From the Trenches World Report

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”

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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”

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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

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”

Fox News – by Stephanie McNeal

The Texas communications director for Enroll America has resigned after a conservative watchdog group posted a video of him discussing his Democratic leanings.

A spokesman for the self-proclaimed non-profit, non-partisan group, which is leading efforts to enroll Americans in ObamaCare, confirmed to FoxNews.com Chris Tarango has resigned after the video by Project Veritas was posted online.   Continue reading “Texas Enroll America official resigns after proclaiming Obama loyalty in video”

Med Page – by David Pittman

WASHINGTON — With the release of its 2014 physician fee schedule, Medicare is one step closer to paying physicians for non-face-to-face care management for beneficiaries with two or more significant chronic conditions.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the finalized fee schedule late Wednesday and said it will begin paying for chronic care management services beginning in 2015.   Continue reading “2014 Medicare Fee Schedule Released”