From the Trenches World Report

Small Wars Journal – by David Shunk

The Worst Policy is to Attack Cities. Attack Cities Only When There is No Alternative.1

Sun Tzu, Art of War

Convinced that Hitler would employ whatever forces were necessary to seize the city [Stalingrad]…the sole function of the [Soviet 62nd & 64th Armies] was to lure combat ready German forces into the city…, sap their strength in the kind of street combat for which German soldiers were neither trained nor accustomed to fighting. By staying close to the German attackers and contesting every block, the Soviet soldiers deprived the Germans of the greatest advantages: firepower and maneuver. 2    Continue reading “Mega Cities, Ungoverned Areas, and the Challenge of Army Urban Combat Operations in 2030-2040”

The common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

As reported on KTAR FM radio, Phoenix, AZ., on January 17, 2014, the cyber attacks upon Target Inc., have Russian mafia fingerprints on the identity theft of over one hundred million Americans. If one knows their Russian history, we know that since the pretend collapse of the “former” Soviet Union, the KGB changed uniforms and ran the Russian mafia which also happens to be the origin source of Putin. The notorious Russian mafia, the Russian KGB, there is no difference.   Continue reading “Russian Motivations for Attacking the United States”

B’Man’s Revolt

The “Useless Drug” was patented by the US Government, yet, you know people who use this useless drug and get arrested. The question should be asked, why did they patent the useless drug?   Continue reading “Why Weed? The US Government Patented It”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former banker and movie executive who said police beat him with batons in a bizarre street confrontation lost his $20 million excessive force claim on Friday against the Los Angeles Police Department.

During the three-day trial, Brian Mulligan acknowledged that he had used a drug mixture known as bath salts in the weeks leading up to the May 2012 incident. Police officers said he appeared delusional, wandering the streets with crumpled $100 bills falling out of his pockets and made animal sounds when they confronted him.   Continue reading “Jury rules against banker in LAPD beating lawsuit”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — After years of delays due to funding disputes, engineering challenges and a nearly disastrous flood, a museum dedicated to victims of the 9/11 terror attacks will open to the public in mid-May in a giant cavern beneath the World Trade Center site — with a world-class admissions price of $24.

National 9/11 Memorial and Museum President Joe Daniels said Friday that tickets would go on sale for the museum in March for the spring opening. That $24 price is in line with other major tourist attractions in New York City. It costs $18 to take a ferry to the Statue of Liberty, $25 to see the Museum of Modern Art and $27 to visit the observation deck of the Empire State Building.   Continue reading “NYC 9/11 museum opens to public in May”

Mail.com

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered a Texas hospital to remove life support for a pregnant, brain-dead woman whose family had argued that she would not want to be kept in that condition.

Judge R. H. Wallace Jr. issued the ruling in the case of Marlise Munoz. John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth has been keeping Munoz on life support against her family’s wishes. The judge gave the hospital until 5 p.m. CST Monday to remove life support. The hospital did not say Friday whether it would appeal.   Continue reading “Judge: Remove life support for pregnant woman”

AlterNet – by Aaron Cantu

After oil companies and state executives in North Dakota hid the news from the public that nearly 300 oil spills occured between 2011 and 2013, radioactive toxic sludge is brimming back up to the surface, bubbling forth from the ground and mixing with fresh water across the state.

In late 2013, the shale oil industry in North Dakota received national attention when a train carrying explosive “Bakken” oil derailed and exploded near the town of Cassleton on December 30. Eighteen rail cars attached to the train also spilled 400,000 gallons of crude oil–one of the biggest spills ever recorded in the United States.   Continue reading “Radioactive Waste Dumped by Oil Companies is Seeping Out of the Ground in North Dakota”

Redefining God

Well, I ran across a YouTube video this morning that really pissed me off. It was a “SecureTeam10” video which showed what they suggest is a UFO…   Continue reading “An Illustrative Example of Faux-Truther Disinfo: SecureTeam10”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

Have you been paying attention to what has been happening in Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Ukraine, Turkey and China?  If you are like most Americans, you have not been.  Most Americans don’t seem to really care too much about what is happening in the rest of the world, but they should.  In major cities all over the globe right now, there is looting, violence, shortages of basic supplies, and runs on the banks.  We are not at a “global crisis” stage yet, but things are getting worse with each passing day.  For a while, I have felt that 2014 would turn out to be a major “turning point” for the global economy, and so far that is exactly what it is turning out to be.  The following are 20 early warning signs that we are rapidly approaching a global economic meltdown…   Continue reading “20 Early Warning Signs That We Are Approaching A Global Economic Meltdown”

Canada Free Press

Barack Obama doesn’t just have a pen and a telephone, he’s got a hammer and sickle too.

The battle lines of the promised Marxist Revolution are being perfected as we go about our daily lives,  and Obama’s hammer and sickle will drop on the Western world now that it’s 2014.   Continue reading “Obama’s Hammer & Sickle ready to drop on the Free World”

Fox News – by Joshua Rhett Miller

A national newspaper chain with nearly 100 publications and 1.6 million readers is considering building “state-by-state databases” on concealed weapons permit holders, according to an internal e-mail.

The plan, laid out in an email from a top editor at North Carolina-based Civitas Media, could be similar to a controversial project a New York state newspaper carried out in 2012 which included an online map that identified gun owners in two counties by name and address. Civitas’ database project was detailed in a Jan. 19 e-mail to newsrooms across the chain, which has papers in 11 states, including Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania.   Continue reading “Newspaper chain plans ‘state-by-state’ concealed weapon databases”

Ben Swann – by Michael Lotfi

COLUMBIA, S.C., January 24, 2014 – The South Carolina state senate this week is considering a bill to virtually ban the use of drones without a warrant. It recently passed the state house unanimously, with a vote of 100-0.

Introduced in early 2013 by Reps. Hamilton (R), Delleney (R), Taylor (R), Putnam (R) and Loftis (R), House bill 3514 (H3514) would prohibit the operation of drones by an agency of the state unless it is “pursuant to a criminal warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.”   Continue reading “South Carolina House passes legislation 100-0 to ban drones”

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

The Obama administration has accused the contractor hired to conduct background checks for security clearances of committing fraud, resulting in hundreds of thousands of incomplete reviews.

Among the many investigations conducted by the firm, United States Investigations Services LLC(USIS), were those for National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden and Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis.   Continue reading “U.S. Charges with Fraud the Security Firm that Approved Snowden and Navy Yard Murderer”