From the Trenches World Report

ABC News – by LINDA DEUTSCH AP

A short, slender man speaking in a hoarse voice pleaded not guilty Thursday to 11 federal charges, including the murder of a Transportation Security Administration screener and the wounding of three other people during a rampage at Los Angeles International Airport last month.

The charges could bring him the death penalty. The decision on whether the government will seek the ultimate penalty will take a long time and will ultimately rest with U.S. Attorney General Erik Holder.   Continue reading “Suspect in LA Airport Shooting Pleads Not Guilty”

New York Post – by S.A. Miller and Geoff Earle

WASHINGTON — Here comes the ObamaCare tax bill.

The cost of President Obama’s massive health-care law will hit Americans in 2014 as new taxes pile up on their insurance premiums and on their income-tax bills.

Most insurers aren’t advertising the ObamaCare taxes that are added on to premiums, opting instead to discretely pass them on to customers while quietly lobbying lawmakers for a break.   Continue reading “New ObamaCare fees coming in 2014”

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Last Resistance – by Philip Hodges

In what universe would anyone describe Obamacare as anything other than a colossal failure? Failure always abounds when the government sees fit to involve itself in the formerly-free market. The government drags along with it an exorbitant increase in prices and a significant drop in quality of product. That’s what’s been happening with the healthcare industry for decades now. And healthcare.gov is the embodiment of everything that’s wrong with the government’s penchant for central economic planning.   Continue reading “Pelosi: Obamacare is “a Glorious Thing””

Piper Michael

I’ve had it…

I’ve had it, I’ve had enough. Through a “long chain of abuses”, I now recognize that my government has turned from a democratic republic, into a fascist socialist nightmare verging on tyranny. They tell me that I’m wrong because I don’t wish to pay a tax on my behavior, that I cannot allow my money to be used for the murder of the unborn and the free birth control of the hedonists. I see the future, and the future is now, I will have a choice between spending money on food, or health insurance? What kind of a choice is that? Who Benefits? The choice to ‘redistribute’ my wealth, into the hands of those who vote for a living, instead of those who work for a living. This is not a choice, this is the Tyranny of the Majority, this is coercion, this is blackmail, this is the end of the Republic and the fundamental transformation through the animal passion of COVETING, a sin. Furthermore, this is destruction of my America. I will not stand for it.   Continue reading “Had enough?”

Washington Examiner – by PAUL BEDARD

A top financial advisor, worried that Obamacare, the NSA spying scandal and spiraling national debt is increasing the chances for a fiscal and social disaster, is recommending that Americans prepare a “bug-out bag” that includes food, a gun and ammo to help them stay alive.

David John Marotta, a Wall Street expert and financial advisor and Forbes contributor, said in a note to investors, “Firearms are the last item on the list, but they are on the list. There are some terrible people in this world. And you are safer when your trusted neighbors have firearms.”   Continue reading “Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse”

Imagine the nightmare scenario of an attack from a terrorist group or hostile nation. It probably involves a radioactive blast and a mushroom cloud, right? What about an attack that involves germs and surgical masks? How does that factor in? The reality is biological attacks may be just as devastating as the typical terrorist attack. How prepared is the U.S., and what’s the history of biological warfare and terrorism throughout the world?   Continue reading “Biological Attack — Are We Ready?”

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Washington Times – by Stephen Dinan

Federal authorities said Thursday they have arrested and charged a Texas man in connection with the “knockout game,” accusing him of a hate crime for targeting a black man for a vicious street attack.

Most knockout victims that have appeared in news reports have been white, but the Justice Department said in this instance the victim was a 79-year-old black man, and stepped in with federal charges.   Continue reading “Federal authorities charge white ‘knockout’ suspect with hate crime”

Salon – by ELIAS ISQUITH

Ray Kelly is soon to leave his post as NYPD commissioner, but that doesn’t mean he’ll fade from the public eye. Not only is he planning to soon cash-in on the public speaking circuit, but according to a release from the venerable think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations will soon add Kelly to its roster of thought leaders, bestowing Kelly with the title of distinguished visiting fellow.  Continue reading “Ray Kelly to join Council on Foreign Relations”

Fox News – by Stephanie McNeal

When budget woes reduced the sheriff’s department in one rural Oregon county to a bare-bones force, residents decided to take matters into their own hands — creating armed patrol groups in defiance of local officials.

Their decision has raised safety concerns with the county government, which would prefer residents instead hike their own taxes to fund the hiring of trained deputies. But despite the risks, the move stands as a unique, some would say innovative, response to one of the country’s most severe local budget crunches.    Continue reading “Citizens take law into own hands after cash-strapped Ore. county guts sheriff’s office”

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The first step in Jewel v. NSA is for the court to decide whether to adopt or reject the government’s invocation of the controversial ‘state secrets’ privilege—a legal tool that started as a limited shield intended to protect legitimate and critical government national security secrets, but which the government has attempted to turn into a sword to block Americans seeking to enforce the law and the Constitution.

Essentially, by invoking the state secrets privilege in this way, the government argues that even if all of the allegations of serious law-breaking and Constitutional violations are true, surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans is exempt from judicial review.   Continue reading “The State Secrets Privilege”

Natural News – by Tony Isaacs

In yet another blow to the claimed benefits of statin drugs, newly published research has found that statin drug use leads to accelerated coronary artery and aortic artery calcification, both of which greatly contribute to cardiovascular disease and mortality. The new study comes on top of findings that led the FDA to mandate adding “diabetes risk” to the warning label of statin drugs.   Continue reading “Another nail in the coffin for statin drugs – New research finds statins increase artery calcification”

Gov Slaves.info

(Daniel Jennings) State drivers’ licenses are slowly turning into national ID cards by a little known federal law called the REAL ID Act.

The idea behind the law is to make it easier for law enforcement and security personnel to identify individuals through their driver’s licenses and state-issued identification cards, and the law has even led some states to ban smiling for license pictures, so as not to throw off computer facial recognition software.   Continue reading “National ID Law Takes Effect In 2014”