From the Trenches World Report

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Recent revelations about the NSA’s broad surveillance of German phone and Internet communications have fueled major concerns in the country, as Federal Prosecutors say they are preparing criminal charges against US and British spies involved.

Hessian prosecutors were the first to receive complaints about the matter, but that is likely to grow precipitously after German media outlets reported the US surveillance has collected more than half a billion phone calls and emails per month in Germany alone.   Continue reading “German Prosecutors May File Charges Over US, British Surveillance”

Guardian – by Miriam Elder

Edward Snowden has withdrawn his request for political asylum from Russia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, further adding to the uncertainty over the US whistleblower’s future.

A spokesman for Russian president Vladimir Putin said Snowden withdrew the request after Putin’s statement making clear that he would be welcome only if he stopped “his work aimed at bringing harm” to the United States.   Continue reading “Edward Snowden withdraws Russian asylum request”

PJ Media – by Roger L Simon

As we approach July 4, 2013, is America in a pre-revolutionary state? Are we headed for a Tahrir Square of our own with the attendant mammoth social turmoil, possibly even violence.

Could it happen here?

We are two-thirds of the way into the most incompetent presidency in our history. People everywhere are fed up. Even many of the so-called liberals who propelled Barack Obama into office have stopped defending him in the face of an unprecedented number of scandals coming at us one after the other like hideous monsters in some non-stop computer game.   Continue reading “Is America in a Pre-Revolutionary State this July 4th?”

The Federal Observer – by Neal Ross

In recent news two scandals have caused a certain degree of embarrassment for the Obama administration and also caused some people to begin questioning some of the things our government is doing; specifically the fact that the IRS has targeted certain conservative groups who applied for tax exempt status, and the fact that the government is data mining all our phone calls and other electronic signals such as e mail and Facebook posts. These scandals, while disturbing, are nothing new, our government, to some extent, has been doing these kinds of things for a long time now.   Continue reading “Ross: Why Aren’t You Fighting Mad Yet?”

Common Dreams – by Edward Snowden

The following is the full text of a letter by Edward Snowden to the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. Written in Spanish, it was obtained and translated by the Press Association in London.

There are few world leaders who would risk standing for the human rights of an individual against the most powerful government on earth, and the bravery of Ecuador and its people is an example to the world.   Continue reading “Letter to the President and People of Ecuador”

RT News

When General David Petraeus begins his stint as adjunct professor at a New York university later this year the former CIA Director will be paid $150,000 annually – about six times the salary of a first-time teacher without access to state secrets.

In April of this year the City University of New York announced that Petraeus would teach public policy at Macaulay Honors College, located in Manhattan. In a statement released at the time Petraeus said he was excited to lead a seminar “that examines the developments that could position the United States – and our North American partners – to lead the world out of the current global economic slowdown.”    Continue reading “Disgraced general Petraeus to earn $150K teaching at New York public college”

RT News

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites crashed soon after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome.

Seventeen seconds after takeoff, the rocket swerved to one side, tried to correct itself, but instead veered in the opposite direction. It then flew horizontally and started to come apart with its engines in full thrust.   Continue reading “Russian Proton-M rocket crashes, erupts in ball of fire”

Rense.com – by Jim Kirwan

The death of this nation began a very long time ago. I’ve been tracking it since the1960’s. This year I explored various television series programs, some of them covering ten years of programming.

The results were astounding, not so much in relationship to the past as they were absolutely clear about the total farce of every aspect of American life today.   Continue reading “The Invisible Death”

Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel

Snowden has provided a pack of documents to Moscow and has officially applied for asylum in Russia.

Russia, has refused US requests to extradite him.   Continue reading “Snowden Applies For Asylum In Russia, Putin Says Yes If…”

Washington Post – by Jason Samenow

On Sunday, the National Weather Service reported Death Valley had surged to 128 degrees. But, in an update this morning, it reports the mercury touched 129 degrees at its peak, a new monthly record and a tie for the hottest June temperature ever recorded in the U.S. (assuming it is validated).   Continue reading “Death Valley hit hottest U.S. June temperature ever recorded Sunday: 129”

The Steady Drip – by SAM SEWELL

(Ocala, Florida, July 2, 2013). Florida State’s Attorney Angela Corey has been indicted by a citizens’ grand jury, convening in Ocala, Florida, over the falsification of the arrest warrant and complaint that led to George Zimmerman being charged with the second degree murder of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.

The indictment of Corey, which was handed down last week (see www.citizensgrandjury.com), charges Corey with intentionally withholding photographic evidence of the injuries to George Zimmerman’s head in the warrant she allegedly rushed to issue under oath, in an effort to boost her reelection prospects. At the outset of this case, black activists such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who whipped up wrath against Zimmerman, demanded that he be charged with murder, after local police had thus far declined to arrest him pending investigation.   Continue reading “Zimmerman prosecutor indicted for allegely falsifying arrest warrant and complaint”

Natural News – by Jonathan Benson

It appears as though some Americans may finally be waking up to the grim reality that calling their politicians and signing petitions is simply not enough to stem the tide of evil that has overtaken this once free country. For perhaps the first time since genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) were introduced back in the 1990s, food freedom activists have literally taken to the fields to destroy them, making a bold public statement that We The People have had enough of being forcibly poisoned by these genetic abominations.   Continue reading “Brave food sovereignty heroes destroy 6,000 genetically-modified sugar beets in Oregon”

ProPublica – by by Michael Grabell

It’s 4:18 a.m. and the strip mall is deserted. But tucked in back, next to a closed-down video store, an employment agency is already filling up. Rosa Ramirez walks in, as she has done nearly every morning for the past six months. She signs in and sits down in one of the 100 or so blue plastic chairs that fill the office. Over the next three hours, dispatchers will bark out the names of who will work today. Rosa waits, wondering if she will make her rent.   Continue reading “The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed”

RT News

Can police officers trick automobile drivers with bogus traffic stops? Cops in a small Ohio town seem to think so, and now they’re under attack for trying to sweep the city of drugs using a creative little loophole.

The Mayfield Heights, Ohio Police Department is under fire after the city recently decided to establish a “drug checkpoint” on Interstate 271. Randomly stopping cars and combing them for contraband is illegal, though, so law enforcement has been using the next best thing: fake checkpoints.   Continue reading “Ohio police set up fake drug checkpoint to fool motorists”

Top Secret Writers – by Sally