From the Trenches World Report

CenturyLink – by Chris Talbott

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Buoyed by his characteristically soaring spirit, the surging crowd around him and a pair of canes, Pete Seeger walked through the streets of Manhattan leading an Occupy Wall Street protest in 2011.

Though he would later admit the attention embarrassed him, the moment brought back many feelings and memories as he instructed yet another generation of young people how to effect change through song and determination — as he had done over the last seven decades as a history-sifting singer and ever-so-gentle rabble-rouser.   Continue reading “Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in NY”

NBC News – by Claudio Lavanga

ROME — A relic containing drops of late Pope John Paul II’s blood has been stolen, and Italian police speculate the thieves may want it for satanic rites.

The vial was stolen from the Church of San Pietro della Ienca in the mountainous Abruzzo region in central Italy on Saturday. Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005, loved to go on skiing holidays in the area.

BBC News

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has accepted the resignation of the prime minister and his cabinet amid continuing anti-government protests.

Mykola Azarov had offered to step down as prime minister to create “social and political compromise”.

The move came after the Ukrainian parliament voted overwhelmingly to annul a controversial anti-protest law.   Continue reading “Ukraine’s PM Azarov and government resign”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Isa 17:1  “The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.” This prophecy is coming to pass daily.

(Daily Mail) – They are the rubble-strewn relics of a forgotten age of bustling prosperity: a mosque, a minaret, a hospital and a marketplace.

Now in ruins, they have been destroyed by a war that is not only killing generations of Syrians but also history itself.   Continue reading “Syria’s 5,000-year heritage is being buried under the rubble of war”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: The Federal Reserve which is not Federal and has no Reserves decided on this strategy years ago. So has the EU. “It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors“

(Reuters) – Germany’s Bundesbank said on Monday that countries about to go bankrupt should draw on the private wealth of their citizens through a one-off capital levy before asking other states for help.   Continue reading “Bundesbank calls for capital levy to avert government bankruptcies”

MassPrivateI

Chicago. IL – Testimony given by an undercover officer in a state terrorism prosecution in Illinois sheds new light on the Chicago Police Department’s surveillance of dissidents, including what appears to be a targeted campaign to keep an eye on the activities of people who call themselves anarchists.

Journalist Kevin Gosztola is in Chicago covering the trial of the NATO 3, protesters who may have been set up by undercover Chicago police officers and are facing state terrorism and felony conspiracy charges. Gosztola’s reporting provides new insight into the CPD’s modern day red squad.   Continue reading “NATO 3 trial exposes illegal police surveillance tactics used to discourage and frighten activists”

Politico – by STEPHANIE SIMON 

The board of the New York state teachers union this weekend unanimously withdrew its support for the Common Core standards as they have been implemented — a major blow for Common Core advocates who have been touting support from teachers as proof that the standards will succeed in classrooms nationwide.

“We’ll have to be the first to say it’s failed,” said Richard Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers.   Continue reading “New York teachers turn on Common Core”

Fox News

President Obama, in the first of potentially many executive actions tied to his State of the Union address, will unilaterally increase the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts to $10.10 an hour, from $7.25, in an effort to build momentum for a minimum wage hike for all Americans.

The executive order, which has been championed by progressive Democratic lawmakers, applies to all contractors performing services for the federal government and would effect more than 2 million employees, according to an administration official.    Continue reading “Obama to sign executive order raising minimum wage for federal contractors”

NBC News – by Gabe Gutierrez and Tracy Connor

Less than a week after one grand jury declined to charge him, a different one has indicted a Charlotte, N.C., police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed man who was looking for help after a car crash.

Prosecutors resubmitted the case against Officer Randall Kerrick after learning not all 18 members of the original grand jury were present for last Tuesday’s vote.   Continue reading “New grand jury indicts Charlotte police officer who shot unarmed man”

Crockett Lives

Barack Obama is America’s own Man of Steal, and he’ll prove it again when he pontificates on the State of the Union on Tuesday.  The Over/Under for the number of times he utters the first person pronoun is 100.  Savvy bettors are, of course, playing the Over.

This years SOTU speech will  be historic in other ways as well.  It will likely mark the first time a sitting U.S. president (if that is what Obama ever was, considering his proclivity to rule by secrecy and decree) has dared issue a more open call for communism (i.e. income equality).   Continue reading “The SOTU Is FUBAR”

The Daily Sheeple – by Chris Carrington

Less than two weeks ago, FEMA was seeking contractors who could supply biohazard disposal facilities, tarps and housing units. They have also recently been on the look out for companies who are able to provide food and drinks on a grand scale, presumably to the displaced who are living under the tarps or in the housing units.

Moving on a little, they have now realized they have no way to get all the displaced/forcibly removed people from their homes to the camps housing units, so they are looking for transport companies willing to work on an indefinite time-scale, indefinite quantity basis, to facilitate possible large scale evacuations.   Continue reading “FEMA Soliciting Companies For ‘Motor Coach Evacuation of the General Population’”

Before it’s News

“My father, a high-level Freemason, told me  how man’s knowledge of seeds were the “key” to
controlling the Kingdom of not just heaven, but also the Kingdom on
earth.“

The Ulsterman Report

But Michelle, if Obamacare is so great,why do you need more $$$$ to “protect it”?????

(Via Washington Examiner)

First lady Michelle Obama is seeking $10 donations to protect Obamacare, her husband’s troubled health insurance system.    Continue reading “Multi-Millions Vacation Queen Michelle Obama Asks YOU To Send $10 To “Protect Obamacare””

Before It’s News – by N. Morgan

A woman died in jail, from lack of medical care. The guards refused to giver her medication she needed. She was in jail for a small amount of marijuana. She was left to die, unattended, by sadistic, jail guards. This is a continual problem in the prison/jail system. When will enough be enough? Even if these people are in jail. they still have rights! I would also point out, she was a non-violent offender and shouldn’t have been there anyway.

Two sisters returning to Kansas from a trip to Colorado were pulled over on Monday for speeding. After being stopped, the Kansas police officer found a small amount of marijuana in the car. As will surely happen to many people in the near future, the sisters purchased marijuana legally in Colorado but made the mistake of bringing it across state lines.   Continue reading “Woman Arrested For Small Amount Of Marijuana Dies In Jail After Guards Deny Her Prescription Medicine”