From the Trenches World Report

Yahoo News – by DIAA HADID

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels seized control a strategic hospital near Aleppo, giving a boost to beleaguered anti-government forces in the northern city after days of relentless airstrikes on opposition-held neighborhoods there, activists said Saturday.

The rebels’ capture of Kindi hospital does not drastically alter the broader battle for Aleppo, which has been divided for more than a year between opposition and government forces. But it does provide a lift to a rebel movement that has been dogged in recent months by infighting that allowed President Bashar Assad’s forces to chip away at rebel-held territory on several fronts.   Continue reading “Syrian rebels seize strategic hospital in Aleppo”

ABC News

China’s military lashed out Saturday at Japan’s plans to boost defense spending, accusing Tokyo of raising regional tensions under the pretext of safeguarding national security.

China “resolutely opposes” the five-year defense plan adopted by Japan on Tuesday, Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said in a statement posted on the ministry’s website.   Continue reading “China Lashes out at Japan’s New Defense Plan”

New York Daily News

HATFIELD, Mass. — Massachusetts state police say they’ve stopped a car carrying 1,250 packets of heroin stamped “Obamacare” and “Kurt Cobain” and arrested the four people inside it.

Police say a trooper was making a traffic stop in Northampton when another car passed and he noticed several violations.   Continue reading “Mass. drug bust nets 1,250 bags of heroin labeled ‘Obamacare’”

Think Progress – b y Scott Keyes

As if their lives hadn’t been thrown into enough turmoil when their house was foreclosed on and their family became homeless, two Pennsylvania students learned last Monday that they were no longer welcome at the school they had attended their entire lives because the campground they were living in was located just outside of town.

The two students, one eighth-grader and one twelfth-grader whose names are withheld because they are minors, have lived in a camper with their parents in eastern Pennsylvania since losing their home to foreclosure in 2011. The campground where they were able to find refuge is located just outside the school district’s boundaries.   Continue reading “Pennsylvania School Tries To Kick Out Two Students After Their Families Became Homeless”

Think Progress – by Nicole Flatow

Last Friday, Los Angeles Police Department officers shot dead a mentally ill man who had already gotten out of his car after a police chase with his hands up. The incident, which was broadcast on national television for all to judge, was the latest in a string of more than a dozen police shootings that have surfaced in the news just in the last few months. Before that, it was the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Tyler Comstock after his father called the cops to report that his son drove away in his car. And other incidents involved death during traffic stop, calls to police for help with a mentally ill family member, and a man whose watering hose was mistaken for a gun.   Continue reading “Why Cops Pull The Trigger: Pulling Back The Curtain On Police Shootings”

RT News

TEPCO has found a record 1.9 million becquerels per liter of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances at its No.2 reactor. Also radioactive cesium was detected in deeper groundwater at No.4 unit’s well, as fears grow of a new leak into the ocean.

The level of beta ray-emitting radioactivity in groundwater around the crippled Fukushima reactor No. 2 reactor has been rising since November, NHK reported.   Continue reading “TEPCO detects record radiation at Fukushima’s reactor 2, new leak suspected”

RT News

A joint Gulf military command will have a force of around 100,000 strong, Saudi Arabia has announced, as the Kingdom tries to secure its force in the region, following a rift with the US over Washington’s rapprochement with Iran, Riyadh’s regional rival.

“There will be a unified command of around 100,000 members, God willing. I hope it will happen soon, and the National Guard is ready for anything that is asked of it,” Minister of the National Guard Prince Miteb Bin Abdullah announced, Saudi Press Agency reports.   Continue reading “Joint Gulf military command to control 100,000 combat troops”

Yahoo News

Washington (AFP) – President Barack Obama warned South Sudan on Saturday that Washington and its allies would cut aid to the country over any attempted military coup, amid growing fears of civil war.

And top US diplomat John Kerry called South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to stress that the renewed violence endangers the independence of the young nation born in July 2011 with backing from the United States, breaking away from Sudan after a five-decade struggle.   Continue reading “Obama warns S. Sudan against military coup”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Glenn Beck won the Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel award in 2011. Bibi Netanyahu spoke via video and praised Beck’s efforts in behalf of Israel. This happened  at the 114th Zionist Organization of America’s Louis Brandeis  dinner in New York City.

Sheldon Adelson gave an award to Glenn Beck and he gave millions to the failed politician Newt Gingrich. He also is a major donor to Bibi Netanyahu. But how did he earn the Theodor Herzl Gold Medallion for service to Israel? Let’s examine his life to see what contributions he has made to Israel, to humanity and to America.   Continue reading “So How Did Sheldon Adelson Win The Herzl Gold Medallion?”

Washington Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz

China’s military conducted the second flight test of its newest long-range missile that is capable of hitting targets in the United States with a nuclear warhead, according to defense officials.

The flight test of the new Dong Feng-41, or DF-41, took place Friday from the Wuzhai missile launch center in Shanxi province to an impact range in western China, said officials familiar with details of the tests.   Continue reading “China Conducts Second Flight Test of New Long-Range Missile”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

I have been very busy this week and have learned that the same Globalists Who Brought Us the Gulf Oil Explosion, Are Planning the Next False Flag Event. At present, I do not have all the facts, but a clear picture of what is coming is beginning to emerge. 

From two conversations I recently have had, along with almost three dozen emails from the Gatlinburg, TN. area, I believe we are on the precipice of a major false flag event which will be used as a beta test in order to test DHS’ ability to conduct citizen roundups, detentions and extermination procedures in response to a coming false flag event.The event will also greatly impact the ability for many to remain living in the Gulf of Mexico region.   Continue reading “A Devastating False Flag Attack Event Is Coming Our Way”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

In just the last twelve months Congressional members and top level administrators at the Department of Homeland Security have warned of threats to the national power grid so serious that should they occur life in America as we have come to know it would change almost instantly.

Former DHS head Janet Napolitano, in a letter to her successor, advised that “a massive and serious cyber attack” on the US Homeland is imminent and that a “natural disaster — the likes of which the nation has never seen — is also likely on its way.” This was followed up by a comment from House Homeland Security Committee senior member Yvette Clarke (D-NY) who noted that, “the likelihood of a severe geo-magnetic event capable of crippling our electric grid is 100%.”   Continue reading “Map: Areas Of Probable Power System Collapse: “130 Million Lacking Power For Several Years””

Waking Times – by Marco Torres

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said this week it will respond to pressure to stop paying doctors to promote its products through speaking engagements and end linking compensation for its sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write. The move comes amid a major bribery investigation in China.

It also plans to stop payments to healthcare professionals for attendance at medical conferences by the start of 2016.   Continue reading “GlaxoSmithKline Forced To Stop Paying Doctors To Promote Drugs After Major Bribery Investigation”

Yahoo News

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A suburban Denver high school student who was shot in the head by a classmate died Saturday afternoon, hospital officials said in a statement.

Claire Davis, 17, was in critical condition after being shot at point-blank range at Arapahoe High School on Dec. 13. Friends and well-wishers had posted prayers online and raised money to help pay for her medical care.   Continue reading “Hospital: Teen who was shot at Colo. school dies”

Yahoo News – by  Stephen Collinson

Washington (AFP) – A weary Barack Obama, eyelids heavy, predicted Friday that the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii would restore his wilting fortunes after a bleak year.

The US president began 2013 with a soaring inaugural address laying out an ambitious second term agenda, sensing a mandate for liberal transformation despite a joyless re-election campaign.   Continue reading “Weary Obama seeks Hawaii sun’s waking touch”

Daily Mail – by ALEX GREIG

A California police department has received a 37,000 armored truck that was once used in military training exercises.

The Salinas Police Department took ownership of the hulking tank-like vehicle on December 17 and parked it in front of the town’s Rotunda for public viewing.   Continue reading “California police department gets $650,000 37,000lb armored military truck”