From the Trenches World Report

Yahoo News – by Sergei Karpov, Reuters

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to annihilate “terrorists” following two deadly bomb attacks in less than 24 hours in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that raised security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics.

The uncompromising remarks in a New Year’s Eve address were Putin’s first public comments since suicide bombers killed at least 34 people in attacks on a railway station and a trolleybus on Sunday and Monday.   Continue reading “Putin vows to annihilate “terrorists” after suicide bombings”

New York Post

WASHINGTON — The number of law-enforcement officers killed by firearms in 2013 fell to levels not seen since the days of the Wild West, according to a report released Monday.

The annual report from the nonprofit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund also found that deaths in the line of duty generally fell by 8 percent and were the fewest since 1959.   Continue reading “Fewest police deaths by firearms in 2013 since 1887”

Fox News

Health experts are testing the quality of the air in a North Dakota town after most residents evacuated Monday night following a fiery crude oil train derailment.

The fire had been so intense as darkness fell that investigators couldn’t even get close enough to count the number of burning cars. Some burned through the night.

“Is it highly hazardous or did most of it burn off in the fire?” Casselton Sheriff Paul Laney said of elements in burning crude that could be risky for health. “We just don’t know.”   Continue reading “Health experts testing air quality after ND town evacuates over fiery oil train derailment”

MassPrivateI

NY – The department’s prototype “smart car,” outfitted with the latest gadgets in public safety. It has two infrared monitors mounted on the trunk that record any numbers it sees—such as license plates and addresses. It has surveillance cameras and air sensors capable of sending real-time information to police headquarters. The NYPD says it is the cruiser of the very near future.    Continue reading “Police “smart cars” to be equipped with fingerprint scanners and facial recognition sensors”

Salon – by LINA KHAN

Imagine cows fed and milked entirely by robots. Or tomatoes that send an e-mail when they need more water. Or a farm where all the decisions about where to plant seeds, spray fertilizer and steer tractors are made by software on servers on the other side of the sea.

This is what more and more of our agriculture may come to look like in the years ahead, as farming meets Big Data. There’s no shortage of farmers and industry gurus who think this kind of “smart” farming could bring many benefits. Pushing these tools onto fields, the idea goes, will boost our ability to control this fiendishly unpredictable activity and help farmers increase yields even while using fewer resources.   Continue reading “Monsanto’s scary new scheme: Why does it really want all this data?”

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Crockett Lives

“Before you can pry any secrets from me, you must first find the real me!” – Michael McClure, The Beard

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Jerry: “Guys And Dolls? Isn’t that a lavish Broadway musical?”

George: “It’s Guys And Dolls, not Guys And Guys.”

– Seinfeld, “The Outing”   Continue reading “Obama Loses The Beard?”

World Events and the Bible

(Daily Mail) – The Boy Scouts of America will accept openly gay youths starting New Year’s Day, marking a historic shift that spells major changes to policies on tentmates and showers.

Yet despite their be-prepared approach, BSA leaders are rooting for the change to be a non-event, comparable to another New Year’s Day in 2000 when widespread fears of digital-clock chaos to start the new millennium proved unfounded.   Continue reading “Boy Scouts of America will officially welcome gay members on New Year’s Day as they grapple with questions about group showers and tentmates”

World Events and the Bible

(Examiner) – At the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, CEO Howard Schultz sent a clear message to anyone who supports traditional marriageover gay marriage: we don’t want your business. After saying Starbucks wants to “embrace diversity of all kinds,” he told a shareholder who supports traditional marriage that he should sell his shares and invest in some other company.

According to a report by Forbes, Schultz seemed a bit intolerant of any Starbucks shareholders who opposed gay marriage for moral or religious reasons. During the meeting, shareholder Tom Strobhar (who founded the Corporate Morality Action Center) pointed out that after the company voiced its support for a referendum backing gay marriage in Washington state, a boycott by traditional marriage supporters caused a drop in sales revenue. Schultz told him “You can sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company” if he did not agree with the company’s pro-gay marriage stand.   Continue reading “Starbucks CEO: If You Support Traditional Marriage, We Don’t Want Your Business”

CNN – by Morgan Winsor

Michael Bloomberg signed a bill Monday to regulate the use of electronic cigarettes — one of 22 bills he signed at City Hall that are the last he will sign as mayor of New York City, according to Evelyn Erskine, his deputy press secretary.

The legislation amends the Smoke-Free Air Act, which bans smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars, parks, beaches and places of employment. It now additionally prohibits the use of electronic cigarettes in all areas where smoking is prohibited.   Continue reading “Bloomberg signs his last 22 bills; one regulates e-cigarette use”

Ben Swann – by Evan Mulch

Many are starting to question the extremely hard push from many so-called self-proclaimed conservative talk show hosts regarding Mark Levin’s push for a Constitutional Convention. To many of us, it seems that the only time these talk show hosts (Limbaugh, Hannity, etc.) join together in this manner is when there is a time to bring Americans into another unconstitutional war or when it’s time to persuade Americans that  they should support another self-proclaimed “conservative” candidate that believes that the U.S. Constitution is a living document that can be altered without regard to the laws of the Constitution.   Continue reading “Mark Levin wants to Play Russian Roulette with the Constitution”

Mint Press News – by Jo Erickson

The private prison industry has become an increasingly lucrative business, as the companies running them seek to increase profits by cutting inmates’ food provisions while pressuring state governors to guarantee prisons remain 90 percent full at all times.

In recent years, for-profit prisons have grown in popularity. The number of private prisons has increased from five in 1998 to 100 by 2008. The biggest private prison owner in the U.S. is the Corrections Corporation of America. It has seen its profits increase by more than 500 percent in the past 20 years – and it’s not stopping there.   Continue reading “Private Prisons Pushing To Increase Profits”

Militia News by Jim R. Schwiesow

In the U.S. a political system – formerly ruled by the people directly through elected representatives – rapidly gives way to a tinpot dictatorship and a banana republic system of governance.

Anyone of even moderate intelligence must realize that the United States throughout the last half century, and more, has by virtue of its technology, integrity, fiscal potential, and tremendous military strength – all of which comprised an unstoppable power – kept worldwide stability on a fairly even keel. During that time some pretty wise and judicious political leadership kept the elements of this power and prepared intensity reasonably intact.   Continue reading “The Other Side Of Corrupt Leadership Lies Desolation.”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Several sources have come forward to name 2014 as the year of the Global Currency Reset. 2014 could be the year wages and pensions are cut 50%. Some have worried about World War III. I have not. My greatest concern is that when, not if, the dollar collapses, that every man’s hand will be against his neighbor. If food disappears from the store shelves or men have no money to buy it, civilization will cease on the third day.

There are two conflicting plans for the Global Currency Reset. One is from what we could call the Bilderberg set. Bilderberg is an annual meeting of men and women in the West who decide what will happen over the next year. They select Presidents and Prime Ministers. They have been meeting since 1954. Continue reading “2014: China Vs. Bilderberg. Should We Care Who Wins?”

The Ugly Truth

ed note–I post this not in the interests of starting a debate about abortion, but rather because there are several items in this story underscoring the nature of what we are up against.

First and foremost is the mindset of a people who are so greedy for gain that they will actually BRING SUIT for having NOT BEEN MURDERED in the womb. This in itself is pure madness and is the same kind of mindset that would be so audacious as to try and make a profit off of free air.   Continue reading “Increasing number of disabled Israeli children sue for not being aborted”

Before It’s News

“Whether spinning from the inside out, or from the outside in, Geithner is proof the Washington-to-Wall-Street revolving door serves bankers, not the public interests. We need to weld that door shut.”

Writing in The New Yorker magazine, Andrew Huszar says we need not be surprised that the former treasury chief is cashing in on his insider knowledge and contacts. Huszar worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York when Geithner became president of that powerful supervisor of Wall Street firms.   Continue reading “Geithner Flips Through Own Revolving Door, Lands on a Thick Cushion of Wall Street Money”