From the Trenches World Report

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy said Tuesday it is investigating about 30 senior sailors linked to alleged cheating on tests meant to qualify them to train others to operate naval nuclear power reactors. Representing roughly one-fifth of the reactor training contingent, sidelining 30 may put a pinch on the Navy’s training program, senior officials said.   Continue reading “Navy probing alleged cheating on nuke reactor work”

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BEIRUT (AP) — Men pull a girl from the rubble and haul her onto a dirty sheet of plastic, while another child, coated in white dust save for a red streak of blood from his nose, lies with his crushed leg dangling off a gurney — the grisly aftermath from the dropping of a crude “barrel bomb” by Syrian forces on the city of Aleppo.

The bombing — one of at least seven such attacks in Aleppo on Tuesday — struck a mosque that was being used as a school, killing at least 11 people, activists said. A video supplied by activists contained scenes of the carnage.   Continue reading “Syrian forces hit mosque with crude bomb, kill 11”

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ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say the man who was shot to death by suburban Denver police after holding a 13-year-old boy hostage for nearly 18 hours had a criminal record and was wanted for a parole violation.

Officers fatally shot 34-year-old Don Pooley on Tuesday when he went to the door of the house he was barricaded in to retrieve unspecified items left by negotiators, Arvada police said. Members of a SWAT team immediately rescued the boy. A Denver Post photo shows an officer carrying the teen away in a bear hug.   Continue reading “Police: Man killed in Colorado standoff had record”

Popular Science – by Rose Pastore

When a soldier is shot on the battlefield, the emergency treatment can seem as brutal as the injury itself. A medic must pack gauze directly into the wound cavity, sometimes as deep as 5 inches into the body, to stop bleeding from an artery. It’s an agonizing process that doesn’t always work–if bleeding hasn’t stopped after three minutes of applying direct pressure, the medic must pull out all the gauze and start over again. It’s so painful, “you take the guy’s gun away first,” says former U.S. Army Special Operations medic John Steinbaugh.   Continue reading “How A Simple New Invention Seals A Gunshot Wound In 15 Seconds”

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

Researchers are set to embark on a project to gather samples of kelp from the U.S. West Coast and analyze them for potential radioactive contamination caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster unleashed nearly three years ago.

Called “Kelp Watch 2014,” the campaign led by researchers from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will analyze how ocean currents might have carried over Fukushima radioactivity to California’s kelp forest, which the researchers describe as “a highly productive and complex ecosystem and a valuable state resource.”   Continue reading “Scientists to Analyze West Coast Kelp for Fukushima Radioactivity”

After a minute or two of staring through my scope, I dropped my rifle in the grass,
fell to my knees, and prayed for this blessed creature….

Keys 2 Liberty

Medical disclaimer: always check with a physician before consuming wild plants, and make positive identification in the field using a good source such as Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West.  Michael Moore also has a glossary of medical terms in his books, and maps in later editions. )    Continue reading “Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants #159 – 161 Water Cress/ Fleabane/ Syrian Rue”

Fox News – by Todd Starnes

Students and parents at a Colorado high school are outraged after administrators turned down their request for a spirit week day honoring America because it might offend non-Americans.

“They said they didn’t want to offend anyone from other countries or immigrants,” a 16-year-old member of the student council told me. “They just really did not want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.”   Continue reading “You can’t celebrate America, school says”

CNN – by Lisa Desjardins

Washington (CNN) — It may be the most overlooked mega-bill of the past 12 months.

The nearly $1 trillion farm bill received final approval on Tuesday from the Senate, which sent the compromise already passed by the House to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.   Continue reading “5 things the farm bill will mean for you”

I just want to give you all a heads up!

My debit card information was stolen. They started to use my card yesterday. They only got two charges through and it threw up a red flag and the fraud division of my bank put a hold on my card! The stores that the thieves shopped at and were successful were web hosting and Dr. Jays. When they purchased at Dr. Jays, the transaction was from New York and that threw the red flag. They tried to charge $1019 at Best Buy, another $300 something at Best Buy, another $300 something at NBA.com, another $300 something at Dr. Jays, and several other small ones that I can’t remember.   Continue reading “My Debit Card Info was Stolen and Other Bank Info”

    The vast majority Americans have come to the conclusion that their congressman is an idiot, and although an unfortunate condition of mental stagnation may seem obvious at first glance, it’s usually not the case. The fact of the matter is that your congressman probably isn’t an idiot at all, but instead he’s an evil sociopath, who regularly uses idiocy and incompetence as a defense whenever his nefarious deeds are exposed.

So where exactly do these miscreants who call themselves our “representatives” come from? Why can we only choose between one lying whore or another when it’s time for another fraudulent election? Why do we never have the option of electing someone who might actually represent the American people, instead of basing their political career on deceiving them?    Continue reading “Spies and Politicians”

Fox News

A top Republican senator is calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to provide a legal defense for President Obama’s planned executive orders as outlined in his State of the Union address last week.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote a letter to Holder Monday demanding the Justice Department publicly release its “opinions, analyses and conclusions” regarding the legality of the orders. Grassley states in the letter he wants Holder to do so because he is concerned Obama’s use of executive action is an attempt to circumvent the Constitution, and asks him to respond by Feb. 14.   Continue reading “Sen. Grassley calls for Holder to provide a legal defense for Obama’s executive actions”