From the Trenches World Report

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Oklahoma – When Linda Bearden did not pay $451 of court costs stemming from a 2011 guilty plea, a Tulsa County judge issued a bench warrant for her arrest.

Months later, on Oct. 15, a sheriff’s deputy noticed a blue Mitsubishi with a cracked windshield driving on 36th Street North near the Gilcrease Expressway. The deputy stopped the car and found Bearden driving under a suspended license with an outstanding warrant for failure to pay court costs, so he arrested her.    Continue reading “Debtors prisons in America: Increasing number of people going to jail for not paying fines”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

Less than 10% of Americans stand up to tyranny on a daily basis. I estimate that about half of the country is acting like they are dumber than a box of rocks and are content to simply live in ignorant bliss for as long as it is possible to do so. What about the rest of us? For those who know what is at stake and refuse to do anything, are condemning our children to live in a hellish nightmare for which they will someday hate us for.

What I can understand is that many Americans are unwilling to stand up to tyranny and do what’s right so long as they have their basic needs provided for.  I think many parents are forgetting one thing, what about your children’s basic needs and their futures? If you will not fight for yourself, would you not at least fight for your children?   Continue reading “Is There Anything Left to Fight For?”

Information Clearinghouse – by Lawrence Davidson

Most of the poverty in the United States is artificially manufactured. It is poverty created in the pursuit of “free market ideals,” expressed in recent times by the imposition of neoliberal economic policies – the sort of policies that cut taxes on the wealthy, do away with fiscal and other business regulations, undermine the social safety net and erode middle-class stability – all while singing the praises of self-reliance and individual responsibility. As a result we have done very well in making the rich richer and the poor both poorer and more numerous.

How many poor people are there in the United States? According to Current Population Survey (CPS), which puts out the government’s official figures, as of 2012 about 15 percent of the population, or some 46.5 million people, were living in poverty. The rate for children under 18 comes in higher, at about 21.8 percent.    Continue reading “The Mind of the Poor”

RT News

There’s a chance of ending the Syrian crisis in two weeks if there’s political will on all sides, according to Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, political and media advisor to the Syrian president.

If these parties have the political will to put an end to the Syrian suffering, to the Syrian crisis, they can do it within weeks. They can only stop the financing the arming [of Syrian rebels] the smuggling of terrorists across the border from Turkey , and 50 percent of the Syrian crisis would be ended in two weeks’ time,”  Dr. Shaaban said in an exclusive interview to RT.   Continue reading “Assad advisor: With political will, Syrian crisis over in 2 weeks”

RT News

Legislation introduced Monday in the US Senate aims to add privacy controls and public transparency mandates to existing legislation that will guide the use of drones by commercial and government entities in the United States.

The Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act, offered by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), would amend the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act to require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before using surveillance drones on US soil, except in cases of emergency.   Continue reading “New Senate bill would add privacy, transparency requirements to domestic drone use”

RT News

Hackers infiltrated software used by a limousine company that frequently transports politicians, star athletes, corporate bigwigs and even some well-known celebrities, representatives from a US internet security firm have said.

Corporate Car Online is a Town Car service based out of Kirkwood, Missouri. Cyber-security journalist Brian Krebs identified a file with the same name, ‘CorporateCarOnline’, stored on the same server on which stolen information from PR Newswire and Adobe Systems Inc. was saved, leading to the possibility that the same perpetrators were behind each of the three hacks.    Continue reading “Car service hack exposes credit info of nearly 1mn celebrities, politicians”

RT News

The National Security Agency is fed internal information from Google and Yahoo’s private networks by British counterpart GCHQ, which intercepts communications traveling between company data centers based in Britain.

Documents supplied by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reported by The Washington Post last Wednesday showed how the NSA and GCHQ work together to intercept private links that connect Google and Yahoo global data centers. On Monday, The Post added new background and details of a program known as “MUSCULAR” to its previous report to paint a more succinct picture of how the spy agencies access these supposedly protected data links.   Continue reading “GCHQ intercepts Google, Yahoo cloud data hosted in Britain, feeds info to NSA”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: These businesses in support of amnesty which is granting illegal immigrants citizenship is shallow to say the least. The very act being put forth is illegal, you do not reward someone for breaking the law. Your taxes are so high in part because you have to support those who entered this country illegally to begin with and who now use the medical and welfare system to support their families. Further, these businesses should be boycotted by you and your family immediately. Their only concern is cheap labor they do not care about these people.   Continue reading “Lobbyists for Restaurant Chains Grease Wheels for Immigration Bill”

Natural News – by Carolanne Wright

Short of living in a hermetically sealed house and only eating food grown indoors, dodging the dangerous ramifications of chemtrails is nearly impossible. Unfortunately, these poisonous aerial sprays have become a day-to-day reality for most – requiring individuals to fortify themselves with detoxifying food and supplements in order to avoid serious disease. Whether enjoying a humble apple or specifically targeting heavy metals with chlorella, addressing the virulent effects of geoengineering is an exceptionally important daily routine.   Continue reading “Chemtrails: Learn how to protect yourself from these treacherous poisons”

Last Resistance – by Philip Hodges

These kinds of cases always outrage me. There are countless videos on the internet of police encounters with people open carrying their weapon. Most of them don’t end well for the citizen, even though in the vast majority (if not all) of the encounters, the citizens themselves were never doing anything illegal. They were just carrying a gun in the open. That’s something police do all the time. But when a “civilian” does it, it constitutes probable cause for a crime.

That’s just how one U.S. District Judge ruled recently in a case originating in Sugar Hill, Georgia, not far from where I live and probably a mile or so from the recording studio where I work.   Continue reading “U.S. District Judge: Open Carrying A Handgun Is Reasonable Suspicion Of A Crime”

Public Intelligence

The following excerpt from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department 2012 Annual Report lists the locations of surveillance cameras throughout the district as well as every activation of the Department’s Joint Operations Command Center (JOCC) that occurred in 2012.  Thanks to Carlton Purvis for pointing out the report.   Continue reading “Washington, D.C. CCTV Camera Locations”

Public Intelligence

The following guide to the 2013 Urban Shield training exercise organized by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office was obtained by members of Occupy Oakland.

Alameda County 2013 Urban Shield Final Event Timeline   Continue reading “San Francisco Bay Area Urban Shield 2013 Timeline, Vendor Directory and Map”

Public Intelligence

MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND INTEGRATING WITH NATIONAL GUARD CIVIL SUPPORT

This publication identifies multi-Service tactics, techniques, and procedures (MTTP) for Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) and Integrating with National Guard Civil Support. It sets forth MTTP at the tactical level to assist the military planner, commander, and individual Service forces in the employment of military resources in response to domestic emergencies in accordance with United States (US) law. This MTTP focuses on planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of DSCA operations conducted within the US and its territories.   Continue reading “U.S. Military Multi-Service Defense Support of Civil Authorities Manual”

As Rome burns, Nero is doing it with his horse.

ABC News – by DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

The Senate is moving forward on the first major bill barring workplace discrimination against gays in nearly two decades as Americans’ shifting views about homosexuality have significantly changed the political dynamic.

Seven Republicans and 54 Democrats stood together Monday and cleared the bill past its first hurdle on a 61-30 procedural vote, setting the stage for debate on Tuesday and possible passage by week’s end. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act would prohibit workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.   Continue reading “Senate Moves Ahead on Gay Rights Bill”

Reuters – by Barbara Goldberg

A gunman opened fire in a crowded New Jersey mall late on Monday before killing himself, officials said, sparking a mass evacuation of the complex by police who did not realize he was dead for several hours.

The man shot at least six rounds from a modified rifle seemingly at random and without hitting anyone, before turning the gun on himself in a back area of the mall, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli told a news conference early on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Gunman kills himself after opening fire in New Jersey mall”

Root for America – by Wayne Allyn Root

There are 2 major political parties in America. I’m a member of the naïve, stupid, and cowardly one. I’m a Republican. How stupid is the GOP? They still don’t get it. I told them 5 years ago, 2 books ago, a national bestseller ago (“The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide”), and in hundreds of articles and commentaries, that Obamacare was never meant to help America, or heal the sick, or lower healthcare costs, or lower the debt, or expand the economy.   Continue reading “Why Obamacare is a Fantastic Success”