From the Trenches World Report

Making Us All Less Safe In the Process

Norway’s largest newspaper (Aftenposten) reports today that British spies pressured the developers of cellphone standards in the 1980s to intentionally weaken the cellphone’s encryption:

The British argued that the key length had to be reduced [the longer the key length, the stronger the encryption]. Among other things they wanted to make sure that a specified Asian country should not have the opportunity to escape surveillance. Continue reading “American and British Spy Agencies Have INTENTIONALLY Weakened Security for Many Decades”

Political Velcraft – by Volubrjotr

The United States government has six interrelated motivations for destroying the value of the dollar:

Creating money out of thin air on a massive basis is all that stands between the current state of hidden depression, and overt depression with unemployment levels potentially rivaling those seen in the Great Depression of the 1930s.
It is the most effective way to not just pay down current crushing debt levels using devalued dollars, but also to deal with the rapidly approaching massive generational crisis of paying for Boomer retirement promises. Continue reading “Why The NWO Is Devaluing The Dollar: Theft!”

Stop the War coalition – by Max Blumenthal

A central player in Israeli affairs since the state’s inception, Ariel Sharon molded history according to his own stark vision. He won consent for his plans through ruthlessness and guile, and resorted to force when he could not find any.

An accused war criminal who presided over the killing of thousands of civilians, his foes referred to him as “The Bulldozer.” To those who revered him as a strong-armed protector and patron saint of the settlements, he was “The King of Israel.” In a life acted out in three parts, Sharon destroyed entire cities, wasted countless lives and sabotaged careers to shape the reality on the ground. Continue reading “The truth about Israeli war criminal Ariel Sharon that you won’t hear from Obama, Cameron or the BBC”

Northerntruthseeker

Sunday…. And again time for my usual rant that will both surprise you and piss many people off at the same time…

First, I want again to thank everyone for their support over the last while during a time when I was led to believe that I had a heart condition… I went for the followup this last week, and the doctor stated that my heart is perfectly fine. There is no blockage and all the EKG and blood work readings are back to normal. I can almost safely state that the cause of all the commotion in the first place was most probably due to one heck of a viral infection in my chest coupled with an allergic reaction to over the counter cough medication. I am now almost over all the chest congestion and I will be back to my usual 3 times a week to the local YMCA starting this week as well…. Continue reading “Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, January 12th, 2013”

People are reflected in the window of a Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena bank in Rome January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Max Rossi Reuters – by SILVIA ALOISI

Italy’s third-biggest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena was forced to delay a vital 3 billion euro ($4.1 billion) share sale to raise capital until mid-2014 because of shareholder opposition, plunging its turnaround plan into uncertainty.

The bank’s chairman and its chief executive may now resign after their plan to launch the cash call in January was defeated at an extraordinary shareholder meeting on Saturday due to the vote of Monte Paschi’s top shareholder. Continue reading “Monte Paschi shareholders delay cash call, top executives may quit”

The Telegraph – by Malcolm Moore

China appears to have fulfilled a promise to dismantle hundreds of labour camps and release tens of thousands of people who were imprisoned in them without trial.

A series of visits to six enormous labour camps on the outskirts of Beijing suggested that four had been shut down, with their signs removed. Staff said all their prisoners had been released and they were waiting for further orders. Continue reading “China abolishes its labour camps and releases prisoners”

IB Times – by Moran Zhang

After decades of relying on state banks, China is finally ready to open up the financial sector to private capital. Regulators announced it will roll out a “pilot project” to allow the creation of up to five privately financed banks this year to support economic growth.

The China Banking Regulatory Commission would maintain “prudential regulatory standards” in approving private banks, it said in a statement following a meeting on banking supervision. It gave no details of who would be allowed to set up a bank or in what lines of business they can compete. Continue reading “China To Set Up Five Private Banks In 2014”

Raw Story – by David Edwards

Republican strategist Karl Rove asserted on Sunday that New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) handling of the George Washington Bridge Scandal showed he had the right qualities to be president of the United States.

During a panel segment on Fox News Sunday, host John Roberts pointed out that many Republicans were praising Christie for firing one of his top aides after a newspaper exposed his administration’s role in closing part of the busiest bridge in the world as part of political retribution plot, but President Barack Obama had not fired anyone over the health care reform law. Continue reading “Karl Rove: Bridge scandal proves Christie is ‘what we want’ in a president”

Tea Party Nation – by Alan Caruba

The extreme cold that gripped the nation at the beginning of the year just added to the growing public dismissal of the claims that “greenhouse gas emissions” would lead to a dangerous stage of “global warming.” Indeed, even the charlatans that have devoted decades to this hoax are now using the phrase “climate change.”

We tend not to recall what the weather was like a year ago. In May 2013, Dennis T. Avery, a senior fellow for the Hudson Institute, noted that “Lots of us are commenting on the U.S. having the second coldest spring in the official thermometer record (starting ca. 1860) and the coldest since 1975. This cold spring highlights another climate cycle that has nothing to do with carbon dioxide (CO2).” Continue reading “Obama’s “Climate Change” Lies”

The Extinction Protocol

The Alberta woman who died of H5N1 bird flu was in her 20s and a health-care worker at Red Deer Hospital. More details emerged Thursday about the isolated, fatal case of H5N1, or avian influenza, that health officials announced yesterday. It was the first reported death from avian flu in North America. The infected woman, an Alberta resident who recently travelled to Beijing, China, died Jan. 3. The World Health Organization is supporting the work of investigators in Canada and China who are trying to piece together how and where she was exposed to the virus. Dr. Wenqing Zhang, head of the WHO’s global influenza program, said Thursday the organization wants to get the big picture of the case. Continue reading “Mystery deepens over Canada’s H5N1 fatality: woman was in her 20s and had no contact with birds- case “very odd””

NBC News – by Michael Isikoff

The chairman of a New Jersey legislative panel investigating the George Washington Bridge lane closures said Gov. Chris Christie’s top aides had engaged in a “cover-up” and the governor could be impeached if it is determined he was aware of efforts to use the bridge for political purposes.

“Using the George Washington Bridge, a public resource, to exact a political vendetta, is a crime,” New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who is spearheading the bridge probe, told NBC News on Saturday. “Having people use their official position to have a political game is a crime. So if those tie back to the governor in any way, it clearly becomes an impeachable offense.” Continue reading “Democrat heading bridge probe says Christie could be impeached if he knew of closures”

Truthstream Media – by Melissa Melton

Maine joined Connecticut this week as the second state in the nation to sign a genetically modified food labeling law, but you may not have heard much about it because the mainstream media hasn’t really said anything about it.

Do a basic news engine search and you’ll see that no mainstream media outlets have reported anything on this story. In fact, at the time of writing this, the most I could find was Washington Post Blog and Grist (with a ridiculously biased title). Continue reading “Mainstream Media Blackout: Maine Second State to Pass GMO Labeling Law”

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

Last year was a bad one for Florida’s manatees, which experienced a record number of fatalities.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute reported last month that more than 800 of the giant sea cows died in 2013, which was the highest total on record since the institute began researching the mammals 40 years ago.

The previous record for manatee deaths was 766 in 2010. At that time cold weather was largely blamed for the die-off. Continue reading “Florida Manatees Dying at Record Pace”

Epoch Times – by Zachary Stieber

A giant squid was found in a fishing net in Japan, off of Sadogashmia Island in Niigata Prefecture.

The squid was discovered after Shigernori Goto, a fisherman, pulled up a fishing net that was set at a depth 229 feet.

The squid died when it was hauled to the surface. Continue reading “Giant Squid Found in Japan”

Press TV

A group of US lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate criticize Attorney General Eric Holder over the death of an activist, blogger and prominent computer prodigy who had criticized President Obama’s “kill List”. The lawmakers also call for an investigation over the issue.

Eight lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties have pressured Holder to explain about Aaron Swartz’s “tragic” death last year and the “aggressive” prosecution against him by the Department of Justice. Continue reading “Holder questioned over death of anti-Obama activists”

AlterNews

If you’ve been following the GMO crop controversy, then you probably won’t be too surprised to learn that new flu vaccines containing genetically modified (GM) proteins have been approved by the FDA. So far, three vaccines are underway with two of them already approved for marketing.

Protein Sciences Corporation (PSC) is producing a FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved flu vaccine that contains genetically modified insect protein cells. The vaccine, Flublok, contains GMO proteins from three different flu strains. Continue reading “Flu Vaccines Now Use GMOs For Faster Production”

Huffington Post – by Simon McCormack

A puppy meant to be delivered to a sick girl on Christmas was stolen by the person who was supposed to deliver it, cops say.

Riverside, Calif. resident Shawna Hamon wanted to send a pug puppy to a 7-year-old girl with leukemia, according to a Riverside Police press release.

Hamon reached out to an acquaintance she knew through the “pug networking” group both belonged to and asked her to deliver the pooch to the child in Sacramento. But the pug never showed up. Days later, Hamon got police involved. Continue reading “Pug Puppy Meant For Child With Leukemia Stolen By Person Delivering It: Cops”

Infowars – by Adan Salazar

Locals say it’s far worse than what the national and international media are reporting.

Oregon natives confirmed to Infowars Friday that strange anomalies have sprung up along the Pacific coast in what amounts to further testimony supporting the fact the media is suppressing both the surge in extremely high radiation readings along the West Coast and the subsequent die off of sea life in the area. Continue reading “Massive Die-Off of West Coast Sea Life Accelerates”

KHOU News

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas man has been accused of stabbing his girlfriend after she brought home pizza instead of a chicken sandwich he wanted for lunch.

McLennan County jail records show Michael Corsey of Waco was being held Saturday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Online jail records do not list bond or an attorney for Corsey, who was arrested Friday. Continue reading “Waco police: man stabbed woman over wrong food”

RT News

Tap water in nine counties in West Virginia is still off limits, the governor said, as almost 800 people called a local poison center reporting illnesses, while residents spent a third day unable to drink from the faucet, or have a bath or shower.

A state poison center has handled 787 calls from people reporting nausea, diarrhea, headaches, skin irritation and rashes, as well as 54 calls from worried pet owners. Continue reading “Nearly 800 calls to W. Virginia poison center after chemical spill”