From the Trenches World Report

Eagle Tribune – by John Macone

NEWBURYPORT — Pat Vaillancourt went on a trip last week that was intended to showcase some of America’s greatest treasures.

Instead, the Salisbury resident said she and others on her tour bus witnessed an ugly spectacle that made her embarrassed, angry and heartbroken for her country.   Continue reading “‘Gestapo’ tactics meet senior citizens at Yellowstone”

Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel

North Korea has placed its military on alert and warned of “disastrous consequences” in response to a United States-led military drill near the Korean peninsula.

A North Korean military spokesman told state media on Tuesday that all troops have been ordered to “keep themselves ready to promptly launch operations at any time.”

South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok confirmed North Korea’s military has been placed on high alert.   Continue reading “N. Korea Puts Troops On High Alert Over US-Led Military Drill”

The Daily Caller – by Michael Bastasch

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said that American exceptionalism is reminiscent of Nazism “before and during World War II.”

“Does not this remind you of the Nazis’ rhetoric before and during World War II? They considered themselves the chosen race, the superior race, etc. Such words and ideas pose extreme danger,” Correa told RT Spanish.   Continue reading “Ecuador president compares US to Nazi Germany”

My Fox LA – by Tony McEwing

Malibu, with its glistening pristine coastline and its multi-million dollar mansions and movie stars, is capturing the spotlight for a much less glamorous and possibly life-threatening reason. One third of the teachers at Malibu High School claim recent construction and moldy classrooms are making them seriously sick. The health complaints range from cancers to skin diseases as well as other ailments and illnesses.   Continue reading “Cancer Cluster At Malibu High?”

MassPrivateI

Washington – Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA “black” sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning terrorists for as long as it takes aboard U.S. naval vessels.

And it’s doing it in a way that preserves the government’s ability to ultimately prosecute the suspects in civilian courts.   Continue reading “Suspected terrorists are being detained indefinitely aboard U.S. ships”

Max Velocity Tactical

I feel it would be useful to post a comment about the purpose of the training videos that I have put up recently. I want to make it clear that I use them to illustrate specific points or training objectives, and not as the all encompassing answer to tactics. I’ve posted videos from the 1960’s, the OBUA (MOUT) training videos yesterday, and they are all full of useful nuggets but also lessons to be learned and sometimes ways not to do things and to learn from.   Continue reading “Training Videos: The Purpose Of Them”

Wall Street Journal – by DAMIAN PALETTA

The Social Security Administration has begun warning the public it cannot guarantee full benefit payments if the debt ceiling isn’t increased.

When asked by the public, the agency is notifying beneficiaries that “Unlike a federal shutdown which has no impact on the payment of Social Security benefits, failure to raise the debt ceiling puts Social Security benefits at risk,” according to a person familiar with the agency directive.   Continue reading “Social Security Warns Benefits Could Get Cut”

Activist Post

DBA Press releases an additional 1,784 pages of Phoenix Police Department Homeland Defense Bureau (PPDHDB) records pertaining to Occupy Phoenix and other Phoenix area activist groups.

Access records here (filed under “records relating to PPD/ACTIC and other fusion center monitoring of activists, Part 4”).

These records complete a public records request filed by DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy in June of 2012 as part of a joint project, “Dissent or Terror: how the nation’s counter-terrorism apparatus, in partnership with corporate America, turned on Occupy Wall Street.”   Continue reading “New Records Detail FBI, Fusion Center Monitoring of Activists, Anarchists”

MassPrivateI

EPIC’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit has produced new documents about “Next Generation Identification” and the FBI’s plans for facial recognition.

According to the document obtained by EPIC, “NGI shall return an incorrect candidate a maximum of 20% of the time.” That number is much greater than expected.    Continue reading “The FBI says a 20% error rate for facial recognition is fine”

Digital Journal -by Justin King

A student in Bryant School District in Arkansas brought home a worksheet that presented her with a scenario that referred to the Bill of Rights as “outdated” and that as part of a special committee she would need to throw out two of the Amendments.

The worksheet was handed out to Sixth grade students in a History class. According to the girl’s mother, Lela Spears, she has not received any government or civics classes and this was the first assignment dealing with the Constitution or Bill of Rights. The school district is participating in the embattled Common Core curriculum.   Continue reading “Worksheet asks children to remove parts of the Bill of Rights”