From the Trenches World Report

RT News

Iraq has just experienced its deadliest month in five years with over 1,000 killed amid spiraling violence, a topic that will rank high in talks between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Barack Obama in Washington on Friday.

The spike in deaths for October has created an atmosphere of anxiety and fear amongst the population since most of last month’s victims were civilians, according to government figures.   Continue reading “1000+ killed: October Iraq’s deadliest month since 2008”

Huffington Post

A gunman opened fire at LAX, injuring several people and prompting an evacuation at the airport, ABC News reports.

Few details were immediately released, but CBS reports that there was an evacuation at Terminal 3, as well as multiple injuries. A suspect with a high-powered rifle was shot and secured by cops at about 9:30 a.m. local time, authorities told CBS. It’s unclear how the alleged gunman got through security.   Continue reading “LAX Shooting: Officials Confirm ‘Incident’ At Airport, Witnesses Hear Gunshots”

Fox News

WASHINGTON –  Employees from six Homeland Security Department offices have abused an overtime program and cost the government about $8.7 million a year, according an Office of Special Counsel letter and report sent Thursday to the president and Congress.

Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner told President Barack Obama and lawmakers that whistle-blowers alerted her office to the abuses. Lerner’s letter and an accompanying report detailed allegations of overtime abuses in Washington. She said her office is investigating five other overtime abuse cases and expects the allegations to be substantiated.   Continue reading “Report: DHS employees abusing overtime allowances, being paid for time not necessary for jobs”

NBC News – by Jonathan Lloyd and Nyree Arabian

A gunman opened fire at a security checkpoint Friday morning at Los Angeles International Airport, injuring a Transportation Security Administration employee and prompting a terminal evacuation.

A TSA spokesperson told NBC4 the shooting occurred at a security checkpoint. A traveler told NBC4 she heard gunfire in Tom Bradley Terminal, where she was preparing to board a flight to Mexico aboard Virgin America.   Continue reading “Officers Respond to LAX Shots Fired Report”

Ahram Online

Egypt army said on Friday its forces were able to capture 36 “terrorists” in North Sinai, including leader of radical Islamisrt group Al-Takfir Wal Hijra and one of his associates.

Military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali said in a statement on his official Facebook page that the army captured Abd El-Fattah Salem in Al-Kharouba area describing him as “one of the most significant terrorist leaders currently wanted.”    Continue reading “Egypt army arrests head of Sinai radical militant group, dozens others”

AmmoLand

North Carolina –-(Ammoland.com)-The Obama/Holder administration is counting on gun owner apathy to allow proposed changes to Trust/LLC Transfers to go unchallenged.

We can’t afford to allow them to divide and conquer gun owners. Gun owners must stand united.   Continue reading “Will You Let The Obama-Holder Administration Divide & Conquer Gun Owners?”

Freedom Outpost – by John DeMayo

By now, most Americans realize what they have earned, built and own, no longer belongs to them. It will be taken unlawfully in the blink of any eye. Much like Washington, global parasites now want more of your income and wealth. The international elitists are coming for your stuff and many in our government—Democrat and Republican—are entertaining closed-door schemes designed to, once again, relieve Americans of their property.   Continue reading “International Monetary Fund Recommends Stealing Americans’ Wealth Now!”

MassPrivateI

Seattle – On Friday, that program — called Redlight Traffic — is launching a first-of-its-kind app for iPhones and Androids that will funnel citizens’ anonymous tips on suspected prostitution activities to law enforcement through a secure website that can only be accessed by police officers. (Because we’re all about creating citizen spies, I bet the old Gestapo, KGB & Stasi police forces are jealous. Feel free to make an anonymous call & report your neighbors wife or your ex-girlfriend)   Continue reading “Don’t like your neighbor or your ex-wife? New app lets you leave anonymous prostitution tips to the police”

The Daily Caller – by Robby Soave

Editors of The Associated Press condemned the White House’s refusal to give photojournalists real access to President Obama, who prefers to circulate press release-style pictures taken by his own paid photographers.

These official photographs are little more than propaganda, according to AP director of photography Santiago Lyon.   Continue reading “AP editors: Obama relies on staged propaganda photos”

MassPrivateI

The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday chose former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA director Robert Gates as its next president, who will face the task of repairing divisions in the organization from a heated debate over accepting gay scouts.

As Defense Secretary, Gates supported President Barack Obama’s withdrawal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. Congress repealed the ban in 2010 and it was lifted in 2011.   Continue reading “Militarizing the Boy Scouts former CIA Director & Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to become next president”

Offspectrum

I am posting this article by my friend Steven Michaels with the following disclaimer:

My skepticism mainly arises from knowing that almost every computer made nowadays has a backdoor so that the NSA and similar spook agencies can keep tabs on what everyone is doing. All digital communications are monitored. So my question — and I think it is a damned good one — is this: how the hell did an international group of brainiacs work together to get their machine through planning, research and development, and actual construction, without getting wiped off the map, probably before they even got started? I approached Mike Harris with this question. He swatted me away like a pesky fly. Well, a gadfly I am. I ask good questions, and until I get the semblance of a reasonable answer, I will remain unsatisfied.   Continue reading “Did Rogue White Hats Kill the Fukushima Typhoons?”

The Volokh Conspiracy – by Will Baude

A Tennessee prosecutor in the case of State v. Powell apparently moved to preclude the defense from referring to his side as “the government.” The defense lawyer had an entertaining response. You can get the whole motion here, but I’ve reproduced most of it below:

The government has moved to ban the word “government.” The State of Tennessee offers precisely zero legal authority for its rather nitpicky position, and the defense can find none. The Plaintiff has failed to carry its burden on this motion. Moreover, the Plaintiff’s proposed ban on speech would violate the First Amendment. The motion should be denied.   Continue reading ““The designation ‘That innocent man’ would also be acceptable.””

World Events and the Bible

(WND) – Retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, recipient of the U.S. military’s highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, as well as other top retired officers, say President Obama’s agenda is decimating the morale of the U.S. ranks to the point members no longer feel prepared to fight or have the desire to win.

“There is no doubt he (Obama) is intent on emasculating the military and will fire anyone who disagrees with him” over such issues as “homosexuals, women in foxholes, the Obama sequester,” Brady told WND. “They are purging everyone, and if you want to keep your job, just keep your mouth shut,” one source told WND.   Continue reading “Top generals: Obama is ‘purging the military’”

Washington Times – by Miles Yu

Chinese state-run media revealed for the first time this week that Beijing’s nuclear submarines can attack American cities as a means to counterbalance U.S. nuclear deterrence in the Pacific.

On Monday, leading media outlets including China Central TV, the People’s Daily, the Global Times, the PLA Daily, the China Youth Daily and the Guangmin Daily ran identical, top-headlined reports about the “awesomeness” of the People’s Liberation Army navy’s strategic submarine force.   Continue reading “Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.”

RT News

Internal documents from “war room” meetings convened on the roll-out of the new health insurance website indicate that early enrollment figures were significantly low, with unofficial figures noting just six enrollments on the first day.

The notes, released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, indicate that six enrollments were completed in the morning following the website’s Tuesday launch. The documents state that approximately 100 had occurred by the afternoon, and that 248 enrollments nationwide had taken place by the end of Wednesday.   Continue reading “Just six enrollments occurred on HealthCare.gov’s first day according to meeting notes”