From the Trenches World Report

Military Times – by Ray Locker, USA Today

WASHINGTON — Western militaries may lose access to critical materials needed for weapons and other systems, because of the growing demand for new technologies, questionable supply lines and production in unfriendly or dangerous countries, NATO documents show.

“Key strategic materials are those that are crucial in the manufacture of sophisticated military hardware or components such as airframes, gas turbines, rocket motors, munitions, armor and electronics,” according to a newly released NATO request for information. “These materials are becoming increasingly scarce.”   Continue reading “NATO: West may lose access to crucial military materials”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton

The American Dental Association (ADA) has updated its guidelines on fluoride toothpaste for tiny kids, now recommending that a rice-sized amount be used on the gums of children as young as 12-to-14 months old:

According to the American Dental Association, preventing tooth decay can start a lot earlier than previously recommended. Old guidelines advised parents to wait until their children turned two before introducing them to fluoride toothpaste. Now, the association has recommended all parents to start using fluoride toothpaste on children younger than two.   Continue reading “New ADA Recommendation: Parents Should Use Fluoride Toothpaste on 12-Month-Olds”

Your bullet will expand as it penetrates the skull, pulverizing grey matter until it blows most of who he was out the back door you created in his head, and then it will still shatter bone and shred arteries in the evil bastard standing behind him. You’ll leave mountains of dead bodies in your wake, you’ll wade through the rivers of blood you’ve spilt, and you’ll gaze with proud victory upon a landscape strewn with broken and severed body parts.

The following morning, you’ll hold a baby as gently as a lamb, and when you do, you’ll still feel the same warmth in your heart that you do now, and you don’t want to lose that.    Continue reading “Be Good”

Detroit News – by MARK HICKS AND LAUREN ABDEL-RAZZAQ

Tenth Amendment Center

The movement to thwart NSA spying at the state level continues to grow, with Iowa becoming the 15th state to consider legislation denying support to the spy agency.

On Wednesday, Iowa state Senator Jake Chapman introduced the Fourth Amendment Protection Act. If SF2172  becomes law, the state, it agencies or political subdivisions will not “provide material support for participation with or assistance to, in any form, any federal agency which claims the power, or which purports due to any federal law, regulation, or order, to authorize the collection of electronic data or metadata of any person pursuant to any action not based on a warrant that particularly describes the person, place or thing to be searched or seized.”   Continue reading “Fifteen and Counting: Iowa to consider legislation against NSA spying”

Yahoo News – by Paul Elias

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A divided federal appeals court has struck down California’s concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that California is wrong to require applicants to show good cause to receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The court ruled that all law-abiding citizens are entitled to carry concealed weapons outside the home for self-defense purposes.   Continue reading “Court tosses California’s concealed weapons rules”

Huffington Post – by KAY JOHNSON

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Disregarding heated American protests, Afghanistan released 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison on Thursday, despite warnings that the men are dangerous Taliban fighters and bomb-makers likely to return to killing foreign forces and Afghans.

The freeing of the men from the Parwan Detention Center further strains relations between Washington and President Hamid Karzai. The Afghan leader’s increasingly anti-American rhetoric and refusal to sign a long-negotiated bilateral security deal has heightened uncertainty ahead of the year-end withdrawal of most international forces.   Continue reading “Afghanistan Frees 65 ‘Dangerous’ Inmates, Despite Protests From U.S. Military”

Weekly Standard – by Michael Warren

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tea party is teeing off on Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

Matt Bevin, who is challenging McConnell in the GOP primary in Kentucky, seized on the senator’s vote Wednesday to move ahead on legislation to increase the nation’s debt limit, describing it as a blank check for President Barack Obama. The tea party-backed businessman and conservative groups signaled they won’t let Senate Republican incumbents forget the vote this election year.   Continue reading “Tea party tees off on McConnell after debt vote”

Mail.com

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Profuse sweating betrayed Nicole Bartscher’s internal panic over having 10 pounds of cocaine strapped to her body as she negotiated her way through Lima’s international airport in 2010 for a flight to the Netherlands.

Policewomen took the heavyset hairdresser aside, told her to strip and found the drug packages bound to her torso and legs. After a body cavity search, they arrested Bartscher and shuttled her to a crowded holding cell, where she slept on the floor, hungry and cold.   Continue reading “Foreign drug mules in Peruvian parole purgatory”

WND – by JACK MINOR

With Democrats facing a real possibility of losing the Senate this November, the Communist Party USA has announced the cavalry is planning to ride to their rescue by helping unite the left and stave off “right-wing extremism.”

The plans were announced during a web streaming event held by party Chairman Sam Webb Wednesday titled “Taking care of the future: from here to socialism.”   Continue reading “Communists to Obama: We’ve got your back”