From the Trenches World Report

Harvest Moon

This is a proposal of how Atheism has become a religion.  I am speaking of a specific kind of atheist, not a buddhist atheist, but an atheist who has faith in science, the scientific method, and worships these entities.  Simply being an Atheist does not make one a religious-atheist according to this proposal.

Some religions have worshiped statues and objects as their god. I am proposing Atheism is not impervious to Idolatry.   Continue reading “Atheism As A Religion”

Natural News – by Margie King

The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas can be traced back to ancient Scandinavian rules of war. The story goes that if enemies found themselves standing beneath the mistletoe they had to lay down their arms for the rest of the day.

Peacemaking led to the Christmas kissing tradition. It’s said a young man may kiss a girl under the mistletoe, plucking a poison berry from the bush each time. But when the berries are gone, no more kissing.    Continue reading “Mistletoe Extract Beats Chemotherapy Against Colon Cancer Cells”

Bearing Arms – by Bob Owens

I’m going to post this Armslist entry in it’s entirety.  Make of it what you will.

FOR SALE/TRADE: BEWARE COPS SELLING AMMO TO GET YOUR INFORMATION

BEWARE THERES A SCUMBAG ON HERE SELLING MULTIPLE CALS IN ROCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS!! THIS SCUMBAG AGREED TO MEET THEN I WAS SURROUNDED BY POLICE. Continue reading “Are NY Cops using Armslist to try to develop intelligence on gun owners?”

Natural News – by JB Bardot

Diatomaceous earth (DE) is a naturally occurring rock made from the skeletons of fossilized diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. When ground into a fine powder, diatomaceous earth works mechanically to destroy a wide range of pests, insects, parasites and pathogens by cutting through the exoskeleton, absorbing bodily fluids and causing them to die. Food grade diatomaceous earth is chemical-free and non toxic.

Diatomaceous earth has many uses including detoxification of the body — inside and out; protecting pets and livestock from parasites and insect infestation; and keep your yard and garden pest-free.   Continue reading “Detox with diatomaceous earth to remove allergies, mercury, chemicals, GMOs, parasites”

YIKES! Not only is it multiplying, his illegitimate grandson was born on Christmas Eve.

New York Times – by EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg became a grandfather on Christmas Eve when his daughter Georgina Bloomberg gave birth to his first grandchild.

Ms. Bloomberg and her boyfriend, Ramiro Quintana, welcomed a son, Jasper Michael Brown Quintana, at 4:34 p.m. on Tuesday in New York City. He weighed 7.7 pounds.   Continue reading “Bloomberg Becomes A Grandfather”

Continue reading “Merry Christmas From the Trenches!”

The Organic Prepper

It has been only 7 months since the lights went out, but it feels like forever. Some people call it the Apocalypse and consider it the worst disaster that the modern world has known. At our house, we call it the Change, because my mother says that just because it is different, doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the world, and that words matter. Whatever you call it, though, the day the lights went out is the day that everything in our world became dramatically different.

The days go on and on, blending into one another with the sameness of our tasks.  I don’t go to school anymore because there was no school. My mother teaches me at night, when we leave the door to the wood stove open to preserve our precious candles, but still have light bright enough to read by.   Continue reading “A Post-Apocalypse Christmas Story”

Daily Mail – by SARAH GRIFFITHS

These days drones are used for everything from farming to surveying remote regions to waging war.

So it makes sense that one Dutch designer has penned the Drone Survival Guide, which like bird watching charts, shows the various shapes and sizes of flying objects by their silhouettes.   Continue reading “21st century bird watching: Drone guide lets sky gazers spot flying military robots using their silhouettes”

Dynamoo’s Blog – by Conrad Longmore

I’ve had quite a few spams with a similar payload to this that I can’t even Unzip. Go figure. But this one is an interesting variation.

Date:      Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:05:38 -0500 [10:05:38 EST] From:      Notice to Appear [support.6@jonesday.com] Subject:      Hearing of your case in Court NR#6976   Continue reading ““Hearing of your case in Court NR#6976” spam”

The Guardian – by Karen McVeigh

For Denise Acosta, it was being laid off for the first time. For Diana Martinez, it was the death of her mother, leaving her as the sole carer for her severely disabled younger brother. For Johnny Hill, it was having to take responsibility, a year away from retirement, for her two young granddaughters.

Each of these hard-working women from San Antonio, Texas, have fallen victim to circumstances that turned their lives upside down, robbing them of their full-time jobs, the paychecks they once enjoyed and, in Acosta’s case, her home. Their stories vary, but they all belong to a growing group, America’s working poor, for whom the journey from getting by to hunger can be brutally short.   Continue reading “Demand for food stamps soars as cuts sink in and shelves empty”

RT News

A small team of US Marines was deployed to Uganda on Tuesday to prepare for more evacuations of Americans from the escalating turmoil in South Sudan.

Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren said a “platoon-sized” team of Marines and a C-130 aircraft would be detached from a deployment in Djibouti to travel to Entebbe, Uganda, AFP reported.   Continue reading “US sends Marines to Uganda to aid South Sudan evacuations”

Washington’s Blog

Don’t Be Foolish

Albert Einstein said:

A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of the truth.

Indeed, scientists have shown that people will go to absurd lengths – and engage in mental gymnastics – in order to cling to their belief in what those in authority have said.   Continue reading “Albert Einstein: “A Foolish Faith In Authority Is The Worst Enemy Of The Truth””

Bookworm Room

There’s been a fair amount written about the Obama Christmas card. It’s a pop-up card, which has an expensive look that’s unseemly as millions lose their insurance and millions more have joined the ranks of the perpetually unemployed.  It’s colors are cool, not warm, which seems to refute the warmth that Christmas brings to people in the dark of winter.  It shows a vacant building, which seems symbolic when one considers that Obama invariable answer to all the scandalsrevealed in the past year is to disclaim knowledge or responsibility.  And lastly, despite going out at Christmas time and despite Obama’s claims to be a Christian, the card makes no mention of Christmas.  Keep in mind with this last point that the card ostensibly comes not from “the government” but from a man and his family.  George and Laura Bush were not ashamed that they celebrated Christmas and always sent out cards that included Biblical verses.   Continue reading “The Obama Christmas card reveals the zero at the center of our government”