! Gotta Love It!

KATC News – by Ian Auzenne

A Lafayette man is behind bars after deputies say a gun-toting woman prevented him from stealing her purse.

The incident took place at a convenience store in the 200 block of West Milton Avenue.   Continue reading “Deputies: Victim pulls gun on alleged purse snatcher”

Washington’s Blog

Can American States Rein In An Out-Of-Control Federal Spy Agency?

The American people aren’t falling for NSA’s propaganda. They want the rogue agency reined in.

But Obama refuses to rein in the NSA, Dianne Feinstein says that Congress “doesn’t have the votes” to do anything about mass surveillance, and at least some judges are supporting the NSA’s spying (and it’s not clear what the Supreme Court will do).   Continue reading “11 States Fight Back Against NSA Spying”

CNS News – by Barbara Hollingsworth

Lake Superior hasn’t completely frozen over in two decades.

But an expert on Great Lakes ice says there’s a “very high likelihood” that the three-quadrillion-gallon lake will soon be totally covered with ice thanks to this winter’s record-breaking cold.

The ice cover on the largest freshwater lake in the world hit a 20-year record of 91 percent on Feb. 5, 1994.   Continue reading “Ice Expert Predicts Lake Superior Will Completely Freeze Over This Winter”

FedBizOpps

Hornady .308 Win 168gr A-MAX TAP Ammunition

Solicitation Number: HSCEMS-14-Q-00004
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
Office: Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Location: ICE-OAQ-MS

Synopsis: Added: Feb 07, 2014 8:12 am   Continue reading “DHS Buying 141,160 .308 Sniper Rounds”

WND – by F. MICHAEL MALOOF

WASHINGTON – National security experts have expressed alarm over the announcement by Iran that it will position its warships off the coast of the United States, from where they could launch a nuclear warhead to explode at high altitude to create an electromagnetic pulse.

That could knock the American electrical grid out of commission, disrupting supplies of energy, food, communications, fuel and more for a long period.   Continue reading “Approaching Iranian Warships Raise EMP Threat”

Gov Slaves

(Richard Moyer) In hopes of catching more terrorists, the FBI released twenty five instructional pamphlets intended for everyone from hobby store owners to karate instructors. The idea being that these businesses will turn in their customers to the FBI as suspected terrorists. Every single one of these examples were taken directly from FBI lists distributed to places of business in how they can help fight the war on terror. Do one of these, and you might end up at FEMA camp.   Continue reading “15 Ridiculous Ways to get on the FBI Terrorist Watchlist”

Yahoo News – by KATE BRUMBACK and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY

ATLANTA (AP) — With memories of gridlock on icy Atlanta highways still fresh, Georgia officials got a second chance Monday to prove the state could prepare for winter weather. The governor declared a state of emergency hours ahead of the storm, something he didn’t do two weeks ago.   Continue reading “Part of Georgia under state of emergency for storm”