From the Trenches World Report

Backwoods Home Magazine – by Len McDougall

Issue #128 • March/April, 2011

Whether it’s home to animals or humans, every habitat must contain a source of drinking water. And because most homes in most places are not sited on the bank of a stream or lake, it has been a practice since biblical times to obtain the water needed by creating an access to aquifers concealed below the earth’s surface. Before the industrial era made pumps and pipes common hardware items, wells were created by simply digging a narrow hole down to the water table, then drawing the water that seeped into its bottom upward in a bucket attached to a rope.   Continue reading “Drive your own freshwater well”

DC Exposed – by Ed Brown 

On September 6th Andy Borowitz, writing for The New Yorker, published an article titled  G20 ENDS ABRUPTLY AS OBAMA CALLS PUTIN A JACKASS which has caused quite a stir on social media. He claimed that U.S. President Barack Obama went on a name calling tirade, hurling insults at his Russian nemesis Vladimir Putin.

The article is pure satire but from the activity I’ve witnessed on facebook and twitter, many people are under the impression that it’s fact and that’s a shame because nothing could be further from the truth. How do I know this? Because there isn’t one single news outlet besides The New Yorker with a corroborating story – and trust me, if it was true every news site on the web would be running it!   Continue reading “Did Obama Really Call Putin a Jackass? No. – The Consequences of Political Satire”

Before It’s News – by Tom Dennen

Israel’s response to Obama’s surprise move to delay or even possibly cancel air strikes made clear that connection: looking soft on Assad after accusing him of killing hundreds of people with chemical weapons may embolden his backers in Tehran to develop nuclear arms, Israeli officials said. And if they do, Israel may strike Iran alone, unsure Washington can be trusted.   Continue reading “Did Israel just Declare War on the United States of America? “Take Out Syria or We Attack Iran” – Netanyahu”

Politico – by MIKE ALLEN and JENNIFER EPSTEIN

Retired Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, former CIA director under President Barack Obama, called strongly Saturday for Congress to back the White House on Syria, declaring that military action against the regime is “necessary” to deter “Iran, North Korea and other would-be aggressors.”

“Failure of Congress to approve the president’s request would have serious ramifications not just in the Mideast but around the world,” Petraeus said in a four-sentence statement provided to POLITICO.   Continue reading “Petraeus calls on Congress to back White House on Syria”

Washington’s Blog

Numerous Intelligence Officials Question Administration’s Claims

Preface:   Without doubt, intelligence is being manipulated to justify war against Syria.  Here, here,here, here and here.   Continue reading “High-Level U.S. Intelligence Officers: Syrian Government Didn’t Launch Chemical Weapons”

Take Part – by RL Miller

No, it’s not the brown acid passed around at a 1960s rock concerts.Hydrofluoric acid is the most dangerous chemical you’ve never heard of, and it’s being trucked around California’s back roads and injected into oil wells, with virtually no oversight.

How bad is it? HF acid is extremely toxic; it can immediately and permanently damage lungs if inhaled, and a spill on skin is easily absorbed deep into the body’s tissues and changes bone calcium atoms to fluorine atoms.   Continue reading “Why Oil Companies Want to Drop Acid in California”

Continue reading “BS Obama”

Huffington Post – by Emily Flitter and Ben Hirschler

NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline for violations of U.S. anti-bribery laws in China after Chinese government officials accused the company of bribing doctors, a company spokesman confirmed on Friday.

The investigation is part of a wider probe of drugmakers’ sales practices in China, said a source familiar with the investigation.   Continue reading “GlaxoSmithKline Under Investigation For Allegedly Bribing Doctors In China”

AOL – by Erik Sherman

As low-wage workers are staging walk outs for raises, one Pennsylvania woman who had been earning $9 an hour won a small, but little-noticed victory against her employer. A Pennsylvania court just sided with Shamela Hightower who was essentially fired because she couldn’t afford a car on the wages her employer paid, as the Patriot-News reported.   Continue reading “Social Service Agency Fires $9/Hour Worker For Not Buying A New Car”

The Daily Caller- by Eric Owens

The mother of a kindergarten boy in Kansas City received a citation for criminal assault because, police say, she inflicted a vicious beatdown on the boy’s teacher.

The pummeling occurred on Thursday night at Truman Elementary School. Simone A. Baker, 24, allegedly entered the school and proceeded directly to the unidentified teacher’s classroom at about 6 p.m., reports The Kansas City Star.   Continue reading “Enraged mom beats the crap out of kindergarten teacher”

Freedom Outpost – by Mike “Mish” Shedlock

Following two consecutive posts on Syria, one reader asked “Can we get back to economics Mish?”

That’s an interesting question given that my discussion never left economics!

• How can one talk about Europe without discussing the politics of the euro?
• How can one discuss economics without discussing the politics of war and its effect on oil prices?   Continue reading “Separating Politics and War From Oil and the Economy”

The New American –  by  Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

Although he probably can’t hear it over the sound of the war drum he’s constantly beating, the bell is tolling louder and louder for Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).

A coalition of Tea Party-affiliated groups from across South Carolina has approved a 29-point condemnation of Graham, calling for his replacement with someone committed to the Constitution.   Continue reading “S.C. Tea Party Targets Lindsey Graham; Constitutionalist Challenger Steps Up”

IntelliHub – by JG Vibes

This past Saturday a San Antonio man was shot and killed by an off duty cop after both vehicles pulled to the side of the road for some unknown reason, most likely a minor traffic incident.  The victim of the attack was an unarmed 29 year old man named Matthew Jackson.

According to the family Matthew was sitting in the car at the time of the shooting, but the police are denying that and refusing to show any type of evidence.   Continue reading “Off Duty Cop Gets Road Rage, Shoots and Kills Unarmed Man”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While the world was glued to the developments in the Mediterranean in the past week, Poland took a page straight out of Rahm Emanuel’s playbook and in order to not let a crisis go to waste, announced quietly that it would transfer to the state – i.e., confiscate – the bulk of assets owned by the country’s private pension funds (many of them owned by such foreign firms as PIMCO parent Allianz, AXA, Generali, ING and Aviva), without offering any compensation. In effect, the state just nationalized roughly half of the private sector pension fund assets, although it had a more politically correct name for it: pension overhaul.   Continue reading “Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load”

Ron Paul Institute

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity have issued a memorandum to President Obama directly challenging his administration’s claims on Syria’s use of chemical weapons:

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President

FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

SUBJECT: Is Syria a Trap?   Continue reading “The Intelligence Community’s Revolt Against Obama on Syria”