From the Trenches World Report

ABC News – by ANDREW MIGA Associated Press

House and Senate leaders are formally awarding Congress’ highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing nearly 50 years ago.

The Congressional Gold Medal is being awarded Tuesday to 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, and 11-year-old Denise McNair. The ceremony comes five days before the 50th anniversary of their deaths inside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.   Continue reading “Congress Honors Birmingham Church Bombing Victims – As Rome Burns”

I talked to Mark just a little while ago and he is finally feeling better.  He is eating and up and moving around.  He opened a closet and there were all the cards you people had been sending.  He said the stack was about a foot thick and he was very happy that so many of you cared enough to send him a card.

I can’t give you a room number right now because Mark is once again in a transition phase.  But I can tell you his condition is greatly improved and he is in the highest of spirits, asserting confidently that he will beat the cancer.   Continue reading “Update on Mark Schumacher”

‘al CIA Duh’ is going to investigate ‘al CIA Duh?’

Homeland Security Newswire

The New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

Although he’s usually busy playing poker on his smartphone or supplying arms and money to known agents of al-Qaeda to help them wage war in the Arab world, Republican Arizona Senator John McCain (shown on right) might want to pay more attention to the battle brewing in his own backyard.   Continue reading “Key Ariz. Republicans: Sen. McCain Has Abandoned Core GOP Principles”

Destroy Zionism

Well, it’s a trick, we always use it. When from Europe somebody is criticizing Israel, then we bring up the Holocaust. When in this country people are criticizing Israel, then they are anti-Semitic. And the [Jewish] organization is strong, and has a lot of money, and the ties between Israel and the American Jewish establishment are very strong and they are strong in this country, as you know. And they have power, which is OK. Continue reading “What do Jewish supremacists say about us Gentiles?”

Middle East Monitor

For the first time since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a large number of ships from the Russian fleet are gathering along the Syrian coast of the Mediterranean. In the midst of a potential US-led strike on the Al-Assad regime, many wonder what is the reason behind the unprecedented Russian presence in the region?

More than ten ships and an unknown number of Russian submarines are now in Mediterranean waters, amassing a presence for first time since the dissolution of the fifth military fleet of the Soviet Union in 1992.   Continue reading “The largest Russian fleet in Mediterranean waters since Soviet dissolution”

Armstrong Economics – by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Is it now illegal to store cash and gold in a safety deposit box?

ANSWER: They have not yet enacted an actual law prohibiting the storage of “money” in a safe deposit box. The problem is surfacing because of “interpretation” of laws with broad scopes. If you have $5,000 in cash in your pocket, they are now seizing it saying it is presumed to be illegal. Confiscation of money is becoming an epidemic and the burden is then yours to prove you paid taxes on it an where it came from (see NPR).   Continue reading “Are They Going After Safe Deposit Boxes?”

Ene News

AFP, September 10, 2013: […] TEPCO’s own estimates suggest the full decommissioning of the site could take up to four decades and that much of the trickier work is yet to be done — notably the removal of reactor cores that have probably melted beyond recognition. According to the utility’s own plan, these reactor cores — which are feared to have seeped into the containment vessels and possibly even eaten through thick concrete — will be removed around summer 2020, just as thousands of athletes descend on Tokyo.   Continue reading “AFP: Fears that Fukushima melted reactor cores have “eaten through” concrete of containment vessels — Tepco plan claims fuel to be removed at same time as 2020 Olympics in Tokyo”

CNS News – by Susan Jones

As promised in his Fiscal Year 2014 budget, President Obama has just informed Congress that he will cap next year’s pay raise for U.S. military personnel at 1 percent, instead of the 1.8 percent raise set by the formula Congress established.

The announcement came on Friday afternoon, at the start of the long Labor Day weekend, in a letter to Congress.   Continue reading “Obama Reduces 2014 Pay Hike for U.S. Troops, Still Fighting in Afghanistan”

Government Security News – by Jacob Goodwin

To arm the precision marksmen who are part of the U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit’s precision marksman/observer program, CBP plans to procure 40,000 rounds of .308 Hornady 168 grain, A-MAX Tactical Application Police ammunition.

“The PM/O has the ability to engage threats that cannot be successfully or tactically engaged by other Border Patrol or law enforcement personnel,” says the CBP’s solicitation, which was issued on September 6.   Continue reading “Border Patrol wants 40,000 rounds of .308 Hornady ammo for its top marksmen”

Examiner – by Kurt Hofmann

The National Constitution Center has embarked on a project that they call “The Next Ten Amendments,” to discuss and debate ostensible “improvements” to the Constitution of the United States. One of these proposed changes aims, supposedly, to “better define” the right to keep and bear arms. Shall not be infringed is evidently too ambiguous for some. Looking just as one would expect of a document produced by an organization whose vice chairman is virulently anti-gun former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, here is their proposed “improvement” to the Constitutional guarantee of the fundamental human right to keep and bear arms–and it’s a doozy:   Continue reading “Gun prohibitionists’ attempts to rewrite 2nd Amendment are a good thing”

Yahoo News – by PAUL ELIAS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Obama administration is releasing hundreds of previously classified documents detailing activities of the country’s long-secret spy court that authorizes domestic surveillance programs.

In a court filing last week, the U.S. Department of Justice said it will turn over the documents to the Electronic Frontier Foundation by Tuesday. EFF officials said they’ll receive the documents in disk form and it will take some hours for technicians to upload the documents to the civil liberty group’s website later Tuesday.   Continue reading “Feds plans to release details of secret spy court”

The New Yorker – by ANDY BOROWITZ

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Secretary of State John Kerry said today that he was “shocked and flabbergasted” that the Russians heeded his suggestion about Syria’s chemical weapons, telling reporters, “After four decades in public life, this is the first time someone has taken me seriously.”

“Whether as a senator, a Presidential candidate, or Secretary of State, I’ve devoted countless hours to thunderous and droning speeches that people have consistently tuned out,” he said. “So naturally, to be listened to all of a sudden came as something of a shock.”   Continue reading “Satire: Kerry Shocked to be Taken Seriously”