From the Trenches World Report

Story Leak – by Daniel G. J.

Patriotism may not be the real reason why big companies like AT&T, Google, and Verizon have been so eagerly cooperating with the NSA’s eavesdropping on our private communications. The Associated Press and U.S. Senator Elect Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) discovered that the companies get paid when the NSA spies on one of their customers in a story that Storyleak is now highlighting from the back section of the news.   Continue reading “Money Trail: Corporations Paid Big Bucks by NSA for Allowing Spying”

Fox News

Secret courts. Secret emails. Phone surveillance. Drones. The list of cloak-and-dagger tactics employed by the Obama administration — and those that preceded it — keeps growing, as NSA leaker Ed Snowden feeds classified materials to the media and other reports show the extent of the U.S. government’s more opaque dealings.

The latest was a report by The Associated Press that said the administration had military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Usama bin Laden’s hideout transferred to the CIA, where they would be harder to uncover by the press and public.     Continue reading “Transparency Troubles: Secrecy concerns mount for Obama in 2nd term”

AmmoLand

Wilsonville, OR – -(Ammoland.com)- After a blaring horn sounds behind you, the clock begins ticking.

You hastily unholster a pistol, slide in the magazine, and align the sights.

Then the trigger tugging starts—as more precious seconds pass. A series of steel targets drop with a pronounced metallic clang, then you dash to a nearby barrel where you pull out a shotgun, stuff shells into the semi-auto’s lower, and start shooting. After more steel targets tumble, you clear the shotgun, check the safety, and drop the gun back into the barrel. Next, you make a mad dash for a distant table, pick up an AR rifle, insert and tug the magazine, then start shooting the many targets ahead in your lane. The clock continues ticking away the seconds.   Continue reading “The Thrill of 3-Gun”

Before It’s News – by Monica Davis

His Russian attorney says Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia. With all of the international attention being paid  to  Edward Snowden, we are really forgetting that he is also being used as a proxy for a fight between the US and Russia.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is in heaven, thumbing his nose at the US, calling us out for human rights violations with regard to Snowden.   Continue reading “Russian Lawyer Says Snowden Has Applied For Tempory Assylum In Russia”

Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel

The tiny town of Deer Trail, Colo. — barely more than a wide spot on Interstate 70 about 55 miles east of Denver, population 546 — is considering an ordinance that would authorize licensed bounty hunters to shoot down unmanned aircraft violating its “sovereign airspace.”

A six-page petition circulated by a resident says that the threat of surveillance from drones — regardless of who is piloting them — is a threat to “traditional American ideas of Liberty and Freedom” enjoyed by Deer Trail’s “ranchers, farmers, cowboys and Indians, as well as contemporary citizens.”   Continue reading “Colorado Town Considers Licensing Bounty Hunters To Shoot Down Drones”

Max Velocity Tactical

I posted previously about ‘Tactical Mobility – How it might affect you’ and I have also written about realistic PT for light infantry style operations. The Tactical Mobility post led onto another discussion, carried on a little in comments, about realistic times for ruck marching and similar. I am writing now to clarify that a little.

There are several elements to consider here:   Continue reading “More Detail on Rucking Fitness”

Wall Street Journal – by Mort Zuckerman

In recent months, Americans have heard reports out of Washington and in the media that the economy is looking up—that recovery from the Great Recession is gathering steam. If only it were true. The longest and worst recession since the end of World War II has been marked by the weakest recovery from any U.S. recession in that same period.

The jobless nature of the recovery is particularly unsettling. In June, the government’s Household Survey reported that since the start of the year, the number of people with jobs increased by 753,000—but there are jobs and then there are “jobs.” No fewer than 557,000 of these positions were only part-time. The survey also reported that in June full-time jobs declined by 240,000, while part-time jobs soared by 360,000 and have now reached an all-time high of 28,059,000—three million more part-time positions than when the recession began at the end of 2007.   Continue reading “A Jobless Recovery Is a Phony Recovery”

Century Link – by RUSSELL CONTRERAS – Associated Press

BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — The month long criminal trial and all its salacious stories of law officer affairs and a blundering investigation are over, but a civil trial looms for a former Albuquerque policeman acquitted of killing his depressed wife with his department-issued gun.

After more than 10 hours of deliberations, a jury acquitted Levi Chavez, 32, of murdering of his wife, 26-year-old Tera Chavez, in 2007 and trying to make the hairdresser’s death look like a suicide.   Continue reading “Ex-police officer acquitted of murder of wife”

The Daily Caller – by Neil Munro

Americans’ after-inflation wages have dropped by almost 3 percent since President Barack Obama’s inauguration, according to a new analysis by a left-wing advocacy group.

The biggest drop was felt by lower-income workers, while upper-income professionals were hit by a 2 percent drop. The study was released by the National Employment Law Project, which is headed by left-wing employment lawyers, union officials and a former economist in Obama’s White House, Jared Bernstein.   Continue reading “Left-wing group: Americans’ wages down during Obama’s term”

CBC News

Panama has detained a North Korean-flagged ship coming from Cuba as it approached the Panama Canal with undeclared weapons, President Ricardo Martinelli said.

The weapons, hidden in containers of brown sugar, were detected after Panamanian authorities stopped the ship, suspecting it was carrying drugs. The vessel was pulled over near the port of Manzanillo on the Atlantic side of the canal.     Continue reading “Panama finds ‘undeclared weapons’ on North Korean ship”

Information Clearinghouse – by Brandon Toy

I have served the post-911 Military Industrial complex for 10 years, first as a soldier in Baghdad, and now as a defense contractor.

At the time of my enlistment, I believed in the cause. I was ignorant, naïve, and misled. The narrative, professed by the state, and echoed by the mainstream press, has proven false and criminal. We have become what I thought we were fighting against.   Continue reading “I Hereby Resign in Protest Effective Immediately”

The Weather Space

The Alaskan HAARP Facility Website has been down for quite sometime, having many ask the question on what is going on with it.  An announcement was made that the resources to fund the project have been spent and the project has shutdown.  But that isn’t the case.

As it stated in their official release, the facility is being bought by the highest bidder.  HaarpStatus updates at TheWeatherSpace.com are continuing so either the facility is still on, run by another group of scientists, or other facilities with the same technology are continuing to affect the atmosphere.  There are many facilities like HAARP across the world, with smaller ones said to be in the United States as well.   Continue reading “HAARP Has Not Shutdown, Only Bought By The Highest Bidder Group”

Tea Party Tribune – by Rachel Alexander

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano suddenly announced last week that she was resigning her position at the embattled agency in order to take a $750,000-a-year job as president of the University of California system. This will more than triple her salary, which was $200,000 at DHS.

The timing of her resignation is highly unusual for a member of the president’s cabinet. Most cabinet members who leave after a president’s first term don’t wait an extra six months into the second term. Many believe she abruptly left DHS because of some sordid dealings that are about to be discovered. Her tenure at DHS has been characterized by back-to-back lawsuits and multiple controversies regarding the agencies DHS oversees, which include the TSA, ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and FEMA.   Continue reading “Napolitano Leaving DHS Under Cloud of Suspicion”

IntelliHub – by Shepard Ambellas

In a mind control-like fashion, the First Lady, Michelle Obama, has been pushing a new program called “Walking School Buses” because “studies show” kids nowadays are lazy.

Americans have become lazier and more docile in recent years as their government and masters have brutally whipped them into submission incrementally. Now it has become one of Michelle Obama’s priorities to promote “Walking School Buses”, whatever those are.   Continue reading “Michelle Obama Pushes ‘Walking School Buses’ In America”

Reuters – by Mark Felsentha

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would be “very well-qualified” to lead the Department of Homeland Security, but added that there would be numerous strong candidates for the job.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced she is stepping down to lead the University of California.   Continue reading “Obama: New York’s police chief ‘well-qualified’ to lead Homeland Security”