From the Trenches World Report

Fox News

In the wake of the deadly tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 and severely damaged a nuclear reactor, Japanese officials say the levels of radiation are safe for everyone outside the reactor area itself. But as radioactive water from the plant nears the West Coast of North America — the water is expected to hit in 2014 — can we be sure it’s safe?

The nuclear reactor continues to leak radioactive water due to poor management, while Japanese subcontractors at the plant have admitted they intentionally under-reported radiation and that dozens of farms around Fukushima that were initially deemed safe by the government actually had unsafe levels of radioactive cesium.   Continue reading “Is it safe? Radioactive Japanese wave nears US”

RT News

President Hamid Karzai has blamed the US for a drone strike on a home in southern Afghanistan that killed a 2-year-old child and wounded two women, vowing that he will not sign a key bilateral security deal if such attacks continue.

“This attack shows that American forces are not respecting the life and safety of Afghan people’s houses,”Karzai said in the statement Thursday. “For years, our innocent people have become victims of the war under the name of terrorism, and they have had no safety in their homes.”   Continue reading “Karzai condemns US strike that killed toddler, threatens not to sign security deal”

RT News

Chinese fighter jets were scrambled and followed US and Japanese planes that had entered the newly-proclaimed Chinese air defense zone in the disputed area of the East China Sea, Xinhua reports.

Two US surveillance aircraft and 10 Japanese F-15 jets were ‘tailed’ by Chinese pilots on Friday.

China ordered an urgent dispatch of its Su-30 and J-10 fighter jets to an area in the East China Sea after the foreign aircraft “invaded” the air defense zone, they said.    Continue reading “Chinese jets shadowed US and Japanese planes in new air defense zone”

RT News

Black Friday, 2008: The Fed started pumping billions of dollars into financial markets. The benefits, however, failed to reach Main Street, instead being guzzled by Wall Street, ex-Fed exec Andrew Huszar exclusively told RT.

Huszar, at the time the Federal Reserve official responsible for the first round of the bond-buying experiment, later publicly apologized for “the greatest backdoor Wall Street bailout of all time”… “the benefits of QE have gone to the big banks,” and not to ordinary people.    Continue reading “‘Easy money’ a relief for financiers, burden for most Americans – former Fed trader”

RT News

The Obama administration has agreed to pay Apptricity US$50 million for pirating the company’s logistics software the US Army used beyond contracted parameters.

While the Obama administration’s has launched efforts against intellectual property theft – including the Joint Strategic Plan run by Vice President Joe Biden that aims to curb copyright infringement – the US Army was concurrently using pirated Apptricity enterprise software that manages troop and supply movements. The company sued the government, accusing the US military of willful copyright infringement.    Continue reading “US govt caught using pirated software for military, settles for $50mn”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Our Christian brothers and sisters continue to be murdered around the globe. This trend is increasing and Western Governments of the world are assisting with these hateful acts. We see that in Syria, where Western Governments are destabilizing Syria which is leading to the destruction of Christianity there. We see it in Libya and we have already seen it occur in Iraq. Please pray for the safety of our brothers and sisters in harms way.

(Christian Today) – Suspected Muslim herdsmen slaughtered 37 Christians in coordinated attacks on four Plateau state villages early this morning after Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 34 Christians in Borno state earlier this month, sources said.   Continue reading “Islamic extremists slaughter at least 71 Christians in Nigeria”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: This further confirms there is no real intent at peace with Iran. This is merely a facade for the inhabitants of the world. One last attempt at peace which will ultimately fail and then the only “reasonable” solution will be war with Iran to make the world a “safe place” again. This has been the plan all along. God’s Word is coming to pass daily, get into His Word in order to understand the events taking place…

(JP) – Israel and the United States will stage a large-scale military exercise toward the end of the six-month period in which the interim agreement between the P5+1 powers and Iran takes effect, Time magazine reported on Thursday.   Continue reading “Israel, US to stage large-scale military drill when Iran nuclear deal expires”

Reuters

A U.S. 30-inch (75-cm) natural gas pipeline ruptured and exploded in Missouri early on Friday, with no injuries or fatalities reported, according to media reports.

A spokeswoman for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co said the accident occurred outside a compressor station near Sedalia, Missouri, television station KMBC in Kansas City, Missouri, reported on its website.   Continue reading “U.S. gas pipeline explodes in Missouri, no injuries reported”

Breitbart – by JON DAVID KAHN

ALASKA – Police say a 15-year-old freshman boy faces a second-degree criminally negligent burning charge, a misdemeanor, and a first-degree terroristic threatening charge, a felony, after he ignited a roll of toilet paper in the bathroom of West High School Wednesday morning.

Under Alaska law, a person causing the evacuation of a building can receive aterroristic threatening charge. And that is reportedly what happened after alarms sounded at West High at 10:57 a.m.   Continue reading “15-Year-Old Charged With Terroristic Threat After Lighting Toilet Paper Roll On Fire”

CNN – by Paul Armstrong

USS George Washington, East China Sea (CNN) — The deafening roar of state-of-the-art warplanes being catapulted into the air from its huge flight deck signaled that the USS George Washington was back in combat mode after its recent detour to the Philippines to take part in the aid effort in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Barely a week on and the 90,000-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is now patrolling waters off the island of Okinawa as part a huge naval exercise — AnnualEx 2013 — involving dozens of warships, submarines and aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s 7th fleet and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).   Continue reading “China’s presence looms amid massive U.S.-Japanese AnnualEx war games”

RT News

Northern Texas towns are experiencing an intense string of earthquakes – the last of which was one of the most powerful in 5 years. As unusual tremors have been going on for over 3 weeks now, many suspect fracking might be to blame.

On Thursday, the region experienced two tremors, with one of them registering 3.6 magnitude, 55 km west of the town of Azle at 07:58:36 GMT, as recorded by the US Geological Service, and the other 2.8 at 08:41:07 GMT, with the epicenter not far from the first one. USGS records show that the 3.6 tremor was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in 5 years.   Continue reading “Fracking to blame? Texas rocked by 16 earthquakes in last 3 weeks”

Washington Post – by Charles Krauthammer

For all the gnashing of teeth over the lack of comity and civility in Washington, the real problem is not etiquette but the breakdown of political norms, legislative and constitutional.

Such as the one just spectacularly blown up in the Senate. To get three judges onto a coveted circuit court, frustrated Democrats abolished the filibuster for executive appointments and (non-Supreme Court) judicial nominations.   Continue reading “An outbreak of lawlessness”

The Survivalist Blog – by M.D. Creekmore

A couple of days ago local news channel WBRI ran a news report entitled “Survivalists deem TN Plateau prime prepper property.” It was all about the area and how preppers are buying property and flocking to the Plateau, for safety and support in the event of a collapse of the current system.

Sadly, me or TheSurvivalistBlog.net was not mentioned in the news report, despite the fact that I am the main public proponent of the TN Plateau area for preppers living in the east and the reason for the growing interest in the area among preppers.   Continue reading “WBIR local news TV report – Survivalists deem TN Plateau prime prepper property”