From the Trenches World Report

ABC News – by MARK GREENBLATT, September 30, 2012

After reports of two loaded guns making it past airport screeners and on to passenger flights this week, one congressman says “hundreds” of prohibited items get past screeners every day, a situation he calls “intolerable.”

In one of the incidents last week, Transportation Security Administration screeners allowed a New Orleans Hornets executive to board a plane from New Orleans to Newark, N.J., with a loaded handgun in his baggage.   Continue reading “Flashback: TSA Lets Loaded Guns Past Security, on to Planes”

Dan from Squirrel Hill

I ask you to please show this list to as many people as possible. Sunshine really is the best disinfectant. I can’t stop Obama from doing any of these horrible things to our health care system, but I can tell people about what he is doing. So please share this list with others on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Thank you. The short link for this is http://tinyurl.com/m8tfd7q

And now, on with the list:   Continue reading “Here are 152 reasons why hypocrite politicians and unions that support Obamacare want exemptions for themselves”

New York Post – by Michael Benjamin

In his last months in office, Mayor Bloomberg is moving at the speed of Banksy to leave his indelible marks on the city.

In another of his trademark “nanny” policies, Bloomberg is championing legislation to raise the smoking age to 21, ban merchants from displaying legal tobacco products behind the counter and end discount coupons.   Continue reading “Nanny Bloomberg’s last months”

The Guardian – by Ewen MacAskill and James Ball

Barack Obama hailed United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon as a “good friend” after the two had sat down in the White House in April to discuss the issues of the day: Syria and alleged chemical weapons attacks, North Korea, Israel-Palestine, and climate change.

But long before Ban’s limousine had even passed through the White House gates for the meeting, the US government knew what the secretary general was going to talk about, courtesy of the world’s biggest eavesdropping organisation, the National Security Agency.   Continue reading “Portrait of the NSA: no detail too small in quest for total surveillance”

Good thing the House cut the food stamp budget to the poor so some of that money could go to Israel.

Press TV

The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has proposed a nearly half a billion dollar increase in military aid to Israel even as the United States is struggling with domestic economic issues.   Continue reading “House committee endorses extra $500 million aid to Israel”

Texas GOP Vote – by Jan Morgan

Not long ago, I was approached by a man and woman from the UK who wanted some training and the chance to shoot guns. They were in the United States on vacation and one of the items on their vacation list was to find a certified instructor and have the once in a lifetime chance to “experience what it’s like to be American for a few hours with the legal right to shoot rifles and guns.”   Continue reading “UK Visits US Gun Passion”

Land Line- by Greg Grisolano

A Texas trucking company owner is suing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and other law enforcement agencies in connection with the November 2011 shooting death of a company employee.

Craig Patty, owner of Craig Thomas Expeditors, is suing Javier Pena, head of the Houston DEA office, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, and at least a dozen or more unknown government employees for their role in orchestrating a botched drug sting that ended in a gun battle.   Continue reading “Texas trucking company owner sues DEA, sheriff over botched drug sting”

Yahoo Shine – by Elise Solé

When someone stole 19-year-old Olgi Freyre’s beloved bicycle, she didn’t just get upset, she publicly posted an angry note to the thief, hoping he would see it. Luckily, a Good Samaritan read it — and bought her a new bike.

On Monday, Freyre, an artist and student based in Chicago, chained her $700 red KHS bicycle to a rack before her 10 a.m. shift at Lake View Art Supply store. “I parked it right in front of a big glass window so I could keep an eye on it,” Freyre tells Yahoo Shine. “I happened to glance out the window on my lunch break, saw it was missing, and my heart sank.”   Continue reading “Do-Gooder Replaces Woman’s Stolen Bike — But There’s a Catch”

WEAR TV

Governor Rick Scott is reinstating Liberty County Sheriff Nick Finch to his job after a jury acquitted him of official misconduct and falsifying public records.

Liberty County, population just over 8,000 is Florida’s smallest county. It’s name inspired from our founding fathers. Guns here are a way of life.   Continue reading “Florida governor reinstates sheriff in gun rights case”

RYOT – by Chandler Smith

A new study published in PLoS One and lead by Dr. Kerry O’Brien from the University of Manchester ties gun ownership and opposition to stricter gun control policies to symbolic racism in white Americans.

Symbolic racism, also considered “modern” racism, is described as a less blatant form of prejudice embraced through the approval of certain social policies designed to disadvantage blacks in the United States. Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, this form of racism has replaced old fashioned hate like the approval of Jim Crow Laws with stringent conservative policies like the opposition to social safety nets such as welfare.   Continue reading “Propaganda Alert: The More Racist You Are, the More Likely You Are to Own a Gun, According to Study”

Corvallis Gazette Times –  by CANDA FUQUA

I am still trying to understand how a criminal act such as the “Affordable Healthcare Act” (aka Obamacare) was ever passed. The Patriot Act, the NDAA, and the rest of the treasonous acts passed by “President” (and I do use that term ever so loosely”) Obama aka Barry Soetoro are so illegal that I cannot understand how the American people have allowed such lawlessness to prevail for so long. The United States of America is going to hell in a handbasket, yet many seemed too busy with Monday night football and Walking Dead to be concerned about any of it.

If you haven’t seen how much the healthcare plans cost, go ahead and take a look, just be ready for sticker shock. If you are wondering about the prices, here is a look at the illegal penalties that will be applied starting in 2014 from FactCheck.org   Continue reading “The Anything but Affordable Healthcare Act”

RT News

The secret behind Google’s strange mystery barges in the San Francisco Bay and Portland, ME has been revealed: They are promotional party boats.

According to the local KPIX 5 CBS station, multiple sources have confirmed to the outlet that the vast majority of the barges will be composed of showrooms to promote the launch of Google Glass, the search giant’s upcoming entry into a burgeoning wearable computing field.   Continue reading “Mysterious Google barges identified as giant party boats”