From the Trenches World Report

Politico – by JOE POMPEO and DYLAN BYERS

Richard Stengel, the top editor of Time magazine for the past seven years, is planning to step down as managing editor for a new job at the U.S. Department of State, sources familiar with the situation tell POLITICO and Capital New York.

If confirmed, Stengel will serve as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, the role responsible for leading “America’s public diplomacy outreach, which includes communications with international audiences, cultural programming, academic grants, educational exchanges, international visitor programs, and U.S. Government efforts to confront ideological support for terrorism,” according to the State Department’s website.   Continue reading “Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

The more things change, the more things stay the same.  The Great Depression actually started in 1929, but as you will see below, as late as 1933 the Associated Press was still pumping out lots of news stories with optimistic economic headlines and many Americans still did not believe that we were actually in a depression.  And of course we are experiencing a very similar thing today.  The United States is in the worst financial shape that it has ever been in, our economic infrastructure is being systematically gutted, and poverty is absolutely exploding.  Continue reading “They Denied That We Were In A Depression In 1933 And They Are Doing It Again In 2013”

Mail.com

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to “bleed” America financially.

In an audio message released two days after the 12th anniversary of the attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri said America is not a “mythic power” and that the mujahedeen — Islamic holy warriors — can defeat it with attacks “on its own soil.”   Continue reading “Al-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US”

LA Times – by David G. Savage

WASHINGTON — Journalists and bloggers who report news to the public will be protected from being forced to testify about their work under a media shield bill passed by a Senate committee Thursday.

RT News

The California Senate approved raising the state’s minimum wage on Thursday to $10 an hour by 2016, one of the highest rates in the nation.

The state Senate passed AB10 by a party-line vote, 26-11, approving a gradual minimum wage jump from $8 to $10 over two years.    Continue reading “California set for historic minimum wage raise while DC rejects ‘living wage bill’”

RT News

The NSA used ‘man in the middle’ hack attacks to impersonate Google and fool web users, leaks have revealed. The technique circumvents encryption by redirecting users to a copycat site which relays all the data entered to NSA data banks.

Brazilian television network Globo News released a report based on classified data divulged by former CIA worker Edward Snowden on Sunday. The report itself blew the whistle on US government spying on Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, but hidden in amongst the data was information the NSA had impersonated Google to get its hands on user data.    Continue reading “NSA masqueraded as Google to spy on web users – report”

AmmoLand – by Max McGuire

New Jersey –-(Ammoland.com)- As a prospective military strike against the Syrian regime dominates the headlines, we are reminded by administration officials that any military action will not include boots on the ground and will not be focused on regime change.

In a turn of events mimicking an episode from the Twilight Zone, once-hawkish Republicans are advocating non-intervention and their peacenik colleagues across the aisle are actually supporting a military strike in the Middle East.   Continue reading “Arming Terrorists and Disarming Americans”

RT News

The Russian Navy intends to build its presence in the Mediterranean Sea – particularly in the area close to Syrian shores – to up to 10 battleships, announced Admiral of the Fleet Viktor Chirkov.

“The task is crystal clear: to avoid a slightest threat to the security of the state. This is a general practice of all fleets around the world, to be there when a tension level increases. They are all going to act on operational command plan of the offshore maritime zone,” Chirkov told journalists on Friday. “Russia will be building up its Mediterranean fleet until it is deemed sufficient to perform the task set.”    Continue reading “Russia to expand Mediterranean fleet to 10 warships – Navy chief”

Knuckledraggin – by Wirecutter

Lew Rockwell – Paul Craig Roberts

Putin’s article in the September 11 New York Times has the stuck pigs squealing. The squealing stuck pigs are just who you thought they would be–all those whose agendas and profits would be furthered by an attack on Syria by the Obama Stasi regime.

Included among the squealing stuck pigs are Human Rights Watch bloggers who seem to be financed out of the CIA’s back pocket.   Continue reading “Putin Steps Into World Leadership Role”

Bi-Partisan Policy Center – by Abby Brandon

Washington, D.C. – A new report released by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Homeland Security Project today found that the most imminent threat to the United States is from individuals who are radicalized over the Internet, often inspired by al-Qaeda’s jihadist message. While these lone wolves might not be able to kill in mass numbers, the Boston Marathon bombings and the Fort Hood slayings show that alienated persons influenced partially by online messaging can cause great damage.

The report, Jihadist Terrorism: A Threat Assessment, provides a comprehensive review of al-Qaeda and its affiliates and provides legislative and executive recommendations on how best to counter the threat and protect the homeland. The report was authored by several members of BPC’s Homeland Security Project, which is led by former 9/11 Commission Co-chairs former Governor Tom Kean and former Representative Lee Hamilton.   Continue reading “New Assessment Finds the Threat at Home Has Shifted from Radicalized Groups to Radicalized Individuals”

The Captain’s Journal – by HERSCHEL SMITH 

Eugene Volokh has a post up entitled Illinois Supreme Court: Second Amendment Protects Carrying Outside The Home, where he discusses the recent subject ruling.

From today’s unanimous decision in People v. Aguilar (Ill. Sept. 12, 2013):   Continue reading “Illinois Supreme Court On Carry Outside The Home”

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

What happens in Vegas will be recorded by cameras provided by the Department of Homeland Security.

All along the storied Las Vegas Strip, 37 surveillance cameras watch and record every movement.

Such an expensive purchase might surprise citizens of Sin City given that the Metropolitan Police Department is in the middle of a hiring freeze and has laid off dozens of officers all over the city.    Continue reading “Las Vegas Installs 37 DHS Surveillance Cameras on the Strip”

IntelliHub – by JG Vibes

The police department near Boston that had the entire city on lock down following the marathon bombing is now asking locals for photos of the manhunt for their yearly calendar.  Pictures of police forcing people out of their homes and driving tanks down the street will be proudly displayed in the calendars, which will be sold for 10$ a piece.   Continue reading “Watertown Police Will Sell Calendars Featuring Manhunt SWAT Photos”

AmmoLand – by Major Van Harl USAF Ret

IntelliHub – by Shepard Ambellas

MOSCOW — The Syrian Government gave a warm welcome to the Russian’s proposal to turn over its chemical weapons stockpile to the international community Thursday, and for good reason. You see, it has been proven by various sources that the Syrian Government was not responsible for the reported sarin gas attacks on its own people like media rhetoric would like you to believe. In fact, the attacks were funded by the U.S. to get another regional conflict going as the men who pull the strings see great gain in ‘oil money’.   Continue reading “Russian Plan Works, Flushing Out U.S. Backed Group”

Before It’s News – by Josey Wales

Bengahzi all over again. America has become the country that was once respected and feared, to the country that is weak, and easily attacked without consiquence.

Now the American consulate in the Afghan province of Herat was under attack on Thursday night.    Continue reading “US Consulate On The Border Of Iran And Afghanistan Under Attack”