From the Trenches World Report

    Let’s assume you’re both a very intelligent, and very responsible person. You probably paid close attention to your teachers, did all your homework, all the required reading, scored very high on the S.A.T.s, and went to a good college.

After work you might peruse the websites of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and possibly the Wall Street Journal, because as a responsible citizen, you’re well aware of the importance of being well-informed, so nothing less than America’s “papers or record” will do.    Continue reading “Everything You Know”

My SA – by SCOTT HUDDLESTON

SAN ANTONIO – Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, a gun-toting Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, is to headline a gun-rights rally Saturday on the state-owned Alamo grounds, where demonstrations historically have been banned — until Patterson’s office took over the shrine.

The rally, billed as “Come and Take It San Antonio!” will be held on the 4.2-acre Alamo complex, which has been under the custodianship of the Texas General Land Office since 2011.   Continue reading “Gun rally on Alamo grounds triggers debate”

Midwest Energy News – by Kari Lydersen

Community activists on Chicago’s Southeast Side are always on the lookout for signs of new pollution, dumping or other threats to the environment and quality of life in this heavily industrialized swath of the city.

In recent years community opposition helped torpedoproposals for a coal gasification plant, a police shooting range and new landfills.   Continue reading “First it was Detroit, now ‘PetKoch’ piling up in Chicago”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

As more details continue to surface, the NYPD’s activities are beginning to make the NSA’s surveillance programs look like the paragon of restraint. We’ve already detailed how the NYPD (with help from a former CIA official) placed entire mosques under surveillance and infiltrated the Occupy movement.

Having effectively neutered the Handschu guidelines in 2003 (which placed severe restrictions on monitoring political activity), the NYPD was free to surveill all sorts of non-criminal, politically-focused gatherings.   Continue reading “The NYPD: Making New York Safer By Spying On Bicyclists, Relief Efforts And Republicans”

The Organic Prepper

Do you get the feeling that we are right on the verge of chaos?  With the government shutdown, the congressional budget deadline of the 17th, the EBT system under threat, and assorted “drills” that, if history proves to be any guide, could be a loose cover for an upcoming false flag, we could be looking at civil unrest in a matter of days.

These are all situations that we, as individuals, have little control over.   Continue reading “Lock and Load: Are You Prepared for Civil Unrest?”

Lolud – by Erik Shilling

A Nanuet man said last year that he was “anxious to start killing various public officials” was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison.

Lawrence Mulqueen has already served around 8 months of the sentence, having been incarcerated since his arrest in February, when prosecutors said that he wrote on his Facebook page that he wanted “all followers of President Barack Obama dead,” calling them “traitor scum” and declaring “death to them all.”   Continue reading “Lawrence Mulqueen gets 15 months after making threats against public officials”

The Telegraph – by Jim Haddadin

NASHUA – When Shannon “Bear” Cothran was threatened by a knife-wielding robber on Monday morning, he didn’t think twice about what to do.

Cothran, who was working after midnight at the Shell gas station at 301 Main St. in Nashua, pulled out his Ruger LCP .380 handgun.

The robber turned and walked out the door, and Cothran called the police, bringing a swift end to the robbery attempt.   Continue reading “Nashua gas station clerk halts robbery with handgun, gets fired hours later; police still looking for suspect”

ABC News – by JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

A review of a deadly police chase in Cleveland nearly a year ago has led to suspensions for 63 patrol officers who violated orders and department rules, the city’s police chief said Tuesday.

A fleeing driver and passenger were killed when officers fired 137 shots at them in the 23-minute chase that involved five dozen cruisers and wove through residential neighborhoods before ending in gunfire.   Continue reading “Ohio Police Suspend 63 Officers Over Deadly Chase”

The Washington Times – by Kellan Howell

After months of anguished debate over mass shootings, gun control and Second Amendment rights, the Justice Department finds itself on the defensive after a training manual surfaced that suggests federal agents could face a firing squad for leaking government secrets.

The online manual for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — complete with a photo of a turn-of-the-century firing squad — was obtained by The Washington Times from a concerned federal law enforcement official, and it immediately drew protests from watchdogs who said it showed a lack of sensitivity to gun violence and the continuing hostile environment toward whistleblowers.   Continue reading “Sacrebleu! ATF threatens French-style firing squad for agents who leak secrets”

Information Clearinghouse – by Mary, homeless in New York

Passers-by mainly ignore me, a homeless woman sitting on the sidewalk or a bench. The people who do speak to me are either curious, or harpies who give me unsolicited and useless advice, or the more irritable who chastise me. I try to explain by example that there are good, decent, employable but destitute people in New York City.   Continue reading “What You Learn About Humanity From Living on the Streets”

Mondoweiss – by Humna Bhojani

Dear President Obama,

Thank you for your meeting with an impressive young lady from my country, and for showing concern over the citizens of Pakistan. In the picture from the White House, you are all smiling. This is almost heart-warming, and almost does not look like political point-scoring or a publicity ploy.

Almost.   Continue reading “Dear President Obama, What have you fixed by meeting Malala?”