From the Trenches World Report

Strat Risks

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s interior minister accused Moscow’s military of blockading an airport near a Russian naval base on Friday and armed men took control of another airport in Ukraine’s Crimean capital of Simferopol.

In a Facebook post, Arsen Avakov called the seizure of the Belbek international airport in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol a “military invasion and occupation.” He added: “It is a breach of all international agreements and norms.”   Continue reading “Ukraine Accuses Russia of ‘Invasion’ Over Airport Blockade”

Campus Reform – by Katherine Timpf

A new policy at Tennessee State University (TSU) will force students and faculty to “wear and display” official identification badges — complete with tracking technology — at all times on campus or risk punishment.

As of March 1, being caught on campus not wearing the new ID “may result in employee disciplinary action, student judicial action or removal from University property,” according to a release published by the school.   Continue reading “University policy will force students to wear trackable identification at all times”

The New American – by Bob Adelmann

Speculation about how the state of Connecticut would respond to the thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of gun owners who failed to register their firearms by December 31 ended when the state police sent out this January 2, 2014 letter to all those who registered late, but who in the process gave the state sufficient information to brand them as criminals: name, address, description of weapon or magazine, and date of ownership:   Continue reading “Connecticut Gun Confrontation Brewing Over Registration”

The Daily Sheeple

Maybe the flame under the melting pot is burning so hot that our own national identity has…I don’t know...melted?

In Northern California last year, students wearing t-shirts bearing an American flag were asked to turn them inside out. Wait a second…Northern California is still in America, right? Yeah, that’s what I thought.   Continue reading “Silly Students, Don’t You Know That in America, a Mexican Holiday Takes Precedence Over Patriotism?”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton

Things have been getting a little…strange lately. What with all these banker suicides and warnings from banks that the stock market is about to decline by 10% or more.

To add to that, let’s recall an article that appeared in The Washington Times back on October 29, 2012 entitled, “MEANS: U.S. economy on schedule to crash March 4, 2014″:   Continue reading “Black Tuesday Redux? Media Predicted Economic Collapse on March 4, 2014”

Last Resistance – by Michael Minkoff

One of my biggest pet peeves on the road is the left-lane highway cruiser. If you’re a compulsive reader of my articles (Why would you do that to yourself?), you may remember that I have written on this very issue before.

I don’t care how fast you are going. The leftmost lane on the highway is for passing. That is basic road etiquette, but, not surprisingly, few people here in Georgia follow it. And it is frustrating.   Continue reading “Georgia to Pass Awesome Slowpoke Bill”

Birch Gold Group

Last week the Federal Reserve released transcripts of emergency meetings that they held during the peak of the 2008 financial crisis. Releases such as these are required by federal law, but by now the information is woefully out of date, so it’s unfortunately far too late for you to do anything meaningful with it.

Still, even these out-of-date releases make for fascinating reading, because they show the other side of the Fed’s duck-like behavior, as they paddle like mad underneath the surface.   Continue reading “Transcripts Reveal A Fed Hell-Bent On Secrecy (But Here’s Some Info To Act On)”