From the Trenches World Report

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Telesign is one of those companies that you’ve probably never heard of but that provides services you likely use on a regular basis, especially if you have two-factor authentication set up for any of your online accounts. Based out of L.A.’s “Silicon Beach,” Telesign helps companies verify that a mobile number belongs to a user (sending those oh-so-familiar “verify that you received this code” texts) and takes care of the mobile part of two-factor authenticating or password changes. Among their over 300 clients are nine of the ten largest websites in the U.S., says Telesign’s CEO Steve Jillings, though he’s shy about naming them (at least on the record). He says that fraudulent and fake accounts are greatly reduced for customers who require a mobile number be attached to an account.   Continue reading “Your cell phone number could be blocked if you receive a low ‘Phone-ID Score’”

One less career criminal.

Kansas City Star – by CHRISTINE VENDEL

If they had been into banking, they could of stole money without fear of prosecution.

KMOV

FARMINGTON, Mo. — An eastern Missouri brother and sister have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for growing marijuana in their apartment.

The Daily Journal newspaper in Park Hills, Mo. reports that 24-year-old David DePriest was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison, and his 36-year-old sister, Natalie DePriest, received a 15-year sentence. Both lived in Farmington at the time of their arrest.   Continue reading “Siblings get long sentences for marijuana”

Continue reading “Google transparency report: U.S. gov’t. spying has tripled since 2010”

The New Boston Tea Party – by Dennis Prager

I have been broadcasting for 31 years and writing for longer than that. I do not recall ever saying on radio or in print that a president is doing lasting damage to our country. I did not like the presidencies of Jimmy Carter (the last Democrat I voted for) or Bill Clinton. Nor did I care for the “compassionate conservatism” of George W. Bush. In modern political parlance “compassionate” is a euphemism for ever-expanding government.

But I have never written or broadcast that our country was being seriously damaged by a president. So it is with great sadness that I write that President Barack Obama has done and continues to do major damage to America. The only question is whether this can ever be undone.   Continue reading “Time for the Impeachment Hearings to Begin”

The New American – by Alex Newman

The new Australian government, elected by a landslide on a platform opposing carbon taxes and “global-warming” schemes as United Nations climate theories were imploding, delivered a blunt message to UN alarmists this week: No more “socialism masquerading as environmentalism.” With the new conservative-leaning cabinet taking a stand against UN machinations and radical domestic restrictions imposed under the previous Labor Party government, Australian authorities also publicly refused to sign up for any new contributions, taxes, or charges at this week’s embattled UN global-warming summit in Poland.    Continue reading “Australia Rejects UN “Socialism Masquerading as Environmentalism””

Video Rebel’s Blog

My litmus test for all politicians is this: Will you arrest the bankers? This one litmus test will unite all segments of society against Wall Street and the City of London in all aspects of the presently unrestrained evil they do.

Some are concerned about the theft of public funds by the bankers. On March 22, 2000 Susan Gaffney, the Housing and Urban Development Inspector General, testified before the House Governmental Affairs Committee detailing the 59.6 billion dollars that went missing from HUD during the previous two years. When asked if she did anything to recover the missing money she said ‘No.’  Continue reading “A Litmus Test: Will You Arrest The Bankers?”

Prevent Disease – by DAVE MIHALOVIC

The standard DTP or DPT (diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus) vaccine is acknowledged to be the deadliest of all vaccines, causing more disability, illness and the highest risks, even exceeding MMR (measles, mumps and rubella).

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services set up the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) in 1988 to compensate individuals and families of individuals injured by covered childhood vaccines. The VICP itself was adopted in response to a the pertussis portion of the DTP vaccine.   Continue reading “What Is The Deadliest Of All Vaccines According To The Data?”

AmmoLand – by Rick Ector

Detroit, Michigan – -(Ammoland.com)- This past Saturday, November 9th, 2013, approximately 20 Detroit area gun rights activists attended a local event officially billed as a “massive gun buy-back initiative” to stage a demonstration of their own against the city of Highland Park’s (MI) government.

Less than a week before the event, Highland Park Police Chief Kevin Coney was mentioned in a press release in which it was stated that he was going to announce a gun buy-back seeking to entice local citizens into surrendering their guns on a “no questions asked” basis.   Continue reading “Detroit Area Activists Turn Firearm Buy-Back Into Gun Show”

AmmoLand

Washington, DC:-(Ammoland.com)- Knife Rights’ Knife Owners’ Protection Act, H.R.3478 (KOPA), was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today by sponsor Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ).

Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter explained, “KOPA will protect law-abiding knife owners travelling throughout the U.S. from the vagaries of restrictive state and local laws.   Continue reading “Knife Right’s ‘Knife Owners Protection Act’ Introduced in Congress, Crucial Knife Owner Protections”

Rise Earth – by Alexander Light

“Hempcrete is a bio-composite made of the inner woody core of the hemp plant mixed with a lime-based binder. The hemp core or “Shiv” has a high silica content which allows it to bind well with lime.

This property is unique to hemp among all natural fibers. The result is a lightweight cementitious insulating material weighing about a seventh or an eighth of the weight of concrete.   Continue reading “Hempcrete: The Best Concrete is Made From Hemp!”

Alter-Net – by Ed Pilkington

At about 12.40pm on 2 January 1996, Timothy Jackson took a jacket from the Maison Blanche department store in New Orleans, draped it over his arm, and walked out of the store without paying for it. When he was accosted by a security guard, Jackson said: “I just needed another jacket, man.”

A few months later Jackson was convicted of shoplifting and sent to Angola prison in Louisiana. That was 16 years ago. Today he is still incarcerated in Angola, and will stay there for the rest of his natural life having been condemned to die in jail. All for the theft of a jacket, worth $159.   Continue reading “This Man Was Sentenced to Die in Prison for Shoplifting a $159 Jacket: This Happens More Than You Think”

Press TV

Israel and Saudi Arabia are benefiting from sanctions imposed by the West against Iran and they do not want a deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany over Tehran’s nuclear energy program, says Don DeBar, an American anti-war activist and radio host.

US Secretary of State John Kerry held a classified meeting with the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday to convince US lawmakers that any new sanctions against Iran would be viewed as “bad faith” and can “destroy the ability to” reach an agreement over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.    Continue reading “‘Anti-Iran sanctions benefit Israelis, Saudis’”

Wired – by Nicholas Weaver

The internet backbone — the infrastructure of networks upon which internet traffic travels — went from being a passive infrastructure for communication to an active weapon for attacks.

According to revelations about the QUANTUM program, the NSA can “shoot” (their words) an exploit at any target it desires as his or her traffic passes across the backbone. It appears that the NSA and GCHQ were the first to turn the internet backbone into a weapon; absent Snowdens of their own, other countries may do the same and then say, “It wasn’t us. And even if it was, you started it.”   Continue reading “Our Government Has Weaponized the Internet. Here’s How They Did It”