From the Trenches World Report

Hot Air – by ED MORRISSEY

NSA director Keith Alexander and his top deputy will depart soon, according to reports from Reuters and other news agencies that first broke yesterday afternoon.  John Inglis will retire at the end of the year, and Alexander will follow his deputy out the door by spring 2014:

The director of the U.S. National Security Agency and his deputy are expected to depart in the coming months, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in a development that could give President Barack Obama a chance to reshape the eavesdropping agency….   Continue reading “Alexander out at NSA?”

Washington Post – by Scott Wilson and Juliet Eilperin

President Obama, fresh off a trouncing of congressional Republicans over the government shutdown, plans to renew his push for immigration legislation in the House while also pressing ahead with climate change policies and efforts to fix problems plaguing his signature health-care program.But White House officials also acknowledged that many Republicans, particularly in the House, remain ardently opposed to much of Obama’s agenda and may be unwilling to help him accomplish key legislative goals.   Continue reading “Obama plans to renew immigration, climate change efforts”

Was there ever really any doubt?

Think Progress – by Kiley Kroh

Outdoor air pollution has been definitively linked to cancer and is officially classified as a carcinogen, according to research released Thursday by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization.

“The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances,” said Kurt Straif, head of the IARC’s monographs section, which is tasked with ranking carcinogens.   Continue reading “Air Pollution Definitively Linked To Cancer”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

The United States is quickly descending down the path of serfdom in a 21st century application of modern day feudalism. This is a two part series which briefly traces the rapid decent of what once was the most dynamic and wealthiest empire in the history of the planet, to a country which will soon be labeled as a Third World country. These times are marked by the elite moving to own everything and using the power of the government to accomplish their end-game.   Continue reading “How to Turn a Republic Into A Serfdom”

MassPrivateI

Possible indicators of criminal weapons possession related to terrorism:

Large quantities of weapons are typically cached in a location such as an individual’s home, storage facility, or vehicle, but can be found attended by the individual (such as in luggage while traveling) or unattended (discarded or seemingly discarded) in a public area.    Continue reading “DHS/FBI considers anyone with large amount of guns or ammo to be a possible terrorist”

MassPrivateI

Conway, NH – A dozen law enforcement vehicles, some marked and some not, pulled into a lot off the south end of the heavily used North-South Road at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, at almost the exact time Abigail Hernandez was last seen last Wednesday.

About 20 officers, some uniformed state police, some in FBI jackets, and some in plain clothes, walked onto the road, clipboards in hand, and started stopping every car.   Continue reading “Police & the FBI set up illegal roadblocks stop every vehicle, question every driver”

Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin

Lew Rockwell – by Jack D. Douglas

All serious social analysts and more and more generally intelligent and knowledgeable Americans realize the danger of an Implosion of the vast U.S. financial Bubbles and debts leading to a more general social-political Implosion of of the U.S., a major social disintegration including warfare involving military, veteran and other guerrilla groups.

Soviet Russia Imploded very quickly after many years of growing stagnation from central planning and regulation and monetary-financial tyranny  and internal conflicts similar to what we have been experiencing for several decades, though they did not have the immense problems of debts and financial Bubbles that we have. Continue reading “The Great Risks of a Second U.S. Civil War”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Since all US rating agencies (Fitch is majority French-owned) have been terrified into submission and will never again touch the rating of the US following the DOJ’s witch hunt of S&P, any US rating changes on the margin will come from abroad. Like China’s Dagong rating agency, which several hours ago just downgraded the US from A to A-, maintaining its negative outlook. The agency said that while a default has been averted by a last minute agreement in Congress, the fundamental situation of debt growth outpacing fiscal income and GDP remains unchanged. “Hence the government is still approaching the verge of default crisis, a situation that cannot be substantially alleviated in the foreseeable future.”   Continue reading “China’s Dagong Downgrades US To A- From A”

The Washington Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington

The federal government is studying how to use Twitter for surveillance on depressed people.

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) began a study financed by the National Institutes of Health last month that will provide “population level depression monitoring” through the social media site.

The project, “Utilizing Social Media as a Resource for Mental Health Surveillance,” is costing taxpayers $82,800.   Continue reading “Feds Studying How to Use Twitter For ‘Depression Surveillance’”

Aletho News

A few decades ago, there were thousands of independent media outlets in the US. Today in America, six multinational global media mega corporations run by six individuals control 96% of the content Americans see on TV and watch at the movies; read in books, magazines and newspapers, and hear on the radio.

• Time Warner
• VIACOM
• CBS
• Walt Disney
• News Corp
• General Electric   Continue reading “A citizens guide to understanding corporate media propaganda techniques”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Nothing changes. The nation is not bad on course. The debt ceiling that hasn’t moved in 150 was just raised and that will expire in February. There are no answers for a nation that is already bankrupt.

(RIA) – US President Barack Obama signed early Thursday last-ditch legislation to fund the government and avert a debt default, easing an acute political crisis and narrowly avoiding an unprecedented fiscal clash that might seriously have damaged the world economy.   Continue reading “Obama Signs Bill to Avert Default, Reopen Government, $3B Earmark Included as Debt Ceiling Fails to Move in 150 Days”

RT News

A lobbying group for major US manufacturers has violated Washington state campaign finance law while opposing a ballot initiative that would require labeling genetically-modified foods, according to a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general Wednesday.

The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) ran afoul of state law in collecting and spending $7.2 million against ballot initiative 522 – which voters will consider in November – while not disclosing the individual donors funneling contributions to the organization, alleged State Attorney General Bob Ferguson.   Continue reading “Washington state sues lobbying group opposed to GMO food labeling effort”

RT News

Residents near Chicago are complaining about growing piles of petroleum coke – an ugly result of tar sands oil refining – that are building up along the banks of Calumet River. The carbon byproduct was reported and removed from nearby Detroit this summer.

While similar forms of coke byproduct have derived from coal production, petroleum coke – also known as pet-coke – results when tar sands are refined.    Continue reading “Koch-owned tar sands waste piles up in Chicago after Detroit cloud”

Jon Rappoport

Another brick laid in the path to decimation.

While the Democrats and the Republicans, the White House and the Congress cross swords over the funding of government;

While the White House orders the shutdown of visible national parks and war memorials;   Continue reading “Government shutdown: the takedown of America”

BBC News – by James Fletcher

Australia’s Northern Territory has a serious drink problem and has introduced some of the world’s harshest measures to deal with it. Drunks can now be forced into rehabilitation – and jailed if they drop out.

Like many Aboriginal people, Alison Ferber doesn’t drink. But there’s no part of her life that isn’t touched by alcohol.   Continue reading “Forced rehab: A solution for Australia’s grog addicts?”

Middle East Monitor

In response to the Obama Administration’s announcement last week that it will be restructuring US military aid to Egypt in light of the ongoing military crackdown, officials in Cairo have hired a well-known lobby group to improve the image of Egypt’s coup, according to a US newspaper.

The Hill, a political newspaper based in Washington DC, has revealed that documents filed with the US Justice Department on Friday confirm that Egypt’s interim authorities are employing the Glover Park Group to “provide public diplomacy, strategic communications counsel and government relations services” for Egypt’s post-coup government.   Continue reading “Egyptian coup leaders hire US lobbyist with ties to Israel”