From the Trenches World Report

American Everyman – by Scott Creighton

According to the official story of the Navy Yard Shooting, Aaron Alexis went to the store the weekend before the shooting and bought a Remington 870 Express Tactical shotgun. They claim there is video of him making that purchase, but the FBI has that video so we’ll never see it.

Anyway, when I saw the images of the shotgun released by the FBI this past week, something jumped out at me: he bought what appears to be a used piece of crap shotgun?  Continue reading “Navy Yard Shooting: Suspect Bought a Rusty Used Gun? For $400? FBI Photos”

Continue reading “Police are using the ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign to target innocent Americans”

The Ugly Truth

Syrian president says West is only seeking to strip him of his chemical weapons in order to tip balance of power in Jerusalem’s favor

TIMES OF ISRAEL

Syria has deterrent weapons, more advanced than anything in its chemical arsenal, that could blindside Israel in mere moments, Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed Thursday.   Continue reading “Assad: We have weapons that could blindside Israel”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

In a recent column, Chris Hedges argued that his appeal to the Supreme Court will be “the last chance” to stop indefinite detention under the National Defense Authorization Act.

Sadly, history indicates his last stand will likely fail.

Hedges and his fellow plaintiffs put their faith in a branch of the federal government to limit the powers of the federal government.   Continue reading “We’ve Only Just Begun to Resist Indefinite Detention”

The Defensive Training Group

“I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command;but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.”    

                           – General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

The clock is ticking, or as my very good friend over at WRSA and others say, “Tempus Fugit!”     Continue reading “Relax…I’ve Got All the Time in the World….or Do I?”

Free Press

U.S. journalists should be able to enter the country without fear of detention or intimidation.

But government authorities have been stopping journalists, whistleblowers and many other travelers on a regular basis, seizing their electronic devices and examining them without search warrants.   Continue reading “Demand That Attorney General Holder Stop the Harassment of Journalists”

Guncite – by David E. Vandercoy

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.[1]

I. Introduction   Continue reading “The History of the Second Amendment”

Press TV

The US Department of Justice spent millions of dollars purchasing small unarmed drones for domestic use over the last decade, but the department lacks a comprehensive policy for the unmanned aircraft — despite growing concern about their use.

In a report released Thursday, the DOJ’s inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, said the department’s agencies had an “uncoordinated approach” to their use of drones.    Continue reading “US Department of Justice spent millions on domestic drones”

Huffington Post – by Paige Lavender

National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said the NSA wants to collect more phone records, even after being the subject of recent public unease.

Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) asked Alexander if the NSA wants “the phone records of all Americans” during a congressional hearing Thursday.   Continue reading “Keith Alexander: In Best Interest Of U.S. To ‘Put All The Phone Records’ Into A Searchable ‘Lockbox’”

Fox News

Gun-rights activists in Maryland have filed a federal lawsuit to block the state’s new gun law before new requirements on assault weapons and large magazines go into effect Oct. 1.

In the lawsuit in filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Maryland, the plaintiffs argues the the Second Amendment and case law protect their right to own assault rifles and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, The Baltimore Sun reported.   Continue reading “Gun-rights activists sue Maryland to block new firearms law”

Activist Post – by Michael T. Winter

The Internet has been awash of late with articles, analysis and YouTube clips all examining the warnings put forth by South Dakota S.R. and State Sen. Sheldon R. Songstad (1971-1978 and 1985-1988)1. Google ‘FEMA Region III alert’ and page after page of articles, news clips and releases, etc. pop up for viewing. It has become my habit, (being so illuminated by the events of Aurora, Sandy Hook, Boston, 911, and even the recent Navy yard shooting) to automatically look for falsities.   Continue reading “Is the FEMA Region III Alert a Red Herring?”

Information Clearinghouse – by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

All across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers.

In the final months of 2011, almost two years before the city of Detroit would shock America by declaring bankruptcy in the face of what it claimed were insurmountable pension costs, the state of Rhode Island took bold action to avert what it called its own looming pension crisis. Led by its newly elected treasurer, Gina Raimondo – an ostentatiously ambitious 42-year-old Rhodes scholar and former venture capitalist – the state declared war on public pensions, ramming through an ingenious new law slashing benefits of state employees with a speed and ferocity seldom before seen by any local government.   Continue reading “Looting the Pension Funds”