From the Trenches World Report

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

The National Security Agency won’t deny that it may be spying on members of Congress, informing Sen. Bernie Sanders that the agency can’t tell him whether it snooped on his metadata because searching to find out would be illegal.

The Vermont Independent sent a letter earlier this month to NSA head Gen. Keith Alexander asking, “Has the NSA spied, or is the NSA currently spying, on members of Congress or other American elected officials?”   Continue reading “NSA to Sen. Sanders: We Can’t Legally Tell You if We Spied on You”

Common Dreams – by Michael Winship

In the words of Howard Beale, the Mad Prophet of the Airwaves in the movie Network, “Woe is us! We’re in a lot of trouble!” And, as Beale would shout, we should be mad as hell.(Image: FreePress.net)

Issuing a decision that triggered dismay and anger among supporters of an Internet open and free to all, a federal appeals court on Tuesday overruled the Federal Communications Commission and set the stage for a near future in which such service providers as Verizon and AT&T could give preferential treatment to websites willing to pay a higher price for access and speed.   Continue reading “Door Closes to Open Internet, But All May Not Be Lost”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

If you want to get an idea of where the rest of America is heading, just take a trip through the western half of West Virginia and the eastern half of Kentucky some time.  Once you leave the main highways, you will rapidly encounter poverty on a level that is absolutely staggering.  Overall, about 15 percent of the entire nation is under the poverty line, but in some areas of eastern Kentucky, more than 40 percent of the population is living in poverty.  Most of the people would work if they could.   Continue reading “Vast Stretches Of Impoverished Appalachia Look Like They Have Been Through A War”

End of the American Dream- by Michael Snyder

How would you feel if you found out that heroin was being sold in broad daylight in front of the school that your child was attending?  Well, that is precisely what is happening up in Detroit.  When one of my readers told me that heroin was being sold directly in front of the high school in Detroit that he graduated from, I could hardly believe it.  But as you are about to see, it is true.  Hidden cameras have captured footage of heroin deals going down directly in front of Cass Tech High School in Detroit while kids were waiting for their buses.  We are starting to see more and more of this kind of thing all over the nation.    Continue reading “In Detroit, Heroin Is Being Sold Directly In Front Of Public Schools While Kids Wait For Their Buses”

Zero Hedge -by Tyler Durden

It is a well-known fact that when it comes to ownership of rental properties in the US, Wall Street, and particularly Blackstone, has become the single largest landlord in the country. But what about undeveloped land? As summarized by Vizual-statistix, according to The Land Report published by Fay Ranches, the top 100 owners of US land collectively have 33 million acres in their private holdings.  This equates to about 1.5% of all USA land – that may seem like a small percentage, but it’s actually a massive area.  The chart below lays out the top 10 largest private landowners with the areas of Puerto Rico, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C. included for scale. As can be seen, all of the top 10 own a piece of the USA that is bigger than Rhode Island, and five have a piece that is at least as big as Delaware. John Malone, who is the largest land owner in the country with 2.2 million acres, owns private property the size of Puerto Rico.   Continue reading “These 10 People Collectively Own 33 Million Acres, Or 1.5% Of All US Land”

Fox 59

ELKHART, Ind. (January 16th, 2014) – Three people are dead after a supermarket shooting in Elkhart.

The shooting occurred just after 10 p.m. Wednesday night at the Martin’s Supermarket on East Bristol St.

Police responded to a call regarding a man with a gun in the store.   Continue reading “3 dead in Elkhart supermarket shooting”

Fox News

NORFOLK, VA. –  A Navy fighter jet crashed Wednesday in Atlantic waters off Virginia’s coast and the pilot has been rescued, a Navy official said. The crash comes a week after a Navy helicopter plunged into the ocean in the region, leaving three dead.

Cmdr. Mike Kafka, a spokesman for Naval Air Forces Atlantic, said the F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed about 2:35 p.m. about 50 miles off Virginia Beach. He said the pilot ejected and was recovered by a fisherman, and then picked up by a Navy helicopter. Kafka said the pilot was conscious, but he gave no other immediate details about the crash or the pilot’s health.   Continue reading “Navy: Fighter jet crashes off Virginia in Atlantic Ocean, pilot rescued and is conscious”

Bloomberg News – by Ian Katz

China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries increased $12.2 billion to a record$1.317 trillion in November, data released on the Treasury Department’s website showed.

The figures, scheduled for release at 9 a.m. tomorrow in Washington, were inadvertently posted on the Treasury’s website. Japan’s holdings rose $12 billion to $1.186 trillion, the figures showed.   Continue reading “China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: We have nothing but absolute greed these days. These business leaders are only looking at the bottom line which means a bigger paycheck for themselves (2 Timothy 3:1-7). We have 92 million Americans without a job. Are you telling me none of them can fill the positions in America? Other articles: MARRIOTT CEO: We need immigration bill so we can staff our resorts…,AT&T CEO says more guest workers needed…   Continue reading “208 CEOs endorse call for amnesty, visas for ‘lower-skilled workers’”

RT News

Israel bombed two targets in the Gaza Strip as a response to earlier fire from across the border, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Palestinians had fired at Israel after an IDF incursion reportedly took place on the Strip’s eastern border.

Israeli “aircraft targeted two concealed rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip,” the IDF stated.   Continue reading “Israel returns fire on Gaza following reports of IDF intrusion”

New York Daily News – by Matthew Lysiak , Joe Kemp AND Corky Siemaszko 

Video Rebel’s Blog

If we do not get Pension Reform done right, we will be losing tens of millions of Canadians, Americans and Europeans over 40 years of age to starvation and healthcare Death Panels.  Depressions are caused by the accumulation of Unpayable Debts through fractional reserve banking and the charging of interest on money created out of nothing by bankers. There are three ways out of a Depression. One is by Hyperinflation (Weimar Republic). Another is bankruptcy and default on bad debts (US 1930s). A third way is to systematically cancel bad debts on a scientific basis. If we choose systematic worldwide Debt Cancellation over a Lost Decade, we could save the lives of more than a hundred million people over 40.   Continue reading “Preventing Genocide In America And Europe Requires Pension Reform”

Council of Conservative Citizens

The first thing you need to know about African Refugees in the United States is that they are being brought here at tax payer expense. The Federal government gives “grants” to private charities to bring them to the United States and provide them with benefits above and beyond what they will also receive from conventional welfare. Even if Maine cuts off their welfare, they will still be getting Federal funds from the Obama administration.   Continue reading “Portland Press Herald invents fake refugee success story to promote welfare benefits for non-citizen African refugees”

The Organic Prepper

The neighbors of Tyler Smith can breathe a little easier. He is in jail and, you know, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. (ahem)

Remember the episode of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers back in November in which a camo-clad moron warned the preparedness community of his impending attacks on their homesteads? (You can refresh your memory HERE)   Continue reading “Doomsday Prepper (and Convicted Felon) Tyler Smith Jailed for Illegal Firearms”

Fox News

Thirty-four nuclear missile launch officers have been implicated in a cheating scandal and have been stripped of their certification, and three others have been implicated in a drug probe, in what the Air Force believes is the largest such breach of integrity in the nuclear force, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Wednesday.

The officers apparently texted to each other the answers to a monthly test on their knowledge of how to operate the missiles. The number includes who did the cheating as well as those who may have known about it but did not report it.   Continue reading “Air Force: 34 nuclear missile officers implicated in cheating scandal”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Clint Smith served two tours in Vietnam, worked as a police officer, was a member of SWAT, directed training at leading gun manufacturing firms, is an instructor of advanced weapons and tactics, and now runs Thunder Ranch, a facility in Oregon designed specifically for avid gun shooters. If you want to learn how to fire a gun and what to do in life and death situations Mr. Smith is the person you’d want as an instructor. (He’s pictured next to his wife to the left, along with Mrs. Smith’s 338 Laupa)

Over the years he’s has passed on scores of insights and words of wisdom, some via numerous instructional videos. Here are some of his key thoughts on guns, gun ownership, and life in general assembled from across the web:   Continue reading “Shooting Wisdom From a Pro: “I Carry a Gun ‘Cause a Cop Is Too Heavy””

Yahoo News – by Harley Peterson, Business Insider

JCPenney is cutting 2,000 jobs and closing 33 stores as the battered department store seeks to revive revenue growth, the company announced Wednesday.

The move will save about $65 million annually beginning in 2014, the company said.

JCPenney, which has about 1,100 stores, has struggled to turn a profit since former CEO Ron Johnson  was fired in April.   Continue reading “JC Penny to Cut 2,000 Jobs, Close 33 Stores”

KIRO TV

BUCKLEY, Wash. — A local man featured on a reality show about preparing for the end of the world as we know it is now in a local jail.