From the Trenches World Report

This Can’t Be Happening – by Dave Lindorff

I no longer recognize my country.

Back in 1997, after two years living in China, and five more living in Hong Kong, during which time, as a correspondent for Business Week magazine, I slipped in and out of China regularly as a journalist to report on developments there, I got a good dose of life in a totalitarian society. When I alit from the plane in Philadelphia where my family and I were about to start a new chapter of our lives, I remember feeling like a big weight had been lifted off my chest.   Continue reading “‘Freedom’s just another word…’ The Police State of America”

FTV Live – by Scott Jones

Sources tell FTVLive that CNN Boss Jeff Zucker is “actively looking for a replacement for Piers Morgan.”

Morgan signed a one year extension to his contract and as time winds down, Zucker is looking for someone to takeover his time slot.

Word is that Zucker really wants Katie Couric in that slot. Couric should be available soon as many expect this is the last year her talk show “Katie” will be on the air.   Continue reading “CNN to Drop Piers Morgan”

Town Hall – by Katie Pavlich

Late Monday night, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied a Department of Justice request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the House Oversight Committee last summer over Operation Fast and Furious documents.

“In the Court’s view endorsing the proposition that the executive may assert an unreviewable right to withhold materials from the legislature would offend the Constitution more than undertaking to resolve the specific dispute that has been presented here,” Jackson wrote in her ruling. “Neither legal nor prudential considerations support the dismissal of this action, the defendant’s motion to dismiss the action will be denied.”   Continue reading “Judge Slaps Down Eric Holder’s Request For Fast and Furious Lawsuit to be Dismissed”

AmmoLand

West Chester, OH – -(Ammoland.com)- If you’ve ever been involved in a traffic accident with another driver, you know that responding police have one primary task: to assign blame.

One way or another, either you or the other driver is going to get nailed for the accident.

Shooting investigations are similar. Once police show up, their task is to find someone who is most likely to be guilty of a crime and gather evidence to prove it.     Continue reading “Gun Owners Beware Of The Reid Interrogation Technique”

The Washington Free Beacon

A group of World War II veterans in an Honor Flight group Tuesday knocked over barriers imposed during the government shutdown at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., to get inside.

As part of the federal government shutdown, national parks are closed. But the group of veterans continued to the monument Tuesday, as reported by Stars and Stripes reporter Leo Shane:   Continue reading “WWII Vets Knock Over Shutdown Barrier to Visit Memorial”

Information Clearinghouse – by Norman Solomon

To the people in control of the Executive Branch, violating our civil liberties is an essential government service. So — to ensure total fulfillment of Big Brother’s vast responsibilities — the National Security Agency is insulated from any fiscal disruption.

The NSA’s surveillance programs are exempt from a government shutdown. With typical understatement, an unnamed official told The Hill that “a shutdown would be unlikely to affect core NSA operations.”   Continue reading “The NSA Deserves a Permanent Shutdown”

Steve Lendman

Charleston Voice

Bill de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm, Jr. on May 8, 1961 in New York City and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Shortly after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from New York University in 1983, he legally changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm, adding his mother’s maiden name to his identity. In 2002 he changed his name for a second time and became Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio took his first job in 1984 with the NYC Department of Juvenile Justice. Three years later, having recently earned a master’s degree at Columbia University‘s School of International and Public Affairs, he was hired to work as a political organizer by the Quixote Center (QC), a Maryland-based, Catholic social-justice organization with Marxist leanings.   Continue reading “New York Chooses Socialism (More So)”

MassPrivateI

The Department of Justice (DoJ) will be providing $45 million in a fund to hire police officers to be assigned to public schools nationwide.

A $125 million grant program is expected to add to the 937 law enforcement officers position in public safety resources in 236 cities across the nation.   Continue reading “The DOJ is handing out over $125 million in grants to put police officers in schools across the country”

MassPrivateI

The use of biological markers like fingerprints, faces and irises to identify people is rapidly moving from science fiction to reality. Apple’s latest iPhone, which went on sale this week, can be unlocked with a fingerprint. Users of Android smartphones can unlock their devices with a glance. And the Department of Homeland Security is developing facial recognition technology that would allow it to pinpoint criminals and suspects in large crowds of people with closed-circuit cameras.    Continue reading “Biometric technology has become so commonplace schools and hospitals are using it”

Veterans News Now – by George Beres

The modern American tragedy is that persons with great wealth use it to expand their riches and to further diminish resources of the common person. That is the undeniable conclusion I’ve found after more than a decade studying evidence that has surfaced about the assassination of President John Kennedy, for which the wealthy of corporate America had a major responsibility.   Continue reading “George Beres : The Very Rich Fuel The Modern American Tragedy”

Courthouse News Service – by RYAN ABBOTT 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – CACI agents committed war crimes, torturing and humiliating detainees, as part of a defense contract to provide linguistic services, dozens of Iraqi citizens and their families claim in Federal Court.

The surviving Iraqi detainees and representatives from the estates of the dead sued CACI Premier Technology and CACI International under the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victim Protection Act.   Continue reading “Iraqis Accuse CACI of War Crimes and Torture”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Of course they are foreign terrorists we have been saying that for a long time now. 70% of Syrians support Assad.

(RT) – The Syrian government is fighting against “terrorist groups from 83 countries” as part of its “constitutional right” to protect the country’s people, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told the UN General Assembly in New York.   Continue reading “Syrian FM to UN: ‘Terrorists from 83 countries fighting in Syria’”

The New American – by William F. Jasper

A week ago, President Obama publicly threw his support to Bill de Blazio (shown in suit), the Democratic Party candidate for New York City mayor, joining Hollywood activists Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte — along with Bill and Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and a host of veteran “Progressives” who are endorsing the former NYC councilman and public advocate.   Continue reading “NYC Mayor Candidate De Blazio Takes Flak Over Pro-communist Background”